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Home My WebLink AboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-02-25, Page 125�. Adve ee -Time*. FebIrr � owlet the a vans was nces wetir archl the W. i with Moran's —dimmed. Or. the • 7 available now. ea will be the at- nUoit . ler the April 4 (Wet . which will be a ` e .DaeceParty!. 400 chit expressed appreelation to the Taylor falyand owners of snow- , mobilessfor their help at the Feb„ 15 Kids' Party. The special event of the evening was a film and presentation by Bill Stevenson dealing with computer teeiinol'ogy. Beigrave Supper guests onturda evening with *Wand 11: Lewis Stonehetge• were Mr. and Mrs. Charles' Johnston of Blyth; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Edgar, RR 4, Wingham; Mr. and Mrs. George Gibson and Mrs. Irlma Edgar of Wingham. This was the occasion of Mrs. Johnston's birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy,Dawson and Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Galbraith have recently returned home from a trip to Freeport, Bahamas. Mr. And Mrs. Jack Taylor spent last • week in Toronto and visited with, their, son, Dir. Ronald Taylor of St, John's,. Newfoundland, who was attending the Ontario Veterinary Convention at The>,• Inn on the Park, Toronto.. „Mrs. •. Willard Armstrong spent a, few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. David Hanna and family of Han- over. They 'left on Monday morning: for North -Battle- ford, Saskatchewan, where they .. will now .be. making their home • Atka.,'. Winnie ; Wheeler of London and her daughter, . Mrs flex$ (Ann) Roniyn, s,aikher ;twa sops,, Jerrodand Corey, ; of : .:Halifax, Nova Scotia, visited, with` Mr. and 14 rs, Kenneth Wheeler on. Sunday?afternoon., • eat Makas and'. Pat i d l.oMien spent 'el& With Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Wheeler. Fro It Hi i', ELEMENTARY STUDENTS enjoyed, classical and popular music by the London Sinfonia, consisting of the professional members of the London Symphony. Or- chestra, Thursday afternoon at F. E. Madill Secondary' School. Sinfonia is visiting several communities In the area,' providing music to please the classical buffs as well as those who are being introduced to symphony. Priorities urin ,This year's priorities, ranging from alternate funding too watershed planning. and.landdrainage, • were outlined by Russ Powell, guest speaker at the. Maitland Valley Conser- vation Authority's . annual meeting last week in• Wroxeter e' •.m During' alt .. eetxng, at- tended by°.'about. 40 repre- sentatives of membe4 munis. - for '81 IWVCA. ,annu 1981 budget Valley Con- rity shows more than D1980, general gcreased only ''compared to hasty tear File chunk of the budget ' wM1 .- e, to $818,450 ironyl'� n 1980, comes ironytowel conduit proje, has been esliin, -35,000. Sine ,s,. the conduit is idents ed by the Ministry of Natural R+egources as a special+ #{oject, it will reeelvet doing which will e levies to ber muni- cost of the project -willx split 85-15 be- tween q;,ninistry and the town. Improvements to the cbanneklAPhigh' is a five to seven,yearproject designed to double reapability, will bring the, c ,nduit up to the requirellie . sof the one -in - 100 -year storm. In' his report at the MVCA annual. meeting. in Wroxeter last ti Vn. Williamson; chairman o the water, managerl4ent,advisory board noted_• thattithe authority has received: authorization from the Mailie begin the down- stream improvements this year. The,,; project will $36;4 retlgii50refr om a taListocialwel levy of . not ill othe i?y.,4 eigatiti to' shicrcTlemaehtnlwotaoaict>gtsuecleae recrea srn, vda' antdi mi $13,03,100 , y,,, water and related agem ent. a is incr to *255,000 frolp *348,000 I1 1960. 1'he MVCA has, budgeted meat fi for provincial grants cipali. Coultes land e to in, parents on 40th nn firers•+ BELGRAVE The family of Edith and Jim Qoultea entertained their parents last Saturday evening in the WI hall, Belgrave to a hot beef dinner in honor of their 40th wedding anniversary. The dinner was Catered by the Calvin -Brick United Church Women. Guests at the dinner were their attendants, Mr. ' and Mrs. " R oneld • Coultes off: Wingham, and other guests included Albert Coultes of Whitechurch; Mr. and Mrs, lyorman Coultes, RR 5, Wingham; 'Mr. and Mrs. John Grant, of Whitechurch; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arbuckle, RR 5, Wingham; Mrs. Gertrude Reavie, cipalities, Mr. Powell, executive " director/on. ' the chairmen's committee of Ontario 'conservation authorities, encouraged «the group to top other areas for revenue in the future. He warned that funding in- creases from; the, Ministry of Natural Resourceernightnot alwa avaitia'ble, "So don't rely solely on the ministry for funds". Qrr �s r`+�cpient Britiih study sEhalarship Mike`-.'Markitt,: ,.RR :1, Wingham, will. be - leaving. Canada " on Saturday to travel -and study in Great Britain for four to six monnths, all expenses paid. Mr ; Marritt; a 33 -year-old sheep .,..farmer, was this year's Canadian winner of the Nuffield . Travel and Study Scholarship. An annual competition in Co mon eallth countries, it ikopen to practicing farmers bet'Ween the ages of 30 and 40 years. It was founded in England by Nuffield Tractor in 1948 and hasbeen open to Canadians.since 1951. Mr. Marr vitt explained that although the scholarship. carries a lot of prestige in Great Britian; it isn't very popular in Canada, in fact he was the only farmer from the province to enter. He explained that the scholarship is administered by the Canadian Agri- cultural Travel Scholarship Association in Regina, which advertises for applications in farm publications across the country. After filling out the application, entrants state what area of study they would undertake iff they won. Mr. Merritt, who chose sheep management, housing and pasture management, was interviewed by a previous scholar, Prof. Ed Brubaker at the University of Guelph. A report of the interview was sent to Regina and the local farmer was notified on Dec. 10 that he was this year's winner. He explained that the win will take him not only to England, but also to France to see the Paris Farm Show and to Belgium for a tour of the European Common Market headquarters. By the first week of April thescholars will have completed their orientation and, some travel and they will ,be ready to begin their courses of study. "I guess the hard work will start then." A car will be provided so he will be able to conduct in- terviews with ii-terviews'with sheepfarmers and visit research stations to gather: information for his project; • which upon com- pletion will bepublished. • H. said the main, aim of the. competition is to allow the scholar to•gain a better insight'. and more • in- formation about hie field, . and other farmers will benefit from his experience through the published work. Chosen topics -are similar to graduate studies • at university and can be based on anything related to agri- culture, including dairy, beef, fruit and commodity marketing, Mr. Merritt, who graduat• - ed' from a two-year agri- cultural course at the .Uni- versity of Guelph in 1975,, is not the only farmer in this region :who ,has won the award. He explained that John Gaunt, Belgrave, won the competition in 1973, and Meredith Robb of Ilderton was the Canadian recipient in 1974. He . said the Canadian association :alternates between the Maritimes, central Canada and the western provinces when choosing a winner. "There hasn't been a recipient from Ontario since 1974." He said that 1981 was an ideal year for him to win because his brother, 19 -year- old Scott, will be home from the West to look after the farm. The Merritt family raises sheep and cash crops on the farm, but plan to expand the sheep herd from about 50 to between 300 and 400 within the next five' years. MIKE MARRITT, a 33 -year-old farmer of RR 1, Wingharri, was this year's winner of the Nuffield Travel and Study Scholarship, an annual competition for a four to Mx -month trip to Great Britain, where whiners study the agricultural topic of their choice. • He suggested .that the authority establish a. dif- ferent' financial system each year and take, advantage of other .government agencies, such as the ministries of the environment and' agriculture and food, together with grants from the .fede,ra1' government, . r • Althoughgr its urere,.gnce. available to cover 75 per cent of park and recreation costs, , now grants are cut back to 50 per cent'. As a result, he said slime authorities have been forced to close their parks He suggested one way to, tackle that problem would be ,to rely' op a private owner to provide cutch .a facility. "If the private sector can pro- vide a 'campground and make a buck off it, let them." , • , • During hie talk Mr. Powell also stressed the importance of conservation service programs with rural land. owners. "Don't let big 'proe. jects overshadow the .little. ones." He pointed out that many ofthe major projects have taken top priority in the last few years and have since been completed. "It's 'the small things that still need to be done." But no matter •how large the project is, Mr. Powell explained that activity reports to member municipalities should be conducted on a regular basis so that local governmehat vA are always informed. ,Re said,that some authorities ae viewed as an arm, of the provincial government and their municipalities feel they won't pay attention to them. "It's true that we have to deal with the government, but authorities sho'tad con- centrate on cultivating the other; hall;j f,,;,the partner- „ ,«`�` • Pr'}ration,tof a'water- shed.: pled w.as anospeechther, iugtllight of ,his ,. which s ed input from involve mull palities and simplicity... . • rr prepare sm' e. xs in conjunction mwith miunicipall„ councils. The finished product should be as short as possible and outline as simply es possible,what the authority proposes and why, Each ':proposal should be priority and . be- accompaniedlisted by a • com pletion datein. Regarding agricultural land drainage, Mr:. Powell said that the beef industry is moving north therefore increased land drainage will be right behind it. He suggested that the authority learn from drainage problems'' 'ex- perienced by counties south of. Huron and make sure that drainage standards are. implemented. "Take a stand' to avoid mistakes. - Work with 'municipalities and establish standards for smaller water-' sh. ' ehe;said, adding that ntthei'on:ru47 ft in t . «...._.. ..,..fie ed the drains installed in southern counties were put, in cheaply because common sense standards were not man- datory. Now, more money is being spent to pay ,for major cleanouts every three years. In other • business, an election .of officers saw the incumbents returned by acclamation: chairman, David Gower of Goderich; t• Trice . chairman, Harold Robinson, Gorrie; con.. munity relations advisory. board chairman, William Dale, Seaforth, and , the conservation areas advisory board chairman, Russell Kernighan, Goderich. Discuss upcoming events during Gordo WI meeting GORRIE The Gorrie Women's Institute met Feb. 18 at the home of Mrs. Martin Scott; with Mrs. Alvin Grainger presiding. Following the Ode, Collect and the minutes, corres- pondence was read ” by the secretary -treasurer, Mrs. Robert . Gibson. Attention was called for the course 'Pants'i which will be held in the Gorrie United Church hall on March 3 and 9, and April 9: The first 14 names given to Mrs. Gibson Tony McQuail calls for conservation program Tony Mc,Quail, NDP candidate for Huron -Bruce in the provincial election; released a statement on the weekend calling for more effective conservation of energy resources. "It costs more and more to develop new supplies of oil, gas, coal and electricity," he noted, adding that, "Today it is , much cheaper to save energy that it is to build new power plants." He said a serious in- sulation and energy con- servation program will save energy for Ontario and money for the homeowner, and that is why the New Democrats have proposed the Warm Up Ontario pro- gram. "Warm Up Ontario is practical and it can save Ontario consumers $10 billion on their fuel bills over the next decade," he claimed. He also claimed the program would create at least 10,000 jobs in the province during the next 10 years, calling it a program "for the little guy, not some big corporation'•'. In other news, the NDP ridirig association an- nounced plans to invite Michael Cassidy, leader of the Ontario NDP, to a rally to be held here early in March. Penny Crawford of Tiverton hag .been elected president of the local con- stituency association, with Minerva CraitfilEtt also of Tiverton, secretary, and Fran McQuaid, West Wawanosl, treasurer. will be accepted. Members were invited to the Belmore Institute on Feb. 24. It was also reported that the district annual will be held in Bluevale on May 12, and the Officers' Con- ference in Waterloo will be held May 5, 6 and 7. Mrs. Jim Gray will be the delegate. Mrs. Gibson mentioned that the area convention in Brussels is scheduled for Oct. 22 and 23. Donations this year are to the district treasury; the Federated Women's Institutes of ' Canada Adelaide Hoodless Fund and a • donation to the World Triennial Conference in Vancouver for the ac- credited country women of the world. Mrs, Martin Scott, public relations convener, using a bridge lamp as a fake microphone, opened the pro- gram with, "Good evening ladies, this is Station GWI." Mrs. Melville Dennis was asked to give a synopsis of resolutions and she touched on many points where help is sought and given through resolutions in countries around the world, not only in Canada. Poems or quotes were given by the following members: Mrs. Alex Taylor; Mrs. Robert Elschner, Mrs. Gladstone Edgar, - Mrs. Melvin Taylor and Mrs. Anne Simmons. Mrs. Alvin Grainger gave a very detailed and in- teresting report on the recent district directors' meetingahe had attended. • Wing ; T18 D !p, Listowel Wayne , Coultes, Angela, Jason,: Gordon`and•Aaron of RR 5, Wingh i , land Mart, and 'Mrs Wayne Co lire,. Shayne and Tara of Thames, • ford. v A 40th wedding anni'vet- sary. take, which w►as made..: and decorated *by Mrs. �. Richard Moore, adored the` table..lramily petwreswere taken. • , • Progressive euchre was enjoyed with; 15 : tabl . in play, The winners were: high lady, Mrs. Gordon McBurney; high man, John Currie; low lady, Mrs. Brad- ley. Galbraith; low man, • Bradley Galbraith. After the euchre . a buffet lunch was served. ors at convoce tf 1 Mingo* et tjt Iv Gaelph, With a di 9r a of Bachelor; of Sclhence,, era- loring in pouitryand'boll sciences. He is now em- ployed as .assistant agrl- cultural representative with the Ministry of Agrl• - culture and Food;in Hal- dimend County, with of- fices in Cayuga. tat EFFECTIVE ;JANUARY' ;5181 ,Subiectto•change without notice Chartered Financial • Planner.'" Wayne M. Chandler ' B. Sc.,'M.Sc., C.F.P. 887.6021 - First • Then ' SPRAY and LUBRICATION NIGHT Sponsored by Edward Fuels - Teeswater Thursday, March 10, 7:45 p.rr_. Teeswater Community Centre Enjoy an informative .meeting: . Learn what's new in farm sprays for this year • of interest to all farmers, truckers, mechanics, contractors, etc. meet . . s Harry McKenzie, Shell's Senior Tech. Rep. for all types of fuels and lubricants. - You'll find out why Harry is called "Shell's Answer Man" LEARN ... how to understand your owner's manual and get the right lube for your machines. • .. where you can save money by extending changes and using different oils .. and where you can't. • .. to reduce repairs and down-time. ... about multi -grade and multi-purpose oils, unleaded vs leaded gas, etc., etc. Door Prizes Refreshments