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Clinton News-Record, 1950-02-02, Page 8PAGE EIGHT CANADIAN PLOWMEN ABROAD by ALEX McKINNEY Jr. * Director ONTARIO • PLOWMEN'S ASSOCIATION EDITOR'S NOTE: This' is the first of a series of weekly stor- ies which Alex McKinney Jr., Brampton, a director of the Ontario Plowmen's Associat- ion, who as their coach -manag- er, will write about the visit of Canada's champion plowmen to the British Isles, West Ger- many, Denmark and the Neth- erlands. • Canadian Plowmen Abroad On Board the Queen Mary somewhere on the Atlantic: This is the first day Out of New York and it is Friday, January 13. All superstitious notions to the con- trary the weather is clear, the tea •calm and seasickness • hasn't yet taken hold of any of us. By as I mean Jim Eccles of Bramp- ton and Ron Marquis of Sunder- land, the 1949 Canadian champ- ion plowmen, and myself. We are on our way overseas to take part in plowing matches in Great Britain and to see how things are clone on the other side of the Atlantic. This is the fourth year that the gold medal winners in Trans - Atlantic horse and tractor classes at the 'International Plowing Match have been awarded all - expense paid trips to the United Kingdom. But in many ways this year's trip is different from the others. For one thing Imperial Oil is the only company sponsoring the trip. in the past Imperial divided the honors and the costs with an- other firm. Then this yearbe- cause of exchange difficulties and restricted budgets only the winners in the two classes are going overseas whereas in the past the runners-up were includ- ed; and instead of spending all of the time in the United King- dom the champion plowmen this year will shorten their stay in the U.K. so that they can visit West Germany, Holland and Den- mark. This change in itinerary was made at our request and' we are paying the extra costs in- volved in visiting the continent. Another change is that we will fly back to Canada instead of returning) by boat. As in the past the coach -man - Dan Geiger Heads Hay Federation Group The annual meeting of Hay Township Federation of Agricul- ture was held in the new Com- munity Centre, Zurich, Tuesday evening, January 24. The meet- ing was preceded with a banquet tvith • 315 enjoying the banquet catered to by Zurich Women's ' Institute. Dan Stauffer, Bright, president Of Ayr 'Co -Operative, was the guest speaker, choosing for his theme, "Looking Ahead." The speaker stated that "We must demand our government officials to express where they stand," He said the farmers were partly up the ladder to respect, and there were 400,000 farmers in the Fed- . eration, and that the Internation- al Federation had 24 countries connected with the F.A.O. Other speakers who spoke briefly were Robert Peek, presi- dent, Stanley Federation, and Robert McGregor, president of Tuckersmith Federation. The financial report presented to the meeting disclosed 'a bal- ance from last year of $163.57. Officers elected were: presi- dent, Delbert Geiger; vice-presi- dent, Sam Hendrick; secretary - treasurer, Carl Oestreicher; dir- ecters, Carl }laborer, Arnold 1V ferner,•Leonard Merner, Clifford. Pepper, Percy Campbell, 'Harold Willem, Gus Roche, For the musical portion of the evening a quartette composed of Miss Pauline Hess and her bro- ther, Miss Gascho, and F. Haber- er, with Mrs, Harry Hess at the piano acute Mee several num bars, Alvin Welper directed. a .. sing -song, The proceeds of the banquet and, dance will' be donat- ed to the Community Hall and Arena Fund, Desjardine orch- estra played for .tire, dahce:• 0 Aubtirn•'Presbyte.rian Church 'Annual Held , The, an au a 1 congregational meeting of Knox Presneterian Church was held in the Sunday School room Monday evening e with Rev. G. Milne of Brussels, interim moderator, presiding. The various reports showed a year of progress. The report of the ses- sion, given by J. J. Wilson, re- corded increased interest in the work of the church and .Sunday School under the pastorate of Rev, ' J. Honeyman. The auditors. show- ed all obligations met and a bal- ance of more than $600 on hand,. The report of the Ladies' •Aid was presented by Mrs. Edgar Lawson, Mrs. Fred. Riess, reporting for the WMS, said $100 had been sent to the Presbyterial treasurer and there was a balance of $19 on hand. The Sunday School re- • port, given by tie assistant sup- erintendent, J. J. Wilson, showed 'it had enjoyed a very successful; year with a splendid attendance: The retiring managers, A. Rol-' Bison and Wellington Good, were 're-elected for a three-year term. Mrs, W, Good ,was re-elected treasurer, Otherselected were; central committee, J. C. Stoltz, Edgar Lawson; auditors, Mrs. Fred -Ross, Mrs, W. Bradnocic; publishing committee, J. C. Stoltz, Mrs, F. Ross; ushers, Robert Scott Wellington Good, Wesley Bradrnock Gordon Dobie; plate collectors, Wellington Good, Gor- don Dobie; Sunday School super- intendent, Alfred Rollinson; as ssitant,. J J. Wilson. James Eccles Ronald Marquis old countries such as the Aber dean -Angus, Guernsey, Herefords and other whose progeny are so popular in Canada. Perhaps you wonder why I am with the team when I did not plow at the International last year. Well, thatis easy to ex- plain. In addition to paying the costs of sending overthe champ- ions, Imperial also provides for a coach -manager to be appointed by the. Ontario Plowmen's As- sociation.. That association op- erates the International Plowing Matches. As a director it was my luck to be selected. Last year it was Elliott Moses and before that it was George Waldie, and Clark Young acted as reporter. In 1946 it was Fred Timbers. You probably read their newsletters and it is my sincere hope that I will be able to follow in their footsteps and provide letters that will be as interesting. But to get back to my life story. In addition to raising purebred cattle I grow registered seed on my farm, called Pioneer Lodge because it is the family homestead. I have always been interested in municipal and gov- ernment affairs and during my overseas trip I hope to study some of the governments over there. In London I had hoped to see parliament ,in action, but as there is an election on I will only see the buildings. However in these days when so much is being said and written about representative government it will be an exper- ience just to see the "Mother of Parliaments." ager will be a sort of historian- repeeter and, this letter and :hose that follow will be my account of the trip. I will try to describe what we see, where we go, whet we do and sometimes, what we hear. If Mark Twain hadn't al- ready used the title I'd suggest than these newsletters be called "The Innocents Abroad" for this is the first time that ally of us have crossed the ocean although we are all of British descent. The •boys' great-grandfathers and my -great -great-grandfather cross- ed over from the British Isles and settled in Canada. Our •five-day voyage on the Queen Mary is about equal to the number of weeks that our ancestors took to sail to Canada a century ago. But to start at the beginning, as every news reporter is taught to do, I'll introduce the two cham- pion plowmen and myself. Ronald Marquis, the gold med- al horse plowman, is the young- est member of the group. He is 28 years of age, single, and lives with his father, Lloyd Marquis on a 150 -acre farm near Sunder- land, about eight miles north of Uxbridge, Ron has been a contest- ant at plowing matches for the past 15 years and he has won half a dozen gold watches plus a large quantity of silver cups and trays at International and county matches. Jim Eccles, winner in the tract- ar class, ;hails from Brampton and is my next door neighbor. He is 30 years of age, married, and works a 425-ai;re mixed farm. Like Ron Marquis, Jim has been taking part in plowing matches for the past 15 years. For the last four years he has been try- ing for top place in the Esso Champions the he placed fourth, onal. Innext year he was seventh, the follow- ing year he placed sixth and last Year he succeeded in winning. Ond now iii describing my activities I would first like to mention that all of us have much in common. Besides being mem- bers of pioneer Canadian families all of us raise purebred cattle and we look forward to visiting some of the famous herds in the Since October 14 at Burford (at the close of the 1949 International Plowing Match) when we were nformed that we would be go- ing overseas, it has been a busy period. Preparations for the trip have involved us in passports, visas, foreign exchange and num- erous other governmental and transportation regulations, but we managed to cope with them. There were also meetings to at - ted and farewells to be said and of course there was no end to the tasks that had to be done before leaving our farms for so long a time. It will probably be six weeks before we get home. <# CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THUIISDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1950 FEDERATION NEWS (By Cordon M. Greig, Secretary and Heldman) To Discuss Levy The Executive and Directors of Huron County Federation of Agriculture held' a meeting on Saturday afternoon, January 28, in the Agricultural Board Room, Clinton. It was decided to hold their next meeting on 'Feb. 21, and have two voting delegates present from each township as it is planned to discuss finances. It has been proposed that 1/5 of a mill levy is not sufficient Income to support the Fedrea- tion work, and it has been stig- gested that this levy be changed to 2/5 of a mill. It was also suggested that the division of this money between the township and the county be changed. The Federation will again hold a Field Day and publish a Year Boo . One invitation has been received to hold the annual picnic in Goderich again this year. No action was taken on this invita- tion as it was considered advis- able to wait and see if other invitations are received. Attending Convention A . delegation from Huron County Federation of Agriculture is attending the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture being held at Niag- ara Falls, Ont., this week. At Short Course More than 50 Junior Farmers from Huron County attended the Agricultural short course a t Guelph, held early in January, They reported the course was well worth attending and much valuable information and train- ing was received. We cannot estimate the value of this train- ing, as it should lead to improv- ed farming in our county as these young men put into prac- tive on their own farms the things they have been taught by these educational experts. HURON ROAD Happy Workers Meet The Happy Workers Club held its January meeting at the home of Mrs. Charles Brandon with 17 members and two visitors pres- ent. The meeting opened by sing- ing "What A Friend We Have In Jesus,” followed by t h e Lord's Prayer. The treasurer and sec It as decided wasort tobuy"er given. flannelette to make a layette. Mrs. Noble Holland won the lucky ticket. The roll call was answered by the paying of fees. The next meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. Jack Smith. The meeting closed by singing God Save the King. BIyth Agricultural Favors Rink Project Blyth Agricultural Society held its annual meeting in the Orange Hall, 'Blyth, Saturday afternoon, January 28. The president, Gil- bert Nethery, in his address stat- ed: "Wet weatTLer seems to be the jinx of Blyth Fall Fair; but despite the rain the gate receipts were higher, Inst yedr than in previous years." Gilbert Nethery was chosen president fora seem -3 -Fenn; vice- presidents, ' Archie Young, Harry Sturdy; secretary -treasurer, Mrs. C. Galbraith; Federation repre- sentative, Harry Sturdy; auditors, Gordon Elliott, Harold Vodden. The dates for the 1950 fair Were set as Friday and Saturday, September 22 and 23. It was decided to sponsor a Beef Calf Club again with Frank Thompson, R.R. 5, Wingham, as leader. Being a Hereford en - AUBURN Mr. and Mrs. Gordon , Taylor and Marion spent the weekend with friends in Detroit. Clayton Ladd who, underwent a operetoin in Alexandra Hos- pital, Goderich, returned home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Nicholson and family, Seaforth, spent Sun- day with 3. J. Wilson and Mr. and Ma's. Wes Bradnock. Misses Jetrid Anderson, Strat- feed, and Joan Anderson, Wat- ford; spent the . weekend with their mother, Mrs. W. T. Robison. Jerry Vesterfelt visited his sister, Miss Mary Renouf, Strat- ford, over the weekend. Mrs, J. H. Medd, Mrs. Fred Rouse, Arlene and Donald Rouse, Goderich, visited Mr. J. W, Medd thusiast„Mr. Thompson has offer- and Mrs. Fred Ross Sunday. ed a special prize of $25 for the Master John Arthur, son of Blyth 'Calf Club, to be divided Mr. and Mrs. Keith Arthur, who among the club members who ex- Underwent an operation in Alex - ib it suitable Hereford calves andra Hospital, Goderich, return - that have been born since May ed home Saturday. 1, 1949. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. J'. C. Galbraith and W. Gow are a W. Graham at the weekend were conunittee to extend an invite- Mr. and Mrs. E. Osborne and tion to the Huron County Hol- fa stein Association to exhibit again at Blyth Fall -Fair: If the Here- ford breeders organize in the meantime, an invitation is to be extendedto them also, C. Galbraith, Agricultural So- ciety representative on the Com- munity Recreational Centre Com- mittee, reported that the grounds known as the Agricultural Park had been turned over to the re- creational centre, and that he had attended a meeting in Memorial Hall when the construction of a rink on the grounds had been proposed. After much discussion, a motion was adopted favoring a rink project. CONSTANCE (Intended for last week) Mr. and Mrs. Fred Riley, Kit- chener, spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G Riley. We are pleased to report Mrs. Walter Scott returned home from the hospital recently, and is im- proving nicely. slce hildren few school holidays. Our teacher is home nursing her little dau- who is ill. We hope she as a speedy recovery. Gomm and peDr and Mrs, MVfcCMrs. Kincardine. Walkerburn Club Meet The mon: Walkerburn Club wasg held on Friday afternoon, January 27 at the home of Mrs. Stanley Ball. The meeting opened with all sing- ing a hymn with Mrs. Jim Jackson at the piano. This was followed by all repeating the Lord's Pray- er, followed with a prayer by Rev. G. M. Wyatt. The roll call was answered by 14 members. Thank -you cards from Mrs. Har- vey flunking, Mrs. Andrew Kirk- connel and Mrs. Henry Husking, were read. The lucky draw con- ducted by Mrs. Percy Vincent was won by Mrs. Stewart Anent. The business meeting closed with singing a hymn. Mrs. Glen Raithby and Mrs The afternoon was spent in a social form after which a dainty lunch was served by group 1, which are Mrs. Charles Brandon, Mrs. Cliff Glazier and Mrs. Hugh Ball. Proceeds for the afternoon were $7.10. uy Cunningham were in charge of •the program. The program opened with all singing a hymn. This was followed with a read- ing by Mrs. Stanbury; a solo by Mrs. Elliot Lapp. Rev. Mr. Wyatt gave a very interesting talk on his mission work at Yukon. The programme closed with all sing- ing a hymn followed with prayer by Rev. Wyatt. Lunch was served by Mrs. Stanley Ball, Mrs. Andrew Kirk - donne', Mrs. Jim McDougal and Mrs. Glen Raithby. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Andrew Kirkconnei and the roll call to be answered with a Valentine verse. 1,/i/f I/Ui/i A 81,4,V OAeU/ 41.1W f U T U A A h1 / C , S P f d' T A C U L A A G. ARMSTRONG HEADS HENSALL FAIR BOARD (By our Hansen correspondent) The annual meeting of the members of South Huron Agr+i- culturai Society was held Satur- day afternoon, January 21, in the Commercial Hotel, Hensall. There wasa splendid attendance and finances in good healthy con- dition. Officers are: president, George Armstrong; 1st vice-president, William Decker; 2nd vice-presi- dent, John McGregor' secretary - treasurer, W. R. Dougall, ,„ ., Directors: Earl Campbell, Roy Bell, T. J. Sherritt, Dick Ether- iBrn'gton, Howard Wright, Dick Kinsman, Allan Walper, A. W. Kerslake, Elmer Webster, Elgin McKinley, Sam Dougall, W. G. Parke, Alvin McBride, Harvey. Coleman, Fred Smaliacombe, Stan Tudor. Date of annual fair provision- ally is set for May 25. Field Crop competition also will 'be sponsor- ed, with Cornell Wheat. 0 TractorDrivingContest Draws Many Entrants Competitors from 32 counties in Ontario were intent on proving themselves top men among Junior Farmers ina tractor driving com- petition' held at the Coliseum, Toronto, on January 19 under the sponsorship of the Junior Mainers' Association of Ontario, and the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Donald Steckle, Essex, carried off top money with= a total of 667 out of a possible 800 points.' 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