HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-11-03, Page 4Farmers 'Union
Annual Meeting
13y It 11111, Press See,
The ninth annual couvesstit>u.of
the Outur'io Partners' Union wee
hold iu Memorial hall, O.A.C„
Guelph, on Oet. 24, 25, 26.
Mr. Allan 'Schroeder, au offici-
al of United Auto Wolters, speak-
ing on Monday said the wages
paid Canadian auto workers have
little to do with the price 01 cars.
He said labor costs on 011e stand-
ard automobile or a small trunk
are about $350 and esthnated la-
bor coats of farm. machinery
would be about the same proper of Huron Presbyterial WMS was more equitable level.
tion, In 1945 Mr. Schroeder said held in Duff's Church, McKillop, The following county Directors
wage ,amounted to 33.9% of the on Tues. Oct. 18 with morning and were elected, Horace Delbridge,
cost of manufactured farm Ma- afternoon sessions conducted by Chairman; Rae Houston, Vies
ehinery. In 1957 labor's share bad Mrs. 11, Mcallchael vine-pres. The" Chairman; and directors Doug
dropped to 22.9 per cent, meeting opened by singing the Fraser, Lorne Hasty, Simon Hal -
Wages have gone up, but pro- Doxology and invocation. Hylnn lahan, James Williamson, Ken
duction per worker has gone up 261 was sung and Tenni° Dennis Baker,
a great deal more. He told of an of Bethel read the scripture read•
assembly line that had been re- ing from Ephesians 4: 1.16. Pray The big news of the week
duced from. 226 to 14, the result er was offered by Mrs, P. Lind- was the news of the past wook
of automation. Asked from the say of the Seaforth Auxiliary, ato sponsor the
floor why auto and farm equip- Mrs, G. McKenzie welcomed the Hogge Producersron of Farmers' Allied
meat prices had gone up during WMS members and delegates to Meatoion orises, in taking the
the same period he answered: • their church. Miss F. Houston, of first letter of each word bi have
"Most car and tractor prices Egm.ondville, replied, Minutes FAME, which will be the brand
are not set by wages. One aims were adopted as read. Roll call of FAM under which the top qbd
to get 20 per cent on capital in- auxiliaries showed 75 present at products a which
organization will
vestment. During the past 10 this tinge. The offering was ie -
years it has averaged 25 per cent,• ceived and dedicated by Mrs. be sold.
They get their investment re- i Mills of Clinton, Mrs. Lewis of By making this decision your
turned every four years". !Exeter then presented a Flip representatives have made it
Greetings from the Inter -Pro- (`hart and talk showing how we possible for your products to bo
villin' Farm Union Council were could add interest and life to our sold through an organization
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eected at u meeting of hog pro- quota to the Dairy Farmers of Glenda with Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Canada for' this purpose but a ug. Msleague, Teesweter On S'ulhday.
The pupils of the seismal 011j0Y'
ee a llallowe'el) party oil Monday
afternoon,
Members of the Stewards et the
Christian Home (Married Coup.
les) held their, monthly meeting
on Monday .evening with their
Nannies as guests in. Hallowe'en
eostau0es.. Tile devotional part of
the meeting was in eharge of Mr.
and Mrs. Reuben 3311u0k and Mr.
and Mrs, Fere Dickison. The bus!•
mess was; conducted by President,
Edgar Elligsen. The committee in
charge of recreation were Mr, and.
Mrs, R. Sholdice and Mr. and
Mrs, Lavern Wolfe. Lunch was
served.
,hlrere in his own zone, The reeo-
1u(len asked also that the 0(11.
Hog Producer's Marketing Board
have no connection, direct or in•
(lireet, with any proceeeing plant,
("O.Operali\e or not.
ltosuite of other resolutions will quality product. Producers peed
be heard ou Thursday night Nov. to remember that top quality
3, at a meeting in the Agricultur• cream le needed for this 10 con-
al Board Rooms in Clinton, when tinne.
elms. McNaughton M.L.A. will be; Mr. Morrison went on to ex -
present, Education will also be plain that there is a reel need
discussed and anyone interested' for greater co-operation amoug
Is invited to attend. milk producers and a direction
MEETING HELD Iprogram with some term of price
SECTIONAL.blending is needed to increase re.
The Centre Section Conventiou turus to the dairy termer on a
gusted that perhaps we should be
doing still more,
Ile expressed appreeletiou to
creamery operators for their ef-
forts in mauafacturlug a top
brought by its chairman Mr. A. meetings. She said, we could which you the produces', can
P. (Heave, also president of the start by using the WMS Aim, control. You will notice that I
Saskatchewan Farmers' Union,•Study", "Pray", and "Give", as said you can control, Whether
"Continuali declining farm in-; I we go forward into this year you do control it m• not will de -
come and the resulting migration' with our Theme "Into all the pend on whether or not you are
from farm to city are major fact- ( World Together". She also men willing to take an interest in it,
ars contributing to rising imam-, tioned a naw film now available keep np to date on the informa-
ploynlent and are dragging the "Household of Faith", tion, and offer your suggestions
Canadian economy", he said. Mr.l Mrs, Sutter of Clinton gave the tor improvements.
Cleave explained the farmer is t treasurer's report showing $13,611 In the past we have relied on
one at the largest markets Por' Government for the power to con -
consumer and capital goods.
"How much better a market he
would be if he is in a healthy fir
nancial position with adequate in-
come, rather than being the low
plan on the totem pole".
To bring the economy back in-
to gear the Farm Union leader
suggested expanded markets, both
at home and abroad. "We have
the land resources, and technical
know-how: what we need is the
people to make use of our abund-
ances and let others share it,
both at home and abroad."
Mr. Alvin Hamilton, Minister of
Agriculture, delivered his first
public address since his appoint-
ment, to the delegates. He told
the audience that since he feels
emotionally involved with the
field of agriculture, he promises
to do all in his power to solve the
many problems facing the farm-
ers today. Mr. Hamilton said that
it is his belief that the farmers
will have to go through a period
of transition into other forms Of
producing commodities from the
land. As an example he cited the
forecast that by 1965 pulp and
paper requirements in Canada
will be increased by 60 per 0001.
I -Te suggested that many farmers
can increase their future income
by -planting trees and moving in-
to this field of production.
A spirited question period fol-
lowed Mr. Hamilton's address. It
reached a climax when one of the
delegates referred to some of the
Minister's remarks as nothing
but "wriggling around the facts".
Visibly angered. Mr. Hamilton
rose and defended his position,
saying that the government under
John Diefenbaker had done more
in the last three years for farm-
ers than any previous govern-
ment had in 25 years.
Mrs. Mary McIntosh, women's spoke. She hoped we would be
President of the Manitoba Far- disturbed enough not to go on in
mers Union, and former school the same trend, The Ship is the
teacher, delivered a dynamic ad- symbol of Christian Unity and we
dress to the convention. In her must see that the Pilot—Jesus,
opening remarks she said that is on our ship. Hymn 269 was
there is no division between east- sung and the meeting closed with
ern and western farmers. Their the Mizpah benediction.
problems affect one another and
they must present a united front FEDERATION NEWS
in the interest of agriculture, By J. C. Hemingway
Mrs. McIntosh said that in Mani- Huron County Cream Produc- Mrs. Manuel Beuerman, Mrs. C.
toha the cash income is down in ers held their annual meeting in Ahrens, Mrs. Harvey Ahrens, Mrs.
the first six months of this year. the Agricultural Board Rooms, on Wilfred Ahrens, Mrs. L. Wolfe i
Women and children have pro- Tuesday evening, Oct. 25th at and Mrs. It. Sholdice attended a
sided the slave labor that has 8.30 p.m. with Sisson Hallahan, shower last Tuesday evening at
kept farmers in business for too Chairman, presiding. the Walton Community Hall for
long, she said, 1 In his remarks Mr. Hallahan Miss Joan Shortreed prior to her
Mrs. McIntosh strongly con- noted bre small attendance and marriage to Mr. Raymond Beuer-
demned the system of acreage said that this could he taken as man on Saturday.
payments for western farmers.' an indication that Cream Produc- Rev. and Mrs, C. Diegel and
She said it was strange that the ers are reasonably satisfied with Matthew of Geraldton spent a few 1
number of farmers, according to the activities of their organizes days last week with his parents
statistics, had declined but the tion. However he pointed out that Mr, and Mrs, Wm. Diego).
number of permits issued for as it. is also dangerous when stem- Mr, and Mrs, Ross Leonhardt,
reage payments had increased by hers fail to come out and indicate Kim and Kathy returned hone al-
a large number. their support. There is continual ter three weeks spent on a trip to
Agriculture, like education, has pressure being exerted to allow Texas and other points. Mr. Nor -
become everybody's business. To- butter substitutes to imitate the man Burnett of Detroit returned
day's farmers are at the mercy colour of butter, In order to pre- with them for a visit.
of too many told, calculating vent this strong support on the Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence Rock of
hands, people with no compassion. part of producers is needed, :Farmington, Mich., visited Mr•
She cited an example in the guns- Mr. Ilotson, of St. Mary's, Zone • and Mrs. (leo, Eickmeir and other
shy. sodden, mess known to -day as director told us that it was ex- relatives for the weekend,
broad, petted that we would have tl four
"The wheat germ is removed, months supply of butter In stor-
maturing agents, preservatives, age at the end of October but due
bleaches, etc. are added," Site to dry pastures production had
suggested if the processor did as dropped off and sales wore being
well as the producer, we might made out of •storage earlier this
have a product worthy of the
name.
Mrs. McIntosh said she believed
the increasing number of farm
organizalions were not in the
best interests of agriculture, but
the result of a desire for power,
She advocated one strong organ-
ization with representatives from
all commodities. "Too many little
groups tend to weaken us and are
too costly to fanners," she said.
The eleeHon of officers result-
ed as follows:
Pres„ Mol. Tebhutt, Mnrkdale;
1st Vine fres„ .Edwin Norden,
Shelburne; 2nd Vice Pres„ John
T)olmer, Dundalk; Women's Pres.,
Mrs. M. Hopkins, Fenelon falls;
Women's Vine, Pres., 1VIrs. Alma
Parker, Roseueat.h. Jr. fres., Igen
Marisset, Prinee Edward (lo,
Of the resolutions discussed a
ten point resolution concerning
hog marketing came in for lot
of discussion and comment before
being adopted. Tt asked for a mer-
keting board of 11 members, each
representing one of 11 zones, and
sent to Tor the Pirst 3 qualLel® trol the selling of our products
1110 las a balance of $11,359 forand in many cases this has been a
the last quarter. decided benefit, However it has
Mos; Ball sec., Sspoke the Ex- become very apparent that this is '
plorer group spoke on behalf not a solid foundation for a long
of the group saying so far there term of years since governments
are just 3 groups, can change their policy or even
Mrs. reportedMcGill, Clinton, the supply be defeated,
sec., 23 bales of clothing,
3 vacation kits being sent and one Further, your fate in marketing
needy family helped, Miss Eileen under government legislation may
Ratz, Port worker at Halifax be determined on an altogether
would appreciate having Welcome different question,
kits sent to her. I Let us suppose that at an elec-
The Bible study period was ta- tion one party .says that if it is
ken by Mrs. K. Clysdale of St. I elected Hydro rates will be cut in
Marys. Mrs. McMichael then pro-, two but also that it will withdraw
flounced the benediction and we the farm marketing legislation.
adjourned for dinner, + The other party maintains that
The afternoon session opened Hydro rates should be increased
with hymn 241. Mrs. Scott of and that the farm marketing leg-
Brncefteld read the scripture les- islation should be extended.
son and meditation from Gala- I agree that my comparison is
tions 6; 1-1.0 followed with gayer fantastic but the point that I
by Mrs, Pitt of Varna, We were would like to make is that our
then favored with a lovely solo method of marketing farm pro -
"1 shall not pass again this way", ducts under the authority of leg -
by Mrs. Neil. Bell of Seaforth ac- isletion niay be decided by the
companied by Mrs. Addison of opinion of the people on an en-
Seaforth. Mrs. Lewis introduced tirely different subject,
the guest speaker Miss Frances By forming a system of Co -Op -
Stevenson, who is on furlough erative packing plants we will not
from India. She first of all wish- be under the cloud of public posit-
ed to thank the WMS for the teal opinion.
privilege of being able to go to This is a big step for farmers
India, you can't go to another of Ontario to take as it will pro -
country and not learn and bene- vide for the slaughter of not only
tit by it. India is a country of hogs but also for cattle and
deep contrasts. The work of the lambs.
missionaries is now under the To give you some idea of the
Church there. Mrs. 0. Harrison of speed with which an organization
Moncrief gave the courtesy re- ot this kind can grow the general
darks for the day. The offering manager, Mr. Courteau, of the
was received and dedicated by Quebec Co -Operative packing
Mrs. Brown of Constance, The plants told us that in a matter of
invitation for 1961 was received five or six years this enterprise
to go to Goshen Church, and was has grown from nothing to the
accepted. The resolution report point that it is now slaughtering
was read by Mrs. Nelson of Olin- 27% of all the livestock produced
ton. Mrs. Tiffin, the Presbyterial in Quebec and within five years
President of W i n g h a m then expects to be processing 75% of
the Quebec livestock.
In spite of obstacles and top
competitive prices this Co -Op re-
turned $900,000 to its members as
well as retaining $450,000 for ex-
pansion, These figures could be
multiplied by 4 if all livestock had
been marketed this way.
NicKI LLOP
Mr, and Mrs. George Baler an
1, Dublin are observing their
64th wedding anniversary Nov,
510. Due to Mr, Baler's illness
they are unable to celebrate,
They were married at their resi-
dence RR 1, Dublin, Nov 5th,
1.896.
The W. A, of E.U.B. Church
was held at the home 02 Mrs.
Fred Hoegy at Seaforth with
Mrs, Lavern Hoegy and Mrs. 0.
Beuerman in charge. The theme
ot the meeting was on Thanks-
giving. Roll call was answered
to a household hint, It was de-
cided to hold a bazaar in the
First
Presbyterian Church
Rev, 1). Leslie Elder
Minister
11 A.M.
Anthers—
"What Are These" (Stainer)
Evening Service 7 P.M.
BRODHACEN
Mr, and Lorne Wolfe and boys
of Kitchener with Mr, and Mrs.
Lavern Wolfe visited Mrs, John
Hinz, Sobringville.
Mrs, Edith Beuerman of Sea -
forth spent the weekend with
year and will reduce stocks eon- Mrs. Rachel Ahrens.
siderahly. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pfeifer and
11e also pointed out that though Karl, Mrs, Ad. Pfeifer and Mr, and
Imputation is increasing consump- Mrs. Clarence Pfeifer visited with
Hon of butter is decreasing and Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Hendrick and
this; raised the question, "Are our family, Mr. and Mrs. Laird Hand -
children being educated away rick and family and Miss Eliza -
from the use of butter?" This is both Brodhagen at Grand Bend on
particularly interesting in the Sunday.
light of a statement made by a re- Members of the Junior Choir of
.cent visitor to Russia when he St. Peter's Lutheran Church un-
stated that In Russia, butter sub- der the leadership of the organist
stitutes are not considered health- Miss Audrey Priestap, sang for
11111, particularly for children, and the first time on Sunday,
are therefore used only to a Jim- A shower was held in the cosn-
itcd degree in taking. tnunity Centre hero on Saturday
We were also told that for ev- evening fur Mr, and Mrs, Hugh
cry $100 worth of butter sold only Osborne (Diane King), The ad -
19c is spent on advertising while dress was read by Mrs, Don Sto-
for bill ter substitutes for 91.00 of mon and the presentation was
sales 92 is spent on promotion of made by Mrs, Orville Parrott and
the product. Mr. Harold Gaffney, They wort
Mr. Bob Morrison, Ont. Cream presented with cosh. Clarettes
Producer see. -manager, oomph- Orchestra played for dancing and
n>euted Huron County h1 the fine lunch was served,
job done by Ihts year's Dairy Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dickison of
i'rineess, Miss Doreen Hewett, Tecswator with Mr, and Mrs. F,
With regard to advertising Ont. Diekisen on Mendes',
('rerun Producers paid their full Mr. and Mrs, F, Dickison and
BUTTERMILK BISCUITS
'VNE MAKE 'EM –
"tVU BAKE 'am"
Cleary's !GA
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cohllmuillty hall at llrodllagen on
Nov. 1.9th. The uoxt sheeting 15
to be held at the home 02 Mrs,
Irvin Rock with Mrs, Arthur
Nichols and Mrs, Win, Koehler
111 charge.
Property 'was damaged at the
Church in our conununity by
pranksters last Friday night,
BLAKE
The Blake School pupils held
their Hallowe'en party, on AVM -
day afternoon, A program, games
and contests were enjoyed by all.
Mr. Hughio McBride of London
spent the weekend at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mra, Roy
McBride.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
November 1935
The death occurred of 3o'hn
McLennan, ono 02 the oldest resi-
dents and prominent member of
the local Salvation Army, He was
Pith SE/WORTH NEWS (Phone 84) — Thursday; November 3, 3900
born in Scotland and came to
Seilfortli when he was 18. 3310
was employed by Dr, Coleman's
salt works and tor 90 Years was
with the furllitnre factory, and
then for Many years earetakor of
the post office until he retired,
The wedding was solemnized at
the home of the bride's parents,
Goshen Line, whorl Eva Margar-
et, daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Themes Robinson, became the
bride of Elmore R. Stephenson.
The ceremony was performed by
ReV. A. E. Poulter.
Elver since the Modeland farm
at the western edge of Eg
villa Was cleared, two trees
grown together in a curious arch
formation have stood in one of
the fields. There 15 a legend' that
elle Indians sometimes marked
the burying place of their chiefs
by joining two saplings together
and judging by the shape of
TOWN OF SEAPORTli
Y
' On instructions from the Council, I
hereby request the Citizens and
Business Men to observe
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11
as Remembrance Day
by closing their places of business
all day to observe same
EDMUND DALY,
Mayor
"GOD SAVE THE QUEEN"
these two maples this 800016 a
likely explanation.
FORTY YEARS AGO
From The Seaforth News
November 1020
All Hallow's lave came on Sun-
day this year which rather per-
plexed the spirits wandering over
the earth that night with the re-
sult that their tomes were soma
what scattered and elongated,
They appeared also to be full
of harmless pranks that amuse,
without destroying property.
Long may such harmless spooks
live 1
The council has awarded the
memorial for the soldiers who
made the supreme sacrtfieo in the
great war to the Thomson Mon.
ument Co. Men have been at
work preparing the ground for the
foundation. The base will be 4x8'.
On this the names will be en-
graved, It 18 expected there will-..
be forty names. The base will be
surmounted with the figure of a
soldier with a bare head leaning
over a Flanders Cross. The figure
of the soldier is carved from
white Italian marble and the work
will be done in Italy, arid is ex-
pocted to reach here in the spring
of 1921. The base is grey Cana-
dian granite.
GIII0111••••••111m
Don't Forget
these fall parties
coming up
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all sportswear
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