The Seaforth News, 1961-01-19, Page 4New Position for'
W. Montgomery
TIM appointments • of G. W.
Montgomery es agricultural de'
velopment officer and D. W, Joao
as aerieulttil'al development re-
presentative for Canadian Nation'
al Railways' Great Lakes region,
are announced by E. R. Dalrym-
ple, regional freight sales elan;
age!', Toronto,"
In their new positions, Mrs
Montgomery and Mr, Jose will
maintain close liaison with agri-
cultural officials, organizations
and farmers. lir addition to assist
iitg agricultural producers in the
production, marketing and trans,
portation fields, they will also
work with industrial clients of
the railway engaged in the pro.
oessing of farm products or sup'
plying term needs. •
They will represent the rail•
s,
m eegtiue
way • at agricultural
conventions, livestock sales and
exhibitions, ;and will assist and
advise the various railway depart-
ments on agricultural problems.
Raised on •a farm near Ottawa,
Gerry Montgomery is a graduate
of Kemptville Agricultural
School and the Ontario Agricul-
tural College, Guelph.
After 11 years' service with the
Extension Branch of the Ontario
Department of Agriculture in-
cluding appointments as assist,
ant agricultural representative in
Lambtou and Hastings County,
agricultural representative in Nip.
issing District and 1luron Coun-
ty, Mr. Montgomery joined the
CNR as -agricultural agent at
Toronto in 1957. He was appoint.
ed district superintendent there
in 1958,
A graduate of the Ontario Ag.
ricultural College, Don Jose Join-
ed the CNR as agricultural ag-
ent, Toronto, in August 1958. He
formerly farmed in partnership
with his father and brother at
Newcastle, Ont„ where they
maintain a high-quality herd of
Holstein -Friesian cattle and ex-
tensive orchards.
Because of their varied back-
grounds which include participa-
tion in rural community activi-
ties on a local, regional and
provincial level, Mr. Montgomery
and Mr. Jose are well-known to
Ontario farmer's.
liaYulent when you loll your begs
'and thea at the end of the three
menthe dividing up whatever the
hogs. brought .over that amount
by the pounds of dressed weight
and making a final payment to
acme producer feu this basis.
Another"01180s8 or words seems
to be "patronage dividends".
There aro those who take excep-
tion to the fact that 00 -Ops are
not required to pay tax on title
money. The reason given le that
these are pr'oi'ita, Since this more
ey is returned to the patron it
is not a profit to the Co•Op, but
Is really a price Adjustment re-
fund, ;
In other words it simply means
that if the patrons do enough
business with their Co^Op the
handling cost per unit is less and
the Co -Op has acquired more
money over the year than it need.
ed to operate and this overcharge
is being returned,This is a corn..
mon practice in many corpora-
tions
or flora
tions and this money returned to
dealers or customers is not tax-
able. The principle is right but
the interpretation ofthe words
is wrong.
In these times of stress and
conflict over marketing issues it
is important that we use our
words carefully. Perhaps on ma
hien it is wiser to just keep sil-
ent,
It seems to sue that a great
deal of time is spent on discus•
Mon of minor details while main
Issues are overlooked, .At a re.
cent meeting the guest speaker
made the statement that accord-
ing to results of a long study by
an internationl group of econo-
mists it was the depressed condi.
tion of farming that •caused the
depression of the thirties. Why
then is government following a
policy of increased tariffs which
can only increase our agricultural
surpluses and further depress the
Farming Industry?
Whits Bean and Wheat produ-
cers have been relatively success•
fel in disposing of their surplus-
es, Poultry Producers are en-
deavouring to do the same and it
is hoped FAME will_also be suc-
cessful to this end. If Govern-
ment can't assist at least they
could stop throwing rocks.
FEDERATION NEWS
By J. Carl Hemingway
In my article of last week I
was speaking of the fear of con-
flict between marketing Boards
and Co -Ops. One of the papers left
out a very small word "not". My
statement was "that the great
fear of conflict seemed to be in
the minds of those not closely
connected with either .the Co -Ops
or Marketing Boards." What a
difference in meaning one little
word can make.
Again at recent meeting the
statement was made that the
Hog Producers had claimed that
they would stabilize the price
over a three month period- If we
think of a stabilized price as one
that remains the same we imme-
diately see that a bidding method
as is now in operation could not
do this.
However I feel quite sure that
the word was equalize not stabil-
ize and this could be done by the
Hog Producers Marketing Board
if the producers approved it.
This could be done by the board
simply paying you $25.00 per hun-
dred for your hogs as an interim
Moosonee May Be
Ontario Seaport
Moosonee, Ontario—This fron-
tier settlement looks to future
development with the full antici-
pation that accompanies the
coining of spring after a long,
hard northern winter.
Hugging the shores of the
Moose River 15 miles south of
James Bay, and. 668 miles north
of Toronto, Moosonee is now a
quiet, orderly community, som-
nolent in the memories of boom-
ing activity that once made it an
important anchor point in the
construction of northern radar
warning systems.
But while Moosonee has an
outward appearance of somno-
lence, the people who make up
the .settlement are very much
awake to the great potential lying
within their community to be-
come a portal opening the way
to a new era of development of
Canada's Northland,
Uppermost in their minds is
the possibility that Moosonee
may become Ontario's first salt
water seaport through which
vast reserves of iron would be
funnelled from the north to the
great iedheltriel centres of south-,increeeed 004 complicated Coln- Tender Print 1petitnte, establish-
ern Canada sad the United mnnity activity that would come 84 Met year which was developed
States. To the people of Moose• with any seaport development: with the 00.0909011on Of produc'
nee Plekinice Cree• and white Over the years of his assign- ers olid proeeesors,
plan—this 10 no 'idle dream for meet, Constable alert 'has risen Mr. Biggs expressed a definite.
whiling away long winter even• i to local prominence and a leader need- for co-op processing plants,
lugs. When they talk of it, they in community life through ills blit warned that they must not.
talk enthusiastically, with con. i 0heeeful understanding .of native all be coop' Controlled, He said a
vietion that it will be done. ' problems and the .way •0f north- balance must be created through
Residents are now eagerly ere tieing, A raw-boned Navy co-op and private enterprise pre -
awaiting the results of a $100,- veteran and native of Copper 0essors, to keep everyone en
000 joint Federal -Ontario survey Cliff, he is a moving force behind their toes.
on the feasibility. of converting lVIoosonee's junior hockey league Mr. Biggs devoted part of his
the settlement fi'oin a northern and, with his English -born wife,
trappers' ou t est into a major Honor, active in local• curling run
seaport. It is believed an an- off at the twinridk Moose Fade'
nouncement is imminent, cry Curling Club, two miles
Prime Minister Leslie Frost across the river frons Moosonee.
predicted at the end of 1960 that "There is good 'living in the
Moosonee would become a sea- north and we need more people,"
port in five years and Col, C. -E, said Moosonee's head of pollee,
Reynolds, chairman of the Ont- confident that the day is.eoming
ark) Northland Railway which when his settlement will join the
provides the only means of ranks of other established major
ground transportation to this northern communities.
James Bay community, predicts (By led Ingraham, Ontario Pro-
thata start on the $25,000,000 �i cisl Police Hd trs., Toronto.)
port will be trade this year,
While everybody can sae great
advantages in Moosonee's devel-
opment it will not be without lo- asked Friday to resolve a dis-
cal complications, One of the ma- pute over interpr'etation of the
jou concerns is a sharp change in Separate Schools Act that has
the living habits of the native boon deleyiug election of trustees
population which exists mainly for the Thelon Separate School
on hunting and trapping. Board in the Dublin area.
Constable fired Hart, who The point iu dispute is an
heads the Ontario Provincial Po- amendment to the Separate
lice detachment policing the Schools, Act, dated Dec. 10, 1960,
James flay region, fears that a The Separate Schools Act says
mushroom development will bring that where a majority of voters
DUBLIN
Mr. Justice Moorhouse was
address to Hog Marketing and
answered many questions on this Mr. and Mrs. Carl Eiligsen and
subject. fie said that in the past Gary of Windsor with his motherthe Farm Products Marketing Mrs. Ernest Eiligsen for the
Board has not been able to reach weekend.
the people in the country, "The Mr and .Mrs. Harold Meglt,
31-99 $$EA'FDJITJ7 NAWS (Moire
read. The Rev 1+1, 3. B, 1-9999ison
was in the 011919, The meeting
eloeed with it praYor followed by
refreshments served by the las•
dies' Guild,
Mr, .and Mrs. T. Pugh, Binning,
Ilan, MIch„ spent the weekend'
at their cottage.
Mr, and MIs. 1ass011 Keri' and
Miss .Berthena Sturgeon spent
Sunday in Clinton, •
BRODHAGEN
1i4)—Thursday, fanuaVY 19, 1961
Mrs. ,Report Welteel attended a
shower for Mr, .and Mrs,Primer
(Marlene Brodhagen) at Staffs
Nall on friday evening, Mrs. 'Fra-
ser is t110 daughter 09 MIS, Ed-
ward B90dhagen and the late. Mr,
Brodhagen,
The wedding' denier and recep-
tion for Mr, and Mrs. J. Morris
(Phyllis Butters) of Dublin was
held In the Community Hall here
on Saturday,
Mee. C. W. Leonhardt is con-
fined to Seaforth Hospital and
Mrs, John E, Stamen to St. Jos-
eph's Hospital, London. Mrs. Wil
lard Bennewies Seaforth Hos-
Hog Producers have been telling Mrs, John Brodhagen and Mr. and p to .
their side of the story through
the "Market Piece", a publication
reaching 90,000 homes, Our Dept
is not able financially to compete
with' this type of 'publicity. We
have been dependent on the press
etc, and we haven't got our story
across". Mer. Biggs said, "In the
future we '!tope to get out and
meet the people at meetings
throughout the country".
"In order to succeed a market-
ing plan must recognize the au-
thority of those administering the
enabling legislation," he said.
"The method of s le is only one
small item contributing to the
success of amarketing plan",
Mr, Biggs continued. "In the ease
of the Hog Producers this has
been used to hide the reel issue
with it a sharp increase In crime, of two or more school sections at stake, 'Attitude', is the basic
a problem almost non-existent in agree to form a union, they mist problem here", Mr. Biggs expres
the lives of the more than 500 be represented each year by sed pleasure at attending a recent
residents in the area, 'three trustees, The recent amend -
"Life is very quiet here. With ment says that at the first meet -
such a small population, every- Ing 'after such a union, the rate -
one knows everyone else and we payers shall elect five trustees.
have very little trouble. Most of But for years the board of trim -
it is confined to liquor offences tees in the Dublin area has been.
controlling a: separate union—for
section 2, 8 and 4 in Hibbert
Township and No. 1 in McKillop
Township.
Since the union has existed for
years and since the amendment
refers to an election of five
trustees at the first meeting aft -
ter union, there are some who
feel the amendmnen,t doesn't apply.
1f it does -if the School board
should have five instead of three
members—the question that aris-
es is whether an entirely new
slate of trustees should be elect-
ed or if those trustees with con-
tinuing terms should be /allowed
to complete them.
Making the application for
judicial opinion in Weekly
among the Indians and even that
is pretty minor; he said.
Constable Hart, who was first
posted to Moosonee in 1954, said
that the close fraternity of life in
northern communities of this
size just doesn't breed crime, but
experience has shown that a ma-
jor influx of outside workers re-
sults in an increased crime rate.
As proof of his point, Attorney -
General Kelso Roberts and Ont-
ario Provincial Police Commis-
sioner W. H. Clark found only
'empty cells in a recent tour of
10 northern OPP detachments, in-
cluding Moosonee, Atikokan, Si-
oux Lookout, Nakina, Geraldton,
Long Lac, Hearst, Kapuskasing,
Smooth Rock Falls and Cochrane.
Records show that there is gen- Court a Landon Lawyer Frank
erally little crime in the north. Carter, reps' beating the school
For Fred Hart the problems of board, contexlded that the amend-
policing Moosonee in its tbroes ment eould'not have the effect of
of development should not be dif- taking 'away' existing rights. In•
ficult. In addition to the assist- stead, he argued, the amendment
ance of Constable Douglas Cul- would only mean that elections
han, a native of Stayner who was would be held to fill the vacan-
recently posted here, he will cies.
have the strong backing of every- Elmer Bell, QC, of Exeter, tie
acting for retiring trustee Zach
Ryan and ratepayers Stephen
Murray and i Wilfred O'Rourke,.
who contend that an entirely new
one of the settlers of the area.
Construction of a heavy radar
station, part of the pinetree
warning system, is expected to
meeting with the Hog Producers,
in the Seaway Hotel, Toronto. He
said he was encouraged with the
results of this meeting and sew
eral hog producers expressed
similar sentiments to him.
Several in the audience voiced
suspicion that the Government
was on the side of the packers.
Mr, Biggs answered, "If the Gov
eminent is on the side of the
packers how come the other
plana 'were successful?" He felt
that while we must always be on
guard we had not so much to
fear from the packers as in form-
er years because we now have
an organized marketing plan with
which to fight them,
Fear of collusion in a new sys-
tem of sale was also voiced. Mr.
Biggs said he thought there was
an opportunity for collusion in.
the present system.'
"If there is any indication of
collusion when the neev method
goes into effect, it will be taken
to the Anti -Combine Office in
Ottawa," he said,
Mrs, Tom Govenlock, women's
sub -director, in thanking Mr.
Biggs said that we as farmers
were expecting a lot from him.
"Certainly we have not been dis-
appointed. A lot of situations
have been clarified in our minds."
she said.
BAYFIELD
Ladies' Guild
swell Moosonee's population by slate of trustees should be elect- The Ladies' Guild of Trinity
some 200 RCAF and civilian fem. ed, Anglican Church met last week
flies during this year, The Fed- The dispute over trustee elec- at the home of Mrs. L. W. Scotch -
tions erupted .at a ratepayers mer. 13 members answered the
meeting in the community Dec. roll call. Rev. E. 3, Harrison op -
28 to such ee'degree that Ontario ened the meeting with prayer.
Provincial -Police were called in The president, Mrs. P. Weston
when an impending donnybrook conducted the business followed
was feared.' by the treasurer's report. The
Trustees Joseph Shea, with two meeting closed with the Lord's
years remaining of his original
term of office, and George Du•
charme, with one year to go, both
refused to resign in favor of a
new election for a Sive-man
eral Government has earmarked
$7,000,000 for the installation and
building is scheduled to get un-
der way after the spring breakup.
The influx of workers and per-
sonnel for the radar station not
only will give Moosonee's econo-
my a shot in the arm, Constable
Hart believes, but it will give
the native population a better
chance to become adapted to the
"Cmon Dad!"
board.
HURON COUNTY FARMERS
HEAR BIGGS
The Agricultural Board Rooms
were filled to capacity for a meet-
ing sponsored by the Huron Co,
Farmers' Union, Jan. 12. All lo-
cals were well represented. Inclu-
led also were members of H
Producers, supporters of the
Federation of Agriculture, and
interested farmers, Robt. Taylor
was chairman for the evening.
Arrangements for the annual
Variety Night Concert were left
with the executives,
Assistant Agr. Rep., Don
Grieve introduced guest speaker,
Asst, Deputy Minister Marketing,
Everett Biggs. Mr Biggs said.
in his opening remarks that
he believed the Farmers' Union
provided a necessary spark that
was needed in farm organizations'
and that it was his hope that.
some time in the future the two
organizations would get together,
Mr. Biggs stated that in the
Hast emphasis has been put on
11
production. "Now, we are putting
` the emphasis on marketing" he
I said. "Our 1961 budget will pro,
i vide for a Marketing Develop-
ing Branch, which Will provide
for expansion of markets".
Under the plan, Mr. Biggs ex•
plained that -the Dept. would pro-
STARpry S JANUARY 21st vide leadership and guidance to
groups such as in the cabs of the
Prayer and a social hour was
spent with Mrs. Scotclimer serv-
ing dainty refreshments.
Mr. and ers. E. W. Oddleifson,
London, were at their home over
the weekend.
AMrs, Chas. -Toms, Mrs. Percy
Renner and Nelson Heard are
patients in the Clinton Public
Hospital.. Their many Mende
wish them a speedy recovery.
Miss Janis Galbraith, 'Clinton,
spent the weekend with her
grandparents, Mr, and Mrs, Chas.
Bell.
Miss Rosemarie Telford, Lon-
don, was at her home over the
weekend.
Mr, and Mrs, Wm, Parker
spent the weekend in London..
A benefit dance was held in
the Town Hall on Friday evening
for Mr. and Mrs, James Hutch-
ings and Mr. and Mrs. Allan
Hutchings who lost their home
and belongings from a fire on
Christmas eve. Dancing was en-
joyed to Jas, Murray and," his
orchestra: Grant Stirling read an
address to the Hutchings family
from their friends and neighbors
and an envelope containing the'.
sum of $438.00 was given to Jas.
Hutchings,' Many gifts were also
placed on a .table. Mr. Hutchings
and Allan thanked the people.,
Lunch was served in the bade-
ment,
Misses Jackie, Vickie and Judy.
Cluff, London were with their
mother over the weekend,
The annual vestry meeting of
Trinity Anglican Church was held
on Monday evening. The various
reports of each organization were
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