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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1963-11-14, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1963 Some Explanation Needed! There is still an unpleasant feeling in this area regarding the recent decision to hold the International Plowing Match at Seaforth in 1966, especially after all the effort and expense which the Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce invested in the idea. As far back as 1961, the Grand Bend organ- ization met with Gordon McGavin, an of- ficial of the Ontario Plowmen's Association, to discuss holding the event there. At that time Mr. McGavin was solidly behind the idea of using the old airport at Grand Bend, and quotes taken from his address to the Grand Bend group are re- printed here, as taken from the Grand Bend Holiday of July 1, 1961: "Gord McGavin, Walton, a past presi- dent of the Ontario Plowmen's Association, told members of the Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce and other interested parties that he didn't think you would have any trouble at all' in getting the 1966 In- ternational Plowing Match in this area. Speaking at a special meeting arranged by the C of C Friday, he pointed out that the area was one of the best farming re- gions in Ontario and the machinery com- panies would certainly favour the locality. Although the Chamber of Commerce had planned to invite the major attraction into the area before 1966, McGavin pointed out that it was the earliest possible date available. McGavin, who is chairman of the dem- onstration committee for 1961, stated that the Plowmen attempted to move the affair across the province in succeeding years to take in all sections of the country. The ardent plowman suggested that the most important thing for interested parties to do is to get to the annual (OPA) meeting in February and also to attend the 1961 International at Belleville. He suggested they even prepare a float. and accompanied by a band, parade through the `tented city' proclaiming the area as the site for 1966. McGavin suggested the Chamber of Commerce draw up a resolution and ask the support of the Huron County council and the Huron Plowmen's Association in getting support for the venture. Ivan Forsyth, warden of Huron, and Bill Perry, president of the County Associ- ation, who were at the meeting, indicated they would do everything they could to get the support of their respective groups. The Chamber of Commerce agreed to extend an invitation to the plowmen from Huron to hold their meeting in Grand Bend and the members also agreed to secure a sight for their 1961 snatch in an effort to get more interest in plowing in the Grand Bend area. McGavin pointed out that the machine companies, who spend large amounts of money each year in displaying their equip- ment, would certainly favor the area. "There's no better farming area in the Province," he said, "and because it is gen- eral farming, the machine companies wouldn't show one machine that couldn't be used in the area." "With most of the companies situated in London and Hamilton„” he stated, "they would be very happy to come here." He also agreed that the airport site would be "natural", "The Iast time it was held in this area was in 1946 at Port Albert airport," he explained, "and it was an ideal set-up." We simply cannot understand why Mr. McGavin should have changed his mind now, and be in favour of the Seaforth site, after all the enthusiasm he showed in 1961 for the Grand Bend location. The only argument presented to date against the Grand Bend site pertains to traffic condi- tions. We doubt very much if the roads around Seaforth are any better than they are at the Bend, however, it is an excuse. A number of area newspapers are in disagreement with the decision to hold the match at Seaforth rather than the first - chosen location, and have voiced their opinion in this regard. The editor of the Clinton News Record feels that County Council, the Huron Plowmen's Association, and the Ontario Plowmen's Association should feel obligated to publicly announce their reasons for choosing the Seaforth site over Grand Bend. Stanley Township Sets November 29 Nomination Day At their meeting, Monday, Stanley Township council set Friday, November 29 as the date fur the annual nomination meeting and if an election is necessary, will be staged on Monday. December 9. Clerk Mel Graham will be returning officer and the sites of the various polls and the deputy returning officers at each are as follows: Poll one, SS 1 Stanley, Law- rence Falconer; two, SS 10, John Aikenhead; three, SS 14, Nelson Hood; four Varna hall, Norman Smith; five, SS 5, William Armstrong; six, SS 4 West, Leonard Talbot; seven, Louis Denomme residence, Phil- ip Durand; eight, Bayfield hall, Mrs. Jessie Blair. The deputy returning officers choose their own poll clerks. At court of revision, which was held prior to the meeting, council allowed three appeals, making changes of $100 for two residents and a cut of $150 for a third. Victor Etue and Mrs. F. L. Potter, who own land along the lake, were decreased by $100 and Louis Denomme, Zurich, received a $150 cut due to the fact a building had been torn down on his property. In other business, council: Paid the Zurich Agricultural Society $28 for prizes for the seven members from Stanely Township in the 4-H club which competed at the Zurich fair this year. Each entrant received $4. Received a petition from Rocus Faber, Kippen, to clean out the Cooper municipal drain and accepted same, appointing the firm of C. P. Corbett, Lucan, to draw up estimates for the work. Authorized the clerk to draw up the necessary by-law for the planned construction of the Swan Municipal Drain in Bruce - field. war Heated by its own lighting fixtures, a new administration office for Ontario Hydro's Western Region- is being built on Wellington Street South in London. The oval chamber on the roof contains air-conditioning 'equip- ment. The electrically heated and cooled building is scheduled for completion by June, 1964. ZURICH Citizens NEWS HERB TURKHEIM — Editor and Publisher t'UBLISH D EVERY THURSDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONTARIO Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department. Ottawa and for the payment of postage in cash, Member: ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION .;Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $3.00 per year its advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States and and Foreign; single copies 7 cents 1fmI1Rf�IINIdiIgIIpE111111Hmlllu�I� uumi nwuu�IliIII1fIIIfI(fIllU�fllEliHIHI�NIMI�fiYnll SUGAR and SPICB There's a new television series on the air that is giving me an inferiority complex about the size of a giant squid. Maybe you haven't seen it( but it's called Mr. Novak. and it holds me breathless, and makes me wretched for one hour every Sunday night. It's a sort of Dr. Kildare with classroom and chalkdust and psychology instead of surgery and blood and psychology. Mr. Novack is a blond hand- some young, idealistic teacher of English in a high school. That's enough to flatten a bald- ing, homely, middle-aged realis- tic teacher of English such as 1 before the opening commercial. But it isn't this sort of thing that is eating away my self-con- fidence. It's the excitement of Mr. Novak's life that snakes me feel like something the care- taker forgot to sweep out on Friday afternoon. `c 7!. Every week, he gets in- volved in the- damdest situa tions, and emerges smelling of violets and looking like Joan of Arc. And every week I get in- volved in the damdest situations and emerge. Barely. Mr. Novak saunters through the halls of his school in his well -cut gray suit, buttering up the principal and looking dedi- cated. Mr. Smiley scuttles through the halls of his school, avoiding the principal, and look- ing harassed. Every week, Mr. Novak tangles fearlessly with some im- possible problem, and solves it. Every week, Mr. Smiley tangles fearfully with eight impossible problems, and by the time he's finished, he has 16 impossible problems. In the last: few weeks, Mr, Novak has outdone himself. He has squelched an outbreak of racial prejudice. He has caught a colleague cheating and for- given him. He has encouraged a colleague with an alcoholic wife. He has pulled the prin- cipal out of hot water. * int In the last few weeks, Mr. Smiley has undone himself. He has barely lived through an out- break of the 'flu. He has caught a colleague trying to make off with his rubbers. He has en- couraged a colleague with an alcoholic mother. He has got the principal in hot water. You can see why this program makes me feel pretty insignifi- cant. Mr. Novak leaps joyously from one crisis to another. Mr. Smiley totters desperately from one anti -climax to the next. Take this week, for example. I'll bet you that right now, that Novak is rehearsing an episode in which he defies the school board on a matter of principle, solves a hairy personal problem for one of his students, and pulls the principal out of a nasty situation. Righ now, I'm trying to write a column. My wife is down- stairs, teaching a piano lesson. My son is across the hall, prac- tising the piano. My daughter is in the bathroom, roaring out the lines of her oral composition which is to be delivered tomor- row, and waiting to pounce on me and make me hear it. 5n. * * Five moments ago the phone rang. It was a colleague, want- ing me to tape an interview for the Air Cadets. Tonight I have to go to night school, German, and haven't my homework done. After that, I have to go out canvassing for the YMCA. Tomorrow I have to help my students get the weekly news- paper column ready, give my son a driving lesson and get rid of the squirrels in the attic. Thursday I have a church board meeting. Friday there's a de- partment meeting, followed by ONTARIO Notice of Initial f' UBLIC HEARINGS on briefs concerning g MEDICAL SERVICES INSURANCE Preliminary public hearings will be held as follows: Windsor—Council Chamber, City Hall 10:00 am. December 3 and 4 Toronto --Galbraith Bldg., University of Toronto 35 St. George St., Room 202-202A 10:00 am. December 11 and 12 10:00 am. January 7 and 8 10:00 am. January 14 and 15 10:00 am. January 21 and 22 10:00 am. January 28 and 29 These are initial, not final, hearings. Briefs will be pre- sented by a responsible officer of the organization con- cerned or the individual wishing to make the submission, or their legal counsel. Participants may have expert wit- nesses appear for them. Participants will be asked to present only the summaries and conclusions of briefs as well as their recommendations. They are free to elaborate orally and offer arguments. Persons appearing before the Enquiry may be examined directly by the members of the Enquiry. Persons submitting briefs are permitted to introduce at the hearings supplementary information and material in written form. These, to be known as exhibits, will be filed with the Commission and numbered in order of presentation. REMINDER—Briefs (25 copies) on the proposed Medical Services Insurance programme must be submitted by November 15th to the Secretary. DR. 1. GERALD HAGEY Chairman T. C. CLARKE, Secretary Room 418, 67 College St. • Toronto 1 Telephone 365-4024 Two Cattle Breeding Associations Combine To Offer Better Variety The directors of two of On- tario's major artificial breeding associations have given their approval to a sire sharing agreement involving over a hun- dred bulls. By early 1964 mem- bers of the Central Ontario and the Waterloo Cattle Breeding Associations will have a larger choice of sire than ever before. In the Holstein breed, for ex- ample, 48 bulls will be avail- able, 21 supplied by Waterloo, 27 by Central Ontario. The agreement is the result of several months of negotiation between the two neighbouring associations, who together serve an area reaching from Lake Huron in the west to Peterbor- ough in East-Central Ontario, plus all of Northern Ontario. This agreement sloes not in- volve the general operations of the participants. It will, how- ever include, along with joint ownership of the bull studs, joint sire analysis and adver- tising. The united operations will be the Friday Afternoon Club meeting, followed by a blast from my wife for attending it. Friday night, if 1 can shake off the 'flu by then, 1 have to go deer hunting for the week- end. In the meantime, 1 have to arrange with MGM for a showing of the film Hamlet, and with O'Keefe Centre for a trip for 140 kids, four busses, to see My Fair Lady. Somewhere in there, 1 must mark 120 tests and eleventy-seven essays. Gee, I wish I could just go around Sunday nights, looking dedicated, like Mr. Novak, in- stead of going around all the time looking desiccated, like Mr. Smiley. controlled by committees from both associations with Dr. C. R. Reeds, manager of Central On- tario Cattle Breeding Associa- tion, as co-ordinator. D. L. Fortune, of Waterloo Cattle Breeding Association, will be in charge of advertising, with M, R. McQuarrie, of Central On- tario Cattle Breeding Associa- tion, taking charge of sire analysis. Bull barns presently owned by the two associations will continue to be used. Semen will be frozen and distributed using the facilities of the On- tario Association of Artificial Breeders at the Ontario Veter- inary College, Guelph. The Central Ontario Associa- tion, the larger of the two breeding units, employs a staff of 70 and provides service for more than 115,000 cows per year. It serves a membership , of 15,500. The Waterloo unit provides approximately 80,000 first services annually, employs a staff of 44 and alias 10,500 members. The associatiorirs, aim, through joint ownership of their bulls, to provide service from the widest .possible range of daugh- ter -proven dairy bulls and per- formance and progeny tested beef bulls. Their plans include an expanded program of prov- ing young dairy bulls and feed- lot testing of steers sired by their beef bulls. "With the larger volume of services possible through. joint ownership," they state, "we can test the ability of our bulls more quickly and accurately, and can make wider use of our best bulls, to provide our mem- bers with Better Cattle for Bet- ter Living." Business and Professional Directory INSURANCE HURON CO.OPERATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES Prepaid Health Plan at Cost the CO.OP way BOARD OF DIRECTORS President, Fordyce Clark, RR 5, Goderich; Vice -Pres., Gord- on Kirkland, RR 3, Lucknow; Mrs. 0. G. 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