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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1966-01-20, Page 1No. 3—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1966 7 CENTS PER COPY Slated for Varna and Kppen Areas n Research Planned NEW WARDEN FOR HURON — Judge Robert Heth- erington (extreme right) watches as Glenn Webb, retiring 1965 warden, hands the gavel to his successor, Reeve IKerr- meth Stewart, of McKillop Township. The 1966 Warden of Huron County accepted the chain of office after defeating three other county councilors entered in the warden's race. The other two men at the left are Bill Hanley and clerk John G. Berry. LADY COUNTY COUNCILLOR — Only the second woman to take her seat in county council, Mrs. Minnie Noakes, reeve of Hensall, is no stranger to council sessions primarily attended by men. In her home village she has been surrounded at the council table by men who have learned to respect her as a devoted and able elected of- ficial. Sitting side by side in the background of this photo are Leroy Thiel, new Zurich reeve, and Delbert Geiger, deputy -reeve of Hay Township. (Citizens News Photo) Mckillop Reeve is New Warden Of Huron County Kenneth Stewart, reeve of McKillop Township, was named warden of Huron County for 1966 on Tuesday. Beginning his third year as reeve of that township, Warden Stewart is a past president of the Seaforth Farmers' Co-operative and a former secretary -treasurer of the McKillop Public School board. He defeated Reeve Stewart Proctor, of Morris Township, on the third ballot by a vote of 21 to 18. Eliminated on the first and second ballots were Thomas Leiper, reeve of Hul- lett, and Stanley Township Reeve Ernest Talbot. Oath of office was adminis- tered by Judge Robert Hether- ington and 1965 warden, Glenn Webb, of Stephen Towns?vin, presented the new warden with the chain of office and the gavel. Among those new county councillors welcomed by clerk John G. Berry was Mrs. Minnie Noakes, Hensall reeve, who is only the second woman to sit at Gorlerieh. Local men named to commit- tes were Stephen Reeve James Hayter, appointed to the road committee for a five-year term; Reeve Elgin Thompson, two years: on the Huronview board of management. Mrs. Wes Hugill held a trous- seau tea in honor of her daugh- ter Sharon on Saturday, January 8. Mrs. John Johnston and Mrs. Laird Thiel were hostesses at a shower for Sharon on Jan- uary 10, at the Brentwood, in London. 4-H Club Leaders Will Hold Annual Meeting at Agriculture Board Rooms The Huron County 4-H Agri- cultural Club leaders will hold their annual meeting at the On- tario Department of Agricul- ture board room in Clinton on Wednesday, January 26, at 11 a.m. The 4-H work during the past year will be reviewed and plans will be formulated for the corning year. Mr. R. F. Heard, farm man- agement specialist, Ontario De- partment of Agriculture, Lon- don, will be the guest speaker. In 1965 there were 21 4-H agriculturals clubs with 50 lead- ers in Huron County. Mr. Ken- neth Baker, RR 2, Dashwood, is chairman of the 4-H Leaders' Association. Huron County Boar Progeny' Evaluation The Iluron County Hog Pro- ducers' Association and the ex-: tension branch, Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture, Clinton, plan 'to study the effects of type of boar on grade of market hogs under field conditions in the near future. Under the guidance of •Professor R. P. Forshaw, animal husbandry de- partment, U :ivereity of Guelph, this study is designed to aug- ment Huron County boar survey project of 1965 . The results of this study may assist 'ry pro- viding information to Increase the percentage of grade: A hogs marketed front Huron County. Until tested, a boar is to vary ing degrees an unknowe quan- tity. P.O.P. ancestry and breed- ers records are aids to impov- errrr:nt. Just what differences exist and to what extent they rahame J. Farquhar is among the 1.360 Foreign stu- dents from 97 countries and six continents who are studying at the University of Wisconsin occur finally show up as dif- ferences in performance. A fair indication of these differences can be obtained by following the progency of selected boors to market. In this project, boars will be selected at random from the List of boar owners compiled from the 1965 Huron County boar survey. The identity of owners will not be made public. This will insure that those with boars of unknown ancestry, and therefore, not at present re- commended, are not subject to pelrhaps unfair comparison with others. Three litters from each • of ten boars in five categories (five categories of quality ac- cording to the Iluron County hoar survey—]965) shall be tested. Pigs are to be ear notched for identification pur- poses by a representative of the Ontario Department of Agriculture before the litter is three weeks of age. The first three litters born after Feb- eear e 1. 19e6, aricl sired by se- lected boars are to be tested. When a producers sells wean- ees, the Iitter of ear notched pigs shell be sold intact but may go to different feeders. In this case, the number of litters may be increased up to three per finisher. All pigs are to be marketed t nentgh the normal channels teat with eenarate tattoo mark- ings. Co-operators will be sup- nle!og ii''ormation re weight, grade, env. market date. After %•i the test litters have been marketed, the var- ious Boars will be eve.luated according to the grade of their market hog progeny. Results from the project will be com- pleted by this fall. Lutheran Women Hear Reports The executive of the Luther- an Church Women took charge of the January ,meeting. Mrs. Carl Willert, Mrs. Annie Fink- beiner, Mrs. Hubert Schilbe and Miss Inez Yungblut took the theme, "Changing Mission to a Changing World". A brief business meeting was conducted by president Mrs. Carl Willert, in which commit- tees and committee chairmen were named. Luneh and a social hour fol- lowed. or Hon. William A. Stewart, Minister of Agriculture for On- tario, announced Tuesday that a comprehensive research pro- gram into all phases of white bean production would be car- ried out in Huron County this year. Under the direction of the Ontario Agriculture Re- search Institute and the Soils and Crops Branch of the De- partment of Agriculture, test plots will be established at Varna and Kippen in the county. The program will include the testing of promising new strains from Michigan and the Harrow Experimental station Ontario. The demonstration plats will check out herbicides and insecticides in addition to exhaustive fertility trials. Much of the testing will be carried out by soil and crops special- ists on grower farms. "It is my conviction that work of this type can be car- ried out more effectively by test plots on co-operating farms in various counties of the prov- ince rather than increasing the number of experimental farms," said Mr. Stewart. "The soils and crop branch of the depart- ment is designed to work in close co-operation with local Soil and Crop Improvement Association in evaluating new crop production techniques and their utilization under actual condition. Under this system, the local people are an impor- tant part in both the planning and evaluation of the test." The minister stated that dur- ing the past two years the num- ber of soil and crop specialists have been increased in order that co-operative testing pro- grams could be widened. With the International Plow- ing Match being held in Huron County this year, a special pro - my by Ontario gram has been planned on the site of the match. Projects demonstrating new varieties, fertilizer types and methods of application as well as insect control and planting methods will prove of interest tri the many visitors to the plowing match. Great Influence Commenting on the state- ment by Mr. Stewart, the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton said: "I re- gard this as a very important step which will have great in- fluence on the future of the bean growing industry. I am particularly gratified, too, that this program will be under- taken in Huron County, the principal bean growing area in the province. "As I made reference in my speech during the last session of the House, it is appropriate, I believe, for me to present certain views, because in the riding of Huron which I am proud and privileged to repre- sent and which comprises the southern two-thirds of Huron County, the production of white beans constitutes one of the Mailing List Of Citizens News Is Now Revised The mailing list of the Citi- zens News has been corrected and brought up to date, as of January 18. Please check your label to see that the correct expiry date is shown. Many of our subscritions to this newspaper come due in the month of February. To facili- tate our job of processing these renewals, we would appreciate subscribers looking after this matter at their earliest conven- ience, The more early renewals we receive, the quicker we can. bring our list up to date again. If there is any error on your label, please contact our office in Zurich as soon as possible. Your co-operation will be great- ly appreciated. principal cash crops in this farming area of Ontario. In fact, it is safe to say, in the comparative sense, that Huron is now the largest producing area for this important cash crop in Ontario, indeed in all Canada. "While production is spread- ing both north and east, the southern portion of Huron would still account for the ma- jor volume of production. It seems obvious that the present and foreseeable future holds promise for greatly increased production potential. "It occurs to me that with more aggressive pursuit of our endeavors in this direction with some special field testing and subsequent selection and plant breeding, using our own facil- ities as a measure of further colaboration in this field, much could be done to develop the potential of the industry. "With Tuesday's announce- ment by the minister of agri- culture, we now appear to be on the threshold of exciting possibilities in terms of expand- ing our production areas." Achievement Day For 4» (ibis Held Saturday at South Huron High School Huron Connty 4-H Homemak- ing Club girls from Zurich, Dashwood, Kippen and the sur- rounding areas ended their cur- rent study of the pr o n e et, "S l e e p i n g Garments" at Achievement Day held in Ex- eter last Saturday. Club members, under the di- rection of their leaders, have been busy with needles and thread since last fall in prepar- ation for the big day when their efforts would go on display. Perhaps their most critical judge was Huron County home economist Dianne Liddiard, who was on hand for the oc- casion. Two clubs each from Zurich, Kippen and Dashwood produced several award winners. Provin- cial honor pins and certificates went to Dianne Stoll, RR 3, Kippen, and Norma Weigand, RR 1 Dashwood. County honor pins and certi- ficates were earned by Dianne McKinley, RR 1, Zurich; Mar- garet Geiger, Zurich; Margaret Merrier, Dashwood; Eleanor Wolfe, Dashwood, and Sheila Willert, RR 1, Dashwood. Zurich 1 was in charge of an exhibit entitled "Variety in Sleeping Garments" at which Cathy McKinley officiated. All members of the Zurich 2 club took part in a skit, "What makes good sleeping garments". Dashwood 1 members Dara Goodale and Theresa Hartman presented a demonstration. "Selecting pyjama material and pattern". Maria Dieleman at- tended the Dashwood 2 exhibit, Gwen McLean, Donna White- house, Marilyn Durst and Janice Eyre of the Kippen 1 club took part in a demonstration and Gayle Henderson was in charge of the Kippen 2 exhibit, "Good sleeping garments". 0 Announce Date For Hensall Fair The 1966 South Huron Agri- cultural Society spring fair will be held June 15, it was decided at the annual meeting in Hensall on Friday. James Doig, of RR 4, Seaf- orth, was re -appointed society president for 1966. Other offic- ers include: First vice-president Elgin Thompson; second vice- president, John Corbett; secret- tary-treasurer, P.L. McNaugh- ton. The directors are John Cor- bett and John Ingrain for Hay Township; William Coleman aand Harvey Taylor for Stan- ley Township; Stan Jackson and Elgin Thompson for Tuck- ersmithTownship; Jack IKinsnman and Earl Dick, Hibbert Town- ship; Sam Dougall and George Frayne for Usborne Township; Russell Brown and Otto 'Will- ert for Stephen Township; William Decker and Bert Mc- Bride for Zurich; Lorne Hay, George Armstrong and Norm- an Jones for Hensall. WINNERS CONGRATULATED — Two Zurich and area girls qualified for ,county honours at Achievement Day in Exeter and were awarded pins and certificates for their efforts. Pictured above are (left to right) Mrs. Jim Parkins, Zurich 2 leader; Margaret Geiger, Zurich 2 winner; :dins Dianne Liddiard, Huron County home economist; .Dianne McKinley, Zurch 1 winnern Mrs. Robert McKinley, Zurich 1 leader, .and Mrs. Morris Webb, Zurich 2 leader.