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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-01-29, Page 8PAGE EIGHT ZURICH Citizens NEWS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1958 OFU Local 206 Organized At St. Joseph's; in Hay Township Close to 100 famers gathered at St. Peter's Parish. Hall, St. Jos- eph's, on Thursday night, for the Purpose of organizing a Local of Ontario Farm Union. Chairman of the meeting was Philip Durand and present were Robert Taylor, Varna, Huron County Director and Gordon Hill, Varna, president • of the Ontario Farmers' Union. In his address, Mr. Hill urged all farmers to unite, just as labor has united i nin+dustry today. He went on to say that the marketing boards being set um are price stabilizers, but will never bring .about parity prices. "Why should beef be coming into the country duty free from Argentine, when we can raise all the beef the coun- try needs right here in Canada?" :asked Mr. Hill, "If Agriculture is to get its share of national in- come," he went on, "We need ef- efficient production, efficient mar- keting and a price support pro- gram. Another farm organization is only asking 70 percent parity prices, whilethe OFU is asking 100 percent prices." Mr. Hill claimed that Canadian exports are out of line with the imports; that Canadians are buying more from United tSates than U.S. is buying from Canada. After describing a recent con- ference in Ottawa about a price support bill, Mr. Hill attaked the large feed companies whom he claims are monopolizing the hog industry, not saring if they make any money on the pork, but only being after the profits on their feed. He went on to say the OFU will not support any partic- ular political panty; that they will stay out of politics. •Exiplaining the policies of the OFU, Mr. Hill said that the first PARR LINE FARM FORUM Parr Line Farm Forum met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Coleman with 14 members pres- ent. It was review night and the forum members listened to the program from the Windsor Hotel in Montreal. .The penal discussed and answered questions on' the past month's topics on Producer Marketing Boards, ,C'ontroll Mar- keting and Price Supports. There was a great variety in the 'floor prices suggested by the various forums: ' Most of the for- ums agreed that restricted pro- duction could not be put into ef- fect. There was no questions to dis- cuss and the forum felt they could not make any changes on their previous reports. .After the discussion progress- ive euchre was played. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Adkins when the topic will be "Lets Make It Legal." o• Kippen United Church Annual ..(By our Henson correspondent).. Rev. D. A. MacMillan was chairman at the annual congrega- tion meeting of St. Andrew's Un- ited Church, Kippen. Emmerson Kyle was secretary. Reports were submitted. Silent prayer was held in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Alexander. John A. Cooper and —William Coleman were elected to serve on the Board . of Stewards, for a two year term, and Leonard Lovell, Ken MacKay, Keith Love, James McGregor to a three year tern, Ross Love was appointed to rep- resent the Presbytery at confer- ence. Duncan Cooper and William Bell were re -appointed auditors. sane coo, oarra- local was organized in Grey Coun- ty, and that now they have 305 Locals in 23 counties. He explain- ed how each Local passes 'resolu- tions, they go on to the county and thenn to the provincial organ- ization for action to be taken. In a discussion period that fol- lowed Mr. Hill's talk, 'several dis- trict farmers asked questions: Leonard Merner asked, "If we get parity prices, how are you go- ing to keep farmers from over- producing?" Mr. Hill, ,"We don't have to worry about farmers over -produc- ing, the feed • companies are • the only, offenders to this. Right to- day, grain: is the only surplus." Jerome De:itrich asked, "What has the OFU against the Hog Marketing Board?" Answer, "We' feel its leadership and assembly yards are ineffec- tive." Atter much discussion, Local 206, St. Josephs, was forrned with some 20 members signing up. President is Philip Durand; vice- president, . Charles. Rau, and sec- retary -treasurer, Theodore Geof- frey. FOR DEPENDABLE HEAT AH Winter Lang ,Call TOREN E. HAY Locker Se6rvie. --Roe Feeds Phone 10 (Collect) Henson FALL FAIR BOARD WILL MEET ON JANUARY 30 The annual meeting of the Zur- ich Fair Board will be held in the Township Hall, on Thursday, Jan- uary 30, at 2.00 p.m. Everyone interested in the betterment of the Fats Fair is urged. to attend this meeting. Matters• of great importance to everyone will come up at this tinne, so plan on being there. No One Hurt In Car -Truck Crash •Considerable damage was caus- ed to a car driven by Grant Smith, Hensel, when it collided with a pack -up truck driven by Russel Manson, RR 1, Zurich, on Satur- day aturday afternoon/at 1.455 p.m. The accident occurred at the easterly outskirts of Zurich. According to police, the truck driven by Manson was making a U-turn on the highway, when the car, driven by Smith, coming from the east, collided with the back corner of the truck. No one was injured in the crash. Damage •to the: Smith vehicle was $300, while the truck dam- ages are set at $25. Provincial Police Constable Harry Reid, Ex- eter Detachment, investigated the accident. For the/BEST by Test . o a • Place Your Order Early With Our Nearest Agent for JACQUES PROVEN HYBRID SEED CORN ROSAIRE BEDARD R.R. 2 Zurich WM. G. TREBLE CANN'S MILL RR 5, Goderich, Ont. Exeter, Ont. TOPNOTCH FEEDS JONES & MacNAUGHTON Seaforth, Ont. SEEDS, Exeter, Ont. Agents Wanted in Some Areas Belle River Grain & Seeds Ltd. BELLE RIVER, ONT. Our Apologies In our last issue in a report of the inaugural meeting of the Hay Township School Area, we overlooked the name of a man who has been an the board for some time, in the person of Clif- ford Pepper, We appologize to Mr. Pepper for omitting his name as a member of the Hay Town- ship Area Board. 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