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The Huron Expositor, 1960-06-23, Page 12acTROX 'e" i, '-QSX Qzt, SEAT' ORTH, ONT., JUNE 93, 1960 DISTRICT FAMILIES GATHER FOR ANNUAL SUMMER REUNIONS GOULD REUNION The Gould reunion, attended by members from Collingwood, Strat- - ford, Brampton, Mitchell, Seaforth and St. Marys, was held at the Seaforth Lions Park under ideal weather conditions on Sunday. President for the day was Russell Gould, of Mitchell; vice-president was Harold Wilson, of Seaforth; secretary -treasurer, Joyce Wilson, Seaforth, and the sports commit- tee were Muriel and lan Shaw, of Ravenna. The results of the races, games and other events were as follows: Walk the line, Anne Wood, Sea - forth, and Albert Gould, Stratford; ring the stake, Russell Gould, Mit- chell; memory test, Don Wood, Seaforth, and Edna Mather, St Marys; pack the suitcase, Jean Gould, Stratford, Bill Gould, Mit- chell; youngest • member, John Wilson, Kitchener; oldest mem- ber, Rssell Gould, Mitchell; com- ing the furthest, George .Gould, Collingwood, The 1961 reunion will be held in Collingwood. HART REUNION James Robertson, of Goderich, was president of the Hart reunion held at the Seaforth Lions Park on Sunday, with 26 attending. Other officers were: vice-president, Ern- ie Kneeshaw, London; secretary - treasurer, Hazel Sparling, Wrox- eter; lunch committee, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bodfish, London, and Mr. and Mrs. George Hart, of Newry; sports committee, Mr. and Mrs. James. Hart, St, Marys, and Clarence McCallum, Wroxeter. Results of the afternoon events were as follows: children's race and backward race, Jimmy Rob- ertson, Goderich; kick the ball, Jimmy Robertson, Teddy Bodfish, London. There was also a candy scramble and a game of soccer ball. Attending were persons from London, Goderich, Kingsville, Brus- sels, Listowel, Seaforth and Wrox- eter. MILLIONS IN SALMON Commercial fishing is one of the staple industries of British Colum- bia, and the Book of Knowledge notes that the annual -value of the catch in recent years has 'ap- proached $100,000,000. • >00 Huron F of A Sees Clouds, In Dairy -Industry Future.. (By J. Carl Hemingway) During the past year of 1959 dairymen were comparatively pros- perous in the agricultural indus- try, but 1960 is not urning out so well. With favorable weather con- ditions m'Canada, supplies of dairy products built up and with the ex- ception of cheese, difficulties arose. Butler under a support price of 64 cents was the first offender, and while the dairyman does need this price to operate at a reason- able profit, it would seem that the• government might well institute a method of consumer subsidy on this product that would encourage the use of more of this quality food item . The only argument against this seems to be that it is cheaper, for the government to purchase and store the— product. This may be true at the moment, but eventually it will have to be disposed of at a decided loss to the treasury and at no benefit to the consumer. If it is necessary to supply the producer with this price to ensure a supply of -butter, and • — FEATURING — Gay -Lea Select Quality Products • BUTTER • INSTANT MILK POWDERS • COTTAGE CHEESE • FARM FRESH EGGS REDDI-WIP and TOP-WIP (Whipped Creams) - YOUR . LOCAL MARKETS • • MAITLAND CREAMERY\ BRANCH Wingham Phone 271 MARKET FOR CREAM, EGGS and POULTRY — BLYTH CHEESE BRANCH Blyth Phone 172 — MARKET FOR WHOLE MILK — SEAFORTH EGG BRANCH Seaforth Phone 13 — MARKET FOR EGGS AND POULTRY — "FARMERS WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD BETTER MARKETS AND MARKETING THROUGH CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT" United Dairy and Poultry Co-operative. Ltd. by so doing the government must suffer loss, then it seems only reasonable that the copsumer should reap some benefit of this loss in a cheaper retail price .for. butter. Cheese last year was a highlight in the industry; apparently wea- ther conditions caused,a sharp re- duction in milk supply in Europe and there was a strong demand for Canadian cheese at high pric- es. This had a buoyant affect on the' whole industry, but this is not continuing for 1960; fortunately there is a good demand for our product, even though it is at a much lower price. In the concentrated field, sup- plies were supposed to, have be- come top heavy and processors demanded lower prices to the pro- ducer. Last summer the govern- ment stepped in to relieve the sit- uation and reduced the minimum price for milk, but offered a sub- sidy of 25c a hundred on manu- factured milk products. This wasn't what the producers wanted, but they went along with the idea, hop- ing that a reduced retail price would increase the volume of sales. For a short time there was a slight reduction in retail price for some items, but the concentrated pro- ducers are now informing methat for the past several months retail prices are back to the same level of a year ago. From this it would seem that- while the farmers are getting the blame for costing the government huge sums for this 25 cent subsidy, a very high percent- age of this subsidy is accruing to' the various trade channels So far we seem to have .been ,placing the blame for our difficul- ties on sections outside the agri- cultural. industry, and this may' be something Less • than fair. Perhaps dairymen might \ wail look. to their own operaia'ons' to assist in correcting the trouble. How many times have you heard these men speak proudly of a herd average of 9, 10, or even 12 thou- sand pounds. This is most com- mendable, but isn't net profit more practical? With our present knowl- edge of feeding, it is possible to increase production per cow, but let us be sure that it also brings increased net income. From the farm management re- ports it appears that one can pay too much for his "whistle". Per- haps dairy farmers might well find that moderate production with re- duced feed costs will produce a much more satisfactory net income than top production with expen- sive feed supplements. Moderate production would also remove many of our marketing problems. After attending many meetings and hearing so many complaints about farm prices, I have been making some comparisons, Beef producers in Ontario, considering quality, are getting just about the highest price in the world. Ontrio hog producers certainly are getting. the highest price in the world. Ev- en in eggs we can't seem to find" a world market that will do much for us. Let us come back to dairy pro- ducts. Here again I think if we average the prices we will be very close to the, top. From this we should be able 'to conclude that Canadian farmers are just about the most prosperous in the world. However, economists tell us that farm labor income is at the bot- tom of the heap because our coats of the necessities for production are too high. This finds ready agreement, but' it also gets the immediate answer that we are only butting our heads against a stone wall when we at- tempt to lower our costs and there- fore we must seek -higher and higher prices. Maybe this is the only immediate answer, but if this "stone wall" is the real difficulty, then we must butt our heads against it until it crumbles. Agri- culture in other countries seem to have accomplished this. Are farm- ers in Canada less able? BRODHAGEN NEWS OF THE WEEK Relatives here received word of the death of Fred Meyer, 77, at Edmonton, Alberta. Pupils from Grade 4 to Grade 8, along with the teacher, Mr. Don- ald Wolfe, also some parents, en- joyed a bus trip td. Toronto last Thursday and toured many places of interest. S.S. No. 10, (Jarmuth School) pupils and teacher, Mr. Steffler, accompanied them. • Mr, and Mrs. Ford Diekison at- tended the wedding of their niece, Miss Ruth Sharp, to. Mr. Donald MacLean, at Teeswater on Satur- day. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sholdice and , Beverley and Mrs. Elizabeth Querengesser attended the baptism at Main St. United Church, Mit- chell, on Stuiday of Katharine Ann Rolph, infant datfghter of Mr, and. Mrs. Donald Rolph (Shirley Die - gel), Mitchell, and were guests at their home. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dinham, of Toronto, spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Ralph Hicks and Mr. Hicks. Mr. Warren Sholdice spent the weekend with Mr. Ronald Gobble, Stratford, and they also. visited Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sholdice in London on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Diegel, Mr. George Diegel and Mrs. Ad. Pfeifer spent Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Donald McLaughlin, Kin- cardine. Mrs. Elizabeth Querengesser spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rolph, near Mitchell. At the SwingBowling picnic sup- per and social eventing field in the church .basement here last week, the following winners of last Sum- mer's games were awarded their prizes: winning team, Mrs. Reu- ben Rapien, Mrs. Edward Scher- barth, Sr., Mrs. Joe Smith, Mrs. Martin Diegel, Mrs. Antone Sie- mon; high average man, Martin Diegel; high average lady, Mrs. Martin Dietz, high single score man, Gerald Hinz; high single score lady, Mrs. Lew Hicks; low aver- age man, Fred Young; low aver- age lady, Mrs. Norman Benne- wies; low single score man, Earl Rock, low single score lady, Mrs. Ralph Hicks. Mr. and Mrs. Chris. W. Leon- hardt, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Leon- hardt, Kim and Kathy spent Sun- day visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Jacob, Kitchener. Mr. Albert Hinz, band leader of the Brodhagen Band, has been in- structing a class of 12 beginners during the winter months. They are: Robert and Franklyn Jar- muth, FreddieEickmeir Lyle Prueter, Stephen Eckert, Billy and Keith Siemop, Paul ;Rock, Maynard Hoegy, Donald );lligseh, Brian Eckmeir, Neil Rapien. These new beginners are getting band uni- forms along with some new ones for the former members. The group is getting in, readiness for their annual band social at the end of this month, and also for other engagements which are coming 1p. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. La- vern Wolfe were: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schermisfer, Kenneth and Michael, Mrs. Henry Koch, Peter Robertson, , Mr. and Mrs; Gerald Gaffney, • all of Stratford; 14tr. and Mrs. Lorne Wolfe and sons and Greg Mossoff, Kitchener, and Mr. and Mrs. Don Wolfe, Mitchell.' TRY TASTY ICECREAI during ]National Dairy Month Buy Ice Cream in BRICKS - BULK PACKS CONES or DIXIE CUPS • Patronize these Dealers of Famous Name ICE CREAM Fit For a King ! Royal Ice Cream at ELLIOTT'S Bricks 25c It's Delicious Royal. Ice Cream Available at BROCK'S SUPERTEST SERVICE A Family Favorite York Ice Cream from CLEAVE'S SUNOCO SERVICE 'Every Variety "LADY BORDEN Borden's Ice Cream at WONG'S GRILL Delicious ' - Nutritious Neilson's Ice Cream available at HAROLD WHYTE & ,SON MEAT MARKET Two Well -Known Brands at McCLUSKIE'S WINTHROP STORE Bissets -- Cousins Endless Variety of Ice Cream SMITH'S SUPERIOR FOOD MARKET for- Silverwoods' DELUXE ICE CREAM Bricks - Cones - Bulk - Etc, Have You Tasted Royal Gold IGA or Tudor Ice Cream? BuyCLEAit to -day atRYy'S ouIGAr IGA Store While Browsing .in Our Store, ENJOY Silverwoods' DELUXE ICE CREAM LARONE'S STATIONERY and GIFTS SEAFORT,H GRILL for "Lady Borden" Borden's Ice Cream MITCHELL LOCAL ONTARIO CONCENTRATED MILK PRODUCERS 1200 farmer -producers in the Perth -Huron region are shipping whole milk to the Stacey Bros. Ltd. plant in Mitchell. Here the milk is processed into butter and spray -process powdered skim milk for human consumption. Every producer increasingly quality -conscious in the production of gtiality dairy products to benefit the consuming public. • •