The Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-12-14, Page 12'Elected Preildent AiMidi ess on the rising c0I1SUrner prices', .
rtin. V.A. - A delegation. will be marching on •
nis_ Parliament Soot protest of the
* I t" negr W, Moi er and. u . rxiding stamps and sales.gimmicks
'The DeCeMber 5th meeting of
the °Mario Farmer's Union, Local
342, Ashfield was held at the Luckl.
1101t# Town hall and 60 people were
*sent as well as two honore4
, guen$0 Murray Gaunt. M.P.P. for
Huron. Bruce and Walter Miller ,
ait.14--2uti-Vice14-Presidentr.-• -----
Murray Rankin presided. Mrs.
Helen ThOMpson.Ontario Ladies
• - Wee -President opened the floct
for nominations. Nominations -for
:President were -.Murray Rankin, ..
Lorne Luther. Warren .Wylcls,'Eug-
ene Prayne, Jim Martin., Marvin
Scott; Mann Zlnn, Jim BOak.
and Torn liallarriElected to .
office was Jim Makin. •
Nominations for Vice President
were - Lorne Luther, Joe Van Osch p
Tbm:Hallam Peter' Van Osch, and
Donald Frayne. Elected to office..
was Lorne Luther.
Nominations for Secretary were
Mrs. 'Jiro Martin, Mark Dalton,
•
and Mrs. Jim Boak. Elected to
office was Mrs. Jim Matin.
Nominations for Treasurer were -
John Plaster and Vince. Austin. El-
ected to office was Vince Austin.
Nominations for Directors were -
Mark Dalton, Warren Zinn, Jim .
eak.i.-Marvin-Scott,,,Mrs..11unay
Rankin, .Mrs, Jim 13oak, Tom Hall-
am, Eugene F rayne, John Austin,
John McKay: Gordon Saunders. El-
ected to, office were ail but Gordon.
Saunders, Mark Dalton and Eugene
Frayne.
Carl Govier introduced the first ..
speaker. Mr. Walter Miller. He
stressed that the Centennial year
project should be to sign up a
record number of members in the
presently 55 membership Ashfielci
local. He spoke of the Vineland
Conference and the decisions of .
the Belleville Convention; At the .
convention an outstanding address
was given by Mrs. Grate McGinn-
•
McGinn -
used' by. so many of the retail out-
lets. A* resolution was passed to
start up .at Beef Marketing Program.
in Ontario. A question and answer
period followed. Jim Menlo '
thanked Mx, Miller for corning and
introduced Murray Gaunt M.P.P.
In -the past, the government has
stressed on the farmer to .increase
his efficiency. This has been done
itior-effin any -ediergattlig
and the time has come to increase
the farmer's income.," 'said Mr.
Gaunt. "Figures show that the
farmer's income in relation to his
costs have gone down 30%. The
town and city worker's income in
relation to his costs has increased .
54%, leaving the farmer at an 84%
dissability.w
Jim Boak paid tribute to Edgar
Rathwell; past County Director.
'for in outstanding job while in
office, Jim Martin thanked last
year's Executive for getting the
Farmer's local started. "This is
the hardest part," he said.,
LITTLE MONET
*OffICE SIZE ItEillOAR.
Ti$111:11911
tall-SillitailliftS II NO .
• e
WE NOW HAVE TYPEWRITERS IN STOCK
COME IN NOW AND LAY -AWAY FOR •
CHRISTMAS.
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RECLINER CHAIRS — LARGE ROCKERS Itit';'*•,.-0,
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4% • a •
SMALL 'ROCHKERS — PROVINCIAL CHAIRS
HOSTESS CHAIRS — FOLDING CHAIRS'
FOR MOM
We've been talking about it
for a long time. It would •mean
a major upheaval in the family.
But it's two against one, and
'this is it' democracy. 'Unless*, 01
cOurse, your wife 'happens .to
• constitute the minority.
Today I applied for an
exchange teaching job, for one
year, in the United Kingdom. 1
must be out of my mind, but 1,,
did.
LAMPS, TABLES, MAGAZINE RACK
PICTURE, MIRROR,
BROADLOOM CARPET, BEDROOM MAT
BRASS' RECORD HOLDER AND STAND
ELECTRIC CLOTHES DRIER .
CHESTERFIELD SUITE, DINETTE SET
BEDROOM SUITE, CEDAR CHEST
SPACESAVER COUCH
BABY FURNITURE .
• • •CRIBS
• HIGH CHAIRS IV
!iv
• ETC.
• Daughter Kim is .all for it.
With the adventurous spirit,of
the young, and their complete
lack of participation in all the
work involved, she glows at the
prospect.
After all. England.is theland
of the • Beatles. the Rolling
Stones and the . highest mini -
Adds. • '
lEngland, as 'the song says,
swings like a pendultiM do:
. That's' for Ritnbo. •
: She'd like nothingbetter than.
to spend a, year abroad Not •ac,
quiring a broad ,edniation;
•
Never' She looks upon • educa-
tion as small boys do .upon
washing: 'the squarest and 'lost
useless thing foisted on. the
,young by stupid; loving parents,
No,. What she'd like • to pick
up, in England is a Carnaby tt
wardrobe and a Liverpool sc.'. •
cent, so that Shecould knock
the *toed .kidi dead when she
comes borne. The "Mod" leak;
of .Carnaby bad enough, • but
• the dialect of the Liverpudlian
is. surely . the . Ugliest in the
world, outside the pure Hottest;
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What 'she doesn't picture, and
I haven't the heart to tell her,
it the truth. If the deal , goes
through, a year from now shell
be wading through the • fog •in
Little Muddling, or , climbing
the cliffs o'i the Isle of Mull,
• complete With hibber hoots,
raincoat and sou'wester, ap
proximately 3,000 social miles
from the England and London's
West End. • '
My wife blows hot and•cold.
One week when things are 'par-
ticularly obnoxious . around
here, she'S fairly keen. She sect
. a snug cottage, with vines and a
cozy fireplace, shining brasa,.
and. an English, garden out
batk. She envisages a jaunt
into London every week end,
for piano lessons; concerts,
lunch, and the theatre. • ,
. The next week, she's, been
• talking to someone who has
•lust spent a year there and Wu
.4
• •halflrozen: for -12: .month, Or
she says *flatly; '"If you think
I'mgoing to leave my corntur-
.1 table home, treasured* mann
students, ' and all My ,friends. le .
•• go and live in some cold, elm -
my dump among a lot of stran,
• get*, etc. ete:". • • • • ' :
Sometimes, she Wavers.' and
mkt me what England is really
like. The trouble is,. 1 has,.en't .
been. there for over 20.)ears
, About all 1. can do .is describe
some firtd-rate. plitas;. and 'tell
her how easy it, was to lose •
'your gid In the fog or blackout,
unless, you clungto her. .Some•
. how. , these ' descriptive gems
don't,fan. heir ardor far the trip. ‘
. . As 1 said, ad one in his right .
' Wad *Wit* spend a year in
the:U.K. 1 know I'D. comr home
eitker . dddkd with !ileums
-
lb"' or In a Wooden' box with a
• .:slteen of fog'im It ,
':: • And it isn't Sentiment "Ad-
mittedly, there are . a fev..• °Id
.pubs I'd like10 revisit But.
• they've probablychanged . Into
raucous road.houtes that '.ere
::martinis instead of' half .ind•
haif, and the...waltieS.se. are in
solent pups instead ofbuxom
baritaids. who ' collet! !)u
"Luv..2 "' or ."Ducks"
• And there. are a ffw..,id.1:4;r1.
friends I'd like to re '.sit But .a.
friend, ,of• mine did thi.; lad
Year; taking bit . utio. zang.-
Somehow, he said, there,,Wa a
lack of rapped.. And they were
all so :old. And, ei,en Work.
they thought he vias old .
..
And ! sure 'as heck 2(1.1411
wait lei...go and stand o; come
. deserted, dilapidated air dromc
and..think of the old da;;s Old
runwaysare for the birds, who
make Muth better landinz on
them than I. ever '•did ;
. No, what sparks my*,d1 Are:to
go away: for a year i,* nyne (4;
these, It is the:, thornhi of;
strefaindyientgr tihnectnhandlea.. of f enten-
Now, nove this land lint the
idea of an entire year of having
Expo rammed down gr., !hpiat,
Of watching nitanicipalitte'.. 501.
:pinanrklYlintlicPe. nthteentriiihafhtpitrli:;:=Iestsueah
c
'want to
the new public • lavalh
oi.5. ni
wthaenew throwparking
:I. ni*ak''' Ile*
• And what better place h. ilo
• that' than the IIii..., where
must, admit 1 have 'done it be-
fore, on a number Of oeea...inns.
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