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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-02-08, Page 6t' 1'HHE-4.1.1CKMO'WSENTINEL. t.UCKNOW.. ONTARIO or ouch a little He's pretending, now,' but it won't belong before he reaches man's estate.: •His.. father:, wants . to be sure°that• his .'pride and joy' has every opportunity'. in life.. That's why Dad .is a' Sun Life policyholder --- so that '• the family can be financially secure and; bile "children, have •a college education even if he" should die in the meantime. • In•, fact, for : the best of reasons, each member of `the family is a Sun Life policyholder!.' I'm • associated with Sun Life of,; Cnada;: lite Company, With the-policy 'that's right for you and : your fainily.� • Why notcall' me . today WILLIAM J: KINAHA R.R. 2 Lucknow Phone Wingham 357-1987.. , A • O H LIFE ASSURANCE CE COMPANY OF CANADA EPRTFRQM.PRUAME. BY JOHN 1,014hY, ;Thegovernment's controversial bill to unify . the .arm navy and ' • air force' int8 ar single service to be known a§the Canadian Armed For cesg assed second reading in„the p Hoiuse,of 'Commons this, week and will now go to, the House Corntnitt= ee . on Defence for detailed, • consider tion 'by' that body. .The.vote on''approval in principle of 'the bill carne. following a week of debate during which' Progressive Conservative. M. P,'s spoke: .out vi "gagainst-the a g ainst -the idea of . • . unification, until such time as it • becomes clear.tha this is'the•best course to follow., At' the present • time there is a great deal of evil dence suggesting that a unified' ' force is not 'the bestvehicle 'to carry out Canadian, defence and. • °' meet Canada's corntnitmen,ts to. the defece. of • the western .world Fears havebeen expressed in some areas of the country where ,the economy is.• heavily reliant on defence eitpentlitere that pursuance of •the course apparently set by 'the • Minister of National Defeince:will deal a' severe blow ti;; the people le , p • whodepend for their livelihood on': thecontinuation Of reasonable flow ,of tithe defence- _dollar through present'channels. • ' The• matter: of Morale in the, ser- vices is also an important one, through something•that is difficult to assess: Many, of the members who participated in the debate have had distinguished careers its” : . the 'services., 'arid almost to a man' .they ",pointed out:that a likely result of passage of the bill will be a deterioration of the esprit de corps which has made Canadian fighting forces respected tthe':World over. • Defence policy is in Many ways related' to foreign` policy; The struCture of out defence forces is" influenced by our commitments to western 'defence: and the assistairde we receive from our allies in the ; t utual guarding of.the fret world from attach from •whatever sd nee;` T HI In the,past few years. Many sen : ior officers in all the services have. expressed. ,reservations :about and in :shine cases'outright opposition to, the idea of fdfees unification. This e.x �.ression of ;a inion .has been F N .P both public 'andrivate and has`. P. resulted in the firing:of of .several: of these' officers • or their voluntar Y.. retirement from the 'services; r.. It.was''forthese reasons that` the Conservatives, not satisfied with, • theDefence 'Minister'sex. osition'.: P of the'thinking ,behind the bill, and concerned about how. it will be implemented., moved that further consideration be :given .to it .by the committees an, defence and external affairs 'Meeting gether before approval in principle On 'thin vote the Ctinsertratives • and •NDP were defeated by a'''tom'- bnation •of the. Liberals; •Creditist es, and Social •Credit. ;•by: a count. , of 88 to 75 , Once .again the' goy ernmetlt was forced to..tely on • support 'of the .minority° parties to. wrl a crucial vote. . Thee •N,DP, however , .did •,an about face whets. the vote on second teak- ing, Bailie almost iminediately atter defeat cif the motion to refer the bill to.cornmittee' before. second reading. The -Conservatives stood altrie'in opposition to the• ..Y principle of unification and second :reading carried •98' to 62' The bill will now,'go to°the: Stand' ing cornr'nittee ori:National' 'Defenc'e: where witiiesses faniiliar with tb.e ,services may .give, evid`4,: ence, The result ,may be, some changes in the specific• provisions • of the, ji1•esent bill but it is Unlike- ly that any of these' will vitiate its, underiOng principle. 'Conservat}.. v2 ,members of the committee 'are'''. not yet satisfied that the bill;; is a goods one.and:" will be endeavouring to obtain as much information as'' '• possible from .,the w"itnesses iri,'ot der • to try to clarify government polityin the areas Of defenr~e and icy ' foreign polyR . .• l`AN. MgMpERSHoP • 1D. IV Gordan!' S eek T Union. ONTARIO FARMERS UNION •MEE'T'ING, .ASUFIELD LOCAL The ,eleventh commandment for fanners is "Thou, shalt not stickout like a sore thumb" , .or, so some fanners think, said •Oar don Hill from Varna•; as he spoke to the Ashfield Farmer's Union . of February .2,, in Lueknow . !The 2.only thing that is standing in, the way of the farmer=s are the farm • ere. •The world is full:of willing people - sone are willing to do the -work, and.- to nd• to let them ,, Farmers have to•have more returns for what they prodtarce , na. matter whether it' comes from the consumer or from 'the government.. It' s` up to the. farmers' to ,get us out of thais • •position and the -people' who will do this are•.ri ht here in this room„ "Canada has •a :cheap food policy or. philosophy. I am not opposed 'to this as•long as. the farmers don't'. have to bear the :load. This policy: is very advantageous, for large " families.„ -pensioners, those living `on 'a small . or fixed income etc. To make sure that Canada,can' contintie.this, policy.; but•to in- clude. the farniers,in on the • sav Ings . is hto . initiate. a "Transfer System ". We would market our produce as we do now however at the end; of the year. let the • Federal Government make a'•trans• fer• t•o the'producer .of the:differ-' ence 'between'the average• price'.: :. and the rice' •aid':" • Speaking on"the 'newly. formed "Special Income Committee"'set,, up at;'the..Vineland Conference, Mr,.Hill. echoed the same refrains as Malcolm Davidson,, one of Ont ario's:.leading•farm thinkers •';that the:bi g g est • 'r"oblem. facing Ibis • Sg p g body is ,to acquire_ farm statistics. "In the •,p ast , we have always used °, the'figures acquired' by the Dom inion ;Bureau of Statistics, but I 'feel `that these.are always subject • Y j. he. We should ould'have'bett er information, and use it wisely... -.One of Mr: 'f•`lill's plans to'work out 'a s.Y stem of records and also a way to store them. Then have in;,, dividual farmers in eatli•catintY keep .records :and have them super-. vise& sur- vised :'U t date statistics are 1 -fon- t, Q t, a WEDNESDAY: FEB. $th. 1967 W�ri�cl�� gibe i Hoid Bockwirds Winter storms Meeting Ai'WL PURPLE GROVE WOMEN'S WSTITUTE' WHITECI;IURCH 'NEWS Thursday was Ground Hog Day and an the Whitechurch Community he could See. his shadow. This meanswinter stays for 6 weeks • Since this is Centennial -Year owe think' back" tallow the old t'imer`s looked at Ground'Hog Day. They •figured winter was half over. in; those days when 'it stormed it •• lasted 3 or 4 ;days and when it had blown -itself out -they 'leaked_ a world unknown; as the'punp was all covered•.with snow.. and roads would;be drifted from one rail.fence:to the other. There were - no powerful snow•- ploughs in those.days. The men witl f their shovels, sleighs and horses, set out 'to open the roads The• ' horses had often to be talte•n singly,. through the drifts-•befote attempting to drive them as a team attached to a, sleigh. A • horse could just stand so much of this wading snow banks. Hence •it'. took days to, open all back roads. existant at'the present. time. "i believe that -there 'is a great deal of difference .between the Commercial Organizations and .General Organizations. The comm ercial organizations, like the OFA or Co, -ops etc. deal with the c onditions as they find` them The; general or^r anizations for instance : the Farmer's Union, .can change things. 1 have studied ; the ;different organizations. and I believe,that.a million dollars, are, spent yearly on all of them" .• Mr; : Hill feels -strong ly-toward one 'aggressive militant`: t structure• With common; objectives ': in mind. This will'not •come • overnight he said., " :1 also feel,that it 'ts the farrmer's''fault that the OFA is in the: state .it is 5 'because. of the lack of interest shown by 'the farmer." Duringthe business'part of the meeting, the members agreed•. to 'a Membership drive throw hout the township. The executive will meet,,at the home'of Jim Martin .to of anize. the campaign, i It. was ,g � pa gn,, reported that'sbt new Members have joined :since .last month. Did you ever 'attend a Backwards . Meeting? Wear your clotheshack- yards,, and' go fpr the noon meal and conduct the .meeting .w : baekwards.? It's fun , as Purple Grove ladies loathe At their 'Feb- ruary meeting held• 4,the Borne df. Mrs, Francis Boyle., After a delle- ious' pot hick dinner, Mrs, Don Reid , .clayerior for "the. progran ., opened ere meeting With the Queen and thanked the hostess. Several ..valentine 'earnests Were enjoyed,' :g _ :„and Mr's. Jim Needham' put the .. ladies through their .daily work: - ,out... The ;March meeting will.be held at the -home of •Mrs. Don McCosh'.. Mrs: George' Harkness read •a poem on "When Father is Ill". Belmore"W.;I. are having .tea on February 8. Reports, were given by Mrs.` Jack Fanelli,. Wt. Herb Farrell and; MTs; Wim. Arnold who,said she had . •Written the minutes :of,Concession' 10, Beefring into the Tweedsmuir- Book.' The postponed . party, was • a being held the coming Friday nighi and Mrs;. Don Dore.and Mrs. Har- vie Thompson -Will look after one. fPr' February l'l ". Mrs. Don Gillies .read the: min- • ute.s,and thea F. W . L. O.. President's N.ew Year''s.letter, and, Information s on. this 'year's Officers"Conference Mrs..Don McCosh reported. on the.. Community" Night held in Ripley • .on •January,'30 . The. rnembers answered the Roll Call by telling • .how they relieved ,tension:. Ways ranged from-ahot bath; to.going away somewhere; to square danc- ing; to listening -t0 ,the birds; Mrs'. Don Reid and, Mrs. • Howard •Thomp son were the mutt successful mem- bers in. Awning''the personalities' , F n.the Gallery of Famous Persons. Mrs'.• Morford; MackaY 'asked for the loan of old' treasures' for the 4-H: Achievement. Day in April. Mrs, 'Tom Farrell.' showed , slides on her tri,P jto"the Maritimes;: aceompanied by a talk; Judges could riot decide on•a_ winner for :the .Candy Contest: so awarded', .priZes,to Mrs:' Wm. Arnold and:.. Mits. Ed .th ell r><s 'Members .sarnP...led the Candy as,a pleasant ., ending, for a goad :meeting •. For assures supply of fertilizer .. r MCA! tU ►_ jr1in • M Wherever you nmv die,; then' tr enrol to stuck of Cd -OP Fcrtiliterti ia't'arhy.:: CO -operatives I&tatcd i/, os,,Khtria Ontario .nrOtidc1hc.Jiresi service:aka Rabic.. 'Foie are assured . f. su " i. ';it 1Itit!'or:•anv other' time of . car. i ,t n .i'i4, •yo`. r � , pn Y .... 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