The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-06-18, Page 7WEDNESDAY, JUNE lath, 1969
THE .LUCKNOW SENTINEL, ,LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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Auburn, Ontario,
June 16, 1969 '
Dear Editor:
You have discussed. the' General -
Farm .Organization in your, paper,:
Now the time has :come for the
farmers, their Wives and fathilies '
overt2=who±are tiv engage
in farming t'o vote;.
We need One Organization,.`
strong enough to .keep up with.ag-
ricultural advancement..
Two instances come, to mind`
wh"ere we are • behind this advance--
mens, -(1) Our production• has 'sur
passed our available markets. (2),
Dairy andbutter spreads .are being
marketed but are still being •taxed
• . •for excise tax because they are not.
on the: list of exempted. goods:
Ladies, we have. been given a..
• chance to say' what kind of .an. ,'
. •organization'.we want.' We cannot
live in' a • little' cointmunity any
:`'more what we produce and sell
:are affected by 'the: world's situat:
•ion,.
• Let's get out and 'Vote• on J une•'24
• and have •a say: in our agricultural
happenings.' Ifwe.don'tturn ,out
• a :large Percentage we may, not be.:
. given. another chance. • •
So Vote•on June -24.: ' '
}•
Mrs. '
Sincerely;
' � Ed Hun
kin
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the same as any other business.,
The Farmers' Union of Ontario
will, soon be a part of a Canad-
ian Farmers' Union, come GFO or
high water and realization by all '.
Canadian farmers, 'that a Canadian.
union of farmers' is a:must as• soon.
d r
. as�possibie .�2he-farmers .n..the
..:Country.who are waiting now .to, see.;
what will happen; must soon get
'-off the fence and take part.. T•he •
fences are coming down. They can.
..no longer. be -neutral Those- who
are 'not yet in support of progress
are automatically against it. With
One Farm Organization across Can-
ada that will benefit',all farmers,
who Gan •stand back and wait.
It is with regret that w.e: in the
Farmers' Union of`Ontario.must.•
campaign against GFO. The conditi
ions of -CFP setup and its govern-
ment control, make this campaign
necessary . ; I :feel, that many farmers;
support us in,their hearts; "if not in.
their pocketbooks,, and I; have
faith :that these: farmers will vote
for the Farmers' .Union, at the. polls,
voting NO to GFO : Ti* . vote is
designed.•to weaken the Farmers'
Union,' Up until•now, it has only
strengthened it. If the confusion,of
GFO: ballot.should• result `in farmers'
supporting .G.FO., our work 1.n.the
Union• will be a little harder. and .,
take a little longer, but we will
still• be there
Farmers. of Canada need. programs.
a's'soon as possible. "Help
speed: up the process:to farmers'.
collective .bargaining at a realistic,
"price through the National Farmers'.
Union ,of 'C'anada .• We ••. need your
• ;support• at the polls: ,A NO vote : '
on GFOs,s a YES vote.for.the•Farm
ers' Union and'also avote•of'n'on-
confidence.. inovernrnent•• farm
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programs
Yours sincerely,.,
-Robert King; '
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amosmo
To 'The Editor,
Rodney. O:nta io,.!
.June' 6, :1969'
Dear Sir:'•
'very sttangevote.jisiabout:`to
take place :in Ontario : Thereis to;:
'.be only'one candidate on the
.ballot. Public servants are to be •
the deputy returning officers,: No
.scrutineers 'are to be alidwed. A.
minister of the governrrient of .Ont
ar4o-w lj-be=the4in-a-1-judge-andoth
Only counter ofballots:: Farmers;
and • th..eir wjires are to be the voters
!and if ;60% of•:those voting: favour
? 'the one candidate:.,that candidate:
will,by law, lave the 'power t,
demand :.2.1/ 2 million%dollars •per
. -year froth ,those eligible to;vote, :•
This candidate :has• not :even sugg-
ested howhe might.better the
'voters financial position His ,,
campaign is being paid :for =by„pub
lic funds •conscri.ted •from the: .
voters ;This is all taking placein
the name of the democratic 'proc-
ess;
I would -like to make my position
ite farmer,
and a, farmer..I `w.ill always be., My
father was likewise and he .taught
me many things,: I watched in my
early years how• he tried to second-
4_uess'the bugs, the weeds, the
weather and' the markets. Through.
modern-methods,;1 ain now•usually.`
able to cot ibat the bugs. and .the
weeds, but .1 am in the ,same posit
ion' as he was concerning:: the, weath-
er and the:markets Two `_things that
he was: always sure• of as I am also
1' must pay what is asked ;arid I must
take. what I am given. ,This has al-.
ways seemed tremendously. wrong.
Only'since Farmers Union has come
• . to Elgin County have I .finally had
• hope that this can be changed.'
1 now have a dream that can be-
come reality - in the near future
when my fellow farmers see the
light. Through one .strong farm or.
ganization controlled only by •
farmers 1. can obtain a just price for
my'- products. Controlling the farm
industry for fanners by farmers is •
e on,L -ansa er..,_Researc hand
West Elgin Local 269, OFUe
Hear Speaker On:
Manitoba Prison 1/4 1'
Mrs. Alex MadNay , president :of
the Luekno.w Women's. Instftute ,
conducted ithe June ,meeting in the'
•Institute rooms of the'Town Hall. •
The roll call was answered by
"Name a. way the atomic age is,
changing our lives". It was decid.-
ed.to serve dinner to:the 4-11 club
leaders on 'August 212'4
Mrs: Cfras: Sfieward repoitd for
the Cheerio Committee and Mrs,
Frank Miller for,: Pinecrest , Hostess
day. at the Southampton museum •
for the. • Lucknow Institute ladies
July 9th. and the Institutepicnic
to be held at ,Kincardine on July '
Sid.
•
The Institute
members planned
to have Hobe• teas during. the
summer months•.
• Miss •Mary. MacLeod Mrs.. ,Philip
Stewart,, Mrs. Armstrong Wilson
and.,Mrs . R. H, Thompson who are
life members of the Lucknow
Women ,s Institute were "presented
with.•Life Membership, cards from.
the Federated Women's' Institute of
Ontario by Mrs Omar
Brooks. Miss MacLeod and Mrs:
R. H. Thompson were unable to be.
present to receive, their cards;."
Mrs; George Whitby, ,convener
•of the Citizenship' and 'Education
coxnrnittee took charge of the pro-
gram and called on Mrs, Eunice
Dunsmuir and daughter Katharine
Who. Sang 'two lovely duets "How'
Great•;Thou Art" and 'It is no.
Secret!' <with `Mrs .:Wes Ritchie at
the .piano.
• Mrs. Whitby introduced Miss
'Jssie MacPherson of Kincardine;
who was.guest speaker,: and.who"
had been administrator: of the Prov-
incial Women's Prison of Manitoba
for 'twenty-one.'years from' 1948,to'
1969 when she• retired. Women
stayed in this prison•if, their:.term':
was 'no longer thantwo years, but if
.it was *more than two 'years, they
planning. by capable hired
Management under direction of able
elected farmer directors can result
in supplying the farm produce mare
et ata guaranteed price. ;This
guaranteed price must be at . a level
to ensure farmers' cost of
production plus a reasonable profit ,
1,•
Brucefield, 'Ont`ario
curie 1,,,1969
Dear. Sir:
•
We, are now in the • last week of the
campaign to build the best far -m or
•ganization in Canada today. :We
ktio t1 t: farmers from oast
were sent to Kingston. Miss Mac- : •
•Pherson displayed and •spoke ; of the
Wonderful' Work that•thes'e women ..
do Awhile they . are 4.n prison, Inch as
'weaving,painting, crocheting, tatt
ing ,+ etc.
' . The purpose- of the prison is to
give these women a constructive•
experience in group living, which
they•do not•seemrto be able' to get
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outside'the prison •• • . .
.Mrs. Gordon' Barger thanked Miss
MacPherson for her very interesting
talk and presented, her with a cup
and ;saucer. ;
Mrs. •Wm•. Scott played a
piano solo and the •meeting closed'•
with the Grace and "Queen" and .
lunch was served by the hostesses.
Two:-Reeves..-Se0k
Bruce �Ilardenship
township reeve has been warden
and. 40. since a Bran t representative.
has been in thatdst
P•
Eastnor Township reeve •:may be a •
later entry in the race. ,Eastnorjast
had the W'ardenship,irL 194.0 :
Practice•in Bruce•county has' been
to alternate the top county post,
between `'urban•and rural reeves. As
M•ildrriay's William lvlacke now
heads the board it will be the town;
ships' turn next year.
.There ate two announced entries,
intorthe .runnin for the 197P Bruce
county Pwardenshi. ,.•.Reeves' Ernest,
Greer of KincardineTownship and
Howard .Ct esne Yy of Brant, It will.
.
be 26 years since' a Kincardine 'a'
MURRAY in Wingharn a/nd Dist-
rict Hospital; on•Saturday, June 7
11969,. to Mr, and Mrs: Leo Murray',, •
Holyrood , a son, Jeffrey Leo
Y
sture dair;
ratio
coast are watching Ontario and are.
plarining'to' follow our lead . ' Tues-.
day, June 24 Will be one of the'•
most important days in both Ontario
'and Canadian Agriculture. it is th.e.
.starting point for ,farmers .to build a
really effectiveprovincial and
national farm organization.
After 0 years• of the Q. F. A. and
17 years ofthe O. F.U: ,; farm'in
conies are much too low: Another
17 years of either of these two.. org=
anizations'will notsolve,the prob
lem; ;It .is, timefora change and.its
`time`';for.the farmers to make the
decisions'.. That Is .wh'at will hap. -
en on June 24: No farm leader is
!going oin to tellthe,farmers what sort
Of ' organization he -is going toLhae
The farmers •Will decide th•is',by the
way each orie casts his ballot. Each
*Of us has an equal.
e or it .ortant the '
governmentcannot dissolve this
organization or: remove its checkoff•.
powers: without. going back to the
legislature, to amend or remove the...
l Act'.. C -'an ou - na-gi-ne4he luproar
:in:the; House if ..the government
were. to try .that? I hope . that::
farmers ate not confused and: scaled
to` the point that they `fail' to take.
=this.=opportunity Let's -take -this •
legislation and use'it to our advant-
age,. If it is.asm
bad as'soe would
have. us believe,. we can drop is
Remember that.we can•vote this:
' GFO•:out every:twO years if we
don't like' it. 'AS they say, "if you
haven't tried it 'don't knock' it !''
• I would -like to make one ..final
point about my 'cwn position . • I ¢: .
shall, not stand .for; election• as a
delegate •to the founding
convention and will', therefore, not
be eligible for election to the prov
incial.council•or the executive. •
This is not because I. am trying to
avoid soil e .future..responsibility,
but merely because' 1'hope •teat this
will dispel any .idea that I am try-
ing to create an empire for Myself,
Thank you for the space . I hope
that every farmer and his wife and:
all others--e-i- ibie�-t-o-vote.�w=i,1-.-yet
•
There .have been a number of
wild and,•irresponsible accusations
and claims Which have come and
hone like -this week's specials at•
e supermarket, .However, the last
!of these, while. it is typically wild
and irresponsible, should be dealt
• with before vote day so, that w,e . •
reach:.Junp: 2;4 withhe air cleared
of -this red herring,,'
Let's be clear about this. The •
0.P. U... wanted -legislation, the
O, F.A.:• Wanted legislation and now
we have the 1egIslation With less
government interferenc h •
any other legislation used by .any
other group in our.socfety, But
.Lash green, pastures are•: high in protein, • but low
in carbohydrates and -energy, so despite the
..fact your cattle were fed Well ' all winter, they
cou1 lose weighrttf 1 Only pasture
out! on June -:24 and vote fora 'much '
better general farm. organization I
and a brighter ftrtire...
yotitS.,sincerely, ,
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'Chairman,
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