The Huron Expositor, 1972-12-21, Page 8To Our Friends and Customers:
As the HOLIDAY SEASON approaches our thoughts turnto the
true meaning of this happy time. During', the course of the year and in
the rush of events, we tend to overlook the important friendships that
are the real basis of all business relationships. And ,so it is that we
would like to iset aside the routine of business. and express our sincere
hope that your HOLIDAY .SEASON will be Joyous and Happy and
that the New Year will bring Good Health and Prosperity to You
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that first Christmas be
with you and yours
throughout this Yuletide season.
(ROCKER FAMILY FOOTWEAR
May the joys of this
Christmas season rekindle
cherished memories, and fill
you( heart with great happiness.
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ASKS
YOU TO
Follow , These Rules of . . .
CARE and SAFETY!
C hoose a place for the Tree which will
not block access to doors or windows
in the event of an emergency.
H old it! Before you set up the Tree,
cut one or two inches from the butt.
Then set it in water. Crushed stone
in a suitable container will keep it
steady.
emember to replenish water regular-
ly throughout the Christmas Season.
You may need to add more, than a
pint a day.
nsulation of lighting strings should
be checked for damage and possible
short circuits. If buying new lights,
`be sure they are C.S k. Approved.
meking near the Tree is foolish and
dangerous! Keep cigarettes and
matches at a safe distance.
T insel and other decorations should be
non-flammable. Don't deck your
Tree with added fire dangers!
im ake sure that matches are kept out
of reach of children, and NEVER
leave ,,,, young children unattended
even for a minute!
A lways clear away discarded gat
• wrappings promptly from the Tree
area. Even a moist Tree Neill burn if
ignited by such a fire around its base.
S witch off the Tree lighting when you
go to bed, or Whenever you leave
your home.
REMEMBER! Nothing can render these
displays absolutely safe, and that if ac-
cidents are not to mar the festive sea-
son, constant vigilance and care must be
exercise.
To the Citizens of Seaforth and District We Extend
esih ses f H or a appy Holiday Season!
-SEAFORTIIFIRE AREA BOARD
.JOHN F. SCOTT
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New minister outlines
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In a recent address to the
Unifarm Conference at Edmon-
ton, Hon. Eugene Whelan,
Canada's new Minister of Agri-
culture, indicated the approaches
he would take in assuming res-
ponsibility for Canadian Agri-
cultural policy.
Mr. Whelan was born in 1924
in Ailderdon Township. He has
been a resident of his constit-
uency of Essex-Windsor for all
his life, and he and his wife,
the former Elizabeth Pollinger
of Kingsville, and th eir three
daughters, Theresa Ann, Susan
Elizabeth and Catherine, now live
on a farm near the one on which
he was raised. Mr. vvtelanatten-
ded .the township public school,
Amherstburg High School and
Windsor-Walkerville Vocational
and Technical Schools where he
studied to be a tool and die
maker. He then studied at the
Ontario Agricultural College at
Guelph. Following the family
tradition, he has been active in
public life since he was a teen-
ager.
Mr. Whelan has been active during my 10
in the Federation of Agri- of Commons. I think I understand farmers culture, serving as President
a the Essex County branch at and their problems. I have had an d still have
the age of 24. He was one of first-hand experience with the the organizers and one of the pressures of rising costs for original directors of the Ontario farm machinery?, buildings, Winter Wheat Producers Market- equipment and 'taxes. I know ing Board . He was also Prest- what it means when the bottom dent of one of the ,largest local falls out on prices, when bad co-ops, the Harrow Farmer Co- weather ruins a crop, when sick- Op, before becoming a director ness strikes a herd and when of it and of the United Co-oper- bills pile up. atives of Ontario. - I might add that I have a keen Mr. Whelan was first elected sense for when farmers try to M.P. for Essex South in 1962, give the government a snow job. and re-elected in 1963,1965,1968 There are some risks in farming and 1972. His riding is one of that are a natural part the the most diversified in Canada business. I've noticed that there including the problems of fish- seem to be,, a lot of free enter- eries, agriculture, immigration, prisers in agriculture when labor and heavy industry of all things are going good, but a lot kinds. He has held an elected of socialists around when things
-.'position ever since the age of are going poorly. I don't think 21 when he was elected to the
Anderdon Township School you can eat your cake and have
Board. He has served as reeve it too.
of the township, chairma n of As an example, I might
the County Road Committee, and mention the crop insurance pro-
also as warden of Essex County. gram. It's come in for quite a,
In his remarks to the Edmon round .of criti4ism this year
ton meeting Mr. Whelan said:
- 'in various parts of Canada.
I understand that there were I'm not saying that the
a few people in the west who were criticism isn't fair, and I assure
hoping that the new Minister of You that I intend, to take a close
Agriculture would be westerner. look at the program to see if
There must be some of you here it can be improved to do the
today that shared this point of`'' job it was intended to do. But
view. Then there were some I think it's only fair to point out
easterners who were hoping to that farmers can't expect to get
have a crack at the, department
with one of their members.
Well, you'reh stuck with a
Minister 'of AgricultUre from
central Canada and,quite frankly,
I am pleased to represent all
of Canada's farmers in the
federal' cabinet. I intend to do
my best at the job.
I am here to •make .contact
'with you and get the personal
feel of agriculture rather than
reading about it in reports. I
also believe in blunt straight talk,
and I think you have a right to
know juk where I stand on issues
in plain language.
I'm not the 'kind of person
who piissy-foots around issues
and dresSes them up in diplomatic
and fancy language, and
sometimes that tends to ruffle a
few feathers here and there.
I might add that even though
I sometimes say things in pretty
outspoken terms, I'm also the
kind 'of person who is prepared to
listen to a different point of
view. If you don't' agree with
what I'm saying or doing, I would
like you to tell me so. I'm pr -
pared to listen, and I'm p e-
pared to change my mind if I'
been wrong.
You will be hearin mor
about some of the ideas I have
about agriculture policy in the
days and weeks ahead. I hope
to be given the chance to put
some of these ideas into action.
I'm not going to spell out these
things in detail here today, but
I do want to give you some
general idea of how I intend
to tackle this job of Minister of
Agriculture.
First of all I see my role
as speaking up for farmers and
. agriculture in cabinet. I have
-been a farmer all my life,
have been active in farm organ-
izations, I have talked to'farmers
from coast to coast, and 1 have
kept in close touch with agri-
cultural policies and problems
benefits from the crop insur-
ance scheme Simply because
they've been paying premiums for
a few years.
I don't know of any insurance
scheme that works'that way. They
pay- when there has been a loss.
So I don't think you can expect
the government to set up a crop
insurance scheme that will be
paying out cash to every single
farmer every two or three years
for marginal losses.
And, at the same time, I
don't think it makes sense to
have a crop insura,nce program,
and then to ask for special help
every time there's a problem.
But I think we should take a
hard look at this problem and
ae the crop insurance program,
and come up with a program that
will work and will take care of
disasters.
I am happy for this chance
to meet you, to get to know you,
and to hear your ideas about
what is needed at the federal
level in agriculture policies and
programs.
I hope that .Parliament will
give us the chance to work to-
gether to put some of our plans
into action.
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