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Times-Advocate, 1978-06-15, Page 14The * II BUSY FELLOWS — Bartenders at the Main St. Fest' there appeared to be a good demand for the draft waiters shown prior to making a delivery are Jack Fuller, Clarence McDowell and Ross Dob­ son. Staff photo /ere kept jumping Saturday night as r served up by the Lions. Three of the Touch By JACK LAVENDER' Golden Anniversary FURNITURE SALE Starts Thurs. At 6 P . M. HOPPER-HOCKEY FURNITURE LTD. Store closed Thurs. until 6 p m to get ready for sale. See insert in today's T-A. = Anybody who thinks he s = his own worst enemy E probably has no in laws. X * it E One thing a teenager will = usually do after having the E last word is go on talking. zz * * * E It s important that people = know what you stand for E It s equally important that = they know what you E WONT stand for. Next = thing we know Huron E County s senior students = will be studying some of E those drugstore E publications. s * * * = These days a person who E burns the candle at both E ends may simply be a con E cerned conservationist. S -k it it E If you think kids don t know E the value of money, just try = to give them a nickel. w * * * E We know value at | Jack's E Small Engine Repair = Service E 107 Queen St., Hensall = 262-2103 E You sure get your nickel s E worth when your E maintenace is done bv E Jack's. Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Plan barbecue Seniors enjoy final event The Exeter senior citizens held the last of their spring meetings in the Legion Hall June 6, with about 60 members present. A young boy by the name of Mathers with a large boy doll entertained the audience by the art of ventriloquist talking to the doll and the doll answering. A Rising Star Performer. A lady, Mrs. Nelly Gonie- Tak, representing the Lawn and Country Homemakers of Huron County spoke to the audience on what this organization is doing in the line of helping older folks as a charitable organization. If older people need a helping hand when ill they may receive homemaking, Wilson's Jewellery Beside Bank of Montreal Exeter health, family, children and convalescent services part time to help so that they can stay in their homes and keep out of hospitals which are being over crowded these days. Information can be ob­ tained by calling Exeier 235-1185 or Clinton 482-7256. Ken Johns sang several solos accompanied by Mrs. Dougall on the piano. A guitar and violin duet by Henry Green and Mr. Cooper, followed. Minutes of last meeting were read adopted by Miss Greenlee in the absence of secretary Mrs. Finkbeiner. The president Mrs. Rundle asked how many were in Neil reunion at Centralia PURCHASE A FINE QUALITY \\\dl/////BR,DAL-KNOT l//zV DIAMOND Free Annual Insurance Pleasing you pleases US SCOTTS LEATHER & TACK SHOP Getting tractors for match is big task for chairman favour of a bus trip to 'the Kitchener market. Not many were in favour, as quite a number had already visited it. Instead of having visiting days by different senior citizens of the county of Huronview, and putting on a program to entertain the inmates, there, they are having a joint barbeque at 2:00 p.m. at Huronview, June 22. Please get a car load and attend. The fall rally for all the clubs will be in the form of a picnic at Seaforth Park at 1:30 p.m. Please try to at­ tend if interested in Senior Citizen Work. Our fall meetings begin September 5 at the Legion Hall. Pot luck supper at 5:30 p.m. come and bring your basket full of goodies. By HENRY HESS What is a plowman without his tractor? And where does one find a tractor several hundred or thousand kilometers from home on the eve of a big competition? This is a problem that will face a number of com­ petitors, some coming from as far away as Europe, at the International Plowing Match just outside Wingham ‘this fall, and Neil McGavin of Walton is the man in charge of solving it. Mr. McGavin, whose father, Gordon, was a past president and director of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association, heads up the tractor committee for IPM ’78. Foremost among his committee’s responsibilities is the job of finding equip­ ment for use by plowmen who travel long distances to the match. It’s not as big a job as it used to be, Mr. McGavin noted last week, but it does have its unique problems. Match plowing has become quite an art - and a very competitive one - with the result that most competitors try to bring their own equipment to the match. Specially designed plows are used, with long moldboards to give neater furrows, and a plowman familiar with his equipment can just about make the plow talk. On the one hand this reduces the demands on the tractor committee; Mr. McGavin estimates he’ll have to come up with 20 tractors while a few years ago it would have been 50. On the other hand, however, it makes things a little more demanding since not just any tractor will do. A plowman who can’t bring his own equipment will want something as nearly iden­ tical to his own as possible so he’s not plowing at a T un­disadvantage with familiar equipment. When a competitor sends in his registration to the OPA in Toronto he will state whether or not he needs a tractor and specify his first three preferences. The list then comes to Mr. McGavin and the tractor committee goes to work. They make every effort to give a person his first preference but if that’s impossible he will have to settle for one of the other two. The tractors are all borrowed from local farmers so it helps that Mr. McGavin and several of his committee members are farm equip­ ment dealers; they have a pretty good idea who has what kind of tractor. The committee includes Art Bolton, Dublin, Mac HONOURS DEGREE — John Muller, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Muller, RR 1 Crediton, graduated June 2 from the University of Guelph where he received an honours degree in Agricultural Science. He is presently employed at Woods & Woods Ltd. C.H. LEWIS LUCAN LTD. ------------------------------- \ JIM SIDDALL &SON Licensed Insured Livestock Hauler Inglis, Clifford, Don Mac­ Donald, Jack Knight, and Ken Innes, Brussels, Jerry Priestner, Lucknow, Johri Radford, Londesboro and Morris Hallahan, Blyth. When the committee locates a tractor it can use it gives it a thorough going- over to make sure it’s in good shape and arranges pickup and delivery for it. While at the match the tractors will be kept in a guarded im­ pound area just across the highway from the tented city. The committee’s responsibility for providing equipment is pretty much limited to tractors, Mr. McGavin said. The plowmen will either contrive to bring their own plows to the match or will arrange for a plow through their dealer net­ work, which is a good thing since the cost of match plows runs around $1,000. There is also a limit to how “fine” a person can get in specifying equipment preferences. Some' Europeans who come over for the match want nine inch wide tires on their tractors since that’s what they’re used to, but the narrow tires just aren’t available here, he noted. In addition to finding, transporting and storing the tractors, the tractor com­ mittee will set up a small repairshopwith facilities for welding or sharpening plow points. It is also responsible for having some big tractors standing by to pull exhibitors’ trucks on and off the site if it is wet and for looking after the fuel for the plowmen and the Junior Farmers’ wagon train. The committee has a budget for fuel but the plowmen and other com­ mittees are expected to pay for fuel they use. Last year the fuel budget went out the window very quickly as over 900 gallons were used just to pull things onto the muddy site, Mr. t McGavin noted. Hopefully that won’t happen this year. The committee will get into high gear around the beginning of September after all the entries have been received and processed. The number of plowmen varies from year to year according to the location but Mr. McGavin said he is expecting 75 to 100 plowmen a day during the five day match. He and his committee will make sure every one of them has a tractor. 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