The Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-11-12, Page 8Z-GENERAL MEETINGS'
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17th
ST. •JOSEPH'S SCHOOL, KINGSBRIDGE
8:30:FAMILY & SCHOOL MEETING
to discuss playground equipment
Guest Speaker: SCOTT CRUICKSHANK
1980 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER, demo,
fully. equipped
1977 DODGE 1/2 ton, 6 cylinder
1976 PLYMOUTH VOLARE, 4 dr. auto,
cyl., P.S. and radio
1975 CHEV, 4 dr, P.S. and P.B., radio
1968 DODGE CORONET CONVERTIBLE,
8 auto, .P.S. P.B. and radio
CHRYSLER PARTS AVAILABLE
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To state that planet earth is in
trouble is not a stoop.
Environmentalists have been
warning us about the problerna for 20
YePrs. The famous Club .of Rome
predicted dire problems 'by the year
20001iticiaris have-been-shouting—
the same thing for another 20 years'.
But an extraordinary report
commissioned by the Carter
goVernthent in the' United States was
tabled a few months ago predicting
much more specifically that the
north American continent is in deep
" trouble.
-The- r epert--exp ected- -to—take- -a.
year to compile and write, took three:
years and received little attention by
the mass media. It warns that, if the
present trends continue, the world in
2000 will be more crowded, more'
polluted, less stable eaologically and
more vulnerable to disruption than
the World is today.. Despite greater
material output, the world'S people
will 'be poorer in many ways than
'they are today.
The findings are enough to make a
grown man weep.
Population growth will increase
by 100 million people every year,
swelling the number of bodies on
earth from 4 billion in 1975 to 6.35
billion. Where there are two people
now, there will be three people 'in 20
years and 90 per cent of that
population growth will be in the
'-poor er coun --The—gap - b et VirWil •
rich and poor will widen: Income in
less-developed countries in south
Asia will 'remain below 200 a Year in
1975 dollars,
Arable land can increase only by
• about four per cent by the year 2000
but population will increase by 50
per cent. What conclusion can you
draw from that?
Think abottt it, dummy: hunger •
and starvation for Millions of people
with the subsequent social. unrest
that will surely follow.
The amount of arable land is finite
and the amount that production of
food can increase is limited by
technology. Forecasters predict that
increasing yields cannot continue,
ad infinitum. The degree of im-
provement, even with all the modern
machinery, new varieties andbetter
:.tillage ethods; cannot increase-7
productivity any more than about
four per cent a year,
go, population increase at 50 per
cent. That leaves literally billions of
pebple 'hungry.
What-does it all mean?
It' 'means that farming and
agriculture Will become the single
most important industry in the
world. People must eat. If they-don't
get . fed, they get desperate.
Desperate people commit desperate
acts, The section of the world most
affluent -- North America, Japan
and Europe,.-- become the targets of
those desperate people.
A father watching a child's hair
fall out, his stomach distend and his
limbs become like, putty beCGrile SO
desperate that he will lie, cheat,
and rob to held that,
Nobody but' the farmer can supply
the needs of a hungry world.
Sorneday food production will be
so' important that the fariner will be
worshipped by the world as the
eggheads, the finarthiers, the
shipping niagnates ' and the great
movers and shakers of today's
ciety are worshipped _:
Yet same
farmers -- grow fewer in number
every year. At one time, more ,than
40 per cent of the population was
engaged in farthing.• Today, that
'figure has dwindled to about five per
cent. In. the. IJSA, it has' dropped to .
four per cent. and half of those are
only part-time farmers in both
Canada and the United States.
Agriculture for. 80, Years has been
linked with politics. In the next 20
years, it will become' increasingly
important as a political tool.
I'd like to be around when,' once
.again, farmers become as important
as — even more important than -- any
other seetor of the economy and not
just relegated-to the back fortY,
Christmas Seal campaign begins
The annual, Seat
appeal for funds officially
began on November first,
1980., Months .of preparation
culminates with the mailing
of 60,000 to 70,000 appeal
envelopes containing seals,
over the next few weeks.
This annual appeal for
funds through the Christmas
al is the- only source of
income for the Association.
The Bruce, Dufferin, Grey
Lung A ssociatiotaCtidstmas
Seal), formerly knoWn as the
Bruce, Dufferin, Grey 'Tuber-
culosis and Respiratory Dis-
ease Association is the kcal
affiliate . of the Canadian
TuberculOsis and Respiratory
Disease Association: Each
Provincial 'Ass'ociation in-
cluding the local Association
devotes a portion of its funds
to the national research arid
scholarship program.
The three main areas now
under investigation, by Can-
adian Researchers . funded
through Christmas Seal dol-
lars are - - early detection of
lung diseases, epidemiolog-
IcaLstudies nn valance
of 'lung diseases, that is thek
patient, the cause, the envir-
onmental interaction; and
the immunological aspects of
lung disease including tuber- Kiwanis Queens, C.G.I.T.,
culosis, that is the response- Key Club and the Capt.
of the' body to causal agents. William F. Owen Chapter
Research is a long slow., Imperial' Order Daughters of
tedious, costly process as . the Empire have, devoted'
each avenue must be dux:- hours to help support the
°uglily explored, tested, re- Lting Association's work.
tested, then confirmed by the The aim of the Bruce,
investigators' peers before Dufferin, grey Lung Associa-
the_public" can receive the tion (Christmas Seal) is the
benefits: prevention and control of
Many unrecognized indiv----itifig diSedieS:IvlifCh Of ffirs
iduals contribute their time can be accomplished, through
unselfishly to help prepare research using Christmas
Christrnas-Seal-materials for Seal dollars.
mailing. Local organizations,
including the Earl Grey •
Chapter Imperial Order
Daughter Of the Empite, the •
from Paris Playground. Equipment
BRIDGE-TENNIS-CLUB
Organizational meeting to
elect-executive-and:discuss
plans for the 1981 season
Guest Speaker: SCOTT CRUICKSHANK
Forecast rise in food prices Everyone welcome so come and show your support for
both projects.
Large increases in food
prices can be expected un-
less steps are taken to deal
with the problems facing
Canadian farmers, Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
(OFA) Seeond Vice-Presi-
dent, Frank Wall, warned
recently.
Wall explained that infla-
tion.. of-input costs and de-
pressed prices in some com-
modities have led to a major
The Wingham- and area'
Pro Life group met on Nov-
ember 3, 1980.
They have been asked to
show a slide presentation
about abortion on November
18 to the Pathfinders in
Gerrie, and at the Reformed
Church in Harriston on Nov-
ember 19.
In her education report,
Sally Campeau quoted Major
John J. H. Conners, liaison
officer for southern Ontario
Pro tife groups. "It cannot
be seriously disputed that
our society is gradually be-
coming one in 'which the
nature of'human life is being
accorded a status approach-
reduction in farm incomes.
Late last year, Statistics
Canada forecast the decrease
would be 40 per cent in.
Ontario.
"In the 1930s, a farmer
produced enough food for
himself and 12 other people.
Today, he feeds over a
hundred. However, that will
not continue if farmers do not
earn enought to continue to
invest in improving their own
ing that of animals. If human
life is unwanted for whatever
reason - destroy! Even , the
method of destruction seems
of little concern to many
Canadians. Society permits
the killing of unborn children
by employment of methods
that are not permitted, for the
killing of animals. It is a
strange application of logic
indeed to police 'the methods
used to kill baby seals (so
that death is achieved by a
blow to the head) while at the
same time to stand by mutely
and permit unborn babies to
be often literally butchered
in the killing process.
efficiency".
Wall said he also feared
that several bad years would
drive away the present gen-
eration of young farmers.
Canadians have one of the
most inexpensive supplies of
quality food in the world. The
percentage of disposable in-
come spent on food has
declined from 25 per cent 30
years ago, to only 14 per cent
today.
"Perhaps now that decline
will have to stop and the
percentage remain relatively
fixed", Wall said.
He 'concluded, farmers
either will have to receive
better incomes from the
marketplace or be protected
from inflation by the govern-
ment. He said the OFA is
Aparing a detailed set of
proposals which will be re-
leased later this year.
Pro Life group meet My Most Sincere
THANK YOU
TO THE VOTERS OF HURON TOWNSHIP
FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON
NOVEMBER 10
sure you'll be as pleased in two years
as I am today.
BERT ELUOT
REEVE OF HURON TOWNSHIP