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Belgrave
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TheSeniorChoir of Knox United with a good attendance.
Church. Belgrave held its annual Court Whistwas enjoyed. Prizes
meeting and social at the home of were awarded to: high lady, Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston, William Coultes; low lady, Mrs.
4-H course starts
Choir elects Robert Grasby
During the annual meeting of the Huron County Cattlemen’s
Association in Clinton on Monday, Ross Procter of RR 5, Brussels,
right, was presented with the past-presidents pin by current
past-president Ron Bennett of RR 1, Gorrie.
Good turnout at weekly euchre party
Fifteen tables were in play at the
weekly euchre which was held in
the Women's Institute Hall, Bel
grave, Wednesday, January 14.
Winners were: high lady, Mrs.
Herb Clayton; novelty lady, Mrs.
Garner Nicholson; low lady, Mrs.
Leslie Vincent; high man, Wilford
4-H project “Surviving with
Style'' is starting Tuesday, Janu
ary 27 at 7 p.m. inthe Women’s
Institute Hall, Belgrave. Anyone
interested, call Mrs. Pete Camp
bel) and Mrs. Glenn Montgomery.
Mr. David Lennox of Country
Meadows at Brunner spent the
weekend with his sisters and
brothers-in-law Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Hanna of Belgrave and
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Jamieson of
Wingham.
Marjorie Procter of London and
Mr. Phillip Stopworth of England
visited over the weekend with her
Couple
honoured
on anniversary
Many friends and relatives of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bosman
attended the open house in honour
of their 40th wedding anniversary
held at the Women’s Institute Hall
Sunday afternoon.
Caslick; novelty man. Garner
Nicholson; low man, Leslie Short.
There will be euchre again this
Wednesday starting at 8 p.m.
mother Mrs. Elizabeth Procter of
Belgrave.
Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston,
Tara and Erin of Ilderton and Mrs.
Laura Johnston of Belgrave were
visitors on Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grasby.
niyersQty
in Hairstyling
131 North Street
John Roberts; high man, Bert
Johnston; low man, Robert Gras
by.
Following lunch, a short busi
ness meeting was conducted by
President Robert Grasby. The
election of officers was as follows:
President, Robert Grasby; Secre
tary-Treasurer, George Procter;
Social Committee, Mrs. Ross
Anderson and Mrs. Lawrence
Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Grasby extended
an invitation to the members to
hold the meeting at their home next
year. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston were
thanked for their hospitality and
the meeting adjourned.
Thankyoufor
your patronage
We look forward
7 to serving you
—-7 in 1987.
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Non-refundable check-off
gets 62% support
Blyth
523-4719
Special
from Huron Cattlemen
Nearly two thirds of the farmers
voting at the annual meeting of the
Huron Cattlemen’s Association
(HCA) in Clinton on Monday have
approved a resolution calling for a
non-refundable licence fee, or
checkoff, reflecting the continuing
concern that a large percentage of
the checkoff must be spent on
advertising and promotion for
beef, in the face of a declining
market.
However, the 62.4 per cent of
Huron members who voted in
favour of the resolution will still not
produce changes in the perennial
question of the disposition of
checkoff, unless other county
organizations across the province
come in with a higher percentage
before the Ontario Cattlemen's
Association (OCA) annual meeting
next month.
Following a request by the
OCA, Ontario Minister of Agricul
ture Jack Riddell last December
agreed to amend the 1968 Beef
Cattle Marketing Act to make the
checkoff non-refundable to sellers,
provided cattlemen expressed this
intent by a two-thirds majority vote
on the question at the OCA annual
meeting in Toronto February
18-19.
The question of refundable
versus non-refundable fees has
occupied a major and controversial
position among Ontario cattlemen
ever since the Beef Cattle Market
ing Act was passed nearly 20 years
ago, with the provision that the
OCA checkoff fee was refundable
to the seller upon demand.
Until 1982, delegates voting at
the annual meeting of the OCA
opposed the resolution making the
fee non-refundable; but this posi-
tionwasreversedin 1982,atthe
same time as producers voted to
enter into a major beef advertising
program, and to triple the checkoff
fee to fund the program. However,
with legislation still in place to
provide for a refund, a major
increase in checkoff refund levels
followed the increase in fees, while
figures showed that a large
percentage of the refund was going
to a relatively few beef producers.
With the agriculture minister's
decision less than a month away,
the OCA has asked all 50 county or
district Cattlemen's Associations
in Ontario to vote on the issue prior
to the OCA annual meeting, with
the strong suggestion that they
come up with the figures to make
the checkoff non-refundable.
In a recent newsletter to beef
producers, president of the OCA
Edgar Wideman says “l fully
expect the results (of the vote) to
indicate a real need to continue and
to enhance the (beef promotion)
program.’’
Other resolutions passed at the
HCA annual meeting included one
asking that any future bail-outs for
grain farmers include those cutting
grain silage; one calling for an
expanded research budget; for all
slaughter cattle to be marketed
through a licensed agency; for a
method of identifying beef produc
ers paying the checkoff; and two
resolutions dealing with payments
by the National Tripartite Stabiliz
ation Board. A resolution calling
for government controls on Cana
dian beef production in the event of
U.S. border closing was defeated
by HCA members.
At the Directors’ meeting fol
lowing the annual meeting, Keith
Strang, RR 1, Hensail was elected
president; Ron Bennett, RR 1,
Gorrie, will serve as past presi
dent; Jack Flanagan, RR 1, Dublin
and Tom Hayter, RR 2, Dashwood,
were elected as first and second
vice-presidents, respectively; and
Rose Marie Bishop, RR 1, Ethel,
will remain as secretary-treasurer.
GlenCoultes, RR5, Brussels,
was selected as delegate to the
monthly OCA meetings, with
Brian Miller, RR 3, Exeter, as
alternate. Ron Bennett, Jack Flan
agan, Keith Strang and Brian
Millerwere all elected as delegates
to the 1987 OCA convention, along
with Murray Vincent, RR 1,
Belgrave; Ross Procter, RR 5,
Brussels; George Pearson, Ethel;
George Adams, RR 2, Wroxeter;
Jim McGregor, RR 4. Sealorih;
and Don Kcrslake, RR 3, Exeter.
Elected as alternates to the
convention were: Rick Archam
bault, RR 1, Auburn; Neil Rintoul,
RR 2, Lucknow'; Bill Hutchison, RR
2, Gorrie; Frank Falconer, RR 5,
Clinton; and Mac Webster, RR I,
Varna.
Other North Huron beef produc
ers elected to the 44-members
HCA Board of Directors for 1987
include: Vaughn loll, RR 3. Blyth;
George Blake, RR 2, Brussels;
Fred Uhler, RR 3, Brussels;
Gordon Gross, RR 1, Auburn; Neil
Stapleton. RR 2, Auburn; Graeme
Craig, RR I, Walton; Calvin
Semple. RR 1, Ethel; and Doug
Walker, RR 1, Belgrave.
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