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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-03-06, Page 4Ludknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 6, 1985= --Page 4 Edith's spoon collection... •from page 3 There are spoons from World Fairs, spoons • with military emblems of the armed fomes, spoons depicting ships, trains, airlines, lift locks, zoos, as well as spoons to commemor- ate church anniversaries, centennials of small and large towns and buildings and events. Most organizations have spoons with their emblems to commemorate theta and Edith has a number of Eastern Star spoons. Edith has collected spoons on each of her trips across Canada from Victoria, British Colum- bia, to Cornerbmook, Newfoundland, and on trips to the United States, England and Ireland. By far the majority of the spoons have been gifts, however. ' A former Llmdknow doctor and a good friend, VictorJohnston, added to the collection with a spoon from each city he lectured in across Canada. Edith's sister gave her the largest spoon in her collection. It is 121/2 inches long with an ample bowl. It commemorates Canada's centennial 1867 - 1967. The smallest spoons are four tiny ones. The bowl of each is an Indian arra coin; the arra is mentioned in the Bible. The stern are twisted lengths with an animal at the top, the whole spoon only a few inches long. Edith bought these at an auction in a market town on the edge of the Moors in England. The Indian arra brings to mind the story of two spoons from Ilydknow, India. The story of how they got to Canada is lengthy and entails many letters back and forth before Edith received the spoons and years later the donor his cheque, which had been stolen and passed as a bill would be and stamped by many coloured and different shaped stamps, before it was returned to Edith. There are many spoons which have animals. and flowers of Canada. Many honour Mother's and Father's Days, birthdays and anniveraries. One from the Hudson's Bay Company Edith purchased while in Moose Factory celebrating their tri -centennial. A beautiful spoon given • to her by her daughter came from a lot they purchased at Lake Havescue City where the original London bridge is rebuilt. This spoon has a large cameo on it. . Another interesting spoon has a dinosaur bone. One from a Shelburne friend has a fiddle to mark the fiddle contest held there. She has a number fruit -Dutch counties and a number from Australia brought • here by Jessie Alton who visits her daughter there regularly. One of these as well as one from England have tea pots for handles and the bowls areround for scooping up loose tea. A long soda type spoon always draws attention. Edith got it from a lodge where she. stayed out 'west near Lake Louise..:Slbere was one bathroom for three rooms as you came down a long hall, so the long stemmed spoon seemed appropriate, laughs Edith. .. A number of years ago Edith read in the newspapers of a speech made by the president of the Canadian National Exhibi- tion, asking for ideas to promote the fair. Because Edith had 'never seen a spoon adver- tising the CNE, Edith wrote him a letter suggesting the idea. Within a few days, he' sent her a lovely spoon depicting one of the entrances to the fair and said the spoon was a fairly new item. Edith has spoken to many groups and organizations about her spoon collection because people find the stories about her Spoons interesting and she hopes .it will inspire someone to start a collection of their own. "You learn about people, places and events of interest," she says," "and just as my collection ,has grown, yours will too. Outlines three Cs of credit... •from page 1 of credit: Credibility, Capacity ar_d Collateral; Lenders have moved away from using the balance sheet, where equity was important, to cash flow as the basis for 'credit decisions, said Bearss referring to the biggest reflection of change in farm financing in this country. FInm a lender's point of view, you have priorities but your willingness to deal with the guy is the corner stone of the relationship. "No matter what his assets, if you cannot trust the guy, you will not want to deal with him,." Bearss stated. Farmers at the seminar criticized the bank's role in the 1982 interest rate crisis which has created such hardship for farmers. They pointed out the banks made unpreced- / ented profits during that period, yet they were not willing to take one cent. .less in interest from financially hard pres.,ed farm- ers. Bearss commented farmers think the banks made their profits on the backs of farmers; yet if all the money earned in profits during the time period of 20 per cent plus interest rates had been eliminated, it would have reduced the overall prime rate by only one per cent. Bearss also observed that if the difference between the average interest paid during that period and the lowest interest rate if it had been in. -effect for that period, makes the difference between making or breaking your operation, you were probably running the operation on too tight a basis. The farmers at the seminar objected saying they were expected to take responsibility for making bad credit decision while the banks, which, also made, poor credit decisions by lending too much money to .farmers incapable of servicing the debt, were not expected to share the burden. Bearss pointed out that if farmers wanted to change the rules in the middle of the game, when they had good years ancc made profits, the banks could then come back and expect additional interest pay- merits from the fanners, if banks were expected to lower interest chargesor realign the debt when farmers were in a crisis due to high interest. . Conservation Authority expands *from page 1 another part, Pine River and another small area were not under any Authority; the rest is now part of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. Part of Kinloss and Huron Town ships are the last areas in Southern Ontario not part of any Conservation Authority, he says. Councillor Clark Ferguson, Huron Town- ship, explained that they did not support the expansion because there had been no apparent support for the move from Huron Township ratepayers and because the high cottage versus agriculture assessment in .Huron Township would make the cost to individuals extremely high. "Personally 1 thinks it's the way to go. No that it's in place 1 expect we'll make use of it." . Currently no part of Huron Township is in MVCA's jurisdiction and only two per cent of the township is, in the neighbouring Saugeen Conservation Authority's area. If the enlarge- ment is approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources, 25 per cent, or 5,535 hectares, of Huron Township will be in the Maitland authority's area. Ashfield has a severe erosion problem with about 50 Lakeshore gullies and the land- ownerswant to improve this situation. Land owners are unable to obtain erosion control grants because applicants must be made through a conservation authority. All of 'Ashfield is now in the authority, compared to 31 per cent of the township's 26,879 hectares previously. Sixty-five per cent of 12,550 hectares of Kinloss Township i7 now in the authority. Community relations to -ordinator Wendy Ross said Huron and Kinloss Townships were added to the enlargement area because auth- ority's boundaries do not end at municipal boundaries. By including all of Ashfield, the enlargement entails a portion of the Luc know River. This means that the authority ; has jurisdiction over all of the Luc know River watershed. The expansion area is east of Ludknow and both north and south of Highway 86. The authority's last expansion was in Flebruary 1976. Mr. Howard noted that Ashfield Township was opposed to the expan- sion at that time. NOTICE AIL ACCOUNTS MUST BE PAM TO Greer T.V. & Electric BY MARCH 16TH, 1985 BUYING AN ANNUITY? FOR THE HIGHEST QUOTE AVAILABLE EXPERT RRSP & ANNUITY ADVICE CALL ABC ANNUITIES LTD. GODERICH 524-2773 (Collect) ANNUAL arch Sale Ends Mardi 30, 1985 ALL Wedding and . Social Stationery Emotion,Sunset, Rainbow, Forever Yours 11fl' Quinn 's 9 -towels (&1.: gifts LUCKNOW 528-2033 RR. NO. 3.GODERICH Telephone Hwy. 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