The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-07-01, Page 10OP,
Lucknow . ', Wednesday, July 1, 1901c
SLOETJES - McDONALD
Candelabra enhanced with.
tulips, roses, carnations, and
dogwood provided the set-
ting in North Ashfield Pres-
byterian
resbyterian Church on May 2,
1981 at 4 p.m, for marriage.
of Henry. John Slotjes and.
Tammy Lee Mary McDonald.
The double 'ring ceremony
was performed by Rev. Hugh
Nugent of Ripley.
The bride is the' daughter
of • Mr; and Mrs. ' Lorne
McDonald, R. 3, Lucknow
and the groom,is.the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sloetjes of
R. 7, Lucknow.
The bride,ven in marri-
age by her, father, chose a
long white gown which feat-
ured a V neckline with white
lace and a pleated skirt. .She.
carried a .Bible with talisman
roses, yellow lace and rib-
bons trimmed with baby's
breath.'
Beverly Wilkins, friend
of the bride, from 'Fort St.
John, British Columbia was
Maid of honour. She wore a'
blue . polyester crepe gown
and carried a nosegay of
roses, carnations and dais-
ies.
Polly, Follett, friend of the
bride, Goderich, and Holly,
McDonald, sister of ' the
bride, R. 3, Lucknow .were
bridesmaids, They wore sim-
visits Langside from !IoIJi.*i.ii
By Lilian Young
With good weather the end'
Of the weekfarmers were
busy with the hay.
Mrs. Roeli de Boer's -moth-
er, Mrs. Meyeringh has been
visiting her daughter from
the northern part of Holland
for the past two months. She
is very impressed with the
great improvement she sees
since her last visit 10 years
ago. The many flowers and
beautiful land have really
impressed- her. "It ,is a nice
country for farmers, clean
and neat and: peoples are so
friendly and helpful," obser-
ves Mrs. Meyeringh.
Fred ,Moore of Windham
called on Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford" Young last Friday.
At. the: Whitechurch Pres-
byterian Church on Sunday
in theabsence of their min-
ister, Rev. Bell, the service
was taken by Jack Whytock,
who gave an 'interesting talk
on, Our Anchor. The mem-
bers of the.` Presbyterian
Church will. worshipp with the
United Church members dur-
ing the next month while
Rev. Bell and Mrs. Bell are
away on holidays.
`Some from here attended
the annual strawberry sup-
per at Knox Presbyterian
Church last Thursday even-
ing.
Sunday visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Springer were
Jim's mother ' andbrother,
from Chesley' and his sister
from, Kitchener. • .
Most students . will be.
through school now for the
summer. We ` hope they all
have a good holiday.
The Teeawater . grade .8
students held their gradua-
tion night Monday evening,
June 22 .with a pot luck.
supper, after which diplomas
were .received by the stud-
ents. Russell Springer of this.
district was one of the gradu-
ates.
Mrs. ,Bev Springer and
Pam attd Mrs. Jean Young
and Karen ' spent a day
recently in Burlington.
Oar gowns to the maid of
honour its light blue and light
green, and carried nosegays
similar' to the maid of hon-
our.
Danielle Hartgers of Byron
Was flowergirl wearing a
yellow dress trimmed with
white crocheted lace. She
carried a nosegay similar to
the bridesmaids.
Groomsman was , Mick
Koch, Kitchener, and the
guestsfwere ushered by Tom
McDonald,. brother of the
bride, • Lucknow and Carl
Sloetjes, brother of the
groom, Lucknow.
Andrew !forgers of Byron
was ring bearer.
Lillian Simpson provide
traditional music at the organ
including 0 Perfect Love ant
Tammy's In .Love:
Yellow daffodills decorat-
ed the Lucknow Community
Centre for the reception.
The bride's mother receiv-
ed guests ; wearing . a long
dark blue gown and a cres-
cent corsage of talisman ros-
es. The groom's mother as-
sisted wearing a long pink .
gown and crescentcorsage of
baby '.mauve cymbidium or-
chids. '
The couple honeymooned
in . London. net plan to
reside in Fort Murray, Al-
berta.
visas grandma
Mrs. Harvey Mole spent
ten days at the home of her
son and daughter-in-law,
Don and Kay Mole of Court -
right. Grandson, Donnie
Mole, returned with her for a
holiday.
Lorne and Jean Betts,. 8th
concession of Culross, spent
Saturday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Bill MacPherson of
R. 1 Holyrood. . • 0
Those who spent Fathers
Day at the home of Mr.' and
Mrs. Bruce ° Thomson and
family were Mr. and .Mrs. R.
Leddy, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Fear, Paid and Brian,. Brus-
sels, Mr. and Mrs. 'Len Baird
and Mark, R. 1 Wingham.
Evening visitors were Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Andrews and
Todd, Auburn.
:
IBWIN• MILLIGAN
Spring flowers .formed the
setting at Chalmer's Presby
tenial ; Church, Whitechurch
on Saturday, June 6, for
thedouble ring ceremony
uniting ' Clara Wynne . Milli-
gan . and Steven.. Glen Irwin.
Rev. John Bell performed the
ceremony..
Thebride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Milligan and the groom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Orland,
Irwin, all, of Whitechurch.
The bride was attended by
her sister,. Mary Lou Milligan
as maid of honour, Mrs.
Donna Snowden and Miss
Fay Irwin, as bridesmaids.
Miss Amy Falconer, niece of
the bride was the flower girl.
Wayne MacDonald, friend
of the . groom was grooms-
man. Allan Snowden and
Nick Beyersbergen, ushered
the ' guests. Tian Falconer,
nephew of the . bride, was
ring bearer.
Miss Janet Laidlaw, ac-
companied by _Mrs. Jean`;
Ross, sang, , The Wedding
Prayer, and, The Twelfth of
Never, during the ceremony.
A ,..dinner and reception
followed .at. the Lucknow
,Legion Hell. Wedding guests
attending from a distance
came from Chatham, Kincar-
dine, Streetsville, Edmonton
and Midland.
The couple honeymooned
in Southwestern Ontario.
They will be residing at R. R.
# 2, Lucknow.
He sat calmly in front of the camera in
his fancy ascot tie and .expensive shirt
delivering a dissertation against the
Canadian Egg Mark etuig Agency.
He called the officers and directors of
the agency a bunch of klutzes. He said
they were gouging the public through the
egg marketing agency, intimating that
Canadians paid more than 10 cents a
dozen too touch for eggs last year..
' He is a professor of something -or -other
at a university. He has a.laminute talk
once a week on a local television station.
He was quoting from the report recently
tabled in the House of Commons on what
should be done to deregulate lite in
Canada. Three econo lists prepared the
report which said supply management
marketing boards in Canada had too
much power.
Ido not know two of the three men who
wrote the report. I have met Dr. T. K.
(Sandy) 'Watley .of the University of 1
Guelph. Dr. Varley is an economist. 1
have no idea whether he knows anything
aboutarming.
I
would be ...willing to bet, though, that
the television commentator has not been
to work in a barnyard slice Noah was an
able-bodied seaman; no closer to a farts
than to wrinkle his nose when shooting
past a recently -i anured field on his way
r1.7
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to another city conference or his summer
cottage.
He probably has no idea of the blood,
sweat and tears, the work and the worry,
that is part of farming. He knows little or
nothing about the chaos that reigned in
egg producing a decade ago when.literal-
ly hundreds of farmers were forced out of
business.
On his $36,000 -a -year job with tenure,
he knows he cannot be fired. He feels free
to criticize' from his ivory tower, in-
sulated from thetough situations
farriers are in today.
I wonder, too, how much checking he
did to make the statements on television.
It is unfortunate that only one side of the
storyis heard. I
Ralph Barrie, a farmer himself and
s iv* sor.ew.4ed ow Sob repot, tIdm Ono Era4•e1'Qerr N.311 1d 7
president of the Ontario Federation of
Agri, maintains that the report to
anomic council is unfounded, based
on theories and comparisons that have
little to do with the realities of farming.
"If these academics would climb down
from their ivory towers and spend some
time in the farmer's shoes, they'd know
this isn't true," Barrie says. "Because
quotas have a value, they (the
economists) attach a hypothetical return
of 12 percent to that value. This =mug,
they say, is excess income, yet the
farmer never receives this money. How
can youpay (feed) bills with non-existent
interest?".
Barrie challenges the statement that
Canadian dairy farmers are less produc-
tive than American farmers.
"Those economists don't realize the
two countries use different reporting
methods. If you used the same methods,
productivity would be roughly equal."
Barrie, along with hundreds of other
'fanners across Canada, is disgusted with
a government body attacking one of the
hardest working sectors of the Canadian
economy. Farmers are finding it almost
impossible to survive with high input
costs, banks charging usury rates and
energy costs going right through thehay
mow.
Horror stories keep coming about
foreclosures. An excellent barometer of
what is'happenig in the country is the
huge numbers of farts gentian sales Just
check the auction sale section of your
favorite family journal these days and
reflect that a great many .of those sales
are caused by farmers being forced out
of business. They are the cold hard facts,
of farming today. Those advertisements
are the hopes and dreams of hundreds of
people reduced to the black -and -white of
a world gone crazy.
If something is not done for agriculture
soon, Canada's ability to feed itself will
be crippled,
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