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HURON FEDERATION NEWSLETTER
GLEN McMICHAEL
TURNBERRY TWP. PRESIDENT
Serving his second year as president
of the Turnberry township federation, Glen
McMichael is pleased with the role the
federation played in arranging "kitchen
meetings" to help inform the local farmers
on the best use of the land. This will help
the farmer to be prepared to assist in
helping to formulate the land use plan for
Turnberry township.
Glen has been a line director and a vice
president for the local federation in the
past. He operates a 45 sow farrow to finish
operation as well as handling 40 head of
beef in the winter!
Glen and his wife Phyllis live on a 150
acre farm and have two children - Marjory
Ann 22, and a 10 year old son, David.
Hay membership drive
nets 60% of farmers
On Thursday, March 29 a membership
drive was held in Hay twp. The idea behind
the drive had its beginning a month earlier.
Bev Brown had asked each Township to get
a complete list of farmers in their township
in order to bring the Farm and Country
mailing list up to date. A 1978 voters list of
Hay township was obtained from Claire
Deichert, last years deputy reeve. Mr.
Deichert offered to help me as he knew
every farmer in the township because of his
recent campaign.
While Mr. Deichert checked off each
farmer in the 1c •: rsuip I checked the list of
1978 Individual Service members. A list
was made of the non members. I'm
Turnbull, The regional director for Hu on
South told the Huron County Federation
executive about the non member list. As a
result, the county executive offered to help
in signing the non members. The county
executive had March 29 free so we went
with that date. Those that helped with the
effort in Hay were: Rick Grenier, Glen
Thiel, Gerry Thiel, Murray Keys, Burnie
Denomme and myself. The executive
members were Allen Turnbull, A Ian
Walper, Merle Gunby, Jim McIntosh, Bill
Pullen. John VanBeers, and Bill Crawford.
The non members were divided into
areas by their concessions, with two men
assigned to each area.
In roughly five hours the complete
township was covered and eighteen farm-
ers had joined, and about the same amount
expressed their interest to join at a later
date. The lists were returned with the
names of the farmers who were not at
home at the time. These will be kept for
use in the near future. I would personally
like to thank once again all those who
helped to make the day a success. I would
also like to thank Town and Country
Bowling lanes for their hospitability afford-
ed us as we used it for the central meeting
place for the day.
As a result of this last drive, Hay
township has over sixty per cent of its
known farmers as Federation members.
Andre Durand
President Hay township,
Federation of Agriculture.
HOWICK HOLDS ANNUAL—
PLANS JUNE TOWNSHIP MEETING
Gorrie - About 60 I.S.M.'s from
Howick Township turned out on March 28
to hear guest speaker, Tony McQuail.
"Farmers today are very dependent on
fossil fuels" stated Mr. McQuail. Accord-
ing to Mr. McQuail, farmers should
consider alternate renewable energy
sources while we still have fossil fuels on
hand. By considering wind, solar power,
wood and other renewable energy sources,
farmers can make a gradual, rather than
drastic traumatic change, before fossil
fuels run out.
1.S.M.'s present were enthusiastic about
organizing a Township meeting in June.
The new executive will be issuing further
notice when arrangements are complete.
t;tecteu w utnce tur LII coming year
were: President, Claude Martin; First
Vice -Pres., Bill Atton; County Director,
Bill Atton; Sec. Treas., Mrs. Wayne
Johnson; Line Directors, Murray Mulvey,
Mrs. Deanne Dickson, Mel Grieg, Bill
Taylor, Phil Maier, Stan Zurbrigg, Lyle
Murray, Jim Renwick, Elmer Harding,
Jack Stafford, Bill Bennett, Edgar Dane,
Garfield Gibson, Pete Eskritt.
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McEACHERN
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R. R. 2,
Grand Bend, Ont.
238-2616
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