Times Advocate, 1989-05-03, Page 33Saintsbury
by Mrs. Heber Davis
SAINTSBURY - A Combined
Parish Service was held at St. Pauls
Kirkton Sunday with a good repre-
sentation form both Granton and
Saintsbury who joined the Kirkton
congregation for Holy Communion
and the blessing of the reed.
Rev. Wheeler spoke on farming
and read a ers wife
•o + t G „�► from Manitoba on the griter from a ef and loss
of their family farm and the need of
understanding and help for people
who suffer such a loss.
Prayers for good weather and
good crops to all farmers across
Canada.
At the close of the service Kirk -
ton congregation served a delicious
brunch, which all present enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis ob-
served their 45th wedding anniver-
sary on Saturday and their flowers
were placed in the church and all
wished them continued happiness
and good health.
Crediton Poster Winners - Students from Stephen Central School received their prizes Thursday in personals
the Crediton firemen's poster contest. Shown with chief Jim Finkbeiner and fireman Doug Lightfoot The "Hodgins Cousins" group
are at the back from the left the boys winners Ethan Smith, Greg Glanville and Chris Wilhelm. Best
in the girls division in the front are Kim Govers, -Connie Durward and Alisha Jennison.
Agriculture organizations usually
get high praise from this corner.
I know how busy farmers are and
how many of them take precious
time to serve on these organiza-
tions. One group, the Ontario Fed-
eration of AGriculture, has been on
the top of my list since away back
when they began to sell individual
memberships to get better participa-
tion.
It is, unquestionably, one of the
most prestigious farm organizations
in this province. It has deserved
praise:
But something is drastically
wrong these days.
I do not know what is going on
because nobody is around -to tell the
media what the OFA is doing. For
20 years, I have received regular
news releases from the federation. I
have been sent newsletters and
pamphlets. They have kept me in-
formed and invited me to many of
their meetings and conferences.
But I haven't heard a word from
them in weeks.
Have I been removed from the
mailing lists, perhaps? What is go-
ing on down there at headquarters?
Do you still have a publicity de-
partment or have you decided to get
ride of your writers?
Whatever is happening appears to
me to be bad. I have infinite respect
for Brigid Pyke, the president of the
federation. She is a brilliant woman
with great leadership capabilities.
However, like a tree when it is dy-
ing, the crown goes first. So, if
blame must rest somewhere, per-
haps it is .at the top. It may, of
course, be the rest of the executive
or most of the directors who are at
fault.
I placed a call to the federation a
few weeks ago and nobody bothered
to call back. I know another farm
writer who works for a daily news-
paper who has lost all respect he
once had for the OFA because he
was virtually ignored, too. Maybe
we deserved it.
Another farm organization which
is in trouble is the Canadian Egg
Marketing Agency. It is in deep fi-
nancial trouble and, as I understand
it, the board has no one to blame
buy itself. The senior managers of
the agency told the board two years
ago that problems with money were
brewing. Board members were told
to cut quota to producers by five
percent. Thc board, made up of 10
members, I think, has a majority of
farmers. Some people would like to
see five consumers on the board and
five farmers.
No matter. The board was warned
about an impending deficit. The
solution would have been to cut
production by five percent, experts
said. The board decided on a two -
The
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result:: Gib Shiiif7ilfit�,
highly -respected; administrator, re-
signed as general manager of the
board; the agency plodded into a
$14 -million deficit; the Bank of
Montreal came that close to bank-
rupting the agency, all because
board members rcfusce - .-c_;
duction.
I'm well aware that the situation
is 'More complicated than what I
have just outlined but those arc the
salient facts.
I could add that the egg agency
was told to increase its levies by
the National Farm Products Mar-
keting Council, by Agminister
Don Mazankowski, and by their
own general manager.
Board members took n9 action
until the bank rattled the chain and
then increased levies by four cents
a dozen. Thc hank, obviously, has
more clout than the gutless nation-
al marketing council or even then
Deputy Primc Minister Mazan-
kowski.
Why any national agency would
allow itself to get into -$14 million
of debt is a mystery to me, espc-
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It is situations such as these that
give farmers and farming a bad re-
putation throughout the country.
It may not be entirely one per-
son's fault but farmers appear to be.
woefully slow at taking steps to
clean the manure out of their own
backyards.
were dinner guests with Mary Davis
last Monday. There were eight cou-
sins present.
Mrs. Voyle Jordan was guest of
honor on Tuesday evening. She
was observing her birthday. Mrs.
Mabel Needham entertained the fol-
lowing; after a dinner at the North
Star restaurant, Mrs. Myrna O'Neil,
Mrs. -Greta Gibson, Mrs. Murial
Cobleigh, Mary Davis, as well as
Voyle. All reported a good eve-
ning.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kooy and
Mary Davis were guests at a family
gathering to honor Mr. Howard Do-
lan, Sunday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sovereign. Ho-
ward was observing his birthday.
There were 18 guests present.
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