The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-03-06, Page 2The W%* * Adv4414041sies, Thursday, Mardi 6, 11975
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CIiristian Farmers reject
income protection scheme
An is use protectitkit act as
p*oi oaejd by the Ontario Federa-
ti011., Agriculture is not what
WW1in Ontario need accord-
ing the executive board of the
Mien Farmers Federation of
Ontario (C.F.F.) .
411
"Our executive board," said
Elbert van Donkersgoed, execu-
tiye director of the C.F.F. after a
Special meeting at the Federation
Office in Drayton on March. 1,
"could not endorse the OFA's
ideas on ensuring that farming
will be financially viable.
"In the first place, the OFA's
motivation in calling for income
protection does not come from
concern about the situation in
agriculture itself but because the
Government of Ontario must
move to restrict farmers' rights
over the development potential of
their land by land -use planning
and zoning. This proposal is just
another way of demanding
compensation for the loss of
development rights asiprime land
is permanently zoned for agri-
culture. The C.F.F. is opposed to
any form of compensation for
those who speculate in develop-
ment rights. Agriculture in
Ontario does not benefit from
speculation and likewise would
not benefit from compensation
for the loss of speculation rights.
"Secondly, the C.F.F. execu-
tive believes firmly at any kind
of stabilization program must be
national in scope to be of true
benefit to all of Canada's agri-
cultural industry. Before any
more provincial programs are
developed we first want to see
how the amendments to the
Federal Agricultural Stabiliza-
tion Act, first read on February
10,, 1975 in Ottawa, will support
our industry. If we follow the
OFA's provincial route we may
well have inter -provincial stabi-
lization wars.
"Thirdly, if we accept the
principle of a guaranteed income
and profit for ourselves in agri-
culture then we must also, to be
consistent, accept this through-
out industry and the labour force.
The -OFA may be prepared to
accept such a principle but we
are not. We favor basic floor
prices just as we support basic
welfare payments. We are not
convinced that it is government's
responsibility to guarantee a
businessman a profit."
Mr. van Donkersgoed pointed
out that these are the concerns of
his organization's executive. The
subject will be dealt with again at
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vincial board meeting. "At that
time," he said, "we will find out if
this is also the thinking of our
grassroots membership."
Belgrave
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Minick
and family of Kitchener and Miss
Gail Mayberry of Waterloo spent
the week with Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Hanna.
Bruce Edgar of Toronto was a
weekend visitor at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse
and on Sunday attended the
funeral off his uncle, Frank Edgar
of Wingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wightman
visited on Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Young of Langside.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Marshall
of London visited on Saturday
with her father, Stanley Cook in
Wingham and District Hospital.
We extend sympathy to Mr.
and Mrs. Mac Scott in the death
of hermother, Mrs. Jake Hunter.
Robert Stoner of Blenheim and
John Nixon returned home on
Sunday after a week's skiing at
Mount Tromley, Quebec.
World Day of Prayer will be
held on Friday in Knox Presby-
terian Church at 3 p.m. The
speaker will be Mrs. Robert
Campbell of Wingham.
Mr.._ and Mrs. Edgar Murdoch
and family of Thornhill visited on
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Stonehouse after attending the
funeral of his uncle, Frank Edgar
of Wingham.
Mrs. Hazel Procter was able to
return to her home on Saturday
after being a patient in the Wing -
ham and District Hospital. •
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Taylor
visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Thompson of Goderich.
Miss Sheryl Van Niekerk of
Shanty Bay is visiting for a few
days with her grandmother, Mrs.
Stan Hopper and Gary and
Debbie.
Mr. and Mrs.,;Ross Procter at-
tended the beef producers'
convention at Banff Alberta, and,
skiied at Lake Louise.
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uTHE FINALISTS of the Boy Scout gun safety course pose for a victorious picture Satur-
day. They are, front: Blair Bushell, Kemp Currie, Brian Ste. Marie, Stephan Nicholls,
Steve Morrison; back: Bruce Stainton, Kevin Lee and Billy Ste. Marie. Missing are Scott
Cornwall and Mark Hill. The boys now proceed to further practice on the target range and
lessons in conservation to earn badges.
READY ... AIM . .
. and Bruce Stainton prepares to fire
during target practice. Bruce and nine.other Boy Scouts are
finalists in a gun safety course taught by instructor Ab Rin-
toul. Target practice will now be a major part of the pro-
gram as the boys compete for marksmanship badges.
OFA brief proposes act
to insure against losses
In a brief to the Ontario
Cabinet, the Ontario Federatiop
of Agriculture (OFA) told the
ministers that they had a choice
of bringing in an Act to permit
OFA to insure the return on pro-
duction cost for their members or
face the prospect of farms closing
down and import all food from
outside the province, within ten
years.
Gordon Hill, OFA president,
said that his organization, with
over 25,000 members, nearly all
marketing organizations and Co -
Operatives, represents the vast
majority of Ontario's farmers
and will administer the in-
surance plans with the marketing
organizations. The premium, the
Finalist Bruce Stainton
placed second in overall
standing in a gun safety
course offered by the Wing -
ham Boy Scouts. Bruce's
score of 98 was topped only by
Scott Cornwall, bAho earned
100 points but was not present
to receive his trophy Satur-
day afternoon.
brief said, would be shared,
farme"rs paying one-third and the
government two-thirds. Agricul-
ture Minister Stewart and
Premier Davis agreed that
farmers can't be expected to pro-
duce below cost and stay in busi-
ness.
"Even a farmer who owns his
own land can no longer go
through a bad year just by
tightening .his belt," Mr. Hill
said. "Specialized farming in one
or two commodities is common
today, so if that commodity
doesn't yield the price expected
at the time the crop is sown, the
farmer has no others to fall back
on."
The brief said that the cost of
production would be negotiated
by the Federation with the
government and include all cost
of production, investment and
labor. It also showed the trend of
declining farmland and pro-
duction and predicted that if this
trend continues, there will be
shortages of many farm com-
. modities in a span of 10 years. It
is clearly not prudent in our day
to simply assume that -abundant
food supplies for export will be
available at reasonable prices.
Mr. Hill said that the reception
of the brief by the Cabinet was
encouraging enough for the
Federation to go ahead and
develop more detailed proposals
and costs.
Scott Cornwall
wins trophy
for gun safety
Scott Cornwall, a member of
Group Two of the Wingham Scout
Musketeers, obtained perfect.
marks of 100 per cent and was the
winner of the trophy donated by
Sunset Dairy, when the Muske-
teers wrote examinations on gun
handling and safety.
Second place went to Bruce
Stainton for a mark of 98 per cent,
giving him the runner-up trophy
donated by Ab Rintoul.
The other boys who passed the
examination were Mark Hill, 93;
Kevin Lee 92; Brian Ste. Marie
90; Steven Morrison 90; Bill Ste.
Marie 84; Kemp Currie 81; Blair
Bushell 78; Stephen Nicholls 77.
The passing mark was 75 per
cent.
Special thanks to Sunrise Dairy
for donating the first place trophy
and to Ab Rintoul for the second
place trophy. This gives the boys
added incentive to do a good job.
After the presentation of the
trophies. to the two Scouts, the
boys were taken to the range to
have a look at the shooting area
and had a chance to handle the
rifles and shoot some blanks. The
rules of the range were stressed
again and after one more session
of familiarization, hopefully they
will be able to produce, the results
of shooting their first target
safely.
Belmore
Bruce McCall of Brussels Live-
stock Sales Limited will be guest
speaker for the Women's Insti-
tute Family Night in the com-
munity centre. It will be held
Wednesday evening, March 12, at
8 o'clock. Everyone is welcome.
There will be a skate-a-thon in
the Belmore Arena on March 15,
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. It is hoped
that this will be the biggest .and
best skate-a-thon yet.
Terry Edwards and his sister
Cheryl of London were dinner
guests of their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clark Renwick, , on
Saturday.
Jim Renwick and Barney
Greenley shot another wolf in the
area of the Howick-Minto bound-
ary on Saturday.
Mrs. Dora McGuinness is a
patient in Wingham and District
Hospital.
A STITCH IN TIME saves nine is the old saying, and Mrs.
Cathy Dickert and Mrs. Luanne Kerr are determined nit to
miss as they bend over the sewing machines. The evening
sewing class is held Tuesday evenings at F. E. Madill.
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suite with matching end table
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record player. 39" maple bunk
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continental beds. Spanish hexa-
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lamps, radios, dishes, silver-
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selection of new carpet. Differ-
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bedroom suites.
USED FURNITURE:
Roll top desk, Simplicity washer
-spin dryer, electric automatic
dryer, chest of drawers plus
dressers. 30" electric stove, 2
cabinet model colored TV's.
Chesterfield suite, automatic
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