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,Sky liarbor Airport took on a military bearing last Friday
with the :arrival of a completely restored Curtis P-40 Model
N War Hawk. The plane, owned by collector Dort Plumbeof
Windsor-, has been painted in the exact colors -it operated un-
der_ during World .;War Two.
P -40's were produced by the Curtis Aircraft Company
during the war,years 1939, to 1945. There were,about 15,000
built of which it is estimated there, are only 6-16 left in
operating condition. jit , is powered .by, a 1460 horsepower
Allison engine and is capable of tipeeds Qi—nearly f00 miles
per hour, They hive three 50 clibre machine guns in each
wing that hold 281..rounds each -and can Carry several 50
pound bombs, or one 500. pounder. ` •
The P -4Q was considered, one of,•the better fighters during
the second war •but'it was 'm'ade famous in•China by the
Flying Tigers. The Tigers were an'American Volunteer Flyer
Group that served inithe Chinese theatre. In one six month
period they accounted for 1200 Japanese Zeros and bombers
losing onlyr40 of their planes .and 10 of 125 pilots.
The owner, Don Plumb, haaseveral crther'vintage fighters
in his collection including a .Spitfire and a P-51. Mr. Plump
brought the P-40 to Sky H=arbor for a special Aluniigrip
• paint job that required over $1209 in material: -
The Flying Tiger, on the side of the plane, is the emblem
oftlie Americanlunteers as is the sun on, the wing. The
paint job took several weeks to Lctrnplete to insure that it
was an exact' duplicate of the war colors.
This 'particular craft is licensed with the Department of
'Transport and has no flying restrictions imposed .cin it, Mr.
Plurtyh plans to use it in various air shows. including the one
• scheduled for Sky Harbor on Jit.ly 6 'and 7
It would be worth the trip just to see this plane, not to
mention its flying capabilities.
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The Flying Tigers made, the aircraft famous in China. The emblems' painted on the plane are
.exact duplicates of Tiger colors and took a° month ,tocomplete. •
The shark's teeth painted on the nose of the P-40 are emblematic of its fiercetr-
ness '1fi battle.
By DON PULLEN
Agricultural Representative
Huron County •
"Farmers have never had it
so good!" - accordini' to the
casual non-farm observer.
Statistics indicate that in-
flation has entered the food in-
dustry picture, For example,
the eonsu'mer price index . for
food cgnsummed in the family
home last summ,ir was 160. In
other •words, for every dollar
spent on groceries in the 1961
Tiger Dunlop•
The tthird meeting of Tiger
Dunlop 441 was held at the
Dougherty home March 14.
Handout sheets were taken
uli. Demonstration for the
meeting 'was how to use heat
fusable material.
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' GODERICHplserillAL.:STAft muRSPAY, MARCH 28, 1914— -P, int 11
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tion
period 1951 to 1972. Hawcon-
tent would organized labour
groups be under these con-
ditions?!
The averageincome of the
approximately 95,000 Ontario
farmers was only $5,000 int'
1972 -not much to keep the
family going!
it
base, year, the cost in mid 1973
was $1.60.
'Moreover, news reports
suggest that net farm income-
had"gone up 40% from 1971 to
• 1972:
This kind of unqualified
press coverage has resulted in
great "gnashing of teeth" and
"sabre rattling" by• many •pro
consumer oriented groups.
Because farm, income fluc-
tuates over the years like !stocks
or, commodity futures, it " is
necessary to, carefully evaluate
all published information. In.
1971, net, farm income in On-
tario was reported $338
million, in '1932 at $47ff
million, and $448 million in
1951.
In reality, these figures mean
that the Ontario farmers in-
come was only up 7% over the
x WMS hear•
resume on Synodical
The, regular, March meeting;
of Knox Church W.M.S. after-
noon auxiliary was held in .the
church" parlor Tuesday after-
noon, March 19; ' •
Mrs. Clayton Edward,,,
president, -opened, the meeting
with. the Call to Worship
followed by prayer.
-- Minutes of last meeting were
r 'd-a:iR ad-Qpred-arid -the rolt
call was responded 'to by 31
members.
The devotions (f The Least.
• Coin, were conducted by Miss
Flora `--"M-akdona.ld. Mrs. -Ed-'
ward gave a`very interesting
and ; i.nfir'rma'tive on,
•n organization of the
Mrs, A', Enright gave • a
Police -report
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resume of the Synodbical
meeting to he held in the
Geneva Presbyterian Church,
Chesley on April 2 and 3.
• . Ninety,,one calls were repor=
•ted, by the fellowship and ser-
' -"vice convener, Mrs. James Hor-
' ton and Mis Ha•rel Macdonald
reada. letter from Mr. C.
McGill ,Missionary in Taiwan.
Mrs. L.H. Digg.on then
presented the topic .for the af-
ternoon. In a very interesting
way she gave.a splendid paper
from a chapter :in the study
hook, "Salvation in its broadest
interpretations" (iimaxin'g
with an open" discussion and
sharing ,of opinions. •
Neighbors toll
Two Goderich rieighlftCurs•
were . in' an accident Saturday
when the cars they were.driving"
collided on Napier .Street, local .
police report.
A car driven by Rosemarie
Lassaline, '27 Napier .St.
received :$300 'damage whiled
damage to•.the other car driven •
by Peter'Dykstra•, 66 Napier St.,
• was .$200.
Police say there were
juries.
In other' duties, local officers
!MIL two charges under_ the
Criminal Code, ;30 under the
Highway Traffic Net and four
charges under the •Liquor Con-
trol Act'.
, Police Chief . Pat King
remindtiLhitvele owners that
new licences go on sale April''3..
They are valid for five years
and cost $1.
Agriculture Tidbits
with' ADRIAN NOS
I received a little ,•pamphlet
the other day from Alberta. I
don't know the .organisation
producing it, but I think it's the,
Alberta government. It is' so
good that I will just copy most
of it. So -'here goes.
"A farmer's wife gets just 'as
m'tach upset' about food prices
Els ` you do. It's true: Not
everything a farm wife serves
, her family, is produced right on
the farm. And so she' feels the
'crunch at the check-out.counter
just.' as Muth- as you do,
Besides, she ha§ another reason
for • being upset.; she know how
little of every food dollar -'her
'husband 'received. Take bread
for example. The farmers'
share of a loaf of bread is about
three cents. And the super-
market employee earns about
twice as much as her .husband
does. Where does the food
dollar go7 Why do food bills
keep climbing? It's -because a
lot of, things. hapipen between
the farmer ' and you
processinlg, grading, packaging,
transporting, delivering,
wholesaling, advertising,
• market .reporting, retailing.
"Let's Iook at our example
again. It takes about one pound
of wheat to make one pound of
bread. Although wheat flour is
the main constituent of the
bread;'the cost of the wheat has
little to do with the cost of the
bread. It's the handling, tran-
ortation, milling,.baking, etc.
tat make up the main part of
the cost. tt's all • part of the
marketing systtm .and it all
• adds to 'the • cost of getting the
-food from the farmer to the
supermarket shelf: And super-
market and self-service stores
actually, save you money by
,handling food in such large
volume.
. , "Lt's look at another reason
why your food bill keeps rising.
For one thing the more in-
come you have, the more you
spend on food. This doesn't
mean you necessarily buy more
This P'40 one of the few left in the world is licensed to fly anywhere in Canada and will be
taNdAn air shows throughout they. *hrrtmer..
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food. Usually you buy more .of
the expensive kinds of food,
tender steak, ' vegetables and
fruits out of season, and con,
venience foods.
"After reading this, you
won't probably feel any better
about food prices, especially
today. But we• wanted you . to
know that farm 'families are
just asconcerned as you are.
Remember, you and the'far•'
mer's wife are in the same boat;
it keepson costing .more to feed,
the family."
True, farm commiQdity prices
have reached. historic levels in
recent times - fat cattle at
-65c/lb. last summer; Grade A
eggs at 67c/doz. last October;
fluid milk pric over $9.Q0/cwt;
higher fruit and. vegetable
prices; white.eans ` likely .to ,-
average $26.001cwt.; corn at
over $3.Qblbu.
However, on the other side,
fat, cattle and pork prices have
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dropped nearly , 20c/lb. (40% approve•tizb;roitiho-se
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calvesthpuwayr-
legislation
on seatbelt
Fr"ed H. Ellis, General
Manager' of the Ontario Safety;
League,' says -the League ap-
plauds the recent endors'emerit
of mandatory seat belt :•usage
given in the Throne Speech at
the opening of the new session
at Queen's Park.
"Since, July, 1972, the League
has urged tete Qntario Govth i'r
Tent to take such action", said
Mr. Ellis. "We are pleased that
the Ministers of Health recen-
tly, endorsed mandatory
legislation and the govern-
ment's stated position is most
encouraging", •he continued.
Much emphasis has been
given the highly publicized
reductio
n. in 'fatali'ties_ in
.• A•
ustralia since ,that country
made seatbelt use compulsory.
According to the Ontario Safety
League, there are other advan-
tages to be gained that have
not been as yet widely
publicized.
D David C Burke, d
chased for nearly 75c/lb. last
fall); cost of producing a dozen
eggs, is 'over 60c; milk produc-
tion continues to decline,
As well, fertilizers are& in
short supply and higher.priced.
Certainly inflation has hit
• the farmer. Second 'quarter
Statistics Canada reports in-
dicate Farm input price index
to be approximately . 164,• or
costs for inputs 64% greater
than in 1961. ,
At the sarne time, price index
-of agricultural products
averaged 175. ts,
Therefore, while this 'woul,d
indicate some incre a in farm
income, farmers areot "living
high off the hog" as suggested
by somegroups.
A continuiig_effort i; needed,
to • provide our consumer
friends ;and the new media
' with the "straight goods", in 'a
"digestible" .form, about costs
and • returns, a"s well as the
modern farm 'situation in
general. The "purse and
buggy" days, when over half
our•popu•latron lived -'on ft-tins:-
are
arms -are gone forever. Phenomenal
changes •have taken, place 'far
ming now requires considerable
technical. skill, as 'well as very
large amounts of capital. The
need for factual and readily u•n=
er
der$to ►d information:"for on
sumers obo>.t: the food,produ.''
tion. irtdustrry has never been
greater. .Because less than '7`,
of our population is engagediin
primary food production and
-keeping in mind that political
representation is based . on°
;population, the need for high
calibre 'communications 'is
abundantly clear.
Now that some of the 'facts
are in perspective,. it would ap• .
pear that; the. ,agricultural
outlook is bright.
In spite of increased costs of
inputs it: would_ appear that
1974 will be" a recclyd plc duc-
tion year for both livestock .and
crops with accompanying firm
prices. .
Agricultural, land.'-'contin�ues
to be used, up at an alarming
rate in many areas•of the coun- •
try by hydro lines, highways -
and rural -urban type develop-,
meat, often without much, if
any, consider'tion for
agricultural land use'°'potential:.
Demand for food
domestically and globally is in-
creasing. • Consumers' have
demonstrated that they will
pay reasonable prices for this
food.
Farmers` have :,the .ability to
cope with difficult situations -
to use fertilizer where it will
return largest " dividends; ,.to
match energy requirements to a
variety of •situations, to .control•
costs at all levels of the produc-.
`tion process.
Whiled. risk and uncertainty
abound, there is • an excellent
•- po:rtu•ni•ty- for' farming: -.-With
a shrewd business attitude and •
the ability to work hard, it tis
possible to . succeed •in our
highly competitive agricultural
economy.
—from the Soil andCrop News.
Dr. avt ur e,. 'me ica'1
director bou ne ho .tithes unit. ��o•n'�Cou n t inaMelbournpitalreports i
that during the two years after •
seat belt •use became corn -
Patients "
• pu[sgry in:the state of Vtcto.�a, oAustralia,, 27 percent fewer, a sm•satients were tre ted fors inal s
a p
cord --injuries thanin the two
years preceding their mandated' f •
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use. sort e i nH.
, ' •He•. notes, in • the ---Medical
Journal of Australia, that `th
. injuries of those treated during
:the latter. two-year= period were
generally less severe than those'
who were treated before the
'mandatory legislation.
T In 1969 and 1970, his unit
treated 60 patients: In 1.971,
the _year belt laws went into ef-
fect, and 1972, his unit treated
42 patients. In ,the two 'years
prior to• the law, he treated•:17
complete paraplegics. During
the two ",seat be•lt'years", only
five were , treated.
"The percentage of known
non -belt wearers with complete
neilrological lesion: is 50 per;,.
cent, compared with 17 percent
for. kelt• wearers", Dr. Burke
reports.' - •
"The apparent fall in the ad-
mission rate of car occupants
(with .spinal cord injuries) is
therefore very suggestive of a
real effect, as it occurred in-
cidentally at a time of an in-
creasing number of • motor
vehicles on '"the road, a fact
, which could reasonably be ex •
pected to increase the rate of
car accidents, and therefore of
injuries."
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• By. JANE S: `PENGILLEY,
H•
ome onomost
-for-Huron' County
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Huron 'County stili -Boasts the
la\rgest number of •girl ---par-
ticipat ng in 4-H Hirmetnaking
Clubs in Ontario. 102 clubs are
presently enjoying the'. spring
project, "Taking a Look at
Yourself '. . •
In this club, the girls are
learning. points on 'good
groom•i•ng, storage of clothes,
skin and• hair care, and poise.
We are expecting over a .
thousand girls to complete the„
project. Quite a record,. for, the
.,County!
,._"A World of Food0,, in
Canada" vas studied last fall
with 4,030 °girls successfully
'completing . the project.' The
club members 'learned about
the develotiment of food
customs of many ethnic groups
Who made Canada their home.
Senior Programme
"More` Ideas • for Sewing
Knits" was the title of the
Senior Training' School offered
this winter. l+orty-four; ladies
attended the local leaders'
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training schools in Wingham
and Clinton:•Dxi.ring the,couoe,
the ladies djscussed fibres for,
knits, coordinating. pattern and
fabric, and pattern alterations.
DernonGtrati4>ns were conduc-
,,ted for application of a Zipper
in men's pants, welt pockets,
and butt*nholes for a knitted
garment. Su'rn• ary Day fcir
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North 'Huron is A rL.l,�23 and..
for South Huron, April". .
Wednesday, April 10, 1971 -
we are planninganother Food „
Forum ''entitled "Poultry
.Please". Food Specialists from
the Ministry of Agriculture and
Food in Tofhonto will be in the
county` -to demonstrate recipes
,, using poultry and eggs. .4
The food,,forum will he held'
at Central Huron Secondary
School, -Clinton, at 8:00 'p.m..
Everyone is welcome. There is
no adrr ission charge.
I wish to extend a special,
thank you to the Women's In- ..
stitutes., 4-H. Homemaking
leaders and parents who 'par-
ticipate and support the Horne
Economics Branch programme
in Huron County.
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dream c onha true
The Huronvlew'Ladies Auxiliary Ladies dream came true on
Monday when they presented the keys ler a special
wheelchair transportation ,vin to Huronview. The Ladies
raised the Mbney by soliciting, donations from nearly 50' ser-
vice Clubs, groups and church organizations from atcrottts
Huron County. Chairman of the Huronview committee, Anson
.McKinley, Stanley Township Reeve, tries out the new lift and
takes the keys from Auxiliary president Mrs. Connie
Colclough. Looking on are left to right, Clinton Lions
president . Harvey Howard, Huron Warden Bill Elston, and
Auxiliary secretary, Mrs. Grace Peck of Hensall. Mows.
Record photo)
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