The Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-10-27, Page 11The 1st Kingsbridge Beaver colony held their induction
ceremony for five new beavers on Monday, October 18.
Shown are front, left, Mark Chilton and Jay Riegling,
right and back from the left, Christopher Hogan, David
Adams and Donald Hohnes. The colony leaders are
Hawkeye, Max Riegling and Rainbow, Helen Riegling.
( Photo by Sharon Dietz
Kinettes celebrate anniversary
[intended for last week)
The Dungannon Kinettes
celebrated their first anniver-
sary with a dinner meeting a(
the Bedford Hotel on October
.12. Past -.president, Debbie
Bauer, was in charge of the
special evening and organiz-
ed a Scavenger Hunt which
provided a lot of. enjoyment.
Lucky winners of the "Hunt"
were Marilyn Tebow and
Doreen McNeil. Afterwards,
everyone met at the home of
Karen Redmond for coffee
and anniversary cake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Sher-
wood accompanied Mr. Rob-
ert Sherwood, Irma Ander;,
son and Hazel Habel, all of
Goderich to Livonia, Michi-
gan on Thursday to attend_
the fun-.. of Mrs. Harvey
Finniga` ho died in Holi-
day, Flo `'' a. Mrs. Finnigan
was , a sislter-in-law to the
ladies. ``
Harvey accompanied his
sisters home and plans to
visit with relatives before
returning to his home in
Florida.
DUNGANNON
DOINGS
Marl. Pork, 528-7718
Congratulations to Bill and
Mary Mole on the birth of
their daughter, Julie on .Sun:
day, October 10 in Goderich
Hospital.
[This Week]
There were nine tables of
euchre on Wednesday even-
ing in play at the Agriculture
Hall at a card party sponsor-
ed by the Senior Citizens.
Frank Pentlandhad high
score for the men while Tom
Culbert was low. Lynn Cul-
bert was high lady and
Bertha Olson had low score.
Company over the week-
end with Mr. and Mrs; Jack
Smith and Lloyd were Mr.
and Mrs. Gary Kilgour and
family of Kitchener- This was
the first time for Jack and
Marion to see their new
grandson, 5 -day-old Cary
Grant Kilgour, born on Mon-
day, October 18. Other week-
end company were Mrs. Paul
Byers of Stratford and Mich-
elle Cox of Kitchener, On
Sunday dinner guests at the
Smith home were Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Deeves of Clinton
and Mr. and Mrs. Len Mills
of Shilo, Manitoba.
Sympathy is extended to
Mrs. Florence Reed and
daughters, Lynda McNee
and Pat Thompson and fami-
lies on the death of a beloved
husband, father and grand-
father, William Reed, on
Brookside broadcast
By Angela Million
and Heidi Fillmore
On Wednesday, October
20 Jim French and Earl
Knickerbocker, majors in
Huron farm and home news
Boredom On The Farm
Last week I was talking to
a Huron County farmer who
was realigning his farm.
operation. He had listed his
200 acre home farm in-
cluding a fairly new modern
home. He and his wife plan
..... ........ .--to-buil a ne-w•-house-orrs-ome-
other land they have. He
would still have about 150
acres, but would be farming
some of this very intensive-
ly.
I suggested to him the only
reason he was doing this was
becausehe was bored. He
'said, "That's right."
I have mentioned this con-
cern to numerous farmers,
and they alladmit to dif-
ferent degrees of boredom
while farming. Hugh Scott of
Staffa mentioned ploughing
as being especially boring;
John Hazlitt, north. of Clin-
ton, once told me that after
you have grown barley and
beans for years, it does tend
to get boring,.
This topic of on-farm
boredom intrigues me. I see
it as an interesting
phenomenon of farmers who
are successful. I suppose in
this sense it would apply to
90 percent of our farmers. I
am also concerned. I have
seen successful farmers
become bored and then quit
farming or lose interest and
let the farm start to slip. To,
me this is a loss of valuable'
farm talent.
Four or five years ago
when. farm .prices were bet-
ter, you overcame boredom
by buying another farm, put-
ting up new buildings or get-
ting a new tractor. Those
days are over. (In fact,
maybe -when -you -were -over --
coming boredom two or -
three years ago, you set
yourself up for some finan-
cial hardship now).
While you cannot relieve
boredom now by . spending
more money, boredom still.
exists. In tact, it probably
exists at a higher 'level
because you cannot buy your
way out of it.
How Farmers
Relieve Boredom
You can get involved in ac-
tivities to relieve boredom.
These activities help to get
your mind off your work. At
the same time they help keep
your mind active and alert. I
suppose they are diversion
tactics of the mind so that
you are less preoccupied
with day to day problems.
One example is helping to
teach or co-ordinate a conti-
nuing educationse from
one of the C,A- T. colleges or
0.M.A,F. offices. Last year
.there were a number of-
farmers
ffarmers in Perth and Huron
who either co-ordinated one
of these courses or taught
part of it. Listening to people
like Bruce Shillinglaw of
Londesboro and Colin
Damen of Atwood talk about
the experience, they found it
worthwhile.
Some of your neighbours
have started hobbies which
have now turned into money-
making or at least money
saving. projects. Walter
MacKenzie of Mitchell area
has turned a photographic
hobby into a part-time pro-
fession that gives him some
financial returns. Bill Mao-
Dougald of Fullarton has
turned a woodworking hobby
into a home restoration pro-
ject. Bill is doing a fantastic
job. restoring a house at a
fraction of the cost to have
professional people do it.
I have also just read about
Barry 'Mahon from Staffa
who is building a scaled
• down train station. While not
reiuciimg any money duecf
ly, I suggest it was a'project
'that gave him other ideas to
run his farm better.
Numerous farmers are in-
volved in sports activities,
'either as players or, coaches.
Jack Nairn of the St. Marys
area coached the Stratford
Jr. B. hockey team for seven
years. The other night when
I was at the "Y I met one
farmer who was going jogg-
ing and another who was
learning to swim. Both fairly
inexpensive activities. But
certainly something to take
their. minds off the day to
day humdrum.
Another popular activity
involves breeding and show-
ing pedigreed livestock. For
some farmers this is horses,
and for Ray Dietrich of
Tavistock, it's purebred
dogs.
Farmers Form
Seed Company
One of the more energetic
projects that a group of
farmers from this area and
other parts of Ontario have
embarked on is First Line
-Seeds. This new Feed com-
pany, while making use of
• the farming expertise of a
number of good farmers,
should also benefit other
farmers, with better seed. In
the meantime, it is giving its
members new and challeng-
ing experiences in the circuit
of big agribusiness_ • — --
I guess the point of all this
• is there are lots of things to
• do to overcome' boredom..
When economic times are
tough, you need these outlets.
to get you through the day to
day farming. .
Early Corn
Yields Good
The early corn yields in
Perth and Huron are looking.
quite impressive. Evenr•bet-
ter than last year. Perhaps
the early warm weather in
May speeded up .the corn
rootworm larval hatch. Then
the 'prolonged wet during
June may have killed a large
number of the larvae before
they had a chance to do
much damage.
The other phenomenon
that is hard to account for is
our high corn yields in spite
of apparent nitrogen defi-
ciencies. The light 'colour of.
corn plants which is symp-
.iomatic_ of nitrogen -deficien-
cy is widespread in Perth
and Huron. It appears that
during June .we lost a lot of
nitrogen; Not from—leaching,
b ut probably into -the air. We
may have lost 30 to 40 pounds
per acre in a 24 to 48 hour
period.
This loss occurred due to
bacteria breakdown of
nitrogen in the soil. There is
a group of bacteria that work
in the soil if there is no ox-
ygen in the soil. ( If the soil is
waterlogged). They take ox-
ygen from the air as a
nitrogen gas. There is
nothing you can do about it. I
have never seen it occur
before in the 10 years I have
been here. So it probably
won't happen net year.
Soil And Crop
Corn Hybrid Trials .,
• The Huron and Perth Soil
and Crop Improvement will
be summarizing corn trials
again this year. We have two
corn silage trials in already.
The -same -hybrid -topped both
trials. .(It wasn't Pioneer
3906 or 3901).
If you have any corn trials
.give them to a Soil and Crop
Director or drop them off at
the Clinton or Stratford of-
fice.
The results of these trials
will be available at the
Huron Soil and Crop Im-
provement
mprovement Annual Meeting
on November 25.
- Pat Lynch,
Soils and
Crops Specialist.
Soil And
Crop Awards
Many farmers agree that
the Huron -Perth Corn Trials
are better than those con-
ducted by the Ontario Corn
Committee.
Why? Because they relate
more to our part of the pro-
vince - our soil types, our
weather conditions.
If you can see what is hap-
• pening in your neighbours
fields - you can apply the
same practices to yours and
expect similar results.
This is one of the reasons
why your Soil and Crop Im-
provement Association of-
fers awards . for soil con-
servation practices. Those
nominated for the award are
recognized and their con-
ervation effort-publicized-so--
that
ffort-publicized-so--that you, the Huron County
farmer, can see what is be-
ing attempted, and what . is
working in your county, not
just in textbooks and fact -
sheets.
So, if you know of a
neighbour who is doing work
to prevent soil erosion, and
you feel he should be
recognized, nominate him or
her for the Norman Alex-
ander Conservation Award. ,
You may send your nomina-
tion to the Clinton Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food office, or to your local
Soil and Crop Director
before November. The
nominees and winner will be
announced at the annual.
meeting November 25.
- John Heard,
Assoc. Ag. Rep.
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English, came to review the
Intermediate English course.
They came to the school to
determine the strengths and
weaknesses of present read-
ing, writing, speaking, and
listening programs.
On Thursday, October 28
Mr. Liddle's class, Grade
six, will go on a field trip to
the Ontario Seed Plant and to
the Midhurst Tree Nursery.
They will visit the Military
Museum and Camp \C. F.
Borden.
Thursday, October 21 - 23
Mrs. Graham attended a
`(hree day seminar on Visual
Arts held in Sudbury, Ont-
ario.. . .
Mrs, Carroll and Mrs.
Bere attended a Special Edu-
cation meeting at the Board
office on Friday afternoon.
The subject was Child Abuse
and Neglect and speakers
were Sheila McCaffery and
Jim Carter from Social Ser-
vices.
Brookside students com-
peted against area schools at
the annual cross country race
held at Point Farms Provin-
cial. Park on Friday, October
22. The intermediate . girls
and midget ,boys brought
home pennants. Julie Pent-
land and.Jeff Ireland receiv-
ed medallions.
Friday, October 22 in God-
erich Hospital.
Dungannon United Church
Rev. Roberts spoke on
''Luck or Chance" on Sunday
morning.
The two choirs provided
special music for Peace Sun-
day accompanied by Mrs.
Jean Elliott on the piano and
Leroy Dougherty and Ken
Logtenberg on guitars.
The Junior choir sang, On
the Wings of a Dove, and
This Land, conducted by Mr.
Tillbrook. The- senior choir
sang, Why Me?
Dungannon U.C.W.
The Christian Develop-
ment Committee was in
charge of the October meet-
ing which was held in the 1
church on Tuesday evening.
Tinie Logtenberg -opened
the meeting with a poem and
scripture reading. The theme
was, Thankfulness.
Elsie Irvin gave two read-
ings, Thanksgiving Glad-
ness, and, I Thank Thee
Lord. Tinie Logtenberg read
the poem, Thanks for Living.
Tinie and Elsie put on a
skit entitled, A Daily Work-
out, and discussion followed.
The roll call was answered
with, What we are NOT
Thankful For. The minutes
and correspondence were.
read.
The U.C.W. is invited to
the Auburn U.C.W. meeting
on October 26 for their
Thankoffering. Mr. George
Cowan will be guest speaker.
Dungannon Church is
planning a Family Dinner on
November 10.
Nora Saunders conducted
,a contest as her feature with
answers being names of
places in the area.
Lunch was served by Bes- s
sie McNee and, Donna
Young, following the meet-
ing.
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Township of West Wawanosh :a
Notice is hereby given to the Municipal Electors of the Township of
West Wawanosh that polling forthe election of Reeve and Three f
Councillors and One School Board Trustee will take place on
Between the Hours of 11:00 a. m, and 8:00 p.m. at the
Four Polling Sub -Divisions
POLL NO. 1 - Home of Bev and Ken Ohm, Dungannon
POLL NO. 2 - Auburn Community Hall [Library)
POLL ,NO. 3 - Wesj Wawanosh :liefunecepo/ O%fice
POLL NO.- 4 = St. Helens Women's Ihsto'tuW-Rall
And advance poll will be held on
Monday, November 8,1982
Saturday, October 30, ' 1982
between the hours of 9:00 a. m. and 8:00 p. m.
AT THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK, Nt/z LOT 25, CON. 8
[County Road 201
Deadline for making Apption to the Clerk for
a certificate by Proxy is :00 p.m.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8 ,1982
JOAN ARMSTRONG, CLERK ?
Township of West Wawanosh.
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