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The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-03-25, Page 16
• .f 6A RICH SIONA ,-S,`I'AR, T1"1i. isbAY;. MARCH 25, 1976 • Max Roy.tenberg is.:the :general 'Manager of C .:Mh and he's been through some tough'times in the past months. .• Arid if you don't kn9w•:that CEMA is the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency .you ha.ven't been• paving much atten- tion :to 'news. stories and news broadcas(s'.during the .last • couple of. years. • ' • ' .Mr..Roytenberg came through with a strong statement last week end it is to"be-h;oped that all farmers, Whatever. 'they are producing, will back. him up. 1 -Ie told a news con- ference that in future, he holies.- before'any public hearing- is called .with all .attendant -publicity.. and' charges in the 'press, that-some`evidence be.presented as.to some error.:.. on the part of the ag,•ncy.in question. It's just' too costly and too damaging. ---_ . . e •Heis�absolutelyright. • He was referring, to the Consumers Association of Canada which. he maintains., lost its credibility because it based complaints of unfair egg prices on "unfounded information.' The consumersgi•oup originally said'eggs were overpric- ed by^1,5.eents a dozen to the buying public. • The. association revised the figures downwards to 10.3 cents.a dozen. Now, the consumers association has not lost its credibility. I is — and I hope it will continue to be - a voice worth d'sterling' to in. -its efforts to keep all sectors of the economy . on their toes: But .Mr. Raytenbe.rg is right in that consider- able research 'is necessary these° days. to prove any allega- tions about prices. The consumers 'association has learned • 'a lesson and they will not be making the same mistake again,• It was an honest Mistake: The man or the organization that never., makes a mistake ends up ineffective. Most peo- ple'learn by mistakes and the consuniers,assoc'iation has •I'earned' - • . I think it is ,a shame that4arm.ers.'and the consumers as- sociation seem to be at the. confrontation poinr,all the time. ' What consumers want is a quality product at a, reasonable Letters'are -appreciated by Bob Troete, Eldale Rd_ Elmrra. Ont N3B-2CT.' price. What farmers w•a.nt • i.s. to produce quality products and,get a reasonable price for those products. . • Why is there so much argument? ' Because food is so visible. It is in front of us in Canada three times a clay.:'Almost 18:cents out of every disposable dollarspent goes..fpr food. In the last 10 years. says Bpb Eaton.• MPP for Middlesex and parlia'mentary'assistantto- :. Bill_ Newman, Ontario's minister of agriculture and food, the•cost of living.indexlras risen 120 per cent .but. food costs' have risen only 100.per 'rent: In other words, food.produeers. .are still 20 per cent behind the rest of the economy:: . -. • Progressive farmers have nothing•tq fear from inquiries such`as the one by the. consumers association into eggs, .J do not think any sector of the economy deserves a'bettgr shake than farmers. They can substantiate their clain1s, any time, anywhere. any place: ' As mentioned before in 'this corner. I do not believe there - are many ripoffs at the' farm gate. If there is a ripoff in the food chain —or .a. villain a:s,Mrs:. Plumptre calls' it — the Villain is not the farmer. TITeyillain'is somewhere else along the chain. Peter Hannam,: vice-president of the ,Ontario Federation _ of Agriculture. expressed it well not long ago. "Farmers and consumers are not really enemies," he said. "We needeach-Atber now, more than ever before. Farmers must understand consumers will complain that food prices are 'too high "no matter how cheap• food really is because consumers pay hard,cash for -food every week." • Maybe, he,said. farmers are too sensitive'about food price complaints: "If we want farm policy to be advantageous to :farmers, then the consumer. has to:understand farmers"and be sympathetic to farmer's. That is probably one of the biggestchallenges we face. We have ta woo the consumer." ..Well said, Peter. this corner 1-ias been saying.much the 'same thing for years and it is good .to have you in. this cor- ner. ristI�n.-Far-nier.:-eii ov't promis�for income protection • The Christian . Farmers ` meta policy changes for in - Federation of ' Qntaria does dustr.ial milk havebeen the riot' .want the, voluntary in most erratic parts ' of the ,come protection plans::. that dairy 'industry in years," he the Davis ' government has ' insisted: promised ' in ' its March.9, ' "such pians would' make its : gne..Speech — e-ri =a diflip.al. �txt -`'.Fa-ini-ly--farrner-s •gid•©• -not want .a voluntary income protection plan",• said Elbert van Donkersgoed, Executive Director of the Federation. ." "The vote to reject totally the Government's proposal wa°s unanimous at our March 11 Provincial Board Meeting", he said. The Feder.ation's. Provincial Board is. its policy. .setting body arid' is made up of delegates.. from Local Christian Farmers Associations, around . the. province and of its Executive Board. Mr. van Donkersgoed said there were four key reasons why Christian farmers are: rejecting,the governments' proposal,: . • `If -such a plan were really worth anything it would not be ebluntary as a farmer would have • to join" if he wanted to stay in business, he said. "Such a plan' would bring us, ` Ontario farmers, via : our organizations, .into . constant •.confrontation with our government in an effort to establish better protection levels." "Such a' planwould lead to greater . instability ,because government policies tend to be more erratic than the inarket place. For example, the recent federal govern - Look neighbour establish good national stabilization programs," the. executive director noted "We.. do not.know who our government has been listening, to but it is certainly t� "iof �toueirwithroux; farmers across this province. We hope that it is not yet too late to redirect 'our govern- ments financing ' into programs of greater benefit to the agricultural industry", "or Gord McGavin th man who was prominent. ' in Huron and ° Ontario agricultural circles for 40 years, W.J. Gordon McGavin of RR ' 2; Seaforth .-died Thursday,' March' 11 in Seaforth Community Hospital. Mr. McGavin was born in McKillop, the son of the late John and Estelle (Berry) McGavin. He attended school at Leadpury, farmed in McKillop and - - founded McGavin Farm Equipment in Walton in 1936. Mr. McGavin was par- e, tieularily active in the Ontario P,1'owmen's Association. He was president of the OPA for four. years arid headed committees - that organized the 1946' and the 1966 ' International Voice of area fairs dies • Tory 'Gregg The voice of the' Clinton: Fair for the last 30 years, and a man who announced horse shows at dozens of fairs across . Ontario including Hensall, M.L. (Tory) Gregg of London, Ontario; died Saturday. He was 70. Tom . Gregg • was a well - BUTLER ®WORKS s -'rte ,; . • Rugged Butler VII silage distributor-unloader with power ring drive -`cuts .level; feed's .fast to. save you time' and work.. AND., SO D0 WE known -figure -'in`':threse parts, almost an institution ° and. never missed announcing the horse show in --.Clinton at the Huron . Central Agricultural Society's annual Spring Fair. 'Mr. Gregg a ,beer salesman by trade, but a true sportsman. at . heart, was perhaps the best known fair announcer in Ontario', where •hi••s wide knowledge of everything a judge looks for in horses,( from the way a . horse stands to the sheen on its back, came out in.a con- tinuous spiel that 'made his audiences both attentive and happy'.. But Tory' Wasn't only 'in= teres.ied in horses, he. was also acti-ve in other sports as well. He spent some time as a hockey, player in 1933-34,wit1i' the-LondonTecumsehs. He " was ' also a former. president of. the Ontario Hoc key- League , and founding president of • the Western Ontario Athletic Association. In 1971.he retired from his 4 Atteflhiofl*F.�riflers _4ob:.as district -sales manager for Molson-Breweries.= ' At one time, he also worked as a sports announcer for -- CKNX Radio Station ' in- . Wingham. • Mrs. A.J. McMurray of Clinton, whose late husband, was secretary, of the'. Clinton Spring Fair for 35 years until his retirement in 1967, said Tuesday that Tory "made the Clinton Fair." 'Mrs. Robert Gibbings of Clinton,; whose husband is the present secretary, said the Fair Board has no idea at this point whothey; will get to replace Tory for the Fair, upcoming the first week of June. Mr. Gregg is - survived 'by . . '-'his wife, :one son, two daughters; eight grand- children, two great- grandchildren, , two sisters and one brother, , The- funeral- service was held in London on Tuesday, March 16 with burial in Brant. Township. A- FOR SALE QUANTITY of first cut hay and some second cut hay. Phone 524-7060. —12,13 CHINCHILLA breeding stock - for. sale. Very iteasonable. Detailedinstruction for. —beginners. H Happel, .1127. Jarvis St:,- Windsor, Ontario N8P 1C8., 1735-4587,-12,13 dowry, Form tquipment Lirni ` d'. KINCARDINE, r ROUTE I PHONE 519.395.5286 ONTARIO `•. D -.LIVESTOCK PUREBRED serviceable age Hampshire hoops also Cross • bred boars R.O.P. tested and. commercial Bob' Robinson ' RR ..4,• Walton. 345-.2317. —12,13 'FOR RENT• ' 100. ACRES PASTURE or cash FOR SALE — 'Quantity of crop. Phone 482-3520 after 5 p.m: choice baled hay.. Phone. 529- —13. 7462.-11tf • ' CUSTOM"FAIM' WORK. SHANNON AND • HUNTER LTD. RR 3 GODERICI-4 BOB 529:7681 TIM 529.7561 Safe driving is a family affair. Ducharme Exenvuting-Dashwood 236-4230 TRUCKING - BACKHOE - & DOZER SERVICE CALL MidDOWH'A•WIUIC 524-.624b. GOIJER,ICH plow Plowing Matches it Huron County. , Mr� 11l4`c0avin was natried charripion !plowman at the International Plowing Match in Niagara Falls irl 1926. In 1953 he ' managed the Canadian team at the World Plowing Match : .in West :Germa.ny. For -16. years Mr.. McGavin was a'member of the Seaforth 'District High School' board and 'he was chait'n an for . several years_' He was apast President `of the Huron' and McKillop Liber•a'1 associations, and a, Liberal Candidate in the 1963 federal election. . . Mr; :-McGavin : was a. member of the Seaforth Lions, Club,. and Britannia • Lodge No. 170 AF'and AM "Malloch Chapter No: 66, Seaforth: He was a past master of the lodge' and a past patron of the. Order of the Eastern Star. He was a member of Northside United Church, Seaforth. He is survived by his wife, the former Florence E. Stewart, of RR 2, Seaforth to. whom • he'''was married in an dies` Se.afortb. • NEWFIE FOOD* Lobs* + Salt Cod • biscuits 8, more -VILLAGE STORE off Hwy.,21 Saltford.524-6912 LING NEW HOMES and FARMS Free'Estinia'tes you and your family deserve the best of water so don't . hesitate to .call . M LANG PHONE 5 24-3410.;.-_ 1 MILE NORTH: ON HIGHWAY 21:, GODERICH • i+ •Brussels "in 193L TWO sons,` Ret?: M.E. Renber officiating. John S. of Thornbury and G I iterrnent followed in Neil of Walton, one daughter""xus&ales Cemetery. Elizabeth, Mrs, William Pallbearers • were David Dinsmore, Brampton;' one Robb,, Neat' Hopper, William sister, Jennie, ; Mrs. ' Wilbur Coutts, Merton linckweill Ian Turnbull of Brussels, and 10 Matheson . and Neil, grandchildren alsosurvive." MC.Donald. Honorary Memorial •services were pallbearers •were Simon held at the R.S. Box Funeral. Hallahan, Russell' Bolton, Home , Friday night by the R, oy Bennett, Cliff Robb, Eastern Star,,, the Lions club,,` •Graham Kerr' and -Dr. M.W, The Masonic Lodge and the' . 'Stapleton. Seaforth District High School . "Flowerbearers were. Jack.. Girls Trumpet Band, Turnbull',' .Williaam Turnbull.,. Largely atter ded .funeral•:. Stewart Lowe and. Tom selrviceS were held with"the Leeming. Nit punch Into: your corn program w(tH these.:high • 'performance brlds 2700. CHU f R221:.42875 CHU r. 2700CHU 110• Pride has an i.mpressive line of best-selling single, doubleand three-way crosses,. They're ideal for:. combining, picking or silage production.': For • the best quality, Certified `No. 1 Seed cfOose__Er_ide_end .for -_thee, be•stserlcfesii, ca1L:yot•fr=locat d_eale_r' now.. WALLACE WILSON RR 2 .AUBURN 529-7580 . LEONARD LOBB RR 2 CLINTON 482.9016 WALTER McIWAIN • 524.6879.• know operating a dairy farm takes a lot chore than just hard work. 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