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The Huron Expositor, 1956-03-16, Page 91 • MPS • rch • (1gr. Love was one of the Hpron, delegates attending.'`the annual meeting of the Ontario Hog Pro- ducers in Toronto.) Editor, The Huron Expositor: •Some 400 hog producers,, repre- •senting almost every township in Ontario, attended the Ontario Hog Producers' annual meeting held in Toronto mi. March 1 and 2.. The feeling was that with 75 per cent of the farmers/behind the new system of marketing hogs, that it is going to go ahead. With all the opposition we have heard and seen in the press, there was scarcely a dissenting voice at the annual meeting. We feel we have one • of the best marketing set-ups in the Province, and we appeal to every farmer in Huron County to get behind it and make it work. Hereunder is a summary of the meeting and of the remarks of the President, Charles McInnes. Through a full fledged marketing program based on a policy of "self:. help", Ontario hog producers have decided to stand on their own feet. Charles McInnis, president of •the Ontario Hog Producers' Associa- tion told the organization's two-day annual -meeting held in Toronto March 1 and 2. "We have adopted a policy of self-help. Our policy to date has been one of permitting the estab- lished processing firms to con- tinue operations, while we, our- selves, attempt to restore the open market—selling /to the buyer who ," r. McInnis can pay the highestpriceand de- livering the goodssaid. Mr. McInnis reviewed some of the steps up to the present posi- tion of following a policy of. self- help. He said, "Previously, 90 per cent of our hogs were dumped at the buyers' door with no price at- tached, and no understanding as to price." Mr. McInnis continued, "Hog producers, along with other farmers, have the right to bargain for the sale of their goods. And it was your decision, as producers, to set up a Marketing Agency un- der the provisions of the Farm Products Marketing. Act to sell your products and deliver your goods to the buyer who would, pay the best price." The hog producer president re- ferred to the livestock direction program which advised drovers where.to deliver hogs—to the buil. er paying the highest price. "In this way," Mr. McInni& said, "bar- gaining owet is restored to the producer through the open market. • To facilitate this plan we have op- ened up stock yards at Stratford, Windsor, London and Kitchener; the yards at Peterborough are in the process of being remodelled; while yards at, other points near Barrie, Belleville and Ottawa are being considered by the Board." "But the fact remains," charged Mr. McInnis, "that millions are Vent by hell-ProduCers to keeps livestock away, fro* the open mar- ket and prevent open competition in buying. It has done irreparable harm to the livestock industry. Why should any one try to deny the farmer the; right of open com- petition in the selling of his goods?" For the sake of agricul- ture and progress we must have the open market and open compe- tition.' "If we want this program to de- velop," Mr. McInnis said, "you must share in publicizing it. Fol- lowing •this meeting there should be a meeting in every county at which a board member should at- tend to work out a planfer con- tacting every hog producer and acquaint him with the purpose and accomplishments of this organiza- tion." Mr. McInnis reviewed the trend in production, quality of produc- tion and market outlets. Canada ,,increased production of hogs in 1955 by 161/2 per cent over 1954. Mr. McInniS, said, "This increase, while encouraging, is not good en- ough. If we are to keep the con- sumption of Canadian pork high, and Canada is our best market, we have to supply more lean pork to the• consumer. Our position in the American market will be deter- mined by quality. Canadian hams are not selling for as high a'price as the European product because they are not as uoiform in quality as our competitors." Mr. McInnis also pointed out that "the produc- tion of hogs has increased in Can- ada faster than our market out- lets and we must be prepared to handle surpluses if we are going to produce them." Sincerely, ROSS LOVE " Men's Club Hears Irish Speaker. Members of the Men's Club of First Presbyterian Church Tues- day evening heard Rev. W. J. S. McClure, of Molesworth Presby- terian Church, tell of conditions as they exist in Ireland today. Mr. McClure, a native of Irbland, came to Canada about a year and a half ago. Chairman of the meeting was John A. Cardno. The speaker was introduced by Rev. D. Glenn Camp- bell, and thanked by K. I. McLean. Catering for the dinner were the members of the Barbara Kirkman Auxiliary. The dinner marked the first oc- casion on which the recently com- pleted kitchen facilities in First Church were used. The kitchen, which has been completely re- modelled, has installed modern equipment, including a steam table. Track mileage of Canadian rail- roads at the end of 1953 totalled 58,694 miles. BAYFIELD. NEWS OF THE WEEK Miss Ethel Blair, London, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blair. Miss Marion Makins, London, was with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Makins, over the week- end. F/O. and Mrs. Andre Toma and son left Wednesday morning for Manitoba, where Mr. 'Tome has been posted. They had been living in Egmondville when he was sta- tioned at Clinton. Before leaving they spent a few days with Mrs. Toma's • parents here, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. D. MacLeod. Her sister, Miss Margaret MacLeod, plans to join them in a few weeks. MiSs •Barbara Bassett, LOndon, was a weekend visitor: Mrs. Fred Arkell is in Clinton General' Hospital, where she un- dervvefit stirgery last week. Mr. Jack Haminond, who has be,eii working on the pier opera- tions here, returned to his home in Aline last Week. Mrs. Thomas Bailey is in Clinton General Hospital. She underwent surgery last Tuesday. Keith Leonard, of . Toronto, was with his family over the. weekend. • Mr, and Mrs. Herbert Kirkhain, London. were in the village on Friday. Miss Jessie Metcalfe, of Detroit, spent the Weekend With her moth - Cr, 'Metcalfe. • Miss Josephine Sterling is spend- ing, a *night With her Sister," Mrs. Hugh McLaren, in Port El- gin. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Makins left the first of the week to attend 'the annual hairdreesers' convention at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, from March 12 to 15. Lloyd Westlake commenced du- ties at Kitchener on Thursday last 'having been transferred from God- erich to the detachment of Pro- vincial Police in that city. He spent Tuesday with his family. St. Andrew's W.A. About twenty-five women Of St. Andrew's United Church met last Thursday afternoon at the tome of Mrs. M. Toms to hold the March Meeting of the W.M.S. The .devo. tional subject was "Brotherhood." The study book chapter was on immigration and was most ably dealt with by Miss A. M. Stirling, who showed what the church is do- ing for newcomers at the ports of entry. Workers there can speak several languages and so are able to help the strangers with' lang- uage difficulties and set them on their way to their destination. Miss Stirling was assisted in her pres... entation of the story by Mrs. DeW- ar, Mrs. Bell, NITS. Makins, Mrs. ,Roddick and Mrs. 'Smith, each reading a short article on the sub- ject. The auxiliary has reeently, packed a' hundred -pound bale of new and good used Clothing. for Korea. MR. AND MRS. HENRY LEONHARDT celebrated their gol- den wedding anniversary at their farm home in Logan Town- ship, near Brodhagen. Mrs. Leonhardt was formerly Emilie Hoppenrath, and the couple were married in Brodhagen. They have two children, a daughter, Mrs. Martha Drager, of Sea - forth, and a son, Herman, who lives with them on the hohie- stead, which has been in the fa mily for more than 100 years. DISTRICT FARM FORUMS DEBATE BENEFITS OF COMPENSATION HULLETT BOUNDARY FORUM The Hullett Boundary Farm For- um met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Young on Monday eve- ning with a fair attendance. Groups were formed for discus- sion. The topic for the evening was, "Workmen's Compensation For Agriculture." Question 1: • Do members of your forum consider that Work- men's Compensation should be us- ed by farmers? Answer: No. Question • 2: What advantages and disadvantages do you see in the application of Workmen's Com- pensation to farmers and farm workers? Answer: The advantag- es are many. Fr instance, you get paid while you are not able to work and your doctor and hospi- tal bills are paid. You avoid any law -cost which help protect the employer. One disadvantage is the farmer has to pay his sons' wages in or- der to receive the compensation. It should be a stated coverage, covered' by the amount of prem- ium paid. Euchre was played, followed by lunch and "The Queen." The next meeting is to be held at the home of Mr1 and Mrs. George Watt. PARR LINE FORUM Parr Line Farm Forum met at the hone of Mr. Frank Mousseau. The topic for the meeting was "Workmen's Compensation." The forum divided into two groups and proceeded to discuss the questions. Two guests were present from an- other forum in Hay, Leonard Mer- ner and Thomas Meyers, and they, too, joined in the discussions. Question 1: Do members of your forum consider that Workmen's Compensation should be used by farmers? Answer: One group of the forum agreed that the farmers should have compensation, and the other group said no, but they fin- ally all agreed that if the farmer had hired men, he should have compensation. Question 2: What advantages or disadvantages do you see in the application of workmen's eompen- sation'to farmers and farm work- ers? Answer: Advantages to the farmers would be for his own pro- tection against damage aetions. Farmers income is not adequate to carry all the protection he needs, including workmen's corn- pensation. We think the ()A.A. plan goes much. further in its cov- erage. Also for the amount of premium paid, it gives a wider coverage, both on the farm and off the farm. In this area there are net many hired men. We think the Workmen's compensation was made oft organized mainly for industrial wOrkers. We would like to -see itune plan which would cover hos- pitalization, compensation and fie-' eillents on the farm as one plan, thus eliminating the paying of one premium or another every five or alit months to get all the cover- age. The forum played a few games of progressive euchre following the discussion. Winners were: Mrs. Glenn Weido,. Gordon Coleman; eonsolation Leo ard Merner and Mrs. Charles obinson. TA Meets At Dies School - - Catechetics and religion were • the -main themes of the second re- gional 0.E.C.TA. meeting held at Seaforth. The meeting was spon- sored by the 0.E.C.TA., District No. 11, in collaboration with the London diocesan office of educa- tion, under the direction of Rev. Joseph P. Finn, London. • Accompanying him from London were J. F. Kinlin, Inspector of Sep- arate Schools; Sister Placedia, Sis- ter Alice Marie, Miss Mary James, Mrs. Irene Brine. and Des Watt. Miss Mary James, president of the O.E.S.T.A., acted as chairman, and Rev. E. P. Weber welcomed the group to Seaforth. Teachers were present from Goderich, Ashfield, Clinton, Dub- lin, St. Columban and Seaforth. Father Finn discussed the sourc- es from which the teacher may draw material for a good religion lesson—the catechism, Bible his- tory, the liturgy, the lives of the Saints, and others. He then taught a lesson on "The liffeaniog of Ash Wednesday," to a group of Grade 7 and 8 pupils of St. James' School, Seaforth. A short discussion per- iod followed. J. T. Kenlin, Inspec- tor of Separate Schools, pointed out the value of having a well -plan ned lesson. After lunch there was an op- portunity of inspecting the teach- ing aids brought ,along by Rev. Father Finn. The meeting recon- vened and reports were heard from the delegates who attended the Christian Curriculum Develop- ment Conference in 'Toronto last December. At this point, teachers divided into groups to discuss problems of their own grades. HENSALL NEWS Mrs. Earle Sproat received word Monday of the passing of her sis- ter-in-law, Mrs. Jack Allen, North Bay, the former Miss Agnes Sproat of the Kippen district. Auxiliary To Cater At Bonspiel Legion Ladies' Auxiliary met in the Legion Hall Tuesday evening for their March meeting, chaired by the president, Mrs. E. R. Davis. Mrs. Luella Hall, Zone Command- er, of Blyth, and the Blyth Auxil- iary, are being entertained' at the April meeting and each member is asked to donate something to- ward a penny sale, donations to be handed in the afternoon of the meeting. Mrs. Charles Fiford was welcomed as a new member of the auxiliary. The group are cat- ering. to a bonspiel to be held here March 21, for which 16 rinks will be entered and sponsored by the Legion. Conveners are Mrs. S. Rennie and Mrs. E. Davis. A past president's pin was presented to Mrs. D. J. McKelvie. A motion was passed to send parcels twice a year to local boys serving over- seas—at Christmas and ip time for July 1. Names and addresses are to be handed in to the president, Mrs. D. McKelvie and Mrs. J. Drysdale were named as auditors for the year. Winners of bingo were Mrs. M. Sangster, Mrs. R. Taylor, Mrs. J. Simmons, Mrs. G. Legion Hockey Playoffs Underway Legion Saturday morning hockey ended last week for all boys ex- cept those making the playoffs. In the "A" group there will be the two top teams, playing a two -game' goals -to -count series. The Spit- fires led by Ray Scoins, will meet the Mustangs, headed by Larry Dale, which will be a good game as the teams are pretty well matched. • In the "B" group it will be the same as the "A", with a two -game series, goals to count. The Cana - 'diens led by Tom Dick, will take on Ted Lamont's Bruins. The Pee-Wees that will repre- sent Seaforth at Goderich in the Young Canada Week were picked from this group and there are quite a number of them on the teams. The winners of the two groups will receive erests from the. Le- gion. The public is urged to come out and see these boys on Satur- day morning. The boys take the game seriously and good hockey is assured. Seaforth Pee-Wees were in Gode- rich tin Monday, but lest 3-2. OF THE WEEK Allan, Mrs. S. Rennie and Mrs. Davis. Mrs. E. Shaddie.k won the mystery prize. Hurondale WI. Meets Mrs. Richard Eetherington con- vened a program on agriculture and Canadian industry for Huron - dale W.I., when they met for their meeting at the home of Mrs. Ar- thur Rundle. Roll call. was, "Why farm women should have holi- days." A film on agriculture was shown by Harry Sherwood, and Harvey Godbolt and Mrs. Etherington con- tributed a reading. Mrs. Harry Strang presided for the business meeting, when donations of $15 to the Mental Health Association and $10 to the Ceylon Fund were ap- proved. Plans were organized to visit Huron County Home on March 28. Mrs. Hugh Love, Mrs. Harry Dougall and Mrs. Robert Jeffery will arrange the program and Mrs. Jas. Kirkland will be in charge of treats for the inmates. Two blankets will be donated for their use. Mrs. Arthur Rundle and Mrs. Bruce Tuckey will lead the girls' Homemaking Club in the new project, "Supper Club." Mrs. Run- dle and Mrs. William Kernick were named a nominating committee for election of officers at the next meeting. Plan Annual Thankoffering The Women's Missionary Socie- ty of Carmel Church met in the church schoolroom Thursday af- ternoon, presided over by the president, Mrs. S. Dougall. The program was arranged by Mrs. M. Sangster and Mrs. J. Forrest. Mrs. B. Edwards read Bible passages and Mrs. Forrest offered prayer. Plans were made for the annual thankoffering meeting and a quilt for the bale. Correspondence was read. The group accepted an invi- tation from the W.M.S. of the Unit- ed Church to attend their anniial birthday party on Friday, March 16, ,and from the Arnold Circle of this church to be their guests at their Easter meeting, Monday, March 19. A letter from Rev. Jas. Dickson, a missionary in Formo- sa, was read by Mrs. Forrest. Mrs. Sangster presented the topic from the study book, and Rev. D. Mac- Donald pronounced the benedic- tion. Members of Hensell Ground Ob- servers Corp attended the second of a series of lectures in Seaforth Friday evening. Ten from Hensall received wings, narnelY: Mrs. J. Simmons, Mrs. Jim Taylor, Mrs. E. Chipchase, Mrs. C. Wilkinson, Mrs. l. J. McKelvie, E. R. Shad- diek, E. Chipchase, L. MeNaugh- ton, F. Beere and Wrn. Fairteirn. F/O. F. M. Ilewett gave the lee - hire and presented the wings.