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The Huron Expositor, 1987-10-07, Page 44A — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, OCTOBER 7, 1987 .tt 7 0 8 5 YEAR COMPOUNDED All rates aobject to verification ALL DEPOSITS INSURED WITHIN LIMITS i YEAR 1O 41 5 YEAR ANNUAL If ANNUAL 3/41 • 9OPAS 1// St!'rvillp aq); socc? 976 Gqiii locatOns for you convenience JOHN ELLIGSEN ELECTRIC •Farm. Wiring LTD. ' House Wiring 'Commercial Wiring *Pole Line Construction • • Hydro. Poles "You name it we'll wire it" PHONE: .345-24,47 "24 hr. EmergencyService" John Elligsen Electric Ltd. R.R. #4, Walton, Ontario, In order that the 'staff of THE HURON EXPOSITOR may enjoy the long weekend with family & friends, The Huron Expositor will be closed Monday, October DEADLINES. ADVANCE TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 4:30 p.m. Thank -you for • your 'co-operation. •• HAVE A SAFE & HAPPY HOLIDAY! Lone plow woman out to beat the boys The lnternatipnal Plowing Match held in Grey County drew 83 Ontario men, ,11 of them from Huron, to compete in the contest, but in all Ontario there was only one woman who was drawn to the 'Competition, • Leanne Whitmore, who lives 9n her parents' farm near Winthrop, was the sole female competitor at this year's match, . It was Miss Whitmore's first attempt at international competition but she has had experience at two other plowing competi- tions in the past, one at Jack Riddell's farm in Huron County; and the other at her great grandfather's farm near Clinton. At the internationalmatch Miss Whitmore placed in th_Lbettom half of the junior plowmen. There wel'arconifftitoWfdtiii, 10 boys and herself. On the first day of the competition she placed 10th, on the second day she moved up to fifth, on the third day she moved back to seventh, and her final finishing was ninth. Most of the competition had more plowing experience than Leanne, and she is not upset by her placing this year. "I'm pleased with it," she says, "and;I'Il be a little better next year andplace a little higher." • Leanne became interested in the 'plowing competition because she has friends and relatives who are on the plowman's associa- tion and they encouraged her to give it a try. She did give it a try, and she practised every night for an hour and•a half for about 10 days beforethe Huron County Match, and after that match she practised for another 10 days to get ready for the international competition. . • While she was practising she was helped by Andrew Patrick, her neighbor and coach. "I did some on my own but he carne and helped me and pointed things out to me." And Mr. Patrick wasn't the only person , who helped Leanne learn the plowman's ropes. Steve Adams also ,helped coach and helped out at the international, and everybody who is involved with the competi- tion gives each other a hand. "You're not out there by yourself," says • Leanne of the competition. "Everyone gives you advice, even the people you are comr peting against." . . Leanne doesn't see any disadvantage in being a female in this type of competition. "Anybody can do it as long as they have the strength to move some nuts and bolts and coulters," she says. 'But at the same time there is a lot for a person to learn before they are good enough to enter mat- ches competitiVely. "You don't,just get on and drive the trac- tor. You have to get off and check every five • feet until you get it right." Leanne enjoys the competition and says she doesn't 'find it boring because you are always thinking about what you are doing and trying to keep things straight. It's an added challenge to be competing against the guys," she says. . Leanne is after the two year scholarship at Guelph University that is sponsored by the Plowman's Association. It is worth $2500 per year, and it can only be won at the Inter- national Plowing Match. This year there were seven contenders for the scholarship. Leanne has untiMeis 20Vyefilswebage to LEANNE WHITMORE - pounds in stakes to mark her plowing area when she practices plowing on her family farm near Wingham. Corbett photo. win the scholarship and she is now 16, so she scholarship. is going to keep practising with the plow un- •"I've put the plow in the shed this year but til she is a reasonable contender 4for.th04;., it'll come.out0ext August." Retiring teachers At the trustee -staff banquet held by the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board Friday night at the Seaforth and District Community Centres, about 400 trustees, teachers, secretarial , staff, administrative staff, board bus drivers and janitorial staff were in attendance. 'Three teachers who retired at the end of June were honored, They Were Inez Haid, Ennis Murphy and Mary Baker. Mrs. Haid, graduated from the Stratford Normal School in 1945, and spent all her teaching years at St. Mary's School in Hesson, with a couple of breaks to raiseter honored at banquet family. She was a dedicated teacher. Mr. Murphy, who graduated from Toronto Teachers College In 1964, spent five years teaching in Catholic schools in Toronto, moved to St. Michael School in Stratford where he served as principal from 1968 to 1973, was principal at St. Patrick's School in Kinkora for 10 years, then principal at St. Patrick's School at Dublin until 1986. He was principal at St. Joseph's School at Kingsbridge for his last year with the Hurbn-Perth board, where he was highly regarded as a Christian educator. Mary Baker, born in Goderich, was a graduate of Stratford Normal School. 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