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The Huron Expositor, 1990-08-22, Page 10i0 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 22, 1940 BERG s" seivte•.. Free Estimates • Paan Cleaners • Stabling • Sone F Nara Donald G. Ives A R 2 Blyth &usN1s SST -Wks McMaster Siemon INSURANCE BROKERS INC. Auto • Home • Farm Branch AManaper BILL (WM.) SIEMON l OMIMLUC IAl & LIFE INSURANCE r u a... •m Call a mol Rd , sit.. !sial* M11 t 14* LL Saida 17 HURON SUPERIOR MEMORIALS ESTABLISHED OVER 60 YEARS Wiling Clinton and All of Huron County MICHAEL FALCONER 153 HIGH STREET, CLINTON Bus: 412-9441 Res.: 412-3664 Evening appointments available Huron not too different, Scottish traveller discovers BY PAULA ELLIOTT When Canadians thunk of usvcl- ling around the world, they suaieumes forgot that thou own Maitland is a foreign destination to tas,/aae from aaodbe/ part of the globe. Anda popular one to visa, at that. Dunn the first week in August, Canada - and specifically Huron County - was visited by throe mu:national J union Fanner dekgates. Seaforth Junior Fanner Ross McIntosh and his family rotated Leeds delegate Sally Young on their Seaforth area farm for the week, and their guest found Canada to be much like her nauve Scotland in many ways. But a few things took her by surprise, too. "1 know I'll never consider time and distance the same again," she pointed out, adding that with On- tario being 11 times larger than the entire country of Scotland, the sheer size of Canada really struck her. "I had no idea that it would be so vast," she said. "I couldn't quite grasp the scale." Sally, a 23 -year-old landscape architect who works in Glasgow, was one of 26 Scotland 'Young Farmers' applicants competing for four international delegate openings. Actively involved in the or- ganization for the past eight years, Sally is on the National Council of the Young Farmers of Scotland and travels to her parents Leeds' farm on the weekends to help out with CfINNING AND FREEZING Open 7 Days A Week 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. PEACHES ON NO By The Bushel or Basket •New Apples •Melons •Various Varieties of Plums •Cherries pitted in pails •Frozen berries of all sorts •Tomatoes •Sweet corn •Home baked pies and muffins •Mennonite meats cat0C FARM MARKET INC. Rock Glen Road, Arkona 828-3100 "Unless you have an awful lot of nnuiey, there's virtually no oppor- tunity to start off," she explained, that farms arc automatically down in the family in Scot - with no purchase necessary. The average arable farm is about 250 acres, with land prices hovering in the S4,000 - S4,500 per acre range. With 70% of all fanning m Scotland concentrated In hill sheep farming and livestock, land for mixed cash -crops such as barley, wheat, oilseed grains and potatoes is at a premium. WORLDS APART - Ross McIntosh of Seaforth and his Scot- land Young Farmer exchange guest, Salty Young. the 500 acre cash crop, cattle and sheep enterprise. She found the Huron County area to be much like her native Scotland, although less hilly, but added that they "..don't have any corn there at all." "1 thought the farms would be more vast," she also admitted, referring to a common perception of Canada as huge farms and sweeping prairies. The group of delegates was getting set to leave Ontario for the west coast, crossing the prairie provinces. "That will probably be more of what I expected all of Canada to be like," said Sally. As a young person with strong agricultural roots, Sally took an interest in the state of the business as a whole in Canada. Lately, the Farm Start program has been coming under fire and Sally pointed out that young farmers just starting out in Scotland also have a tough row to hoe, in more ways than one. Sally remarked on the numbers of land buyers who are coming up from England ("a lot of television and movie stars") and buying up acreage, both for the novelty of owning a farm in Scotland and for taking a tax break. Under the "Set Aside" program in place in Scot- land, land owners are paid S140 an acre to not farm their land. The "Set Aside" fallowing payments were originally established to allow land that has been in production for more than five years to replenish itself, without forcing the farmer to take a total loss on the land. But as Sally explained, the influx of southern land buyers has backfired the program. Not farmers, they are more than happy to take money for their unproductive acreage, while the Scottish farmers watch their available cash crop acreage - al- ready scarce - dwindle. 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OBITUABIES JEANNE ELIZABETH SAL DIVAR Jeanne Elizabeth Saldivar of R.R. 2, Staffa, died as the result of an accident on August 12, 1990. She was 21. Beloved daughter of Edmund and Shyrrel Saldivar of Seaforth, and June and John Zettel of R.R. 2 Staffa. Dear sister of David, R.R. 2 Staffa and Jim and wife Fran of Exeter. Also survived by a niece Roseanne of Exeter, step -brother Craig of Seaforth, grandparents Anna Dolmage and the late William Dolmage of Hullett Township, and Edmund and Hortence Saldivar of Vallijo, California; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Friends were received at the Whitney-Ribey Funeral Home, Seaforth from Tuesday, August 14 from 7 - 9 p.m., Wednesday August 15 from 2 - 4, 7 - 9 p.m., until Thursday, August 16 at 2 p.m. when funeral services were held at Northside United Church, Seaforth, with Rev. James Sloan, officiating. Pallbearers were John Eckert, Jack Holmes, Barry Cronin, James Poppe, Donald Poppe and David DeVries. Flowerbearers were Lisa Poppe and Joanne Carter. Interment Maitlandbank Cemetery, Seaforth. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the charity of one's choice. Editor's note: The Expositor would like to offer their sincerest apologies for any errors or omis- sions that appeared in the Saldivar obituary in last week's issue. WILMA BRILL Wilma Minnie Brill of the Seaforth Manor Nursing Home died on Tuesday, August 14 at Stratford General Hospital. She was 75. Born in Guelph on July 22, 1915, she was a daughter of the late Wil- liam Brill and the former Mary Jane Evans. There are no known survivors. She was predeceased by sisters and brothers. Friends were received at the Ball and Falconer Funeral Home, Box Chapel, Seaforth on Friday, August 17 until 2:30 p.m. when funeral services were held, the Reverend James Breen officiating. Interment Maitlandbank Cemetery. TODD ALLAN RICE Todd Allan Rice of Brussels died on Sunday, August 12, 1990 as the result of an accident. He was 17. Born in Kitchener, he was the son of Larry and Colleen (Elliot) Rice of Brussels. He is also survived by a sister, Shannon, and grandparents Jack and Berva Rice of Cambridge, and Allan and Ruth Elliot of Toron- to. Friends were received at the Betts Funeral Home, Brussels on Tues- day, August 14 until Wednesday, August 15 when funeral services were held, the Reverend David Fuller officiating. Honorary pallbearers were Dan Severman, Greg Wheeler and Andrew McCutcheon. Pallbearers were Blaine, Darwin and Terry McCutcheon, Scott Cardiff, Steve Wheeler and Peter Steer. Flower - bearers were Scott Johnson, Brian McArter, Greg Mulvey, Shawn Jacklin, Steve McCutcheon and Brian Alexander. Interment Brussels Cemetery. WINSTON WORKMAN Winston (Mike) Workman died on Friday, August 3, 1990 at St. Mary's Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. A longtime resident of Tuck- ersmith Township, he is survived by son Bill and his wife of St. Mary's, and by a granddaughter, Melissa. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. L. Bowerman of Exeter, and several cousins. He was predeceased by wife Evelyn in June, 1990. they can preserve a tut of it as natural wombats and fraadands also took Sally by scup nse. In an effort to firm as much of their arable land as ble, Scottish fanners are forced to forego niceties like grassed road alknwancxs and tree planung steps. "Hed Crows and meta and stripped nght back to the road," she noted. The focus on no -till and conser- vation tillage w the area was also new to Sally, who was surprised to sec such a campai;an for these tech- niques in Canada when very little has been heard of then in land - intensive Scotland and England. "1:, Great Britain," she explained, "they're usually the first to iumD on the bandwagon with the environ- mentalists." With her visit to Southwestern Ontario and the McIntosh farm drawing to a close, Sally Young was sorry to leave her Huron Coun- ty hosts, but eager to see more of Canada. Sally, along with her fel- low travellers staying in the Blyth and Auburn areas, had taken in a lot of farming information and tours, and wasn't particularly looking forward to the requisite slide shows and talks that the Young Farmers would be asking her to give back home in Scotland. "All the boys are going to be firing all these farming questions at me," she laughed. But given this opportunity to travel halfway around the globe, Sally conceded that the slide shows are a small price to pay. "1 think that there's more in the world to see than just staying at home." A call for Princess hopefuls Are you interested in learning more about the dairy industry? Do you enjoy meeting people, making new friends and travelling? Are you between the ages 17 and 26 years? If you have answered "yes" to the above questions, we would like to have you compete in the 1990 - 1991 Huron County Dairy Princess Competition! The competition is being held on Saturday, September 29, 1990 at the Brussels Community Centre at 7:00 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by Mr. Paul Haslen of Fordwich. If you are interested in competing in the 1990 - 1991 Huron County Dairy Princess Competition, please call Mrs. Brenda K. Bridge, Co- ordinator, Huron County Dairy Princess, R.R. #4, Kincardine N2Z 2X5, phone 395-5911 or 528-3737. Brenda would like to hear from all contestants by August 31, 1990. Funeral services were held at the Sass Funeral Home, St. Mary's on August 6. Interment Hensall Union Cemetery. AGNES BRITTON Mrs. Agnes Anderson (Nan) Britton of Queens Street, Hensall, died at her residence on Tuesday, August 14, 1990. She was 81. Born in Scotland on December 22, 1908, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Aitken and the former Agnes Anderson. The wife of the late J. Clifford Britton, she is sur- vived by daughters Kay (Mrs. R. Britton) and Arva (Mrs. R. Tryon), both of Bancroft; Constance (Mrs. Mike Cook) of Ottawa, and sons Dave, of Waterloo, and Sergeant Douglas of Winnipeg. Also sur- vived by 18 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mary Dahlin of Victoria, B.C. She was predeceased by one sister, Margaret Campbell, and one brother, David. Friends were received at the Whitney-Ribey Funeral Home, Seaforth, on Thursday, August 16 until Friday, August 17 at 2 p.m. when funeral services were held. The Reverend Stan McDonald of Arkona, and formerly of Hensall, officiated. Pallbearers were Bill McMillan, Greg Britton, Brad Brit- ton, Wayne Thurston, Jack Rendle and Rod Archdekin. Interment Maitlandbank Cemetery. 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