Loading...
The Huron Expositor, 1966-03-24, Page 12• • E$(0osirroR, SEAFOR1'H, 6NT.,- MAR. 24, 1966. FUEL 01 WILLIAM M. HART Phone 527-0870 'Seaforth WANT ADS BRING QUICK RESULTS: Dial 527-0240 Read the Advertisements.— It's a Profitable Pastime! Your COOP*Free Home lieating Service Plan covers: •Annual clean out and free inspection of your furnace; furnace smoke pipe, chimney basei - • burner and tank, plus 240hour emergency calls. For dependable borne heating all winter long call: 00,1) Seaforth Farmers Phone 527-0770 Home Heating Service *Regis(ered Trade Mark 1 4g Produce rs- ig) ct "Their Committee ° Members of the Huron County Egg Marketing Com- mittee are, from the left, seated: Gordon Blanchard, RR 4, Walton; Robert Broadfoot, RR 1, Brucefield; Ken Moore, Egmondville; Mrs. T. Govenlock, RR 5, Seaforth; James I. McIntosh, RR 3, Seaforth; Hugh Flynn, RR 1, Londesboro; standing: Gerald Vandenhengel, RR 5, Seaforth; William The Bean Sy C. E. DEARING The dismissal of the eleven directors of the Ontario Bean Growers' Marketing Board and their replacement by a tempor ary three-man committee by the Farm Products Marketing Board, has been the most cern- mon topic of conversation among rural people the past two weeks, with the possible exception of the "Munsinger affair" brought to the attention of the Com- mons in a motnent of unguard- ed anger, by Justice Minister Cardin last week. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture, in •a move to as- certain Why the Provincial Gov- ernment would take such a bold step, called a special meeting of members on Friday, March Ilth. ' Present at the meeting as spokesmen were: Everett M. Biggs, deputy minister of agri- culture; Herb Arbuckle, chair- man of the Farm Products Mar- keting Board, and Bob Allan, chairman' of the deposed Pro- ducer Marketing Board. Other members of the deposed board were present, as well as a num- ber of visitors, although the press was excluded. ,For the benefit -of the unin- formed, it may be wise, at this •point, to define three terms which will be referred to in this article. The Farm Products Marketing Board Is a govern- ment appointed board, appoint- edby the Minister of Agricul- ture, whosp function is to en- sure that producer marketing' boards stay within the limita- tions of the Farm Products Mar- keting Act, an - Aet giving ex- tensive powers tothe producer boards. The Ontario Bean Grow- ers' Marketing Beard -(now -rie- vosed) is the board, elected' by producers, whose function is to operate the Marketing' Board in the best interests „of producers. The • Ontario_ Bean Growers. Limited is a • processing plant in London, a subsidiary of the producer board, and all shares of the company were owned by the producer board. Mr. Biggs advised those nre- sent that the Department of Agriculture believes in , ;the SALE! • COMPLETE Hardware Stock CLEARANCE SALE! SAVEthe increased Sales Tax before April. 1st on greatly discounted prices! up to 50% and over 1FARMER Now is the time to buy Bolts and many other Hardware . /tents at HALF PRICE! • Sale Starts Saturday; March 26 Ends April ist FORD DICKISON 9 INDUSTRIES, LTD. RODHAGEN • Phorie M�flkton 34,7-2421 Dubin Stirja ONTARIO r Morley, RR 1, Granton; Jbhn Henderson, RR 5, Seaforth; Robert Ahnstrong, RR 2, Auburn; John Lockhart, RR 3, Blyth; Robert St. Marie, RR 3, Seaforth. The directors were elected at the recent annual Meeting • in Clinton.—(New- Record photo). Board philosophy of producer market- ing boards, but that the boards must recognize the authority of the Department and the Farm Products Marketing Board. He said that it was quite evident that, the Bean Growers Market- ing Board did not trust the Farm ,Produets Marketing Board and that some members of the Growers' -Board had indicated that they had no -intention of separating the operations of the Growers' Board and the Com- pany as advocated by the Farm Products Marketing Board. It was the opinion of the Minister of Agriculture, he 'said, that the Marketing Board could not be allowed to operate the company in competition with privately - owned processing plants. The decision to replace the board was, he said, an exceptional action brought about after a long term of mistrust and lack of co-operation. The failure of the producer vote on increased license fees. for the building of more storage and processing facilities- did not influence the decision, he said. Mr. Arbuckle criticized the Bean Grower' ' Board for de- ferring, on 'a number of occa- sions, the separation of . the Board from the, Company. The existence of the plant and the Board's failure to provide grow- ers with marketing informa- tion relating to shortages of supply and possible price in- creases, had been costly to growers, he said. The Growers' Board, he added, had made the deduction. of the . 77c per cwt. stabilization fund illegally, since the federal legislation provid- ing for this required applica- tion' for the renewal of the Order -in -Council each year, and further, that the Growers' Board must pass a ,Board order to this effect and inform all dealers.. This had not been done, he said. The Farm Pro- ducts Marketing Board had re- commended to the Minister of Agriculture that the Growers' Board be replaced when they (the F.P.M.B.) had discovered that the Growers' Board had - tabled an agreement drawn up by the F.P.M.B. containing the terms of reference under -which the Growers' Boardwould be allowed to continue operations. In rebuttal, Mr. Allan stated that 'his Board had been pro- gressing favorably with the ell'anges in Board policy as re- • quested by the F.P.M.B.. They had carried out nine of the 11 suggestions put forth by. the F.P.M.B.; they thought that .the F.P.M.B. was satisfied with the progress being made, and they were not warned, - and were completely surprised, by the ac- tion of the Minister and the F.P.M.B. It was their intention, he said, to comply with the re- mainder of the agreement, when possible. There was, he added, mistrust of the F.P.M.B. and reasons for it. He termed "ridiculous" the statement that growers had lost money be- cause of Board inaction or pol- icy. He was not aware, he add- ed, that the application for the Order -in -Council must be made each year and asked why the F.P.M.B: had not advised him. of the requirement. 'rhe Board, he said, had never received a complaint from an organized, group of growers. n was never the intention of the Board, he said, to use any of the 7-7c sta- bilization fund to build facili- tes. The additional facilities, with grower control, were, in his opinionia desirable market- ing additive. As you can well imagine, there were questions and more questions, accusations and de- fensive statements, and a good deal of discussion. If this observer may be al.. lowed to summarize, I would say that the Ontario Bean Grow- ers- Marketing Board was acting in good ' faith, but obviously some dissension existed in the Board. Mr. Arbuckle's defence of the ' dismissal action was rather weak, but it may be that he was covering up or the Minister of Agriculture, and that the directive may have come from the Minister to 'the V.P.M.B. rather than as a re- commendation from the F.P. M.B. to the Minister. Tho ad- vice of Mt. Biggs that "farmers should be getting Into the bust. Sitilation ness of setting prices rather than the risky area of process- ing", is deserving of some thought. What caused the conflict? The answei- is a simple one: for it causes most domestic squabbles, an almost complete breakdown of communications between the Farm Products Marketing Board and the Ontario Bean Growers Marketing Board; A few tele- phone calls or further censul- tation with some compromise and understanding Would most likely have averted the action. What happens novv? The re- presentatives of the Depart- ment and the F.P,M.13. have promised that, as soon as -the affairs of the Ontario Bean Growers' Marketing Board and the Ontario Bean Growers Lim- ited have been legally separat, ed, they will be turned back to producers and separate elec- lions for directors to operate the Board and the Company will be held. In the meantime, the Ontario Federation of Agri- culture is to be advised, at least monthly, of the progress being made. One sticky question remains: Under the' new set-up, who will own the shares of the Com- pany? YOUR RED CROSS IS SERVING _IL TODAY READY FOR TOMORROW SEAFORTH ,MONUMENT. WORKS OPEN DAILY •• T..Pryde & Son , ALL TYPES OF CEMETERY MEMORIALS Inquiries are invited. WET ER 235-0620 CLINTON 482-9421 Telephone Numbers: • SEAFORTH: Contact Willis Dundas • Egg .Producers.. Hold ElectiOni' At the recent Huron County Egg Producers annual meeting in Clinton, 12 committee mem- bers were elected to represent Huron on the board as part of Zone No. 3. They were: Hugh Flynn, RR 1, Londesboro ; Jas. T. McIntosh, RR 3; • Seaforth; Robert Armstrong, RR 2, Au- burn; Gordon Blanchard, RR 4, VON ° • Miss Linda Diegel, Logan, spent Sunday with Miss Patti: cia ,Burchill. 11/frs. Iva Varman, Toronto, a cousin of 11/Ir. and Mrs. Jack Bur- chill, who has been quite ill, is staying with the Burchill's for a time. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Spearin, London, spent the weekend re- cently with me and Mrs. Jack Balfour. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Han- non arrived home Sunday night after spending two weeks in Florida, and enjoyed their trip very much. Mr. Bob Burchill, Jr., arrived home Saturday after spending some time in Europe and Af- rica, Mr. and Mrs. George Pepper ,with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Barker on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burchill were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Benson, Ripley, ton Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gordon and Barry, Seaforth, with Mr. and Mrs, Dalton Malcolm on Sun- day. gWeatltRonR; 5, GeraldsetvVtha;n wirsDei.r. Thileons: Govenlock, RR 5, Seaforth; John Lockhart, RR 3, Blyth; John Henderson, RR 5, Seaforth; Robt. Broadfoot, Brucefield; William Morley, RR 1, Granton; Ken Moore, Egmondville, and Robt. St. Marie, RR 3, Seaforth. Named to executive positions were: chairman, James T. Mc- Intosh, who chaired the meet- ing; vice-chairman, John Hen- derson, and secretary -treasurer, Gordon Blanchard, Subsequently the Huron Coun- ty committee met in Stratford with Perth County Egg Produc- ers to form the remainder of Zone No. 3 committee and at the same time elect a provin- cial director to represent the zone on the Ontario Egg and Fowl Producers Marketing Board. Named to the Perth County committee 'were Nor- man Kerr, William Janes, Oli- ver McIntosh, Waiter Dunbar, Wilburn Whitney, Alfred Eip- fer, Frank Van Level, Waldron Eckstein, Joe O'Reilly and Wm. O'Rourke. Two committee mem- bers were nominated for the office of board director, Mrs. Thomas Govenlock and Robert Broadfoot. Following a secret ballot, Robert Broadfoot was elected, and so commences his second term in the office. Mr. Broadffoot outlined board activities and spoke briefly on results of the consumer ques- tionnaire which was recently conducted by the board, and of its values in the promotional field. A111111.111111111.111111111111111.111111111111ft REMEMBER! DON'T YOU DARE MISS IT! 'ANTIQUE SALE AND DISPLAY "Canada's. Largest Semi -Annual Show" • Free Parking *Antique Furniture and Glass • Miniature and Table Lamps • Antique Pine Furniture • Items $1.00 to $1,000 For Sale •Antique Door Prize Daily • All Forms of Refreshments Available TIME: March 30 to, April 2 from 12:00 noon PLACE: Windjammer Auditorium 401 Highway Interchange 20 At Wellington Road - London - Ontario \111111111111111111111.111111.1mmummir )111»»ThR m ))fl You may not pick up a 1912 GMC lorry, but you can... ick up a bargain from the ig selection of priced -to - sell Used Cars and Trucks t your Goodwill -Pontiac - nick dealer's now! Here are some things you should know about Goodwill used cars: • Only the best used cars are chosen to carry the Goodwill emblem 1 Each has been thoroughly inspected and reconditioned II Each carries 'a written warranty'," And remember: only a Pontiac -Buick dealer.sells Goodwill cars! AUTHORIZED GOODWILL - FONTIAC . BUICK BEAUMONT . ACARIAN . VAUXHALL GMC TRUCK DEALER IN SEAFORTH . 1A/EST*END GARAGE fig CHNUERI ,OLN, g;t11;* «....wii,......-6114 siii to watch "tehiscope," -Ma rughlve anti "The Rad Skelton, Ifinie owslatwInt 44 Wivista Check iiiaii hillest foe **MO thsosi14,--v-,--0.;.-... • ,, 6 ' •*•.* I GOODWill USED CARS AND TtiUCKS •