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Awards to 100 Halton 4H members It was awards night for 100 members of Heltons agricultural clubs on Friday when recipients and donors of trochlea and a host of awards gathered In St Pauls United Church In Milton for the annual ceremony that signals the end of another successful year of work This past year 100 members enrolled in projects They completed 138 of them for a per cent completion There were first year members receiving awards second year mem bers 18 with up to five projects completed 17 with six to projects finished nine with 12 to 17 projects and four senior members with 18 or more projects completed Top member club member in for 1S70 was Keith Aitken who received the J E trophy The Hog Producers trophy for the most outstanding 4 Her with under projects completed went Bill Stokes while Marianne Lepa won the Claude trophy as the outstanding first year Premier club of the year was the Acton 4H Field Crop Club Mary Anderson won the secretary of the year award In their opening remarks agricultural representative Henry J Stanley and his assistant Hugh Cook congratulated all 4H members and thanked the leaders for donating their time and assistance to the program The Kiwanls of the Kingsway was also thanked for providing a bus trip to Toronto for a visit to the Science Centre and for sponsoring the special project awards and scholarships Tops In own club Trophies for the top member In each club were given out as follows Acton 4H Calf Club donated by Nino Braida to Keith Aitken 4H Calf donated by Fred Nurse to Paul Stewart 4H Jersey Guernsey Dual Purpose Shorthorn donated by HoltonPeel Jersey Club to Lob McNabb 4H Beef Calf donated by Halton Peel Beef Improvement Assoc to Janet Hunter Acton 4H Field Crop donated by Soil and Crop Improvement Assoc to Keith Aitken Combined Acton 4H Calf and Field Crop Clubs donated by to Keith Aitken Field Crop donated by Soil and Crop Improvement Assoc to Lome Wilson Halton 4- H Sheep donated by Zone 3 Ontario Sheep Breeders Producers to Keith Aitken Halton Conservation donated by Halton Region Conservation Authority to Cathy 4 H Horse donated by C O Branch to Bill Stokes Winners of judging trophies were Norval Junior Former Trophy Keith Champion Livestock Judge Sandy Bennett Beef Cattle Judging Doug WINNERS WERE REWARDED Friday evening In Milton when 4 H club members wound up their work with an awards night Leader Nino Bralda and president BUI Lasby of the premier A H Top club member has outstanding record club of the year the Acton 4 field crop club are pictured with their trophy and Mary Anderson of Milton who was named secretary of the year Staff Photo Haltons outstanding 4 member of Keith Aitken of Acton has a record that speaks for itself He was awarded the J trophy at Friday awards night Keith has completed projects in nine years of work with of these over 80 percent completion and of the projects over percent He placed first In each of the four projects he undertook this year Out of a possible 1 points in each project he had points in the Acton Calf Club points in the Acton Field Crop Club grain section points In the corn section and points In the Halton Sheep Club At his Achievement Days he was first in Showmanship and his Shorthorn Steer was first in its class at Acton Fair He was first in Showmanship and his market lamb placed first in its class at Georgetown Fair His exhibits of corn and oats both placed first in the Field Crop Club Achievement Day in Acton His exhibit of oats placed In the first prize group at Erin Fair and his Shorthorn Steer was seventh in the first prize group in its class He was fourth in the Senior Section of the Livestock Judging Competition and second in the Senior Seed Judging Com petition In the Seed Judging Competition he won the Small Seeds Judging Trophy and the Coarse Grain Judging Trophy The Norval Junior Farmer Trophy which is awarded to the highest combined score in the County Seed and I Judging Competitions goes to Keith He was awarded the Soil and Crop Im provement Association Trophy for highest standing in the Acton Field Crop Club and the Nino Braida Trophy for the highest standing in the Acton 4H Calf highest standing in these two clubs won him the H Trophy for having the highest combined score He was awarded the Ontario Sheep Breeders and Producers Trophy for the highest standing in the 4H Sheep Club Keith was selected by the Rural Learning Association as a delegate of Ontario to attend a week long Conference in Alberta Halton plowing match at Biggar Bros farm The annual plowing match and Furrow Queen competition is scheduled for Saturday Nov at the Biggar Bros farm in The Furrow Queen contest had to be cancelled earlier in the year but organizers are hoping for a good turnout for the competition The banquet will be held at the Masonic Lodge on Highway Crown attorney Doug Latimer will be guest speaker at the banquet Lot of Variety The event will feature several plowing matches with tractors and horses plus a horse show and horseshoe pitching The annual event draws a large segment of the population each year Contestants for the Queen of the Furrow contest must be years of age and not have reached their birthday by Nov but can be married or single Winner of the event will have the opportunity to go on to the international match year The queen contestants will be judged on the basis of a three minute speech plowing ability appearance and deportment Hundreds of dollars of prizes both In cash and merchandise are donated by merchants businessmen and individuals In the county Guineas Competition at Royal To junior farmers across Canada The Queens Guineas Competition is what the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is all bout The prized guineas are the pot of gold that goes each year to the young 4H Club member who exhibits the Grand Champion beef steer To be eligible fee competition contestants must be years old club members during the current year and prize winners at one local achievement day show Their steers must weigh a minimum of pounds at the October weighIn and have gained pounds a day between May IS and October IS Over EM this year This year judging takes place Friday November culminating months of hard work and mounting anticipation for more than ung competitors Several will be from Halton 4H clubs The tradition of the Guineas dates back to when King Edward VII then Prince of Wales placed a sum of money In trust with the Agriculture and Arts Society of Upper Canada When the Society ceased to exist the fund was turned over to the Ontario Department of Agriculture in perpetuity The Queens Fifty Guineas are provided annually from that fund Judging Is in four classes Aberdeen Angus Hereford Shorthorn and Crossbreds or other breeds The exhibitors of the champion steer In each class receive a cash prize from the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food The Grand Champion is chosen from among The officers for the show ore president J Cameron Marshall first vice president Frank Peacock second vice president William secretary treasurer J H Taylor and past president George Honorary directors Honorary directors include J E Ellenton Stan Maj Claude Picket Ross May George Readhead Spencer Wilson Henry Stanley J C Cunningham and Curne Directors include Clifford WriKgUsworth Vernon Picket Bert Robertson from Esqucsing Lee Wilkinson Jack Marchment and Pickering from Oak Hugh Warmington Sherwood Hume John Breckon and Donald Sherwood from Burlington and Lloyd Stokes and Claude I rig Us from Bryan Marshall May Howard Roszel Jim and Don arc associate directors and Mrs Spencer Wilson George and Jack are Furrow Queen directors Bulls qualify Three Shorthorn breeders recently had bulls qualified under official per formance tests reports the Canadian Shorthorn Association W Gardhousc of Milton had three bulls with average daily gains of and 3 pounds G Bennett of Georgetown three with 3 4 and 3 pounds and S E and Son of Acton two with 3 and 3 3 pound gains Gardhouse Dairy Cattle Judging Stokes CNE Shield High Novice Paul Stewart Royal Bank Trophy Seed Judging John Nurse Small Seeds Judging Keith Aitken Coarse Grains Judging Keith Aitken Cash Crop John Nurse Awards to showmen Winners of showmanship trophies were John WiUmott Champion Beef Doug house Ward Brownrldge Champion Dairy Jane Nixon James McKay Grand Cham pion Doug Gardhouse Farms First Year BUI Allison For a pair of dairy heifers Bob MacDonald won the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce trophy for and John Nixon won the W J trophy in the Jersey or Guernsey section Kiwanls scholar ships went to Acton Calf Club Beryl Beef Calf Club Bruce Stevenson Halton 4H Holstein Calf Club AnnMcClure 4H Jersey Guernsey Dual Purpose Shor thorn Calf Club Marg Robinson Acton 4H Field Crop Club Leah Leslie 4H Field Crop Dennis 4- H Sheep Glen Stevenson Halton Horse Valerie EUa Halton 4H Electric Club Edward Bird Special projects The Klwanis special projects competition winners were Rope Halters Paul Stewart Calf Blankets Carol Nixon Picture Displays Elizabeth Anderson Buildings or Farm Flans Cathy Building Farm miscellaneous Models Craig Harrison Essays Barbara Brownrldge Slides Glen Stevenson Plant Collections Dennis McClure Pedigrees Marg Robinson Showbox Barry Reid Awards were presented by Halton Crop and Soil Im provement Association United Breeders Inc Gub Jersey Club Rosegate Jerseys Guernsey Cottle Breeders Assoc of On tario Ontario Hereford Assoc Ontario Shorthorn Ontario AberdeenAngus Assoc and Eastern Canada Charolais Assoc First year member Marianne most out standing first year member was in two clubs this year In the Jersey Guernsey Dual Purpose Shorthorn Calf she placed and in the Horse Club she placed third Marianne placed ninth In the Showmanship Class at her Achievement Day and her Dual Purpose Shorthorn heifer came first In its class She was second in Showmanship at the Horse Gub Achievement Day and her pony placed first in the Pony Line Class She was in the Junior Section of the Livestock Judging Competition Bill Stokes outstanding member with under projects completed has made nigh standings in three clubs this year In the Halton 4H Field Crop Gub he tied for second place in the 4 Sheep Gub he stood second and in the 4- H Horse he stood first Bill has completed projects In four all with over per cent He has been In the top three In six of these projects First at two fain In his Field Crop project Bill exhibited winter wheat which won him first prize at Milton Fair and was the winning exhibit at Erin Fair In the Sheep he was fourth In the Showmanship and had the fourth place market lamb He was the showman at the Horse Achievement Day and his mare placed first In the line class for horses He placed third in the In termediate Section of the Livestock Judging Competition and was the top Dairy Judge which won him the Champion Dairy Judging Trophy He tied for fourth place In the In termediate section of the Seed Judging Trophy He tied for fourth place in the Intermediate section of the Seed Judging Competition The Mowing are the lists of club members and total points awarded this year on care Judging exam attendance project reports exhibit and showmanship ACTON CALF CLUB Leaders Nino Russell Murray per cent completion Members Keith Aitken 943 Carol 912 Cathy 904 Bob Beryl McEnery 870 Bill Lasby 831 Leah Leslie Barb Brown BOS Sharon Leslie Tom Parker Pot Murray 729 Karen Pierce 716 John Brown 674 Janet US Robert Murray S18 Susan Murray Susan Maly and Rick Wilkinson SOS 4H BEEF CALF CLUB Leaders John Bob Merry Bill Jackson Charles Martin per cent completion Janet Hunter 858 Bruce Stevenson Joe 8S1 Tom Sweetmen 836 Phil Agnew Bill Allison Doug Gar Keith McKinnon Craig Harrison Laura WiUmott Jim McKay Dave Dan WiUmott 771 Doug 4H CALF CLUB Leaders Bert Stewart Al Jeff Nurse BIU Sinclair Delmar Ford Murray Harris Larry Bennett per cent completion Paul Stewart David Ann McGure Les McDonald Grace Bird BUI McDonald Mary Anderson Gary Pat terson 847 Barry Barb John Patterson Eileen MorshaU Karen Marshall Bruce McGee Cathy O 811 Mary Ted Brown 7S3 Pat terson 779 Kathy 770 Charles Cocklln Sandy Bennett Debbie Butchers 745 Joe Anderson 744 Paul 707 Bob MacDonald HALTON 4H JERSEY GUERNSEY DUAL PURPOSE SHORTHORN CALF CLUB Leaders John Walter Ken Ella Lome Ella Mac Alexander Ernie Alexander Harold Pat terson Lois McNabb Ken McNubb Marg Robinson Carol Nixon Jane Nixon 884 Valerie John Nixon Bob Robinson Bruce McKcown Marianne Lepa ACTON 4H FIELD CROP CLUB Leaders Russell Murray Nino 100 per cent completion CORN Keith Aitken Bill Bob Cathy Lasby Tom Parker Carol SomerviUe Scott HAY BUI 918 Bob Lasby Cathy Lasby Tom Porker Norma Leah Leslie Sharon Leslie John Brown GRAIN Keith Aitken 936 Norma Leslie 664 Leah Leslie Sharon Leslie 833 John Brown HALTON 4H FIELD CROP CLUB Leaders Harold Patterson Ernie Alexander BUI Alexander Al Brownrldge Bill Wilson Don Sherwood Pete McCarthy Rosemary Booth Don Nicholson percent completion CORN John Nurse Phil Marg Anderson Keith HAY Mary Anderson Dennis McGure Grace Bird 874 Don McGure 722 GRAIN Lome Wilson Ken McNabb Bill Stokes 903 Edward Bird Joanne Wilson David Taylor Ann Mc Gure Barb Brownrldge STRAWBERRY Norman HALTON 4H CONSERVATION CLUB Leaders Bob Merry Don Harris Cathy Mary Anderson 904 Bob Lasby Bill Lasby Liz Anderson Norma 784 Norman An denon Stokes 4H ELECTRIC GAJB Leaders Keith White BUI Acton Press Wednesday October Roper Ontario Hydro Janet Hunter Mary Anderson Edward Bird Ted Brown 798 Norman Anderson Liz An derson HALTON 4H SHEEPCLUB Leaders Albert Hunter Lloyd Stokes Don Keith Bill Stokes Janet Hunter Norma LesUe David McKinnon Glen Stevenson 810 Doug Keith McKinnon Harris Currie 600 Bert Steward and Nino Bralda and vicepresident of 4H Leaders Council presided over the awards night program Halton MP Whiting Halton east MPP Jim Snow and Halton Warden Alan Day of were among the officials handing out awards Music Earl Burt provided musical entertainment throughout the evening Not all the awards went to the youngsters Club leader cer tificates were awarded to BIU Alexander Bill Sinclair and Lloyd Stokes for completing five years of service and to Nino and John WiUmott for years of service During the evening the Halton Federation of Agriculture scholarships were presented to Anne Ruhl and BUI Chose furrow queen at plowing match By J Stanley On Saturday Nov 7 at the Annual Halton County Plowing Match the Furrow Queen will be chosen A contestant must be 16 years of age and not have reached her birthday by Nov 1970 married or single and residing on a farm in Halton Each contestant is selected on a three minute address her plowing ability appearance and deportment Events commence In the afternoon at the farm of riiggar Bros OakvUle and conclude at the banquet in the Masonic HaU that evening The winner will receive the Peoples Credit Jewellers Trophy and other awards Any young lady interested should At International Plowing Match held at Lindsay earlier this month Mrs Mary Picket our Furrow Queen was third The winner Mary Dolson of Peel County was presented with a new convertible to use during the year of her reign H S HOLDEN OPTOMETRIST Cork SI East GUELPH Phone TA two new mixalls bigger than new or bushel capacity mixing tank now 21 mill new mill to mixing lank auger new high tensile steel frame Beta Into your system FARM EQUIPMENT LIMITED R 3 8544512