Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 25, 1972, p. 9

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Acton Press Wednesday October Select top plowmen Furrow Queen at Saturdays Halton match You know a lot of the fun County Plowing Match at the went out of farming when horses farm of Mrs Grant Campbell were replaced by tractors an near Moffat area farmer observed as Only two teams of horses he watched two teams of horses belonging to brothers Lloyd and compete In Saturdays Stan May of Hornby were In the competition but there were many tractors with plows biting Into the rich soil on the farm In blustery fall weather not sense talking to the trac tors the farmer nostalgically offered because they cant hear you I remember when I used to plow and the dinner bell would go Sometimes I wouldnt hear It but the horses would They had ONLY TWO TEAMS belonging to the May Brothers Stan and competed in Saturdays plowing match Here the high spirited of Stan bust the sod Coles Photos Winter care By Borke McNeill October is the month to dig and store your gladioli However glads should be left in the ground as long as possible This allows them to store nil the energy they can Pick a sunny warm day to wards the end of the month to dig up the bulbs Let the dry in the sun for an hour or two so that the soil will come off easily Cut off the leaves leaving about inch of stem on the Paper bag Place the in a paper bag in a flat or wrap in old nylons them indoors to dry After a few weeks the old and the roots of the new can be re moved and discarded Store the new in dry conditions at about Before stor ing it is a good idea to dust them for control of Use a per cent Sevin dust five per cent thoxychlordustora five per cent dust In the spring all that is left to do is remove the husks and plant the an acute sense of hearing when it to eating Many young There were many who to the plowing match with old memories like Spencer Wilson who will represent as an champion and first competed years ago as a 1ft- but there were many youngsters getting a taste of the competition this year such as 13- yearold Paul of Georgetown who took first prize In class four the Junior and the special as well Or Peter May of Hornby who was runnerup in the class Murray of Burlington was another young plowman who won the Toronto Dominion Bank special for the highest scoring contestant under years at both the Junior and County Mutch Although the number of entries was down from other years tho secretarytreasurer Jack Taylor said Saturdays match was one of the finest he ever attended It might have been low In competitors but the quality of the competition was high he declared Judges were Morrison and Ray Montague from the Ontario Plowmen s association A new class for the business and professional men and women in County attracted 11 entries including several of the political figures who have their names on the ballots in the upcoming federal election winner Winner was Bill Kemp ling the Progressive Conservative candidate in who turned the neatest furrow among those present which included runners up Don Mc Millan and Milton mayor Brian Best Others in the class were M P Don Gordon Liberal candidate Norm McGuinness Oakville councillor Don Gordon and other prominent professional men On the pit the team of George and Tom Bill Robertson and Allan to take top prize Furrow Queens Ontario Furrow Queen Linda ihouldice was present for Saturday match along with s new Furrow Queen Heather Hyatt of Norval Linda is from Shallow Lake while Heather a graduate of Milton high school is well known for her work completing 14 clubs Both were at the banquet in the where the official presentation of the crown and sash to Heather was made by Mary Anderson furrow Queen from Mary was a busy gal during the afternoon acting as plowing coach for many of the entries in the business and professional class The evenings was so well attended that several of the diners had to eat upstarts in Church or as M Whiting described it In the Pew Chairman the evening was Bill president of the Halton Plowmens Association assisted by secretarytreasurer Jack Taylor Entertainment was provided by the orchestra from the Milton Senior Citizens who had the assemblage tapping fingers and toes with some of the old favorites Among the guests were P Jim Snow Ann Mac Arthur who welcomed guests to Warden Jim and Lcn Jefferson second vice president of the Ontario Plowmens association from Wellington county M P Hud Whiting Also introduced were Mr ant Mrs Craig Held on whose farm near the 1074 International Plowing Match will be held Furrow Queen Heather Hyatt spoke for three minutes on how the Plowmen can promote the International In Halton George presented Heather with roses and prize money ihe was Introduced by Jack Morchment Winner Winners of the various classes received prize money and trophies were as follows CI I IT Lloyd May May Hornby In Sod Open Km Keith Georgetown Acton Clan Open Mounted plow two or more Glen Gray John third Man hill Milton fourth Larry I eke I Georgetown Clan four Open Mounted two Mm and Hon Canada Silver Milton by Manaicr third Hurley BERT ROBERTSON OF ACTON took second prize in class two for tractors In hod Keith Leslie of Georgetown was the winner of the class also took a prize in class nine for the utility class hirlton It Ilrkcrlud Dunk 1 1 third lironto Dominion Murray Judar Mel I tint Hit M only Murray flrerkon Hath i- Tractor and ihli May n d Open Keith II It llirvla third Ken fourtl tilth Manhall Iarkln linll lettering Ho win Dunk Law Champion Spencer li mi In in M ItwwMurra lock to top Junior llroonrtdit Allan Show at Fair By Henry J Stanley members of the Club travelled to fair on Monday Oct to tuke part in the Inter club Sheep Competition Twenty club members from the Clubs in Huron North Niagara and mand competed In the market lamb class our members placed as follows David Stan Valerie Knight Stephen Stanley and was Knight In the Junior showmanship class for members 15 and under with the were as follows Second David Stan ley fifth Stephen Stanley seventh Valerie Knight and eighth I a she Knight HALTON PRESIDENT Bill a bachelor is flanked by two pretty furrow queens at the closing plowing match banquet Saturday On his left is Halton Queen Heather Hyatt of Norval while Ontarios Queen of trie Furrow Linda is on his right In the background is the new Halton flog which will be a feature of county events and fly from the flagpole at the International in PAUL won the Eaton Co special for the youngest competitor In Saturdays plowing match Take one take all The ardent young suitor had Just beloved for the girls band young man queried the father do you think you can support a on your income Yes sir I think I can responded the I have a good jobalmost fie dollars an hour and very steady work Good answered the old man somewhat more pleasantly I glad because there are six of IRY and BEEF FEEDERS Master Feeds Georgetown have special winter prices on all dairy and beef feed requirements for the 73 winter months We would appreciate the opportunity to 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