Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), March 1, 1967, p. 17

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i ii vr v imtiiisoli zttw mm j0twjshotmr gordon thomson and haltonpeel horn economist mrs patricia squire instruct members of the newlyorganiz ed acton 4h homemaking club at the first meeting at the home of mrs thomson rr 1 acton saturday morning in the top photo left to right jane fabian shirley savers mary annfrouler kathle lynch and joan gibblna take notes from mrs lynch mrs thomson and mrs squire bottom the same girls inspect savory apple dumplings mrs thomson has just taken from the oven one member irene devries was missing when the photos were taken act ontario vicepresident speaker by geoff taylor ballinafad hal was the loca tion of the acton junior farm ers annual banquet on friday february 17 a record crowd of 120 guests attended to hear guest speaker mrs pat kerr vicepresident of the junior fanners association of on tario give an address entitled what do you give to junior fanners the first president of acton junior farmers archie kerr commented on some of the ac tivities of the club since its organization in 1933 at which time it was called the acton- dale united farmers young peoples organization ufy po chas mckeown being one of the first leaders of the winter sunderland there are several things you can do to avoid the winter blunderiand of driving keep your windshield windows and lights clean start gently-on- ice and snow increase your following distance and pump your brakes to control your stop snow can make the countryside a winter wonder land so use these common sense driving techniques and prevent the winter blunder- land of driving group in 1932 an agricultural short course was held in the area following which the group merged with the ufy po to form the acton junior farmers bert davidson an other former leader also at tended the banquet and dance executive officers for the 1967 club year were elected and are as follows acton junior institute past- president judy britton presi dent carol freeman vicepre sident marilyn kirkwood secretary linda foster trea surer barbara britton acton junior fanners past president don swackhamer president earl burt vicepre sident bryan bessey secre tary harvey burt treasurer albert blom joint secretary for the two clubs lois kirkwood the acton junior farmers and junior institute were quite active during the past year giving donations to the canadian cancer society and to the sick childrens hospi tal in toronto to purchase toys for the children at christ mas in addition to holding monthly meetings the boys and girls combined to hold a tugofwar at the acton fall fair and submitted displays in the junior section at die milton fair cantine miseries garden centre and rower shop artistic designs by caroline west of acton on highway 7 south side member of ufc wire service rtbrbjwbewi m wv rwmwfwmm miv rwiwi rjeltf floral designs for every occasion teu7hone 8532980 anytime onn 7 days a wbk am 1m 7 pja salute to canada 1967 presented by the gueiph college figure skating club i friday and saturday march 17 and 18 at 8 pm guelph memorial gardens heated featuring numbers by the canadian north american world and olympic figure skating team the nut cracker suite- featuring junior members cast of over 300 skaters advance tickets avaoame at act mas children and students 50c r ca tctffth adults by me canadian figure skating association 150 ruth maion president halton junior farmers hetee sends two delegates entries to safety conference by geoff taylor the annual provincial farm safety conference was held at the univeraity of guelph on february 1 and 8 several delegates from the halton farm safety council attended to hear keynote speaker jo seph connell secretarygener al of the kitchenerwaterloo ymca twice proclaimed ci tizen of the year of the twin cities of kitchener and water loo give his interpretation of safety in our environment today under the heading of epidemics today we face epidemics of accidents that we have never had before jnnrder to remedy this we have to teach the young and start in the schools he went on to say we must redesign form equip ment so that it will be safe to operate by anyone safety la not a matter of chance it is a matter of ef fort and is a result of plan ning in the form of posters displays campaigns and de monstrations several speakers were fea tured during the twoday con ference including dr e mas- tronattco chief occupational health services ontario de partment of health his talk was entitled pesticide resi dues and its affect on hu mans dr mastronattco men tioned that one of our most common pesticides ddt has saved 50000 lives alone since 1955 therefore hie continued u of pest is j however there are risks in volved in using these chemi cals which could include acci dental poisoning or occupa tional poisoning caused by be ing in continued contact with rhc pesticides however the ispeakcr mentioned that there have been no reported cases of poisoning to humans as a result of residues left on food in canada and the united slates he mentioned the use of carbon tvchrachloridc a com monly used cleaner that can do damage to the liver if fumes are inhaled therefore people using chemicals should be absolutely certain as to the uses and strengths by thor oughly reading the label be fore use fnuer reabell assistant di rector of safety education ontario department of trans port spoke on the ontario course in modern driving this course deals with modern driving techniques including freeway and defensive driving and is available through the services of the ontario motor league and the ontario safe ly league all accidents are tragic ac cidents the best time to pre vent an accident is before it happens he stated and he left the delegation with this thought make this year a lmuhnklp s ckot t9ms jf fwtw0ff by geoff taylor on saturday february 18 b 15 h j farm er members attended the zone leadership training school held in orangevllle this la an annual training session and deals with public speaking in troducing and thanking speak ers giving dcmonstrationand skits each county participating which included peel dufferin wellington halton and south slmcoe was required to put on a short skit during the af ternoon in addition to this delegates were required to par ticipate actively in all sessions guest speaker mrs don mc- cutcheon the 1956 provincial president of the ontario juni or farmers and former over seas trip winner mentioned year of action take a defen sive driving attitude representatives of the hal ton farm safety council at the provincial conference were mrs tom alderson president of the county organization and gerald carton director several safety displays were entered in competition includ ing an entry from the hornby north 4h homemaking club which won second prize in the display section and the third prize entry in the safety pos ter competition won by grace bird a 4h homemaking club member from the georgetown area by geoff taylor february 15 marked the oc casion of the halton junior farmers annual meeting held in the board room of the on tario department of agricul ture and food milton john mcgee who represent ed halton junior farmers in the problems tfiat each of the l u coun clubs were going through she stated that over the last 10 years junior farmers as individuals have nut changed the problemjtur the clubs are the same as in former years what has chang ed she said is the world uruund you your environ menl is totally different there fore your organization must be geared to realize these chan ges we arc agriculturalists its be proud of the fact that we are farmers and farmers wives as junior farmer members we arc members of the agricultural community mr mccutcheon went on to slate there arc many things that junior farmers can do for you however you cant expect to get anything out of it unless you contribute you only get in proportion to what you ive she further staled this is possibly the greatest thing thai can be obtained by being a junior farmer member if there is one thing i have gain ed froni junior farmers it is the friends i have made am making and will make in years to come the recent public speaking competition toronto present ed his talk on water conser vation to the juniors he stressed the need for improv ed methods of conservation of water supplies and citled many examples of water pol lution in ontario which are rapidly depleting our supply the new eaecutlw was elect- ed and officers are as follows past president harold thomp son president ruth mason v vicepresident don swack- homer secretary lois hunter treasurer ernie alexander press reporter bryan bessey provincial director joy hay- ward joint institute convener wilma mason a certificate was presented to harold thompson by a rep resentative of the hamilton spectator in recognition of his being chosen to attend the fnslern ontario and quebec bus tour this year t sale cars still need safe drivers remember safe op erators can prevent accidents easy slippers after chores means your 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