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th acton free press thursday december 6th 1956 ftugcfll bcilhurtz of bruce station ont a past president of the ontario plowmens assoc iation and manager of the can adian plowing team at the re cent fourth annual world plow ing match at shillingford near oxford england has sent home onthespot report of his trip with team members robert tim bers of stouffx ille ont and ed win detnman of portage la prairie man here is the con eluding report by ruaaell bcilharti oxford england the day of the fourth annual world plowing match held at nearbv shillingford was highlighted toy tlw acclamation of this years world champion plow man and a ccre- monjr m which the duke of glou coster uncle of quoin elizabeth paid tribute tn the plow mens olympic- i as 1 mentioned in m lit lettei the fmt da of the txxo ila match was giv en ox er to stubble plow me and the two plowmen xiho in in opinion stixxi out were hugh bin of northern inland xxorld chump- ion for the list i w o j ears and robert timbers of stouffvillc ont the can adian champion plowman ed- w in demman of i portage la pr n- i rie man the j other member i of the cannd tboh timbers lan lo dd fare so well because of soil stuk ink to his mould boird although he finished among the top ten of the 25 contestants from the lj com peting nations 1 hi soi ond da x is i gralind pi iu mil fir us llu ut ittui is i m 1 1 riled it w i- mm 1 its the pre iws tin with low 1 vini fog th it t c lcired u tl il in pi gii vst i hut tl u there w is m i 1 iriit t nowd on l i hand m ffu t mm h i it i i th in w is i j n r beilhara the red rocket that would op en the contest the ijiots were all in a row and numbered i from one to 25 mickey dcm- i man had num- ber 25 and had j to open his own castoff this was two edwlm ear sod of ley as they call it heref but it was in better condition for i plowing than the stubble land the tup growth was fairly heavy jsob fin il had drawn a good plot and his op ixpihted til admission- i r 11uhx mid ening furrow was excellent mick- e also hid a wonderful start and was show ing great skill until he ran into trouble at the finish with the last furiow and mile furrow on the other hand bob carried his good start right through to an ex cellcnt finish but i must confess hen i became unite xittruod and feared that he wouldnt hae tn niigh time to finish i spok to the stewards lsking if time could be illowed for the evtr i strike and the decided to give him an addit ional ten minutes i didnt tell bob md ls it happened he didnt need the etr i time he had turned in the last furrow as the rocket sig nailing the close of tlw in iti h soar cd ibove the fiehi i luuxis1 i sigh of relief at that point 1 felt confident that we had a winner in bob judging fiomthe n marks one heard on all sides that conf idenco xx is w idi i shared but it would be an hunt or more before we knew the results or at least until after the ceremoiu of the uneiling of the peue i urn b the duke of gloucester the peaee c urns as 1 mentioned m mx firt letter are made of stones an mged in a semi p rimid tlu ir put pose is to mirk the sites of world plowing m hi his in w is iriitisil it cobourg to rommi i niorile the first world miuli in 1lit when plownitn from 11 loun l in guests in c inidi of in oil notln i wis ltnxiilid il it lips il i sw eden 1 1n a note of pageantry was struck during the unveiling of a peace cairn at the fourth annual world plowing match at shillingford england by girls in national costume russell beilhariz of bruce station ont canadian team manager is at extreme right best canadian plowman was robert timbers who came fourth in the contest for the esso golden plow that is how nearly every team manager feels who lives through everj step his plowbos take and who has pinned high hopes on the outcome before dropping off to sleep i told myself there s inoth er ear and another match may be 1957 is canadas xear suigton museum it 13 regarded as the ancestor of the modern plow in use in mam parts of the wcmerii world it was alio the model for the esso golden plow trophv sm- hol of world plow irut supremacv whuti is awarded to the winner of ihe vmirld match th unveiling ceremonv was a 1111 morabtc event it created quite a bit of excitement as people here seem to love pageanlrv and thcx definitelv respect roxaltx 111 do mi best to describe wrhit took pi ice but feel i w oivt do justlie to this great event the cairn was lot ited ntir the scene of hxiai s plowing and 1111 id ent ill this iland is owned md op entect hi on of the oldest colli ges 111 ovtord 11 flag poles eaih 11 ing tin fl ig of 1 competing 101111 ti foi m d 1 miiut 111 front of tlu 1 in 11 n iiiii pi 11 1 1 urn is derived fiom tin theme of these m itches i u e the d 11 stutnl with tin 1 iistom through tile plow iry parad of judges coiihcs and around the top portion of the contestants mwnugh the dt mon li urn is a kind or surround of stratum grounds md mil to the j nitive stones bearing the mmts of fields this n is begun m houi tin compting countries and con earlier than tin previous dai and j tributed by them surmounting all an i8th the contestants wire all 111 place bv 1 is a threefoot replica of 11 oclock uting for the firing of i centuri norfolk plow in the ken hi foi tin 111 11 il of tin 101 il put tin 11 plowing i mis took up positions in fiont of the fl ig 1 poll s go ird of honoi in full duss itnifoini w 1- ill iwn up and tin 11 wire also ro il trumiietirs in thi 11 lolnrftil ti ippings an offici il tn iiibts of office who aited us m istei nf ci rt monies mil an an h bishop icconipanied bi his chap- i un st hiding bvthe corners of the 1 urn w en girls in pi nod t ostumes of the british isles into this square drov e the duke and duchess of gloucester accom panted bv a party including j d thomas of toronto president of the world plowing match after alighting from the carj d thom as presented the members of the teams to their roial highnesses following the presentation the duke proceeded to a dais w hen he delivered i short address at this point the costumed girls pulled the cords th it unveiled the peace cairn was over and so was the fourth annual world plowing match as soon is the royal party drove off there was a rush to the head quarters to find out the results but the officials were still bus tallying the scores when finally it was an nounced that hugh barr of north ern ireland was again the world champion there was a cheer there were also some disappointed people including mself of course b now xou all know the results but just to refresh your mimor here is how our bovs made out robert timbers fourth place with a total of 152 40 edwin demman tenth with 147 50 hugh barr the winner received 165 75 hunts bai k at the hotel we cleaned up for the ost mitih banquet it mas 1 loieli dinner and the speeches w 1 n short md interesting but w tw 11 thei t urn to the iwirdmgof the ksso goldt 11 plow tropin i filt tind md 1 little sick md lift to i lo nil hotel but i suppose j then tin irchhishop offered up a i prmi ind at its lomlusion the band 11 lompaniod b the 101 il j trump tcis pi id omi sin thi qui 1 n during tlu pi i ing of thi 11 it ion il inthi 111 plow nn n f 1 oni t uh of thi u 1111- l in i 1 wired then oimtiies ilags uhill the fl ig- itii to list itrimom make your selection from guelphs largest display of trains electric hornbdublo sets and accessories lionel train sets and accessories windup hornby train sets see them operate kennedys bookstore 125 wyndham st gueiph ont new officers named by alert auxiliary the november meeunj of the alert evening auxiliary was held at the home of miss marjorle hall mrs g mussclle was convener of the program miss laura wiles read the scripture and mrs j inglis took the prayer mrs g mussce and mrs j davidson took charge of the study mrs f anderson very fittingly dedicated a mcmoriam to mrs robert ohara a beloved member who passed on a short time ago the mcmoriam is to be hung in knox church during the business the election of officers for the coming year was held they are as follows honor ary president mrs a mckcnzie president mrs j inglis first vice- president mrs g young second vicepresident mrs g mussclle secretary mrs j jocque issistant secretiri mrs k anderson treas urer miss e cole assistant tnas urer mrs c irishman glad tidings secretary mrs k dodds life membership committei mrs j davidson mrs f ander son welcome and welfare commit tee mrs r turner mrs ineson supply committee miss marjorle hall mrs g mussclle program committee mrs j davidson mrs e l clifton mrs g young miss bcuamayc boszeu proas reporter mrs j jocque pianist mrs a k mann assistant pianist mrs ml mccullough the meeting closed with the mupab benediction and social half hour followed have you vkttb santas toylap hinton s basmmmt stoke theres nothing to it men shortill sheet metal plumbing ft heating gar wood furnaces eavestroughing 114 churchill road phone 464 heres the formula for pleasing that special person in your life wife mother sister daughter or sweetheart television service by r w grant phone days 594 acton nights 702 located at watsons music store shoes suppers snow boots luggage purses hosiery all these ingredients are found in our store i v v y y y y y y y y y y y j y y y y y y y v y y y y two ontario members of the canadian plowing team russet j beilharv bruce station left and robert timbers stguffville were i presented to the duke of gloucester at shillingforccrfiiqland during the world plowing match in october mission band sends crafts to indians soci ctar of mismoii ruuin for the fvni tt r mrs ni nun mi ihmild of cokv ilk w i the nut st njh iker at tk thinkoffii tug mevt- inj 01 the 1nuivt churfti mivion band ftor shi was introduced b mlss v z bi n h t sin shkc to thi ounstirs and utults iir thinks kixni laul migiuhu thinkcil her and siuaniii ui m pusmtiit hot with a s ft kiilht childri i sui i in l son tho kiusts iviwd lidkt 1 ii ad he scripture pantomiin on thmksim was put on l lohnn 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