m the acton fras pmt wednesday july 2 1969 our readers wei 3 in defence of our docs deaf sir recently itatemenu in the canadian champion and acton free pros and also public notice on canines in my opinion aje invitations to any nut who baa gun to go out arid shoot on sight any dog he sees halted county agricultural representative tor the department of agriculture and food j ii stanley made some claims that i would like him to tubitartuale lie claimed recently that the danue to livestock by caninel will soon drain townships of uvortiet collected from dog taxes let ui tee the statistics to support these claims i know in the township of natugaweya last year dog taxes totalled jm56 and claims paid out to farmers for damage to livestock not all caused by dog totalled s76 1 if it is claimed that farmers are not fully compensated for damage to livestock by dogs that is not the fault of the dog owners il may also be assumed that tome farmers dont claim damages well you cant base acceptable ttatistict on assumptions for by the tame token it can be assumed that tome firmen overclaim legislation on canine control u such that unleu the dog it actually within your household it is fair game for any uditt seeking thrills i am very fond of dogs though i tympalhiie with a firmer who loses part of his livelihood to a vicious dog fox or irresponsible hunter lets h alton county board of education bsiefs a during a regular meeting of the board of education thursday members accepted the tender of bfadfield4leine construction ltd at 191000 for the construction of an addition lo the gordon e perdue high school in oakville and the conversion of a boiler approved the addition and alterations for the thomas a blakelock high school in oakville and the expected budget of sl9o0000 new construction is expected to cost si3nj0oo adopted policy statements on fringe benefits and benefits for parttime secretarial employees approved in principle recommendations from the committee on communication and community relations the recommendations included a continuation of boardstaff meetings the publication of llalton county education news and other meetings with municipal officials decided to seek meetings with municipal officials lo discuss speed limits in the neighboihood of schools the board objected to a recent increase in the speed limit on new si in builington which handles pupils from a number of schools the limit had been laised from 30 to 40 adopled a recommendation hut the boards bylaw be amended to establish the regular meetings of the board on the second and fourth thursday of each month ut 8 is previously meetings had been at 7 jo unless a committee of the whole wat convened since this was normally done it was decided to set the tegular time at 815 to avoid any public confuuon vote of confidence given rud whiting llalton mp rud whiting received a unanimous vote of confidence from the executive of the llalton and llalton east liberal association earlier this week mr whiting hat just celebrated the first anniversary of hit election to parliament il wis no platitude said david butler association president in our opinion and the opinion of many votett in this tiding rud it one of the most dedicated and hardestworking members of any of the representatives from anywhere in canada he works long hours in ottawa during the week and then comet home on weekends to put in more long and hard hours you couldn t ask for more dedication and effort from anyone butler said butler said whiting will be honored at a dinnerdance which the association it planning for the fall at the tame meeting the auoclitlon executive also pasted resolutions to write prime minister pierre elliot tnideau requesting the allocation of fundi for research facilities for backbenchers to write the prime minister requesting tax deduction benefiti for persons who financially support political parties x m z pv compare the rules of the game if my dog is loose in the city and it is picked up by the dogcatcher i can retrieve it tor a lee in the country if my dog escorts my children to the school but atop he cart be shot and there is little i can do about il on the other hand if a farmers gale it left open arid hit pigs goals cattle horiet geese or sheep i have had them stray on my property trample or devour my shrubt or garden and i shoot one of them the tertuuef will surely hit the fan there it a lot of hysteria over dopperiodlcally we hear of packs of wild dogs the panic subsides and we hear k more about them last year a woman complained at a council meeting of a pack of wdd dogs ravaging her sheep attacking her children it didnt occur to me untd after the meeting thai this womans next door neighbor wat the deputy game warden and a small arms expert yet he was never notified in the area of lite fifth line and i 5 sideroad in natugaweya several good dogs have disappeared recently i myself when searching for one of my dogs found a puppy lied to a fence and blasted to death a neighbor of mine has just this week received a phone call the caller threatening to thoot his dogs the trouble is of course the legislation it wat not wntlen by farmers for farmers and the average farmer not all cant tee anything of value on four legs unleu it can be shipped william a johnson rr 2 rockwood wi hohtein thb has discussion on dairy breed three and a quarter million acre are devoted to orowlno hay in ontario lost year this ejsve total farm value of 130878000 according to crop toeciallst with the ontario department of agriculture and food baled hay la 742 per cent sa yes mm till th backbon of ttoted fding no coitly ttor09 itructurih tv involved better ovtlonwl mthinv will reduce th lbot involved in wvdllng hy balt smaller bat v becoming more popular hy grate hird the june meeting or the ha ho ii 411 hnhtcin calf club wa held on 7 liurtuay june i at h pm jt the nue of itert stewart paul itinnelt opened the meeting jjnet hunter read lite- minute n the previous gjtierml and the nwmhm amwerejl he n cj ted fefuk the new aimtant agricultural representative wj introduced to die member 1 swat bolt do you iuv4 vcji bell in your car o you uu them mjny people uu them only when travelling long dm antes lint iy j fallacy ince mol accident happen within j few nule ol home why not c into the lubit of buckling up every time you get tnlo the cur i ike uivurame we hope you never need it hut heller lo uu- j hell and not need it dun ft need il jnd mil tw wearing il the club divided into two groups junior member under the direction of llarry bennett dncuued the variout dairy breeds arid their registration requirement itert stewart tjuglil j lev wvf on the breeding vyitcmt jnd method uiej in auoujiion with dairy cattle two quiyev were jnswered on the diuiiuton i he teniort under the leadership of till sinclair and al llfownndge ditcuiscd culling j i id viie selection in allocution wiui dairy herd improvement quiycv were al anvwered on tlieve ilwiivnm when the group joined again the members were informed of the llalton 411 club hui trip lo fmonto on july ii john aldcuon and mary mcgee thanked mr stewart for having the meeting al hit home de lie tout refreshn0rt1 concluded the evenmg plaque to honor world wheat king a historical plaque honoring w i reckon ontarios first winner of the worldwlvit king title in i0s4 wui he trerted at the w i hrecknn school in burlington the county board of i ducatiori granted pemtiuion thursday 10 the oitjno llittorica site contmiuion to ereit the pljque r site t being marked in conjunction with 119 burlington historical society and a september unveiling it anticipated halton farmers favor gfo dy ted pcluk assistant agricultuial rcnreunulive hilton farmers were decidedly in favor of one general farm organization however this was by no means iruc for hie majority of hie province of a tolal ufv79 polls including advance polls the number favoring a general farm organisation was w70h while 50622 wcie opposed giving a percentage in favor of only 433 per cent the minimum percentage required lo make ihcgf o a reality was 60 per cent following is the breakdown of how voting wenl in llic four polls in llallon question i aic you in favor of a general farm organization wild compulsory checkoff yes no spoiled tolal boync community centre 77 31 0 108 brookvillc hall 57 m 0 71 lowvillc united church 105 22 o 127 stcwarltown hall 103 50 2 155 totals 342 117 2 461 question 2 should each marketing board have a vole on the provincial council of the gfo those who answered yes lo question i voted as follows yes no boync community centre 61 5 brookvillc hall 47 4 lowvillc united church 63 l stcwarltown hall 7h h totals 249 36 those who answered no to question i voted as follows yes no boyne community centre 12 10 brookvillc hall 3 10 lowvillc united church s stcwarltown hall 9 26 tolal 29 55 question 3 if a gfo is established a should membership require a voluntary payment in addition lo any checkoff b should membership be automatic when a farmer pays a compulsory checkofp 17 should membership require a minimum amount from a combination of a voluntary payment and a compulsory checkoff aoststttslsttidtisststssitiass live entertainment eve9y frday and saturday night featuring this week the hidwesthnekts dominion hotel mom fmd a hoffman optometrist m st ocorstac sq 6u4pbont v notice anyone or any organization interested in entering a floater floats in the acton fall fair parade please contact mrs i swackhamer 8530398 mrs j marshall 8531395 those who voted yes to question i voicd j lollows boyne community ccniic drookville hall lowvillc united church stcwarltown hall totals those who voted no to question i voicd as loltuws a ii li 31 k is it h 411 26 4 si 2 61 hi a ii i 1 ik h i 1 s 1 1 1 1 h 14 7 boync community centre brookvillc hall lowvillc united church stewarttown mall totals of the 461 people who turned out lo vole in llallon county 742 per cent favored j general farm orgamjtion ot the mm voters who 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