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The boat sitter - , # * 2 , is Z Mal iF John Beland checks the heavy deck winch on the John A. France, It will be used when the big laker is unloaded some time this week at the Simcoe Elevators. Writer urges pork farmers to present case to consumers by Ron Jones Can farmers and sumers be friends? It would seem so, if far mers heed the advice of con- Midland writer Shirley Whittington, and if all consumers were as enlightened as the colum nist Mrs. Whittington, who was speaking to 65 farmers at Minesing last Friday, on the occasion of the North Simcoe Pork Producers annual meeting, told her. audience that the pork industry should spend part of its promotion budget on presenting the farmers' case to urban consumers She also stated that the pork producers should devote more attention to shooting down pork myths. She added that eating pink pork wasn't as much a threat to health as smoking Refuting the producers' conviction that consumers are spoiled and lazy, Mrs Whittington insisted con- sumers were shrewd pur- chasing agents. She warned her audience that boycotts do work, admitting that a boycott often hurts the wrong people. She main- tained that "'as a consumer, I reserve the right to boycott." The meeting began at months ahead. 10:30 a.m., with University of Guelph swine specialist Garnet Norrish's presen- tation, which he titled The Refusal to Eat Syndrome Mr. Norrish dealt with several local new Ambrose O'Neill of Township and William Afternoon elections saw men accept responsibilities: Flos Black of Orillia Township by Shirley Whittington John Beland is one of the few men around who has ever been snowed in on a boat. It happened in Owen Sound during a winter season as a boat keeper on a 700 foot laker. This year, John is baby- sitting the John A. France which is tied up alongside the V.W. Scully at the Simcoe Elevator on Midland Bay. His next-ship neighbour, in the Scully, is Ernie Billard. The boat keeper comes aboard in January after the ship has been laid up for the winter and the crews have returned home. He lives on board until the end of March when the crew returns for another season on the lakes. John Beland is a ship's electrician and he'll remain with the France in March. The Montreal born widower says that next year will be his last one on the lakes. He plans to retire to his St. Catharine's home. Meanwhile, he's snug in his quarters on the France. Plastic sheeting is taped over the portholes to keep out the winter breezes and a small auxiliary furnace keeps the place warm. He has his own small kitchen and sleeping cabin, a _ John Beland babysitting 700 television set and telephone. The rest of the ship is empty and quiet. There is paper taped over the passageways to keep the floor clean. The galley, mess rooms and cabins and boiler room are all cleaned and awaiting the return of the crew. Each day Ernie and John have a work schedule. They walk the length of the two ships, they take soundings to see that there is no water in the ballast and check heaters forward on the ship, where the temperature must be kept above 50 degrees. The Scully and the France are due to be unloaded this eee Home Hardware Stores week and special ballast adjustments will have to be made. Power will come from the ships' diesel engines and the big deck winch will be put into operation. t For the rest of the winter, things will be quiet on the big ships. Is it lonely, being the only occupant of an empty and silent 700-foot ship? John Beland has been so busy in the past week with the installation of a new sewage system forward on the France that he says he's going to enjoy the quiet time ahead. BIG DAYS ONLY foot laker Ernie, a Newfoundlander, who has been a ship keeper for 25 years, says time passes quickly. 'I cook up my meals and watch television and walk into tgwn once in a while to Jeet groceries," he says ang-adds reflectively, "Midland's a very quiet town, itvis."' The bay's a quiet place these winter days but it will come to life in the spring and the John A. France and the Scully will be part of the activity. In the meantime, John and Ernie are looking after things. While Stock Lasts problems associated with feeding crops grown in 1974's inhospitable climate, such as corn moulds and excessive weed seed content in cereal grains Another swine specialist, Paul Simmonds, who works out of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food's Markdale office, gave a rundown on expected market and cost influences in the were elected as councilmen to the Ontario Pork Producers' Marketing Board; and Simon Paulin of Tiny Township, Elwood Langman, Albert Van Casteren and Russell Maw of Flos Township, Klaas VanderVeen and Peter Hofman of Medonte, were elected to the board ot the North Simcoe Pork Producers' Association @ Easy financing available 1963 Acadian 1963 Acadian, Lic. 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