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trust firm official was prominent in education it suggested governmental halton farmers posted a strong 74 per cent yes vote in favour of the general farm or ganization in last weeks ontario farm plebiscite and ranked sixth among the counties favor ing the new organization neighbouring counties of peel and weritworth also strongly favoured the gfo recording 72 and 61 per cent yes votes res pectively put they were among the minority of 18 out of 54 count ies favouring the gfo as the proposed province wide farm rganization was defeated i nothing is further from the not at smart truth foster said tom faster chairman of the the gfo wouw have been hatton county gfo campaign wei no mote g con trol than the existing farm org- he said there was a poor turnout at the meetings set up to explain gfo and added many farmers voted no rather than approve something they dldfit understand he said the ontario farmers union didnt help settle this confusion when gfo stood for control they had signs up all over the place saying vote no for governmental control said fos- lation allows for another plebis cite in two years time after two i more years of put ting up with farmers union- federatlou of agriculture wrangling ontario fanners should be more ready to vote for the gfo he said committee said today i guess the rest of the prov ince isnt v as smart as we are in halton s animations he added apathy reason why says coulter north halton farm leader roy coulter vice president of the ontario federation of agri culture blamed apathy as the major reason the general farm organization was defeated in last weeks plebiscite foster was pessimistic about j some 90000 ontario farmers chances of a nationwide farm- vote out of a possible 200000 weve seen here in halton ers union being set up next a has to be the major the problems farmers will face month at the winnipeg farmer reason f the defeat he said in the future problems of tax convention ation and halton farmers have realized the peed for a good farm organization to combat them ive heard that the provincial unions have no tention of going national foster said taxation is one of halton farmers biggest prob lems i because of reassessment last year taxes on the average hal- he explained that right from otne beginning of time farmers have been independent business men and the feeling of 1 can make it alone is still prevalent among farmers i dont know who will be going to the convention besides walter miller and his gang from doesnt work ontario he said thats not how our society he added he doesnt see much is run any more he said go- ton farm have risen from 800 sense in ontario farmers geti it ao j doesnt work to 1200 1 i tin into a national organiia- at hc present t tion when they havent got a now with the defeat of the provincial organization gfo we are left to fight this taxation problem by ourselves y have to start these foster said things on a provincial basis 1 foster said realized that the 0ntar a committee of 100 farmers farmer needs a good strong tad been formed to fight high he said there are about 450 and we farm organi- taxes he said the committee working farms in the area and zat he added had hired a lawyer but had hop- allowing for two votes per farm ed for help from the gfo in there would be about 900 elig its fight i ible voters in halton coulter said the federation of agriculture backed the gpo for this reason confusion j we cuuitbwd it involved i we had slightly better than i reason a fo per cent turnout with 4fil oiag he said about what foster noted provincial legis- he said the defeat of the gfo has left the ontario federation pretty much up in the air dscldaj policy he mentioned the federations executive will probably get to gether early this week to de cide policy but added the org anization through oe problem after another has lost about three years of development plans to beef up the federa tion were shelved over two years ago when the movement to combine the federation with the ontario farmers union first got underway he said we worked nearly two years trying to formulate an accept able plan to unite the two organizations but the plans were rejected by both con ventions we have worked since march on this gfo campaign and now that has fallen through he added old plans he suggested that perhaps the plans for beefing up the feder ation will now be taken off the shelf and implemented but add ed the decision would rest with the membership l l skuce active in educa tion in hauon county from 1888 until his retirement died sud denly aft his sundrtdg cottage monday evening june 23rd following hisretuement from education work be was with the halton and peel trust and sav ings company and was manager of the milton branch front 1964 until j068 when he was appoin ted a special representative mr skuce came to halton county and wprfced from mil ton m inspector of public schools from september 1933 until 1998 when he was appoin ted superintendent of trafalgar township public schools when oakville and trafalgar merged in 1982 he was named superin tendent and continued in that position until bis retirement in december 1983 the lome skuce public school in oak ville was named in us honor in the fall of 1964 he was na med manager of the newly op ened branch of halton an peel trust in milton and continued until 1088 when he was appoin ted special representative and business development officer l u skuc3 airs skuce predeceased sir skuce in 1087 well known throughout the county mr sfcuce was also ac- tive in the oakville branch of the victorian order of nurses he was also a member of knox presbyterian chufth oakviule and the masonic lodge a private funeral service was held at lindsay with interment at riverside cemetery lindsay short circuit warning siren sounds in error thb ohoroatown hbrald thursday july 3rd 1969 page school sketch plans approved approval of sketch plans was given thursday by the halton board of education for an addition to centennial public school in georgetown estimated at 170000 and a new public school in moore park subdivision in george town estimated at 643000 other sketch plans for schools approved at the same meeting were those for ryer- eon public school burlington estimated at 200000 and a new public school on prospect street in burlington estimat ed at 598000 concmt oravei building sand i road gravel fill and fop soil garnet bud haines glan williams 8773301 jims steering service complete brake service wheal alignment wheal balancing gamral repairs park street glen williams 8776554 ft it was in the back of our tiiese plans call for a re minds that the gfo could be vamping of the federations con- defeat d out we were ianing stitution and bylaws to bring it halton county gfo vote results halton farmers were deodely in favor of one general farm organization however this was by no means true for the majority of the province of a total of 679 polls in cluding advance polls the number favoring a general farm organization was 39708 while 50622 were opposed giv ing a percentage in favor of only 433 the minimum per centage required to make the gfo a reality was 60 following is the breakdown of how voting went in the four polu in halton question 1 are you in favour of a general farm or ganization with compulsory checkoff pretty heavily on the format ion of the new organization he said up to date on present market ing and farming techniques he explained form executive georgetown campers now cfcf affiliate oakville township boyne community centre nassagaweya township brookville hall esquesing township stewarttown hall burlington township lowville united church 105 total question 2 should each marketing board have a vote on the provincial council of the gfo those who answered yes to question 1 voted as follows yes no ooyne community centre 61 5 brooksville hall 47 4 lowville united church 63 19 stewarttown hall 78 8 georgetown has a new camp ing club the camping club 1 has a new executive and the new executive has an old prob lem strengthening the mem- i bership j a georgetown branch of the i canadian family camping fed- yes no spoiled total eration became a fact thursday i when interested persons most of them already holding cfcf membership voted unanimous ly to add georgetowns name to the rapidly lengthening list of branches the organizational meeting was at the home of gil and audrey ruston 8 stevens cresc the georgetown club nameless for the time being is a spinoff from the brampton ramblers who up until now have been the local club for georgetown cfcf families af filiated with a branch in cfcf clubs offices are held jointly by husband and wife 77 57 103 342 31 14 50 22 1 17 108 71 155 127 461 totals 249 36 those who answered no to question 1 voted as follows ye boyne community centre 12 brookville hall 3 lowville united church 5 stewarttown hall 9 29 no 10 10 9 26 55 question 3 if a gfo is established a should membership require a voluntary payment in addition to any check off b should membership be automatic when a farmer pays a compulsory checkoff c should membership require a minimum amount from a combination of a voluntaary payment and a compul sory checkofff those who voted yes to question 1 voted as follows abc boyne community centre 6 brookville hall 8 lowville united church 8 stewarttown hall 4 accepting office thursday were presidents ted and marg hewitt vice presidents tom and mia van alphen secretar ies ken and hazel gorin treasurers beverley and read whatmough publicity chairmen terry and marie ne harley campsites chairmen henry and 1 ellen rasmussen and program chairmen john and eileen booth will serve in this capacity tem porarily twentysix people attended when driving on freeways the meeting including provinc- know your exit ramp and the ial hoard chairmen bruce and one before it if you make a alice bartleman and jack mistake keep going dont stop and eleanor morrish who or back up bring em back explained the canadian i alive family camping federation what it is and how it operates to the nonmembers active year round the fam ily camp clubs host and visit group eampouti during the camping season and meet month ly through the winter the off season enables them to hear expert speak on topics of in terest to campers such as care and repair of equipment first aid tourism and driving safely and to make plans for the fol lowing summer the new georgetown execu tive will meet twice during the summer and consider such es sentia li at a club name regular meeting place and time a club crest theme and re cruiting the georgetown club is the 21st auhliited with the cfcf a three year old federation form ed to permit canadians to have a voice in the operation and use of the countrys natural re sources to provide information to all interested in the outdoor recreational facilities available in canada and to permit the experiences with others periences with others membership is open to all in dividuals and families inter ested in the sports of trailering camping and hiking residents in howard wrlg- glesworth public school area were startled last week when the air attack warning siren situated on the school grounds moaned low for about five min utes steady tuesday morning however it was s short circuit and not a national emergency which touched it off people within listening dist ance were puzzled is the big grey signal high atop its tower started wailing at about 9 am w bruce mcgregor haltons emergency measures coordin ator said it was likely a short circuit in the wires that touched off the siren he telephoned thel canadian army base in toronto which controls the wren and had them pull the switch until repairs could be made the army is completely in charge the emo office has no control over the siren mri mcgregor explained in case of an emergency the sirens wail would alert resid ents to tune in their radio or tv for instruction in case of an accidental alafrtn like last weeks the emo police and firs departments have instructions to call the toronto base to report the malfunction the air attack siren has a fun nel shaped trumpet on top which revolves when its whine reaches full volume it can he heard all over town and in sur rounding rural areiis reprints of most photos appearing in the herald may be ordered at the offlca 22 main st s or by phoning 8772201 33 22 35 13 40 26 53 22 totals 26 161 those who voted no to question 1 voted as follows boyne community centre 0 brookville hall 1 lowville united church 1 stewarttown hall 6 totajs 8 b 18 8 5 13 44 83 of the 461 people who turned out to vote in halton couity 742 per cent favored a general farm organiza tion of the 369 voters that answered question 2 753 per cent voted yes to the fact that each marketing board have a vote on the provincial council if the gfo was established of the 329 voters who answeire question 3 623 per cent wanted membership in the gfo to b auutomatic when a farmer pays a compulsory checkoff diploma graduates in agriculture 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