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aw on gmv MW wA no no Mn Victor Garlick 7X wonders who is going to get the soldier in the First World Wa bugle hes had since he was Itiyearold dont want it to go to someone whos going to throw it on the dump he says The bugle is just part of iarlicks Collection of memoribilia from both world wars and hes looking for suitable organization to give it to Ilis only son has no in terest in the Collection he says Examiner Ihoto Soldier seeks home for war mementos Its just small flimsy looking string of beads but Victor Garlick will never forget the story behind it Go back almost 60 years to the end of the First World War Victor Garlick now of Sandycove Acres was teen age private marching through Mons in France and girl of about 14 sat down to an outdoor piano to play La Marseillaise for the victorioustroops Suddenly the piano explos ed The girl had hit key which tripped German booby trap and the force of the blast threw the mortally wounded youngster into Garlicks arms Before she died she gave me those beads he recalls Garlick is 78 now He still has the beads along with his bugle from the same war victory and service medals and discharge papers from both wars his old pay bOoks with entries in dollars pounds and francs rosary given him by priest after the bombing of Rheims cathedral pin representing 51 blood donations photographs newspaper clippings 1945 beer ration book with some coupons left see didnt drink all my beer he says and even 1919 letter from girl he met UVLISCHS And he doesnt want to give it to nephews nieces or adoptive grandchildren who are too young to appreciate it properly histead he hopes to find museum or historical group which might be interested in his memen tos Those things are very dear to my heart he says lhavent got much longer Id like to see them somewhere where theyll be taken care of after Im gone Garlick was born in Toron to iii 1899 He started work at 14 as streetcar switch boy then enlisted in the army at 16 He started out as bugler but sOon went overseas As soon as you got to England you lost your bugle he recalls They handed you rifle He served in France Belgium and Germany was at Ypres Cambrai laSsChendaele Vimy Ridge and variety of other bat tles was gassed slightly on three or four occasions and lost 16 teeth to piece of shrapnel They havent even got it in my records he says Unless you were off duty 24 homs they didnt consider it wound He went back in the anny in 1941 as sergeant inst rue tor trained officers for time at Brockvillc switched to the air force in 1943 step which cost him demo tion to corporal served as trumpet and drum instructor in Ontario and Saskat chewan and was discharged on compassionate grounds due to his first wifes illness in 1945 without having left Canada He retired from the Toron to Transit Commission in 1961 For the past four years he and his second wife his first died in 1950 have lived in Sandycove Acres Looking back Garlick has mixed feelings about his war service wouldnt have missed it he says but wouldnt go back No way Warsout As much as he cherishes his memories and his mementos Garlick makes it clear that he has no very glorious view of warfare and he belongs to no veterans organizations He describes one such group as made up of beerswilling liars who claim to have Won the war singehanded Once he met German whose father was killed in the First World War May be it was you that killed my father the man told Garlick who recalls that the remark cut me to the core have you ever killed man What if you had to say yes human beings mothers sons and fathers Sons think was damn f0ol then Garlick sits in his living rOom among his mementos wondering who wants them Hes alert and active but his wife is recovering from heart attack and he cant help but Wonder how near his time is lle handles his badges and his papers lOV ingly but he shakes be head over the wars they remind him of What does it bring you he asks What do you end up with Nothing Form vehicle regulations explained to 90 delegates verdimensional farm vehi cle regulations were the topic ol meeting held in Midliurst Ju ly 19 sponsored by the Nortt SimCoe Crop and Soil Associa tion and the Simcoe County Safety Association Doug Cowan safety informa tion officer with the ntaric Ministry of Transportation and Communications was present to answer questions from the approximately 90 farmers who attended The regulations came into ef fect April and Ted Whitworth said meeting is just being held now because Farmers were slow to accept the changes He said the biggest changes have been in relation to road transportation by farm vehicles mainly in regard to lighting ADDED EXPENSE This is going to mean an ad ded expense in installing the lights as well as maintaining them Under certain cir cumstances daytime ligiting is required In poor visibility or when vehicle is over 12 feet six inches wide it must carry two flashing amber lamps front and rear or rotating amber roof lamp During night hours two flashing amber lamps are re quired front and rear and either rotating amber roof lamp or eseort vehicles front and rear If vehicle is over 16 feet wide it must haVe an escort vehicle front and rear The regulations were ac cepted reasonably well by the farmers who were at the meet ing Whit worth said Whitworth says there are more farm vehicles on the road now with the increase in the practice of rent ing extra acres LICENCE CLASSES Licence classifications which will come into effect Feb 1978 were the topic of much discussion during the meeting Some of the men were eon cerned whether they would have to be tested if their classification changed from toaDstatus If farmer stays in farming he can operate his farm trucks under licence and so can his hired help status stands for general which is what most car owners Would come under status required for taking vehicles over an 18000 gross weight on the highway OPP ENFORCEI The main purpose of this meeting was to make fanners aware of the regulations and explain what is required of them Whitwort said The biggest problem is that if farmer gets into an acci dent and he hasnt complied with the regulations we all know whos fault it will be Whitworth said he knows of several charges which have already been laid by the On tario Provincial regards to the regulations on lighting but none have gone to court as yet Virtually all farmers Virtually all genuine farmers will be exempt from land speculation tax under amend ments to tax legislation passed this month at Queens Park says MPP George McCague tPCDufferinSimcoe in report to constituents Other bills passed make it possible for farm commodity groups to set up funds to protect producers from financial loss in case of bankruptcy by food pro cessors and remove the land transfer tax from sales of com mercial industrial and residential land to non residents exempt from spec tax Under changes to the land speculation tax farmers who have owned and actively farm ed property for 10 years or more have no liability for the tax with proportionate reduc tions for those who have owned and fanned their land for less than 10 years Police in North Simcoe judging draws 134 4Hmembers ELMVALE Dozens of 4H agricultural club members braved 102 degree temp eratures to judge cows sheep swine and as well as take part in crop management and farm safety exercises here FARM SAFETY Ted Whitworth consultant with Farm Safety Association Inc gave slide presentation showing unsafe conditions around farm The audience was asked to pick out the Worst thing in the pictures which could cause injury Following lunch WhitWorth identified what was wrong with each picture Some oohs aahs and groans were heard as he revealed the answers but for the most part the 4Hers had spotted the unsafe conditions with no problem The contestants were divided into four categories novice 12 to 14yearold firstyear 4H Due to foot injury Carol Tripp of the oldwater and District tll alf Club had to give her reasons on crutch to judge Rob llumphries who is one of three agricultural represen tatives from the Elmvale Ministry of Agricultural and Food Office arol was one of 13 contestants who took part in the Annual North Simcoc Livestock and Crops Evaluation Competition held in Elmvale last Wednesday tEaminer Photo County will spend $2000 promoting 1981 plow match MIDHURST cuff Reeve James Elder chairman of agriculture will head Simcoc County delegation which will be visiting the 1977 international plowing match in Frontenac county Sept 27 to Oct for the purpose of getting ideas for the promotion of the 1981 match to be held in Simcoe County The sum of $2000 for the pro motion of the 1981 match is in cluded in Simcoes Countys current agricultural budget Last year the county alloted $1000 for the same purpose Except that it will be held somewhere in Simcoe County the site for the match has not yet been decided Different possibilities have been men tioned in discussions The 1981 international match will be the fourth to be held in Simcoe County by the Ontario Plowmens Association all of them at different sites The first was held almost 40 years ago in 1938 at location near Minesing The second was held 14 years later in 1951 in the Alliston area and the fourth on the Conces sion of Innisfil near Thornton in I967 Among county winners at the match 10 years ago were Keith Robinson of the ookstown area who placed fourth in the top competition Larry Maw of Minesing winner of the junior class and lack Priest of Minesing in the horse show plowing event Ken McDonald of RR4 Bar rie in jointer plow class An drew Cowan of RRI Thornton William Thomas Thornton and Harry Priest of Minesing were among other county plowmen who won awards Murray Maw and Warren Giffen placed sixth out of 15 in the intersecondary school plowing competition which was won by Brick High School team from Cannington Now member of the ex ecutive of the sponsoring On tario Plowmens Association Reeve John Fennell of West Gwillimbur has played an ac tive role in the successful negotiations which resulted in Simcoc County being awarded the 1981 match Mr Fennell was active on the 1967 country committee which was headed by Reeve Lloyd Pridham of Sunnidalc Reeve James Elder of Tosorontio is the current chairman of the countys agricultural commit tee Other members of the pre sent agricultural committee in clude Reeve Alex Finlay of Flos Deputy Reeve Roy Gan dhouse of Tecumseth Reeve Bill alverley 0f Orillia and Deputy Reeve Bill Vancise 0f Nottawasaga along with the warden Reeve Allan Glassford of Techumseth Old records show Lord Tweedsmuir then Governor General of Canada visited the 1938 international plowing match at Minesing Flats George Patterson of Port McNicoll who was Simcoe County warden headed the welcoming committee along with Carroll secretary manager of the Ontario Plowmens Association Much interest was shown in womens plowing competition reports of the time showed Isabel Carr of Cloverdale Farms Allandale stirred ex citement among county plow ing enthusiasts by winning the novice tractor plowing class for girls with special award for best finish Another county winner in the womens division that year was Mrs Archie Latour of Waubaushene who Won prize for plowing in the class for single walking plows Daily broadcasts were made from the scene by Rex Frost wellknown radio commcnator at that time Awards were presented at banquet held in the armouries at Barrie The Mitchell llepburn tor phy in the mens horse plowing class went to Lloyd Marquis of Sunderland Mel LOcking of Guthrie George Hilton of Loretto George McGinnis of Elmvale and Maurice Patton of Lisle were competitors from the county who made good showings in this class Now Simcoe County chair man of finance Morris Darby of Waverley was among the younger plowmen to take part and be surprised by capturing the AJK Eckardt trophy for first place in the horse class in stubble open for those who had not competed before in an inter national match Ernest Home of Orillia was sixth in this keenly contested class with SD Cotton of Elmvale seventh Ken McDonald of Edenvale eighth Bill Vancise of Stayner 10th Frank Cowan of Thornton 11th and John Martin of Stayner 13th Among others from Simcoe County in the 43 entries to receive special mention were John Scott of Bradford James Grant of Stayner James McGinnis of Phelpston Bill Peacock of Minesing Wilf Fidley of Thornton Marshall Campbell of Churchill and Cecil Johnson of Cookstown For boys 18 and under Bob Halt of Edenvale made the best showing for county entries with Ken McDonald of Allandale Mike Tymchuck of Stayner Vancise of Stayner James Graves of Minesing and Jim Brack of Duntroon also promi nent Harris Sage of Minesing captured the tractor event in stubble open among 19 entries In the intercounty competition open to one team of three plowmen South Simcoe finish ed 12th and North Simcoc 18 Bill Vancise Vancise and Lebeck made up the South Sim coc team In the class for high cut plows drawn by horses George McGinnis of Elmvale made the best county showing in sod The winner was Cameron Walk ington of King Bert Grant of Stayner finish ed ninth in the jointer plow class which was another highlight of that memorable In the final horse SllWO Tudhope of Hawkestone was the winner and it was noted 15 out of 20 prizewinning entries were from Simcoe County The opening days attendance was listed at 18000 with 25000 on the second day The weeks attendance was reported in ex cess of80000 members juniors 13 and 14 year olds intermediate 15 and 16 year olds and the seniors 17 to 19 year olds MUST GIVE REASONS Lunch hour was used to grab quick bite to eat some shade and write out reasons for listing the animals in the order each contestant bad deéided on At pm 12 judges began to listen to the reasons each par ticipant had for placing the animals in the order they did place this class as 3241 for the following reasons was the way each one began his or her presentation to thejudges July Burton 16 first time contestant from Orillia said she used such terms as square body long loin good leg of lamb compact uniform and well proportioned when giving her reasons for rating the sheep in the order she bad This is Judys first year in the agricultural club but she says she has been member of homemaking club for four years am really enjoying today think Ive learned lot and Ill be back again next year Next years she will be in the harder senior division We will be provided with production statistics next year which we have to use to justify our choice The seniors are makcd lot harder EXPERIENCE PAYS OFF Bob Humphries agricultural representative out of the Elmvale Agriculture and FOod office says some of the seniors have had six years experience and are just as good as the pro fessionals Larry Gardiner 18 four year veteran of the competition says he plans to enter again next year He comes from mixed farm mainly dairy at Wyebridge and was top judge of last years competition As result he went to the Canadian National Exhibition to compete in judging there Cash prizes are awarded to the top 10 placings in each divi sion As well there are special awards including the CNE Shield Junior Farmers Inter Club Trophy InterClub Trophy Junior Farmers Trophies and Championship Judge Winners of the local judging competition form team which competes with 15 other counties at the CNE PUBLIC SPEAKING The contestants did not Janice Mawdslcy of the Orillia tll calf club uses part of her lunch hour to write oltt her reasons for placing the animals she had judged in the morning in the order she did The event was held at the Elmvale Fair tirounds and spon sored by the North Simcoc lunior Iltarmers ssociation and directed by the Ontario Ministry of gicultural and Food Janice lives at llawkestone tIIaminer lhoto necessarily have to have their choices in the same order as the judges but they were required to give accurate reasons to stip port their placing Chris Goody agricultural representative lrom the Elmvale office who organized the days activities said the competition not only gives the participants experience in judging but also in public Speaking making decisions and having to back them up orally Nancy Tripp member of the Toldwater 4vll beef and dairy club said she has been entering the Competition for four years Each year different set of animals is used and through this gain more experience each time enter ARCHED BACKTUE Rl MI When giving her reasons lor her choice of the best swine en tries Nancy said she terms like nice round shoulders arched back square hips In the dairy heifer class she told the judges the cow which she chose as number one had long back level udder floor wide rump strong feet and it stands st raight Judy Burton who is in the same club said she told the judge her choice for number one in the beet class was well niuscled square through the back had st raight back and smooth glossy hide SlClIl IDENTIFHATIUV As part the soil and crop management study undertaken by most 4ll agricultural groups tests were given in seed weed and insect iden tificat ion and hay judging Judges for the afternoon con sist ed of eight lll leaders and tour experts Doug Dickie heard reasons for their choices from the seniors in the beef class Jack Rtxlenlxrg dairy Don Sityenson sheep and Paul Sim mons heard reasons for the swine choiCcs Only the senior groups was required to give their reasons to thecxpcrts lnlil 1972 the judging coin petition included all ot Simcoc ouny aiidwas held In Harrie Once it got too large North Simcoc began holding its own in Elmvale On Aug 11 demonstration competition will be held at the Elmvale olfice and the winners of this event will join the judg ingteaintogotothetNlI know your county The winner of last weeks Know Your County Contest is Rita Thompson of Harvie Road West Innisfil Township She conectly identified the Holly Community Centre As winner she will receive Sunday dinner roast from Brennans Meat Market on Maple Avenue If you can identify this north Sim coe landmark send your answer to Know Your County The Examiner Box 370 Banie nt IAM 4T6 Draw for winner from all correct answers received is made at noon on Satur day