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FARMERS PICNIC WILL AGAIN BE HELD AT CRYSTAL BEACH
Severe Weather interfered With Series of Winter Meetings
R.B. Fitzgerald of Fenwick the New President of Welland County Board of Agriculture
[Welland Telegraph, 25 June 1918]
At the annual meeting of the Welland County Board of Agriculture held on Friday afternoon, it was decided to hold the annual picnic this year at Crystal Beach, as in former years. A representative of the Erie Beach Company was present and made an offer of $100 for the picnic, but his majority of the directors felt that Crystal Beach was more centrally located.
H.H. Beam, president, in opening the session, referred to the successful year’s work that had been accomplished. The severe winter, however, had interfered with the series of winter meetings. Not only were some meetings slimly attended because of the storms, but in other cases the speakers could not reach the places and the fixtures had to be cancelled. The total attendance at all the meetings was 395.
The executive committee reported that only two young farmers took advantage of the offer of the board to accept loans for the purchase of breeding sows to the amount of two-thirds of the value. The money advanced is to be returned by the end of this year with interest at 3 p.c.
Officers for the current year were elected as follows:-
Pres- R.B. Fitzgerald, Fenwick.
Vice Pres- A.E. Lawrence, Thorold Twp.
Secy. Treas- W.H. Gainer, Welland.
Executive Committee- E.K. Hampson, W.L. Houck.
Auditors- H.B. Sidey, L.B. Duff.
Winter meetings will be held at the following places next season:-
Fenwick, Marshville, Burnaby, Ridgeway, Stevensville, Humberstone Tp. Hall, Gas Line, Brookfield School, Crowland Tp. Hall, Willoughby Tp. Hall, Southend, Port Robinson, Fonthill.
In the past year, the Board made a grant of $10 each to 13 branches of the Women’s Institute for Red Cross work, and advanced $69 to young farmers to buy breeding sows. The year began with a balance on hand of $672, and closed with $565.
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