February 11, 1976

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Bank of Montreal wins Community Bonspiel: The Community Bonspiel for 1976 is now history. This all-week event involved 192 curlers and numerous other watchers, cheerer-onners, organizers and sandwich makers. There is no doubt it will become an annual event and the interesting trophy, built for the club by Bob Findlay, goes this year to the team from the Bank of Montreal.

Responsible in large measure for the tremendous success of the bonspiel were Bill Kuehl and Brian Harris looking after entries, Doug Young and Maurice Lemay in charge of prizes, Bob Cowley, Bill Watson and Frank Finnigan operating the bar, Doris Hodgins managing the kitchen, René Latreill and Robert Alexander scoring, Alfred Bretzlaff and Creighton Steeves responsible for ice and Peter MacIntosh on publicity. Harold Hall, club president, hoped the bonspiel would help make the club into more of a recreational and social centre of the community than it is. He felt that due to the overwhelming support shown by entries and prize donations this could be accomplished. In addition, the bonspiel introduces curling to many new curlers who will undoubtedly come back to curl at future public bonspiels, as pay-as-you-curl curlers, or to join the club as regular members.

Farm loans for 1975 crop loss: The Quebec Department of Agriculture is offering loans to farmers to allow them to buy feed due to the shortage of feed caused by dry weather last summer. A loan up to $10,000 per farm can be approved. Loans are interest free up to December 1, 1976 and the regular bank rate less 5% for the remainder of the four year term of the loan.

The amount of loan is determined by the acres in crop and are as follows: Tobacco $300.00, Potatoes $300.00, Horticulture $300.00, Corn $120.00, Grain $75.00, Hay $45.00, Pasture $15.00. In other words a farmer with 40 acres of grain, 100 acres of hay and 100 acres of pasture will be eligible for a loan of 40 x $75.00 or $3,000.00 for grain, 100 x $45.00 or $4,500.00 for hay and 100 x $15.00 or $1,500.00 for pasture making a total of $9,000.00 eligible loan.