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. _ ' .", i I - U it d C . I cpir:5 WW n1 e o-Oper at1ve premises offer new expanded fa iliti ' The're-loeation of the premi"s. of. OOO, Mr. McKercher said Mr M K ~- . . . , es of the Oxford branch of the the Oxford Cooperative was the ordarativc;3 2ic'trceidaee s,f,t, elevator and fertilizer service United Cooperatives of Ontario first in the province to merge _ the best possible service SHIV inaslpoase one with phase three IS one of the largest 1n the with UCO, back in 1965. June 25 through the support of the nai.. nvo ying the expansion of the F provmce, according to Leonard marks the anniversary of the hership He said most peo 1e warehouse and store area. ' Harman, general Manager of local eoop's merger. like to 'participate in a prodrgm Mepvin Cuthbert of RR 2 In- UCO. . Mr. McKercher said tlye.ox- that effects their daily fives, gersoll, chairman of “‘0 Cho .Last night marked the of. ford branch began making as the UCO affects the'farmer. ford Co-op Council. was the ficial opernng ceremony of the plans for progress a few years He said the UCO was first es- chairman ot the pregram. Also new location of the Oxford ago when they purbhased the tablished to combat high prices assisting in the program was , branch on Highway 2. Mr. Har- 20 acres of land on Highway 2. and poor service in farm prod. Ken Peers reeve of East Ox- tman sa.id tlhe cost (if, the hand, He said, "The Oxford Co-om ucts. ' t ford Township. _ 1e..l.T.am elevator, e trti izer erative set the pattern for the ' A . . . . . . facilities and the new building merger program which has In? Fe“ espansron m ark s he??? t:lar;:gannép\res§21%ejd th e amounted to approximately not been seriously changed or phase two of a three-stage prp- Frahk Winnacott [cilia-1113; to 5500000. challenged since that time. gram resulting in a new 10,608 pointed L"a"n'iilit/'of thel 'Orfgfd The guest speaker of the Since .then, approximately 58co- foot store, warehouse, adminis- County branch i"ppriLiiiiriii/f evening was Robert Mektseh,- operatives across the province trative offices and feed mill. 500 people attended the o/dnl .er of Dublin, Ontario,president “have merged with UCO." The construction of the grain ing ceremonies. I ' " -lll Illllll" L‘ CT','; '. '."" A ._t.e. t.rr , le _ .. V ...-- i, - v ' " " - é variat° _ . . " " Iliillt Illi I we: ":_r'jrc: _ _ T i ' a; ItMEt:85. " Iimialiiliiii, "lim. «maegu‘ Ti:- w J 'i' T t,r"'tr,, I 'Tyr' -. '.'. rj:'1'",y)"1r,t'irl. "iii-7:31" . :Lti.T,',Fi:" " aeesu= F .0 . ' T I "it I".' "i' I /.: i, . I, I'." _ (dl -. Illlllllllltl.?tci)r.,rs', "I").":"':'.,",".'.'?, V ;,>-;§§I\al(\;:’f:z 'r"t1rcr't,'ri, .' ”3", v'. V _ ik "ifs" w , l . t; . . ', ;::'~.' - " 'kr-re:'."...:.)",)':?-.))..: .2" 1',fir-aii:si'i1tei"t' T YV . agitBh ti,.' 'l " . ".' ".'iijr:'e,j's'iiii'ti't _ MI "cavdeiijtes"d IiEi:'iiilCC,r,ti i _ I. » i g 't?l.lliii,it:is, if}: , " F _". "Cl)::,., 'a ' Et7;t':2 * ' . v"rire,'ii, I Mil j' 3 _-," "jroN.. . fie . us,::':: g “ewe d . '. " '.. "rr.",?., x , '.8!rlNllPs?is, tttt Ef “= 'rail e, .t.'; “Jag l v , ', a. _ , (yd" n'1"'iv8 Re8MRti* llelllit8lggll1lilE2at' y f1B8 V. ki " " . io§*:" ' . il' Pi1'C' 'fl3lt1rl,8.,!EoSiilm-ll.i. B2+ '." , 1i,rjie,C' " a F':'-).:'?,':, - . 1 £1, " iN' I' ' ., 'm-. '1 e , a 'iii7i. lllt.tri"i_j: (."r,'i,'i.i:r;iiC::l,'i'l'lii,... 3 'tii), . IlllllllNrllltlllllll ' "f . . , s.' "-'i'-'-, _,icrr.r"s"ay: _,-,:s,r::ur'r-.e.1seir.tysrys':?j'ira'ia "c. si.e-" I IK "Ni.aB. . THE NEW $500,000 United opened on Friday ‘by UCO many are (left to right) Mr. Manager for Ontario, and l Cd-Operative of Ontario ware- l Woodstock president Robert Frank Winnacott, manager of Mervin Cuthbert, chairman of 1 house. store and grain stor- McKcrcher, Shown with him the UCO Oxford group, Leon- the UCO Oxford Council. I age complex was oftieially at the ribbon cutting cere- ard Harman, UCO General _ , N y _ ' , ' _ , . _,"-",', V