Bill Frank

Bill Frank - President Bill received his B.A. from the University of Toledo and his B.S. and Doctor of Chiropractic from the National College of Chiropractic. He is the owner and Clinic Director for Cramer-Frank Chiropractic Clinic in Wauseon and is a member of the Rotary, Elks and Masonic Lodge.

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Bill Frank's Forever Young

You can't be a small farm anymore," Frank said upon his induction yesterday into the Middlesex Agriculture Hall of Fame.
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Frank is a past-president of the Ilderton Agricultural Society and during the mid-1970s was an area MP.

He's seen rough times -- during the economic crunch of 1981, when bank interest rates rose to 23 per cent, he calculated he was spending $1.25 on interest every minute of every hour of every day.

Bill Frank - President Bill received his B.A. from the University of Toledo and his B.S. and Doctor of Chiropractic from the National College of Chiropractic. He is the owner and Clinic Director for Cramer-Frank Chiropractic Clinic in Wauseon and is a member of the Rotary, Elks and Masonic Lodge.

WILLIAM FRANK
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Bill Frank was born July 24, 1923, at the farm (Lot 31, Con. 3 of London Township) where he still lives today, the fourth child of parents Charles and Rosella (McBain) Frank. His three sisters (Louelda aged16, Marie14, and Elsie 12) soon proved to be competent babysitters. Bill attended the Jury school also known as Lobo Township #9 and #13 London Township which was about a mile from the farm. His years there were happy even though no one had any money; that was accepted as normal. Even though there were eight classes in public school , they were made up of junior and senior years so it was common, if you were lucky, to skip the odd one . Bill apparently did just that as he headed to high school a little more than a month after his 12th birthday. It was decided that Bill would attend Beal Technical School taking the matriculation course which was the alternative to any technical courses. In order to get to Beal, Bill walked almost a mile to the Lobo station, (which was just a small shanty with a pot bellied stove which was never lit) where at 7:00 a.m. he caught a small passenger train to the CNR station in London and from there he walked to Beal Tech. Following the same route in reverse he made it home about 6:00p.m. It made for a long day but gave lots of time for doing homework, if so inclined. Bill loved the few technical courses he had but hated the other classes which were the backbone of the matriculation course. After enduring three years of this it was jointly decided that Bill, now 15, would farm alongside his father taking the place of his hired man. Times were tough, money was in short supply in the 30's everybody pitched in to make the farm run. The family regularly took meat and produce to the Covent Garden Market and Bill worked out at odd jobs, such as sheep shearing, in order to make ends meet.

In May of 1945 Bill married Margaret Taylor and they began living together with his parents for a year before the older couple moved to Hyde Park.
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It made sense that Bill and Margaret would continue going to market which meant that for the first several years of their marriage, Friday was spent dressing poultry and preparing any other produce that was in season.
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On Saturday, the milking had to be done before they left to be at the wholesale market by 6:00a.m. Margaret looked after the retail market while Bill peddled his egg route.
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1950 was to be a significant year for Bill, first his father died suddenly and although he wasn't actively farming he had been always been available for consultation. Shortly thereafter, Bill was approached to sell Pioneer seed corn in London township. In the fall he was asked to sell Hyline chicks for Neuhauser Hatchery. Both of these required no money until the product had been delivered and money collected from the customer. These were Bill's first commercial ventures into business. Since he was growing corn and had a small flock of laying hens it made sense to use the products that he was selling and in this way he could truly become familiar with them. Bill had always liked the idea of selling an idea or product. With quality products and good support Bill took to it like a duck to water.

In late 1954 Bill was approached to possibly take on a Purina feed dealership. Financial constraints and the need for a separate building to house a new business led to an agreement whereby feed could be warehoused in the granary of the barn for the first year to see if the business would fly. The first feed was delivered in early 1955 and by September of that year it was apparent that Hyde Park Farm Supply would need a separate building to operate from. In 1956 a 24'x 60' store and warehouse was opened on the corner of the farm. Purina feeds were somewhat more expensive than many competitors. They needed to be marketed on the basis of more production for less overall feed costs rather than just the cost of a bag of feed alone. Bill used side by side feed trials with customers to entice them over to his dealership.
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As Bill grew older, he actively campaigned for the Conservative candidates in many elections. In 1968 he ran as the Conservative candidate for the newly redistributed riding of Middlesex. He lost this election by a slim margin but in 1972 was successful in becoming a member of Robert Stanfield's Conservative minority federal parliament. With the change of government in 1974 Bill lost his seat returning home to once again become fully immersed in his ongoing business. In the February 1980 election Bill lost in a Liberal sweep.
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If you ever went to a chicken barbeque in Middlesex County, good chances were that Bill's equipment was being used or more likely Bill was in charge. Bill has been and continues to be an extremely active member of the Masonic Lodge since 1945.

Bill and Margaret have four children; Ruth, David, Charles and Marianne All are married, and have families and much to their parents delight, live in the surrounding communities.
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William C. Frank has been and continues to be a sparkplug in his community- fully committed, charging ahead. We join here today to acknowledge and applaud his life-long contributions to agriculture and community by inducting him into the Middlesex County Agricultural Hall of Fame.

WILLIAM C. (BILL) FRANK
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William C Frank (b 1923), MP 1972-1974, is a well-respected businessman and community leader in the Hyde Park area. He started Hyde Park Farm Supply Inc. in 1955 as a feed dealership and by the 1960's he manufactured and distributed livestock and poultry equipment to farmers across Canada and the United States. As a breeder of poultry and later swine, Bill was actively involved with the Ontario Egg Producers' Marketing Board for many years. He is a Past President of the Ilderton Agricultural Society and served on several organizations within his community.