HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Bayfield Bulletin, 1967-02-16, Page 6nominating committee for
the three vacated offices.
Mr. Kelterborn presented
the committee's report and
moved that the report be
adopted. His motion was sec-
onded by Mason Robinson
and resulted as follows: Con-
servation Areas Advisory
Board Chairman, Jack Graul
of Ellice Township; Public
Relations Advisory Board
Relations Advisory Board
Chairman, William Miller
of Clinton; Land Use and
Wildlife Advisory Board
Chairman, Harry Oakes of
Goderich Township. The
motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Clifford Dunbar
and seconded by James Reid
that C. W. Bamford of Lis.
towel be appointedSecretary
treasurer. (carried)
adopt budget
The treasurer reviewed
the budget as prepared by
the Executive following
meetings with the Advisory
Boards and the Conserva-
tion Branch auditor.
MOTION: Moved by Ken-
neth Stewart and seconded
by Ross Smith that the Auth-
ority budget for 1967 be $49,-
900. Broken down this means
$21,450. for general admin-
istration, $4,650. for con-
servation services and $23,-
800. for capital development.
FALLS RESERVE
James Knox of Canadian
Mitchell Associates present-
ed the official report on the
Falls Reserve project. He
said the plan called for a
20 year development at a
Probable cost of $720,000.
Mr . Smith expressed app-
reciation to Mr. Knox for
the explanation of his re-
port which was presented in
book form to the Authority.
SHOW FILM
A film on Conservation ob-
tained through the Conser-
vation Authorities Branch
was shown by the Authority
Field Officer, Musclow with
past Chairman, Robert Wen-
ger at the projector. Mr.
Musclow said that this film
would be shown to all dis-
trict Secondary Schools with-
in the watershed.
OTHER SPEAKERS
Brigadeer F. A, Clift of
Bayfield said that he has
always been interested in
conservation and that he
would carry back the know-
ledge that he gained from
this meeting to the munici-
pal Councils of Bayfield and
Stanley Township. Mr. Terry
McCauley commended the
Maitland on the fine pro-
gress achieved in the past
few years and extended an
offer from the Ausable to
work with the Maitland in
carrying out missionary
work in the areas not now
consolidated by Conser-
vation Authorities. He was
referring to the Bayfieldand
Stanley Township areas in
particular.
At an Executive Meeting
following the Annual Meet-
From coast to coast, Ca-
nadians are being asked to
survey their surroundings
with the impersonal apprais-
al of strangers.
The resulting program is
probably the most truly na-
tional of all Centennial pro-
jects.
The campaign is known as
Community Improvement
and Rural Beautification.
The work is being done by
governments, by groups and
by individuals.
Ontario, the doorstep to
thousands of visitors from
the United States, has under-
taken a massive clean-up,
paint-up program. Many
groups and agencies have
already started.
Lakeshores and river
fronts are being cleaned. Ap-
proaches to villages, towns
and cities have been beauti-
fied. A Centennial spokes-
man said: "The program car
and should reach into the
backyard of every citizen
of this nation."
It's plain common sense
to m o u n t a beautification
campaign, he noted. Travel-
lers form an opinion of a town
or city on the basis of a first
glimpse. If that impression
is favorable, the traveller
ing members decided that the
Executive would next meet
on Thursdays March 2, at
the Wroxeter Conservation
Headquarters.
is likely to stop for a meal,
or rest there overnight. A
bad impression will speed
the traveller away to more
attractive surroundings.
Youth organizations and
service clubs can be leaders
in community clean-up cam-
paigns. Horticultural soci-
eties are playing a large
role. Many of them are help-
ing in the development of
Centennial park projects or
they plan to beautify the land
around new municipal build-
ings.
The Ontario Department of
Lands and Forests began a
Centennial tree and shrub
planting program in 1965
for elementary and second-
ary schools. When the three-
year program ends in 1967,
about 162,000 students will
have been involved.
The Ontario Department
of Agriculture has under-
taken a two-part program for
rural beautification. Last
year, 3,500 farmers took
part in a Farmstead Im-
provement Competition. The
farms will be judged again
this year and the winners
chosen on the basis of the
improvements made during
the past year.
In towns and cities, ser
vice clubs are helping in
clean-up campaigns. In some
Ontario communites, pro-
prietors have undertaken the
restoration of an entire city
block.
Target '67
BROCK'S JEWELLERY
CLEARING EVERYTHING
TO THE BARE WALLS
GOING
OUT OF
BUSINESS
SALE
MEN'S & LADIE'S DIAMONDS
25% to 40% OFF
Page 6, The Bayfield Bulletin, February 16, 1967,
cnairman of the uonserva.
tion Areas Advisory Board,
termed 1966 one of excell-
ent progress for his Board
(Cont. from page 5) and for the Authority. He
noted that a road allowance
Advisory Board and referredl into the Falls Reserve Con.
to the progress made in the servation Area was opened
Howson Dam and Lower and that the Authority foil.
Wingham Pond projects in owed this by locating 8,500
the Town of Wingham. He feet of road within the Auth-said a box culvert was built'
into the Howson Dam struc-
ture and that a survey was
carried out to determine the
cost of desilting the Lower
Wingham Pond. Mr, Dunbar
said that the Gorr ie Dam pro-
ject was abandoned in 1966
because the costs were con-
sidered too high. He mention-
ed that the Authority is now
in the process of acquiring
the Dam and Pond in Blue.
vale. He referred to the
Boyle Drain which passes
through Elma and Grey
Townships and said that an
effort is being made to have
a study of this. problem qual
ify for assistance through
ARDA.
Highlights of the Public
Relations Advisory Board
operation, during the past
year were presented by
Chairman Ralph Jewell. He
referred to the organization
and sponsoring of a 4.H Con-
servation Club in the
Wingham District Secondary
School and told of cooper-
ating with the Ausable Auth-.
ority in setting up a display
at the International Plowing
Match in Seaforth, He refer-
red to the Bienniel Confer-
ence held in Hamilton and
said that the Authority Field
Officer had provided a num-
ber of slide talks to various
groups and distributed bull-
etins during the year. The
slide library of the Aunority
is also being continually en.
larged, he said,
Earl Oppenhauser in pre.
senting theReforestation Ad-
visory Board report, said
that it was a pleasant ex-
perience for him to be Chair-
man of this Board as it was
the first time he had had
this privilege, although he
had belonged to either the
Maitland or the Middle Mall.
land Authorities for many
years. Referring to the pro-
gram, Mr. Oppenhauser
said, that the Authority ac-
quired two half lots in West
Wawanosh during 1966 and
holdings in the Saratoga
Swamp area now total 350
acres. He said the Author-
ity has under management
agreement with fhe nepart.
ment of Lands and Forests
a total of 949 acres. The
Authority, however, also has
its own tree planting pro-
gram and in 1966 over 7,000
trees had been planted which
had been obtained from the
department of Lands and
Forests nursery. He said
in the spring of 1966 stud-
ents from St. Joseph's Sep-
arate School planted trees in
an area near Walton and that
permission had been granted
to the Harriston Public
School to carry out a cen-
tennial planting program in
1967 in the Harriston Con.
servation Area.
Mason Robinson, as Chair-
man of the Land Use and
Wildlife Advisory Board in
presenting his report noted
that the general overall agri-
cultural practices in this
area are a limiting factor
in the program of this par-
ticular Advisory Board. He
noted, however, that an
attempt was made to stock
the Sunshine Conservation
Area in Morris Township
with Hungarian Partridges,
but the project for the pre-
sent had to be dropped be-
cause breeding stock is not,
available in this part of On-
tario. Mr. Robinson said con- Graul that nominations be
sideration is being given to closed, (Carried)
developing a wildlife man-• Mr. Smith welcomed Mr.
agement program in the Kelterborn back as theAuth.
Falls Reserve Conservation , ority's Vice-Chairman. He
Area as that project also paid tribute to the three
develops. He said the retiring Advisory Board
acquisition of a portion of Chairmen, George McCutch.
Sharp's Creek will allow the eon, Ralph Jewell and Mason
Authority to carry out some Robinson. He invited them Goderich
stream improvement work.. to serve along with Vice-
George
Mc Cutc heon, • Chairman Kelterborn as a
Joi
ority boundaries and that
construction has already
started. He noted that the
school at Wroxeter, purch-
ased in 1965, was convert.
ed during the past year into
administration headquarters
and workshop for the Author-
ity. He also said that a five
bay machine shed has been
erected to house machinery
and vehicles on the Wroxe-
ter property. During the past
year additional work was
carried out in the Minto-
Harriston Conservation
Area and said Mr. McCut-
cheon all Conservation
Areas were heavily used dur-
ing the past summer.
FIELD OFFICER
Mr, K. G. Musclow, Field
Officer for the Authority,
submitted a lengthy report
and reviewed the activit-
ies which the Authority ex.
perienced in his association
as Field Officer. Referring
to the work staff, Mr. Mus.
Clow said that it has been
held to a two man staff and
consequently much of the
work was hired out to con-
tractors. He said the Auth-
ority retained the services
of two consulting engineer-
ing firms, one for hydraul-
ics and one for the Falls
Reserve development.
FORESTER'S REPORT
Mr. Fred Janser, Zone
Forester, for the Dep-
artment of Lands and For.
ests,submitted his annual re.
port covering the progress
of the forests which the Mait-
land Valley Conservation.
Authority has under agree-
ment with the Department of
Lands and Forests. Mr. Jan-
ser broke the report down to
cover two sections, a de-
scription of the work and also
a financial statement in re-
gards to the development.
All reports were adopted
on motion of Mr. Harry
Oakes and Mr. Oscar Nickel.
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ELECTION
Chairman Smith invited
Mr. JackSon to conduct the
election for the office of
Chairman. Mr. Jackson, in
addressing the Authority
membership commended the
progress which is evident
in the watershed. He said he
is happy to see the Falls
Reserve program maturing
and congratulated the Auth-
ority on obtaining a plan so
that work and progress may
be followed in an organized
manner.
MOTION: Moved by Robert
Wenger and seconded by 0,
M. Nickel that Mr. Alvin
Smith be Chairman of the
Maitland Authority for the
year 1967.
Moved by Harry Tebbutt
that nominations be closed.
(carried)
Mr. Jackson declared Mr.
Smith re-elected and turned
the meeting back to him.
Mr. Smith called for nom-
inations for the office of
Vice-Chairman.
MOTION: Moved by William
Evans and seconded by R.
E. McKinney that W. J. Kel-
terborn be Vice-Chairman.
Moved by Earl Oppen-
hauser and seconded by Jack
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