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NTARIP, THVRSDAY NOVPAPER 4,1976 SECONCI SECTIGN -,^12A
Says Sthool
Seaforth couple
from Germd
Blyth tru
answer from
Mr. Elliott.
"What did Dr. Mills tell -the
•
Board of Health afterwards?" he
asked.
The motion passed on Monday
Calls on the Board .of Health to
however "reserved his 'opinion provide a written report on its
for the committee" according t o decision with an explanation„
Seaforth native
gets photo award
Seaforth restaurant owner's in their German Apple
Wine Restaurant‘
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Their restaurant in,Germaily seated 150 • ins...emulation
hush-Lnd's sperm frozen and then in the future still produce a family
a simple vasectomy and sometime between the (6.1) of them."
About 70 attended the BlueWater Shriners Club's
Members heard a speaker on artificial insemination
(Photogyy Lang Lois)
There are some new faces on
main street and they are in the
business of satisfying our bouts of
hunger. Heinz and Erna Lubjenka
are, the proud'—oviteri of the
recently named Hessen Haus
next to the I.G.A.
As the name of the restaurant
implies, they are originally from
Frankfurt, Germany. Hessen is
the province in which Frankfurt is
located.
The Lubjenkas are not new to
Canada. They left Germany 11
years ago leaving behind them
their Apple Wine Restaurant.
There they served their own apple
wine to their patrons, who
• numbered 150 almost every
night.
In Germany, as here, there are
management problems as well.
Help was hard to find, the pace
was fast and heavy and for a
young family there was no time
for raising the children properly.
So the Lubjenkas came to Canada
to settle at Williamsford, near
Owen Sound.
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In Williampford Mr. Lubjenka
purchased a large truck and did
custom trucking for a living. The
hours were long and there were
stretches of time where he did not
see much of his family.
Now their two children are
grown and married. Their son
lives in Hanover and their
daughter in Durham.
Their purchase of the former.
• Chapman's Restaurant was quite
by accident. They saw the place
while taking a drive one day,
J. N. Wilkins., manager of the
Ontario Swine A rtificial
Insemination Association, told
' the regular meeting of the
Bluewater Shrine Club at
Brussels on 'October 27 that for a
program to become successful in
agricultural circles, it must have a
glaring economic potential.
"I think the two areas where
the most has been accomplished.
affecting not only the farmer but
'to a great extent the consumer, is
greater use of proven genetically
44 superior sires and disease
control ," he said.
A sire that is identified as
superior should be used on a
greater percentage of the national
breeding herd, he said, A.0 gives
the ability to distribute the semen
from this animal, not only across
the nation but internationally.
alk
By example he pointed out that
a mature bull is producing, on the
average, about 25,000. services
per year. One bull in stud has a
lifetime production record of
468,000 doses of semen.
"With those facts in mind," iM
Mr. Wilkins suggested, "it is
easier to understand the
tremendous impact that a sire
that has been identified as a plus
sire for a particular trait or group
of traits can have on the
improvement of a species."
He said a mature boar is
capable of producing
approximately' 1,500 insemin‘-
tions per year or about 12,000
progeny per year, as compared to
a natural mating potential of 300
progeny per year.
"We have been testing
programs being carried out in
commercial herds," he
explained, "at the present time,
where we are breeding one half of
• the herd' to randomly selected
A.I. bears and the other half to
boars of their own selection. The
recipient sows are not pre-
selected as to breed or
performance, and we have found
three important factors,"
"The conception rate is the
same, the number of piglets born
and weaned is the same, but the
market index averages 105 for the
A.I.progeny and 102 for the
home-bred progeny, Now the fact
that their own average is 102 is a
pretty good indication that these
herds are not bad operations and
the number of pigs on each side of
• the test exceeds 1,000 so its
statistically significant."
Mr. Wilkins also Said that the
fact that superior genetic material
tan be made available to breeders
irregardless of wher'ithe sire is
standing, has helped those
decided on a change of pace, and
accepted the challenge of
operating a new restaurant.
In February the Lubjenkas
opened for business. They now
have' many regular customers
who' are friendly and
co-operative.
Erna works out front and sees
many faces. She laughs and says
that she doesn't know any names
but recognizes quite a few
familiar faces and speaks to them
like she has known them a long
time.
Heinz works in the kitchen.
Every break he can manage 'he
slips out to the front for a coffee,
but, before he can take more than
three sips from his cup -an order
comes in and he must hop back to
work. He may never get to have a
full cup of coffee at work' but
when - he goes home he gets to
finish a full cup without
interruption's. •
Heinz .and Erna have already
started to make some big changeS
to the place. aehind the
restaurant an extension is quickly
going.up in order to remedy some
problems. •
• The kitchen is much too small
for any extensive cooking to be
accomplished; a bigger dining
room is required for all the .
business'they are doing, and new.
-washrooms are also needed; So
the new part is. to include .an
apartment upstairs'. a bigger
kitchen, to replace the small one,.
new ,Pashrooms and a •, family
dining area will replace the
breeders develop a National herd
that is world renowned and made
their own operations more
economical and profitable.
The consumer has also
fitted from thesefactors, he told
the meeting, in that the pound of
beef or pork or quart of milk,
pound of butter or cheese that is
required for the family costs less
than it • Would have, had the
average production remained of
the same level as 16 years ago.
Disease control, he said, is a
factor that may • be more
important in the development of
the Swine Al.. .program than the
cattle program. ,bat,
nevertheless, quite significant to
both.
"Herd health again, is a very
large factor for breeders,
especially when one considers the
dollar value that can be attached
to eradicating a .disease. In many
cases, it means the complete
depopulation of the premises, a
shut down period and a period of
repoplulation. Only someone who
has been involved in such a
misfortune really understands the
financial losses encountered to
the fullest."
Al.. studs in Canada must„, be
federally and provincally licensed
and one of the main factors here
is the control of the health aspect
of the complete stud. Anything
that is related to the subject is
completely under the jurisdiction
-of the Federal Health of Animals
Branch of the Government.
"Everything that is used as a
management tool by the farmer
producer affects, not only his
pocket book, but ours as
consumers and I, for one, alli
pretty darned ' proud of the
productivity of the people on
Canadian farms,” he said.
Mr. `Wilkins also pointed out
that in 1974 there were over
l0,00' inseminations in Toronto
on humans. '
He said the technique was
being used jn the human field in
the cases of couples wishing to
have families and find that the
husband is sterile. They can
resort to'a human semen bank
and through artificial
insemination produce a child.
"Since there is reason to
believe that prolonged eXposure
to the pill could be detilmental to
the female's health, and that the
alternative to family planning
could be a vasectomy of the male
partner", he said, "it is not at all
kitchen,already, there.
One of the new assets to the
place will be enough proper,.
storage space. In order to 'serve
fresh homemade dishes every clay
fresh produce must be purchased
every day and stored properly for
the best results. In the., new •
extension there will be lots of
storage space.'
The Lubjenkas,,a•re hoping for
this new exttision to be done in
time for Christmas but they are
not making any promises.
With the new atmosphere there
will also be a change in the menu.
There will be more German
dishes se rved as well as
Canadian dishes.
They are open six days a week
now and they finish cleaning up
.about 7 or 8 p.m. They would like
-to be open on Sundays 11 to 5 for
the Sunday crowd 'but right now
they ,don't have the facilities.
All the pastries home baked.
literally. At night Erna goes home
and bakes all the pies and.
Obsttortc (fruit torte) to sell the
next day. At home she is .more
familiar with her own stove and
.kitchen, plus the oven at, work, is
always full.
With the new kitchen layout at
work she will be able to bake
there during the afternoon while
someone elSe looks after • the
customers.
Right now the Lubjenkas 'run
the place pretty much on their
own, but in the near future they
hope to be able to hire-some help
for both the kitchen and the front.
uncommon for a young couple to
have a semen bank , of the
SHRINERS MEET
meeting in Brussels last week.
in swine.
PERSONAL
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When a letter from .the Huron
County Health Unit, saying there
would be no change in the system
of sewage disposal at Blyth Public
School, was tabled at Board of
Edtkation meeting on Monday.
Blyth trustee R. J. Elliott
immediately moved that the
Board demand an explanation.
The letter in question noted;
"The Board of Health . is
recommending "no change in the
present arrangement for the
disposal of effluent at the Blyth
Public School until the municipal
sewer system has been installed
and is operational. This decision
is based, on past experience with
the Blyth School System and
supported by the District Dire4r
of the Ministry of the
Envirtinment."
The Board of Education has
been paying to have the holding
tank of the present sewage
systern pumped every other day
'during the school y ear for the
•past. three years since the Health
Unit ordered the weeping bed
portion of the. system sealed and
taken out of service.
"After that happened the Board
of Education commissioned an
engineering, study .by the firm of
Kyles, , Kyles and Garrett of
Stratford.. That produced a report
_which recommended a modified
systeM which could cope with the
schools sewage in connection with
a close monitoring system.
That study was first presented
to the County Board of Health
more than two years,ago, and was
reintroduced last August. The
letter informing the Board of no
change in the Health Units stance
was the result of that August
meeting. The letter offered no
explanation for the decision, and
it was that fact which prompted
'Mr. Elliott's motion.
"They (The Health Unit) are
depriving people from using the
facilities of Blyth Public School in
the summer months," he said,
explaining that • undet board
policy the public has use of all
schools so long as they meet the
basic expenses involved. This
usually means a few dollars for a
custodian but in the case of Blyth
School it means the Septic tank
must be pumped as well.
Mr. Elliott said. this would
result in greater hardship as, the
village of Blyth is preparing to
celebrate its centennial next year
and will need the use of facilites
such as the school offers,
"What are Dr. Mills
reasons?" he asked, referring to
Medical Officer of Health for
Huron Dr. Frank Mills.
He said that when the Board
Dr. Aubrey Crich at 79 'years of
age• is fast becoming the grand
old man of North AmeriCan
photography.
The latest sign of his success as •
an amateur 'color photographer
came this.month at the Portland,
Oregon convention of the
Photographic Society of America
where he Was granted a society
fellowship".
Dr, Crich is now One of only 11,
Canadians to be so honored by
the American group, the last
Canadian . fellowship being
grant- ed almost a decade ago. in
1968.
The honor crowns Over a
quarter‘century of achievement
for the former oral surgeon in the
delicate field of , color
photography.
This comes on top ' of a
gratifying dental career that
included a fellowship at the
famous Mayo Clinic following an
exciting wartime stint as a World
War bomber pilot.
hi" private practice, Dr. Crich
settled in Grimsby, and it was in
1950 at the Vineland Government
experimental' farm he first
pointed a camera at a nature
su bject.
The subject was two water lilies
and for Dr. Crich there was no
looking back,. He discovered an
avocation which would increas-
ingly draw his interest.
The Photographic Society of
America does not recognize
dabblers. The quality of Dr,
Crich's work has won him
international respect and there is
considerable demand for him
both as art entertaining lecturer
and ,as an instructor.
He has won special recognition
ter the phenomenal number of
acceptances he has had in both
pictorial and nature divisions in
international competition since he
began exhibiting in 1954.
His natural subjects have
ranged froin . birds and wild
flowers to caterpillars to his
present passion for fresh water
insects few people even know.
exist.
Though his photographs have
been displayed at two "world's
fairs, Belgium and New York, Dr.
Crich insists his considerable
expertise is still only "an old.
man's hobby."
He considers his present work
fame in comparison with his,
previous work on birds, when he
had to endure long hours in a
blind in some natural setting. He
laugh's when he says photogra-
phing insects is an, excellent,
pastime for an older man.
"They aren't very heavy. you
see," he points Out.
Dr. Crich is an enthusiastic
man, full of energy' which would
do credit to a child. In many ways
his infectious fascination for the
world and how its beauty
may be 'captured conveys 'the
refreshing wonderment of a child.
. Blending this sense of wonder
with a whimsical sense of humor
he has won popularity across the
continent for ,his lectures.
How much art depends on the
personality of the artist?
The Ontario Dental Journal
says "What he does, he does
thoroughly, whether dentistry or
Photogriphy. He has driven his
VolksWagen to Nova Scotia in the
east and to the Rockies in the
west • in January !— to get some
pictures'. An excited intensely
alive, youthful person with his
invariable cameras around his
neck that's Aubrey."
' Dr. Crich believes a great
photogr apher must first know his
equipment. He must then be able
to see a picture.
Then, if he is at the right place
under exactly the right
conditions. a kind' of circuit is
completed; a circui t linking the
subject, the camera and and -
most important - the' eye of the
photographer.
(From St. Catharines Standard)
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Shriners hear about artificial
had presented the engineers
plans for a modified system at the
August meeting the members of
the Board of Health had indicated
they were in agreement with the
proposed solution. Dr. Mills
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