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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1978-09-28, Page 27Annual interest foi 5 years Guaranteed investment Certificates Member Canada Deposit inanrande torpOtatitni COMPANY tl'N't"t. 98t3 irtAlAriON PURINA ::t CANADA mi. Milton J. Dietz 52740608 ,R.R.4 Seaforth Dublin Feed Mill 34648.30 Dublin, Ora, onvoca Liquor, noise charges fill provincial court docket T14.527-0410 117 ..c01)ERICli ST. EAST SEAFORTI1 [Part 2] of 3 parts A.'simplee pole fence, was fairly common where cattle pastured. Two stakes were driven into the ground to form an X and a little farther on another pair. One just had to lay a pole from the crotch of one X to the next. You had{ one-rail fence, economical but not t000 trustworthy. The stake and rider took more poles and was harder to break through. You drove two stakes into the ground to form an X as with the pole fence. You laid one end of the pole in the X and left the other end op the ground. You then droVe another X formation Over the inclined pole about half way along its length and laid another pole with its extremity on the ground. This • continued until the enclosure Was sufficient to meet the needs..it was a bristly-looking thing with poles all slanting heavenward: Fewer rails were needed and a broken or -defective pole could be easily and, quickly replaced. On hilly farms stones gathered froth the fields were often tossed off at the base , the oles to increase their rigidity. other va' iation was the chock and log fence. It did of require as many logs and -probably rep sented lesS labour. Logs-- some fifteen feet long were laid in the same parallel direction with their ends over- - lappitrg-by-a-co-uple of feet. Here elfaks of logs cut into three foot lengths were notched at either ends on the upper and lower surface and laid across the horizontal • giants to hold them together and to form a base for other logs to be added where necessary. This type of fence ran in. a straight line, required no post-holes and could be moved if necessary. Field stones foi:ming a base at least three feet wide performed two useful purposes.' Russell fence The Russell fence was a variation of the stake and rider type. The material for this device was usually cut from second growth forests where the diaineter of the trunks was four or five inches. Four fifteen foot poles which made each panel of the fence were supported by upright stakes driven , into the ground to form an A and wired at the apex. Copious amounts of Wire were required to suspend each pole from the , arms or stakes. The big advantage.of this Russell fence was that it took less material and of smaller girth than 'tor the.snake fence and. at thp same time, was a LIFE — and Mortgage Insurance Platis ' Income Tax Deduetable Registered Retirement Sa%ings Plans and AnnUities. Income Ax eraging Annuities AA for our-new Flexible Premium — REPRESENTING - Sun Life -Assurance ARNOLD J. STINNISSEN encos• then and n Company of Canada for 19' years. ship was tined on. .twe .Goderich Street West, separate charges of creating Seaforth was fined $54 for unnecessary noise by squeal- having liquor readily availabh ing tires. in a motor vehicle. He was fined $88 on the Allen S. McGregor, 1029 first charge, and $98 on the Huron Street, London was second charge. fined $78 on each of two Ronald Dale,, 39 Sparling separate charges of creating Street, Seaforth' was fined unnecessary noise in the town of Seaforth. „ Main McQuaid. of North Street. Seaforth was lined $28 for disobeying an amber light and $78 for creating unnecessary noise. , Allan Murray,.--of RR 5, Seaforth, was fined $54 for having liquor readily' avail- able in his motor vehicle and was fined $78 on each of two counts of creating un- $78 for creating unreasonable noise by spinning his tires on • Raymond Henderson of Remembering with W. Strong land-saving device. The straight rail fence though less picturesque than the worm fence was a' more. praCtleal modification. 'At' the bay Where... the, rails overlapped, they mere supported by two stakes driven into the ground „,A- top loop of wire made them more rigid. Later many of these fences" were rendered more ornate by the use of a 'sleeper' with augered holes through Which the tapered upper ends of the stakes were threaded. The post-hole Xence was considered to be something fancy. Originally the post some five feet in length was spliedown the centre to get at least one, more or less, flat surface on which to work with a special axe somewhat',•like a fireman's axe with a. narrow blade. It was possible to chop the hole right through the post with this type of axe. At a later date when the auger came , into more extensive use as a building tool the posts might be squared and morticed to hold the rails,. The chief objection to• the post fence was that the h,dle had to be dug . with a shovel. prior to the invention of the .post-hole auger. Each 'rail had to set into rthe proper opening in the post before the • post was placed in an upright position and the earth packed around its base. The rotting of the posts at ground level was inevitable. , • In urban as well as rural areas picket fences were popular. Originally the urban area where houses were built was a vast. 'space of grass witha few boundary stakes of ine posts here and there, Without some 'kind of barrier stray dogs would wander in, playful children would trample the peony sprouts in a far-ranging game of tag and rabbits would eat the lettuce heads in a single night. Picket fences became popular landmarks to separate building lots and to totally enclose one's private property. •In rural areas such fences usually encircled the farm house and adjacent garden area. Too often strength was secondary to prettiness. Many will recall memories of these simple structures. "It usually wasn't beautiful Or picturesque or trim But somehow just the thought of it Can Make one's eyes grow dim. There were pickets missing here and there And the• gate would seldom swing Purina ' Calf Startena necessary noise. Wayne Parkinson. 4 Goderich Street East, Seaforth was fined $54 for having ,liquor readily available in a motor vehicle. Christopher 'Ryan of Walton was fined $28 for, failure to obey a stop sign ' and• $54 for having liquor readily available in a motor vehicle. Brent Kevin Schenk, of 162 Goderich Street, Seaforth was•also fined $54 on a liqour offence. Leslie Sherwood, 460 Ontario Street and Murray Sinn arnom, 60 Goderich Street West, both received' $78, fines for creating un- The complete fast-growth starter ration • • But to that shabby picket fence • One's thoughts somehow still Cling, It probably had been painted white In some long, distant day But in children's fancy I would think It waS always old 'and gray. Yes, I know they've torn it all away; For them it held no charm But that rambling, shambling picket fence Was part of the dear old farm. Wire fences , About the middle of the last century wire fences became popular as timber supplies dimished, Unless painted, the wire rusted too readily. It drooped in hot weather 'and snapped in the cold. Worse still, cattle soon learned to push their head through to graze on the otheeside. With the introduction of the Bessemer steel process in the, mid eighties a new' steel wire was introduced that had none of those disadvantags. Often slats of wood were used to spice the wires and make the structure more rigid. The invention of barbed wire solved some of the more serious problems. Its chief advantages were its low cast, its ability to restrain cattle' and -other farm animals, its lack of resistance to wind and , the narrow strip of land it required. It did not hide the field crop and threw a minimum of shadow. Twisting two wires together held the barbs, in place and permitted expansion and contraction with variations in temperature. One of its disadvantages was and still is the possibility of damage to livestock and the fact that it could not restrain chickens and small animals. In due time the Bessemer process made possible the manufacture of improved fencing of woven wire, carefully galvanized and still marketed today,, ' Electric fences have recently been introduced with considerable success. One Or more wires are charged with electricity by means of a battery that sends a current through them at intervals of a few seconds, not strong enough to be dangerous but definitely disagreeable. S'todk have to be .trained thrOugh, experience to recognize the conspicuous white insulatbrs that carry the wires. Once accustomed , to this barrier, they seem to avoid proximity to the fence whether the.current is on or off. (to be continued) necessary noise by squealing their tires. - • • EdwardVan Dyk, of RR 4, Seaforth, was also fined. $78. on the same charge. A number of drivers were also • fined for speeding offences. . John ,Buffinga, of RR- l', Blyth, was fined $21 for driving 68 k.p.h. in a 50 k.p.h. zone. Glen •Be.uernian, of RR 4, Walton was fined $34. Deborah Chesscl of 107 East Street, Goderich received a $32 fine ' for sPeeding; Norbert J. Stevens of RR 2. Clarksburg was fined $48 for Preventive Maintenance Pay.s111 Come in and have your car winterized early WE HAVE REPAIR WORK, TUNE-UPS, 'OIL CHANGES, SNOW. TIRES. WE ALSO 'WAKE HOUSE CALLS Commencing Oct. 1, 1978, Fall and Winter Hours., Mon. - , 7A .M. to 8 P.M, Tees. - • Wed. - Thurs. - Sat. Fri. Sun. - 7 ANA° 8 P.M.• 7 A.M. to 8 P,M. 7 A.M. to 10 P.M. 7 A.M.to 10 P.M. 8 A.M. to 10P.M. 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. k.4•••,,,,,, %CI:Fr THE HURON'EXPOSITOR, SEPTEMBER 28, 1978 A Pel of E hiees, peeth • thei-apisf, speeding, and Ja'ines Nash, • Of RR 5., Seaford" was fined $34:50 on the same offence. Edward Stein, .28 Main Street, Seaford" was,, fined $40.50 for speeding, and Donald Ruston 'of Dublin received a $13 fine for the same offence. Michael P. Marion of .7 Goderich , Street Seaforth received !$.18 fine for -parking-a:x/010e in a rialapss..,,,, which obstructed traffic. Court • was held last Wednesday in' the council chambers of the Seaforth 'town hall. A speech clinician will speech clinic, which qMPI0Y4 parent • delegation to the soon be hired by •the Perth a director apd two, additional board last Aloe which' County 'Board of Education to speech "IS pointed out the'seriousness "43°41/ a program of exPeta;e41:Poaluirl*:tegtrgtm'hisse"ntoefedrhef `C'frfusttrhaetionpsrt*Iferlt sand ithhee children in the system who , :populations which wthrojernh there* for the over 200 ' this apsasriesntatsnciZ, trying from to outside • The board, xesnonded stroke victims . . , varying includes the , pre-schoolers to elderly agencies, degreesare ln o need f help,'of the recommendations of, The report concludes that Keith Thornpson, superin- the requirements. of the tendentrif program, who had Perth school system cannot presented the, results of a be fully met by the hospital. survey conducted this ' At present; 35 Perth summer across the county. County students are reeeiv- ch hoinpisidd in 10 "one some form: of speech or language therapy, with the greatest concentration being The superintendent's two attonrittiyo'n' ocfataegsporeyechfotrhetrhae. at the primary level." p other recommendations, that ' pist or speech correction a salary schedule for the teacher, with another 80 clinician to range between identifieds having "less $12,500 • and $17,900 be severe problems." accepted and that $1,950 be Part of the impetilS for set aside for furniture, equip- conducting the survey was a ment and •office supplies were also adopted by the board. Thompson told the board that "With the emphasis in today's world on communi- cating orally, the need to help such :handicapped children - is self-evident." Trustee Earl Bowman said 16th in Clinton Public Hosp- Plans are being made for he has been "a little disturbed with t i e services available - Ladies Night to -be-held on Oct. 23rd at, the hall with a penny §ale,. All ladies are invited Thequilt draw will be held at the fall dance Oct. 21st at the Legion Hall. Tickets available from members; Music by the "Music Makers." Next meeting to be held on `Oct. 12th at 8 p.m. followed Liquor Offences and creat• '.ing unnecessary noise made' up the majority of cases .on the docket of thiS month's' -court ; presided over. by Justice • of -the Peace Gordon Ferris. ' David F. Anderson.- of RR 5, Clietthi. was fined $54 for having liquor readily available in a motor vehicle, bandy 3. Butick, of Lot '6, Con: 6. Tuckcrsmith Town- Purina_ planning tomorrow with research today. ' Start your dairy calves at (our days on this highly digestible ration with bal- anced protein and ener- gy. Fed free-choice up to two months, this -ration helps produce fast, eco- nomical growth. GORD'S GULF Seaforth 527-0333 iireportreedqutihriesat ing therapy* at Stratford General, with another 35,on review. but the. board's survey this summer showed 200 students , in. the "high COF plans quilt draw Correspondent Merner, ' Sandy, Julie, Mrs. Mary Merner Michael and Shelley, 482.7143 Court Constantine L1842 Xongratulations to John held their monthly meeting and Cathy Wammes on' the on nag-tray evening Sept: birth of a son, Brian on Sept. 4 14th at the hall. Mr. and Mrs. ,Frank Riley and Mrs. Jean Riley of Clinton attended the Luck, now Fair on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sanders, Jennifer and Jeffery of RR 4. .Brussels visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Marris Bo, Steven, Sharon, Kenny, Michael, Andy and Kathy. week's move, to enter into • , M rs: .1. Igerner of Kitchener visited on,' Satur- by a tupperware party to be competition with exsisting day morning. Mr. and Mrs. held at 9 p.m. : " health and welfare. Thompson's report points Allan Merner of Waterloo ‘' District Council to be held visited on Sunday evening at Constance hall on Sept . out thatthe Stratford Hospital with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl 21st. for speech therapy at Strat- ford General Hospital, stating that it's not been an ideal situation in the past. especially for people the outlying areas' of the unty who may have s e with transportation. Even so, it is not the board's intent, with last —411e---board identified the . northern part of the county as being in particular need of. help. Parents in Listowel were found to be having part-'. icularly serious problems . attempting to use the facilities of the Stratford clinic, and finally a special project funded by five service clubs ' in North Perth was set up to provide a speech therapist one day a week to help six children. However, the report indicates that' the project ended with the'coming of fall' because the funds had run ` out. ' The Board of Governors of The Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology invites you to attend , The Tenth Convocation honouring all graduates of Diploma, Certificate and Apprenticeghip Programs Dr. David Suzuki' will give the Convocation address Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Saturday, 30 Sept-ember:1978 • 1:30 p.m. Reception immediately following the ceremony at the Doon Campus, 209 Doon V1ley Drive, Kitchener Conestoga College of Applied Arts andTechnology We've g tkoshare„.