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BIRTHDAY PARTY HELD AT HURONVIEW
tlyth—Mrs. Grace McCallitin of Huronview, celebrated her 80th
birthday on Tuesday, February 2. Twelve persons attended,
including her sort, Harve, and her daughter, Mrs. pert (Jean) Gray of
Clinton. These who attended from 'Myth were Rev. C. L. Wittich,
Mrs. M. McNall, Mrs. fettle Cronin, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lawrie.
On behalf of all residents in this area, the Standard offers hearty
congratulations to Mrs. MeCalluin,—Blyth Standard
15 OCCURRENCES CHECKED BY OPP
Zurich—In adversity there is strength it has been said. One need only
look at the events of the last week to verify this statement.
Seventy-five occurrences ranging from requests for food, blankets,
heat, rescuing stranded persons, transporting drugs, insulin and other
necessities to people were reported to members of the Exeter OPP
detachment.
A total of 20 motor vehicle collisions were reported. Six persons
were injured, the majority of a minor nature. Zurich Citizens-News
THREAT OP FLOOD IS NEW CONCERN
Exeter—The storm of the past week presented many problems for
Exeter residents, but there was an ominous warning at council this
week that another problem may still present itself.
Councillor Mery Cudreore said he didn't want to press the panic
button, but noted that if the right conditions existed this spring, the
community could face a severe'flooding condition in view of the vast
amount of snow.
"It could be another July in "February," he suggested in reference
to the floods which have hit in the past two years during July.
He said it was a possible dangerous situation and reSidents should
be advised so appliances could be moved out of basements if
flooding conditions presented themselves.
Reeve Derry Boyle was less pessimistic, "It takes a lot of snow to
make a lot of water," he noted.
"We've got a lot of snow," Councillor Cudmore quickly
replied.—Exeter Times-Advocate
SEAVORTH ADVANCES DRAIN WORK
Seaforth—A by-law to provide for •tonstruetioft of phase 1 of the
Silver Creek drain was given two readings at a special meeting of
council on Friday evening.
The $50,880 project is designed to clear a long time drainage
problem in the north easterly part of town. The first stage of the
program was eompleted two years ago when Silver Creek was
widened and deepened from the CNR to the Bayfield River.
Court t4 Revision on the drain assessment has been set for
February 22.—Huron Expositor
BLYTH WOMAN POUND DEAD
13tyth—Mrs. Hugh (Iota) Radford was found dead outside the back
door of her home in Blyth early Tuesday morning. It was speculated
that she succumbed to the severe cold temperatures.
Hugh is at present a patient in Clinton hospital and was not home
when the death occurred.--Illyth Standard
STORM TROUBLES COME IN THREES
Seaforth—Saturday Was not one of Bill MeLaughlin's better days. He
operates McLaughlin Motors in Seaforth and on Saturday morning
he set out with an employee, Eedford Taylor, to retrieve a car -which
was broken down near Centralia.
While en route to the stalled car, the wrecker experienced
mechanical trouble in the storm so- the two hitchhiked back to
Exeter where they tented a car to return to Seaforth. .lust this side
of Herisall, in a particularly bad stretch of Highway 4 and at the
height of the storm, they were in collision with ,st pick-up. The
head-on crash wrecked both vehicles. Mr. McLaughlin suffered an
injured knee and a cut to his chin which required 15 stitches to
close. Mr. Taylor was not Seriously injured but the truck driver
suffered a broken arm, broken leg, and possible chest injuries.
An old saw says that misfortune happens in threes and their day
wasn't over yet. A phone -call to Seaforth brought his wife :and her
uncle, Lon Smith to bring the two travellers home.
About a half mile south of Brucefield the visibility was reduced to
nil by drifting 'show so Mr. Smith stopped the car to wait for it to
clear. While they were waiting a snowplow overtook them and (you
guessed it) hit the Smith ear. Damage, however, was slight mid the
group was able to continue in the Wake of 'the plow and eventually
return home.—Ilurori Expositor
Tree house in winter
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Down by the tro ks
Hensall council met in the
council chambers on February 1,
at 8:$0 p.m., following a
testimonial dinner for the
former reeve, Oliver Jaques.
Deputations were heard from
Mrs. Stewart Bell and the Parks
Board. Mrs. Bell reported 32
juniors and four seniors taking a
20—week course in the figure
skating program. She asked for
$128. assistance to carry
through. Council will refer the
matter to the Parks Board.
Cecil Pepper, of the parks
Garden notes
board, presented their budget. It
was suggested that the reeves
from the surrounding townships
be contacted and councils asked
to name a representative to the
parks board in order to form a
recreational area. It was further
suggested that a meeting be held
with the various clubs using the
facilities at Hensall to get their
recommendations for their
requirements.
Ernie Davis reported trees
taken down and the necessity
for signs and stands to alert the
public when men are working in
the area.
It was decided that although
snow removable was costly, it
was a necessity at corners to
enable motorists to see
on-coming traffic.
On motion of Knight and
Baker a rebuilt motor will be put
into the old fire truck. Since the
Fire Marshall's office wants the
fire chief to do a survey of all
farms in the area protected by
Hensall firemen, regarding water
supplies, it was decided to
contact the townships
concerning the cost of the
survey.
Building permits were issued
to Ball and Macauley for
renovations, and to Cook's
Division 'of the Gerbro
Corporation for the erection of
silos and a drier.
The rate of pay for
conventions and extra council
business meetings was, changed
from $16. a day to $24. a day
and mileage. 'A motion by Paul
Neilands to accept the
recommendation of the PUC
Commissioners to get the same
yearly rate and convention pay
as councillors was carried.
The by-law to appoint Ernie
Davis as by-law enforcement
officer and utility man at a
salary of $5200 plus $300 car
allowance was read and passed.
The accounts amounting to
approximately $2400 were
ordered paid.
Ojilario • Second Sertiou
Clinton News-Record
106 Year No. 6
Thursday, February 11, 1971
Hensall
Forming of a recreation area suggested
Petunias on trial at Botanic Gardens
Winter's frosting
BY A. H. BUCKLEY
The trial garden of annuals at
the Plant Research Institute's
Botanic Garden is always aglow
in summer with colorful displays
created by a wide array of new
annuals, and often dominated by
a few new petunias.
This year the dominance of
petunias was excusable for the
whole garden was taken up by a
massive petunia trial. It involved
the growing of every cultivar
available from seedmen and
raisers from all parts of the
world. There were in all, 375
cultivars, each with some
difference in color or form.
It soon became obvious from
these trials that in recent years
hybridizers have produced a
tremendous selection of cultivars
with widely different coloring,
ranging from soft salmon pink to
deep scarlet and orange red,
from pale blue to deep purple,
and from white to soft creamy
yellow, and bicolors in a vast
and vivid assortment.
There were multifloras and
grandifloras with single or
double flowers, some as large as
saucers, others small and petite.
Some with plain petals, others
waved and delightfully fringed.
Of these many rated very
highly and are well worth
ordering right now froni
seedsmen who stock them, so
that you can get an early start
and have plants ready for setting
out at the right time for
planting. Or you can wait until
spring and order the plants from
your garden centre or florist.
The single multiflora types
have smaller, but more abundant
flowers than the others, and are
usually more weather resistant.
Their petals are for the most
part plain, i.e. not ruffled, fluted
or indented in any way, but
their colors are quite brilliant.
They are particularly useful
where large massed beds of color
are desired.
The highest rated cuitivars
under test were Blue Dream,
violet; Comanche, blood-red, an
old cultivar now improved with
selection; Coral Satin, a prolific
rose opal; Kewpie, rose and
white; Paleface, white and Pink
Foam, a fuchsia pink.
The odd colored plum shaded
cultivars with their rich
prominent veinings have been
extremely popular in the past
few years, gracing many
window-boxes and small beds.
You don't , need inure than
half-a-dozen plants of these to
give you an extremely vivid and
bold display.
The best of those tested were
Plum Blue, violet; Plum Pirik,
violet pink and Plum Purple,
dark violet to plum purple. All
stood out prominently in the
test gardens. Because of their
greater resistance to botrytis
they outlasted many other
kinds,
Pink Profusion, with Persian
rose flowers and Polar Cap,
white with sulphur yellow
veinings, were especially good
floriferous selections.
The Fl multiflora double
types are small-flowered doubles
that produce an abundance of
blooms and give a good display
throughout the summer. The
best new kinds belong to the so
called Delight series — Pink
Delight, Red and White Delight,
Lavender Delight and White
Delight. All are rated very highly
although not quite as good as
the older standard cultivar —
Cherry Tart, one that still
outperformed all Other doubles
both for clarity of tone and for
floral abundance.
The Fl grandifiora class is
comprised of cultivars with very
large spectacular flowers that in
general do not stand up so well
as the multifloras to prolonged
wet weather. They are very
popular and excellent for
planting in small groups in full
sun where their unique flower
formation is particularly noted.
Unlike the multifloras which are
usually plain petalled, the giant
blooms of the grandiflora are
waved, fluted or frilled,
characters that lend charm and
grace to the individual flowers.
The best new ones tested last
summer were Gay Paris, a peony
purple and white bicolor with
very large frilly flowers; Ace of
Hearts, crimson; Pink Cloud,
roseine pink; Pink Mascot,
fuchsia pink; Orchid Cloud,
violet and Dream Parade, purple
and white.
The tests also included White
Frills, a very spectacular large
flowered white that rated very
high indeed, It had heavily
ruffled flowers and was an
outstanding performer.
Happiness, ruffled pink and
Candy Apple, carmine red were
the best of the older varieties.
The grandiflora doubles ate
excellent for pot and container
use but suffer very badly from
wet weather, especially if
planted in open borders, where
the rain splashes the flowers
unmercifully. Bridal Bouquet,
consistently had perfectly
formed double flowers; Blue
Fantasy, pansy violet and
Dorothy Favorite, neyron rose;
Fantasy, violet and white; Lyric,
neyron rose and Princess, a rich
ruffled red were the most
outstanding. These seem to be
more adaptable to rainy weather
than the others in this class.
If you wish to get the most
from your petunias, include a
few of the cultivars mentioned
here. With a little extra care in
planning now, you can almost
double your enjoyment by
getting the kinds you Want and
growing them yourself by
sowing seeds in March and
raising them in a sunny window
until planting time.
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