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Confederation Caravan Forming Up
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VISIT YOUR
At Canadian Forces Base Centralia J,
. The last time George Mcdr
.came to Centralia, fjie world
■. was toed ,pf war W; 'it ibokcri
as though another one might be
„•coming. ' Z,
It was 1946 apcT Winston
Churphili had just coined a new
phrase t— Iron Curtqin — to
warn the West that its war-
time Russian ally Wa$ shaping
ftp as tfte new enemy.
George-.Moir, a career ROAF
officer, was in l Centralia to
make fighter pilots out o f farm
. boys for a possible World War
in. " <
* Yellow Harvard trainers clog-
/ ged the grey hangars or rum
bled intp the Western Ontario
sky on command of Centralia’s
nerve centre, the control .tower.
In , January 'this year Moir
came' back .to Centralia after 18
years,, but the name of the
Summerhill Club
, To Boost
Clinton Fund
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The March meeting of the
Summerhill Ladies' Club was
held at the home of Mrs. Lloyd
Stewart with 24 members and
three visitors present. _
Roll call was answered by the
last 'half of -the members bring
ing an “Article for Auction”.
The ladies of the club are to
look after the hospital carit for
the month of May.
The next card party will be
held March 17 with the money
going to the Clinton Confthunity
Centre fund. '
Program consisted of , a read
ing by Mrs. Jack Munch; a
contest by Mrs. Wilfrid' Pen-
found won by Mrs. T. Wester-
hout; and a contest on Huron
County by Mrs. Mike Salverda
wan by Mrs. Viiola Farquhar.
The raffle was. won by Mrs.
Keith Tyndall.
The April meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Mike Salverda
when the roll, call will be “Your
own Personal Centeririial pro
ject”. The program will be in
the Charge of Mrs. Jim Shell,
Mrs. Lloyd Stewart and Mrs.
Keith. Tyndall. Lunch committee
is Mrs. Clayton Ellis, Mrs. Viiola
Farquhar arid' Mrs. Neville
Forbes.
game i^ no longer flying ar
war. The ftdnd sopk gone,
the places ai'e gone, the
tower js dark ahd silent.
That subdued roaring noise
comes, instead, fi'om 64 of the
biggest highway ftigs- eve?.' seen
in Canada. They make up ^ight-
Confederation Caravans. whicri
by May 1 will be prowling Ml
Oyer Cariada, Moir Is. the man
ager of one qf theim
They-JI visit 656 ■ communities
jiroift Cqurtney pani yapeduvar
island to St. Anthony on thp
northeast tip-'of Newfoundland.
Insidp they are filled with sound >
ftnd light,' still and movie, pic
tures/ artifacts and life-like
mannequins, al) arrange4,ta th lqsfrate the’ development of
Canada .aftd her people from
pre-historic times to, the pre
sent,. ’• (, *
But getting the show on the
road * is,- in itself, almost a,
fOqtnote to Canadian* history.
The, story began more than
three years ago in a nonde
script . 'office in downtown
Ottawa, The Centennial Com
mission had decided to send an
exhibition- train across the
country in 1967 so they hired-
Leslip J. Maiden, a former
Army Service Corps officer and
■transport specialist,
He quickly discovered’ that a
train alone couldn’t begin to do
the job of .presenting a mobile
sftaw to the bulk of the popu
lation. He suggested the cara
vans and after drawing up de
tailed routes for three, then
five, then seven caravans he
WQft: approval for eight.
While ' writers, designers,
painters, sculptors and assort
ed craftsmen got to work under
the Canadian Government Ex
hibition Commission to fill the
train and caravans with a living
show, Maiden set out to make
sure His- paper plans would
’work. \
. He travelled the complete
route to be taken by the Con
federation Train, inspected and
photographed every site where
it will be exhibited this year.
In the summer plf 1965 he
sent .engineering students over
each" caravan route and site.
Their reports fill a large wood
en bookcase in his office.
Their task was to make cer
tain the tractor trailers (76 feet
long, 10 feet wide 'and 12 feet
high) could get to the designated
were
Last Wednesday evening, the
Royal Black Knights of Huron
County met for their annual
meeting in Blyth ■ Orange Hall
with County Master Very Wor-
. shipful Sir Knight William
-Campbell of Harriston, in
charge.
Also present were Right Wor-
sh'ipful Sir Knight Oliver
Jacques’,' Grand Miaster of the
Grand -Black Chapter of Ontario
West and' Very Worshipful Sir
' Knight Walter Sco|tt, Grand
Lecturer of the Grand Black
Chapter of Ontario West, who
wepe -brought before the,altar,
given Grand Lodge Honors-and
a seat on the dias.
Several committees
chosen to go over the work of
the pfecoptories in the past
yeat-. With a few exceptions
where deaths and withdrawls
had occured, the County organ
ization was in a strong financial
* ■ condition.
The cup award given for the
most initiations in the past year
>was won. by Bayfield Preceptory
and presented to> RW Sir Knight
. Oliver Jacques who will deliver
it. A donation was sent to the
Organization and Benevolent
Fund of the Grand Lodge.
After discussing the invita
tions to attend the Derry Day
-- celebrations in Mount Forest
and Gravenhurst, members d'e-
Si
CATTLE OWNERS
aided to celebrate with tfhe Sir.
Knights of Gravenhurst. No de
cision was made regarding in
vitations to meetings in Sarnia,
Tillsanburg. Oshawa and Tor
onto.,,
Sir Knight Robert Hibbert
and Sir Knight Wilfred Castle
conducted a memorial service
for members who had passed
away throughout the previous
year.
Sir Knight Jacques presided
for the election and installation
of'officers for 1967: Very Wor
shipful Preceptor, Russell Page;
Deputy Preceptor, John Hend
erson; Chaplain, Harry Wat
kins; Registrar, William Taylor;'
Treasurer, Henry Patterson.
First Lecturer, Wilfred Castle;
second lecturer, Allan Watson;
first censor, Ernmersop. Mitch
ell; second'censor, Harvey Jack-
Im; first standard bearer, Gor
don Carter; second standard
bearer, Gordon Finnigan; pur-
suviabt, Milo Casmore; press
reporter, Charles Stewart.
The Grand Master presented
the newly elected County Mas
ter with the lodge collar and
gavel, wishing him, every suc
cess in his new. office.
Grand Master Sir Knight
Jacques spoke briefly, as did
RW Sir Knight Walter Scott
and Past County Master Charles
Stewart.
communities qver existing roads
aftd around . existing , corners.
And they had to make sure
local .etoibit" sites were hig
enough, level enough and
a firm enough surface to
the 20-tqn rigs1,
, .. Alrnost all pf toe. sites
were abandoned had physical
problems that couldn't-bo over
come, Qne remote. mountain
community, for instance, could
be approached only by a road
With a turn that couldn’t be
nego-tidted by toe tractor treril-
ers unless a canyon on one side
..Was tilled in or a sheer cliff on
the other side was removed.
Xaiidto's tiles are so detailed
he cap select at random any
community where toe caravan
Will park and tell you in sec
ond's ’such odd bits of informa
tion'as toe location of the near
est water faucet to* 'the lead
trailer or’the name and phone
number of every doctor in town.
John Cqupland, a career Air
Force officer and fighter pilot
in the Battle of Britain, became
Maiden's assistant last year. He
and . training officer Sandy
Boyce, formerly of Air Canada’,
took part in training personnel
for the Confederation Train,.
which started its cross-country
jariht January 9,
That same day, Coupland and
.Boyce headed far London, Ont.
As the . tractor trailers began
roiling1 into Centralia, five
senior staffers far each caravan
booked into Wellesley Barracks
in London where the more than
300 staffers are housed and re
ceive classroom instructions.
Coupland devised a rigorous
training program for the 40-key
personnel so toey would know
all of the answers before the
rest of the staffers arrived
March 5.
(Classroom .time and bull ses
sions were used' to, explain toe
purpose of tfte caravans and toe
wealth of organizational and ad
ministrative problems in oiper-
aittng such a road show for six
months.
And they thrashed out what
to do in toe‘ . worst possible
theoretical emergencies — a
brpkeft-dowh trailer, "a^washed-
out" road, an exhibit site that
isn’t ready.
Between classroom sessions
toe .key groups moved to Cen
tralia far the practical' work of
setting up the caravan on- site
and tearing it down again with
out wasting time. -•
On site, seven of toe eight
trailers form a quadrangle with
bridges Uniting the trailers.
Drivers are ’allowed no more
than four inches for error in
parking the giant' trailers so
toe bridges will fit .without
warping,
Ih the first trial run last .year
it took top-notch transport dri
vers an hour and a half to* place
one caravan,' but the allotted
time is only 15 minutes. While
Coupland was trying to sort
that one out, two of his daugh
ters, Jo, .16, ’ and Bobbie, 12,.
made cardboard cutouts of the
rigs to scale and toe parking
manouevers were*'worked out on
■a table top.
Part of the solution lay in
sending an advance man to toe
site to roll out 800 feet of lum
inous tape marking precisely
the position of each trailer.
But they also concluded that
the layout of a particular site,
its approach roads and toe turn
ing area available for the trail
ers should determine the order
in which the eight trailers ap-
The symbol of the Reid Cross
-is the reverse of the- flag of
Switzerland. It honours: .its
Swiss founder, Menri Durant.
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take
proached the gite.
, ' - Each train manager has g. full
set of route, and ,site surveys and
two pictures qf each site. ’Miaft-
. 'ftgets and craws alike tare
pected to know every rorid and
$ite thoroughly before they see
them, .
When the caravan is ready
to leave one coanmunity, the
tractor 'trailers will pull out ft1
the order’ bast suited fpr swift
parking at the next community, ’
to save having to . shuffle tod
eight giants ,around each other
in a small-town park.
. Within the quadrangle formed,
by the trailers, . triadeitic dis?
plays and a stage have to be set
up. The triadeti.es are towering
aluminum structures carrying
photo, sound and light displays
of the people -and development'
of the region the caravan. is
traversing. ‘ .
Packed tightly, they till the
eighth trailer.. The first time
..they were lugged outside it
took several hours to set them up properly. But wiito practice
the time nas been cut fo the
goal of two hours and probably
'Will -be reduced further with ex
perience on the road. .Taking
them down again requires 45
minutes, but this, too, probably
can be reduced.
As to& 64 rigs spread out
across toe tarmac and runways
of the Canadian Forces Base
here in constant practice ses
sions, , competition developed
among the caravans to reduce
toe timing of all tasks.
In, many ways, the program
resembles training for a mili
tary dperatidn, says Cbupiand,
“but- ouf purpose isn’t to kill
people, it’s to celebrate Canada’s
birthday.” ,
Precisian in the timing of
every 'move is the reason for 'the military atmosphere of toe
program. Displays will be open
to ithe public from 11 a.m. until
11, p.m. If the show is to open
in another town the next day,
the outdoor displays have to be
packed away after 11 p.m. dos
ing, toe caravan moved -to the
next site after dawn and the
triadetics re-erected by the 11
■a.m. opening.
Because ’of thefif. size, the
caravans are 'illegal on every
road In Canaria 'but received
special permission from each
province to Use toe roads. Still,
they Will be able to travel only
in daylight and with a police
escort fore and’ aft.
Traffic qn particularly nar
row roads will have, to be cut
off in bdtii directions while toe
caravans "-pass. However, toe
caravans steer clear of metro
politan areas land d!o almost all
of their travelling -before 9:00
a.m. /I . * ’
. The four -caravans' in popu
lous Ontario and Quebec each
travels .less than half toe 'dis
tance of those touring ’ the
Prairies and northern territor
ies. The shortest route, 1,555
miles through 'Western Ontario,
als-o has the least ■ number of
one-day stands and is likely to
foe seen by the most number of
people.
■ By mid-April, all the planning
and training and' theorizing will
be over. The 64 tractors trailers
ftnd 24. blue station wagons will
begin fumbling out of the al
most-abandoned air base and .
across Canada to open the show
May 1. ' .
Maiden, Cotipland and Boyce
will be sitting in 'an operations
room in Ottawa on May Day
awaiting word of success or
failure from North Sydney,
N.S.; Huntingdon, Que.; Hull,
Que.; Rockland, Ont.; Richmond
Hili, Ont.; Atikokan, Ont.; Milk
River, Alta, or Langley, B.C.
The following the .pomplpte
text .of a statement by Dft G.
F. A. Evans, Huion Coyirty
Medical Officer1 of Health re
garding 'immunization;, '
“The recent reduction in the
number of young children being
brought fo the Huron County
Health; anft service Clinics for
Inoculation ■ and vaccination
gives cause for concern,. Cer
tainly the reduced bteths is a
factor, but this is only paftt of
the picture. The possible argu
ment that winter is responsible
'for tfte fall-out ift figures dees
not bear scrutiny,, as I .hiaye
been comparing the December
and( January attendances of
1965 and 1966 with those in
December and'January of 1966
and 1967.
“The . County Health Unit
operates* these clinics throughout the ^County of Huron every
xhenth except in midsummer. In
Seaforth'on the second Thurs
day of the month, 'in Exeter on
the second Monday, in Wing
ham, an thetiiard Wednesday, in
Clinton on the third Friday and
in Goderich on the third Satur-
rifty.,’ > .
1 “There is a tendency for par
ents to lose their respect for
diseases like diptheria, whoop
ing cough,- polinmyliitis and
smallpox because they do not
know- the diseases' and their
effects.- Furtheri many people
imagine that these diseases are
things’ of the past, yet toe fruto
is that the germs of the diseases
mentioned are still with us, cup
in the cases of smallpox could
be with us suddenly and with
out Warning. It is only a high
acceptance pf immunization and
vaccination that keeps-them at-
bay forming, as it * Were, n
strong fence around the popula
tion. Ignore the protection of
fered .and the “fence” falls into
disrepair, .*’■
*Tf is well worth" saying, of
course, that the^County Health
Clinics, offer more than immu
nization programs. Highly quali
fied1 Pf tl^e nursing
profession,. Public Health Nurs
es, are in attendance to help
mothers with the, many prob
lems, big < and small, that young
.children present; and at most
clinics a doctor is present also.
It is the unswerving aim,, of all
concerned, in co-operation with
family doctors, tp provide as
good a health service as possible
for the “under five’s”, and I
commend most earnestly to all
parents of infants1 arid young
children, full \use of the facili
ties available.”
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Over 350,000 patients in Can
adian hospitals receive .free
transfusions of whole blood and
blood products every year
through the Canadian Red Cross
BJood Transfusion Service.
Tossed Salad For 70 Persons
In The Twinkling Of An Eye
With spring weddings,' teas,
luncheons and banquets in the
offing during the next few
months, we thought hostesses
in the area might be interested
in a recipe for a super ,tossed
salad which will serve 70 people
sb easily and so deliciously it
will-amaze you.
Sugar and Spice
(Continued from page 2)
Cross when I was overseas,
navy blue, match it with pink
mesh stockings and an ancient
mustard suede jacket that
even her brother threw out,'
and sally to school.
Nothing: warnings, threats,
and appeals to deity, stop her
from waltzing around the
house in her bare feet.
But she still, lias an endear
ing quality from her child
hood; if she reaches for the
salt, she spills her milk; if
she. makes a-'batch. of cookies,
it takes three days to clean
up- the kitchen.
What does she want to be?
A nurse? Agh! A teacher?
.Yeuch! I think her secret
ambition is to be a long
haired, shouting singer with a
Group.
Unfortunately; her hair is
’so curly that if she let it grow
long, she’d look like a Zulu*
can shout. Especially when
she’s -in tile wrong.
As, you’ve probably gather
ed, I dote on my daughter. I
wouldn’t trade her for a
brand new Cadillac. I’d have
to have somebody offer me a
Rolls-Royce. ,
Speaking of cars', I guess
I’ve no kick. She’s been 16
' for two whole days, and still
hasn’t asked me when she
can get her driving, license.
A real scatter-brain. •
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While we suspect almost any
combination of salad, type veg
etables could be used) the recipe
suggests: one small red cabbage
(shredded)i, 6 (heads of lettuce/
( broken ih pieces and soaked in
ice wafer for at least one hour
prior tq„ serving time);, one
small sitelk of celeay (cut in
pieces); two red apples (sliced
in thin wedigds); two. cucum
bers (sliced thin); one package
of radishes (sliced) ; and chop
ped onion ar anion salt (both
optional).
The crowning glory is toe
thick, spicey dressing which is
poured over toe crisp greens at
the 'very last second before
serving. /
If your crowd is smaller/ or
if you want enough dressing for
family-sized salads for a few
meals, we suggest cutting the
ingredient amounts in half and
storing toe completed dressing
in the frig 'until just before toss
ing and serving.
TOSSED SALAD DRESSING
1 cup vinegar
1 cup cold wafer
1 ■ cup white sugar ■
Cook slowly and before the
mixture gets too hot, add:
2- beaten .eggs
Mix:
1 teaspoon mustard
' V2 teaspoon soda
.2,. tablespoons com starch
dash salt
Add slowly to* toe hot -liquid
and boil together until thick.
Remove from heat, cool, and
add:
1
1
4
tablespoon butter
bottle French dressing
table'spoons salad dressing
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