HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-09-18, Page 12Page 12 Times-Advocate, September 18, 1969
THE TORCH IS LIT - F, R. Palm, Union Gas Company president
and chief executive officer lit the torch that will burn brightly in
Huron Industrial Park, the symbol of the inauguration 0f natural gas
service in Lucan, Centralia, Exeter and Hensall areas. T-A photo
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Huron Plowmen's Association
42nd Annual
PLOWING MATCH
and Farm Machinery Demonstration
Saturday, October 4th, 1969
At Par Avon
The John Rodges' Farm
In Goderich Township, on the corner of No. 8 Highway and
the Ben Miller road, three miles east of Goderich
Everyone Welcome — No Admission Charge
Maurice Love, R, T, Bolton
RR 3, Exeter, President RR 1, Seaforth, Secretary
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DISTRICT STUDENTS REGISTER FOR HOME ECONOMICS COURSE — Among the 50 students that
registered Monday for the Home Economics course at the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology
were two area girls. Shown above are Carolyn Robinson of Zurich and Barbara Dougall of Exeter
registering with staff members Fred Willis and Mrs. Sharon Appleby. T-A photo.
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NOTE: You must apply for crop insurance by
October 1st or 10 days alter seeding — whichever
comes first.
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Torch is lit • t Centralia
Natural gas service begins
Natural gas service came to
the Lucan, Centralia, Exeter,
Hensall district Tuesday with the
lighting of a symbolic torch in
special ceremonies at Centralia's
Huron Industrial Park.
About 75 persons were on
hand as Union Gas Company
President and Chief Executive
Officer F. R. Palin lit the gas
torch, then later told the
gathering that "the availability
of a new, economical, versatile
source of energy cannot help but
give a boost to industrial
development".
"It will bring great advantages
and create a new incentive and a
new foundation for progress and
expansion", Mr. Palin said.
To bring gas to the district
from its main transmission line
near Elginfield, Union Gas began
construction last May of a
25-mile long, four-inch diameter
pipeline north to Lucan,
Centralia, Exeter and Hensall. At
the same time, individual
distribution systems totalling
some 32 miles were constructed
for these communities.
Total project cost is
approximately $800,000.
To date, the gas has been
turned on in all communities but
Hensall, where pipeliners are
putting the finishing touches to
the project in expectation of a
turn-on late this month.
A Union Gas mobile office
and showroom has been touring
the area since early last May to
acquaint the public with the
variety and modernity of natural
gas appliances, while a staff of
trained Union Gas personnel
answer visitors' questions on
natural gas and Union Gas
service. The 24-foot trailer is
currently in the Hensall area and
will be at the Exeter Fall Fair.
After the brief torch lighting
ceremony, the area civic officials
were wined and dined. by the gas
company at Club. Albatross at
the Industrial Park,
Mr. Vann again spoke and
outlined the development of
Union Gas through the past 60
years since the Tilbury natural
gas field near Chatham was first
brought into production,
His remarks were as follows:.
Initially, Union Gas operated
as a producer and supplier of
natural gas. Through the years,
however, the company has built
up a fully integrated system,
with responsibility for local
distribution as well as for
production, purchase, storage,
and transmission,
For many years, the Union
Gas service area was confined to
the territory from London to
Windsor and from Sarnia to
Chatham, and the company was
completely dependent on local
supplies of gas.
There's an odor coming out
of the storm sewer on Main St.
and council decided to ask the
County Health Unit to
investigate and see if raw sewage
is getting into it.
`There should be a fine
imposed if people are hooked
into it intentionally," Councillor
George Vriese suggested.
Consideration was given to
setting out poison at the dump
to eradicate rats.
A neighbor complained that
rats from the dump were
invading his property and he
advised that a considerable
amount of control had been
achieved by poisoning the
rodents about six years ago.
Members questioned whether
poison could be set out and
works superintendent Jim
Paisley was asked to check into
the matter. *
The resumption of school has
brought problems to some local
residents.
Council received a complaint
that pop bottles were being
tossed onto lawns, and some of
the bottles were smashed.
Councillor George Vriese
suggested the school principals
be asked to issue a warning to
students, but Councillor Ross
Taylor thought the police should
look into the situation.
The
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matter of public
washrooms at the grandstand is
still going the rounds. It started
with a complaint from council
going to RAP, and a subsequent
suggestion from RAP to council
that the building recently
donated by Dashwood Industries
Limited be used to house toilet
facilities.
Monday night, council
members said the building was
not suitable for this purpose and
turned the matter back to RAP
by asking that they investigate
the cost of adding .more space
for facilities under the
grandstand.
Cancer unit
elects slate
The Huron Unit of the
Canadian Cancer Society Friday
elected Miss Katherine
McGregor, Clinton, as president.
Miss McGregor succeeds
Harvey Johnston, also of
Clinton.
Other officers are:
vice-president, Mrs. M. W. Durst,
Clinton; secretary, Mrs. Gordon
Rathwell, Clinton; treasurer,
Paul Aggerholm, Clinton.
Other officials: campaign
manager, William Barlow,
Goderich; commemoration
funds chairman, Mrs. A. J.
McMurray, Clinton; education
chairman, Mrs. Joseph
McConnell, Seaforth;
vice-chairman of education, Mrs.
Douglas Bartliff, Clinton;
medical adviser, Dr. F. M.
Newland, Clinton; planning,
development and nominations
chairman, Harvey Johnston;
publicity chairman, J. H. Aiken,
Goderich; patients' service
chairman, Mrs. Lorne Salzman,
Clinton; transportation
chairman, Mrs. Wesley Holland,
Clinton.
BAYFIELD
For Reservations 568.2611
Receptions - Banquets - Catering .
By the 1940s, the demand for
natural gas in this area had
expanded to the point where
local reserves were no longer
adequate. Union Gas had to look
elsewhere for supplies.
Arrangements were made to
import gas from the United
States.
With the outside supply
assured, by 1950 we were able
to further develop our existing
market and were also able to
start thinking about the
possibility of extending facilities
and service into new areas.
Union Gas is now serving
about 315,000 residential,
commercial and industrial
customers. They are located in
some 250 municipalities
extending from Windsor to
Oakville, and from the north
shore of Lake Erie to Owen
Sound.
As you may know, natural
gas has many uses and the list
grows longer each year. In the
home, the basic uses are for
cooking, water heating, air
conditioning, space heating and
cloth es drying. Then, to
complement the trend to
outdoor living, we have lawn
lights, patio heaters, barbecues
and pool heaters.
In business many of the
applications are essentially the
same, except usually on a larger
scale. Industry, however, uses
natural gas in literally thousands
of different ways.
There are two applications
which are especially interesting
and significant: One of these is
total energy, in which natural
gas is used to provide the
hea,ting, cooling and all of the
electrical power requirements of
industries and large commercial
or institutional establishments.
There are also selective energy
systems which provide heating,
cooling and a portion of the
electrical load.
The gas is used to fire a
turbine or piston-driven engine
which turns a generator to create
electricity. The exhaust heat is
captured and used to produce
steam for heating. In summer,
the steam is directed through an
absorption chiller to produce
ATTENDS COURSE
Jack Doerr, Exeter photographer
attended a one week course in
direct colour photography in
Kitchener, studying with Joseph
Zeltsman, Master Photographer,
of Morris Plains, New Jersey.
Successful completion of the
course gives Mr. Doerr a Merit
Award toward his Master
Photographer Degree with the
Professional Photographers of
America.
GRADUATE NURSE
Miss Gloria Joan Rader,
daughter of Mrs. Beatrice Rader
and the late Harold Rader of
Zurich graduated from the
Woodstock General Hospital
school' of nursing, Wednesday,
September 10. She has accepted
a position at Woodstock General
Hospital.
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Exeter
Council
Briefs
Fooling. We have one of these
installations at our head office in
Chatham and another at our
region office in London.
The other special application
I want to mention involves the
use of natural gas — not as a
fuel, but as a raw material.
For years, natural gas was
thought of strictly as a source of
heat energy. Today, heat
remains the prime consideration
of course, but industry is
beginning to use gas in a much
different way — as a "feedstock"
or chemical building block.
Gas is being broken down
into its chemical components
and these are being used in
combination with other raw
materials to form a wide variety
of useful products.
Two leading examples of how
natural gas is being used as a raw
material can be found right here
In Southwestern Ontario.
At the new CIL plant on the
St. Clair River near Courtright,
gas is being used in the
manufacture of fertilizer. Here,
hydrogen is removed from the
gas and combined with nitrogen
from the air to form ammonia.
Some of the ammonia is used
directly as a fertilizer, while
some is combined with other
elements or compounds to
produce other types of
fertilizers.
Down in Canada's sunparlor,
in Essex County, gas-operated
carbon dioxide generators are
enriching the atmosphere in
greenhouses. Such enrichment
produces flowers and vegetables
which mature faster and grow
larger. Believe it or not, a 70
percent improvement in
productivity is not unusual.
The gas we are bringing to
your communities today was
formed by nature and locked
away underground for hundreds
of thousands of years before
men liberated it and learned how
to put it to use.
It may well be that new
applications will be found here
as you and others in the future
apply your minds and
imaginations to exploiting
natural gas for economic
benefits and for the
improvement of life.
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