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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1980-07-16, Page 3going out west to pick up cattle. In addition the Company's own trucks and other trucks that Mr. gham a has hired haul hay to the CN and CP rail stations in 'Walkerton. The Company has been employed by the government of Manitoba which sends purchase orders for so many thousand bales of hay. Carl buys the hay and arranges for railway cars which are then sent over to, Walkerton for loading. Although they have been "swamped with calls," (from people with hay to sell) Mrs. Fotheringham said when they buy! hay they try to keep their purchases withiel ,the area. THE BRUSSELS POST, JULY 16, 1.900 , 3 the. editor: Lessons friend$hip.. I'M ALWAYS BLOWING BUBBLES Jeff Heibein may have bitten off More than he could chew, but not more than he could blow into, a bubble. It looked like the bubblegum was helping his concentration, while, he. fished off the bridge in Brussels on Monday afternoon. • (Photo by Ranney) This is a thankyou,letter. Yet the words "thank you" do not ,seeM enough to express the appreciation and emotion I wish to convey. To list all of the inclividuals to whom I am grateful could become an entire newspaper in itself, but there are certain ones that merit mentioning. You see, it was eight years ago that I ' first came to the Brussels area - in fact, as. a teacher to Grey Central School. Looking back over' these years makes me realize how often I was more a student than a ' teacher. The lessons I was taught will remain inspiring and rewarding. To all my friends, colleagues and students, I thank you for those lessons in friendship, community spirit, integrity and a healthy respect and love for life. I want to say a special thanks to the Grade 8's of Grey this year for planning a special surprise evening forme; to the staff of Grey for •their assistance and co- operation; to the parents in Grey for their • steadfast support; to all my past students for their efforts and accomplishments; and to the people of the community for being themselves. I shall.remember Grey Central for much more than my first school. The community is unique and very special. It is only when one leaves that you realize what is actually there. To all of our friends I extend a warm invitation to come visit us in our new home in Blyth, I know that we shall make every effort to attend community events in Grey and Brussels. On behalf of my wifeL a, and daughter Laura, I say THANK YOU. We may miss you but we'll never forget you. Sincerely, , Floyd Herman Thanks for the space Just a note to say "thank you" for being so generous with the newspaper space you allot us in the Brussels Post for pictures and articles about Callander Nursing Home, its residents and special activities. We appreci- ate your efforts on our behalf. Sincerely, Janis Acheson, Activity Director, Callander Nursing Home Bluevale woman injured Marie ' Chapman of Bluevale received „major injuries as the result of a car accident' on Saturday, July 12. Wingham O.P.P. report that the accident occurred on Highway 86, half a kilometre west of Highway 87. Mrs. Chapman was northbound on Queen Street out of Bluevale onto Highway 86 when an eastbound vehicle ,driven by Jerry Reibeling of R. R. 1, Bluevale struck the front end of her car. Mrs. Chapman was taken to the Wingham and District Hospital. Mr. Reibeling suf- fered minor injuries. Damage is estimated at $2500 to the Chapman vehicle and $2000 to • the Reibeling vehicle. Remernber the old swinging bridge. in Morris Township? §ee Page 7 Manitoba farms get Wroxeter had Drought has been a real problem on farms in the - prairie provinces this summer, but now those farmers are getting • an assist from government. Provincial governments, Ottawa and the railways have aid plans in which each covers transportation and most handling costs of shipping Ontario feed to Western cattle. But at least one family had its own ideal solution to the problem when they decided to save on loading costs by coming to a relative's farm in Ontario and loading up the hay themselves. Ron and Bob Renwick of Coulter, Manitoba and John Harmon of Melita, a small farm community in the southwest corner of that province, will be busy for the .next three weeks or so, loading bales onto CP boxcars at a small siding in the Huron County village of Wroxeter. Providing the hay for Mr. Harmon and the Renwicks is Mac Inglis of R.R. 1, Clifford whose grandfather was a brother of the Renwick's grandfather. Mr. Harmon said he was here buying hay for himself, his father and his brothers and was assisted in his efforts by a friend, Lloyd Bugg of Napinka, Manitoba. Ron, his .son Reg and Bob Renwick were busy loading hay for their, family, including `another brother Orville at home. Mr. Harmon's father and Ron Renwick are on council together in the rural municipality of Arthur, Manitoba and according. to John Harmon, "Ron's the fella that had all the contacts here. He was the guy that really got things organized." "There seem to be lots of hay available here," Mr. Harmon said, adding that he was buying about 15,000 bales, while the Renwicks were buying about 20,000. He figured they would end up shipping about 70 cars which would contain about 500 bales each. Mr. Harmon said he had a very small hay crop of his own. "Our hay crop is' pretty short, really. We're only getting 10 to 20 per cent of what we usually get." Ron Renwick said the transportation of the hay had been co-ordinated through the Manitoba government which set up a deal with the railroads and other farmers can then buy their hay through the govern- ment. "What we're saving by being down here is the cost of loading it," Mr. Renwick said. While these families may have thought of this solution to their problem, at least two transport companies in Bruce County are doing a whopping business, by transporting hay out west. . Jim Hutton, secretary of the Lloyd Hutton Transport Co. Ltd., in Paisley said the company had been buying hay within a 30 mile radius of Paisley, loading it onto trucks which take it out west and which return from the west with a load of cattle. The transport company loads some of the Prairie Livestock trucks as well as their own and the trucks then take the loads of hay directly to the west, • Asked how much the hay was selling for out west, Mr. Hutton said there was a lot of difference, ranging anywhere from $2 to $4 a bale. In Ontario', the price is usually around $1 a bale. The company gets $2 to $2.50 a bale, depending on how far out west it has to be taken and the cost includes the price of hay plus transportation. Although some transport companies are working in co-operation with the govern- ment, as far as the Lloyd Hutton Transport ois concerned, it's strictly a venture of their own. Carl Fotheringham's Livestock Trans- port of hfildmay has a different arrange- ment. The company loads trucks which have .brought cattle into Toronto and which stop and get a load of hay on their way back to rk+tieso alfro .01 r int Are a t Orr. LET'S GET TO WORK, MEN John Harmon (on top) and Fred Bugg from Melita, Manitoba, Reg ,Renwick and Ron Renwick of Coulter, Manitoba work to fill up boxcars taking the hay out west to their farms. The men bought hay frorn an Ontario relatives of the Renwicks--Mac Inglis of R.R. 1, Clifford to solve the drought problems with their own hay crops. They loaded the boxcars up at the failway siding in Wroxeter. (Photo by Ranney)