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1O-THE BRUSSELS POST, MARCH 30, 1077
Wood may be fuel of the
future it's renewable
People
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Mr. and Mrs. John. Tooth,
Lorraine and. Gregory spent th e
weekend, with Mr. and. Mrs,
Edwin Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ebel and
family were weekend visitors with
Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCutcheon.
Change a room
Increasing costs of electricity
and fossil fuels have led to a
worlthwide search for a substitute
fuel resource - and in South-
western Ontario, wood appears to
be a good choice, World supplies
of oil , natural gas and coal are
li mited, with each day bringing
us closer to the exhaustion of
these resources. Electricity is no
substitute either, as about a third
of Ontario's electricity is
generated by burning fossil
fuels. Atomic power production is
a source of serious environmental
concern with regard to disposal of
radioactive wastes and other
associated problems.
Wood, however, is a unique
fuel resource in that it is
renewable in perpetuity. Wood is
a clean fuel if burned efficiently.
Even if combustion is incomplete,
the products of combustion are
very similar to the products of
natural decay of wood in the
forest. As a result, there is no net
increase in environmental
pollution as there is with the
burning of fossil fuels which do
not decompose in the natural
state. Best of all, there is a large
surplus of fuelwood available
right now in Southern Ontario
woodlots.
Although considerations, such
as convenience, bulkiness and
cost of burning equipment are
factors which influence the choice
of fuels', price is still the main
concern. Taking into account the
relative efficiencies in the
burning of wood versus fuel oil,
one full cord (128 cubic feet) of
hardwood is equivalent to about
140 gallons of fuel oil in heating
effect. With heating oil prices
approaching 50 cents a gallon
now, any homeowner with an
efficient wood-burning stove or
furnace would find it cheaper to
burn wood if it was obtainable for
less than $70 a full cord. Many
people in Southwestern Ontario
have already taken advantage of
the abundant wood supply with a
combination oil-wood burning
furnace for convenience as well as
economy.,
A farmer with a well-stocked
woodlot of 12 to 15 acres would be
able to produce enough fuelwood
for all future domestic needs even
without using trees suitable for
the higher quality lumber and
veneer products. Tops left after
logging and dead trees are
commonly used for,fuelwoocl, but
most woodlot owners are
currently eglecting the
opportunity to do beneficial
woodlot improvement work by
removing the many, diseased,
deformed or overcrowded trees
that are present in most woodlots.
Utilization of these low-quality
trees for firewood actually
increases the production of
timber from the woodlot by giving
the best quality trees more space
to grow and thereby increasing
their rate of growth.
For woodlot owners who are not
certain of which trees are best to
remove for the improvement of
their woodlot, the Ministry of
Natural Resources can be of
assistance. Under the Woodlands
Improvement Act, an agreement
can be made with the woodlot
owner whereby Ministry staff will
free of charge mark with paint the
trees that should be removed. A
landowner with a wood-burning
unit can then cut and remove the
marked trees to provide fuelwood
and improve the quality and
growth rate of the woodlot at the
same time.
Wood promises to have even
more importance in the future.
Technology has already been
developed to convert wood , to
methanol as the basis for the
,production of synthetic , plastics,
fibres and rubbers, all of which
now come from petroleum. Wood
as a replacement for petroleum is
not a new idea either. At the end
of World War II, 90 percent of all
motor vehicles in Swedne were
powered by an 80-octane mixture
of carbon monoxide, hydrogen
and nitrogen which was produced
in a wood-gas generator and fed
into a standard internal
combustion engine through a
modified carburetor.
These examples are only an
indication of the potential of our
vast resource of low-quality wood,
a potential that is just wafting for
the proper economnic conditions
in order to be realized.
Your living room represents,
' three years of blood, sweat and
near bankruptcy and the results
are as exciting as a bowl .of week
old granola? Chances are you and
your home are suffering th e
between season blahs - prime
time for a multitude of mini
changes. Small scale, low in cost
and short on time, e is
designed to freshen, chaR and
• brighten both your home ana your
spirits!,
Rearrange the living room
furniture and live with it for two
weeks. Despite comments made
by our husband. Most rooms have
at least three potential
arrangements. Pick a furniture
arrangement similar to your.
living room from a magazine and
make your moves accordingly,
Remove a piece of furniture
from. a room.
Most rooms are over furiiishel
often with pieces that are hardly
earning their keep - an
uncomfortable chair no-one uses,
a bookcase for afew tired knick.
knacks," end tables, magazine
racks.That "bare" spot wil
disappear in time. Resist the urge
to fill it with something else.
Reduce or increase your living
room lighting
A change in your lighting level
produces an automatic change in
your room, new shapes anti
shadows can create whole new
dimensions!
SCI alumni offers scholarships since 1934
Bring your Ideas
Each year since it first was
presented in 1934 the SCI Alumni
Memorial Scholarship has served
as a recognition of those
graduates of the Seaforth
Collegiate Institute who gave
their lives in the Great War of
1914-18.
While the SCI Alumni Associa-
tion has been inactive since the
last war, officers of the Associa-
tion have continued to ensure the
$25 scholarship was awarded
each year to a graduating student
of S.D.H.S. Payment has been
made from the interest earned by
a $500 fund which was
established in the early thirties by
contributions of S.C.I. graduates
and augmented by activities of
the association at that time.
The executive of the Associa-
tion When the second war
interrupted its activities included:
Honorary President, Charles
Stewart, Sr.; President, Mabel E.
Turnbull; 1st Vice President,
Mary I. Haigh; 2nd. V.P.,
William. Hart; Secretary-Trea-
surer, A.Y. McLean; Executive
Committee, Winnifred Savauge,
Margaret McKellar, Nelson C.
Cardno, W. E. • Southgate, Jr.,
Alice Daly, Mary Bell, Margaret
J. Grieve, James A. Stewart,
D'Orlean Sills, Margaret C.
Crich, Mary L. Hays; Lit.
Representative, Alistair W igg;
Auditors, Hazel Reid, Jelin
McTavish. Year Book Staff -
Editor, A.Y. McLean: Art Editor,
George baly; Business Manager,
John C. erioN Advertising.
Manager, H. Glenn Hays.;
Photographs, Ilan MacTavish.
To ensure that the scholarship
will continue' even though
association officers may no longer'
be available, atrangemerith have
been made with Victoria and Grey
Trust Company to accept and
administrate the fund now
amounting to $847.95. From the
proceeds it will pay in perpetuity
the annual scholarship. The
recipient will continue to be
selected by the staff of the school.
The trust agreement with
Victoria and Grey incorporate the
terms of reference established
when the scholarship was first
introduced. Relevent sections
provide that:
(a) (i) The scholarship is to be
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awarded annually to a gra.duating
student who has shown an ability
to participate, provide leadership
and accept responsibility and has
attained a competent level of
scholastic ability.
(ii) In the event that no student
qualifies for the award in any
given year, the amount of money
involved may (a) be added to the
principal sum from which the
income is derived or (b) be used
as a second scholarship given the
next year.
(b) The Trustee shall pay the sum
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annual amount may be increased fund.
the discretion of the Trustee the such fee shall be paid out of the
the fund to the student so named to charge an annual fee of $20,00
by the Principal of the school. At for the services performed and
of $25.00 annually from income of (c) The Trustee shall be entitled
provided sufficient funds are (d) In the event that the Seaforth
available in the income cash of District High School ceases to
the fund. (Continued on Page 11)
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