HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-03-21, Page 42PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1990.
Auburn
Compiled by Mrs. Mildred Lawlor. Phone 526-7589
Silk flower arranging taught at
Auburn Horticultural Society
Opossum caught on farmer's yard
The Horticultural meeting was
held on Wednesday evening,
March 14 at the Community Hall
with 33 present.
The president Erma Cartwright
welcomed all. O Canada was sung
with Marjorie McDougall as pian
ist. Erma read a poem “My First
Love". The minutes and corres
pondence was read by the secretary
Dorothy Grange.
It was stated that the District
Annual will be held at Walkerton
on Saturday, April 1. Registration
at 9 a.m. There will be a beef
dinner and the cost is $8.50. The
theme for the meeting will be
“Garden Soil”. Anyone wishing to
go please contact Dorothy Grange
or Erma Cartwright by March 24 so
rides can be planned.
There is to be a flower bed made
in front of the library and some
volunteered to weed and water it.
The treasurer’s report was given by
Elliott Lapp. He also stated that
there were 126 members to date
Auburn euchre party held
The weekly euchre party was
held at the Community Hall on
Tuesday evening, March 13.
Winners were: ladies’ high, Ruth
Jardin; ladies’ low, Marion Hag
Boxes placed in Auburn stores
for shower gifts and goodies
There are boxes at Seers and the
Variety Store in Auburn for a
shower for Lisa Boonstoppel at the
Christian Reformed Church, Blyth.
This will be on Saturday, March 24
at 2 p.m. Please bring squares or
cookies.
and he also explained the grants for
the society.
Mary and Shirley Stoll then took
over with flower arrangements with
silk flowers. They gave the basic
rules for flower arranging, decided
on the place you want to place it,
and the right container, colours,
balance and Shirley explained her
arrangements. The porportion,
scale vocal point, triangle or L-
shape, verticle, crescent and S-
shapes. She demonstrated making
a bow also. They had a draw and
Gail Dobie received the arrange
ment. Questions were asked and
answered by Shirley.
Dorothy Grange read a reading
on “Vegetable Garden”. Erma
Cartwright thanked Mary and Shir
ley for their talk and arrangements.
The “Queen” and grace were
sung. A delicious lunch was served
by Nancy Slater, Kay Lapp and
Grace Cartwright. Frances Clark,
Jean Plaetzer and Eunice Arthur
received bouquets of real flowers
and a social time enjoyed.
gitt; men’s high, Gordon Gross;
men’s low, Murray Rollinson;
novelty, Jane Giousher.
Euchre parties are held on
Tuesday evenings at 8 p.m. at the
Community Hall.
A shower will be held in Knox
United Church on March 26 at 8
p.m. for the recent bride Joy
(McClinchey) Porter and bride-to-
be Barbara Gross. Boxes for this
are in various locations in Auburn.
Please bring sandwiches or goodies
for lunch.
Hebo Siertsema of RR 3, Blyth
found something unusual hanging
from a tree outside his house a
couple of weeks ago. A lone
opossum had found its way from
the secluded wooded area up to the
Siertsema residence.
Using a long trapping apparatus,
that has a looped end to slip over
the animal Mr. Siertsema caught
the marsupial and caged it.
Once uncommon to the area,
opossums are, according to Robert
Gibson, A resource Technician with
the Ministry of Natural Resources,
starting to move this way due to the
warmer winters we have been
experiencing.
Mr. Gibson states that the
opossum is an animal very similar
Caged Critter
Ken Siertsema of RR 3, Blyth holds the device his father Hebo
used to catch this opossum that was discovered two weeks ago
in a tree outside the family’s home. Once an animal that was
uncommon to th is area, the marsupial has recently begun
moving this direction because of the warmer winters and is
being sighted more frequently. • '
“There have been a few sight
ings in the Cambridge area in the
past few years and they have just
recently moved into the Wingham
district,” said Mr. Gibson. “This is
the first year that I know of that
they have been seen in the Bayfield
River area - usually about four or
five together that have been held
up in den trees where they hiber
nate. They have apparently become
somewhat of a nuisance in the
southern end of the province near
Simcoe, getting into the feed and
hay.
to a raccoon in the way it feeds and
is quite harmless, only biting when
cornered. It is unlikely that they
will have rabies, either, he said, as
the animals that tend to contract
the disease are usually scavengers
like wolves or foxes.
He also says that there has not
been a problem with them here as
yet because their numbers aren’t
that great. “And,” he says, “once
we start getting colder winters
again then they’ll start moving
back.”
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Devotions shared at Presbyterian WMS meeting
The monthly meeting of the
Auburn Presbyterian W.M.S. was
held at the home of Lillian Lether-
land. The devotional period was in
charge of Marion Haggitt. It was on
“The Sermon on the Mount”.
The study was given by Frances
Clark. She read an article about
three Russian families who settled
West Wawanosh council sets salaries
The council of West Wawanosh
set their remunerations, salaries,
and honoraria for this year at their
meeting on March 6.
Reeve Cecil Cranston will receive
an increase of $175 bringing his
yearly salary to $1500. Another
$60 will be paid to him for regular
meetings plus $30 for any extra
meetings he attends. A mileage
rate of 24 cents a kilometre will be
paid for travel to anything other
than regular meetings of council.
The councillors voted themselves
no increase so their salary will
remain at $1,000. They will also
receive $60 for regular meetings
and $30 for extra meetings, in
addition to the same mileage rate
as Reeve Cranston.
Clerk-Treasurer Joan Armstrong
will get $30,630 for the year plus
$200 a month for clerical work and
bookkeeping for the road depart
ment as well as the same travel
allowance.
The Road Superintendent will
now be paid a yearly salary of
around the Waterloo district. Carol
Daer read a reading entitled
“When does Spring begin”.
Marion Haggitt also had a reading
Auburn people visit
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Lapp enjoy
ed a few days with her sister Mrs.
R. C. Templar of Rochester, N.Y.
$30,630 instead of an hourly rate.
Grader operators will get a
60-cent increase for full-time to
$12.60 an hour and a 50-cent
increase to $10.50 an hour for
part-time.
Dave Reed, the senior Account
Representative and Frank Foran
the Insurance agent from Frank
Cowan Company attended the
meeting to review the insurance
package presently held by the
township. No changes or increases
were authorized by Council and the
renewal premium will be $10,797.
Allan Craig, George Collins, and
Harry Arthur, representing the
village of Auburn brought several
issues to the attention of Council.
They asked council to consider
weed control and grass cover on the
north side of the hill on Elgin St.;
the condition of asphalt on the
same hill; dog control; location of
hydro lines under streets; improv
ed winter sanding arrangements
and a PRIDE grant.
The proposal of Maitland Engi
entitled “If God should go on
strike.” The meeting closed with
all repeating the Mizpah benedic
tion.
Mrs. Ethel Ball returned home
from a two week vacation to Costa
Rica recently.
neering Services Ltd. in Wingham
at $1500 to perform an energy audit
on the works garage was accepted.
This was required by the Ministry
of Energy prior to applying for
assistance in the retrofit of the
building.
Council authorized Wayne Todd
to attend the T. J. Mahoney road
School in Guelph in May.
Council authorized the road
superintendent to advertise for
tenders to supply about 20,000 to
25,000 cubic yards of granular
material on township roads.
The road accounts in the amount
of $12,772.57 were authorized for
payment.
A building permit was issued to
Aaron Hackett for a residence. A
grant of $100 was given to the
Lucknow Agricultural Society.
Councillor Joe Hickey will attend
the Huron County Municipal Offi
cers’ Association meeting in Brus
sels on April 6.
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