HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-11-07, Page 25Man m arks 90 th
Milestone
On Sunday afternoon family and
friends gathered at Knox Pres
byterian Church in Ethel to
honour Welland Krauter on the
occasion of his 90th birthday. A
life-long resident of the area Mr.
Krauter now lives with his wife
Bertha at Knollcrest Lodge in
Milverton.
Welland Krauter is a well-known
person in the area having lived
near Cranbrook or Ethel most of his
life and on Sunday afternoon family
and friends gathered at Ethel
Presbyterian Church to honour him
on the occasion of his 90th birth
day.
Mr. Krauter was born on Novem
ber 8, 1900 on a farm near
Cranbrook and attended the one-
room school there. In 1943 on July
17, he and the former Bertha Foss
were married in Toronto. The
reception was held at the Old Mill
and the newlyweds honeymooned
at the Royal York.
Mr. Krauter farmed his entire
adult life even after moving to a
house in Ethel. His daughter Jane
McDonald of Brussels said that
working was always the most
important thing to him. “He never
really had any hobbies other than
working day and night. If it wasn’t
working, it wasn’t any good,” she
said. She does recall discovering
one interesting aspect about her
father after hearing his younger
sister Irene Campbell of Listowel
call him Sam. “She had always
called him that and one day Ed
(Jane’s older brother) and I asked
her why. She told us it was a
character Dad had played in a
young theatre group when he was
in his 20’s. We were really surpris
ed because we had never thought
of Dad being involved in anything
like that.”
Though having suffered a stroke
Mr. Krauter is now relatively in
good health and walks without the
use of a cane. He and his wife share
a room at Knollcrest Lodge in
Milverton. The couple have five
grandchildren: Michele, Kelly and
Curtis Krauter and Natasha and
Erica McDonald.
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12 tables at euchre
Twelve tables of euchre were in
play on Monday evening, Oct. 29 at
the Ethel Hall.
Winners were: high lady, Violet
Smith and Mrs. MacDonald; high
man, Grace Smith and Elmer Best;
low lady, Helen Alexander and
Bettie Hood; low man, Allan Mar
tin; most lone hands Becci Ruppel,
and Jean Chapman; birthday near
est Hallowe’en, Dorothy Martin
and Joe Martin; score of 77, Joe
Cooper; a row of zeroes, Jean
Connelly and Mac Smith. The next
euchre will be Nov. 12 hosted by
the Ethel W.I.
Sympathy is extended to Thelma
Keffer and family on the passing of
Bill Flood, Thelma’s brother.
An open house to celebrate
Welland Krauter’s 90th birthday
was held on Sunday at the Ethel
Presbyterian Church.
Gary Earl celebrated his 40th
birthday on Sunday with a family
supper.
Hydro announces rebate
Ontario Hydro will soon provide
rebates for the purchase of energy
efficient outdoor timers for use on
engine block heaters, Ontario Hy
dro President and CEO Robert
Franklin announced recently.
The average engine block heater
consumes 500 watts and if left to
run for 10 hours requires energy
produced by burning seven and a
half pounds of coal, Franklin said.
“Now imagine a million cars
using their block heaters all win
ter,” said Franklin. “To generate
that much electricity at coal-fired
stations requires 375,000 tons of
coal.”
“If each of those cars was
equipped with a timer, the amount
of coal saved would fill the Sky-
Dome six times,” Franklin told
members of the Canadian Electri
cal Association.
Franklin pointed out that the
block heater timer is only one
example of technology that is
available now to be easily adapted
to help consumers use electricity
more efficiently.
Recently Hydro offered a $5
rebate on energy efficient light
bulbs which are being sold through
a supermarket chain. The entire
shipment of 20,000 sold out within
a few days and a second shipment
is selling fast.
Soil& Crop
Association
holds
meeting
The Huron Soil & Crop Improve
ment Association is holding its
Annual Meeting and Banquet on
Thursday, November 29 at 7 p.m.
in the Seaforth and District Com
munity Centre.
Tickets are available through
local soil and crop directors, or the
O.M.A.F. office in Clinton. Ticket
deadline is November 19. One
feature speaker will be Mr. Ken
Knox, Assistant Deputy Minister of
O.M.A.F. Ken will be providing an
outlook for the 90’s.
One of the highlights of the
meeting is the corn, soybean and
wheat variety trials report which
the association collects and reports
on at this time of year.
Rob Templeman, Soils and Crops
Specialists will be reporting on corn
nitrogen rate trials and a number of
other projects. There will also be a
presentation by Jim O’Toole,
C.C.A.T., highlighting weed con
trol research; Robert Traut,
A.B.C.A., will provide a summary
of conservation trials of the Huron
Soil and Water District. A soil
conservation program update will
be presented by Laurence Taylor,
Chairman of the Huron Land
Stewardship Committee.
In order for the Association to
report on all variety trials and other
projects, the results should be
submitted prior to November 16.
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