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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-07-01, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987. Dozens of members of the Brussels Menno nite Fellowship have been putting their Saturdays to use building an addition to the church. Last Saturday they were busy constructing the walls. Hallrice calf club gets tips from vet BY SHANNON AND CHRISTINE H ALLAH AN AND SHARON RAMSEY The third meeting of the Hall rice 4-H Dairy Calf Club was held at Siebolt Siertsema’s on May 20. The meeting was opened with the 4H pledge. Roll call was taken and members picked a team for the Reach for the Top competition as follows: John Bos, Laura Hallahan, Mike Pentland, Audrey Bos. Next they judged two classes of dairy cows. The official judge for the evening was the host. He also demonstrated his new computer­ ized feeding system to the club. A spokesman from Perth milk transportation told how milk gets from farmers milk tanks to the store shelves. Later they did a lesson called “Milk to Market to Market”. The meeting was closed and refreshments were served. The fourth meeting of the Hallrice 4H Dairy Calf Club was held at Melvin Knox’s on June 24. The meeting was opened with the 4H pledge. Roll call was answered with why the vet might come to see a calf on your farm. Melvin explained how his farm set-up is operated. Dr. Lavern Clark from the Blyth Vet Clinic talked about lessons 5 and 6, Galled “Herd Health in the Milking Herd” and “Raising Healthy Calves and Heifers.” John Bos showed how to test for mastitis and Arthur Bos one of the more “macho men (?!?)” in the club demonstrated how to take a core sample of a bale of hay for testing the moisture and protein contents in it. Then Lavern and Melvin showed how to burn calves horns off. The meeting was adjourned and refreshments were served. The next meeting will be held at Murray Howatt’s on July 22 at 8 p.m. A reminder that the Educa­ tional Bus Trip is being held on July 2. Childs off wd awty <<om. -faO'rt nvjchint/ij PRINTING Letters to the editor History should be preserved LETTER TO THE EDITOR: There are things about Brussels people should know. The past is being buried slowly but surely, unless someone writes it down. We would have no history but for the written word. It’s the people who wrote letters and kept diaries on journals that have preserved our heritage. I have lived in Brussels nearly 35 years, and was told I live on “Tory Hill”. It sounded ritzy to me, so I said o.k. to that. However, as the years roll by, people moving to Brussels say ‘ ‘ Why is it called Tory Hill?’’ I finally found out the other day fromaresidentof the Callander Nursing Home and former mer­ chant of Brussels, Mr. Archer Grewar, or “Archie’ ’, as most of us call him. He said that the part of town where I live was once the home of some very strict Tories - their names were not familiar to me, but they should be recorded. People should co-operate to help OPP THE EDITOR: In regards to the comments under “Councillor briefs’’ in last week’s paper by a Blyth councillor member concerning our Ontario Provincial Police force I would like to say that I am in total disagree­ ment. Did this person do anything to assist the police? Was a descrip­ tion of the car or a license plate number taken down? or did this person reach over to his phone on his night table and call the police without leaving the comfort of his bed? We must remember the police are not super human individuals. They don’t have wings. They can’t fly. They all are somebody’s father, mother, brother, sister, friend, etc. They voluntarily lay theirlifeon the line for us every day. Considering the large area Wingham and Goderich detach­ ments have to cover, I think they do a pretty good job. They cannot be expected to be everywhere at once. We are suppose to look up to our councillor members as citizens of our community looking out for our best interest, but for a councillor member to openly criticize our local police force I think that this issue and this member will be looked upon in a different light now. BRENDA J. BURKHOLDER ED. NOTE: In fairness to council­ lor Manning it should be noted that In our brief report we did not mention that he said he was not in the kind of physical shape to be able to chase after the car to get a licence number. There was discus­ sion at the meeting about just such things as getting licence numbers to phone in to the police. How 1 would have loved to have been a mouse in the cupboard in some old store in Brussels where the old-timers met around the coal stove and talked things over, especially the morning after an election! Election day was a stiff, cold day: Tories didn’t speak to Grits, and Grits didn’t speak to Tories. A political party even today in many way sis a family thing. If your father was a Tory or a Grit, you were on his side forever, and that’s how you voted. The Grits would say theTorieswouldvote for a mule just to get him in, and the Tories would say the Grits would vote for a pig for the same reason. Butit’s true folks: you know it and I know it. But we are drifting away from it. The kids of this modern day and age don’t have time to sit around the family table andhear Dad spout his political ardour. They are too busy with their Ghetto-blasters and electron­ ic gadgets, but remember - they still have ears! 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