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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-06-12, Page 36ANCIENT ALLIS CHALMERS fair parade. 1116. AP Pat Kyle was piloting a 1948 Allis Chalmers tractor in Tuesday's Hensall T -A photo QUEENSWAY IN PARADE Residents and staff of the Queensway nursing home participated in Tues- day's Hensoll Spring Fair, parade. T -A photo 111 FIDDLING THIS WEEKEND Heralding this weekend's Ontario fiddle championship in Hensoll during Tuesdays fair parade were Chris Srnitchen on the small violin and contest chairman Wayne Reid. TUCKERSMITH PAR celebrations took par Charlene Townsend. tib ADES in T King A Tuckersmith township float serenaded their upcoming Bi -Centennial uesdoy s Hensoll fair parade. Shown with driver Bill Strong are Princess David Townsend and Queen Kerry Schmidt. T -A photo BANK STAFF PARADES Employees of the Hensoll branch of the Bonk of Montreal were in Tuesday s Hensoll Fair parade. From theleft are Pot Pollock Dorothy Corbett, Phyllis Parsons Koren Dickens, Carol Taylor. Anne langendyck. Doreen Welsh Evelyn Wright and Sylvia Pockhom T -A photo Times -Advocate. June 12. 1985 Page 19A Writes book on bricks so the history isn't lost Everrett Haist of Dashwood has written a book about slop brick mak- ing, and about life in pioneer days. Haist is 93, and started writing as a retirement project.}fe's sold over 200 copies in the last year. Haist finished the book a little over a year ago, and since then has been selling copies to friends and neighbours for $5. each. Copies have gone to people as far away as Florida, where Everrett's brother lives. Peo- ple visiting the area in the summer have bought books, and sometimes orders come in from the States when someone sees a copy someone else has brought home. . 1-iaist's father ran a brick and tile making operation near Crediton: on which Everrett worked. The family also had a farm. The bricks were made from white clay, which was found along the banks of the Ausable River. The clay was dug up, mixed. molded, dried, and then baked in kilns. It•took four men to operate the brick mill: a mill filler, a molder, and two brick carriers. The bricks were fired. in the kiln for about a week. There was a big demand for drainage tile from the Haist yard. Duping the winter the farmers would haul their tile and brick creeds for the summer. By spring the stock would be depleted, so it wasn't unusual to see a line of rigs through the yard. past tile house, and a half mile down the road. The brick and tile operation turned out many of the bricks used in this area's buildings. Bricks went as far away as Kitchener, which was a long way by horse and wagon. Haist has `carved a miniature model of the brickyard, which is on display at the Huron County Museurh in Goderich. The model shows the brickyard as it was in 1890. Sometimes a farmer couldn't pay his drain tile debt, and Fred Haist would take cattle and horses instead. Atlas said still coming October of this year has been ten- tatively set as the publishing date oI the trouble ridden Iluron County historical atlas. The date was announced al the June session of Huron County coun- cil by atlas committee chairman Grant Stirling. Originally. it was hoped the atlas would have been ready for last Christmas but setbacks have plagued the atlas' production. The Goderich Township reeve made the announceMent amidst some questioning of a "surprise" increase of about $25.000 for publishing_ Count y council learned that art work and the shape of the picot res to be used in the atlas. could cost up to $25.009. Clerk -treasurer Bill Hanby said the $25,000 will be covered by the $75.000 budgeted for the atlas in 1985. "There won't be any more sur- prises," said Hanby. A financial statement to the end of April of this year shows that costs for the atlas are $17,294 over revenue. In the year and a half that produc- Iop of the atlas has leen underway. the county has spent just over 5123.000. income, from the patron's directory. pages purchased by municipalities or businesses and ixx►k sales, has totaled $I08.-100. The largest expense of the al las has been the salarieti, totaling $70,377 for an editor. co-ordinator and other stall members. "We started out with 123 pages. now we're up to 350 pages. Council coun- cil wanted a good atlas." commented Reeve 5)irbng. Editor A.Y. MacLean at Seaforth said he is confident the October publishing date will be mel. 1t was noted that the $45 cost 01 the atlas is in effect until flx' publishing date and then the cost will be raised Appraisal for school A professional appraiser will be checking out the value o1 Vanastra public 501o01. although its future re trains in limbo At its June meeting. the Iluron ('ounly hoard of education approved hiring an appraiser Last year follow- ing an accommodation review at the school the board committed ilsell to looking a f ter 1 he future of the school The director of education. Robert :11Lin. said the appraiser is being hired because as with any public budding where negotiations are tak- ing place and prices are being discussed. the hoard has lo know the value of the building Mr Allan said he has not yet met with officials from ('onesloga ('allege. which owns the entire building which houses Vanastra public school However. a rental agreement for the coming school year is also ex• peeled to he worked out Mr Allan said the hoard did have a three-year rental agreement which has no ex pired Ile estimated the cost of that agreement al 5:15.01)0 a year Earlier this year. the board hudgeted $105,0111 for the purchase and upgrading of the public school II was hoped that some money would corse trent the ministrc of criminal but it has indicated it will not help finance buying the A'anastra school this year Mr. Allan said calling the situation al Vanastra in limbo is a "fair stale nu of 11ow-ever the school hoard is working towards an end he said. 01 which outright purchase of the building is not the onl' option Everrett says in his book that there were always lots of horses on the farm. lie describes the daily life of himself. his two brothers and five EVERETT HAIST sisters, cin the farm. There were chores like milking cows and making apple butter and sausages, and spreading manure. Haist also describes fishing in the Ausable River, catching frogs for frog's legs. and cutting ice. tie says it was a busy but happy lite. it took Haist a little over a year to write the book. "1 get a kick out of this book business," he says. He donated copies to some of the area libraries. Iiaist would like to write another book, about the homes and stores in the area made of slop brick. He's a great storyteller, and is concerned that the history of the area doesn't get lost. DEDICATE SCHOOL Official dedication of the new addi- tion to Precious Blood Separate School in Exeter will take place Sun- day afternoon. June 16. Forster students. parents and in- terested area residents are invited to attend the Open House between 2 and 4 p.m. Father Neltigan will be in charge of the blessing and prayers at 2 p.m. A short program and a tour of the new facility will'lollod. DANCE, BALLERINA, DANCE Erin Kraftcheck, Exeter, entertain- ed the audience at the Hensall Spring Fair talent show with a bullet erformance. ca PIANIST Diane Hamilton, Hensoll, took part in the tolent show at the Henson Spring Fair. Her poge turner was Christine Huston. TRUCK FOR SALE The Exeter Public Utilities Commission hos a 1973 bucket truck for sale (specifications for this truck are available at 379 Main St. S. Exeter, Ont.) This truck will become available on July 15, 1985 To inspect this vehicle, contact by letter the Exeter Public Utililities Commission, 379 Main St. S., Exeter, Ont. NOM 1S0 or call 519-235-1350. Best offer considered. EX ETER PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION H.L. Davis, Manager WRECKING A Targe modern commercial building at 25 Water St. North in downtown St. Marys. For sale on site includes: • 10,000 square feet of steel corrogoted roof decking • 8,000 cement blocks • 25 pcs. open web steel bar joists 16'" x 24' x 10 • 14 pcs open web steel bar joists 28' x 46' • 14 pcs. 4" x 12' x 24 1 beams • 18 pcs. 6" x 6 x 9' H beam columns • 90 feet of 5' 7 " x 8 I beams • 300 feet of 5- x 10' 1 beams • 24 feet of 6" x 8 ' H beams • 7 pcs. 2 x 6' x 13' channel • 2 wood sectional overhead doors 9' w x 9' ►' high • 45 florescent lights • 2 industrial window wall fans • 7 hanging, gas-fired unit heaters • 1 roof top air conditioner. 37.000 BTU • 500 pcs. 2 x 4 studs up to 10' dressed lumber • 1 commercial aluminum entrance door and frame • 3'steel fire doors and many wood doors • Modern electrical breaker panels. switches. etc. • Misc. 2" lumber and plonks • A " plywood. toilets, etc. etc.. etc Apply at lob -site weekdays 8 o m. 6 p m. and Saturday 8 o m. noon. Apply at job -site this week only. Wrecking by LUMLEYV Sarnia