HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1981-08-27, Page 9TASTY SAUSAGE - Robbie Dickert helped fry sausages at the
Zurich, Bean Festival breakfast Saturday morning. Staff photo
Rains halt area harvest
Recent heavy rains have
delayed white bean harvests
about a week and if wet
weather continues, it may
have an effect on 1981 yields.
Bill Strong, manager of
operations at Cook's Mills in.
Hensall said, "there hasn't
been any harvesting since
the rain".
He added though, the rain
shouldn't have any effect on
the yield, and farmers
should be back on the fields
within two or three days.
The crop had been suffer-
ing from. dry weather early
in the season but he said it
was quite good so far.
• Strong said some beans
had been harvested and most
are ready to be harvested as
soon as the weather clears
up.
The sales manager of the
Hensall District Co-op,
Larry Shapton agreed, but
added _ most white beans
were not ready for
harvesting.
If beans were pulled he
said. they are more suscep-
tible. to rot and there may be
some sprouting. The pulled
beans may be covered with
mud and would be docked a
grade for being dirty.
Shapton said the ram may
have helped even the crop
up. as there were still some
green patches on the fields.
"Providing," he stressed,
"the rain quits now."
Another week of wet
weather could cause
problems, but providing the
fields begin to dry out there
should be no crop damage.
Effects of the rain remain
to be seen, but any beans
pulled will be ruined said
Doug Mann, manager of the
Hensall branch of W.G.
Thompson.
Beans are just starting to
get ready Mann said and
later crops like shell corn
will be largely unaffected.
Plants are suffering under
heat and high humidity, and
he stressed that farmers will
have to get on the fields
soon.
All three agreed the Hen- ,
sall area was not as affected
by the rains as areas further
south and that the year's
yields should not be affected
if the weather dries out soon.
No. 35/
FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS
SEPTEMBER 3, 1981
Price per Copy 25 Cents
Women gain confidence
at farm conference
Women were able to "gain
confidence in themselves,
exchange ideas, and par-
ticipate in discussion" dur-
ing a conference for women
living in rural areas held last
weekend at Centralia
College, according to co-
ordinator Helene Cameron.
Mrs. Cameron aiscribed
"sharing" as one of the
highlights of the conference,
stressing that many women
learned that there were
others with similar ideas
and problems. "We were
happy that the women were
at ease and able to talk
plainly about what's bother-
ing them." Mrs. Cameron
added.
Mrs. Cameron said that
the workshop was set up
through Centralia College,
and Conestoga College.
Interest for the conference
grew out of a group called
"Women Today," which was
organized last year by Mrs.
Cameron and South Huron
District High School teacher
Pat Quigley.
Mrs. Cameron described
the conference as "very well
attended." She said that 106
women were present. About
two-thirds stayed overnight
at the college. Most were
from this part of
southwestern Ontario.
While the conference was
designed for women living in
rural areas, it 'was not
necessarily for farm
women. However,
organizers were pleased that
the large proportion present
were farm wives from ac-
tive farms.
Mrs. Cameron said that
workshops allowed the
women to discuss some of
their fears and concerns.
She said that many of the
women are worried about
, high interest rates, which
are forcing some farmers
into bankruptcy, or putting
other small farmers out of
business. Such changes are
decreasing the amount and
variety of foods, the women
believe. The necessity of
making the public and
government aware of the
problem was discussed.
Mrs. Cameron said that
organizers were pleased
with the cross-section of
ages involved in the con-
ference. The majority of
women were in the 25 to 40
age group, which made up
about 62 percent of the total.
The 41 to 59 age group
made up about 28 percent of
the total members. Mrs.
Cameron said they were
very pleased with that
figure. About five percent
were under 25 and another
five percent were over 59.
Mrs. Cameron said that
guest speaker Laura Sabia
"rattled a few cages". Ms.
Sabia recently ran as a
Conservative candidate in
the Spadina byelection in
Toronto, where she lost to
NDP candidate Dan Heap,
and Liberal Jim Coutts.
According to Mrs.
Cameron, Ms. Sabia's com-
ments on property law
stirred some interest, and
many of the group signed up
for a workshop on how ex-
isting and changing laws
Please turn to page 8
UBRARY TO CLOSE — The Dashwood branch of the Huron County library will be moving
down the street later this month. The old Koehler's variety building may be torn down and
the library will relocate near the new post office. Shown is library worker Mrs. Ray Rader.
Library branch relocates
The Dashwood branch of
the Huron County Library
will be relocated later in
September.
Librarian Bill Partridge
said the library board met
last week and decided to
move the branch down the
street to a building owned by
the Boyle family. This
building now houses the new
post office and the Skills and
Quills shop.
Dashwood librarian Mrs.
Ray Rader had expressed
concern that the library
branch may be lost if the
new location was not found.
She said that the school
children used the en-
cyclopedia and older people
seemed to like the books
made available.
But Mrs. Rader lamented
most did not seem interested
in helping to find a new loca-
tion.
The presesit building is an
addition to a main street
house which once housed
Koehler Variety.
Mrs. Alda Koehler said
she was not sure what use
the building would be put
too, it may be torn down or
fixed up, but she said the
library had "been here a
long time" and she wants
the use of the space.
"I'd hate not to have a
library in Dashwood," she
added.
"It's a long winter if you
haven't got a book to read,".
Mrs. Rader said.
Bernice Boyle, who runs
the Skills and Quills shop
said the library would be
located in the original cooler
of what was once a
Dashwood grocery store.
The new post office is in
the store area and the craft
shop is in the locker.
Partridge said the area
was actually smaller than
that presently occupied, but
added circulation has been
delcining in the village.
"It's hard to find another
location in a place` that
small." he said of
Dashwood.
Mrs. Boyle said she was
glad to be of service, adding
that she likes to keep ser-
vices in the area.
Mrs. Boyle may also be
taking over the librarian's
duties.
The existing building is un -
insulated and cold during the
winter. The library was
located in the Koehler shop
for at least 25 years; the
men's dub met there before
that.
It was taken over by the
Huron County Library in
1967.
THREE COMPANIES -- Fire equipment from Clinton, Brucefield and Hensall helped con
trol this barn fire, 1 1/4 miles west of Brucefield, Tuesday.