The Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-03-14, Page 8A
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Regional development
key to orderly progress
Continued from' Page One
time. Commerce and industry
may be best designated into
certain areas of a region -that
is, one town asserting the role
of a trading centre for surround-
leg communities where industry
mightt, flourish more readily.
"Industry seeks flat land,
reasonably pricedi Completely
• serviced with sewage, water.
roads, zoning restrictions and.
housing for potential employee,}' .
Mr. Needles advised. "Good
schools and recreation facilities.
are important, . As industries
locate and grow these problems
can become important financ-
• rally both for income and -out-
lay for faci:Iities."
TWO METHODS
ver, Needles ekplairled the
present organization of MODA
• arid regretted that past expert*.
ence bas Made it difficult to
greet rzore;than about once or
twice a year. To rectify this •
Problem, Mr.. Needles. suggest-
ed -two alternatives-- Plan A,
Which snakes; each' Qthe four
zones in IvIODA a small devel-
opment council with its own-
executive secretary and mem-
bership drawn. from. all quarters,
from whieh four members Would
become representatives at . MO-
DA cquncii; or Plan B. which
dispenses withzone identifica-
tion. and appoints representa-
tives directly to `1vMODA council
from the entire -area.
In a work session men and
women from Huron zone re-
presented at the meeting. select-
. ed Eleni ,A as the most efficient.
Local people expressed their
views that. lack' of co-ordination
between- MORA • council and. the,
"grassroots" had defeated the
_intended :purpose.of the !Jason.
County council mernbers at the .
session noted that Huron has
spent $5,000 on MODA :nd tad
•• beensomewhat disappointed at
the results.
•. OIEC:TIvEs..
Opinion :was'shat..MODA's
w
purpose in the. area .waslo assist
communities to provide the
roper: climate` for'"business ands
expansion; to introduce new
businesses and service,,existing
ones, bring about orderly dev-
eloprrsenttin the zones, work to
keep young folks in their home
regiensA that persons living
there,. ceuldreapital ze on their
education expenditures and gen-
erate enthusiasitn for thedistrict.
It was felt that through Plan
A, more local involvement
would increase the liklihood of
fat -reaching, benefits for all.
There. would be more direct
representation, better co-ordin-
ation and proper continuity if
the executive-sejretary and the
president °of each zone were
functioning at top interest.
Main objection to the plan
was the cdst of hiring an exe-
cutive -secretary. Although
the rneetin was undecided
abou�t'v fhd'Would finance the
added expenditure, it was,gen-
era1 assumed that the. zones
would be;responsible for select-
ing and paying any person e1
added at the local level. As
one man observed, it was a
means to "increased taxation
and expenditure".
One group suggested a •
"floating secretary' who would
oversee"a11 four zones. This
idea was scorned by William
Urquhart of MODA who said the
physical and economic differ-
ences of the four counties would
make this impractical.
Otherthoughts expressed
were that the job could be done
"voluntarily" by •some inter=
ested citizen or achieved as an
"added duty" for some promi-
nent secretary -treasurer of a
Municipality, board or even
the county.
Hume Clutton of Goderich
motioned that the meetinggo
on :record as favoring Plan A
but that discussion of finances
be, left to a later meeting.
`'This met with, the approval of
the gathering;'
As a Parting :word, one ob-
• server muttered•, "It's no damn
good :the way it, is.'.. w.e might
as well,bhange
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usns as chairman
continued' from Page, One
a,sLIOMl ke4iiglier than' normal
this year, having totalled some
$3,'000 so far. He mentioned
that'two recently -installed •
•pieces of equipment, a ground
detector irt•the''foperating room
arida main electriical switch
are causing some trouble' and
will not.:be passed by the Hydro
inspector until the:diffic���t�}l�ties
have been OVercenie., The., ar
chitect.and•the general•contr-
actor •are working on these pro-
blems at present:. -
ln.the: absence of Chairman
Barry Wenger" of the Manage-
menu committee, Mrs. Morrey
• read a list of nursing staff .per-
° sontiel which included. two
Signations during the Month: and
• the: addition of three new staff
,members::
i
Wo Stock All
Sickroom Needs
For the patient's
comfort, we ill! or
rent complete' sick-
room supplies,... at
rasonable cost. Pre*
scription service, too.
JOHNSTON'S
DRUG STORE
Dr. W.A. McKibbon was re-
appointed as chief of the medi-
cal staff and the board renewed
the hospital privileges of the
.nine:permanent staff Members
and the 13 doctors who are con-
sultants accredited to the hos-
pital. -
AMBULANCE
Mrs. Morrey reported that
the ambulances had answered
32 palls during the month. • Re
venue had arrrounted to $787, - -•
25, but expenses were $i, 237. -
• 90, Questioned about the ex-
pense figure, she said that some -
new equipment had been 'pur-
chased and -the .smaller of,the.
two vehicles had required an
engine.tune-up. •.
The 'administrator also re-
ported that the required 75'7o of
the administrative staff had
signed for the new disability in-
-mance coverage and the hos-
pital has made formal applica-
tion'to the insurance carrier for
:coverage, r
• Mrs. ,Murrey also reported
that a thorough check of
the.Mphysfcal facilities at the
hospitatlia I recently been com-
pleted and it was found that the
chief requirement now is for
additional shelves and .c u p
boards which will be erected by
the engineering staff. "
Dr. McKibbon asked about
insurance coverage, since con-
siderable nevi equipment has
been added recently, particul-
arly in the operating room area.
The chairman said that a com-
plete review had been done last
year and another would be un-
dertaken shortly to make sure
that adequate insurance cover -
age is carried: The administra-
tor added that aAdetailed list of
the new equipment has been
maintained `for this purpose.
Frozen vegetables are
quick and convenient to have
on bandfor either family or
company meal's. Allow # cup
per.ierving. Since commercial--
ly frozen vegetables are "loose
frozen" on trays or plates be-
fote packing, they ,separate
easily. The required amount
may bemeasured out and the
Test put back In the freezer.
8e sure to carefully seal the
bag dr box before returning it'
to the freezer,
iI Ott. '
lid %Hippy poison
in
your home?
A recent report -un the Poi-
son Control.Program of the De-
pattment Of. National H; alt h
and Welfare reveals that . 1 u
1965 more than•27, 000 Cant.,
adians were accidentally poi,
soned in the home as a result
of carelessly stored drugs and
other dangerous household sub-
stances such as spot cleaners,
lye, floor wax etc, of these
27, 000, `I5 per cent, or more
than 20,000 victims, ire re
children under, the age of five
years«
Death and disability as a
result of accidental poisoning
have become an increasing'
hazard of modern day 1 i v, ng .
° Fortunately, only a small num-
ber of children die because of
accidental poisoning, but thou-
sands more are subjected to the•
.fright of the'experience and
hundreds are seriously injured or
maimed for life.
All drugs and potentially
harmful substances in the home
should be locked ,away from
curious little hands,.'
Children don't know a n y
better -- do you?
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BY ERIC .ROBERTS,-1N THE SUNDAY ° E PRESS< .
THREE CARS were involved
in an accident south of Wing -
ham on,Highway 4 on Friday
night. Drivers involved were
Marion McBurney of'R. R. 5
Winghem; • James Cameron,
St. James, Manitoba, and
George Hetherington of Blue -
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How old is that sparrow on your lawn?
How long do birds live? This I live to theh
is a question that is often asked,
and it isn't one to which there
is a direct answer.
For one thing, so much .de-
pends on the species. • In the
days when people used to keep
parrots, one of these birds
might well remain in the' fami-
ly for as long, acgranny herself,
same age as uman
because parrots not infrequently,;
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beings.
Storks too May go on flying
until they are 70, and an eagle
has been known to live to the
age of 55.
THE CHECK.
But anyone putting this,ques-
tiion is usually thinking rather
of the kinds of birds we have, in
our gardens. And the sad thing,
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Remember when the crs.,
had chains •in winter?
Snow tires we take for grant-
ed,
ranted, except when it cemes to-
buying
obuying and havingthem chang-
ed each fall and early spring.
For the.Kest of the time they
are,jusr' something we never
think: about -v.
..-.i ut.4hose Motorists who re-
call "the old days"' should
.bless them many times. Not
so very many years ago, dear
children, it was necessary to
put on chains to get anywhere.
Chains, in case ,you don't
tcnow, were multi=linked af-
fairs which could get horribly
tangled. They had two stretch-
ers along either side, supposed-
ly-the
upposedlythe same length as the cir-
cumference of the tire. And, •
children, : tires in those days
were different,',too,, but we •
won't go into that except to
say they were much harder.
Every 10 inches or less there
were cross pieces attached to
chain "circles." The clinched
links, where the cross, pieces
attached to the . side pieces,
'had to have the sharp points
outside,. or they,
might cut the
tires. They had a habit of 8et-
ting caught on the side pieces-,
and when they did those
Chinese link puzzles had noth-
ing on them, particularly if it
was cold .
First the .length of chain
went around, the inside of the
tire.. There was a p tented
clasp affair not too hard to• get
hooked, but getting it separat-
ed was a different matter!
Once the inside piece was
hooked together, the cross
pieces had to be carefully •
sorted out (some could do 'it
without, jacking up the -wheel)
and then the outside length of
chain was made encircling, the
wheel. Then came the job. of
forcing the outside clasp •
closed. It had to be done so
the chain was 'tight, or the
noise was terrible. And that
meant force!
After the chains were on
and the happy motorist started
on his way, it was quite pos-
sible there would be a terrific
crashing, as if some wayward
'child had grabbed up a chain
and started to "massage" the
fenders of a car, In a 'sense it
was something like that. Twir
ling loose ends were striking
the fentiers, „fortunately under-
neath. It was then necessary
to stop, find a piece of baling
wire and tie the ends.
Then all -being well there
was merely the grinding, bump-
ing of tires continually over
the heavy links of chain. That
is, sometime it was all well.
OW there were' the times
when a cross piece would sud-
denly break. The crashing and
banging could be heard for
blocks. Then came the need
for another repair job, on the
spot. The alternatives were to
take the chain off, :no easy itask, -or drive on and grimly
bear the sound of a pding
which would tear today's car, :
A
fenders to pieces.
And how long 'would a pew
$14.75,Pair of chains last? c,
well,. should you forget to rem =-;'
trove• them on a bare paved
stretch of roadway more than
fifteen miles long, it was nev-
er• necessary to do so in the con•
ventional way. You merely
threw the frayed strands that
represented the "chains'' into
the car trunk, to be later de-
posited in the garbage can.
Of course this was a pro-
:,, gressing western country, there
were. improvements. There.
came a time when chains could
be purchased in'two'cross piece
sections, and 'attached to the
wheel by leather straps. These
were quite effective if put ori;
at regular spaces.Still later
came rubber "chains" attached
in the same manner. 'They
were "a lot smoother riding of
course: _
. Chains were actually hazard
ous on ice. They would be
.simply terrible•on today'splbt-
• ed roads. And they did'not
give the drive power of the
smooth driving snow' tires.
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hereis that most of these are
destined to die long before they
have achieved anything like
their full life -span.
However, before we become
too distressed about it, we
should remember that one of
the most important things Na-
ture has to do is to keep a check
on her numbers.
In other .words, the popular-.
tion'of birds, insects, fish, and
animals of all kinds must be •
kept within reasonable bounds,
otherwise the whole balance of
Nature would become upset..
The other day my daughter
happened to be looking out of
thewindow at a blackbird's
nest when she saw a huge crow
suddenly swoop down and help
itself to a nestling. •
Someone else had 'already
seen the crow visit •the nest pre-
viously, and make ,off with the
only other .youngster that had
hatched, so the nest was now
completely empty.
This sort of thing, together
with the many other hazards
our garden, birds have to face _
and your cat may .well be one
of them!), means that their
casualty rate is pretty high.
In fact, it has been estimat-
• ed that although a_blackbird
can expect to produce some-
thing like 45 youngsters :over a
period of three years no more
than two of these are likely to
become adults.
Similarly, • when a pair of
swallows have their two broods
in the summer, making_ a total
family of, perhaps, 12 young-
sters in all, 10 of these will
probably°neves reach maturity.
•• Even among the adults them-
selves, half their number are
reckoned to die every year.
The, four main hazards which
account for this heavy. toll are
cats, severe weather, insecti-
cides, and, surprisingly enough,
motor cars. But there are oth-'
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ers too, of course, such as di=
sease, birds of preyand wea-
sels and foxes.
AU this means that compar-
atively few of the birds in our
,gardens can expect to enjoy a
really .ripe old age.
So if a house -sparrow is still
hopping around your lawn at the
age of three or four, it can ,
• reckon to have dopepretty wee)•
for, itself. •
But if all the hazards are re-
moved,then it's a very differ-.
. ent story.
I think we can say that,
kept free from their natural en-
emies, most of our well-known
small birds would live forany-
thing from five to,eighteen
years of age,
IT IS CRUEL
But 3 Must hastily add here
this shouldn't encourage. you to
go rushing out collecting all
the small birds you can find,
so as to give them the :shelter'
and safety ,of e. cage.
Keeping a bird in captivity
when it has been used to life in
, the wild, even with allLts haz-
ards, is a cruel thing to do, and
is against the law anyway,
• Sometimes, of course, the
• only way a wild bird -has been
able to survive, at all is with the'
help of humans -- and this has
produced -some remarkable ca-'
ses of longevity:
Clare Kipps,, for instance,
tells in her book Sold for a Far-
thing of her tame housesparrow
that enjoyed the fun of her
house for no less than twelve
years Seven weeps andfour days.
The only reason why she shared
her home with the sparrow was' „
that she found it as a newly
hatched nestling abandoned on
her doorstep.
But even this long-lived
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bird was just x crick compared wring around at the incredible
with another really excsptioiusl ase of 23 -- which is by kr lite
akar specimen that 1 personal.
house -sparrow that was stilt tot- ly have ever encountered.
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CONSTABLE WILLIAM STEVENSON off. the Winghtkrn OPP
detachment stands at the scene of an accident fn 'Blyth
on Friday afternoon .which sent a pedestrian; Herbert
Grovier, aged 5; to Clinton' Public Hospital. He is re-
ported to have suffered tied lacerations and a fractured
pelvis, Driver. of the car, seen, Moving s Edward Bridle of Cliff► n1 Clarence Flood f Watton,'
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