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Signal Star publisher R. G-Shrier, right, and news staff. member Mime to show and explain about the different machines. We
Ron Shaw examine what proved to be the•lafgest letter the learned things we didn't know before from the answers .. you
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Signal Star has ever received. The letter, signed by 30 children-
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hildrenwho are students at Victoria Public School, is a 'note of 'thanks
to the local newspaper for a tour given the youngsters during
thepastv>ieek.._:The-tetter--say-sr ear-Mr:---S-hrier-and staff;Mrs.
• Telford's Class wishes to thank you for taking your valuables
Letters- to the
Watts, although, I may • have
fallen , into some ' of these
categories at times, temporarily.
Not having a doctor's salary
to live on and -a family of seven
children to raise, there have been
times it has been necessary to'
e supplement my acome through
hunting and -trapping as this was
the thing I was best, at, and by
the way, it is t agal in Ontario.
One of the' important 'roles
played -by "the hunter 'and
trapper in the area, in.
- co-operation, with the Dept. of
- Larids and Forest has been to
• control rabies. 1 along with
others have supplied live fox to
the Dept. at times in an effort to
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obtain an oral vaccine that could. .
.be_lef_t_ n.._.areas inhabited by.our._..
wildlife.
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To picture every hunter and
. trapper as being out with a lust
to kill everything .in sight- is a
gonuine falsehood. . Another
disease that is prevalent in our
local 'wildlife -is tularaemia that
can be passed to humans and
• many o#' our local trappers have
-been- infected' by it including
myself, which can be verified by
our local hospital- or at. Victoria'
in London where I have been a
• patient'. due t�.' this infection
which in some cases can be fatal.
• ° The harmless animals are not
always so harmless as rivers and
streams infected with tularemia
Will' stay infected 'fo"r "months"
and pose a threat to fishermen
and other -animals. •
There have been epidemics of
this disease in some areas of the
'�.S.A. Thinning and proper
control of our wildlife does not
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gave to -our questions. We hope our school reporters remember
everything they 'learned today." The Signal Star would like to
take this opportunity to let the students know that they are.
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Editor ....continued
lead 'to their extinction but leads,
to a healthy future crop and I
might add that this is where our
fur coats etc. do come from, and
doctors' wives wear them 'too.
We have a choice of letti,igour
wildlife- run free spreading,
rabies, tularaemia, eta'., to our
Fellow-lumans' and domestic
- animals or controlling them-. Dr.
Watts suggests -that we are afraid
of. the countryside, well doctor,
I probably woul.d.._be if no
control were • kept -'oil ' our
wildlife because rabies
deadly.
Come now doctor, surely
ignorance, insecurity and the
rest of your list is no more
-oustanding among hunters' and
,trappers than the other segme its
of. society.
appreciation to, ydu and through
you to the, Goderich ,Little
'Theatre for _providing the
,citizens, of this community with
such an intellectual and
thought-provoking drama, which
sd' capably dramatizes a segment
of our Canadian History.
Fire truck expected
I would also like to commend
you for the courage 'of this
selection and' trust that you find
public. opinion favorable to your
efforts.
Yours truly,
Ron Maines.
are with the groundhog
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Mr.Mervyn- Hoy,
195 'Britannia Rd: E.,
• Goderich.
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The following letter was�iT'
received by Mrs. Beth Mai
of the Gdderich Little 'Theatre
and was given to the Signal -Star
as a matter •of interest by the
group's publicity • chairman
Murray MacDonald. -
Dear Mrs. Markson,
-On "Saturday 'evening,' I had
the privilege arid pleasure of
attending the presentation ,by
the Goderich Little. Theatre of
"Yesterday the Children Were
Dancing."
I wish to express
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Goderich Volunteer Fire
Brigade hopes to take delivery of
the town's new fire truck on or
about February 1 -according to
information ' received • last week
by town council. The truck. is ,
being purchased from ing
Seagrave Company. -
,A report of the activiti s of
--the local fire squad was tab, ed in
council last Thursday evening.. It "
showed that . from November
1970 to Novretnber 1971 there
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► .had been 24 calls 'answered• in
town-, 15 of which were fires and
nine where services were not
required. Total loss amounted to
approximately $6,000. ' '
There were five false alarms,
12 meetings and 12 practices in
the -same period. Eighteen 'calls
- .were _made to Ike,. su younding
townships incl ding eight to
..Goderich Town ip; eight to
Colborne Townshi ;.and two to '
Ashfield . for a total loss of
approximately $65,000. (Losses
in the two Ashfield fires were
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,GOPERWWH ,SIGNAL -STAR, THURSPAf;r6E0E 2, 1971 °•
In the news again
Maitland River bud -at Brussels
Reeve for the village 'of ,
13:assets, ..Jack d:won
1 Ne( ut
asked Acting Medi -r lO ff)rer 95 •.
Health Dr•. Frank Mills and,
sanitation inspector Bill Empy
during last Friday's sitting of predicament. in -which it finds
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Mien- Count . �' Council . to , ,; -,... - h
Reeve . Mcg ch'eon w
e• •tarn bow as w-�mu ici• � alit„ . � .., -� ,�.,,,:,: .: , �--,,
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was permitted • to -get into the referring • t,o the . fact that the
village of Brussels has been
singled out -as-'one community
along the Maitland River which
is believed to be seriously
contributing to. 'the pollution Of
that stream. -
"How come we've been
allowed to get in this
condition?" asked McCutcheon.
"Have we not hada health unit
Allis '15iann'i D. Patteson; . ' in This couy for' yews?'' ' . _
Seafolth. Derek (Rich) Ross McCutcheon
ntsuggested that
Etherington, R R 1 Hensall, a had ' the Huron County -tealth
student at Ridgetuwn College of unit insisted upon the cleanup of
Agricultural Technology, also problems as, they arose . in the
received a $100 schQlarshi ,, village of Brussels, there would
A report from county not be such .a tremendous
development officer Spence, problem to be faced now. He
' Cummings regarding the sale of indicated there were people in
CFB Clinton was heard. by -Brussels who had totally
'county council. - • adequate sewage systems and
"It must. be realized that this' would probably now be forced
is a major project and it will take to suffer Financially along with
a couple of years to• become .those villagers' whose septic
established, said Cummings. --- systeri}s have not been up to
- Tuckersmith .. Reeve Elgin standard. -
Thompson called the sale a A municipal sewage treatment
"terrific shot. in the , arm for " system.' has been suggested for
''I'uckersmith" and Warden ' Jack Brussels, McCutcheon .sand. He
Alexander said 'that , Cummings` asked Dr. Mills if the Huron
. efforts-overi,t ..:pa.A arra -..t . ":Couz t =� l Et-sould of
"starting to bud out". / no other solution. .
Cummings indicated a renewed 6. Dr. Mills told council and
County' jail walls may
not come down at all
Maybe'" the -Walls' aroundthe •
exercise yardA of the Huron '
County Jail won't ,be coming
down after all. .
Goderich Reeve Paul Carroll'
asked county council to •
reconsider the ,,plan, since the
hit t irical building may indeed
have value as a tourist attraction
in Huron. lie suggested that
some e1,her alternative. solution
to the parking problem at the
adrninistrative......building, and at
the Children's Aid Society should
ti.he .' sought, possibly in
co-operation with the Town of
Goderich_....,..
Chairman , of - the property
committee, John Flannery,
Reeve of Seaforth,said
fsome'
be found. He ' indicates' the
project of taking down the walls
of two exercise' y'ds (there are •
five). •ate the.,... jail may .pose ,
v problems for which council had
not originally bargained.. .
_.h -1--a -n., n -e -r- a i d _ t h e -
construction is such that 'to
remove a portion of the wall
may entail a crumbling of other
walls. Another problem has been
the decision on how to remove a
portion of the wall without
leaving- the remaining structure a'
kind- of unpicturesque view
"tight thereon Highway 21".
The matter is to be restudied
' by, the committee.. In the
triee'antime, plans are afoot' to
have representatives from the
Department of Public Works and
Correctional Services present at
=the,,. next property committee
meeting since if work is
undertaken, it can be-. done
under the ' Winter orks
Program.
Planning Director Gary
Davidson reported that Huron's
Official plan •has gone to the
Minister of.Municipal Affairs for
endorsatic n. The Planning Board
received 100 per cent support
from the local councils for the
docu'nient. - -
Davidson said_._ that Huron___
County is the first county in the
Province of Ontario to submit an
official plan.
• "This is a . " significant
milestone," said Davidson.
The executive committee of
council reported it had met with
J.K. Jamieson of the Ontario
Hospital Services 'Commission
and learned that no hospital
premiums are used for .actual
grant purposes. The grant
program is a separate program
funded directly by the province,
the committee was advised.
Because, of this, the county
will reactivate the Hospital
Reserve•• Fund in- the 1972
budget. Furthermore; the
amount or money to- set aside
each year will be• determined by
the 1972.council at the time of
the area of the Goderich fire
brigs e.)
The report also showed that
one mutual aid meeting was held
in the Goderich, fire hall,. with
several members of' the brigade
attending eight other iniitual.aid
meetings' in different
municipalities throughout " the
county. Two members went
with the Huron County Mutual
Aid to. the Fire-' College. in
Gravenhurst • for a one, -.day visit.
Council has been invited this
Saturday to the'bri a e's annual
Christmas get-together in the
newly renovated meeting room
at the fire hall. 1,_ ., +
boxing Day will be observed
Monday, December 27 according
to a proclamation 4b,y to n
council approved last wer'k,
Council meetings during
December will be held December
2 and December '9 at the regular
hour, and Wednesday, December
22 at 4 pm. The December l t;
meeting will be closed to the
public.
interest 4n the•t4ourist industry; tri
..Huron,.. as. _ wei`l as- ' attracting:
industry to individual
preparing the budget.
Scholarships have been -
awarded, -each for $100 to the
following students ar the
University of Guelph: Raymond
A: McBride,' R R 1, Varna;
Robert J. Gibson, R R 4 Corrie;
Rabies vaccine may
be needed for -cattle
Members of Huron County
Council were told at last
Friday's regular November
meeting that it mai -be prudent
in, the new year to give some
thught to inaugurating a
county -wide ,bovine vaccination
program for radies.
The - suggestion'' followed a
presentation by Acting Medical
Office of .Health Dr, Frank Mills
who said 197 -i's statistics
showed four times as many
incidents of rabies in cattle as in
1970 with 36 cases reported this
yeaft t ld only nine reported
cases last' year. �.
Dr. Mills said that rabies
usually follows a 10 . year cycle
and travin a circular fashion.
He e mated ' that Huron
'County's turn wa§ upcoming
shortly with the peak expected
in about two years.
A ,loss of about $8,000 during
1971 was reported by farmers in
Huron who • lost cattle. Mills
bovine vaccination program
against rabies, '
The cost of the program,
stated Dr. Mills, would not be
prohibitive. It would be carried
out on a strictly volunteer basis.
Small animals, particularly -
pets, are vaccinated now in the
county free of charge and more
and more people are taking
advantage of this service, said
Dr. Mills. There was a 17 per
cent . overall increase in
attendance at the clinics this
year with 6,311 animal being
vaccinated against 5;378 last
year.
"Rabies is treatable," said Dr.
Mills. "It is4preventable."
Reeve Roy Pattison, East
Wawanosh, said that as a farmer
who has lost -..money through
rabies, the government
compensation offered for the
Toss does not nearly cover. He
felt a county -wide vaccination'
lct*Ps gn' uld bo,studied.
certainly °-•climf t tfte 'incidei t tl tiii 4i ° qhs t ► i „t ` >
of rabies -,jnereased and '-he learned "that the rabies vaccine
suggested is entirely possible must be administrated by a
the members of county councilveterinarian and cannot be given
should .t be looking into the by the farmer as are some other
feasibility 'of a county -wide types of vaccine.
municipalities.
`Fh e ,w _�..•La n'd . la T i o n
Cofnmittee reported it had
approved 29 severances; deferred
49; rejected 5; and closed out 2
with 16 pending. ,
keeve.11nccutcheon `that -counts-
'taken -
counts -taken- - in the Ma-it:IaniSw 'River
above Brussels, at Brussels and
below Brussels ihoyved_poll.ution
was entering, the stream --at
Brussels. He said the Huron
'County Healthy - Unit ,, would
co-operate in every way possible
to °see an alternative solution but
he indicated there may 'ble no
.../permanent. , •'so1utlo " ► e.
!anuses .have built of; lots of. -
insufficient size to accommodate
an adequate sewage ti'le bed, `,
"It may be cheaper to .move
Brussels to the Clinton air base
where there is a sewage .system,"'
quipped Warden Jack Alexander.
The discussion a concerning
Brussels arose -Willie-Dr.- Mills
• was giving a rundown on the
condition of the Maitland 'River
as seen by the Huron County
" He,atth"—trnif:. _. n`r: - Mills
council emphatically - that what M
might appear to the 'casual
observer as human 'waste or
some type of excreta, is nothing '
more than dying__100.' -'"'
The algae, said- Dr. Mills, is
growing as a . result of the
-tremendous amount of nutrient
that is entering the river from
outside the county:' He said the
• fact that the river is as clean as it
is now. because "-nature is able to
cleanse a lot in its own water".
"Nutrients are a universal
problem," . states Dr. Mills. He
told about a trip into Ontario's
northland and finding algae
.growing on the streams and
rivers.even.tnoughl there were no
It was - the result. `of • - nutrients
..dropping out of the air from the.
industrial: areas .of the^ north into"
the Streams, " iii.: doctor.
reasoned '
Dr. - Mills--- --referred ter
legislation which is pending to'
clean such nutrients out of,
treated sewage'and indicated this
was the future hope to clean up
.the algae problem.
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