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These Grade 1-3 students kept their eyes on the stage as Theatre on
the Move presented Food Show. The one hour production was held
on October 31 as part of the grand re -opening celebrations for the
Clinton Town Hall. Students in Grades 4-6 saw the unique theatrical
production in the afternoon. ( Anne Narejko photo)
World's oldest working Massey
TORONTO, November 3 - A tractor, more
than 60 years old and still earning its keep in
Ontario, is the winner of Massey-Ferguson's
world-wide search for the oldest tractor.
The machine, a Massey -Harris No. 2,
circa 1918, still works on Orland Nicholson's
40 hectare (100 acres) farm in Cameron,
Ontario, where it is used for general chores,
plowing, running a hammer mill and
spreading manure.
It will be featured in the Royal Winter
Fair parade in Toronto on November 7.
The world-wide competition to find the
oldest working Massey -Ferguson, Massey -
Harris or Ferguson -system tractor was
organized by the company to celebrate the
centennial on November 4 of Harry
Ferguson, "Father of the Modern Farm
Tractor". To qualify, tractors had to be
made by any one of the ancestor companies
of the .. present Massey -Ferguson
organization, be fitted with the original
engine block, gearbox transmission, and be
in operational use at least two days a month.
As the outright winner of the competition
from nearly 10,000 entries world-wide, Mr.
Nicholson will receive a new 34 -horsepower
MF 240 tractor, and a trip for two to the U.K.
In addition, he will receive $1,000 cash as
winner for Canada.
During its long and . productive life, the
winning MH 2 has had only three owners.
The first was Sid Thomas of Haliburton,
Ont., who used the tractor to run a sawmill.
Mr. Thomas sold the machine to Elmer
Hughey of nearby Highland Grove in 1930
who used it for contract 'thrashing and
sawing lumber. Until the mid 1940's though
it was mainly kept as a standby tractor'.
Thereafter, the only repair Mr. Hughey had
to perform was to replace a set of engine
bearings. In 1962, he sold the tractor to its
present owner. -
Some 66 years after it was built, the MH 2
still gives Orland Nicholson good service.
His MF dealer, W.J. Lambert and Son of
Beaverton, Ont.; assisted him with one of
the tractor's only major repairs by
replacing a . sticky valve in 1963 when the
machine also had rubber added to the steel
wheels to comply with legal requirements
for moving it on the highway.
Mr. Nicholson adds philosophically that
he will probably retire before his MH 2.
The MH 2 was the second model of tractor
to be built by Massey -Harris and was
produced between 1918 and 1924 at the
company's plant in Weston, Ont. Weighing
5,200 lbs., and driven by a four -cylinder
engine, the tractor was rated at 22 brake
horsepower and 12 hp at the drawbar. It has
two forward gears, giving speeds of 1.3/4
mph and 2.3/8 mph respectively, and a
reverse.
The cost of the tractor when new was,
about $1,000.
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.P. • rivate Beuerman visits grandmother
By Betty McCall
WALTON - The sixth meeting of the 4-H
-. Club was held as the fitness , meet when
members bowled in Seaforth. They later
returned to the leaders' home, Pat Nolan,
where they had supper that the 'girls had
prepared. The last meeting will be held
Monday, November 12. '
Personals
Private. Michael Beuerman who has been
stationed at Cyprus for tlpast six months
visited on Wednesday with his grand-
mother, Isabelle Shortreed prior .to his
departure when he returns to the Canadian
Armed Forces Base near Calgary for • the
next three months.
Barry and Olene MacLeod and Natasha of
Waterloo visited on Sunday with Olene's
father, Torrance Dundas.
School Activities `
Children and teachers of Walton Public
School dressed up for their Hallowe'en
costume parade on Oct. 30. Several mothers
joined in to watch them as they formed a cir-
cle outside. Each class along with their.
teacher paraded around showing off the
many different costumes, making it hard to
know who they really were. They all return -
Gui! over ouort
concerns Ti.i.ckersmith
ed to their class rooms, when treats were
distributed.
W.I. News
Anyone interested in learning "English
Smocking" is asked to contact Margaret
Shortreed or Ruth Axtmann. They have
taken this course and are now able to teach
it. It is sponsored by the Walton W.I. The
first meeting is set 'for 'Nov. 19 at Margaret's
home.
The U.C.W. have been making plans for
their annual turkey supper to be held this
Wednesday. They start serving at 3:30 and
go till 7 p.m.
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By Wilma Oke
TUCKERSMITH TWP. - Council here has
added its voice to the outcry against the
growing population of Ring -Billed Gulls and
endorsed a resolution from Downie
Township in neighboring Perth County to
make the birds an unprotected species.
The resolution asks the environment
ministry to remove the gulls from the list of
protected birds because the scavengers are
invading farms, urban areas and beaches in
ever-increasing numbers. The resolution,
which is being circulated among
municipalities, says they pollute the en-
vironment, destroy farm produce, eat useful
earth worms, and make it hard for other
birds to survive.
Council also learned its application for
$175,000 under the Ontario neighbourhood
improvement program (ONIP) from the
Ministry of Citizenship and Culture has been
approved. A special council meeting is to be
called later this month to pass the necessary
property standards bylaw before projects
are set. Under the program, the province
provides half the money for improvements
in older, deteriorating neighborhoods whose
residents have low to moderate incomes.
The money is paid in instalments over four
years as the work progresses. It was propos-
ed the money would be spent at Vanastra.
The province contributes 50 per cent
toward the cost of the neighborhood im-
pravement projects, such as recreational
facilities, parks, sidewalks and roads.
John Brownridge, Tuckersmittea
representative on the Seaforth and atga
landfill committee, reported to council that
the Varley farm proved to be unsuitable as a
landfill site following tests. He said
engineers will be boring the soil for tests at
the Seaforth lagoon property.
Representatives of Tuckersmith C011110 11
and possibly of Seaforth and McKillop have
been invited to attend a meeting with
Stephen Township to hear details of an area
landfill plan. Reeve Robert Bell will be one
of the representatives from Tuckersmith at-
tending.
A delegation by Ron Corriveau and Don
Parker attended the council session making
a rezoning application for part of Lot 15;
Concession 1 in the Hamlet of Kippen where
they plan to erect a union hall. Council did
not object to this and will prepare a bylaw. A
number of Kippen residents attended the
meeting.
The resignation of Margaret Rogerson
from the Day Care Committee at Vanastra
was announced by Reeve Bell. He said it
was decided not to appoint a replacement.
Margaret MacLean of RR 3 Seaforth, one
of a four -member committee who have been
writing a history of the township to mark its
sesquicentennial in 1985, attended the
meeting to ask„a few questions.
As part of the weeklong town hall re -opening activities, local service clubs took time to
put up a:display and answer any questions visitors might have. Rob Knight, (left), Derek
Hoggarth, Tim Elliott and Don Wright were present October 30, representing the First
Clinton Cub Pack. (Anne Narejko photo )
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Lightsbe,mandatory
' The Canada Safety Council's Traffic Sec-
tion reacted quickly and positively to
Transport Minster Lloyd Axworthy's an-
nouncement that installation of daytime
running lights is to be mandatory, whenever
the vehicle engine is' operating, on all
vehicles produced for the 1986 year and
thereafter.
Vehicles already on the road are not af-
fected, though it is hoped there will be an in-
creasing level of voluntary compliance.
Meeting in Ottawa, the Council's Traffic
Section passed a resolution to formally en-
dorse the concept, which was also the sub -
REMEMBRANCE
DAY
SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 11, 1984
urge your support and
attendance at the Memorial
Service in the Clinton Legion
Hall at 9:30 a.m. and at the
Cenotaph at 10:30 a.m.
C. ARCHIBALDc
Mayor
ject of a recommendation from the publlcto
be brought before the Council a few days
later. Council, President W.L. Higgitt said
"The potential saving in Canadian lives, un-
necessary injury and suffering and
economic costs is undoubtedly in favour of
implementing this. regulation.” He added
"The Council wholeheartedly endorses tfiis
important new initiative in the interests of
traffic safety in Canada."
Canadians are already well familiar with
the rules governing motorcycle lights,
whichare required to be on whenever the
engine is running. It is the same .concept
which is to be applied to other vehicles, and
which eliminates the worry of many
drivers, who may be concerned that they
will forget the lights are on when the vehicle
is parked in daylight, and return to a dead
battery.
The only somewhat negative comments
heard to date have in fact been from motor-
cyclists who say their lights had helped to
make them more visible in traffic, and that
the advantage they presently have may be
lost. Authorities do not generally agree —
they suggest a motorcycle willstill be equal-
ly visible, and other vehicles will also be
seen more easily.
Transport Canada estimates that running
lights will save about 200 lives and 10,000 in-
juries per year in Canada, while at the same
time eliminating some two hundred million
dollars in related losses.
Vehicle manufacturers are to be allowed
to meet the new requirement in a variety of
ways to provide the maximum benefit at a
maximum cost to vehicle. owners. Reduced
intensity high or low beam headlights may
be an answer, as might increased intensity
on existing parking lamps. Another alter-
native might be installation of special runn-
ing lights on the front of the vehicle.
The new regulation is not intended to in-
terfere with other light operation, and the
department estimates the cost, including
manufacturers material and assembly,
replacement of bulbs due to increased use,
and additional fuel costs are expected to
average about $15 for each ten thousand
kilometres driven.
(HURON COUNTY HEALTH UNIT
WILL OFFER A
FOODHANDLER'S SEMINAR
DATE: November 19th and 20th, 1984
TIME: 1:30 p.m. -4:30 p.m.
Attendance at both afternoon
sessions is required to complete
the seminar
PLACE: HURONVIEW AUDITORIUM, CLINTON
FEE: $5?0
PREREGISTRATION; is before Novrequirember 14
WHO SHOULD ATTEND!! Anyone who prepares, handles,
and serves food or intends to work in the food industry.
For further information call
_4823416 6
or 1-800-265-4252
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