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The south end of Woodstock looks like it was hit by Second World
War bombers following a destructive tornado that ripped through
the area last Tuesday night causing at least $150 million damage to
buildings •and crops. Miraculously, only ,three people were killed.
Parts of Oxford, Norfolk and Haldimand counties were also hard
hit, and the Mennonite Disaster Relief Fund -is seeking cash
donations, and volunteer workers to clean up and rebuild the area.
(photo by Brian Richman)
Land use planning a necessity.
Rural land use plan-
ning is just as necessary
as urban land .use
• planning, according to
Prof. N. R. Richards of
the Ontario Institute of
Pedology at the
University of Guelph.
Planning for the best
use of our land resources
should be done from the
perspective of achieving
optimum use of scarce
- •-land - resources -and -not
from the concept of ak
urban -centred region. In
the past, Richards notes,
land use planning has had
an urban -centred con-
cept.
Prof. Richards headed
a researdh team at the
-University of Guelph that
has just compiled A
Guide to the Use of Land
Information. The ob-
jective of the report is to
provide information of
assistance to those who.
must make decisions
about land use. Other
members of the team
were J. A. Hansen, W. E.
J. Worthy and D. E.
Irvine.
Accelerating growth
reaching out from
Ontario's urban centres
into the surrounding
countryside is producing
concern as to whether our
land resources can meet
the demands of in-
creasing population. It
does not necessarily
follow, the authors note,
that we should meet
urban land needs first
and leave the rest to
agriculture.
Many changes arenow
taking place in the non -
metropolitan regions of
Ontario, not the least of
which is the .fact that
many parts of , our
province are becoming
more fully occupied than
previously. Con -
sequently, many
problems are now arising
due to competition
created between different
land users.
As the demand for land
continues to increase so
will the need for objective
and detailed information
about land in order that a
certain use may
justifiably be designated
as having priority in a
sp:ecific area:
The new Guide to the
Use of Land Information
will provide an important
source for municipal
planners who must make
land use decisions
relating to rural land.
The authors; aim has
been to make the land
users' job easierr by
providing an easy-to-use
aid in interpreting land
information and deter-
-mining its availability
and sources.
There are many kinds
of decisions dealing with
land use that must be
made, and consequently
there are many kinds of
information to be con-
sidered. The Guide at-
tempts to bring together
as much of this material
as possible in indexed,
-seet•i•on-s dea-Iing with
interpretations,
availability and, sources,
and appendices. Among
the topics dealt with
are: soils and why they
are different; climate.
and its importance to
land use; geology - rocks,
gravel and sand; im-
portance of scale of map;
soil maps and reports and
what they tell; Canada
Land . Inventory and its
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Ambulance Brigade
provided first aid for
2,272 people for problems
ranging from minor
blisters to serious injury
and cardiac,arrest.
Every day, about 50 St.
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and Cadet Brigade
members give up time
from their own summer
holidays to staff two
permanent fir`st aid posts
and a mobile post at the
Exhibition. Last year
they put in a total of 9,500
hours of volunteer duty
during the two and .a half
weeks the Ex is open.
Their coverage is
stepped up on the CNE's
busy days, and special
arrangements are made
for events such as the air
show. St. John
Ambulance helps to
provide a behind the
scenes network of safety
for the thousands who
enjoy the Exhibition
every year, ; itworks
in co-operation with the
Metro Toronto Depart-
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Services to be certain
that anyone injured or
taken ill anywhere on the
grounds gets help as fast
as possible.
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relationship to rood Land,
Guidelines; Ontario Land
Inventory; Forest
Resources Inventory;
how to rate soils; and
where to find further
information.
The 178 page volume(
should prove •useful to.
many people including
agrologists, • planners,
students, engineers,
farmers, and foresters. It
is available • from the
Ontario Institute of
Pedolggy, University of
Guelph, 'as Publication
No. 79-2. The price is $12.
Tornadoes ...
•
• from page 1
or even stop in one stop. They are usually
generated from the south flank of a storm and
form thin to broad wedges.
Sometimes they can be masked by rain
clouds and not seen but they produce a. loud
roar that has been related to noise of several
trains.
Last weeks tornados were producedby two,
distinct and separate large thunderstorms that
were linked byd a jet stream over the Lakes.
One major storm complex developed over
Lake Huron.
Although this area missed the .brunt of the
storm last Tuesday, south to southwest winds
were recorded at a steady 30 miles per hour.
There were possible tornado warnings in the
area again Thursday which produced strong
winds late in the evening and 22.2 mm. of rain
within a half, an hour.
Tornados strike the North American con-
tinent from April to October.
What was once a beautiful farm, complete with a
brick house, large barn, and tree -lined driveway, is
now just an ugly mess following a destructive
tornado that smashed everything in its path last
Tuesday night in Oxford, .Haldimand and Norfolk
counties. This was the farm of Neil Muxworthy on
Highway 59, four miles north of Hickson. Now It is
just a pile of nubble fit only for the dump. Hundreds
of volunteers are still needed to help stricken
residents like the Muxworthys who are faced with
the task of cleaning up and' rebuilding, as Insurance
will cover only part of the loss. (photo by Brian
Richman)
Tornado victims
• from page 1
dividuals donated money during a radio-thon
held on Monday that raised about $500,000.
Because of its closeness, the damage has
been witnessed by many from the area, and a
few from Clinton were even present during the
'tornado itself.
Al Finch, Jack Peck, Mery Durnin and
Harvey Carter, who were in Woodstock
Tuesday night setting up the Kinsmen's pari-
mutuel machines at the Woodstock raceway,
stood less than a half mileDaway and watc ed
the tornado suck up part of the south en
town.
News -Record advertising director Gary
Haist, who was on holidays. at the time, was
going to his parents' home in Hamilton at the
time and drove through part of the tornado's
path, minutes after it struck, not knowing what
had happened.
He said it rained so -hard visibility was worse
than any winter bizzard he had ever driven
through in Huron County.
"It was just like a war zone:" Mr. Haist said,
"Trees and hydro poles were down, and people
had just crawled out of the wreckage of their
homes, and many were standing around in
trances, but only the odd one seemed to be.
injured. The destruction was incredible. There
didn't seem to be .anything that escaped the
tornado, including the fences, which were all
gone, allowing the farm .animals to roam at
will."
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Judging by the thing~
that are considered good
clean fun today., the
straight and. narrow path
has become much wider.
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