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LOADED & READY TO GO—Ron Baird, proprietor of Blyth Steel Barrels, stands
beside a load of bar -els ready for delivery to Mississauga, where they will be used as
trash receptacles in parks. In business for 10 years, Mr. Baird said he knows of no
other company in Ontario which is doing exactly what he is, renovating steel barrels
for a second life as trash barrels, feed bins or dock floats.
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Started as a sideline
Blyth barrel business
is a thriving industry
The Wingham Advance-Ti3Aes, June 27,9114 --Page 11
guest speaker
day centre anniversary
It has been five years full
of obatacles, trials and
concerns, but -seeing the
Wingham and Area Day
Centre for the Homebound
grow to its present status has
been very satisfying, said
Mrs. Louise Marritt, guest
speaker at last Thursday's
fifth anniversary celebra-
tions of the day centre.
Mrs. Marritt of RR 1,
Wingham, was one of the
founders of the Wingham
day centre and addressed a
capacity crowd at last
week's annual meeting and
birthday party.
Back when Mrs. Marritt
was working with the Rural
Development Outreach Pro-
gram from the University of
Guelph, she said the group
discovered there was a high-
er proportion of senior cit-
izens in Huron and Bruce
Counties (over 12 per cent in
1978) than in other parts of
the province.
The RDOP study of rural
Ontario, especially its find-
ings and recommendations
concerning seniors, was
ahead of its time since it
"was addressing problems
which hadn't ever been
considered elsewhere", she
said.
The biggest problem the
RDOP researchers en-
countered was the isolation
of the rural elderly , and one
of their first ' recom-
mendations was that a
social -recreational program
for seniors be initiated.
At the same time, the
Wingham and District
Hospital was "sending out
feelers" to look .at a way of
creating a day centre. And a
pilot program also was
underway at Huronview,
Clinton, thanks to a govern-
ment grant.
Representative from the
Something that started out barrels are picked up from wanted a barrel to use for groups concerned, the
as a sideline 10 years ago has the suppliers - he would.notcollecting maple sap, "and I RDOP, the hospital and
turned into `a thriving say exactly where he getstold him that barrel was no Huronview, met to discuss
business for Ron Baird of them, but said most come good for sap," Mr. Baird their ---common interest and
Blyth, owner and operator of from factories in the cities noted. Another time he invited others from the
Blyth Steel Barrels. they are brought back to the refused to sell a barrel when community, such as health
12,,t " * his yarti,�,••.• on yard where the tops are cut the .,Custoxt{ec lr}enx oned it nurses, clergymen and
D ` � � �o freer Irw nt her a baric&&,,,, r. • ftli V6 a cottage:- age:- Fing sent the'"mc cub ember�s, :to - 'I.
, nlC g 'oin
a great change to senl'or
citizens in the communit .� It
has meant that those peo'p`le
who once were' immobile
no$V can get out of their
hom and renew old friend-
shiptwith others or begin
nett ones in a friendly,
caring atmosphere.
In the morning session last
Thursday various local
digintaries added their
congratulations to the day
centre. Mrs. Janet Reid
delivered the.. chairman's
address and reported the dad!
centre serves over 85 people
who attend one or more of
the three days each week the
centre is in operation.
Moire than 50 volunteers.
assist the two full-time staff
members as well.
The centre is financed half
by the Ministry of Com-
munity and Social Services
and half is. raised locally
from area county councils,
municipal councils, dona-
tions and ftlnd,raising
events. It - has an operating
budget of almost $70,000.
Director Rita Rice also
made a report at the morn-
ing session and the financial
report was submitted.
Following a break for a
potluck luncheon at noon,
complete with birthday
cake, those present listened
to Mrs. Marritt's address
and then the videotape
"Aging in .a Rural
Environment" was shown.
F2sk:kifits
attend
convention
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bennett
represented the Winghann
Horticultural Society at the
convention of Ontario Horti-
cbltural Societies, hosted
this year by District 13 and
held recently-:_ Sudbury's
Laurentian University.
Mr. and -Mrs. Bennett also
visited Science North and
highly recommend it to
anyone travelling in that
area. They also toured the
Big Nickel and Copper Cliff
areas and were encouraged
by the natural beauty of the -
landscape which is being
restored because of lower
pollution levels.
.Following the convention,
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett visited
with their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Steedman, and boys at
Espanola.
DAY CENTRE ANNLVERSARY—The Wingham and Area Day Centre for the Home-
bound celebrated its fifth anniversary last Thursday at the 1984 annual meeting. A
potluck luncheon for over 100 people was held at noon and the afternoon session
was highlighted by an address by Mrs. Louise Marritt of RR 1, Wingham, one of the
founders of the day centre.
water at ployees ' With gasoline to clean every J
em , as, - There are a few barrels'
including students in 'the thing out of the barrel'. From that group asteering
summer, turn out recon- Next they are cleanedand considered safe for such , committee was formed to
ditioned steel barrels that painted, which now is being uses,such as those used for oversee the creation of the
may end upin barns or feed done ' bypickles or at canning fac- Wingham daycentre.
brush,,Mr. Baird g
sheds, under cottage docks said, but. soon will be done tories, he said, "but' you The committee had no
or in parks almost anywhere with a special type of spray don't get too many of' them.'
in Ontario. equipment. You cannot paint Mr. Baird'said he doesn't
It all got started back in inside a barrel with an or- know exactly how many
1974, Mr. Baird reported, dinary spray gun, he ex- barrels have passed through
when the factory in which he plained, because it will fill up his yard in the last 10 years,
was working had a lot of with the paint fog and you and he was reluctant to
empty steel barrels. He can't see what you're doing. guess. "When people see the
recognized an opportunity, He sells barrels for nearly
arranged to get the barrels any purpose, wholesaling
and started hauling them therh to co-ops and hardware
home in his station wagon, stores, selling in large lots to
four at a time. city parks departments or in
At the end of. the first week ones and twos to individual
he placed advertisements in customers. Many of ' the
local newspapers offering , barrels end up in feed rooms,
the barrels for sale. "They as rodent -proof feed .eon -
were all gone the first day," tainers, or in parks as trash
he recalls, and that was the receptacles. However others
start of his business. may be used as floats under
Now he processes about docks or for storing fuel and
200 to 300 barrels a week other liquids.
ring his busy season, - "When gas prices go up,
ning from June to they .run for barrels," he
December, picking them up commented.
from his suppliers and He will even paint them to
trucking them to customers. the customer's specifica-
Instead of a station wagon he tions. Green and brown are
has two trucks and is con the most common colors for
sidering purchasing a trash receptacles, he noted,
tractor -trailer, though he but different cities want dif-
noted he has seen a' lot of ferent colors and when he
businesses go under in sod some to a Lions Club
recent years so he is wary they wanted them in the club
about "getting in too deep colors, purple and gold.
with the bank." Although he is particular
He always pays cash for about cleaning the barrels so
his barrels, he said, and his they are safe for use, he does
suppliers like it that way. caution against putting them
The first barrels he sold to uses for which they were
were strictly "as is", but not intended, particularly for
now cleaning and repainting storing food or water to be
them has become a big part used by humans.
the
of the business. After
One
farmer
mentioned
he
prototype or model to go by
since it was such a novel
undertaking and it was faced
with questions about where
was the new centre to be
located and what would it be
called?
big numbers, i they think But gradually the
you're making a' fortune." problems were sorted out
However it is safe to say and things fell into place.
there must have been The town of Wingham of -
thousands. fered the committee its
Reconditioned barrels sell Armouries building and
for between $7.00 and $10, he helped with the necessary
added, and if he makes a renovations.
dollar profit he considers he It was decided to call the
is doing well. new centre the Wingham and
A lot of his barrels have Area Day Centre for the
ended up in local parks, at Homebound since it en -
places like Belgrave, compassed the same basic
Bluevale and Gorrie, but area served by the Wingham
some travel much further. hospital. The hospital
Last week several hundred foundation even provided
were shipped to Mississauga
for use by the parks depart-
ment there, and he said he
will deliver almost anywhere along the way, but Mrs.
in Ontario. Marritt said the day centre
At the moment there is not always hold a great deal of
too much competition, he
, noted, saying . he doesn't ..support from the public.
Sometimes it may have
know of anyone else' in seemed the challenge was
Canada who is doing exactly too great, but the founders
what he is doing. had "that great thing called
faith", she said which helped
them through the rough
spots. ,,
The day centre has meant
some of the funds to get the
centre off the ground.
There were Some obstacles
The Junior Forest Warden
movement began in 1930
when the Canadian Forestry
Association , in British
Columbia first organized this
youth group. The, first Chief
Warden was Mr. Charles
Wilkinson.
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Wed in
Hamilton
In 'Central Presbyterian
Church, Hamilton, on
Monday, June 11, Mrs. E. W.
(Betty) Mills of Port
Carling, formerly of Hamil-
ton, was married to R. E.
McKinney of Bluevale by
Rev. Lorne MacKay. After a
wedding trip to Niagara -on' -
the -Lake, Mr. and Mrs.
McKinney will spend the
summer at their homes in
Bluevale and Port Carling.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Gibbons of Wingham and
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cruilliers of
RR 2, Crediton, attended thca
baptism of their grandson
Robert James, son of Sheila
(Gibbons) and Robert
Cruilliers of Ailsa Craig. The
ceremony took place Sunday
at Our Lady of Mount Car-
mel Church. Father Joseph
Nelligan was the celebrant.
Council rejects appeal
to throw out drain report
Turnberry council
members have decided not
to shelve the engineer's
report for the Elliott No. 2
Branch of the Elliott
Municipal Drain, in spite of a
written request to do so from
one of the parties involved.
Roy and Catherine Wor-
mington's appeal for a new
report was heard at last
Tuesday evening's meeting.
Council had accepted the
report drafted by Art Clark
of Maitland Engineering in
`Hingham at the June 5
meeting.
Mr. Wormington said he
wants the drain to end at the
fourth concession rather
than continue to his fenceline
where a catch basin is
proposed to be located.
"We do not believe that
this drain benefits our
property, Lot b, Con. 4,
enough to justify expense,"
the Wormingtons wrote in
their letter.
,After a brief discussion
council decided to remain
with the existing report even
though Councillor Don
Morrison expressed op-
position. Mr. Morrison said
he had been to the site and
didn't feel the proposed
drain would be of much
benefit to Mr. Wormington.
The court of revision for
the Elliott No. 2 drain is
scheduled for the next
meeting, July 3, at 9 p.m.
Lav Culbert of Dominion,
Road Machinery at Goderich;
attended last week's meeting
as well. Turnberry Township
will be receiving $53,500 in
supplementary subsidy from
the Ministry of Transporta-
tion and Communications for
a new road grader this year
and Mrs. Culbert was invited
to make a .presentation.
Although he said he could
not make a final estimate
until he knew all the options
the township wants on a new
machine, Mr. Culbert said
council is looking at around
$110,000 with a trade-in. That
amount does not include the.
seven per cent provincial
sales tax.
Council hopes to pay for
the new grader over two
years. '
OMERS UPDATE
Christine Ball . of the On-
tario Municipal Employees
Retirement System attended
last week's meeting `also to
discuss retirement benefits
for the three full-time town-
ship employees, Clerk -
treasurer Dorothy Kelly
and roadmen Len Baird and
George Gallaway.
EASTERN STAR TEA—Phronie Elliott of Toeswater, Doris Michie of l3elgrave
Louise Swanson of Wingham shared some tea d some conversation ai
Wednesday's Eastern Star tea and bake sale at theanMasonic Hall in Wingham.
and
last
Since the lot in question is
'in the floodplain, council
members . agreed that Mr.
Cox should submit a site plan
of the development to the
Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority since a
plan had been requested
earlier by the authority.
"Shouldwe be putting a
condition on (the permit) if
it's between the Maitland
Valley and him?" asked Mr.
Morrison.
Finally council •decided• to
ask Mr. Cox to submit a site
plan and instructed its
building inspector, Alex
MacDonald, to take
elevations on the property
before proceeding with a
permit.
Reeve Brian McBurney'
declared his opposition to the
motion because he said he
did not feel council should be
imposing such.conditions.
Comments to the pro-
vincial government's Tay-
lor Report on floodplain
management in Ontario will
be made at the next meeting
of council when Deputy
Reeve Doug Fortune is
present and the other
members have had a chance
to fully study the document.
Three building permits
were approved at the
meeting: George Under-
wood, a manure storage
tank; John Kennedy, a
mobile home; and Ross
Nicholson, a demolition.
Turnberry Towpship has
been a member of OMERS
since 1975 and the township
matches funds with its
employees each year in
contributing to the plan..
Council pays approximately
$1,000 each year per em-
ployee and each one matches
that amount her or himself.
Miss Ball said if council
wished to do so it could buy
back "past service" in
OMERS for its employees, or
coverage from the time they
started working • for the
municipality until they were
included in the plan.
But as soon as council
heard it would cost over
$71,000 to buy back past
service for the two roadmen
alone, the idea was
dismissed quickly..
Saugeen Road Spraying
Company Ltd. of Durham
has been awarded the
contract to treat the surface
of the township's B-line at a
cost of $30,419. The Durham
firm was the only one which
submitted a tender.
Road Superintendent Ross
Nicholson.had estimated the
cost of the project to be
,around $25,000. The town of
Wingham is picking up a
portion of the cost.
Council was informed that
septic tank approval has
been granted by the health
unit to a lot in Lower Town,
owned by John Cox. Mr. Cox
had attended the June 5
meeting of council to see if
he could obtain a trailer
permit for the lot.
FACT:
Only a trained
physician can
properly diagnose
and treat an arthritis
problem. Beware of
promises of cures or
"instant" pain relief,
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