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Home My WebLink AboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-09-30, Page 2Til W; ltt► Advance -Times, September 30, 19131 Spilt or chipped hooves? Give Your Cows A Manicure Do your cows have a problem, with hoofs that split or chip? Maybe what they need is a manicure. Jerry Mensinga of RR 2, Teeswater, does not find the idea so outrageous. Mr. Mensinga's business, "Give Your Cows A Manicure", keeps him busy five days a week between 8 a.m. and 8 p. m. At one time, veterinarians clipped cows' hoofs, but they do not do the job anymore. Mr. Mensinga learned the technique by watching veterinarians clip his own cattle's hoofs, and decided there was a demand for such a service, and thus "Give Your Cows A Manicure" was born. He uselS an electric grinder .and clippers to trim the hoofs, and has the beat lie on its side while he works on it. His wife, Margaret, reported thaf he can do up to four animals in an hour, but in an extreme case, such as foot rot, it may take up to one hour per animal. Farmers find the service valuable, Mrs. Mensinga added, because a cow's hoofs can grow so long that it becomes difficult for the beast to walk. Also, a severe case of foot rot can kill an animal. Mr. Mensinga travels from farm to farm, usually doing an entire herd at a time. His busiest time of year is the September to May period, and Mrs. Mensinga reported that he has 200 cows ahead oa JERRY MENSINGA'S business, "Give Your Cows A Manicure", has become a very successful enterprise. Mr. Mensinga travels to farms around the area andp trims the hoofs of livestock. The animal is placed inside a metal cage and rotated onto its side for a trimming. Committee is selected forTurnberry1 25th A crowd of approximately 75 Turnberry residents selected Mike Marritt as chairman of the township's 125th anniversary com- mittee at a meeting held.last Tuesday evening in Bluevale. Mr: Marritt expressed surprise at being chosen committee chairman since he has lived in the township for only five years. But he pledged to do his utmost to makethe celebration a suceess. He also stressed that if the celebration is to be suc- cessful, everyone must chip in. A 125th anniversary will come around only once in a lifetime, he added, and urged those present to think about which committee they wished to serve on. Jane Raper of RR 1, Wingham was named committee secretary. Nancy Corrigan of RR 1, Bluevale was chosen as treasurer and Barry Mulvey of RR 2, Wingham will act as .fun- draising chairman. Motorcyclist when struck A motorcyclist escaped serious injury when he was struck from behind by a truck in a mishap which occurred just east of Wingham Tuesday morning. Const. George Foulon of the Wingham OPP reported that Wade Rahn of RR 2, Wingham, was eastbound on Highway 86 and had stopped to turn left into Lynn Hoy's motorcycle shop when the. accident happened. While he was waiting for oncoming traffic to pass, Mr. Rahn noticed a truck ap- proaching from behind and decided to pull over onto the right-hand shoulder of the highway to let it go by. Unfortunately the truck driver had decided to pass on the right, and, the two vehicles met on the shoulder. Mr. Rahn was taken to the Wingham and District Hospital with lacerations to his arm. Damage was estimated at $1,000 to the motorcycle and $1,500 to the truck. Charges are pending against both Mr. Rahn and the driver of the truck, Gordon Brooks of RR 1, Lucknow, Const. i+'oulon reported. Two other area residents suffered injuries in separate accidents over the weekend. Benedict Schuitema, 19, of RR 1, Gorrie, was admitted to the Wingham hospital for treatment following a single - vehicle accident along High - TUMBLE sot , RT@A (A411 10 I.a. by ,mn...Q ,n • 247.222* YY Chairmen for several other committees were selected as Well: parade, Brian Jeffray; bar and dance, Murray McKague; registration, John Under- wood; publicity, Lynn Hoy; entertainment, Mary Hall; decorations, Janet Day; , school reunion, Mac and Jean Willits; church re- union, Rev. Bob Perry. and Rev. Terry Trite; food, Mary Wallace; invitations, Bob Ruttan; and overall clean- up,Dave.Inglis. A general discussion followed the selection of committee chairmen. Marg Moffat of Bluevale asked if Turnberry is a big enough township to warrant a four- day celebration like those held by Morris and Howick, or should it perhaps stick to two days. Mr. Marritt answered that is the sort of decision that the executive committee must make. But it was generally agreed that a variety con- cert, a parade and a dance iniured by truck way 87 near County Road 30 Sunday morning. Police reported Mr. Schuitema apparently lost control of his car when a tire went flat; the vehicle then crossed the highway and struck a tree. Damage was estimated at $3,500. Daniel T. Campbell, 23, of Bluevale suffered minor injuries in another single - vehicle accident along Con. 1-2 of Morris Township Friday night. Police reported the ac- cident occurred when Mr. Campbell hit some • loose gravel, went into the• ditch and struck a raised drive- way. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $1,200. definitely should be included for the celebration which will be held on the Civic Holiday weekend next year., In the meantime, Mr. Marritt said, the •executive committee will meet With the Morris and Howick 125th anniversary committees to seek advice on running such a celebration and to discover what, if any, pitfalls they encountered. The next general meeting has been scheduled for Oct. 27 at 8:30 in the Bluevale Hall. Committee chairmen are to have selected their committees by that date. If anyone is interested, in ser- ving on a particular com- mittee, he or she is asked to contact the committee chairman. MANICURING COWS?—Jerry Mensinga does not find the idea so outrageous. He and his assistant, John Winkels, are finding themselves very busy these days traveling from farm to farm and trimming the hoofs of livestock to guard against foot rot and other ailments. Winger publications win three advertising awards The Milverton Sun and The Listowel Banner, two publications owned by • Wenger Bros. Limited, won a total of three awards this month. The awards, sponsored by the Ontario Community " Newspapers Association, were tpresented at the fall convention of the assoiation in Kapuskasing, Ontario. The Milverton Sun placed second in the general excell- ence advertising awards for community newspapers with a circulation of 2,001 to 3,000, First place went to The Mid- land Times and third place was won by The Clinton News -Record. A premier award for the best advertising program, all classes, was won by The Listowel Banner for a series of Advertisments designed for Harvey Krotz Limited, Ultrasonic scanner Continued from Front Page the need for that q' The scanner, a Datason unit produced by General Electric, was purchased by the hospital in July for $91,000. Currently it is in- stalled in a small room on the second floor of the hospital, but it will be moved to more spacious quarters in what is currently the medical staff library when the renovations at the hospital are complete. Mr. Hollenbeck and Dr. R. B. Treleaven, a specialist in radiology, attended a two- week course at Winnipeg last fall to learn the use of the. scanner. Mr. Hollenbeck does the scanning and Dr. TrDIPavon intprnrnfr tt1V results, which can he t recorded on film or video- tape Eventually other members of the X-ray department will be trained as ultrasona- graphers. Mr. Hollenbeck said. "We already have the training in anatomy and physiology, so it makes sense." Three other hospitals in this area have similar machines. Listowel hospital bought the GE unit at the same time as Wingham, while Walkerton and Hanover have older units. PEACE TREATY The Allies signed a peace treaty with Austria at St. Germain on rept. ►v, ivty. Listowel's Ford agency. The series was placed at Christmas time last year and featured members of the Krotz staff. The adver- tisements had, according to the judges, "a strong thread of continuity throughout the four -ad program, impressive ad size, good light space, balanced and creative layout, all contributing to scoring points." The Banner also took a premier award for the best food store layout. "Using the centre spread, this program very effectively narrowed in on the strengths of a com- munity newspaper. Good local stuff—not too slicks almost guarantees a high level of local interest and finds favor with the store's employees as well. The ads are clean, un- cluttered, have no gaps and add an interesting twist to the local food store ad. These, were the comments of the judges in granting the award which was for Smith's Foodmaster, Listowel. The ads featured pictures of two of the store's employees wearing boxing gloves and titled "Knock -out.SpeciaIs" . The advertisements which merited these outstanding awards were all produced in Wenger Publications' central creative department in Listowel. Advertising design and production for The Wingham Advance - Times and The Mount Forest Confederate is also handled by this department. Advertising manager of The Banner, Paul Sushycki, and creative director, Jeff Fletcher attended the association sessions and were the recipients of the awards. Competition judges were for general excellence, Jaen Fullerton, Sarnia Gazette and Guy Nicoletti of The London Free Press. Judging the entries in • the , eight premier awards were: Cam Inglis; Kingston This Week; Peter Weiss, Ronalds- PReynolds & Co., advertising agency; • John James Jr., James Communications, Amherstburg Echo; Norman Wildon, Renfrew Mercury. The meeting was also attended by Banner Pulisher Robert Wenger and his wife, Gladys. David Wenger, managing editor of The Mount Forest Confederate and The Milverton Sun and his wife,' Mary, were also at the association meeting. David Wenger is the current president of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association. Members of the association were hosted by the Spruce Falls Power and Paper Company and were conducted on a tour of the paper mill in Kapuskasing as well as a tour of a lumber camp, where the company treated the group to a huge. meal in camp style. Following the meal the company took the visitors to a cutting area to watch cutting and skidding operations. Spruce Falls has over 4,000,000 acres within its timber limits. Black spruce is the single most important renewable resource of the area, with the company also cutting some balsam and poplar. The paper company has a very successful program of tree replacement, severalmillion seedlings being planted every year As well as the crown lands, the firm also cuts on private holdings which extend over 150,000 acres. him at the present time. He has travelled as far away as Kingston, London and Welland to trim hdofs. The Mensingas have just moved to the area from Mildmay, but they originally came from Welland. 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