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Veterinarian. Was the rade while 7 co mainly
it? District fryer of the bordde
er Dan
miss rt I stdl dabble in it 8 little DeWitreports that just Iasi ' a
bn,• admits DeWit, who took ep his of and another
otlwa ZS swine cattle lit Huron for
Crew post . as Huron ss were
bundled off to the Pha�lipioes !o
District Vel
a A graduate of the Ontario initiate prreading stock programs.
VetwinaryCollege at the Unsverdty
worked out
of thethGuelph,
DeWit
Veterinarian's office
m Chathamfora year and a half
before coming prior to that had pri to
large animal practice in Ingersoll.
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found private practice pretty In addition to dealing bane with
hectic.' he says, adding that with a foreign or reportable disease and
young may, finding the time to control, as District Vet, Dan keeps
spend with them was not always tabs on rabies and sciapi occtirren-
easy. The move to the district vet ces. He also works closely with the
pion in Chatham was definitely local vets in large animal daseaea
a step up. and from bis oBace at the testing.
Agriculture Corrado branch in Most of the lab work is sent on to
Seaforth. Dan now oversces the Guelph or Ottawa to the Health of
testing and regulation of stock Animals centres.
import and export within the region. Although he's never had the
Although most of his work invol- misfornme to deal with any major
ves dairy cattle which find their outbreaks in his years as a district
Dislzkt veterinarians, one in every
county and at the border cities, are
responsble for hosts and
Bluets que testing, among other
diseases, and the quarantining of
animals prior to and after export
and import.
vet - "good for the industry," he
adds - Dan DeWit hats be0. in-
nobredinsomecrineasognanitithft
and having to order the destnidiea
of all of a faun's stock on Occasion,
not one of the high }minis of the
job. such case involved a haus
culosis infection in a hold of Bison
new Chatham, and the mike herd
had to be destroyed.
With more fames leaning
towards 'exotic' stock such as
bison and deer, he adds, special
attention has
m be paid to monitor
disease But so far, things have been going
pretty routinely in Seaforth and the
County, and that suits Dan DeWit
just fine. He and his family - wife
Linda and their threecbihhen,
Nathan, 4, Adam, 2 1/2, and
Sharma, 8 months - are lloot&g
forward to settling in the area. The
DeWit's are @y renting in
Woodstock, where Dan hails from.
and where he drives loom daily to
get to Seaforth. Add to that a
crammed schedule on the road for a
good part of the week, testing
stock, and the District . Vet's
timetable is almost as hectic as a
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SING IN - Dart DeWit„ the new District Veteiirtarian for
Huron County, has been making himself at home in his new
Seaforth office and has been making the rounds, getting
acquainted will) local stockmen in Its fwo weeks in the region.
Fitt photo.
private practice. But getting out on
the fauns is one aspect of the job
that Dan DeWit especially enjoys.
Aviculture
still in contact with the the farmers.'
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LUCILLE MARIE CLAIRE
JEFFREY
1 frss Lucille Jeffrey of the
Queensway Nursing Home, flensalt
and fonnerly of Zurich died at her
sister's residence on June 11, 1990.
She was 74.
The daughter of the late Remi and
Sara Jeffrey, she is survived by
sisters Mss Cherie Jeffrey off
Zurich, and Doris and husband
Robert Mernovage of Royal Oak,
Michigan; blotters Vincent and
wife Agnes of Warren, Michigan,
Alphonse and wife Yvonne of
Zurich, and Gerard and wife Col-
leen of Napean, and sister-in-law
Dolly Jeffrey of Zurich. Also sur-
viving are several nieces and
nephews.
Miss Jeffrey was predeceased by
two brothers, Dominic and Maxime.
Friends were received at the
Michael P. O'Connor Funeral
Home, Zurich chapel until
Thursday, June 14 when the
Celebration of the Funeral Mass
took place at St. Peter's Roman
Catholic Church, St Joseph's.
Interment Si Peter's cemetery.
EVELYN AURAS
Mrs. Evelyn Anna Edna Huras
died on Sunday, June 17 at the
Statford General Hospital
Born in Strafford, she was the
daughter of the late William Klopp
and the former Edna Rohfritsch.
She was a lifelong member of the
Zion Lutheran Church, Stratford.
Mrs. - Hums is survived by her
husband, Victor; sons David and
wife Dianne of Stratford, Bill and
wife Jennifer of Pot Elgin; and
daughter Elaine and husband Ross
Brown of Railway St, Seaforth.
She is also survived by sisters
Ruth and husband Gordon Beutten-
miller of Main Si, Seaforth, and
Marjory Klopp of Stratford;
nephews Robert and wife Betty
Beuttenmilier of Seaforth, and
Gordon Beuttenmiller and friend
Cheryl of Kitchener-. Also surviving
are grandchildren Melinda, Kristin
and Amanda Huras of Stratford,
Kevin and Kyle Brown of Seaforth,
and Adam and Jared Hulas of Port
Elgin.
ewas predeceased by a brother,
William.
Friends were received at the W.G.
Young Funeral Home on Tuesday,
June 19 with funeral services on
Wednesday, June 20 at Zion
Lutheran Church, Stratford. Inter-
ment Avondale Cemetery. Stratford.
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