The Huron Expositor, 1971-08-12, Page 5mows
Cromarty
,HIJRON EXPOSOOR, SEARATII,„047„ AUG. j?„,, 1971-5
Seaforth
Sends 20
Delegates
All Nations are on a collis-
sion course with God which even
the United Nations is powerless
to prevent, more than 12,000
persons , including more than
20 delegates from Seaforth, were
told at the conclusion of a recent
convention of Jehovah's Witnes-
ses in London.
K. A. Little of Toronto, man-
ager of the Canadian branch of
the Watch Tower Society, said
the nations are on the march to
Armageddon - a war Involving
Jesus Christ and his heavenly
,forces against Satan and his tot-
" lowers.
,• This much can be unerringly
said according to the Bible's
timetable and according to world
events 'in fulfillment' of Bible
prophecy," he said.
The gathering also heard and
saw lectures and Biblical dramas
acted , out in colorful et/Studies
to illustrate the need to live by
Bible ptinciples.
The dramas,, acted out by Wit-
ness act/Ws and actresses, high-
lighted the dangers inVolved in
drug abuse and promiscuity and
how persons can protect them-
selves from these current social
problems.
Although the large- audience
was, made up of persons from a
wide -variety of,racial and ethnic
backgrounds, the convention was
unmarreti by demonstrations,
fights or divisions, spokesmen
said.
During a mass baptism ser-
vice in an East London motel pool,
171 new ministers of Jehovah's
Witnesses were Immersed.
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Legion News
and. Views .
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TO Avoid Oxygen corresponchmt
Mrs. Ken McKellar
Mrs. grace Scott was hostess
for the August meeting of the
women's Missionary Society of
.Cromarty Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Calder McKaig presided and,
opened the meeting with a verse
at scripture, followed with hymn
291, Scripture lesson was read
in unison from Luke 61.39.-38.
Mrs. McKsig led in a meditation
• on "Giving" and prayer. The
offering was received and dedi-
cated by Mrs. Grace Scott. Eleven
members answered the roll call
with a verse on ',Giving". Satis-
factory reports were given by the
secretary and the Treasurer
Business was conducted by the • president, Mrs. M. Dow, when
arrangements were made for the
September meeting When the Ex-
plorers and C.G.C. will be enter-
tained by the W.M.S.
Mrs. McKaig reported 12
cards- and visits to the sick. Mrs.
6 M. Lamond led in an interesting
Bible study, dealing with the
work of the Bible Society. Several
members assisted.
A reading in story form was
given by Mrs. T. L. Scott.
Mrs. Lamond and Mrs. Scott
presented a film strip" The Day
Thou Gayest".
The hostess assisted by Mrs.
Will Miller provided lunch.
Mr. and• Mrs. Bill CheSsell,
son and daughter, of Stratford,
'visited on Sunday with Mrs. J. R.
Jefferson.
• Mr. and Mrs. Don Riehl and
family, R. R. 5,Stratford, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs.. Robert
-- --bat/1g on-Sunday:
Mr. and Mrs. John Jefferson
and family of Sault Ste. Marie
are holidaying with his mother,
Mrs. J. R. Jefferson.
• Mr. and Mrs. Henry Currie
of Whonnock are visiting friends
in this community. They spent
Monday afternoon with Mrs.
Grace Scott.
by John D. Baker,
Public Relations Officer,
Branch 156
I ARE
The days of the Legion as
• we know it now are numbered. It
• is a certain fact that ,unless we
are unfortunate enough to be in-
volved, in another war 'there will
be no veterans around in, fifty'
years time. The. Royal Canad-
ian Legion is basically a Veter-
ans' organization'"and unless
Membership is opened to others
• it will surely cease to be. we
have fewer veterans from World
War I each year, but their dedi-
cation continues to be an inspir-
ation for they are the founders of
this great organization. There
are some like Magnus McIntyre
Hood whose story goes like the
following, an excerpt from "The
People's Journal, June 12, 1971,
Angus & Perthshire":
"The old soldier in the Peebles
hotel excused himself after
breakfast to go up to his room for
a hankie. But he was gone for
more than 20 minutes.
• A fellow,guest went to the
bedroom to check. He found the
Veteran bent over the bed trying
to fix his medals to his jacket.
His arthritic fingers couldn't
cope, but painfully he persisted.
This was British Legion Golden
Jubilee Week-End at Peebles and
the old sweat was aghast at the
• prospect of going out ''improp-
erly dressed." These medals
represented an experience that
was more than half a century
ago. Only now is the world
emerging from the bloody, waste-
ful, mud-stained, murderous
flo
conflict that it was. Yet most of
the nostalgia among' the 500
Legionaires from all over Scot-
land came from such, boys of the
old' brigade.
In the case of Magnus Mc-
Intyre Hood, perhaps there was
good reason for clinging like
mad to what should have been
an. ugly Memory. The first
war changed his life completely.
He Was' a. poor Aberdeen tailor's
son who booked a 7 pounds,' 13
shillings '7 pence passage on a
slow boat to Canada as an emi-
grant farm-hand.
SURVIVED MASSACRE
• He got work in the garden
of a wealthy estate developer
in Toronto. And he made such
a hit that his boyhood dream of
becoming a minister took on
reality. His boss offered to pay
his way through Toronto's Knox
tV Divinity College. He was at the
college in 1914 when he had to
put down his Bible for a gun.
He was one of those who should
never have come back. He sur-
vived the massacre of St. Eloy
where a Company 'of the 28th
Comrades Cleave Coombs,
Dick Whitely and George Hays
attended the funeral of Rev.
Jack James at Lions Head on
Sunday, August' 8th. Rev. James
was a former'Padre of Branch
156.
PAST SOCIAL EVENTS
Bingo last Friday night
attracted-4A 'persons. Prizes to
the value of $318.00 were won.
It is reported that the Bingo at
the Lions Carnival run, by the
Legion was a great •success.
COMING EVENTS
Bingo next Friday night at the
Legion Hall.
The Bayfield River and Its
watershed are beriefittlnefrom
the work of two groups of students
who are working on it this
summer.
The first group is a work
crew from S.W.E.E.P. attached
to the Ausable River Conserva-
tion Authority. The Authority
SWEEP CLEANS UP
Students employed by SWEEP (Students working in an Environmental Enhancement Program)
have been busy this summer in the Sdaforth area. They began by clea'ning up the river flats
west of the Egmondville bridge and currently are cleaning up dead trees along Silver Creek in
Seaforth. above, the boys work in Egmondville cutting tall grass along the river., Joe Lobb of
Clinton drives the tractor and mower donated by Boyce Farm Supply while Charles Miner and
Ken Lee of Exeter, remove a bag from the path of the tractor. Looking on is Bruce Smith of
Parkhill, foreman of the Work Crew. ' (Staff Photo)
SWEEP N Program Assists
In Silver Creek_ Clean_ U
also is co-operating in the other
project which is a land use water-
shed survey.
Project SWEEP is a
provincial program sponsored by
the Department of Energy and
Res5urces Management and
directed by the Conservation Au-
thorities in ontario.The acronym
stands for "Students Working in
an Environmental Enhancement
Program", which means cleaning
up litter, solid wastes, dead elms
and other unsightly problems in
the surroundings.
The SWEEP program in the
Ausable River Conservation Au-
thority includes twenty-six stud-
ents hired from throughout the
Ausable and Hayfield River areas
who are supervised by John Roder
under the direction of the
executive Of the Authority.
The students are split into two
crews, , one working in the north
and the other in the south. The
northern crew consists of John
Aiken,, Bill •Hollenbeck, Ron Ir-
win, Joe Lobb and Robert-Mc-
Mahon, all of Clinton; Mike Fore- •
man, Ken Lee, Charles Miner and
Stan Rawlings of Exeter, Louis
and Mark Hartman of Bayfield and
Larry McGregor of Brucefield.
Foreman for the north crew is
Bruce Smith of Parkhill.
. The South Crew consists of
Jim Brandon, Mark Clemens,
Russ Fuller, Mary Lou Hopper,
Jim Marsh and Paul Wellington,
all of Forest: Others include
Jane Backx, Grand Bend, Mike
Battrom, Parkhill, Dave Britton,
Arkona, Dorothy Cole, Kettle
Point and Lois McLean, Thed-
ford. The foreman is Paul Veitch
of Parkhill and John Roder 'of
Arkona is the senior supervirr.
The South Crew have ben
working in the Rock Glen Con-
servation area clearing thorn
trees, felling and splitting dead
elms and cleaning up litter. They
have also been engaged In clean-
ing up the beaches along Lake
Huron from Kettle point to Grand
Bend.
The North Crew have cleaned,
up the Hayfield beach area and
River from the mouth to just east
of Varna.. The team is 'led by
Tom Prout of Exeter who is a
student at the University of
Waterloo.
Erosion and pollution'are the Container - Steel silo. - Temper-main concerns of the survey al- -
, though • many other aspects are
being checked.
A study of the flora and
fauna of the area has 'revealed
70• species of birds, 16 kinds of
fish, 19 varieties of animals and
over 130 type.4 of vegetation in
the River area.
The survey, in its second
year, is sponsored by the De-
partment of Energy and Resour-
ces Management in cooperation
with the Conservation Author-
ities.
Roger Martin is co-ordinat-
ing . the Hayfield River survey
for the Ausable Authority.
Mr. Prout, leader of the sur-
vey said that the object of the
programme is to study the po-
tential of the river as well as to
introduce the students to con-
servation techniques,
The group is planning
meeting with area farmers to-
night, August 5 at 9 P.M. in
the Varna Hall.
*e.mraleweva,eva.a: ameeemeesiVm-
July
cut several hundred small dead
trees on the Egmondville Bridge
region of the Hayfield River,
south of Seaforth. They are
now involved in clearing dea d
elms from the banks of Silver
Creek In Seaforth. When this
task is completed the crew will
clear area roads in the region
of litter and unofficial roadside
dumps.
In connection with this pro-
ject citizens are asked to con-
tact the Authority office at
(519) 828-3688 or write to
Ausable River Conseryation
Authority, Box 81, Arkona, On-
tario if they know of a littered
roadside or other area in the
authority's jurisdiction.
There have been many pri-
vate contributers to project
SWEEP. The Ford Motor Com-
pany supplied trucks to the• pro-
gram for $1.00 each. Two of
these are in use in the Ausable
area. Local businessmen have
also contributed. . Boyce Farm E qu ipment of R.R. 3, Seaforth
provided a tractor and mower to
help in the cleanup of the river
flats at Egmondville for example.
Without such contributions pro-
ject SWEEP would accomplish
much less than it is doing, of-
ficial's said.
The other project on the
Bayfield River involves eight
area high school students working
as , junior conservationists. in a the con strong-tea- yek—OTTIfe Hayfield— corn
breathe.
land use Sur deny of metal containers to
Table 1 Fluctuations of the gases
in void' spaces of steel and con-
crete silo during the month of
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455 - Ratio of fluctuations in silo
and atmosphere - 2.93 ---Con-
tainer - Concrete silo - Tem-
perature fluctuations per month -
60 - Ratio of fluctuations in silo
and atmosphere - -
The wall permeability of dif-
ferent types, of silos was cal-
culated after measuring- the
amount of air needed to maintain
a pressure of 10 kg/mm2 in a
series of silos used on farms.
Table 2 shows that concrete walls
have nearly twice the average
leak size of steel walls:
Table 2 Leak size of concrete and
steel silos.
Type of silo - Steel -' Average
amount of leakage Liters per
hour and m3 - 9.5 - Leak size
mm2/m3 of silo - 0.207; Type
of silo - Concrete - Average
amount of leakage Liters per
hour and m3 - 17.1 - Leak size
mm2/m3 of silo - 0,373.
The Information obtained
A.G.Melering
University of Guelph
Since silo containers are not
absolutely gas tight, they can ex-
change gases with the surround-
ing atmosphere when, a pressure
difference between the interior of
the container and its environment
exists. Such differences develop
constantly because the microbial
gas production in the silage gen-
erates differing gas concentrat-
ions and the climatic factors
generate differing total gas pres-
'sures in the two spaces. Wind
and barometric conditions of the
atmosphere create pressure
changes in the environment of
the silos. Fluctuations In the
air temperature and the inten-
sity of solar radiation, as well
as the evaporation of precipitated
moisture from the silo surface
cause temperature changes and,
consequently, pressure changes
of the gases enclosed in the void
spaces of the silos, The result
of all the weather factors, pre-
dominantly the thermal factors,
is a constant alternation in the
direction of the Pressure drop
across the silo walls. This
leads to silo "breathing". Am-
plitude and frequency of the
alternations together with the
permeability of the silo' walls
largely determine the extent of
the gas exchange of silos.
The gas exchange as caused
by weather factors can be cal-
culated In a computer simulation
if the silo volume and its degree
of filling, the temperature history Uni.ver-slky.of Guelph.- of the silo gases, the permea-
bility of the silo walls and the
gas production of the' silage as
caused by the intake of oxygen
are known. Simulations of silo
breathing were performed for
European weather conditions at
the University of Giessen, West
Germany. Although there is
difference in climate,'the results
still allow conclusions about silo
performance in Canada. •
The temperatures of the silo
gases in a concrete container
with rigid ceiling and valve, and
a steel container with a pressure
exchange system were measured
over extended periods of time
in 1966 and 1967. As can be
seen from Table 1, there occurreli
several temperature fluctuations
per day in the metal container.
This was due to its dark color
and the high thermal conductiv-
ity of its :walls. About 90% of
the fluctuations in the temper-
ature of the surrounding air were
transmitted to the silo gases and
amplified by a factor of 2.9 at
the same time. The maximal
change was , approximately 25
degrees C. In comparison, there
was only one temperature fluc-
tuation with a maximum during:
the daytima and a mininrunt
during the night in the concrete
silo. Temperature changes of
more than 15 degrees C did not
occur in this container. The
data given in Table I indicate
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Simulate the gas exchange of
both containers during the month
of July. For .mathematical rea-
sons, it was assumed that the
oxygen entering the silos with the
air would be used by aerobic
bacteria to produce the equival-
ent amount of carbon dioxide and
would not ,affect the stability of
the grass silage. Table 3 shows
that the simulated oxygen intakes
do not differ significantly if both
silos are filled to 35% of their
capacity. The better heat insul-
ation of the concrete silo walls
offsets the effects of the pressure
exchange system in the steel
silo. With increased degree of
filling, the oxygen intake
decreases sharply and the steel
container shows an advantage
over the concrete silo.
Table 3 Simulated oxygen intake
of concrete and steel silos.
The results of the simulation
show that silos should be filled
quickly to their capacity in order
to avoid an excessive oxygen in-
take. , If concrete silo's with, a
gas-tight ceiling had a breather
bag like some steel containers
have, they would be superior to
metal silos not only in cost but
also technically. Coating con-
crete walls against leakage and
heat transfer can extend this
advantage. Further data on this
subject will be, obtained from
silo experiments planned for the
Elora Experiment Station of the
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Canadian Division was wiped out.
Later he was one of three
crouched in a crater when a shell
THE DAYS OF THE came over and blasted the man in
_the middle.____MnintyreJleod was ROYAL CANADIAN-LEGION - thrown in the air like a doll, but NUMBERED?" came down intact.
In hospital he wrote letters
about the war to frietids in
Canada. And they turned out to
be so intriguing that some of
them were sent on to a news-
paper in Kingston.
While still in an army
casualty centre he found himself
appointed to the newspaper staff.
From his hospital bed he wrote
its leader articles. And
instead of going back to the
ministry he started civvy life
again as a reporter. For 30
years McIntyre Hood was editor
of the Oshawa "Daily Times".
He was its foreign correspondent
in London for six years. When he
retired from his editorship he
was a member of 19 different
organizations in Oshawa and each
wanted to throw him a retiral
party. In its centennial , year,
Oshawa made him its citizen of
the year.
ACTIVE RETIREMENT
He is now 77 and has retired•
with his wife to Edinburgh. But,
far from fading away, this old
soldier is more active than ever.
He was Results Officer at the
Commonwealth Games and has
just completed the official history
of the games, price 3 pounds a
copy. He now edits the British
Legion journal, ',Claymore "and
it was he who organized the
nostalgic week' en at Peebles.
Yet his enthusiasm for 50
years ago had nothing to do with
the way a world war had made
him a personal success. "In the
trenches we shared 'a kind of
comradeship that was unique," he -
said. "Vt,e stood in blood and
slime. we saw our mates killed.
We were involved in a kind of
friendship that ' comes from
sharing an unforgettable
experience. Our sense of
togetherness was cemented in
blood, sweat and tears."
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