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The Brussels Post, 1973-07-04, Page 7fl I i t jj KEN CAMPBELL Press for second hog sales yard in Blyth WEEKLY SALE BRUSSELS STOCKYARDS Les IEVERY FRIDAY AT 12' NOON Phone 887.6461, — • Brussels, OWL NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS DESTROY • WEEDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons in possession of lands in the Villages of Hayfield and Brussels, in the County of Huron; also property owners in the Townships of Ashfield, Colborne, Goderich„ Grey, Hay, Howick, Hullett, McKillop, Morris, Stanley,,Tuckersmith, Usborne, East Wawanosh and West Wa- wanosh, in the County of Huron; also property owners in the Towns of Clinton, Exeter, Goderich and Wingham, in the County of Huron. Sailors on Mary .Poppins recic-h..EnOlond delivered to them by the mayor of Trepassey, Nfld., before they left that port. He also said that ,the crossing had been fairly rough, but Mrs. Cambell many of the complaints from producers in this area, who felt that since the a moving of the Clinton 3rard to Hensall, the dri- ving distance for delivering hogs became too long. It is expected to, take several • /Weeks before Toronto makes the final decision. It was also decided at the' meeting to take part• in the pro- vince wide “Pork Hostess' con test. It is a first in Ontario, and is comparable to the dairy prin- cess contest, "Are the beans up yet?" was the first thing McKi110P farmer Ken Campbell wanted to know (after asking how everyone was at home) when he called his family at R.R. 1, Dublin immediately after reaching shore in England on Saturday morning. Ken completed his 3,000 mile voyage from Halifax to Ports- mouth with. Harry Whale of Hanover in their 36 foot sloop, Mary Poppins, in record time, 19 days from June 4 to June 23. • Kevin Campbell, 14, answered the phone when his father called shortly after 10 a.rn. Mrs.Camp- bell, who was in Seaforth watching her other son, Brad, 9 play soccer ( the Campbells also have a daughter, Kim, 13) in Seaforth when the call came, was told about her husband's safe'arrival by another spectator at the soccer . game who heard a news bulletin • over CKNX radio. Mrs. Whale had phoned the W'inghamstation as soon as she heard from her husband in England. She told Joan Campbell that their hus- bands had staggered, still on their sea legs, to.. a phone booth as soon as they got out of their sailboat at the Portsmouth,har- bour. Mrs. Campbell and her adven- turous husband have, been Married for almost 17 years and she said on TuesdaY that she had no fears for his safety. "Ken felt no fear whatsoever, she said, and I felt there was no danger because he was unconcerned about it and I have cpmplete confidence in him". The two adventurers read ex- tensively about the experiences of other small craft sailors who had made Atlantic crossings,inc- luding Sir Francis Chichester's account of his solo voyage in the Gym' Moth. They knew that weather for the trip would be good in June, with the wind in their favour from Newfoundland to England, and that they would avoid possible July hurricanes. Besides, Ken could have his barley and corn planted before he left, and miss out only on the aforementioned beans. The two had emergency equip- ment aboard, including a life raft with dry provisions and sailed in one of the mai n Atlan- tic shipping lanes. These lanes are patrolled by aircraft and the Mary Poppins would be picked up on radar by any big ships in Its vicinity, Mrs. Campbell said. Although they went throught three fierce storms, broke. a tiller and,, stopped on an ice-pack for .a few hours one , night, the Men didn't need to use these emergency safeguards. The two are experienced sailers who logged 1,200 miles in Lake Superior last summer and have done a great deal of sailing in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. Two summers ago they sailed in the 'anions Mackinaw boat race, ::though not as official com- petitors because, according to Mrs. Campbell, they thought the equipment required of official entries, was an extra, un- necessary expense. Mackinac entries had to be equipped with a powerful two-way radio - some- thing that they did withouteven on their trans-Atlantic trip. Ken Campbell told his wife, when he called from England a second time on Sunday, that a telegram of best wishes from the I town of Seaforth had been At a „special meeting in Clinton Monday, the Huron County Pork 'Producers AssoCiation de- ' cided unanimously to apply to the Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board for the establishment of an assembly yard in Blyth. The facilities of Ed. Watson are, for rent under certain, conditions. Location of the yard in Blyth would mean a central place in the north end of the county between several other yards. It would overcome commented that hia "fairly rough" would be considered stormy by other sailors. “He and Harry would have a lovely sail on Lake Hurotyleav- trig the harbour at Hayfield when most of the other boat owners considered the weather much too. rough to venture out in," she said. When asked by his wife, Joan, how their food supply had held out, Ken said, "We lived like kings." They had fresh eggs for breakfast until their last morning at sea. They also consumed lots of tea and several bottles of wine. He reported that every- thing in the ,boat was wet from condensation and the storms they had weathered. Mary Poppins is equipped with a small stove and a heater but no fridge is necessary because all food is kept below, under the water line, in cans with the • contents listed with magic marker. A self-steering me- chanism can be set so that both men can go below for short periods of time. The two , took arms sleeping because of the, need to watch for icebergs. Mr. Campbell told his "wife that they saw six or • seven ice- bergs and had to slow down to go around them. The sailors also saw a school of whales off Newfoundland , as well as porpoise and sharks. To their surpirse°, they , saw only one ship, as it passed close to them in a fog, off the Grand Banks. Her husband was probably tired, Joan Campbell said, and would need time to unwind after being constantly alert' while at sea but said that on Sunday, "he sounded completely thrilled." Ken Campbell flies,(he hopes to have a homemade we-seater aircraft by next spring) and skiis - down a B.C. mountain after a helicopter ride to the top. Harry Whale, whose father was' in the British navy (and would have joined the trip except that he's over 70), introduced, him to sailing. His wife said that Ken can't swim very well though, but figured the ability to swim even several miles wouldn't be of much use in the middle of the Atlan- tic. He had no real doubts about his safe return. wouldn't go if I thought I wasn't coming back," he'd tell the pessimists, 4,I have too many other things I want to do." In about ten days Campbell and Whale will be home from England, after Selling their boat, visiting Harry's parents and brother near Portsmouth and, perhaps taking a jaunt into London to take up again for awhile at leak, their relatively quiet lives here. Joan Campbell, when asked teWhat's next?" said jokingly, "I'm aftaid' to ask!" However* she did mention in the cmirse of conversation that she was thinking of getting her pilot's • license. • In accordance with' the Revised Weed Control' Act, 1972, Section 4,.14 and 20 and amendments thereto, that, unlesS noxiO weds growing on their lands •are, destroyed us by e July 20th and throughout, the season; the Municipality may enter upon the said lands and have the weeds destroyed, charging the costs against the land in taxes, as set mit in the Act.. The eo-opottiok of all eititeng sotieited. I tiims*Et,, weed imieetee, cieuntf et Huron of NEW and USED CARS —Available at BRIDGE MOTORS LTD. , SALES and SERVICE THE 'BRUSSELS POST. 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