Times-Advocate, 1983-06-08, Page 14Page 14
Times -Advocate, June 8, 1983
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Tuckersmith okays
historical designation
Tuckersmith township
council passed a bylaw
designating the old Georgian -
style Romanik home built in
the 1860's as of historical and
architectural value and
interest. -
Mrs. Mary Roinanik, who
attended the counell session,
requested work on the road
for one and a quarter miles
from their mobile home park
to Egmondville. She said the
road is badly rutted. She said
there are 38 units in the park
and the traffic on the road is
heavy.
Reeve Robert Bell
acknowledged that tlie road is
in need ofmock. He said, •'I
personally feel our road
system is slipping. Govern-
ment grants have been cut."
Road superintendent Allan
Nicholson said he has the
road on his list for repairs but
could not promise anything at
this time. He is waiting word
for approval of the bridge
work on the road and until the
ministry makes a decision
things are at a standstill for
construction in that area.
Diane Durnin, directorof
the Vanastra Recreation Cen-
tre, was at the meeting to
discuss the heating system for
the swimming pool area and
the expenditures at the
Centre. Councillor . John
Brownridge expressed his
concern over the seven per-
centover-budget at this time
for the Centre. Ways were
discussed to cut expenses if
possible but no action taken.
Changes were suggested for
the weekly bingo games to •
Alt
help increase the attendance
and this is to be studied.
Drainage petitions were ap-
proved for the Williams
municipal drain by Ken
Williams; the drain serving
Don Upshall and John Van,
Miltenbur; and the drain ser-'
ving Randy Wilson, Fernand
Vantyghem and James
McIntosh.
The Finlayson drainage
report is to be heard June 21,
at 9 p.m.
Allan Nicholson in his road
report said that the roads
have been gravelled and that
a little over half of the
calcium work on the roads is
done.
An anonymous letter was
sent to councileomplaining of
conditions at Vanastra such
as derelict cars parked
around at various sites in the
hamlet. The letter complain-
ed about snowmobiles, dune
buggies, bikes racing
throughout the area even in
the park areas.
The writer suggested that
some of the township
employees working at the
Recreation Centre at'
Vanastra should be used to
clean up the garbage scat-
tered around.
Councillor ' John.
Brownridge, a Vanastra resi-
dent, regretted that the writer
had not signed the letter so
that he could inform the
writer that some of the com-
plaints such as bike racing
are a police matter and they
should be notified. He asked
council to take action on the
derelict cars.
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A HORSE CLUB FUN SHOW - Members of the Exeter 4-H horse and pony club
participated in o fun show Saturday at the Crediton horse arena of Adriaan Brand.
Shown ready to go are Heather Browning, Pauline DeVries and Lindy Dillon.
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ten.
Hal Borland, nature colum-
nist for the New York Times,
in his delightful book about
country living, Beyond Your
Doorstep, estimates between
12 and 15 billion birds regular-
ly spend part of each year in
Canada and the United
States.
Which, he says, is :almost
JUNIOR FARMERS AID FAIR - The South Huron Junior Farmers recently made
a donation of $500 to the Exeter Agricultural Society, Above, Gerald Johns and
Maurice Ryan of the Junior Farmers present the cheque to fair board officials Shirley
Prance and Bob Hern. T -A photo.
Joe Hogan is re-elected
head of Iiistorical group
The annual meeting of the
• Huron County Historical
Society was held in the Com- - .
munity Hall in Wroxeter May
26. Joe Hogan. president
chaired, the meeting and
Doris Batkin. secretary -
treasurer, read the minutes of
the April meeting held in
Blyth and also the financial
report for the. year.
Helen Anderson. member-
ship convener. reported 199
rnembers ,in -1982 and the
group lost •two faithful
members by death.
• The membership fee for
1983 will be $4.00 for single
and family and a bus trip for
•.-last of June was discussed
and left in the hands of David
McClure to arrange:
The speaker for the evening
• was Blake Evans, an officer
with Ministry of• Natural
Resources -at Wingham; who
gave. a most interesting talk
on Game and Fishery Laws
as far hack as 1756.
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King Henry VIIi'Passed very
strict game laws in England
and many of these carried to
Canada in its early years as
a colony. He also showed a
film. Ministry of Natural
Resources People. depicting
the work carried on by them
throughout Canada. Evans
was thanked by David
McClure and Annie Reed
thanked the Wroxeter
Women's Institute for the
lunch.
Officers of the•Huron Coun-
ty Historical Society for 1983
are: past president; harry
Worsen; president. .toe
Mogan; vice-president,
Isabelle Theedom; second
vice-president, Bill Par-
tridge: secretay-treasurer,
Dora Batkin; membership.
Ilelen Anderson: coiLslitution.
Lillian Turner; finance.
David McClure; P.R.O. and
publicity, Bessie McNee; per-
sonnel, Eileen Ronnie; pro-
perty, Harry Worsell, Grant.
Stirling and 1 farold Robinson:
archivist, Ethel Poth; ar-
chivist committee. Ethel
Poth, harry Worsell 'and
Harold Robinson; publica-
tion. Irene Clark. and council.
Elia Metcalfe, Marjorie Em-
merson. Willetta McWhinneA
Keith Roulston. Annie Reed,
Bernadine Kinney, Glenyce
Snell, Phyllis Cox, Marian
Zinn, Mabel Jacklyn, Wm.
Morley and Raymond
Scotchmer.
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LIFE • HOME •AUTO • COMMERCIAL• FARM ' TRAVEL
bne loot in the
lurrow'bit
le ne,u,* lot t.pW..lm... mo' F.m.. ooi .,e 2(
2,000 birds to the square mile.
A relative of mine who has
a backyard in the city spends
all his spare summer hours
keeping that postage -stamp
yard in meticulous condition.
Dozens of fancy shrubs and
small trees decorate the
space. But he hates birds.
"All they do is chirp and.
leave a mess," he says with a
sigh as he cleans off his
flagstones.
A pity. Afew years ago, my
thoughful wife and my
daughter bought me a set of.
binot:ulars and a bird iden-
tification book for father's
day. I don't think any present
has brought me more hours of
sheer pleasure.
We have discovered dozens
of winged neighbors we did
not know existed. Only yester-
day when ducking under the
electric fence around the cor-
ral, I came face to face with
a Baltimore oriole. He was
preening on a fencepost not
three feet from me.
I know it, was male because
my bird book told me. He was
such a brilliant orange -
yellow -and -black that I stop-
ped and stared in awe. He
didn't see rile for a few.
seconds and I gqt an eyeful of
his beauty. His spouse is not
nearly as brilliant in color as
he is.
Nor is the female cardinal
as brilliant as, her mate. He
whistles every morning when
I go the barn to feed. the
horses:
June is, perhaps, the best of
all months for birdwatchers.
This precious month is when
all the migrants are back
again to add color and delight
to the countryside. Although
some people who love birds
pay little attention to . the
many sparrows who live with
us all year, they have become
one of my favorites. They are
so quick and cocky they are
fun to watch.
The juncos, the nuthatches,
the redpolls and the kinglets=
-and the saucy wrens. of
course --are almost as much
fun. And last summer when i
bought a block of salt for the
horses, stuck it on a stake in
the corral, a dozen pine
siskins found' the salt block
and spent two or three days
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LANDSCA • ING
GRADUATE -- David
Galloway of Listowel and
formerly of Crediton
graduated recently from
theUniversity of Guelph.
He received a diploma- in
Agriculture specializing in
landscaping and green
housing. David, the
grandson of Jean ,Allen,
Exeter /and Alwina
Galloway, Crediton is now,
working with Huron Land-
scaping in lucknow.Photo
by Dorothy Taylor Studio.
pecking at it.
I like hollyhocks and have
a clump of them at the corner
of the house. But my lady
does not like this plant.. Or she
didn't until she saw a ruby -
throated hummingbird
gathering nectar from the
blooms. Now, every summer,
we can't wait for the gangly
hollyhocks to bloom, knowing
that the hummingbird will
soon return.
It is awe-inspiring to watch
'this beautiful little bird,
weighing not much more than
a bumblebee, hovering beside
the house. Think of it! They
spend the winter in South
America. Theymake that
500 -mile flight across the Gulf
or Mexico without a - stop,
without rood or drink, and ar-
rive here ready to provide us
with a summer of pleasure.
The ground at the back of
our lot is damp until mid-
summer and the killdeer love
it. To walk near a killdeer's
nest --simply a few stones in a
little pile --is a marvellous
adventure. -,Tile mother
killdeer will' herd her little
ballsof fluff to a safe place
and then use that oldest of
tricks. She will lead you away'
from her charges by feigning
a broken wing..
Such beauty and devotion!'
It is easy to understand why
farmers like birds. Without
birds, insect life in the coun-
try would take over the land.
Of course, there are some
birds --blackbirds, for
instance --that can do con-
siderable damage to crops
but, for the most part,
farmers learn .to love their
feathered friends of the field.
I lived all day with a warm
glow in my breast after see-
ing that oriole preen just in-
ches from 'my eyes.
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Huron farn'i and home news
brads will detail 4•N value
.The Huron 441 Agricultural
Club Members' Careers Pro-
gram will be held on friday.
June 17 at the Central Huron
Secondary School, Clinton,
commencing at 8:00 p.m.
At this special event,
graduates of the Huron Coun-
ty 4-H program will comment
about "The Value of a 4-11
Background as a Stepping
Stone into Career Choice and
Development."
Participants will include
Brian McGavin, 1982 Murray
Cardiff Citizenship Award
Winner; Mac Bolton,
.Agricultural Representative
for Bruce County; Bob Down,
President, United • Co -
Operatives of Ontario
farmer. Usborne Township:
Murray and Wilma 1Dale1
Scott. 4-H leaders • and
parents, farmers. East
Wawanash Township; Amy
(Stewart) Beccario, home
economics teacher; •Dr. Iris
Marshall, medical doctor;
Dr. Ji'm .Fairies,
veterinarian; Murray Elston,
lawyer, M.P.P. •- Huron
Bruce.
Senior 4-11 members . are
playing a leading role in the
development of this program.
The Huron County Junior
Farmers are planning to
serve refreshments in the
cafeteria at 'the conclusion.
_Family participation is en-
couraged and anyone with an
interest is invited to attend.
Don Pullen,
Agricultural Rep.
Queen's Guineas
In Huron County, 21 4-11
Beef Calf Club members have
nominated their steers for the
1983 Queen's Guineas Com-
Jtion on Friday November
18.
To be eligible, the steer
must weigh no more than 800
pounds at weigh -on between
May 1st -15th and 150 days
later weigh at least 850
pounds between October
GRADUATE — Bevan
Robert Shapton, son of
Bruce and Dolores Shap -
ton, RR 1 Exeter,
graduated with The
Associate Diploma in
Agriculture at the Spring
Convocation at The
University of Guelph; May
31, 1983. Bevan is present-
ly employed with Exeter
District Co -Operative.
Learning. experience
for horses and riders
The first show of the Exeter
Horse and Rider Club was
held on Saturday, June 4 at
Adriaan Brands. of Brandale
Arabians. Close to 20 horses
nd, riders at(endedthe show
as well as a number of
. spectators. '
Only five classes compris-
ed this show, as it was
designated as a learning ex-
perience for both horse and
rider. -
After judging each class.
judge Adriaan Brand explain-
ed his reasons for his placings
in. order to help the par-
ticipants correct their
mistakes for the next show.
The halter class was divid-
ed into three groups. senior.
junior and pony. The placings
were as follows:
Senior showmanship - Dar-
ren Vandergunst, Kim
Merkies, Pauline . DeVries;
Kelly Livingstone. John
Relouw.
Junior showmanship class -
Marie DeBruyn, Janice
Bishop, Cam Darling.
Carolyn Tickner.
Pony.showmanship - An-
/drew Geiger. Scott Merner.
!feather Browning. Lindy
Dillon.
Senior Equitation - Daril.n
Vandergunst, Kim Merkies.
Pauline-DeVries, Kelly Liv-
R.R. 1 Ailsa Craig
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ingstone, John Relouw.
Junior equitation - Stephen -
White, Marie DeBrtiyn, Lisa
Vandenbroek, Lindy Dillan,
Heather Browning.
English Pleasure - Carolyn
Tickner, Kim - Merkies.
Pauline DeVries.,
Western Pleasure - Darren.
'Vandergunst, Stephen White.
Kelly ' Livingstone. John
Relouw, Lisa Vandenbroek.
Trail Class - John Relouw,
Darren Vandergunst, Scott
Merner,. Lisa Vandenbroek.
Lindy Dillan, • -
The- ne)ft show will , bEii.an-
nounced later: Spectators are
always welcome.
1st -15th. It must make an
average daily gain of at least
2.3 pounds during the five-
month period. The advance
• fitting and preparation of the
steer for the Competition
must be carried out by the 4-11
exhibitor.
441 members nominating
steers are: Jim Campbell.
Michael Bishop, . Kevin
McArter, Pat Chambers,
Kevin Johnston. Anne Pro-
cter, Allan Pym. Scott
Cooper, Brad Falconer. Mary
Gibson, Julie Townsend. Ken
Renning, Alan Kenning.
,Grant Hayter, Kevin 1'arley,
Steve Allon. Casey Hen-
drick3, Wray Forster. Jamie
Alton. George Alton. Carol
Rintoul.
Don Pullen
Agricultural Rep.
•1 Place This ('lass"
These words were uttered
several hundred times on the
Clinton Fairground grands-
tand on Saturday. May 28.
Eighteen official judges
listened . to reasons being
'given by a record number off
competitors at the Huron
County Livestock and Field
Crops Judging Competition. A
total of 185 young people bet-
ween 12 and 19 judged six
classes of livestock and three
field crops classes.
Top judges at the Competi-
tion were: novice. Kelly Vod-
den, RR 1 Clinton; junior
tie). David Wheeler. RR 1
Bluevale and Jeff McGavin,
RR 4 Walton; intermediate.
Kevin Smith. RR 6 Goderich:
senior; Lisa Thompson, RR 5
Wingham.
Award winners are: Lisa
Thompson. RR 5 Wingham.
highest score in the competi-
tion; Kelly Vodden; RR) Clin-
ton, high novice judge; Jeff
Feagan, RR 4 Goderich,
highest score in swine sec-
tion; Kevin Smith. RR 6
Goderich, high dairy judge;
Debbie Johnston. RR .2
Bluevale, top sheep judge;
Heather Browning, Crediton.
high beef score: David
Wheeler, RR 1 Bluevale, top
score in horse section. .
Trophies and other major
awards will be given out at
the 4-11 Awards Night at Cen-
tral Huron Secondary School.
Clinton. on November 75
- Don Pullen
Agricultural Rep.
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