The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-05-04, Page 14The WIAgham ,Advance -Times, Thursday, Ma 4, 1972
LOOKING OVER THE privately -owned sub -station at the Stanley -Berry Ltd.plant are
Mayor DeWitt Miller, centre, Alton Adams, right, plant manager, and Cal Burke who sup-
plied materials and erected the new facility. —Staff Photo.
Stanley -.Berry substation is
town's first privately -owned
Growth of Stanley -Berry Ltd,,
operation at Wingham with the
:resultant demand for additional
electrical power brought about
the construction of the first prie
vately-owned power substation in
Wingham.
. Realizing that heavier capacity
weldingmachines, needed in the
production : of their products,
would cause a drain on the town's
power. service, Stanley -Berry
took steps to have a substation
erected at the plant.
' With this; Ontario Hydro power
was fed from the Hanover grid
system rated at 44,000 volts, step-
ped down with the use of 1500 KV
transformer's to feed. 550 volts of
power into the plant. This as-
sured a constant voltage. to keep
pace with production demands
brought about by increased busi-
ness.
Early moves towards this end
by plant officials made little
headway with the regional office
at Barrie and following discus-
sion of the problem, a meeting
with Ontario Hydro chairman
George Gathercole and engineers
was arranged by Mayor DeWitt
Miller.
Hydro's top' executives were
more than sympathetic to the
need described and in order to fa-
cilitate company budgetting for
the outlay for a substation, quick-
ly provided technical. advice and
assurance the proposed substa-
tion would provide adequate
power.
The erection of this substation
was done by Cal Burke Electric
of Wingham who also supplied
the materials. The new source of
power is 'now in operation and,
,proving satisfactory in every re-
spect.
Discussing the advantages of
the substation, plant manager Al-
ton Adams expressed apprecia
tion for the co-operation of Mayor
Miller and town officials, also to
Mr. Burke for the workmanlike
manner in which the construction
was completed without loss of
time. ,
The assurance of adequate
power for this industry will play
an important part in future pro-
duction plans which will lead to
the -employment of more people.
Keeping it clean
with Bill Dodd
EDITORS NOTE:. This column, written by Bill Dodds, purposes to in-
form the public about what the Government of Ontario is doing re-
garding pollution problems. Readers. having questions, comments or
suggestions are invited to send them along to the following address:
Robert J. Keir, manager, Information Services, 880 Bay St.,'
TORONTO 5, Ontario.
The burning question .
In Ottawa, the Bank of Canada
burns about 25 tons o ' ty, used
paper money eve 4r" onth.
The Federal Reserve Bank in
Dallas, Texas, is trying to cut
down on waste and air pollution
by recycling its paper money into
building materials. '
But Canada's money makers,
while they are interested, are not
yet ready for recycling. Security
is the main consideration, they
say, and nothing is as safe as
burning.
Similarly, the RCMP insist on
incineration for the classified se.
cret papers they have to destroy.
I don't know what their Canada -
wide load is, but their Toronto of-
fices burn about 80 pounds of
paper a day.
1, WV can't really argue about in-
cineration when it involves the
preservation 'of Canada's econo-
my or National security.
But generally speaking, incin-
eration is not the ideal answer to
our cities' garbage disposal prob-
lem. It's expensive and incinera-
tors need careful design and effi-
cient controls to minimize our
pollution.
On the other hand, burying
waste, while it is generally
cheaper, present problems of its
own. It has to be away from
homes. Nobody wants a dump or
a landfill scheme for a neighbor.
And in ,the , immediate neigh-
borhood of .a growing city there
aren't that many low-cost landfill
sites that will not contaminate
ground Water or streams.
So recycling—finding some use
for the half ton of garbage each of
us throws away every year—
seems like the only real solution.
You could say that Kitchener
set up a recycling projectwl en,,it
decided to build a 110 -foot ski hill
from the city's waste. That's re-
using garbage.
But Kitchener can't use house-
hold garbage or waste that de-
cays in the hill, because decay
generates heat and there would
be little point in a ski hill that
Melts all the snow that lands on
it. . ,
The trouble is
that garbage' is
so many things kitchen wastes,
wood, paper, glas, cans,—that it
has to be sorted to be recycled.
Most° recycling projects now
under way involve volunteer
labor and rely on the householder
-to sort his own waste. They have
met with varying degrees of suc-
cess.
Mechanical grinders and
sorters, while they -are 'steadily
improving, are still not to the
stage where they are completely
reliable.
But a lot of development work
is being done and there's a bright
future for recycling if this and a
few other .stumbling blocks are
overcome.
Paper can be used to make new
paper, card, pressed board and
other products.
Glass can be re -used or turned'
intoe paving material or building
blocks.
Metals can be re -used, and to
some extent are recycled.
And the organic' waste that re-
mains has countless potential
uses. It has been used,as compost
and experimental uses include
the production of natural gas,
crude oil, and animal fodder.
The Department of the Envi-
ronment's Waste Management
Branch .is keeping abreast of
these developments with an eye
to the future of garbage disposal.
Right now, .waste is a problem
and the, aim is to minimize its
harmful effects on the environ-
ment.
But more and more it is becom-
ing a natural resource to be used
to benefit all of us. •
It's only a matter of time.
Weekly euchre
BELGRAVE --F Eleven tables
of euchre were played last Wed-
nesday evening in the coMmunity
centre. The winners for the eve-
ning were:
High lady, Mrs. May Deyell;
1st draw, Mrs. Cora McGill; 2nd
draw, Mrs. Sewers; low lady,
Mrs. Jesse Wheeler.
High man, Clarence Hanna ; 1st
,draw, Gerald Nicholson; 2nd
draw, Cairns Aitchison; low man,
L. Kerr.
The world is divided into two
kinds of people—good ones and
bad ones. The good ones decide
whiclis which.
"Here comes your father! Now you're really
going to get it."
Award bowling
as banquet ends season
The Commercial Bowling Lea,
gue, after four nights of playoffs,
called off the dogs!
In the clear were Cameron's
Collies with 12,739 poi►ds. Right
on their scent were the Boxera
with 12,723, then the Mutts with
12,388. Lost in the bush were the
Retrievers with 12,126 and the
Newfies and Beagles were still
going around in circles with
12,117 and 11,301 respectively.
An enjoyable banquet was held
at the Legion Hall where mem-
bers of the league . dined and
danced and those who were lucky
enough, received trophies.
The season winners were Mil-
ler's Mutts which starred Leona
Miller, Joyce Gaunt, Doris Met-
calfe, Joe Schneider, Don Camer-
on and Rod Hickey. Runners-up
were Readman's Retrievers.
Playoff champions were Camer-
on's Collies, comprising Agnes
Cameron, Barbara Dauphin,
Jean Merkley, Frank Burke,
Harley Gaunt and Gott Baxter.
Winners of individual trophies
were: high ,singles Barb Dauphin
306 and Lee Grove 361; high trip-
les, Joyce Gaunt 713 and Rod Hic-
key 809; high average, Rose
Grove 205 and Jim Miller 205;
most improved' bowlers, Joyce
Gaunt, 20 points and Jim Miller,
17 points. a
Perfect attendance awards
were presented to Joyce Gaunt,
Harley Gaunt, Joe Schneider,
Ruth Baxter, Isabel Readman,
Francis Merkley, Isabel Burke
and Leona Miller.
Congratulations, to all and spe-
cial thanks to Presidents Rose
and Lee Grove and their execu-
tive.
Welcomed for the next season
were members of the new.execu-
tive.: president and secretary,
Ruth and Gord Baxter; treasur-
er, Leona Miller; press reporter,
Joe .Schneider. Team captains
will be Jim Moore, 'Eric Walden,
Marty Cretier, Don Cameron,
Roe Croskill and Harley Gaunt.
e you all in the fall!
Couples' Club
meets Tuesday
The Couples' Club of St. And-
rew's Presbyterian Church met
last Tuesday night at the church
with the program under the
direction of Mr. and Mrs. Clare
Niergarth and Mr. and Mrs, Mor-
ley Bushell.
A short devotional period was
conducted, by the leaders, fol-
lowed by a program of games.
Crokinole wiiners were Mr. and
Mrs. William Caslick.
The use of sawmill waste for
pulp has almost doubled in the
last 5 years in Canada.
Wraxetei Person
Mr. ar41, L 'W sCe Mat.
'thew* attd ,,fie- 420e.
wedding in'Queensway Baptist
Church, Brantford, on Saturday.
The bride is their granddaughter.
Terry Clark and Wayne Run- .
yon of Don Mills visited Saturday
with the former's parents, Mr '
and Mrs. Vern Clark.
Mrs. Mac Allan spent the week-
end with Mr. and Mrs. George
Allan and family in Sarnia
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Clark,
accompanied by Mrs. Gordon
Underwood of 'Corrie spent Sun-
day in Stratford with Mr. and
Mrs. Fraser Pollock. Little Todd
Pollock returned horihe with them
after spending the past week with.
his grandparents here.
Mr.- and Mrs. ' Ross 'roman
visited Herman Kavelman at Ayr
on Sunday.
.Mrs. Ernest Fowlie,fimith's
Falls, arrived on Saturday to
spend some time with her sister,
Mrs. Clarence Clement and Mr.
Clement.
Mrs. Michael Telehus and Miss
Hazel Sparling spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Manuel, Sea -
forth.
•
-Mr. and'Mts. Whiter
Miss Lucel a White, *s WOW
Cullen, Heather and Cerriu-orre;
Tonto spent the weekend at their
summer home here
Mrs. Ernest Fowile and Mr.
apd Mrs. Clarence White were in
London Sunday where they
visited the former's son, Mx. and
Mrs. William Fawlte and family.
Mrs. Kate Griffith was able to
leave. -the hospital on, Saturday
and is spending some time with
her sister, Miss Evelyn Hupfer in
Wingham.
The taggers in Wroxeter for the
Wingham Hospital Tag Day on
Saturday were Lynda Riley and
Louise Gibson. Thanks to the
Wroxeter folk for their support.
WHIT(CHURCH
•
Communion service was held
on Sunday at Chalmers Presby-
terian church with Rev. Glenn 4
Noble in charge. At the service
Linda Joanne, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Versteeg, was
christened.
Sktlbance
A
est
Your community is unique. It's the place where you've built
your home, where you educate your children; where you
spend your time and money. Everything that happens
here has a* direct bearing on you, your future and the
lives of your family and friends. .
'.9' .09' ell "
That's why it makes good dense to have a
local newspaper you can depend on to give
you the best, • most accurate information
availe.ble on events within your home
town and , the surrounding area.
That's why it makes sense to
turn to The Advance -Times
each week because the A -T
is unique in the Wingham
community.
Members of the family away from home? The
next -best thing to a letter from home is a copy
of The Advance -Times. Best of all is your
weekly letter and The Advance -Times.
The Advance -Time
Tells It Best!
R„
•