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WINGHAM. - Field officer
Ken 1Viusclow .45f" Listowel filed
a .comprehensive repOrt of the
Maitland Valley ConsetvatiOn
Authority's activities last year,
'the second year of operation,
at the anntial meeting in Wing -
ham,, March 5...
The enlargement of the Auth-
ority has called for a very broad
program, the report said.
.In March, 1963, the authority
employed a full time working
'superintendent. John .Haz)litt
is a graduate of the ranger
school'at Dorset., He has been
provided with truck, some
equipment and tools.
' During the winter of 1963-
1964, a workshop was rented in
Listowel and huthority signs
are being produced here.
-n-june-the:•-ftepartmentmot
Lands and Forests assigned't
full-time field officer to the
authority and the department
has supplied him withl vehicle.,
The authority then established
an -office° in Listowel,
As is always the case when
a new authority is created or an
old one enlarged the depart-
ment carries out a number of
The Maitland Valley Conservation.Authority has purchased the
tire 229 -acre Falls Reserve tract contained in the lobe of this
section of the Maitland River in Colborne Towhship. Ben -
miller isjust over the bridge at the top right. Highway eight.,
runs across ithe lower left Corner heading for Gaderich on the
left and towards Clinton on the right.
QF )..AN AE0.REIzi0.t
arold Cosens steps down
after 12 years on Maitlan
, uSignal-Star Staff min Smith of Bluevale was elect-
. _ ed vice-chairman.
- WINGHAM.-After 12 years
John CoAltri of °Alma was
as chairman of the Middle
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Bill Evans of K:nloss, chair,
arold Cosens of Wallace Town -
man of the Reforestation Advis-
ip has stepped down. • •
ory Boa\rd
He will continue On the auth- . 4
OritY'S .exectitive as past -chair- Was Fortunate
man. , Terry McCauley of Exeter
--As a parting remark, Mr. presented the authority with a
tosens recomn;ended the ineni-
ber,..hip considef' seeking a.
change in the system of prov-
incial 'grants for conservation.
, Levelled, Up'
The Maitland watershed's
population' is much lower than
mostother conservation areas,
, he said, yetrantsari,;144ed on
pop u la tior. ,e-rrtpr
within the watershed. • "
"These grantS' should be lev-
e132d up," Mr. Cosens said.
"Our poPulatiron is low." He
noted the contrast with the Met-
ropolitan 'Toronto and .Regibn
Conservation Authority.
Bob Wenger of Wingham,
editor. of the Wingharn Advance -
Times, was named the • new
chairman, by acclamation. • Al-,
gavel and block of black cherry
wood agraved with the auth-
ority's crest.
Mr, McCauley,' -fleI4 officer
of the Ausable Valley Conserv-
ation Authority, was until June,
1963' also •the field officer for
the Maitland.
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conservatlon branch, Depart-
ment O'f Lands and Forests, Tor -
'onto', addressed the meeting
briefly.
Ile saidthat when the enlarg-
ed
authority was formed. in
1962.it wa-s-fortyrrate there Was-
a,,Middle Maitland Valley Con-,
servation 'Authority • that pre-
ceded it. • •,
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"There is no doubt this auth-
ority has benefited greatly from
this -prior authority," Mr.
Barnes said.
He said-thg as time_sees en
the.29metitntaesetwrthitn=l4r
watershed will knit together to
form "one operating unit.".
Mr. Dames noted, that it, is
/Mich. ..easier to do cohservation
Work in the Maitland watershed
'-'0I-went---to-congratulate-.rou
on the work you have done to
date," he said.
Double tree planting
on watershed. in '64,
Signal -Star Staff With the purchaselast year
WINGHAM.- Trees plant- of 384 -acres of forest land in
ed on Maitland Valley Con- Turnberry TOwnship and 100
servation Authority lands will acres in Howick Township,
nearly double this year, ac- authority forests have doubl-
cording to ka!:,r_y Scales of ed to 950 acres.
Stratford, zone forest4r with There ,was no planting last
the Department of,t_ands and year but 180 rods of fence
„Forests; were "repaired. There was
Most of the 120,000 trees only one fire last year, that
to be,, planted this sumnrier one near Blyth: ,
will be white pine,. In the ' The ciepartment Manages
12 years. of the Middle Mait- the forests, said Mr. Scalesr
:land' and the Maitland author- by planting trees, harvesting
"ties '188,000 trees have been trees, increasing the foredt
planted. • benefit to -wildlife, insect and
The authoritrhas 950 acres-,:fireprotection and mange -
of forests "managed by the r,nent for a sustained yield' of
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department. trees.
"surveys.
During the past suthmer the
entire watershed was ekamined
by the forestry, land use duld
wildlife sections of the conserv-
ation authorities 'branch. Re-
ports are being prepared for
submission to The authority.
The Flood , Control Advisory
Board has completed twq
schemes.
The second, .Listowel retain-
ing wall has been 'built for
flood control. An automatic
stream gauge has been con-
structed on the north branch
Rtzttc_tiffitioltatgrazalon-
Wingham. This is thefirst of
four automatic gauges to be
erected replacing a number of
drop gauges, -
In conjunction With the,
stream gauges the authority has,
established three snow courses
for reading the water content
of the snow.
This -"data ' will' allow the
branch 10 predict flood danger,
'provide information for de.sign
of flood. control ,structures and
will prbvide a continuing record
of run-off. •
The Farm Pond and•Land Use
Advisor3r_Roard has been very,
quietlyat work on a fairly ac-
tive farm pond prOgram. This.
spring a demonstration cif pond
construction by dynamite' is
planned.
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the authority had retained p
drainage 'engineer .to assist' in
the 'layout of farm ponds. Late
in 1963 .;the authority staff ac-
quired its ciwn equipment and
now carries ottt this.furietion.
A subsidy is paid to a 'land
owner who constricts a liond.
Work' sheep are also available
as well as ;technical, advice and
assistance;
Ponds have been constructed
in every munidpality in the
authority. It may be argued
that mar ponds 'should be built,
however it must be noted that
the requests for ponds are steady
and undoubtedly will acceler-
ate during 1964.
The Reforestation Board has
enlarged, the authority forest.
Two properties have bell pur-
chased which were never in
agric4tura1production.
They will be planted with a.
commercial tree Species and
will serve to protect .the source
areas of the Maitland River.
The Public Relations Board
has.. purchased_ a....slide.....project-
or and screen and a 35 mm.
camera. A slide and picture
library is being developed.
With this equipment; talks on
conservation and the authority
have been presented. *
A brochure has been printed
and given good ,distribution.
Also 5,000 book covers- have
been printed and are being
-mad e---available---to-,eleme ate IT -
schools in the watershed.
During the summer the auth-
ority attended three agricultur-
al fairs and two trade •fairs. A
table- top madel showing a_ by-
pass farm, pond and hillside
trickle was Wilt and displayed.
In May this authority in co-
operation. with the Ausable
authority held areinforrnation
re
meeting in Zurich in order te
present •the benefits of fiver
valley conservation to the peo-
ple of the Bayfield and' Luck -
now Walersheds.
Thi i advisory boardi s now
considering such things *as
judging competitions and scrap
book contests for elementary
schnols. Alto unde't c3nsider-
ation is a presentation dr dis-
play for the .International
Ploughi4g Match irA 1966.:
The Vynt'ervation Area and
Wildlife Board has carried out
a considerable amount of de-
velopment work on three con-
servation areas.
At Galbraith ,in. Mornington.
Township the road, was widened.
Pit toilets, grabage can and
picnic tables were, installed.
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it*.'svOtees
The area was brushed Out
and the entrance road was wid-
ened. In addition to this a
long lost drilled well was found.
and a pressure water system
Was installed. Signs have been
put up. Galbraith is quite small
but it has been very popular
for weekend and evening tour-
ists.
At Ethel in prey ,Township
a parking lot has been laid out
and pit toilets have been setup.'
Ethel has not been very popular
and it is felt that the lack of
water for bathing is the reason
for this.
Gorrie 'Conservation Area in
Howl& Township has been a
very"' heavily used' recreation -
area. Because of this, a large
amount of work has been done
here.
139 telephones
added in 1963
Expansion was again the key- 6.1 per cent on total capital.
note for 1963 as the Bell Tele-
phone—Company of—Canada-
spent an. unprecedented' $234
million on construction, 'accord-
ing to .the company's 84th an-
nnal report.
0-ver,:._the_past five,.y.ears, Bell
has spentmore than' one bil-
lien dollars, on 'construction.
l,•pt • income for 1993 was
$68.3 ,,million, equivalent to
52:58 per share, or a return' of
After payment -of $220 per
sbare--in--dividendsr--the-zbalance-
of 38'cerits per share was added
to earnings ereinvested in the
business. "
This expansion was reflected
in Goderich..':where 139 tele-
phones'. We're added. • W. W.
Haysom, Bell manager for 'the
region, reVealed that 3601 tele-
phones were in service here as
of December 31:7
- Trees have been removed
from the dyke.,; The river..ehan-
nel has been lqaightenodand
the north bankof the river
been levelted. This"will Used
as a parking lot. A feat -bridge'',
will connect It to the area, 0-11
the south side of ,the rivej..
Signs have -been put up and
he old ,rnill is being used for
storage. '
A five -acre river ,bottom site
ha S been turned .over teh4
autlityrity at Bluevale,
At'Harriston, OA river bottom
land, a large demonstration.dug
,eut pond is being constructed.
In September, 1963, .the sup-
erintendent and lour members
of the 'authority together with
'People from 30 other authorities
visited •the Muskingum Conserv-
ancy in Ohio and saw the .,a
c-
eompUshrnefzts
gram in flood control.
The States of Ohio, Michigan
and Indiana in August sponsor-
ed a drainage and Land use
workshop in Indiana. This VMS
attended by representatives of
s'everal Western Ontario '.auth-
oritieS. .
The authority should review
its pesition with respect to, var.
4ous--acts-ol--.-govermmen4-46--e
der that ch.ariges, if necessary.
may be presented to the Bieniel
Conference of authorities in
Niagara Falls this year.
-The. autheritY sho,uld-con,
sider the efficiency of its oper-
ations relative *fey maintenance
and services and very seriously •
think' ,about a work shop :and.
office in one location.
'
',A...110k it
Grade 2, 3 • and 4 pupils from Separate School Section No: Myra ‘,Adtan: Lvfa. :mg cars whi.h carried •the pupils were .
Ashfield, Made a tour of The Goderichs Signal -Star plant Denald-Iimyrier- ,etary of the school board, and Mark,
recently. They, were accompanied by their teacher, Mrs. Dalar41:tvity.we11-1nown. Kingsbridge area residents.
Broomball players don their elaborate'costumes.
*Gala
Mrs. Frank Mills'and Mrs. Bud Jerry
•Sports Night turns
lAnd40-4 good time was had
by all!"
Those time-honored words
summed up the second- annual
Gala Sports Night of the Blue -
water Shriners Club and
Knights' of Columbus held at
the Memorial Arena" Friday
evening, March 6th.
In addition, it could be said
that the attendanee was even
larger than the preceding year.
And last year's proceeds of
-$1,800 might well be surpasSed
this year. The n•proceeds
in aid of the Crippled Child-.
rents Hospital, Montreal.
..r
Mofe than 180 'prizes were
'�n on admission tickets. The
complete list of winners and
donors appeared in last week's
s su e of The Signal -Star.
The *13luewater 'Shrine Club
and the Knights ,of Columbus
Sincerely thank all those who
donated pries and all who
helped in any way to make the
night a success. Prizes may
be picked Up at the home of
A. Wisser, 264 Jones street,
Goderich.
The Clinton Royal Band from
Clinton ,pprovided the Music
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'for the parade when theMocha
Temple Shriner" Band froth
London was unable to be pre-
sent. It was supported by
the Shriners' color party, cars,
etc.
, Figure Skaters
All 110 _members of the
Goderich Figure Skating Club
under the direction a their in-
structor, John •Coghill of St,
Thoinas, ,put on a show whieh
was. enthUsiastically acclaimed
as an outStalling one. In
charge of .the music. was "Stu"
Sutherland. 'The mothers of
out to
the part4cipant.4, did much be-
,
hind the scenes work, to help
the show. -
On the committee .in charge
,of arrangingthe slow were
Mrs. Jean MacEwan, Mrs. Pearl
Needham and Mrs. Wm. Dean.
The program opened "With an
animal number by the begin -
hers whb darted, about as trice,
bunnies and teddy. bears. Next
was a Fiesta Tango, then tire
Raggedy Annes' number. A
duet number was presented by
Vicky Needham and Mary Ruth
Rush. Some of the older girls
be
presented a ski number. Paul
inc Bell of Hensall did a solo.
This. was followed by a Dutch
Waltz. Bonnie McGee and
Susan Sale appeared in a duet.
The final three numbers were:
Rhumba; Majorettes; .Precision
drill. ,
Kuenzie had his hands
(till in refereeing two bur-
lesque matches,
Ladles' Hockey '
'The first game saw the
wives of the It.4of C. members
play a .hockey match against
the, 'wives of the &miners.
Bunnies, on skates prepare for ice fantasy show
one big
When bffiVals lost track of the
score they decided to call the
result a draw,
Members of the teams were:
Shriners: B'etty Hills, Agnes
Cutt, Verne Frith, Gail Sully,
Mary, Wilson, Jean Ainslie,
Marion Mills, Olive McDonald,
Ruth Jerry, Ruth Keene, Cath-
erine Jerry, Evelyn Seaman,
Pauline Howell, Shirley Kay,
Edna Cook, Luella Hamilton,
Frankie Groves, Ruby .Stanlake,
Vera Clark..
W of C: Mrs. P. McCauley,
Mrs, Dan Murphy, Mrs. N. Du -
wonderful carnival
ivorqt, Mrs. Lawson; Mrs.' T.
Melady; lIrs.•Stegenstad, Cobie
and Tina Terpstra, Mrs: De
John,Mrs‘'. Wm, James,
Bill James 'pl?ayed or the
k. of ,C, team and Bob Keene
for the Shriners' ladies dressed
as women players until some,
one unmasked and ditquali-
fied them. ,
K. of, C.,'s Win
The. Knights of Columbus
Won the hroornhall this, Year.
the Bluewater Shriners hav-
ing won it the preceding year.
, the ,teanis yere:
Shriners: ' Brute Sully, II.
Aitken, Brent Nelson, R. Mug-
ford, Ivan McConnell, Bud,Oke,
John' Westbrook, Brtee Stan --
lake, Harry Hamilton, Bob
Keene, Jock Pirie, 13ert ,Such,
Russ Bradford, Lee Jamieson,
Roy Hanley.
K .of C: Lou Cundari, M.
DeWinter, K. Brudnicki, Bob
Clarke,."Joe Hefter, Pete -Mc-
Cauley, 'Pat Osborn, Alain' Pal-
mer, Bill Jatues, L Lassaline,
R. Niud, L: Plouffe, D. Stitt -
son, R. Pettifer, Bill Grace.
, At the commencethent of the
'evening's program Potentate
Tom Valiance from Mocha
Temple, London, read a tele-
gram from last year's poten-
tate, Johnny Parker of Climeon,
wishing the event every sue-
tess. Pete 'McCauley of dod-
erich spoke oh behalf Of the
K of C's. .
Other Shriners present eluded Frank Butchetr, nen-
ry and A. Gale of LondOiand
Jack Sorensp, of
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