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THURSDAY-
MBER 1141. t
Snowmobile safety must
continue says • police thief
•
Goderich , Police Chief Fred
Minshall released the findings
of a snowmobile fatality and ac-
cident survey 9n Monday .poin-
e ting out that snowmobilers in
Goderich and everywhere -must
continue to make an effort to
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Making holiday cakes and
cookies ahead of time will ease
the Christmas rush. Most of
these festive treats can be
frozen, Using moisture or vapor -
proof containers or wrappings
will pay. iiff in food that keeps
longer and better, ' say food
, specia'list's of the Ontario Food
Council, Ministry of Agriculture
and Food.
Some packaging materials are
only partially moisture- and
vapor -proof, but are satisfactory
for a short period of time. For
example, while wax paper has
many valuable uses in short-
term preservation of food, it is
not satisfactory for wrapping
foods to be frozen.
Aluminum, foil, polyethylene
bags, freezer film wraps, plastic
and metalcontainers are all
considered satisfactory. All con-
tainers or wrappings should be
easy to seal, waterproof (so they
will not leak), and durable at
low• temperatures so'they do not
puncture • or- become- -brittle-a nd
crack
reduce the Wilber of deadly ac-
cidents.
•
During the winter of 1971-72,
the report points out, the num-
ber of fatal snowmobile ac-
cidents declined by 8.9 percent
and the number of deaths drop-
ped by 1.7 percent. The Canada
Safety Council, who drewup the
statistics note that these small
decreases are no reason for any
complacency.
Bruce J. Legge, President of
the Safety Council points out
that 'in real numhers. fntnl fie
cidents are' down from 112 the
previous year to 102 last winter,
while deaths are down only by
two from 118 to 116. "Hardly
reason to believe that the
problem is solved," Mr. Legge
notes.
Over half of the fatal
snowmobile accidents involved
collisions with other motor
vehicles (cars, trucks, bases and
other snowmobiles) while
almost 15 percent were the
result of breaking through the
ice on lakes and rivers or run-
ning into open stretches of
water.
Sixty-seven (65.7%) of the
fatal accidents occurred' on
public roads. Another 20 ac-
cidents occurred on lakes and
rivers (15—a these accidents
resulted in 24 drownings), and
13 accidents happened on
private property, including eight
on railway tracks,
Sixty-nine, fatal.. accidents
took place at night while 24 oc-
curred 'during daylight hours
(the time "Of occurrence of nine *
accidents was unknown.)
Ninety-six„ out of- the 116
fatalities were drivers, 17 were
passengers and three were
pedestrians. There wero 102
males. and 14 females killed in
snowmobile accidents during the
winter of. 1971-72. The 25-44 age
group suffered the • most
fatalities with 52. followed by,
the 16-24 age group with 38,
deaths. Eleven deaths (9.5%
were in the 0-16 age group.
Eighty people died in
collisions with motor vehicles,
trains, wires, fences and other
objects. Fifty-six of these
collisions were with motor
vehicles, while eight people were,
killed by trains while travelling
on, or alongside the tracks or
whit* rrossine- th*m' Thin
from two the previous winter.
The operation of snowmobiles
on public roads is still' the major
hazard as 66 people were killed
on the roads; 40 on secondary
roads, 19 on municipal streets
and seven on the highways.
The Canada Safety Council
enurages and supports
Provincial Governments and
Municipalities in prohibiting the
operation of snowmobiles on
public -roads.
•
The statistics reveal little
change in the overall- picture of
snowmobile tragedies. People
are still being killed by the
careless and thoughtless use 'of
snowr.o2bilea, One victim fell 40
feet .ta hisdeath. .when ..he..drop,
.
ped into an open quarry.
VOTE DECEMBER 4 FOR
SEPARATE SCHOOL TRUSTEE
Goderich - Goderich Twp.. - Colborne Twp.
'6-
... VOTE FOR WHALEY
ORDINARY RATEPAYER WHO IS
..f; INTERESTED IN OUR TAX RATE
... TOGETHERNESS WE CAN WIN
ENERGY Read Gerry, Whaley's
... EXPERIENCE credentials for your vote:
(A) 12 years commissioner on Goderich Public Utilities
(6) Chairman Goderich PUC 1971-1972
(C) Past executive member of Branch 109, Canadian Legion
(D) Served in Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945 War.
(E) Past President of 1863 International Machinists Union.
(F) Lay reader at St. Peter's Church, Goderich
(G) Member Kilo; Kinsmen Club
(H) Employee of Dominion Roads, 21 -years
(I) Member, of Knights of Columbus
SO VOTE — VOTE— VOTE____=
WHALEY, DEC. 4
• What's jails? �uronCount Crown Attor mayBill"Cachreaestaging?1tisand'itwas-
parloitte.
play "What's Yer Fancyput on at Central Huron Secondary School last:week in Clinton. The
show, which was a sellout, was staged by Goderich Little Theatre and sponsored by the Clin-
ton Lions Club. (News -Record photo)
One million dollar bean
loss now seems re�Iity.
The million dollar loss to
white bean farms in South -
_.western Ontario which 'Was
predicted several weeks ago if
the weather didn't improve has
become a .reality.
This week:. Philip Durand__of.
Zurich, chairman of the Ontarid
Bean Producers Marketing
Board said the loss of white
'beans could reach a. million and
a half dollars.
While the loss is high, Durand
said area bean growers are ac-
tually ahead of the game This is
due to a :30 percent increase in
acreage and farmers expect to
surpass last year's 151) million
pound harvest by more than 20
million pounds.
Durand, who earlier this year
headed a ' three-man overseas
trade mission to promote On-
tario white beans said some Moss
in markets could be expected.
Area agriculture officials ,and
bean mill operators agree ther,e
is little' hope for the some 7.0N)
acres still left in the fields.
Howard Scane, --manager of
the W.G. Thompson and Sons
mill in Hensall, said Wednesday
afternoon, "I see little hope for
the beans remaining. We had a
few come in about ten days ago.'
but they were hopeless. Even if
they can he dried they wilt
split."
An adjuster for the Ontario
Crop Insurance Commission
Lloyd Lovell of Exeter agiees.
Lovell told the T -A, "if we did
get a"miracle from the weather-
man, the best we could hope for
would be- hog feed." •
He° continued, "I have never
seen a fall like this .in , the 38
years I have been connected
with farming. I have not needed
sun glasses at all in the past
three weeks. If the sun barely
peeks, through I need glasses
when out in the fields."
Lovell said it's a common oc-
currence to see big tractors
mired deeply in the mud in bean
and corn fields.
He added, "Ir have --been get-
ting from five to eight claims per
day on beans and now the corn
claims are starting to come in. I
checked ore lot of beans
totalling 210 acres in Ushorne
township today."
Durand said that even if the
remainder of the crop could he
[l'o.ccDIRICH ELECTORS.
• With five children in our school system 1 am
vitally interested in good education. For the past
seventeen months I have represented» --you as a
trustee and want to continue in the job.
• PRESENTLY CHAIRMAN,
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
HURON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
• 7 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS
A SCHOOL TRUSTEE
ask for your support
on December 4.
gathered in the next few weeks,
the resultant losses in the as yet
unharvested beans could run as
high as 40 percent.
This is because the moisture"
ex,ntent in the beans- is .as-.hi:h --
ag- . 30 __ percent _ in . frost cases,
making it virtually impossible to
mechanically gather the beans,
let alone market the remaining
crop:
Mr. Durand -said that most of
the remaining crop. will in all.
eventuality be plowed under by
farmers. "It appears highly
unlikely that we'll get a decent
break in' the weather to make it
worthwhile to harvest the
remaining beans." .
Most of the province's 4,500•
white bean growers are Iodated
in 'the five -county area of
Huron.. Middlesex, Elgin, Kent
and Lampton, A few4beans also
are grown in Oxford County.
The --crop had earlier been ex-
pected to bring a record farm
.y rr
price of $10.25 a hundredweight.
However, despite the losses, the
increased yield , . (due to the
acreage boost) and similar
weather conditions in bean-
p-roduci,ng-- a -t'ea's such as
Michigan,_ major _.competitor
On the world market, the' $10.25
price may be maintained or go
even higher, preventing a severe
loss to area producers.
U.S. Transportation Secretary
John Volpe narrowly escaped
serious injury in July when his
limousine and accompanying
police escort were forced off the
.roadway by an oncoming car on
the wrong side of the highway.
The other driver was found. to
be intoxicated. The Ontario
Safety League reports that the
incident occurred. as Mr. Volpe
was being driven to Kansas City
airport shortly after delivering a
speech warning motorists about
drunken drivers.
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