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THURSDAY ,.:AUGUST..1 (1974, -
What's: the sun?
Mentally Retarded youngsters in, Goderich• and area are enjoying., activities this summer
provided by Open Doors, an Qpportunities For Youth /project. Dorinda Tebow, top, left, Alfie
T •pow, Roy Mitchell and Darlene Pollock, standing centre, are fourof the 18 youngsters en-
ying summer fun organized by Nina Knight, sitting left, Debbie Moore, Cheryl Elliott, Carola
ierolf and Lisa Scholtz:' (staff photo)
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A little boy did n<)t knt.w
what the sun was. • .
'A teenage girl took him (in v •
side one day and expl&.ined ,.k:.'..
him what it was. A •door wa
opened for that little boy.
.Five teenage girls, are trying
to .provide summer fun for:.
.children like that little boy wh,t
would normally be overlookcql '"-
when the season's activities are
organized.
The °girls are trying hardhut
they have reached an impar, -.
so common to many similar
projects—limited amounts •,C
money.' -
"We jupt. don'•t have eru)ugh
,n,,ney� tic -do what we -want",
Knight •says.
Hut despite a -shortage. Of
fund -Nina and her four co -
`workers, Carola Dierolf, Cheryl,
Elliu.tt, Lisa Scholtz and Deb-
. hie, Moore have organized an
impressive variety of activities
;'i►r IH retarded youngsters 'who
are regular students oat Queen
Elizabeth School, • except one
girl from the Adult Workshop.
They have been doing things
chat are fin but free and often-
r1u(ationa1.
The girl's call their prect
ipen Doors. It is funded bylDp-
pnrtunitieS for . Youth which
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pays o►►1v the worker's salaries..
The five teenagers have,,had
to raise money, for their ac-
tivities froin other. sources
which include the' Goderich„
District , As c►tiation ' for the`
,Mentally Retarded,. a'raffle for .
a ,ten -speed bicycle," and
possible donations from service
clubs.
The bulk of the money they
need is for transporting the
youngster~ to and from Queen
Elizabeth School, headquarters
for the project.
.iDuring the life 'of .0p -en-.
,Doors, which began in July and
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will end. 'in August, the girls
estimate'they will need about•
$650 for taxi"fares. Because of
insurance, this 'is the only way
the children can come to and
from the school.
•,Usually five children arrive.
at the schc►ol,,from Monday to
Friday ready for the .day's ac-
tivities. On some days, because
of scheduling problems, four or
six., children come.
.The small. ni9'rriber of
children attending Open Doors
every day allows the girls' to'
have one' to one. relationships
with them. -
These relationships have
blossomed Nina, -Carola,
Cheryl, Lisa and Debbie • say
thjngs such' a.:
'It makes me feel goio-d."
"I hope they• remember u ,"
"We are friends with them.
These comments stem from
the , understanding the girls
have learned. during the ac-
tivities children enjoy.
They have toured the Huron
`Pioneer Museum and. the
Goderich Pollution 'Control' .
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Plant. They hope to .go, for Et
tour of the old Huron County
)ail soon. • °
The,' ..have takers- the
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Pioneer Museum
A theory that history moves
in circles received some backing
last week with the donation of
a large mill wheel to the Huron
,County ~Pioneer Museumfrom
• the Maitlarid . Valley ., Conser-
vation Authorit.
The wheel is from an old mill
irf arussels which is slated for
restoration by the MCVA in the
future.,One wheel has been left
there for that purliose,9
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The wheel at the museum is
.now rbein.g brought back to . a
nearly -new. condition. Museum
officials plan to have an out-
door display during next year'.,s
season.'
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The history offthemill"',"site
stretches back " to 1 860, when
William Vanstone built •a•
three-storey_:, flour and grist
mill. He •al.o built a two-storey ..
house next to it.
'The • house still stapds. It rs
owned by the R' McCall family.
Van°stone built a wooden
dam to .form .a mill pond which
provided power for, his mill.
When the •water level dropped
he used steam generated by a
powerhouse, and • bailer at the
south end' of, the. building.
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The mill prosper,pd Q until
1911 when it was-Alestroyed by
fire. "
The owner at that time, R.A,
Trine,'' sold'' what was - left .of,
thet mill to John Logan Who,
built the`pfesent •ucture: in
1914„ •
The; new •building .was con
strutted mainly of cement, The
• old orae was made of wood with
steel -shingled siding.
Mr: Logan replaced the steel
smoke stack near, the mill with
a cement stack which' still
stands.
'The "powerhouse $nd boiler
,.. ,are gone, but the wooden dram,
whirth was covnered by cement
" in 1916, remains. It needs
repairs, however.
In 1930, Mr.' Logan upied
his operation with a new diesel
1'
engine to generate power when,
water levels. were low.
•'The mill remained profitable
during. the 1930's. Mr. Logan's
son, James . Alvin, took over
operations upon the retirement.
of his fa -Cher..
..Qperations� were. becoming
unprofitable by this time
however, 'because the
niachinexy .was obsolete- and
the small business 4couldn't
compete with modern enter-
,
prises. ,
In August, 1.967, commercial
operations ceased at the mill.
Tice floors in the mill . are
hardwood.' An, old horhemade •
pot-bel.liecl.._.,stoue..sit. in., the
main office. There are 'antique
chairs and a desk. Most, of'the.
"old machinery remains, in-
cluding the. 'wheel, dies'el
engine, the chopper, rollers and
grain bins.
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ets
r out
oor viewin
The old• Logan Millin* Brussels still stands and will be restated by the Maitland Valley Conser.
vation°"Authority. This structuEe was built in 191-4 The original mill on, the same site was built
in 1860.
t '. A crane used: by the Maitland. Valley Conservation Authority lifts one,pf the mill .,Meets at the
old ',Loden Mill in Brussels from its footings. The MCVA donated the wheel to. thy' Huron
Cdunfy Pioneer',Museunt last week,
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Cheryl Hoy, a guide at the Huron County 'Pien„eer Muse,urit, stends with the mill wheel taken
from the Logan' Mill in Brussels. The museum"is restoring the relic which wHII be displayed. m
outdoors next year, It was donated by the Maitland Valley Conservation Authrority. (staff
photo)