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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-07-21, Page 11
mama rr? tribute to Miss Laura Salkeld The following _story was written by Brenda Smith of Toronto as a tribute to the late Laura Salkeld. Before her need death, Miss .Dura Salkeld was the oldest resident of Bluewater, that picturesque strip;of land south. of Goderich overlook- ing verlooking lake Huron. She was the first to spend the night on the property .in June . of 1922 when her Mier owned the land and one of the first ' residents in recent years to make the area her year - rowed her ...SAe yeas proud of the way the region e developed and certainly l4 there was no one more. • aware of the history of its development. Noel At Sea, a compilation/of songs from the works of Noel Coward being performed by the Huron Country Playhouse Young Players '82 Company, opened Tuesday, July 13 and will run Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evenings until Aug3• Shawn here are east members Dori Elliott and Larry Maven In 19.3 --she :opened a • little tea house •on the property called the Blue Bird Tea Shop. It was, once known for miles around as a speeiai place to dine. Tea was poured into fine bone china cups and saucers and served with toast and homemade .wild strawberry jam. Some of the more prominent peo- ple who pulled their chairs up to the white table cloths with the hand embroidered blue birds on the' corners in- cluded Mr. John Labatt of the London Brewery, Bishop. Charles Seager of Huron Diocese and Mrs, D.S. Per rio, owner. of a London biscuit fa tory- Their navies are earefuliy recorded in the heat' boa- -Mins• $alkdd managed to keep over the years. The tea house is still stan- ding. blow a cottage owned by.,;Mrs, Gladys Wotof, there is no.sign of lts fernier famee Stroll* past the 'building, however, Miss &add used to point to an unusual ridge around • the bane of the heboiiioek tree in the front yard. "lbat used to be a ehh ain 1 Ai:nipped found a pe* coma ai'rac n Oa sr dogs oulr side," sem would explain.. Sure enough, upon closer ex- aumination, the tail end of the .i.MEOWL1 chain MD be seen dangling out the side .of the tree. Suddenly, it's all easier to .imagine - the days when tsoderich citizens could hire a horse and buggy from . Polley's Livery Stable and- drive nddrive Out to enjoy the tradi- tion of properly served after- noon tea Miss Salkeld rarely dwelt on the past, however. She was more ,concerned with the present and future development of Bluewater. She knew everyone , in: ,the area and often more about thok cottages than they did theucaseltces- "Tke that 1iouseMier there," She wodid point out, "ft would sell fpr ad be worth ,e•+ - _pen ny." Further along, however, she would indicate a smaller cottage that wasn't winterized, This place she feared won't sell so' fast .es more and more peo- ple are e g Bluewater their year- round home. • MusaSalkeld welcomed the . neweonier and the developments they brought about: year-round tap ayaters ploughed roads, elect trfeity - it wasn't always this 9ni., erre �yM7G t ii way,. Y 1�Vdpa avw ,y�i svaw rewri- te* supervision of the pump, Mass Salkeld was the pon in char$e. it was not unusual fel her tp.;get aknoek.on. the door late in the evening from a neighboring cottager in needdf water. "I'd get up out of bed, tak- ing along a barn lantern so 1 could seamy way down the dark path to the pump, pant the belt on the motor and then sit by 11. 1or abcnt a hall hour seeing it didn't get too hot," she rerennbered Now such inconveniences are athing of the past. Miss Salkeld enjoyed hav- ing people over. She studied home .-eeononnies at Mac- Donald College (now part of 00r Support ser ices thrivefrom BNPD Centre . Earlier this year, Bruce By Stephanie . Levesque Bruce Nuclear Power d veloprarent more than generating sta.: tions and heavy water plants, it also requires sup- port services, some of which are currently being im- plemented. — -- Recently, media represen- tatives were brought : up to date on events at the power development in the past year. BNPD official Elgin Hor- .ton gave an overview of several support services be- ing constructed on the site. A new laundry, a low level waste storage building, a training centre and a visitor information centre are plan- ned:__ _ • A western Ontario nuclear _ training -entre-being-set_up.- at BNPD will serve this pari of the province. Mr. Horton explained the eastern train- ing centre is located . at Pickering and also serves the Darlington : nuclear sta- tion. Nuclear generating station simulators are the most cost- ey-part pf thettaining-eent're project, said Mr. Horton. It will cost 819 million alone for the Bruce `A' generating sta- tion simulator to be in- service by February, _ 1983. Inflation accounts for the estimated $30 million it will cost for the Bruce B' simulator t9 be purchased, in about three years. It's very expensive, Mr. Holtenaenented inn said it is generally agreed it is a necessary program to train operators. A central laundry is being constructed to handle the monthly' level of 50 tons of washing. Mr. Horton said the laundry is useFto wash special clothing 'worn in r-adroactive areas.- --- - A new low-level waste storage facility for the site is expected to be completed by this fall. Mr. Horton explain - Huron farm and home news For most farm people it is not income . tax time. Possibly we should have in- come taxes filed quarterly, because it seems it is the on- ly time many farmers really examine their books. In working with the On- tario Farm . Adjustment Assistance Program, I have been astounded how • little many fanners know about their own farm operation. It appears they take the shoe box to the accountant once a year, and that's it in most cases. Would a businessman do this? Not very likely. He would be taking off gross sales, likely each day or week, and keeping tab on his expenses and prepare a pro- fit and loss statement regularly. I'm not suggesting a profit and loss for farmers. I do feel they could easily keep running.. totals of what in- come has been received and expenses incurred. A scrib-"" bier, farm account book or the accountant's record book should be kept up regularly. Keep income and expense totals for each month and br- ing these figures forward for totals. This way you would . know,your position at each montend. Why leave it td year end or next March? Know as you go. Stan Paquette, Ag. Rep. HOW SWEET rr IS With the current economic conditions, many livestock producers . are Choosing to fine tune their' operations rather than expand them. This is being done in the hopes of improving their operation and maintaining e profitable position. Farmer have long realized the value of animal manure but now many more are realizing the value of an investment in time and , money in this resource. By being concern - • ed articles such as rags used around the site will be stored in the facility. • -A small visitor informa- --tion:centre-has been -in use at- one of the entrances to BNPD for some years. This building will be expanded andwill have several uses besides. proved ng._info_rma-.. tion to visitors. An emergen- cy communication centre, a government requirement, is to be located m a pro, auditorium at the eentre. In the, future, a dining facility is also .planned for the information centre Now, . BNPD has a construet on camp cafeteria which Mr., Horton said is convenient as long as there ' are con- struction crews. The new dining area is to be estabiish- edbythe r g of -198 4 Mr. Horton said it isn't known , ed with the proper manage- ment of manure, farmers may be able to save money on their handling of livestock manure and save again when the time comes to sup- ply supplemental nutrients to field crops. Through my work this summer with liquid swine Manure removal systems, I have become aware ,of the concern most swine pro- ducers have with the proper utilization of liquid swine manure. My work at the Clinton Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office has involved a study of various liquid manure removal systems and a com- parison between them. The study is basically a means of identifying the various components of a manure removal system and then determining its overall performance. The systems being studied are: top loading tankers, vacuum tankers, spreader systems, injection systems and irriga- tion. Items checked with each system include the labour and energy re- quirements, uniformity of application and nutrient losses on application. By observing many diff- .feeent operations and gathering comments from fanners on their views of the benefits and faults of each system; it is hoped that useful information can be _presented for the use of all producers. My work will be continuing throughout the summer and I am hoping to visit many more operations. I would Welcome any comments from producers on any of the topics covered in My survey._ The completion of this report will, in my view, be further support for the concept of treating livestock manure as a valuable resource rather than a waste. North Stoner, 'Sandier Engineering Assistant .yet, whether Ontario Hydro W.- run the tae li ity or if it will be contracted out. There is a need for such a facility, as Mr.Hortonpointed out there are over 4,000 construction employees and an operating staff of 3,300 as well as a number of international visitors. HEAVY WATER .PLANTS Safety is a prime con- sideration at any industrial site,. including BNPD, : and heavy water plant manager Stale Franklin boasts of an accident rate five to 10 times lower than the rate at in- dustrial chemical sites. This year there have been two minor accidents at the heavy water plants. In what is termed unusual occurrences, where an employee may feel dizzy (sub -acute) or faint (acute), four sub -acute incidents took place so far this year in a 30 - day period. In 1981 there were five such incidents in a two-month period. There were no such incidents in 1980. Mr. Franklin said there is no explanation for the in- cidents, but the objective is to minimize them. The heavy water plant's environmental performance is encouraging; Mr. Franklin said there were .no - odourre . ibis from residents in the surrounding area last year. . "It could mean they're getting ill tort or we're i hr ggn better job," he said. ' Maintenanee is ongoing aril in the pas year the top 60 feet of a flare .slack on heavy water plant 'A' was replaced. Mr. Franklin ex- Mined xlained the flare tops burn In keeping with its goals of safety .-and reliability, the heavy water plants have an inspection program. There are 12 inspectors, six of whom are engineers - DOUGLAS POINT Started in 1968, the Doions Point generating -Astons'is- eev nes 1.00 +„P - cent full poorer; after having - reean limited to 75 percent of Station manager Allan Holt said the slow increase to full power did not pose any problems. The station has,experienc- ed several outages, necessitating shutdowns, over. the past couple of years. Last year, a defective fuel bundle was located in the station. Inspection revealed there was a defect in the welding of the 20=inch long cylinder, one of many in the reactor.' This. year Douglas Point passed the mark of two million man hours without lost trine because of an acci- dent. "It's been since some time in late 1977 without a lost time injury," said Mr. Holt. BRUCE A ' Bruce generating station 'A', operating for several years now, has achieved a safety record of over three million man hours without lost time beaus of an acci- dent. Bruce 'A' production manager Bob Coutts noted that shortly after the mark was reached, there were four accidents. •It was quite a letdown," said Mr. Coutts. Shell 10W30 CASE & DRUM SALE BY TiLE CASE $1.09 PER LORE ONLY BY THE DRUM ONLY �J t `A' experienced an internal leak in a pressure tube- Mr: • Coutts said it wasn't easy. to S ee sim9r4st?�! L _ PER LITRE Or,,a 000URi: • AM - SSM/LAT. !AM .12 N00N EDWARD FUELS ANGLE ST., GODERICH. 524-8386 Shell heIps tubes in the calandria. Once located, Mr. Coutts said the major time involved in replacing the leak was us- ed for rehearsals which took 1 days. Going into a radioactive area, Mr. Coutts said the two crews used, only stayed in the area for two hours ata time. The production manager added that besides rehear- eaaiis, eaeb n ew.bor of the two 25 -man crews wore protec- tive suiting. BRUCE B Expected to be in-service by April of 1984,, Bruce Generating station '13' is still in the construction phase. The „umber of construction workers peaked last year to over 4,000ar+d is kotpected to be down to 3,000 workers by the end of next year. Construction manager Hank Zuzak'said there is a lot of emphasis on safety, but there have been two deaths of construction workers, Besides coroner's inquests, Ontario Hydro investigated the fatalities, including a presidential review. There have been several major events in the con- struction phase, with large pieces of the equipment such as the calandria being ship- ped to the site from Montreal through the lakes system. Operations' manager Ken Elston said with - the in- service date less than two years a away, the operation employees are being trained now. At the end of 1982, it is expected there will be about 490 operating employees, and by the end of 1983, that figure will jump to 600 employees- the University of Guelph.) and her vQo% was superb. One d her spies was what She called "Bluewater fton of mina, cheese, mushroonns and potatoes. It's an item she always kept on hand for unexpected guests, While gimoaac- tivitAes kept suherert busye o1at- doors, in the winter she knit dozens of pairs of mitts and sortie for Huron County's Family and ,Children's Ser vices. The brightly colored blue, red, or. yellow_ , Same ash agnate tau truly vri7aiaaa SAS ur axsiv bound to brighten a youngsteee day. In past years She had ofaft Il worked hard helping to dear out nearby properties, And, though secretive about her .contributions to various Bluewater projects, it is known that she gave . generously to the building of a roof over the paddock used for e. o 0 le unity barbecues and special events. She b e off the gesture, however, explaining simply that, as it was all built with voluntary labour, and as she . had no man to send over to help with the work; this was just her way of being fair. Indeed, according to her Sig r5, ' easels' was always more than fair. Ex- tremely independent, she • always took special care to return a •kind gesture. She may have reciprocated with a plant or a piece of cake, but she never forgot. In fact, if a nearby park was ;suddeidy raked out ..or -an annoying --std-rmystenouslyeremos- -- ed, it was quite possible that she privately commis- sioned the workers with in- structions to simply leave the bill in her door. In 1973 Miss -Salkeld was honored at a speeiat eeniver- Bary celebration held on her property to mark the 500th an- niversary of Bluewater Beach and in 1977 she was chosen by the . Goderieh Jubilee Three a ^"nue one of the octogenarian princesses to ride in the Jubilee parade. She enjoyed taking part in the festivities of an area which had for so long been her home. . ,Bluewater _ entt. been .Miss Salkeid's only home. " For many years, before her rouge was • winterizecd, she spent most of the year living with the family of W, -F. R. Smith in Oakville, Ontario, Officially their nanny and housekeeper, she became much more. The Smith children grew to consider her a member of the family, and, - at a recent family celebration marking the an- • niversary of Mrs. Smith's ar- rival -in •Caned?, • from England,. when Mrs. Smith was thanked for all she'd done in helping to raise her three children and three stepchildren, her quick response was, "1 never could have done it without Laura!" The Smith children will never forget her. They will never forget the wonderful summers spent visiting her at Bluewater or the values she taught them to carry through life. 1 should know, I'm one of those children. G4,'.Ai::CL'.F'o1LUC 'AY. JULY d 0., 1002—PAGE 11 7 ' invite everyone to 30TH Wedding Celebration JULY 23rd J.UCKNOW ED GARDO ANIMAL HEALTH PRODUCTS 11 PREMIX MINERALS. for Shrine; Cattle and Poultry Serving Tour Needs In: CLINTON, GODERICH, SEAFORTH and surrounding'areos. ROBERT M. 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