Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 1, 1981, p. 29

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Mi Africabound doctors shelter relied on local technology WEEKEND EXTRA Friday April IBS Pages By CHRIS Start Writer An Insectresistant super- insulated house built by a company will find a permanent location near the east coast of Tan zania in Africa by early Alfred Neumann president manager of Products of Acton a home bit company built using special Insulation Now bound for Africa the house will provide comfortable quarter for a million doctor In Tanzania and both the government and the Canadian High Commission are interested in teeing easily built relatively inexpensive structure more widely used in the country I Herald photo Hotel rescue earns award for Bill Cunningham Joining a number of other Canadian firms Condecor Products Ltd of Acton is supporting an unusual miss ion project coordinated by the Catholic order of the Precious Blood Fathers and Brothers and the Roman Catholic diocese of Toronto Insulation research fuel conservation minded housing designs worked out at the Condecor centre about three miles west of Acton have created a lightweight easy tobuld doctor quart era for the mission which can withstand temperature ex tremes between degrees and degrees Fahrenheit Much of the technology which built the bouse general manager Alfred Neumann told The Herald Monday was developed to withstand Canada drastic climate variances A special wooden dome built at the Condecor centre uses the same type of rigid urethane Insulation which shrouds the building destined for Africa The experimental dome consumes barely cents of electricity per day to main tain Its eight foot by 12foot interior temperature at degrees Although the doctors residence is built with steel support struts as a precaution against termites and Is considerably larger by feet Mr Neumann expects that it should remain comfortable with minimal beating and air conditioning The tongue and groove locking of the 3 Inch thick sandwiches oped under a lie ense by Georgetown Con serve Cover Product Ltd prevents air leakages around the house keeping cool air inside during hot weather and cold out in the winter Under Tanzania winter conditions Mr Neumann sold all that the houses residents would need for heal would be a small 1000- watt heater Complete with a bedroom living room kitchen ties and a cold storage room for medicine and food the house easy to build and light enough to transport without much trouble Mis Ion officials like Toronto- based Precious Blood order Brother Anthony hope that the doctors house expert men l will grow to house other villages near the mission We chose this bouse be cause its quite suitable or our needs Brother Anthony said It light keeps out insects and requires minimal building skills from the local population Eventually the order hopes that through arrange ments between the Canadian High Commission and the Tnnzanlan government the entire building process In eluding making the insula slabs can be done in Tanzania But for the moment the houses ability to keep its residents comfortable will be closely documented before either government get act involved with the pro ject It a a giant step forward for these people living in mud huts Brother Anthony said adding that the building Free legal aid Lawyer David Craig or the Halloo Hills Community Legal Aid Clinic brings his expertise to the Georgetown public library April 8 between and 9pm for a free legal aid session would be erected In the undue hi mission near the capital sometime in July and is being readied for shipment this week In an area plagued by acute water shortages the Precious Blood order and its group of young adult volun teers will have constructed watermill pumps by the end of the year The doctors residence will Join two schools built by the mission since 1976 Though still a prototype bound for an arid African climate Mr Neumann said the building cons unction Is equally adaptable to Canadian demands with few modifications The building lightweight makes It mobile and Its low heating demand promises uses in the mining industry or with the Armed Forces Furniture Warehouse Box Spring Mattress Sale you NEW TO TOWN or you Just moiad Into Would Ilka call on you with HOUSEWARMINQ GIFTS and Intormtlion Continued Page I ace for the smoke Mr appeared through the smoke carrying the Mrs Her Her hand and ach had been badly burned and at first Constable ngham thought she was At the time of the lire it was suggested that the cons tabic be awarded the Ontario Medai for Police Bravery but nothing further has been Policemen are trained in rescue work but Constable Cunningham has a slight edge on the average police training He has been a member of the Hal ton Hills Area volunteer firefighters nee 19GB and was district or Area 1 last year ATTENTION COMMUNAUTE FRANCAIS Pasteur Lionel Reeves De La VdHtefe Est Une Assemble Qui Commencera A 1100 Le Dlmanche Matin pour personnels que parlent Francals Ladresse est HALTON GOSPEL TEMPLE mile west of Georgetown on Hwy I CUNNINGHAM dead Wl en they got her out Into the hall and fresher air she began to revive No one was certain she was atom in the room although find anyone else Constable went back into the room a ire extinguisher and tried to put out the fire but the smoke forced him out He was treated at town and District Memorial Hospital for smoke ion and suffered a emend headache but Mrs was in hospital for a period The fire is assumed to have started as a result of ing in bed PC Cunningham said Nearby- crash kills area man A year old man died Sunday when the car he was driving hit a tree on Dcrry Road south of Georgetown Christopher drove onto the East shoulder of the Ninth Line south of Deny Road crossed over the roadway hitting a tree on the west side A passenger old Dob of re ceived minor Injuries for Ontario Junior Citizens of the Year The purpose This program will be Inaugurated in Ontario to provide recognition for outstanding achievements or acts of courage and initiative by boys and girls between the ages of six and eighteen years It will include individual awards presented for meritorious conduct and special group awards for recognition of the efforts of young people throughout the communities of the province The reason Extraordinary deeds of Ontario boys and girls are often performed within the community We need you the local nominators and newspaper editors to bring these outstanding young people to our attention so that we will be able to give them the honour and public recognition which they so richjly deserve Who Is eligible Young individuals who have performed acts of heroism perhaps endangering their own lives overcoming disabling physical or psychological handicaps to match or exceed their peers or being involved in some worthwhile community service endeavour For further information contact your local newspaper or Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Tel 1800 2685054 for a brochure Home Newspaper of HJIb Air 39 mattress Box spring when purchased in sets 55 00 ea mattress 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