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wew $1.5 Venèer plant Veneer logs ready for the, Lumber Co. The new plant well as improving yield on a new Steckert lathe charger at has increased production as per log basis and quality, the Wilberforce Veneer and Herlihey along with a partner started the Wilberforce Wilberforce Veneer and Lumber Co. Smaller pieces of veneer feed splicer which was made p ro d UC ing veneer for the are spliced together at Wil- in Germany at a cost of commercial market with Cur- berforce. The 'company has $200,000. This latter is one of yply in Qrono over the years installed a new Ruckle cross- the features of the new plant, becoming their major cust- In 1968 Wilberforce Veneer and Lumber was purchased by Curvply Wood Products of Orono and continues to operate operate within this framework. In 1978 planning for the new plant was undertaken with tl)e plantnbw in operation. Recalls history of Veneer plant v kring the opening cere- Herlihey, former owner, out- monies of the new Wilber- * lined some of the early force Veneer plant Harold history of the operation in Modern equipment installed Veneer from the veneer log Strecker computer-program- was most evident in the new is produced in a continuous med clipping unit. Efficiency modern plant in Wilberforce. sheet and proceeds to a new Splicing veneer sheets yvflich he was instrumental in developing. Herlihey recalled his first trip to the Wilberforce area in the mid 1930s seeking veneer logs for the Oakville Basket Company who were then producing veneer baskets for the fruit industry. He stated that during the war years the Oakville Company, in supporting supporting the war efforts produced produced veneer and plywood for warplanes such as the Spitfire and. Mosquito. This effort, he said, consumed all the production production of the Oakville plant. The spirit of spring with bulbs Dutch spring flowering bulbs can almost be planted anywhere your fancy desires, around the shrubs at the front of the home, in rockeries, in beds along the sidewalk or the beds iri your back yard. Tulips - A spring garden without tulips is a garden without spring. Tulips will give you the vibrant feeling of Spring and will herald the coming of the new season. Tulips are classified into 15 major classifications, and are categorized as "early flowering", flowering", "mid-season", "late flowering", and then we have the earliest to bloom category the specie tulips. Early flowering flowering are the single and the double early tulips which are usually short stemmed with sturdy stems and heavy flowering. The midseason tulips are thé largest category category with the Darwins, Darwin Darwin Hybrids, the Mendel add Triumph tulips. Darwin Hybrids Hybrids have the largest flowers of all the tulips: and can be* effectively used in mass planting of single colour and variety. In the late flowering class we have the lily tulips and the parrots with their Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 15th, 1980-5 heavy fringed petals and few hyacinths for colour and large blooms, which make its heady perfume, especially them excellent for contrast. in a spot where you walk, or My favourite are the specie just by the entrance of the tulips, such as the kaufmania house, where the perfume will fosteriana and greigi variet- fjlreet you. I always like to see ies. They have large flowers them planted on the south on very short sturdy stems side of the house, so that they and come in multitude of will bloom early, and will give colours, some have mottled me that, lift'that I need early foliage and others have two- in the spring, toned shading on the flower Minor Bulbs - There are itself. This category gives me, quite a variety of the minor the lift I need in the bulbs, such as snowdrops, springtime to take me out of crocu^ scilla's and many the winter, doldrums and others. They should be plant- makes life worth living again éd in groups of at least ten after the snow and ice. bulbs, and in our climate it is Daffodils - There is nothing wise to cover them with a more beautiful than to see a layer of peatmoss to protect grouping of tr,umpet daffodils them from the freezing and in among the trees or between thawing. Rocks and stones the green colouring of the will highlight these flowers evergreens. Especially nice is especially in a rockery, to a grouping of daffodils around give you that early spring a clump of birches, the white colour, and yellow seem to comple- Until next week, happy ment each other, gardening. Among the 12 different daffodil, divisions, the trumpet trumpet daffodil stands out as the most familiar, with its large cupped blooms, often with coloured cup an petals. Daffodils Daffodils will flower in sun .or shade, which makes them ideal to plant underneath trees, or in the rock garden. They will blend well with the rich golds or reds of the tulips. Hyacinths,- Often referred to as the flower with the heady Scent of spring. No garden is complete without a -- " -- « Clarke Public LIBRARY Tues. • 2-6 Thurs. 2-8 Fri. 2-6 Sat. 10-1 Closed Mon. and Wed. 983-5507 Newcastle Public Library Board ATTENTION Police Chiefs, Medical Officers of Health, Municipal Emergency Planners. Register now to attend a conference entitled Emergency Preparedness for the Eighties. This important conference conference will deal with' practical issues facing ail those involved in , emergency planning in government and industry. Issues to be covered include the nature of emergencies and the capabilities of response; the' role of the local emergency planner and the responsibility of elected officials. The Mississauga train derailment will b.e used as an example of the sort of emergency for which you must be prepared. Emergency Preparedness for the Eighties. November 16-19,1980, at the Harbour 1 Castle Hilton, Toronto. To register, phone (416) 961-6505. Telex 06-986766. Ask for Emergency Conference' Secretariat. Address is: Emergency Conference, Conference Secretariat, 112 St. Clair Ave. West, Suite 303, Toronto, Ontario M4V 2Y3., Please note - the date for this Conference is November 16-19,1980 at the Harbour Castle Hilton, Toronto, not, October as printed in last week's advertisement: Sponsored by the Ontario Government ' and the Association of,Municipalities'bf Ontario.