This was very early in the 1990s as community members began to meet regularly at public UPAC (Uniroyal Public Advisory Committee) meetings. Gad I was so naive then. I even believed that the sitting Woolwich councillors were there at UPAC out of concern for the public health. Ha! They were there to insulate and assist Uniroyal Chemical as well as to divert any discussion or evidence pointing to Township negligence or inappropriate behaviour regarding Uniroyal.
The alleged envelope mentioned in the title above was supposedly filled with cash and actually was for what I thought at the time was a legitimate reason. We were told that it was compensation for crop damage that occurred from Uniroyal's most northern pits overflowing and damaging Stroh crops close to the property line. In fact literally for many years one could see that whether corn or soybeans, crops next to RPE-1 & 2 did not do well at all. They were either stunted, shorter or simply did not grow all of which is hardly surprising as we knew that Uniroyal products included herbicides and pesticides.
Meanwhile the anonymous commenter has added more information suggesting that the Stroh gravel pit operation may have been somewhat for show or for less than appropriate purposes. I really can not confirm or deny that although I suppose the argument could be made that for at least a certain time period gravel may have been used for construction purposes (driveways etc.?) as I believe that one of the sons was involved in home construction possibly in Wellesley Township. How closely the pile(s) of gravel on site matched the home construction period I do not know.
I do know that when a new home was built on the Stroh property it was moved several hundred metres to the east away from the Canagagigue Creek. I also am aware of serious health problems that afflicted a number of the Stroh family that might or might not be attributed to chemical contamination. I expect that running a small family farm back in the 1940s and 50s was financially difficult and it would be unlikely that the head of the family would turn down financial offerings from the next door neighbour, a huge multi-national, multi billion dollar enterprise.
So much has been covered up by friends and fellow travellors of Uniroyal Chemical. So much self-serving, public interests be damned attitudes flourished. Money truly is the root of all evil.
According to Census of that period it looks like Earl Stroh family was the only non-Mennonite farmer in the area and the farm was low income and low taxation compared to the Mennonite farms.
ReplyDeletePrimary open data evidence is in aerial photos. The old Stroh Farm gravel pit was filled in many years ago. (It did its job no doubt) You are in a good position to figure out what would have drained in and out of that pit and where it came from and where it went and who provided the excavating and grading equipment because it would not have been the Stroh Family. The Stroh farmhouse was more recently torn down and the new existing residence was moved a long ways east away and on much higher ground away from the lowland and floodplains.
When it comes to the elite like Chemical Companies and National Governments and their Military Complex it is always about CONTROL, over and above the money! Even when CRISIS occurs like Elmira Drinking Water Poisoning and Covid, they will use the same crisis to gain control and make more profits.
ReplyDeleteFrom a top level elite perspective and for all the GREENWASHER naysayers just google old “Maurice Strong” and the Climate Accords for a perfect older example of who and how THEY actually create or allow the crisis because they already have the solution in place and they will make nothing but money along with all their minions and corrupt followers, but far more importantly assert COMPLETE CONTROL over the OUTCOME from the top down and from the corrupted grass-roots up! PS: On a side note, is the Canada VS USA Games going to create more patriotism or less??? Who really benefits on both sides in both Countries. Frankly and historically it’s always been about the controllers of the organizers and not the players, when will we all finally wake up ?