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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-08-23, Page 8XPOSITO. EAFOR 0 ., AUG. 23, 1973 ongratulations & Best Wishes - Mitc hel! Mobile Feed Service'-:= on opening 9 - of your new.faiiliiiei . • Thailklng ‘You For .Your Patronage Mills Steel Products Ltd. CANADA-WIDE SUPPLIER OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, SCAFFOLDING, SHORING, TOOLS, ETC. 135 Trafalgar St., London !L, ew mill to'oisen. Saturday, 0 4 in MAO Mitchell Mobile Feed erii4ce. " , Four of the Delmages are itiVolved in the feed business. A popular family in the Mitchell • community are (L to R) Linda, .18, a-freshman at Sir Sandford Flemingollege, Lindsay, Ed. 'Dolmage, Richard, 20, Jean Dolmage, Bruce, 16, and* Anne, 7, a growing concern. . Mitc ell couple runs mill Newest thing in feed The Mitchell Feed Milli located on No, 8 Highway, owned stud Operated by Ed. DOIMage, which has it's grand opening Saturday, August 25th is constructed in the most recent design. ,Built . high, cutting groupd epace; the mill uses the force of gravity rather than augers and elevators to keep the, grain et an even flow, Prior to construction Mr. , .DolMage travelled to Minas and Wisconsin to look at various -Mills there. Deciding on the type. of mill he Wpuld build, he hired mill architect Harold . • 41 The mill is the latest edition to Ed. Dolmage's feed business, which Includes five mobile mills and • a smaller Mil at Atwood. Tours of the new facilities will be available to the publ/d at Saturday's grand opening. Re- fiethittents will be served and the opening celebrations include several door pritee and a free draw for a pet pony. A variety program with Vince Mountford of Toronto as M.C. entertain all visitors to the open house. , Pack up , the fam take , Saturday afternoon off "Spend It it Mitaire-11 Mobile Fe 's new Dolmage has spent most of his time working en the new' offices and overseeing s construction. He often • goes up to the mill . on evenings and Saturdays to do 'extra work. ' , "One of the nice things that have -happened to us in the feed business are trips", said Mrs. Dolmage. "We visited Russia two years ago, touring the collec- tive farms and the City of Moscow. .The countryside is very eimilar to Heron County, tolling farmland with large fields of grain". The trip was spon- sored. by the Super Sweet co, Last March the Dolmages en- joyed seven dayS in sunny Nassau, also courtesy of Super Sweet.. "It's a contest", explained Ed. Dolmage. "The feed company sets our sales quota of tons of feed a certain amount above the previous year's sales. If you meet the quota the prize is a free trip, If you don't quite , make the number of points required you can still go by paying the' def- ference," he said. "This year Canada Packers has' a contest - for a 7 day trip to Hawaii". An active family, community ' Where , on a Saturday afternoon, can you get free enter- tainment and refreshments, a chance to win a pony, add a tour of a brand new building Including a 125' tower? At Mitchell Mobile Feed's new mill - that's where! - The newest Feed Mill in this part of Ontario, Mitchell Mobile Feed Setvices Ltd. mill on High- way 8, at the northwest limits of Mitchell opens Saturday afternoon with lots of fanfare. The new mill, under con- struction stride October, Incor- porates many of the finest and newest ideas in feed mill design. oriented, the Dolmages enjoy sports. Ed. Dolmage has played in the Industrial Hockey League for the Seaforth Beavers for the past nine years. He also plays third base for- ' the' Mitchell Slow pitch Baseball team. , They, enjoy life in a small town. Ed. Domage, son of C harles, and Etoile Dolmage (nee Sharp) of Kitchener was born in Clinton and lived 'In Seaforth for several. years before moving to Kitchener. He was employed by O ntario Hydro until 1960 when he entered the mobile feed business. Jean Dolmage ( nee Gibbings) grew up -in the Clinton .area. "We liked living in Mitchell and our mobile business was already established so we decided to build the mill here", she said. The new mill will be an asset to the town and the community is a help to the Dolmage's business wise and socially. They comple- ment each other. , Best of Luck to the Mitchell Mobile Feed Service Limited, may it enjOy., many years of service to the Western Ontario farming corn- munity. Peterson of WiSconsin. The. mill itself Is construc- ted of steel and colicrete, •29' by 30' and reaches a height of 125'. "On a regular 9 hr. shift the mill's output should,be close to 100 ton of prepared feed:" said Mr. Dolinage. The grain which is ground fine or rolled can be automatically combined with the supplement which may betvineral or ,molasses in a hopp6r which weighs out 5 ten at a time, The mixer can prepare up to 7 tons of feed - at once.. Bag- • ging is fully automatic for quick service. The mill will be" mixing Shur. Gain and Super Sweet brands of poultry feed for turkeys and ,duckst cattle, feed for both dairy and beef and' concentrate for hog producers as well. The mill has 40 bins for in-' gredients and grain. Corn is , bought from the -illompsoM 616:- vators in Hensail; grain from Ooderich granaries. The only wood in the mill, which' tuts down on chances of fire, is In the' warehotise 6 Irby 60' which has storage Aikity for 500 tons of feed.. • • Tie offices..built.....for,roomi- ness and efficiency , are 60' by 94' and are fihished in wood grain paneling, both attractive and practical, a far cry from the tiny cubby hole of the old style mill. The Dolmages, Interested in hoises, plan to have a display of harness ware, saddles and blankets, for sale as an added feature for customers. The mill which was started lapt October, will begin Operat- ion right after the grand opening*. Aug. 25. Sheen Construction of Mitchell did the cement work, Milt Shoemaker of Elmira is the millwright. This is the first mill in this area to be built with sill steel blousing and Jack IdeLlwain of pea. far% worked-„Con travel and MI for the building and Blake's of .Clinton did the welding. The overhead doors and frames for purchas f gm Frank ding of the ofrt74 and warehouse, were Seafo Ken bingo of Clinton was in charge of geneN construction of the new mill. Remember! It takes but a moment to place an Expositor Want Ad and be money in pocket. To advertise, just Dial Seaforth 527-0240. (By Janice ,Middleton) When asked to describe a day In the life of a mill operator, Mrs. Dolmage had one word, "hectic;'! ' An attractive woman, .pleas- and and soft spoken, Mrs. Dolmage works as a full- time bookkeeper for .• Mitchell Mobile Feed Service Limited as- well as raising a family of four. She has kept the books for the family business • since her husband. Ed. bought his first mobile feed truck in /960. It's only since Mitchell Mobile Feed Service...beeameee limited com- pany that she has been a paid employee. Before the completion of the new • mill. the office operated. out of the Doll:Liege's residence on Francis Street, "Things should be a little better organized with more space to work in at the new offices," said Jean. Both she and . her husband will have an office of their own at ,the new mill. Highly regarded by her fellow employees for ,her competence with figures, Mrs. Dolinage enjoys working, "The mill has alwiys been a ream for Ed. and I, it's hard to believe it's actually finished." ) 'Working and keeping house doesn't leave Jean much time for h bbies, "I enjoy horseback rid- g when I get a chance,'f.'ehe d. -She is looking forward to • g saddles and Other horse equipment as a sideline."Running the house isn't that mugh of a chore es my eldest daughter is a great help". She smiled." Linda likes to cook anteis a very good sewer". Linda Dolmage, a pretty 18 year old is attending 'Sir Sandford Fleming College 'in Lindsay this fall. She plans to take a biologae option.- Richard, 20, works. at the feed mill and 16 yeei old Bruce has a summer job there. The Dol- mage's youngest, 7 year old Anne is a curly headed bundle of fan and. energy and is in . Grade 2 this year. A typical day in the'Dolmage household begins early at 6 a.m. Ed. Dolmage does the morning chores and then makes up 'the list of routes for the mobile feed mill operators when they come in at 7.' After breakfast, "I could be doing any number of things", says Mr. Dolmage. "Generally I talk' to salesmen and do business with farmers who need feed ground or wish to buy grain or concentrate". Mr. Dolmage's first concern is the businessman or farther and his needs. "If a man is in a hurry and he needs his feed right away we'll try to work him in" he said. It isn't a job where ode can pack it in at five o'clock, if the mill has orders to fill it'll still be operating at mid night. Lately the Dolmages have been very .busy getting ,the mill ready for the grand opening. Mr. Free draws and refreshments at mill opening The mill 'cat , - Ever see a mill without a cat to catch the rat? This wee beastie is one of six mill kittens in residence at the Mitchell Feed mill. Sure they're cute but they serve a very practical purpose. A feed mill Is a rodent's paradise so the kittens are a preventative measure against invasion, The sanitary land Lill site for Mitchell Is located directly behind the mill and rats may come into the mill from that source. However they Oon't get far. The kittens will soon be keen 'mousers. Donated by neighboring farmers the young cats are in training. Brought to the mill as newborns they Will regard the mill as their home and won't roam. Full grown cats would be harder to keep around. No pets these cats, they'll work for a living, a needed and necessary part of a mill. CONGRATULATIONS . Mitchell Mobile Feed Service Ltd.' On The Offitial Opening Of Your New Feed Mill. We are happy to have been chosen to supply the struc- tural steel for this new Mil). London Steel Industries 48 Burslem St. London, Ont. ,Dial '451-1140 fd Dolmage on the completio of his NEW MILL - • We are proud to have contributed to this fine structure in welding and supplying of steel work., BLAKE WELDING and MACHINE 78 King SE Clinton. Bags of feed of all kinds, for cattle, hogs, turkeys and even ducks will be available at the new Mitchell Mobile Feed Mill.