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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-04-09, Page 8SWEET MIXED OR YUM YUMS RICK'S PICKLES ILIT1R _2.29 ROBIN HOOD FLAKY PIE CRUST MIX 099 Si° GRAM MONARCH ADDED TOUGH CAKE MIXES 18.5 OZ. •99 CASCADE DISHWASHING DETERGENT 65 OZ. 3.89 SOFT & DRI AEROSOL DEODORANT 150 ML. 177 PROD. U.S.A. CAN. NO. 1 n. CELERY STALKS 2/1 00 and.Ricki Vansteplandt are at work utual Fire Insurance Company on (Expositor photo) ' KNECHT - GREEN 'dIA-NT PEAS OR MIXED VEGETABLES 2 LB. 1.39 DIETRICH'S 100% WHOLE WHEAT . BREAD 24 OZ.' LOAVES SW WESTONS HOT CROSS BUNS PKG of 6 LIQUID REFILL WINDEX 900 ML 1.09 LIPTON CUP 0 SOUP CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP £9 .79 SEAFORTII -- - SCHNEIDERS THURINGER SAUSAGE 2.49 LB SCHNEIDERS ROASTED PIG TAILS 1'.3 Kg. 1.0a !Ls 4.99 SCHNEIDERS . OLD FASHION-ED WHOLE HAMS I " • 2,99 LB Made its debut in a room to the Commercial *Hotel in 1876. when 11 men. con- cerned with protecting their farming insestrne:nt. called a meeting to term a Mutual Fire insurance imtipany The initiators of the plan were Robert GosenlOck. T.E. flays. Samuel 5carlett, Rod- crick Gray. Robert Beattie. James Scott. Richard' Thompson, Hugh Grtec e. John Thompson and William Grieve. In deciding to establish a Mutual fire insurance com- pany the local group was follow nig the step being taken by similar groups acros the province PLEASANT SURROUNDINGS-A comfortable waiting area ia one of the attractive components of the new office of McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Seaforth, which officially opens tomorrow,. (Expositor photo) CENTRE CUT PORN CHOPS- 1.59 ,McKillop Mutual. Fire insurance ,Company ' on their new premises. We wish you every access for the Mitre. We were very pleasecito hove supplied the building materials. . • ' em,L-NUIcAutAY LIMITED SeafOrth McCAIN STRAIGHT OR CRINKLE CUT . SUPERFRIES 2 LB .79 41 ROBIN HOOD GRAHAM PIES 385 GR to McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company on the Opening of your New Office We wish you continued success in the future. Seafortkilsurance ,Igency Limited 39 Main St. S. Saaforth Don Eaton 01-1610 kanCardho to McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company - on the opening of their new building. We were very pleased to have waded .the signage. ACME NEOjN SIGNS (Leiedess Ltd. Exeter, OaC Tolf'Free,14100.2854229 • • • • _„ T tit)RON ELK1!081-10R, APRI1. 9, 1981 Mutual o Friday Local people were becom. ing involved in insuring theinselvek.' ilecause city- based companiet (00 often egosidered agricultural coy- eliage too risky. The aim of mutuals was for a..group to band together to collect enough frtun each Member to cover losses, pay expenses. and M.4411011. a, r' serve. Making a profit was not o•centratgoal, klYtat4 under' thg *Po. s For faiirters 8011.4104,-044484 to PirOvi4F, farrners..Withlosnrant! they, .ciiildn."1 het elsewitere, 10141fin ithree„ Mareb,t. 076 nicetinik..40n, thee gathering.. was held fo scleet' a board of director', from PMential mellibea. The swiftness with t which the proposal moved ahead illu- strated the need for local insurance coverage. At the second meeting' five mem- bers from the three area lOwitShipS. 1v1sKillop, Tueliersrnith and were selected, and by July. 1876 the mutual boasted 275 members. Township representatives , on the first board were: frOm McKillop, Robert Govenlock, Thomas Hays, John Thomp- son. James-Scott and WJ. Shannon, from Tuckersmith, G.E. Cresswell: James Landsborough, Robert 'Elgie. F.. Fowler-Sr And James McDonald: from Hullett, John 'MCMillan, George Watt. Thomas Moore, bert McMichael and Thomas Neilands. At the first meet- ing Mr. Neilands resigned to become, an agent. He was replace by Jim Britton. M.Y. McLean, editor of the Huron Expositor, was the first of only seven 'secretary treasurers in McKillop Mu- tual's %history., He served 1876 and 1877 and was" followed . by W.J. Shannon, 1876-1900. Thomas Hays, D.F. McGregor, 19244932. M.A. Reid. 1932- 1959, W.E. Southgate. 1959- 1966 and Margaret Sharp. who was held the post from 1966 to today. The company was fortned without capital stock. and members were 'iSi4sed a percentage of their premium note to cover their share' of the company's losses. It was 'only at the turn of the century when mutuals finally began collecting premiums. based on• risk against prem- ium note that each policy holder had to; sign to build up a surplus against 'major losses. Details of the operation of McKillop Mutual prior to 1932 are sketchy ,because Most of its records, were destroyed in a fire at the home of then- secretary ' _ _treasurer-- Perhaps the biggest" setback faced.by the company:was in 1971 .when it incurred losses of more than 200' per cent • beyond ..premium ine.amf, brought on by a large nun-", ber of barn fires. The linger- ing effects of the bad year ' were still evident in the annual report of 1972. McKillop reinsUreS its risk with Farm Mutual Reinsur- ance Plan Inc. and when loites'are high a portion is absorbed by the 53. Mutual' in the plan. McKillop Mutual is a member of the Ontario Mutual Insurance Associa. tiOn.. The current .executive of -' Please turn to page 9 . McKillop Mutual Fire,In- suranee COmpany -will..4Offi.: chilly open the doors of its new building on Main St. S.. in*Seaforth on Friday. For the first time in its 105 year hittoty the compady will be accommodated hi a building which it owns. The new prentiscs were first occupied on, November 18 of last. year. The company has come great a distance since it We arePleased have beenvhesen to carryvot mosenryviork on the newiVicKillop, Insurance onto, building. ratulationele,the,em on p r s. JIM HOLLAND Construction Seafokh 5274717 MON. TVES. & WED. 9-6 P.M. THUR.S. & FRI. 9-9 P.M. SATURDAY 9-6 P.M. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT-QUANTMES- UTILITY GRADE FROZEN " TURKEYS 6- 16 LB. .98 LB.' 7 , MAPLE LEAF DINNER PORK SHOULDERS- 1.99 LB.' SUPERSAVERS r FLEECY FABRIC SOFTENER 5,LITRE 2.79 JAVEX LIQUID, BLEACH 3.6 LITRE 1119 OLD MILL OATS. QUICK, MINUTE OR SLOW 1.35 KG. t. • 99 BLACK DIAMOND SINGLE THIN CHEESE SLICES 500 GRAM E LIKE TO SERVE YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER. iper ;Mat Oh KNECNTEL FOOD *MARKET STORE HOURS: ONTARIO PORK FAMILY PAK." PORK -CHOPS_ i 4.1 9....•‘1,,,,, . . ' .39 LB.: PROD. OF HONDURAS . GOLDEN YELLOW OR GREEN TIPPED BANANAS 3/1.00 LBS. PK G. .79 FOR NtEETING-One of the attractions Of the new 'home .of Insurance, which officially opens its doors to Main 'St., Seaforth tomorrow, is a smartly finished board room. (Expositor photo) EVERY WEDNESDAY iS SENIOR CITIZENS DAY! 5% DISCOUNT ON ,ORDER OR FREE DELIVERY., MAPLE LEAF SAUSAGE MEATS 500 GR. PKG. • '1.39 FOR YOUF1 FREEZER 12-16 LB. AVE. / PORK LOINS CUT, WRAPPED & FROZEN 1.49 LB . PROD. U.S.A. CAN. NO. 1 RED GRAPES 1.49 LB.. NEW OFFICE -Laurene in the new office of the Main St. in Seaforth. Regele (left) McKillop M PROD: U,S.A. CAN. NO. 1. FRESH, CRISP SPINACH. PROD. U.S.A. CAN. No. 1 SNOBOY CARROTS " 2 LB. BAG of •