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CLINTON, NEWS RECORD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1974--PA QE 9
Security service proposed
for Lake -Huron cottages
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The break-in and vandalism
season has already begun in
cottage country, with summer
homes being burglarized and
damaged,
Ken Inch of Exeter feels
there's a need for frequent cot-
tage patrols to augment checks
by police and he proposes to fill
the need if cottage owners will
subscribe to such a service.
The retired RCAF veteran
now 48, got the idea in Septem-
ber and has been working on it
since but says now: "I never
realized what I was getting
into, or how much, when I star-
ted."
It was late in the season to
start, he admits, and it wasn't
until the end of November that
he got the first batch of letters
off to 1,000 cottage owners of-
fering his inspection service for
five months for $50.
Responses haven't come back
yet but there is evidence of in-
terest. Sgt. Norton Rhiness of
the Exeter OPP detachment
has had telephone enquiries
from people who got the letters.
There are about 3,000 cot-
tages between Grand Bend and
Goderich, the area on which
Mr. Inch intends to concentrate
at first. He's writing to another
1,000 owners now.
What he had to do before ap-
proaching anybody was get
licensed by the private in-
vestigators and security guards
registration branch of the OPP
and also get bonded.
Mr. Inch said he tried bon-
ding companies "from Halifax
to Vancouver" before finding
one in London that would
provide $3,000 bond. The
others all "shied away," he
said, to his surprise.
He calls his business Huron
Security Services and operates
out of his home in Exeter at
148 Andrew St. His son,
William, is the only employee
so far but he has three other
men available if demand
requires that many.
Each man must be licensed,
carry an identification card and
wear a uniform at all times
while on duty, because the
security service business is
closely regulated by the provin-
cial government,
It's a long way from the sim-
pleediencept of d'-pottage patrol
wilith first evolved in hie,reitid,
Mr': I nehe says, bu t he- iteeTthe
regulation provides protection
not only for the clients but for
himself too.
Getting names and addresses
of cottage owners was time con-
suming and difficulties were
encountered before he finally
got them all through the offices
of Hay, Stephen, Stanley and
Goderich townships.
In the first group of 1,000
Mr. Inch found that 419, just
more than 40 percent, were
London residents and 205 were
Americans. There was one
owner in Japan, one in.
England and another in Peru,
If response warrants, Mr.
Inch says, he will buy a four-
wheel drive vehicle, a second
snowmobile and a two-way
radio system.
"I figure one man can check
- 500 to 700 cottages a week, and
that's moving, that's providing
we don't run into problems."
Sgt. Rhiness agrees that such a
pace will be hustling. Checks
will be made of all properties
once a week, a different time
each week, from Dec. 15 to May
17. Stickers will be placed on
cottage doors warning that
patrols may arrive at any time
and offering $200 reward for
information that helps to ap-
prehend thieves. That itself
should be a deterrent, he feels.
Prompt discovery of a break-
in or damage will help police in
recovering stolen property and
catching vandals and will
protect the cottage from
resulting weather damage.
Mr. Inch' plans to offer
related services removing snow
from roofs, arranging for
snowplowing, repairs or other
work the owner may want done
during the winter 4 for an ad-
ded fee.
l-le thinks he might also offer
boat storage and servicing as 'a
subsidiary business. He might
eventually branch into iii-
dustrial and institutional
security service in the area, he
adithe cottage surveillance is
attractive to owners, Mr. Inch
feels there's no end to where it
can go - all the way up the Lake
Huron shore from Sarnia to
Tobermoty and back down
Georgian Bay and around 'to
Parry Sofia
A similar eeeviee recently
established in the Muskoka tot-
tap country has been reported
a success,. Mr. Ihch notes, But
he And Sgt. ..,Thiness know tit no
other such operation in On-
tario, Althoff& there are in
dividuals working for small
numbers of cottage owners in
some areas,
" Sgt. Rhiness says police make
frequent checks of summer
property but their time and
manpower are limited by other
duties, He is unwilling, in his
' Position, to comment publi cly
on the service proposed but will
say that it would be useful, It
wouldn't relieve police of
responsibility but might help
them.
Mr. Inch points out that both
the police and offenders will be
keeping the heat on his service.
The police will be obeerving
and if burglaries go undetected,
the service will be shown to be
not doing its job,
"The paper work in this
alone will be fantastic," he
. says, There'll have to be a file
on each property, with a record
of each check, "or else there's
not much use in our being in
business."
But the operation won't even
begin unless Mr. Inch gets at
least I00 clients. Any fewer
would not be economical,
The Grand Bend-Goderich
shoreline is patrolled by three
OPP detachments, at the
Pinery, Exeter and Goderich.
Both Mr. Inch and his son
are prepared to give up the jobs
they have now if business
warrants one or both of them
working runtime. Son William
works in an Exeter farm equip-
ment plant and the father is on
the building security staff at
Fanshawe College, London.
He was born at Alliston, ser-
ved 16 1/2 years with the RCAF
at Camp Borden, Aylmer, Clin-
ton and Centralia. He settled in
Exeter 11 years ago while still
in the RCAF, bought property
and opened grocery and variety
store, coffee shop and bus depot
on the main street, but has
since sold it.
gratifying.
Plans were made to remem-
ber the sick and shut-in mem-
bers at Christmas, and to
decorate the Church for the
Yuletide season. Several mem-
bers agreed, to assist with the
sorting of articles for Christmas
Cheer Baskets at the town hall
beginning on December 9. The
repeating in unison of the Miz-
pah Benediction closed this
portion of the meeting.
Then everyone settled into a
gay and happy mood as Christ-
mas gifts were exchanged with
Miss Catriona Dyke as the
"Jolly Old Elf".
The thanks of the group was
expressed to the hostess for a
pleasant evening.
The Madeleine Lane
Auxiliary of St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church held the
December meeting on Tuesday,
December 3, at the home of
Mrs. R.J. Homuth.
Following a delicious pot
luck supper, a brief time was
spent in carol singing.
Mrs. Homuth called the
meeting to order and led in a
worship service "No Richer
Gift." assisted by several mem-
bers as Readers.
During the business period
the secretary's and treasurer's
reports were presented and ac-
cepted. All members were
thanked for their contributions
to the Fall Bazaar, the
proceeds of which were very
Madeleine Lane Aux.
to help decorate church