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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-12-13, Page 20P#0. O The Thrtes,AcIvecate, December 13, 1962 TO BE :REPLACED—The familiar salutation of "number, please" will be replaced by a mechanical dial tone when subscribers of the Grand Bend telephone exchange pick up their telephones after Sunday's cutover to the dial system. Over 600 resi- dents will be affected by the modern change built by the Hay Municipal Tele- phone System. Three of the operators who will be replaced are shown on the old switchboard and include, from the left: Mrs. Ivan Grigg, Mrs. Olive Webb and Mrs. Robert Desjardine. Bill Haysorn, area manager of the Bell Telephone who have installed direct distance dialing, is shown standing at the rear.—T-A photo Gran starts o system erafing Sunday vrarf a t2,0 013....111.00.1.rf:Menna "Kicked out of college hi your freshman year, eh? 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Since then it has subsequent- ly expanded to take in the ex- change at Dashwood and Grand Bend- During over 50 years' ser- vice the system has been managed. by Louis Zeller, Wil- liam Hess, Milton Deitz, Harry Hess and Gordon Hess in that order with Pete Melsaac and Harry Hoffman managing the south end for a period of time, At present the management is held jointly by Black, who is business manager and super- intendent of operators, and Harold Zehr, who is plant manager. Welcomed by president Describing it as a "welcome item", Ory Wassmann, presi- dent of the Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce, pointed out Grand Bend was taking another step to modern living. "It will certainly speed up service," he said, but he also noted that the operators over the past years were to be com- mended. "We've all complain- ed at times," he said, "but we've never been on the hoard to know what they have to put up with," He said he fell the operat- ors had done a good job, "However, you can't hold a good place down," he com- mented. Cutover to Grand Bend's new dial system takes place at 2:00 a,m., Sunday, and if the workmen maintain their pre- sent efficiency and continue to receive the co-operation they have, the switch should be made without any problems. Manager Reg Black was high in his commendation of these two aspects of the ex- tensive program and said it was "remarkable" to consider thate the project has been managed without hiring any contractors. "By carefully scheduling work, Plant Superintendent Harold Zehr was able to com- plete the conversion of plant and, table with the Hay Mtmi- cipal System's staff." he point- ed out. Ile added that what makes the project even more remark- able is the fact they also com- pleted three major highway pole relocations during the same period. "Much of the credit is due the council, civic officials, telephone operators and gene- ral public of Grand Bend who co-operated completely through- out, the entire program and gave their assistance when- ever called upon," he noted, "We received nearly 100 per- cent co-operation," he stated, pointing oUt only one person had refused them permission to run underground lines along his property. "But he was only a summer resident and he finally chang- ed his mind," Black reported, Planned for five years The conversion of the system to dial marks the culmination of over five years' planning and approximately three years' work by the workmen in build- ing the extremely modern set- up. The principle jobs involved tetestrnetien of increased toll cables, replacement of the plant in the Grand Bend -urban area, installation of close to 600 dial sets and com- pletion of the dial building whith contains the extensive dial equipment, Black reported that due to the condition of the old cable and wire plant, and the need to increase size, most of the Grand send facilities had to he replaced so that both the out- side plant and switching equip- 'Merit can now he considered to be in new condition. "We hope this will reflect in our maintenance economies over the next several years," Black stated. Use most of Marley The manager reported that the Ray Municipal's equip- Merit In the $15,000 building test an. excess of S70,000, which does not include the expensive direct distance dial- ing equipment installed by the Bell Telephone. To finanee the conversion, debentures totalling 5250,000 Wert sold, and Black said the cost lied been very close to that figure. "We'll be a little lower," he stated. The new dial building had been built for plenty of expaii. -shin' and will house 1400 be- fore' more building must be considered. "We expect that will do for At least seven years and longer finless industry terries to brand tend," Black reported, The,. building is electrically heated, 'will have temperature entrol equipment installed and— is completely fire-pronf. "There isn't board in the building," the manager said, The Itay System, which is the eleventh largest operating in Ontario, will_?after direct dialing for long istance. calls and they will all be handled through the tell Telephone in . London, ita,tifi ge up the, 'Cush:MeV; at, fected ty Sunday's change. over will have the most mo- dern telephone system avail- able, they will also notice an increase in their rates, Private users will pay a slight; increase of approximate- ly 35 cents per month, while commercial telephone rates will almost double with a 52.80 hike "But we're still about 10 percent lower than. Bell rates," Black proudly noted. With the replacement of the operators, a change has been made in fire calls, but the plan formulated is fool-proof, according to Black, When a fire call comes in when customers dial 236-2311, a special telephone rings in four firemen's homes. They then take the call and by pushing a button on the set, ring the siren, The first fireman at the hall then picks up the receiv- er there and has the location relayed by the fireman who accepted the call. When questioned about the possibility of all four firemen being away from their homes at the same time, Black said this was an improbability as one of the phones was set up in a 24-hour business, "We've taken great pains to see that nothing can ge wrong," he added. Outlines history Outlining a brief history of the Hay System on the eve of its most notable achievement, Black reported that it came Comments about Crediton East By MRS. W. MOTZ Mrs. Alec Hamilton of Grand Bend and Mrs. Harry Lewis and Mrs. Leonard Wein spent Fri- day in London. Mrs. Beth Hatherley and Mr,. and Mrs. Darold Gillies, of Lon. don visited Sunday with Mr.; and Mrs. William Motz. Mrs. Sam Baytham, of Exe- ter, spent Wednesday et, her home here and attended the Senior Citizen's banquet on Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Thomp- son, of Toronto, spent the week- end with Mr. and Mrs, Sam Sims. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Wein ac- companied by Mr. and Mrs. Olden Truerimer of Dashwood called on their cousin, Mr. Iteu, hen Goetz at Delaware nursing home, and in London with Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester 'Wuerth, Picture windows ..effer a per- fect setting for Christmas in• doorway this Christmas? Tall range branches of evergreens in the valance and string gaily colored lights in the branches so they are 'visible outdoors as well As aeon's HOTEL Seaforth Dining facilities for banquets and weddings. Attractive Rooms ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY tietneed under LCEO PHONE, 433 SEAF011,111 Bursaries to area three rshorne, Stephen and Hen- sail Fwo studeuts have been awarded bursaries by Huron. county council. The recipients include Wit- Dam Marshall, Klittone„ John BR 3 Ailsa Craig; and. David Noakes. Hensel). All three are SI1DHS graduates. Other winners were Mark Bender, RR 1 Varna; William A..:.an Den Itengel, RR 5 Sea- forth; Piet Van der Meer, Goderieli; Anne Shortread, ton, Topics from Whalen By MRS, FRANK SQUIIZE. Presentation and shower The community gathered on Friday evening at, the school honoring Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shrier (newly weds) and to shower Miss Betty Duffield whose marriage to Mr. R. J. Marshall takes place this month, Mr. Ken Hodgson was the chairman for the program which included, readings by Catherne Klahre, Mrs. Alton Neil and Mrs. Win. French; community singing with Mrs. Pullen at the piano; piano instrumentals, Ca- rol Johnson and Sharon Hod- gins; and vocal solos by Janice Morley and Mary Johnson. AL this time Wm., Morley read an address to Mr. and Mrs. Shrier and 'McLeod Mills presented a card table and chairs to them. Paul replied thanking all. Miss Carole. Foster read an address to Betty, She was as- sisted by Helen Heather and Sharon Hodgins in opening her numerous gifts. Betty replied thanking everyone and inviting all to open house on Dec. 18 at her borne. Dancing was enjoyed and mu- sic supplied by McLeod Mills and Sharon Hodgins, Personal items Mrs. Verna. Pitt, Lucan, is spending a few weeks with Mrs. Cora Morley.. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Pullman, Mitchell, and Mrs. David Tay- lor of Calera, Saskatchewan were Tuesday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Pullman. MRS. wo,,Lwoop, -PILL GRAND DtiND The Orpha Club met at the home of Mrs. C. Roberts with 15 ladies .present. Toys and clothing were packed a n d. mailed to. the Children's Aid. Society in Sarnia, Lunch was served by Mrs. Win. Love and Mrs. Clarke Kennedy. The next meeting will be held January 8 at the home of Mrs. Len Revell°, Celebrate 45 years Mr. and Mrs. George Wine garden attended a dinner at tile home of Mr. Bill Holden in London in honor of his parents Mn, and Mrs. Earl Winegarden, who were celebrating their for, ty-fifth wedding anniversary, Mr. and Airs. Winegarden have twelve children and they were all present at the dinner. They a'llo have 35 grandchil- dC1G'"IT plan vesper service The CGIT met on 'Monday evening, Plans were completed for the vesper service, which will be held on Sunday evening, December 16 at 7:30 pan, Plans for Christmas activities were also completed. Neva Johnson and Lois Neil- son conducted the worship serv- ice, The president Joanne Des- Jardine, presided. Former rector gets degree An event of interest to many people in Grand Bend, Port Franks and 'Medford took place on Saturday at Huron College in London. It was the Founders' Day Convocation and the Rev, W. J. Millman, immediate former reeler of St. John's-by-the-Lake Anglican Church, Grand Bend, received his Bachelor of Divin- ity (B.D.) degree, The degree of event and Mrs. Mathes 'poured tea ,or refreshments, The UCW social convenor, Airs. Win. Jones received the guests at the door, Booths consisted of country store, b a kin g, fruits, mystery parcels and candy, sewing, Christmas nov- elties and notions. the semi-in onthly ineeting of the five units of the UCW was held in the church basement Wednesday evening, with unit 2 supplying the program, ,1 smorgasbord supper will be served. UCW gives to orphans At the UCW meeting held at the church on. Thursday after- noon, the ladies brought eggs, fruit and toys to be taken to meter or Divinity was conferred upon the Very Foy, K. B. Keefe, L. Th., of :St. Paul's Cathedral, London. The convocation marked .the :98th anniversary of the feud- iNnegnoeire.10.4:7boelflOrCegilleeg;;Ina Air, and Mrs, J. Coltman loaned their borne ,for an enjoy- able social evening, given by the WA of St, ,John's.by-the -Lake Church for a presentation to Mrs. Fred Chapman who is leaving to live in London, Mrs. Chapman has been active in. both the Channel Guild and the WA of the Church. A brief business discussion was held and Mrs. F. Plumb agreed to assume the treas., urers office until the election of e....`Eicers at next meeting., The occasion was a surprise party for the guest of honor, Air, and Mrs. Jack iilddoch and family of Sarnia visited on Sunday with Mrs. Mae Bolt. Mr, Stanley Desjardine of To- ronto spent the .weekend with his mother, Mrs. Wilma Des- jardine, Morley and Fred, UCW elects officers The general meeting was held on Monday evening With 66 la- dies present, President, Mrs. :Douglas Gill opened the meet- ing, .Airs. Ed, Gil was in charge of the Christmas pro- gram. Carol Hemingway and Jennifer Jackson sang a duet, Mrs, Griffin Thomas, and Mrs. Bill Brenner read the Christmas story from different versions of the Bible, Mrs, Wilma DesJardine told the Christmas story with dif- ferent 'members singing carols. Mrs, Wm. Blewett, Mrs. Fred Willert and Mrs, Jack Eagleson led in prayer. Mrs. Brittain gave an interesting reading, pointing out that Christmas is a season of miracles. Reports of all committees were given and a slate of offi- cers brought in for 1963. President is Mrs, Douglas Gill; vice-president, Mrs. Clarke Kennedy; recording sec- retary, Mrs. Win. Blewett; cor- responding 'secretary, Mrs. Le- roy Beriteau; treasurer, Mrs. Don Flear; supply and social assistance and Christian citi- zenship, Mrs. Myrtle McGre- gor; periodicals, press, publi- city and literature, Mrs, Ken Roberts; finance, Mrs. Grif- fin Thomas; manse, Mrs. Em- erson. Desjardine; nomina- tions, Mrs. Win. Love. Program, Mrs. Emery Des- Jardins; social, Mrs. Don Hen- drick; flowers, Mrs, Stewart Webb; membership, friendship Tuckersinith council support- ed the resolution from the county of Huron petitioning the provincial government for the establishment of a pro- vincial park in the county. Court of revision was held on the Hood Municipal Drain, This was just a formality as no appeals had been reeeiv- ed. - Municipal drainage subsid- ies on all debenture drains were passed for payment in addition to the Buchanan Drain Payment is to be called on the Archibald 'Drain, Included. in. the accounts were: roa ds, $1,081:88; mum- cipal drainage, $3,090.:4; wel- fare, 809,75. Next meeting will 'be held December 15, at. 1 P.41-, lu the. town hall, Seafortii. To the passerby on a •Ynle- tide night, there is nothing more appeeline than your liv- ing room window glowing with Christmas lights. .ono way is to frame your window using strings of lights so they can be seen outside. Then set your tree near the window, so .oute siders can :catch, a glimpse of it, too. By Miss Cora Nuttycomb and. Mrs. Myrtle Shorthilt, London, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bernie. Grant Hodgins attended the Huron County awards night held in the SHDHS 'auditorium the orphanage for Christmas, and visiting, Mrs. Wellwood Friday evening, Grant received Mrs. Klahre was in charge of Gill; co-operation in Christian two awards. the devotional period. with the education and missionary edu- Mr, and Mrs. Percy Hodgins theme "The Three Wise Men". cation, stewardship and re- and Jimmy visited Saturday Mrs. Atwood and Mrs. Johnson cruiting, Mrs, Clarke Kennedy; evening with Mr. and Mrs. Nor- also assisted with readings. pianist, Mrs. A. E. McMaster; man Hodgins. Reports from the various unit. leaders, afternoon, Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Wrn. Morley committees were given, Ar- Colin Love; evening unit, Mrs. and family were in Exeter on rangements were made for a Win. Sturdevant, Sunday visiting with Mr. and Christmas supper on December Mrs, Alvin Pym. 21. Mrs. R. P. Hurford, Miss Rev. D, AL Guest presided Barbara Gibberd and Joan Lin- over the election and mstalla- ley, London, were Sunday (ion of officers for 1963. guests with Mr. and Mrs. Bar- President is Mrs. Wm. Mor- ry Klahre and family, ley; vice-president, Mrs. Alton Air, Newton Gunning is a pa- Neil; rec-secretary, Mrs. Wm. tient at St, Marys Memorial French; corn, secretary, Mrs. Hospital. Ray Parkinson; treasurer, Mrs. Granton's new fire hall has Gordon Johnson; pianist, Mrs. been completed and the new Milne Pullen; building is quite an addition to Chairman: program, .talrs, Main St. Bert Duffield; finance, Mrs. Messrs. Clare Bryan and Ken Hodgson; flower, Mrs. Ray Frank Dale were in hospital Parkinson; social functions, at Richmond Hill undergoing Mrs, Cecil Squire; manse cern- surgery last week. mittee, Mrs, Mae Mills; supply The UCW held a successful a n d social assistants, Mrs, baazaar. Proceeds were $350, Cleve Pullman; decorating corn- Rev, W. Maines opened the mittee, Mrs, Harry Klahre, it