The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-08-31, Page 3We wish to express our appreciation to
GREGUS CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
for the erection of our new building. You can see from the above picture, the
roof is on, building enclosed, and our new J.F. sign is up for easier ident-
ification.
Spare parts and roller chain are being relocated as quickly as they can be
moved.
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52 aircraft
Heavy rains. Sunday morning
threatened to "scrub" the annual
fly-in at Sexsmith airport, but the
skies cleared by noon and were
soon filled with aircraft.
A total of 52 planes landed at
the field north-west of Exeter,
and while it had been hoped 100
would arrive, it Was still regard-
ed as an exceptional showing in
view of weather conditions.
Some of the pilots who started
out for the event had to turn back
because of the weather.
Several hundred area residents
flocked to the air strip to see the
planes, and along with the pilots
and their crews, ended up eating
500 hot dogs and almost half a
ton of corn. The ladies staffing
the feed line ran out of hot dogs
because the response was so
good.
First plane on the field was
Bill Coulter who arrived from
Goderich and the 25th plane in was
flown by Verne Welter, Aylmer.
He received 10 free gallons of
fuel to get him home.
Harry Brien, Welland, won the
prize for having come the longest
distance. Other aircraft arrived
from Aylmer, Wheatley, Windsor,
Owen Sound, Springfield, New-
market, Stratford and St. Thomas.
Ewart Griffith, Stratford, was
the oldest pilot to land and John
Drake, London, was the youngest.
Some 4r/ years separate the ages
of the two men.
No lady pilots landed, so all
the ladies who hold pilot's lic-
ences entered a draw, won by
Dorothy Elder, Hensall.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Eskritt
and their four family members
won the prize for the largest
family arriving. The pilot hav-
ing most recently attained his
permit was Harry Dougall, Ex-
eter.
The oldest plane to land was
a 1940 Piper J3 Cub and one of
the newest was the Centennial
100, built by Found Brothers
Aviation Ltd. at their Grand Bend
plant.
Prior to landing, the pilot put
the new craft through some ma-
noeuvres for the enjoyment of
the crowd.
Free airplane rides were
awarded to local residents
throughout the afternoon. Win-
ners were: Linda Priest, Ron
Anderson, Rick Dougherty, Bil-
lie Mitten, Ross Hodgert, David
Vanstone, Paul Passmore and
Donna McLelland.
They went aloft with Larry
Snider, who also did a rushing
business in the sale of rides.
Ray C. Mills
native of area
Ray C. Mills, 64, of King
Street, St. Marys, formerly of
Woodham and Exeter, died in St.
Marys Memorial Hospital on
Thursday, August 24.
A native of Woodham, he oper-
ated a store in the village for
many years with his late brother
William and sister Miss Blanche
Mills. Ten years ago Mr. and
Mrs. Mills, the former Mildred
Moore, moved to Exeter where
Mr. Mills sold insurance. In
April of this year they moved
to a new home in St. Marys.
The deceased was active in
community affairs being a mem-
ber of the Exeter Fair Board,
a member of the Exeter unit of
the Cancer Society of which he
was a former chairman and cam-
paign manager and was a lawn
bowler.
Mr. Mills was generous with
his musical talents and enter-
tained with song on many oc-
casions. He was a member of
James Street United Church choir
and also of the AOTS of the
church.
He belonged to the Masonic
Lodge and a Masonic service
was held at the funeral home
Friday evening prior to his fu-
neral.
Surviving, besides his wife,
are one son, Dr. Grant Mills of
Calgary and one daughter, Mrs.
Harold (Betty) Levy, St. Marys;
one brother, Edgar, and sisters
Blanche and Rhea, all of Wood-
ham and a sister, Mrs., Harold
(Carrie) Thomson, Parkhill; also
eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were con-
ducted at the Lindsay Funeral
Home, St. Marys by Rev, J.
Abernutt on Saturday, August 26
with interment in Kirkton cemet-
ery.
Pallbearers were Messrs Tru-
man Mills, Collins Bay; Russell
Mills, London; Earl Watson,
Kirkton; Glen Copeland and Nor-
ris Webb, both of Woodham and
Gerald Webb, Exeter.
Blaze hits General,
up work at Hensall
Production of mobile homes
is expected to increase at the
Hensall plant of General Coach
Works of Canada Ltd. following
a $1,000,000 blaze which levelled
the company's London plant
Tuesday.
J. C. Clayton, company vice-
president, reported that many of
the unfilled orders at the London
plant will be shifted to the other
two Canadian plants at Hensall
and Fort MacLeod, Alberta.
Flames levelled the 48,000-
square-foot plant south of Lon-
don in less than an hour while
firefighters, hampered by lack
of water, made token efforts to
beat the flames back.
The plant, outside the city on
Highway 135, is within a quart-
er-mile of a city fire hydrant
but there was no water source
at the site.
Lambeth volunteer firemen and
London fire department used
their tankers to haul water from
the city hydrant.
A fire captain from the Lon-
don department said that be-
cause of the lack of water the
building could not have been sav-
ed "even if we had four trucks
there waiting for the fire to
break out".
The fire broke out in a fan
in the paint area and spread
quickly throughout the remaind-
er of the building. Lost in the
blaze were 25 large mobile homes
under construction.
Mr. Clayton said the firm will
definitely rebuild "either on this
Site or one in London".
Six salesmen for the London
outlet will be transferred tem-
porarily to the Hensall plant.
Supervisory staff from London
may also be temporarily trans-
ferred.
It is not known whether any of
the 120 workers will be trans-
ferred to help fill the back orders.
All employees were told their
jobs were safe and that they
would .hear from the company in
a couple of days.
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