HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-03-12, Page 3CLOSING IN MOBILE HOME PLANT OF BOISE CASCADE
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Building mobile home plant
PLANT MANAGER CHARLES TUNKS INSPECTING BOISE CASCADE RESERVOIR
New organizational concept
implemented at local church
The readers write
Dear Editor;
While reading Thurs. Feb. 27
paper (front page) and Thurs.
March 6 paper, I was completely
and intotally shocked at your
snap shots. of Mike Foster lying
on the fence, and the young
Dwayne Carey boy's body being
taken to the ambulance, which
was shown in the paper.
I never thought of an Exeter
Editor like you putting such
morbid pictures in your paper.
I disgust the matter over with
other friends of mine and they
agreed that those pictures were
too horrifying to place in any
paper.
We agreed together that you
should have left the bodies out
of the paper and put other shots
of the scene in,
To my point of view you
must be some guy.
Don't you have feelings to
the relatives and friends who
have to see their sons, cousin,
(or whatever), picture covered in
a blanket in the paper?
What about the Foster boy's
body in the paper; didn't you
realize that that scene brings
back terrible emotions to his
parents and friends, and what
about the young Carey's picture
in the paper, can't you imagine
what it might do to Mr. Carey
for at least a few days.
Any way it may-not bring a
tear or cry to your eye, but
think of how many tears it will
bring to at least 20 more other
people.
That's all I have to say, and
my conclusion is very deep.
I hope there will never be
another picture like that in your
paper again.
Just think your wife; or child
maybe next, and it would not
look good to you if you saw
their bodies in the paper.
Signed a Serious
Stu dent of Exeter
Cheryl Barkley.
Biddulph lets
six contracts
Six contracts on municipal
drains and one gravel tender
were awarded at the latest
meeting of Biddulph township
council.
The gravel contract for
12,000 cubic yards was let to
Ray Ireland of London.
Charles Dietrich of Dashwood
will do the drainage work on the
Chittick Municipal Drain and
Hodgins and Hayter of Parkhill
were the successful bidders on
the Mitchell-Grace and Scott
drains.
Work on the Neil Drain and
the Queen street and Cook Drain
will be handled by David Inglis.
Contract of the Smith-Glavin
drain was awarded to Roth
Drainage of Sebringville.
The report on the Langford
Municipal Drain was read and it
was referred back to the
engineer.
A request was received from
the Middlesex Farm and Home
Safety Council to erect "yield"
signs on concession roads.
Council was 'informed that
the 23rd annual Middlesex
Municipal Convention will be
held in Parkhill, March 18 with
the town of Parkhill and
townships of McGillivray and
West Williams as hosts.
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the horsemen in the community
have a representative on RAP.
Baynham explained RAP
members were appointed by
council and Smillie then left a
copy of the letter with Mayor
Delbridge.
The Saddle Club also asked
for a clarification regarding the
rental fee and use of the park.
Later in the meeting, RAP
decided to maintain the price at
$25 per day for the grounds and
five percent of the gross gate
receipts if admission is charged.
There will be no charge for
cleanup as long as the grounds
are left in the same condition as
they were prior to the event.
The same rates were also held
for the Pony Club.
Spokesman for the group,
Jack Parsons, indicated this fee
was too high and on questioning,
RAP members were told $5
would be more acceptable to the
group.
Parsons said it would take
two to three years to get the
club established and said the
local group would have to drop
out of the race circuit if rental
costs had to come out of the
members' pockets.
Baynham explained that RAP
hoped to have all groups on a
self-sustaining basis and said that
people not interested in such
activities should not have to pay
for them.
RAP members later opined
that the club had avenues for
greater rental by charging higher
entry fees or admissions.
RAP members also expressed
disappointment over the fact the
pony group had not finished up
the grounds as they had agreed
to do, and a bill for re-seeding of
some of the grounds had still not
been paid.
LOWER FEE
RAP did reduce the rental
fees for the Mid-Western Ontario
Rodeo committee. It was set at
five percent of gross gate
receipts with a minimum of
$200, An additional charge of
$50 will be made for cleanup,
but this will be refunded if the
Hay buys
new grader
The contract for a new grader
for the township of Hay was,
awarded to Dominion Road
Machinery Company of
Goderich at the latest meeting of
council.
The tender price was $24,990
which includes taxes and the
Goderich firm takes the old
machine in on trade. Delivery is
to be made by the end of March.
Another contract was let to
Ray Ireland Limited of London,
for the supply and hauling of
gravel on Township roads. The
firm will supply 22,000 cubic
yards of gravel at the price of
$1.91 per yard, crushed and
hauled.
In other business at the
meeting council granted
permission to the Ontario
Department of Highways to use
the Hay Township dump for
disposal of refuse picked up on
provincial highways within the
municipality.
William Watson, RR 3,
Zurich, was awarded the
contract to spray cattle for
warble fly in 1970, at a rate of
15 cents per head for each
application. No tenders were
received for a warble fly
inspector, so a man will be
sought for this position.
A by-law was passed to allow
for an increase in the interest
rate on tax arrears. Effective
April 1, the new rate of interest
will be one percent per month.
Two members of the Zurich
Minor Athletic Association, Fred
Haberer and Glen Weido,
attended the council meeting
with a request for a grant.
Following a discussion on the
matter a grant of $120 was made
in support of the sports program
being carried out by that
organization.
Seven drainage contracts were
awarded by the council at a
recent meeting held especially
for that purpose. C. P. Dietrich
was awarded two contracts; one
for the Cann-Mitchell drain at
$800; and one for the Jacobs
drain, at $2,045. In both cases
the contract is for the open
portion of the drains.
Hodgins and Hayter Ltd. of
Parkhill were awarded contracts
for three drains; the
Rader-Hoffman drain at $9,166;
the Brodie drain at $3,834.50;
and the closed portion of the
Jacobs drain at $300.
Ted Van Roestel, of Woodham,
received the contract for the
Thiel drain, at $4,275; and the
final contract, for the
Richardson drain, was awarded
to VanBree Drainage, of Forest,
for $3,433.65. In all cases, the
work is to commence as early as
possible this spring.
committee cleans the grounds
themselves.
It had been learned that the
five percent gross would bring an
estimated revenue of $350 for
RAP.
Originally, RAP had set a fee
of $100 per day plus five
percent of gross receipts.
However, Tom MacMillan
pointed out the rodeo handled
large sums of money in their
gross, but that's all they did —
handle it.
Entry fees from the
contestants are returned in prize
money and concession receipts
are turned over to the service
clubs which operate them during
the weekend.
"They said it would be
suicide for them to give five
percent of what they handle,"
MacMillan explained.
Maintenance of the facilities
will be the responsibility of the
rodeo people, but RAP didn't
answer their request for a
decision as to who owns the
rodeo facilities at the park.
"Right now, we either own
$10,000 worth of facilities or
we've donated $10,000 to the
town," rodeo representative Bill
Smith advised.
Dunlop men
at banquet
The district six banquet of
the United Rubber workers was
held Saturday in Kitchener.
Local 879 Dunlop Canada
Ltd. Huron Park, Ont. was well
represented with sixteen
members attending.
Representative Leonard
13ru der of Kitchener was
chairman for the evening.
The speaker was William
Punnet of District six, a recently
elected member to the Ontario
Federation of Labour Executive
Board.
"You cannot put a great hope
into a small soul." — Jenkin L.
Jones
Exeter United Church has
implemented a new structure to
deal with the spiritual and the
secular needs of its congregation.
Rev. Glen Wright, minister of
the church, told The
Times-Advocate this week, that
after five months of hard work
and intensive study a
Restructuring Committee
devised a plan which was passed
by Presbytery and is now
swinging into action.
The old concept of the Board
of Stewards and Church Elders
running the church is gone. In
fact, the terms elders and
stewards have been dropped
completely.
In their place an Official
Board has been constituted
which is broken up into six
committees, each consisting of
12 members.
These committees are
responsible for a specified part
of the church's work and growth
and are named as follows:
Wbrship and Music; Christian
Education; Membership and
Visitation; Finance; Mission and
Services, and Church Property.
Authority will be given to the
committees to make decisions in
their specified areas except
where those decisions might
affect the workings of another
committee.
It is felt these smaller groups,
of genuinely interested people,
will be able to carry out the
business of the church more
efficiently and quickly than the
rather unwieldly large boards of
the past.
Asked to state further why
this reconstruction was
necessary, Mr. Wright said, "We
have to find ways of
communicating the Gospel that
are relevant for today. What
worked 50 years ago does not
necessarily work today."
"We have to ask ourselves 'do
we have a structure we are
comfortable in and does it do
justice to all areas of the
church's work?' More than that,
we have to ask, 'do we have a
structure that enables people
with ideas to get involved?' "
Mr. Wright was high in his
praise of the Restructuring
Committee of 15 people who
met weekly, under the
leadership of Irvine Armstrong,
for six weeks to hammer out the
new constitution. "Their
enthusiasm was very real," he
stated.
Three members of the
committee who were contacted
reiterated their minister's
optimism and excitement of the
new plan. "It will certainly work
and be 100% better than the old
way," said one. "The ideas will
come from the grass roots of the
congregation and that's where
ideas should come from."
The new Official Board will
meet once a month as a body
before breaking into their
separate committees to plan the
work for which each group is
responsible.
If necessary, committees can
report back to the Executive
which consists of the minister,
official board secretary,
chairman of each committee,
Presbytery representative,
A.O.T.S. representative, U.C.W.
representative, Chairman of
Trustees and the treasurer.
Since there are no elders the
T=A asked Mr. Wright who
would serve the elements of
communion.
"That will be the decision of
the Worship and Music
Committee," he stated. "They
may choose anyone who has a
full meirbership,"
"In the past, the term elder
has had the connotation of
someone a little higher than the
rest of the congregation but we
feel all members are equal and
no special names should be
giYeti,
About 12 students and young
people have been elected to
work on the various committees
of the Official Board.
Membership will be rotating and
no member can remain on a
committee more than four years.
The United Church of Canada
allows each individual church to
look at the needs of its
community and world and to
devise its own plan to fit those
needs. Although this
Constitution is new in Exeter
similar ones have been formed in
other United Churches in
Canada and working well for
some time.
The Restructuring
Committee who worked under
Irvine Armstrong's leadership
were Aubrey Tennant, Garnet
Hicks, Mrs. E. Russell, Mrs. Wm
Stephen' council,
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objecting to any portion of the
proposal will have 21 days from
the first newspaper insertion to
make an appeal.
At special meetings Thursday
afternoon and evening, the
Ryan-Fleming, Haugh, Simmons,
Irvine Finkbeiner,
Hayter-Hodgins and McLellan
drain reports were read and
given first and second reading.
At the same time, the Brock
Drain was referred back to the
engineer to eliminate the "B"
branch.
Tenders were let on five other
municipal drains. Robert
Nicholson Construction will
handle the construction of the
Houlahan and Webb drains for
$2,428 and $1,830 respectively.
Charles Dietrich, Dashwood was
awarded the contract on the
Clarke drain for $2,750.
The Dundas drain consisting
of closed tile will be constructed
by Jack Essery of Centralia for
$1,037 and Ted Van Roestel was
awarded the Hall drain work for
$4,748.50.
By MARY WILSON
Grade 13 Student
SHDHS
As we begin a new year
and a new decade the challenges
of youth are really no different
from those of any other age
group nor are the challenges
much different for youth in the
seventies from what they were in
the sixties.
In my opinion the challenge
for everyone at any period in
time is to find "peace of mind".
Of course, I realize that this
phrase holds a different
connotation for each individual
but the basic ingredients are the
same for everyone — physical
security and emotional security.
Physical security really boils
down to economic security
which varies with the
individual's material needs and
preferences and his
responsibilities. For example a
hitch-hiker feels "peace of
mind" with five dollars in his
pocket — enough for a week's
expenses. But, a married man
must consider not only his oi,Vh
needs and preferences, which
may be minimal, but also those
of his wife and family. Therefore
physical security inevitably
depends on money.
However, the attainment of
Construction of the new
mobile home plant by Boise
Cascade of Canada Limited in
the south-west corner of the
village of Hensall is progressing
faverably.
The 336 by 220 foot building
will manufacture large mobile
homes while the present plant at
Thomson, Michelle Harrison,
Chuck Snider, Arnold Mathers,
Robert Southcott, Carfrey Cann,
Lyle Little, Carl Mills, Fred
Walters, Donald Ecker and Bruce
Shaw.
The report of the nominating
committee for people selected to
the Official Board and which
was presented to and approved
by the congregation is as
follows:
WORSHIP & MUSIC — Don
Ecker, Bob Read, Bob
Southcott, Harvey Cowen, Mrs.
Laurene Shapton, Bob Fletcher,
Bob Down, Norm Whiting,
Margaret Coates, Lorna Russell,
Choir - Norma Hooper, Sr.
Sunday School - Larry Shapton.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION —
UCW - Betty Clarke, AOTS
Rep., Fred Walters, Arnold
Mathers, Barb Harrison, Maurice
Love, Roland McCaffrey, Janet
Ecker, Arthur Idle, Helen
Jermyn, Trudy Stover, Peter
Snell.
PROPERTY — UCW - Vera
Pincombe, Trustees - Mike
Skinner, Harry Dougall, Merv.
Cudmore, Margaret McBride, Bill
Gilfillan, Mrs. Ben Fisher, Tru die
Chaffe, Asa Penhale, Verlyn
Lindenfield, Jack Delbridge,
Mrs. Jim Prout.
MISSION & SERVICE —
UCW - Celia Thomson, AOTS
Rep., Gerald Godbolt, Jack
Doerr, Carf Cann, Wally Read,
Barry Southcott, Maxine Sere da,
Mrs. Jean Murray, Gwen Mills,
Susan Tuckey, Bill Batten.
MEMBERSHIP &
VISITATION — UCW - Hilda
Taylor, Lloyd Henderson, Ken
Johns, Oscar Tuckey, Marjorie
Pollen, Russ Hopper, Pat
Skinner, Murray Neil, Thelma
Russell, Marion Fletcher, Bill
Dinney, Jeff Carroll.
FINANCE — Trustee - Gord
Baynham, Aub. Tennant, Carl
Mills, Peter Raymond, Eric
Gravlev, Barb Bell, Ray Murley,
Madeline Witmer, Ed Clarkson,
Ken Ottewell, Lauretta Siegner,
UCW - Mrs. Olive Harvey.
emotional security is more
difficult because it is more
abstract. Many people maintain
that to achieve "peace of mind"
one must have a "raison d'etre".
I believe that it is impossible to
find a reason for life.What we are
all really striving for is a place in
life which is an essential for
"peace of mind". It is also the
hardest to find. For when a
the northern edge of Hensall
formerly known as General
Coach will continue to make
recreation vehicles.
Plant manager Charles 'funks
told the T-A Tuesday morning
he expected the new plant
would be in production
sometime in June, At the
present time the building has
been enclosed and workmen are
attempting to thaw out the
ground to allow laying of the
floor.
It is expected machinery and
equipment will be set up in May
and production can get
underway the next month.
Tunics said at the beginning
the new plant would probably
produce three of the mobile
homes per day that range from
50 to 65 feet in length and
progress to a maximum of seven
per day.
With the acceleration of
production, staff at the new
plant is expected to rise to a
maximum of 150. Hiring of staff
is beginning with some positions
being filled by promotions from
the present Hensall plant.
Jack Geary is general manager
of the Canadian division of Boise
Cascade that also has plants of a
similar size at St. Jerome,
Quebec; Lethbridge, Alberta and
Penticton, British Columbia. The
Hensall plant will fill the only
gap that existed geographically
across Canada.
At Hensall Tunks is manager
of both plants while Leonard
Wright is the superintendent
heading up production at the
Two payments
for Usborne tax
At it's meeting, Usborne
township council decided to
collect taxes from ratepayers of
their municipality twice a year
beginning with the 1970 levy.
Due to requisitions from the
Huron County Board of
Education that are due every six
months, Usborne residents will
receive an interim tax notice
that will be due and payable on
June 30.
At the same time, council
were advised that a bylaw passed
recently upping the interest rate
on undue taxes to one per cent
per month was in order and has
been filed with the County of
Huron.
This interest rate will also
apply to that portion of taxes in
arrears after the first payment
date.
Two bylaws were passed
setting the amount of monies
that may be spent on township
roads for the year 1970. The
regular road expenditure bylaw
allows the spending of $25,000
on construction and $60,000 on
maintenance work.
A supplementary bylaw in
the amount of $10,000 was also
passed bringing the overall total
of allowable road expenditures
up to $95,000, the same figure
as last year.
Council took no action on a
request from the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture for
financial support during the
transition period from tax levy
membership to direct
subscription membership.
Representing the County
Federation were president Jack
Stafford, executive members
Tom Cunningham and Mason
Bailey and Usborne directors
Hugh Rundle, Bob Down, Sam
Skinner and Lorne Elford.
A grant of $15 was made to
the Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association.
person stops thinking selfishly
and begins to think altruistically
and sees the many problems of
those around him and the many
many exploding problems of the
world, how then can he make
sense out of his own life when
there is no sense to the world?
Despite this many people have
found their own "peace of
mind". They are indeed lucky.
I think it is safe to say that
more older people than young
people have found some sort of
"peace of mind". Therefore,
possibly the 70's do offer a
greater challenge to youth than
to other age groups. Most adults
have found their place, most are
"established", But for young
people who are being forced
from the safe family nest the
70's loom as a giant question
mark. We face it with a
conflicting mess of emotions —
excitement, fear, anticipation,
helplessness, enthusiasm,
hopelessness, altruism and
self-concern,
We are the three little pigs
starting off into the world to
seek our fortunes and to build
our homes. There is a two to
three chance that they will be
blown in. The challenge is to
build the brick house!
Please wish us luck!
present recreation vehicle plant
while Gene Ducharme will
assume the same position at the
new mobile home plant.
Leonard Noakes is the
industrial engineer at both plants
while Donald Morphew is
Canadian Sales manager for
recreation vehicles and Fred
Broadley is in charge of
Canadian sales for mobile
homes.
Tunics said Boise Cascade's
sales program has provided year
round employment. Close to
160 persons are now employed
at the present Hensall plant.
A recent survey shows that
37 per cent of all new housing in
JAMES WELLINGTON HERN
James Wellington Hem,
Exeter, passed away at the
Queensway Nursing Home,
Hensall, March 9, 1970, in his
84th year.
During his lifetime in this
community Mr. Hem actively
participated in public affairs.
Serving on the town council for
many years, he was also a
charter member of the Exeter
Lions Club and belonged to the
Masons and Oddfellows as well.
Mr. Hern served for many
years on the Agricultural Society
and was presented with a plaque
for his contribution to that
organization on his retirement.
He is survived by his wife,
Ella Phillips, one brother,
Norman of Norwich, and one
sister, Miss Olive Hern, Exeter.
Rev. Glen Wright officiated at
the funeral which was conducted
from the R. C. Dinney Funeral
Home, Wednesday, and
interment was in Exeter
Cemetery.
Acting as pallbearers were
Wilson Morley, Bill Batten,
Edgar Squire, Lloyd Hern,
Stanley Love and Frayne
Parsons.
MAGDALENA
KESTER MARTENS
Mrs. Magdalena Martens
passed away at her home, RR 1,
Dashwood,March5,1970 in her
42nd year.
She is survived by her
husband Martin Martens and
eight children Mathilda, Tine,
Marjorie, Elizabeth, Henry,
Jeffrey, Timmy and Andrew all
at home. Her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Kester of Holland,
three sisters, Thea of Holland,
Mrs. Jerry (Tilly) Van Leewuen,
RR 2, Grand Bend and Mrs.
Arnold (Ann) Martens of
Crediton; nine brothers, John,
Leo, Joseph, Kees, Thomas,
Nick, Adrie, Gerard all of
Holland, and Adrian of RR 2,
Dashwood. The funeral was
from the T, Harry Hoffman
Funeral Home where prayers
were said Sunday evening.
Requiem mass was sung in St.
Peters Church, St. Joseph, Mar. 9
The pallbearers were Elgin
Hendrick, Lloyd Wainer, Rufus
Turnbull, Ross Turnbull, Arnold
Gaiser and Cornelius Imthout.
JEAN ALLISON MORGAN
Mrs. Jean Morgan passed
away at Victoria Hospital,
London, March 3, 1970 in her
73rd year. She was predeceased
by her husband, Archie.
the United States is made up of
mobile Homes and :the figure in
Canada is 13 per cent,
"Mobile homes are the
coming thing in. Canada and will
help inflation by putting people
into low cost hOusing", added.
the Hensall plant manager,
In confirming the figures on
housing start percentages,
Howard Kirby of London who is
in charge of mobile park
developthent in Canada for Boise
Cascade said mobile home sales
in North America have been
growing by twenty-five per cent
each year and more than a half
million are expected to be
manufactured this year.
Mrs. Morgan is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Fred
(Helen) Ellerington, London,
Mrs. Carey (Anne) Joynt,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and
Mrs. Bey (Jane) DeKay, London;
three sons, Allison of Arva Bev
of Usborne Township, and Grant
of St. Louis, Missouri; one
brother, Charles Allison, Exeter,
and one sister, Mrs. Anna
Schreiner of New York. A
brother, William predeceased
her.
Rev, Hugh Wilson officiated
at the funeral which was
conducted from the R. C.
Dinney Funeral Home, March 6.
Burial was in Exeter Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Bill
Rowcliffe, Don Joynt, Jack
Stewart, Glen Stewart, Bill
Hodgins and Bruce Shapton.
MELVILLE FRANCIS SKINNER
Melville Francis Skinner
passed away in the Exeter
Nursing Home, Saturday, March
7, where he had been a patient
for some three years. He was
born in Usborne Township,
March 24, 1883 where he lived
most of his life. His wife Mary
Alberta Cooper predeceased him
eight years ago.
Mr. Skinner is survived by
two sons, Delmer and Ross of
Usborne Township, nine
grandchildren, two
great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Everett of Usborne
Township and Franklin, Exeter.
Funeral services were
conducted from the
Hopper-Hockey funeral home
Monday, March 9 with Rev.
Stewart Miner officiating.
Pallbearers were Larry
Skinner, Edward Skinner,
Laverne Skinner, Alvin Cooper,
Harold Bell, Harold Kerslake.
CRESC ENT DA YMAN
Crescent Dayman died
suddenly at his residence in
Usborne Township, Wednesday
March 4, 1970 in his 64th year.
Surviving are his wife, Verda
Sims and two daughters,
Marjorie Anne, Hyde Park, and
Joyce who is attending Teachers
College, London; three brothers,
Alwyn, Grand Bend, Wesley,
Sarnia, and Mervin, Usborne
' Township.
The funeral was from the
Hopper Hockey Funeral Home
with Rev. Glen Wright
officiating, March 7. Interment
was in Exeter Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Ray Cottle,
Tom Yellow, John Oke, Donald
Sims, Laverne and Larry
Dayman.
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