HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-07-06, Page 7Hensall
Kinsmen
Salute The
HENSALL PUC
Any
Senior
Citizens
Wanting A Ride To
Thursday Night's
Festivities Call
262-2271
PUBLIC INVITED
Public Utilities Commission
HENSALL ONTARIO
Official Opening
WATERWORKS
and
HYDRO SUBSTATION
Thursday, July 6
7:30 p.m.
By R.E. McKinley, M.P.
7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
The Following Firms Salute The Hensall
Public Utilities Commission on Completion
of Their Projects And Extend A Sincere
Thanks for Being Chosen To Assist.
Frank Van Busse! & Sons Ltd.
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
RR 3 Lucan 227-4294
Canadian General
Electric Company
926 Leathorne Street LONDON ONTA1t10
Canada Valve
LIMITED
P.O. Box 248 Kitchener
Phone 576-0410
London — 455-3801
Windsor — 966,3431,
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Congratulations
TO A
GROWING COMMUNITY
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Be Chosen To Supply
And Instal The New
SUB-STATION
and
SWITCH GEAR
for the
HENSALL PUC
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Borland &Orchard Ltd.
ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION
Thorndale Ontario
Phone 461-0553
;
Will open new facilities tonight
There are two feeder systems
with one serving the north portion
of the village and the other the
south end.
Cost of sub-station is about
$42,000.
There are six miles of water
mains in the village of Hensall
with 37 hydrants and a total of 377
consumers, The total gallonage
used in 1971 was 24,548,000. Cost
of the new water installation is
approximately $16,000.
The PUC manager reports the
electric load in the village has
nearly doubled in the last five
years with a 1971 total of 2,058
K.W.
Underground feeder cables run
from the sub-station to overhead
distribution lines. The sub-station
is located a block south of Main
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Bride-to-be honored
Mt. Carmel
Many relatives and friends
attended a bridal shower
Tuesday evening held in Cen-
tralia Community Centre to
honour Anna Marie Dietrich,
bride-elect of July 8th.
Mr. & Mrs, Sammy Ducharme,
Windsor, and son visited over the
weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Hubert
Carey and family.
Thomas Ryan, Corbett is a
patient in St. Joseph's Hospital,
London.
Richard Trainor has returned
to Hamilton after spending a
week's holidays with his mother,
Mrs. Mary Trainor.
Mr. & Mrs. Clare Rock and
family and Mary Eileen Carey
were weekend guests with Mr. &
Mrs. Joe Carey.
Mr. & Mrs. Gerry Hartman and
boys, London and Margaret Anne
Hogan, Stratford, spent the
weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred
Hogan,
Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Desjardine,
Douglas Point, visited here over
the weekend.
Mrs. Albert Wydooghe has
returned home from St. Joseph's
Hospital, London.
Mrs. Laura McCann has
returned home after visiting her
daughter in Michigan.
Mr. & Mrs. Donald McCann
and family, Watford, visited
Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Clem
McCann and family.
Mrs. Wm Patterson and girls
have returned to their home in
Winnipeg after visiting with her
father, Mr. Joseph Dietrich and
Paul .
Geraldine Carey is a patient in
St. Joseph's Hospital London, and
Mrs. Christena Dietrich is a
patient in South Huron Hospital
Exeter.
Residents of the village of
Hensall will be assured of plenty
of water and hydro power for
quite a few years as the result of
recent achievements by the
Hensall Public Utilities Corn-
mission.
Tonight, Thursday, a new well
located just east of the village
and a new hydro sub-station are
being officially opened, Huron
MP Bob McKinley, Hensall
Reeve John Baker and PUC
manager Lorne Archer will be
handling the duties of officially
opening the two new in-
stallations. Huron MPP Charles
MacNaughton has also been
invited.
The new well and pumping
station will run alternately with
the present water system. The
new pump with a capacity of 250
imperial gallons per minute will
operate one day with the present
well and pump operating the next
day and so on. They can be
operated at the same time in case
of an emergency,
The new pump is hooked
directly to the present water
system. The existing well now
from 27,600 volts to 4,800 volts.
pumps into a 64,009 gallon
reservoir at the rate of 100
gallons per minute. Water can
then flow into the water mains at
the rate of 350 gallons per minute,
The new well was dug several
months ago by W. D. Hopper and
Sons of Seaforth and is 54 feet
deep.
PUC manager Lorne Archer,
said the maximum amount of
water used this year in Hensall in
one day was about 103,000
gallons. This includes service to
all industries.
The new sub-station provides
3,000 KVA and transforms down
Kippen ladies
plan to picnic
By MRS. RENA CALDWELL
The U.C.W. of St. Andrew's
Church, Kippen met on Wed-
nesday evening June 28. Mrs. Ed
McBride and Mrs. A. Moffatt
were hostesses. Mrs. Alex
McMurtrie gave the Devotional,
the theme of which was Loyalty.
Prayer and the Benediction
closed the Worship period.
Mrs, David Turner chaired the
business portion of the meeting.
Reports were given by the
treasurer, Mrs. K. McLellan,
Sunshine; Mrs. Norman Dickert,
Visitors, Mrs. K. McLellan and
Mrs. Robert Elgie gave a report
of the Presbyterial held in Blyth.
Plans were finalized for the
picnic to be held July 16 at
Riverview Park.
It was decided to visit the
Bluewater Rest Home July 10,
the group leaders to attend to the
lunch. The program will be under
the charge of Mrs. R. Broadfoot,
Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Tom Reid.
The topic "Profile on Africa"
was ably taken by Mrs. Edison
McLean. Music was provided by
Debbie Consitt, Sharon and Sue-
Anne Finlayson, Courtesy
remarks were given by Mrs.
Emerson Anderson. Prayer for
the leaders followed. Lunch was
served by the committee in
charge. Personals
Mr. & Mrs. Ed McBride spent
the weekend at Honey Harbour.
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Burke, Apsley,
visited Mr. & Mrs. W. L. Mellis
and other relatives.
Mr. & Mrs. W. L. Mellis spent
Sunday in Wroxeter.
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Gackstetter,
Guelph and Mr. & Mrs. I. Foster,
Burlington spent ' Saturday
evening with Mr. & Mrs. Harold
Jones.
street in the centre area of' the
village.
Installation of the sub-station
Was done by Borland and
Orchard, electrical contractors
from Thorndale. Clarence Reid
and Sons of Hensall handled the
excavation work at both sites and
Van I3ussell Construction of
Lucan built the small building at
the new waterworks location.
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TO OPEN NEW WATER SYSTEM — Residents of Mensal' will have an opportunity tonight, Thursday to
inspect several new facilities of the Hensall Public Utilities Commission. A new well and hydro
sub-station are being officially opened. In the picture above, PUC manager Lorne Archer throws the
switch at the new well. Others are from the left, Reeve John Baker and PUC Commissioners Charles Hay
and Rodger Venner. T-A photo
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