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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-04-04, Page 18CONSUMER Buy-LINE Watch out for distribution schemes that promise big profits It looked like the opportunity of a lifetime when I spotted the ad in the newspaper offering distributorships for a relatively small investment. The meeting with the company selling the distributorships was very professionally handled. Before I knew it I was turning over my savings and signing on the "dotted line". The company, based in the United States, promised to provide me with a number of electronic wall games for use in taverns and locations where 1 could place the games. Once the games were installed the company indicated Ihat all I would have to do would be to sit back and collect my money. Well it didn't work out exactly like that. The machines I received are of poor'quality. On top of this I can't get service in Canada and the locations provided by the company have proved to be almost 100 miles from my home. I . invested over $3,000 hut in six months, I have only recovered $35. ihinIVY4 r n peol4 about investing in these retail distribution schemes. Everyone dreams of making a profit with little investment and spare-time effort, but few schemes offering these advantages can deliver what they promise. Many of the companies selling these so-called distributor- shins are based in other jurisdictions. They have no Cana- dian offices and often stay in a city only long enough to get a group of people together for a sales pitch and sign them to contracts. The company selling the distributorship is supposed to supply locations where you, the distributor, can sell the product. You are supposed to make a profit by marking up the price before it is sold to the public. Complaints re- ceived by the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Com- mercial Relations indicate that many companies fail to provide suitable locations. It is left up to you, the distributor, to find retail outlets that will accept such things as vending machines or display cases. In most cases the distributor has little or no knowledge in this area. The owners of these retail outlets have no real commit- ment to sell or promote your merchandise. The com- pany with which you signed the contract has already made its money on the sale of the games. All too often people entering into these schemes are left without adequate retail support or training to handle the problems that develop. Look before you leap Recently, I signed to become a distributor for a popular brand name product. I invested all my savings, was given a list of "secured" locations and took delivery of the mer- chandise. Then the problems began. The retail outlets, which are miles from home, don't seem to want the goods in their stores. I am now left with $2,500 worth of merchandise that is difficult to sell. What can I do? In most cases, the contracts for these "distributorships" are legally binding. They are drawn up to protect the company and leave the individual investor or distributor without guarantees or rights of cancellation. Companies pushing this type of distributorship urge investors to sign contracts on the spot following a high pressure sales pitch. If a deal is really good: • It can wait, • Take two or three days and do some checking, • Make absolutely sure there is a demand for the product. You may find there are already a number of similar products on the market. • Contact the Better Business Bureau or the Consumer • dceonntti aalcst.. a lawyer Foroorb'aleomams.phlet • cNoetivt rearc t. • Don't betaken in by high pressure sales and promises of Protection Bureau and check the company's ere- implications, substntial return for a small investment. Other types of business opportunities can also cause you s ign a contract without looking at all the and have him explain the terms of the Buying a Franchise or Starting a Small Business, write: Consumer Buy-Line, Ministry of Con- sumer and Commercial Relations, 555 Yonge Street, Toronto, M4Y 1Y7, Ontario, Consumer Buy-Line is an information service of the Ontario Ministry of Consulter & Commercial Relatins. Ontario Officers set by Tops club Liman Break-ins, stolen autos keep detachment busy MOST IMPROVED PLAYERS — One player from each of the Lucan Rosch, Jim Gallagher, Bill Barr and Sandy Markus, Front, John Grace, Lions house league teams received a trophy as the most improved at John Kemps, Frank Toonders, Kevin Hayes and Jamie Hodgins. Saturday's annual presentations. Back, left, Drew Orosz, Reynold T-A photo Two break and enter in- cidences and two stolen cars were investigated this week by officers of the Lucan detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. A quantity of cigarettes and merchandise was reported stolen from the Lewis barber shop on Lucan's Main street, Sunday morning, The same day an automobile owned by Clinton ,Kennedy of London was reported stolen in Clarke's Gas Bar lot in Lucan, Constable D.R. Vance was the investigating officer. stable N.A, Campbell in- vestigated and listed damages at $1,800. . At 4.40 p.m. Sunday vehicles driven by Frank Henry Hewitt, 56 Wycombe Road, Toronto and Joe Preston, 20 Ridout street, London were involved in a crash on Highway 7, nearly a mile west of the junction of County Road 27 in West Nissouri township. Constable Campbell estimated total damages at $1,575. Damages of $225 resulted Monday afternoon when vehicles driven by Daniel McGregor, RR 4, Parkhill and Claire Anderson, Duchess street, Lucan collided on Granton, The vehicle was not operatable and was apparently towed away. Thursday an automobile owned by Clayton Haskett of Lucan was stolen. It was recovered by police the same day with minor damages. A Thursday break-in at the residence of Peter Scanlon, Clandeboye netted thieves some food and liquor. The first of three accidents in the detachment area this week occurred early Saturday morning on Middlesex county road 27, a mile and a half south of County road 116, The single vehicle involved in the mishail was driven by Phyllis Jones, RR 3, Thorndale. Con- The Tops Club held their an- nual election of officers recently. at St. Patrick's School, resulting as follows; leader, Laureen McKenzie; co-leader, Sheila Hodgins; treasurer, Edith Burt; secretary, Carol E;stahroolts, weight recorder, .Sheila Hodgins, ass't weight recorder, Helen Cunningham. A bake sale will be held April 6 at Urbshotts Insurance office, next to the Wraith Storey Hard- ware, from 10 a.m. until Ap, proximately 2 p.m. A euchre party will be held in the gym April 3 at 8:30 p.m, Money raised from these projects will help defray costs of the convention to bp held in Sarnia, May 31 and June 1. At the meeting on March 29, in a short ceremony, the new executive was installed by for- mer leader Bernice Maslen. After the meeting, the members proceeded to the home of Ruby Arnies for a baby shower for Barb Couglin, A presentation was also made to the retiring leader and an enjoyable lunch was served. A work shop will be held in St. Patrick's.gym April 8th for the executive. DALEY'S WEEKLY COMMENTS A good ending Area native passes away TOP HOCKEY AWARDS — Trophies were presented for special accomplishments at Saturday's annual banquet of the Lucan Lions house league hockey activities, From the left are the top goalie Steven Bitnes, most gentlemanly player Bill Garrett and most aggressive Jeff Van Praet, T-A photo at 8.30 p.m.; this will be an im- portant meeting Comrades for it is here you will nominate those members you think most capable of looking after the affairs of your branch. Make it a point to attend and thus be certain Branch 540 has only the best Comrades available in office. Look well to your selections, bear in mind their attendance and support Legion meetings and functions. The District A Convention will be held in London this weekend, This is the best opportunity you will have to meet with the Comrades of the other branches in this Command, not only will you enjoy the business sessions but the hospitality which follows. Remember it starts this Saturday and continues Sunday. I will go on record and state the parade which will be held, Sunday, in itself, is worthy of your attendance. Sure does my heart good to see all Comrades following their colors on parade and paying their tribute of respect to the Fallen at the cenotaph. See Yu There. and that's 30 for this week - remember - People are like good wood, you have to rub them the wrong way once in awhile to get the best shine. By SlD DALEY All good things come to an end, at least for this season and I am referring to Branch 540's Tuesday night mixed sports, but what a wind-up. All members of the sports club throughly enjoyed themselves, Hearty congratulations to Comrade Li'l Len Fisher and Roy Scott for a most successful sports program - To Comrade J.K. Dickson for the excellent job he did as M.C. at the sports banquet and last but not least we tip our berets to the wonderful ladies of the auxiliary who prepared and served a most enjoyable Banquet. The following are the winners of the awards which were presented by that good friend of Legion Denny Riggin, Cribbage - Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Hirtzel: Shuffleboard - Shirley and Carl Stuckless: Darts - Stella and Li'l Len Fisher: Euchre - Stella and Li'l Len Fisher. There it is folks, 540 trusts you all enjoyed the season and that you are all anxiously awaiting the -hospitality and. Sports which will be laid on for the 1974-75 season. ' Vern Finlayson is the lucky winner of the Pot 0' Gold that was drawn Saturday night and for participating is $54.25 in pocket. Don't lose heart the draw continues - remember to win you must be registered in the book provided - better luck next time. Speaking of draws, don't forget the attendance draw is now up to $20.00 and all that is necessary to win is your attendance at the general meeting April 10 starting The funeral of the late Rosella (Mason) Maguire, wife of the late William Maguire, formerly of McGillivray Township, was held in Brinsley United Church Friday afternoon, with the Murdy Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Maguire was the mother of Kathleen Nickles, Sarnia; Mrs. Don (Beryle) Lucas, Stoneycreek; Mrs. Bill (Jean) Rowley, Paris; Robert, Thorn- dale; Stanley and Beverley, London; Donald, Lucan; Murray, London; Phillip, Ilderton; and Fred, Nairn. She was the sister of Mrs. Henry Hodgins, Parkhill; Mrs, Roy Hodgins, Crediton; Mrs. Lorne Zuefle, Toronto; Charles Mason, Centralia and Harold Mason, London: Also surviving are 37 grand- children and 17 great- grandchildren. The service was conducted by Rev. A.J. Farquhar of First St. Andrews United Church London, assisted by Rev. C.G. Westhaver of Ailsa Craig and Brinsley. Interment was in the Grand Bend Cemetery. Thursday evening, the members of the Pride of Huron ,Rebekah Lodge conducted a memorial service. The pallbearers were the six oldest Maguire grandsons: Terry, Leroy, Paul, Wayne, Dennis and 'Michael and flower bearers were six other grand- sons, James, Kevin, Brian, Charles Maguire and Winston and Charles Nickles. Off on European holiday, Cleric speaks at anniversary Mrs. Austin Hodgins of Lucan and Mr. & Mrs. Peter Martens (nee Jackie Hodgins) of Windsor are leaving Friday for a three week holiday in Europe. Plps include a visit with the former's mother in Haarlem, Holland, as well as tours of several coun- tries. Rev. and Mrs. Ewart Madden, Bev and Mary spent the weekend with a friend in St, Catharines. Mr. Madden was the guest speaker at the 10th Anniversary service of Carleton United Church wherethe Maddeneserved a few years ago. Mrs. M.H. Hodgins, vice- president of the Northwest Region U.C.W. attended the quarterly meeting of the Presbyterial Executive last Monday afternoon at the home of Presbyterial president, Mrs. A.B. Kilb, Clearview Ave., London. Mrs. Earl Wright of Camlachie and daughters Mrs. Bill Minielly Of Wyoming and Mrs. Bob Barnes of Carnlachie, spent Friday with the former's sister, Mrs. James Lockyer. Mr. & Mrs, Ward Hodgins, Jennifer and Megan, of Vanastra Learn crocheting at Lenten meeting The series of Learning for Lent program continued Wednesday morning with Mrs. W. Scheidler teaching the art of crocheting and with Miss Sylvia Brightwell of the United Church Conference Office, London, directing a sing- along program. New songs and Old favourites interspersed by comments as to the history of same, were enjoyed. Following the coffee break, conversation time, Rev. Ray Brewster of the Pentecostal Church led in Bible Study on John 1:29-42. UCW theme Miss Irene Sadleir visited her cousin, Miss LE. Abbott, in the McCormick Home, on Saturday. Mrs, Alex Young of Exten- dicare, London, recently celebrated her birthday. She was able to come to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Corbett, to enjoy an afternoon with Mr. Young and other members of her family. is prayer Park and Miss M. Merle Law, of London, were Sunday guests with Mr. & Mrs. M.H. Hodgins, Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bakker and ramily have moved to Lucan into the house previously owned by the parents of Mrs. Cliff Abbott, Mr. & Mrs. Henry Hodgins, Princess Street. The Bakker family had formerly purchased the farm of Cliff Abbott on the 4th of Biddulph. LADIES SING Atoms participating in playoffs in Shamrock Holland again led the Irish with two goals while singles went to Rick Freeman and Martin Clarke. After approximately a rnontli layoff from Shamrock play due to O.M.H.A. playoffs, Lucan midgets dropped a 4-0 decision to their rivals from Ilderton in a rather lack-lustre game. This was the first game in a home and home series of a round robin play-off involving Belmont, Ilder ten and Lucan. CWL hears about Africa At the Lucan United Church Sunday morning, George Eizinga as guest speaker, asked the question "What do we believe about the Bible"? Is it the word of God, or is it not? If it is not, then we just treat it as another book, paying little heed to its contents, but if it is, then we must observe the teachings, contained therein and live by them. The girls of the Junior choir and the ladies of the Senior choir sang, 'Christ is Made the Sure Foundation,'. Wesley Stanley, Chairman of the board of management, conducted the service. Flowers in the sanctuary were from the funeral of the late Mrs. Rose Maguire and the potted mums were in memory of the late Mrs, Clare Lewis. Members and adherents are reminded of the Fellowship Smorgasbord next Sunday. Come to church, prepared to stay for lunch! European foods feature 4-H clubs Universal Chefs met Saturday morning at the United Church, the roll call was answered by Where Our Ancestors Came From. The majority in this group proved to be of Dutch descent. The discussion was on Italian and European foods. Members made pizza, beet and cabbage salad, and cafe au lait, Lucan Globetrotters met at the home of Jane Hardy, Saturday. The roll call was answered by naming a food commonly pur- chased today which formerly was made at home. The members made hot potato salad, Dutch chocolate and German tea Squares and enjoyed sampling them. Final plans were made by both groups to attend the Icecapades, April 9. Cancer Society to film events London-Middlesex Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society has arranged for a film to be made of all special events in the county. The dance, sponsored by the London Turf Club, for the Lucari- Biddulph branch tomorrow night at the arena will be filmed. At the time of writing there area few tickets left. If you haven't got yours yet telephone Murray Hodgson. Members and friends of the Catholic Women's League of St. Patrick's Church, met in the school gym Thursday evening, when Father J, McGraw celebrated the sacrifice of the Mass. Father McGraw spoke of the faith and love of Paul and Timothy, and of Mary Magdalene, He said that Jesus created one church for all mankind but man broke that church into Many different churches, He prayed that "we all may he one in Christ again," Mrs, Paul Malone, Grade III teacher at St, Patrick's, School, who had spent two years in Ghana, Africa, with CILS,O., talked of her work there and showed pictures of the villages, peoples and countryside. A question and answer period followed. President Mrs. Wm, Giesen introduced Mrs. Malone and she was thanked by Mrs. Wally Haygarth, Refreshments were served by the committee in charge. By MIKE WRAITH In Shamrock round robin play- offs, the Lucan atoms ended in a tie with Belmont for first place. Each team had two wins and two ties. The championship will now be decided by a home and home series with the first game being held in Belmont, Wednesday evening. Saturday afternoon in Huron Park, Lucan needed a must win in order to tie Belmont. They managed to do this with little trouble, defeating Huron Park by a 7-3 score. Captain Jamie Shipley led the Irish with a three goal performance while Paul Wraith added two goals. Dean Scott and Robert Symons scored the single goals. With league play now over, the Lucan pee-wee season has almost ended. They played only one game this week, that being an exhibition game Saturday af- ternoon against Oakridge in which the two teams battled to a 2-2 draw. Oakridge took a 2-0 lead early in the game only to have Lucan come back with Bob Hodgins netting both Irish goals. The Lucan bantams became the second Lucan team to win a Shamrock Championship when they won the "B" championship, finishing on top of their round robin competition. The win was the result of a 4.4 deadlock with Dorchester last week. Ken Holland led the Irish with a two goal performance while single markers went to Martin Clarke and Rick Freeman, Congratulations to the bantams and Chuck Ueacock, their coach, for their championship. Monday night Lucan en- tertained East London and were defeated by a 5-4 score. Kers DOUBLE WINNERS -- Len and Stella fiSher were the only double winners in the Lucan Legion Tuesday night mixed sports dub competition. Above, the Fisher's receive their awards as the iop dart and euchre players from Sports officer Roy Scott, left. T-A photo and district news ;Phone 474714 • Correspondent: Mrs. M.H, Hodgins,. , Page 18 Times-Advocate, April 4, '1974 - Tuesday Evening, the theme for worship at the evening unit of the Lucan U.C.W. was Everything in Prayer, led by Mrs. A.E, Reilly and Mrs. A.W. Thompson. 'Women of the Bible' study was continued under the leadership of Mrs. Ed. Melanson, who chose `Jephthah's daughter of Mystery', as the topic. During the business meeting, chaired by Mrs. Melanson, final plans were made for the Opportunity Sale and Bake Sale at the Church on April 24 and 25 with Mrs. T. Emery Sr. as convener, Handicrafts will also be acceptable. All saleable articles are to be brought to the church on Tuesday afternoon or evening, for pricing and placing, The members broke into two quilting groups, one to tie a quilt, the top for which was donated by the late Mrs. Wm. Frost, and the other to work on a Colonial Lady quilt. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Reilly & Mrs. Thompson, assisted by Mrs. Morris Cobleigh.