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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-11-20, Page 21CALM BEFORE THE STORM — These ladies, Mildred Thomson, Mabel Jeffery and Anna Coates lay out their wares for the U.C.W. bazaar, Saturday. An estimated 350 shoppers crowded into the church rooms to buy from the wide selection Of sewing, baking and handcrafts. T-A photo Church worker outlines best way to aid other nations Times-Advocate, November 2Q, 1975 Page 7A, TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH Final Instalment of 1975 Property Taxes IS DUE ON OR BEFORE November 28 James I. McIntosh, Clerk-Treasurer, Tuckersmith Township pliaiLmars hall 1;4101113110 one stop shOpping for all your Christmas needs GIFT SHOP DRESS SHOP CARD SHOP ALL IN ONE "Where the unusual is usual" • Marshall's 150-152 Queen St., East St. Marys, Ont. I rkfiella hilk1110 STORE HOURS Tues. to Sat. 9 to 6 Fri. evening 7-9 Phone 284-3070 THE BASE FACTORY OUTLET HURON COUNTY'S LARGEST DEPARTMENT STORE MEN'S - BOYS' - LADIES' - GIRLS' sad WY'S MAR YARD GOODS - FURNITURE MATTRESSES - PANT SEWING MACHINES - SMALL APPIIIINCBS - ILAIAP$ LOCATED ON HWY NO 4 SOUTH OF CLINTON AT VANASI H A STORE HOURS: Monday to Thursday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday Closed w4tre 404:4 Atteare::;t040.4.:41. oft**, FURNITURE SAVINGS 2 5% OFF • CHESTERFIELDS • BEDROOM SUITES • KITCHENETTES • SPACE SAVERS AND • BOX SPRINGS ONLY Ask, 4 : • 44k4:4 014174 g4 re, /1440;&*44C444% • • .1 4 4. '4/44-4400444 Ar.410.40.40,01,..40,40,0 .4m.....44.10.#1,04.44,40w4A,NafriAlk•441 #44.40:4, ,VAV >A4.4.• 4 # le:#1,4,41:44 4:$0:4.4:44147#46. 4.04:::::4 4:4•4004.44144,".4 44;:* \I% ON &OVA ett4.4 OA, AAA/ AtAA146:444. AtA 4,4 A4. A AAA.. ofrA A AA** *A . tAVA Mr. Earl Eterscht, export sewing machine repairman will be on duty Nov. 21 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Nov, 22 from 9 aim. to 6 p.m. He will also be demonstrating sowing ericichittos. SEWING MACHINES • DOMESTIC • BERNINA • UNIVERSAL • OMEGA • BROTHER • MORSE ALSO "TRADE-INS" SAVINGS ON X••41,6ft ',AV # 41 WAN` %.# 04404 C4,4 4/4! ••••••,* • *MAW t447...4.71 VA 4.4 )4P410,4, NA e, Wit ftk•NS ▪ 0.4.1 y▪ /044 10.4, 0".4 40.44 44. 44 'V44,0044 44".4‘44,4 404:44:t itot, • 4s4 • "Your Family Health Centre" 373 Main St. Phone 235-1570 or 235-1070 EXETER PHARMACY LTD. Now Open Wednesdays - 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 25 lbs. Christmas Dinner Special 25 lbs, Christmas Dinner Special 50 lbs. Christmas Dinner Special 50 lbs. Christmas Dinner Special "Christmas Dinner • SPECIALS for your dog or cat AT THE CO-OP NOV. 20 TO DEC. 6 BIG SAVINGS ON CO-OP DOG AND CAT FOOD Stock up now for your pet's Christmas Dinner MVO% arAltioro* Dew coop ) CAT FOOD 48-15 OZ. CANS Christmas Dinner Special $8.49 per case (F2")) DOG FOOD 4815 OZ. CANS Christmas Dinner Special STOCK UP NOW AND SAVE! MAKE THIS XMAS YOUR PET'S HAPPIEST! Co op has. best ..financial year in its history members told • 0 The best way to help developing nations is to use less and waste less, according to Allan Slater, recently returned from four years service with the United Church of Canada in Thi Gabian Stone Calcium Chloride in 100 pound bags Sand & Stone Gravel Stone for Weeping Beds EARL LIPPERT TRUCKING LTD. Crediton 234-6382 Zambia. Mr. Slater and his wife Beverley were addressing the congregation of the Exeter United Church last Sunday. Mr. Slater, a St, Mary's area farmer, was employed in an Agricultural training centre in Zambia for two years and spent two years in- volved in a land division program to enable Zambian farmers to rent and cultivate family sized farms. Beverley taught home economics and child care courses for women. Answering questions posed by Roland McCaffrey and Glen Wright, the couple shared their observations of a developing nation and a poeple struggling to become economically in- dependent while maintaining their cultural integrity. The Slaters told of the tremendous changes that Africans have experienced within a span of one life-time which Western coun- tries have undergone over three or four generations. It is difficult to adopt Western technology into African life without imposing our entire value system on the Africans. One of the tasks of educators was to persuade African women to return to serving traditional foods which had been abandoned in favour of processed Western foods lacking the same nutritional value. The area in which the Slaters lived did not experience the drought which now occurs in parts of North Africa and India. When asked how we can help nations of the third world, Mr, Slater replied very briefly that we should use fewer of the world's resources and waste less, On their return to Canada, the Slaters were disturbed with the amount of materialism evident. They said poorer nations are beginning to expect a more equal share of the world's resources. In their opinion, the third world needs and wants the help of the developed countries and at the same time resents their having so much more. The Slaters feel that we should be ready and willing to offer help but only when and of the nature requested by needy nations. It is a policy of the United Church of Canada to make personnel and resources available to nations on request from those countries. The majority of Zambians are Christians. Mr. Slater said that they lived and worked in a Christian community. He felt that he had grown and developed as a Christian while in Zambia. It was their opinion that they had gained far more from the Zambians than they were able to contribute. Recent visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Russell and family were Mrs. Russell's parents and aunt, Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Webb and Mrs. Sylvia Holloway, of St, Catharines. Tuesday visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Henry Becker were their cousins Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Braun, Mr. Becker's sister, Mrs. Christine Brandt and Mrs. Becker's sister Mrs. Clara Petznick, of Waterloo, Mrs, Gordon MacKenzie of Scarborough spent a few days last week with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Sid Buie and Glenn. Mrs, Hugh Morenz, Mrs. Les Adams and Mrs, Jack Corbett attended the funeral of Mrs. William Cook, last Saturday, at Amulree Reformed Mennonite church, near Stratford. Mrs. Cook is the mother of their sister- in-law, Mrs. Roy Morenz of Grand Bend. Mrs. Trellis Little returned last Wednesday from St. Joseph's hospital where she underwent appendectomy surgery. At Members of the Exeter and district Co-op heard the best economic new they have heard probably since the last Co-op report. All the sales of the Co-op services showed a marked in- crease over the past year and ownership in the company stands at an all time high after the fiscal year that ended August 31, 1975. Ina series of rePerts issued to a mass meeting of members at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Center Tuesday night, members were told the net savings and assets for the company had dropped $34,000 over the past year to $955,000. This figure, however, does not include the money accured from interest on Cann's Mill Limited which brought in $112,000 in revenue last year but was not included in this years figures. Without Cann's Mill included, assets have risen over $80,000 in the past year, The bulk of this increase comes in the sales department, which realized a rise of almost $4,000,000 in the past year to $2,800,000. Of that figure, $437,000 was margin, an increase of $143,000 over last year, Margin is the difference between the price marked on the goods and the price that the retailer paid for the goods, in simpler terms the money the retailer profits before overhead costs. Feed and fertilizers once again led the way in sales, with over $1,100,000 in feed being sold and nearly a million in fertilizer going out the door. The only product to drop in sales 'this past year was chemicals which slipped down $14,000. $437,000 in margin sales came about this year as opposed to $384,000 last year. Despite the tremendous in- crease in sales and services, expenses were also on the rise. Even with the substantial in- creases in operating expenses and the $83,000 that was spent on new equipment, the Co-op has a better financial situation than in the past four years. Their total assets now reach over $955,000 a slight drop from last year. However, the working capital of the Co-op now sits at $307,000 as opposed to 197,000 last year. TheCo-oplowns, or has assets of $955,000 while they have liabilities against them of $309,000. This gives them a member equity of nearly $650,000. What this means to the present she is spending a few days at her son and family's home, Mr. & Mrs. Bill Little of Huron Park, Mr. & Mrs. Gus Van Massenhoven and family visited Sunday with her parents Mr. & Mrs. Frank Wouters at Glan- worth, Mrs. Murray Reid travelled by bus last week for a holiday to the home of her son, Mr. & Mrs. John Reid in Oshawa. On Sunday, Murray joined the family for dinner and she returned home with him. Mr. & Mrs. Bill Massie of Mount Brydges have bought the Shipka General store from Mr. & Mrs. John Middlekoop, The Massie family consists of two boys, Tony and Michael, We welcome them to our community. Monday visitors with Mr, & Mrs. Lorne Devine were Mr. & Mrs. Percy Willert of Zurich arid Mrs. Garnet Willert of Dash- wood. If I am bitter, it was I who skimped the sugar bowl. member is that the Co-op. is 67 percent member owned. Bill Dieyell, representative from United Co-operativea of Ontario described this situation as "extremely healthy" and an "excellent status for any com- pany to be in," Members of the Co-bp who had supplied patronage in 1962-63 and 1971 were paid off this year, Manager Jack Schell said. The Co-op is now four years behind in its patronage payments and can be, under the terms of their constitution, twenty years behind, Schell, who reported last, gave the outlook for the coming year, particularly in regards to the price of fertilizer, Nitrogen fertilizer may well be in scarce supply and expensive next year he said. The increase in the Cost of gas and oil has forced the manufacturer's price up 7 to 10 cents, Phosphate is not expected to increase, and if anything follow the past trends, as it has dropped twice in the past year. Schell expected the price to drop about 10 percent in the spring. He added that it was a touchy situation however, as the Saskatchewan government has recently provincialized Potash and they may follow "the pattern that Alberta set in the prices of gas" he said, Chemicals will be stable over the next year he continued, and if there is any increase it will not be more then five percent, Two new officers were installed and one was re-elected on the Board of Directors and one of the Co-op. All came by their positions by acclamation, Lorne Ballan- tyne returns for his second term and Elston Lynn and Gerald, McBride join him on the Board as freshmen representatives. Leaving the Board are Eric Finkbeiner and Fred Miller, this year's president, Both have served the maximum of six years on the Board, Not all the evening was spent on business as there were three draws for door prizes. The; first draw Mrs. Earl Stephen and Ron Keller were the winners, Margaret Bern and Ross Robinson won in the second draw and Phyllis Lightfoot and Murray Dawson won the third. Live entertainment was provided. By MRS. HUGH MORENZ