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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-09-29, Page 9CABIN BUILDERS --- Building a log cabin is a feat undertaken by Brian McCormack who is currently in- volved in a log cabin building course at the former Ailsa Craig Public School being conducted by Pat Wolfe. Brian gets help peeling logs from his twin brother Mike and Corn Bolt and Pat Moron. Photo by Scheifele Interest running high in log house building Qirls choose slate Septetrobor 29, 1977 P000 9 Thames Road 4-H underway By JOY SCHEIFELE AILSA CRAIG "Log house construction is a fad right night" admitted in- structor Pat Wolfe of Ailsa Craig. "But it's a good way of building and a way that will carry on as long as materials are available." Teaching a course for the next four Saturdays in Ailsa Craig in addition to his regular instruction at Fanshawe College, Pat Wolfe finds 75 to 80 percent of the persons taking the instruction are young people between the ages of 20 to 30 years of age. "We've had them both younger and older," he elaborates, "but the majority are young people looking for lower mortgages and those who find the present building stan- dards low and unacceptable." Presently enrolled at the Ailsa Craig Saturday course are the maximum of twelve. These Cheryl, London, and Alan Hern. Mr. & Mrs. Ernie Miller, Dash- wood, were Sunday visitors with Mr. &MrsThomas Hern. Top quality Regal latex interior products by Benjamin Moore, Your choice of decorator finishes. * easy to * fast * soap and water * over 1200 apply drying clean-up colors 391 Main St., Exeter — (519) 235-2190 latex eggshell flat enamel latex interior flat Limited time only NOTICE Under the authority of The Ontario Heritage Act, R.S,O. 1974 — Part IV, Sec. 29, Council of the Town of Exeter, wishes to designate the structure known as the Town Hall, 322 Main Street, being part of Lots 137 and 138, Plan 20, Town of Exeter, more particularly described as the building situated thereon and the surrounding area of land, being 6 feet to the north east and south and westerly to the street line, as a Heritage Building — so that it may be restored to its original condition, NOTICE OF OBJECTION to the above designation must be served to the Clerk within 30 days of September 15th, 1977, setting out the reasons for the objection and all relevant facts, If no Notice of Objection is served within the 30 day period the e Council shall pass a By-law designating the property and cause a copy of the By-law together with the reasons for the designation to be registered against the property affected in the proper land registry office, and Publish a Notice of such By-law in a newspaper having general circulation in the Municipality, DATED at Exeter, this 15th day of September, 1977. ERIC H.CARSCADDEN Clerk THE BASE FACTORY OUTLET "The Store That Saves You More" "The Store that Saves You Meta" on MEN'S 6,- RCA'S' -6 LAMES' 4-- OHMS' A Met WEAR -- YARD CHS6E/S SEWING MACHINES — ROUND GOODS -6. GROCERIES NEW STORE HOURS: Monday . Saturday,10 -ban.-9 pan, Sunday 12 noon • 6 pan (Sunday for Food Dept. Only/ Youth at Greenway • suffers thumb ',wry MANUEL CURTS GREENWAY Joe Bullock, teen-age sort of Mr. & Mrs. Rey Bullock, has been' confined to St, Joseph's Hospital, London, during this past month following a tractor mishap. Hydraulic oil which punctured his thumb, entered the blood stream. Personals Rev. Harold Dobson, a former minister, now ,of Fonthill, con- ducted the Sunday morning service in the. United Church. Rev. Harley Moore was an- niversary minister in Dungannon and at Chiselhurst United Churches, Gordon and Grace Eagleson, Sarnia, and Mrs. Olive Hodgins were Wednesday guests with Mr. & Mrs. Carman Woodburn. The special occasion was held to welcome their cousins, Mr. & Mrs. Wm, Ayre of Kells, Ireland. The group also visited with Mrs. Ethel Eagleson, Grand Bend, Mrs. Bruce Dixon, Claresholme , Alberta visited during the past week with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. & *elle 2 % Mrs. Ren Srnithers; with other relatives and friends in the area; with her brother Carman Smithers, a patient in Victoria Hospital, London; and attended the .25th wedding anniversary festivities of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Heaman, Guelph. Congratulations to Mrs. Graham Eagleson who won the title of Baking Queen at the Parkhill Fall Fair, also to the willing worliers of the United Church, who operated one of the lunch concessions at the fair, Mr. & Mrs, Lawrence Curls, Grand Bend, and Mr. & Mrs. Wm, Curts, London, were Sunday dinner guests with Evelyn and Manuel Curts. By the way: Everyone is talking about the weather. It's even got into our traffic courts. As the judge said to the driver "Fine today, but if it happens again, cooler tomorrow." By MRS. THOMAS HERN Zion United Church held their anniversary service, Sunday with Rev. E.S. Stephens of Brucefield- Kippen pastoral charge as guest minister. His sermon topic was Along comes God with special music by the Cornerstone Trio of Lucan, Mrs, Marilyn Dykeman, Doug Butler and Kenneth Peebles who sang a medley of inspirational numbers. The organist Mrs. Lorne Hern accompanied the congregation for the hymns. Mr. & Mrs. Norman Brock, Exeter were Sunday guests with Mrs. Gladys Hern. Mrs. Wellington Brock, Exeter was a guest Sunday with Tom Brock, Karen and Murton. Mrs. Olive Thomson and Mary Lou, Exeter visited Sunday with Mr, & Mrs. Edgar Baker. Mr. & Mrs. Lorne Hern and Lynne were Sunday dinner guests with Mr..& Mrs. Earl Miller, Jeff, Larry and Lori. A 90th birthday dinner party was held Sunday for Miss Minnie Hern, Exeter at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. •Hern. Guests present were Mr. & Mrs. Arthur F. Hern and Mary Ellen, London. Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Hern, Exeter, Mr. & Mrs. John Tookey and through the Fanshawe College for student Brian McCormack, a high school teacher at Wallaceburg. "When it is com- pleted we'll dismantle it and re- assemble it on a lot somewhere in Kent County," explained Mr. McCormack. It will require four truckloads to transport the home to the new location. Another one bedroom home is being built in Dorchester. "Ideally we should have three buildings in progress at once," said Mr. Wolfe. The three bedroom, 2,000 sq. ft. home will require approximately 250 logs. These are red pine cut from up in the Simcoe area. Each log has to have a minimum base of 13". "Red pine was very accessible a few years ago," explained Pat, "It was planted mainly to prevent soil erosion, but recently red pine is in demand for telephone poles, and the price has consequently skyrocketed in the past year." It takes about fifty years for a tree to mature. Pat and his wife, Judy, built themselves a log home in the west before moving to Ailsa Craig a few years ago. As a result of his work on log construction, Pat Wolfe has also designed a scriber tool for scribing the logs. Orders for the tool have been received from as far away as Alaska, the Yukon, Newfoun- dland and many parts of the United States. During the winter when unable to work on the construction of the log homes, Pat makes the tools and fills the orders for them. "Each log has to fit so that you cant slip even a credit card between the logs," insists Pat. His "Pat Wolfe Scriber" enables the builder to do this more readily. Peter Snell accepts call By JOY SCHEIFELE Peter Snell, son of retired minister the Rev. Harold Snell of Exeter, recently accepted the call to serve the United Church charge of Ailsa Craig, Brinsley and Carlisle. A service on in- troduction was held early in September at the Ailsa Craig church. "Each of the three charges are different," Peter explained, "and I'm really looking forward' to each." Taking a year's leave of ab- sence from his teaching position with the Kitchener School Board, Peter enrolled early this summer at the University of Western Ontario to complete the last four courses required for his I3,A. degree and at the same time to consider a vocation in the ministry, He was quickly en- couraged strongly by those who knew him, and those who heard his preaching to pursue a career in the ministry. "It all seemed to fall together when Ailsa Craig invited me to serve here," said Peter. Upon the completion of his B.A. he plans to continue in theology for a year through Huron College in London before transferring to Emmanuel Bible College in Toronto where he will complete a masters degree in theology, Present arrangements would enable him to study three days a week iii Toronto in an intense study period and return back to Ailsa Craig the remainder of the week for pastoral duties. Raised in Exeter Peter taught public school in Exeter Or eight years following his graduation from London 'teachers College in 1067. For the past two years he had been teaching. at King Edward Public School in Kit- chener, Early this month Peter acrd his wife Cathy, and their twO small children, Linda tWes, and Heather One, Moved into the Manse in Ailsa Craig to take up their new duties. By MRS. WILLIAM ROHDE. THAMES RQAP The first meeting of Hurondale Five was held on September la with la girls present. This project is "Featuring Fruits". The election of Officers was held : president, Joyce Cute nington; vice-president, Cathy Parker; secretary, Brenda Hotigert and Ruth Bray; press reporter, Pauline Pym. The leaders, Miss Janet Bray Elect officers t Elimville By KATHY COOPER ELIMVILLE The Thames Road-Elimville C.G.I.T, girls held their first meeting Sunday evening at Elimville. The election of officers was held as follows: president, Pauline Pym; vice-president, Joan Cooper; secretary, Elaine Pym assistant secretary, Lori Lynn Stewart; treasurer, Donna Kerslake. Programmes and up coming events were discussed. The three leaders are Mrs. Joy Kerslake, Mrs. Ann Kernick and Mrs. Janice Webber. Several from the community attended Open House for Mr, & Mrs. Harry Strang Sunday. Mr. & Mrs. Strang were celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. A large number from the area attended different events of the Exeter Fair during the weekend. Mr. & Mrs. Don Wilcox and family of Kitchener visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Win. Routly. Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Cooper en- joyed a bus tour with some residence of Hensall to the Collingwood area, and Miss Carolyn Kellett outlined the project. They demonstrated how to Make grape sparkle and date mallow chew. The girls sampled them. Personals Miss Marcia Shulman, Embro visited a few days with her uncle and aunt Mr, & Mrs. John Pym last week, Mr. & Mrs, Manford Luther, Grand Bend were Sunday supper guests with Mrs. Hazel:Jeffery, Mrs. Mary Thomson of Exeter, Mr. & Mrs, William Rohde were Sunday evening guests with Mr, & Mrs. Robert Ross, St. Marys, Mr, &Mrs, Howard Cunnington and family visited Sunday with Mrs, Fred Cunnington, Centralia, Mrs, Whitmore of Toronto spent the weekend with Mr, & Mrs. Barry Jeffery, Gordon Stone returned home Thursday from St. Joseph's Hospital London. Fred Johns is a patient in Seaforth Hospital. The Thank-Offering meeting of the United Church Women will be held Monday evening October 3 at 8 p.m, Mrs, Carl Reeves, Cathy, Mark and Dwayne of Beachville spent a few days with the former's parents Mr, Ac Mrs, Ress Hargreaves, twelve come from the Crediton, Lucan, Denfield, London, Simcoe and Stratford areas. In the regular 4 and eight week courses persons from all across Ontario as well as from the United States and other parts of Canada have enrolled. "The students themselves cover a wide range," reported Mr. Wolfe. "I've had students, retired persons, doctors, lawyers, farmers, unemployed and many teachers take the course. And generally they are very ecology conscious." Currently, Pat is building a three bedroom log home on a farm in Nairn on which the students will work to learn aspects of building the foun- dation, knotching the logs, window and door framing and roofing. 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