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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-12-22, Page 38NEW HURON REAL ESTATE BOARD — More than 100 members of the new Huron Real Estate Board now have the advantages of a Teelatron computer catalogue showing MLS listings by street and type of property. President Bert Alexander, Goderich is seated in the above picture. Standing from the left are MLS chairman Shelagh Sully, Goderich; executive officer Lynda Smith; vice-president Bob Sharen, Grand Bend; publicity chairman Bill Armstrong, Bayfield; director Fred Eyre, Exeter and AlPreece, representing G & K Realty, Exeter. Completes indexed catalogue Huron real estate board is active Page 30 vir Times-Advocate, December 22, 1977 NOTICE We will not be making deliveries Mon., Dec 26 or Tues., Dec. 27. 1 HURONDALE DAIRY rir:$ NIMizMiszVisz4 VijaPi10.1 R.2:* ;.4*•4.4 az!t0i.00Ai :• PAM IT CHRISTMAS Thank you for your cooperation and good will. May your Yuletide be ornamented with ealth, Happiness and Prosperity! 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Protect Your Family Now To all our old faithful customers and all our new ones Thank You, relatives, friends and neighbours. May Jesus live through you at Christmas in .1978. GUNN HARDWARE Exeter, Ont. May all our good friends share in the quiet wonder of Christmas. We are grateful for your patronage. Watch for our After-Christmas Furniture rs Sale! TIEMANIS Hardware and Furniture DASH WOOD Via0 534 rtz4 rl 1 I A 3 1 1 Santa's coming down the slopes with A holiday greetings . . . direct A A from us to all of you. Have a merry, cheery 11 Christmas! Jolly thanks loyal patrons! f0 The management and staff thank you for your ry patronage and to members and customers o Mer Christmas and Happy New Year. 1 THE PINERIDGE CHALET RR 2, Henson 236-4213 441*34411VAINViaS410044igi tik *.Piii:*.W a t A44i0,9) 1 :)•;•iNkr I rie msnuTz-gima3 •miaragtvzinv?groMzMstgtzMzfltz?.+:11:41 0%.:41cri'AtziWzgtzVerzgitreMoNtvitgercilrm A & ! & The Huron Real Estate Board, officially formed about two years ago, recently produced its most worthwhile effort yet: a com- puterized, indexed catalogue of MLS listings. Members of the Board voted to expand its MLS service in that way to enable them to give the best, most efficient service possible to the public. Until now, MLS listings have beenphoto-copied and circulated by mail, with one copy, only, being provided to each member MARY O'ROURKE In San Francisco on Tuesday December 13th, 1977, Miss Mary O'Rourke, R.N. in her 90th year. Daughter of the late Richard and Catherine O'Rourke, formerly of Mt. Carmel. Dear sister of Mrs. Eileen Thompson of Exeter, Basil of Brucefield, William of Calgary. Also surviving are a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral mass was held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church December 16. Rev. Father R. Charrette officiated. Interment in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. JOHN HUNTER John (Jack) Hunter. In Westminster Hospital,. London, late of Usborne Twp, on Friday, December 16, 1977, in his 89th year. Beloved uncle of Barbara Williamson, Katheryn Yungblut and Elizabeth Mignotte, all of London, and Fred Hunter of Kingston. The funeral was held Monday at the Hopper-Hockey Funeral Home, Exeter with Rev. Glen Wright officiating. Inter- ment in Exeter Cemetery. GORDON LOVE Gordon Y. Love of Hensall passed away in St. Joseph's Hospital, London on Monday, December 12, 1977 in his 82nd year. Husband of Hazel (Elgie) Love and Maude (Stelk) predeceased. One son Clarence Love, Edison, Alberta, and one daughter Mrs. Robert (Ellen) Graham, Port Alberni, B.C., one daughter predeceased. Also surviving is one brother Hugh Love, Huronview and Mrs. Gertrude Moir, Hensall and four grandchildren. Funeral service was held from the Bonthron Funeral Home, Hensall, Thur- sday with Rev. Don Beck of- ficiating. Interment in Baird's Cemetery. brokerage office. Up-dated in- formation regarding sales, price reductions, expired listings and listing amendments were provided the same way. Each office then duplicated or summarized the information for its salespeople. Developiong a membership of 15 brokerages with a combined sales staff of 100, the Board outgrew this error- prone system, and had to find a replacement. Unlike others which have expressed a desire to go on the Gordon Haviland, Mississauga; sister of George Logan, Fife, Scotland; ,grandmother of Elliott and Heather and five great grandchildren. The funeral was held Tuesday from the Turner and ' Porter Peel Chapel, Mississauga with Rev. Charles R. Miller officiating. Interment in Park Lawn Cemetery. CHARLES PAUL At Memorial Hospital, St. Marys on Friday, December 16, 1977, Charles D. Paul of Kirkton, in his 87th year. Beloved husband of Nellie Haztewood. Dear father of Reg, Gerald and Leon, all of Kirkton, three grandchildren, Lynn, Terri and David, one great- granddaughter, Katie Paul survive. Brother of Mrs. Harold Bailey of Belleville. Predeceased by four brothers, Rev. Tom of Australia, Alfred of, St. Marys, Arthur and Ernest, both of Lingfield, England and a sister, Mrs. Alice Riches of Devon, England. The funeral was held Sunday from the L.A. Ball Funeral Home, St. Marys with interment in Kirkton Anglican Cemetery. MARY LOVINA BENNER At South Huron District Hospital, on Monday, December 19, 1977, Mary Lovina Benner, RR 1 Centralia, in her 53rd year. Beloved wife of George Edward Benner. Dear mother of Richard Douglas Benner of Centralia and Edward Percy Benner of Lind- wood. Sister of Margaret (Mrs. Robert Roy) of Copetown and Kenneth Woodall of Woodstock. Friends will be received at the Evans Funeral Home, 648 Hamilton Road, where funeral and committal service will be conducted on Thursday at 1.30 p,m., with Rev. Allen E. N. Young of All Saints Anglican Church officiating. Interment Innerkip Cemetery, computer system, the Huron Board was in a unique position: it owned no expensive copying or printing machinery, and was under no contract to a printer. But, with MLS listings in- creasing in popularity with the public, and a desire to provide improved, more sophisticated service to that public, the Board had to make a decision: buy copy or printing machinery? engage a printer? or try the Teelatron Company's computer indexed catalogue? At a meeting called to discuss the matter, members voted unanimously for the Teelatron proposal. With six weeks, the current listings were re-typed and identified as to type of property, 1977 sales were summarized in the same way, the County was divided into districts and a suitable cover for the catalogue was designed. The first edition was published December 15, and members received it with en- thusiasm. Bert Alexander of Goderich, 1977 President of the Board, stressed that this is big news, not only for real estate people, but for the public. "Naturally," he commented, "it's going to be good for business; but the only way we can have good business is to have well-informed salespeople to ser-e the public — that's what everybody wants, and should have." Mr. Alexander, along with a number of other area brokers, has been a proponent of Board formation for several years. Two years ago, serious organizational movements were made, and July of 1970 brought registration of Letters Patent incorporating the Huron Real Estate Board. The Board, of course, cannot accumulate profits for the use of its members. Members con- firmed the By-laws in February of this year, and the Board has been operating with the services of a part-time secretary since that date. When applying for mem- bership, a real estate person agrees to abide by the Code of Ethics and Standards of Business Practice set by the Canadian Real Estate Association. Mr. Alexander explained that membership in the Huron Board automatically enrolls one in the Ontario and Canadian Real Estate Associations. The provincial and national organizations each sponsor a conference every year, at which members have the opportunity to up-date themselves on pending or ,new legislation, motivational theories, improved office management procedures, suggested consumer concepts and advanced methods of better serving the public. C, R. E, A. has made various aids available to members in an effort to make the transition from British to metric measurements, required as of January 1, 1978, as painless as possible. In addition, various publications by the Associations assist the members throughout the year. The Ontario Association supervises the Introduction to Real Estate course, necessary for one to pass before being licensed to sell real estate, as well as the other courses leading to registration as a broker. MLS is probably the Board's service most visible to the public. A vendor may list his property for sale with a broker in two ways: exclusive or MLS. Property listed exclusively is made known to, and may be sold only by, salespeople associated with the listing brokerage. Exception to this is that a sale may be made by special arrangement between the listing broker and a broker who has learned of the listing, and who has a specific purchaser for that specific property; the listing broker, however, is not obliged to agree. When listed MLS, the property is made known to, and may be sold by, the Board's 15 member brokerages with a combined sales staff of 100; naturally, as Board membership increases, the combined sales staff number will rise. Each of these sales people receives a copy of the MLS catalogue every two weeks, The Board sends out bulletins in the interval to announce any changes in the status of the listings. The information contained in the bulletins is included in the next edition of the catalogue, ren- dering the former one out-of- date. A photograph of every property is included in the book, as well as detailed information to describe it. Throughout the book, listings are pictured together by district. There are three indexes at the front; one shows properties by district (all street and con- cession addresses are listed together); one shows properties by type (all farms, single family dwellings, etc. are together); the third index shows sales. Mem-. bers find this especially helpful when advising vendors regarding a price at which to list, and purchasers regarding a price at which to submit an offer, Compared to surrounding counties, this area was late in forming a real estate board. 1 By ELIZABETH SCHROEDER Many new books at the local library are ideal for Christmas reading. Some are: The Wars by Timothy Findley, The Queen in her Circle by Helen Cathcart, All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot, Decorating - A realistic Guide by Gilliatt, The $kW BOOKS AT LIBRARY Saturday Evening Post Christ- mas Book by Norman Rockwell, The Dionne Years by Berton, Charles - The Man and the Prince by G. Fisher, By persons unknown - Demeter Than by G. Jonas, The Ford Dynasty by James Brough, Country Crafts by Peggy Mitchell, The Santa Claus Book by E. Jones. I to