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NEW SERVICE — Members of the Huron Real Estate Board have introduced a new
multiple listing service and Board president, Bert Alexander was in Brussels to
present a copy to Ivan Campb ell of Brussels. Looking on are left, Don Hamilton,
Lynda Smith of the Board and Shelagh Sully , chairman of the M.L.S. committees.
Real Estate
Listings now county wide
points the way
to better buys.
CANADIAN ADVERTISING ADVISORY BOARD
Correspondent
Mrs. Mac Engel
887-6645
The W,I.Christ mas concert
which had to be postponed due to
stormy weather was held on
Wednesday ,night, Dec, 21, in the
Community Centre. Jack Conley
was chairman for the variety
program consisting of a recitation
by Kathy Hart, the Christmas
story by the children of the
community with Sharon Engel as
reader - Jeffrey Knight played a
number on the piano and Rick
Knight sang two numbers. The
Smith children sang "Frosty the
Snowman" and the Cox sisters
contributed step-dancing
numbers. Debbie McTaggart and
Barbie Smith each sang a solo
Mrs. Wilfred Strickler
introduced those taking part in
the dialogue "Fooling the Agent"
They were Mrs. Care' Veitch,
Mrs. ;Tim Hart and Mr., Lorne.
Strickler. The Bray and Terpstra
girls sang several Christmas
songs accompanied by Mrs.
Charles Bray, Mrs. Frank
Workmam and Mrs. Stewart
Steiss also assisted at the piano.
Miss Kate McNabb gave two
readings. Very interesting sliides
of Australia were shown by
Gerald van Donkersgoed. Santa
arrived and distributed treats to'
the children.
Miss Kim Smith was home for
Christmas following surgery in
Listowel. Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dunn spent
the Christmas holidays with Mr.
and Mrs. Irvine Dunn at Medicine
Hat.
Mr. and Mrs. S.Swark and
Trevor spent Christmas weekend
with family in Kitchener and
Chatham.
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Chubb
spent Christmas in Chatham with
their daug ,hter and son-in-law
and family.
Advertising The Huron Real Estate Board,
officially formed about two years
ago has produced a computerized -
indexed catalogue of , MLS
listings. Members of the Board
voted to expand its MLS service
in that way to enable them to give-
an improved service to the public.
Until now, MLS listings have
been photocopies and circulated
by mail, with one copy being
provided to each member broker-
age office. Up-dated information
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..
With a menibership of 15 firms
with a combined sales staff of
100, the Board looked for a new
approach with which to replace
the error-prone system it had
been using.
Unlike others which have
expressed a desire to go on the
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.
Thus it was easy to adapt an
indexed catalogue.
Within 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 nd a suitable
cover for the catalogue was
designed. The first edition was
published December 15.
Bert Alexander of Goderich,
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Phone:
Brussels 887-9024
1977 President of the Board,
called the move "big news," not
only for real estate people, but
for the public.
Mr. Alexander, along with a
number of other area brokers, has
been a proponent of Board
formation for several years.
When applying for member-
ship, a real estate person agrees
to abide by the Code of Ethics and
Standards of Business ,Practice
set by the Canadian Real Estate
Association
THE BRUSSELS POST' JANUARY 4, 1978 —11
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