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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-05-29, Page 4Page 4—Ludmow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 29, 1985 When planning your future don't forget about your education! Western's Faculty of Part -Time and Continuing Education offers degree credit courses In Klncardlne. Counsellors will be available to discuss your educational goals on: Tuesday, June 11th, 5:30 7:30 p.m. at Klncardlne District Secondary School, 885 Durham street, Room to be posted. Call your local UWO representative for more information: Tina Clift 396-7627 FACULTY OF PART-TIME AND CONTINUING EDUCATION The University of Western Ontario ttlfll• LUCKNOW AND DISTRICT SWIMMING POOL REGISTRATION. Saturday, June 1 9:00 A.M.'- 1:00 P.M. at Lucknow Town Hall There will be two summer swimming sessions starting July 8 and August 5, 1985 PLEASE NOTE The slzi of the Yellow and Orange swimming classes is limited. So come early and get the time of your choles. The Red and White classes ars not restricted. ON REGISTRATION DAY PLEASE KNOW SWIMMING LEVEL ATTAINED • TIME PERICOD DESIRED •IN WHICH -SWIMMING SESSION YOU WANT TO BE ENROLLED [July or August or both) Saturday, June 8 9:00 A.M. -12 NOON DON'T ENROLL SMALL CHILDREN WHO ARE LESS THAN 44" TALL The Man To See Is COM NEW LISTINGS, Dungannon, 3 bedroom home•,' large lot; also 12 x 80 mobile on full sized lot; both properties priced to right Inquirer. 4 'GOOD BUILDING LOTS, 2 close to downtown. Cali for particulars. NEW LISTING, RiPLEY, 3 bedroom split level, 9 yrs. old, Immaculate throughout, fire place, paved drive, attached garage, shown by appointment only. REDUCED, 2 bedroom home, one level,, new kitchen, corner lot, lower level has self contained 1 bedroom apt.; ask to see this home, Ideal retirement home. NEW LISTING Lucknow immaculate 3 bedroom home, kitchen, Ilvingroom, diningroom, family room, attached garage, as new. RIPLEY, 3 bdr. aluminum siding, immaculately maintained on Double lot. Asking $32,500. LUCKNOW, 3 bedroom, 2 storey brick home, double garage, a well maintained older home. Inquire for further particulars. KINGSBRIDGE, hwy. 21, 5 bdr. home on acreage with recently constructed workshop. KINLOUGH 4 bdr. home on approx. 2 acres, priced reduced tot 523,900. CUSTOM BUILT 4 bdr. home hwy. location Lucknow aria. For further particulars In- quire. 80 SOW farrowing operation, above average 4 bedroom home with recent renovations, a profitable business can be purchased lock stock and barrel. NEW LISTING -179 acres Wast Wawanosh, 4 bedroom horn. with new addition, Iran. barn, all seeded down, priced to sell, Immediate possession. « 97 ACRES Huron Twp., cash crop acreage well drained. DAIRY FARM can be purchased u an ongoing business with cows, quota; excellent buildings, well drained land. Enquire for further Information. 240 ACRES ASHFIELD TWP. level productive cash crop soli, comfortable 3 bdr. home, Implement shed. For further Information on these properties, please call WARREN ZINN, 428.3710 ALVIN R009, 395-3174 TERRY-ZINN, 539.7350 Factory could be museum The future of one of the area's oldest and best known furniture manufacturing com- panies may lie in the ability to turn the fac , tory into a "living example" of a turn of the century furniture manufacturing plant. Krug Brothers' Company Ltd., who have manufactured furniture in Chesley for the past 100 years are proposing to turn their iranufacturing plant and offices in Chesley into a tourist attraction, in order to preserve an example of the area's once dominate industry. Until recently the Grey Bruce area was noted as a furniture manufacturing centre. The past several years have seen . the demise of several well known companies. Claus Breede, the director of the Bruce County Museum said turning the factory into a museum was "an. attempt ... to save one of the more outstanding of these com- panies". In saving the company Breede and the. museum board hope to create a major tourist attraction in the area, "that will be second to none." Breede outlined the proposal at a meeting of Bruce County Council, saying the concept would serve to save part of the area's heritage. . To emphasize his point Breede told coun- ty councillors that the past few years have seen the closing and demolition of the Hep- worth Furniture Factory in Southampton and the bankruptcy of the .Knechtel fur- niture factory in Hanover. The Knechtel's plant, which was the largest furniture fac- tory in the British Empire when it was;con- structed in the early part of the century, was destroyed by fire soon after the com- pany closed its doors two years ago. Another plant, in. Southampton, which is owned by Sklar-Peppler of Whitby, is also slated to be closed later this year. Although Breede and the museum board are working, on the proposal, Breede is reluctant to suggest the factory will become a museum. When describing the concept he refused to use the term museum, stressing to reporters and county councillors that it would be "business as usual at the factory." The, Bruce County Museum and the directors of Krug Brothers' hope to create an atmosphere where visitors to the plant will see furniture being made as it was in the period between 1900 and 1910, he said. Part of the concept calls for the factory to continue to manufacture furniture throughout the year, and be open for visitors during the peak tourist season in the summer. The factory would also be open for tours in the off season but it was hoped' enough furniture could be produced in the winter to keep the project running at a profit. In order to assess the potential of the site, the county hopes to conduct a feasibility study. So far, $10,000 has been collected to conduct the study. lreede estimated the study would cost between $60,000 and $90,000. In order to get the study underway the county has given a grant of $5,000 toward the project. Another $5,000 was given to the project by an anonymous source. Breede hopes to get the rest of the money for the project from government sources. He expects the feasibility study could" begin as early as next spring. The study is expected to outline how the building could be renovated and how many visitors the factory could hope to attract, as well as suggesting a marketing strategy for the project. Preliminary research estimates the pro- posed factory would have to attract 50,000 visitors a year. One of the major attractions of the building is expected to the original steam engine which powered ,the plant. The steam engine features a 14, foot fly wheel. After viewing the steam engine and seeing a film on the factory operation visitors will have an opportunity to see fur- niture being made and talk to the craftti smen making the furniture. Breede estimated it would cost between three and four million dollars to complete the project. " George Wannan; sales manager_at the factory and a member of the board of., directors of the company, said the factory currently employs about 50 people. The factory has. employed as many as 70 people, but due to layoffs, the work force has been reduced. Wannan said if the proposal became a reality it would be business as usual at the factory. The current employees would still have jobs at the plant if the project goes ahead. Wannan wouldn't comment on the number of the orders the factory currently has on its books, but he maintained the company is in a good financial position and is in no danger of closing. He said there has been "considerable speculation and a lot of rumor, but it is not our intention to close down." He suggested the products made by the company under the new concept would be • popular as people would be collecting" "a contempory antique." Leaner times ahead for hospital By Henry Hess After several years of operating with hundreds of thousands of dollars in its Cash reserves, leaner times lie ahead for the W ingham' and District Hospital. According to the auditor's report pres- ented to the hospital board Last week, completion of the new emergency and out patient wing and the already approved purchase of a new x-ray machine will virtually use up the reserves during the coming year. "You're not unhealthy, but you're certainly not as healthy as you have been," auditor Bob Simpson from Thorne Ridell told the board, in response to a question from Dr. Walter Wong. Asked if the hospital is in a "very healthy or unhealthy position", Mr. Simp- son responded that the spending the board has planned, finishing the addition and buying radiology equipment, "1 would say neither; (you're) right in the middle." He noted that while the hospital still has considerable money on hand, both from its own accumulated surpluses and from the fund raising campaign, it is committed to spending almost $1 million during the . current year, which will use up the surplus cash. Then it will have to operate day to day on its funding from the health Ministry. However, in resonse to a question from board member Nancy Exel, Mr. Simpson said that should not necessarily be a problem. Hospital Administrator Norman Hayes said that if the hospital tried to pay cash for the radiology equipment, which will cost more than $300,000, it would have a problem with cash flow, "no doubt about it", and would probably have to borrow money. Responding to a follow up question from Mrs. Exel, he promised to bring a proposal for funding the radiology equipment to the finance committee. Board member Hans Kuyvenhoven noted that spending its reserves means the hospital will also lose' about $110,000 in interest income, and he asked whether there would also be a loss of income in other areas. Treasurer Gordon Baxter said he did not know yet. However, he pointed out that the hospital still expects to wive about $100,000 this year from its fund raising campaign for the new wing. The board was told that to date the campaign has raised more than $316,000 in cash and pledges toward its goal of $400,000. It also was told that campaign expenses to date have been slightly over $9,000, which Mr. Hayes said is fairly respectable considering that expenses for a major campaign are generally expected to run at between 10 and 15 per tent of the money raised. Those expenses do not include the hospital lottery, which has higher costs because of the prizes given away.