HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-06-30, Page 6Page 6 — Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 30, 1993
Peggs hold grand opening
by Pat Livingston
Theme past 16 years have been a
time of expansion for Pegg
Construction, of Lucknow, and it
culminated on the weekend with the
grand opening of a new 4,500 sq.
foot showroom •and warehouse on
Campbell Street east.
Some may question why, in these
economic times, a business would
expand in such a way. Tom said
prices were down when he started
the construction, and because of
those tight economic times, the
renovation market was quite good,
while the new construction end of
business had dropped off somewhat.
He believes it was a wise business
decision.
Tom also said he liked the fact
his location on the main street was
"more visible. I definitely have
more people stopping in than I did
at my other location."
Originally located in St. Helen's,
where he resided then, Tom had
one other man, Bill MacPherson,
working for him. He eventually
expanded to have one three-man
crew, and when he moved his
location to Lucknow's Inglis Street
in '1990, was employing five men.
He currently employs nine local
men. Steve MacPherson and Mur-
ray Adams have around 13 years
association with Tom. He said the
rest of the men, Dan Londry,
Wayne Phillips, Bob Cranston, Kirk
Livingston and Clint Murray have
been with him for various periods
of time, and added that they all get
along well together, an important
aspect of. any business. Employee
turnover has been very low.
Due to dedicated employees and
the abilities of his two foreman,
Steve and Murray, Tom's time has
been freed up for other business
details. He is kept busy pricing.
jobs, giving estimate§ and billing.
He does admit he misses the hands-
on part of his business, particularly
•
during the type of weather we were
receiving last week.
Tom's wife, Pauline, in addition
to her full time employment at
Wingham Hospital, is kept busy
looking after the company books,
which Tom refers to as a "full-
time" job in itself, thanks to
government requirements. Pauline
plays a vital role in the business, as
Tom has no patience for this type
of paper work. Another family
member, Tom's step -daughter,
Denise Donald, handles the payroll.
The new facility offers a retail
outlet to do-it-yourself renovators,
or other contractors, who can
choose from a wide variety of
siding, windows, doors, shutters,
eavestroughing and some roofing'
products. Steel tile roofing is also
available. A relatively new product
on the market, Tom said he is "very
satisfied" with it. The PVC -coated
roofing comes with a 50 -year war-
ranty andis available in a wide
range of colors.
In addition to warehouse
management, Bill MacPherson will
be handling the retail sales in the
20 x 50 ft. showroom/office. An
added feature for customers is the
convenience of choosing the proper
colour of siding, soffit and facia,
and roofing by way of a portable
type display. It is set up so that
various colors may be mixed and
matched to check out colour coor-
dination, or a portable piece of
siding can be taken home for the
same reason.
Another new product for Pegg
Construction is North Star Florida
rooms and all -season sunrooms.
These add-ons are constructed in
London, Ontario. Tom points out
that the greater percentage of the
products he uses for his own
business, or will retail, are
Canadian made.
Pegg Construction and Building
Centre is located at the east end of
Lucknow, Phone 528-3720.
Tom and Pauline Pegg (left) officially opened the new Pegg
Construction and Building Centre, located at the east end of
Lucknow, last Saturday. Special guests during the day were
Tom's parents, Audrey and Vincent Pegg, of Millgrove, who
dropped by to say "Congratulations, son!" (Pat Livingston
photo)
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Val Percival (left) and Joan Helmbecker were busy washing car
windows In Lucknow last week, as part of the Student
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Currie has f.mily visit
Betty Morrison and boys of Sud-
bury are holidaying with Betty's
family, Currie Colwell.
Many attended the farewell party
for Gordon Caley at the Lucknow
School on Sunday afternoon.
During the program the trio from
South Kinloss sang two numbers.
Ruth Bell, Shirley Colwell and
Rena Forster make up the trio.
A group of "line dancers" from
Lucknow participated in attempting
to break the world record for the
number of dancers at Collingwood
on Sunday. Their was a long line
but still not enough as the record is
30,000 dancers. But a good try
anyhow in trying to get Col-
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six thousand dancers.
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now. Congratulations to all the
graduates. Have a safe but happy
holiday to all the students, teachers
and bus drivers. -
Sunday evening was special at
South Kinloss Church. It started
with a congregational gathering and
pot luck supper. Then an evening
communion service closing with a
firefest. •
Ira and Elizabeth Dickie were at
their cottage in Hope Bay on
Thursday.
Shane MacKinnon is employed at
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