HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-08-09, Page 1Londesboro’s T.B. Allen sold to Hensall Co-op
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1989 45 CENTS
Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel,
Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships
Lobby for
Huronview,
Brussels urged
Brussels should lobby to get the
northern unit of the proposed new
Huronview, village council was told
at its August 1 meeting.
With the future of the Callander
Nursing Home hanging in the
balance, and the 45 jobs that go
with it, “We’ve got to fight for the
Huronview beds,’’ Reeve Gordon
Workman said.
Clerk-treasurer Hugh Hanly said
that even if the Callander home is
saved, the village should fight for
the northern branch of Huronview,
predicting it would mean at least 60
jobs.
Reeve Workman expressed con
cern about the future of the
Callander home saying that al
though the government has given a
three month extension to Mac
MacGowan to meet new safety
requirements, there is still no hint
about the future of the home. “I
wish he’d come out and say what
he’d rather do,” Reeve Workman
said of Mr. MacGowan. There is
concern that if it is decided it’s
uneconomical to meet new safety
requirements for the Brussels nurs
ing home because of its small size,
Mr. MacGowan may decide to
combine the Brussels and Wing
ham operations in one new home in
Wingham.
Reeve Workman complained that
if the provincial authorities could
give Mr. MacGowan a three-month
extension on meeting new regula
tions, they could have given him a
final, definite answer on his re
quest for more beds to make the
facility big enough to be economi
cally rebuilt.
3 seek Blyth
council seat
Three Blyth residents have ap
plied to fill the position on Blyth
council created by the resignation
last month of former councillor
Dave Medd.
Clerk-treasurer Helen Grubb
said last week that council plans to
hold a committee meeting in pri
vate to consider the applications
and discuss the needs of council at
Twin trouble
David Boonstoppel of RR 1, Auburn and his cousin, Jeroen Oosterum of Holland are in for double
trouble with these twin Jersey calves who seemed to have adopted the boys as their new parents after
feeding time. Here, David and Jeroen take their new ‘family’ out for an evening stroll at Hans and
Audrey Boonstoppel’s Jersey farm outside of Auburn.
this time.
The official appointment, if there
is one, will come at the council’s
regular council meeting August 17.
The meeting was originally sche
duled for August 9.
BY USA BOONSTOPPEL
The Londesboro based feed mill,
T.B. Allen and Allboro Elevators
was sold on August 2 to the rapidly
expanding Hensall and District
Co-op.
The mill, which has been owned
and operated by the Allens of
Londesboro for 42 years, gives the
Hensall Co-op a feed mill which
handles 60,000 tonnes annually and
elevators with an 800,000 tonne
storage capacity. The Co-op will
also be taking over the Shur-Gain
franchise.
This sale makes the Hensall
Co-op the largest independently-
owned farmers co-operative in
Ontario. Peter Boersma said Hen
sall bought T.B. Allen to remain
competitive with other companies.
“Right now, multi-nationals are
getting bigger, and there aren’t
many companies to counteract this.
If we don’t keep expanding we may
find ourselves behind,” he said.
Earl Wagner, manager of the
Hensall Co-op said that Alien’s
approached them and offered to
sell T.B. Allen. Though Keith Allen
refuses to say why he sold the mill,
he told Hensall that he was glad to
sell his company to a farmer owned
business.
Once the sale has been complete,
Keith Allen will resign form his
position as manager-consultant of
the mill. He wouldn’t say what he
was going to do but the co-op said
he’ll be devoting his time to his
poultry farms.
Other personnell changes at the
mill include the promotion of Tom
Jarrett from sales manager to
manager of both the Londesboro
operations. Jack Armstrong will
remain in the feed sales division.
The company will continue to
operate as T.B. Allen until Sep
tember 15 when the legal and
financial documentary of the sale is
completed.
Hullett
explores
community
centre
BY USA BOONSTOPPEL
The people of Hullett Township
may have a new hall to hold
meetings and dances if Hullett
Council’s proposal for a new com
munity centre is accepted by
ratepayers.
“It’s been something we’ve had
in the back of our minds for about
two or three years,” admitted
Hullett Reeve, Tom Cunningham.
Then when council approached the
local Women’s Institute and Lions
Club, they were really receptive to
the idea of a new hall. “That led us
to become more serious about the
hall,” said Reeve Cunningham.
It was at last week’s regular
meeting of council that the concrete
decision was made to present the
idea to the public and see if Hullett
wants a new hall or not. Ratepayers
will have a chance to say yes or no
to the proposal at a public meeting
to be held on September 6 where
council will make the proposition
for a new community centre to
Hullett Township.
“If the public doesn’t want a new
hall then that will be the end of it,”
said Reeve Cunningham who re
vealed that he knows of some
residents in Hullett who are un-
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