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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-09-07, Page 5n the Street By Jim Beckett Contrary to what you may have heard. elsewhere, London Life rep- resentative Larry Johns is not leaving the area. -In fact,, he says he plans to stay here for the foreseeable future. * * * * * * * * * * Don't try this with the Local police. Apparently a restaurant in St. Marys was hosting one of those popular murder mystery contests where guests try to figure out the mystery when someone called the town police and reported a murder. Reports are the officers were on the scene just as fast as they could get their flak jackets on and they were not amused. * * * * * * * * * * Both SHDHS principal Bruce Shaw and Public School principal Al Taylor report increased enrollment. at their schools. * * * * * * * * * * • New Yorker Ranger defenseman Dave Shaw has a way of mak- ing exercise fun. 1 was visiting at Bruce Shaw's residence the other night and saw Dave doing his exercises and watching the baseball game at the same tune. Every time a new batter came to the plate Dave would do 10 pushups. That's a minimum of 550 per game. * * -* * *- * * *- * * The boom is on for sporting goods outletsas the Minor Hockey season gets underway. One father in town completely outfitted his youngster in new equipment to begin his first season. Guess what? All it cost was a measly $550. * * * * * *. * * * If you're in the market for a 1954 Chevrolet fire truck you better see Ed Hearn at the Exeter location of Hensall Motors soon. Ed tells me he has a cash offer of $4,000 U.S. from a man who operates a ranch in Mississippi. The former Hensall fire truck only has 8184 miles but half of this is actually pump time according to Ed. * * * * * * * * * * Thc. Exeter Figure Skating Club is looking for someone to play music during thc skating schcdulc for a reasonable fee. Anyone in- terested is asked to contact Joan Heywood at 233-2914. * * * * * * * * * * Using the T -A machine really saves. On Friday we had a two-page message for Australia that was relayed instantly for a total cost of $14 plus tax. Our client informed us one of the leading delivery companies quoted a price of $44 and a time frame of three days to dc- • liver the message. We also receive fax messages for $1 per sheet. Just use our number , 235-0766. * * * * * * * * s * I don't know about you, but one of the saddest days I can remem- ber is the day Terry Fox died. Hundreds of communities across Canada keep his memory alive by staging the annual Terry Fox Run. in Exeter the staff at the Bank of Nova Scotia arc organizing the event which will take place Sunday,. September 18. It starts at the Rec Centre from 1:30 to 4 p.m. * * * * * * * * .* * Effective September 1 Moore Insurance Brokers Ltd. will be known as Exeter Insurance Brokers Ltd. * * * * * * * * * * A couple of months ago anyone wishing to locate a business in Exeter could have a choice -of several storefronts. Boy, have things changed in the past month. Thc latest business locating in town will be called "Thc Dresser" opening as soon as renovations can be com- pleted in the former Co -Operators Insurance location on Main St. Medium priced ladies clothing and fashionable sportwear will be of- fered. Bruce Fuller is the store manager. Back in time SAI 10 years ago •Two cabin -cruisers were destroyed and three others were damaged by fire at Grand Bcnd when an explosion on one craft ignited the blaze. Damages were estimated at $25,000. •Undcr the artistic direction of James Murphy, the Huron Country Playhouse had a record-setting season, attracting more than 20,000 people. Oklahoma! was ttic biggest draw of the year, bringing in 7,000 theatre -goers. The attendancefigures were up 5,000 from the 1977 season. •The Lucan Community Centre was officially opened by former Ontario Agriculture minister William A Stewart. •Thc Hensall men's softball team won the Exeter and arca men's recreation league championship. Members of the team were Dave Smale, Steve Knight, Spike Bell, Gary. Moir, Greg Campbcl, Tom Dalrymple, Rick Parker, Wayne Corbcu, Chuck Dalrymple, Brian Campbell and Fred Campbell. 20 years ago •South Huron District High School teachers arrived at an agreement with the management committee of the SHDHS board and a new pay schcdulc was announced. Teachers received from $6,400 to $13,100, depending on the category they were in. 'Fifteen new teachers joined the SHDHS staff in September, 1968. Among them was lack Riddell, now the Ontario ministerof Agriculture and Food. "After graduating from SHDUS in lune 1968, Gary Flaxbard of Zurich joined a program called Christian Action Ministry (CAM) and went to work in the slums of Chicago. Flaxbard was the student council president in his last yearat high school and he attained the highest marks of the year in the graduating class. CAM was a program run by Waterloo Lutheran University. •Hensall Co-op bought a mill formerly owned by E. L. Mickle and Sons. SO years ago •"Joseph'•Carruthers Of Parkhill escaped with his life when hewas dragged from a burning car in an automobile accident which took place on the highway near Centralia. Miss Willa Culbert of Lucan, the first to arrive on the scene, hauled the injured man from the car," the T -A related in September 1938. ironically, Willa Culbert's sister Eva, aged 23, was seriously injured in an automobile accident on Highway 4 within hours of the dramatic rescue. - "Some idea of the way hydro is spreading through the farm areas of Middlesex is contained in an announcement that all customers in Granton Rural Power District will get a 20 percent rebate on their total hydro bills for 1937. This is due to an increased consumption in that area" 70 years ago •"Thc total registration in Canada showed. 2,572,753 men and 2,472,280 women in all, not counting some 115,000 cards since received or expected through the post office," the Exeter Advocate noted in 1918. • •"Private N. Russell, one of the fast to enlist from Turnberry Town- ship, and who returned a year ago speechless from shell shock, has recovered his speech in a peculiar way. While taking a load of horses to the Toronto Fair, the horses broke loose and he excitedly yelled "Whoa!". and from that moment he has been able to talk as well as at any time in his life." •"Who wins, the Ford car or the horse? A matched race has been arranged for Exeter Fair Day between a Ford car and a horse — best two in three half -mile heats. See them go." Genera Times -Advocate, September 7,1988 Page 5 Homes opens new display court HENSALL - General �K�fanufac- turSd Housing in Hensall has taken a large step towards sealing its po- sition as a leading builder of mobile homes and manufactured homes in Canada August 30 marked the grand opening of a display court beside the General factory. The court fea- tures eight fully -equipped examples of the company's product line, with four mobile homes and four manu- factured homes on display. Doug -Holmes, executive vice- president of General, explained that the new court will be of use to the 105 dealers in Ontario who sell the homes, and to customers who NEW DISPLAY COURT - .Doug Holmes of General Manufactured Housing says that the new display court opened last week for the company's products, puts the Hensall operation into a good position in Canada's expand- ing mobile housing market. would like a better idea of what their new home will look like than what a brochure can offer. Holmes pointed out that with over 200 floorplans available from General Manufactured Housing, the eight models arc, at best, a sample of the company's product line, which he calls the most versatile in 'the country. Tuesday's ceremony also gave op- portunity for the long-awaited an- nouncement of mortgage "assistance for mobile homes. MP Murray Cardiff said the plan meant equal opportunity for those seeking the less expensive option of a mobile home. "From now on, owners of mobile homes will find themselves in the same borrowing position as regular housing," said Cardiff. Manufactured housing presently accounts for three percent -of hous- ing starts in Canada, but comprises an enormous 25 percent of the U.S. housing market. With costs of manufactured hous- ing in the $35-40,000 range, Holmes noted, a ten percent deposit on a mortgage makes for an ideal starter home for young families. This new financing should bring xpansion of existing mobile .,me parks and the creation of new ones, according to -Holmes. If this occurs,.he anticipates a proportional increase in business. "Then business will be unbelieva- ble," he said. Strategy group plot Hensall future HENSALL - How about a new motel for Hensall? Imagine a mini golf course, a fiddler's jamboree, a great bean cookoff, or even a farm— ers' market? While some of these things - might sound a little farfetched, they are among some of the ideas 'tossed around by Hensall's Economic Strategy Development Committee. In order to promote business and tourism in their communities, mu- nicipalities .arc employing- these committees to create plans and timetables showing new develop- ment goals. 'The final draft of the- strategy is to be completed by the end of Octo- bcr and will be prepared with assis- tance from. Carol Lemming and Gary Davidson of the County plan- ning department. A grant from the ministry of municipal affairs will cover the costs of the project. .Tuesday August 30 a few of the strategy commiucc members mct for their monthly meeting at the Hensall Town Hall .to continue a discussion oti improving and pro- moting Hensall's community events schedule. "When you stop and think about it, we don't really have a lot of ser- vice clubs," said Luanne Phair, not- ing that the present clubs already organise a number of events. All agreed one of Hensall's most successful events, in terms of visi- tor attraction and participation, is the community yard sale, even though .Phair described this year's placcmat map as a "mess". "'I don't know how you could ex- pand it," said Gary Davidson, "it works a lot better .if you get every- one involved." - Another idea which attracted some attention was the Kinsmcn's Work - boot Olympics. Because it is Hen- - sail's only summer event, the corn- mittec wondered- if it could be expanded into a corporate challenge, to attract more -.teams from nearby towns. - = - . Lemming suggested* the main goal for the committee is to define a summer and/or fall event for Hen -- sail to fill thc.gap in the events cal- endar. A crafts -related event such- as a Christmas gift fair was suggested, but it would require a supporting organization. Thc idea is to keep them spaced out and to pick an event and get some group to organize it," said Davidson. "You want to get a* whole lot of people doing some- thing," -he said, adding it would be in the interest of developing com- munity spirit. "Maybe we should start opposi- tion to the Zurich Bean Festival," joked Phair, "and get that back." Hensall, which bills itself as the white bean capital of Ontario, lost the Festival 'to Zurich through e lack of interest. Lemming thought a Great Bean Cook -off could be styled after Lon- don's Great Rib Cook -off, perhaps inviting contestants to submit dif- ferent chili recipes. "That would be a little different than the Bean Festival," said Joanne Fields. Other ideas included reviving the defunct fiddlers' jamboree, increas- ing the number of summer ball tournaments, and renting stalls for a farmers' market near thc train tracks. Parkash Malik's favorite idea was to encourage the construction of a mini-go-Ifcourse in the village. "It can be a central spot for tour- ism in the summertime and be en- "tertainment for the children and the parents too," said Malik. The purpose of the strategy com- mittee is to "propose, investigate and conclude," said Malik, and it will be up to the town to find the entrepreneurs and organizations willing to undertake the projects. Davidson explained that while Scaforth is the only other Huron County muncipality currently pre- paring a strategy plan, he expects other urban municipalities will soon follow suit. 1111!11111111111! 1111 kali:; 1iilllili1Iilrl1l Finishing Touches. expands into Exeter EXETER - While Exeter might seem to be a difficult place to make a living selling costume jewellery, Cathy Mentz thinks its a great idea. Her new store, Finishing Touches, opened up on Main Street last week in the location of the former Feath- er Tick store. "We think it will do really well," ADVERTISING SKILLS were stressed at a three-day seminar held In Exeter recently for the sales staff of J.W. Eedy Publications Ltd. which operates the Times -Advocate, the St. Marys Journal Argus, and the Lis- towel Independent. The course was conducted by Ted Misselbrook of Dresden who is nationally recognized as an expert in advertising and com- munications training. Shown discussing a successful advertising cam- paign are Barbara Consitt (left), Misselbrook, and Valerie Pratt. l7 BANK Toronto Dominion Bank invites you to Investor Information Evening DATE. September 8, 1988 TIME: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. PLACE: Grand Bend Legion Representatives from Treasury and Investment Banking and Registered Savings Plans to be present Seating is limited, please Call Bank at 238-8435 for your reservation • said Mentz about her store's poten- tial for selling fashion jewellery, including a line of children's hair accessories. - This is the second store under the Finishing Touches name. The fast is doing well on Richmond Row in London. Since the new store's opening, Mentz has noticed a lot of traffic corning through the doors and pub- lic reaction, she says, is quite favor- able to the new business. Ivfantz describes her product line as "medium-priced" costume jewel- lery, which includes creations in wood, cloisonnE, enamel, metal, plastic, leather and semi-precious stones. "A little bit of everything," she said. G.W. Parsons & Associates Inc. 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