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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-11-17, Page 28'see 16A Tinaes-Advocate, November 17, 1982 Hensall recreation vehicle plant is sold Commodore+ General Homes Systems has sold its fecrestional -vehicle plant on Highway 4 in Hensall to Thor Industries Inc., of New Y"ork. Commodore has retained ownership of its other plant in the village, where it will con- tinue to manufacture mobile homes. Andy Imanse. vice presi- dent and general manager of General Coach under the previous owners, has been ap- pointed president and general manager of Hensall General Coach, Division of Thor In- dustries Inc. lmanse, raised on a farm six miles west of Hensall, has witnessed many changes since starting out on the pro- duction line 20 years ago. The Hensall plant began in 1949, as a small private com- pany turning out 35 foot by 8 LARGE CONSIGNMENT AUCTION SALE Over 80 Tractors & 150 Pieces of Equipment of Brindley Sales Yard, Dungannon, Ont. Saturday, November 20th at 9:30 A.M. For more information call • BRINDLEY AUCTION 519-529-7625 or 519.529=7.970 Madmeg,PAJor!?IfJ alICI7isall Business Lquidation We have been instructed by the proprietor of Fink Hardware, 175 King Street, Hensall to sell by Public Auction, approximately 58,000.00 of plumbing, heating and elec- trical supplies plus equipment on Wednesday, November 24, 1982 at 6:00 p.m. CONSISTING OF EQUIPMENT: power vise, pipe wrenches and dies, chain wrenches, solder pot and torches, sheet metal breake, sheet metal bench, stakes, and hand machines, plus small hand tools. INVENTORY:iron and copper pipe, conductor pipe, quan- tity of pipe fittings and reducers, metal, plastic and con- duit fittings, furnace fans and controls, oil burners, quan- tity of burner pumps, fractional H.P. pumps and fan motors, Duro and Jacuzzi pumps, cup leather, valves, plungers, brass Tined cyclinders, quantity of pump ports, water bowls, wire, switches, outlets, pole hardware, plus many more items related to this type of business. For further information, please contact: Redcheell t; 4.1oce le.i Dick Robinson - Sales Manager 77 MAIN ST. • SEAFORTH, ONTARIO NOK Telephone: 527-1458 1WO diantmmmnuaufntmnmitimumnm ommunnnnunnnmmmllmnnnnnnllnnuunnts Auction Sale a ._ 8 Of property and household effect" for the estate of Dorothy Hendrick at the Rec Centre, Exeter on Thursday, November 18 1 at 5:30 p.m. a PROPERTY 243 Marlborough St. A large land- I 5. scoped lot on which is situated a modern brick bungalow with garage and patio. This house also features a finished basement. Subject to reserve bid.' Terms given night of sale if not s previously sold, 8 HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS INC: Harvest gold fridge F. " and stove, micro wave, stereo, TV, living room F. 8 suite, 2 bedroom suites, dining room suite, lupright deep freeze, washer and dryer, filing = cabinet, sewing machine, mantle clock, ff E" dehumidifier, blanket box, pool table, lawn E furniture, dishes, linens, exercise bicycle and 3 much more. 8 hp. MF garden tractor with 1 mower. 1976 Nova, 6 cyl: auto with 10,000 miles, safety checked. 1 Li Auctioneer Tom Papple ' RR 4, Seaforth a 527-0940 • I MniuimmiiniuuiiimituunnunuuununununuunonuuuuuuuuuunnunmuuuuniN o wnrrrxa acttoneer Auction Sale Of antiques, household furniture, tools, and misc. items on Saturday, November 20, 1982 at 12:30 p.m. sharp, at the South .Huron " Rec Centre. For Gordon and John Wilson plus other consignments ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES: Flat to wall cup- board, pine . jam cupboard, cylinder gramophone and several cylinders. two washstands, open washstand, two dressers, beds, iron and brass bed, oval table with three leaves, large rocking chair, blanket box, music stand, wicker cradle, butter churn, jugs, crocks, wooden planes, cow bells, oval picture frames with glass, other pictures and frames, 12 gauge shotgun, horse collar, several dishes, vases, books, cameras, many other items. FURNITURE & MISC. ITEMS: 2 dressers and mirrors, chest of drawers, beds, headboards, two bunk bed mattresses, chesterfield and chair, wicker fern stand, humidifier, 12 x 7 carpet, carpet runner, curtains, fire place screen, and several toys and games. Knick knacks, several dishes. POWER .8, HAND TOOLS, GENERATOR, WELDER, OUTBOARD MOTOR:. 3000 watts 7 h.p. Briggs & Stratton 120-240 volt generator, 115 v. 70 amp. portable arc welder, 7" skil sow, drill press, severalhand tools, aluminum storm doors, wooden windows, 27.7 h.p. Scott outboard motor, Royal typewriter, 2 profes- sional hair, dryers, cattle de-horner, many other items. Terms cash. For further information contact Norm Whiting Auctioneer, Exeter, 235.1964 foot house trailers to ac- commodate the post-war de- mand for housing, and began building tow -type travel trailers in the late fifties. After being purchased by Div - co Wayne, the product line of- fered larger mobile homes (44 x 81 and recreational trailers. In the early, sixties Boise Cascade, Idaho, purchased the Hensall plant and offered customers more luxurious vehicles and larger, more sophisticated mobile homes. A workforce of 200 shrank to 15 in winter. By the end of the decade, market demand dictated the need for a second plant. Another facility southwest of the arena was built to manufacture mobile homes, and the plant on the,highway continued to turn out recrea- tional vehicles. In 1972 the plant on Number 4 began producing self- propelled recreational vehicles. These proved so WATER FLUME — Warren McCoy, second year student in Agricultural Business Management, demonstrates the effects of wind on a farm to fellow student Glen May and visitor Herman Wulterkens, Crediton, at the CCAT open house. Covers area counties New engineer at CCAT Following reorganization of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, two new engineering appoint- ments to the Centraila College 1 staff have been announced. ' With reorganization, the 'Huron Park campus will be responsible for engineering services for the counties of Huron, Perth, Waterloo, Bruce. Grey, Dufferin " and Simcoe. "This change represents a new dimension as far as College involvement in these counties is concern- ed" said Doug Jamieson, principal of Centralia College, • when he announced the ap- pointments recently. James (Jim) K. Weeden has been appointed as Head of Agricultural Engineering Ser- vices. Jim graduated from the University of Guelph in 1971 and has been with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food since that time. He was in• Wellington County at Fergus before accepting the Centralia appointment. He is the Province's beef cattle housing and equipment specialist and is also in- terested in feed processing. In his new position, Jim will be responsible for the UCW review past years A review of the formation of the U.C.W. and the work done in the past 20 years was presented by Alma Rundle at the November Exeter U.C.W. meeting. The four key words of the U.C.W., Witness, Service, study and Fellowship were stressed. Beryl Elgie, Mar- jorie Delbridge, Fern Shapton and Rita Smith assisted. Rev. G. Mills favoured with two vocal solos. Beryl Elgie conducted the devotions based on Psalm 118. We shmild be living for today. God made today and it is good. Since God made tomor- row he can control it. We shall pass through this world but once so we shodld do things now. This was followed by prayer and a poem "Life is a Gift". in the business period Thelma Russell announced the December meeting would be December 9 and the general meeting, November 29 at 8 p.m. Committee con- veners were reminded to have reports ready for this meeting. Stanley okay 4-H grants Stanley township granted $4 to each 4 -Her who completed his or her project at their regular November meeting. Council accepted a tile drainage loan application for $10,800 and passed four tile debentures totalling $28,1130. The council will attempt to fix the interest rate for tax ar- rears at 15 percent, which hopefully would be the allowable 1 1 2 percent above prime. if prime is 13' 2 per- cent on December 15, the rate will be set then' "it less, the council will wait until March to set the rate. Clerk Mel Graham said the economic situation has not affected the proportion of taxes in arrears, which remains much the same as usual at approx- imately 10 percent. Council is not yet sure how the new need resources grant system, replacing the provin- cial grant of 50 percent for normal road construction and maintenance and 80 percent for bridge work, will work out for the township. engineering component of diploma and other education courses, establishing an engineering and development program and providing leadership to the engineering advisory service. "I'm look- ing" forward to this very challenging position" he said. Also, Robert Bob) Jung has accepted the position of agricultural engineer serving Simcoe county. Bob was a lec- turer and research engineer at the School of Agricultural Engineering at the Universi- ty of Guelph from 1971-1977. There he conducted a number of research and development projects on specialized equip- ment for fruit and vegetable production. Before accepting the County position, Bob was at Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology in Southern Ontario. "We're very pleased to have these two qualified engineers as part of our Col- lege staff" Jamieson said. popular Targe additions were built and two production lines were set up, manned year round to turn out both self- propelled and tow -type vehicles. Hourly and salaried staff at the two plants totall- ed 350. The Bendix Corporation of Southfield, Michigan, bought the thriving business in January 1974, then sold the Hensall plants to Commodore in October 1978. During that time no major changes were made; a lucrative market meant a gradually expanding product line and steady employment. By late 1979, climbing in- terest rates began to put a crimp in retail sales. As the market dropped and rates rose, the recreational vehicle plant reduced operations to one production line, and man- power fluctuated between 90 and 160 personnel, shutting down completely for four weeks in late 1981. With high interest rates and high unemployment, even people with jobs felt insecure, and sales of recreational vehicles decreased. However, since September '82 Imanse reports a turnaround. crediting the outstanding ef- forts of the sales staff headed by Canadian sales manager John Pryde, Exeter. The payroll at the highway plant is back to approximate- ly 100 hourly plus 23 salaried employees. On November 5 the deal with Thor was closed, mark- ing the first time the two Hen- sall plants have been under separate ownership. At pre- sent employees of the two plants share a union contract. These and other details will be ironed out soon. Imanse believes the transfer of ownership is a beneficial move. Thor In- dustries, manufacturers of Airstream trailers,. the Cadillacs of the recreational vehicle business, purchased the two Canadian RV plants f the other is in BC), and Com- modore retains its five plants building mobile homes in Canada. Each company will be able to concentrate all efforts on its particular specialty. The highway plant will be the beneficiary ofThor'sexpertise in the recreational vehicle field and has the opportunity, in Imanse' opinion, of becom- ing the largest RV company in North America. (The mobile home plant, re- maining under (he Com- modore umbrella, will share ideas and concepts within that company.) "Even though we do have a recession, with the coopera- tion of all our staff we can get through this", Imanse said, . "and look forward to a bright • future for the Hensall General Coach Division of Thor Industries Swart wins Hibbert .vote In the November 8 election in Hibbert township, Roy Swart was named reeve with 391 votes defeating Ivan Nor- ris who received 349 votes. In the race for three coun- cil seats, John Kinsman led the polls with 598 votes. Walter McKenzie was close behind with 592 and Tom Schoondewoerd gained 417 votes. Defeated were Carolyn Jenkins with 329 and Leo Kroonen at 189. USBORNE REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE — The R.E. Pooley Exeter branch of the Royal Canadian Legion par- ticipated in Wednesday'sannualRemembranceDay service at`Usborne Central School. Shown ready to lay wreaths are Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell, Exeter Legion president Norm Ferguson, Usborne reeve Murray Dawson and Legion. Comrade Lee Webber. The students are Michael Dykstra, Stephanie Baptist, Jamie Parker, Andrea Hildebrand and Debora Pf•aff. T -A photo Auction Salo Furniture, Appliances, etc. to be held for Mrs. Grace Crich of Clinton plus additions at Richard Lobb's Barn, Clinton, .Ontario. Sat., November 20 at 10 a.m. Harvest gold Westinghouse frost free refrigerator, harvest gold 24" electric stove, small appliance size freezer, one year old, rockinghorse with wicker seat, Frigidaire clothes dryer like new, Hoover spin dry washer, Westinghouse clothes dryer, Westinghouse wringer washer, humidifier. mat thing dining table, 6 chairs and buffet, chester- field and chair, like new, hall tree, antique mantle clock, modern 3 pc. bedroom suite with 3 size bed, box springs, mattress, like new, blanket box, wooden fldor lamp, chrome table and 4 chairs, 2 wall lamps, clothes hamper, some bedding, purple carpet, lawn chairs, chest of drawers, TV trays, mirrors, 'misc. pots and pans, child's table and chairs, high chair, old davenport couch. NOTE: Very few small items in this sale, so come at 10 a.m. to buy furniture and appliances. Terms Cash RICHARD LOBB AUCTIONEER Clinton, Ontario 482-7898 ****** ************** * Consignment Auction * * * Furniture, antiques, miscellaneous * * .and appliances. * * Wednesday evening November 24, * * 5:30 p.m. * in Masonic Hall, llderton * Articles from a St. Marys » Estate, * United ;Church Manse and homes * from llderton, Poplar Hill, Thorn- * dale and Denfield * Antique 1946 Chev pickup selling as is. 1975 * Ford Ranchero, 8 cylinder new paint with safe- ty • afe- ty• Acceptinga few more consignments. For information phone auctioneers Hugh Filson Tom Robson * 'r 666-0833 666-1967 4' ** •****************** Yorkshire and Duroc Production Sale for Marther Farm (Ted Schendera). Friday, November 26, 1982, 1 p.m.. at the farm, 12 miles north of London, Ontario Highbury Ave and 13th concession: - 35 bred gilts, 30 open gilts, 25 boars. These animals are all Gov't R.O.P. tested and health inspected For information and catalogues Ted Schendera RR 4, Denfield, Ontario NOM 1P0 (519)225-2734 J ,„ D 0 elm 00 )oro ACCOUNTANT•PUBLIC 0 WARD MALLETTE Chartered Accountants 476 Main Street, S., Exeter, Ontario 235-0120 Resident Partner: John. S. McNeilly, C.A. CHIROPRACTORS Gerold A. Webb D.C. Doctor Of Chiropractic 438 MAIN ST. EXETER By Appointment Phone 235.1680 SURVEYORS ONTARIO LAND SURVEYORS ARCHIBALD, GRAY & McKAY LTD. 592A Main 5t. S. Exeter, 235-0995 If no answer coil 1-800.265-7988 CHIROPRACTORS DAVID C. HANN, N.D., D.C. Doctor of Naturopathy Doctor of Chiropractic 105 Main Street, EXETER 235-1535. 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