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Times-Advocate, 1987-08-26, Page 13n NEVIS STORE HOURS OPEN 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday to Friday Closed Sat. at 6 p.m. MEAT DEPT. SAVINGS Schneiders Boned and Rolled Pork with bread stuffing FRESH BUTTS 1 Ib. Schneiders Blue Ribbon BOLOGNA Ib. Schneiders Thuringer SUMMER. SAUSAGE Guess the weight of our Jumbo Bologna Win a Meat hamper. We'll cut what you like in •the deli FRESH PRODUCE Produce of Ont. Can. 1 JUMBO CAULIFLOWER ea. Produce to Ont. Can. 1 CELERY STALKS ea. Produce of Central America Dole or lDelmonte BANANAS Ib. Ont. No. 1, 10 lbs. POTATOES Maxwell House, 8 oz. or Decaf 6 oz. Instant COFFEE E)9 Jar Kuality, pack of 90 TEA BAGS 1 19 Pantry Shelf Chunk Light, 184 g. tin TUNA 79 Mayfair Cohoe Medium Red SALMON 9 7.5 oz. tin Olinda or Sunny Dawn, APPLE JUICE 48 oz. ENGLISH MUFFINS Oak Run it for lar e S litre ugFE C g � LE Theseare only a few of our Grand Opening Specials. Check our flyer for more specials Many Free Draws, sign your name every time you shop We Deliver 233-0212 Tunes Advocate August 26, 1987 Page 13 Holtzmann family continue Iongtume business tradition As Howard Holtzmann prepared for this week's grand opening of the spacious, ultramodern A and H EMA store in its new location, he took a nostalgic look back at the changes he has observed during more than fout decades in the grocery business. . Holtzmann began delivering groceries for Jones and May in 1941. Ile drove a horse and cart all over town for $8 a week. He recalls that the driver sat up front, exposed to all types of weather. It rained every single day is first week on the job, and by Saturday a damp and disgruntled young man was almost ready to quit. Fortunately, the sun came out the following week and Holtzmann stayed on. •Holtzmann remembers one rainstorm when a crack of thunder prompted his faithful horsepower on the -hoof, tied to the hitching post out back, to head for cover. Holtzmann came out of the store with a load of groceries to discover that cart and horse had disappeared. The horse had made its own way to the shelter of the Karn, behind where the Big V now stands. After a stint in the army, Boltzmann came home to his family's farm and a job at the Jones and McNaughton seed plant. He returned to the grocery section of the Jones store in 1948 at Mr`. Jones' request. In 1957 Mr. Jones, recovering from a heart attack, offered to sell Holtzmann and another young employee, Andy Beierling the J.H. Jones Groceries store. He had even figured out a name for the new owners - A and H from the Christian names of the prospective partners. "When you're making $35 a week, that ( buying a grocery store) is quite a thing to do", Holtzmann reminisced. Holtzmann's twin brother Harold' joined the company as head of an ex- panded meat department in 1968, and eventually bought out Beierling's shares. Howard's son David is now the third shareholder. The staff has . grown from .an original seven to the current 25. Grace Elsie came three- months after !toward took •over and stayed 25 years, retiring at 70. Bookkeeper May Jones was employed from the first day of A and H in 1957 until she retired in 1976 when she was 85. Holtzmann figues that over 100 students have worked at the A and 11 over the years. Iloltzmann was faced with what he. terms"the biggest decision of my life" when his "supplier from day one", Elliot Marr, offered to build a store on the former Safeway Lumber property with the H•oltzmanns as franchisers. The rumour that if Elliot Marr didn't build on the site, another would, was taken into consideration. The Holtzmanns weighed all the pros and cons for six months before deciding to take the big step. "Another chain coming in would hurt all four of the grocery businesses already here", Howard said. "Besides, l see guys retire who don't know what to do with themselves. I plan to work for a few years yet, and 1 can take time off whenever 1 want." David, who started to work in his father's store while a grade seven stu- dent was equally optimistic. Harold's "yes" made the vote unanimous. "When customers see the new store, they'll be thrilled", Holtzmann predicted. At 9,000 Square feet, the new loca- tion will provide triple the space of the old store. The wide aisles will allow the passage of three carts side by side. A store-length'produce counter, an in-store bakery and a large meat department will be dmong the .features in the new store. The park- ing lot will hold 48 cars. • Howard is looking forward to the challenge of ruanaging the new store. The customer will still be king at the new location. The same attention will .continue to be given to phone orders and delivery service. "People don't have to shop in your store. You have to treat them right:', is Howard's formula for success. "I'd rather talk to people than be behind a desk. and I'd rather work with the public than with paper", David said. pointing out that the Hotlzmanns can greet 75 percent of their customers by name. "We don't want to lose the personal touch. If we do, we have failed", David added. The look on his face sajd more plainly than words that he does not intend to fail. PUPPETS AT CENTRALIA -- Aunt Jean Langille and her puppet Pedro entertained youngsters at the recent Vacation Bible School at the Centralia Faith Tabernacle. Shown here with Aunt Jean and Pedro _gye Peter Adams, Julie Forrest and Hang Pham. T -A photo Ailsa Craig ball diamond active Lots of action around the Ailsa Craig ball diamond this weekend, when the Ailsa Craig Midgets hosted a tournament. Manager Merlin Bender, coach Bob Hooper and Bill Fieus had teams in from Woodstock, Embro, St. Marys, Glencoe, Poplar Hill and Parkhill. Friday night's kickoff game was Parkhill swamping Ailsa Craig 13-4. The second game between Glencoe and Poplar Hill had both players and fans on the edge of their seats with both teams playing good tight ball. It was run for run, lots of cheering with very few errors, something we're not used to as this was the best baseball played here this year. It's usually the slow pitch ball we have to watch or fall asleep watching: Oh well, it gives the old folks something to do and 1 know where the wife is, The last inning Glencoe got a dou- bie to place them in the winning cir- cle 6-4. Saturday morning's first game got off to a no show team. West Lorne who was to play against Woodstock didn't let organizers know so another team could be called in, so Woodstock got a bye. Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Embro vs. St. Marys' completed the first round of games with Embro turning up a win 10-3. 1:45 game Parkhill and Glencoe was a hard fought game. Tracey McGee had her team playing• excellent ball and will be even that much better next year as most of her team was bantam players. It was a close battle 6-5 for Glencoe putting Parkhill out of the money and Glencoe into A playoff spot. Ailsa Craig was second out of contention when Poplar Hill stayed alive to win 12-5 a spot for Sunday's 13 playoff. It was left to Woodstock or Embro to go for it in their 6:00 game Satur- day night to play the final game against Glencoe for the A trophy on Sunday night. It turned out Embro would be returning after a 8-2 win over Woodstock but still a good.game of ball. The final game was a quick and easy bye for St. Marys. Sunday's first game at 6:00 was won by St. Marys 10 offer Poplar Hill 8. Poplar Hill has just won the All On- tario Championship on home turf by putting out Embro in a 7 game hot series. The St. Marys team was presented with trophies to each player on Team 13 Trophy that East William Optimist donated and will be kept at the clerks office in Craig. Pinecrest donated a Team A Trophy and it will be on display in the hall. The final game Sunday night started on time at 8:30 drew a large crowd and lots of cheer- ing fans. If Glencoe didn't have that one bad inning it would have been a real close game, but they never recovered back. the,seven runs lost in the third. Final result was Embro 8.- Glencoe 0. Congratulations to Terry Robinson • winning $140 in a 50-50 draw. Thanks to all spectators and its going to be an annual deal every year. • Pig barbecue The Great Canadian Bean Com- pany held their annual Pig .Barbecue Friday night as the big warehouse was cleaned out to house the 320 guests on hand to eat the two pigs con- sisting of 340 lbs. of pork. Promoters. Grower, and neighbours were having a good time dancing to Maple Sugar Co. and had come from as far away as Toronto. Delhi and Nairn. The music was as usdal excellent with the spot dances being sponsored by donation from Jas A. Walsh Sales and Service in Ailsa Craig, Dave Moore Fuel, Exeter, Peter Newton Auto Supplies. Parkhill, Cyanamid of Canada, Ailsa Craig and Ailsa Craig Home Hardware. Everyone had a lot of fun and yes, we had the musical fruit served to us, Canadian beans. If you're wondering about the new play area at the park and the foul balls coming back into it. the council and community centre members an aware of it and are going to correct it for next year's home opener. A new bag system is also looked into for the diamond. So things are in motion. Time is the factor Last week Jean i Mrs. Martin Grieve formally .of Ilderton now at Craigholme spent a busy week celebrating her 90th birthday. A group of ladies from Riverside Church London called on her with a lovely cake as well as a jolly sing song. Tuesday the Senior Citizens of Ilderton entertained with a pot luck dinner and birthday cake and ice cream. Along came the Woolens' Institute and Rebekahs who held open house in the Vanneek Church classroom. Doug Reycraft. attended this gathering and presented Jean with two plaques. one from David Peter- son and the other from Doug himself. Guests attended from London, Strathroy, Forest. Petrolia as well as many local people. Euchre groups from 120 ('herryhill Apartments call- ed and had tea along with. good wishes. The people at ('raigholme enjoyed the birthday cakes Jean brought back from each event. Mrs. Grieve also en- joyed pool parties at her son's ji'bme -with relatives. as well as a dozen long stemmed red roses which arrived on • the very day from her son G. R. Grieve. Kitchener. There were many other gifts too. She has received 108 cards and letters and as Jean says "Ninety only comes once". Communion at Saintsbury By MRS. HEBER DAVIS Rev. Wheeler was in charge of Ho- ly Communion at St. Patrick's Sun- day. Rose Cunningham assisted as server. Sheryl Carroll was pianist and Marg Carroll reader. Mrs. Wheeler took her text from the Gospel according lc St. Matthew ap- pointed for the day. Next Sunday ser- vice is planned for 8:30 a.m. Mr. and Mrs.Hugh Davis returped home from a four week m*tor trip to Alaska and The Yukon. They visited me, Sunday. Many relatives and friends visited the Haskett Funeral dome to •pay respect to the late Ruby ; Cobleigh l' Dickins. widow of the late Albert Dickins. Their family attended school and church in this community before moving to Lambeth. Many attended the funeral Monday morning td St. James cemetery. The sympathy of ' the community is extended to the family.. Robert Tindall visited me for lunch Sunday. His parents are on a short motor trip north in the Georgian Bay area. Mrs. Gladys Davis observed a bir- thday •on Thursday and she and Clarence and their family enjoyed dinner at Robinda les, Exeter. Baptism in Dashwood By Bernice Boyle Miss Idella Gabel A. R.C.T. is pleas- ed to announce the results of the Royal Conservatory music exams held in London and Grade 4 piano honours - Leah Hartman, Grade 3 piano honours - Julie Steckler preliminary rudiments - 1st Class honours. - Thea Coeck. Susan 'Ritz. Personals Sunday Brian William Ford, son of Chuck and Valerie Ford, was ba{itis- ed at the Calvary united Church. Saturday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Everett Haist and Stanley were Mrs. Shirley Grace. Florida and her daughter Linda Grace. Detroit and Shirley's son. Bob and his two children of Detroit. The 32nd Becker reunion held Sun- day August 23 at Becker's summer farm. Varna. The 1988 executive pres. Peter Becker. vire prey. John Becker, sec.-treas. Sandy Becker, sports Rick and Cathy Skinner and Joe and Nan- cy Becker. Mrs. K. Pedersen returned' home from hospital. 1