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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-05-31, Page 5n the Street By Jim Beckett Acouple from Kentucky ordered deported Monday at a hear- ing in Sarnia could have been living undetected within a stone's throw of Exeter if it had not been for the alertness of a Grand Bend OPP constable. Robert Joseph Shewmak- er, 41 and Jewell Meyers, 31 were jointly charged with possessing a stolen car from Kentucky and marijauna for the pur- pose of trafficking. Shewmaker was separately charged with possess- ing cocaine. The two Americans were in the process of purchasing a property on Highway 83, west of Exeter. * * * * * * * * * * Carl Schwarrentruber is the new owner of three Grand Bend busi- nesses: Rings, Strings and Things, Grey. Otter Gallery and Go Fly a Kite. * * * * * *• * * * * If you haven't seen the Exeter tennis courts since last year be ready for 'a pleasant surprise. The surface has been repainted and patched where necessary with the work being done by Al Horton and several other club members. * * * * * * * * * * Hundreds of bargain hunters descended on Hensall Saturday to check out the values at the annual yard sale. * * * * * * * * * * The Youth Centre has a new concrete sidewalk thanks to the vol- unteer efforts of a few Lions and off-duty town employees. * * * * * * * * * * The definition of who qualifies as a senior citizen has never been made clear to me. Originally I thought it was only those over 65 but a pamphlet promoting the Ontario Senior Games to be held in Exeter June 26 and 27 has moved the eIigiaility ahead. 10 years seek- ingparticipants who are 55 and over. * * * * * * * * * * Usborne Central School is marking their 25th anniversary with two days of celebrations on Friday and Saturday, June 16 and 17. A dance will be Field Friday at Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre and a variety of other festivities will be held at the school Saturday afternoon. - * * * * * * * *- * * The T -A staff is busy working on our annual Home Phone Book, the largest special edition of the year. Look for your free copy to ar- rive with your newspaper in early August brought•to you by many local advertisers. * * * * * * * * * * I finally had the opportunity to take my annual winter vacation a couple of weekends ago. After checking the map to see how far I could go on a limited budget the decision was made to visit Detroit. One of the first natives I got close to was a huge man wearing a black T-shirt with large white letters. His chcst was about my eye level and themessage on the sweater was frightening..."Detroit, where we kill the meek and eat them." Talk about trying to live up to an image. Back in time ,I 10 years ago • Exeter was slapped with a $25,000 law suit by Hawleaf Develop- ments over the issuance of a stop work order on the mall being built at the north end of town. Developer Gerry Sprackman called the town's order "illegal". -The Snell Brothers General Motors dealership in town emerged under the new name of Frayne's. • At the Exeter Hawks banquet the most gentlemanly player award went to Dave Bogart, and co -winners of the MVP title were Dave Shaw and Bill Glover. 20 years ago •Joseph Wooden, guest speaker at an AOTS meeting, told the audience that laws limiting households to two or less children were necessary to curb population growth, calling overpopulation the root of current environmental problems. •A scare was thrown into local farms after a Hay township farmer found five cattle infected with rabies. 'An editorial took the Huron County Board of Education to task. for spending $S,OJJ du iiiiug whedici to renovate a wing of Central , Huron Secondary School for the relocation of the board offices. The board eventually rejected the plan and opted to rent offices across the street from the Clinton Hospital. S0 years ago •The Times Advocate ran a front page photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in light of the Royal couple's tour of Canada in 1939. A civic holiday was declared for Wednesday to mark the Royal visit to London that day. •Leavitt's Theatre was showing Kentucky, a "special technicol- ored feature with Loretta Young and Richard Greene showing the actual running of the Kentucky Derby." , 70 year's ago •The Advocate's front page gave 14 reasons to support the pavement bylaw passed by council. It called Main Street's condi- tion after the latest rain a prime example of why it should be paved. Council were planning to borrow $25,000 to build a "concrete pavement on the Main Street, beginning at the limits of the southern boundary; to and including the south of the Lake and Thames Road". . •Meanwhile, Exeter council sold Brock Street, north of Welling- ton Street, to the Exeter Canning and Preserving Company. Council were also petitioning County Council to make Exeter a High School District. — 'Rear Admiral Sims of the U.S. Navy was quoted as crediting the British Grand Fleet as winning the war. "He made the fact uninis- takably evident that to British sea -power alone the world owes the defeat of the Hun." Times -Advocate, May 31, 1989 Page 5 Long ribbon - Reaching across several generations of the Haist family, LOEB officials, and local politicians, the official ribbon for the opening of Grand Bend's new IGA location was cut by store owners Brenda and Peter Haist Monday evening. . Haists open new Grand Bend IGA grocery store amid fanfare and ceremony GRAND BEND - There were mu- sicians, usicians, balloons, pretty girls with flowers, photographers -and police directing traffic. - This, however, was not the launching of a new ship, but Monday's opening cele- brations of the relocation of Peter and Brenda Haist's supermarket in Grand Bend. The IGA store has moved into a building more than twice the size of the original and now sails under the LOEB IGA banner, joining a new marketing direction in Ontario. Art and Betty Haist opened their family grocery store in Grand Bend 35 years ago, expanding it over the years, and -joined the Independent Grocer's Association in 1962. In 1978 Peter took over thc store oper- ation and has followedit through to today where it is now the largest IGA between Sarnia and Goderich. The 18,700 square foot store was opened to thc public Tuesday morn- ing and, like the other 112 LOEB IGAs in Ontario, it offers an em- phasis on fresh produce. "Our concept is a "fresh" con- cept," said Peter Haist, explaining that the new location devotes over 50 percent of its floor space to fruit and vegetables, a bakery, and a meat counter. Kenneth Stashick, vice -president - and general manager -of LOEB's London division, notes that LOEB, and its Quebec -based parent compa- ny Provigo, have long been in the wholesale grocery business and the emphasis on fresh produce is a re- flection of present consumer de- mand. Stashick also said that the line of LOEB prepared convenience foods, such as the pizzas launched last It's.Youir Business Co-op banquet - Students and employers participating f n the co-op education program at ,Sbuth Huron District Secondary School were honoured Thurs- day evening with a special ban- quet. 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