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in time
10 years ago
•Exeter council passed a controversial property standards bylaw,
but only after losing reeve StSimmons in the process.
Simmons called council "a bunch of dictators" and walked out of
the council chambers after the bylaw was passed. He delivered his
letter of resignation to the clerk the next morning.
•Lucan discovered it was the chosen site for the 1982 International
Plowing Match.
•Tenders for Exeter's new police station came as a surprise to
council because the lowest was nearly $30,000 more than budgetted
for replacing the station which burned down earlier in the year.
• Assaulrcharges against five provincial policemen were dropped
due to lack of medical evidence. The charges were laid by striking
workers on the Fleck picket line in 1978. The dismissal marked the
end of the saga of the controversial, and violent, strike episode.
•Cooks opened a $150,000 expansion in J(irkton.
0 years ago
•War, what wail It: must ave been a quiet week in the c-4unty SO
years ago: This item was onsidered front page news:
"Sheldon Wein while motoring to Exeter Wednesday morning
from Dashwood saw three deer at an intersection in the road three and
three-quarters miles west of town. Two of the deer crossed the road
in front of the ruck he was driving while the other turned back."
•Zurich had just formed it's own branch of the Red Cross.
100 years ago
•Rambler: "We wonder where Albert and Marshall go west every.
Sunday evening."
Where was Rambler?
•"Ere long, the municipal elections will be on us: The names of the
probable candidates are being mentioned. The names of all the old
council are being spoken of, while the names of Mr. Edward Christie,
Mr. James Oke, Mr. J. Parkison and Mr. Hugh Spackman are freely
mentioned as probable candidates. From what we can hear and
understand Messrs Christie, Oke and Parkison have signifed their
intention of not entering the field, while Mr. Spackman has not as yet
gave any decided answer. Should Mr. Spackman consent to his
name to go before the electors of this village, we are sure he will be
elected by a large majority, yes and even head the pglls';
The Advocate offered their support to him.
• The Times reported "The Lucan high school is now drawing to
completion and is an imposing structure, the trustees have engaged
a principal teacher at $1050 and Mr. Edwards as his assistant. Sixty-
five pupils have already signified their intentions to attend on the
bpening of the school."
•Undera`Things we would like to see:" in The Tirrtes •
"The crossings cleaned and rendered in a passable condition -
Electric light in Exeter - An enterprising man with•money buy the
Pickard grist mill and run it to its full capacity - Every family in town
take The Times; about thirty more and we will have them all,.."
• •The Times was also hoping the introduction of Electric light to
Exeter would become an issue for the 1889 municipal election.
Times -Advocate, November 22, 1989
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Page 5
40!
Your Business
Making the.
switch to an
electric career
By Yvonne Reynolds
GRAND BEND - Anne Mills.is
part of a small, select group. She
is among the few licenced fe-
male electricians in Ontario.
Shocking? Electrifying? Only
to customers who are initially
surprised to find that the electri-
cian they have called turns out to
be five foot two, 115 pounds, and
a woman.
The Windsor native tried a num-
ber of other occupations before
aiming for the electric trade. She
worked in an office and a bank be-
fore concluding "I'm not an -of-
fice person".'
When -a restaurant she and a
friend operated in Dresden burned
down, a retired Ontario Hydro em-
ployee with his own electrical
business asked if Anne would like
to be his helper. She found the
new job very much to her liking,
and began her five-year appren-
ticeship in 1980.
The road to an electricians li-
cence combines on-the-job train-
ing with further instruction and
periodic examinations at a com-
munity college. Mills chose Hum-
ber College.
She experienced no harassment
of any kind as the only female in a
class of 24.
"The fellows on the course were
super," Milts said, adding "A lot
depends on your own attitude.
I've had more trouble with custom
ers than people I work with."
The final exam for the all-
important licence was tough, ac-
cording to Mills. She had limited
`industrial experience at the time,
and the questions were very spe-
cific. Fortunately, she finished the
course in time to do some inten-
sive studying and reviewing.
After receiving her official certi-
fication as an electrician, Mills
worked first for a small company -
"me and the boss" - and then for a
heating contractor. This year she
decided to strike out on her own.
This also meant a move, as the
Dresden area is economically de-
pressed at present.
Mills chose .,the 'South Huron
area for her new 'venture. She is
living near -rand Bend.
Mills likes her• work. She notes
it can be physically, tiring, and
cold, especially on jobs in new
homes that do not yet have heat.
She has also had "my share of
jolts". •
The benefits easily outweigh the
disadvantages. Each job is differ-
ent, and interesting, and much of
the work in summer is outside.
Establishing a reputation in a
new area is difficult, Mills admits,
but the assignments are coming in,
and she is getting•the opportunity to
bid on jobs.
There is no going back. Mills is,
and intends to continue, earning
her living as an electrician. The de-
termination that got her this far will
carry her through.
'Toyota donates car
to high school
EXETER - South Huron District
High School got a new piece of
equipment for their technical de-
partment on Friday - a new car.
Toyota Canada, to mark the
grand opening of Exeter Toyota,
donated one of the company's test
vehicles, a Tercel hatchback, to
the school's automotive shop for
use by the students. The car will
be disassembled and reassembled
as a learning, tool and cannot be li-
censed for road use.
Toyota bag donated 100 such ve-
hicle, . the past year.
Ttc . ria. . a,•trd, multi-
engi, • ant is i 'it -wheel
drive, explai„ • etcr Toyota
owner Rick Frayne.
"It's important,\\because they (the
students) get neer, technology to
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said.
South Huron technical director
Jim Gladding and teacher Keith •
Wonnacott were on hand to accept
the car from Toyota zone manager
Al Giverl.
Toyota sales manager Ron Rader
said when he was a student at
South Huron he worked on flat-
head eight cylinder engines long af-
ter they were obsolete. New cars
were hard to come by in the auto
shop.
Wonnacott said that the auto shop
has one other permanent car: a
1988 Daytona turbo donated by
Chrysler. Otherwise, many stu-
dents bring in their own cars to
work on.
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Dressed for work - Electrician
Anne Mills puts on her steel- •
toed work boots and her tool
pouch before starting a wiring
job.
Local store
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city mall
LONDON - Perry Origi-
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the south end of Main Street
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Another store opened in the
Westmount Mall in London
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The new. shop, like the Ex-
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