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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-03-12, Page 10Page 10 Tinges -Advocate, March 12, 1997 IT'1S YOUR BUSINESS Back in Time... By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO • March 9, 1987 - Exeter Public Utilities Commission chairman Murray Greene has been re-elected as a district director for the On- tario Municipal Electric Association.. .. Cook's Division of GerbroLimited of Hensall has been awarded a $917,000 Government of Canada to supply beans to Botswana. 20 YEARS AGO March 10, 1977 -Quick action by Exeter firemen has been credit- ed with averting what could have been the town's most disastrous fire, when Ralph Genttner Fuels. Ltd. office on Sanders Street was gutted by fire. The fire which broke out at 1 a.m. Wednesday was one of the most serious in some time and damage has been estimated at . $30,0(0. Chief Gary Middleton said he hated to imagine what could have happened if the brigade had not done a "tremendous job" in controlling the fire: • Two weeks after terminating the services of recreation director Jim McKinlay, Exeter council approved advertising for.a new recre- ation director. In accordancewith provincial spending restraints , the Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Authority Friday cut its annual budget from ' a year ago. It calls for a cut of $12,000 in expenditures. Ken and Eileen McLean received pins from the Canada Post Of- fice department for 25 years of service as rural mail carriers on R.R. 1, Hensall: The featured guest skaters at Exeter's figure skating carnival will be Lorri Baier and Lloyd Eisler, 1977 Canadian novice pair champi- ons. 35 YEARS AGO March 13, 1962 - Huron Hog Producers showed decisively that they want to retain their compulsory marketing plan 'when they elected a full slate of board -supporting committee men Tuesday. " Vincent Ryan, 15 a Grade 10 student at Mount Carmel won first place in the impromptu division of the district public speaking finals at Wingham. George Godholt of Exeter was first in the prepared - specch category. Hensall Public School Board is negotiating with three school sec- tions in Hay Township to have students from those areas attend 'school in Hensall. 40 YEARS AGO March 12,. 1957 - Carl Hewitt, a Stratford PUC employee and na- tis'c of Exeter, was killed Thursday when a "dead" line he was reel- ing in contacted a 2,200 volt primary wire. • Exeter Figure Skating Club , featuring for the first time its own talent, won sustained applaus . rom a crowd who enjoyed its, ""Ice Frolic of 1957" at the arena S tirday night. 45 YEARS AGO March 1 I ; 1952 - Dr. C. Borden Sanders, a graduate of Exeter schools, has been awarded a fellowship in the Royal College of Phy- sicians of Canada. - 50 YEARS AGO March 10, 1947 - One of the worst series of accidents ever to•hap- ' pen in this district occurred. early Monday morning when two men, Rollie Motz and Allen Fraser were seriously injured. Seven cars and three trucks piled up in a snowdrift. 55 YEARS AGO March 12, 1942 - AA dramatization of the Pied Piper was given by students of Grade II of Exeter High School. Taking part were Doro- thy 'dreen', Gerald Campbell, Douglas Pryde, Winston Shapton, Ray Stewart, Lloyd Smith, John. Page, Robert Nicol, Calvin Fahner and. Lewis Tasko. Band members were H.L. Sturgis, Gerald Lawson, Al- lan Elston. Harry Jeffrey, Neil Jones and Marguerite Hogarth. Mr. E.At Howald has taken a position in the grocery department of Southcott Bros.. to replace Mr. Gordon Appleton whQ resigned. , 75 YEARS AGO . March 'II, 1922 -The weather for nearly a week was very mild and spring-like. The snow had practically all disappeared and the frost was beginning to leave the ground. Then it turned colder Tues- day accompanied by snow. 80 YEARS AGO March 12, 1917 -The assessor is on his annual trip of the township so keep the dog in'the cellar. The Dollar Day fad is becoming quite common in towns and cities and our merchants will have to get busy if they want to he in thc swim. Clayton Sims of Crediton has been busy of late cutting up wood l'or townsmen. The bucksaw is almost a thing of the past or is it he - 'cause we don't like to work? Timothy Findley's work set to premiere in Blyth BLYTH - The Blyth Festival is proud to present the world premiere of The Piano Man's Daughter... and Others on stage Wednesday, April 23. This unique production combining literature. theatre. mu- sic. song and dance is based on three of award-winning Canadian author Timothy Findley's books - the novel The Piano Man's Daugh- ter, the novella You Went Away and his new collection of short stories Dust to Dust. It kicks off a 1997 spring tour. As a child, Timothy Findley grew up with pianos. As an artist, he grew up in the theatre. He will re- enter thc theatre at Blyth with The Piano Man's Daughter as author. actor and amateur pianist in an eve- ning of words and music which will also star dancers Veronica Tennant and Michael Scan Maryc. singer Sylvia Tyson and composer/pianist Both Sylvia Tyson and Timothy Findley have performed on the Blyth stage before - Tyson as a solo artist and with the group Quartette. and Findley as a guest author at the Blyth Festival Book Sale in 1995. Findley read selected passages from The Piano Man's Daughter at that time. His play, The Stillborn Lover, has been produced at The Grand in London, the Stratford Fes- tival and Theatrc Passe Muraille in Toronto. Timothy •Findley will be availa- ble after the performance at Blyth to autograph copies of his books which will be for sale. This one -of -a -kind evening of en- tertainment gets underway at 8 p.m. April 23. Tickets are available for $28 in advance at Bluewater Office Equipment (Wingham), Campbell's Cameras - and Photography (Gode- rich). Crossroads (Clinton). Carol's Candies and Collectibles (Blyth), or by calling the Blyth Festival Box Office at (519) 523-93(0. Tickets may also be available at the door for $30., Swine surfing Steckle endorses federal youth works program on the Internet CLINTON - Swine producers gathered recently at the Clinton Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs office to find out how the Internet can benefit their busi- nesses. Martin VanderLoo, vice pres- ident of Odyssey Network Inc., gave the group a basic introduction to the Internet. Because the system changes on a " daily basis, he explained, "it's so difficult to keep up to .the growth and the demand of it....Our cash flow will only allow unto grow at a certain rate." The Internet, used by an estimat- ed 6 per cent of the Canadian pop- ulation, was founded in 1969 by the United States Department of De- fense. In response to threat of nu- clear war, a communications net- work was built to link defense computer systems. Until a few years ago, the system was not ac- cessible to the general public. "Think of the Internet as a big cloud that we can connect our- selves into,", said Vanderloo, who also described it as "a loose con- nection of...information sent by packets" through millions of com- puters world-wide. As well as explaining The World Wide Web, E-mail and news serv- ers, Vanderloo answered questions about connections, new technology and access. Some sessionparticipants com- plained of receiving slow Internet service in Hay Township. Van- derloo suggested leap -frogging' the problem by obtaining a tele- phone line that is not long distance from Odyssey, which is based in London. The company has dis- covered its peak Internet user time lasts from 9 p.m. to midnight. "There's a lot of really great stub" on the Interent," Vanderloo con- cluded, "hut there's some really had stuff too." He also warned about computer viruses, advising people to be aware of downloading unfamiliar sites. Janice Murphy, an OMAFRA swine specialist, demonstrated how to visit various swine sites on the Internet. Answering what she noted as a common question ("Why can't 1 find something?"), she rec- ommended search sites and sug- gested methods to speed up the pro- cess. "We've all tried it and it's really frustrating," she said, adding, "You can take a very educated guess as to what these sites might be." She also advised participants to set up home pages as references. General. Swine Sites NetVet - Electronic Zoo http://NetVet.wustl.edu/pigs.html The Pig Page - Australia http://www.ozemail.com.au/—rroutley WWW Virtual Library (Swine) http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/swine/html New thrift shop opens in Exeter EXETER The Samaritan Tlijft Store, a division of Emmanuel Television'Ministries Inc., wil(>tpen its doors at 41 Main St. N., which is the previous location of Physiques Aerobic Studio. In June, ETM opened its first thrift shop in Clinton. Both shops, which accept item donations, offer used clothing as well as re- furbished appliances, furniture and household articles. ETM also runs a food bank. "We all know.the story of the Good Samaritan told in the Bible," rcads an ETM press release. "The Good Samaritan had a heart and responded to a person in need. In the same way, ETM recognizes there is a need in our community, whether it be food -related or clothing." 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Free estimates 90 Day Warranty Experienced since 1952 Sew and Save Centre Ltd. 149 Downie St., Stratford • Phone 2719660 OTTAWA - "1 am very pleased with the youth initiative announced by Canadian Heritage Minister, the Honorable Sheila Copps," stated Paul Steckle, M.P. for Huron- Bruce, "the new Young Canada Works is a renewal of a youth em- ployment program launched in April of last year." Young Canada Works, YWC, is just one more program linked to the Federal Governments commitment to make youth a top priority. Through this program, more than 2,000 young people will again this year have the opportunity to earn money; acquire useful skills to help them enter the labor market, and participate in projects that will help them discover and more fully ap- preciate the wealth and diversity of culture, language, geography, heri- tage and way oflife in Canada. The Department of Canadian Heritage is counting on the partici- pation and co-operation of employ- ers from the private sector and non- government organizations to imple- ment the program. Various sectors of society will he able - to offer youth experience in a wide range of sectors, including national parks and historic sites. museums and 11- braries and in fields such as com- munications. administration and technology. "Young Canada Works has allo- cated $10.92 million towards the creation of summer jobs for stu- dents and internships for gradu- ates," reported Steckle, "Young Ca- nadians want to contribute to Canada and get to know their coun- try. Not only will this program al- low youth to gain valuable skills but at the same time, they will come to appreciate all that Canada has to offer, with a renewed sense of hope and pride." For students attending high school and post -secondary institu- tions and graduates interested in ap-. plying for positions with Young. Canada Works, application forms may he picked up at your local Canada Human Resource Centres, HRDC, formerly known as Canada Employment Centres. In Huron • County HRDC in Goderich can he reached by calling 1-800-265-5185, in Exeter at 235-0471, in Listowel by contacting 1-800-265-3595. In Bruce County HRDC is located in Owen Sound at 376-4280 or in Walkerton at 1-800-265-3035. Have a news tip? Call the Times -Advocate 235-1331 Gaiser Kneale 235-2420, 2384484 * GIC rates subject to change. Slam term rates available. Segregated Funds rates reflect actual past performance. Future returns will vary. Investments GIC / RSP 1 Yr.- - 3.65% 3Yr. -4.75% 5 yr. - 5.65% Segregated Funds 1 YR. - 26.36% 5YR. -12.50 glum VILLAGE OF LUCAN LAND DIVISION COMMITTEE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Village of Lucan 161 Main St, P.O. Box 449, LUCAN, Ont. 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