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Times -Advocate, April 2, 1997
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Easter egg hunt
.Colts and Masters
Piping 'em in. Beth -Ann Herm left, stands at attention while
holding the Canadian Flag as .Carl Mills plays the bagpipes
while leading a procession of curlers through the Opening.Cer-
emony of the Colts and 'Masters ,-Provincial Championship at
the Exeter Curling Club on Wednesday. Sixty-four curlers repre-.
:senting sixteen teams from across the province participated •
in the prestigious playdowns and treated spectators to a high
calibre of curling during the four-day event. Tum to sports,
page 14, for more on the Colts and Masters.
Back in Time...
By Ross Haugh from the archives of
the Exeter Times Advocate
111 YEARSAGO
April I. I987 The Huron County Board of Education it a special'
meeting in Clinton. Monday' approved its 1987 hudget oi'-' 44.5 inik
lion. :in increase of _just under nine percent over last•year's hudget of
34).6 million..- ' - • •
A -17.year career with the governments of the Dominion of Cana-
da aria the' province of Ontario ands totiay with :the -retirement of .
J:tck Malone .is -manager of the Ontario Development Corporation
tiperauon,ai Hurn Park. Malone Was Conimandine Officer when
R.C.A.F.' Centralia closed in 1966 and then shortly afterwards took
)ver is mahager of ODC. , . .
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40 YEARS AGO.
March 3.1. 19".' - The Eric Hamilton Silk trophy for marksman-`
ship in,Distnut F f rhe Omani) Provincial Police was won by the'
Exeter detachment. Winning team.mcmhers are Constables Bill Lew-
- is. Bob Whitef4 rd'Dale.Lainont and Ed Wilcox. ,
Specials at the Exeter.Famrly Market this week are head lettuce -39
cents: bread three loaves for S-1'.2 and roiind .teak or roast at- S I.39
a pound-, -
• The .Exeter Hawks -will now meet Wellington in the OHA-Junior
°'Q" semi-final series billowing a 6-5-overtime,win•9verthe Mitch-
a11.Haw,I4. .
After several years of trying, the-Exetcr..pee wces finally won the
Royal Canadian Legion District "C" hockey championship, In the .
three ,games: Dave," Shaw scored tour goals.' Mike Clark and Bilf
-Glover each ;cored three times. and single goals were tired by John
Kernick Mark •Vaiiiiereunst..ind Dave -Underwood. .
311 YEARS AGO
March• 31. (Oh' - (,rand Bend •_utineil learned at their latest meet-
ing that they would qualify for police prolectitin-under the new pro-
vincial plan whereby. all 'rte man police lorces would he taken over
by the OPP This move ::rutd save the village' 511.400 a year. -
John Burke.'local reahor .ind insurance agent reported this.wcek
that he had .old his business to .f former Exeter resident. Murray -
-Bine" Moore 'Included in the ,alt' is the Devon Building owned by
'Burke along with his _general insurance. real estate and mortgage
business. .
The United Church Observer wants Canadian public libraries 'to
stay open on Sunday In an editorial -in -.its current issue, the U'nted
Church paper say.. -1thr:u•tes won't -like this we-assuitte. hut we he-
lieve our' -public lii+r:rtes should he open on Sunday.. One of the ma-
jor arguments we snake tor keeping Sunday "difi'erent".is that man- ,f
may have time to recreate himself. and that. families may have an
Opportunity tobillow pursuits not possible through the busy days of I
the working -week. We haven't enough libraries in Canada."
• 40 YEARS AGO
..April 3. 1957 - J Hubert Jones has ,;tvriirmed the sale of his busi-
ness presently conducted as 'J.H. Junes Groceries" to Iwo of his ern-
ployees Andrew Burling and Howard Holtzmann. . ..
• Exeter Kinsmen Sunday Organized a cavalcade of cars to take
shut-ins and elderly folk fur a drive around the countryside marking .
the beginning of Kinsmen Week..
"Chu' hoard 'i directors of South Huron Hospital acknowledges
most gratefully the bequest •4•$35M00 from. Dr. James Bell' of Hen -
salt. At Dr. Bell', request the amount will be -used toward cunstruc-
.tion of i residence tier nurse..
-15 YEARS %GO
• March 30. 195 - :1 fine new sign was erected .it the entrance to
Grand Bend Saturday. The lettering is stainless steel with 1 34 lights.
The Lions Club donated the sign.at a cost of 51.500.
Dr V tllt.un Batting of Lucan will have practised medicine 641
year. on ,Mail 2. He will he '45 years of age on Julie 14. .
. Exeter -arena will boast artificial ice next season as the result of a
council inose to float debentures for $60.0U4) Monday night. .
55 YEARS AGO -
April 2. 1942 - Harry Cole is making preparations for the erection
ofa new house On the aouth boundary of Exeter. .
At an auction sale at the farm of Milton Hayes near Parkhill an
open buggy was auctioned for the sum of S51 indicating farmers are
preparing for the time when they will no longer be able to get tires
or gas for their car. .
- 80 YEARS AGO
March V. 1917.- Charles 'Lwicker,of Crediton is having a garage
prepared for his new .McLaughlin car:
In addition to the Gary -Dart, Mr. -r H. Newell has taken the agen-
cy for the Chalmers automobile and has a sporty two -dour coupe on
display. ' - •'
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The Zurich Optimist Easter Egg Hunt held - Saturday at Zurich Public School was a tre-
mendous success with more than 170 children participting. Pictured above from -left Jason,
Jayme and Krysten Dowson enjoyed the' traditional hunt for Easter eggs as well as the choc-
olate goodies.
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