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Times Advocate, 1998-03-18, Page 5IT'S. -Y01.11? R 11 S I N F..S S _ _Times -Advocate, March 18, 1998 Page5 Back in Time... By Ross Haugh from tke archives of the Exeter -Times Advocate • 10 YEARS AGO March 16, 1988 The Hensall District Co -Operative recently won, eight federal contracts totalling more than $3 million to supply corn. for the Canadian International Development Agency. More than 30 extra people were hired to handle the 330,000 50 -kilogram bags and; load them onto 275 rail cars for rail shipment to Halifax, then on by• sea to Mozambique and Angola. Work continued 24 hours a day six days a week and the final bags were loaded on March 9. ' Police chicf Larry Hardy reported to council this week that 73 ap- •plications had been received to fill the vacancy on the town police force created by the recent resignation of Constable Sean Arm- strong.' If all goes according 10 M.M. Dillon consulting engineers' plans, Lucan may he cutting the ribbon to open a new sewage treatment plant by the summer of 1990. Keith Semple is the'newcst memher.of Zurich village council, He I will fill out the term Icft by the resignation of Ken Fenwick. 20 YEARS AGO March 16, 1978 - Adella (Bairinve) Fisher formerly of Dashwood will be celebrating her 105th birthday on Si. Patrick's Day. She is now a resident of the Seaforth Nursing Home. • Violence. flared on the picket line at Fleck Manufacturing Tuesday as 250 United Auto -workers from the Ford Talbotville plant support- ed the Fleck workers and smashed windows, overturned a car and threatened newsmen during their visit toHuron Park, with no police interference. 35 YEARS AGO March 14, 1963 -. John Hall, R.R: 2, Ailsa Craig, won the annual McIntosh public speaking contest at the University of Western On- tario this week. He.is a law student and SHDHS graduate. Exeter figure skating -club presented their annual carnival, "Artist- -ry on ice" to more than 500 people at the arena, Saturday night. • • J.A. Traquair, who this 'week celebrates 50 years in the hardware industry received the Estwing Gold Hammer award from William - King, district representative of Cochrane -Dunlop which distributes. - Estwing hammers in this area. - Emmanuel Baptist Church, Exeter was officially recognized as a -. Baptist Church by the delegates from the South Western Ontario As- sociation of Fellowship Baptist Churches this week. . • • . 40. YEARS AGO March 15. 1958 - Bill Pollen, academic award winner, track cham- pion, team athlete and student official has been chosen as the out- - standing.hoy at SHDHS. this year. -- A carload of western saddle horses was received by CNR freight by Dalton Finkheiner of Exeter. These horses aren't for thc farm,,. but to fill a demand for riding horses. - Paula Boulianne cil Crediton was awarded third prize. in a prov-- ince wide lyrical verse speaking competition at Toronto, Monday." 50 YEARS AGO' , March 16, 194W- �- Mr. Stanley Love of Kippen held a successful 'auction sale on Monday. , . , Mr. Harold Murray, who has been in charge of the Canada Pack- ers plant in Exeter, Icft this week for Bcrwlck,,Nova Scotia,to take over the management of a milk plant. Caven Presbyterian Church has extended a call to Rev. ,Donald Sinclair of Allendale to become minister to succeed the late Rev. Kenneth MacLean. ' . - 75 YEARS AGO• March 17, 1923 - Messrs. Young and Clark have enlarged and re- modelled their ice cream parlor at thc Commercial Hotel at Hensall. Mr: Cliff Davis has :resigned his position .at Heaman's Hardware and is'lcaving for Windsor. The members of the Live Wire* class of Main- Street Sunday School of which Miss E. Follick is the teacher conducted the servic-. es.of the. school on Sunday afternoon last. The review of the lessons of the quarter was taken by Edward Aldsworth, Benson Tuckey. Tom Pryde and Howard Dignan. Maurice Ford presided at the piano while Edgar Rundle acted as secretary and Russell Brintncll as post - :master. ViHage Vine Florists bring talent from Exeter Flowers Surrounded by flowers. From left, Michelle Snow and Karie-Sue Kyle take -.a break on -their busy opening day Thursday. .Within the next year and a. half, the florists will offer floral ar • rangement classes. Heritage grant for small Ontario towns CAMBRIDGE - A $40,000 grant to help train volunteer groups to' preserve and improve their own downtown heritage are- as was announced by Citizenship, Culture and Recreation Minister. Isabel Bassett at a Heritage Day workshop session for heritage groups and volunteers in the Grand River watershed area. "Visitors to Ontario arealways impressed with the heritage and charm of the downtown sections of southern Ontario small towns," said Bassett. "This is a heritage that can he best preserved as a vi- brant part of a working communi- ty.,, The one-time grant from the Ministry's Cultural Strategic De- velopment Fund was to the Onta- rio Town Centre Renewal Civic Educational Project, a joint initia- tive of the Ontario Regional Of- fice of the Heritage Canada Foun- dation and the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, in close association with The Ontario Heritage Foundation. The grant will be used to deliver a skills training program to local volun- teers and organizations working to preserve the heritage core areas of Ontario small towns. Bassett presented the grant cheque to Stephen Lauer, Ontario Region Directorof the Heritage Canada Foundation after speaking to a Heritage Day workshop held at the Grand River Conservation Authority headquarters in Cam- bridge. The day -long workshop brought together volunteers and heritage groups in the Grand Riv- er watershed area to share local success stories in heritage preser- vation. "The bottom line result's (of the grant) should be healthier and more appealing downtown areas that attract more people to visit, shop or do business," said Bas- sett. "That's good for heritage preservation and for the survival of small town main streets as a centre for .culture, heritage and commerce." HENSALL - Outside, the belated winds of winter howl across the vil- lage's main .street. Inside, scented candles, fresh and artificial flowers, stuffed animals and unique garden accessories.. set a different mood while Karie-Sue Kyle and.Michelle -,Snow busily tend to customers of the newly opened Village Vines Florists the only store of its kind 'in the area. " Both women have brought their 'skills from Exeter Flowers. Acting on a business plan she began a year ago, Kyle decided to. go on her own in December. Thursday marked the first day' of business for the former Bluewater Interiors location. Thanks to help from her parents and close friends, six months of renovations resulted in, a spacious "Greek and gothic" - style. Although she mentions her floral design training at Fanshawe. Col- - legc. Kyle admits most business "has just been through talent...and word of mouth." - "It'11 just he nice working hard for myself," she adds. "This was • my goal. tci he on my own -!and he 'cry 'successful and so far... so good.., • Drilling expected later this month in Huron CALGARY - Tribute Resources Inc.. purchased assets from, Paragon Petroleum Corporation of Calgary on February 25. The assets purchased included a- 100 per cent interest in 4479 acres of petroleum. and natural gas -leas- - es and 4472 acres of natural gas storage leases' within Ontario's, Northern pinnacle reef belt. It -also included a 50 per cent working interest in three natural gas wells and a.10(1 per. cent working inter- est in nine other natural gas wells, associated pipeline infra -structure and production facilities located in, 'Huron County., ` Tribute is a London, Ontario based oil and gas exploration com- pany listed on the Alberta Stock Exchange and is a 50 per cent partner with Clcarwood Resources - Inc.. also of London. . • Together. - • Tribute and Clearwood plan to explore 80 gco- physical anomalies throughout Middlesex and Huron Counties ' and expect to drill -later on. this month at Clinton, Corhet and Camlachie. , DHC appoints new executive director MITCHELL - Bob Caesar, chair of the recently established Grey Bruce Huron Perth District Health Council waspleased to announce that the -board has ,hired Jim Whaley as the i°He's new excel]. , tive director. "We -are very excited about Mr. Whaley's decision to corns work. for us," said Caesar. "He brings a wealth of experience in tetras of hospital restructuring and rural health planning to our new dis- trict." , Whaley has been the executive director of the Wellington-Dufferin District Health Council for the past 10 years and is a former employee of the Grcy-Bruce District Health Council. in terms of Whaley's hos- pital restructuring accomplish- men'ts, he served as thc chicf facili- tator for the voluntary merger of the Shclhurne and. Orangeville hos- pitals, and worked collaboratively with the hospitals in Guelph to cre- ate a redevelopment plan which was approved by the Ministry. Whaley is also a member of the. joint OHA/Ministry working group which is developing parameters and benchmarks for rural hospital restructuring. "in many ways it feels like I'rn coming home. Having worked in Grey -Bruce, I'm quite familiar with the rural health care issues in that arca and i also have family roots in the Huron -Perth area," said Whaley. 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