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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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