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IT'S YOUR RlJSjjJFSS
Credit Union opens in Dashwood
New bank. Mike Cregan, branch manager of the Clinton Community Credit Union in Exeter
and as of next week, Dashwood, poses with Investment Officer Lynne Dobson minutes be-
fore an information session at the Dashwood Community Centre on April 21.
Back in Time...
By Ross Haugh from the archives of
the Exeter Times Advocate
10 YEARS AGO
April 27, 1988 - At the recent spring banquet of District 3 of the
Ontario Vegetable Growers Marketing Board, Harry Dougall of Ex-
eter was honored for his 13 years of service to the district. -
Don. 'and Judy Squire of R.R. 1, Centralia were winners for the
second time of the Lucan Irish Great.Escape Weekend in Toronto.
A 15 months renovation • program at the R.E. -Pooley Exeter
Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion will be culminated with a rib-
-bon cutting ceremony Saturday night. Current Legion president
Dean McKnight says the two phases of the projectcost about
$173,000 and many fund raising projects have taken care of all of
the costs incurred.
Almost $7,500 was realized from Thursday's rummage sale spon-
sored by the South Huron Hospital Auxiliary. Conveners wereEdith
Boyle, Leone Brock, Alice MacLean, Hazel Miller and Gerry Gre-
gus.
35 YEARS AGO
April 27, 1963 - South Huron District High School Board will re-
,eive an increase in grants from the Ontario government of at least
$ 17,000 this year.
PC C.E Gibbons, who has been in charge -of the OPP detachment
in Exeter for the past nine years has been promoted to corporal and
transferred to Lindsay. PC George Mitchell will take over the local
detachment. •
Dashwood Men's Club has raised $1'52 for the cancer campaign
this year. more than 50 per cent over the previous year.
40 YEARS AGO
April 28, 1958 - Highland Hill Dairy of Exeter has amalgamated
with Exeter Dairy Ltd. •The new plant will operate under the name
of Exeter Dairy Ltd.
William D. Schaefer of Newton graduated from the Ontario Vete-
rinary College in Guelph and will be associated with the practice of
Dr. Norman Amos at Kirkton.
A federal health grant of $7.000 has been approved toward the
cost of construction of the new nurses' residence for South Huron
Hospital.
50 YEARS AGO
April 25, 1948 -An inspection tour of the RCAF station at Cen-
tralia was made on Thursday 'by a number of weekly newspaper
men of the district in a targe Dakota airplane.
Rev. M.E. Reuher, minister for the past six years of the Zion Ev-
angelical United Brethren Church in Crediton has been transferred
to the New Hamburg charge.
A deputation of residents on Main Street waited on council, com-
plaining of continued noise late Saturday and Sunday nights. Coun-
cil promised action.
John A. Cowan of Blyth has been appointed police chief for the
village of Grand Bend and begins his duties May 1.
Students of the Exeter school. business men, clerks, pedestrians
and others saw themselves in the movies at the Exeter Opera House
Friday evening.
75 YEARS AGO
April 26, 1923 - At the quarterly Official Board meeting of the
James Street Church, it was decided to engage Mr. Roy Goulding of
St. Marys as organist to succeed Mr. Gray.
On Sunday morning last while Mr. and Mrs. George Ferguson and
their -two grandchildren were attending church. fire broke out in '
their home on Concession 2 of Usborne Township and completely
destroyed the building: Most of the furniture was saved.
A large portion of the business section of Ailsa Craig was wiped
out by fire Tuesday afternoon. Eight stores, five residences, skating.
rink, telephone office and several barns were destroyed.
Times -Advocate, April 29, 1998
Students to benefit from
software purchase
TORONTO - Queen's Park -Bruce
Smith, MPP for Middlesex, wet
comed the release of the new grade
one to eight science and technology
curriculum and the announcement
of a major new purchase of Corel
. computer software. •
"For the first time in 30 years, the.
province is setting clear, specific
expectations of our students in sci-
ence and technology through a rig-
ourous curriculum. The new curric-
ulum details the knowledge and
skills that students are expected to
acquirein each grade in eleinentary
school. In addition to theoretical
knowledge, students will -be expect-
ed to apply whatthey learn -in
hands-on situations. It also places a
strong emphasis on the key details
of scientific investigation, such as.
observation, experimentation, anal-
ysis and measurement," Smith ex-
plained.
"This exciting announcement has
been welcomed by many members
of the academic community.- The
importance of implementing one
curriculum with clear standards and
expectations -is recognized by
teachers and parents alike," stated
Consumers doubt benefits of mergers
MISSISSAUGA - Consumers
believe they -will be the big losers if
hank mergers go ahead as planned',
says a new poll by Environics
Research Group.
The survey of 2.306 Canadians
reveals that more than half (56 per
' cent) believe either there will be no
benefits whatsoever of a bank
merger or•have no opinion as to
what the: benefits will be. Concern
rated even higher in small commu-
' nities, which are often served by
only one or two banks and are more.
vulnerable .to branch closures.
The .Environics survey. commis-
sioned by Canadian credit unions,
was conducted in the wake of the
merger announcement by the Royal
Bank and the Bank of. Montreal.
and before a similar announcement
last week -by the Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce and the
Toronto Dominion Bank.
When asked about possible nega-
tive consequences of a merger. con-
sumers expressed significant con-
cern about a deterioration in per-
sonal service -at • bank's. Key find-
•
ings of the survey include:
• Twice as many people believe
that u merger will have a negative
effect (vers -us a positive effect) on
the quality of service and on ease
of access to' personal service at
hanks: this margin is even greater
in Ontario:
• People are three times as likely.
to believe there will be a negative,
jrather' than a positive. effect on ser-
vice charges. rates and fees: con-
cern is even Higher in Ontario,
especially for higher income earn-
ers. and for those living in Toronto:
• Thirty-five per cent believe
staff layoffs and job losses will
occur: in Ontario..concern about
job losses is even higher (42 per
cent) in smaller communities where
hlyoffs may' he more damaging to
. the local economy':
• Sixteen per cent believe hank
branches will close. a number that
rises to 22 per cent among respon-
dents form cominunities with a
population under 5.000;
• While 20 per cent believe a
merger will help hanks he more
competitive internationally, another
35 per cent believe a merger will
result in less competition in the
domestic banking sector; this is of
greatest concern to higher -income
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earners and those with more years
• of education - a population. gener- -
ally speaking. that has more com-
plex banking needs. In exploring
the consequences of bank mergers.
the poll also reveals that some. peo-
ple will consider switching to
another financial institution 'if a
merger of their bank goes ahead.
Eight per cent ofrespondents .
said they would definitely switch.
. while another (5 per cent ,said they
would probably. switch. More •than
:a third of those indicated they
.would move to a credit union.
The Environics survey was con=
ducted between March 13 'arid
April 10. 1998. Results of a survey
sample of this. size can be consid=.
ered accurate.to 'Within plus, or
minus 2.1 per cent. 19 times out of
20:
Smith. -"The ultimate beneficiaries,-
however, will be our children, who
will he better prepared to take their
place in a competitive world." .
_This purchase- of Corel's 'aca-
demic suite' of programs is one pt
the largest ever made by the Minis-
try of Education and Training. It
will enable Ontario to bring state-
of-the-art, industry 'standard soft-
ware to every elementary and ,sec-
ondary school in the province. The
province -wide licensing of Corel
software means it can -be used in
more than 5000 schools by Onta-
rio's 2.1 million students. The pur-
chase was made on the recommen-
dation of school • board
representatives. By making the sin-
gle -point purchase on behalf of the
boards, time and money was saved.
and consistent technology will- be
used across the province: -
"This purchase will provide the '
necessary Zink between curriculum
and computer resources. We are.
.proud to offer a world-ctass Onta•
-
rio product to our students." Smith
said. - -
"I used to lose a lot of
sleep over tax returns.
So I Stopped
doing them"
1 figured: why bother doing my
taxes if it causes me so. much.
grief? Sol went to 'H&R Block. With
H&R Block, f know I'll always get
what I deserve, because they really
know their stuff. So I don't -have to
worry about missing.deductions or
. paying more tax'than I should"
H&R BLOCK
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