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By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO May 18, 1988 - Exeter council Monday night ap- ,proved a zoning change to al- low the transfer of the Sher- wood Exeter Limited farm machinery sales and service operation to move to a new location on Highway 83 east. Exeter's squirrel guardian Andy DeBoer is looking after a baby white squirrel which fell out of its nest somewhere on Andrew Street. DeBoer feeds it a few eyedroppers of milk every four hours. He hopes it can be returned to the trees in a few weeks. After a year's furlough in Canada, Exeter native Peter Frayne and his wife Susan are packing for another four year stint at a mission base in Se- negal. 20 YEARS AGO May 20, .1978 - The honor of cutting the 60th Jubilee cake Thursday for the South Unit of the Federation of Women Teachers of Ontario fell to Mrs. Verna 'Hicks of Centralia. Mrs. Hicks started teaching in 1922. Following, two weeks of quiet at the strike bound Fleck Manufacturing plant at Huron Park about 70 members of United Auto Workers Local 444 of Windsor walked the picket lines with striking workers. Meanwhile, negotia- tions between the UAW and Fleck appear to be at a stand- still with a meeting in the of- fice of Labour Minister Bette Stephenson resolving tittle. Friday's 10th, graduation at Centralia College of Agricul- tural Technology produced 138 graduates, the largest number since the school was established in 1967. A native of the Centralia area, Miss . Ada Mitchell re- cently retired as administrator of Williams County General Hospital in Montpelier, Ohio. . 35 YEARS AGO May 17, 1963 - Paula Bouli- anne of Crediton and Marilyn Hamilton and Sandra Walper, both of Exeter and Sandra Williams, • Clandeboye were four of the students among the members of the 1963 graduat- ing class from Victoria School, of Nursing. Construction of the new $200,000 hockey and skating arena at RCAF Centralia is progressing on schedule. Col- umns and trusses are being in- stalled this week. The building which is being financed by non-public funds is expected to be finished in September. 40 YEARS AGO May 18, 1958 - Jimmy Shar- row, five-year-old sem of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Shairow. grand Bend, first child al( r the South Huron Ho.t; .,al opened in 1953, snipud the ribbon to officially open ;ne nurses' resi- dence at the hospital Sunday afternoon. Over 500 people flocked to SHDHS to attend the annual chicken barbecue given by the school's agriculture depart- ment. Over 400 chickens raised at the school under the direction of Andrew Dixon were cooked and served. 50 YEARS AGO May 19, 1948 - A housing program of 50 dwellings will be completed at RCAF Station at Centralia this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Harold McDo- nald were fatally injured in a car accident at Mooresville Saturday evening. Jack Fulcher and Howard Holtzmann are in Toronto for a three week course in seed ana- lyzing. Miss Helen Anthony has re- signed from the staff of Alma College to take a position as Children's Work secretary of the D.R.E.C. with headquarters in the Wesley building in To- ronto. 75 YEARS AGO May 20, 1943 - The local bowling greens were opened for the season on the weekend when a tournament was held. The reports for the Universi- ty of Western Ontario were published last week. Students from this area are Melville F. Gladman, BA degree and sec- ond eaand class honors in History and Political Economy; Miss Margaret Strang, first class ;honors in first year General Science, B.A. and M.C.; Miss Jean Walker, second class hon- ors in English, History and French. Miss Blanche Senior is in ,Toronto where she has a week's engagement to sing at the Hippodrome in the musical novelty, "A Sprig of Heather." RIIRINF.S.S Times -Advocate, May 20, 1998 Page 5 Grand Bend LCBO's responsible drinking project GRAND BEND - The Victoria Day weekend is an incredibly busy time for the Grand Bend LCBO. This year the store capitalized on their brisk business by launching a unique campaign to promote responsible and safe drinking. In conjunction with South Huron Dis- trict High School's Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving (OSAID) pro- gram, Usborne Central, Zurich, St. Bon- iface, Mt. Carmel Separate elementary school students and local artist Denise Al- drich, the store was decorated with 2,500 paper bags bearing hand drawn messages ranging from "Don't forget your family" to "Drive to Survive." The bags were also used for customer purchases. The store was initially approached with the idea by Aldrich who had heard about a similiar project in Goderich. "It is a great idea...when we told LCBO headquarters about the project they were also very positive about the idea," said Grand Bend LCBO em- ployee Denise Meidinger. The LCBO donated the plain brown paper bags for the initiative. Meidinger is hopeful the project will become a yearly event. Store manager, Phil Overholt is also supportive about the project, "The response so far to the bags by customers has been phenomenal." A wall of Important reminders. Posing in front of just some of the 2,500 decorated bags are Grand Bend LCBO staff (I -r), Bill Millar, Cathy Glanville, Velma Labelle, Susanne Aveling, De- nise Meidinger and Phil Overholt. Quilt Raffle in support of the Children's Hospital in London, Hen- , sill's' C1BC is raising money through a quilt raffle. The quilt donated by Irene Dunn of Exeter. Tickets are $2 each and the draw date is May 29. The winner will also receive a $50 certificate from the Purple Turtle in Exet- er. 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