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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-11-12, Page 13Back in Time...] By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO November 11, 1987 - The new SAAN department store in Exeter was officially opened Thursday morning. Cutting the ribbon were Exet- er Reeve Bill Mickle, local store manager Keith Hardy and SAAN district manager Ron Wilson. Steve Beane of Brucefield was named the most outstand- ing 4-H member in Huron County. About 75 members of the Dashwood Lutheran Church travelled to Hamilton Sunday to attend the ordination of their Pastor, Larry Stojkovic. The South Huron Senior Panthers defeated Godench 3- 1 to win the Huron -Perth title and the local juniors are also H -P champs on the strength of a 19-13 victory over Gode- rich. • A new addition to Exeter's skyline means a new product and more seasonably balanced work for Nabisco Brands Limited, the town's largest employer. The addition in- cludes two. 12 metre silos for the storage and mixing of Magic Baking Powder. 20 YEARS AGO November 10, 1977 - More than $1,800 was raised by about 150 participants in Sat- urday's skate-a-thon spon- sored by the Exeter figure skating club. Huron county council in- creased fuel allowances for people on welfare in the county, raising the allowance by 45 percent to cover an identical rise in the cost of fuel'to.heat their homes. 35 YEARS AGO November 9, 1964 - RCAF Station at Centralia opened the area curling season over the weekend with a men's bonspiel. Group Captain L.H. Randle, commanding officer threw the first rock. Exeter Curling Club begins its regu- lar season Sunday night with an increased membership. In canvasses Halloween night, students of five public schools collected more than $600 for UNICEF, Care of 'Canada and an adopted Kore- an child. The largest total brought in was by students of J.A.D. McCurdy School .at Huron Park. 40 YEARS AGO November 10, 1957 - Bill McLean and Ken Ottewell, both of Exeter, shot eight geese on the Hagmeir farm, near Grand Bend, Monday. �I Game experts said it was one I. of the largest bags reported in I. this area for a number of years. Exeter Public Utilities Com- mission appointed Hugh Davis I' of Marlborough Street as su- perintendent starting in Janu- ary. The PUC is preparing to take over the operation of hy- dro services in town. Exeter Legion recently won a raffle sponsored by the Exet- er Mohawks hockey team. Le- gion president Harold Holtz - mann was presented . with a cheque for $1,000. Oil wells near Greenway are producing about 150 barrels a day, according to Imperial Oil Limited. The three wells are on the farm of Lloyd Stewardson , one mile•west of Greenway. Mary Margaret Essery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Essery of Centralia has suc- cessfully passed her registered nurse's examinations. 50 YEARS AGO November 11, 1947 - Mrs. J.A. Traquair was installed as Worthy Matron of the Exeter Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star Wednesday eve- ning. Seven new Canadian citi- zens, anxious to improve their English, attended the first of a series of night classes at Exeter High School, taught by princi- pal H.L. Sturgis. Public school teachers from Goderich visited the Exeter school Thursday to observe the teaching methods. Main Street United Church celebrated its 52nd anniversary on Sunday. 75 YEARS AGO November 10, 1922 -Messrs. J. Senior •end C. Pilon motored to Toronto Wednesday. Mr. Pilon brought back with him a new Star car for which he has the agency. Mr. Herb Debus of Usborne township is learning the barber business with Mr. Norman Hockey. • .UIVUVI[aI\1I L1__ They'll be busy The executives. The Lucan Optimist Club installed its new executive at the recent annual President's Banquet. From left: president Len Anderson, second vice-president Sue Pike, first vice-president Pat Holland, treasurer Chris Geertsen-Anderson and secretary Tim Cart- er. Planned events include: Ribs 'n Tails on Nov. 7; Get -A -Way Dance (co-sponsored by Lu - can Minor Hockey) on Nov. 14; annual Shopping Spree on Nov. 30. The Optimists will also assist with the Lucan Santa Claus Parade on Dec: 6.. Granton 4-H introduce new members It was decided that the club name would be Home Improve- ments... By Muriel Lewis Granton correspondent Sympathy from the community to the family of the late Harold Hardie who died suddenly at his residence on Wednesday, November 5 fol- lowing a brief illness. Pearl Bryan was honoured on the occasion of her 85th birthday at a family dinner at the home of Leroy and April Bryan on Saturday eve- ning, November 8. Several Granton area ladies at- tended the annual Snowflake Ba- zaar and Tea at Bryanston United Church on Saturday, November8. At St. Pauls Anglican Church, Kirkton, Canon Michael Griffin (a former rector) of Stratford was the officiant in the absence of Rev. Glenda Meakin. During the chil- dren's focus, he used a true story to illustrate that they should remem- ber to forgive and also remember all the good things in life. The sermon was about the cost of war and the price of freedom for the families of those who died. Griffin explained that the poppy is a symbol of blood and war, and cenotaph means an empty tomb. The lessons were read by John Urquhart and the minister. A time of fellowship,followed the service when the birthdays of Burns Blackler, Mary Blackler. Joanne and Ken Blackler, and Ver- na Blackler were celebrated. Inci- dentally they all have birthdays this week. Services were withdrawn at Granton and Wesley on •Sunday, November 9 when fifty foodgrain friends from Granton and Wesley United Churches and St. Patncks RC Church near Lucan travelled by bus to attend Humber Valley Unit- ed Church in Etobicoke. Everyone enjoyed the Remembrance Service message and music. Then the visi- tors were taken to' different homes where they enjoyed the great-hospi-' tality and a lovely lunch. The after- noon flew by and soon it was time to make the trip home. • -UCW. Unit One -met at • Nora Wissel's- place on Thursday, November 6 for a pot luck lunch at noon. President Doreen McRobert opened with the lesson thoughts on 'Road Map' and prayer. The Roll Call was answered with Remem- brance readings, two of which were written by Tara and Heather Wept - man. Carlene ,Goos read 'In FlaAci ers Fields.' During the business the bazaar and luncheon and beef supper were reviewed. The next meeting will be December 4 at McRoberts. Amelia Jameson gave a reminder that the nominations meeting for,the Gener- al UCW is coming up. Madeline Hardie wound up the meeting with one of her own challenging puzzle contests. Unit 3 met at Elizabeth Garretts home on Tuesday evening,_Novem-. ber 4. Ruth Cook and Garrett pre- sented the program on Remem- brance. '0 GodOur Help' was sung and Cook read in Flanders Fields' andGarrett read the answer. Cook then read 'Why Wear a Poppy'. Each one expressed a memory of World War iI followed by, some- thing each one thought they might be remembered .for. Business in- cluded plans for catering to the firemen's banquet and the program for the general UCW on December 9. The electioh of officers for 1998 took place as follows: president - Margaret Bryan, secretary -Marion Thomson. treasurer -Joan Hayden. social -Ruth Cook, Elizabeth Gar- rett and April Bryan.. sunshine - Marguerite Garrett. - Cook and Garrett served lunch. 4HClub The Granton,#1 4-H club gath- ered at the home of leader Marga- ret Bryan on Thursday. November 6 to commence the project 'On your own. you can do it'. After opening with the 4-H pledge, new members were intro- duced. An exercise was done on household items and time spent learning about, fuses and breakers. Melissa Gollan and Jodi Pronchk volunteered 'to use the cleaning paste Arm and Hammer baking soda. It was decided that the club name would be Home Improve- -ments. The next meeting will be Novem- ber 13 at the same location. Gem-' ma and Lenny Vandenberg served refreshments. Mary Mcllhargey was the secre- tary and reporter. VON attend Golden Agers meeting GRAND BEND - Dealing with loneliness, stated Priscilla McKenzie, became such an important part of the Victoria Order of Nurses' work that its first volunteer program was inaugurated. The retired nurse.from Sarnia is the Director of Volunteer Services. She was appealing to Grand Bend Golden Agers for help in this area at their November meeting last Wednesday. McKenzie related how the VON began with professional nurses and it continues that today. On their visits they found, besides' helping their clients with health problems. considerable time was spent in addressing their loneliness. Today VON has special training courses. One is visiting persons who have been diagnosed with a life threatening illness, another on Alzheimer disease and the third the Friendly Visit program. In this later area there have been more referrals than volunteers to assist. Interested persons were asked to contact the speaker for further discussions. She was introduced by Program Chairman Caffrey Cann. Following a luncheon prepared by Mary Van De Vooren's group, President Larry Cole led the seniors in two minutes of silence in honor of our fallen servicemen and women. He will lay a wreath on behalf of the club on Remembrance Day. Lambton's MPP Marcel Beaubien brought booklets outlining services available in Lambton. The club and shufflers made a donation of $600 to Grand Bend Legion. Members were encouraged to attend a community meeting for seniors at the Anglican Church on November 20. Laura Cavalier announced two bus trips, one to Frankenmuth November 21 and the second to see the Canadian premier of one of the top. musicals, Rent. on January 27. Cost for the latter is $ 125 including a buffet dinner and shopping. Bob Southcott appealed to the Grand Bend voters to mark no on the casino question. A short video about the United Seniors of Ontario concluded the meeting. r SUBSCRIBE! 1 It you aren't subscribing to The Times -Advocate, you're missing out. I Use the coupon below and subscribe today! 1 Name: I Address ---_. City 1 Prov. I Postal Code - taatacarnotinmat cacaos. 1 i you 1.35•245 OST -2 yeS sea . 4.4 t t3ST 1 euusssAeaos 1 s+02 00 1 USE YOUR CREDri CARD 1 00000000 1 LICLICILLENJ caro No. Emory Date — — 1 0 Visa 0 Master Card 0 Cheque enclosed 1 &Wm.& TIMES ADVOCATE 1 424 Mein St. Exeter. Ont. NOM 1S6 L leder IMO — J Operation Christmas Child has goal of 200,000 gift -filled shoe boxes CALGARY - Operation Christmas Child, a program of the international .relief organization Samaritan's- Purse, opened_ its - warehouse doors this .week to accommodate the thousands of. gift -filled shoe boxes expected from all across Canada. By the end of November, Operation Christmas Child expects to receive more than 200,000 shoe boxes at its •iwo Processing Centres - the Woodridge Lincoln Mercury Dealership Showroom at Chinook Centre in Calgary, Alberta, and at a second facility located at 925 Ring Street East in Kitchen, Ontario. At the opening of the Calgary warehouse, Doris Goodair,: au Operation Christmas Child volunteer from Mission, Brit's' Columbia, who describes herself as 67 years young, gave 600 shoe boxes to the 1997 campaign that she had prepared. Goodair "Three years agog 1 only heard about Operation Christmas Child one week before the deadline and I only had enough money to pack tyro shoe boxes. The second year 1 started in January and did 400 shoe boxes, and this year - 600 shoe boxes". Operation Christmas Child will receive shoe boxes until November 21 at more than 160 local collection centres across Canada and at 138 Canada. Safeway stores in Alberta, Saskatchewan. Manitoba, and Northern Ontario. Once the boxes are collected, they will be trucked to one of • the two processing warehouses, where thousands of volunteers will sort and place the gift shoe boxes in cartons for overseas shipment by air. land and sea. Operation Christmas Child sends the gift -filled shoe boxes - packed with school supplies, hygiene items. clothing, simply toys, and other articles - to needy children and their families in countries affected by war, famine, disease, and natural disaster. Operation Christmas Child is part of a year-round initiative by Samaritan's Purse to, provide food. clothing. medical. and disaster relief to needy people in more than 70 countries around the world. During its 1996 global campaign. Operation Christmas Child collected more than 165.000 shoe boxes in Canada - part of more than one million shoe boxes delivered to children worldwide. Samaritan's Purse is an international Christian relief organization headed by Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham. Ethiopian project described to Exeter UCW members EXETER - The evening unit of Exeter United Church U.C.W. met November 3 in the ladies parlour. Barb Tiedeman opened the meeting with "Flanders Fields". Devotions were conducted- by Leona Morley. Pat Down. Marjorie Coleman. Ruth Anderson and Barb Tiedeman using the theme of ''remembering". Several members told of a child- hood memory. that they will,always remember. Following the worship Pat'Down -introduced Shirley McAllister who works with the London 'Conference Ethiopia-Ziqu4la, project. She showed slides of Ethiopia and described several projects being undertaken by London Conference, notably clean water being the top priority. Ratepayers of the Town of Exeter, 1997 Taxes DUE ON OR BEFORE Nov. 15,' 1997 Tiedeman reminded everyone of the bazaar on Saturday. Once again Anne of Green Gables was present and members were asked to guess her birthdate. Marj Tuckey announced that the 'Sunday School children will hold their second arts and crafts sale on November 23. Following the Mizpah Benediction, Maxine Sereda's group served lunch. We wish ro draw your attention to the following in our Current 'Shop Early ,and Save flyer Page 8 The illustrations should he transposed for binoculars. item 10 76- 1009-6 and item 12. 76-1061-8. Page 9: There are no boys. 8-16. 2 pc. - snowsuits. only 1 -pc. snowsuits are available Page 26. Revitalizer cushion. 32-1470-8. Copy should read: 4 massaging' motors. NOT 5 ALSO We wish to draw your attention to the 'following in our Current ''OREA''GIFT IDEAS' flyer Page 10. Scrunch'n Wear. 50-3524-6. The illustration is incorrect showing Hair Wraps'n Braids. Page 19. Sanyo ultra-thin stereo with remote. 44- (664-0 is not available.'Rainchecks will be issued. Page 27: The illustraluins for item 10. Hood repair kit. 26-0190-6 and item (1. Survival Kit 26-0012-2 should be transposed. 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