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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1995-10-04, Page 5for next week's newspaper Because of the holiday Monday, all advertising must be in our office by Friday afternoon in order for us to maintain our publishing schedule 1 424 MAIN ST. EXETER 235-1331 Times -Advocate, October 4, 1995 Page 5 Back in Time.,. By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO October 2, 1985 - About 60 property owners in the north-east cor- ner of Exeter have retained the services of Lerner and Associates, a London law firm, to help in the battle against the group home being built in their neighborhood. Members of the Exeter PUC were shocked when the lowest ten- der to replace water mains at the intersection of Highways 4 and 83 came in at $71,061 when the local utility had estimated the cost at no more than $45,000. 25 YEARS AGO October 1, 1970 - It took the weatherman two years but he has again caught up with the Exeter Fair. After experiencing rainy weather year after year fair officials changed the fair date to a Satur- day in 1969 and were rewarded with excellent weather condition$, and a large crowd. This year the big day was again held on Saturday and visitors came in larger numbers than eSer but the rains again took over with the skies opening around 3:15 p.m. sending spectators scattering in all directions. Huron county council failed to support res'olution from the Huron Federation of Agriculture asking all Ontario ratepayers, rural and ur- ban to withhold education taxes this fall. 35 YEARS AGO October 2, 1960 - Exeter Fall Fair attracted the largest crowd ever. An estimated 4,500 people paid the biggest gate receipt in the histo- ry of the 106 year old show. 40 YEARS AGO October 3, 1955 - Preston Dearing of R.R. 1, Exeter delivered the first load of corn to the new Cann's Mill elevator in Exeter. Members of the Safety Council used close to 300 feet of safety re- flector tape on 150 bicycles belonging to public school children. The tape was donated by the local Kinettes. 50 YEARS AGO October 4, 1945 - Exeter has, a dream house just like you see in the latest magazines. It is the newly built home of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Sweitzer and it was open to the public Tuesday afternoon and eve- ning. The recent wet weather has proved a very trying time for bean growers and for harvesting the corn crop. 75 YEARS AGO October 2, 1920 - The Exeter high school students motored to Lu - can on Friday to take part in the Field Day held there. Owing to the heavy rain on Friday Kirkton Fair was postponed un- til Wednesday of this week. A memorial monument erected at Brinsley by McGillivray town- ship in memory of the fallen heroes in the Great War was unveiled on Friday last. Eden School was struck by lightning on Monday during a severe thunder storm. Some of the plaster was knocked off but no further damage done. Pupils were unharmed. 100 YEARS AGO At Western Fair In London, W.D. Weekes of Exeter, marble deal- er won second prize for his marble cutting. His chief piece was an exquisitely executed cherub's head. Albert King of Stephen township has an apple tree in full bloom. The Ladies Aid of Exeter Methodist Church realized $70 from a bazaar on Tuesday. Concession 8 and 9 of Usborne township has become noted as a stock producing community. At the Exeter fair nearly all prizes went to this line. Winners were Thos. Brock, S.R. Horn, W. Smith, John Delbridge, Jas. Routly, Henry Brown and W. Brock. This year's Zurich Fall Fair was a decided success. Receipts were upwards of $250. On the whole it was the best rural fair of the sea- son. A Stratford lawyer while fishing up near Grand Bend last spring dropped his gold watch from the boat in which he was sitting. A few days ago he visited the same place and strangely enough inside the first fish he caught was the watch and it was still running and more than that it had not lost or gained a second in the months that had elapsed since the fish swallowed it. Seems the watch stem was lodged in the fish's internal machinery that every time the creature moved his jaw the watch would wind it- self. "KNOWLEDGE /S POWER" fig NESBITT BURNS ta Bank of Montreal Jan Moffatt Gene Baynham Investment Advisor Manager Customer Service Invite you to the following Investment Series: Quebec Uncertainty An "interest Bearing" Opportunity October 13, 1995 7:30 p.e. Planning for the Next Millenium Retirement & Estate Planning November 3,1995 7:3e p.n. What Does the Future Hold? Nesbitt Burns' Financial Markets Forecast November 29, 1993 7:30 p.m. ILII: Bank of Montreal 400 Main Street, Exeter, Ontario seating is 11mIt.S To reserve for any or all of the above dates please call: Bask of Monntreal23S 2860 or Nesbitt Burns 672.6660 A i Tacke Windpower Inc. held an official opening on Friday of the Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Manufactur- ing Facility in Huron Park. Tacke Windpower launches operation The rotor blade man- ufacturer expects to employ 50 by year end HURON PARK - Tacke Wind - power Inc. expects to increase its employees from 28 to 50 by the end of the year. Tacke began manufacturing rotor blades for wind turbines in July and is expecting a shipment of a second set of moulds in November which will nearly double their pro- ductivity. The official launch of the opera- tion at Tacke was marked by an opening ceremony Friday, attended by approximately 200 guests in- cluding federal, provincial and lo- cal government representatives. Tacke Windpower successfully tendered a contract valued at $9.5 million with its parent company Tacke Windtechnik in Germany for the production of 300 rotor blades. Target markets for wind turbines include North America and Mex- ico. Presently wind energy has .s.,en growth in Germany, Cal- ifornia, Denmark and China. "Germany, which has seen the most dramatic growth in wind en- ergy development in recent years has more than 850 mW of wind en- ergy capacity installed...This is enough to provide the annual en- ergy needs of approximately 150,000 households," said Phillip Andres, vice president of project development. Future activities at Tacke will in- clude systems integration of wind turbines, including a growing num- ber of North American components and the setting up and servicing of wind farms consisting of a number of turbines. The inauguration of Canada's largest grid connected wind turbine was held on Monday in Tiverton. The state of the art Tacke wind tur- bine is the first 600 kW machine designed for cold weathtr. Attention Quebecers outside of Quebec OTTAWA - Partick W. O'Brien, Member of Parliament for London - Middlesex, Joe Fontana, Member of Parliament for London East and Sue Barnes, Member of Parliament for London West, would like to re- mind residents of their rids from Quebec thaflhey may be eligible to vote in the upcoming RE)TDUM this fall. If one was a Quebec resident for 12 consecutive months and has been away from Quebec for less than two years, they are probably eligible. The two year restriction does not apply to voters outside of Quebec on behalf of the Canadian Government or the Quebec Government. Fur- ther, this restriction does not apply to those outside of Quebec on behalf of an international organization of which the Government of Canada or the Government of Quebec is a member and to which it contributes (spouses and children included). All Quebecers both inside and outside of Quebec have a right to de- cide clearly and democratically about whether they wish to be part of Canada. It is up to every qualified individual to come forward and have their vote counted. To register please obtain an application form which will require two identifying documents. The first is a photocopy of a document of ex- tract thereof indicating name, date of birth and Canadian citizenship (e.g. passport, birth certificate, certificate of citizenship etc.) The sec- ond is a photocopy of a document indicating name and address of last domicile in Quebec (e.g. driver's permit, phone bill, lease, electricity bill, or any other document bearing your name and address). To obtain further information or to obtain a registration form please contact your Member of Parliament's constituency office: Patrick O'Brien, M.P. 685-4745, Joe Fontana, M.P. 663-9777, Sue Barnes, M.P. 679-6361, or call toll free 1-800-363-0963. Guide and parliamentary page program recruiting OTTAWA - "Each year, hun- dreds of thousands of visitors from across Canada and around the world are escorted through the his- toric halls of the Parliamentary Buildings" explained Paul Steckle, Member of Parliament for Huron - Bruce, "answering their questions are the Parliamentary tour guides, young Canadians from various ac- ademic and linguistic backgrounds who explain the history and activi- ties of Canada's Parliament and the significance of the art and ar- chitecture of the buildings". "Also, approximately 40 stu- dents are selected from high schools and CEGEPS across Can- daa to come and work as pages in the House of Commons," said Steckle, "Those hired as pages work on a part-time basis during their first year of study at one of the universities in the National Capital Region." Copies of the application kits for both the page and the guide pro- grams are available at all Canadian high schools and employment cen- tres on campus or contact my of- fice. Applications must be postmarked no later than November 6, 1995 for the guide program and not later than December 1, 1995 for the page program. Gaiser Kaeale. rill -2420, 241144a4 • die rata maim to oA R Short term rem/Matto respopwiascarstakel lards tors return:14 Iovgg(meog OIC/RP iYr. •8.50% 3 Yr. • 8.875% 5 yr. - 7.45% Segregated Fund* 6 MONTH -18.50% 1 YR. - 10.96% Ladies' Comfort Shoe SALE. .. ONTINUES lt,Vuertb's SNOES N.M) W: efia ,11110i,6 "wig ,wIF- pit E ir�tr�r Sto:i' ()fay 235-0611 Exeter Centralia Academy evaluating programs HURON PARK - Private in- vestors are gearing up to open Cen- tralia International Academy at the former site of Centralia Inter- national College. The first private college opened January 30, 1995 but President George Lewis went into bankruptcy effective July 18. International stu- dents registered at the college were transferred to Shaw College in To- ronto. The focus of the new academy will likely be on English as a sec- ond language. Principals Tom Lawson and Lauren Sorichetti have both been involved with the college during its various transitions. Law- son said the people involved are taking things slowly, evaluating what programs will be offered. A date for the—beginning of classes was not revealed? "We are taking it slowly, one step at a time," Lawson told the T -'►•last Monday. Centralia College closed on May 1, 1994 as a part of cost cutting measures announced by the Ontario government to reduce a $17 billion dollar deficit. Paying Too Much Rent? Stuck in a Poor Location? 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