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10 YEARS AGO
October 24, 1984 - What
had been slated as an election
rally turned out to he more of
an old fashioned wake at the
South Huron Rec Centre Fri-
day night. With good food,
good drinks and about 250
good Conservative friends on
hand, Ontario Treasurer Larry
Grossman led in the lamenta-
tion and euology for the "de-
parted" Premier William Da-
vis whose surprise retirement
came at the time he was fully
expected to call a general
election.
Don Campbell. executive
director of the South. Huron
Association for the Mentally
Handicapped has resigned af-
ter eight years of service and
has accepted a similar posi-
tion in Lamhton County.
25 YEARS AGO
October 23. 1969- There is -
no immediate likelihood that
the Huron Board of Education
will follow the example set by
the London Board of Educa-
tion in dropping final exami-
nations for all secondary
school students.
Two area reeves will be at-
tempting to become Huron
County Warden for 1970.
They arc Roy Westcott of Us -
borne township and Elgin
Thompson of Tuckersmith
township.
At Friday's tour of the tow-
er at Trivitt Memorial Angli-
can Church, the present hell
ringing team of David Keat-
ing and Gary Middleton got
some tips from Louis Day
who first learned the skill of
bell ringing in 1907.
50 YEARS AGO
October 26, 1944 -All hon-
our to those young ladies who
knit tirelessly and scrimped
themselves mercilessly in or-
der that those ditty hags for
overseas may be packed to
overflowing.
Exeter golf club held its fi-
nal tournament of the season
at the Oakwood Inn at Grand
Bend. Winners were Mrs.
W.J. Floyd, Mrs. M.F. Glad -
man, Miss Eileen Snell, R.N.
Creech, Ted Davies, B.W.
Tuckey, U. Snell and Fred
Newton.
An Exeter juvenile hockey
team will compete this year
along with Wingham and
Lucknow. Irwin Ford is man-
ager, W.C. Allison is secre-
tary -treasurer and C.E. Boyle
is coach.
The Exeter Co -Operative re-
ceived its charter as a limited
liability company. William
Oestreicher is the first presi-
dent. Life memberships will
cost $10. P. Passmore, secre-
tary of the Thames Road Farm-
ers Club has been appointed
store manager.
The Red Cross goose supper
at Grand Bend aurracted a
record crowd of over 1,(10)
and realized gross receipts of
$775.
No. 9 SFTS at Centralia
went over the top in the recent
Victory Bond sales by sub-
scribing 130 percent of their
quota.
The basement of the Exeter
Library was a busy spot Friday
and Saturday when 2,886 ra-
tion books were handed out.
75 YEARS AGO
October 24, 1919 - Mr. John
England has sold his 50 acre
grass farm in Stephen town-
ship to Mr. Noah Dittrich who
gets possession immedia ely.
The Kase of the Soldier ie-
morial at the Town Hall was
commenced last week and is
now ready to receive the mon-
ument.
The James Street Methodist
Church has made a purchase of
surplices for the members of
the choir who will make their
first appearances in them on
the occasion of the church an-
niversary on November 16..
100 YEARS AGO
October 25, 1894 - Mr.
Thomas Snell, Huron street
presented us with 12 branches
of raspberry sprigs all of which
were heavily laden with beauti-
ful ripe berries.
At the last meeting of the Ex-
eter Cemetery Board, D.A. Al-
ward was appointed caretaker
of the cemetery, Mr. Louis Da-
vey having resigned.
Mr. John Dunkin of Varna
has refused an offer of $200
for purchase of his three year
old colt which won first prizes
in speeding contests at the vari-
ous fall fairs this season.
Exeter merchant J.P. Clarke
is selling butter for 10 cents a
pound and fresh eggs for 19
cents a dozen.
Metal being recycled locally
Miller could provide a needy service to local municipalities
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
EXETER - Five years ago, re-
cycling was a word not used that
much. Now, with the desperate need
to keep landfills from overflowing,
recycling, in some form, is what
nearly every household and mu-
nicipality in the area is participating
in.
Plastic, glass, paper and cardboard
is what the municipally owned Blue -
water Recycling Association has
been picking up.
Now it seems, the company that
nas grown in leaps and bounds, has
got a little competition in John
Mil ler.
Since August, Miller has been in
the recycling business, but while he
is only dabbling in cardboard, ma-
jor appliances .and metals is what
he is concentrating on.
"It's metal, cardboard, any re-
cycling items other than plastic. We
get it through demolition and peo-
ple are calling us," said Miller.
Outside his shop on Highway 83 in
Exeter, Miller has got a stockpile of
metal, appliances, bricks and inside
are piles of cardboard that he has
compacted in his baler.
"I sort it all out and take it to.
scrapyards in London. The price is
up and down. With cardboard you
have to get 40 tons before you can
ship it."
Miller, who in the past has had a
successful demolition company,
has always had to take mostof the
materials he can't recycle, to the
landfill.
He said he may even be able to
start taking old shingles and re-
cycling them. Miller explained the
shingles can be ground up and used
for landscaping.
As many contractors and even
those who work at the landfill will
know, both the materials coming
from demolition and Targe house-
hold appliances take up a lot of
space.
"Up here, we take it to the dump,
it costs us and they burn it," said
Miller.
With a small baler as well as
large bins he hopes to distribute lo-
cally, the future of the metal re-
cycling business looks very good
for Miller.
Since August he has been busy get-
ting his new business off the ground
and besides having to get a license to
be able to remove freone from the ap-
pliances, he's been contacting a few
of the local municipalities.
"I have three municipalities that
have contacted me. Grand Bend
wants someone to look after the big
pickups."
Auctioneer buying
former Frayne's property
The location is ideal
for an auction barn,
says Bob Heywood
EXETER - An auctioneer is pur-
chasing a property some feared
would sit empty on Exeter's south
border for some time to come.
Bob Heywood confirmed he has
plans to make the former Fraync
Chcv-Olds car dealership property
into a base for his longstanding
auction business. A deal on the
property is expected to close Fri-
day.
"I've been looking for a piece of
property for several years to house
an auction barn," said Heywood.
He said difficulties in finding the
right location included needs for
the right zoning, and enough park-
ing for 200 cars or more. The 4.5
acre car dealership has those qual-
ities, he said.
Heywood said he has plans to
lease out the front part of the build-
ing to a retail customer, and likely
rent the large apartment upstairs.
Because most of his business is
household estate sales, he said he
can envision adding a 50 or 60 seat
coffee shop for those browsing the
sales.
The size of the property also
makes possible a couple of con-
signment farm equipment auctions
a year, he said. .
Late
newspapers
EXETER - Times -Advocate sub-
scribers at RR I, Crediton received
last week's edition of the T -A late.
The newspapers were put into the
postal system as usual on Tuesday
night but didn't get delivered until
the following Monday.
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On a regular basis, municipalities
will have designated days where
they pick up appliances.
In Grand Bend, works super-
intendent Bud Markham said a
pickup by Miller would be very
beneficial to the village.
However, due to circumstances
beyond Grand Bend's control, it is
not the responsibility of the home-
owners to get rid of the appliances.
"We haven't had one (pickup) in
three years because be lost our
landfill," said Markham of Lamb -
ton County's decision to close their
landfill. "Each resident has been re-
sponsible and we had an open land-
fill day in Watford but they had to
get it there."
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