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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-07-31, Page 1=ive miflic ormqsa "Though Formosa Spring Brewery Limited US t.pled its . production capacity at Formosa the past yea!, it: supply of beer is still far short Of demand. Orders for Formosa Club Me, Diemond Lager and Bina Italia are currently running at more than twice the level of the corn- pany's ability to brew them. As a result of this demand, the Directors of Formosa Sp r i n g Brewery have decided, to build a new brewery. The 100 -year old brewery at Formosa will continue in operation, It is not feasible to expand that existing brewery; instead, a complete new plant will be built at.Bar- rie, Ontario. " So said George E. Mara, chairman, and Harold W. Blakley, president of For- woo=s Spring Brewery. Limited in a joint statement this week. "-Much as we would like to expand at Formosa, there are many reasons why it is not pos- sible or feasible to do so",says Mr. Blakley. "At Formosa we have no municipal sewage dis- posal system, no rail siding, and we are on rural hydro there. Also, our Formosa brewery is 'located op county roads which. have half -load limits in the. springtime. Even some of the provincial highways in ' that part of the country are In pretty bad condition, ,and hauling over them is hard on trucks • and bot- • ties. Also, we are following the recommendations of the On- tario Water Resources Commis- sion, that we not increase; the size of our brewery at Formosa but locate on an established municipal sewage system. We are in complete agreement with the Ontario Water Resources Commission in their attempts to.keep Ontario waters pure. " "Ow cornpany-places .great • .. :p-tke; gualfty, Af ,, water we use to make our beer. We considered numerous loca- tions in Ontario, particularly those where we could have qual- ified for financial assistance from either the Provincial or Federal government. In o u r View. however, we consider the availability of an ample. supply of excellent artesian spring water snore vital' to our future success than access to fi- nancial grants. Accordingly we have chosen Barrie as the n expansion for Brewery at Barrie ALONG THE MAIN DRAG site of our proposed new brew- ery. Barrie's water .supply comes from a number of ar tesian wells or springs and a ysl! shows that the water the 'is perfect for making beer. ,A so, Barrie has an excellent u nicipal sewage system as well as all other necessary munici- pal services. The Barrie area has a,gvod supply of skilled and semi -skirl labour. " • "Barrie is an attractivesmall city. -one in which we can play an active role in being a signif- ' icant industrial citizen. We found there a beautiful site for our new brewery, adjacent to • the very heavily travelled High- way 400 immediately south of the city. Our 'little company had formidable competition, and accordingly we feel that it is important to us to have max- imum exposure to the public. " " We have a substantial in- vestment in our Formosa plant. Since we acquired the company in December 1967 we h av e spent a considerable. amount of money increasing that brewerys capacity and modernizing its equipment.. It makes excellent beer, and at the rate our bust - lien is growing we are going to • needthe production of both breweries to supply the demand for our products. " . Consulting engineers for the new brewery are Quan, Car ruthers, . King and Quan Limited. They are well underway, with By The Pedestrian HOLIDAY SERVICE -- There will be no wicket br rural mail service on Monday due to Civic Holiday. The lock , box lobby will remain open and, mail will be despatched at • 6 p. m. The usual collection will be made at street letter boxes. o--o--o REAL DOWNPOUR-- • Several heavy rains at the . week -end have damaged some • crops in this area. The wheat, which is ready for cutting,seem- ed to suffer most, along with standing crops of oats and bar- ley. 0--0--0 MISSED THE WORST -- Rain dat'nagein the northem part of the county was extreme- ly light compared with the •ca- tastrophe which struck Exeter and surrounding rural areas last/ week. A 90 -minute rain -storm completely flooded the south end of the town under .several feet of water, The South Huron Hospital had to be totally evac- uated the following day. Crops in Stephen and Usborne Town- ships suffered extensive dam- age. A disaster fund has been opened which will be matched dollar -for -dollar by the provin- cial government. 0--0--0" GETTING MARRIED? -- A number of weddings will have taken place by the time we get back from holidays. ' Brides, and motheri of brides, are reminded that information - for wedding write-ups must be sent to our office either before or immediately after the cere- mony. Our post office box. No. 390, will be cleared at regular intervals during the holiday • and brides are requested to see that the forms are in the mail before leaving town. their desfg'. Work. The new" brewery will have a capacity to produce 200,000 barrels pair year (0,000,000 gallons). The building will have a floor area of approximatel'y120,000 square feet and the total cost is esti- mated at $5,000,000. T h e company is now proceeding with soil tests on the proposed site, and with other aspects of plan- ning, with, the hope that con- struction might be started this fall. It is hoped that the new brewery will be in production early in the spring of 1971. Said Mr. Blakley: "Formosa Spring Brewery Limited cele- brate"; its 100th anniversary in 1970. ideally we would like to be able to complete our new facility in time to really cele- brate our centennial. More- over, we don't like the prospect Of being short of beer for anoth- er year and a half. We most sincerely appreciate the support which Ontario beer drinkers , have been giving us. We hope they will bear with us and tol- erate our short supply situation until our new brewery is in pro- duction. " The Formosa Spring Brewery w as established 99 years ago, and Formosa has been its • home ever since. About 65 men are em- plo yed in the brewery, general manager of which is Paul Heisz and his brother, Walter Heisz, is brewmaster. Work is noir in progress on local dining lounges Le+ YarrRM,rs�ta ir*nt yifl • Wingham• lit h' '' t#rdnt.1n berry; Juit ait, of the town, are both undergoing alterations at present, preparatory to their opening as l i c eased dining Correspoodeuts - please note. ' The rural correspondent% who so faithfully provide our readers with news from the sur- rounding countryside and vil- lages, are reminded that there will be no issues of The Ad - vance-Times on either August 7th or 14th. Please summarize the more important news items during the next two weeks and mail thein by August 13th. The remainder .of the news will be handled in the regular way for the August 21st edition. ' Happy holiday to all of you! 1111941111111111111 lounges.Thewowners received OQr •.licensingsing about two weeks 8 At Lee's extensive damage will be made. The main flog will be altered considerably to • accommodate both general and licensed trade. ,In addition, the :. basement area is being rebuilt and furnished for • the lounge trade. John Lee, .the proprietor, says that it will be several weeks before the whole job is completed. At Danny's less alteration. is. required. Work was started this week on the erection of staff washrooms and storage space, but the public area will be 'the, same as that now used forres- taurant and dining room plus installation of modern bar facil- ities. Danny Grummett expects that a building program will be. undertaken later to double the seating capacity of the restad- rant area. A MIGHTY WET ENDING --- After the pyjamas. race et Gorrie Friday, mothers got the job of wringing ourthe wet tops and trousers. Mrs. Keith Small of Wroxeter gives, a twist to son Stanley's sleepers while daughter Patti looks on. —Banner Photo. Wi�gham fim conimcts for arena renovation' Murray MacDougall, W 4 ham co .tractor, has been award ed the 8 000 job of retmlt' '` in, the Lucknow arena.. The work will be started at once, Approval has been recerVe4 from the Ontario Muaici' Board for the project. The contract includesan ado dition to the present building' to allow for an extension of lit4.. ice surface from 170 to 185 feet. erection of retaining walls at . the north and south ends' of the structure and steel -plating the supporting trusses. The Lucknow council voted late last year to tear down the .`. present building and replace it with a new $90, 000 structure. However, two consulting firms failed to agree -that the o 1 d building was unsafe. With a change in council personnel at the December elec» tion the way was opened for those who favored the. renova- tion program. Antique clock at Duff home Mrs. Alice Aitken of Blue - vale was interested in the plc- ture of the antique clock in last week's Advance -Times. She tells us that there has also been a .clock in their home for many years which has Mr. Bill- ingsley's name . inside: ."We have a modest looking clock, with the picture of a pretty lady on the clock face. • It has a history which d ate s back to a time we do not know. It was the work of Seth Thomas, of Thomaston, Conn; a famous clock maker. It has the name `Thomas Billingsley.,. Wingham, printed in the interior. no dam ".I have a dim memory of Thomas Billingsley, an old man who probably lived in Bluevale' after he ,lived in Wingham. Hid home was a small, site b b y frame house which was also his workshop where herepaired clocks and watches. At t h e front of the house was a large painted sign of a clock face. All has disappeared with time. • "Our clock keeps going, af- ter several sessions for repairs, but stops before 24 -hours. We do not meddle with the left side --it strikes 42 when wound," Perry Fair is scheduled for area, Aug. 6 � M4 The second annual Recrea- tion Penny Fair is to be held at -the arena on Wednesday, Aug- ust 6, starting at 7:30. 411 the games for the children will be for pennies only. . Last year 500 to 600 people enthusiastically attended the fair. This year the games will in- . elude a ftsh pond, first man on the moon, baseball in a' milk can, wishing well,- pin the tail on the donkey, chocolate bar toss, penny toss, bean guessing and other games for the chil- dren. The Penny Fair promises to be better than last year so. it is hoped that many of the chil- dren will take their parents' to this annual affair. Emp(y vehicle damages wall A 1968 Valiant owned by Donna Lee McKay, Wingham, suffered $150 damage u, the right rear fender and bumper last Tuesday when it struck the wall of Currie's Furniture Store. The car was unoccupied at the time. Miss McKay told Wingham police she parked 'the car in front of the post office with the motor,nlnning, in what she thought was the parking gear. It was later .found, however, that the vehicle was in reverse and backed itself across the street until it struck the wall which cracked upward to the 20th tier of Hicks. No esti - mate of damage to the building was given, OLIDAY CLOSING rhe Advance -res 0 Office and Plant will be closed' Aug. 4. to Aug. 16 inclusive rovincial police. check accidents On Sunday morning, July 20. vehicle driven by Melvin *agie of R. R. 1, Wellesley, llided with the rear .of a ve- tide driven by Lorne`Kuepfer Newton, at the junc- tlon of County Road 12, a n d ounty Road 29. The Kuepfer Vehicle was making a right turn ben the collision occurred. charges have been preferred. Prov. Constable C. Ricker in- vestigated. The same day, at approxi- mately 6 p. m. a two -car col- lision on Highway 86 west of Molesworth resulted in Miss Wilma Kerr of Toronto and Miss i orothy'MacDonald of Whitby being hospitalized in the Listo- wel Memorial Hospital. Ger- ald Hamilton, 'of R.R. 2, Listo- wel, was eastbound on Highway '86, following an unknown ve- hicle and the MacDonald car. Mr. Hamilton pulled out to pass the other two cars and was cut 'off by the unknown vehicle. The Hamilton car skidded out of control, striking the Mac - Donald vehicle, Damage was estimated at U500.09. Prov. onst. H. B. McKittrick was e investigating officer. On Tuesday morning, July 2; a truck driven by Ham* of R.R. 1, Wroxeter was' healing a left turn off County Road 12 Onto Concession 12B, Howiek Twp.. when it was struck by a truck driven • by, es Zeger. of Lakeside. The Zeger vehicle was passing the Bell vehicle when thellision occurred. Charges have been preferred. Prov. Const: C. Ricker investigated. On Friday night. July 25, a motorcycle driven by Douglas Metzger of Hefdelburg, failed to stop on Huron County Road 29 at the junction of Huron County Road 12. • The motor- cycle and passengers went through the intersection and landed in a field owned by. R. • Musgrove of R.R. 2, Wroxeter. Charges have been preferred. Prov. Const. R. F. Wittig was the investigating officer. Lightning causes fire, barn lob. WHITECHURCH--During a severe electrical s t o r m last Thursday evening, lighming set fire to the large barn on the farm of Don Ross, Kinloss Town- ship. The Ross farin is located on Concession 2, just east., of the . former Whitechurch School. The barn with a new silo, the season's crop of hay, ,a ham- mer mill and feed mixer and some pigs were destroyed in the fire. A few days before the disas- ter Mr. Ross had taken the grain from the Henderson barn, o.-, his other place, to the home farm. It too, was destroyed in the blaze. Neighbors assisted Mr. Ross in saving his calves. The fire broke out about 7 o'clock and was out of control before the Lucknow fire depart- ment arrived. The firemen were able to save the driving shed and the pig pen. New warning system installed a approaches to Highway No. 4 IN LONDON HOSPITAL • WHITECHURCH--Donald Ritchie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ritchie, was taken to Sick Children's War Memorial Hospital, London, by ambu - lance on Friday. Donald fell from a load of hay the previous week. He was admitted to Wingham and Dis- trict Hospital last Thursday and transferred from there the fol- lowing day. The Department of High - ways has metaled a new and somewhat startling system of warnings at the dangerous inter* section of Highways 4 and 86, south of Wingham. Although red and amber flashers were installed at the intersection some months ago, the accidents have continued to occur. Realizing that more drastic warnings were required, the Department last week re- moved blocks of regurarpaving material for several hundred feet east and west of the ►corner on Highway 86. Extrernely rough -surfaced paving mateiLal. has been placed in these patch- es. • Drivers now proceeding west along the north side of 86 or east on the south side,sudden- ly find their cars rumbling noisily over the roughened areas and automatically re- duce e-duce speed sharply. The warn- ing provides . t i rn a 'for obser- vance of the stop signal for east and west -bound• traffic. . Although the usualwarning, signs for a full stop were ereeat ed when the by -pas was open- ed, the accident toll was ex- .cept1onally high at the hater... section. After repeated i .'$its; from local officials and the news medDepartment installed -the twoT way flasher above the centre of the inter* section. Little improvement in the accident rate was forth,. corning. • • • This latest effort to protect the public promises to be snore ; effective. �. ACTIVITIES FOR THIS group at the Ber- ean Chapel include block sanding. Around the table are Kelly Lee,. Stephen Burke, Mrs: Howard Savage, David Penny, Debbie • r ' 4i w' Cd s and f •Marrene 'HeatingVictor Daniel. Vacation Bible Schools is being held each afternoon for, a period of two weeks. The final day will be Friday. -AT. • • • 1 • BIBLE STORIES and crafts are part of the afternoon program being carried out this week at the Berean Chapel. The children here are David Penny, Barbara Niergarth, David Douglas, Timothy Hef- fer, Delford Upper, Murray Rae and Jim- my Rawn. ° -Advance-Times Photo. Youths arrested for car Iheft Two young men were arrest- ed Friday evening and charged with car theft. A 1965 Ford Fairlane hardtop ways stolen from the lot at Len Crawford Motors in Wingham on July 20th. Wingham police in- vestigated and located the re- mains of the car on July 28th in a wooded area in Turnberry Township. According to police the car had been stripped of all useful parts •and the remainder, including body, windows and 'lights, was smashed. Police assume arrangements were made for sale of the auto parts, which have not yet been recovered. The youths were held in custody in Huron County Jail at Goderich until Tuesday when they appeared in court and were remanded for further hearing. Hail and rain damages crops in Exeter dist. Field crops in the Exeter district were damaged by hail and excessive rain last Thurs- day afternoon. The general area of the greatest crop dam- age was from the 4th conces- sion of Stephen Township, east to the 7th concession of Usborne No. 83 Highway and slightly • above close to Exeter was the 'approximate northern boundary and thence almost to the lower border of Usbome in the south. • Crops closest to Exeter were most severely damaged with very heavy losses expected in cereals, beans and corn.. De- pending on future weather con- ditions, com may recover suffi- ciently for ensilage purposes. Fortunately, a large percentage of canning pea acreage in the stortn area has already been harvested. Receives degree 11 ergirseriag Kenneth John Cruickshank, son of Mr, and Mrs. Richard C. Cruickshank of Detroit was grad- uated from Lawrence Institute of Technology, Detroit, recent- ly with a B. S. degree in elec- trical engineering. Richard Cruickshank was born in Wingham and lived here for many years. He is a brother of W. T. Cruickshank, --Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sin- namon and ^sons and Mr. and Mrs. George Webster and sons, John, Matthew and Mark o f Halifax, visited on Friday with , Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Beecroft of East Wawanosh. Mr. Web- ster returned to Halifax bypiane on Monday. --Gwen Annierd of Kitch- ener is spending a few holidays with Mrs. 1. Merrick.