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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-05-12, Page 3vt) New lawn company opens The Weed Man is a new lawn main- tenance company in Goderich and franchise owner is Toni Grasby, RR. 2 BUSINESS Goderich, who was formerly employed with the company in Stratford. The Weed . Man is the largest lawn maintenance company in Canada with 43 franchises and head office in Mississaugua. Grasby, who started the franchise In Goderich April 15, operates from his home at R.R. 2- Goderich of- fering weed control and fertilizing in the area from Port Albert to Grand Bend and east toMitchell. The company works with the University of Guelph in testing programs on weeds and grasses. And franchises across Canada provide a wide range of expertise on weed problems. The Grasbys, who moved to Goderich last fall, have two children, Jordan 11 and Jeremy ft-. BEAT GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1982—PAGE 3 ee • Pot Pourri Pot Pourri, a new gift store opened April 1 on the Square. Owned and operated by Sylvia Gozzard of Bayfield the store specializes in handmade candy and gifts. Ron Pennington, Ed McMahon and Parks Committee chairman John Doherty were on hand Wednesday to see a new wooden stock mounted on the anchor situated in a little park between Lighthouse and Cobourg Streets. The anchor came off the old Barge Scotia and was given to the town in 1922. The anchor's stock 'rotted off several years ago and Mr. Pennington requested that town council have it replaced for the sake of historical accuracy. Mr. McMahon spent the winter making the new stock out of cedar. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Agricrew alive and well . • ••••••••• • r Make us your headquarters for all your SPRING PLANTING NEEDS We have in stock SHADE TREES Over 18 Varieties FRUIT TREES ver 8 Varieties including small fruit bushes & plants LARGE VARIETY OF for EVERGREENS foundation planting SEE OUR SELECTION OF POTTED ROSE BUSHES * OPEN: •.INCLUDING FLOWERING TREES 4. BUSHES IN STOCK OVER 49 VARIETIES OF PERENNIAL PLANTS BEDDING PLANTS Monday to Friday 9-9 Saturday 9-5 Sunday 1:30-5 (for May only) aluzon cRiciye cAzed DAVID STECKLE AND FAMILY R. R. 2, Zurich 565-2122 Closed Sundays bedding .plents, inc. 9 F1owers Canada Sproule closes Atter 20 years in business Sproule Shoes is closing its doors. Owner Bob Sproule, opened his original store in 1962 on Kingston St. In 1977 Sproule moved to his present location on the Square. Brothers retire Wilson and Stuart Knight are closing their store, Dominion Hardware which is located on Victoria St. After owning the store for 35 years, the Knight brothers are retiring. Meets New Zealanders • Your correspondent . and son, Cecil spent a couple of • e • hours the other evening at • the home of George and LC::)CHALSH Betty Moncrief and we were very pleased to meet Sue and Robert Oddy of Auckland, NEWS • New Zealand. The. young ° - • couple are cousins of George. They have been away from Kam Webster, 31315412187 home for twenty-seven • months. This young couple have seen and enjoj(ed visit- ing in the British Isles, many of the countries of Europe and in the U.S.S.R. The men of the Ripley Legion. are serving dinner Thirrsday---evenin-g—fo—th-F— Legion Ladies in Legion Hall in Ripley. We are sorry to hear that Mrs. Howard Robb of Point Clark, formerly of Amberley, is a patient in the Kincardine Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Art Mat- thewman were visiting in Sudbury for a couple of weeks ' with their daughter and' son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Pettis and grand- son, Jamie. While there the daughter gave birth to anoth- er son, Beau. Congratula- tions Mr. and Mrs. Matthew - man on your new grandson. • Ewan and Marj MacLean visited in Sarnia on the week- end with Marj's sister and brother-in-law. Ross and Kay Calvert and in Wyoming with her brother and sister-in- law, Edward and Betty Wil- liamson. Congratulations to Mr. David MacDonald on being a grandfather once more to a little granddaughter. We also send congratula- tions to Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacNay of Amberley on the marriage of their only daugh- ter, Sharon MacNay, which, 'took place in Sydney. Austra- lia, early in March. .w ed in -London Roberta Anne Lucas, daughter , of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart T. Lucas of North • Bay, Ontario and Paul George Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Johnson of. R.R. 2 Goderich were married on May 7 in London, Ontario. They were attended by Merriam Lucas of North Bay, sister of the bride and Andrew. Harper of Toronto, formerly of Goderich. • The couple is now residing at Bayfield Hall, University of Western Ontario, London. Civic Corner. The Goderich Airport Committee will meet this evening, Wednesday, May 12 at 7 p.m. in the council chambers, town hall. Goderich Town Council will meet Monday, May 17 at 7:80 p.m. in the council chambers, town hall. The Committee of Adjustment will meet Tuesday, May 18 at 7 p.m. in the mayor's office, town hall. look Tolls for The •04",i Insurance, Peter S. MacEwan Insurance) 38 SE Da'irld St. 52445311 GENERAL INSURANCE BROK Mrs. Charles (Mayme) Wilkins took ,her daughter, Janet, down to Paris, Ontario on Thursday. Janet will be staying with her sister, Mrs. Barbara .Shepperd and has employment at Five Oaks for the summer. George and Betty Mon- crief had their daughter, son- in-law and their three girls, Mr. and Mrs. George Ul- lrich,' Jennifer, Laura and Rebecca of London, on the weekend. LAWN MOWING BABYSITTING GARDENING... WE CAN DO IT! HIRE A •AI? • STUDENT ,.:N.1( 414 - o74 524-2744 Canada Employment Centre for Students "Agricrew" is alive and busily preparing for another successful season. Once again, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, along with the Ontario Youth Secretariat are sponsoring "Agricrew 1982". Now enter- ing its fifth summer, it has. expanded to include the en- tire province and will employ nearly 270 students between the ages of 15 and 21. What can "Agricrew" do for you? The programobjec- tive is to aid farmers with' harvesting and help those farmers who have jobs to be done throughout the summer season. The crews are will- ing to do a great variety of jobs including fencing, hal- ing, painting, stone picking and general clean-up. Each crew is made up of one forepersonand three crewmembers: The crews supply their own transportation to and from the farm, as well as provide their own lunch each day. Each person on the crew will have had some previous farm experience. The fee for a crew is $90 per day for an eight hour working day. 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