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TIMES -ADVOCATE
Exeter, Ontario, Canada
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
x.25 (includes GST)
Frayne closing shop on Saturday New doctor
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — A landmark
Exeter business will close
its doors for the final time
this Saturday afternoon,
saying farewell to 51
years of business.
As previously reported,
the closure of Frayne's
General Store this week-
end will be marked with a
special ceremony by
Canada Post, which will
honour the store for more
than five decades of postal
service.
David Frayne admits
he's sad about the store's
closure, but he's looking
forward to taking the
summer off, relaxing and
having some time to
spend with family.
His father Stan, who
opened the store in March
1954, died in January,
while David's mother
Marion lives in the Exeter
Villa, enjoying her retire
ment.
David says both he and
his mom are sad about
the store's closure.
And while his sister,
Janice Morris, has been
putting in hours at the
store to help cover some
of the hours their mother
was working, they haven't
been able to fill the 65
hours a week Stan
worked.
"No one's been able to
take the place of my dad,"
David says.
"This store was his life.
He worked until the day
he died."
Stan was a legendary
member of Exeter's busi-
ness community, well
known for his cigar and
apron, as well as for his
support of the Exeter
Legion and South Huron
Hospital. Stan was a
Second World War veter-
an, fighting in the Italian
campaign.
Frayne's General Store is closing for the last time this Saturday after 51 years in
business.The occasion will be marked by a special ceremony with Canada Post.
Above is David Frayne, who says he's looking forward to
(photo/Scott Nixon)
One of the reasons for
the closure is that
Frayne's contract with
Canada Post is ending and
to renew it would have
meant a five-year con-
tract, something David
and his wife Cathy Cade
didn't want to commit to,
since Cathy is eligible for
retirement from her bank-
ing job in two years.
Plus, with increased
competition, David decid-
ed it was a good time to
close the store. After
Saturday, he will start
clearing out the store and
preparing the double -lot
property for sale. He
intends to donate the non-
perishable food items
from the store to the
Exeter Food Bank.
David and Cathy will
remain in the area, living
on their farm in
Dashwood.
One of the special fea-
tures of Frayne's was its
relationship with its cus-
tomers,
including
Exeter's
migrant
workers. The
store
ordered spe-
cial items for
t h e
Jamaicans
(foods such
as breads,
crackers,
chicken feet, goat and
spices) and David said the
inside of Frayne's was
much like that of a store
in Jamaica.
"We've always had a
some vacation time.
good relationship with
them," he said, adding
that he visited Jamaica
five years ago and stayed
with some of the migrant
workers' families.
David and his
sister note that
the Jamaicans
were also con-
cerned with
Stan's health
and would call
from Jamaica
from time to
time to see how
he was doing.
David is mak-
ing arrange-
ments with other busi-
nesses in town to carry
items the migrant workers
need.
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in Exeter
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — Those in
need of a doctor will be
pleased with Dr.
Maureen Farrell's
arrival.
Farrell opened up her
full-time family practice
at the South Huron
Medical Centre at the
beginning of April.
Farrell previously
worked in Exeter in
South Huron Hospital's
emergency department
and with Dr. Philip Chan,
but this marks her first
full-time family practice.
Originally from a small
town, Farrell said she
wanted to practice medi-
cine in a small town.
After considering a num-
ber of options, she decid-
ed Exeter was the place
for her.
Along with her family
practice, Farrell will con-
tinue doing emergency
work in the hospital.
Farrell says she chose
practicing in a small
town because she likes
the variety it offers. In a
city, she says doctors are
often limited to a particu-
lar type of practice. Her
schooling includes
undergraduate work at
Queen's University, her
master's at McMaster
University and medical
school at the University
of Western Ontario. She
also has her certification
in emergency medicine.
Farrell describes her
first month of practice in
Exeter as "wonderful."
See DOCTOR page 2
The Exeter medical community recently welcomed
Dr. Maureen Farrell, right, to the area. Farrell
opened her full-time family practice at the South
Huron Medical Centre at the beginning of April.
With Farrell is the hospital's chief of emergency, Dr.
Philip Chan. (photo/Scott Nixon)
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