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Times-Advocate, 1988-08-10, Page 5n the Street By Jim Beckett MEV Sharon Chappel was keeping her sense of humor despite the heat wave when she.cracked this joke at the Post Office Wednesday. She said she had just experienced a meltdown, that's when the bottom scoop on yottr ice cream cone melts down before you get to it. *********************•. Lifestyles have changed as those of us without air.conditioning try various ways of keeping cool.- At our -house all I can say is thank goodness for the. movie rental outlets. You can spend a couple of bucks and make staying in the basement at (east bearable. ***********•*********** .The sign at Ellison Travel and Tours at least sent a brief chill up your spine on the days when the temperature was in the high thirties. The sign read: "How do you spell relief?" The answer - A L A S K A. The last day to have your valuables marked for Exeter residents is August 14. This service is free of charge and is being One by Shawn Moody. To be included call the Police Station at 235=1266. - it wad only a few weeks ago this column was bemoaning the fact we had a few empty storefronts on Main Street. Well things have changed since then. Hairstyling by Carol Gilmour will be opening soon in the office va- cated by Extate Real Estate when they moved a few doors north to larger. premises. Finishing Touches will soon be occupying the former Feather Tick store which expanded into a much larger location in part of the old Hopper -Hockey Furniture store._ . No announcement has been made as to what type of business is moving into.the former Little People store but apparently the building has been leased. ********************* Besides empty buildings being filled we're right in the middle of:sev- eral new businesses locating in Exeter. The old Sherwood Farm Equip- ment location has the most activity with the construction of a new plaza on the _property. No official announcements have yct.becn made on exactly what businesses will be opening. - . ************************ Ever since we're installed our new FAX machine at the T -A many firms have been taking advantage of the service we offer, which allows you to send your message to any other machine in the world. As well, our FAX number is yours if you want to use it to receive a message. I've had several calls from people wanting our number which i suggest should be written down. Thenumber is 235-0766. ********************* Postmaster Keith Ahrens has returned from a one-week training ses- sion in Ottawa. **************************** -lfs-just-irke-wart' lis 131Wi i tf Maget'lor Rider described the difficulties in finding labor for the canning plant operations this year. We've had to bring in Jamaican workers and peo- ple from Nova -Scotia -to fill the -demand for help. 10 ►cars ago • •Provincial NDP leader Michael Cassidy visited the strike -bound Fleck Manufacturing plant. Cassidy joined 30 strikersinwhat was described as "the now traditional walk around the plant". Cassidy lat- er told the striking workcrs the "cycs of Ontario" were on them, claiming that the drawn out strike was aiding•the cause of labour across the province. •Rain came just in time to -turn crops around in Huron C'unty in the first week of August, 1978. - •Villages in the arca responded favourably when thc Ontario gov- ernment proposed they foot the bill for policing by the OPP. Coun- cillors. reasoned that, if they were paying for OPP services, they would have some say -in what the police do. 20 years ago •Main Street in Exeter was completely • reconstructed in August 1968. A Times -Advocate front page picture showed the work in progress. As we now embark on the reconstruction of Maip Street in Exct- cr, it may be well to remember that this sign of progress and beatifi- cation in our,community is going to have a price -tag," Mayor J.H. Delhridgc wrote in an address to the community. ' •"Tug -boat Annic", a two-year-old horse owned by Leroy Reving- r torr,-irut -EIlerington, Exeter, and -driven by Ron Fca- gan, was a winner_ at Connaught Park -Raceway in Hull, Quebec. The horse was trained by Rcvington. 50 years ago •Deaths from motor vehicle accidents during.1937 totalled 1,626 against 1,316 in 1936 and 1,224 in 1935. The deathratc from this cause was 14.6 per 100,000 population. •Elgin Luxton, 21 years of agc, son of Mr and Mrs John Luxton, of Ushorne, thrilled the spectators at the London Airport when he made his first parachute jump. •"Railways, steamboats, steamer and bus lines arc once more an- nouncing excursion rates to Toronto, the home of the Canadian .Na- tional Exhibition, during the period of that 'show window of the Na- tions; " the T -A reported. 'Under the heading "Advice to the living", a T -A editor wrote: -"We don't want to preach, but perhaps a word to the living from the edi- tor's viewpoint may not be amiss. It is this -- so live that when you pass on, the newspaper won't be afraid to tell the truth about you, and do something worth while so that it Won't be necessary to fill up the space by telling who sent flowers to your funeral." 70 years ago •"Ase difference in the trade balance between Canada and the United Cates continues to grow in favour of the latter, the discount upon Canadian currency in Detroit is gradually widening until three percent is being asked and unhesitatingly paid by holders of Canadian bills who make purchases on the American side of the river. Restau- rants, shops, cigar stores and even theatres are getting $1.03 in Ca- nadian money in return for one dollar's worth of merchandise, while those fortunate enough to possess five or 10 dollar Canadian bills are spending them in Windsor rather than lose the amount demanded on the Amcrican side." *The Kirkton correspondent reported what was then a major bit of news: "Alf Paul has bought a 1919 McLaughlin special automo- tfile." •Jones and May, an Exeter store which advertised its phone number as "32" in August, 1919, was selling dresses for $1.50, ladies shoes from $2.50 and childrcns shoes for $1. -e 'riffles -Advocate, August 10, 1988 Page 5 Andex forms new division to corner ventilation market By Adrian• Harte EXETER - The Andex grouphas created a new company to service a market that "has been sorely ne- •glected", according to director of operations John Glendinning. Good clean. air - is an important commodity in today's market and Exacon -Inc. enters existence on August 15 to manufacture and dis- tribute ventilation systems in On- tario, Quebec and the United States. "This product range is beautiful for the U.S. market," said Glendin- ning. "We're' the first people tak- ing advantage of free trade." Glendinning explains that Exa- con-will offer its customers in the agricultural, commercial and indus- trial sectors a product line of three fans in several si?es, but he stress- - es that the big news is for Exeter. and area, which will benefit from the additional manufacturing capac- ity and increased staff. "That's quite a thing for a small factory, in Exeter, Ontario, staffed by local people," he said. _ Exacon is planning to take the ventilation market by storm, main- ly by pursuing the same approach as Andex metal products. Just as. Andex can supply every last nut and bolt required for a metal build- ing, Exacon can supply complete ventilation systems, including con- trols like basic switches, timers or • humidity=activated regulators. . • Freight costs will prevent Exa- con from operating outside • its present areas. "We are in a terrible spot to ser- vice Western and Eastern Canada," said Glendinning. Independent dis- tribution networks will be neces sary-to keep costs low to custom ers in those regions. • - Exacon, like its Andex parent, is completely Canadian owned, and shares the same Exeter head office. "It's not a branch plant," stated Glendinning. Andex still claims . to be very happy with Exeter as a base for its operations. "We found a very willing work- force, a very -able workforce, and that's a big point," Glendinning in- - sisted. - Andex• began test marketing its commercial Exchange-a-matic heat vents. Rclouw compares the ex- change-a-matic with other ventila- tors as he would compare a home central air conditioner with a win- dow model. "It's a total ventilation system, which.has never been marketed be- fore," Ite said. He is certain the concept of pre -warmed or pre -cooled fresh air ventilation is soon to be- come an essential part of every effi- cient workplace or- agricultural_ building. Exacon will not be content to -sit on its laurels with their present product line; according to Relouw. The company will be keeping an cyc on the international trade shows for further innovations in ventila- tion. "We .definitely will be adding more systems," said Relouw. He notcd the Europeans still have an_ edge. in manufacturing energy effi- cent motors: motors which can cost .one fifth as much to run as a North American counterpart. We are catching up, said Relouw, but while the American market is being cxct angii g vcnti ator last ycar. t was so well-received by the indus- try it merited the creation of a new Andex division. - - •The Exchange-a-matic is driven. by a pair of high -efficiency fans of Dutch manufacture. The same fan is available from Exacon for ordi- - nary:ventilation as the Multi -fan. They also offer the-Gcrnian Aston Zi.chl, a slim -stainless steel unit noted for its silent running, making it ideal in business_ applications or restaurants. The Agri -fan completes the line and is a completely washable Exet- er -built -fan using an Amcrican mo- tor: - - . "---Ct alarm system to notify farmers of heating, ventilation, water, or pow- erfailure in their livestock or poul- try buildings. .. - • Andex president.Ton_y Rclouw ex- plained that it took five years 10-cn= gineer the Exchange-a-matic system from its prototype to the model which entered production last year. "It has taken that long to perfect the system;'‘, he said. The refine- ment of thc heat exchanger included not just its stainless steel construc- tion, nor its efficent fans, but rather its control circuitry, which is capa- ble of running thc fans through an automatic defrost cycle to free thc EXCHANGE-A-MATIC - Andex president Tony Relouw stands with the flagship of the Exacon line: the Exchange-a-matic heat exchanging venti- lator. - . Canada Post honours 4-H clubs OTTAWA - Canada Post Corpo- ration issued a new 37 -cern stamp August 5, to commcmoratc the 75th anniversary of the formation of the 4-1-1 Club in Canada. • in 1913, the first of 'eight Boys' and Girls' clubs were formed in Ro- land, Manitoba. By 1916, there were over 800 clubs in Manitoba with a total membership of over 13,000. The 4-H conceppt was an immedi- -etx, attu %.3-3 amP etwcen MIS and 1?22, a similar pattern of develop- ment occurred across Canada The clubs provided departments of agri- culture and governmental experi- mental farm systems with a way to convey new agricultural techniques to farmers through 4-H clubs. Existing in over 80 countries around the world, the aim of the 4- H Club is to provide practical train- ing for young people; developing projects, making decisions and see- ing the projects through to comple- tion. This aim is clearly defined in the 4-H pledge. Around the world 4- H members pledge their heads to clearer thinking, their hearts to greater loyalty, their hands to larger service and their health to better liv- ing for their clubs, their communi- ties and their countries. Today, 4-1i clubs are flourishing. By adopting new methods and tech- niques and by recruiting willing volunteers across the country 4-H clubs have improved many aspects of Canadian life. The stamp, designed by Debbie Adams of Toronto, features a typi- cal farm scene and a 4-H emblem in the backgrdund. Three young peo- ple working on a fcrestry project appear in the foreground. A com- puter keyboard used by one of the youngsters, indicates how the 4-H keeps abreast of changing times and technology. , A total of 15 million of the stamps are being printed in five - colour • lithography by Ashton - Potter Limited of Toronto., forced to build energy-efficen mo- tors, the best self -cooling, low fric- tion designs still come from Hol- land and Germany. ' . But, stresses Rclouw, the success of Exacon's products is not tied to the quality of the motors, but to the - -entire engineering and marketing of them into complete ventilation sys- tems: products which he hopes will capture an awaiting North Amercian market. G.W. Parsons & Associates Inc. Management, Accounting and Computer System Services Doug Denomme Karen Neevel Gerry Parsons C.M.A. 396 Main Street South Exeter, Ont. 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