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Times-Advocate, 1978-11-16, Page 1 (2)NEI Seventeen employees involved Hensall publishers move to Exeter Agri -Book Publishing Co. "Ltd. announced this week they would be moving their firm from Hensall to Exeter in the west building- of the —former J F Farm -Machine y Co. • President Adrian Bayley told the T -A• this week that a staff of 17. will be involved in the transfer. • "We're just bursting at -the seams," Bayley noted in explaining the reason' for moving from the Hensall TREATS FOR THE WINNERS The prize in -recent attendancecontest at the Exeter -Pentecostal Church was a 40 -foot long ice cream sundae. In the photo above Mary Cudmore and Beth Prouty prepare the cream treat while Sally Prouty, Dean Hayter and Eric Keillor look on with anticipation. In the picture below poised for action ore Kristen lovie, Jean Klemke and Melanie Smith. - T -A photo , • Lack of discipline couldbring trouble • • Canadians have had"30 years of "fat living" in which they have not been engaged in any armed hostilities. but if they main- tain their obsession for material comforts "we'll end up in big trouble" predicted an area clergymanthis week. • -Rev. Donald Stuart. a retired.RCAF padre now liv- ing near Devon Corners. told a large audience at Satur- day's •Remembrance Day- barlquet bt the Exeter Legion that' he was afraid the prosperity enjoyed by Canadians "may be just a time for breeding of new seeds of vt`ar". He noted there were already serious confron- tations from various in- terest groups within the , country, such as multi- national firms, unions and even crime syndicates. and he compared their actions to - pounding, two rocks together. `If we keep banging our heads together we'll become the consistency of sand," he said. adding that discipline was the ingredient needed to bond together the conflicting,, elements of society. "Discipline is absolutely necessary in•any venture where there are a number of S5inta Won't be .coming? Santa Claus ; won't be visiting Exeter. for his an- nual parade this year. "It's too bad, but I just can't find people wiping to work on it," commented' Ron Cottrell, chairman of the Downtown Business Improvement Area. HP'said he had -approached several local businessmen, 'as well as the Exeter Ions and students at SHDHS, but none would tackle the job. "People are just too busy, .and I'm not going to knock my head against the wall any longer," Cottrell said. • • He noted that there was money available from the BIA for any group or - in- dividuals wishing to stage a parade. individuals involved." the World War 11 veteran ex- plained., He -also cited the need for competent leaders who could tell others what to do and then the geed for hpv- -1 gg others who -know how to do it because they've had discipline. "We have to get more dis- cipline' into our society. if we don't. sooner or later. the -world will have to submit to the power of military necessity again." He .told the veterans and guests assembled that dur- ing the wars. Canadians had good discipline on the battle fields and it was built basically on mutual respect. "We've got to get it back," Rev. Stuart commented: Noting that the night was for remembering brave peo- ple and victories, he con- cluded his address by saying: "please. please. br- ing into force innur civil life the same bonding factors of social discipline that made the victory possible." ' Andy .Bierling chaired the event, which attracted one of the largest crowds ever at Please turn to page 3 • • location. The move does not involve any of the personnel from Agripress Canada Ltd., located in the former Hensall ,Co-op•"building west of the CNR track 3r 1. Agri -Boon Publishing, which was originated in Hensall by Adrian and Julien Bayley of Agripress, publishes approximately 25 agricultural publications, with distribution across North America and Europe. Their largest publication is Beans in Canada, which id distributed free to 17,000 beangrowers in this country. Farm Drainage Quarterly ,has a circulation •of 9,500 in Canada, while Drainage Contractors is one of their publications . which is distributed in the U.S. "Most of the publications are sent free of charge to qualified readers," Bayley explained. The firm is one of the major publishers in the Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Fifth Year agricultural-. industry in Canada. - It does all its own typesetting and production and the printing is Armed out to firms in Kitchener and Owen -Sound. The move to Exeter is expected to be completed by December 1. Managers, of Agri -Book Publishing are Terry Gib- bons, Lucan, and Peter Phillips, Exeter. Production manager is Rob Grant and sr= his assistant is Bruce Douglas. Bop reside in Exeter. One of the sales reps, Terri, Tilley, also resides lieref ate do some of the production staff. The photographic studio and laboratory will be housed in the -former JF building. It is staffed by two other Exeter men, Jeff Carroll and Bart DeVries. Bayley said the firm plans to expand within the next 18 �a1 months and&.he said the space in the JF building will facilitate this expansion. The Bayley brothers started Agripress In 1970 in Toronto and moved to Hensall in 1972. Agri -Books commenced operation five years ago. The firtn has a total staff cd 40 in Hensall and is often referred to as one of the major success stories in the' publishing business In Canada. & North Lambton Since 1873 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1978 Price Per Copy 25 Cents MacGregor easy' winner as deputy, three incumbents retain council seats Advance poll results don't always give a olear indica- tion of election results. but they came extremely close in Exeter's election on Mon- day. - - The 33 people who went to the polls ahead of time reflected the general out- come of the final•tally, with only a couple of positions be- ing reversed. Deputy -Reeve Don MacGregor had little trou- To canvass for park fund Plans are underway for a - canvass of area businesses and peeople for funds to aid in the construction of new facilities at Exeter Com- - munity Park. • Rec administrator Kirk Armstrong told the board of management of the rec • centre Monday that a fund raising committee for the revamped community park • has been formed. Armstrong said the group will notsbegin the collection of—funds until the group is notified by the Board of the exact costs involved, the proposed layoutand a construction timetable. -, The gfoup requested the Board .present( the in- formation before December 1. • The Board appointed a committee. consisting of chairman Bob Down,•George Godbolt and Bruce Shaw to - investigate the matter. • During the discussion which followed the Board said the project should cost around $50,000 with Win- tario covering 50 percent of the amount. The deficiencies in the rec centre continue to be a sore spot with an inspection last Wednesday by Armstrong and representatives from Cambrian Consultants revealing some problems. Armstrong recommended that the board continue to with -hold the *8,000 owed to - Cambrian until the problems are resolved. 9another matter related, to Cambrian, the board asked Armstrong to inform Please turn to page 3 CONGRATULATES • WINNERS All but cane of these five people will be on Exeter council next year, and there may be a message in the fact that the biggest smile is the one who will harnessing. At any rate, retiring Mayor Bruce -Shaw congratulates Councillors Jay Campbell,` •Morilyrr•Williamson, Harold Patterson and Deputy -Reeve Don MacGregor on their election Wim• Staff photo ble defeating the challenge Ben Hoogenboom . margin in the advance poll of former council member MacGregor scored a 25-8 and continued to pile up that HAPPY •TRIO — Smiles were much in evidence on These three faces os the Exeter election results came in Monday. Don Com3ron, left, ploced third in a surprisingly strong showing to win his first seatwhile incumbents Ted Wright and Lossy •Fuller finished one and two, respec- tively. Wright won by two votes. The three exchange hondshakes as the final results were posted. Staff photo • • Siyouthsi await sentence for Crediton area damage Six Crediton area youths charged following police entered guilty pleas when investigation into • the they appeared in Exeter breaking of several windows court, Tuesday, on mischief in a vacant building. Bricks, charges arising out of rocks and bottles had been- - Halloween incidents in tossed• and the damage Crediton. exceeded $50. Judge W.G. Cochrane set Charged with that were sentencing for December 12. James Ronald Baif d \end awaiting a full report on the Bryan Geiser, Crediton; exact amount of damage Earl Royal Pfaff, Ervin H. caused. . Pfaff and Daniel Galloway„ ' All six youths were R.K. 1 Crediton,,and Andrew J. Nedza R.R.2 Crediton. All but Nedza we're also charged with mischief in relation to damage caused to a 1962 Studebaker station wagon parked on -a lot owned 44When McGillivray by Pritchard's Garage. township council meets for Damage of 2350 was caused the inaugural meeting for when the vehicle had the 1979-80 term a female windshield and win s member will be included for smashed by rocks. the first time. OPP Constables ank First time - political Giffin and Bill Osterloo were aspirant Dianne Mollard in charge of the in - received the moat votes for vestigation. the three positions on , Two drivers paid fines of council. 5250 each and had their Mrs. Mollard amassed a licences suspended for three total of 404 votes. Filling the months when they pleaded other: two seats are in- guilty to driving with a blood curmbents Jim Thompson alcohol content over 80 mgs. and Jack McCann with 346 Lorne Roger Murphy, and 307 votes, respectively. London was charged on June A third member of the 25 after he was stopped for present council Ellison erratic driving, while Gerald Whiting was defeated along Joseph Waller, Huron Park, with newcomer ' Ernest was charged on October 5. Kowalchuk, Whiting polled, The latter had a breathalizer�� • 283 votes and Kowalchuk 121. reading of 190 mss. During- nominations in the only other case earlier Gerald Wright was heard on Timiday's docket named reeve and Jack Barry Ward Ellyatt. Huron Dorman deputy -reeve by Park, was given a con - acclamation. - ditional discharge and Pick first lady in McGillivray Madness strikes again! Mid 40st Madness the popular promotional progrom staged by Exeter merchants. hits ogoin this • week. . The mojority of stores in the community, will re- main open until midnight this'FMdoy, November 17. The merchants will be offering extra values during • the hours from 6:00 p.m. to midnight as on odded _..indusement_to shapers to stay downtown for the extra opening period. .-- A full list of the stores involved in. the promotion and their special's are contained in the pages of this week's T -A. `One store is even conducting a pyjama contest for those who may wish to display their nighrottire. • placed on probation for 'one year on a char$e of trespassing by night. He was spotted around an Exeter apartment building by OPP Constable Wally Tomasik, who notified local Constable Jim Barnes. The latter laid the charge arising from the incident on June 9 at 11:20 p.m. type of lead as the other polls reported in following Monday's vote. MacGregor ended up with a total of 1,138 votes. com- pared to the 394 garnered by the challenger. The three incumbent members of council were all successful with Ted Wright, Lossy Fuller ' and Harold Patterson retaining their seats. - - Don. Cameron. 'a lecturer at •the Centralia College of - Agricultural Technology, who went into the campaign as one of the' least • known candidates made the strongest showing of the new candidates when he finished up in third place. Jay Campbell and Marilyn Williamson ran fourth and fifth respectively. while Pattersori took the sixth and final position. Alvin Epp and Ron Cot- trell were the two losers with 747 and , 591 votes . respectively. While there was some shifting of positions among the- top six as the various polls reported. the only close fight was between Ted ''Wright. and Lossy Fuller to see who would end up in top spot. . Mrs. Fuller led by three after the advance poll and lead fluctuated a couple of times before .Wright moved up by over 40 votes half way through the counting. His margin was diminish- ed slightly with • "the final three polls reporting but he • hung on to win by the narrow margin of two votes He had 1179'votes with Mrs. Fuller Polling 1177 Oddly enough. Mrs Fuller won in six of the nine polls and tied for the lead in another. • Cameron held a sizeable marginfor third spot with his 1050. with the other three candidates • being grouped closely with Campbell at 902. Williamson 883 and Patterson 849. Clerk Liz Bell reported on Tuesday that 1557 of the 2750 eligible voters cast ballots for a turnout of slightly over 56 percent. - Blaze guts mobile unit A unit in the Riverview - Estates mobile home park was extensively damaged by fire Wednesday afternoon. The home, located at ,,80 Kalisch Avenue, is owneti'by Randy Scott who was away at work at Toastmaster Bakeries, London, at -'the t' a of the fire. Manager of the park, Gary artman, who was working at a woodpile nearby, turned the alarm in after seeing smoke coming from a kit- chen window. Firemen arrived on the scene at 1:30 to find smoke' pouring out of the unit. Hartman said Scott had moved out most of his belongings •the p ous• evening. He is movin to London. The kitchen area the home was damaged ex- tensively but little damage to the exterior of the home was noticeable. Thecause of'theblaze or an . estimate of damage was'not available at press time. TINNEY BESTS DEICHERT — In the was returned by decisive majority. challenger Claire Deichert Two newcomers win race for reeve in Hoy township incumbent Jack Tinney Shaking honds following the election Monday was Staff photo -t Tinney easy Hay winner With the 1978 elections over, incumbeht Hay township Reeve -Jack Tinney wag elected for another term of office while in the:ace for council incumbent Lionel Wilder and newcomers Dick Rau and tong Bedard were successful. In the elegtion for reeve Tinney was a clear winner over challenger Claire Deichert , with. Tistttey receiving 714 votes 'and Deichert 334. A'ccording to clerk - treasurer Joan Ducharme 9 the race for the three council seats was one of the closest races she;s seen in her ten years of service 1.0 the township with only 109 votes separating the top vote getter from the low man. Topping the polls was Wilder with 689 votes. Finishing second • was .Bedard who_returns for -his - second term on council. The Hay businessman picked up 614 votes. Just beating incumbent' Don Geiger by three votes was Bluewater area plumber - Rau. who had 591 votes while Geiger had 588. Tinney's win over Deichert was spread gtross the entire township with Deichert's only win comipgg at the poll - located at.the'Hay townships hall in Zurich. Tlnney's best support came from the area west of Hensall with the . veteran .politican_polling 247.-. votes to Delchert's 26. - • fn.the council rstce,$edard took poll five located in Dashwood, Geiger took the Zut'Ich poll, Rau An both Please turn to page 3 r.