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Times-Advocate, 1981-09-02, Page 3i 1 Two pay for booze Two drivers were penalized for driving with an alcohol level above the legal limits when they appeared before Judge W.G. Cochrane in Exeter court, Tuesday, and two fines were also levied under the Income Tax Act. Pleading guilty to driving with a blood alcohol level over 80mgs. were Paul Richard Scullion, Brampton, and Beatrice Mary Smith, Listowel. Smith was charged on May 25 and was given a fine of 5300 or 30 days and had her licence suspended for three months. A breathalizer test showed a reading of 150 mgs. Scullion was charged on July 9 after being stopped for erractic driving and a breathalizer test showed a reading of 150 mgs. He was also fined 8300 or 30 days and was given an ad- ditional fine of 8100 for driving while under suspension for unpaid fines. Paying fines of $200 each after pleading guilty to failing to file required documents under the Income Tax Act were Ted Voogel & Sons Construction Ltd., RR 1 Dashwood, and Anton Miller, RR 3 Exeter. COMPLETES BOOK A new Canadian book written by a former Exeter resident is now on the bookstands. Alfred P. Aquilina is the author of 'The Mackenzie, Yesterday andBeyond' which is published by Hancock House. Aquilina grew up in Ex- eter and has lived in the Mackenzie Delta since 1975. He is currently the regional superintendent for the Department of Social Ser- vices. He has lived in Aklavik, Inuvik and Fort Smith and travelled extensively to all regions of the Northwest Territories. The book takes the reader on an historical journey and its pages are filled with the lives and spirits of the peo- ple who make up the vital mosaic of the Mackenzie River, its Delta and hinterland. His father Sam Aquilina resides at 357 Andrew street BOILERS SHUT DOWN — Shift operator Bruce Cann (left) and chief engineer Lloyd Webber stand in front of one of the three 400 hp steam boilers at the Huron Industrial Park central heating plant. The plant was shut down last week and will be replaced with in- dividual heating units. Mail strike created big problem for some By Stephanie Levesque Most people agree the six- week postal strike was an in- convenience, but there were some businesses in Huron and Perth Counties that were affected more strong- ly. Agri -Book Publishing Co. Ltd of Exeter, while not affected directly, editor Peter Darbishire said the company Lost its goodwill with both readers and adver- tisers. The company publishes 35 magazines a year, 20 being their own publications. The editor said if the strike had gone on for another two weeks, it would have had more effect on the company. The editor said there are 130,000 individual recipients of the company's publications, causing the company to rely heavily on the mail service. One maga- zine has its readers in Western Canada. Serious consideration, Darbishire said, would be given to some other form of getting the magazines to the readers. The editor said he sent a letter to the Post- master General Andre Oullette and Huron Bruce MICHAEL P. O'CONNOR FUNERAL HOMES BONTHRON CHAPEL 118 KING STREET HENSALL, ONTARIO NOM 1X0 TELEPHONE 282-2211 WESTLAKE CHAPEL 49 GOSHEN STREET, N. ZURICH, ONTARIO NOM 2T0 TELEPHONE 236-4366 Pre arrangement Inquiries Invited Best Interest M21 1/a% We represent many Trust Companies. We are often able to arrange for the highest interest be- ing offered on Guaranteed Investment Cer- tificates. • subject to change Gaiser-Knea le Insurance Agency Inc. EXETER GRAND BEND CLINTON 235-2420 238-8484 482-9747 1 McCANN CONST. LTD. REGI -MIX CONCRETE All Typeset Concrete Work Precast Feed Bunks • Precast Slats RR #3 Dashwood Phone 231-3647 Precast Concrete Steps Porches Ornamental Iron Railings aj MP Murray Cardiff and Huron Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell in regards to the remark made that small businesses should not rely on the postal service. Brenda Donner, publicity director for the Blyth Summer Festival said the Festival did not notice any difference in ticket sales, noting that audiences were up this year. She said there were moretickets purchased over the phone and reserved by credit card: Ms. Donner added that there was more strain on the box office prior to the per- formance with many more people picking their tickets' up at that time. She said from the publicity end, there was less on the national scale. Normally, Ms. Donner said she mails out 200-300 press releases and other mail per week and it was either dropped or she delivered it in person. McGavin Farm Equip- ment of Walton didn't notice any big differences. Neil McOavin said the period of time in which the strike was on is normally. a slow period for the company. He com- mented that the company collected cheques in person and the money was in his hand a lot quicker. "I can't say we suffered too bad," said Mr. McGavin. He said being in a smaller community helped as some of the mail got around. Mr. McGavin said he didn't know whether advertising in a newspaper was helpful dur- ing the strike as many peo- ple didn't receive their newspapers. Newspapers did feel an effect from the strike. One newspaper in Huhn County reported that a subscriber had bundled all his papers back and marked that they were too late. The newspaper had to pay the postage anyway. One newspaper company, Wenger Bros. Ltd. of Listowel operated a free courier service between Listowel, Wingham and Obituaries RUTH (RISER At her late residence, RR 2, Crediton, on Sunday, August 30, 1981, Ruth Marinda Pearce, in her 63rd year. Beloved wife of the late William Gaiser (1974). Dear mother of Sharon (Mrs. Ken Jones) of St. Thomas; Cathy (Mrs. Ron Mason) of RR 1, Exeter and David Gaiser, of Abbottsford, British Culumbia. Dear sister of Mrs. Frances Redmond of Michigan; Marjorie (Mrs. Ted Whiting, of Sum- merland, British Columbia. (Eva) Mrs. Austin Schwalm, of Stratford, Charles Pearce of Brantford and Ellis Pearce of London Township. Daughter of the late William and Sarah Pearce of Exeter. Also loved by eight grand- children. Rested at the T. Harry Hoffman and Sons Funeral Home, Dashwood. ELIZABETH HANDS Mrs. Elizabeth Eva, age 98, of Petrolia. Passed away on Friday, August 29, 1981. Wife of the late George (1939). Daughter of the late James and Mary Carroll. She was born in Lucan and formerly of Dawn Township in Sarnia. Grandmother of George of Petrolia, Joseph of Wyoming, Delta (Mrs. Gordon Stephenson) of Oil Springs. Mother-in-law of Mrs. Beulah Hands of Dawn Township. Predeceased by one son, Clarence (Christy) (1950). Rested at Stedman Brothers Memorial Chapel, Bridgen. Funeral services was held on Monday, August 31 at 2 p.m. Interment in Aughrim Cemetery. Mount Forest during the strike. Fred Looker of Tyzl Limited of Goderich, a com- pany that sends technical books to those involved in electronics and to weavers and spinners says he sent a telex to Mr. Oulette. "It stopped our business cold," said Looker. Looker said the strike prevented his company from doing two mailings. He said one mailing has been done since the strike. He notes that normally his company would gross about $12,000 to $15,000 from three mailings, but with the one mailing he said the company may gross $1,500. Looker said while in actual fact the strike was only 42 days, Tyzl's mail was delayed almost 10 weeks and he'll have to wait another week for any returns. He commented that he still has the same overhead to pay. No problem with worms While army worms were a problem to farmers in June, spraying seems to have eliminated the problem. Assistant Agricultural Representative of the Huron Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Clinton said the army worm invasion was over in two weeks. He added that some years they are a problem in the fall, but nothing has been reported yet. Allen Scott, the Agricultural representative at the Perth OMAF office in Stratford said there were concerns regarding the spring grain, but no problems showed up during harvesting. Mr. Scott noted that corn root worm is always a problem. He said with strong winds experienced earlier this summer corn that had not been treated during planting were knocked down. Mr. Scott said more farmers are growing white. beans because of the expense of raising livestock. Mr. Heard said that right now he is figuring on an average yield of white beans for Huron County. He said there were some problems with drought and some in- sect damage. Mr. Scott noted that in Perth County, corn crops would be above average this year. He said they definitely would be better than last year as last year was a poor one for the crops. 1 Few plants required product Steam era ends at As the steam boilers at Huron Park's central heating plant were shut off last week, it was the end of an era. and the end of a life's work for shift operator Bruce Cann. The steam plant is being shut down, to be replaced by individual hot water or smaller steam units to supp- ly heat to the industrial park buildings. . The system has been suf- fering from high heat loss, estimated at up to 30 precent by Ontario Development Corporation (ODC) per- sonnel and increased energy costs. Much of the steam generated was no longer needed in the park's in- dustrial processes. Of 15 in- dividual gas-fired heating units, only two will use live steam. The cost of the conversion is estimated at $1.75 million. Seven workers were employed to run the steam plant, and only two will be needed for the new system. The chief engineer of the steam plant, Lloyd Webber, will be staying on the job. The new system "is sup- posed to be less work," he said, but would not comment further as final details of the system and its back-ups are not yet decided. Wayne Taylor of the ODC said temporary workers had been laid off and the govern- ment was trying to place two others at jobs in the area, perhaps he said. at the Grand Bend water plant. Bruce. Cann, 61, of Exeter, will be taking an early retirement. Cann began work as a civilian employee. at what was the Centralia air base, in the early 50s. The base's wartime heating system was updated in 1952 by adding three Vickers -Keeler water tube boilers. Each boiler is rated at 400 horsepower. The plant has never had a bad accident and "never been shut down in that time". Cann added the plant has always been able to supply steam and was run- ning at a good efficiency. There have been some "dandy"tvyinters and the plant one, ran on 14 aux- illiary dais I gene;ators and oil fuel for ttiree days because of an fcesform. The boilers originally ran on coal. but were converted to natural gas in 1968. If the hydro was cut off, a deisel generator switched on within ten seconds. "Seems like an eternity. that 10 seconds - it's pretty black - till the diesel cuts inr• Cann said. Coal was originally brought in by rail Cann said, or in 45 ton truck loads. A large bin over the boilers held 150 tons of crushed coal. During the winter heat demands. the boilers would burn a full bin -load of coal. Cann explained the layout of the heating plant. The plant is arranged on four levels. The first is a below ground pit where return wter is collected. Also below ground are the outgoing live steam lines. The main. or ground, level "You can take my word for it when it comes to trade relations – almost everyone would like to " Have you had your Cookie of the Week? MAKE MONEY PREPARING INCOME TAXES. Enrol in the H&R Block Income Tax, Course now. Make money during tax time. Compre- hensive course taught by experienced H&R Block instructors begins September 16 in __L area locations. WHO COULD BE A BETTER INCOME TAx TEACHER? H&R BLOCK 15 King St. Forest Ontario Phone 786-2191 Collect for information MINIINIIRICLIP AND MAIL TODAY Nino Please send me free information about your tax preparation course, and how 1 can make money. Name Address City 1 1 1 1 Province Postal Code _ 1 �ommoom ssommemonwoossmo owno all 6 is the three boiler units, the water softeners and the aux- iliary generators. With the thousands of gallons of water run through the boilers Cann said they would lime -up quickly, like atea kettle, if the water was not first softened. The third level is a series of walkways over the top of the boiler where feed water and water preheaters sit. Up a steep staircase is the upper level of the building, the top of the coal bin. When the boilers were con- verted to gas, the coal chutes and bin were left in place in case the plant reverted to coal. When filling the coal bin, it was often necessary for one of the 14 workers to go into the blackness of the bin to make sure the coal was evenly distributed to the three boilers. A second man stood by at the hatch to pre- vent any accident. Outside the main building are two large storage tanks which hold 140,000 gallons of oil for standby. When the boilers were run- ning there was always an operator present Cann said. More than once he had to sleep in the building when the operation required monitoring. The boilers are still in ex- cellent condition Cann said, and have been well main- tained and updated. He said the boilers could be sold. They are "clean as a whip" and the inspector said they would last for another 30 years. "We must have taken good care," Cann said. It is his belief that the boilers could still be ef- ficiently used if a large com- pany located in the park and could make use of the steam. The major heat loss is in the pipes Cann said. Ten miles of steam lines carry the heat out to, and back from, the old airbase buildings. The pipes are about six feet under ground and heat the ground enough Times -Advocate, September 2, 1981 Pogo 3 Huron Park to melt snow in the winter and discolor the grass in the summer. The lines were put in for an airbase Cann noted and were not built to last or face high fuel costs. Otherwise better insulation and un- derground walkways would have been built. Everything was so well built he said that it would be very expensive to build a similar plant today. 'l'he building was erected after 'the boilers were in- stalled so it may be hard to remove the boilers to sell or move them, he said. Cann go some early ex- perience in steam boilers when his father owned the apple butter mill in Exeter (now the liquor store). Cann was a male nurse for a time and served in the 24th Field Ambulance during the war. Cann holds his second class 'ticket' an equivalent of a university degree in operation of the complex boiler system. He sti11, belongs to the Institute of Power Engineers to keep in touch and up todatewith new methods. Bruce Cann said tie was "kcnda sad to see it go." Ile will return early with a full pension and plans to spend time with his hobby - playing in the Seaforth- Dashwood band. He also plans trips to Pasedena for the Rose Bowl parade and visits to Ontario highland games. The chief engineer Lloyd Webber and employee Pat Sullivan will be staying on in Huron Park. Two others, Norm Tripp and Norm Hughes will be relocated to other jobs, and two contract workers, Leonard Noakes and Peter Rognerud, wiU be let go. Bruce Cann will retire early and another worker, Michael Seminuk retired just before the steam plant was closed down. BETHELawl BIBLE iv,. SCHOOL — About 50 area children attended the Bible school at Bethel Reformed Church in Exeter this week. From the "middlers" class are: Jamie Brand, Doug Nethercott, organizer Art Brand, teacher Wilma Tack nnel Tracy Quance. BYSIA 1'ROM B1llUIIN 'IO Earl Campbell Jewellers ROYAL DOULTON Lambethware 30% OFF ,til ggesl('(I ll('l(ll% J)/7('(' 20kl.11(I4 J piece sets Shown is just one of many patterns. They are practical. Beautiful. Gives you oven to freezer use. Dishwasher safe. Two year guarantee. 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