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April' 20, 1 ''; 3 e i hours
of overtime recorded in March
by members of the Exeter police
department were called into
question by council Monday
night.
If it wasn't for bad luck Bid-
dutph township farmer Ron
Pullman wouldn't have had ony
luck over the past few months.
The young dairyman had an
emergency operation last fall
and this was followed by a brok-
en leg. His dairy herd was re-
duced by an infection and
Wednesday fire destroyed his
recently renovated farm Ouse.
More than 600 Huron farmers
filled the Clinton high school to
hear Ontario Agriculture Minis-
ter Dennis Timbrell's proposal
for a farm land tax rebate pro-
gram. Similar to five years ago
when Timbre11 as Minister of
Health tried to close the Clinton
hospital, hundreds spoke out in
opposition. Timbrell was out-
voted 393 to 86.
25 YEAVAGO:'
April 18, 1968 - Industrial and
residential expansion continues
in the area and' this week Cana-
dian Canners Ltd. announced
that a 62,500 square foot ware-
house will be added to their Ex-
eter plant.
The 1968 Bxater-yodeo will -
again be held on Labour Day
weekend. -This year floodlights
will be added to:allow for a Sat-
urday evening performance.
Councilor Ted Wright leaving
Exeter council after seven years
suggested Exeter still needed
off-street parking, a traffic con-•
trol light on Main street and less
personalized council sessions.
5O YI S O
April 22, 1943 x. .j
now boast of one of the most
modern bakeshops in the small-
er centres of Western Ontario.
Following the fire which . de-
stroyed the bakeshop of W.E.
Middleton cluing a blizzard on
January 19, the owner has built
and equipped an up-to-date
plant in every particular. A new
Master .Baker revolving oven,
which ensures large production
has been installed.
At an Exeter Lions supper
meeting Friday night it was re-
ported that 65 males are re-
quired to volunteer to donate a
portion of blood if a Red Cross
blood donor clinic is to be es-
tablished in Exeter.
Two flyers from RCAF Cen-
tralia were killed Monday mom-
ing when their plane crashed on
a farm near Dublin.
Snowfall at Goderich on Fri-
day last was such that snow-
plows were called out to clear
the sidewalks. Other sections in
Huron county also reported
heavy snowfalls.
Sister Clotilde Laporte of Zu-
rich stationed in the Philippines
when the Japanese attacked
Pearl Harbour is reported to be
safe in Manila.
At the Exeter markets, butter
is 39 cents a pound and A large
eggs are going for 30 cents a
dozen.
Apr11 Z2, .1693 - A meeting
was held in Dashwood rpn Tues-
day evening for the pttkpose of
establishing a creamery and
cheese factory.
Tlic foundation of the new
grist mill in Exeter is about
completed and the carpenters
will soon be at work.
The Trivia church was in total
darkness for about 10 minutes
last Sunday evening, owing to
the automatic air pump running
down. It distributes the gaso-
line for the lamps. It did not in-
terrupt the rector who continued
his sermon and it all passed off
without any confusion.
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EXETER - Operating a small
business in the 90's (irS liar more
challenging than it has beat in the
past decade, but two family -nun
businesses in 'this area are proving
the recession doesn't always have
spell out doom and gloom.
Ansae: Jewellers will be opening
sixth store til's coming May while
fuer.l•, Shoes will open a fourth
store on April 29.
Wuerih said, when both a family
shoe store anyi a sporting goods
store in Seaforth closed down.
"Although the timing in terms of
the recession was not great, we do
business in both matllets so we de-
cided to take advartttlge of the op-
portunity," he said.
Both businessman InellaPplailatic
their ventures will be sualletilifut A
deeply rooted business history in
the region strengthens their opti-
mism.
"We go the extra step to
make sure the customer is satisfied"
"We had been keeping our eye on
expansion to the London market
and when Birks closed their opera-
tion at the beginning of the year we
thought it was a good time, said
Mike Anstett, vice-president of An-
stett Jewellers.
The financial difficulties of the
larger chains, Anstett said, were not
a concem of his when considering
the expansion.
"If anything it will strengthen the
independents," he said. "The consu-
mer will be looking for a replace-
ment and we hope to be it."
Opportunity for expansion pre-
sented itself to Wuerth Shoes, John
The Anstett family started in the
jewellery business 43 years ago in
Clinton, before expanding to Exet-
er, St. Marys, Goderich, Seaforth
and now London.
The Wuerth family business was
established in 1938. The first store
rims actually in Hensen for a couple
sof months before moving to the
'present Exeter location along with
stores in Clinton, Goderich and
now Seaforth. Wuerth and his
wife Linda are the third generation
in the business and have owned the
stores since 1984.
"This is our third year into the re-
cession," Wuerth said. "And almost
a third oldie family footware states
in small town southwestern Ontario
have been lost."
He hopes the expansion will help
his other stores maintain efficiency.
Now he can purchase a larger vol-
ume of merchandise at a lower cost
and have a greater selection of in-
ventory throughout the four stores.
Anstett said his family's business
has weathered the poor economy
because they have maintained in-
tegrity and honest pricing. "We
guarantee our 14 karat gold chains
for life. If it breaks, we replace it.
"We go the extra step to make
sure the customer is satisfied," he
said.
Part of the customer satisfaction
is having staff that are experts in
their field.
He is trained as a certified gemol-
ogist and said in Canada there are
only about 40. His company as
three.
Looking towerds the future, both
men noted that the key to survival
is knowing your market.
That's why Ansett is making the
move to busy mall locations, while
Wuerth stays in the smaller regions.
"Our expansion will not be into
the malls, he said. "Not every shop-
per is a mall type of customer."
John Wuerth and his wife Linda display sotne,rof the merchandise available in the Exeter
store.
businesses can open on holidays
GRAND BEND - Retail busi-
nesses in Grand Bend have been
given the authorization by the local
council to be open Sundays and
holidays.
"The village had a bylaw in place
but the province had legislation
that terminated the bylaws," said
Grand Bend Administrator Paul
Turnbull during last Tuesday's
council meeting.
The new village bylaw will allow
businesses to remain open on holi-
days including Christ -11as, New
Years Day and Thanksgiving just
to name a few. if they so desire.
Grand Bend resident Bob Sharen
said at one time, the public had the
opportunity to change the bylaw if
they wanted.
"When they first brought this up,
there was a sunset clause," said
Sharen.
Turnbull said that clause does not
exist anymore.
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Karen Gaul, registered jeweller at the Exeter
stett's shows some of the jewellery available.
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