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Times -Advocate, lune 29, 1994
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By Ross Haugh from the
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Exeter Times Advocate
10 YEARS AGO
June 27, 1984 -Fleck Manu-
facturing of Huron Park has
received a Q-1 quality award
from the Ford Motor Compa-
ny. Fleck, makers of automo-
tive wiring asemhlies received
the Ford plaque For continued
excellence in product quality.
After a meeting with engi-
neer B.M. Ross, Hay town-
ship council learned that a wa-
ter distribution system along
Highway 21 from the water-
works plant to Drysdale
would cost over $2.2 million.
Ross proposed that the full
capital costs he paid by prop-
erty owners on the basis of
accessible frontage.
Agricultural Information
Services Limited of Exeter
has recently been appointed
North American advertising
sales representative for Arab
Agriculture.With an initial
print run of 9,500 copies,
Arab Agriculture will he dis-
tr.huted in December of this
year to all key decision mak-
ers involved in agriculture in
the 21 Arab countries that
comprise "the Arab world."
The village of Hensall will
observe a special birthday this
weekend and there will be
some special fun and fellow-
ship when 100 candles will be
blown out.
25 YEARS AGO
June 26, 1969 -Saturday
night, Benson Tuckey was
honoured for 40 years in thc
trucking_business.While the
president of Guenther Tuckey
Transports can now dispatch a
truck that could haul up to 27
tons of cargo, his first truck
wasn't large enough to haul
all of his household belong-
ings.
On June 29, 1929, Benson
Tuckey jumped behind the
wheel of a "little red chev
truck" and drove from Lon-
dpn to Exeter, marking the in-
auguration of a business that
is today one of the ;largest
employers in this arca.
35 YEARS AGO
June 24, 1959 - Next week,
the Huron County Health Unit
will officially complete 10
years of public service. The
unit now has a staff of 15.
During the ladies night pro-
gram of the Exeter Kinsmen
Thursday night, past presidents
Ralph Genttner and Irvine
Armstrong received their ninth
year attendance pins. Their
wives, both past presidents of
thc Kinette club received their
seven year pins.
40 YEARS AGO
June 26. 1954 - The Exeter
Citizens hand has disbanded it
was reported at council Mon-
day night. The hand was
formed in the fall of 1934 for
thc Old Boys' Reunion thc
next ycar.
Thc first garden party at Tri -
vitt Memorial Anglican
Church in 25 years gave thc
new Restoration Fund its first
major contribution, Wednes-
day.
50 YEARS AGO
June 27, 1944 - A tidal wave
swept the beach at Grand Bend
Sunday morning and entered
the Aux Sable river causing it
to rise about five feet, with the
water surrounding the fisher-
man's shanties and doing con-
siderable damage. This is the
second of its kind to occur in
the past fifty years.
75 YEARS AGO
June 26, 1919 - Last week,
Messrs. T.O and H.O. South -
colt purchased the stock and
business of Reeve B.W.F. Bea-
vers who had been conducting
a dry goods and shoe store
here for several years.
Rev. J.W. Baird who goes to
Hamilton this week after three
years as pastor of James Street
Methodist Church, preached
his farewell sermons on Sun-
day.
Visscher Farms
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now available
• Fruits and vegetables in
season
* Baked goods - jams, honey.
Open 9 - 6 daily
Closed Sundays
5 kms. west of Exeter on
Hwy. 83
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Exeter woman solves mystery of family tree
Ity Erin Lobb
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EXETER - If you've ever won-
dered just how small the world real-
ly is just ask Exeter genealogist
Grace Adkins.
"I've had people contact me about
family names in this area from as
far away as Australia, British Co-
lumbia, and California." said Ad-
kins. Genealogy, the study of ones
family history, is a curiosity -driven
hobby that Adkins has been in-
volved with for 14 years.
"It started with a family tree my
daughter had to do as a school pro-
jcct. After that I just began to get
more and more curious about my
family background." Adkins said
that later on she began to wonder
about hcr father's second name,
Hessic.
"Since then 1 have traced my side
of the family back to my great -
great -grandfather." Adkins dis-
covered that hcr family was part of
the group who opened up the 1(u-
ron tract in the mid -1800's. They
started out in Hibbert then moved
on to Tuckcrsmith Township.
"The first thing you should do is
Grace Adkins loves "rooting around Huron". The 14 year ge-
nealogist has been detangling the history of local familys
along with the help of the Huron Branch of the Ontario Ge-
nealogical Society. Here she displays some of the many pub-
lications she uses to track down information.
Savouring strawberies at
Fanshawe Pioneer Village
LONDON - The strawberry sea-
son will officially be opcncd with
a Strawberry Social at Fanshawe
Village on June, 26, from 10 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Visitor's taste buds
will be tempted with fresh straw-
berry short cake and whip cream,
served from the Village Tea and
Treasures tea room and gift shop.
The event will have a garden
party theme and visitors can stroll
through the village and experien
the sights and sounds of an old-
time Strawberry Social. Musical
entertainment will be supplied by
the Sweet Adclaines, a quartet
called Vjvant and the London Re-
corder Society, who will he play-
ing chamber music in the Paul
Peel home. Children will have the
opportunity to participate in activi-
ties such is crafts, story telling and
a crokinole table.
Fanshawe Pioneer Village, Lon-
don's only living history museum,
consists of more than 22 restored
buildings. The Village, located on
Fanshawe Park Road. cast of
Clarke Road, is open daily from 10
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. until October 10.
Reduced hours will take place in
the fall.
Admission: Adults, $5.. Senior/
Student, $4, children ages 5-12.
$3, children under 5 are free. Fam-
ily rate of $15.
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Time: 12 to 5 p.m.
Place: Prospect Hills Campground Pavillon
This party is hosted by Golden Opportunities and
features 1OK and 14K rings, charms, chains,
bracelets and earrings below fleamarket prices. We
also have diamonds and other gems and can do
custom orders. All merchandise is available for
immediate selection and prices start at $10.00.
Repair services are available. Visa and Mastercard
accepted. Admission $1.00 entitles you to all park
facilities; I.E. Swimming etc.
fgeeU iheize!
start at home. Dig up old obituaries
and whatever you can find," says
Adkins. It was after this that ,r
joined thc H.C. Branch of the On-
tario Genealogical Society because
1 wasn't sure how to go about tak-
ing the next steps." Adkins found
assistance from other members in
securing directories and listings of
cemetery stones, church records,
and census reports.
"There are many, many ways of
finding out your family history.
World-wide directories can link
you up with people who may have
already researched the name your
looking for. It prevents you from
doing the same work twice," said
Adkins.
Adkins is now responsible for thc
mail-order end of the society. Hu-
ron County has made listings avail-
able of transcribed inscriptions on
gravestones in arca burial grounds.
Approximately 98 percent of well
over 100 known cemeteries have
been transcribed.
Because thc aim of the Huron
County Branch of the Ontario Gc-
ncological Society is to provide a
forum for ideas and techniques, and
to provide gatherings for the ex-
change of information, the group
meets on the first Wednesday of
every month at the Huron County
Pioneer Museum in Godcrich.
Thc 325 members have helped
to compile extensive records which
they house in the log cabin at thc
museum. Maps, atlases, period-
icals, lineage charts, and other di-
rectories arc available for branch
members consultation.
"It helps if you become a mem-
ber, because by networking you
may meet people who arc working
on the same family as you." Ad-
kins says that there is a lot of in-
formation available it's just a mat -
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together to put it tpgethcr.
In order to make it easier for
the next generation Adkins advises
people to keep their records up to
date. Save those family bibles, and
old photographs for future refer-
ence. "A lot of records have been
lost over the years because people
don't now their value. We have
had lc actually return things to
us that they have found in the
dump."
Besides quenching her thirst
for knowledge of the past, Adkins
says that she enjoys thc social as-
pect of the genealogical society.
"It's nice to meet so many people
from all over the county, it's inter-
esting to see how people's pasts
sometimes link up."
The next meeting of the Huron
County Branch sill be held July 6,
and will feature Alison Lohh who
will be speaking on publishing your
farnily histories.
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