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Times Advocate, 1995-02-22, Page 9Page 8 Times -Advocate, February 22, 1995 JT' YO1JR BUSINESS • ime. . By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO February 20, 1985 - Arnold and Marion Cann of R.R. 3, Exeter are glad to be home after attending their son's wedding in Australia. They encountered fires in the Victoria area where they were straying. Then came two hurricanes in Fiji and to top it all off there was a fire in their hotel in Los Angeles. Their unusual trip proved the old adage, "Truth is stranger than fiction." The Exeter store of Big V Drugs officially opened Thursday morning . 25 YEARS AGO February 21 , 1970 - Early Tuesday morning, the cement block house owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Rammeloo on Concession 14 of Stephen township„ just north of the Crediton road was completely razed. Friday morning of last week, a house, south of Elim- ville, owned by Laverne Skin- ner and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown and fami- ly was gutted. Exeter works superinten- dent Jim Paisley made his last report to town council and it was rather a dim one. Paisley said more than 340 lineal feet of sidewalks were cracking badly and should be replaced immediately. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Krueger, R.R. 2, Crediton were named Foster Parents of the Year by the Huron County Children's Aid Society at their annual meeting held last week in Goderich. The newest addition to the Exeter Police Department be- gan his duties, Monday. He is John Harvey Cairns of Huron Park who has police experi- ence gained in Scotland. Canadian Canners Ltd. have objected to Exeter council that the establishment of new water rates would jeopardize the competitive position of the company. Manager Jack Urquhart said the new rate of 51 cents per thousand gallons for the first 30,000 gallons used was too steep. The original rate in 1959 was 16 cents per thousand gallons and was then raised later to 23 cents. 40 YEARS AGO February 20, 1955 - Drain- age of Lake Smith into the AuxSable River was complet- ed this week, Dr. L.C. Haig- meir of near Grand Bend said Wednesday. The area, approxi- mately 1,500 acres will be re- claimed and put into cultiva- tion. 50 YEARS AGO February 19, 1945 - Many Exeterites inspected the new chapel at No. 9 SFTS at Cen- tralia on Sunday. There were 198 blood donors at the clinic in Exeter on Wednesday coming by cutter. sleigh and on foot as the storm of the night before had made the roads almost impassable. Mr. Preston Dearing of Ste- phen township was named president of the Ontario Sheep Breeders' Association at the annual convention last week at the Royal York Hotel in To- ronto. 75 YEARS AGO February 19, 1920 - Mr. Harper Rivers of Exeter has rented a butcher shop in Lon- don and takes possession on March 1. Mr. W.G. Medd of the Exet- er Creamery has purchased a third interest in the Clinton Creamery and will have charge of the sales department and will handle the products of the Winchelsea, Exeter and Clin- ton plants. Reeve Beavers and Council- lor Penhale travelled to Toron- to where they will interview the Deputy Minister of High- ways regarding the Exeter street pavement. Mr. Silas Read who has been with Heaman's Hardware for the past years left last week for London to take a position with Cowan's Hardware Store. 100 YEARS AGO February 20, 1895 - Mr. Richard Seldon, formerly of Exeter has been chosen munic- ipal clerk for North Oxford. Dr. W.A. Jones who has been practicing in the village Centralia for the past year has moved to Clandeboye where he will continue his practice. Staff of the Bank of Nova Scotia pose with their customer service award recently presented to manager Lloyd Robison in Toronto. From left to right are : Muriel Dalrymple, Maty - Catherine Lamond, Lloyd Robison and Marlene Charters. 41116 J Tax preparation service now available in Exeter EXETER- People living in the area from Ailsa Craig to Clinton will be able to take advantage of a free income tax preparation service begin- ning Feb. 23. Evelyn Halliday -West of Exeter is doing the tax service on a strictly voluntary basis and will be operating from an office in the Pentecostal Church on Main St. The community service, which is offered by Revenue Canada is in it* 24th year of operation. Over the years volunteers have helped thousands of people understand and honour their income tax obligations, and to re- ceive all the deductions and credits to which they are entitled Halliday - West said. The service is geared to straightforward tax returns for seniors and pensioners, people who earn wages, newcomers to Canada, people with disabilities or social assistance recipients. Halliday -West emphasized returns for corporations, businesses, de- ceased individuals and complex matters will be referred to local accoun- tants tax practitioners or to Revenue London. . Programs are also available for the visually impaired or the deaf. The temporary office will be open Tuesday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 3 p.m. by appointment only. For information call 235 4205. Halliday -West has an extensive background in community service and has been trained by Revenue Canada. Local branch wins area Business Association customer service award hooking for slogan to put on entranceway EXETER - The Bank Scotia on Main Street in Exeter was given the annual "Taking It To The Streets" cus- tomer service award for the top branch in Ontario. Manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia, Lloyd Robison trav- elled to Toronto on February 6 to accept the award of Nova olleague, M.C. Lamond, account officer. The award is presented to the branch which is rated by customer survey as pro- viding the best customer service in each of seven regions in Ontario. "I was very sur- prised when the top branch was announced as Exeter." with The branch which is selected, in each region then goes on to be judged in a separate conipetition. The winner at this level is given the Outstanding ScotiaService In On- tario award. Robison was pleasantly surprised by the announcement that Exeter's branch had won as top branch in Ontario. "I was very surprised when the top branch was announced as Exet- er," said Robison. One hundred percent only acceptable figure for service to the public OTTAWA - The Commissioner of Official Languages, Dr. Victor C. Goldbloom, has released a sur- vey of service to the public at fed- eral offices designed to be able to respond to Canadian citizens in both English and French. The sampling covered some 1,200 designated offices and in- cluded interviews with some 2,000 federal public servants across Can- ada. Overall, service in the minority language was obtained 79 percent of the time; when it was available, it was generally of at least satisfac- tory quality. In Quebec, service in English was obtained 98.8 percent of the time. In the other provinces and the territories, service in French was obtained on average only 72 percent of the time. Because per- sistence was sometimes required to obtain these results, it was nec- essary to conclude that -the real-life experiences of Canadian citizens do not add up to so favourable a percentage. The Commissioner, pointing out that 28 percent of designated offic- es outside Quebec did not provide service in French in spite of regu- lations adopted me than two years ago (which in general reduced the numbers of designated offices), made ten recommendations aimed at ensuring reliable, quality service to the Canadian public. It was apparent that service would be better if systematic atten- tion were paid by federal institu- tions to the deployment and work schedules of their bilingual em- ployees. Also, signage and the ac- tive offer of service need to be im- proved. "The fundamental purpose of this survey was to provide the fed- eral government with a blueprint for effective, definitive action," said Dr. Goldbloom. "Where ser- vice to the public is concerned, 100 percent is the only acceptable figure." Information; Enrico W. del Cas- tello, Press Attache (613) 995- 0374. Commissioners's representatives; Moncton: Jeanne Renault (506) 851-7047, Montreal: Eva Ludvig (514) 283-4996, Toronto: Karsten Kaemling (416) 973-1903, Winni- peg: Gerard Gagnon (204) 983- 2111, Edmonton: Deni Lorieau (403) 495-3111. 'Tim Talon gets larger CTC store EXETER- Canadian Tire asso- ciate dealer Tim Talon will be leav ing Exeter March 8 to become the dealer at a CTC store in Rexdale. Talon, who has been in Exeter since October, 1992 says the Rex - dale store does about three times the volume of the local store. He began his career with CTC in Janu- ary of 1990 at the store in St. Mar- ys. Also making the move to Rex - dale are local staffers Mark Perry and Terry Schwartzentruber. Mario Schuchardt of Victoria B. C. will be taking over the Exeter store shortly. Talon extends his thanks to the people of Exeter for their support over the last few years. Grocery Certificate Draw winners Winners of the 1 Minor Hockey Grocery Certificate Draw received their certificates last Wednesday at McTaggart Food Market. Jim Ferguson, president of the Hensel! Minor Hockey Club presented the first prize of a certificate valued at $250.00 to Bonnie Boz zato (far left and right) . Second prize was awarded to Wendy Case who was was not present for the photo. The third prize winner was Carol Martin who won $100.00 worth of groceries, presented by Ron McTaggart(near left and right). The annual draw helps to raise money for minor hockey and reduce the team costs to participate In tournaments. • EXETER- The Exeter Business Association is looking for a new slogan to be used on the new en- tranceway sign at the north end of town. The space beneath the Topwn Crier logo will occasionally, carry information regarding special events, however for the majority of the year the space will be used to display the slogan. Anyone who has an idea is asked to get their suggestion in to the Business Association as soon as possible so they can be discussed at the next general meeting. No change in levy Levies to individual businesses will not increase this year due •to the number of new businesses that have opened in 1994. Anyone who wants to havea say in how this money will be used is encouraged to attend the regular meetings. The final 1995 budget will be discussed at a joint promotions and beatifica- tion meetingThursday at 7 p.m. . InvestmG n lP 1 Yr. - 8.00% 3 Yr. - 8.375% 5 yr. - 8.625% Segregated Funds 2YR. -9.74% 3 YR. - 6.04% 4 YR. - 9.50% • Gaiser-Kneale 235-2420,238-8484 • G!C rates subject to change. Short- term rates available. Segregated fund rates reflect actual past perfornance. Future returns will vary. _ The general meeting is scheduled for Wed., March I at 7:30 p.m. All meetings are held at the Exeter mu- nicipal office. 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