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Times -Advocate, January 24, 1996 Page 5
By Ross Haugh from the
archives of the
Exeter Times Advocate
10 YEARS AGO
January 22, 1986 - Josh
Watson will be the Timmy to
represent area crippled chil-
dren at the annual upcoming
Exeter Lions Sportsmen's din-
ner.
Hugh Filson of.Ilderton, a
former president of Western
Fair in London was the guest
speaker at Friday's annual
meeting of the Exeter Agri-
cultural Society.
25 YEARS AGO
January 28, 1971 - Unbe-
lievable. That's the word be-
ing used to describe this
week's snowstorm that shut
everything down shortly be-
fore noon on Tuesday. Even
those in the "older genera-
tion" are having trouble trying
to remember anything quite as
severe as this storm which is
still raging as this story is be-
ing written Thursday after-
noon.
Hundreds of persons were
stranded throughout the area
and students at Stephen, Us -
borne and Huron Centennial
schools spent two nights in
their classrooms. SHDHS
teacher Vic Dinnin was "lost'
from Tuesday night to
Wednesday morning when he
attempted to walk from the
school to the home of fellow
teacher Don Webster on Wa-
terloo street. He became lost
around the CNR tracks on
Wellington street and spent
the night in a truck.
35 YEARS AGO
January 24, 1961 - Gerald
Dearing, R.R. I, Exeter was
named president of the Exeter
Agricultural Society at the re-
cent annual meeting and Gar-
net Hicks was reappointed as
secretary -treasurer.
Carol Westcott, Barbara
Morley and Kathryn Hicks
were presented with provin-
cial honors for completing 12
4-H projects at Achievement
Day in Clinton, Saturday.
40 YEARS AGO
January 25, 1956 - Exeter
Mohawks hockey players and
fans presented former captain
Harry McEwen with a mod-
ern rocking chair Friday night
at a special exhibition game in
his honor.
Fire brigades from three
neighboring towns joined forc-
es Friday afternoon to save the
combined store and house of
Lorne Marshall at the main
corner in Kirkton. Most of the
$8,000 stock of hardware and
groceries was destroyed and
the interior of the building was
left in ruins.
50 YEARS AGO
January 26, 1946 - Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Johns were in
London Wednesday to wel-
come home Mrs. Johns' broth-
er, Andrew Bierling, who has
been overseas these past four
years.
Mr. Lloyd Hunter, who re-
cently returned from overseas,
moved to St. Marys this week
where he and his brother Clif-
ford have opened up a butcher
shop.
Four returned men were
guests of the Exeter committee
for the reception of returned
men at Lamport's Restaurant
Friday evening. ' They were
Privates Ray Broderick and
Fred McDonald and Gunners
Reg McDonald and Johnny
Hunter.
75 YEARS AGO
January 24, 1921 - Mr.
Thomas Willis last week had a
new smoke stack erected at his
creamery at Centralia.
Mr. Fred Kerr of Crediton
got third place in the Grand In-
ternational Handicap Shoot at
St. Thomas last week.
100YEAR SAGO
January 23, 1896 -There
were quite a number from Ex-
eter in Grand Bend Tuesday af-
ternoon engaged in rabbit hunt-
ing. They had a ferret with
them which made the work
much easier.
Hoffman Brothers, undertak-
ers and builders in Dashwood
are advertising a special sale
on a complete stock of fumi-
ture.Thcy buy in the hest mar-
kets, at lowest prices, and be-
ing at small expense can sell
goods at a much lower rate
than town dealers, and make a
living profit.
Exeter Constable Creech
gave free lodging to three
tratnpe on Monday evening.
They were behaving them-
selves in a manner contrary to
the laws of the town and had to
abide the oonsevuences.
MBA students at the University of Western Ontario are conducting a policy study on Lucan. At
left, Ted Lachmansingh, Voula Karidis, Michelle Kromer, Patricia MacPherson and Fred Pinto.
Study addresses identity
Students conduct first study of its kind
Brenda Burke T -A staff
LUCAN - As part of their degree
requirements, five MBA students
attending the University of Western
Ontario are completing a policy
project on Lucan.
Although the project details are
confidential until the group makes
its final report next month, the Lu -
can Business Association, which
initiated the project, was presented
at its Jan. 18 meeting with a general
overview of the study that will ad-
dress economic, social, environ-
mental and cultural issues.
"None of the small towns right
around you has ever done anything
like this," said group member Pa-
tricia MacPherson during the pres-
entation. "To the best of our knowl-
edge, it's not done frequently."
During their study, the students
made numerous trips to Lucan and
talked to the town's business peo-
ple as well as Reeve Tom
McLaughlin and Town Ad-
ministrator Ron Reymer. Research
was gathered through fact-finding
and information surveys.
"It seems like people share the
same concerns," said group mem-
ber Michelle Kromer at the BA's
November meeting, noting "empty
store fronts" and lack of shopping
selection were concerns among res-
idents.
"Lucan has a lot of strengths it
can really build on," said MacPher-
son at last week's meeting.
She suggested the (own take ad-
vantage of its history, location,
strong community involvement and
concerned groups of people such as
the recently formed BA.
But the key to improvement for
Lucan, according to the students,
lies in its ability to create an iden-
tity for itself.
"It's something you can start to
plan for once you figure out where
you really want to go," said Mac-
Pherson, adding threats such as fu-
ture funding cuts and competition
from London businesses should be
examined in the process.
"We're not known for anything,"
said a BA member who suggested
Lucan have a town slogan or sym-
bol.
The MBA group said tourism
possibilities should be considered.
According to Kromer, Lucan would
benefit by encouraging new busi-
nesses and promoting itself "as a
place to stop and shop," based on
an economic 'bottom-up' approach.
They suggested the town appoint
an economic development com-
mittee to work on improvements.
At council's Jan. 16 meeting, BA
Chair Pat Van Geleuken rec-
ommended council consider using
the MBA Study as a guideline to
form such a committee.
"There's no point in getting the
study done and not doing anything
with it," she told council, adding,
"They're saying nobody seems to
know where Lucan is or where's
it's headed."
"We hope to have some direction
from the county as of July 1996,"
replied McLaughlin, adding amal-
gamation talks have been in the
works for the past year.
"It shouldn't be affialgamation say-
ing what Lucan should do but
should be opposite - bottom-up, not
top-down," said Van Geleukep,
adding "(The group's) community
vision may not be what the com-
munity's vision is."
The students will not provide the
BA with any specific recommenda-
tions at this point and when asked
to compare Lucan with other
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ticipant suggested amalgamation
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solete, Kromer disagreed, saying
whether Lucan becomes part of an-
other township or not, . does not
change the fact it is an independent
community with its own identity.
Van Geleuken praised the stu-
dents for keeping their study ob-
jective. Their finalreport at the end
of February includes time -oriented
recommendations arising from their
research.
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