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Art Desroches the coffee man Art (Desroches) The Coffee Man from Penetanguishene marked a special anniversary this week. He has been operating his coffee truck for exactly three years taking it over from Wade (Cadeau), you guessed it, the Coffee Man. Five days a week you can find Art Desroches in Midland and Penetanguishene making his rounds. He covers more than 65 miles a day calling customers at local industries, service stations, small business establishments and construction sites. "That's at least 25 to 30 stops in the morning and almost as many in the afternoon,"' says Art. "Everybody wants me at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. (coffee break times), although would you believe I make my first call at 7:15 a.m.?"' Although he usually wraps up at 4 p.m., he says, "There's still lots to do preparing for the next day so really I don't finish up until 5:30 p.m. or later." Summers and fall are his busy times "'What with all the construction yet my regular customers come first. I've only missed three days since I took over the business from Wade and that was due to my truck breaking down...that can lose you business...so I take real good care of it." His sixth day each week is devoted to 'paper work. You see you can't get sick in this business. My wife and I (they own the company) take our holidays at Christmas when things slow down abit." Getting back to the topic of regular customers, the coffee man says, "'It is important to know what they like and to call them by name. "7 think it's the best way to do business. I really enjoy it." Would he consider expanding? "No, not right now. There are three of us working this market. Three trucks owned by three different businessmen. For now there's enough for us all not like in the city where there are hundreds of trucks catering to people during their coffee breaks."' Art Desroches says he must meet tough regulations set down by various government agencies 'including the department of health...this is a serious business."' The Penetanguishene resident again repreated his philosophy, '"You have to get to know your customers. You have to know what they like and have it ready for them when you pull up at their place... "You should know if a fellow takes his coffee with or without cream. It's good business." : As for the hardest part of the job, Desroches confesses, '"'It's getting to my customers on time. It bothers me when I'm late. I know it bothers them too, so that's why I do my best to be on time at each of the locations I call on each morning and afternoon. "Tt's just good business." The Friday Times and Friday Citizen Second Class Mail Registration Number 2327 Published by Douglas Parker Publishing Ltd at 309 King Street, Midland, Ontario./ 526-2283 75 . Main _ Street, Publisher: Douglas Parker Editor: J. D. (Doug) Reed Penetanguishene, Ontario/ 549-2012 The Friday Times and Friday Citizen are * distributed free each Friday to households in Midland and Penetanguishene Parker Publishing Limited also. ublish The Midland Times, Penetanguishene Citizen and Elmvale Lance each Wednesday in the Huronia market. Page-4, Friday; August: 28,198 t New umbrella | group christened Founding conference - a unique affair by Adrienne Graham Gardner A new' umbrella organization to represent all municipal groups in Ontario was formed at a combined conference of the three existing municipal organizations in Toronto this week. The founding con- ference drew _ 1,400 delegates from all over Ontario in what Tiny township Reeve Morris Darby called "the largest convention of this type' he had ever seen. Reeve Darby was at the conference as the president of the Association of Rural Ontario Municipalities (ROMA) and will serve automatically on the executive committee of the new Association of Municipalities' of Ontario (AMO). The New AMO will be composed of five sec- tions representing large urban municipalities, small urban municipalities, counties and regions, rural municipalities and municipalities of nor- thern Ontario. A constitution to govern the new body was adopted at the conference, held at the Royal , York Hotel in Toronto from Sunday through Wednesday of this week. A board of directors and an executive committee were decided by vote. Curtis Carter, Mayor of Chatham was ac- claimed as President. He will be assisted by Sally Thorsen of Cambridge as Administrative Vice President, and Gerald Parisien, Mayor of Cornwall, as First Vice President. The conference began on Sunday with Shake it off with us. HOLY | CROSS Evangelical Lutheran Church e Sundays ATHENIAN HALL } 10:00 a.m. Rey. Paul A. Schult Pastor meetings of the board; discussions and adoption of the con- stitution followed on Monday. Reeve Morris Darby conducted a session on fee scheduling as well as a seminar on rural government during the course of the con- vention. Reeve Darby ex- pressed the hope that "the new organization will be more manageable, and will be recognized by the provincial government to act as a liaison bet- ween municipalities and the province." AMO will receive copies of proposed legislation, which will be circulated and reviewed, and will then consult with the ap- propriate department of the provincial govern- ment with its recom- mendations. The new organization has been endorsed by the province, and will take over from existing municipal organizations as of January 1, 1982, when they will be phased out. The executive will. be involved with the selection of staff, and will begin operation in the new year. Reeve Darby will continue as President of ROMA until their --an- nual meeting in February. He will remain on the executive for one more year as Past President. All members of Tiny Fave Council were on hand for the convention, as well as chief ad- ministrative officer, Guy Maurice. Accor- ding to Maurice, Reeve Morris Darby as president of ROMA played an important role at the convention, heading two workshops, and "as usual he han- died himself very well." Mayor Ron Bellisle Penetanguishene Mayor Ron Bellisle attended the convention of On tvazrtre municipalities in Toronto this week as the town's only represen- tative. Since Penetanguishene is not yet a paying member of the organization, the Mayor did not act as a voting delegate. The mayor did, however, attend the constitutional session on Monday, as well as workshops on labour relations and energy in the following days. Penetanguishene council will vote on whether or not to join the newly amalgamated Association of Municipalities of Ontario. Under the proposed fee schedule Penetanguishene would be assessed a mem- bership fee of $11 per capita, or ap- proximately $500. Monsignor Castex Phone 526-2831 MONSIGNOR CASTEX SCHOOL Old Penetang Road & SACRED HEART SCHOOL 241 Elizabeth St. Will Be Open For NEW REGISTRATION August 31 to September 4, 1981 9 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Sacred Heart Phone 526-2111 MIDLAND Midiaad TOWN 1OuW1 presents CENTRE 'The Everything You Could Possibly Need for Back-to-School is On Sale NOW' SALE More Choice! More Variety! More for YOU!