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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-11-18, Page 17Page 17 November 18, 1976 • AND DISTRICT NEW 'DM D DIM S RAND BEND For 1 IllitAll"6A1 ttt se, y0- 90,e 0.A C.\0° EC, 4 g soo° 0 0,0 9-5:30 CLOSED WED. & SUN. OFF SEASON 238-8540 S11.1....1111ik t Central Location Beside P.O. 't Full Prescription Service OPEN ALL YEAR Ladies Double Breasted CARDIGANS Machine washable Reg. $20.00 94" TIME TO TAKE A BREAK—After examining the crafts for sale at the Grand Bend craft sale last Saturday, a coffee break was a welcome experience. Above, left to right, Ellen Shepherd, Melba Iandstrom, Barbara Shepherd and Allyson Shepherd enjoy some homemade pie with their coffee. Photo by McKinley Zurich vetp Exeter proposal would rather join GB, Hay continue as a P.U.C. member and will be joined by newcomer Roy ROY JOHNSON Johns on who replaces the retiring Cam Chapman, At Monday's regular meeting of Grand Bend council, all present members expressed surprise and disappointment that When it comes to 'decorating . . we've got the "ticket". See You In Grand Bend r, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4 it kiiiZ IT '5 A GREAT a SANTA CLAUS PARADE • LARGE SELECTION OF • KIRSCH DRAPERY CARPETING HARDWARE • ARMSTRONG VINYL • BLINDS AND SOLARIAN • GAF FLOORING • BENJAMIN MOORE PAINTS • WOVEN WOOD SHADES • CUSTOM DRAPERIES See Our Large Selection of Wallpaper • SEE US FOR.CUSTOM PAINTING, WALLPAPERING, TEXTURE CEILINGS, FLOORING INSTALLATIONS. • FREE ESTIMATES. 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Photographs of your child or children will be taken in a full professional sitting, limit one free portrait per family. This is our way of say- ing "Thank you" to all our regular customers and "Welcome" to all others. AGE LIMIT 5 YRS. . However, older children will be posed with pre-schoolers. THE BEEHIVE DEPARTMENT STORE GRAND BEND 238-2154 past two years served for 12 Need second nomination Lack of candidates for council CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS—Home made Christmas decorations were only a few of the crafts on sale at the craft sale in Grand Bend on Saturday. Above, Nola Taylor discusses some of her wares- with Mrs. B. Morrice and Mrs. M. Kerns of Grand Bend. Photo by McKinley Authorize takeover of Gibbs Park roads posed of through the formation of small groups, then it is quite possible these municipalities would then have resources to use in promoting new program- mes. The board suggested that at that point in time, co-ordinating would be necessary and this could be done by an advisory group such as being promoted now by Exeter and could prop- erly utilize the services of a Recreation Director for the area. The board added the duties imposed on the existing board members are such that the re- tx ti .444 la Tues.-Wed.-Sun. 12 - 5:30 p.m. Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. 10 - 5:30 p.m SWEATER SHOP FACTORY OUTLET iy Men's Pure Wool CARDIGANS $1595 Heather Knit Reg. $32.00 di 0 co.0 0, Reg. $24. 04 n.pot.-4 3%,:,;mos' \ Men's Machine Washable Acrylic PULLOVER $1 493 Reg. $19.00 le' -e, ,A c 000 "' 01 0 t % Reg. $30 , t "091' Fine quality Canadian knitwear at substantial savings vt• t Short sleeve Long sleeve' Ladies Fine Knit Belted ANGORA PULLOVERS 22.95 18.95 The recent proposal by the Grand Bend Lions club to establish a recreation centre for the village received brief at- tention at Monday's meeting of council. The subject started when minutes of the previous meeting were read, At that time, Dave Nelder of the Lions club ap- proached council for their moral support. Retiring deputy-reeve Rollie Grenier questioned the eventual takeover by the village of such a facility for maintenance pur- poses. He said, "It would be great to have an arena or such facility, but when it comes to the village maintaining it, that's "when the music starts". plaint from owners of Sanders Tavern that snow plowing of this road was not satisfactoryiSharen commented, "It's a very difficult road to plow. I think we should continue to maintain it as a low priority. Works foreman Gary Desjar- dine added, "There was only one day last winter that the road wasn't open. Most days we had it open by noon hour." Want to discuss proposed dockage Grand Bend council Monday night decided to ask for a meeting with,. officials of Southcott Parklands Limited regarding proposed construction of docks, The development firm infor- med council by letter that an ap- plication has been made to the federal Ministry of Transport regarding plans to provide fut- ther dockage on the Ausable river abutting the former Sherwood property. A copy of the application to Ot- tawa suggested the proposed docks would not substantially in- terfere with navigation. Current plans are to commence work on this project by January 15, 1977. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority have also been contac- ted. Mrs. Susie Devine, ac- companied by Mr. & Mrs. Ed Hendrick spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Wyoming with Mr. & Mrs. Don Hendrick,. Pam and Paul. They returned to Grand Bend in time to enjoy the hot turkey supper held at Grand Bend United Church. Erwin Holt is a patient at South Huron Hospital, Exeter. Between five and six hundred people attended the hot turkey supper held Wednesday night at the United Church in Grand Bend. Visitors on the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Alec Hamilton, were Mr. & Mrs. Barry Hamilton, of Ottawa and Brad and Brent Hamilton of London, The Craft fair held Saturday at the Old Movie house was •quite successful, The Grand Bend Women's Institute served hot and cold lunches and also sponsored a bake table. Mr. & Mrs. Earl Baker of St. Thomas visited last week with Mrs. Raymond Kading. Despite rumors of a number of prospective candidates for Grand Bend Council, an election in the village on December 6 will not be necessary. But, an election could be possible at a later date. Only two persons were nominated for three council positions. Acclaimed to the 1977-78 council are Reeve Bob Sharen, Deputy-reeve Bob Simpson and Councillors Bill Baird and Harold Green. Clerk Louise Clipperton, said Monday night she would be ad- vertising a second nomination to fill the one councillor vacancy but wasn't sure when it would be held. If more than one person files nomination papers an election would be held. The present vacancy occurred when deputy-reeve Rollie Grenier retired. Councillor Bob Simpson has moved up to take Grenier's position. Acclamation also took place for the two seats on the Grand Bend Public Utilities Commission. Prosper Van Bruane will Zurich council decided to advise the Exeter council they do not wish to join a South Huron Recreation Association as proposed by Exeter, The de- cision was reached ,after a re- port was received from the Zur- ich Recreation, Parks and Com- munity Centre Board giving its views on the proposed assoica- tion. In its report to council, the board stated the proposed South Huron Recreation Asso- ciation comprised of seven mun- icipalities and three community centres appeared to be unsat- isfactory for the purpose in- tended for a group function. The board said such a group might be functional if it's pur- pose were only to co-ordinate existing recreational activities and to foster new programmes, However, the pressing con- cern of the County and the small centres with facilities as the board sees it is the desperate need for Cost-Sharing on a us- age basis. The board felt the only way to attack this prob- lem was to go directly to small groups. Small groups made up of only two or three munici- palities with one community centre as the focal point would have much stronger common interest and with only one facility to contend with, would be much simpler and less con- troversial when co-operating on a cost-sharing basis, The board added they con- sider the present financial burdens to be the very root of the problem and if it were dis- a third person was not nominated for council. Councillor Harold Green commented, "We've heard for the last couple of weeks that a lot of new candidates were coming out. I'm really disappointed." Councillor Bob Simpson who was acclaimed as deputy-reeve added, "It's a sad situation. Nobody should get in by ac- clamation unless they are a super person, In the same discussion Reeve Bob Sharen said, "Three of us have spoken out in favour of annexation as one of the key issues in the village. But, it's a sad commentary here. There will be a certain segment of the population criticizing for the next two years, but, when they have a chance to do something about it they seem to hide," Newly acclaimed Public Utilities Commissioner Roy Johnson agreed that an election was a must. He continued, "I would have liked to see an election for my position. It gives us a chance to take a stand on something." Johnson who, has been a quired negotiations in forming any group be done at the heads- of-council level rather than asking the board to undertake such negotiations. The group being seriously considered by council would be Zurich, Hay and Grand Bend. Reeve Fred Haberer said he would be willing to talk to the reeves in this recommended area to see if they would be willing to form such a group on a cost-sharing basis, Mr. Haberer added, "I don't see how an area can work unless there is only one facility per group." Grenier continued, "We have more arenas now in the area that can be paid for. The situation at Zurich is a good example. It was initiated by Hay township and then the village of Zurich had to assume maintenance and now they have lots of problems." Councillor Bob Simpson suggested a large surplus should be gained in the original building funds to take care of main- tenance for a few years, Even- tually the government will have to assist in maintaining facilities like this." Councillor Bill Baird said he felt the Grand Bend situation would be different than the Zurich or other district problems because ,a facility here would be used more in the summer time than elsewhere, BUSINESS GRAD — Deborah • Anne Stnart, daughter Of Mr. & Mrs. Dotia Id F. Smart Jr., Grand Bend, graduated recently from Westervelt Business School, Lon- don, Ontario. She has accepted a position as a legcfl $etretary with Hill & 'Associates, London, On-'G, tario. Photo by Jack Doerr Grand Bend Council Monday night passed a bylaw authorizing the take over of the roads in Gib- bs Park, a private subdivision on the south side of Main street, near the beach. Reeve Bob Sharen spearheaded the discussion for . the takeover saying, "Let's bring the roads in question up to minimum standards so our works foreman can plow the roads without ruining our equipment." Sharen said tentative estimates of the cost of bringing the roads up to standards were $2,600. At the same time council decided to continue to maintain a "low priority" on snow plowing on Government Road from the end of :Ma 4144'94 tO thq Council had received a com- The Sweater Shop has superb new g CHRISTMAS STOCK Council deliberate on arena finances Main Street Grand Bend 238-8007 ,opmeAuermatweraftaftoyav*woovifta,vgi:*izaz.twovAo.oAovielt,.fttAile GET PROVINCIAL HONOURS Eight girls received Provincial Currie, Karen McIntosh, Janis Kestle, Sandra Steeper, Debbie Lynn Honours at Saturday's Middlesex 441 Achievement Day at Parkhill, Thompson, Marcia Wiltocks, Joan Lagerwerf and Lisa Mallard. Above, Home Economist Carol Crerar presents the awards to Sandra T,,A photo