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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-06-08, Page 15Three hurt in crashes Two accidents were in­ vestigated by the Pinery OPP this week, one of which resulted in property damage of $9,200. It occurred on Saturday when a vehicle driven by Terrance St. Denis, London, went out of control on High­ way 21 at the entrance to the Ipperwash Provincial Park. Damage to the car was set at $9,000 by Constable R. L. Hodge and $200 to a fence owned by the department of national defence. The car involved was owned by Ronald Clarence Tofflemire, London, who was in the vehicle. Both he and the driver sustained minor injuries. The other accident hap­ pened on Wednesday on Lake Range East at the Klondyke Road, involving a vehicle driven by Ronald Arthur Dawe, Simcoe Street, Exeter. Damage was estimated at $150 by Constable R. J. Sawyers. Dawe sustained minimal injuries. During the week the Pinery officers laid 25 charges under the Liquor Licence Act, three under the Narcotic Control Act, 15 under the Highway Traffic Act. Two thefts were in­ vestigated as well as one impaired driving incident and one driver who was under suspension. ON won’t see in our life time but Edward Meidinger does his best impression. Edward was competing in the boy’s high jump at the field day held at St. Boniface school on Tuesday. TOP — Suspended animation is something which we Area farm crops do 'reasonably weir Bosanquet wants GB to dissolve? Playhouse get Gorman Murphy, artistic for the Huron Playhouse, an- this week that James director Country nounced Lynne Gorman has been signed as guest director for the production Two Below. Miss Gorman served until recently as artistic director of The Press Theatre in St. Catharines. She has worked as guest director for the Arts and Culture Centre in St. Johns, Newfoundland, where she staged such productions as Ibsen’s Doll’s House and at Theatre Sudbury she’ directed Streetcar Named Desire. As an actress Miss Gorman has played coast to coast in such distinguished shows as Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at the National Arts Centre, The Killing of Sister George as Theatre Calgary and Tiny Alice at The Citadel. Two Below is a comedy by George R. Robertson, author of ‘The Dawson Patrol’, a CBC feature film (re-run last week on CFPL, London). ‘The Dawson Patrol’ was nominated for an ACTRA Award and has been sold to a number of foreign networks. The new comedy is being given its first performances at the Playhouse and will be performed Tuesday, July 25 through Saturday, July 29. While farm crops in the area are coming along reasonably well a good rain this week would help con­ siderably according to Huron Associate Ag Rep Mike Miller. Miller said the good weather of the last 10 days has allowed most farmers to catch up following a very slow start due to cool weather. He said, “Corn planting on he average was about 10 ays late, but, is now ^rowing quickly. This is compounding spraying problems.” Spring grains do not appear to be growing as well as they should ac­ cording to Miller. At the Exeter branch of Canadian Canners, maiiager Jack Urquhart said, “Our crops are generally in a BUSINESS GRAD — Randy Keller graduated Thursday, June 8 from the University of Western Ontario where he received his degree in Honors Business Administration. He has joined the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the International Depart­ ment, Commerce Court, Toronto. He is the son of Ken and Shirley Keller, Goderich, formerly of Dashwood and the grandson of Mrs. Frieda Keller, Dashwood. TCAREFULLYl healthy state.. The peas couldn’t look much better.” Urquhart said planting of peas would continue until late next week with the first harvesting slated for July 1. Corn planting will be com­ pleted by June 20. The local canning manager said rainfall in the area has been very variable. He continued, “Some areas need rain and others are set as far as moisture is con­ cerned.” Miller said the danger of alfalfa weevil is increasing. High temperatures in the past two weeks have rapidly advanced this insect’s development. General in­ dications are that this will be another bad weevil year. Adult numbers are high and egg laying heavy. Eggs have begun to hatch and lar­ vae will likely be numerous in a matter of days. The first ten days of June appear to be critical days from a con­ trol point of view. Farmers are advised to watch their alfalfa field closely during early June for signs of heavy weevil feeding, and should take ap­ propriate control measures. Aerial sprayers are available at reasonable cost and should be considered for large acreages. Aerial application use will allow the owner to carry on with his other work and as well to minimize his ex­ posure to the chemical com­ pared to applying it through his own weed sprayer. Sick looking spring grain This past week the ag of­ fice received a number of calls concerning yellow looking spring grain. Some of these calls have been atrazine residue which, generally, occurs in strips or along the headland. The plants take on a whitish appearance starting at the leaf tips. Both barley and oats are affected. Another common cause has been barley brown rot (Helminthosporium). This disease generally starts from infected seed or in­ fected soil. The barley plants take on a yellowish tinge similar to nitrogen deficiency. The leaves often have brown or black spots on them. The barley roots generally show some sign of decay. This barley disease mul­ tiplied under the cool, wet weather during the early part of May. The hot weather that followed prevented the disease from spreading, but also slowed down new growth. As a result, the affected tissue has died and appearance field. As well residue and rot, some oat plants are showing signs of manganese deficiency. The hot, dry weather has made the soil manganese unavailable to some oat plants. Manganese deficiency appears as small, brown to lightish grey flecks on the leaves. Showers and cooler day- .time temperatures will br­ ing both crops out of these temporary setbacks. gives a yellow to the whole as atrazine barley brown The number of pinball es­ tablishments which are set­ ting up in Grand Bend is of concern to at least one resort owner and ironically it’s the owner of an amuse­ ment house who has ex­ pressed that concern. George Knapp of E.G. and J. Amusements Limited, owners of the amusement park located on the corner of Main and Beach road, said there are 250 slot machines now operating in Grand Bend. He said his firm which has been operating in Grand Bend for 35 years and which employs 22 people during the summer, doesn’t mind com­ petition ‘‘providing it’s fair.” According to Knapp, many of the machines in the village are owned by a firm known as Western Equip­ ment and placed in various establishments free of charge. Knapp said he and his lawyer felt the firm should be charged a tran­ sient trader’s licence. Council disagreed, saying only the establishment GB church happenings The United Church Women were in charge of the service Sunday morning for the annual Thankoffering ser­ vice. Guest speaker was Mrs. Anne Egilsson, Som- bra, president of London Conference of the United Church of Canada. Mrs. Egilsson is the first woman to be elected president and the first lay woman. She spoke on “Church in today’s society,” and gave us many points to ponder. She told us the Unted Nations has set aside this year as the ■year of the child. Helen Sturdevant led the worship service and Hazel Blewett introduced the guest speaker and also gave a few hi-lites of the London Con­ ference held in Windsor which she attended as a delegate in May. She said the theme of this year’s Conference was “Break down the walls.” An all ladies choir sang two anthems “We are one in the Spirit” and “Jesus very thought of Thee.” Upcoming events at United Church will be Young People leading worship, June 11. The ser­ vice will consist of several presentations by the Young People themselves and will include both special music by the group and a Song Time. Sunday, June 18, guests at both Grand Bend and Greenway churches will be the Shalom singers. Everyone invited. Flowers which decorated the United Church, Sunday morning were delivered to sick and shut-ins after the service. Church of God Rev. E. Wattam of St. Catharines was guest speaker at Church of God Sunday morning. A special offering was taken at that time to give to Debbie Snider who is leaving shortly to go to Columbia South America as a missionary helper. At the evening service Esther Snyder showed slides and commentary on her two years of mission work in Grenada. A number of young people from Church of God attended a youth rally at Blyth, Saturday. <-- -----FINCH'S where the machines are located could be charged for a licence. Harold Green agreed there were too many pinball machines but that the village could do little about it and agreed with Keith Crawford who said the village should not place a restriction on business prac­ tices. Crawford said “As far as I’m concerned they (the pin­ ball machines) are here to stay for awhile.” Reeve Bob Sharen said one property owner had told him the pinball machines were brought in to maintain a source of revenue while the village awaits its sewer system. j When Knapp asked for the village to look into the issuance of an arcade licence rather than licences for each pinball machine, Sharen suggested that coun­ cil would defer any action until the provincial govern­ ment clarifies its stand on licence issuing. Things always seem to come full circle and such was the case when council received a letter from Bosanquet township asking for Grand Bend’s atten­ dance with the township later in June. Sharen said the township has proposed that Grand Bend dissolve and become a part of the township. Green said “I’d like to at­ tend. It sounds like fun.” Council instructed clerk­ treasurer Louise Clipperton to inform Bosanquet that council could meet on June 22 in Grand Bend. Grand Bend has proposed the annexation of large chunks of Bosanquet and Stephen townships. In other business, council: Informed Terry Copeland that the provision of living quarters in an addition to his fishing building was in con­ travention of the zoning bylaw. Were presented with proposed sketches of propos­ ed alterations to the bath­ house for the housing of an emergency generator for the house’s sewage pumping station by Ken McGuire and Bill Ewing of M. N. Dillon Limited, consulting engineers on the project. After an incamera session lasting thirty minutes, coun­ cil authorized the refund of $2500 to the Lions and Legion over the purchase of the Patterson property for new recreation grounds. Received a delegation consisting of Bud Crocker from the ministry of in­ dustry and tourism infor­ ming council of how Grand Bend was being promoted and how it could be better promoted. Passed a resolution from the town of Geraldton asking that municipal borrowing not be affected by the debt of the school boards within its jurisdictions. Took no action on a re­ quest from Stephen township for $107.59 which the township maintains is the amount which Grand Bend still owes on work con­ ducted on the Stanlake drain. Were informed by the Ausable-Bayfield Conserva­ tion Authority that they have no objections to building alterations propos­ ed by M and M Fisheries because the authority’s flood plain plan is not in force yet. Times-Advocate, June 8, 1978 OF COMMERCE 4th Annual Buffaloburger GRAND BEND CHAMBER Festival At The Beach - Grand Bend JUNE 16 & 17 • 10,000 Burgers of Real Buffalo Meat • Huge 120-Foot Party Tent (special LLBO Licenced) • Bed Races *5 Dances • Sidewalk Sale • Much More Come and Enjoy the Family Fun . . . Grand Bend Style GRAND BEND SWIM PROGRAMME Registration For All Classes 1 WHEN? Saturday, June 10 Saturday, June 17 10:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. WHERE? 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And while there's nothing terribly new about the concept of a diesel powered passenger car, there are some things that are quite remark­ able about the Rabbit Diesel. First, it does everything that diesels are famous for. Like delivering spectacular fuel economy. (Transport Canada has rated the Rabbit Diesel as the very best car you can buy in the country for fuel economy.) And since the diesel engine doesn't have a carburetor, or spark plugs, or a distributor, or points, or condenser, it never needs a mapr tune-up. Ever. But on top of that, the Rabbit Diesel does something that diesels are famous for not being able to do. Like go from 0 to 80 km/h in a mere 11.5 seconds. In fact, the Rabbit Diesel has set 31 world records for 1500 cc diesels. The price is very un-diesel-like, too. (Until the Rabbit Diesel came along, diesel passenger cars were a very expensive proposition.) 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