Village Squire, 1979-11, Page 34PEOPLE
Stratford developer
gets award
It was profitable rewards not awards that
led London developer Glen Wood to turn
three buildings in downtown Stratford into
a modern shopping complex but his
interest in retaining the beauty of old
buildings has brought him an award as well
as a commercially -viable enterprise. The
developer of the $1 -million -plus Festival
Square recently was named winner of an
Award of Honour from Heritage Canada.
Mr. Wood took three old buildings that
many felt should be demolished and turned
them into the jewel of the downtown area
providing at once the economic stimulus to
downtown that some people wanted and
preserving the old streetscape that
conservationists had battled not to lose.
Two area towns recently lost citizens
who have played an important part in
shaping their towns. Early October saw the
death in St. Marys of Edna Futcher. For
many years the librarian in the town she
was also involved in the Women's Institute
and through this group she was a leader in
the founding and running of the St. Marys
and District Museum which was originally
a W.I. project. Over 25 years she was
closely involved with the museum serving
as volunteer curator.
In Mitchell a long-time part of the local
scene is missing following the death of
Mrs. Wanda Mounteer. The former editor
and publisher of the Mitchell Advance was
born in Lindsay in 1899 and before her
marriage to Gordon V. Mounteer taught
school. The couple published the Trenton
Courier -Advocate from 1928 to 1933 before
moving to Mitchell to publish the Advance.
Following the death of her husband in 1941
Mrs. Mounteer continued to publish and
edit the newspaper until 1976 when she
sold the publication to Signal -Star
Publishing Ltd. of Goderich. She remained
on the staff of the publication until her
retirement in 1978.
For most people drawing or painting is a
craft too difficult to attempt with two
hands. Alfie Dale of Seaforth manages to
practice art even though he doesn't have
the use of his hands. A quadraplegic since
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he was injured in a diving accident 19 years
ago Alfie has nonetheless managed to
overcome his handicap and continue his
interest in art. A sketch called The Old Mill
graces the cover of the March of Dimes
Annual Report. The sketch has been
reproduced and signed, limited edition
prints are available in an 11" by 17"
format for $10 from the March of Dimes or
from the Dales' home in Seaforth.
The years of endless practice, of skating
when doing anything else in the world was
more attractive have come to an end for
Sherri Baler. The skating star has retired at
age 17 from amateur ranks to become a
professional skater. She started skating at
age two and in 1970 began taking lessons
from renowned coach Kerry Leitch of the
Preston figure skating club. The highlights
of her career came in 1976 when teamed
with Robin Cowan of Waterloo she won the
world junior Pairs championship and in
1978 when the pair won the Canadian
senior championship and were on the team
that went to the world Championships.
They skated in France, Moscow and Tokyo
that year. But then came a painful torn
muscle that forced Sherri to withdraw from
competition. Then the next summer it was
a snapped achilles tendon that kept her off
the ice. Although the injury is fully healed.
the danger of reinjury helped her make up
her mind. Now she'll be using her
experience and talents to help others,
giving lessons both at the Mitchell and
Preston skating clubs.
It seems neither the hotel business or
Western Ontario can be gotten out of the
blood of Chris Gowers. The native of
England studied hotel management in tbat
country before coming to Canada. His first
introduction to Western Ontario was at
Benmiller where he was innkeeper at the
Benmiller Inn before leaving earlier this
year. Now he's the new owner of The Little
Inn in Bayfield, taking over from Ruth
Wallace who has operated the business for
the last several years.
One of the first of the interesting little
shops that now enliven the shopping area
of St. Marys was opened by Carole Collins.
When Carole and husband physician John
moved to Halifax she sold the shop
Patchworks to Bonnie Jones in 1978. Mrs.
Collins from her new home is branching
out and her work can be seen nationally in
a new magazine called Canadian Antiques
and Art Review. She is editor and
publisher of the magazine which covers
topics and communities right across the
country. The glossy magazine is growing in
circulation. Mrs. Collins reports "It is hard
work but exciting. I must admit l look at
magazines and newspapers with a different
perspective now."
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