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Times-Advocate, 1982-04-07, Page 18Pogo 2A Times -Advocate, April 7, 1982 Dinner, music, songs part of annual church meeting More than SO attended the 4-H club news Congregational Pot Luck The "Poor and Kneedy," 4 - Dinner at Grand Bend H club number two held United Church last Friday meeting six at Susan evening. The delicious Hayter's home on Monday casseroles, salads, meats night March 29, in the form and desserts were set out in of a party with their mothers smorgasbord style. as guests. There were 17 girls and mothers attending. Following the dinner was a The menu was meat, rolls, variety program with Liz salads, relish tray and Adams as mc. The opening punch. Iced rolls with jelly cumber was two piano solos filling was the dessert. played by Leanne Jennison. Jim Love was next on the Meeting seven will be held aprogram. He told us during April Roxanne Woodsey this long cold winter he had 12. Reported byy Tracey Dietrich. been reading poetry and recited, "The High- Church of God wayman," for us. Clark "Prelude to Victory," was Adams entertained by the sermon topic byRev. singing two numbers "Side John Campbell, t the by side", and "I believe in music," accompanying himself on ukelele. Jan Kobe read the story of "Easter egg artists," for both small and big children and showed the illustrated pictures from the book. A sing song of favorite and action song numbers was next, led by Marlene Brenner with Irene.Kennedy as pianist. A comical skit, played by Glenn Durie portrayed "Cousin Zeke," a bearded old farmer with a pitch fork, with the plights of the farmer played on a cassette tape. Choir member, Angie Venning entertained with two solos, "Take me home Country Roads," and "Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree," with congregation joining in chorus. Ross, Nola and Bill Love played old time melodies on fiddle and piano. The program closed with a solo "One tin soldier," by Clark Adams. Bible coffee hour Fourteen ladies attended the Bible coffee hour last Thursday morning at Mrs. Vera Brown's home in Southcott Pines. Due to Easter, no meeting will be held on April 8 but will resume again on April 15. Study time will be on child training from a woman's workshop on Proverbs. The meeting will be same time Sunday morning service at Church of God. Scripture reading was from Matthew 20:17-34. Children of the congregation acted out the story of Palm Sunday. • The music special was a solo by Leota Snyder, titled, "I walk with the King," accompanied with piano by Betty Campbell. At the evening service the Young People were in charge and showed a film, "Kevin can wait." Following the service the young folks served lunch in the Sunday school rooms. Two carloads of Church of God youth went skating, Friday night at Blyth with groups from Auburn and Goderich. Church of God ladies held their April. meeting last Thursday evening at the 'church, with 18 in at- tendance. Roll call was answered by, "A poem or thought on Easter." Betty Campbell conducted a program on "a tree grows in Grand Bend," which. concerned history of past, present and future :of our society. The ladies put colored leaves on the tree with their name, some were placed for deceased mem- bers and those who are confined to their homes. Flowers were added to the tree for projects of last year. andplace on A film was shown on child April 15, with behaviour. Lunch hostesses all ladies welcome. were Judy _Snyder and Barb MacGregor and they served hot cross puns. Anglican church news Rev. Sutton spoke about the message of the Passover at St. John's Church this past Sunday. He told us about Jesus entering Jerusalem as a King with palms and flowers strewn on the path and Jesus riding on the lowly donkey. Then in a few days the crowd turned against Him and He was crucified. Rev. Sutton asked the question, "Do we in these ' times on occasion turn our back on Jesus?" In a sense we do deny Him, but on this Palm Sunday let us take our Palm Cross with us to be a reminder of that Passion . Sunday, two thousand years ago and pray that we do not deny Him in our own lives. Mrs. Ruth McIntosh was coffee hour hostess today. During Holy week at St. John's, Communion services will be held Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 2 p.m.' Good Friday - The last hour at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 10 there is a vigil and evening prayer at 8:00 p.m. United church news Palm Sunday was ob- served and the Sacrament of Holy Communion celebrated at the United Church on Sunday morning. Rev. H. Moore's sermon topic was "He broke it," with Scripture from Mark 14:12- 26. The children's story today was titled, "En- couragement for donkeys." Rev Moore told the children OOi11Pu REfiO INCOME TAX RETURNS -AA Y SIZE - INVESTMENTS IN LEAD/AG TRUST COMPANIES - BEST RATES - BEST SECURITY - NO CHARGE BOOKKEEPING FIN. STATEMENTS CANFARM Agent - Pini Cali .%'o OI/ipari.w - I? Oesv , 9 A (Opposite Brewed Retail Hwy 21) ART READ OR CALL GRAND BEND, ONTARI (519) 238-2388 The Grand Bend Optimist Club invites. everyone • to attend The 1st Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the lambton Heritage Museum t., April 10 1 - 4 p.m. Admission including Museu Children SOc Adults 1.25 family 3.00. Pee-odee4 fr.. eeewa. pates. u,...a,L Hours: Sat. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sun. Noon to 5:30 p.m. On Weekends Only 1 in olden days men rode horses to war, but when you went in peace you rode on a donkey. A lovely floral arrangement was placed in the church sanctuary today in loving memory of Mrs. Eileen Phil presented by her family. United Church announcements The United Church Women will meet Thursday af- ternoon in the Sunday school rooms at 1:30 p.m. Roll call will be "An Easter thought." The Grand Bend Couples club will meet at the United Church at 8 p.m. Saturday April 10. A "Good Friday" service for the charge will be held at Greenway United Church at 7:30 p.m., April 9. The Easter Sunrise service will be at Grand Bend United Church on Easter Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. This service is brought to you by the Couples Club. Breakfast will be served following the service. Tickets for break- fast available from mem- bers of the club. Grand Cove news On March 17, a bus load attended the matinee per- formance of "Dames at Sea," (a spoof on Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.) Leaving Grand Bend at 8:00 a.m. they arrived at Toronto Dinner Theatre in time for a full course lunch. Show time for the live performance was 1:30 p.m. On the way home they stopped at the Stone Crock restaurant in Cam- bridge for a meal. Arriving home in early evening, all reported an enjoyable outing. They travelled by Sherwood Transportation of Goderich. On March 20, the Count- down to spring, birthday party and dance was held at the clubhouse, convened by Ina and Bill Kershaw. Peter Poli and his entertainers group presented a skit on spring fashions with men modelling ladies clothes. This was an evening of fun and good entertainment. Personals Alex and Clara Hamilton have returned home after a month spent in Panama City Beach, Florida. On - their return trip home they stopped in Toledo, Ohio to visit Alex's sister and brother-in-law, ivy and Joe Thomas. Another stop on the return trip was to visit Belingrath Gardens near Mobile, Alabama. They met Harry Hoffman, of Dash- wood, who was on a Fettes tour trip in the south. Alex and Clara motored down and home again. Bonnie Dugas of Huron Park visited a couple days last week with her parents Clara and Alvin Statton. Brent Hamilton, of Owen Sound visited on the weekend here with his Hamilton and Kennedy grandparents. The Huron Country Playhouse Theatre Guild held their membership tea, Saturday afternoon at the Southcott Pines clubhouse with about 35 in attendance. President, Mrs. Al Coo welcomed everyone. A correction - It was reported last week that Huron Country Playhouse was marking its tenth an- niversary. This , is Huron Country Playhouse's llth season, and the tenth an- niversary of Huron Country Playhouse theatre Guild. No cause found for fire An investigator from the Fire Marshal's office has been unable to find the cause of the fire which destroyed the Village Inn in Grand Bend. Investigator Art Laing said the cause was "un- determined" after. spending' three days probing the ruins of the two-storey wooden structure. The extent of damage made it impoissible to find any conclusive evidence, he said. He finished his work Friday. The fire started early in the morning of March 7 and quickly spread through the unoccupied building. Grand Bend's volunteer fire department was unable to save it. Pinery Park OPP- estimated PPestimated the loss at $200,000. Currently, the Bank of Montreal, owner of the property, is receiving ten- ders to have the site cleaned un. l Let's run around together. PI+naartntsn• • LESSON IN NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE — Pauline Lingard and Gail Fischer listen as nutrition expert Eileen Gottschall begins her lecture on allergies, immunology and cancer at the For Goodness Sake store. This week's lesson was on diabetes and heart disease. Want good security' C of C_ plans for Burgerfest '82 Advertising and security for this year's annual Burgerfest dominated the meeting of the Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce Tues- day as members heard offers from three media sales representatives and discuss- ed security details and their cost for the three-day festivi- ty starting June 18. About 15 assembled members listened to salesmen from two Port Huron radio stations and CKSL radio from London as well as a practical demonstration of television ads from CFPL-TV of Lon- don. No firm decision was made since most of the 90 members were absent and the chamber was not sure how much would be spent on advertising this year. Secretary Ellwood Lemon reported on a fence price quotation. For $2,000 the chamber can buy a 700 -foot fence to erect around the beer tent for better crowd control, an idea supported by presi- dent Mac Dunlap. "If Burgerfest is not made into a first-class project, it just won't work," he advised his listeners. "Security is very expenisve for us, and a good fence would do the trick." Barnes security men will cost the chamber $9.50 an hour plus mileage this year, he said. The admission cost to the tent will be raised to help meet expenses. The chamber is also looking for price quotations on a medium and large -size tent to be used for serving food and beer. The menu has to be set up yet and a new food item is being considered. Lemon said it would cost $5252 to Lemon, out the "Sun, sandiand surf", promotional project suggested by Mel Douglas' theme team in January. Under the scheme, a student would be hired for 12 weeks to paint 40 barrels donated for use as waste con- tainers, to resemble castle SEALING OFF DOORS - Fred Harpell of Port Franks spent twodays last week bricking up two unneeded doors at Gord and Jean's on Main Street. He and Dan Rump also worked on putting new washrooms into Cheryl Ann's further down the street. Grand Bend Ratepayers SENIOR CITIZEN APARTMENTS FAMILY RENTAL HOUSING - If you are sixty years of ago or over OR • If you have one or more children AND - If your present accommodation is inadequate - If your income is modest THIS IS OF INTEREST TO YOU! Your municipal council is trying to determine the need for assisted and market rental hous- ing for senior citizens and families in your community. Questionnaires are being distributed to senior citizens and tenant families as part of a survey to determine the interest in this type of housing. ONLY BE COMPLETING A QUESTIONNAIRE CAN YOU HELP TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A DEMAND FOR ASSISTED AND MARKET RENTAL ACCOMMODATION FOR FAMILIES AND SENIOR CITIZENS. Public Meeting: April 16, 1952 et Grand Bend Town Hall. Time: 7 p.m. • Families and seniors interested in obtaining more information should contact: Clark -Treasurer Louise Clipperton .Grand Mond ammat•••r turrets as well as make and paint 72 signs to be hung from light standards along Ontario and Main Streets. Two-thirds of the wages will be paid by the Ministry of Housing under the Ex- perience '82 employment pro- gram. Half of the$3,800capi- tial cost will be paid by the same ministry since the con- cept quaifies for assistance as a community renewal project. Joyce Morden got approval to order 300 decals illustrating the same theme to be used in making clay mugs which she will sell to village merchants. Up to 250 mugs will be made for sale this summer. Treasurer Dusan Novak said the chamber's account stood at $9,700. He has issued tenders on cleaning up the site of the ruined Village Inn, which is owned by the Bank of Montreal, which he manages. Museum to host festival The Easter Bunny has been invited to visit the Lambton Heritage Museum for a special kiddies' day Saturday. The program includes an Easter Egg hunt, live chicks, egg -decorating contest, egg - on -a -spoon race, and an egg game for the parents. Colourful ethnic Easter eggs will be on display, and a children's storytime is plann- ed. Every child will take home a small Easter gift. This is the first Easter festival hosted by the museum, and the sponsoring club is the Grand Bend Optimists. Festivities begin at 1:00 p.m. sharp, and the museum admission is $1.25 for adults, and 50t for children. Village zoning bylaw approved by OMB The village of Grand Bend has received approval from the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) for all three of its zon- ing bylaws after a Board hearing February 24. Clerk Louise Clipperton an- nounced the news to council Monday night that the com- prehensive zoning bylaw 5,010 and its two amending bylaws were approved. A full report on the decision was received by the clerk's office. The council intends to invite area MP Ralph Ferguson to a meeting soon to discuss the considerable financial obstacle to having the har- bour mouth dredged this sum- mer. Chamber of Commerce , secretary Ellwood Lemon, a delegate to this week's meeting, was asked to inform the chamber and encourage a large turnout. Council also granted its ap- proval for the chamber to hold Burgerfest Weekend in June. The main street will be closed briefly and the beach area will be occupied by tents. The main beach will also be used for Canada Day and a sandcastle competition in August. Some parking space will be needed for a farmers' market in October, too. In giving its permission, reeve Bob Sharen encourag- ed the chamber to continue $ working at projects such as these. Lemon reassured Dennis Snider that more elaborate controls would be used to limit rowdiness. Better fenc- ing and more security would be brought in, he said. Carl Celestin and Peter Moreton of the Ministry of Natural Resources appeared to explain the details and in - Fire takes one life An early -morning fire near Thedford last Thursday claimed the life of 66 -year-old George Powell who died of smoke inhalation and heart failure. Cause of the fire is believed to be careless smoking. Pinery OPP and the Thed- ford Fire Department were alerted at 7:00 a.m. by a pass- ing motorist. Mr. Powell was found at the scene and pro- nounced dead by Grand Bend coroner Dr. W. O'Connor. The house is located at RR.1 Thed- ford, at the intersection of highways 21 and 79. Fire marshal Art Laing and Constable John Crowe are investigating. On March 30, Constable Hodge investigated a two -car collision on Ontario Street in Grand Bend, involving Eugene Grenier of Grand Bend, and Joseph Miller of RR 1 Dashwood. Damage to their vehicles was estimated at 5350 and 5250 respectively. There were no injuries. On April 3, the Tenderspot food store in Grand Bend reported several small or- namental trees were missing. On March 28, a Grand Bend man was charged with theft when a motorist left Dale's Esso station without paying for 510 of gasoline. There were six charges laid under the Liquor Licence Act, and 18 under the Highway Traffic Act. One driver was charged with driving while under suspension. There were also 16 miscellaneous occurrences. Grand Bend Ratepayers Assisted Housing Survey to Determine Need for Assisted and Market Rental Housing for Senior Citizens and Families by Questionnaire The Grand Bend Council has decided to carry out a study to assist in determining the need for assisted and market rental housing for senior citizens and families. Based on a review of the area housing situation, the local study will include an assess- ment of economic trends, growth factors, and current and future housing needs. Additional information will be gathered through advertising, direct mail questionnaires and interviews. A self-explanatory questionnaire will be mailed to senior citizens and families asking them if they are interested in assisted or market rental accommodation. Residents who do not receive a questionnaire by mail, or would like additional information, may obtain the forms and further information from, Louise Clipperton, Clerk -Treasurer, Grand Bend, Ontario. After it receives the results of the survey in- dicating o need for a specific number of units, a municipality may: - Develop on assisted and market rental hous ing project on its own through a municipal non-profit housing agency; - Ask the Ministry of Housing to seek private sector involvement to secure units under the Rent Supplement Program or Private Assisted Rental Program; • Encourage the creation of a local non-profit group - community, labour or service club organization, for example - to develop a not$ -profit housing project. tent of their ministry's new base mapping program being applied to the entire province. The cost to participate would be 5455 for the village because of heavy subsidization. The new universal mapping system is much more ac- curate then the conventional method, and the resultant maps could be used for plot- ting municipal services such as sewer and water lines, Moreton said. Council had voted at its previous meeting to apply to participate in the program. A letter from Ridge Pine Park Inc., owner of Grand Cove Estates, said there would be no payment for sewer service since the sur- charge rate had been in dispute. The period affected is March to December 1981. Subject to approval from the Ministry of Transporta- tion and Communication, the village will be installing a• new traffic signal at the msin intersection. The cost is estimated at 55,985. Bob Sharen asked Harold Green if he could contact residents on his street that the village wants to pave Gibbs Park soon and would ap- preciate if all homes there were connected to the sewer system as soon as possible. The same will be done for Green Acres, Sharen said. 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