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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-08-05, Page 13Feds to finance harbour facility Commission is organized Tom Lawson, chairman of the new Grand Bend Harbour Conmislion, has announced that (ederal governmentent fun- ding will finance a 1,200 square foot harbour to house tourist, ratinig customs facilities. Federal MP iialph Ferguson has been working closely with the new commission to sort out the community's needs with regards to. the harbour. At a meeting Monday night, the representatives from a wide spectrum of the Grand Bend community became a body to work out the many pbl rp m es concerning the haCbhaaiirrman Lawson Is a. member of the Grand Bend Cruising Club and secretary Art Read represents Southcott Pines Park Association. Russ Lingard is a past Commodore of the Yacht Club and Len Hume is future Commodore for the Yachters. Dennis Snider will repre- sent the Village of Grand Bend on the commission. Chamber of Commerce member is Nick Carter. Dick Maitre will speak for marina nvers and fishermen are resented by Joe Green and Wayne Moody. Lawyer Van Laughton, surveyor Jack Gray and developer Don Southcott�rvill add their exper- tise. The village core area will be represented by a member of the PLO (Property Lovers Organization); As well as a harbour building, which will lookafter customs and radio and house washrooms and .laundry will determine what, if facWties as well as telephone anything, can be done about and a pumping station, the movement of sand iii the Ferguson has arranged funds area, according to currents fora consultant to look at the and winds and the action needs further up the river as created.by the present piers. far as the bridge on Highway There is apparently some 21. The federal department of question as to the ownership transport will see to repairs to of properties in the area of the the docks. harbour. Lawson says it will Presently, tenders are out take some • time to work the for the dredging of the mouth problem out but he is op - of the river and, according to timistic that the problem can Lawson, the hydra ulicstudyiss'be solved. -off and running". The study The Monday meeting. was arranged by the Grand Bend and area Chamber of ,Com- merce. Chamber president, Mac Dunlop, commented that the Chamber Was acting as a vehicle to get the program started. • Members of the commis- sion were asked to find out the needs and interests of the groups they represent and to organize reports • to be presented in the future. The group will meet again this week. • Parking problems continue to plaque resort's council A Parking problems continue to plague Grand Bend coun- cil. At the regular meeting, Tuesday night, it was learned that nine cars, parked illegal- ly, were towed away from the downtown area last weekend. Chamber of Commerce president Mac Dunlop and civic affairs person Beverly Harwood were at the m : ting Soccer squad. posts victory The Grand -Bend Colonials scored a 3 victory over In- gersoll in Level II Cup soccer play, Thursday. Gilbert Quivourin scored . two,goals and John Mennon added the single score in the win over Ingersoll Thanks to a recent 1-0 win by Woodstock over Goderich, the Colonials are in first place at the midway point of the schedule in the London and district second division. The Colonials with11points ' to their credit are one point up :r on Goderi&whathey, Meet in Grand Bend Sunday at 2 p.m. Woodstock, Stratford and St. Thomas are tied for third place with eight points apiece. Slavia has seven points, Sant- ' Bartolona six, Calabria two points and the Yugoslays are pointless in the basement. The Grand Bend Ausable league team lost a 3-2 decision to the Exeter Centennials on a penalty Shot late in the game. The Grand Bend marksmen were Guy Wilde and Bill Mennen. The next game for the GB team is Sunday at 4 p.m. when they will be at home to Sarnia Dante. Steve Lingard scored all goals as the Grand Bend mos- quitoes edged Taxandria 3-2. Jonathon O'Connor and Robert Humer also turned in strong performances. The pee wees will be at home at Taxandria on August 9. More items for auction Fabulous donations for the Huron Country Playhouse Cavalcade of Fun Auction to be held at the Playhouse the evening of August 15 keep pouring in for Auctioneer Walden Allen of Lambeth to sell to eager bidders. The latest valuable items include a dinner for two at Grand Bend's Oakwood Inn and two tickets to Oliver at the Playhouse, a gourmet din- , ner for six (donated by Dave Sheppard), an afternoon and dinner aboard a yacht out of Bayfield (donated by Bill Waters), a 1983 membership to the Bayfield Golf Clup. Two Sunday brunches at The Cap- tain's Cove, Bayfield, a set of English china fancies from The Village Guild, Bayfield, two slatted planters from Arc Industries, Dashwood, and a permanent and manicure from Picadilly Professional Hair Design, London. Add to this list 18 pieces of art from the Thielson Gallery in London by such well known artists as Ken Danby, Arthur Secunda, Ettie Richter Prazoff, Arto Yuzbasiyan, Nelson Dancy, and Ron Bolt. . Entertainment for those at- tending the auction will be provided by the Huron Coun- try Playhouse Young Players '82 performing a special cabaret between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. This cabaret will coincide with an informal dinner (12.95 per person) catered by Graham Cook. to discuss parking. Council had requested assistance from Chamber members to allow public parking in com- mercial space not in use on weekends. Mrs. Harwood said that there had been problems with .break-ins when businesses Were closed and parking not supervised. They agreed to speak to merchants GOD IS LOVE - Nonnie Griffin, as Agnes, is about to hit her husband, Michael (Roger Dunn) with a pillow embroidered with"God is Love",in a scene from The Four. Poster", currently playing at Huron Country Playhouse. The: FO.uF9�ste.i., handles time well "The Four Poster" in the hands of director Aileen Taylor -Smith and actors Non- nie Griffin and Roger Dunn delighted the opening -night audience at Huron Country Playhouse Wednesday night. It's a tale of a marriage .which rightly fits into the time -frame of the early part of the century. Author Jan de Hartog reaches back for the language and the traditions that- some of us still remember. There are the rituals involv- ed with gloves and hats and `formal' clothing, wedding music of the Victorian era, and the times when a cup of tea was 'the ultimate solution' in every crisis. The dimension of time is well handled by designers and stage personnel. As the hus- band and wife pass from one stage of their 30 year mar- riage to the next, the decor changes to symbolize their. movement. It is a charming set, with graceful Georgian symetry and with furnishings just missing the lumpy, Victorian pieces which occupied so much space in Canadian homes in those years. Griffin and Dunn. as Michael and Agnes, have caught the fine rhythm of the author's dialogue, although, at opening' night, Dunn sometimes rushed • it to the point where some of his words were lost and meaning was not clear. Language is used well by the author. Words and mean- ing fit with the characteriza- tion and the plot and remind us, with nostalgia, of times past - of the order and com- fort of a big double bed and, also of the disorder and` discomfort of that institution. The play reminds us of the time consumed by window- dressing 'and the excuses made because of silly ritual. It reminds us of human need for such time and space. It gives us needed reinforce- ment for the truth of our past and it answers a need for something which seems no longer present. And as such, it is good theatre. Griffin and Dunn get what magic they can from the play. They obviously enjoy the challenge. Author de Hartog just didn't create very warm- blooded characters. At the worse, they are neurotic; at the best, slightly angry. He did not allow them the celebration of real emdtion - so essential to human relationships. to see what could be done. Councillor Dennis Snider mentioned the congestion of parking on River Road by persons using the south beach. "I don't know how to solve that one", he said. Reeve Bob Sharen asked a representative of the PLO to consider one-way streets in the Queen -Centre Streets area and parking on one side of the streets. He said that present one-way streets, Crescent and Heaman, need better policing. Sharen asked that the works department put up 'no parking' signs at all of the corners in the village. A meeting was set for next Mon- day to consider changes to the parking and the sign bylaws. Tom Lawson, Russ Lingard and Art Read, representing the 'Grand Bend Harbour Commission, attended to ex- plain the progress of the group. Lawson said they hoped to work with the cooperation of federal. pro- vincial and municipal bodies. Sharen asked for regular reports and minutes from meetings. Council appointed Dennis Snider to represent .the village on the commission. Lawson stressed the need to move quickly on the harbour. He said the group would maintain an ongoing request for a harbour of safe refuge. Roy Johnson and Prosper Van Bruaene appeared for the Grand Bend PUC to ask that the village pay for maintenance of the 49 fire ,hydrants. Each costs about 180 a year to Maintain.Cotun- cil decided to prepare a bylaw authorizing the funds in 1983. There was a motion to a- mend the zoning bylaw to allow the Woodward row houses, being built by Ausable Holdings, to be sold as seperate units rather than have them remain as con- dominiums. The question of notification for persons in the area was discussed. Council decided tp use a newspaper advertisementrather than • send letters. Councillor Crawford said, "If people are interested, they should make it their business to know". A bylaw was passed to make it illegal to swim bet- ween the piers or dive off the piers or to anchor a boat within 50 feet of the north pier. A fine of not more than 1200 was set. The problem of noise was discussed. "I don't think we can ever expect people not to party here", said Sharen. "We can just ask them to keep the noise down". Councillor Harold Green commented that one of the noisiest places was 'on the river with boats and tape - decks at all hours of the night. There was concern about the volume of the music from the roller rink. Sharen announced that the official opening for the sewer system would take place August 27 at 2 p.m. FRIEDSRURG SOUVENIRS - - Displaying and selling souvenirs of Friedsburg Days in Dashwood Saturday were Ray, Brenda and Isob91 Rader. T -A photo WELCOME NEW DIRECTOR - Mrs. Bettie Gibbs, right, chairwoman, Huron Country Playhouse, joins with artisitic director Aileen Taylor -Smith in welcoming Ronald R. Ulrich, who will succeed Ms. Taylor -Smith as artistic director effective October 1. He was introduced at a special event at the Playhouse, Tuesday.Photo by Richman. Dashwood-Seaforth band perform at church service Members of the Dashwood- Seaforth band presented the special music at the well at- tended Sunday morning ser- vice. The congregation sang along with some of their numbers. The band is led by Harry Hoffman of Dashwood. The oldest member is Dr. Charles Toll, Seaforth, 86 years young. Harry reported Dr. Toll marched in the Freidsburg. parade at Dashwood, Saturday. Rev. H. Moore's meditation was "Like a Seed." In the parable of the seeds growing secretly, Reil Joore said the farmer may sbv:i the seed, but he does not produce the crop. Harvest and judgement go hand in hand, farmer's re= ioice in good fortune, he said. Church of God news At the morning service, Sunday, at Church. of God, Rev. John Campbell spoke on, "Prayer", from the parable of the friend at midnight when one of the disciples asked the Lord to teach him to pray. Rev. and Mrs. Campbell sang a duet. Church of God children had two, one day camping trips last week, with time out for study periods. Tuesday they went to Pinery Park and due to rainy weather came back for recreation in the school gym. Friday they went to Rock Glen where they hiked, en- joyed the water slide and had a wiener roast. . Church of God young people met Friday night, played miniaturegolf and had pizza for lunch. On the weekend the young folks sold corn from their acreage patch in the country. They will be selling corn and vegetables again this weekend at the lawn and bake sale to be held on the par- sonage lawn. Anglican Church news Rev. J. Sutton continued on in his sermon of last week about the feeding of the multitude. This past Sunday he talked about the Gospel of John 6:23-35. The people came back the next day seek- ing Jesus. asking Him about the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus answered them by tell- ing to truly believe in Him, who God had sent. Many today ask the same question. Rev. Sutton feels that our lives should be of in- volvement. Belief is .work - not just words, but action. Strive every day to be honest with those that we deal with and a statement of our faith by helping others when they arc in need - be a Good Samaritan. Ile tells us it is not easy and there could Ix' calls every mo- ment of our lives, but faith is the substance to maintain us and that which we can grow on. Rev. Sutton reminded us of the Biblical quotation of Jesus, "I am the Bread of Life," and he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. The lawn and bake sale held July 31 at the Parish hall proved quite successful and the ladies group wish to thank all people contributing to and helping with the successful venture. Coffee hour hostesses following the morning service were Mrs. Vera Morrison and Mrs. Muriel Hunt, 4-H club news The "Barefoot Buddies," 4-H club number one, held meeting three at Rita Smit's home. - Roll call was to name a leaf you brought to this meeting. They identified different leaves and each pressed three. They are to bring three more leaves to the 'next - meeting. They looked at different trees. Discussion was on trail language, and they made a trail mix of food to eat while hiking and camping. The girls plan to invite their parents to their next meeting and they discussedwhat they would serve to eat. Press reported by Joanne Smits. Bridge club news Three tables of duplicate bridge were in play Wednes- day evening at St. John's Parish hall. Winners were: first, Herman and Elsie Hodgson: second, Carol Keech and Harry Crawford. Grand Cove news Sympathy is expressed to Sidney Thomas of Grand Cove and family in the death of Delta (Snow) Thomas on July.23. Sincere sympathy is -ex- tended to Mrs. Elizabeth Nor- ris, by Cove and town friends, and members of Grand Bend United Church, in the death Saturday night July 31. of Elizabeth's mother. Ethel M. Berry, of Marshall Gowan Manor, Sarnia, widow of John 11. Berry in her 88th year. Funeral was held Tuesday. August 3 at D.J. Robb Funeral Home. Sarnia with Rev. Harley Moore of Crand Bend, officiating. Sports news Tri County T -ball scores: July 26, Grand Bend 19. Parkhill Expos 35, played at Parkhill. The July 26, squirts softball game score was Grand Rend 17. Lieury 16. played at Lieury. Personals Art Webb attended the wed- ding July 24. of his grandson - Gordon,Webb, son of Rev. and Mrs. Paul Webb. of Toronto. to Lucia Bala, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joaquim Bala. of Kitchener. Mr. Webb travelled down with his son Don and wife, froth Essex. Women's Institute members served a buffet sup, per meal to a group of ladies from 111oncries Institute. from East Huron, Wednesday evening. The ladies had at- tended the play, "The four- poster,'. at Huron Country Playhouse. Drop in visitors. Wednes- day, with Alex and Clara Hamilton were a couple they met in Florida last winter, and who reside in Sandy Cove Acres, at Barrie. Mr. and Mrs. Hank Ross and Jamie, of California, visited a few days with Roy and Mae Morenz, Glenda and Tammy last week. Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Adams, and Mrs. Susie Devine were dinner guests last Wednesday with . Edna Willert, . in Mitchell. Drop in visitors over the weekend with Lorne and Loreen Devine were Vera and Ervin Latta, and Mr.. and Mrs. John Ferguson, all of Point Clark, and Gordon and Bernice Weiberg of Waterloo. The bake and produce sales held after the masses Satur- day and Sunday morning at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, proved very successful. Tir es-Advocote. August 5.1982 Thereaderswr Dear Readers, I am seven years old and until the 28th of July, I had a bike. Someone took my bike from my backyard, If you know anyone riding a bike that isn't their's please call my daddy at 235-3893 so I can have my bike back. My daddy says he will give a reward if I get my bike back. Please help me find it. Stephen Cregan * Dear Sir: The federal government can find money to lend at 3 percent interest repayable over thirty years to Third World dictatorships. Yet, when it comes to helping the Canadian farmer the small businessman,or the homeowner cruhed by high interest rates, all the govern- ment does is shrug. At a time when our federal deficit will soar another 119 billion this year, it seems in- credible that our foreign aid budget will leap over 17 per- cent to 11.724 billion. It is especially surprising that we give so much aid to enemies of the West - countries such as Grenada, Nicaragua, and Tanzania ' - that have na- tionalized Canadian com- panies. and that support ter- rorist movements elsewhere. Another form of foreign aid are the cutrate loans offered by the Export Development Corporation to foreign coun- tries to buy' our products. Farlier this year, the EDC ex- tended credits of $637.5 million t� Soviet Russia to build a strategic natural gas project. The loan at 10 percent interest will cost the Cana- dian taxpayers close to $200 million, as the government will have to borrow the money at 16 percent or higher. It's bad enough that the Canadian taxpayer has to pay foreigners to buy our goods. It is even worse that so much of that money is going to nations hostile to our interests, na- tions like Russia and Red China, which will receive 1100 million in Canadian aid and 12 • billion in low-interest credits over the next few years. Foreign Aid and Western Security ' gives some fascinating dejails about the Canadian government's policy of aiding dictatorships and Marxist regimes with sweetheart loans that Cana - Pogo 13 dian taxpayers can't get. This new booklet by researcher James Hull is available for 11 from Citizens for Foreign Aid Reform, Box 332, Rezdale, Ontario, MOW 513. Sincerely yours, Ken Long �Y Dear Editor: On July 23, I decided to go to London by bike. I thought if I started out by bike, a van or truck would pick me up. I stopped six times, put out my thumb, but no truck would . stop and pick me up. I kept biking. I left Dashwood at 10:20 a.m. and arrived at Exeter at 12:35 p.m. I stopped for 40 minutes. Then I went out and tried to hitch hike again. I stopped three times in Exeter and no one picked me up so I decided to try to bike it to London. I stopped a couple of times to hitch hike but only one person stopped to see how I was. He was going north on Highway 4. At 3:45 p.m. the Lucan O.P.P. picked me up two miles north of Clandeboye. I was grateful for the lift to Lucan, however, the reason I was insulted was that they - would not help me to get to London or to get the train to Toronto. I was very upset at the fact that people passed me, then phoned friends around Dashwood - but they never stopped to ask me how I was. I've had a lot of criticism from people who didn't have the guts to do what I did but the bottom line is that I must be doing something right because people who are the most effective get the most criticism. I wonder how Terry Fox got along when he first started out and if he received as much criticism. Please publish this letter on August 4th, 1982. The film, "A Fine Line" will be shown at the National Film Board Office on Oxford Street, London, Ontario on.. August 5 at 7:30 p.m. "A Fine Line" is a one hour documen- tary about John Kellerman and Norman Kunc. Sincerely, John Kellerman, Dashwood, Ontario Telephone 237-3505 (August 1 to 31 AF?:rICIPACT\ ON- pAVS 1111110 PIONEER PARTICIPANTS — Appearing on o float depicting Pioneer Days in Satur- day's Friedsburg Days parade in Dashwood were committee chairman Don Bender and his wife Mary Ann, Ray and Joan Webb and Poul, Angela and Chris Watson and Gunner the dog. T -A photo Starts 10 a.m. Friday, July 30th I I I I I ekvetNNSMNNWWWWWW4N" N•‘‘ off entire stock of summer fashions SWIMSUITS — DRESSES — BLOUSES HALTERS — PANTS — SHORTS SANDALS — ACCESSORIES ALL SALES FINAL " OPEN --7 DaysAWeek —10am -9pm