HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-09-09, Page 19that kind of worry on top of
the economyand all their
usual problems: So no more
frost in August, eh? In fact, no.
frost in September, alright?
Give my flowers and
vegetables a sporting chance..
While we're on the subject,
Mother Nature, there's the lit-
. tle matter of the surprise bir-
thday party we had for my
Dad. Oh, yeah, you can laugh,
you really had all of us fool-
ed. I had borrowed lawn
chairs from everyone I knew
so that we could have a nice.
big party outdoors. Even the
weather people on TV and •
radio promised us a sunny,
warm day.., •Andthen you
ma'Je it rain all day. And we
had 150 people crammed into
our house. Well, wefooled you
- we had a good time
anyways.
Let's face it, Mother
Nature, you haven't done
much for our health either.
All that cold rain gave
everybody summer colds. Do
you think it's funny to see
everyone coughing and sneez-
ing in August?
A person couldn't even get
a nice, healthy -looking tan
this year!
What's that? Can I think of
one good thing about the
weather this summer? Well,
let me see, My bathing suit
didn't fade from staying out in
the sun too long. And the lawn
didn't turn brown and dry up
from lack of rain. But listen,
us summer -lovers would
rather buy a new swim suit
each year, and drag out the
sprinkler and hose all the
time.
Now get to work on next
summer. Please.
Sincerely,
Mary
Mary's
musings
By Mary Alderson
Master of ceremonies for the
occasion was James Dalton.
Murray Cardiff, MP Huron
brought greetings from the
county and Stephen Township
Reeve, Doug Russell,
represented his area.
Walker, who died in 1979,
and his father Clayton
McPherson Walker, purchas-
ed the land in 1919. It was
described as sand -dunes,
bush, swamp and farmland.
The first buildings, lodge and
clubhouse, were built of red
pine logs from the Walker
property. Subsequent
buildings, including single
family dwellings were built of
pine logs from the Walker
properties south of Grand
Bend. The Lambton Heritage
Museum stands on former
Walker property,as does the
north 80 acres of the Pinery
Provincial Park.
The wrought -iron gates and
furnishings and the pine fur-
niture were constructed in
Walker's shop on the
Oakwood property. Much of
this work he did himself. The
now lush and renowned 18
hole golf course replaced the
swamp. It was begun in about
1926.
Fred Walker married
Frances Redmond in 1932.
Colonials
lose bid
. The Grand Bend Colonials
failed in their attempt to de-
fend the Pickwick tourna-
ment championship in Lon-
don on the weekend.
In four preliminary mini -
games, the Colonials defeated
Woodstock 4-1, Pickwicks 2-0
and German Canadians 2-1
and tied Delhi 1-1 before los-
ing to Woodstock 3-2 in penal-
ty kicks after the final game
ended in a scoreless tie in
regulation play.
The Colonials will be in
Woodstock Friday night at 8
p.m. in a regularly scheduled
London and District Second
Division game. The two
teams are currently tied for
first place.
In minor soccer play, the
Grand Bend atoms outplayed
and outpositioned their
parents to take a 7-5 decision.
The minor season ends
Saturday with an atom tour-
nament in Exeter and a mos-
quito tourney in Lucan.
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Mrs. Walker and son Philip
planned the memorial before
her death early this year.
Philip and his wife Rober-
ta and three children continue
to live in Oakwood Park.
Open Daily
Mon. -Sat.
10-5:30
Sunday
12-5:30
Men s an • Ladies - all sizes
(Sweaters not exactly as illustrated)
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grievance about the actions of
some civil servant or some
branch or ministry or other
government body of The
Government of Ontario?
Then the Ombudsman is here to help
you. Help you by listening to and
investigating your complaints.
And members of the staff of The
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Whatever you have to say will be
treated in absolute confidence.
You don't need an appointment —
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beforehand.
Your complaint is important to you,
and it deserves consideration. That's
what the Ombudsman is for.
Town Mall
Council Chambers
44 Main St.
Grand Bend
Wed., Sept. 15, 1982
from
11:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
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ThtnM-Advocate, September 9,1982
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OPTIMIST SPONSORED — Julius •rban picked up $1,236.80 worth of groceries at
the Tender Spot, Grand Bend, in three minutes Saturday morning. He held the win-
ning ticket on a draw sponsored by local Optimists. He is seen with Optimist presi-
dent, Don Labelle (left) and store manager, Garry
Ma
sse
(right).
Expect tender award soon
Harbour temporarily dredged
Tenders for dredging of
harbours at Grand Bend, Port
Franks and Bayfield were to
be closed Thursday, last week,
it was learned at a meeting of
the Grand Bend harbour
. group, Wednesday.
It was also learned that a
crane with bucket and drag
linewas brought in by the
federal department of Public
Works, was on the pier that
day trying to . temporarily
unclog the sand -filled harbour
until proper dredging could
begin.
On the weekend, MP Ralph
Ferguson said that four
tenders had been received but
because of dredging problems
in the past, would be double-
checked before dredging
would begin. After hearing
aboutproblems with safety to
boats the previous weekend,
Ferguson arranged for the
emergency dredging.
Modifications were sug-
gested for the proposed
tourist building. Chairman
Tom Lawson said it could be
raised two feet to prevent
flooding. Dick Manore sug-
gested it be moved to the east
five feet to better allow heavy
equipment to get from River
Road to the pier. Manore felt
-there was an urgent need for
a railing along the south pier.
Jack Gray requested
clarification of the structure
aisd jurisdiction of the group.
He'€elf ht could,not proceed in
investigating leases until the
manner in which the group
could !unction was made
clear. Lawson exp(tessed the,
hope that between , village
council and Small Craft Har-
, bours, the functional capaci-
ty of the group could soon be
made clear.
Dennis Snider told the
group about a meeting of con-
cerned property owners from
the south beach area, being
held at' the same time in the
village council chambers. He
complained about press
coverage.
The group invited_ the south
beach property owners to at-
tend the harbour meeting and
subsequent harbour
meetings. Five of the south
beach group joined the har-
bour meeting. In other
business, Russ Lingard, Art
Read and Dennis Snider were
asked to bring in a budget for
1983 within the next six weeks.
EMERGENCY DREDGING — Emergency measures to unplug Grand Bend Harbour
were underway Wednesday when Bill Benn, Public Works supervisor arranged for
a crane with a bucket and drag -line to move some sand from the harbour. The 80 -foot
boom could not reach the outside sand bar from the pier so they ended up digging
a huge hole with the hope that the sand bar would be reduced by silting into the,
hole. Boaters recorded some improvement but casual fishermen complained about
disruption of fishing at the pier over the weekend.
74 &deo
Dept. Store
Closing out Sale
1 Week Only
Sept. 9th to 18th
20
80%
OFF ENTIRE STOCK
Men's Wear
Ladies' Wear
9 Main St.,
Children's Wear
Shoes
Gifts
'Christmas Layaways
238-2154,
Grand Bend
Unvefl plaque to konor Oakwood founders
Frederick C. Walker was
remembered as a "good
Samaritan" Sunday when a
memorial plaque dedicated to
the founders of Oakwood
Park was unveiled at the Inn
in Grand Bend by his son,
Philip.
The Rev. William Millman,
former pastor of St. John's -
by -the -Lake Anglican Church,
GB reps
oppose
drilling
Grand Bend Reeve Bob
Sharen and Deputy -Reeve
Harold Green backed the
Lambton County council sup-
port of Sarnia's protest
against drilling for oil in lakes
Huron and St. Clair at a
meeting of the council in
Wyoming last week.
While representatives from
the provincial Ministry of
Natural Resources said the
idea was only at the discus-
sion and study stagesthere
was a flurry of apprehension
about future oil pollution in
the lakes.
Sharen commented that
any idea of drilling below the
lakes "should be put on hold
until it becomes a necessity
that we require it. A.nd then it
should be looked into very
carefully. I don't think that
our need is that great that we
should take any chances with
the environment".
Said Green, "I'm dead
against it. Sarnia got wind of
it first and came to county
council with their plea. The
vote was unanimous":
"No way will they drill on
Lake Huron", said the Hon.
Lorne Henderson, Lanibton
MP. "when we know the
amount of oil they have in
Alberta and Saskatchewan".
He said that unless there was
a national disaster, drilling
should not be considered.
South beach
group meet
Property owners near the
south beach at Grand Bend
met Wednesday .night to
discuss their concerns about
proposals for improvements
to the harbour. On invitation,
.they sent atdeleggtion of, five
to join the Barb otl�r meeting in
session the same evening.
Glen Pridham (south
beach) said "We join you with
a common concern, a perceiv-
ed threat to the south beach.
We are concerned about so lit-
tle communication. , The
delegation felt that the only
information they had had was
from newspapers and "they
all say something different."
Harbour group chairman,
Tom Lawson explained that
the original purpose of the
harbour group was to ensure
that Grand Bend had a safe
harbour - that the considera-
tion was what was in the best
interest in the future for all of
Grand Bend. When question-
ed about future plans, vice-
chairman Russ Lingard said
the group was working
toward a master plan but had
no plan to go on at this point.
In response to enquiries
about the harbour building,
Lawson said it would serve to
welcome visitors to Grand
Bend. It would be "a federal
building to be used by
whomever". He felt Grand
Bend was lucky to have
federal support for the
project.
When the beach group ex-
pressed concern about open-
ing up the old river bed for
dock space, Joe Green said he
could understand how in-
creased traffic might infringe
on private property.
The south beach group was
invited to attend the next har-
bour meeting, Sept. 15, 8 p.m.
Pine Dale Motel.
CORRECTION
In last week's T -A, Grand
Bend reporter stated that the
property proposed for re-
zoning by Knapp Amusement
Enterprises was adjacent to
Green Acres. It is really
beside Gibbs Park.
also spoke of Walker as a man
with 'wisdom, and common
sense who never said no". He
told of how Walker arranged
medical treatment for
Millman's sick daughter,
drove them through a bliz-
zard to Toronto and financed
the treatment and accom-
modation for the family.
The memorial is a bronze
tablet set in Walker's
favourite brown sandstone
from Ravenswood, soeth of
Grand Bend. Present owner
of Oakwood, .David Scat-
cherd, arranged to locate the
memorial just outside the
main entrance of the din-
ingroom at Oakwood Inn.
UNVEILS MEMORIAL — Philip Walker, representing
the third generation of Walkers to be involved with
Oakwood Park, Grand Bend, unveiled a memorial for
the founders of Oakwood at a ceremony Sunday. The
development was begun in 1922 by Frederick C. Walker
and his fother Clayton McPherson Walker.
Dear Mother Nature,
So that was summer, eh? I
guess I took a nap and miss-
ed it. What's going on, Mother
Nature? Why are you
punishing us summer -lovers?
There are a lot of us who
love those hot, humid, sunny
days of summer, Mother
Nature. We simply tolerate
those other miserable three
seasons so that we can enjoy
our summers. You certainly
disappointed us this year. It's
a good thing that you don't get
elected to your job, Mother
Nature - because I'd be cam-
paigning to 'have you voted
out.
• WhYdid0- f nu• get, us a
nice, hot suin4rer this year?
Is it all that volcanic ash in
the atmosphere that made the
summer so cool and rainy? If
it is, you'd better get busy and
vacuum up that dust before
next year. Or are we just
headed for another ice age?
That should be something
your department could han-
dle as well.
Anyway, you've got nine
months to work on a good,
hot, sunny summer for'next
year. We'd like one that starts
early and lasts long. Us
summer -lovers don't care
what you throw at us fall,
winter and spring - just make
sure we have a sunny sum-
mer. Oh, of course we want
rain to keep things green and
lush - but schedule the rain for
after dark, OK?
I mean, really, Mother
Nature, just look at my closet.
See all those sundresses that
didn't even get off the hangers
this year? I can't afford to
have some of my wardrobe
just hanging around. See this
cute sun dress I bought down
south last year? I only wore it
once this summer, Mother
Nature , just once. Now it's
going to cost me another trip
south to get my money's
worth out of it.
And while you're listening,
Mother Nature, I have a few
more complaints. All those
cool, cloudy, rainy weekends
sure cut into our boating time.
And I thought this was the
year I was going to master
jumping the wake on a slalom
ski. Ileck, I barely . got in
enough practise on two skis.
And what about that frost in
August? Sure, I know my
marigolds are still blooming
- but you sure wiped out those
tobacco farms. No, I don't
smoke. and I really don't care
about the tobacco. But those
tobacco farmers are nice
guys, and they don't deserve
Grand Bend
DECOP,ATI NG
CENTRE
WHAT'S IN NAME?
What's in a name? Ap-
parently enough controversy
to take up lots of time at
meetings in Grand Bend.
The group spearheading a
'Harbour Commission' for the
village has been criticized by
village council and the federal
Department of Oceans and
.Fisheries (Small Craft Har-
bours) for using the wrong ti-
tle, saying the group should
be called a committee under
council.
Lambton MP Ralph
Ferguson, who has found
federal aid for the project,
was heard to mutter
"commission- committee
call it what you want but let's
get on with it".
ENROLMENT UP
Grand Bend Public School
principal Sid Fletcher says
enrolment is slightly higher
this year at the local school.
There will be a few changes
with staff this year.
Sharen Soldan will be
teaching the 11 kindergarten
' children in the mornings
while Mrs. Murdoch is on
maternity leave. Brian Mor -
rice will be totally in charge
of the 33 grade sevfen and
eight class and Fletcher will
assist Carol Armbruster with
grades three and four. Arm-
bruster will take over as
resource teacher.
Newcomer to the staff is
Tom Hales. He will be in
charge of grades five and six.
Doris Elliott is back with the
primary grades.
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS AND
RATEPAYERS OF THE
VILLAGE OF GRAND BEND
Public Meeting on Proposed Amendment No. 2 to the Official Plan
for the Grand Bend Planning Area.
The Planning Board and Council of the Village of Grand Bend invite
village residents and ratepayers to attend this meeting.
DATIME: 7:TE: Se00ptempe
,m.ber 17, 1982
LOCATION: 'Village of Grand Bend Municipal Office,
Main Street, Village of Grand. Bend
PURPOSE: The purpose of this meeting is to present a draft of
the proposed official plan amendment and to give
Village residents and ratepayers an opportunity to
review the proposed amendment, raise questions, make
comments or to make written submissions on the
proposed amendment. Copies of the proposed amend-
ment will be available at the public meeting.
BACKGROUND: The existing "Environmental Protection"designation
of the Official Plan for the Grand Bend Planning Area is based on
the floodplain limits of the Ausable River and Lake Huron. These
limits were identified by Paragon Engineering Ltd. In "Cut Secon-
dary Plan, Engineering Study, Township of Bosanquet", December
5, 1979. In January 1981, Maclaren Engineers, Planners and Scien-
tists completed a study entitled "Hydrology/Hydraulic Review of
Grand Bend and Port Franks" for the Ausable Bayfield Conserva-
tion Authority. This study reviewed the hydrologic/hydraulic aspects
of the Paragon Study and, as a result of the review, the limits of
the floodplain in the Village were substantially reduced.
The purpose of Amendment No. 2, therefore, is to remove the "En-
vironmental Protection" designation from the many properties which
are no longer located in the floodplain and to redesignate them for
other land uses, Amendment No. 2 generally applies to land abut-
ting the Ausable River and Lake Huron in the Village of Grand Bend.
It also applies to a portion of the "old bed" of the Ausable River
between Lake Road and the Village limits.
Planning Board and Council will review all comments received dur-
ing and'after the public meeting. Further changes' may be made
to the proposed amendment as a result of the public meeting before
it is adopted by Council.
If you have any questions regarding the public meetin
not hesitate to call: g, please do
Mrs. Louise Clipperton, Clerk
Village of Grand Bend,
Box 340, Grand Bend, Ontario NOM 110 County of
(238.8461) Box 3000,
OR Mrs. Janet Smolders, MCIP,
Senior Planne
Lambton Planning Department,
Wyoming, Ontario. NON 1 TO
(1.800.265.7584) (Ext. 221)
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