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Fullarton farmer disappears off resort beach
Body in lake believed to be drowning victim
Although a positive identification
had not been made at Press time on
a body found by a boater near Inner
wash, it is believed to be that of Mur-
ray Selves, a 51 -year-old summer
resident of 26 Gibbs Park, Grand
Bend.
Selves went missing on Wednesday
after diving off a sail boat to go for a
swim at Grand Bend. E11orts to find
his body had been unsuccessful and
the search was called off on Sunday.
The bode found near 1pperwash on
Monday was clad in swimming trunks
and dental records were bring sent to
Sarnia General Hospital on Tuesday
where the autopsy is being
perforated.
Speculation is that Selves may have
suffered a heart attack while
swimming.
Wednesday afternoon, after a few
hours of sailing in calm waters with
an offshore breeze, the owner of the
30 foot J.L. Seagull, allowed the sail
to buff in the wind and go for a swim
off the boat about a mile from shore.
OPP DIVERS SEARCH — In G.B. harbour Friday morning, Constable Dick Stewart (in uniform)ift charge
of the OPP boat which operates out of Forest detachment, helps divers load equipment on board ready
to continue the search for Wednesday afternoon's drowning victim, Murray Selves. P.C. Dove Lewis
of Belle River (in wet suit) and P.C. Dennis Masse of Essex division will work underwater as a team,
using a sled device by which they are dragged slowly clang near the bottom of 28-35 ft. deep water.
Since the water is very cold, the divers are replaced after one hour by the next team Frank Wilson
(Goderich) and Ken Aitchison (Woodstock).
Murray Selves, age 51, a good
swimmer, dove off the boat into about
25 feet of clear water to swim as he
had often done. His co -crew and
sister-in-law Mrs. Joy Hutton, wat-
ching from the boat. realized he was
having difficulty,and immediately
threw out a ring buoy which always
trails behind the boat while boaters
are swimming.
Mrs. Hutton stated that he ap-
peared totally unable to swim to the
buoy or to a huge inner tube which she
also threw out in hopes he could grasp
it. An experienced sailor, she then
came about at least twice, in an at-
tempt to return to the spot she had
last seen Mr. Selves. but he had simp-
ly drowned without any struggle.
A passing sailboat, "Wind -tune'•.
approached to help and at approx-
imately 2:00 p.m. sent the distress
call via marine radio to the harbour
building. Harbourmaster Dave Gill
alerted Grand Bend O.P.P. who arriv-
ed at the harbour in minutes.
The beach patrol dinghy, the Har-
bour patrol dinghies with O.Y.P.,
another 15 foot vessel, Wind -tune, and
Dave GUI in his oven power boat all
went out to aid in the surface search.
The fishing tug L. & R. joined the
search using a fish -finder device in
hopes of locating the victim, but to no
avail. -
Thursday and Friday. O.P.P.
divers with tanks and wet -suit equip-
ment. using a sled device to search
underwater. continued to work until
dusk or visibility was limited by
darkness. Saturday an O.P.Y.
helicopter attempted to aid the search
from the air. •
,After negative results with every
attempt. the search by divers Dennis
Masse, Ken Aitchison, Frank Wilson,
Dave Lewis, and Rob Flemming was
called off.
The bereaved family have annottnc-,
ed a memorial service to be held in
the Arboratum at the University of
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Guelph at 7 p.m. this Thursday
August 15. Mr. Murray Selves was a
graduate from the university and was
a valued member of the Dean's Ad-
visory on agricultural matters.
Mr. Selves owned a farm at Fullar-
ton Ontario, and a cottage on Shady
Lane along the river in Grand Bend.
MONSTER SCULPTURE — The second prize winning team sculpture
was the Lockhuron sea monster "Nessie", built by the fund-raising
efforts of the Sarnia Highlanders. The prize money goes to support
the Sarnia Highland Games this coming weekend. The word is, Nessie
was to slip into the water and swim to Sarnia Bay to announce the
start of the games; Nessie was also spotted lazing around in Fan-
shawe Lake. The team workers were Ken Johnson, Gary Crawford,
Scott Crawford, Dave Manning and Moses Bilagot.
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Developers complain
about parkland fee
Reeve Bob Sharen chaired the
regular Grand Bend council meeting
last Tuesday with all members
present.
Two delegations presented their
views on the same subject - that of a
special one-time lax levied on new
businesses when they re -develop
residential lands and properties, in
-order to build a fund known as
Parkland dedication.
Both Charles Skokosz. who opened
the Family Heirlooms Boutique on
Hwy. 21. and John Crowe, who is
developing a mobile borne cam-
pground also off Hwy. 21. feel this lax
is an unfair financial burden 10 those
who are trying (0 build businesses for
the growth of the village.
Council recognizes that (here is In-
toe or no land left for development or
for parks within (he village boun
daries and must he prepared for
future expansion. The by-law 2082 (il
1985 was passed this ,Jinx. and collects
two percent of assessed 1974 market
value for commercial developments.
Crowe colourfully described coun-
cil as a modern day Robin Hood.
"stealing" money for a good cause
hul using a method he thought of as
criminal.
Council pointed out they would con•
slier instalment payments if it would
help and that the case could he taken
to an Ontario Municipal Board hear-
ing if any business person wished to
appeal the tax further
Traffic problems. especially on
busy holiday weekends, was another
point of extensive discussions. G.K.
resident .lean Gibson. Lake Road. ap-
pealed to council to alleviate extreme-
ly heavy and noisy traffic turning at
the end of lake Road. She fell that the
closing of Lakeshore Rd. S. by means
of a barricade gate by Southcott Pines
park addd additional problems
because all vehicles must turn around
at the dead end of Lake Road and ex-
it back along the same road.
Gail Lawson. president of the
Southcott Association. recommended
lhal.an additlona I sign stating "Gate
closed" be attached lo the existing
Southcott sign on Lake'Rd., at the ap-
propriate hours. This would clarify
tor any Southcott residents. their
guests or tradespeople entering the
Park when to use only the east en-
trance road and not proceed further
to the end of Lake ltd. Southcott
claims the roads are private and they
are responsible for their own traffic
control.
Reeve Share') firmly stood behind
a previous motion passed by council
not to disturb the "status quo- with
regardr) public tra11ic j assiei_! along
this fenced roadway into Southcott
Pines Park. The roads are considered
to be private in the Park and only a
court decision could change that view-
point; thus the,road-block can stand
if they so wish.
Other difficulties discussed as a
result of a busy holiday weekend were
many boats parked on the beach,
noisy beach parties, tenting in the
harbour area, and excessive garbage
littering the beach and streets beyond
the ability of public works to keep up
with collection.
Council voted to accept - Special
Benefitting Status with regard to
several properties along the river
needing erosion control work done by
the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation
Authority.
Reeve Sharen reported that cons-
tant updates on information about the
quality of the water for swimming
safely al Grand Bend have all con-
tinued to be good to excellent.
By-laws concerning -amending the
mill rate for 1985. appointing a By-law
Enforcement Officer. declaring cer-
tain highways are assumed for public
use. and authorizing the application
for a Community Planning Study
Grant were all passed.
The meeting adjourned after a one
hour In -Camera session. Council
mee•is next 00 August 19 al 7:00 p.m.
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OLD CARS Visitor Phyllis Parkinson who is only 73 years young, was delighted to join owner -driver
Ruth Johnson in the 1900 Victorian Horseless Carriage and talk about antique cars at the Lambton County
Museum antique car rally Sunday. This unique hand built car was acquired from the Ingleside Museum
which held the estate of the builder of the car, Mr. MacArthur, in Hopewell, Nova Scotia. Ruth and
her husband Larry hove been collecting antique cars for about 15 years and Larry does all his own restora-
tions including the blocksmithing required on this hand made model. Husband and wife are insurance
brokers from London and work ori the cnr,collection purely for fun. Ruth, in period costume, always
does the driving.. quite on accomplishment with lust two cylinders, one foreword speed, and no reverse.
SNAKE CHARMER — Sandcastle'
Day Parade Saturday morning'
made Main Street a lively and!
entertaining place. One of the
most colourful sights was the
Mocca Oriental Band from Lon-
don. Here Glen Webb in arab
pantaloons, flowing jalaba and
Aladdin type slippers carries the
basket with the charmed snake
while his friends ploy their hyp-
notic flute music.
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