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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-10-02, Page 16Page 4A Times -Advocate, October 2, 1985 DEMONSTRATE CLEANER — Saturday morning many area residents gathered on the main beach at Grand Bend to watch a demo of a $23,000.00 beach cleaner. Village foreman Jack. Stanlake drove the tractor pulling this miracle rake behind. Council is seeking donations from the area people to help in keeping the resort beach clean. Still seeking donations Beach eleaner gets good review in test On Saturday morning a large crowd of enthusiastic people from the Village of Grand Bend and area gathered on the main beach for a demonstration. Village foreman, Jack Stanlake started up the four-wheel drive rub- ber tired tractor pulling behind it the new "Surf Rake" beach cleaner _This machine is made by The Barber, a firm from the United States, It can be purchased at a cost of $23,000.00 without the tractor. Debris picked up from the sand in- cluded items such as stones, glass, cigarette butts, pop tops, paper cups and pieces of wood to name a few. The beach is one of this town's most valuable assets and has always had the problem of remaining clean. With Lynn Desjardine - 238-8768 Roberta Walker - 238-2471 Harbour committee sets rates for coming 'the Grand Bend Harbour Commit- tee met on September 18 p.m. and agreed. to send letters to the 14 seasonal dockers, indicating the rates of 1986. The new rates will be 10 per- cent higher than the '85 charges in order to assure dockage for 1986. A fif- ty percent deposit will be required by October 31, and the balance due on -January 31, 1986. These '86 rates amount to $28.60 per foot. The boaters will be notified that it- is up to the harbourmaster to allocate their slips. MemberJoe Green will be reporting at the next meeting on the '86 proposal for the GB harbour basin facility for taking fishing boats out for service. Also, Dave Gill, harbourmaster, was requested to have his recommen- dations, 1986 budget and a full report ready for the next meeting in October. An aerial photograph will be taken within the next two weeks of the har- bour. Member Dennis Snider will con- tact the airport committee for this photo. A letter was to be forwarded to the Ontario Marine Dealers Association expressing concern over noise levels operating in residential areas. The Harbour Committee will draft the let- ter and GB council will endorse this letter. It was moved by Bruce Woodley and seconded by Russ Liugard that the harbour committee approve of Warner's lease. It will be a three year lease: $1,000.00 first year, $1,400.00 se- cond year, and $1,800.00 the third year. This lease consists of 180 feet froiage along the river near the bridge. Snider and Lingard were appointed to negotiate an acceptable settlement with Mrs. Eudene Adams. Her pro- perty lines meet at the south basin and the acquisition of this piece of property is necessary to service the docks in the newly constructed basin. Correspondence was received from Southcott Pines concerning the (Spriet) Harbour development study which was done earlier this year. Harold Green and Tom Lawson (chairman) will set up a communica- tion meeting at a later date with owner Don Southcott to bring their plans up-to-date on the development of the old riverbed property. Village foreman, Jack Stanlake was informed that the harbour building would soon be ready for winterizing. The building will be open on weekends only until approximate- ly October 19, when most of the boats will be removed from the water. The hours on weekends are 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Har- bour staff were requested to post the days that they are open. After a twelve minute in camera session the meeting adjourned at 9:24 p.m. United Church Rev. R. Peebles' morning sermon Sunday was titled "Power". He spoke about the -many pressure groups that try to force church power. He said power is all around us through the NCEL{ PtZZEflX4 41 Main St., Grand Bend 238-2161 lic. under L.L.B.O. BLOCK PARENT BLOCK PARENTS ARE ON THE WATCH I media of TV, radio and newspapers. He asked if the power is in US as well? God promised the disciples that they would receive power, and Rev. Peebles says that we too can have this "power" if we are willing to meet God's requirements. The choir anthem was "Hear Us Holy Jesus," and as the service was closing, the choir sang a song from the "Sound • of Music" called "Eidelweiss". The children's story was about the adventures of a missionary, and Rev. Peebles told the children that God does hear us and answer our prayers. The World -Wide Communion ser- vice will be served next Sunday, Oct. 6. United church Women Several ladies from the Grand Bend United Church attended the South - Huron regional meeting held at the Dashwood United Church, on the evening of Sept. 26. Their theme was "1985, The International Year of the Youth". The guest speaker was Mrs. Anne White of Birr, who recently. visited Israel. She gave an interesting, infor- mative talk and showed some slides on the Jewish Youth Fair, which fit in well with the theme of the Fall Regional. Mrs. White has visited Bethlehem and saw shepherds on the hills and in the caves, and even sail- ed on the Sea of Galilee. About 80 ladies attended this year's regional meeting from the various churches. The Crediton ladies extend- ed the invitation to hold the Fall Regional UCW meeting for 1986. Catholic Church News Father Morrissey wasthe celebrant for all the Masses this weekend. His sermon dealt with the topic of unity versus division in the Church. Groups of Christians still look upon each other with suspicion. In today's gospel, John was upset that others were go- ing about casting out devils in the name of Jesus. Why do we get upset or object when, today, some other Christians go out to do good? We must make a per- sonal commitment to Jesus, and ac- cept others regardless of our dif- ferences as all Christians together, united in faith. The 11 a.m. Masson Sunday mark- ed a special observance of Legion week, and about 15 members of the Legion marched in for the service, as Father Morrissey is the chaplain for the Legion. Two parishioners have passed away this week, Bill Bishop and Adrian Adams. The CWL of our parish was kept busy on Saturday serving the lunches after each funeral at the Alhambra Hall. ENCOR for the young people has s sent their agenda for Sept. 29 held at the Holy Name Parish at St. Mary's. Registration began at 2 p.m. follow- ed by a crazy COR car rally, dinner, awards, a film, a dance, and closing prayers. Please- plan to attend• the next COR function - it's great fun. Catholic Women's League Last Monday evening, 31 ladies answered the roll call for the first CWL meeting of the fall season, held NOVICE TRYOUTS — Saturday afternoon many Grand Bend and area children made their debuts at the North -Middlesex arena in Parkhill. Here new novice player Jenny Shoran, Lake Rd., shows how pleased she is to be part of the team from Grand Bend. year at the Alhambra Hall. Father Mor- rissey opened the meeting with a Mass and Communion. President Thea Stokkermans, presided. The treasurery contains over $3000, thanks to the highly successful bake sales, the bazar, and the quilt raffle, all held during the summer months. A special thank -you was extended to Nelly Kelders, Nancy Rae Lovie and Toni Vandenberk, the chairmen of the those events. The ladies were asked to save their pennies to roll up at the next October meeting, to send to the missions. The movie "Silent Scream" will also be shown at the October meeting. The Deanery meeting is coming up at St. Joseph's in Stratford on October 16, so the ladies were asked to send a few carloads for this important regional meeting, and let Thea know who was coming. Nelly Kelders and her family were asked once again to decorate the altar for Thanksgiving. The ladies were also reminded of the Thanksgiving Ecumenical at the Church of God on October 15. Father Morrissey, on behalf of the CWL executive, brought up several proposed abtivities to involve the, youth of the parish. The event receiv- ing the most favorable response was a winter fun day at the Pinery Park for all the parish families, with skiing, sledding, sleigh rides, skating and lots of snow. Also proposed were a Hallowe'en Party for the smaller youngsters, a teen dance, and a pool party. Father Morrissey can also arrange for a special speaker for the November 18 meeting, from the shelter for battered women in Goderich. The meeting was then adjourned, so all the ladies could get their cards and play .bingo. Prizes included various crafts and fresh baking donated by the executive. The bingo games went on for some time, while the ladies enjoyed a lunch, and even Father Morrissey finally won a game. the constant growth of Grand Bend and the possible annexation developments, much interest has been shown in the purchase of a pro- per beach cleaner. This deluxe rake could just be the answer to a clean sandy beach. To date over $3,000.00 has been col- lected, with another $500 in pledges. This will be supplemented with some council . funds if • necessary, and a possible matching grant said Reeve Bob Sharen. Every single donation counts, so have your name added to the growing list soon. New Association Formed With the ever increasing interest shown this past summer in baseball, Grand Bend now has a Minor Softball Association. At a recent meeting headed by Bill Uniac (baseball enthusiast) a good number of the coaches and parents formed this Grand Bend Minor Soft- ball Association. Uniac hopes to have the same number or more children register next spring, as the number totalled over 75 this past season. With that kind of a turnout he feels that the interest is there. A 50/50 ticket draw is being plann- ed for Easter to raise funds for the re- quired equipment. Local sponsors have been just great in the past to help keep expenses down. The year-end baseball party will be held this year on Saturday, October 19 at 5:00 p.m. in the GB Legion Branch 498 new hall. A pot -luck din- ner will start the evening and then a dance for all the teams will follow from 8-10 p.m. A DJ will be providing music. Your coaches have all the in- formation on what to bring for the din- ner so mark the date and don't forget to return (before Oct. 19 if possible) your uniforms!! ! A trophy and baseball crests will be presented this evening as well. Scout news On Wednesday, October 2 there will be a general registration for all boys interested in joining the Scouting movement. The registration will take place at the Grand Bend Public School, at 7 p.m. for all prospective Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, for a fee of $17.00 per boy. A group committee meetingof the Scout leaders was held on Tuesday, to discuss, among other things the fund raisers this year, to be Apple Day in late October and a bottle drive. They will also finalize the meeting nights and times for each group. Bible Coffee Hour Eleven ladies came out for Bible Study at Nita Sinclair's home in Southcott Pines Tuesday morning. The meeting began with prayer and a hymn sing. Anne Richardson led the lesson from Romans 9:6-14. In this let- ter by Paul to the Romans, they discussed how Paul presented a 'thorough defense of the Christian faith. Some of these critical questions received careful attention by Paul, and many of these same questions often shake our Christian faith today. The closing prayer was led by Millie Desjardine. This ecumenical group Will continue to meet each Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at the home of Nita Sinclair, for the month of October. Legion news The first gathering of interested. darters began on Tuesday, with a rather dismal gathering of eight peo- ple. Come on folks, let's see more competition next week. The winners this time were Lou Hamilton and Ron Landry. On the other hand, six tables were filled for the first euchre evening Fri- day. Ina Russell won the door prize, Jeanne Stevens won the ladies high, and Gladys Crown got the ladies low. Alex Russell took the men's high and Jay Chambers got the men's low. On Sunday, 14 Legion members at- tended a special service held at the 11 a.m. Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Father Morrissey made special mention of this celebra- tion to close Legion Week. The Legion past president, Comrade Keith Crawford, invited all of the members back to his home afterwards, for cof- fee and muffins. The next general meeting for the Legion will be Mon- day, October 7. About the People You Know Larry, Paula, Carla and Ryan Taylor have returned from their nor- thern vaction. They toured the Trent - Severn River system while aboard the luxury of their house -boat. With good weather and good relatives to accompany them the Taylors would certainly like to holiday like that again. The Grand Bend firemen, Chief Prosper VanBruaene, Captain George Winegarden, Jack Stanlake and Larry Whiting responded to a fire drill at the Grand Bend Public School last Wednesday. It took only 66 seconds for all of the 110 students plus teachers to scurry outside. Very well done. Marg and Bob Hedley spent a few days last week visiting with her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Hornsey in Brampton. Then they saw Matt and Dolly Hedley in Port Credit, before returning home. Lorne and Loreen Devine visited. one day last week with Loreen's sister, Vera and Irvine Lotta at Point Clark, for a very pleasant time. 4-11 ('lub The members of the Grand Bend 441 Club met Monday, at the home of Loreen Gill, for the second time. The leaders demonstrated how to make an apple pie, then each girl made a small pie, with a choice of apple, cherry or blueberry. Then the leader's assistant, Julia Brown led a discussion on the making of pastry, and the members took turns reading from their project book. The minutes of the past meeting were read by secretary, J_ aqueline Vandenberk. The -girls then took turns rating pie shells baked with butter, lard, shortening and oil, for their project books. BEACH CLEANER — Several children rumble through the debris left on the main beach by the "Rake" beach cleaner demonstration Satur- day morning. Village foreman Jack Stonlake discusses the $23,000.00 cleaner with the salesman while many concerned residents watch- ed the demo. Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce presents Grand Bend's Farmer's Market October 12, 1985 10:00 a.m. 5 p.m. ON GRAND BEND'S MAIN STREET Crafts; Fruits and Vegetables, Baking and Merchant Wares October Hop Dance sponsored by Grond Bend lions and lioness clubs. Proceeds to community projects 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. AT GRAND BEND LEGION Music by TRACES $7.50 per person Late Lunch Provided ou De a tot safer after nesdav an to mend our F�iCTOBER 16,1985' ■ ■ 6:30 p.m., fah► Shan Contest ts^ LE Ce [ltatlOns t0 Elementary GInN SEAFn� CANADIAN awards presentations Safety Films ONTARIO DIVISION Winners ,STF ASSOCIATION by CTION, vJ other events. sponsoredkA C tiNY ��,. NTIO this and POW-1100N tilr pCC1D information on 4s c145 ) 1N�UST�, d further iniorlr •5191 or registration r Stella Bannister � lease contact Mrs. P ACCIOEN? 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