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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-07-15, Page 29a At Grand Bend Times -Advocate, July 15, 1987 Page 17A Harbour staff continue without updated pay schedule D procedures, Grand Bend harbour staff are still without an updated pay schedule for the 1987 season. At council meeting, July 6, coun- cillor Dennis Snider expressed the desire to increase the pay rate for returning staff with experience to $s.50/hr., up from the recommended $5.25 as indicated by the Harbour Committee in the minutes of their June 18 meeting. By a recorded vote, the Harbour Committee recommen- dation was first defeated with only councillor Barb Southcott voting for Harbour's motion. This laid the path open for Snider to propose the in- creased amount in a new motion. This in turn was defeated in a recorded vote, with councillors Snider and -Woodley voting for the motion, while -Lemon, Southcott and Reeve Green voted nay. The only recourse left was to refer the matter of wages back to the Har- bour Committee. What they are to do is anyone's guess. , R is important to realize that the in- tention was to obtain an increase, and presumably one of the motions would have passed. Apparently, Reeve Green and Councillor Lemon who both voted nay in both recorded votes are content with the old pay structure of last year, under which the staff are now being paid (a motion was pass- ed early in the season to this effect to facilitate their being paid at all, legal- ly, according to the Reeve's comments 1. When discussing matters of har- Plan Hensall - Members of the Hensall 13J,4 and the HEDARC met last. month for an open forum discussion on future development. BIA representatives identified the lack of residential development as an on-going problem. noting that in -filling over the last 18 months has effectively depleted the village's inventory of . serviced building posts. The current feasibility study for development of the northwest corner of the village was discussed, and general agreement was reached that any new residential development will come about through private developers. The issue of how to at- tract such development remains unresolved. HEDARC can't advertise for developers until it can list land bour it was also noted that there are still a few spots in the river, especially along the north pier where gravel Irtan the parking lot was washed over the pier, during the winter storms. Since emergency dredging at the cost of $7,500 has already been completed .,at the mouth of the river, more ex- pense was deemed unlikely, so signs warning of shallow water would be posted. Meanwhile, painted plastic bottles suffice as markers. • Some of the larger yachts were reported to have already sustained considerable damage running aground. It was evident prior to the June 19 meeting of the Fire Committee, that by-law revisions were, needed to up- date the newer composition of the shared fire department, involving Grand Bend, part of Bosanquet, and part of Stephen townships. Each municipality must pass a by-law establishing the fire department. The Village's was passed in 1951 applying only to Grand Bend. Council voted to revise the wording to read Grand Bend and area. A further by-law was passed by council to establish Grand Bend's in- volvement in mutual aid. The Fire Department received pro- vincial funding in the amount of $6,968.00 under the Joint Emergency Planning Program. 'I'he funds were used to purchase scanners, equip- ment used by volunteer firemen to communicate during emergency ac- tivities. This grant helped reduce the fire budget by some $2000_ . development free oI encumbrances. . When the subject of future projects was raised, -the BIA members were quite emphatic- in stating that, apart from satisfying their BIA loan repay- ment. they were not very interested in undertaking other cost -incurring activities. A synopsis of the meeting written by economic development of- ficer Inge Mowat stated that "the opi- nions expressed would certainly leave the future of the BIA in jeopardy". The two groups meet again this. week: • An ad headed "We need retailers" was approved by the HEDARC com- mittee and will appear for four con-. secutive Saturdays in the Globe and Mail and the London Free Press. Joint church services By MRS. J. TEMPLEMAN Hibbert United Church congrega- tion is joining with Cromarty Presbyterian Church congregation for the month of July for Sunday mor- ning worship service. Rev. Robert Johnson, Baden will be guest minister Sunday July 19 at 9 a.m. During August Cromarty Church congregation will be worship- ping in Staffa with the Hibbert United Church congregation. Jim, Geri, Jennifer, Jessica and Jay Neilson, St. Catharines visited. this past week with relatives in Strat- ford and the Staffa area. • Christine Miller spent this past week holidaying with her grand- mother, Doris Miller. Mary Jane and Cassandra Parsons attended a shower honouring Mary Parsons in her upcoming marriage at the home of Shirley Kilpatrick, Mississauga on Sunday. A large crowd attended the Buck and Doe for Kevin and Carol on Satur- day evening. Congratulations to Karin Fuller, daughter of Al and Dianne Fuller. Staffa, for becoming a Mitchell District high School Ontario Scholar. Doris Miller visited on Sunday with Bill and Mary Rowcliffe, Hensall. Mr: and Mrs. Joe Burns. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elliott, Staffa, Mr. and Mrs: Chris Elliott and Kyle, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Elliott, Mitchell, Mr. Rick Van Valkengoed and" Kerri. Houston, British Columbia. were all Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Brian Elliott, Tyler and Brianne, Mitchell on the occasion of Brianne's second birthday. A HOMEMADE MACHINE -- Ida Welsh and Fred Horst parade around the Ilderton Heritage show grounds Saturday with a 1906 automobile. Horst built the machine using a Datsun motor and transmission. , T -A photo The proposed six storey building by Trillium Beach Estates, on the old casino property was a matter of Con- cern to the fire department, since their fire fighting equipment can on- ly extend to three storeys. The Grand Bend and Area fire committee pass- ed a motion that the Fire Safety In- spector Service inspect any building and the required fire fighting equip- ment on each floor of a building over three storeys. The village engineer is to oversee the installation of,such equipment. Deciding against a by-law appoin- ting a Fence Viewer, council voted to enact a by-law under the Municipal Act, which would set out guidelines in the case of a dispute between neighbours concerning property lines, etc. Similar to those of London, the by-law will have a height restriction of six feet, no lower limit. In a dispute, Chain link fence would be erected by the village and the costs charged to each party evenly. The on-going dispute over the lock- ed or unlocked gate between the Village and Oakwood Park was final- ly resolved at the annual meeting of the Oakwood Association June 28 with Reeve Green representing council. Clandeboye Arnold Kilmer, a resident of. Clandeboye area for many years, died in South Huron Hospital last week. He was in his78th year. Hewas the only child of Mr. and -Mrs. Alfred Kilmer, and he never married. He worked at the Keates Pipe Organ Factory on Market St., Lucan until it closed, then spent his spare time repairing pianos and organs as a hobby. Arnold taught piano lessons to many children in the community and served as pianist in the Clandeboye United Church for a few years. He retired from the family home on concession three McGillivray, a few years ago and had lived in an apart- ment in Exeter until his death. The Clandeboye Women's Institute sponsored a bus trip to Niagara Falls and Marine Land last Monday with Hazel Cunningham in charge. It was a nice trip despite the heat. An unexpected side trip to Guelph was included on our way home when one of our passengers became ill: Our capable bus driver Bill McRoberts headed for the nearest hospital where Betty Guilfoyle of Ailsa Craig was checked and admitted: We were happy to hear that Betty- was ettywas released from the hospital on Thursday. Orene McNaughton arranged our supper at Stingers in Guelph where everyone enjoyed a- dehcious buffet meal. - - We were a little late getting home but "all's well that ends well". Conservation club meets at Kirkton Hv Sue Selves The first meeting for the Kirkton Conservation 4-H Club was held June 26 at the home of leader, Bill Arthur. We opened our meeting with the 4-11- pledge, -lipledge, we received our books, set the date for the next meeting and nominated officers. The new officers are president Darlene Atkinson, Vice Bob Switzer, sec: treas. Dave Switzer, press reporter Sue Selves and phone person Andrew Arthur. - Our meeting was then completed by doing such things as reading, filling in blanks, doing a word puzzle and playing a card game called habitat rummy. Refreshments were served by our leader's wife and children and everyone agreed that they were delicious. The meeting was adjourn- ed and goodbyes were said before everyone went home. The second meeting of the same club was held July 7 at Bill Arthur's. We opened our meeting with the 4-H pledge and set the date for the next meeting. We very quickly read over and completed the meeting, covered . ourselves with insect repellant and headed for the woodlot. Our leader pointed out many dif- ferent types of leaves and trees. Once we returned from the woodlot, our leader handed out icecream cones. They tasted terrificespecially on a hot day. The meeting was adjourned and everyone went home. 1j (,ROSs1, TRAIN STOPS FOR BUSES This train operated by Rick Guy taking Heritage show around the grounds stopped at all bus crossings. visitors to Saturday's Ilderton T -A photo The gate'is to be removed, and apost will be installed in the centre of the pathway to allow. pedestrian -traffic but prevent snowmobiles or such. vehicles access between the town and the park. Since the OPP were present at the July 6 council meeting, ostensibly to handle complaints about Burgerfest, a letter from the Beach Patrol was brought to their attention. The hot weather is resulting in increased drinking on the beach, and thus greater risk of a swimming mishap. Beach Patrol requested frequent foot patrols and OPP agreed to assist in controlling the situation. Once again council has approved the selective use of the parking lots along Municipal (toad (except the Bank of Montreal lot ► as a fund rais- ing venture. During the August first weekend, the lots will be supervised, with the money going to Minor Ball organization. Jack Stanlake -is co- ordinating the project. The request of Grand Bend Lioness to sell hot dogs as a fundraising pro- ject on Sandcastle Day, from the lawn of Dave. Shepards Hair Salon (private property) was granted by council. Further investigation has revealed that the quotation from .House of Flags, mentioned in the June 15 coun- cil minutes refers to the order for the company to produce a Village of Grand Bend flag showing the sun and surf logo of the village. thirty-eight flags, three feet by six, have_.been ordered at a cost•of $3,050.64, with delivery expected by the end of July. The flags will be installed -on municipal buildings and on some ad- ditional flag poles in town. • An apology to Stan Lovie, Chair- man of P.U.C. is in order.. In the last council report Dennis Snider wished to express appreciation to Stan Lovie for the new lighting along Main St. Unfortunately. the wrong name ap- peared in the newspaper. It is hoped that this corrects any misunderstan- ding; the new look to Main Street. Grand Bend is a result of the work and expert advice of P:L'.C. chairman Stan Lovie. - - - PLAYGROUND ACTION — Playtime at Busy Bee day camp in Grand Bend's Eilber St. ette gs the kids a chance to invent new games on the self propelled merry -go -around. ' Honour Masonic Lodge DDGM By DOUG McNAIR Aliso Croia Wednesday evening proved to be a great surprise for Rt. Hon. Bro. Mur - hay Lee, District Deputy Grand Master of the Masons for South Huron District. As his tenure in this position will soon be over his faithful followers for the past year and their wives honoured him with an excellent din- ner at The Seven Dwarfs restaurant and also made a presentation to both .Murray and Jeanie. - Also in attendance was the District Deputy- for Sarnia district and his secretary and their wives. This lovely evening was surely a fit -- tine wrap-up for the year's events. In 30 -plus temperature, about 150 members of the Stewart clan gathered in -the naturally air- conditioned facilities of the Poplar Hill park for their 60th Reunion. Roy Ellis, Lucan, who plays wit(*the Lon- don Police Band, welcomed all with several tunes on the bagpipes, - as membership convener, Bessie Baird. provided name tags and encouraged everyone to sign the guest book.. as well as show any change in address. At 1:00 p.m., president LaVern Harrison, London, invited Ronald Stewart of Toronto to lead in singing Grace, following which all went to the buffet table laden with everything your heart desired for the first course. The lunch convener. Wilma McIn- tosh, with her helpers, also arranged the dessert table, equally loaded, and made the tea and coffee. Being such a warm day, the McDonald's orange cooler was bit more attractive. Following the president's remarks. motions were passed to approve both the minutes, and the treasurer's report, as printed and posted. The secretary, Evelyn McNaughton, men- tioned the correspondence she had received and read the births and mar- riages since last July. LaVern then ,read the deaths, and piper Ellis played while we observed a moment's silence. It was noted that there were more births than deaths, so there is hope of the Reunion carrying on for another 60 years! Past -president, Elizabeth Black, Toronto, presented the special prizes. Standings Western Ontario Baseball Association Southern Division Tyke W I. P('T Lucan 6 1 .857 Clinton 3 1 .750 Parkhill 5 3 .625 Dashwood 5 3 .625 Listowel :3 :3 .500 St. Marys 1 4 - .200 Exeter 0 8 .000 Pee Wee W I. P('T Clinton 5 0 1.000 Listowel 3 0 1.000 Dashwood 4, 1 .800. Exeter 1 1 '.500 Lucan 4 5 .444 Goderich 2 3 .400 Seaforth 0 4 .000 St. Marys 0 5 .000 Bantam N I. PCT 0 1.000 3 2 .600 3 3 .500 '. .500 11 1 .000 o tt .000 W 1, 1'('T Hanover :I 1 .750 Listowel 2 1 ;667 Kincardine 2 2 .500 Dashwtood 1 r, .143 Lucan Exeter Clinton Seaforth St. Marys Varna Margaret Bennet -Alder was the win- ner for the person who was born closest to our first Reunion date -- August :3o, 1927. Carl Stewart of San Diego, California, carne the furthest to attend the Reunion. Mrs. Marion 111clnotsh of Arkona was the oldest Stewart present. and Erin Burney. three months,- of London was the youngest. (Incoming president. llargaret Bennet -Alder, who is preparing a genealogy. with pictures, of the "Jack of the Hill" branch. asked for a show of hands for the different branches. Seven -persons from the George Stewart linewere present from Ten- nessee, and received mementos from the secretary of Ailsa Craig. where it all began 60 years ago. Five of these were attending for the first time. as .was the Nickson family of Windsor. and members of the Stone family of London. (cordon A. Stewart. London. presented the slate of officers for 1988 as follows: Past -president, LaVern Harrison. London: president. Margaret Bennet -Alder, Toronto: vice-president; Benson Stewart. Lon- GRADUATES — Mary Ann Hogan wishes to announce the graduation of her husband David Conn, son of Carf and Anne Cann, from the Faculty of Educa- tion, University of. Western On- tario. David received his Bachelor of Education and graduated on the Dean's Honour List June 6. He has accepfed,a teaching position at St. Mary's school, Goderich. POWERBILT CITATIONS -don: secretary -treasurer. Evelyn McNaughton. Parkhill: table con - yeller. Heather Andronik. Mt. Brydges. sports conveners. Rick and Nancy blain. Whitby: membership convener. Bessie Baird. -Parkhill: and nominating committee. Lyle. and Catharine 1larrison of Ilderton. Two beauti fully -decofated cakes for the With anniversary. one even with a• bagpipe were cut and eaten bite by bite during the afternoon:. These were courtesy of LaVern Ilan- rison and his sister. Irina Gibbs. and from.George and Nora Jean Nickson of Windsor. - While some browsed through the display of pictures and artifacts sel up by the secretary. a newspaper • report of the 1927 reunion and some - of the early -invitations brought by Ar- chie Watson of Thunder Bay. and other items of interest provided•by Donald Stewart. Goderich. Alice Porter. Tennessee. and others. the children and the more energetic adults were on the sports field with Janet Lawson and Sara Stapleford in control. One good way to get cooled off was to break the water -filled balloon! Some -of the winners were: Crystal Burney. Ben Stewart. Katie Mat ison. Ashley Winder. Gordon Andronik. Jason and Jennifer Sadler. Tammie Purcell, Irma Gibbs. Dean Harrison. }leather, Melissa, Adam and Mark Rennison. Lyle Harrison. Phyllis McIntosh and Jean Sparks. Mike Har- rison, Pl. Stanley. and Ted Stewart. Sarnia. guessed that the jar held 267 jelly beans. while Jennifer • Sadler. Parkhill. won the :3 Ib. 8 oz. basket of fruit. • The 1988 reunion will be again in Poplar 11111 on the second Saturday in July. .Ailsa Craig news The new what -you -ma -call -it in the play ground area al the park is a big attraction to the young folk. The village is in the process of mov- ing the play area in the completely new fenced park. Gala Days coming. starting Friday should prove to be better with the ex- tra room and more shade trees. Turtle registration closed on the up point of more turtles than ever entered. It must be the warm hot weather that makes these frisky- crit- ters go. Wo w *come Rotuma -Nordeman and Ricky Walsh to having been chosen to the staff of summer jots for the Village of Ailsa Craig. Romona is a student of Western apd Rick goes to N.M.D. Ili_h School i� Parkhill. Has a lot of GOOD BUYS ON GOLF EQUIPMENT GALORE! 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