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10 Years AO.'
April 11, 1984 - The new Ex-
eter Optimist club became a re-
ality Monday night with Kevin
Short as the president. Charter
night will follow shortly.
Workers at Bell Aerospace at
Grand Bend go back to the job
this week after an eight week
strike, but the decison to return
was close by a vote of 34 to 33.
The Exeter firemen recently
received more than $800 to buy
wheel chairs. The money came
from a disbanded Exeter and
area gun club. Original club
members making the presenta-
tion were Russ Brintnell, Henry
Green, Doug Triebner and Irwin
Ford.
The winners of a gourmet din-
ner in a draw sponsored by the
Kirkton fair board were Gerald
and Norma Paul. The chefs
were Mike O'Shea and Jim
Hodgins.
The Hensall Sherwoods won
the South Huron intermediate
hockey championship. The club
is coached by Don Reid and
John Baker.
South Huron District High
School has again won the Hu-
ron -Perth gymnastics champion-
ship. Overall division champi-
ons were Ronalyn Bell, Lee
O'Rourke, Catherine Patterson
and Starr Jesney.
'2g'Ye rs Ago
April 18, 1969 - Exeter coun-
cil Monday night quickly en-
dorsed a resolution asking the
Ontario government to take im-
mediate steps to relieve property
owners of an "imminent enor-
mous tax increase" brought
about by education costs.
A portable classroom may be
added to Precious Blood Separ-
ate School in Exeter this fall to
accommodate an expected in-
crease in enrolment.
Grand Bend council took defi-
nite steps Monday night to en-
force provisions of the recently
passed water installation bylaw.
One commercial establishment
that was hooked up without ob-
taining a permit was given 24
Alfto have the water turned
,e ff and follow proper proce
dures.
The Crediton Tigers have
won the Western Ontario Ath-
letic Association intermediate
grand championship for the sec-
cond straight year.
Plans are underway for the
Centennial celebrations this
year of the Crediton United
Church.
40 Years Ago •
April 17, 1954 - With the help
of district farmers and sports-
men, the South Huron Game
Conservation Club will raise
and release over 1,000 pheas-
ants again this year.
SO Years Ago
April 16, 1944 -A feature of
the opening of the Sixth Victory
Loan was the zooming of a
Mosquito bomber over the
town, Monday morning. Citi-
zens rushed from homes and
stores to get a glimpse of the
plane.
The Exeter Public Utilities
Commission last week moved
to their new quarters in the
building formerly owned by the
Bank of Montreal. The main of-
fice has been remodelled and re-
decorated and new fluorescent
lights have been installed.
The Exeter bowling club now
has a new power roller for roll-
ing their greens. The roller
which is a fine piece of work
was built by Thomas Coates of
the Sunoco arae.
The automobile speed limit
has been increased by the Onta-
rio Legislature from 15 miles
per hour in towns and cities to
20 milesper hour and from 20 to
25 miles per hour in the coun-
trY.
Two more Exeter boys have
returned from the war. They are
Doug Stewart and Fred Brima-
cmnbe.
Times -Advocate, April 13, 1994
Page 5
Flytower will add dimension to Playhouse
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
GRAND BEND - The theme for
the 1994 summer theatre season at
the Huron Country Playhouse is
'We're Flying.'
While the Playhouse is in the
midst of a long range plan which
will cost a total of over $4.5 mil-
lion, the attention now is some 41
feet above the stage itself.
Stage 2A of the massive four-
year plan is just about completed
and when theatre -goers drive out to
the country a couple of months
from now they will see a big
change.
Outside the barn which houses
the main stage has been face -lifted
with a new exterior while inside,
directly above the stage, a flytower
has been built.
"Realisticaly the flytower should
have gone on 20 years ago when
they built the theatre," said Simon
Day of the Playhouse who has been
keeping a close eye on the project.
Unless you are well versed in the
ins and outs of theatre, you will not
know what a flytower does. Here's
a brief explanation provided by
both Day and Playhouse Artistic
Director -General Manager Max
Reimer.
It is a series of 24 overhead
cranes with 40 -foot long pipes
which are moved by the use of air-
craft cables. There is a series of
pulleys and counterweights and the
whole system allows the backstage
crew to move not only people but
sets, lighting and anything else they
want to.
While the grid system is 41 -feet
above the stage, the new roof on
the Playhouse is 56 -feet high allow-
ing for the crew to walk along the
grid.
"You can walk around 4l -feet
above the stage and drop ropes and
things in and lift scenery without
going up on ladders. It saves a lot
of time," said Day. '
Prior to the construction, there
were six lifts but the new system is
far more elaborate.
Fly Peter, fly: Audiences will
get a first-hand look at this when
the hit musical Peter Pan opens on
June 14. The main character will be
played by Leisa Way who starred
in the Sound of Music and Came-
lot. "
"The actual flying of human be-
ings is a very rare use of a flytow-
er," said Reimer.
He admitted he will want to show
off the flytower s use to the audi-
ence and said that Peter Pan gives a
perfect opportunity to do that. In
the music 1, the flight to Neverland
calls for the entire set to break
apart.
"It's an artistic decision whether
to reveal the flying of scenery to an
audience," said Reimer.
There are many other changes to
A plan to get the old spirit back
Sidewalk Sales will
return to closed -off
Main Street
EXETER - The Exeter Business
Association is looking to recapture
past successes of the Sidewalk Sale
Days in town.
The event in the past few years
has not drawn the traffic, or generat-
ed the sales, it used to. A plan is un-
derway to once again close down
Main Street for the sale and re-
direct traffic around the downtown
area.
Terry Schwartzentruber, repre-
senting the BIA, asked council for
its approval to close the street July
20 and 21, a Wednesday and Thurs-
day. `/
Schst•artzcntrsbcr said thc last
thing the BIA wants to do is upset
motorists coming through town and
is proposing that traffic be detoured
west all the way to Marlborough
Street.
"I always thought that when the
streets were closed, it was a better
sidewalk sale," agreed councillor
Dave Urlin.
"We were asking for permission
to close it 24 hours a day," said
Schwartzentruber, who said the
131A is hoping to bring in attrac-
tions that would require semi-
permanent installation.
Should overnight closing not be
possible, then the displays would
have to be different, he said.
Karen Brown, BIA manager, said
the OPP has the final say on thc
street closure, and that safety con-
cerns about traffic and its direction
take precedence.
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The BIA is still discussing
whether Main Street would be
closed from Huron Street north to
Sanders or Gidley Streets. Howev-
er, the plan to hold the event in the
middle of the week is seen as a
positive move. Retailers are being
encouraged to bring in aggressive -
13I -pored merchandise for the
event.
"Sidewalk sales will continue on
Friday and Saturday, but the em-
phasis will be on Wednesday and
Thursday," said Schwartzentruber.
the Playhouse this year including
the installing of heating and air-
conditioning. This has meant that
the barn has become air tight so the
audience won't have to duck any-
more to avoid the odd bird or bat.
There is a new roof and as men-
tioned, the exterior has all been re-
done with a golden pine board. It
certainly doesn't look like the adja-
cent barn but Reimer says once it
weathers, it will.
"It looks like a new barn but it
definitely looks like a barn. The
structure is still there. I'm anxious
to see the reaction. I bet it will be
split," he said of the patrons initial
response to the new look.
When asked if the audiences will
feel the country atmoshphere will
disappear, he said no.
"Bigger and better doesn't always
mean more glamorous," said Reim-
er.
The Playhouse's tradition of pop-
ular musicals will continue as Peter
Pan runs from June 14 to July 2 and
Oklahoma which caps of the sea-
son, rens from August 16 to Sep-
tember 3.
"The product we do is big -book
musicals, broadway classics. No-
body can afford to do that on a pro-
fessional level. The only people do-
ing it are big profit shows in
Toronto.
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Looking up from the bottom of the 41 -foot flytower at the Huron Country Playhouse are left; Si-
mon Day and Max Reimer.
Mayor says situation at Camp
Ipperwash could hurt tourism
GRAND BEND - The mayor of Grand Bend feels
the situation at Camp Ipperwash, south of the com-
munity resort, may hurt tourism this summer.
"It's a personal feeling that 1 have. Our business
is tourism and the perception by the public of what
is happening at Camp Ipperwash is judgmental to
the whole area."
Natives of the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation
have being occupying the 1,976 acre former Canadi-
an Forces training camp since May, 1993.
As part of the recent federal budget, Finance Min-
ister Paul Martin announced that the government
was returning the camp to the natives.
There are still several issues which remain includ-
ing clean-up and compensation fdr the 'use of die
land dating back to 1942 when it was expropriated
under the War Measures Act.
"I think it could have an influence on the area,"
added Lawson. "I've heard from a number of peo-
ple who are now questioning whether they'll spend
time down in the parks in that area, cottages and so
on."
Back in 1942 the government agreed the camp
would be returned to the natives when no longer
needed for military purposes. As part of the new
budget, the government chopped millions from its
defence budget.
Lawson added he has been incontact with both
the federal and provincial ministries of tourism and
said, "you can see that has fallen on deaf ears at
this point."
In recent years the camp has been used mostly as
a training base for cadets. Last Stlifitner a military
helicopter was fired upon while flying over the
camp.
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