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County to cover costs
Plan oxtra t.sting of Lake Nuron water along 66 beaches
At a meeting of Grand Bend
Council Monday night, it was
learned that Lambton
Medical Officer of Health, Dr.
Lucy Duncan, would request
extra testing for the water
along the shore of Grand
Bend beaches in the next
year, with the comty paying
for the service.
Council endorsed a motion
from the Sarnia-Lambton
Economic Development Com-
mission to request lower
taxes on liquor and tourist
services in order to satisfy
tourists coming to the area. It
was suggested by council
members that local mer-
chants honor the exchange
rate between American and
Canadian dollars. Comments
indicated that local mer-
chants offered about 10 per-
cent difference when the ex-
change rate should be over 20
percent.
There was consideration of
a by-law which would enable
the village to borrow from
reserve funds at a rate mid-
way between the savings rate
and the prime lending rate.
Clerk -treasurer Dianne
Green Forest
site sold
One of the prime parcels of
land in Grand Bend, which
held The Green Forest Motel
before it was destroyed by
fire in 1981. hti :•a 'sold' sign
on it. it will reportedly house
a dining establishment and
!Alb.
The property, about one -
and -a -half acres, is situated at
the south of the village bet-
ween highway 21 and the
Ausable River. It holds ample
space for parking boats on
one side and cars on the other.
Marilyn and Kevin Smook
of Victoria, B.C. have made
an offer to purchase the pro-
perty from John Resch and
Sons Ltd.
Mollard will prepare such a
by-law for the next council
meeting.
Council referred minutes of
the Recreation Committee
back to the committee with
two amendments. The first
was that an extra $500 for
playground equipment should
not be designated to the com-
munity recreation field.
The second objection from
council came because of a
Recreation Committee mo-
tion that the committee
should take over the organiza-
tion of the Grand Bend swim
program since their only ac-
tive function was now with the
Busy Bee summer day camp.
Council felt that the program
was being well organized by
the interested group under
chairlady Pauline Lingard.
There was some discussion
about the cost of the day
camp program and councillor
Dennis Snider suggested
again that a small fee should
be charged to the children. It
•was decided to wait to see
what grants might be
available before setting fees
for the program.
Councillor Harold Green
reported that a group of five
persons from Belle River had
spent time in Grand Bend to
consider a harbour facility
similar to that in Grand Bend.
He said that the group was
impressed with the operation
of the building and harbour
over the past summer.
There was a motion to per-
manently hire Clerk -
Treasurer Dianne Mollard,
thus ending a six-month pro-
bationary period.
A by-law was passed to
Best soccer
players honoured
On Nov. 6, a large crowd of
Grand Bend area soccer
players and their families
gathered at the Dashwood
Hall for their annual banquet
and awards night. After a
buffet -style dinner, president
Tony Mennen presented ap-
preciation plaques to John
Kelders for the use of his soc-
cer field and to secretary
Diane Kaak. He also
presented all the coaches with
a trophy.
For the squirts team, who
are also the B division
champs this year, coaches
Debbie Fields, Connie Kaak
and Tracy Fields presented
trophies to Jeff Lingard for
M.V.O., most valuable of-
fence), Brent Larmer M.V.D.
(most valuable defence), and
Trent Stellingworth M.I.
)most improved). All the
other players received in -
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dividual trophies and crests.
Frank Smeekens and Mar-
tin Vandenberk coached the
atom team who are the league
champs this year. They
presented trophies to Cullen
Kobe foi M.V.O., Bill Jen-
nison M.V.D. and Jason Des-
quarden M.I.
The ,mosquito team was
coached by John Van
Leeuwan and Joe Mom-
mersteeg. Trophies for their
team went to David O'Connor
M.V.O., Rob Humer M.V.D.
and Chris Isaac M.I. Each
team player also received a
London and District soccer
crest.
Coach Bill Vandenbygaart
presented Glenn Hayter with
the M.V.O. trophy, Darryl
Glavin M.V.D. and Ron Mom-
mersteeg with M.I on the Pee
Wee team.
The Grand Bend Ausable
team, coached by Luke Mom-
triersteeg gave trophies to Joe
Mommersteeg M.V.O., Mar-
ty Mommersteeg M.V.D. and
Rob Mennen M.I.
On the Colonial team,
trophies went to Bill Vanden-
bygaart and Pete Backx for
M.V.O., Bill Vandenberk and
Mike. Klijn for M.V.D. and
Pete Guedens for M.I.
Baptismal at
Church of God
A special baptismal service
was held Sunday morning at
Church of God. The following
youths and adults followed the
Lord in baptism, Douglas
Campbell, Kimberly
MacGregor, Marilyn
MacGregor, Todd Rumball,
Lori Steckle, Elaine Vincent
avid Gordon Vincent.
Rev. John Campbell based
his sermon on Matthew
28:19-20.
The music special was a
duet by Rev. and Mrs. Camp-
bell titled, "In My Heart."
At the evening service,
Rev Campbell spoke on the
family as peacemakers. The
congregation divided into
groups and discussed Bible
family relationships, about
Joseph's conflicts and recon-
ciliation. A hymn sing of old
favourites was enjoyed by all.
Church of God youths met
Friday evening at the church
for play practise for
Christmas. During a break
they had a pizza and games at
the school gym and then
resumed practice.
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hawkers and peddlers in the
village. The maximum fine
for violations of the by-law
will be $1,000.
Councillor Bruce Woodley
questioned expenses of coun-
cillors at recent conferences.
Deputy -Reeve Green felt, as
did Reeve Bob Sharen, that
benefits from such con-
ferences would save the
village taxpayers money in
the long run.
There was a resolution to
exempt Councillor Murray
DesJardins from the three -
month's absence restriction.
Des Jardins has been in
hospital because of a broken
hip. He is expected to return
to Grand Bend by Christmas.
During the open discussion
period when comments from
the floor were invited,
ratepayer Morgan Freel ex
pressed the feeling that the
issue of delayed sewer hook-
ups for the Wondergrove pro-
perty had not been discussed
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lift acquired through o bequest from the estate of the lote Arthur and Grant
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Alhambra awards prizes
The Alhambra held their
cash draw dance in Thedford
arena, Friday. It was very
successful with one of the
largest crowds ever attending
this affair.
The winners of the elimina-
tion draw were as follows.
Grand prize winner of $2000.00
was Jim Redman, of
Southcott Pines, who was pre-
sent at the dance to receive
the good news.
Second prize of $500.00 went
to Ralph G. Hayter, of Thed-
ford. Third prize of $300.00
went to Pete Warner, of
Grand Bend; fourth prize of
$100.00 to Jerry and Olga
Bongers, of Forest. Hubert
Vossen of Wa.iord won $75.00,
Tom Smits of Grand Bend
won $50.00 and there were 20
other winners of $25.00 each.
The ladies of the C.W.L.
provided and served a tasty
lunch of fried chicken, salads.
rolls and beverages.
On Saturday. Grand Com-
mander Bill Vandenberk and
his wife Tony, Mr. and Mrs.
Core Vandenberk and Depu-
ty Regional Director, Philip
Walker attended an Alham-
bran organizational meeting
in Windsor al the Knights of
Columbus hall. After the
meeting the two couples at-
tended the dance held at the
same hall for all the Alham-
bran's and their guests
November 25 to 27, Mr. and
Mrs. Core Vandenberk and
the Philip Walker family will
be attending the Alhambra
Great Lake Seminar held in
Perrysburg, Ohio, at the Holi-
day Inn.
Lunch hostesses were Nola
Taylor, Karen Woods and
Laura Desjardine.
Beaver news
First Grand Bend Beavers
held their annual Western
night on Monday. Beavers
and their leaders came in
costume. Winners were
chosen by applause.
First prize, Jason Clay as
cowboy; second, Eric ('lay as
an Indian chief; third, Simon
Desjardine as an Indian
brave; runners up were
Adam Jean as Indian brave,
Matthew DeJong as a cowboy
and Ian Jean as a sheriff.
The Beavers and leaders
are planning Investment
night for their next meeting
on November 28.
Bible study
The weekly Bible coffee
hour was held Tuesday mor-
ning at Mrs. Vera Brown's
home in Southcott Pines with
11 ladies in attendance. A
hymn sing was led by Millie
Desjardine, Mrs. Nita
Sinclair gave an opening
prayer and led the lesson on
"How to Grow Up Spiritual-
ly" from 2 Peter 1:12-21.
Some questions asked and
discussed from Peter's letters
to people in trouble were: If
you have been a Christian for
a long time of what may you
need to be reminded? How
does Peter pro..e that his
readers had not been told a
bunch of fairy tales? What is
the difference between myths
(fables) and Scripture?
Doris Peebles closed with
prayer. The . meeting next
week is at the same place
beginning at 9:30 a.m. All
ladies are welcome.
Catholic Womens League
The C.W.L. meeting was
held November 15 at the
Alhambra hall with 28
members present. President
Antoinette Pachlarz presided.
The C.W.L. will be purchas-
ing religious articles to put on
sale at the back of the church.
A display case is being made
for this purpose. A discussion
of Christmas gifts, cards and
donations to be dispersed over
the holiday season was held.
The ladies were reminded
about the first aid course on
Monday November 21 to be
held at the Alhambra hall
from 6:30 to 8:30. All ladies
were asked to, bring their
grocery tapes to church so
they can be counted tor the
final tabulation.
There will be a special
Mass at 7:15 p.m. Thursday
December 8 for the Feast of
the Immaculate Conception
for the intention of the Pro -
Life movement. All members
are asked to attend.
Father Morrissey address-
ed the ladies on the topic of
the church renovation before
the end of this month.. Father
Morrissey asked the ladies to
take on the project of refur-
bishing the station of the
Cross plaques.
This will include the cost
and labour of providing pine
frames, staining, matting and
repainting. Everyone was in
favour of supporting this wor-
thwhile project.
The next meeting will be
held December 6 at 8 p.m. in
the Alhambra Hall. This will
be a Christmas party with
husbands invited to attend.
After the meeting all the
ladies adjourned to the main
room where Mrs. Brenda De -
Jong, of De,tong's clothing
store had set up a display
There was a wide variety of
clothing for sale from slacks
and sweaters. jogging suits to
warm robes and lovely
dresses.
C.W.L• members from
neighbouring parishes at-
tended and everyone had a
good time trying on and buy-
ing new clothes
library news
A display of creative tree
ornaments and a demonstra-
tion on making inexpensive
tree ornaments, will be held
at Grand Bend library Mon-,
day, Dec 5 at 10:30 a.m.
Free admission. To register
phone 238-2067 or 243-2054.
United Church Women
United Church Women met
Thursday afternoon in the
S.S. rooms at the church.
Fern Love opened the •
meeting with a worship ser-
vice. She read poems "Show
Me The Way", "Do You Just
Belong" and "Remem-
brance". Hymns were sung
accoinpanied by Nola Love at
the piano. Scripture was read
by Elda Adams. Fern closed
with a reading "No Time For
God," and prayer.
President Elizabeth Norris
chaired the business meeting.
Roll call was answered by 19,
bringing in article for Fami-
ly and Children's service and
a scripture v..rse that brings
you peace.
Elizabeth announced that
we had cleared more than
$2200.00 at the hot turkey sup-
per. Thank you letters were
read from Lambton County
Children's Aid at Sarnia and
Huron County Crisis .Centre.
An invitation was read for
the afternoon U.C.W. to at-
tend the evening unit U.C.W.
meeting on November 28 at 8
p.m. to see a film. Plans were
discussed for a pot luck lun-
cheor for the December
meeting. We are asked to
bring a friend, own dishes and
cutlery. Clara Ilamilton read
the nominations committee
report as follows: past presi-
dent, Mabel Gill; president,
Elizabeth Norris; vice-
president, Loreen Gill; recor-
ding and corresponding
secretary, Jeanne Kading;
treasurer, Geri Wright; unit
assistant treasurer, Hazel
Broad.
Mrs. Norris closed with
prayer. Lunch hostesses were
Clara Hamilton and Annie
Morenz.
legion news
Twenty-four players were
out at the Legion Tuesday
night for the dart games. Win-
ners were Lou Hamilton and
Gene Grenier, runnersup
Dorrinda McCloud and Harry
Ilamilton. A door prize was
won by Olga Tataren.
Wednesday evening more
than 30 gathered al the Legion
for dart games with players
from 1pperwash camp. This
was a fun night and a good
time had by all. Lunch
refreshments were served.
The door prize was won by
Gene Grenier.
The Legion darts turkey
shoot will he held at the
Legion on December 2 from
5:30 p.m. on.
The Friday night euchre
will be held as usual at 8:30
p.m in the upstairs at the
Legion.
Ten tables of euchre were in
play at the Legion on
November 18. Winners were;
high lady, Sharon Graham;
high man, Archie Patrick;
low lady, Caroline
Desaulniers; low man, Jack
Gumell. The door prize was
won by Vern Gallant.
Cribbage games will begin
at the Legion, Saturday
November 26 at 2:30 p.m. All
interested players are invited
to come.
openly in council. He
reiterated his comment of the
last meeting, "I think you
made a mistake in that deci-
sion you made and it will
come back to haunt you."
Thele was open discussion
about the problem of stray
cats in the village. Snider
commented that one resident
was feeding "about 18 cats"
and that there had been com-
plaints from sumer tourists
about the odours from the
group of felines.
Shirley Mitchell com-
mented that she had tried in
vain to get rid of skunks bur-
rowing beneath her house.
These questions were largely
unresolved before the end of
the meeting.
SOUTHCOTT PINES
Property transfers: The
Craig home on Pines
Parkway to Jack and Doris
Teahen, London; the Weren-
ski home on William to the
David A. Durnfords, Thorn -
dale; homesite on Riverside
to the Robert Galpins,
Ottawa.
Fourth new home on
Beaver Dam Crescent is be-
ing erected by Peter
Twynstra.
Karen Bexton; Christie,
won several prizes in the
Sandcastle Days photo con-
test, sponsored by Harwood
Drugs.
Ass'n past president Ed
Iskauskas has been appointed
to Grand Bend planning
committee.
Huron Country Playhouse
attracted over 50,000 admis-
sions to its '83 season.
Grand Bend has repaved
the portion of Lake Road
covering both Pines en-
trances, which also were
resurfaced.
Turnbull's Grove
Visiting several days here
recently with Helga and Herb
Wegerich, were their son and
wife and family, Peter, Bon-
nie and Eric Wegerich, from
the Calgary area. While here
they will be visiting other
relatives in Ontario.
More Grand Bend news
on page 27
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