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Clinton News-Record, 1977-09-22, Page 111 •4 the BAYF!EW ,ena Erickson bugle LACAC has first meeting The Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) met for its first meeting, Wednesday September 14. This com- mittee was appointed by by- law 104, 1976 dated Sept 6, 1976. Ed Oddleifson chaired the first part of the meeting and gave a resume of what has transpired the past year. February 5, a request was made by Council for a ommunity .Study Grant; �! rch - a letter from Mr. cholas Hill stating George Capelos of the Ministry of Housing• had agreed to visit the Village and discuss the Heritage District Plan. A by-law was then passed by council to establish' a LACAC committee of net less than five members to be appointed by Council to ad- 110 vise and assist council. The grant was approved, providing the council appoint the Advisory committee. The Reeve met several times with Mr. Capelos who • was very helpful and recommended that the ministry of housing grant the money. In November 1976, a letter s received by the Reeve 4 m Mr. A.B.R. Lawrence, tario Heritage Foundation Chairman, indicating a grant of $2,000 for a Heritage District Study and for which the secondary plan of the village would have to be amended to include. In {December the Reeve wrote George Capelos enclosing copies of Bylaw 104 to appoint • a LACAC and a copy of Nicholas Hill's proposal of an - Heritage District Plan. Bylaw 105 was passed to define a Heritage Con- servation area. The resolution must now go to the Planning Board for approval wd then to Huron. County to 4 ,11 initiate the proceedings for an amendment to the secondary plan. On April 28, the Reeve wrote the Ministry requesting payment of the first half of the promised $2,000 for the study to be done, but to date has received no reply. A petition .was presented to council containing 175 names to expedite the formation .of 'the L,A.C.A.C, and the committee subsequently met on Wednesday evening and decided on two approaches: 1 That they know the money for the Study has been allocated and as soon as it is received, the study will go ahead around Clan Gregor Square, Main Street, Elgin St. to Bayfield Terrace; 2 - to take stock of singular buildings and gather in- formation - select a number of buildings that the owners have indicated a keen interst and are friendly toward the act, and have those designated. Several houses were mentioned and among those was Dr. Rob and Mrs. Hunter who would be pleased to have their home designated. The meeting accepted with regret a letter of resignation from Mr. Pat Graham who felt he didn't have the titne to devote to the committee. Election of officers took place and Doris Hunter was elected chairman; Gwen Pemberton vice-chairn fan; Milvena Erickson (tem- porary) secretary and Kay Reid (temporary) treasurer; Ed Oddleifson as represen- tative from Council. It was decided to invite three more people as members of LACAC and bylaw 104 would have to be amended to include those names. The Group considered many houses in the Village, -but decided to do the District Study first, but would welcome hearing from anyone who wishes their home designated. "The time for action is now," and` we should all ask ourselves Why Preserve? What do we protect? Who does the planning? How does the Ontario Heritage , Act work? Where can I help ? When do I start? Bridal shower held A bridal shower was given on Thursday evening to honour Cheryl 'Elva' Cox, whose marriage to Douglas Clarence Trewartha, son of Mr. , and Mrs. Ross Trewartha, takes place October 8 in St. Andrew's United Church. The basement was beautifully decorated with various shades of gladioli, -mums, wedding bells. and streamers. Mrs. Kathleen Siertsema had charge of a "Name of, Soap" contest which was won by Nina . Haw and a ring contest which was won by Jessie Blair. Cheryl, her sister Pat, Mrs. Hemmingway and Doug's sister, Marie, Mrs. Webster of Auburn were given chairs at the front of the room where Mrs. K. Siertsema read the address and was assisted by Mrs. Yvonne Campbell in bringing the gifts to the bride to be. Cheryl thanked everyone for their gifts and extended an invitation to all to come to the home of her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Ray Cox, to view the _bridal gifts. A lovely lunch followed which was enjoyed by all present. A host of dignitaries were on hand -.for the ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Bayfield senior citizens apartments last Friday. The new building is called Clan Gregor apart- ments. (photo by Milvena Erickson) «'Voicings by Meryl Thomas Resource Centre This week at the V.R.C. there will be a report on the - -Canada Works Project and also a discussion about the upcoming Fall program. An afternoon meeting will be held on October 6 at the church from 1:30 - 3 pm. Refreshments will be served. The Steering committee will meet on October 4 at 1:30 pm at the church. All members are urged to attend as this is a very important meeting. Scouts .11 Scouts are .reminded of work bee to be held this Saturday September 24, at the new campsite. Adult volunteers are asked to contact Mr. Dave Dunsmore at 482-7723. Nursery School • The Vanastra- Nursery School began last Tuesday with an enrollnlent of 24 children. Classes are on Tuesday and Thursday from IO am to 11:30 am. Fund raising for equipment The raffle tickets to help raise money for, park equipment are selling well. If anyone wishes to help sell tickets please contact Mrs. Dianne Ryan, Mrs. June Jeacock, or Miss Sandra McLachlan. Tickets for the dance on from Vanastra November 12 are now on sale. The tickets are $10 per couple and can be obtained from the above mentioned people. Any donations of food for the meal would be greatly appreciated. All residents of Vanastra are reminded that the money raised by various activities is being used to buy equipment for all the parks in our community. Lions Club The Vanastra Lions Club is holding a London Bobby Pub night. ort' October 28 at the Sandpiper Inn. ,.For further details look to the advertisement in this issue. Community Association Tickets are now available for the Thanksgiving Dance at the Community Centre on Saturday October 8, Come dance from 9 til 1 to Chris Black and his Swinging Brass. Tickets are $10 per couple and are available from Mrs. Bridge„s at 482-7910; the community centre; Debbies Custard cup; or any Board members or block representative. This is'a reminder to attend the annual meeting of the UCA on Monday October 3 at 8 pm at the Community Centre. Your new Board of Directors will be voted in at this meeting. A list of persons nominated for the 1977-78 Board of Directors will be posted at ,the Community Centre. Should anyone wish to decline, please contact the Secretary treasurer, Mrs. Bridges, at 482-7910. DRINKINGpiw1 DRIVING eft/al DISASTER Mrs. Beulah Smith, left, accepts a coffee urn and desk flag from Mrs. Florence McHale, during the official opening of the senior citizens apartments at Bayfield last Friday. (photo by Milvena Erickson) Village n By Janet Talbot it was quite an honour to be present Friday morning at the Official Opening of the Clan Gregor Apartments (formerly called the senior citizens building.) The Residents were presented with a Canadian flag, a small Ontario flag and a lovely coffee urn. After the ceremony, a very nice lunch was served by the residents and was also prepared by them. Mr. Ray Schell who celebrated his 85th birthday, Thursday and Mr. and Mrs Bert Dunn who celebrated their 47th wedding an- niversary, Friday were en- tertained at the Clan Gregor Apartment lounge on Friday evening, with a party prepared by the other residents of the apartments. Mrs. Dunn received a lovely corsage made by one of the ladies, and the two gentlemen each- had a single flower presented to them. Several guests attended from the surrounding area and everyone had a very en- joyable time. Miss Evelyn Schell of Aycr's Cliff, Quebec, is spending a few days with her father, Father, Mr. Ray Schell and -her � her sister Mrs. Norman Talbot, after a two week trip to Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Evelyn is with the Canadian Sunday School • Mission in Quebec, and is, an associate of the Bayfield Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Talbot, Mr. Ray Schell and Miss Evelyn Schell' visited with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Jones and family in the Forest Estates Trailer Park in Woodstock, on Sunday. Baptist church Sunday 'sery at Bayfield Baptist Church were well attended in spite of the very inclement weather. The Pastor, Rev. Brian Harrison, spoke on the subject of "Christ first in all things", using as his text Colossians 1, verse 18. Many members . of the Bayfield Baptist Church attended the Special . Evangelistic services held in the Wingham Baptist Church last week with Dr. Don English, well known Evangelist and 'Assistant "'Pastor to Dr. John R. Rice of Chicago. ce? the Riddell says that PCs have good taste Jack Riddell, Huron - Middlesex MP -P, said Friday the Progressive Conservative Party was using "good judgement" in seeking out Liberal sitting members during the last election to run under the PC ticket. "Obviously the Tories haven't -got the people or the policies to attract the voters in South Western Ontario,” Riddell said from his Toronto office, "so they are going to have to get --good Liberals on their side." Riddell was surprised the newspapers were making "such an issue" of the fact that Murray Gaunt, MPP for Huron -Bruce was approached by a prominent PC to run for the PCs in the last election. "The election is over, long ago," said Riddell. "Let's forget it." Riddell said 'there was an indirect suggestion to him before the last election that if the Progressive Con- servatives were going to win in Huron Middlesex, it would be necessary for Riddell to switch sides or step down. "But I was never ap- Fashion.... Service..... And You..... Put it all together at..... SHOPPERS SQUARE, GODERICH OPEN MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY 9 - d WEDNESDAY 9 - 12:30 FRIDAY 9... proached directly," said Riddell. "When Anson McKinley accepted the nomination for the PCs, they believed they had a good candidate and a good shot at the Riding." Riddell said there has been no mention to him of the matter since the election. Beautify your neighbourhood. Get out on the street. Take a walk. pormonotnon Walk a block: r0day. CHARTERED LIFE UNDERWRITER Ivan Steckle, CLU The Institute of Chartered Life Underwriters of Canada has announced that Ivan Steckle an agent of The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada, has been awarded the Chartered Life Underwriter designation. This designation is awarded -on the successful completion of an intensive three-year course in life underwriting which includes such related subjects as. economics, ta)cation, accounting, com- Mercia I -law, corporation finance and (psychology. . CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER' 22,1977tPA0 4 Liberal MPPGuanj asked to go Tory BY BILL DIMMICK The Kincardine News Huron=Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt believes that last week's story in the Glob4and Mail about him being asked to switgh to the Progressive Conservative from the Liberal party was leaked by "highly placed people, in the Conservative Party." • . Mr. Gaunt confirmed he .was asked twice before last June's provincial election, campaign to run as a Con- servative but "added he' was sorry the story came out. . "I was quite prepared to let sleeping dogs lie," he told The News, in an interview last week. "I saw no need to raise the issue at the time of the election and I see no need now," Mr. Gaunt said. He said the Globe and Mail gotthe story someplace but it wasn't from him. He was asked only to confirm the facts already unearthed. The Globe story said that Mr. Gaunt was approached by former Agriculture Minister William Stewart last November and most recently by Sam MacGregor of Kin- cardine. Mr. MacGregor, a local developer, ran unsuccessfullyy, as the Conservative can- didate against Mr. Gaunt in the last election. Mr. Gaunt said he hopes no hard feelings will be created because of the story. He and Mr. MacGregor have been "friends as long as I've been in politics". Mr. Gaunt has held Huron - Bruce riding for the Liberals for 15 years. Mr. MacGregor first contacted Mr. Gaunt May 6 and during a telephone conversation asked if they could meet the next morning. The Conservative nomination meeting for Huron -Bruce was to be held M,ay 9. The. two men met 'May 7, at about 10 a.m. in Kincardine when Mr, MacGregor asked Mr, Gaunt about running for the Conservatives. " Mr. Gaunt said no firm promises were made about him receiving a cabinet post in a Conservative govern- ment' but there Were im- plications of it. 'He was told that he would have a say In formulating party policies and be. in- fluential in government decisions. `Mr.' Gatint did not know what Mr. MacGregor wanted, to talk about until the meeting but as he and Mr. MacGregor are -good friends he could see nothing wrong with it. Mr. Gaunt said at the time he did not want to run for the Conservatives. He confirmed this by telephone the next day - a Sunday - to Mr. MacGregor. • Mr. MacGregor said Monday night after he had been nominated to run for the Conservatives that he had only decided to run the day before. Mr. Gaunt was first ap- proached about switching parties last November when Mr. Stewart invited him to a breakfast. When the suggestion was put to him he was "startled and taken aback." "I told him (Mr. Stewart) at the time the main ingredients of politics had to be trust, loyalty and con- fidence," Mr. Gaunt said. - He said that to switch parties would mean betraying the people who worked for and . supported him for the last 15 years. He added that with only a few exceptions no one had ever successfully switched parties before. He said he "couldn't have lived with myself" if he ha.d decided to take the Con- servative offer. Mr. Gaunt said he told Mr. MacGregor essentially ,the same thing. "I would " rather • lose honorably than , win dishonorably." Mr. Gaunt was also told by another prominent Con- servative party member that he would be offered a job at three times his salary as an MPP if he had not sought re- ' election. Mr. Gaunt again indicated his disapproval of the Globe story when he said that he' could have used the Con- servative advances as an election issue. "But I chose not to do so. It wouldn't have served any useful purpose then in the long run," he said. 14e said he hopes Mr. MacGregor understands that he did not release the story and there will be no hard feelings. Mr. Gaunt does have his own theory about how the story was released. He said there is a feeling among the Queen's Park press gallery members that Phil Givens, one of two Metro Toronto Liberal MPPs who did not seek re-election last June made a deal. Mr. Givens' seat was won by a Conservative candidate. Since the election Mr. Givens was appointed as a provincial judge and as chairman of the Metro Board of Police Commissioners receives $46,000 a year. continued on page 12 Smile Nothing makes old magazines more readable than cleaning out the attic. NOTE THAT ALL. TIMES SHOWN ARE SAVING TIME e RocLA ATon, oN 7674DAYLIGHT Tr.O • FORM L405 - OF WHICH ALL PERSONS ARE ASKED TO TAKE NOTICE AND GOVERN THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY RE: LIQUOR LICENSE ACT VOTE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF: • VILLAGE OF BAYFIELD PUBLIC NOTICE IS GIVEN OF THE FOLLOWING VOTE TO BE TAKEN: ADVANCEFOR THOSE PERSONS WHO' EXPECT TO BE UNABLE TO VOTE IN THEIR OWN POLLING SUBDIVISION ON THE REGULAR POLLING• POLLING DAY, .ADVANCE POLLING WILL BE HELD. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1977 • 11:00 A.M. to a:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER — MUNICIPAL BUILDING REGULAR , POLLING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1977 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. • SUBJECT OF VOTING Are you in favour of the sale of • spirits, beer and wine under a - • lounge licence for- consumption on licensed premises? PUBLIC MEETING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NAMES OF THE PER- ... SONS, IF ANY, APPOINTED TO ACT FOR THE AF- FIRMATIVE AND FOR THE NEGATIVE RESPECTIVELY UPON THE POLL TO BE HELD UNDER THE LIQUOR LICENCE ACT. "•••--MUNCIPAL BUILDING SEPTEMBER 28 1977 2:00 P.M. REVISION OF LIST OF VOTERS THE ADDITION OF QUALIFIED PER - (NOTE FINAL DATE) SONS MISSED AT ENUMERATION, THE ADDITION OF PROXY VOTERS AND THE CERTIFICATION OF PROXY CERTIFICATES. • . FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1977 MUNICIPAL BUILDING 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. POLLING TO BE HELD AT (REGULAR POLLING DATE) COUNCIL CHAMBER MUNICIPAL BUILDING . • BAYFIELD OFFICIAL COUNT THE ADDITION OF THE VOTES CAST FOR EACH SIDE TAKEN FROM THE STATEMENT OF THE POLL AS PREPARED AT EACH POLLING PLACE, TO BE AN- NOUNCED PUBLICLY. THURSDAY, OCTOBER13,, 1977 - COUNCIL CHAMBER, 12:0 NOON VILLAGE OF BAYFIELD GOD SAVE THE QUEEN • RETURNING OFFICER SEPTEMBER 15,1977' G.J. GRAHAM