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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-06-19, Page 13TAKING SHAPE — The new playhouse at the Huron Country Playhouse near Grand Bend is fast ap- proaching completion. The first performance in the'T•few quarters will be opening night on Wednesday, June 25 when "Barefoot In The Park" will be staged. T-A photo LOTS OF PEOPLE — Buffaloburger Fest, Grand Bend style, attracted a lot of people to the beach. Here one of the farm wagons used to transport people to the beach is seen with a full load. During Buf- faloburger Fest, 5,412 burgers were devoured, washed down with 11,- 000 bottles of beer and garnished with 60 pounds of relish and six gallons of mustard. T-A photo New summer garbage pickup days started A number of Grand Bend south and Green Acres is picked residents were confused this up Fridays. Southcott Pines and week when the garbage put out south of the river receives ser- for collection on the regular day vice on Wednesday and everyone was not picked up. north of the river get pickup on According to village clerk- Mondays, treasurer Louise Clipperton, After September 3, pickup will regular garbage pickups were revert to the normal once per suspended as the special summer week on Wednesdays, collections, from June 15 to September 3, went into effect. For the remainder of the Inquiries up summer, heavy commercial users will have pickup six days a week. Three pickups a week, The new Chamber of Com- Monday, Wednesday and Friday, coerce Information Office is will be available for medium receiving more visitors than last commercial users and light year according to hostess Brenda commercial users will get two Mawsen. More letters requesting pickups if necessary, Mondays information about the area are and Fridays. being received also, Chamber Residential garbage pickups secretary-manager Tom Webster Will be made once a week as attributes this to Grand Bend's usual, Highway 21 north and "new image". BARNEY BUFFALO — A popular prize at one of the amusement centres in Grand Bend on the weekend was Barney Buffalo seen above with Evelyn Gaudry, Ruth Teck, Julianna Orban and Sandra Anderson. Seen up on Barney's back is Becky Anderson. T-A photo ffiffigffifflOffilaffiffifflOffigfflOffiffiffifflOffiffifflOOMMM UI El El El Thank you... mi • m-i m-iGrand Bend! Ei 0 mi Buffaloburger Fest was an unqualified success. It Bi was only made possible by the outstanding support Ni and co-operation of the three service clubs in the Mi village, the United Church Women and the Grand Mi Bend village council. ffi B Bert Albertson,. chairman of the Buffaloburger El deserving committee, and his many dedicated helpers are El deserving of special commendation. All those people El too numerous to mention that cheerfully and willingly 01 gave many long hours of hard work guaranteed l success. El The dedication and spirit of co-operation shown El by the many good people of Grand Bend reflected El great credit on themselves, the village and the Mi Chamber of Commerce. El Congratulations on a job well done and a simple El "Thank You" to all who helped. YI GEORGE KADLECIK President GRAND BEND AND AREA El CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MffiffiffilffiffiffiffiMffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffilEffiffl GRAND BEND AND DISTRICT NEWS SECOND SECTION THE EXETER-TIMES ADVOCATE EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 19, 1975 Village tax rate drops as garbage pickup now assessed separately Buffaloburger .Fest tops expectations of Chamber Audiences will enjoy gastronomic treats in the Playhouse restaurant. Saturdays are Stable Fare nights beginning at 6:00 p.m. But the play is the thing! "Barefoot in the Park" by Neil Simon, will delight one and all. Newlyweds are always fun, especially when one is slightly kooky and the other is not at all! Add in a mother and a rakish neighbour and the ingredients make up just straight fun. And the fun begins Wednesday, June 25. Curtain time is 8:30. Because of heavy telephone orders, two new box office lines have been installed, The numbers are 238-8451 and -8452. rate was the reorganization Of payment for the garbage collection service. "The people who are using the garbage collection the most are now paying for it," he said. Councillor Simpson suggested that when tax payers added the garbage collection fees to their mill rates, most residential levies would be down while most commercial assessments would be increased slightly. In the past, the village added the garbage collection fee to the Dance, opening at Playhouse PANCAKE FAN — Mark Boogemans of Grand Bend would hardly take time out to tell the T-A his name when he'was downing a plate of pancakes and sausages at the Grand Bend United Church Women's breakfast Saturday morning: T-A photo TREASURE HUNT — Clowns are always popular and at the Treasure Hunt held during Buggaloburger Fest there were lots of clowns and prizes for everyone. Here little David O'Connor of Grand Bend looks at a monkey given him by a pipe smoking Bozo. T-A photo "Buffaloburger Days was an unqualified success." Those were the words of president 'George Kadlecik of the fledgling Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce as the group finished cleaning up the beach area Sunday where only 24 hours before a huge crowd of people enjoyed the two-day event featuring real buffalo burgers, The event was a success in more ways than one. Perhaps the most important aspect, according to Chamber secretary-manager Tom Webster and Fest chairman Bert Albertson, was that it showed that the people of Grand Bend were ready and willing to pitch in and help with community projects and still had a "tremendous spirit". Also important was the fact that good weather, burgers and beer had attracted thousands of people to Grand Bend where a well controlled "family style" atmosphere was enjoyed. Chamber officials were very proud Sunday that not one un- wanted incident occurred during the Fest and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely, A natural result of the popularity of the Buffaloburger Fest was the profit picture. Mr. Albertson said a total of 5,412 buffaloburgers were devoured by the hungry crowd along with 11,000 bottles of beer, resulting in a net profit for the Chamber of close to $6,000. And of course, besides eating and drinking, Buffaloburger Fest included a lot of entertainment, most of it light-hearted and in the case of the Mayors and Reeves Pre-Olympic Physique Contest, downright goofy. The contest was won by Mayor 'Moe' O'Dwyer of Southampton who appeared in a slipping diaper with his hands cuffed. The grunts and groans of the mayors as they lifted weights, did situps and pushups, did little to enhance their hardiness in the eyes of their constituents and the fact that Grand Bend Reeve Bob Sharen placed last in the contest will no doubt have far reaching effects on the next election campaign. The politicians were not without casualty during the fray as Reeve Don Seegmiller of Thedford appeared bandaged about the head. Most of the crowd thought it was part of the act but the politician suffered a nasty gash mounting the float which brought the officials to Buf- faloburger Fest, The horseshoe tournament was a popular event with L. Venner of Kippen and H, Salt of Mitchell taking top prize followed by E. Anderson and J. Randell of Kippen. It is hoped this event will grow in future years. Summing up, the words of Chamber president George Kadlecik probably best express the event: "Congratulations on a job well done and a simple 'thank you' to all who helped." Taxes in the village of Grand Bend will go down for most property owners as a result of a budget approved by village council at a meeting Monday night. The 1975 mill rate was set at 130 mills for residential and 140 mills for commercial. Last year, residential taxpayers were faced with a mill rate of 134.7 while the commercial levy was 144.6. Finance chairman Robert Simpson explained that the reason for the drop in the mill There is only one more week before the curtain goes up in the new Huron Country Playhouse theatre, The entire premises are filled with busy, bustling people working without pause to meet the deadline of opening night, June 25, Hammers are flying, telephones are ringing and the actors are pouring over lines as the last week works up to a fever pitch. Country Playhouse officials are requesting that anyone wishing tickets for the season purchase them as soon as possible. Those selling season tickets are also asked to get their sales into organizers with the Board or the Women's Guild. The ladies of the Women's Guild are also finalizing their preparations for the Gala Pre- Season Dance on Saturday June 21. The dance will begin at 9:00 p.m. and it is for all the Playhouse season-ticket holders. The stage curtain which the Woman's Guild has donated to the theatre will be dedicated at this time. The ladies have been preparing for months for the dance and thanks to them it should be a colourful, en- tertaining event. In addition to working on the new theatre and the opening show, "Barefoot in the Park," work is also in progress for the various other attractions at the Playhouse. Ruth Ann Merner, curator of The Granery, the Playhouse's art gallery, is get- ting things "ship shape" for its opening on June 25 as well. Area artists will have the chance to display their work in this char- ming setting. The Woman's Guild boutique, which had such success last year, will again be housed in the Great Barn adjacent to the new theatre. Crafts and knick knacks will be on sale there. Not only are there things to see. Bayfield Conservation Authority. Expenditures set A breakdown of the estimated expenses is as follows: members of council, $7,000; ad- ministration, $24,500; general government unclassified, $3,000; public works, $41,000; police, $2,000; animal control, $600; garbage collection, $16,000; dump, $6,000; street lighting, $13,000; fire protection, $10,000; recreation, $16,000; grants, $3,300; planning, $7,000; education, $125,188; county rate, $55,759; conservation, $3,868. Capital expenditures will in- clude cemetery, $4,000; road repair $15,000 and other, $10,000., Total estimated expenditures for the village in 1975 is $371,215. On the revenue side of the balance sheet, the village expects .pci raise $277,145Ahr met taxation. A total of $28,000 will be raised Please turn to page 3A pci, %Pass Annual Appliance SCRATCH & DENT SALE SAVE! ! ! Freezer Special July 1 weekend at MAX'S TV & APPLIANCES Grand Bend 238-2493 taxes. This year, charges were assessed against large, medium and light collection customers, depending on the number of pickups per week which are required. The residential general levy, that portion required by the town was set at 38.3 compared to 45.8 in 1974. The commercial general levy of 41.6 is down substantially from 49.8. Elementary educational levies are up from 29.2 last year to 34.5 in 1975 for residential taxpayers and from 32.4 to 38.3 for com- mercial assessment. The secondary educational levies are up from 24.3 to 25.9 for residential and 27 to 28.8 for commercial, The mill rate to raise funds for the levy from Lambton County will again be 23.3 mills. Fire protection will use up six mills for the residential assessment and 10 mills on the commercial assessment. 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