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SHINNY IN GRAND BEND — The old river bed in Grand Bend is a busy spot these days as area youngsters take to skating
and playing hockey. Ready for a game of shinny Sunday were Jake Morrice, Scott Boyd, Bud Richardson, Doug Brenner, Pat
Richardson and Justin Peckitt. T-A photo
Oppose annexation proceedings
ex
Mrs. Louise Clipperton.
clerk
Village of Grand Bend
Grand Bend. Ontario
Dear Madam:
At a meeting of the
ecutive of Southcott Pines
Park Association on 5
January, 1979 the attached
report and recommendation
from our Municipal Integra
tion committee was ap
proved in its entirety
without exception and ap
proved to be forwarded in its
entirety to the councils and
news media directly con
cerned.
We would be pleased to
provide further information
if you wish.
Yours truly,
A.W. Read
President
* **
Your committee has had
the opportunity, since our
appointment following the
annual meeting, to review
further some of the aspects
related to the question of an
annexation application by
the Village of Grand Bend
for lands in Bosanquet
Township, or by Bosanquet
for lands in Grand Bend.
Because all the facts and
implications of the annexa
tion question are still not
available to us, your com
mittee remains of the opi
nion that no position should
be taken at this time.
However, we wish to assure
the Association that we will
.continue to review the ques
tion in the hope of providing
the ratepayers with all of
the relevant information
possible in order to assess
boundary adjustments.
In the meantime,
however, we have .reached a
firm and unanimous conclu
sion that Southcott Pines
Park Association should
take a strong and public
stand against annexation
proceedings by either
municipality at the present
time, for three basic and im
portant reasons.
1. Excessive costs to
ratepayers. We note that one
recent annexation hearing
involved 44 lawyers over a
considerable length of time
and is still before the courts.
The legal costs alone, we un
derstand, are running into
the hundreds of thousands of
dollars, all of which must be
raised from local
ratepayers’ pocketbooks.
We feel it would be folly to
subject the ratepayers in
our small municipalities to
possibly-non-productive and
excessive expenditures, par-
tifularly when the results
may be as much dependent
upon the persuasiveness of
the lawyers involved as upon
Grand Bend councillor KeithCOUNCILLOR IN ACTION _____ _______ ...
Crawford has a break away on the ice at the old river bed.
the welfare of the taxpayers
affected.
2. Bitterness and division.
While much more tangible,
the toll of bitterness and
animosity generated by an
annexation hearing can be a
serious setback to communi
ty relations for many years,
particularly again when it
involves smaller
municipalities such as ours.
In effect, such a hearing is a
court fight amongst
neighbors, with all its atten-
dant excesses, ex
aggerations and innuendoes.
We see no point in expending
our much-needed resources
on such confrontation when
all of our energies and ef
forts. should be directed
toward general betterment
of our community.
3. Non-community process.
While if is true that
every citizen has an oppor
tunity to be heard at a hear
ing, under the rather
stringent rules of procedure
there is no opportunity for
discussion, debate or
information-type meetings
in which residents may par-
ticipate, question or
Please turn to Page 20
everybody saves on food here
Golden Agers listen to poems,
Anglicans welcome new rector
Fifteen Golden Agers met
Wednesday afternoon at the
Village Inn for their January
meeting.
President Mary Ravelle
presided. Bill Love on violin
and Nola Love on piano
entertained with some
musical numbers.
Clara Hamilton read two
poems “Christmas in
retrospect” and “Gossip”.
Author of these poems was a
former Grand Bend resident,
Maurine Dewey, now
deceased.
Susie Devine also read two
poems. “I ain’t dead yet”
and “Who will take Grand
ma”?
Meeting closed early with
coffee and lunch served by
Inn staff.
Anglican church news
The regular meeting of the
Anglican ladies was held
Thursday afternoon.
Convener, Thelma
Brousseau presided, with ten
members present.
Plans were made for
another euchre party,
January 25, at the Parish
hall.
Sunday morning the
congregation of St. John’s by
the lake, welcomed Rev.
George Anderson of Exeter
AND DISTRICT NEWS
ONE DOWN FIVE TO GO — The old river bed was the most popular spot in Grand Bend
Sunday afternoon. A casualty had a fall in a crack-the-whip game. y
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as their new rector. St.
John’s church has now
joined with Trivitt Anglican
of Exeter to be a two point
charge. A coffee hour
followed the service.
United church
The Sacrament of Holy
Communion was observed,
Sunday morning, at the
United church.
Rev. H. Moore’s sermon
topic, “A hard saying,” was
based on scripture from
John, Chapter 6, verses 53-
61.
The two lovely choir an
thems were “All lands and
peoples’’, by Austin
Lovelace, “Let all' the
world” by George Herbert.
The lovely flowers in the
church sanctuary this
morning were placed in
loving memory of Arthur
Finkbeiner by his family.
All treasurers and
secretaries of the United
church are asked to please
submit all reports by
January 12, for printing in
the annual report.
Persona Is
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Gill and
Mrs. Raymond Fading have
returned from a few days
holidays in North Bay with
the Gill’s daughter Elaine,
Mr. & Mrs. Mel Ramsden
and family.
Mr. & Mrs. John Neave
have returned from a five
week holiday with two of
their daughters with Mr. &
Mrs. Kenneth Cairns,
Kenneth and Beverley,
Beamsville, and Mr. & Mrs.
John Washington, Benjamin,
Charlotte, Sharon and Tina,
Dundas.
Several Grand Bend ladies
have been busy at one of
their favorite winter hobbies
of quilting.
United church women
served lunch Saturday af
ternoon in the S.S. rooms of
the church for family,
relatives and friends of the
late Art Finkbeiner following
the funeral service.
Clarke Kennedy returned
home Friday night after
accompanying Mr. & Mrs.
Roy Flear to Florida.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Keyes
flew to Ottawa for a week’s
holidays over the Christmas
season with their son Mr, &
Mrs. Carmen Keyes, Ted,
Tom, Jane and Tim.
Recent visitors with the
Keyes were their cousins Mr.
& Mrs. Wilfred Garner of
Colonsay, Saskatchewan.
Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Sanders,
Welland, David Sanders,
Pam Alway, Dr. & Mrs.
Gavin Stuart, all of London,
spent the weekend with Mrs.
Art Finkbeiner.
Thirteen young people
from Church of God attended
a Provincial Youth Rally,
Saturday at Church of God in
Kitchener. Activities in
cluded a hike and a special
speaker.
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas
Campbell and Eric of
Westfield, near Blyth, visited
Sunday with Rev. & Mrs.
John Campbell, Laura Lee
and Douglas.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Keyes
were dinner guests, Sunday,
with their son, Mr. & Mrs. Le
Roy Keyes and family On the
occasion of Scott’s 7th bir
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