Times-Advocate, 1987-06-03, Page 5SPRING FLING — The ladies of Exeter Bible Fellowship hosted a Spring Fling in the old town hall, Ex
eter. Shown (left) are Rosemary Ferguson who gave a cake decorating demonstration, Mary Gardiner,
one of the organizers, soloist Janet Krahn and guest speaker Liz Bann from London. A similar evening
is planned for the fall.
Event -filled week at Queenswa
Monday afternoon marked our last
official game of bingo for the season.
The ladies from the Hensall United
Church, Unit II led our last bingo.
We'd like to thank the women from
the Hensall United Church, as well a�
all the other groups who took part this
past fall and winter in our Monday
afternoon bingos.
Tuesday afternoon was once again
time to enjoy another church service
conducted by Rev. Vipperman. An of
us enjoyed his service, as well as sing-
ing our favourite hymns which were
accompanied by Rev. Vipperman on
his guitar.
Wednesday morning our resident
council met. In the afternoon several
of us went bowling at the Town and
Country Lanes in Zurich. We had a
super time bowling and we'd like to
congratulate Neil Regan and Muriel
ronton.
By MRS. E. SUMMERS
At the Granton United Church
Rev.Bruce Pierce was in charge of
the Sunday morning service and took
his sermon from the scripture lesson
taken from Timothy 1:3-12 and entitl-
ed his message "The How of
Encouragement".
To get close to God it is important
that we get to know him and that we
are part of his family.We need en-
couragement. God is the encourager.
Once you know that your relationship
is in God never look back.
Funny thing
A funny thing happened on Sunday
night at the Edmonton Oilers -
Philadelphia Flyers Stanley Cup
playoff game. A few moments before
the end of the second period the
camera zoomed in on a fan who was
holding up a homemade sign. It read
"Dad, thanks for the ticket. It's great!
Granton, Ontario".
Get well wishes for Dorothy Vern.
80 club
Mrs. Ruby Iloggarth of the Blue
Water Rest Home in Zurich will -be 83
on June 9, 1987.
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Gunning with having the top male and
female scores for May.
Congratulations!
Thursday was a very busy day for
us at Queensway. In the afternoon we
watched a very educational and
entertaining film called "The Royal
Journey" which centered around
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip.
That evening we all attended the
monthly birthday party which was
sponsored this month by the Zurich
Mennonite Church ladies and the
G.M.S.A. Zurich Mennonite Girls. The
residents were entertained by the
girls with piano solos, duets and
singing.
Everyone at Queensway would like
to wish all the May birthdays - Bill
Eveland, Lloyd McDougall, Lucille
Jeffrey, Aleida Kats, Elmer Potter,
Luella Hall and Haie1 Mason - a very
happy birthday, and all the best in the
year to come.
We ended our week in style. Friday
was International Day and this month
we saluted Holland. In the afternoon
we had a Holland baking club where
we made 111' Dutch Girl cookies.
Yum!
In the evening we had the pleasure
of welcoming the Men's Choir from
the Christian Reformed Church in Ex-
eter. They sang both in English and
Dutch which was a real treat for us
all. Following the singing, we all wat-
ched a movie together called
"Springtime in Holland". This
beautiful movie was a perfect ending
to our international day and our
salute to Holland. We'd also like to
thank Rita Van Wieren for sharing
some of her Dutch items that she
brought over for us to view.
Quote of the week: "Facing it -
always facing it - that's the way to get
through. Face it!
Joseph Conrad
PCs get acquainted
"Let's get acquainted!" That's
what the Middlesex Progressive Con-
servatives did Thursday evening at
the Lucan Inn.
An enthusiastic group of over 75
PCs was entertained by Lee and
Shirley Paul with a singalong and
good jokes.
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They were impressed with Renie
Long, the provincial PC candidate for
Middlesex. She gave a thought pro-
voking address which dealt with
many controversial issues of the day.
Mrs. Long suggested that "as a
result of the proposed new Liberal
farm tax rebate program, many
100 -acre farm owners could end up
paying more property taxes."
Mrs. Long also noted that MPP
Doug Reycraft had told the 100 peo-
ple at his recent Liberal nomination
meeting that he was looking forward
to debating the issues with her. "I'm
looking forward to that day with
pleasure," she grinned.
The group in Lucan was told that
the Middlesex riding has been
redistributed by provincial order. The
riding will be expanded to include
Biddulph, Lucan, McGillivray, Ailsa
Craig, Parkhill, East and West
Williams, Adelaide as well as part of
east London;
UK representative here
Exeter's industrial promotion
representative in the United
Kingdom, Mike Darbishire, met with
the local economic development com-
mittee on May 20.
A former resident of this town, he
gave an update of his experiences to
responses to advertisements approv-
ed by the committee.
A report submitted to council this
week by committee chairman Bill
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committee with challenges for new
approaches to the marketing of
Exeter.
Some topics to be researched and
developed include: advertising for-
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desire, imports that could be
manufactured here, assets the town
has to offer, more detailed informa-
tion in the profile book and added
background of present industries and,
if possible, reasons for settling in
Exeter.
It was the first time some commit-
tee members had met the visitor and
former resident. One notable excep-
tion was committee member Peter
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Page 5
Grand Bend pole gets flag
The flag pole in the turning basin at
the foot of Main Street, Grand Bend
will finally be re -instated to its
original purpose: proudly flying the
Canadian flag.
Councillor Bruce Woodley was
pleased to hear at Monday's meeting
that Exeter resident Jim Veri, after
reading about the councillor's often
expressed desire to see a flag ap-
propriately located at the end of the
street, remembered his wall decora-
tion from bygone days. The seven by
fourteen foot Maple Leaf ensign was
donated to the village last week and
should be flying well before Canada
Day.
Plans for Canada Day celebrations
in the village will include the ever
popular parachute jumps to be con-
ducted by the Sport Parachuting Cen-
tre Inc. group, headquartered at
Grand Bend airstrip. Council approv-
ed their request for permission to ex-
ecute the jumps on the beach, on both
Canada Day and on the June 20
Burgerfest weekend, contingent on
the Sport Parachuting Centre obtain-
ing the required one million dollars
liability insurance.
In the absence of Reeve Green,
Deputy Reeve Dennis Snider acted as
Chairman of the council meeting,
with councillors Woodley and Lemon
in attendance. With three members
absent, it was decided that discus-
sions concerning the negotiations with
Green Forest Estates, to connect with
Grand Bends's sewer system, be
delayed until all councillors were pre-
sent. Green Forest Estates have
stated they are not interested in an-
nexation negotiations to obtain the
sewer connections.
The May 20 special council meeting
Iplanning matters) minutes were
adopted as written. The minutes dealt
with Mr. and Mrs. Sturdevant's objec-
tion to the Township of Hay Com-
prehensive Zoning By-law number
10/87; with methods of dealing with
enforcement of site plan agreements;
and with the minor variance applica-
tions of Brian and Mary Jane Cassin,
Mrs. Carrie Brandie, Juanita
Maureen Tiedeman, and Laura
Selves. Council expressed no objec-
tions to these variation applications.
A special council meeting, also con-
ducted on May 20 was held to discuss
the issue of the closing of the public
washrooms on Main Street, adjacent
to the O.P.P. offices. The minutes ex-
plained "there were only two people
in attendance due to a message
mistakenly not relayed." The two
non -council attendees were Edith
Coyle and Brenda DeJong. They
questioned why these washrooms
were closed.
Reviewing the discussions, acting
chairman Snider pointed out the poor
condition, the difficulties of
maintenance and cleanliness and the
considerable noise created by crowds
confined to the narrow passage bet-
ween the buildings. The O.P.P. state
this to be a security problem so close
to the cells within their building and
point out that their lease specifically
stated the washrooms would not be in
service at this location.
New street signs now inform
visitors of the location of the newer
Eilber St. washrooms and showers.
The Grand Bend and Area Recrea-
tion Committee submitted the
minutes of their May 27 meeting for
approval. It was announced that the
Busy Bee Playground Program
would begin July 6 and end August
21. The charges have been increased
to one child - $7.50/wk or $2.00/day;
$10.00/wk. - two children; $14.00/wk.
- three children.
Joanne Pentecost, supervisor, and
Tammy Frisa, assistant. both from
Parkhill will begin duties by atten-
Report is
Local "investors" in Exeter's song
about.the white squirrel will soon find
out how the project has been pro-
ceeding financially.
Councillor Peter Snell, who wrote
the song and joined some local musi-
cians in producing it, explained this
week that he plans a financial report
on the first anniversary of the song's
debut.
That comment came in response to
a question from Reeve Bill Mickle
about the selling pace of the record.
Mickle was one of the members of
council who questioned the town's in-
vestment of $400 in the project.
ding recreation workshops in Sarnia
on June 24-26.
All arrangements for the swim bus
program have also been made. The
Exeter Pool fees are 630.00 - three
week session only; 635.00 for one hour
grey and white levels. The bus
transportation to the Exeter pool will
handle 50 passengers with fees for
one, two or three children being $20,
*25, or $30.00. After the three week
session, Dan Reidy of the Beach
Patrol will meet with the swimmers
to discuss beach safety. Reidy had
proposed to council that he also run
complete swim lessons on the main
beach (and in local private pools) in
addition to the one offered by this
organized group of volunteers.
Liability insurance appears to be a
stumbling block.
Minutes from the Harbour Commit-
tee Meeting of May 21 recommended
the addition of two new staff
members at the Harbour Building.
Greg O'Toole and Maureen Vanden-
Boomen will join Harbourmaster
Dave Gill, Patti Love, Lee O'Rourke
and Scott Hayter who have returned
to service and welcome boaters to
Grand Bend Harbour. Sweat shirts
and t -shirts with a Harbour logo will
be available this year for sale.
Although the harbour is reported to
be as shallow as four feet in some
locations thus requiring some dredg-
ing, the additional new dock space
will facilitate the annual Grand Bend
Yacht Club "100" races scheduled for
June 27-28.
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It was reported that record sales
were "modest" last summer but
"quit in winter".
Snell broached the subject by say-
ing he was glad to see the white squir-
rel feature in a recent edition of the
London Free Press and added that he
had recently approached CKNX radio
in Wingham and had been rewarded
by getting the record spun a few times
over the air.
He added that if local residents call -
,ed the station with requests to hear it
played, they could be rewarded and
in turn provide some more promotion
for the town.
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