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Times-Advocate, 1979-06-06, Page 17Pinery Flea Market: 'a trip through nostalgia,a fun event" Bob had always been a collector of old clocks, and two years before he had About ten years ago, Bob asked his wife to guess what her. After working steadily Sandercott walked into his he had done that day. When for 25 years in a box factory, home * Page 1A June 6, 1979 z as Firemen teach life saving • a • » fj***1- UNDER THE TREES — Pinery Flea Market draws crowds on any Sunday afternoon to their outdoor mall. Twenty Grand Bend and area residents received training in cardio­ pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at the public school last week. Taking the life saving course were policemen, firemen, life guards, swim instructors and other interested people, instructors for the CPR course were Paul 'Treat you royally' comes to the Bend A mix of employers and employees in Grand Bend attended a hospitality training program Monday at the Village Inn. About 18 people took part in the “We treat you royally” seminar sponsored by the provincial government. Bud Crocker, a tourism consultant with the Ministry of Industry and Tourism organized the hospitality program. Crocker says the program is essentially aimed at the employee who doesn’t understand the economic importance of tourism. * “It’s very im­ portant in this town where the whole economy is tourism,” Crocker says. Crocker says that 12 years ago Canada was perceived as the friendliest country in the world. Then it began to acquire a reputation for being rude, and not providing full services to visitors, he says. Crocker says he hopes this will change with the “We treat you royally” campaign and the hospitality program. Crocker says that Canada has an enormous tourism trade deficit of about two billion dollars. Chris George, also with the Ministry of industry and tourism, presented some facts on tourism, were shown. Advice in such things good grooming, telephone manners, handling com­ plaints, and courtesy was given. Crocker says that the program can be run again if any area businessmen are interested in this training for their employees. and slides 70,000 burgers! Everything but the weather is under control for Grand Bend’s burgerfest. Spokesman for the Chamber of Commerce Len Hume says that plans are running as scheduled and they’re hoping for good weather. The purpose of the Chamber’s burgerfest, according to Hume, is to get the summer off to an early start, and get people into town for something special. This year 10,000 burgers are being made; last year over 8,000 were sold. The chamber is erecting a larger tent on the beach this year. 1 Brad Page is looking after the bed races, Xavier Boogemans is handling canoe races, and Stan Lovie is organizing the chain sawing contest. Pearl Houck is planning a craft show, and Huron Country Playhouse is putting on a special production of “Sleeping Beauty”. « w w w SNAKE IN THE GRASS — One of the most popular games among the children at Grand Bend Nursery School is “snake in the grass”. Playing it here are Danny Sageman, Lee Ann Reckitt and Sara Patterson. Fiona Walker takes the role of the snake. T-A photo McPherson, George Robinson and Debi Wooden. Robinson and McPherson are firemen from London. Pauline Lingard of Grand Bend organized the program. London firemen have been travelling throughout surrounding communities to teach basic life support. There are 389 firemen in London qualified to teach CPR. “Our goal is to have one person in each family know CPR” says McPher­ son. The course was orginally set up by the American Heart Foundation, and is now used all over the world. Classes run for three evenings — two classes for learning and one for testing. Successful students receive a certificate stating that they know CPR. The main tool in teaching CPR is a plastic mannequin. The instructors call the model Ressusi-Anne. She was designed by a Swedish doctor to resemble a 14 year 'old girl, after he was unable to save his own daughter’s life. Ressusi-Anne flashes red and yellow lights if the students push too hard on her chest, or they aren’t working in the right place. Her lungs inflate just as a human’s would, except that she spews out a graph from her side indicating her pulse and breathing. CPR can be performed singly or as a team. Students were taught how to approach another person who was doing CPR and work together with them. The course cost $15 per student. The village of Grand Bend paid for some firemen and life guards to learn the technique.*4 CARDIO PULMONARY RESUSCITATION- London firemen George Robinson and Paul McPherson perform CPR on Resussi-Anne as Grand Bend area people who took the CPR course look on. T-A photo By MARY BLEWETT Truck folded, heGrand Bend’s cuisine is known and remembered far and wide. The taste .of french fries and hot dogs at one eating establishment in particular lingers in the minds of many who haven’t visited the ‘Bend for years. i realized this last March when I had a chance to see Santana in concert at Maple Leaf Gardens. & # & (For those of you not up on your rock groups, Santana is an eight piece band from California who have been in .the business under the direc­ tion of Carlos Devidip San­ tana for about 12 years.) But I didn’t go to see Carlos, although he is probably the best guitarist in the rock industry right now. I went to visit their drummer of two years, Graham Lear. Graham is a native of Lon- don, Ontario and just happens to be married to my cousin Sandy, He started at a very young age with the London Police Boys Band. Director Martin Boundy said Graham had rhythm, and Graham’s been proving it ever since. He played with Junior Symphony, London’s ____ _„„.r___ _ and then went on to have his own rock and roll band at age 15 — King Lear and the Playrites. He also spent time travell­ ing with George Olliver and Natural Gas before he became a member of the London based group “Truck”. They played at many high school dances in this area, and some readers will remember them. purchased a shop in Grand Bend, which he had turned into “Bob’s Clocks and Antique Store.” Running the clock shop was to become a stepping stone to the Pinery Flea Market. Bob admits he started at the box factory as a “jo? boy”, but he always thought things would get better if he worked his way up. Even­ tually he became a foreman, but one day he realized that he was still doing most of the work. That was the day he quit. Bob says that fear of having to go to the factory to ask for his old job back kept him going at the clock shop. He was forced to sell several clocks in his collection Price Per Copy 25 Cents After Truck folded, he travelled with the orchestra of a ballet company, and then joined Gino Vanelli. Graham left the Vanelli brothers after four years when contract talks broke down, and decided to take up studio and recording work in Toronto. Instead he got a call from California inviting him to audition for Santana. He got the job and has been drummer for this group that emphasizes their percussion for over two years. # V Since ftthen, they’ve cut several albums and gone on many tours. In Australia they travelled with Fleetwood Mac and per­ formed to sell-out crowds everywhere. In Japan, Graham is so popular that the Yamaha drum people keep him supplied in drums for the use of his picture on their promotion material. “Moonflower”, the album made during their European tour, is still selling — es­ pecially with the revival of “Black Magic Woman” and “Evil Ways”. Their newest album, “Inner Secrets” just earned them a gold record. Graham’s nearly 30 years old now, and he’s travelled all over the world. When he’s not on tour, the Lears live in a Los Angeles suburb, making frequent visits to Carlos Santana’s mansion. & # 4 But guess what he wants to do this summer! EVen though he hasn’t been here for many years, Graham Wants to visit Grand Bend, “and go to the Cheryl-Ann for some Frenchifies”. he sold for $2000 is now worth more than $10,000 he says. Business at the clock shop progressed, and in only two years he had developed a known antique store. He repaired old clocks, too, picking up the technique as he went along. Then he had the op­ portunity to buy an old potato storage, and several acres of land on highway 21 south of Grand Bend. Bob went into business with a partner and the Pinery Flea Market opened up. After the sudden death of his partner, Bob took over the business which is now in its eighth year. He says he enjoys working at his Flea Market — especially the outdoor work such as building fences or setting up booths. He also likes travelling around the countryside and visiting other dealers, or going to auction sales. “It’s a terrible thing to say, but if I had to go back to factory job indoors, I’d rather be dead,”-Bob says. His wife sells clocks and small antiques from their Main Street store, and Bob has a salesman and han­ dyman, Tom Webster, to work at the Flea Market Store where he keeps the larger pieces of furniture. Bob’s 22 year old daughter Joanne looks after ad­ missions at the gate of the Flea Market, and sometimes his young son Rob helps out, too. Rob usually looks after the Junquev Table where shoppers can grab up such items as slightly used Harlequin Romances. Webster, a retired air force colonol, likes his job at the Flea Market. He says that the Flea Market is a “fun event”, that “never * gets dull” because the scenery is always changing. Because the merchandise is different all the time, people seem to enjoy just taking a walk through tjie displays. “And nobody complains about the 50c admission charge,” he says. “It’s like a museum, a1 trip Playhouse announces first cast James Murphy, Artistic Director of the Huron Country Playhouse has announced the cast of Pools Paradise, the first show of the new 1979 season. A British farce by Philip King, Pools Paradise is something of a sequel to “See How They Run”, the tremendous hit from the 1977 Season. Like “See How They Run”, the play is a fanciful bit of farce intended to produce a maximum amount of amusement. Its setting is the same Merton-cum- Middlewick Vicarage. The action centres around the Reverend Lionel Toop’s wife, Penelope, who dabbles in a football pool with thev help of Ida, the maid, and »Willie, Ida’s suitor. Com­ plications ensue when the threesome win — or think they win — 200,000 pounds. Returning to the scene too, are the infamous Miss Skillon the Bishop of Lax and Reverend Humphrey. Playing the irrepressable Penelope Toop will be Trudy Cameron. Miss Cameron has appeared in leading theatres across the country, including Stratford, the Manitoba Theatre Centre and Toronto Arts Productions. Stanley Coles returns to portray Reverend Lionel Toop, the role which won him much approval in “See How They Run”. Past Playhgouse performances include Sir Francis Chesney “Charley’s Aunt”, Rodney Stoutheart in “The Mumberley Inheritance”. Jennifer Austin plays Ida, the loveable, but ad­ dlebrained maid. Peter Millard is her bungling suitor, Willie. Playhouse audiences will remember his delightful performance as Lord Babberley in “Charley’s Aunt”. Drew Russell is The Reverend Aurthur Humphrey and Jay McDonald is back as The Bishop of Lax. Jenny Tur­ ner, a frequent performer at Sudbury Theatre takes on the role Skillon, the ever guardian of the morals. The production directed by James Murphy and designed by Christopher Brown. It opens Wednesday evening, Jufie 27 arid plays nightly through July 7 (except Sunday, July 1), with 2:30 p.m. matinees on June 30, July 4 and July 7. in and Centre, of Miss vigilant village will be through nostalgia,” Webster says. He drives an old Cadillac, and claims to be a nostalgia buff himself. He says that everybody who strolls through the Flea Market store says things like “Oh yes, Grandma used to have one of those ,in the kitchen,” Webster says he sells a lot of what he calls “instant relatives.” Old paintings or photographs of people long forgotten can be purchased. The buyer takes them home and hangs them up, “adopting” an old Aunt Martha. Webster says they are very proud of their outdoor mall complete with trees. He thinks it is one of the largest Flea Markets around. When Bob first opened eight years ago, about 20 dealers were in the market. Now they have 50 dealers indoors and another 38 outside. The dealers pay $5 for an outdoor stall, and $10 to be inside. The Flea Market is open every Sunday from May to September. The day starts early Sunday morning as the dealers buy and sell from one another. Then at 10:00 a.m. the gates open so the public can flood in. A snack bar allows shoppers to have breakfast and lunch without leaving the market area. Webster says the dealers are willing to haggle and bargain over prices, and they like to have some fun, too. One dealer dresses in an old top hat, another plays old-time fiddle music over a loud speaker system. As well as such flea market favorites' as lamps and old china "got a car T-A photo MINDS PAYING — Joanne Sandercott, 22, collects the 50 admission fee for her father on Sunday after­ noons. Joanne to pay for". says shetakesthe job because she's PRICING ANTIQUES — Owner Bob Sandercott price of an old telephone. and employee Tom Webster decide on the PRIMITIVE IMPLEMENTS — Bruce Steeper of Parkhill sells refinished farm tools at the Flea Market. T-A photo Police recover stolen boats other thefts investigated Grand Bend detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police investigated one break and enter and three thefts during the week of May 27 to June 2. Two boats valued at $7,160 were stolen but later recovered. Over the week, the Grand Bend police also investigated one case of wilful damage, and two disturbances. They charged one impaired driver, and one suspended driver. Nine people face liquor charges, and 23 were charged under the highway traffic act. Accidents marred the weekend at Grand Bend. The Save U Gas Bar reported that a vehicle backed into the glass, a few dealers have specialties. At one booth, buyers can get fresh baked goods, and at another nuts and dried fruit can be pur­ chased. One dealer has a selection of colorful violets as well as his antique merchandise. Another dealer specializes in refinished primitive farm tools. Old horse collars finished up to hold a mirror are popular. Sometimes a buyer can NOBODY ■ j in ' gas pumps causing $600 damage, and then left the scene. On Friday a three car accident at the stop lights caused $4,500 damage. Jeffrey Thompson of Parkhill was charged* after failing to stop at a red light. Involved in the crash were vehicles belonging to Carol Mary Wilson of Corunna and Dale McGuffin of London. Minor injuries were sustained. A motorcycle was involved in an accident when it skidded on sand and collided with a parked car on Main Street. Damage to the two vehicles amounted to $450. Frederick Berry of Calgary was driving the motorcycle, and his passenger was comd across unique items such as old slot machines or “one-armed bandits”. Bob also has a display of modern reproductions — furniture that is made today, but looks like Grandpa’s oak table. Spinning wheels are a popular reproduction. Because of the popularity and growth of the Flea Market, Bob would like to sell his clock shop on Main street, and move those an­ tiques to the Flea Market. Carleene Wilde of Grand Bend. Owner of the parked car was Beth Jamieson of Park hill. Seven people were charged under the highway traffic act by the Pinery Park Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. They also charged 13 under the liquor licence act, and 16 under the provincial parks act. Four thefts were in­ vestigated. A two car accident on highway 21 south of Grand Bend last Monday resulted in $2,350.00 damage. The cars were driven by Lester Wemple, Windsor and Helen Cooper, Mount Clemens, Michigan.There were no in­ juries.