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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-08-17, Page 19don’t allied Turn- Hay Also writes for big bands As part of its program to encourage more tourismWE TREAT YOU ROYALLY _______ _ _________________v___________ province, the ministry of industry and tourism has been conducting a campaign businesses to make tourists feel welcomed. As Grand Bend and area Chamber of Co.....v,„ president Nic Carter and ministry representative Dawn Lashbrook look on, Ron Landrey owner of the Red Gables hotel in Grand Rpnrl nlnrpc m rnlniirfiil "Wo tronl in the i , . r « -r...ww..1 >M amo n g businesses to make tourists feel welcomed. As Grand Bend and area Chamber of Commerce president Nic Carter and ministry representative Dawn Lashbrook look on, Ron Landrey owner of the Red Gables hotel in Grand Bend places a colourful "We treat you royally” sticker on his door. T-A photo TH b.S’ Many special events staged at Clandeboye By MRS. ARTHUR HODGINS The family of the late Henry and Emily Kestle, met for their annual get- together, in Canatara Park, Sarnia. Forty members were present from Windsor, Detroit, Sarnia, Toronto, London, Sebringville, Lucan and Clandeboye. David Hall of Detroit, brother of Mrs. H.J. Kestle was present and spent an enjoyable time of visitation. The races and games were in charge of Mrs. Jack Stevenson and Mrs. A. Charron, Windsor. (Kathleen and Lillian.) Three and under - Christie Ford; 5 and under - Tim Kestle, Nathan Stahl, and Deanna Charron; 12 and under - Cindy Kestle, Greg Newman, Carol Cunningham and Michael Charron; Over 12 - Kevin Cunningham, Kim Newman, Larry Kestle. A candy scramble was enjoyed by all. A picnic dinner was set and all had a beautiful day together. Personals It’s that time of the year again when people are thinking honey. Kestles report, the crop so far is light, but prospects look good for a little more. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil, Lewis, entertained at their home Thursday evening and had as their guests the township council members of London, Lobo and Biddulph town­ ships and Ailsa Craig and Lucan villages. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Carter, Mrs. Viola Carter, Mr. and Mrs. George Lee attended the 40th wedding anniversary party for Mr. r---------------------- Grand Bend Nursery School and Mrs. Stanley Lee, held at the Lions Hall in Wyoming Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lewis spent the week end in Kin­ cardine where they took in the Lobster-fest and visited with Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Riggin. , Catherine Lynn is spen­ ding a couple of weeks with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thom, Bramalea. Mr. and Mrs. Art Hodgins were guests Saturday at the wedding of Myriam Sustarsic of London to Jim Benn, Lucan at St. Michaels Catholic Church, with dinner and reception at the Ukraina Country Club. The Clandeboye United Church Women will be assisting the Lucan U.C.W. in their lunch room at the Lucan Fair this week end. Drop in and have a sit down cup of tea or coffee while you rest and enjoy home made goodies such as pie, cake tarts and sandwiches. You’ll find us in the large shed near are their the children’s midway. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hettrick and Mrs. Agnes Hornell, Kirkland Lake are spending a couple of weeks at the latters home in Clandeboye while renewing old acquaintances. Desi and Marty, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs, Erwin Gebel, London holidaying with grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Gebel. Jeff McComb, Elginfield spent the week end with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Williams. The family of Mr. and Mrs. David Kestle celebrated Davids’ birthday, August 2 at their home when Mr. and Mrs. George Cunningham and family Mr, and Mrs. Dave Newman and family, Lucan, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kestle, Mr, and Mrs. M. Stahl and family, Mr. Gord Hetherington, all of London and Janis, prepared a smorgasbord dinner and presented Dave with a lovely gold watch. Times-Advocate, Avgust 17, 1978 Page 19 Composer helps jazz-up church anniversary There may appear to be something incongruous with a jazz band being asked to produce a record to mark a church anniversary, but not according to Norm Tufts, a summer resident of bull’s Grove in Township. “A lot of people realize how closely jazz and church music are”, he explains. “Back was the patriarch of jazz — and that was some two centuries ago. I keep a bust of Bach on my piano.” Tufts, whose father lived <3C years together featuring THE WASHINGTONS Norm Tufts, left, cranks up for album jacket in the Kirkton area, com­ posed eight of the 12 tunes in an album-featuring The Washington’s, the jazz group which recorded “50 Years Together” in honor of the 50th anniversary of The United Church of Canada. It was produced in the Olivet United Church in Hamilton by Berkeley Studios and the United Church of Canada. Tufts, who also plays the piano in two of the numbers on the album, got his background in music at the organs of Danforth and Kim- bourne Park United Churches in Toronto as a boy, then went on to play and write for big bands such as Les Brown’s. He still plays for churches, but draws raised eye-brows oc­ casionally when he indulges in flatted fifths and sevenths with his left hand. He travelled on two summer tours with the Les Brown Orchestra in 1959-60. His many compositions include ballads, blues, medium bounce and up tempo tunes as well as hymns. His songs have been per­ formed by many of the big name bandSj including Les Brown, Lionel Hampton, Peter Appleyard and Mike Vax, as well as the London based Johnny Downs Orchestra. Calling his composing firm Grand Bend Music B.M.I., Tufts has also com­ posed songs featured on two albums released by the Mike Vax Orchestra. Vax is the former lead trumpet player with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and he led the latter for six months when Kenton was in the hospital a few years ago. Tufts, now a resident of Hamilton is in wellknown company with his com­ positions in the church album. Other songs used were composed by Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and W.C. Handy. iRerpj? rays Open 7 days a week 10-6 Thurs. & Fri. til 9 1 ’A miles south of Grand Bend Traffic Lights on Hwy. 21 Grand Bend 238-2818 j FINAL CLEARANCE SALE 50% On A// Summer Merchandise Starting August 18 Fall Fashions Arriving Daily J Planning underway for Zurich festival You can tell that we are no't far from the fall harvest when activities surrounding this community’s 13th an­ nual bean festival begin to get underway. The Bean festival has been one of the major success stories in this part of the country with almost 15,000 people coming to last year’s celebration of the white bean and providing that the AUCTION TOTALS $16,000 — The second annual International Art Auction at the Huron Country Playhouse Sunday evening grossed about $16,000. Whileauctioneerfor the evening Sharon Theobald describes a Salvador Dali poster, a portion of the crowd of about 250 looks on. With the poster is one of the helpers for the auction, Carey Price of Guelph. T-A photo SEPTEMBER REGISTRATION GRAND BEND UNITED CHURCH Aug. 22 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Must be three years before Dec. '78 For information call 238-8667 after 6 p.m. V_________-J GRAND DECORATING AND FLOORING CENTRE Moore Beautify with us • Benjamin Paints • Wallpaper • Vinyls and Solarium • Wood shades and blinds • Drapery Hardware 238-8603 CHAItf.EX 15 Main St. t Nova Scotian attends Shipka By MRS. HUGH MORENZ SHIPKA Grand Bend United Church was the setting Saturday for the wedding of Michelle Lea Webster and William Hugh Morenz. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Carol Harrington, London and Mr. A. Webster St. Lucia. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Morenz are parents of the groom. A picture and details of the wedding appear on the women’s page of this issue. The bride was given in By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Dobson have returned home after being patients in St, Marys Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Joan McCormick has returned home after motoring and spending two IFlweeks vacation out west. Mr. & Mrs. Burns Blackler visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Harold Henry and Jeff and Mrs, Wm, Blackler at their cottage at Pointe Clarke. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Denham, Mr, & Mrs. Burns Blackler and Mr. & Mrs. Harold Davis attended Derry Day at Collingwood on Saturday. Mr. & Mrs. Lome Francis, Windsor visited Friday with Mr. & Mrs. Miller McCurdy and Mrs. Harold Davis. Valerie, Kevin and Marie Stephen of Anderson, spent a few days this week with their grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Rae Stephen. man is married marriage by her eldest brother, Ian Webster of Kitchener. Organist and soloist was Paul Sweeney of Toronto. A very special wedding guest was the bride’s 90 year old great grandmother, Mrs. Edna Pettigrew from Nova Scotia. The wedding dinner was held in Dashwood Com­ munity centre, followed by a reception dance inf the open air pavillion with music by the Blue Water Playboys. Out of town guests came from Montreal, Nova Scotia, Toronto, Kitchener, Elora, Caledonia, London, Belleville, Mio, Michigan, Seaforth, Kippen, Hensail and Exeter. Personals Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Keller on the arrival of their eighth great grandchild, when a baby was born last week to their grandson and -wife, Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Keller, Stratford. Mr. & Mrs. Harold Vin­ cent, Lori, Michael and Michelle, spent last week on holiday at the Church of God camp in St. Louis Michigan, Visitors on and during the week end with Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Morenz, were Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Dell, Tonya and Cynthia, of Belleville, Mr. & Mrs. Roy Boerner, Mio, Michigan, ahd Mrs. Carol Harrington, London. Week end visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Keller were Mr. & Mrs. Don Keller, Goderich, Mr. & Mrs. Jim Keller and family Stratford, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Feltz, Tammy and Terry, Brinsley, Mr. & Mrs. Roy Gibson and Mark, Crediton. Mark is spending some holidays at his grandparents home. Herbert Harlton and Dorothy, Mrs. Karl Guenther and Karen were among the relatives who attended the 25th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Ken Westman, Sunday at their home in Lon­ don. . vteather co-operates, ■ similar crowds can be ex- r pected this year. ’ Organizers of the event i once again have a full schedule of events planned i with festivities getting un- ■ derway bright and early at 8 , a.m. on August 26 with an i old fashioned breakfast. Ser- . ving up the pancakes and j homemade sausage will be , members of the Zurich minor athletic association. The big attraction of the festival is of course, the beans and they’ll be available for $2.50 a plate from 11 a.m. right through till 7 p.m. For those with a sweet tooth, both pieces and com­ plete pies made by members of the various church groups in the village will be available. Entertainment has always been a popular feature of the festival and this year there will be a midway plus a stage near the Hay township office. MCing the show this year will be popular CKNX TV entertainers Earl and Martha Heywood. Another event that has proved popular over the years has been the frog jum­ ping contest sponsored by Dr. C.J. Wallace. Frogs and trainers should\be ready to go sometime in the after­ noon. Horseshoe pitching has been an integral part of the festival with many pitchers expected to be in town for the Fred Harburn Ontario Doubles Horseshoe pitching championships. The com­ petition was won last year by Alex Boa of Goderich and his partner, singles world champion Elmer Hohl of $ Wellesley, Registration for the event is from 12 noon to 1 p.m. In the arena, a beer con­ cession is being run by the minor athletic association from 1 p.m, to 1 a.m. In the evening the annual bean festival dance spon­ sored by the athletic association which this year, features music by Mozart and The Melody Makers and Star-Trex. HURON SANITATION Owned by John J. Hotson CAN OFFER YOU COMPLETE 24 HR. SANITATION SERVICE PHONE JOHN HOTSON AT 238-2140 If no answer call 238-8240 for prompt reply. POWER SEWER LINE CLEANING • from 1 '/a" to 5” pipe • save unnecessary lawn damage • cut down labour costs • for farm, commercial and residential PORTABLE TOILET SERVICE Portable Toilets are available 7 days a week with Maintenance and Delivery included. 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