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Times-Advocate, 1979-09-06, Page 14Continued from page lA wore knee socks anymore. The obviously stylish girls in my new class were wearing the latest thing--panty hose! ! Think of that--not even garter belts and nylons, but panty hose. I never wore knee socks again in grade nine, Don't worry, they came back into style in grade 11, By the way, my husband says it wasn't that beautiful jumper that caught his eye when we first met in '69. It was a micro-mini corduroy "LOVE TO SEE YOU" ... and you'll love to see our big, beautiful selection of decorating ideas including floorcovering, wallpaper, and paint. GRAND BEND DECORATING' AND FLOORING . CENTRE - 238-8603 GOO CHARGER Page 2A Times-Advocate, September 6, 1979 f MR. AND MRS. STEVE MARTIN Deborah Holt and Steve Martin were united in marriage by the groom's uncle on August 11, in Grace Bible Chapel, Parkhill. The bride is the daughter of Erwin Holt, Grand Bend and the groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Martin, Wallenstein. The young couple are residing in Calgary, Alberta. More of Mary's musings At The Playhouse With Mary Alderson MAIN STREET IS NEVER QUIET — The hustle and bustle of business and tourists cleared out Monday night, but things weren't quiet long. First thing Tuesday morning huge chunks of pavement were piled in the middle of Main Street as sewer construption continues in Grand Bend, 'Could hardly wait for school' Nursery school attendence doubles SERVICE 4 PRESCRIPTION SERVICE HARWOOD DRUGS Ltd. W. Harwood, Phm.B 238-8540 Beside Post Office 22, 81 CRESCENT GRAND BEND, ONT. Featuring This Week Sweater Values Ladies 100% Shetland Wool CARDIGAN - Geometric design yoke - Ideal for sports or leisure . grey or beige Sizes S, M, L Men's Form Ailing Rib Knit PULLOVER Reg. '25 - Collar and 4 buttons - Assorted colors $ 60 5 - Sizes S, M. & L Ho uts MON. - THURS. 10 - 5:30 - SAT. 10 - 8:00 SUN. 12 - 5:30 (4-TEC1LET FACTORY OUTLET 16 Main St. GRAND BEND 238-8007 $2200 Reg. '30.00 —THE BOOK STORE HAVE YOU READ A GOOD BOOK LATELY . . . GRAND BEND 21 MAIN ST., NOTICE VILLAGE OF GRAND BEND A public meeting will be held on Mon, Sept. 10, 1979. 7:30 p.m. at Grand Bend town hall to discuss parking lot cost of por- tionment. All interested parties are invited to attend. Louise Clipperton Clerk digiTaint SPECIAL SAVINGS BENJAMIN MOORE MOORGARD Low Lustre Latex House Paint REG. $20.90 $16" GAL. Moore PAINTS BENJAMIN MOORE HOUSE PAINT High Gloss Ennamelized REG. $22.25 1 78 5 GAL. BENJAMIN MOORE MOORGLO Latex House & Trim Paint Reg $22.30 $ 1 7 8 6 GAL, Limited Time Special - Save On Quality At r GRAND BEND DECORATING and FLOORING CENTRE HWY. #21 238-8603 Tourists or tractors— Main Street always busy Looking for a car- penter,plumber, gardener, organizer, actor and director rolled into one?Then James Murphy is your man. That was the description of Murphy given by Bill Amos at a special evening honoring Murphy at Huron Country Playhouse Saturday night. The tributes to Murphy were given after a special benefit performance of The Sound of Music. All seats for the benefit night sold for $10 Proceeds will go to help defray operational costs of the playhouse for the season, because regular priced ticket sales only cover a small portion of the operational costs. The Playhouse board decided to take advantage of the last performance of the season to honor Murphy who will be leaving his position as artistic director on October 31. This was not a farewell party for Murphy, but an opportunity for the audience to show their appreciation. Murphy directed The Sound of Music and many other plays during his eight years at Huron Country Playhouse. Dave Sheppard was Master of Ceremonies for the tributes which were given from a platform in the playhouse yard. Champagne was served from a fountain, and sandwiches were passed out. The first speaker for the event was Bill Heinshon, co-founder with Murphy of While most schools in the area are dealing with the problems of declining enrolment, Grand Bend Public School has been able to hold its own. This week 147 students registered at the school, while a year ago there were 151 pupils. However, in June that figure had dropped to 148. Pupils at Grand Bend Public School were welcomed back to class by a new principal, Betty Fit- chett. This is Mrs. Fitchett's first principalship. "I've worked toward it, I took principal's courses. I wanted something different, this is a challenge," Mrs. Fitchett said about her new position. Mrs. Fitchett grew up in the Clinton area, and her first job as a school teacher was in a one room school south of Grand Bend. She began her career teaching at SS no. 18, Bosanquet, when it was located around the corner from the Klondyke Road. That school was closed down. the next year and the few children in the area were bussed into Grand Bend, The next year Mrs. Fit- chett taught at SS no. 5, Bosanquet, and then it was closed, After that she taught at SS no. 6 Bosanquet until it closed when Bosanquet Central School near Thed- ford opened in January 1964. "I closed down three oneroom schools, " Mrs. Fitchett said. After that she taught at Bosanquet Central, Forest Central and Woodside Public School in Forest,. At Bosanquet Central she has been carrying on the duties that a vice-principal might have', and when Principal Dougall McIntyre was ill for two weeks, she took over his work, Mrs. Fitchetf has a BA and is working towards an Honours BA in English. Her home is near Thedford. Mrs. Fitchett is teaching grades six and seven along with Sue Sageman, John Moore is teaching grade eight, and the three of them will trade off certain sub- iects 'on a rotary basis. ;;;;Atch Carole Armbruster is teaching grades five and six, Dianne Rice teaches grades three and four, Doris Elliott has grades one and two, and Patricia Murdock is teaching kindergarten. Carole Thar is the school's secretary. None of the staff has changed since last year. Former principal Howard Hartle now has a position at t3rights Grove Public School., Continued from page 1A at the location of the many parties on the weekend, and that he disagreed with Dr. Brigham that things were quiet. Sharen said that police have laid 22 charges as the result of noise complaints. "The police co-operated tremendously, the Sergeant came down at 1.00 a.m. Monday," Shafen said. Sounds of "amen" and "That's right" went through the spectators at the council meeting as Sharen described some of the goings on. Some residents said that the noisy offenders were large groups of young people who rent run-down cottages at "ridiculously low" prices for the summer. As a result of the noise complaints, council decided to change the fine for excess noise from a maximum of $200 to $1000. Sharen also said they would consider finding a way to limit the number of people staying in a cottage; making the owner equally respon- sible for rowdyism; and calling in health inspectors to look at the premises. In other business at Tuesday night's meeting, council decided to hold onto all further requests for disaster relief funds, until they see how many would come in, Reeve Sharen and Harold Green agreed to meet together to go over the fire agreement in preparation for another meeting with Bosanquet and Stephen townships. The three municipalities have been unable to come to any agreement on fire protec- tion. It was noted by council that sewer work was progressing well, and a by- law for the licensing of 'drain Enrolment at Grand Bend Nursery School had doubled over last year. Last fall about 17 pre-schoolers had registered while this week there are 34 children at nursery school. The nursery school is held in the basement of Grand Bend United Church on Main Street. Teachers Sharon Jacobe and Cathy Smith say that this year children are coming from as far south as the Pinery and Klondyke, and as far north as St. Joseph. There are also children from Dashwood and Greenway as well as Grand Bend. Classes are being held every morning of the week, and afternoons on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Schedules are quite flexible - - children can attend two, three or five classes per week. Children have to be three or four years old. Three. year olds are discouraged from taking afternoon classes. Parents who send their children to fives classes a week pay $50 a month. Those who go for three classes a week pay $40 a month, while those who just go twice a week pay $30. Parents are asked to pay the year's cost at the time of enrolment with post-dated cheques. Teachers Sharon Jacobe and Cathy Smith say that they "could hardly wait" for school to re-open. They were pleased with the response on registration days. Sharon is a graduate in layers was passed. Clerk Louise Clipperton said businesses that serve food, but do not have washroom facilities, will have to have washrooms when sewer hook-ups are completed. This will be enforced by the health unit. Green said that most businessmen know that this ruling will be coming into effect. "But we should tell them again," he added. It was decided that the bathhouse on the beach would remain open on weekends until Thanksgiving, if the weather was favourable. Deputy Reeve Judy Uniac was directed to "play it by ear". Council agreed that keys will not be given out to various groups and clubs who use the council cham- bers for meetings. A representative from the club will have to pick up the key at the clerk's office that day at the meeting and return it the next day. early childhood education from Lambton College in Sarnia. She taught nursery school in Woodstock for four and a half years and came to Grand Bend last January. She is a native of Zurich. Cathy is a Grand Bend resident and has been teaching at the nursery for two years. Prior to that she volunteered at the Nursery School sponsored by the South Huron association for the mentally handicapped. The teachers have already planned several field trips for the children. They hope to go to the library, art apple orchard, the museum and other such places. They also plan to take walks to the beach and other interesting places in the village. The teachers have nothing but The morning service at the United Church was held indoors with members of the Session conducting the service. Marlene Brenner led the opening Hymn sing, and special soloist was David Sandilands, singing, "Climb every mountain." Glen Miller led the congregation in prayer and scripture readings. Hazel Blewett told the story of a man who always carried a brown paper bag, everywhere he went and at all times, and humorous situations he encountered. Everyone attending was asked to, bring an empty brown paper bag and those who didn't received one at the door. Don Southcott took the meditation part of service. The legend or parable of the brown paper bag represents ourselves carrying excess burdens such as grudges, fears for safety, and discrimination. To get rid of our bag of burdens we must -have faith in the forgiveness of God. At this time all the congregation were asked to come forward and put their brown paper bags of burdens in a large white box at front of the altar in the church. This was a very inspiring service. Guest minister, speaking next Sunday at the United church will be Rev. R.G. Simpson, of Grand Cove Estates. In the church an- nouncements the U.C.W. were reminded of their first fall meeting coming up Thursday afternoon, Sep- tember 13th, at 1.30 p.m. praise for the businesses they have visited in the past. They say that co-operation from the local businessmen is very good. - As an example they said they enjoyed a trip to Flear's Bakery, where the children were able to make and sample doughnuts. Sharon and Cathy agree that the facilities at the church are "super". They say the children enjoy visits from Reverend Moore and custodian Bill Love. The nursery is sponsored by the Grand Bend Lioness. An executive of mothers is elected to look after bookkeeping and organization. The mothers also take turns providing a nutritious snack for the children. Church of God At the Sunday morning service at Church of God, the promotion of Sunday School students to new classes was conducted. Anglican Church Rev. G.A. Anderson an- nounced Sunday morning that the early communion at 8.30, will be discontinued starting next Sunday Sep- tember 9th. The summer organist Mrs. Lillian Myers, has returned to Toronto, and the regular organist Kim Geiser, of Dashwood will return. Rev. Anderson's sermon topic was taken from the 4th chapter of Revelations, "Prepare yourself for Heaven," Blanche Morrice prepared the altar for the Sunday morning service. Bruce and Blanche Morrice served during the coffee hour after the mor- ning church service. The "after.Labour Day" peace and quiet on Main Street in Grand Bend only lasted a few hours this year. Usually residents of Grand Bend are given the first week or so in September to enjoy their own resort and what's left of the summer sun. They also get to roam Main Street after all the hustle and bustle has died down. However, such is not the case this year. By eight o'clock on Tuesday morning heavy construction equip- ment was tearing up pavement on what had been a very busy Main Street just the day before. Sewer construction had been held off until after the last holiday of summer to work on the village's main business section. Signs in some shop win- dows announced that they were closing at 7:00 p.m. on Labour Day. By nine o'clock that night the village resembled a ghost town. Despite the noisy sewer Two charged with fraud Two London women have been charged with 10 counts of fraud as the result of a joint investigation of the Pinery and Grand Bend detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police. Melanie Elaine Delorme, 25, and Janet Beatrice Leblanc, 23, were charged with fraud after a stolen credit card was used to purchase goods at 10 stores in Grand Bend and the surrounding area. Grand Bend detachment of the OPP handled 80 oc- curances over the last week of August, 32 of which were charges under the liquor licence act. They also in- vestigated several noise complaints. The Pinery detachment of the OPP laid 96 charges under the liquor licence act, and 47 under the provincial parks act. They charged 19 people under the highway traffic act, and nine people were charged' under the narcotic control act. One impaired driver was charged. The Grand Bend office of the OPP will be closing today. Sergeant J.Crighton says he is satisfied with the way the police officers performed their duties. "The fellows did an outstanding job. I've been personally advised by numerous members of the community that they were well satisfied with the police work," Crighton says. drive like a life depends on it it ogIEED3 construction, some businesses on Main Street are remaining open for pedestrians. Access can be gained to Main Street through the side streets. Personals Grand Bend Golden Agers are reminded of their first meeting of the fall season coming up on Wednesday afternoon, September 5. ' Grand Bend United Church Women catered for supper to 42 farm wives from St. Marys, Wednesday evening, in the S.S. rooms of the church. The ladies had attended the "SOund of Music," play at Huron Country Playhouse. Grand Bend 4H club no 2, will hold their first meeting at the town hall at 7 p.m. Thursday September 6. The course will be on needlepoint. Girls are asked to bring pencil, ruler, scissors and 3 ring binder. Leader is Marg Desjardine, and assistant leader is Karen Woods, Rev. and Mrs. Morris Vincent, Richard and Nancy Anne, of Morden, Manitoba, have been visiting in this area, with his mother in Kitchener, and other area relatives. The ladies of St, John's Anglican church will hold their first fall meeting on Thursday at Parish hall September 6th at 2 p.m, to form ideas and plans for the coming season. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Curts, spent the week-end in Toronto with their daughter, Lorene McFadden, and Cindy, and while there at- tended the exhibition. Rev, and Mrs. John Campbell, Laura Lee and Douglas spent a few days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louie Walker, in Pontiac Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Flear, attended the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Brush, of Dorchester. The Brush's are parents of the Flear's daughter-in-law. Robin and Lawrence McVittie, spent last week on holidays here with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McVittie, of Southampton, spent the week-end here and Robin and Lawrence returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Flear, recently hosted a family get together dinner, at the Village Inn, with four generations of the family present. They reported a superb meal, lovely atmosphere at the Village Inn. skirt I wore. He used to wait for me by my locker just before English classes, because he knew that I kept my English books on the top shelf of my locker. He says he enjoyed watching me reach for them. * * * It seemed like the first day of school all over again last week when I was waiting in the hall to see the new principal, and she turned out to be one of my public school teachers. Mrs. Fitchett was my grade three teacher on that exciting day in January 1964 when Bosanquet Central School first opened up. That was a great "first day"--I remember being so impressed with the newness of the desks, coat closets and even the walls. I had left behind a desk in the oldest part of Grand Bend Public School to go to Bosanquet. Bosanquet was so new that they hadn't even plugged the clocks in yet, I remember Mrs. Fitchett borrowing the custodian's ladder and climbing up to set the clock which was hanging high over the door. The first thing my parents asked me when I got home from that first day at Bosanquet was who my new teacher was, and if she was young or old. I told them she was very young because she could climb a ladder. the playhouse. Heinshon, spoke about the problems they faced in starting up the. playhouse eight years ago, and the days when a circus tent was used Bill Amos, chairman of the board of directors, as well as offering to recommend Murphy for jobs ranging from carpenter to artistic director, thanked Murphy for his work. Jack Levie spoke on behalf of the audience when he thanked Murphy for the many fun-filled per- formances and interesting evenings. Nearly 600 people, in- cluding the audience, cast, and special friends joined together to honor James, Barbara and Nevin Murphy and wish them well. * * I was glad to learn from many of my readers that the difficulties I criticized in this column last week on The Sound of Music were ironed out in later performances. Many of the problems with back drops, settings and lighting were simply opening night jitters, I am told. I think we all agree that such a big undertaking was an excellent way to end one of the best seasons ever at Huron Country Playhouse. And I learned that criticizing The Sound of Music is something like saying you don't like Motherhood and other sacred things. Enrolment steady at Public School HURON SANITATION""' Owned by John J. Hotson CAN OFFER YOU PORTABLE TOILET SERVICE Custom backhoeing & power sewer line cleaning. Phone John Ilotson at 238-2140 or 238.8240 R R "I GRAND BEND Noise complaints Church news