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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-12-19, Page 3Damage was estimated at $2300 in a two-vehicle ac- cident at the main in- tersection of Grand Bend on December 9. A vehicle driven by Phillip Potter, Clinton was in collision with one driven by Henry Rau, Zurich, There were no in- juries in the accident, Ontario Provincial Police at the Pinery Park in- vestigated two thefts and one break and enter during the week of December 9 to 15. There were 22 people ch- arged under the highway occurs corner traffic act, and 10 charged under the liquor licence act. One impaired driver was charged. Pot kick for institute Grand Bend Women's Institute will meet Thursday afternoon December, 20, at 1:00 p.m. for a pot luck luncheon. This Christmas meeting will be honouring Grandmother's. Members are reminded to bring a gift for your secret pal. Accident 40 at main eleseeeeekeeracteeleeerese VeeeeteelleteiiteAleeeeteeieseeseelete ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS — Trent Stellingwerf was one of the lucky ones at Grand Bend last Saturday who got to sit on Santa's knee, The party was organized by the Chamber of Commerce, the Lioness and the rec committee. T-A photo Choir anthems today were, "On the night that Jesus was born," and "Come 0 Come", December 23, will be Christmas Sunday. Poin- settias to decorate the church would be welcome if you would like to share them for the Christmas service, The Christmas meeting of United Church women was held Thursday afternoon in the S.S. rooms of the Church. Opening with a delicious pot luck luncheon at 1:00 p.m, Marlene Brenner and Irene Kennedy conducted the worship service, with a humorous dialogue, taking .place between a mother and daughter with the "busy- ness" of Christmas, as the theme. The daughter felt neglected, but it all ended happily when they decided to keep Christmas all through the year. A number of Christmas carols were sung between the dialogue acts. Eighteen ladies answered the roll call of repeating a line from a Carol. President, Eleanor Durie, presided for the business. Rev. H. Moore conducted the installation of new of- ficers for 1980. Annual reports were given and thank you notes read. Treat boxes for shut ins and friends will be packed and delivered next week. The United Church Sunday school concert was held last Friday evening, opening with a processional of children carrying candles and singing, "0 Come All Ye Faithful." Theme of this year's. concert, "It Was a Night to Remember," was sung as a quartet number by Marilyn Wainer, Sharon Johnson, Kathy Allister and Lora Lynn. The nursery class did a skit called "Greetings". Kindergarten class did "Shining for Jesus," with the children holding stars and candles, and "Christmas Joy" telling why they are happy on Christmas Day, and handing out cards to the congregation. Primary did a skit about presents, and "A Wish for Joy." The Junior, class recited some poems "I'd liketo go to eettoe-teeeseeteetetea BESIDE POST OFFICE 22,81 CRESCENT carols was enjoyed with the 238-8540 GRAND BEND congregation. choosing the :eveeteteeeemeeeeetteeteteetedemeteoretteteetseq.eeeeetetetrereeeeteeet4 numbers. eeeeeteeettereteeettemeemetei c trWAIIINO:::',Itit:11.4.trgAiletql4tSd'tql4;it:i1141;IF§Mti ..444404AitaltarittaWNO4ts. 110i# CLOSED BOXING DAY DEC. 26TH OPEN DECEMBER 27TH and everything good for Christmas: Thanks from us to you. FRANK AND KAREN HUMER AND FAMILY n tune with our holiday wishes for you are our warm thanks and deep appreciation. RARWOOD DRUGS LTD. FROM ALL OF US AT The Catholic Women's League met Monday evening, with 26 attending, at the Alhambra hall. President, Roberta Walker presided. Minutes of previous meeting read by Thee Stokkerman and treasurer report given by Rita Smits. Madeline Dalton read a poem "A partner with God." A, report on Christian Family life will be given at the January meeting by Mrs. John Kelders and Mrs. Theo Kelders. A donation of $50,00 was voted for the church choir, and a money donation to church organist Paul Dietrich. Mothers of the choir girls will donate food , and time for their Christmas party. Father Boyer attended this / meeting and spoke to the ladies about the expected arrival of a family of twelve boat people from Laos. Guest speakers, attended from Sarnia, on "Right to Life," topic. Slides were shown on "Before you are born," with commentary. Amont the speakers were 2 nurses and a teacher. During the coffee hour the ladies had a chance to talk' and ask questions of the speakers. The travelling prize was donated by Angie Backx and won by Anna Stokkerman. The next meeting will be held at the Anglican Parish hall January 21st. United church news The third Sunday in Advent was observed at the United church Sunday morning. Alex Hamilton assisted Rev. Moore in the service and lit the third candle. Rev. H. Moore's sermon topic was "God comes-Good news and bad news!! A hymn sing of Christmas CWL makes donations Bethlehem" and "Shine brightly little star," and "Only a baby." Traditional Christmas carols were sung and the concert closed with the whole Sunday School singing "That's why we have Christmas." Following the concert cookies and milk were served by the Couples Club to the children and parents in the S.S. rooms. A surprise visit by Santa Claus brought a happy evening to a close. Church of God news Twenty six Church of God ladies, and friends, enjoyed a carry-in Chinese supper, Friday night. Featured were Chinese decorations. The ladies had been studying China at their meetings this past year. Following supper in the S.S. rooms Mrs. R. Simpson conducted games, then all went upstairs, where they enjoyed carol singing, a film of China with a recording. Betty Campbell closed the meeting with a few works on China. Planning area Cancer unit The Lambton Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society are calling a meeting for Thursday, January 3 at 8 p.m. in the council chambers on Main Street in Grand Bend, The group would like to form a branch unit of the Cancer Society to cover the Grand Bend area. They hope that interested people will attend from the area south to tle• Ausabie River Cut, and north to Oakwood and Grand Cove , estates. If you are interested in forming a cancer society unit, but cannot attend the meeting, call Hazel Blewett at 238- , 2787. LIBRARY HOURS Library will be closed at 5 p.m. on Monday December 24, and Monday December 31st. Closed all day Boxing Day, December 26th. Seasons Greetings Grand Bend & District Soccer Association wishes a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our coaches and supporters during the season, which was very successful. Hope to see you all again next year. GRAND BEND SOCCER COMMITTEE Aft,4,.,?$oy6.40,34<p(ic:q.,,ict144% 4% 4% 41?.4 tt% 'Oed WAS W4 St% ta?ed tit% StNi t414 To each and everyone of our patrons, we extend, with sincere appreciation, good wishes for the holiday. DALE'S ESSO SERVICE Hwy. 21, Grand Bend — Phone 238..2880 3 1 eteeetellealleteetreeeitteletereteteeetereteteteeererlfteetteleteetlete ='DECORATING and FLOORING CENTRE Hwy. 21' k 238-8603 • "aft4i1;4't47.4 rg4'41,4i • Winter facilities at Pinery Provincial Park do not need promoting, according to head of visitor services, Terry Crabe, In response to a comment made at the last Chamber of Commerce Meeting in Grand Bend to the effect that use of the park in winter should be ad- vertised, Crab° said it wasn't necessary. Crabe pointed out that hetween 9,000 and 10,000 cross country skiers used the park last winter. The 33 kilometres of cross country ski trails were used to capacity on 10 weekends. Crabe said that one of the main problems is the lack of parking space, Parking lots near the ski trails were jammed on weekends last year. Crabe agreed that the park could be used more during the mid-week. Unfor- tunately, if the park were advertised, it would probably bring out more people than they could handle on weekends he said. There were about 1000 skiers in the park on a good Sunday GB residents enjoy bus trip Eleven Grand Bend folks enjoyed the 3 day bus tour to Bethlehem Pennsylvania "America's Christmas City," last week end. ' Crossing the border at Fort Erie, travelling through scenic places Syracuse, Binghamton and Scranton enroute to destinations. The guided tour stops included a visit to "Jordan Lutheran" one of the oldest churches, through Pennsylvania Dutch countryside, seeing covered bridges, a stop at Ice City, a Christmas decoration store, and to Lehigh Valley mall for shopping. As darknesse settled we travelled to Bethlehem, to see the Star of Bethlehem Christmas light display., and the Christmas P.utz (Nativity Scene). Then to Koziars Christmas village lighting scenes. Coming home we travelled through the magnificent Pocono Mountains and stopped at Corning glass factory. All reported a good trip. Quite a number of Grand. Bend folks were on the one day bus trip last Wednesday to see the town of Simcoe's, "Festival of Lights" Mrs. Lenora Orr spent a few days last week in Wind- sor, visiting her sister. Mrs. Dorothea Knights. last winter. Crabe said that many of the cross country skiers are regulars: people who come back each weekend, About 67 per cent of the skiers came from Sarnia last winter.. The average person drove about 70 miles to come to the park. At their annual meeting members of the Chamber of Commerce said that they would like to see visitors in Grand Bend year round, They wanted to promote accommodations and eating establishments for winter use. Crabe.also pointed out that the park is never advertised, even in summer. Press releases are sent to newspapers, but there isnever any need to advertise the park, he said, Crabe said that snowmobiling had decreased in popularity at the Pinery. He said the most snowmobilers do not find the park suitable. Pinery is a natural environment park, and the habitat has to be preserved, Snowmobilers are only permitted on cer- tain trails and they are not allowed to go hill climbing in the sand dunes. No wear and tear is allowed on the fragile dunes during any season, because they are very susceptible to erosion, Crabe explained. There are 22 kilometers of groomed trails available to snowmobilers. A warden patrols the trails to make sure that snowmobilers stay in the -proper areas. No snowmobiles are per- mitted in the park unless there is 15 centimeters (six inches) of snow. Snowmobilers must heed the 40 kilometre per hour speed limit, as does all traffic in the park. Crabe pointed out that the speed is too slow for most snowmobilers. The park charges $1 entry fee per machine. Sixty Plus now Beaconaires The sixty plus group, now have chosen the name of "Beaconaires." This group have just recently organized and met in the S.S. rooms of the Church of God, Monday evening, with twelve in at- tendance. Rev. R. Simpson gave a nice message on the Bible Christmas story. President, Mrs. Simpson, presided for the business. Carol singing was enjoyed. Next meeting will be January 7 th. All folks over 60, welcome! Cars are charged $2 to get into the park, regardless of the number of people in them. This makes the skating and tobogganing facilities, as well as cross- country skiing available. The skating rink and the toboggan run will be kept up this winter. There will be no downhill skiing, mainly due to the lack of interest, Very few people were using the hill, and it cost a great deal to operate the ski tow and the snowmaking machine, Crabe said, Winter camping ended last week. Like the down hill skiing the camping was eliminated due to constraint. Food will be available at the store and the chalet this winter, Two events are already being planned. On January 13 Pinery and the Ontario Ski Council will be hosting a cross country ski clinic, to teach techniques and waxing. A "topper-where each skier who completes a certain length course is elegible for a prize-will be held on February 17. Nits,eerseks.eeaSeiO4%teeella.leeen REEVE Robert Sharen DEPUTY REEVE Judy Uniac COUNCILLORS Bill Baird Harold Green Keith Crawford P4rpmber1.9, .Pay. A. 0400.40440-5140%05*tWeptniiin, :° *`E • Thanks for your patronage. We extend best wishes at Christ- mas time, and C throughout the New Year. NOW CLOSED SEE YOU IN MARCH /1980 Pizza Delight D Hayter, Grand Bend CLERK Louise Clipperton § SECRETARY Brenda Jennison VILLAGE FOREMAN I Garry Desiardine ROADMAN Paul Bossenberry Good promotion at Park 3 A fts•Wiss -t;qttrsItgl:FAIsifts;:fl tfrre4gcsedtrigrid-s:Nrs:Motl Wishing you HAPPINES! PEACE I*, • .01 lla...11.1 and JOY throughout' slt the holiday A season. from the Village of g GRAND BEND! — ••••••••••,•••••••••••••0.•••••••••••••••••••WW•0%...... END OF SEASON CLEARANCE -kt9t , P ' • ...• - , 4, !.- ' P-„ , , .. • 1/3 / . . - , MANUFACTURERS Great savings in time tions on our entire Dec. 31st so we now. Prices have All remaining coats ' ' the suggested r Fox trimmed sugg. 5600. Cabretta sugg. '360 Men's sugg '280 OTHERS Classic separates impeccably tailored Blazer Reg '120.00 SALE '79.99 Skirts Reg, '60.00 SALE '39.99 ENTIRE •- ;"... - ''" ...., ' • '1'"os',.V.V.2 '144' tit... , Ilt. i • :';', tr. . ., l' ;.: ep .,'"....V, \ % e r it %.--- ,,4 „,,, ..._,1 /4. f I. velvet. id7 1 ` , pl! It ,..1.1.. N . , , t 1 l , , i t • LEATHER SPORTSWEAR ' TO inventory. are having been slashed have been plonge' Now '399,00 leather full Now 5240.00 Jackets Cabretta Now '185 REDUCED from STOCK for Christmas!! retail We our SUGGESTED 1/2 COATS reduced length Pant, Shirts OFF Genuine reduc- close for the winter January Clearance throughout the store. from 1/3 to • examples. ladies coat - SAVE $201,00 ladies coat SAVE '120.00 leather SAVE '95.00 TO 1/2 PRICE Corduroy, worsted, Reg. 658.00 Reg. '47.00 1/3 OFF ':r.:- PRICES s i 4,.."1* .N..... N 1/2 - tweeds and SALE '37.99 SALE '30.99 LADIES & MEN'S LEATHER GLOVES 1/3 OFF Imported leather gloves • knit lined, fur lined, genuine cabretto leather and pig suede. Also suede trimmed knit gloves. Quality gloves Regularly priced from 59,99 to '24.99. _ LADIES HATS & SCARVES 1/2 PRICE Acrylic knit toques, taps, hats, and hot and scarf sets. Reduced from stock. Reg. 53,99 to 59.99. OPEN MON.- SAT. 10 A.M. - 6 P.M. e 83 MAIN ST., GRAND sun SUNDAYS 1 P.M. -5 s op h BEND 238.2511 P.M. ....,6„, ...a..1 _