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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-06-11, Page 17page :IA JUNE 11, 1980' Price Per ,Copy 35 Cents imes dvocate a wa•ia IyA,lm Lte WI R. • 1.0 in memory of Eric Mdiroy rot) to bui cairn declared on a, day other. than, August 4, Several members suggested that by having the holiday in ,Sep— tertiber or at another time 4,..• would only create problems for local people, rather than help the tourists. It was decided to., • Ask .council to change the holiday for one year to see if there are any advantagea the membership 1111404e. announced that there were 78 paid up. members, . Last year's membership came to 74. - The chamber executive introduced tourist counsellor Janice Rurnball to the members. Janice will be working in ' the - tourist in- formation booth this earn- - the exective reported that the Canadian and American flags were now flying from the lamp poles along Main Street and highway 21, - President Gene Grenier reported that fire works had been ordered for the June 29 display on the beach. GRAND BEND REMEMBERS — Bill Harwood holds up a sketch of proposed plaque to be erected in honour of Eric Mcilroy, as John Aselstyne, Mae Morenz and Lee Thomas look on, The group plans to have a special day to remember Mcilray in August, Staff photo Kindergarten stays in village if enrolment doesn't that bussing was being considered because there were only six children registered in the class for this fall. Parents told Barber that there may be 14 children in the class in 1981. Barber said yesterday that Colonials make a come-back The Grand Bend Colonials rallied Sunday to beat West Williams 6-3. The senior soccer team was behind 3-0 in the first half of the game, but came through to score six in the second half. Tony Mennen scored twice for the Colonials and Kevin Sim- monds also put in two, Dave Nolan scored once, as did John Mennen. The week away from action paid off for the teeth, as they were able to come back with this victory. The Grand Bend B's travelled to Arkona where they log to Taxandria 2-0. The Atom team lost to Clinton B 3-2, Jonathon O'Connor scored both goals for the Grand Bend team. The Mosquitoes beat Seaforth 2.0, with goals scored by Grant Hayter and Darryl Glavin. Because of the Grand Bend teatn's excellent defence, Seaforth had very few shots on goal. The Bantaits travelled to Kincardine Where they trounced that team 7-4. The girls team lost to Stratford 3-0. HIGH BALI. — In two-pitch you swing at anything, as teacher Sue Sageman learned Friday. The teachers at Grand Bend Public school took on the winning boys team in a two-pitch tournament. Staff photo leaving the kindergarten class in Grand Bend is conditional on there being six in the class. He said that he would have to reconsider should any of those six move away. Barber said he made his drop Mary's musings Mrs. Fitchett at the bat Tlhere was "True Blue" Armbruster, adding to the team, And they had Mrs. Sageman, who they all called "Peachy Keen", Mrs. Elliott swung the bat, and she was named "The Pro", Completing the gang was Mr. Moore, "Manpower". you know. The fans, they were an unkind bunch, and never said a cheer, When the teachers got a hit, or made a run, I hear But the boys team got all the praise, the honour and the glory, The going was rough for the teachers, you'll see by the rest of the story, The umpire who at at first, Paul Kaempf was his name, He seemed to be a little biased, to be calling at that game, For if the teachers were running, and clearly they were safe, He'd yell "out" and send them off, when they reached first base. The teachers had their problems, the muggy weather took its toll, One had a glove not broken in, and out the ball would roll, The backs. they'd crack, the shoulders ached, and their knees were all a- twisted, And too many times the fielders would run to get that ball, and missed it. And the boys. they would do better as the game went quickly by, Despite the fact that Hurtling Murdock seldom missed a fly. And as the end of the game drew near, the boys clinched the win, They let a group of strong grade eighters, come with them and join in. The teachers had rallied, and they had last chance at bat, They had pulled themselves together, all hopes on Fitchett sat. And then the leather covered sphere came gliding through the air, And Midget Fidget stood a-watching, as they ball went by her there. A second time the ball went by, and a gasp came from her crew, You must remember a rule in two- pitch, that you have only chanees two, Oh somewhere teachers are laughing and somewhere teachers shout, But there is no joy in Grand Bend, Midget Fidget has struck out. The good old daya of the big band era,: the dancing. and the fun were rezneni, bend at last week's meeting of the Chamber of Corn^ nleree, in particular the memories. of those present were taken back to. the organizer of those. dances and owner of Lakeview Casino, grit Mcilroy. ' A, committee has been formed to honour, mellroy on a special . day later this On the committee members are Mae Morenz, John Aselstyne, Lois Jackson, Steve Kadlecik representing the Liens Club, Lee Thomas representing the Lioness, and Bob Sharon. and Oar old Green representing the village of Grand Bend. The committee feels that 1VIcilroy, who passed away last fall, should be honoured for his work in Grand Bend. Sharen calls Srokosz Nall wet' Get your pitching arms warmed up! Reeve Bob Sharen has accepted. Bosanquet Reeve Charlie Srokosz's challenge. - The two men will be taking turns sitting in a dunk tank on Burgerfest weekend, June 20, 21 and 22. For a small fee, the public can throw a ball, hit the target and send the reeves for quick swim. Reeve Sharen says he isn't worried about the dunking. He added that he's looking forward to seeing reeve Srokosz in the tank. "He's been all wet for years, and some people think I have been. Now they can pay to make sure," Sharen said. The recently formed ..adi Optimist Club is sponsoring the dunk tank. All proceeds from the tank will go towards Optimist youth work. As well as the reeve's challenge, several members of the Optimists Club have volunteered to go for a dunking, There will also be a soccer team challenge with members from the Colonials soccer team clanking off against the Grand Bend B's. The dusk tank will be located on the beach near the amusement rides. The Optimists are borrowing the tank from a group in Ingersoll. They plan to have a cairn erected in what they call "honour circle" at the end of Main Street, plaque will be put up bearing a picture of McIlroy and reading "In tribute of W. Eric Witty whose Lakeview Casino brought joy and music to thousands, Grand Bend remembers." crests of various clubs and organizations to which McIlrey belonged will also be put on the plaque, He belonged to the village council, Lions. Club, shriners, Legion, Chamber of Commerce, race horse associations and other services, Organizers are hoping to get some of the band members who played in the various groups at the casino to attend the dedication services, , Chairlady Mae Morenz announced that anyone wishing to make a donation to the erection of the cairn can do so at either of the banks in Grand Bend. The cairn is being con- structed so that names of other important members of the community can be added to it at other times. The Chamber made its annual trip to Pineridge Zoo, and held their last meeting before summer. There were 38 members present for the tour of the zoo, and to sample burgerd after the meeting. Cougars roared, the baboon rattled his cage, and a peacock strolled through ; just to make sure no one was bored: Burgerfest plans took up much of the meeting Vice President Brad Page chaired the discussion of Burgerfest, and took reports of progress on work for the June 20 -22 weekend, In charge of the food tent will be Ruth Dunlap, Gord Glazier and Irwin Schottroff, The Burgerfest committee will be meeting with the Ontario Provincial Police in Grand Bend to discusss security . before the Burgerfest. Secretary manager Bob Simpson reported that health authorities insist that they have hot water in the tent for staff to wash their hands. He said that this problem was - -overborne with; • suggestion that a coffee urn could be made available with hot water in it. In other business: -chamber members voted in favour of pursuing the idea Of having Civic Holiday BY MARY ALDERSON decision in light of the number of students who would be enrolled the following year. "And we were concerned about the youngsters and the distance," Barber added. At the previous meeting, many parents expressed concerns about the children riding on the bus to a school where they would know no one else. Many parents also said that they preferred the half day every day system at Grand Bend to the full day every other day system at Bosanquet. Barber said that teacher DaMage came to $1800 in a single vehicle accident at Port Franks Saturday. A car driven by Martin James McLeod of Thedford struck a hydro pole, Constable George Couckuyt in- vestigated the accident, and reported there were no in- juries. A motorcycle rider suf- fered minor injuries when he was thrown from the vehicle in an accident at Ipperwash Provincial Park Saturday. Ronald Gauthier of Maid- stone, had been motor- cycling on the beach, There was no damage to the bike. The accident was in- vestigated by Constable C.F. Russell of the Pinery detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. Grand Bend detachment Patricia Murdock will continue to be employed on a half time basis as she has been in the past. Principal Betty Fitchett said that she will be cir- culating a newsletter to tell the parents of the decision to keep the Idndergatten class in Grand Bend. Grand Bend councillor Harold Green said that he was pleased to hear the kindergarten class would be staying in the village. He said that he had been worried that the moving of the kindergarten would be the first step in closing the school. investigated two minor accidents during the past week. They handled 11 minor traffic offences, and gave 27 warnings to traffic violators. Pinery OPP laid seven charges under the highway traffic act. Grand Bend OPP in- vestigated two thefts and laid 15 charges under the liquor licence act. They handled a total of 41 oc- currences, The Pinery OPP laid two charges under the provincial parks act. They charged 15 people under the liquor licence act. One theft was investigated, three trespass ,complaints looked into, one break and enter in- vestigated, and two cases of careless boating were reported, Grand Bend Public School principal Betty Fitchett says that she received word last. Thursday that the kin- dergarten class would be ' staying at her school, Parents had feared that the kindergarten children would have to be bussed to Bosanquet Central School near Thedford after director of edtidatics, Norval -Cheeiernan. spcilk to Grand Bend Council idst month. A Meeting was called at Grand Bend public school of 'con- cerned parents and saperintendant Doug Barber and trustee Gerry Edwarda At that time, Barber said . HOW SHOULD I PUT IT -- Karen Kading gets ready in the shot put circle in the girls competition at Grand Bend public school last Thursday. Staff photo HOP, SKIP AND JUMP - - Barbie Lawson of Grand Send shows the style that won her the junior girls championship lit Thursday's field clay. Staff photo It looked extremely rocky for the teachers' team that day, The score stood eight to nine with but one inning left to play, So when Soldan died at second, and Murdock did the same, A pallor wreathedithqfeatures of their team-mates at the game, The teaching staff at Grand Bend school had formed a team, you see, They called themselves the "Pencil Pushers", and they wanted victory, They had played the winning girls team, and beat them fair and square, Now they're playing the boys team, and losing by a hair. The musical took so much time, the kids were busy singing, There was no chance for baseball, or other things spring's bringing. So the children missed the tour- naments, against the other schools, And the teachers said they'd play them, they were such silly fools. The houseleague teams had ,gone way past the world series stage, And team three had been the winners, much to the other teams' rage, So they were all warmed up, and in tip top condition They were out to beat the teachers, it was their only missioh. The boys were experts at two-pitch and that would be the game, The teachers hadn't practised, or learned the rules the same, Secretly, the teachers feared the powers of the boys, To bring in some new recruits, would be one of Mahyploys. So they called on Harold Green, and named him "Green Machine", And Mary Alderson or "Scoop" was also added to the team, Another helper would be Dan Sageman, or "Dah the Man", they claim, But he was Working. and came too late - too late to save the game. And then there was the backbone Of that famous teachers crew, Principal Mrs. Fitchett, for a name "Midget Fidget" would do, Following her, they had "Curly Girly" as Mts. Soldan would be known, And then came "Hurtling Murdock" who ran faster thah any ball threat. Car hits hydro pole in Port Franks crash w COLLECT THE LOSSES — Dealer Bettie Gibbs of Parkhill was having mare luck then most of the players at Huron Country Playhouse's Monte Carlo night Saturday. Staff photo