The Village Squire, 1981-10, Page 24Update
New bed and
breakfast association
Back in June we told you in a feature
article about the bed and breakfast
facilities that exist for summer visitors to
our area, namely for the Blyth and
Stratford theatre seasons. The story about
Stratford mentioned that just a handful of
the homes registered with the Stratford
Festival's accommodations office offer
their guests breakfast. Well, now there is
a true bed and breakfast association in The
Festival City, the outgrowth of an idea
belonging to Grace and Bill Rowbottom.
The new group - sixteen homes strong this
season and hoping for twenty-five next
year - is not affiliated with The Festival. It
has established its own referral and
inspection system and sets its own rates.
Each of the association's homes has been
given a nickname, such as River Garden
Guest Home, The Old Stone Inn, The
Maples, and Parkview. Not all of them are
in the city, so guests can opt for country
accommodations if they wish. But they all
serve breakfast and they all must meet the
association's standards. It seems to be an
alternative that's bound to grow. If you
would like more information about the
Stratford and Area Bed and Breakfast
Association, write the Stratford and Area
Visitors' and Convention Bureau or
telephone (519) 271-5240.
The art of calligraphy
What the ballpoint pen has taken away
from us, some dedicated souls in the
Kincardine area would like to return.
Their names are Elke Patrick. Liz
Addison and Mary Campbell, and their
passion is calligraphy, the art of beautiful
' indwriting.
The trio has been doing a pretty good
job at passing on their skill, estimating
they have taught it to more than five
hundred students (from Goderich to Owen
Sound) over the past three years.
Actually, the calligraphy seed was
planted in Kincardine about seven years
ago by Marilyn Fell, a local artist who had
taken some courses before moving to the
area. She started the lessons that Patrick,
Addison and Campbell have since taken
over.
The basic lessons, three hours a week
for five weeks, are derived from the
Canadian system of italic handwriting,
which was developed by Alf K. Ebsen,
founder of the Handwriting Guild of
PG. 18 VILLAGE SQUIRE/OCTOBER 1981
Jam session
Musicians have been having jam
sessions as long as there have been frets
and fiddles. But they are not all that
common around R.R. 4. Wingham. At
least on Sunday afternoons. Outdoors.
Sandy Fair, an electrician at the Bruce
Nuclear Power Development and part-
time pig farmer, may have changed all
that with his shindig on an overcast but
rainless sabbath last month. A saxophone
player, Fair invited nine other groups to
join his. Drumlin, for the afternoon
festival. Picnic spreads were common
among the two hundred participants and
guests. Two farm wagons helped form the
stage, and amplifiers were set under the
trees. The children rode a teeter-totter
and played in sand boxes while their
mommies and daddies picked and plucked
or just tapped and clapped.
Participants included Wellington. By
Special Appointment, the Beirdo
Brothers, Crippled Ducks. the Morans,
At Jamie Warren and the Country Com-
panions.