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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-07-03, Page 16i Weather per }Seaforth Manor` Nursing Home liSanmolommomme Residents enjoyed a won- derful Canada Day celebra- tion by attending an outdoor concert provided by Jack and Irene Vincent. The weather was prefect as everyone relaxed on the patio and lis- tened to many familiar coun- try and western-- tunes. Several family members also joined the residents as June birthday celebrants John McCowan, Annie McNichol, Christine Souter, Gordon MacGregor and Chester Sturdy were honoured. Refreshments were served following the program. A hot dog barbecue completed the days events. A special Canada Day cake was also enjoyed by..%l the residents. The month of June pro many wonderful enter ments to thdtManor. Dalton's piano students entertained with their recit4l pieces MOO delighted r3verjr- one. Pia )Sts Carol. Carter and Markin Rose provided lovely afternoons of music. Residents enjoyed feasting on strawberry shortcake and listening to. the mtillodic tunes of Bill Gibson on the piano at Hats off to Summer The month of June marks the beginning of the summer season which is a perfect time to say thank you to all of our precious volunteers. A' dinner was held to honour those who come to make our lives.a lot brighter. Hats off to a great group oe people! Qhuceh• services for -the month were led by Pastor Lucas, Rev. Hiscox and Rev. Cook. We have greatly appre- ciated visits from the church - s of our community over the last season and look forward o having them back in the Lawn bowl Commun ect for Canada Day concert MSS. PHOTO BY DAVID SCOTT MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT - Jack and Irene Vincent, of Exeter, entertained residents of Seaforth Manor for a Canada Day party recently. Sunny weather was enjoyed by all on the patio. The audience liked the live entertainment. and the barbecue that followed. our "Strawberry Social". Mr. Ippolito and Mrs. Van Bakel from St. ' James ool arrived with the'Gr. Vol class • to' provide an excellent pro- gram of entertainment before their _summer-va n. June also brings with it an oppor- tunity to formally thank the entertainment volunteers who faithfully entertain the resi- dents all year at the Volunteer i:uncheon. Coming Events for July: - July 15th Bus trip to , Goderich; July 17th, Miniature Horses visit; July. 25th, Birthday Party with Gladys Van F,gmond's hand, volunteers busy season at Maplewood J � Maplewood fall. Residents hid farewell to Rev. Cook and -his family fol- lowing his service. We wish them'all•thc hest in the future. A group of residents were Off to London where -they enjoyed the "Good Old Summertime Show" with Dave Hoy. The dinner and entertainment Carol Carter and . Bill Ghon- kept music alive at Maplewood. Singing'along to their tunes is always.a plea-' sure. - Memhers of the Northside' Junior Choir also payed a visit. Their' musical produc-. tion of "Rhythm and • Rhymes" was a real hit. Children of Mr. i polito's . grade. 3-4 class from St. James School entertained res- idents with song and dance. They demonstrated great skill performing the waltz and were creat. charleston.• ers hold successful social Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club held its June social on ,Tuesday evening. Edna Bell welcomed everyone: in the absence of President, Thelma Coombs and Mary Finlayson reminded all associate mem- bers their fees are now due. Winners for,euchre were: ladies high, Ariel Wood; ladies lone hands, Betty Provincial fact - BY NELLIE EVANS SSP News Staff Hulley; ladies consolation.. Edna Mitchell; mens high. Wm. Kelly; mens lone hands. Boyd Driscoll; inerts consola- tion, Bob Argyle. Hostess for July 23rd social will be Alice - Reid. Betty. Hulley and Olive: .' Papple. in out-of-town tournaments. three ladies teams went to Lucknow pairs on finding mission ove Wednesday while at men's pairs in Clinton, Fred Tilley . and Neil Bell. were first. At ladies pairs in Stratford on Thursdays. Olive Papple and Mary Finlayson won the con.- Solation on- Solation prize with 16 -points in their fast game. This week end. will see tournaments in Wingham. Stratford and .Goderich for our district. A provincial fact-finding mission, begun in May, into issues surrounding last fall's takeover of Ipperwash, Provincial Park has ended one month later.. Lloyd Girman, president of a Manitoba consulting firm. was hired by the Province of Ontario to "represent the provincial government in negotiations and discussions with all parties affected by the Ipperwash area situa- r at Ipperwash tion." said .Lampton IPP •work." said Blomme. Marcel Beauhien then. At the While he wouldn't disclose time. Ministry of Natural those ideas.- Blomme said Resources .i,okesperson they are "useful and posi- Brian Blomme said German's ' tive:" Also unsure of the mandate was to "assess the exact date Girman ended his situation" with the three par- project. Blomme , said ties involved -the Town of Girman was finished by June Bosanquct. Ipperwash prop- 21. - -erty owner. and First Nation "Our goal still is to find a peoples. local solution that would Last wick. Blomme said - allow us to open the park. I think . we're making' progress." he said. Blomme said he could not estimate when the . park would be reopened. Girnnan has provided "ideas" for the provincial govern- ment to use in its goal to reopen Ipperwash Provincial Park. "For now. he'. done his Negotiations to -military The task of returning the former Canadian Forces Base Camp Ipperwash to First Nation peoples. post- poned one month. will resume later this week. Kettle and Stony Point First Nation spokesperson Don Cloud said the negotiating committee. which includes the (osernment of Canada. will meet this Thursday and Friday i July 4. and 5i. Two days of -meetings slheduled• in mid-June u..rc postponed because nacre- comrnittee members wanted clanti.a. . tion such issues as research • Queen's Park gives long-time weekly papers the old "heave-ho" and its clientele tor oscr l(X) years." this "I)c,ir John" let- ter states. "Thank you for your understanding." . The Ftposrtor has been around since I8W. The Icgislati‘e directed the library' to reduce expenditures and cancel the weeklies. "Library records indicate that the wrckls newspaper Collection w as seldom used by Members and their staffs hut was very expensive to maintain." the tetter goes on. "The original purpose of the collection was to facilitate into the history of the camp. he said. The negotiating committee usually meets two days a month and has established such subcommittees as his- torical research. environmen- tal review and site cleanup. Weekly newspapers lost a big long-time subscriber - recently - Queen's Park. The Huron Expositor got an official letter from the Ontario legislature dated May 29. as did other weekly news - .papers in this province. regretting to inform us the government is cancelling its library's subscription to our newspaper because they all cost too much. "The community newspa- per collection has been a long-standing tradition and a source of pride for the library the Memhers keeping in touch with issues in their rid- ings...The library will contin- ue to provide access to regional news coverage from across the province in order to meet Member's needs by maintaining subscriptions to all Ontario daily papers and through the use of electronic databases." But all is not lost. The letter says most MPPs indicated to their caucuses they get "their riding newspa- pers in their constituency office the date of issue." — — — • The _ residents of Maplewood have enjoyed the games with students of Mrs. Hoelscher's grade 7-8 class from the public school over the past year. Good luck in your future. i , - A bus trip to St. Mary's was a, perfect way to finish off a month. Everyone admired the picturesque buildings of, the ' stone -town and particularly - enjoyed watching the chil- dren �wiritming in the quarry. Have a happy and safe sum- mer vacation' THE HURON EXPOSITOR, July 3, 1996-15 Tri -county games Seniors shuffle to Gold Exeter and area sponsored . the Tri -County Senior Games in June; Shuffleboard was. played at the Hensall Complex. Congratulations to Ed.na Dietz and Lorne Archer, the Hensall team, on winning "the -Gold". Lorne and Edna will now compete .in Richmond Hill in August. Other contestants from. Hensall included; Isobel Rogerson and - Dorothy' Corbett for solo; Margaret Cole and Emma Campbell for euchre; and Stewart and Irene Blackwell for cribbage. Several villagers joined the Huron County and Bayfield Historical Society bus tour to Wallaceburg, Dresden, and Lampton County museums last Tuesday..' Thanks are extended -to Rae and Bill McFarlane for organizing the trip: - Copies of the 1995 Huron County Historical Society year book are still. available. Call 262-2715 or 565-5200 to order your copy. This year, the Historical Notes highlight the history of the Women's J Hensall by Liz Sangster ` 262-2715 ummoommosimmel Institute in Huron County. . Another reminder to Hensall . and -area residents, Playground .program will he running July 8 to .August 16. The program offers four to twelve year old children a structured, fun, recreational program for six weeks. Swimming is also 'available July 15 to 26. Further infor- mation is available from the Hensall Municipal Office -at. 262-2812. • - The Hensall Kinsmen, Fire Fighters and Parks Board are hosting a beef barbecue, dance and elimination draw on Saturday, August 17. Dinner will he served at the community centre from 6-9 p.m. with the dance to follow. All proceeds from the event - will be used to purchase a fire department rescue equip- ment van and a self-propelled ice resurfacer, for the arena. Charter member honoured Congratulations to Herb Brown, Dublin, who last week received the highest individual.honour' awarded by Lions Club international - a -Melvin Jones Fellowship,) -the first for the Dublin club Dublin by dorothy Dillon 345-2883 1 since it was founded' in 1974..nephe',v, Father Jack Costello At a surprise ceremony, Herb officiated. - received this 22 -year -service Our sympathy to allt - award.' He is a charter mein- Wilfred's relatives. and her and eyen helped with the friends. ,. construction of the Lions Congratulations to all_ the '. building and park. He is still Grade 8 graduates whose active in the Dublin Lions., graduation was held'in St. Congratulations, Herb, on Patrick's Church and in the receiving this -well-deserved Parish Hall last Tuesday. award. Congratulations also to -all Heartfelt sympathy of the -the , students whb 'won community is extended to the awards. It was a very enjoy= relatives of Wilfred Fetes ey, able evening and I wish all formerly from Dublin, who the graduates success and died on June 22 at Stratford happiness in their future General Hospital. Sympathy 'endeavours. - THOtjGHT'FOR TODAY Those who says you can't , ti take it with you never saw a car packed'for a vacation trip. to 'his 'sister, Theresa Costello, of London. Mass of the Christian burial was held on Tues. June 25th wherehis ,g SPL(' L I, SOI I;I)I`I'I()N INA )� wit's 1��O!!!! glIFAIIIIIIIIAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKIIIIIIIIIIIIII1 pHans are well underway for the Township of ibbert's` 150th birthday bash! (better ' 1 known as the Sesquicentennial), this Civic . 1 Holiday weekend (Aug. 2 -5th). ' In conjunction with the Sesquicentennial 1 Organizing Committee, the :Mitchell .Advocate .and 1 1 1 1 1 '1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 the Huron Expositor in Seaforth will be jointly preparing a special souvenir edition of the celebra- tion. its happenings, its events, its people- and. of course, the long and storied history of the township. On July 31, 1996, both papers will be publish- ing the edition—just in time for the big birthday bash! Those who, subscribe to either newspaper will receive a copy, but there will be extras made avail- able. The advertising sales staffs of both community papers will soon be approaching you to gauge your interest in this special project. • Enclosed is a rate package detailing ad sizes and costs, as well as other pertinent information: If you would like to be a part of this, just contact Neil or Tom at The Advocate at 348-8431, or Terri or Mary at The Expositor at 527-0240 at once! DEADLINE IS I" I� I DAY. , J I. I ,' 19!