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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
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!