Lakeshore Advance, 2012-08-08, Page 5720 Lakeshore Advance • Thursday, August 24, 2011
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Piddlin'
sizzling etesnds, gleaming
im.
ous
chicken... put'em.together and whet
have you got? Another Corbett Fun
Por 26 years, the tiny hamlet
between Grand Bend and Panda has
basked in t ealmost morays
the sunny idnd - o *mond Saturday
in August. Forty-five entertainers,
mainly ofttecou ttyvariety, tookawns
on sage tuoughout the afternoon tatd
�Strathroy Barbershop Chorus,.
performed, ae.dtd the perehnislly
faithl band Megaton. Stewart Irvine ,
Senior hu led Magnuin onthit Corbett
Community Centre stage at all 26 Pun
Sixty-nine vintage vehicles
converged on the site... one of them
from British' Columbla on a cross -
Canada tour to Newfoundland Three of
them had 'escaped' from Bothwell,.
home of Soulinpmeta Ontario's most
glean* alto Hitch. •
Community *olunteers served 138
dinners of steak and 55 of chicken,
reported co-organizer Anne Wiersma.
"'Ryon though attendance was down, it
was an a tier bis de rpior °'M*"IA°
did attend.
The Advance. .
An auction
area buspeeese�s►dorganisatione:and
individuals p boost
ab aid Wk �°°°edie
from • one -xoom schoolhouse, the
comrnunkycentre $s the beneficiary of
Pun Day. A wheelchaitramp and,
accessible washroom on tthe upper Mpel.
are the next hnprovements.
Draw prise winners were. Anna
Marie McP lie of Parkhill - $50.Op;
W1ibsrtUMawion of Parkhdt - $100.00,'
MaO'Brien of Dashwoode S100►0O
Mitchell of Partial $250.00
and Cberyi Dunnell of Dashwood
—$1,000.00.Stradng Mt. Carmel Drive, the.,
border road between Middlesex and
Huron Cotmtles, Corbett originally was
named Newi b& A MiddleeexHeritage
Trail sign near the community centre
notes the name was ganged in honour
of John Corbett who bought Lot 35
Nast lBou uy DennisSutton.
sawmill,tongue and on this property he ran a
sa
groove lumbar
mill, a flour mill and blacksmith shop'
the sign recalls. "He also built a large
dwelling and general move Mary Mos
continues to operate Corbetts general
store but the industries lure gone.
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