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A SKATING WE WILL GO — Wendy Jennison provides assistance for Andrew Jen-
nison, Sondra Van der Loan and Erin Jennison at Tuesday's moms and tots skating
session at the South Huron ,Rec Centre. T -A photo
Couples elect new slate,
seniors enjoy card game
Thirteen attended the
Couples club meeting held
Saturday night. They
gathered at the Public school
gym for games of volleyball
followed by lunch
refreshments.
During their business
meeting the new officers for
1983 were presented. Presi-
dent, lion and Jean Weigand;
secretary. Larry and Paula
Taylor; treasurer. Larry ard
Donna Lovie.
Couples in charge of this
meeting were Jan and 'Don
Kobe. Elsie and Leroy Keyes,
llarlene and . Fred
Desjardine.'
Golden Age club meets
There vete 38 in attendance
at the Golden Age club
meeting held %Vednesday
afternoon al SI. John's Parish
hall. New president Mrs.
Irene •V aid. welcomed all,
acid olx ne.d with all singing 0
Canada and repeating the
Lord's prayer in unison.
Happy Birthday was sung
for January celebrants and a
sing -a -long of favorite
numbers with .lean Page ac-
companying u0 pino.
The minutes were read by
Marjorie Mason and a
treasurer report given KY-'
• Olive Webb.
Nola Taylor's group was in
charge of program opening
with, "A New Year's prayer."
reading by. Mrs. Susie Devine.
Marjorie Mason read a poem
"Heads ixnt low." and also
about calendars in history:
Resolutions throughout the
year was read by Nola
Taylor.
Tho people divided into four
groups and did question con
test on "Motor Romances".
Games of euchre and
crokinole were played and
Mitch refreshments served. •
. Note-. the Parish. hall will
be open at 1:3o p.m. on
January; 19 for Golden.Agcrs
and friends to drop in for
cards. games or visiting.
courtesy of the Parks and
Recreation committee of
Grand Bend.
Bible' coffee hour
The non -denominational Jli-
blc coffee hour was held at
Roberta Walker's home Tues-
day afternoon in Oakwood.
with 10 in attendance.
llrs. Nita Sinclair .led the
class on The Lord's Prayer.
Jesus (aught his disciples to
pray. Our Father which art in
heaven. Hallowed be thy
name, in Matthew 6.9.15.
means authority and holiness
We are not asking Grid for
something, •instead we open
the way for the inflow of God
into us. We are to respect and
revere .Nis name. to reveal
himself to us. We are to look
into our own hearts for God's
cleansing powers. We need to
be right with aur brothers and
/ • t
with God then we can ask for they met in the Parish hall for
our needs. - their regular January
Beaconaires club meeting and made plans for
a euchre party to be held in
the Parish hall at 8 p.m. Mon-
day Feb. 7. Refreshments will
be served and prizes. '
Upcoming events - The se-
cond part of the annual vestry
meeting will be held Monday,
Jan. 31 with a pot luck supper
at 6:30 p.m. at the Parish hall.
Lent starts on Ash Wednes-
day, Feb. 16 with a servile at'.
St. John's at 1:00 p.m. with
regular Lenten services to be
held each Thursday at 1 !00
p.m.. with study to follow.
The 1983 Board of Manage-
ment will hold their last '
meeting on January 20, at
7:30'to aptrove the budget to
.be forwarded to the vestry.
United ('h}crch news •
'l'he Sacrament of holy
Communion was held Sunday
morning at the _ United
Church. Rev: H. Moore's ser-
mon topic was "A word for
our lives". He said God loves
and sees the worth in each in-
dividual person. God is the
source.of our strength. both
Spiritual and physical.
The scripture 'from John
1:1-18 was read -by Beulah
!loll.
The Beaconaires held their
meeting January 3 at the
Church of God with 20 present
for a carry in supper. Ferman
Snyder led in devotions on
Psalm4,100. Leota Snyder con-
ducted a hymn sing.
In. the social' time table
games of crokinole and tri-
ominos were played. -
Dart game •scores
Al the weekly dart game
held every Tuesday night at
(;rand Bend Legion the scores
were: first Xavier
Boogemans and bou
Hamilton; second, Harry
Hamilton and Marg Hedley.
New playeis welcomed.
Church of God •
"Serve one another"" was
the topic chosen by Rev. John
Campbell for the Sunday mor-
ning service at Church of God
with scripture from Galat ions
5:18.
The music special was a
solo by Glenda. Desjardine,
titled "Room :it the cross for
you.'. accompanied with .
piano by her mother Ilene
Desjardine.
There were 35 from ('hunch
of God who . attended the
Iilucwater Rest home service . Choir anthems were "Con•
Sunday evening. Rev. Camp tritibn.•' and hymn 261 •from
bell spoke on how attitudes af- the Red hymn hook. "Teach
feels your live, with scripture me my God and King." with
from Philippians 4.4 •
:', variety of music specials
were enjoyed . with a ladies
choir. solos and duets.
There 'were two carloads
from Church of God attended
the Youth for Christ talent
night held at Brucefield last
Saturday evening.
The talent number from
,Church of God w•al a piano
duet by Lori Vincent and
Laura Campbell.
.‘nglican Church ,. day. January 27 at the
• Last Sunday. at St. Johns church.
was the first Sunday after• The afternoon unit of
congregation joining in on last
two verses.
Door greeters were•Morley •
and Stillie,Desjatdine.
The children's• story was
about antiques. Rev. ,Moore
compared them to the age old
time worn teachings. such as+
the Ten ('omtnandments and
Sermon on the, Mount. •
Annual meetings coming up
are Grand Bend January 24.
and the Official Board. ThUrs:
Epiphany ibaptism of our
Lord). Scripture readings
were from Isaiah 61:1-4. Acts
/8:14-17 and St. Luke 15-17.
21-22.
Rev. Jim Sutton said it was
at this time the Wise Men
went to Bethlehem with gold.
frankincense and myrrh.
Gold sy niholizes the King. Roy and Hazel Broad. of
frankincense the incense of Grand Cove. have returned
prayer and myrrh is from the . home after visiting a few days
tomb of death : - . last week in Toronto, at their
Epiphany is to show a long daughter's home. Mr. r nd
road. Perhaps only to see a
small light which is ,Jesus
'sharing our concerns with
those who need us. Rev. Sut-
ton said Epiphany in the
church is a natural state to
lead us to the star of light and
understanding
The ladies of St. John's at-
tended a holy Communion
'service on Epiphany day.
Jan. 6 at 1:00 p.m.• at St.
John's church. At 2:00 p.m.
U.C.W.•
will meet on Thurs-
day. January 13 at 1:36 at the
church. •
Grand Bend N'oung Peo-
ple's group will meet next
Sunday. January 16 at 7:30 at
the church. Come and bring a
friend.
Personals
Mrs Norman Chandler.
Michael. Donald and Barry.
Mrs. Walter Eunice
Cripps. of Saskatiotl. Sask. is
spending this week with her
parents. .Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Curts. in Green
Acres. while Walter is atten-
ding business meeting in
Toronto.
• Several more local 'folks
have left recently to spend
some time in the warmer
e
lxpect sewer hearing to be lengthy one
It was suggested at last
week's meeting of Grand
Bend Council that the Ontario
Municipal Board hearing to
determine sewer rates for
Grand Cove Estates would
take three or four days. The
hearing, originally scheduled
for January 5, has been
rescheduled fqr February 8.
Ridge Pine Park Inc.
(Grand Cove Estates) has
maintained that their charges
should be less since the com-
pany funded part of their
system. Stephen Township
has passed a by-law which
would allow the township to
set the rates.
A mill rate of 100 mills was
agreed upon for interim bill-
ing. First taxes will be due
February 15.
Councillor Bruce Woodley
reported that he has received
enquiries for summer jobs
and will be lining up help for
beach patrol and parking
within the next week.
There was a motion that
Grand Bend council confirm
Athe use of Grand Bend
Nursery School at the United
Church as being within the
zoning regulations of the
village. Council endorsed the
school's efforts as very
beneficial to the community.
There was a motion to
charge area landscaper Mor-
ris Webb for dumping leaves
at the waste disposal site.
Further to waste disposal, it
was decided to allow Mac-
Donald Sanitation to use the
site for r one load a week from
Ailsa Craig for the period of
one year. This would be sub-
ject to the approval from the
Ministry of Environment.
Extended time for sewer
hook-ups were granted to
owners of the Downtowner
Restaurant and to Havasu
Trading Post.
Councillor Murray Des -
Jardine .requestedachangein
the sign by-law. He
distributed copies of the by-
law and asked for recommen-
dations. There was con-
siderably discussion on fee
schedules and other changes
needed.
A by-law to' borrow $75,000
for current expenses received
a third reading.
Councillor Dennis Snider
reported that tender forms
are ready for the purchase of
a new truck for the village but
would not be sent out until
spring.'
Subject to the two proper -
Giant tree
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comes down
When Mr. and Mrs. Laird
Hendrick, Orchard Street in
Grand Bend, realized that the
giant white ash in their back
yard was in danger of falling
they sold it to Joe McCann, of
Grand Bend, for firewood.
McCann and a crew of three
spent two days last week go-
ing about taking it down. By
Thursday they had all but a
trunk, two meters in
diameter, and two -plus
metres high, and a branch of
the trunk, measuring a metre
across and four metres long,
disposed of for firewood.
White ash, being one of the
more dense and hard woods
will keep Joe's wood fires in
fuel for some months. He says
there will be about 20 cord of
split wood from the old giant.
When it came to the big
trunk and branch, McCann
was forced tocut wedges with
his big chain saw before it
could be split.
The tree is estimated to be
well over 100 years old.
climate of Florida. •
Mrs. Mary Ravelle, who
has been in South Huron
Hospital at Exeter this past
few months; is now residing
at Bluewater Rest Home.
Monday and Wednesday
visitors with Lorne and
Loreen Devine were George
arid Viola McArthur. of
Wallacetown, and Vera. Er-
vin and Gary. Latta of Point
Clark.
The. Devine's were Satur-
day dinner guests with their
aunt Mrs. •Elva Willert. in
Dashwood.
Mr.'and Mrs. Leeland Des -
Jardine, of town and Mr. and
Mrs. Ferman Snyder of
Shipka area. were guests with
Mr. and Mts. Elgin MacNab.
of Grand Cove, last Tuesday
evening for a turkey dinner
and social evening.
Jim Kennedy, who has been
home for the holidays with
family and friends left' last
Thursday for Toronto and to
catch a plane back to Calgary
to resume his medical
:studies.
Hugh and Annie Morenz
visited Tuesday evening with
George and Marie Chowen in
Southcott Pines.
ANSWER CALL
Grand Bend Fire
volunteers were called to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Venning, Havenpark Court. in
Southcott Pines Monday mor-
ning to extinguish a chimney
fire Some smoke damage
was reported.
ties adjacent to the Walker
drain and in need of erosion
control work, council has ac-
cepted.. special, beneficial
status under the Ausable-
Bayfield Conservation
Authority.
Properties involved are
owned by the Bank of Mon-
treal and Gaiser Kneale In-
surance Inc. Council will re-
quest that the Authority pro-
ceed with work on the project.
Council accepted the fill
and . floodline mapping for
Grand Bend, as presented by
the Authority. The Authority
will be asked to proceed with
the registration of its regula-
tions for the village.
BAKER'S
BASKET
t and
COFFEE SHOP
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BIGGEST ASH — Standing beside the stump of the largest white ash in the Grand
Bend area behind their home on Orchard Street in Grand Bend are Mr. and Mrs.
Laird Hendrick. The Hendricks mold the tree, which was deteriorating, to be cut
for firewood. The trunk measures two metres and tree -rings show that the tree
is over 100 years old.
Winds hit project
Come tumbling down
. High winds on Friday
brought down parts of the
, walls of the new harbour
building under construction in
Grand Bend and destroyed
the big tent that was protec-
ting them.
• Bob Fenlon, owner of
Fenlon Construction Ltd. of
Lambeth, said he hopes the
falling walls won't delay the
scheduled completion of the
single -storey building which
will accommodate customs
facilities as well as a public
laundry, showers and
washrooms for marine
visitors.
He said' "we've been set
back four or five days but will
just have to work twice as
hard to get it finished for
March 26. It was a strange in-
cident but nothing's
changed."
The winds ripped off a large
canvas tent enclosing the con-
struction and knocked down
freshly -laid tops of walls, in-
cluding almost a metre
(about three feet) from one
wall which was 212 metres
(eight feet) high and had
wood supports on both sides.
Fenlon's company, which
was awarded toe $100,000 con-
tract in December, was using
the rented tent to allow the
"bricks and mortar to set pro-
perly in bad weather." He'
said the workers now would
cover newly completed work
on an individual basis "and
that will slow us down."
His company started work
on the project Dec. 6 and was
"well aware of the strange
conditions" produced by
winds coming in from the
lake. "When they're from the
south it can be beautiful but
when it comes from the north
it can be bitter cold and
blustery." He said winds Fri -
End of Season
Sale
Now on
Hundreds of
quality
sweaters
for
ladies and men
at savings
up to
50%
We will be closing
for the season
on Jan, 30
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itis .CII E L
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Fenlon said loss in the pro-
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bricks and the work we'll.
have to make up." Jim Jep-
son, owner of Raymond Bros.
Ltd. of London, said loss of his
company's tent "was about
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The building will' be con-
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phase of a long-range study to
determine the best use of the
harbour and the Ausable
River within the village
limits. -
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