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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-03-02, Page 21host 20 Times -Advocate, March 2, 1983 . t On Golden Pond to open P!qyhouse season • With the exception of deciding about directors for two plays, Hurt it Country Playhouse has the 'season ready to go months earlier that in any of the previous.12 seasons. The Playhouse will open with On Golden Pond, directed by artistic director Ron Ulrich. The play was pro- duced in movie form last year starring the late Henry Fon- da and Katherine Hepburn. The Playhouse version will open the theatre a week before it has opened in the past, June 21. California Suite, another hilarious Neil Simon piece will be presented July 16. On July 19 The Miracle Worker, a story of the education of the famous Helen ' Keller will open.' How The Other half Loves. described as "a wonderful 'Laney romp about simple household matters" will open August 2. The family musical South Pacific will begin August -16 and run for four weeks. Meanwhile, all three shows on •the. second sage, Playhouse 11, will begin in Ju; ly and will run in repertory throughout the summer. It will be the theatre's first ven- ture into rep, in wbich two or more shows alternate on a continuing basis, as opposed to the stock system, used on the main stage. in which one show completes its run before the next one opens. The opening Playhouse 11 production will be the John Gray Trucking musical, 18 Wheels, opening July 2. A new • James Saar horror -movie spoof, The Return . Of The Curse Of The Mummy's Revenge, will open July 9. Stephen Witkin's bus -stop comedy, Eight To The Bar, begins July 23. All three will ,continue into the first week of September. For the first time, too, the SEASON READY - Jill Waters is seen with Huron Country Playhouse artistic direc- tor Ron Ulrich at a reception to announce the season. The season will.be two weeks longer this summer and will include three Canadian musicals in the new Playhouse 11. Lioness plan projects; church welcomes youth The Lioness Club met Thursday evening at Oakwood Inn for supper. President, Sandra Norris chaired the business. A thank you note was received for money sent to help buy a pro- jector for the community, to be kept at the library. A dona- tion of $2.00 per member was given to the Youth Camp fund. The bowling .for Big Brothers and Big Sisters bowlathon raised $407.00 by the six members that bowled. This•amount will be matched by the club to total $814.00. Plans were made for a boys' and girls' night to be held at -the Downtowners restaurant, in March. Members enjoyed the com- pany . of three guests from Wyoming; including Lioness Al Vice President, Joan O'Brien. A profit was made on the Hard Times dance held at • Dashwood February 19. A good time was had by all. The card party held February 21 at the Anglican Parish hall also realized a profit. Meals on wheels were pro: " vided to all of the recipients free. of charge over the Christmas to New Year holi- day. Sincere thanks to Susan and Harry at the Downtowner. The annual March of Dimes campaign will take. place in March. When a Lioness comes to your door, please be generous. The names of everyone donating will be put into a barrel, and the Lioness , Club have donated a lovely prize for the name drawn al their next meeting. Plans are well under way for the Gala Mini Vegas night • in May. Reserve your tickets from any Lioness member. A super smorgasbord meal and a night of fun for $20.0( a . couple. This summer the lioness will sell raffle tickets on a side of beef. • One hundred • dollars was donated to a Chatham Lioness,. who. for severe health probletns had to be moved to a drier climate for the next six months. We wish her a speedy recovery, Next Lioness meeting will be held March 25 al the Legion. Dart news Thirty Grand Bend Legion members travelled to ipper- wash February 17. for a fun night of dart games. February 15 dart winner scores were: first. Bob Hamilton and Lit Chapdelaine; second. Stu Brown and Ev Buttery. February 22 winners were: first. Bob Chapdelaiine and Ev • Buttery; second. Mike Tatarin and Dee Rath. Dart games are held each Tuesday edening at Grand Bend •Legion. Everyone welcome. Evening unit meets The evening unit of United Church women met Tuesday evening in the S.S. rooms. They opened with a social time of coffee arid hot cross buns with marmalade served by Betty Heist. • 4 Leader, Evelyn Johnson, chaired the meeting opening with a poem and prayer, Irene Kennedy had the war- ship service on women of the_ Bible. Plans were made to visit shut-ins. • • 1-11 news The '`Super Chefs?, grand Bend 4-11 club, number one, held meeting three Wednes- day evening al Nancy Stok- kerman's home. Roll call was answered by "Does your family keep any food Customs from their country of origin?" 'They learned about food from Russia, Ukraine and - Poland. At this 'meeting they made plum dumplings, a vegetable and macaroni casserole and: breaded pork chops with cherry sauce, then enjoyed eating their coo_ ked foods for supper. The "International Eaters, 4-11 club number three, held meeting four at Virginia lirenner's home last week. • . Roll call was to name one • variety of pasta. Pages 27-34 , were read and studied in their pamphlets. • A cover design by Julia Brown was chosen for the record books. At this meetingmembers made anti pasta from Italy. apple pie Greek stylet and, middle eastern stuffed vegetables. and ate the food for supper with mint tea. The -International food par- ty was discussed when the girls will invite their parents as guests: This will be held April 9 -al the United Church. The 441 meeting of Country Connoisseurs was held al Stephanie Wood's home on February 21. Members divid- . ed into groups . and made borsch, breaded pork chops with cherry sauce. plum dumpling- and vegetable macaroni. As•supper cooked they did the book work of countries of Eastern Europe. Achievement program and party plans were discussed. t'nited•('kurch news The Scouts, Cubs, Beavers, Brownies and their leaders were welcomed to the morn- ing service at Grand Bend .United Church. The Meditation was, "Get- ting to know God" with scrip - lure from l.uke 2:39-52. The• Bible tells us Jesus increased in wisdom and stature. Rev. Moore asked. "How do we learn about God." and said some of the ways are a desire to know God, to open our hearts • only we ourselves can' oto this, and know God through worship. -When we read the Bible we can hear God speaking to us, God hears and answers every prayer. The children's story was 'The helping hand." Rev. Moore said we can do things acid live better by helping each other. The choir anthem was "Take my life, lead the Lord " Next Sunday, March 6, a Mission Festival will be held at Main Street United Church, Mitchell. Brunch will be serv- ed from 12:30 to 1:45. There will be displays • and audiovisuals of current Mis- sion Activities. - Music from 1:45- to 2:30 featuring the Mitchell Glee Club and the Stratford "Shiloh" group. Special after- noon programs for children. Dr. Robert McClure is special speaker at 2:30 followed by a panel discussion with Maurice Francis ads chairman. The Grand Bend Stewards will meet on Thur$dayi, March 3 at the church at 8;00 p.m. Church of (,od Rev. John Campbell spoke Sunday morning on the topic, "Watch -out for envy," about the life of Joseph with scrip- ture from Genesis 37. At Church of God evening service the youths were in charge, taking care of usher- ing,- music and chairing the service. The Beaconaires and Women of Church of God were invited to take part with the youths, in a quiz on first John, chapter one. After the. service all •gathered in the S.S. rooms, where -the youths served bir- thday cake and ice cream in honor of Dr. A. Brown's birthday. At the Bible Mountaineers meeting Wednesday evening at the church, the first Trini- ty badges were given nut to two members of the group. More than 30 attended a church school birthday party, Friday evening. All ages par- ticipated in games at the school gym:. Then all came back to the church where they enjoyed birthday cake and ice cream. Anglican Church , On this second Sunday in Lent the sermon was by Stephen Haig, a final year student for the ministry from Huron College. London. The gospel he spoke from was Luke 9:28-36. This was the story where Jesus went into the mountains with Peter. James and John to pray and a voice came from the clouds saying, "This is my son, my chosen, listen to Him." Psalm 27 was read by ltcv. J. Suttonwith the response, "The Lord is my light and my salvation." ' Each Thursday through Lent there will be a service at 1:30 p.m. with Bible Study to follow. March 3 - The ladies group of St. Johns will meet at the Parish Hall at 2 p.m. March 4 - The World's Day of Prayer to be held at the. Catholic Church. March 7 •r Board of Management meeting at 7:30 p.m. March 29 • A bus will leave al 10:30 a. m. to St. Paul's Cathedral in Lon- don to hear itev. Herbert O'Driscoll of Vancouver. After lunch will be a lour of the Cathedral. Personals Rev. H. Moore and Don Kobe attended the Huron Perth Presbytery meeting Tuesday at the United Church in St. Marys. The World's Day of Prayer. service this year will be held Friday, March 4, 2:00 p.m. at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Grand Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Adams and Mrs. Susie Devine were DISCUSS THE PROGRAM is seen discussing the Press critic Douglas Past; artistic director, Aileen Taylor -Smith seated right, 983 program for Huron Country Playhouse with London Free Bale, left. Coundl'pcisses bylaw adopting water charges Grand Bend I'UC will now be able to charge all Grand Bend residents for water- regardless aterregardless of whether or not they are hooked into the system. A by-law was finally passed -at last week's meeting of council. After agonizing over the situation through two council meetings it was decided to allow residents a choice to • hook into the system or con- tinue to use .'wells.. A minimum water charge will be compulsory ter those not on piped water. In connection with the water system, council saw preliminary sketches by McLaren Engineers for the expansion and upgrading of the Lake Huron Water treat- ment plant. According to the sketches. the plant would more than double in size. The Licence of Occupation, to allow Grand Bend to con- trol traffic on the lake 100 feet from the shore line, was dinner guests Sunday at their daughter's home, Pauline and Don liendricli. Pam and Paul at Wyoming. Also attending were the . Adam's other daughter, Pat and Lanny Scrimegour, Angela and Jeff of London. The occasion was celebrating family birthdays in February and March. Angela and Lanny. Don and Pauline were the celebrants.. George and Marie Chowen, Of. Southc•olI Pines, spent a few days recently in ('pll- ingw.00d at their daughter's home, Audrey and Ken Mof- fat and their family, Valerie. Gloria, Terry and Wendy. Fourteen were out Wednes Iday afternoon to the fun and games at SI...lohns Parish Hall. Games of lino and euchre were played. - The March meeting of. Grand Bend Golden Agers will 'be held this afternoon. . March 2, 1:30 p.m. al SI. John's Parish ilall. A V.O.N. nurse from Sarnia will be the guest speaker. South(•ott fines new s The Joseph Pastovic•h tater • ly of wnrtlsor, are enjoying the seasonal residence on Christie recently purchased from the Waller Dodds, London. . • Who's thinking about spring? Lyle Smith. 152 Pines Parkway, is busy researching nursery and greenhouse catalogues for Pines' planters and river flower beds. Ilelping Gail Lawson w Ilh the meal for the Robbie Burns dinner in January were Eva Nancarrow, Marion Ogilvie. Angie Yenning, Kay and Laurie Mannell, Jack and Betty Stein, Marian and Bill Spindler, Peg and Wen Holmes. received from the ministry of natural resources. As soon as an error in the licence is cor- rected a by-law will be prepared so thin Grand Bend can correct the misuse of the water area by small boats • close to the shore. The Bank of Montreal has ''agreed to sellfor one dollar to the village enough land for parking and a walkway in the area of the new town hall. The Village will pay costs of the survey and will grant the bank an entrance and exit right of way. A letter of application from a graduate student from the University of Waterloo was read: The student would work at a recreational study for the area as part of a case study toward a master's thesis. No funds have been offered but the village would provide a place to work. With a recorded vote, coun- cil decided not to pay the ac- • count of Carmel Lovie for sketches -and costing for the fire hall. While it was reported That Stephen and Bosanquet were willing to cover their shares of the cost. Grand Bend decided to wait until there had been recorded resolutions froth the townships and to vote a' the next• joint fire committee meeting. Lovie had offered his opinion to the group but did not receive the contract. councillor Snider felt that the work by Lovie "got the building off the ground". Thr lighting program was discussed and it was agreed that a total lighting program would be a good idea. About half the cost of equipment would be saved by volume purchase. 'There was in in- dicat ion (hat the village might • iW able to purchase in volume in cooperation with the oily of Sarnia. PUC fell there would be considerable saving in maintenance and efficiency of new lighting. The cost would be in the neighbourhood of $20,1100. Council has hired .foe McCann as supervisor and ,lames Desnoyers and Danny Orban h► work on harbour im• prov('ments for a 12 -week period. They will clean up the docks and the quarterdeck, take clown an old boat house ()lithe river bank. build steps otrthe river bank and put in new guard rails. Village solicitor Dan Mur- phy complimented the village on the preparation 'for the. OMB hearing concerning' sewer rates. He said the hear- ing could not have proceeded as well without the broad documentation prepared by the reeve. - Delegates Tom Lawson and Dr. Russ Lingard appeared at the meeting for the harbour committee. Chairman Lawson said he's never been. involved in "anything so frustrating". Ile asked that council share the committee's concern about priorities and "allow our input". He thanked the village for help with grant funding and expertise in guidelines. He ex- pressed pride in the building ( which is now about half com- plete) ,and said it would be staffed by conscientious and uniformed student atten- dants. He also staled that the hydraulic study to determine drift and silting from the lake would soon be underway. Guild plans fashion show Huron Country Playhouse Guild memhers agreed t0 . work with the Playhouse board of directors in a joint endeavour when they mel with• board members at the home of Helen Kleinstiver in Dashwood last week.. They will produce a gala fashion show in Exeter on May 4.. Show coordinator. Marie Homans, outlined the duties of the guild membeis. Audrey Harris, • fund raising chair- man Of the Ixiard, was also in attendance at the meeting. Guild members agreed to sell 500tickets and to take on the jobs of dressers and au- dience attendants. Mrs. Iloxnans said that the Canadian Cancer . Society. which usually sponsors such a show, had agreed for the use of props and exluipMenl they have used in the past. Participating merchants will he Merry Rags, Grand Bend; laud Gowan, London: and Ansletl Jewellers. Exeter. Tony's Household Maintenance Grand Bend and area Interior and Exterior, Window cleaning, wall washing, basements, garages, yards, lawns, fertilizing, gardening, caulking, painting, odd jobs, repairs, etc, 238.2831 second stage shows will be presented directly opposite the main -stage production$, at 8:30 Am., instead of begin- ning afterward. Playhouse iL is being con- structed this winter to replace the smaller cabaret space which the theatre had used for its midnight perfor- mances. It will be insulated, unlike the main theatre, and has a small balcony. . , Special events through the season include a June26 con- cert by the country recording stars the Flintily Brown, a gala opening dinner June 29 (a week into the run of On Golden Pond), a children's day July 12 featuring two per fprmances.by recording ar- tists Sharon, Lois and Bram, a July 14 concert ' by jazzman Moe Koffman and an August • 7 concert by the Nylons. The James Saar parody, The Return Of The Curse Of The Mummy's Revenge, will be a premiere, Ulrich said. Its' author has written .and directed several previous . shows for the playhouse. "I don't know anything more about it than that", he. said; "ekcept that it has four characters playing about 97 roles apiece, lots of dark, scary scenes. fog for days and Rabies threat is outlined In a letter circulated throughout the schools in Lambton County, medical of- ficer of health, Dr. Lucy Dun- can has issued a broad warn- ing about animal rabies in the . southern and eastern parts of the county. . The Lambton health unit urges pet owners to keep up the rabies vaccination of their dogs and cats and to be careful about having illness of domestic pets looked after by local veterinarians. The warning stresses the danger in handling stray animals, either .domestic or wild and stresses the impor- tance of reporting animal and bat bites to the health unit. Suspected rabies in'animals should be reported im- mediately to Agriculture Canada Sarnia (344-5571). The Lambton health unit has three centres to handle en- quiries in Forest 1786-2148►. Petrolia (882-20801 and Sarnia (344-5293). • c4, IN '83 BUY Ott LEASE CHRYSLER ...OUR LOW PRICES WILL GES YOU, OUR SERVICE WILL KEEP YOUI COME SEE US TODAY 0 +yrr,,,I,M 11 !Air -WARNER AUTO MARINE GRAND RIND 138 240' MON IRI 9 6 SAT 9 5 ION 17 5 lighting effects galore." Ticket prices have increas- ed only slightly, general manager Heather Redick said. Main -stage subscrip- tions for adults are up to $40, from $35 last year, but stydents subscriptions re- main at $25. Individual tickets prices range from $12 for adults on Saturday eitenings, down to $5.59 for students any time. All tickets to the Playhou5e II shows are $6.50 apiece; no subscriptions are Grant is approved Ralph Ferguson MP Lambton-Middlesex announc- ed Tuesday the approval of the Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce new employment expansion development pro- ject totalling $32,000. The project will undertake restoration and renovation of the municipal building as well as insulation and siding of the works building, preparation of signs and other related community projects with the cooperation and support 01 •tire Chamber of Commerce. Ferguson stated that he is very pleased by the response he has received from the business community, labour representatives and - municipalities who have ac- tively developed projects under the NEED program. NEED was initiated by the Government of Canada in November 1982. Private enterprise. unions. non-profit organizations and municipalities are all eligible to sponsor projects. To date Mr. Ferguson has announced projects amoun- ting to . over five million dollars creating over 1680 work weeks of employment in Lambton-Middlesex. - beingsold. Ulrich, who t000k over the artistic directorship at the end of the 1982 season from Aileen Taylor -Smith, said he will direct Op Golden Pond. California Suite, The Miracle Worker, South Pacific and one of the Playhouse 11 shows. Directors have not yet been signed for the two remaining second -stage productions or for How The Other Half Loves. Saar will likely direct one. Ulrich said, and the. playhouse is negotiating with a third director to do the two , others. • `Diana's DICK FOOD Fine Egg Noodles .56C1/2 Ib. Between Sears L Doroan's GRAND BEND 238-5030 OOmPu REIRO BOOKKEEPING INVESTMENTS /N LEADING TRUST (YJMPAN/E ART READ Chartered Accountant (519) 238-2388 Grand Bend, Ontario 39Woodpark Cre, 4► THE LAMBTON. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC MEETINGS School District Study Committee for North, East and Central Lambton The School District Study Committee will hold open, public meetings at the following loca- tions and times: East Lambton Secondary School. Watford, Wednesday, March 2, 1983, at 7:30 p.m. North Lambton Secondary School. Forest, Wednesday, March 9, 1983, at 7:30 p.m. Lambton Central C. V.1., Petrolia, Wednesdgy,March 16, 1983, .at 7:30 p.m. PLEASE NOTE THAT NO MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 23 OR MARCH 23. Meeting Agenda information will be available in the Main Office of the study schools and at the Receptionist's Desk at the Education Cen- tre, 200 Wellingon Street, Sarnia, the day before the meeting is held. Questions and comments from the public either oral or written will be received by the Study Committee at 8:30 p.m. at each meeting. Information about the committee and its deliberations will be given out at each meeting. H.G. Cole, A.R. Wells, Chairman Director of Education Classic and chic it's all there in all these polyester and viscose blend separates from ©%VIiitc Strut This is only one combination from their wide collection of washable linen look, pants, skirtt and jackets available in cre8m and navy In sizes 8-16. Now At..., fashion boutique Opening friday, March 4th Open 7 Days A,Week 11/4 Miles South of Grand Bend on Hwy. 21 238-2818