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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-05-11, Page 15FASHION TALK Huron Country Playhouse artistic director Ron Ulrich, master of ceremonies Jim Swan and model Michelle Weis prepare for Wednesday's fashion show at the South Huron Rec Centre. T -A photo. About GB people you know... Sixteen members of the "Sweet Fanny" bridge club met last Thursday evening for a pot luck supper at the home of Kathy Campbell, Lakewood Lane in Grand Cove. During their business meeting they organized for their spring and summer bridge marathon. The group decided on two summer tours to Stratford, in July to the musical "The Gondoliers," by Gilbert and Sullivan, and in August, Preservation hall - jazz band, both at the Avon theatre. New members joining up included Harriet Brunner, of Thedford, Helen and Beryl Hogg, Emily Kirkpatrick and Ellen Batstone, all of Zurich, and Verna MacDonald of Grand Cove. Mrs. Lloyd Fahner, accom- panied by her daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Bill Becker, of Dashwood, and PRODUCER, CHAIRMAN — Huron Country Playhouse producer Marie Homans and board chairman Adrian [Wyly chat prior to Wednesday's fashion show. Everybody has complaints about the post office. The postage rates are too high, mail is slow in arriving and sometimes parcels just disap- pear before they reach their destination. Well, my complaint isn't about 'the post office in general -- I am specifically complaining about my mailbox. I'm not talking about those neat little post of- fice boxes all numbered and nestled snugly in a row that you urbanites enjoy. I'm talking about roughing it -- I'm talking about the rural mailbox. Our rural mailbox is not happy with its lot in life. For some reason it likes to create trouble. Ever since it first started holding our mail about four years ago, it has caused nothing but trouble. :f you have always enjoyed an urban post office box, count your blessings. You may have thought that there is nothing special about own- ing a rural mailbox -- it was simply stuck up on a post and the mail arrived. Wrong -- it takes skill and time to own a rural mailbox, and it's quite a responsibility. Our problems began when we, like most people, thought that we could simply erect the mail box without studying the regulation book. We were soon told that it was too high, and we were presented with a rule book for erecting a rural mailbox. All these elaborate and elegant mailboxes one sees along the highway are, apparently, against regula- tion. We finally had 'our box sitting at the right height when we came home one night to find the regulation pole broken in half and the mailbox lying on the roadside. A new regulation pole had to be found. Soon 'after the box was erected, I purchased sticky letters and put our name on the mailbox. But 1 only put the name on one side -- the side where most of the traffic would see it, i thought. it wasn't long before i received a note from the post office telling me to have the name on the other side -- the side with the red flag. Another regulation. i,com- Mary's musings • By Mary Alderson plied, but i couldn't find the same kind of sticky letters. so our mailbox now features two typestyles. it was about that time that we discovered the mailbox leaked. We caulked every seam, but we were still get- ting soggy newspapers on rainy days. The only way to stop the leak would be to seal up the door on the front of I he mail box, and that would make it difficult to put the mail inside: We are the reci- pients of six newspapers and Macleans magazine each week. if you happen to come too our house on a rainy Tuesday or Wednesday. you're apt to find very wet newspapers hanging from the shower rod or spread out on the floor in front of every hot air register. It is not easy being the owner of a rural mailbox in winter. Regulations say that you must remove the show from your mailbox. When you and your hushand leave for work in the morning before dawn and don't get home from work at night until after dark, it is difficult to find a mailbox. especially one ob- scured by a snow drift. That means that if it snows on Monday morning. you don't get mail all week, until you have time to shovel it out 'I on Saturday. And now. there's no rural mail delivery on Saturdays! Once when there were especially high snow hanks covering the mail box, my hushand very artistically cut out stairsleps in the snow leading up to the mailbox. We were surprised and pleased when' the mail arrived in our mailbox, via the stairway. Fortunately, some warm weather soon followed. and we were able to do away with the stairway when it thawed. We thought our mailbox problems were over -- except for the leaks, the mismatch- ed names, and, of course the ever-increasing rust. And now this! This week we received a very official looking letter telling us we have to move our mailbox to the other side of the road. And you thought you. had complaints about the post office. Mr. and Mrs. Rick Skinner, spent the weekend in Trenton at Nancy's sister's home, Barb and Gerald Keyes. They also visited Lori Becker and fiancee Dan Tuckey, in Trenton. Visiting on the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Keyes, was her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. La Vern Britton, of Killarney, Manitoba. They were entertained for dinner, Sunday at Leroy and Elsie • Keyes, Scott and Susan. The BrittOn's will be stay- ing a few weeks in Ontario, visiting in London and Mit- chell and Dublin area. Mrs. Irene Ward, and her sons Jimmy and Roger, at- tended the funeral of the boys' aunt and Irene's sister-in-law, Mrs. Opal Smith, in Toronto last week. Sunday guests with Elgin and Elda Adams were their daughters and families for Mother's Day Sunday. Don and Pauline Hendrick, Pam and Paul of Wyoming, Pat and Lanny Scrimegour, Angela and Jeff, of London, and Mrs. Susie Devine. The young folks treated Grandma Devine and their Ada 1's parents to dinner at Bayview restaurant. Marie and George Chowen, of Southcott Pines, attended the double ring wedding of their grandaughter, Valerie Moffat, daughter of Ken and Audrey Moffat, to Ian McKay, son of Mrs. Dorothy McKay and 'the late Victor McKay, all of Collingwood. The wedding was at Coll- ingwood United Church, April 30. Wendy Moffat, sister of the bride was flower girl. A wed- ding reception was held in the Community Centre, and dur- ing the evening it was re- quested to play the Anniver- sary waltz, for Valerie's parents, who celebrated their wedding anniversary on May 2. The young couple will reside in Collingwood. Ann and George David, and Marg and Bob Hedley, of Turnbull's Grove, spent a few days in Brampton last week, and visited friends in Norwal and Georgetown. While in Brampton they visited Marg's mother, Mrs. Ger- trude Hornsey, and took her out for a Mother's Day dinner. Lorne and Loreen Devine visited Wednesday afternoon with •Harold and Edith Widrick, of Zurich and celebrated Harold's birthday. Jim Kennedy, a medical student at University of Calgary, Alberta was home on the weekend to visit his parents, Clarke and Irene Kennedy and other family members. Jim will attend York University in Toronto for six weeks, before return- ing to Calgary. Grand Bend Lioness club will be sponsoring a bike rodeo at Grand Bend Public Schdol on Saturday, May 14 at 1:00 p.m. All children are welcome. A reminder tothe bridge players - the Grand Bend duplicate bridge club. will start their games for this season today, Wednesday, May 11, at 7:15 p.m. at one of the members home. Anyone interested in friendly social games are welcome to attend. For information phone either Irene Ward at 238-8345 or' Jean Gibson at 238-2202. Weekend guests with Jean and Leonard Gibson were her father, A. Harrison, of Chelsey Park, London, and the Gibson's daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hambly, Heather and Colleen of Tillsonburg. Mr. and Mrs. Dunce: McVittie, Robin anc Lawrence, of Southampton. spent the weekend with the children's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson. Playhouse show a huge success Times -Advocate, May 11, 1983 Pope 15. New fGShiOnS d.crIy f�eus on you The Spotlight On Fashion '83 sponsored by the Huron Country .Playhouse was a huge suc(ess. This annual fashion ex• travaganza held Wednesday at; the South Huron Recrea- tion Centre gave an exciting overview of current fashion trends, colours and styles - in short - the look of today, to the over 800l'nen and women who • watched on. Jim Swan of TV London's .Morning Break, who did such a wonderful job last season, was on hand again with com- mentator Johanna Andrews. Many local models, Wendy Elliott, Beth Jean, Fran Levie, Val Fraleigh, Eileen Frayne, Joy Hogg, Phyllis Wilkins, Rosemarie Gurd, Dave Sheppard, Ron Ulrich and Tracey O'Neil (now of Toronto) took part in the show sharing the stage with others from the School of Elegance. To open the evening the au- dience warmly received past artistic director, Aileen Taylor -Smith with'the new ar- tistic director Ron Ulrich and Adrian Bayley, chairman of the board, who made the introductions. The show was organized by Huron Country Playhouse board member, Marie Homans and choreographed by Tracey. O'Neil, with 'fashions from Merry Rags, Bud Gowan's, and Roy Davis of London; shoes from Cop- perfields and jewelry from Anstett Jewellers, and dan- skins from Warm Ups. The makeup was applied by Skin- WENDY ANDREWS ELLIOTT treet, and hair,designs were by Silvanas. Country Flowers added the balloons and floral arrangements to complement • the stage. The fashion trend for 11183 was portrayed by the models. As the new season emerges, the focus is clearly on you ... a new you, more dressed up than" ever before in clothes with polish and a distinct at- titude, of sophistication, On the other hand, dressing for • the 80's means clothing that will reflect and adapt to your way of life. Clothing to suit the occasion ... clothing for work, something else for home, and another outfit for going out. Nevertheless, the over-all silhouette with the exception of the party dress, will em- phasize the top, shoulders and waist, and pare down the hips and legs ... not unlike an in- verted pyramid. Basically, there are four major areas that require attention - city chic, weekend wear, active. gear and after five attire. For the working women, ci- ty chic is really taking on an important dimension because she .is more and more .con- scious of how she will be perceived on the job. As a result, the look is strongly in- fluenced • by the clean cut simplicity of menswear while retaining a sense of feminini- ty through details and treatments to blouses. Fabrics cater to women on a non-stop day in linens, tropical weights and poplins. The colour spectrum varies widely from blacks, whites, and greys given'dash with the introduction of red, to soft pastels -pinks, yellows and mauves to the deeper toned hues of royal blue and fuschia. And of course, the classics of navy and cream are perennial favourites, and timeless in their anneal. Suit jackets are usually shorter as seen in the spencer • and the tuxedo. Skirts are often straight or quite flared. Suits are big news this year and can be seen carrying you from office to luncheon to din- ner. The key words — sophistication, polish and style — indeed suits for everyone and every occasion as seen in Suited for Success. The second category is loosely defined as weekend . wear but touches base with active wear as well iikee our lifestyle is becomineynore and more casual. The colour spectrum here too has all out appeal — varying from the mid -pastels of strawberry pink,lurquoise, lake blue, and mint green to the neutrals of pearl grey and walnut beige — to the primary brights of yellow, red, royal and white. But again it is the colour mix that adds the fashion savy. Look for 'capri pants and bowling shirts, walking shorts and knee socks, minis, slouchy pants with football length jackets, and rugger pants with big colour blocked t -shirts. Fabrics offer every- day durability in twills, ducks, poplins, seersuckers, and of course, cottons. I3ut• the watchword here is undoubted - AN ELEGANT MODEL ly colour --- magnificently happy colour for magnificent - ly sunny days. With everyone becoming more fitness conscious, ac- tivewear takes on an increas- ingly important role in your wardrobe. But now ac- tivewear has become a mode of .weekend dressing as well simply because of its comfort. Women wear track suits to the hairdresser and to go shopping, something unheard of only three years ago. Key fabrics are fleece, terry, and cotton interlock in track suit styling - jogging pants, sweat shirts, boxing shorts, and polo't-shirts. In- deed, sweats for '83 are super. The catchword here is basic — comfort. After five dressing means class - flirtatious, refined and very, very feminine. With the formality of the suit and the casual look of weekend and activewear, women want a different look for evening. They want the real woman to surface and this is done by virtue of colour, styling and fabric. Blacks and whites make a strong leadership statement herein blocks, dots and stripes — indeed impact on entrance setting the inood,for an evening tinged with excitement. Pastels in soft pinks, mauves and creams also define the party dress, often for wedding occasions setting the ambiance for an evening of romance. The catchwords here are stunningly sexy to utterly feminine. The many hours of prepara- tion proved worthwhile with the net proceeds going to the 1983 Huron Country Playhouse fundraising campaign. TRACY O'NEILL ARYL -WILKiNS Colonials take opener The Grand Bend Colonials started off their 1983 season on the right foot Sunday as they downed Ingersoll by a score of 3-1. The Colonials are playing in the first division of the Lon- don and district soccer league after finishing high in the se- cond division last year. After trailing 1-0 at halftime in Sunday's opening contest, the Colonials came roaring back in the second half with a wind advantage to score three unanswered goals. Nick Vandenberk booted two successful shots and Dave Nolan added the in- surance goal. The Colonials will be back in action Sunday afternoon as they meet Delhi in a 4 p.m. Start at Huron Park. The Grand Bend Ausable league team was also suc- cessful in its initial start with a 3-2 win over Taxandria thanks to two headers by Bill Mennen and a single score by Joe Mommersteeg. The Ausable team will be on the road Sunday playing in Nairn. • The Colonials are strengthened this year with the additions of John Miekelsen and PeteGuedens from West Williams, Mike Klign, formerly with Goderich and Taxandria and Mike Van Hees who is spen- ding a year in Canada from his native Netherlands. Win at Mini Vegas Grand Bend Lioness Club held a successful Mini Vegas night at Dashwood Communi- ty Centre, Friday. There were 75 in attendance. A photo reproduction of a sunset by the Grand Bend pier was won by Hubert and Marge Shilbe of Dashwood. Other winners were Marjorie Roberts, Kay Green, Linda Arnold and Pat Provenzano, all of Grand Bend. Polar Bear emerges The beginning of a Polar Bear Club rests with Grand Bend councillor, Bruce Woodley. He claims to be the first in the area to swim in the lake this year and the last in 1982. He was swimming December 4 of last year and braved the water April 26, 1983 and he's been swimming in cold water (and warm) for the past six years. "It really wasn't so cold this winter and i had a good swim." he comments. Woodley owns two homes just north of Grand Bend's Main Street on the beach and says there are a few persons around who like to compete with dates and temperatures. He said that he thought that because of ice conditions on the lake a good time for an early swimming competition might be around the Easter weekend. He's found a new and in- teresting winter activity in Grand Bend. Music award made The W. Eric Mcllroy Memorial Scholarship for ex- cellence in pianofort was presented in London by Ella Mcllroy to University of Western Ontario graduate Christopher Ostrander. The $1,450 award,.;fs a memorial scholarship award- ed annually to the top keyboard student as Judged by the London and district judges during the Kiwanas Music Festival. Mrs. Mcllroy and others from the committee in charge of the memorial fund were in London to present the award to Ostrander., He is a graduate of the faculty of music, U.W.O. with a perfor- mance diploma and hopes to study next year in Vienna. Committee members with Mrs. Mcllroy are Mae Morenz, John Aselstyne and Jud Bumstead, all of Grand Bend: JOY NOGG WENDY ANDREWS awn'