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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-07-27, Page 8Page 8 Times -Advocate, July 27, 1988 Legion addition I1,4 Roberta Walker GRAND BEND -.There was a very good crowd for the opening of the new addition at Grand Bend Le- gion '1498:The day began with a horse shoe pitching contest, fol- lowed by.a delicious steak barbecue enjoyed by over 140 -people. Special .guest of honour Zone Commander .Bob Lalonde and his wife attended the festivities, which wound up with a dance. There was a • live band" to provide toe -tapping music for the happy crowd. Wally Shepherd won the door prize,.and the spot dances wcrc won by Heather Taul and Bill Arm- strong, and Mr. and Mrs. Ken Larmcr. • Now the Legion is better equipped than ever to provide for community needs. • Winner of the Friday Meat Raffle Were: Nelsen Smith, Louise Steck- Icy; L Stigmund, Bob Tatham, and Judy McRoberts, Brian Hitchocok won the Mystery Prize. Bingo will start on Thursday July -28 at 8 p.m. atthe Legion, to con- tinue each Thursday until the cnd of August. The next general meeting well be held on Monday, August 8, rescheduled 'from the August 1 holi . day. About town GRAND BEND - There was a lot • of . sports related activity around Grand Bend this weekend. The Slo Pitch Tournament lasted from Fri- day to Sunday, using the Dashwood and Grand Bend ball diamonds, fill= ing the air with that summer -sound of bat cracking against ball, and the cheer of the crowd. The Legion was busy too, with a horseshoe pitching contest to start 'off their celebration of the new addi- tion to the Legion. -- There was a special banquet at Grand Cove Estates, to honour the 27 participants in the Senior Games recently held at Stratford. Medals were presented to the six winners who brought home gold, silver and - bronze to "the Cove" residents. Speaking of achievements, the la- dies over at Sauble Court have just finished their 16th quilt this season, and will take a well-deserved rest until the fall. Thcy already have three quilts commissioned to begin work on, but are presently suffering a shortage of expert quiltcrs. Any- one interested? - - . Catholic News GRAND BEND - There was a baptism during the 11 a.m. mass at Immaculate Ileart of Mary Church on Sunday. Christine Anne Vanden- bcrk, infant daughter of John Van- denberk-and Yvonne Van den Ouwe- land, was welcomed into the Catholic Community through the Sacrament of Baptism. Mary Fran Gaiser was the reader for the 11 a.m. mass, and she was joined by John Kelders as Eucharis- tic Ministers. - Paul Dietich was the organist and accompanied Roberta Walker in two solos -at Commuion, "Sing For Joy" and—Just As -I Am." In his sermon, Father Paul Beck, the pastor, discussed the idea of the celebration of the mass as the reun- ion of a family with a picnic, or meal. We come together with our oldest brother, Jesus, to hear the. Word of God, and reunite in a meal - the Eurcharist. The alter is a table, complete with bread and wine. There was an ENCOR retreat for young adults with a beach barbe- cue, conducted at a Grand Bend cot- tage on Sunday. There will be a Cursillo retreat for men at St. Peter's Church in opened- sarnia on August 19-21. All men who made Cursillo prior to April 1978 and all ex -rectors are invited to attend. Cost is $50.00 per per- son and register by calling Peter Burns 1-542-301.5 after 5 p.m. Remember to have all yard sale or penny table prizesbroughtto the church by July 29 between 6 and 9 p.m. for the bazaar. CWL members are reminded to have their baked goods, fresh vegetables and penny sale gifts ready. The bazaar begins at 9 a.m. on 'Saturday and Toni Vandcnberk would like to collect all the quilt raffle tickets by then. • Grand Bend UCW GRAND BEND - United Church Women will be holding their annu- al bake, craft and garden -produce sale on a Wednesday afternoon Au- gust 3 at 1 p.m: on the Church lawn. Granton by Mrs. E. Summers - By MRS. E. SUMMERS GRANTON - At Granton United Church Rev. Bruce Pierce was in charge of the morning worship and entitled his message "The purpose of Prayer" based on the Scripture Colossians 4 Verses 2-6. Flowers were placed in the church from the funeral of the late John Bryan who passed away on Thurs- day July 21 in St. Marys Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness.- We extend sincere sympathy to his wife Pearl and to his family. Vacation Bible School was held this past week at the United Church. The theme for this year was "Champions for Jesus" relating to the 1988 Olympics. Thcrc were 55 children enrolled.. Daily activities' included Bible lessons, singing, crafts, games and each class enjoyed a swimming ses- sion at Mr. and Mrs. Jim Riddell's pool or at Mr. and Mrs. Gary Jones pool. The leader was Mary Watcrs. Teachers and helpers included April Bryan, Deanna Beatson, Linda Blom, Jennifer Walden, Lisa Mard- lin, Becky Bryan, Kathy Westman, Ginger McColl, Carolyn Walden, - .Pam Waters, Julie McColl and Jane Garrett as well as Rev. and Mrs. Picrce. The closing program on Friday morning for the parentsfeatured a musical- entitled "Fly like an Eagle" in which the children sang, the songs they had learned during the week. Guest soloist for this perfor- mance was Cindy Bilyea. . Many thanks to all who made this years Bible School successful, a memorable experience for all who attended Granton wedding - On Saturday Deborah Gricken and Brian-Witteveen were united in mar- riage at Granton United Church. Rev. Bruce Pierce officiated and or- ganist was Mrs. Anne Bryan. The bride was attended by her sister Pam McRobcrt as maid of honor, Sue Campbell and Rhonda Richards as bridesmaids. The best man was Dennis Near and ushers wcrc Roy Maynard and Dave Feeney, The bride'is the daughter of Mari- on Gricken of Granton and the late Roy Gricken and the groom is the son of :Elsie Witteveen of St. Mar- ys and John Witteveen of -Erin. - - Grandparents' of the bride arc Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walden of London and of the groom Mrs. Dora Bud- zinski of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The wedding was attended by many out of town guests from Ot- tawa, Quebec, Niagara Falls, Sud- bury, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan and Toronto. A reception followed at the Royal Canadian Legion hall in St. Marys. The happy couple honeymooned in New Orleans and will reside in St. Marys upon their return. St. Thomas Anglican church will hold services during the month of - August Sunday August 7 - 11:00 a.m., August 14 - 8:30 a.m., Au- gust 21 - 11:00 a.m., August 28 - 8:30 a.m. Rev. and Mrs. Pierce will be on holidays during the month of Au- gust and the United Church congre- gation is- cordially invited to join with thc Anglican church congrega- tion for their services. PLAYHOUSE VISITORS - Premier David Peterson andhis wife Shelley paid a private. visit to Huron Country Playhouse to see "Key For Two" on July 21. They were greeted by two members of the Playhouse board, 1st v/p Aline Paul and 2nd v/p Peter Phillips. The Petersons are honourary patrons of the Grand Bend theatre. Staffa folk By MRS. J. TEMPLEMAN STAFFA - Attending the United Church camp at Bimini this past week from this community were, Jack McCaughey, Melissa Dcar- ing, Carrah—Templeman, Trevor - Elliott -and Adam Miller. - There was a large crowd attended the sale at Bernice Armstrongs this attend church camp past week. Lorne and Helen Fell have re- turned from a holiday in thc East- ern Provinces. Doris Miller has returned from a tour of Scotland, Wales and Eng- land this past week. Bev, Carrah, Cain and - Cohen Templeman visited recently with CHRISTMAS JN JULY - Christmas was celebrated five months early at the Birch Bark Trailer Park near.Grand Bond, Saturday afternoon. Above, Steven Wilkinson and Steven Walkom are shown with Santa and his old friend Scrooge. Reunion held in Springbank Park UCW BAKING - Linda Aitkins, Pat Fletcher and Fran Mickle display bak- ing at the Exeter United Church booth at Sidewalk Sale Days. t • ALR the sun shop'sE 11 01 101 101 101 101 101 101 Chuck and Dorothy Ebel, Godc- rich- - Mike and Mary Jane Parsons, were guests at the Dyck- Rozendahl, wedding and reception in St. Catharines on Saturday. John and Roberta Templeman visited on Sunday • with Pat. and Joanne Donovan and family, Campbell villc. Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company Exeter, Ontario. NOM 1S0 (Established in 1876) Provides Full Insurance Coverage for Town Dwellings as well as Farm Properties. DIRECTORS 8 ADJUSTERS . Jack Harrigan; R.R. 3 Lucan 227-4305 Robert Gardner, rm. 2 Stella - 345-2739 Lloyd Mornsion, R.R.1 St Marys 229-8277 Lorne Feeney, R.R. 2 Dablin 345-2543 Jack Hodgert, R.R. 1 Ktrkton 229-6152 Joseph,Chafle, R R_ 5 Machell ' 348-9705 AGENTS -- Ross Hodgert, Woodham • • 229-6643 John Move, Dublin • - . 345.2512 Joseph Uniac, Mitchell - 348-9012 Head Office, Exeter 235-0350 A refund from surplus was declared for all policy folders who qualify, are on record and in good standing as at December 31, 1987 01 1D ANNUAL S U M M Clearance SALE ElStarts 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 29th, 1988 All Sales 0 101 Shipka couple back from west 1 By MRS. HUGH MORENZ SIIIPXA - Harold and Dorccn Finkbeiner returned homc last Mon- day evening from a two week holi- , day in the West. They flew to Cal- gary, then motored to .Banff and Lake Louise, on to Kelowna in B.C. where they visited cousins Mr. and Mrs. Harold Guest. At Rossland B.C. they attended the 40thsurprise wedding anniver- sary of first cousins, Sherwood and jiwrs AUTO REPAIR Will be Closed July 29 -to • August 2 • Have a safe weekend Bobbie La ronu on aaturday even- ing July 9, and on Sunday July 10, were guests at the wedding of Sha- w La Fond, daughter of Sherwood and Bobbie. From here they toured up to visit the West Edmonton Mall, then back to Calgary where they saw the finals in the rodeo and chuck wagon races at Calgary Stampede. Doreen said it was quite cool in the West, requiring jackets and sweaters most of the time. Greenway United Church ladies held a successful - bake sale last Wednesday afternoon on the lawn at Grand Bend United. Janzen reunion Those from this area who attended the annual Janzen family reunion were, Mrs. Annie•Zielman and An- gie, Gerald and Mary Ellen Ziclman and Justin, Erich Frictcr Sr. and Katlic, Erich Frieter Jr. and Cheryl and Byron, Dashwood, Debbie and Roger Ward and Ashley, Ruth and Jerry Zehr and Mandy, all of Zu- rich. - This reunion was held Sunday July 17 at Springbank Park with about 40 in attendance. Other rela- tives attended from Essex, Leam- ington, Windsor and London. All enjoyed visiting and reminiscing along with all the picnic goodies to eat. I had a specially happy, super 70th birthday party Thursday with our visiting family from B. C. and 'son Bill. The grandchildren man- aged to keep me in bcd awhile long- er than usual, and when I got down to my kitchen, breakfast was ready and the kitchen decorated with bal- loons and streamers. In the afternoon we attended a play at Huron Country Playhouse, went out for supper, then back to the farm where they had a lighted decorated birthday cake and cham- -Mc• y gifts included jewellery, hand- made items,' Jon$ stemmed roses, pictures and special cards. This was a birthday I'll always remember and cherish. Final SWIMSUITS o 40 7 off Regular Prices Huge selection of one and two-piece styles Junior, Misses, Women's Sizes from 5 to 44 Entire Stock of 1988 Brand Name Fashion Suits at Great Savings SPORTSWEAR 20 07")ff Regular Prices Summer Beachwear, Sportswear and Accessories at Drastically Reduced Prices! t VISI Open 7 Days A Week from 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. e Suri shop 83 MAIN STREET — GRAND BEND — 238-2511 0 0 0 0 0 1715:101 for 101 101 101_ 101 101 101 101 101 101 10C�