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Home and County editor speaks
Staffs WI observe 75th year
By MRS. 1. TEMPLEMAN had been compiled with -all
SiAFFA former deceased members
The .Staffa Women's- names listed.
Institute celebrated its nth Mrs. Carter Kerslake read
Anniversary 75 years to the a poem in memory of those
day from when it was form- .. former members. Mrs. Jean
ed. Carey a former 4-11 leader
Guests to the celebration read a humorous reading
on Thursday afternoon were ' and Mrs. Ernest Allen, a
greeted at the door by the former member, delighted
president Mrs. Charles
Douglas Dignitaries and
present members were each
presented with a corsage in
the institute colors by Mrs.
Russell Worden.
Guests were seated at
tables. centred with dainty
flower arrangements. Two
lovely baskets of mixed
flowers adorned the plat-
form
Prior to 'the opening.
guests were entertained
with piano selections played
by Mrs. Robert McCaughey-.
In her opening address the
president. Mrs. Charles
Douglas welcomed everyone
all with a piano instrumen-
tal.
Guest speaker. Mrs.
Austin Zoeller New Ham-
burg was introduced by Mrs.
John Templeman. The
editor of Home and Country,
Mrs- Zoeller is a ' former
president of the F.W.I.O.
In her speech,
Zoeller emphasized the need
for the Women's Institute to
study issues of concern to
the family such as the rights
o( the child born outside
marriage. and family law
reform. She also said local
chapters shouldn't be afraid
to take' a stand on- such
issues.as national unity' •
and stressed the importance "Don't take the middle of
of the W . in Hip communi-_,the road. If Lou do.you will..
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be`run over by both lanes of
"We need- mothers to traffic." she said. .
carry on our organization. It During the afternoon Mrs.
would be nice to feel that
with the support of.•the com-
munity the Staffa Women's
Institute could have a hun-
dred members." she said.
Lloyd Miller and Mrs. John
Templeman were each
presented with a life
membership -by the Staffa
Branch. The presentation
.The secretarytreasurer was made by Mrs. Charles
Mrs. Bert Daynard read Douglas and - Mrs. Harold
some regrets: from former Thiel.
members unable to attend. The curator Mrs. Ross
Mrs. Russell Worden gave McPhail ' had the
the highlights of the branch Tweedsmuir books and
down through the years. To scrapbooks on display.
commemorate the an- Afternoon tea was poured
niversary a memory hook by two life memliers. Mrs.
Carter Kerslake and Mrs
Ruby Reed. Miss Vera
liambley. a life member.
helped cut the anniversary
caki?.
Lunch was served by a
committee headed by Mrs
Bill Mahon and Mrs. Frank
Hamilton.
Personals
Mr. & Mrs. Russell. Par-
sons are visiting in British
Columbia with Mr. & Mrs.
Harold Parsons and family.
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Eves,
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Gordon lambert
Grand Bend artist
has work featured
• Oil painting has always Lambert does most of his
been a hobby. for Gordon painting in theputdoors. The
Lambert, but only since he' main exception are winter
moved to Grand Bend has he .scenes -Which are usually too
found time for the art cold for working outside.
'The natty of Montreal.lambert says he .is taking
who retired.with his wife to• it easy at painting. but he
s two still paints about one picture
Grand Cove Estates
k•
years ago. opened his firs
art exhibition at the Huron
Country Playhouse this
week The collection of 27 ,
paintings show lambert's
deep appreciation for
natural settings
•What i love about it is
getting out into nature itself
and painting." he says
Befbre starting a career in
•commercial art. Lambert
studied (Or a year rn
England The war disrupted
his coTtimerciaLart business
and when he returned to'
Montreal after the war he
found little market for com-
mercial art. As a result he
went into sales manage-
ment. and retired in 1975 as
director of marketing for
Arbofite Company
His retirement provided
the opportunity to return to
oil painting. and his move to
Granit Bend gave him many
natural scenes to work with
"i just love the finery
The sand dunes in the Pinery
are really fascinating to
me." he said
a wee .
"In painting i find a lot of
my time is spent finding the
subject Once i've found
what 1 want it may not take
me that long to complete the
painting. It all depends if the
inspiration is there "
But Limbert is quick to
say not all his paintings are
successes.
"Like all good artists.
when there . are 27 on the
wall, there is 27 in the gar-
bage can."
His. customers are "all
types" of people. He has'
sold a few of his paintings
locally. but the opening of
. the exhibition at the Play-
house really marks the start
of his exposure in this area.
"1 hate to say it. but one of
my biggest customers has
been a funeral home which
bought seven of "my pain-
tings." he said.
Lambert has .no regrets
about moving to Grand Bend
from Montreal. •
• "i just love the small town
atmosphere and the friendly
people." he said
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
are holidaying with relatives •
in the community.
Mr. & Mrs. Grant Watson
and son, Ottawa; visited
Wednesday With Mr. & Mrs.
Rob Templeman and
Carrdh.
. Mary Jane Templeman is
holidaying in Edmonton.
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Norris,
Scan, Michael and Erin,
I3aie'd'Urfe. Quebec visited
this past week with Mrs.
Sam Norris and Mr. & Mrs.
Bob Norris and family.
Mr. & Mrs. John Tem-
pleman • visited on the
weekend with Mr. & Mrs.
Dave Capling, Mississauga.
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Norris, Jill
and Robert visited Sunday
with Mr. & Mrs. Jack
Burleigh Goderich.
Around 70 former mem-
bers and friends attended the
75th anniversary of the
Staffa Women's Institute on
Thursday July 13, when Mrs.
Austin Zoeller, editor of
The Home and Country was
guest
speaker.
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CELEBRATE 7 5T ANNIVERSARY Mrs. Lillian Douglas, president, and life members Mrs.
, Ruby Reed, Miss Vero Hombley and Mrs. Grace Kerslake admire the 75th anniversary coke
mode for the Staffa Women's Institute. T -A photo
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Playhouse pia ns t -o conduct
second auction of artwork
Plans are being finalized
Fc+F -bile-sesu�ricl Annual
international Art Auction to
he held at the Huron Country
Playhouse in Grand E3end,
Sunday. - August -6, auction -
publicity co-ordinator Dave
Sheppard announced this
week.
Free preview is (tom 2-5
p.m. Doors open for
registration and catalogues
at 6:30, and the auction itself
...begins at 7:30 from the
• Playhouse -stage.
Admission tickets at $3.ott
includes ar draw on a Henry •
Moore lithograph. The list of
leading artists both in-
ternational and Canadian,
represented by the available
are Works include Bartram,
('alder, Chagall, -Dali,
Danby, Van Doren. Miro,
Henry Moore. Picasso,
Harold Town, and •Jackson --
to name a few. -
The collection of over. one
hundred art pieces includes
various media and compares„'
favourably with lakt year's
auction collection which was
,valued between $35.(100 and
540.ouo. Base prices on in-
dividual items range from
$50 to $2.000 and provide an
excellent:. opportunity for _the
experienced collector as
as the novice to purchase an
original superb work of art.
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