HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-08-26, Page 3Bean salad and hungrier crowds features '81 Festival
While Zurich Bean
Festival Chairman
Chuck
Erb was obviously pleased
with the increased crowd 16th annual bean fest was the
the highlight of Saturday's
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A PRIZE WINNING GLAD — Reta Huther, centre, is shown with one of her prize
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ture are Jean Lynn, left and president Jean Copeland.
Huronview explosion
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explosion buckled the roof,"
he said as he pointed out his
window to the bent roof.
Vera Thiel talks about the
*horror also: "Il was an
awful experience. It was a
wonder we weren't cut worse
than we were."
"The air was full of glass,"
said Mrs. Harvey, who was
also outside when the blast
blew.out windows and doors
in the day-care area.
"We could easily have all
been cut to pieces. We were
all fortunate, really --
someone could have been
killed." She said she was
planting flowers with injured
Huronview resident Irvin
Trewartha at the tiine.
Huronview therapist
Dianne Elliott said, "We
didn't find Irvin until after
we had everyone else laid out
on the grass". She said she
heard "a crack like thunder
and then the fire alarm went
off. 1 -went running down (to
the day-care area) and
people were lying all over."
Reaction of most of the
home's permanent residents
was one of curiosity rather
than panic, according to one
official at the scene.
Firefighters and am-
bulances from several
neighbouring communities
assisted at the emergency,
By Friday morning, while
talk still centered on the
Stephen council
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Huron Plowmen's Associa-
tion $50.
Council passed a bylaw to
make interest on tax arrears
24 percent per year. This
will go into effect September
1 on outstanding accounts.
Council decided to ask
ratepayers to contact their
local fire department if they Allan Nicholson submitted a
are burning stubble. Several lenghty report dealing At Queensway Manor,
false alarms have been call- promarily with drainage Hensall on Monday August
ed in lately. concerns in the township. 10, 1981, Mrs. Fannie Clark
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explosion of the previous
afternoon, the home had
returned to a regular
routine, except in the im-
mediate area of the ex-
plosion.
Robert Kaufman of the
Ontario fire marshal's office
in London, investigated the
explosion and said it was set
off when a small electric
water pump in an un-
derground room started and
ignited gasoline tumes from
a ruptured underground line.
Tuckersmith
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township office.
Council set in motion a
lengthy procedure re-
questing permission from
various levels of govern-
ment to replace the existing
sidewalk. which is in poor
condition, on Centre Street
in Egmondville. A new
sidewalk might mean some
existing trees wouldhave to
be cut down. Reeve Bob Bell
suggested it would only be
courtesy. and good public
relations. to plant
replacements should the
necessity arise. Council
agreed.
The township accepted a
tender from McGregor
Farms of Kippen for snow
plowing from Dec. 15 to
March 31. It was the only
tender submitted. McGregor
Farms will charge $30 per
working hour when
operating and $18 per dayon
standby. unless the cosof
fuel rises when the charge
will be adjusted accordingly.
Council also carried a mo-
tion to advertise for tenders
in the near future for a 1977 -
or -later model grader of 190
horsepower.
Roads superintendent
winning
in the pic-
new salad and volunteer
help.
Erb said workers came out
really well this year, noting
people were eager to pitch in
and help.
The kitchens ran out of
bean salad at 1 p.m. as the
old fashioned bean salad,
new to the festival this year
was well accepted by the
crowds.
Though Erb did not
estimate the size of the
crowd attending this year's
function, he said dinners
served were up by about
1,000 this year.
Last year's crowd was
estimated at 15,000 and
about 7,000 partook of the all -
you can eat bean dinners.
Erb said the kitchen staff
served up 18 more flats of
beans than were served last
year. He 'said this was
estimated to be about 1,200
more dinners.
Attendance at the Friday
night teen dance was not up
to levels hoped for, as Erb
called it a medium at-
tendance.
Most were probably
gearing up for the Saturday
events with Bean festival
crowds swelling record
levels.
Erb estimated the break-
fast attendance at 1,000
people up from 700 last year.
Seven contestants were
Obituaries
MILDRED DONOVAN
At St. Joseph's Hospital,
London, on Sunday, August
23, 1981, Mildred P. (Hey)
Donovan of 200 Com-
missioners Rd. W., London,
in her 64th year. Beloved
wife of the late Clifford
Donovan. Dear mother of
Robert C. Donovan, of
Petrolia. Dear daughter of
Mrs. Mary Jane Hey of
Blake, Ontario and the late
Samuel Hey. Dear sister of
Victor Hey, of Goderich,
Mrs. Jean Meyers of
Lambeth and Mrs. Kay
Burdge, of London; Mrs.
Elva Younge. of Hamilton
and Mrs. Norma Hartling, of
London. Friends will be
received at the A. Millard
George Funeral Home, 60
Ridout Street south after 7
p.m., Monday. Funeral
service will be conducted in
the chapel, on Wednesday,
August 26, at 1:30 p.m., with
Rev. John R. McLaughlin, of
London Gospel Temple,
officiating. Interment
Woodland Cemetery.
ELWOOD DAMM
In Lincoln Hospital, New
York City on Tuesday,
August 18, 1981, Elwood
Fraser Damm, in his 21st
year. Dear son of Constance
Abram of Grand Bend and
Ray Damm of New York.
Also survived by his grand-
mother, Mrs. Pearl Damm
of Ayton, Ontario. Arriving
at the T. Harry Hoffman
and Sons Funeral Home,
Dashwood, on Saturday
evening, where the funeral
took place on Monday,
August 24 at 1:30 p.m.
Interment Gorrie Cemetery,
FANNIE CLARK
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in her 92nd year. Widow of
the late Louis Clark, Mother
of Ethel (Mrs. Frank Forrest
of Hensall). Step -mother of
Mrs. Sarah Wren of Hensall
and Mrs. Mary Buchanan of
London. Also survived by
five grandchildren, eleven
great- grandchildren, and
four great -great-grand-
children A memorial service
under the auspices of the
Ladies Orange Benevolent
Association Lodge 377 was
held on Wednesday evening.
The Funeral was held on
Thursday August 13 at 2 p.m.
at the Bonthron Chapel of
Michael P. O'Connor. The
service was conducted by the
Rev. G. A. Anderson of
Trivitt Memorial Anglican
Church, Exeter. The
lesson was read by Rev. Dr.
• Maxwell Parker of London.
Pallbearers were Ivan
Wren, Ervin Bestard, Clark
Forrest, Lloyd Nichol, E.J.
Roberts and Robert
McGregor.
STANLEY GOU DI E
At Victoria Hospital,
London, on Monday, August
24, 1981, Stanley Stephen
Goudie. beloved husband of
the late (Blyth) Irwin Goudie
(1978) of Huronview Home,
Clinton, formerly of Toronto
and Grand Cove Estates,
Grand Bend, in his 74th year.
Dear father of (Joan) Mrs.
Gene Huntley, of Toronto.
Also loved by three grand-
children, Teresa, Gail and
Garry, all of Toronto. Dear
brother of Clarence of
Swastika, Ontario and
Leonard of Toronto, and
Mrs. Pearl Dangerfield of
Barrie. Resting at the T.
Harry Ifoffman and Sons
Funeral Home, Dashwood,
where the funeral will take
place on Wednesday, August
26, at 2 p.m. Re*. Barbara
Laing officiating,; Interment
Exeter Cemetery.
LILYMAE FOSTER
At South Huron Hospital,
Exeter on Tuesday, August
18, 1981, Lily Mae (Heywood)
Foster of the Bluewater Rest
Home, Zurich formerly of St.
Marys, in her 80th year.
Beloved wife of Earnest J.
Foster. Predeceased by one
son Beverley (1948) and one
sister Ina (Mrs. Wellington
Skinner) (1955). Also sur-
vived by one niece Arlene
• (Mrs. Norman Morgan) of
Melbourne. Rested at the R.
C. Dinney Funeral Home,
Main Street Exeter; where
the funeral service was held
on Friday, August 21 at 2:30
p.m., with Rev. Grant Mills
officiating. Interment
Exeter Cemetery.
M.E. GIBSON
At Craigholme Nursing
ome, Ailsa Craig, on
Tuesday, Aught 18th, 1981,
Murray Elliott Gibson,
ormerly of London Twp. in
is 73rd year. Beloved
usband of Greta (Fletcher)
ibson, of Lucan. Dear
ather of (Margaret Jean)
rs. Ted Schendera, of RR
, Denfield, and Marion.
rmstrong of Bryanston.
iso survived by five
randchildren, Debbie, Ted,
ott, Michael, and Jennifer.
edeceased by one brother,
oy (1956) . Rested at the C.
askett and Sons Funeral
ome, Lucan where the
neral service was held
Thursday, August 20th at
30 p.m., with Rev. Keith
rown of Lucan United
hurch officiating. Inter-
ent in Siloam Cemetery.
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competing for the Miss Bean
Festival title which was won
by 17 year old Michelle
Durand.
Michelle, from Zurich, was
sponsored by Small World
travel. Miss Dashwood
Friedsburg, Sally Ford, was
runner up.
Other contestants and
their sponsers were : Jackie
Schenck, William's Hair
Styling; Patty Meloche,
Laporte's Meat Market;
Pam Bregman, Ferguson
Apiary; Joanne Pepper
O'Connor Funeral Homes;
and Patty Bedour, Fisher's
Abattoir.
The team of Slim Harburn
Staffa and Dave Kyle,
Hensall, lead 52 competitors
to win the Fred Harburn
Ontario Doubles Cham-
pionship in horseshoe pit-
ching
World Cham') Elmer Hohl,
and teammate . Keith Lovell,
Kippen, took second.
In the championship's B
side, the team of Art Burg
and Ab Jolliffe, placed first
followed by Frank Solman
and H. Knott.
The festival concluded
with a sell-out dance
Saturday night. Erb said the
doors at the arena were
closed at 10:15 and no more
people were let into the
dance.
A small amount of van-
dalism marred an otherwise
smooth bean festival when a
"Bunch of ignorant
characters" pushed over
some of the portable toilets
late Saturday night.
The festival's, president
was pleased with the turnout
and with the year's en-
tertainment.
Every year this newspaper
reports a bigger and better
bean festival and every year
the organizers call for a
bigger and better festival
next year. It seems every
year the are r' : ht.
1981
International
Year
of Disabled
Persons
BREAKFAST HELPERS - Assisting at the Zurich Bean Festival
breakfast sponsored by the Zurich Athletic Association were
Derrick Martin and Kelly Schroeder. Staff photo
Times -Advocate, August 26, 1981
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FOOD HANDLERS - Brent and Don O'Brien were two of the
many persons involved in serving food at the Zurich Bean
Festival, Saturday. • Staff photo
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