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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-08-07, Page 23Mott r DASHWOOD CLEANUP On this site the derelict house of the Hilts estate had been an eyesore on the main street of Dashwood since 1974. Long condemned by Health authorities, no one had lived in or cared for the property since then. Finally in this 125th birthday celebration year of the town, the Dashwood and Area Business Association, spearheaded by Jim Hoffman got permission from the absentee owners to obtain a demolition permit. As a gesture of civic pride, the 23 members of the Business Assoc. volunteered their time, labour and equipment to clean up the property at their own expense. Stephen township Building Inspector Hurbert Miller obtained the per- mit, and last Monday afternoon Lorne Becker used his back hoe to tear the dilapidated house down. In the evening about 20-25 area residents took time out to help with clean up. Bill Rommeloo of Farmer- Bill's Flowers used his Targe truck to haul away wood while McCann Redi-Mix and Clare Masse trucking -from Zurich cleared away .debris and hauled in soil to fill in the foundations. The Michigan loader from Hayter's Turkey Farm levelled the ground ready for grass. Thanks to the efforts of these Dashwood and area business men and others, the main street was ready to celebrate Friedsburg Days with a greater sense of pride in the community. Barbershop quartet to sing at. Varna Church Ity Marc. Chessell A barbershop quartet of young lads from the Seaturth area who call themselves the Mira] Rogues will provide special music for the Varna - Goshen lakeside church service al Stanley Park on Sunday. Featured also is Scott Kirton playing guitar music. A pot luck lunch. hot and cold drinks provided. follows the service. then garner and swimming. A number of Varna arra young peo- ple did exceptionally well in their studies this past year. On the grade GRADUATES - - Jeffrey John Coward graduated from Fan- shawe College on June 20, 1985 with o diploma in Electronics Enginering Technician. Jeff is the son of Gwen and Murray Coward, Woodham. He is presently employed at Precision Alarms and Signals Systems Ltd. No church 'til September By MRS. WILLIAM ROHDE Relwc•c•a. Laura and Maggie Miller spent a weekend recently with (heir aunt Miss Barbara Miller and their grandfather Edwin Miller while their parents attended a wedding in Windsor Mr. and Mrs. Alex Rohde. Mitchell visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rohde The sympathy of (he community is extended to the Rowe families in the passing oI the late Mrs. Helen Brown who passed away- recently. Mr. and Ntrs. Barrie Oliver. David. Ryan and Judie new ilarnburg spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Duncan. Ball team wins Congratulations to 1'slmrne Bantam Baseball team who won the A cham- pion trophy MBflday at Kirkton. The first game Monday morning Uslorne played Lieury. they were behind when Danny Rooth hit a home -run and won 11.10 10 the afternoon 1 shorne played • .1 libberl and were behind again when Trevor Edwards hit a home run heating !libber! 8-7. Congratulations to the • coach Wayne Rowe, and assistants I)nn Rooth and Alan Iodger(. also to the rest of the players on the team. There will be nei church services un- til Septentlx'r I. 10 honor list are Jeanette Keys, Mavis Turner. Julie Webster and Brad Eckel. Lori Ilayler has been recom- mended for an Ontario Scholarship. Most of the young people around here have summer jobs. Jeanette Keys works at the Village Guild in Bayfield. Lori and Kim Hayter at Woodland Drive-in. Tracey Hayter at Damien's in t'linton, Jacqui Taylor al Varna Gerneral Store. Mavis Turner on Agricrew. Julie and Nancy Webster cut lawns al the Complex. park. church and others, Laura Roy works at the bakeshop in Bayfield. and Lori Consitt works at the Pinedale Rotel in Grand Bend. Others. of course, are needed at home on the farm. Jason Turner had the top academic standing at I luron Centennial School.. Brucefield, and was valedictorian for the graduates. Janet Coleman was best all-round girl student. (if 1 have missed any who distinguished themselves, please give me a call. I'm sorry if anyone has had trouble con- tacting me with news. We have been away quite a bit, as we have a cabin (railer at Munro Park tor the season. a shared ownership with Don and Olive ltiehl. Pat and Barry Taylor. son Greg and his friend Jason Fleet spent a cpuple of days in camp with the ('hessells before the wheat harvest got underway. Yard sale fever hit Varna this past weekend. and eventually all of the vendors got together at Bill and EleanorMcAsh's. Sales were good. and they had a lot of tun. ' Bill and Mary Chessell attended a family gathering at MacKay Centre in Goderich on Sunday honouring Sam and Anne Jefferson of Goderich on the occasidn of their Golden Wed- ding Anniversary. Family members and their friends served a delicious smorgasbord dinner. and Louise McGregor played many old songs during the dinner. Florence Elliott returned a week ago from several Week's holidays with Ross near Wiarton and Bruce in Aurora. Norman and Walter Smith and Florence spent the weekend with Bruce and his family. Brian and Joan McAsh and their family enjoyed a two-week camping trip to the Maritimes in July. They visited Joan's mother. Mrs. Bert ('hiasson, in Ottawa on (heir way east. and returned through the States. Scott McAsh- flew to Ottawa on Monday for a holdiay with his grand- parents. and Craig is• visiting his cousins in Ilderton. Darryn McAsh spent last week•al IHuronia Hockey School and Camp at Pike Lake Lodge near Mount Forest. Doug and Mildred also clomped there for the week. It's a privately owned camp with golfing. tennis. swimming. etc. and instructors to help people im- prove their games. For a month each summer owners. iry and Joan Cowan sponsor a hockey school under the direction of Brian Cullen. The kids are bused to.the Ayton Arena. and kept busy with other sport activities all day. - Darryn's coach was Wm. Bill- Ingham. father of Craig Billingham. goalie on the Canada ('up team. Krista has been holidaying with her friend Stephanie Howse in Sarnia. Tom and Barb Consitt and the Gary Merners had an enjoyable trip to Wheeling West Virginia recently. Michael Groot, grandson of Bill and Joyce Dowson, again won first prize at the baby show at Zurich Fair. Jason Beierling was tied for third. At Country Playhouse Times -Advocate, August 7, 1985 Page 11A Wide variety of youthful entertainment Many parents in the area. both vacationers and permanent residents took advantage of the week-long variety of programes for children al Huron Country Playhouse this past week. Manager Heather Redick who planned this special week of enter- tainment and workshops. invited pro- fessionals from the Toronto area 10 present every kind of theatre - sing along. folk music, storytelling, puppet theatre and mime. Attendance varied at each pro- gram, with the puppet show being a sell-out audience. The workshops you had to attend the performance in order to attend the workshop) were close to full each afternoon. with numbers being limited to provide an intimate "participation" experience in the Playhouse 11 space. The successful week met with everyone's expectations, frojn a budget to an entertainment viewpoint. Having heard and seen Ilelen Car- michal Porter in several C.B.C. specials, her Wednesday afternoon performance lived up to every expec- tation. Nearly always, whenever there is a suitable opportunity. the Porter storytelling points to a new awareness of the attitudes people hold about the roles of men and women in society. Using the three most prevalent and well known fairy tales - Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Snow White - as the norm. the role of the hero, and heroine were spelled out in a question and .answer introduction. Eagerly the young audience per- .cieved that the girl in the fairy tale was always the "slave" doing all the work just waiting for her prince to take her away from it all: the hero. never walks, but always rides a beautiful horse and gets to "do all the kissing" then they live happily ever after. Given the choice. only on little boy in the audience thought this was the way things should be: the rest, in- cluding the few fathers present, saw with humour the unfairness in these traditions and noted for a different ap- proach to heroines and heros. in the "Forgotten Folk Tales" with which Helen Porter then kept her au- dience spellbound for over an hour, the girls go out and find their own prince, the hero is not afraid to ask or depend on the heroines for wisdom and help. and they learn how to love through mutual respect and working together. Oh such longed for fairy Hilarious comedy at Country Playhouse The hilarious Neil Simon comedy. The Star-Spangled Girl opens on August 7 at Huron Country Playhouse and runs until August 17th. This fast moving comedy starring Arlene Mazerolle, Derek Boyes and • Randy Hughson deals with two earnest young men struggling to put out an intellectual magazine, and the beautiful "Southern Belle" who moves in next door and manages to send both of them into a romantic tail spin. Director, Charles Murdoch has transformed this story into a charm- ing and inventive production. Neil Simon has the ability to write very witty dialogue. The three characters bubble a lot of fun out of The Star- Spangled Girl. As to who finally wins the love of the beautiful girl, Neil Simon keeps you guessing. "I play a very amusing character". says Derek Boyes. "My part, that of Andy Hobart, was originally played in New York by Anthony Perkins. While my room -mate, played by Ran- dy Hughson, tries to win the love of the beautiful "Star Spangled Girl", I deal with angry creditors who want to collect money from our starving publication by adopting many disguises. to distract the landlady '1 By MRS. HUGH MORENZ About an at tended a miscellaneous bridal shower for .lane Pickering al Shipka Community ('entre 'Tuesday evening July 30. Jane is a bride elect 01 early August. . In the social time a word bingo game was played with winners being Terri Dobson and Eva Sweilaer. A fun fashion show. dressing in assorted clothing from a bag passed around was Won by \ola Raiz. An address was read to Jane he from thoughts of back -rent, I take her on motorcycle rides and surfing ex- peditions." Derek's newly written play, Old Boys, a story about rugby players, will be workshopped at the Starford Festival just after Labour Day this September. "Neil Simon, the author of The Star- Spangled Girl", says Director Charles Murdoch, "invented the modern American comedy, and his plays are full of style and wit. Neil Simon's -characters are always say- ing things you wish you'd said yourself. The Star Spangled Girl is one of the great comic love stories. The pace is fast and hilarious and the plotis full of shifts and surprises. For the actors and director, the break neck speed of the witty dialogue is a challenge and rewarding because it's so warm and human. I've enjoyed directing The Star-Spangled Girl here at. the Playhouse because this Neil Simon comedy is so well written and full of life and laughs for our audiences." • The Star-Spangled Girl plays at Huron Country Playhouse from August 6 to August 17. For further in- formation call 238-8451. Crop tour Attendance was good at Tuesday's conservation tillage and cropping summer tour sponsored by the Huron Soil and Water Conservation District with Robert Traut and Jane Sadler Richards in charge. The first of five stops was at the -lot 25, concession three Stanley township farm of Jack McGregor where visitors had a look at a field of ridge till white beans. The ilay township farm of Gary Eiler's was next on the agenda. On display here was a no -till corn popula- tion trial and a minimum till corn plot. The tour next stopped on Highway 83 at the flay township farm of Bert Visscher to see a field of soybeans which were planted with no -till and minimum till cultivation. . Variety trials of no -till soybeans at the Stephen township farm of Jim Dietrich were next on the agenda., The tour concluded with a view of no -till corn and no -till soybeans on the Stephen township farm of Wayne Wood3. Motocross to Ridgetown fair A new and exciting sport That is sweeping North America will make its debut al the Ridgetown Fair on SundayAugust 11. CRC Erroductions of Clinton will be producing the show and constructing the track complete with jumps, hair- pins and big berms. that will lest the best of rider skills and provide ex- citing race action for the fans. A great day of entertainment can be expected as' rider pre -entries are coming in from across the province. Local riders will also be in action in addition to a number from Dully Gully. The track will be constructed on (he horsetrack in front of the grandstand. Eight different classes will be featured right from the Stock Class up to the high revving alcohol burning Modifides. With $1,001).00 up for grabs in purse money and prizes, it will be a day of speed and action. Dodman Brothers Honda of Blenheim will supply trophies for the stock classes. Don't miss this exciting event'!' 0 ,lean ('lark. 'Perri Dobson. Nancy l{egier, and Susan Guenther. assisted .Jane in opening gifts. After a gracious (hank you by Jane lunch refreshments were served. Friends _and neighbours of Shipka Communi- ty hosted This shower. Sports July 31 the Shipka pee wce's travell- ed to the Parkhill diamond to play the final game of the regular season. The boys played one of their better games. but were defeated 19 - 8. Jeff Ben- newies was pitcher and James Des- jardine catcher. This game saw Rodney Woods play one of his hest games with four good catches. Brent Love and Jason Fink- beiner each caught Iwo flies. Terry Mellin and Tim Bird each snagged good flies in field. Janus Uesjardine bit a triple—lett Ratz played first fxrse and made several- outs. Dwayne Mcllin did some good base running. Michael Bird played centre field. Our unofficial final count is four wins. six losses and two ties. We are note wailing the schedule loathe play oils Shipka T -ball leant played hen more games at Port ('ranks. July 25 score Port Franks :33 to Shipka 12. August 1 score Port Franks 4:3 to Shipka 20. Dereck Sweitzer caught one fly. Jeremy Pickering. Brian Lovie and .till Russell covered the bases very well with Uereek Sweitzer as pitcher and Karen Lovie as cat- cher. Keri -Ann O'Rourke. Tony Riley. Matthew Kegler. covered the infield hoping for a fly ball..lason Erickson. Brent and Megan Raiz andJudd Des- jardine played the outfield with great anticipation. We missed Andrew Smith. Shipka squirts played a game al 1,ieury this past week, with Lieury the winners by a score of 15 - 8. Good plays by Shipka players were five flies caught by Scott Eagleson. and one each by Susan Raiz and Angie Zielman. A triple run was hit by Jeff Sweitzer. This ends the season for this year. We all hadgreat fun and hope to -win a game next year. Wind up party to be August 12. Personals Mrs. Eileen a Morenz Tarpley. from Lake Worth. Florida, called on friends in this area a day last week. She has been vacationing in Canada since mid .lune. with her daughter June and son-in-law Lynn Rowley. Ernest and Ann Morenz and daughters. Cheri and Michelle. all of London. Angie Zielman spent a few holidays with i{aquel Thompson of Parkhill. last week. and they celebrated Ra- quel's birthday. holiday weekend visitors with Fer- man and Leota Snyder were their two daughters, Esther and Ric Storey. of London. Suzanne and Otto Plein. Christopher and 'Melissa of Elmira tales! In the workshop. Ms. Porter, hav- ing changed into a full skirt which allowed her the freedom to sit cross- legged on the floor with the children in a circle, set the tone of relaxed give-and-take, by having each person tchildren and adults too) remember and recite a favoritenursery rhyme. Many recited by rote - a drone of Humpty Dumpty sat on the Wall ... Mary had a little lamb ... Jack and Jill went up the hill ... Then she would tell the same rhyme with suchfeelingand expression that they became alive for us. It didn't take long for everyone to realize that storytelling is the art of "seeing what you are saying"in your imagination and'painting those men- tal images through expression in the voice. A group story with everyone adding a little of their own imaginative events to "The Three little Pigs" led to more confident and excited par- ticipation. Eventually small groups were formed. told to stake up their own story on a given theme then one of each group became the storyteller, the perforrner who painted vivid men- tal pictures for the rest of the listeners. It was a rewarding accomplish- ment to see how imaginative exciting storytellers had emerged from mere- ly uninspired nursery rhyme memorizers. PARADE BIKES — Participating with t eir decorated bikes in Satur- day's Friedsburg Days parade were Sarah and Nicholas Stire. T -A photo. GB Colonials lose, Ausable team wins In Inter County league action. the Grand Bend Colonials lost 4-2 to the Hungarians. Playing well in the first half, Grand Bend jumped out into the lead with Quick action averts mishap The quick acting and alert beach patrol at Grand Bend headed by Bruce Helm was instrumental in preventing a drowning mishap around 1 p.m. on Monday of the Civic Holiday weekend. - A middle aged couple were floating on an air matress in the swimming area about 100 feet off shore when they apparently both fell into the water. Because there was strong off shore breeze the yellow flags had be posted as a warning the air mattress quickly drifted out, and the husband started to swim after it. He returned quickly when he realiz- ed his wife was floundering in the water. Simultaneously. the beach patrol spotted the trouble and gave .the alert to all three life -guards via walkie-talkie. The well -rehearsed procedure is for three guards to swim quickly 10 the victim and the fourth brings the patrol boat. _ Once the woman was ashore she was in a semi-conscious state accor- ding to Bruce Helm. and the ven- tilator equipment was used to sustain her breathing. Once again this pro- cedure is a team effort with each member of the patrol reponsible for specific steps in (he rescue operation. Because the woman had a history of some heart problems according to her husband. the Hoffman ambulance was called and on the scene in minutes. then she was taken to South Iluron Hospital. The beach patrol report this as a "minor" -rescue, one of about 12 swimming incidents on this busiest of summer weekends. So much of their work involves preventive measures to ensure water safety. However, it is apparent to observers and those involved in the mishap that it was swift, precise and wise handling of the situation that prevented it becoming a "ma- jor"rescue. By MRS. E. SUMMERS Ruthanne McRoberts who will marry Dennis Ginell on Saturday August 17 was honored with a com- munity shower on Wednesday even- ing in the United Church basement. Mary McRoberts welcomed the guests and the Harding twins, Catherine and Cassandra, sang several duets. Mrs. Elmer Ilarlton gave two readings. Assisting the Bride-to-be to open her many gifts was Jackie Richards. Ruthanne thanked everyone for her nice gifts and for the lovely shower. Church News At Granton United Church the Rev. • Bruce Pierce was in charge of the morning worship and entitled his message "To love is to give" "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son." Personals Mr. and Mrs. Allan McKenzie and John of Scarborough spent the holiday weekend with Allan's mother Mrs. Elmer Summers. Mrs. Olive Armstrong of St. Peter - burg Florida visited with Mrs. Elmer Summers on Sunday , goals by Tony Mennen and Dave Michelson. However they could not sustain their attack allowing the op- position to score four unanswered goals. The Colonials play again in St. Thomas Sunday evening at 6 p.m. The Grand Bend. Ausable men's team played a strong game, beating Taxandria 6-2. Frank Brenner played • superbly kicking in four goals. while Bill Mennen scored twice to round out the scoring: Their next game is Thursday at horse at 7 p.m. in minor league soccer. the Grand Bend squirts wOn :3-o over Bryanston_ with goals by Matt DeJong and Simon Dejardine with two. August 8 they play in Nairn. Grand Bend atoms i lost 6-0 to Ex- eter 1 while Grand Bend 1i was idle. August 12. Grand Bend 1 played in Bryanston while Grand Bend ii plays at home to Exeter iII. No report on the mosquitoes but they will play again on August I:Pun Exeter. In pee wee ptay. an impressive game by the Kobe boys lead, them to a 9-2 win over Ilderton. Both Jarrett and Colin Kobe both got "hattricks". singles were scored by Cory Olenuk. Rob limner and Todd Ilayter. Next game is August 14 at home to Exeter 1. Playing two men short due to a poor turnout. the Grand Bend bantams lest to Petrolia 94). Bridge There were five tables of bridge in .play Wednesday night at .Johns Parisi) hall. al 7::30 playing the Howell movement. Firs( place, Margaret and John Alliston: second place. Lina Buxton and Jean Kusey; lied for third were Betty Voyles and Charles Srokosz and Hazel -Gibson and Dorothy Child. Anyone interested in playing duplicate bridge. for fun. during the summer. please phone 238-2980 or 238-2951. GRADUATES --- Catherine Anne Lynn graduated June 4, from tie' University of Guelph with an associatediplomo in Agriculture, majoring in Farm Operators and Management. She is presently employed with CIBA GEIGY Ltd. Catherine is the daughter of Irene and Gerald Lynn, RR 2, Lucan.