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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-08-07, Page 24I Page 12A Times -Advocate, Au , ust 7 1985 WITH THIS RING Francine Serena Williams 28 of Richmond Hill accepts the wedding ring from Kelvin Christopher Parke 33, in an unique marriage ceremony on the beach- in Grand Bend last Mon- day July 29. Best man John Roblin and acting father of the bride Gene Greasier of Grand Bend look on white the Rev. Stotesbury-Leeson of- ficiates. Mr. and Mrs. Parke will finish their vacation honeymoon camping at Pinery park, travel to Meaford on Georgian Bay then home to Richmc nd Hill. Resort merchants generous to couple "Wedding on the beach at Sunset" read the Chamber of Commerce sign al the -main intersection in Grand Bend. About 300 to 401) well-wishers '(locked to the beach area near the pier Monday July 29 to Witness the marriage of Francine Williams and Kelvin Parke both of Richmond Hill I north of Toronto ». Rollie's Sports was the logical place to try 10 buy the marriage licence in preparation for the simple beach 'ceremony they had in mind. Fishing licences. car licences. drivers' licences. hunting licences yes. but Gene Greasier. owner ut the store doesn't handle marriage licences What the couple did find at Rollie's was the stipersalesrnan of good will in Grand Pend. Gene Greasier. chairman of the ('harnl►er Of Commerce. ready and eager to help make the wedding extra special tor both the couple and the community. 'l'he story behind the rottiantic } ceremony on the beach is one of inex haustahle efforts on "Grenier•'s pail and co-operation from the c ommuni- ty of business owners who make Grand Rend the great place it is. When problems of finding an official to administer the marriage tows arose. the appeal was put out through all media - radio. TV, and newspapers. The Rev. Dr. Lawrence Stotesbury-Leeson of Lucan respond- ed within 15 minutes of hearing (he appeal on CFPL TV London. Three days 01 planning details and a flurry of phone calls brought a most rewarding response from the townspeople and media alike. A beautiful bouquet of red roses. garden blooms and babies' breath all tied with a huge red bow was presented to the bride. and a rose boutonniere for the groom were h olh purchased from. Farmer Bill's Flowers by the Chamber of ('om- merce inaddition to a congratulatory bottle of champagne. Sanders on the Reach treated the couple to champagne zinc( dinner tor two al ler the wedding. The 1'inedale \Intel obeyed the "executive suite" for the honeymoon night while later in the week. the couple intended the play •'(love over Mfrs. Markham". courtesy 01 the Iluron Country Playhouse. Two choke 1 ibone steaks all racti%ely packaged 00 a platter h� Merner's Meats of DashwtKxt provid- ed another dinner treat at Francine and Kelvin's Pinery Park campsite. Local newspaper reporters and '1'V news teams all showed up adding an air 01 excitement and lull to the uni- que event :\ surprise visit from Kelvin's hest friend John Roblin from Bradford turned into a surprise in reverse and he was delighted to lake the role of best man As a special thanks to Gene Grenier for his help Francine wanted him to be surrogate lather and give the bride away. an honour Gene ac ,cepted gladly. Finally. 'tfter a cloudy (lay that threatened rain. the stn broke through at just the appropriate 'hour at sunset . Although such elea borate courtesies cannot he extended 14) everyone personally. Grand Bend does put out the welcome mat to all visitors. People Von Know Scott Flear youngest son of Betty and Don Flear of Grand Bend, and his wife Monique left Wednesday for the Northwest territories. The couple, both graduates of the University of Western Ontario, have just received their Bachelor of Education degrees - with Honours - from Lakehead University. in Thunder Bay. Scott will be teaching life skills to students 13 to 16 years old, while Monique will cover math and science at the primary level in the school at Spence Bay, where the students are mostly native children. On Saturday, 34 neighbours and relatives surprised Eva McGonigal on her 65th birthday, showering her with gifts then wishing her happy returns with a wine and cheese party on the lawn beside her Turnbull's Grove home. Grove resident and celebrated chef at Oakwood Inn Erryn Shepherd bak- ed a beautiful birthday cake, decorated on top in cream and cake in the shape of a floral basket. Mrs. Gertrude Hornsey of Bramp- ton is spending a few weeks with her daughter Marg and son-in-law Don Hedley at Turnbull's Grove. Sunday they all visited the St. Thomas area Emil and Betty Wydraney family. The occasion was to . celebrate. although belatedly, Emit's big "50" Birthday. Lynne Desjardine, sons Jason and Simon. travelled by •train with their grandparents Hazel and Bert Dolbear of Denfield to spend the Civic. holiday weekend in Toronto. They enjoyed the ferry to Centre Island and all the ac- tivities there. A highlight event was a tour to the top of the C.N. Tower - the tallest free-standing building in the world. The boys described the view from the to as "awesome"! Mrs. Eileen tMorenz► Tarpley, of lake Worth. Florida. called a day last week to visit Lorne and Loreen Devine. Sunday evening visitors with the Devine's were Harold and Edith Widrick, of Zurich, also Eugene, Cin- dy and Nadine Ducharme, of Alexan- dria. near Ottawa. Legion News Tickets had been on sale for several weeks and last July 27 at the Grand Bend Legion steak barbeque, the lucky ticket drawn belonged to M.. McCracken of London. The prize was the "Texas Mickey" - thats a lot of rye! A good crowd of 118 players turned up to chip bingo at the Legion Thurs- day. The invitation is extended to everyone to join in (he fun at the Legion Hall this Thursday at 8 p.m. Bingo nights wouldn't be such a suc- cess without a lot of work, so thanks is extended to all helpers. August 17 is another date to circle on your calendar and plan to attend the next steak barbeque dinner from 5-8 p.m. then stay on for the evening's fun. Best wishes for a speedy recovery go out to comrade George Crosbie who has been ill for the last six weeks. from all the Legion. Local ball diamond popular spot It's the Cinderella story of the big ripe pumpkin sitting there waiting and waiting to be picked. then magically turns into a beautiful coach. But this is a different kind of coach' in the form of Don Labelle (and he's no pumkin! ) and his team of "oldtimers slo-pitch" league players. When it was time this spring to register "The Sunshine Boys" in the league to compete against teams from Varna, Exeter, Crediton, lien - salt, Dashwood and Zurich, the whole community was at last galvanized in- to action. Gord Brown, one of the Sunshine Boys. spearheaded volunteer work crews to first enlarge the infield to regulation adult size. All the grass had to be dug up and loads of stone dust trucked in for a hard useable surface. Zavier Boogemans contributed by trucking the gravel to the site, then a crew of workers Bill Uniac. Bob Chapdelaine, Stewart Brown, Gord Brown and Don Labelle and perhaps some others not named spread and levelled the new surface on a volunteer time and labour basis. Later the Village of Grand Bend found money to help pay for the gravel, contribute to a second set of bleachers and the amount owing to P.U.C. for hydro. The original set of bleachers was financed by a donation of $300 from Joe Green and another anonymous friend. Don Labelle's constructioon donated the welding of the steel frame and completing the treated wood ben- ches. The second set should be ready any time note' for the convenience of players and spectators. d Jack Stanlake, the Village foreman has contributed a lot of his own time and helped find materials needed to get the ball diamond ready even though an injured ankle kept him from playing ball this year. The Branch 498 Legion has provid- ed the room for registration and has co-operated fully with car park facilities to this very busy area. The fat "pumpkin" that sat for so long is now one of the busiest places in the town of Grand Bend. Finnigan's, the O.P.P.. the Growlers, the Bob Lovie team. and pick-up teams such as the Playhouse or Birch Park and Green Haven Trailer Parks all field teams and challenge games throughout the summer. And of course, a most important group is the junior softball organized by Bill Uniac and the coaches. Grand Bend this year for the first time field- ed teams in the t -ball. mites. squirts and pee -wee ( boys and girls ) categories. Once again the communi- ty has pitched in with contributions to provide uniforms (Optimists and in- dividual businesses too many to men- tion) and lots of equipment from Rollie's Sports, for the junior teams. The good showing of these teams New diamond serves up exciting action almost every night and district news Connie Keyser 238-2695 Ch�reh solois-t. absent ire to tthffic snarls United Church news - The green benches outdoors were filled with congregation members and visitors Sunday. Rev. G. Pickell, Goderich, guest minister, delivered the meditation on "The Teacher with Authority". He asked, "What made Jesus the master teacher?" and said. it was a sense of empathy and com- passion. Jesus example, and all con- suming purpose was to save. 'Continu- ing' Rev. Pickell said, Divine discon- tent spurs us on. Christian teaching must be more of compassionate understanding. Several old time hymn favourites were sung with random requests from the congregation. Irene Kennedy presided at the organ. Special music guest soloist, Rober- ta Walker, was not able to attend. as she was caught in a traffic jam com- ing to us from the Dashwood service. Catholic Church News Father Morrissey put in a very busy weekend with the CWL bazaar. two weddings and a church service on Saturday. plus two masses on Sun- day. In his sermon, Father Morrissey pointed out how Christ offers us everlasting life and a closer relation- ship with God, but all we want is "physical" food and healing for our bodies, leaving us spiritually bankrupt. . People always look for the "quick fix" or the casy-road. but we must seek God and His righteousness as a man strives for a promotion. as star- ving people seek for food. Remember. God is not a magician or a Santa Claus. for good fortune can never bring the peace of mind that the Bread of Life offers us today. Congratulations and welcome to Roberta Glover who was received in- to the Catholic Community this past week by the sacrament of baptism. made her profession of faith, and received Jesus for the first time in Ho- ly Communion at her wedding mass on Saturday. Congratulations are extended to Roberta Glover. daughter of Mr. and FOR SALE town soles, gorge soles and yard sales abound this Civic holiday weekend as a popular. pastime for buyers and sellers alike. Bruce and Jean Wilson (left), Joe c'ind Margo Bradt. Marie and Jack Carpenter'and Betty Flear were some of the multi -family group along with the Montloch, Lewis and Doroshenko families of Grand .Bend who held their sale on Saturday at the corner of Huron and Walker Streets. Bargains galore drew large crowds early in the moring, when toys sold for 10.15 cents and children's bikes went at 518 and 520. Each family' anticipates sales of between $310 and $S0o. f 1 Mrs. James Glover, and Wilfred DeKort, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis DeKort, and to Tony and Vanda Delitala, who were also united in (he sacrament of holy matrimony this past week. Congratulations also goes to William Costes the son of Ian and Margaret Gostis, who was received into the Catholic community this past week by the sacrament of baptism. Good luck to Marie Srokosz, from our parish. and her partner, Dorothy Boyd. who have recently opened their Family Heirlooms boutique. It con- tains all kinds of materials for quilts and crafts; quilting and sewing lessons will also be available. The Catholic Women's League held a highly sucessful bazaar and hake sale on Saturday. totaling around $1200.00 in sales. The baking And vegetables were all gone by Saturday evening. with a few craft items left for the next bake sale on August 24. Chairpersons Nelly Kelders and Nancy Rae Lovie want to thank all of the ladies who produced a good united effort with such fruitful results. A special thank -you goes to all of the local merchants who Were so generous in donating prizes for the Penny Raffles. Most of the prizes were won by local people: Roberta Mommersleeg won the $40.merchan- dise voucher for the book store and Brendan Walker won lite giant teddy bear from the Grand Bend Em- porium. to name just a couple of win- ners. The quilt raffle drawing will be held on Labor Day weekend. so ladies, keep selling those tickets' Church of God Since this was the first Sunday in the month the Sunday Schooi opening was held upstairs with Deanna MacGregor presiding, and Alec Des- jardine leading the singing Happy bir- thday was sung to Mrs. Vincent and to Chris. the Snyder's grandson. Classes followed in their respective places. Terry Bartley from Owen Sound was guest speaker at both the morn- ing and evening service. Music was enjoyed in all services. In the S.S. opening Lori Vincent presided at the piano, with Phyllis Desjardine in the morning worship, also accompanying Mrs. Snyder in her special number. in the evening. Laura Lee ('amp - bell look the piano with Lori Vincent at the organ. Laura also accompanied Alec Desjardine in his special number. A special welcome 10 join with us for any or alt services each Sunday if you are visiting or vacationing in the Grand Bend area. Next Lord's Day. Pastor and Mrs. Wat tam will be with us for all services. A. John Hughes, C.D. Denture Therapist Box 839 37 Green Acres, Grand Bend, Ontario (519) 238-5300 409 Baker St. (Rear) London, Ontario (519) 439-9386 this year is the "fruits of so much labour" that has gone into getting the ball diamond going. The soccer pitch is also in full operation. Back in 1981 the seed was planted for this idea of a recreation hall. soc- cer pitch and ball diamond and the logical location was the site beside the Legion Hall. The only feasible way such a proposal could be done was by Wintario and Provincial Recrea- tion Grants. The Grand Bend Lions Club came forward as the sponsoring communi- ty organization required to raises() per cent of the funds which were then matched by Wintario. These were large sums - 40-50 thousand dollars - and the original committee of Paul Johnson, Paul ('ouse and RonGunn- ing saw to it that the land was pur- .chased and donated to the Village of Grand Bend. Money was raised through rallies, dances and draws, and donations from other service clubs such as the Grand Bend Lioness. the Legion and the Chamber of Commerce. Still the pumkin sat ripening but not ready for use until the summer of '84. The grant money had to be used or forfeited - so the light standards, back -stop screen and fencing along the base lines were installed im- mediately. The story of how the pum- pkin turned into the beautiful coach you have already read. It's the story of a growing a vital community effort that will provide many hours of good fun for young and old alike. Future plans include washroom facilities installed by'the end of this summer and eventually. the long - needed Community Hall will probably - be in co-operation with the expanded Legion Itall. The ball diamond is available on a pay•as-you play basis to any local groups - call Don Labelle 238-8357 to book a time, Police busy on -weekend The busy Civic holiday weekend resulted in 176 occurrences being reported ai►d charges laid where necessary by Grand Bend O.P.P. detachment. Liquor and liquor related offences were predominant with 93 offences..12 roadside breath tests. 12-12 hour / driver's licence suspensions and three charges of impaired driving. -Between August 1 and August 3 a combined total of 253 charges were laid -under the Highway Traffic Act and the Liquor Licence Act. On the water. 75 vessels were checked by the Marine Patrol - a great many of them being wind - surfers. As in all boats. an approved life jacket must he on board and readily available on a windsurfer. Water safety is of utmost importance. - Under the criminal code, two charges were laid, specifically con- cerning operating a speed boat pull- ing a water skier without a third "competent" observer in the boat. Constable'('.It Chapman in Grand Bend is still investigating the unfor- tunate assault and robbery of Hugh J. Smith of R.R.:3 Thedford and Terry G. Ilunniford in the Gables parking lot at about 2 a.m.. Saturday August 3. Wallets containing about $150 cash and personal papers_were taken by force. 4N{EL rznzd 41 Main St., Grand Bend 238-2161 Lic. under L.L.B.O. HOCKEY EQU 1 PMENT SALiE 11 MO W c•lI r .\ it . ��1al '� ;iii/ 111 4101 ess mor, NOW Full Line of BRAND NAME HOCKEY EQUIPMENT , Excellent selection of Fishing and Camping Equipment in stock ROLL! 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