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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-01-15, Page 14t�, +Yip qy`* !� 't.�rF i�l•, •� �-�.••,f .n:. } t.�,- ,f �y,�f �r '�'t{ r :'_: �y :�`�1yi � �i`,�` `'•`j`3f ,��.:"i A �t,���,� Ir� fax r• =iw'fr��/i�i.�! Use of groynes outlined limas -Advocate, January 15, ,996 Pope 13 L.k�Iior •wn•rs fiock to fl•Qfg. erosions There was standing room only for a slumber of persons who'crowded in- to a lower roam at the Squthcott Pines Park Association clubhouse, Sunday, to discuss erosion control along Lake Huron between the Village of Grand Bend and Beach 'Co' Pines. Chairman Ben Cramer, who has a lakefront home; organized the meeting with Association president, Gail Lawson. Roger Letham, a con- sultant engineer, from the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources, sug- gested as help for the Village of Grand Bend, gave a presentation. Letham said that he was there to give the best possible advice to help create a beach there again. He told the group that a groyne cell system would, with time, collect a beach in front of properties and help to retain it, even in high water level years. Also present at this meeting was Bosanquet township Reeve Fred Thomas, councillor William Kingdon, and the Village of Grand Bend Reeve Harold Green, with Councilters Barb Southcott and Bruce Woodley. sit M& wuuusug ,loci *awning, with bot chocolate and doughnuts afterward. Rev. Morris,Vincent and his wife and their son Riebard Vincent and his wife, all from Morden, Manitoba, were In the Grand Bend area for about two weeks during the holiday season. They .visited with their mother/grandmother Katie Vincent and other relatives for. an especially memorable bolida , then left for There was a consensus frau lake- dome on Saturday. front owners in Southcott Pines to a 8 ga Philip and Roberta Walker and agree,in principle, with some sort of recurfamilMange, Fiona and Brendan, Opi- nion ' writing, from a 10 day trip to Charlottes North Carolina, to visit Roberta's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bob and Jackie Hahn. At the Women's Institute craft meeting this'lttursday, January 16 at 2:00 p.m. you are asked to bring a guestue,not e t a gift as previously erosion control . Persons from Beach '0' Pinesi . sd against large groynes and shoreline protection in the area to their north. The Village of Grand Bend is hoiding firm - waiting fora legal opi- tn ting, before molting any commitmen assistance. Grand Bend cams a road allowance at the lake which is beside private pro- perty. It measures approximately 36 feet wide and is located at the end of tbe Lake Road in the village. There is obvious erosion there. At this meeting, Letham told the large group that municipalities don't usually get involved with the legalities of shoreline control, when it involves private property. In com- parison, GB Reeve Green was told that the Township of Sarnia does not give financial help for shoreline assistance. HOLD MEETING — Roger Letham, consulting engineer, discusses ideas with Southcott Pines Association president, Gail Lawson, at the clubhouse Sunday afternoon. On the right is meeting chairman, Ben Cramer, who started the ball rolling for the shoreline erosion meeting. and district news Lynn Desjardine - 238-8768 Roberta Walker - 238-2471 Grand Bend priest gets Papal audience Pastor Robert Morrissey left last week for an extended vacation of four weeks. After visiting with his father, he'll be flying to Europe for 10 days in Holland, a week in Germany, and about 10 days in Rome, where Bishop Sherlock has arranged for Father Morrissey to have a private audience ' with His Holiness, Pope John Paul. Father will be celebrating Mass at the Vatican for the intentions of all the members of this parish in the new year of 1986, Father Vincent Van Zuphthen, from St. Peter's Seminary, London, will be celebrating all Masses on the weekends in his absence. If an emergency arises dur- ing the week, please contact Father Bensette, at St. Joseph's in Parkhill. Father Van Zuphthen was celebrant for the weekend masses, and his sermon was based upon the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. Jesus needed no absolution from bap- tism as He was without sin, instead, baptism represented a desire for change in his life - a mission to redeem mankind, through the action and power of the Holy Spirit. We too can ask for the help of the Holy Spirit through our own baptism and share in the fire of Christ's mission here on earth. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dalton wish to sincerely thank all the parishioners who held them celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary last week. The Huron -Perth Separate School registrations will be held for regular Kindergarten, on February 17 from 9 to 12 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, 237-3337. St. Boniface, Zurich, will be holding registrations on March 6 from 9 to 12, call 236-4335. For French Immersion kindergarten classes, call 524-9901, at St. Mary's school, Goderich on January 16 from 1-5. The next CWL general meeting will be January 20, Monday evening, at 8 p.m. in the Alhambra Hall. United Church The Sacrament of Holy Communion was observed at the .Grand Bend United Church on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Niebergall, formerly of Kit- chener, and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rahn, formerly of Nipissing, were received into the church fellowship. Scripture selections were read by Jason Desjardine. The choir sang "I Feel the Winds of God Today. When Rev. Peebles spoke to the children, he suggested four things that they might desire for 1986: hap- piness, good health, success, and fellowship with God. He reminded them that each would have to work hard and obey certain rules if they wished to attain these goals. In his communion meditation, Rev. Peebles spoke regarding the incident Golden Agers The Grand Bend Golden Agers held 'their first meeting of 1996 at St. John's Parish Hall Wednesday afternoon, with 28 in attendance. A singing of old favorites was enjoyed with Nola Love at the piano. President 11a Keyes conducted the business meeting. Plans are being made for a bus trip on May 10, to see "The Hustlers" in Toronto. Bill Love's group was in charge of the program. Guest Terry Crabe, naturalist at the Pinery, showed slides of winter scenes in the Pinery Park, with a variety of birds and deer. The next group from Algonquin Park showed a study of water, from quiet pools to rushing rapids, summer greenery and autumn leaves,which was really beautiful. The last was a nature film about bald eagles in the U.S. and was also very interesting. Terry Crabe was thanked with hearty applause. The remainder of the afternoon was spent playing games of euchre, crokinole and solo. Then the lunch refreshments with coffee and tea dos- ed a pleasant afternoon. People you know in John 13, when Jesus was eating the the roll call with "An Interesting The 1st Grand Bend Girl Guides en - Passover meal with his disciples. Place I have been or would like to joyed an outing at the Pinery Previn- Jesus had a deep love for all His go." The lunch hostesses were Norma cial Park last week. The weather disciples, even Judas, but Judas had Walper and Marg Love. cooperated so they could all enjoy ice become deaf, blind, and insensitive to Jesus and His love, so Satan entered into his heart and filled it with sin. Are we betraying Jesus and His love and His teachings? Let us be like Peter who wept tears of forgiveness, unlike Judas, and Peter was forgiven. Church of God The Beaconaires, met on Monday night, celebrating the election meeting with a delicious dinner. The new officers are headed by Fermen Synder as president, Katie Vincent as vice president and Ivan Sharrow as treasurer. After the meeting they en- joyed a variety of games. Thursday marked the meeting date for the Women of the Church of God. Millie Dejardine was the guest speaker, informing those present of the plight of the North American In- dian. The new president is Cecille Barnhart, vice-president Lucille Vin- cent and Treasurer Marion Steckle. Refreshments were served afterwards. On Sunday morning, Rev. Barnhart spoke of giving or "tithing" as an act of worship citing Malachie 3:6 and other scriptures. It is an act of wor- ship to give something of our substance back to God. The special solo was "where could we go but to the Lord," by Joy Mason and Phyllis Desjardine. For the evening service, Rev. Bar- nhart cited Mark 3:7-19, on God's Master Plan of Evangelism. Christ concentrated on properly training the apostles to carry His ministry all over the world. Afterward everyone en- joyed a sing -song of favorite hymns. UCW meeting Rev. Peebles conducted the in- stallation of new officers for 1986 at the United Church Women's after- noon unit meeting, held Thursday afternoon in the Sunday school rooms. The new president is Loreen Gill, first vice-president Eleanor Durie and secretary is Clara Hamilton. Hazel Broad gave the opening wor- ship service about our homes and the new year. Representing earthly bread was a loaf of bread, while the Bible and a lighted white candle represented our heavenly bread, She read the Bible story of Martha and Mary, and "The Lesson of the Oak". President Loreen Gill presided for the business meeting. It was announc- ed that the South Huron Presbyterial will be held on January 27, 9:30 a.m. at the Exeter United Church. If too stormy, the alternate date will be February 3. Eleanor Durie presented the 1986 budget. Twenty-five ladies answered Reporter enjoys trip to south for. holiday By Roberta Walker Christmas Holidays - the time to see our family and celebrate the season together. For us this year, that meant packing up luggage and stuffing all five of us into the old faithful station wagon to head south. That also meant breaking with the family tradition of enjoying Christmas at home, so we ef- fected a compromise and lett on Box.,, ing Day, bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, to see my sister and her husband Bob and Jackie Hahn. Oh, the thrill of the open road, travelling through new country, new sights ... old sounds, from three crowded kids in the back seat. Highly vocal disputes over limited territory alternate with Trivia questions, songs, laughter and car sickness, and occasionally, blissful silence as they doze off for an all -too brief nap. After spending the night in Toledo, Ohio, we headed eastward on the Ohio Turnpike, passing seven huge tractor trailers and five cars jack knifed in the ditches ob,medium or buried in the snow. It must have been one awful gale there the previous day - a good day for tow trucks. Following I-77 we entered West Virginia, mountain country. These aren't the jagged, towering peaks of the Rockies, but gentler and rounded with age. One gets the feeling that God has lived is these hills long before He ever thought of making the Rockies. Each turn of the road brings a fresh view of small shacks climbing the mountainside, reachable only by steep gravel roads; tiny waterfalls hanging from rocks in the suspended animation of ice, or the sudden ap- pearance of a tiny town at the bottom of a valley, winding along a river. As we climb higher, we look down to see towns surrounded by fields, spread beneath us like a patchwork quilt of shades in green, brown and gold. We spend the night in Charleston, West Virginia, the capital city. The tiny city center is crowded by other buildings, the houses jammed so tightly that the roofs sometimes touch each other. There is no room for back yards in this valley bottom, with mountains on all sides, crowding in on the puny pretensions of men. One of the highlights for the children is three tunnels through the CLOSED FOR THE WINTER - Both piers at the mouth of the river In Grand Bend are built up with these huge icebergs. Different from the summer activity it is now quietly being filled with ice and snow. mountains, each one half a mile or longer. One tunnel, interestingly enough, is called Big Walker Moun- tain Tunnel, so of course, my husband got a picture of that. I-77 goes through a corner of Virginia, then we entered North Carolina, a beautiful state. The mountains subsided here into gently rolling hills more fields and a soften- ing of the landscape. Charlotte is a booming city under construction. New buildings are going up everywhere, especially in the suburbs. The thick underbrush, which can harbor rattlesnakes, cotton mouths and water moccasins, is cleared away to fit in a new apart- ment complex here or a small hous- ing subdivision there. We check in at a brand new hotel with a lavishly decorated interior. Everyone agrees that it's one of the most beautiful hotels we've had the pleasure of stay- ing in, and our suite includes a large bedroom, living room, two TV sets, a kitchenette and bath, with plenty of room to unpack and stretch out for a weeks stay. We find out that my sister won't have any time off from work until New Year's Eve, so we decide to take a trip to Charleston, South Carolina. On Monday, January 30, we toss a few overnight bags in the car and make the three and one half hour drive to Charleston, one of the loveliest and most charming old cities in the south. After stopping for some tourist in- formation, we drive the old section by car, to get the feel of the place. What narrow side streets they have, with most entrance lanes still only buggy width between the walls. Only tiny foreign cars can enter some of these wealthy properties - no room for Cadillac or Rolls-royce. The beautiful old homes are decorated for Christmas with live greenery, draped over doorways, down stair railings and tied with red bows. Most homes have a huge wreath on the door, of holly, yew, pine cones, acacia leaves, often festooned with spanish moss, unlike our plastic decorations which must brave the ice and snow. The hotel we spend the night in here at Charleston is an elegant old place with marble floors, sitting rooms, priceless antique decor and a fountain in the piazza. One wouldn't be surpris- ed to see Scarlet O'Hara and Rhett Butler come strolling down the win- ding staircase! Everywhere you look are Christmas trees - in the entrance by the double staircase, the tree is hung with teddy bears and old Victorian Santas and toys. A ten foot tree in the lobby glitters with red and silver or- naments, sparkling with mirrors, to reflect off the black and white mar- ble floor. The huge tree in the dining room is done in the French tradition, with pink balls, satin bows, hearts, angels and lace. The food in the din- ing room shows the creativity of a gifted chef and background music is provided by a lovely harpist, softly strumming old Christmas carols. Southern hospitality is evident everywhere, with courteous waiters, bits boys, maids, bell hops and a con- cierge at the front desk to help you. - plan your tours. Tomorrow we tour old Charleston. Just wait! - to be continued next week CROWDED CLUBHOUSE — A large crow • o concern = • peop e gathered in the Southcott Pines Clubhouse on Sunday to discuss ero- sion control and how to save their beaches. Legion dart teams win in zone trials The New Year's Day levee was very successful, with 75 members and friends attending at the Grand Bend Legion hall, from 12 to 5 p.m. Many thanks to all he ladies who donated food for the delicious luncheon. Sixteen teams attended the Zone darts competition on Saturday, January 11, held at the Corunna Legion. Five teams were entered by Grand Bend No. 498, and congratula- tions go to team No. 2 who won the competition. The players were Bob Chapdelaine, Keith Crawford, Bob Hamilton and Vern Gallant. Vilda Clark presented the trophy to the win- ning team. The singles were won by Tom Holmes of Wyoming, second place to Scotty Goring of Sarnia. Jim O'Neil and Jim McKay of Grand Bend won the doubles, with Jim and Terry Nield of Corunna taking second. Four of the teams will be involved in the competi- tion at the London District darts tour- nament on March 8, Grand Bend teams No. 1 and 2, and Corunna teams No. 1 and 2. John Cook, who played for No. 4 team, Grand Bend, took out two games on a one double one throw which is quite a feat! Vern Gallant of No. 2 team also performed a one dou- ble one throw to give his team the final win. Rob Johnson, a player on Grand Bend team No. 1, held a perfect score of 180! Congratulations to all the players for a fine showing! Euchre will resume on January 17, at 8:30 p.m. at the Legion, for all those card players out there. Remember, the next executive meeting will be January 20. Bible study Last Tuesday morning, fourteen ladies came out to the Bible study at the Sauble Court, opening with prayer and a hymn sing. From the workshop on Romans handbook, they began study on Lesson 15, "Should My Neighbour's Conscience be My Guide?" Cecile Barnhart led the.lesson from Romans 14:1-15, that as Christians, we are all at different levels of maturity. As mature Christians, we need to be careful not to make a new Chritian stumble. The meeting will be the same time and place next week. PLANT SOLD Further Redi ctIns Yarns suitable for knitting and weaving 151 and SO 4 per oz. Still a good selection of sweaters Closing for the season Final Day, Saturday, January 18 Open 7 days a week Mon. - Sat. 10:00 - 5:30 All sales final 16 Main St. LEA S • 1210 ) FACTORY OUTLET GRAND BEND 238-8007 'Limon ale 20 9 Some people have all the luck. And they're the ones who never depend on it. Pah ,r' QUOIItL 0"1 tee to 60 0 QUOIItL off Entire Stock Nif IY)M? Door Chimes Available Paragon and Royal Albert China Sale encs January 31 Hotson Lighting & China 1 mile north of Grand Bend Hours: Mon. - Sat. 9 - 5 Grand Bend 238-8240 • •