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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-08-13, Page 26Time . vocote, August 13, t986 • TRIP WINNER — Betty Oke won o four-day Bahamian cruise in the Hensall Kinsmen's August trip -of -the -month draw. She is shown with Kinsmen registrar Jim Ferguson (left) and club treasurer Dave Hewitson. Susan Hartman 262-2449 Details available for flower show The Hensall and District Hor- ticultural Society would like to re- mind everyone of their first annual Flower Show "September Glory". It is going to be held on Friday, September 5 at the Hensall United Church. The schedule and prize list may be picked up from William's Beauty Shop if you have not received one. Congratulations to the Horticultural Society on their second place winning float in the Stanley Parade. The Society hopes that everyone is enjoying all of the beautiful flower beds around Hensall. Shufflers Although attendance was down on Thursday a great time was spent shuffling at the Hensall arena. High ladies' scores: Eileen Dowson 466, Ida Dickert 378, Dorothy Brint- nell 358. High men's scores: John Pepper 403, Howard Johns 396, George Dowson 371. Playground News Hensall Playground has entered its final week and all in all the program has been very, successful. Last week's 'field trip was to Lon- don's Children Museum on August 8 and a bake sale was held on the 6th to raise funds. Activities planned for the last week include a safety day, sundae fryday and a trip to Story Book Gardens in London. Booth Opens In case anyone hasn't noticed Hen- s sail now has a Tourist Information Booth. It is located in the "Village Walk" downtown and Chris and Maureen can help you to plan your trip with maps and brochures. Maureen and Chris have also been busy organizing two trip for kids, ag- ed from 11-15. Parents are also welcome. Join your friends on a bus bound for Canada's Wonderland on August 16 or travel to Boblo Island on August 23. The cost for each trip is $25 per person which includes all rides and transportation. Be sure to drop in Filter Queen IH THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA 482-7103 to the booth or call the Village office if you are planning on joining either of these excursions. Personals Recent visitors with Sim and Mary Roobol were Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Van Dyke of Listowel. Also joining them were Mr. and Mrs. Don Dodds of Seaforth and family along with Rev. Stan McDonald of Hensall. Sim and Mary travelled to Blenheim to visit with Mary's brother Anthony Gelderland at the nursing home there. United Church Michael David Ross Alexander, son of Ross and Cathy Alexander and Kristine Nicole Pryde, daughar of Peter and Pat Pryde, were received through baptism at the United Church on Sunday morning. The service was conducted by Mr. McDonald with Belva Fuss as organist and Jean Jacobe as pianist. Mr. McDonald continued his thoughts on Getting to Know God through the parables with his thoughts centred on the parable of the great feast. He spoke of the excuses we make today for not following the Christian way of life and giving of our time and talents and possessions within the church and related that they are not unlike the excuses of the three men in the parable. "Often", he said;'we miss the great things'God is doing and revealing all around us." The banquet table is teeming with blessings of love, forgiveness, indwelling power and unlimited hope. While at the banquet, come to the Banquet," he said. Joanne Rowcliffe greeted the con- gregation and the ushers were Rob Gackstetter, Jeff Corbett and Harold Parsons. Pam Mallette was the leader of the junior congregation and Sheila Corbett looked after the baby and toddler care. During the service Rev. McDonald and Belva Fuss sang two beautiful and familiar duets "The Beautiful Garden of Prayer" and "Mother's Prayers have followed Me". Following the service fellowship was enjoyed at the side of the church with Mary Kinsman as the hpstess. The congregation continued with historical pictures on the cover of the bulletin with the picture of the Rev. R. A. Brook, minister of the church from 1938 to 1950. The flowers at the front of the Church were placed in honour of the marriage of Donna Zwann and John Huron Apothecary Ltd. J T WILSON PHARMACIST PHONE 235-1982 440 MAIN ST EXETER. ONT. PRE RIPTI We accept most molor drug plans Blue Cross, Green Shield, Drug Benefit, etc., Hours Mon. Tues., Thurs. 8. Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Wed. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. "Your Independent Pharmacist" • /'; ;; Hensall Civic Corner -° TENDERS Avg.: Will be received by the undersigned until 12 noon, on Wednesday, August 20 ' Tendefs'documents are available from the Arena Manager. Rolly•Vanstone Hensall & District Community Centre 157 Oxford Street, Hensall, NOM 1X0 262-3206 for the Rental of the Booth Facilities at the Hensall & District Community Centre Will be two-year project Hall renovation plans taking shape Drawings for renovations to Hen - sail's town hall were unveiled for council, Monday, and while they met . with initial approval, some questions arose during the deliberations and it was decided to delay final decision un- til members have a chance to study the plans in more detail. "We don't want to make a hurried decision," commented Reeve Jim Robinson as he ended the discussion by suggesting the final decision be delayed until a future meeting. The project, which will be staged over a two-year period, will enlarge the size of the council chambers and the clerk's office, while also providing for a lunch room for the staff, a private washroom and more windows. A new entrance to the clerk's facilities will be installed on the west side of the town hall and the plans call for a ramp to be built to the existing entrance to facilitate use of the library by those in wheel chairs. Councillor Irene Davis said the ex- pansion of the clerk's office was necessary because the staff have an increasing amount of paper work that "increases almost every day." She said the proposal is to do the outside renovations this year and the inside work next year. Oake Woodsmith,who drafted the plans, will be asked to proceed on the final specifications and tender forms, but will be advised that council may make some alterations to the current plans before the specs are completed. Ratepayer Ivan Bedard appeared before council to express concern over the safety of children and pedestrians in the Albert and York St. area, and while he was promised by Robinson that "something will be done" that something isn't quite decided yet. Bedard, who presented a petition signed by several residents in the area, said they would like to see a stop sign placed on Albert, and while that met with initial approval of council, it was questioned by works superintendent John Baker. The latter pointed out that it would probably not be possible to put a stop sign from the south on Albert as it is not entering onto a through street, but rather only a curve. Many activities at Queensway Hello again! We hope everyone is ignoring the rain we've had lately and are having a lovely summer. We cer- tainly are! Our church service this week was performed by Rev, Kenneth Knight. The service was enjoyed by all and well attended. "Angel and Big Joe" was the title of this week's movie presentation. It was a very interesting story about a poor boy and his friegdship with a telephone repair man. On Wednesday evening the Zurich Mennonite ladies joined us for crafts. We made colourful braided cords for our call bells. Everyone enjoyed the delicious muffins the ladies brought in to have as a snack with our coffee and tea. Thank you very much ladies. Several of our residents have been watching a video of the royal wedding which Bill Gibson taped for us. This has been a very popular activity as many of us are fans of the royal family. On Friday afternoon our nursing home residents held a welcoming tea party for our new resident, Mrs. Helen Dallas. Welcome to Queensway, Helen. Quote of the week: "The trouble with so many of us is that we keep ourselves direction -minded instead of enjoying the trip." -The Heritage Book Westlake held in the church on Saturday. Craft Day continued at the United Church on Tuesday morning with an excellent attendance. This summer craft group will continue for the next two weeks at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday mornings. The Light Touch i otr By JACK L A VENDER Holding public office is like dancing on a crowded floor. NO matter how you move, you rub someone the wrong way. • Lots of people love their jobs. It's the work they hate. . A succes3'ful person is one who went ahead and did the thing the rest of us never quite got around to. • You know you're getting older when you lit in a rock- ing chair and can't get it going. .• * • If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people hapliy? . . . . At Jack's Small Engine Repair Servite 107 Queen St. Hensall 262-2103 bliss is the knowhow that makes your small engine purr. He explained that the ministry of transportation and communications doesn't recommend the use of stop signs as a means of controlling traf- fic speed. Noting that he was concerned about the safety situation as well, Baker Reports on dog attack Hensall dog catcher David Groot reported that the month of July "was rather quiet" but that he did receive three complaints. One of those centred around a dog which had attacked a boy on a bicy- cle, but Groot said after speaking to the dog owner he was unable to ascer- tain whether the attack had been pro- voked or not. After acknowledging that the owner of the dog was his neighbor, Coun- cillor Peter Groot said the canine in question has frightened several youngsters. He said the dog "just takes spells" where he chases kids on bikes, while at other .times it is quite sociable. The dog catcher said the other com- plaints stemmed from dogs running at large at night in the south end of town and dogs barking at night in the north end. He questioned whether there was a local noise bylaw to cover the latter situation. Councillor Irene Davis indicated she had also received a number of complaints Aigebarking dogs. thought that a sign warning motorists that the area was used by youngsters would be more appropriate. Councillor Peter Groot wondered about painting a cross walk on the road, but there were concerns that that may give youngsters a false sense of security. A speed bump was also mentioned, but Robinson said he had never seen them used on town streets before. A sign cautioning motorists that the area is used by children appeared to be the most favored approach for the problem, but no final decision was made. Andy Bilcke also appeared at the Monday night session to ask council what he should do with the funds in the account of the now defunct BMX club which Was established after a trail was built for the cyclists in the community park. Bilcke said none of the youngsters in the club showed up for meetings as they apparently have lost interest in the organization. It was generally agreed that the $285 bank account should be turned over to the village. Robinson said it was unfortunate that the club disbanded, but noted that local youths were still making use of the bike track. Bilcke was also given permission to cut off a survey stake in front of his property. He explained the stake was protruding about three to four inches out of the ground and attempts to pound it in with a sledgehammer had proven unsuccessful. The property owner said he kept hitting the stake with his lawn mower and had amost been tossed over the • handle herein one encounter. After noting he was afraid someone would rip up a tire on the stake, he was advised to cut it off. Marsden gets farewell buss Kim Marsden mgt with Hensall council for the final time this week and was the recipient of good wishes, a set of bookends, a parting kiss from Reeve Jim Robinson... and some jibes about her coffee -making abilities. Marsden completes her work at the village office this Friday and in- dicated that the day will not be over- ly happy for her. She will be married later this month and then head for her new home in Swift Current. "We'll miss you," Robinson com- mented, and while acknowleding that a hand shake was normally in order on such occasions; he bid her farewell with a buss. Marsden thanked council and clerk Betty Oke for their kindnesses and assistance during her duties with them. Albert Einstein, to a photographer: Yours is a wonderful profession, but have you ever stopped to think that it is quite similar to the responsibility of a surgeon who, with his scalpel, always has a life in his hands? You have a life in your hands every time you use your camera. ..A photograph never grows old. People change, but a photograph always remains the same. t]I NTH HIBBERT WINS — The 'A' champibnship df the wdekend area pee wee boys fgstball tourna- ment was won by South Hibbert. Back, left, coaches Frank Horner, Kevin Goettler and Dave Smale. Centre, Mike Dearig, Jason Christie, Mark Brock, Hugh Norris, Barry Waddell, Randy Finlayson, An- drew Jibb and Christopher Scott. Front, Jason McCaughey, Mike Renne, Terry Dow, Shane Van Allen, Joe Harris, Tim Dow and Greg Dalrymple. T -A photo WASN'T. THAT A PARTY! Y A special thank you to each and every person who helped make the STANLEY TOWNSHIP SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION such a success Everyone's co-operation and enthusiasm contributed to a Memorable Celebration TOWNSHIP OF STAHL.'S(' 1 Meetzz rdYOXiit 86' THANKS AGAIN STANLEY TOWNSHIP SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE 4 •