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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-12-24, Page 24FINISH CANDY HOUSE — Marla Cairns, left, shows off her great candy castle that took her nearly 70 hours to complete. Pam Wood, center, and Susan Dunn, right, admire the detailed work at Fin- nigans. Marla plans to give the house to the Grand Bend Public School for an auction. Local store wins award The Grand Bend Brewer's Retail Store No. 1181 received an excellence award, Thursday. Brewer's president J.R. Davidson, from Toronto arrived at Grand Bend where he presented manager Steve Nangle and his fellow employees with the plaque. Nangle, driver Roy .Hanlon, and cashier Bill McLaughlin were all on hand to receive congratul- 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 tions from the president. To receive this President's Ex- cellence Award a_store must record two, perfect 30 scores in a row. The plaque mounted in the local store is inscribed with - Presented to the staff of Brewer's Retail Store, 21 Hwy., Grand Bend, Ontario, in recognition of the high performance standards achieved in customer seevice, and store appearance. It is signed by Davidson. News from Scouting The Christmas spirit is easy to see of any of the parties held by the boys and girls involved in Guides and Scouts. The Beavers and Brownies of Grand Bend made ginger bread houses this year for their Christmas parties. The lst Grand Benda Gill. Glades; performed two /Christmas skits- at Grand Cove Estates on December,5, at their annual "Christmas Tree for jr t1• JW M_ Management ancLStaff of Grand Bend Plymouth Chrysler wish to extend our appreciation for your patronage and wish you A Very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year Idm' Grand Bend ® PLYMOUTH CHRYSLER 110. 1111041P 30-81 CRESCENT GRAND BEND 238-2372 IY IFI fli It AddIAAAA Our friendship with you will never melt! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Thank you for your loyal patronage HOLIDAY HOURS Closed Dec. 22 at 4 p.m. Due to staff Christmas Party Closed Dec. 24 at 6 p.m., Closed Dec. 25 Closed New Year's Eve at A p.m. Hwy. 21 South 2 min. from Main Instersection of Grand Rend 2384330 WedoN rightat 11111.11.1tall====l1MWA the Needy party. They were very much appreciated by the seniors for tlleir efforts. The Guides Christmas party was on December 9, with Christmas crafts and a gift exchange. This will be the last meeting until January 6, 1987. The Grand Bend Cubs made crafts at their Christmas party too, and also collected canned goods for the Lions to distribute. The Cubs sadly bade farewell to one of their leaders recent- ly. and are in dire need of another energetic, caring adult, willing to in- vest some time with little boys of the community. Please consider it. Plans are 'made for a special meeting on January 20 with a con- stable coming from Forest, to show a film on drug and alcohol awareness ing was drawn. Last year's winner, to the Grand Bend Girl,Guides. The.. Ann avid''skewthe winning'ticket for 'MtJV IF V Forty -year-old greeting again reaches destination A Grand Bend coup*, received a 40 -year-old Christmas card on Satur- day, December 20 when they picked up their mail at the GB post office. Bob and Pat Young,, of Grand Cove Estates, received the card from friends in Weston. It has been travell- ing between the two families since 1946, making this its 40th anniversary. Not bad for Canada Pastl Hold dinner meeting The Grand Bend Women's Institute held its Christmas meeting at the Pinery Inn on Thursday. Twenty-four members and two guests were present to enjoy a turkey dinner. -A Christmas contest was won by Karen Woods and Marion Stucky. Carols were sung, led by Millie Des- jardine, following the contest. Everyone answered the roll call "Something I would like in my Christmas stocking!" It was decided to send a donation to the War Memorial Hospital in Lon- don. Brenda Love took pictures of members for the scrapbook to be sent to the WI twinning -sister institute, Baltic Lot 18, P.E.I. The next .meeting will be held on Thursday, January 22 at 1:30 p.m. in the United Church Sunday school room. January's topic will be Citizen- ship and World Affairs. Dogs kill deer Saturday a resident of the Pinedale Subdivision found a doe collapsed on the ice of the river bet - 'ween Pinedale and Southcott Pines. The tired deer had been trying to out- run some wild dogs that had been chasing it. • . The game warden from the Pinery Prov. Park was summoned to the scene. He found that the dogs had bit- ten pieces out of the hind leg of the helpless doe. Please keep your wild dogs ( pets) tied up or inside at night, as they are chasing our wildlife. The dogs were described to the warden who will be on the lookout for those mongrels! Legion News A bit of a catch-up is in order for the dart games at the Grand Bend Legion. On December 9, the winners were Alex Leatherland and Tom Carter, with John Coeck and Sally Lovie in second. Bob Voisin won the 50/50 draw. On December 16, Mike Tartaran and Marg Hedley got first place in darts, while Bob Voisin and Eira Duggan got second. This time Alex Leatherland won the 50/50 draw. Winners of the last meat raffle for this year were Vilda Clark, Jean Carlson, Helen Nobel, Cecelia Hughes and Kit Green. Frank Allan won the door prize. After the meat raffle on December 19, the winner of the Christmas Stock - Grand Bend Scouts�are also invltederi a Q{ Park, luCley as the officer will be explaining about a new badge on "law awareness," now required for the All Round Cord. People you know The students of GBPS performed an enjoyable concert Tuesday even- ing for a capacity filled gynasium. Jody Becker aqnd Jason Desjardine, both grade 8, played a guitar and piano duet, while Tommy Maguire , grade 2, and Mike Clay, grade 8, played piano solos. The little school has an excellent choir as well, accom- panied by Peter Marchen. Leann Peckitt, grade 7, won the lovely gingerbread house in the draw held at the school after the turkey din- ner, Friday. The house was con- structed by Sandy Stanlake, Jean- nette Stellingwerff, Lenny Vermeuleri, and Brenda Haist. Happy birthday to Alma Prance, Oak St. GB, who will be celebrating her 87th on December 27. Present concert at Mt. Carmel ' Tis the season for Christmas pageants and last 'Tuesday, December 16 was the night! All five local schools held their concerts the same eyeing. The concert at Ml. Carmel opened with the tiny kindergartens in the timeless story of the nativity, as each "good beast was heard to tell of the gift he gave Emmanuel.K The infant Jesus suspiciously resembled a Cab- bage Patch doll, but the love with which a sweet little Mary clutched it to her heart, was real. The shepherds, angels and three kings all had their piece to sing and say, in such a char- ming way, too. The grade 7/8 gtrls sang a selection of very difficult and unusual carols, under the direction of music teacher, Mrs. Susan Kraftcheck. Next was the beautiful display of "Angels and Lambs, Ladybugs and Fireflies" to relate how the lambs brought the good news of the Saviour to the tiniest of God's -creatures, the insects. There were some lovely solos, and the mothers did an outstanding job on costumes. Butterflies swooped on gauze painted wings, on stage with bees, grasshoppers and of course, those ladybugs. Then the birds learn- ed the good news, and even tho' these birds were not "of a feather" they stuck together in a kaleidescope of color. Finally all of God's wee creatures made the trek to Bethlehem. The Junior choir performed a selec- tion of carols from different countries, in Polish, German, French and Latin. A child in appropriate costume would give a background of their customs to introduce each carol. The children sang like angels, singing the un- familiar words so beautifully. The concert ended with old favorites per- formed by the primary choir. It was an outstanding effort this year by the Mount Carmel pupils and teachers, just beautiful! allow! Marg and Bob Hedley would like to thank everyone involved in the Christmas Stocking. draw for their help, especially all the local mer- chants, who so generously donated their goods and services for this fund raiser. Under coming events, Legion No. 498 will be hosting a New Year's Levee, on ,January 1 from 1-5 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend. The first general meeting of the new year will be on Monday, January 5, at 8 p.m. The dart games will resume on Tuesday, January 6, and Friday, January 9 marks the return of the meat raffles, held at 5 p.m. each Friday. Merry, Christmas to all members of the Legion and their families, and best wishes for a Hap- py New year! Have a safe and happy holiday season. Alhambra news Six members of the Alhambra, Algarva no. 168, accompanied Santa Claus (Sirnoble John Smits) to McCurdy School, where they visited with the Huron Hope Nursery School class. The children were delighted to entertain Santa in their very own classroom, and even more delighted with the gifts handed to each one by old Kris Kringle. The Alhambrans always enjoy their annual visit to McCurdy. . This year's visitors were Sirnobles Bill and Cor Vandenberk, Frank Stok- kermans, Jim Dalton, Ben Wiendels, Eddie Mommersteeg, and of course, John Smits. Merry Christmas! Grand Cove Estates Congratulations go_ to Mr. Roy Hider who had a perfect hand pf 29 Thursday' night in the Grand Cove Cirbbage League. A very rare occur- rence, and well-done! On December 5 the Grand Cove Estates- seniors held their annual Christmastree party for the needy, in the main lounge. They use the event to hold a collection of clothing, gifts, canned goods, knitting and money, all to be parcelled out into the Lioness Baskets, delivered to needy families in the community each Christmas. For entertainment, the First Grand Bend Girl Guides Company ander the direction of leader Paula Taylor, per- formed two amusing skits, "Santa Claus Goes Mod".and the "Alphabet of Christmas" with 17 guides taking part. Then the Grand Cove choir,' Lioness members as guests, and' guides, raised their voices in song in the old beloved carols. The party was well attended, by over 100, and $377, plus hundreds of bags of food and clothing, and over 200 hand knitted ar- ticles were collected for the poor. Everyone is a self-made person, but only the successful admit it. t�wlN - Owrr M1. Ort Revision of Rates for the Village of Grand Bedd The Grand Bend Public Utilities Commission has been advised by Ontario Hydro that it will be adjusting the wholesale rote to the Utility by 5.1 % effective January 1, 1987. In order to meet this additional cost as well as in- creases in the cost of materials, the Utility will in- crease the retail rates to their customers by 4.5°4. This adjustment will increase a'monthly residential bill with a consumption of 1000 kilowatt hours by $1.63. NEW MONTHLY RATE TO CUSTOMERS Effective on all consumption used on or after January •1,'i987. Reis ;dential Services - Kilowatt hour plasaniumatIon Cost per KWH First 250 KW 9.65¢ All additional KWH 5.10¢ Minimum monthly bill $8.75 General Service First 250 KWH 9.55¢ Next 12,250 KWH 5.61C All additional KWI- 3.87¢ Minimum monthly bill $8.75 • NOW OPEN COFFEE AND DONUT* • Daily Lunch Specials • Coffee, Donuts • Muffins • Soup & Sandwiches Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Open 5 a.m. - 2:30 ' a.m. 29 Ontario St., Grand Bend :aurisnaw antis w► sisoimiaa ooti 941.4 .a4etu..aue..aistie% :tai.► Don't Miss Our Snowball Sale Starting Boxing Day Open Daily 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Entire Stock From r 10% to 50% Off Except candy department and 6', 7' and 8' trees Christmas Place 238-2245 Grand lend On Highway 21 South