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Times -Advocate, December 9, 1987
Grand Bend
and dIstrkt wows
Lynne DesJardine 238-8768
Roberta Walker 238-2471
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LOCAL TORCHBEARER - Excited Jan Steele, Grand Bend, practises
running with her homemade 1.5 kilogram torch. She is preparing to share
the flame with other proud Canadians on December 25, Day 39.
GB resident selected
to "Share The Flame"
Most people today will be think-
ing, there's only 16 more days until
Christmas. But not one special lady
from Grand Bend.
Janice Goodrich -Steele will be-
come a part of history on December
25, as she takes part in the Olympic
Torch Relay. Her one kilometer
route will take place between Brant-
ford and Stoney Creek, which cov-
ers 57 kilometers of the course.
After watching the Olympic com-
mercial on television a year ago, the
active 60 year old started walking
until winter set in. Thcn, she filled
out over 300 application cards, sup-
plied by sponsor Petro -Canada in
Crediton. She chose day 39 (Christ-
mas), her second choice on every
fifth application.
Words cannot describe Jan's joy
when she was accepted in June and
confirmed in August. She is ex-
tremely excited about the whole ad-
venture and has the support of fami-
ly and friends. Her son, Tony
Steele, one of three grown children,
will be organizing celebration par-
ties on the 25th for his mother. Jan
also has four granddaughters.
Despite a fracture to her right foot
recently, Jan is determined to rtin
under all circumstances. Shc is tak-
ing therapy each day as well as her
regular training and her foot will be
well bandaged on Christmas day. A
Lions club member from Dundas
(her area to run), checks with Jan
periodically to make sure that she is
still participating.
It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportuni-
ty! Give Jan your good wishes and
support as a torchbearer in this ter-
rific country, Canada! Way to go,
Jan!
Medical board chairman
The Grand Bend and Arca Medical
Board held its annual meeting No-
vember 26 at the Sauble Court
lounge, GB.
Past chairman, Grant Taylor, said
that a firm decision on the financing
for an addition to the existing medi-
cal centre, has not been reached. Af-
ter a discussion with .their bankers,
they have indicated with assurance
1
that the board will be looked after
until financing is found.
Taylor suggested that a building
committee and a campaign commit-
tee will be appointed at their Janu-
ary meeting. ,n the meantime, a call
for tenders, to establish a cost, is
underway at the present timc.
Ncw chairman is Bill Harwood,
with vicc-chairman, Larry Cole.
The treasurer is Pat Kading, and sec-
retary, Edna Frampton will be step-.
ping down. There are 14 directors
on the board.
Grand Bend darters compete
In the Grand Bend Thursday night
sharp shooters league, Rollies team
remained on top. Standings to date
as the chart reads arc" Rollies - 26,
Thirsty Fox - 22, Elbow Benders -
21, Mainstreetcrs - 20, Imperiales -
18, Brew Crew - 17, Legion - 17,
Legion 2 - 16, Finnigans - 13,
Ticdcmans - 13, GB Yachters - 4,
Coconut Bay - 2.
Have your team standings brought
up to date. Just fill in points on the
legion chart. It's going to be a close
finish at Christmas! Watch out
Gene!
Participate in Erin
The Parkhill atom -and novice
teams travelled to Erin Saturday for
a two-day tournament.
The atoms coached by Mike
Chalmers and Les Howarth won the
consolation trophy in overtime on
Sunday afternoon. The team lost
their first game on Saturday, 5-4,
then went on to win 2-0 in the sec-
ond match. In the final game, the
score was 3-2 for Parkhill over
Erin.
The novice team -Seat out Brace -
bridge in their first match. In over-
time, the Grand Bend forward line
connected to score the winning
mark, 4-3. A very strong team from
King City defeated Parkhill with a
4-3 score in their second game, forc-
ing Parkhill out of the "A" champi-
onship. •
In Shamrock league, the Panthers
play at home this Friday against
Belmont at 7 p.m.
SHDAMH hosts annual Christmas banquet
The. South Huron District Associ-
ation for the Mentally Handicapped
held their annual Christmas banquet
at the Recreation Centre in Exeter
on Thursday, December 3. There
were about 275 members, guests
and friends to enjoy a delicious tur-
key dinner with all the trimmings,
cooked and served by the Associa-
tion .executive and their wives.
Members of the Second Exeter Girl
Guides helped to serve at the tables.
Some great music was provided
during the pre -dinner cocktail hour
by the South Huron District High
School Concert Band, under the di-
rection of Bob Robilliard. People
gathered to listen, dance and applaud
their music, and most of the band
stayed afterward to enjoy the ban-
quet.
Association chairman Victor Knip
welcomed everyone for the evening,
and introduced Reformed Church
minister, Rev. Henry Van Essen,
who gave the group a Christmas
message and blessing.
After the meal, Victor snip made
a special presentation lo former
chairman Herb Vcrbeek, who has re-
cently resigned from the board after
years of faithful service and leader-
ship. The award was proudly accept-
ed by his son, Carl Verbeek, on be-
half of Herb, who is presently away
on holidays.
Then Pete Visscher and Harry
Klungel, accompanied by Marjorie
Jones on piano, led everyone is a
rousing session of Christmas car-
ols.
The highlight of the evening was
a beautiful Christmas play presented
by the Friendship Group. The
Friendship Group : is composed of
handicapped adults, friends and vol-
unteers who meet each Thursday
from 7:15 p.m. to $:15 p.m. in the
Exeter United Church, to study, dis-
cuss and share their Christian fel-
lowship.
Paul Turnbull was narrator for the
skit, reading the Christmas story
from the gospel, as "God's special
people" portrayed the main charac-
ters of the familiar story. After each
segment, the entire Friendship
Group sang an appropriate carol.
The costumes were provided by the
Exeter Bible Fellowship and Exeter
Pentecostal church. Eva Lang was
pianist for the choir, led by Carol
and Harry Stuart. The whole perfor-
mance was so moving, as they par-
ticipated with such enthusiasm and
pride. Paul Turnbull thanked all the
volunteers who help with the
Friendship club, and reminded eve-
ryone that they could use more
helpers, as sessions resume on Jan-
uary 7 in the new year.
After the play, the Thames Road
Guild set up their dancirig music,
with three fiddles, a banjo and piano
(minus the guitarist). ARC adults
were soon dancing up a storm, to
end a perfect evening.
Women Today meeting
Members of Women Today met
in the Clinton offices for their quar-
terly meeting and Christmas party.
In a workshop session, they were
presented with an -update on long
range goals for the organization.
They are also starting up a Kids To-
day Program, with a library, toys
and games with a non-competitive,
non-sexist frame of reference.
A silent auction is being held,
with over 30 items donated as a
fund raiser for Women Today. The
items will be on display in the
Clinton office from December 6 to
December 16, for bidding.
Your bid may be the highest on
some item of your choice, so stop
in at the Women Today house to
choose from a selection of hand-
crafted items, toys and household ar-
ticles and augment your Christmas
list.
The box will be opened on De -
Christmas Past
at Museum
On Sunday, December 13 from 1
until 4 p.m. the Lambton Heritage
Museum will be filled with the
sights and sounds of Christmas
Long Ago. There will be plum pud-
ding steaming on the woodstove,
the smell of hot spicy cider, home-
made presents and decorations, the
sparkle of candles and carolling in
the chapel.
For the past six years, up to 2000
arca school children have taken part
in this special Christmas pro-
gramme at the museum. This year,
for the first time, the public is in-
vited to join the celebration.
While money was scarce and the
decorations were simple, Christmas
was still a speci I time for the early
residents of La ton County. In
the woodshop, a ntcr will dem-
onstrate the simple homemade
wooden toys that would have de-
lighted a child 100 years ago.
By the 1890's, people were more
prosperous and Christmas became a
more elaborate celebration. Many
presents such as wax -head dolls,
games and books were purchased
and placed unwrapped on and under
the tree. In the parlour, beside a trce
covered with store-bought and
home-made decorations there will be
demonstrations of popular Victorian
paper crafts such as quilling.
Come out and celebrate Christmas
Long Ago! The Lambton Heritage
Museum is located on Highway 21,
eight kilometres south of Grand
Bend. For more information call
243-2600.
cember 16, with winners notified on
December 17 so make a bid at the
Silent Auction - you could get
lucky!
Church of God
The morning worship service at
the Grand Bend Church of God
opened Sunday with Millie Desjar-
dine leading the singing of "0
Come Let Us Adore Him". Several
carols including "Redeeming Love"
were sung by the congregation. Joy
Mason and Phyllis Desjardine asked
the question "Are we seeking the
star?" in their duet.
Pastor Stan Desjardine spoke on
the passage from Isaiah 9 telling
how God gave' His best, His Son,
to dispel the darkness, increase the
joy, lift burdens, and bring peace to
this world.
The evening service was led by
Ilene Desjardine. Katie Vincent read
two Christmas poems. The pastor
shared information about the work
in the East African country of
Uganda, being accomplished by
missionaries who are supported
with funds from Churches of God
'across Ontario.
Last Thursday, the Women of the
Church of God enjoyed a delicious
turkey dinner at Macy's Restaurant.
after the meal, the fellowship time
was led by Mrs. Ethel Lennox. A
gift was presented to Lucille Vin-
cent for her service as nresident_nf
the group for several years. The
Christmas Program will be held on
December 20 at 7 p.m.
Golden Agers meeting
The Grand Bend Golden Agers
met at St. John's Anglican Hall last
Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., for a deli-
cious turkey dinner with all the
trimmings, catered by the Women's
Institute for 39 members, friends
and guests. Special guests were
Rev. Walter Vipperman and Dave
Sheppard. Rev. Vipperman spoke to
the group after dinner, beginning
with some humorous comments.
The topic of his talk was "What's
Happening to our Church's Relig-
ious Commitment?" and offered
some proven statistics to give them
further food for thought.
Dave Sheppard played some pre-
dinner music, and led everyone after
dinncr in some Christmas carols.
The group in charge, headed by Dor-
othy Cutting, awarded prizes. For
those with birthdays closest to De-
cember 25 - Alma Prance and Clara
Hamilton�r and Clayton Lovie. The
"lucky -hair" was won by Liz Re-
louw. Elda Adams gave two reading
"Let's Think of Christmas" and
Season's Wishes".
A short business meeting was
chaired by Beulah Holt. An offer-
ing of $38 will be sent to ARC In-
dustries. The remainder ofthe after-
noon was spent with various card
games and visiting.
Catholic News
The Second Sunday of Advent
was also a special day for the Cath-
olic Women's League at Immaculate
Heart of Mary Parish, as they cele-
brated "Respect for Life Day". CWL
members took an active part in the
liturgy at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sun-
day, with Carol Luther as reader, Ad
Smeekins and Gera Peters as Eu-
charistic Ministers, and Tillie Van
Leeuwen and Angie Back taking up
the collection. The choir, led by Ly -
die Duchow, sang "Hail Mary,
Gentle Woman" as the communion
hymn. Lia Vandenbcrk sold Pro -
Life material - Christmas cards,
pins, reading material, after Mass.
A special mass was held Tuesday,
at 7:15 p.m. to commemorate the
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
of Mary. Several CWL members at-
tended the• High Mass at St. Peter's
Basilica in London, held the same
evening, as all members were en-
couraged to participate during this
Manan Year, with a Mass and com-
munal Rosary.
Next Sunday, December 13, will
be the Grand Bend parish Gift Sun-
day, when each family will be asked
to donate toys and canned goods to-
ward
those less fortunate in the
community. The toys should be la-
belled by age and gender.
The Christmas schedule for Im-
maculate Heart of Mary reads: Com-
munal Penance Service in Grand
Bcnd, December 22 at 7:15 p.m.
Carol Service followed by Mass,
beginning at 7:15 p.m. on Decem-
ber 24. Mass on Christmas Day at
11 a.m. only.
Legion News
There were 28 out for darts at the
Grand Bend Legion last Tuesday
evening. Don Wiltdn and Ann Fis-
cher won first place, with Joan
Coeck and Ez Going getting second.
Ron Crown won the door prize.
Winners of the Friday Meat Raffle
were: Jean Chambers, Bob Hedley
and grand winner, Kcith Hargood,
who won three times! Doorprize
winners were Bill Lenks, Ron
Crown, and Linda Fisher.
Don't forget that this week, De-
cember 11, the Friday Meat Raffle
will be a Turkey Shoot instead.
Come out and win a holiday dinner.
Tickets are still available for the
Christmas Stocking to be drawn on
December 18 at $1.00 each.
About town
The Christmas season is upon us.
Evergreen trees are available in all
the towns; every church choir is
hard at work on their Christmas car-
ol service; and a mind-boggling ar-
ray of presents are being advertised
in stores, magazines, catalogues,
newspapers and of course T.V.
(From the sublime to the ridicu-
lous, for all tastes).
'Tis also the season for holiday
parties and while it is great fun to
be filled with the spirit of Christ-
mas present, don't drink so much
that you join the spirits of Christ-
mas past. Drive carefully.
The United Church Women are re-
minded of their potluck luncheon
next Thursday, December 10, at
12:30 p.m. in the Sunday School
rooms. There's also a list of things
to bring. Bring yourself, a friend,
your •favourite 'food, your own
dishes and cutlery and also bring a
supply of cookies and decorated bas-
kets (four quart size) to make up
treats for shut-ins.
The Catholic Womcn's League
Christmas party is on December 14,
next Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the
Alhambra Hall following a short
business meeting. Husbands are
also invited.
. LIFE MEMBERSHIP - At Thursday's Christmas party of the South Hu-'
ron Association for the Mentally Handicapped Herb Verbeek received a life
membership. Above, Victor Knip makes the presentation to Verbeek's son
Carl.
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