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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-11-07, Page 35 (2)Horseman, casino owner and active communityworker worer dies Funeral services were also involved with the held yesterday for the man Ausable-Bayfield Conser- who made Grand Bend vation Authority during its known for its race horses. early years and helped with Eric Mcllroy of Merrywood the formation of the Pinery Farm on highway 21 south Park. He was a supporter of died Sunday morning. the Conservative Party. Mr. Mcllroy was born in In 1949 Mr. Mcllroy was a Belfast, Ireland, the son of a member on the original businessman and horseman. board of South Huron He came to Canada when he Hospital, and was in - finished his education while he was in his early twenties. 4-H club His first job was in Win- nipeg, Manitoba. plans d a y In 1932 he married Ella Eccleston. The wedding took place at Lambeth United Grand Bend 4H club no.1, Church, and the couple the Nifty Needlers held resided in Toronto for a time meeting seven last Thursday after that. evening at Helen Vlemmix's In 1937 the Mcllroys came home. to Grand Bend and took over At this meeting the girls the operation of Lakeview were making plans for Casino from Mrs. Eda Achievement Day when they Eccleston. plan to do a demonstration. Soon after that Mr. The work assigned to them Mcllroy became interested is to finish overcasting their in standardbred race horses. coasters, and get their The first horse he purchased Record books up to date. was "Oakhurst Ginny", and Next meeting November 6, in 1948 he bought "Lou Ella at Rose Vandenberk's home. Grattan". Leaders of this club are Mr. Mcllroy was an active Rita and Margaret Smits. member of the Mocha Press reported by Liz Temple Shriners. He was Martens. Musical planned by local library Coming! on Saturday November 17 at 10:00 a.m. at Grand Bend Public library, Theatre Go Round, presents," Nobody Knows My Name," by Rita Baker. Moving can be traumatic as well as exciting. "Nobody Knows My Name"examines the trials and tribulations of a young boyand his family who move to a land where they are considered foreigners. Throughout the play the boy struggles to find his identity in the midst of the two contrasting cultures and life - styles. With the help of the actors, the audience creases the customs and attitudes of the people who inhabit the new land. Free admission. Grand Bend library will be sponsoring a musical, "Songs of Spirit." "Words of Power" which will be held in the United church auditorium, November 16 at 7:30 pm. This is a fantasy featuring many new songs, plus Words of Power from Jesse James, Jesus, Shakespeare, Walt Witman and Wordsworth. It has been well received in Wallaceburg • Windsor and other places. A light hearted musical attempt to un- derscore ideas abot<t man's search for his inner self. It is the ups and downs and ins and outs and belly laughs of the inner voyage of discovery. The young people performing will be Jim Bearden, Linda Jean Butler, and Larry Brown, singing with their own ac- companiment. WIGGLE YOUR NOSES -- Jeff Patterson and Jason Clay could do anything o bunny rabbit could do except wiggle their noses. The boys played in the sand box at Grand Bend Nursery School. Church News Grand Bend United church celebrated its 52nd an- niversary Sunday. Guest minister at the morning service was Rev. James Forsythe, of Exeter, who brought an inspiring message on the topic "The place where we stand." He told us we must assess where we are at. Scripture reading was from Exodus 3. Special music came to us from the combined choirs of Dashwood and Grand Bend. Morning anthems were "this is the day that the Lord hath made," and "Take my life and let it be," with flute accompaniment by Dawn Crabe, and Glen Miller on maracas. Idella Gabel presided at the organ. Flowers decorating the sanctuary today were placed in loving memory of the late Bill Baker, by his wife Olive, daughter Doreen and family. Evening anniversary service at Grand Bend United church was held, with Rev. Mervyn Love, of Wyoming as guest speaker. Mr. Love was born and raised in this area. His sermon topic was "Second Childhood He recalled incidents of his own childhood and spoke of the faith and trust, wonder and awe implicit in children. Special music was presented by the youngest member of the local musically talented Adams family, when ten year old Clark played two organ numbers, "Put your hand in the hand," "He's got the whole world in his hand." The combined choir numbers were "Praise ye the Lord," and "Jesus hold my hand." Church of God news Thirty attended a children and youth's (from Grade three up) group activity meeting , Friday, evening. Matthew the puppet en- tertained. Included were play time and study time, games and lunch. The meetings will be held the first and third Friday of every month from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. Any children or youth in the community are welcome to attend. Anglican church news The regular monthly meeting of the Anglican ladies group met Thursday afternoon in the Parish hall. Thelma Brosseau presided. Rev. G. Anderson led the group in prayer. Fifteen ladies were in attendance. Plans were made to entertain the ladies group from Trivitt Memorial Anglican church of Exeter on November 27th. Another euchre party will be sponsored by the ladies group in the Parish hall on November 29 at 8:00 p.m. Lunch hostess, Blanch Morrice served brownies, tea and coffee. The weekly bridge game held at St. John's Parish hall was cancelled last week on account of Halloween. They will resume this week Nov. 7th at 7:30 pm strumental in getting the as the Snack Shop and the hospital built. He was the Sun Shop. first donor of 81000 after the In 1965 he made headlines board was organized. with his horse "Twinkles He took the position as first Adios" driven by trainer Don president of the Grand Bend Larkin. Since then Lion's Club in 1950. Merrywood Farm has In 1952 Mr. Mcllroy was a produced a number of member of Grand Bend winners trained by Larkin. council, and he was also one After selling the casino of the organizers of the and the shops on Main Grand Bend and Area Street, Mr. Mcllroy opened Chamber of Commerce. Merry Rags Boutique on Mr. McIlroy made the highway 21 south of Grand slogan "dancing nightly" Bend. In recent years he sold famous in Grand Bend at the boutique and devoted Lakeview Casino. He helped himself to the operation of to bring many singing stars Merrywood Farm. and well-known entertainers About a year ago Mr. to the Bend in the sixties. He McIlroy suffered a stroke, also operated the Surf Shop and since then he had not and the Village Shop, as well been in good health. Mary's musings BY MARY ALDERSON Arguments over ter- minology are always in- teresting. My husband claims that when we stated our marriage vows last June, the section in our modern ceremony about "grieving with you in sorrow" is the same as "in sickness and in health" in the traditional vows. Our vows were "to laugh with you in joy, to grieve with you in sorrow, to grow with you in love," etc., etc. No mention of sickness. But I'll be the first to admit that my husband looked pretty sorrowful last week with his head cold. It's a tough clause in the contract, - that bit about sickness. I'm glad it wasn't in our agreement. Coughing fits, runny noses and bags under the@eyes are hard to love. But I did my best, even if he doesn't think sta. I even helped in the construction of a mustard plaster. Last Sunday I spent the whole day at his side, sticking a glass of Neo- Citran in his hand each time he woke up. And I chided (that's a good word - chided - sounds much better than nagged) him regularly about forgetting the Vick's vapo- -rub. It would be easy to say that colds were going around, and dismiss it at that. But I blame Johnny Carson for my husband's illness. If Victor would just get more sleep, he'd have the stamina to fight off germs. Then, the worst thing possible happened. I caught his cold. Me! The one that eats half a grapefruit and an orange every day, and gets lots of sleep. As he recovered, I got sicker. At one point, he was on one side of the room having a coughing fit, I was sitting at the other side sneezing, and the dog was in the middle with a bad case of the hic- cups and a very puzzled look on his face. Now when Victor com- plained of• a sore throat, I went out and bought his favourite flavoured pop- sicles. But when my throat hurt, do you think I was even offered one? The final straw came one night when f had downed my Contact -C, slugged back my hot lemon drink, layered on the Vapo-rub and settled in bed early. Just as I had dozed off, I heard a voice in my ear, "You've gotta come and see this." "What?" I moaned. "A guy on Johnny Carson's show ;las set up 7,000 dominoes and he's going to knock them all over." was my so-called better -half's reply. I pulled the blanket ovet -my head. Ile left the bedroom, disgusted at my lack of in- terest in seeing 7,000 dominoes fall. As he walked away, 1 heard him mumble, "I suppose 111 read about this in the paper next week." We had a chance the other night to see ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR at Theatre London. It's billed as a comedy by Alan Ayck- bourn, and there's many hilarious one-liners through- out the play. My only complaint would be 'that it suffers from what I call a "CBC ending". If you've watched any CBC dramas on television, you'll know that a CBC ending is one where the action stops abruptly, and out of character with the rest of the story. In this case, drinking and light drunkeness had provided many of the funny lines and situations in the play. But the story ended with one of the characters as a pathetic alcoholic. And I can see nothing funny about alcoholism. It seems as if authorAyck- bourn suddenly decided that his funny story, (his farce as the threatre calls it), needed a moral. Anyway, it's strange that after attending what is supposed to be a comedy, no one is laughing when they leave the theatre. The three scenes take -place over three consecutive Christmases. (Yes, the play might have been more ap- propriate in December. ) There are six characters in the story, and each act is a Christmas party in a dif- ferent couple's home. Pat Galloway, well-known to any Stratford festival goer, is excellent as a scatter- brained wife, who parrots everything her husband says. But Jill Frappier is indeed the star of the second act, if not the whole play. Her lines are very, very scarce during the second act. but her actions and facial expressions are hilarious. After learning'that her husband wants to live with another woman, she attempts suicide every way possible. The rest of the people in the room are oblivious to the fact that she is trying to kill herself. She tries to jump from the window in their high rise ` apartment, then she wants to take an overdose of pills, but lases them down the drain. Her attempt to hang herself from the kitchen lights fails, so she tries to electrocute herself. The look on her face as the others unwittingly foil her attempts is priceless. If you didn't get to Theatre London last season, then you must go this year, just to see the beautiful face lift they gave the "Grand" old lady. The ornate old procenium arch has been restored and somehow made to blend in with the more modern look. The rich plush velvet and the gleaming brass stair wells make the building itself an attraction. MEET YOUR NEW FUNK'S -G DEALER A GOOD MAN TO KNOW... Your new dealer represents Funk's G -Hybrids seed of genetically improved varieties that consist- ently produce top yields and profits for farmers. Call him soon. FUNKS HYBRID Jim Papple R.R. No. 4 Seaforth sv-0699 .N , ., • r...MNY••• AMR IOC Ito M M OnY•O t. we, rM 410 +h ,..-r,m er .w.r.ry Iry ...Vey s..r „. x o.gMa • •I 4••• , '••••• -0. Times- Advocate, November 7, 1979 pope 1:A Announcing the Opening or cne STOCKER Et FEEDER CATTLE DIVISION of Hensall Livestock Sales Ltd. NS OCtlEBIfEEDEN DIVA IONro - located on Highway 4, 1 mile north of Hensall Introducing the Two New Partners of the Stocker and Feeder Cattle Division GREG HARGREAVES Greg Hargreaves resides at the farm of the new stocker and feeder barn. He also operates a small feed lot and farm. Greg has worked for Hensall Livestock Sales for the last four years. Barry Miller Barry Miller resides at Farquhar 8 miles east of Exeter on Hwy #83. Co-owner of Hensall Livestock Sales for 6 years, co-owner of the new Stocker Feeder Cattle Division. Dealing in stocker and feeder cattle for the last eighteen years. DOUG CARRUTHERS Doug Carruthers resides at Willert St. Dashwood, Ont. Doug grew up on a farm in Mt. Brydges, has an extensive background in feeding beef cattle. He gained some experience working for a commission firm at the Ontario Stockyards, spent the las{ 5 years working in partnership with his father buying fat cattle for the Beef Terminal and dealing in stocker cattle. Vic Hargreaves Vic Hargreaves resides at Brucefield. Ontario. Co-owner of Hensall Livestock Sales for 28 years. co-owner of the new Stocker Feeder Cattle Division. We invite your consignments BARRY MILLER 229-6205 or 235-2717 DOUG CARRUTHERS 237-3734 GREG HARGREAVES 262-2619 "Sales every Thursday starting at 12:30" vie HARGREAVES 482-7511 Hensall Livestock Sales Ltd. 262-2831 Hensall. Ont.