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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-05-31, Page 6Page 6 Times -Advocate, May 31, 1989 Church activities By Roberta Walker • Car wash by Youth Group GRAND BEND - Cars were lin- ing up Saturday morning at the United Church for a service of a dif- ferent sort. The church Youth Group was washing cars at $4.00 each, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, with about 15 energetic young people participating under the direction of Mrs. Sue Pearen. They earned over $150 by 3 p.m., raising funds to purchase a new ghetto blaster for their special mu- sic programs, and business was still brisk. There arc about 35 young people in the church Youth Group, some from other local churches, who are interested in the wide variety of ac- tivities offered. The United Church youngsters organized the Easter Sunrise service and served the Sun- rise breakfast this year. There are Christian videos and speakers, but what attracts the other kids and gives the group an ecumenical spir- it, arc the hot dog roasts on the beach, picnics at the Pinery and lots of sports fun. There's a trip to Canada's Wonder- land planned for this summer and a car rally in the works for fall. Rev. Ted Smits,and at least three sets of parents direct the group and keep their involvement at such a high level. A few kids in their late teens (or 20s) have remained as junior leaders because they enjoy the activ- ities. United Church In his children's story, Rev. Ted- dy Smits spoke about a crow dying of thirst. He finally found a pitcher with a bit of water at the bottom; out of his reach. The crow collected pebbles and dropped them into the pitcher until he could reach the wa- ter. The moral? Necessity is the mother of invention. When real flour was unavailable in Holland during the war ycars, people made a cake out of potatoes. Rev. Smits chose Philippians 3:1313 as his sermon text: "Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead! Ile spoke about the mistakes people make, and how to overcome mis- takes of the past. People do _make mistakes, but we can't stop there - we must go forward and overcome them. • The U.C.W. are having their thankoffcring service next Sunday with Alma Langford as guest speak- er. Catholic News Sunday was the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Body and Blood of Christ, celebrated at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish by Father Paul Beck. The reader at the 11 a.m. mass was Andy Vrolyk and the cantor was the choir director, Dolores Tighe. Eucharistic mini- sters were Andy Vrolyk and Philip Walker. During Communion, sol- oist Roberta Walker sang "Panis Angclicus' There was a Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and short procession in honour of Corpus Christi.. In his sermon, Father Beck re- ferred to the late Bishop Fulton J. Shenn, who once observed that "Stained glass windows are terribly dangerous, because they have ten= dency to shut out the real world." We are called not only to attend the mass, but to become the Eucharist - to be a memorial of Christ to the world outside. The first shipment of our new Church pictures and hasty notes have arrived, if you want any. Catholic Women's ,League The Immaculate Heart of Mary Council of the Catholic Women's League met on May 22 at the Al- hambra Hall with 20 members present. President Roberta Walker introduced guest speakers from People First, including Marg Kchn, Cynthia Campbell, Cam INlinc and Phil Brooks, who is North Central Regional Represen- tative for People First in Huron County. Brooks presented a video "People First" We Can Do It!" Dcline and Brooks explained the origins and goals of the organization to the la- dies, and an animated question and • questions about closing institu- tions, making transportation avail- able and school integration. Phil Brooks was presented with a check. President Roberta Walker chaired the business meeting. The new convenerships were announced: Rosg Vanbruacne takes the Spiritu- - al Convenership, as well as Nomi- nations and Elections.. Roberta Walker gets Communications and Public Relations, plus Resolutions and Legislations. Cathy Vrolyk is in charge of Organization, which inc,)udes Membership. Jean Mom- mersteeg is in charge of Funeral lunches and Parish activities. Nan- cy Rae Lovie is the new Education Convener. Rea Tadgell is the His- torian and Judy Uniac and Sally Johnson will share the Communi- ty Life Convenership, Lia Vander- berk has Christian Family Life. Walker thanked all those member who participated in the CWL Mass and Installation of Officers on April 30. Rose Vanbruaene and Toni Vanderberk were congratulated on perfect attendance for meetings in 1988-89. Confirmation plaques were awarded by the CWL to 13 students from St. John Fischer in Forest and St. Boniface in Zurich. Chairman Toni Vanderberk re- ported that tickets are all out to the members for the Quilt raffle. Ro- berta Walker gave a report on the Diocesan Convention in London on May 2-3, with CWL members Ca- thy Vrolyk, Lia Vanderberk and Annie Grootjens also attending. League Lingo Forms are available to interested members, and mem- bership fees are due for the year, $10. each. The council was awarded a Certif- icate of Merit for a five percent in- crease in membership for the 1988- 89 year; presented at the Conven- tion onvention Membership dues will be col- lected after each mass next week- end, at the back of the Church. An order was put in for 20 more CWL cookbooks, and for five box- es of the new Church photo sta- tionery,.to be used by the CWL in correspondence. Three members will be looking after the Religious Articles display and ordering new supplies. It was agreed, by an over- whelming majority vote, to cancel the summer bazaar for this year, and substitute two bake sales. Crafts and vegetables will also be for sale, and the quilt draw will continue as usual. The bake sales arc scheduled for July 1-2 and August 5-6, with the quilt tickets drawn on September 2 or 3, after mass. The bazaar will be reviewed for next year. The next meeting will be Mon- day, June 19, with speakers on the Senior Olympics (games) being held in this area. All seniors of the parish arc invited to attend, to cele- brate June, Senior Citizens month. The meeting will begin at 8 p.m. Grand Bend 4-H GRAND BEND - On Thursday, May 25, eight energetic girls and one muscular boy met at the McKay home for their first meeting "Let's Landscape", the new 4-H club. The meeting started with the introduction of the leaders, Marg Patterson, Sue Gill and Sue McKay. Officers elected were: President Connie Russell, vice president Jeff Patterson, Secretary Sarah Patterson and Press reporter Karen McKay. Other members present were Linda Labreche, Carrie Wilhelm, Jenny Weigand, Carla Taylor and MiI- chelle Lovie. After an introduction to the course, we ventured outside to ob- serve different types of plants. Sue McKay explained the difference be- tween herbaceous and woody plants, and we learned how to arrange a flower bed correctly. Then we got into the good stuff. We planted a shrub in a flower bed (and learned NOT to wear white shoes while gardening). The meet- ing adjourned at 9 p.m. • - Press reporter n McKa More antiques - - During Sunday's Antique Engine Fest at the Lambton Heritage Museum, Tom Hawkins brought in a number of antiques. Above, at the left he checks over a buck saw with Mu- seum Curator Bob Trem. in. Producing flour - Aaron Priest of London feeds kernels of corn into the 1920 steam powered mill grinder operated by George Bur- gin of Kirkton at Sunday's Antique Engine Fest at the Lambton Heritage Museum. A threshing operation - At Sunday's Antique Engine Fest at the Lambton Heritage Museum, Dirk Herkemans of Clearwater demon- strates his miniature steam threshing outfit. • Dashwood by .Bernice Boyle DASHWOOD - The Government of Ontario has once again pro- claimed the month of June as Sen- ior Citizens' Month. This ycars' theme - Tap the Po- tential - stresses how much seniors have to offer. They have a store of wisdom, years of ex r crience and A Massey steam engine - Mike Harwood Is shown tuning up the 1920 Massey Han -Is steam engine owned by his father Lawrence Harwood of Ailsa Craig at Sunday's Antique Engine Fest at the Lamb - ton Heritage Museum. 1 the desire to teach, learn, create, and share their talents with others. The Dashwood library will have, by June, the handbook Planning Events' Tips for Seniors to help you plan and promote your events. The Tri -County (Huron -Perth and Middlesex)_ will hold their Senior games in Exeter June 26, 27. Zion Lutheran - The Zion Lutheran Junior Choir presented "The Family of God Sing" Sunday, May 28 at their church. The Junior Choir under the direc- tion of Jill Stojkovic sang several numbers and the Riverside Public School handchime Choir; London presented a concert. U.C.W. Dashwood U.C.W. changed the June 13 meeting time to 7:30 p.m. This will enable more people to participate in the Teen Missions hair cutting auction of Rob Hoff- man's long hair. A reminder to mark your calen- dars for the strawberry and ham sup- per June 21, 5-8. Dashwood- Seaforth band members will provide music outdoors to entertain, while customers wait. Personals Weekend visitors with Aldene Wolfe were Gloria and Caroline Wolfe of Oakville; Tom, Stepha- nie, Adam Wolfe, Dorchester; John and Eleanor Parker and Scott and Michael of London. Patients in St. Joseph's Hospital are Hugh Boyle and Wilmer Desjar- dine. In University Hospital is Earl Guenther. Engine Fest at Museum By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - Sunday was a beautiful, sunny day, perfect for gardening, walks in the Pinery, or attending an Antique Engine Fest at the Lambton Heritage Museum - a walk back into yesterday? There were about 50 exhibitors on hand to display their treasures to a crowd of about 500, according to curator Bob Tremain. Two displays owned by the mu- seum are a 1909 Doherty Marine Engine that starts with a leather belt on a fly -wheel, plus two rope making machines, demonstrated by Adam Appel. You could see small engines like a Johnson Iron Horse 5/8 horsepower or one horsepower, or two Reo engines, a Fairbanks - Morse, an International Harvester 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 h.p. or even a T. Eaton 1 1/2 h.p. model. Some were used to power a water pump, like a display sowing a Johnson Iron Horse engine running a Beattie Water Pump. A 1920 3 h.p. Fairbanks - Morse is still in use today by Fred Donald of Thed- ford with his onion operations. For engines of a larger size, there was a 7 h.p. Lister, an upright en- gine made in Dursley, England. The old Hart -Parr tractor, owned by the Museum was used to drive an old separator with a flat belt. Al Gough, of Forest; brought his old beauty, a shiny 1910 Goold, Shape- ly and Muir 10 h.p. engine. It. was built in Brantford. George Burgin of Kirkton showed his 1 1/2 h.p. Wettaufer Engine running a corn grinder. Stan and Sally Dufton, London, had a pump in operation run by a 1923 3 h.p. Massey -Harris. There were a few do-it-yourself displays, like a butter churn that lots of kids tricd out their muscle power. Steam, lots of noise, sputtering, cracking engines, what more could a boy and his dad ask for? (There were also moms and daughters in attendance, equally cu- rious about machines of the past.) Steve Sutherland of London even took the opportunity to display his 1946 Chev Flectline, which is for sale, to take advantage of the inter- ested crowds. (call 519-434-9355). Perfect weather, snacks, and old engines add up to fine family fare on a day in Spring. And that is the way it was at the Lambton Heritage Museum on Sunday. Drive exceeds goal By Lynne Desjardine GRAND BEND - The Grand Bend Cancer Society has exceeded their goal, in the door-to-door cam- paign for 1989. Last- season they collected $4,426.83 for the Lambton Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society. This years total is $6,186.07 up $1759.24. On top of this there were $300 worth of live daffodils sold by Nancy Thomas throughout the .vil- lage. Many sincere thanks to all of you who so generously gave towards the fight against this dreadful disease, and especially thank you to all the volunteers: Mary Metcalfe, Merle Gwalchmai, Verna Lovie, Rose Ko- peski, Paula Cormier, Mary Mom- mersteeg, Kitty Illman, Freda Far- rell, Ruth DeBrum, Loreen Gill, Nola Love, Eleanor Brophy, Emma Couckuyt, Rota Smits, Betty Walk- er, Magna Simose, Fran Rclouw, Vilda Clark, Roberta Walker, Doro- thy Linton, Lou Hamilton, Trish Challen, Yvonne Beachy, Laurie Chandler, Janet Kobe, Mary Mor - rice, Angela Ki:ntz, Anita Gratton, and Margit Bn.eucr. As your district captain, I would like to say what a great team you - are, and I hope to see you again next year. Lioness bring guests By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - The Grand Bend Lioness Club held their monthly meeting on Thursday evening with - a "Bring a Friend" night. Most members did bring a guest, and they all enjoyed, hearing the guest speakers, Ed and Donna Czuk, founders of the Sunshine Founda- tion here in Canada. This organization began about four or five years ago in London airlifting terminally ill and/or se- verely handicapped youngsters down to Florida for a "Dream Trip" to Disneyland. A group of children went down south just last week. The Czaks want to start more in- volvement -across Canada, and will be setting up a chapter in Van- couver. The Lioness Club present- ed them with a donation of $1000 to be used in their charity work. Donations were also made to the Grand Bend Swim Program and to the Sarnia Lambton Children's Aid society for a child to go to summer camp. The Lioness will once again have a Trip -of -the -month ticket ,.rav .or next year, and tickets can be purchased from any Lioness member. There will be a joint meeting with the Lions club on June 15 at Oakwood, and the next general meeting for Lioness mem- bers will be June 22. About people you know By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - The biggest news in town this week, of special interest to all year round residents, is the Grand Opening of the new LOEB IGA Food Store. Proprietor Peter Haist and his new staff had an Open House on Monday, May 29 to welcome the public to their new facilities. It's a large, modern building, able to offer a much wid- er variety of goods for sale. Drop in and check out the merchandise! Downtown in Grand Bend, NAF - NAF, with clothes from Paris, France is back, with the same classy looks and vivid colors, and prices were significantly lower this year. The store is located in the former Video Max outlet. Around the corner in the Queen Street Mall, Jazzy Jeffs' Tattoo parlour offers to decorate your skin according to your wildest fantasies, and these tattoos are removable. Rings, Strings and Things is ins - der new management but will fea- ture the same sort of gift items - art, jewelry, statues, etc. At the Royal Blue Art Boutique, everything is imported -from Eu- rope including the owner, accord- ing to owner Joanna Richardson. Her store offers glassware, paint - Grand Bend WI By Roberta Walker . GRAND BEND - The ladies of the Grand Bend Women's Institute met on Thursday afternoon, May 18.Vice-president Brenda Love re- viewed the program for 1989-90. The Grand Bend WI is now twinned with an institute group in Northern Ontario. Plans were finalized for the WI trip to Goderich, June 15, for dinner and a visit to the museum. A course on "Landscaping" was held in Clinton on May 30 and in Mitchell on June. The theme for. their meeting was "Rural beatifica- tion". Donna Lovie showed slides to demonstrate how potted plants can be used to beautify our homes and community plus slides of beau- ty spots in and around the Grand Bend area. Trees, shrubs and flowers had been planted to enhance the beauty of the environment. Brenda Love and Donna iovie served a tasty and nutritious lunch to the members. ings, clothing and handmade jewel- ry, specializing in amber and leath- er jewelry. Richardson has her own line of beautiful handpainted silks and cottons - a real little treasure. There is treasure of a different sort at W12 kids, offering a wide variety of creative, educational toys for older and younger children. There arc also summer staples for cottages, like yo-yo, color books, puzzles and kites up to sets of Playmobil. Debbie Hansen will help you to find something to keep your youngster amused on rainy days! Grand Bend wasn't mobbed like last weekend, but there were quite a few U.S. licenses as thcy celebrated Memorial Day here over the border in the 'Bend. Graduate George Tomes, son of Thos. and Phyllis Tomes, Centralia, gradu- ated May 1989 on the Dean's Honours Roll with a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Medieval Studies and Applied Studies - Computer Science) from the University of Waterloo. George is a graduate of South Huron District High School and plans to continue his studies on a beach in the South Pacific. Surf's up, dudes.