Times Advocate, 1992-07-15, Page 23PAST EVENTS
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Families and friends
enjoy Skating Party
sbome families and
friends took to the
ice on Saturday February
29, 1992. A large crowd of
over 450 were in atten-
dance, some to skate and
some to the "safer" bleach-
ers from whence to view
the festivities.
South Huron Recreation
Centre provided very com-
fortable facilities for the
evening, as compared to the
outdoor natural or flooded
ice surfaces of long ago.
Much labour was neces-
sary to maintain the ranks at
Kirkton, Winchelsea and
Thames road and winter
weather conditions played a
big influence on their us-
age. However, they provid-
ed the communities with
the opportunity for fun and
fellowship .during the long
winter months.
Just as in days gone by,
young and old attended the
outing. Larry and Helen
Johns' son Brent, age 2 1R,
had been out practicing on
his skates for several Sun-
day's previous, while some
youngsters such as Jeremy
Balling, grandson of Bill
and Fern Dougall, enjoyed
the view from a stroller.
Timothy Bilke, age 2 years,
received the prize for
youngest on skates.
Prize for the oldest partic-
ipant on skates was award-
ed to Win Marshall. Win
recalls having to walk or
take the horse and cuuer
from her home near Rus-
selldale to Fullarton to
skate. A rink was flooded
next to the river, on the lo-
cation where the owners
grew a garden during the
summer months!
Many pairs of skates
were dug out of basement
cubbyholes for the evening.
Several "middle agers"
were heard to remark that
their skates hadn't seen ac-
tion for several years. Priz-
es for wearing .the .oldest
skates were won by Andy
DeBoer and Howard Johns.
Heads turned as Andy
wluzzed by on his 1917
blades strapped to his run-
ning shoes, while Howard's
dated back to 1930 when he
received them as a birthday
gift. They were used for
many a hockey game and
for skating but had hung in
the garage for nearly 30
years before Howard pol-
ished, painted and sharp-
ened them in honour of this
gathering.
Other prizes awarded
during the evening were
Best Period Costume (a)
adult - Fern Dougall, Bob
Down; (b) children -
Leanne Snow, Michelle
Snow; (c) couple - Murray
and Bea Dawson; (d) fami-
ly - the Snow family
Largest Single Family on
Skates - Don Parsons fami-
ly and Toni Prout family -
tied with six members each.
Largest Clan on Skates -
Parsons family with 28
members present. Family
with the Most Generations
on Skates - the Marshall
.family represented. by _Win.
Marshall, Pat Down, Barb
Down, Jusine Clarke.
Refreshments and visit-
ing with friends and neigh-
bours brought an enjoyable
evening to a close, just as a
typical Usborne community
gathering would have done
so many years ago.
Usborne residents enjoy golf
ovices and pros teamed up to tee off at the Usborne Sesquicentennial Golf Tour-
nament on Saturday. June 12 at Exeter Golf Club. Organizers Harry
Dougall and Rick Etherington were pleased with the response to registration.
with 68 golfers in attendance.
Prizes were awarded to three of the foursomes who had three generations
ons
of family members on their team - the Battens, Douplls, and Prouts. Rainy
and Linda Fruiter and stats compriaed the only complete family team. Low-
est team score was won by Howard Johns, Laura Overholt, Bob and Carol
Waddell. "Moat honest golfers" team score was accomplished by Gerald and
Carolyn Johns, Ed and Marianne Van Esbroeck.
Blue skies, a cooling breeze, and the accommodating welcome by the host club add-
ed to another fun -filled 150th celebration activity.
C'ongratuation
to the Township of
Usborne on your
&sciuicentenniar
Anniversary
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Rally a 'gloving" experience
sbornitcs and friends rallied once more for Usborne's 150th birthday. June's
event was a car rally covering the township's historical points - past and
present. Some may not go into the next history book. such as the pig rooting in the gar-
den at Windy Ridge, but all gave the sightseers a better awareness of landmarks in their
locale.
Nearly 400 participants prepared for the excursion by partaking of the sausage and
pancake brunch prepared by organizers
Wendy and m Kerslakeand B.]. Row-
dy*.
cliffs. Also onnhand to flip
pancakes, refill
juice jugs, collect the Tee, etc. were Tim
Rowcliffe, Rob and Ann Morley and family, Larry and Joyce Fulton and family, Shar-
on Lynn. Joanne Kerslake, Carrie and Chris Wilhelm and Carrie Simpson.
Once fortified, rally goers moved on to the registration table manned by Kathy and
Gary Simpson and Harry and Marian Dougall.
A two-page list of instructions provided the route for the next hour to three, depend-
ing on the speed of travel. Opportunity was given to see where four former reeves plus
the present reeve live(d), when Eden Memorial was dedicated, who farms at "Beverly
Hills". and what is hidden under the hill on Conc. 213 (very clever!) as well as other nu-
merous points of interest. One's mathematical ability and concentration level was taxed
to count silos and bridges enroutc.
Three checkpoints were strategically placed through the tour, where playing cards
were wn to obtain a good poker hand. Checkpoint members Glen and Beuy Ann
Doug and Judy McBride, George and Sandra Tryon, Jim and Anne Prout,
Don and Jean Easton, Ken and Stephen Oke were kept busy with a steady stream of
traffic until 4 p.m. Most startling ensembles along the way were the pioneer crew of
Downs and Whitings and the relaxed "backyard setting" of Taylors, Dawsons, Borland
and Pym,
Thus accounted for. the tour ended back at Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre
where notes were compared and neighbours and friends once again had the opportunity
to renew acquaintances.
The third early bird fundraising ticket draw winners was Eric Campbell.
Who know what changes will be wrought in the township over the next 150 years.
Participants in this rally got a glimpse into the past 150 as well as a first hand view of
the present sites and topography of Usborne Township!
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