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ZURICH - The male res-
idents of Blue Water Rest
Home were treated to a
vase of fresh red carna-
tions and greenery for
Father's Day by the
Auxiliary members.
Family and friends came
to wish the dads a happy
day.
The residents enjoyed
an afternoon of true
patriotism as they dis-
cussed the Canadian flag,
and flags of other coun-
tries. They talked about
how flags were brought
to North America,
changes to the Canadian
flag emblem, U.S. flags,
and the meaning of flag
emblems. Bill Burr
brought his stars and
stripes flag, the Canadian
flag and the Union Jack.
A Batter -Up baseball
party was held in the
auditorium on Tuesday
afternoon. The first base-
ball game held on June
16, 1846 was the theme
of the afternoon. The
auditorium was decorat-
ed with baseballs, bats,
gloves, cleats, uniforms,
scoresheets and caps.
The residents passed
around the equipment to
test their weight, con-
struction and feel.. A quiz
"Take Me Out to the Ball
Game" was challenging
for the residents and they:
reminisced about the
teams they played on and
their favourite teams.
They enjoyed peanuts,
popcorn and root beer for
refreshnen
Wednesday it was off to
Walmart in Goderich for
an afternoon of shopping.
Loftus Denomme, Kurt
Gebel, Carman Lovie,
Bernice Cann, Dorothy
Bapty, Ethel Moore, Neil
Mustard and Florence
Cudmore enjoyed their
afternoonwith the assis-
tance of volunteer driver
John Campbell, Adjuvant
Cathy Shantz, Hobby
Room Convener Ann
McBride and volunteers
Theresa Stark and
Marion Michael.
On Wednesday evening
the Crediton United
Church members enter-
tained the residents at
the monthly birthday-
party. The Auxiliary pre-
sented small gifts to June
birthday celebrants Vera
Haberer, Elda Wagner,
Ruby Hoggarth, Dorothy
Farrell, Brigadier Morgan
Smith, Margaret Yeaman
and Bernice Kennedy,
Pianist Craig Skinner
entertained the residents
with the assistance of
Evelyn Skinner reading a
selection of poems.
Evangelist Arnold
Gratton, Gospel Hall,
Grand Bend conducted
Thursday afternoon
chapel service with- the
assistance of Mrs.
Gratton as organist. Fr.
Matthias Wronski, St.
Boniface Church, Zurich
led the Catholic Mass. In
the evening the residents
listened to old time
favourites Frankie
Vankovic, Al Jolson, The
Watchmen quartet and
marching bands in the
front lounge.
Friday afternoon the
residents watched a
movie in the auditorium
about maple sugar. In the
morning.during the remi-
nisce hour they shared
memories of their
fathers, their occupa-
tions, good qualities, sang
Father's Day songs, dis-
cussed T.V. shows depict-
ing the role fathers
played and the various
names of fathers and
answered a Father' Day
quiz.
Saturday was "Natty
Neck Tie Day" with the
residents and staff don-
ning their favourite goofie
neck tie for the day. Max
Ducharme and the
Townliners entertained
the residents. Ducharme
on violin, Harvey Smith
-and Donald Bedard on
guitar and Bob Gilmore
on violin played many
tunes.
Best wishes go to Clara
Hamilton, Leonard Onn
and Juliette Denomme
who are patients at Aouth
Huron Hospital, Exeter.
The residents look for-
ward to Sand Pictures on
June 21, a picnic with
their grade 5 buddies on
June 22, a Wedding Show
June 23, The Townliners
June 24 and a Resident
Council meeting on June
25.
The annual
Resident/Family Dinner
will be held at the home
on June 27. The residents
invite their families for a
picnic catered to by the
kitchen staff.
In early June, the resi-
dents of Blue Water Rest
Home were entertained
by Gladys VanEgmond
and the Merry Makers in
the auditorium.
VanEgmond on piano and
accordion, Keith Tyndall
on drums, Elgin Nott on
violin, Mozart Gelinas Sr.
on banjo and bass guitar,
Leona McBride on trum-
pet and Miles Uttley of
Cambridge on saxophone
played old favourite
dance tunes.
Ann McBride and the
retired farming gentle-
men from the home gath-
ered in the new west
wing lounge to talk about
tractors, old and new.
Carman Lovie, Eben
Weigand, Bill Burr,
Dennis Charrette and
Stewart Thiel discussed
the tractors in Farm &
Ranch Magazine and The
World's Greatest
Tractors. The men told of
the tractors they owned
and how the tractors
have changed over the
years.
Perennials were plant-
ed in the courtyard. The
staff donated themfrom
their home gardens.
Residents' Carman Lovie,
Clara Hamilton and
Dennis Charrette assisted
Adjuvants Cathy Shantz
and Charlene Finkbeiner
plant iris, Queen Anne's
Lace, galardia, daisies,
lily of the valley, turtle
plant, Moses In the bul-
rushes, hostas, day lily
and sedum. Other resi-
dents offered their sug-
gestions as to where they
felt the plants should be
bedded down. Later, the
residents gathered in the
auditorium for afternoon
tea and refreshments.
The theme for the after-
noon was dolls, and the
tables were decorated
with dolls of every type -
Cabbage Patch, hand-
made cloth dolls, Barbie
dolls, traditional plastic
dolls, Raggedy Ann dolls,
boy dolls, collectors dolls.
The residents discussed
the many dolls they and
their family acquired
over the years and
enjoyed the fragrance of
fresh cut roses from the
courtyard decorating the
tea tables.
Rev. Robert Putman,
Grand . Bend United
Church, conducted
Thursday afternoon
chapel service. Fr.
Matthias Wronski, St.
Boniface Church, Zurich
conducted the Catholic
service. Thursday
evening' the • Zurich
Connection enter tamed
the residents -with
Eleanor Horst as pianist,
Art Horst on violin and
guitar, Lloyd Otterbein on
guitar and Dobra guitar
and Helen Otterbein on
tambourine and chicken
egg. Lloyd sang solos and
the group played many
favourite songs.
Friday afternoon the
residents headed out into
the country with volun-
teer driver Don Stephens.
Dorothy Farrell, Harry
Maas, Martha and Eben
Weigand, Ethel Moore,
Philippa Steckle, Neil
Mustard, Carman Lovie,
Stewart Thiel, Dorothy
Dietrich and Florence
Brown took a good look
at the countryside, the
farmers planting and
working their fields and
the flower arrangements
each home has planted
for the summer season.
The group toured
Dashwood, Crediton;
Centralia, Exeter and
MacNaughton Park and
points of interest along
the route.
Neil Mustard, Marie
Gingerich, Philippa
Steckle, Clarence Gascho
and Vera O'Brien attend-
ed Sunday morning ser-
vice at Zurich Mennonite
Church.
Member residents, staff
and the community,
along with the current
Board of Directors
attendedti the 34th annual
MembershipMeeting
held in the auditorium of
Blue Water Rest Home on
Tuesday evening. Chair
Stuart Steckle welcomed
the members to the meet-
ing. Dr. Charles Wallace
gave his annual Medical
Director's report, John
Laken, Chartered
Accountant, Chatham,
gave the Auditor's
Financial Report,
Administrator Josef Risi
gave the Administrator's
Report and Auxiliary
Secretary Della Gascho
gave the Auxiliary
Annual report, Robert
Westlake, as Chair of the
Nominating Committee
presented his list of nomi-
nees selected by the eight
member groups and the
three presently serving
members at large. Fred -•�•
Haberer, representing
the Chamber of
Commerce, retires from
the board after success-
fully serving as a Director
for 11 years. Haberer
also took his turn as serv-
ing as Chair of the Board
for a couple of years. The
Chamber of Commerce
has replaced their repre-
sentative with Brian
McHugh, owner/operator
of Westlake -McHugh
Insurance Brokers Ltd.,
Zurich. Following the
Annual Meeting the
Board of Directors held
their monthly meeting
and voted in their execu-
tive: George Haggitt
(Member at Large) as
Chair; John Becker
(Zurich Lions' Club) as
Vice -chair; Barbara
Wheeldon (Member at
Large) as Secretary,
Margaret Suplat (St.
Boniface Church) as
Treasurer for the year
1999-2000. Other return-
ing directors to the board
are Laurene Corriveau,
Emmanuel United
Church, Zurich; Jean
Armstrong, Goshen
United Church; Claire
Deichert, Member at ,
Large,; Donna Thiel, St.
Peter's Lutheran Church,
Zurich; Victor Brisson, St.
Peter's R.0 , St. Joseph's
and Stuart Steckle,
Zurich Mennonite.
Church. A volunteer
board of directors serves
their community well in
providing to the commu-
nity a well established
nursing home and 34
senior citizen apartments
for low income seniors.
Best wishes go to Clara
Hamilton who is a patient
at South Huron Hospital,
Exeter.
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POLICE. BRIEFS
Hungry
thieves
GRAND BEND -- Be on
the look out for sandwich
making thieves. During
the night. of June 16 and
the morning of June 17
thieves forced open the
front door of Jack
Spratt's Subs in Grand
Bend causing $100 dam-
age. After entering the
shop the thieves made
three sandwiches and
then left the scene. The
value of the stolen sand-
wiches is $15.