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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-09-07, Page 14e 2A Times -Advocate, Se. tember 7, 1983 • IOW MEMENTOS OF THE PAST - Milton Oesch, proprietor of the Zurich shoe store for almost 40 years, displays some of the antique stock that will be disposed of now that the store is dosing. Saddle shoes, milk boots, ladies spats and high -button shoes are all in mint condition. The box contains shoe buttons and button hooks. An era ends Only shoe store closes After almost 40 years in business, Milton and Lennita Oesch have closed the doors on Zurich's one and only shoe store. 111 health has forced the couple to take such a regret- ful but necessary action. "We'll miss it", Milton said ruefully. "We spent many a happy day there." Desch became the pro- prietor of the Zurich shoe store by accident. Literally.. He had been a barber until an accident with a rifle robbed him of sight in his right eye. Barbering,especially judging distance, became too difficult. in 1947 the current owner of the village's shoe store, Ed Davis, offered to sell his business. Oesch's appren- ticeship in his new trade con- sisted of tips he received from his predecessor during the few days Davis stayed on in the store after the change of ownership. (Milton's only prior experience with fitting footwear had been years before, when his sisters sometimes made him break in a pair of their too -tight shoes. ) Ovep the years the only con- sistent factor in shoe mer- chandising has been the fact shoes go on feet. Oesch has observed styles, especially in ladies' shoes, move from pointed toe to blunt to a tem- porary aberraton called the platypus (square like the beak of the world's only egg - laying mammal) and round and round in a never-ending cycle. Swiftly changing styles in recent years has meant Tess durable shoes. As plastic replaced leather in many of the inexpensive Lines. Oesch found many of the shoes either could not be repaired or were not worth the trouble and expense. They could not be given a new lease ou life with a new sole or heel in the back room where Oesch car- ried on a complementary business repairing shoes. interaction between parents and children has also changed, Oesch maintains. When he first started, "kids took what their parents wanted, but not now." Thinking of children brought to mind one young customer with bangs and long curls framing delicate features, escorted by a sister, who asked for a dainty pair of shoes displayed in the win- dow. Oesch fitted the child, and the two youngsters hap- pily left the shop. He soon received a phone call from the children's mother, demanding to know why he had sold her son a pair of girl's shoes. Oesch assured her sales were not final; she was welcome to return the shoes for a more suitable pair, which she did the following day. For many years Oesch pur- chased much of his stock from three London wholesale outlets, Murrays, Sterlings, and London shoes. None of the three establishments is any longer in business. At present a majority of shoes, especially men's, are imported. Czechosla va k la can ship shoes to Canada that are of better quality and workmanship and cheaper, than can be produced in this country. Oesch stresses the impor- tance of getting the proper length in a shoe. If it's too tight it can be stretched, but if it's to,) short, it will cause bunions. He does rot recall seeing Is many bunions and corns in recent years. Perhaps women have become more sensible than the one Lennita remembers who insisted on jamming her size six foot into a size four sandal. The average lady's shoe has increased from a seven to an eight over the past four decades. Each generation seems to have bigger feet than theprevious one. The Oesch store has been a repository of the changing footwear fashions. During the Bean Festival, when business boomed, visitors dropped in to see what was offered at the store's closing -out sale. Delighted women bought for their daughters little pairs of Mary Janes or blue and white saddle shoes of the same vin- tage as they themselves had once worn or nostalgically picked up a pair of pointy - toed, stiletto heeled numbers recalling lhetimes style took precedence over comfort. Men, whose footwear fashions change more slowly, could get a bargain -priced pair of boots as sturdy and practical as when originally stitched together 20years before. The lady's high -button shoes, the little boy's milk boots, the two pairs of ladies spats (far more elegant than the currently popular leg - warmers) and some other no longer obtainable examples of • footwear will be sold at a 'special auction, and the most interesting items are being donated to the Huron County Museum. The closing of the Zurich shoe store marks the end of an era. Varna students back to school Sandra Coleman is enrolled in the Business Administra- tion course in Sir Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo. Brian Chessell is taking a Pre -Flight Engineering and Technology course at Seneca College. Toronto. I leather Laurie and Meggin Reid are among the children in the area heginring kindergarten. • Starting high school are Doug Roy. Julie Webster. '.Jeanette Keys. Mavis Turner. Steven Taylor. Kim Hayter, .Julie ('onsitt and John Kalbt leisch. (:reg Taylor spent a week and a half in hockey school with his cousin Robert Bren- neman at the Lion's Arena in Kitchener. Players on the Kit- chener Rangers team coach-. ed them. Greg stayed with the Brennemans at Petersburg. then Robert came home with him for some holidays on the farm. . Family day }lundreds of people attend- ed the Stanley Township pic- nic at the ball park on Sunday Both diamonds were busy with hourly ball games het - ween township teams and children's teams- vs. their parents. The Recreation ('ommission and their helpers are to be commended for this great family day. . Jane Davidson gave a fascinating report of her trip to Ecuador to visit Claire while she was living there as St. Peter's Lutheran Church REV. KARL SCHUESSLER Vice Pastor (345 2683) Organist Mrs Christine Eagleson 8 M A. Sunday September 11 1000 a m Worship Service 10 45 o m Sunday School There 's o nursery for small children which is supervised dur Ing the worship service. Everyone Welcome 4 a Rotary exchange student. Ecuador is the country that produces the famous Panama hats, which were originally marketed but never manufac- tured in Panama. Jane traversed the country on the main road, from the unbearable hot equatorial area at the Pacific coast. through the capital city of Quito which is 8,000 feet up.in the Andes, to rather remote Indian villages accessible on- ly by motorized dugout canoes on the Amazon River. It was surprising to find a rather luxurious hotel in the jungle, where everything had to be transported in by canoe. Her most frightening ex- perience was descending into a dry riverbed thirty feet down a rope vine. hand over hand. - Travel was cheap. airplanes about $10 per hour. One bus trip lasted 15 hours because of roads littered by flooding. Transports were' held up so long, their meat and produce was rotting. it rained for five months of the year where Claire was. and there was a great loss of life in .the floods Food was plain and dull, ex- cept for the luscious fruit. In the coastal cities the fast-food chains were plentiful. Broiler chickens are raised in the lowlands. The American in- fluence is becoming very strong, as well-to-do fami}ies send their children to the States and Canada to finish their education. and they are Seeing American television programs. Even poor people 101111,911•"1114 • living in a hovel usually have a radio and television. The average wage in Ecuador is $160 a month. • Claire found it confining to not be allowed out in the even- ing unless she was chaperon- ed. She soon became ac- customed to her guar& at her school, and was able to take her grade 12 while there. Churches were filled with beautiful gold furnishings and statues, the gold obtained cen- turies ago by getting idols and ornaments from the Incas and melting them down. Jane feels the Rotary Inter- national Youth Exchange Programs are of great value in increasing understanding between people of different nations. There are 80,000 young people involved in the program at any given time. Mona Stephenson and Ruby Hill presented the worship service on a harvest time and autumn theme. Marjorie Stirling reported that the manse committee has had carpet installed in the dining room: Corresponding secretary Margaret- Hunt read thank you notes from Darlene Hayter, the Love . family. Rev. Wilena Brown. Mary Reid and Ruth Mor- rison. The church anniver- sary and supper are coming up on September 18 and 21, and the Regional Rally in Goshen on October 3. The lovely flowers which have graced Varna church on recent Sundays are a loving contributiop from Margaret Hayter CHEFS - Richard Erb (left) and Doh Taylor check on the progress of two of the three pigs they stuffed and barbecued for Stanley townships Family Day. Many activities on last summer weekend Congratulations to Olive Andrew of the Bluewater Rest Home who celebrated her 100th birthday last Friday, Sept. 2. Also to Mrs. Tillie Tetreau who celebrated her 98th birthday recently. Choir practice at the Zurich United Church will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8. The U.C.W. monthly meeting will follow at 8:00 p.m. on the same night. On Sunday Sept. 11 the morning service and Sunday School will be at 11:15 a.m. The minister will take the service at the Bluewater Rest Home on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 5:45 p.m. Monique Elizabeth Gelinas, daughter of Martin and Cheryl, was baptized on Sun- day, Sept. 4 at St. Boniface Church by Father Mooney with godparents being, Mozart and Marie Gelinas Sr. Following the ceremony a family get-together on both sides was held at the home of his parents. Monday, Sept. 5th was the couple's second anniversary and Tuesday, September was Cheryl's birthday. David, Donna and Ian Denomme of Stratford spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Denomme and family, and all attended the baptismal of Monique Gelinas on Sunday. Congratulations to Elzar and Grace Masse who celebrated their silver wed- ding anniversary on Saturday at the 'Lurie;. Community Centre. A dinner for 70 relatives was enjoyed, follow- ed by a reception and dance in the evening. Th(e couple's 13 children and their spouses were present and a nice time was had by all. • Don and (Sis) Cecile Denomme of Goderich spent Saturday and Sunday with litre ) 1.1t ° Mrs. Carmel Sw� y � �` Phen.. 136.4702 Ni her sister, Martha and Willie Overholt and all attended the Masse anniversary. The Chamber of Commerce held their fust meeting for the fall last Thursday with only 10 members present. They en- joyed a delicious roast beef dinner prior to the business meeting. Gertie Fleischauer spent the weekend at the home of her daughter and Son-in-law Marion and Larry Rogers and two children in London. Earl and Doreen Oesch are happy to announce the arrival of their fourth grandson, little Tyler Graham Morris who was born on Saturday, Aug. 27 to proud parents, Faye and Tim Morris of Toronto. Josie and Regina and Sherry Corriveau of Windsor spent from last Monday to Thursday with her mother, Mrs. Gerald Sreenan. Congratulations to Harold and Doreen Dietrich who were married 27 years last Wednesday. Members of the. Can -Am, ball team were treated to an end of the season dinner at the Dominion Tavern last Thurs- day evening along with a few parents compliments of their coach Keith Hogard. Want to see a good fastball game? On Friday, Sept. 9 the Strathroy Jets will be playing against Walton. Three Zurich players on the Strathroy team are Richard Schilbe, Jeff O'Brien and Barry Overholt. The game is being hosted by the figure skating club with only $1.00 admission beginn- ing at 8:30 p.m. at the Zurich ball diamond. All proceeds will go to the skating club. Lucky winner of $500. from the Bean festival booth of the figure skating club last Satur- day was Elaine Coxon of Lucan. Mary C. Re jer of Dashwood won the Auxiliary quilt at the rest home booth at the Bean festival. On Sunday, Sept. 4 the an- nual reunion of children of the late Paul Ducharme was held at the Dashwood Community Centre with several attending from various areas. Games were played outside in the afternoon with a talent show for the children. Following a delicious buffet supper, the adults played progressive euchre. Ann -Marie Mittleholtz, Ex- eter, spent last week holiday- ing with her aunt and uncle, Ken and Sylvia Mittleholti, Zurich. ,. There are still a few seats left for the Senior Citizen's Mystery Tour on Monday, Sept. 26. If interested phone Gen at 236-4088. Carl and Mary Kegler and family spent a few days last week camping at Six Mile Lake Provincial Park near Midland then enjoyed a few days at the Martyr's Shrine there. Robert, Barb and Steven Besozzi returned home last Wednesday to San Francisco after visiting for the month of August with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kane. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Flax- bard spent Sunday and Mon- day of the holiday weekend with their son, Mr. and Mrs. Garry Flaxbard and family in Kitchener. • Labor Day visitors with Mr. and Mrs. George Harvey at the lake were friends Pat and Carmen Casciani and Vaughn and Jenny Oswalt of Howell, Michigan. Also their son, John Harvey of Beverly Hills, Michigan. Dave and Suzanne Bell of Windsor spent the weekend with her parents, Andrew and Alicia Rau. n jet) h s Elite rrrarhets... SPECIAL PRICES IN EFFECT FROM WED. SEPT. 7 TNRU TUES. SEPT. 13 PRODUCE SPECIALS EXPIRE SAT. SEPT. 10 --� SMOKED °• SUPER SPECIAL C SUPER SPECIAL) �, ;-. - t r.` � -..�T 25 /kg CUT FROM THE LOIN 'BEF OR lb • - - ; MAPLE LEAF ti ...;�., FLLCOO - f �:,k PORK SHOULDERS PICNICS • 1 8 9 /kg Ib. ' ': fNd -BONE STEAKS • SUPER SPECIAL SUPER SPECIAL SUPER SPECIAL CUT FROM THE LOiN-GRADE 'A' BEEF SIRLOIN STEAK jNfl'ROUNDSTEAKSOR 659 FULL CUT BONELESS Ib.49249 OUTSIDE ROASTSTEAK 5'24Ib. 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