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for assisting trio
What was to have been a first to respond to the call
routine run from the Grand from the fishing boat.
Bead harbour to the harbour The two boats arrived at
at Wheatley, on Lake Erie, Wheatley harbour at 1 a.m.
turned into a nightmare of ice the next morning. The three
and cold for Grand Bend from Grand Bend were chill -
fishermen Joe and David ed and somewhat stunned by
Green and passenger Jack the turn of weather events,
Eagleson. and thankful for the help of
Ti&three left Grand Bend the U.S. ice -breaker's crew.
December 21, in the morning, Grand Bend Harbour Com -
to take Joe's 60 -ton fishing mittee, on learning of the
boat for an engine re -fitting at saga in the ice, sent a letter of
Wheatley, a harbour just east thanks to the U.S. Coast
of Pelee Island, on the north Guard.
shore of Lake Erie. Lake
Huron was choppy, but the
Great Lakes temperatures
had been at record highs in
the fall, and there was no ice
expected.
By the time they travelled
through the St. Clair River
and reached Lake St. Clair,
all they could see was ice.
And they broke ice on that
lake all night long.
"Sometimes we went 50 feet
and sometimes we went 300
yards," Green said. They had
a furnace on ttte boat and a
small propane heater, so they
weren't too cold the first
night.
Travelling in -the shipping
channel on Lake St. Clair and
the Detroit River, they tried
to move the Grand Bend boat
in the wake of bigger ships,
which were breaking ice as
they moved.
The situation was such, that
the larger boats couldn't stop
for fear of breaking their own
momentum. Described as
"the fastest freeze we have
seen," Green said that it
caught everyone by surprise.
The next day, and into the
night, the three on the Grand
Bend boat made the passage
through the Detroit River and
into Lake Erie. Then the wind
came up. At this point, Lake
Erie was frozen from shore -
to -shore as far as Peelee
Island. Winds became so
strong that the ice was jam-
ming against the big tug and
_ up the sides of the boat. With -
the freeze and the wind-chill
factor, the three were begin-
ning to suffer from the cold.
So they radioed for help.
It was a crew of a United
States Coast Guard ice-
breaker who responded to the
call from the Grand Bend
group. The crew of the Coast
Guard vessel had been
replacing buoys in the area of
the Detroit River and was
It hurts. It really hurts.
Everytime I run into anti -
Ontario sentiments, I take it
personally.
Not that it happens that
often. The majority of
westerners I meet are the
warmest, friendliest people
anyone could want to know.
But in a crowd of 400, there
may be two or three people
who will dislike you, simply
because you are from
Ontario.
While you folks were here
freezing and shovelling snow,
I was in balmy Brandon,
Manitoba last week. (A
chinook had arrived
temperatures were up to 10
degrees Celsius. The
westerners, who had just
been suffering in minus 40
degree weather two weeks
before, were walking around
outside in their shirt sleeves
and commenting on ho
spring-like it was.) I was a
tending a meeting of Simpl
dealers. Simplot is the west
largest manufacturer of 1
quid fertilizer. I was ther
covering the meetings a
editor of a -magazine for fe
tilizer and agricultura
chemical dealers.
As i said, most of the peo-
ple welcomed me with ope
arms and were more tha
hospitable to a visitin
easterner. They were anxio
to hear about the weather i
Ontario, and to discus
agricultural problems with
someone from this province
To anyone from Manitoba
west, we in Ontario ar
easterners. it still throws m
off when I'm called, a
easterner, because of course
1 only think of Maritimers a
easterners. Unfortunately
when someone makes a
derogatory comment abou
easterners, they mean On
tarioians. The west, apparent
ly, has nothing against the
Maritimes, and just resents
Ontario and Quebec.
When you run into someone
who is anti -Ontario, their first
comment is usually .to
criticize us for supporting
Trudeau. I try to convince
them that 1 personally didn't
vote for Mr. Trudeau, and in
fact, if you were labeling this
Dart of Ontario it would pro -
About people
you know...
Ten ladies from the ex-
ecutive of the United Church
Women's afternoon unit met
Wednesday at the church to
plan their programs for 1984.
Visitors during this past
week with Lorne and Loreen
Devine were Earl and Kay
Weiberg, London; Don and
Audrey Tetreau, Lambeth;
Harold and Edith Widrick,
Zurich; and Hugh and Annie
Morenz, Shipka.
This Saturday, January 28,
the Grand Bend Brownies and
leaders will be gathering at
1:00 p.m. in Oakwood at
Philip Walkers', for a sleigh
ride outing.
Community best wishes to
Fire Chief Harry Hamilton
for a speedy recovery after
his operation last week.
Legion news
At darts Tuesday evening,
there were 13 out to play.
Keith Crawford and Dee Rath
finished first while Vilda
Clark and Bob Chapdelaine
took second.
Ladies' high, at the euchre
Friday night, went to Betty
Harrison; mens high, Gord
Brown; ladies low, Donna
Glanville; mens low, Gib
Roane. The door prize was
claimed by Evelyn Brown.
The club wishes Aldy Gill a
-speed recovery.
Some up -coming dates are;
January 26 - challenge to
Southcott Pines darters at
8:30, everyone welcome.
Euchre on the 27th, cribbage
'at 2:30 Saturday the 28th, and
the general meeting ,win be
held on February 6 at 8:30.
February 11 is the Saturday
planned to bring out your
sweetheart for a good time of
music, prizes and food.
Mary's
•
musings
By Mary Alderson
bably be c ailed Conservative.
But those who are anti -east
simply believe that all of On-
tario supports Turdeau, and
they have no use for him
whatsoever.
More anti -east sentiment
caught me offguard, when I
was in the midst of a conver-
sation on education with a
group of people. Suddenly, I
was being informed that there
are universities in the west,
namely in Saskatoon, which
are just as good as Guelph for
studying agriculture. I wasn't
in a position to argue, so I
,didn't. The man went on and
on about Ontario schools not
beingosuperior.
One has a tendency to bris-
tle when you hear their home
province being c riticized un-
fairly. But I held my tongue. i
figured I was the guest and it
w wasn't up to me to comment.
t- Besides, I usually can't think
of of anything to say, because I
's am so surprised at their
i. attitude.
e i flew home on the plane
s from Brandon with a
r- gentleman who has lived in
1 every province of Canada and
never stayed in one area long
enough to earn a label. He is
n presently living in Toronto
n and had spent some time in
g southwestern Ontario, so I
us asked him if he had en -
n countered any anti -Ontario
s feelings. He had, but then he
pointed out something that
made me think. He said that
westerners treat Ontarioians
e the way that Ontario
e residents treat American
n visitors. And he said that he
had particularly noticed the
s anti-American attitude in
southwestern Ontario. He
added that one doesn't notice
the anti-American sentiments
_ in the rest of Canada.
Now that the shoe was on
the other foot, I started think-
ing about the way I had
treated American tourists in
the past. Then I had an even
greater realization - if I am
hurt by a couple of anti -
Ontario jabs, then how do peo
ple feel who are continually
being comdemned because of
their colour, or ethnic
background, or religious
beliefs?
•
DINNER ARRIVES — Lloyd Mason, Grand Bend, is seen receiving a hot dinner,
prepared and delivered. Meals On Wheels is one of the ongoing projects of the
Grand Bend Lioness Club. Lioness Sharen Soldan delivered the meals Friday, last
week, to area resident seniors.
GB Institute members
demonstrate craft abilit
This month's meeting was
held January 19, in the United
Church Sunday school room.
Millie Desjardine opened the
meeting, followed by the In-
stitute ode and an interesting
reading by Millie.
The roll call was answered
by 21 members and -three
visitors and the minutes were
read and adopted.
After a short business
meeting, Millie introduced
Eleanor Hayter who spoke on
seminal quilting. She then
demonstrated how to assem-
ble lone star and log cabin
quilts. She said that VIP cot-
ton is the best to use as it does
not stretch.
In the "Did You Know",
Olive Webb displayed several
pieces of her hand work.
Everyone then assembled in-
to groups with a leader in
each group to teach the in-
dividuals. Jean Kading show-
ed how to cover coat hangers,
Mable Gill displayed her
broom -stick lace, Nola Taylor
pieced hot pads and Olive
Webb covered Kleenex
holders by needlepoint.
The meeting adjourned for
lunch, which was served by
Fern Love, Olive Miller and
Doris Bestard. The next
meeting will be on Thursday,
February 16 at 1:30.
Church of God
This past- Sunday, - Rev.
Campbell's text was taken
from 1 Kings 17:1-7, "Why,
Lord, Why?"
In this story, Elijah an-
nounced to King Ahab a three
year drought, as a punish-
ment from God. Then he had
to flee to the desert and was
led to a brook which eventual-
ly dried up. Even so today,
although we follow God's will,
we sometimes find ourselves
in trying circumstances.
Praise God, he will take care
of us.
Glenda Des jardine accom-
panied by Ilene Desjardine on
piano, sang the special music
titled "Created in His
Image. "
United Church
Baptised Sunday, January
22, was Kristen E. Kincaid,
Tiger Times
from
Stephen Central
If January is any indication
of what 1984 will be like at
Stephen Central, then it will
be a very busy year. Every
class is involved in projects
and many extra activities are
happening.
- Tony.
Boys' Floorhockey - Mr.
Negrijn has picked the boys'
floor hockey team. The
goalies are Russell Fink-
beiner and Richard Hope. The
tournament is January 7 at
J.A.D. McCurdy School.
There are 17 people on our
team. -Last year Stephen Cen-
tral was the champs.
(Dwayne Hayter, Jeff Ratz,
Mike Bird.)
_ New Class - Two students in
Stephen Central school are
taking part in an enrichment
class at Exeter Public school
Monday afternoons so they
can be exposed to different
areas of work. Our topic is
fantasy. Some things we do
are: look at fantasy in
literature, art and music. We
also play strategy games like
i.Q.2000, Othello and more.
We really seem to like it;
even though there are some
disadvantages like catching
up on the regular work.
(John -Paul Maurer, Richard
Desjardine.)
Bus Safety - Monday,
January 16 Constable Mar-
shall came from the Goderich
Police Department to tell us
about 164 bus rules. He told us
the main purposes of the bus
rules. For instance he told us
about the axe, emergency ex-
it, emergency windows, fire
extinguisher, first aid kit and
others. He showed us a film
about bus safety also. Then he
let us ask some questions. So
now we should know a lot
about bus safety. (John
Gollen, Justin Pickering.)
Graphs - Room 5 has been
working on graphs the last •
few days in math classes.
Each student has made
several graphs in his math
notebook. Each one made a
large graph that hangs out-
side the classroom door. The
results have been surprising.
• They all did a splendid job.
(Elizabeth Gaudio, Dawn
Madsen. )
Ukelele Lessons - At
Stephen Central School the
grade eight students are try-
ing to learn to play the
ukulele. We have interviewed
two of the students, Terri
Maurer and Kim Hoffman.
Terri says that it is a change
from • singing and learning
notes; and Kim says that it is
very hard to adjust your
fingers. We then interviewed
their teacher Mrs. Thornton.
She enjoys teaching the
ukulele and they are learning
together. They are playing
"This Old Man" and
"Ezekiel," (Gia King and
Teena Lamport.)
Fish Study - Did you know
fish live in waters all over the
world except for puddles,
sinks, bathtubs and toilets.
Grade five is doing a study on
fish. We djd the Shockers,
Biters, Stingers and
Poisonous fish. In art we drew
fish and made an underwater
scene. (Christina Glanville
and Dania Thurman.) •
daughter of Peter and Leslie
Kincaid. Rev. Gordon Pickell
of Goderich, conducted this
service, due to the death of
Rev. Peeble's sister. .
Rev. i'ickell spoke on
recovering gifts, based on
John 16:16-24. Joy is one of
God's gifts. We can find joy in
so many ways: i.e. religion,
-beauty and work. He said,
"Let joy reign in your
hearts." If you have joy to-
day, you will have a week of
content. The choir anthem
was "I'm Gonna Shout His
Name".
The children were remind-
ed of the many things they
have to be thankful for: But,
do we still want more?
Local frolic on Feb. 5
Times -Advocate, January 25, 1984
Page 21
PIn•ry I.ppl# this weekend
Optimists in the Grand conserve energy by walking
Bend area will again organize instead of driving, switching
a ski loppit at Pinery Provin of( that light etc., while the
January 29. Members from
cial Park. It will be held other one demonstrated how
we can compare our boys and
the Port Franks Optimist their homes to that of a real
Club, with assistance from beaver and their home and
the Grand Bend group, will foods.
provide the manpower for the Monday, January 16, the
event. Beavers enjoyed a livelier
Morning races will begin at meeting. Bubbles obtained
10:30 for skiers of all ages. the parachute from Ailsa
There will be a 10 km. route Craig colony and they played
and one of six km through the various games and skills with
Pinery Park. it. The boys each had a turn
At 1 p.m. will begin the doing an activity under the
hugh mushroom.
On Monday, Jan. 30 they
are planning an evening of
skating on the old riverbed.
Bible Coffee Hour
Sixteen ladies attended the
Bible coffee hour Tuesday
morning at Mrs. Nita
Sinclair's home in Southcott
Pines. Mrs. Sinclair opened
with prayer, followed by a
hymn sing led by Millie
Desjardine.
The lesson studied was
from 2 Peter 3:8-13, on how to
handle scoffers and was led
by Gwen Campbell.
Some questions asked and
discussed today were "What
point does Peter make by
these references in answer to
scoffers declaration in verse
Plan frolic
4?" "What personal ex -
Grand Bend Optimists will perience have you observed
once again organize a: winter in which God's timing did not
frolic for residents of the coincide with yours?" "What
area. There will be games perspectives and values in life
and contests for residents of should people have who
all ages. understand this promise?"
Again, area Optimists will "Why are things most people
provide the organizational pursue ultimately useless".
manpower for events and "How can we pursue holiness
refreshments at the area of and godliness?"
the Southcott river, between Some of the thoughts and
River and Lake Roads, which answers. were at follows:
has become a traditional prayer and praise will help us
skating and tobogganing area in all troubles. Our peace
in past years. An outdoor rink must come from inside. God
has been cleared and lights has proper control and timing
have been installed by the in our lives.
village. On perspectives and values
Grand Bend Recreation - it helps other people if they
Committee has allocated know you care. To pursue and
funds for refreshments. live a Christian life it should
Festivities will begin at 1 p.m. be God and others first, self
February 5. last. We should leave things in
God's hands.
Beaver news Doris Peebles gave the dos -
On Monday, January 9, the ing prayer. Meeting will be
Grand Bend Beaver Colony same time and place next
viewed a slide show. All 22 week.
Beavers and leaders enjoyed
shows on "Energy" and Anglican Church news
"Beavers like Me". It show- Rev. Sutton's sermon was
ed how each one of us may taken from Matthew 4:12-23,
popular poker race, whereat
certain check points, skiers
pick up cards. It's not skill in
skiing but the best poker hand
which wins the event. Two
years ago, when there was ap-
propriate weather, there were
300 entrants in the poker
event.
The loppit is a gathering
together of skiers for a day of
enjoyment of activities in the
snow. Optimists will provide
refreshments along the trails.
The park is well supplied with
rest stations.
Because of the lack of snow
last year, the event could not
be organized. Snowfall this
year will provide a good day
for the event. -
SITE FOR FROLIC -- Grand Bend Optimists will supervise a winter celebration for
residents of the area on the portion of the Southcott Pines river -bed between River
and Lake Roads, February 5. There will be activities for the community, which will
include skating races and -toboggan events. Southcott Pines cleared a toboggan slide
on the west bank for the event two years ago. Optimists will provide hot
refreshments. The Recreation Committee of Grand Bend has provided a grant to
cover expenses.
Grand Bend snipers
help in
In Parkhill atom play, the
Parkhill Jets opened the new
year with a 2-1 loss against
the Strathroy Kings. The
score remained 1-0 until the
third period when David
Maguire tied it up on a two-
way pass from Jeff Farr-
ington and Shane Green. John
Grogan scored their winning
goal and the Jets couldn't
come back.
On Saturday January 21,
the Grand Bend/Parkhill
team travelled to ilderton.
Brad Page scored in the se-
cond period, on a pass started
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atom victory
from Stanley Whitney to Bil-
ly Jennison: In the third
period, Andy Hicks notched
the Jets go ahead goal on an
effort from Jason Desjardine
and Stanley Whitney. Ilder-
ton's Brian McIntyre tied the
game 2-2.
With three minutes left in
the game, Jason Desjardine
hit the goal post on a pass
from Billy Jennison, then
David Maguire notched the
rebound making the score 3-2
for the Parkhll Jets. Ilderton
pulled their goalie but failed
to tie it up, giving the Jets two
more points in the league.
TINDER
The Village of Grand Bend will accept
tenders for supplying, installing, and
operating a coin operated
LAUNDROMAT
at the new Harbour Commission
Building on River Road in Grand Bend.
The available space to be leased is ap-
proximately 27 x 14 feet. Interested
parties are asked to submit their tender
in writing on or before 12 p.m. March
1st, 1984, to the
VILLAGE OF GRAND BEND
P.O. Box 340, Grand Bend. Ontario
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Further particluars are available at this
office. (238-8461)
where Jesus called the
fishermen Peter, Andrew,
James and John to follow
him. These disciples gave up
their entire way of life to
follow Jesus. Whereas, in our
society, it would be very
unusual for anyone to give up
their home, life style and their
income.
It is so easy to turn away
from people in need. We must
try to not be so self-centred -
giving ourselves to those who
need our love, helping those
who are lonely, and truly car -
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HOW CAN 1 HELP A CHILD UNDERSTAND THE
REALITY OF DEATH?
It is important to realize that children differ in
their ability to understand and accept the fact
of death.
When the death is a member of the immediate
family, a child should be included in the ac-
tivities and preparations for the funeral. The
way in which adults react during this time is
the greatest influencing factor in teaching the
child the accepted manner of learning to live
with death.
Questions often arise in their minds. These are
to be encouraged and answered with a loving
concern for the sensitivities of the child. Explain
that it is alright to feel sad and to cry, to feel
lonely and hurt. Point out, however, that death
is real and irreversible. Avoid the fairy stories
and white lies which will only confuse and
disillusion the child.
Re -living the happy memories involving the
deceased should be encouraged. Statements of
sincere religious beliefs can offer comfort to
o child with a religious upbringing. Your pastor,
priest or rabbi wants to be of help at such
times.
Sometimes we can be of personal assistance.
Remember, your concerns are ours, too.
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