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Times-Advocate, 1984-02-22, Page 14i 14 Times -Advocate, 'TWAS HARD TiMES — The Grand Bend Lioness club sponsored a Hard Times dance in Dashwood Saturday night. lioness officers Cathy Hugill and Marilyn Martens pose with Resuscitation Annie. T -A photo Council hires students for summer program Grand Bend council met in their new chambers Monday evening. Harold Green was absent to attend an annual seminar. Councillors agreed to hire five students to start work in May and terminate in early September, including the har- bour committee. Parking still remains a pro- blem off main street, with discussions on limited two hour parking during the sum- mer months to encourage traffic flow; and maps which the merchants could give to tourists showing parking locations: The April fire practice has been changed to the second Monday, so that council may attend and observe pro- cedures used at practices; also, a long range training course may be set up. Diane Mollard is taking a law course at Fanshawe in London, studying in the Law Library at the Court House for some of her classes. Council met with approval for village foreman, Jack Stanlake, to plan on taking the annual course put on the On- tario Good Roads, at Guelph university in early May this year. • Village of Grand Bend Notice of a Public Meeting on a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment Take notice that the council of the Corporation of the Village of Grand Bend will hold a public meeting on Monday, March 26, 1984 at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Office to consider a proposed amendment for the Village's Zoning By-law. Pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act -1983 the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is as follows: Trailers and mobile homes .they are not permitted. Others and those specifically allowed. Bed and breakfast establishments permitted in certain zones and are subject to certain restrictions. Any person may attend the Public Meeting and make verbal or written representations in favour of or in opposition to the proposed Amendment. Additional information is available between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at Village of Grand Bend Municipal Office corner of Hwys. 21 and 81, Grand Bend, Ontario, 238-8461 or the Lambton County Planning Department; 789 Broadway St., Wyoming 845-3303. Doted at the'Village of Grand Bend, this 21st day of February, 1984 Dianne Mallard, Clerk LEASE SPECIAL • v'sauRa siirtRi 1984 DODGE RAM D150 CUSTOM PICKUP 2 tone beige & brown with beige cloth seat. Full wheel disc 48 Month Lease $215°° • Per Month 20,000 Km. per year allowance MtaseAloiety '1 tomi row Dow now dl i EIm BEEP YOUR EYES 011 'am mq • WARNER AUTO MARINE GRAND SEND 231 2391 .,,•SMO ,. ,,..ANO OV...,(i' 0,.•OV Sri,. H.v'(, . 1,0.1•0V Sale. A Service Open 7 day. 1' MacDonald's sanitation contract will be renewed with a 1 percent increase. Barry Kovalski and Dave Swanson asked for council's approval to rent out reclining chairs this year. They will be required to pay the $300 traders -transit fee. Don Southcott discussed with council his plans to start work on a second entrance and bridge to Southcott Pines, this spring. There will have to be an 8 inch waterline to Highway 21, culvert and crossing with guard-rails and it may not be used in 1984. Nicholas Hill, architect, discussed a future main street for Grand Bend, showing council some special features of other surrounding small towns that have invested to retain their heritage, such as Bayfield, Zurich, Goderich (the square) and Essex. Are Grand Bend merchants interested in class. Mr. Hill will discuss his plans for our village with Chamber of Com- merce president, Gene Grenier at a future meeting. The 1983 meeting pay and expenses, totalled $12,392.21, for the Grand Bend five coun- cil members. doll call February's meeting was held on the,20th with all 18 members and one visitor answering the roll call, "Name the type of flowers in your wedding bouquet." Millie Desjardine chaired the meeting by opening with the institute ode. The topic was horticulture. After the Mary Stewart Collect, Donna Lovie presented "Did You Know". She told everyone how to care for house plants. Diana Hardy presented the motto - "A bouquet of flowers on your table - like a ray of sunshine In your home." She said that like a dream come true, the sup was taking away the snow making way for spring flowers. Nola Taylor and Jean Kading are busy making a history of the Grand Bend In- stitute for the Huron County Atlas. Diana Hardy introduced the guest speaker, Marion Shar- row, of theFloristryShoppe in Dashwood. Marion gave a great number of tips on flower arranging. She told us to use Sahara for dried flowers and to soak it in warm water for cut flowers. With a 4 inch container, she covered her oasis first, then added daisies for fillers as they are the least expensive. Using carnations, daffodils, baby iris and a rose as accent or focal flowers, Marion com- pleted her arrangement with a pleasing mixture. Laura Desjardine won 'a fresh cut rose for having a birthday closest to Valen- tine's Day. Diana thanked the guest speaker and everyone enjoyed a cup of tea with Valentine's cookies, served by Marjorie Mason, Ann Russell, and Ruth McIntosh. Verna Lovie held the lucky cup number and was presented with the flower ar- rangement. The next meeting will be on March 15 at 7:30 p.m. Grand Bend No. 1 - 4Hers Wednesday evening, the club left the home of Nancy Stokkerman at 6:15P .m. and travelled to Mrs. Gill's residence. They watched slides on quilting. Each member was given an em- broidery hoop and material supplied by the leaders. They proceeded to pick out their own design and embroidered around the hoop. The girls chose some material to do a design on for next time. Everyone is trying to think of a name for this project. Coffee hour Thirteen ladies met for the Bible coffee hour at Mrs. Nita Sinclair's home in Southcott Pines, Tuesday morning. A prayer and hymn sing preced- ed the study time, led by Mrs. Vera Brown. They discussed Beavers sell cookies, hockey teams win February 4 the Parkhill tyke team travelled to Forest, where they played a shut -out game 13-0. Many of the boys scored their first goal or assisted in this game. On February llth,•the tykes travelled to Parkhill where they beat St. Marys wit) a score of 7-0. Thus far, the tykes have had five wins and only one loss. Novice The league standings so far are as follows: Thedford, I1- derton, - Strathroy, Blackhawks, Strathroy Red- wings, Parkhill Bruins, Wat- ford and last is Parkhill Leafs. The Parkhill Bruins played their first play-off game on Wednesday, Feb. 15 against the Strathroy Redw- ings. The game ended in a tie 1-1. Saturday these two teams met for a second game, when Strathroy defeated the Bruins 2-0. The third game will be this week. Atoms February 11 and 12, a tour- nament was held at .the Argyle arena in London, spon- sored by the Byron Optimists. The Parkhill Jets shut -out Huron East 5-0, then on Sun- day they shut -out Byron 6-0. This brought the team into the finals against the Parkhill Flames. The Flames won the tour- nament 3-1, bringing the trophy to Parkhill again this year. In a league game the Flames beat Strathroy Cana- dians 5-2. Goals were scored by Jeff Grenier, Trevor McKay, Billy Finch, Paul Merritt and Jerry Waters. Assisting these goal -getters were Trevor McKay, Billy Finch and Scott McKaipine. Wednesday, the Parkhill Jets played their first play-off game against the Strathroy Canadians. Matt Anderson put the Jets on the scoreboard on a pass from Jeff Farr- ington. The score was then tied 1-1. Brad Allan notched the win- ning goal on a pass from Matt Seeley which started from Stanley Whitney, giving, the boys a 2-1 win. Saturday these two teams met in Strathroy for their se- cond game, ending in a 5-5 tie. Andy Hicks scored twice unassisted and Brad Page notched two. Matt Seeley scored with an assist from Hicks. Matt Thompson scored three for Strathroy while Dean Mulaert and Bob Freer each scored one. The Jets have the advantage going in- to their third playoff game with a win and.a tie. Beaver Colony The Beavers have been very busy the last two weeks making valentines and decorating heart -shaped cookies by themselves. Win- ners for the best decorated cookies were Derek Twynstra, Todd Mellin, Ian Jean and Billy Walker. These cookies will be on display at the Parent -Son Banquet on February 29 at 6:30, at the Dashwood Com- munity Centre. Specially made valentines were done by Jason Clay, Chris Stanlake, Teddy Baker, Derek Twynstra and Andrew Sharen. Grand Bend no.3-4-H'ers The elected officers were as follows: president Kathy Nor- ris, vice-president Tracy Soldan, secretary Julie Rader, treasurer Linda Allister, press reporters Leanne Jennison and Julia Brown. New leaders Mrs. L. Gill and Mrs. C. Allister read over the requirements for this club. February 8 the girls met at Loreen Gill's home where they picked their club name "Quilting Bees". Each member started quilting samples and then travelled to Mrs. Walper's to view a quilt set up. February 15, all 4-H groups viewed quilting slides at the Gill home and then finished their samples. The girls are now ready to start string quilting. of •r..d Irnsd NII m..tImg is middles fhwers the Beatitudes. Gwen Camp- bell gave a closing prayer. The next meeting will be Tuesday morning and all ladies are welcome. Euchre party There were eight tables'in play, at the St. John's Parish hall last Friday night, spon- sored by the ladies group of St. John's. Winners were high lady - Marjorie Baxter, high man Clarence Smith, 2nd man's high was won by Hazel Broad playing a man's card. Most lone hands went to Bill Fell. Bernice Woods and Ralph Gosselin won the two door prizes. Cookies, tea and coffee were served for lunch. United Church "0 How He Loves You and Me" was the choir anthem last Sunday morning. Rev. Peebles took his text from Psalms 37:1-9 and Matthew 7:13-23 giving a message on "Roads". He said it's know- ing the signs, what they mean, and following the map, that will get you to your destination. If you follow the Bible, you'll be on the right road of life but beware of the signs. The children were given a flashlight, a pen and a tape/radio player, that were • useless without batteries, refill and electricity. Like us, without Jesus' love inside our hearts, we don't fulfill our purpose in life. Door greeters were Marg and Jim Love. Flowers were in memory of Ralph Lightfoot and Herbert Hoggarth by their families. C.W.L. February 14 the C.W.L. met at the Alhambra Hall with 30 - members present. Father Morrissey opened the meeting with the league prayer. The World Day of Prayer will be on March 2, at 2:00 p.m. at the United Church in Grand Bend. The league received a thank -you from the family of Thedford, for the help when they were burned out of their home. Father Morrissey reminded the league about the day of recollection on March 21, a promotion of holy year, at the Alhambra Hall --mass starts at 9:30 a.m. Marion Blondie was the guest speaker, from the Cana- dian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace. Everyone found her talk very informative and enjoyable. Special thanks to Eldon Stanley for his time and good work in making our showcase for ellgloot aarticles osale at fe church. The next meeting will be March 6 at 7:00 p.m., with a pot luck supper, and husbands of members are in- vited to attend. Father Mor- rissey closed with prayer and coffee and cake were served. President A. Pachlarz an- nounced a fund-raising ' brunch and dinner, on Mod - day for information by the chemical companies, to be held at the Alhambra Hall for any interested local farmers. The quilt being worked on at Angie Backx's, is nearly ready for the summer raffle. Other items will also be need- ed for second, third and fourth prizes. F.Y.1. Catholic news Please obtain a pre- registration form from prin- cipal, Mr. Gary Birmingham, 231-3337, for any children to attend Mt. Carmel School this fall. Any child five years old by December 31, 1984 is eligible. • Junior kindergarten registration for any child 4 years old by December 31, 1984, may be obtained by phoning St. John Fisher CUB WINNERS — Winners of the Grand Bend Kub Kar Rally are seen with their trophies Thursday night after their races at Grand Bend Public School. Each of the 17 cubs built their racing cars,from kits. From the left are John Paul Mauer, winner of the first place Bus Clark trophy; Adam Smith, winner of the second -place Cheryl Ann Trophy op y and Richard Desjardine, who captured the Rollie's Sports and Cycle Trophy. Cub, Scout and Beaver leaders were at the meeting to assist. They were Dennis Mothers, Larry Taylor, Le Roy Keyes, Jack Stanlake and Bob Clay. Bus Clark was the starter. School Iin Forest. Congratulations to Holly Ann Lovie, daughter of Ran- dy and Susan (nee Masse), who was recieved into the Catholic community this past week by the sacrament of baptism. Cor weekend is scheduled for April 6, 7 and 8th in Strat- ford. COR -Christians On Retreat, is designed for young Catholics between the ages of 17-21. An experience where lasting friendships are made. For more info see Father Morrissey. St. Peters' Church in Goderich is celebrating its' 150th anniversary as a parish this year. (1934-1984). Please pick up income tax receipts at the back of the church. Charismatic renewals are being • introduced into parishes by what is called prayer groups. This basical- ly means that once a week, for about 1', hours, anyone interested can gather together for shared or com- mon prayer. Please see Father Morrissey. Please let Father Mor- rissey know of anyone who is sick or in the hospital so that be can visit and administer to their needs. Materials have arrived for renovating stations of the cross, so Father Morrissey got volunteers to complete this project in time for lent. "Just Your and Me Against the World" Sunday morning at the Church of God, Rev. Camp- bell spoke from 1st Kings 18: 17-46 and entitled his sermon "Just you and me against the world". Elijah displayed calm con- fidence because of power and sovereignity of God, and showed the necessity of the power of prayer. Mr. and Mrs. John Camp- bell sang, "Just As You Are". In the evening the youths were in charge with Robert Dykstra being chairman. Laura Campbell did the sing- ing program, having Marilyn MacGregor sing "How Ma- jestic Is Your Name". Richard Desjardine sang the song "Yes, God Is Real". Then Rev. Campbell led the group study on 3rd John. More news on page 21 Your Floor and Wall Cover.i ng Specialists VISA . 1€1 Hwy. 21 Grand Bend 238-8603 DON'S FOOD EVERY WEDNESDAY IS SENIOR CITIZENS DAY HENSALL • 262-2648 Specials available till closing Sat. Feb. 25 Carry Out Service Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix Reg. $1.99 Savo $1.00 1 kg. 99 Produce of USA Sims BS Oranges Cut from Canada rade "A" Beef x'$3.04 kg. B lade Bons Removed Blade Roasts 1.38 lb. B urns Campfire Bacon - soo g. `1.39 Our own Pun $2.62 -ley. Pork • Sausage ''t 19 lb.. Kraft Ghees WIiIz Reg. 06.69 Save $1.90 1kg. $4 99 Old South Pulp Free 1b8. $1.69 12.5 os. Save 70t Orange Juice99C