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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-07-11, Page 22QuiIts tops at Heritage Museum by visitor ballot. There were 20 quilts entered and of these three received prizes and two received honourable men- tions. This years winners were Elaine Machulets, In- gersoll; Mary Flnkbeiner, London and Eleanor Hayter, Grand Bend and honourable mention to• Willie Salts, Petrolia and Fran Aitken, Watford. In the novelty competition, which is for any quilted item except full size quilts, prizes went to Helga Bell, Bayfield; Mary Finkbeiner, and Florence Elliot, Petrolia. A special feature in this years show was a bicenten- nial block contest. The win- ners in this competition were Jia Sharpe, Parkhill, Laurie Blackstock and Evelyn Gibb and Thedford United Church Women. Other than the competition quilts there were also 102 and 11 antique quilts. Once again the Ravenswood's Women In- stitute was in charge of the tearoom and serving their famous strawberry tarts. The Lambton Heritage Museum Sunday completed their fourth annual Heritage Quilt Show. Quilts of all types, designs and colors were on display for public viewing. Besides quilts the museum also offers a calico shop, a tearoom for light snacks„ films and five outdoor buildings including the newly completed blacksmith shop. Attendance was good this year with more than 1,000 go- ing through the turnstiles, Saturday. There were three categories of competition quilts. The Masters quilts are those created by very profi- cient quitters and are judged by professionals. This years winners in the Masters category were Elaine Machuletz, 1hgersoll and Mrs. Russell Phillips, Lucknow, and honourable mention to Iona Ballantyne, Stratford. The original hand -stitched competition is for all hand - stitched quilts and is judged Glanville family holds reunion By MRS. STAN PRESZCATOR Crediton East The 32nd annual reunion was held at Seaforth Lions Park with about 70 in attendance. The day started off with a ball game followed by a smorgasbord supper. Grace was said by Harold Glanville and a minutes silence was held for those departed. After supper the minutes of the meeting were read by secretary Shirley Preszcator. Stan Preszcator acted as president. It was voted to have Charles Hayden president for 1985 and secretary -treasurer Karlene Glanville and sports committee is Doreen McRoberts. President for 1986 is Gordon Miller, secretary treasurer for 1986 is Lorna Finkbeiner. It was voted to have the reunion same place and same time next year. Sports were conducted by Doreen McRoberts. Youngest baby Daniel Wm. Grant, oldest person (great- grandmother) Violet Pear- son; oldest married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cooper (married 47 years). Corning the farthest, Gail and Alex Glanville and fami- ly from Melfort, Sask. Children's running, 3 and under, Melissa Glanville; 4-5, Karen Bissonitte; 7, Jeremy Bissonitte: 8-9 Gary Glan- ville. Marble race, 10-11, Veronica Glanville; sucker race 12-13, I.orrie Glanville. kick the slipper, 3 and under, Melissa Glanville, 6-8, Paul Glanville, 4 & 5, Karen Bissonitte. Runningrace, Veronica Glanville, Micheal Miller: biggest foot 10 & 11 boys, Dan- ny Glanville; 10 & 11 girls. Veronica Glanville; throw ping pong hall farthest 12 & 13. John Miller; kick the shoe 10 & 11, Lorri Parker; kick the shoe, 12, John Miller ;lucky spot, John Miller; Danny Glanville. Candy scramble for all the children; least in purse, Stella Wilson; ladies kick slipper, Doris Glanville; men's mar- ble race, Harold Glanville After a delightful day and a' delicious supper everyone went their merry way home Personals Tasha Mary Ann Christine Isaac•, infant daughter of David and Barbara Isaac. Centralia and Murray Daniel James Arix>, son of John and Kathy Argo, Kirkton. were baptized at Zion United ('hurch. Rev Brian Elder officiated. After the church service. those gathering at the home of Barb and Dave Isaac were Mr and Mrs Robert England and boys, Huron Park, Mr. and Mrs .John Arbo and Daniel, Kirkton. Mrs. Ed Regele and Norman !Miley, RR 4 Walton. Mr and Mrs. Ken Isaac. Rit 3 Parkhill. Mr. and Mrs Daniel Isaac and family, Parkhill, Master Centralia By MRS. TOM KOOY Mr and Mrs Lawrence Ifirtzel attended the lfirtzel family reunion al ('rediton Town Hall on Sunday. Congratulations go out to Doug and Beth McLellan on the birth of a son at St. ,Josephs Ilospital. Tom, Mary and Clyde Kooy attend the 50th wedding an- niversary of Mr and Mrs. John Loyens at Lucan arena on Saturday evening Clyde Kooy spent the weekend with his grand- parents while his mother, father and Ronnie were al their trailer at Happy Days campground Mark Isaac, Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Piper and Karen, RR 1 Exeter and Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fink- beiner and Suzanne, RR 2 Crediton returned home from Providence Bay, Manitoulin Island. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Glan- ville and Terry and Mrs. Violet Pearson, London spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Nick Lansbergen. and also attended the Glanville Reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator, Crediton and Mr. and Mrs. John Arbo, Kirkton attended the wedding Friday of Ms. Muriel Biernaski and Jerry Dallier of Kitchener. Mrs. Mary Gower has been transferred from London Hospital to South Huron, Ex- eter. Mr. John Nedza is a pa- tient in University, London and Mr. Ken Kuhn in Victoria Hospital, London. We wish everyone a speedy recovery. RESTING AT SHOW — Nancy Broadfoot tries out an old fashioned bed while her mother Marilyn checks a quilt at the Lambton Heritage Museum, Sunday. BLACKSMITH ACTION — Tammy and Andrea Dortmans watch closely as blacksmith Nick Heisler fires up at the Lambton Heritage Museum, Sunday. T -A photo BELL TAXES ' jt) Bell Canada paid more than $59,600 in taxes to Exeter in 1983 as a result of telecom- - munications operations here. In addition Bell will spend more than $230,000 in 1984 to maintain and upgrade telephone service in the exchange. Some of the projects will be; - trunk cable reinforcement, Exeter to Dashwood. - Urban modernization, Carling -Sanders -Victoria St. area. In 1983 Bell paid $59,664 in taxes to Exeter comprised as follows; real estate $2,900; business $869 and gross receipts tax, $55,894. in 1984, gross receipts tax will total $61,616. The gross receipts tax is a levy of five percent of all telecommunications revenue derived from Bell Canada operations in Ontario the previous year and apportion- ed to each exchange based on the number of Bell owned telephones in use. in 198.3 each telephone leas- ed from Bell generated $22.35 in revenue for the municipality. In the Stratford area Bell employs 115 people with a total payroll of over $3.1 million. in 1983 Bell's capital expen- ditures were over $1.13 billion. in 1984 this is expected to be more than $1.3 billion. Bell had 1,9035 customers in its Exeter exchange at the end of 198.3. r✓n,'WV) " i' guard against fire 4, RT b QUILT WATCHERS --- Doris Spence and Myrtle and Norm Brock were among the more than 700 persons attending Sunday's quilt show at the Lambton Heritage Museum. T -A photo A QUILT WINNER Marion Frayne and Irene Harness admire a winner entered by Eleanor Hayter of Grand Bend of Sunday's quilt show at the Lambton Heritoge Museem. T -A photo QUILT SHOW LUNCH -- Visitors to the Lambton Heritoge Museum Sunday enjoyed lunch prepared Tb-Ay Helen photo McDonald, Betty Anderson, Vero Williamson, Elvo Wheeler and Nellie Mammon. Times -Advocate, July 11, 1984 Pogo 21 Time to sign up your speedy turtles Final registration for turtles which will race during Ailsa Craig's Gala Days weekend, July ZJ, 21 and 22, is 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, Gala Days chairman Doug McNair announced this week. McNair said the entry fees remain un- changed from last year, at $5 per adult entry, and $1 for en- tries by or for children under the age of 14. Entry forms may be filled out at the following locations in Ailsa Craig: Glenys Goodfellow, 138 Main St.; Shirley Williams, 119 Main St.; Dave's Hairstyling, 176 Main St. McNair said more events have been crammed into this year's Gala pays weekend than ever before in its 12 -year history, and there's something for everyone of any age. This year's official program will be available on- ly in the official Ailsa Craig Gala Days weekend program which will goon sale at $1 per copy in locations in and around Ailsa Craig on Thurs- day, July 19. "In the past we used to print two programs," McNair said, "and one was put in every mail box in town and on some of the rural mail routes. The committee felt that this year the drastic increases in Canada Post Office rates no longer could be met, and that people who want to know what is being provided for their enjoyment during the weekend could spare $1 to find out." So many events were organized for Gala Days weekend, that some have had to be backed up into this week. A darts tournament, organized by Gunther Kuhni, will be held July 14 at Ailsa Craig Legion Branch 422. Registration will be held at the Legion between 11 a.m. and noon, July 14. Informa- tion about entry fees, match times and prizes is available by telephoning 293-3509. On T$tursdlliy, .July 10, a shuffleboard competi;lon organized by Lloyd Roth will start at Craigholme. The finals will be staged the following day starting at 10 a.m. Gala Days officially opens at 7 p.m., Friday, July 20 with a ,flag raising and other ceremonies at the town ball park. At 7:30, Bruce Williams of FM96 Radio will emcee a Bat- tle of the Stars at the ball park. This year personalities are participating from Lon- don radio stations CFPL, BX93, CKSL, FM96, The Lon- don Free Press, Ailsa Craig municipal council, CFPL-TV, London, and The Canadian Press, Toronto. The stars will entertain with some old - favorite competitions suclly as the egg toss, sack race (with two team members per sack), and some new games with Machievellian twists. Following the Battle of the Stars there will be an old timers' ball game between Ailsa Craig's 1952 WOAA champions and an old-timers' team from Parkhi!l. Refreshments for adults will be available at the pavilion in the park from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., and nearby there will be what organizers believe is the world's first night parimutuel turtle races, to be announced by media personalities. Pro- ceeds from the races and Monte Carlo events will be turned over to a community fund. Saturday's program starts at 7:30 a.m. with registation for the 10 -kilometre road race to Nairn and back, and there will be a main street parade at 11 a.m. From 9 a.m. until the start of the parade, and from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. members from the Ladies Take -A -Break will be available to transform up to 200 children into clown with application of professional makeup, for which there will Perth to celebrate The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is coming to Stratford July 18 to help celebrate the Perth County Federation of Agriculture's 40th anniversary. OFA director's will be holding their monthly meeting at Stratford's Vic- torian . Inn and the county organization is going all out to host the unorthodox event. Unorthodox; because it is the first time in OFA history that the monthly directors' meeting has been held outside of Toronto. And the women behind the organization of this event is Anne Mulholland of RR 3 Mit- chell. Since April, Mrs. Mulholland has been raking numerous -phone calls to con- fer with others to plan the day's activities. The Mitchell area woman was put in charge of a five - member committee that is preparing the day for about 200 people expected from across Ontario. The day will start with registration for the 10 a.m. meeting at the Victorian Inn. The usual business of the federation, which includes reading, discussing and tak- ing action on resolutions sub- mitted from the county federations across the province. The formal meetng part, opened to the public, is ex- pected to wrap up about 3:30 p.m. or 4 p.m. A banquet that evening is to be preceded by a cocktail hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. This will also he held at the Victorian inn. Besides the historical significance of the event, Mrs. Mulholland said it will be the first time many local fedear- tion members will have has the opportunity to meet OFA president Harry Pelissero. He took over as president from Ralph Barrie. Local dignataries will be seated at the head table, along with OFA officials. The federation's first fieldm9n, Bert Daynard of Staff, will say the grace for the evening meal. The guest speaker for the evening will be Lloyd Wilson of Txbridge. Mrs. Mulholland made on- ly one request when ordering the meal expected to feed the 200 people. And the request was, that only Perth agricultural products be serv- ed at the meal. She admits though, that because of the diveristy of farming in this county, the menu won't be hard to prepare. "It's not like Elgin County where it's mostly tobacco," said Mrs. Mullholland. The Mitchell area woman, besides organizing the ban- quet, has been put in charge of a bus tour for the spouses of the director. A pre- arranged bus tour will be leaving the Victorian Inn at around 10:30 a.m. The Rheo Thompson chocolate factory in Stratford is the first stop planned for those on the bus tour. The tow group will then head out to Wildwood Conservation Area, south of Stratford. It's then off to St. Marys for lunch at the town's old post of- fice which has been converted to a restaurant. Craft stores, .the store for plate collectors and of course all the stone buildings make the town at the south end of the county an ideal spot to visit, says Mrs. Mulholland. It's then back to Stratford ,and visits to the Shakespearean Gardens (beside the county court house) and Queen's Park (the grounds surrounding the Shakespearean Festival.) The tour group's arrival back at the Victorian Inn is expected to coincide with the ending of the director's meeting. Following the banquet and guest speaker, the local federation will be holding a cake -cutting ceremony in its hospitality room in the hotel. Past federation president Clayton Bender of Gownstown and other past presidents including im- mediate past president Ron Chrisite of RR 2, Staffa will be on hand for the ceremony. CRIER VISITS Daniel Richer of Ottawa, who is serving as Ontario's Town Crier for the 1984 Bicentennial visited Grand Bend and the Playhouse, Wednesday. He carries out his official duties dressed in his replica blue and white French loyalists uniform of 200 years ago. He makes official proclamations , acts as a master of ceremonies and is a roving goodwill am- bassador throughout the province. The readers write Once again we would like to express our appreciation to you for your financial assistance in producing our annual edition of the "HOPE; publication. More and more we are meeting folk who have a close friend or relative affected by the cancer disease. It is only through continuing education and research that a cure is go- ing to be found. Our motto this year is "We Have A Dream" and of course that dream is that cancer will be beaten. Thanks again for your continuing support. Yours truly, Melvin Farnsworth. Iluron County Unit Canadian (lancer Society be no charge. During the afternoon there will be turtle racing, children's sports olympics, spelling bee, arm wrestling, horse shoe pitch, a Western horse show, lawn darts com- petition and children's theatre. An outdoor chicken barbecue starts at 5 p.m. at $5 for adults and 83 for children. At 6:30 p.m. there will be a talent show, the pavilion opens for adults at 8 p.m., and parimutuel turtle racing and Monte Carlo events will start. A dance at the Legion to the m1kic of Tennessee Country starts at 9 p.m. Sunday also starts at 7:30 with breakfast in the park at $4 for adults, $2.50 for children, and in the evening there will be a beef barbecue at $6 for adults, t:'..•0 for children. During the day there will be more turtle rac- ing, a pet show, open-air church service, bed races on the main street, a jamboree, firemens' competition, and at 6:30 p.m. a gospel sing. The official times and loca- tions for all events are listed in the -official Gala Days weekend program. ,.gee$ 1 CHECK TRANSPORTATION — Kim and Heather Mar - then look over a buggy during Sunday's quilt show at the Lambton Heritage Museum. T -A photo 1 MUSEUM QUILT SHOW — Gwen Watson and Lamb - ton Heritage Museum Curator Bob Tremaiii are shown at the reception desk at Sunday's quilt show. i hated to miss all the ac- tion. I had to be in Regina a few weeks ago when construc- tion finally began on an addi- tion to our house. We had worked on it all winter -- sketching plans, changing our minds, talking to builders, looking at samples, and changing our minds again. Finally, we were ready to begin. And i had to be out of the province on business. Of course, that meant night- ly telephone calls home to hear the latest progress reports. So on the day that work was scheduled to begin, i eagerly called home. When i asked Victor how it wasso- ing, there was a long silence. First he told me that the nice tree i had hoped to save had to be cutdown. "But don't worry about it," he said. Then he mentioned that they had torn up the small flower bed and some of the daffodil bulbs were scattered around. And of course, the cedar deck was completely demolished. "But don't worry about it," he said. The lawn had been pretty well ruined by the dump trucks, and what grass was left, was covered by piles of sand. Then one of the dump trucks broke through the pavement in the driveway and fell into a dry well that wasn't being used and we didn't know existed. "But don't worry about it," he said. So much for progressi did worry about it for three days until 1 could go home I wor- ried all the way Home on the plane. The dight was late Mary's musings By Mary Alderson leaving Regina. (A toilet backed up and we had to wait for parts to come from Toron- to. I guess Air Canada doesn't trust Regina plumbers.) Then I arrived in Toronto airport only to learn that for the first time Air Canada left on schedule and I had to wait two hours for the next flight to London. (Had Air Ontario been running its usual 10 minutes late, I would have caught the flight). As it was, there were five of us who were on the flight from Regina hoping to catch the London flight. We raced through the airport only to have the door to the Air On- tario flight literally slammed in our faces. As a regular Air Ontario traveller I was very upset about the rude treat- ment, and told them so -- right after 1 sat down and cried. Anyway I did finally get home, after what seemed to be a very long day. Then I found out everything I had heard on the phone was true -- the tree was gone, the deck piled in a heap, the lawn destroyed, the flower bed torn up, the pavement broken and so on. But there were footings poured, blocks laid and pro- gress made. Just to cheer me up, Victor had the whole thing on video tape. Each day he had gone with the camera and captured the progress for posterity. in the weeks since, i've been on hand to view the pro- gress for myself and I've come to one conclusion. I'd like to go away and come back when it's all finished. 4-H successful Again this year Huron (o unty is experiencing a very successful 4-11 season. With approximately 350 members registered in the summer pro- jects. there are many events planned for the summer months. One such event is the Demonstration Competition. This Competition is being held on Monday .July 16 at 8:00 p.m. at the Clinton Aret a. The evening promises to he both informative and in- teresting as various clubs pre- sent skits showing how to per- form different tasks Also members will demonstrate why these tasks should be done Not only will the evening be educational, and enjoyable for the audience, but 4-11 members will develop their public speaking skills and their ability to plan, organize and work with others. The winner of the Huron County Demonstration Com petition will compete in a Regional Competition in July You are welcome to plan to attend this entertaining and cost free evening. Karen Rodman, Rural Organization Specialist (Agriculture)