HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-07-03, Page 3If the enihtisias*n, ,plaiis, and in-
• terest continues; Kit mpen Feast
(wooden shoe festival) could place
Clinton in a prominent .spot on the •
tourist maps.
The --1 sem v,eekend in May, 1981 has.:
. been set 'for the -Canadian -and Dutch
festival and committees and groups
have been- ,formed to' plan the ac- .
tivities .of the event whi,c,h could be
M i
held annually if it proves successful,
Four organizational... eetingsphave
been attended by, many interested. --
- people and Bob Campbell. has agreed
to act as chairman for ther,Ounittee.
Ralph Schuurm.an is the vice chair -
Man and Mrs. Joe DeGroot will serve
and the secretary.,
While planning is in.. theinitial
stal'ges, a; series Of committees have
The 45th Harrison-',.
Reunion was held on June
14 at the Clinton Gone
servation Area with 69 in
attendance. •
The executive for the
1981 reunion was elected.
It con'sists.-of_Ray-Desch,
as presidi-al* Oesich'
as secretary -treasurer
Chester and Belle ,
Hackett and Olive
Stea ;oi,,a ,..direetoxs; and
Diane Collins, Gerry
Neilands and Bill and
Cheryl Collins as sports
committee, '
• The results of this"
'year's sports program
are as follows. Races: six
years old and under girls,.. -
Helen Micks and Colleen
McAdam_;_ six. years qld
and under boys, Jeff
Desch, Mac Hackett and
Shawn.. - 'McAdam. nine •
years old and under girls,
Sheri. Oesch;` nine years
old and._ under boys,
,.,Stanley Airdrie and
'Timmy .Airdrie; 12 years
old and under boys, Scott •
'Hackett and Lorne
Pennington; teen girls.,
Brenda Hackett -Lois
-Pennington -.•and Peggy
Willert,: teen boys, Ken
. Ritchie and Alban Pen-
nington 12' Yearsq and
under . 3 -legged .._.race,
Stanley and - Timmy
Airdrie, and Sheri •and
..Jeff Desch; -16 -.year ..
under :•3 -legged race,
Peggy. Willert and
Brenda Hackett and Alan
Huand Lois Pen
nington-, eggon the spoon
in the mouth relay, Barb
Desch's team.
Scavenger hunt, Barb
Oesct's, team.; hidden
article game, Jo -Anne
'Collins,'Diane Collins and
Gerry Neilands; ladies'
kick the slipper, Bernice.
Willert, Barb Qesch and
Dorothy Ai drie
scrambled, shoes; Lorne
Pennington, -Bill Collins
and Ken Ritchie, men's
kick the slipper, Bill
Collins, `Ken Ritchie and
Jam -ie Hackett; bingo
games, Allan Johns,
Leroy • Harrison, Mary
McAdams_ and Dorothy
Airdrie m ;darts; Danny
Collins, Shawn McAdam,
Ray Foster (2)y,-- Ken
▪ Ritchie, Helen Nicks,
Bud Hunt, -Lorne Hackett,
Gerry Keilands, Gord
Smyth ; and . Elizabeth
Foster ; lucky red ribbon
for `saying no,_ Dorothy
Airdrie; relative contest,
s and -_fa& Ly.;..__._perso
coming the farthest to the
reunion, Wilfred and
Marian Harrison of
Mississau•ga, oldest,
Person present, Annie
Harrison; youngest
person present, Kelly and
Lori Collins. •
Patient decline
WINGHAM , The
Wingh:.am and District
Hospital' faces an un-
• certain future unless -.it
dan persuade more”
people in area to use it •
in preference' 'to other
hospitals' director-,
Norman Hayes warned at
the •hospital board's
annual meeting. ":`•. •
Mr. Hayes noted that
the nurnber of discharges
frc.th the hospital dropped
by more than 15 per cent • • rogram which began Haines a d ac e,
o .tb.
.�.O.nt a .Sod Lu � .
�'° bu with :a contest- 'and""rs:
e
June Robinson .was the
winner.'Heather Ann,
Maureen -Mary Catherine
and Patricia' Stapleton
sang ,a `special- numbers
and Rosie Forane had a
contest Won'. by Cathy
Foran. A purse • content
contest • was won by Mrs.
Ella Redmond.
Rosie had made a
bride's book showing the
hfe i Cathy. and Mrs.
Leona Boyle read an
address to Cathy after
corsages had been pinned
On the, bride by Mrs.
Mary.; 'Boyle,.. Mrs.
Margaret : Giavrn-on Mrs
Henry Drennan -•,and also
one of Rosie Foran 'for
her' mother who was
unable to be present.
Gifts were presented
and Cathy thanked all
and invited them to- her
home to see her gifts. A
bow decorated plastic
dress was put on her and
lunch was ;- served ,by
.members of, the St.
Augustine Catholic
Women.
been set Up "to cover advertising and,
profnotioa s, `fund raising,
''*decorations,, conceastons,.
tertainment and costues,
Committees ' have been .studying
similar festivals, in 'other- areas and
fon,Clinton's .Klompen Feest a giant,
parade n, "Saturday" .with plenty of
entertainment in the afternoon and
eve ping is•,•b.eing hoped for. AN giant
rbec ue for'"tie";eventingis also being
considered, with a dance tofollow;
According to Mr. Campbell, "Right
now we have to have a lot ofdeas,and„
suggestions,: , plus the, necessary in-
terested people to volunteer to put
these4deatinto reality, 4The idea is a
`new one,,but the committee is. ready,
,willing„ and.able and we think the.area;
needs such as , . event as the one
planned. ,Other communities have
their annual events, so* why. riot ..:
Clinton ,
The next meeting for the Klompen
Feest planning will be held on
Tuesday;:'July 15 in the Clinton town
hall, beginning at 8•pm.
In encouraging members ` of the
public to : attend this meeting,,_..Mr.
Campbell noted, "Allthe pepple-iri,,the •
area -are required to put this event.
over. Whether you are Dutch or
Canadian, it makes no difference "h
planning for this huge undertaking.
&uburn,
Aubux'rr, : Michiganis
again going to.., visit
Auburn,. Ontario for the._
Lions Softball Tour-
nament fromJuly 25-28.
During this ' La -dies
Softball tournament - the
Alburn Michigan
Methodist Church *Sof-
tball team Will play the,
'The deck will be poured this week" at the, new Clinton was delayed, tivo weeks by, 'the lack of steel. (News -
swimming' pool, and it will only ten days after that and o Record photo)
there will, be swimming in the -new $200,000 pool. Work . > .
i ,ited The United Church• Kim Scott, Lorie Cart- and their rector rcev.
i�ridal�hower Moore of Stratford visited
Pink. -and white wed- last Saturday with Mr. Women, of which Mrs. wright'and Debbie Scott. William R. Craven led the
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dingbels and streamers . ' and'Mrs° Tom Johnston. Straughan is a member, If enough interest is;service
bouquets f i k rad
and bouq s o pin a
served- a family dinner in
white. peonies Mrs. Beth Lansing ""KnoxUnitedChurch°after will be held in the fall. the theme, Why ‘do we
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the St.'Augustine hall -for came home last weekend which all enjoyed the Leaders for the. course live? and paid tribute to ,•.:..._.
a bridal' shower for Miss after beingatientfor a afternoon at the home of are Mrs, Alma-- Craven the early pioneers in this
Cath ,Foran;. few days in Clinton Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jar- and Mrs. Dorothy district. The offering was
Yred eived _b
Mrs, Margaret Glavin Public Hospital....- . . -••din.. - - .Schneider' and all are .,e x-�--Ernest --
wa a chairman:• .for ' the_ � r; _. and Mrs-.., Ed Those ttending-_ were welcome, including boys.: Durnin and
sM Dennis
R h 1 of Mr. anti li/Irs.
. ..� n Going away. rty rr
u r ar ,
Roberts f M ford
There sir ton was in- • _.
i
•Mrs. "Fred _fence'" _ rgla1.entertain d lWed-charge Mr. and Mrsy to :a _ Stanley _. a-li-and those
nesda vensurprise artyr Mrs., durirr 1 e laid:to rest
Ian Clark prior to her during were, John
leaving for their new Burton Mills, Elsie R:
home at Brockville. p ' Scott, Rachel °H. Sprung,
About 25 neighbors and*,
William J. Craig, Charles
friends surprised Linda Beadle and Bert Marsh.
The chairman of the
t' �he
INiagara a s sp
holiday weekend with his
arents 'Mr. and • Mrs.
onald Haines.
Mrs: .Mary. Rollinson.
and 1Vfr. Murray
Rollinson returned last
Sunday -after a week's
visit in Toronto with her
daughter, Mrs. Alfred
Weston and Mr. Weston:
Mrs. William Riec_ k,...of
Kitchener is visiting with
her aunt, Mrs: Elva
Straughan this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Nicholson of S e of o rth and
Mrs. Hugh Bennett of
Port. Albert visited last
Sunday with Mrs.
Eleanor- Bradnock.
Winners -at -the Auburn •
and District Lions" Club
Lottery draw -last -week
was Wayne Riley of
Clinton with No. 164. The
week. before the William
J. Craig estate was the
winner. '
M. • and Mrs. Tom
Jardin spent three -days.
recently with Mr. and
Mrs. • H. McArthur at
their cottage on Pidgeon
Lake.
90th birthday held
Twenty-four° members
of Mrs. Elva Straughan's
fancily met on June 22nd
for an early celebration
to honor her 90th birthday
in August. '
• c i_ifi g
`the pas`{ year.
Fun you say? Well I would rather
take .a Sunday car ride witl -Evil
Keineval,sunbathe at the Equator,
cl.
. eat canned peas or even study
• ..-calculus again. _
But `the thrills :and . chills of the.
midway, .I. go;out of my way to
avoid, Heck, my- stomach. starts
.churning when I sit on a•kid's swing
,and a teeter totter is'strictly out of'
the question, •
I'm not really a "scaredy cat"
I've given ,the rides a chance. Just
this year 1 ,was : conned onto the
•ferris wheel at the Clinton fair.
Being the. dedicated journalist that
I am, I believed my partner when'
he claimed that I could get great
photos from- high ,ato'�i the wheel.
Take photo -Heck, all I' could do
was cling to the sides of the ric1 �:sty.
seat and recite poetry to, keep"�my
unsteady mind and stomach on -
someother•topic. _�.....,.`
As for the so-called amusement
parks, 11 stay as far away as
possible.
-For - • tha t-_--reason.---I. shave.. _never
ventured near the CNE. Just
reading about the rides nearly
sends me running for the nearest
bathroom. For only' three. bits
there's the Hurricance. One ad-
vent -ill -Some reporter at .the
Toronto Star who tried out the rides
• reported that all he could
remember was being flung through
the air by a mechanical optopus
that kept flapping its "arms and
making gross noises. Then there
was the Jumbo Jet, a giant
rollercoaster filled, as he explained
with, "turbulent turns, ro ky
landings, a rocky horror show all
round. Almost too scary to be- fun.
• - And no barf bag yet."
Disco has even come to the CNE
Lizeekend midway this year. After
Shelley
by mcphee
givingthe man four- coupons (that
amounts to $1) the fun seeking
ri er is placed in a little car. Donna
'St mmer ares through the sound
g
system an the car spins` around in
circles: Sounds like great fun 'eh? ,
But `before the 3r/2 minute` ride is
completed, the volume is cranked
up *and . the cars gather speed and
almost become airbound,
1 question the sanity of the Star
reporter, he said the ride was
"great fun, great value."
Of course no day at the midway
is complete. without someone up -
.chucking their cookies and after
dipping, careening and hitting the
fast turns on the Wild Cat, a girl in
front of the reporter finally threw
-up Oh well, I guess it's all in fun.
The reporter,' an 11. -year-old kid
who is a midway maniac, found the -
ferris wheel • and the standard
rollercoaster to be a bit on the dull
side. However, my trust in. this
person was somewhat restored
when he•admitted in his article that
the _Rot r -must have been designed
by a lunatic.
I take that a bit farther by adding
that only a lunatic would step onto •
this contraption. For only $1 you
can ruin your entire day, end up
sick and dizzy on 'this torture, a
real bargain. There's no turning
back on' the Rotor. You stand in a
cylindrical stainless steel., chain-
ber, the switch is . flipped and the
room starts spinning. You don't
have a Worry in the world when the
floor drops because the mechanical
'marvel is spinning so fast the
centrifugal force 'pins you to the
wall. -
Then there's The Slide oh, I °.
just can't go on with this anymore.
Excuse me, I must get a cold
compress and lie down.
team.
Among .the. g 4ests will
• be the t.ean • some
parents and frie ds: and
-also four couples all
-members of the Auburdn,
Michigan --Chamber ' of
• Commerce including Wes
and Donna .Samborn, the;
former mayor who
visited -us last year: He
was voted the most
outstanding citizen of the .
year in the city of
Auburn, Michigan-. Also
attending will ,'be Gary
and. Darlene Straley.
of the Straley Press. and
Ed and Wilma Berlin. Ed
is the park supern;
tendent and Wilma is the
press. correspondent. Sh-e;--
also works with the radio
and.. TV station and
arranged last , year to
interview, D.o.nald
Haines, Kim McDowell
our Queen a.nd Mrs.
Eleanor Bradnock on a
pr ogra -'
Florence
invited.
the.
f the
o te.
Lee an•
Wegener are als
They work wi •'
Merlins on some '
projects to pro
publicity.
It is hoped that many of
the Auburn and 'District
--
-citizens. ' will be out to
meet their Sister City folk
from across the border.
Personals
Mrs; No man
McDowell was abl last
weekend to-ret��l{rrn to .her
home after treitment in
Wingham District.
Hospital.
WMr� a -and Mrs. • Alan
o e: or
Mr. and. Mrs. ohn
Shouldice, eter,1 Jo and
Mark of Tor nto, ]M_r and
Mrs. -Pa 1 iJa din,
Melissa and Kyla, Mr,
Donald Jardin, Steven,
Randy and Greg, . Mrs.
Bonnie Armour and Julie,
all of Kitchens Mr.
and Mrs, H. ;.old Jar • in,
Mikael and Darryl of
Belgrave.
Two ,grandsons unable
to attend were Mr.
-Lyman Jardin of British
' Columbia and Mr:
Douglas • Robertson of
Sault Ste. Marie but both.
telephoned , their gran-
dmother to extend best
wishes. ' • '-
Babysitting graduates
Mrs. Alma Craven held
- a barbecue last Thursday
evening at her home in
Goderich to honor the
Anglican Church Girls of
.Auburn and District.'
The girls who had
successfully' completed
the six week babysitting
course .w r-eceived . their
certificates. Rev.
V‘'illiam Craven
presented the certificates
• to Sandra Daer, Angela ,
Schneider, Anna Marie
Young, Sharon Glousher, -
and all played Court
Whist, which was in Cemetery Board,. Stanley
charge of Mrs Lawrence Ball stated that the board
Mrs. Jim Schneider and were sorry to accept the
Mrs. Rick Hawley;: The resignation . of 'Norman
winners were Mrs.. Clark McDowell and Robert
and the low prize was won Arthur during the past
by Mrs, Gary de Veau. year. Both had served
An it teresting address over 20. years. He also
composed by Mrs. Ross stated #iatEypestDurnin
Daer,,, :telling about their .ha_d ---o rer- the
life in. Auburn over the superintendent's duties
-past six years, was read from Robert Turner who
to Linda. Gifts were • had also resigned after
presented by Mrs. many ,years of service.
Lawrence, Mrs. Allan
The Cemetery Board
Craig . and . Mrs. now consists of. Stanley
Schneider. Linda thanked Ball, chairman; James,
her friends, dinner was' Towe, Dennis Penfound,
enjoyed and ..a large -- Ernest Durnin and Mrs.
flower decorated cake ,,:.ss Slater, secretary
done by Mrs. attraAl Iaunactionwasp treasurer.
the centre of . At the service guests
Memorial service were present from
The T—`54th---'—annual Toronto, • London,
memorial service was Stratford, Tavistock,
held' last Sunday at Ball's Be1grave, Oakville,
cemetery; Base Line in Ottawa, Seaforth, Port
Hullett. Township."The St. Albert, Mitchell, Clinton
Mark's Anglican Church and Goderich.
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