HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-06-26, Page 6I
Why he had chosen
area tolocate a
recreational centre',
Hardtman of the newly
Grafil Estates Ltd.,
."Rcalaak there.* noth-
this area."
visited this week, the
‘v/bleb is located on the
Corr* Road iust one. mile north
way 85 west, was a bee
veofacti ty But, when it opens
tothpubhcat 11 a.M. Saturday,
Juni30„ Mr, IlardtMan and Mgr!
Yve Dufault ekpeet all facilities
be in operationincluding a go
cart track,Inini bike trail, All -
Terrain -Vehicle (ATV) course,
golf driving range and an 18 -hole
mitliAtUrc golf coure4c.
The first -thing people arriving
atthe, area are going to spot how
ever is the estates' brilliant red
barn which, equipped with a
wind system, juke box and pin-
ball Machines, will house teen
and barn, dances,
When acquired by Blue Grass
Estatet Ltd., the 100 acres was a
farm and .the company has re-
tained the country atmosphere.
The farm house has been COM!
Pletely renovated And now con-
tains offices unitairs, and a kit-
chen mid iestorant facilities
clOwnstairs.
Getting back to the location,
Mr. Itardtman also noted that it
was within easy driving distance
of a number of centres. ,
"We're six miles from Gorrie,
..abotit seven or eight miles from
Palmerston, •eight milea from
Listowel, 35 miles ,from Stratford
• and about '" 40 Miles from Kit-
chener," he said.
Mr. Hardtman himself is from
Waterloo and Mr. Dufault from
Stratford, formerly of Montreal.
Roth men stress the fact that
Blue Grass Estates Ltd. is "not
•an amusement park."
"It's strictly a treereational
area -we're not inteXested in an
amusement, park," Mr. Hardt-
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GRASSMOBILING---As an opening day attraction the Blue
Grass Estates Ltdrecreation area near Molesworth will.
feature grassmobiling. Above Steve Racho of Stratford
warms up a machine. Participating in the races will be
snowinobile clubs from,,,Stratford, Goderich and Seaforth.
(Staff Photo
otirick pool
COOK -Liz Tabor of Trowbridge, shown' here
teanbli one of sin the attractive .dining room, is
he cook at Blue Grass Oates •Ltd,, recreational area. The
restaurant features such Snacks asbeefburgers hot dogS
soffArinkt, (Staff Photo)
man sid,
Besides providing re**
activity for people * th
rounding area, the centre
to attract a number of visitors
attending the Stratford
pearean Festival.
"The people go to the Festival
and they re,ally have nothing tod
during the day, so we will run it
daily bus service from Stott.
ford," Mr, Rardtxnan exlained,
"We're also thinking abetlt the
same thing for Kitchener'*
OktoberfeSt week."
The centre will operate year;
round, catering to snowniebilmil
in the winter. "We hope to.ittArt`
our own snowmobiling club here
and we %yin also rent land to qtfhkr
snowmobilers," Mr. Dtlfault,
said.
The rather hilly terrain of the
former farm is ideally suited tor•.'„;
the various recreational *tett*
ties planned for it. The 113hole
miniature golf Course and tliff
spacious golf driving range flank
the house and are naturally
separated from the, paved
quarter mile go -cart -track which
is centrally located and the
quarter mile mini -bike trail
which winds through the busk**
separate course is also set aside
for the three-wheeled‘All-Terrain
Vehicles.
in the future Mr. Hardtman
hopes to add considerable play-
ground equipment for youngs-
ters.
"Right now we really have
"We have
centr
acres.in
for 4 larger one nsar 8t
Thomas,
Facilities at
open to the .,11
a.m. to it pm,
sides the manager, the
employs approximately 10
People, !neatly students.
Asked if he any citfttePlth
in securing employee*, Mr.
HardtMen Sit141 that ,
For this be gave full
student counsellor at the
Canada ManpowerCentre,
Boegeralaa. was jolt
rific-he had them no .• time."
he sai,
As an added attraction on
open-
ing daY on Saturday, the (*entre,
will hoot graasmobile race*
(snowmobile on grass), with
•
entries participating,-frOnt SO at -
ford, goderich and $eiforth,\
There will he 00 ;ac*Ilakon`
charge to the centre as such.Patrons willphya fee for the use
of the various facilities; for ex-
ample it Will cost - approximately
$i to take threelaPa of the 00 -cart
track. Mr, IlardtMan, described
the rates 6barited '08 being
competitive With the KiteheAer-
Waterloo area., "Our ' facilities
will be well superVis4and there
is no liquor alloWed on the
premises," he said., .
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except the ponies which will be
WrtoxetOr
nothing for the younger children
coming in next week," he said.
"Our go-carts, etc. are Ihnitedto Mrs. Margaret Adams spent
those 14 years and older. Those \few days with her Slater Mrs.
°.
under 14 need the permission ' AlmiessMscGCerxatrcukdene,'Biti:Bbliuseavaplaetileanstt
their parents or guardians." week- "
Mr. Hardtman said a chicken
and steak house is also planned,' witighatnand District
lIospI-
for the centre. The Molesworth tat.
location is the first of a s44111100rivijsme- Jteelmfai7,aastIrlerhabed film; miaisst-
chain of such recreational areas
planned by the company."-• :„*.•;:i'week and -had to be hosPitalized
to be rea
, • ,Mr. and
carlrr us We'wegkend
uests with s parents, Mr. and
s.Ve
andMrs. Bill Hart anifsons
. of oshawa spent' the weekend "
Avgust liosscamishis mothex MrsWilliam
HaAtItr: and Mrs. Brian Manuel
• with :
ciOmOnied by Mr:
The ilowiek sVi4inining lend Karen CuRTalx, lttir4, and Seaforti, ac
for. a busy Summer:Wrk bas
talegaetisi i7i0thisrPkat *Or
Weeks -4o, the hew -pool' add
change rooms.
The work on_ the pool, being
done by Polynesian Pools, Lon-
don, Ltd. is sponsored by the
flowick Lions through donations
from area Industries and resi-
dents,„
The roof is now on the change
rooms with a cement floor, septic
tanks and hydro. The pool has
been dug and thealurnhituri sides
arelip. Lion Members and voltin-
feers have been busy for the past
couple of weeks making the site
presentable by cleaning up the
Old roadway and burning rub-
bish. • ,
The Red Cross is working hand -
in -band with the Lions on the
swimming program. The in-
structors and helpers have .been
hired. Ron Orieir of VVingham is
program co -Ordinator and in-
structor; John Deneau, in-
structor -and lifeguard. Aiding
will be Julie Fairies,' Cola
M Mffian, Mary Lou
Arn
furthering theircourse on leader $
paj
ee are, in. • .....tehener. -
patrol. •
!Melds and Kim
an Miss Hazel
trt,
Mr. Oriel ed
classes this Summer; one for church meeting onmnth
Sun y fter-
rs with- tots below noon and evening. Rev. Berkley
years and a full adult ahrSe..pHeynolds of Toronto has been the
Anyone 'wishing to take lessons 'speakerbis past week and has
should see Lionel JOhnson'at,the 'chad an 'exceptionally good at -
barber shop in Garde, litlaassen's tiendance from all the surround -
Store, Fordwich and , the in- ing communities. •
surance office, Wroxeter. " Rev. and Mrs. F. E. Russell,
' The lessons are five dollars for .,,:Guelph, visited with Mr. and Mrs.
children, $1O for adults and may Vern Clark PridaY eveninbetakpng
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iuier Juiyor August.
Donations to finance the pool
have been receiVed from : Colonel
Sanders Kentucky Fried
Chicken, Martin Feed Mills,
Wightman Telephone, Harvey
Krotz, Listowel Transport, Wit-
tich's Bread, Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce, TOrontotle.
minion Bank, Ken Davidson
Motors, Listwel; Chris Gosling
Motors, Wingham; McCutcheon
Motors, Brussels; Jackson
Motors, Listowel; Coca-Cola,
Pepsi-Cola, Canada Dry and the
Western Foundry, 'Vrmgham.
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RENOVATED FARMHOUSE -Workmen were busy fhit
week installing an air fan for the restaurants grill on the
outside of the renovated farmhouse at Blue Grass Estates
Ltd. While it has kept its country look on the outside, the
farmhouse, betides the restaurant, now houses offices.
(Staff Phto)
Friends of Mr. and Mrs, Danny
salter will be sorry to learn of
their unfortunate auto accident
While returning to their home in
Islington, June 17, on Highway
• 401. when -their car was com-
pletely demOlishedand they were
Irth hospitalized with multiple `
fractures' and lacerations,
BELGRAVE
;,'Mias Doris Coultes left by bus
lad Thursday with the Milverton
Winttonettes Senior Ladies'
Fastball Team for a trip to USA.
During their tour they will play
ball in different cities in Kansas
and Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs, Ken Coultei and
daughters of Chatham visited on
Saturday vidtb Mr. and Mrs.
'orman Couites.
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