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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-05-28, Page 3• r 'test an.nu4. go from page 1 The best service dui) category was won by the Clinton Kinettes and the Clinton Lions Club took the close second place. Bill Gerritts' Dutch Wedding won the prize and the best family or individual float. Ann Dykstra's Tea Party came second and honorable mention went to Betty Buruma's entry. Ed Botma had the best horse or horse drawn entry and W.G. Thompson's wagon, drawn by Tom Penhale's Belgian horses took second prize. St. Joesph's Youth Group had the best school or church entry and the CHSS float came second. Don Gower drove the first prize winning antique vehicle and Dave Cameron took second place. Picnic tables in the Library Park offered a shady, relaxing spot to take in the af- Gawd how I love mice, Peeping Toms, cockroaches, burglars, June bugs, thunder storms, those giant centipedes, drunken midnight bashes and spiders. Give me any of these late night weird, creepy, crawly things - but save me from The Bats! The Rattenbury Street Zoo is featuring new nightly entertainment - ugly, vicious little black flying creatures andattack people's heads. Okay, okay, so bats don't get in your hair, but they are definitely ugly, they do fly around in the dark, and they do conjure up all sorts of horrible and spooky thoughts. The days of the mouse scampering around my feet, the giant black beetle making his home in my housecoat, and the gargantuan wood ants trooping around the place, all seem to bring back fond memories now when compared to The Bat. But this week, the black flying creatures are in the limelight at The Zoo and they are without a doubt driving this resident, (excuse the pun), absolutely batty. • After only one sleepless night, and 10 - fingernails later, the bats, (I assume there are more than one) are getting the best of me. They would do the same to you, if you had to contend with their nocturnal activities. It began on Monday night, at 12:59 am to be exact when I‘was awoken by a strange noise. It was a constant scratching, sound coining from the vicinity of my bedroonlwindows. "A branch brushing up to the screen," I tried to reason, but I knew in my heart that The Zoo would never let me off that easy. It vaguely sounded like mice again, and the squealing noises coming frdm ;the upperAvindows-seernedlo support 'gettheory, but how the heck could they' get up so high, and how many were there, it sounded like a herd of them. 1 Klompen Feest attracts 15,000 ternoon festivities and Mrs. O. Van Dian= offered a special Dutch Tea at her Ontario Street Holiday Home. The tables were continually full at Mrs. Van Dam- rne 's and her lunch included a variety of spicy Dutch cookies and cakes, sand- wichesand rich chocolates. Saturday afternoon's stage show provided continual entertainment with colorful Dutch dancers and musicians, highlighted by the late afternoon ex- travaganza put on by The Dykehoppers from London. The dancers and band easily brought the people to their feet for the Bird Dance, and wound the unsuspecting crowd round and round in circles in the hysterical Dutch Promenade. The evening finished off with a monster chicken barbecue that filled the grand- shelley y mcphee I suddenly felt very weak when I remembered how one friend trapped 15 mice in one month in his house, and by the sounds of things there had to be at least 50 of the creatures trying to get at me. "I'll drive to Goderich and stay overnight with friends," I brainwaved, only to be brought back to the depths of despair when I remembered that, my gas tank was empty. I was going to fill it in the morning. Late at night, when I'm half asleep, my brain can do strange things and my imagination is at it's most vivid, weird and wild stage. Drifting off to sleep to the constant scratching sound, I started dreaming about Salem's Lot. That's a novel and movie about vampires, and the reanimated corpses scratched their long nails against the window panes, waiting for their poor unsuspecting victims to be taken into their ghoulish spell "Whoa, let's wake up and get realistic here," I shuttered, as I caught hold of my sanity. I logically reasoned that bats are completely harmless and I am simply a dupe for any monstrous tales of horror. Everyone contends with bats, heck even my grandmother can handle those little guys with one swift smack of her corn broom. So I'm a little neurotic when it comes to uninvited creatures in my house, but I• can live with that, and as I become more experienced and practiced with things that go bump in the night, I'll be able to wield the old broom as well as grandma does. There is hope, and soon I'll haye a hubby to look after all those yucky little household duties, and someday my kids will be able to &ex mother down from atop:Alter chair or -from- under her protective blanket when the mice, crawly critters and bats send me into complete hysteria! • ON SALE NOW THRU JUNE 6 SunprOor Acrylic Latex EXTERIOR HOUSE PAINT - 70-110 OUR REGULAR PRICE 520.3.5 GA. • GALLON White Only Custom Colours slighily higher SAVE 25% ON WALLCOVERINGS ordered during our Sale We hove over 100 Wallpaper Books for you to choose from! NOW Offht Six skives week, NIonsfey through Friday "AO ern. MO pan Sateralley ft* en241/0 pre. _ 33 Hulk* ST.„ CLINTON --4124542 stand, arena and community park with thousands of hungry diners. Despite overstuffed stomachs, blistered feet, and sunburned bodies, general public consensus has deemed Klompen Feest an overwhelming success and it is estimated that thousands of dollars have been raised, to go towards the Clinton Hospital building fund. With the 1 I Feest completed, a decision now must be made by the Feest committee and Clinton area residents, whether to continue to the celebration next year. The Klompen Feest committee will be holding a public meeting on June 2, starting at 8 pm in the town hall to discuss the celebration. They are looking for your public support and in -put. Klompen Feest opened... • from page 1 Dutch, not only in Canada but also elsewhere in the world are recognizable not because they wear wooden shoes, but because they display a thrifty and hi- dustrious lifestyle and are dedicated to their 'families and their, work. They, I believe, form a driving force that helps in keeping this young country of ours going. "The Dutch are often typified as people that wear wooden shoes or skates and traditional costumes while they are carrying a bouquet of tulips in their hands. Nothing of course is further from the truth After all, not all Canadians are dressed up as Mounites. In Holland these days, people dressed in local costumes, wearing "klompen" are hard to come by, which in fact is quite different from the situation as it was 20 years or longer ago. "I myself am not much for wooden shoes. Has anyone of von ever worn them for an extended period of time? They are hard on your feet and it takes time for calluses to form to make the wearing of this kind of footwear comfortable to any degree. that you, fun -loving Huronians wanted to have a festivity of this kind anyway and by giving it a folkloric theme, you have added a little touch of class to an already great undertaking. Looking over the program that is being offered to all of you during these two days, one has to assume that a tremendous amount of time and work has gone into its organization. Therefore, I cannot let this occasion go by without commending the organizing -committee and all the participants in the program for a job well done. "Please enjoy yourselves on this beautiful day, have a great time, you all deserve it. "Your Worship, Mr. Bob Campbell, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great pleasure to me to officially declare this First Clinton Klompenfeest 1981 opened. Thank you." Down with chicken! Once some initial problems were overcome, the lines moved swiftly at the Klompen Feest chicken barbecue last Saturday, as six tables of volunteers dispensed food to 3,000 hungry people in three hours. Here Hen Daer and Donna Wood dole out the food. (James Fitzgerald photo) ANNOUNCEMENT OF BUSINESS CLOSING 1, fr ' •44z;„ , •, • : ..,...„,,,, , ,,,,_,-, Pf • ; • AtitiOUtiatatit May .21,190 . 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