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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1986-06-18, Page 10Page 10—CLINTO'N NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESL)AY, JUNE 18., IBS Optimists need help with By Helen Owed BAYFIELD - A communication from the Canada Day Committee this week has cer- tainly dampened down the plans being made by the Optimist Club to provide a fireworks display for the Canada Day weekend. This letter indicated that this year Bayfield will not be receiving a grant towards this special event, and this is discouraging because as far back as 1960, the federal government has pursued a policy of stimulating interest in Canada's birthday, and encouraging local groups to celebrate the occasion. However, a cut in the funds available means that applications have been unsuc- cessful, and it is unfortunate that Bayfield should be among those who have been turn- ed down. Since the inception of a display in Bicenten- nial year, the event has proved very popular, attracting vast crowds all along the lake shore and, thanks to the fire department who have undertaken the setting up and letting off of the fireworks, the display has literally been one of the "highlights" of the summer. Now the Optimist Club find themselves ffl,.e,i with a nrnhiam of raising sufficient re treworks funds to put on a worthwhile display. It is a formidable task, but following a special meeting to discuss the matter it, was decid- ed that they would go ahead. So far donations have only amounted to a fraction of the re- quired laun- ched and itis hoped but a d that he p blic willnow be give generously, both in Bayfield and the surroun- ding districts. Club members, the Cheese Nook and Brandons Hardware will accept donations - so help the Optimists to keep look- ing on the bright side and make this year's event one more to remember. meg Wilson to become a model? By Doris Hunter BAYFIELD - Wind up for the year's end of many of the village organizations is in June rather than December. The Lions and Lionecis follow this system and reports of a really good joint dinner meeting complete with a most remarkable fashion show are to be heard on all sides. It is rumored that Reg Wilson is consider- ing a professional modelling career, he car- ried his costo ne with such panache - and pun intended. Officers for 1986-87 include presidents Marg Lince and John Siertsema; first vice presidents Ruth George and Alan Hughes; secretaries Jan Simons and Eric Earl. Janet Smith is the treasurer for the Lioness and Gord Graham the money man for the Lions. The weekly bingos, which are so popular, continue on Friday nights and the big sum- mer weekend will find the Lions flipping pan- cakes at the arena on June 29 for us all to breakfast together. The Bayfield Pottery Club finished off their season with a delightful pot -luck supper, hosted by Leda and Alec McAlister. Lewis and Valerie Pitman from "The Pottery" at Blyth were guests of honor. The Club is very grateful to the Village Council for their generosity in allowing space for this recreation. Council news BAYFIELD - Last week the News -Record ran a correction to correct an error in the council news. Unfortunately our correction was incorrect. Marion and Paul Murray will be greatly missed and were given a small token as a par- ting gesture. Watch for a display of pottery at the Bayfield Agricultural Fair. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Sturgeon and family, Robert Boyes and Dale Evans of Bayfield, and Janet and Mike of Goderich, were in Port Colborne attending the funeral of their sister and mother, Donna (Sturgeon) Ruston on June 12 and -13. correction Council gave permission to Robert Snell to proceed with an erosion control application to the Ministry of Environment. No loan is involved. Vera Miller hosts June meeting of ACW By Blanche Deeves MIDDLETON - Morning prayer was held in St. James' Middleton Anglican Church at 9:45 a.m. with Rev. Aubrey Bell officiating. Bill Steenstra read the lessons and Matthew Steenstra received the offering. ACW News The ACW of St. James' Middleton Church held their June meeting at the home of Vera Miller. Audrey Middleton, prior to the meeting, asked the ladies for the comments on the Ap- ple Blossom Festival. Carol Wammes, leader in charge of. the Worship service, read from the Lining Message and gave two readings on Father's Day. Prayers were said in unison. Audrey Middleton, in charge of business, had Estelle Wise read the minutes of the May meeting which were approved and a thank you was read from Delores Dutot for her flowers. For the Zehr's tapes and IGA tapes saved, Marion Smith received a cheque from the ;IGA for $71.44 for the ACW. Blanche Deeves gave the card report for two months. Margaret Middleton reported that the Foster child yearly payment is due in June. Blanche Deeves gave a thank you to the ladies of the ACW for their help in the Apple Blossom Festival and to the men for their help. The birthday box was passed and col- lection received. Pennies should have been in andyour leaders are Evelyn McNeil and Bev Schilbe. Discussion on the Nursery followed. A thank you was given to Estelle Wise for writing all the thank you notes to those who helped to make the Apple Blossom a success, and to Don Middleton for all the apples that were used for baking. A committee was formed to help with the booth in Holmesville on October 3, 4 and 5. They are: Estelle Wise, Lois Wise, Bev Van Ninhuys and Blanche Deeves. They are to meet on August 25 to arrange the needs of the Deli Booth. The meeting closed in prayer and a social time was held while the hostess, Vera Miller, assisted by Bev Van Ninhuys, served lunch. Briefs Anyone wishing to purchase one of the ACW Apple Blossom Cook Books should contact Blanche Deeves. The price is $1. On June 19 the Board of Management meeting willbe held in, the, Sunday School, room at 7:3(p-.ni. sharp Thanks to the Sunday School teachers who worked very hard and that consequently the youngsters enjoyed the joint Sunday School picnic. Many thanks to Pat Reder, Lynda Steenstra and their teachers for their love and hard work on behalf of the young people. Women Helping Other Women - a self help group for widowed, separated and divorced women invites you to their meeting on June 23 at Knox Presbyterian Church, corner of Victoria and East Streets, Goderich. The meeting starts at 8 p.m. and the special guest speaker is Nancy McLeod from Huron Cen- tre for Children and Youth . For information, call 524-4222 or 524-2300. The ACW of St. James' appreciated the support of those who went along on their bus trip to see Jumbo the elephant in St. Thomas with a tour of Pinafore. Park and other points of interest. They then went on to Port Stanley, where they stopped in Sparta, a small village changing all its buildings. Some houses had the year they were built and these were between 1854-1856. This is a spot on the road everyone should see. The group had lunch in Port Stanley before boarding the train to Union. On the way back to London, they stopped at the Garage for dinner. „,Robert Sherwood,: tbe.driver�.gave a.go9�d commentary along the trip Coming on September 16, is the Hamilton shopping spree, sponsored by the ACW of St. James' Middleton Church. Call Audrey 482-9838 or Blanche 482-9536 for reservations. On June 18 at 8 p.m. a shower for Shelley Middleton will be held in the church hall. Dickins places third in Durham By Susan Hartman HENSALL - Jim Dickins, of Hensall, travelled to Moto Park near Durham. on June 14 to race his Hully Gully Honda in the 80A class race. The track was in near perfect condition as 21 young riders, many still eager from the recent supercross, lined up to take the green flag. Jim was second into the first turn in the first Moto and never looked back as he fought off the third place rider dining the whole race. In the second Moto, positions were reversed with Jim finishing only seconds behind the top two riders. Jim had enough points overall to bring home the third place trophy. Jim returns to Durham on June 21 as he continues training for the Canadian Na- • tional Championship. Horticultural Society a The Hensall and District Horticultural Society held 811 executive meeting on June 11 to finalize plans for a fall flower show. The show will be on September 5 in the after- noon and evening. There will also be a tea room. The schedule is in the planning stage and will be published shortly. Plant lots of flowers so that you will have plenty of blooms to show. Flowers Of Hope The , Flowers of Hope fund-raising has been completed. The committee .was very pleased with the total Hensall contributions of $840 and would like to thank everyone for their generosity. Spring Fair This year's Hensall Spring Fair was an overwhelming success. The two day event was well attended by young and old and everyone appeared to enjoy themselves. The ladies' section and the junior craft division were very well done and the school Alil±kthirdthldme... ...how to.beautify my yard, cheap! cheap! cheap! "AT GAMMAGE OF BAYFIELD" division was flooded with entries. The deci- sions were very difficult. Congratulations to all of the children who had their work displayed. - The committee would like to thank Hen - sell Public School and Huron Centennial for taking part • and especially Mr. Kemp who gave his full suppport and interest to this brand-new venture. The beef barbecue was also a great suc- cess and the fair board put on a terrific meal. There will be a meeting of the ladies divi- sion on June 23 to tie up loose ends until next year. Try to attend. Fair Queen Congratulations to the nine ladies who took part in the fair queen contest. The judges had a tough time arriving at a deci- Turn to page 15 BAYFIELD and AREA Settawite, 4i440414 Monday, June 30 to Friday, July 11 Registration Fee - *30.00 Registration will be held Saturday, June 21, 1986 at 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., at the Bayfield Municipal. Building HEY! BAYFIELD We Deliver to YOU WITH SAME DAY SERVICE! EL%V RS FOR TODAY -Gin fOI EVER 166 THE 511UPIIRE, CODERICH„PHONE S24 3761 Evenings and Sundays pltdr+H 29 '225 ....... Strawberry picking time is here at Te -Em farms near Bayfield. People were out collec- ting the sweet, fresh berries on Saturday. Among the first pickers of the season were Lucy Morrow and her two children Adrienne, 4, and Patrick, 2. The Morrows have a sum- mer home at Bayfield's Houston Heights. (Shelley McPhee-Haist photo) Anniversary held Sunday The Rev. Victor Cornish will be the speaker on June 22 when the Bayfield Baptist Church will observe its Anniversary. The Son- nenbergs, fromWaterloo will be singing that morning for the congregation. Doug and Sharon Sinnamon had a big celebration this week, when their friends sur- prised them with a party in honor of Sharon's birthday, their 20th wedding anniversary and a house warming for their new home. Surely a memorable occasion. Monday, June 23rd, the boys of the Squirts Baseball team will be playing the Goderich team in Bayfield. Dawna Westlake, chairman of the Arthritis Society has placed the jars for your donations to research on this too prevalent affliction, in the stores. Unfortunately that Lloyd Huffman found it necessary to resign from council due to ill health. However, the village is most fortunate to have Pat Muratori taking his place on coun- • cil to fill the vacancy. Pat has spent her summers in Bayfield since she was a baby. She understands what it is that makes Bayfield the charming place it is, in which to live. She will be an intelligent voice in maintaining the kind of life style this village enjoys. Your opportunity to bid "au revoir” to the Murray family is this Sunday at the coffee hour following the church service at St. An- drew's United Church. The congregation will meet at 10 a.m. during the summer months. The committee arranging the Antique Fair, sponsored by Trinity Anglican Church on the 8th, 9th and 10th of August, have a full roster of first class vendors and are sorry to have to refuse space to anymore dealers. Our sympathy is extended to Esther Makins and Freida Scotchmer in the loss of their nephew - Chester Neil who resided with his wife in Egmondville. alk shows off Bayfield )3y Helen Owen BAYFIEI,,D - At their meeting on June 9, the Bayfield'Garden Club gathered for a stroll down Mara Street. It was a wonderful oppor- tunity for members :to see for themselves • what has been done to protect this area and maintain it as a wild flower sanctuary. Dorothy Horley explained that following the formation of the garden club on the initiative of Doris Hunter in 1979, she passed on a sug- gestion of her son's that it would be a good idea to encourage the growth of wild flowers along this delightful shady walkway down to the harbor. Jack Willoek devised the original plan for the project. The implementation required the formation of working parties to clear some areas and clean up others - they were heavy and demanding tasks requiring much physical effort and back -breaking labor. The next stage was the introduction of new plants, some of which were supplied by memberd while others were collected by en- thusiaSts and transplanted. The rustic fenc- ing at the entrance was undertaken by two of the ladies in the first instance, and subse- quently extended with the expertise of Brigadier Fred Clift. In the summer of 1981, considerable planting was accomplished, but the following years brought disappointment ' and the loss of some species due to work on drainage and placement of telephone cables. However, despite the damage and destruction which ensued the,garden club stalwarts per- sisted undaunted, as was evident from the long list of plants which have been introduced. Before starting on the walk, Leci°a McAlister explained that the original concept had now been amended on the recommendation of the executive as it was felt that it was becoming more and more difficult to provide the necessary labor. It was now proposed to in- troduce perennials and spring flowers to enhance the walkway, one with which purists might disagree, and yet one whichseemed practicable under the circumstances;Stroll- ing down the pathway the more knowledgable members identified the various plants' and Mrs. McAlister and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Du Boulay were on hand to -point out lesser known varieties., At the conclusion of the walk, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Willock hosted a social hour in the garden of their home. During the course of this gathering, president Harold Beakhust an- nounced that tlfree replacement sugar maples had been planted on Clan Gregor Square by the club. A memorial tree for the late Monsignor Bourdeau, donated by friends was now in place outside the Church of the English Martyrs. Another tree also donated in memory of the late Canon Paull would be planted in the spring outside Trinity Anglican Church, and this copper beech was on order. Calendar of Events July 5, 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. annual garden • Turn to page 15 MARINE CONTRACTORS LAKEFRONT EROSION CONTROL Steel Wells, Pilings, Groynes SERVING GRAND BEND BAYFIELD - GODERICH & AREA (519) 565-2149 7 Days a Week 6 ��DER1CH RACEWAY Summer Meet Opens •New Computerized Tote Board •VVin,'Place, Show, Feature Wagering • pecial Occasion Permit •l0 Races Nightly , •+ioh%'Horse Players Club (Ileeelve Mystery Prize & Coupons)