The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-05-06, Page 21District horticultural
societies hoid annual
meeting in Hanover
Nineteen Horticultural
Societies in District 8 met for
their annual meeting
Saturday, April 25 at the
James A. McGee Public
School in Hanover. The
president, Mrs. Maisie Bray
of Lion's Head, was in
charge.
Registration was in the
charge of the Hanover Socie-
ty with Mrs. Muriel Klie as
convener. Flower corsages
were presented to the 137
delegates and members
when they registered.
Mrs. • Bray. welcomed all
and civic welcome was given
,by Mayor Al Fisher of
Hanover and also by Mrs.
Martha Jackson, president
of the Hanover Society.
The guest speaker, Peter
Van Tuyl of Agri -Park near
Kincardine gave a very in-
formative address on his
work with the greenhouse
which covers an acre of land
in Bruce County. He was a
graduate of a horticulture
school in Holland and came
to Canada in 1948. in 1979, he
moved to the Kincardine
area.
IJP. Van Tuyl told about
his tomato and cucumber
crops which he grows under
glass. He explained about
the importance of fertilizer
and when to use it to provide
a good root system for small
plants. He stated that he has
tried about 14 varieties of
tomatoes and will keep on
trying to get the right varie-
ty for the climate here. He
also told about the diseases
of plants and how to combat
them.
He answered all questions
and invited all to tour his
greenhouse at some time.
Ed Fielding of Wingham
thanked Mr. Van Tuyl for his
presentation of "Vegetables
- How to Grow Them and
Fight the Diseases that
Strike Them."
Mrs. Effie Stephenson of
Seaforth thanked the
caterers for their dinner and
the afternoon session was
started by introducing
guests including Russel
Gomme of the Ontario Hor-
ticultural Association and
Directors from Districts 16,
18 and 7. All brought
greetings to District 8.
Mr. Gomme announced
. that the annual meeting of
the Ontario Horticultural
Society would be held at
Niagara Falls June 17, 18
and 19 and urged all societies
to send delegates for this
75th anniversary. He stated
that those who had donated
to the tornado fund last fall
would be pleased to know
that trees had been planted
near 'Watford and they had
plans to plant trees on
church properties, at com-
munity halls and near other
public buildings. Another
project of planting trees at
Milton will be started this
fall.
Miss Helen Arkell of
Teeswater conducted an In
Memoriam service for those
who had finished their work
on earth and thanked them
for their work while on ear-
th.
Mrs. Bray gave her direc-
tor's report and stated that
she wished Arbour Day'
would be re -instated in
schools so children would be
made aware of the beauty of
nature. She stated that there
was .an increase of 100 in
'membership in District 8
during the past year and said
she would like to see each
Society give a short report of
their work at the next annual
meeting.
Mrs. Frances Gillies of
° Ripley was honoured when
she was presented with a
District Service Award. She
is a charter member of the
Ripley Society for the past 53
years. ' A District Service
Award was also presented to
Mrs. Iris Morrey of
Wingham.
Mrs. Bray welcomed the
new Kincardine Society and
presented Mrs. Frank Tren-
dill with a new gavel. New
gavels were also presented
to the presidents of all
societies - Auburn, Blyth,
Bayfield, Brussels, Chesley,
Clinton, Durham, Eastnor,
Goderich, Hanover, Kincar-
dine, Lucknow, Markdale,
Owen Sound, Ripley, Seafor-
th, Tara, Teeswater and
Wingham.
Bryce Japp of Brigden, se-
cond vice-president of OHA
'brought greetings to the
District and urged everyone
to get young people involved
and, on the occasion of the
75th anniversary, asked all
to plant a tree.
The minutes were read by
the secretary, Mrs. Iris Mor-
rey and adopted as read. The
financial statement was ac-
cepted as given by Gordon
Baxter of Wingham.
Roy Bennett of Wingham
showed the winning slides
that had been entered in
competition and announced
the list for competition next
year. The new convener for
competition will be
Clarence Lange off Chesley.
Mr. Japp presided for the
election of officers. They are
as follows: director, Mrs.
Maisie Bray, Lion's Head;
assistant director, Roy Ben-
nett, Wingham and Mrs.
Ruby Lobban, Owen Sound;
treasurer, Gordon Baxter,
Wingham; secretary, Mrs.
Iris Morrey, Wingham;
auditors, Mrs. Roy Bennett
and W. E. Fielding, both of
Wingham; directors, Mrs.
Nicky Hildebrand, Flesher -
ton, David McDuff,
Hanover; Mrs. Anna
Koehler, • Durham, Mrs.
Marion McCharles, Ripley,
Mrs. Joan Threndyl, Kincar-
dine, Miss Helen Arkell,
Teeswater, Mrs. Eleanor
Bradnock, Auburn, Mrs. Ef-
fie Stephenson, Seaforth and
Mrs. Viola Haines, Blyth.
The draws for the door
prizes were in the charge of
the Hanover Society with
David McDuff as convener.
Courtesies were expressed
to the Hanover Society by
Mrs.Eleanor Bradnock,
Auburn.
An invitation to hold the
1982 annual meeting at,
Markdale was extended to
the convention.
Wooden Shoe festival held
in Clinton is first of its kind
Wooden, shoes will click,
tulips will bloom and wind-
mills will turn as Clinton
stages its first annual
Klompen Feast, or wooden
shoe festival, on, May 22 and
23.
Celebrating Ontario's
Dutch heritage, the event
will be the first of its kind in
Southwestern Ontario, and is
bound to become" an annual
event in Clinton for years to
come. This year, the
celebration kicks off on Fri-
day, May 22 and the main at-
tractions
ttractions and festivities will
be in full swing on Saturday,
May 23.
Clinton's main street will
be attractively decorated in
the Dutch theme, with whirl-
ing windmills and colorful
barrels of fresh tulips. Many
of the merchants will be
wearing traditional
costumes of the
Netherlands, complete with
handmade wooden shoes,
specially imported from
Holland for the event.
Hundreds of wooden shoes
will be available for sale at
Klompen Feest, and 20
booths selling Dutch crafts
and artwork, luscious, dark
chocolate and rich imported
cheeses will be set up along
Clinton's main street. Like
the authentic festivals held
in Holland, Clinton's unique
version promises to be lively
• and on Friday night, people
will be dancing in the streets
when the Tyroler Brass of
Kitchener entertains.
The booths will open again
on Saturday and a two-hour
parade will start things off at
1 p.m., followed by the of-
ficial opening of the Feest by
the Vice -Consul of the
Netherlands,' Dr. H.
Heeneman of . London. More
than seven bands are
scheduled to appear in the
parade, including the
famous 110 member . Dutch
Cadet Band from Ki'tchener-
Waterloo.
Saturday will also feature
traditional Klompen dancing
in the streets, with the 40 -
member Dykehopper group
providing the music, and if
all that dancing makes peo-
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ple hungry, they can satisfy
their appetites at a giant
chicken barbecue which
starts at 5 p.m. with two
more sittings at 6 p.m. and 7
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Tickets are available for
Saturday's dinner, and all
other events are free of
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Klompen Feest buttons
which, sell for $1 at all Clin-
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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1981—PAGE 3A
Canoe race lures 50 entries
By Jim Fitzgerald
The fifth annual Clinton
Kinsmen canoe race down
the Maitland River from
Auburn to Holmesville held
April 254as hurt slightly by
the opening of trout season
and false belief that the river
was low.
Sunny weather did lure out
over 50 entries in the 10
classes, and the $800 raised
from the canoe race and the
raffle will be all turned over
to cystic . fibrosis research,
says event chairman John
Kassies.
In the men's expert class,
the Julen and Rene
Boogemans team of Hensall
were firs down the course in
slighly o�e r 100 minutes to
take home the Kinsmen club -
of Clinton trophy. They were
followed by Julius Lang -
Peter and Sid Strange, and
Neal Thomas and Alastair
Baird.
In the men's advanced
class, the John Courtney
John Henderson. team
paddled their way to the first
place prize from Clinton
Chrysler, while Pete Black
and Roger Harbocian won
the Clinton Auto Parts
trophy for second, and Gary
Hawkins and Bill Maclntosh
were third.
Wayne Nelson and Steve
Robert.were first across the
finish line in the men's
amateur class, and won the
Fleming's Feed Mill trophy.
Following them were the
teams of Ray Kettlewell and
Bob Ramsay and Steve
Jones and Brad Morgan.
In the kayak class, Terry
Chappell glided home first to
win the Bank ' of Montreal
trophy, followed by Ron
Long, who received the
Campbell's Men's Wear
trophy, and Keven Morwood,
third.
Don Craig and Cathy
Armstrong paddled their
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