The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutGrand Bend Holiday, 1966-08-11, Page 10From My Window By SHIRLEY KELLER All Within One Holiday Ever notice haw meny truly descriptive words ere contained within the one word 'holiday'? Put in sequence, they tell the whole story. "load" - At least once ench yeer, people get the feeling their load is get- ting too heavy. Dny-to- day living mny not be ex- citing, but it sure is exhausting. Just when you are certain you can beer it no longer,holiday time rolls round ...then it's another kind of a load, the type you peck in bnps end suitcases end boxes to transfer on, in, around, through, over end even under your car. "day" - Usuelly some- thing you would just as soon not face, a day on vacation is something to Visit Eisenbach's Museum This is the big house nt the Eisenhnch Mus- eum, where the mein entrance is - the office, the guest book, and the intriguing country store, where entiques nestle close to modern merchnndise, and it's fun to browse end to buy. Ruth Ann prepnres to Pnter this bending, ne n stert to on intriguing efternoon torn- of the whele meePem. Yoe'll find plenty to see - errenged in en interesting wny, so thnt you cen imegine just how people used to live when the country wns new. Don't miss the Nary -Ellen Chepel. Here in n minieture church ynu'll find strnight wooden pews from n locel place of worship; oil lamps in well breckets; n beantifully carved orgen, which is used in services held there; and meny ancient Bibles, religious relics of meny kinds, rind nn atmosphere of peace end ndoretion. Eisenbach Museum I Mary -Ellen Memorial Chapel Ye Olde Countrye Store Open Daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. O Sundays 1:30 to 8 p.m. Grand Bend Erl Highway 21 — 1Y2 Blocks North of Lights "El Anstett Jewellers Ltd. English China — Gifts Direct Importers of Diamonds tXPERT WATCH REPAIR Blue Mountain Pottery !Clinton - Walkerton - Seaforth take the family out to dinner We Specialize in Steaks, Chicken, Fish Open Daily 12 noon -1:30; 5-7:30 p.m. Sundays 37:30 P.M. Fully Licenced Under the L.C.B.O. ii Domnon Hotel Your Hosts — Marg and Ross Johnston On Highway 84, four miles east of Highway 21 Main Corner DIAL 236-4371 — ZURICH Pbtge 10 Grand Bend Holiday August 11,1966 cherish. If you are for- tunate, you will have anywhere from one to eight weeks of days to fill with sightseeing, swimming, boetingoicnic- ing,visitingounning.dri- ving,golfing - the list is endless. There ere four types of holidnys. "ley" - If you are the lazy vecationer, you pre- fer to rest. In bed until noon, reclined until ev- ening, relaxed until bed- time, a "ley" holiday is often the best holiday.., the first choice of the aged and the not-so-nged who helve the good sense to use n vacation as it was intended to be used. "lid" - A "lid" holi- day is designed especial- ly for bnchelors. Named for its relationship to the phrase "blow the lid off", this type of \ment- ion includes hitting every bar and socinl spot in town; flirting with every gel in the place; meking merry at the most disrespectful hours; end generally racing your motor in ft quiet zone, "lad" - On the other hand (and the very thing that makes "lid" holidays so popular) there are the "lad" holidays, appealling strictly to the ladies. "Lad" holidays require a swinging werdrobe, crazy hairdo, one room et n hotel near the beech, plenty of sunshine, end a full moon every evening ...oh yes, and an assort- ment of lads. Relatively inexpensive if you play your cards right, "led" holidays often result in n more permsnent arrenge- ment... ...end from then on, it's "nid" holidays. "Aid" holidays are the worst kind...and they fall to the folks who need n vneation the most. An "eii" holidey is so celled becnuse of its components ...finenciel aid, lemon ede, children's aid end first aid. Every genuine "nii" holiday has e smell or, 'Aide in enr,ying eientities, n gisnt dog, n cempstove, nmep-reeding nervous navigntor who used to be mother and e flnt hreke lunatic pilot who resembles fether. "had" - This is whet you've got when you re- turn . P "had" feeling. Good or bed, vacation is over erd you ere sorry to see it end. "hold" - This is at you do for the next 12 months - hold on to the memories of your vecetion and to the hope of an- other to come. "holy" - This is %fiat holidays hive become - a holy, even sacred time more beloved to some than anything else in life. People live for veeetion, save for it, plan for it, bow down to it...,iust one more symptom of -In ent society in seerc ef pPtIcee Little's RIDING STABLES block north of stoplights on Hwy 21 Grand Bend • \X"e just had our first fight, Mom, and guess who's a sucker for a left hcok!“ Unique Community **continued from page 4 on Highway 81. All of these places of worship operate the yeer round. And Other General? A year round populat- ion of 668,for three mon- ths in the year houses a big town of 5,000 and en- tertains, feeds and ser- ves a small city of 20,000 in the summer. Tourism promotion: The Grand Bend and Area Cham- ber of Commerce is a mem- ber of both Sarnia -Lamb - ton Tourist Council and the Mid -Western Tourist Council which covers Hur- on, Perth. Oxford and Wellington counties. Unemployment Insurance, and employment service is obtained at Goderich. the Huron County seat, Anti -rabies for pets were provided by the Health of Animals branch based in Seaforth, which is part of Huron County. London Free Press ships in their 3 -star edition carrying news of Huron County on its district pRge - and one has to live far south in Leaton in order to get news of happenings at the county buildings where Grand Bend tax money is spent. Sarnia Observer is an afternoon daily, which can arrive only a day late. Though politicelly the village is connected with Sarnia end other southern points - there is no north -south communications eesily available.Yearround bus service, mail, deliv- ery trucks etc, are all connected vie Exeter and or London to the outside Scouts and Cubs orgen- izetion is in the Huron Dietrict, Women's Institute is part of South Huron Dist- rict. GB Brench 496 of the Royal Canadian Legion is in Zone A stretching east to Parkhill and south to Windsor. GB Lions Club is in the Zone which is north of here end in Huron County basicly, Magistrate's Court **continued from page 7 cnusing unnecessary noise were $15 each; for fail- ing to report an accident $25 and for :irking e false statement to the OPP, $25. Convictions on other liquor charges resulted in $450 in fines. These were for minors drinking Red for persons having liquor in a place other than their residence. In the last few weeks of August, thousands of families will be return- ing home. Avoid the last minute rush. Leave your campsite or cottage early and avoid unnecessary RC- cidemts because of speed. the pot shop vaughn stewart potter 109 cabin behind the supertest on morenz lane original hand thrown pottery Shop in Air Conditioned Comfort Mel and Olive's VARIETY STORE Opposite the Bank of Montreal MAIN STREET, GRAND BEND IFyou like music you'll LOVE the Fisher t 4 tivi-0 • N.1 - L H. Turnbull & Son Ltd. CEMENT BLOCKS — GRAVEL DRAINAGE AND EXCAVATING 138-2006 INN! 411•=1•11, GRAND BEND Dawn Restaurant Family Dinners Home Meade Pies Like %other Mede 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Licenced Tavern MAIN STREET, GRAND BEND Ethers Beauty Salon For Personal i zed Hairstyling Phone: 238-2412 Grand Bend Monday to Saturday 9 nm to 6 pm Evenings, Tues.,Thurs.,Friday 4,:vauxtowammumataaamam===aae=mgammoa For Health's Sake ROLLER SKATE •.1111•11111111111111, Wonder Grove ROLLER RINK HOURS OF SKATING Children and Adults — 2-5, 6-8 Adults Only - 8-11 every weekend Main Street, Grand Bend LUNCH BAR — Hat Dogs Hamburgers and Milkshakes