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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGrand Bend Holiday, 1964-07-31, Page 1More sun tans per square inch than any other beach in Ontario. That could possibly be true. Perfect beach weather in July encouraged many to visit the beach at Grand Bend. Oakwood Park Swim Meet Winners of the Oakwood Park swim meet on June 28 are: Crawls, 25 yards, ju- Bazaar At United Church Although the T. W. S. (Those Who Serve) group at Grand Bend United Church has been dissolved in favour of the United Church Women, the girls of the Evening Unit are still working diligently. Right now, they are eager- ly preparing for the annual bazaar which is the highlight of each years activities. President Mrs. William Sturdevant reports that com- mittees are formed and busy fingers are turning out use- ful, novel items that will be converted into cash for this missionary and service group. One of the specialty items each year is the presentation of hand-crafted driftwood decorative pieces. Mrs. A; E. Holly whose husband was the minister at Grand Bend United Church for several years instructed the ladies in the fine art of designing driftwood articles. Even though Rev. and Mrs. Holly are now in Kitchener, there are several girls within the unit who continue to special- ize in this work. The driftwood is authen- tically Grand Bend, coming from the nets of local fisher- men where it is trapped when the nets are lowered in Lake Huron. It is polished and de- corated to make delicate conversation pieces for the home. Other regular features are the bake table, the fishpond, the novelty table, the farm produce booth, the apron table and the candy booth. "Naturally, the food table is the whoosh, whoosh one", says Mrs. Sturdevant, "It really clears fast." niors, Jane Wainwright, Roseanne Ivy, Gordon O'- Dell; intermediate,Lynn Smith, Mary Lou Hayman, Vicki James, Jennifer Ivy; senior, Jake Nunn, Mary Harri s, James Barth; 15 yards, Carrie Ballantyne, John Kechnie, Richard Rokas. Swim for distance, Colin Smith, Cathy Rivers, Susan Ivy, Catherine McKenzie; float and kick distance, Mi- chael Smith; 25 yards, ele- mentary back, senior, Peggy Nunn, J. Nunn, M. Harris; Real Strange Goings On A "Pocket -novel -picker" is at work in Grand Bend, but this is not an ordinary pocket -novel -p icke r, this person is seemingly an as- tute student of rare books. A week or so ago, a volume entitled, "Memories of Heckate County" now out of print, was reported missing from a beach bench. This week a copy of the contro- versial novel "Tropic of Cancer" mysteriously dis- appeared from a bench in a backyard on Highway 21 South. People pondering pursuit of this pocket -novel -picker, be not confused with Peter Piper who picks pickled pep- pers unless you have reason to assume that Peter Piper's picky pinkies are picking pocket novels perchance. STOP Lights Are Working No more confusion at the intersection of Highways 81 and 21 at Grand Bend. There are stop lights now— in- stalled and operating. Combined with the 4 lanes on Hwy 21 and 3 lanes on Hwy 81, traffic sorts itself out easily. int., Vicki James, L. Smith, J. Ivy; jur., Roseanne Ivy, J. Wainwright, G. O'Dell; 15 yards, Co Ballantyne, J. Kechnie, George Jackson, Jeffery Smith; swim for dis- tance, back, C. Rivers, Ca- thy McKenzie, Colin Smith. Relay team, David Har- wood, Jake Nunn, Jim Barth, William Barth. SWIM TESTS Oakwood swimming stu- dents passed Red Cross Swimming Tests in Centra- lia recently. Bronze Medal- lion, Debbie Cram, Kathy Smith; intermediate life sav- ing, Debbie Wainwright; ele- mentary life saving, Pattie Cram, Susan Letts, Randy Keene, Ricky James; senior J. Nunn, M. Barth, G, Rivers; intermediate, Lynn Smith; junior, Rosyln Ivy, Brian Rivers, Janie Wainwright, Grass Fire at Davidson's Burning garbage is blam- ed for Thursday's grass fire at the premises of Mrs. Wo Davidson, owner of David - son's Turkey Bar and Truck stop, south of the Bend on Highway 21. "I was resting when the fire was noticed," said Mrs. Jenny Tiedeman, a friend who is staying with Mrs. Davidson. "Mrs. Davidson phoned the Fire Depart- ments." A north-west wind whip- ped the flames away from buildings and no property damage occurred. Both Thedford and Grand Bend departments answered the alarm. Mrs. Davidson has just returned home from hos- pital after suffering a heart attack two weeks ago. Her husband passed away about six weeks ago. The same area burned over about two years ago. C of C House Numbering By next summer the houses in Grand Bend may well be all numbered, and then you won't have so much trouble telling friends and tradesmen where your house Is The Chamber of Com- merce is trying to raise money to pay for the map- ping, and general plan for the house numbers, and also for putting them on the houses and business places. Cost is in the neighborhood of $2 per set of numbers. To be sure of having enough money to finish the job, the Chamber is hoping to raise about $700 in cash first, before they go ahead. Numbering will 1 ik e 1 y be completed this fall, Names of those who have already contributed are as follows: Rev. Clinton A. Brittain 3,00 William Sturdevant 10.00 Mr, L. Bariteau „ . 2.00 Miss M. Cook — . 2.00 Mrs. Markle — . 1.50 Mrs, Caeter . . „ Mrs. William Beer .. Peter Eisenbach Mr, 0, N, Baker Father Feeney . Miss M„ Hewitt . Mr. Lloyd Ginn..... Mrs. Felix Ostrowski William Reycraft Grand Bend HOLIDAY Clarence Looby. Murray . . Murray A. DesJardins 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 2.00 1.50 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Total 40.00 Centennial IDEA For The Village With cities, towns and vil- lages all over Canada trying to select a Centennial pro- ject that would be unique and at the same time practical, a suggestion put forth by one of our own Grand Bend peo- ple fills the bill. The suggestion calls for a water tap poised above a n everlasting flame. This torch would burn brilliantly until water surging forth from a newly installed Grand Bend water system, would douse the flame forever° Letters have gone out to all people who live or own property in Grand Bend, as — Please turn to page 16 Free pee,..744,o,,,, Grand Bend Vol. 1 No. 8 on the bluewater route Canada's Happiest Vacation Land GRAND BEND, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1964 Watch Out! Don't want to strike a sour note, while you are enjoying yourself on the beach, but look around you. Lots of people here aren't there? Some one has been lifting money out of cars, and there is no way of knowing whether your car is the next on the list. Corporal Bob Fulton of the OPP detachment here, advises checking items of value at the bath house on the north beach. Cost is only 25 cents, and it could be well spent, There have been six thefts reported so far this summer —one of them was of $170 lifted from a glove compart- ment which the owner thought was locked. Juniors Win Grand Bend Junior soft- ball team has racked up a couple of wins, from Ailsa Craig 6-3 and on Wednes- day night, from Thedford, 19-4. Lineup for the first game was: G. Vincent, C; G. Ham- ilton lb, (1); J. Payne, rf, (1); S, Lovie, 3b, (1); P. Snyder, lb, Charles Klopp, SS; R. Crown, 2b, (1); J. "Bud" Desjardine, lf, (2); H. DeJong, p. July 29 line-up, a, Vin- cent, c (1); G, Hamilton, if (3); J. Payne, rf (1); S. Lovie, cf (5); P. Snyder, lb (3); R. Crown, 2b (3); Charles Klopp, ss (2); G. Statham lb (1); H. DeJong, A. TAG DAY TO AID MINOR SPORTS A Tag Day in aid of minor sports is being staged this weekend, by members of the ball teams operating this year in the village. The boys will be wearing their ball team sweaters, they suggest you contribute to the cause. The village is quite proud of the young players. More than one championship in the softball league was brought home last summer. The best ball game of its class in a long time, was seen here Monday night, as the Grand Bend Peewees emerged victors 12 to 11 against a hard-hitting over- size team from Ailsa Craig. The winning run came in during the second inning of overtime play. Well done, Jimmy Ho- garth! Jim, the coach, has built a team from scratch this season, into a fighting unit Grand Bend is proud of. He has a fine sense of good sportsmanship, combined with a thorough knowledge of softball and has instilled this In his young charges. They came off the mat in the sixth inning when they were beaten, 11-5, to a tie game in the final inning, and forced two additional innings arid the well-earned win. Ken Freebairn turned a single hit into three bases, with clever footwork, and was sent to home plate by Bob Lovie's well placed single, ending the play at 12- 11 for the home team. The combination of Kyle Harrison pitching and Brian Bestard catching, has the Grand Bend fans buzzing. Bill Pugh as power -house and Jack Stanl ak s fleet foot, combine as a fielding unit second to none in the league. Scott Jackson "guards the door" at first base and does it well, with Johnny Guenther backing the play on second base. For re- serves there are Jennison and more Jennisons. Play-offs are coming up, and it looks good for the Bend to be right in there. The play-off schedule will be announced in this paper as soon as available. GRAND BEND—Jack Stanlake, if, Brian Bestard, c, (3), Bill Pugh, cf, (2), Scott Jackson, lb, (2), Ken Freebairn, ss, (2), Bob Lo - vie, 3b, (l), Kyle Harrison, p, (1), John Guenther, 2b, (1), Bill Jennison, rf. AILS A CRAIG — M. L and- erkin, c, (1), W. Ropp, p, (1), S. Graham, lb, (1), John Ross, 2h, (2), W. Tweedle, 3h, (2), R. Thompson, if, (1), M. Dorman, ss, (1),Hea- man, cf, (2), W. Maguire, rf. 2750 Club" Enlarged Six persons were charged with being "found ins" after Police raided two cottages in Grand Bend Saturday night. Those entering into full paidup membership in the "2750" Club are Larry Boyd, Paul Draper, Clinton; Ernest Morenz, Clinton; David Robertson, Stratford; William Shaddick, Grand Bend and Hendrick Wester- hout, Londesboro. Also paying "Club dues" of $25 and costs for drink- ing while a minor were E ward W. Alway and William Doyle, Sarnia; Paul Golds- worthy, Clinton; William Hogarth, Goderich; Douglas Johnston, Stratford; John Lane, Pinery; Barry Logan, Belgrave and Clifford Logan, Belgrave, Fines of $50 and costs for drinking while a minor were levied against Kenneth Bell, London; Harold Telfer and John Thibault, Scotland and E ric Whitmarsh, RR 2 Dres- den. Ronald Watson, Parkhill and Donald Richards were fined $50 and costs for sec- ond offences on this charge. Charged with having liquor in a place other than their residence and fined $25 and costs were Martin Beales, Comox, B.Co; Edward Davis, Scotland; Gerald Dockeray, Sarnia; Joseph Freake, Tor- onto; Robert Nantais, Wind- sor; Wayne Piccin, Detroit; Forbes Robertson, St. Clair Shores; Ernest Simpson, RR 3 Cottam; Kent Stephens, Essex; Patrick Taylor, Stratford; Garry Uttley,Kit- chener and Hendrick Wes- terhout, Londesboro. Drunk charges and fines of $25 and costs were taken by John Crinklaw, London; Waldo Horn, Exeter; George Kotsopoulos, Toronto; Qinn Statton, Grand Bend; Everett —Piease turn to page 16 Peewees Win Grand Bend Peewees con- tinued their winning streak whipping Thedford Peewees 16-8 at a game in Grand Bend on July 24. Thedford led Grand Bend 4-0 at the end of the first Inning, but Grand Bend came back in the second with 6 runs to take the lead and hold it. GRAND BEND—Jack Stanlake, if, (3), Brian Bes- tard, c, (1), Bill Pugh, cf, Scott Jackson, lb, (1), Ken Freebairn, ss, (3), Bob Lo - vie, 3h, (3), Kyle Harrison, p, (2), John Guenther, 2h, (3), Allen Gill, rf, (1). THEDFORD — M. Donald, (1), Bo Willert, (2), J. Moloy, Co Bearss, (1), P. Thayer, (2), Ed. Moloy, (1), J. Mac- Donald, (1), T. Carrothers, R. Frayne, The Hon. John Diefenbaker was guest at a PC barbecue in Petrolia Wednesday. Grand Bend's Reeve Stewart Webb was among hundreds who attended.