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The Huron Expositor, 1988-06-22, Page 44A .— THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 22, 1988 All Deposita In.ured Within LIm11.. Rete° 8ubleol To VorIllo Wlon. fojilR 'O�BANNUALjCOMPOUND/T ANNUAL ,DAYS 30 TO 719 Serving Onlyrio since 19761vith 15 locations For your convenience "I,, MAPLE TREE DECLINE is becoming a bigger problem every year. The problem: ACID RAIN. The Lawn Master is equipped to tap and insert sup- plirnentary calcium to offset this problem. We are also equipped to tap with insecticide, an environmentally safe, carefree way of controlling insects. Fertilizer taps can make yellowing evergreens green again and help trees to grow. For all your Landscaping, Lawn and Garden needs call the professionals. {pt SEAFORTH, ONTARIO NOK 1 WO TELEPHONE 527-0910 Quality and Service Since 1906 KILN DRIED SPRUCE LUMBER 2x4-276 2 x 6 - 416 2 x 8 - 65C 2x10-966 2x12-61.29 lin ft. lin ft. lin ft. lin ft. lin ft. FIR PLYWOOD STD Select GIS 1/4 1745 5/16 1132 1392 3/8 1296 2052 1/2 1596 2645 5/8 2020 2400 3132 3/4 2440 3012. 3705 5/8 2020 T&G Local painter uses Huron -Bruce for subjects BY NEIL CORBETT People practise art for a variety of reasons, but June Godkin of RR 4 Walton, takes up the painter's brush because her husband Mervin is a fisherman. The Godkins spend their winters in Florida and at least twice a week Mr. Godkin goes fishing on a charter fishing boat leaving Mrs. Godkin to her own resources. That's when she puts her brushes and oil paints to work. Actually Mrs. Godkin first caught the painting bug when she was 16 -years -old. She talked her mother into letting her paint a picture using three different colors of house paint. The picture is of a horse on a scenic background, and it hung on the wall behind Mrs. Godkin's bedroom door for many years. Mrs. Godkin didn't take up the brush again until about Tour years ago, when she began to teach herself how to paint for a hobby. She watched a painting program on the educational channel in Florida, and read books on painting. The Godkins have farmed for 30 years near Seaforth, and Mrs. Godkin taught public school at Kinburn-Constance. Durmg the slack periods of farming -when crops were planted and during winter months- the Godkins liked to travel. "We've been from the west coast to the east coast of Canada, have gone to Europe a couple of times, Acapulco twice and to the Bahamas several times," says Mrs. Godkin. But 10 years ago they decided to buy a mobile home in Largo, Florida for the winter months. They spent a lot of time fishing, boating, and picking shells along the Florida beaches. Mrs. Godkin bought a book about shell creations, and eventually started to make her own originals. This creative bent continued, and as her husband began fishing often on the charter boat, she began learning to paint. Now Mrs. Godkin paints farms, houses, landscapes and animals for personal pleasure and for people who ask her to paint their property. And a lot of people do ask. She has sold over 60 paintings to friends, relatives, and just people who like her work. Only recently she made six different pain- tings of a family farm which her customer is giving to her six children, and she has another half dozen pictures on order now from different people who use the paintings as gifts for weddings and other occasions. One painting she calls "A Canadian Winter in the Country" has been popular, and she has repainted it 11 times for different customers. One of these pictures even found its way to Trinidad, when Dr. Rodney of Seaforth sent one to his father there. Mrs. Godkin tries to make her paintings as much of a bargain as possible for her customers. Maybe it's because she describes herself as "a cheapskate", but - she doesn't expect people to pay a lot of money for her work. "The way I look at it is if they're too high priced and I can't sell them I can't paint anymore. But if I put them where people can buy them I can cover my expenses." The price of a painting depends a lot on the type and size of frame Mrs. Godkin puts on it. She gets the price of the frame and other materials out of the painting, as well as about $10 to $15 for her time. She charges WEDDINGS more money ($50) for her time when she paints a specific house or farm for a customer, because there is more time involved. Her first job was in 1983, when a chiropractor in Lions Head asked her to try and paint the cliffs at Lions Head for his of- fice. She agreed to try the painting under the provision "if she doesn't turn out we'll burn her." But she turned out, and it likely still hangs in the office in Lions Head. Mrs. Godkin has done landscape paintings of locations across Huron and Bruce Coun- ties, Whiskey Harbour, Pike Bay, Purgatory Point and many of the farms in the area. One day she looked out all the win- dows of her home and sketched what she could see. Her sketch pad gets more work than her canvasses. For each painting she does she sketches the picture about five times to get a feel for it first, but she never puts pencil marks on her canvass. "That's cheating. There's no challenge that way," she explains. "If you're going to draw on the canvass first you might as well do paint by numbers." Most of her work so far is of landscapes or farms, although she has done a couple sket- ches of her cat and one of an eagle. But Mrs. Godkin hopes to expand into painting people in the future. "One day I'm going to do portraits," she says, and adds "but so far I've only done the portrait of a cat." Portraits will come later, but in the mean- time she will be kept busy with the six pain- tings she still has to do. One year ago she was so busy painting that people who wanted two pictures could only be accom- modated with one. She hopes to get caught up soon. "For now I'll just keep doing what I do because people kind of like it." JUNE GODKIN and her most popular pain- ting. She has done this picture "A Cana- dian Winter in the Country" eleven times for different buyers. Corbett photo. LOCAL ARTIST June Godkin of RR 4 Walton sets her pictures on display as she,hetd an art show in her home recently. Mrs. Godkin has been painting for the past four years and has lately been selling her pictures -particularly to people who want their farms or houses painted. Corbett photo, J. PRESSURE TREATED LUMBER up to 16' 1 x6-356 2x4-436 2x6-686 2x8-926 2x10-$1.22 2x12-$1.70 4x4-826 4x6-$1.25 6x6-$1.98 lin ft. lin ft. lin ft. lin ft. lin ft. lin ft. lin ft. lin ft. lin ft. ASPHALT SHINGLES 210 Ib. $1188 bdl 235 lb. 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Maid of honor was Colleen Glousher of Blyth and bridesmaids were Patty Knox of Wingham and Shirley Brugger of Seaforth. Flower girl was Denise Knox of Wingham. Best man was Kevin Draper of Fergus and guests were ushered by Dennis Knox of Wingham and Ken Thornton of Stratford. Ringbearer was Jason Brugger of Seaforth. Robert Palin of Seaforth was organist. A reception was held at the Seaforth Legion Hall. The couple will reside in Stratford. MCGREGOR-DALRYMPLE Barbara Anne McGregor and Rick Laverne Dalrymple were married in a dou- ble ring ceremony Saturday, June 11, 1988 at Hensall United Church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doug McGregor of RR 2 Kippen, and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dalrymple of Egmond- ville. Maid of honor was Laura Collins of RR 2 Kippen and bridesmaids were Donna Smith of Mitchell, Carol Scott of Staffa and Judy Dalrymple of Goderich. Flower girls were Krystal Thompson of RR1 Brucefield and Amanda Curtis of Seaforth. Best man was Kirby Deller of London and guests were ushered by Brad Smith of Mitchell, Ron Thompson of RBI Brucefield and Brian McGregor of Kippen. Organist was Mary Moffatt and soloists were Lori and Lisa Strong. After a wedding trip to Jamaica the couple will reside in Brucefield. Phillips - Campbell photo. Forage testing services help local farmers From June 30 to September 2, Ontario livestock producers can take advantage of a feed sample service, offered for the first time last summer. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, through the Summer Experience '88 program, has hired eight students to sample feeds on farms this summer. You may contact Forage Crop Tester, Jim Wright, at the Huron County OMAF Office, Clinton. He will assist farmers in Huron and Perth Counties. Jim has completed eight 4-H projects, attends Goderich District Col- legiate Institute and lives on the famiy farm near Dungannon. The students will take samples and ex- plain the procedure to the farmer, fill out lab submission forms and forward feed samples to Agri -Food Laboratories in Guelph. The farm visit is free of charge. Farmers enrolled in the Red Meat Plan or the Ontario Pork Industry Improvement Plan may use their vouchers for two free analyses; others pay the lab's going rate. Wrong graduate An article that appeared two weeks ago in The Huron Expositor, inadvertently stated that Molly Reeves had been a part of the Egmondville United Church's confirmation class. In actual fact it was Holly Reeves who was a part of that class. Our apologies for any inconvenience or embarrassment that might have resulted from this error. g95 BOB & BETTY'S Raehollietek VARIETY & GIFTS DEALER A.S.C. Main Street, Seaforth OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK AND EVENINGS THE HOSPITAL WOMEN'S AUXILIARY held its June dinner at the Legion recently, with Ann Lake of Transplant International as the guest speaker. Ms. Lake, who is the Executive Coordinator 6f the Canadian division on Transplant International spoke about the neeu Iut utydu uunurs, anu wnat can be acnieveo tnrough organ transplants today, Janice Leonhardt, Geraldine Wilson, Frances Teetero, Marg Smale and Linda Huard were the head table guests at the dinner, who are shown listening to Ms. Lake's presentation. Corbett photo.