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Brenda Radford
Special to the News Record
In 1960, well-known
songwriters Henry Mancini
and Johnny Mercer were
assigned to write music for
the movie "Breakfast at Tif-
fany's". Their major chal-
lenge involved writing a
song for Audrey Hepburn,
for those who have enjoyed
this classic realize Audrey
was never cut out to be a
music performer. It seems
her vocal range was very
limited. Her solo needed to
be easy for her to sing and
still move the plot for-
ward. Her rendition of
"Moon River" nearly got
cut from the film but for the
insistence of director Blake
Edwards.
And "Moon River" was
nominated for an Oscar.
Has anyone else noticed
there seems to be more
dragonflies around this
year than normal? I drove
through a cloud of them
coming home from Clinton
recently and they were all
about when I cut grass
on the weekend. Perhaps
like last fall's influx of lady-
bugs, the dragonflies are
at the top of a cycle.
So often we go from cold
straight to summer heat
without much spring-like
weather. This year again the
heat came in like gang-
busters. If we have to miss
the gradual warming,
couldn't we also miss the
dandelions? We have come
through the period of yel-
low flowers and white
blooms but it may take a
cut or two to rid the lawns
of the ugly stems and sticks.
And the farmers have
taken another hit. They
have been advised to not
aggressively spray for dan-
delions as they are essential
to the production of honey.
On Sunday, June 5, the
entire community is invited
to Londesborough United
Church's Outdoor Service.
The community ball park is
the location of the event at
the regular service time of
11:00 a.m. The worship
time will be followed by a
free barbeque, activities for
the children and a ball
game for older attendees.
The official board of
Londesborough United will
meet on Tuesday, June 7
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
It seems to be the week-
end of anniversary celebra-
tions. Saturday evening,
May 28, the Blyth Festival
Singers celebrated 35 years
of making music holding
their annual Cabaret at the
Varna Complex. Sunday
afternoon we watched the
100th running of the Indi-
annapolis 500. And a rookie
won for the first time in the
race's history.
Also on Sunday after-
noon the Londesborough
Lions Club held their 10th
annual Duck Race and, as
usual, all 500 ducks had a
sponsor. The heat may have
kept some spectators at
home. Low water levels
affected the speed of the
swimmers who had to be
encouraged at times to
keep going. All the monies
stayed local this year.
The club thanks Bev and
Helen Wallace for accom-
modating the duck race on
their corner again this year.
Londesborough United
Church held their post-
poned 36th Songfest on
Sunday, May 15. All enter-
tainers were warmly
received. This yearly event
is organized by Londesbor-
ough United's choir direc-
tor/organist Barb Bos-
man. Mark Mitchell
emceed the evening.
The opening act was "The
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Children's Glister Choir':
This is a new group of
young folk from the area
who are led by Suzanne
Mac Vicar of Auburn. Their
accomplished pianist is
Bailey Porter, a former stu-
dent of Suzanne's. These
well -disciplined young folk
sang with a lot of heart and
added some dance moves
as well. Their opening
number was "We're Going
to Make Music Tonight",
and they truly did.
"The Honey Sweethearts",
a returning group, feature
the members of the Dawe
family. Eight year old Ava is
the lead singer.
Mother and daughter
Shelley MacPhee-Haist and
Elizabeth Haist from Clin-
ton have a long background
in music and enjoy sharing
their talent with others and
singing together. They were
accompanied by Barb
Bosman.
An 'easy listening' quin-
tet "Country Serenade" is
a well-known area group
who demonstrated various
talents along with vocals.
This group includes John
MacDowell, Jim Flanni-
gan, Cal Gatsby and Jim
Scott; Elaine Scott offers
piano accompaniment.
Rounding out the program
was a duo from Londesbor-
ough United. Minister Terry
Fletcher has a rich musical
background and is an accom-
plished guitarist. Tom Pol-
lard shares his vocal talent as a
member of the senior choir.
They made wonderful music
together in numbers like
"Four strong Winds" and "If
You Could read My Mind; a
Gordon Lightfoot tune.
It was a most pleasant way
to spend a spring evening.
ET CETERA
Notice came recently of
the passing of Phyllis Potter.
Jack and Phyllis and Bob and
Ann Potter came to the vil-
lage a number of years ago
and lived side by side along
the highway south of the
main corner. Both brothers
have since passed away,
and Ann still resides in her
home. When Jack died, Phyl-
lis moved back to Toronto to
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thy is extended to Ann and
Phyllis' family and area
acquaintances.
LONDESBOROUGH UCW
Appropriate for the
month of May, "Mothers"
was the theme for the time
of meditation at the UCW
meeting on May 15th lead
by Joan Goodall, Margaret
Wright, Joan Howatt and
Brenda Konarski. The
Christ candle was lit as a
symbol of God's presence
at the meeting. A second
candle was lit to represent
Christ's light in mothers all
around the world.
In prayer God was
beseeched to give mothers
help and wisdom for the
task of being responsible
for raising the next genera-
tion and looking after His
creation.
The readings from Ephe-
sians 5: 25-33 and 6: 1-4
give instruction to family
members to respect each
other.
The reflection talked
about 'the life sentence'
mothers have. For they can
never truly let go of the
worry, concern and respon-
sibility for their children
through all the stages of
growing up and even when
they themselves become
parents. The joy and heart-
ache of motherhood is
theirs for a lifetime. But
mothers draw strength
from the knowledge that
God is always with them
offering His love and
wisdom.
A cute aside in the pro-
gram was offered: "Every-
one wants to save the earth
but nobody wants to help
Mom with the dishes."
A short business meeting
followed presided over by
President Helen Lobb. June
6 is UCW Camp Day this
year at Camp Bimini.
Helen can supply further
details. Tickets are availa-
ble for the UCW summer
theatre outing to Blyth on
July 12. Call Joan Goodall
for booking and info.
The UCW will meet again
on June 20th beginning at
7:30 p.m.
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