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Times-Advocate, 1979-05-24, Page 18ON THE BEACH — Marsha Shepard models a smart one- piece black bathing suit. T-A photo BEACHWEAR — Cover-ups and bathing suits were favorites at this fashion show. Here Nan Cummings, Rosemarie Maertens, Phyl Wilkins, Ann Baynham and Marsha Shepard model Sun Shop styles. T-A photo Trucks and dogs Fashion show and lunch raise money for Playhouse Weeds are edible, Wl learns C.W.L. meets The Catholic Women’s league met Monday night at the Alhambra hall with 24 members present. President, Roberta Walker, presided. Guest speaker was Father Kaneathil, of India, speaking on life in India. Mr. J. Zadorsky showed slide pictures of India. Nancy Stokkerman read an excerpt from “Right to Life” bulletin. During the business they decided to donate $50.00 to the church choir to see a play at Huron Country Playhouse.- Two pots of flowers will be donated to the altar. Bake and product sales are scheduled for August 5 and 26th. In honour of “Year of the Child”, the C.W.L. and Alhambra order and families &re planning a picnic. Next meeting will be June 18th with husbands invited to a pot luck supper. Huron South District Women’s Institute District Annual held Thursday at Thames Road, United Church. The latter four were Grand Bend’s voting delegates, Theme for this years meet was “Growing to help others grow.” President, Mrs. James Drummond of Exeter,t presided for the day. Special speaker for the afternoon was Rev. R.W. Edwards of Woodstock. His topic child abuse. He himself was a battered child. He and his wife have cared for many foster children besides their own children. He told us shocking incidents of child abuse. Anyone having equipment or cub or beaver uniforms to donate would be greatly appreciated. For in­ formation phone Don at 238- 2016, Dennis at 238-2441 or Bill at 238-2941. Plan for Beaver Cub Grand Bend and area are making plans to form Beaver and Cub pack volving boys aged 5 to 11 years. Registration will September 8 at Grand Bend town hall. a in- be Personals Mr. & Mrs. A. Hommes, of Gronigen, Holland have arrived at the home of their daughter, Mrs. John Merkies, and on Sunday May 27 will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with “Open House” at Merkies from 2-5 p.m. Mr. & Mrs. Walter Fassold, of London, have been spending some holidays here at their cottage in Green Acres. Six holidayers from Waterloo spent the week end at Huron Vista. Mr. & Mrs, G. Buckingham, and Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Buckingham and family of Milliten, spent the week end with Mr. & Mrs. Roy Flear. & Jim Kennedy spent the week end at his parents home here. Jim has accepted employment in the research lab of York University, Toronto. Mr. & Mrs. Russell Grigg of Strathroy visited Mother’s Day Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Rosie Grigg. United Church ladies served cookies tea and coffee at the opening of the new Toronto Dominion Bank in Grand Bend last Wednesday afternoon. Bridge Winners Winners of the duplicate bridge game held Wed­ nesday evening in St. John’s parish hall were north-south, Gen Masse and Marg Green, east-west, Sue Baumgartner and Flo Yorke. Give recital Parents, friends and relatives attended a piano recital, Thursday evening at Church of God, when twelve students taking lessons from Betty Campbell performed. the that was Continued from page 1A clerk Louise Clipperton told the members that the village had been subpoenaed to court by Manore Marine. The conflict arose concer­ ning land leased to Marina by the village. Council also learned Bosanquet township planning an open day at the waste site this Saturday. Council agreed that this was not a good choice of days, since it was the American holiday weekend. Sharen said that Bosanquet had already advertised that date, without asking Grand Bend council to set up a time. Problems about the waste site -also came up because council has ‘not yet received a signed agree­ ment from Bosanquet for the use of the site. Council received a letter from Ausable Holdings say­ ing that no infraction has taken place because sewer construction equipment has been stored on their vacant lot. Sharen and Baird declared a conflict of in­ terest, and left council chambers. Council decided to ask their solicitor for ad­ vice. Council had decided at their last meeting to tell the businessmen that own the lot they were contravening a by-law by putting the equip­ ment in a residential area. The Huron County Board of Education wrote a letter to council saying they could see no point in meeting with Grand Bend because they had no intention of paying tuition to Lambton County Board of Education allowing children who live nearby to attend Grand Bend Public School. Reeve Sharen said “It’s a VZ# one way street - Lambton pays if kids go to Huron to school.” Sharen instructed the clerk to send a copy of the letter from Huron to the Lambton Board of Educa­ tion, thanking them for their courtesy, but telling them they don't need to attend a meeting. It was decided that 20 radio scanners would be purchased for the fire department at a cost of $117.88 each. The scanners will be given to each fireman so that he will hear the alarm immediately as soon as it goes off. Then whoever gets to the firehall first can use the base radio to tell the firemen over the scanners where the fire is. Council agreed that this was a better price than pagers that had been looked at previously, or the telephone dialing system they had considered. Much of the remainder of the evening was spent dis­ cussing signs. A fee of $5 is charged for any sign erected that is under 32 square feet, while $10 is charged for signs over 32 square feet. Sharen said that hassles over the sign law have been “worth the effort, because we’ve improved the quality of signs.” IN SYMPATHY Sympathy of this com­ munity is extended to William Lawrance in the death of his wife Grace, last week. Also to her daughter Elizabeth, (Mrs. Alex Leather land) and grandson David. Many folks will remember the lovely poetry composed by Mrs. Lawrance, some of which have appeared in this paper. “Relaxation, fun and activity” were the ideas behind the styles and clothing presented in the Huron Country Playhouse Guild Fashion Show last Wednesday. About 185 enjoyed a lun­ cheon at the Pineridge Chalet near Hensall, and viewed the styles for this summer. Clothing for the fashion show came from the Sun Shop in Grand Bend, courtesy of owner Nick Carter. Bathing suits and bikinis, linen-look pant suits, rich velour tops, terry cloth cover-ups, cool sun dresses, and even jogging suits made up the roster of outfits. Commentator fashion parade Fran Gaiser. Balmer of the Sun Shop was show director. Models showing off this summer’s styles were Phyl Wilkins, Beth Jean, Sandy Balmer, Florence York, Melba Landstrum and Nan Cummings, all of Grand Bend, Ann Baynham and Marsha Shepard of Exeter, Maxine Gammage, Bayfield, Lois Thiel, Zurich and Rosemarie Maertens, London, Over $300 was raised for attractive for the was Mary Barbara the Playhouse Guild. Tickets for the show included a luncheon and door prize and sold for $5. Guild president Kae Bushel says the money will theatre projects in which the guild will have a voice. “We want to be in on the decision of when, why and how the money is spent,’’ Mrs. Bushel said. Two areas the guild is considering for financial help are lighting in the parking lot and enlarging the actors’ accommodations. In the past the guild has done such things as donate the red plush curtain for the theatre stage, and remodelled the farm house kitchen which cost about $4000. Recently they donated $500 <to the theatre in memory of the late Mrs. Valerie Burke. ' Publicity director playhouse Charla for the Black spoke at the fashion show. She reminded the guests that the subscription campaign was now underway, and that the theatre needs the support' of those who buy season tickets. Door prizes at the fashion show were a neglige donated by Lottie Roff of Van Raalte Silk in London, and a three tier plate from the Christ­ mas Place in Grand Bend. Also raffled off were a $20 gift certificate for the Sun Shop, Grand Bend, a dried flower arrangement from Gammage Flowers in Bayfield, as Boston Fern plant from Farmer Bill’s in Grand Bend, and two rose bushes from Peter Haist of Betty and Art’s in Grand Bend. The playhouse guild is planning a cocktail party for August 11 at the Bushel home in the Beach 0 Pines. " w- W * United Church News “Singing in the rain” was Rev. H. Moore’s sermon topic, Sunday morning at the United Church. The choir anthem was the lovely hymn, “I corne to the gar­ den.” The Grand Bend session is asked to meet Wednesday evening 8p.m., May 23 at the church. Flowers in the church sanctuary this Sunday were placed by the Durie family, in loving memory of Sid’s mother, Mrs. Gordon Durie, of Toronto. Next Sunday May 27th will be Sunday school an­ niversary, with graduation exercises and special story time for the children. London Conference meets this year at Sault Ste. Marie, May 28 to 31st. FROM TWEENIES TO BROWNIES — Jennifer Gielnik, Christine Rumball, Karen Rumball, and Andrea Hall became members of Grand Bend brownies. - T-A photo David Steckle and Family 1’2 mi. west then 3 ’2 north of Zurich FOR YOUR SPRING PLANTING NEEDS VISIT Huron Ridge Acres miasS __ ■JSMf PHONE 565-2122 Snake highlights park hike What’s the most popular wild flower after the trillium? A group of 10 year olds will tell you its the dandylion. At least, the trillium and the dandelion were the first flowers mentioned when naturalist Case Vandenbygaard asked 30 children what they had seen during their hike at Pinery Provincial Park. Miss Marion Triebner’s grade five class from Exeter Public School spent Thur­ sday afternoon walking along The Riverside Nature Trail with Vandenbygaard leading the way. The highlight of the journey was when Van­ denbygaard was able to capture a friendly garter snake. The children enjoyed stroking the snake and watching for its red tongue. The snake will take up residence in the park’s nature display centre. Two hundred year old trees, yellow bellied sap­ suckers, and painted turtles were also on the agenda. The Riverside Trail provided an Terry Humphreys, 10, of Exeter holds a gar-PINERY PET — Terry Humphreys, 10, of Exeter holds a gar­ ter snake captured by park naturalist Case Vandenbygaard. Exeter Public School visited Pinery park Thursday. T-A photo Women's Institute meet Twenty-two ladies gathered Thursday evening in the United Church Sunday School rooms for their May meeting. Topic was Hor­ ticulture. Eleanor Hayter gave an interesting talk on the care of tuberous begonias, roses ahd african violets. Hints included type of soil used, fertilizer .and sprays. Roll call was answered by “Name an edible weed or flower and how to use it.” Motto was, “Life is like a garden, it bears the fruit we sow.” This was discussed by members each voicing their thoughts on it. Nola Taylor presided for the business, and also gave a report of the District Annual held, Thursday, at Thames Road Church, hosted by Hurondale. Catherine Junker con­ ducted the “Did you Know” by having an old time fashion show. Members were seated in a circle. Mrs. Junker’s daughter J|m Kobe,' modelled Jan’s grand­ mother’s wedding and going away dresses hand made by her grandmother in 1909. Wedding dress was of white cotton, full skirt, buttons, lace trim and high neck. The going away dress was black lace over taffeta. Gena Fischer modelled a plaid jumper velvet jacket and fur neck piece. Catherine modelled a red cotton wrapper, worn in mornings, as we wear housecoats now. Also to view were two sweaters and two slips of the 1909 period. She had with her a Womans magazine printed in 1918, much larger in size than todays magazines. We noted the price was $.10 a copy, $.75 a year in U.S.A, and $1.00 a year in Canada. It was printed in New York. An exchange of plants and slips was enjoyed by lucky number draws. Attend district annual Mabel Gill, Minnie Curts, Clara Hamilton, Verna Lovie, Nola Taylor and Annie Morenz attended Celebrates 90th birthday Monday, May 21, was a happy occasion for Mrs. Etta Baker of Grand Bend as she celebrated her 90th birthday with a family dinner. Mrs. Baker has four daughters. Mrs. Manford Luther. (Greta), Mrs. Don Hulbert (Velma) both of Grand Bend, Mrs. Nelson Wells (Tiny) of Exeter and Mrs. Bill Hicks (Doris) of Blyth. Also attending the dinner was Lloyd Fahner of Grand Bend and Dean Fahner and son Brian from Edmonton. After the dinner, neighbors friends and dropped in to thday wishes health to Mrs. Baker received a plaque from Prime Minister Trudeau a hanging plant from the Orpha Club .of which she is a member relatives extend bir­ and good Baker. Mrs. Anyone interested in serving on the Grand Bend and area recreation committee is invited to submit written applications to Mrs. Brenda Jennison Box 340 Grand Bend Pauline Lingard Chairman Grand Bend and area Recreation Committee endless list of flora and fauna.r baskets of fruit, goodies and Friends and relatives who bouquets of flowers along called were from Edmonton with many beautiful bir- Exeter, Blyth, Grand Bend thday cards. and London. —THE BOOK STORE * HAVE YOU READ A GOOD BOOK LATELY... 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