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Times-Advocate, 1988-10-12, Page 7Grand Bend approves highway widening the beach during the summer months. This money will go into a fund -to create more parking in the future. * * * • Council approved construction of new PUC lines on and over the vil- lage property.. A resolution is re quired approving the project and agreeing to easement of municipal property. - * * * Council agreed in principle to buy treated sand from the Ministry of Transportation and Communica- tion for the winter of 1988-89 on a • per tonne basis. Loading arrang- ments will be. made in the future by the village. ,t * * Councilors will attend a Medical Centreopen house on Sunday Octo- ber 16, from 2-4 in the afternoon. GRAND BEND - Village coun cilors gave us approval for the wid- ening of Highway .81 at Highway 21, *to include a right hand turn lane tier Highway 81. • Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 1989- and will in- clude a new set of traffic lights at. the inter-section.as well. • The pro- ject wilt •cost approximately S2(X),0()); and will be .funded 100 pper cent by the provincial govern- ment. • • Council also approved an ease- ment for the province to take don •• some'overhead wires, in that arca -and-put them underground. • * * * • • Grand Bend Public Utilities -Com- mission wants to build a- sub sta- tion in 1989. because its present • lines-are'not capable of handling the. "Current: expansion of the village. Council passed a by-law. to allow_ .- the PUC .S50,000 in- debentures over the next 10 years.to pay for the- project....Thc .final say on the project must; however, be approved by •tth.• Ontanu NIuniripal Board. . *. -* * • -. Council accepted a..S5,35() ten- der from Exeter Plymouth Chrysler for the1981 bodge Ram. pickup. truck It was the highest of three re- ceived.: * * * . 'This year- :the village :gained . S45;622 from parking revenue at * * * The final day to make -revisions on the voter's lists for the upcom- ing municipal election is Saturday October -15. The municipal office will remain open that day to accept revisions, applications and nomina- tions. * * *• Council agreed to pay. an addi- tional S6,750 for emergency chan- nel entrance dredging over and above what was authorized in a pre- vious contract. Bus trip to Rockton By MRS..HUGH- MORENZ SHIPKA - The -second meeting of Grand Bcnd 1114-H club was held at Susan Gill's on. October 4 at 7:(X) p.m. • We opened the- meeting with the 4-H pledge, followed by thc.voting . of the club name. The members do cidcdon "Grand Bend Carnivores.' A11 of the members later enjoyed the- making and eating of the -stir fried vegetables and meat. The next -meeting -to be at Susan Gill's -on October 18, at 7:00p.m: -Press-reporters . Pam and Angie Personals. Get .well wishes are extended to Wray Swciticr and John Dietrich, who have txnh recently been hospi- talizc<l: Bus trip' story Folk from Grand Bend, Dash- wood, Crediton, Exeter and area, en- joyed. the one• day. bus trip last Thursday to -the African Lion Safari _at Rockton. We travelled down by ..way of Strulerd, past the site of the recen r lritemationaI-Plowing match, . and in Stratford a tour drive around thc Avon River. . Our first stop for a coffee break -was at a McDonalds in Kitchener_ about 10:30. Arriving at the. Safari - about 1 1:30, our bus -driver Peter McNaughton took us around the Safari game preserve. first, where we saw` lions, tigers, birds, monkeys, graffcs, zebra, ostrich, musk ox, geese, deer, rhinoceros, elk, buffalo • and- camels. We- had lunch at the cafeteria on the grounds. After lunch many of us went on the African Queen -boat and. Nature Boy train rides .and visited the souvenir stores.- Demonstrations were given at •Parrot. Paradise, fal-. cons and eagles did flying demon- strations using centuries old meth- ods. The elephant show was great and we had a chance to pet him. Leaving the Safari at 4 p.m. we - stopped a half hour at a shopping mall in Cambridge and had a smor- gasbord supper at the Astoria Con- vention Center there. - We left Grand Bend at 8:30 a.m.. came home by way of -Tavistock and Punkeydoodle Comers, arriv- ing home about 8 p.m.. Nola Love was the capable hostess on this trip.• Those from this area on the bus trip were Don and Mabel -Fraser, Dorothy Fenner and Annie Mo.- rent. . Church notes -. Greenway United Church anni- versary service will be.next Sunday . October- 16. Speaker in thc morn- ing will be- Rev. David Woodall, of Clinton. Evening speaker will - be Mr. Eugene Fox, of Zurich, a layman in the Mennonite Church. Lunch will follow both services. Seniors plan zone rally EXE 1 E:I' - "There was a good at- tendance at the Ezcter Seniors' Oc- tober meeting:. An hour -of card games and fellowship was enjoyed 'before P-esident Pat Skinner out- - lined the pians for the Zone Rally to be hosted .by Exeter Seniors at the 1 on 1lalb on October 14 commencing at noon. Volunteers for Bingo at the Villa this month were Charles and Vi Handy, Lula Culhert.and Beatrice 'Li Alva He) wood reported on bus trips. The upcoming Sarnia Cele- bration of Lights is new and full bus is n 'cd d. -there may still be space. on the Royal Winter Fair day tri ): - The nominating committee has not been able to fill all offices and are'expecting volunteers to contact them. Tickets for the Christmas__ban ._ quct will be sold at the November meeting, thc first Tuesday inthe month. - Dorothy Bullock and her group were in charge of entertainment and lunch.. Roy Zinn of Lucan and Russell Brintncll played thcir violins and were accompanied by_Dorothy. The toe -tapping old time tunes and fa- vourite hymns wcrc interspersed with readings and poems by Ber- nice Cooper and Dorothy. Sandwiches, cookies and tea were served by the group. i• ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT - Beth Sweeney receives an award for ex- ceptional abilities in English from Pat Gibbings at the recent South Huron High School commencement. -THE CANE LADY - 'Jill Summerhayes, better known as "The Cane Lady" spoke to seniors citizens at Grand Bend Anglican Church last Thursday on the benefits of using canes. The Cambridge native travels around the country each year speaking to thousands of seniors and Grand Bend was on her schedule that day. Seniors hear 'Cane y By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND -. Thirty-five Grand Bend Golden Agers and 50 guests gathered last.Wednesday af= ternoon at St. John's Hall for a potluck noon luncheon, served by the- club members,. The guest speaker was Jill Summerhays, founder of "Cane and Able" from Cambridge. Shc is nicknamed "The Cane Lady". At thc age of 4.5., she must use a cane for her disabling arthritis. - Mrs. Summerhays is .an accom- plished speaker and a popular radio and TV. personality. She told the audience thc history of canes, . which date back to Biblical .times and are popular still in --Europe to- day. There_ arc. walking and work- ing sticks to consider; and handles are most important. She related her personal experi- ences of how canes can help people to live more active lives, and showed a color film of a variety of GB soccer Can you believe that ten years have gone by since the Grand Bcnd and District Socccr Association was formed? Tcn ycars ago; on March 29, 1978, a small group of nine inter- ested adults got together (at thc home of Diane and Joc Kaak) to start soccer in Grand Bend. Before this date only a senior team !rad been -playing sine -19S3: -This was thc beginning of eight youth teams from four years old and up to teens. The original members wcrc: Pres- ident Tom Vlemmix, Vice Presi- dent Veh Wicndcls, Treasurer Mar- tin Vandenbcrk, Secretary treasurer Diane Kaak, registrar Bill Vanden- bcrk, and members Dr. William O'Connor, Eddie Mommcrstecg, Tony Mennen and Joc Kaak. These members were -joined by others in- cluding Donna Mennen and Russ Lingard, and many more. During that time a girls team was formed for a couple of years, and Eddie Mommcrstecg has been a coach and head referee for the whole decade. The tenth anniversary will be cel- ebrated at this year's banquet and • awards'night. It will be held at the Grand Bcnd Legion Branch 498, on Sunday,: October 23, 1988 at 5:30 p.m. Tony Mennen and Tom Vlemmix have been acting 'as presidents six and : four years cach. During these ycars-the business people in Grand Bend and arca have been very sup- portive in sponsoring thc youth soccer- The present executive includes Tony -Mennen, Don Glavin, Tom Vlemmix, Bill Vandenbcrk Jr., Ben Wicndcls, Bernie Kcldcrs and Eddie Mommcrstecg. People in Grand Bend Mixed adult volleyball will begin on Wednesday, October 12 at 8:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. Ladies only volleyball is held on Monday even- ings from 7:30 until 8:30 p.m. Lemon to run for Deputy Reeve GRAND BEND - Marsha Lemon has decided to throw her hat into the ring for Deputy Reeve in the No- vember 8 municipal election. Current Deputy Reeve Dennis Snider had previously announced his intention to seek the job of Reeve since Harold.Greene has said he will not seek another tern as Reeve. Lemon, who made the announce- ment at last Monday's council meeting, said she hopes to continue to serve the village well and is looking forward to working with Lambton county officials. "I have really enjoyed my three ycars as councillor and have learned a lot as well. There are a number of issues facing Grand Bcnd in the fu- ture and 1 think foremost is the re- structuring talks with Lambton County and if I am elected I hope to let county people hear the Grand ,Bend views on the restructuring talks," said Lemon. cane styles fro bamboo to bej- welled gold ones. Canes were fash- ionable with -Kings; Henry VIII used two to support his great weight. Winston Churchill used one, as do Prince Charles and some - famous movie stars: Ms. Summerhays was able to ad- just the canes of •some of those seniors attending and she sold a few new ones too. She conducts her business by appointment only, with a staff of consultants special- ly qualified to work with the phys- ically handicapped. A line of hardwood canes are of- fered from $20 to $200, imported from all over -the world, -since. the - business was founded in 1984 with the slogan "Walk with dignity not defeat". , A short business meeting was chaired by Loreen Gill after thc guests left. Plans were finalized for the Farmers' Market Day on Octo- ber.15. The Senior Citizens Fall : Rally is to be held at the Exeter Legion on October 14, time to be an- nounced. Catharine Junker was thanked for obtaining the guest speakcr. - A number of Grand Bend and area seniors wcnt on a bus trip Thurs- day to African Lion Safari in Rockton, Ontario. Times -Advocate, October 12, 1988 Page 7 GB church news By Roberta Walker ' Church of God GRAND BEND - The Grand Bend Church of God was beautiful- ly decorated with fall flowers and vegetables for Tlfbnksgiving Sun= day. Norris and Madelaine Desjar dine greeted church members and their guests attending the morning service. Mike and Michelle Vincent sang a duet, "Beside the Still Waters of Peace". An offertory piano solo was. played by Karen Desjardine. Rev.. Desjardine's sermongikvas titled "Thankful Living," an answer to the question "What shall I render to the Lord for all his bounty to Me?" Our response should be in thankful worship, in thankful living and giving to God. Mike. Vincent led the hymns for. the evening service. A friend of the pastor's family, Rev. Joe Muchan, played the organ and led a singalong of familiar hymns. The evening Bible Study was tak- en from Mark 15. The Beaconnaircs enjoyed an evening of fellowship last Monday evening with. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bopp of Tavistock as their special guests. Next Sunday Rev. Bob Pee- bles will be guest speaker for both services. - Catholic News - - Immaculate Heart of Mary .Cacho- - lic Church was crowded for the beautiful masses of Thanksgiving.. Walt Costello was the reader for the 11 a.m. Mass and Paul Dietrich was or •rust. Roberta Walker was can- t' r, performing a solo "All My Days". The choir, led by Delores Tighe, sang "Thank You: Lord" and "Come Into The Fields" during the ommunion. Father Beck's sermon was based upou the gospel of Mark "The Rich Young Man", where Christ advised him to "Give up all you -have, and come, follow me". - Many thanks to Margaret Schoe- ley, who decorated the church with lovely autumn wild flowers, fresh fruits and vegetables for the Thanks- giving harvest. A special Thanks- giving Day Mass was held on Mon- day morning at 11 a.m. - lessalyn Marie Oke, infant daugh- ter of Randall Oke and Gale Du- charme, was received into the Cath- olic community through the Sacrament of Baptism. The Bishop's Campaign fund will be collected beginning next week as each parish is assessed a portion of the money needed to provide servic- - es with the diocese. • Bible Study. News There were 20 ladies out for Bible Coffee Hour at the Sauble Court Lounge on Tuesday morning. Clara Hamilton opened with prayer and Millie Desjardine leda hymn sing. They welcomed a newcomer, Ell MacMillan, - In the lesson, they studied the scriptures of Mark, :Matthew, John, Luke and Romans. They read of the' hospitality extended to Jesus' disci- - ples as they went about preaching• the -Good News, and the blessings, received by those who took diem into their homes: Nita Sinclair led the lesson and- closed ndclosed with prayer remembering the sick -and shut-ins. A social time was enjoyed at the close of the lesson whcn they re- membered Annabel Richardson with a small gift on the eve of her ap- proaching marriage. Vera Brown made the presentation, with a card signed by all the ladies. Everyone is welcome to attend the Tuesday Bible studies. United Church News GRAND BEND - A gpod atten- dance was out last Sunday for the Thanksgiving service at Grand Bend United church, with decorations of .harvest fruits and vegetables. Door greeters today were Eliza- beth Norris and Beulah Holt. Rev. T. Smits sermon text was St. Luke 17: 18A. "Where are the other nine?" The children's story centred on giving thanks for harvest. - Before the children left for their classrooms the youngest group sang an action song; and the older children sang "Happiness is.". These songs brought them hearty applause from the congregation. There will be no service at Grand Bend United on October 16, so that all who wish may attend Greenway United Church anniversary services. • ORPHA Club birthday . By -Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - On October 3, 1988, the Grand Bend ORPHA Club celebrated their 33rd birthday -with.a party.at ttie home of Eva Al- lister. A short business meeting was followed by a 1955 -theme par- ty.-A collection of fashions, jewel- lery, photographs and newspaper clippings was enjoyed by the mem- bers, who also exchanged pictures of themselves taken at the time the Club .was formed. Several of the charter members of the club, were able to be present for this special occasion. Ladies of the club were pleased to have several guests join the celebration, and would be glad to welcome any new members to their monthly mcct- ings. The locus of thcir charity is to help children through the Children's Aid Society. In 1955 this was often . for poor, orphaned children, hence the club name ORPHA. • Over the years, the members have faithfully contributed hand -knitted items, toys and financial donations, especially at Christmas, to make the lives of disadvantaged children a little happier. If anyone is interested in joining the ladies -in their. good - work, please contact Mrs. Irene Kennedy, 238-2127. - A beautiful anniversary cake and tea was served as the ladies enjoyed a nostalgic afternoon; 33 years and still going strong. • The next meeting will be at Mar- cy Barbour's home on November 7, 1988. 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