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YOUNG COMPANY - The Huron Country Playhouse's troupe of young touring actors for the summer are Jenn -
fer Fagen (left), Paul McQuillan, Michelle Betting, Christopher Moore, and Steve McIntyre.
Young Company previews summer shows.
By Adrian Harte
GRAND BEND - To see a play
by the Huron Country Playhouse
usually means a drive to .Grand
Bend, but now the Playhouse may
be coming to you.
The Young Company is a troupe
of five performers recruited from
the drama departments of Windsor'
University and Sheraton College,
and they will be travelling to per-,
form at bookings all around the
Bluewater area.
On Sunday, the Young Compa-
ny offered a sneak preview of two
of the three shows to be contained
in their repertoire for the summer.
A third show, The Clown and
Mime Show, is only just entering
rehearsal.
Young Company artistic director
Ron Cameron introduced the two
actresses and three actors and ex-
plained that he wrote the first play,
Stories From Around The Bend, as
a vignette of the history of Huron
County. The preview presented
about 20 minutes of the 45 -minute
show.
Stories From Around The Bend
begins with Indians trading for
flint on Huron's shores and works
its way through the French explor-
ers, the War of 1812 and into the
permanent settlements of the
1850s.
Most of the dialogue is directed at
the audience rather than between
characters, and the quick changes of
voice combined with dynamic ac-
tion on the bare stage show off the
company's abilities well.
While Stories From Around The
Bend is described in promotional lit-
erature as "ideal for all ages", its ed-
ucational content, fast -paced cameo -
style presentation, and lack of in-
volved plot show it to be better
suited to younger audiences. Both
original and period music combine
to highlight the play. A good paro-
dy of the Halleluiah Chorus adds to
its humorous content when the
characters complain of excessive
forest in the county.
The second show, Everything
Old..., is a nostalgic tribute to the
golden era of movies and Broadway
and will find most favour with a
more mature audience.
Everything Old... dishes out a
witty look at old movie cliches, and
develops a story as a Grand Bend
couple attempts to make it big.
Unfortunately, the preview cut the
play short, leaving the small audi-
ence no choice but to attend one of.
the shows to discover the couple's
fate.
Nevertheless, Everything Old...
gives ample opportunity for the
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Young Company to display a
strong musical talent through chore-
ography, tap dancing, and often
powerful singing.
All the shows are carried out
without a stage set, few props and
minor costume changes. This
makes them adaptable to the varied
locations where they will be shown,
such as banquets, libraries, nursing
homes, and anywhere else they are
booked.
The total cost to operate the
Young Company for the summer is
estimated at $29,000. Theatre On-
tatio gave a grant of $7,500 and the
rest will be raised through the S50
per show bookings and week-long
wdrkshops.
The Playhouse's general manager -
Tim Davisson said the intention
was to operate the company on a
break-even basis.
Three age groups of students will
work with the five Young Compa-
ny players in the seven workshops
at a cost of $100 each.
"It's quite demanding, -but it gives
them a wide range of activities,"
said Ron Cameron of his troupe's
responsibilities. He explained that
the large budget is offset by the
benefit it will afford the community
through the shows and the work-
shops.
Concert Association election
By Roberta Walker
GRAND BEND - The executive
of the Grand Bend Concert Associa-
tion met last week to decide on a
new slate of officers, and to orga-
nize the 1988-89 season. Tickets
and brochures are now available for
subscriptions to next season, which .
will include four Youth and Music
Canada performances, plus one or
two bonus concerts.
The new season will open with
Philip Thompson, a concert pianist
of great talent, on Wednesday, Oc-
tober 26, at the United Church.
Triple Clef, performing on Wed-
nesday, November 16, offers a live-
ly concert of music for voice and
piano. The Great Lakes Brass Quin-
tet will be here on Saturday, Febru-
ary 11 in an exciting presentation
of brass, from Bagrielli to Charles
Ives.
The Belgian Double Brass Quar-
tet will perform- on_ Sunday, March
19, also in the United Church. Im-
agine the possibilities with four
bassfiddles and a piano, from jazz
and ragtime to string quartet! The
extra bonus concert (or concerts)
will be announced at a later date,
but it promises to be another great
season, so get your subscriptions
from any concert association mem-
ber. There will be a subscription
drive for a few weeks in September,
for those who wish to wait until
later.
New executive
The new executive of the. Grand
Bend Concert Association includes:
President Nan Freelc, Vice -
President Lynne Dcsjardine, who is
also Youth Coordinator; Treasurer
Jean Cassidy; Secretary Edna
Frampton; Tickets Betty Gumell;
Publicity Puck Mcrkies and Robcrta
Walker; Operations Irene, Kennedy
and Hospitality Joan Gosselin and,
Joan Baxter.
The executive bids a sad farewell
to Ken Rainham, a hard-working
board member, who is moving
soon, as did former president Carol
Anne Bonenberg earlier this season.
Along with Dawn Crabe, they will
be missed. The present executive,
plus several new members, will,
however,- continue to organize an
enjoyable and rewarding concert sea-
son for the arca:
About town
The weather is hot and sunny, the
gardens are planted, and sprinklers
on all the lawns are trying to keep
them green. Sunburned backs and
faces can be seen on any corner
downtown and sales of sun -tan oil
are on the move.
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Museum celebrates 10th birthday
The Lambton Heritage Museum
celebrated its 10th anniversary on
Sunday with a big birthday party.
There were balloons, hay 'wagon
rides, puppets, old cars, old en-
gines and old crafts, fresh barbe-
cued beef on a bun, lively music,
politicians, log -sawing contests -
just like a huge family picnic in
those golden days of yore. It was a
hot time in more ways than one,
as iweltcring temperatures kept
people in the shade or exploring
the museum's interior in search of
cooler spots.
Ten years ago, Cindy (Srokosz)
Maxwell helped to paint exhibits
and uncrate displays. Today she
was in charge of the children's en-
tertainment section, for what birth-
day party would be complete with-
out helium balloons? There were
other things too: bubble blowing;
a fish pond complete with pole and
pool, to win candy; and clown face
painting, which some grownups
took advantage of too.
Variety of activities
There was a puppet show put on
by. Joel and Mary Heimbeckcr of
Petrolia, members of the Pentecos-
tal Assemblies of Canada, who con-
sider their songs, stories and de-
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teaching as part of their youth mini-
stry. The program is titled "You
Are Special!" and the children loved
it.
A stalwart group of competitors
were showing off their strength and
stamina in a log sawing exhibition,
using a two-man cross cut saw.
Dirk Henkemans of Clearwater rep-
resented the Bluewater Model Engi-
neering Society with a working
model of a grain separator (Hall
Mfg., Sommerside, P.E.I.) powered
by an antique steam threshing unit
(Waterous Co. Mfg. 1875, Brant-
ford) in perfect doll -size miniatures. -
Old bells displayed
Mr. and Mrs. Ross and Dorothy
Garside, of Thedford, proudly dis-
played "Brass Bells from Years
Gone By", part of a beautiful collec-
tion of over 150 bells. Mr. Garside
has been collection bells for over 40
years, and a few, like some huge
brass sleigh bells, belonged to his
father. Others - school bells, dinner
bells, harness bells - were purchased
over the years at yard, auction or
estate sales. He was also showing a
pair of old engines, a 1920's Mas-
sey Hams and a 1906 Waterloo Boy
4 h.p.
In other areas, -there were demon-
strations of broom making, corn
shelling and old tractors. There was
an unusual old antique lawn mower
from the Ideal Power Mower Co.,
Lansing, Michigan, 1920, a huge,
noisy machine.
Betty Anderson, London, was
spinning wool on her spinning
wheel, as well as displaying her nat-
ural dyed skeins of wool.
Antique cars
Then of course, there were the
cars! Several members of the An-
tique and Classic Car Club of Cana-
da from the Chemical Valley Re-
gion (Sarnia) brought in some real
beauties. There was a spotless 1951
red Chevrolet convertible owned by
Larry and Adelle Moore, a 1967
Ford Mustang owned by Harry and
Marlys Goodfellow, a 1949 Ply-
mouth owned by Ncil and Ellen
Wilson and a 1956 Lincoln owned
by Bob and Val Heathe. Another
member of the same club showed a
1965 turquoise Corvair convertible,
owned by Leo and Linde Astolfi.
There was no owner name on a gor-
geous 1957 Ford Fairlaine converti-
ble, all in red and white, just 'a
knockout.
Antique cars were represented too,
with a 1930 Auburn four -door se-
dan, black with a cream cloth top
and cream wheels, originally from
Sarnia.
Bill Phillips of Inwood spent over
four years restoring his 1930 Model
A Ford Tudor, complete with rum-
ble seat. He finished it about two
years ago, and it is a treasure, in
shades of gray with a yellow pin -
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stripe and yellow wheels, from pies- Warden Fred Thomas and Provin-
es to perfection! - cial MPP Dave Smith brought con -
Philip Walker of Oakwood Park, gratulations and good wishes from
Grand Bend also displayed his 1931 the local and provincial govern -
Model A four -door sedan in shades ment
of apple green, another old beauty. Bob Tremain, director -curator, and
Ivan and Marie Bazeley of Alvins- Ross Helps, 1988 museum chair -
ton showed their 1949 Chrysler, a man thanked everyone who had
black road machine with lots of worked to make the museum such a
chrome. Raymond and Jean Patter- credit to the community and to the
son, also of Alvinston displayed a province. As a special commemora-
rare 1955 Ford Monarch Lucerne, five event, anewly restored Doherty
kelly green with a white top and the engine was unveiled, as a new part
original brass lion hood ornament. of the permanent museum collec-
Earl Burke from Union (near St. tion.
Thomas) proudly displayed his col- . Historical exhibit
lection of old engines - two large Paul Miller, who has been work -
gasoline and two small engines, ing on a pictoral history of Grand
plus a cream separator and a barrel Bend from old photos, had an exhi-
chum. _ bition of Lambton county memora-
Wagon rides - - bilia. These included old calendars,
The Whipple Tree Stables provid- crocks, cans, glasses, letterheads or
anything from towns in Lambton
county. Mr. Miller wants to start
the museum in a second decade of
such collectibles, so if you own any
such items, would you please con-
tact Mr. Miller? The museum wants
to mount a special exhibition of
these collectibles, the more antique
the better, to be ready to show by
the end of the summer.
Happy birthday - here's to the
next 10 years!
ed hay wagon rides throughout the
day, so the patrons and their chil-
dren could get a good overview of
the days' events. The team of Bel-
gium horses enjoyed the attention
of thchildren and stable manager
Larry Mason answered questions
about the horses. (They also have
four ponies and 19 riding horses
back at the stables!)
Entertainment
Moving on to the entertainment,
Anita Parker of London accompa-
•nied by her husband Harry Parker,
lent her lovely voice to liven up the
proceedings, and was warmly re-
ceived
by the crowds.
Speaking of a voice, the museum
proudly introduced Daniel Richer -
dit Lafleche, a professional Town
Crier, who officially called in the
Second Decade for the museum. Re-
splendent in authentic 1700's obs-
tume and tri -cornered hat, his voice
rang across the grounds with no
need of a microphone. His bell was
admired 4y Mr. Garside, the bell
collector, a beautifully toned brass
bell with a carved wooden handle,
fitting for a town crier.
Mr. dit Lafleche competed in Lon-
don last year, and hopes to try for
world champion Town Crier in Ot-
tawa net year.
For those in the crowd who need-
ed food and a cold drink, Dianne
Russell, of "Country Edibles" pro-
vided muffins, cookies, something
cold and later on, a beef on a bun
dinner to feed over 300 hungry pa-
trons.
Ceremony
For a 10th anniversary, there
must also be ceremony, and there
were dignitaries on hand, heralded in
by the Town Crier. Former MPP
Lorne Henderson said a few words
to dedicate two new plaques in the
Memorial Park section, to honour
Mason Schmidt Brown and Fred L.
Brown both of Arkona who recently
left generous bequests to the mu-
seum from their estates.
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A number of Grand Bend Seniors .
were on the Mystery Bus Trip last
Wednesday - "destination un-
known". They wound up in St.
Thomas, where the special event of
the day was the noon meal at the
Good Time Music Hall, complete
with Dave Hoy and five other musi-
cians, for their entertainment.
Marie Chowan of Stratford, for-.
merly of Southcott Pines, visited
with arca friends here last week.
The sympathy of the community
is expressed to Mrs. Lawrence
Johnson, her family and grandchil-•
dren, with the death of Lawrence
last Tuesday, May 24. The funeral
service was from Harry Hoffman's
Firemen donate
GRAND BEND - At a recent
meeting of the Grand Bend area fire-
men a decision was made to donate
all the proceeds from their yard sale
to the Grand Bend Area Medical
Centre for their building fund.
It is up to all of us to do our best
to sec that the firemen's yard sale on
Saturday June 4 is a huge success. •
If you wish to contribute to the
sale get your articles to the firemen
early this week. With help like this
the medical building will succeed.
The medical fund now has reached
the 554,000 mark.
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Funeral Home last Thursday, with
Rev. Peebles officating, followed
by interment in the Grand Bend ce-
metery. The United Church Women
served a luncheon to over 70 rela-
tives and friends after the funeral
service.
Grand Bend Golden Agers are re-
minded of their picnic meeting to-
day, June - 1, all to meet at St.
John's Parish hall at 1:30 p.m.
Then, weather permitting, everyone
will proceed to Waterworks Park for
a program and sports, followed by
supper. Bring your own dishes and
cutlery, and food to share. Visitors
are welcome.
Good crowd for
Elirnvilfe UCW
By SHIRLEY COOPER
ELIMV)LLE - The Elimvilte
United Church Women met;,,Wed-
nesday evening at the church with a
good crowd. The "Church in Socie-
ty" committee of Ola Batten, Shir-
ley Kerslake, (Harold), Nancy
Smith and Bev Delbridgc were in
charge.
Ola led in the call to worship.
Everyone joined in singing "Come
let us sing of a wonderful love".
Nancy read the scriptures followed
by Ola leading in prayer.
Shirley and Ola read several arti-
cles on life in the prairie provinces,
Malaya and then Bev introduced the
guest speaker Jeanne Gladding, who
is case manager for the Town and
Country Homemakers. Jeanne
showed slides and told of the many
services that are available from the
Town and Country Homemakers.
Following her presentation Jeanne
answered many questions from the
group. Nancy thanked her and pre-
sented her with a donation to the or-
ganization. -
The hymn "Count Your Bless-
ings" was sung. Ola closed this part
of the meeting with a poem
"Friendship".
President, Sharon Lynn opened
the business by reading several vers-
es from Proverbs. The United
Church Women's Purpose was re-
peated by all. Ola gave a report
from the manse committee and a do-
nation was made. Marion Skinner
gave a report from the members vis-
it to Centralia United Church.
Camp Site Experience will be -
held at Camp Bimini on June 14 at
9:00. The Fall Regional will -be
held October 24 at Hensall United
Church. Lunch and a social time
followed.
rime Stoppers
Crime Stoppers of Huron
County Inc. and the Exeter Police
Force are seeking the assistance
of the public in the solving of a
break, enter and theft which took
place in the Town of Exeter.
On December 16, 1986 em-
ployees of the Burkley- Restau-
rant and Tavern located a 312
Main Street Exeter found that the
premises had been broken into.
The thieves pried open an exte-
rior door and gained entry into the
restaurant. Once inside the cul-
prits searched the entire building.
They took loose change from the
till areas and rcmovcd 100 as-
sorted packages of cigarettes plus
three full cartons from a cup-
board in the same arca. They
went from room to room remov-
ing items. In the basement they
broke into a locked cabinet and
removed $5,000 in cash. The
thieves then emptied two large
white canvas laundry bags and
filled them with the cigarettes,
three 40oz bottles of McInnes
White Rum, a 40oz bottle of McIn-
nes Gin, one 26oz of Tia Maria and
one 26oz bottle of Triple Sec.
Once they had filled their bags
they left using the same door leav-
ing it open. In total over S5,000 in
cash plus cigarettes and l iquor was
stolen.
If ou haveinformation
Y any
about this or anyother serious
crime call CRIME STOPPERS
OF HURON COUNTY toll-free
at 1-800-265-1777. Your call will
not be traced, nor recorded and
your anonymity is guaranteed. If
an arrest is made you could tarn a
cash reward of up to S 1,000. You
will not have to identify yourself
nor testify in court. Remember
crime doesn't pay, but Crime
Stoppers does.
CITIZENSHIP AWARD - Donna Hoffman of the Grand Bend Lioness
club presents a Citizenship award to Kim Govers, a grade four student at
Stephen Central School.
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