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LEST WE FORGET -- legion members and o cub pack member held flags while Pat Revelle
and Bob Hedley laid a wreath at the cenotaph in Grand Bend Sunday.
Folks around town ...
Turkey supper a success
About 500 people enjoyed
the hot turkey supper at the
United Church last Wed-
nesday evening.
Brenda Love, Nola Taylor
and Clara Hamilton, at-
tended the Women's
Institute, London Area
Convention held November
1st, at the Community
Centre in St. Marys.
Winners in the duplicate
bridge game, which is held
every Wednesday evening at
St. John's Parish hall were -
Irene Ward, first, Lenora
Orr, second.
Don't forget! Theatre Go
Around . presents ''Nobody
knows my name, " at Grand
Bend library, Saturday
November 17, at 10:00 a.m.
Everyone welcome. Free
admission.
Mabel Gill and guest
Dorothy Holmes, of Toronto,
Ruth Hendrick, Jeanne
- Kading and Nola Taylor,
attended the 45th an-
niversary dinner of Kippen
East Women's Institute,
Thursday evening at
Brucefield United Church.
Mary Broadfoot, of Kippen
visited recently with Irene
Kennedy.
Barry and Betty Hamilton,
of Ottawa, spent the week
end with his parents, Alex
and Clara Hamilton.
Women's Institute
members are reminded of
their meeting Thursday
afternoon, November 15th,
at 1:30 p.m• in the S.S.
rooms of United Church. A
work shop on making corn
husk dolls will be featured.
Miss Pamela Lynn
Brenner, whose wedding to
Mary's
musings
BY MARY ALDERSON
Have you ever felt guilty
for not feeling guilty? It feels
twice as bad as feeling guilty
the first place.
That happened tome
recently when I gave up my
old car. I had my mind made
up that I would be miserable
when it came time to leave it
behind. But then, when I saw
my new car waiting for me, I
didn't feel bad at all. And
then I felt worse for not
feeling bad.
So I've decided to devote
this column to my old car, to
help me get over my pangs of
guilt for not being heart
broken when I left it. I won't
even mention my new car - I
won't tell how much I love
the baby blue colour. I won't
talk about that delicious
smell that a brand new car
always has, nor will I
mention how smooth a ride it
has. No, I'm not going to tell
you about what it's like to
own your very own 1980
Mustang at all.
Instead, this column will
be devoted to the memory of
my three year friendship
with Penelope Pinto. Her
middle name was Ford.
I met Penelope on Labour
Day weekend of 1976. She
had just undergone a face
lift. and her complexion was
green and shiny. (Alas, when
we parted, spots of rust
marred her smooth
features.) She had reached
the ripe old age of three
when we first met , but I
believed that she still had
enough youth in her, and I
took her home.
We became fast friends
over that first fall and
winter, as she ran back and
forth between London and
Grand Bend for me. Only
once did she let me down that
winter., y roomie and I had
just spent our entire savings
on groceries and supplies in
Miracle Mart and we came
out to the parking lot, loaded
with, big brown bags. Poor
Penelope's little battery was
dead. I was filled with
remorse because it was all
my fault. I had left her lights
on all the time my' roomie
and I were mulling over such
things as Special K versus
Shreddies.
The taxi fare to get all
those bags of groceries home
came to about $7 and the
next day we returned for
Penelope with some jump
cables.
That Christmas Santa
brought Penelope a new
battery, and I was given my
very own set of jump cables.
Fortunately the cables were
seldom used over the next
few years.
r
Penelope never let me
down during the summer of
'77. I worked as an in-
formation officer with the
Ontario Youth Secretariat,
which means that I had to
write press releases and
deliver them to all the
newspapers, radio stations
and T.V. stations in my area.
Penelope was with me
every inch of the way. We
went as far north as Wiarton
a couple of times that
summer, and down to
Windsor three times. There
were four trips to Toronto,
and a few jaunts east to
Kitchener. We also went
down to Dunnville on one
occasion. Nearly every day
of the week we went
somewhere, even it if was
just between Grand Bend
and London. She enjoyed
every minute of it, and
proved her pleasure by
getting about 26 miles to the
gallon. Since I was paid by
the mile, Penelope and I had
a few extra dollars at the end
of summer.
Only once did I ever wish
she was bigger than she was.
Penelope was elected to take
me and three girlfriends to
Toronto Airport when we left
for our Caribbean Cruise.
Three big suitcases could be
jammed in her trunk, and
the fourth was squeezed in
between the two back seat
passengers. Tote hags were
set on the passengers lap and
off we wnet. No problem.
Until it came time to come
home. Suddenly our suit-
cases were pushed out twice
as wide, and there were four
extra straw bags. There
were also some big straw
hats, and a few pencil
sketches in big frames. We
had to find room for a few
kits of Pina Collada mix, not
to mention numerous other
packages holding Puerto
Rican jewellery or
Granadian spices.
The trunk was loaded and
two passengers took their
place in the back seat. We
filled the whole back seat up
with our new possessions,
leaving only enough room for
them to breathe. Then the
third passenger took her
place in the front and I
packed the last bags in
around her. They couldn't
move. 1 got in, and for once I
was glad to be the driver. I
just had barely enough room
to shift Penelope's gears.
And poor Penelope made
that trip home from Toronto
with her springssagging Her
rear end banged on every
curb we crossed.
Paul Rood will take place
Saturday, November 17, 1979
in Immaculate Heart of
Mary church, Grand Bend.
has been entertained at a
number of pre-muptial
events.
The bride -elect is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Brenner, Grand
Bend and her fiance is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Cor-
nelius Rood, R.R. 2 Grand
Bend.
A number of showers were
held for the bride elect. The
bride's aunt, Mrs. Betty
Woodcroft and her two
daughters Sandra and Kim
held a bathroom and linen
shower in London; Mrs.
Nancy Thomas and her
daughter Shelly, Mrs.
Eveleen Jennison and Mrs.
Sheila Teevins co -hosted a
kitchen shower at the home
of Mrs. Thomas; Miss Diana
Rood the groom's sister and
Mrs. Diane Rood, the
groom's sister-in-law en-
tertained at a shower at the
home of the groom's mother;
the bride's grandmother,
Mrs. Evelyn Brenner and the
bride's aunts Mrs. Brenda
Hennessey and Mrs.
Madeline Sweitzer en-
tertained at a shower at Mrs.
Brenner's home, and Mrs.
Diane Bexton held a per-
sonal shower at her home.
Library news
Coming! A new musical by
the creators of "Shedd."
"Songs of Spirit" "Words of
Power", starring Jim
Bearden, Linda Jean Butler
and Larry Brown, of
Toronto, will be held at
Grand Bend United Church,
Friday, November 16, at 7:30
p.m. sponsored by South-
western Library system,
Outreach Ontario.
These young performers
partnership has been in-
volved in live theatre,
television scriptwriting and
production, music and lyric
composition for films. In
addition Jim has been
performing their themes in
films on CBC -TV and CTV.
Their musical based on the
book,"The life and times of
Mary Shadd Cary", was
nominated for a 1978 Actra
Award. Free admission.
4H club meets
The'lRolling Coasters,"
Grand Bend 41-1 Club no. 2
met Tuesday night at Sherri
Desjardine's home for
meeting seven.
Roll call was answered by
"To show your completed
needlepoint project and or
free choice article.
Discussion followed on
new stitches, and a quiz on
needlepoint.
Plans were made for the
girls' exhibit for
Achievement Day which will
be held November 24th at
Stephen Central school.
Press reported by
Christine Boogemans.
Leader of this club project
has been Marg Desjardine,
with assistant leader Karen
Woods.
Minor hockey gives fund
Minor hockey no longer
exists in Grand Bend,
members of the recreation
committee learned at their
meeting last Tuesday night.
Echo Oliver sent a letter to
the rec committee ex-
plaining that the minor
hockey group folded last
year. Recently, the $110.62
remaining in their bank
account was donated to the
Zurich Arena, as a thank you
for the arena's co-operation.
Minor hockey records will be
kept on file in the village
office.
In other correspondence at
the rec committee meeting a
letter was received from
Southcott Pines giving the
committee permission to use
the old river bed for skating
and hockey this winter. Don
Southcott congratulated the
rec committee on the service
they are providing to the
community
Chairperson Pauline
Lingard reported that
Lambton College will be
holding two classes in Grand
Bend beginning in January
If enough interested people
register in the courses.
"Investing in the market"
and "Conversational
French" will be taught
A subcommittee reported
on their finds concerning the
use of the Patterson
property. The Patterson
property is located adjacent
to the legion Hall behind the
Bank of Monts eel The
subcommittee learned that
the village would I:ke to have
a community cer.'re which
could be used int '.sedduigs.
banquets, da,.ees and
SECOND HELPINGS, ANYONE? -- Dick Mo e,•; ,yed
the first course of Grand Bend United Church t . _, ;uoper
Mr. Mbnore had mashed potatoes, turkey, turnir. :ens, salad
and dressing all topped with gravy and cronbe-
gatherings as well as some
indoor sports. The sub-
committee also found that
many villagers would like to
have a soccer field or a
baseball diamond Interest
Wood stoves
blamed for
two fires
Grand Bend firemen were
called out twice last week
end when wood stoves
overheated.
Fireman Prosper Van-
bruaene says that people
aren't used to heating their
homes with wood stoves and
they don't keep a close
enough watch on the dam-
per. Van Bruaene says that
the fires in the stoves get too
much air, and the stove pipes
get red hot. Fires break out
where the pipes go through
the wall to the chimney.
The fire on Saturday night
took place in a house on the
Mollard Line and another
fire on Sunday night was in a
home on the B -Line.
Damages were low in both
cases. Both fires were
caused by wood stoves used
for heat.
Pinery OPP
report
Provincial Police at
Pinery Park investigated an
accident last Sunday when a"
car driven by Eric
Timiskern of Leamington
struck a culvert. The ac-
cidentoccurred onhighway 21
two miles north of the
1pperwash Army Camp.
Timiskern was injured in the
accident and was taken to
Strathroy Hospital.
During the week of
November 4 to 10, Pinery
OPP laid nine charges under
the liquor licence act, and
four charges under the
criminal code. Three
charges were laid under the
Highway traffic act
Three cases of wilful
damage and one break and
enter were investigated.
Law suits still pending
despite flood proposal
Residents in the area along
the Ausable River Cut south
of Grand Bend have not
withdrawn their law suits
against Bosanquet township,
despite a new proposal
zoning the area as special
residential.
About 200 landowners met
in Thedford last Tuesday
night to hear the results of a
study done by Paragon
Engineering of Kitchener.
The engineering group was
hired by the township council
to resolve the confusion after
a bylaw passed in 1960 was
unearthed which prohibited
building in flood plain land.
The engineers presented
a map showing how high
flooding would be in the
worst storm to hit the area
over a 100 year period, and a
line showing where flooding
would be if a storm with the
force of Hurricane Hazel in
the Toronto area 25 years
ago hit this area. The
majority of the homes fell
within one or both of these
areas.
William Mungall of the
Ausable-Bayfield Conser-
vation Authority discussed
problems of erosion as well
as flooding. Bosanquet reeve
Charlie Srokosz, an avid
water skier, dropped his
eyeglasses when Mungall
suggested that a speed limit
be imposed on the river.
According to the proposal,
houses already existing in
area zoned flood plain would
be re -zoned residential.
Many home owners said that
they still felt their property
would be devalued, because
people will be reluctant to
buy in a flood plain. Reeve
Srokosz replied that there
would be no further building
in the area, and therefore the
homes which are now there,
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Some >wnerS feared that
they would he able ts: sell
their homes '.'cause banks
would not give nlortgae`; to
areas within a flood plain
Bert Pearce. a rea; estate
salesman and home oss' er in
the arca said that the:, I:0 e
not withdrawn lass .,;;ts
because of the eX1e:,>es
incurred when the old lass
was rediscovered '. ,come
land was tied up for sonic
time. because buyers could
not get building permits The
home owner, Aso have legal
expenses, Pearce said. At
the meeting. planner Bill
Iloilo said that they hoped to
have the new zoning in effect
for spring building.
The proposal also said that
rebuilding in the case of a
fire could takeplaceif certain
standards were met. The
land would have to be 180
metres above sea level to
meet Hurricane Hazel flood
lines Fill could be added to
•meet these standards.
Bu ildings on farms would
be permitted.
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PLEASE PASS THE PEAS Doug and Mary Paddell of
Groncl R, :lona with about 500 others enjoyed a turkey
supper w n the t..mm ngs of Grand Bend United Church
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was also expressed in a
swimming pool, but the high
maintenence coat involved
with a pool make it im-
practical.
The subcommittee was
asked to go on with the next
phase of their project, and
look into the feasibility of
building a community
centre.
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