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Times Advocate, 1989-07-26, Page 14AUCTIONEERS .. Page 14 Times -Advocate, July 26, 1989 Zurich's 125th Fair goes without a hitch By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH - The 125th birthday of the Zurich Fair went without a hitch,: mainly due to the hard work of ate Zurich Agricultural Society members, especially president Leo Hoffman and secretary -treasurer Marg Deichert: Among the very first winners during the three-day event were Mark Soudant and Monique Geli- nas who were cb sen as the Fair's prince and princess after the open- ing ceremonies Friday evening. The pair were chosen from several youngsters aged from 2-6 years old who entered the competition. The year's Fair queen is Roxanne Martin of RR1 Bayfield and she was crowned by last year's queen Tracy Fisher during Friday even- ing's dance to Mozart's Melody Makers. The runner-up was Manch Sawchuk. After Saturday's parade the baby show attracted a crowd to see who would win from among the twenty infants entered this. year. The judg- es were Brenda McDonald of Exet- er, Lillian Beer of Hensall, and Nancy Thomas from Grand Bend. The claimer of the title as the oldest past baby show winner to visit the 125th Fair was Brian Decker, who was a winning baby in 1950. A total of 27 previous baby show winners were on hand Saturday. The earliest past fair queen was Elizabeth Weber (nee Groot) who represented the Fair in 1974. Eight former queens arrived for the event. The winner of the $125 drawn during the horse show on Sunday was William McCann of RR3 Dashwood. Poultry show the 'Huron County Poultry, Pig- eon and Pet Stock Association is holding their summer lawn show on Saturday August 5 at the farm house of Cliff and Laura Pepper near Dashwood. Exhibitors and friends are invited to spend an after- noon with them at the show. Auxiliary The Rest Home Ladies Auxiliary are holding a business meeting in the board room on August 1 at 7:30 p.m. to make plans for the Zurich Bean Festival. Personals Darcy Ducharme and Lisa Rooth were married July 15 at St. Peter's Church in St. Joseph. Raymond Regier and Roberta Harmon were also married at St. Peter's on July 22. Eileen Consist has returned from visiting her aunt in Manitoba, who will soon be celebrating her 100th birthday. Bingo A big winner last Thursday was Verlie Lavery of Zurich who won the $1,000 jackpot at the bingo. The mystery prize was split three ways between Connie Masse of Dashwood, Doug Regier of Zurich, and Estel Edmunds of Exeter - $45 each. Arm wrestling at the Fair Wrestlers - John Becker instructs the Zurich Fair. two contestants in the rules and regulations of arm wrestling at Official results from the 1989 Zurich Agricultural Fair ZURICH - Roxanne Martin was named Miss Zurich Fair for 1989. She was crowned by last year's winner Tracey Fisher. Eight previous queens were in at- tendance. The winner was Elizabeth (Groot) Weber who was queen in 1974. The champion cook at this year's Zurich Fair was Sheila Miller of Dashwood with a total of 92 points. Close behind in second spot with 89 points was Janet Sou - dant of Zurich. Sheila Miller and Janet Soudant were one-two in the baking class 50 special and the canned food spe- cial. Finishing third were Hazel Corbett and Anne Flaxbard, respec- tively. In the sewing and needlework de- partment Margaret Cole of Hensall was the winner with 37 points. Runnerup with 30 points was•Hazel Corbett, also of Hensall. The Baby Boutique special was won by Helen Toornstra of Hensall followed in second place by Hazel Corbett. Best in arts and crafts were Sheila Miller and' Marion Becker of Zu- rich. The floral exhibit winner was Joan Van Sligtenhorst of Zurich and the fruits and vegetables special was won by Janet Soudant. Junior homemakingwinnerswere Kelly Lansbergen and Rachel Van S ligtenhorst. Margaret Cole, Mary Kinsman and Marion Becker topped the liquid embroidery special. Cole also was best in the best of show quilt with Theresa Laycox of Seaforth second. Amassing 'the most points in quilts was Emma Cox of Varna with Marion grcker taking most points in linens. Competition was again keen in the annual children's mini tractor pull. Jackie Masse, Andrew Sebben and Kassie Hoegy won in the 30 to 50 pound class; Dwight Beierling, Jill Sebben and Brent Hoffman were best in 51 to 75 pounds and win- ning the 76 to 95 pound class were Shawn Laporte, Raymond Beierling and Dwight Gingerich. The grand champion sheep flock was shown by Louis Emke of RR 2, Elmwood and other sheep win- ners were Donald Dearing, Exeter and Elmer Armstrong, St. Pauls. In the poultry division, Michael Becker of Dashwood exhibited the champion male and female bantam and Cliff Pepper took the standard male and female championships. David Thiel of Zurich was the big winner with pigeons and the rabbit winner was Jeremy Becker of Dash- wood. In heavy horse competition, the winners were Tom Penhale, Bay- field; Allan Horsburgh, Mount For- est and Allan Young, Goderich. The saddle horse winners were Ernest lhrig and John Geiger of Zu- rich and Sarah Bcynon of Aylmer. Best in junior equestrian on hors- es were Melanie McBride and An- drew and Steven Geiger, all of Zu- rich and the junior equestrian on ponies winners were Josh Beynon, Aylmer, Peter Caslick, Zurich and Reid and Sarah Beynon of Aylmer. The Saturday purebred Haflinger horse show drew a large number of entries. Winners were Stewart Thiel of Zurich; Jennifer Horn, Gowans - town; Ron Moore, Springfield and Blue Ridge Acres. Baby contest winners Coming first in youngsters up to four months old was Amanda Han- sen, London. Second was Katelyn Love, RR2 Hensall and tied for third place were Shalin Diehl, RR1 Zurich, and Melissa Smith, Hen- sall. Melissa Jeffrey, Brian Prang and Keith McMahon, all of Zurich, were chosen best babies in the four to eight months age group. Jenna Doey, Exeter, Brian Web- ber, RR 1 Exeter and Kenneth Re- gier, RR2 Zurich were winners in the eight to 12 months class. Matthew Masse, RR3 Zurich and Tammy Peck, Varna, tied for first in the 12 to 18 month category. Second was Amanda Neeb, Zurich, and third was Tyler Mason, Cen- tralia. Eighteen -month-old identical twins Justine and Jacqueline Geli- nas, Zurich, were in a class by themselves. Twenty-seven past winners of baby contests turned up for this year's fair. Brian Decker, Kippcn, won the prize as the oldest baby. Caution urged Rabid bat found in Hensall By Susan Hartman HENSALL - Village residents are being asked to be a little more watchful for strange behaviour in animals after a rabid bat was found in Hensall last week. Reeve Jim Robinson said a gentleman saw the bat in the south part of Hensall and noticed that squirrels were playing around with it. He caught the bat and took it for testing in Seaforth where it was determined the animal was rabid. Robinson said rabies is always a possibility in the area, but when a confirmed case is reported, villagers should be watching pets and wild animals for unusual behaviour. "A squirrel doesn't normally come to you, and if one did I'd take care," said Robinson. Church Next Sunday will be the final service at Carmel Presbyterian Church until September. Joint congregational services for August will be held at the United Church. Shuffleboard The top scorer on July 18 was John Pepper with 409, followed by Bill Pepper who won every game and scored 347. Queensway 9\[ews HENSALL - Monday morning we started our week with a discus- sion iscussion of current events in the sun room over cups of tea. The after- noon was spent outside in the shade, enjoying library time along with the beautiful weather. Joyce, Pcpp: r it `h'^s118crA as our pianist at choir practise. We arc in the process of picking a few new songs to add to our repertoire. Baking Club also met Wednesday .v cd- up a betas" a e"tt feir" chocolate chip cookies. One of our baking club -members has -rami chips, walnuts or raisins were only used in those cookies served on Sunday when the minister might come calling. We often take our abundance for granted. Its good to hearsuch stories to remind us of leaner times. Ladies Hour had everyone perked up Friday afternoon in great shape for any weekend visitors or outings. Nails were done and hands mas- saged. We all enjoy that little extra attention. ' Coli iig•evefits"arEtiti 7L at 7 p.m. a birthday party with Ray Cann and friends. August 11 at eaturi.ng Mexico. Granton by Muriel Lewis GRANTON - Granton residents were shocked on Monday July 17 by a series of explosions which de- stroyed four grain elevators and a grain cleaner at the W.G. Thomp- son plant, causing an estimated $200,000 damage. Edward Huckle and William Hummel of Dorser Welding in Blenheim narrowly escaped with minor burns and were treated at London's University Hospital. It is believed that the vibration of com- pressed dust inside the airtight grain elevators set off the resulting com- bustion and fire: Violet Ross of Dorchester, Doro- thy Taylor and Marjorie Blyde both of Woodstock and Evelyn Pilgrim of Byron recently spent a•day with their sister Florence Riddell. Jenine and Kenneth French, Scott and Philip Hodgins, Benjamin Harl- ton and Jeremy Lambourn spent last at Forest Cliff Camp near For- est. W.I. rally About 114 ladies attended the 34th annual Middlesex County Women's Institute Rally hosted by North Middlesex District and held at pdplar Hill Park on Tuesday, July 18. The theme was looking to the fu- ' ture and a donation was made to the operating budget of the association committee for Food and Agriculture Awareness. It was also decided to have a display andprogri m agairr at • the Farm Show in March. Luanne Wardell of Beechwood presented with the county 'V 7. Scholarship by" the provincial board director Fran Hyatt. Special guests were F.W.I.O. president Margaret Munro of Carp and Harriett Steven- son of Nebraska. The latter spoke about the history of Nebraska and told about the Home Extension Clubs there. Eight member attended from the Granton W.I. and during the after- noon program five of them took part in a Choral speaking presenta- tion entitled "Why we like the W.I." Other program included a humor- ous reading about supermarket shopping by Ruth Bryan of Pros- pect Hill W.I. and a comical hat show was presented by Riverview W.I. A group of Unit three U.C.W. members, husbands and friends en- joyed Run for your Wife at the Hu- ron Country Playhouse in Grand Bend on Wednesday evening, July 19. Mrs. Keith Riddell of London and her daughter Beth King and granddaughter Tammy of Tucson, Arizona visited with Mrs. Florence Riddell on Wednesday, July 19. They all went to St. Marys and called on a cousin Mrs. Bessie (Rid- dell) Frank at her home there. The Lion's Club held their third bingo at the Granton Park Pavilion on Thursday evening, July 20. Mr. and Mrs. Joe French hosted a reunion of Joe's Whalen school friends on Saturday at their honre north of Granton, There are no regular services at Lltltirarme. Ciranian rhltrchr-s dura ing 7uly. I waste management go(denijCirnps.eSlresponsjbiljty' ZURICH Last week many of our residents enjoyed visits from relatives and friends visiting in the arca. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond De- nomme had relatives from uebec. rt Tffl. Vtrrovi., irweadew.. Auxiliary please note that there will be a business meeting at the Home of Tuesday evening, August 1, at 7 p.m. in order to make plans for the booth at the Bean Festival? The quilt which will be raffled at the Bean Festival is on display here and tickets can be bought from any Auxiliary members, the office or the tuckshop. All proceeds will, of course, go to residents comforts. On Wednesday afternoon, a bus load of residents chaperoned by Marc Chalut had an interesting trip to Bayfield and area. They saw the new condominiums and the boats in the Marina. Mass was celebrated by Fr. Hays • in the chapel on Thursday morning. QSome of the residents went to "�{ 9a21e-+�esrip noon for the 125th anniversary of the Zurich Fair. They enjoyed the floats as well as meeting the many "Old Timers" they saw along the way. On Sunday morning, a number of the residents attended the wor- ship service at the new Mennonite church next door, superviseA by Catherine Shantz and assisted by Molly Goudy. Sunday evening, the chapel ser- vice was conducted by Rev. Stan- ley Desjardine of the Church of God, Grand. Bend. to TORONTO - Ontario's counties will be permitted to take on respon- sibility for solid waste management as a result of legislation passed yes- _ hy_ the, Ontario legislature_ the H99nourable Jonn Eakins, Minister bf Municipal Affairs, said the legislation allows counties, with a two-thirds vote of county council representing a majority of the member municipalities, to as- sume all or any part of the responsi- bility for waste management within the county. Until now, municipal waste management has been the sole responsibility of lower tier mu- nicipalities in the county system. "A waste management system that meets today's standards is be- yond the technical and financial means of many local municipalities in counties," Eakins said. "This legislation resolves the problem by allowing local municipalities to combine their resources at the county ievei to meet weir waste management needs collectively." Eakins said two recent com- mittees which looked into county government - the Advisory Com- mittee on County Government and the Consultation Committee on County Government - both recom- mended a county rule in waste man- agement. The Atssociation of Mu- nicipalities of Oij aria and most counties that have taken a position on the issue also favour a county role. Ailsa Craig Seniors AILSA CRAIG - It was a hot hu- mid day when the Seniors met at the Legion Hall on July 20 for their regular meeting. Our president wel- comed 28 members. He was assist- ed by Shirley Williams as secretary and Harold Guilfoyle as treasurer. It was reported that Gorden Ste- wart was in hospital so we all signed a card, we hope he will soon be home and able to be with us. After a short business meeting seven tables were in play as we en- joyed ten games of euchre. Winners were: ladies high - Levi White (playing a ladies card), ladies lone hands - Laura Axford, ladies low - Betty Guilfoyle, men's high - Alfred Mathcrs, men's lone hands - Ruth Shepherd, men's low - Marga- ret Dores. We will meet again on August 3. We always like to welcome new members so if you are a senior come and join us at 1:30 p.m. [skidneea L FILSON & ROBSON The Experienced Auctioneers that Guarantee You More S$ Considering A Sale or Need an Appraisal 666-0833 666-1967 Call Collect Supplying You with nn ' Mobile office • Immediate Payment Iif«;fsureVE,W, Vou NORM WHITING 1,, S-'0011tAtsf R Prompt Courteous EHiciant ANY TYPE, ANY SIZE ANYWHERE We give complete sole service PROFIT SY. EXPERIENCE Phone Collect 233.1964 EXETER REPAIRS >itewiw� Maskinel Repairs to all makes Free estimates 90 Day Warranty Experienced since 1932 Sew and Save Centro Ltd. 149 Downle St., Stratford Closed Monday . 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