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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-04-23, Page 19cly 6' PAGE 18 —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1986 • District' eWs The Goderich Legion Branch 109 donated $500 to Linda Reid towards her trip to the Special Olympics in Calgary in July. Presenting her with the cheque is treasurer Harold Cook and Alvin Blackwell, first vice president. (photo by Susan Hundertmark) Lochalsh people attend funeral ,11 George MacDonald and his mothe, Margie MacDonald went to Detroit on the weekend to attend the funeral of John Ripetoe. Visitors on the weekend with Dorothy MacLennan were Katie Sutherland and Christine McFagaen of London and Finlay MacLennan, Brenda and family of Kitchener. Sandy and Peggy McCharles of Point Clark took Rhetta MacLennan up to the new Owen Sound Hospital to see her daughter, Margaret Morton, also of Point Clark. She is a patient in the hospital and is now recuperating after a major operation. Brookside Public School gym was the setting on Sunday for a pretty bridal shower for Janet Wilkins, daughter of Charles and Mayme Wilkins. She will be married in Wallaceburg in June. Janet received a lot of lovely and very useful gifts. Janet thanked all the .ladies , for their gifts and thoughtfulnessme of those present were her fiance Allen Peck and his parents Garry and Agnes Peck `of Wallaceburg. Her two sisters, Barbara Wilkins of Paris and Elizabeth Wilkins of LOCHALSH NEWS ie Webster, 395-5257 Toronto were also there. Other relatives were present from Paisley, Woodstock and Chesley. Those visiting Rhetta MacLennan on the weekend were rher daughter Florence MacLennan and her friend Shirley of Kit- chener, and her brother and sister-in-law Harold and 'Peggy Jardine of Harriston. Visiting on the weekend with Dorothy Finlayson were Carol Finliaysori, her hus- band John Balch and son Alexander and also their brand new son Nicholas James, born in Toronto March 11. On. April 13, Dorothy Finlayson became a grandmother to a brand new grand- daughter, Ellissa Maria, daughter of Ian and Christina Finlayson of London. A recent visitor with Ewen and Marj McLean .was Marj's sister Mrs. Ross Calvert of Sarnia. A spirit of co enjoyed t BY BRUCE TWAMLEY For many centuries and on many con- became standardized by 1908. The auction tinents card games have been, for myriads style of game reigned for about 20 years but of people, a source of entertainment and became obsolete when contract bridge pleasure. became popular in the early 1930s. Card parties introduce a spirit of coin- Contract bridge dates from 1925 and owes petitiveness whether it be the mild, friendly much to the work of Vanderbilt in the United type or the more serious mercenary type. States who introduced such new features And because a game of cards is a sedentary and vulnerability and bonuses. Cuthbertson, exercise it is a pastime which can be, and is, in the early 1930s, did much toward making much enjoyed by invalids, by older folks, bridge a popular game by developing an and by those who may be weary afteria hard honor -count system. This system made it day's work. much easier for a player to estimate the The most popular card games are euchre, strength of his hand. 500, bridge, rummy, seven up, whist, crib- Cribbage was invented by Sir John Suckl- bage, poker and canasta, and of these, the ing, an expert card player and bowler, who first three exceed all the rest in popularity. was born in 1609 and died by his own hand in At MacKay Centre. this is certainly the 1642. It is considered by some to be the best case. This group of the first three is cardgame for two players and its rules have especially interesting. because it contains been little changed over the past three both the oldest and the youngeet of the nine centuries. games named above. Cribbage also has its In MacKay Hall, the four card games that • devotees at MacKay centre.. are played are euchre, because at the time Euchre is a game that dates so far back these seniors were learning to play cards that its origin is unknown. It is related to euchre was very popular; 500, which in ecarte in France, to a game called Napoleon many ways is intermediate between euchre in England, and to spoil -free in Ireland, and and bridge; bridge, for those who had time thus has international connections. to learn the rules when they were younger; • Because it makes use of the principle of a and cribbage, a good game to play when you trump suit it may have played a part in the can find only one opponent. evolution of both bridge and 500. At the card parties held each month in the In North America, in the latter'half of the 19th century and in the early portion of the ZOth, euchre was by fai' the most popular r�r---- card game. It is a fairly simple game, easy to learn, and because of that one factor it ap- pealed to those whose daily tasks were laborious and who had a minimum of educa- tion. That included most of the folk in those earlier days. A card Ramie called Triumph, played in England in the 16th century, is considered to be the source from which -bridge arose. From England the game spread to the conti- nent and in. this international . setting it became kl"iown as whist. The rules for playing this game were first clearly described by Hoyle in 1742 and to this day the rules for playing card games are described as "according to Hoyle". With some modification in the method of determining which suit was trump, whist survived as a popular game until about the turn of the last century. An adaptation of whist called bridge whist gradually took over and from 1896 to 1908 bridge whist became the most popular 'game of that type. Auction bridge;' which' introduced com- petitiv clay car ness is arties sion first appeared in England in 1904' and anyone, dancers and spectators alike, not enjoy himself or herself at the dance. On the last Wednesday- of the month, under the title "Variety Concert", Isobel MacDonald teamed up , with Bea and Everett Sparling to put on a show that form- ed a fitting climak to the March entertain- ment program and one that filled the hall to capacity. In the early part of the evening Kim Linklater and Audrey Sprung introduced the lighter side of the program with dances and recitations. They were followed by Lee McCallum, ac- companied by Lorne Dotterer, and by Pastor Kim Dykstra of Berea Lutheran Church, all of whom made Holy Week their theme. They, in turn, were followed by the Fullar- ton Young People's choir; an organization composed mainly of young people in their teens, coached by Sherwin Friesen. From their opening note to their •final selection these young people, with no musical accompaniment, held their au- dience spellbound with music that was tender, appealing, and melodious. Was it any wonder that, at the conclusion of their ' presentation, this choir was given a stan- ding ovation. ' The entertainments provided for seniors' evening only euchre and 500 are played, by the Board of Management and their with the attendance being split between the associates were a delectable potluck lun= two. As a rule euchre is favored by 55-60 per , cheon and movie, an enjoyable card party, a' cent, 500 by 40-45 per cent of the players. lively dance, a game of bingo, and a Variety The March party was no' exception, In it, Concert. ' the prize winners in euchre were Florence Reid,' Bill Gow, Margaret Jewell, and Jim ! T ®�r d® Cummings. In 500 they were Greta Zoethout, Harold Y Young, Jean Schram, and Percy Mundell. Prizes were also awarded to those whose could star birthdays came closest to St. Patrick's day including Esther Gibson and Bill McTaggart. In the evenings of the first and third Wednesday of each month, the Golden Gate organization, with a turnout of 30-40, usual- ly, play euchre and 500 with prizes for the winners. Others like to dance. On Mar. 21 the hall. was filled with the sweet and lively melodies of Gordon Harrison's small but excellent or- chestra. In the absence of Gordon himself ' (he was in Florida) the music was provided by Audrey Kerr, Francis Schram, Doug Young, and Hugh, Hodges. And with two square dance callers, Hugh etting better at it all the in Annie WANTED: one gentle, quiet, patient, in:: telligent, . and housebroken dog to star in Huron Country Playhouse's production, An- nie, scheduled for August 12 through September , 6. The lucky dog (Sandy) will perform side by, side with Annie in his (or her) leading role. 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