Grand Bend Holiday, 1966-08-11, Page 3HOLIDAY,
Grand Bend,Ontario.
Dear Miss Dinnin,
On Sunday,July 24,vue
headed towerd Vancouver
Island by British Colum-
bia Ferries.
The ride took us one
hour and forty minutes
and I enjoyed every mom-
ent of it.
A few miles from the
dock was the world famous
Butchart Gardens.
It %es started by Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Butchart
from the bleekness of an
abandoned limestone quar-
ry. Mr. Butchart, a pion-
eer in the manufacture of
Portland cement in Canada
wes a president of a Cern-
AUGUST
11, 12, 12
'Mary Poppins"
Colour
Julie Andrews,
Dick Van Dyk
Onc Show Each Night
Admission
for Children: 50c
August 15,16,17
"The Trouble
With Angels"
Roselind Russel
Heyley Mills
COLOR
August 18,19,20
DCUBIE FEATURE
"A Hard
Day's Night"
3tsrrinAeND. "Help"
THE BEATLES
COMING:
Old Yeller
That Darned Cat
Two Shows Nightly
RAIN or CLEAR
First Show at Dusk
Children
Under 12 in Cars FREE
JUST MINUTES FROM
GRAND BEND AT SH1PKA
M
ent Company having his
plant nearby. When the
limestone quarry %RS
exhausted, Mrs. Butchart
landscaped their home
grounds, this forming the
Butchart Gardens.
After two hours in the
gardens we found our camp-
site for the night.
Next day we went to
the undersea gardens, It
is a rectangular steel
and concrete structure
submerged ten feet be -
nth the Pacific. In it
were ell kinds of fish
and plent-like crestures.
The undersea geriens wes
the highlight of the day.
Next day my father and
I attempted to catch some
salmon for dinner, end
after three hours of fish-
ing we pelled in s henl-
thy catch of seeweed! -
NO 3ALMON:
I guess we went too
late in the morning and.
the fish hed nlreedy ert-
en,
Presently, Air+ are on
our wey bank to Ontario,
Yours truly,
Ronald Ende
NOTE: All summer we have
been printing these trey -
el notes written bz Ron
(jest 11 years old) as he
journeys with his fnmily.
We net %mild lest
summer and we were most
impressed with his activ-
ities as a"newspaper pub-
lisheein his hometown of
Burlington. Enthusiasm
like Ronald's deserves
interest end we 4ruet
that in some small meas-
ure, we have furthered
his mmitirg cereer.
GRAND BEND
LIBRARY Association
Open: Tuesday and Friday
7 — 9 p.m.
Upstairs in Village Hall
South Side of Main Street
Summer Residents Welcome
SALE now on
for limited time!
Please shop now
We would like you
to share in our BARGAINS
Sun Shop
Main St., Grand Bend
some items half price
These ere The %Mows - n trio of young singers %lie
will be at the Lakeview Casino on Saturdny night,
August 20. Mesic mrkers for them, ere The Children.
ACTION at the Casino
The second-of-the-
sesson bench concerts
was played on Sundny
by the KnRves..the
same group that ent-
erteined the dancing
crowd at the Casino
the night before.
Esbeco Ltd.,Strat-
ford, bottlers of
Coes Cole, are meet-
ing the costs of the
concert, which lees
errenged by Eric Mc-
Ilroy, proprietor of
the Lakeview Casino.
During the concert
Mr. 'NkIlroy thanked
the reeve of the vil-
lage, Orvel J.Wass-
mnnn, end Sergennt
Don Oerton,of the
OPP detachment here
for their co-operat-
ion in giving permis-
sion for the event,
and noted that this
encouraged the hold-
ing of similar pro-
grams throughout the
belence of the summer.
The Knnves, all of
Toronto. present 9
quite professional
appeerence, end their
music is excellent
rock. One member is
a technician with
Kodak Eastman; one
has just graduated
from Grade 13, end
the other three are
ettending university
in Waterloo„ Toronto
ani Western(Iondon).
Next weekend at the
Casino are three gr-
oups invited beck,
after popular demand
following earlier rep-
pestances here. They
are the Commencheros
on Friday, the Brit-
ish Modbeets on Sat-
urday end The Roots
of All Evil on Sundsy
nights.
The Modbents are
the most popular with
the dancing crowd of
ell of these, end Mr.
McIlroy feels it is
just lucky that they
were aveileble for n.
return engsgement.
The following
weekend, the Fables
of Fate (who played
the July 31 concert)
will play on Friday
night, August 19.Set-
urdny night it is the
Willows, that trio of
excellent young voic-
es who are seen on
CBC TV progrer "Music
Hop" out of Toronto.
Accompanying them are
The Children - en ex-
cellent group of five
young musicians.
Also booked for
this season in the
Casino are The Ardels
and for Labour Day
weekend. Dee and the
Yeomen - considered
by far the best three-
some in Canadian rock
music to dnte.
The Willows are n
very successful trio
of singers assembled
by CRC. The girls
heve n varied beck -
ground. Stephanie
TRylor, 22, is work-
ing on her M.A. thes-
is in psychology et
University of Toron-
to. Dinne Mi1ler,21,
is a dancer, end has
taken part in severed
of the chorus pres-
entntions et the CNE
grnndstand. Rhoncin
17.'has been
dencing professionel-
ly since she %es six
years old. She hes
made three records
Pea wee n typing ehe-
meon et rortt York
slIrt %merit tn
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PIP WilirWri eud
Chiliren were
festurei Pt n specinl
event in Exeter this
spring, end were very
well received.
DRIVE IN
OR
SAIL IN
TO
MONETTA
MENARDS
LAKE HURON'S
MOST EXQUISITE
DINING LOUNGE
YOU WILL ENJOY
GRAND BEND
AND
THE PANORAMIC
SAIL ROOM
OR GAY
PIRAT'S CAVE
FULLY LICENSED
"SEAFOOD IS NOT
OUR SPECIALTY IT'S
OUR VOCATION!"
LAKEIEN CAS?ATO
$wigs
9 -12 pm
$1.50 per person
Friday, August 12
The Commancheros
Saturday, August 13
The British Modbeats
Sunday, August 14
The Roots of All Evil
COMING
August 19
"The Fables of Fate"
August 20
"The Willows" and Th 3 CHILDr 3n"
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