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' Clare improved players in th Six house league baseball players took home trophies Richard Przybyszewski, Larry Murphy, Andrew Duck- with them Saturday night after being chosen the most worth, Steven Kay, Mina Tesseris. Blaine Dusome. At I F l i far right is most improved peewee player Brad Coghill. / All in the line of duty Bookworm Leacock Treasury -- a funny thing, isn't it? by Priscilla Galloway The Leacock Medal Treasury: Th ree Decades ofthe Best of Canadian Humour is the featured y the July selection for Readers' Club of Canada Now I have to admit that I haven't read it haven't even seen it. What I have read is John Robert Columbo's review in The Canadian Reader. - It sounds like a really funny book. I've read and enjoyed many of the books that have won the leacock medal for humour during the past 30 years. and would likely get lots of chuckles. some giggles. and at least a few good belly-laughs out of the excerpts from the 30 books that make up this collection. -- Columbo himself says it's "the best sampler of our humour to appear between two covers" and with considerable modesty puts it "light years ahead" of his own collection of Canadian humour Eric Nicol, Richard Needham. W.Q. Mitchell. Max Ferguson, Pierre Berton, Max Braith- waite--to name only a very few that most people will recognize-- are, or ean be genuinely funny people to most of us, even considering so very in- dividual a thing as what we laugh at, or don't But I'm not going to buy the Leacock Medal Treasury, even though I may well read it, and for OPP release August activities statistics Officials at the Midland detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police last week released Statistics from the month of August, illustrating the type of activity carried on by the detachment during a normal summer month. Property, valued at $24,675, was stolen in the Midland jurisdiction, of which $12,278 was d Two adults were reported missing, one of which was located by Midland officials. A total of three juveniles were reported missing, of which two were located by the local OPP. Ten incidents of breaking and entering, in which no property was stolen, were investigated by members of the Midl Long weekend visitors in Mrs. Harold Graham Eleanore Edwards Visitors during the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Melvern Isaac were Miss Rita Woodward, Willowdale, Mr. Peter Bell, Mt. Gilliad, Ohio and Mr. Joe Bell of Ajax. Mrs. Orval Edwards and Gregory spent Thursday in Aurora visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Whetham = and visitors during the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. 2 were Mrs. Alex Spence and Douglas and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gratrix and family of Peterborough. Jill Robinson and Bob Peche of North Bay visited Mr. and Mrs. Stan Robinson and family for the weekend. Jill has received a position at the Laurentien Hospital 'in Sudbury. Mr. and Mrs. «Charles Stone spent the weekend with friends in Brantford. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Rumney during the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Barnett and Benjamin of Orangeville, and Mrs. Jack Waples of Elmvale. Bob Kidd was home for a few days after his summer employment before leaving to attend the Sir Wilfred Laurier University. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Edwards spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Don Edwards and family at Kettle's Beach. Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Faint of Toronto and Mrs. Clara Jamieson of Cambridge visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Devitt and Douglas of Oshawa spent the weekend with Mrs. Wm.° . Taylor. Mrs. A. Leith and Miss Margaret Leith of Orillia visited on Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nixon. Glenn Nixon of Toronto also was home for the weekend. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Doakes of Guelph visited Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Edwards. and Mrs. Gary rds and boys visited friends in Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mississauga on _ the weekend. Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Benke and Andrew on the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. M Wandelt and family of Kitchener. Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown were Mr. and Mrs. Don Bell and -family of Crossland and Mrs. Bell of Elmvale. Darren and Billie Jo Drury of Barrie spent the weekend with their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Ted Vasey. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dunn of Toronto spent the weekend at Mr. and Mrs. Vasey Roy Edwards. James returned home after visiting with his grand- parents. Mrs. Craig Painter and Lyle spent a few days last week with Mrs. John Painter of St. Catharines. The Vasey Women's Institute will meet at the home of Mrs. George Dupuis on Tuesday September 14 at 8:00 p.m. Norma Lee Edwards visited with Mr. and Mrs. Blain Edwards and boys Orval® Edwards at'Sault Ste. Marie on the~ weekend. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Jones during the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Dean Jones of Mississauga, Gary Smith and friend of Scar- borough. On Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. N. Jones visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jones and girls at Clearwater Beach. During the weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKeown and Amanda of Bracebridge, Allan McKeown of St. Catharines and Glenda and Janie Brewster and Tim McClelland of Scarborough visited with Mr. and Mrs. Clare McKeown. Robbie McKeown returned home with his parents after a holiday here. x Mr. and Mrs. Manley Edwards visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lockhart of Elmvale. Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Arkle Buchanan of Elmvale visited with Mr. and Mrs. Arley Taylor and family. Recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Woods were: Mrs. Rhoda Leonard and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Leonard of Waterloo, Miss. Gertrude Green of Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Woods and family of Oil City. On Sunday, Mrs. Bea Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Al Dorion, Jill Robinson and Bob Peche attended the Shakespeare play Anthony and Cleopatra at Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Momy of Toronto visited Mrs. Susan Vancamp and Stan x on the weekend. Two male adults were charged for sexual of- fences, one rape and one indecent assault. The OPP investigated a total of 21 assaults, leading to charges against six male\ adults and three juveniles. Seven male adults, one female adult, ahd four male juveniles were charged for breaking and ing. Police in- vestigated a total of 37 breaking and entering occurrences. A total of 19 thefts over $200 were investigated during August, leading to charges against two male adults and one juvenile. Another 52 thefts in- volving goods valued at less than $200 were in- vestigated. One man and a woman have been subsequently charged | with theft under $200. A total of 79 criminal code offences were in- vestigated by officials at the Midland detachment. of which six involved bail violations, 15 for disturbing the peace, 28 involved the wilful damage of private property, and seven in- volved trespassing. A total of 20 persons were charged for various of- fences under the criminal code. Two male adults were charged under the Narcotics Control Act, following . police in- vestigation of six in- cidents. Eighteen male adults were charged under the Liquor Control Act during the month of August. It's all in the line of duty. two reasons First--a respectable reason to almost everybody. I don't usually vo for excerpts. If T really like a book, the whole of it is what I want. The little piece just whets the appetite. and it's an- noying that there isn't anything to come next But a sampler can give me an idea of books I'd like to own and can then go ahead and buy. Secondly--a -- reason some people will find near-phobic I've got this thing about women writers, sec And out of 24 authors represented (some have won more than once, Eric Nicol three times), 21 are male, two female. and one indefinite. He' or she may not really be in- difinite in real life I hope not. indeed. 1 don't know him her, and "Jan" is less definite than Donald, Norman, or Warry--or Joan or Angeline. Joan Walker and Angeline Hango are the women: IT don't know cither vet, but plan to get acquainted soon Somewhat less than 10 per cent. representation virls. I'm not about to support that dispropor- tion by buying it really the But TI ean't complain about representation As I think about the Canadian fiction I know. we women haven't gone in for the lighter side. I think Adele Wiseman's Crackpot! is one of the funniest. gutsiest books I've read in vears. but there's too much else in it. Its not, it's definitely not, primarily a humorous novel, Again, there are some really funny bits of Constance Beresford Howe's Book of Eve. But each laugh carries its own little bit of recognition to many women who read the hook, and that recognition often hurts us even as we laugh. Again, humour is far from being at the core of the book So. readers of this paper, perhaps vou'll give if some thought. Do women lack a sense of humour" Or is our sense of humour different from men's? Or do we express our humour by laughing at what our menfolks say rather than saying. or writing, funny things ourselves? Or is our humour perhaps more usually inseparable from our other concerns" Or do you think it's just possible. just an outside Happy cooker chance, that the Leacock judges have been men, in tion as the awards? about the same propor- (705) 322 1991 INTERIM FINANCING BUILDERS MORTGAGES W.C.PLAYER Real Estate Ltd. Broker Elmvale, Ont. --BINGO-- ELMVALE LEGION, EVERY THURSDAY ©20 Games Specials *50. jackpot going every night. Entry Fee °1.00 Most improved players Winners of trophies for most improved players in the T-ball league, from left to right are Tony Irvine, Peter Scott, Robby Staff photo Lalonde, Michael Larman, Trevor Desroches and Robert Lee. Vasey minor ball season ends The Vasey Minor Ball teams brought the season to a close last Wednesday evening with a banquet and awards night at the Vasey United Church. After a delicious meal served to approximately one hundred by the Vasey Women's Institute, the president Mr. Don Hawke welcomed the teams and parents and expressed his appreciation for their support as well as the work of the executive, vice-president Mrs. Delcie Moriarty and the secretary-treasurer => Mrs. Lois Amos. The total registration this year totalled eighty- one boys and girls, the largest group being the T- Ball, a new venture this year for children from five to eight years who wish to learn the basics of ball, but do not enter into any competition. This group under the leadership of Mrs. Elaine Edwards, Mr. Larry Bowers, and Mr. Doug Hook and the mothers, proved a very successful venture and on August 17, a fun night was held for the children with races, a Obituary Grace Edwardsdies The death occurred suddenly at her home 577 Hugel Avenue, Midland on Wednesday, Sep- tember 1, 1976 of Grace Wallace Edwards. Beloved wife of Wilfred Edwards, she was in her 82nd year. Dear mother of Bob of Toronto, Bill of Midland, Mary Lou (Mrs. W.M. Wilson) of Barrie, and Joanne' (Mrs. E.T. Kelsey) of Fairport, New 4 York, she was the sister of Hilton Wallace of Cochrane and Lawrence S. (Toots) Wallace of Midland. She will be lovingly remembered by ten grandchildren. After a brief resting period at the Nicholls Funeral Home, Midland, services were held on Saturday, September 4, 1976. Interment Lakeview Cemetery, Midland. Rev. Robert. Little officiated. T-Ball game and a' bar- becue completed the evening. The fourteen members of the Atom team had a successful year under coach, Mr. Gary Edwards and assistant coach Mr. Harold Graham, winning all their league games and for this they received the Wallace Woods trophy. However on tournament day for the North Simcoe Atom 'League held at Vasey on August 28, after winning their first game went down to defeat to the Wyebridge Atoms by one run after two extra in- nings to determine the winner. Coach Mr. Gary Edwards gave some very interesting statistics on his team members and thanked the parents for their support. He then awarded Ian Dundas the trophy for the most ad- vanced player during the season. Ian improved as a player and also gained a lot of confidence in himself. The Atlas Block trophy for the most safe hits in the North Simeoe Atom League was presented to Bob Graham by Eddie Moriarty, last year's winner. This year a new trophy for the batting championship in the Vasey team was presented by Mr. and Mrs. John Dalton in memory of their son David, who was a member of the Atom team. Shane Sallows and Bob Graham tied for this and were awarded smaller trophies to keep. The Squirt team, coached by Mrs. Janet Hamilton and assisted by 'Mrs. Molly Duncan and Mr. Ron Jones had thirteen members and had quite a successful A blender is a useful kitchen appliance. I've only had one a couple of years but giving it up would be like losing a cheerfully humming assistant chef A blender, like all small kitchen appliances, is most useful when it's on deck on a permanent basis. Plugged in and ready to go, it will liquefy powdered milk, mince meats for sandwich fillings, make cashew or other nut butter. chop chocolate pieces and nuts. or make unim peachable bread, cracker and cookie crumbs all at the touch of a finger Sauce Bernaise. that bete noire of cookery, becomes child's play with a blender. You can dazzle your next dinner party this way: Place two egg yolks. 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon tarragon vinegar and 1 teaspoon tarragon in blender. and turn on and off to combine With blender at highest speed. very gradually add *; cup hot melted butter in a slow steady stream. Fold in 2 tablespoons chopped parsely and 1 tablespoon capers. drained and mashed This will make about '; cup sauce, and everyone will think you're very clever Ona more pedestrian note, it's also possible to make pleasant potato pancakes with a blender, which topped with blender applesauce-- will make your family wonder why they didn't give you a blender for Christmas' vears ago First- make the applesauce with 4 medium apples. pared, cored and cubed (about 4 cups.) Put these in blender, along with '» cup sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 5 or 6 drops of food colouring, if you care about that sort of thing Blend until smooth. If you're using the ap plesauce for the pancakes, it's nice heated Otherwise, you can spoon it up cold Now that you've made the applesauce. clean oul the blender container, and do the pancakes as follows 4 eggs 3 cup sifted all purpose flour » teaspoons salt tablespoons cooking oil Refreshments eo (-] 5 Year Guaranteed Investment Certificate Rates Subject To Change STERLING Sy Brae aratha year, finishing in second place in their division. The Batting -- trophy donated by Mr. and Mrs Bob Rumney was presented to Kevin Hamilton by Mr. Rumney and the most valuable player award was presented to Dwayne Stacey by Mr. Don Hawke. Although the fifteen members of the Peewee team were not very successful during the season, they managed to come through in the three tournaments they en- tered. The coaches Mr. Doug Hook, Mrs. Helen Watt and Mrs. Bea Robinson presented the boys with individual trophies for their efforts in winning the Midhurst sportsmanship award in memory of Murray Edwards was presented to Peter Robinson by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Edwards, and the most valuable player award in the peewee team was presented by Mr. Doug Hook to Kevin Watt, whose name along with the m.v.p. from the Squirt team will be engraved on the Newton Brown memorial trophy. Crests were presented to all members registered as well as the coaches and assistant coaches This ends another year of baseball in Vasey but already there is speculation on how many and who will be involved in next years teams, and » cup milk 2 1! 9 1 '. small onion 2 pound. ) lumpy minutes on each side batter for each gluey makes about 2!» 2 cups diced pared raw potatoes (about Pul eggs in blender container: cover and blend until fluffy, about 5 seconds ingredients in the order given, and blend about 5 seconds or until potatoes are finely grated--not Bake pancakes at once on greased hot griddle or in electric skillet at 375 degrees for about 2 Use about 2 tablespoons Turn once Do not stack pancakes, as. they tend to get a bit Serve with hot blender applesauce. This dozen pancakes Add remaining IT'S MISS MIDLAND FAIR CONTEST SAT, SEPT, 18th. tournament, the con- solation in the Elmvale meet and runners-up in the Wyevale tournament in August. The Peewee by the interest shown this year, we can certainly look forward to some exciting games in the season to come. Celebrate anniversary Mr. and Mrs. W.T. McDermott. who lived in Penetanguishene for 40 years. celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary on September 5 with a quiet celebration at the Villa Nursing Home in Midland, Staff photo COMING © Excavating @ tr Grading ¢ Bulldozing © Gravel Fill - Top Soil © Sewer & Water Mains © Septic Tanks & Tile Beds call Bruce Tinney R. R. 1 Penetang 526-7269 We Find Whatever Is Wrong We are Allen-Tronic Diagnostically Equipped. General Repairs Tune-UP -- Tires a Ess0) SKIROULE SALES & SERVICE LUDWIG MOTORS ELMVALE Auto -- Truck -- Tractor = Use your Credit Card and Chargex BROOKLEA Motel & Dining i Room Catering for Weddings, Banquets, Luncheons, Parties Meeting rooms available Highway 27 MIDLAND 526-9872 7 Wednesday, September 8, 1976, Page 19 - t