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The phot wy ¥ v ographer Tay park plans presented A new park to include picnic areas and even- tually soccer fields and a large clubhouse is in the works Hans Meyer, representing the German- Canadian Club presented a site plan for the proposed recreational facility to the Tay Planning Board. The site plan was approved in principle but the board suggested revising the layout of the park. The 25-acre park is to be located between Old Fort Rd. and the Fifth Concession of Tay. The land is zoned as recreational and has too many boulders to be used as agricultural says Meyer. The German-Canadian Club has $18,000 for a downpayment on the $25,000 site and will borrow the remaining $7,000. Meyer stresses the park is open to all, not just the members of the German-Canadian Club. This is the third location the Club has tried to get for the park. By holding beer gardens and numerous other events each year the club has Could PG. 2): construction service increase your firms profits? 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"Naturally, as Europeans we would like to see soccer promoted," says Meyer. Phase three is the building of a clubhouse fer dances and banquets which will hold 250 to 300 people. Mayer says it may take five to ten years to complete the three stages. The club intends to begin the park development with the inexpensive phases first and save toward the clubhouse. "T think it's going to be a nice spot," says Meyer. "IT think we need something there."' vere Oe ee VIII YS wy OA ES ah Nik al ng he hd Helen Redman makes them for fun Life-like 'poppets' show painstaking detail There are some in- teresting people in residence at the Midland Public Library this week. There's a woman furiously working her way through a basket of ironing, a merry butcher with a basket over his arm, a_ bespectacled school teacher, a clarinet player, a tailor, a photographer.... The life-like little dolls are the work of Helen Redman, and they will be on display at the library for two weeks. A diminutive and sprightly woman, Mrs. Redman bears an uncanny resemblance to _ the amiable and cheerful little people she makes out of cloth and yarn. She calls the bright- eyed rosy-cheeked mannikins "'poppets" and she learned the art of making them from Renate Weitzenbauer. Since last fall, Helen has made two dozen poppets, and at the moment she has commissions for another seventeen. Yet, she insists it's only a hobby. "If it ever became a chore--an assembly line operation--she says, "the fun would go, and I just wouldn't want to do them Hello...hello? So, although a gallery in Toronto's Yorkville has offered to sell all she can produce, she's not in- terested. "I'd rather do them for friends." Her creations have gone out to some fairly distant points. "One is on its way to England," says Helen. 'Several of them have wound up in Toronto. There's one in the Maritimes. and one is due to go to Vancouver." Helen's_ dolls are special because they are really three dimensional caricatures, and most of them are of people she knows personally. She makes a point of putting her dolls into settings that reflect a particular hobby or interest--thus the stamp collector, the clarinet player, the photographer are each shown doing their special thing. The greatest delight for the observer is the painstaking detail that goes into each character. The school teacher wears a blue shirt and a tailored blue blazer. The shirt has buttons about as big as the head of a pin, and the carefully knotted four-in- hand tie is complete with a tiny stick pin. At his feet, there is an over- flowing wastebasket. He holds a pointer in his hands, and there's a globe on the desk behind him. The butcher's basket is overflowing with parcels wrapped in butcher's paper and string. The stamp collector is hun- ched over his album, and there are small stamps on the pages. The clarinet player, modelled after a militant young non- smoker, wears a tiny no- smoking button pinned to his sweater. While the doll making absorbs a lot of Helen's time -- each doll takes about 24 hours to com- plete - a great deal of effort and imagination goes into what she calls "the fiddly stuff'. How, for instance do you make a_e small magnifying 'g'ass? Helen's answer was to use the top of a Bufferin bottle. The clarinet was fashioned from the top of a Sucaryl bottle, covered with black electrician's tape and studded with keys made of silver gift wrap. So far, the only ac- cessory that has stumped her is a small cutting block for her butcher. Helen's passion for detail is so intense that she Applyi fora Social Insurance Number for the first e? Don't tohow someone did it last year. Two things have changed. SIGNATURE ae SOCIAL canapa NUMERO INSURANCE DASSURANCE NUMBER SOCIALE 123 456 789 JOHN DOE Gide a Where you apply for a Social Insurance Number and what you need when you apply. Where? Your local UIC office. W hat will you need? Proof of your identity. If you were born in Canada, you'll need a primary document like a birth certificate or a baptismal certificate from Quebec. Naturalized Canadians need their citizenship certificates. If youre a landed immigrant you'll need your im- migration papers. Originals or certified copies are needed. You'll also need secondary identification. It can be something official with your name on it, like a driver's licence or a school report card. Here photocopies are fine. You don't want these important documents lost or misplaced. That's why we ask you to go, in person, to your local UIC office. They'll ap- prove your documents on the spot, help you with your application and send it to Ottawa. You can take your documents home right away. You'll get your Social Insurance Number card in the mail. If you can't get to a UIC office you can go to a Canada Manpower Centre or you can mail your application direct to Ottawa. But you'll have to send original documents or certified copies. And if there are problems with your ap- plication or documents it's going to take longer to iron them out than it would face to face in a local office. Establishing your identity is the best way to make sure your Social Insurance Number Stays with the right person. And that's pretty important. 8 Government Gouvernement of Canada 'du Canada -- \ YOUR SOCIAL INSURANCE Page 24, ee July 13, 1977, insists that the butcher's block be laminated, and that's hard to do when you're working in miniature. One might think that creating her custom made dolls and managing a home family and garden would fill all of Helen Redman's time. She still finds time to design and make costumes and accessories for the staff at Penetanguishene's mi- litary and Naval Establishment. "The Government has me NEW HOLLAND Farm Equipment BEATTY Pumpand Water Systems DORITY FARM SERVICE 428-2346 Main St. W., Stayner days to go The Great Furniture BD designated as 'Seam- stress I'," she says with a twinkle, "but on my better days I like to think of myself as a costume consultant and production person." As well as clever stitchery, there's a sharp sense of humour at work when Helen Redman is creating one of her little character dolls. Her father is an avid painter; her mother a fond gar- dener. Helen made the pair of them, and the tableau shows Father hard at work in front of his easel while Mother poses prettily with some of her favourite flowers. The joke becomes clear when you examine the canvass on the little easel. Father, it turns out, is not painting a picture of his helpmate after all. But he has produced an excéllent likeness of her bouquet of flowers. It seems that for Helen Redman, the fun will never go out of her hobby. Anyone who delights in miniature perfection should make a point of getting down to the PRES ee Tes eve sees 9 i 5 : Ready-Mix : Concrete # Call "Sam" ae §Midland 526-7961! r A Por wees 'Barrie 728-2460! Midland public library some time in the next two weeks to see this remarkable collection of Redman's original poppets. git as you BUY Home Gifts You'll be amazed at the scope and variety of gifts for the home we've assembled for your selection. Sensibly priced, too, in the tradition we have proudly upheld for many years. Drop in and browse. We'll welcome the opportunity to serve you. FOLEY'S Furniture & Appliances Hwy. 26 COLLINGWOOD ra ALE e.. (~, money. e Delivery wo Collingwood Firms hae gotten together to save you KAUFMAN'S-the manufacturer FOLEY'S - the retailer - *Save 50% © 10% on Kaufman's clearance of discontinued styles. 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