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Page I SECTION THE HERALD Wednesday February 3 Canadas Top Cocktail Maker Jumbo a renowned circus elephant died when struck by a train In St Thomas Ont In 1885 But his spirit lives on in spirits no frothy drink created by St Thomas bartender Jane Squires that took top boners at the 1967 Great Canadian Cocktail Contest spon sored by the Canadian Restaurant and Association and Canadian Club Appropriately enough the cocktail JUMBO is pink and Is even served with a pink elephant straw The drinks full name Is a mouthful that would crowd any bar menu JUMBO stands for Janes Unique Mixture to Boost Ontario a name chosen to promote both her home town and her province in keeping with the contests Canadian theme Squires who beat out more than entries to take the grand Is a veteran at the age of The St Thomas native took a parttime job bartending while still In high school and by the time she graduated she knew had found her niche I enjoyed bartending so much that I decided not to go to university she said I had the marks to go to univer sity but wanted to stay In the restaurant business I cant see myself enjoy what ever getting out of It For the past to years Squires has worked at the Safari Tavern owned by family Thomas where she performs some management duties lit addition to serving customers Its a family business and they treat you like youre one of the family she says of her employers I might like to have my own place some day but Im not really striving for It Im doing now Winning the contest proved to be good publicity for both the Safari and her hometown One of the prizes was a pro motional night a big party to In traduce the drink to our friends and customers at the Safari and the St Thomas Chamber of Commerce presented her with a statue of the elephant Other prizes included a travel voucher which she used to take a vaca tion in England and four aU-eipense- days In Toronto at the annual HostEx show Canadas premier exposi tion for the restaurant and lion trade Squires discovered an untapped talent farconcoctingwlnnlngcocktalls After J M B O s big win she entered two recipes in a Champagne Cocktail Con test and both were among the 11 Instills PRESENTS VEGAS north casino entertainment WED I to Test Your Skills At The BLACKJACK TABLES Treated like a Duke Seen In tats photograph are from left lo right borne Is Steak and Lobster with their famed Caesar owneroperator and Christine Monleath head salad The chef with yean of expertise Is sure to waitress of the New Duke of York Rett want located delight your appetite where Its that friendly business In Georgetown at IIS Goelpb SI In the Normandy Ptaia luncheon or a romantic dinner for two The restaurant Life of a Small Town Restaurateur Making the move from big city restaurateur to ownermanager administratorchef utility man at a cosy rural town takes a considerable amount of on numerous fronts says Alex Clave When you walk down the street to the bank and you sec your bat customer dining in another restaurant you have lo be very open minded sakt the owner of Cboz la Vigne in Wolf Me In a large city you dont have that Youd see him one day a week and you dont know what he does the rest of the time The Swiss native took over Ches la Vigne In after a distinguished career in foodservlce In the Maritime and Quebec He made his name as a remarkable and Innovative chef but moved into administration and spent years as president of Host Restaurants a position he vacated to lake over his restaurant In Wolfvllle What prompted Clavcl to abandon Halifax and his administrative career for life in Wolf which has a lion of to depending on whether Acadian University Is in For one thing he already owned a beautifully renovated house there which he had leased to a restaurant operator In When be saw that restaurant falling badly decided he could get it back on its feet and moved in to see the results of my efforts he said I thought there wasa need in this town for a sophisticated restaurant with creative and imaginative cuisine a place where the customer feels pampered