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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1967-04-27, Page 5UCW Group! At W^y-Willis Rounding Out Busy April Mju’y kn4 Mmltha, unit The members .pf the Mmy. and Martha Unit met April IStii at the horns of W Sutter. Roll caJJ was respond ed to by” el Biblical verse .using the word ^..dominion”* 'Mre, Orarles Nelson, Mrs, David Pales and Mrs. Elmer JJUgili .conducted the wof^hip service on the theme “This fe My Father's World”, ForUpne Of pa'triofiic hymm were sung. A veity pleasing duet was., sung by Mrs, Wes Holland! .and Mrs.! Banspn Sutter. Mrs, Steepe, the president, conducted the business, Various reports wore received from committees. Mrs. Nelson introduced the book “Into -a Nation” informing how the church came to East ern. and Western Canada. Mem bers of the unit who assisted told various ways Christianity spread throughout the Mari times, Newfoundland, Quebec, Labrador and Ontario. Beauti fully colored slides were also shown by Mre. 'Nelson depicting the beauty of nature *and his torical landmarks from Eastern Canada to Alberta. A delicious luuch was served by the hostesses, ' *45 Starlight Unit The April meeting of Unit 2 was held in the church parlour with 14 members present. Five different passages wer^ taken from the Bible, on “What js the Church”. Mrs. Stephenson led in prayer. Eleven hospital calls and home calls were reported Mrs. Ron Nielsen. Arrangements were complet ed foa? the bake sale on April ■ 29 being held at the former Red and White Store. Mrs. Robert Cooke showed many beautiful colored slides on her recent trip to Bermuda. Lunch was - served by Mrs. Glen Wiiise and Mrs. Clayton Keyes. ik *■ * ■ u WO-IIE-LO Twenty-one 'ladies met in the church parlour for the April meeting of the Wo-He-'Lo, Unit. The leader Mrs.' C. Stewart read a poem “Count Your Blessings” to open the meet ing. The roll call was answered ,K‘ SJX by by a Bible verse containing the name of & tree, U flower or $ vegetable. The .offering was dedicated arid the various minutes, reports and usual business was dealt with. Miss Esther Jtixnieson had charge of worship service. Her theme was “The Church”, She ■ read a few excerpts from the Study Book “The Church and the World”. Several members Mrs. R. Cantelon, Miss M. Muir and Miss F. Jamieson read short scripture passages, Mm- H. Jenkins led.-in prayer. Mrs. T, Oliver read’a spring poem. The May roll call will be nYcur favorite flower, why you like it”, \ ( ■ Some current events were read. Mrs. C, Stewart read por tions of a leitter- from her piece, Miss Mary Stewart, who teach es in Secondary School at Chikan, Kata, Zambia, Africa. Mrs. -McGill conducted ia Bible ‘Quiz and the, committee of Misses i Esther and Florence Jamieson and Mrs. H. Jenkins served tea and a social time was enjoyed. This Wo-He-Lp group is plan- No Decision On College - Goderich Hoping Reeve’ Herbert Such of. Gode rich “Wais council’s representa tive to/the board members of the proposed' area 14 college of applied' arts and technology on Monday. The group is in search of a suitable site 'for the school. So far, no definite decision has been reached, but there are hopes that a location will be named on May 9 when the board meets in Waterloo., The Goderich reeve conducted a tour of the town and showed ■the college officials what the Huron County seat had to offer to a student body of about 300 and a staff 'of about 28 Which* has been estimated for the pro posed college. • “Conestoga College” dis the name tentatively chosen for the school, but this', too, will be decided1 at a later date. ning a appall event for Satur day, May 13 at 3 p.m. in the Sunday school room. Their “Centennial Tea and Bake Sale”' will feature home-made candy, home-baked goods, an antique room and a special of fering of some Centennial giilypi* : spopms, , . R? ■.#. ’ * Fidelity Unit Miss Bertha Diehl ws chair lady for the April meeting of the 'Fidelity unit. Mre. hL Shep herd Was pi'anist, The theme of the devotional ' .was, ’’The 1 Church, the Body .of Christ”, Mrs. Carter-- read the first scripture passage and Miss Diehl read the second and of fered prayer. Roll call response was '“My favorite Bible verse”/ Mrs. Sutter .read an interest ing Historical chapter on the subject, “How the Church came to the . West’ ’from the book-. Jet, “Into a Nation”. The time period was from 1800 to 190Q and concludes, “In that one century, the West had achieved the essentials of civilized living/ that in other parts of the world had taken slow, halting aeons’ *, Mrs, Shepherd read a ques tionnaire, put to the Rev, Gor don Winch, padre of the pulbs and the enlightening answers. Miss Diehl brought to the meeting some informative facts about the Canada Company. It held some local interest and was enjoyed, Mrs. Carter presided for the business; The visiting secretary, Mrs. Lockwood, reported' six hospital and! seven home calls. Mrs, Holland reported work/ Was completed on a quilt and other articles for the (bale. Two members in hospital were ■ remembered with ‘ cards, Thirteen were in attendance. Hostesses were Mrs. Sutter, Mrs. Ratihwell and Mrs. Hol land. 1- ' M■ISf. ’ Couple Honoured on Wedding Anniversary After the morning service in St, Andrew’s Presbyterian Ohurch last Sun day, the congregation presented gifts to the minister and his wife on their 25th wedding anniversary. Later the group posed for the above picture. From the left, R. Gordon Shortreed, clerk of the session, who. presented Rev, R. U. Mac- Lean with' a cash gift-, and Mrs. James Edwards,, right, president of the Made leine Lane Auxiliary pinned a corsage on Mrs. MacLean. (News-Record Photo) Thurs., April,?7, 1967—Clinton News-Record—-Page 5 UCW Spring Thankoffering Hears "Padre Of The Pubsz< i the. M these people to chat with the elcj'gy. mid to share with him. Rev. Winch reminded the people that Jesus had said, “sew What thOU hast, and become- fishers -Of men”, and th^t if the chureh has lost anything, it the art qf fishing for men. He felt that there are many groups of folk who .are not served adequately by the churph. The chupoh has to re spond in some way. Jesus spent one third of his time healing. We as Christians have not fol lowed His example in this and we should. Rw. Winch said the5 church should do more about the con dition of jails for those in them, and in helping those who. have served their- sentence to learn to live ip society again. Ohurch work can no longer be defined as work within the church, he added. It must be carried on in the surrounding areas as well, Dr, Mowatt thanked, the speaker- for ,his message. One of the 'highlights of the evening was the singing of the Huron Centennial Youth Choir under the direction -of Mr, George Cull. At the close of the worship ’service several ‘secular and centennial numbers by this’ choir brought the evening to a pleasing climax. The Spring Thunk Offering held in Wesley-Willis Church drew a large crowd, from a wide area. This ww held jointly by the Ontario Street United Church Women and Wesley- Willis UCW and was ope of the best attended services to ever be held in Wesley-Willis Church. Words of meditation and wel come were given by Mrs- Mil ford1 Burst, president of Wesley- Willis UCW, The scripture les son was taken by Mrs, George Potter, president of Ontario Street UCW. , Rev. Grant Mills' introduced the guest speaker for the even ing, Rev, Gordon Winch, better Known as the “Padre to the Pubs”, Rev, Winch, a native of Kes wick, Ontario, is a graduate of the University of Toronto and is at present, Director of the United Church Alcoholic Infor mation Centre. Rev, Winch mentioned that since his child hood the world has changed greatly. It has gone from rural to urban in thinking, so the church has to change and ac cept the challenge oif a chang ing world, especially church or ganizations, In his work which takes him to many taverns and bars, some of which he visits regularly, he feels a sense of willingness on FRED McCLYMONT Phone 482-3214 The Hi-C group of the United Church is- holding a paper drive ■on Saturday of ith’is week. Floyd McAsh of Hamilton Visited with hiis parents, Mr. and-.Mrs. J. T. McAsh over the/ weekend. • Mr, and Mrs. Don Barker, Ruth,. Lome and! Glenn of King City spent the weekend at the ■ home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mcdymont. Approximately 550 officers and a'ir cadets -representing a total of. 15 Air Cadet Squad- rons from various points in South Western * Ontario, visit ed .their parent* unit;’at CFB -Clinton on Sunday, April 23, to take part in the seventh annual Inter-Squadron Sports, and Drill Competition. With the closing of CFB Centralia last fall all 15 RCAF Squadrons in the South West ern Ontario zone were re-as signed to the Clinton, base, con sequently this marks the first .time that CFB Clinton has- hosted the event, for all 15 ■squadrons at the same ‘time. Following their arrival at Base Clinton, the cadets Were inspected by the Base Com mander, Group Captain K. R. Greenaway, CD. Immediately following the inspection a drill competition was held with No. 310 Squadron, Windsor, emerg ing as winners, No. 741 Squad ron, St. Thomas', placed second in the competition. Both the winning and runner-up squad rons of the drill competition will be eligible to compete in the provincial finals to be held in Toronto, on May 7. For the purposes of.this corn-' petilbion, the 15 competing squadrons . were divided into an “Eastern Series” and a “West ern Series”. Squadrons partica- patjng. ‘inUhe “Western Series” competition competed for the W/C Likeness -Trophy whereas the CFB Clinton trophy was awarded to ° the winner of the "Eastern Series”. Trophies Ware also awarded to individual event winners.. The resulting team winners were as follows: Western Series winner, Windsor; Eastern series winner, St, ’ Thomas; drill, Windsor; "basketball, Windsor; volleyball, St. Thomas; bowling, Guelph; rifle competition, Chat ham. . At the completion of the day’s activities, a special post com petition dinner was held for all participants after Which ' the various award presentations were made. Group Captain Greenaway made the presenta tion of th'e W/C likeness Trophy to the Western Series winners; Squadron Leader K. N.' Jones, Senior Unit Liaison Officer for the South Western •Ontario area presented the CFB Clinton trophy. r i i Swimming Pool Staff Picked The Clinton Community swimming pool staff for com ing season are: swimming in structor, Rolfe Cooke; assist ants, Ann McKibbon and Pat Ball; lifeguards, Rowena Corey, Linda East, Doug Cameron and Bob Cooper. The chairman of ■the swimming pool committee is R. J. (Bud) Schioenhais. ' Keep (fowt . red crcss 1867-1967 CUPS and SAUCERS PINS COFFEE SPOONS CHARMS PLATES MAPLE LEAF PINS BASKETS BRACELETS MUGS GLASSES ANSTETT JEWELLERS LTD. - Phone 482-7834 CLINTON-- WALKERTON - SEAFORTH . 122 Queen Street — Clinton, Ontario jfi •s mode of Acrilan and Nylon Remnants and Odd Size Carpets in our storewill fake Special Appointments 15% to 33% off during these three days. A* Harding representative will be $ I on hand to explain the different s and at Harding's Mill will be offered at fibres and to assist you. j 15% to 33% off during these three days. Graduate of Bruno's School of Hair Design To see the magnificant showplace HARDING CARPET Even if you're thinking of Carpets in the future ♦ , . now is the time‘to get expert advice at BEATTIE FURNITURE ALBERT STREET CLINTON PHONE 482-9521 Beattie Furniture invites you to an United Church Women Donate to Arena Miss Billie Stewart, treasurer of Wesley-Wil lis United Church Women is shown here presenting the. UCW’s cheque for $100 to Ted McCullough, co-ordinator of the canvass for funds for the Clinton and District Community Centre Centennial Fund. The donation was authorized at the monthly meet ing of the four-unit UCW of which Mrs. M. W. Durst is president. 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