Times-Advocate, 1978-07-13, Page 13Shipka area man
visits tank reunion
By MRS. HUGH MORENZ
SHIPKA
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Clarke,
attended the second reunion
of the 65th Tank transport
Co. 591, on the week end at
North Bay. Jim enjoyed
meeting and .renewing old
friendships of his army
years of 33 years ago.
Personals
Congratulations to Karen
Guenther who received word
last week that she had
passed Grade two theory
rudiments with first class
honors from the Western
Conservatory of Music. She
received a mark of 94. Karen
is a pupil of Mrs. Harold
Stire of Dashwood.
Steve Corbett, of Hensall
area visited last Friday with
his aunt and uncle, Mr. &
Mrs. Hugh Morenz, and gave
a hand to help at haying.
Mr. & Mrs. Milton
Sweitzer babysat their twin
granddaughters, Kim and
Kelly Campbell, while their
parents Sandra and Jim,
attended the Campbell-
Brintnell wedding, in Hensall
last Saturday.
Mrs. Harold Vincent, Lori,
Whalen
By MRS. HAMILTON HODGINS
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest
Ferguson visited Sunday
with Mrs. Gv/en and Murray,
London Township.
Sandra Jansson Woodham
spent the week end with
Betty Johnston.
Several from the com
munity attended the
Heritage and Antique Show
at Ilderton* on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday.
Michael and Michelle have
returned home after a
week’s holidays in Barryton,
Michigan, with the
children’s grandma Mrs.
Fred Hoffman, and Lucille’s
sisters and families, Mr. &
Mrs. Bruce Navarre and Mr.
& Mrs. Horst Kovitzki.
Mrs. Henry Becker, ac
companied by her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. & Mrs.
Wilmer Pfaff, visited Sunday
in Leamington with the
former’s brother, Edwin
Brandt.
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Morenz
attended the Coleman
reunion picnic, Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Hoffman is
spending some holidays at
her daughter’s home, Mr. &
Mrs. Harold Vincent and
family.
The annual Pickering
family reunion picnic was
held Sunday at Shipka
Community centre with
more than 60 in attendance.
Mr. & Mrs. John Talma,
Brandon, Wisconsin, U.S.A,
and Mr. & Mrs. Doede
Stielstra, Friesland the
Netherlands, are holidaying
this week with Mr. & Mrs.
John Kingma, Shipka, and
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Toornstra,
Hensall. John Talma is Mrs.
Kingma and Mrs. Toorn-
stra’s brother and Mr.
Stielstra is a cousin of thp
ladies.
Joined by friends of
Kingma’s Mr. & Mrs. Teade
Posthumus of the
Netherlands the folks all
travelled to Niagara Falls
visited at Collingwood,
Holland marsh, and to
Oshawa and Brampton to
visit friends.
The Holland visitors leave
for home again on Sunday
July 16.
BOTTLE DRIVE SUCCESSFUL — A bottle drive held on behalf of Exeter minor hardball rais
ed about $375 according to Bruce Shaw of the local group. Handing some bottles over to
team members Rodney Dobson and Steve Laithwaite is Jack Vermaeten. T-A photo
Granton Cubs and Scouts
host fathers at banquet
By MRS. E. SUMMERS
GRANTON
Tirnes-Advocate, July 13, 1978ft
Shower bride elect at Crediton
By MISS ELLA MORLOCK
CREDITON
A shower was held in the
Sunday School rooms of Zion
United Church Wednesday
evening in honour of Kathy
Dinney. Mrs. Lloyd
Roeszler, assisted by Mrs.
Howard Clarke and Mrs.
Allan Pfaff, led in the ac
tivities of the evening, v
Prizes went to the one who
had a birthdate closest to
that of the bride, of the
groom, a wedding date
closest to July 22, to the
oldest and the youngest
present, to the lucky number
in the guest book, and the one
on the lucky chair. A
member of the wedding
party gave a reading and
Mrs. Roeszler read the ad
dress before the gifts were
opened.
Assisting Kathy were
Karen McKay, Vickie
Rodger, Darlene Chawen,
Marlene Lane, Sandra
Hutchinson, Karen Hodge
and Kim Galloway. Debbie
Galloway presided over the
guest book.
Personals
Rev. & Mrs. Armin
Schlenker and Mary visited
Mr. & Mrs. Max Howard and
Matthew in Chatham last
week.
Robert F. Hardy,
Burlington and Mrs. R.W.
McBain, Grimsby, spent
several days with their
sister, Mrs. Will Oestricher.
Callers a t the home of Rev.
& Mrs. Armin Schlenker
were Mr. & Mrs. Glenn
Fahner and family, Sudbury,
and Mrs, Clara Hay, Lon
don; and at the home of Ella
Morlock, Ada Gram of
Chelsea, Michigan.
Mrs. Peter Martin was
guest soloist at the Sunday
morning service in Trivitt
Anglican Church, Exeter.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert
Lambie, Saskatoon, visited
with Mr. & Mrs. Lome Fink-
beiner and relatives in the
area.
Flowers in Zion United
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Church, Sunday were from
the funeral service of Shawn
Dinney.
Rev. & Mrs. Bruce Fierce
and Howard attended
sessions of the Abundant Life
Conference, Stratford.
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Brucefield United Church was the setting on June 17 when
Cheryl-Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peck of RR 1
Zurich became the bride of Norman George Scott, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Litt of Chatham. Rev. A. Taylor of Varna of
ficiated at the double ring ceremony. Kathy Peck, sister of the
bride, was maid of honour and the bridesmaids'were Helene
Pierce and Claudia Litt. Susan Kirton, niece of the bride was
flower girl and David Draper, nephew of the bride was ring
bearer. The best man was Ric Blackburn of Chatham with
Paul Oliver of Toronto and Brian Peck of London ushering.
The couple are residing in Brucefield. Photo by Fred H. Bisset
Members of the scouts,
cubs, and their fathers en
joyed their annual banquet
held at the United Church
and catered to by the
Mothers’ Auxiliary. Cub
leaders Mrs. Gordon
McRobert and Mrs. Wilfred
Riddell, and scout leader
Wesley Stanley were
present, also Rev. and Mrs.
Elwood Morden.
Three clubs were
promoted to scouts, they
were Jay Hayden, Scott
Wissel and *Jim Stewart.
Charles Lemmon, Perth
County District Director was
chairman for the program
which followed the dinner,
where the guest speaker was
Tom Daley of CFPL
Television who described his
work with the TV station.
< Happy Gang Picnic
The “Happy Gang” annual
picnic was well attended on
June 28. The menu was
Kentucky fried chicken,
birthday cake, and ice
cream.
Those members who were
honored with their names on
the birthday cake were
Mabel McNaughton,
Charlotte Kerr, Omer
Burnett and Earle Mid
dleton. Mrs. James Kerr
presided, and following the
dinner, cards and crokinole
were enjoyed.
Institute bus trip
A full bus load left in front
of the monument on Thur
sday for Owen Sound, this
tour was sponsored by the
Granton W.I.
The first stop was at the
Food City super market, in
Owen Sound, where the
manager welcomed
everyone, then took them on
a tour of the store, where
they were able to see a
demonstration of bread
baking in the bake shop, also
cake-icing, meat processed
in the meat department, and
given a talk on fruit and
vegetables by the produce
manager.
Acting as guide, the store
manager who said “Just call
me Charlie,” continued on
the tour showing the
travellers where to have
their lunch which was at the
Paul Marr Inn on the out
skirts of the city.
After lunch it was a visit to
the museum, city hall, and a
welcome by Mayor
Rutherford, then a tour of
Owen Sound and a visit to
Inglis Falls. Then on to
Williamsford, where
delicious dinner of roast beef
and yorkshire pudding, a
traditional English dish was
enjoyed at Ye Olde Stone
Inn.
Charlie had presented the
group with four of their iced
cakes, when he was taken
back to the store before the
bus left Owen Sound, and it
was decided to give two to
the people that came from
the greatest distance from
Granton, these were won by
a lady from Texas and Mrs.
Ralph Swarthout of Waterloo
New York State. Mrs. Ethel
Eedy who was the oldest
passenger on the bus,
received a cake, and Mrs.
Wilfred Garrett who was the
ninth person to return to the
bus after dinner was the
luckey Winner of the fourth
cake.
Everyone arrived home a
little tired, but all agreed
they had a wonderful time.
Church news
At the United Church, Rev.
Elwood Morden conducted
the Sunday morning service,
and chose the theme Jor his
sermon, which concerned
the prophet Elijah, “A case
of the blues.”
There was no service at St.
Thomas Anglican church as
Rev. Mary Mills is on
vacation.
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