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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1981-01-21, Page 11Ken Skinn were Sunday supper , guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walker, Sheila Kevin and Kathy. ' The January meeting of the. Bluevale Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Harry Elliott on Jan. 14.Mrs. Bert Garniss opened the . meeting with a poem entitled, Receipe for a Happy New Year. The Ode was sung, and the Mary Steward Collect repeated by fourteen members and three visitors. Several, thank-you cards were read following the minutes and financial report. The 97th Annual Meeting sung by Mrs. Reuben of the Stratford, Presbyterial Denstedt accompanied by Women's Missionary Society Mrs. Hamilton. was held on Tuesday, Jan. Mrs. R.J. McTavish, R.R. 13, at St. Andrew's Church. 1, Stratford moderated the The theme 'of the meeting reports and comments given was Evaluate, Motivate, and by the secretaries. Activate. , , In Memoriam was The morning session conducted by, Mrs. Frank started at 10:00 a.m. and Ward of Monkton. Mrs. Mrs. H.G. Strang presided. Knight of Exeter led in Four members ,of the ! Prayer and grace before we Listowel , Society; condncted retired to a downstairs room the morning devotions. for lunch and fellowship. The afternoon session started at 1:15 with a hymn sing conducted by Mrs. Wm. Harvey of Newton. After Mrs. Strang read ,the Call to Worship, six Listowel ladies led in the devotions. We sang the hymn, "Forth in Th y name 0 Lord Igo". The ladies read some of the service in unison. The roll call was answered by a , re- presentative of each group by a, message containing "Action". The missionary Fellowship group of Mitchell presented a skit taking the form of a radio talk show. It was called Terry Talk : Show from station K.N.O.X. Terry was , interviewing a Korean missionary and people phoned in with different' definitions of Mission. Lynne Longmuir of Hanover, our ' Area Educational Consultant. gave us "An even closer look at Missions." She, taught us a hymnn "The Lord is Great, Everybody Sing". She said we were all missionaries and asked us to discuss this for future action" About 20 • members were asked to Three , verses of the hymn, "God of our life, all glorious Lord s was sung at the beginning and the scripture used was Luke P: 22-31. The last two verses of the hymn were sung at the end of devotions. We were welcomed to St. Andrew's by one of their Society , members. The minutes of the 1980 Annual meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs. . Lyle Ballantyne and theCor- respondence was read by Mrs. Norman Stanlake of Exeter. A beautiful solo was THREE PHASE Electric "EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL" * ECONOMY it SERVICE QUALITY BARRY BUCHANAN 482-7374 GLENN McLEAN 887-9264 P, O. BOX 1136 CLINTON, ONT EVERY FRIDAY • At 12 Noon Phone 887-6461 — Brussels, Ont Mitchell. 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Mrs. Strickler opened the January meeting of the W.M.S. at the home of Mrs. I man; Murray Willis, lucky draw, Ethel Willis, Congratulations, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ross on the birth of a daughter in Wingham and District Hospital. A wee sister for Nicole. Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Walker, Marie Walker and Lyle Gordon, with a New Year's prayer and the ,Hymn "Standing at , the Portal", Mrs. Stevenson acted as secretary in the absence of Mrs. John Vanass . Used stamps and cards were handed in and visits and cards were recorded by Mrs. Stanley Fischer. The report of the Annual Meeting in Stratford will be given at another meeting. All joined in reading Ephesians 4: 11- 32 and Mrs. Veitch gave the meditation. Lynn Longmuir, area consultant, was present and , left many challenging thoughts with us, and asked members for their ideas on the different , aspects of missions, and our meetings. comment on our discussions. Mrs. Gerald Richards, of Stratford gave the Auditor's report. Mrs. Jack McMaster read ,the treasurers report. The offering was taken by the ladies of St. Andrews and we were led in prayer by Mrs. Mac Lamond. Mrs. Mac Thompson of R.R. 4, Listowel, presented awards to C.O.C. and Explorer groups. The ",Mac Erspey" banner went to the Listowel C.O.C. group and the "Helen Gowlet" banner went to Mitchell Explorers. Mrs. Wilfred Strickler read the report from the nominating committee. There will be five new officers for 1981. Lynne Longmuir installed the officers for 1981. President - Mrs. H.H.G. Strang, Exeter; Secretary - Mrs. , Lyle Ballentyne, Stratford; Treasurer - Mrs. Robert Dunseith, R.R. 1, St. Pauls. Mrs. Stewart Peebles,, Atwood, thanked those who took part in the program. "Onward Christian Soldiers" was sung; Miss Murray announced there were 101, registered. Mrs. Strang closed in prayer. 1 She said that in smaller. I groups it is not necessary to have the fullslate of officers. All we really need is a president, secretary and treasurer. We need variety in our meetings, ,we need to get people involved, it is better to have group discussions than to always listen to a length); topic by one person. W.M.S. does not have to be boring, its purpose is to unite the women, girls, and children in the work of missions. She conducted a true or: false quiz on what to do in our meetings, and, to help us think about our work as a group. This proved to be a most interesting meeting as, well as well as thought provoking. Mrs. 'Jack Knight expressed the thanks of the ,Troup to Miss Longmuir and presented a gift. The Hymn, "Guide Me 0 Thou Great Jehovah", was sung with Mrs. Veitch as pianist. Mrs. Stevenson will be hostess in February for the Annual Meeting of the Ladies Aid. A social time was enjoyed over lunch served by Mrs. Fischer and Mrs. Jack Knight. There were 12 ladies present. Mrs. Barr and Mrs. and Mrs. ,Bruce Cummins of Toronto were , weekend visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Stevenson. Mrs., Ernest Waddell; Fullarton, visited with Mrs. And Mrs. Wilfred Strickler. Mr. and ,Mrs. Howard Mitchell who have been visiting with their family, at Thorold since before Christmas have returned home. Mrs. Lyle tioraon visited in London on the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Sid Barnes. I 'tits. Charles Mathers was re-elected representative to the Bluevale Board. , The meeting 'was , turned over , to Mrs., James Armstrong who conducted the program. The members shared articles on farming and Canadian industries. ' Many subjects were discussed, the production of bull meat versus steer meat; . Canadian made wicker ! • mallets, hog prbduption, horse meat as a growing industry; paying of spouses for farm work; recycling manure, a newly, designed Bauer skate produped in Kitchener to be on the market in February for approximately S200. per pair, the alarming fact that Canada imports 35-40% of it s food, the desire for large eggs resulting in producers often feeding 22% protein when hens actually require only 1,5%; , also the need for hormones to increase production., 0.FA. convention; how the Bruce nuclear may bp utilized for heating greenhouses, , sprays used on crops, some pros and cons; the production, of newsprint at Corner Brook in Newfoundland, ,it takes 1 1/4 cords of pulpwood to make 1 ton, newsprint„ and one edition of the Toronto Times requires ,4 acres of trees; the production of skim milk, cheese, made from whey being done at, Guelph using acid instead of, rennet and the importance of its use in underdeveloped countries because of its digestibility; mention was also made of Russell Bolton who at 79 is a nine time winner for his hay at the Royal Winter Fair. Mrs. Armstrong then gave a short history on three local industries. The first was Niagara Chemicals which was, bought by Rycold of Toronto in 1977. It supplies sprays and equpment to all areas in Canada. The second was the "Big 0" which began in Hensel in 1968 and has expanded four times. It now has four lines operating, producing plastic drainage tile in diameters from 3" to 12". They now have plants in Quebec, Comber and Alberta with plans for future expansion. They own a clay tile plant in Dresden and also own tiling equipment outlets. In 1977 they opened their head office in Exeter. Dashwood Industries was begun in 1931 by Mr. Thomas S. Clump. In 1939, 'the plant was, destroyed by Aire but was soon rebuilt. The . steam engine and boiler for this plant came from_ Brussels. The war helped the company and soon a decision had to be made whether to manufacture windows or kitchen cabinets. It was decided to produce windows and the company is now Canada wide. , Mrs. Armstrong then demonstrated how to make a pin cushion, which was pretty, useful, and easy to make., Everyonethen had an opportunityp to win an article from the penny table. These were all Canadian-made articles. Lunch, was served by the committee in charge, Mrs. C. Mathers, Mrs. Robt. McMurray and Mrs. Wm. de Vos, and a social time was enjoyed. W.M .S. meeting • Missionary members attend annual meeting in Stratford .1131tAit LETTUCE Uttuld 1 litre PALMOLIVE DETERGENT 1.