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The Citizen, 1986-10-29, Page 27PAGE 28. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1986. Trnonc/esboro I f-* '—' | Mrs. DoraShobbrook -------------- 523-4250 / Jim McEwing a patient in London hospital UCW hears about collectibles Sorry to report Jim McEwing is a patient in, University Hospital, London having suffered a massive heart attack on Sunday, October 19. Frances and John Balmer re­ turned to their home in Camrose, Alberta on Sunday after spending a week with relations here. A family gathering was held on Tuesday night at the home of Bert and Joanne Lyon. Weekend visitors with Paul and Marg Brunkard, Greg and Geoff were her sister, Karen and Herb Holmes, Christopher, Cory and Allison from Barrie. Florence Cartwright of Brus­ sels, Edythe Beacom and Laura Lyon spent Wednesday to Friday visiting their cousin Mr. and Mrs. Russell McGee at Masonville, Mich, and visited their aunt, Hilda Pearson at Chesaning Nursing Home, Michigan. Neighbours Clara Riley, Doro­ thy Sottiaux, Ora Bruce, Bob and Audrey Thompson honoured Dora Shobbrook on her 81st birthday, Londesboro United plans family dance Greeting on Sunday at the Londesboro United Church were Rev. Snihur and Bert Lyon. The ushers were Paul Jewitt, Brent Radford, Murray Whyte and Kevin Wright. Rev. Snihur gave the call to worship and rhe announce­ ments. Next Sunday a hymn-sing will be heldat 10:50a.m. There will be a bible study at the manse on Friday evening. On November 14 a harvest family dance will be held at the school from 8 -11 p.m. A letter Correction The Citizen apologizes for a gremlin creeping in last week and announcing that all the Londes­ boro “Back the Biter’’ events will be held at the Blyth school and the Huiiett Happenings Hullett wins cross-country meet On Wednesday, October 22, the annual cross-country meet took place at Hullett Central School. Seven schools from the area participated. Later on in the day it was discovered that Hullett won for the eighth year in a row, although there was very stiff competition from the other schools. In the eight races that were held, we had two individual champions. They were. Kara-Lee Potter from grade seven and Karen Plunkett from grade eight. This is Kara- Lee’s second time winning first and Karen has won for four years in a row. We also had many other outstanding performances. These people placed in the top ten in their races: Sara Lyons, second; Lisa Kennedy, Scott Vod- den, third; Tony Vanderlei, fourth; Tom Nott, fifth; Lindsay Ander­ son, sixth; Joanne Wilts, Paul Beureman, seventh; Jamie Riley, ShaneTaylor, eighth; Ted Vander­ lei, Kerri Szusz, Shawn Hakkers, ninth; Chris Kennedy, David Workema, tenth. Each race had about thirty-five runners. The cross country team would like to thank Mr. Talbot for being an encouraging coach, Mrs. Madill for providing cool drinks for Saturday, October 25 by taking her to dinner at Hillcrest Restaurant. Her granddaughters, Patricia and Sarah Millson of Woodstock spent the weekend and on Sunday she had a birthday dinner at her daughter’s, Thelma Ellerby, Clin­ ton. Thanks to all. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scholl, Monkton and Ken and Laura Scott, Billy Jim, Christie and Shannon were Sunday dinner guests with Mrs. Jean Scott honouring Laura's birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Fothergill spent Thursday and Friday on a bus trip with Leisure Tours to Jack Miners Bird Sanctuary and to Point Pelee. They toured the green houses. Evelyn Shobbrook and daughter Barbara Joslin from Victoria, B.C. are visiting this week with Beth Knox and other Shobbrook rela­ tions and friends. Don and Phyllis Newby of Innerkip visited on Friday night with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Newby. was read from Bill Jewitt. During the children’s time, “Heaven is a wonderful place’’ was sung. On display was a puppet namedTommy. The Junior teacher was Sylvia Trick. The scripture reading was from Thessalonians. “Ever remembered by Paul in prayer’’ was read by Crystal Whyte. The anthem was sung with Gail Lear as the organist and Marsha Szusz, choir director. The sermon was ‘ ‘Thy Kingdom come - Be Ready.’’ Blyth Memorial Mall. All ofthe events on November 29 will, of course, be held at the Londesboro school and the Londes- boroHall. We apologize for any embarassment or inconvenience. the tired runners, Mr. Adams for letting us use his field for part of the race and to many of the grade seven students for acting as race officials. HEALTH FAIR On Thursday, October 23 the grade six, seven and eight classes went to the Huron County Health Fair. There, they learned about their health and did many activities dealing with it. They travelled to the Central Huron Secondary School at Clinton at one o’clock and back to their school at 3:30 p.m. Also this week the grade three class went to the T. B. Allen mill for their Social Studiesclass. They will also be going to Professor W. Andrews farm. There, they will be going on an ecology hike to learn about trees. Although the school only goes up to grade eight, Lori Brandon is here from grade eleven. She is here on a co-op program from C.H.S.S. She is here every other day until noon and helps Mrs. Bosman with her daily work. Finally, to end the week, we had aP.D.dayonFriday. Whilethe students had the day off, the teachers were meeting at the ExeterSchooI. Their the me was Agriculture and Education. The U.C.W. meeting was held October 20 at 8 p.m. with 30 present. President Joan Whyte welcomed all. The purpose of the U.C.W. was repeated in unison. Deanna Lyon favoured everyone with piano music. The program committee consist- ing of Edythe Beacom, Helen Lawson, Brenda Radford and Ruth Shaddick presented Devotions on Thanksgiving. Helen Lawson read “Only a Season’’. The hymn “Now thankweallour God’’ was sung with Gail Lear at the piano. The scripture wastakenfrom Colos- sians3: 12-19 about charity and other duties and was read by Ruth Shaddick. The meditation on scrip­ ture was given by Brenda Radford.. The poem on burdens and prayer were given by Edythe Beacom. Benediction was given by Helen Lawson. Brenda Radford introduced the speaker Marlene Armstrong from Middaugh’s Collectibles - Brad­ ford exchange. The first one was held in 1895. Marlene had a large numberon display and she showed slides of them and answered questions. Brendathankedherand presented her with a gift. Business was conducted by Joan Whyte. The minutes were read from the last meeting by Betty Hulley. Correspondence was thanks from Addie Hunking, from Cheryl and Calvin Bakelaar for lunch served and from Carol and Ben Munnings for dinner served at their wedding. A workshop will be held at Brucefield on October 29. A letter was received from Lion Dave Overboe concerning their major fund-raising project on November 29 called “Back the Biter Day”. The treasurer’s report was read by Betty Millar, showing a balance of $1,832.58. Some discussion was held on getting a safe moved to assist the Lions on November 29 with a food booth and ailllllllllllillllllllltllllllllllllHIIIIlIllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIK. •T: ■$: Monday, Nov. 3 - Saturday, Nov. 8 Official “Back the Biter Day” Saturday, November 29/86 Radford Auto, Farm & Industrial Parts Ltd Brussels 887-9661 Blyth 523-9681 ASSOCIATE of all sales at Radford’s Blyth and Brussels locations, will go towards the Londesboro Lions campaign to purchase a fully equipped van for fellow Lion member Ron Nesbitt Help Us Put Ron Bock on the Road Again! articles for the auction. It was moved to cater to the Lions, to the Masons on November 7 and to the Happy Gang on November 26. Betty Hulley reported on the Walton quilt display. Hospital favours are to be made for Christmas. Remember to bring used stamps. Brenda Radford distributed print to make quilt blocks. The meeting closed and Brenda presented a travelogue on slides. 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