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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-02-03, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1988. Londesboro Happy Gang seniors meet Compiled by June Fothergill Phone 523-4360 Londesboro United Church holds The Happy Gang Seniors held their regular meeting on Wednes­ day, Jan. 27 at the hall at 1:30 p.m. In the absence of President Audrey Thompson, her place was ably taken by Clara Riley. She opened with the Ten Commandments of Retirement. Minutes of November meeting were read by secretary Margaret Good and approved. Thank you’s were from Margaret Good and Ted Fothergill. The treasurer’s report was given by Hazel Reid. Roll call was answered by 25 members. A card will be sent to Mae Smith. Collection was taken up. Lome Hunking said the group has an invitation to go to Huron- view on Tuesday, Feb. 2. This meeting has to do with Seniors Housing in Huron County. Six tables of euchre were played with winners as follows: ladies high, Dora Shobbrook; ladies lone hands, June Fothergill; ladies low, Kay Konarski; men’s high, Joe Hunking; men’s lone hands, Jean Scott, (playing as a man); men’s low, Ted Fothergill. The next meeting will be February 24 at the same place and time. annua! meeting Melissa Medd given Bible The annual meeting of Londes­ boro United Church was held on Tuesday evening, Jan. 26. It began at 7:30 p.m. with Fellowship and dessert. Rev. Snihur opened the meeting with prayer. Gordon Shobbrook was chairperson and Brenda Radford, secretary for the meeting. Brenda read minutes of the 1987 meeting. It was moved by Gail Lear and seconded by Marlene Armstrong to accept them as read. A motion to accept committee reports was made by Caron Snihur and seconded by Kitty McGregor. The treasurer’s report was dis­ cussed. Harry Lear gave the auditor’s report. Hesaidheand Jim Jamieson found the books in good state and congratulated Jean Fox on a job well done. Neil Salverda moved and Bert Lyon seconded that the budget be accepted. It was moved by Bob Trick, seconded by Bert Lyon, thatchurch employees get a cost of living bonus of four per cent. The motion carried. The 1988 budget was discussed. Three new members appointed are: Chairperson of Board, Bob Trick; Clerk of Session, Bert Lyon; Chairperson of Stewards, Ed Salverda. These people will hold office until January 1990. Session members until January 1989 are: Marlene Armstrong, Bernice Norman, Clara Riley and Ken Hulley. Youth Elders until January 1989 are Brian Whyte, Bryan Howatt and Mike Radford. The U.C.W. representative is Helen Lee. Secretary is Caron Snihur. Treasurer is Jean Fox. Huron Perth Presbytery dleegate is Ruth Shaddick. The M.S. objective for 1988 $7,500. Courtesies thanking Jean Fox, DaveandCaronSnihurand all who helped during 1987weregiven by Nick Whyte and Gordon Shobbrook. After singing, “Saviour like a shepherd lead us”, Rev. Snihur closed with prayer. Total church membership is 478. In 1987, marriages were 10; baptisms, five; deaths, two; new members, 13. Greeter at Londesboro United Church on Sunday, Jan. 31 was Harry Snell. Ushers were Gerbin Wilts, Dennis Wilts, Kevin Wright and Robert Marshall. BiblestudywillbeFridayat 1 p.m. at Mrs. Maureen Bean’s, People Auburn. The Junior Youth Group will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at Shillinglaws. A hymn sing will be held next Sunday at 11 a.m. A Sunday school carnival will be held on Saturday, Feb. 13 from 7 - 9:30 p.m. at Hullett Central School. A Bible was presented to Melissa Medd. Second scripture, Corinthians 1-11, was read by Laura Scott. The choir anthem was “Sweet Hour of Prayer’’. The sermon topic was “The Messiah’s Method.’’ Russell Nesbitt graduates Congratulations to Russell Nes­ bitt, who graduated from RCC College of Electronics in Toronto in September as a electrical techni­ cian. Herecently accepted ajob with Canon copiers of Mississau­ ga. Kitty McGregor, Joan Whyte, Mary Peel and Brenda Radford attended the Huron-Perth Presby- terial annual meeting at Wesley Willis United Church in Clinton on Monday, Jan. 25. Approximately 250 U.C.W. members were in attendance. Friends and neighbours of Mr. Ronald Nesbitt are sorry to hear as of Friday last he is a patient in University Hospital, London. We wishhimthebestand hope he is soon home again. . For the February Women’s Institute meeting members will be touring Luke Bauman’s green­ houses at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 10. Those wishing a ride should meet at the hall by 12:50 p.m. Winners at shuffleboard on Wednesday at Hullett Central School were Helen Lee and Audrey Thompson. The next shuffleboard will be on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. Anyone from the Londesboro and Auburn area between the ages of 15 and 21 interested in taking the Personal Finance 4H Club please contact Eilizabeth Lawson at 523- 4487 or Joanne Campschroer at 523-4284 for more information. The International Scene Explorers make Valentines A bit of humour helps get you through BY RAYMOND CANON After we get New Year’s out of the way and have discovered that, as in past years, we are not capable of keeping our resolutions for any length of time, we realize that it is a long haul until we can safely welcome in thewarmbreezesof spring. 1 make it a point to write at least one humourous column to get us over this bleak period and, although I cannot guarantee that everybody will find my comments, funny, at least 1 try. My first news iten comes through the courtesy of a news­ paper from Saudi Arabia. I would like to be able to claim that I translated it out of Arabic but this language has escaped me over the years and so I have to admit that it was an English language news­ paper. At any rate it concerned an American of senior status who lived in a housing complex reserv­ ed for people 60 years of age and over. He decided to marry a lady somewhatyounger than he; her age was given as 42. This shouldn’t cause too much problem; it is not as if he could be accused of robbing the cradle but problems did arise. When his newly acquired wife went to move in with him, they were informed by the administra­ tion of the housingcomplexthat nobody lessthan45years of age was allowed tolive there. When last heard from the two sides were still trying to work out a compro­ mise. Maybe they would give the wife visiting rights on the weekend until she reached her 45th birth­ day. My next items also comes from the United States. One of the American wildlife agencies carried out a research project, part of which consisted of tagging certain typesofbirds and then tracking them throughout the country. The agency, called the Washington Biological Service, not wanting to waste too much space on the tags, shortened their title to Wash. Biol. Serv. In due course they got a letter from a farmer in Iowa which read, “I recently shot one of your birds. My wife washed and boiled it as recommended on your tag and then served it to company. I am sorry to tellyou thatit tasted terrible. ’ ’ Some people, I guess, are just hard to please. I can’t avoid telling you some­ thing about airplanes so now is as good a time as any. Late in 1987 Guyana Airways managed to lose its only aircraft not already in the repair shop. The reason? The plane collided with a wandering cow while taxiing for takeoff. The cow must have been a tough one; the bill for the damages came to over $600,000. Just in case, in spite of all my years of trying to prove otherwise, you still think Economics is a dull profession, let me tell you that one of the bestsellers of the year, 300,000 copies in fact, was a book entitled The Great Depression of 1990 by Ravi Batra. Batra, who is probably not a household word at your place, is a little known economics professor in Dallas and whobasesmuchofhis theory on the teachings of a fanatical Indian cult leader, Prabhat Ranjan Sar- kar. Sarkar, whom you probably don’t know either, was convicted in 1976of murdering six defectors from his Path of Bliss movement. With this sort of buildup, it may come as something of an anti­ climax to learn that the verdict has been overturned. Maybe Batra paid for a good lawyer out of his earnings to help his source of inspiration. I mustconfessthatthechurch that I attend hasn’t come up with anything to match TV evangelist Oral Roberts who announced to a startled world that God had threatened to call him (verbose for kill) if Roberts didn’t raise $4.5 million by March. Fortunately for Roberts, hegotinjustunderthe wire. That did not deter a commercial from appearing subse­ quently: “Friends, I have received a message! Unless your New England Nissan dealers sell all their new Sentras and trucks, 1 will be called home ....’’ Would you be surprised to learn that sales jumped 23 per cent before the ad was withdrawn. Perhaps 1 should end this madness by telling you one of my own creations. John Turnerwas doing a tour of Canada speaking out against the free trade treaty. Hiscar was driving down a country road followed by several carloads of reporters. All of a sudden Turner’s car stopped, John got out and headed across a field, followed by his wife. The sight of the impeccably dressed Geils Turner cutting across the field, heels and all, was too much for the reporters so they stopped and rushed out to follow the Turners. When they got to the barnyard fence, John and Geils clambered over and then, to the astonishment of everybody, proceeded to climb to the top of the manure pile, John got ready to say a few words so the reporters got their tape recorders and mikes out. When they we re all ready, John said, “La diesand Gen tiemen. I never thought that I would see the day when I would be able to address you from a free trade platform.” 1 had better quit while 1 am ahead, if I still am. The Explorers meeting was held on January 28. It was opened by the members saying the Explorer’s Purpose. Then members sang the explorer’s song. Rachel Jenkins and Alisha Besinger said'the emblem. Jennifer Szusz said the picture. The group had $7.52 for collection. For a snack they had hot chocolate and the Szusz’s brought cupcakes. 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