HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-06-15, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1988.
Walton UCW sees farm crisis video
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Compiled by Mrs. Betty McCall. Phone 887-6677
Concentration is the name of the game in T-bail, and three-year-old
Jeffrey Linton of RR 2, Blyth, gives it his all, coached by his mother,
Brenda, at the Walton Community Park on Saturday. T-ball runs every
Saturday morning from 10 -11 a.m. at the park, and no registration fee
is necessary for 3-6year-olds, Mrs. Linton said. She added that all ldds
have to do to take part is show up.
The Walton I unit held its June
meeting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Emerson Mitchell, Wednes
day evening.
Gloria Wilbee opened the devo
tions with the hymn, “We plough
the fields , with Margery Huether
assisting at the organ. The scrip
ture was in form of a skit by Donna
McClure and Gloria Wilbee giving
a meditation. The hymn, “This is
my Father’s world’’ was sung.
Donna gave a reading on the theme
- “For Land’s Sake.” The offering
was received and dedicated.
Phyllis Mitchell had a video on
the farming crisis. Papers were
passed around as a quiz followed
with a discussion on farm facts.
Marie Coutts conducted the
business, thanking Phyllis for the
use of her home. Audrey Hackwell
read the minutes of the last
meeting then took the roll call when
22 ladies answered on the role of
the rural woman. Doreen Hackwell
gave the treasurer’s report, then
copper contest leaders, Gloria
Wilbee and Audrey Hackwell gave
their report for each side.
The kitchen was to be cleaned on
the Thursday morning with the
board meeting to be at Keith and
Gloria Wilbee’s home Sunday
evening. Theunitis responsible for
flowers to be put in the church for
the month of June. Dates were
given out for luncheons for the
Blyth Festival with the first one on
June 23, the other two on Sept. 1 -8.
There will be no meetings for the
summer months, the U.C.W.
executive meeting is setfor Sept. 7.
Both units will meet on September
14.
The meeting was closed with the
Lord’s Prayer, asocial half hour
followed with lunch served by Ruth
Walton W! takes tour
The noon ham luncheon will be
held in the hall this Wednesday.
The June meeting of the Institute
was in the form of a car tour when a
car load of ladies motored to
Kitchener last Thursday. They
went to the market, gift and china
shop, stopped for lunch, then on to
the White Rose Nursery back to
Elmira for a tour of their interest
ing shops before returning home
later that afternoon.
Several Institute members at
tended the 85th anniversary of the
Fordwich Institute in their hall on
Tuesday afternoon, June 7.
Thamer, Margery Huether and the
hostess.
Conservation
club learns
power of water
BY MARK WALKER
On June 7 the 4H Soil Conserva
tion Club held its fifth meeting.
Due to guest speakers and field
trips over the last couple of
meetings, members haven’t dis
cussed meetings. The first meet
ing they discussed ‘The Power of
Water ’. It dealt with water erosion.
They learned about sheet, rill,
gully and streambank erosion.
The other meeting was entitled
‘Blowingin the Wind’, it was about
wind erosion. This meeting made
members aware of factors contri
buting to wind erosion. There are
many - the wind, soil moisture,
surface, texture and structure,
vegetative cover, field area, topo
graphy, and wind barriers.
The next meeting will be on June
21 in room 117 at CHSS.
People around Walton
Misses Margaret Shortreed and
Emma Shortreed, Toronto have
returned from a 24-dav trip to
Australia. They were able to meet
with Ann McKarney, formerly Ann
Shortreed and her daughter Leslie.
Viola Kirkby and Jean Bewley of
Brussels returned home recently
from a very enjoyable trip to China.
RuthThamer attended a rela
tives 85th anniversary celebration
in Woodstock on Sunday after
noon.
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