HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-12-16, Page 9THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1987. PAGE 9.
Auburn.Knox Church plans carol sing
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Auburn WMS holds
Christmas meeting
The Christmas meeting of the
Presbyterian W.M.S. was held at
the home of Mrs. Frances Clark.
Eight members and two visitors
were present. The president Mar
tha Daer presided and gave the
“Call to Worship”. She welcomed
all to the meeting.
The Christmas Worship entitled
“Will there be room?” was
followed from the Glad Tidings.
Several members took part with
Six tables in play
at Auburn euchre
There were six tables in play at
the euchre party held at the
Auburn Community Hall Tuesday
evening, December 8.
Winners were: high lady, Fran
Clark; low lady, Grace Cartwright;
high man. Jack Lockart; low man,
Just for the health of it
The murder of
Grabwell Grommet
BY ARTHUR HOPPE
On the morning of his 42nd
birthday, Grabwell Grommet a-
woke to a peal of particularly
ominous thunder. Glancing out the
window with bleary eyes, he saw
written in fiery letters across the
sky: “Someone is trying to kill you,
Grabwell Grommet”!
With shaking hands, Grommet
lit his first cigarette of the day. He
didn’t question the message. You
don’t question messages like that.
His only question was, “Who”? At
breakfast as he salted his fried
eggs, he told his wife, Gratia,
“Someone’s trying to kill me”.
“Who”? she asked with horror.
Grommet slowly stirred the
cream and sugar into his coffee and
shook his head. “I don’t know”,
he said.
Convinced though he was,
Grommet couldn’t go to the police
with such a story. He decided his
only course was to go about his
daily routine and hope somehow to
outwit his would-be murderer. He
tried to think on the drive to the
office. But the frustrations of
making time by beating lights and
switching lanes occupied him
wholly. Nor, once behind his desk,
would he find a moment, what with
jangling phones, urgent memos
andthe problems and decisions
pilingupas theydideachday. It
wasn’t until his second martini at
lunch that the full terror of his
position struck him. It was all he
could do to finish his Lasagna
Milanese. “1 can’t panic” he said
to himself, lighting his cigar, “I
scripture readings. Carols were
sung with Carol Daer presiding at
the piano. The Study was taken by
Frances Clark entitled Christmas
Customs.
The first meeting of the New
Year will be at the home of Mrs.
Warner Andrews January 12 at
1:30 p.m. The meeting was closed
with prayer. Grace was sung after
which the hostess served lunch
assisted by Mrs. Erma Cartwright
and a social half hour followed.
Len Shobbrook; ladies most lone
hands, Adelaide Allin; men’s most
lone hands, Murray Rollinson;
novelty, Erma Cartwright.
Next Tuesday night, December
15 was the last euchre party for
1987. Coffee and cookies were
served.
must simply live my life as usual”.
So he worked ‘til seven as usual.
Drove home fast as usual. Ate a
hearty dinner as usual. Had his two
cocktails as usual. Studied busi
ness reports as usual. And took his
usual two Deconal capsules in
order to get his usual six hours of
sleep.
As the days passed, he manfully
stuck to his routine. And as the
months went by he began to take a
perverse pleasure in his ability to
survive. “Whoever’s trying to get
me”, he proudly said to his wife,
“hasn’t got me yet. I’m too smart
for him”.
“Oh, please be careful,” she’d
reply, ladling him a second helping
of beef Stroganoff.
The pride grew as he managed to
go on living for years. But, as it
must to all men, death came at last
to Grabwell Grommet. It came at
his desk on a particularly busy day.
He was 53.
His grief-stricken widow de
manded a full autopsy. But it
showed only emphysema, arterio
sclerosis, duodenal ulcers, cirrho
sis of the liver, cardiac necrosis, a
cerbrovascular aneurism, pul
monary edema, obesity, circula
tory insufficiency and a touch of
lung cancer.
“HowgladGrabwellwould have
been to know’’, said the widow
smiling proudly through her tears,
“that he died of natural causes”.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Submitted by the Huron County
Health Unit, Court House,
Goderich, Ontario, N7A 3Y2.
The sanctuary was beautifully
decorated for Christmas and Rev.
Dave Snihur was in charge of the
service. The organ and piano
prelude was performed by Mrs.
Greg Park and Lori Millian.
Call to Worship was read
alternately followed by hymn,
“Angels We have heard on High”.
Rev. Snihur gave the Prayer of
Approach followed by the an
nouncements.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Plaetzer
lit the third advent candle. The
candle of the Shepherds. Junior
choir sang a number under the
direction of Mrs. Allan Webster
and Mrs. Gordon Gross as pianist.
The hymn, “Once in Royal
David’s City” was sung. Rev.
West Wawanosh accepts
building plan
West Wawanosh Township
Council has moved to accept the
amended building plan prepared
by Brad Humphrey of Dungannon
Construction for a new clerk’s
office and council chamber.
Followingthe meeting on De
cember 1, clerk-treasurer Joan
Armstrong said that tenders for the
project will likely be called early in
the new year. The new facility will
adjoin the township public works
garage, and will provide for a
basement, more office space, and a
new council chamber, a facility that
council has had to do without since
the old building was destroyed by
fire in 1986.
Council agreed that $20,000 in
the 1987township budget, to be
applied to the new addition, be
added to the $25,000 budgeted for
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Snihur read the scriptures followed
by the prayer chorus. The senior
choir sang an anthem with Mrs.
Greg Park taking solo parts. Rev.
Snihur chose for his sermon
“JesusisComing-again.” The
hymn “While Shepherds Watch
ed” was sung. The minister
pronounced the benediction
followed by benediction response
‘ ‘Glory to God. ’ ’ The offering was
received by Greg Park and Larry
Plaetzerfollowedby Offeratory
Response. The Sunday School
Concert will be held Saturday
evening at 8 p.m. at the church.
Christmas Eve Service will be
held at Londesboro United Church
at 8 p.m. Worshippers should
come early to Church next Sunday,
the project in the township’s
capital reserve for expenditure in
1988. In addition, a motion was
passed to take a further $10,000
from the capital reserve to make up
a payment of $100,000 on the
township’s new grader.
Council approved a grant of $500
to the Auburn Community Memor
ial Hall Board to assist with the
installation of a new furnace; but
withheld authorization of the
agreement for the operation and
maintenance of the Blyth and
District Community Centre, pend
ing the results of a user survey
being conducted by Morris Twp.
and the final tally of user registra
tions at the Centre.
Inotherbusiness, council ap
proved a motion to rent eight acres
of tillable land at the Inglis Pit to
Gerry Selent for a period of five
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Local people
in hospital
Mr. Arnold Craig returned last
week from Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cope and Mrs.
David Scott of London visited on
Saturday with Marjorie McDou
gall.
Sorry to report that Mrs. Shirley
Andrews is a patient in Wingham
Hospital following surgery. She is
wished a speedy recovery.
years; council also approved build
ing permits for B. Robinson for a
pump house; to D. Kibble for a
house; and to G. Drennan for an
addition to a barn.
Council endorsed a resolution
from the Township of Ekfrid to
request the Ministry of Natural
Resources to re-instate the preda
tor control program in its 1988 and
future budgets.
Council also authorized the clerk
to place an ad in local newspapers
inviting township residents to
submit the names of Celebration
‘88 nominees for consideration by a
committee. General accounts to
talling $131,414.75 and road ac
counts totalling $191,663.10 were
authorized for payment.
The next meeting of West
Wawanosh Council will be held at
9:30 a.m. on January 5, 1988.
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