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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-01-22, Page 5UCW has 1 I cheon meeting The UCW of the Pine River United Church met Tuesday morning Dec. 12 for a luncheon meeting in the basement of the church. The meeting opened with the president Mathel Wilson in the chair. Mrs. Wilson opened the meeting with the poem Time for Thought. The hymn Take my life and let it be was sung by 30 ladies ppesent. The Purpose of the UCW was then repeated. The roll was answered by giving ideas and suggestions for rollcall and things to do at future meetings. The offering was taken and a prayer given by Mathel Wilson. The meeting was then taken over by the conveners, Nancy Campbell and Gayle Lowry. Nancy Campbell had a UCW skit per- formed by four members. How much this skit had anything to do with meetings was discussed. Gayle Lowry took over to to the study book which is on native people this year. The poem Help us Accept Each Other was given and the hymn Thank you Lord for the time that is now was sung. The ladies had a discussion on the , Indians, their culture, and their many, problems. People Report Kenneth Wilkins, son of Charles and Mayme Wilkins, has returned to college in Ridgetown after his Christmas holidays. Visiting with Max and Helen Riegling and family recently were Max's cousins, Morris and. Paula King of Chatham. A benefit -dance for Bill and . Joanne Wilkins, Stacey.and Ian was held Jan. 10 in the Legion. Hall in. Lucknow. The Wilkins had their barn destroyed by fire late in the fall. The Wilkins were pleased with the proceeds. Recent callers with Wellington and Kae Webster were Finlay MacDonald and Bob Courtney , of Point Clark. Max and Helen:. Riegling -and:-Mike and::: Joan Courtney of .Ashfield, Township:.were in _Goderich,pg the weekend.: They_ helped`, Helen and Mike's mother Marcelle Court- ney celebrate her birthday along with other members of the family. F 2.1 Elizabeth Wilkins of Toronto was home on the weekend' with her parents, Charles and Mayme Wilkins. Atlee Wise of Richfield, Ohio, son-in-law of Wellington and Kae Webster, and their two sons Cecil and James Webster of Waterloo, have been home for two weeks consecutively and have enjoyed three to four days each .time out on their snowmo- biles. Although there has beenmore snow in Ohio, it seems there are more trails and open, country in this area. The boys find that the beach is perfect. There is less wind - sometimes they have had to come up the hill to get cooled off. , Some chaps in. Richfield are hoping to get up to enjoy their favorite sport in Canada. On Sunday, Betty Jones left home with her cousin, Christian, to take her home and to pick up her daughter, Sharlene, and bring her home. But the snow storm struck and theyy were storm stayed in Thorndale. They visited friends and relatives, and Barry's mother in St. Marys. They arrived home on Tues- day. On Wednesday Barry and Betty Jones went to Clinton and on their way home they stopped in to see Ross and Jean MacKen- zie. They then had supper with -.George and Betty Moncrief, who they hadn't seen since they returned from their six weeks' holidays in New Zealand. It was storming again, and it took them an `hour to get home. There were white outs in Kintail and Kingsbridge - Home was a welcome sight. Thursday morning Sharlene went to school, but that evening: she was storm stayed in Lucknow. Saturday, with weather and roads 'cleared -Barry and Betty had: ;Ross and Betty Jones ;and Ross and Jeaf-MacKenzie of Goderich with them for dinner. - Betty says thatfrom now on, if it starts to snow or stornr.shewill stay put, where ever she is. What a wise idea. Program suggestion The January meeting of the Ashfield WMS was held at the home. of Mrs. Richard West on Jan. 16. Mrs. Charles Wilkins, president, opened the meeting with, a poemand welcomed everyone. The hymn Standing at, the Portal was sung. Mrs. Allan MacDonald read a New Year's Prayer which was followed by the Lord's Prayer and the WMS purpose repeated in unison. The rollcall was answered by a program suggestion for 1986. Mrs. Allan MacDonald gave the high- lights of the January Glad Tidings. Devotions and Bible study were on Sarah wife of Abraham. The hymn Faith of Our Fathers was sung. Mrs. MacDonald gave the Bible reading from Hebrews 11 and Mrs. Wilkins read the commentary on Sarah. A question period followed and a contest. iction. or rollcall Mrs. Wilkins read a prayer after which all members formed a prayer circle and each member offered a prayer. The offering was received with Mrs. Nugent giving the offeratory prayer. Mrs. Wilkins read a poem, Breakfasts. Mrs. Nugent introduced the study book. on the - native peoples. Members are snaking a scrap book on Indians with articles collected from newspapers and magazines throughout the year. Mrs. Wilkins presided for the business. The mindtes of, the December meeting were read by sectretary Mrs.. Ewan Mac- Lean. Treasurer Mrs. Warren Wylds gave the treasurer's report. The 100th anniver- sary of the Ashfield WMS is coming up in 1991 and we are asked to make suggestions for celebrating this occasion. The closing hymn Simply Trusting was sung and the meeting closed with a bened- New program for this ye4r's The first meeting of South Kinloss WMS in 1986 was held Jan. 8 at the hoarse of Mrs. Fraser MacKinnon. The president, Mrs. Allan MacDougall welcomed all and opened the meeting with a poem, New Years Wishes. Mrs. Leonard Clarke had a splendid Bible Study for the New Year. The theme was }lope and Faith. Using Bible referenc- es from Hebrmys 11 and other illustrations she challenged gall to to forward with Hope and Faith. The study concluded. with Mrs. Leonard Macinnes, Mrs. Bruce Hamilton and Mrs. Lloyd MacDougall offering. prayers for the New Year. An associate member.,, Mrs. William MacIntyre will observe her 90th birthday on March 24. The annual church meeting will be held Jan. 27. Members volunteered to help with the lunches after church for the month of January. Mrs. Allan MacDougall introduced the new Study Book, Native Peoples . of North America. With the coming of -the Europ- eans the Indians exchanged furs for tools, metals and cloth. They lost touch with their former skills and culture. They suffered greatly from diseases brought by the white man. Between the years 1634-40 almost half the Indian people died. "`There were many disputes over land claims. Indiians were put on reservations and there has been restless peace since then. The study closed with reading Psalm; 8. • The offering was received and dedicated, by Mrs. Fraser MacKinnon. A very fitting poem, A Little Rhyme and a Little Reason, was read by Mrs. Harris° Lavis. Mrs:, Leonard Clakegave: the courtesies'" - to which the hostess replied. The closing prayer was by Mrs. de Boer. Grace was sung and lunch.. was served -by. the hostess and directors, Mrs. Leonard Clarke and Mrs.: Allan MacDougalk Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday►, . January y22, 1986.—Page S DO YOU REALLY NEED ' N RRSP? 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