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The Citizen, 2019-04-04, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019. Good Employment is hard to find! Let us help Check out our classified section today The Citizen Senior choir leads service at Londesborough United On Sunday, March 24, the senior choir of Londesborough United Church led the morning worship. They titled their service, orchestrated by choir director, Barb Bosman, “Worship Through Music”. Every choir member took part sharing their particular talents. Harpist Marjorie Duizer played preludes and later performed “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Three men from the choir, Tom Pollard, Mel Knox and Mark Mitchell, each sang a solo number. The men offered a choral number, “Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good” and the women sang “What a Wonderful World”, two familiar and loved songs. Gordon Shobbrook emceed the service and Dorothy Bogie read scripture passages. Laura Scott read a lovely little story about how God was the world’s first singer, to the children who gathered at the front of the sanctuary. Four women of the choir took turns delivering the message. In the beginning, God had a song to pass on to all parts of His creation. Everything – trees and plants, mountains and valleys, birds and animals had its own particular song, but it wasn’t complete until God gave the song to humans. When all the voices sing together in harmony, God is pleased. Congregants were encouraged to sing their own particular song of life to make the chorus complete. Then God and the rest of creation will be pleased. We must offer the songs of our hearts,the praise of our lips and the music of our souls. The service began and ended with the full choir in the aisles performing a fun number “On the Eighth Day”. Rev. Paul Ross will conduct the service on April 7 and perform a Baptism. Moving on up Several Hullett Central Public School students moved up through the ranks of the Royal Canadian Legion’s Remembrance Day competitions past the local level. Above From left: Blyth Royal Canadian Legion Branch 420 representative Donna Govier, Brody Nesbitt (Intermediate essay), Donny Miller (Junior black and white poster), Carali Hugill (Primary colour poster), Hailynn Greidanus (Primary black and white poster) and Legion President Ric McBurney. The students were honoured during a special assembly late last month. Students involved in the Legion’s public speaking contest were also honoured at that event, shown below. From left: Govier, Mikayla Ansley, Holly Gross, Ian Driscoll, Hailynn Greidanus, Jillian Shortreed, Rodney Ansley, Shea Cox and McBurney. (Denny Scott photos) NEWS FROM LONDESBORO By BRENDA RADFORD Call 523-4296 PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO Annual school auction set April 12 Be sure to mark your calendar for the Hullett Central Public School Auction on April 12. Its theme is “Hop Into Spring” and will have all the neat aspects of other years for your fun. Wow, here we are in April already! And some April showers would be good to wash the winter grime and dull away. And to give my car a bath! April is named for Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Appropriately April’s gemstone/birthstone is the diamond; the symbol of eternal love. This month has two flower symbols. The daisy, known as the friendliest flower, stands for innocence, loyal love and purity. The sweet pea stands for blissful pleasure and is used to say goodbye. It is said to be the oldest food crop on the planet having been harvested for 11,000 years. April is also known as National Daffodil Month and the flower has been adopted by the Canadian Cancer Society for their annual campaign. So, wear that plastic daffodil with pride, because a daffodil can bring a smile to your face and April’s promise can truly lift the spirit. I offer this familiar little poem by William Wordsworth which will do the same: “I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils Beside the lake, beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” By the time you read this column we will already be past April Fool’s Day. April first is also known internationally as “Have Fun at Work Day”. If you are happy in your job, that day probably went well for you. At the very least it is hoped all your workmates were having a good day and no one went home stressed. Have you lost your memory? WE MAY HAVE IT! If you have ever left a photo with us and never reclaimed it, you’re in luck. We still have it! (But only until April 30) We need to purge our overflowing Lost & Found. Please come & get yours before it’s gone! The Citizen - 405 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 Correction In the March 14 edition of The Citizen, the public speaking competition at Hullett Central Public School winners were misidentified as being the school’s winners, when they were the school’s winners as well as the winners for the Blyth Royal Canadian Legion Branch’s winners for its annual speaking competition. The Citizen regrets the error. #1 And We Still Try Harder Recent circulation figures show The Citizen has the highest circulation in the northern part of Huron County, #3 in the entire county. The Citizen Proudly Community-Owned Since 1985