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PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1995.
Woman celebrates birthday
The third Institute pot luck
luncheon was held on Tuesday,
Feb. 21 at 12:15 at the Belgrave
Women's Institute Hall with over
60 members and friends in
attendance.
Following the bounteous meal,
President Dorothy Coultes
welcomed everyone then led the
audience in a sing-song accom-
panied by Mary Coultes on the
piano.
The School Fair Tweedsmuir
books were on display as well as
pictures and prize articles,
including a windmill built and
exhibited by the late Robert
Coultes at the first Belgrave Fair in
1920.
Ada Taylor gave the history of
first Belgrave School fair held on
Oct. 5, 1920. The standard exhibits
of sewing, baking (homemade
bread) flowers and crafts, school
work were displayed in Forester's
Hall (Women's Institute Hall) and
the Orange Hall.
The poultry (mostly Barred
Rocks) and pets were in the
Presbyterian church shed and the
cattle in the Methodist church shed.
Some of the displays, typical of
1920 era, were a hammer handle, a
milking stool, rocking horses,
sleighs, windmills, a patch on a
grain bag, weeds, 5 lb. print of
butter (homemade). There was also
a display of vegetables, apples,
roots, corn and grain.
A School Fair concert was held
from 1921-1934 on the night of the
fair under the direction of the
teachers consisting of recitations,
spelling matches, public speaking
contests, singing and mouth organ
competitions.
In 1934 the concerts were
scheduled on a different night than
the fair in the fall and were
discontinued in 1968. In 1937 there
was no fair due to a polio epidemic.
The Dept. of Agriculture (1920-
1930) and the Dept. of Education
(1933-1940) gave out seeds to the
schools. When the government
withdrew its support, the Belgrave
organizers expanded the program in
1940 to include an official sports
program, compiled their own prize
list, purchased their own seeds and
invited members of parliament as
guests.
In 1947 there was a record
attendance of the fair of 21 schools.
The total entries for the fair and
music festival reached over 2,000.
The completion of the Belgrave
Arena in 1949 finally brought the
fair under one roof. No more would
The postponed meeting of the
afternoon unit of the United Church
Women was held Feb. 20 at the
home of Mrs. Janisa Coultes with
11 ladies present.
Mrs. Audrey Fenton opened the
meeting with a short reading
followed by the minutes of the
January meeting.
The World Day of Prayer will be
in the United Church on March 3 at
2 p.m. Members of area churches
will take part.
Mrs. Lois Chamney was in
charge of the worship service
the livestock be paraded on the
street and no longer would public
speaking contestants vie for the
prizes on the church steps. The
prize list was published in book
form with advertisements to help
offset the cost. The entries were
brought in the night before with the
exception of the fowl, pets and
animals.
In 1967 with the coming of the
central school system, the name of
the fair was officially changed to
Belgrave, Blyth, Brussels annual
school fair.
The 50th and 60th anniversaries
of the fair were held on a Saturday
in September, preceded by a Spring
Variety concert at which the
Princess and her attendants were
chosen for the 50th anniversary. A
princess and a prince were chosen
from each of the three schools and
received a cameo pendant and a
jade pendant.
A grand parade of school
children, decorated bicycles and
floats from former school sections
of Morris and East Wawanosh were
led by the band to the arena. A float
made up of teachers and pupils of
the first fair of 1920 were present
to augment the sense of historical
achievement. At the 70th fair only
26 participants of the first fair were
on the float.
Since 1983 the fair has been
opened by the high point student of
the previous fair.
A lot of the credit goes to the
parents, for the enthusiasm and
support they generate and the
teachers for the work they put into
the school exhibits and school work
during the year.
But the greatest credit goes to the
children themselves whose
enthusiasm, zeal and eager hard
work has kept the fair going for 75
years.
The 75th anniversary will be
celebrated on Friday, Sept. 15.
School trustees from the area met
in 1920 with Mr. S. B. Stothers, the
first agricultural rep. of Huron
County, and at that meeting the 1st
Belgrave School Fair was
organized. Richard Procter Sr. of
Morris was the first president. John
Wightman of E.W. 1st secretary .
-le remained in office until 1930.
The directors consisted of the
,eachers and two representatives
from each school section.
Isobelle Campbell then informed
everyone about the activities for
this year's school fair.
The next pot luck is March 7 at
12:15. Everyone is welcome.
assisted by Mrs. Ada Taylor. Mrs.
Edith Vincent led the Bible Study
continuing on with the theme "The
Kings Messengers" dealing with
Matthew Chapter 10, verses 5-8.
Mrs. Ida Procter led the Mission
Study. Ida began by showing where
Zaire is and some interesting facts
about the country. She then told of
a young man and the terrible
hardships he had endured in
Rwanda.
The meeting closed with a
delicious dessert, tea or coffee
served by Janisa Coultes.
Friends and family gathered at
the Belgrave Institute Hall on
Saturday, Feb. 18 to help celebrate
Leona Black's 80th birthday.
Those attending were Leona's
sister Mary and Alan McTaggert of
Goderich, sisters-in-law Mary
White from Walkerton and Hilda
Vincent from Copeland Lodge,
Wingham as well as people from
Hensall, Belgrave, Mississauga,
London, Hanover, Brandon,
Manitoba and surrounding areas.
There were about 40 Brownies, ;
Sharks, Guides and adults who
attended the Eric Nagler perfor-
mance on Thursday, Feb. 23 at F.
E. Madill High School. It was
organized by the Wingham Public
School Parents Group.
Eric Nagler is a well known
children's entertainer. There was a
lot of toe tapping, singalong music
with lots of audience participation.
After the performance the
children were allowed to get his
autograph.
Two of the songs he sang were
from Eric's World and the Elephant
Show. A fun time was had by all.
This event took the place of the
regular scheduled meeting of the
Brownies.
The Home and School
Association has organized another
An organ prelude of inspiring
sacred music by Mrs. Anne Spivey
welcomed members and guests of
Knox United Church Sunday
morning, Feb. 26.
John and Sheila Nixon greeted
worshippers. Rev. Mary Jane
Hobden extended a warm welcome
to all.
Following song time was silent
meditation and then the call to
worship and Prayer of Approach in
unison. This was preceded by the
hymn Come, Thou Fount of Every
Blessing.
Rev. Mary Jane chose Hebreiv
scripture Exodus 34: 29 - 35. The
large choir of mixed voices
rendered Crashing Waters as their
anthem.
The minister's sermon was based
on "Transfiguration". It was
illustrated to the children by
showing them the kernels of corn
and then the finished product after
Belgrave Novice Hockey team
has continued its successful year by
winning the A championship at the
Zurich Novice Tournament held in
Zurich Feb. 11 and 12. They
outscored the opposition by a
margin of 15-1 in the qualifying
games.
They defeated Seaforth 5-1,
Dorchester 7-0, and to win the
championship they outscored south
east London 3-0. All members of
the team played well to win the:
The senior ladies' bowling results
for Wednesday, Feb. 15 were:
Louise Bosman, 132 and 109; Marj
Coultes, 163 and 178; Evelyn
Galbraith, 91 and 147; Kay
McCormick, 168 and 160; Mae
Louttitt, 184 and 116; Margaret
King, 93 and 71; Irma Coughlin, 97
and 131; Mabel Wheeler, 149 and
211; Irene Lamont, 109 and 129;
Doris Michie, 132 and 134; Laura
Johnston, 131 and 157; Eleanor
Neill, 83 and 95.
The senior men's scores were
George Michie, 150 and 209; Gord
Louttitt, 158, 149 and 119; Bob
Culbert, 168, 173 and 122; Ken
Saxton, 151, 131 and 242; Hap
Swatridgc, 160, 146 and 211; Ray
ski trip to Talisman on Monday,
March 6 for students at E.W.P.S. in
Grades 5-8 who wish to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Walker of
Goderich visited on Thursday, Feb.
23 with their uncle and aunt, Lewis
and Helen Stonehouse and also
with Albert and Jean Cook.
The Belgrave United and Calvin
Brick churches are holding a skate-
a-thon in the Belgrave Community
Centre on March 3 from 4 p.m. -
9 p.m. Proceeds go towards the
purchase of a new manse. Anyone
interested is welcome to
participate. Pledge sheets are
available at the churches, East
Wawanosh Public School and the
arena booth.
The next regular meeting for the
Belgrave Community Club is
Friday, March 3 at 1 p.m.
The Belgrave Men's breakfast
was held in Knox United Church
basement on Saturday, Feb. 25.
After breakfast the men were
entertained by watching a video
with the starting of CKNX.
Mrs. Maxine Zettler of RR 4,
Walkerton visited with her mother
Beth Procter on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
A delicious meal was brought in to
celebrate Maxine's birthday.
Over the weekend visiting at the
it was popped. A kernel of popcorn
can be transfigured or transformed
into a glowing white popcorn.
Her sermon followed along the
same line.
This being "Baptismal Sunday"
the hymn chosen was A Little Child
the Saviour Came. Welcomed into
the community of faith through the
sacrament of baptism were the
following children: Stephanie Jean
Robinson, daughter of ,Steven and
Joanne Robinson; William Robert
Haines, son of John and Ruth
Haines;•Benjamin Samuel Pletch,
son of David and Melanie Pletch.
Elder John McIntosh assisted the
minister as he presented each child
for initiation into the body of Christ
through baptism. The water was
poured into the font by the older
brothers and sisters of the babies
being baptized.
At the conclusion of each
baptism, the minister lit a candle
championship. Moran Mechanica,
was the sponsor for the tournament
Each player received a gold
medallion for their efforts. The
team members are T.J. Marks,
Ryan Moran, Matthew Rocheta,
Trevor Koehler, Carl Procter,
Matthew Cowan, Nathan Spivey,
Scott Folkard, Nicole Procter, Kyle
Campbell, Paul Garniss and Kyle
Procter.
Congratulations Belgrave Novice
team.
Neill, 119, 121 and 149.
The senior men and ladies bowl
each Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the
Wingham Bowling Lanes.
On Feb. 22 the scores were as
follows: Clarence McCallum, 124,
100 and 154; Ray Neill, 152, 148,
and 79; Ken Saxton, 145, 167 and
213; Gord Louttit, 135, 171 and
116; Bob Carbert, 138, 118 and
145; Hap Swatridge, 188, 175 and
158.
Ladies' scores were Evelyn
Galbraith, 114 and 96; Nancy
Hicks, 89 and 113; Eleanor Neill,
110 and 100; Irene Lamont, 146
and 159; Laura Johnston, 203 and
164; Marj Coultes, 157 and 184;
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home of Beth Procter was her sister
and brother-in-law of Downsview.
On Sunday, Feb. 26 the family
got together at Jag's Restaurant to
celebrate Beth Procter's birthday.
Present were Mr. and Mrs. Conrad
Smithson of Downsview, Mr. and
Mrs. Ron Hill and Robbie of RR 1,
Tavistock, Kimberly Mayberry of
Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
Stopforth and Alexandria of
Oakville, Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Mayberry and Darryl of
Londesboro, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Procter and Karen of RR 5,
Brussels, Howard Zettler, Sherry,
Amanda and Alicia of RR 4,
Walkerton. A very delicious meal
and a great get together was
enjoyed by all.
After the meal some of them
returned to Beth's home for a social
time.
Dr. hay and Mrs. Nicholson and
Victoria of Elmira visited recently
with Garner and Alice Nicholson.
Ashley Irwin of Ashfield
Township was a weekend visitor
with her father Kevin and her
grandmother Mrs. Betty Irwin.
Laura McConachie from Fergus
also stayed at Mrs. Irwin's while
visiting Laura's mother Mildred
Irwin at Wingham Hospital.
which she presented to each. These
are to be lit at special times in life
to remember baptism and the love
of God which surrounds them.
Each received a certificate.
Mr. McIntosh presented Steven
Robinson and David Pletch, who
renewed their baptismal faith.
The ushering stewards were
Chris and David Piluke, John
Campbell and John Nixon followed
by the offertory song All That I Am.
Singing of The Lord's Prayer was
followed by the hymn Praise to the
Lord.
The service concluded with the
congregation joining in the choral
response "Go Now in Peace".
J. Coultes hosts meeting
of United Church Women
Novices win A championship
People go bowling in Wingham
Nixons greet at Knox service