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PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2004.
UCW conducts United Church service
As Rev. Pat Cook was away at
conference on Sunday. May 16 the
IIC\A conducted the. Sunday service
at Londesborough United Church.
The service was prepared by
conference committee with the
theme. We Will, Push Open The Box.
During the children's time at the
front. Yvonne Hoggart showed the
boys and girls a kleenex box. They
suggested several uses for the
kleenex sheets. Yvonne had put
several surprise uses for the kleenex
inside the box and the children
reached in and discovered them. The
young folk learned that from an
By BRENDA
RADFORD
Call
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Hullett Central Public School will
hold its annual track and field meet
at the school on Thursday, May 20
or Friday, May 21 depending on the
weather. The children have been
practising for some time now when
the weather has co-operated. You
might like to drop by and offer some
encouragement to the young folks.
The people who investigate such
things and compile the statistics tell
us that most car accidents happen
within a few miles of home.'Perhaps.
we relax as we end our journey,
perhaps we become too complacent
about the ordinary or we let down
our guard.
This may be what happened last
Tuesday afternoon. May II at the
intersection of Londesborough Road
and London Road. Two vehicles
tried to drive the same piece of
familiar pavement at the same time.
Bruce Shillinglaw's half-ton truck
heading west collided with the
station wagon of Pat Hunking which
Was heading south. Neither driver
was injured but badly shaken by the
incident. Pat went to hospital by
ambulance as a precaution.
Villagers will have noticed that
the house on the corner of King and
Sarah Streets is being torn down.
Long-term residents of
Londesborough have historically
referred to the house as the
Brundson Place.
In conversation with villagers, I
Was unable to determine who
actually built the nearly century-old
house. Possibly the large white
frame home was erected by William
and Mary Brundson. William ran a
Massey-Harris Farm Equipment
dealership across King Street beside
the seed cleaning plant.
Owners of the house in the years
since I arrived in the village were the
Harold Livingstons, Jim and
Rosemary .Johnston and T.B. Allen
Ltd. The Hensall District Co-
operative assumed ownership of the
property when they purchased the
Allen Mill.
Over the years the owners
frequently rented part or all of the
house. The Co-op needs parking
space and that is why the home is
being razed.
Despite the reason, it is sad to see
a part of the village history
disappearing. Former occupants will
he reliving memories of the home as
it comes down.
Helen Lee acknowledges those
who helped with and donated to the
annual Tag Day- for Clinton Public
Hospital last Friday. Organized by
the Hosptial Auxiliary, the day
raised $24K in Blyth and $123 in
I.ondeshorough for, the hospital.
ordinary box of kleenex could come
some interesting surprises.
Then Mrs. Hoggart showed the
children a black box which
represented the church. When she
opened it up the cutout was a cross.
Her point was from inside the church
can come surprises — the children
who go there.She asked the children
to go out from their church and share
what they have learned along with
their smiles and love.
Congregants enjoyed the musical
talents of the mother and daughter
duo, Barb Bosman and Kelly Marks.
who sang God Takes Good Care of
Me.
The various scripture readings that
morning were read by three UCW
ladies. Kim Roetcisoender offered
the Old Testament selection, Amos
5: 21-24. Psalm 96, the responsive
psalm. was led by Gail Lear. The
familiar story of the raising from the
dead of Lazarus by Jesus from John
11: 1-44 was paraphrased by Brenda
Radford.
From behind a large black screen
which represented a black box or the
church came the voices of two
women. They were discussing how
peaceful and safe it felt inside their
church where they Could relax in the
glow of God's presence. They
acknowledged they liked the safety
of the familiar.
Then they queried whether others
on the outside know they are
welcome to come inside. In spite of
the extra noise and demands and
chaos that might ensue_ the ladies
decided to open their box.
Pushing over the screen Mary Peel
and Kittie McGregor, proclaimed
their church is ready to welcome
others into God's house with them.
Tying the service together with the
call to worship. the prayers and
offering, etc. was UCW president,
Laura Scott.
Flowers on the memorial stand
were placed in memory of Helen
Doreen Trewartha by her family,
Doug and Cheryl Trewartha. The
funeral service for Mrs. Trewartha
was held on Saturday, May 15 in
The senior choir will practise at 10
a.m. on Sunday, May 23.
Women of Londesborough United
Church are invited to the Auburn
UCW meeting on Tuesday, May 25.
The guest speaker that evening will
talk about outreach mission service
in other areas of the world.
The UCW is selling tickets for a
mystery dinner on Saturday, June 12.
Contact Lynda Horbanuik for details
and tickets.
Our
mistake
In the May 13 issue of the. The
Citizen, the story regarding local
weather conditions should have read
75 mm and 30 mm of rainfall. The
Citizen apologizes for the error.
FROM LONDESBORO
Good
turnout
for
euchre
On Friday, May 14, there were 18
1/2 tables of euchre at the monthly
card party at the Londesborough
Community Hall sponsored by the
Londesborough Happy Gang
Seniors.
A high score of 73 points was
scored by Carman and Ila Pollock
and Len and Betty Archambault.
Third prize was tallied by Bill and
Ruth Jenkins with 71 points. The
most lone hands prize was shared by
couples Doris Glousher and Bernice
Moore and Lloyd and Lillian
Appleby. Both couples played seven
lone hands successfully.
Share-the-wealth winners were
Lois Fischer Adeline Allen and Ethel
Walker.
The next Londesborough card
party will be held on June 11.
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A truck, driven by Bruce Shillinglaw and a car driven by Pat Hunking collided at the main
intersection in Londesborough May 11. Firefighters were on scene to direct traffic and assist
in extricating Hunking from her vehicle. She was taken to hospital and later released. (Keith
Roulston photo)