HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2006-06-15, Page 13Time to think
F.E. Madill drama students provided Grades 6, 7, and 8
students at East Wawanosh Public School with some
thought-provoking glimpses of issues faced in high school
life. Yvonne DeWit takes the stage in this scene.(carot Burns
photo)
Club notes birthdays
By Linda
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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2006. PAGE 13.
George and Mary Johnston of
Ilderton. Gary and Donna Leitch of
London and Julie Hopgood, Zachary,
Ethin, and Sarah of Bay City.
The Women's Missionary Society
meeting of the Presbyterian Church
was held on Monday, June 5 at the
home of Beryl MacGowan.
Margaret Siertsema opened the
meeting with the call to worship.
The topic was on sharing.
Rev. Cathrine Campbell gave a
tribute to a faithful member. the late
Ivy Cloakey.
Plans were made for the children's
camp at Kintail in June.
The September meeting will be
on Sept. 11.
Rev. Campbell closed the meeting
Michigan were weekend guests
at the home of Bob and Jane
Grasby.
Laura Johnston was a supper guest
at the same home.
George and Mary Johnston also
visited at the home of Laura
Johnston.
Thelma Pletch has returned home
after being a patient at Wingham and
District Hospital for almost two
weeks.
Donna Shaw is a patient at
Wingham and District Hospital
Friends and neighbours wish Donna
a speedy recovery.
with prayer and a social time
followed.
There were 10 tables of shoot in
play on Friday, June 9 at the
Belgrave Community Centre.
Winners were: high pink,
Irlma Edgar; second high
pink, Louise Schiestel: most
shoots pink, Louise Hammond:
FROM BELGRAVE
high white, Richard Moore:
second high white, Bev
Hayden; most shoots white, Jim
Coultes.
The last shoot until fall will be on
Friday, June 23 with dessert at I
p.m.
IVMS pays tribute
10 tables of shoot
in play at arena
The Belgrave Community Club
June meeting began by singing 0
Canada, then Muriel Coultes read
two stories, A Tribute to Fathers and
Strawberries from Heaven.
The minutes of the previous
meeting and financial report were
given. Mrs. Coultes displayed a
poster marking June as Seniors
Month with the theme being Active
Living — Healthy Living.
The June birthdays and
anniversaries were acknowledged
and a card was signed by everyone to
send to Thelma Pletch who is in
Wingham and District Hospital.
A donation will be sent to the
Ontario Seniors to have Ivy
Cloakey's name entered into the
Book of Remembrance.
A new PA system has been
Knox United Church Women
Evening Group met at the home of
Mabel Wheeler on Tuesday, June 6
with 11 members present.
Barbara Anderson's group was in
charge and she opened the meeting
with a poem, Thought for the Day.
She thanked Mabel for hosting the
meeting, and all tho'se who attended.
There were several members unable
to attend because of illness.
Pat Flunking opened with a call to
worship, on Pentecost. Her
meditation was entitled Happy
Pentecost. After a prayer and a
hymn the offering was received and
dedicated.
The roll call was answered by
naming your favourite flower. The
minutes were read and adopted and
Muriel Coultes gave the treasurer's
report Mrs. Wheeler gave the card
report She had sent tour cards, and
a card was signed for Donna Shaw.
The Over 80 birthday party was
planned for Tuesday. July 25 at 2
p.m. Committees were chosen to
plan the party.
People are urged to look ni the
bulletin lor items needed for the
Vacation Bible School this August.
( -amp site day was announced for
Monday. June 12 at Camp Bimini.
Muriel Coultes had the program
;aid she read two recent articles
how the K-14/ Reg w'd. which told of
programs supported by the United
Church. One was the signing of the
purchased and will soon be installed
in the meeting room.
Kay Roberts was in charge of the
program, which was called. Getting
To Know You. She asked each of the
16 in attendance to tell what they
remember at the age of two years,
then at the age of 21 and finally a
funny incident. It proved to be an
enlightening and entertaining
program.
The next meeting will be in
September when the nominating
committee will have the new slate of
officers for the coming year.
There will be a dessert shoot party
on June 29 starting at 1 p m. with all
seniors in the community invited.
The meeting closed with the
singing of God Save The
Queen.
agreement between the Native
groups and the United Church,
supporting the funding of survivors
of the residential schools.
The other involved the arrest of a
man in the Niagara Region for the
murder of two young women. It
referred to a program supporting the
finding of the murderers of missing
women mostly in British Columbia.
The United Church has a
program. Sisters in Spirit. which the
UCW has supported. hut this issue
brings the problem closer to home.
She then read from the Mandate
about the water woes in Lesotho,
South Africa. Major international
groups have purchased agreements
to build dams. use the water, and
this creates havoc for the over 1.8
million people who are mostly
subsistence farmers and livestock
herders in the mountains and need
the water from the streams. That
water has now been diverted.
Women now have to walk the
equivalent of 10 kms. to get fresh
water for their families.
The next meeting will he held at
the home of Nancy Folkard. with
group one leading worship; group
two providing lunch and group three
in charge of the program.
The benediction was recited after
a quiz.
ouise Bosnian and Mrs. Wheeler
served lunch and a social time
followed.
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Mabel Wheeler hosts
Evening Unit UCW