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Huron Expositor, 2007-01-03, Page 23Fri & Sat 6:45 & 9:15 Sun - Thur 8:00 musty %Wenw No Riboomoworldod for Children PG 1 Correspondence Quartet and children entertain at Cavan service The Huron Expositor • January 3, 2007 Page 23 Our Christmas was definitely green and even quite mild, the warmest I remember. Rev. Josermon. at Cavan was titled _ jhe Miracle of Christmas." Greeters and collectors were Diane Anderson and Ruth Campbell. Lighting of the fourth Advent can- dle was done by Nic Zwep and Judy Beuerman. Cavan hosted the Christmas Eve service. The Sunday School children acted out the Christmas Story with the Winthrop Quartet and Cassie Hoegy assisting with the musical portion. Lori and Mike Goos por- trayed Mary and Joseph with baby Carley as the infant Jesus. Several readings pertaining to Christmas were given by Rev. John and Natalie Gould. Christmas carols were sung. Dave and Carol McClure were the greeters and collectors. A social time followed. Doug and Gail Schroeder held their family Christmas on Sunday. Steve and Joanne and Brad and Laurie and their families spent the day in Winthrop. On Christmas Day they travelled to Grimsby to be with Gail's mother and other family members. Glen and Marg McClure spent Christmas at their son Dan's in St. Marys. Christmas Day was spent with Marg Rogerson in Clinton. Bob and Ruth Campbell spent Christmas with Beatrice Campbell. On Boxing Day the Campbell family gathered together at Lisa and Martin to Brinke's in Clinton. Ron and Darlene Campbell and their family, Vince and Sheila Nicol, Shannon and Danny and Beatrice Campbell spent Boxing Day at Brian and Carolanne Campbell's and their family. Doug and Vicki Campbell and girls and Ian and Stephanie Peck and family cele- brated their Christmas on Sat. at the home of Marion Peck, Clinton. Brian and Susan MacDonald and Stephanie spent a couple of days in Ripley celebrating Christmas with the MacDonalds and Elliotts. Jason MacDonald is out in Vancouver where he hoped to avoid a lot of snow but as we hear, they have more snow than we have here. However where he is has not been as hard hit as some places nearby. Jeff and Tina Hoelscher and family and Paul Residents enjoying physiotherapy Happy New Year everyone! We here at the Retirement Home hope that everyone had a wonderful and healthy holiday season. Time sure does fly by, we can hardly believe it is the beginning of another New Year. December has been a very busy month for all of us at the retirement home. In December we enjoyed once again an excel- lent Family Christmas Dinner. Oh my what a won- derful feast. We have been enjoying the physiotherapy programs that are being offered. It is great to have the one-on-one ses- sions and it makes for a fun afternoon when we are all exercising together. Fred and Grace Munnings continue to entertain us with their story telling and hymn sings. We had many surprise visits from carol- ers this past COUNSELLING Brian O'Reilly Marriage Personal Growth Executive Coaching Life Coaching www.humanpotentialplus com 519-233-1005 Varna 11.411i11 11a11411' Itrl i rel l 11 is 11 I 101114' 114' Christmas season. It was a very pleasant surprise and very much appreciated. We have heard through the holidays that it really didn't feel like the right season due to the lack of snow, but the weather was great for all the travellers to get around. It was so nice to see so many visitors. A very warm welcome to Connie Blake and Doris Colyer. We are very happy to have you both as a part of our Seaforth Manor com- cif11� Make Your Own Beer, Wine, Coolers and Fruit Wine 84on St, GODERICH 524-2323 �nemaker Chop,, (d�i3row hero or at helico!) cA� Kingston I : SI raft ford . :551 Huron St. I : (.I11cttilt� �... : 273-6780 I I I 1 1 IShow I INight Schedule for December 29 -January 7 The Pursuit of Happyness Daily at 2:00, 6:45 & 9:15 pm 13 EragonCB Daily at 2:00. 7:00 & 9:15 pm at the Museum 0 Daily at 2:00. 7:00 & 9:15 pm ICharlotte's Web 0 Daily at 2:00, 7:00 8 9:15 pm 1 I 111 Happy Feet Daily at 2:00, 7:00 & 9:15 pm PG 1 1 56.00 Tuesdays www.strattordcinemas.com munity. The upcoming events to look forward to include uptown errands every Monday afternoon, physio- therapy every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, YAH meeting on Jan. 4, Fred and Grace every Friday afternoon, Chit Chat Cafe on Jan. 15, Pub Night on Jan. 25 and our monthly Diner's Club on Jan. 30. Birthday wishes go out to Esther Kelly on Jan. 4 and to Roberta Wadel on Jan. 22. Brodhagen� 407/� Community Centre MEN'S WINTER NIGHT OUT Saturday, Jan. 13/07 $20/person Social Hour 6 p.m. Supper Served 7-8 p.m. Door Prizes For tickets call 519-347-2515 or 519-345-2746 'FITNESS CLASSES Every Mon. & Wed. 5:30 pm Optimist Hall Starting Mon., Jan. 8th To register or for more info call Ruth 519-522-0896 after 7:00 pm and Tracey McLennan and family spent Saturday with Jim and Ann Bosman. They all spent a day in Brussels celebrating with the Lowe families. Jack and Georgina Bosman of Huronview recently cele- brated their 66th wedding anniver- sary. FOOD FOR THOUGHT When it's hardest to pray is when you should pray the hardest. GODERICH 5.24-7811 st„ Fri & Sat 6:45 & 9:15 Sun - Thur 8:00 Tow D0 m1 I T A L rnahlaning a000A1 "HIGH-OCTANE ACTION AND SUSPENSE!!" DENZEL WASHINGTON DEJAVItm DejaVu.movics.com www.rnovielinks.ca NIGHT MUSEUM (1 t:,,ic.•--1-800-265-3438 rnf'- 9:r; S' k. the Oki Car Detective�.�—...,� BROUG11r HEARTLAND IO YOU BY CRED 1 T UNION 1932 DESOTO ROADS I'ER 75 YEARS OLD By Bill Sherk "The Old Car Detective" Walter P. Chrysler began building cars bearing his name in 1924.One year later, he turned the Maxwell -Chalmers Company into the Chrysler Corporation and was well on his way to building his automotive empire. In 1928, he entered the low-priced field by introducing the Plymouth, and also introduced the DeSoto to fill the price gap between Plymouth and Chrysler. Just four days before the new DeSoto was scheduled for its first public display, a deal was struck whereby the Dodge Brothers com- pany became part of the Chrysler Corporation. Thus, Walter P. Chrysler ended up with three new cars in one year: Dodge, Plymouth, and DeSoto. The new DeSoto was a sales success with nearly 65,000 cars sold in its first model year of 1929. With the stock market crash and the onset of the Depression, car sales nose-dived. Fewer than 25,000 DeSotos were sold in the 1932 model year, despite ads hailing the new DeSoto as "the Hit of the Highway" and "America's lowest -priced Six." As a publicity stunt, a '32 DeSoto roadster was assembled on the 71st floor of the Chrysler Building in New York and remained on display throughout the model year - but only 894 roadsters were built. The car was rare even when new and very few still survive. The car was nearly chopped up by a hot-rodder in the 1950s. Then it was bought by the man who later so it to Cockburn, who traveled far and wide in search of parts. The rear u per he purchased in person from a gynecologist in Louisiana. Cockburn was proud to call himself a member in good standing of the "dirty fingernail club" because he performed much of the work himself. The result was a flawless restoration of an absolutely beautiful car. The aerodynamic grille was likely inspired by Harry Miller's popular front -wheel -drive Indianapolis racing cars of that era. Grilles were a rel- atively new feature on cars in 1932, and made the older cars with exposed radiators (the Model A Ford, for example) look old-fashioned. DeSoto's new curved grille was distinctive enough to he eye-catching without being controversial. The numerous bars 011 the grille require painstaking care when restor- ing one of these cars, and Cockburn needed grilles from three other 1932 DeSotos to finish off his. 'ihe big "6" on the red crank -hole cover at the bottom of the grille denotes the six -cylinder engine: a water-cooled, in-line, L -head power plant displacing 212 cubic inches with 75 horsepower, a very respectable output for that time. The windshield can he folded flat for wind -in -the -face driving or pushed out at the bottom for extra ventilation. Do you have any car stories or photos to share with our readers? Send your e-mails to bill@@@carstory.com.