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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-01-19, Page 23DANCE Parkhill Community Centre Sat., January 29 Time 9 to 1:00 a.m. Music DALLAS Admission $4.00 The readers write, Dear Editor, We would like to take this opportunity to express our ap- preciation to the people of Huron County for their sup- port of another successful Huron County Christmas Bureau project. This year the Bureau provided assistance to 292 families including 635 children in ;the County. This represents an increase of almost 30 percent over 1981. This would not have been possible without the support of the community. The Huron County Christmas Bureau is operated as an annual project of Fami- ly and Children's Services and is designed to co-ordinate Christmas giving and ensure that no children are missed at Christmas. This project is operated totally with volunteer help and is financed by donations from the community. Family and Children's Services pro- vides co-ordiantion and super- vision and covers operating expenses as our contribu- tions. Because of this, the sup- port of the community is essential. We continue to find that the people in Huron County help their neighbours in a kind and thoughtful way, and the 1982 Christmas Bureau supports this point of view. The total project was co- ordinated this year by Mrs. Audrey Royal of Goderich. Mrs. Royal began work in September and donated countless hours to ensure suc- cessful operation of the Christmas Bureau. We are • If old Scrooge were still around today, I'tn sure he'd say "Bah Humbug" to New . Yeai resolutions. Let's face it, he'd be right. After all, they're just classic examples of the old saying "Rules are made to be broken." That's why, this year I didn't make any New Years' resolutions. And as Sanuaryaliperby, I -don't have. to feet: guilty about breaking any resolutions. I 'must admit, 1 did think about making some resolu- tions. Never said a word out loud to anyone, though, because I didn't want the em- barrassment of getting caught when the resolutions didn't work out. Let's see, first there was my resolution on getting physically fit - so far that's worked out but only as long as this fitness business doesn't become hard work. There's "Trim -a -size- aerobics classes on Tuesday and Thursday nights, and curling on Wednesday nights - that's about as much of the fitness craze as I can handle, thank you. If we ever get adequate snow, we might get out on the cross country ski trails. But I don't know if that actually qualifies as exercise - usual- ly you end up so stiff you can't move the next day, and then you miss your exercise the se. cond day, too. :nost grateful to Mrs. Royal for her generous and capable contribution. This year, under the fine supervision of Mrs. Ann Gray, volunteer co-ordinator of the Exeter Bureau, 75 families (148 children) were able to enjoy a happier Christmas. Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Nancy Rooth and the Exeter Lioness Club spent many hours arranging space, co- ordinating donations and assisting families. Without the capable assistance of people like this, we would be unable to con- duct the Christmas Bureau. We wish also to express our appreciation to the various people who were kind enough to donate space from which we could distribute goods. In Exeter, the Exeter Lawn Bowling Club allowed us use of space which provided us with a convenient, central location. In addition, various stores and individuals con- tinue to assist us by distributing wool to volunteers to knit mitts, hats, and slippers. We feel- fortunate to have seen again so many examples of the kindness and generosi- ty of people in the communi- ty. Thank you for your con- tinued support . and assistance. . Yours sincerely, Mrs. Peggy Rivers Co-ordinator of Volunteer Services James Cargin Director Mary's musings By Mary Alderson Hand-in-hand with the fitness goes the old dieting. But that shouldn't require a New Years' resolution - its an on-going, year round, never ending battle. I considered, but discarded one New Years' resolution as it meant a complete change of life style. I had thought over the possibilities of changing from a night hawk to an ear- ly bird. ^" ' But the ramifications of such a radical change are too much to handle. Here it is; 1:00 a.m., and I am writing this column. If I had gone to bed earlier, telling myself to get up at 6:00 a.m. to write this, chances are it wouldn't get done. Another stumbling block is that if I were to make the drastic changeover in sleep- ing habits, then I would have to convince my husband to make the change, too, or we wouldn't see much of each other. Most of our visiting is done between 11:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m., you see. At present, both of us being night hawks is much healthier - for our marriage, anyway, I was going to make a resolution not to pro- crastinate, but I decided to put it off 'til next year. However, I will try to keep one resolution - not to be so long-winded and more to the point ii, my writing. 'Happy 80th Birthday Arn& Luella From your families Exeter Figure Skating Club DANCE Sat. Jan. 29 SOUTH HURON REC CENTRE 9:00 to 1:00 Lunch Provided Musk by Traces $12 per couple CONSOLATION CHAMPS.— Lyle Moffatt presents a consolation trophy to Todd LaPorte, captain of the Zurich team in the Peewee B-3 Silver Stick hockey tournament. Greenway women hear of Holy Land By ANNE WALPER Greenway Intended for last week Inez Woodburn was hostess for the January meeting of the UCW which was held in the Sunday School rooms in the church. Sixteen members answered the roll call with a New Years' Resolution. Inez Woodburn and Martha Geromette were in charge of the Worship service. The reading "A New Year's Wish" was given. The Scrip- ture reading was Matthew 6, Verses 25 - 34 followed by the reading, "Facing the New Year". Martha told of her visit to the Holy Land and seeing the wells of Solomon and Jacob. The.same wells are still there and are very important to the people. The ladies still carried huge jugs filled With water on their heads. Shepherds bring their sheep to the watering place before sundown. While she was there she had a drink from the well. Following this reading a New Year's Poem was ,read. Iva Lagerwerf took charge Chapman is new chairman Councillor Dorothy Chap- man was elected chairman of the Exeter planning board at the group's meeting, Wednesday. - Robert Spears will act as vice-chairman and building inspector Brian Johnston is the secretary -treasurer. A report had been expected regarding the alternate route study, but it was postponed until the February meeting due to illness of one of the county planners involved in the amendment that had been requested by two local pro- perty owners affected by the proposals which had been presented last year. The land inventory report was• also deferred until the February meeting. Mrs. Chapman informed members that council wished to meet with the board regar- ding tip present status'of the official plan and zoning bylaw and a date for such a meeting was set for February 23. Everyone is to be charged It was announced at a meeting of the Grand Bend PUC Wednesday night that all resident in the village portion of the area will be charged water rates whether or not they are hooked into the system. Total billing will begin in February. Resident's deadline for hooking into the system was December, 1982. Some residents who prefer to use existing wells have not taken advantage of the piped water from the Lake Huron Water supply. system. Foreman Stan'Lovie said that a three-year proposal for the updating of street lighting has been presented to the village. The village has com- mended the PUC for the pro- posal. Replacement of the fluorescent lighting with more efficient lighting will be a priority. At the meeting there was still some confusion about the history of ownership of the property housing the PUC building and fire hall and municipal storage garage. Since there was no deed of land on file, the group decid- ed to get a copy of the deed. in response to a letter from the village requesting infor- mation on total water con- sumption of commercial pro- perties within the village, PUC officials asked secretaries to prepare the data and hill the village for their time. of the business in the absence' of the president. The minutes were approved and treasurer's report was given. Many thank you notes were read and several cards had been sent. Following this a Finance Meeting was held and plans were made for the new year. After the offering the Benediction and Grace were reported and a tasty lunch was served by Doris Eagleson and Ellen Smithers, assisted by the hostess. The sympathy of the com- munity is with the family and relatives of the late Mrs. Gor- don (Jessie) Mawson whose death occurred last week. Ruthann Eagleson is teaching this term in Prince Andrew School near London. Carman and Verna Lovie spent Saturday evening with Jake and Iva Lagerwerf. • The Sacrament of Holy Communion was ad- ministered in the United Church Sunday. Karen Guen- ther read the Scripture and Rev. Moore spoke on "A Word for Our Lives". The annual meeting is at Greenway on Thursday, January 20. ' Ian and Joanne Pentecost have been holidaying with his parents near Panama City in Florida. The Greenway Willing •Workers held their meeting at the home of Jan and Ruby Lagerwerf Saturday night. Rev. Moore spoke on the new report on "Human Sexuality" and a discussion followed. Officers for the new year are: president - Pete and. Anne Wiersma, secretary - Morle) and Linda Eagleson. Treasurer - Jan and Ruby Lagerwerf. Cindy Hicks spent the weekend with her parents Fred and Nathalie Hicks. The Windup: Why do you never lose when buying cab- bage or lettuce? it is because you always get a head. Many out at Hensall There was a large atten- dance at the United Church on Sunday morning when Mr. McDonald continued his series of thoughts on The Fears People 'lave. He spoke to the congregation of The Fear of Feeling insignificant, of how ofteh people take two different routes when feeling inferior,withdrawal or acting like a big person on the out- side, in order to hide the real person on the inside. The solu- tion is to put our trust in God and be the person God wanted us to be. The children's story was called "Writing Your Name" and numerous articles were drawn from the Brown Paper bag on how we write our name. But we are writing our name every day in the way we live and the deeds we do. Harold Parsons, Lloyd Ferguson, Ross Sararas and Mf Ross were the ushers for the day and Margaret Cole greeted the congregation. Belva Fuss along with the senior choir led the music for the service. Bible Study Fellowship Group started a new series of Bible Studies on Tuesday morning with an excellent at- tendance. For this series the group ate studying The Parables of Jesus. Everyone is invited to these studies. "Getting the Word Around". was the title of the film for the January Fellowship Night at the ilnitgd Church on Sunday evening. The film showed the work of the church across Canada. The meeting opened with singing with Joyce Pep- per epper at the piano, and closed with a time of fellowship and lunch with Mary O'Brien as hostess assisted by Sharon Wurm and Dana Bazatto of the Communications Commit- tee. The Next Fellowship Ser- vice will be held on Sunday, February 20th. Grand Bent its lakefront water lots merce President, Brad Page, ws at the meeting to show sketches of proposed gates at the three entances to Grand Bend, proposed exterior finishing of thenew (old Post Office) municipal chambers building, and waste barrels to be placed in the village -all following the Sandcastle theme adopted by the Chamber in 1982. Council asked that the Chamber strike a committee to look after the airport east of the village and that the Chamber underwrite future costs. The village has agreed to enter into an agreement with John Twynstra, owner of the land, in order to receive federal grants for upgrading. Deputy reeve Harold Green, who has been appointed to serve for the village on the committee, suggested that a member from Stephen Township, wherein the air- port is located, be on sucn a committee . as well as representatives of the com- mercial groups now located on the old airport property. Bruce Helm, supervisor of the 1982 )'each patrol, was At the latest meeting of Another delegate. He outlined At township council ideas to upgrade a 1983 beach -tile drain loan applications front program, asked for totalling $24,500 were higher wages for beach patrol approved. and better equipment in the A grant of $25 per member coming year. for skaters from McGillivray In other business, council township participating in the Silver Blades skating club was approved; Council discussed gravel and calcium requirements for the coming year along with the possibility of tendering for the job of grass cutting. As a result of a meeting of reeves of area municipalities which share the cost of opera- tion of the North Middlesex Arena and Community Centre the number of represen- tatives from each municipali- ty will be reduced to one ac- tive and one voting alternate. The next meeting of council will be held February 7, 1983 at 1 p.m. After two ears of negotia- tions with federal and provin cial governments Grand Bend will receive a Licence of Oc- cupation for water lots in front of the village so that con- trol of the lakefront by the village will be legal. The word came from the province in time for the meeting of couh- cil Monday night. Complaints from residents during the summer of 1982 in- dicated the problem of boaters anchoring on sand bars and polluting the area in many ways. Swimmers were threatened by the careless use of outboard motor craft and residents were disturbed by the numbers of casual •tourists who used the beaches. from small power craft. The legislation means that Grand Bend willnowbeable to' deal with complaints in a legal manner within 100 feet of the water line, of Lake Huron. Other good news from the council meeting is that the sewer and garbage charges will be 'better organized. Clerk -Treasurer Dianne Mollard found about 63 changes in rates because of omissions and - mistakes. Billing will net the village a little over $2,000 and- it will return some monies to ratepayers. New Chamber of Com - referred a request for funds 'from Huron Country Playhouse to the Recreation Committee and a request for funds to maintain fire hydrants for the PUC to the Finance Committee. The group appointed Sharen and Green to act for any emergency flooding in the area as contacts for the Ausable-Bayfield Conserva- tion Authority. They agreed to pay half costs to a member of the Chamber . to attend New Neighborhood Conference in Toronto in February. Warner Auto -Marine was granted a sign permit, without cost, to point the way to their boat show in the spring. The usual fee for dockage was agreed upon and it was decided that the Eilber Street washrooms would be opened in time for the event., McGillivray okays -grant GIVING A PUSH — Hans Lohmann gets o shove from Kotja in starting a Sunday afternoon slide down a Mor- rison Dom slope. T -A. -photo Hensall Rec League Blue Green White Red Jamie Caldwell Steve Knight • Scott Ross Jim Ferguson Dan McGlinchey Gary Moir Jim Patton Tom Neilands • Matt Klav,er Jeff McKay Hensall Exeter Zurich Centralia CCAT Jamie Caldwell Bryan Mahar Dave Kinsman Ken Varley . Terry Caldwell Dwight Consitt Brian Baker Pete Allan Scott Jesney Greg Campbell Jack Aikenhead Randy Parker Alyn Taylor Terry Bedard Garry Koehler Rob Pryde Top Scorers Standings 8.H.11.L. W L 15 1 8 3 8 5 5 12 2 12 llensall Sherwoods Exeter Agricultural Society ANNUAL MISTING Fri., Jan. 21 High School • MOB pm. Lunch Provided W L Pts ,•�i>. ,,..,P,. 17„ 4 5 8 3 5 7 2 7 4 G 24 34 12 A 30 17 31 10 8 7 11 8 9 6 11 10 6 8 8 8 7 GF' 166 123 70 79 71 G 18 15 17 20 8 9 4 5 4 5 4 -4 1 2 Pts. 54 51 43 18 18 17 17 16 16 15 GA Pis 55 30 40 17 71 16 105 10 110 4 A Pts. 18 36 21 36 14 31 7 27 19 27 12 21 16 20 8 '13 6 10 4 9 4 8 3 7 6 7 3 5 5 5 1 1 Huron County Family Planning Project Invites You To Attend Family Planning Clinic Every Tuesday from 6:30. 9 p.m. HURON COUNTY HEALTH UNIT •Ann St., Exeter For Information Call 235-1014 (.... Weekdays or Tuesday evenings All medications, IUD's dtc. provided free of charge l Times -Advocate, January 19, 1983 Happy 19th Lon and Lynn Page 23 GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH Huron Centennial School BRUCETIELD, ONT. 4112-9260, 5633341 and 236-4979 10:00 a.m. - Family Bible school 11:00 a.m. - speaker Randy Mann Dennis Merclar MSC Preachy the doctrine Greco Anniver3art, Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary Mom .and Dad (Campbell and Grace Eyre) On January 28th, 1983 With -love from your family Anniversary dance to be held. March 26th Kirkton Optimist �_ ANCE -Sat.; Jan., 22 Kirkton Woodham Community Centre Music by MAPLE SUGAR n °flour of lie 50th Uf/edc n9 -nniver3ar y /or Clarence (Pad an .Afieert VoClanc .A .2'aaance will _Amid)/ I ell al _Amid)/ on sat., cYan. 29, 198 r al 8:00 p.m. everyone welcDome Featuring: Free Wheelin' (Formerly Bluewater Playboys). Best Wishes only please. 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