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Times -Advocate, September 14, 1988
Sunday School participants
By MRS. WILLIAM ROHDE'
THAMES ROAD - Rev. Sheila -
Macgregor was in charge of the reg-
ular .church • servic. on Sunday
morning with a good crowd in. at-
tendance. .
• Rev, Sheila •called the children,
the Superintendent -and the teachers
ard.
uperintendcnt Sharoit Passmore
lit candle and said "On behalf of
these teachers 1 light this candle as a
symbol of the promises we have
mak"
The first candlclightcr was Derck
Etherington and he said "1 light this
candle to remind us that regular at-
tendance in our group is important"
The second candlclightcr was Erin
Ribhardson and she said "1 light this
candle to remind us that. we must be -
faithful. in exploring, listening and
responding in our group activities."
• The third candlclightcr was Cheryl
Ballantyne and she said "1 light this
candle to remind us that Jesus loves
us and that he invites all of us to
lullow him, in serving others."
Robert Bray, a representative of
the parents and rncmhcrs of the con-
gregation, said "1 light this candle
as a symbol of our pledge this day:'
The choir was accompanied by pi -
most Miss Agnes Bray. and Rob
Passmore read -the scripture lesson:
Rev. Sheila's. sermon -text was
"Who Do You Say Thal! Am?"
• She gave a very inspiring message.
Sharon .Passmore presented the
- Diplomas and Seals.
intermediate, Class:. wane( Barb
Ballantyne: Deanne Ballantyne,
Cheryl Ballantyne, Patrick Jeffrey,
Lisa Kernick, 8th year seal, Tom
Passniorc, Jon Passmore, 10th year
seal, Tammy Rohde, Karen Rohde
and.Jayne Rowe. .
Graduating into Intermediate
Class' is Erin Richardson 8th year
.seal.
Junior Class teachers are Janis
Richardson and Joan Morgan; Tim
Parker, -8th year seal . and Brian
Richardson, 7th ycar seal.
Graduating into Junior Class arc
Jayne. Ballantyne, Lori Kernick, 6th
year seal, Rebecca Miller,7th year
seal, Jackie Morgan, 6th ycar seal, -
Jo -Dee Rowe: • . 7 -
Primary Class: Judith Parker and
Anne Kernick arc the teachers: Der-,
ck Etherington, Erin Parker 5th year
seal, Lori Richardson, 5th ycar seal,
•Kathy Rohde, Vanessa Bray, 4th -
year seal, Laura Miller, 3rd ycar sea;
Graduating intci Primary, Amy
Ilodgert, Brenda Miner. Diploma
Ryan Parker, 3rd year seal.
Kindergarten Class: Karen Ether-
ington and. Melonie Miller are the
teachers: Robyn Etherington, 3rd
ycar seal, Kristy Bray, 2nd year
seal; Ann -Marie Hodgen, Maggie
Miller, Diploma, Meagan Parker;
Diploma, David Vandenbussche,
Heather Morgan, Diploma. This is
the Sunday School students and
their teachers.
Personals
Quite a number of people from
this community,
.attended Kirkton
Fair on Saturdayafternoon, and the
Fiddlers Jamboree and the Demoli-
tion Derby on Sunday afternoon. .
- Mr. and Mrs. Wray Switzer of
Shipka and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rdh-
•dc were supper guests with Mr. and
Mrs. _Norman Johns, Woodham.
Mr: and Mrs. Gordon Johns joined
them later for the evening for cards.
They were celebrating our 40th wed-
ding anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Sullivan of
Elora spent the weekend with the
. Tatter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Weir of Tim-
mins are spending a few days with
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Duncan and
Floyd.
Golden Agers plan bus trip
By Roberta Walker
GRAND. BEND The Grand
Bend Golden Ages Club met
- Wednesday afternoon at St._ John's
Anglican Hall with 27 in atten-
dance. President Lorecn Gill opened
the meeting. A moment of silence
was observed for deceased member
Doris Pearen.
A singalong was enjoyed, ac-
companied by Nola Love at the pia-
no. Loreen read two poems. Plans
were discussed to have a pot luck
dinner and a speaker at the October
meeting.
A bus trip. is being planned to
the African Lion Safari on October
6. Another bus trip is planned for
September 21, to the" Plowing
Match near Stratford. The bus will
be leaving from St. John's Anglican
Church at 8 a.m. sharp, and leaving
from the Plowing Match: at 4 p.m. •
If you are interested, please phone
Bertie Keyes, 238-2486, before Sep-
tember 16. It was also decided to
participate in the Farmer's Market
on October 15 here in Grand Bend.
Catherine Junkcr and Bertie
Keyes gave an interesting report on
the United Senior Citizens of Onta-
rio (USCO) Convention that they
attendedin August at Queen's Unt-
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standing as at
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versity in Kingston where over 600
seniors attended. Bertie asked every-
one to close theircycs, to remember
thcir youth and to fantasize "what
they wanted to be". It was fascinat-
ing as each person stood up to -con-
fess early childhood dreiuns.
- On "-Medication for Seniors" it
was learned that 700 -.people in On -
taro had each been given 200 or
more prescriptions in one year!
Many seniors arc overmedicated.
Here are some pearls of wisdom-
gleamed
isdomgleamed from speakers!- "Wc are
not too old to do good, in the
world." "Never Give -Up; Don't
Forgct Your Dream"; If you. don't
use your brain and your strength
you will Iosc it;" and Focus on -In-
dependent Living". •
A -report was discussed on vari-
ous areas of concern being studied
by USCO.council in 1987-88: 80+
drivers test; Seniors !lousing; rural
mail service; long-term care; hear-
ing related issues; dental care; deci-
sion-making in treatment .of.the ter-
minally. ill; health care of the
elderly; tax reforms; survivor bene-
fits under the Canada -Pension Plan;
financial planning; telephone ser -
Golf tournament .
GRAND BEND - September 7
marked the First Grand. Bend and
Vegetable Growers Golf Tourna-
ment, held at Oakwood Inn.. There -
were 40. golfers out to start the
course at 1 p.m., organized by Tom
Vlcmmix;
Winner of the First Prize Trophy
•I'or the best 18 holes.with a score of
82 was Tom Carruthers of.Thedford,
who also won the longest shot of _
the day. Second prize trophy for the
best 9 holes with a score of 34 was
Dan MacLaughlin of Thcdford.
Jack Smcckcns of Grand Bcnd won
a prize for the closest to the pin.
Shunning the use of a golf bug-
gy, Bill Blewett, the .old Co-op
manager, finished the course on foot
- not bad- for a gentleman who•is 80
years young!
Everyone wound up with.onc or.
more prizes, iticluding a wheelbar-
row, 2 touch tone telephones, hats,
shirts, golf balls, a welding helmet,
a fire extinguisher,some paintings
from. Thedford and many others all
generously donated by 25 local
businessmen. - Organizer Tom
Vlcmmix thanks them for their do-
nations and reports that everyone
had such a great time that they in-
tcnd to make the tournament an an-
nual event for the Vcgctablc Grow-
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vice rates; funeral service acts; re-
view of advocacy for "Vulnerable
Adults"; mandatory retirement, and.
grandparents and grandchildren's
rights (pertaining to divorce cases).
After the lengthy report; the
group sang "happy birthday's to Jim
Prance, Alec Hamilton and Elda Ad-
ams for their September birthday.
Following the meeting, refresh-
ments were served.
Church of God
The Women of the Church of
God met on Thursday, September 8
for their first general meeting of the
season. The ladies began a series of
lessons of the nation of Russia,
with Janet Desjardine as moderator.
Roll call was answered with a cur
rent event about Russia. The Octo-
ber 6 meeting will be a dinner tour
at ARC Industries, Dashwood.
On Monday evening the Beacon-
naires met with Rev. Brian Elder of
Crediton United Church as guest
speaker.
Sunday services arc regularly.
held at the. Grand Bend Church. of
God, with Sunday school beginning
at 10 a.m. followed by services at
11 a.m. and 7 p.m. -
Next Sunday, September 18 will
he an exception, for Rally Day,
with the morning service beginning
at 10:30 a.m. The guest speaker
will be Mr. Keith Lapslcy of Scrip-
ture Union, Canada. Mr. Lapsley
was involved with the Beach Minis-
.triQs„ih August, which were so sue-
ccssful. There.will also be a special
presentation for children at.the ser-
vice, and a pot luck dinner follow-
ing.
If you haven't got a Sunday
School to attend, please join us on
Sunday.mornings at 10 a.m.
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aarbecue, Sunday afternoon. Above, Teresa Ondrejicka, Doug Halliday and Bryan Smith, serve up food for Chris
Hodgson. -
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