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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-11-18, Page 23IN MEMORIAM — Jack Sherman of Bell Aerospace lays a wreath at the Grand Bend cenotoph.The memorial service last Wednesday saw the placing of six wreaths to honour the dead from three wars. Seniors enjoy cards, couples play games More than 30 attended Grand Bend Seniors Golden Age club meeting at the Parish hall last Wednesday afternoon. President Alex Hamilton welcomed all and the meeting opened with '0 Canada, followed by the Lord's prayer. Moments of silence were observed for a departed member. Eddie Gill. and for soldiers on this Remembrance Day. A sing song of favorite numbers was followed by Happy Birthday to all who had November birthdays. During the business it was decided to go to the Dominion Hotel in Zurich for a Christmas dinner on the regular meeting date. A letter was read regrading Home care for aged, and a report of Rally held at Holmesville in October, Bus trips were discussed. Alex closed off the business portion with couple of humorous jokes. Nola Love's group were in charge of programs. Nola gave two readings on Remembrance Day, and played the hymn. "God of our Fathers known of old." followed by a tape recording of a barbershop quartet they heard in London. She closed the program with a thought provoking story on how we make our own destiny. Games of euchre and crokinole rounded out a plea- sant afternoon. Lunch refreshments of sandwiches. relish trays. tea and coffee were served Couples club meets Eleven members of the Couples club and their children. met Saturday evening at the 1•nited Church and then all went bowling at Zurich After the games they came back to the church for lunch refreshments and a short business meeting Couples in charge were Larry and Paula Taylor and Dennis and Brenda Mathers Personals Mr and Mrs Lawrence Curts returnee: home last week after a tier, .week holi• day. visiting their daughter Eunice and Witter Cripps and family tr. *t katoon Winner of :he Br'nmiller weekend draw .rtonored by the Huron Country Playhouse Guild, was Mr. Harry Edgar. of 799 River- side Drive in Cambridge. The draw was held at Christms Place,- November 4. The winning ticket was drawn by Mr. Jim Kneale, past chairman of Huron Country Playhouse board. The draw was made in the presence of ten Guild members. Mr. and Mrs. Art Webb attended the wedding, Satur- day in Kingsville, of their grandson Dale Webb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Webb of Essex. to 'Linda Stiers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Stiers of Cottam. The dinner and reception were held at Sogolar Surlan club in Windsor. Dr. Judith Brigham of Louisville Kentucky, recent- ly spent a few holidays at her cottage here. Sixteen ladies gathered last Thursday morning at Nita Sinclair's home in Southcott Pines for their weekly Bible coffee hour. The ladies are having a Woman's workship on Proverbs. The meeting will be same time and place this week, and study time will be on Chapter two on "Joy". Everyone is welcome. Women's Institute members will meet Thurs- day afternoon November 19. at the United church at 1:30 p.m. "Learning Crafts", will be featured at this meeting. All ladies welcome. Mr and Mrs. Elgin Adams hosted a pre -Christmas family gathering on Sunday at Dashwood Community Centre for 26 family members Attending were Mrs Susie Devine. Mr. and Mrs Ervin Devine. Dashwood area: Mr. and Mrs Bill Vanderworp, Elise. Michelle. Bob and Bill of Dashwood: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hendrick, Julie, Kathy. Denise. Steven and Gregory. of Crediton area: Mr and Mrs. Don Hendrick, Pam and Paul of Wyoming: and Mr and Mrs. Lanny Scrimegour. Angela and Jeff of I.ondon Mrs Sim Ireland. Mr. and Mrs Kay Ireland and son Paul all of London, were dinner guests. Sunday. with Mr and Mrs George Latta. New adventure in writing Ca rrisrayp NoNonsense. Pen by Sheaffer" Here s everything you need to put a new slant on your writing New NoNonsense refillable pen with italic nibs in a rhoir.e of 3 widths 14 cartridges of ink in 3 colors. Easy -to follow instruction book Ruled practice pad. What a great new fur. way to write See it Soon Makes an idea/ gilt i SI II4FF1IL Hours Mon. - Fri. 9-5:30 Sat. 9.12:30 CLOSED SUNDAYS 7,5 Harwood's Card &Gift Shop Grand Bend 238-8540 'Kids for Kids' work hard to help others A group of 18 Grand Bend children have decided they want to help out their less fortunate peers in Sarnia by becoming their own fund- raising organization. With some organizational help from a common adult friend. 18 boys and girls, mostly from Southcott Pines. have become what they informally call Kids for Kids and are raising money and collecting toys for a target group of beneficiaries of their own age under the care of the Lambton County Children's Aid Society in Sarnia. Susan Spindler is working in cooperation with other local parents with the organization and direction of the energetic group of youngsters who have been working together since mid- summer. "The idea of doing something like this carne to me in the summer when I heard some of the children talking about the things they were anticipating for Christ- mas." she said with a note of concern. "It made me wonder how much in life they really take for granted and their own attitude they sometimes have towards themselves." Mrs. Spindler has lived in the subdivision of Southcott Pines for the past eight years with her husband Doug. an equipment salesman for Bell Canada, and their two young daughters. During this time she came to know a few of the local children who would periodically drop in for a visit. This gave her the necessary contacts with the other boys and girls who would eventually close ranks and become Kids for Kids. "Mrs. Spindler came to see me and mentioned the idea of a group like this," said young Jonathan O'Con- nor by way of explanations. "This was near the end of September. We listed some names for her and spread the word around by ourselves to let everyone know." he said. Seniors get grant The Grand Cove Estates Residents' Association has received a federal grant of $10.457 to improve and ex- pand its kitchen facilities, sound system and recreational activities.. Association president Bob Marvin picked up the first installment, a sum of $7,000, from MP Ralph Ferguson. The news came after waiting from late August when the association first sent its application to the New Horizons department, a branch of Health and Welfare Canada which specializes in assistance to seniors' groups for com- munity participation. The balance of the grant will be sent when the association sends in progress reports on the first installment's useage to the department. "The first thing we would like to do is improve our kitchen facilities to meet the needs of our clubhouse din- ing room." Marvin said. The room's capacity, now about 150. will be expanded to about 200 soon. The clubhouse's dart games will be increased in number to handle the groups of players. The outdoor shuffl,board area will also be expanded in the spring. With the technical advice of a resident. who is an engineer. the clubhouses sound system will be replac- ed. at a cost of about 12,000. The association qualified for the grant because of its existing board of directors. which must now oversee and record the actual spending of the grant money, Marvin said As part of its applica- tion form. itemized cost es- timates had to be submitted for each purchase the group had in mind. Later on. progress reports stating how the project is working out are to be sent to Ottawa. One idea is a winter lec- ture series on topics of in- terest to residents with hob- bies like horticulture and crafts "We will be talking to Western University, Fanshawe College and Guelph University about get- ting one lecture a month." Marvin said. "The grant covers an 18 -month period, so we could have a series over the winter and another later on." The residents had received an earlier improvement grant several years ago for the Blue Water Arts and Crafts Club, whose assets were turned over to the current association when the former disbanded. Further notices were put in the neighbourhood newsletter. and the first meeting was held in the Southcott Pines clubhouse October 10. The first event WORKING TOGETHER — Pictured above are the "Kids for Kids" group from Grand Bend who are working to raise money for another group of children in Sarnia. Church group elects slate, marks Remembrance Rev. Jim Sutton conducted his first worship as the new Rector at St. John's in Grand Bend and Trivitt Memorial in Exeter. In his sermon Rev. Sutton challenged the members of the Parish to make use of their talents, whatever they might be. He said Jesus has given all of us talents - they are unequal.somearegreater than others - and we',nust all carry our responsibility, be what it may. He compared the message of the parable taken from Matthew concerning the bags of gold given out by one of the masters. Jesus calls us to show stewardship, friendliness, justice and to challenge the things around us. Rev. Sutton states we must not sit quietly in the pews or our homes - we must share and reach out to one another. We together have the challenge of making our talents work. Coffee hour hostess follow- ing the morning service was Mrs. Ruth McIntosh. Church of God news Church of God ladies met Thursday evening at the church for their annual business meeting and elec- tions of officers. The 1982 of- ficers are: President - Beth Campbell. vice president - Susan Rumball; secretary - Marian Steckle; treasurer - Lucille Vincent. Discussion centred on the Craft and Bake sale coming up on November 21 at the Public school gym. Roll call was answered by bringing in a craft for the craft sale. A worship service was conducted by Millie Desjar- dine telling a story of an ar- tist who painted a picture of Jesus and the children who were all white, and then in a dream the children were all of different colors. Millie was lunch hostess. About 30 people attended the first meeting of children and youth ministry for this season on Friday night at Church of God. During first part of the evening. the leaders led the group in a practise session tor the Chirstmas concert, on a theme of "Christmas 2001". The social time was spent in games at the school gym, and back to the church for lunch. At the Sunday evening ser- vice, at Church of God, the women's group was in charge of the worship. Marian Steckle led the sing- ing. Katie Vincent read a story on a missionary girl in China, and a solo was sung by Mike Vincent, entitled, "Why should I care if the sun doesn't shine?", accom- panied with piano music by his sister Lori. United Church news Rev. H. Moore's sermon topic on Sunday morning at the United Church was, "I knew I could", with Scrip- ture reading from Philip- pians 4:8-20. Rev. Moore referred to the Little Red Train who knew it could get up the hill. He said our faith is tested, loads drag us down and wear us out, and in verse 13 it says "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me". Do not waste time on your own mis- fortunes. Choir anthems today were, "Jesus is His name," and "Through all the chang- ing scenes of life". The children's story by Rev. Moore was about the World -Famous Boy Artist, Benjamin West. As a child he tried to paint his sister's portrait and made a mess, but his mother's kiss made him a painter. We should look beyond the mess to see the beauty. Children need encouragement, understan- ding, love and discipline. United Church Women meet Nineteen ladies met last Thursday afternoon in the S.S. rooms for their November meeting. Presi- dent. Clara Hamilton, welcomed all and read a poem. "World Peace". The worship was con- ducted by Annie Morenz on a Remembrance day theme, •ith a meditation reading on. "A deeper note than vic- tory". Scripture was read from Psalm 46. Mrs. Morenz read a poem "Why wear a poppy?. "and concluded with SHOULD I TRY IT -- Chris Hohn isn't quite sure he should dip his bore foot into lake Huron at Grand Bend Sunday despite summer-like weather conditions. T -A photo 1 a story about a little four year old girl in Scotland who took a poppy from a wreath and was scolded by her father until a small, grey- haired woman, spoke. The moral - a stoen poppy, a widow's longing, a child's joy, and a soldier's death. Somewhere in all of these lies the true meaning of Remembrance day. Hymns 399, "Faith of our Fathers", and 405, "Stand up, stand up for Jesus", were sung with Elaine Moore as pianist. Roll call was answered by bringing in items to go to Family and Children Ser- vices. Minutes of October meeting were read by Eleanor Durie. It was an- nounced during the business that more than ;2100.00 was cleared from the hot turkey supper on November 4. It was voted to send money donations to Rev. and Mrs. Don Irwin, in Korea, and to Rev. and Mrs. Stan Desjar- was carried out a week later: a community car wash. With the help of Dale's Esso Station, the kids raised 1103. "Mrs. Spindler got permission from the sta- tion for us, and we gathered all the buckets and sponges we needed to wash with. The garage supplied all the water," said Danny Oliver. At the moment, the children are collecting new and good used toys in preparation for a Christmas party next month with their Sarnia friends. A collection box at the public school Is emptied several times week- ly by Mrs. Spindler. On Remembrance Day, many of them had spent the day do- ing chores around the village to raise more money for the party. The plan is to wrap the donated or purchased toys and mark them as suitable for either a girl or boy of a particular age. The Grand Bend kids will distribute them personally at the par- ty, which is to include movies and a dinner. As for post -Christmas plans. the group wants to organize ski trips and talent shows. Summer events in- clude garage and bake sales and possibly another car wash, they said. "I hope this kind of ex- perience helps to bring them down to earth and gives them a good perspective," Mrs. Spindler said to sum- marize her goals in the pro- ject. Her own two daughters, although too young to take part, seem to understand why their mother sometimes has so many talkative visitors in her home. and they seem to recognize many. of these faces, too. Mrs. Spindler's background in social work is not extensive - she once made up a cookbook for the Huron Country Playhouse Guild to raise funds - but she says she enjoys working with children. She reiterated dine, home on furlough from Tanzania, and money to the Compassion child we spon- sor in Haiti. The allocation of Mission and Service givings was increased by ;200.00. It was decided to buy four new tables and a committee named to look after this. Meeting closed with mizpah benediction. Apple pie and ice cream, and tea were served by lunch hostesses Jeanne Kading and Mabel Gill. the fact t - membership is open to any children In the village. Kids for Kids includes Jarett Kobe, Scott Boyd, Donald Campbell, Alan Campbell, Jake Mortice, Rob Oliver, Jonathan O'Con- nor, Shannon Boyd, Tania Johnson, Louise Lawson, Heather Bennett, Kim Lingard , Danny Oliver, .Stevie Phen, Cullen Kobe, Kevin O'Connor, Vern Iskauskas, Scott Keyes, and Steve Lingard. Three accidents at Pinery Park The Pinery Detachment of the OPP investigated three car accidents during the week of November 8 to 14. On November 8, a car driven by Donald Welten of RR 1 Thedford. collided with a deer on highway 21 north of the 82 junction at 2:05 a.m. • Damage to the car was es- timated at 1600. He was not hurt. On November 12 at 6:45 a.m., a car driven by Louis Debrum of River Road in Grand Bend hit a deer on highway 21 south of the junc- tion of county road 5 in Bosanquet township. Damage to the car was es- timated at 1800. Mr. Debrum was not hurt. On November 13 there was a single -vehicle accident on county road 3 north of the junction of highway 21 in Bosanquet township. 'The driver. Vicki Yeaman of RR 1 in Thedford, and the passenger, Sean Aveling of RR 2 in Thedford, were both injured. Damage to the car was estimated at 16,000. The time was 5:11 p.m. During that week, there were six charges laid under the Liquor Licence Act, and seven charges under the Highway Traffic Act. One person waS charged with break and entry, and one with mischief. There were 15 other miscellaneous oc- currences. 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