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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-12-16, Page 26Page 8A Times -Advocate, December 16, 4981 VOLLEYBALL CHAMPS - Intramural volleyball chomps at Zurich Public School were the team of. (bock, from left) Kathy Merner, Kristen Stephan, Ross Keller, Tim Westlake, Sonya Shantz, Donny McKinley; (front from left) Anne Dichert, Mark , Erb, Kevin Teeter, Tanya Forrester, and Laurie Forrester. 'wz Mrs. Carmel Sweeney Phone: 236-4702 Why pick on Dec. 25th? Being a `'scrooge" at Christmas is not the most effective way to gain friends and influence people. I'm amongst the first to complain when St. Nick and his antlered ponies come trotting down main street in late September. (I know it's not that early. but gee! He seems to arrive earlier each year.) I'm also amongst the first to complain that Christmas come too soon. The 22nd and 23rd day of December always seems to be the day I realize it really is the Christmas season. Every year I face the last Jummniunmumm11mmunuinn Emmanuel United Church Sunday, December 20 REV. B LAING B.A. B. Div. Organist Mrs. E. Grace Martin 11.15 a.m. Worship Service The sacrament of Holy Com- munion will be observed. Guest Soloist Mr Clair Zurbrigg 11.15 a m. Sunday School Thurs Dec. 17th -7 p.m. Choir Practice Thurs Dec. 24th -7:30 p.m. Christmas Candlelight Service Sun Dec. 27th -11:15 a m. Worship Service Mr Archie Andrews to speak We wish you a Blessed and joyous Christmas and God's richest blessings in the New Year St. Peter's Lutheran Church REV. JACK DRESSLER Organist Mrs Christine Eagleson B M.A. Sunday. December 20 1000 - Worship Service 1045 • Sunday School There is a nursery for small children which is supervised during the worship service Everyone Welcome Zurich Mennonite Church Pastor CLAYTON KUEPFER Sunday December 20 8 45 a m. Worship Service 9 45 a m Sunday Church School 11 00 a m Worship Service 7 30 p m Junior S.S. Christmas Program Wed 8 00 • Bible Study 8 Prayer Service Friday 800 p.m. M.Y.F. Play presentation at the Church Meditation The day of Gladness now is here Sing hal-le-luiah with good cheer He who in glory now doth reign Did dwell on earth as humble man That thru His nobel sacrifice We find the path to paradise." Halleluiah 'Christmas is the birth of Jesus " minute chasing down of gifts. In past years I've had a reasonable excuse. It's real difficult to think about gift giving and glad tidings with 10 days of exams and end of date is more properly associated with the early Celtic people of northern Europe. It was sort of an an- cient world Thanksgiving, a feast after the harvest, signifying the start of a new Miscellaneous Rumblings By Rob Chester term projects due in late December. Deck the halls with calculus and physics. Fa la la la la la la. Tis the season to write ex- ams. 4 You have to sing it real quick_. i This year I have no such excuse. I've thought about Christmas many times this year thinking about lists and presents. but I have yet to break down and buy a gift. Early in the Christmas season. the problem is not what to huv. hut deciding what I want. The demand for a Christ- mas list has traditionally come from my mother. But now a mother. wife and mother-in-law share the honors. (On the other hand. Carol has been given most of the burden of deciding gifts - and 1 grow closer to understan- ding the plight my mother fares each December.) It isn't that I'm not as greedy or wanting as everybody else - I want everything But how do you honestly ask for a new car or trip to Tahiti for Christmas? The problem is not that I dont mind the giving (or receiving) of gifts. but I do feel pressured and guilty about having to ask for something 1 think the true meaning of Christmas as a social event has been lost. Christmas has many meanings. While basically a Christian tradition to celebrate the birth of the Christ. the December 25 year and another long winter. New Canadians often adopt the festival and celebrate Christmas even though it may have no religious references for them. One of society's many problems is that we are too lax in attacking once good institutions which have gone had Any critical• appraisal of the Christmas tradition is booed down and its speaker tabled a scrooge. Thus every year the big retail stores whittle away more of Christmas. No one can object. 1 think Christmas should be a day of a family and friends. of good food and drink. It should be a time when all men are friends. when we can set aside the com- petitions and problems of the day to day world. We can designate some day in February as gift giv- ing II.1y. Let some bleak day in the heart of winter be brightened by a gift and let December 25 be free from the commercialism of greed and decisions. Make Cht'istmas the day New Year's is (sans the hang -overt: a day of feast and celebration for a year gone past and a new year to come. Scrooge you say? Well maybe. but maybe we could free one day of the year from the forces of modern society and give it hack to the human necessities of shelter, nourishment and friendship. Golden Glimpses Once again it is the time of the year when residents and staff like to take this op- portunity to wish all of our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. We wish to thank everyone who has been so faithful in visiting and bringing treats for the residents during the year.. On Tuesday evening, the members of the Hurondale Institute sponsored the December birthday party. Following an enjoyable program, a delicious lunch was served. Residents having birthdays during the month and receiving gifts, courtesy of the rest home auxiliary were Miss Cecil McLeod, Mrs. Gerda Lovisendal and Miss Milverna Geiger. We regret that Mrs. Edna Eickmeier and Mrs. Louise Denomme are patients in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, and Mrs. Jane Crone and Mrs. Maurine Webb are in South Huron Hospital, Exeter. Bingo was played on Friday evening followed by refreshments. The 2nd Brownie Pack of Exeter visited the residents on Saturday afternoon and gave each resident a Christmas card ac- companied by a gift. I know the residents appreciated it very much, as well as the program that they presented. On Sunday evening, the chapel service was con- ducted by Rev. Stuart Miner of Exeter. Mrs. Ann Brodie presided at the organ during the service. 1 Sponsored by Lion's club Santa arrives at Zurkh arena The Zurich arena was full of kids on Saturday after- noon as they all came to see Santa Claus! Also enjoyed some movies and chocolate milk as well as getting a bag of candy. There were even sleigh rides afterwards this year as a special treat. This annual event is put on by the Lions club. Thanks to all who worked so hard. Proceeds were from the Turkey Bingo. Best wishes 49r recovery Best wishes for a speedy recovery are extended to Jim Wildfong who is a patient in Stratford Hospital. Mrs. Verlyn Fisher in South Huron Hospital, Exeter, Mrs. Ida Gingerich who is a patient In St. Joseph's Hospital and Darcy Ducharme in Victoria Hospital, London. And returning home from being in the hospital last week were Helen Bedard and Iva Datars from Exeter and Russell Oesch from St. Joseph's. • Personals Mrs. Theresa Stark 1s hap- py to announce the arrival of a 'grandson (Mark Edward) on Saturday, December 5. Proud parents are Mary and Tom Stark of Goderich. • Mrs. Juliette Denomme is visiting with members of her family in Detroit,. Michigan during the winter months: Welcome to town; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fisher who moved in on the weekend at Goshen St. South, across from the Lutheran Church. The staff and spouses of the Hay Township Farmers Mutual. Fire Insurance Co. (31 in all) held their Christ- mas dinner and party at the Dominion Tavern on Friday evening. A great time was had by all the family of Mrs. Marcella Dietrich on Sunday as they enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner at the hotel (26 in all) including her children and their spouses and grandchildren. It was followed by a get - Stanley sets '82 pay rates Stanley Township employees will be getting pay increases of ap- proximately 12 percent in 1982. At council meetings December 7 and 14, the '82 wages were approved. The roads superintendent will receive a pay increase to $9.75 per hour from $8.15 in 1981. The grader operator will receive $8.75, up from 57.70. The truck driver will now be making $8.50 up from $7.60 last year. Casual help in the township will be'paid $7 per hour in 1982, up from $6.25 this year. Clerk Mel Graham said the raise for the roads superintendent was higher than the 12 percent es- timated to increase the spread between the super- visor and his workers. Graham said his own salary will be increased to $18.600 from $16,600. This in- cludes an office and car allowance. The assistant clerk's wages will increase to $9,600 from $8,000. In tax related matters, council decided to collect taxes only twice in 1982. The first payment has been moved forward to come due on March 15. The second payment comes due November 15. Graham said the township also plans to pass a by-law establishing a minimum tax bill of $10. Though no action has yet been taken. council met with Peter Jackson of the ministry of intergovenmen- tal affairs to discuss tax registration procedures. Graham said the township may go to the registration system rather than a tax - sale system to collect back taxes. Seven tile drainage application totalling 543,000 were accepted by council and a bylaw was passed to allocate $23,000 to four applications for the drainage loans. A court of revision on the Bean drain supplimentary WINDOW DECORATORS - Kevin Neeb and Richard Tichner helped to decorate Zurich Public School's windows for the festive season. Christmas concert fills Varna hall by MARY CHESSELL The township hall was packed on Sunday with parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts and uncles of the students for the Sunday School's ex- cellent concert. The stage was filled with students for the opening numbers. Rev. Wilena Brown was master of ceremonies, and read interesting excerpts from a selection of Christ- mas news items in the 1880's to keep the audience en- tertained during set changes. Recitations by the following children were interspersed throughout the programme: Mary Ellen - Webster, Sandra Coultis, Mark Webster, David Rath - well, Chris Taylor, Suzanne Stephenson, Raymond Beierling, Krista McAsh, Shelley Stephenson, Jason McAsh, Darryn McAsh, Greg Taylor and Paul Hill. Especially funny were Chris Taylor, prior to saying his piece, responding to directions from behind the curtain with"good and loud? Real loud!" And loud and clearly he spoke. Shelley Stephenson wound up with "My dad would like to meet the teacher who can make an "angel" out of me!" All of the children knew their recitations well and spoke out well. Besides the fun they have, it's excellent training for them. The smallest children, dressed up for the Parade of the Wooden Soldiers were adorable. The junior class helped Santa spell happy words without the "i" that was missing from Merry Christmas. The Christmas detectives found Santa's missing things In his winter underwear."I Love You" helped the forgetful Santa remember his "Ho, ho, ho!" The senior class explained why Christmas had been cancelled, and when father (Jim Hill) blew the dust off the family Bible (and there were great clouds of it) and read the Christmas story, Christmas became a joyful reality again. Santa arrived at just the right time and distributed gifts and candy canes to all of the children. Christmas Eve Service On Christmas Eve at 7:30 there will be an informal service of carol singing and cake in honour of Jesus' birthday. Bring along your families who are home for Christmas. Quilting course Eleven women took the three -session Department of Agriculture sponsored quilting course in Varna. Instructors were Dorothy Ostrom, Eleanor McAah, i Marjorie Stirling and Elva Webster. A variety of quilting techniques were learned, some of them a revival of old methods. There should be a very interesting display on summary day in the spring. will be held January 4. The drain involves work with a pipe crossing highway 4. A municipal drain petition signed by Ken McCowan and others was accepted. The engineering firm of Haskett and Hodgins was appointed to study the work necessary in lot 19 of concessions 1, 2 and 3. A licence for a gravel pit was approved for Gordon Heard. of lots 1 and 2 of the Bayfield road north conces- sion. lit other business Council paid a membership fee of $30 to the Ontario Farm Drainage association. The Huron County day centre for the homebound was granted $15. A bylaw passed earlier in the spring was corrected by resolution to allow Union Gas to operate a franchise within Stanley Township. Approval was received for a provincial recreation grant from 1980. Graham said the money would be received in about 8 weeks Zurich LCW Christmas meet The Christmas meeting of Lutheran Church Women was held on Tuesday December 8 with 22 mem- bers, 1 visitor and Pastor Jack present. The committee Mrs. Edith Habner, Mrs. Luella Willert, Mrs. Margaret Hess, and Mrs. Clara Klopp used as their topic the "Signs and Songs of Hope." The Advent season, the Coming of Christ and the singing of Christmas carols are all signs of hope. Doris Deichert presided for the business meeting. The packing of the Good Cheer boxes will be done on Friday, December 18. Anyone wishing to donate, fruit, cookies, money, etc., are asked to bring to the Church Friday. A special offering for the Fellowship of the Least Coin was taken. Get well cards were signed and sent to five members. Group 1 was asked to serve lunch after the Ministerial Service, Sunday, December 13. Donations were brought to be given to the Children's Aid. The annual meeting of Lutheran Church Women was held immediately following the regular meeting. Pastor Jack presided. He thanked the leaders for their service and dedication. Pastor Jack said the L.C.W. was a very important part of the Church and very much appreciated. The following members were nominated as the executive for the coming year. President, Margaret Deichert; vice president, Donna Klopp; secretary, Marge Schilbe; treasurer, Ann Flaxbard. Pastor Jack inducted the new slate of officers. Margaret Deichert incoming president, thanked Pastor Jack for his guidance during the past year and presented him and Eileen and boys with a gift from the Lutheran Church Women. Dow Geoffrey Contraction Homs, R.no.olions, AddArons Form Buildings 8 R.poin Aluminum Siding d Awning( lurk1,73s•443T DeyHnw E , 733.4161 Evenings together at her home afterwards. Members of G.M.S.A went Christmas carolling on Saturday afternoon around town and to the rest home. They went back to the Men- nonite Church Hall for a pot- luck supper and the exchang- ing of gifts from their secret sisters. They also put on a play at the Hth9e last Sunday titled "Christmas at the Orphanage." Theatre Arts play The Theatre Art's program at S.H.D.H.S. in Exeter put on a play at the Zurich Public School, Tues- day morning. The younger pupils along with those from Sf. Boniface and Ecole St. Marie saw the play "Go Jump in The Lake". It was enjoyed by all. Guides make wreaths The Girl Guides held their weekly meeting at the Lutheran Church Hall last Wednesday with 17 in atten- dance. Bonnie Schenk gave an interesting demonstra- tion on how to make a Christmas wreath and floral corsage and the girls are go- ing to be making their mothers a Christmas cor- sage this week. On Saturday, they had a skating party followed by the pizza supper at the home orf Guide Nicole DeBlleck. The girls along with leader, Sue Hartman will be going Christmas carolling on December 23. Closing for Christmas The Zurich Library will close on Thursday, December 24 at 4 p.m. and will be closed on December 25 and 26 and again on December 31st at 4:00 p.m. and closed on January 1 for holidays. Huron County Dairy Centralia Marauders vs Zurich Buckeyes Sun. 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