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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-10-27, Page 44Times -Advocate, November 3, 1982 • •ranton busy with HaII•w•'•n Dv MRS. a. SUMMERS Granton The Cubs, Beavers, their leaders land families enjoyed - a Hallowe'en party at the Scout Hall on Thursday. Prize winners for their costumes were the following. The most original, Kelly Waters; the funniest, Paul Menard and the scariest, Jenny Oliver. Steve Ready ass't ('ub leader read the story of Jack 0' Lantern and took everyone on guided tour of the . TOPS IN GRADE 12 — Receiving the KongskildeShield•as the topstudents in grade 12 at the SHDHS Commencement Friday were'Rob Grafton, Jeff Greb, Susan Bies and Stuart Hodgins. T -A photo Thames Road student honored Messengers hold party Ry MRS. WILLIAM ROHDE Thames Rood _The Messengers held a Hallowe er party Friday evening with about 50 in attendance. Prizes were given to the following: clowns Kari Taylop Laura Miller, Vanes$a`Bray; witches Amy Johns, Erin Coward, Dennis Wilkinson; ghosts Angela Hovius; royalty Lori Kernick, Brenda Wilkinson, Jackie Morgan. • Tramps Mark Coward, Tom Passmore, Mark Lynn; animals Trevor Skinner, Lori Richardson, Shawna Rowe; cowboys and indians Crystal Hovius, Sarah Kerslake, Kevin Johns; cartoons and T.V. Lisa. Kernick, Chad Smith, Tim Parker and Shan- non Snow. Miscellaneous Star Hovius, Robbie Passmore, Jon .Passmore. Jack 0' lanterns Tim Parker, Robbie Passmore, Tom Passmore and Jon Passmore. Church service The regular church service was:.held Sunday morning. Rev. Robert Matheson told the children's story entitled "Who Gets the Prize". The sermon was entitled "Fur- rows of Faith on Making a Lasting Impression on the Landscape of Life".- One ife".One thing which -happens to most of us as we mature from childhood into adulthood is that we become disillusioned with the world around us. We need to be aware of the fact too many young people in our day are accelerated into adulthood at a premature .time in' their lives at times when their insights into adult behaviour might actually , point out the humorous side of life as well as some mean- ingless habits picked up by prior generations. The adultworfd is fraught with perils, heroes of society. who fall from grace through involvements in illegal and immoral activities, but there are really no easy solutions to the problems of our world. We live in complex world. Simple solutions to economic woes in the past have carried nations into war with one another. Yet there are groups within the world today claiming tohavethe simple solution to put us all back .on track. In Isaiah 53:10-12 the pro - VOTE TONY MARTENS Your support at the polls would be ap- preciated. I will do my best to serve the ratepayers of Stephen. -For Stephen Township Councillor • phet has written another of his servant songs about a messiah. Israelites in bon- dage in Babylonwere wailing for a messiah - probably a super hero type, to land them back to the Promised Land: Instead Isaiah told the people the messiah would be a ser- vant who Would come into the world with no simple solu- tions. His solutions would come in the form of teaching us all the difficult task of unselfish servanthood. The depth of our faith can only be measured in terms of our commitment to the ser- vanthood lifestyle of Christ. Are we willing to sacrifice of ourselves, in faith, to the con- struction of the Kingdom through a lifestyle of servan- thood the like of which Christ called his early disciples to and to which we have been called in our own lifetimes? The combined session meeting will be held in Thames Road Church Wednesday, November 3 at 8 • p.m. Personals Mr. and Mrs. William Rohde were Monday evening supper guests with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cunnington and family. Juanita and Eugene Lux- ton, Chatham spent the weekend with their uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Mac Hodgert. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Rohde, Mitchell entertained to dinner at Heywood's Restaurant Fri- day evening in honour of their 52nd wedding anniversary. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Benneweis, Brodhagen, Tom Yellow, Miss Jean Coward, Mr. and Mrs. Hay Cottle. Exeter and Mr. and Mrs. William Rohde. After supper they went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rohde in Mitchell for an evening of cards. Congratulations! Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stewart attended Fanshawe College awards presentation Friday when -Lori Lynn received "The Sarah Greenberg Bur- sary" for outstanding achievement in Mental Retar- dation Counsellor Program. Congratulations Lori Lynn. Mr. and Mrs. William Rohde were Sunday evening supper guests with Mr. and Mrs. Doug Rohde and girls, Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Duncan were guests Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Barrie Oliver and family. New Hamburg. "Haunted House" upstairs. Following a candy scram- ble and hunt, also bobbing for applies, lunch was served. C.G.I.T. news Members of the C.G.I.T. had a fun night in place of their meeting on October 27 at the church. This consisted of a scavenger hunt and a Hallowe'en party. Explorer news The Granton Explorers met on Monday at the United Church. Becky Bryan was in charge of planning the meeting. The roll call was answered with your favourite "Bible Story". A "Get Well" card was sent to Kelly Waters. Following the business, the girls made "Witches Brew". This was a combination of such things as ghosts milk (lemon juice) runny swamp mud ( brown cow) bat's blood I pepsi) and strained cat's eyes (gingerale). The girls then tasted the "brew". Becky earned her second "Blue Star" for planning the meeting. Church news The Rev. Bruce Pierce con- ducted the Sunday morning worship at the Granton United Church. The sermon entitled "A Tough Faith for Tough Times" was very time- ly. We are in a period of moral decline, the unity of families is falling apart, the statistics show, in Canada that most marriages ' last only an average of 11 years. Think of the comforts we have and yet we call .these tough times, said the minister. Unless we make a habit of coming together to worship God, we cannot have this tough faith. Jesus had it tougher than any of us. Sunday School pupils receiving attendance awards from superintendent Mrs. Leroy Bryan were (he follow- ing: first pin, Cheryl Fraser: second pin, ('achy Fox and Angie Lambourn: fourth pin, Fran lfarrett and Jody Urlin; second bar, Danny Scott. As this is C.G.I.T. week the Granton C.G.1:1'. gave a presentation on their "Pur- pose". The first scripture lesson was read by Chris Jones and Jennie Anderson. A number of posters made by the C.G.I.T. members, with slogans from various adver- tisements and showing how Jesus pertained to them were ' put up on the walls at the en- trance to the church. At St, Thomas Anglican Church, Canon Ernest Wells of Stratford was the guest minister and the celebrant of the., Holy Eucharist. Canon Wells preached his sermon on the origin of "Hallowe'en", Which is also known as "All Saints Eve" when all spirits good and evil are supposed to be abroad, hence the stories of ghosts, witches and goblins and apparitions. - The first scripture lesson was read by .,;Betty Ann Herbert and the Epistle by Ken Hoare. At the conclusion of the service at time of fellowship was enjoyed over refreshments in the church hall. • 4-H news ;The second meeting of the "Early Risers" was held on Saturday at the home of leader Mrs. St. Dennis. Alt LEGION AWARD — At Friday's Commencement at SHDHS, Annette Cann received the Exeter Legion Aux- iliaryaward from president Dorothy Lenk. members were present. President Julie McRobert read a letter from the secretary,, of the North Mid- dlesex District Women's In- stitute with a donation enclos- ed for the club. A club name was discussed and voted on, coming up with the "Early Risers". The club then picked up their home ac- tivity. Everyone took a turn at teaching part of the meeting. All the girls participated in making butter -milk bread. The members discussed their party which will be held at Julie McRobert's home Nov. 6. Achievement Day program was also discussed, which will be held on Dec. 11 at Biddulph Public School. Christine Jones was the secretary for this meeting. Women's Institute news A number of Granton W.I. members attended the W.I. area convention held at the St. Mary's community centre on Oct. 27 and 28. Guest speakers were Mrs. Austin Zoeller, a former. editor of Home and Country and Miss Molly McGhee director of the Home Economics branch, Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Medway euchre club The Medway euchre club met at the home of Mrs. James Kerr on Monday. Prize winners were the following: ladies high score, Wreatha Burnett; lone hands, Eileen Summers; low score, Susan McComb. men high score; Clarence Lewis; lone hands, Omer Burnett; low score, Carmen Hodgins. Lion's dance a success There was a good turnout for the Granton Lion's club Hallowe'en dance and costume party, held at the Mason's Hall on Saturday. Prize for the best dressed lady was won by Diane Carty and Bill'Pennington won the prize for being the best dress- ed man. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Wallis, Miss Edna Wallis, and Miss Brenda Wallis of London attended the Kirkton United Church Baptismal service, when Donna Denise Wallis, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Wallis of Kirkton was baptized by the Rev. Ralph King. Following the ceremony a reception was held in the basement of the church, which took the form of a fami- ly dinner, .served for the Wallis and Bryan families. GRADE NINE BEST — Winning the H.J. Murphy-J.L. Wooden Shield as the best students in grade 9 at SHDHS are Laura Campbell, Karla Josephson, Irene Brand and Tom Kester. T -A photo Kirkton women hear about restoring dolls Sy MRS. HAROLD DAVIS Kirkton The October meeting of the Kirkton Women's Institute was held at the Kirkton- Woodham Community Cen- tre. President Christine Eveleigh opened the meeting with the Institute Ode and Mary Stewart Collect, follow- ed by the minutes and correspondence. The roll call was answered by saying something nice about the person on your right ,plus the name of your first doll. In business it was decided to sent $25 to the Children's Aid plus bring a new toy to the next meeting to be sent also. Mrs. Janet Linden and Mrs. Marion Urquhart will lead More Sense than Dollars. Mrs. Jean Ratcliffe, Public Relations Officer was in charge of the meeting. She opened with a reading follow- ed by several musical numbers by Mrs. Doris Bailey. Mrs. Frebis Stephen • then gave two humorous readings which were enjoyed by all. A poem was read by Mrs. Jean Ratcliffe after which she introduced our guest speaker Mrs. Heather Wilkerson of Embro who restores old dolls. She had a very enjoyable display of old dolls and some new ones she' had made, also pictures of different ones she had restored. She was thank- ed by Mrs. Jean Ratcliffe. Mrs. Janet Linden and Mrs. Orrie Ilartwick gave a very interesting report of the area convention which was held in St. Marys October 27 and 28. Collection was received followed by the Institute Grace. Lunch was served by the committee in charge. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Jack Robin- son flew to Vancouver Thurs- day to their son's David and are going to attend the wed- ding of Graham Bell's daughter Elizabeth while there. Mr. and Mrs. Art Julian of Largo, Florida spent a couple of days with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis and Mr. Miller McCurdy. Mr. and Mrs.. Gordon Zubrigg of Stratford visited Tuesday with Miss Ethel Copeland and Mrs. Mary Hewins. Mrs. Olive Langtree and Norman of Kitchener are visiting with Mrs. Roy Switzer. Mrs. Gary Ballard of Mississauga and son Craig spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Rea Stephen. NOTICE Of P0111 Notice is hereby given to the municipal electors of the TOWNSHIP of USBORNE • that whereas more candidates have been nominated to each of the following offices than the number required to fill such offices, therefore polls will be held upon the dates and at the times and places stated in this notice for the purpose of electing the holders of such offices. OFFICEIS) FOR WHICH POLL TO BE HELD: REEVE REPRESENTATIVE TO HURON COUNTY BOARD OF_ EDUCATION MEMBER TO THE HURON -PERTH SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR POLLS: Date: NOVEMBER 8th, 1982 Location: POLL 2 - USBORNE CENTRAL SCHOOL POLL 1 8 3 TOWNSHIP HALL - ELIMVILLE POLL.4 KIRKTON-WOODHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE HALL Time: Regular polls will be open from 11 o'clock a.m. until 8 o'clock p.m. PROXY APPLICATIONS A person who has been appointed a voting proxy may apply to the clerk not later than 5 o'clock in the afternoon of Polling Day to receive a certificate to vote by proxy for the polling subdivision in which the person appoi,.ting the voting proxy is entitled to vote. Given under my hand this 21st day of OCTOBER 1982 H.H.G. Strang Returning Officer Case you've missed the Introduction are now carrying: , WINS CARTER SCHOLARSHIP — At Friday's Com- mencement at SHDHS Commencement, Kevin Glasgow received the Carter Scholarship from Huron Board of Education chairman Dorothy Wallace. T -A photo Crediton Institute 'visit' Germany By MRS. PETER MARTIN The Crediton Womens Ktutky fried ekitkcn. /7,p,'/k*»' scot'pfcb»' Win one of 40,000 prizes available in Ontario including 3 ,Pontiac 2000 SE Hatchbacks and 10,000 Casio Supasport watches. Get your scorecard and full contest details at any participating Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet. Play as many times as you like up to November 28th. 227 Main St. North, Exeter stitute met recently in the in- Crediton town hall. The meeting was opened with the' Ode and Collect followed by the -roll call, a rule you try to, live by. President Mrs. Dave Cottel presided over the business. The program committee was Erma Krueger, Alma Davey+ aid \,'i :Andrews. - Reg Finkbeiner spoke about his trip to Germany this summer. Doug Lewis. played the piano tor several lively . selections. Lunch was served by Jean Heist. Mary Kenney, Isabelle King, Dolores Shapton and Jean Neil. • The next "meeting is November 24 and the guest speaker will he Ross Daily of C.F.P. 1. All ladies are welcome. Melvin Leo - Brown, Kit- chener, passed away October - 26 in Kitchener Waterloo Hospital. Mr Brown was the son of the late Sam and Florence Brown and'.vas rais- ed in the Crediton area. 100% Wools in Coat and Jacket weight Flannels for slacks Chaliana for dresses also linings and interfacing Let's run around together. has been added in dress and suit weight - any amount can be ordered from samples in stock!! Buy 2 metres Wool at regular price receive FREE '/2 m. wool your choice i All Christmas Prints 8 Panels (1m. min) Shop early - this special ends when fabric is gone!!