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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-03-06, Page 8Page 8 Times Advocate, March 6, 1985 f WORLD DAY Of PRAYER — Rev. Wilena Brown of the Varna Goshen Church spoke to United Church women at Kirkton-Woodham Church on Friday. Brown spoke about the day's theme, "Peace through Prayer and Action". District y outh among those se to be honored Five hundred young achievers will 24, of Toronto, a volunteer with the be honored by the Ontario Govern- prison program in Kingston; Alan ment as part of the province's Linklater. 24, a Moosonee printmaker celebration of International Youth who does silk screens and water col - Year. ours of the James and Hudson Bays; The achievers. from 15 to 24 years Jeff MacNeill, 16, a school, church of age, will be presented with the On- and community volunteer who is a tario Youth' Medal in a series of member of the Manitou%adge ceremonies next month. volunteer fire department; an Mar - The only area winner was Elaine tin Beaver. 17, of Hamilton. the con - Pym, daughter of Howard and Grace cert master of the Toronto Symphony Pym, RR 1 Centralia. Youth Orchestra. The 23 -year-old has been an ex- Totally blind Tami Boccoccio, 17, tremely active 4-H member and has has been a volunteer for five years at held a variety of executive positions the YWCA pouf on Ottawa Street in as well as winning numerous awards. Hamilton. This past summer she in - She will be presented with her itiated and taught a pre-school pro - awards at a ceremony to be held at gram for blind children, the only one the Holiday Inn in London on Friday, of its kind in the Hamilton -Wentworth March 29. region. "This year we intend to focus on Paige Sillcox now 23, has turned in - positive aspects of youth," explained to a first-class entrepreneur. In 1983, Frank Drea, Parliamentary Assistant with a loan from the Ontario Govern - to the Premier in charge of Interna- ment's Student Venture Loan Pro- •tional Youth Year. "These young peo- gram, she started selling cookies as ple are our best .and brightest and a summer project. She now produces they represent tens of thousands more 1,200 bags of cookies a day with the who achieve a host of goals everyday. help of eight full-time employees. They shine in many fields including Margaret Lawson, 24, an outstan- business, the arts, sports, science, ding student and athlete who became education and the workplace and they a paraplegic as the result of a bicy- are deeply committed to bettering cle accident in 1983, continues her their communities." volunteer work through counselling Shaune Harding, who at 23, has paraplegic patients at the Hosptial for volunteered more than 5,000 hours to Sick Children. her community of London, is among Nominations were received from elected Others are Dawn Lee, the Youth Division of the Ontariotted ENGAGED — Mr. and Mrs. Harold Moir are pleased to an- nounce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Suzanne to Calvin, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Westlake. The wedding will take place Saturday, Murch 16, 1985 at Exeter United Church. Crediton girls continue work lis I.ee Dietrich The Crediton club V's 4-11 club are busily working on preparations for this, their most recent club. They went to Clinton, February 18 for their garments and are just nice- ly getting into the sewing aspect of things. They arc working on a title page and have decided on the name of "Susie's Shears For the next meeting. the girls are asked to bring their sewing boxes. complete with all necessities. A seam sample and their material cut out and ready to go. Some of the garments being sewn include. jogging suits, jumpsuits. t - shirts, sweat shirts and a vest and jacket. They soon plan on beginning to sew the garment. and are as excited as ever. Good tuck. girls. Science Foundation, Junior Achieve- ment of Canada, Ontario College of Art, Junior Board of Trade, the On- tario Arts Council and the Ministries of Natural Resources, Labour, Tourism and Recreation, Education and Colleges and Universities, Agriculture and Food and Citizenship and Culture. Margaret Birch. M.P.P., was chair- man of the selection committee and its members were Carolyn Clark, R. Alan Eagleson, James McKinlay and Anna Porter. Presentation ceremonies will be held in Toronto. Hamilton, London, Kingston, Muskoka. Sudbury and Thunder Bay. The recipients will be presented with medals especially struck for IYY of Ontario gold on nickel. Pentecostal ladies meet The February meeting of the Women's Ministries of the Pentecostal Tabernacle was held at the home of Mrs. Ella Tinney with 15 members present. The meeting was opened by singing the hymn, "Wonderful Story of Love". Mrs. Ruth McLaren offered prayer. The roll call was answered by each member with a scripture verse con- taining the word "Love". Several choruses erre sung. The minutes of the last meeting were read by Mrs. Ada Triebner. The financial report was read by Mrs. \Iary Blanchard. Correspondence was also read and dealt with. As a special number Mrs. Mary Blanchard read Scripture from 1 Cor. 13. Mrs. Margaret Small gave a Mis- sionary reading about a Missionary in Taiwan and how they have many frustrations and questions as they carry out their daily duties. The message of the afternoon was "Insights and Comforts from the Rook of Joh". l'rayer time followed with each member participating. 'A delicious lunch was served by Mrs. Meine Eizinga and Mrs. Edith Millar assisted by the hostess. We need to adopt some guidelines Last Sunday, our minister spoke on Byfield points out, "With rules and the Ten Commandments, a subject laws we are attempting to produce not too popular, these days. In our fast standards of conduct that would be moving, high-tech, do -your -own -thing far more effectively accomplished by society, we resent any authority and the force of moral suasion." Here is adults often take umbrageagainst the where we meet the crunch, because rules of the workplace or the law. we really do not want to practice any We are much more concerned with "moral suasion". For instance, laws It Seems to me... "our rights", our claims to do whatever suits us, regardless of how it may interfere with the rights of our neighbour. If we're not careful, the Charter of Human Rights may lead us down the road to chaos and anarchy. Rules are usually made for our pro- tection and welfare, and yet who of ns has not been affronted by the law, felt it was something to break, or at least something to get around? We go shop- ping in the States (before the fall of the dollar), being careful to estimate our spending just under the amount allotted to us for importing; we col- lect unemployment insurance when we either aren't entitled to it, or don't • 4ieed it' we fix our income tax, or break the speed limit on the highway. None of these things prick our cons- cience... we didn't hurt anybody, we say, or we had it coming to us. It's all OK, unless we get caught, of course, and even then instead of,being asham- ed, we are often angry because the law is "stupid" or "unbending". To try to keep society honest and on the straight and narrow, our govern- ments pass more and more laws because the ones we have now aren't doing it. But it doesn't work. In an article in this month's Reader's Digest called, "If it's Wrong, Then Don't Do It" author Ted Workshops, talks feature conference The F.W.T.A.O. held their February Conference at the Con- stellation Hotel in Toronto in February. Every local Federation sent two delegates to this year's ex- citing conference. Middlesex was represented by three members; Adrienne Toews and Joyce Pederson, who attended as delegates and Shirley MacMillan, who served on the planning commit- tee as a representative of the whole of Region 1. The theme - "The Contemporary Woman - Healthy, Confident and Aware"was a very topical one at a If you're looking for carpet or vinyl for a small area or on entire house • Save Time • Save Money • See us First I - Do it yourself or hove our Installer Ed Allen do it for au by Gwyn Whilsinith against pornography will do no good until the public outcry and general disgust against it reaches such a high level that it can no longer exist. Then, the law will work, but not until our at- titudes change. Byfield continues, "Moreover, as the law attempts to supplant old fashioned morality, breaking the law becomes less and less reprehensible and more and more a game." Sad to say, something is vanishing from our society ... call it what you will ... honesty, integrity, morality. Whatever it is, we are all the poorer for its leaving. Laws do not make us good. Goodness and morality come from our being taught what is right and what is wrong, and having guidelines set up for us to follow. Teaching our Gavel comes in Clinton visit The Rebekah Lodge 338 held their February 20 meeting in the Lodge Hall• with a good number in atten- dance. Noble•Grand, Marie Broom, was in the chair assisted by Vice - Grand, Marie Fydenchuk. There were a good number of visitors from Clinton Lodge who, in turn, presented the Noble Grand with the travelling gavel in an impressive ceremony. The lodge was told that a successful euchre was held February 12 with the next one scheduled for March 13. This will be a dessert euchre starting at 1 p.m. The United Nations speak -off is scheduled for March 1. Sister Barb Whiting said Friendship Night is set for March 23 and she has tickets for anyone interested in attending. District Deputy President, Sister Kay Wise was also present and spoke a few words. All members are en- couraged to find new members. After a short program a delicious lunch was served. • :.. ,the,ar dyh under stress due to ir professiron,'; are having to cope with the added stress of adjusting to changing male/female roles in our society. Joan Green, Supervisory Officer for the Toronto Board of Education, spoke on using "networking" in a pro- fessional manner; Helen C. Porter presented a powerful rendition of "The Voices of Women" - a collection of poems and stories which remind- ed those present of the rich heritage of courage, love and wisdom which has been passed on from grand- mother to mother to daughter. Marion Lane, a lawyer, from Toronto, gave an update on the legal implications of three contemporary issues: changes in Family Law, the legal capacity of children and Bi11 82 from the perspective of parents and lawyers. The rest of the time was spent in two of eleven workshops, all dealing with issues which are becoming more and more relevant to all women in society. These included topics rang- ing from medical consumerism to basic financial training, impression management and dealing with stress through a well-balanced life. -The planners should be commend- ed for their hard work, good taste, and sensitivity in their choice of topics. speakers and workshop leaders. Swim Suits and Coverups Best selection now in stock for your cruise or trip south. Parludise'd gfille."444 la d • 420 Main St. S. Contra Mali Exeter, Ontario 235-1412 children that right conduct is entire- ly a matter of personal taste, that anything that feels "right" for you is OK, is wrong. Yet, the idea that we should have a code of ethics like the Ten Commandments for everyone is scoffed at by many. God gave those commandments out of love and for the protection of His people. Later, Jesus said if we only obeyed two of them, ie, love God, love our neighbour and love ourselves, the rest would follow. But since most of us really don't love God, often detest our neighbour, and can't stand ourselves, it seems to me it would be a good thing to go back to those old guidelines if we are ever going to start to correct the sad situation we are now in. On Sunday, our minister wondered how many of us could remember all the Ten Commandments. I confess to recalling only six. How about you? 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