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Times-Advocate, 1986-02-05, Page 12Page 12 Times -Advocate, February 5, 1986 Zurich Lions make donations, going to try for Wintario show At the Lions Club meeting held on January 20 in the Lounge of the Domi- mon Tavern (due to remodelling in the dining room) a total of 21 members (and five guests were pre- sent from the Bayfield Lions Club. The 50/50 draw was won by Howard Klopp. Motions were made to donate $200 towards Angela Miller's trip to Ottawa to visit Parliament, and to donate the cost of one hour of ice time to the Novice Hockey Tournament coming up. Four Zurich members visited the Grand Bend Lions Club meeting on January 16. The club also donated $35.00 to the Cancer Society in memory of a Past president, Leroy Thiel. A motion was made that the special events committee look into the mat- ter of having a Wintario Show in Zurich. There is going to be a Region Rally at the Legion Hall in Exeter on February 26. Valentine's Dance Be sure to come out to the "Sweetheart Valentine Dance" at the Zurich Community Centre this Satur- day, February 8 (from 9-1) only $8.00 a couple with lunch. Knights of Columbus An inter -council meeting of the Knights of Columbus will be held on Monday, February 10 at the Dashwood Community Centre begin- ning at 8:30 p.m. with speaker Mr. Claude Giroux of the Farmers Union. Personal Mrs. Juliette Denomme returned home last week after spending a love- ly two weeks with family members in London. Welcome into our parish to little Joseph Edward Rader, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brian Rader, who was baptized on Sunday, January 26. Lodge euchre at .Varna By MARY CHESSSLL There were 16 tables of euchre at the Orange Lodge card party on Fri- day night. Prizes for ladies' high and low were won by Margaret Thorndike and Margaret Hess. Men's high and low went to Art Alexander and Ed Strachan. Draw prizes were won by Joan Beierling, Susie Pollock, Mrs. Grant Love, Margaret Thorndike, Margaret Dowson and Freida Moore. Mark Taylor has confirmed that he will take on the responsibility of a church steward. Bob Webster is the other new steward. Floyd McAsh began his new position of alternate organist on Sunday. Eric and ,Sharon Chuter are celebrating the arrival'of their first grandchild, a girl born on Thursday morning, January 30 to Tanis and Steve Denomme of Guelph. They've named her Sarah Ashley. She is the tenth great-grandchild of Wilfred Chuter. A possible tragedy was averted last week when Varna's newest resident, Barry Cleave, phoned a neighbour for help. Dave Roy took him to hospital. It was finally determined that he was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a faulty propane furnace installation. Joyce Dowson, Margaret Hayter and Mary Chessell were delegates from Varna U.C.W. who attended the annual meeting of Huron -Perth Presbyterial U.C.W. in Exeter on Monday, January 27. Nancy Flynn will speak on Interna- tional Peace at Varna's U.C.W. meeting on Thursday at Pit Nor- man's house. Time is 8:00 p.m. The pancake supper is next Tuesday. Several people from Varna and Goshen were guests at a tea at the home of Hiep and Tai Nguyen in Huron Park on Saturday. It was held in honour of Hiep's sister Hau and her fiance Hung who are being married in Toronto on February 16. • Butch and Jerome Sweeney, Sharon Silverstein and Marie Gelinas Sr. attended the funeral of a relative, Mr. Cecil Westfall, in Fraser Michigan, last Wednesday. Alvin Steckle is a new resident at the Blue -Water Rest Home. Members of the Lutheran Church held their annual meeting and pot- luck supper at their hall last Wednes- day evening. Helen Geiger and sister Betty Haist of Grand Bend enjoyed a nice two week trip to Florida recently. Jerome and Marie Denomme and family attended the wedding of their daughter, Marlene Denomme, to Clayton Cooper in London on January 25 with attendants being Jim and Maurene Denomme, RR 1 Dashwood. A little get-together was held at the couple's home afterwards. Marie then spent a few days in London babysit- ting the kids while they went on a short honeymoon.. This Saturday, February 8 a fami- ly party and get-together is being held in their honor at the home of Jim and Maurene on the Blue Water. Best wishes for a speedy recovery are extended to Ed Lesperance who is a patient in University Hospital due to a serious heart operation. Pete and Yvonne Jeffrey were Sun- day visitors with Frank and Euleen Ryder in London. Ernst and Christa Ihrig and baby son Eric enjoyed a nice two-week holi- day in Germany visiting with their parents, several friends and relatives. Happy Birthday to Mac McKeller of the Spruce Villa Apts on February 2. CLASHERS - Dressed in the proper mode to observe Clash Day at Zurich Public"School are Mark Stewart, Joy Kuepfer and Dale Miller. dap Motunfc jtp Jarmerg'utuat fire 31nourante (ompanp NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING the 111 th Annual Meeting of the Hay Township Farmers' Mutual Fire insurance Company will be held in the Township Hall, Zurich, on Wednesday the 26th day of February. 1986 at 2 p.m., for the presentation of the Annual Report, to elect three directors to replace those whose terms expire, and to tran- sact all business as may be done of o general meeting of the policyholders. The Directors whose term of office expire ore Robert Glen, Clin- ton: Elmer Hayter, Varna: and Stefan Pertschy, Crediton. Mr. Pertschy is eligible for re-election; Mr. Glen and Mrs. Hayter are not eligible for re-election due to By-law No. 21 -Qualifications of Directors (b). Notice is hereby given, that a motion amending the By-laws of the Company as follows, will be presented at our annual meeting: By-law No. 33 - Remuneration Please Note: By-law No. 21 - Qualifications of Directors (c1) -"Any person wishing to seek election or re-election as o Director must file his intention to stand for election in writing with the Secretary of the Corporation at least tem days in advance of an Annual Meeting or Special General Meeting called for the purpose of electing Directors." President, Cecil Desjardine Secretary -Manager, John R. Consitt 4 Blessings Unlimited express gratitude We at Blessings Unlimited would like to share with you, our friends, the numerous ways in shich the Lord has blessed the people of Zurich and area during the past year. The donations of clothing, shoes, household items, canned goods, raw fruits and vegetables, eggs, bread, etc. have all been greatly appreciated. Our sales during the year have enabled us to meet the rent, hydro and heat, etc. for which we are grateful. However, above our ex- penses 10 families have been helped with groceries and clothing and at Christmas time 12 turkeys were sup- plied where needed. For all of these blessings, we are truly thankful to our Heavenly Father. May we now take this opportunity to express our heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you, our friends. To those who have donated any article of clothing, shoes, household items or food, to those who have purchased these items or who have helped to make racks, shelves, etc., and to the volunteers who helped out at the store in time of need. We needed each one of you, for without your help, we could not have accomplished our goals. So as we look forward to continuing this project in 1986, may we look for your continuing support, as it is only when we work together that we are able to see Jesus' love in action. • • EXAMPLES — Reproductions of furniture that Art Whilsmith has handcrafted include a pie rack, two types of rocking chairs, a night table, a quilt rack, and footstools. Handcrafted heirlooms Art Whilsmith, RR 2 Zurich, is reproducing yesterday's furniture to create tomorrow's heirlooms. Over the past few years he has handcrafted quilt racks, rocking chairs, pie racks, Windsor chairs, footstools, a child's sleigh bed and a magnificent armoire out of soft malleable white pine. As a hobby, Whilsmith began to make gifts for his wife, his children and grand- children. Later a few friends, seeing his work, persuaded hire to make some Whilsmith creations for them. All Whilsmith needs is a picture of a piece of furniture and he can duplicate it. He sees nothing unusual in such a talent, waving aside any compliments with a self -deprecating "It's nothing ' remarkable. Anyone with carpentry experience and two eyes has all the information needed." Nor does Whilsmith see anything remarkable in the fact every part of every piece is shaped by hand with nothing but a hammer, a saw, a chisel, and reams of sandpaper- plus infinite patience and the intimate knowledge that comes from a long- time love affair with wood. Whilsmith dismisses power tools as "too noisy". He confesses he is never happier than when sitting down with a slab of pine in his hands. An hour of whittling, chiselling and sanding and he has transformed a shapeless block into a gracefully curved moulding or a smooth and shapely chair leg. "I'm certainly not m this for the money", Whilsmith laughs, noting that if he charged for the actual time spent on each piece of furniture the price would be prohibitive. - Whilsmith, a former Exeter house builder, and his wife Gwyn have liv- ed for the past seven years in a house he built at St. Joseph Shores near Zurich. He began his furniture - making hobby to occupy his spare time after completing the house. He has two projects on the go at the present, a Windsor settee for a daughter, and a replica of an old- fashioned highchair for a grandchild. - He has already worked out the pat- terns in his mind. All he needs to do now is sit down with a hammer, a saw. a chisel, some sandpaper and a supply of sweet-smelling white pine. Nothing to it! Anyone can do it! Cougar column Zurich Public School After a short Christmas break and a terrific snow storm for the first day of school, the teachers are back to their old routine of making us students work harder than ever. Grade eight has been trying to decide what courses to take in High School. Recently we went to the High School to listen to a gentleman talk about choosing courses. Many of our parents went with us too. They gave out refreshments and pamphlets on choosing courses. There are courses to suit everyone, Basic, General and Advanced. Mr. Glading also came to Zurich Public School., and showed slides on the course selections for the technical department. With all the information we have been given we will be well prepared for High School next year. This month some students have been participating in the V.I.P. pro- gram. The program focuses on values, influences and peers and is aimed at the grade six level. It is con- (joPle,t titt.9t,,.iei i am sure everyone is happy that the ground hog was unable to see his shadow, but then it wasn't fit for humans to be out either. Here's hop- ing for an early spring. The movies shown on Monday even- ing were . "Arthur the Kid" and "Down Under in Search of Australia", after which the residents enjoyed refreshments. This was a quiet week as far as visiting groups were concerned, although our inside activities still kept the residents occupied. They were busy in theraft room daily and are still baking tries every Wednesday afternoon. Card games and shuf- fleboard are also responsible for keeping a number of residents from getting bored, along with exercise classes and their singing sessions. We regret that Mrs. Hilda Shapton is a patient in South Huron Hospital, but Mrs. Rachel Amanns has return- ed back to the Home. Bingo was played on Friday even- ing followed by refreshments. The Sunday evening chapel service was conducted by Rev. Aubrey Bell of Hayfield United Church. ducted by Constable Marshall, of the OPP Huron County Jurisdiction Officer. It runs for 28 sessions which are weekly in some schools. Sessions last 45 minutes and are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Zurich Public School. Grade 1, 2 — The students in room two have been learning about "Friends" by listening to stories, songs and films. We are learning about friends that help us, friends to do things with, things we do with our friends, how to be a good friend, polite manner words, what to do when you visit a friend's house and how friends are the same and different. We have some special friends in room eight who are our reading bud- dies. They read us books, play games with us and we did a chart on friends. Our buddies helped us spell the words. Grade 5, 6 — In room 7 we have a VIP program going on. VIP is teaching us about Values, Influences, and Peers. We also are preparing speeches for February 13 in me gym- nasium. The class has many types of speeches, on topics such as dreams and water. Clash day was outrageous in our classroom. Clash day meant that you had to dress in colours that didn't match. Cory Gingericb had his pic- ture taken by the Advance at the Hot dog sale. Mioisel Becker turned 12 on January 29. (:rade 8 — This month we are mak- ing a video tape of Zurich and area to send to the North West Territories. You may have seen some of the students around the village video tap- ing important places and certain houses in Zurich. ()n January 30 we had our monthly hotdog sale. We also had clash day when we dressed in clothes that didn't match. The grade 8 students are stu- dying Area and Volume in math class. We scored our best math average ever. in history we were studying the war of 1812, the beginning of Canadian Unity. in gym clam we are practising folk dancing. A JOB WELL DONE — Art Whilsmith stands beside a pine armoire he hand-crafted. RmIunuumnnnniuuulnuuummm umwnnmunnwmunumnnn;nuunmimmitmaiu1omr 14 you want your baby to be born normal like every good mother would .... think before you drink, for both your sakes. 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