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Farewell service this Sunday
Jun* 25, 1986 . Page 5A
Stanley essay contest winners
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Vorno
Nancy Webster and Brad DeWys
won first prizes for their on the
future of Stanley for
1p in a con-
test for grade T and 8 students who
reside in the township. Paul Stecltle,
Anson McKinley and Edith Swan
judged the essays, all of which show-
ed a goad effort by the students. Their
work will be in the school display on
Homecoming. Weekend.
Farewell service
A,farewellservjce for Rev. Wilena
Brown will beheld next Sunday at 11
o'clock in Goshen church with a
potluck lunch to follow. The induction
.service for Rev. Sam Parker will be
held in Varna church on July 4 at 8
p.m. The only combined church ser-
vice this year will be the lakeside ser-
vice and picnic on July 27.
Vacation Bibte•School
Enrolment of children ages four
and up in Vacation Bible School at
Brucefield is underway. Contact your
minister now so teaching materials
can be ordered.
• - Reunion
Wilfred Chuter hosted a family reu-
nion at his home on Sunday. There
were 58 family members present
from as far away as Owen Sound,
'Brantford and London. Five sisters
and three brothers, including himself
were at the reunion.
Successful canvass
Over $3,000 was raised for multiple
sclerosis research in the Brussels,
Egmondville, Seaforth, Clinton, Ex-
eter, Brucefild and Zurich area by the
sale of fresh andartificialcarnatlons,
and collections in boxes at business
places. Mrs. Gerald (Margaret)
Hayter was chairman of the cam-
paign, and received valuable
assistance f rom the Mother's Club of
Goshen, of which she is a member.
Well over $300 was raised at the
Stanley Complex the night of the
Variety Concert.
Car rally
There were 38 vehicles entered in
the Sesquicentennial Car Rally on
Sunday. Winners were Dave and San-
dra Turner, and Bob and Gail Turner
in one car, first prize: Don and Deb
Rathwell, Sharon and Bill Carnochan,
Blaine and Leisa Stephenson, second.
Tied for third - Jim and Kate Keys,
Tom, Barb and Paul Consitt and Mar-
jorie and Allan Hayter and Bill and
Joyce Dowson.
Booby prize winners were Clarence
and Sharon Rau, • Jack and Elenor
Coleman and Howard and Joyce
Armstrong. This carload also won the
poker hand prize. All participants had
to make up a poem or a song and per-
form before the rest in order to get.
their points. A potluck supper ended
the day of fun.,
Personals
Tom and Willa Rathwell attended
the graduation of their granddaughter
Angela Gower of Clinton in the Phar-
macist's Assistant course at St. Clair
College, Windsor.
The Sesquicentennial souvenir
committee regrets the delay in ob-
taining the souvenir plates, but has
now seen a sample plate which meets
their expectations. In fact they, are
very pleased with it. The plates will
be available for sale very soon.
FROM THE PAST — Modelling old wedding gowns in the Hensall Unitied Church's bridal fashion show
are Valerie Baker wearing the 1917 gown of Mrs. Thomas Drover; Diane Stebbins with a 1894 gown
and Christine Rose wearing one from 1884, both lent by Margaret Morris -Manning; and Tammy Preszcator
in the gown worn by Dorothy Mickle's grandmother Mrs. Robert Bell Jr. in 1854.
Unique fashion show
Anothe Centennial festivity mark-
ing the Centennial of the building of
the United Church in Hensall was
celebrated on Tuesday evening, June
17 with a Bridal Fashion Show in Hen-
sall Public School. The school gym-
nasium was beautifully decorated in
pink and white. Wedding attire of
satin and lace, consisting of brides'
and grooms' clothing, as well as wed-
ding attendants' clothes, going -away
ensembles and the traditional
trousseau of night wear, underwear
for both men and women from 1854 to
the present day were shown.
The models looked as lovely now as
they surely did when the clothes were
originally worn.
Chairperson for the event was
Mary -Lou Hyde and the commen-
tators were Beth Jamieson and Stan
McDonald.
During the intermission the United
Church Women served a lovely
trousseau lunch complete with punch
and wedding cake to the large
audience.
Special thanks to the Public School,
The Flower Basket, Hyde Bros., The
Second Look and Gentlemen's Choice
as well as everyone who provided the
special touches, donated clothes,
modelled or simply attended the
show. Also a big thank -you to the com-
mittee for arranging such a tremen-
dous event for our community and
• church putting such an event together
and having it run so smoothly was a
big job well done.
Committee members were Bonnie
Caldwell; Eudora Caldwell, Rena
Caldwell, Beth Jamieson, Carol Mar-
tin, Gladys McGregor, Tammy
Preszcator and Mary -Lou Hyde.
• United Church
Hensall Community Centre was fill-
ed with music and song, warm
fellowship and worship on Sunday
morning for the Annual Church Ser-
vice for the Fiddlers Weekend. The
large attendance heard the Snell
family thrilled the congregation with
their leadership in music. The group
consisting of Barbara Bosman of
Londesborough, Betty Jewitt of Inger-
soll, Rob Snell of Exeter and Rick
Snell of Mitchell have been popular in
our area for some years. Missing
from the group was Bonnie Jewitt of
Clinton.
Mary O'Brien and Tim O'Brien
greeted the congregation and the
ushers were LloydFerguson,Donald
Stebbins, Bill Stebbins and Tim
O'Brien. Mrs. Norma Pryde was the
organist.
Mr. McDonald led the service and
spoke of the subject of "Reach Out
and Touch Someone". He stressed the
importance of each persons' respon-
sibility in helping others and in bear-
ing our own burdens as well.
The congregation were reminded
that next Sunday will be Senior
Citizens Sunday with the Rev. Dr.
Alex Filshie as guest speaker. Dr.
Filshie went out from Hensall church
as a candidate for the ministry while
his mother was teaching school in
Hensall. He is now retired and living
in Sebringville. Following the service
there will be a special meeting of the
congregation.
Many visitors to the service were
present from Chatham, Sombra,-
Aylmer, Iona, West Lorne, Cour-
tright, Highgate, Rodney and Corun-
na and a number of other places
throughout Western Ontario.
Following the service many of the
congregation supported the Hensall
Kinsmen in the breakfast -brunch in
the arena area of the community
centre.
New Curriculum
A number of staff members of the
Hensall United Church Sunday School
attended a Curriculum Workshop
held in Calvary United Church on
Wednesday evening: The staff were
all excitedabout the new curriculum
to be used next year, "Growing
Together", based on the core cur-
riculum of the United Church.
Fiddler's Contest
It was a busy weekend in Hensall
due to the Fiddler's Contest and
Work -boot Olympics which took place
over the three-day period. The
weather was lovely for the early por-
tions of the weekend. Although a
thunderstorm sent some folks scurry-
ing for cover on Sunday it did not
dampen the spirits of competitors or
spectators.
A great time was had by all as the
ANOTHER ERA - - Chris Bruxer
wears grandmother Babe
McGregor's 1931 wedding dress
at the Hensall United Church's
bridal fashion show.
Our Hensall Office
122 King Street
Will Be Open Every
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
10 A.M. To 5 P.M.
Telephone 262-2848
Other times, please phone 236-4391
Please contact us for a quotation for your home,
business or automobile Insurance.
Westlake Insurance
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village welcomed both old and new
friends to enjoy its hospitality.
Shuffleboard
There was keen competition at the
shuffling on Thursday afternoon with
-19 attepding. Scores were: ladies'
high, Marg Consitt 283, . Eileen
Dowson 266, Grace Chapman 264.
Men's high, John Pepper 355, John
Consitt 305, Alphonse Grenier 298.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Warrener
from Indiana and his sister Evelyn
who lives with her husband near Port
Albert, spent an afternoon recently
with Mrs. Laird Mickle. Gerald, or
"Happy Warrener" as he used to be
callad, was born in Hensall in 1907 and
paid a surprise visit to Mrs. Mickle in
1984 shortly after Hehsall's Centen-
nial. She hadn't seen him for 60 years
and yet she recognized him.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan
Warrener owned a bakery here and
lived in the former Patterson house
on King St. They left Hensall in 1919
for the USA with their family of four
children.
This was another surprise visit and
the group spent the afternoon chatting
about old times as well as events from
the.past number of years.
Mrs. Laird Mickle and her
daughter Mrs. Betty MacGregor of
Waterloo spent the weekend in Toron-
to leaving Friday morning and retur-
ning to Hensall Sunday evening. This
outing was a belated Christmas gift
to them from Betty's husband.
Rev. McDonald attended the 40th
Wedding Anniversary of his sister and
brother-in-law Ruth and Chester Earl
of Atwood.- Attending along with a
number of friends were their four
children Dennis and Joan Earl of
Sault Ste. Marie; Gary and Beth Earl
of Listowel; Rick and Mary Earl of
Guelph and Judith at home.
Strawberry
social at
Queensway
Everyone here at Queensway is .
looking forward to our Strawberry
Social this Thursday. We hope the
Seniors of Hensall will be attending to
help us celebrate Seniors' Month.
There will be lots of entertainment for
us to enjoy while we sit down to
strawberries, cake and ice cream.
Hope to see you there!
We have been quite busy at
Queensway this past week. Our
church service was performed by
Rev. Robert Matheson. The pianist
was Mrs. Evelyn Horn. The Christian
Reformed Ladies took several of our
residents out for a car ride on
Wednesday afternoon. Everyone real-
ly enjoys this activity.
On Wednesday evening our Activi-
ty room was full as our residents and
guests came to see our movie presen-
tation entitled "Spring Time in
Holland". It was a very good film.
The major event of the week was
our Bowl-a-rama at Town and Coun-
try Bowling Lanes on Thursday after-
noon. Thirty bowlers, made up of
residents, families, volunteers and
staff competed for the high score of
the day. The winner of the high score
prize was Albert Miazga while Aleida
Kats captured the prize for the lowest
score of the day.
After our fun afternoon at the bowl-
ing lanes we returned to Queensway
for refreshments and the final score
results were announced. Everyone
had a wonderful time. Special thanks
to our volunteers for being such ter-
rific helpers and team-mates.
Residents and staff of Queensway
wish to welcome Mrs. Esther Gill to
our home. We also welcome back
Mrs. Laura Justice from her stay in
hospital. e
Quote of the week: "Money can't
buy love, health, happiness or what it
did last year."- Canadian Farm and
Home Almanac
If in the last few years you haven't
discarded a major opinion or ac-
quired a new one, check your pulse.
You may be dead.
' .'.,—
Susan Hartman
262-2449
NOVELTY CLASS — Scott Wood. Fergus, receives the Ron's Health
Store trophy from Wayne Reid at the Fiddlers Contest held in Hen-
sall under the sponsorship of the Hensall Kinsmen.
New 4-H leaders
for Kippen club
• By Margaret Hoggarth
Kippen East WI opened their June
meeting on a happy note 'with presi-
dent Grace Drummond presenting
Charlotte McDowell with a life
membership pin.
The Public Relations Officer,
Margaret Hoggarth thanked 4-11 club
leaders Joyce Wilson and Eileen
Townsend and presented them with
gifts in appreciation for leading the
Sping clul.Joyce'and Eileen are now
stepping down after leading 15 clubs,
and were pleased to report that Bar-
bara Moffatt, Janet Papple and Pat
Predhomme will become leaders for
the future clubs.
Grace Drummond read a poem
"The Farmer learns Fast" Mona
Alderdice reported tha 20 cook books
had been sold at Hensall Fair. The
president reported that the district
was catering to a noon banquet on
Friday October 24 and some
members would be called upon to
help.
Guest speaker Ralph Smith from
Seaforth was introduced by his grand-
mother Charlotte McDowell. Mr.
Smith, a lawyer, remarked on the
change over the past ten years in law,
and contracts, and mentioned that he
spends 15 days a year keeping up to
date on the new laws. He touched on
the "Family Law Act", health care
issues, inquests and wills. Ralph
Smith was thanked by Mona Alder -
dice and presented with a gift by
Charlotte McDowell.
Lorna McCallum from R.R.I. St.
Marys delighted everyone with a
medley of musical numbers. Mona
Alderdice gave a reading of Giselle
Ireland's "Beware of the dotted line".
Margaret Hoggarth presented the
motto "Remember you have only one
life to live, Make it a healthy one".
Agnes Eyre gave courtesy remarks.
The president closed with a poem
"Things money cannot buy" and
wished everyone a good summer.
Lunch was served by Grace Eyre
and Mary Broadfoot, assisted by
hostess Charlotte McDowell and co -
hostess Mona Alderdice.
Personals
A welcome from the community is
extended to Roy and Kathy Ellis and
sons from Chatham. .
Doug and Anne McGregor have
returned from a nine -day trip out
west. They flew to Winnipeg then
motored 1,800 miles round trip to Red
Deer and Olds, Alberta, where ttey
visited with Ruth and Edgar Willert.
Tom Stephenson from Victoria
State in Australia spent Friday June
20 with the Hoggarth family. Tom.
who is 26 years old, is representing
the Young Farmers group (same as
Junior Farmers) as an exchange
delegate. He spent the week of June
14 in Huron county.
Tom comes from Wedderburn
where he helps his family operate a
kheep farm, they grow rape, lupins
and field peas. He is also a carpenter
by trade.
The visitor was amazed at the fer-
tility of the soil and excellent yields
that are produced in this area, and
commented on the rich farm land in
Huron County.
Paul Hoggarth entertained Tom
with an afternoon of sightseeing and
a round of golf.
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Tenders
For the rental of the
booth facilities at the
Hensall & District
Community Centre
will be received by the
undersigned until 12
noon July 9, 1986.
Tender documents are
available from the
arena manager:
Roily Vanstone,
157 Oxford St.,
Hensall Ontario.
RALLY — Don Tay or reg sters
with Dave Consitt for the Stanley
Sesquicentennial car rally.
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Industrial
Correction Notice
Increase of
Sewer Rates
for the
Village of Hensall
New Annual Sewer Se-
rvice Rates for Hensall
will be effective July 1st
billing for June service,
as follows:
$4.70 monthly
$.15 monthly
Comm. t1a85 many
=20.20 monthly
650.86 monthly
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