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Iii.. women from resort attend CWL convention in Windsor
Three mtmbers of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary Catholic Women's
League attended the London
Diocesan convention, held on May 5
and 6, at t Holiday Inn in Windsor.
Roberta V�1 lker, Rita Smits and
Yvonne Vatdenberk drove to Wind-
sor, where $ councils across the Lon-
don dioces were represented at the
67th annua' convention.
Delegati and visitors were
welcomed 'by Ontario Provincial
President, Mrs. Sheila Howard, of
London; m Porter, a represen-
tative of W dsor City council; Father
Brunett, n of Windsor, and Father
McKenna.CWL spiritual advisor.
The thole of the convention was
"Stewariship- in Church Renewal,
Faith and Conversion". Miss Ruth
Ann Schorr, a marriage and family
counselor was the keynote speaker.
Drawing, from her own personal ex-
perience and work expertise she em-
phasize( the wholeness of body, mind
and spit the need to become fully
alive it our spiritual development.
Only when we heal our
"Wourdedness" irrespective of
cause, ;an we become fully alive to
be open to love and foregiveness to be
of greater service to heal others.
In the Tuesday afternoon session,
the topic was immigration, as two
young Vietnamese women and a
citizenship court judge addressed the
convention. The two young im-
migrants told, in halting English, the
poignant tale of the terrible hard-
ships, injury and suffering they
underwent in several attempts to flee
Vietnam, before safely reaching
Canada. Both are now married with
young children, grateful to be living
and working here in Canada.
Judge Velma Meconi spoke of the
equality of all Canadians under the
law, whether native or immigrant; of
their cultural diversity which creates
a rich multicultural mosaic, and of
the value of new immigrants in our
society. As members of the CWL, we
have a responsibility to welcome
them and help them become settled
in their new country, to develop that
sense of community.
Conveners reports were heard
throughout the two days of conven-
tion, including past accomplishments
and new goals for 1987-88.
Two resolutions were discussed and
passed, to be presented at the Provin-
cial Convention; one regarding the
difficulty of "Universally Funded
Day Care Centers", both from a
financial and social viewpoint; the
other concerning the need for active
legislation to control environmental
pollution.
The speaker for Wednesday morn-
ing was Mrs. Gladys Charbonneau,
who addressed the ladies on the topic
of "Teen Aid" a new program of sex
education for teenagers aimed at pro-
moting abstinence and chastity as the
safest, most practical method of birth
control. Instead of planned -
parenthood's thrust at birth control
devices, abortion on demand (without
knowledge or consent of parents),
Teen -Aid tries to show that sexuality
Gala Days program
set for Ailsa Craig
By DOUG McNAIR
Ailso Craig
The Gala Days Committee has been
busy working very hard over the
winter months putting together this
years turtle races, crafts booths,
horse shoe pitche, kiddies games and
lots more you'll be hearing about
soon.
Seems they are still in search for
nnn-profitable groups or organiza-
MODELLNG CLAY — Six area schools participated in a mini -art course taught by Exeter Public School
teacherEllVan Wieran (left), shown with Jodi Soldan from Exeter Public School, and Zurich Public School
teacher brry Weido, assisting Patti Miller from Zurich Public School.
Five infants baptized
at Granton UC service
BOWS. E. SUMMERS
Granton
At the Gunton United Church, the
Rev. Brucy Pierce was in charge of
the familyservice and officiated at
the sacranent of baptism, for
Bradley Alan Funston, son of Mr.
and Mrs. 2onald Funston; Jordan
Randolph runston, son of Mr. and
Mrs. RandJph Funston; Christopher
Howard Mils, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Mils; Karla Marie Stiltz,
daughter if Mr. and Mrs. Carman
Stiltz; Cathrine Ann Van Oosterhout,
daughter t Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Van Oostehout.
The chtrch was beautifully
decorated )3, Unit III of.UCW. The
OPTIMI S ASSIST — Dove Urlin
of the Sdrth Huron Rec Board ac-
cepts a Donation from Optimist.
Presided Mark Heimrich to aid in
construdion of the washroom
unit at he A G building.
VII.LA NEWS
Hello ,gain from the residents of
the Villa
HappyBirthday this past week to
Mabel McNichol. Mabel celebrated
her 98tt birthday. Welcome back,
Rose Ptsmore. We are pleased to
have Rhe home from the hospital
and pr ressing well.
Shirt* Luther from Hensall sur-
prised 1$ this week with a hymn sing.
We are leased to have her back after
a wintt holiday.
Our residents' council met this
week. 'hey have started plans for the
Vilia's first anniversary in June.
Watchin coming weeks for details.
Our weekly worship service was
condttted by Rev. Barnhardt,
Chaplain of theHospital.We truly ap-
preciate the dedication and time of
our Ictal ministers.
Theyadies of the Villa enjoyed a
Moth4 s Day Tea hosted in the Ac-
tivityfoom. The goodies were extra
good,$ince the ladies prepared them.
Eachhllady present received a corsage
in hoiour of their day!
ti
Bilyea family had flowers placed in
the church in honor of their mother,
Shirley. The anthem was a solo by
Mrs. Scott Duncan (Barb). The title
of Rev. Pierces sermon was
"Minister or Farmer".
U('W meeting
The members of Unit I met at the
home of Mrs. Audrey Ilarloff on
Wednesday afternoon. Doreen
McRobert presided and opened the
meeting with a reading pretaining to
Mother's Day. This was followed by
the business.
Plans were made to cater to a wed-
ding and Unit I will celebrate Miss
Mabel McNaughton's 91st birthday
with her at Craigholme by holding
their UCW meeting there on June 3.
Mrs. Robert Hardie conducted a
contest.
Following the meeting Doreen
McRobert and the hostess served a
gourmet lunch.
Unit IV met at the home of their
president Marilyn Ilumphrey, who
opened the meeting with scripture
and read an article on different
flowers that remind us of mothers.
The devotions closed with prayer.
The roll call was answered by a
Mother's Day poem or reading. Rhea
Hardie was in charge of the program
and opened with a reading "When life
seems so crowded, take one day at a
time, you are stronger then you think
and prayer can change things.
Lunch was served by Betty Dann
and Marilyn Humphrey.
St. Thomas Anglican
Rev. Frank Braby was celebrant
for the morning prayer service
assisted by John Herbert as server.
Roy Moore read the lessons and Rev.
Braby's message was taken from the
Gospel of the Day and was the
parable of the sheep fold.
ladies meet
Granton ACW meeting was held at
the home of Mrs. Percy Hodgins on
Thursday evening. Before the
meeting, the ladies attended a quilt
show held in St. Marys United
Church. There were many interesting
quilts, one showed the Parliament
buildings in Ottawa and another the
emblems of the provinces.
Mrs. Don Roloson, con -ordinator,
presided and opened the meeting with
scripture followed by a poem.
Mrs. Jack Noon gave two readings.
Mrs. Joe French read the minutes
and gave the treasurers report. Irene
Roloson announced the Kirkton ACW
125th anniversary which will be held
on May 20 at the Kirkton-Woodham
Communtiy Centre.
Lois Herbert gave a report of the
ACW annual conference of the
Diocese of Huron held in St. Pauls
Cathedral, London on April 23. The
theme was choices and changes in th
nineties. The meeting was closed with
1
prayer and lunch served by Mrs. Per-
cy Hodgins.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins
were Mother's Day guests with Mrs.
Lois Herbert and family of London.
John Herbert of Waterloo spent the
weekend with his grandparents Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins in Gran-
ton and Mother's Day with his mother
in London.
tions to put information booths in the
park on the July 17,18,19 weekend.
Plus are looking for talented in-
dividuals or groups to perform. If in-
terested please call Nadia or Gunter
Kuhni 293-3509
Some lucky person will be sleeping
with a turtle after the Gala Days
Weekend, it could be thrilling, but
first they'll have to buy a ticket on the
lovely turtle quilt that was donated,
and is now housed at the town hall
where our town clerk is looking after
it.fpr awhile.
If yotl'rea star gazer, have your
sunglasses on May 14 and 16 because
it could blind you i r'Vi Imer (Scotty)
Scott gets alt 75 c,. :tis bir-
thday cake. if that ch blind you
Mary's candle will likely melt the ic-
ing. Happy birthday folks!
Craigholme welcomes Dorothy
Mellin to their staff as a part time
cook, and Debbie VanMassenhoven
has joined the housekeeping staff.
New residents Mrs. Jean Grieve
from the Ilderton area, Beatrice
Franceschine transfered ' from
Slrathroy Nursing Home and Helen
Mineilly from the Forest area.
A couple of birthday parties at the
Holme where Ruby Herbert's family
celebrated her 90th birthday with lots
of balloons, bananas and cake. Also
family and friends of Linda McEwen
had a birthday dinner in the
Auditorium celebrating her 94th. She
received a lot of cards and wishes
from the community.
A good crowd attended the monthly
birthday party with Marg and Leroy
Walker and company from London
providing the entertainment. During
the evening Ailsa Craig Reeve Don-
Shipway presented certificates to the
residents with birthdays in the first.
three months of 1987.
The Ecumenical Youth Group in
Ailsa Craig had a very successful car
wash Saturday which caused -a lot of
aches and pains to appear the next
day. About $100 was made with their
efforts.
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is a gift from God, not to be abused,
especially in these days of sexual
disease, especially AIDS, and the
numbers of teen pregnancies with all
the resulting problems. There is a.
training program for new teachers,
and the concept of Teen -Aid is slowly
spreading across the USA and
Canada.
The afternoon session continued
with conveners' reports, then a
discussion of proposed amendments
to the CWL constitution. Once every
five years, there are areas open for
amendments. Most of the afternoon
was taken up with discussing and
voting on proposed changes.
Ontario President Sheila Howard
strongly encouraged everyone to
work for new CWL members, to reach
a goal of 20,000 in the London Diocese
by 1988. The 1988 Diocesan convention
will be in Sarnia. The list of Deanery
meetings for the fall seasorf has near-
ly been completed. London will host
the National CWL convention in
August.
The convention closed with a
special mass at Our Lady of Assump-
tion Church, with Auxiliary Bishop
Frederick Henry as celebrant. Later.
over 700 CWL members and their
spiritual directors gathered at Cleary
Auditorium for the closing banquet.
Several dignitaries addressed the
assembly, with Aux. Bishop Fred
Henry as guest speaker. He encourag-
ed all members of the CWL to
rediscover our works as a vocation,
especially as parents. to develop a
spirit of evangelism and a mission
mentality. and to have courage to
cope and keep going, it we are to
transform humanity.
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