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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-05-20, Page 21• J NORTH MIDDLESEX WI MEETS — The annual meeting of the North Middlesex Women's Institute we s held recently at Beechwood. Shown cutting the cake from the left are London area president Irene Richard- son, North Middlesex president Gertrude Rosser, NM secretary -treasurer Mildred Bloomfield and pro- vincial board member Winnie Wilson. T -A photo. Year of Homeless theme North Middlesex WI meets By DOUG McNAIR •'The Year of the Homeless" was the theme for the 84th Annual meeting of Middlesex North District of the Women's Institute held in the Beechwood Presbyerian Church, May 12. • Following O'Canada and the In- stitute Ode, thoughts on the theme were given by Mrs. Mary Giles from South Lobo in which we were remind- ed of the plight of so many homeless people, and urged to be concerned about helping them. The "In Memoriam" was con- ducted by Mrs. Flora Robertson from the Lucan Branch and the story she told pointed up the truth that a mother's greatest joy is in seeing her children grow up to be God-fearing useful people in this world. Mrs. Gertrude Rosser, as presi- dent, gave the welcome, and presid- ed over the meeting, in her own in- imitable fashion, adding a touch of humor -here and there to lighten the business. She was presented with a corsage from her own Riverview In- stitute by Mrs. Lorna Priestley. The District directors were ratified by Mrs. Robert Wilson, Board Member; and the slate of officers was presented by Mrs. Ruth Bryan for Mrs. C. Gowan. A sing -song, to make a break in the morning program was lead by Mrs. Betty Parkin, from Col- dstream W.I. Mrs. Mildred Bloom- field looked after the minutes and cor- respondence in her ususal capable manner. The noon luncheon was provided by the host institute, which although small, provided an excellent meal, served .from tables set with blue dishes, blue serviettes and red geraniums. A 90th anniversary cake made and decorated in W. I. colours by Mrs. Gloria Bannister, was displayed on a side table with blue candles on each end.' Mrs. Cal Carmichaer a former board member, brought greetings and spoke of this special event. The guests at the head table were in- troduced by Mrs. Glen Gordon. the in coming president, and the address of welcome was given by Mrs. Gloria Bannister, Beechwood president. and replied to by Mrs. -Jean Hodgins of Clandeboye. Greetings from the area were brought by Mrs. John Richardson. The afternoon session began with the "Hymn of all Nations", the Mary Stewart Collect and the roll call, with the gathering in of the Pennies for Friendship to aid people in other countries. Reports from the various -represen- tatives were given: Mrs. Barry Clarke for Federation of Agriculture; . Mrs. R. Crozier for Family and Con- sumer Affairs; Mrs. Tony Verboom for Children's Hospital of Western On- tario; Mrs. Jack McLachlan for Farm Safety Association; Mrs. Barry Clark for her mother Mrs. Dunc Flet- cher for Western Fair; Mrs. Arnold Harris gave the Tweedsmuir History report and Mrs. Grant Ladell read the P.R.O. report for Miss Margaret Wilson. Mrs. Kay Ross from Oxford Coun- ty told us of the progess of the Butler Project. As Mrs. Grace Whittington. Rural Organization Specialist was unable to attend her comments were given by Mrs. Ken Thompson. The election of officers was con- ducted by Mrs. Pat Wilson and the afternoon program was enlivened by another sing song and a game by the •Granton Institute which provided_ quite an amount of institute history in light-hearted fashion. The courtesies were extended by Mrs. Mabel Watson of Cloverdale. who invited the institutes to Parkhill for next year's annual. The days activities were concluded by the singing of "God Save the Queen" as'all institute meetings t and many others do and in the words of the institute ode, "A goodly thing it is to me.t, where, each shall seek the common weal - the good of all mankind." Park Happenings A couple of weeks ago they put the "squeeze" to Tartan. If you don't know who Tartan is, then you pro- bably have never been over to the Ailsa Craig Community park, where this horse stands for hours by the park fence, waiting to be noticed, so that you'll come over to talk and pet him. With new things going to come to the park, the first sign of happening has happened, a new fence has been erected, enlarging the park; but poor old Tartan's pasture plus one big shade tree lost in the annex! In a person's point of view it really looks nice and with a new row of trees planted along the new fence between Tartan's pasture and the newly ac- quired grounds, should give him more shade and privacy if he feels like hor- sing around! It was said, that no more changes will take place until after Gala Days. Then look out. As for Tartan, he'll have a bird's - eye view of the changes. It's too bad he cant talk, because this week there was a swing and teeter-totter broke in the play area, probably because of some thoughtless adults using the swings, teeters and slides when they were erected for the pleasure of children of the community. Sunday morning, May 17, Ailsa Craig Masonic Lodge Hall was the gathering spot for the Brothers of Craig Lodge No. 579 to assemble to march to the 9 a.m. service at the Ailsa Craig United Church for the an- nual Craig Lodge Devine Service. Worship Master, Bro. Ronald Walker read the first lesson I Peter 2:2-10, W. Bro. Doug Lewis played the organ for the occasion and the mason choir sang the anthem. Rev. Annie Beattie delivered her sermon "The many rooms of God's House" and after the service everyone was invited to join the group for coffee, muffins and conversation. Good selection Change books at Dashwood library By MRS. IRVIN RADER The Huron County Library ex- changed the books Tor the second time this year. How many did you read? Take a "Book Break" and come in and choose from the good selection of non-fiction or fiction, also large print in romance or westerns. Rev. R. Sinasac led the Sunday evening service at the Blue Water Rest home. 40 Year Mark Rev. Henry Getz will be the guest speaker Sunday, May 24 at the 9:45 a.m. service at Calvary United Church in honour of 40 years in the ministry. A pot luck finger food lunch will follow the service. - Gospel Service May 24 ai 7:30 p.m. a gospel service will be held at the Dashwood Calvary United Church with former recording artist Tim Daniels as special guest. Strawberry supper Mark your calendar - we have a date - June 17, Strawberry supper at Dashwood Community Centre. Banquet The Zion Lutheran Ladies held a Mother and Daughter banquet with guests from the Goderich Lutheran Church and Calvary United Church Women. The evening started with a warm welcome from Lutheran Pres. Mrs. Nancy Rader and Vicar Larry Stojkovic. A short devotion by Jill Sto- jkovic and a sing -a -long led by Jill with her guitar and Joanne McGuire at the organ followed. Sandra Datars proposed a toast to the mothers and Katherine Becker gave a toast to the daughters. An "Old Time" skit written by Nan= cy Rader was acted out by Frieda Hayter and Nancy. They were, ap- propriately dressed and sitting in two rocking chairs reminiscing about various ladies in their guild. The guest speaker, Shirley Keller. of Goderich, spoke on different issues that are a great concern to society to- day and challenged the church to take a stand on the word of God. The Bi- - ble is relevent for today. What is your church doing about abortion, homosexuals, etc.? A fashion show of wedding gowns was presented by commentator Nan- cy Rader. Models who wore their own gowns were Jill Stojkovic, Hedy Devine. Gerlie Stade, Laura Miller, Gloria Beierling and Darlene Lynn. Other models were Florence Martene who wore her daughter Joanne's dress, Robin Kraft who wore her mother's Ninia Kraft's, Kathy Hayter who wore Elda Koehler's and Tammy Restemayer, Tammy Keller, Bar- bara Tiernan, Stacey Rader and Shel- ly Miller. Isabel Becker gave a special wed- ding poem UCW Pres. Maida Gaiser and June Hayter, Goderich, thanked the ladies for their hospitality and delicious pot luck dinner. Personals• Faye Gaiser arrived in Victoria B.C. where she'll work for three months. In the evenings and. weekends she works with Campers Crusade for Christ. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Desjardine spent the weekend with Scott and Mary Ann Boyle and Shannon in North Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Van Tuckey , and Luke visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Becker. Mr. and Mics. George Tieman were - at Stokes Bay for the weekend. • Mr. Ken McCrae had surgery Tues- day at Victoria Hospital, London. Mrs. Alice Tieman arrived home from South Huron Hospital. if you have any news please contact Bernice Boyle until June 11 at 237-3212. NEW DIAMONDS TAKE SHAPE -- The Lucan ommunity entre • • • ster dub and arena sto ave • een busy shaping up new ball diamonds. Above, Bob Hodge is operating the backhoe. Gathering around are Teresa Ondrejicka, Doug Holladay, Jim Barker, Todd Vance, Todd Moots, Austin Hodgins and Bryan Smith. - Photo by Gory Wilcox At Thames Road UC Times -Advocate, May 20, 1987 Sermon based on recent hockey game By MRS WILLIAM RONNL Rev. Robert Matheson was in charge of the Fifth Sunday of Easter church service on Sunday morning. The Psalm 31 was read responsively. Rev. Matheson told the children's story, "Can i Count on You?" The choir sang "I will Praise You" ac- companied by the organist Miss Agnes Bray. The scripture lesson was read from Acts 6:1-7, I Peter 2:1-10; John 14:1-14 and the sermon was entitled Where Does the Competition End? Perhaps the title of this sermon should be: "Where does the competi- tion begin and where does it end?" This past week, during a warm-up before a Stanley Cup Series hockey game a number of participants in the sport became engaged in a battle of the sort hockey has become famous for in recent years. Surely there could have been more of a resting period between the games than there was - I mean in terms of the players themselves being uninvolved from the time of the horn blast ending -the previous game until the time the puck was first dropped to start the next game! Scripture tells us to "persevere and run a good race - to the very end". To- day's passages speak of what is (what awaits us) at the end of our time in this world. Some human beings have a philosophy of life which would sug- gest all of existence is -one big com- petition: think of the slogan "survival of the fittest". Life is a serious business - some people are automatically 'winners' by -birth. Some are born intofamilies of power andwealthand some are born awEonsm. ....w on the side of the world where there is little food and too much poverty while others are raised where there is an overabundance of wealth and comfort. Jesus, in John 14:1-14, speaks of the home of the Father. Ile reminds us that in God's eyes all human beings have been created equally. Where does the competition end'' The disciples had to remind believers over and over that we all have a share in this world - no one has a monopoly on life or any particular aspect or event of human existence. In God's house there are many rooms. Supday May 24 a combined worship service will be held in Elimville church at 11 a.m. to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the United Church Women. Mrs. Cora Miner of Exeter will be the guest speaker. There will be no services at Thames Road. Lunch will follow the worship services. Ladies are asked to bring sandwiches, cookies or tarts. - The Explorer girls will have a fun night at Elimville Church, Thursday; May 21 at 7 p.m. Bring your favourite - game, prizes to be won. Note change of night. Everyone is invited to the final wor- ship service conducted by Rev. Robert Matheson on this Pastoral Charge. A combined Communion Worship at 10:30 a.m. We wish Bob well on his next appointment of Millbrook - Cavan Pastoral Charge. There will be a presentation to the Matheson family downstairs after the Worship service. This will be follow- ed by a light lunch. Elimville members are asked to bring sand- wiches and relishes; Thames Road members are asked to bring squares .qr cookies, tea, coffee and cold drinks will be supplied. The Thames Road United Church Women will hold their June meeting June 1, at 8 p.m. Gordon Black of near St. Marys will be the guest speaker. He was a Rotary exchange student for a year in Japan. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Dave Van Allen. Kit- chener visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Stewart. Mrs. Jack Stewart returned home Saturday after visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Rick Potter and family of Thunder Bay for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Frayne, Gran- ton, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Duncan attended the Navy Reunion at St. Dennis Hall at the Universtiy of Wind- sor over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Rob Baxter, Jeremy . and Lesley, Mitchell, and Mr. and Mrs. Ken Duncan and Floyd, were Sunday supper guests with Mr. and Mrs. Don Richardson, Erin. Brian and Lori. The occasion being Sheila Baxter's and Brian Richardson's bir- thdays. Brian's 9th birthday was on May 18 and Sheila's birthday was the 12th of May. Happy birthday to both of you. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pepper. Exeter visited Saturday evening with Mfr. and Mrs. Bill Rohde. - Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bray. Vanessa, Kristy and Jessica spent the holiday weekend camping at Family Paradise. SKIP FOR HEART — Students of J.A.D. McCurdy School raised more than $2,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation in a skipathon, Friday. From the left ore Shauna Becker, Ling Rottanaphosouk, Joey Lea Smith, Susanne Pursely and Tracy DeBeau. Varna man to celebrate 80 years By Mary Chessell Happy Birthday to Frank McClin- chey who celebrates his eightieth bir- thday on May 20. Those who wish to help him celebrate may join him at Goshen Church on Sunday afternoon. Ivan and Margaret McClymonj': spent a week in Charlottesville, Virginia at the end of April while at- tending the Horatio Alger Society Convention, and visited friends in the States. Gordon and Ruby Hill, Bruce and Anna Keys, Bill and Joyce Dowson, Ivan and Margaret McClymont and Jack and Geraldine Eckel were guests at a wedding reception for Tai Nguyen's brother Minh Hung and his bride Thi Lloa at the Jade Palace in London on Saturday evening. Bill and Mary Chessell and their family and relatives had an enjoyable weekend in Ottawa while attending Brian Chessell and Nicole Garneau's wedding. Ottawa at tulip time is beautiful, the weather was perfect, and the wedding ceremony was beautiful. Nicole's sister Denyse of Calgary was her matron of honour, her friend Donna of Ottawa and our daughter Marion were bridesmaids. Glenn el Brandon of Clinton and Kitchener was the best man and Bill Staddon and ian Reid, formerly •of Clinton, were ushers. Verne Sawyer and Cathy Staddon were the photographers. The reception, buffet and dance were held in the Roxborough hotel where the guests stayed. The newlyweds are on a trip to the Maritimes. Raymond Beierling camped with the Awanas at Camp Canbay near Bayfield on the holiday weekend. Sarah Jillian, baby daughter of Charles and Laurie Broadfoot, was dedicated in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Samuel Parker in Varna, Church on Mother's.Sunday. Mr. Rob Parr will be the speaker al next Sunday's church services in Var- na and Goshen. A bridal shower for Karen Schilbe was held at the Stanley Complex on Wednesday, May 13. Bernice Reid was chairman, - and welcomed everyone. Joanne Hayter and Erica Burns entertained with step -dancing. The Very New Newlywed Game featured -Sharon Chuter as moderator, Shirley Hill and Pat Taylor as "Jake and Elsie" Rader; Joyce Taylor and Brenda Consitt as "Orville and Mae" Schilbe; Mavis and Michelle Turner as "Warren and Karen", Warren Williams and his' bride-to-be; and Deb Rathwell as an- i. nouncer. The unusual questions led to some pretty hilarious revelations about these people. Brenda Consitt played piano selec- tions and "Hilda Beauregard" (San- dra Turner) was quite the eccentric elocutionist. Sherri Chuter read the address and Karen was presented with many lovely gifts. Joan Beierling opened the May meeting of Varna U.C.W. with a Mother's Day poem "i Never Knew" and prayer. Helen Taylor gave the secretary's report and Margaret Hayter reported the proceeds from the pancake supper, the Gibson - Men- zies wedding reception and the dessert euchre. Expenses included materials for a crib quilt and decorating the dining and living rooms at the manse. Deb Rathwell read thank -you notes from the Clinton Hospital Auxiliary, Friendship House and the Resource Centre. A request was received for funds for Camp leadership training. President Joan thanked the members who helped with the work at the manse, collected for showers and especially Deb Rathwell for con- vening the dessert euchre committee. Good used clothing and household articles, magazines, etc. may be left in the church basement for a bale for London Mission Services until the end of May. A special collection for Friendship House is being received at the June meeting. Anything that can be used' to set up housekeeping is needed. Donations of canned food, toothpaste, soap, etc. can be left in the church en- trance anytime and Rev. Parker will deliver them` to Friendship House. Unused money -off coupons are useful to them. loo. Donations were made to Vacation Bible School, to Mission and Service in observance of the 25th anniversary of 11.C.W., and to the Board. 01 Stewards of the church to retire their -bank loan. -The annual Campsit Experience is a Menesetung this year on June 15 from 9 to 3 o'clock. Take a dish for the pot -luck lunch. There are special ac- tivities for children so young mothers can attend. - Eleanor McAsh and Helen Taylor presented the worship service, begin- ning with A Thought for the Month and meditation on Psalm 67:3. Tribute was paid to mothers with the story - of Hannah and the poem "Mothers Who Walk With God," also a Mother's Prayer. A plant exchange was held. and a social time followed. 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