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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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