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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-05-27, Page 6-Page 6 Times -Advocate, May 27, 1987 Kidney transplant. speaker highlights WI annual session Loralee Marshall, Kirkton, held her audience captive as she told of her ex- periences dealing with her problems before and after her kidney transplant. She also had high praise for the transplant program which is why she Is in such good health today. Loralee was the guest speaker at the Huron South Women's Institute annual meeting held Thursday. Hurondale W.1. was the host and welcomed everyone for the evening. Shirley Cooper, president was the chairperson for the meeting, speak- ing on the theme "Sharing". In. Memorium was conducted by Zurich W.1, with entertainment by Crediton W.I. and Grand Bend W.I. Miss Cheryl Brine, Woodham spoke brief- ly on the upcoming courses that will . be available from. the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Mrs. Lorene McIntosh, vice presi- dent, London Area W.I. brought greetings from London area, saying she hoped to see all members at the convention, October 15 and 16, to be held in St. Marys. Mrs. Marian Dougall, Provincial. Board member brought us up to date with the concerns, changes and 'challenges as set forth by the Federated Women's Institute of On - EXECUTIVE OF HURON SOUTH WI -- The 1987-88 executive -of the Huron South Women's Institute District was named Thursday night. Back, left, Catherine Becker, Dashwood; Jean Lynn, Elimville; Jeanne Kading, Grand Bend; June Stewart, Kirkton; Kay Hay andMildredKlopp,both of Zurich Front, secretary -treasurer Sarah Elliott, Seaforth; past president Shirley Cooper. Elimville; president Helen McKenzie, Seaforth; vice-presidents Marion Dougall, Hurondale and Lois Hodgins, Crediton and curator Dolores Shapton, Crediton. Missing were Marilyn Pym, Hurondale and Gwen Coward, Elimville. LIFE MEMBERS HONOURED — Helen McKenzie of Seaforth president of the Huron South Women's In- stitutes presents life memberships to Shirley Cooper and Jean Lyng of the Elimville WI receives a similar award from Sarah Elliott. - Fire stats show This year, tens of thousands of fires will cause more than $900 million in damages to Canadian property. In - MR. AND MRS. AL NIGH Mary Watson and Al Nigh ex- changed marriage vows May 23, 1987 at St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church in Zurich with Father Paul Mooney officiating. Paul and Angela Watson are parents of the bride and the groom is the son of Frank and Leona Nigh, Seaforth. Maid of honour was Joanne Watson, sister of the bride and bridemaids were Erryn Sheppard, friend of the bride, Dianne Doel, sister of the groom and Cathy Overholt, the bride's cousin. Brion Nigh, brother of the groom was best man and guests were ushered by the groom's brother Wayne Nigh and brothers of the bride Robert and Chris Watson. Music wos provided by Nancy Becker, Ken Overholt and Mrs. Pat Meidinger. After a wedding trip to northern Ontario, the cou- ple is residing at RR 4, Seaforth. • Photo by Frank Phillips deed. a fire will break out -somewhere in the country in the next seven and .a half minutes. M 1981.39ti.Canadians died as a result of fire. However. in spite of these troubling statistics. most people remain con- vinced that it won't happen to them. and often don't take the proper precautions. The belief that increasing public awareness of fire hazards is an effec- tive_form of fire prevention recently prompted the International Organiza- tion for Standardization t ISO) to TO MARRY -- Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cronyn of Centralia are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Lynn Marie to Michael Herbert Veri, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Veri, of Exeter. Their wedding will take place on June 6, 1987 of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Closed reception to follow. i•11 • Ali!) � way Main St. North c,�F� Exeter 2334433 '1 Open 24 hours, 7. days a week Rosemary Bedard Welcomes Rosemary Bedard as their new manager. Come in and say Hi Enjoy our friendly 24 hour q day service tario. Sonie.vf the concerns being drugs and smoking at the schools, rural day care, agriculture in the classroom and nuclear management. The F.W.1.O. will be celebrating its 90th anniversary with a convention to be held in North Bay on July 6-9. 1987. She said "Be concerned and willing to change to meet the challenge of the future." The district program con- venors presented a T.V. interview program under the direction of Helen McKenzie. Some of the facts reported were we have nine new members in . the Huron South District, most bran- ches have a membership to the Huron Historical Society, there were speakers on Good Financial Planning. lumbering and Wood and studies were done on Australia, P.E.I. and d British Isles. As an -extension to our study on "Water - Nature's Greatest Resource", Huron South W.I. members will be spending a day in late June touring the Ausable Bayfield Watershed. - F.R.O. officer, Gwen Coward had a display. of W.I. happenings, board director Marian Dougall had a display of all the items for sale and pamphlets- and concerns of the F'.W.LO. The Tweedsmuir History Books and the next O.M.A.F. course were also on display. • Attending for the evening were of- ficrs from the surrounding districts of • Huron East, Huron West and Perth South. Shirley Cooper, Jean Lynn and Dolores Shapton were presented with Life Memberships for their contribu- - tion to the organization having been members for 25 years. The following officers were elected - for .1987/88: past president: Shirley Cooper, Exeter; president: Helen 'McKenzie, Seaforth; first vice- president: - Marian Dougall, Exeter; second vice-president: Lois Hodgins, Crediton; secretary -treasurer: Sara E Iliotl, Seaforth; assistant secretary: Marilyn Pym, Exeter; public rela- tions officer: Gwen Coward, Woodham; auditors: • Kay Hay and Mildred Klopp,_Zurich; fall rally delegate: - Mrs. Katherine Becker. Dashwood; alternate delegate: Jean Lynn, Woodham; London area delegate: Helen McKenzie, Seaforth; alternate -delegate: Marian'bougall, Exeter; resolutions convenor: Jeanne ' Kading, Grand Bend; curator: Dolores Shapton, Exeter; book com- mittee: Helen McKenzie, Shirley Cooper, Mary Rader, Olive Hicks and llilda Payne. faith misplaced organize a one -day workshop on fire hazards and security. This meeting. held in Toronto by invitation from the Standards Council of Canada, was an occasion for experts from Canada and . abroad to- focus thier attention , on ways to better educate the public on fire•safety and awareness, as well -as fire control and prevention. . William McKay, Fire Commis- sioner for the province of Alberta, told the delegates that the greatest danger from fire is in the home - and more specifically in the kitchen. "If we con- centrated on home fire safety, we could eliminate a third of all fires, 77 percent of fire deaths and 59 percent of the injuries resulting from fires". said MacKay. He also pointed out that about half of all kitchen or cooking area fires are due to overheated cook- ing oil or fat, which in many cases has been left on the stove unsupervised. 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