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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-12-09, Page 21'White Gifts' at Thames Road By MRS. WILLIAM ROHDE "The Colour Of Love" was the title of the White Gift Service on Sunday morning. The superinten- dent of the Sunday School, Sharon Passmore, was the leader speaker. Rev. K. Teddy Smits told the children a story. He had Vanessa Bray and Erin Parker light the candles in the Advent Wreath. Derek and. Robyn Etherington and Jackie Morgan put more figurines in the stable. Jon Passmore read the Scrip- ture Lesson. Those taking part in the story GRADUATE - Mrs. Tina Brand of Exeter is proud to announce the graduation of her daughter, Tena Louise, from the Travel & Tourism program at Westervelt Business School, London. Tena is a former student of Exeter Public School and S.H.D.H.S.. Congratulations, Tena! Crunchers lose In a closely contested game, Sat- urday, visiting Belmont edged out Exeter by a score of 1-0. The lone Belmont goal was scored in the second period on a breakaway by Danny MacPherson and despite several power plays by the Exeter team, it remained unanswered. Crunchers played well, and nu- merous shots on the Belmont net were turned away by the adept Bel- mont goalie. Exeter will host Watford next Sat- urday. Kirkton By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS Sunday November 29 Reverend Beverley Wheeler baptized James Bramborough, infant son of Mr. and .Mrs. Dave Bramborough, in St. Paul's Anglican Church. The poin- settia in the church this past Sunday was placed in loving memory of Ar- thur and Rose•Fletcher by their fam- ily. were Tom Passmore and Deanne Ballantyne as the parents, Patrick Jeffery, Lisa Kernick, Cheryl Bal- lantyne, Tammy Rohde taking part and the rest of the Sunday School members sang "Sing A Rainbow." The choir sang "The Manger" with Miss. Doris Elford singing the solo part accompanied by organist Miss Agnes Bray. The Litany Of Gifts was read by Sharon Passmore, Dorothy Duncan and Jack Stewart. Rev. K. Teddy Smits pronounced the Benediction. The Explorers will meet Wednes- day December 9 at 7 p.m. in Elim- ville Church. The Sunday School Christmas Concert will be held in the auditori- um of the church next Sunday De- cember 13 at 7 p.m. in Thames Road Church. Special words of thanks were spoken to the Etherington family for their gift of the Christmas Tree in the Church sanctuary. Personals Miss Doris Elford, Mr. Ron El- ford, Mrs. Mac Hodgert, Mrs. Ross • • • • Hodgert, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rohde and Mr. Philip Johns attended ►he Kirkton Horticulture Pot Luck Christmas Banquet at Kirkton- Woodham Community Centre on last Tuesday evening. The Thames Road Musical Guild played at the South Huron Mentally Handicapped Christmas banquet and program. They were guests at the banquet last Thursday evening at the South Huron Roc Centre. Mr. La Verne Rodd and Wayne of Woodham, Mr. and Mrs. George Kellett, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rohde visited on Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Hom of Winchcl- sca. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller on the birth of their son Tyler John on Monday at St. Joseph's Hospital London. Judy and Tyler John arrived home on Thurs- day. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Barry J. Miller on the birth of their first grandchild. Correction In last weak's news a name should have read Mr. La Verne Rodd, not Mrs. AOr Christmas St rewide 1 LE 2070 h�1 w coffee to f hue yo ' s j)o Lr ��4a4p �otf Entire Stock Open Mon. - Sat. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Hotson Lighting & China 1 mile north of Grand Bend Hwy. 21 238-8240 • . • • . • • . ;< • • < µ:YSYYfi(YSCr:12( MYC[ YSS Y.SZVSZ cC W:S YSS YC 4ficf'-'s<ZcYSS I'CiY Zi Ysz4sv.suretscssmtYfi[Ys7[wu g tS for :.e; 1 ttitt‘ s.�� FORD TOY TRACTORS g 0 OM AND IMPLEMENTS!, 10."*.w See our wide selection today!! 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Although the Holy Spirit is be- fore us all the time, we should take 20 minutes of each day to listen to God. R After the service, refreshments were served in the church hall. Personals Mrs. Glenn Hall and Jason of Glencoe, spent a few days last week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins. United Church At Granton United Church, Rev. Bruce Pierce was in charge of the White Gift Service and the call to worship was "Welcome, the season of joy awaits us". Let us prepare ourselves as we bring our colorful gifts of love to honor Jesus, our Sa- viour. The lighting of the advent candle was performed by Juanita Kop. This was followed by the carol "Hark the herald angels sing. Sunday school members took part in the White Gift Service. • The Sunday School attendance awards as follows: Jill Muir - wreath; Paula Wallis - sixth year bar; Becky Muir -wreath; Fran Har- rott"- eight year bar; Susan Bryan - five year bar. . These awards were, presented by Doug Brown, Sunday School super- intendent. The Sunday school offi- cers and teachers deserve great credit for leading such an interesting pres- entation of the White Gift Service. UCW - Unit .I Unit I met at the home of Doreen McRobert Thursday afternoon. Do- reen was in charge of the worship service. Joy to the World was sung and Matthew 25 verse 40. The theme of the meditation was "The Giving Saint". Doreen closed the worship with prayer. A thank you note .was read from the family of the late Jean West - man. A moment's silence was ob- served in memory of Jean. -Jean Skolly offered to help with the so- cial activities of Unit I. The program was a matinee of a skit to be used at the general meet- ing. The skit was entitled "The Re- born King". Taking part were Mari- on Gricken, Dianne Blake, Becky Kindree, Audrey Harloff, Jan Barker, Carlene Goos and Trudy Kop.'At the conclusion of the skit each one present gave their thoughts on how to put Christ back into Christmas. As a result of this we decided to have a birthday party for Jesus on Sunday evening December. 20 at 7:30 p.m. This is to be an old fa- shioned Christmas carolling time with birthday cake served after. Eve- ryone is welcome. Also in 1988 everyone is to bring canned goods to the meetings each month to be donated to London's soup kitchen. Madalene Hardie had prepared a flower contest. Rev. Bruce Pierce said grace and a delicious Christmas dinner prepared by Doreen McRo- bert and Madalene Hardie was en- joyed. Kippen East WI plan party By Margaret Hoggarth Kippcn East Women's Institute will hold their Christmas Party on Wednesday December 16 starting with a supper at 6:30 p.m. Roll call requires all members and their guests to bring a picture of their mother. Special speaker will be Mr. Gerald Sloat from Woodham. Mr. Sloat builds the sloat cycle for chil- dren with spina bifida. St. Andrew's The second Sunday of Advent was celebrated at St. Andrews. Barbara Cooper presided at the organ and ac- companied the choir in the ministry of music when they sang "A Song of the Shepherds". The second candle of Advent was lit as a reminder that at the heart of Christmas is a gift - God's gift of himself to us in the person of Jesus Christ. A reminder that next Sunday De- cember 13 will be White Gift Ser- vice. Donations may be made to Family and Children's Services, Survival through Friendship House or World Relief. The Christmas Party for the Sun- day School will take place Sunday afternoon December 13. Carmel Presbyterian Dr. James Ferguson of Stratford conducted the service of worship on Sunday December 6 at Carmel Church in Hensall. Miss Carolyn Love accompanied the hymns on the organ. There will be a choir practice on Wednesday December 9 at 7 plm. in the church. Anyone in- terested please try to attend. The sacrament of the Lord's supper was observed with elders Bob Bell, Clar- ence Volland, Rochus Faber, Bob Taylor, John Baker and Al Hoggarth assisting Dr. Ferguson in the distri- bution. Next Sunday December 13 will be White Gift Sunday with the gifts going to the Christmas Bureau. Mrs. Barbara Young from London will be the guest preacher. Everyone is welcome to attend the Christmas Eve Carol Service in Carmel Church, Hensall, on Thurs- day December 24 at 7:30 p.m. Watermain may cost more The Hay township highway 21 watermain may go over budget if the purchase of thrust blocking de- vices and bypass valves to iron out bugs in the system costs around $40,000. At Monday's meeting council was told problems have been encoun- tered in opening and closing the valves on the 14 -inch water line. The lack of thrust blockers caused a valve to become separated from the pipe some weeks ago. The leak took several hours to repair. Also the high pressure of the system makes the turning of the valves ex- tremely difficult. Bypass valves can alleviate the problem, but at a cost of $3,818 for each main valve. Bruce Potter of B.M. Ross and Associates, consulting engineers for the project, said the thrust blocking devices would be necessary for every one of the 13 valves on the line at a cost of $2,706 cach; however, the bypasses might be fitted at only a few of the shutoff points to save, money. Potter also . acknowledged the grass seed to cover the water main did not grow very well and will have to be re -seeded in the spring. Complaints have been received concerning the settling of the ground in residents' driv ways above the pipeline. Cars ha e been bot- toming out their sus nsions upon entering driveways. Don Ireland, o Omega contract- ing limited, explained that due to the onset of winter, no repairs could be done right now, but also prom- ised action on thc matter in the s A spot zoning amendment bylaw was passed to allow the construc- tion of a prefabricated house on a lot owned by Glen Weido. The pre- vious zoning designation of AG -4 required a five metre distance allow- ance of buildings from adjacent properties. The new designation of AG -4-3 will permit an allowance of only 1.2 metres so the 21 metre house can fit on the 24 metre lot. The bylaw will citculate for 21 days and an appeal period of 30 days will ensue afterwards. However, council docs not expect any appeals and has authorized issuance of the building permit. Hay council cannot commit any funds towards the purchase of a new 2,800 litre pumper truck for the Dashwood and Area Fire Board in 1989 because a new council will be V in term by that time. Nevertheless, council did pass a recommendation that thc new council should support the fire board's decision to purchase the new thick. Reeve Lionel Wilder again raised the question of increasing fire pro- tection costs which are being borne by the township. He referred not only to the Dashwood pumper, but the new Hensall pumper, and the fact that Ilay is now committed to a minimum five percent assessment in the Exeter and Arca fire board. "Fire (protection) is very impor- tant, but how can we pay for all this?" asked Wilder. Councillor Murray Keys suggest- ed enough time had bccn spent dis- cussing fire protection costs and a date should be set to come to an agreement about future policy. The Bean Sprouts Nurscry School's request to renew their agreement with. Hay council regard- ing the rental of Hoy Township Hall for classes met with council approval. Despite past difficulties, council agreed to extend the $10 a Johns tops in shuffleboard Howard Johns took top honours in a five game shuffleboard mixed match Wednesday, scoring 474. Verda Lightfoot placed second with 415. In third spot was Pearl McKnight, who managed 398. Sena Gosar scored 337 for fourth position. In a four game mixed match -up Wednesday, Ross Richardson turned in a 335 to take first place. Richard- son beat out Bob Blair who settled for second with 327. Third place went to Leona Hem with 273 and Olive Esscry rounded out the top four with 270. • Thursday, Albert Hummel led the pack in five games of mixed shuf- fleboard action when he scored 479 to beat out Vcrda Lightfoot who managed 439. Pearl McKnight held onto third position with 438 and Dclmar.Skin- ner recorded a stoic of 435 for fourth place. Bob Blair scored 437 to capture first place in four games of mix&d action Thursday. Ile was followed by Beatrice Richardson with 314, Iva Blair with 280 and Estelle Chalmers with 257. session hall rental until June 301988. "This definitely isn't a money- making proposition," said Wilder and added that the $10 did not cover the heating costs for the building. Council did approve the ekpcndi- ture to fit the Township Hall's win- dows with insulating plastic film, install ceiling fans, and replace the leaking hot water heater. Road su- perintendent Ross Fisher hoped the cost could be quickly recouped through improved energy efficiency and thus lower heating costs. A reading of the report of the Bender -Becker Municipal drain has been set for January 4 at 2 p.m., the same day as the Zurich drain report. The report will outline and explain the proposal to extend the Bender branch of the drain at a cost of $37,680. Council, under the guidance of road superintendent Ross Fisher, re- drafted four 1985 bylaws which specify the weight limits of four township bridges. 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