Times-Advocate, 1988-01-20, Page 9Office tour at Open House
Ag Society to meet Monday
The Hensall South Huron Agri-
cultural Society will hold its annu-
al meeting on Monday evening
January 25 at 6:30. p.m. Everyone
is welcome to attend this event up-
stairs at the Hensall Arena.
• Meet the incoming directors and
become involved in the planning
of this year's Hensall Spring Fair
which will be held on June 10 and
11.
Open House
The village of Hensall is having
an open house this Thursday, Janu-
ary 22 to give local citizens an op-
portunity to bid farewell to retired
clerk Betty Oke, to meet the new
clerk Luanne Phair and see the
newly renovated offices. •
Northcrest News
Mrs. Margaret Mole was thrilled
to have her son Douglas and grand-
son Bradley arrive from Edson, Al-
berta for an extended visit. While
• in the arca they will be visiting
with family and friends in London,
Exeter, Dungannon and Kincar-
dine.
Three Litlks Seniors
The Three Links Senior Citizens
held their regular meeting on Janu-
ary 11 with president Evelyn
Flynn in charge and Dorothy
Mickle at the piano for the open-
ing exercises. Twenty-seven mem-
bers and one guest were present.
It was decided to hold another
euchre party on January 25 at 8
p.m. in the hall, ladies to bring
lunch.
Happy Birthday was sung and the
evening concluded with games of
euchre. Winners were: ladies high -
Mary Broadfoot, second Nellie Ri-
ley; gent's high - Alf Ross, second
Dick Taylor. Lone hands, Percy
Campbell and lucky cup Vera
Rgss.
The next meeting will be Fcbru-
a*, 9 at 2 p.m.
United Church
During a lovely service at Hen-
sall United Church en Sunday,
January 17, the children's choir
sang "Child of the Universe" led
by Mrs. Debbie Wood. Rev.
Douglas Wright and his puppet
friend explained to the children that
God loves us all just the way we
are.
Anyone interested in teen or
adult confirmation classes should
contact Rev. Wright. These classes
arc also recommended for candidates
for adult baptism, persons wishing
to review or renew their faith or
those wishing to learn more about
Christianity.
The Huron -Perth Presbytery is
sponsoring a family of refugees
from Laos. The Hensall United
Church Women have graciously
paid Hensall's share in helping this
family get a new start in Canada.
The church has been lent several
video tapes. One set is from our an-
niversary year and covers such
events as the Garden Party, marriage
vow renewals and the tree planting.
Thanks to Bill Gibson for making
these tapes available. Also available
is a tape on raw materials econom-
Hensall
and district news
Susan Hartman
262-2449
ics and farming, thanks to Bill
Rowcliffe. These tapes may be bor-
rowed from Rev. Wright.
Explorers
We are very fortunate to have a
healthy and active Explorers group
in our community - 24 girls!! How-
ever, more adults are needed to
spread out the workload.
The Explorers meet every other
Monday after school. If you can
help calf Joanne Rowcliffe 262-
5569 or Barb Gackstettcr 262-2044.
U.C.W.
The U.C.W. is holding a noon
luncheon at t'he church on February
9 from 11:00-1:30 at a cost of S5/
person. Advance tickets only
please.
The annual beef BBQ will be held
on April 14.
Shuffleboard
Last week's shuffleboard scores
were: ladies high - Lorna Spencer
234, Irene Finlayson 215, Pearl
McKnight 199. Men's top scores,
Walter Spencer 234, Alf R ss 225,
John Pepper 214.
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Mmes -Advocate, January 20, 1988 .• ----
CARVING DEMONSTRATION - Earl Oesch of Zurich visits the Queensway Nursing Home Monday evening
to show his collection of nature carvings to the residents. Carl Lawatski (left) gives close inspection to the carv-
ings as Oesch explains his worksao Alelda Kats.
inprofiteers
a a st
arns
The Ontario Provincial Police is
concerned that private money-
making organizations are attempt-
ing to take advantage of the emo-
tions of parents and the charity of
businesses throughout the province
and across Canada.
Investigations reveal that a grow-
ing network of profit-making child
protection services and magazines
are being presented as community
service ventures.
"Child Find" - an organization de-
dicated to locating missing children
- is the only registered non-profit
charity organization functioning in
this capacity in Canada. "Child
Find" is endorsed by the Canadian
Association of Chiefs of Police. All
of its staff and volunteers are sub-
ject to police security clearances and
review by government social service pastyear solicited funds through The benefits to the public from
agencies. promotional campaign blitzes .in some of these profit -oriented ven-
The OPP advises parents and many communities, including large tures is questionable. The maga-
business owners to check the ere cities and smaller towns. zines contain mostly copyrighted ar-
dentials of all other canvassers and The OPP has found that some ticles taken verbatim from
to contact the police force which community child identification clin- newspapers and magazines through -
supposedly endorses such groups ics have tics with certain publica- out Canada and the U.S.
tions which sell advertising space to
before making a donation. The public should also realize that
companies and retail businesses for police statistics show approximate -
Parents and businessmen are fur- a fee of $25 to 51,500, by appeal- ly 99 percent of all missing children
Ihcr advised to beware -of child iden- ing to their sense of corporate good are abducted by their own relatives.
tification clinics that have in the will.
Shipka Birthday Club meets
By MKKJ. HUGH MORENZ
The birthday club, card players
group, met at Melvin and Gertie
Stade's home an evening last week.
Attending were Les and Marjorie
Adams, Exeter, Ed Turnbull, Zu-
rich, Earl Stebbins, Oscar and Laura
Miller, Dashwood and arca, and
Hugh and Annie Morcnz, Shipka.
The birthday celebrants were Ger-
tie and Earl, both with January
birthdates. In the social time we
played six hand euchre and solo, fol-
lowed by lunch refreshments with
cake and ice cream.
Preceding the birthday party, Earl
and Ed were supper guests with the
Stade's.
sappy Birthday is wished to Earl
ebbins who celebrates his 86th
birthday on Sunday January 24.
Congratulations Earl.
Happy anniversary wishes to our
former neighbours, Henry and An-
nie Becker, Zurich, who on Sunday
January 24 will observe their 63rd
wedding anniversary.
Also, we wish a Happy Anniver-
sary to Roy and Audrey Gibson of
Crediton who will be observing
their 38th anniversary January 25.
Audrey and Roy spend a lot of time
in this area, caring for Audrey's fa-
ther Arnold Keller..
Some men from this arca attended
the annual meeting and noon dinner
BANTAM WINNERS - The Hensall Bantam team returned from Port Elgin with a trophy after winning the 10 -
team tournament. Back row from left: coach Peter DeWys, Sean Kyle, Ben Rathwell, Mike Hoffman, John Bell,
John Rooseboom, Brad DeWys and Randy Parker. Front row from left: Brian Gardner, Chris Gardner, Steve
Campbell, Bevan Moir, Brad Mount, and Dennis Mount.
News from Kippen
By MARGARET HOGGARTH
F}lizabeth Faber is now able to re-
turn to her home after recuperating
at her daughter Audrey Coleman's
home in Exeter. She is wished a
speedy recovery.
While visiting Al's mother Ruby
Hoggarth at the Blue Water Rest
Home in Zurich on Sunday January.
17, Al and I were happy to attend
the open house in honour of Mary
Ocsch on the occasion of her -90th
birthday which she was celebrating
that day. Other visitors from Kippen
were Bert and Susie Faber. Mary
Ocsch is an aunt of Susie's.
Sophia McGregor has now bccn
moved to the Blue Water Rest Home
in Zurich after spending several
months in Exeter Hospital. The
Kippen community wishes Mrs.
McGregor well in her new residence.
Kippen United Church
Rev. Lorne Keays presided in thc
pulpit of St. Andrews on Sunday
January 17. His sermon was entitled
"Looking into the Mirror". Barbara
Cooper accompanied the hymn on
the organ.
Queensway 9\[ews
Hello! Welcome to Queensway
News! Monday morning startcd
bright and early with Fun and Fit-
ness in the Activity room, followed
by our spelling game. This is one
game that really keeps us on our
toes. In the afternoon several resi-
dents gathered for library time and
we browsed through our wildlife
magazines.
Tuesday Rev. Doug Richards of
Clinton brought the message to our
church service accompanied by his
wife Marilyn and son. We all found
his message very interesting and arc
looking forward to having him
back. Father Mooney was also in to
minister to our Catholic residents.
Wednesday Qucensway's Ladies
Auxiliary met and reviewed Coming
Events for January. Games took
place in the afternoon. Residents en-
joyed playing euchre, crokinole and
checkers.
Thursday, Joyce Pepper joined us
at the piano for choir practice. After
all the Christmas carolling in De-
cember we were ready to get back to
our old favourites. Our movie fea-
ture for Thursday evening was
"Yukon Passage" a fascinating film
provided by National Geographic.
We're pleased to have visitors join
us for our movies.
Friday, Green Thumbs Club met.
1f the combination of dirt, confu-
sion and enthusiasm is any indica-
tion, our plants got lots of Tender
Ldye and Care.
We would like to remind you,
there is one week left to return all
your recipes for our recipe book
project.
Hensall Arena
Events
Wed. Jan. 20
2 30-3 30 p m Moms and Tots
5 15 p m Hensall Minor Hockey
Novice vs Moms
Godench vs Bantam
Thurs. Jan. 21
5 30 p m Rmgette
8 15 p m Rec Hockey
Fri. Jan. 22
4 15 p m Hensall Figure Skating
7 15 p m Open Ice
830 p m Hensall Old Timers
Sat. Jan. 23
745 a m -12 45 p m Hensall Minor
Hockey
1 00-300 p m Public Skating
3 30-630 p m Rmgette
9 15 p m Open Ice
Sun. Jan. 24
100-300 p m Public Skating
3 15-4 45 p m Midget
MonAan. 25
515 p m Hensall Minor Hockey
Tues. Jan. 26
4 15 p.m Hensall Figure Skating
800 p m Broomball
10.00 p.m •Open Ice
this advertisement sponsored by
William's
Hairstyling
121 King St. Hensall
of the Huron Cattlemen's Associa- tions and other business.
tion held Monday, Janaury 11 at the Hugh and I visited an afternoon
Legion in Clinton. last week, with Henry and Annie
Guest speaker was Stan Wilson, Becker of Zurich and enjoyed a few
president of Canadian Cattlemen's games of solo with them.
Association, from Nanton, Alberta. There will be another euchre to -
On thc agenda also was election of night January 20, at Shipka Com -
officers for the coming year, resolu- munity Centre.
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Hensall Civic
Corner
"Meet and Greet"
OPEN HOUSE
and FAREWELL
for Betty Oke
and to view the Municipal
Dice renovations!
Friday, January 22, 1988
PM -8 PM
Town Hall - Light Refreshments
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