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Times Advocate, 1989-01-11, Page 26Page 14A Times -Advocate, January 11, 1989 Stan-LeeClub defies snow By Joan Beierling VARNA Twenty-four members of Stan -Lee Club braved the snowy night of January. 3'to attend the first meeting of the new year. President Anna Keys opened the meeting by reading an appropriate poem "Sound of Snow". Discussion took place about con- tinuing the door prize draw. It was decided to change to share -the - wealth instead of buying a prize. The prize will be $5 and the rest of the ticket money will go to the club. The tickets will remain three for $1. As the hall is busy on the regular Stan -Lee meeting night it was de- cided tolave February and March meetings on Wednesday 'lights. The February meeting will be a Valen- tine Pot Luck supper on February 8. Supper to be at 6 p.m Please re- member the change of date. Louise Ivanchenko was the winner of the door prize. Several games of euchre were played. Prize winners were Bernice Reid, Harold Peck, Mervyn Hayter and Bruce Keys. A tasty lunch brought .the meeting to a close. A welcome is extended to all who would like to join the Stan -Lee club. Fee is $2 per year; $1 goes to local club and Si goes to USCO, the best investment you will make in 1989. U.S.C.O. is constantly working for the benefits of the sen- iors. Did you realize that it is through their efforts that seniors have free OHIP, free drug plan, tax rebates and many other benefits. Join the club for an enjoyable evening February 1989 at 6 p.m. . Varna UCW Varna United Church Women met at the home of Margaret Hayter on Thursday, January 5. President Deb Rathwell opened the meeting with a poem "The Joys of Unselfish Liv- ing". Helen Taylor read the minutes of the November, December and ex- ecutive meetings and Margaret Hay- ter gave the financial report. Thank you notes were received from sever- al recipients of treats and from or- ganizations which received dona- tions reccrjJy. Deb announced upcoming events, the fist being the pancake supper on Shrove Tuesday, February 7. The Presbyterial annual meeting is at Victoria Street United Church in Godcrich on January 23. People who have calendars they don't need are encouraged to give them to someone who works at Huronview for distribution to the residents, The United Church Cookbook "Let's Break Bread Together: has sold so well that 30 more books are being ordered. The February meeting will be held at Ruby Hill's home. Sharon Chuter assisted Margaret as hostess and with the program. They led in a New Year's worship, using an interesting and poetic pas- sage from Job 38: 19-35 and the hymn "God Who Touches Earth with Beauty". Their meditation was on "A Handful of New Days." The topic was about Chinese the- ological students who arc attending the Toronto and Vancouver Schools.of Theology. When Chris- tians in China were able to wor- ship openly after the Cultural Rev- olution, there was a shortage of ministers and of teachers an profes- sors in the seminaries. While they are enrolled in the Canada China Program, they visit a -variety of churches to learn new methods of worship that might be effective to Chinese Churches. They particular- ly enjoyed the dramatization of events at Christmas and Easter and the way worshippers can partici- pate in services. They found that sermons tend to be much shorter in Canada than in China. The meting ended with Dorothy Ostrom and Margaret -Hayter presenting past president, Joan Beierling with a Life Membership Pin and Mary Chessell presented her with a beautiful engraved brass bell in memory of her term as president. Marg and Sharon served a deli- cious lunch during the social time. Goshen U.C.W. will be having their annual luncheon meeting on January 19 at 12 noon. They will be entertaining former member sand ladies of the community. An interesting program is being planned. • Just a reminder of the Varna An- nual Congregational Church Meet- ing on January 15 to follow the service with a small luncheon first. Those with reports should be, ready to report them on Sunday. Population expands Babies are the spotlight in the news this week! Varna population expands! Congratulations to Don and Lor- raine Taylor on the birth of their baby daughter, Robin Wille, born Sunday January 8, 1989, a little brother for Kim. Congratulations to Brenda and Scott Consitt on the birth of their baby girl also born January 8. Congratulations to grandparents Barb and Tom Consitt and Bill and Joyce Dowson. Brad and Liz Voison also have a baby girl. Congratulations to them ton. Historical facts from Shipka By Mrs. Hugh Morenz SHIPKA - Ten years ago in Sep- tember 1978, I had an inquiry from a lady in London asking if I knew how Shipka received its name. She said a Post Office was opened July 1st, 1878. She also said it was a very new community in 1878 and was known as Slabtown, from the piles of slabs, a by prod- uct of the saw mills, established about 1875. Frederick Heintzman was the first postmaster, and on the suggestion of Mr. Heintzman the name was changed from Slab - town to Shipka. Some think the name Shipka, originated from Bulgaria, as there is a Shipka and Varna in that coun- try. One wonders if a visitor to or from Bulgaria, at that time may have been the reason Shipka was chosen. (I have had several requests to re- peat these history columns, dating back 110 years, so please clip and put in your scrap book.) The old general store stands emp- ty on the main corner. Some by- gone store owners were Milton Ratz, Art Webb, George Love, Colin Love, Larry Angus, Bob Ad- ams, Bill Masse and Tom Bradley. There also used to be a store and Post Office combined on the prem- ises where Dorothy and Lorne Fen- ner now live. The mail came twice a week and was distributed from there. The community grew a number of settlers in, rea ' area was settled wit' sate of Irish, English, Germ:, a ,tch descent, generall .kr+t A hotel was situated on the cor- ner where the present old chopping mill is located. The hotel burned down in the fall of 1927. A Dr. MacLaughlin came to the hotel every Monday from Dashwood.. Behind the hotel was Hannon's hall where many meetings were held. Besides the two stores, hall and hotel, there was a saw mill, flax mill, apple butter factory, black- smith shop, a harness maker, dressmaking business, tailor shop, shoe maker and shoe repair man, and a nut and bolt factory, all flourishing here in the late 1880's. I was told the nut and bolt factory relocated in Windsor and carried on under the same name. Perhaps still is, but I could not find out. An Indian barber by the name of Peterson was the community's first tonsorial artist. He was followed by Milton Finkbeiner who was the Ia.st barber in the village. Fact or fiction? In a published re- port of Shipka Public School reun- ion held July 31, 1966 this appears "In' a bush north east of the hamlet lived an Indian, Sarah Burch and son Jimmie. Sarah made baskets but ran into trouble when the farm- er's cattle drank some of her dye. The cattle died and Sarah, with Jim- mie disappeared." The first church built here in 1888, was north of the present old chopping mill, on land now owned by Ken Baker. The Shipka barber shop was on the corner where Don and Mabel Fraser's garage is. The late Mr. Herb Harlton remembered going for we collisions EXETER - Exeter nolicc investi- gated five t:•u-car collisions last -week. The first, on January 3, involved the vehicle of Marnita Vanaaken, RRI T3; vficl,! •vhi.h was stopped on Sanders St., and one driven by Ray Snell, RR1 Hay. "1'he latter was backing out of a parking lot on Sanders St. Three collisions occurred on Janu- ary 5. One involved vehicles driv- en by Anna Kochan, Hcnsall and Richard Broom, Exeter, the second accident happened between drivers Douglas Webber and Stephen Hunter, both of Exeter, and the third involved Gerald Schenk, Cre- diton, and Russell Watson, Exeter. .Exeter similar The final collision of the ,week involved Nora Marshall, Lot$esbo- rough, and Miclka Berends, Hen- sall. Police stopped 2,204 vehicles in the RIDE program between Novem- ber 9 and December 31, 1988. This resulted in 15 ALERT tests; 13 passed, two received 12 -hour license suspensions, and one person was charged after a breathalyzer test gave i a reading of over 89 mg of alcohol. The RIDE program was also re- sponsible for the laying of nine li quour charges, one person was giv- en 48 hours to produce ownership and insurance cards, and 19 High- way Traffice Act warnings were is- , sued. in waste fill costs EXETER - According to a recent newsletter from the Huron County Waste Management Master Plan, 1.xeter has waste disposal expendi- tures comparable to most of the other four towns in the county. In 1987 the latest year in which figures are available, Exeter's total cost for pickup of garbage and transportation to the landfill site was $48,620 for a per capita charge of $X2.86. The town of Godcrich paid $12.96 per capita and the cost in Clinton was $12.64 for each resi- dent. The town of Wingham was the lowest at $10.16 for each per- son. The only exception to the com- parable rates was in the town of Scaforth where the per capita charge was $26.0-7. In other area municipalities, the costs for 1987 were Hensall $17; Zurich $10.23; Usbome township $3.39; Stephen township $15.38;1 Tuckersmith township $32.73 and Stanley township $4.57. Exeter's rate rose from $8.09 in 1985 to $10.77 the next year and to $12.86 in 1987. The report on the Exeter landfill , site which has been in operation since 1956 indicates Arca A repre- senting three hectares which are ac- ceptable to the MOE for landfilling and reportedly has a design life of seven years. , Arca B represents 11 hectares on which the MOE requires a more de- tailed hydrogcologic impact assess- ment before a potential design life can be determined. A public meeting is scheduled for the Hensall arena on January 30 at 7.30 p.m. to study a preliminary re- port on the waste management plan) for the entire county. hair cuts when Milton Finkbeiner was barbering. The chopping mill closed here about 1975. Businesses operating now in 1988-89 are the Starlite Drive In theatre, Harvey Ratz gar- age, Esso Fuels, operated by Bruce and Don Russell and Vincent's ex- cavating. Shipka is an attractive small community with a good number of new homes built here this past few years. Personals There will be another euchre party here tonight January 11 at Shipka Community Centre. Lunch and prizes provided. Another $3,000 - The Exeter Youth Centre is another $3,000 closer to being debt -free after this do- nation from the Exeter Masonic Lodge. Treasurer Bob Dinney (left) and Master Doug Miners, handed the cheque over to Rick Sinnamon of the Lions last week. Recovering after By Muriel Lewis GRANTON - Rebecca Riddell is progressing favourably in Chil- dren's Hospital of Western Ontario, London, after receiving injuries in an accident before Christmas. Church services At the St. Thomas Anglican Church on Sunday, January 8 Rev. Beverley Wheeler's message was about the prophecy from Isaiah 61, which was written long before the coming of Jesus. The minister suggested it could be used today as a directive to Christians, accounta- ble to God, to make use of the time allotted. The lessons were read by Mar- lene French and Rev. Wheeler. At the Granton United Church on Sunday, Rev. Bruce Pierce enti- tled his sermon "Unheeded Chas- tisement". The lessons were from Amos 4 and Hebrews 12. Jenny Blake was the bulletin ste- ward U.C.W. Unit one met at the home of president Doreen McRobert on Thursday afternoon, January 5. "What a Friend we have in Jesus" was sung and Mrs. McRobert gave the lesson, thoughts on God's lug- gage shop, based on talents, clos- ing with prayer. Business discussion included ten- tative plans for some upcoming annual events. Mrs: McRobert chose Changing Years for the pro- gram theme which involved resolu- tions in the scriptures. The hostess served lunch during the social time which followed the meeting. Granton Masonic Lodge The newly installed slate of offi- cers for 1989 is as follows: Wor- shipful Master John McColl, I.P.M. Scott Duncan, Sr. Warden Michael Andersen, Jr. Warden Gary Raymond, Treasurer Carl Mills, Secretary Reginald McCurdy, Sr. Deacon Gordon Marshall, Dr. Dea- con Robert Wilhelm, Inner Guard Fred Zwaan, Sr. Steward Brent Mar- shall, Jr. Steward Dennis Richard- son, Chaplain Glenn McRoberts, D. of C. Ken Hoar and Tyler Jeffrey Bryan. Floor hockey On Saturday, January 7, the Blanshard Recreation Committee held their first of nine hockey matches. A total of 32 children make up the junior and senior teams. Scoring for the juniors were Kirk Sweetzer, Gary Wilson, Anthony Bertrand, Daryl Haynes, Jeff Mar- shall, Michael Rumkle, Philip accident Hodgins and Katrina Bertrand. Scoring for the seniors were Chris Howe, Chris Haynes, Kathy Marshall, Greg Nairn and Joel Preszcator. Scott Brookshaw was the referee. Personals Guests with Jim, Lynda, Scott and Philip Hodgins over the holi- day season were Wayne, Marion and Bailey Dobson of Prince George, B.C. John Herbert of Waterloo spent the weekend at home with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins. John Pratt of Vancouver B.C. was home with his parents Jack and Nancy Pratt for the New Year's weekend. Peter and Brianne Weaver of Bel- mont spent the weekend with their uncle and aunt Jim and Lynda Hod- gins and cousins Scott and Philip Hodgins. Jean Riddell of Perth and Rick Riddell of Calgary spent the Christmas season with their moth- er Florence Riddell. Richard Eedy of Nairn spent the Christmas weekend with his sister Florence Riddell and family. Larry Lewis of London spent Sunday, January 8 at his home in the village. FREE TRADE AND THE TRAVELLER The Free Trade Agreement will gradually eliminate customs duty between Canada and the United States. 4 Some things ome things The duty on some Free Trade goods will be eliminated immediately while the duty on other goods will be phased out in stages. i Only goods which are of U.S. or Canadian origin will be eligible for lower Free Trade Agreement duty rates. i The goods must have been acquired in the U.S. and must have no nark or label indicat- ing the goods were produced in any country other than the U.S. or Canada. JliIitien . levels do not change. i Restrictions on the duty and tax free amounts of alcohol and tobacco remain in effect. i Free Trade goods exceeding personal exemption levels remain subject to federal sales and excise taxes as applicable. • Before your next trip, we'll be glad to tell you the duty payable on the goods you intend to bring home. We're here to help, that's something that will never change! 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