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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-01-18, Page 11Lunch- to follow Saintsbury service By MRS. HEBER DAVIS • SAINTSBURY - An early service was held in St. Patrick's Church • Sunday with Rev. Wheeler in • charge. 11$3se Cunningham was• server and read the lessons. Mary Davis provided music for the • hymns. - - Rev. Wheeler chose her text from the gospel of the day. SL John 2-3 • from the story of the marriage in - Cana of Galilee when Jesus Mother said "They have no wine." Next Sunday service is planned • for 11 a.m. with a light lunch fol- lowing the service. • Mrs. Mabel Needham and Mary Davis attended the January qieeting at the home of Ivtarguerite Green - Ice. - Three drinking driving cases in Exeter court EXETER - Judge McCormick '• rendered verdicts on three drinking -and driving cases and two assault charges during the January 10 ses- • sion of provincial court in Exeter. • William. W. Riley, Huron Park, pleaded guilty to impaired driving and was fined S600 or 20 days in jail, with six months to pay, and • . his driver's licence was suspended for a year. Two breath samples taken after Riley was stopped by police on November 5 for -malfunc- tioning back lights gave readings of 170 and 160. Mark Gregory Mero, Kippen,' was given three months to pay a $600 fine, and lost his licence for a year after Pleading guilty to a BAC ' of 110 and 119. Mero had been stopped for speeding and weaving badly in his own lane while driving north on Highway 4 in Hay town- ship on November 18. Polide found an open bottle of beer in the • vehicle as well as one still sealed. A S750 fine and a 12 -month li- cence suspension were levied against Michael R. Boyle, McGil- livray township. Police were called to the scene of an accident on November 8 on Highway 4. two km north. of Exeter. The accused was behind the wheel of his Vehi- cle, and had been seen trying to drive it out of the ditch. Two breath samples taken at the hospital gave readings of 140 and • 150. George Arnold Maxwell, Hensall, was before the court on three chcirg- es. He pleaded not guilty to assault causing bodily harm, and changed his plea to guilty when the charge I was amended to plain assault. Maxwell also pleaded guilty .to fail- ing to attend court on September 13, and to failing to provide a breath sample. • The charges were the result of an incident in Hensall on August 2. As Maxwell has bccn in jail since September 30, the judge only gave • him a year's probation instead of a jail sentence on the assault charge. Maxwell was fined S75 on the sec- ond charge, and sentenced to a fur- ther 14 days in jail and a Three-year licence suspension for failing to provide a breath sample. Bev Harris, London, was in court • to answer to an assault charge laid after Exeter police chif Laity Hardy was called to a domestic dispute on • August 1 involving the accused and Anthony .Shea. The two and their • child were living in Exeter at the time. Although Harris said Shca had bccn drinking. Hardy testified he saw no indication alcohol was in- volved. He described the situation when he first arrived as "volatile', and said a long time was needed to calm it down. Judge McCormick found the ac- cused guilty, saying that Hardy's ev- idence corroborated Shca's claim he ittr at the time police were called. Harris was giv- en a conditional discharge and put on one year's probation. Witness rnliv tleid at Norval NORVAL - If "God is Love," as so many have been taught to be- lieve, why is a healthy fear of God ........inipsa.ii,LIda*kon was among several -answered for arca Jc- _ h6vah's Witnesses who gathered for •"i•kit 14 -0 -('Id) scaly-676bn Ontario (near Georgetown . Representing the Exeter congrega- tion, approximately 100 local Wit- nesses listened attentively as the convention theme "Rendering Sa- cred Service With Godley Fear" was developed. "All the major problems in the world today - the moral brcakdown, • the crime, thc violence - are due to man's failure to fear God", said Wayne Johnson, a travelling repre- sentative of the Watch -Tower Socie- ty of Canada. Johnson emphasized that while Jehovah's Witnesses fear God they also.love Him. "We love Him for his qualities! We love Him for his generous provisio-ns! And we love Him for what he will yet do for those who truly have a healthy fear of Him," he concluded. A peak attendance of 1,110 was reached during the Sunday afternoon classes. • President Rose Cunningham opened the meeting with the mem- bers prayer and General Thanksgiv- ingTepeated in unison. Prayers for the absent members, sick and the Sunday School. Rose 'read the scripture. Mary_Jefferies read the secretaries report and Nadine Bedell the treasurer report, showing a very successful year. Plans were made for the day of prayer service to be held. at the home of Sheryl Carroll in March, date to be announced lat- Also a dessert euchre and bake ta- ble to be held March 14 in the Par- ish Hall at one o'clOck. Everyone welcome. Marguerite conducted a contest, won .by Viola Atkinson. The rector asked for a, coffee hour after church. • Next Sunday, Rose Cunningham offered to provide the refreshments. Mary Jefferies asked to be relieved of her office as secretary and Hazel Eaton volunteered to be our nein secretary after a short discussion. Rose agreed to be President for this year, Nadine Bedell is our treasurer • again. There' were 11 members paying their membership and dues and we welcomed Mrs. Beverly Car- diff as a guest. Marguerite provided refreshments and all enjoyed a so- cial hour. • Personals Mary Davis was dinner guest Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Bob MacGillivray, Courtney, Katie Scarlett, Corbin and Caleb. Miss Marylou Tindall•Missiisau-• ga, spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bob. Tin- dall and Robert. 1 irrie; Advocate. January 18, 1989 Page I 1 Overall Bonspiel winners - Exeter branch manager Don Thompson congratulates John Eadi•nger, Mel- onie Rue!, Nick Nyilas and Ann Thompson as -overall champions in Saturda)i's Standard Trust curling • bonspiel.- . (JANUARy 410 4 N • ow in•fu ALL MERCHANDISE REDUCED eh) 1 1 swin •UP •TO Compare rff. ArciANAT1SV-5. • 111 ' !ENV 44100" UV Tables, Lamps, giitas,thairs, Bedding, Occasional Chairs, Bedroom Suites, Diningroom Suites, Sofa Beds, Entertainment Units, ,Carpet • zail-Winyl. Flooring, Sewing '11tines, Etc.. • • . . .4- • Fine Furniture hi 104,11x 144,40464,e,Flootir. kr70