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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-02-01, Page 8Page 8 - Times -Advocate, February 1,1989 • Serving up chicken - Elaine Pinder and Dorothy chicken for Friday's dinner sponsored by the Exeter b Learning to invest Prout dish rip Lioness club. EXETER _-_ A scrumptious.beef supper, -.prepared .by the Eastern • Star ladies was enjoyed by the Ex- eterr-Lioness Club at their, first .meeting held;in 1989 on January 23, at the Exeter Masonic Lodge. Gary Bean, representative .and .- -agent of Dominion Securities inc. of the firm Ezctcr Insurance Brok- crs Ltd., spoke .to"the. Lioness on financial matters such as-RRSP's, Mutual .Funds, Tax Planning, and .GIC's. He discussed Investment portfolios for the present and retire--. ment years, along with the idea of Investment Clubs, that may. be formed by groups of individuals. Gary answered -many questions that • :were very interesting to everyone. - Lioness • President. -Rosemary Straw along with Lion President -Ross Mathcrs installed two new Lioness members into the Club -. Lioness Suzy Moyer and Lioness . Lil McLellan. • A donation of S1,500 was made •to the Lions Youth Centre by -Lio- ness President Rosemary Straw to L•on President Ross Mathcrs and Lions "Youth haul Co-ordinator AQLIAMN[ ' e *atercen!•es nc 30 DAY FREE TRIAL YOU BE THE JUDGE ARE YOU GUILTY OF • Wasting dollars fighting hard water • Dry itchy skin after a shower • Spots on dishes, chrome fix- tures and bathroom tile AN ECONOPURE DRINKING WATER SYSTEM means. BDRINKINIG WATER. Water Softeners. Drinkin Water . Systdms. For a limited time we otter a no obligation, 30 day tree trial on a rental or purchase. CALL London • (519)685-0445 1-800-265-8173 Bob Stuckless, (Water Consultant) 1 Bri_g. Lion Gary. Bean, which was real- izcd- "from "the:- proceeds of :the Homecoming Ball Tournament • in .Junc'88 and-' other fund raising; - -Donations Were made as follows: S50.00 Challc.nging• Learning Needs for Fall Fair, .S75.00 • Thames. Valley .Children's Centre, which will bc.donated'at the Lions Sportsman s Dinner to he held ort- Tuesday, nTuesday, February 7, 1989, . and S25.00 fluronvicw Day Centre for the 1 tomebbund. • " The Exeter Lioness set a• goal to raise S5,00).(l0- over two years -for the Lions -Youth Centre. • Lioness Jcivre Eveland, Chairper-. son of the March of Dimes Canvass of .Exeter, -.stated that -to. date $.1,799.50 had been collected. - Exeter -Lioness Membersarc- in- _vi.ting their Sweethearts attend their regular February meeting. The New Slate of Officers -was- posted and read by Past Lione.ss President Liz Bell for the year 1989/90. Sup port your Local Service -Groups. t .ioness- i .auric Dykstra. UCW resuming Nestle boycott ,r4 1LVERTON - The 237 dele- gates to Hurori-Perth Presbyterial United Church Women's Annual Meeting passed- a motion to re- sume. the boycott of Nestle prod- ucts. Meeting in Godcricl on Jan- -nary 23, the women. were • concerned that once more baby for- mula was being sold to people without -the. necessary supply of safe water. A list of all Nestle liroducts-will be distributed in Feb- "ruary. • A resolution is being .worded for • presentation to the appropriate government office urging a ban on the use .of CFC's (chlorofl�torocar- txn's) in aerosol containets.because -of their damaging . effect on • the ozonc.layer. • Reports were- received by the president, Mrs. Helen Anderson, of -St. John's -Stratford, and showed a continuation of -support for Opti- mism - Place and the House of Friendship, church camps and.other local:projects. This year five young -siblings of a Vietnamese refugee.couple arrived in Canada on December 7, 1988. U.C.-W. mem-. bers had been active -in -making preparations for their arrival, -and were on hand -to sec them outfitted - with needed winter boots and coats when they came. At the meeting, another.quilt was donated for the family living near. Elimville. Topics studied during the year -ranged from Alzheimer's Disease and Farm .Debts, to Crimestoppers - and Food Irradiator. Help was ex- tended to -shut-ins, nursing homes and other on-going projects, and also to emergency causes like Ja- maican hurricane relief. Groups _teamed about foreign countries all the way from Poland and Russia to New Guinea:and Nepal. - Familiar hymns were sung under the leadership of Pat Carter and Le- ona McBride of Goderich; the wor-- ship service was presented- by Don- na Tirffnail and Shirley. Hackett, both ofStratford. Ruth Dick, U.C.W. Conference President conducted election of of- ficers -tier 1989, and they were in- stalled by Rev. John Hoekstra, -Chairifian of Huron -Perth Presbyt- ery.. Helen Anderson continues as "President, and Verna Burgin, -Kirk- ton, and Carolyn Hoshcl, Donegal, - , as vice-presidents.Audrey McGre- gor, Clinton, becomes Secretary, and Beth Tubb, Mitchell becomes Treasurer. Busy at- dinner - Janie McDowell and Suzy Moir are shown prepar- ing dinners for the Exeter Lioness club, Friday morning. Vestry meeting By MRS HEBER DAVIS SAINTSBURY -. Sunday was the fifth Sunday in. January and several members• of St. Pauls Kirkton and St. Patrick's Saintsbury attended the -morning service at Si. Thomas Granton. where the rector of the three churches conducted Holy Communion. • It was interesting -to note that scv- ()pen 4?Lis 1 r ,‘ 1 - 5 p.m. Sat. & Sun., Feb. 4=5 An invitation for air Brides-to-be and their Mothers A _ �► -c----" ,. vAilable and what's new in • Fl • r.. • =f • r your wedding party • - 'rr 1eCes anU UMW • D.ecorating ideas for the church and the reception. "Free Draws" • Huron Flowers 21 Goshen St. N. Zurich 236-7772 1 oral young people, put thc numbers on the hymn.hoard, read thc lessons and collected the offering. - Rev. Beverly Ann Wheeler spoke to the children and took text for the Amon from the -book of Jeremiah 1-4 and 10-. After thc service the men of the congregation served a de- licious breakfast to all. Next Sun- day.. sbrvicc at. St: Patrick's is planned for 8:30 a.m. - The nni v� cs meeting was C ( at the ioiuc` bf'Ivtr. and Mrs. 1 Iugh Davis Thursday evening, with `4▪ 11,2 members present.. Margaret Carroll is Vestry Clerk and read thc minutes of 1987 meet- ing. Rev. Wheeler had a full report as did Hazel Davis, church treasurer, Nadine Bedell A.C.W. treasurer and zel .reported on the Sunday" Schou! finances. All showed' a satisfactory balance, with_ourbudget paid in full, the gjegation in Perth:Deanery . to do so. The same officers were returned for the New Year . - Hazel assisted by Suzanne Davis Personals .anr1 Mrs 4Arry Nrw•I' Mrs f icicn Macdonaldand Howard Do- lan, Lucan and Mary Davis were dinner and evening guests with Mrs. Voylc Jordan, Friday. • Mrs. Dorothy Wylkcr Tavistock isconvalescingfollowing surgery, at the Tonne of her cousins Mr. and Mrs. Frank Goring, Lucan. Mary Davis called to sec her Wednesday afternoon and Mrs. Jean Richardson, London visited with her grandmoth- er Mary Davis later in the after- noon. Mrs. Voylc Jordan entertained her nephew from Oil Spriligs, David Gambol, Sunday. •Little Miss Courtney MacGilliv- ray and Katie Scarlet visited their great grandmother Mary Davis, Sat- urday. Night time for Toddlers - Students at the Toddlers Inn nursery schopl enjoyed a Night Time theme last week. Shown from the left in their nightwear: and ready for snacks are Brendan Buchanan, Kali Finch, Alina McCrae and Kevin Overholt. Prefer private home • -CLINTON - A report on daycare needs in Huron County just released by Women Today concludes that "While more daycare centres, nur- sery schools, and. before - andafter - school -care programs are needed ... the program that could best meet the many local needs is Private Home Day_Care." The report,, entitled, Childcare Needs in Huron County, was funded by the Secretary of State. - According to the report, the ma- jority of 125 respondents to a sur vcy•distributed by Women Today in early 1988 preferred Private Home Day Care to eight other -childcare options presented. • .The Women Today report comes on the heels of recent attnntion -to County. Council's rejection in June, 1988, of a Social Services Department proposal for -Private Home Day Care. The Community Child Abuse Coordinating Com- mittee (CCACC) has questioned, County Council's decision to reject the proposal and requested local residents to Make known their feel- ings for or against the proposal. Fifty-six percent of those re- sponding to the Women Today sur- vey said they saw Private Home Day Care as "very useful" while only five percent felt it would be "not at all useful." The next most preferred option among -those pre- sented in the survey was a half-day nursery -school program- which would operate a few days a week. - That option was seen as "very use- ful" by 42•percent of respondents, while 14 percent saw it as s "not- at -- all useful." - - Survey respondents were drawn from across the county, represent- ing residents from villages, farms, non-farm rural- properties; and the county's five towns. :Among thc farm families who described their current childcare ar- rangements in the survey, the- ma- jority reported they take their chil- den With them:when doing farm work. This was recently raised as a concern of the CCACC which said Private Home Day Care could pre- vent farm accidents involving chil- dren which occur when families find it necessary to bring children along while doing farm work. . The most common form . of childcare reported by respondents who worked off thefarm or away from the home was to leave chit- dren at the homes of family mem- bers. The report concludes there is "a. much larger need for quality child- care (notjust babysitting) than... the present services can offer." In addition, the report says, "parents who choose to stay home during their children's preschoolyears feel the need for support -services." While Women Today states it is not within its mandate to provide childcare services, it is within its mandate to "help facilitate commu- nity action and provide resources for groups and individuals involved in this issue." day care As a first step in this regard, Women Today representatives say they arc awaiting funding from the federal Secretary of State for a fol-. low -up project • which would "organize and assist local groups and individuals to create better childcare in Huron County and to raise local awareness ofavailable childcare resources." Womcn.Today representatives say they hope to'establish at -least two workinggroups to advocate for bet- ter childcare services and to create a system whereby information on childcare and children's services is accessible to the general public. - For more information contact Women Today, 482-9706. . 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