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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-03-08, Page 9?t4 Hansa!! service - Rev. Mark Gaskin, minister of Caven and Carmel Presbyterian churches, (left) was the guest speaker at the Hensall World Day of Prayer held in Hensall United Church. With him are Kathy Bell from Carmel, Kay Mock from Hensall United and Rev. Doug Wright, minister of Hensall United Church. • News from Queenswa, HENSALL - Monday morning Rest I lome residents worked out at fun and fitness in the activity room, while several nursing home Kippen UCW ladies were here to ladies enjoyed coffee hour in the assist with their last bingo of the sun room. month in the afternoon. We will really miss their help and their Thames Roadby Rhoda Rohde THAMES ROAD - About 50 people gathered at Usborne Central School on Saturday evening to sur- prise Rcg Hodgert- on his 65th birthday which was February 5. Progressive euchre was played .and prizes were won by Ladies High - Marion Cann, Ladies Low - Kay Cann, Lone Hands - Betty Bor- land, Men's High - Jack Stewart, Mens Low - Bill Snow and Lone Hands Frayne Parsons. • Grant Hodgert was Master of Cer- emonies. He called on The Usborne Guild who played some toe -tapping music. Larry Black gave two hu- morous readings "flow To Know You're Growing Older". • Harry 1-icrn sang "Sunshine of Your Smile" accompanied by Jean •Hodgen who dedicated it to Reg. Harry, also gave a humorous read- ing. Margaret Stewart and Marion Cann performed a humorous skit of tidbit •news from "The Exeter Times". Several people gave impromptu .speeches in honour of Rcg. A delicious smorgasbord lunch was served. Rcg then opened his many gifts and then replied. "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow was sung, which brought a very enjoyable evening to a close. Wishing Rcg many more birthdays. • Church news Rev. Sheila Macgregor was in charge of the Fourth Sunday in Lent Church Service on Sunday morning. She gave the children's message "The Prodigal Son" and had a word of prayer with the chil- dren. Marilyn Pym, presbytery dele- gate, gave a report of the recent presbytery meeting. Dates to remember Wednesday, March 8 at 8 p.m. at the manse a meeting for all parents planning to have their children bap - On Thursday, March 9 at 8 p.m. at the manse a joint Sunday School teachers meeting. On Friday, March 10 the Youth Group Night Out! Meet at the manse at 4:30 p.m., then to Lon- don for pizza and film. Volunteer drivers needed. Young People are asked to bring film and pizza mon- ey S6.00. C.E. Committee will pick up the difference. On Thursday, March 9 from 6:45 to 8:00 p.m. the Tyro Boys meet- ing to be held at Elimville Church. Bring money for tickets sold to date. Don't forget their Banquet March 23. On Wednesday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. Bible Study on Easter and Lcnt. The first part of the film "Cry Freedom" will be shown. The last part will be shown on Tuesday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. On Wednesday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Thames Road, Youth Group- practice for Easter Sunrise Play. All young people please at- tend. Personals Tcn ladies from our church attend- ed the World's Day of Prayer Ser- vice at Bethel Reformed Church, Exeter on Friday. Rev. Vipperman gave a very inspiring message on the Lord's Prayer. On Thursday evening about 50 people attended the meeting at the church when Rev. Doug Trask from London Conference spoke on and answered questions concerning the ordination of homosexuals. People from Centralia, Zion, Elimville and Thames Road attended. Congratulations to Bob and Janet Hulley on the birth of their second daughter Marie Ella on February 18. Also congratulations to grand- parents Don and Anne Bray. Mr. Wilfred Gardiner of Regina, Mr. and Mrs. M. Gardiner of Lon- don, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Duncan were Saturday evening supper guests with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rohde were Sunday evening supper guests with Mr. and Mrs: Glenn Rohde and family. We're glad.you asked!, BOBFLETCHER.. 4(, l l4Q 1 MAKE- FUNERAL ARB MENTS rPlanning a funeral is among the most individual of arraignments you will ever make. No funeral services are exactly the same, or should • ta_,nf ,the person it honors. '''One way to be sure those arrangements will be carefully considered is to make them in advance. This practice, called Pre -Planning, spares your family from making difficult decisions under stressful conditions. When you meet with us to Pre -Plan a funeral, all deci- sions are made in a quiet, unhurried atmosphere. We devote our full attention to your needs. You, and your family if you wish, merely sit down with us and decide all the details of funeral service -- in advance,•so these decisions won't have to be made hastily. We record your wishes, and you keep a copy in a safe place. That's all there is to it. We are here to offer our expertise and advice on these very personal matters. If you would like to talk with us about Pre -Planning, or about any other aspect of, funeral service, please stop by. The Funeral Nome ,n beer who n o member of the Onlono Fon. &Berne Arsociobon • /4/1/1,e/it FUNERAL HOME CONT 735 ,)M cheerful visits. Reverend Rogers of the Exeter Pentecostal Church led our Tuesday afternoon worship service. Several residents gathered for Li- brary Hour, Wednesday afternoon. We quietly browsed through our books and magazines while listen- ing to our favourite Don Messer music in the background. Thursday evening residents viewed the film "All Star Country Music Fair". It was an excellent taping of a Country and Western concert in Kentucky with many of our favourite singers. Choir practice took place Friday afternoon. We are learning several new songs, some of them for Eas- ter. Thank you to Joyce Pepper our loyal volunteer. pianist. Coming events at Queensway are March 8th at 6 p.m. a trip to Thorndale Theatre Production of "Dear Phoebe". March 10 at 6:30 p.m. a presentation on Poland by Rosemary Scott. March 17 at 7 p.m. St. Patrick's party with George Mathonia and Ivan Norris. Times Hensall girls are in Huron public speaking By Susan Hartman HENSALL - Two young ladies from Hensall were winners at the Huron Country Public Speaking championships in Clinton on Sat- urday. Victoria Bisback was the Senior first place winner with her speech about Ben Johnson and the anabol- ic steroids controversy. Lisa Camp- bell, also from Hensall, was third in the Junior Division with her talk on the subject of her father. Victoria will be speaking at the Area Legion Competition in Guelph on April 2. Story hour Story hour at Hensall Public Li- brary is a popular place to be for the pre-school generation. The 3, 4 and 5 year olds enjoy an hour of stories, songs and fun every Mon- day morning from 10 till 11. Due to the March break there will be no story time on March 13 or on Eas- ter Monday, March 27. The theme on March 20 will be "Easter". Speaking of Easter, the Hensall Kinettes are sponsoring a Suitcase Dance on Thursday, March 23. The winners of the grand prize will leave very early Good Friday morn- ing for a weekend trip to Las Vegas with $200 US spending money thrown in. You must be present to win. Whether you win or not, be pre- pared to have a great time at the dance. For more information call 262-3036 after 4 or 262-3545 be- fore 4. Cubs Hensall Cubs and their leaders en- joyed participating on Saturday in the District Kub Kar Rally in Gode- rich. Jason Moir, Adam Wood and Brad Hartman did well in the pre- liminary heats but were eliminated in the semi-finals. • Adam also won the award for Best Overall Design and Scou Reid was awarded the prize for Best Car made by a Cub without help. HDHS The Hensall and District Horticul- tural Society will be holding their Annual Meeting and New Member Night on Monday, March 20. Eve- ryone is welcome at the United Church, 8 p.m. Come out to the meeting and discover how Hensall gets so beautiful every summer. Hensall Minor Hockey 1 is year t e rnor Hockey group will once again be holding a IT'S FINCHER'S pot -luck supper. The date is Satur- day, April 15 starting at 5:30 p.m. After the meal there will be an awards presentation followed by a family dance. Each family is asked to bring one main course dish and one dessert as well as a loaf of sandwiches fpr the dance. Hensall's Annual Community Yard,Sale will be held this year on Saturday, May 27. Minor Hockey will once more be having a booth as pari of their never-ending battle to raise funds. If you have items which you would like, to donate to Minor Hockey's Yard Sale contact Bev Bell 263-5579, Joan Wells 262-2301 or Susan Hartman 262- 2449. If every family would donate a boxful of "good junk" we could easily better last year's profits. Minor Hockey practices are can- celled for Easter weekend, March 24-27. Away games will still be played. Tykes win 2, lose 1 On February 18 Hensall Tykes met Huron Park in what proved to be an exciting match -up. A great team effort allowed Hensall to come out on top 10-7. Jeff Campbell led the way with 8 goals while Casey O'Brien and Tanner Ingram scored one apiece. Jeremy Willert showed some excellent goaltending skills stopping some great shots. In their second game Hensall hosted Zurich on February 22, with Hensall again the victors 11-4. Jeff Campbell contributed 5 goals with Tanner Ingram getting 3, Johnathon Keys 2 and Casey O'Brien 1. On March 4 the Tykes travelled to Goderich where they were defeated 8-2 by a strong home team. At the end of the first two periods Goderich was ahead 3-2. In the third period Goderich overpowered our young boys, adding five more goals. Both Hensall goals were scored by Jeff Campbell. The Hensall Tykes continue to enjoy a good season with record of 10-4-1. The youngsters appreciate all of the great fan support they have been getting this season. Novice The Hensall Novice team has been travelling this week in an ef- fort to find some worthy competi- tion for -Exhibition games. On Fri- day evening they defeated Clinton 5- 4, comin ' from a 4-1 fi •' end of two periods. On Sunday afternoon Hensall Houseleague team was defeated 3-0 in another exhibition match against the Exeter travelling team. These two teams meet again tonight (Wed- nesday) at the Hensall arena at 6:30. Personals Condolences to Dave and Debbie Wood on the death of Dave's father in Belleville last week. The Woods' four daughters along with Debbie's parents Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bailey of Hensall attended the funeral. The Hensall Bantam Hockey team will be attending the Pepsi Tourna- ment in Buffalo, New York on Fri- day, March 24. Good luck guys! Shuffleboard Five game winners for February 25 were Dave Kyle 286, Hugh McKay 261, and Percy Campbell 250. Four game winners were Walter Davis 209, Helen Anderson 197, and Bruce Watson 196. Hensall Shuffleboard will be held Monday, March 13 instead of Tues- day because of the scheduled Sen- ior's meeting. 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