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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-03-08, Page 31Grand Bend Day of Prayer - UCL Ladies from Grand Bend churches held World Day of Prayer at Grand Bend Catholic Church Friday and collected $100. From left, Doris Sinasac, Dashwood United, Father Beck Grand Bend Catholic, guest speaker, Roberta Walker, Catholic Women's League, Doro- thy White, St. John's Anglican, Clara Hamilton, Grand Bend United. Missing, Millie Desjardines, Church of God. World Day of Prayer By Roberta Walker • CWL Meeting GRAND BEND - The February Meeting of the Grand Bend Catholic Women's League was held recently at the Alhambra Hall with 20 mem- bers in attendance. President Rose Vanbruaene chaired the meeting. Correspondence included thank you notes from "Save a Family Plan" for India, and from Alliance for Life "Feel the Heartbeat" for S200. CWL members will be delivering local "Meals on Wheels" for six weeks during February and March. CWL members will also becater- ing for two functions for the local vegetable growers; an Information Day on February28, and a dance at the Grand Bend Legion on March 4. Plans wcrc finalized for the World Day of Prayer, to be -hosted by the CWL on March 3, with refresh- ments served at the Alhambra Hall. Roberta Walker reported on the Huron -Perth Regional Conference she attended at St. James in Sea - forth, on February 4. An election committee must be organized to hold the upcoming election of a ' CWL executive in April. Once again the CWL will be providing a free pancake and sausage breakfast after the 9 and 11 a.m. Masses on Palm Sunday at the Alhambra Hall for all parishioners. Bishop Fred Henry will be celebrating the 11 a.m. Mass on Palm Sunday, March 19. The next meeting will be March - 13 at 8 p.m. Lia Vandenberk introduced three guest. speakers from Sarnia- Lambton Right-To-Lifc: Vice-presi- dent Dorothy Sparling and member- ship convener Lucy Van Haarcn both of Forest, and Joanne Kostja- na of Camlachie. Dorothy Spading gave a synop- sis of services available in the Sar- nia area. A Crisis Pregnancy home just opened in January , 1989 and there are service available to sup- port the girls if they decide to keep their babies, as, well as -parents .wanting to adopt new babies - there is always a waiting list. An Open Arms clinic itt Sarnia works•with women who have had abortions, to deal with their grief, guilt and sense of loss. While Pro- Lifc is more of an educational group, Campaign Lifc is the politi- caal arm which lobbies politicians for changes in abortion laws. Some of the funding goes to sup- porting homes for pregnant girls. Some goes toward education, like a series of six videos: 1) The Strug- gle to Protech Human Lifc; 2) Abortion. 3) Fetal Experimenta- tion. 4) Quality versus Sanctity of Lifc. 5) Euthanasia? ctc. There is a film "No Alibi" made by Pat Boone.'as well as printed material,. pamphlets and •books, all available to the public. Sparling showed the CWL mem- bers a beautifully impressive film "The Miracle of Life" which used micro -photography to view fetal de- velopment and birth. Many CWL members signed up for membership in Lambton Right to Life follow- ing the presentation. World Day of Prayer The annual World Pay of Prayer Service was held on Friday, March 3, hosted by Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Women's League in Grand Bend .CWL President-elect Roberta Walker and Sally Johnson were in charge of the program. Paul Die- trich played the organ for the ser- vice. Ladies from the Grand Bend United Church, the Dashwood United Church, the Anglican Church and the Church of God took part in _the program, written this year by the Christian women of Burma. - The theme -was "Lord, Teach Us to Pray" based on Luke 11:1-13. Father Paul Beck was : the guest speaker. He began by relating a visit to Grand Bend some weeks ago by a group of eight Muslims. They wcrc on a pilgrimage to holy places around the world, and asked to sleep in .the Catholic Church while in Grand Bend. Father Beck was impressed by their devotion to the Korean and their deep faith in prayer, as an integral part of their daily lives.. Father Beck also witnessed the prayer filled lived of monks in a monastcry. The work of these holy men is to PRAY; they go to chapel for prayer, seven times daily, from. ,7 a.m. to 2 a.m. during each day. Their physical, labor, is merely to earn a living, to maintain them- selves. Roberta Walker performed a solo, The Lord's Prayer, and led all the hymns. After the service, most of the la- dies adjourned to the Alhambra Hall, where"members of the CWL provided refreshments during a time of fellowship. The collection, sent to support the work of the Women's Inter - Church Council of Canada, came to S105.55. The theme for the 1990 service will be -"A Better Tomor- row, Justice for All," written by the women of Czechoslovakia. United Church In his children's story, at Grand Bcnd's Unitcd Sunday Church Ser- vice, Rev. Tcd Smits showed a string of bcads. They were once given to Juanita, a young school girl. A fairy had come to her early on her birthday and said "Wear those beads, and never tell a lie!" Then she found that each time she said something untrue, the beads service began to choke her, so she learned never to make up' stories, but to tell, the truth! God wants us always to. speak the truth. Rev. Smits used Luke 2:35 as his sermon text for .the fourth Sun- day of Lent,"A sword will pierce through your soul also." He spoke . of Mary, Mother of Jesus, and how it took her many years to under- stand what it meant to be the moth- er of God's Son. The heaviest blow was to see Him crucified, but after the resurrection she understood how she was part of God's plan. Catholic News - Father Paul Beck celebrated all weekend Masses at Immaculate Heart of Mary church for the Fourth Sunday of Lcnt. Martin Vrollyk was the reader at the 11 a.m. Mass. Martin and Andy Vrollyk served as Eucharistic Ministers during Com- munion. Choir leader Dolores Tighe was the cantor, and Roberta Walker was soloist at Communion, singing the Lord's Prayer. Father Beck -took his sermon from the gospel story of Luke, The Prodigal Son. The story is still One of the most .memorable from the Bible, because we can identify with thc foolish young son, the for-, giving. Father, and the loyal but un- rewarded elder son. Luke's message is that God Our Father is good to us, like the faith- ful Hound of Heaven, who hunts us down to be His. All we have is a gift from God - have we used it all to His glory? Like the younger son, we are undeserving, but God is merciful. "Taste and see that the Lord is Good." Please remember to attend Lenten Devotions each Wednesday evening at 7:15 p.m. and confessions will -be heard before all weekend Masses, and on Saturdays between 11 a.m. and 12 noon. The next' CWL meeting will be March 13 at 8 p.m. at the Alham- bra Hall. Several Day of Recollec- tion are scheduled: St. Peter's Church at St. Joseph on Wednes- day, March 8 from 10 a.m. to .2 p.m: Mt. Carmel Church on Satur- day, March 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 pm.. Please call Rose 238-8396 or Madeline 238-2687 if interested. The Parkhill Sacred Heart Youth Group will be hosting a pot luck supper, with volleyball and a dancc at North Middlesex District High School on Saturday, April 15 from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Call 247- 3792, Joe Nash. The Cursillo Movement contin- ues in Sarnia, at St. Peter's Church. THe Men's Weekend is Thursday evening April 13 to Sunday April 16. The Women's Weekend is Thursday evening April 27 to Sun- day, April 30. Call Father Beck if you are interested. Shipka residents back from south By MRS. HUGH MORENZ Sounds enticing, doesn't it? SHIPKA - Our next door neigh- • There will be another euchre party bour, Annie Zielmatt and her friend here tonight March 8, with fun, Hilda Vanderhock, along with other lunch and prizes. arca folk *from Dashwood, Exeter, Clinton, St. Marys, Stratford and. The birthday club card players Grand Bend, returned last Monday group met last Tuesday afternoon at from a two week holiday in Melvin and Gcrtic Stades home, for Ha- waii. . a triple birthday party. Those at - 10 i'oron- tending were Oscar and Laura Mill to, flew to Chicago, where they cr, Emil and Katherine Becker, boarded an American Airlines flight Dashwood; Ed Turnbull, Zurich, to Honolulu, with rooms at Waiki- Les and Marjorie Adams, Exeter, ki Marina hotel.. Earl Stebbins, Dashwood arca and Some .highlights- at Honolulu in- .Hugh and Annie Morcnz. cluded a Hilo Hattie's fashion facto- In the social time we played ouch- ry tour and shopping, a Waikiki re and solo. night dine ar „Tng.a„ ,_11.irthday celebrants were Ed, Mel-. ----Waikiki" re. volviugrestaurant, a combined scenic tour circle of Oahu Island plus the Polynesian Cultural Centre a. complete Pearl Harbour Cruise; and then farewell to Hono- lulu with the Don Ho and friends dinner show extravaganza. . February 20 the holidayers trav- elled to Kona Hilo City, Volcano National Par, Hamakua Coast, Parker Ranch. Next on the Kona's Gold Coast and to King Kamcha- meha's traditional Hawaiian Luau feast. At Captain Bean's Royal Pol- ""'" yii , rr Sim et dinner they en- joyed seeing the and participating in dancing "on the table". Their next jaunt was the Maui "The Valley Island," stopding at Kahului Lahaina, Lao valley and Annie acquired a nice tan, enjoyed the trip immensely, and said the temperature was in the 80s with no humidity and gentle breezes. vin ad Emil. During lunch refresh- ments, that included cake and ice cream, we sang "Happy birthday" to them all. We all had a pleasant happy win- ter afternoon. 4H news Tuesday February 28 the "Eight Nifty Knitters", Grand Bcnd I, 411 club, met at Elizabeth and Connie *I,Russell's home _Everyone was finished with the two samples. We had a lamb about three weeks old come and everyone got to pet him. At the next meetingwe-witt"bc dyeing with onions, freshie and. much more. The next meeting will be held at Lori Finkbieners, March 7, 6:30 p.m. Answer to last week's trivia; To fleece soiiitrttrrc is -nr them, as the stucco is robbed of its wooly coat by shearing. Lori Finkbiencr Times -Advocate, March 8, 1989 Page 31 Birdwatching events March 12,19 GRAND aEND - Warm weather complete and they are ready for re - and the melting of snow means it's lease to the wild. time once again for hundreds of spe- Snider expects to be able to re - cies of birds to begin their annual Ieasre one or more great -horned owl migration northward. One of the that have recovered from wing inju- earliest birds to -arrive is the mag- ries while in his care. Also at the nificent white tundra swan which museum on March 19, Alf Rider of lands on the flooded fields adjacent Lambton Wildlife will conduct a . to the Lambton Heritage Museum slide presentation with waterfowl and the Pinery Provincial Park, near identification tips. The Lambton Grand Bend. Heritage. Museum will present in - A special birdwatching event is formative films and background scheduled for two Sundays, March about the life history of the swans 12 and 19 from noon to 3 p.m. Onon both days. Sunday, March 12 only, Ross Snid- Depending on weather conditions, er of the Raptor Rehabilitation up to 10,000 tundra swans land near Foundation will display live hawks the Heritage Museum as a stop off and owls on his arm, allowing ex- on their Mass migration from the cellent photo and learning opportu- state of Delaware to.the high Cana- nities. These injured birds are kept dian Arctic. In addition, over in captivity until their heali 15 000 a ng is Canada geese an up to 20,000 varied species of ducks also stop on this' favoured site. Those wishing to attend the swan viewing days should- make ,their • first stop at thc Lambton Heritage Museum . on Hwy. 21, 5 miles south of Grand Bcnd. A film. about • the. swans will be. shown and re= freshments available. Visitors will be directed to the viewing site about a half milt away where telescopes will be set up and Pinery Park natu- ralists and volunteers will be availa- •ble to help with identification of the waterfowl. - Bring your binoculars and came- ras and be a part of one of the great wonders of- natural history in Southwestern Ontario. CWL caters for Vegetable Growers Anglican ladies to host Easter. program By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - There has been some snow and now we've had ice, fog and biting cold. It just seems that winter is coming late, rather than getting it all over in January and February. The local Vegetable Growers held a dance on Saturday evening at the Legion Hall with the food catered - by the Catholic Women's League of Grand Bend. The dense fog held down the attendance, unfortunateiy, but those who- were able to come hada great time. The Anglican Ladies of St. John's By the Lake will be hosting the Easter Ecumenical on Tuesday, March 2 at 8 p.m. All ladies are welcome to attend. Golden Age Club meets Members of the Grand Bend Golden Age Club met last Wednes- day afternoon at St. John's Angli- can Hall with 31 attending. They opened with recitation of the Lord's Prayer and singing of 0 Canada. A -singalong of old favorites followed with Nola Love accompanying at the piano. President Lorcen Gill conducted the business. Carl Nicbcrgall and Ron Dann gave an update on the plans for the Senior Games, to be hosted by Dashwood and Grand Bend in June. The bustrip to St. Thomas on. March 15 will leave at 10 a.m. from the parking lot at St. John's. Catherine Junker's group was in - charge of the program. Jeanne Kad- ing read a very funny poem, "When Father Shook the Stove". Carl Ncibcrgall gave some Easter read- ings and Junkcr conducted oral rid- dles. . During the social time, games of UNO, euchre and crokinole were played: Happy Birthday was sung for Olive Miller. and Carl Nicbcr- gall,. and Happy Anniversary to Verna and Carmen Lovic. The lunch table was all decorated for Easter in pussywillows, egg bas- kets and flowers: Trip- winner Donald Flear, Grand Bcnd,.won a week for two. in Clearwater, Flori- da, in the Grand Bend Lioness Feb- ruary Trip of the Month draw. Two musical .productions set for Playhouse 11 in summer GRAND BEND - Playhouse II - a popular spot for summer theatre fans will provide audiences with two great musical productions this summer, beginning July 4. Huron Country Playhouse Artis- tic Director, Tony Lloyd has select- ed pieces thatr'are sure to be hits with the patrons. The Vaudevil- lians, written and compiled by Peter Colley and Hcinar Piller, with mu- -Sic and arrangements by David War - rack, will as the name implies present the wonderful, crazy, spark- ling world of Vaudeville. Magnifi- cent,tunes,.like Toot, Toot, Tootsie Good-bye; Ma Hc's Making Eyes at Me;, and Swance will give audiences something to' hum about. Hilarious comic routines, a look at backstage life, and good old-fashioned foot - tapping, knee -slapping rhythms, from the tradition of Milton Burlc to George Burns and Eddie Cantor will give insight into the world of those performers who lived and died as The Vaudevillians, I Do! I Do! - the book and lyrics by Tom Jones with music by Har- vey Schmidt .is a simple story of marriage. Simple? The story spans 50 yearsof a couples matrimonial life together, from their wedding night through parenthood to old age. This is a warm, sentimental piece, although sometimes with "tongue in check", sometimes -brassy and even bold. The cheerful, tuneful score mirrors the moods and events of this? couple. • Playhouse II, having now final- ized its season, will be accepting sponsors for each. If your corhpany would like to be- part of Iluron. Country .Playhouse,'s 1989 success- • es,- and would like information on becoming• a Production Sponsor, please call the Playhouse at 238- 8387. Main stage sponsors include VG National Trust (Witness for the Prosecution), Labatts Ontario Brew- eries (Run .for your Wife). Ready for action - The All-Star girls' volleyball team from Grand Bend Public School travelled to For- est to compete in the North Lambton Secondary School invitational Tournament and defeated all other teams to capture first place, Front row, (left to right), Lisa Turnbull, Teresa Petch, Tracy -Turn- bull. Middle row, (1-r), Julie Pierce, Melissa DeBrum, Nikki VandeVen. Third row, (l -r), Andrea Ridley, Heather Steckle, Makeysha Wilde. Back row, (14), coaches N, MacPherson, L. Finn: Missing, Jackie VandeVen U ---lam Knit Wits learn to knit GRAND BEND - The Grand Bcnd II Knit Wits gathered on Monday, February 27 at 6:30 in the home of Donn? Lovic. The meet- ing started with a degrease -done member, the 4-H pledge, roll call and progress repdrts. Each member had to present her tension swatch for her knitting pro- ject. Although this square of stocking stitch is small, it proves useful, to show if knitting is too small or too, large, so that we don't end up with slippers to fit our fa- ther or an -afghan that cot ...�•.t�t9.i.4r..?F..s•witsrJ'V7:tidt-itsD%mccs • cover a baby. This meeting we were to learn how to increase and decrease the amount of stitches on our projects. We watched in amazement as our three -original stitches in our sample turned into 18 then back to three. After we had cast off the last three stitches, we set to work on our knitting, gaining some confidence with more experience. Well anoth- er meeting had "cast-off' and we ad- journed at 9 p.m. .,Press Reporter Karen McKay Floor hockey champs - Sports are going full tilt at Grand Bend Public School and they just held an intramural floor hockey championshipwith two winners. Front row, grades 3,4 and 5 winners, . (lee. to right), Sara DeBrum, Jeremy Jennison, Matthew Deiong, Timmy Maguire, Lisa Jennison, Mares Smith. Back row, grades 6, 7 and 8 winners, (left to right), Michael Stanlake, Lisa Tumbull, Mike Whitney, Warren Haist, Andrew Davis, Jeff Lingard, Jennifer Sharen, Tim Comerford, Andrea Ridley. 1