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Hensall Public School Grads - Graduating last Thursday from Hensall Public School were the follow- '
ing: back row, Matt Tinney (left), Steve .Elliott, Mark Deitz, Steve Sywyk, Chris Smith, Shane Pepper,
Brian Gardiner. Middle row, Michael Jones (left), Thomas Scotchmer, Melinda Bell, Stephanie Thom-
son, Melissa Van Belle, Liana Goldsworthy, Teresa Haugh. Front row, Maggie McClinchey, Victoria Bic -
back, Bounthiem Chansamone and Crystal Hopkins.
Hensall loses
postmaster
to Clinton
By Susan Hartman
I-IENSALL - Brenda Russell,
Hensall's postmaster for the past
four years, will become postmaster
of Clinton effective July 1. Until a
decision is}made on who will fill
Russell's vacancy in Hensall, Linda
Ferguson will be serving as interim
postmaster in the village.
"I'll miss the people in Hensall,
but am confident the public will
continue to be well served by the
staff," reads a farewell note from
Russell. "I wish the staff all the
goodwill and cooperation that has
been shown to me over the past
years."
Workboot Olympics
Although there were only four
teams participating in this year's
Kinsman Workboot Olympics, eve-
ryone played hard and fast. The
teams vied for points in nail ham-
mering, brick piling, bale tossing,
and wheelbarrow racing. After the
dust settled, the winners were the
Willert Connection, many of whom
are from Hensall.
Graduation
Hensall Public School said good-
bye to yet another group of grade
eight graduates Thursday evening at
a special graduation ceremony.
Many awards were presented to the
students selected for outstanding
achievement, including the Kinetic
Academic awards which went to
Victoria Bisback and Shane Pepper.
A special presentation was made to
Kay Rathwell, school secretary,
who is leaving Hensall Public
School to begin a new job at South
Huron District High School.
Library
The Hensall branch was overflow-
ing at the season -end wrap-up for
the storyhour program. The 25
children, younger brothers and sis-
ters along with parents enjoyed
songs. games, and a .picnic. A
presentation was made to Janis Bis -
back for all her help with the pro-
gram this year.
Storyhour will resume in Sep-
tember. -
Playground
Anyone still interested in register-
ing children for the Hensall Sum-
mer Playground program maystill
do so by dropping by the Village
Office.
Figure skating
It may be June, but the Hensall
Figure Skating Club were already
raising money for next season at
the recent Spring Fair. When the
final figures were totalled, it was
found $815.97 was raised by the
hard work put in by the group at
the food booth at the fair.
Personals
The families of Bev Bell, Ron 1
Hartman, Donnie Reid, Debbie
Brock, Marion Goldsworthy from
Hensall were among the 108 people
who joined in the Nabisco trip to'
Canada's Wonderland on Saturday.
Three Links f
The last meeting for the summer
months was held for the Three
Links Seniors was followed by a
session of euchre where the high
score prizes were won by Nellie Ri-
ley and Stewart Blackwell. The
seniors were reminded that the
group is responsible for the Sep-
tember birthday party for residents
of Huronview.
The next Three Links meeting
will begin with a pot -luck supper at,�
6:30 p.m. on September 12.
Shuffleboard
The highest scores for the six
game players at last week's shuffle-
board were racked up by Dave Kyle,
Jack Consitt and Marg Consist with
scores of 418, 411, and 395 respec-
tively.
Strawberry Social - Queensway. Nursing Home held it s annual strawberry social on Saturday to
raise money for Alzheimer's Disease. Shown here enjoying their strawberries is the entertainment fer
the afternoon, (I -r) Ray Cann, George Mathonia, and Ivan Norris.
Trophy presentation - Here, Joe Kenda, representing the Zurich
Lion's Club, presents Zurich Eagle, Mike Overholt, with the "B"
championship. trophy following the Lion's slow -pitch tournament
in Zurich, Sunday
Wintario
holding
August draw
in Zurich
By Carmel Sweeney -
ZURICH - At the last Zurich Li-
ons meeting it was announced that
Wintario will be coming to Zurich
to broadcast their lottery draw. The
show will be on August 24 at the
Community Centre
The annual Lions Club Ball tour-
nament at the Community Centre
on the weekend was a success.
Teams from Stratford, London,
Kitchener, Crediton, London, Gode-
rich, Paul Bunyan Camp all arrived
for the competition with Zurich.
Bean Sprouts
The Bean Sprouts Nursery School
held their year end graduation party
Friday evening at the Township
Hall.
Teen Mission
Darcy Scott left for Teen Mission
boot camp in Merrit Island, Florida
Tuesday. He will spend three
weeks preparing for his mission
tour in Egypt. His mother, Rose-
mary, is already at the camp help-
ing out with the nursing needs.
Bible school
The children are reminded that the
Vacation Bible School will be held
in Zurich at Peter's Lutheran
Church in the morning of July 3-7.
Baseball games for area children
are also commencing at both the
Community Centre diamond and
the Public School, in the evenings
at 7 p.m.
Personals
Best wishes for a speedy recovery
are extended to Maxine Peters in
Victoria Hospital, Herb Necb in
University Hospital, and Ron
Heimrich, Carol Prang and Evelyn
Regier in St. Joseph's Hospital.
Out patients returning home this
week include Mozart Gelinas Sr.,
Lionel Cyr, and Mary Jacobs.
Happy birthday wishes go to
Mary Clausius for celebrating her
80th birthday on Sunday.
A special mass was held , last
week to mark the departure of Sister
Mary Margaret Finn, who is leav-
ing the St. Boniface parish after
four years here.
Josef and Connie Risi are back in
town after a two-week vacation
with friends and relatives in Swit-
zerland.
St. Peter's Lutheran Church held
an outdoor service on Sunday, com-
plete with a pot -luck lunch and
baseball game to follow.
The Swartzentruber annual family
reunion held at the home of Orlen
and Lorraine on Sunday brought re-
lations from Toronto, Stratford, Ta-
vistock, and Hanover as well as
those closer to home in Exeter,
Centralia, and Zurich.
A bridal shower was held for Col-
lette Bedard on Thursday at the Pine
Ridge Chalet.
Judy Morrison had the pleasure to
display her antique doll collection at
the annual Toy and Doll Day at the
llderton Heritage Museum on Sun-
day. Morrison's display was among
other collections on show for the
delight of the public, including toy
tractors, trains, and teddy bears.
Among the few excellent antique
vehicles on hand was the 1932 four -
door deluxe Chevrolet sedan owned
by a well -know local couple, Or-
land and Laurabelle Reichert.
Zurich schools say goodbye to latest graduates
St. Bonlface graduates - Zurich's St. Boniface Separate School graduated these students at a spe-
cial mass and ceremony Thursday. In the front row are Vicki Regier (left), Shawn Gillespie, Derek
Masse, Jeremy Neilands, Chris Ducharme, Martin Regier, Ken Rau, Chris Taylor, Rachel Smith, and
Lisa Rau. In the back row are grade eight teacher Lorne Rideout (left), Loretta Regier, Mary Hartman,
Jody Masse, Jason Oud, Pat Regier, Shawn Durand, Bryan Regier, Darrin Durand, principal Dave
Sharpe, Adam Durand, and Craig Zimmer.
Zurich grads - Zurich Public School said goodbye to their grade eight class at Thursday's graduation
ceremony. From left are Chris Weigand, Jason Erb; Jason Harbum, Kelly Schenk, Cory Gingerich,
Adam Lovie, Paula Watson, Ben Geiger, Jennifer Morrison, Cam Rader, DeAnn Foreman, Donna King,
Susan Ferguson, John Soer, Jamie Ramer and Darcy Scott.
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