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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-12-06, Page 13Oakwood craft - Pat Green, left and Leeann Meloche, of Creations' by Pat in Dashwood, show the many things they had on display dur- ing the annual Oakwood Christmas Craft show Sunday. Attendance was down because of the snowy weather. Times -Advocate, December 6, 1989 Page 13 Stormy weather affect By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - Oakwood Inn held its annual Christmas Craft Show on Sunday, despite the wind and blizzard conditions that persist- ed most of the day. About six exhibitors, from the worst - hit areas around Forest and Strathmv. didn't come at all, but nearly 25 braves souls carted in their treasures and set up for busi- ness. Those shoppers who came, in spite of the icy blasts of winter, found a Christmas Wonderland awaiting them. The first exhibit to greet your eyes, in the lobby was "Keith's Woodworking and Crafts" by Keith and Bernice Haynes of Grand Bend. He carves tiny wooden chairs, wooden baskets of all sizes, useful "Country Bath" shelves, towel holders, all finished and stenciled with that country charm! Mary Jo Schotrogg proudly dis- played a unique collection of hand painted sweatshirts, accented in rhinestones or sparkle. Very chic! Her father contributed some unusu- al "driftwood corkscrews" for the wine lover on your list. Nora Skinner and Mary Coeck teamed up to create "Cotton Nite", a collection of lovely lacy white cotton nightgowns, tucked and gathered in exquisite detail, perfect Amnesty International speaker By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - Members of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Women's League met on November 20 at the Alhambra Hall, with 27 in attendance. Guest speakers from Amnesty In- ternational were to come from Goderich, but stormy weather caused them to cancel. Instead, CWL president Roberta Walker spoke to the ladies about the toy library for handicapped children in Huron County. She also gave an update on the progress of a Huron County -wide Parent Support group and information resource li- brary. This library of books, magazines and -VCR tapes will eventually be •located in Clinton, but will be tem- porarily set up at ARC office in Dashwood. It will contain a variety of information about diseases, syn- dromes,handicaps both mental and physical, services available and ob- taining government assistance, all helpful to parents and support workers. She . showed a film "Nicholas" from the TV show "Man Alive", about a handicapped child who ob- tains support to live in his commu- nity in Digby Neck, Nova Scotia, made by the National Film Board of Canada. The • business meeting opened with prayer. 5250.00 will be sent to the CWL for catering lunch for the Alhambra Cash Draw Dance. S88 were collected from rolling pennies for Esk-Omi Missions in the north, and it was decided to round off the amount to S100.00. New Lunch lists are now availa- ble, reprinted and up-to-date, so please take one, now available at the back of the Church. Final preparations were made for the Christmas Ecumenical, to be held on Tucsday, December 5, at 8.' p.m., at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Lunch groups H, I, and J are in charge of refreshments, to be served at the Alhambra Hall. Invita- tions were mailed to :Dashwood United, Greenway United, Grand Bend United Church of God, and St. John's Anglican. President Roberta Walker gave a report of the Deanery meeting, held October 25. Father Joe Hardy was guest speaker for that afternoon, talking about evangelization within the Church. • Toni Vandenburk is in charge of Christmas Baskets -this year, so if anyone knows of a name to be put on the list, please tell Toni. Plans were made for the special 11 a.m. CWL Mass on Sunday, De- cember 10. Respect for Life Day CWL members will serve as reader, cantor, ushers, and communion dis- tributors. Pro -Life material will be available after the 11 a.m. Mass. The CWL sign has been pur- chased for the North Grand Bend service club sign, to be mounted by public works in the near future. ,It was decided to make December 9 and 10 the White Gift Sunday col- lection weekend, for canned goods and wrapped toys. The Grand Bend Lioness will collect all the dona- tions, to be used in the Christmas Baskets for needy families in the community. A list of volunteers was made up for Meals on Wheels, which the CWL will help with from march 7 to April 11. About seven Confirmation Gifts will be needed for presentation to newly confirmed students, by Fa- ther Beck. The January meeting will be cancelled. The next meeting will be December 11, a Christmas Party with husbands invited. Catholic news The first Candle of the Advent Wreath was lit at a special ceremo- ny to celebrate the first Sunday of the Advent Season, at Inc oegin- ning of each Mass this past week- end. Father Paul Beck was cele- brant for all Masses at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Mr. one Mrs. John Bannon served as Eu- charistic Ministers for Communion. and John Bannon also did the Scripture readings. In his sermon, Father Beck spoke of Advent as a special time of prep- aration. The custom of using extra lights and hanging evergreen boughs to decorate homes predates Christianity. Christians used this time of hope and expectancy to anticipate the ar- rival of Christ, the Son of God. The sympathy of the parish is ex- tended to the family and friends of Mrs. Edna Noonan, who was bur- ied from our church last week. Advent devotions and Benedic- tion will be held on Wednesday, December 6, at 7:15 p.m. and Ben- ediction will be held on Wednes- day, December 6, at 7:15 p.m. Con- fessions will be heard before all weekend Masses and on Saturday morning from 11 am. to 12 noon. There will be a special Mass on Fri- day, December 8 at 10 a.m., in hon- or of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Next Sunday, December 10 there will be a Respect for Life Mass at 11 a.m. Members of the CWL will be ushering, reading and helping with communion, so all CWL members are asked to attend. All parishioners are asked to bring canned food or wrapped toys to church with them next weekend, December 9 and 10, for. White Gift Sunday. All items collected will be picked up by the Grand Bend Lion- ess and included in Christmas Bas- kets which are given to the needy families in our community. Just la- bel your gift "boy" or "girl", with the appropriate age, and please be generous - poverty is a heavy cross to bear, especially at Christmas. tor that little angel on Christmas morning! All three of these ladies come from Grand Bend or Dash- wood if you want to order some- thing and were unable to come on Sunday. Julia Twynstra, of Grand Bend, specializes in stuffed animals, like country geese, teddy bears, and lacy quilted cushions. But her most un- usual item is a pink and blue pat- terned hobby horse, whose legs are jointed so that he can rock back and forth, and still be soft and cud- dly. Really sweet. Mayda Simonse, Grand Bend has a sweater boutique "Knit One, Purl fie" She starts from scratch with s1Ieeps wool, which she spins, weaves and dyes herself, then hand knits into unusual designs. Several of her cardigans feature zipper openings, the vests are lacy and beribboned, and some sweaters copy Indian patterns. Her work is top quality. Yvonne Falsetti of Unique Trends, Smokey Hollow Shop and Country Treasures" all had displays of their merchandise, well known to local treasure seekers. Pat Green of Dashwood works on "Creations" from her home, a line of all occasions custom-made floral creations, as dried flower ar- rangements, baskets, wreaths, and candle centerpiece. "Crafts from Elva" McIntyre of Grand Bend charm all moms and grandmas into buying a carefully detailed crib quilt or original design sweat shirt for a The wea hibitors, in allo Oakwood, but al craft show Jai tiny tot. voured local ex - g them to get to kept the crowds of other years away, so although the choice and quality dazzled the • eyes, there were few to buy. Better luck next year! Ron's Health Centre Hensall • • ■ ■ • • • ■ ■ ■ • • • ■ • • Merry Ron Christmas and Jean ■ • • • ■ • • /yeti on 's • • • • • ■ ■ y non's • sari • PHOTOFINISHING SPECIAL LEAVE YOUR FILMS HERE! SECOND SET' OF PRINTS FREE "ISw odwar p:: d' hips A+size gl sp.YpA.M rd • • Ori a�� • OFFER EXPIRES: Doc. 15/89. • 190/) oh S �e's "P.S." Don't Forget sa,/ All Timex $7.00 off each watch Ro . hen a% Dohiw.t FABRICS 15 Store Price Smasher.... r• Our Entire Selection of PATTERNS 1/2 PRICE * No gimmicks * No limits * All stock DVIhIVVCtFABRICS 373ExeterMain St., SEASONED GREETINGS 'Tis the season. So pick up A Christmas Shopper Special at Kentucky Fried Chicken. You'll get our twelve -piece Econo Box, medium french,fries and a 500 ml salad for only $15.39. Serves four lords a -leaping for $3.85 each. Or our twenty -piece Barrel and two 500 ml salads for only $21.59. Serves seven for less than 83.10 each.* 'The Christmas Shopper Specials. 'Tis the seasoning. $159 Get your Bat Man Motion Picture Video only $24.95 at Kentucky Fried Chicken THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPER SPECLLLS 'All prices plus tax. TWINS Until December 24 227 Main St., N., Exeter 31 Ontario St., N., Grand Bend D TRIANGLE BCC:JUN z>OIES Mr • S eci alt 433 Main St., Exeter xeter 236-1661 Dec. 4_ 17 1989 All Boxed Christmas 257. Cards Off Bag of 20s 99,, Christmas Bows 6 roll, 59 Christmas Creations' Gift Wrap Plus 300" Allan's, 12 pack Candy Canes 994 Elegante , 600 G. 599. Tofifee Nougat, 123 gr.ChocolatesChocolates 400 gr: 99 Turtles . Planters, 750 g. bag Peanuts 299 Simplicite 6 bars 850 gr. 359 Gift Soaps Maybelline 69 Nail Polish Maybelline Great Lash I 99p Mascara All Maybelline 299 Lipsticks Nivea Moisture, 300 ml. 49 Foam Bath Assorted, by "Its Not" 95 Fragrances4 Mother Parkers Instant Coffee 10 oz. 399 tor that little angel on Christmas morning! All three of these ladies come from Grand Bend or Dash- wood if you want to order some- thing and were unable to come on Sunday. Julia Twynstra, of Grand Bend, specializes in stuffed animals, like country geese, teddy bears, and lacy quilted cushions. But her most un- usual item is a pink and blue pat- terned hobby horse, whose legs are jointed so that he can rock back and forth, and still be soft and cud- dly. Really sweet. Mayda Simonse, Grand Bend has a sweater boutique "Knit One, Purl fie" She starts from scratch with s1Ieeps wool, which she spins, weaves and dyes herself, then hand knits into unusual designs. Several of her cardigans feature zipper openings, the vests are lacy and beribboned, and some sweaters copy Indian patterns. Her work is top quality. Yvonne Falsetti of Unique Trends, Smokey Hollow Shop and Country Treasures" all had displays of their merchandise, well known to local treasure seekers. Pat Green of Dashwood works on "Creations" from her home, a line of all occasions custom-made floral creations, as dried flower ar- rangements, baskets, wreaths, and candle centerpiece. "Crafts from Elva" McIntyre of Grand Bend charm all moms and grandmas into buying a carefully detailed crib quilt or original design sweat shirt for a The wea hibitors, in allo Oakwood, but al craft show Jai tiny tot. voured local ex - g them to get to kept the crowds of other years away, so although the choice and quality dazzled the • eyes, there were few to buy. Better luck next year! Ron's Health Centre Hensall • • ■ ■ • • • ■ ■ ■ • • • ■ • • Merry Ron Christmas and Jean ■ • • • ■ • • /yeti on 's • • • • • ■ ■ y non's • sari • PHOTOFINISHING SPECIAL LEAVE YOUR FILMS HERE! SECOND SET' OF PRINTS FREE "ISw odwar p:: d' hips A+size gl sp.YpA.M rd • • Ori a�� • OFFER EXPIRES: Doc. 15/89. • 190/) oh S �e's "P.S." Don't Forget sa,/ All Timex $7.00 off each watch Ro . hen a% Dohiw.t FABRICS 15 Store Price Smasher.... r• Our Entire Selection of PATTERNS 1/2 PRICE * No gimmicks * No limits * All stock DVIhIVVCtFABRICS 373ExeterMain St., SEASONED GREETINGS 'Tis the season. So pick up A Christmas Shopper Special at Kentucky Fried Chicken. You'll get our twelve -piece Econo Box, medium french,fries and a 500 ml salad for only $15.39. Serves four lords a -leaping for $3.85 each. Or our twenty -piece Barrel and two 500 ml salads for only $21.59. Serves seven for less than 83.10 each.* 'The Christmas Shopper Specials. 'Tis the seasoning. $159 Get your Bat Man Motion Picture Video only $24.95 at Kentucky Fried Chicken THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPER SPECLLLS 'All prices plus tax. TWINS Until December 24 227 Main St., N., Exeter 31 Ontario St., N., Grand Bend