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Times Advocate, 1989-12-13, Page 32Times -Advocate, December 13, 1989 _ Chapel Christmas' music -, Nola Love of Grand Bend provided appropriate music at the organ of the Mary Ellen Chapel at the Lambton Heritage Museum Sunday afternoon. Looking on are Alma Brown, Sarnia, Gord and Linda Gilmore, Grand Bend and Audrey Hughes, RR5, Forest. At Lambton museum Long ago Christmas celebrations • By Roberta Walker There were carols played in the GRAND BEND - The sound of decorated shape as Nola. Love Christmas carols filled the air, pumped the old organ and people both inside and out at the Lambton wandered in to sing a few songs Heritage Museum on Sunday, De- and go their way. cember 10. Delicious aromas wafted from About 250 people, mainly fami- the old log cabin, where a staff lies with :little children, enjoyed member was preparing scented the sights, sounds and smells of balls, by sticking cloves into orang- Christmas 100 years ago. es and making candied orange peel, Museum staff demonstrated for cooking. In the blacksmith shop, curator Bob Tremain was.doing some car- pentry. he was working on a set of wooden "pecking chickens" hand - broom making, and had a craft ta- ble where they assisted a steady stream of children in making old fashioned Christmas ornaments. Kids proudly took home paper an- gels, paper cones or cornucopias, birds, and a favorite, a butterfly with the body ofa teazle and col- oured paper wings. There was a demonstration, of quilling, rolling tiny coloured paper strips around a feather quill, and gluing the tiny shapes together to create lacy snowflakes, Christmas trees or flowers to decorate a Victo- rian tree. Other decorations were made of yarn, or cut-out pictures, or folded silver paper into stars, or even walnuts and gum drops wrapped in ribbon. In those days, ornaments were only limited by your materials available and by your imagination to create, and the resulting tree would be both beautiful and unique. carved, no batteries, a favourite old toy. There were some tricky hand - carved wooden puzzles too - which ones were carved out of a solid block of wood? Wooden chain links or a ball inside of box? There were even old examples of wooden doll furniture and toy cut- lery. a child whose father orr grand- father could carve wood was lucky indeed. Some schools, were still have an opportunity to see the displays and try out the crafts - an afternoon well spent. GB concert group approves donations By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - The Grand Bend Concert Association dis- banded several months ago, leav- ing behind a legacy of some beau- tiful concerts with Youth and Music Canada. A small savings account was also remaining, and the executive met recently to de- cide what do with the money. In keeping with the theme of youth and music, past president Nan Freele announced the follow - Making pomanders - Susan Hewitt was creating pomanders during Sunday's Old Fashioned Christmas at the Lambton Heritage Mu- seum. ing donations: to the Grand Bend School Parents Group, to buy mu- sical instruments for the school children, like recorders, xylo- phones, etc. To the Huron County Toy Li- brary for handicapped children for musical toys, like table sized key- board to be used by blind children or those with cerebral palsy. To the Grand Bend United Church, where most of the con certs were performed, for a new sound system that will accommo- date those with hearing problems. To the Lambton Heritage Mu- seum, which will. also receive the scrapbook of the history of the Concert Association which can be displayed. Members of the defunct group still enjoy getting together for good music and.fun, and enjoyed a Christmas potluck supper on De- cember 11 at the home of Edna Frampton. They plan to have a picnic together in the spring too. The executive will be keeping the membership lisi, in case the opportunity ever arises for another music appreciation group to be formed at some future time. CWL hosts ecumenical By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - The ladies of the Catholic Women's League of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church hosted a Christmas Ecumenical Service on Tuesday, December 5, at 8 p.m. CWL president Roberta Walker was hostess for the evening, open- ing with a welcome and call to worship from Luke 2:1-20. Mrs. Joanne Maguire was organist for the service, accompanying the Catholic choir in the "Huron Car- ol" and "Angels We Have Heard on High". Roberta Walker per- formed a solo, "Birthday of a King". Other churches contributed to the 'program. Isobel Bullock represent- ed Greenway United with a read- ing "How Far to Esethlehem?" El- eanor Durie, Grand Bend Church of God, also gave a Christmas reading. Dorothy White, of St. Jobn's By the Lake Anglican, of- fered "A Prayer of Christmas". Grand Bend United performed a beautiful hymn "To A Virgin Meek and Mild" with Sue McKay and Carrie Eddy singing a duet, ac- companied by flautist Jenny Bum - stead. Guest speaker was the pastor, Fa- ther Paul Beck, whose message was taken from the gospel of John: "Father, that they may be One, as I and the Father are One." ' The word ecumenical is taken from the Greek meaning" Compris- ing the whole world". Unity of all churches will not come from Rome, Canterbury, or Missouri, but from the grassroots, from' our own small towns. We can learn from one another, to appre- ciate our different customs of wor- ship, even now, in the rapid growth of the Russian Orthodox Church. Slowly we are coming to- gether, perhaps some day our grandchildren wilt be able to cele- brate together in their faith. A collection was taken up for the Toy Library, organized for handi- capped children of Huron County by the Community Support For Families office in Clinton; $140.25 was collected and presented at the Huron County Chnstmas Party for the handicapped children. on De- cember 9. After the service, the ladies drove to the Alhambra Hall, for re- freshments and a time of fellow- ship. About 75 ladies from area churches attended the Ecumenical Time for play - During Sunday's celebatlon of Christmas Long Ago at the Lambton Heritage Museum, Andrea and Erica Mendritzkl get In some outdoor play. . SHAMH enjoy Christmas party By Roberta Walker EXETER - The' South Huron District Association for the Mental- ly Handicapped held their annual Christmas banquet at the Exeter Community Centre on Thursday. The South -Huron High school band provided some first class enter- tainment before dinner, to the de- light of the crowd. About 250' members of the Association en- joyed a turkey dinner with lots of desserts. Some of the students stayed to enjoythe feast too. Chairman the Board Gail Little welcomed everyone, and thanked the Social Committee for such a fine banquet. Rev. Henry Van Essen delivered a timely Christmas message men- tioning that . the early Christians were among, ,!,, rrat to rescue aban- doned l).) • . ,r them. We contini its It in .twt, r helping our ilanUicappt r )t 'rs a, sisters today. For entertainment Jean Hodgcrt, pi mist, and mcmbors of the Thames Road Guild, Ray Cann, Ken Duncan, Bill Rhode and Ivan Norris, provided music while Board members Roberta Walker and Harry Klungel led a sing along of Christ- mas carols. After that the Friendship group of handicapped adults and their friends sang some Christmas carols. Eva Laing was pianist and Annie Boer- sma directed the group. Then the band Whiskey Jack took over for the evening, as people en- joyed a dance. MERRY CHRISTMAS wrapped toys, io be put into com- munity Christriias baskets. Also next Sunday, December 17 is the Sunday School Concert at Greenway at 7 p.m. followed by refreshments. Everyone is wel- come. Catholic news Immaculate Heart of Church in Grand Bend held a spe- cial Mass at 11 a.m. on Sunday, as part of the feast of the Immaculate Conception and as Respect for Life Day. The Catholic Women's League took an active part in the service. CWL members Ad Smeckens, An- nie Vandenbygaart, Thea Stokker- mans and Judy Uniac served as Eucharistic Ministers for the bread and wine. Annie Baltessen was reader and Roberta Walker was cantor. The choir led by Dolores Tighe, sand the "Ave Maria" and "Hail, Mary, Gentle Woman" dur- ing the Communion Ushers were Tillie VanLecuwen, Lia Vanden- berk, Grada Vlemmix and Angie Backx. Pro-life articles were availa- ble after the mass, and were nearly sold out. In Father Beck's sermons, he wondered if people are becoming immune or desensitized to the vio- lence of the world around us. Look at Iran, Nicarague, El Salvador, Bogata and new here in Montreal. Are we being unrealistic to hope for peace, or is it only that real .Christianity has never really been tried by mankind? Prepare a way for the Lord. Toys and canned goods were col- lected at each Mass, as White Gift Sunday. The gifts will be taken by the Grand Bend Lioness, to be dis- tributed in stmas baskets to the needy families in our community. Thanks to all who contributed so generously. Don't forget the Advent Service on Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. and confessions will be heard before all weekend Masses and on Saturday from 11 a.m. till noon. There will be no music at the regular week- end. Masses on December 23 and 24. The Christmas Eve Mass will be at 7:15 p.m. with the choir and Young People's Ensemble. The choir will sing at the 11 a.m. Mass on December 25 as well. Church of God In Grand Bend, the Church of God morning worship service was opened by Rev. Stan Desjardine reading the Call to Worship from Isaiah 61:10 "I delight greatly in the Lord, my soul rejoices in my God." The choir sang the hymn "Glory in the Highest" accompanied by Michele Vincent with her flute. Mrs. Lucille Vincent provided spe- cial music with the hymn "Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne" as a solo. The congregation is now using the recently dedicated new hymnals for all of its services. The pastor's sermons was taken from Matthew 2. The Wiseman's example of being .. prepared to worship by bringing gifts, should be followed by us at this Christmas season with our gifts of love, joy and happiness for God and our neighbour. Next Sunday at 7 p.m. will be the Sunday school Christmas program. There will be a family film shown called "The City That 1 -or got About Christmas". On Christmas Eve there will be special service of carols at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to 'oin us. United Church At Grand Bend United Church this Sunday, the congregation re- cited the Litany of Light as the second candle of Advent was light- ed. The children's hymn was "Gen- tle Mary Laid Her Child" and the choral anthem was "Sleep 0 Babe of Heavenly Fame". Scriptures were read from Ro- mans 15:4-13 and Matthew 3:1-12. Pastor Colin Stover's sermon was entitled "Prepare the Way" and was about our preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ. That preparation takes three forms: re- pentance, by which our priorities change and God comes first; hope, which sustains us for the long term; and prayer, through which we come to know God in all that we say and do in life. Sunday evening at 7 p.m. mem- bers of the congregation joined proud parents and teachers for the Sunday School Concert. A time of fellowship followed, with refresh- ments served. The Grand, Bend UCW Christ- mas potluck will be held on De- cember 14 at 12 noon and the Eve- ning Unit is invited to be their guests for lunch. Next Sunday in both Grand Bend and Greenway they will have White Gift Sunday. People are asked to bring canned food or A Bible of 154 years ago - During Sunday's Old Fashioned Christ- mas at the Lambton Heritage, Museum, Margaret and Basil Thomp- son check over an 1835 Bible which belonged to William Baker of Grand Bend. Facepainting - Pathfinder Michelle Lovie (right) paints the face o. Candice Gunning at the Grand Bend Lioness' annual Christmas par ty at Grand Bend Public School on Saturday. Sing song - About 60 children Joined in for some Christmas singing led by Kim Gentner and Elise Cham bers at the Grand Bend Lioness Christmas Party. The event featured entertainment, activities, storj telling, and, of course, Santa Claus.