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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1991-05-22, Page 6Page 6 Times-Athocate, May 22, 1991 FAMILY ENGAGEMENT • MEIDINGER/DRAGER Mr. & Mrs. Steve Meidinger of Zurich are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Mary -Jo Stephanie to Kevin Larry, son of Mr. & Mrs. Ron Drager of Seaforth. The wed- ding will take place on turday, June 1, 1991, at 3 .m. at St. Boniface Church, Zurich. Reception to follow in Hensall. Crediton CREDITON - Next Sunday's ser- vice at Zion United Church here will be under the direction of the United Church Women. Rev. Ed Laksmanis will be in Rid?etown at- tending the annual meeting of the London Conference of the United Church of Canada. The guest speaker on Sunday. June 2, the annual anniversary ser- vice will beheld with a former min- ister, Rev. Douglas Warren as the guest speaker. Continuing with special Sundays in June, the Sunday school students will be in charge of the June 15 ser- vice and on June 23 it will be the annual cemetery decoration service. This week, the senior choir will meet for practice, thursday night. Institute plays host On Thursday night, May 16, Musical workshop- Grade 5 and 6 students from the six South Huron public schools gathered at Exet- er Public School last Tuesday for a musical workshop. With instruments they made themselves Eliza- beth Fitzgerald (left), Mike McConnell, Ryan Auge, Sarah Mosurinjohn and Judd Desjardine rehearse their own song "Plant a Tree". Lucan art festival offering relief to Bangladesh LUCAN - From May 24-26 the Lucan Inn will be the sight of the second annual International Art Festival, with this year's proceeds Engagement - Bill and Louise Pincombe of Exeter are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Brenda Louise to David Andrew, son of George and Joyce Vivian, of Mitchell. The wedding will take place on June 1, 1991, at Exeter United Church. Open reception to fol- low in Exeter. • going to offer relief to the storm ravaged country of Bangladesh. The event is an exhibition and sale of fine art from Canada and Cromarty by Ruth Laing CROMARTY - Final plans for the attic, bake and craft sale on May 25 were made at the May meeting of the Marian Ritchie W.M.S. on Tuesday evening. Edna Stoneman and Hannah Miller vol- unteered to prepare a light lunch for the sale. Alice Gardiner presided and opened with a poem, God is a Rainbow of Colours. Scriptures from Genesis, Psalms and Mat- thew were read by Edna Stone- man, Mary Elliou, and Peggy Ker- slake, and Lillian Douglas gave a meditation on them. She said that we are like Jacob and Esau as we buy and sell our birthrights of fo- rests, fish, etc. Offerings for the W.M.S. alloca- tion, the Leprosy Missionand the Fellowship of the Least CtlinyieW.3.1 received by Helen Parsons and dedicated by Lillian. Attt>zing Grace and the Lord's The roll call was answered with Prayer. a product from Central America. Roberta Templeman had the study book and told some of the history of El Salvador and some of the problems refugees returning from Honduras face. Much of the wealth of Central America sits in the U.S. banks. Hazel Harburn read "Ten Com- mandments for Good Living". Bet- ty Lou Norris read the minutes and Mary Elliott the treasurer's report. Ruth Laing presided for the busi- ness when, because the Strawberry Supper was cancelled this year, it was decided to hold the June meeting on the third Tuesday,' June 18. Cromarty is in charge of the devotions for the Presbyterian Spring Conference to be held in • l7. $ gu Norris bpy 2at the pi- , the meeting closed with Heywood - Lippert Lynda Lippert and Dan Heywood exchanged marriage vows April 13, 1991 at St. Luke's Chapel in London with Rev. Charles Scott performing the ceremony. Best lady was Jan MacDonald, friend of the bride and flowe►girl was Amanda McVeeney, niece of the bride. Best man was Mur- ray Heywood, brother of the groan and ringbearer was Tyler ey ood, nephew of the groom. Lynda is the daughter of Jeannette Lippert, Crediton and Earl, Bayfield, Bayfield. Dan is the son of Beatrice and Laverne Heywood, Exeter. Photo by William Mason Photography Kirkton Horticulture Society meeting Centralia by Mary Kooy • CENTRALIA - The sympathy of the community is extended to Ron and June Harvey of Huron Park, following the death of June's broth- er, the late Wallace Maxwell of Hensall. Sunday evening dinner guests with Mary Kooy were Helen Mac- Donald, Mary Davis and Howard Dolan. At the Centralia Community Cen- tre on May 13 prize winners were: High scores, Jean Millard and Mur- ray Carter; Lone hands, Dorothy Bullock and Kay Elston (mans card); Low scores, Leita Hill and Bev Hamilton. Next euchre is May 27 at 8 p.m. Church news Don't forget thejoint service and picnic at the United Church on Sun- day, June 2. Gary Carruthers of Zurich was the guest speaker on Sunday. Summer service will begin June 9 at 8:30 a.m. around the globe. Art Director Jan Brouwer said that over 230 artists have sent slides of their work in hopes of appearing at this year's festival. "Only 20 will be selected," said Brouwer. "But we expect the world to be well represented with artists from countries such as Hol- land, Mexico and England, as well as some or our own from London, Quebec and Vancouver." Ten percent of the commission on the sales of paintings, along with proceeds from the door, will be donated to the relief fund. Pro- ceeds from last year's event, spon- sored by the Dutch Canadian Club, were given to the Transplant Unit of London's University Hospital. The festival opens Friday eve- ning at 7 p.m. and admission is sev- en dollars per person which in- cludes beverage and cheese. The event continues Saturday and Sun- day with admission set at two dol- lars, and children are free when ac- companied by an adult. Ailsa Craig UCW members of the Crediton Wome=n's Institute hosted the Huron South District Annual. District president Marion Dougall was the chair person and the guests speaker was Barb Shipley of Cen- tralia College who spoke about illit- eracy. The regular May meeting of the Crediton Women's Institute will be held tonight, Wednesday. Members are asked to meet at the township hall at 7 p.M. and go from there for a tour of the Bluewater Recycling plant, near Grand Bend. Husbands are welcome. AILSA CRAIG - The members of the Ailsa Craig United Church Women went home from the May meeting with some new plants to put in their gardens. The theme for the meeting was gardening and at the close of the meeting a plant exchange was held. Lena Stokes used the gardening theme for her worship service. She suggested that there are many things to plant in the garden of life - service, good cheer, encourage- ment, sharing and kindness. Yvette MacGregor read an article about some strange and unusual vegetables and each person contrib- uted a gardening tip. Lena Stokes added a little hu- mour to the meeting by reading OdetoaPill. During the business meeting with Wilma McIntosh presiding, money was set aside so that two people could attend the One Day Event at Siloam United Church in July. A motion wkalso made to give $100 to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Archivist Jean Maguire will ac- cept pictures and clippings for the archives. Wilma closed the meet- ing with the Benediction that Mo- ses and Aaron used to bless the people of Israel. During the social time everyone sang Happy Birthday to Marie Campbell, and Jean Maguire and Yvette served pie and tea. 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