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Times-Athocate, May 22, 1991
FAMILY
ENGAGEMENT
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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
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$ 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.
The UCW will meet again at 6:30
p.m. on June 11 for picnic meeting.
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"Remember last year"
KIRKTON - The spring meeting
of the Kirkton Horticulture Society
was held in the Community Centre
on Tuesday evening, May 7.
Marjory Johns welcomed every-
one and read a poem "Mother's Day
Bouquet". This was followed by a
sing -song led by Doris Elford.
Gretchen Hazelwood and Jean Rat-
cliffe presented Jean Lynn with a
beautiful porcelain rose for her
long service as secretary -treasurer
for the society.
Anna Peterson of the St. Marys
Horticulture brought news and re-
ports from district 10. Everyone en-
joyed some tap dance numbers by
Laurie Richardson of RR 1 Kirk -
ton.
Madeline Parkinson introduced
the guest speakers, Cathy and Gary
Smith of St. Thomas. They talked
and showed most interesting slides
on. their Organic Farming. They
were thanked by Beulah MacDon-
ald.
There were several draws made
for plants and Marilyn Robinson
mentioned the bus trip on June 19.
At the dose of the meeting there
was a very successful plant. and
bake sale.
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