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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-10-09, Page 17C'nMMllNITY Times -Advocate, October 9, 1991 Page 17 tar k's student c While they may be having building and knocking down human pyramids, the student coun- cil at St. Pat's school in Biddulph Township will get down to business this year. While teacher Jack Gardiner, left; and principal Mike Anderson lend a hand, student council members are, left to right, Marty McLaughlin, Wendy Jansen, Julie Chittenden, Natalie Dick, Chad O'Leary falling on Julianne MacGregor and Adam Duskocy. fun Anniversary surprises and dinner for Varna couple by Joan Beierling VARNA - Bill and Helen Taylor celebrated 40 years of marriage on Saturday. In the morning their fam- ily surprised them, honking their horns and loaded them into the back of the Stanley Township truck and tooted around Varna. This was a rerun of their wedding 40 years ago. Later the family and relatives to- talling 40 had a dinner at the Clin- ton Legion followed by a social evening of cards and games. Happy 40th birthday to Wayne Beierling on October 5. Family and friends had a get together at night for Wayne. U.C.W. Marj Stirling and Elaine Stephen- son led the U.C.W. program basing their theme on Autumn and Thanksgiving with several good readings. Florence Holley from Nath of Varna was the guest speaker on Memories of her life in Nigeria and her adventures with the Lord. Hol- ley quoted "Learn to live with what you have". Holley and her husband and chil- dren spent four years in Nigeria. She showed everyone pictures of the people and described clothing and accessories worn in Iran, Jaya and Indonesia. Holley's son is in Iran Jayo right now teaching a Bible School. During the business meeting it was reported that 465 cookbooks have been sold up to date within the Varna U.C.W. About 185,000 cookbooks have been sold altogeth- er in three years. There will be a second edition of "Let's Bake Bread" coming out in September 1992. Anybody with an interesting recipe can contact Mary ChesseU. A letter from the UCW's adopted child in Calimpong in care of Dr. Graham's Homes, Christine Grier- son was received. Wednesday, October 16 at 8 p.m. Bayfield U.C.W. invites Varna U.C.W. to their Fall Thank Offer- ing. Carol Gingerich from Zurich will share pictures and a message from her experience spent with the Blind Mission. Sunday, October 27, the U.C.W. will be running the Church Service in absence of Rev. Phillips. The box is still in the Church basement for craft supplies for Camp Menesetung. Stan -Lee Club October 1 at the Stanley Complex the Stan -Lee Complex the Stan -Lee Club opened their meeting with two humorous readings by Anna Keys. The club will attend the Seniors Meeting in Clinton on October 22. Elva Peck reported on the Games Meeting in St. Marys. Bob Peck and Eleanor and Bill McAsh also attended. The Christmas Meeting was dis- cussed and will be held on Decem- ber 3 at the White Carnation at 6 p.m. Cost is $9 a plate. They hope Ilderton Fair, again a huge success ILDERTON - The annual Ilder- ton Fall Fair, held Septem- ber 27 and 28, continues to be one of the largest fairs in the re- gion. Secretary Marjorie Speiran re- ported that yet another record at- tendance was set on the weekend with an estimate of well over 14,000 visitors to the small London Township community. Here are some of the results from the fair competitions and display. Grade three pupils from Oxbow, Valleyview, Prince Andrew, Cen- tennial and St. Patrick's schools at- tended the fair Friday morning for information and demonstrations with ponies, beef, dairy, machinery, grains, barrows, sheep, goats, roots, fruits and vegetables, and an agri- culture trivia game which proved to be an exciting game as it touches on many areas of the agricultural field. The Steer show began at 6:00 p.m. Friday evening with a total of 37 steers and three heifers being sold. Chad Nuckowski won the Champion Scramble Calf Show, with Brad Hem being the Reserve Scramble Calf Show winner. J.D. McFarlane was winner -of--the Champion Open Class and Reserve Open Class went to Paul Nuckow- ski. The talent show was also held Friday evening with Tracey Mar- tens winning the Vocal Junior cate- gory and Lindsay Hardy taking the Vocal Senior category. Other win- ners included: Danielle Walker, In- strumental Junior; Megan Getty, In- strumental Senior; Kelly Stephens, Speciality Junior; Danna Hunter and Keri Wood, Specialty Seniors. Bluewater Auxiliary holds meeting ZURICH - At the October Auxil- iary meeting at the Bluewater Rest Home an enjoyable musical pro- gram was provided by Idella Gabel, Jim Ramer, Dan Bisson, Delores Gingerich, Valerie Gingerich and Jill Ramer. Readings were given by Sydney Ramer and Marie Ginge- rich. Marie read the poem Thanks- giving composed by Miriam Oesch. The fall bazaar, tea and bake sale will be held November 9, 2-2:30. Included will be a fancy cake draw. crib quilt draw and penny sale. Auxiliary president Carmel Sweeney and first vice Mary -Ellen Gingerich were attending the Rest Home Convention in Toronto at the Constillation Hall from Sunday to Tuesday along with Josef Risi and his wife and Barb and Doug Shep- hard of Grand Bend, and Art Ben- nett of Bayfield. The Top Junior 4-H Exhibitor was Petra Biondi and Top Senior 4-11 Exhibitor - Sherri Dickie. Saturday included an exciting horse show with Western Horses and Huntor and Jumpers from many areas. The parade had a good variety of floats, bands, antique cars, trucks and machinery from many local or- ganizations. The fair was officially opened by the first fair queen Dianne Robb and Janet O'Neil. The Sweet Adelines Quartet - "A Touch of Silver", Ilderton Enter- tainers and Medway Singers pro- vided afternoon entertainment The 4-H Beef, Dairy, Sheep, Bar- rows and Field Crop clubs complet- ed their achievement day on Satur- day. The Pet Show was a centre of at- traction. In the Exotic Wildlife Sec- tion prizes were awarded to an iguana, which was entered by Ste- ven Ducharme, donkeys, pheasant, and a mallard duck. The Frog Jumping contest was won by Sarah Green. Special attractions such as Musi- cal Chairs with ponies, radio con- trol racing, pig races, Kub Kar rac- es, Money in the Stack, chicken drive, mutton busting and the calf —scramble kept the beef corral a cen- tre of attraction for all ages. Winners of the calf scramble are: Chad Nuckowski, Brad Watson, Rob Kennedy, Ted McKenzie, Mark Phillips, John -Guy Urbshott, Steve Bloomfield, Dean Nuckow- ski, Clarence Carter and Will Pier- son. Each will receive $100 to- wards the purchase of a calf which will be shown next year at our Steer Show & Sale on Friday eve- ning. Winners of the Children's Draw were: Meagan Maguire, $16; Tim Scou, $10; Robert Davies, $5; Julie Lynch, $5; Scott Dietrich, $5; and Brittney Evans, $5. In the Heavy Horses competition, Best Lady Driver under 16 was the Family of John Lyons; Best Lady Driver over 16, Mrs. Bob Rice; Best 4 Horse Hitch, Bob Rice; Best Unicorn Hitch, Bob Rice; Best Heavy Horse 3 years and over, Bob Rice; Best Heavy Horse Mare, Mr. Pattison; Best Heavy Horse over 3600 lbs., Bob Rice. In the Sheep show, Donald Dear- ing won the Best Ram award with Showmanship, 13-16 going to Don- na Benedict. There were many entries in the goat competition. In the Swine_ competition, Hill - stream Farms took the Champion & Servicemen: Bob Forrest - Tom Arnold - Bill Glover a 24 Hour Service n' Two Well Stocked Vans of Repair Parts a Oil Fumace Clean Out Service s Propane, Gas, Oil new fumace installations It Authorized area Union Gas dealer Tr Gas water heater installations a Central air conditioning "LET US SHOW YOU WHAT SERVICE IS ALL ABOUT" Town & Country Home Comfort 235.2032 Where Your Heatin: & Cooll : Needs ere 10096 of our Business Reserve, Clarence Carter was the 4- H Champion, and Carolyn Cart the 4-H Reserve champion. Winners of the Standing Field Crop competition were: Hay, Doug Adams; Wheat, Dave Siddall; Bar- ley, Meredith Robb; Corn, London Twsp., Don Eedy; Corn, Lobo Twsp., Gysbers Farms; Soybeans, Robdale Farms. Kevin Leitch grew the largest pumpkin or squash and Jeanne McCart won the Best Vegetable Garden Show. Lorene McKenn was both the Baking and Canning sections of the fair. Teresa Van Den Boonen had the Best of Show Quilt with Highest 1,7.0 Points going to Audrey Sheldon. Food and Handcrafts Champion was Betty Hamacher. The Flower Show had many entries. J. Wostowich took the Best of Show in Art and Brian Jeffrey re- ceived the Best of Show in Photog- raphy. Woodworking Best of Show went to Goldwin Heimpel and Pam Ideson won the Junior Division of Food and Crafts. In the School Display section, Jessica Gore and Karen Bloom field, Valleyview, won for their Cancer Posters and Stacey Fletcher and Ashley Dumas, Valleyview won the Farm & Home Safety Poster contest. all the seniors in the area will plan W come. Just call Anna Keys and they need to know how many will attend. There will be a program with door prizes. On November 2 the Stan Lee Club are putting on the program at Huron view. Bob Reid won the door prize. Anna adjourned the meeting after which eight games of euchre were played. Margaret Hayter, Elmer Hayter, Grace McClinchey and Elva Peck were the winners. Sunday, October 13, Thanksgiv- ing Services will be held in both churches and Sunday, October 20 Goshen's Anniversary will be at 11 a.m. with no service in Varna. Darlene Babysch of Delbume, Alberta, spent the past week with her parents Mery and Marg Hayter. I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all who have supported me in any way during the past 22 years in retail business. My congratulations to Jim and Sandy Campbell who have recently pur- chased Whiting Miller Carpet and Drapery. I hope you will continue your support and friend- ship to them. I have enjoyed serving this community while in retail and look forward to your continued friend- ship. riendship. Norm Whiting. CANADA SAVINGS BONUS A Wonderful Place For Your Savings To Grow. You've worked hard to set aside your savings. Now it's time to look for a great place to invest those savings. Canada Savings Bonds. 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