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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-03-11, Page 8Page 8 Times -Advocate, March 11, 1992 CQMMUNITY Primary concert at St. Boniface ZURICH - The primary students of St. Boniface ttchoot are holding a concert on Wednesday, March 11 which begins in the gym at 7:30 p.m. Dress' rehearsal will take place the same day at 1:15 p.m. Everyone welcome. World Day of Prayer The World Day of Prayer Service held last Friday afternoon at the Mennonite church was well attend- ed by ladies from the various churches -in town, who also -took part in the program by readings. The theme was "Living wisely with creation" sand guest .speaker was Carol Gingerich of Zurich. Hardball registration The Dashwood minor hard -ball registration will be held Saturday, March 14 at the Community Centre in Dashwood from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. for those wanting to play T -ball to Midgets. Bring along birth certifi- cate. Dance-a-thon The Optimist Club is sponsoring a Dance-A=3iton to be field at the Zurich Community Centre on Sun- .aintsbury by H. Davis SAINTSBURY - St. Patrick's ACW held their March meeting and World Day of Prayer service at the home of Cheryl Carroll with Nadene edell as program leader. With nine rs present the ser- vice began with ing of the hymn "Have Mercy o God Most High". The service prepared by e women from Austria, Germany and Switzerlaed are members of differs ent Christian churches and send their greetings to all of us, all the members from St. Patrick's read the different parts. Nadene Bedell read the Bible story "The Tower that was Never Finished". Scripture reading Colossians 1: 9 - 17 read by Betty Johnson. Bedell closed with a prayer for Environmental Concerns. The business followed with last minute plans for St. Patrick's Day dessert euchre and bake sale, Tues- day March 17 at 1 p.m., and May 12 at 8 p.m. St. Patrick's will enter- tain St. Pauls, Kirkton and St. Thomas, Granton ACW. Ladies to our May ACW meeting when Jack- ie Wells, VON will speak and show a slide presentation on Partative Care. Invitations will be mailed shortly. The ACW annual will be held May 2 at St. Pauls, Cathederal. A Bible contest by Nadene Be- dell was won by Marguerite Green - less. A workday at the Church is to be April 25, 9:30 a.m. St. Patrick's celebrated the Holy Communion Service on the first Sunday in Lent. For the children's focus Rev. Emery told the story of an Eagle and described God as like the eagle which catches her young on her wings,when they were going to fall. For his homily he spoke of the devil addressing his demons and "The task of Plaguing the Faithful of Jesus." Sunday March 15 Lessons are to be Genesis 15: 1-12, 17-18, Philip- pians 3: 17-4 responsive reading. Psalm 127 and the Holy Gospel 13: 31-35. The service of Morning Prayer will be held at the Davis's at 8:30 a.m., the last House Church service of the seasons. Hazel Davis attended a Sunday School workshop at St. George's Anglican Church on Saturday. Patti Carlisle was the speaker. A very re- warding day working with the "Whole People of God" cirriculm. St. Patrick's have received their; invitation to St. Paul's Kirkton "Spring Ring" for March 29 at 7:15 p.m. Master of Ceremonies is Leon Paul. Personals Ron and Margaret Carroll were dinner guests on Saturday with daughter Brenda and family. Ron was celebrating a birthday. Birthday wishes from the congre- gation of St. Patrick's are extended to Harry Carroll who is also cele- brating a March birthday. The World Day of Prayer was celebrated at the Mennonite Church in Zurich on Friday. These women of the host church presented several hymns during the service, which involved the four Zurich churches and St. Peter's Catholic Church from St. Joseph. Crediton CREDITON - Tonight, Wednes- day between the pars of 5 and 7:30 p.m., the Crediton hall .board is sponsoring an old fashioned roast beef dinner. Tickets are available at the door. Crediton United Church senior choir practice is set for tonight at 8 p.m. The regular meeting of the Credi- ton United Church Women will be held Thursday night at 8 p.m. with Menai Hughes of Elsa as the guest speaker. Everyone, including the men. is invited to attend. Crediton Minor Ball registration will be held Thursday, March 12, 7-9 p.m. and Saturday. March 14, 9-12 noon at the Crediton Parks Board Room. Coaches are needed. CLEANUP WRAP•UP MONTH Clean up all those Christmas and winter bills with a convenient CONSOLIDATION LOAN at thBClinton Commun�y CREDIT UNION 70 Ontario Street CLINTON 482-3467 EXETER 235-0640 day, April 5 from 1 to 6 p.m. All ,proctods will go to the Blessings Unlimited Building Fund. Pledge forms arc now available at the li- brary or J&L Variety Store. Skating carnival Don't forget to attend the Zurich and Area Figure Skating Carnival this Sunday, March 15 at the arena beginning at 2 p.m. This year's theme is "On Broadway". Tickets are available at the door; adults S3.00, children $1.00 and pre- school -free. - Day of Reflection A Day of Reflection for C.W.L. members is being planned for Tues- day, March 24 at St. Peter's Parish Hall in St. Joseph from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. given by Fr. Moms. Ladies are to bring a brown bag lunch. Coffee will be provided. Ladies Auxiliary The ladies Auxiliary of the Rest Home held their meeting on March 3 which began with a musical pro- gram. Twenty-six members and one vis- itor attended the meeting. Clarence Smillie, who lives--in-'the apart- ments, made and donated a cancel chair to the Auxiliary, which is now on display at the Home and tickets can be purchased on it. Plans are underway for the up- coming Mothers Day Tea, Bazaar and Bake Sale that will be held on Saturday, May 9. Some local peo- ple from town will also be seeing up craft tables with items they have made and will be selling. The resi- dents are also busy getting things made ready to sell that day. Personals Larry and Debbie Denomme re- cently enjoyed a vacation in Puerto Vallarta. Mary -Lou Erb recently enjoyed spending three weeks in Florida along with Jerry and Brenda Rader. Judy and Kim McKinnon and family moved over the weekend into their newly built home at Park- side subdivision. Jean Armstrong returned home after a holiday in Edmonton wherc she visited with two nieces and a nephew in Camrose, Alberta. Congratulations to Case and An- nie VanRaay on the occasion of their 40th wedding anniversary. On Sunday all their children, spouses and grandchildren attended Mass at St. Boniface church for their intentions, followed by an open house at the Dashwood Com- munity Centre. A family dinner was held after- wards. Gwen McEachem, Toronto, spent last week helping out at the home of son-in-law Allan Scott and boys. Earl and Martha Heywood spent Saturday night and Sunday visiting with her sister Gertie Fleischauer. Birthday wishes to. Margaret Gingerich, Kim Ziler, Justin Scott and Cheryl LaLonde. May we offer our sympathy to the family of Marie Thiel and to the relatives of the late Dorothy Rader who both passed away Saturday. Little Scott David Regier, son of Dennis and Dena Regier, was bap- tized at St. Boniface church by Fr. Hayes on Sunday. The annual pancake supper was held at Trivitt Memorial Angli- can Church last Tuesday evening. As Terri Snell and Fred Dobbs supervised the baking of the pancakes, more than 200 people came out to celebrate the annual festival before the season of Lent. Dining for Seniors successful EXETER - The Exeter Dining for Senior Program has been a suc- cess, say organizers. Between 50-60 persons attend each week and volunteers help with meals and driving people to and from homes. They also have indi- viduals who set up tables, put equipment away, prepare and serve meals, registration desk and key- board, but they are still in need bf volunteers to assist with set-up and driving. If interested, please con- tact Tammy Antaya at 235-0258. Jeanne Gladding has been the seniors Hostess for several months. She is a Homemaking Supervisor with Town and Country Homemak- ers. On February 4, Maxine Sereda presided at keyboard. Gladding read a poem, "Life begins at 80". Another poem entitled, "Monkeys" was read by Tammy Antaya. Draw piizes were won by Allan Buswell and Isabel Kerslake. Pat aijd Grant lead in singing each week Trom the two song books. Games follow each week .in the North Room. On February 11, was a Valentine Centralia by Mary Kooy CENTRALIA - The world day of prayer service at the United Church was led by the presidents Jean Cas- lick and Becky Harriet with other U.C.W. members taking part. Gle- na Tripp was pianist for the service. A solo by Lois Wilson and musical piano number by Marjorie Johns was enjoyed. A skit was presented by Judy Mills and Faye Skinner. Addresses "Living Wisely with creation" were given by Glena Tripp, Adeline Elli- ot and Audrey McFalls. A delicious lunch was served at the close of the service. The evening was enjoyed by all present. Coming up at the United Church, a trip is being planned by the U.C.W. for a dinner and theatre trip to St. Thomas on June 24 at the cost of 555.00. On March 12 Confirmation class- es begin at 6:30 p.m. at the manse and on March 25 an official board meeting will be held at Centralia church. At the euchre at the community centre on March 2 prizes went to Mary Kooy, Ilene Pullman, Sam Skinner, Harry Noels, Mary Mei- kle, Jim Jarrett. Next euchre March 16at8p.m. Sunday visitors with Mary Kooy were Bonnie Kooy of London, Barb Smith of town, Clayton, Alice and Clyde Kooy and Scott Rogn- valdson of Huron Park. Andy and Marion Thompson and Elizabeth Conlin of McGillivray township. Easy 46 Riders= dinner with a special menu and lots of decorations. Jeanne Gladding read a poem and a favourite true love story. Jean Hodgen on key- board provided some lively music and played for the sing song. Ta- bles were decorated with miniature rose plants and some were given as draw prizes to Mary Meikle, Don Jolly, Helen Hindle, Milton Beir- ling. Cards were sent to members Dutchy Wooley and Georgina Eng- ler. February 18, Florence Finkbeiner was on the keyboard. All were wel- comed. The lucky draw was won by a volunteer driver Walter Fy- denchuk. A collection was taken for new playing cards.. 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