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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-11-18, Page 26Page 26 Times -Advocate, November 18, 1992 (T () y1 M1 j1SIJT» 1 Optimist Club holds family bowling By Carmel Sweeney day and were very pleased with the ZURICH - The Optimist Club turnout of nearly 60 people who held their family bowling on Sun - participated. Gladys Martin, the craft director of the Blue Water Rest Home hobby shop, explains to some visitors how- the home resi- dents made all the items on a display table at the annual ba- zaar and tea held Saturday. The bazaar was sponsored by the home auxiliary and funds raised will help support such projects as the new microwave recently purchased for the home's kitchen. Blue Water bazaar The annual Blue Water Rest Home bazaar and bake sale was a success thanks to its many support- ers. Many from the ansa won priz- es at the penny sale while the carrot cake made by Mary -Lou Erb was won by Sadi Klopp. The baby quilt made by Ina Neeb went to Elizabeth Grainger. Bean Festival The bean festival committee held their annual appreciation dinner at the Dominion Tavern Sunday with 111 people in attendance. Presi- dent Doug Erb chaired the meeting which followed. Near miss High winds Thursday topped a large pine tree at the Spruce Villa Apartments narrowly missing a car owned by Ina Neeb. Personals The family of Earl and Doreen ,Oesch had -heir pre -Christmas gathering Saturday in Brampton at the home of their daughter, Judy and Dave Rose. The family of Theresa Hartman gathered together in Windsor Sun- day at the home of Richard and Ce- cile Hartman for their pre - Christmas dinner. Joe and Maria Kenda Sr. cele- brated their 54th wedding anniver- sary Saturday. Nap and Velma Cantin celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner and dance Saturday at the Zurich arena. Andy Grainger and Charlene Re- gier were married at St. Boniface Church Saturday by Father Hayes with a dinner and reception in Hen - salt. Sunday dinner guest with Charlie and Barb Jeffrey were her parents Bob and Grace Pfaff of Crediton, who were celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. Best wishes for a speedy recov- ery to Beattie Geoffrey who is a pa- tient at Victoria Hospital and also to Connie Risi. Christmas buffet at Blue Water ZURICH - Thursday evening each staff member at the Blue Wa- ter Rest Home prepared their fa- vourite dish for a Christmas pot- luck buffet dinner for the resi- dents. In lieu of her culinary art, Lois Thiel donated two lovely flower arrangements for the dining tables. Josef Risi, Home Adminis- trator was the master of ceremo- nies for his staff who provided first class entertainment to the at- tentive audience. Cathy Shantz, Home Adjuvant, the convener for the event, also accompanied the various numbers on the piano. "A Busy Buddies tea party read- ing for all those born before 1945" opened the evening with Joan Re- gicr, Bcuy Kirk, Mary Thiel, Lois Thiel and Gaye Hoy reading short clips to the residents as to what words meant back then, and what they mean now. "K -K -Katy, Beautiful Katy" was acted out by Martha Overholt as the pursuing young male and Su- san Wild[ong as the luscious young Katy; while Shannon Regi- er kept a good hold on the old cow shed and Sandra Desjardine let her moon shine, over the cow shed. Mia Creces, Marilyn Durand, Dor- othy Dietrich and Geraldine Eckel provided the choral background. Some fancy stepping was pro- vided by the line dancers Patti Ailsa Craig Women meet AILSA CRAIG - The Ailsa Craig United Church Women met an the Sunday School room for the November meeting. Mary Clark who was responsible for the pro- gram put the group to work on some Bible contests and some jumbled words connected with Re- membrance Day. During the worship service with the theme "Remember to Care" the hymns 0 G..d Our Help in Ages Past and Onward Christian Sol- diers were sung abtd a scripture passage from First Corinthians was read. The president, Marg Tweddle, presided for the business part of the meeting. Mary Sutherland asked for volunteers to help make the Christmas puddings. Gertrude Rosser had,remembered the sick with get well cards and Lena Stokes from the quilting commit- tee reported that the quitters are now working on a quilt. There is a crib quilt finished and ready to be sold. The next meeting of the UCW will be the Christmas meeting on December 8. This meeting will be- gin with a potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. Groot, Jane Campbell, Patti Geof- frey, Marianne Ducharme, Jane Lloyd, Thereas La Porte, Wendy Masse and Nichole Veroude to the tune of "New York, New York". Michelle Haberer was the leader of the high flying games and swaying torsos. Many employees from the die- tary department produced "This 5 Minutes has 12 Months". The skit was acted out with one member representing each month and the highlights, in their option, of that month. Shannon Regier, Ruth Greb, Tracey Brand, Jean Cole- man, olo-man, Geraldine Eckel, Vicki Regi- er, Jill Geiger, Sheila Denomme, Cheryl Gelinas, Alanna Adams and Berit Wallace as December and Fa- ther Christmas. Many of the months were tunas of the past. Mia Creces read a poem entitled "Out House Plumbing"; with the same theme, Dorothy Dietrich sang a solo the Ode to.the Little Brown Shack Out -Back. Michelle Haberer and Patti Geof- frey produced a well choreographed dance number from the play "Cats" entitled "Mungojerri Rumpleteaser". The number was a show stopper, even Fluffy, the Home mascot, took some envy of their performance - perhaps it was the length of their long tails. The closing number for the eve - ning was "Three Good Things" read by Bonnie Keller and acted out by Verlie Lavery, Carol Diechert, Ale - da Hendriks and Barb Regier. The evening was filled with food and fun, a well presented evening by the staff. For those unable to attend or shut-ins, a video was taken of the evening antics for future laughs. Tuesday evening members of the Christian Reformed Church, Exeter visited the Home and provided the Residents with an evening of hymns and readings by Peter Visscher and Annie Van Bergen. Steven Poortin- ga accompanied the choir on the pi- ano and the choir group mingled with the residents over refresh- ments. In the mornings the residents en- joyed their sing -a -song, fun and fit- ness, Bible ruling and mental aero- bics and Friday evening was Bingo! Wednesday, Remembrance Day, was a quiet day at the home. Friday aftemoon, Marc Chalut of Bayfield showed the residents slides of his visit to France. 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