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Times Advocate, 1993-01-20, Page 19DANCE HALL 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. 349-2678 Dress Code Fri., Jan. 22 Singles Dance N itewatch Sat., Jan. 23 Country Justice Got The January Blahs!!! WHY NOT JOIN OUR PARTY at Hensel/ Community Centre Jan. 30. 1993 Cocktails: 67Jp.m. Dinner: 7-9 pm. Dancing: 9-1 a.m. Hook's Party Sound $15.00 per person $30.00 per couple Tickets from any Optimist Member before January 22 or call Nancy 262-2919 or Pat 262-3522 • Raffle Draw • Door Prizes Tickets available at door for dance only SPONSORED BY Optimist Club of Hensel/ and District J COMMJJNIDI Granton by Muriel Lewis GRANTON - Get well wishes frsg1alrnmunity to Bill Powell alibi 'are misfortune io break his hip last week and is recovering following an operation in Victoria Hospital in London. The Anglican parish Bible Study group met at the rector in Kirkton on Thursday afternoon when the theme was the Purpose of praise and Thanksgiving. At the St. Thomas' Anglican Church on Sunday, Rev. Stephen Emery's message was about hatred and the peace that comes from God's forgiveness. Muriel Lewis read the lessons and Paul Acres as- sisted as server. The annual vestry meeting was held .after the service chaired by Rev. Emery. Following a review of the financial and other reports, officers were elected as follows: Rector's Warden Jim Hodgins, People's Warden Joe French, Lay Delegate Margaret Oakley, Sub. Delegate Marlene French. Vestry clerk Ethel Crouch, treasurer Jim Hodgins; Board of Management - the Wardens, Lay delegates, Vest- ry Clerk, Muriel Lewis, Irene Ro- loson, Roy Moore, Paul Acres, De- anna Beatson and Robert Parkinson, bd. of management honorary members - Kenneth and Olive Hodgins, Percy Hodgins and Velma Hodgins. At the Granton United Church on Sunday Pastor Normalie Wakes' sermon was about the "Ebenezer Stone" based on the les- sons from Isaiah 49, 1st Corinthi- ans 1 and 1st Samuel 7. The An - Exeter Legion ladies Auxiliary BiNGO Thurs., Jan. 21 7:30 p.m. 10 Regular Games 5 Specials 1 Share the Wealth Jackpot $650 Lie.11881098 The Royal Canadian Legion R.E. Pooley Br. #167 Exeter, Ont. ON RA The Exeter Legion, in co-operation with the Seagram Museun will be holding ;a'S.I:P. course on. Sunday, Feb. X21/93.11. course will start at 9:00 a.m. andlun until 1:00p4m. The regular cost of this Nurse is $80.00 + $2.10 GST $32.10, however in interest of the community the Legion, this course will be assisted by the Branch. The final cost will be told to registered participants, before the start date. Hesse cal! 235-2962 (afternoons) to register .1 CROSS CANADA MARKETPLACE iT'S FAST - IT'S EASY! ONE CALL, ONE BILL DOES iT ALL. NOTICES SRi CHINMOY'S NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE, 1993: God is dreaming. newness singing, oneness blossoming, fulness dancing Hope no more gropes. Life without slopes. Splendid depths and heights Transform bondage nights. 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Your ad could appear M community newspapers in Gatar)o, or NON across Canada, a anter kWh/kiss, province. Specs is Welled, so Cdr This Newspaper Todayl I them by the Choir was entitled Tell Jesus. UCW Unit five met on Thesday after- noon at the home of Verneta Baker in St. Marys. The President Marga- ret Spence opened with a reading New Year's Bells and lead the de- votion on the theme "Needless Emptiness". The hymn Standing at the Portal was read and Spence read a letter from Jackie Pierce. Everybody took part in the program when Ina Harken read Keeping the "Faith, Florence Bryan had a poem "My Prayer" and Florence McRo- bert a reading "A Smile a Nod and a Word or Two". Alma Nicholson read Words to Live By, Mary Wallis had two poems Winter is here and A Sleigh Ride, and Eileen Crawford's reading was entitled Close the Led- ger. The meeting came to a close with the Lord's Prayer and everyone en- joyed a potluck lunch. The ladies worked at quilting be- fore and after the me cuing. Centralia by Mary Kooy CENTRALIA - At the United Church on Sunday, Rev. Geddes chose as his topic "Horns and Ha- los in Human Nature". An official board meeting will be -held on Wednesday (tonight) at 8 p.m. in the United Church. All offi- cial board members should try to attend. The Annual meeting will be held Sunday, January 31 at 2 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend. Rev. Robert Degraw, pastor of Faith Tabernacle, has returned from a trip to the Holy Land. Sympathy of the community is extended to Clem and Mary Jeffrey in the death of their brother-in-law Mr. Nap Ducharme of London. Prize winners at Heywoods res- taurant euchre were Helen Mac- Donald, Grace Wurm, Mary Wal- lis, Stewart Campbell, Ed Armstrong, and Murray tarter. Next gathering will be January 25 7r2s'J p.m. Legion news By Dave Frayne, P.R.O. EXETER - The R.E. Pooley Branch #167 has started 1993 in a good fashion. A successful New Years dance was held and the par- ticipants enjoyed themselves. The branch is continuing its sup- port to the Immunity and has made awliiable free skating to the public on Sunday, January 3, and Sunday, January 31 at the Rec Cen- tre between 2-3:30 p.m. The Exeter Legion executive meeting will be held on Wednes- day, January 20, 7:00 p.m., while the general meeting is on Thursday, January 28 at 8:00 p.m. At this time new members will be welcomed into the Legion. A reminder to grandchildren of veterans, associate voting memberships, has been made available since October 1992, if interested. A new key entry system for the club rooms was installed and made effective January 1. All paid up members should have received their key at the time of payment, if not please pick up same at the branch. • Arrangements "-have been made for visiting branch members to gain access to these club rooms. The R.E. Pooley branch is again going to hold a 'Servers Interven- tion Program' for interested persons on Sunday, February 21 between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. This pt(Ip,_ gram is open to all members of lite community. Please phone the branch at 235-2962 (afternoon) and leave your nine and number. Also planned in the future is a "heart saver" comae. - Hensall Senior Citizens HENSALL - Hensall Senior Citi- zens met January 12 at 8 p.m. at Northcrest. President Irene Black- well welcomed everyone. Twenty- four seniors attended the meeting. The next meeting will be held at Northcrost unless a new location can be found. No decision was made on quilting. Olga ( iesie. Jeanette Turner and Bi1Mit laatiie were in charge of the cards and served a delicious lunch. Winners in cards were Pearl Tay- lor, Hugh McKay, Anita Ben - Helen Anderson and Mary Broadfofa. Times -Advocate, January 20, 1993 Page 19 Golden Agers meet in GB GRAND $13ND - Grand Bend Golden Agers held another euchre pay J,ast Wednesday night at Grand Bend Legion. Winners are follows: high lady - Eida Adams, low lady, Jean Dann, high man - Fred Willem, low man' - Clayton Lovie. Ladies lone hands, Annie Morenz, mons lone hands won by Lori Hamilton playing a man's card, The Golden Agers next euchre will be at the Legion January 27 at 7:30 p.m. United Church news Organ prelude music, last Sunday morning was "Adagio", by Beetho- ven, played by Idella Gabel. Pastor Colin Stover, returned to ' his congregation after a 10 day study leave in Israel. His sermon topic was , "The Lamb of God," with scriptures from 1 Corinthians 1: 1-9, and John 1: 29-42, read by Bryan Beattie, Children's hymn was Jesus Loves me, and Pastor Colin's story to them was an object lesson on sea shells. The choir anthem was a solo, "Thy will be done," by Don McLean, accompanied by .Lynn Tremain at the piano. - Moms and tots play group meets Wednesday afternoons at 2 p.m. at the church. If you require infor ca- tion please contact Dale Bland, at 238-8168. The annual congregational meet- ing will be Sunday February 7at 1 p.m. The youth group will meet Sunday January 31. CWL January meeting MT. CARMEL - Our president, Judy Pulse, welcomed everyone back from the Christmas break. Further opened with prayer and thanked the CWL for purchasing the pastel candle holder, Holy Wa- ter Bucket and sprinkle and the set of cruets. On Tuesday, January 19, the CWL entertained the seniors at the Blue Water Rest Home in rich. The speaker for the February -meeting is from the Town and Country Homemakers. February 9 .as Fun Night in Stratford. A bus 'will be taken from Mt. Carmel and ithe Grand Bend and Exeter ladies r are invited to share the transporta- tion. All ladies are asked to bring their own cutlery and dishes. A thank you was given to everyone who helped give six large boxes for the Christmas bureau. CWL has decided to make a quilt for the bazaar this year. The first card par- ty was held on January 10 despite the stormy weather there was a good tum out with nine tables. Exeter Pentecost Tabernacl EXETER - The ladies }tom the Women's Ministries of the Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle assembled at the home of•Ruth McLaren for their annual buesiness meeting. The business meeting was led by Pastor Peebles. The minutes of last year's annual business meeting was read by Shirley Prouty. The new ex- ecutive arc : President - Jean Trieb- ner, Vice President - Ruth McLaren; Secretary - Shirley Prouty and Treasurer - Helen Kendrick. The program for the new year was discussed. Everyone gave their favourite scripture verse. Pastor Peebles gave an inspiring message on Prayer. Ruth McLaren read a New Years Pltayer. -Doris Peebles took requests for .prayer before the Lord. Lunch was provided by Ruth McLaren. Hensall Legion HENSALL - The Hensall Legion Ladies Auxiliary held their first meeting of the year on January 5 in the Legion Hall. President Iva Reid was in the chair. A donation was made to the Daycare Centre for the Homebound. at Hunoaview. (Mem- bers were informed of upcoming wedding banquets for the year. Plans for the Spring Convention for Zone C-1 Legion Auxiliary, a be held in Hensali, are being finalized. Thank you notes were received from Life members of the Legion Auxil- ipry who received poinseuias at Christmas. Letter of thanks was also received from the Packwood Vete- rans, whose Christmas gift was sponsored by Hensall Auxiliary. Hensel) Legion .Ladies Auxiliary extends best wishes to everyone for the new year. Centralia falth Tabernacle • CENTRALIA - Our pastor re- turned from a 10 -day trip through- out the Holy Land which has been a desire of his for many years. He shared just a very small portion of his trip with the Sunday School and congregation along with a few visual items. Although the military was evident, Pastor Bob Degraw said he felt safe and com- pletely at case touring throughout Israel, and that tourists were held in high regard. An evening has been set aside on February 21 in which slides will be shown on his Holy Land experience. The January WM meeting was held on Friday night in which 19 ladies enjoyed an evening of fel- lowship. After opening with a few choruses, short reports were given from a few of the many WM di- rectors. Following prayer time, the Ladies travelled to Exeter to the Selah Bookstore where Susan Romphf gave excellent reviews on many books on many subjects and topics. The ladies then en- joyed browsing and/or purchasing at their leisure, thanks to the gra- cious hospitality of Don and Su- san Romphf. Saturday evening, bowling pins were failing, as the Youth Group went to Lucan for a game of bowling. Afterwards a stop at the donut shop curbed their appetites before heading home. Thanks to those who drove since our bus is in need of a new starter. There will be no regular Family night program next Wednesday, January 27. This will be our annu- al congregational business meet- ing beginning at 7:00. Back in Time from the archives of the Times -Advocate 10 Years Ago January 19, 1983 - Former Chicago Black Hawks star, Bobby Hull has been announced as the headline speaker at the 10th annual Exeter Lions Sportsmen's Dinner to be held on February 8. Exeter's tax arrears increased by almost $31,000 last year according to figures supplied for council this week by clerk Liz Bell. Increased costs and decreased student population are the challenges facing the 1983 Huron County Board of Ed- ucation. Exeter will receive $1S,000 under the current federal - provincial work incentive program and will allot most of that to sidewalk construction. Monday is the kickoff date for the 1983 Ability Fund campaign for the Ontario March of Dimes. The campaign chairman Jor the district is Janie McDowell assisted by Bev McGregor. Gerald "Pat" Skinner has retired from his employment at Russell Electric after 58 years at the same location. He started as a 12 year-old in 1924 sweeping floors at Beer's Harness Shop at the corner of James and Main streets. The north and the south teams played to an 8-8 tie in the annual OHA Junior "D" all star game at Lucan Saturday night. Terry O'Rourke, an Exeter resident and physical educa- tion teacher at South Huron District High School has been named coach of the women's South Western Ontario re- gional basketball team. 25 Years Ago January 18, 1968 - Former Exeter mayor W.E. Simmons appeared before council to discuss sewer service for an apartment complex he plans to build in the area south of Victoria Park. R.E. "Ted" Pooley is one man who can attest to the fact that good things come in multiples of three. After being named citizen of the year and having the Exeter Legion branch named after him, Pooley has received a Centennial medal from the Canada State Department. Exeter residents who prepay 1983 taxes will receive a discount. Persons paying prior to February 1 will receive a two and one-half percent discount on the first installment and four and one-half percent on the second payment. South Huron farmers meeting in Zurich heard National Farmers Union president Roy Atkinson call for collective bargaining. In his annual report, Exeter police chief C.H. McKenzie said during 1967, thieves made off' with $12,531 worth of cash and goods in 10 break and en r occurrences. 50 Years Ago January 21, 1943 -With one of the worst storms of the season raging at the time fire broke out Tuesday morning in the bakeshop of W.E. Middleton in the heart of the business section. But for the heroic efforts of firemen and assistance of many friends, the results might have been much more disastrous. Despite unprecedented cold weather, spring is on the way. M.L. Beavers while returning from London Sunday afternoon spotted two crows that were winging their way north. William C. Oestreicher of Crediton was named presi- dent of the Exeter Agricultural Society replacing Dr. E.S. Steiner. Henry Eilber of Crediton who represented South Huron in the Ontario Legislature for 23 years died Sunday. He was 85. Either in addition to provincial politics was Ste- phen township clerk until 1933 and was secretary - treasurer of the Hay Township Mutual Fire Insurance Company for 53 years. When fire broke out in the brooder room of the Hogarth Chick Hatchery Sunday morning more than 600 young chickens were destroyed. 100 Years ago January 19, 1893 - B. Aubry, the well-known horse buy- er will be at the Commercial House in Exeter on January 25 for the purpose of purchasing first class horses. On Monday evening while Thomas Elston of Centralia was doing the "Grand" his horse became unmanageable and after spilling the occupants out it ran away making a total wreck of the cutter. You should always use both hands to drive with, Tom. It is reported that a carload of lambs was frozen to death near Forest on Tuesday last. At Usborne township council, G.W. Holman was ap- pointed. Berk for 1893.'A motion naming D. Hay as clerk at a salary of $50 and the present clerk dismissed was de- feated. White and Sons will do all the printing for the year for $39. Coundl learned that the cost of the municipal election was $9. C. Brown of Crediton was appointed to look after the Stephen township hall rentals for entertainment purposes. 1