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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-02-03, Page 22INS7 AW COLOUR CO PILS Tunes -Advocate. February 3, 1893 Now Cent= dbdv becairamg :CENTRALIA - At Centralia Faith Tabernacle's annual congregational iilip, business meeting, Wednesday, the official unveil- • ing and dedication of their new church model took place.. Al and Madeline Harvey of Hu- ron Park, have had a very good taste of what building a church is like. During the past 13 months, they have been building a scale model of the new church. When the building committee presented the architectural draw- ings to the congregation, everyone could "hardly wait to see the new church". That's when Al's wheels began to turn. It wasn't long before he brought in the first stage of the model church. Made from plywood, finally eve- ryone could see what the chinch would be like, School room, hall- way or closet and can envision walking into each class. He begain to finish off details on the inside. Wiring was put through- out the model so the finished prod- uct could have lights. Tiny pews, platforms, doors, baptistry and alter were all carefully cut and made by hand. He said the inside detailing took about 2 months to complete. Next came the tedious job of shin- gling the roof. The roof is shingled with real cedar shingles which were all cut to size and carefully glued on. He started his calculations of how many shingles were on the roof and then suggested a contest for the Sun- day School children and congrega- tion to guess. So his comment for now on the exact number is "a lot". Details of the contest and final guessing date will be announced in the near future. One nice thing about shinglg this roof, was That Al could ecp both feet ort therelOnd! Noir that the roof Will coirtpteIed, Al began to make the siding. With the help of Dave' Woodward and his tablesaw, the siding was made from spruce and sanded on a belt sander for shaping and thieleness. After being measured and aligned straight, it had to be glued careful- ly in its place. Once dried, it was painted. "I cheated on the brick" laughed Al. "I bought it at a craft sore". Un- fortunately not very much of the church required brick. Plexiglass windows were in- stalled with a donation of plexi- glass from Acme Neon and eaves - troughs were made from dowelling split in two and painted. The beau- tiful steeple was constructed from a solid piece of wood using a band saw. Landscaping added the finishing Grand Bend toinitite support grow By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - Epilepsy Hu- ron -Perth -Bruce is hosting an in- formation evening on Feburary 15 at 7:30 p.m., at the Carmel Presby- terian Church on Nelson St. in Hensall. They are trying to initiate a support group in Huron County for those affected by Epilepsy. Everyone is -welcome to attend, and see the Kids OntheBlock Puppets, skits and a video presen- tation, followed by a discussion period. Refreshments will be served. Epilepsy H.P.B. is using funding from the United Way to set up this new support group. For further in- formation, please call 1-800-387- 5257 or 482-5527. Don't forget, March is National Epilepsy month! Epilepsy Canada will be organizing its research fund- raising drive, and promoting pub- lic education Watch local papers, • TV and radio for information. Immaculate Heart of Mary parish news Father Paul Beck is on vacation for three 'weeks -at the Catholic :Church in Grand Bend. In an emergency, please call Father Joe Bagatto in Mount Carmel, at 237- 3593. Father Bagauo will be cele- brating mass in the parish meeting room on February 4 at 10 a.m. Fa ther Vincent VanZutsphan, of St{ Peter's Seminary, London, was welcomed on Sunday as he cele- brated the weekend masses, and he'll also be available for the next two weekends, until Father Beck returns. The Catholic Women's League served coffee, tea and donuts for the fist parish "Kaffeeclatch" in the new parish hall on January 17, after both Sunday masses. This gave everyone an opportunity to use the new facilities. A CWL meeting was scheduled for Febru- ary 1 at 8 p.m. in the new parish hall, with gust speaker Mrs. Ellen Cerotere on the topic of "Reflexol- ad,:Mecial Foot Care". ;The Annual area CWL "Fun Night" is set for February 9. A bus will be Centralia by Mary Kooy leaving from the church parking lot at 5:15 p.m. for Stratford. For more information pleases call Cathy at 296-4665. Father Beck has been trying to as- sess the needs for Sunday School and babysitting during weekend masses. Those interested are asked to call Julie at 238-8583, or call Fa- ther Beck when he returns from va- cation, February 20. Congratulations to all those who received the sacraments in the holi- .day season and over the past month. Welcome to the children who were received into the Catholic Commu- ,uj y through the sacraments of Bap - 'lime: David Nicholas Tighe -Morin, infant son of Alain Morin and Katherine Tighe; MacKenzie Law- rence Earl Wilder, infant son of Jer- ry Wilder and Susan ell; and Phil- ip Richard Vandenbe infant son of Richard Vanderbeik d Bonnie Lynn. Congratulations! For the remaining winter months, all weekday masses will be celebrat- ed in the parish meeting hall. Choir rehearsals will be held each Sunday moming..at 10:30 BAIL before 11 .Lm. Mass. Huron Country Playhouse Guild More than 60 members of the Hu- ron Country Playhouse Guild met on January 27 at the Colonial Hotel Restaurant for their monthly lunch- eon meeting. The guest speaker was Doug Ellison, of Ellison Travel and Tours Ltd., Exeter. Mr. Ellison, a former school teacher, began his travel business in 1980, and now heads a very successful travel agen- cy with 20 imployees. Some of his Mies for success include the maxim "The Customer is Always Right", and the three steps -ability, availa- bility and dependability, to build a good business. He warned consu- mers about potential travel scams, particularly about Florida "Free" packages, or giving one's credit card number to an unknown person over the phone: He shared some travel tales of humor and of horror, espe- cially those dreaded 5 a.m. phone calls from some upset client whose travel plans have just turned into a nightmare. • Ellison has become accomplished at dealing with international diffi- culties, and has a long list of loyal, satisfied customers. There are a se- lection of day long show tours available. There are nine venues for theatre in Toronto at present. Senior citizens are the biggest po- tential market for the future of the travel industry. Door prizes, donat- ed by Ellison Travel were won by Shirley Skinner, Pat Hendrick, Pat Venton and Mary Jane McArthur. The business meeting was chaired by Mary Metcalfe, who welcomed two new members, Sandy Reimer and Cathy Thatcher, plus several guests or members. A cheque for the sum of $7,200 was presented by Betty Hoyles to Kate Burnette, on behalf of the H.C.P. Foundation. Burnette thanked the members for their generous dona- tion, saying that recent government grant awarded to the H.C.Playhouse, was largely based on the perception of community support from organizations like the Guild. A beautiful quilt, created by the talented" ladies of Saublc Court, was commissioned as a Guild fund raiser. It was shown at the meet- ing, and will be on display at Jay - kens until the Playhouse season, where it will be seen at the Gift Shop in the farmhouse. Pat Venton obtained a suitable doll to repre- sent "Oliver" from the musical, swhich will also be raffled this sum- aaner. A list of volunteers was up- dated for store staffing for the sum- mer, to be completed next month. It was decided that the young people will be allowed to continue to serve as ushers for the Play- house, rather than asking members of the Guild to do it. The young- sters are paid for each performance and this represents a summer job for some of them that would be lost if the guild took over as ush- ers. The luncheon meetings for Feb- ruary and March are booked for 'the Colonial Hotel, with the April greeting at Southcott Pines Club- house and the May meeting at the Three AAA Restaurant in Exeter. Exeter drop-in gets new bowls,. carpet EXETER - At long last! Our new carpet and set of bowls has arrived. Thanks to an anonymous donation and the help of the Rebekah s and Odd Fellows we now have two sets - lots of room for more bowlers. Come out and give this sport a try. Three games played Ray Smith 2 wins 1 tie -score 23 Bea Ballantyne I win 1 tie -score 22 Marion Dearing 1 win 1 tie -score 22 June Hodgson 1 win 1 tie -score 19 Wilma Davis 1 win 1 tie -score 19 2 games played Mildred Thomson 1 win 1 tie -score 12 Cribbage High - Mildred Thomson Low - Lois Learn Last week Grace Farquhar was dealt the almost perfect hand. She counted 28. A perfect hand is 29 - congratulations Grace. 1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIAIIIIIIpUIIg1111U 111111lU111111111111111111ntosiiiIIIIIIIII IMI Ig1MtIlUIlU1 1111111111111111111UUgNINMIi CENTRALIA At the United it Church on Sunday Rev. Geddes chose as his subject "Drum Major Instincts". An anthem was sung by the choir. This coming week the U.C.W. will meet on Thursday, February 4 at 8 p.m. at the church. Rev. Deb Carter will be the guest speaker. Anyone at Centralia wanting to subscribe to the United Church Oh- aerver ($10.00 annually) please contact Margaret Cook. There was a good turnout Sunday for their potluck dinner and annual meeting. On Friday evening Bonnie and Clyde Kooy entertained their par- ents to dinner out in honour of their mother's Alice birthday and on Sat- urday night dinner guests at the Burklcy restaurant in Exeter of Car- men and Betty Cable were Clayton, Alice, Bonnie and Clyde Kooy, Barb Smith and Mary Kooy in hon- our of Alice's birthday. At Heywoods restaurant en Janu- ary 25 with a full house, prizes went to Marjorie Steeper, Jean Noels, Kay Blair, Howard Dolan, Dorothy Bullock, Ross Patterson. Next gathering February 8 at 2:30 p.m. capon i,/ LTILORLASINISMIN Enlarge family or team photos to81/2x11 or even 11 x 17 instantly with outstanding results Ideal for business preseniation materials , evert colour transparencies 424140in Stro. 11 ' • tumiskosskamiewsioutoom tsepibes with grass, trees and peftited sidewalks. Madeline helped with the paint- ing throughout the building and do- nated her simulated pearl earrings which became the lights on the front entrance! "She was my Slip- perier and encourager" said Al. Al, a Tool and Die Maker by 'omits unemployed molten the Via the project. Althougb 'he did resuibe a full time job once wormer arrived, approximately 100-725 'hours of work went into 'Making the goal of Centralia Faith Tabernacle come alive. Builders of the model for the new Centralia Faith Tabernacle Church are Al and Madeline Harvey. Talc RRSP and go places sooner than you *AM Retirement planning is serious business. So, comeiltkto alAurentiairiaank representative today! Qualify for up to a %Z % more interest on your contribution to a Laurentian Bank GIC RRSP.* At the same time, enter our super RRSP-Sunfun contest. with more than 100 great prizes to be won, including three dream cruises!' Let's talk RRSP! 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