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Times Advocate, 1993-06-02, Page 26Page 26 Tunes -Advocate, June 2,1993 Back in � from the archives the Times - Tire a� Avoctue dvocam 10 Veers Ago June I, 1983 -Exeter native Peter Frayne and his wife Susan will be spending the next four years as missionairies in Africa. They have just completed a gruelling 18 months training course to prepare for this new life. The 33 member Stratford Boys Choir thrilled a large audi- ence Sunday night 4t Trivia Me morial Anglican church. Sing- ing in the choir were Exeter boys Rick Topp, Dennis Web- ster and Mark McDonald and Wayne Scotchmer from Hen- sall. Choir accompanist was Ralph Topp. Two South Huron district High School athletes Dave •Woodfine and Derek Hippern have qualified for the All - Ontario track meet in Kitchener. 2S Years .Ago May 30, 1968 - Exeter resi- dents have had a considerable change in mind regarding liquor outlets in the past four years. Monday, they approved three of five questions on the ballot. The $2.2 million technical and commercial addition to South Huron District High school was officially opened Monday night. A former chairman of the board, Hon. C.S. MacNaughton said, "When the school was built in 1950 many members of the board doubted the building would over be.fllled. Ontario Provincial Police were called to the He nsall dump Sunday when neighbours report- ed a "Witches" convention. It actually was a group . of high school students making a movie to be shown at this year's Cana:-' dian National Exhibition. The top athletes at South Hu- ron District High school are Joanne Moore, Scott Buirtonand Uilke Nagel. Best in intramural were CarolLynn Sttapton and Leo Desjatdine. Jeff and .John Lindenfield were proud to display a 31 inch pike caught by ; their father Bev recently in the Seaforth area. SO. Years Ago June 3, 1943 Hindered .by min in the attempt to erect a new -factory in time forihe early pea pack, the -Exeter factory of Canadian Canters suffered a further :setback ,during the se- vere windstorm that passed over the area Tuesday aftemoun. The large steel stacker used for car- rying the pea maw from the viner to the stack weighing many tons was blown down and badly wrecked. With a certain amount of fair weather during the past week, farmers were able to do consid- erable seeding. Mr..H.C. Rivers of Exeter was named vice-president of the Independent Retail Butchers Association which covers five surrounding counties. Also on the board is A.V. Tiernan of Dashwood. In attendance were Hugo Schenk, Crediton: G. Deichert and I. Youngblut, Zu- rich and H. McMillan from Hensel'. There will be a band concert in Victoria Park on Sunday night, June 6 at 8.30 p.m. It seems there are not enough dentists in Canada to do all the work on teeth of soldiers and ci- vilians as well. So the rationing of sugar comes into the picture. People can also help by faithful brushing of their remaining teeth. 1001leilrsAgo June 1, 1893 - At the' Reform convention of South Huron held last week in Brucefield, the fol- lowing delegates were appoined to attend the convention in' Otta- wa: D. Wilson, Seaforth; Alex Mustard, Brucefield; George McEwen, Hensall; H. Smith, Hay township and A. Bishop, MPP from Usborne. A rumour around Dashwood on the weekend indicated a west -end tailor shop escaped de- struction when a dynamite bomb exploded. The legal ma- chinery .in Exeter was sum- moned, but proved inadequate. What really happened was a charming young damsel still in her -teens carte to visit the pro- prietor in the early evening for a friendly chat. As he had no bell on the door, she lit a firecracker to get his attention. Since that time, city fathers have passed a law requiring all tailors who re- ceive friends in the evening to invest in a doorbell. T Centrally Faith Tabernacle planning aerobics night --OENTRALlA - The -theme for the May WM meeting was "A Trib- ute to Mom". One of our moms, Velma Russell, displayed her beau- tiful talent of canvas painting. She began painting while in Florida a few years ago and each year when she and Cliff return, she develops more of her artisitic flair. This past winter she began paint- ing people along with her•spectacu- lar outdoor scenes. Velma saved her most recent piece of work until last and unveiled a portrait of our church which she completed this past winter. Our guest speaker Mar- tie Butler from Lucan, led in a few choruses and then Martie being a morn, gave each mother present an opportunity to dig out all the pic- tures they had with them of their Kh#on Pathfinder leader (from left) Kathy Holdsworth proudly attaches the Canada Cord to children or grandchildren and KWh Regier's uniform on May 20 as leader Carol Damen presents her with an Ontario Council 'brag"! certificate. Her message on the faithfulness of mothers was encouraging and Queensway news HENSALL - Over the May 24 weekend, residents gathered around the radio and listened to an old radio show from 1939, featur- ing Fibber McGee and Molly. We welcomed a new minister to Queensway this week. Reverend Gani Lazard from the Calvary United Church.-He•perfomted last Tuesday's afternoon .church ser- vice. Also on Tuesday, our monthly supper club met for a spaghetti dinner with salad and garlic bread, with cherry cheesecake for dessert. Thursday evening everyone gathered for our monthly birthday party. Marie Flynn and Site Huron Strings provided -the musical enter- tainment while the Carry On C1og- gers did their dancing. Birthday greetings for -the rnentbof.May go out to.laurene' Wein,:Blll Eveland, Aleida Kats, Luella Hall, Hanel Mason, Dorothy Page, Florence Glew and Janet McKinnon. Resident council met Friday moming and decided to purchase another wheelchair for outings etc. The baking club had a special treat when they made two rhubarb pies from their own rhubarb patch hereat Queensway. Saturday was a busy day with the Community Yard Sale. The residents enjoyed seeing all the people out and about looking for bargains. Thank you to all the Auxiliary volunteers who looked after the book table, coffee and do- nuts and yard sale. tables. The do- nated yard sale items and volun- teer time from family members and staff are very much appreciat- ed. Also, a special thanks to all who helped out at our food booth. Coming events June 7, 10 a.m., volunteer auxil- iary meeting. June 20, 2-4 p.m. Fa- ther's day tea, June 23, 6-8 p.m. Strawberry social on Queensway lawn. Tickets available at Queens- way for $3.00 each. All proceeds to Alzheimers Research. Centralia by Mary Kooy CENTRALIA - A joint service was held at the United Church on Sunday for the Sunday School An- niversary. Rev. Geddes chose as his topic "Journey through the Holy Land". A piano solo was given by Mi- kayla Skinner and a solo by Lind- say Powe. The community of churches of the district are holding a combined worship service at Thames Road United Church next Sunday, June 6. An orchestra prelude will begin at 10:30 a.m. and service at 11 am. Guest speaker will be Bev Rabbitts of St. Marys. A light luncheon will be served following the service. The social evening for the U.C.W. which was to be held on Thrusday, June 3 has been can- celled and will be re -scheduled lat- er. Brent Caslick, Gregory and Dan spent the holiday weekend along with relatives at Marathon on a fishing trip. Thursday evening visitors with Mary Kooy was her nephew Ferlin and Julie Sovereign and daughter Felicia of Brinsley. Friday lunch- eon guests were Ron and Linda Holcombe of St. Thomas and she was a guest at a barbecue at the bomc of her son Clayton and Alice Kooy and family on Sunday eve- ning. Sympathy is extended to Harvey and Donna Smith after the death of their daughter Penny of London: -challenging as baa - about the deep fail Gad kir own mother had aid with. Rhubarb otic was for lunch and the next WM mewl is June 18 with our Picnic Potl Friday night the Sunday S • .1 hosted their annual "Family Ban- quet" at the Centralia Hall. Thanks to all our wonderful cooks, every- one enjoyed a delicious meal of tur- key on a bun, salads and home- made pies. (Just ask Garry Kline about the pie he had!) Bob Hey- wood from Exeter Bible Fellow- ship, played his accordion and through song, gave his testimony. WM is hosting "Co -Ed Adult Aerobics" this Friday night at the Exeter Public School from 7:30- 8:30. 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