Times Advocate, 1993-10-20, Page 9Your Views Thanks dor interesting tour
"We learned all about
newspapers and how they are
set up and put together."
Thank you for the wonderful tour of the Times
Advocate. We appreciated your time very much.
We learned all about newspapers and how they are
set up and put together. We realize that it takes a lot
of hard work and co-operation to make a weekly
newspaper full of loc''l news.
Thanks again for the interesting and educational
tour.
Sincerely
The Grade 617 Class
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School
and Miss M.K. Stapleton,
Teacher, Grade 617 Class
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Stara 'WI tour museum
By Roberta Templeman
STAFFA - Ten Staffa Women's
Institute members and friends, en-
joyed a day in Stratford on
Wednesday September 29. •They
gathered at the Stratford Museum
where the curator Jim Anderson,
•met diem and took them on a very
informative tour of the different
displays.
All proceeded the Swiss Chalet,
• where they enjoyed lunch, before
- heading for -the Perth County Ar-
chives, where we were met by.the
Archivist, Lutzen.Riedstra.
• The group was taken ona infor-
mative tour of the Perth County
Counhouse, then back to'.the Ar-
chives where they •toured .the -dif
ferent sections and where Luizen
explained how they could help in-
dividuals or groups research fami-
ly trees, farms, churches, villages
set. Esther Smale expressed the
group's thanks:
November coffee hour
With Irene Finlayson and Freda
Kerslake as program leaders, -and
r hostesses Mary Ellen : Docking.
Gwen Christie and Esther Smale,
Hibbert United Churrh women,
held their November meeting in
the form of a coffee hour at 10
a.m. They were pleased to have
> guests from Exeter, Seaforth,
Mitchell and Cromarty.
As they enjoyed our coffee, muf-
fins and jam, Mary F. Dow provid-
ed, music suitable to the autumn,
Thanksgiving theme. Kerslake
welcomed the guests and read -a
poem, as well as some entertaining
sentences. Finlayson introduced
the guest speaker, Susan Christie,
who displayed and -explained her
quiltedarticles whic(t ranged from
quilts, large and small, .to wall
hangings, vests and :jackets. All
were impressed • with Christie's
abilities.
November 17 win be: the occa-
sion of the annual ham and egg
supper. November 14 the UCW
will have a Festival of Missions
with.Lori .Stewart of Mission Re-
source Centre of .London Confer-
ence >and Sharon Wurm as:
ers. Food bank, Mission Units i
London Conference and Food
Grains Bank contributions may be
meat this time.
nomination committee is
preparing a 1994 slate of officers
for presentation on November 10.
The meeting closed with the Miz-
rpah'Benediction.
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Joanne, Matthew and Kelly Don-
ovan, Val Dor, Quebec visited over
the Thanksgiving weekend' with
her parents and family members.
Templeman family members
from Kitchener, Stratford, Val Dor,
Mitchell, Exeter, Russeldale and
Staffa gathered for Thanksgiving
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Zurich Senior
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By Geriie Fleischauer
. ZURICH - A tasty lasagne dinner
was served to the Senior Diners last
Wednesday'at the Community Cen-
tre. Tammy Antaya welcomed all
diners and visitors.
Audrey Smith was the 50/50 win-
ners. A poem (Indian Summer) was
given by Ethel Knowles, Hensall.
Everyone enjoyed the musical
programme presented by Michelle
Haberer and family with Audrey
-Haberer as pianist. Solos were sung
by Lindsay and Lauren Haberer.
Michelle and mother June Hodg-
son treate44e:44=74; tp .c.}ggging
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Times -Advocate, October 20,1993
Page 9
Thanksgiving service enjoyed
By Roberta Walker
DASHWOOD - An ecumenical
Thanksgiving Service was hold at
Dashwood United Church on Tues-
day, October 12, with women from
several area churches invited. 'della
Gabel was organist for the evening,
and Eleanor Weigand was the host-
ess. Each invited church was asked
to make a contribution to the pro-
gram.
Lucy Sage and Annie Lytle, of
Grand Bend United Church, sang a
duet, "Whispering Hope" accompa-
nied by pianist Irene Kennedy. Ann
Wilson, Church of God, sang "In
Times Like These" as a solo, ac-
companied by organist Idella Gab-
el.
From Greenway United Jamie
and Karen Guenther -Green per-
formed "How Great Thou Art" and
"Holy, Holy, Holy" as duets. Karen
was the pianist and Jamie played
the saxophone.
Roberta Walker, of the Immacu-
late Heart of Mary Catholic Church
did a reading "Thank You God, for
Colour" and performed a capella
solo, an old spiritual, "Aint Got
Time to Die". Idella Gabel of Dash-
wood United, contributed a beauti-
ful organ solo.
The guest speaker was Jane Ben-
nett, the Acting Treasurer for the
Canadian Food Grains Bank. She
has lived in the Hayfield. area for
about three years now, at a farm on
the Bronson line, and attends the
Goshen United Church. She illus-
trated her presentation with a slide
show: of her February 1993 trip to
the Horn of Africa, a tour of inspec-
tion of areas in Kenya, Ethiopia
and Eritrea which are receiving aid.
The Canadian Food Grains Bank is
one of the most successful and effi-
cient aid agencies in the world, be-
gun in the 1970's b}r the Mennonite
Relief Committee of Western Cana-
da. It has shipped over 70,000 met-
ric tonnes to 22 countries around
the globe in the last year. Most
churches now contribute to the
Food Grains Bank across Canada,
either financially or direct" ship-
ments of grain from their local are-
as.
A group of 12 Canadians, of vari-
,ous denominations, paid their own
.-way to make thisfood study tour.
!Malin sent to Kenya-mainly,goesiso
feed refugee camps of Somali peo-
ple. There is a great drought in
Ethiopia with no grass, and dried-
up river beds. The major self-help
method is a Food for Work ex-
change, as workers and grain dis-
tributors are paid for their labour
with grain. The most important pro-
ject involves building reservoir
dams to hold rainwater, built of
clay soil and rocks. A dam built
five years ago supplies six local vil-
lages to grow their own food. This
is a Third World where work is
done and most burdens carried on
the backs of women and donkeys.
There are also irrigation projects
and reforestation projects.
CEDA donates $4 for each dollar
raised for bagging, shipping and
handling the grain. Ontario is the
only province which ships corn, a
lot of it from our own local farm-
ers.
The Canadian Food Grains Bank
makes a real difference in these
people's lives, and Jane Bennett as-
sured the women that the distribu-
tion system works fairly and effi-
ciently. The group was deeply
touched by the desperate conditions
of these people, and their willing-
ness to work to improve their lives.
The tour made her even more grate-
ful to be living in a wonderful
_country like Canada.
The sum of $122 was collected as
a donation to the Food Grains
Bank. After the service, a time of
fellowship was enjoyed as refresh -
mems were served.
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