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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-11-03, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, November 3,1993 South Huron District High School was taken over last week- end as 28 students took part in a 30 -hour famine. The stu- dents began the famine at noon last Friday and finished at 6 p.m., the next day. They stayed together at the school over- night to make sure no one cheated and ate. Participating from top left: Rayna Milne, Andrea Radford, Becky Hartman, Aaron Bayer, Bert Janssens, Jason Bacon, Toni Dejong, Dave Mor - lock, Wes Brown, John Miners and teacher Je rey rma , die left: Fiona Walker, Jenn Robertson, Roxanne Relger, Meg- an White, Renee Sweeney, and Lisa .Roberston; bottom left: Jeff Glover, R.J Milne, Kevin Bender, Jason Hodgson, Scott Parsons, Wendy Rau and Lisa Rau. Absent from the photo are: Bill Tufts and Rob Luther. The event was organized by Kevin Bender and raised over $!,000 for World Vison. Farewell dinner planned Minister leaving for Ottawa parish By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH - The village has been saddened to learn of the departure of the Lutheran Church's Pastor Stephen Alles, who will be leaving with his family to take up a new charge in Ottawa at the . nd of No- vember. The congregation of St. Peter's Lutheran Church is having an open house for the community on November 14, from 2-4 p.m. at their fellowship hall. It will be fol- lowed by afamily congregational farewell dinner. '3('lEar ve4rDfece The Knights of Columbus are holding their Harvest Dance Satur- day November 13 at the Zurich Arena. Tickets are $6 each, includ- ing lunch. For tickets or informa- tion contact Ralph Smith or Jerry Pennings. Agriculture Society Zurich's Margaret Deichert was elected secretary treasurer of the District Eight of local Agricultural Societies at the Huron -Perth annual dinner meeting on October 26 in St. Pauls. Leaf pick-up The next collection for leaves in Zurich is Wednesday November 10. Village office staff are encour- aging residents to have their leaves bagged or boxed and at the curb by noon. Lions The Zurich Lions Club will once again be delivering telephone direc- tories in the Zurich Area. The Cluh is also making plans for its annual Lions Club Stag and Elimination Draw at the Community Centre on November 12. Optimists The Zurich list Club is once again having aTfan d y of bowling at the Town and Country Lanes. Everyone is invited to the lanes on November 14 from 2-5 p.m. for free family bowling. Auxiliary The Auxiliary of the Blue Water Rest Home held its .meeting last Tuesday evening, at which plans were finalized for the upcoming tea and bake sale on November 13 St. Boniface Bazaar A bazaar will be held at St. Boni- face School this Saturday. The doors open at 10 a.m. and the CWL will be holding several draws through the day until 3 p.m. Orga- nizers promise there will be lots of items on sale, and there will be hot dogs and beverages for lunch. All proceeds go towards the St. Boni- face Church building fund. Personals Lee;and.Rsst'' kegler n iitlj-e-_ tinned dome from a two-week holi- day in Calgary where they visited • with relatives. Welcome to John and Bernadette Denomme who have moved into town. We also see Eric and Erla Smale have moved into their Main St. home, and Gen Doyle of the Maple Woods Apartments has moved to the Seaforth area. Belated birthday wishes go to Clarence Reichert who celebrated his 80th birthday recently, which was marked by an open house at the St. Peter's Lutheran Church hall attended by family and friends. . Richard Breakey of Edmonton is spending some time with his par- ents in the area. Michael and Yvonne Hartman of Waterloo -.were in town on the weekend visiting their mothers, Theresa Hartman and Juliette De- nomme, and other relatives. Wishes for a speedy recovery go to Bill Smith and Larry (Sam) Re- gier, who are currently in the hospi- tal. Josef Risi has returned home af- ter a two week visit with relatives in Switzerland. Birthday wishes this week go to 'Michelle DePaepe, Brandyn Web- ster, and to Dustin Studerus. L at woidd you do if y won?" 4' eite 'Ft e czce And remember. A. Say yes to ENCORF • Seniors Dining A Hallowe'en theme decorated ;the Zurich Community Centre last !Wednesday for Seniors Dining. ,The 5050 draw was won by Ethel tKnowles, and Gert Durand was wished a happy birthday. All diners enjoyed Hallowe'en cup cakes and ice cream, and Ina Neeb read a poem It's Hallowe'en Time Again, followed by a reading from Ethel Knowles. Games of bingo included decorated pumpkins as prizes. 4 Costume pwty held in Centralia CENTRALIA - A wide array of "characters" arrived at the Centralia Community Centre on Wednesday night for Faith Tabernacle's Bible cos- tume party: It was a difficult job for the judges to pick only 12 to receive a prize! Four teams were made and teachers Verlyn Huston, Linda Hender- son, Henny Parker and Bonnie Obre were transformed into Lazarus. Team number one was the first to completely wrap Verlyn Huston from head to toe in toilet paper. The highlight was "dress the teacher " in which Ken Parker, Martin Koolan, Lan -y Henderson and Jamie Parker were dressed by each team in skirts, boots, shirts, scarf and various other clothing arti- cles. Team four was the first to dress Larry Henderson in his "attire". Fi- nally the four men modelled while the kids sang, "From the inside out God's looking at me"!! Lots of action songs kept the wiggles out and a few Children were able to participate in a "making Kool-aid" object lesson. Rice Krispie squares and pop were finishing touches to a fun night fel, lowed with an apple. Lost and found club will meet at its regular time and place this week; 7 at the church. The doors were opened at 6 a.m. on Friday morning for continuous prayer until 6 a.m. on Saturday for the many needs of this community and country was well as many thanksgivings. Morley and Gloria Bordes from Carpentersville, I11. ministered in both services on Sunday. Gloria ministered in song and Morley brought the word. This Sunday evening will be a violin concert as Rev. Stanely Ham- mond of London will be sharing his talent with us. Don and Alma Plant will have the "Christian response on the Aids vi- rus", at Youth for Christ at Brumfield Public School on Saturday night be- ginning at 8. Anyone needing a ride contact Jamie Parker. Go Faithwalk- ers!! 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