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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-06-03, Page 7N• By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO June 1, 1988 -Brian John- ston who has held the position of chief building official for the town of Exeter for the past eight years has resigned. He .has accepted a position as area inspector for the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario. His territory will include the counties . of Huron and Perth and small portions of Oxford and Wellington. Jacqui Hyde is back home in Hensall for a short holiday from her job as a `respiratory therapist in the United Arab Emirate. Close to 200 persons attend- ed Wednesday's "` h anniver- sary celebratior Dash- wood Corr ..:entre. Organized present- Community Centre committee headed by Maud Hoffman, the evening was designed to recognize recent renovations to the .building and relive memories of its establishment in 1963. The guest speaker was Jim Hayter from Gode- rich who was the first co- chairman 25 years ago with the late Sydney Baker. 20 YEARS AGO June 1, 1978 - When McGillivray township farmer George Gledinning arrived home for supper Wednesday night, he had trouble believ- ing what he saw. As he ap- proached his farm, south of Mount Carmel, he saw. four large white birds walking down the bank from thc barn. What were first believed to be swans turned out to be large white northern geese. One bird left evidence of its visit, an egg which measured nine inches in circumference. Phil Knight and Fred Mom- mersteege were double win-. 'ners at the annual awards ban- quet of the Exeter . Junior Hawks. Carol Allen was named South Huron District High. School Queen at the annual At Home dance. 35 YEARS AGO June 1, 1963 - Area centres have contributed some $1,500 towards the district cancer campaign. Chairman Lloyd Hein made the announcement this wcek. Blanshard township council Tuesday night approved Us- borne's plans to build an all - township central school. The children are now attending union schools in Woodham and Kirkton. Jack Coulter of Gravenhurst has joined the Times Advocate staff as its advertising . repre- sentative. He was formerly with the Muskoka News. Rev. James. Philip Gandon, incumbent of St. David's Church in Windsor has been appointed rector of Trivitt Me- morial Anglican Church in Ex- eter and St. Paul's Church in Hensall. Edith Scott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Scott, Exeter has accepted a position with the Etobicoke Board of Educa- tion. 40 YEARS AGO June 2, 1958 -- Rev. Harold Snell who has been president of the London Conference of the United Church of Canada during thc .past year presented the staff of office and gavel to Rev. Hull of Windsor. The mass production poultry building on the Alcantuc farm west of Exeter is rapidly taking shape. The structure will house 10,000 turkey broilers or 20,000 chicken broilers. Rev. Alex Rapson of Main Street United Church has ac- cepted a call to Hyatt Avenue United Church in London. • SO YEARS AGO June 3, 1948 - Zion Lutheran Church congregation in Dash- wood will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its organization and the 40th anniversary of the dedicationof its present church building on Sunday. Mr. Joseph Creech has pur- chased the home of the late G.S. Howard. • Mr. Cliff White expects .to have an Ice Cream Bar in oper- ation in early July. Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Traquair have moved into their new home on John Street. 75 YEARS AGO June 2, 1923 - The first polit- ical meeting to be held in Exet- er in connection with the up- coming election was held in the Opera House, Thursday hosted by the U.P.O. party. Mr. W.D. Sanders acted as chairman. Minister of Agricul- ture was Hon. Manning Doher- ty. The local candidate for thc U.F.O. is W.G. Medd. FAMILY Times -Advocate, June 3, 1998. Page 7 Twelve confirmed at Thames Road-Elimville Rhoda Rohde Thames Road correspondent THAMES ROAD - Rev. Jock Tolmay was in charge of the confir- mation of vows service on Sunday morning at Thames Road Church. The choir sang "He's Everything to Me" accompanied by organist Marilyn Vandenbussche. . The title of the minister's sermon was "Words are More than Words". Dan and Nancy Smith received the offering. There was a hymn sing, choices of the confirmands, accompanied by Marjorie Johns on the piano. The Confirmation class was called forward, Kristy Bray, Natalie Kerslake, Tracy McKnight, Maggie Miller, Kelly Miners, Heather Morgan, Megan Parker, Heather Parsons, Megan Skinner, Courtney Smith, Henk Veldman, and Ian Weston. Bruce Delbridge spoke too the class and John -Miner asked the group their vows. Bruce Delbridge and Judith Parker presented the group with certificates and new Bibles. Allan McKnight had his church membership transferred from Crawford United Church to Thames Road/Elimville-Church. Kathy Bray, Joan Skinner, Helen Weston, Robert Bray, Dale Skinner and Jim Weston served commu- nion. A lunch followed the service. • Coming events • If you have any items for the. Camp Menesetung Wish List, please bring them to the church no. later than June 7. The Wish List is on the bulletin board at each church. June 4 the Sunbeams Wrap Up Party will be held at the Exeter Fire 'Hall at 9:30 a.m. They are to bring potluck snacks. A baptism service is planned for June 7 at Elimville. The U.C.W. will meet on June 9 • *From the Principal's desk, By Deb Homuth South Huron District High School The ol.est member of the -last Canadian team to Ni climb Everest, Jimmy Mayhurst, has written an interesting book that speaks about the components and valueof teamwork. The three key components required when _build- ing an Everest team - in fact any team, are: techni- cal skills, a real interest in taking on the challenge at hand, and a common set of values. • Nothing significant is achieved without commit- ment. And it is a shared commitment that makes the difficult possible. Mountain climbing. hguess, -is like most things in lift, 80% mental and 20% physical. Your attitude is the real determinant of your ability to achieve your goals in life. The lessons are good ones for all of us. Most of our students - won't go on to climb Mt. Everest but the mountains that. they will climb will. loom just as large for them at the time. •- Certainly the approaching final exams need that mental and physi- cal preparation, that commitment, the necessary skills and willing- ness to tackle the challenge at hand. ' • Parents can play such an important role in exam time. One of the ways they can help is by sharing the commitment to the examination process. Setting limits about time on the phone, television time, sleeping time and, of course, studying time is important. It sends a message to kids about the priority parents place on their children's academic preparation which is, of course, both the mental and physi- cal preparation. Helping students prepare for examinations can also mean watching for exam anxiety. Some students paralyze them- . selves into inactivity just through worry about the exams. Patents know their students best. We might miss the signs at, school that someone is suffering from exam anxiety; butwe can help. Give me.a •call if you think your son or daughter has allowed worry about exams to get out of hand. Some stress is a good thing though, as it will help students, in the end, to learn to perforin under pressure and to bring all their abilities to bear on a task: These skills will he used again and again in adult life and it is important that kids practise them. - Final examinations in secondary schools are just one way we have of evaluating student learning. Early in the semester each student should have received a copy of thc course assessment and evaluation policy. The mathematical percentage of the final mark that the June "exams represent will be explained in those policies. • • Juneexams begin on Tuesday, June 16th and end Monday, June 22nd. Report cards will be mailed this year, All students must bring . a self-addressed, stamped envelope to school. Homeroom will be held during the last week of classes for collec- tion of those envelopes. Please help your son/daughter have the envelope at school by this time. - Congratulations to all the athletes recognized for their achieve- ment and participation at last nights' Athletic Awards Banquet. We' are very proud of all of you! Friday evening the annual school formal will he held at SHDHS. Parents are welcome to attend. This special night will also honour two students who arc elected by their peers as Students of thc Year. 1 met with all senior students on Monday to remind them, as always, of the need to made good decisions that evening. Friday, of course is a regular school day and all students are expected to be in -class. Today, South Huron is the host school for Air Expo '98 being held - in Huron Park. The program includes a display of 50 careers related to the aviation industry, a static display of aircraft and an air show. All South Huron students were invited to participate in this school field trip. 3500 students, grades 6 - OAC, from area schools will be there. Students who didn't return permission slips arc being super-- viscd today in Study Hall at school. Deb Homuth at Thames Road at 8 p.m. The pro- - gram committee is Sharon Pavkeje, Pat Ballantyne, June Stewart and Jean Johns. The roll call will he "Summer holiday plans". Group W will serve lunch. A Sunday School Celebration is planned on June 14 at Thames Road. The guest speaker will be Peter Snell. A potluck picnic will follow. Beverage will be provided but please bring your own plates and cutlery. Dress casual as ball games will be played later at the park. Bring your own lawn chairs. It's carnival time at Cfsborne Central School on June 12 begin- ning at 5:p.m. There will be games, food, a dunk tank, penny carnival ' and auction. Everyone is welcome. • All proceeds will go towards play- ground equipment and library books. Anyone wishing to donate items to the live auction is to con- tact Ann Morley at 229-8868. If you have dishes at Thames Road Church from previous sup- pers, please pick thein up. A reminder to bring a food item for the .food bank next Sunday, June 7. Personals Barbara Miller of Toronto spent the weekend at her home here. A family gathering for supper was held on Sunday evening at the home of Robert and Kathy Bray and girls. ' All Star Can -Ain Orchestra set to perform in London LONDON - Enthusiasts of Big Band music are in for a treat. On June 6 The All Star Can -Am Or- chestra will be performing in Lon- don. This unique orchestra will be playing a dance -concert for the Ca- nadian conference of the American Federation of Musicians. The event is open to the public and is being.held in the ballroom of the Howard Johnson Conference Centre. Professional musicians from all across North America. make 'up this • 20 piece orchestra with two vocal- ists. - The driving force behind this en- , semble is the great drummer Jerry McKenzie. He has played with fa- mous orchestras such .as Stan Ken- ton, Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dor- sey, just to name a few. Also appearing with the orchestra as a featured performer will be the talented tenor player and arranger, RichoWilkins. He is considered to be one of Canada's most prolific arrangers. As well as writing for The. Can -Am Orchestra; Wilkins has written charts for Oscar Peterson, Peter Ap- pleyard, •Thc Jack Delamont Or- chestra and many others. The.Can-Am Orchestra's conduc- tor Norm Tufts, a resident of Grand Bend, also composes music. Hc is often referred to as "an old school composer" and has seen orchestras such as Les Brown, Benny Louis and Zim Zimarcl play his music over the years. A limited amount of tickets arc still available at Hysen Music, 146 Dundas St., London (519) 433- 6173 or 1-800-690-2612, or at the London Musicians' Association, 240 Commissioners Rd. W.; Lon- don (519) 685-2540. Lions - largest service organization in the world In the recent Community Profile section of the T -A sev- eral errors appeared in the article abort the Exeter Lions Club. It should have been printed as follows. EXETER - The largest service organization in the world celebrated 60 years of SERVICE in Exeter last October. A staggering 1.4 million people belong to an organization dedicated to serving those less fortunate than others, and the numbers continue to increase. In the Exeter Lions Club there are 45 members at present. Whcn I joined I didn't realize just how big it was,i said Exeter Lions Public Relations Chair and Past President, Tom Hartai. There arc clubs in almost every country in the world. Currently, there are 437,733 clubs spread throughout 185 countries. Hartai said the Lions Club helps every organization, pro- ject, person or event imaginable. In Exeter, some of the ,anger projects the club has been involved with include the Lions Youth Centre, MacNaughton Park, tennis courts, the community swimming pool, South Huron Hospital and ball parks, just to name a few. The next big project is the 406 Main Street par- kette which is expected to be completed by mid -sum- mer. The club has also taken on the responsibility to co-ordinate all the Lions Clubs in Huron County, to provide volunteers, to assist at the 1999 International Plowing Match near Dashwood. The Lions Club raises money through various facets. Hartai said their biggest fund-raiser is Nevada Tickets. Not far behind that is TV Bingo on the local cable sta- tion, a 'Trip -of -the -Month' Club and a partnership with the Ausable/Bayfield Conservation Foundation in host- ing an annual Dinner/Auction held at the recreation centre. He added these are just a few of the many projects and fund-rais- ers undertaken. Hartai said there have not been a lot of changes to the club in the past 60 years except that Lions International now wel- comes both men and women. Initially, Lions Clubs were exclusively for men. It is still a group of volunteer -minded indi- viduals banded together to raisemoney and disperse it to those who need it most, he explained, adding that the group is very diverse. Hartai said they would like to thank the community for helping the Lions Club continue what they do best. We want to THANK the people in the community and surrounding area for supporting the Lions. We've had a good response from the community. Memorial service held at Villa EXETER - At Exeter Villa on May 31 the annual. memorial service was held for those from the Villa who have passed away from February 1997 to April 1998. Marjorie Johns, Pat Dobbs, Judy Mills, Rev: Parsons, Pastor Scott, Rev. Laksmanis, Father Wronski, Joy Skillender, Nancy Tweddle, Mary Jane MacDougall, Elly VanBergen assisted at the service, Candle sticks were dedicated in memory of Erna Allison. There will be no church services at Exeter Villa during July and August. An anniversary dinner will be held June 26 and everyone is welcome. Seniors Month will be celebrated on June 28 with entertainment by Northern City Limits. The Bodacious Jazz Band will perform on June 4 at 7 p.m. • On June 23 at 11 a.m. residents will- have lunch by the lake at Goderich Harbor. June 21 will be Father's Sunday. A yard sale is planned on July 18 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. If anyone has something to donate it would be appreciated. The proceeds will go to the Residents Activity Fund. LOVELL'S STRAWBERRIES YOU PICK...WE PICK Open Between June 6'hor 8'h, For picking info CALL 263-6418 1st farm west of Kippen intersection on south side. Berries sold by Titre. Open: Mon. -Fri. ,-- / Sat. ' ' f. tll t I Sun. - 8 am -8 pm 8 am -6 pm 8 am -12 noon (no picking in pots or pans) Edide Hairstyling, Esthe ics .& Tanning For an appointment call 235-1880 50 Thames Road E. - valu-mart Plaza Walk-ins welcome Your stylists: Laurie Vermunt Rhonda Lightfoot Jen Desjardine Lianne Wray Patty Shipway Dr. Betty Fretz & Associates 360 Main St. E., Listowel OPTOMETRISTS Drs. Fretz, Cipp, Wilkinson, Hinch, Laurin, McClinchey and Nauyen * New Patients Always Welcome * Family Vision Care For All Ages * Contact Lenses * Laser Surgery Information and follow up * Wheelchair Accessibility * Emergency Eye Care * Monday to Saturday, Evening Appointments available * Lab on Location Phone 291-1220 • Long Distance 1-800-814-3773 Fax: 291-1299 Emergency 638-3937 [Master Capsule Comments with Ernie Miatello it's already been proven that bacteria cause C gastric ulcers (the bug is Heliobacter pylori). Now it- seems -that heart attacks might be caused by bacteria also. • Chlamydia pneumoni- ae is the bug suspected but it will "be "a long time before it is proven scientifically. interesting though. Metered -dose asthma inhalers that contain chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's) as a propellant can damage out ozone layer. In fact every CFC molecule damages about 100,000 molecules of the ozone layer. New, non -CFC propellants are being released and CFC use will be reduced to a minimum by the year 2000, Look for exercise opportunities wherever you can. If you work in a high-rise take the stairs. You will burn 7 calories per minute walk- ing upstairs. If you run, you burn 15 calories per minute, Keeping a patient warm can reduce the risk of heart -related prob- lems during surgery. Low temperatures constrict blood vessels causing the heart to work harder. So a warming blanket is used on patients with heart -risk factors like diabetes, hypertension and obesity. HURON APOTHECARY ua. 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