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Times -Advocate, September 30, 1998,
Alzheimer's fund-raiser
Coffee break. Queensway Nursing Home held its Coffee Break for Alzheimer's .disease on
Sept..24. This year's Coffee Break was the third.annual .for. Queensway.and •allowed res-
idents and members of the community to donate 'money to Alzheimer's and drink a coffee.
•Pictured above, Queensway. activities 'assistant Nancy Y•oung,pours coffee:•for Iva .Reid,
right, and Lillian Beer. Earlier, Reid and Beer presented a $25 cheque on behalf of the La-
dies Legion Auxiliary. -
First rate dinner planned for. Dashwood
By Mindy Gough
Ooslr!i•oo(1 corresporulettt
DASHWOOD - Autumn is here.
and . Dashwood residents- are
.enjoying the sight -of golden fields
and scarlet trees under sunny. deep
-blue skies. One sure sigh of fall is:
the Fellowship Dinner presented by
Zion Lutheran -Church. -This year..
the event will -be held on Saturday
' October 24. at 6 p.ni. In addition to._
. a first-rate meal, diners can look
forward lo visiting with friends and -
ncighhours and t terrific talent
show. Tickets can be obtained by
calling the church at 237-3548. All
proceeds from this annual:dinner
go 10 support mission work.
We welcome a new little resident
to.Dashwood..Alexis Susanne
McCarthy was born on August 1.7.
Her very proud parents are Greg
.and Susanne. Alexis is lucky to
have a very helpful big tiistcr,
Ashley. Congratulations to •the
McCarthy family on this special-,.
addition.
'Earl and Kathy •Keller -were
delighted to welcome their fourth
grandchild recently. -Abigail -
Elizaheth Keller- Was. horn on.
August 20 and baptized at Mt. -
Carmel on September 27. Ahhy is
the daughter of Ross and: Caroline .
(Conlin) Keller. She is the little
- sister of Jacob. and the seventh
great. grandchild horn in Frieda
• Keller's family this year alone. Her
Godparents arc Kathy Dasilva and
Jeff Keller. Warm wishes to Abby's
family as they celebrate her arrival.
Our town is growing! Sheila and
Mark deLange have recently
moved:to Dashwood from London.
and they bring with them their four
children. Brian. Laura, Kara, and
Shannon. Sheila. a Tupperware
consultant. recently held an open
house to get to know some of the
neighbours: A warm welcome to
this new family - .be sure to
introduce yourself the next lime
' you sec them!
And the town grew in another.
more curious way this week.
Excitement was in the air as many.
residents watched a house moving -
very slowly down Centre Street to
its new spot on Highway 83 kitty-
corner from the Credit Union. The
lot was formerly' part .of Pearl
Miller's yard. Word is that the
structure immigrated from Crediton .
after an oil spill damaged its
previous foundation. We're not sure
-who the owners arc. but he sure to
say hello - and . welcome to
Dashwuud's newest residents. •
Dashwood faririlies have been•
travelling as the summer winds
down.; Bill and Nancy. Becker and
Nancy's dad Mr. Fanner returned •
recently from a trip tit Alberta. The.
Fanner family held a- reunion and
Bill and Nancy also .did some-
-touring:in the Banff area: Anne and
Murray Reid visited the Eastern-
U.S.,
asternU.S., and this correspondent along
sv.ith hushand and baby- -s.pcnt•a
lovely weekend .in Trenton
attending the wedding of a friend.
Earl and. Kathy. Keller - toured
Quebec. visited -With ° former
Dashwood resident Jill Stojkovjc int
"Rochester. N.Y.,- and attended the
plowing match in Kingston.
• Ontario. And of course. the. pride of
Dashwood,.. our . Men's and
*omen's Tttg of- War teams,
returned " from Rochester,'
Minnesota' and the international
competition. Although nit medals
were won.. these athletes are
champions. as far as their 'Mine
town is concerned. We're thankful
Senior diners
ZURICH - Forty-five Senior
Diners enjoyed dinner at thc Zurich
Arena at noon on September 23.
0' Canada and The Table Grace
were sung accompanied by Glena
Horner at the piano.
The 50/50 draw was won by
Charles Mosley.
Maxand The Townliners, Phylis
Dcichcrt, Andrew Rau and Max
Ducharme, entertained with old
time music.
Solo and euchre were played.
Call Kay Hay at 236-4632 by
noon on Monday if you wish to
attend the next Seniors dinner.
that everybody is home sate and
• sound:
And finally, Farmer Becker has a
fine selection of friendly kittens
looking for new families. Sonic
Dashwood residents have
encountered these happy little
- characters during their:evening
• walks. 11.you'd like to add one to
'your family and. can pntvide a
responsible., caring home, apply iii
person to John and Mary Becker.
The Dashwood News is
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Invitation to UCW coffee hour
Rhoda Rohde
Thames Ruud correspondent
THAMES ROAD --Rev. Marilyn
Carter was in charge of the regular
church scrvicc on Sunday morning
at Thames Road. -
The minister showed the youth a
small cross with the words "God
Loves You" on it and told them a
story about it. •
The choir sang an anthem "Don't
Go Away 'Without Jesus" accompa-
nictf by organist `Marilyn
Vandcnbtissche.'Sharon Passmore
read the scriptures. The title'itf the
minister's sermon was "Where
Your Treasure Is."
Karen Etherington and her
daughter Robyn received tic offer-
ing anil were the greeters. -
On October 4 at Elirnville World
Wide Cominunion•will be celehrat-
cd.
'At Thames Road on Octbher 11
•there will be a Thanksgiving; ser-
vice and a chance to visit the
Sunday Schools' " Sukkah Tent
At Elirnville•on October i8 the
morning scrvicc will he held at
9:45 a.m.. Rev. Marilyn Carter's
Covenanting "service will he held at
Thames Road at 7 p,rn. that
evening,
Mission and Service Sunday will
he held onOctoher 25 at Thames
Road at 9:45 a.m.-That evening at 7
p.m. an evening of: gospel music
will he held at Thames Road.
The U.C.W. group is invited•to a
'Coffee Hour -on October 13 at 10
• a:i». The Hibbert U.C.W. extended
the invitation to meet;:at .Daynard
Hall. Helen Thomas of Kincardine
will he speaking on -her -six years
spent' living in Japan. Pleas -e let
Sharon Lynn or- Diane Jeffery
know if you can attend by Ocfoher
The program committee is
Rhoda Rohde. Kay Grubb, Karen
E;theringion, Ruth -Anne Osgood
and Lorraine -Alexander. The roll
. call -will be "Show and tell abbot
something you are thankful' for."
Group U will serve lunch.
The U.C.W. are invited --to
Centralia United Church for their
meeting on October 15 at 7:30 part.
There will- he a guest harpist" from
Paraguay. Contact Sharon Lynn or
Diane Jeffery by Octohcr'I if you
published Once monthly. if you '
have news to share, .please contact -
Mindy Gough.at_237-3892.
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On Oetobcr 4. David and
Kathryn Mayberry are speaking at
Centralia United Chur'h at 11:30
a.m. "1 hey are the Ontario Co-ordi-
nators for Foodgrains Bank, a
Christian.iesponse to hunger. You
are invited to attend this service.
Thames Road-Elitnville charge,
Zion. "Centralia, and •a Hamilton
United Church participated in a
,fEouth Huron Foxxlgrains project:
A reminder to bring a. food item
for the flood Bank next Sunday. •• -
Personals •
Alan Dawson of Peterborough•
visited last week with his cousins
Murray" and Beatrice Dawson.
Many people called at' the
Dinney Funeral Home. Exeter to
pay their respect to the late Alice
May on Thursday 'and also attended
her funeral on Friday! Sympathy is
extended to her family and rela-
tives. , • .
' Many` people culled..at the
Dinney' Funeral Home to pay their
respect to the late Mary Kerslake
on Saturday and also attended. her
funeral on Sunday. Sympathy is
extended to hcr.sisteis Edith Miller
and Marione Johns and families,
-and to Mary's family and relatives.
Sympathy of the community is .
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