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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-10-27, Page 15Wednesday, October 27, 1999 easter Times—Advocate 15 Fatuity Zurich Scouts erect flagpole at new camp property By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH CORRESPONDENT ZURICH - The Scouts in Zurich hold joint meet- ings with the Bayfield Scouts, in Zurich. They currently have eight Scouts with Hub Thiel, Mark Delange and Gerry Neilands as the Scouters and Peter MacLeod as an SIT. Bayfield has three Scouts with Bill and Janice Stauttener as the Scouters. For the first meeting they had an introduction to Scouts, a game and a fireside chit chat outside Since then they have been working on badge work and preparing the new Scouts for investi- ture. On October 15 to 17 they went to the District Camp where they erect- ed the flag pole at the soon-to-be named camp property. They did landscaping and built picnic tables in the morning. There were Scouting activities in the after- noon. They included sumo wrestling, water rockets, bridge swing, noodle sword, fighting, compass course and the Jamboree on the Air. ' They had an ina; campfire with many skits. Scouts Own was held around the flagpole Sunday morning, just before closing. They helped with the Food Drive hi Bayfield on October 21 and held an Apple Day. on October 23 along with the Cubs and Beavers groups. The groups were treat- ed to pop and chips afterwards. There will be a Halloween party for the Cubs, Beavers, Sparks, Brownies and Guides on October 27 in the gym at Zurich Public School. St. Boniface School will be having a parent/teacher council meeting on October 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the gym. St. Boniface C.W.L. and parish are having their annual fall bazaar on October 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the church hall. Everyone is wel- come. Be. sure to dress up in a Halloween costume and attend the fundraising Mad Bash at the Zurich Community Centre on Saturday evening, October 30 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets are available from Cheryl Durand, J&L Variety store or you can get them at the door for $5 per person. Music will be donated by the ban "Fireflys". The Optimist Club will be having their annual meeting at the Town and Country Lanes on November 3 at 7 p.m. The annual Christmas Penny Sale for Precious Blood Mission C.W.L. with a silent auction and bake sale will be held on November 3 at the Exeter Legion Hall at 7 p.m. The admission is $1. Members of St. Boniface C.W.L. held a meeting on October 19, beginning with the "Living Rosary" before the Mass for Vocations. Twenty-nine members at Lended the meeting as Pralsident Coby V.-.ndenBoomen wel- comed everyone. Cdrrespondenee'was read by Patti Hunt with an invitation to the Mt: Carmel Music Night on November 5 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 per per- son to hear Eduard Klassen play the harp. The Stratford and District Life dinner and meeting will be held in Stratford at the K. of C; hall on November 4 at 7 p.m. The cost is $15 at the door or $13 in advance. Phone Mary Jacobs in Hensall for more information. St. Boniface C.W.L. held a birthday party for the Blue Water residents with October birthdays on October 25. There was a musical program provided by. some members of the school choir. Plans were made for a bazaar on October 30. Boxes are at the back of the church for grocery items to be used on draws. A thank you note and gift will be sent to Donna Klopp for preparing all the meals for four days at the arena, with help from various groups, during the plowing match. Rose (Joe) Regier gave the treasurer's report and Julie Gelinas gave the roll call. Elaine Keller gave the secre- tary's report. Martha Overholt and Angela Watson agreed to take care of the quilt project again. Glen Sippell of Port Franks was the guest speaker at the E. Lutheran Women's group October meeting. He does volunteer work with the Missions Venture in Guelph. He spends three weeks every fall in Guatemala and the Honduras area helping build schools. A cheque for his work was presented by com- mittee members Marge and Jody Schilbe. Don't forget to turn your crocks back one hour before going to bed on October 30. Some members of the United Church attended the U.C.W. Regional meeting in Crediton on October 21. Personals Two well-known retired priests, Fr. Finn and Fr. Durand, both passed away last week. Bishop Sherlock said their funeral masses at St. Peter's Basilica in London with several peo- ple from Zurich attend- ing. Fr. Durand, a former pastor of St. Boniface Parish, was laid to rest in Zurich on Saturday at St. Boniface Cemetery on October 23. Pete and Yvonne Jeffrey, RR #2 Zurich, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on October 22. A Mass on Saturday afternoon was said for their intentions at St. Peter's Church, St. Joseph by Fr. Sipek, fol- lowed by dinner at Bluewater holds textile collection HURON PARK - Again this year, the Bluewater Recycling Association will be collecting textiles curbside from Monday, Oct. 25 to Friday, Nov. 5 in all municipalities the associate serves. This two-week collection will allow residents to recycle unwanted reusable tr-..'.ile items. The following are considered accept- able textile products: • Clothing - men's, women's and chil- dren's • Accessories - purses, belts, ties, etc. • Outerwear - hats, scarves, coats, gloves, etc. • Footwear - shoes, boots, slippers, overshoes, etc. • Bedding - sheets, pillowcases, com- forters, etc. • Window coverings - curtains, sheers ,etc. • Linens - towels, tablecloths, etc. • Stuffed toys These items should be free of mildew, thinners, grease or oils and should not smell musty or of mothballs or substances which could contaminate other textiles during collection and processing. For collection, textiles should be placed in plastic bags with either a sock tied around the: neck or clearly labeled "Textiles only": Bagged textiles can then be placed beside the blue. box on regular blue box collection days during the period from Monday, Oct. 25 to Friday, Nov. 5. Hessenland. A reception was held afterwards at the banquet hall at Hessenland. Ivan and Marjorie Meidinger celebrated their 45th anniversary on the weekend. Tony and Adeline Denomme celebrated their 58th anniversary on October 25. Mary Regier returned home last Thursday after spending the past two weeks visiting with daughter Annette and husband Mark Stephan, and baby Emily at their home in Tokyo, Japan. Mary had accompanied Annette back to Tokyo on October 5. While there she enjoyed sightseeing and touring places such as Mt. Fuji and a Buddhist temple. The large crowds of people and traffic were overwhelming in Tokyo. Mary was there for Thanksgiving as well. Josef and Martha Risi spent the past three weeks and Thanksgiving in Switzerland visiting with his relatives. Eulene Ryder of London spent the week- end with her sister Nora Corrivaeau at the Spruce Vila Apartments. Several friends and rel- atives in the Zurich and Dashwood areas attend- ed the wedding of Cynthia Stark and Michael Castellucci in Windsor at St. Gabriel's Church on October 22. Cynthia is the daughter of Dave and Carolyn Stark, Windsor, and a granddaughter of Therese Stark and Keith Thiel, both of Zurich. The couple will be living in Essex. Relatives from Holland visited this past week in Zurich at the home of Doug and Rini Erb and Coby and ,.•Arnuld VandenBoomen. Keith and Helen Gingerich returned home recently from a two week holiday visiting daughter Ruth and .se _ Henry Sikorski in White Rock, B.C. While there they went to Whistler Mountain, Vancouver Island and Salts Springs Island. They spent Thanksgiving with their niece there. A joint surprise 40th birthday party was held at the Dominion Tavern on Saturday night for Rick Bedard (September 24) and his wife Patty (November 11). Several friends and relatives were on hand to help the couple celebrate. A family get-together and birthday party was ‘Irl for three-year old quinton Bedard, son of Scott Bedard, October 16,, at the home of his - grandparents Tony and. 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