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Times Advocate, 1984-08-08, Page 6Times -Advocate, Au • ust 8, 1984 TO MARRY - Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dickey and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hunter are pleased to announce the forthcom- ing marriage of their children Debbie and Michael. The wedding will take place on August 18, 1984 at 7 p.m. at Exeter United Church. Open reception to follow.32* TO MARRY - Mr. and Mrs. William Yearley of Crediton are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Sandra Darlene, to Richard Franklin Hammond, son of Mr. and Mrs. Telford ("Chum") Ham- mond of St. Marys. The marriage will take place August 25, 1984 at Crediton Zion United Church. Reception to follow in Lucan. Everyone is welcome. 33* PLAN MARRIAGE - - Grant and Margaret Skinner and Alex and Irene Jackson wish to anrn5 once the forthcom- ing marriage of their children Julia Anne and David on Saturday August 25, 1984 at 6:30 p.m. in Exeter United Church, Exeter, Ontario. Open reception to follow in Exeter. Everyone welcome. 32c The thrill of meeting sponsored child TNu Many Canadians sponsor sponsor children in the Second and Third World through a varie- ty of charitable organizations. The majority are not wealthy, and many of them give sacrificially, just because they love all children, everywhere. Few of the sponsors will ever see the youngster they. aid, and will only get to know him or her through photographs and progress reports, sent out each year, and from stilted little thank - you notes translated in English by someone in the sponsoring agency, or if in English, copied painstaking- ly in a childish hand. However, I'm one of the lucky ones, for this year, I visited our family's sponsored child, Teressa. My husband and I. first learned, about Teressa when we attended a meeting in Toronto about 11 years ago, at which Bernard Brooks, the principal of the Dr. Graham Homes of India, was speaking. Mr. Brooks, a dedicated In- dian educator and humanitarian gave us a brief history of The Graham Homes, and told us of the amazing man who founded them in 1900. Dr. John Ander- son Graham went to India as a missionary with the Church of Scotland in 1889. Fie and his wife were deeply concerned about the numbers of un- wanted and sadly neglected children they saw wandering around, children born of European fathers and Indian mothers. Moving out of the great love in their hearts, they gathered in six of these waifs and placed them in a makeshift cottage with a housemother and teacher. Before a year had passed Graham had built another cottage and moved in 26 more children. As other people in India, and other parts of the world, heard of Graham's vision, they, too, were inspired to give. Other cottages, and then the school block, were added in quick succession. To his friends throughout West Bengal, Graham sent out this message, "Send the needy children to me"...and they did. The children still come; between six and seven thou- sand have passed through The Homes since Dr. Graham dreamed his dream, and gathered in those first half- dozen abandoned urchins. To- day, the home-school com- pound consists of more than 40 buildings, dotted over the 500 acre site at Kalimpong. Around 800 students attend, many of them being rescued, as babies, from the terrible slums of Calcutta. With his voice charged with emotion, Brooks told us about the agonizing responsibility of going to Calcutta, each year, to choose a few children from among the hundreds who are desperately deprived. He related some of the histories of children who would never know any home except The Graham Home,...Claudette, orphaned at two, Gracey, abandoned a few weeks after birth, Oscar, who at three years, found the only person he could call 'father' was San- ta Claus, Gloria and Albert whose parents were confined to a leprosarium. After he had spoken, we told him we would like to help. "Good," he smiled, "you can sponsor Teressa, one of the new little ones who has just come into the Homes." He handed us a picture of a solemn -eyed, three year-old. TO MARRY Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wurm of Exeter ore pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Jo -Ann Elizabeth to Michael Norris Gallagher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gallagher of Huron Pork. The wedding is to take place August 11, 1984 in Exeter at the Exeter United Church of 7:00 p.m. Open reception to follow. For more information call 262-3012. DRAPES and OTHER THINGS Put a personal touch into your decorating needs. • Wall coverings • Window Treatments • Pratt & Lambert Paints Free shop at home service Coll Carolyn Bradford and at 229-6194 GRADUATES -- Vicki Mann, daughter of Doug and Kathy Mann of Hen- soll, graduated June 21, 1984 from Humber College in Toronto in Public Rela- tions. She is o graduate of South Huron High School and is employed with Global Ed/Med Supplies Canada Inc. in Toronto. I c Eleven yearsa Eleven years later,when a friend and I were visiting In- dia, we made our way to Kalimpong to see the famous chtldren, a beautiful girl a beautiful girl with thick black hair and deep set brown eyes, fringed with long lashes. We approached each seems to me... by Gwyn Whilsmith Homes and Schopl, and to visit Teressa. Shi had been alerted of our visit and was waiting. It's hard to say which of us was the more excited and nervous, but I picked her out, immediately, standing off to the side from the other other timidly through misted eyes, and hugged tightly. At first, left to ourselves, we were awkward and shy, and Teressa answered my ques- tions in tiny, scared, whispered monosyl- 4lables..."Yes, Aunty. No, NESCAFE COFFEE 5.89 1 SUNLIGHT 1 POWDERED DETERGENT BOX 12 iz L 6.99 BOX CHOICE WHOLE BLENNEIM TOMATOES FANCY 14 OZ. TIN MITCHELL APPLESAUCE .79 VARIETY PACK 10 PAGE KELLOGG'S CEREAL 2.29 ASSTD. VARIETIES QOO G IcCORMICK COOKIES 1.99 28 OZ. TIN .89 Canada Dry, 750 ml. bottle GINGERALE 2/.99 plus deposit FROZEN NIAGARA NAS FMK0RWHITE 12.5 OZ. TIN u1IIoo PURE MUSTARD 1.79 SUNLIGHT DETERGENT 1.19 TOILET BOWL CLEANER 1.319 AIR FRESHENER .89 MONARCIIAII�IHG .419 sV►OLIED ANO SEWOG E0 SY ELLIOTT MAIM $ CO LTO LONDON Aunty." But, as we relaxed in the 'warm Indian sun, she began to tell me about her avid interest in swimming and about her dreams of becoming a legal secretary. As I looked at this lovely, healthy young girl at my side, my mind went back .to that night, 11 years ago, when we first heard about the poor, lit- tle, half -sick waif from the slums of Calcutta. What would have become of her if she'd been left there? What is happening to the hundreds of others who are still there? It makes me sad, of course, that more children can't be saved, but still, when I toured The Graham ,Homes and School and saw the happiness and vitality on the faces of the eager youngsters who are FOUR MUSHROOMS .79 FLEECY 1 FABRIC SOFTENER JUG L 3.6 2.49 L JUG there, I thanked God that even this many are being given a chance to reach their potential of becoming self reliant and contributing citizens of their country. I used to know a lady who always said the reason she didn't sponsor a child in the Third World was because, "it would only be a drop in the bucket." Well, 1 wish she, and others like her, could see the depraved, horrible conditions, in which so many innocent children try to exist, and the difference it makes in their lives when someone cares • enough to help lift them out of those circumstances. It's so often a matter of life and death, and even drops in the bucket can work a world of wonders. 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OF SOUTH AFRICA OUTSPAN ORANGES 2.49 PROD. OF ONT. C4N 61 MINI CRTS LB..69 A RO PROD. Of ONT. CAN. *1LL 104'.0 SMA � ,COOKING ONIONS . BONUS BUYS Generic 200 g. bog .99 POTATO CHIPS Heinz White, 4 Litre Jug VINEGAR 1.59 Motts, 1 Litre Jar CLAMATO JUICE 1.69 Chef, 12" x 25' FOIL WRAP 1.09 Dlsey 4's TeOILET TISSUE 1.59 Fresh peaches. tomatos. etc. arriving daily. , PRICES IN EFFECT IN MOST SUPERIOR STORRS UNTIL. AUGUST 11, 1964 ASSORTED VARIETIES MONARCH CAKE MIXES 260 G PKG. .37 FRESH SCENT JAVEX LIQUID BLEACH 3.8 L JUG 1.53 SAET PICKLES 1.3 9 HEINZ 5.5 OZ. TIN TOMATO PASTE .49 PREPARED MUSTARD .69 HEREFORD . CORNED BEEF 21.11164 HEINZ BANS .99 PARMESAN CHEESE 2.49 TUC CRACKERS 1.39 2.8 OZ. 1.29 MARUARINE LUCKY WHIP TOPPING .799 FROZEN ASSORTED VARIETIES PKG. OF 12 JELL -0 2.49 POPS ASSORTED VARIETIES McCAIN'S 19 OZ. PKG. DEEP 'N' DELICIOUS CAKES 2.29 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES TO NORMAL FAMILY REQUIREMENTS