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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-11-28, Page 8Page 8 Times -Advocate, November 28, 1984 Honeymooners stay to help with Ethiopian famine "We came here on our said with a laugh. "We've Gingerich and his wife run operations, in Addis honeymoon," Cyril Gingerich been here ever since." Carol, both natives of Zurich, Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, for the Christian Blind Mission, which distributes funds to clinics and agencies 'that help the blind and people with eye diseases. a e se6figericls - he's 62 and e's 45 - were married in Kit- chener last Dec. 17. Cyril Gingerich had been in charge of administration at a nursing home in Lambeth, Ont. Carol Gingerich had work- ed for the Christian Blind Mis- sion in Afghanistan for nine years as medical secretary to the medical director of the Nogr Eye Institute in Kabul. "She left in 1981 after the trouble," her husband says. "A missionary couple were killed at1 everyone withdrew in protest." From then until her wed- ding last year, she worked at the Christian Blind Mission's Canadian headquarters in Stouftville. "We've known each other for years;' Gingerich said. "We left Canada almost im- mediately after we were married. "We spent a week of orien- tation at our world head- quarters in Germany and three weeks of African orien- tation in Nairobi. We got here in February and we're here for a two-year term." As the mission's represen- tatives in Ethiopia, the Gingerichs give out 2 million deutschmarks to other agen- cies that deal with the blind. Some of it is used for educa- tion about sight but more than half goes for medical work. "If there's a medical pro- ject dealing with sight, we'll give them partial funding for it," Gingerich said. But now that drought and CONFIRMATION DAY - Heidi Soudant (left), Tammy Rau, Annette Regier, Michelle Caers and Anne Hartman chat with Bishop Gervais, auxiliary bishop of London, after their confirmation at St. Boniface Church, Zurich. Mrs, Carmel Sweeney Phone: 236.4702 Paper drive Thursday Tomorrow,. Thursday November 29) is the monthly paper drive beginning at 6:30 p.m. Nearly two hundred people enjoyed the traditional delicious ham and turkey Christmas dinner complete with all the trimmings and fancy salads, including plum pudding for dessert at the Blue Water Rest dome. The hosts for the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Risi along with staff and some auxiliary' members. Recently the children of St. Boniface School sold chocolate bars to raise some Beautiful Eyes Free! Drop in for your free eye makeup application Friday, Nov. 30th. 6:00 p.m. to 900 p.m. Sat.. Dec. 1st all day Rumor's 11 Centre Mall Exeter 235-0202 money. A draw was made from those selling so many, and the lucky winner of an assorted mixture box, full of Neilson's candy and chocolate bars was Aimee Gelinas. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rau spent last week helping their daughter Suzanne and Dave Bell move into their new home at St. Catharines. Draw winner The last winner of the K of C share the wealth draw was little Brian Pole, $94.00 and $25.00 went to Larry Bedard. Both are of Zurich. Bean Festival The annual dinner and meeting for the Bean festival committee and helpers was held at the Dominion on Mon- day„night with elections tak- ing place for the coming year. Personals Best wishes for a speedy recovery are extended to Frank Kane who is a patient in Victoria Hospital and to Marcella Dietrich and Madeline Gelinas from the Maple Woods Apts who have returned home. Margaret Ducharme is a patient in the hospital. Happy nirthday to Martha Klopp, Josephine Dietrich and Father Bensette and Jeanne Hay. A surprise birthday party was had for Josie Dietrich at the home of Kay Hay last Thursday, November 22 when 11 friends and institute members got together to help her celebrate. complete with a birthday cake. A nice week's visit was had by Carrie Eybergen and daughter. little two month old Tiffany of Waterloo as they HURON -PERTH CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD Kindergarten registration will be held for - ( ( Regular Kindergarten and ( 1 *French Immersion Kindergarten (optional) on Monday, December 10, 1984 1:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. Location: All Catholic Schools Huron and Perth Counties The Baord will be establishing early total French Immersion classes, ('Two (2) locations only GODERICH STRATFORD for pupils enter- ing grades Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2, effective September 3, )985. In order to register for Kindergarten, children must be five (5) years of age on or before December 31, 1985. Parents ore asked to bring Birth Certificate and Baptismal Certificate. Registration forms for (optional) French Immer- sion class(es) for students now in Kindergarten and grade one are available through your school. These should be completed of home and returned in person to your local school principal no later than Monday, December 10, 1984. R.M. Murray, W. Eckert, Chairman of the Board Director of Education spent from last Monday to Saturday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Sweeney and family and visited with several relatives and friends in the area. Avilla and Blanche Ducharme visited with friends, Louie and Marie Noury in Leamington from last Tuesday to Monday. Mr. May McNall of Fergus spent a few days last week with her mother, Mrs. Mary Oesch in Hensall and both were dinner guests on Friday with Earl and Anne Flaxbard in Zurich. Myrtle Deitz and Helen Geiger along with Betty Haist, Grand Bend and Grace Fahner, Crediton spent the weekend in Cambridge and attended the 40th wedding an- niversary of Mr. and • Mrs. Ray Ortwein. A pre -Christmas family get-together was held on Saturday at the home of Mrs. Theresa Hartman with all her children and their spouses at- tending (21). They enjoyed a delicious supper and visiting, coming from Mississauga. Windsor, London, Lucan, Mt. Carmel and Zurich area. Randy and Vickie Geoffrey spent the weekend with his sister Colleen and Dann Wilson in Blenheim and all at- tended the wedding of their cousin in Detroit on Saturday. Also attending the wedding of Nancy Denomme, daughter of Harold and Madeline Denomme to Mark Linback in Detroit were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rau, Mr. and Mrs_ Dick Rau and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Denomme. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Geoffrey, Mr. and Mrs_ Bob Taylor and Mrs. Marie Rau of London were also guests at the Denomme wedding in Detroit on Saturday and while there called in on Mrs. Florence Sharrette. Michael and Yvonne Hart- man of Mississauga spent Saturday and Sunday with their mothers in town. Doris and Al Regier of Windsor spent Sunday and Monday with Ted and ,lean Geoffrey. A good time was had by a group of 13 men who went hunting for a week with .Jim Parkins at his cottage on htanitotilin Island fjoke4.4 CUSTOM-MADE WOOD GIFTS FOR YOUI Christmas will soon be here so order your custom work from Little Falls today. Well be pleased to custom craft for you anything mode to order including..-. • Toy Boxes • Spoon •Wooden Cases Toys • Rocking • Cedar Horses Chests LITTLE FALLS WOODWORKING & STRIPPING ST. MARYS Phone 221-6309 229.6260 214.1210 J Cyril and Carol Gingerich famine are spreading across Ethiopia and leaving hun- dreds of thousands homeless and hungry, the mission is getting money for general aid and relief. "We're giving more than 500,000 deutschmarks for famine relief, m addition to the 2 million we give for sight - related projects," he said. The money goes to buy blankets, medicines and high protein food. 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