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BRYANSTON - The Bryanston
Friendship Club met on December
3 at 12 p.m. for a delicious turkey
dinner with all the trimmings which
was catered to by the .Shoebottom
Girls.
Following dinner the meeting
was opened with singing of '0
Canada' with Margaret Hartwick at
the piano. Alex Jeffrey read a poem
'Christmas'. Happy birthday was
sung to Ada Smith, Mona
Mayberry, Alex Jeffrey and Ken
Parkinson and happy anniversary
was sung to Audrey and Elliott
McRoberts. •
The secretary treasurer reports
were read .and a thank you' letter
from the Banting family. A motion
by Margaret Hartwick and Frances
Mardlin that the club donate $25 to
the Salvation Army. Greta Gibson
is to send cards to the shut ins for
the Christmas season. It was decid-
ed that each member bring a brown
bag lunch for the February 4, 1998
meeting at 12.30 p.m. Alex read a
poem 'Secret of Happiness' and
wished everyone a. Happy Holiday
•Season. Madeline Parkinson was
presented with a lovely plant in
appreciation for her two years as
secretary treatsurer by Beth
Buchanan. A lovely Christmas pro-
gramme was presented by the com-
mittee Ethel Grose, Isobel
Robinson and Ada Smith. A sing
song of Christmas music was
accompanied by Margaret and
Elgin Rentoul on the violin. Ethel
read a poem 'The Day before
Christmas', Margaret and Elgin
favoured us with a medley of
Christmas music. Ada conducted a
contest 'Christmas Carol
Challenge'. Ethel 'read 'Green
Thumb Christmas'. A draw was
made for two beautiful Poinsettias
donated by the Bryanston Optimist
Club. '
The February meeting will be in
charge of Kathy and Alex Jeffrey
and Madeline and Ken Parkinson.
Several boxes of food were brought
by members and donated to the
Caring Cupboard in Ailsa Craig.
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Times -Advocate, December 17, 1997
CQMMLThTITY
You make me laugh
OAC Comedy Night at'South Huron District High School was a barrel of laughs. OAC dra-
ma students energized their audience last Tuesday night with 50 humorous, side-splitting
skits. Pictured here are actors Becci Hotter (!eft), . Sarah Vermunt, Venessa Laye and di-
rector Mandy Rolph performing a skit called "Blinded by the Light."
Queensway Christmas
Family and friends of
Queensway Nursing
Home residents in Hen-
sall gathered for a
Christmas party on Sun-
day. More than 200 peo-
ple enjoyed a Christmas
dinner with all the trim- -
mings. John Castledine,
left, Agnes Burke, Mar-
garet Barnard and John
(Pudge) Gibson enjoyed
dinner together.
Tracy Mann, a staff
member of Queensway •
Nursing home was the .
winner of a beautiful
quilt made by Marg
Cole, left, .of Hensall.
Irene Zwart made the
draw with the assis-
tance of Queensway ad-
ministrator Ted Under-
wood on Sunday. The
quilt draw was a fund-
' raiser for the Queens-
way Resident Council.
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We wish to take. this opportunity to thank our customers for.
their patronage -over the past year and look forward to serv-
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Christmas Season and a Prosperous New Year.
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THE GIFT OF MLMOPIES
A Holiday Story:
An unopened
gift sat in Dad's
old rocking chair.
There was no tag
on it, and the
mysterious package
had everyone in the
family guessing
as we gathered
together for
Christmas dinner.
I admit, I had been
apprehensiveabout the
holiday season this year
because it was our first since
Dad passed away. You see,
he just loved this time of
year. His joy and enthusiasm
made the holidays for this
family, and it was hard to
imagine that they were here,
and he wasn't.
Like many times hefore,
our family enjoyed
a/ wonderful
dinner, but this
year we also share l
memories of
holidays past,
especially those
with Dad.. cx)n,
it was time to
exchange our gifts. As the ,
younger grandchildren
ea=erly torsi into the brightly
wrapped packages, it took
me hack to when I was a
child. Dad had always made
Christmas special for us,
and he always seemed to
know how to pick just the
ri:ht gift.
Although the mystery .
of the gift seemed to bring
our family closer
together, i wondered
how not having Dad
here would affect us
...especially my
Mother. She remi-
nisced about their
second Christmas
together. They
had just learn -
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ed she was
expecting their first child.
How special that Christmas
was! Everyone loved hearing
Mom tell the story.
Finally, the only, ,
unopened 'package that
remained was the one on
Dads chair.
• We weren't sure who should
open it, hut, after some
discussion, we agreed that
it should he my oldest son,
since he had always heen
veru close to his Grand-
father. He said it was an•;
honor to he chosen, and
there were
smiles and
tears all
around
when we
saw the . .
gift was a
handsome,
framed portrait of
Dad— just the way we all
rememher him.
Who in our family had
heen thoughtful' enough to
give us this gift? it still
remains a mystery, hut it
made ine realize that all
memories are a gift—
ours to cherish for the rest
of our lives. Having, them
helps us keep I)ad as close
as our hearts.
l4shing your family the gift of memories...
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Funeral Directors
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Exeter, Ontario (519) 235-1220
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