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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1995-01-25, Page 7Page 6 Times -Advocate, January 25, 1995 Faber - Arthur Nicola Arthur and Gerald Rus- sell Henry Faber were united in marriage January 19, 1995 in Atigua. Nicola is the daugh- ter of Chris and Bob Arthur, London, Ontario. Gerald is the son of Russell and Anita Faber, Kippen. Congratula- tions to you both! Open re- ception to follow February 18, 1995 in Strathroy. The couple will reside in Mt. Brydges. ELW meet By Doris Hamilton ZURICH - The Evangelical Lu- theran Women of Zurich met for their January meeting with 14 la- dies present. The executive conducted the business and presented the devo- tions. A video was shown on Lutheran world relief relating to ELW efforts in putting quilts together, showing how they are packed and stripped and their use as quilts in hospitals etc. The group's efforts will help to keep someone warm on a cold night. FAQ__ To celebrate "Hay Days '96" ZURICH - Next year, 1996, Hay Township will be 150 years old. The year long celebration will be known as "Hay Days '96". A steering committee has been working on the events for over a year now and plans are rolling along well. The first endeavour of the Fund- raising committee, headed by Bill Munn, has been the sale of tickets on a cash draw. There are only 500 $20 tickets being sold on a chance on ten $100 prizes which are being drawn two per month from May to July6 of this year. If you win on one of these, your ticket goes back in to try for the main prizes which will consist of a third prize of $500, 2nd prize $800 and grand prize $1,500. Proceeds from this draw will go towards the Homecoming parade which will be held next year and a Heritage Education Project which will be held in the local schools. The grand prize draws will be held on Wednesday July 12, 1995 at the "Hay Days BBQ and Auction". There will be a chicken BBQ and the chance to bid on items to help raise money for next '.ear's celebrations. Anyone wishing to donate items or help with this event, please call Bill Munn 263-5096 or Glen Thiel 236- 4060. Shirley McAllister, the winner of the "Hay Days '96" Slogan contest is present with Steer- ing Committee Chair Bud Wilson for the unveiling of the new road signs. Zurich Girls Club prepare soup and sandwich lunch Money raised is ear- marked for club activi- ties. By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH - Grand Bend will be happy to see this snow for their Winter Carnival which runs from February 3-12. The fashion show is being held at the Exeter Legion on Friday, February 3. Girls Club The Girls Club held a successful soup and sandwich lunch at the Mennonite church hall on Sunday afternoon. Some of the 19 girls helped their leaders make vegetable soup on Saturday. Then their moth- ers sent along the sandwiches for the meal. Donations collected will be used for club activities and to offset the cost of a two-day retreat the girls are planning in April. Their next meeting will be held at the church hall on Thursday, Febru- ary 2. Bowl for Millions Sponsor sheets are going around to raise money for the South Huron Big Brothers/Big Sisters 15th annu- al "Bowl for Millions" event taking place at the Town & Country Bowl- ing Lanes in Zurich from February 12-19 and ending with the Celebri- ty Bowl on Sunday afternoon. Zurich Agricultural Society Those interested in attending the Zurich Agricultural Society Fair Board dinner and meeting held at the Dominion Tavern on Thursday, January 26 are to let Margaret Deichert know before January 23, 236-4130. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting afterwards at 8:00 Everyone welcome. Skating party A St. Boniface Parish Skating Party is being held at the Zurich Arena this Sunday, January 29 from 2-4 p.m. Free Throw The Knights of Columbus Free Throw (basketball) competition is being held at the St. Boniface school gym on Wednesday. Janu- ary 25 at 4:15 p.m. Students from other schools in the area will be participating as well. Kid's Check Don't forget about the Optimist Club Kid's Check that will be held at the Zurich Arena this Saturday. January 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. All children are to be watts panied by a parent or guardian. Personals Therese Stark, Zurich, along with granddaughters Cynthia and Jenny Stark, Windsor and friends from La Salle recently returned home from a week-long Caribbean cruise. Toots also spent a few days in London last week visiting with son Steven and Marsha Stark. Thomas Dennis Lansbergen, son of Jane and Tony, was baptized at St. Boniface Church on Sunday, January 22 by Fr. Wronski. Mozart Gelinas Sr. returned home last Friday after spending a few days in Victoria Hospital last week. Congratulations to Victor and Irene Hartman who celebrated their 45th anniversary on January 21. Happy birthday wishes to out to Peter Mathonia; Stephanie Van- Raay (three years old) on January 16; Scott Regier on January 23; Robbie Mathonia, Hensel) (six year old) on January 20; his sister Sta- cey (four years old) on January 23; and to Dan Eybergen on January 29. Several relatives from town relat- ed to the late Leo Regier in Pem- broke, spent the weekend there and attended his funeral. He is a brother of Joe, Clem and Peter Re- gier and Lucille Masse. Five local students recently en- joyed going on an exciting week- long trip to the Dominican Repyb- lic. Mary Hartman, Loretta Regier. Amy Wildfong, Kerri Gingerich and Dody Sweitzer had quite an ex- perience and saw how people live in other parts of the world. Welcome back to work clerk treasurer Maureen Simmons, who has been off for the past six months on maternity leave. Her replace- ment Sharon Baker did a great job while she was away. Congratulations to Nellie and Dan Evans on the arrival of their first baby, a boy, Blake Andrew, born on January 8. Nellie is on ma- ternity leave from the Zurich Ad- vance paper office. Jew g/nei FABRICS 385 Main St. Exeter 235-4023 Tank you for making our opening a complete success Joyce Baptie of Exeter was the winner of the pair of dressmaker shears! Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company Exeter, Ontario NOM ISI (Established in 1876) Provides Full Insurance Coverage for Farm Properties New Applications are Welcomed DIRECTORS & ADJUSTERS Larry Gardner, RR2, Staffs .345-2575 Lloyd Monition, Mltche0 348434' Y Lome Feeney, Mitchell 346.6653 Jack Hodyert, RA1, Ktrkton 2296162 Joe Chefte, RR5 Mitchell .3484705 Michael O'Shea RR3 Granton 225.2600 AGENTS Wayne Mever Exeter 2361915 John Moore, Dublin 345-2612 Joseph tJniec, MttcheN 346-9012 Head Office, Exeter 2360350 A refund Iron surplus was ds. eland for all ply holder; who qualify, are on record and M good atandNng as at Decem- ber 31, 199t vss Wfz- 44-' taking Drapery Certification Course We are increasing our knowledge to better serve your needs Inquire about our upcoming hands-on decorative wall finish (sponging lagging, etc) classes including • Troubleshooting 11!"1Due to the tremendous amount of interest in our experience and knowledge of decorative wall finishes we have decided to have afternoon and/or evening classes Also Stencilling Classes taught by Louise's Unique Interiors owner and certified stencilling teacher Remember - we carry a full line of Louise's . Unique interiors ' ` ,< '51e, 235-4086 Benjamin Moore -Paints Capsule Comments with Ernie Miatello There is a plant in Australia relied the bitlygoat plum whose fruit has been shown to contain 5% by weight of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), an astonishing amount. It ;s becoming a very popular health food product "down under". The Kidney Foundation of Canada wants people to be aware of the warning signs of kidney disease: high blood pressure. passage of blood or cloudy urine, excessive foaming of the urine, puffiness of the eyes, hands and feet. and frequent passing of urine during the night. Kidney disease progresses silently. People at high risk are diabetics, people with high blood pressure and close relatives of people with he- reditary kidney disease. Did you know that we each produce almost 1.5 litres of saliva every 24 hours? Many people wake up in the moming with a stiff neck. It can be due to their pillow. Most pillows force the neck vertebrae into an unnatural an- gle. There are therapeutic pillows that keep these neck bones parallel with the mattress and you'll wake up with no pain. It"Your Health Care Pharmacy" HURON APOTHECARY Ltd. Phone 235-1982 440 Main St., Exeter tlotth'I dd'eser 5'Jorlh Lambton 5!rtr SpeCial Feature "Salute to family-owned businesses" will be published early February This is our most popular special edition ever • The Times -Advocate is preparing our fourth annual salute to famil -owned businesses who are an extremely important p f ouriliCal economy. We will be listing businesses showing when they were established and prominently displaying their name... for as little as $49.50 IF YOU WISH TO BE INCLUDED PLEASE CALL BARB CONSITT AT 235-1331 NOTE; Deadline for this special feature is Fri. Feb. 3