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Times-Advocate, 1996-05-01, Page 16Page 16 Times -Advocate, May 1, 1996 The Hay Days Events Committee and the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority sponsored an aftemoon of tree planting on Sunday at the Township ball diamonds in Zu- rich. The event also celebrated Land Week. During the Hay Township 150th birthday celebration, residents are making a commitment to the next 150 years by planting a new forest. Members from the five participating churches provided some of the entertain- ment. By Joan Beierling Varna correspondent VARNA - 'Raise the Roof with Laughter' was presented by "Five Alive", members of Bayfield, Brucefield, Goshen, Kippen and Varna churches April 28 in Kippen church. John Emslie from Bayfield was the clown introducing and welcom- ing everyone with his humor. He gave the call to worship. A skit involving the choir and Deb Rathwell and Willi Laurie en- titled "Make a Joyful Noise" was humorous and brought laughter from the audience. This was fol- lowed by a hymn "Part of the Fami- ly." Brenda Wright from Brucefield read a poem "The Bible". A highlight of the evening was the guests "Audibly Awesome", who are Graham Boker, Richard Rose, Bill Strong and Len Lobb. They sang a few musical numbers with a few jokes in between. "If You're Happy and You Know It" was sung and three dialogues were presented "Being Serious", "A Simple Question" and "A New, Experience" and then a prescription for laughter was given. These pres- entations were given by members of each of the five participating churches. The hymn "Give to • jls Laughter" was sung. Three hundred area women enjoyed the day at Kirkton. By Mary Peterson Centralia correspondent CENTRALIA - On Saturday, April 27, Zion UCW hosted an- other highly successful 'Spring Break Away day for women of the region. The program included a wide variety of speakers such as Gail Baker, Audrey Harloff, Bren- da MacLean, Ernie Miatello, Gwen Dykeman, and Klomps Landscap- ing. There were interesting exhibits and presentations concerning can- cer, pharmacy information, and Landscaping and gardening. A fash- ion show later in the day was pre- sented by Schaefer's Ladies Wear and Petticoat Lane in St. Marys. Congratulations to Zion UCW for their organization and planning for this fun -filled and interesting event. At Centralia United Church on Sunday, the service included a presentation by Larry Skinner on behalf of the Stewards. Since there Was so iiiucfi- information, the church renewal project will be dis- cussed at a general congregational meeting. Upcoming activities All men from Centralia United Church are invited to participate in an all-male choir for Mother's Day. The first practice will be held _ Thursday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m. at Centralia. Also at Centralia on Thursday. May 2, the U.C.W. will host Zion U.C.W. at 8:00 p.m. with a very special visitors. Zion U.C.W. will hold their meeting the following evening. On Saturday, May 4, Zion invites everyone to attend a pancake breakfast from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $2.50 for children. To obtain tickets prior to the breakfast, con - tact Murton Brock. On May 26, a joint worship ser- vice will be held at Thames Road United Church with Rev. Gilgit MacDonald as the guest speaker. Anyone interested in joining the Choir is invited to practices which will be held May 5 at filimville United Church, and May 12 and 19 , at Thames Road United Church. Community news The village of Centralia now has a Neighbourhood Watch program in operation, according to Barb Drake. Many thanks to the busi- nesses who have helped provide fi- nancial Support for this initiative. For more information, call Barb Drake. At the euchre party in Crediton recently, Ethel Lewis and Eileen Pullman were High Hand winners. Mary Rhame and Allen Johns won the Lone Hand awards, while Irene Theander and George Adams were Low Hand winners. A few jokers in the congregation kept everyone laughing. Trish Cooper announced theof- fering would go toward the school house roof in Blueftelds, Nicaragua and she gave an explanation of the project. The offering was taken by Murray Workman, Bev Lefaive, Candace Cooper and Mike Jones. The Lord's Prayer was sung by the choir. A social hour followed. Neighboring U.C.W.'s are invit- ed to join Varna U.C.W. for their spring offering on May 2. Guest speaker will be S. Davidson, moth- er of Jesse Davidson. • Camp Cleanup Day at Camp Me- nesetung will be May 4 beginning at 9 a.m. Lunch will be provided and the coffee pot will be on all day. They need young helpers. Give Carol Simons a call if you can help. The Varna Pork Barbecue at the Stanley Complex is planned for June 19. For tickets call Don Rath - well at 233-9153, or Ralph Ste- phenson at 263-5351 or Barry Tay- lor at 482-7230 or any other Steward. May 5 will be Church Sunday in Varna Church at 10:30 a.m. Anyone wishing to run the con- cession booth at the Stanley Town- ship Ball Diamond should contact Lowell Mount at 233-5876. The Plantation Gift Shop will be having their grand opening May 4 and 5 from noon to 5 p.m. The shop is located at the Magnolia Bed and Breakfast on County Road #3 east of Varna. They have unique gift ideas from Huron County craft- ers and much more. Did You Know? That through funding from the heart and stroke foundation the fol- lowing breakthroughs have taken place. * Surgical and non-surgical treatment for blue babies have tak- ' en place. * Development of pace- maker technology. * Discovering that the heart produces a hormone. * $rood thinning and clot -busting drugs. * Preventing cardiac compli- c494 after stroke. • Things have been quite busy at South Huron and will continue to be for the next several weeks. Hopefully everyone is well rested af- ter the three-day weekend all the students have just had. Last Thursday was a busy day here at the school. In the afternoon a motivational speaker, Ian Tyson, talked to the school body about how important it is to balance areas of their lives and to enjoy their high school years. Thursday night the Student Council put on fun night. This activity ran from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. There were games such as over/under, black jack & crown and anchor. Also people did their best at singing karaoke. The biggest events were bungee running and hoop it up! The night was a blast and the proceeds are going to the Canadian Cancer Society. Thanks to everyone who came out. A special thanks to Reel Time for donating some of our wonderful prizes. Also a very special thanks to all the staff and students who helped out. We couldn't have done it without you. Just a reminder that reports went out last Wednesday. Please call the school if you have any questions. Upcoming events Wednesday, May 1 the Red Jazz Band will be performing in the morning at Zurich and Hensall public schools. Also on May 1, in the evening, the Excellence in Education ban- quet is being held in Holmesville. Five students, one staff member, one support staff and one community member from South Huton High School will be receiving awards. On Thursday, May 2, the Black Jazz Band will be performing at the Stephen, McCurdy, Usborne and Exeter public schools. On May 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. the South Huron Drama Department will be performing two plays, 'My Life in Ten Years' by OAC stu- dent Jenny Ellison and 'Blind Dates' by Anna Fuestenberg. Tickets are $3 and are available at the school and Greeting Card World. Soccer donation Mark Helmrich, .president of the Exeter District Optimist Club, presents Minor Soccer President Peter Hakvoort with a cheque on Saturday. totalling $800 for uniforms. )G70CD000UOCDCD 0 0 0 0 CD0 CD00000000CDC7CD0 "Providing Reliable Communications Solutions" Six people join Thames Road church Nine others jointed the church at Elimville. Rhoda Rohde Thames Road correspondent THAMES ROAD - Rev. Jim All- sop was in charge of the confirma- tion and communion service on Sunday at Thames Road Church. Robyn Etherington, Brenda Miner and Ann Marie Hodgert were the greeters and handed out the bulle- tins. The service opened with the Doxology. Brenda Miner gave the announce- ments. The choir sang "Thank God, Thank God", accompanied by or- ganist Jean Hodgert. Ryan Parker and David Vandenbussche received the offering. Rev. Allsop read from the Gospel of John 19:25-30 and the title of his sermon was "You Are a Gift". The scripture lesson from Ephe- sians 4:1-6 was read by Amy Hod- gert and from Ephesians 4:7, 11-16 was read by Robyn Etherington. Ray Cann, Clerk of Session, spoke to the congregation about the candidates that were joining the church and asked them to come for- ward, namely, Robyn Etherington, Amy Hodgen, Ann Marie Hodgert, Brenda Miner, Ryan Parker, and David Vandenbussche. The confirmands knelt and the parents, the Clerk of Session, and the minister laid their hands on the new church members' heads. Ray Cann presented each young person with a pin, and a certificate of confirmation. The congregation repeated the Apostles' Creed. Each confirmand distributed the elements of sacra- ment to the congregation and choir. • They sang the closing hymn "We Have This Ministry" and Rev. All- sop pronounced the benediction. After the service, lunch was pro- vided by the confirmands and their families served by Agnes Bray, Pat Ballantyne, Alice Cann and Bea- trice Dawson. Life and work of the congregation On Thursday, May 2 the Sun- beams will meet at Thames Road at 9:30 a.m. On Thursday evening May 2 the U.C.W. women are invited to Cen- tralia's U.C.W. meeting at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 5 is pulpit ex- change Sunday. Rev. Robert Bigger of Tavistock United Church will exchange with Rev. Allsop. On' Monday, May 6 the Thames Road U.C.W. will meet at 8 p.m. Marion Cann, Helen Webber, Leo- na Cottle and Kay Cunnington will provide the program. The roll call *ill be a housekeeping job you dis- like the most. Group W will serve lunch. On Sunday May 19 there will be a walk-a-thon for Mission and Set - vices, by Thames Road and Elim- ville Sunday Schools at Morrison Dam. The rain date is June 2. Pledge sheets are available May 5. On Sunday, May 26 a joint wor- ship service of area churches will be held at Thames Road United Church beginning at 10:30 a.m. with music and sing song. The worship will begin at 11:00 a.m. with the Rev. Grant McDonald of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Kitchener as guest speaker. Choir practice will be held at Elimville [ on Sunday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m. j Anyone wanting to be in the joint ' choir is welcome to join. ETZWEK are helping to serve lunch on this Sunday. Contact Kar- en Etherington if you are able to help. The young people that joined Elimville United Church on Sun- day morning were Nathan Elford, Kelly Fulton, Keri Fulton, Michael Kerslake, Matthew Rowe, Laura Skinner, Chad Smith, Tyler Taylor and Andrew Weston. Personals Congratulations to Alan and Mi- chele Hodgert on the birth of their son Andrew Gerald Ross, a brother' for Alana. Also to the grandparents Ross and Kathleen Hodgen and ' Oerald and Ma Riehl. 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