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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-09-18, Page 26PAGE: 6A—CLINTON KEWS-REC RD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1980 iddletOn area young people invited Blanche Deeves Boys and girls, are you interested in taking the tall 441 project Food For Vriends? Anyone het. ween the ages of 12 and 26 can join and the first meeting will be held .on September 20 at 1:30 pin at the home of leader Mrs, Bev Van Niphuys. You can call her at 482.- 9963 for more in- formatien. ACW meet The September meeting of the St. James' ACW was held at the home of Lois Smith with leader Estelle Wise in charge. She opened the meeting with a reading, 'f011owed by another reading given by Delores Dutot. - Mrs. Wise welcomed everyone-to--the--m-eetingand-thanked Mrs. Smith for the use of her home. Audrey Middleton read the minutes from the last meeting in the absence of Shirley Storey. An in- vitation was received to attend the Fall Deanery Meeting in Blyth on October 7. She opened the meeting with a reading, followed by another reading given by Delores Dutot. Mrs. Wise welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked Mrs. Smith for the use of her home. Audrey Middleton read the minutes from the last meeting in the absence of Shirley Storey. An in- vitation was received to attend the Fall Deanery Meeting in Blyth on October 7,, Vera Miller presented that treasurer's report and Blanche Deeves gave the card report andread a thank you note from Bill. and Margaret McCabe (nee Steenstra) to the ladies of the community for the floral arrangements given to them for their marriage. Mrs. Dutot was in charge of ticket sales for the quilted comforter and sham and floral arrangement. Mrs. Bennett made the draw and the winner of the quilt was Mrs. Donna Tyndall of Clinton. The floral arrangement was won by Mrs. Barb Kilgour of Kitchener. The guest speaker was Miss Marilyn Cox who spent her summer holidays with Crossroads Africa. Marilyn lived on the island of St. Lucia from June 12 to August 4 and she showed-- slides and told of her ex- periences with the family she lived with and her WorK with the native people. Marilyn said she was fortunate since Hurricane Allen hit about 14 hours after she left St. LUCia* A short filseussion period followed the presentation and Mrs. DUtot thanked Marilyn and' presented her with a gift. Lunch was served by the hostes, assisted by Audrey Middleton, , United news Lois Wise read the lesson at the Sunday morning service at St. James Anglican Church. Don Middleton and Edward Deeves received the offiering and Rev. William Bennett spoke on Holy Cross Day. Sarah Stnre,y_was_the_organist for the service. The Harvest Thanksgiving service will be held on Septetnber 28 and Rev. D.S. Pitts will be the guest minister. Produce from the garden and the land will be most welcome and will be used to decorate the church the, Rev, Bennett will at- tend service of induction for Father Blair Dixon as . the new rector of Christ Church in London. This Sunday, Sep- tember 21, is St. Mat- thew's Day and Bishop David Ragg _requests than all Anglican chur- ches remember inat eir prayers all those who suffer from cancer. He also asks that people support Terry Fox in his courageous struggle and that prays be •sent to those working in cancer research, Bishop Ragg suggests that-itould-be,,a-strong .message of hope if all congregations throughout the Diocese together think about this on September 21. Clinton deaths.... • from page 3A Davidson of Seaforth and two brothers Earl of Clinton and Lorne of Seaforth. Funeral services were held at the Ball Funeral Home in Clinton on September 13 with Rev. John Oestriecher of- ficiating. Interment followed in the Clinton Cemetery. The pallbea ers in- cluded Gary ewitt of Clinton, Bob L wson of RR 5, Clinton, Reg Lawson of Londesboro, Carl Willis of Kitchener, Andrew Davidson of RR 2, Seaforth and Ted Warren of London.' Eldon Johnston Eldon Johnston died in Clinton hospital on September 12. The RR 1, Brucefield resident was in his 77th year:. Mrs. Johnston was born in Blake on August 22, 1904 to John and Harriet Johnston. In 4928 he married Vera Volland in Exeter. Mr. Johnston is predeceased by his parents and is survived his wife and two children, Leota Johnston and John Johnston, both of RR 1, Brucefield. Rev. Robert McMullen conducted funeral ser- vices at the Ball Funeral Home in Clinton on September 15. Interment followed in Baird's Cemetery in. Stanley Township. The pallbearers were Mac Wilson, Allen Hill, Fred Boyce and Howard Allen, all of Brucefield and Ken Faber and Elgin Thompson, both of Kippen. BIA program is $100,000 deal in Kine KINCARDINE - A loan of $100,000 was approved in principal by the ministry of housing for the Business Improvement Area (BIA) in Kin- cardine. The beautification plan includes benches, trees, flowers and special lights along main street from Lam bton to Durham Market North. It willbe paid for by the businesses in the designated development area. The plan, drawn up by Rod Kearns, includes islands along the main street with planters, trees, trash cans, drinking fountains and lights. 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J People and places The community welcomes Mr. Stephen Black and family to the ilth concession and it it hoped they enjoy living in the area. Congratulations go out to Don and Judy Axforcl of the Bayfield Line on the arrival of ,their son who was born in London hospital. At this time would like to thank my brother-in- law John Deeves and all those who helped him prepare the news for the past three weeks while Ed and were holidaying in western Canada. We enjoyed our trip to with Clarence and Jean Perdue as our travelling companions and made our headquarters in Golden, B.C. as guests of Fred and Ellen Carlson. They drove us to many places of interest in eluding Fort Steele, the radium hot springs, Lake Louiserand Banff where We went 7,500 feet to the top of a mountain and were. greeted by moun- taia, sheep and at the dump in. Golden we en- joyed seeing a family of black bears. We went on to Calgary and spent a night there before going on to Shilo where we spent four days fall 4-11 on „the army base as guests of len and Donna Mills. But it was good to get back and see Clinton again. Tractor pulls A large contingent of interested friends and relatives followed Jim Middleton and his pulling truck to the tractor and truck pulls, at Inwood on September 6 and 7. This was, the final Canadian Tractor Association (CPTA) pull of the year. It attracted super -stock .tractors, modified tractors and four wheel drive, three- quarter and one ton trucks from a wide area including Ottawa and many points in the United • States, the,5,550 pound class. Sim placed sixth while in the 6,500 pound class he came in fifth and in both rounds he cOinpeted with a fleet of nine trucks. Under sunny skies, the setting for the yearly event was .an old river bed with -high banks on each side. These provided a natural outdoor granstand for thousands of spectators. The CPTA announcer provided excellent commentary along with amusing quips from his comical assistant. The ideal weather, location and excellent entertainment contributed to a memorable weekend. Several local pullers travelled north to three, different rain soaked event this -past weekend. Bill Turner, Bob Langendorn and Jim Middleton, assisted vy their willing and able crews pulled in -Fergus, Brampton 'and Cookstown, Bill Turner took several first, Bob Langandorn drove to second place finishes and Jim Middleton got a second and a fifth as well as an inevitable break. So it's back to the, garage before net week's last pull at Glencoe. Bali news Merrier's Construction softball 'Wain has entered the 'final play-offs with the Clinton Bluebirds. There, should be some good two or three games to watch this week. Good luck boys. Socialnews Cindy Middleton has accepted a position as ass it ant to the art production manager at Agri -Press in Exeter. 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