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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-06-13, Page 18b n P a eedyE bask as craft work during eetings of the Good News Club. ne quilt was centred with a Bible verse in Spanish about gels and, featured patches of every kind ;of angel imagh ble. e other Consisted of patches .of rds and flowers . and was ntred with an appropriate verse, also in Spanish. The quilting bee was called be - use in order to get to Brazil, the uilts had to be . delivered .to ronto the following day. from ere personnel of the Child angelism Fellowship were to ke the quilts to a conference in e United States where they uld be picked up by a mission- , Mrs. Eunice Johnson,,who s returning to Brazil. 'This is a busy time of the year farmers and many of these omen are farm wives, but they time out to come for this," . Voskamp said. Organized in 1970 The Good News Club started in September, 1970 with 14 children. It was instigatedby a group of mothers who wanted to give their youngsters something construct- ive to do with their time as well as give them further religious instruction. Meetings of the club are now held at the Voskamp home where over 70 children between the ages of four and 15 years ,meet, in Monkton at Mrs. Ken Rennick's Par 3 --C oesio lune 13, 1974— Crossroads Published every Wednesday as the big,, action cross-country section in The Listowel Banner, The Wingham Advance -Times and The Mount Forest Confederate. Wenger Bros. Limited, publishers, Box 390, Wingham. Barry Wenger, Pres. Robert O. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. Display and Classified ad deadline— Tuesday, week prior to publication date. REPRESENTATIVES Canadian Community" ° Newspapers Association, Suite 51, 2 floor St., West, Toronto 962-4000 Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc., 127 George St., Oakville 884-0184 Photo feature by Marion There's an old saying that goes, "No news is good news:" Maybe that's why it took us so long to hear about the Good News Club which involves about '100 youngsters from rural Elma Township and the .Villages of Atwood and Monkton. My first introduction to the club was the notification that a quilting bee was being held at the home of Mrs. John Voskamp on the 12th concession of Elma. It .QUILTING CORNER—This quilt, embroidered by youngsters belonging to the Good News Club, featured patches of different varieties of birds and flowers., Busy quilting above are, from left to right, Adina Bauman of Wallenstein, Mrs. ,Elizabeth Weber of RR •i, Atwood,, Mrs. A: HL Love of Atwood and Mrs.. Phyllis Rennick of Monkton. A REAL HOME CLASSROOM—When Mrs, John Voskamp of RR 2, Atwood found rural children' swarming to her home for meetings of the Good News Club every week, she persuaded her family to turn a newly -constructed garage into a classroom and meeting place. Above she displays some of the supplies the club keeps on hand in her home. home and in Atwood at M o hour allotted ,to Erake H stra's home, The: and mom, sem, meed last two hours with tem of an tour kr al TOGETHERNESS—Mrs. Stanley Snider. of RR 2, Atwood (left) and Mrs. Urias Martin, also of RR 2, Atwood, both employ the same technique when it comes to quilting. Above they work on a quilt which will go to needy children in Brazil. and cwt thtirt► hour for handictifts. If Mm Vokken0 bons . example, the moots . well stoekod . with supplies.' s. Stacks of pates' coloring writing matte, and 'dam. stratlon` mate lined the wells of a small room of t Voskarnp home. • "A very generous .donation from the, Ustowel Mennonite church helped ue t¢.finance these supplies," Mrs, Voskamp SAW.. "But the teachers also spend quite a bit out of their own pocket for craft work," Children from six denomina- tions attend the Good ,News Club. The denooninationa' are the Atwood United.Church, the MU- veMton Presbyterian Church, the Wallenstein Bible Chapel, the Listowel Mennonite Church" the, Monkton Pentecostal Church and the Listowel Christian Reformed Church. A total of 18 teachers and helpers look after the various classes. Besides their own individual activities, the Good News Club makes a special effort to raise money for the Child Evangelism Fellowship and for the Wycliffe Bible Translators. For the past three years club members have organized three walk -a -thous which have raised a GOOD NEWS CLUB—Over 75 children from six denominations in rural Elma Township and the Villages of Atwood and Monkton are keenly interested in what has become known as The Good News Club. Above, Miriam Weber of RR 1, ' Atwood (left) and Mrs. John Voskamp of RR 2, Atwood, two of the teachers involved, point to a wall display of the club in Mrs. Voskamp's home. ,ht Clem per, But most important Mrs. Vslion1P;both the children and adults invOlved In The News Club are having be. One proof Abe said, 1* that when the fib put on .a special Pry on Good perry this year in the gymnasium ofElms Township Public School, Newry, the large room was threeluar. ten filled for' met, spproximateb, SLOW 'Theyalsosk itew cci. mei , snags for AigliquIu Pml An old logging road, last used in the 18$344 season, has been brought into use in Algonqudn Provincial Park. Its purpose is to permit the planned harvesting et mature timber on licensed land. Since the road will be used in the winter only and since it follows an old logging road, disturbances from logging operations will he minimal. In conjunction with the above, two canoe route crossings were • established on designated canoe routes. One crossing is on the Petawawa River between Butt Lake and Daisy Lake. The other is to the west, between Hambone and Acme Lakes. As logging hat been completed this • year the bridges have been removed anti. next winter. When logging, is finally completed, all physical • evidence of the crossings will be removed and native trees and ,3hrubs will be planted at the crossing site. These crossings willbe required for about two years. In addition to' these two crossings, a canoe route crossing was established °futile designat- ed canoe route between Prottler Lake and the unnamed lake directly south of it. The crossing is approximately 1,i -mile south of Prottler. This route will be re- quired for several years. Condi- tion ire : rdjng; a battalion,te,, � -0as for the crossings maintained above.. It is the policy of the ministry of natural resources to keep the number of canoe route crossings to an absolute minimum. Some areas under licence to timber companies, however, arc, com- pletely surrounded by canoe routes. When a crossing is per- mitted, the site is carefully chosen by company andrministry t<taff taking' environmental and aesthetic considerations into ac- count. When the crossing is no longer required the site is re- habilitated to bring it back as close as possible to its natural state. SEWINtio CIRCLEManyof these women met tor the first time at the home of Mrs, John Voskamp of RR 2, Atwood to work on two quilts being sent to Brazil. After a few minutes however, they were all acting tike old friends and stitching in harmony. From let to right, starting from the woman on the right foreground, are: Marie Snider of RR 2, Atwood, Mrs. Annie Hummel of 'Hawkesville, Mrs. Donna Weber of Wallenstein, Sarah Reid of Elmira, Adina Bauman of Wallenstein and Mrs. Elizabeth Weber of RR 1, Atwood. ATTENTiON Aid mayortire manufacturers are on STRIKE Ail stock of tractor tires especially rear are going quickly. .BUY NOW 'We still have what you need kg) lira - kw every fame need McARTHUR TIRE SERVICE LTD. 790 10th Si. Ph. 364-2661 HANOVER 1