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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-10-02, Page 3• Cancer Society reviews year By .lidr Fitzgerald The Huron Unit of the Can- dian Cancer Society received good news at their annual meeting in Holmesville' last Monday night, (September 29), when they learned their 1974-75 campaign had more than -topped its objective by 115 per • cent. ' The Huron Unit's 'financial statement .revealed that a total of $49,193.04 was raised in the county in the year ending September 30, 1975, up from the $40,558.20 raised in 1973-74. The campaign raised Learn that Huron Unit topped foal $31,313.12, compare to $27,280.51 of last yeatr, and in memoriam dpnations ac- counted for $16,127.44 this y,ar, compared to .$11,074 donated last year. - Unit president Chester Archibald of Clinton said the Society was pleased with its showing. "I know our task is much broader than that of just fund raising, but the success of our recent campaign is most gratifying,pM '.'' ` Archibald ~said. In Clinton, $4,667.81 was raised in the campaign, and $2,831.88 was given through the in memoriam donations. The Exeter Branch raised $5,411.31 in theircampaign and ,$5,148.65 from their in memoriam fund. The Goderich Branch raised $8,940.87, through their cam paigit in the last year, and $4,836.23 through their in memoriam donations. ,.. The. Seaforth Branch collected a total "of $4,029.62 through their campaign, plus $1,906 from their in memoriam fund. A dedicated Wingham Branch raised $8,263.51 in their campaign and another $1,404 from their in memoriam fund. Mrs. Myrtle MacNaughton, who was convener of the Wingham branch, received a standing ovation when M•r. Archibald announced she was retiring after 15 years of volunteer work with the Wingham branch and the Wingham follow-up clinic: As well as raising funds for the Ontario Division for research and education, the Huron Unit is involved in Reside in Dryden Candelabra, beautifully decorated with yellow daisies, set the mood for the guests at the August 15th wedding of Patricia'ean Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JohnAdams of Goderich and Brian Russell Pfrimmer, son of Mr. Russell Pfrimmer of Benmiller and the late Mrs. Lillian Pfrirnmer. Rev. Gardiner officiated at the double -ring ceremony in North St. United -Church. Music was supplied by Mr. Lorne Dotterer, organist and Mr. Grant Ellison the soloist, who... sang `The Wedding, Prayer'. and We'veOnly Just Begun'. The bride was escorted to the altar by her father. She chose an elegant white taffeta -gown featuring' an empire styled lace bodice with scooped neckline and cap sleeves, and an embroidered chapel train.. Her shoulder length veil fell from a coronet style lace headdress. She carried a nosegay of yellow daisies and red sweetheart roses. The bride's attendants were Sally Reilly, a friend of the.. bride as maid of honor and Susan Adarris arid Kathie Adams, ' sisters of the bride, as bridesmaids. Debbie Pfrimmer, niece of the groom was junior bridesmaid while Lori ,,M ilian, another niece of the groom. was flowergirl. Acting as ringbearer was Mark Johnston, visiting from Killinchy in Northern Ireland. The attendants were gowned alike in full-length summery print gowns, attractively 'designed in a sleeveless peasant style with high waistline.: They carried identical basket arrangements of yellow daisies and red straw flowers. Groomsman. was. Ross Brindley Dungannon. Ushers were Jim Pfrimmer brother. of the groom, Brad Vanstone, and John Adams, brother of the bride: The gentlemen all wore brown oxford style tuxedoes with ruffled yellow shirts. Dinner was served in the church hall. Guests were received by the bride's mother who wore a pale yellow gown in a floral pattern with a matching yellow orchid corsage. .'The wedding reception was held in Saltford Valley Hall. For travelling the bride wore a pink halter style,two piece suit dress with navy blue accessories. The bride and groom travelled in Northern Ontario before MR. AND MRS. B.R. PFRIMMER taking up residence in Dryden where the groom is employed by the' Ministry of Natural Resources, and the bride is with the Dryden Boardof.Education at Oxdrift. . Prior to her marriage, the bride was feted 'at -a shower given by her aunt Mrs. Don Croft at Bogie's Beach. A shower was also held at the home of Mrs. Alvin Riley where the hostesses were Mrs.- Riley,, Mrs.Harry Worse•11 and Mrs. Kelp Fisher. Mrs. Bairy Million, sister of the groom; held a shower at her home. In Waterloo, Sally Reilly, maid of honour, held.a shower for school friends: ersoll, e' Guests were present from Waterloo' Bairie.,,�,In g London, Toronto, , ,,Guelph, . Georgetown and Northern Ireland, Ridgetown. education and follow-up clinics. The annual report showed a number of films and literature distributed tei children from kindergarten to grade three, stressing good health habits and no smoking. The Unit distributed over ?,000 pamphlets and screened at least 1,4. different films to m The Unit servicesanygroups. to 67 patients last also provided year, ' including 15 volunteer drivers clocking over 9,000 miles .driving patients to clinics. The guest' speaker for the annual " `meeting was Ron . Calhoun of Thamesford, the ' Ontario Division campaign chairman, who told the hurl: dred volunteers. at the White Carnation at Holmesville that with the year end, "the eyes of otir respective communities are now upon us. They are looking for the reassurance we can communicate about the progress continually being made in The - cancer control program." Mr. Calh"'oun " said that the nearly 200,000 volunteers across Ontario can proudly say they are serving mankind. "Without the cancer. volunteer,,,our national program wold grind to a halt. The service of the volunteer is the backbone of our Society," he said. . Because of this volunteer help, Mr: Calhoun said that only five cents of every dollar is spent on administration with' over 85 percent going towards cancer research, u P „ GODERICH SI AL -STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2,1975.- 49G,3 - We now have one 23 ft. and two 18 ft. JAYCO,travel.trailer and one TRILLIUM travel trailer left in stock: Plus five hard top campers, sleeping 6-8 people. Many of these campers come with additional equipment such as: furnaces, fridges, etc. Buy now and SAVE! "We will take your trade" HURON HAVEN HOMES HURON HAVEN VILLAGE Box 128, Goderich, Ontario N7A 3Y5 (Highway 2.1. North of GodericN Phone (519) 5246384 OPERATED BY HOMES QF THE -FUTURE LIMITED The Goderich Green Thumbers who nurtured pri 'e winning gardens this summer were presented with rose certificates by Mrs. Sylvia Lyzaniwsky of Toronto, vice president of the Canadian Rose Society. The recipients of the certificates were (front row from left) John Dobie, Gardener Moulton,, John Klass, Kim Jansen,`George Zoethoet, Kim Dobie "and Jennifer Dobie; (second row from left) Pam Jansen, Scott. Wilson, Robin MacDonald, Susan Chisholm, Patrick Madden, Jim Walton and Mrs. Jean Barnett, president of the ' Green Thumbers. Mrs. Lyzaniwsky is presenting a certificate. Rose specialist tells gardeners how to cultivate the: beauties Members of the Garden Club and 'enthusiastic gardeners from the Goderich area were delighted at having the op- portunity to meet a rose specialist. Mrs. Sylvia Lyzaniwsky, vice-president of the Canadian Rose Society and editor of "The Rosarian", travelled from Toronto on Friday to present an illustrated lecture on roses in the auditorium of St. Mary's Separate School. Walter Lyzaniwsky, the photographer and projectionist, assisted his wife throughout the lecture. The speaker who has a delightful and sparkling per- sonality charmed her audience as she gave them a wealth of interesting and useful in. formation. Mrs. Lyzaniwsky has travelled extensively to rose festivals and conventions in Australia, New Zealand, ank-1 other leading rose centres of the world. , However, her lecture dealt with the more practical. side of rose growing as, with the help of slides taken in their own • beautiful garden, she described HOME DRESSED INSPECTED MEATS BUY''Af OUR WHOLESALE PRICES GUARANTEED TENDER \ �NLB.1.79 CEH.TRE.CUT �SiRLO ONTARIOr LOIN tALAMBCHOPS LB.$1.49 .‘,t PRVEEZER SPECIAL = Ai STEER LB.941. FUT REE SIDE BEEFS' ONLIY the proper care of bed, stan- dard, and miniature roses. A lively question and answer period indicated that the audience was appreciative of her wideexperience. The speaker was introduced by Mrs. Jean Barnett who had met Mrs. Lyzaniwsky through her 'association with the Canadian Rose Society. Miss Helen Videan ably expressed the thanks of those present to Mr. and Mrs. Lyzaniwsky, Prior to her lecture Mrs. Lyzaniwsky presented cer- tificates for roses to members of the Green Thumbers4unior Garden Club whose gardeners 'were prize -winners. These prizes . of roses were made possible through donations, by members of the Canadian Rose Society. Several Green' Thumbers' were present and repeated the Junior Gardener's Creed as well as closing the meeting by repeating the Junior Gar- dener's Prayer. A beautiful rose corsage wotn by the speaker, rad a door prize, a. flower arrangement, were donated by Agnes' Flower Shop'. The door prize was won by Mrs. Margaret Murray. 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