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Clinton News-Record, 1981-11-04, Page 13LONDESBORO the ( Dora Shobbrook, editor leader Ghosts and gobs of fun All the local ghosts, goblins and many other characters gathered at the Londesboro Hall on October 31st for their annual Hallowe'en Party, while games ince apple bobbing and the dime toss were being played. Judges Marg Anderson, Bob Thompson and Clare Vincent took on the unen- viable task of picking the best of the many costumes. Each age group paraded under the lead and distraction of the clowns who tossed the ever present candy. Cartoons were featured as a prelude to the festivities and also served as a finale to the evening. as each child headed home with a big bag of treats. In the pre-school division the costume prize winners were: funniest, Robbie Johnston; best character, Tanya Kennedy; best humorous, Hans Singh; best purchased, Paul Allen. In tete Kindergarten class, Debbie Scott had the funniest outfit, Amber McDougall wore the best character costume and Kerry Kennedy had the best homemade outfit. In Grades 1-4, Kim and Marilyn Mayberry won the prize for the funniest outfit, while the best character prize went to Kevin Shtllinglaw. Richard Shaddick had the best homemade outfit and Claude Cartwright wore the best purchased one. In Grades 5-8 the winners included: funniest, Crystal Whyte; best character, Fred Peel; best homemade, Julia Shaddick; best purchased, Stanley Airdrie. Over age contestants included Lena Nesbi11, Tom and Marjorie Duizer, Diana Shobbrook and Florence Cartwright. All in all, the evening proved to be as good as the weather. With the party over for another year, the Lions are now planning their annual Mystery Tour Poker Rally which will be held on November 28th. The course promises to be longer and more challenging. Watch for further details on this event. Sale helps hospital fund More than $750 was raised last 'Wednsday night when the Londesboro Lions held a successful auction sale. The money will go towards the Clinton Hospital Building Fund, towhich the Lions Club has pledged $3,000. Many articles were donated .by area residents and Richard Lobb of Clinton was the auctioneer for the evening. The Lions wish to thank Mr. Lobb for his time and for providing his trailer and other necessary articles for the auction. Joe Corey and Bob Battye were his able assistants and they helped keep everything running smoothly. • Still with the hospital fund, a Fall Dance will •be held in the Goderich Township Hall. Tickets are still available, but they are going fast. Back by popular demand, the Lions will be holding a Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, November 22nd from 9 am until 1:30 pm. With these extended hours you can have pancakes for breakfast, go to church and return fora pancake lunch! All the proceeds from. the event will be turned over to the Clinton Hospital Building Fund. Uniteds plan joint service On Sunday morning congregation members at •the Londesboro United Church were greeted by Bert Lyon and Nelson McClure. The ushers were Michael Radford, Steven Kennedy, Scott Overboe and David Whyte. Rev. Scott welcomed everyone and announced that this Sunday a guest from Alcohol and Drug Concerns will be the speaker. On November 7th at 9:30 am, a combined worship on missions will be held at the Sebringville United Church and Dr. Betty Bridgeman will speak.'Bring your lunch. Mr. Scott also noted that the UCW's mitten tree is ready for mitts. Mr. Scott led in the wor- ship and the childret's story was about smoke detectors. There was no junior congregation and the sermon was about patience. Mr. Scott noted that today we live in a world of impatience, where everything is instant, the radio and TV come on instantly, even food is made for instant preparation. The choir sang a special number with Susan Jamieson as the organist and Gail Lear as the choir director. The Messengers met in the Sunday School rooms. In Hullett Radford to plow roads Tenders for snowplowing were opened at Hullett Township council's regular meeting on Monday, Oct. 5 with George Radford Con- struction Blyth being awarded the tender at $26.50 per hour. Council instructed the clerk to prepare a borrowing bylaw for tile drain loans in the amount of $500,000 to be allocated on a 50 percent basis, subject to Ontario Municipal Board approval. A tile drain loan for L. Jamieson, Lot 8, Con. 1 for $8,100 was approved subject Hullett Township council notes To repair drain At their November 3rd meeting Hullett Township council instructer Clerk Harry Lear and the drainage commissioner to contact the Roth drainage and ask them to take some immediate action to have problems on the Vincent Drain corrected before winter. They suggested that steps should be taken to get rid of surface water before November 20th and noted that failure to comply with this will result in the ter- mination of the contract. Applications approved Tile loan applications for D. Buchanan and L. Taylor were approved by council. Building permits were issued to M. Howatt, Ken Vodden, Bev Wallace, Jack Tiesma, K.. Hamming; Emma Bayley, Gerrit Wilts, Bruce Youngblut, Lloyd McClinchey, John Boven and Fred iia wrence. Street light installed Council has asked Ontario Hydro to install a street light in the Nesbitt Subdivision as soon as possible. In other business, the turned a grant request from the Blyth Figure Skating Club to the recreation committee. LEAF PICKUP The Town of Clinton will pick up leaves MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Leaves must be securely contained in bags or other suitable containers. Would all citizens please co-operate and have leaves ready at curbside early. C.C. Proctor Clark -Treasurer to township bylaws and availability of funds. A bylaw on adjusting costs on the Vincent Drain was read, given first, second and third reading and passed. Council passed a motion that the fenceviewers be notified to inspect the fence on Lot 37 and 38, Con. 10 and recommended the proper fence to be erected. Tom Cunningham declared a conflict of interest on this and left the chair, tu4ng the meeting over to Dy - Reeve Joe Gibson. Council had no objections to applications for gravel pits on 1 of 15, Con. 9 and Pt. Lot 12, Maitland Block. Council instructed the clerk to draw up a bylaw to regulate the holding of public entertainment, festivals and parades within the Township of Hullett. A building permit was approved for Laurence Taylor. Lot 5 and south half of Concession 12, subject to township bylaws and the Huron County Health Unit. It was decided to purchase wreaths for Clinton and Blyth for November 11. Const By Mary Merrier Congratulations are ex- tended to Jim and Sheila Thompson on the birth of their son, William Jameson October 23rd. He is a brother for Cheryl and Leisa, and a grandson for John and Carolyn Thompson and Meade and Dorothy Baker of Winthrop. With the finish line only a few steps away this public school student completed a challenging cross-country run at Londesboro's Hullett Central School last Thursday. (Shelley McPhee photo) Schools meet at Hullett Central Hullett Central wins Cross -Country Meet On Thursday October 29, the area cross country meet was held at Hullett Central. Hullett was the overall winner, taking four first place team awards. These included midget boys, junior girls, intermediate girls and senior boys. Hullett also had three individual winners with Lori Bromley coming first in the junior race, Lonnie Simpson first in the intermediate race, and Guy Devine first in the senior boys' race. . This is the second year in a row that Hullett Central has placed first. Congratulations to the team for the out- standing showing.. We'wouldalso liketothank Mr. Radford for the use of his land and tractor, Mr. Adams for allowing us to use his land andMr. Durnin and Mr. Millar for loaning us their wagons. Special thanks also goes to Mrs. Daer and Mrs. Bromley for helping with selling hot dogs to so many hungry runners and to the many students and teachers who Aimwell Unit complete quilt The UCW Aimwell Unit met at the church on October 19th and the meeting was especially planned as a work meeting, to finish tying the crazy quilt. Marion Snell opened the meeting with the devotion and a discussion was held regarding donations for the Minton Hospital Building Fund. Audrey Thompson suggested that the quilt be donated to the Londesboro Lions fund raising effort, with proceeds going to the hospital fund and this was seconded by Norma Glousher. Visitations to shut-ins were discussed and plans are to be finalized at the next meeting. Helen Lee closed the meeting with a reading entitled Patchwork Pieces. The Aimwell Unit will meet again on November lfith at the church. helped to make this such a successful day. Pictures On Tuesday, Oct. 27th Hullett students had their individual pictures and their class pictures taken. On Wednesday Oct. 28th the other kindergarten class and those who were away had their pictures taken also. Halloween parade On Thursday, Oct. 239th, there was a Halloween parade at our school. The costumes ranged from ghosts to cats, from birds to hobos. There were robots, Indians, clowns and hula dancers. The prizes were for the funniest, best home made and best bought. Hot dogs On Thursday, Oct. 29th there was a, hot dog day, at the school. Hot dogs were 40 cents and chocolate milk was 35 cents. The students council members made the hot dogs and delivered the milk. The hot dogs tasted great Hallowe'en dance Grade seven and eight students of Hullett School had a Hallowe'en Dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29. Prizes were awarded for the best costume. Chips and .pops were available for purchase, as well. Dance Courts Constance and Constantine held their fall dance on Friday evening October 23rd at Vanastra Recreation Centre with Jim Medd and the Pleasure Pak provided the music. With the weather being very snowy, it cut the number attending by a little but a good time was had by all who did go. The draw for the quilt was held with the lucky winner being Audrey Thompson of Londesboro. Second prize was an oil painting won by Sharon Pryce of Winthrop and third was a crib quilt won by Barb Jewitt, R.H. 1, Londesboro. Thank you from the CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 ,1 1—PAGE 13 ce gets a new resident Foresters to all who con- tributed to their draw and dance. Personals Sympathy of the com- munity is extended to the family of the late John Boyd, to the Lawrence Taylor family and the Gordan Dale family, who Live in the area. Don and Alice Buchanan have moved from the carnmunity and are now residing on their farm on the Baseline. We wish them much happiness in their new home. Carl Mama- was a patic;ht in Clinton Public Hospital from Tuesday until Monday and at present is in London University Hospital for tests. Mrs. Jim Thompson and new son William James returned home on Friday from Seaforth Hospital. Kids party On Friday evening October 30th Court Con- stantine held a Hallowe'en party for the neighbourhood children. over 100 children and adults attended. Judges for the evening were Ramana Jamieson and Helen Fleming. The costumes were judged and the prize winners were: pre-school, 1st, Colleen McCallum; 2nd, Heather Eckel. Kindergarten, 1 and2 - Sherri Taylor, Sandy McCallum. Grades 3 and 4 - Murray Whyte, Darren Stevenson. Grades 5 and 6 - Julie Merner, Crystal Whyte. Grade 7 and up - Jane Anderson, Bob Buchanan. Four prizes were given out to the most like Hallowe'en, Julie Money; best homemade, Erica Hor- banuik; funniest, Danny Hoggart; best bought, Derek McClure. After the judging of the costumes, a candy scramble was held for the small ones and bobbing for apples for the older grades. Jim Jamieson showed a film "Tom Thumb," which was. enjoyed by alt Hot dogs and freshie were served. Thank you goes to Jim and Ramana and Helen for their News of your neighbors The UCW Berean Unit meeting will be held on November 10th at 2 pm in the church. The roll call will ask members to name a former minister of the Londesboro charge. The WI Family and Consumer meeting will be held on November llth at 8 pm in the hall. The topic will be Health and the guest speaker will be Mrs. Cathie Rutter of Goderich, an assistant in Home Care. Roll Explorers .meet The Explorers third ex- pedition meeting. was held on October 29th and opened .:with the Explorer purpose and . song. Kathy Kennedy and Lisa Spence did the Explore r . Emblem. Chris Hoggart did the Explorer picture. The collection received amounted to $3.50. The first year girls were initiated and we made candy planes and had our Hallowe'en party. Homemaking clubs teach traditional skills Traditional homemaking skills aren't a thing of the past. More than 15,000 young people are learning these and other skills through 4-H homemaking club programs. "The over-all purpose of the 4-H homemaking dubs is to give young people a chance to develop their potential," says Joyce Canning, of the Ontario Ministry of Agricultural and Food home economics branch. "The program of- fers a chance to develop self- confidence while learning practial skills." 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