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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1984-02-22, Page 11Rosemary Armstrong was presented with a cheque for $200 from Mel Hohner, manager of the Goderich Zehrs store this week. Mrs. Armstrong has been collecting grocery tapes and for each $1,000 worth of groceries, Zehrs have donated $3.0. The money was given to the Huron Day Care Centre where Mrs. Armstrong is the co-ordinator. (Wendy Somerville photo) Tuckersrnith. woman dies A lifelong area resident and member of the 'Bayfield United Church, Mary B. Layton, died. in Stratford General Hospital on Feb. 15. She was 90 years old. The daughter of Edward and Helen Walters, she was born in Tuckersmith Township on Apri1.26,1893. She was married to the late Walter Layton and • the couple made their home in Tuckersmith Township and Bayfield. Mrs. Layton is survivedby four children, . Mrs. lsordon (Verna) Hildebrand of aforthaEdwarsl_of._.Clintern_Glen of RR 3, Clinton and • Keith of RR 5, Clinton. Also surviving are eight grandchildren and nine. great grandchildren: i She is also survived by one sister Mrs. Jack (Sadie) Horton of Dodds Land, Saskatchewan and two brothers. Bert of Tuckersmith ` Township and Edward .of White Fox, Saskatchewan. Funeral services were held at the Beattie Funeral Home in Clinton. ori Feb. 18. Rev: Paul Murray from the Bayfield. United • Church officiated. Interment followed in Baird's Cemetery in Stanley Township. MRS. GREYDANUS One of Clinton's oldest Dutch immigrants, Johanna Greydanus, died in St. Joseph's Hospital in Chatham on Feb. 14. The 81 -year-old former Clintonian, came to Canada from the Netherlands and lived in Baden, Ridgetown, Dresden, Chatham and Clinton. She and her late husband, Geart Greydanus, farmed for a living. Mrs. Greydanus was born. in Garyp, the l‘letherlandsa on April 22, 1902 to John and Wietske 'Pebesma. She was married in Heerlen, Holland on May 9, 1923. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Dirk (Wilma) Welinga of London and four sons, John of London, Gerald of Chatham; Cornelius of Wyoming and Ben of Sarnia. Fourteen grandchildren and , eight great grandchildren survive. Mrs. Greydanusis also survived by three sisters, Diwwke Bouwma, Frieda Van Der Dest and Joyce Catterson and two brothers, Wiebe and Melte. Funeral services were held .at Mrs. Joanne Yo teacher at Exe District High Sch Feb. 14, befar a concerned cit' TOWN NE fi&> , i , WEPNE$PAY, FEBEUAI Y 2.2.! POI, PAGE It iscriticized �r ctD- -tPst and commended nuclear activist and ts. South Huron and 1, appeared in Clinton on 11 group of curious and Women Today, a sell help and advocTcy group for Huron women, sponsored Yo g's speaking engagement and Toby Rainey, the group's co-ordinator, introduced the guest speaker. "While Women Today does not necessarily advocate civil disobedience, we do recognize the historic role it has played in the women's movement," she said. "you or I maynot support some of the things Joanne says or does, but if we are to remain free, we must fight to the death for her right o say them." At the age of 28, Ms. Young was; left a widow with four children to raise. Today, it has been proven that her husband died due to radiation contamination_Sincethen, the activist has devoted all her available time to protesting the possibilittyy-of nuclear war BeforeYoung— p3ket-othe small audience; . the controversial film If You Love This Planet was viewed. If You Love This Planet was one of two films labelled by the United States Justice Department on Feb. 23, 1983, as political propaganda. The Department said that if anyone wished to view the films they were required to sign a list " and then wait for viewing arrangements to be made. While the Clinton audience sat quietly in the Ontario Street United Church's auditorium, the harsh reality of nuclear war exploded across a small screen. The film contained clips of old Ronald Reagan war movies, U.S. propaganda news reels taken during WW II, color footage of Hiroshima victims and portions of a speech by an anti-nuclear supporter on the causes and affects of a nuclear explosion. "This is not a war, this is extermination, said the movie's spokeswoman. "Exter- mination is what you do to a cockroach." As she talked of never being able to see or since she was first arrested three years ago in New York. She has been arrested and jailed four times since for her part in peace demonstrations. Because of her In- volvement in an anti-nuclear protest at Griffis Air Force Base in Borne, N.Y., she spent 20 days in Onondaga County Jail in Syracuse, N,Y. last July. In September of last year she was issued a warrant for her arrest after she failed to return to the U.S. to stand trial, but she will not be pursued outside the U.S. She was arrested once again on Nov. 18, 1983 and charged with trespassing because of her involvement in the disarmament talk as a result of such an explosion, _ demonstrations at Litton Industries in gruesome shots of burned and deformed Toronto. They manufacture cruise missile Hiroshima victims effectively flashed components. across the screen. The speakers monotone After ending a 13 -day hunger strike behind voice and horrifying facts were so effective bars, Young was released after her trial in that she had her young audience shocked Toronto, late last year. Ontario Provincial with descriptive accounts of false alarms Court Judge, Milton Gadsby has since and lack of governmentsyrnpathy, delayed judgement on her- trial until early ._.The . _ Was. apeaket-Aad�Mare11.. This.. is after.. a .Supreme Court. *APs, _politicians...accused -her- .of . benng . -too- on the- validity of the... federal_.. cabinet's emotitm�a li�out the possibifi�y`of a unclear decision to allow cruise testing in Canada. holocaust. "It is appropriate to be "It could have a bearing on the case," passionate about our survival," she said. Judge Gadsby said. After the movie, Joanne Young spoke of Last Dec. Young was suspended without her time in jail and her beliefs in the pay by the ; Huron County Board of elimination of nuclear warfare. Education for taking time off without "Sooner or later there has to be a permission to attend the Litton demon - showdown," commentedthe activist. stration. The Huron Board of Educatibn has Young has been involved in showdowns wa iied- that she could be fired if her in - Local businessprovidesnoon meal Huronview residents enjoyed an hour of old time music on Feb. 13, when Wilson Mc- Cartney and his group of musicians enter- tained. The men played several old favorites and the rhythm kept inany a toe tapping. On Valentine's Day, about 120 residents and staff sat down to a noon meal of fried chicken, salads and cherry cheesecake. Thanks to the people from Dixie Lee in Clin- ton, for coming to Huronview and catering in their usual fine style. Thanks to Huron - view's own staff for assisting and to the girls in the kitchen, forproviding the dessert. Seaforth Women's Institute with Ruth Papple chairlady, convened the February birthday party, • held .in the auditorium on Feb. 15. -Marion Gordon introduced the pro- gram. Sarah Elliott presided at the piano, and accompanied Sam Scott who sang, a solo. Winona Pipe gave a reading and The 'Huron Strings Orchestra played a medley of old time tunes. The Huron Strings are War- ren Whitmore, Wilson McCartney, • Lorne Lawson and Stanley Hillen., Mrs. Elliott ac- companied at the piano. Sam Scott led in a singsong and Mrs. Pipe gave another reading. Happy Birthday was sung to everyone, and Rachel Riehl thanked all those present. Mrs. Luther conducted- mid -week Bible Study which was held in the chapel on Thursday. There was a good attendance at the Anglican Communion service, with Rev. Gordon Simmons m charge. Rev. Bruce Eaton from St. John's United Church, Stratford was guest speaker at Sun • day -morning worship. Mr. Eaton, a mis- sionary, along with his wife ifir family, spent a few years in countries abroad, par- ticularly in India. . -. He gavean inspiring in-depth study of cur- rent . conditions there, the struggle and poverty level, amongst these unfortunate people. Mr. Eaton related some of his ex- periences, one of his jobs well -digging and • supplying fresh water to the people. He said that he• and his wife are going to Africa this summer, but prior to that, they are going to France_ for six months, tolearn the French Greydanus church, the Clinton Christian ' • Reformed Church, on Feb. 11, with Rev. Ra-tpi-i Tfioops officiating. itl rmenil"olIowed 4-11. in the Clinton Cemetery. " MRS. GLARY§ HENRY Clinton 11, 4-11 • ('. Mrs. Gladys Henry of Huronview, for- merly of Goderich and London, , died in Huronview on Thursday, February 16 at the age of80. • She was born in Goderich Township on August 22, 1903 to Oswald and Elizabeth (Gledhill) Ginn. The late Mrs. Henry worked as a bank teller for many years and then worked as a receptionist at Shute Clinic for several years before retiring. She was predeceased by her husband, A.S. Henry; two sisters, Hilda .and Mrs. F.T. (Norma) Vallance; and one brother, George C. Ginn. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held at McCallum Funeral Home in Goderich on Saturday, February 18 at 2 p.m. The Reverend James Bechtel of Wesley Willis United Church in Clinton officiated. Interment, was in Woodland Cemetery, London: • CLINTON - The first meeting of Clinton II .4-11 Club was held Feb. 8 at Mrs. Saunder- cock's home. There were 11 girls present. Mrs. Saundercock welcomed everyone, then she and Mrs. Walker introduced the work manuals "Quilting." An election of officers was held. Elected were Lori Jewitt -president; Suzanne Walker -vice president; Heather Brownridge-secretary; members will take turns being press reporter. The girls made '"templates" for their quilting project. The second meeting was held Feb. 15 at Mrs. Walker's. There were 11 girls present and two new girls joined. Mrs. Saundercock and Mrs. Walker were happy . 'to see everyone. Members started to sew and make designs using embroidery hoops. Sigma Phis Kinettes' take a trip clown memory give -.flowers lane during valentine meeting CLINTON - "A Journey Down Memory Lane" was the theme of the Kinette meeting at Martha Craig's. Being Valentine's Day, everyone wore some sort of apparel from their wedding day and brought along their wedding album. Honorary Kinette Ben Riley said the Kinette grace. During dinner, everyone reminisced about their wedding day and shared a memory of a funny dent. ' Linda Bosman -t gan the meeting with the Kinette song. President Cheryl Hohner announced the. Kinette Broomball Team won the ladies division in the service club tournament. The "Spring Convention" will be May 18-21 in Windsor. The Kinette Zone Conference will be in Dungannon on April 26. The Clinton Kinsmen and Kinettes have scheduled. March 23 for the Clinton K-ette Call • NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR NEW COMMUNITY? LTD Phone 524-2544 Our hostess will bring gifts and greetings along with helpful community information, Charter Night. The K-ettes are a social club and an auxiliary of the Kinsmen Club. There will be 29 K-ettes installed that evening. The new executive will be President - Roxanne Brown, Vice President - Marg Fleming, Secretary - Rhea Jones, Treasurer - Lorine Denomme. . The Kinettes have decided to organize the Queen of the Fair contest for the Fair Board this spring. Linda Bosman reported she has all the information now for the baby sitting course and will be ready to start this course near the end of April. The March general meeting will belheld'a Mary Ann Chambers' with guest speake John Jury of the Canadian Red Cross. Su Vodden will hold the next executiv meeting. BAHA'IS BELIEVE The mercy of God encircles all. mankind; not a single soul Is depriv- ed of the mercy of God; and no soul is denied the resplendent bestowals of God. The whole human race Is submerged in the sea of mercy of the Lo'rd and we are all the sheep of the one divine shepherd. For more Information, Contact Box 1230 Clinton. CLINTON - On Feb. 14 the` Exemplar Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at the home of Ann Adams. • A letter wasread regarding the future uses of, the town hall. Two representatives will attnd the public meeting which is being held Feb. 28 at the Arena at 8 p.m., to discuss this issue. 'Marguerite Falconer received word from the Cancer Society that the daffodils will be arriving March 28 and that the Daffodil Tea will be held April 6 at St. Joseph's Church. The stork will be arriving this summer for one of our members as the traditional box of chocolates were once again sampled. Following the regular meeting the Ritual Chapter joined in for a Valentine social. Contests were won by Diane Stevenson and Ann Reid.•Ellen Colson read an invitation to join the Ritual Chapter for their 200th meeting on March 20. The next meeting will be held at Rita Van Dyke's. ESTABLISHED OVER 60 YEARS Clinton Area MICHAEL FALCONER 151 HIGH STREET, CLINTON 482-441 Goderich Area ROBERT McCALLUM 11 CAMBRIA ROAD, GODERICH 524-7345 Inc'•next meeting will be held at Mrs. Saundercock's on February 22. at. 6:30 pm. Press.reporter Alana Colquhoun. Clinton I, 4-11 The first regular meeting of the Clinton I 4-11 Club was held Feb. 13 at the home of Carol Peel. Seven, members attended the first meeting. ' . . The election of officers was held and Joy. Taylor is President, Shelley Hutchings is Vice President, and each member will take turns doing the Secretary and Press Reports. Carol handed out the books and. members talked about quilting and its equipment. For the next meeting, members are to col- lect together material, equipment, and decide on a design of the first quilting sam- ple. After the meeting was over, the girls had a Valentine Day cake. by: Donna Haugh. language. Mrs. Eaton was to have been the soloist, but due to illness, she was unable to attend. - Huronview welcomes new residents Mrs. Elsie Thompson of Seaforth, Mrs. Enid Hall of Goderich and Mr. and Mrs. Matt Nediger of Clinton. To the family of the late Gladys Henry, sincere sympathy is expressed. 00 0( i Fine ETT LER btiv� Furniture On the Main Street of Dublin 345-2250 DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC 420 Main Street South EXETER 235-296,6 OPEN: Tuesday to Friday 9 am -5 pm THYS. BLOMBERG, D -T PRYDE MONUMENTS LTD. •MONUMENTS •BRONZE f►LAQUES •MARKERS •CEMETERY LETTERING NEW MODERN SHOWROOM SUNCOAST bAALL-GODERICH D. Denomme Bus. 524-2337 Memorial Counsellor. Ras. 524-6621 I volvement in the peace movement continues to conflict with her duties as a Grade 10 mathematics teacher at South Huron and District High School in Exeter. During Young's discussion, one member of the Huron County Board of Education criticized her for "costing the board more (m time) than any other issue we have ever faced." School Board trustee, Frank Falconer gf Clinton, also objected to Young's presence because of her prison record, explaining that he felt she was setting a poor example for her students. Young said, "Sometimes little crimes must be committed in order to try to avert a much larger crime against humanity." While she spoke, Young was interrupted several times by sustained applause from the audience. During the question period, many agreed with Jarle Fisher of Bayfield, who told Young that he "was reminded, in her example to the- youth -of - uron-Count-y, of other ,great xeachersuf-hu anity,.such.as_, ....Christ and Ghandi.". •Tn a�rece`nt u►terview with The Zurich Advance, Young said, "Some people are angry with me for protesting. I think that is because these people don't want to face the issue that there is a possibility of a nuclear holocaust. I don't think it is healthyfor a society to hide its head in the sand like that." WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE March 2, '84 at 2 p.m. CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH CLINTON Speaker Mrs. Vivian Grant Nursery will be provided Filter Queen "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" 482-7103 FUNERAL HOME LTD. 153 HIGH STREET, CLINTON 482-9441 Fellowship Bible Chapel 162 Maple Street Clinton Sunday, February 26 9:45 Worship it Remembrance 11 a.m. Sunday School and Family Bible Hour 7:30 p.m. Tuesday - Prayer& Devotion 7 p.m. Thurs. Awano Clubs Christian Reformed 4 Christian Reformed Church 243 Princess St. E., Clinton SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Rev. John Derkson, Kitchener 10 a.m. Worship Service 3 p.m. Worship Service All Visitors Welcome Watch "Faith 20" at 9:30 a.m. on Global T.V. Anglican St. Paul's Anglican Church Rev. Gordon Simmons, B.A.. M. Div. . Services 10 a.m. 1st & 3rd Sundays • Holy Communion 2nd & 4th Sundays • Morning Prayer Sunday School & Nursery Everyone Welcome Pentecostal Calvary Pentecostal Church 166 Victoria St. Clinton Pastor Wayne Lester 9:45 A.M. Sunday School 10:45 A.M. Morning Worship ALL WELCOME Baptist fIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CLINTON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 REV. GILBERT KIDD 10 0.m. Sunday School 1 1 :1 5 a. m. Morning Worship Everyone Welcome United Wesley -Willis United Church MINISTER • REV. JAMES BECHTEL B.A., B.D. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY"26 11 a.m. Service at Wesley•Willis 9:45 a.m. Service at Holme`sville Ontario Street United Church MINISTER ORGANIST _ Rev. R. Norman Pick Louise McGregor 1? a.'m • Public Worship 11 a.m. • Church School .4140911,01.41101.12.1.3..