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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1984-03-07, Page 11• Tai and Hiep Nguyen and their two sons Thuy and Huong of Varna became Canadian citizens last week. The Vietnamese natives moved to Canada in 1980 and earned their . citizenship_ealklarchl, 1984 at a special ceremony in London. (Mary Chessell photo) . , PEP sells raffle tickets for weekend in Toronto By Blanche Deeves and support this group. HOLMESVILLE Worship Service was The Goderich Twp. W.I. card party will be held at Holmesville United Church on Sun- held March 8 at the Community Centre in day morning with Rev.. Bechtel in charge. Holmesville. Ladies please bring lunch. The Senior choir provided music with Nan- cy Hearn at the organ. Gordon Lobb and Wayne Tebbutt received the offering. The Enterprising Seniors met last Thursday afternoon in the Community Cen- tre in Holmesville. John Semple chaired the meeting and Charlotte Norman played the piano. Charlotte Norman read the minutes and ' Frank Yeo presented the treasurer' S report. Blanche Deeves gave the card report: She also reported on the bus trip to the Agriculture Museum in Milton in June, also on a day out visiting with Bill and Thea Trick and with Mr. and Mrs. DeJong on to . Bakers Nursery and out for supper in Bayfield; Mrs. Norman reported on the Mary Stirling introduced her guest for the t meeting, Watt Webster. He played many good old Irish songs on his mouth organ. Mary read a prayer sent to her by a friend in Torontri., Every,nne enjoyeri euchr:eand two played shuffleboard. For the next meeting, Everett McIlwain will be in charge of the entertainment, while the ladies will cook the pancakes. The 150 group will meet on March 8 in the Community Centre in Holmesville at 1:30 p.m. The Goderich Township W.I. will meet March 12 at 8 p.m. in the Community Centre in Holmesville. The Playground and Equipment Project (P.E.P.) is selling tickets on a raffle for a weekend for two in Toronto. Second prize is a membership at the tennis court in Bayfield and third prize is dinner for two at Robindale's Restaurant in Goderich. The prizes will be drawn at P.E.P.'s spring dance on March 31. Also keep in rnind their Fashion Show with ladies, men and children fashions to be shown. There will be a per- sonality from CKNX at the afternoon show and one from CFPL at the evening show., Please mark your calendar and come out 4-H News The second meeting of the Holmesville II 4-H club was held at Bev's house. Members took turns reading. Then , measured quilt batting and measured material. Each pick- ed a pattern and traced it, then put the pieces together and basted the material. After they started quilting they were assigned to finish the samples for next week. The third meeting of the Quilting Queens was held at Nelly's,house. Members began reading from their books and were told to take out quilting samples from last week. They took out swatches and picked out • colors, then glued five small sw.atches_onto papers Members went back Party postponed ortn. r rer By Mary ChesSell V AANA - The Nguyen family, TO and Hiep and sons Thuy and Vuong,whO 000 Varna hi June of IJ';'1‘ under comnumity orship as refugees from Vietliaili, their citizenship March liii Court of Citizenslip, Present fer ceFertironY15"w4leire*tor.ronlidan9Pa Ruby Hill, Rev. Wilena Brown,. Bruce Keys (Anna was unable. to attend because of kegs), Geraldine Eckel, Ivan and Margaret McCiymont and Bill and Man' Mewl/. Forty people from many countries receiv- ed their citizenship, Her Honor, Judge Fensa, presided m a warm and friendly manner, lecturing on the merits and responsibilities of Canadian Citizen- ship, and conducting the rites in a helpful way for anyone whose English was uncer- tain. She expressed regret afterwards that there wasn't time to hear the interesting stories some of the immigrants would be able to tell. Constable Henderson, in RCMP dress uniform, was present and remained for the reception. When Thuv expressed interest in Pember awroNnmvwcoRD, wEgsiEsp" his , he removedit lisOtri, holster and. allowed him to examixto also placed his hat on Times head for piethres. Each new citizen grebeived Bible.•XFOlal the Canadian Bible Society and alio* freM the City of Undo. Mrs, Murray, rerareik ting the ME welcomed them and other members served at a reception, The Nguyen's were entertained at a lun- cheon at Gabriel's to celebrate and Presented with gifts. There was mucb laughter, as those who mocked closely with Hiep and Tai reminisced about the dif- ficulties with budgeting and suitable clothing for winter weather. Tai received high marks in a machinery course at Fan- shawe and is employed at Ventures in Vanastra. Hiep teaches in Robertson Memorial Public School in Goderich. They hope to move to Clinton this summer. They also expect to bring their parents to Canada this year. People report Mr. Stephen Taylor of Bristol, England spent the weekend visiting his cousins George• and Adam Wilson and their families. MS- was their first meeting, and they really alloyed the t with him. Bili andJ Dowson and Allan and Mar. Priv Hayter arrived hob* Sunday evening_ from a two-week vacation in 'Montego Bay. They enjoyed beautiful weather, got lots of Falls, and tookelimabintr%int9tritir intht:ths)ef motuttahts. After take -off their plane had to return to the airport when one engine quit. Their rescheduled flight on Saturday was delayed and then cancelled, too. Eric and Sharon Chuter enjoyed a holiday in Florida recently. Anna Keys returned home from Clinton hospital on Friday, and is feeling much bet- ter. There were 14 tables of euchre at the Orange LOge party in Varna hall on Friday night. High ladies' prize was won by Annie Finkbeiner; low Margaret Dowson; men's high, Scotty Wilson; low, Bill Chessell. Draw prize winners were Grace McClin- chey, Margaret Dowson, Retta Baird, W.D. Wilson and Ernie Broivn. The. women Goshen UCW hosted the WOO Day Prayer Jog at their church at Thursday evening, With 11 women from' Varna present.'OreSident Linda Lan - field greeted at the door. 'Geraldine Eckel led the prayer meet*, with assistance from Margaret Elliott, Norene Hayter, Karen Ratcliffe, Margaret Hayter and tier - nice Reid. Shirley Hill was the organist. In a separate business meeting jotlowing the prayer service, Bernice Reid reported on the executive meeting she ',attended in Egroondville. She announced' that Bishop Lal of India and his wife will be in the area this year. Ten Korean women are expected between Sept. 20 and Oct. 20 in exchange with 10 Canadian women who will visit Korea. Teenagers wishing to register for the great Teen Camp held every May at Camp Menesetung should call Pat Jewitt. ' The quilters are busy with a second quilt at Dorothy Ostrom's home. A social hour was enjoyed with our hostesses over a cup of coffee and cake. n tells society about her ancestors Pemberton history studied By Doris Hunter The Bayfield Historical Society enjoyed their annual luncheon meeting on Feb. 27. This year it was held in St. Andrews United. Church hall, with the ladies of the church catering-. Miss Kay Reid the president presided, and the speaker Mrs. Gwen Pemberton was in- troduced by Doris Hunter. Mrs. Pemberton spoke in detail of her ancestors' journey from the Palatinate, now part of Germany, to England to Ireland to the United States and her immediate family to Perth and Huron Counties. She proudly claimed relationships to many of our long established Bayfield families, particularly the Switzer connections which include the Lindsey clan, Jean Bell and Jessie Blair who repiesented thein at -the IliSterical- Society that day. Mrs. Peg Willock thanked the speaker, commenting on how im- pressive were the records of Gwen's family as compared to most of the scanty knowledge beyond our grandparents of most of us.Ever Youngs offer bargain By Doris Hunter The Every Young Club met for their 'February meeting with 25 in attendance. President Esther Wright opened the meeting. Secretary Gwen Pemberton and Treasurer Dorothy Cox gave their reports. Grace Duggan read the card report and several thank you notes were read. The Senior Citizens beautiful hand made quilt has been reduced in price to $250; sure- ly a bargain for someone to snap up. The Disney claim to fame For years, Goderich and Morris Townships have each claimed part of the Disney heritage. Walt Disney's family is said to :have come from Holmesville and also from Bluevale. William McCall of 1111 2, Blyth took thne to find the answer when he made a trip to Disney. World in 1979. He recently relocated the genealogical information which will credits both townships as home to the Disney family.. • David R. Smith, from the Walt Disney Archives reported that Walt Disney's great grandfather, Elias Disney; emigrated from _ _ o. their books and filled out a chaff `Colour IS." They took out swatches once again and cut them evenly, ironed them and used the sewing machines.. Vernbers were assigned to finish the string quilting samples at home. . The fourth meeting was opened by Barb Brand, our President. The minutes were read and approved. The Treasurer reported a savings of $13.31. The roll Cali was read with sixmembers present. _ Barb showed booklet covers and she will make copies for ,next week. Bev told members that the Women's Institute from Goderich Township want the club to make a crib quilt, out material tor Moon over the mountain and followed the prdcedures. The fifth meeting of the Quilting Queens was held at Bev's house. Barb opened the meeting with the 4-H pledge. Barb handed out the covers for the front of the books. Members worked. With • material for their special projects and Bev and Nelly helped. The next meeting will be on March 17, at 1 p.m. at Bev's house. - by Linda Brand. • By Blanche Deeves MIDDLETON - .Communion was celebrated in St. James Anglican Church. Lisa Storey lit the candles on the altar and was assisted by Rev. Reynolds at commu- nion. The Sunday School children came upstairs from their classes to be blessed at the Communion rail. James Storey received the offering. The ACW of St. James' will hold their March. meeting at the home of Lynda Steenstra. Leader in charge will be Estelle Wise. Ladies bring items for the bale. :Please remember the Dessert Euchre sponsored by groups of the Township to be held March 14 at 1:30 p.m. Proceeds will go focconununity work. Bill and Lynda Steenstra were very sorry Sunday there was not enough snow on the hill at Szuz's farm for the.sleigh ride party, they will plan some other event for children later. Don't forget to mark your calendar on March 28 for the Fashion Show at the Com- munity Centre in Holmesville . with mens, children and ladies wear. In the afternoon there will be a lady from CKNX and in the evening a gentleman from C.F.P.L. come out and supportthe'Playground Equipment Project (PEP) for the children at Holrnesville School. Remember the P.E.P. dance coming up on March 31 when there will be draw for two to spend a weekend in Toronto. Second prize is membership at the tennis court in Bayfield and third prize is dinner for two at Robindale's Restaurant in Goderich. Tickets are available from Lynda Steenstra 482-3780, Carol Wammes 482-7820 or other members. Freeze Sample To find out whether a product will freeze satisfactorily, freeze a small amount over- night to see if the quality is acceptable, says • Monica Beaumont, a food and nutrition specialist with the Ontario Ministry of , Agriculture and Food's rural organizations and services branch. This will riot give you a true .picture of the storage time, but it will shoW the effect freezing (curdling, separating, weeping, increased crystals) has on the product. Ireland to Canada in 1834. He settled just outside Holmesville and operated a grist mill. His son, Kepple Disney married Mary Richardson and moved to Bluevale, in Morris Township around 1858. It was -there that Walt Disney's father, Elias, was born in 1859. . Elias grew up in Bluevale and went to school in Goderich, before moving to Kansas in 1878. • • Both Goderich and Morris Townships can now accurately claim the international known Disney name. MAKE riomEmADE WINE All equipment now available at the VARNA GENERAL STORE VARNA, ONTARIO - - -Readings were given by Violet Carter, Jean Bell, Esther Makins and Kathleen Hill as well as a humourous recitation entitled The. Gospel according to Pierre. A social half hour, before a few games of euchre was enjoyed. Next meeting will be, March 29 at 1:30 p.m. in the Municipal Building all are -most - welcome to attend. Mixed Curling Sunday night was the third and final night of mixed curling playoffs. First place goes to- the B. McIlwain team with 35 points, followed by G. Turner 313/4, and A. Brandon 30%. Fourth place was a tie between J. Koene and G. Riley, each having 2914. Other scores: G. Uniac 28'/z, D. Lindsay 22',4, G. Telford 21, E. Turner 201/2, B. Orr 181/2, M. Francis 17, J. Brandon 103/4. Next Sunday there will be no curling due to a hockey tournamentAbillitoreb_11 the bonspiel gets underway at 9 a:m. for a full day of curling each team will pla31 three games. Following this will be our wind-up banquet and election of officers for the following year. Anyone interested in mixed curling for the _ 1984-85_ season should get_in_touch_with.our executive next fall. New players and spares are always welcome. Euchre scores Six tables were in play at the Feb. 29 euchre party. Ladies' high scorer was Jessie Godbolt and low scorer was Emma Bos. Bruce Mc- Clinchey had the men's high score and Jim Cox was the low scorer. Fern and Harry Baker had the lone hand scores. The next card party will be held on March 14. News from Brucefield By Isabel Scott BRUMFIELD - Mrs. Audrey Coleman presided for the World Day of Prayer ser- vice on Friday afternoon and Mrs. Donna McBeath played the organ. The readers were Ruby Triebner, Jean Rathwell, Evelyn.(Falconer and Beth Cooper. 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