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Clinton>Meiimbers of the Clinton Worinen's
Institute met in the Boargl Room of • the
ministry .ot agriculture and food on March 2.
President Lois Elliott wa$ in the chair for
the opening exerciai•es, special collection
was taken to the amount of $50 to be sent
for
the ACWW and Unesco pr4i
All.
The District of Huron Westiwill hold an ex-
ecutive meeting in the Town Hall; Wingham
on April "2. New branch mi►rute books are
available from the FWIO office, Guelph at
$15. each. Two members will attend a Rural
Seminar at Brussels on March 30, 9:45-4:30
p.m. a Bi -Centennial Wall Hanging made by
Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock, Auburn will be
recognized at Queen's Park, Toronto, on
June 11, 3:30-4 p.m. Ontario branch
members will twin with members of bran-
ches in New Brunswick in 1984.
The topic on resolutions was capably give
.by Mrs1pn Kroesen who spoke on present
day s.snciitions that might be improved irthe-
laws could be Made mere str-ic-t. .She
boned such probems as child abuse, child
pornography, homeless and unwanted
children, wife beatings and rape. 'She said
that Vin. many instances the laws were too
slack. Many laws can be improved if con-
cerned people would send in a resolution to
the Ontario government.
Despite the problerns in the country, Mrs.
Kroesen felt that barring such things
unemployment and bankruptcy, Canadians
live in the best country in the world. Canada
has plenty of water and food, good homes,
energy, and other unlimited resources, and
people are among the richest anywhere.
Canadians have many assistance programs
such as social services, unemployment in-
surance. Medicare etc., and are a privileged
people.
Mrs. Kroesen ended her remarks by
reading a humorous poem, "I'm never go-
ing to be good anymore".
1 linrh>lyas served by Mrs. _Lorne Radford
and committee.
UCW study Bible development
CLINTON - The Ontario Street United
Church Women .i UCW) afternoon unit met
onMarch 6.
Marion Powell was in charge of the
meeting: T;orna-Radford played- the piano
and entertained with some Irish tunes.
Kay Elliott and Doris Batkin led the
worship service. They explained how the
Bible has developed and changed through
the years.
It was reported that 37 home visits and 12
hospital calls had been made. Several thank
you notes were also received, including one
from the Mrs. C. Van Demme about the
services offered at Holiday Lodge.
Social convenor Hazel Matheson asked
members to donate pies and their help for
March 10.
Valeria Tr-ewartha announced that tlie
• obtu..ries
Aleida HeyiinkFuneral Home inMitchell until noon on
A resident of Huronview for the past 16. Free Refowmed Church forhen transfer teth faderal ser-
e to the
yealre died at her residence on March 7 in vice with Rev. Carl Schools offfciating.
She was the former Aleida H. Prlrlsen and
her SG year. Pallbearers were Allan Heyink, Raymond
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was born in the Netherlands on April 25, Heyes, Gerald Bakelaar, John Westerveld,
1898. Andrew Westerveld and Ron Pennings. Spr-
On May 20, 1920 she was married to Gerrit ing interment will be in Knox Presbyterian
Jan Heyink who predeceased her in Cemetery, Mitchell.
December of 1960. The couple came to Jean Wilson
Canada from the Netherlands in 1949 where Jane S. (Jean) Wilson of Huronview died
they had farmed in Hullett Township and on March 12. She was 92.
had resided in Mitchell from 1958 to 1960. Predeceased by her husband Lorne.
Mrs. Heyink was a member of the Free Wilson, she is survived by four daughters,
Reformed Church, Mitchell. Hazel, Mrs. Roy McGonigle, Seaforth;
Surviving are sons Gerald, RR 2, Hensall Dorothy, Mrs. Ray Mason, Windsor;
and John of King City and daughters Mrs. Madeline, Mrs. Walter Bain, Stratford;
Bernard (Mina) Westerveld, Clinton; Mrs. Marion, Mrs. Doug Andrews, London; three
Dirk (Jo) Brink, Newton; Mrs. Martin sons, W. D.,. Mac and Stuart, all of
(Sina) Guichelaar, RR 4, Seaforth; Mrs. Brucefield; 22 grandchildren and 21 great
Adrian (Alice) Bakelaar, Penticton, B.C.; grandchildren. She was predeceased by two
Mrs. Carl (Wilma) DeBoer of Japan and daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Merrill and Mrs.
Mrs. Stuart (Rita) DeVries, Sebringville, as Ethel Devereaux; two brothersand three
well as -one.- son,, . two. 'daughters and one sisters.
sister in the Netherlands. Also surviving are Funeral services were "held from the
a number of grandchildren and great grand- Whitney-Ribey Funeral Home, Seaforth ori
children. March 14. Spring interment will take place
Friends were received at the Lockhart in Baird's Cemetery, Stanley Township.
London Conference Westminister Weekend
will be held from June 1-3. The Ontario-
Conference for Women will be held June 8-10
at Waterloo University and the Alma School
for Women will take place Aug. 19-22.
Following the meeting lunch was served
by Lula Merrill, Doreen Pick, Bernice
Brown and Vera MacDonald.
Churches petition CRTC
for Interfaith Network
The Rev. Arie Van Eek has announced
that the Christian Reformed Church in
North America, will join •the consortium of
religions applying to the CRTC for a licence
to operate a Canadian Interfaith Television
Network.
The Christian' Reformed Church
represents 81,000 Canadians.
It has,agreed to provide $12,000 towards
the research -and -development work being
done by The R6sewell Group.
The Christian Reformed Church in North
America is joining the following groups, all
of which have adopted and financially sup -
Church of Canada, Salvation Army, United
Church of Canada. Many other groups are
on the verge of joining as well.
The Rosewell Group will be hosting the
first assembly of those groups interested in
collectively applying to the CRTC for a
licence to operate an interfaith television
service. This assembly will be held in Toron-
to April 1st and -2nd.' -
The "Hon. 'David MacDonald, formerly
Canada's Secretary of State and Minister of
Communication, willchair the event. At this
meeting, delegates from the faith groups
_ported The Rosewell Group's model for the will make, final decisions concerning the
network: Anglican Church of Canada,- aria- ti u ture,.-finanecs, acid scop€of the propos- -
dian Baptist Federation, Evangelical -ed network.
Lutheran Fellowship, Greek Orthodox The Rosewell Group will .summarize the
Church of Canada, Lutheran Church • of wishes of thedelegates on a CRTC licence
America. Canada Section, Presbyterian application form for submission by May lst.
Volleyball- rivals meet
- CLINTON - CHSS gjdin was the setting
for a friendly competition last Tuesday as
Sally's Sweeties took . on Marilyn's
• Marauders. In fact, it was the members of
the Zeta Omega Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi
enjoying some exercise and fun on 'the
volleyball ;court.
• It was a slow start for the Marauders, but
following eight straight defeats, they show-
ed their determination and battled to within •
two points of victory.
"Just one more game, "they pleaded after
losing vet again and the 'Sweeties, .true to
their name, agreed. The action was really
heated as some good long rallies ensued, but
inspired by the Stevenson scream, the
Sweeties prevailed by the narrow margin of
16 - 14; to maintaintheir undefeated status.
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Special mention goes to ar yn yn
who gave her all including several finger-
nails in the losing effort, and to Scorekeeper
Jennifer without whom the Marauders
might never have quit. Over heard in the
locker room afterwards, "If we could only
have one more game...''
A business meeting tollOwed at Marilyn
Tyndall's home where plans for the remain-
ing projects and 'socials for this year were
discussed, secret sister thank-you's ex-
changed, and the reports of several commit-
tees given.
The next meeting will be at the home,of
Anne Lavis on March 20, when mernbers of
Xi Epsilon Chapter will join us to celebrate
the 200th meeting of Beta Sigma Phi in Clin-
ton.
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S2. Joseph's PTA buy new
the school
-computer for
CLINTON - In February the St. Joseph's.
Separate. School Parer1t-Teacher Associa-
tion I CPTA) held their third general
meeting of the, year. •
Ed Cappelli, principal of St. Joseph's
since January, ,was introduced by the CPTA
President Joseph Jankowski. In an .address
to' the parents, Mr. Cappelli expressed that
he didn't want to make any drastic changes
for the remainder of the year, but that he
looked forward to working with the parents,
teachers, and students in a supportive role.
The PTA was pleased to purchase for the
school a new Commodore 64K computer
with a color monitor and disc drive. Many
thanks go to the Catholic Women's League
and the Knights of Columbus for their
generous donations ,to thepurchase of. the
computer.
The guest speaker, Don Keillor, from the
Huron Centre for Children and Youth in
Clinton. presented an overview. of
Last month the Clinton Optimist club donated $250 to Clinton Co-op Nursery. Pictured is
Sally McNichol accepting the cheque from Optimist member Alex Verbeek. (Rod Hilts
photo)
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Radars cruise- ontarao. waters
Ceramic classes are
popular at Hur� nview
through special slide presentation
CLINTON The Golden Radar Senior
Citizens Club cruised Ontario waterways at
their March 7 meeting. Guest speakers Mr.
and Mrs. Ackert showed slides of their two
boats and the cruises they offer. •
The meeting was chaired by President
Muriel Jones. Mary Trick gave the flower
and card report and read a thank you note
-4-ern Ruth Shaddick .. . -
Ed Johns and Elmer Trick reported that.
they attended a meeting regarding the
future of the town hall auditorium. Due Via
Sorority lah p _.
CLINTON : The Feb. 28 meeting of Xi Ep-
silon Beta Chapter of 'Beta Sigma Phi was
held at the home of Rita Van Dyke.
Nancy Anstett presented an informative
meeting on blindness. She discussed the
causes of blindness, different types of par-
tial blindness and techniques the blind use to
cope in a seeing world. The latter was par-
ticularly interesting as members tried to
imagine the difficulty of doing tasks such as
finding the right can'of food or sorting socks.
Marguerite Falconer reported for the ser-
vice committee on the upcoming daffodil
sale for the Cancer Society. which will be
•. held March 28.
President, Ann Adams, indicated that she
. had contacted Goderich and Exeter Sorority
HURONVIEW - March 5 activities includ- are not confined to the auditorium. Some
ed classes in ceramics and working with ladies on 2nd Floorhave been busy working
dough. This art has really come on strong on braided mats, and they its e grine far lovelya al
and the finished product is much in demand. job. By the way,
These little figurines are now on sale at the Even ing ht one his able atpeadomplisr it is twithruly
a a s-
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tuck shop.
a
Residents from Special Care met in the of help and caring.
auditorium on March 6 afternoon for a Bingo is the big attraction on Friday after-
noon, and is very popular with our residents.
social time together. Refreshments were
served, while Elsie Henderson played piano Sunday morning worship wag held in the
music for their pleasure. chapel with Rev. Norman Pick in charge.
Van rides were available on March 7, st During the service, communion t_ was
several residents take advantagae of tai celebrated. Assisting Mr. Pick were Mrs.
outing. Chester Archibald and Dr.George Elliott
A visit from-the_Goderh Salvation Armq ._ from. Ontario United ,Church,_ Clinton. The
planned for March 8 was cancelled lot n► choir sangan appropriate anthem. Flowers
its place, a sing song was held in the chapel were fro'Hehnar Snell's Funeral.
with Elsie Henderson providing organ Huronview wishes to extend a warm
music. For a leisure time, folk from Special welcome to Mr. Phillips of
Care and ladies from 1st Floor North met in welcomewho has come Herbertto reside here.
the activity room. Coffee and cookies wereWingham, the who ha ofc the late reside
h redfield
served, and Frank Bissett provided piano Tand Aleida. Heyink, sincere sympathy is ex,
music.
It is interesting to note that all activities Pressed.
small attendence a second meeting has been •
scheduled for March 13 at the Clinton
Legion.
A euchre match was held and the high
scorers were Vera Gibbings and Mabel
McAdam. The low players were Ernie and
Bernice Brown.
The next Golden Radar meeting will be
held -on -April 4. Social eornmittee-members._.
are Hazel Parker, Iva Boyes and Jessie
Hart.
Daffodil Tea
adolescence and what was considered nor-
mal behavior. He gave practical sugges-
tions to parents about how to cope with
stressful situations with their teenagers.
Underlying his. humorous anecdotes • and
observations was a very serious message
for,parents. As in the past, his talk was well
received and enjoyed by everyone.
The President thanked Jim McDade, past
principal of St. Joseph's from September to
December 1983, for his leadership, innova-
tions, and dedication to the school, Mr.
McDade was presented with a gift of ap-
preciation.
Joanne Jasper of Goderich, 'spoke to the
parents about a movement to provide a.
French Immersion program in the school
system and .left some ,informative pam
phlets for parents to consider.
An invitation goes to all parents of St.
Joseph's to attend the next generalmeeting
on April 4.
Clinton seminar
will look at
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Chapters regarding the Huron County Atlas.
The chapters agreed that an nate. icle about
Beta Sigma Phi would be appropriate.
Ann also stated that the Exemplar Ritual
for the five members who progressed from
the Ritual of Jewels Chapter would be held
Apri110.
Mary Marsh and Marilyn Parr attended
the meeting at the arena regarding the
possible uses for the new Town Hall
auditorium. Mary reported that interested
people are asked to writeletters stating
their ideas for it.
A different method of serving lunch con-
cluded the evening, ,Each member brought a,
box lunch which was auctioned off. Bidding
was hot and heavy forthe empty boxesand
everyone was pleased with her purchase.
DENTURE
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EXETER 235-2966
Clinton Area
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nutrition acts.
Do you like to eat but are not sure what
people are selling you? Do you read
magazine articles concerning "wonder
foods" and then are still left wondering? Do
you know how to analyze current food fads
to check if they have merit?
March is Nutrition Month and this year's
theme is "Food Facts and Fallacies". The
Huron County Nutrition Committee has in-
vited Karen Kennedy from Health and
✓veltare Canada to speak and answer ques-
- tions on Wednesday, March 28 in the Huron -
view auditorium. Subjects will include such
things as the use of bee pollen; liquid diets
and'herbal teas.
For more information contact Jane
Mueggge, Rural Organization Specialist,
'1 Home Econernics) Ministry of Agriculture
and Food, Clinton, 482-3428 or Cathy Thom-
son, Huron County Health Unit, Goderich,
524-8301.
h service
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
Fellowship Bible Chapel
162 Maple Street, Clinton
Sunday, March 18
9:45 Worship & Remembrance
11 a.m. Sunday School and Family Bible Hour
Speaker: Jim Boswell, London
7 p.m. Evening Service
7:30 p.m. Tuesday - Prayer & Devotion
Wednesday, March 21
10 a.m. Coffee Hour & Cubbies
7 p.m. Thurs. Awana Clubs
Baptist
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73RD
Annual Meeting,
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Family and Children's Services
HURON COUNTY
DATE: March 28, 1984
TIME: 2:00 P.M.
PLACE: 46 Gloucester Terrace
Goderich, Ontario
The Public is cordially
invited to attend- Memberships
available at the door - 9e00.
Christian Reformed
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
CLINTON
SUNDAY, MARCH 18
REV. GILBERT KIDD
10 a.m. Sunday Schopl
11:15 a.m. Morning Worship
Everyone Welcome
Christian' Reformed Church
243 Princess St. E Clinton
SUNDAY, MARCH 18
Rev. John Derksen, 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.
United
Wesley -Willis United Church
MINISTER - REV. JAMES BECHTEL B.A., B.D.
SUNDAY; MARCH 18
11 a.m. Service at Wesley -Willis
9:45 a.m. Service at Holmesville
Anglican
St. Paul's Anglican Church
Rev. Gartlan Simmons, B.A., M. Div.
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Services 10 a.m.
1st B 3rd Sundays - Holy Communion
2nd B 4th Sundays - Morning Prayer
Sunday School 8 Nursery Everyone Welcome
Ontario Street United Church
MINISTER
Rev. R. Norman Pick
11 a, m: - Public Worship
11 a.m.. Church School
ORGANIST
Louise McGregor
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