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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1984-03-14, Page 11.., rN' 14,1' --PARE 11 0-0 WI back Fund For Water 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 w 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. • 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. • 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) • • 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- z - 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 PRYDE `-MONUMENTS !TD •MONUMENTS *BRONZE PLAQUES eMt"atRK RS •CEMETERY LETTERING NEW MODERN SHOWROOM SUNCOAST h,ALL-GODERICH D. Denomme Bus. 524-2337 Memorial Counsellor Res. 524-1421 SUPERIOR MEMORIALS ----_ _.- ESTABLISHED OVER 60 YEARS 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 THERAPY CLINIC 420 Main Street South EXETER 235-2966 Clinton Area MICHAEL FALCONER 153 HIGH STREET, CLINTON 482-9441 OPEN: Tuesday to Friday 9 am -5 pm THYS BLOMBERG, D -T Goderich Area ROBERT McCALLUM 11 CAMBRIA ROAD, GODERICH 524-7345 .• 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 .�s 73RD Annual Meeting, NEW TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR NEW COMMUNITY? Call W[conWvon Penne 524-2544 Our hostess will bring gifts and greetings olo -q with helpful community information 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. • 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 7