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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1984-11-28, Page 10Double find raisers held to match donation 13y Dora Shobbrook L,,ONDESBORO - The Lions Club held a dobte headed fund raising weekend with a eucbr-e tournament on Nov. 23 followed by their old fashioned, country style breakfast served on Nov. 25. Both events were staged to meet a previously pledged donation of $500 to the Blyth Community Centre and the Blyth Fire Department. On Friday evening 48 euchre teams competed for $340 in prizes including the top prize of $100. The top prize money was destined to go to the Lucknow area where the Hackett brothers went head to head with Joe Ernewein and his partner Ted Kobbel. After winning two of three games the Hacketts took first place while Joe and Ted picked up $60 for their i second place showing. Other prize winners included Howard Hackwell, Harold Ferguson, Mery Ritchie, Andy Uyl, Tim Deweerd, Keith Siemon, Alex Blair and Wes Jefferson, Al Caldwell, Robert Shaddick, Rick Konarski and Gary Buchanan and Gord Bell. Gord Bell was also the lucky winner of the draw for a ham donated by Harold Ferguson, representing Bavarian Deli Packers. Everyone vowed to return in three months to take away the prize money. Sunday morning the Lions donned their aprons and whipped up another super breakfast in their own unique style serving about 200. The Lions would like to thank all who supported both events and hope to see you at their next venture. United Church Communion service was held at Londesboro United Church on Nov. 25. Greeting people at the door were Jack and Helen Lee and the ushers for the day were Stephen Duizer, Larry Gross, Robert Radford and David White. , After Rev. Dave Srlihur welcomed everyone, he gave the announcements. There will be a dress rehearsal on Dec. 1 at 9:30 a.m. for White Gift Sunday on Dec. 2. The entire congregation will participate in bringing gifts to the front of the church. Teachers for the children's time which featured the story "Muffie Come Home" were Jane and Connie Hoggart. Assisting Rev. Snihur with communion were Jim Jamieson and Lorne flunking. Serving bread were Jack Lee, Jack Snell, Bernice Norman and Marlene Armstrong and serving wine were Bert Lyon, Elwood Mitchell, Reg Lawson and Garnet Wright. WI cards There were 11 tables in play at the WI Card Party on Nov. 16. The winners were: ladies' high, Trudy, Pollard; lone hands, Dora Shobbrook and low, Ida Wright of Clinton. The inen's winners were: men's high, Elmer Murray of Clinton; lone hands, Gordon Murray of Walton and the low was Kevin Hulley. • Beth Knox and Hazel Reid were in charge of the evening. Thanks goes to Josie Cunningham. of Clinton for a donation to buy the cards. There will be another night of cards on Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. and everyone is welcome. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Larry Carter of Simcoe and Colleen Carter of -Exeter visited at the home of their parents Doreen and Glen Carter on the weekend of Nov. 16. Saturday evening they all visited at the home of Cathy, Kevan and Wade Broome in Egmondville. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Carter also visited his two grandfathers, John Armstrong of Londesboro and George Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hunking, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jamieson and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cartwright attended the graduation ceremonies Friday night in Stratford and convocation exercises in Kitchener on Saturday for their daughters, Deborah, Susan and Carol. The young women graduated from Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology - Stratford Campus in the registered nursing program. Congratulations. . Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Burns. on Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Keys and Mrs. Annie Wrightson of Glammis and on Sunday Barbara Paterson and Katie of London visited. John Cartwright spent the past weekend in Toronto at Toc Alpha staff training. Mr. ' and Mrs., Lloyd Pipe of 'S'eaforth visited on Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Vic Stackhouse. CLtNTON NEWS-REi ORD, VMDDIF0SDAY, NOVEMBER 28;1984—Page 9 Ronald McDonald house discussed The UCW meeting was held on Nov. 19 and ,President Brenda Radford 'opened the meeting. Russell Nesbitt, president of Leo's presented an appeal for $5 a brick for Ronald McDonald House. Brenda Nesbitt told about the house and showed the plans. The 12 bedroom London house is to be ready in 1985 at a price of $930,000. All Lions, Lioness and Leo Clubs are supporting it. Business minutes of the last meeting were read by Secretary Bernice Norman. • Correspondence was received from Audrey' and Bob Thompson, Ida Leiper and Jim Neilans who sent thank you -cards and from Foster Child Lam Su Bing. Two quilts were given to fire victims Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thompson., Treasurer Margaret'Good gave the yearly, report and said there was a balance of $2,038. There was also some information given on Hulled Public School's Pioneer Days. The UCW was asked to ' assist with quilts, .tanning, quilting and hooking mats. The treasurer will buy two poinsettias for the United Church and coffee spoons will 'also be purchased. • A number of appeals were read and the women moved •to donate $50, each to Huron Day Care Centre, Alma College, Ronald McDonald House, Seeds for Zaire, the Cross Cultural Learning Centre in London and Ethiopia. A gift of $10 went , to the Foster Child for Christmas. The next meeting will be held Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. A pot luck lunch and' a, silent auction will be held. Bring a friend. A number of other yearly reports were given at the meeting. Mary Peel spoke on Christian development, Joan White on world outreach and the archives, Dora. Shobbrook on communications and the, church in society and . Mary Longman on welfare: Reports were also received onthe board of stewards. from Helen Lee, the„manse from Laura Lyon, the social report from Helen Lee and. the funeral report from Norma Glousher. • The names of shut-ins were listed afterthe meeting and 56 candles were decorated for Christmas favors for the Clinton Public Hospital and the shut-ins. Cheerio Club The club met at the home of June Fothergill at 2 p.m. on Nov. 21. The roll call was answered by nine members. The minutes of the last meeting and the treasurer's report were read by Dora Shobbrook. A thank you was received from Laura Lyon and it was moved to send $10 to the Huron Day Centre. The draw donated by Dora. Shobbrook was won by June Fothergill. The program was started by Tri Duizer who . had a picture of Rev. Stan McDonald putting on the first bumper sticker and lapel button at the time the Clinton Public Hospital was fighting closure. That was followed by a reading.by Margaret Good. A get well card will be sent to Ida Durnin. The next meeting will be Group III's Christmas meeting and members will exchange $2 gifts. Not outdoor recreation Conservation education is not outdoor recreation says the chairman of the Science education department at the University of Toronto. , Prof. William Andrews passed this infor-• mation on at the Maitland Valley Con- servation Authority's fall meeting. Prof. An- drews does have roots in the Maitland watershed,. Besides owning land in Hullett Township, a brother and son farm in the Clinton area. Speaking to the authority as it is in the early stages of establishing an "outdoor. education centre” at Wawanosh Valley Con- servation Area, . Prof. Andrews said he didn't want to see Maitland take the route of -other authorities. "There's a tendency to move to outdoor recreation," said the professor. Although he is not against outdoor recrea- tion, he stressed it should not be called con- servation education. He pointed out disc rer said hencie con- servation thinking. professor e almost got shot in the Sarotoga Swamp in Mannings win in hockey action In Blyth Industrial Hockey League action on November 25 Mannings downed Rad - fords 7-1. Manning scorers were Brian Black with two, Gary Courtney, Derwin Carter, Randy Boer. Murray Black Scott Stevenson talliedRad- and fords lone goal. In the second game Blyth Inn drubbed Watsons 10-4. Steve Bromley led Blyth Inn with three goals, Paul Cook and Ray Hunking each added two and Lloyd Michie, Kurt Whitfield and Dale Whitfield closed out the scoring. Watson scorers were Steve Nixon with two and Mike Malliot and Brian Westberg with one apiece. In the last game Hubbards trimmed Bain - tons 8-2. Brian Bromley seored three times for Hubbards with singles going to Bob Szusz, Dennis Knox, Dana Bean, Brad Thompson and Terry Rutledge. Bill McDougall and Barney Stewart replied for Baintons. The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority proudly unveiled the book Windings, a history of the lower Maitland River, compiled and written by local author Margaret Beecroft. The first copies of the book were offered for sale at the Suncoast Mall Saturday and here MVCA chairman Dave Gower, Beecroft, Huron County librarian Bill Partridge and Wendy Ross of the MVCA scan through the edition. The authority presented copies to the Huron County library, ( photo by Dave Sykes Maitland River's history published By James Friel BELGRAVE - On November 22, after seven years of struggling to .complete her book on the Maitland River Valley, Margaret Beecroft of R.R. 1, Belgrave, was finally able to leaf through one of the.com- pleted editions. "Windings - A History of the Lower Maitland River," recently published by the Maitland Valley Conservation Foun- dation and printed by Selby, Young of Lon- don, completed the long effort by Mrs. Beecroft and the conservation foundation. . "It was completely the foundation's idea," said Mrs. Beecroft of the origin of the project. "I think it carne of their concern for their Falls reserve area. I guess it's the largest and most interesting area the Maitland Authority has and they were in- terested in knowing the history." Mrs. Beecroft has long had an interest in the history of the area stimulated by the stories ,told by her grandmother "a marvelous storyteller who told stories of her old home in England and of her early ex- -periences here." A project given to her and her classmates at the University of Western . Ontario developed the fondness lj+Irs. Beecroft had of Huron County. He called it a conservation area where things don't get conserved. The most important element • of con- servation education is "to develop an envir- nomentally sound conservation ethic" 'said the professor. He also cautioned that the authority has to first decide if it is teaching conservation or outdoor education. The U of T professor said it takes time to educate a generation of children and one of • the most effective methods is teaching the teachers - which he does. However, for the authority he suggested MVCA staff provide an education ex- perience for teachers. This, he said, follows what MVCA has already accomplished. The authority and, the teachers should work together, he said. This would involve the preparation of a program where teachers, would teach certain subjects in the classroom prior to going to the education centre. At the fall meeting, the authority commit- ted itself to continuing its education efforts at Wawanosh for 1985. As well, MVCA plans to negotiate a cost- sharing formula with area school boards for maintenance and operation costs at Wawanosh Valley. ABC ANNUITIES • 53 WEST ST. GODERICH 524-2773 (Collect) Come in and see our wide selection of Conimodore /� Packagf�5 from 4 9?sandup GRANGER'S T.V. GODER CH 5i4-89.25 her grandmother's stories into active curiosity. "I was assigned anessay to do a history of the area I was from and I was frustrated by the lack of information. It sparked an in- terest I've never lost. "When I was teaching, I taught a bit of local history and I found the students en-, joyed it. You can make history come alive for them if they recognize names and places." Although as a student the.East Wawanosh Township woman said information was dif- ficult to obtain, her experience with research made the wide range of sources easier to investigate: Much of the information came from the regional room at the Lawson Memorial Library and the papers of the Canada Com- pany, the organization which opened up the Huron Tract, were found in the archives in Toronto. • Mrs. Beecroft was guided through the book by the authority's desire to keep the. theme of conservation throughout. Adopting that point of view was not difficult for Mrs. Beecroft because of her .concern with con- servation but "many aspects of history are completely ianored," as a result. Many of the secondary characters were emphasized in this history. Men like Samuel Strickland,, a brother to two novel writing sisters and a member of the Canada Com- pany, were "quite interesting". The tales of Tiger Dunlop and the Van Egmonds are not given the prominence some might expect because they are so well known. "I think. that the people around the Lower Maitland area are fairly conscious, of their history," of some'Qf the historical figures. Mrs. Beecroft and Wendy Ross of the Maitland Conservation Authority both said that a history aselaborate as the 125 -page book recently completed may not be seen as an ,authority's work. l'Many authorities have pioneer villages; this is our pioneer village between two covers," said Miss Ross, who has been administering the pro- ject since joining the authority in July. "We asked that the book not be too technical or filled with conservation jargon and it's nicely written, like a story," she said. "Windings. A History of the Lower Maitland River" by Margaret Beecroft is available from the conservation authority and local bookstores. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE ON OUR ENTIRE INVENTORY OF CHAIN SAWS! TIME Y �OR CHRISW AT TMAS! 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