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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1986-08-20, Page 12Page 12—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1986 rA FeIIowshiPrie Clinton an d area obituaries Mitchell-Duizer Laurel Duiier, daughter of Tom and Mar- jorie Duizer of Londesboro, and Mark Mit- chell, son of Elwood and Audrey. Mitchell also of Londesboro, were married on July 26 at Londesboro United Church by Rev. Dave Snihur. Matron of honor was Lisa Duizer of Londesboro and bridesmaids were Traci Mitchell of Clinton, Marge Siertsema of Auburn and Shannon Duizier of Londesboro. Best man was David Plant of Londesboro • and ushers were Robert Radford of Clinton, Wayne Hulley and Steve Duizer, both of Londesboro. Organist was Gail Lear with Barb Bosman as soloist, both from Londesboro. Following the wedding, a reception was held in Blyth. The couple then went on a honeymoon to the United States and will reside in Clinton. (Gary Walden photo) Doris Lawson Doris Lawson, daughter of Bob and Anne Lawson of Clinton, graduated with honors from Business Administration at Sheridan College, Oakville. She majored in accoun- ting and finance. Doris is presently employed with ITWAL Canada in Mississauga. 411+? orlon a. . 1 1 7/6 ail & • N a1coner FUNERAL HOME LTD. 153 HIGH STREET CLINTON 4829441 BOX FUNERAL CHAPEL 47 HIGH STREET SEAFORTH MRS. VIOLA MARY ELLEN NELSON of Clinton died on Friday, August 15, 1986. Funeral service was held on Monday, August 18, 1986. Tracy Jane Hill Tracy Jane Hill, 19, of RR2 Bayfield, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 1986 at the Kincardine and District General Hospital. The daughter of Thomas William Hill and the former Nancy Jane Stokley, she was born July 22, 1967 in London. A student, she was a member of the Anglican Church. She was also very active in local sports playing pee wee and bantam baseball in Col- borne Township, junior baseball with the Milverton Millwrights and senior ladies baseball with the Exeter Greys and the Goderich Fantasy Islanders. As well, she played broomball with the Sparling Ladies Blyth League and the Neustadt Ladies All Stars and was a member of the Goderich District Collegiate Institute junior volleyball team. Surviving are her parents, her paternal grandmother Atha Payne, of Strathroy, maternal grandparents Jack and Frances Stokley, of London, one sister Lori Ann and one brother Kenneth Allan, both at home. •She was predeceased by her paternal grandfather Kenneth Hill. A private family service was held Mon- day, Aug. 18 at the McCallum and Palla Funeral Home, Goderich with Rev. Aubrey Bell officiating. Cremation followed at the Woodland Crematorium, London. WI tries to What rural women's group has preserved the history of the farms, buildings and places of interest in their communities so that the present and future citizens of Canada will know of the hardships and hap- piness of rural Canada? In 1936, Lady Tweedsmuir, wife of the then governor general of Canada, herself a devoted Women's Institute member in England; spoke at the Athens Women's In- stitute branch in Leeds East District and stressed the need for preserving the in- teresting history of Canadian people, the places, customs and activities of a develop- ing land. The Federated Women's Institute of Ontario seized the opportunity andyfrom there, the Tweedsmuir Histories as they have now become known are part of the work that the Women's Institute branches throughout Canada have been doing for all Foster Pepper Foster Pepper of 101 Huron Street, Clin- ton, died on August 11 at the age of 77. Mr. Pepper, who worked as a farmer, was born on June 15, 1909 in Tuckersmith Township to the late William and Elizabeth Pepper. He was the husband of Myrtle Schram. Mr. Pepper is survived by his wife and son William and his wife Evelyn of Seaforth. Surviving brothers and sisters are Mrs. Wilmer (Nettie) McClinchey of Varna, Grace Pepper of London, Mrs. George (Ella) Tinney of Exeter, John of Hensall, Alex of RR4 Seaforth and Nelson of Hamilton. Mr. Pepper was predeceased by Mrs. Thomas (Dora) Slavin and ' Ernest and Stewart. A funeral service was held on August 13 at the Ball and Falconer Funeral Home, Clin- ton, with Larry Steers of Toronto officiating. Active pallbearers were Gordon Bell, Bert Bachert, David McKinley, Doug Mac- Donald, Willis Switzer and William VanMoorsel. Interment was in the Clinton Cemetery. Viola Mary Ellen Nelson Viola Mary Ellen Nelson of Huronview and formerly of Clinton, died in the Clinton preserve Public Hospital on August 15. She was 76 years old. Mrs. Nelson, who was a homemaker, was born on November 13, 1909 to the late George Clarke Holland and the late Anna Margretta (Lobb) Holland. On August 24, 1938 she married Charles W. Nelson in Ashfield Township. A member of Wesley -Willis United Church, the Women's Institute, . Wesley Willis UCVII and the Clinton Horticultural Society, Mrs. Nelson is survived lag) one sister, Mrs. Ervin (Emmeline) Zinn of Maitland Manor, Goderich. She was predeceased by her husband, three sisters; Mrs. Herbert (Florence) Wise, Mrs. Charles (Mandena) Tyner, Ar - villa Holland; and four brothers, Norman, Milton, Clifford and Bruce Holland. A funeral service was held on August 18 at Ball and Falconer Funeral Home with Rev. James Bechtel of Wesley -Willis United Church officiating with the assistance of Rev. Stan McDonald of Hensall United Church, a former boarder of the Nelsons. Flower bearers were Michael Holland and Alvin and John Wise. Active pallbearers were Thomas Laird, Ralph Holland, Harold Wise, Warren Zinn, Keith Keys and James Mair. Interment was, held in the Clinton Cemetery. rural history Canadians. Among the topics covered in these books are the geography and topography of the area, municipal government, farming in all its aspects, homes, education, trade and commerce, recreation, complete histories of individual farms and families, the chur- ches and their organizations, schools, libraries,' industries past and present and anything special about the district. Altogether the community history is a com- prehensive, factual collection of historical data and treasured pictures of a local com- munity provided by the Women's Institute members, of the people, for the people of the locality: The Federated Women's Institutes of Canada have received the Award of Merit from the American Association for local history, for initiating the Tweedsmuir Histories and the Certificate of Merit for their contribution to local history in Canada. The Women's Institutes have put in long hours to produce these histories of their communities. Some branches have publish- ed their histories while others have microfilmed their histories and these can be seen at all local libraries. Each year the Tweedsmuir History Curators of the London Area have a workshop to update their skills.,This year it was at Wallacetown; in Elgin West. Atten- ding from Huron West was Alice Porter, Ef- fie Yeo and Jean Lobb, all of Goderich Township. The Women's Institutes of the London Area are proud to be preserving the history of the rural communities for present and future Canadians. No other group is doing it in such an organized way. Without a past you can not have a future. Wood carvings on display at Van Egmond House The Huron County Pioneer Museum is pleased to announce that for thirst time in four years, an important collection of wood carvings is on public display at the Van Eg- mond House, near Seaforth. The collection was housed on the second. floor of the museum which has been closed to public viewing for the past four years. The carvings by George June depict characters and scenes familiar to the artist in the 1930's. June was forced to retire early from farming due to ill health and discovered the art of whittling lobea satis- SUPERIOR MEMORIALS f-STAB11S11ED OVER 60 YEARS Clinton Area MICHAEL FALCONER 153 HIGH STREET, CLINTON 482-9441 J Goderich Area ROBERT McCALLUM 11 CAMBRIA ROAD, GODERICH 524-7345 fying way to pass the time. His craft was self taught. His tools were elementary, with • the most important being the jackknife. A large model of a trotting meet makes one want to cheer the highly animated horses and drivers on. The excitment..of the event is evident uithe detail of the figures in the grandstands. Several other models portray logging scenes: There is a bus station and buggies, coaches and wagons are pulled by Belgiums, Shire and Morgans. The harness for these carvings is meticulously detailed If you're NEW IN TOWN and don't know which way to turn, :call hostess .at 482-5625 SINCE 1T3O V LTD Church Services Fellowship Bible Chapel 162 Maple Street 5�1�.r AUGUST 24 9:45 a.m. Worship & Remembrance 11 a.m. Sunday School & Family Bible Hour Speaker: Neal Lowey 7 p.m. Evening Service Speaker; Fred Munnings 7:30 p.m. Tues. • Prayer & Devotion • Usten 10 'Just Neighbours" on Cable 12 Sundays 5 pm t Tuesdays 8;30 pm Clinton United Ontario Street United Church MINISTER 108 Ontario St., Clinton, Ont. ORGANIST Rev. David J. Woodall, B.A., M.DIV. Louise McGregor 11 a.m. Public Worship 11 a.m. Church School Wesley -Willis United Church MINISTER -BEV. JAMES PECHTEL, B.A./ a.o. SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 11:00 a.m. • Joint Summer Services at Ontario Si., Church Everyone Welcome Presbyterian St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 4 RATTENBURY ST. EAST, CLINTON MINISTER - ORGANIST Rev. William M. Barber Mr. Charles Merrill Christian Reformed Christian Reformed Church 243 Princess St., E. Clinton Sunday. August 24 Rev. Homer Samplonius 10 a.m. Worship Service 7:30 p.m. Worship Service All Visitors Welcome Baptist Pollard - Raymond Donna Rose Mary Raymond and Kenneth Scott Pollard were married on June 21 at Londesboro United Church. Rev. Dave Sniliur officiated. The bride is the daughter of Joe and the late Josephine. Raymond of Timmins. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pollard of RR 1 Blyth. Maid of honor was Angela Raymond, bridesmaids were Sharon Patriquin, Sally Pollard and Alouette Holder. Best man was Tom Pollard and ushers were Bob Fraser, George Raymond and Daryl Johnston. Organist was Mrs. Harry Lear and soloist Mrs. Allan Bosman. A wedding dinner was held at the- Blyth Recreation Centre where Rev. Stan McDonald acted as master of ceremonies. The couple honeymooned on Prince Edward Island. They now reside at RR 3 Mitchell. (Harvey McDowell photo) to a pai .icular -style. The buckles were specially cast at a Whitby plant. Perhaps his masterpiece is a table inlaid with quarter inch squares, some 52,600 to form an almost oriental design of dragons and figures. June's work entailed the need tor great, accuracy and there is, manifested, fine skill and originality of thought. This collection is bound to gain acclaim as it becomes known. The display titled "Whittling Time Away" will be at the. Van Egmond House throughout August and September. A last - chance to see it will be during Ciderfest, September 28 Workshops to be held Chocolate milk comes from brown cows! Sherbet has fewer calories than ice cream, and dairy substitutes are better than dairy products! These are a few of the many myths sur- rounding dairy products that are featured ii) the new 4-H project "Milk Makes It". During" 5" seveili week course, members will venture into dairyland and discover many interesting facts about a variety of dairy products. They will learn how dairy products are made, the importance of dairy products in the diet, and how to shop for, store and cook with them. All members will be interested in "Milk Makes It". O'Rourke - Speziale Monica Jap, r �eiziaje ,. > , Brucefield, daughter of 11800 and *attherinB Speziale of Windsor and Ruth and Tom Richardson of Brucefield, and David Leonard O'Rourke of RR5 Clinton, son of Leonard and Audrey O'Rourke of St. Columban and Gwen O'Rourke and Dave Miller of RR5 Clinton, were married on July 5 at Vanastra-Chris- tian Church. The groom's uncle, Rev. Nick Vandarmey, and Pastor Jim Visser of- ficiated. Ellen Gower of Clinton was the maid of honor and bridesmaids were Vic, toria O'Rourke of Clinton, sister of the groom, LeeAnne Richardson of Zurich, sister of the bride, Victoria Speziale of Brucefield, sister of the bride, and Patti O'Rourke of St. Columban, sister of the groom. Flower girl was Eliesha Richardson of Brucefield, sister of the bride and the ringbearer was Joshua Dale of Kitchener, cousin of the groom. Best man was Mark Cantelon of RR4 Clinton and ushers were Don Poehnan of Clinton, John Murray of Clinton, cousin of the bride, John Dale of Sea -forth, e6usln of the groom and Jamie O'Rourke of RR5 Clinton, brother of the groom. Following a reception at the Seaforth Community Centre, the couple honeymooned in Las Vegas, Nevada. They will reside in Welland were they will attend Niagara College. (William Denman photo) 85 Huron St. CLINTON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH REV. GILBERT KIDD Sunday, August 24 11 a.m. Morning Worship & Sunday School Wednesday $ p.m. Bible Study EVERYONE WELCOME 524-9130 An liean St. Paul's Anglican Church Recy. GordonSimmons. B:A..M.0ly. Sunday, August 24 11:30' A.M. SERVICE int & 3rd Sunday . Hely Communion 2nd & 4th Sunday • Morning Prayer Eve one Welcome ry Since prices are continually rising We have discontinued the use of a full-time salesman in the CLINTON area. We are now able to pass on to our customers a Discount on all purchases BUY NOW AND S►1J�!! Our Work Has Our Personal Guarantee Serving Huron & Surrounding Area Since 1919 ,;:. S. .14, 1 C