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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1986-12-24, Page 9CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1986—Page 9 Blyth Tykes hit their mark at tournament By Kathy Bromley BLYTH - Last Saturday morning, the tykes travelled to Teeswater for a tourna- ment amongst other tykes in the surroun- ding districts. Each team played two games and at the end'of the day, everyone received a Tonka Toy of their choice in memory of the tournament. The first team they faced was in the morn- ing with Walkerton as their opponents. This game was nothing short of breath -taking for the Blyth spectators with the unending number of shots taken on Walkerton's net, only to dribble past or hit the goal post. Only seven seconds into the game, the team's MVP for the game, and later proved to be for the day also, Jeff Cowan, raced away with the puck and made a quick at- tempt to score. Unfortunately, it slid past the corner of the net. Numerous shots were taken, with the boys demonstrating their over -excitement, with their shots being so close, yet not close enough to count. Walkerton then opened the books, scoring the first two goals of the game, but net School concert was a great By Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse BELGRAVE - The East Wawanosh Public School Christmas Concert was a great success. Grade 1 students Kendra Folkard, Michael McBurney, Allie Culbert and Jeremy Campbell introduced the Christmas concert to a full house. The Junior Choir, with students from Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2 and 3 were led by John Kewrr and accompanied by Marilyn Bridges. The shoir sang, "Be A Santa," and Little Donkey." ®Grade 4 and 5 students presented the entertaining play entitled, "The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus." The Kindergarten pupils sang songs and recited verses and the Grade 1 children put on "The Christmas Story." Grade 2 students performed Rhythm Band songs - "Winter Wonderland" and "Silver Bells." The Grade 5 and 6 classes presented the poem "Baboushka" and the Grade 7 and 8 pupils presented "Christmas from Coast to Coast." "Jelly Belly" was the name of the song and dance performed by the Grade 3 pupils. Bill Chaulk led the choir made up of students from Grades 4 to 8. They sang "Have A Holly Jolly Christmas," "Toyland," and "My Favorite Things." The Grade 7 ans 8 class donated gifts and money to a charitable organization. Christmas Carollers Several household members in the village were delighted one evening last week. Hear- ing their door bells sing, they opened their doors to find some 50 Guides, Brownies, Pathfinders and parents singing Christmas carols. The singers also handed out plates of cookies to each householder. The cookies were made by the children. •The leader for the Guides is Mrs. Vicky Piluke, the treasurer is Doris Taylor and the District Commissioner is Mary Vair. The Brownie leaders are Joanne Culbert, Lois Sinclair and Attie Wharton. Following the carolling, the children and adults gathered at the Belgrave Community Centrewhere they treated with hot chocolate and cookies. Thanks go out to all the leaders and the children from their thoughtful Christmas gesture. Church Celebration Familiar Christmas carols resounded on the morning air from Knox United Church in Belgrave on Sunday morning as the many members congregated to celebrate Jesus' birth. The sanctuary was tastefully decorated with poinsettias, red roses in brass vases, candelabra and a tree aglow. A white bud vase containing red and white flowers with holly greenery adorned each window sill. A piano -organ prelude of Christmas numbers with Mrs. George Johnston pianist and Mrs. George Procter organist was presented. Following the singing of the doxology Rev. John G. Roberts set alight the third Advent Candle, which signifies Purity. The minister chose the scripture reading from Matthew 2, relating to Herod, the King and focussing on his reactions of Jesus' birth. The large choir of mixed voices sang "The Prince of Peace" with organ accompaniment. The offering was collected by Patrick Cull, Heather McIntosh, Steven Nixon and Donald G. Procter. The sermon was introduced by the ques- tion, "How do you decide what is a world event?" Focus may be centered on world events and people such as Hitler or the ex- plosion of the atomic bomb. Scientific think- ing changes world events, it changes things for all. The birth of Jesus provides a Bible chain for allegiance. Our type of allegiance dic- tates how we live our lives. Our first allegiance must be to Jesus, not to the government, the minister said. • Concert Time The Knox United Church Sunday School Concert was held in Belgrave on December 18. Rev. John G. Roberts was master of ceremonies and the concert began with everyone joining in a singsong featuring Christmas songs and enrols led by George minder, Corey Shannan saw to it that they were the, only two goals they scored on Blyth. Jeff Cowan's determination continued on and finally paid off with him obtaining a hat- trick—three goals, and then some! Jeff opened the books for Blyth, scoring the first two goals followed by Greg Blok scoring the third, and back to Jeff again to score twice again to finish off the game, with Blyth defeating Walkerton by a score of 5-2. When Blyth's second game arrived, they success Cull and Judy Morton accompanying at the piano. The begnniners and Grades 1 and 2 recited poems and verses about Christmas. Grade 3 presented a puppet play entitled "A Mex- ican Christmas." Lindsay Michie, Margie Gordon, Jennifer Cook and Candice Irwin performed a baton twirling act. Grade 4 sang "Christmas in Killarney." The Intermediate class compared Christmas Eve in 1986 and the year 2010. "Santa Retiring"was the name of a play presented by the senior class. Clifford and Company's presentation featured a "Robot Show." Another singsong closed the concert and Santa arrived to present bags of candy and gifts to the children. People Report Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hanna hosted a Christmas.dinner in the Belgrave WI Hall on December 21 for 38 relatives and friends. After Santa Claus distributed the Chrlistmas presents, the children enjoyed the ride on the sleigh behind the team of horses of Sam Pletch. Those attending were from Kit- chener, Goderich, Londesboro and Belgrave. Dorothy Higgins of the Callander Nursing Home, Brussels attended the Christmas ser- vice at Knox United Church on Sunday mor-' ning and later was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Higgins. Steven Coultes, who is living and going to school in St. Marys, where he is goaltender for the St. Marys Lincolns Junior B hockey team, is spending the Christmas holidays With his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Coultes and his brother. Twenty-two Bowman, Elston and Edgar relatives travelled by bus on Saturday to at- tend the wedding of Brenda Edgar and Stephen Thompson in the Petrolia United Church. The wedding took place at 12:30 • p.m. and dinner followed at 2 p.m. Brenda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maitland Edgar of Petrolia and Stephen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson of Clinton. Locals tell how they spend Christmas. • from page 8 select an ornament and tell visitors the signifcance of all such decorations. Some they purchased themselves, some were given to them and others were made by family members. Besides getting the family together for a Christmas meal, the Bechtels bake a white cake on Christmas Eve Day. The following morning they each enjoy a piece of Jesus' birthday cake. Mayor John Balfour The life of a mayor is hectic at the best of times, but when the festive Christmas season gets underway, the pace picks up yet another few steps. As a public figure, Mayor Balfour and his wife, Sandra, are invited to numerous func- tions throughout the year. These functions seem to multiply in December. "So far we've attended nine functions and there's one more to go," said Mayor Balfour. One thing about taking in these occasions around this thiie of. year Is that they are mainly social gatherings. "At Christmas time it's a social evening, only three have had formalities. It's a fun time and a real pleasure to get out with the people. It always is (fun) but more so at this time," explained Mayor Balfour who also hosted a meeting for town department heads, public utilities commissioners and councillors recently. With meetings and social events to attend, the Balfours' personal life takes a back seat, however, the closer it gets to Christmas, the less meetings and dinners there are to at- tend. This gives Mayor Balfour time to spend with his family. Explaining family traditions, Mayor Balfour said, "We've always had an old fashioned Christmas - the meal and everything.. .. "Sandra and I were raised in an era that had a simple and basic lifestyle so we tried to carry on the traditions for the girls. We don't want to get away from the real mean- ing of Christmas." Prior to the last few years, the Balfours were accustom to making presents for each other. "One year, we decided in about September to make all of our presents. I spent a few months down in the basement making a doll house and a deacon's bench," Mayor Balfour recalled, adding all the or- naments on the tree were made out of pop- corn, paper and other homemade items. Mayor Balfour believes that Christmas is getting a little too commercial and feels peo- ple should slow down and enjoy the spirit of the season more. "Christmas is a family time - a simple, quiet time. We should enjoy the simplistic time of the season." faced Tiverton. Coach Barry Bromley, used a different approach this game. Instead of having the usual and dependable goalie, Corey Shannan in net, the team played in the net alternately. This gave Corey a chance to display all of his excellent talents on the ice also. Within the first 3 minutes, Jeff Cowan, did his thing again by obtaining a hat trick! His first goal was scored only 6 seconds into the game. Then, only a minute and a half later, he repeated it and placed the puck in Walkerton's net once more. He didn't stop there, before the next line had a chance to come on, he put the finishing touches on the puck, placing it in the op- ponents net for the third time! Later on, after numerous attempts by everyone, Ronnie Abell-Rinn scored the next goal to make it 4-0 for Blyth. Jeff Cowan got down to his usual business once more, making the score 5-0 for Blyth. Then, after numerous attempts throughout the day, along with all, of his assists, "Sparky" Mark Wilson took the puck on a breakaway and stick -handled it all the way down the ice from Blyth's blue - line, to plant it snugly into Tiverton's net, to obtain an unassisted and well deserved goal. After the numerous attempts he made all Turn to page 16 • 4'4 v/1.0 STARTS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27 AT 9 A.M. Shop early! This is an outstanding Annual Furniture Sale Event - Storewide mark downs. d, �,,5'.SIMMONS BEAUTYREST 40% .7 (MATTRESS SETS.ee.eee.e.eeeee..eeee off Ends December 31, 1986. Open 6 Days 9 am -6 pm except Fri. evenings till 9. Closed. 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