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Clinton News-Record, 1987-03-11, Page 6Page 6—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1987 Blyth. Standard Ping-pong players fare well Constable John Marshall was at Blyth Public School on March 9 to fingerprint children for identification purposes. Troy, a Grade estudent, was the first pupil to be printed. (David Emslie) Cowan nets By Brenda Burkholder F3LYTH - The Blyth Tykes travelled to 1,ucknow for their annual Legion Tyke Tour- nament on Saturday. There was two 24 minute periods in each game. The 'first game was against •'; eeswater. Shane Burkholder was r,oaltender for the game, which ended 4-2 for Teeswater. They were now in competition for the consolation trophy. The second game was against Lucknow with Cory Shannon in net. Blyth won this game 3-0. The last game of the day for the consola- tion trophy was between Howick and Blyth. Coach Bary Bromley flipped a coin bet- ween Shane and Cory for net. Cory called six goals the shot and was goaltender for the game. At the end of the first period, the Tykes were in the lead by 1-0. Less than four minutes into the second perid Howick scored and tied the game. Howick broke the tie minutes later and then followed with another goal. The final score was 3-1 for Howick who took home the consolation trophy. Every player received minor sports pins. The Tykes did their best and actually' played their positions better as the day went on even though they were getting tired. Jeff Cowan scored all six goals of the three games' with help from his teanunates. The Tykes will be playing in a tournament Saturday March 13, 14, 15 in Clinton. w$.r dya h! t1J!i7{,;.:fv1!•.i f.7{Tt; ak':•Y'4:11•l�r.... is•..•?fusK•00z.fB:0 :a Y}Yr,, 4rE• I� , t J 5 °rli..1'r..t'�.J:•.::h$zc FYu:-.?,�:•..rH[,r„ Lys! sI II 1E1-01 j;;I_SI 3NE ,, ,x.�r tra }.: :+i• r t"i?.>•c ,� -. rrp y.'.rtrt,l�' yf+(yi .i}r. t ��k�"i'�r�! n�+sri�ai ta'..''. 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Placing second in theirdivisions were: Amber Gelwicks, Craig Roulston, Tammi Medd, Laurie Wharton, and Phillip Hub- bard. Congratulations to all the participants. Bus Evacuation By David Hessels On March 4, Constable John Marshall 1— The Bar Truth came to the school for bus safety. Bob Mc- Clinchey brought his bus and Lessons were given to Grades 6, 7 and 8 right on the bus. Safe buses have safety reflectors, an axe to knock out windows in case of an accident, the front and back windows can be pushed out and there is a first aid kit and a fire ex- tinguisher on board. The demonstration was an excellent lear- ning experience because students were ac- tively involved in many of the safety measures Constable Marshall talked about. Poster Winners By Kelly Cook The school is pleased to announce that they had some winners for the Farm Safety poster contest.. Tony Richmond was an overall winner and Lisa Bromley had her poster featured on the cover of the Rural Voice magazine. Becky Morrison's poster was inside the same magazine. Congratula- tions to these young artists. Helping Wildlife By Sara Allan and Stephanie Lentz In early March, a Ministry of Natural Resources Officer, Glen Sturgeon visited Grade 5 and 6 students. He showed them how they could help in saving wildlife, by demonstrating how to make birdhouses. The students will now design posters in recogni- tion of National Wildlife Week. Church celebrates World Day of Prayer By Dora Shobbrook I,ONDESBORO - The World Day of Prayer was held at the United Church here on March 6 with 24 in attendance. Group 6 convened the meeting, and the theme was come and rejoice. Betty Hulley welcomed all, then the prologue was read by Pearl Mason. Leader one was Helen Alexander and Gail Lear was the pianist for the hymns. The speakers for the service included Margaret Good, Betty Hulley, Helen Lee, Audrey Thompson and Mary Peel. Rev. Dave Snihur gave a prayer of thanks for the service. The scripture was read by Pearl Mason and the meditation to confes- sion was given..by Brenda Radford and'Dave Snihur and from the congregation by June Fothergill. The voices of the continents were given by Audrey Thompson as Africa, Helen Lee as Asia, Kitty McGregor as the Carribean, Hattie Wood as Europe, Dorothy Tamblyn as Latin America, Ruth Vincent as the Mid- dle East, Joan Whtye as North America, Dora Shobbrook as the Pacific and Helen Lawson as the aboriginal people. The music was by Gail Lear. The offering was received by Betty Hulley and Pearl Mason. The event was closed with a hymn. Grace was sung and lunch was served by Mary Longman, Florence Cart- wright -and Hazel Watkins. A birthday card was signed by all for 1986 (;MC 1/1 TON 12 to c•Iirn)',l• from) 1985 CHEVETTE 1985 PONTiAC PARISIENNE, 1 ronilitiotimg 1984 PONTIAC PARISIENNE 4 DR. 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In correspondence a letter of thanks was received from Hattie Wood for her life membership pin. An invitation to the Seaforth North Street United Church on March 23 at 8 p.m. was received. The Walton UCW will be holding their Easter thank offering on April 5 at 2:30. p.m. The daffodil. tea will be held in Clinton on April 3 at 2:30 p.m. and members are asked to br- ing a pan of squares to help serve. The Blyth UCW meeting will be held on April 12 at 8 p.m. The St. Marys quilt show will be held on May 6 and May 7 from 10 a.rm to 9 p.m. with a $2 admission. W.R: McFarlane, the Ontario regional director of Leprosy Mission Canada will speak at one October meeting. The Westminster weekend will be held on June 5 -7. -On April 6 and April 7 the London con- ference of the United Church Woman will hold their annual meeting. The treasurer's report was given by Kitty McGregor and it showed a balance of $1,177.96. Ruth Vincent reported on the 60th Canadian Ladies Auxiliary of Blyth's pro- ject to install a lift in the arena hall. H was moved to donate $600 to this cause. Audrey Thompson reported on quilts. The UCW April meeting will be held on April 13 with lunch at 1:30 p.m. 'I'he members moved to have a silent auc- tion with each group donating $25. United Church News The United Church celebrated their first Sunday of Lent on March 8. Greeting members to the church were Rev. Snihur and Gordon Shobbrook and the ushers were Shannon Duizer, Melanie Knox, Christine Potter, and Vicky Lou Riley. Rev. Snihur welcomed all and gave the call to worship and,/ the following an- nouncements. The flo%Jers on the memoran stand were in loving memory of Gladys Armstrong who passed away four years ago. She is remembered by her husband .lack, Doreen and Ken and their families. A family crokinole party will be held at 8 p.m. on March 13. Children's time held a song• and a crown of thorns was on display to put on top of the cross. The junior teachers were (,aura and Billy .Jim Scott. The choir sang the anthem with choir director Marsha Szusz and organist Deanna I,yon, Shuffleboard And WI Cards There were 16 players out for shuffleboard on March 4. The winners were Elizabeth Lawson and Les Reid. The next games will he played on March 11 at 8 p.m. There were 12 tables in play for Wi cards on March 6. The highs were won by Margaret Smale and Les Reid while Vietta Hoggart and Glen Carter had the lone hands. Marie Krauter and Wilfred Shortreed had the low. Burns UCW The Burns UCW meeting was held on March 6 at the home of Kay Konarski with 14 members and one visitor present. Mrs. Rice conducted the business.•In cor- respondence thanks were received from Jean Leiper, and,the Nesbit family. An in- vitation to attend the St. Marys quilt show on May 6-7 was received. Get well cards were sent to Josephine McGregor and Vina Knox. A birthday card was sent to Margaret Whyte. Mrs. Rice reported two more boxes of clothes were sent to Toronto. Family Skating Party A good number of people enjoyed the skating on March 8 at Clinton Arena. After skating they returned to the Sunday School for refreshments and prizes.. The prize for the youngest skater went to Amy Bosman and the skater with the most snow on the seat of his pants was Michael Lyons. The largest family were the Bergsmas and the best sport was Betty Archambault. 4-H Club The fourth meeting of the Londesboro 4-H Club was held at the home of Elizabeth 1.awson. For the business they discussed what their club name would be. They decided on "The Oil Greasers.” They also discussed achieve- ment night. The members learned to read, with care, • labels on their clothing. At the same time they learned to sort laundry and how' to use a washing machine. Elizabeth Lawson showed the members how to make a pant hanger, while Lori Bromley demonstrated the proper method of ironing a garment. Sandra Mayberry taught the group how to sew the back stitch by hand, how to sew on metal buttons, how to make a shank for a button, and how to hand sew a patch. Personals Mattie McGregor of Kippen visited over the weekend with Clara Riley. Dave, Caron and Gray Snihur returned home from a two week holiday in Florida where they were visiting Dave's parents. Visiting on the weekend with Trudy and John Pollard was her sister Agnes Rhoads of Stratford. Ruth Shaddick returned home on March 7 after spending two weeks in Los-Cabos in California Surf. Sunday visitors with Ruth and Allen Shad - dick were Jeffrey Shaddick of London and i,loy and Derk Garlichs of Waterloo. Visitors on March 8 with Beth Knox were Cliff and Huth Shobbrook, Charlie and Shirley Shobbrook, Margaret and Wayne AIIin, Cindy Swan. 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