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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1987-03-11, Page 12Page 12--CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1987 Repaired church organ gets a Sunday workout By Blanche Deeves vice at St. James' at 3 p.m. MIDDLETON - Morning prayer was held Mission Matters in St. James' Middleton Anglican Church on Sunday with Rev. Aubi`ey Bell officiating. Ron Greidanus was the organist and led in the ministry of music on the newly repaired organ: Ray Wise and Conrad Schilbe presented the offering. Worlds Daj' of Prayer was well attended in Trinity Church, Bayfield. Taking part in the service from Middleton Church were Lois Wise, Margaret Middleton, Dawn Kuenzig and Blanche Deeves. Attending the service also was Delores Dutot. Coming Events March 11 - Holy Communion St. at 10 p.m; March 12 - St. James' ACW meeting at the home of Lois Wise; March 15 - Healing Ser - The Karamaja seed scheme of the church of Uganda provide properly grown, tested, selected draught -resistant varieties of seeds to farmers in the efforts to fight famine. Kararnajo has trusted staff for delivering , the seed to other dioceses in the country. Card Party Card Party - come and join us at an even- ing of cards on March 16 at St. James' Mid- dleton Church sponsored by the ACW of St. James at 8 p.m. Ladies bring lunch please. Little Natalie Hofflinger, of Kitchener, visited with her Grandmother and Grand- father I Don) Middleton this past week. Les and Doris welcomed back By Blanche Deeves HOLMESVILLE - The Enterprising Seniors met in the community centre in Holmesville on March 5. Bert McCreath chaired the meeting, and welcomed everyone with a special welcome back to Les and Doris Herron. Gertrude Treevartha played the organ for opening exercises. Roll Call was taken with 31 present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Frank Yeo presented the treasurer's report and correspondence was read. The Zone Rally is to be at Dashwood on Api it 7. Charlotte read a few stories from the Seniors' paper, The Voice. March 19 is to be the Enterprising meeting with pancakes at 2 p.m. The quilters are just finishing their fifth quilt for this year. Congratulations ladies. The quilters presented Mary Puffer, Helen Lindsay and Eloise Charlton and Blanche Deeves with a thank you card for their lunch prepared by these ladies. At the next meeting, Bernice and Stan Mcllwain will present slides of New Zealand. Cards and Shuffleboard were played and lunch and social time enjoyed. Church News Worship Service was held in Holmesville United Church Sunday morning with Rev. James Bechtel officiating. Rev. Bechtel spoke to the children before they went to their classes. °a Wayne Tebbett and Gordon Lobb received the offering. Dessert Euchre Dessert Euchre at the community centre in Holmesville on March 25 at 1:30 p.m. sponsored by the Women's Institute and groups from Goderich Township. Admission is $2. Keith Charlton displayed his many fly fishing hooks and also provided the Enter- prising Seniors with a demonstartion on how they are made. Monday afternoon euchre CLINTON - In Monday afternoon euchre, Marjorie Caldwell and Gladys Hoggart were winners for the ladies and Ruth Fisher had the most lone hands. In the men's division, Vera Ci`)bin,s and Bert Gliddon were winners and Agnes Carbert had the most lone hands. Euchre is held each Monday afternoon at the town hall. Introducing, DEKALB DAYS. FRIDAY, MARCH 13 Be an early bird and take advantage of our great savuigs offer Visa me during DEKALB DAYS, pick up your corn and alfalfa order and gel a 5% savings on early cash payment If your order is 10 units Or moreand you pay during DEKALB DAYS you II receive a DEKALB jacket absolutely FREE You re already a winner when you choose DEKALB Quality products And with savings like these. you can't lose Gerald Rodges R.R. 2 Goderich 524-8021 gs ` 1 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Gashsee �ocktz OSF This Varna UCW member, Bernice Reid, was hard at work on March 3 preparing pan- cakes for the church's pancake and sausage supper, held to celebrate Shrove Tuesday. (David Emslie photo) The Tru -Spread Dry Fertilizer Applicator is the most accurate dry spreading machine on the market today regardless of the formulation of fertilizier used' AT THOMPSON's . . "We're improving our services to increase your profits - Cali your nearest branch today! Mitchell -348-8433 Hensel) - 262-2527 Granton - 225-2360 Seoforth 345.2545 Port Albert - 529-7901 Ailsa Craig - 293-3223 How they scored SUMMERHILL - A card party was held on February 27 at the hall here with 12 tables in play. Winners for high score were Irene Whit- more and Bob Gibbings. Lone hand winners were Verna Glazier and Bill Jenkins and low scorers were Arnold Veenstra and Don Watson. Draw winners were Earl Blake, John Lyons, Blanche Deeves and Ruth Jenkins. The next card party will be held on March 13 at 8 p.m. SALES TAX CREDIT New this year is a federal sales tax credit for which you may be eligible. Come in and find out how our tax preparers can determine the largest sales tax credit to which you are entitled. You could get more than you bargained for at HAIR BLOCK THE INCOME TAX SPECIALISTS 5 Ontario St., Clinton 482-7541 Mon. - Fri. 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM Saturday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Margaret Harter scores 106 points 5 By Mary Chessell VARNA - The regular LOL e ehre was held at the Stanley Complex on F' lay even- ing with 13 tables in play. Margaept Hayter had a score of 106 to win the 1 s' high. Nora Heard won the consolation idrize. Bill Caldwell and Greg Taylor won m n's high and low. Draw prize winners wore Glen Dowson, Annie Finkbeiner, WilfredChuter, Retta Baird, Mrs. Patterson and Jean McEwen. Novice Winners Raymond Beierling and Chris Taylor scored quite a number of goals for the Hen- sall team, winners of the Novice House League Tournament in Zurich a week ago. Way to go, boys! New Job Acquaintances and friends of David Kalbfleisch will be interested to learn he has been working for Livingston, an accounting, shipping and brokerage firm in Toronto for several months. Spring Dance The Country Companions will be playing for the Recreation Commission's Spring Dance at the Stanley Complex on A?ril 4. Tickets are $12 a couple and can be ordered from Deb Rathwell at 482-9153 or Sandra Johnston at 262-2623. The annual canoe race is scheduled for April 12 from 9 to 1. For information about this call Jim Kirton at 482-7234 or 7103. UCW News Katherihe Kaszas, the artistic director of Blyth Sumner Theatre, was the interesting speaker at the March meeting of Varna and Goshen United Church Women in Varna Church. Historically, she said, thelatre began in churches in medieval times en most people couldn't read, and plays h d a biblical background. Eventually m ny plays became unsuitable for worship ser- vices and moved outdoors. Blyth Theatre is rooted in the community and has local and area residents on the board of directors, including Varna's Bqa- nie Roy. Last year over 36,000 people atterr d - ed regular performances. Plays such as Quiet in the Land and othe4s written by local residents have been done i o theatres across the country. Tomorrow Bo has been done in Japan and I'll Be Bac Before Midnight in Britain and New York Another Season's Promise, written by Ann Chislet and Keith Roulston, will tour acros the country this year. A new musical "Girls in the Gang", the story of the bank -robbing Boyd Gang's women, has music from the swing era and was two years in workshops. It's expected to be a big hit. There will be both comedy and suspense. There are three exhibitions each year in the Art Gallery, a high school drama festival, drama classes for children aged five to 20 and special feasts. They hope to be open year round before long for drama classes. World Day of Prayer The World Day of Prayer's Centennial worship service was used, with leadership given by president Joan $eierling and the program committee of Bernice Reid and Bonnie Roy. Organist Shirley Hill and pianist Joyce Dowson played several duets prior to the service, and Brenda Consitt and Barbara Ann Parker sang a duet. Receipts from the pancake supper held on Shrove Tuesday were down by $200 due to bad weather. A surprising number of people from Clinton and Bayfield and area braved the uncertain driving conditions and their patronage was very much appreciated. Varna women received an invitation to at- tend Egmondville's thank -offering meeting on April 7. Allan and Lloyd Grose will speak on Kenya. A special thank -offering meeting is being held in Varna on April 2 with Mrs. Phillips, Barbara Ann Parker's mother as guest speaker. An invitation was also received to the Stonetown Quilt Show in St. Marys United Church on May 6 and 7 The dessert euchre will be ,on April 8. "Keeping it in order discussed by 4 -Hers 99 By Lisa Flynn HOLMESVILLE - This week's meeting got under way quite quickly. The topic was "keeping it in order". Members discussed cleaners, their jobs, how to use them, etc. They also picked out colors for their title page, "Sums Under Repair". The home activities assignment for this week was to clean out your fridge. For the break, members had pop and chips. After that they worked on their books. Next week's meeting will he held at the Holmesville Hall at 3:45 p.m. on March 9. You Are Invited To Our CUSTOMER APPRECIATION & INFO NIGHT IF YOU RUN EQUIPMENT DON'T MISS IT! Meet Shell's Fuel & Lube Expert and talk about changes that hit your pocketbook, FUEL TAX UPDATE ...Are Ybu Getting Yours? Up to 17s per litre Rebate on Gas & Diesel! 1 * DOOR PRIZES *DISPLAYS *REFRESHMENTS See You There: GODERICH TOWNSHIP HALL — HOLMESVILLE — TUESDAY, MARCH 17th 1' 8:00 p.m. MOW na lit , EDWARD FUELS TEESVIIATER GODERICH CLINTON- a 524-8386 482 7381 392-6100