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Clinton News-Record, 1987-09-09, Page 7CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1987—Page 7 United Church Women open meeting with hymns The United Church Women (U.C.W.) of Duff's United Church, Walton met Wednes- day in the church for their September meeting. Marie McGavin of Walton 1 unit was in charge of the Worship service, and opened with hymns. Mrs. McGavin was pianist. She took the scripture reading from Psalm 139. The meditation was on looking at ourselves as we begin the fall season. The closing prayer an the Lord's Prayer were said in uniso;h,v:. a offering was received and dedicated. arie closed this part with a poem, "Harvest Time". Melva Fraser had the topic and spoke on a number of events on Christian Development and World Outreach. Mary Humpries gave prayer. Olene Dennis, 1st Vice -President, presid- ed for the business, assisted by Marilyn McDonald corresponding and recording secretary. Several upcoming events were given out. Among them were the Bluevale United Church, anniversary on September 13; the Walton anniversary, September 20 with Rev. Wilema Brown as guest speaker and with special music. The Huron -Perth Presbyterial Rally will be held at Bayfield Church on September 30. An invitation came from Blyth United Church Women to attend their Fall Thankof- fering, Sunday, October 4 at 8 p.m. A,discussion took place on the kind of a tree the U.C.W. would plant at the church to commemorate the 25th anniversary. A book is to be purchased_to put prog ams in from the last '25 years and a plaque will have the names of the past Presidents on it. All ladies are to be present at the December meeting to have their pictures taken. This is to be a potluck joint meeting with both units present. The turkey supper was discussed with prices for adults, $6.50 and children under 12, $3.50. Pre-school children free. There will be a fall bale packed, articles to be left either at the church or Mark's Garage before October 18. Resignations are to be in by the end of September, and ex - Ladies Slo-piteh team are B runner-ups Congratulations to the Auburn Ladies Slo- pitch team who were "B" runners-up at the final League Tournament, hosted by Londesboro on Aug. 28 and 29. Members of the team are Shirley Archambault, Joyce Bean, Hillie Blok, Janette Blok, Brenda Bricker, Lynda Chamney, Darlene Empey, Mary Ellen Foran, Anne -Marie Hillis, Tracy Pollock, Shelley Powell, Lisa Rodger, Anne Vincent, Tracy Machan, Cindy Plunkett and coach Hank Blok. The winner of the 50/50 draw by the Auburn Slo-Pitch was John Blok. His winning team totalled $131.00. WOMEN'S INSTITUTE The monthly meeting of the Women's In- stitute will be held Tuesday September 15th at the Community Hall at 2 p.m. The topic being "Agriculture and Canadian In- dustries". Roll call will be "What effects TV Commercials have on us. Hostesses will be Mrs. Lloyd Barth, Mrs. Emerson Rodger and Mrs. Major Youngblut. LOCAL Mr. and Mrs. Mel Simmons of Calgary, Alberta visited her mother Mrs. Joe Postill for the past two weeks. 'Mr. and Mrs. Brian Craig and family of St. Joseph's have been holidaying at their trailer at RR 3 Auburn for the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Beitz (nee Doris McKnight) of Saltford visited one day last week with Tom and Mildred Lawlor. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cope and Mr. and Mrs. David Scott of London visited on Sunday with Marjorie McDougall. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jardin visited on Sun- day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Beard of Mitchell. Glad to report that Mrs. Wilma Brawley has returned home from St. Joseph's Hospital, London following surgery. Mr. William Anderson of Newmarket visited on the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Anderson. KNOX UNITED CHURCH SERVICE Services were held at Knox United Church Auburn Sunday at 10 a.m. with Rev. David Snihur of I.ondesboro in charge. Mrs. Gor- don Gross was organist and Miss Lori Millian accompanied the soloist Mrs. Greg Park as she sang "Be Not Afraid." The ser- mon title was "Taking a Chance on God." The offering was received by Murray Rollinson and Ken Ramsey. Next Sunday, September 13th, Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. Unit II of Knox UCW will meet at the home of Marjorie McDougall on Monday evening September 14th. Ivy Cloakey opens meeting with poem, closes with prayer By Mrs. L. Stonehouse BELGRAVE - The WMS held their meeting August 31 with Ivy Cloakey presiding and opened with a poem. Robena McBurney read the scripture and Mrs. Cloakey read meditation. Margaret Dunbar led in prayer. 'Mrs. Garner Nicholson read a topic on the 1000th An- niversary of Christianity in the USSR.' In business, plans were made for the Oc- tober meeting, guests will be invited and the guest speaker is to be Madeline Edwards. The roll call was answered with a verse on harvest. Mrs. McBurney read the secretary's report and the treasurer's report was given by Mrs. Cloakey. The of- fering was received and dedicated and the meeting closed with prayer. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wightman attended the wedding of their grandson, James Nicol, son of Mrs. Shirley Nicol and the late Wayne Explorers enjoy barbecue LONDESBORO - The Explorers were in- vited to Huronview last week. They were entertained with a barbecue and had lunch with their adopted grandmothers. They had barbecued hotdogs and hamburgers and ice- cream. Thanks to Mary Gibbings and Edith Taylor for organizing the day. Thanks to the mothers who took the time to drive and help look after the girls, and Ken Hulley who brought a load of girls home. Second Place Finish Cheri Taylor, Kelly Bosmon and Nancy Lobb were dancing at the Mitchell Fall Fair on the weekend. They placed second with their group. 4 -Hers wanted ... • from page 6 Amelia Rice conducted the business. Roll call was answered with a Bible verse, and the minutes of the last meeting were read. The treasurer's report was given by Margaret Taylor. A receipt from the Seaforth Hospital for the donation made in memory of Marjorie Bickell was received. Plans were made for the bazaar and tea to be held on October 21. it was decided that the group's Christmas dinner meeting would be held on December 2 at the Hillcrest restaurant in Londesboro. THANKS to those who Donated to the PERTH HURON HARVEST SALE * Huron Day Equipment *Dale Pump * Auburn Co-op *Varna Feed Mill *Ball Macaulay Many thanks for your participation PERTH HURON JERSEY CLUB Parker & Parker Ltd® Farm & Municip.,+:1 Drain •; ge R.R. 2 Zurich Nicol of Brampton. The bride, Sandra Backmann, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Manfred Backmann of Brampton. The wedding took place in St. Paul's United Church, Brampton on August 29. Guests were present from Germany, Toronto, Brampton, Bolton, Guelph, Strat- ford, Hanover, Lucknow, Wingham and Belgrave. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Logan, Trevor and Kevin of Wyoming spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. George McGee and Dorothy Logan. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Griffin, Jonathan and Deanna of London were weekend visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Walker and Allen. Mr. and Mrs. George Mickie and Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Bradley spent a few days at a cottage in the Haliburton district. Friends and neighbors of this community extend sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter and family in the loss of her mother, Mary Bonham of the Brantford area, who died on September 2. A funeral service was held on Friday from the Beckett -Glades Funeral Home, Brantford. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse visited on Friday with Viola Stonehouse of London. Rev. Nassoki Hoshino of Japan will be the guest speaker at Knox United Church, Belgrave, for the joint service with members of Calvin -Brick United Church on )HATING - `� • y A.7 T11F. HI.Y711 STANIIAIII)-TIIE HA 11/40~.44144yi4 ANVw„ September 13 at 11:15 a.m. • Rev. Hoshino is a Rural Life minister from the London Conference and will be speaking on Rural Life Problems. Following the morning service a hot meal will be served in the church school room. An open session will follow in the afternoon. Dr. Ronald Taylor of St. John's, New- foundland returned home on September 6 after spending a couple of weeks with his parents, Mr: and Mrs. Jack Taylor and Trudy. He also visited with his grand- mother, Ellen Armstrong of Pinecrest Nurs- ing Home, Lucknow. Mark Taylor of St. Thomas spent the holi- day weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Taylor and Trudy. ecutive meeting will be held in October and November. Olene closed the meeting with prayer. CLUB ACTIVITIES The Walton Area Sports Club tied its mon- thly meeting on September 1, at the library. Discussion followed on the bake sale and it was also decided to get a safety base. Uniforms are to be handed in to the coaches when teams are finished playing ball. The next meeting is set for October 5. A very successful bake sale was held this past weekend. Thanks goes to the families that donated baking or gave a cash donation. BALL NEWS The Squirt Boys lost their first game in Belgrave on September 1 iri the next series, but won on September 3 in Walton. The Bantam Boys won over Wellesley in W.O.A.A. September 1 in Walton. They then went to Williamsford on September 6 and lost 6-5. Williamsford comes to Walton Tues- day night. The Bantam Boys also played and won their first game in tri county round robin ac- tion against Brussels on September 3. The Pee Wee Boys won their first series against Wroxeter two games to one. They will be starting their final round against Wingham in tri county playoffs shortly. W.I. NEWS The Walton Women's Institute will hold its first noon luncheon for this coming season on Wednesday September 16, with the mon- thly meeting that evening. Anyone in the community is welcome. 4-H girls and their leaders are to be the guests. The card parties begin on Thursday, September 17 with a Dessert Euchre star- ting at 7 p.m. Come out and start the winter season. Special prizes will be awarded to the three highest scores at the end of the season. VISIT ENGLAND Mary Humphries and Helen Williamson have returned home from a holiday in England where they took in many places of interest and attended a wedding of a relative of Helen's. Recent guests with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Johnston were their granddaughters Gayle and Kim Neill of Clifford and Tracey Fischel', Brussels. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Johnston visited on Sunday at his parents' home. 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