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Benmiller
Benmiller United Church
U.C.W. met m the church for
their meeting on WednesdaY,
February 2 at 2 p.m. There
were 10 members present
and the Benmiller Unit was
in charge. Mrs. Hazel
McMichael chaired the
meetingand opened it with
two interesting Poems- Mrs'
Sharon Edward read the
scripture from Psalm 8.
It waS decided to change
the U.C.W. meetings to the
months of February, April,
June, September and
November. Mrs. Phyllis
Feagan, secretary, gave the
minutes of the last meeting
and Clara Anne Jewell gave
the treasurer's report.
The various units gave
reports of their activities.
The Maitland Unit is busy
making quilts and they
would welcome any
donations of material. Mrs.
George McBride would
willingly accept any
donations to help in this
work. The Benmiller Unit
will be giving special at-
tention to improving the
basement of the church and
the Irish Unit will also be
giving attention to this
matter. It is hoped the men
of the congregation will
volunteer to assist in this
undertaking.
Mrs. Sharon Edward has
taken over the duties of Mrs.
Florence Maskell, which
were card secretary and
Unit to improve church basement
CORNER
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Gertrude Keithly, 65124=2079
reporting the meetings to the
press, a position she has
given ,much attention to for
many years.
Mrs. McMichael and Mrs.
Phyllis Fisher will be at-
tending a planning meeting
for the West Huron Rally to
be held in 1983.
Business being attended
to,. the, meeting closed with
the Mizpah benediction,
after which all enjoyed a
social half hour with lunch
served by Mrs. McMichael
and Mrs. Edward.
School News
Colborne Central School
had planned for their winter
carnival February 1-4 but
plans were not completely
carried out as anticipated
due to the lack of snow.
However, the students did
have some fun on Monday,
January 31 by sampling
tourtiere (pork meat pies)
made by the parents.
The students had started
their snow sculptures a few
days before so on Wednesday
of last week, the sculptures
were judged with Grade 3
winning the school spirit
award and Grade 8 winning
the snow sculpture award.
Allcarnivals have what
one might call a king and
queen and for this carnival, a
duke and dutchess . were
chosen with the duke being
Duane Sole and dutchess
being Sherri Talbot.
The school plans, to go
ahead with the carnival
activities this Thursday
afternoon, February 10
providing there is snow.
Public speaking for the
school is Tuesday, February
15 in the morning. Winners
from this will advance to the
Legion Public Speaking
contest.
Social News
Lisa and Lesley Buchanan
of St. Thomas visited with
their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Buchanan on
Saturday, January 29 and
were joined bytheir parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Buchanan
and brother Tim from St.
Thomas on Sunday who also
visited with reiatives and
their grandmother, Mrs,
Lottie Pope, a patient in
Goderich hospital.
Mrs. Norman Durst of
Goderich, formerly of
Colborne Township, has
returned home from a
month's holiday in the U.S.
Mrs. Durst and her sister,
Mrs. Jackie Mills of Toronto
and a school chum from
Pittsburg -motored to Texas
where they visited with
another school chum. They
also visited in New Orleans
and St. Petersburg, Florida
with Mrs. Durst's parents
who are spending the winter
there.
Guests with Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Kaitting on Sunday
were Mrs. Kaitting's niece,
Mrs. Eldrid Simmons and
her husband of Exeter.
Mrs. Cora Sherwood at-
tended the funeral of her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Jim
(Mable) Sherwood in
Waterloo on Monday.
Remember the euchre
card party in Colborne
Township Hall, Thursday,
February 10 at 8 p.m.
The Youth Group of
Dungannon -Nile will be
holding a show, "Pipi in the
South Seas", at the
Brookside Public School on
Saturday, February! 12 at 2
p.m. and two cartd'ons will
also be the attraction for
youth of all ages. Refresh-
ments will be available.
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4-H News
The first meeting of the
Tiger Dunlop 4-H Club held
on Wednesday, February 2
at 7 p.m., which was the start
of the new spring 4-H
project, "Ontario Heritage", topic Qf "Gifts from Native
vias held at the home of the, Peoples" on foods such as
lender, Niro.. Linda Bisset m4Domm, goose broth and
with 17 mer ibera present duck soup, as well a English
heritage and pioneei.
Cooking was then done.
Members made pumpkin
soup, which some detested,
Irish soda bread, Scotch
eggs and maple baked ap-
ples.
While waiting for the
goodies to cook, officers
were elected: president -Liz
Schoemaker, vice -president -
Barbara Clark and secretary
The meeting opened with
the 4-H pledge and some
guidelines for members to
follow during the club term.
The roll call was then read,
which was, "Can you name
the country or countries of
you • ancestors." Many an-
swers were, given, including
England, Holland, Ireland
and Switzerland. Members
then had a discussion on the
and press reporter -Judy
Walter.
Members were then told
what they each had to, bring
for the nest meeting. They
went into further discussion
of crumpets and English
muffins and the cast iron
hanging pan. Home ac-
tivities include making a list
of herbs and spices you have
on hand and bringing
something for the next
meeting's roll call.
The next meeting will be
held Wednesday, February
16 at 7 p.m.
Council gets traffic count
Bills and accounts in the
amount of $32,221.99 were ac-
cepted and approved for
payment by Colborne
Township Council when it
met for a regular meeting on
February 1.
By-law No. 6-1983, to
enable the township to levy
-an interim tax billing in 1983,
was given all required
readings and was passed.
The interim payment, which
will be an amount based on
the 1982 rates but not ex-
ceeding 50 per cent of the
1982 rate, will be levied some
time in mid-March and
notice of the levy will be sent
out to all ratepayers at least
two weeks before the pay-
ment due -date.
The road superintendent
reported that a recently
completed traffic count on
the Boundary Road showed
an average annual daily
traffic count of 310 vehicles
using the road between its
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The clerk reported that
one demolition . permit had
been issued to Heinrich
Stoecker through Sid
Bruinsma, contractor, for
the demolition of a barn on
Part Lot 9 and Lot 10, Con-
cession 8 W.D.
The annual membership
fee of $30 to the Ontario
Farm Drainage Association
was approved for payment.
Council gave its support to
a resolution passed by the
Town of Clinton wherein the
Government of Ontario is
petitioned to amend the
Assessment Act so that
municipalities would have
the right to have a represen-
tative appear before the
Assessment Review Court to
present arguments against
assessment appeals which
the municipality considers to
be unjustified, and also to
give notice to the municipali-
ty of the reasons for the ap-
peal against assessment well
in advance of the hearing by
the Assessment Review
Court.
The meeting was adjourn-
ed to 8 p.m. on Tuesday,
February 15.
Brookside news
By Marcia Bonk
and Christina Farrlsh
Rooms 3 and 6, grades'
two, went on a field trip on
Wednesday to Miltenburg's
Machine Shop and to Doug
Cameron's farm to see new
lambs.
Congratulations to Penny
Homes from Mrs. Cameron's
grade 2. Penny drew a
picture and had it published
in Chicadee Magazine.
Robert Skipper, the artist,
is finished in room 9 and is
working with room 11, grade
7.
This year's Dairy Princess,
• Marion Taylor from Belgrave
came to the school on Thurs-
and gave a presentation on
milk and milk products. At
the end of the presentation,
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the students enjoyed a soda
biscuit with homemade but-
ter. Marion is a grade 12
student at F. E. Madill High
School in Wingham.
Last Wednesday the
Shooters and the Islanders
played boys intramural hock-
ey. The scores were Shooters
14, Islanders 6.
In girls' intramural hock-
ey, Donna's Dynamites tied
Smitty's Smackers 3 - 3.
Kindergarten registration
will be held on February 11
at the school from 9 a.m. to
2.30 p.m.
Debbie Debold, a grade six
student; advanced on to the
regional level in the poster
contest in the Goderich Leg-
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Brennan Mulhern and Lisa Morgan recently won prizes in
the Legion.Branch 109 poem, essay and poky contest.
Mulhern, a Grade 7 student at SL Marys SchhOl,piaced
third in the poster competition and Morgan, a Grade 10
student placed second in the essay category. (photo by
Dave Sykes)
WI sees slides
DUNGANNON
DOINGS
Marie Park, 529-7719
Dungannon Women's In-
stitute met at Myrtle Kerr's
home on February 2.
. Guest speaker was Jean
Lobb who gave an interesting
travel talk and showed slides
on her trip to Ireland. While
in Ireland she enjoyed a visit
with Mollie Whiteside, who
was a most gracious goodwill
ambassador for Ireland dur-
ing Dungannon's 125th
birthday in 1980.
Plans were also discussed
on a dessert euchre to be
held during the winter break
at Brookside School.
Dungannon 4-H
Dungannon #1 4-H club
met at Sharon Pengelly's
home on February 3.
The members divided into
groups to cook the various
recipes including Pumpkin
Soup, Soda Bread, Maple
Baked Apples, and Scotch
Eggs.
Election of officers result-
ed in president, -Nancy Car-
michael; vice president,
Cathy Snyder and secretary
and press reporter to rotate.
Jim and Margaret Erring-
ton and Elmer and Aileen
Trommer attended funeral
services on Tuesday in Cam-
bridge for a former neigh-
bour, Mel ; Markle.
. -_Bessie McNee is a patient
in Wingham Hospital as a
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Nathan Whitney is also a
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January 31 with the flu.
Marybelle and Dwight
Aldham and Lissa of Ingle-
wood visited Bertha Aldham
in Goderich and Mary Bere
and other fatuity members in
Dungannon on the weekend.
Bill and Marie Park,' Todd
and Brad, Gertie Park and all
the members of the family
were at Val and Mike Ben -
dig's home in Goderich on
Sunday to help Joel celebrate
his first birthday.
Sympathy is extended to
Mrs. Thomas Dickson and all
the members of the family on
the death of Mr. Dickson in
Goderich Hospital on Sunday
morning.
There were 10 tables of
euchre played at Brookside
on Wednesday night. The
high lady score was Isabel
Kilpatrick. Low lady was
Delores Culbert. High man
score was Harvey Alton. Low
man's score Fred Ward.
Lucky cup winner was Max-
ine Pollock.
The seniors group will be
celebrating Valentine's Day
with a pot luck supper on
February 16 ' at Brookside
School
Couple visit Detroit
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Kae Webster, 395-5257
Ruth MacKenzie held a
Tupperware Party on Friday
when she entertained a num-
ber of her friends and neigh-
bours.
Julie and Michael Mac-
Donald, son and daughter of
George and Andrea MacDon-
ald spent most of last week-
end at the home of Jim
MacKenzie with their
friends, Mary Ellen, Greg=
gory and Keith MacKenzie,
while their parents were in
Detroit.
On Thursday, February 3,
Charles and Mayme Wilkens
were with Mayme's mother,
Stella lrwin of Kinloss, to
help her celebrate her 82nd -
birthday.
George and Andrea Mac-
Donald were in Detroit on the
weekend visiting relatives.
Recent visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver McCharles
in Kincardine were Mr. and
Mrs. H. D. McTavish of Lon-
don.
Wellington, Kae and Cecil
Webster were recent visitors
with Mrs. Wynn Gammie of
Lucknow.
Charles and Mayme Wil-
kens visited the other even-
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and Cecil Webster.
Donna Zimmerman of Lon-
don visited on the weekend
with her parents.
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