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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-04-13, Page 24APV4134.f::., e :APOQOUtlert Night;fdr the Auburn and District Len Club was held, Mora 31 at t e ibuitn Community emor'ial bail The Leo etal ers And decorated the #n burgundy and -white, their 444eelors. leo 'Rob Glenn and leo Bob Robertson were i11. charge of the guest book. Lion Fred L,awvrence.was the master of ceremonies for the evening. Mrs. Fred Lawrence was the pianist. Lion Fred Lawrence propos- ed the toast to the Queen. Leo president Janice Daer said the Leo Grace. Leo Fred introduced the head table guests, including Zone Chairman for zone 3 north Lion Rodger Lacelle and Mrs. Lacelle, Tiverton; District . governor for Multi- ple District A 9, Don Bachiu and Mrs. Bachiu, Hepworth; Lion president and Leo Ad- visor, Jim Schneider and Mrs. Schneider; Lion Fred Lawrence and Mrs. Lawrence; Leo president, Janice Daer, Leo treasurer, Leo Rob Glenn; Multiple District A Youth Activities chairman, Dougall Camp- bell, Elmira; District Leo and Youth Activities Chair- man, Jim` Paratebelt an Dennis� nr, -slnld the a the by Lion rna der Den the In ter Dougall air On dor ha the der Mrs, Paratchelt of Dub» Leo :seeetary, Leo Ang Schneider' Leo vice. president, Lea Schneider; Lee I Advl Lion- Eldon Chaplet' urn. Pat Nagel, • A banquet prepared by Leos was enjoyed by all sent. Mrs: Ross Dobie Mrs. Jeff Sowerby served the dinner. Following the banquet, Leo roll call was called Leo Angela Schneider. Bud Chamney proposed a toast to the Lion's Interna- tional, nte - tional, Lion. Jim Paratchek replied. 'Lion Jim Schneider, Leo advisor, proposed a toast to the Auburn and District Leo Club. Leo D - nis Schneider replied to toast. Lion Donald Haines - troduced the guest spec of the evening, Lion Dou l Campbell. Lion Dougall is the Youth activities chair- man h - man for Multiple District A which includes all of . - tario, Quebec and Labrador. Lion Dougall explained w t a Leo is. The meaning of word Leo is - L is for Leader- ship, ea - ship, E for experience, and 0 is for Opportunity. He stated Club: recaed at -din.fler the purpose of having a club and their advisors. Lion Dougall presented the members with a great in, Sight into the real valuethat 4'1.00'00 can be to their un tY. leo fob Glenn' expressed banks to Lion Dougall Campbell and presented hina•with a. gift on behalf ofthe ClubyMembers, District Governor Don Bachru presented Leo presi- dent Janice Daer with the club gong, LionAr't Lefebre presented Leo Angela Schneider with the club gavel and Leo advisor Lion Eldon Chamney presented Leo Rob. Glenn with the club fine box. Lion Fred Lawrence then called the Leo club forward and Lion Rev. William Craven and Lion Gordon Daer presented them with their certificates. Lion Walter Marchl and Leo Ad- visor Jim Schneider presented each Leo with their pins. A draw was held on a pen set which was donated to the Auburn and District Leo Club by Lion Art Lefebre. Lion Doug Chamney held the lucky ticket. The Leo Club members are Brent Andrews, Janice Daer, • Jamie Daer, Julie Daer, .Steven Elliott, Rob Glenn, DianneHanna, nn,Aicelt Paid FlwrketBob Robertson, Angela SSchne tier,_ '.Gen -n3 Schneider, Jon Scott, Rim Scott and Kevin Whetstone. WALKEBniusi PARTY The Walkerburn Club held a Tupperware .party at the home- of Mrs, Leonard Aro chambault on March 29. Mrs. B. Glenn of Dungannon was the Tupperware Hostess. She started the afternoon with a bingo game and Mrs. Tom Cunningham was the winner. For . the lucky number game, Mrs. Roy Daer and Mrs. Elliott Lapp were the winners. Mrs. Glenn had her wares on display and spoke par- ticulary about new features. A11 money from this pro- gram was for the Foster Child and it was a very pay- ing project. A short business meeting followed. Mrs. Stewart Ball • offered her home for the April meeting. Mrs. Jim Dickson and Mrs. Jerry Fluisi nga will be in charge 4f the lunch and Mrs. Roy Daer and Mrs. Leonard Archon*. Wilt will take care of the irogratn, Belnenmber to br- g cotton.and scissors to the iteitc'mteetu PEOPLE REPORT Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Lapp left on April 3 for Rochester, N.Y. to visit with her sister, Mrs. R.C. Templar. ) Mrs. Vehna Mills of Brant- ford and Mrs.. Gertrude Keller of Huronview spent the Easter weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Arthur. Good Friday Walk through Auburn was a huge success as members of the Youth Group of Knox United Church carried, a large wooden cross through Auburn streets before the 11 a.m. service. The procession marched into the church and placed the cross at the front. During the service Keith Hallam and Janice Daer hammered nails into the cross to bring to mind Jesus being nailed to the cross. The service was led by the minister, Rev. Bonny Smith. The organist Mrs. Florence Wightman presided at the organ and Mrs. Greg Parket the piano. Mrs. Parr also sang a solo. Miss Smith led" the service in Bible )readings and appropriate hymns were sung. Easter Sunday service was well attended at Knox United Church. Easter lilies were placed in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wagner, Mr. James Jackson and Miss Margaret R. Jackson• by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kai and Mrs. 'Catherine Jackson. Rev. Bonny Smith was in charge of the service with Mrs. Florence Wightman as organist and Mrs. Greg Park , at the piano. During the ser- vice, the choir sang an an- them and Elliott Lapp sang a solo. St. Mark's Anglican Church held their Easter Sunday service with Rev. William Craven in charge. He was assisted by Mr. James Towe and Derrick Cartwright. The organist was Mrs. Murray Nesbit and the choir sang an anthem. Bouquets of daffodils and Easter lilies adorned the church and a large con- gregation was present. Green Thumbers have record attendance "Spring has sprung" for the newly re -activated Green Thumbers with a record attendance last Friday night at their first meeting at Victoria Public School. Approximately 60 people attended this meeting and 40. signed up as members for the Club. Parents, senior executive, and former Green Thumbers constituted the balance of the turnout. The meeting was called to order by Mrs.. Barnett who introduced the senior executive: Mrs. Mary Nelson, president, Mrs. Bridget Mathers,secretary; Mrs. Leslie Zolob, treasurer; Mrs. Gertrude Fritzley, program • convener; Mrs. C,,ro1 Wilson, social con- vener and Mr. Bill Wisser, ecology and environment; (the latter two conveners were active with the former Club). The meeting was then turned over to Mrs. Nelson, who in turn, introduced the junior executive: Shelley Wilson, president; Michele, Gauley, vice-president; Jan Russello, secretary, Alan Young, treasurer; Liz Sheardown, social convener and Angie Good, mem- bership convener. Mrs. Nelson turned the meeting over to Shelley Wilson. Shelley read the Junior Gardener's Creed and. welcomed the guests. She called on Mrs. Zolob to read the treasurer's report (a good sum left over from the former club. had been turned back to the Juniors by the Senior Garden Club): Mrs. Barnett then showed slides of fortner Green Thumber activities, which included hikes, picnics, junior's gardens, bus trips, arrangement workshops, floral arrangements, specimen 'blooms and at both Rose Shows and late Sum- mer Flower Shows. Following the slide presentation, former Green Thumber, George Zoethout, (one of the very first members of the original club) spoke to the newcomers, telling, them how much he had enjoyed the club and encouraged them to take an active part in all functions, assuring them they would have a `great time'. "It's lots of fun, but you have to work too, if you want to have a good garden and win prizes at the shows, you'll have. fun out at Mrs. Barnett's °lace, too." Then up stepped another young man, Gardner Moulton, who proudly produced a lovely bronze plaque, which had been donated by Art's -Land- scaping and won by Gard- ner. From the second. ,row a young lady held up a number of red, blue and gold ribbons, with 'gold -lettering "Goderich Green . Thum- bers", Valerie Montgomery proudly displayed proof of -her hours of hard work and at the same time 'fun' get- ting ready for a flower show, and explained what a thrill it was to find a ribbon by your exhibit, "especially the red ones, you see they are first prize winners, and you too, can win ribbons if you really try. Have a good time with Junior Gardeners." Ann Allen,another former Green Thumber was there and ably and willingly assisted with the distribution of door prize tickets, and coordinated the raffle for a draw for a beautiful Hibiscus. President Shelley, then called on senior garden club president, Norma Hazlett, who came forward and delivered an inspiring and encouraging talk on the joys and rewards of gardening ' and with tongue in cheek produced a package of sunflower seeds she had planned to distribute amongst the new members. 'She •;hastily' assured them that since she was happily shocked with such a large attendance she would see that at the nextmeeting there would be sufficient sunflower seeds • for everyone. Mrs. Barnett gave a demonstration on , planting seedlings for early spring blooms, to be started in- doors. Mrs. Barnett ran into the same "happy problem" - she had prepared pots, earth CLOSED SATURDAY OPEN SUNDAY ALEXANIAN CARPET LONDON ADELAIDE STORE ONLY 685 Adelaide North 7 hours only SUNDAY, APRIL 17th 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. OFF Alexaniam everyday price or Alexanian comparable book price. 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Kingsley, (Victoria) and Paul Chrysler and Nancy Kingsley. A flowering Hibiscus, donated by Denomme's Flower Shop was won by Mark Mathers. The first door prize donated by Art's Landscaping was won by Sandy Mathers. The second door ,prize, donated, by Smith's Flower Shop, was won by Mark Cook' and the third door prize, donated by Mrs. Barnett, was won by Nancy Kingsley. President Shelley closed the meeting with the Junior Gardener's Prayer. Pots, soil and seeds, along with letters to parents and an outline of the year's program were then distributed. A poster, . depicting a `green thumber" in &garden -with a watering. -can, com- plete omplete with green shoots above ground and roots' thriving below the brown earth was presented to Mrs. Barnett by an enthusiastic ,new member, Mary 'Jane "Kingsley. What a happy beginning to the Green Thumbers. fi rn .,ab ,' e; A . E R LIFE CAN ST 'TA YOUR DOOR. 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