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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-01-09, Page 13- D McUth Pp�t In 4 Mt romNOW fi0 Of club 4den4. Wed Rvebul Rtrington Made the in:WodUctions al#tl'also ve ,tlresume of the elUb's origin r Prayer watt offered by Reverend Roberts. A delielotus li(eb was served to the guest of honour and 40 members present. Marie Park retied home on aCrictiy from Goderfeh.hospital where she had been a patient with the flu and complications,, Congratulations to ,Steve and Debbie (Hodges) Waller of Stirling, Ont. on the birth of a daughter on January 2 at St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Another grand- daughter for Lloyd and Doris Hodges and a lovely birthday present for Aunt Wanda Hodges. Mrs. Gertrude Park visited on Sunday with her sister-in-law Nell Handy of ~d Goderich. Mrs. Florence Berry is a patient in, 'Goderich hospital. Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery. (Intended for last week) Happy New Year to all the readers of the Lucknow Sentinel. If a Dungannon column is to be printed then this correspondent must have some co-operation or a new correspon- dent can be found. Please, phone. 529-7719 withyour news. Sixty-five members of the Dungannon and area Senior Citizens were served a turkey dinner by the Willing Workers on Wednes. day, December 12 at the Seniors Centre. Rev. Roberts pronounced the blessing. Following dinner 4 skit, ``Phone, Call' to' Jesus," was presented by the Willing Workers - comprised of Lynda McNee, Pen- ny Hodges, Ruth McKenzie, Linda Curran and Joanne Sproul. Dorothy Wardell, a dinner guest from Ripleypentertained with several violin selec- tions. Readings were given by Mary Stewart, Isabel Young, Jack Smithand Margaret Errington. Margaret Pritchard led in a carol songfest accompanied by Roberta Linskill on the ac- cordian. A raffle ticket on a Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus was drawn by Pearl Congram and won by Da Pollock. A wonderful time of food, friends and fellowship was enjoyed by all.. This -conclud- ed the activities of the seniors for 1984 until the weekly Wednesday. night euchres resumed on January 2. Jack Smith proved his ability as an auc- tioneer by auctioning off the surplus pies and rolls. Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff presents a cheque for $8,907 to Mrs. Evelyn Errington, past president and founder of the Dungannon Senior Citizens' organization. The cheque is the first installment on a New Horizons grant of $15,907, for renovations and' improvements to the former Dungannon Mennonite Church, which the Dungannon Seniors have purchased as a meeting place. (photo by Patrick Raft's) Gertrude Park visited on Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. Torn Lawlor and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lawlor, Andrea and Alexandria at Auburn. On Boxing Day she spent the day in Goderich at the home of Ted and Vicki Henry when the Bill Park family all gathered to celebrate Christmas. Tim and Wanda Hodges spent Boxing Day at the home, of Bruce and Marsha Sellib at Nile when the Hodges families celebrated Christmas together. On Christmas day they visited with Bill and Marie Park, Brad .and Todd. Other company at the' Park home were Elmer and Gail Cook and Kevin. Jack and Marion Smith'spent Christmas day in Stratford with Mr.' and Mrs. Paul Byers and Lisa. Their family has been home throughout the holidays. Irvine -and Colleen Eedy spent Christmas day in Stratford with their daughter,, Mar- tha Bossence. On Boxing Day, company with the Eedys were Bob and Kate Eedy, Megan, Jennifer and Tim of Mississauga; grandsons Matthew aid Andrew Ott of Kit- chener are visiting for a few days through the holidays. . 'Sharon and Trish Arsenault enjoyed Christmas day with Bev McInnis and fami. ly. On Saturday they attended the Dickinson family Christmas at Ripley. Rene enjoyed Christmas holidays with friends and relatives in Quebec. ' Nine tables were in play 'at. the weekly Dungannon Senior Citizen card Party. High lady, Roberta. .Linskill; • low lady, Aileen Trommer; high man, Art. Stewart; low.mah; Ted Bowers. ' • Canada Pension Plari-sec re• Cardiff sproors, ..atnite.oting iri,Dithganton The universality of old age pensions was supported by Huron -Bruce Progressive Conservative MP Murray' Cardiff, during a visit to Dungannon Friday. "We want to assureyou the ada Pen- sion Plan is secure and when.. ou reach.65 it will be there for: you," Cardiff told members, of .the Dungannon Senior Citizens organization. "That is a sacred trust," he said, ' mimicking the words of Tory Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Cardiff called recent parliamentary debate on the universality of social welfare programs, "a bloody circus" and Said the debates so .far "didn''t_ make__a lot It_ 'sense". "The opposition says one thing, we say • another, and the press reports something else," said Cardiff. WI shown African slides The World Affairs meeting of the Dungan- non Women's Institute was held January 3 in the Dungannon United Church basement. President fla Crozier welcomed six visitors and thirteen members and read a poem, A New Year Meditation. The roll call was a foreign country I'd like to visit and why. Peg _ Purdon introduced guest Ruth Thompson of Lucknow who showed slides of her visit to Sierra Leone, Africa, where her sister was teaching at the time with the CUSO programme. Sierre Leone has a strong English influence., with the people there, which shows in the,construction of their homes and official buildings. Houses are walled with high fences to prevent thievery. There is no rain from November to May. Rainy season is May to November. Bamboo scaffolding is lashed together to do construction work as high as 10 stories. A box -like iron with hot charcoal inside is used for ironing clothes: Being near the equator, there are no sunsets like ours, but a 10 minute phase from daylight to total darkness. Th des aid story with them. were en- joyed by–everyone. Myrtle Kerr thanked Ruth with an enyelope. - The minutes were read by secretary Alma Black followed by the correspondence. It was decided to give a donation to UNESCO - water for all. Ila announced the February meeting will be in the Dungannon Chinch, and members are to bring a friend or pay a fine. Pennies for Friendship were collected.. Ila thanked Olive Chisholm for hosting the meeting and the meeting closed with the singing of 0 Canada with Roberta Linskill at the piano. Cardiff was in lungannon to present a cheque Tot $8,907, the first installment on a New Horizons grant of $15,907, to the DungannonSenior Citkens. - - 'The grant money *111 fie put-foivard the establishment of a seniors' drop -Ain centre intheformer Dungannon Menonnite jurr ch. 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