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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-02-28, Page 9Seventy people enjoy pot 1uik supppr... Au The annual Family Night sponsored., by the United Church Women was held on Friday eventing, February 22 in the Sunday school room of thechurch' -with the,, members of Unit one serving the meal and Unit two providing the en- tertsdnment. Mrs. Peter Verbeek, president of the United Church -Women, welcomed everyone present, After the Grace was sung, approximately 70 people, enjoyed a delicious potluck dinner. Following the meal, Mrs. Greg Park con- ducted several contests with the winners being Greg. Park, ,Mts. 13;eth Lansing, Janice Webster, Mrs. Norman McDowell, Mrs: Gerald McDowell and Mrs. Norman Wightm an . Mrs. Gorden gross was in charge of the program which began with a lively sing -song led by Rick Hawley with Mrs.. Barry Millian at the piano. Oliver Anderssyn favoured with a medley of.old-time tunes on his violin accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Greg Park. Sharon Ramsey then performed two step - dance numbers for the audience. This was followed with a recitation by Anita Gross entitled, Mischievous Anita. Ross Robinson played two favorite numbers on his mouth -organ with Mrs. Kenneth McDougall as his accompanist. Following this, Rick Hawley sang two solos, "Getting to Know You" and "How Great Thou Art", with his wife Linda at the piano. Lori and Steven Millian, accompanied by their mother, Mrs. Barry Millian, provided several numbers on their guitar and banjo. Mrs. Elliott Lapp conducted an•elimination contest for the • children with Cheryl Ramsey being the winner. enlisted — enlisted six volunteers for an amusing scavenger hunt and Mrs. Lawrence Plaetzer was the winner. urn The children then retirecj to the Sunday school rooms where they played more games under the direction ' of .Misses Linda and Debbie Cunningham. The. adults 'spent the remainder of the.eveniqg playing crokinole and court _Whist. Follo.wing were the winners: crokinole- ladies' high, Mrs. kick Hawley, ladies' low, Lori Millian, men's high, Allen Webster, low man, Steven Millian, most twenties, Gordon Gross; "Court Whist -ladies' high, Mrs. Ross Robinson, ladies' low, Mrs. Beth Lansing+ men's high, Robert Armstrong and men's lqw, Mrs. Maurice Bean. SOCIAL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Grant Raithby and Mary of Collingwood visited last Saturday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Raithby and brother, John Raithby. Winner of the Auburn and District Lions Club Lottery last week was Mrs. Keith Machan with ticket Number 67. Larry Chamney and a friend from Kingston visited last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Chamney, Eldon Chamney and other members of his family. Larry recently received his Master of Arts Science Degree from Queens University and has accepted a position in Saskatoon, Saskat- chewan at the Environment Control Centre, Canada World Mines, Esso Division. He will be moving next week. Congratulations Larry. Mrs. Mary Johnston and dadghter Jennifer of London spent the weekend with her parents, •Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Sanderson. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Powell and Gordon of St. Catharines and Roland Martin of Thorold visited last weekend with the foi11 er's -parent-sr—Mrs and Mrs.. Gordon Powell and farnily. Mr. and • Mrs. James' Schneider and family e aitended the Londesboro United Church when Dennis took part in the Boy Scout church ser- vice. Gordon Powell returned last weekend from Kamloops, B.C. .wheresshe attended his father, Robert Powell's funeral. Winners at the weekly euchre party last week were: novelty, Mrs: Elma McFarlane, high lady, Mrs. Cathy Rody, low lady, Mrs. 'Oben Turner, high man, Doug Glousher and low man, Warner Andrews. There were 12 tables inplay. Sunday 'visitors with Mr. • and Mrs_ Donald_ Cartwright, David, Derrick and Lorie' were Mr'. and Mrs. Bob Williams of Willowdale and last Saturday, Allan Gerofski of London. W.I. The February meeting of the Auburn Women's Institute was held last Tuesday in the Auburn Community Memorial Hall with the president, Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock, in charge. The 'meeting was openedwith the Ode, the Mary Stewart Collect and 0 Canada with the pianist being Mrs. Catherine Jackson. After welcoming the members and guests, the minutes were approved as read by the secretary, Mrs. Robert Peck. Due to the increase cost of gas, it was decided to raise the price per mile in doing W.I. business. Reports of committees were received regarding the Huronview birthday party on March 19. Mrs. Frank Raithby reported on labels received and Mrs. Donald Cartwright, 4-H club leader-, reported that 12 girls are in the spring project. Mrs. Lillian Letherland gave the, card report and read the thank -you notes received. Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock was ppointed delegate to the Officers' Conference at Waterltsstbsiversity oi April 29, 30 and May 1. Plans were completed to ca.ter to the- 25th wedding anniversary Do -Knots keep busy BY DEBBY KERR The members chose a name for this club, the "Dungannon Do -Knots". Betty Errington read the minutes. The roll call was then answered by the 13 members who attended the meeting. Mrs. Stewart read the questions for meeting three about bedrooms which the members must answer. Then Mrs. Stewart talked about the free choice articles, the girls have a choice of making including slim chain wall hangings for the junior members, an owl wall hanging for the senior members or they can choOie tfleir own article. Mrs. Errington then read about the furs nishings and their arrangements fcr bedroci41. The leaders showed us different ways of arranging the mem- bers' bedrooms. The members have to have the floor plans for their rooms drawn up for the next meeting. With the the right cltequing account pays off. Come in and talk to us about your banking requirements. We'd like to show you how the right tool for the right job pays off. For instance, our Bank Book Chequing is ideal if you like to make a little interest on the money you don't need to cover cheques. A passbook records your transaction. Our Personal Chequing Account is ideal for bill paying, and returns your cancelled cheques and a statement for record keeping. To make getting to the -Royal Bank easier, we now have Branch -in -Branch service, coast to coast. Free of charge. Making banking more convenient is something we like to do. Because we believe that.., When you succeed .. we succeed. ROYAL BANK GODERICH SIONA-STAR, TFIT4RMAr.FMAKTARY.41., 1900f,• -n . hol4 annual Famil dinner of Mr. and Mrs: ,Tony De Boer. Mrs. Thomas Haggitt is convenes*. "Auburn As it was" will be presented in the Community Memorial tures' taken during the 126th birthday party. Mrs. Leonard Archambault had the cookbeoki`on sale for the Auburn Junior Farmers, Mrs. Themes Haggitt uburn news Eleanor Brad nock. correspondent Hall on March 9 at 2 p.m. Coffee and cookies will be served. If anybody wishes to see the slide presentation given four tim.es during the 125th birthday party, they are invited to come. More old school pictures have been added. It was decided to purchase a large scrapbook for the pic- will convene the next Lions Club dinner on March 5. It was announced that anyone wishing to go to the Flower Show _in Toronto, is to please enquire for tickets for February 29. Mrs. Robert Peck told 'about the Women Alive program she had at- tended in London. Furniture.•.• e from page 1 there are 22 board members (two positions are vacant) and 12 chairs. On Monday evening, only 11 board members were present and the board table was elbow to elbow.. Administrator Elmer Taylor said that a scale drawing of the new board room will probably prove there still isn't room for a table and chairs sufficient in size and number to ac- commodate a full board meeting, plus ad- ministrative staff and press. For certain, there isn't room for eight additional upholstered chairs to match the dozen already there. "If we can't find room for eight chairs, we shouldn't buy eight chairs," said board member Gerry Ginn. Bruce Potter of the building committee concurred, but explained that the proposal to buy the new furniture was put forth only because it seemed wise to buy it now while matching furnishings were still available. But, Potter admitted, the new furnishings are "by no means essential", De. Rourke said he only wanted to compare the board 'sthuildingcdth m qealple_ns for the new "Ifo-a-Famaccommodation to the medical staff's planning and price awareness "for even -sisial•••• • Mrs. Bradnock read an article telling about Mrs. Martha Belish of War - sprite, Alberta, past president . of the Federated Women's Institutes , -of Canada being appointed to the Canadian Senate. Fur-. ther honourmas given to her when she was asked to reply to the speech from the throne. • Mrs. Oliver Anderson gave a reading telling about the visit to Ottawa of Joe Clark's parents. Mrs. Emerson Rodger played a piano solo. The guest speaker of the afternoon was Mrs. Mervyn Batkin of Clin- -ton: -She- w-as-introeluced - by Mrs: Thomas Haggitt. Mrs. Batkin gave a very informative address telling about the plans for the Huron County Archives which will be moved to the new Huron County Library in Goderich. She stressed that we must save from the past, important papers and local histories. She paid high tribute to- Lady Tweed- smuir for her part in starting local history books which now can be found in nearly every munity started by the different branches of the Women's Institutes. Mrs. Batkin also spoke on the making of a Family Tree and urged everyone to start one before it was too late. . Mrs. Frank-, Raithby thanked Mrs. Batkin and, on behalf .of the mem- bers, presented her with a gift. ' Mrs. Gordon Chamney sang a solo, Edelweiss, accompanied by -Mrs. Kenneth McDougall. The Auburn Curator, Mrs. Thomas Haggitt, gave the report of the Tweedsmuir History Book committee bringing the past year's activities Up to date: The roll call was an- swered by • naming a game you played at school. Mrs. Haggitt conducted a Tweedsmuir History contest. Mrs. Oliver Anderson was the winner. A delicious lunch was served by Mrs. Robert Turner and Mrs. Beth Lansing. The prize for the lucky saucer went to Mrs. Wilfred Sanderson and the lady who hadn't voted, Mrs. Elva Straughan, got a prize. the smallest piece of equipment". "I am not opposed to the purchase of new furnishings," said Dr. Rourke. "I only wanted to make the point." Dr. Rourke voted in favor of the purchase of eight .. or was it six? ... chairs, along with other board members. in rates. • 0 • from page 1 has gone up in comparison to the fuel ratio used." He" said food producers feel strongly that "farmers must be kept in the number one priority in regards to fuel supply. The small amount of fuel used to produce food for this entire country, as well as others, must be available at affordable prices," he told the methbers of parliament. Mr. Klopp said his committee is undertaking a survey in Huron County regarding the energy use of different farm operations. He said the committee hopes suryttres_tilawill_allow_them_ compaie amount of energy used to. produce products the most efficient way. 4-H NEWS Tbe third meeting of Auburn, 4-14 club, "The • Daring -Decorator's," was, `held at the home of Carol Seers. The president, Carol Seers, opened the meeting with the 4-H pledge. s . The minutes were read by LisasRodger. The %'oll 'tall was an- swered by each member describing her bedroom and how that room reflected her per- sonalities. Each girl proceeded to fill in her chart and tell how their rooms were decorated. The leaders, Mrs. Donald Cartwright and Mrs. John Hildebrand, discussed with the girls their free choice articles. Some are working on hanging shelves, bracelets, necklaces and other articles. The girls worked on horizontal, diagonal and vertical, rows of double half hitch knots after they were demonstrated by the leaders. • The meeting was closed with the 4-H motto. The fourth meeting of Auburn I, "The Daring Decorators," of the spxng preledt, -Your Corner of the World, was -.herd at the borne ,;)f Lorie Cartwright,- 'Elie president, Carol Seers, was in charge andopened the meeting with 4-H pledge. The minutes were accepted as read by the secretary,tsa Rodger. The roll call vas an- swered by describing 'bedroom furnishings; and 'their use. The leaders, Mrs. ponald Cartwright and Mrs. John Hildebrand, discussed bedroom furnishings and floor plans. Each girl is to draw a floor plan for her record boOks. — The meeting was closed with the 4-H motto. SAVE ENERGY and Insulate U.F. Foam & Fiber Insulation Serving Huron County 15 years COMPARE...CONTACT STEWARrS ALUMINIUM & INSULATION 207 Huron Rd. Goderich 5 2 4 -8 8 2 1 *Full Range of Cameros & Projectors •24 HR. 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