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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-12-19, Page 45ho an large crowd,., of. childre from the urn area enjoyed the, Lions. Club annual �Jatmas party held recently in the Auburn 1C►mmunity Memorial Hall. teresting films were shown by Ross _.dpi bison with the projector: Mickey Mouse's Trailer, ,Merrie Melodies, Tales in. the Vienna Woods and Walt Disney's - Mickey's Christmas Carol. Members of the Lions Club made pop -corn and orange drinks for everyone and a carol sing was led by Mrs. Robert Worsell.. Santa Claus arrived and after talking with all 'the children, gave each a large bag of candy and treats. WMS The December meeting of the Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society was held at the homeof Mrs. Frances Clark. The presided a the call to worship and welcomed ail. Mrs. Frances Clark ledthe Christmas program, assisted by Mrs. Warner Andrews, Mrs. Gordon Dobie, Mrs. Donald Cartwright and Mrs. Roy Daer. Mrs. Tom Haggitt gave an interesting reading on the origin of some of the Christmas Carols sung teday. Mrs. Clark gave an informative paper on the Christmas Beatitudes. After the offering was received and dedicated with prayer, Mrs. Bradnock thanked all who had assisted in the lunch after the late Frank Raithby's funeral. The minutes were approved as read by the secretary, Mrs. Lillian Letherland and the treasurer, Mrs. Frances Clark, gave the an- nual financial statement. It was announced that the annual meeting for Stratford -Huron Presbyterial would be held on January 8 at 10 a.m. in the First Seaforth Presbyterian Church. Plans were made for the coming year and the same officers were asked to remain in office. It was decided to have February, May, September and November as special offering months. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Warner Andrews. After reading more carols, the meeting was closed with the benediction. A Christmas lunch was served by Mrs. Clark. Trustees Meet The December meeting of the Village of Auburn was held in the hall last Tuesday evening with the chairman of the Trustee Board, Warner Andrews in charge. The minutes were approved as read by the secretary, Mrs. Ross Dobie. The agreement was signed for Edgar Daer to do the snowblowing for the season. Other bills were approved for payment. A letter of resignation was received from the village secretary, Mrs. Ross Dobie. Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock thanked Gail for her work during the last few years and the .trustees accepted her resignation with regret. The village requires a secretary and if -interested, please apply in writing to Mrs. Dobie by December 21. • Trustee Jim Schneider presented Mrs. Bradnock with a gift of a plant from the village in recognition of her receiving a Bicentennial medal for community work. There was a motion tabled to sell the fire hose as there have been several inquiries. UCW Dinner Over 40 people were in attendance for the annual Knox United Church Women's Christmas dinner held on December 12 at noon. Several husbands and guests were also present. The minister, Mr. Gary Shut- tleworth, offered Grace and a sumptuous dinner was enjoyed. PISTIFtopurI1EWE 1000001 nual Christ.rnas party AUBURN Eleanor Br°odnoak, 52 i.715$ At the close of dinner, a lucky cup prize was won by Mrs. Gordon Chamney. Mrs. Peter Verbeek conducted a Christmas con- test and the winner was Mrs. Oliver Ander- son. Mrs. Gordon Chamney played several familiar Christmas songs on the piano for everyone's pleasure. Mrs. Tom Jardin, with Mrs. Marjorie McDougalI on the piano, led a session of singing carols and she gave the history of each carol. The worship service was conducted by Betty Marsh, Mrs. Oliver Anderson, Mrs. Elliott Lapp, and Mrs. Glen Webster. Miss Marsh gave a modern day version 'of the Wise Men with the singing of carols throughout the service. A special offering was received for Ethio- pian relief and this was received by Mrs. Ruhr Koopmans and Mrs. Tina Empey. The afternoon closed with the benediction by Mr. Shuttleworth. Anniversary Potted Christmas flowers and a large decorated 50th anniversary cake centering, the head table were the decorations in the Auburn Community Memorial Hall last Sun- day afternoon for the Open House for Gerrit and Corri Beimers on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary. The guest book was in the charge of Glen- na and Stacey Buffinga and over 250 signed the register from Toronto, Strathroy, Blyth, Brussels, Clinton, Goderich and the sur- rounding community. The bride and groom of 50 years wore at- tractive corsages and Corri wore a beautiful gold necklace which her mother had receiv- ed on the occasion of her 50th wedding an- niversary. When Corri left Holland to make her home in Canada, she presented the necklace to her and she proudly wore it last Sunday. The guests were welcomed by Mrs. Helen Johnston. The waitresses, Grace Buffinga, Margaret Buffinga, Janine Buffinga, Grace Johnston,. Helen Johnston and Clara Fac- chinato served fancy Dutch cookies and cake. Gifts and cards were received to mark the . occasion. A plaque from the Ontario Government (William Davis, premier of On- tario and greetings were brought by Murray Elston, MPP for Huron -Bruce. A plaque from the Governor-General of Canada, Jeanne Sauve and greetings from David Peterson, leader of the Opposition, Murray Cardiff, M.P.P. and John Aird, Lieutenant - Governor of Ontario were also received. Mrs. Marjorie McDougall and Mrs. Tom Jardin presented Mr. and Mrs. Beimers with a 50th anniversary wall plate trimmed with gold on behalf of the neighbours. Mr. and Mrs. Beimers enjoyed the day when many friends and relatives came for this occasion, all bringing good wishes and many gifts. Missionary Chapel The Huron Chapel Missionary Church held their annual Christmas program last Friday evening with Mrs. Heather McCowan as the program director. • The program was opened with prayer by pouglas Campbell, followed by the song, Who is He?" by the members of the Sun- day school, The nurse class, with their teachers Marilyn and Jim Campbell, sang two songs, "Away in a Manger" `and "Jesus Loves Me". The kindergarten class, with their teachers pave and Debra Bodges, sang the song, "Praise Him, Praise Him". The primary class, with teacher Dianne Baan. gave a recitation, "I Wonder", and sang the hymn, "J -o -y, J -o -y". The junior class, with teacher John McCowan, presented a recita- tion and play, o `ChristmasIs". A duet; "Redeeming Love", was sung by Dianne Baan and Debra Rodges. The Missionary Cadet Choir with their director, Mrs. Pam Thiessen, sang "0 Come all ye Faithful". Eric Campbell played a piano solo, "0 Ho- ly Night". The Youth Group, with leader Jim Camp- bell, presented a play, "The Stable". The adult class presented "The First Christmas" with Mrs. Debra Lawlor, Dave Baan and Dave Thiessen playing the parts. The adult choir sang the song, "In the Cave" and the closing prayer was given by Pastor Thiessen. Knox Church A large congregation attended the morn- ing service last Sunday at Knox United Church and Keith Hallam lit the third can- dle representing "Peace". Mr. Gary Shuttleworth was in charge of the service and his message was entitled, "Lord of the Lowly". Both junior and senior choirs sang Christmas anthems and a trio of junior boys, Stuart Bakker, Ryan Middelkamp and Kevin Webster, sang, "Along the Desert Trail". The organist, Mrs. Gordon Gross, was assisted by Mrs. Barry Million and Anita Gross and Leona Cunningham at the piano. The ushers were Greg Park and Rodger Cunningham. "Aridy cane treats were given to the junior congregation with leaders being Mrs. Glen Webster and Tammy Shuttleworth. Plans are being made to present a Christmas Eve pageant on December 24 at 8 p.m. and the annual Sunday school concert will be held on Saturday evening, December 22 at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome at both services. Social News A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all readers of the Auburn news. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Moore of Stratford visited on Monday with Mrs. Tom Johnston and Miss Laura Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wall of Wingham called on friends in the village on Monday. Winners at last week's euchre party were: novelty- Ted Mills; high lady, Mrs. Edgar Daer; low lady, Mrs. Ken Glousher; high man, Orval McPhee; and low man, Donald Haines. Due to holidays next week, garbage collection will take place on Thursday, December 27 instead- of Boxing Day, December 26 in the village of Auburn. At a recent concert at Rameloo Nursing Home by the members of Knox United Church junior choir, duets were sung by Stuart Bakker, Kevin Webster and Susan Dobie and Sherri Kryanowski and Nicole Middelkamp and Karen Bakker. Sorry for the omission of these names. Holmesville UCW hold Christmas meet The ladies of Holmesville U.C.W. held their Christmas meeting Tues., Dec. 11. Isobel Sturdy, leader of the group, opened the meeting by reading an article, "Christmas Is.". The hymn "0 Come All Ye Faithful", was sung. • Kaye Harris, Bessie Townshend, Doris Batkin and Isobel Harris read articles per- taining to Christmas. Isobel Sturdy read a story written by Ed Sullivan about his journey to the Holy Land in 1959. A poem was read by Bessie Townshend, "Christmas If". "Hark the Herald Angels", was sung, followed by a prayer from Doris Batkin. The offering was read and the Christmas stockings were collected from the members. 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