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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-06-08, Page 3Nn } Kingsbridge students busy with sports Word was received of the death of Mr. Morgan O'Connor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O'Connor of Pickering on Saturday, June 3 at his home in Pickering following a lengthy illness. He was 53 years of age. He is survived by his mother, the former Margery Dalton of Kingsbridge, three brothers and five sisters. His father passed away in 1967 and a brother was killed overseas during the war. His funeral mass was celebrated on Tuesday, June 6 in Pickering. Sincere sympathy is extended to his family, relatives and friends. Sincere sympathy is extended to Mrs. Neil Stapleton on the death of" her father, Mr. Fergus Kelly in the Seaforth General Hospital on Friday, June 2' Funeral mass was celebrated in the Dublin Roman Catholi,g- " church on Monday morning, June 5 at 10':30 a.m. • Nelson, newlyweds, have returned from an eight day honeymoon spent in Hawaii. They are making their home at the former Kelly house. Special welcome is given to Geot'ge who originated from Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Charles McLean of Clinton and formerly of Ashfield Township visited with Joe and Teresa Courtney and Vincent and Idell Austin on Friday, June 2. Mr. and Mrs. John Sheardown and family of St. Thomas spent the weekend at the home of her mother Mrs. Ormond Heffernan. Congratulations to Barbara Elyn Hamilton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'R. Alvin Hamilton, Lucknow and to Peter VanDiepenbeek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank VanDiepenbeek, Kingsbridge who were married on Saturday, June 3 at 3 p.m. The bride was attended by her maid of honor, her sister Miss Patty Hamilton and - bridesmaids Janine Glenn, Joani Hamilton and the groom's sister Miss Lissette VanDiepenbeek. The best man was Tony Miltenburg. Ushers were Kenny Hamilton, Frank VanDiepenbeek and Harry VanDiepenbeek. One hundred and ten guests were served a roast beef dinner at the newly opened Lucknow and District Community Centr6, followed by an open reception with the music for dancing sup- plied by "Bittersweet". Members of the Catholic Women's League, Lucknow catered to the meal and also to the evening luncheon. Congratulations to Graham Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hamilton, who was the winner of $1,000 in the Lucknow and District Community Centre lot- tery drawn on Wed- nesday, May 31. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Keane of St. Kingsbridge kapers Theresa Courtney, correspondent, 529-7189 Marys and formerly of this area, who celebrated their 47th wedding an- niversary on Saturday, June 3. Also to Mr. and Mrs. Grant Chisholm who were married 28 years on Saturday, June 3. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rourke, Zurich spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Austin and family. Several from this area travelled to Wingham on either Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening, June 1, 2 and 3, to hear the drama club of the F. E. Madill Secondary school's production of "Fiddler on the Roof". Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Austin, Mrs. Larry Million and son Ryan left on Monday, June 5 for holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boven, Flint, Michigan. Trousseau at Plaetzer home Don Young attended the annual meeting of the Ontario Association for Counselling and Atten- dance Services held at the University of Guelph from May 28-31. On Tuesday evening his wife, Marie joined him for the annual baigiAet and dance hoste ;by the Wellington County Board of . Education at which time Hon. Tom Wells, Minister of Education delivered an inspiring. speech. Mr. Young is the at- tendance counsellor with the Huron County Board of Education. He is also a Director with the Ontario Association for Western Region which includes counties of Huron, Middlesex, Lambton, Elgin, Kent and Essex as well as the City of Lon- don. Congratulations to Mrs. Florence Millian who, celebrated her bit'thday last Saturday. Members of her family called during the weekend and Mr. and Mrs. Ford Little of Goderich had supper with her on ,Saturday evening and also Miss Laura Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Archambault, Lorri and Brian of Barrie, Mr. and Mrs. Don Parker of Goderich, Mrs. Edna Duncalfe of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Fraser and Cheryl and Mr: and Mrs. Em•merton Mitchell, all of Walton visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Archambault, Rick and Marilyn. Congratulations to Mr. Murray Wightman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wightman who graduated with an Honours B. Sc. (Physics) degree from the University of Waterloo at the Convocation ceremonies held on Friday May 26. Mr. and Mrs., Wightman and family entertained relatives ,and friends at the Stone Crock, St. Jacobs following the ceremonies. TROUSSEAU TEA Sherry Plaetzer, her mother, Mrs. Lawrence Plaetzer and Mrs. John Foran, mother of groom Terry Foran, greeted friends and relatives as they arrived at the Plaetzer home to attend the trousseau tea on May 17. The guests were in- vited to view the gifts that had been generously bestowed upon the bride at the showers and some of the couple's wedding gifts. Mary Lynn Merrill, Sherry's • cousin, displayed presents received at a surprise shower given by Mrs. Evelyn Merrill, aunt of the bride. Sherry had also been honoured at the com- munity shower in Knox United Church, Auburn. Mrs.. Arva Machan, a friend of the bride from Auburn, was chosen to comment on these gifts. Terry's two younger sisters, Kathleen and Betty Jane Foran, showed gifts given to" Sherry at a surprise shower in London hosted by her roommates, her sister, Wanda and Terry's sister, Cathy. Mrs. Maureen Bean, life long neighbour of Sherry presented details about family portraits and 'articles Sherry had collected to this point. Wanda Plaetzer showed guests the wedding presents given to the couple. The Nursing Staff of the Urology Ward at St. Joseph's Hospital, London, had also honoured Sherry with a tea shower. Silver tea services adorned the tea -table covered with a madeira lace cloth. The wedding cake which had been decorated by the bride, made the centrepiece of the tea -table. Pale yellow candles in silver holders flanked the wedding cake, highlighting the. yellow floral decorations. Adding to the gay air were white wedding bells peaking from • various points in the room and white and yellow mum plants. Tea was poured throughout the day for guests by -Mrs. Orville Free, Sherry's grand- mother, three of Sherry's great'aunts, Mrs. Grace4Campbell of Lucknow, Mrs. Harvey Sillib of Blyth and Mrs. Wilfred Plunkett of Auburn, the groom's aunt, Mrs: Helen Foran of Lucan, Mrs. Victor Huston, cousin of Sherry's grandfather Free and Mrs. George Millian of Auburn. In the afternoon, guests were offered refresh- ments by Mrs. Betty Doherty, childhood friend of Sherry's mother, Mrs. Marie Millian,' cousin of the bride. Younger cousins, Shannon Millian and Anita Gross served mints and asked guests to sign the register. These girls' mothers, Mrs. Shari Millian and Mrs.., Bernice Gross, per- formed kitchen duties. In the :evening Lori Millian and Angela Millian, cousins of the bride passed mints' and took care of the guest— register. The former waitresses were replaced by Rosemary, Mary .c;Ilen and Margaret Foran, sisters 'of the groom. Sherry's cousin, Mrs. Irene Millian and Mrs. Donna Alton, friend of' Sherry's mother assisted in the kitchen at this time. Sherry was truly pleased to see each one of the guests who attended the Trousseau Tea and wishes to thank them for making it a memorable occasion. WALKERBURN CLUB Walkerburn.=Club held its monthly meeting last OUR ANNUAL SUMMER PERM SPECIAL Regular Price '40.00 PERM 35.°O PERM, 30II°O PERM 25.°O PERM 20.°O PERM Now SPECIAL 135.00 SPECIAL 30.°O SPECIAL -500 SPECIAL 20.00 SPECIAL 17.50 MEN -NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY! We would like to announce that Kathy Stanbury has joined our staff. Call today and make an appointment with LissettO, Bonnie, Judy or Kathy today! HEATHER s AL 108 LIGHTHOUSE ST. 524-7461 1 Thursday at the home of Mrs. Elliott Lapp. Mrs. Lloyd McClinchey, co- president was in charge and opened the meeting with a pbem followed by all singing 0 Canada. Mrs. Tom Cunningham led -in the Lord's Prayer. The minutes of, the April meeting were ac- cepted as read by the secretary, Mrs. Lloyd Penfound. The roll call was answered by ten members paying a donation to their Korean Foster Child. The treasurer, Mrs. Garth McClinchey, gave the financial statement stating that the support of the foster child•, vas paid up to the end of July. The draw prize donated by Mrs. Len Archambault was won, by Mrs. Lloyd Penfound. Plans were made to hold the next meeting at the home of Mrs. Joe Verwey. Mrs. Arthur Right and Mrs. Joe Verwey will be in charge of the program and Mrs. Ron Gross and Mrs. Lloyd Penfound will be.in charge of lunch. ' A successful sale of plants, bulbs and slips was held with Mrs. Len Archambault as auc- tioneer. Mrs. Lloyd' McClinchey gave a reading, People are Funny. Lunch was served. by Mrs. Stewart Ball and Mrs. Garth McClinchey assisted by Mrs. Lapp the hostess. SOCIAL NEWS The sympathy of this community is extended to Mrs. Bruce Grigg and family on the sudden death of her husband on Saturday morning. Mrs. Lillian Leatherland and her daughter,• Mrs. Wayne Millian attended the funeral of the late Mr. William Wilson, at Acton last Thursday. Mr. Wilson was the father of Mrs. Edgar Leatherland. Mr. Pharis Mathers of Lucknow visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnston and Miss Laura Phillips one day last week. Mr. and Mrs" W.J. O'Donnell of London visited last week with Mrs. Myrtle Munro. Mrs. Jean Ziler of Royal-Oak.,,,,Michigan visited last Monday with her brother Mr. Kenneth Scott. Mr. Harry Arthur returned last Monday evening after a fishing trip north of Sudbury with London friends. Miss - Margaret R. Jackson of Huron view and Mrs. Donald Kai of Oak,ville visited last Saturday with Mrs. Catherine Jackson. - Mrs. Myrtle Munro and her sisters, Mrs. Nellie McDougall of Goderich and Mrs. Ethel McDougall Of Clinton visited last week for ' a couple of days with their sisters and brothers at Mount Forest. SCHOOL NEWS On Monday, May 29 kindergarten to Grade 4 held an Arbour Day at the Kingsbridge school. This involved cleaning the school yard from the ravages, of winter, the planting of a tree and the raising of a new Canadian flag. The new tree, a Linden Tree was donated to the school by, Mrs. Jack (Bernardine) Kinney of the Kingsbridge area and planted in memory of her brother, the late Mr. Norman O'Loughlin of Sun City, Arizona who passed away on April 4 of this year. Mr. O'Loughlin was a former student of the Kingsbridge Lower School and graduated from the Kingsbridge high school in 1920. Shawn Doherty and Mark Lalonde assisted the Principal David Zyluk with the tree planting with Kin- dergarten to Grade 4 students taking part in the program. The song, "Plant the tree with Loving Care", was sung under the direction of music teacher Mrs. Nancy Park. Maria `Dalton read the poem, "Planting A Tree Mrs. Kinney addressed the students telling them how Arbour Day was, started. Did you 'know that the first Arbour Day was celebrated on the first Friday in May, 1872 - 106 years ago? Our thanks are deeply expressed to Mrs. Kin- ney. After the flag raising ceremony, visitors and students were treated to cakes and freshie by Mrs. Eedy and Mrs. Park. The last community metric workshop of the year was held on Thur- sday, June 1, and the subject was capacity. The feeling of the group was that at first glance metric appeared to be hard, but what was needed was the practice. Incidentally, those at- tending discovered that if, a person drinks three bottles of a certain brewed drink in a brown bottle, they will have consumed about a litre of the stuff. In house leagues, Edmonton juniors- won their division in floor hockey. Toronto placed second, Saskatchewan third. Betty Jane Foran (Toronto) won junior girls' handball. So, at present Saskatchewan leads the leagues with 376 points; Edmonton last year's champions, 'have 334 points and Toronto has 325 points. Track and field com- � L'OREAL Giftwithpumhase L'ORAL BONUS OFFER SHAM+PO ),COLOUR rfAMPJ01NG COL (,,q .r 1;XCT;id.f 1'('I; With each purchase of a L'Oreal Hair - colouring, you will receive, as a BONUS, a 6.2 oz. L'Oreal Shampoo. L'Oreal I ircolouring, all shades. '"�� YOUR CHOICE. EACH: LOREAL /NAMPO°. 9HAMPOMNG GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1978 -.PAGE 3 r1011111111.11.018188M171 petitions took place Monday>, June 5. The winners will be par- ticipating in zone track and field on Wednesday, June 14. Grades 7 and 8 students of St. Joseph's school, Kingsbridge will be confirmed during the Sacrament of Con- firmation held on Mon- day, June 12 at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Goderich. CHURCH NEWS A special service held on Sunday morning, May 28 at St. Joseph's church, Kingsbridge, was the "Crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary". Miss Annie VanDiepan did the crowning assisted by Jackie Dalton and Rose Marie O'Keefe with students from the Kingsbridge school taking part in the procession and in the choir. I wish to apologize for the error made in this report last week. SOCIAL NEWS Mrs. Ida Grestan of Waterloo, Mrs. Joseph (Lucille Ryan) - Cop- perauld and daughter Elizabeth of Detroit, Michigan were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clare and Mary Luanne. They attended the drama "Fiddler on the Rock" at the F. E. Madill Secon- dary School, Wingham in which Mary Luanne played the part of the grandmother. 4.4 CHURCH NEWS Goderich and Kingsbridge Youth 'at- tended a Youth Day Retreat on Sunday, June 4 afternoon and evening at St. Joseph's church, Kingsbridge. Leaders of discussions were Sister May Eileen and Sister Joan. Mass was celebrated at 5 p.m. followed by dinner catered to by the Catholic Women's League, Kingsbridge. The day's, events ended with a - campfire held at the lake. Guaranteed Investment Certificates Arvwal iie,esi VG VICTORIA and GREY TRUST Mgr. A.A. WEATHERBY GODERICH X24 -73x1 611M11111111•111111111MIMM114 ATTENTION VETERANS Ex -Service Men and Women and Dependents THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION SERVICE BUREAU OFFICER Mr. Clare Wall `Provincial Servicle Officer London, Ontario will be visiting in the area, Anyone wishing information or assistance regarding war disability pensions, treatment, allowances, etc., is requested to contact the service officer, or secretary of the local branch, whose name appears below, not later than June 19th, 1978 to arrange an interview. HAROLD YOUNG Service Officer PHONE 524-7145 or 524-9390 GARDENING CLEARANCE 111111811111111.01 di= 11111111111111111111111 ' "THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY at "THE TREE SHOP" IN OUR PARKING LOT TREES, SHRUBS BUSHES IN STOCK GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE BLOOMIN' GERANIUMS $3.98 8" Pot Reg. '5.98 We still have a beautiful selection in stock. MOTHER GERANIUMS READY TO BLO1I POTTED ROSES $3.98 Reg. '5.98 Also on Sale - Beautiful HANGING FLOWER BASKETS Begonias, Impatiens, Wandering Jews, PLUS many, many types Inside the store. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE: ALL SALE STOCK IS FIRST QUALITY, HEALTHY AND READY TO BLOOM BUT OUR SEASON IS EN- DING AND IT MUST GO! FRUIT TREES ORNAMENTAL TREES & SHRUBS EVERGREENS FLOWERING SHRUBS FRUIT BEARING BUSHES..:- ALL FIRST QUALITY AND READY TO BLOOM 6 pack BOX PLANTS Reg. 75' each Now F 0 4 on Sale for R 9 9 ALL CEMENT LAWN ORNAMENTS STOCK 20%OFF Sorry NO GUARANTEE ON SALE ITEMS 3 DAY GARDENING CLEARANCE SALE THURSDAY, FRIDAY SATURDAY JUNE 8th, 9th & 10th at "THE TREE SHOP" IN THE PARKING LOT fb4. SMITH'S FARM & . GARDEN CENTRE 82 South St., Goderich 524-8761