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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-11-28, Page 12Page 12—The Wingham Advance -Times, Nov. 28. 1984 1 at the Wingham. Public School Editors: Jeff Wall Nikki Reavie Last week the student achievement forms (other- wise known as report cards) went home. As usual, some students were pleased and some wer not. But I certainly hope most of you were pleased. Christmas decorations already have started going up. Althoug many of us wish .a litt e more snow would ap!r`ar, we're all getting i s'o the Christmas sir_... he school drama club will have a half-hour presen- tation ready for your en- joyment at a date closer to Christmas. I hope to see you there! —Ria Linardatos The Golden Circle School will be participating in a swim meet this Friday at Vanastra. The other schools participating are Queen Elizabeth from Goderich and Huron Hope from Huron Park. Good luck to all the participants. Mary, Billy and Allen now have their maroon swim- ming badges and Barry has received his green. —Charles Trapp The school computer now is in Mr. Martin'•s room. They all enjoy it very much because the students can do countless things with it. The class still goes to the high school to work with wood, Right now they are making Christmas ,or- naments. , The pupils are starting to work on their recorders. They all are practising hard. The students are. getting ready for the Christmas season. With luck they are hoping to go out to perform for senior citizens at dif- ferent locations. -Brad Crawford Miss Buist's class is making egg -carton alliga- tors this week and studying about alligators and croco- diles. Did you know that the average alligator has 180 teeth and is three metres long. The class also made some Christmas chews, a great -tasting candy. The children will be doing overhead projects or drawings. —Mike Cullen The Kindergarten students have enjoyed playing in the snow at school, although there wasn't enough"to make snowmen. Along with the snow they have started their Christmas activities. Their Christmas tree has turned into a poinsetta tree. Also they have been busy constructing Christmas trees to make the room look more like the season. —Bill Grant MRS. ALLAN GRIFFITH Last week in Mrs. Schedler and Mrs. King's Grade 1-2 class, Lesley Pike brought in her gerbils, Snowy and Fluffy. The students really enjoyed them. They just have begun to work in their journals. --Joe Walker Mrs. Reedham was the supply teacher for Mrs. Martin recently. Meanwhile the students have been learning some Christmas songs and writing letters to Tammy Adams. Tammy was in Grade 3, but recently moved to Teeswater. In their letters they have been learning to write with more control and form. —Kira'Stuckey John says he wants a coloring book for Christmas. Andrea says she really likes the snow a lot. Andrew wants a small tractor for Christ- mas. Byron said he wants a tractor for Christmas too. —Carolynn Netterfield Mr. Morton was back to work, but he didn't get •started on the right foot and now he is back in the hospital. Mrs. Cull is back working at the libary while Mr. Morton is absent. She says she is getting great numbers of students helping in the library since she has been here. From all the students at the Wingham Public School, we hope Mr. Morton gets well very soon.. —Caroiynne Netterfield Mr. Whiteley's class had their Aztec dinner last Wednesday. They ground corn for their tortillas and tasted several, ,Central American fruits. The students made helmuts and shields to fit the occasion and were really happy about it. Mr. Whiteley and his class say thank you to Mrs. Sham Bodasing, Mrs. Lynne Marr, Mrs. Jan Heinmiller, Mrs. Arlene Schaller, Mrs. Elva Trapp, Mrs. Dilys Chapman and Mrs. Joanne Harrison for helping with the delicious meal. —Rose Good Mr. Lisle's Grade 8 class has been learning that in most people, the left side of the brain is more dominant than the right. We were taught that our right side is important for art. We all drew silhouettes of both sides of the face. All of us were taught to think lines, not shapes and it turned out very well. Recently we drew a figure upside down. We are doing these various things to try and silence the left side of the brain. Wroxeter Personals Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Marks, of Blyth and Mr. and Mrs. Murray Marks and family of Belgrave visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Marks. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Musgrove visited Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Gladys Ellis, at St. Thomas. Shelley, and Kim Statia, Grade 11 and 12 students at the F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham, are participating in the window painting program for Christmas and are painting a nativity scene at the Wroxeter Post Office. They also are painting a Santa and a snowman. Mrs. Leila Sanderson accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Wally Nixon of Fordwich to Kitchener where they spent the weekend with their son, Norman Nixon, and his family. Mrs. .Dalton Dickison, Wroxeter north, and her sister, Mrs. Larry TOM of Kitchener, were ostesses for a bridal shower for bride- to-be Karen Foxton held Sunday at the home of Mrs. Pat Campbell •in Wroxeter. Mrs, Dickison, the groom's mother, and Mrs. Timm greeted the 16.guests as they arrived. A couple of games were played before Miss Foxton opened her gifts, assisted by her sisters Cathy (Mrs. Dan Dickison of Gorrie) and Trudy of Wingham. Trudy Foxton made a garland of bows which was very pretty and lunch followed. Those at- tending were Mrs. Bruce Foxton, mother of the bride - to -he, as well as others from Wingham, Gorrie, Fordwich, Wroxeter, London, Kincar- dine, Kitchener, Walkerton, Mildmay and Teeswater. Euchre party, Eleven tables were in play at last Tuesday evening's euchre party held at Sacred Heart Church in Wingham. Margaret Leddy was the high lady, Mary McGlynn (playing as a man) was the high man, Vera Murray was low lady and Lorne Jamieson was low man, Sybil Straker won the door prizes and the conveners were Nancy McKeon and .Jean McDonald. BLITHE SPIRIT, a comedy by Noel Coward, will be presented this Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at the town hall by the Wingham Towne Players. A dress rehearsal was held Monday evening at which Cathy Walters "made up" Dianne Thynne for her role as Madame Arcati, the medium at the seance. The curtain time each evening is 8 o'clock. Whitechurch Personals The After -Four Class met at the manse where they were served refreshments by Mrs. Lamb. The six in attendance heard the•story, "The Hardest Word To Say", and. learned the new song, "The Christmas Candy Calendar". Each child made a snowman out of yarn. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gaunt of Lucan and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Elliott, Jacqueline and Callida of London, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. John Gaunt. On Sunday at Chalmers Presbyterian Church, Jacklin Amanda,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Falconer, and Stewart David, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Moffat, were christened. Rev. William Henderson of Lucknow performed the christening. Miss Karen Beecroft of Kitchener spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Beecroft. • Mrs. Gertrude Tiffin visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Clark Johnston, Belgrave. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Emersbn and Brenda of St. Catharines spent the weekend with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Emerson, and on Sunday visited with Mr. and Mrs. Angus MacDonald, St. Helens. Mr. and Mrs. • E. W. Beecroft attended the funeral of Mrs, Gordon Hall on Monday. Mrs. Hall was a E' MRS. WILLIAM SOTHERN sister of Mrs. Beecroft's mother. Attending a dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Falconer, following the christening of their daughter Jacklin, were Mr: and Mrs. Lloyd Montgomery, grand- parents from Wingham, Mrs. Robert Mowbray, great-grandmother, grand- parents Mr. and Mrs'. Angus Falconer, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Falconer, Tony, Tim and Amy, grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Archie Purdon, Kathy Purdon of Willowdal'e';' Kendra •Purdon of Kitchener' and Mrs, Webster Jack'lirt;, the baby's great-grandt'noth'. er, of Brookhaven Nursing Home. Mr, and Mrs. Raymond Des Roches of London visited on the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mc Clenaghan and on Saturday evening all visited with Mr. and Mrs. Herb Clark. On Friday Mrs. Agnes Henderson and son Jim of London visited with Mr, and Mrs. Wesley Tiffin. Mrs. Janet Hall of Wingham was a visitor at the same home. ' Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mc- Millan of Sarnia and Mrs.. George Tiffin also visited recently at the Tiffin home. On Saturday evening Joyce Tiffin, Mr. and Mrs.... Bevin Tiffin and Mr. and •.. Mrs. Doug Tiffin held a party at the home of their parents, Mr•. • and Mrs. Dan Tiffin, 'to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Also present Notes from Fordwich The sympathy of the community goes to Frank Gibson and family in the sudden death of his wife Shirley as the result of a car accident last Friday evening west of Kitchener. Mr. Gibson was a former resident of the area and now resides in Cambridge. Sunday guests with Mrs. •Marian Kirby were Mrs. May Noke and son James of Mississauga, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Browne of Gorrie, Mr. and Mrs. Hector Browne and Mrs. Florence Wilson. The sympathy of the community goes to Mr, and Mrs. Les Halliday in the death of her sister, Mrs. Ken Graham, on Md'nday. Mr. and Mrs. John Lep- pington and family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl D'Arcey and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D'Arcey and family and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Campbell and family of Kitchener were guests last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lep- pington Sr. in Gorrie to mark the occasion of the senior Leppingtons' 45th wedding anniversary. Jamie Baker of Waterloo spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Baker. Mr, and Mrs. Reg Wright anal Tim of Oakville were Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Armstrong spent one day last week in Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Sim- mons visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hamby in Ingersoll. Friends of Arnold Doig will be sorry to hear he is con- fined to hospital in Guelph. Mrs. Roy Simmons spent several days last week with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Wildfang of Mississauga. The sympathy of friends in the area is extended to Elva and Ethna Foster and Jim Foster in the death of their brother-in-law, Peden Connell, who passed away last Saturday in Palmerston hospital. A number from here paid their respects Sunday at the Hardy -Lee Funeral Home in Harriston. Funeral services were held Monday from the Palmer- ston United Church. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Armstrong visited Sunday with Art Mitchell in Port Elgin. Friends here will be pleased to know that Mrs. Mitchell returned home last week from hospital. 1 were Mr. and Mrs. Don Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Currie, Mr. and Mrs. Bob McComb. On Saturday afternoon Miss Joyce Tiffin and her mother, Mrs. Dan Tiffin, visited with Mrs. Cora Yeo of,,, Southampton. On Sunday the, Tiffin family entertained their parents to dinner, in recognition of their 40th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tiffin visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jamieson, Goderich. ,'The Division Line is being widened from Highway 86 to Auburn. At present people along the line are . busy cutting down trees for firevlVood. -• Mr. and Mrs. Joe Corey of Clinton visited Sunday with Mrs. Gary Rintoul, Kevin and Corey Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon •Rintoul visited with Mrs. Hazel Purdon in a Lucknow nursing home on Sunday. On Saturday evening a banquet was held in the Whitechurch hall. by Calvinette Counsellors. Calvinettes is a club for girls in which they do badges, Bible lessons, crafts and service projects. The counsellors a d their husbands enjoyeOa delicious meal catered by the Ladies' ,..Auxiliary of the Lucknow Christian School. Gospel music was provided by Latter Reign, a singing group from the Mildmay area. PTA chooses new executive The Parent-Teacher Association of Sacred Heart School in Wingham met last Monday evening at 8 p.m. The new •executive members are: president, Sharon Skinn; vice president, Keith Carson;' treasurer, Gwen McInnes; and secretary, Donna Skinn. Motions were passed to buy a printer for the school computer and basketballs for the gym. The next meeting will be Dec. 17 at 8:30 p.m. in the school library. V. Machan graduates BRUSSELS — Vicki Ma- chan recently graduated with honors from the secre- tarial course at Lougheed College in Kitchener. The graduation exercises took place in the Grand Ball Room 'at Bingeman Park. Miss Machan presently is employed in Waterloo. Those attending the graduation / were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Machan of RR 5, Brussels, and Bill Brophy of Wingham. Corrie WI meeting begins with dessert and coffee GORRIE — Mrs. Alvin Grainger opened her home to fellow members of the Corrie Women's Institute for the November meeting. Before the meeting began, Mrs. Grainger served dessert and coffee, assisted by Mrs. Alex Taylor. President Mrs. Cecil Wilson brought the meeting to order with the singing of the Ode and repeating of the Mary Stewart Collect. She thanked Mrs. Grainger and Mrs. Taylor and roll call was answered by the members telling about their mothers' hobbies. Pennies' for Friendship were collected and secretary Mrs. James Gray read the minutes off the September and October meetings. Letters from the Town and Country Homemakers and the Wingham Day Centre for the Homebound were passed around the group and it was decided to donate $25 to each Local actors to stage a comedy this week The Wingham Towne Players will be presenting *their major dramatic production of the year this Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings when they stage Noel Coward's "improbable farce" entitled "Blithe Spirit". The play is quite an am- bitious undertaking, said Judy Booth of Wingham, because it involves a total of seven scenes. The troupe has been busy since September in rehearsals, building sets and making sure everything will be perfect when. the curtain goes up this Thurs- day night at 8. "Blithe Spirit" revolves around author Charles Condamaine (played by Dale Edgar) and his wife Ruth (Linda Young). Charles is Kinsmen elim. draw winners BELGRAVE — Early bird winners in the Belgrave Kinsmen elimination draw were: October 1st, Glen Coultes, $100; October 15, Don Shiell, $50. Ticket drawn first, Murray Scott, $400; 10th, John Stcah, $25; 25th, Herb Kenyon, $25; 50th, scott Stevenson, $50; 75th, Mary Lou Cameron, $50; 99th, Keith Black, $50; 100th, Bruce McCall, $75; 125th, Frank Procter, $75; 150th, Jack Taylor, $100; 175th, Barry Reid, $100; 200th, Doug Shiell, $100; 229th, Mr., and Mrs. 1BilI Craig, $200; 230th, Pete Exel, $1,000. The Kinsmen club would like to thank everyone who. bought tickets and congratu- late the winners. Still owe $53,274 on headquarters It may take a little longer than expected to pay for the Maitland Valley Conserva- tion Authority's headquart- ers addition in Wroxeter. At the authority's fall meeting general manager Bryan Howard presented the final figures on the construc- tion project carried out last winter. The federal and provincial governments, through em- ployment projects, con- tributed $260,195 and the authority fs to pay $143,798. The authority paid $60,524 in 1983 and projected paying $30,000 in 1984. This leaves a balance of $53,274. Authority chairman Dave Gower of Goderich said it is• hoped the debt will be retired in 1985, but it may have to be carried over to 1986. Correction An error was made in reporting the amount of the consolation prizes in the Wingham, Kinsmen Grey Cup Draw last week. The' prizes were $50 each, not $150 as reported. looking for a topic for his next book so he decides to hold a seance, only he conjures up a lot more than he bargained for. Other local Thespians who will be appearing onstage are Ian Deslauriers, Pam .Williams, Dianne Thynne, Louise Yocco and Lissa Biskupski. The Olay , offers laughs, twists of fate and even, chilling moments, so plan to come out to the town hall for "Blithe Spirit" this weekend. Curtain times at are 8 each evening, organization. Plans were made to cater for the Howick Community Centre Board Christmas party on December 1 at the Howick Community Centre. Mrs. Wilson gave a report of the area convention and noted that 1985 has been cabled the Yerr of Youth. Two Institutes have folded, Wroxeter for lack of membership and Drew for lack of young members. The president presented a questionnaire pertaining to a survey conducted by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, which she answered according to the wishes of the members. There is an essay com- petition for children 12 to 14 years of age, on the themes, "Water for a Thirsty World" or "My Dream of Peace". Essays are to be forwarded to Mrs. Wilson at Fordwich by January 5. The Christmas meeting, in the' form of a pot luck dinner, will be heldhat the home of Mrs. Glenn Johnston on December 19 at 12:30. Everyone is to bring one dozen cookies, with recipes, for a cookie exchange, also each member is to bring a small $2.00 gift for an ex- change. Mrs. J. Leppington hosts Guild meeting GORRIE — Mrs. John Leppington was a gracious hostess for the meeting of St. Stephen's Anglican Church Women's Guild which was held recently. President Mrs. Jasper Farrish opened the meeting with the Lord's Prayer, and Mrs. Peter Browne was in charge of devotions. She read passages of scripture and a prayer from the Study Guide. Roll call was answered by 20 members and two visitors. November 29 is the date for the next roast beef lun- cheon. The Guild will cater for the senior citizens' luncheon December 11 at 12 noon. Decefnber 1 was set as the date for the choir and Sunday School'bake.sal'e and` tea. . Elections were held for new officers. "Mrs. Jasper Farrish and Mrs. Clayton Ruppell were returned as president and treasurer respectively. Mrs. Marvin Bosetti replaces Mrs. Gerald Koebel as secretary. Rev. H. Jennings closed this portion of the meeting with words from the coni- amunion service and Grace. Mrs. Hugh Jarvis was in charge of the program and introduced Isabel Hislop who demonstrated the making of ribbon bows and roses. Luncheon was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Violet Underwood. The next meeting ' will be, held December 12 at 7 p.m. • at the home ohMrs. William Bennett. i NOTICE to the Taxpayers of Morris Township The second installment of 1984 taxes is due Friday, November 30, 1984 Nancy Michie, Clerk -Treasurer Filter' Queen "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" 482-7103 The Teeswater Ex -Tog CLOSES SATURDAY, DEC. 8th for the fall season Money and unsold items may be picked up ONLY on Tues., Dec. 11th from 2-5 and 7-9 and Wed., Dec. 12 from 2-4 Unclaimed articles become the property of Coronation Rebekah Lodge and will be sold at the Rummage Sale on: Thursday, December 13th from 10-5 HOME HEAT SERVICE Furnace Oil • Stove Oil •Kerosene " AUTOMATIC DELIVERY SERVICE * RADIO DISPATCHED TRUCKS, * BURNER SERVICE "GUARANTEED TO KEEP YOU WARM" Lucknow District Co-op L UCK NO W 529-7953 BURNER SERVICE - CLIFF MANN 528-3913 DOUG TIFFIN Petroleum Manager 357.3608