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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-12-19, Page 11Page 10 --The Wingham Advance -Times. Dec 19, 1984_ R. W. Bell OPTOMETRIST Goderich The Square 524-7661 Wroxefer We are pieasea to report that Mrs. Clarence Clement returned home last weekend from the Wingliam and District Hospital and we are hoping for her improved health. Do we wish you good cheer and happy Christmas days ahead? You hit the nail right on the head! BRUCE MACHAN ° HARDWARE • 'i ,•••••- /19 f_ ,11 In the true spirit of Yuletide, w wish _ c�htlfic�cx1wi11� nd abiding friendship. We are so proud to have served you. John Pennington's. Oil • Burner Service Phone 887-9233 Brussels Special symols are used in seasonal worship service FORDWICH - A delicious Christmas dinner preceded the December meeting of the evening unit of the United Church Women, held in the centre.,As a result of its par - church parlor. The 21 members who'ticipation in Zehr's Save -A - Mrs. Dave Lockie and answered the roll call, "My Tape program, the unit has Mrs. Murray Donaldson irhildhood memory of received a sum of money to conducted a seasonal wor- Christmas", seemed to best be used to purchase a ser - ship service which featured remember going to Grand- ving cart for the church carols. Each symbol, after it followed by a gift exchange, was displayed, was arranged when the names of last in an illuminated bowl to year's secret pals were form a beautiful worship revealed. symbols. Over the years, Christians have adopted meaningful symbols that remind them of the birth of Jesus, His life on earth and His death and resurrection. To make some of these more vivid, the leaders, assisted by several members, presented an arrangement of scripture readings and Institute holds special dinner BELGRAVE — Institute members and their guests enjoyed a dinner at the Wingham Golf Club last Monday evening. Following the dinner, Ross Procter spoke and showed slides of his trip to France in May. He also showed slides of the presentation of Mrs. Doris Bushell's quilt to Queen Elizabeth at Am- herstview near Kingston. Conveners of the meeting were Mrs. Clarence Hanna and Mrs. Stanley Black. Wextend our thanks to those we'm. been privileged to serve. Have a heart warming holiday! BOB FOXTON FUELS' LTD - 357 -2664 Bruce Foxton, Raymond Hogg • Bob & Marlene Foxton ,s _ '�ii c 'N444401/4��1tY Isfroo{1�Rja e an't conceal our hearty wishes a second longer for a holiday wrapped in Joy and Love! ;fix>:•r.,•:::��••s• .. TOLTON MOTOR SALES Bluevale MRS. WILLIAM SOTHERN Fordwich ma's for a family Christmas. An entertaining Christmas program, co-ordinated by Mrs. Mel Penney and Mrs. Garfield Gibson, was kitchen. The January meeting of the unit will be held at the home of Mrs. C. Wilson on January 9. High school �fuden tells of Quebe&v&t Lions romp over Goderich The Wingham Lions Midgets hosted Goderich on Thursday and battered the Sailors 11-3. Before the buzzer sounded to end the first period Wingham had built up a 5-0 lead on goals by Jamie Robinson, Paul Tolton, Dave Wheeler and two by Billy "Bulls -eye" Cameron. In the second period Wingham and Goderich traded goals, Horton and Fowler scoring for the Sailors and Fryfogle.and Walden for the local team. Goderich opened the sc !ring in the' third with a al by Ducan before Ingham went to work again, scoring four times with goals going to Goodall, Cameron, Houghton and Tolton. COACH'S CORNER — Watch out for the line of Wheeler, Cameron and Fryfogle, which had an 11 - point night. The next home game is Dec. 20 against Seaforth at 7:30 p.m. LIONS DOWN MITCHELL The Lions Midgets traveled to Mitchell }ast. Monday and scored a con- vincing 7-2 victory. Wingham led 1-0 after the first on a goal by Wheeler. In the second, Wingham scored four more, two by Goodall and singles by Cameron and Haines, to build up a 5-0 lead before Guy of Mitchell dented the twine to end the period, The Lions scored,two more Your Fordwich correspon- dent would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Friends of Louise Mat- thews will be sorry to hear she is presently a patient in the Listowel hospital. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Tim Gibson who were married last Friday night at the Fordwich United Church. A .Christmas Eve can- dlelight service will -be held at •St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Gorrie, Monday evening at 8:30. Trinity Church, Fordwich, will join them for the service and a Christmas Day service will be held Tuesday at 9;45 a.m. Mrs. Wally Nixon spent last Saturday in Toronto. Sunday guests with Mrs. Florence Wilson were Rick and Susan Goatbe and their two -children of Newbury. Murray and Teresa Wilson .and family, Joan Dunbar, Tim and Tierney of Toronto, also visited at the same home Friends of Elmer William- son will be sorry to hear he has been a patient in the Palmerston hospital for 'sev 'eral days. We wish him a speedy return to his home. 1` + • • • • • • • •t FORDWICH — Debbie Coghlin of Fordwich was a special guest when the members of the Women's Institute met recently. She spoke off her exchange visit to Quebec for three months last winter. She stayed with a family of five and attended a large high school with an enrolment of 5,000. She enjoyed it and would like to go again. Her photo album and souvenirs were there for' the members to see. Debbie will be travelling to Germany, Paris and Luxemburg with her school choir and looks forward to that trip. She was thanked for her interesting talk. The meeting opened with the Ode and Mary Stewart Collect. Mrs. L. Ruttan Conducted devotions and as a roll call, each member told of a Christmas tradition in her family. The motto, "The secret of happiness is not doing what you like to do but rather i ay you be Blessed with the true Spirit of Christmas. Thanks for your faith. liking what you have to do", was ably taken by Mrs. R. Agla. She told of the role of the farmer's wife who might have to cope with machine repairs, driving machinery and running for parts. She can't be afraid df bugs, snakes, wild cows or bulls. She must be strong enough to fix ffences and jump over them. She must be able to talk to bank managers, machinery dealers and feed dealers and she must be a bookkeeper. And she must be able. to make excuses. after she has neglected housework and visitors. call when the kitchen is a mess. 'Mrs. S. Clarkson con- ducted a memorial service for a former active member, Mrs. C. Sotheran. Mrs. Agla conducted a trivia quiz on Christmas and final plans were made to visit the Fordwich Village Nursing Home on' Friday. The meeting closed and lunch was served by the hostesses. Carol -singing is enjoyed prior to Christmas dinner was read, dealing with one's Christian faith. The program continued with readings- and carols and Mrs. Bilton read, "What Makes a Christ- mas?", followed by the story of the first Christmas from scripture. A meditation on "Silent Night" followed,, :Stressing that regardless of what one fears today, Christians must always remember Christ's words, "Fear not, for I am with. you". The offering and White Gifts were received, to go to Children's Aid for use at Christmas. Mrs. S. Clarkson and Mrs. G. Richards showed slides of England and Scotland which they visited last summer, also a few of local- fairs and the surrounding countryside. Rev. Cy Marzec wished everyone a Merry Christmas and closed the meeting with prayer. FORDWICH — The af- ternoon unit of the United Church Women met Thur- sday for a Christmas meeting and • dinner. The church was beautiful with Christmas decorations and all sat down to ai turkey dinner after being e tertained by a group"of ladies and men singing favorite carols. IIiss Minnie McElwain welcomed everyone and conducted the business. She announced that the evening unit challenged the af- ternoon unit to saye pennies for a church project and whichever group had the most would give the other group a dinner. The af4 jernoon ladies accepted the /challenge. Twenty-eight members answered the roll call with a -Christmas verse. Mrs. C. 1Vlarzec and Mrs. Wallace Bilton had charge of the program. A poem, "Are You Ready for Christmas?", ASKES BROS. CONST. LTD. Bert, Jenny, Marie & Kathryn Youngs celebrate 45th anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Young celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary last Sunday. The' Youngs farmed at Langside until Mr. Young retired in 1976. Mrs. Young retired from the Hillcrest Nursing Home last year. • Mr. Young enjoys his hobby of making wooden shelves and cedar hope chests. He also is a volunteer at the Wingham Day Centre for the Homebound. Mrs. Young enjoys quilting and crocheting and bowling and many other activities. They both are members of Knox Presbyterian Church, Lucknow. The Youngs have three children: Robert and his wife Barbara of RR 4, Chesley; George of Clinton; and Audrey, Mrs. Eugene Gardner of Lucknow. They also have nine grand- children. Mr. and Mrs. Young celebrated with their family and friends at their Lucknow home on Dec. 8. Happy Gang holds Christmas dinner The Wingham Seniors Happy Gang held its annual Christmas dinner last Fri- day evening at the Salvation Army. Approximately 54 members and their guests sat down to the usual excel- lent dinner. The group adjourned to the main sanctuary for 'the program. The president, Mrs. Jean McGuire, offered a short poem. The minutes off the last meeting, treasurer's report and roll call were given. As in other years, the third Thursday of each month has been reserved for the Happy Gang Fun Night and it was agreed to hold a dance on the evening of Jan. 17. Watch for further notice. Rena Fisher had charge of the program and everyone in the third, .Tolton and Cameron, to go ahead 7-1 before Rauser scored to make the final 7-2. COACH'S CORNER—This game was a really good effort. It was nice to see Paul Tolton back. I r It's a lovely time to express our wishes of thanks and friendship. It's been our pleasure to serve yorr all! MerryChristmas J/ from the management & staff of George of Brussels Inc. 320 Josephine St. 357-1 932 Kinsmen Bantams eke out 8-7 win The Wingham Kinsmen Bantams met Teeswater last Tuesday evening and managed to eke out an 8-7 win in exhibition play. In the first period Corey McKee scored twice for Wingham on plays assisted '4-' by Brett Martin and Bill Kinahan: Paul Brophy scored , from Jason Ducharme and Rick Leach- man before Teeswater's Sandy Anderson scored from Tom McDonald. In the second period Wingham's McKee scored. from Kinahah and Martin also scored, assisted by McKee. Teeswater's Bevin Flett had two unassisted goals and Trevor Bell scored for. the Teeswater squad, assisted by Jeff •McClory. McKee scored twice for Wingham in the third and Kinahan racked :up.a single. Makin, McKee and Kinahan all had assists. Teeswater scored three more goals in the third to end the game at b-7: Wingham 10, Mitchell 2 The Kinsmen Bantams traveled to Mitchell last Monday evening. Brophy led • the night's attack with four goals and two assists. Martin had two goals, McKee had one and four assists, while Ducharme, Joe Walker and Jason Coultes all notched goals in the winning effort for Wingham. Heinmiller, Coultes, Leachman and Kinahan picked up the assists. The team will take part in the Kincardine Christmas Tournament over the holidays. To the team, the coaches and loyal fans: a Merry Christmas. sang "0 Little Town of Bethlehem" and "Joy to the World" to open the program. Verena Bone gave two readings. "The Plight Before Christmas" and "Miss Dorothy Entertains the Minister". Gord's Olde Tyme Music played several appropriate, selections before Mrs. Andrew Gaunt read "The Christmas Story". Several carols were sung and Mrs. Jean Aitchison gave a reading, "Now It Can Be Said•". Mrs. McGuire sang a solo. Jean Rintoul and George Taylor performed a skit and Mrs. Fisher gave a reading entitled "Going Home for Christmas" before Gord's Olde Tyme Music en- tertained once more. May the excitement of Christmas. bring you a world of smiles as we. thank you for the kindness you've shown us this past year! 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