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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-06-19, Page 10Page 10—The Wingham Advance -Times, June 19, -;Dundas orlst Is guest speaker at UCW meeting The United Church Women of Wingham United Church preceded their June meeting with dessert and coffee on Monday evening off last week. Mrs. Stan Orien in- troduced the speaker, Miss Martha Veldhuis of the Dundas Greenhouses. Surrounded by her colorful plants, she provided in- formation on various plants, using scripture references and quotations. Everyone enjoyed her talk. Mrs. Stewart Leedham, UCW president, welcomed all present. Ladies from neighboring churches joined the UCW members. Mrs. Sinclair Wardrop led a singsong, with Mrs. Ernie Walker at the piano. Andrea Grant favored the group with piano solos and Mrs. Jim Ritter sang two numbers. A -worship service closed the meeting. Those taking part were Mrs. Murray Taylor, Mrs. Art "Laidlaw, Mrs. Bill Hanula and Mrs. Ernie Walker. Communion held at St. Andrew's The Sacrament of Holy Communion was observed Sunday at St. Andrew's, Presbyterian Church in Wingham. Rev. Paul Mills officiated and was assisted by Jack Whytock of Whitechurch, a student at Regent College in Van- couver, who will assist in the ministry at St. Andrew's for the summer months. Mr. Whytock played a violin s0'lo, "Bless This House", accompanied by Mrs. Julia Mills on' the piano. Since it was Father's. Day, Mr. Mills paid tribute to fathers: Speaking af- fectionately about his own father, he said it is a won- derful thing to have a good father. The choir sang the anthem "All Creatures of God and King". "A song for the sick and sinful" was the subject Mr. Mills chose for his sermon, giinghope to those who are haunted by failure and sin: "Forget not all His benefits for He forgives all your sins," he quoted. After the sermon, the Sacrament . of the Lord's Supper was conducted. Mr. Mills thanked all those who helped make the spring luncheon .last Friday a success. Slides shown of trip to Haiti Eleven members and two visitors heard Mrs. Jim Hunter of Belgrave when she was the guest speaker at the "World Affairs" meeting of the Lakelet Women's In- stitute held at the home of Mrs. Earlicavelman on June 6. She spoke- about farming and showed slides of her tour of Haiti. The meeting was opened by the president, Mrs. Lyle Murray. Devotions were read by Mrs. Derril Hall- man. • Mrs. Jake Versteeg will present the WI pen set to the most improved student in the special education class at Howick Central School. Mrs. Earl Kavelman re- ported on the 4-.H Club. The motto "Travel broad- ens the mind was written by Mrs. Harry Judge and read by Mrs. Emmerson Fergus -on. Mrs. Don Juno gave a report of the district annual. It will be held in Gorrie next year. The next meeting in August will be held at the home of Mrs. Lyle Murray. Debbie Coghlin will be . the speaker. It will be a youth meeting and young people able invited. Looking for a Wedding Gift - findit at KITCHEN AND BATH BOUTIQUE Open Mon Fri 8-5 30 Saturday 8.4 Located at Hodgins Lumber. north end of Wingham 357-3659 11 Ethiopian visitor at meeting Canadians are lucky they live in a democracy, Huron County Council was told re- cently by Soloman Silassie. Mr. Silassie, a blind Ethiopian who came to North America to study through. the Christian Blind aiI MK jNMrte•ariv/ Ia`i`lo1! l VI / a11l`AI•'T'liril1s II ;At WI* Ws fl VIP 1 egi 1 alt•Vidralli =A: • II I ` Nig .r• i,. L IIII :T1061- a .r. • •rely :r I 11 1 11 I •• �� ! Mission, is a graduate of Columbia University in New York. hle said he is impressed with the amount of democracy in Canada. "There is a tremendous amount of debate,"te said. He noted he has heard bit- ter debates at the national level on television and was amazed at the smoothness of the debates within county council. "It's what the world needs, this kind of democracy," he said. Mr. Silassie and his wife are holidaying at the home of Warden Paul Steckle and his wife, Kathy of RR 2, Zurich. Mrs. Steckle's sister and brother-in-law are involved in the Christian Blind Mis- sion. It was through this con- nection that the Silassie's decided to take a holiday in Canada. "It's the first time di my memory that someone from that far abroad has address- od these chambers," Warden Steckle commented. WINGHAM 357-2320 UCW SPEAKER—Martha Veldhuis, a greenhouse owner from Dundas, addressed the June meeting of the Wingham United Church Women. Miss Veldhuis spoke about the care and nurturing of plants, using scripture references and quotations from the Bible. MRS. LEWIS STONEHOUSE Belgrave Personal Notes (Intended for last week) Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grasby spent the weekend in Ilderton. On Saturday even- ing they were entertained by their family, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Leitch and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston and family on the occasion of their 40th wedding anniver- -sary at the_Great West Beef Restaurant in London. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Gary Leitch hosted a surprise smorgasbord dinner at their home for relatives and friends from Ilderton, Brus- sels, Belgrave, Thorndale and London, Don Vincent of Riverview, New Brunswick, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vin- cent. The, Family and Consumer Affairs meeting of -thea WI will be held in the hall on June 18 at 8:15 with the speaker being the home economist, Mary Anne Yaromich, and as special guests the 4-H leaders and girls and Denise Nethery, the Huron County Dairy Pri.nc.es.s.,..L uoch..will..be.s exv-,.. ed by Mrs, Ross Higgins'and Mrs. Evelyn James. Knox Presbyterian Church congregation held a pot luck supper on Sunday evening at the home of Mr, and' Mrs'. Hebo Sierstema. Special guests were the Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth Innes, Troy and Ryan of Winnipeg, Man- itoba, formerly of Belgrave and Brussels. Mr. and Mrs. Les Vincent spent Sunday) afternoon at the home of their daughter, and son-in-law, Mr, and Mrs" Doug Mitchell of Hanover, in honor of their 45th wedding anniversary. Also attending were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Vincent, Alex, Stuart and Carrie Anne of Milton, Paul Vincent' and Laura Jones of Oakville, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Taff of London, David Taff and friend of Oshawa, Don- ald Taff and friend of London and Mr. and Mrs. Doug Taff of St. Thomas. Congratulations to Mrs. Neil Vincent Who received her Bachelor of Soienc'e4 degree in agriculture from the University of Guelph, at the convocation exercises • held on Friday at the univer- sity. Joan was presented with the Roy Jewell Award in Agricultural Communica- tions at the awards banquet held in the University Centre at noon on Friday. Those at- tending the convocation ex- ercises were Neil Vincent, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Os- borne, Joyce, Sheila and Kevin Osborne and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vincent. Fol- lowing the reception at the university a family dinner was held at the Bavarian Inn in,Joan's honor. Help Mary help her dad HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE has no known cure . . . yet! HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE is a hereditary brain disease HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE affects both men and women . HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE causes slow mental and physical deterioration and eventual death . HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE usually strikes in mid-life often after children, like MARY have been born. This is Mary's story. She faces a 50 chance of inheriting HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE from her Dad. Please help Ralph Walker and The Huntington Society help Mary and her Dad. HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE - MAKE IT YOUR CAUSE Original letter on file in Huntington Society national office. Send Donations to: Ralph Walker, Executive Director t . r `I ° itw' Box 333, Cambridge, Ont. 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