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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-05-24, Page 8Page 04-, TheAW$08bAra Sji ROSS $74459 itgit p 0.t! 21, . • 4.; Mrs. day, May 17, at the Ripley United Gordon WaR,Stral Russell S. Church. The theme was "Waste Not, Mrs. Eight jebnOtont rs. Want Not". Those attending from Currie andlIfts-, nd the Whitechurch area were Merle McGuire was Mit- Mr. Wilson, Mrs. Rena Fisher, Mrs. president for theDigtrick t Wingham woman•nanied fil;1,, president of Bruce South Sunday visitors with Mr. and Eniest Beecroft were Mr. and Mr Brenden Jardine and family, M Archie Hertel, Karen Beecroft a Greg Dwyer, all of Kitchener; -and Mrs. Robert Sinnamon of chell; Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Beecrof Exeter; Glen and Ken Shmamon Wingham. On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Ronald Beecroft of Wingha hosted a shower at her home Karen which all the ladies attended Mr. and Mrs. Angus Falconer an Mrs. Wes Tiffin visited with Mr. a Mrs. Hector Purdon at Strathroy the weekend, Mrs, Agnes Henderson and Jam of London visited recently with Mrs Wes Tiffin. Mrs. Ann Oberholtzer of Waterl visited Sunday with her moths Mrs. Norma Rintoul, Mrs. Rinto visited a few days last week with Mr and Mrs. Gordon Campbell an Heather of Richmond Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Purdon visite last week with Dr. and Mrs. E Carey of Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Donnelly an family of Etobicoke were visite with Mr, and Mrs. Wallace Milliga last week. Mr. and Mrs, Ala Falconer, Timmy and Amy o Goderich visited Saturday with M and Mrs. Milligan. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Simpson visi ed recently with Mr. and Mrs. Mar Sahli and family, Windsor, Mildred McClenaghan and John McKinnon joined Mr. and Mrs. Ted McClenaghan of Kitchener on Monday - and took the J. M Schneider bus trip to Niagara Falls, Niagara -on -the -Lake, the gardens and the winery. The employees of the winery, they werelold, never are laid Off in the slack season. They keep the same staff year round. The Bruce South Women's Insti- tute District Annual was held Tues - A Wingham woman, Mrs, Russell McGuire, was named president of nt: Bruce South District of Women's aL Institutes at the annual meeting of the District on May 17. Ripley WI es hosted the event in Ripley United Church. Mrs. McGuire succeeds' Mrs. r'43 William Machines of Teeswater. r, Other officers are: first vice- ul president, Mrs. Charles Murray, RR d. 1, Holyrood; second vice-president, Mrs. James Convey, RR 2, Tiver- _, ton; secretary -treasurer, Mrs. Cecil u Humphrey, RR 1, Ripley; assistant, d Mrs, Don MacAdam, RR 2, Wingham; program co-ordinator, d Mrs. Perrin Lowry, RR 1, Kin- rs cardine; public relations officer, n Mrs. George Harkness, RR 4, n Kincardine; curator, Mrs. Alvin f Thompson, RR 2, Kincardine; r. tartan, Mrs. John Bushell, RR 2, Kincardine; assistant, M.S. Charles t- MurrayRR 1 yroo c resolutions, Mrs. Stan Hays, RR 1, Wroxeter; museum, Mrs. Howard Harrison, RR 2, Ripley; scholarshiet, Mrs. Gordon Wall, Wingham; alternate, Mrs. Morley Scott, RR 3, Ripley; trust fund Mrs Conva - y ° Mrs. Mac Innes opened the meeting and devotions were led by Mrs. Reid of Reid's Co • Mrs. Tiffin hosts meeting of WMS Whitechurch — Chalmers Women's Missionary Society held its meeting on Wednesday, May 18, at the home of Mrs. Wes Tiffin, with 11 answering the roll call. Mrs. Hugh Simpson and Mrs. William Purdon were leaders. The aim and purpose of the WMS was repeated by all and call to worship given by Mrs. Simpson. Mrs. Purdon read Psalm 113 and gave the meditation, "A Woman's Rights". Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Milligan gave readings. Roll call was answered by each member naming a mother of the Bible and Mrs. Simpson spoke about "Mothers". The minutes were read by Mrs. Neilson. It was announced that a cleaning bee will be held at the church on Wednesday, May 25, beginning at 9 _a.m. Hymns were sung and the meeting closed with prayer. The Ladies' Aid meeting followed, ' with discussion on the souvenirs for the 125th anniversary of the church next year. Mrs. Simpson closed with prayer, Grace was sung and Mrs. s Tiffin served refreshments. Mrs. Norma Rintoul thanked the leaders of the Meeting and expressed grati- v tude to Mrs. Tiffin for her w hospitality. fu rners Board director, Mrs. Ivan Thom ratified the District directors. M Cecil Humphrey read the 19 minutes, followed by the treasurer report. Mrs. Russell Whitby of Luckn gave a good report of Juni Women's Institutes; it appears Juniors are quite active Ente tainment by Kincardine WI w given by Mrs. Arno Kelly who san lovely solos, accompanied by Mr Elmer Bradley at the piano. The FWIO report was given . • , election of officers was conducted by Mrs. Ivan Thomas, Kinloss student wins scholarship The Bruce County Ontario Wo men's Institute. Scholarship for 19 has been awarded to Miss Terri Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Robert G. Johnson of Kinloss. Terri has been involved in 4-H Clubs for eight years and has completed 15 projects. She has received her County and Provincial Awards. During her 4-H work, she has participated in all activities and completed one Youth Leadership Course. She has been helpful with younger members and has been a willing volunteer. Terri is presently a student in Grade 13 at Kincardine District Secondary School where she is an honor student, tutors in many subjects, belongs to soccer and basketball teams, dance club and was a Rotary exchange student. She is also active in her community, helping at community suppers and - fund-raisers, speaking to groups an teaching Sunday School. She is lifeguard and a swimming in a WI. structor at the Davidson Centre for aS, Kincardine District; worked in the rs. ,„ summer on two Indian reserves and 8,1 hasalsoworked with the mentally s handicapped. Terri plans to attend university in Ow September. The scholarship cheque the presented to her on May 17 at Bruce r- South District Annual meeting at as Ripley United Church by Mrs. g Gordon Wall, the Scholarship Com. S. mittee representative for Bruce So Or for $250 and the certificate were by who informed the group this would Mrs. Ivan Thomas, board director, Howick Legion be her last report. She said there will be nominations for a new assista secretary and public relations o ficer for the area and said she wou like to see more 4-H girls pa ticipating for the scholarship. Th co-ordinators are to send to hea office for their kits and entry forms for the workshop, "Recharge Your Batteries", are to be completed by June 30. Each Institute is to have a budget. The tartan report was given by Mrs. John Bushell who spoke about the new trays. Mrs. Perrin Lowry gave the co-ordinator's report and the PRO report was given by Mrs. George Harkness. In Memoriam was by Teeswater WI. The museum report by Mrs. Howard Harrison said that Point Clark will be open in June, also there were 16,504 ad- missions in Southampton in 1987. Mrs. Gordon Wall gave the scholarship report and Mrs. MacAdam, who attended the eadership Development con- ention in Kingston, gave many ays of recycling garbage. The trust nd report was given by Mrs. Convay, Mrs. Maclnnes thanked everyone for their co-operation during her two years as president and was esented with a gift by the in ming president, Mrs. McGuire. e Lucknow WI presented a very using skit about the Institute. The branch'-: supported the Pennies Priendahlp andcolleeted 09010, $126.0 for sis I project. i wire nt GORRIE -- Deputy Zone Com- ic] mender John MacDonald of r- Goderich brought greetings from e Zone C1 at the May joint meeting of d the Royal Canadian Legion, Howick Branch 307 and the Ladies' Auxiliary. on May 16. Leonard Sanderson was elected president of the Legion, succeeding Thomas Inglis. Other officers are; first vice-president, Duncan Sangster; second vice-president, William Woodley; secretary -trea- surer, Helen Newton; service of- ficer, Thomas Newton; Sergeant -at - Arms, William Smith; executive, Mr. Inglis and Gerald Brewer, (;an .vou gct .‘11)4,-) from xvorking \viffi somconc ho ha ,\11Y-1? NO! 6et the tath. pr • Th am for plus Let's Talk CAA*, Ontario Ministry of Health Al Donalda Graham is president of the Ladies' Auxiliary, succeeding Patti Bradshaw. Vice-presidents are w Louise Sangster and Brenda Ren- wick; recording secretary, Connie McEwen; corresponding secretary, Alma Hetherington; treasurer, Marilyn Ashley; Sergeant -at -Arms, Jean Hutchison; color party, Jean Hutchison, Margaret Renwick; executive, Jo -Ann Hutchison, Wanda Connor, Helen Farrish, Janet Hogg. Cards were enjoyed and lunch served. TO WED MAY 28 --Mrs. Joan Stafford and Ken' Dixon would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Alicia Dixon, to Kevin Deitner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Deitner. The wedding will take place on May 28, followed by an open reception at 8:30 p.m. in the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre. MRS. GEORGE BROWN 335-3424 - • Don and Cathy Graham Genevieve and Rob of Kitchener, Bi and Sonya Graham of Teeswater Tom and Patti Graham, Meagha and Laura of Listowel, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Graham and celebrated Alex's birthday. Don Cober has returned home from University Hospital where he underwent hip surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cober of DUnnville spent a few days with Mr, and Mrs. Cober. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Faust and Mr. and Mrs. Neal Lowey of Clinton have returned from a bus trip to Ottawa. Mrs, James Hudson of Hanover and Clifford Stewart of Listowel visited Sunday with Ray Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Neill of Wingham visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Brown. Mrs. Wilfrid Keffer of Ethel visited Mrs. Hugh Hart, RR 1, Gadshill. 1 Mrs. Florence Gibson, a delegate n from the Gorrie Women's Institute, 1 attended the FWIO conference, "Educate -- Initiate", held at Queen's University, Kingston, three days last week. Ontario Environ- ment Minister Jim Bradley was the guest speaker Saturday evening. "Waste Management and Recycling" will be the theme of the Friday at the same home. Robert Gibson underwent eye surgery Friday at St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Nancy and Jeff Nay and Christopher of Kitchener spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nay. The Gorrie branch of the Canadian Cancer Society is pleased to report hat more than $1200 has been ollected in this area and is very grateful for all the volunteers' help. Mrs. Ethel Dennis spent the eekend at the home of Mr. and th at the Royal Winter Fair this year. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Pyke at- tended the 100th birthday celebration of her aunt, Mrs. Mabel Stockton, held in the Senior Citizens' Centre, Harriston, She was the former Mabel McKenzie. Rev. Pam Hill of London was master of ceremonies for a musical program presented by grandchildren. Celebrating a 60th wedding an- niversary were Mrs. Stockton's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart McKenzie. Also at- tending was a sister, Ruth McKenzie of Ottawa. Unable to be present due to ill health was her sitter, Margaret. Rev. Donald Pugh officiated at the christening of Kyle Brian Welsh, son of Brian and Jill Welsh, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strong on Sunday. Honored guest was Kyle's great-grandmother, Mrs. John Strong of Gorrie. Town of Wingham GARDEN REFUSE PICKAJP W B. 11 OPTOMETRIST ddeierjeh We. MI • Notice is hereby given that the town will pick up garden refuse on Thursday, June 2, 1988. All refuse must be on the side of the road by 8:00-a.m. on that date. All other forms of rubbish will not be collected and must be prepared for regu- lar garbage pickup. • Items to be collected are not to be on the street prior to VVedriesday, June 1, 1988. J. Byrom Adams, Town Clerk JO,