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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-01-24, Page 13r Scotland trip highlights Friendship Club meeting The January meeting of the Friendship Club at the Wingham United Church, drew a much larger attendance than the monthly gathers ings usually do. Over sixty took part in the potluck luncheon, while several others joined the group later for the program. The centre of interest was a slide presentation of the northwest coast of Scotland by Jean (Jones) Gough, home to visit with her family over Christmas and the New Year. She explained to the audience that she first went to Scotland just to travel but took up residence there in a small coastal village called Ulla - pool, about an hour and a half's drive north of Inverness. The main source of income is tourism in the summer- and fishing during the balance of the year. Large Eastern European fishing and factory vessels utilize the deep sea port. Ms. Gough manages a craft shop and hardware store in Ullapool but finds her hobby of photography called into service frequently. She has had a number of her pictures turned into postcards and has photo- graphed a number .of exotic trees and shrubs in regard to the restora- tion of Leckmelm Gardens near there, to aid in their identification. Many of these appeared in the slide show, astonishing many that flora nf such magnificent size and bloom would grow that far north. Another hobby of Ms. Gough's, "hill -walking" throughout the rugged terrain of the region, provided many other intriguing landscapes. On one such outing she captured several colorful shots �f puffins which, come in to the coastal sand banks once a year. Her pictures also included several sea- scapes and sunsets which she des- cribed as being "a dime a dozen". The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Jones of 190 Shuter St., Wingham, Jean has been in Scotland since 1967, Jong enough to pick up a noticeable accent. She was in- troduced to the Friendship Club by Stewart Beattie, a former teacher of hers, and thanked by Hilda Grant, a contemporary school friend. Pot -luck luncheon precedes WI meeting BELGRAVE—On Tuesday, Jan. 17, the Women's Institute held a successful pot -luck luncheon, with Mrs. James Hunter and Mrs. Glenn Coultes as conveners. After a short singsong, the afternoon was spent playing shoot. High prizes went to Ross Taylor and Mrs. Edgar Wightman. Low prizes went to Wilfred Walker and Mrs. Leslie Vincent. On Tuesday, Feb. 7, another pot- luck lunch will be convened by Mrs. Clarence Hanna. Everyone is in- vited. A short business meeting followed the afternoon's activities. Mrs. Glenn Coultes read the minutes of Ten ladies attend UCW meetfrig BELGRAVE—Ten members attended the afternoon unit meeting of the UCW on Tuesday, Jan. 10, in the church schoolroom, with_Mrs. Sarah Anderson in charge. The general meeting of the UCW is to be held Thursday, Jan. 26, with a pot- luck supper at 6:30 p.m. The congregational annual meeting will be held Sunday, Jan. 29, with a pot- luck lunch after the morning ser- vice. Mrs. Dorothy Coultes introduced the new hymn books for which the evening unit is paying. Mrs. Janisa Coultes was authorized to order copies of The Upper Room for 1989. Mrs. Lawrence Taylor opened the worship with a hymn, meditation and prayer for the .new year. On the same theme, Mrs. Janisa Coultes read an article from the January Readers' Digest, followed by the reading together of a prayer. Mrs. Anderson used the study of the Ten Commandments, rules for every day and the reading of the com- mandments alternately. Mrs. Janisa Coultes continued the study of South Africa, using the article from the special edition of Mandate, "How Far Will You Walk With Us?" and the question of violence in South Africa. South African Christians ask for support and respect in the choices they make. They ask for support in their struggle for freedom and justice. For us, the question is two -fold: How far will we walk with our brothers and sisters in South Africa and how will we convey our support for their struggle? After singing a hymn, Mrs. Anderson concluded with prayer. three previous meetings. President Mrs. Hunter announced that June 1989 will be Women's Institute Month. There will be a conference in Southwestern Ontario on April 8, 9 and 10 and the topic will be "Women in Development". Members of the WI are to entertain at a birthday party at Brookhaven Nursing Home on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 2 p.m. There is to be a seminar on Human Relations for the Home Team on Feb. 8. Members were asked to call the OMAF office in Clinton for details. Tentative plans have been made to tour the Bruce Nuclear Power Development in May. The next meeting will be the agricultural meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at noon. Prize winners at Belgrave BELGRAVE—Thirteen tables were in play at the weekly euchre in the WI Hall onlVednesday, Jan. 18. Winners were: high, Mrs. Albert Cook and Wilford Caslick; low, Mrs. Ronnie Coultes and Herb Clayton; most lone hands, Mrs. Cliff Johnston and Wilfred Walker; novelty, Mrs. Margaret Robertson and Mrs. Leslie Vincent (playing as a man). There will be euchre again Wednesday, Jan. 25, starting at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Belmore players enjoy euchre BELMORE — There were five tables of euchre and one of Triomi- nos at the euchre party Thursday evening, Jan. 19. Gary Schlosser was the high man, with Ken Dickson second. First for ladies/svas Eleanor Dane, second was Elva Jacques. Margaret Taylor won the prize for most lone hands and Hilda Dustow won the dodr prize. Hostesses were Mildred Dickson, Marlis Hofmann and Berdella Kieffer. The next party will be held on Groundhog Day, Feb. 2. 0-0-0 Self -trust is the first secret of suc- cess. Ralph Waldo Emerson the WMS EXECUTIVE — The 1989 executive of the Maitland Presbyterial of the Women's Missionary Society was sworn in at its annual meeting Monday at. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wingham. Executive members include: back, Mrs. Glenn Ha/denby, RR 1, Holyrood, first vice president; Mrs. Hazel Bateman, RR 1, Wipgham, treasurer; Mrs. Bert Thompson, RR 3, Teeswater, historian; Mrs. John Stokes, RR 1, Wroxeter, assistant historian; front, Mrs, Robert Bregman, RR 3, Teeswater, honorary president; Mrs. Ewan Keith, RR 5, Lucknow, past president and Mrs. Robert Arbuckle, Wingham, presi- dent. • ,nsavvenaweenv WMS ANNUAL MEETING — The annual meeting of the Women's M s ionary Society of Maitland Presby- terial was held Monday at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wingham. Secretaries for the upcoming year include: back, Mrs. Bruce Hamilton, Lucknow; Mrs. Rhonda MacKenzie, Lucknow; Mjs. Austin Loree, Lucknow; front, Mrs. John MacDonald, Teeswater; Mrs. Ken Leitch, Wingham and Mts. George Elliott, Brussels. Poetry contest is offering prizes totalling $11,000 Canadian poets now can enter a new poetry contest with $11,000 in prizes. The grand prize is $1,000 and the first prize, $500. In all, 152 poets will win awards plug publication in a major anthology. The contest, sponsored by' the American Poetry Association, is open to the public and the entry is free. Poets may enter the contest by sending as many as six poems, each no more than 20 lines, name and address on each page, to American Poetry Association, Dept. CT -17, 250 A Potrero Street, P.O. Box 1803, Santa Cruz, California 95061-1803. The contest remains open until June 30. Poets who enter early will be invited to another contest with another $1,000 grand prize. Each poem also is considered for publication in the American Poetry Anthology, a leading collection 'of contemporary verse. During six years- of sponsorship, the American Poetry Association has run 28 contests and awarded over $112,000 in prizes to 2,850 winning poets.