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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-04-11, Page 8Join us on April 11 at 8:00 pm for a special Recycling Information night. This event will take place at the St. Paul's Anglican Church with guest speaker Nule Ludolph, consultant for Ontario Multi Materials Recycling Inc. Page 8A - The Wingham Advanee-Times, April 11„ 1989 Gaunts host family members Recent guests with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gaunt of Edward Street in Wingham were Mr. and Mrs. Don Dirstein, Carolyn and Richard of Ajax and Mr. and Mrs. Don Gaunt, Jennifer and Graeme, Chatham. All spent the weekend at the home of their parents. Other visitors included: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Banks of Port Elgin; Mrs. Ena Mitchell of Barrie, son Gordon and his wife Debbie of B.elle Ewart; Mr. and Mrs. David Black, Nigel and Hamish of Luc - know; Gordon Moffat of Toronto and Verna Currie and Merle Mac- Farlane of Wingham. NEW SIDEWALK In October of 1893, lumber was being laid on .the ground for the new sidewalk on Victoria Street, from Josephine Street to Lower Wingham bridge. Work was expect-. ed to commence on the new walk the following week. HOWICK SCIENCE FAIR—The in -school science fair was held last week at Howick Central School. Grade 7 winners' are: back, biological, first, Wade Roberts and Jim Winkel, second, Josh Doubleday and third, Patty Bennett and Kristen Dinsmore; front, physical category„ David Keil, first and Sarah Buck and Lara Fenton, third. Second -place biological winner John Poole is absent. Spring UCW meeting WINGHAM RPCYCLPS held in church school 54( ••••••••,04C - :•Tv.:•• • You and Your Blue Box! lf your put out your Blue Box last Tuesday, you contributed to the collection of 3,311 kilo- grams (7,300 lbs) of recyclable material. Any other week those materials would have simply been sent to our gar- bage dump and buried. In 1115 being shipped to manufacturers to be turned into new products. This is Im- portant because we conserve our natural resources, reduce pollution and cut down energy requirements. (al Make sure your a parLof it. Simply collect and st /0 news- papers, glass boffles nd Jars, beverage and food cins and . plastic soft drink containers In your Blue Box. Then put it at the curb for pick up on Tues- day. Please bundle the newspapers \ and remember to rinse out all containers to avoid attracting pests. 9111 "Ili! If 1;1111 Our recycling pro- gram can only be a success if we all participate. 41401 1 Please call the Clerk's Office at 357-3550 for information. Recycling. It only works if we all do our part ivaw • s,bv.pp, The soft drink industry, its container and container material suppliers, through Ontario Multi -Material Recycling Incorporated (OMMRI) supporting the establishment of recycling programs throughout Ontario. BLUEVALE—The spring meeting of the United Church Women was held in the church school room last Wednesday with 18 members in attendance. Mrs. Isobel Wheeler, president, opened the meeting with a poem on "Spring Cleaning" and the wor- ship service was led by Mrs. Audrey Edgar of Unit II. Mrs. Isobel Garniss gave the meditation, using the book They Say 1 Am a Miracle. Itwas written by a severely -handicapped Irish woman, who was continually told by doctors that she could not sur- vive. A poem, "Am 1 My Brother's Keeper?", closed the service. The roll call was answered by a way to reduce garbage. Correspon- dence and minutes were read by Mrs. Ruth Hastings. A donation of $50 was given to leadership train- ing for Camps Bimini and Menese- tung. An estimate on lowering the ceil- ing and installing a new lighting system in the basement and 4- BLUEVALE 4-H Meetings five and six of the Working With Wool 4-H Club were held at the home of Darlene Losch recently. The 4-H Pledge opened the meet- ing and the secretary read the min- utes of the last meeting. Members learned how to dye wool, then went through their books and work d on their projects. Th next meeting is Saturday at 10:30 .m. THE KNIT WITS Whitechurch—The Knit Wits met at the home of Mrs. Elliott, the entire meeting devoted to the pro- cess of dying wool and cotton. The dyes used were grape Kool-Aid and onion skins. The next week they met at the home of Mrs. Ross. She talked about the wool market and Karen Elliott talked about the structure of wool. Mrs. Elliott told the members how to care for wool garments. The club met yesterday to pre- pare for Achievement Day. reupholstering the pulpit furniture was discussed. Plans were finalized for the cold - meat supper on May 31. A letter advising members on the Ecumeni- cal Decade of Churches in Solidari- ty with Women in Church and Soci- ety was read. The July meeting will take the form of a picnic. The meeting closed with a social time and Unit I serving a tasty salad plate. Kieffers attend confirmation BLUEVALE—Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kieffer attended the confirmation of their granddaughter, Michelle Kief- fer, at the Church of Incarnation of Our Blessed Lord, Hamilton,' on Sunday, April 2. Also in attendance were: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Black and Christo- pher, Belleville (Mrs. Black being Michelle's sponsor in confirmation); Mr. and Mrs. Rick Weishar and chil- dren of Listowel; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weishar, Colleen, Rebecca and Melonie of Stratford and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Fortney of Mildmay. A reception in honor of Michelle was held at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Kieffer, following the confirmation. Belgrave ladies win high prizes BELGRAVE--Two Belgrave ladies were winners of the high prizes when 16 tables were in play at the weekly euchre party in the WI Hall on April 5. Mrs. Garner Nicholson was- high lady and Mrs. Bert Johnston, playing 'a man's card, was high man. Low scores earned prizes for Mrs. Harvey Edgar and Wilford Caslick. Second high were Mrs. Mel Jacklin and Lloyd Appleby and honors for having the most lone hands went to Mrs. Edythe Coultes and Albert Quipp. There will be euchre again on Wednesday, April 12, starting at f3 p.m. Everyone is welcome.