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EMERGENCY EXAMINATION—Dr. Marie Gear, second from right, examines the first accident
victim to arrive at Wingham and District Hospital following a simulated explosion and fire at West-
ern Foundry. The scenario was part of a mock disaster exercise held in Wingham last week.
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Rev. and Mrs. Don Beck and Mrs.
Elmer Harding attended the meet-
ing of the London Conference of
the United. Church. of Canada last
weekend at Tillsonburg.
Mac Corbett and Don McCallum
of London visited Thursday with
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Kellsey of
Waterloo visited Wednesday with
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Kelley.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Soper spent a
couple of days last week with rela-
tives in Chatham.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Finley of
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Acton spent the holiday weekend
at their home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Sangster
rand Minnie McElwatirvisited- Tues
day with Mrs° 'Aiiii e' ttend ►igl
in University Hospital, London.
Mr° and Mrs. Lomer Samis of
Drayton and Mr. and Mrs. Lorne
Kelley were dinner guests Sunday
with Mr° and Mrs° Bob Kelley and
family
Mrs. Dorothy McElwain spent a
few days last week with Minnie
McElwain and John McElwain.
Bill and Jean Sothern visited Sun-
day with Bill and Nancy Mulvey at
Belmore. Paul and Cindy DeVries
of Listowel and Harry Mulvey were
also visitors at the same home.
Recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Wilson were Glenn and Marg
Haase of Sault Ste. Marie, Earl and
Doreen Knott of Clinton and Gor-
don and. ,aura Murray of Seaforth.
Mf -C: jean Clarkson and Bob
Clarkson visited Thursday with Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Glass, King City
Holiday weekend and Saturday
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dou-
glas were Mr. and Mrs° Dennis
Johnston of Sarnia, Gary Douglas of
Tottenham and Mr. and 'Mrs. Brian
Douglas,, Listowel.
Friends of Mrs. Annie Pitten-
dreigh will be sorry to hear she
underwent major surgery in Uni-
versity Hospital, London. Everyone
wishes her a speedy recovery to
good health.
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Quite a number from the area
spent the holiday weekend at Pine
Echo, Belmore.
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Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wray of Scar-
borough spent several days last
week in the area.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stowe of Kitch-
ener spent the holiday at their
home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Don King visited
Sunday with Mrs° Jim Fitch in
Wingham.
The sympathy of the community
goes to Mrs. Evelyn Wilson in the
death of her brother, George Dane,
at Hythe, Alberta.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Clarkson and
family of Brampton visited Monday
with Mrs. Jean Clarkson.
Mr. and Mrs. Holger Feldskov
entertained for a dinner following
the confirmation of their daughter,
Mary, on Sunday, May 21, at the
United Church. The event was held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Ruttan and those attending were
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ruttan and fami-
ly, Brussels; Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Brent Wylie
and family, Hanover; Mr. and Mrs.
Holger Espensen; Mr. and Mrs. Les
Halliday; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sothern;
Mrs. John Boonstra and family; Mr.
and Mrs. Roger Rowley and family
and Bruce Ruttan androys.
FORDWICH John Earl, who is
with the Ministry of Environment
at Owen Sound, was guest speaker
at the May meeting.of the Women's
Institute and chose recycling as his
topic. He explained about waste
materials, how we have too much
garbage and how we must find
ways to dispose of it as landfill sites
are filling up very fast.
There is a rotating staff at Owen
Sound, 24 hours a day, so phones
can be manned if a spill of any kind
should happen and help is needed.
Permits are required for septic sys-
tems. He warned about sprays get-
ting near wells. If the wells are not
properly capped, the sprays might
filter through the ground and get
into drinking water.
A videotape was_shown on recy-
cling many tons of garbage. Mr.
Earl was pleased to know that
Howick is using the blue boxes and
said that much household refuse
can be put into a compost and
Three Brownies
fly up to Guides
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Brownies and 21 Guides, leaders,
mothers and
guests attended the
banquet on May 16 at the Fordwich
United Church. Following dinner,
10 Brownies were welcomed into
Guides, three of whom flew up.
During
the evening, apresenta-
tion wasmade to Ellen ennedy
who is retiring after being the
Guide leader for the past three
years. She was presented with the
Guide Rose and the Mothers' • Aux-
iliary also preset her tnn"Ilii a pin.
Ellen thanked- everyone and said
she had enjoyed her years of work-
ing with the Guides.
The leaders for the fall are:
Brownies, Marilyn King, Genny
Leach and Liz Relinger; Guides,
Alyson Nickel, Heather Schill, Ger-
tie Heipel and Alis Wilson°
The evening closed with the
Brownies and Guides repeating
Taps.
Young people
are confirmed
at Fordwich
FORDWICH—Confirmation ser-
vice was held Sunday morning,
May 21, at the Fordwich United
Church.
David Donaldson, Mary Feld-
skov, Carol Harding, Cindy Kelley,
Mark Kennedy, Charlotte Lockie,
Leasa Otterbein, Erin Taylor and
Corrie Weber were the candidates
presented for confirmation.
Mrs. Catherine Strong was wel-
comed from St. Paul's United
Church, Metz, to the Fordwich
United Church by the minister, Rev
Don Beck.
would be great for gardens, H,e'
answered many questions . and
everyone felt he was a most inter-
esting speaker; _
Mrs._ ..Terry Field led devotions
and roll call, "If you were reeve of
the township, what changes would
you make?", brought some interest-
ing answers. Mrs, Robert Sander-
son gave the motto, ..World affairs
are our affairs".
The WI will have a quilt show
and hospitality booth at the Ford-
wich United Church on Saturday,
June 10, in connection with the
Homecoming Weekend June 9, 10
and 11. The Institute will also be
taking a bus to Blyth on June 15;
anyone interested in going may
contact Mrs° Ted Klaassen at 335-
3203.
The officers of the Fordwich
Women's Institute for 1989-90 are:
past president, Mrs. David Lockie;
president, Mrs° Elmer Harding;
vice-presidents, Mrs, Ted Klaassen
and Mrs. William Sothern; secre-
tary -treasurer, Mrs. Richard Agla;
assistant, Mrs. Clarence Gibson;
District director, Mrs. David Lockie;
alternate, Mrs. Harold Gibson;
branch directors, Mrs. Jack Dou-
glas, Mrs° Clarence Carswell, Mrs.
John Winkel; public c
relations, ons/
Mrs.
Len
Wilson; n assistat,
Mrs.
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Ruttan; pianists, ,ss Minnie McEl-
wain, Mrs. Gerald Kennedy; sun-
shine, Mrs. Lorne Kelley; auditors,
Mrs. s Holger Feldskov, Mrs. Jack
Douglas; program co-ordinator,
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Mrs. Scott. Clarkson; Agriculture,
Mrs. Wellington Hargrave; Canadi-
an Industry, Mrs. Lockie; Citizen-
ship and Legislation, Mrs. Robert
Sanderson; Education and Cultural
Activities, Mts. Leo Ruttan and
-Mrs% Warren Tines; "Family and
Consumer Affairs, Mrs. John Boon-
stra; International Affairs, Mrs. Ger-
ald Kennedy; Resolutions, Mrs.
John Winkel; Tweedsmuir History,
Mrs. Russell Ruttan, Mrs. Harold
Gibson.
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HOWBERRY
HOWBERRY HORSEMEN
The second Howberry Horsemen
4-11 meeting was held on May 16 at
Mary and Christian Feldskov's.
We discussed the difference
between indoor and outdoor hous-
ing and different kinds of stalls. We
talked about the dimensions, walls
and layouts of stables. Then we got
to design our own barn.
After that, we read about light-
ing, temperature and flooring.
We had to do an information
hunt and 'find the price of four
materials for a three -by -three -metre
wall for our home activity
For practice, we got to judgea
class of four pencils before Mary
served lunch. During lunch we told
jokes before going home.
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