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BELGRAVE--Family 'and friends
gathered for a 65th birthday and re-
tirement party held at the home of
Scott and Judy Campbell, RR 5,
Wingharn, on June 4.
Close to 200 friends, neighbors
and relatives surprised Don Camp-
bell with a potluck, picnic, lunch on
a perfectly warm sunny day. Well
wishers who were unable to attend
telephoned from as far away as
Whitefish Falls (Don and Margot
Graham) and Don's son Brad of
Vancouver, B.C.
Don's wife Susan, his son Scott,
daughter-in-law Judy and daughter
Lisa Schmid were instrumental in
the planning and preparation of the
surprise. The beautiful cake was ap-
propriately decorated with a resem-
blance of Don lying in a'hammock
and was made by Nancy Jackson of
Bluevale.
Don's son Robert and daughter
Kelly were able to attend, but his
son Brent and his wife Joanne were
sorry they were unable to attend the
joyous occasion due to illness.
The annual meoting of the local
model airplane club, the "Huron
RC Fliers", was held at Marks'
Field near Wingham last Wednes-
day, June 7, at 7 p.m.
The club for radio -control enthu-
siasts was started in 1981 by local
flyers who banded together to help
each other fly their planes. Today,
the goal of the club is the same --
help interested flyers enjoy their
hobby.
Each year in September, the club
holds a FunFly for the public and
members of other clubs to visit and
fly or watch the great variety of
planes being flown.
The club members get together
every Wednesday night at Marks'
field, weather permitting. Interested
individuals could contact club
members or the executive: Harold
Smits, treasurer, 357-2932; Barry
Reid, secretary, 357-3652 or the
president, Keith Galbraith at 395-
4234.
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laneous shower for Valerie Brewer
was held at the home of Greta Ben-
nett recently. Valerie also was
guest of honor at the home of Ka-
thy Rank of .Harriston for a miscel-
laneous shower.
Last Sunday afternoon Valerie
received many lovely gifts and best.
wishes from her relatives at the
home of Donna Marie Bennett and
daughters Pamela, Cherrie, Jane
and Suzanne of RR 5, Seaforth.
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ELLIOTT--Mrs. Lillian Elliott of
Wingham passed away at Wingham
and District Hospital on Saturday,
June 10, 1995, in her 91st year. The
former Lillian Garniss, she was the
beloved wife of the late Earl Elliott,
who predeceased her in 1963.
She was the dear sister of Edith
Garniss of Bluevale and also is sur-
vived by several nieces, nephews
and great-nieces and nephews. Left
to mourn the passing of a dear sis-
ter-in-law are Mrs. Bert (Isobel)
Garniss of Wingham and Mrs. Tom
(Muriel) Garniss of Brussels.
Mrs. Elliott was predeceased by
her sister, Mrs. Burns (Ethel) Mof-
fatt and brothers Harry, Frank, Ed-
ward, Thomas and Herbert Garniss.
Visitation was held at the
McBurney Funeral Home in Wing -
ham on, Monday, June 12, from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral service
for the late Lillian Elliott was held
in the funeral home on Tuesday,
June 13, at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Randy
Banks officiated. Interment in
Wingham Cemetery.
Memorial donations to the Blue -
vale United Church',would be ap-
preciated as expressions of sympa-
thy.
JACKSON --At Wingham and Dis-
trict Hospital on Wednesday, June
7, 1995, LeRoy Jackson of Wing -
ham passed away in his 57th year.
He was the dear father of Jeffrey
and Deeann Jackson of Toronto and
Allan and Sharon Jackson of Cam-
bridge. Mr. Jackson also is sur-
vived by his brother, Ralph and El-
len Jackson of Mitchell and two
grandchildren.
LeRoy Jackson was predeceased Marc Ryan of Corner Brook,
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Nfld., was a weekend guest at the
Jackson; his infant son Michael in home of Harold and Nancy Jardin,
1962 and his infant granddaughter Mike and Darryl. Mark is a roo-
Emily on May 6, 1995. mate of Darryl's at Sir Sandford
Visitation was held at the, Fleming College at Lindsay.
McBurney Funeral Home, Wing -
ham, on Friday, June 9, from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. A complete funeral
, service was held at the funeral
home on Saturday, June 10, at 11
a.m. Cremation has occurred with
interment of ashes later in Wing -
ham Cemetery.
Memorial donations to Brain Tu-
mor Research at the London Re-
gional Cancer Centre, the Canadian
Cancer Society or the Wingham
a`nd D,igteiot„Hospital Foundation
would be appreciated as expres-
sions of sympathy.
THOMPSON--Leonard Howard
Thompson of Bluevale passed
away on Monday, June 5, 1995, at
Wingham and District Hospital in
his 78th year. He was the beloved
husband of the late Jessie (Bower),
who predeceased him in 1986.
Mr. Thompson was the dear
brother of Charlie Thtompson of
Exeter and also is survr`ved by his
niece Mrs. Lloyd (Lillian) Grant of
Norval and nephews Harry MacK-
enzie of Rexdale and Franklin
Heard of Wingham.
He was predeceased by his sister,
Mary MacKenzie, his brother, Jack
Thompson and a niece, Betty
Heard.
Visitation was held at the
McBurney Funeral Home, Wing -
ham, on Tuesday, June 6, from 7 to
9 p.m. The complete funeral ser-
vice was held at the funeral home
on Wednesday, June 7, at 11 a.m.
with Rev. John Neilson officiating.
Cremation has occurred with inter-
ment of ashes later in Kincardine
Cemetery.
Memorial donations to the Cana-
dian Cancer Society would be ap-
preciated as expressions of sympa-
thy.
Late last month, Sharon Nivins
had a "surprise” dinner to celebrate
Cameron and Alice Yuill's 10th an-
niversary. All of the Nivins. family
was there. After supper when dark-
ness fell, they had a brilliant fire-
works display. The grandchildren
were given sparklers to enjoy after --
the fireworks were over.
The Belgrave Belles have again
changed their name. They now are
and will remain "The Belgrave
Bandits" for this year. New purple
shirts with turquoise lettering have
been ordered, so they look pretty
"cool". The Belgrave Bandits tied
the Bluevale, Bares in Belgrave on
Friday, May 26. On May 30, they
won against the Wingham Wakkers
at Riverside Park.
Cameron and Alice Yuill attend-
ed the London Air Show on Sun-
day, June 4. Claren and Camerra
spent the day at the home of their
grandparents, Alex and Beatrice
Nivins.
John, Linda, Jeremy and Justin
Campbell spent last weekend at
Grand Bend visiting with Garry
Desjardine and Nelson Desjardine,
as well as Bob and Heather Maass
of London.
Congratuiations are extended
from the Belgrave pastoral charge
to Rev. Alan Rush on the occasion
of his ordination last Sunday in
Sault Ste, Marie. We wish him
God's blessing in his new ministry.
The Calvin -Brick anniversary ser-
vice was held on Sunday, June 11,
at 11 a.m. The guest preacher for
the service was Rev. Rush. There
was no service at Knox United on
Sunday.
Following their marriage in
Knox United Church, Belgrave, on
June 3, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Nixon
left for a honeymoon in Las Vegas.
Bruce and Lenore Elliott of Ar-
kona, Gordon and Louise Elliott
and family of Ailsa Craig and Lin-
da and Abby Lichtenberger Of St.
Thomas visited at the home of Clar-
ence and Mildred Yuill last Sunday
evening after attending the surprise
party for Don Campbell.
Maxine Zettler of RR 4, Walker-
ton, visited last Wednesday with
her mother, Beth Procter. Last Sun-
day, Sandra Mayberry of Londes-
borough took her mother, Mrs.
Procter, for an enjoyable drive after
they dined out. -
"Mabel's Moms" met at the
home of Mabel Wheeler on
Wednesday, June 7. Those attend-
ing were Melanie Pletch, Meagan
and Ben; Kim McArter, . Kristen
and Lacey; Andrea Stevenson, Ma-
thew and Tyler; Michelle Young
and Sara; Kim Higgins and Laura,
LeeAnne; Joanne Robinson, Nicole
and Stephanie; Annette teRaa,
Mitchell and Janelle; Donna Ray -
nerd, Trevor and Heidi; Corry and
Ryan Swanson; Lila Procter and
Ben; Sheri Sippel, Christie, Scott
and Neil; Sherry Taylor and Bran-
don and Rev. Mary Jane Hobden.
The topic chosen for discussion
was babysitters.
Lillian Johnson of Mississauga
and Muriel Garniss of Brussels vis-
ited last Tuesday vening with their
cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stone-
house.
Knox United Church will be
holding the "Knox Country Social"
at the Belgrave arena on Saturday,
June 24. This was formerly known
as the Country Fayre. Mark it on
your calendar and plan to attend.
Congratulations are extended to
Murray and Joyce Vincent on the
occasion of their 25th wedding an-
niversary from their friends, family
and neighbors.
Congratnl!ations from, friends,
neighbors and family to Mark
Coultes, who recently. graduated
from Sault College of Arts and
Technology with a heavy machin-
ery diesel mechanic's diploma and
to Tim Coultes, who graduated
from Ridgetown College of Agri-
, cultural Technology with a diploma
in farm business management.
Congratulations to Bob and Jane
Grasby who are celebrating their
50th wedding anniversary.
Knox children's stor,
centres on Pentecost
Happy Gang not to
meet during summer
Bill and Donna Nay havere-
turned home after visiting for sev-
eral days at the home of Rick and
Sherrie Nay of North Bay.
John and Blanche Husnik spent a
weekend in Welland visiting with
friends.
Ken and Margie Felker off Om-
pah visited recently with Gladys
Felker and also with Tom and June
MacEwen.
The 23rd Reunion of the 19th
Field Reg. RCA was held at the
Col. John McRae Memorial Branch
of the Legion, Guelph, on Saturday,
June 3. Members attending from
this area were Ken Wright, Bill
Hogg and Lloyd Elliott of Wing -
ham.
John and Marion , Skipjack of
Hesson, Bobby and Donna Husnik,
Tyler and Julia of Bluevale and
Dave and Della Bridge and family
of RR 1, Wroxeter, were among
out-of-town visitors at the ninth
birthday party of twins Samantha
and Nicole Husnik, daughters of
Charles and Donna Husnik. The
party was held recently at the home
of John and Blanche Husnik.
The Wingham Seniors' Happy
Gang held its last meeting until
September last Friday, June 9, in
the Armouries with 60 in atten-
dance.
The meeting opened at 12 noon
with a potluck dinner, followed by
a sing -song conducted by Rev.
John Neilson and accompanied by
Agnes Farrier. A short business
meeting was conducted by the pres-
ident, Jean Robertson.
Then came "Wingham Fashions"
with commentator" Noreen Haines.
Participating in the show were sev-
eral local merchants, including
"Lauretta's Hug & a 1/2", "Gib -
son's Men's Wear", "Rosalind's",
"Christine's Clothes Closet", "Ain-
slie's" and the "SAAN" store.
Modeling the merchandise were
Jean Ross, Doris, Bushell, Alex
Robertson, Gordon Wall, Martha
The Whitechurch Women's In-
stitute is grateful to volunteer can-
vassers in Whitechurch and Lower
Town area who collected for the
Canadian Cancer Society. Canvass-
ers raised $1,860. Thanks are ex-
tended to Helen Currie, Agnes Far-
rier, Linda Smits, Henny Uyl,
Mildred Purdon, Janet Sande, Gor-
don Cruickshank, Margaret MacLe-
od, Betty McDonald, Lorraine Fox -
ton, Mary Hehn, Sandra
McLennan, Elinor Neill, Joan
Swift, Marion McKenzie and Jack
Currie. Your support is greatly ate
preciated.
Bill and Shirley Hart visited last
weekend with Doug and Marsha
Hart and family of BowmanVille.
Milly Nixon of Fordwich and
Elizabeth McKercher vistied with
Eileen Marks one afternoon.
Tim and Maud Eaton, Seaforth,
visited with Hazel Griffith last
Tuesday.
The Wroxeter Senior Citizens
enjoyed their end -of -season ban-
quet at a Wingham Restaurant last
Wednesday evening with a good at-
'tendance, "Happy Birthday" was
sung to those with June birthdays.
Peter and Lourdes Isabelle of
Mississauga spent the weekend at
their home here.
BELGRAVE--An organ prelude of
sacred music, presented by Eliza-
beth Procter, welcomed members
and friends to Knox United Church
on Sunday, June 4.
The beautiful roses in the sanctu-
ary were in memory of Danny La-
mont and placed by the family.
Greeting worshipers as they en-
tered the church were Don and
Marlene Procter, while Ellen Proct-
er handed out the order of service.
Rev Mary Jane Hobden conducted
the service with the call to worship
and the prayer of approach. This
was followed by the prayer of con-
fession.
The choir of mixed voices, with
Mrs. Procter's piano accompani-
ment sang harmoniously. Ann Spi-
vey read scripture verses from the
books of Acts and John. Certifi-
cates and seals were given out by
the Sunday School teachers to all
the Sunday School children. Rev.
Hobden noted that Nicole Walker
received a seal for having had per-
fect attendance at Sunday School.
for the past year.
The children's story centred
around the Pentecost. Each child
was given a cupcake, but they not-
ed that each cupcake was different.
Candles were placed on the cup-
cakes and lit to demonstrate that
when candles are lit there is fire
and the wind blows it out. Pent
cost is celebrated on the 50th day
after the Passover.
After reciting a prayer, the chil-
Willson, Doris Walker, Norma
Hamilton, Elinor Neill, Doreen
Burrell, Don Newson, Helen Do-
naldson and Margaret McVittie.
Floral arrangements of peach ge-
raniums, provided by Lewis Flow-
ers, added to the decor. The meet-
ing closed with "God Save the
Queen".
New members and visitors are
welcome. For more information,
please contact Mrs. Robertson at
357-3638 or Mrs. McVittie at 357-
1448.
Belgrave
UCW meet
Belgrave
WMS meet
dren went to the church basement
where they ate their cupcakes and
watched a videotape on "Team-
work".
The sermon, "Birth of a
Church", was followed by Donald
Procter and Joyce Vincent taking
up the offering.
Annual
meeting
held for
club
BELGRAVE--The Women's Mis-
sionary Society held its meeting on
Monday, June 5, at the home of
Margaret Siertsema with Alice
Nicholson presiding. She opened
with a call to worship entitled
"Peace".
"Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving
Hearts" was sung and Ora Bruce
read the 46th Psalm. The WMS
Purpose was read in unison *and
Irma Mason had the meditation. Ivy
Cloakey led in prayer and the roll
call was answered by naming a flas
vorite flower.
Mrs. Siertsema gave the secre-
tary's report and Mrs. Cloakey, the
treasurer's report. A total of 28 sick
and shut-in visits were recorded. It
was noted the next meeting is July
3.
Alice Nicholson read a story on
"The Common Threads" and also a
poem entitled "The Difference".
The hostess served lunch and a so-
cial time followed.
BELGRAVE--The June meeting of
the evening unit of the United
Church Women was held at the
home of Ruth Johnston with 20
members present. Doris - Michie
opened the meeting with the wor-
ship service on the theme, "Grow-
ing Ground".
Hymns, "We Plow the Fields and
Scatter" and "Summer Suns Are
Glowing" were sung and the scrip-
ture was read by Lorna Cook. The
worship service closed with a
prayer. Muriel-Coultes read a poem
entitled "Who Is . a Father?" and a
short story, "Happiness". The roll
call was answered by a memory we
treasure.
Barbara Anderson presented the
program, taking as her theme "Let
Justice Roll Down Like Water and
Righteousness Like an Ever -
flowing Stream". It included
thoughts from the Rev. Lois Wil-
son's address, which Mrs. Ander-
son heard at Westminster Week-
end.
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