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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-09-27, Page 8roe W1 HAM, as AWCETIMES open house GORRIE--The Hawick Legion Branch No. 307 held an open house last Sunday afternoon in the Legion room at the Gorrie Town Hall. Approximately 35 were in at- tendance. Draw winners include: first prize, a $50 voucher to Mino's Meat Market, Joe Wettlaufer of RR 1, Gorrie; second prize of $25 to Bill Magill of Fordwich and third prize, $25, Kim Miske of RR 1, Gorrie. Mildred McClenaghan and John McKinnon visited last Sunday with Ted and Vera McClenaghan of Kitchener and were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Finlay of Kitchener. Two carloads of ladies represent- ing the Whitechurch Women's In- stitute attended the 90th anniversary of the St. Helen's Institute last Monday. Some of the residents of this area attended the International Plowing Match at Ayr last week, including Dave and Kim Ross, Walter and Kathleen Elliott, Elroy Laidlaw and Don and lean Ross. A former Presbyterian minister, at Whitechurch from 1957-58, Rob- ert Marshall of Strathroy, passed away recently. Don and Jean Ross attended the service at Chalmers Church in Ar - mow last Sunday morning when James Daniel. Ross, son of Brian and Laura Ross of Mitchell was baptized. Other family members at- tended and following the service, lunch was held at the home of'Clar- ence and Pat Jarvis of Ripley. Edith Wintemute, her daughter Noreen and granddaughter Chelsea of Calgary, Alta., visited with Bill and Doreen Wintemute and Dennis last Tuesday. , Peter Isabelle of Mississauga spent the weekend at their home here. Audrey Bagley, who had been visiting her cousin, Florence Dicki- son, has returned to her home at Uxbridge. Brian and Aileen Manuel and Amanda, Vicki Devereaux, and Brian Bemborough, all of Seaforth, visited with Hazel Griffith last Sunday. Herman Worner has spent the past week with his brother Helmut. Last weekend they went to Kitch- ener to pick up brother Richard and return Herman to his home. FRENCH --Mrs. Doris H. French, formerly of Wingham, passed away at Freeport Hospital, Kitchener, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, in her 92nd year. The former Doris Fells, she was the beloved wife of the late Wilfred French, who predeceased her on March 30, 1995. During World War Il, the she served as an officer in the Women's Royal Ca- nadian Naval Service. Mrs. French gps the dear mother to Mrs. William (Marjorie) Hous- ton of Waterloo; grandmother of Dr. Heather Houston and her hus- band, Dave Lukezic and Ian Hous- ton. She is survived by great- grandchildren Kara Houston, Laura and Kevin Lukezic. Mrs. French was predeceased by her parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Fells, her sister Margaret and her ,brother Phillip. Visitation was held at St. Paul's - Trinity Anglican Church, Wing - ham, on Saturday, Sept. 23, -from 11 a.m. to I p.m., where funeral service was held at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Vicars Hodge officiating. In- terment in Wingham Cemetery. Memorial donations to pastoral care A Freeport Hospital, Kitchen- er, would be appreciated as expres- sions of sympathy and may be placed through the McBurney Fu- neral Home, Wingham, at (519)357-1170. Following several successful events over the past month, the Auxiliary to Wingham and District Hospital met in the hospital board room on Monday, Sept. 18, with 22 members and guests in attendance. Earlier in the month, a successful tea was held at the home of Shirley Kaufman of Wingham, as well as an elimination draw and dance at the Teeswater Community Centre on Sept. 16. The grand prize winner was Dan Webster of Wingham. At the September auxiliary meet- ing, Marilyn VanderWoude, retir- ing teen volunteer director, was the guest speaker. Taking Mrs. Vander- Woude's place will be Esther How- son. Mrs. VanderWoude outlined the many duties of teen volunteers. They must be 14 years old in Grade 9 and willing to work three hours after school at the hospital. These girls or boys qualify for a bursary and a meal is included if they work three hours. They handle such duties as hand- ing out water, bibs, • kleenex and acting as runners from floor to floor for staff members. Teen volunteers, formerly known as candy Stripers, also feed patients, take them for. walks and learn to deal with young and older patients. Often their expe- rience leads them into the field of nursing in future years. As program director, Mrs. Van- derWoude said she felt the position was challenging and rewarding. The director conducts the orienta- tion, acts as a go-between for teens and staff, takes the young people to out-of-town conferences and is there for questions or assistance if needed. The local high school helps with the promotion of this most necessary job at the hospital. Fol- lowing' her talk, Mrs. Vander - GOSLING --Suddenly, on Wednes- day, Sept. 20, in Claresholm, Alta., Leslie Josling, dear husband of Margaret, passed away. Mr. Gos- ling was predeceased by his first wife, Kit. Left to mourn his father's pass- ing is his son Chris Gosling of Owen Sound, grandsons Brian and David, granddaughter Heather and stepsons Edward in England and William in Claresholm. The funeral service and burial were held in. Claresholm on Mon- day, Sept. 25. Wingham News Dianne Cameron and Marjorie McKay of Wingham attended two Foxton reunions while enjoying Western hospitality earlier this month. They visited cousins in Winnipeg, Boissevain, Brandon and Hamiota during a 10 -day stay in Manitoba. The Foxton families de- scend from William and Mary Jane (Walker) Foxton, who farmed two and one-half miles north of Wing - ham in Culross Township. Bluevale News Mr. and Mrs. Maitland Edgar of Petrolia spent the weekend with Bill and Isabel Elston of Morris Town- ship, while attending the 75th anni- versary of the Belgrave School Fair. Margaret Vanderzweerde, South Asia Liaison Officer for Interna- tional Ministries and for the Presby- terian Church World Service and Development iof Canada, was the guest speaker at the Bluevale Pres- byterian Church last Sunday. Mrs. Vanderzweerde, who now is serv- ing in India, travels between Churches and schools in an admin- istrative capacity. She spoke briefly on mission work and the challenges she faces in India. Woude was presented with a' gift from the auxiliary. Future plans were made to ex- tend the services provided by the gift case workers to the emergency department. A donation was made by the auxiliary to the hospital to meet future needs.. Several carloads of ladies attend- ed the Region 2 fall conference in Seaforth on Monday. A life membership will be pre- sented to Marie Phillips of Wing - ham at the President's Annual Con- ference on Nov. 7 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The auxiliary's fall rummage sale is scheduled for Oct. 19 and 20: Thursday evening from 5 to 8:30 p.m. and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m, Articles are welcome for this event and those interested are asked to contact Shirley Langridge at 357-2846. - Plans were made for the sale of Christmas balls and Christmas gift wrapping during the month of De- cember. The next meeting of the Auxil- iary to Wingham and District Hos- pital on Nov. 27 at 1:30 p.m. in the hopsital board room. New members are welcome. Wingham Happy Gang start year with potluck The Wingham Seniors' Happy Gang started the fall season with a delicious potluck dinner earlier this month with Tom Smith asking the blessing. Later "0 Canada" was sung and the president, Jean Robertson, read a poem entitled "The Flock of Geese". The minutes of the last meeting were read by Shirley Wharton and the roll call was an- swered by 34 members, two new members and three visitors. A. request from the Wingham and Area Seniors' Day Centre will be decided at the next .meeting. The program director at Huronlea, Brus- sels, has invited the group to host the October birthday party. Priscilla Bray will be the lunch convenor. A thank -you note was received from the family of the late . Jean Aitchison. Ethel White gave the treasurer's report. Members picked up their tickets for the Primetime Country concert on Sept. 24. Mrs. Robert- son was to get more information about a day trip to. Kitchener on Sept. 28. Maurice Audet,' field representa- tive of Seniors' Zone 34 and his wife, showed slides of New Zea- land, which is a beautiful country. They also gave some good travel tips. The couple was thanked by Cliff Bray, as well as Mrs. Robert- son. The meeting closed with the singing of "God Save the Queen". The next meeting is Friday, Oct. 13 with Doris and Morley Bushell's group in charge. \VMS meet at Lockie's GORRIE--The Women's Mission- ary Society of Knox Presbyterian Church in Gorrie were guests of Mrs. David Lockie for the Septem- ber meeting. Mrs! David Neilson opened the meeting with a poem entitled "Starting to School".. The Aim and Purpose were repeated in unison, followed by the hymn "0, Where Are the Reapers". Mrs. Neilson read the first 34 verses of Psalm 37 and presented a meditation on it, strressing. the gift of silence. In silence, she said, we learn to be creative, so give your- self the gift of silence for in silence we come to know God and each life can become a prayer of thanks- giving, trust, hope and love. The roll call was answered by naming. a Bible character and 10 visits were reported. Mrs. Alvin Mundell read letters from Barbara Woodruff, adult secretary; Rose - wry Doran, president of council and the executive secretary, Tam Corbett. Mrs. Harvey Adams volunteered to decorate the Church with flow- ers for the anniversary. Mrs. Neil- son will represent the society op the search committee. Mrs. Lockie used two readings for the topic: "Have you taken a spiritual inventory?", by Ninette di- Gangi. The second reading was EWPS school news By Mike Procter, Paul Walker and Amy Barnes The 11 junior and 21 senior Kin- dergarten pupils in Mrs. Wilson's and Mrs. Daer's classes are having lots of fun using both new and old equipment and toys in their fabu- lous new Kindergarten room. Miss Mathers and the Grades Is joined both classes at nine different learning centres on the theme "All About Me". At the centres they learned about themselves, their fam- ilies, friends and classmates. Many of the children enjoyed marching in the parade at the school fair, as well as winning prizes for their exhibits. Everyone is looking forward to the "Get -Acquainted Barbecue" on Sept. 28 when they can show their parents and friends the new class- room and what they have learned already. Grade 1 has been busy learning new color words and mixing colors together to form new ones. They started reading from their readers recently and are very keen to share their stories with you. We are doing "All About Me" centres and learning lots of things about ourselves. Each week during the year, one child will be chosen to be "Super Kid" and will make a bulletin board about themselves' with pictures, souvenirs and toys. We hope Staci Dunbar had a "Talking to Yourself" by Marjorie Holmes. Both offered good advice for beginning the fall season. Mrs. Underwood reminded all that subscriptions for The Glad Tidings are due. Mrs. Underwood, Mrs. Neilson and Mrs. Mundell at- tended the fall rally of Maitland Presbyterial at Ashfield Presbyteri- an. Church when Marguerite Van- dersweirder reported on her latest visit to India. The meeting closed with the singing of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and a prayer by Mrs. Neilson. A time of fellowship was greatly enjoyed because there was no meeting in August. good birthday on Sept. 12. The Grade 2s have been doing a lot of things since school started. They have been studying snails. So far, they are have been drawing and labeling snails and making a habitat for them. They also have been do- ing puppet plays. The Grade 2 class members have reading and 'writing backpacks. A different student takes them home each night.. They are .making life- sized portraits of themselves for the open house barbecue this Thursday. May students at EWPS won priz- es for their work at the school fair. One very special winner was Gavin VanCamp, who had the most points for his work. Gavin graduated last year from EWPS, but still put forth an effort in the school fair! This year, many classes marched in the parade hopping to win the prize of a free pizza lunch. The win- ning class was Grade 6-7, whose members accompanied their march- ing with a high-spirited chant. A very special thank -you goes out to Murray and Joyce Vincent for providing our school with their tractor and wagon for the school fair parade. Your generosity wa§, greatly appreciated. In other events, EWPS is hosting a "Get -Acquainted Barbecue" this Thursday, Sept. 28, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.. We hope to see you Youths share experience with BMF. BRUSSELS --A team of young peo- ple which recently went to Albania on a two-week mission project, shared some of their experiences at the Brussels Mennonite Fellowship during the morning service on Sun- day, Sept. 17. Christy Pardys of BMF was among the mission .team and the Church's mission committee ar- ranged and organized the service. Erla Koch was worship leader, Anne Hemingway was pianist for the service and Darlene Heming- way played for the offertory. In the afternoon, several mem- bers of the congregation went to•an open house in Elmira to honor Mar- ion Wideman on her 75th, birthday. There was a hymn sing service on Sept. 24. The thought for the week is: True service to Christ is love in working clothe§. LEGION SHOOT Fourteen tables were in play at the Wingham Legion Hall last Monday night. Kay McCormick was high lady and Vera Falconer, second high. John McKinnon was high man and Lloyd Montgomery, second high. Ethel Montgomery had the most shoots for the ladies and Ross Tay- lor for the men. Draw prizes went to Harvey Ed- gar, Jean Robertson, Lloyd Apple- by and Marie Merkley. The next Legion card party, a shoot, will be there. held on Monday, Oct. 2. start new season. The Five Star Quilters' Guild re- cently . held its executivemeeting and members are eager to start the new season with Ann Hawkins of Turnberry as president. The first meeting is scheduled for Sept. 27 at the Teeswater Town Hall. The meetings alternate be- tween Lucknow and Teeswater on the fourth Wednesday of each month. New members are wel- come. The guild congratulates the fol- lowing members on their wonderful quilting achievements. Doris Bu- shell of Wingham won first prize for Viewers' Choice and second place for applique with her "Mama's Days -- 100 Years Ago" quilt at the Ontario Agricultural Museum in Milton during the Women's Institute Centennial Pre- lude Quilt Competition this sum- mer. Simone Lynch of Kincardine won first prize for her quilt block entry for the Chesley Homecoming raffle quilt and two second prizes for her "Pieced Basket" quilt and her appliqued "Dresden Plate" quilt during the Homecoming Quilt Show. Betty Millen of Walkerton was selected to display her "Christmas Cabins in the Pines" quilt at the Canada Quilt National Juried Show at the Centre in the Square in Wa- terloo this summer. Excellent work, ladies! On Sept. 27, at 1 p.m., the guild plans to have a surprise guest speaker, J. Wilford. of Windsor. This is meeting is open to the pub- lic for a minimal admission charge. Come and learn about this person's fine, award-winning quilting talent. You won't want to miss the show. Shower held in Gorrie GORRIE--Roy and Sharon Stew- art, RR 2, Gorrie, hosted a "Jack - and -Jill" shower last Sunday for Sherry Stewart, daughter of Cliff and Jan Stewart and Chad Young- blut, son of George and Melanie Youngblut, all of Listowel. About 56 relatives attended from Hanover, Fordwich, Gowanstown, • Oshawa, Mildmay, Listowei, Wingham, Kitchener, Waterloo and Gorrie. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Raftis Couple well on July 8; now reside in Harriston Candelabras of yellow candles, yellow alstrameriums and fern dec- orated the sanctuary of the Gorrie United Church on. July 8 at 3 p.m. for the wedding of Valerie Jayne Brewer and Paul Joseph Raftis. As well, blue and yellow flower ar- rangements and blue Bibles filled each window for the ceremony. Rev. Jeff Hawkins officiated at the double -ring ceremony. Pat Haasnoot of RR 1, Gorrie, accom- panied Diane Skinn of Wingham, who sang "If There Is Love" and "Perfect Love". The bride is the daughter of Ge- rald and Margaret Brewer of RR 1, Gorrie. Parents of the groom are Donald and Patricia Raftis of Har- riston. Given in marriage by her father, the bride chose to wear her moth- er's wedding gown, a floor -length gown featuring a fitted bodice of white lace over taffeta and pearl trim -enhanced neckline. Her seven - tiered skirt fell to a cathedral train and she wore a double half-length veil held by a white taffeta, Scarlet O'Hara -type hat. The bride carried a bouquet of baby yellow roses, baby carnations of yellow and blue and baby's breath enhanced with fern. Karen McGlynn of Wingham, a friend of the bride, was matron of honor and bridesmaids were Pame- la Bennett of Seaforth, a cousin of the bride; Peggy Raftis of Grand Bend, sister-in-law of the groom and Ronda Bennett of Wingham, a SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. Pea 4. Pat 7. Samas 12. Tel 13. Ada 14. Abaca 15. Adapter 17. Saran 18. Bos 19. TSH 21. Ire 22. Stab 24. Mac 25. Pair 26. Aim 27. Parade 29. Enamor 31. Reason 35: Peahen 37. Yin 38. Push 41. Cad 42. Mile 43. Are 44. Paw 45. Sol 46. Linda 48. Sabbath 52. Panic 53. Eli 54. Baa 55, llama 56: RBC 57. IUD, cousin of the bride. Their gowns were floor -length in indigo blue, off -shoulder with pearl drop ac- cents and lime, navy . and yellow hairpieces. They carried sprays of white and blue carnations, accented with yellow alstrameriums. Patrick Raftis was his brother's best man. Brad Day, Jeff Benning- er and John Ziegler, all friends of the groom, were ushers. They all wore grey tuxedos, accented with yellow boutineers. Three brothers of the bride, Vin- cent, Jason and Matthew Brewer, read scripture during the ceremony. The mother of the bride wore a three-quarter length, navy chiffon dress with hand -embroidered gold lace bodice and sleeves. She also wore a corsage of hot pink baby roses. The groom's mother wore a street -length, two-piece tapestry dress of plum pink and blue and a corsage of baby pink roses. An honored guest was Greta Bennett, the bride's grandmother. She wore a two-piece' suit of rose and autumn colors and a corsage of champagne roses. The dinner and reception` were held at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall at Harriston, where 275 rela- tives and friends wished the couple well as they left for a honeymoon to Niagara Falls and the surround- ing area. They presently are residing at Harriston. SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. PTA 2. OED 3. Alabama 4. Pats 5. Ade 6. Tartar 7. Sash 8. Aba 9. Maria 10. Acari 11. Saner 16. POB 20. Seared 22. SAE 23. Tin 24. Maraca 25. Pea 27. Poe 28. Den 30. MPH 32. Syllabi 33. Oil 34. NNE 36. Hawser 38;. Palpi 39. Urial 40. Senna 42. Mob 44. Paca 45. SBIC ,47. Dim 49. Alb 50. Tau 51. Had