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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-02-15, Page 3} White DESIGNS CREST—A crest designed by Shirley Boonstra of Fordwich will be used to celebrate the 125th' anniversary of the Howick Agricultural Society this year. The crest depicting a sheaf of wheat, a calf, a jar of jam and a loaf of bread, will be used on crests, buttons and the society's letterhead. Congratulating Miss Boonstra on her crest design is Ralph Dickson of RR 1, Clifford, president of the Howick Agricultural Society. (Staff Photo) Lloyd Moffat of loucknow was a Tuesday vlrzitor with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Emerson. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Uuldriks attended the wedding of their granddaughter Deborah on Saturday in Kitchener. Mrs. Gertie Tiffin • of Wingham visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. hied Tiffin and Mr. and Mrs. �s Toronto, with- her ;a Mrs. wag*. >as . Mr..and Melo, , . ac Stewart,. Kitchener, . via, ed' Tuesday with Mr. amt a Mrs. Carl McClenaghan. 14 • help Carl celebrate his birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Fraser McKinnon of Concession: 4, Kinloss, were Wednesday visitors with 1. and Mrs, Victor Emerson. ' . Vi.QtorrEntOr .„ .;'' Rod Lamb, a student at ' The fog that wirapped..:the'p 'Knox College, Toronto, has a . area on Friday and Saturday holiday from college this made driving dangerous so- week. Mrs. Lamb has gone to many. people. remained at Ottawa to visit with her home, hence .no news to mother and other relatives. report. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Weekend visitors with Mr. Emerson, Sharon and • and Mrs. Carlin_ cClenaghant Brenda of St. Catharines, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Emerson. / _ Ronald Beecroft of Wingham visited Sunday l .• with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Beecroft. ne Brussels acid On Friday Miss Mary larea wishing to put news in - The Wingham:• Advance Topsell of Yellowknife, Times please phone Mrs. Northwest Territories, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Clem McLellan at 887-9084. Russell Chapman. Miss Baptised at St, Ambrose Tapsell at one time boarded R•C hurch on -Sunday, Feb. with the Chapmans while . 5, were Justlri>l ichael, son working in this area. `^' 01 Joe• and. Joanne Phelan, Mr. and Mrs. John deBoer, and Adam Mu!liael, son of Mike and Joan Ryan, all of RR 4, Brussels A Genius program will be beginning at St. Ambrose Church on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m: and continuing through April. 1') spent the weekend with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Nicholson, Eric and Ryan of Strathroy. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wilson of West Wawanosh visited Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Tiffin. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Don- nelly, Angela and Jill of Shop around then come tom MRS. GEORGE BROWN Gorrie Stock WALIPAPER w r/PRICE 2 OFF WALLPAPER BOOK ORDERS 25 Doff Over 20 ROMs of Stock Carpet PAINT BUY 1 GALLON GET 2nd GALLON 1/2 PRICE Shacking Regal Candide �t $1250 • sq. yd. Mrs. V. Grieco is speaker at meeting of WMS The Women's Missionary Society of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wingham, held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 7, in the Upper Room. Mrs. Paul Mills. and 1VIrs. T. Currie were in charge of the meeting. Mrs. Mills opened the meeting with the quotation, "I cannot understand", and prayer. Mrs. Currie read seri,ture from. the sixth chapter of St. Matt ew s Gospel arid delivered the meditation -on . the . theme, "Give Us This DatOur Daily Bread". Mrs. Mills introduced the guest speaker, Mrs. V. Grieco, of the Wingham Pentecostal Church. Her topic was "Love and Sacrifice" and .her talk was based on women of the Bible. . She was thanked by Mrs. T. Currie and presented with a gift. Mrs. G. Wall, treasurer, received the offering which was dedicated by Mrs. Helen Lewis. Mrs. Mills then turned the meeting over to the 'president, Mrs. 'H. ' Bateman,' Who .,welcomed everyone present. Secretary Mrs. C. Tiffin read • the minutes of the last meeting, also the correspondence and the roll call. There were three hymns sung during the, meeting, with Mrs. J. Conn at the piano. Mrs. Mills closed the meeting with prayer and lunch was served by the hostesses, Mrs. W. Congram and Mrs. W. Lapp. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mundell accompanied Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Henderson last week when they visited Mr. and Mrs. James Brisbin of Guelph. They also at- tended the Charles H. MacDonald' Memorial Lecture at Knox College When Rev. Arnold Bethane, a regional coordinator of pastoral services in Com- munity and Social Services, •CorrectionalServices and Health services, spoke on "Reflections on Institutional Chaplaincies: 'A Ministry of Me igbdti i et...W- V* c and V.lrs• Rtayrnond Des aches, London, who also visited. Mr. and Mrs-. 'Jerk, Clark of Luck naw, and Mr . and Mrs. Melvin McClenaghan, Vit°Itrloo. . and Mrs. George Wetele visited on the w.enc- with Mr. and Mrs. utledge and family, '' Shawn had been :j , at. dog, some of the requiring stitches. y lends in this area 1,4 The Wingham Advance -Times, Feb. 15, 1984—Page 3 nen -'SPOTLIGHT 3 will be interested to learn that Miss Blanche Alexander of Virden, Manitoba, had the misfortune to break a leg. She spent two weeks in hospital and is now back in her apartment. Mrs. Jim Smith and family of Goderich were Sunday visitors with Mrs. Pauline Adams. On Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. George Webster visited with Mr. and Mrs. Tony Straker, Wingham. Voice for. Life group will have busy year The Wingham Voice for Life held its monthly meeting recently and is looking forward to a busy schedule of events this spring. The highlight will be the annual dinner, to be held at- the Presbyterian church ''in Wingham at 7 p.m. May 2. This will be a decennial celebration and Dr. Hart Besner, a physicist at Sir Wilfred Laurier University, will be the guest speaker. An excellent meal is being planned by the ladies at the church and invitations will be sent to local clergy, ries and members of parliament. As part of a nation-wide advertising campaign, bill- boards will be erected in the area. The caption will be: Choose Life, Abortion Kills. The group will be continuing its television ads which feature Dr. Bernard Nathanson, an ex -abortionist and fetologist. The film "Assignment Life" may also be shown soon. The film explores both sides of the abortion issue. The televi- sion ads emphasize the hu- manity of the unborn. The group's education secretary, Sally Campeau of Wingham, will speak at a meeting of the Salvation Army Feb. 20. Wherever possible, pamphlets are made available to students doing projects. A new pamphlet, "Startling Find- ings", deals with research into how quickly unborn babies develop, psychologi- cally and physically. 1 ELEANOR WARD of Wingham is a tireless worker for her church and the community, but her family always comes first. Born near Brockville, Mrs. Ward came to Wingham in 1969 when she married Jim Ward, then the town's recreation director, "Why is a law needed to protect the unborn?" This question is frequently asked, said Mrs. Campeau. The law is an educator, she an- swered, and said what becomes legal becomes permissible. Thus, when a society permits abortion, the lives of thousands of children are unprotected and may he destroyed. Unborn children, as members of the human family, need protection under the law, she con- cluded. Happy Gang views slide presentation The regular monthly meeting of the Wingham Seniors Happy Gang Wiit st Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grainger, Da+ nand Steven of Waterloo; visited Mrs. Cecil Grainger and also Mr. Grainger at the Listowel hospital Sunday. They also yisited Mrs. , Marie Douglas of Belmore. Mr. and Mrs. Angus Smith, • Dwayne, Miehaeii and David of London, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William A. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Warner Dietrich of RR 2, Gorrie. Walter Charles is a patient at the Wingham hospital. Mrs. Edward Bolander is a patient at •the Listowel hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Mann and Mr. and Mrs. Art Breckles of Kinlough have returned from a trip to the Hawaiian Islands. Mrs. James Austin, Jef- frey and Derek of Elmira, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs: William Austin. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Mann, Doug, Rob and Janice, were at various points of interest during their holiday in Florida. Friday at 2 p.m. After the regular opening exercises of "0 Canada", the reading of the minutes and the treasurer's report, the group went directly into ' its program which was con- ducted by Margaret Moffatt. Mrs. Clugston played a .couple of favorite 'numbers on the piano to open the program and Mark Ackert gave a slide showing of the Trent Severn Waterway Tours. This is a company called Ontario Waterways• Cruises and it is owned by the Lloyd Ackert family. They have two boats and if the pictures shown are any indication of the trip, it must be a very interesting and informative one. Some of the members picked up travel brochures. - ' Dean Golley and David Demaray played saxophone numbers and John Donaldson sang a two solos. Mrs. Moffatt and Mrs. Gordon Wall gave readings . The box for the Can Save fund yielded $28 and the group hopes to do this again next year. A motion was passed that we reserve the Armouries for Thursday ni:hts. This Thursda night, we have Gord's 01' timers playing fora• dance from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. This isn't just for seniors, we hope some of our younger friends will come out and enjoy. Refreshments will be provided. Another important item out of our correspondence was a notice of .a presen- tation by the Blyth Festival Singers to be held March 4. Two performances will be ,.- held, one at 3 p.m. and the other at 8 p.m. For more information contact Laurie Willitts at 335-6422. Six copies of The Voice were ordered. The March meeting will be held March _ 9, commencing at 12:30 p.m. with a potluck luncheon. DOUBLE YOUR SAVIN Cliff'these coupons,�nd save on a 20 piece Barrel and a9 piece Thrift B2�x of Kentucky Fried Chicken Offer expires March 4, 1984• a ez • Over 40 players attend card party FORDWICH — Eleven tables of players were in attendance for the senior • citizens' card party held in the hall on Friday evening. Marian Behrns and George Richards were the players with the highest scores. Prizes were also given for those having scores closest to 49 — ladies, Mrs. George Richards; men, Lorne Lambkin. Special prizes were won by Mrs. Lorne Kelley and Mrs. Bruce Kennedy. The next seniors' card party will be held March 9. r-----', BARREL 20 pieces of Kentucky Fried e Chicken ,1 . — — — — This k;oupon valid at all Kentucky Fried Chicken stores Not valid in conjunction with any other promotional offer allay dC�cicen -.1( ONLY �$11015 Regular Price $12.80 COUPON EXPIRES Save $2.05 MARCH 4, 1904. Josephine St., Zehrs Plaza Corner of Hwy. 4 and 86, Wingham Phone 357-2221. MOM MOM MOM — mom tis mom mom mom mom mom®— — tater" - mom mom — 1 1 1 — — ti— MOM MIMI THRIFT BOX 9 pieces of Kentucky Fried Chicken This coupon valid at all Kentucky Fned Chicken stores. Not valid in conjunction with any other promotional offer. /ONLY 1 MIII MOM Mil $515 Regular Price $6.90 1 COUPON.EXPIRES.Save $1.15 1 MARCH 4,1984. ' Josephine St., Zehrs Plaza Corner of Hwy. 4 and 86, Wingham MOM Mr— its-- I—MOM MOM MOM t— MOM MOM MOM MMM PPM —.ltll. 1 1 Phone 357-2221 Infant baptized at Sunday service in Trinity Church FORDWICH — The ser- vice of Holy Baptism was held Sunday morning at Trinity Anglican Church when Pamela Jean Bunker, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Bunker, was baptized by Rev. William Gray. Judith Annethitouglas and Ruth Anne Gra ang a duet, "You Have Been Baptized in Christ", accompanied on the guitar by Marian Marsh. Other special music was provided by the choir, ac- companied at the organ by Mrs. Douglas. Flowers on the altar were placed in loving memory of Arthur and Leona Watts and were a gift of .Charles and Reta Shay, relatives of the Bunker family. Eleanor Ward devotes energy to her family, church and community By Margaret Arbuckle No one could accuse Eleanor Ward of Wingham of sitting on her hands and watching the world go by. She is involved in so many things that she is kept running constantly. But at the same time, no one could accuse her off not having her priorities straight either. They are, clearly: her family, her church and her community. Born in North Augusta, a little town of about 200 people north of Brockville, she received her public and high schooling before heading to Brockville for Grade 13. Then it was on to Queen's University at Kingston for three years studying math, English and psychology before heading to teacher's college at Toronto for one year. When Mrs. Ward started teaching it was not difficult to get a job, so she wound up back at Brock- ville teaching math and guidance. But she always had been involved with the church and had a keen desire to do church work. After four years of teaching, she went back to school, this time at Covenant College, an affiliate of the University of Toronto, for her Bachelor of Religious Education. She said she was ap ri of the first co-ed Christian education class at the college. She studied at Covenant College for three years and had she gone for another year she could have become a minister, but decided instead to become a Christian education director. Eveh today Mrs. Ward is totally qualified to assist a minister in a church service and has often spoken herself. She also can do many other things an or- dained minister can do, except perform marriage ceremonies and baptisms. She went to work at Grace St. Andrew's United Church at Arnprior, near Ottawa, and spent four exciting years there. Murray McBride, the church's minister, was a newly -elected MP at the time, so Mrs. Ward said she found herself very busy as he started to devote more time to his constituents. She taught background education to Sunday School teachers and other church officials and took over many Sunday services as well. It was a hectic time, but a fun time too. One of the things that made those yearsi ex- citing was meeting a young man who attended the Arnprior church with his parents. Although Jim Ward was recreation director in Wingham at the time, he often visited his Arnprior home and developed a "romance across the miles" with Eleanor. She quit her beloved job at Arnprior in July of 1969 when she took on another full-time commitment as wife. She moved to Wingham with her new husband and got a job teaching her old favorites, math, English and guidance at the local high school. Her teaching career ended with the birth of Ian in 1971 and then Beth in 1974. She was glad to stay at home with her young family because she said she wanted to devote all her energy to their develop- ment. A series of personal losses made the following years difficult, but the severest blow was dealt to her in January of 1978 when her husband died suddenly. With two young children to e'are for, she had no choice but to become both mother and father, and she did it by promising herself that her children would not miss out on anything. She has thrown herself whole-heartedly into activities centering around her "family and the church`: Ian is a Scout, so Mom is on the Scout committee, and Beth is heavily into figure skating, so her mother is on the executive of the figure skating club: Last September, she started a youth group at the United, Church and she is deeply involved with the Sunday School, in addition to taking the odd Sunday service. She also is proud to mention that she was one of the founders of the Friendship Club at the church, a group for retired people which meets once a month for lunch. She also worked with her husband creating the Happy Gang seniors' group in Wingham. Today, as if she didn't have enough to do, she also is a parent volunteer at the Wingham Public School and babysits Peter and Andrew, Dave and Betty, Shaw's young boys. Mrs. Ward knows it will not be easy raising two children on her own, especially as they enter their teen years. But she said she is determined to keep. her kids involved in church, sports and community activities to ensure they are always busy. She also encourages them to have their friends visit frequently which often means a house full of kids, but she doesn't mind because she likes young people. When asked why she stayed in Wingham after the death of her husband, Mrs. Ward replied the strength and support of her many friends here made her decide that Wingham is home and she's never wavered on that decision. 4 A o