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MRS. GEORGE BROWN
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Gorrie Personal Notes
Mrs. Gordon Underwood of
Geri -Care, Harriston, spent
a few days with Mrs. Earl
Underwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Crump and Stephen of
Kitchener visited Sunday
with Mrs. Joe' Simmons.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Ross
of Cambridge (P) called on
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Toner
on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs: Alan
Whytock of Teeswater
visited Mrs. Glad Edgar on
Sunday.
Birks Robertson of
Teeswater visited Tuesday
with Mrs. Gordon Edgar.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Hogg,
Janet and Kendra of
Wingham, Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Hogg visited Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Hetherington.
Mrs. Les Fleming, Lana
and Lyndsey of Neustadt,
spent a few days with Mr.
and Mrs. William A. Smith.
Mrs. Walter Charles is a
patient in Wingham and
District Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. William
Klumpenhower, RR 1,
Wroxeter, visited Mr. and
Mrs. John Van de Kemp on
Sunday,.
Miss Nancy Fisher, ,c
Thornhill, Paul Searson,
Mississauga, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarke Hyndman and
Christopher of Elmira spent
the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton Ruppel.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne
Robinson visited Miss Linda
Robinson of Fergus on
Sunday.
Mrs. Ethel McArthur has
returned home from K -W
Hospital, Kitchener, where
she recently underwent
surgery.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hart of
Gadshill, Mrs. Frances
Lewis of Kitchener, Mr. and
Mrs. Kevin Raven and Lisa
of Etobicoke were recent
visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Melville Dennis.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hoy
of Wingham visited Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
t
ending were. Bruce
Grainger of Montreal; )Mr.
and Mrs. Ian Howes and
Lana of Peterborough; Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Grainger,
David and Steven of
Waterloo; Gary Grainger,
Kitchener; 'Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Grainger and
Bronwen of Baden; Mr. and
George Brown.
Cecil Grainger was . guest
of honor for his birthday
dinner held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Grainger
on Saturday. Guests at -
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Mrs. Murray Grainger,
Ch s opph r and Craig of
Shakespeare; Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Williams, Chet and
Drew, Mrs. Ken Williams,
Murray Williams and Miss
Lauranne Samson, all of the
Listowel area, Mrs. Cecil
Grainger and Mrs. A. L.
Stephens.
ill hears about
Blyth festival plans
BELGRAVE — The Edu-
cation meeting of the Bel -
grave Women's Institute was
held at the hall on Tuesday
evening, opening with a
poem read by the president;
Mrs. Jim Hunter.
Eight members answered
the roll call, "What comes to
mind first when the Blyth
Festival is mentioned?"
Mrs. Ross Higgins gave
the WI prize list for the Bel -
grave School Fair and a do-
nation of $50 will be given to
the fair. It was decided to
give $25 to Mrs. Jim Hunter
to buy some medical sup-
plies to take to (Haiti.
Mrs. Ross Tay'or read the
article prepared for the
Huro County Historical At-
las. The collection and Pen-
nies for Friendship were
taken.
The program convener,
Mrs. Glenn Coultes, called
Foot clinics at
day centres
Since the Victorian Order
of Nurses established foot-
care clinics at the Wingham
and Area Day Centre for the
Homebound in Wingham and
the Huronview Day Centre in
Clinton, more than 125
seniors have•. received foot
care.
The clinics were started
last November by the Perth-
-4man - bra •eh of the VON
on her son Steven to play two
piano solos, then introduced
Brenda Doner, who spoke on
the Blyth Theatre.
She outlined plans for the ,
theatre's loth anniversary,
beginning in June with spe-
cial opening ceremonies at
which there will be native In-
dian dancers and a craft ex-
hibit. Maureen Forester will
be the special guest.
A history of the theatre
will be published and a quilt
depicting the history of the
theatre will be hung in the
hall. She gave a brief sum-
mary of the four, new plays to
be presented this year.
The meeting closed with
the Queen and the Institute
Grace and lunch was served
by Mrs. Ross Higgins and
Mrs. Jim Hunter.
with staff' trained by. VON
nurse Ruth Hansford of
Stratford, who had received
special training in the care of
feet.
The VON, a non-profit'
organization managed 'by a
local' board of cominunity
representatives, provides
nursing services to all age
groups. Last year VON
nurses made almost 8,000
visits to residents of Huron
County and nearly 9,000
visits in Perth. •
As well as "hands-on"
nursing services, the Perth -
Huron VON bran`c'h provides
assessments for insurance
companies, the -cancer
society and the Department
of Veterans' Affairs. •
• Money to fund its services
comes through home care
programs, community and -
social services, private
contracts, county grants, the'
United Way and fees for
services. --
.The main VON office for
this area is in Stratford, with
sub -offices at Listowel and
Clinton. The Clinton office
can be reached by calling
482-3937 after 3 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
Former resident
receives honors
BELGRAVE — Edgar
Wightman received a phone
call recently from Mrs. Vel-
ma Coates of Wingham, who
had received a letter from
her brother-in-law in Florida
containing this newspaper
clipping:
"New Member Board of
Trade Club" January 9, 1984
P.C. Gord Swayze intro-
duced a new member, John
David Wightman, originally
from Belgrave, who is the
son of Edgar Wightman of
Belgrave.
kedi i-n=Bear by tarp Raio n
Toronto since October, 1969, deals with prehistoric times,
and has been with the Na- . when . sabretoothed tigers,
tional Trust Company since &aye bears, and wooly mam-
then in various jobs such as moths roamed the earth.
securities officer in the Cor- Ayla, a member of the
porate Trust Department Others (a more advanced
and Operations' officer in tribe of fair coloring) was
Personal Trust Department. lost -and then found by the
John is now the manager Clan. (The Clan, or flatheads
of the Corporate and Institu- as known by the Others, was
tional Accounts Group, Per- a primitive tribe that had no
sonal Services Department. vocal form of communica-
He holds an Honors B.A. tion; they used hand signs.
from Atkinson College (York In Valley of the. Horses,
University) Toronto. • Ayla is on her own, exiled.
John and his wife Susan from the Clan. The story tells
and. their family, Charles of her struggle to survive,
and Kimberly make , their the first meeting with Jonda-
home in. Burlington. Bel -.'lar (a member of the Others)
• grave friends wish to con- and of the love that grows
gratulate Jahn in obtaining between them.
this new position. This book had a lot of qual-
Filter
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"IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA"
482-7103
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n- my opinion
Why use drugs?
Would somebody please
answer my question? Why do
people use drugs? There
must be a perfectly valid
reason ,for sticking a needle
in ,your ,arm, snorting quanti-
ties. of powder up your nasal
passages or drying and
smoking plants. So many
people are doing it nowadays
that I thought I was missing
something. well, lets -see if
we can sum up the situation
and form a valid reason.
From what I understand,
drtlts make you feel "good".
Apparently when you're
down in the dumps, depress-
ed or in a bad mood, drugs
pick up your spirits. Some
anonymous people say they
(drugs) help them perform
throughout the day. They
make you alert, alive, a real
go-getter. Well, those seem
like pretty valid reasons to
almost anyone; at least any-
one who's a weak-minded
simpleton.
Get re.. porting or in-
jecti a drug into your
bloj stream that makes
yo i' mind perform in an ar-
tifi Hal atmoshpere makes
yi' more. alert? Somehow
t t doesn't quite fit to-
gether. Drugs make a rough
situation easier? How? Are
the people who do drugs try-
ittl to tell us that while thier
nlinds are floating through
space, a bad situation is
straightening itself out and if
it's not straight by the time
they come down, just shoot
up again and again until it
is? Sounds more like a fairy -
error
Student Message
question of hope
tale than reality.Anew and unique way of
Drugs make you feel good. expressing oneself is sweep -
Whoopee. In exchange for
ing the continent. Break
feeling good for a little while dancing involves dancing on
you merely burn out your your head, elbows, knees,
nasal passages, make your spinning around and putting
arms look like swiss cheese, yur body into various posi-
destroy your sense of judg tions. I asked the students of
ment and fry the delicate F. E. Madill if they would
circuitry that, forms You like to learn this new fad.
brain. Well. If that isn't a Paulette Lippert 9C thinks
fair deal, I don't know what it would be a great way to get
is. (If you're really into feel -
into shape.
ing good, you can become an "It would be fun, but there
addict. If you don't feel good would not be anyone to com-
twenty four hours a day,
pete against," said Wendy
your brain decides to quit. Sanbur against,"
working. Wow! Sounds like Melanie Sanderson 9D,
fun). who remarked that she
Well, I haven't seen a valid would like to be in a Pepsi
reason to "do" drugs yet. In
commercial with Michael
fact, it looks like anybody Jackson, thought that it is
who does drugs must be a probably more fun to watch
real loser. Maybe not a than do.
"loser" in the sense of hav Ian Fairish 11C would ra-
ng lots of money or being
ther learn to fight.
famous, but the rock star Ronda Douglas 12B thinks
who does drugs eventually break dancing is stupid.
winds up as big a loser as the Finally, Mr. Stuckey said
teen who smokes up on the if he tried, he would break.
weekend with his buddies so It seems most people
that he can be one of the would enjoy learning the
bunch. crazy moves of this type of
I've tried to be objective dance. Soon you may see
about this topic, but, le break dancing in the
halls. "\
—Angela Petten-
(Fortunately . . . ) I only PeOp
know one side off the story.
So, just to be fair, I-' invite
any dealer, producer or user
of drugs to write an article
and leave it in the Madill
Mirror Mailbox. Ask me for
directions. I'll tell you where
it is. All of us non-users want
to know what we're missing.
In My Opinion. ,
—Clint Pewtress
BOOK REVIEW
The book Valley of the
Horses by Jane Ariel is the
sequel to Clan of the Cave
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NOTICE'
Please be advised that the Town of
Wingham and Wingham Horticultural
Society have cooperated this year to
plant trees on town streets, to replace
those being removed.
Any ratepayer wishing a tree is asked
to notify Town Clerk's office as soon as
possible. 4
J. Syron Adams
Clerk -Treasurer
ities that I enjoyed and I find
that many others would en-
joy it as much as I did. It was
s moathe
yes, sometimes sad story
that has the ability to stick in
your mind and make you
think when you are buying a
resent for someone special;
''Hey! I know what they
ould really like!"
Maybe I am overrating it,
and yet I don't think so. The
love story of Ayla and Jonda-
.lar is prehistoric, but the
book is ahead of its time.
It has been almost four
years since our hero, Terry
Fox, passed an. It is now
time realize we must carry
on this battle for people like
Terry Fox. Cancer can be
beaten with the help of all
Canadian citizens. In order
to do this we must carry on to
fight cancer.
Terry Fox, thanks to his
dedication and determina-
tion, has give a message of
hope to the Cancer Society's
volunteers and cancer pati-
ents fighting cancer. This
brave young hero focused
the attention of all Cana-
dians on the importance of
cancer research to fight
against this merciless killer.
His work mus be continued.
He has become a "hero in his
own time" — a true Cana-
dian legend that will always
be remembered.
Canadians, we need your
heldp to fight this disease.
Cancer can be beaten!
Thank you Terry, and many
thanks for what you have
done for this country and itscitizens.
—Melody Ireland
BLUEVALE III
By Lee -Anne Nicholson
The fourth meeting of the
Quacky Quilters was held
last Saturday at the home of
Sharron Darlow. We opened
the meeting with the 4-H
Pledge and the roll call. We
then started to do our sample
of appliquing the "Moon over
the Mountain" pattern. The
leaders explained every-
thing thoroughly and helped
each of us to press the mater-
ial. then they helped us start
our samp es. " e en
meeting by deciding the next
meeting will be. April 7 at
Bonnie Johnston's.
The Canadian National In-
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opens the door of knowledge
to over `12,000 blind and
visually impaired people
through their braille and
talking books and maga-
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Recreation Report
BY RENNIE ALEXANDER'
Rec. Director
You are invited to attend a
presentation of a variety of
4 recreation activities, par-
ticipated in and enjoyed by
members (young and old) of
our community. on Monday,
April 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. The
participants in the following
activities and their in-
structors, will share the
results of their hard work
during the past year: F. E.
'Madill Cheer Squad; Ju
Jitsu; Gymnastics; Ladies'
Fitness; Canadettes; Ballet
and Huron Hearts (skip -it) .
The hockey games this
week at the Lockridge
Memorial Arena are as
follows: Thursday, March
29, 6:30 p.m., Bantam II
game; Friday, March 30,
6:30 p'.m., Pee Wees vs.
Clinton; Friday at 8:30 p.m.,
Royals vs. Ripley; Sunday,
April 1, 2 p.m., Royals vs.
Ripley.
BROWN BEAR
Brown Bear
lying forgotten
in the corner
Watches from one eye
and
listens through tattered ears
Brown Bear
,,Who has no secrets
hidden in his stuffing
and
old peanut butter smeared
on his chin
Brown Bear
What would'i have done
without
your faithful friendship
and
everlistening silence?
You'll always be soggy from
my tears
and filled with my endless
dreams
Brown Bear
I'm sorry I grew up.
—Valerie Ricker
Rockers. take Kincardine,
lose to Hanover last week
By Fraser Strong
Although these pages have
been silent about the ac-
tivities of the Wingham
Rockers Oldtimers lately,
we have net yet succumbed
to . that most -feared disease
known to our teens as the
"over30s".
After a two-week lay-off
the Rockers jumped back
' intothe hockey wars with a
win and a loss in last week's up until the end of the game.
action. • Wayne Drury, in the
Hanover visited the Wingham net, played a solid
oc ore—la'st—ga
Wednesday and took ad- shots f the many
vantage of a rusty Wingham Hanover rushes.
squad in posting a 4-2 vic-
tory.
Hanover wasted little time
registering a goal when
Herman hit the red light -at
1:10. McEachen made it 2-0
for the "Old Yeovils" at 6:09.
Wingham managed to pot
two goals of its own in the
first frame when Ray
Walker scored, assisted by
Rob Laurie, and Bill Tolton
connected on a pass from
John Cullen in the last five
minutes.
In the second period
Hanover's Batte and Lemmo
potted one each to' give the
visitors a 4-2 lead that held
KIRSTEN KEIL, a student in Mr. Sakasov's Grade 4-5 class, matched wits with Jason
Aaron Moore Monday at noon as part of the ongoing chess tournament Mr. Sakasov
is holding. He estimated the tournament will take about three weeks to complete and
the top player will have competed in a total of 18 matches before a winner is decided.
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Conservation
is theme of
4-H program
Howick Pee Wees
win -three matches
FORDWICH — .. The
Howick Pee Wees played
three exhibition matches last
week and won all three.
Last Tuesday the boys
defeated Palmerston 6-4.
Goal scorers . for Howick
were Mike Latronica With 'a
hat trick and single goals
went of Donald Livermore,
Kenny Wheeler and Jeff
MacGregor. Wheeler also
picked up three assists.
Last Friday the Howick
team defeated Lucknow 5-3.
Peter Robertson earned a
hat trick. Singles were
scored by Jeff MacGregor
and Steven MacGregor.
Howick defeated the
Palmerston squad again.
Sunday, this time by a count
of 5-0, Howick goal -getters
were Livermore, Jaret
Henhoeffer, Latronica, Todd
Templeman and Robbie Van
den Broek.
Peter Stewart. and Mark
Fraser shared the shut -out.
Many area young people
interested in conservation
will have an opportunity to
meet other concerned
conservationists this sum-
mer through the Ontario 4-H
program.
Ray Hanna, organizer of
the club, hopes to introduce
proper techniques of natural
resources malnagement
through field trips and club
projects. The 4-H con-
servation club, scheduled to
start in April, is open to
anyone under the age of 21.
Conservation -related pro-
jects will be undertaken
by the members, providing
an opportunity to put their
new-found knowledge to use.
The Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority will
provide technical and
financial assistance as
sponsor of -the club.
For further information
about 'joining, contact Mr.
Hanna at RR 2, Auburn or
526-7251.
Manila surrender
Manila surrendered to
U.S. forces on Aug. 14, 1898.
The Canadian National
Institute for the Blind is the
only agency in Canada offer-
ing counselling and rehabili-
tation to deaf and blind per-
sons.
The Rock rstraveled to
Kincardine Stinday 'for an
afternoon match with the
"Oldsters". Once again
Wingham fell beind early
when Mallette and Davidson
gave Kincardine a 2-0 lead
after one period.
The Rockers did not give
up and roared back in the
middle frame to tie the game
at three goals apiece. George
Skinn notched two of the
goals and John Fryfogle.;
,added a third. Fryfogle,
Fraser Strong, Jim English
and Paul McKee picked' up
assists.
In the third period
Wingham exploded for
another three goals and held
Kincardine to one to make
the final score Wingham, 6
and Kincardine, 4. Skinn
l-RagaLbome two more to
give him four goals in the
game. Fryfogle and Strong
earned assists. Tolton scored
on a fine three-way passing
play from Ross Davies and
Wayne Brown.
Tom Creeden stood out in
the Wingham net, holding
the Rockers in the game in
the first until they got their
skating legs going.
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