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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-04-11, Page 12HURON TRACTOR • ltiage 3 -Toe: Wingham v. Cei''i,nes, APO 11,1 4 The•paster Meeting 0f the ' Winghani United Church 'I tom's afternoon'unit•was held le the,church parlor on April ' 3. Twenty .mem were present and 517 vjsits had been made. Mrs. Laura Gowdy greeted the ladies at the door. Mrs. H. Bartley anti Mrs. Denis •Langridge conducted the worship service, with Rev. Include us in your plans If you're planning a wedding, plan to visit us first for wedding stationery and accessories Listowel Mount Forest Milverton Wingham Rea Grant at the piano. .rUey opened the worship with. a poem -and the sing of 4 hymn. Scripturereadlg was from the tenth chapter of St. Mark's Gospel, "the Easter story as .told in the Bible- sin ible,In the absence of Mrs. 'James, Mrs. George • Underwood conducted the business meeting. Three members are in hospital or 291 -1660 3231550 595-8921 357-2320 Easter meetin +vill* ba :alertly and three sympathy ` cards had been sent, ' Members were reminded of.the general meeting. of the t,TCW �n April 9. On April 23 the Preesbyteriai will be held in the Wingham United Church. The Friendship Club wilt meet April t$- and April 19 will be the Maundy Thursday communion service. °The meeting was closed with the Mizpah. Benediction 'and lunch was served j y • Mrs. Clifford Bray and Mrs. Herb•Clayton. Mrs.. Borden Linkletter is Thankofferinct speaker The Women's Missionary Society of St. Andrew's Pres- byterian Church, Wingham, held its Easter Thankoffer- ing meeting on April 2 in the upper room. President Mrs. H. Bateman opened the meeting with the call to wor- ship, "Lo, the winter is past, Chris is alive, Easter is here". She then led in pray- er. Mrs. J. McKague read scripture and gave the meditation. Mrs. T. Currie led in prayer. 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Each comes with several fea- tures you won't find on competi- Nothing Runs Like a Deere Full-length 54 -inch solid -steel frame for strength and durabilty. Two -position foot- rests for comfortable operation. tive riders. And each is built with an attention to detail that'll keep them running for years. So if you want to save on a riding mower, but you don't want to sacrifice comfort, con- venience, performance or re- liability, take a look at the new R -Series riders at your nearby John Deere dealer. r EXETER 235-1115 BLYTH • 523-4244 Hearts Are Often Touched", accompanied at the piano by Mrs. W. Ford. The offering was received by Mrs. R. Wright and Mrs. R. McKay and dedicated by .Mrs. R. Hastings. Mrs. Mills introduced the guest speaker, Mrs. Borden Linkletter of the Salvation Army, Wingham, who gave a very inspiring Easter message based on John, chapter 20, verse 21: "As the Father sent Me, I send you." She was thanked by Mrs. Bateman and presented with a gift. Mrs. Bateman conducted the business, with secretary Mrs. C. Tiffin reading the minutes and correspondence and calling the roll, and treasurer Mrs. G. Wall giving her report. Mrs. J. Conn presided at the piano for the singing of the hymns. Mrs. Bateman closed the meeting with prayer and a social hour followed with Mrs. Wall and Mrs. D. Ritchie as hostesses. rr GRADE 7 SCIENCE PROJECT WINNERS at the North Huron regional science fair at Brussels last week were, Melanie Koch of Howick Central School, third in the biological division; Heather Morton of East Wawanosh Public School, second in the physical division; Jan McKague of Turnberry Central, first in the biological; Miss Clare McGowan speaks at meeting The United Church Women of Wingham met Monday evening with a good at- tendance at their general meeting. Mrs. Bill Hanula opened the meeting with an Easter verse. Hymns sung were "Welcome, Happy Morning" and "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today": The Bell Ringers of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church favored the group with three numbers which everyone enjoyed. The ladies appreciated—their—coming. Mrs. Murray Taylor read scripture from Matthew, chapter 28, followed by MRS. DON EADIE prayer. Mrs. Ken Johnston gave an Easter poem, "Gethsemane". Mrs. Johnston introduced the guest speaker, Miss Clare McGowan of Goderich, who told of her two-week trip on the Thomas Crosby boat off the coast of British Columbia and enlightened the members about the work of the mission boat. The next UCW general meeting will be held June 11 when it will take the form of p €i k—s uppar witt, Uri. '83 in charge. A social hour was enjoyed following the remaining bua#hess Belmore Personals Belmore is a busy spot as final preparations take place for the annual maple syrup festival this weekend. All we need now is for Old Man Weather to cooperate. While Jack Stafford at- tended the Gay Lea board meeting in ,Toronto last weekend, his ''wife Betty and daughter Sherry enjoyed a tour of the Ontario Science Centre. The community extends sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Horton and family in the passing of her father, William Bain of Wingham, last week. Congratulations to Jen- nifer Eadie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Eadie, on winning the Miss Junior Majorette title last week at the annual baton competition held at the F. E. Madill Secondary School and sponsored by the Wingham Canadettes, of which Jen - 1 Cheryl Underwood of Wingham Public, second in biological; Paul Bray of Turnberry, first in physical, and Paul Clark of Wingham, third jn physical. Winners advanced to the county -wide science fair being held at Turnberry this week. Voice for Life members to attend London meeting ki4.4P4 -ireys rte ♦ at the Wingham tt,Public School Editors: Jason Ducharme Kevin Smith Twenty-two members of the local Voice for Life group plan to attend the annual dinner of the London Right to Life Friday to hear guest speaker Joe Borowski, a man who currently is chal- lenging Canada's abortion laws. Plans now are finalized for the Voice for Life annual dinner which is to be held at the Presbyterian church, Wingham, May 2. This will mark the 10th anniversary of Wingham's Voice for Life. The Presbyterian church's 6.e nifer is a member. The induction of two new elders took place at the morning service at McIntosh United Church Sunday. They are Mrs. Ellen Harkness for McIntosh and Gilbert Johann for Belmore. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Horton and family of Atwood were Sunday visitors with Mrs. Ed Horton and Walter. They also visited her mother, Mrs. Eldon Renwick. Mrs, Evelyn Jackson also was a visitor with Mrs. Walter Renwick last weekend and with Mr. and Mrs. Andy Renwick and Amanda of Crossfield, Alberta. Mrs. Eileen Johann visited last week with her sister, Mrs. Ruth Hartung of Listowel, and had as her guests this weekend Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Klein of Bramalea and Mr. and Mrs. Brian Klein and Beth of Gowanstown. FRI. APRIL 13 4 P.M. SAT. APRIL 14 ALL DAY UNTIL 5 P.M. T R E N P A 5 O A D E *Windows BRUSSELS, MORRIS &GREY COMMUNITY CENTRE F E S T Come and see our Hunt and Pella Pro Save dollars now and on next winter's fuel bill Insul Glass etc. ¥ Entrance Doors PE C ¥ Folding Doors Patio Doors . Replacement Windows 1 E N P A A L S H. TEN PAS CONSTRUCTION LTD. BRUSSELS 7-6408 BUILDERS SiNCE 1956 "Come visi;hpur booth at Tradefest (Booth #24) e snow as been fading slowly and some of the children now are riding bikes to school. Many science fair projects went to Brussels last Thursday to compete against those from other schools. The ones that won are going to Turnberry Central and they are Cheryl Underwood and Paul Clark. If they win there they go to Halifax! I wish all the pupils that have projects from the Wingham Public School good luck. Keep on bringing all that old junk in to the Wingham Public School because the great yard sale will be held May 5. Mark this on your calendar because you might find things that you really want. Also keep bringing all those Zehrs and Knechtels tapes: we need them greatly for the Quebec and Ottawa trip ! . —Ria Linardatos Our science fai wa;• a great success. We were very proudof the students that represented us at the North Huron Science Fair at the Brussels Public School. Winners from Mr. Bartlett's Grade 8 class were Phillip Smith, first, Terri Shaw and Marilyn.. Latronico;__second,.. and Brenda Lee Loughran and Suzanne Reid, third. In the physical category, Jennifer Willis and Carolyn Skelding took home a first, while Sam Bondiwas second and Rob Chadwick, third. • Did you know that our Friday afternoons are going $o be taken up with elective programs. That's right. We had a chance to vote for the classes, we wanted to be in. I hope everyone is pleased with the group they received. I also hope everyone enjoys him or herself in their various classes. We soon are going to be finished novels and will be dramatizing different scenes from the two books, The Prince and the Pauper and Treasure Islatid. Our mathematics unit dealing with perimeter, area, volume and surface area finally is over! We now are on a new topic dealing. with integers. —Kim Martin Miss Buist's junior'special learning needs class had a terrific (not to mention very filling) day when it paid a visit to the Maple Keys Sugar Bush. After learning u great deal about sap, syrup and the sugar bush production, they made some e ictous pancakes wit maple syrup. The children also have completed an exciting unit on microscopes. They made many amazing discoveries using the microscope. As well, the class has begun its Easter activities with everything from decorating beautiful Easter eggs to discussing the amazing Easter bunny. —Kevin Smith Mr. Martin's class was busy making pancakes last. week. Danny Casemore donated some maple syrup to add some flavor to the pancakes. In geography, the students are studying farming. This unit deals mainly with the different kinds Of farming and different breeds of animals. The class just has started a new videotape series called "Inside Out". This series deals with the values -of a person. --Jason Ducharme In Mr. Lisle's class we have been discussing and displaying our science fair projects so that the class would know what they were about and also so Mr. Lisle could mark them. Congratulations to Cheryl Underwood and Paul Clark, two winners at the regional science fair at Brussels. Grade 7 and 8 is starting a new study in science on rocks and minerals. The students will be starting their own collections. —Kira Stuckey This week the Grade 5s have got a fresh start in their social studies. They now are working on a new project based upon Eskimos and the community in which they live. They have begun .to read Eskimo stories and get hackgrotnd information. Every pupil has begun a series of art lessons which also' are dealing with the Eskimo way of life. -Lynne Braun Mrs. Kaufman's class put on a puppet play for the primary grades. It vstas entitled "The Gingerbread Man". Special thanks go to Mrs. Laidlaw for helping us make the gingerbread cookies which' were later distributed throughout the audience. Congratulations to those who worked on the play. I'm sure it was a great success. —Tracy T'hynne will the Sacred Heart Folk Choir. The guest speaker will he• Dr. • Hart Bezner, a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University. Tickets will be available from members of the board and everyone is welcome. In February the film "Assignment: Life" was shown on CKNX television and was well received. Presently the slide. presentation "Abortion: How It Is" is being used by a local high school, as are the McGoey films, which deal with family life and sex education. A fetal model display also is available upon request. The group is planning to have an information booth again at the Brussels Trade Fest. There also will be a garage sale in July at the home of Harry Sjaarda. A pro-life walk to protest the abortions performed at Victoria Hospital, London,, wilt be held Sunday, May 27 at 2:30 p.m. The walk will proceed from Victoria Park to Victoria Hospital. Buses may be available since many local members ho to take part. SNACKS ADD TO ALR.EAHY tflGItS(IlliMl iVf" ADDITIVES CONTEND' Snack foods should be, chosen carefully, just as you would when preparing meals. Read ,,the labels on packaged foods to determine how much salt has been add- ed if you are trying to cut down. Ingredients are listed in descending order accord- ing to the amount present. Also, many forms of addi- tives are "legally" ingredi- ents as they are beneficial to the body. Comic mime troupe is coming to Blyth Speechless and dying from laughter describes any audience watching "Theatre Beyond Words" which will perform at the Blyth • Memorial Hall Saturday from 2 to 8 p.m. This energetic, comic mime troupe of five will introduce its audience to the "Potato People" at the 2 p.m. family matinee and to "Five Good Reasons to Laugh" at 8 p.m. Since its founding at Niagara -on -the -Lake in 1977, "Theatre Beyond Words" has demonstrated its unique style of comic mime for audiences in Europe; USSR, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. The group finds it rarely performs in Ontario, but this summer can be seen at the Shaw Festival's Royal George Theatre in Niagara - on -the -Lake, as well as on tour in this province and Quebec. "Theatre Beyond Words" is Canada's most successful international touring theatre company and spends 30 weeks of the year on tour. It combines mime's expressive movements with costumes, props, music, sound effects, dialogue and imagination to create skits with universal appeal. From the cartoon antics of the "Potato People" to the fast -paced skits in "Five Good Reasons to Laugh", rt* troupe makes everyone laugh and laugh. The theatre critic from the Kitchener - Waterloo Record agrees, "I cannot remember hearing laughter so loud, long and genuine." Tickets for Saturday's performances still are available at the Blyth Festival box office at 523- 9300. HURON COUNTY FARM t. and ' HOME SAFETY ASSOCIATION Seminar Thursday, April 26th 8 pm -11 pm Family Paradise Hall 527-0629 „ Everyone Welcome COFEE 8 DQNLJ1S