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Wingham Advance-Times, 1977-12-14, Page 6.cs 'Aligham Advance -Times, December 14, 1977 KEEP IT CLEAR—Customers have an easier time beating a path to your door if you shovel your walk, shop owners agree. Shirley Walker was among many persons doing just that, (over and over again) during recent days. ;STARTS tNRISTMASDAY! MENNE- DERBY! NW/DISNEY aowK,ww - GOES TO MON-�TECAR'LO iEQM[bIOR�, Brussels UCW BRUSSELS Mrs. R. Cousins opened her home to the 'members of the Afternoon Unit of the Brus- sels. UCW on Tuesday of last week.' There were 17 ladies ,pre- sent and 45., visitations were re- corded. "Christmas" was , the theme throughout the program. Mrs. C. Hemingway read a poem, "Get- ting Ready for Christmas". Several members took part in a dialogue which portrayed the thoughts in_the minds of those people who travelled with Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem. Carols were sung as the story unfolded. The scripture was read by Mrs. Evans and was followed by pray- er. \Mrs. Hemingway paid tribute tothe memory of Past President Mrs. William Miller and two minutes of silent prayer were ob- served in honor of her life and service. Boxes for shut-ins will be pack- ed .on Dec. 15 at the church. Treats will be gladly received. Christmas cards were signed by the ladies to be • sent- to former members. ' Christmas refreshments were served and Mrs. Hemingway of- fered a closing prayer. Sincere Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from CURRA I'S GENERAL STORE Gorrie, Ontario Santa will be at the store SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 from 10:30-12:00 to see all his little friends I"'IIIIItP �Ittlh�• ;la �'11111111 II CHRISTMAS d i1111 DECORATIONS , �,11IIIiii�I��IL ;GYuu„p Flowers for all OecO1C Inflc �■ a �V♦e '!tl coli Ve ■o/B I I , including silk arrangements for the new mother. Hap -E -Nest r Ales 184 Diagonal Rd. Wingham, Ont. Phone 357-3833 Whitechurch correspondent, active community historian From The .ueknow sentinel (Valetta Emerson is atso the Whitechurch correspondent for The Wingham Advance -Times.) Whitechurch correspondent Valetta Emerson has been writ- ing for the Sentinel for longer than she cares to remember be- cause she has been writing the column since A. D. MacKenzie owned the paper. An active, spry woman whose vitality hides her., true age, she has a quick wit and a love for life. A charter member , of the Whitechurch Women's Institute which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary,, she has held offices at the branch, district and area levels. She is still active in the Insti- tute, being the assistant curator for the area for the past five years, after being curator for six years and serving as secretary for five years. As curator she saves clippings from local newspapers and makes scrapbooks which will act as community history books when completed. She has served in each of the offices in the White- church branch and was convener for the Guelph area of the Insti- tute before the Grey -Bruce Area was formed in 1959. She is also • a member of the Women's Missionary Society of Chalmer's Presbyterian Church, Whitechurch, . and has served as its president for five years. She is currently the Society's secretary.. She has. taught Sunday School for years and always taught the teenagers and when asked to teach the little"'ones she told the minister she liked them to talk back to her, so she would prefer to continue to teach the teen- agers. Then one Sunday, she taught the little ones while their teacher was away, and she found them to be so much fun shehas been with them ever since. She said she had ..a good com- munication link with the teen- agers who would sometimes tell .her things she was certain they would not tell their parents. She oncetold them she wanted them to laugh, "there will be no long faces in this class.” She has been told by the pres- ent minister at the church that he can spot the children in the Young People's Society who had her as a Sunday School teacher because "they- know the Bible better than he does," she laughs. "I was in- terested in them, and they knew it," she adds. A graduate of Stratford Teach- ers' College, Valetta, who prefers to be called by her first name rather than Mrs. Emerson, says that the children today cannot read. She noticed this with her 13 and 14 -year-old Sunday School students and it distressed her. She would have them read aloud.' different ministers who have from the Bible though, and in no time at all, they could read with expression. Their reading im- proved in a very short time she observed. The children of the vil- lage are in and out of the Emer- son home all the time. A child is always coming around to ask, "Where's Victor today?" Valetta says she cannot buy carpet for her floors because then she wouldn't let the kids in. They always call her Valetta, and the children of Rev. and Mrs. Osborne wholive in the manse next door call her and her hus- ltand, Victor, "Grandpa" and "Grandma". The Emerson have no family of their own but they have made a family of the chil- dren in the village and also the lived in the manse through the years. Two ministers are pic' turgid in photographs on the Emerson's coffee table. Valetta was born and raised on a farm atLangside, the daughter of Mr. ' and Mrs. Rueben Tiffin. She had one sister -and twp broth- ers. She attended Stratford Teachers' 'College in 1917-1918 and after graduation she taught for eight years in public schools at Zion, Second Concession, Kin- loss, Moorefield and .near Mount Forest. All her teaching assignments were one room, eight grade classes, which she comments were "more than a handfull". The Emersons were married in 1924 at Langside where (they New Hamburg woman elected president of Federated WI The annual meeting of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario was held at the Lord Sim- coe Hotel, Toronto,, December 5- 9. The president, Mrs. Herb Maluske, Chesley, welcomed 32 se ',.r and two junior board did- tors. "It is ,the effect of ev blade of grass th t makes the ; mea reep," jhe said. Ev, +'-anch tr is a most i• -portant link in the total organization. Silver Jubilee medals were presented recently to Past Presi- dent Mrs. Harvey Noblitt, Ottawa and the president, Mrs. Maluske, with the engraved certificate in honor of the Queen's Silver Jubi- lee. Miss Molly McGhee, direc- for. Home Economics Branch, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, said the county home economists are being asked to speak at many meetings, but 80 per cent of their time is devoted to the 4-H programs. A million dollars worth of help is given by WI members all over Ontario in their volunteer leadership of the 4-H and Senior Leaders Training courses Mrs. Harvey Houston, the Pub- lic Relations officer. stated the Women's Institute is truly an education drganization'. Over 1126,500 was speni for those pur- poses Many local and com- munity projects benefit from their generous aid in excess of 1180.000 Mrs. Houston completes a six-year term and her suc- cessor is Mrs. John Brown, Washago. The Erland Lee Home report by Mrs. Austin Zoeller, New Hamburg, stated that 1,416 people visited the home during WI week June 6-10, FWIO owns this historic place situated at Stoney Creek.. Mrs. Maluske at- tended the 15th Triennial Con- ference of Associated Country- women of the World in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. The theme was, "Building for Tomorrow". The general assembly of the United Nations has, proclaimed 1979 International Year of the Child. The objective is to make the world realize the child as its most precious resource. The next con- ference is , to be held in the Federal Republic of Germany. Mrs. R. C. Walker, St. George, who has been FWIO Tweedsmuir History Curator for 23 years, re- ported there are" 1300 copies of historical books in Ontario. She visited all the districts in the province in 1957-58. She was also responsible for introducing, 15 years ago, the compilation of House Logs. Mrs. Walker was presented with a life membership in FWIO. Mrs. Russell Campbell, Iona Station, stated the 30th Officers' Conference will be held at the University of Waterloo, May 2, 3, 4,1978. Mrs. Beilish, FWIC presi- dent, will pay her official visit to Ontario. The conference will be for treasurers and secretaries Officers ''elected were: honorary president, Miss Molly McGhee, director of the Home Economist Branch; president, Mrs. Clarence Diamond, New Hamburg; sec.-treas., Mrs. Earl Morden, Rodney; public rela- tions officer, Mrs. John Brown, Washago; officers' Conference sec.-treas., Mrs. Russell Camp- bell, Iona Station. Standing Committee Con- veners, Mrs. Donald Caza, Lake - field; Mrs. Robert Moore, Sim- coe; Mrs. Cecil Bell, Brockeville; Mrs. Sam Koski, Forf Frances; Mrs. Herb Maluske, Chesley. Tweedsmuir Curator, Mrs. Fred Howe, Embro. Robert B. Carbert, manager of the Ontario Agriculture Museum at Milton, discussed the poten- tials of the WI Hall 'situated on this location. Thursday evening, the board of directors was enter- tained to dinner at the Royal York Hotel by the,Hon. W. G. Newman. Christmas peace theme of message BLUEVALE — The clerk of session, - Robert Fraser. lit the third Advent candle on Sunday morning at the United Church service. The candle was lit be- cause Jesus is the Light of the world and His birthday is close Rev Wilena Brown's message waw hagpd nn the theme "Peace". She said, "As we come to Christmas we believe that a message has been transmitted to the world. That mpacage is "Peace" and it comps from ,iie Lord " Miss Brown stressed that it this modern world, Christians do not trust enough. She asked her congregation how they react to the message of peace, .love and hope. clnsina by saving that "the essential truth of Christmas is that God is at work." our children were naptizeu uy Miss Brown and received into the church. They are Julie Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Elston; Kerry-Anrte, daughter of M. and Mrs. doe Nicholson; Mathew John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Adams and Trevor Gordon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gor- dan Machan. Next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 the children will present their Sunday School concert. On Christmas Eve at 7:30 in the church, there will be a birthday party for Jesus with special sing- ing and a birthday cake. farmed until 1946 when Victor started doing carpentry work. They moved from the farm to the first farm west of Whitechurch where they rented the farmhouse for $6.00 a month for a year. They bought a house at the 41A north end of the village the next year where they lived from 1947 to 1959. She had boarders during this time — "never more than eight and never less than four". The Emersons now live in a little cottage in the heart of the village next to the manse. When asked the secret to living into your eighties, Victor makes the observation that "hard work never killed anybody, it's the worry of it that does". Valetta thinks that keeping active helps and she won't quit. The Sunday School superinten- dent wantedto leave his position and she told him he couldn't leave until she quit teaching. He is still there and so is she. She once asked one of her Sun- day School students why he never missed a Sunday and he an- swered that he thought if she could come, he could come, and besides, he added, "I like it." �yr 1311,161011504, St.PauI's Church (ANGLICAN,) -WINGHAM John Street at Centre Street The Rector: The Rev. John T. M. Swan, L. Th. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 * The Fourth Sunday in Advent * 8:30 a.m.—Holy Eucharist 11:00 a.m.—Sung Eucharist and Church School. 6:00 p.m.—The Annual Christmas Congregational Pot -luck Supper and Children's Party Wed., Dec. 22nd (St. Thomas the Apostle) 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist WINGHAM PENTECOSTAL Pastor Ronald Baker CHURCH 359 Centre Street SUNDAY SERVICES * Sunday School 1.0 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Evening Evangelistic Service 7 p.m. THOT: If you want to know how precious Christ can be, make him pre-eminent. 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