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14—The Wingham Ad ante Tunes. December 'Jl, 1977
W. I !embers enjoy What makes Christmas ?
Christmas ginner
Topic for meeting of WMS
The ladies of St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church catered for
a delicious Christmas Ginner
,siharedhy members of the Wing -
ham Women's institute when
they held their Christmas meet-
ing Thursday at ti p.rrl.
President Mrs. R. Powell open-
ed the meeting by thanking the
' charclr ladies. Roll call was
answered by naming something
of interest at Christmas, followed
by the, singing of "God Save the
Queen". •
A Christmas program began
with carol singing with Mrs.
Charles Sewers at the piano. Mrs.
Margaret Hogg gave an enjoy-
able monologue and Mrs.
Margaret Fonton gave a reading.
Following the distribution of
gifts, Mrs. D. Ritchie played a
piano solo.
Mrs. Perry Pennington gave
two readings, "Father Carves the
Duck" and "A Christmas Mess-
age". Mrs. Ed McBurney gave a
few hints on preparing for Christ-
mas and Mrs. M. MacNaughtbn
recited !'The Little Grey Cottage
Just Around the Bend".
The meeting closed with the
singing of more carols,,'and the
benediction.
Hopi.. yours is a
jolly.
,holy' -day!
Thanks,,i'or
your, friendship.
keriV"
Chnstno
Russ, Anne &
Michael Wylie
The December meeting of
Chalmers WMS was held Dec. 14
at the home off Mrs. Harvey
Osborne. It was scheduled a week
earlier than usual because off
Christmas.
The meeting opened with the
singing of the theme song and re-
peating of the Aim and Purpose
of WMS and with the call to wor-
ship, a Christmas poem. Mrs.
Andrew Gaunt accompanied the
singing df Christmas carols on
the piano.
Mrs. Wesley Tiffin gave a
Christmas story and Mrs. An-
drew Gaunt led in prayer. Mrs.
Victor Emerson read "Christmas
Peace" and the topic "What
Makes Christmas?" was given by
Mrs. Bill Purdon.
It is not the holly, •songs,
decorations and gifts that make
Christmas. Christ brought a
great light and great riches to the
world. She told the story off a rich
man who went to the bank and
took out a large number of dollar
bills. He stood on a corner hand-
ing them out but nobody wanted
his money. Finally two tired little
newsboys accepted the money
and then inquired what they had
to do to earn it. "Not one thing,"
the man told them, but they were
not satisfied by this.
Loving Christ is what makes
Christmas, she explained.
Everyone has the treasure of love
to give.
After Mrs. Wallace Milligan
gave a reading "A Recipe for
Christmas", President Mrs. Bill
Rintoul presided for the business
meeting. The offering was
received by Bethany Osborne and
dedicated by Mrs. Rintoul. The
birthday jar was passed around
but no one hada birthday during
the past three months.
The society will meet at the
home of Mrs, Tiffin in January.
Mrs. Milligan gave her treas-
urer's report announcing the
allocation of $325 has been met.
Secretary Mrs. Emerson read the
minutes and a lively discussion
followed on how to deal with
Home HeI'pers.
The Ladies' Aid meeting was
chaired by Mrs. John De Boer. It
was • decided thanks should be
sent for donations given. The
collection was received and the
meeting then closed.
The ladies decided to give $10 to
the friendship convener for
cards.
Grace was sung and ll -ie hostess
then served lunch.
Carols, plays at
Whitechurch concert
WHITECHURCH — The United
Church Sunday School held its
Christmas concert Friday even-
ing.
It was an evening filled with
Christmas carols and ended with
Santa Claus distributing gifts.
The concert started with a
procession entering, singing, "0
Come All Ye Faithful". After the
opening hymn, songs like "Joy to
the World" and !'What Child is
This?" were sung.
Several recitations were given,
including "A Candle for Jesus"
by Lisa Chapman; "Legend of
3REETF\
Hoping your
holidays will be
hriyht with the
light of Christmas.
Sincere
appreciation
•
D.
Manager and Staff of
Toronto Dominion
Bank
Christmas season
threat to safety
"Christmas brings temptations
to many parents, while visiting
with neighbours or' completing
last minute' shopping,' to leave
small children unattended for
shoo periods," says Wingham
fire (thief Dave Crothers.
"At the same time decora-
tions, trees and wrapping paper
bring an increased threat of fire
danger unless constant care is
exercised."
The fire chief urges all parents
to recognize the fire danger of
this season, and not to leave
small children alone in the home
even for a moment. He points out
that the Criminal Code of Canada
forbids action which endangers
the life or health of any child
under the age of 10 years.
Parents are further reminded
that under certain conditions a
Christmas tree can be ignited by
!i single match to burn furiously
to charred wood in a few seconds.
Care must be taken to keep.,butts
of natural trees immersed in wat-
er and to ensure that the tree it-
self does not obstruct access to a
door or window. Families are al-
so urged Co review their home
fire -escape plans for quick exit in
an emergency.
Think of your family and buy a
reliable, battery-operated smoke
detector, Fire Chief Crothers
urges. "Not to have one places a
small price on your whn1P family
and property. Early detection
,could mean your life and others.'
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Picked up lots of wishes
Wrapped 'ani lull 01 fun,
Fora healthy, happy Christmas
And thanks to everyone.
Cl istmas Candle" by Karen
Q pp; and Kim Laidlaw gave a
rec tatign--also.-
"A Christmas Stranger", a
play in three acts,.was given by
Linda Moore, Richard Moore,
Jack Whytock, Janet Laidlaw,
Nancy Quipp and Ken Quipp. At
the end of the play; they sang
"Gentle Mary Laid her Child".
A number, "A Hole in the
Bucket", was given by Cindy
Moore and Murray Gibb. •
After the offering was
received, Jack Whytock played'
violin solos, "God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen" and "Deck the
Hall". A play called "Charlie
Brown's Christmas" was then
presented.
The closing Christmas songs
were "Christmas in Killarney",
"Ring the Bells", and "We Wish
You a Merry Christmas".
• Just as the carols ended, Santa
Claus arrived and with great
merriment distributed parcels
. which were under the Christmas
tree. With much excitement, he
rushed to go' to other concerts.
GROUP EFFORT—Jean Young, administrator placement officer for the homemaker
agency soon to be opened in Wingham, and Ann Thompson, homemaker, help Kathy Baird
with her leg strengthening exercises.
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Green's Meat
Market
with: all
our hear
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our cic',rr h'it•ncls. 1>t• 1)lt•ss+'(1
with a jtnrue, �(:liristi1I.n fillrt1 ��itli
p('ac•c' anti ll,tlrl)iiic'ss. \\ dim thanks.
BILL TIFFIN
Imperial Esso Agent
McIntosh UCW
hold Christmas
dinner meeting
BELMORE-- After trimming
the Christmas tree and setting
the festive table, 18 ladies sat
down to a Christmas dinner, with
turkey and all the trimmings
when the McIntosh United
Church Women held their annual
dinner meeting.
After dinner; the president,
Mrs. 'Ivan Mawhinney, opened
the meeting with a Christmas
poem. Mrs. Walter Renwick was
in charge of devotions which
were opened with the singing of
the carol, "In the Bleak Mid -
Winter". The scripture reading
was from St. Luke's Gospel. The
meditation, "Truce in the For-
est"; was a story which took
place during the war years at
Christmas time.
A devotion entitled "Ring Out
the. Good News", was read with
response from the members.
Devotions closed with prayer,
following which Mrs, Gordon
Wright conducted an interesting
study period on Christmas
customs.
Names were drawn for . 1978
secret pals and a meeting was set
for January 4 at 1:30 to plan the
1978 program. Two poems and a
prayer were read by Mrs,
Mawhinney to close the meeting
and gifts were exchanged he•
tween 1977 secret pals. A Christ-
mas carol singsong took place
and boxes of Christmas treats
were packed for shut-ins and sen-
ior citizens of the community
BIue vale
Mrs. Earl Weitz of Thornbur}
and Mrs. ,John Hoffarth of
Walkerton visited Mr and Mrs
Alex MacTavish of Rlue'ale
Monday afternoon of last ut'ek
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Canadian hank, n•,ririt;i,ri
about 280 nfficesrir: l'•••ii than lir
foreign countirieq the t anadian
Rankers' Association saes
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