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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-02-25, Page 617,e:1T !rJ: • !It ittatIV_ittsbalra Advuteellraes. February 25 1 :11. • SCOUTS 84 FRIENDS—Members of the Wingham Scouts and their 'ladles' showed off their square dancing talents during the variety show Friday night. • • cD' • 6 I. • 4 Seniors' Day Centre News By Rita Rice During the past week at the centre activities have ' regained the normal pace after the snowstorms The • drivers and seniors found it somewhat easier to get to the Armouries. But don't be; fooled, the snow Will fly Once morel One of bin' centre *Aim"- teers, • Catharine Rae, provided a veil' -*tail program last week. Catharine travelled to Italy last fall for a few months to visit her daughter and family. During the vacations she had the opportunity of touring many ,unique and historical sites of Italy. Last Tuesday Feb. l7, the seniors had the chance to saw her slides . as she. narrated and answered questions. The film 'Black Creek Pioneer Village' was shoWn ' • THIS IS A 94114ntlrgs, COMMUNITY Let us welcome you! Joan Chandler 80-6021 Phone 4 on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Everyone enjoyed going back quite a few years and reviewing some of our early heritage. We are very busy pre- paring for our craft sale. The sale this year will feature not only craft items, „but plants, baking and other interesting items. Rre abb_ut tO t ' 'designing tffsh gardene„ La. Leche. League of Bel- BI' munity give the centre a call at 357-1440 and make a referral. Sometimes it is rather difficult to find out who could benefit from the centre. We can always use more volunteer drivers here at the centre. It is necessary to have an active list of drivers to maintain successfull transportation. If you have the time and a vehicle, call us at 357-1440 or drop into the Armouries anytime. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Evans of Hamilton visited Saturday. with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. BillEvans. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Emerson, Darlene, Sharon and Brenda of St. Catharines spent the weekend with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Poetry contest entries invited A $1,000 grand prize will be awarded in the special poetry competition spon- sored by World of Poetry, a quarterly newsletter for poets. Poems of all styles and on any subject are eligible to compete for the grand prize or •for 49 other • cash or merchandise awards, total ing over $10,000.00. "We are encouraging poetic talent of every kind, and expect our contest to produce exciting discover- ies," said Contest Chairman, Joseph Mellon. Rules and official entry forms are available from the World of Poetry, 2431 Stock- ton, Dept. N, Sacremento, California, 95817. have fofl 114 Tem Mr iliott AglaPs:- Mr. and Cecil deBoer 49 Edmonton Completion of r. course at •Ts. Walter Karen, Mrs. Wingham, ''0arry Elliott and Ry,ano Mr. and Mrs. David Elliptt't,,;,iyir and Mrs. Paul igst,',,.,,,Jeffery and Leslie els, Mr. and Mrs. Malty diaw, Mr. and Mrs.., 000 , Pcharrne of GoderIck at London on Sunday tfitV R with Mr. and Mrs. PIMA, Laidlaw, Jason and Mic014e, and to celebratii-40On's first birth- day. Mrs; 2110y Laidlaw and Mrs. ,Lornn ,Durnia spent Friday in , Ltindon visiting with relative6: Friday evening visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Tiffin were Mr. and Mrs. • HugleMettillan and David of Watford and - Mrs. Isobel Tiffin, Lucknow. Mr. and •Mrs. George Webster were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Terry Rutledge, Shawn and Jason of Auburn. Wingham WI enjoys Valentine program Mrs. John L. Currie and Miss Anne Wilson were conveners for a Valentine program when the Wingham Women's Institute met in the council chamber on •Thur- sday of last week. Both read articles about St. Valentine and Mrs. Currie conducted several contests. A pot luck luncheon preceded the meeting. After the sumptuous meal, President Mrs. R. Powell opened the meeting with the Ode, Mary Stewart 'Collect and the singing of '0 Canada', led ,by a guest,Mrs. Jean Aitchison. Roll call was answered • and the correspondence was read, FWIO president, telling of projects for the coming year, the 33rd annual officers' conference at Waterloo on May 5, 6 and 7 and the in- crease in membership fees. The group decided to hold a dessert euchre on Wed- nesday, March 25 at 1:30 in • the hall. A number of ladies offered to make dessert ' .Mrs. Helen McBurney, Mrs. Hazel Hardie and Mrs. Myra Pennington were • appointed the nominating committee and will submit their report at the March Meeting. The meeting closed with • the singAtig of 'God Save the Mr. and pardon and Kentire, v Sunday with. the dangnteri',AnthYi'„). choler., Mr. and.*s. TR Higkway 86 vislted with his parents, Mr. ai Alm. John Inglis of couver , Whitechurch friends are sorry that 4vadelle Htdsser, daughter of Mr:a j.,10 Mrs. Ivan Rubor of we garage, recently felt fro* a step -stool and broke 'her arm. The eelltini*O...wishels r Altan tth er .3,A0V7 A.404 egYetall, t•week. with l. te nor- • Douglas Straker of Loucks; spent a few -.days-with Ida ,‘ Parnts, and Ms. Wm!' AVOW. Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. • Wilk 0 Kitchenet. Spent •, weekend ,his parents; yr. and lArs.' Earl. -v/iiken •• • ci Rev. anicilViri JON) Befl Atwoou guests , _spent Panday afternoon with ° • relatives at their cottage at at BrIISSel$• Inverhuron. • Jeluipay of Taranto spent Atilt• c • lub ni g . the weekend with his •parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom BRUSSELS — Quests Day, and Richard. from AtwoOd entertained at - the meeting of the Brussels senior Friendship Club, bed recently at the Lesion 011: Mrs. Eleanor Inglis 'played Ilnatitutp hpars • several numbers on ,the ""7.'" " accordion and readings were talk on Wales. given by Mrs. Jessie Lem- mox and Mrs. Gordon BELGRAVE — Members Peachey. The Members and guests of the Belgrave were grateful to the program Women's • Institute met committee for securing recently in the vFi hell for the• these talented ladies. World Affairs and Heritage In the absence of president meeting. All present enjoyed Frank Hooper who is ill, past a most delicious pot -luck president Fred Thuell dinner. conducted the meeting, wel- Rev. John Roberts was corned the members and guest speaker. Using slides, visitors and opened the he gave a most interesting meeting with the singing of presentation on the country, '0 Canada', accompanied at language and history of his the piano by Mrs. Harold native -Wales. * - • Thomas. Mrs: Frank Hooper The roll call, "Tell where performed the duties of your ancestors came from", secretary. was answered by all the The International meeting members present. Summary of senior citizens is being day for the crewel em - held in Toronto at the Prince broidery course was an - Hotel on May 19-21. Brussels flounced for March 30, at the hopes to have a represen- Wingham • Presbyterian tative attend aC least one Church. day. • Mrs. Clare Van Camp was The remainder of' the chosen as Belgrave's dele- afternoon was spent playing gate to the Officers Con - progressive euchre, with ference to be held at the Uni- prizes for high scores won by versity of Waterloo in May. Mrs, Jack Thynne and The Institute made a Edwin Martin; low, Mrs. donation to the Sett Fite Jessie Lemmox and Mel Fund. Jacklin. The prize for, the The Institute members lucky tally card draw went to have numerous catering • Queent and a social time was• Mrs. 1Vtarie Burgess. events coming up in the near LLL dis• cusses including a letter from the spentnia3rOg Cards. • The next meeting of the future. They include the East breastfeeding • also :. known as small terraruims. If anyone in the community has any cracked bowls, old dishes, etc, we would very much appreciate receiving them. -When it comes to getting Whig' for Our centre, nothing is libelled**. If we can't use it, we'll tell youso. • Other projects we have on the.So at present are ivood- prOlectS (small key plaques) and acrylicpainted jars that have ceramic effect. - • . Each day 'here at ' the centre, • usually— in the morning hours, we have an exercise aeSsiOn: The exercisesnre all modified ta suit the senior. Strength, endurance, circulation and flexibility are stressed. I have put together an exer- cise program for seniors and any senior in the community is welcome tb receive a copy. Even a few years ago, the public tended to question a senior who was seen jogging. The outlook has changed. A physically active' person is without ..doubt a much healthier and happier in- dividual. If anyone in the area is experienced at making apple dolls we would certainly like' to meet you. We are thinking of starting this craft project and need someone to help with this craft. If you know of people in the community who are home- bound or have difficulty getting to recreational and social events in the corn- itit)1;:!s Church ANGLICAN) ViNGHAM' • John Street at Centre Street • 1•••?4, The Rector: The Rev John T M Swan, 1,-.* THE ANGLICAN -PARISH OF WINGHAM ANDtELGRAVE ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, WINGHAM SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1981 * The Sunday next before Lent * 6:30 a.m. - Holy Eucharist in the Parish Rooms. 10:00 a.m. - Sunday School 11:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist and the Installation of Parochial Officials. The Service will be in , the Parish Rooms. ASH WEDESDAY 7:10 p.m. - The Periliontiol Office and Holy Eucharist. 8:30 p.m. - The Board of Management. grave met at the home of Friendship tub will be held Wawanosh Planning .Board, •'` Wedneeday afternoon, a Clinton Men's Bus Tour on -1V.t` ;;;`:-IiIirCIVIIIi4hotnernbers are ,March Or, ,M"Fis h est lital lit hoping to have a large at- Lownship rederation March Mrs. L. Nolan, Wingham, •tendance. present cherata ernoon • discuss the topic 'Art of Breastfeeding and Overcom- ing Difficulties'. Many ' mothers attended despite the foggy weather, with one woman travelling all the way from near Durham to learn, about nursing babies. .. - Mrs. B. Kerr gave an up- date . on the conference in - July, which will be -held at the Conrad ' Hilton'in Chicago. • LLL • membership cate- gories were reviewe&Each contributor receives.. a• receipt for a -donation to • LLL, a -non-profit organi- zation. • • • This year special silver anniversary cards will be given to members. Ato, Belgtave is now a depot for two Egnellelectric breastpumps. Any mother wishing to rent one of these may contact Mrs. Kerr, 887- .9253. Discussion was opened with descriptions of feelings when a mother . held and nursed her baby for the first time after birth. Feelings of awe, wonderment, joy, happiness were commonly expressed. The possibility that at- titudes of society could cause difficulties while nursing was discussed by the D mothers in view of their nursing experiences in the e • hospital and at home. It was slated for St. Andrew's said that confidence in th ways of mothering was most. important, whatever choices were made. A survey , found that many difficulties encountered by nursing mothers and babies were significantly related to lack of information, and resulted in mothers stopping breastfeeding before they wished. This survey also concluded that, "Women who have both information of the type given by LLL and support have a better out- come ,to 'Vaeir breastfeeding endeavours than women who have only information or only support" (1970). The next. meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. W. Hogenbirk, Belgrave, for this time only. The meeting closed with a social hour. Notre Dame bell huge In Sacred Heart Church at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., is one of the nation's oldest carillons. Its largest bell weighs 15 tons. • The BlYtIrFestival Singer's comprise a membership of Will present an eftertiden 80 who come from a 40-niile concert Of choral music for'. radius of Blytlh. Those from •the entire family on Sunday, the Wingham area include March 1, at 3 p.m. in the Dixie Lee Arbuckle, Bill -Myth Memorial Hall. Farnell, Catherine Mac - The choir has beep Donald, Inge Wraith, Marie together since last Sep- Douglas, Margaret JaMie- tember and is under the son, Lori Anne Jamieson, professional direction of Bev Noble, LouiSe Bosman, Laurie Rowbotham of .Chris Cull, Judy Morton, Listowel. Mr. Rowbotham, Dora McGuinness, Lorraine an Honors music graduate of Renwick, Harry BrYdgei, the University of .Waterloo, jack , ylilney, Jacqueline is director of the nationally Gowdy and Dorothy Coultes. acclaimed Listowel High • The parent Organization of School choir.and is organist the Blyth Festival Singers is and choirmaster at Trinity the Blyth Centre for the Arts United Church, LiStowelwhich has enthusiastically Another area resident, Mrs, endorsed this new venture in • Bill King of Brussels, is the its growth. .; From its accompanist for the choir. beginnings sixiyears ago as ..,Sunday's concert will • the sponsor of the Blyth encompass a wide variety of Summer Festival, -the Centre music • spanning a period is new the umbrella, from the Renaissance to the organization for the choir, a,. present and including Negro full winter program of -music spirituals, Canadian folk and theatre, children's songs, traditional sacred workshops in theatre and classics and modern pop art, a children's movie numbers. Soloists from the series, art exhibitions in the choir will also perform as hall's new art gallery and a part of the program. number of touring shows of The Blyth Festival Singers original Blyth productions. ay of Prayer service This year again, people in 3,500 communities of Canada and in 170 countries around the world join together to share in the World Day of Prayerservice, an in- terdenominational service of prayer and fellowship. The theme, 'The Earth Is The Lord's', has been developed by Christian Indian women inIhe United States. Men, women and children of all faiths will be Welcome. The service in Wingham will be at St. Andrew's Pres- byterian Church at 2 p.m. on March 6. Nursery facilities, will be available for pre- school children. According to Hopi Indian belief there is only one race, the human race, which is divided intotwo major groups, light and dark. To the dark-skinned peoples was given the gift of per- ception, the gift of knowing. To the light -skinned peoples was given the gift of record- ing and the gift of doing. Only when the two, peoples come together at the centre and share their gifts, *ill each receive a ,greater gift than either alone can ever give. Therefore, native Aimed,. can Indian women invite their sisters and brothers, dark-skinned and light - skinned, to come together for prayer, lifting their voices in praise and prayer to the Great Spirit It has been said that the native American people were the fir& ecologists. Their reverence for nature and their relation of'kinship with all creatures of the earth, sky and water enable them to teach- others holm to live justly, respectfully and in hammy with God's world and with each other. Offerings from the World Day of Prayer are used to support ec.0 anent ea 1 programs that Meet IlMitriati need both in Canada and other countrieS. • • 4. pie •. Stokely;laitt, :Fancy Peat BathiooniTissue Cadbuty500 g. 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It is based on your property tax�r rent and taxable income. Sales Tax Credit • This credit returns a portion of money paid in provincial retail sales tax. It is based on per- sonal exemptions and taxable income. The maximum amount that may be claimed for Property and Sales Tax Credits is $500. • Attention Senior Citizens! The Ontario Tax Grants intro- duced in 1980 replete Ontario • 'Property and Sales Tax Credits for residents who were 65 years or older as of December 31,1980. If you are filing a federal income , fax return, you should hot 'complete the Ontario Tax Credit form unless you are claiming the Political Contribution Tax Credit. Political Conbibution Tax Credit This credit may be claimed by Ontario residents‘who con- tributed to a registered Ontario political party, constituency association or candidate in an Ontario provincial election. This claitii applies if your pro- vincial tax payable is more than your Property and Sales Tax Credits. 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