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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-02-16, Page 3rs S 'T.IIJarkson hosts afterni"i'n unit FORDWICH — The After- noon Unit of the United Church Women held its Februray meeting at the home of Mrs. Scott Clarkson due to renovations at the church. The meeting opened with a potluck dinner at 12 noon, followed by the program. The theme of the meeting was an introduction to the study of the islands of the South Pacific. Mrs. Harold Madgett, Minnie McElwain and Mrs. George Pittendreigh con- vened the program. A wor- ship centre included the Bible and a white candle surrounded by products of the islands such as a pineapple, a banana, pineapple juice and orchids. The ladies wore very colorful flower leis which made the scene very realistic. Mrs. Madgett introduced the talk with a map showing the locations of the islands. Then, Mrs. Pittendreigh read passages of scripture with comments and closed with "Much is required of us, so much has been given." Hymns were sung and the offering received. Miss McElwain told us about the people of the islands, while Mrs. Pittendreigh com- mented on nuclear effects on • the islands and their peoples. Mrs. Madgett concluded with "What can we do to help?" and passed around coconut macaroons. Coconut is a product of the islands. A prayer by Miss McElwain closed the program. Mrs. Russell Nickel, unit president, presided for the business. She opened with a poem and th-,raked Mrs. Clarkson for the use of her home. The roll call was "An article on the people of the South Pacific". Mrs. Clarkson, the secretary, read the minutes and Mrs. Cooper gave the treasurer's report. Mrs. Clarkson and Mrs. Marzic reported on the .Presbytery meeting at Seaforth. The closing benediction was by Mrs. Nickel. St Stephen's Guil m at Steumoi' GORRIE — The February meeting of St. Stephen's Anglican Church Guild was held at the home of Mrs. Mac Steurnal last Wednesday. The president, Mrs. Jasper Farrish, opened the meeting with a prayer. Mrs. Wayne King was in charge of the devotions and took "Love" as her theme. The scripture was taken from John. After a prayer, a reading entitled "A Good Four -Letter Word" was given. The roll call was answered with something on Valentine's Day by 19 members. FRE PAINT SA ON TOP QUALITY PRATT & LAMBERT PAINTS THREE INTERIOR PRODUCTS FEATURING PRATT & LAMBERTS ALL v\\ NEW LATEX TECHNOLOGY UNSURPASSED IN HIDING POWER AND SCRUBBABILITY, FEATURING NO SPATTERINO MESS APPLICATION, PRA InIA,14N t Nw\nnL%S1I. VAPEX LATEX -AQUA SATIN ACCOLADE FLAT WALL FINISH LATEX SATIN ENAMEL •Our finest ...velvety •Distinctively flat •Satin luster finish "1n -between sheen"... not a flat. not a satin. Reg. 526 35rgal Reg. $34,35,gal. Reg. 533,85/gal. $19.75 $25.75 $25.40 RUSSELL ZURBRIGG "Your. Decorator" 329 Shuter St., Wingham, Ontario. SALE ENDS FEBRUARY 26,1983. Each member is asked to bring cookies to the group visit at the Fordwich Nurs- ing Home April 12 at 2 p.m. The March meeting is to be held at home of Mrs. Clayton Ruppels with Mrs. Roland Bennett on devotions and Mrs. Ron Bennett on the program. The World Day of Prayer is scheduled for March 4 at 2:30 p.m. in Knox Presbyterian Church. The first Lenten service is to be Feb. 27 and members are asked to bring cookies. The craft show will be held April 23 in the Howick Central School from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A noon luncheon was planned for Feb. 24 in the church basement and the committees set up. The induction service for Rev. Gray is in tb.e Fordwich Trinity Church Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. The Gorrie ladies are asked to bring dessert. Pennies were collected for the competition and Rev. Harry Jennings closed that part of themeeting. The mystery gift was wore by Mrs. Harry King and an auction of cakes and pies was held, followed by a short history of each member's life. Lunch was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. King. LAKELET CLUB The 41-11 club taking "Financial Management" met at the, home of Miss Margaret Thornton. The meeting opened with the pledge and roll call was "What is your primary goal?". ,The topic, "Where Are You Now?", was discussed, with references to_ a statement of assets and liabilities. Each member then worked on his own case study balance sheet HOWICK SENIOR SPEAKERS—A public speaking competition for students at the Howick Central School was held last week. Winners in the senior division were: Michael Koch, Grade 8, fourth, Neil Murray, Grade 7, second, Greg Gedcke, Grade 8, first, and, Julie Stewart, Grade 7, third. Might use consulting firm to hire education director Two consulting firms will be interviewed by the Huron County Board of Education regarding services they could provide to find a re- placement for the director of education. At the board's February meeting approval was given to interviewing two firms then deciding whether or not a consulting firm or the board will .conduct a search for a director of education. Present director of educa- tion John. Cochrane an- nounced last month he . will, retire in June of this year. • "Have we got a policy for hiring?" asked. Trustee Frank Falconer. Mr. Cochrane said in the _past an advisory committee has been established to hire personnell, made up, of members of the board's standing committees. Trustee John Elliott said when the board was in the process of hiring superinten- dents, the director assisted the committee. He said the director will not be involved in the hiring of his replace - Brad Lewis, Assistant Manager of Zehrs Market, Wingham, presents a Zehrs Save -A -Tape cheque for $757.79 to Mary A. Lee, Nursing Co-ordinator of Graduate Nurses Group whose organization redeemed Zehrs cash register tapes in order to purchase 2 Geriatric Reclining Chairs. Our sincere congratulations to all who participated in this very commendable project. We are pleased we were able to assist you. Zehrs Markets ZEHRS SAVE-A-IAPE PLAN This exciting offer is open to any non-profit organization, church or school group, service club or charity. Each $300 worth of Zehrs case register tapes is worth one dollar. For example, if your club wishes to raise $250 towards a project, $75,000 worth of Zehrs tapes would be required. Complete details are con- tained in a helpful brochure available at any Zehrs Markets. Start saving your tapes today! • ment. Trustee Falconer said the use of consulting firms makes the board look as though it can't do anything on its own. Trustee Tony McQuail disagreed saying the board could find out how the "experts" . would go about looking for candidates then the board could have its own committee use this pro- cess. "In the_past, the board has hired three superintendents and one personnel relations administrator and I think the board has done a very good job. I think we should listen to the consulting firms," commented Trustee Murray Mulvey. To be a director of educa- tion a candidate must have been a high school principle and superintendent. "In the end the board will be making the final deci- sion," said vice-chairman Eugene Frayne. In other business, the board: Learned from the execu- tive committee that it has postponed discussion on competition with private enterprise . until its Feb. 28 meeting. In the meantime the director will conduct a survey of all schools in the county to find out the kinds of items sold, the amount of money raised, what the money was used for and where the items were pur- chased or obtained during the school year 1981-82; Gave support to the Lamb - ton County Board of Educa- tion requesting the retention of the CBC television pro- gram, "Reach for the Top"; Approved a leave of ab- sence for student services employee Barbara Dietrich; Approved enrollment in the teacher -funded leave plan from 1983 to 1988 for Katherine Lamont of Col - bourne Public School, Marie Parsons of Howick Central Public School, Keith Allen of Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton, and Eleanor Richman of Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. 1 THE STATIA GIRLS, Kim and Michelle, were having a hard time slaking up their minds about what to buy at the bake sale and tea held last Saturday at the Wroxeter United Church. Eva Heimpel of Wroxeter also surveyed the bake table. MRS. GEORGE BROWN r Gorrie Mr. and Mrs. Archie Miller visited Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Grant, RR 4, Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Coulter spent Sunday with Fred Coulter. Mr. and Mrs. Duff Bell of Elmira . visited Mrs. Alex Taylor Sunday\ A successful Valentine hot supper was held last Wed- nesday evening and spon- sored by Unit 1 of the Gorrie UCW. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Simmons and family. of RR 1, Wroxeter, were supper guests of Mrs. Joseph Simmons Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baldwin and Mark of Paris and Mr. and Mrs. Bev Brears, Brian, Karen and Paul of RR 1, Listowel, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Archie Miller. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Smith were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Warner Dietrich of RR 2, Gorrie, Sunday. \- Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mundell spent Thursday and Friday with relatives and friends in Guelph. Mrs. Linda Lalonde, Scottie and Danielle of North Bay, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Farrish. The Wingham Advance -Times, Feb. 16, 1983—Page 3 ACW welcomes new rector and his wife FORDWICH — Trinity Anglican Church Women met at the home of Mrs. Wally Nixon last Thursday night for its February meeting. Mrs. Doug Bunker, the president, opened with prayers. Devotions were taken. by Mrs. Wellington Hargrave and Mrs. Em- merson Ferguson. The roll call was answered by 22 members with a verse from the Bible with the word "Love". The president welcomed the new rector and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Bill Gray, who have moved into the rectory from Cambridge. Mrs. Jack Douglas was in charge of the study book which is entitled a "Song for All Generations". Members were reminded to save ar- ticles to send in bales in June The World Day of Prayer service will be held in the Fordwich United Church March 4. The induction service for Rev. Bill Gray will be held in Trinity United Church, Fordwich, next Sunday at 7:30 p.m. A thankoffering meeting will be held in May. The March meeting will be in the afternoon of March 10 at the Fordwich Nursing Home. The ACW mill hold its annual bazaar and tea in Ndvember in the Fordwich Community Hall. Ash Wednesday ser- vices will be held tonight (Wednesday) in the church at 8:30 p.m. Rev. Gray closed the meeting with prayer and Elva Foster conducted two contests. Lunch was served by Mrs. Don King and Mrs. Kirby who were assisted by the hostess. Happy Gang holds its monthly meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Wingham Seniors Happy Gang was held at the Armouries last Friday at 2 p.m. After the regular opening exercises off "0 Canada", a sing song, the minutes, the treasurer's report and roll call, attention was directed to the fact that nine or 10 more members paid their yearly mem- bership fees. It's good to see some new faces. Members were sorry to hear two other members are in hospital, but everyone was happy to have regular George Geigg back. The question of Friday afternoon euchres was discussed and it was decided to give it another try if that time is available. The first one will be Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. in the Armouries with prizes and a small admission charge. The Over 50s dances held every other Thursday night were reported to be quite successful. Borden Jenkins and his band are to be congratulated and it is rumored they have something special planned for the Feb. 11 dance. After a snack, progressive euchre was played. Lila Treleaven was high pink, Pearl Shiell was high white, draw pink was Margaret Foxton and draw white was Herb Clayton. Two prizes were given on a Valentine's Day theme. Cora Clayton won for the birthday before Feb: 14 and George Grigg won for the birthday after Valentine's Day. Afternoon Unit holds its monthly meeting The Afternoon Unit of the United Church Women, Wingham, met in the fellowship room of the. church Feb. 1 for its February meeting. Mrs. Cora Clayton greeted the ladies at the door and Mrs. Rea Grant presided at the piano: Mrs. Myra Pen- nington was leader for the devotions with Mrs. Pearl Shiell and Mrs. Mary Armstrong as assistants. The meeting opened with the singing of a hymn and Mrs. Shiell led in prayer, after which Mrs. Armstrong read the scripture lesson. After the singing of another hymn, Mrs. Shiell and Mrs. Armstrong favored the meeting with special readings. Mrs. Irene Bosman sang a solo, ac- companied by Mrs. Grant on the piano. Mrs. Pennington gave two short readings and the of- fering was received by Mrs. Clayton and dedicated. Mrs. Pennington gave a reading from the Mission Magazine on the life and work of Rev. Leslie Bateson, a native minister of the United Church in New Guinea. ' The devotional period was concluded by all repeating the Lord's Prayer. Mrs. Evelyn James took charge of the business and seine -rat projects were discussed. She read a poem and the meeting closed with the benediction. 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