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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2007-10-31, Page 1414 Times—Advocate Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Still lots of enthusiasm for annual agriculture fair 2008 By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH CORRESPONDENT ZURICH - Three couples from St. Boniface parish in Zurich travelled to Windsor on Sun. Oct. 28 to attend a special wedding anniversary Mass held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church with Bishop Fabbro. Recently celebrating their 25th anniversary were Deb and Gerry Pennings, Teresa and Martin Van Raay. Martha and Willie Overholt have been married 50 years and were among several other couples from various places who were celebrating being married 10 to 60 years. Annual Fall Supper St. Peter's Lutheran Church are planning to have their annual Fall Supper on Sat., Nov. 17 at their fellowship hall beginning at 6 p.m. Adult tickets are $12 and chil- dren six to 12 years are $6 (bought in advance only) from Mary Walker -Thiel 236-4697 or Bob Krueger 236- 4337, or Karen Schade 237-3223 at the Hardware Store in Zurich. The Ladies Auxiliary meeting will be held at the Bluewater Rest Home on Tues., Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m. Membership dues of $5 will be collected for 2008. Please plan to attend and ask a friend to come as well. The family of Jerome and Carmel Sweeney (about 20 in total) get-together was held over the weekend at the Boyle farm in St. Augustine to celebrate Thanksgiving (`better late than never') as all our children attended with their families from Toronto, London, Georgia, Grand -Bend, Oakville and the Zurich area. Anyone wanting to attend a scrap -booking day at the Zurich Mennonite Church this Sat., Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. are to call Janet Willem at 237-3179 as soon as possible. Daylight savings time Don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour on Saturday night. (Nov. 3) so you won't be late for church on Sunday morning. The free Flu Shot Clinic will be held at the Bluewater Complex in Zurich on Thurs., Nov. 8 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend and must bring along your health card. Mike and Alice Scott spent last week visiting their daughter Vikki and family in Terrace Bay. Happy belated 40th birthday wishes go out to Cathy Rau. The staff at St. Boniface School held a delicious potluck lunch last week in her honour. Recently her family went to Port Huron to celebrate Cathy's birthday. Immaculate Heart of Mary C.W.L. parish bazaar will be held in their auditorium on Sat., Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend; there will be lots to do, see and buy for both the parents and chil- dren. St. Peter's C.W.L. at St. Joseph will be having their annual parish penny sale in their hall on Sun., Nov. 4 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Come out and bring a friend. All are welcome to attend. The St. Boniface C.W.L. Bazaar was another big suc- cess last Saturday with lots of winners on the penny sale table plus other draws as well. The money tree worth $50 was won by Dara Hartman of Mt. Carmel. The baby afghan went to Ellie Fenick in Hensall. The gro- ceries went to Huron Park, won by a Bromley girl. Sun., Oct. 28 was Sharon Lagerwerf's last day of working at Queensway Nursing Home in Hensall. She had been working at Queensway for 10 years and will be missed by the residents and staff. Lions Club The Lion's Club held their monthly dinner / meeting at Erb's country Kitchen on Oct. 24 with 18 members attending. President Lion John Becker welcomed everyone which included four new members and one guest from the Kitchener -Waterloo Lions Club. The next Blood Donor Clinic held in Zurich at the Complex will be Fri., Nov. 9 from 5 - 8 p.m. Come out Linda Reaume Design Consultant Bob Smyth Design Consultant West Coact k i t c h e n s... And Much More • Kitchens • CustomVanities • Entertainment Units • Home Offices PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATIONS CUSTOM DESIGNS & COUNTERTOPS Visit Our Showroom! 50 West St. Goderich 519-440-0352 • 1-866-440-0352 Goderich & District Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Award 2006 Email: westcoastkit@cabletv.on.ca and help save some lives by donating. Precious Blood Parish in Exeter C.W.L. penny sale is coming up on Wed., Nov. 7. Doors open at 5 p.m. in their hall and admission is $1. Community cooking and friendship The next community kitchen cooking night at the Lutheran Church hall is on Tues., Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. For more info and to register call Mary -Walker Thiel at 236- 4557. On Sun., Oct. 28 a poor man's luncheon was held at the Zurich Mennonite Church following the morning service. Leeanne Bechard also spoke about her recent summer missionary trip to Guatemala. Heidi Klopp (London) enjoyed spending last week from Oct. 17 - 24 visiting with her grand -parents Donna and Herb Klopp on Victoria Island, B.C. Laverne Corriveau returned home from California after spending six weeks with her son Peter and family, sister Anne and some time hi Lake Taho. Also visited with the Thiel family and Larry and Karen Smith. Visitors with Laurence Corriveau this week were nephew Greg, his son Brad, granddaughter Erin Cassone and two little sons Cole and Tyson of Stratford. Bluewater Heritage Committee The Bluewater Heritage Committee would like to round out its membership by inviting interested people from Hensall, Zurich and surrounding areas to join this committee. Our mandate is to promote the preservation and maintenance of architectural and /or historic build- ings, cultural landscapes and natural heritage features. This group is subcommittee to the Bluewater council. We have monthly evening meetings and would welcome anyone with similar interests. Please contact chairman Ruth Brown, 565-2820 or nrbrown@tcc.on.ca On Sun., Oct. 21 Town and Country Bowling Lanes hosted the Master/Junior Tournament. There were nine (three person) teams participating. The winning team was Adam Beavers, Jerad Fraser and Derek King from St. Marys. Individual awards won by Zurich junior bowlers were: Sam Groot - Boys High Single, pins over average; Breanne Bedard - Girls High Single, pins over average and Justin Anderson - High Triple, scratch. O.A.A.S. District 8 -Annual Meeting Six members of the Zurich Agricultural Society attend- ed the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies District 8 dinner and annual meeting at the new recre- ation centre in St. Marys on Tues., Oct. 23. A delicious roast chicken dinner was served by a St. Marys caterer. Guests were the Fair Ambassadors of District 8 and the 2007 Miss CNE who represented the Milverton Fair at the CNE competition in August, 2007. She spoke of her experience after winning her title, Miss CNE, at the Exhibition in Toronto. Gayle King of Bayfield, the District 8 Agriculture direc- tor and Shirley Atchieson of Stratford, the District 8 Homecraft director, gave reports of their activities in the District and also spoke about some of their duties in planning the O.A.A.S. Convention. The ambassador committee announced that the 2008 District 8 Competition will be held in Listowel on May 3. A District 8 spring workshop will be held on March 29 at Stratford to review the constitutions and by laws of Agricultural Societies with a speaker from OMAFRA. Whiners of the quilt, 60 per cent whole wheat bread, Every Wear Apparel 519-955-3034 PRINTING 86 LAMZNAflON 0 SIGNS 85 LETTERING v EMBROIDERY 0 PHOTO GIFTS Christmas Is Coming. BUSINESS PRINTS Make Your Gifts Personal. 3 Seventh Ave. Vanastra, Ontario -above Good Choice Appliance - youth poster and youth chocolate chip cookie competi- tions were announced. Congratulations to Zurich Fair winners who had entries in the competitions. Colin McBride of Zurich Public School won third prize for his plate of chocolate chip cookies and Nicole Dunn also of Z.P.S. won third prize for her poster in the Grades 5 and 6 class. Steve Geddes was an inspirational speaker who used a paddle that he had made using several kinds of wood. He spoke of many people who have influenced his life. The business of an annual meeting - minutes of the 2006 Annual Meeting, acceptance of the 2007 financial statement and budget for 2008, the nomination commit- tee report and the appointment of financial examiners for 2008 followed the guest speaker. The attendance award was won by the Bayfield Agricultural Society who had the most people in atten- dance. Ron McKay of Clinton invited everyone to attend the 2008 Annual Meeting in Clinton. Bill Westman of Milverton won the 50/50 draw. Gifts were presented to director Gayle King and secretary - treasurer Arm Hargrave - executive members who are retiring. New executive The 2008 executive for District 8 will be past agricul- ture director - Gayle King, Bayfield Fair; agriculture director - Robert Hargrave, Milverton Fair; associate agriculture director - Ron McKay, Clinton Fair; past homecraft director - Robina Alexander, Listowel Fair; homecraft director - Shirley Atchieson, Stratford Fair; associate homecraft director - Betty Jermyn Seaforth Fair; and secretary - treasurer - Janet Cameron, Clinton Fair. Huron County fairs set up displays using their 2007 theme. Next year the Perth County fair will each set up a display. Each society was reminded to keep track of the number of volunteer hours that directors and volun- teers spend to plan, set up exhibits and displays at the time of the fair and also the cleanup after the fair and any other duties during the year. The 2007 dinner and annual meeting were well attended by peoples of District 8 which shows that there is still enthusiasm and an interest for holding an annual agriculture fair. ICIPALITy MUNICIPALITY OF SOUTH HURON NOTICE of INTENTION TO SELL SURPLUS PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of South Huron has declared the following lands to be surplus to the needs of the municipality: Part of Lots 625, 626, 627, 628 and 764, Plan 376, being Parts 1 and 2 of Reference Plan 22R-5459, formerly in the Town of Exeter, in the Municipality of South Huron, in the County of Huron, and intends to sell the property to 1739674 Ontario Inc. for a Seniors Housing Development. Sandra Strang, Clerk Municipality of South Huron TFAX 'to MPRICES E S A D V O CTIMES-ADVOCATE A424 T E S E R519-235-1331 V 1 cOffice E S SERVICE SENDING & RECEIVING SUBSCRIPTIONS the Exeter Times Advocate START AT S1.°°/page Canada 42.°° + GST 1 yr. °75.°°+GST 2yr. 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