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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-05-06, Page 3TO THE EDITOR 1 r1 THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MAY 6, 1987 A3 . -COURTNEY LARIVEE SARA AGAR • JAMIE WILBEE Mother's are a child's BY NELLIE BLAKE It's that time of year again, and children are finding new and old ways of telling. their mothers they love them. Traditionally, flowers are that • perfect gift. But Brenda Barrie, 16, had another. idea. Lawn furniture for their Goderich Street home is Brenda'sway of showing her mother how much she appreciates her. Things like giving Brenda advice or pick- ing out clothes when they. go shopping is what Brenda is thankful for. Asked why she thought her mom was special, Brenda said her mother is more than just a mother, she is a friend. "I tell her everything," said Brenda. • Debbie Vanden Henget, 7, will use. the • traditional way of saying "I love you mom," by giving her mother flowers for Mother's Day. Her older brothers, Stephen 10, and Rob 12, thought a box of -chocolates would be the perfect gift. ' . Marianne, 6, said her mom deserved these presents (flowers and candy) because she does most of the housework as well as help- ing their father around their RR 5 Seaforth farm. So, on Sunday the children are giving their mom the day off and will " do the housework for her. Jobs like driving the children to hockey. and soccer games are what make their mom so special. r. • 9r Man•y atten By Elizabeth Kettlewell Congregations of St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Seaforth, and St. Paul's Anglican Church, Clinton, gathered at St. Thomas' on May 3, to celebrate the joyful event of the In- duction of their new Rector, the Reverend Gregory Charles Gilson, B.A.; M. Div. Mr. Gilson had been the assistant curate at Trfnity Anglican Church (Galt) Cambridge before accepting his call to this two-point parish. For this important service of the celebra- tion of his new ministry, Mr. • Gilson was happy to share the occasion with his wife Eva, his parents Joan and Brian Gilson of Kitchener, and his grandparents, Dorothy and Edgar Strough of Don' Mills. Ile was pleased, also to greet many old friends who had driven up for the service, (from Trinity Church, Galt). Ainong the many guests were the Reverend Douglas Pitts of Bayfield, and the Reverend Aubrey Bell of Middleton Anglican Church, who extended a welcome to the Gilson family from their community churches. Seaforth's popular resident, 99 year old Ned Boswell also at- tended the service. Mr. Boswell has been a member of Si Thomas' for more than half a century. On behalf of Bishop Derwyn T. Jones, Bishop of Huron, the Venerable William Graham, Archdeacon of the Deanery of Saugeen, presented Mr. Gilson to the assembled congregation. Conducting the service of Induction with Archdeacon Graham was the Reverend TONY GREIDANUS KARSTEN CARROLL best friend STEPHANIE HOLMAN BRENDA BARRIE KID'S TALK - Stephen and Rob VandenHengel, top, and their sisters Marianne and Debbie, bottom, expressed their thoughts on Mother's Day last week. Courtney Larivee, 8, thought Mother's Day is special because "mothers are". She. too will show her mother just: how much she appreciates her, with flowers. It seems everyone has the Idea of giving d induction Canon Robert Birtch, rector of Trinity Anglican, Cambridge, with whom Mr. Gilson has been associated for the past 18 months. Choirs from St. Thomas' and St. Paul's led the singing of the processional hymn, "Praise my sul, the King of heaven". The Old Testament lesson from the book of Isaiah, was read by Charles Friends of St. Thomas'. The Epistle from the . book of Ephesians, was read by William Kettlewell of St. Paul's. In the introduction to his sermon, Canon Birtch gave warm praise for Mr. Gilson's, dedicated service while at Trinity Church, flowers to their mothers, including Karsten Carroll, 14. A Grade 9 student at Seaforth District High School', Karsten, said his mom is one of a kind'and is nice when she's not mad. "Flowers are to repay your mother for all those things she does for you, and for putting repaying her mother for all the presents she up with you," he said. has given. Sara Agar, 5, choose a white apron with flowers on it for her gift to her mother. Buy- Sara, who attends the Preschool Learning. ing presents for her mother on special.occa- Centre on Market Street,' said Mother's Day sions like Mother's Dav is Sara's wav of is important to' her, because, it is fun. for new rector for Seaforth,CIinton and he stressed the importance of the com- ing years in this new community towards his development, and that of his wife Eva, and their two children, Michael, age four, and Courtney, age one. A period of silence for reflection was observed at the conclusion of Canon Birtch's sermon, followed by the Proclomation of the Apostles' Creed, led by the rector and his wardens. Mr. Gilson, accompanied by Ar- chdeacon Graham then accepted the Signs of the Ministry in the form of gifts from the congregations. Among these offerings were a Bible, an embroidered stole, the Book of Alternative Service, a cruet containing olive 01, the keys to St. Thomas' and St. Paul's Churches, and the Elements of the Holy Eucharist. With the reading of the licence as read by the Reverend Pat Nunn, our Regional Dean, and issued by Bishop Derwyn Jones, the for- mal Induction was made. With the con- gregation standing, .Archdeacon Graham presented the new Rector, saying, "I invite you to greet your new Rector.'. A hearty ap- plause expressed the sincere pleasure of the entire congregation! Bonding this meaningful service was the •Celebration of the Holy Eucharist, with Mr. Gilson as the celebrant, assisted by Bill Southgate, Rector's warden of St. Thomas'. For their anthem during the Communion service, the choirs sang, "Sing a New Song." Closing the Induction Service was the singing of The Doxology, and the hymn of praise, "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise". • An hour of fellowship, and delightful. refreshments served by the ladies of St. Thomas' brought to a close a memorable_ celebration. Superstition gaining control in impoverished Africa Jessie and John Barnard, of Egmondville get numerous inquiries as to the whereabouts and doings of their daughter, Ruth Ann Kanu. The following is an excerpt from a recent letter written by Ruth Ann to her parents. It describes the location of the Kann family, and some of the strange customs followed by the people of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Both Ruth Ann and her husband are pro- fessors in the Makeni Teacher's College. "I wonder if we have ever described our location. We live just on the outer edge of Makarna village just behind the primary school. Our house is in the centre of our one THE FATHER STEPHEN ERT Co'uncil of the Knights of Columbus will be celebrating its 25th anniversary Saturday night, May 9. Mass will be celebrated at St. James Roman Catholic Church, Seaforthat 5 p.m. A dinner, catered by Mrs. Miller, will follow in the Seaforth community Centre Leo Hagan, council historian, looks over the council's history book, which he has comripiled. Watch for a feature on this group in next Week s Expositor. 1Na5s!nk photo, acre property. No other house is very near. Makan'1a is a village of about 2,000 - has a Weslyan Church and a mosque. So far we have not had much involvement in village affairs - our activities and associations are in Makeni College and United Missionary Church - in Makeni. However, the boys play soccer each evening on the school playground with village boys. It is a Temne community - unlike Ropoilo where we were earlier, which was multi -tribal Makama is surrounded by palm oil plan- tations and was fairly prosperous in the past. But now, as generally in Sierra Leone, people are very hard pressed. Besides the inability to support the dependent, they can- not keep their children in school; gat treat- ment for the i11, light their homes at night etc... The great depression is not understood by the illiterate - thus the supersition gains control • Garden coverage. inadequate 1`o the editor: I occasionally see an ad in The Expositor asking readers to call about news that is happening around town. More than once have I wondered why certain news items do not get mention; I never really followed anything up as to why. However, I do wish to ask why there was no coverage of the Home and Garden Show other than a minor picture and a list of door prize winners. Since the Home and Garden Shaw is a fun - draining venture by the Seaforth and District Minor Baseball Association I am hisappomted at the lack of 'coverage for a G`omiriumty topic. As well, the show gives local community groups and businesses an opportunity to advertise on a larger scale, in .person. There was a lot of time and work provided by these' who set up the show, manned the booths; gave demonstrations and generally worked to promote it. They all . deserve applause, •For a paper that continually encourages advertising; I think it would have been pro- per to advertise' yourselves at the Home and Garden Show. By Contrast, the Goderich Show was a huge success. One of the most popular booths was the Signal -Star display With free popC'orn arid free subscription draws, It was good to see the local paper sunt boogn h the the Seaforthnun ty spirit. Show was quite un sitecetaftil mains a orninupnit Y Odd that occurred and .. that was advertised Perhaps sone mention of the demonstrations and displays would encoilrage people to think of supporting such events in the future. Elaine McDivitt. Recently a "dying man" confessed to be- ing a witch. His funeral was conducted by the Imman in the mosque and he was buried. Unfortunately he did not rest in the grave but set about disturbing the living. He slapped pastor while he was ringing the bell; kicked over the Imman while he was praying; knocked the load from a woman's head; etc... One night Abdul shouted in his sleep and the watch man told him the ghost had caused it! After all this the village elders begged the chief to allow the society (men's) headman to come and dig up the body. Chief agreed and headman did - brought it into the village for all to see - dismembered it and carried the limbs about for alt to see that it has not yet decomposed after eight days in the grave. Body was then burnt - unburnable portion was distributed as powerful medicine. Since then - no more of the ghost! However, the village has contacted another society group to send a "witch eradicator" and this "personage" disturbs the sleep of us alt at nights as he shouts about in his ter- ribe voice, locating and eliminating the evil- doers. (He doesn't really do violence to the persons - he Iocates the witches in his mir- rors and smashes their mirrors). This is just to give you a glimpse of how these terrible times affect the simple and ignorant. One elderly lady I know rather well broke her hip before Christmas and has since then been lying on her mat on a dirt floor in a mud house - absolutely no medicine. She is very skeletal now but all the same quite alert. Tt is all a little sad I suppose but then you will rejoice to know Sierra Leone has a fine (sarcasm) human rights record and we are satisfying IMF (International Monetary Fund) by paying our national debt." COMMUNITY CALENDAR If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreation office at 527-0882 or the Expositor at 527.0240, or mail the information to Communi- ty Calendar, The Huron Expositor, Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1N/0 well in advance of the scheduled date. Space for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor. EVERY NIGHT except Sat. This week and next. • Special Gohpel Meetings At the GOSPEL HALL,143 JosephSt., Clinton EVANGELISTS - A. Gratton, Grand Bend R. Surgenor, Cleveland, Ohio Non -denominational, No collections taken. "Christ Dietl For Our Sins." 1 Got 15:3 Wednesday, May 6 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. Senior huffleboar - Senior Games 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Moms, Pops and Tots rollerskating 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Ladies Dance 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. Fitness is Fun at Arena 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. Ladies Ball Hockey 9:00 - 11:00 p.m. Men's bail Hockey Practise 8:30 - 9:30 A.M. itne's�ay Thursday sisFunat Arena 1:30 p.m. Seaforth Happy Citizen's will meet in the Legion Hall 6:00 p.m. Men's Opening Golf Men's Ball Hockey 7:30 8:30 p.m. Cents vs Brewers 8:30 9:30 p.m. Topnotch vs Boilersmith Saturday, May 9 Narsery School Fiea Market and Hake Sale at Lions Park ' Sunday, May 10 "7:00 - 10:00 p.m. Men's astball League -opening games Monday, May 11 10:00 a.m. Senior Games - Walking at Victoria Park 7:30 p.m.'Senior Games - Cribbage at Arena Tuesday, May 12 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Fitness is Fun at Arena 1:30 p.m. Seaforth Women's Institute will meet at the home of Mrs. Eldon Kerr 7:30 p.m. Minor Hockey Exec. Meeting 8:00 p.m. Hospital Auxiliary Meeting in Board Room Wednesday, May 13 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. Senior Shuffleboard 1:30 p.m. Table Tennis - Senior Ganfes 1:00 8 30 p.rrt. Ladies Dance 8:00 = 9:00 p.m. Fitness is Fun 8:06.9:00 p.m. Ladies Ball Hockey 8:00 p.m. Seaforth Horticultural Society meeting, Maplewood Manor, Church St., Topic;: landscaping a`sniah garden, Everyonew.eicome . Wednesday, May 27 .. 7:36_ 10.00 p.m. Family and Children's Ser• vices of Huron County presents Drs. Beryl and Heanf Chernick, Family Life Educators. An evening for parents on understanding childhood and adolescent sexual expression.. Victoria Public School, Goderioh, 524.7356.