HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2015-03-18, Page 1010 News Record • Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Varna news
Joan Beierling
Special to the News Record
The Varna Crokinole Club
met last Tuesday evening at
the Brucefield Community
United Church for doubles
play. Dave Whyte and Jean
Perdue took first place with
45pts, followed by Murray
Perdue and Alec Ostrom
with 41pts, in 3rd place was a
tie with 35 pts and they were
Ken Pollock and Doug Mills
and Steve Lefaive and Mary -
Helen McLachlan and 4th
place was Eric Wheeler and
Cheryl Trewartha with 26pts,
The Club
will meet March 24th for
their last night of club play
and the end of the year din-
ner will be March 31st.
The card party held at the
Odd Fellows Hall in Bruce -
field was well attended with
9 tables in play. Prior to the
cards Dorothy McGregor
served a lovely ham and
scalloped potato dinner with
all the trimmings. She also
had cake for dessert and how
appropriate for the
evening as Happy Birth-
day was sung to Donna Col-
lins turning 65 that day.
Thanks to Dorothy once
again for the lovely dinner.
High Man was John
McKenzie and low man was
Mack Webster, high lady
Mona Alderdice, low lady
Mary Fotheringham, lone
hands went to Ken McClure
and draws went to Bob Foth-
eringham, Ethel Walker,
Joyce Wilson, Stu Wilson,
Nancy Turner, Doug Car-
wright and Jim Broadfoot,
Next card party will be
Thursday March 26 at
7:30pm. Fred McGregor
explained most of the pro-
ceeds go towards the Tril-
lium Camp which helps
Children sick with cancer.
Everyone welcome!
Worship Leader Colin
Snyder led the Brucefield
Community United Church
Service on Sunday. Greeter
was Doug Cooper, reader
Joyce Hummel and pianist
Londesborough news
Brenda Radford
Special to the News Record
ET CETERA
Women of the community
attended the Londesbor-
ough UCW meeting on
March 16th. The group held
their World Day of Prayer
Service that evening written
by the women of the Baha-
mas and a Bahamian style
lunch was served at the end
of the evening.
The Outreach Committee
of Londesborough United
has set up food donation
boxes in various spots
throughout the church. The
hope is that congregants will
be generous in helping to
replenish the shelves at the
local food bank. Your dona-
tions will be received for the
next two Sundays.
A special time during the
morning service on March
22nd at Londesborough
United will be designated for
a Covenanting Service for
Rev. Terry Fletcher.
The official board of
Londesborough United will
meet as a whole on Tues-
day, March 24th at 7:30
P.M. This will be the first
meeting for members of
2015 and the format has
changed somewhat.
Two teams from Mr.
Coups class at Hullett Cen-
tral attended a Robotics
Challenge sponsored by D &
D Automation in Stratford
on March 11th. The school
purchased three Lego robot-
ics kits and the Grade 7 & 8's
have been learning how to
program them for the
competition.
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various hospitals John Lyons
is home recuperating from
foot surgery.
Most of us in this area rec-
ognize there are many of our
number who, each year, take
a working holiday into the
islands of the Caribbean to
help out the disadvantaged
and to repair the damage
caused by hurricanes. One
Londesborough native
seems to have taken a larger
Donna Lubbers. David
Townsend lit the Christ Can-
dle. Colins Message was on
"By Grace or By Faith". Birth-
day Wishes were extended to
Donna Collins whom cele-
brated her 65th Birthday.
Other Birthdays coming up
are Tyler McGregor turning
40, Graham Laurie turning
31 on March 17 and Hayden
Rathwell turning 3. Thoughts
and prayers are with the
Cleave family on the passing
of Varna resident Barry
Cleave. A speedy recovery is
wished to Carol Simons.
A Council Meeting fol-
lowed the Service. Sunday
March 22 there will be one
more Simple Fare luncheon
step. Sam Dougherty has
spent several months of the
past five winters in Mexico.
A skilled woodworker Sam
becomes part of a crew for
"Castaway Kids": "Castaway
Kids" came into existence 10
years ago in San Carlos in
the northern part of Mexico,
300 miles south of Nogales.
This is a very poor area of
Mexico and the families that
are helped are very often
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following the Service. It will
feature stews, buns, finger
desserts and a few hot dogs
for the children. To help
please contact Willi Laurie.
A Stewards meeting will
be March 24th at 7:30 pm.
Brucefield Community
United Church will once
again be Bowling For Kids
Sake to raise money for the
Big Brothers and Big Sisters
of South Huron. They will
be bowling at the Zurich
Bowling Lanes Friday
March 27th at 7pm. Join the
team or pledge a donation.
Contact Colin Snyder if you
can do either.
The Breath of Spring is
coming up at the Seaforth
isolated by great distances
from neighbours and even
small towns with no
transportation.
The original objective of
the group was to raise funds
to send children to school, to
purchase school uniforms,
Agriplex Wednesday April
15. Doors open at 6pm and
there will be dessert and a
silent auction. Speakers
start at 7pm. you may get
tickets from Mary Fother-
ingham. More info to fol-
low.
With Easter fast approach-
ing Palm Sunday is March
29th and the Good Friday
Service will be held April 3
at 1lam in the Brucefield
Community United
Church.
On Easter Sunday there
will be a "Sunrise Service"
at 8am and an Easter
Breakfast at 8:30 followed
by the regular Service at
10:30am.
shoes, book and bags of
school supplies. Sam reports
that the group now has
financed the education of
100 children, including some
at the university level.
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