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The Huron Expositor, 1983-06-22, Page 5[ lip and am@ THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 22, 1983 -- A5 Skit is ahif at C.WL� Soc a Correspondent MRS.CECILIA RYAN . 345.2028 The St. Columban C.W.L. held their annual June Social on June 15 in the church hall. Maloney, Martha Claessens and Chris Vogels played a number of musical selections on their guitars. A skit "The C,W,L; As It was in the beginning, is now President Mrs. Carol Ryan welcomed ladies from churches in the surrounding area. The New Canadian Klomp- en Dancers entertained with several dances and Sherri Dublin grandma hears from "down under" Editor's note: The grandson of a Dublin resident, Mrs, Dan Costello, is travelling in the South Pacific. Mrs. Costello is sharing the latest letter from her grandson, John Malone of Winnipeg, with other Expositor readers. John. who is 23, lives in Winnipeg with his mother, Bridge Malone. Both his mother and father are natives of McKillop Township.) Dear Grandma: I cant quite remember the last time I wrote you (terrible of me) but 1 hope writing you from New Zealand will make up for the time that has gone by. Mom will have no doubt have told you that I've taken off about 9 months and done some travelling to this area (i.e. the South Pacific). All in all, I've been to Hawaii, Fiji, Australia and New Zealand. Fiji was beautiful and for a couple of weeks I lived with natives in their village off the coast of Fiji itself. 1 fished with the men, climbed coconut trees and lived in just a solo (a native wrap-around that men wear). I got some colour but not as much as the natives. From there 1 moved on to Australia. 1 spent some time with people I'd met in Fiji and when 1 got accustomed to the change 1 was off on my own -hitchhiking. All in all 1 covered over 15,000 km hitch hiking. It really is the only way to travel as you see the country. meet the people and more -so -than -not, get invited into their homes for dinner and to stay a couple, days with them, 1 was impressed with the size of Australia and the many different areas which offer you many different climates. Australia people are quite different, even their customs differ from ours. Hotdogs and hamburgers (our junk food staple) are replaced by meat pies and sausage -rolls, small difference but it gives you an ideal of how things "down under" do differ. 1 saw a lot, did a lot, and met a lot of people. 1 guess that's what travelling is all about. 1 was sorry to leave Australia but was anticipating arriving in a new country called New Zealand. You would love New Zealand Grams, although the weather here is cold (it's winter down here). The gently rolling hills rise to meet the Alps of the southern island of New Zealand (New Zealand is comprised of two spearate islands about 30 miles apart). Dairy farming -as well as sheep ranching are the biggest items here. Milk can be bought for 30c a litre. Butter is cheap as well as cheese. Most other things are rather dear, with electronics being twice the price here as in Canada. I'm also hitch -hiking around here. The rides are less frequent but as compared to Australia, so is the traffic. When you do receive rides you can't beat the down-home hospitality offered by the New Zealand people. Thy are genuine. I got tettes, but not that often. It's good to - hear from home as you receive no news of Canada down here. 1 have no idea as to what has transpired in past months so I guess I'll have some catching up to do upon returning. I get back about a week before mom leaves on her trip to Ireland. She'll have a good time and God knows she deserves it. It's funny to think we'll only have a couple days to discuss 9 months before she's off and I'm home. So how are you? 1 hppe everything is going good for you and your health is alright. Maybe next time 1 leave I'll take you along in my backpack and we'll do some travelling together. I've been writing all night, lots of letters, so now I'm going to get some sleep. Take care and I'll write you later on. Have a good summer. Your grandson Love John and ever shall be.' under the direction of Karen Menheere was put on by several ladies of the C.W.L. Six girls from the St. Columban school did an appropriate dance for each of the three scenes in the skit. A large selection of home- made baked goods and plants were sold followed by tea and lunch. While the ladies enjoy- ed their tea the penny sale draw took place. Raffle draw winners were: quilt, Theresa Maloney Dublin, 550 to Wayne Chap- in; $25 to Bill Murray; crochet baby shawl, Joanne Ryan; cushion, Jean Van Drunen; macrame hanging table, Joan Cronin, Dublin. Four door prizes of grocery boxes were won by Mary Coyne, Seaforth; Rita Moy- lan; Ina Keeler, Seaforth and Janette Van Loon, RR2 Dub- lin. Patio flower pots were won by Pat Crowley and Jean Van Drunen. On Tuesday evening June 14 Miss Cathy Murray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Murray was honored at a miscellaneous bridal show- er given by Donna Cornish. Debbie Doig, Sharon Murray and Pat Crowley in the St. Columban school gym with relatives, neighbours and friends attending. After a few games were played Sharon Murray read an address and Cathy was presented with many gifts. Cathy thanked everyone and the ladies all enjoyed lunch. Cathy will become the bride of Gerard Landry on July 16. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crow- ley and Mr. and Mrs. Ray- mond Murray attended the wedding of Kevin Crowley and Marlene McDonnell at Kinkora R.C. Church on Saturday, June 18. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. L. Ryan of Kitchener attended a buck and doe for Allan Ryan and Rosemary Boland at Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ryan's on Sunday and later attended a family gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Ryan. Mr. and Mrs. Les Ward and Shannon of Kitchener visited with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ryan on Saturday. Sympathy of the commun- ity is extended to the relatives of the late Matthew Murray whose funeral was held at St. Patrick's Church, Dublin on Saturday. \. ' 111.1111.1111111111111111 Pr - DANCING IN SPACE—Slx girls from St. Columban school took part_in a CWL skit with three dance numbers. FUN IN THE SUN SALE All Summer Footwear 2"t°' OFF Perth plans to build activity centre for seniorcitizens. Perth County Council has agreed in principle to lease about IIOOsquare uar e feet of s land to the City of Stratford for a proposed activity centre at Spruce Lodge, The agreement was ap- proved at county council's June 9 meeting following a decision by the city to apply for funding under the Com- munity Recreation Centres Act for an estimated 5818,000 activity centre at the lodge. The proposed activity cen- tre represents phase two of a three-phase plan for the home• for the aged. c d. Phase one is the additions of 50 apart- ment units while phase three includes improvements to the existing structure. Both the city and the county are equal partners in the ownership of Spruce Lodge. with the separated town of St. Marys having a 7.25 per cent share in the home. Lodge administrator Jim Henry had previously told county council that the leas- ing of the land to the city is necessary to apply for 25 per cent funding from CRCA. Under CRCA criteria, the county isn't recognized as a municipality. Additional sources of funding are being considered. The plans for the activity centre include meeting and games rooms with a thera- peutic pool high on the priority list. Bridge repairs will use up leftover snow removal money Savings from the lack of snow removal this past winter will be eaten up to repair three bridge decks east of Fullarton. Perth County road commit- tee chairman Fred Knecthel, at county council's June 9 meeting. said the Smith, Fullarton and MacDougald bridges were set to have minor repairs but once work started on the bridges they were found to be in fairly bad condition "This has all come up since the budget was set." said Reeve Knechtel, adding his hopes that the construction won't overrun the county's 1983 road budget. It is expected that what started out as a 510,000 project will run into the neighbourhood of $70.000, In other bridge business, the road committee will rc• view all bridges in the county with an rye to placing reflect- , . .. 'I, rnds. CWL ON THE MOON—Mary Maloney, Jean Maloney, Rita Moylan and Mary Coyne played space people In a skit about the history of the CWL. Win prizes in penny sale The lucky winners are: flour, Alphonse Cronin; tractor set, Karen Cronin; salad bowls, Agnes Gaffney; cream and stigar. Luella Murphy; pillow cases, Eleanor Maloney; candy dish, Dorothy Murray: sugar, Rose visser: relish dish, Ann Vogels; ceramic rabbits, Leanne Patton; sta- tue, Ron Ryan; glasses, Mrs. Leo Smith; casserole dish, Leanne Vogels; plaque, Mark Vogels; beans, Jean Van Drunen; flower pot, Mrs. Joe Lane; work socks, Mary Ryan; wine set, Nancy Malady; scarf and mitt set, Nelda Dwyer, bulbs, Jennifer Regier; bowl set, Cecilia Ryan; sugar, Lou Maloney; flower and planter pot. Ron Ryan; towels, Marion Murray; baby crochet holder, Anne Murray; baby ornament, Eleanor Maloney; baby • crochet holder, Grace Murray; doll ornament, Mrs. Gordon Rose; chess set, Mary Malady; vase, Karen Cronin; desk tidy, Ruth Schade; glasses, Angela Duffy; chairs, Mrs. Zack Ryan; plaque, Faye Albert; planter, Joan Cronin; wine glasses, Elsie Wlllems; water set, Margaret O'Reilly; kitchen gadgets, Jean Ryan; towels and dish, Made Melady; ceramic bathroom set, Marlon Mur- ray, table cloth. Mrs. Bev 'Klaver; rubber gloves, Jean Van Drunen; relish tray, Grace Murray; wicker plates, Karen Menheere; candles and holder, Sherri Maloney; scarf and 1 mitts, Irene Kelly; tart pan, Mrs. Marlin Van Bakal; candy, Joe Lane; glasses. Nancy Malady; picnic dish, Kathy O'Leary; coffee mugs, Grace Murray, casserole dish, Doris Ryan: candlesticks, Sandra Claessens, tow- els, Eleanor Maloney; patio table, Marie Malady; glasses, Pat Subject, vegetable plant food. Teresa Barry; towels, Mary Moylan; cups and saucers, Darlene Rose; kitchen gad- gets, Mary Jo Ryan, pillow. Jean Van Drunen. F:,mil y ootwear Main St., Seaforth 527-1110 12a-Gog Chesterfield Sale Downie Township Reeve Calvin Innes said it is difficult to see the grey bridges at night, especially when it is foggy. Phe Downie reeve was prompted to request hazard lights or reflectors following a recent accident in his town• ship where an 18 -year-old Kippen man struck a bridge and the vehicle ended up in a stream bed. Visit from Nova Scotia Correspondent MRS. JOHN TEMPLEMAN 345.2346 Captain and Mrs, Murray Haines and family, Dart- mouth, Nova Scotia, visited for two weeks with Mr. and Mrs, Philip James. Mr. and Mrs. George Viv- ian and Janice. Mr. and Mrs. John Templeman and Rich• and attended the grade 13 graduation dinner at the Mitchell and District High School on Tuesday evening. A large crowd of friends, neighbours and relatives at- tended the SOth anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs, Fred Harburn on Saturday even• ning. On Friday evening friends, neighbours and relatives gathered in the Family Life t_ entre in Staffa to honor Miss Lee Miller. bride•elect, Mrs. Robert Norris chaired the evening. Mrs. Bert Day- nard gave a humorous read- ing. Mrs. Gordon Colquhoun conducted a contest on the contents of Lee's overnight case. A skit, presented by Jill Norris, Jenny Fuller and Donya Daynard was enjoyed by all. Lee was invited to a decor- ated chair at the front, where she. her mother, and sister Teresa were presented with corsages. Mrs. Jim Docking read an address of good wishes and Lee was assisted in opening her gifts by her sister Teresa and cousin Rae. Lee expressed her appreci- ation and thanks and invited everyone to open house, at WE ARE OVERSTOCKED DOUBLE when you buy NOW! SAVINGS SAVE on Special Sale Prices - SAVE No 7% Provincial Sales Tax her parents' home on Wed- nesday June 29. Hibbert United Church Women met June 6 with Mrs. Calvin Christie and Mrs. Don Johns in charge. The pro- gram centered around the amount of mental trash and garbage which each one of us may be hoarding. Donations were made to Alcohol and Drug Concerns, The Church Stewards, Camp Bimini. Thanks were extend- ed to Mrs. Filmer Chappel and Mrs, Calvin Christie for their contributions of cloth posters for the world council of churches meeting. Mrs. John Templeman at- tended a London Area execu- tive meeting. Monday at Brown's church. (Intended for last week) AWARDS NIGHT AT THE LEGION—Was on Saturday and presenting the awards were Glen Bridge and Jack Mulr and accepting one of them was John Flannery. (Photo by Hook) Bible Society reorganized The Rev. Kenneth Knight was chairman for a o4lrgani- zat ion meeting of the Hibbert Township Branch of the Can- adian Bible Society at Crom- arty Presbyterian Church For the past few years the Hibbert Branch has been inactive and the canvas- sing work has been carried on in the southern half of the township through the efforts of two volunteers, Muriel Scott and Anges Lamond. A history of the Hibbert Bible Society, written by Thos. L. Scott. was read by Mrs. Scott. It was prepared mainly from information con• tained in an old treasurer's book found when a building in beingdemolish- ed. enrol' h- asIs Dublin ed. At a short business meet- ing it was decided that the Hibbert Branch of the Cana- dian Bible Society would be continued. Mrs. Clifton Mil- ler was elected president with Mrs. T.L. Scott as secretary - treasurer and Al Fuller and Gordon Laing as auditors. For Example: Concordian 2 pc, chesterfield suite. traditional styling. in an English cotton, 50% polyester, 50m cotton. centre matched pattern, outline quilting. arm caps, sofa back cushions dacron filled. Regular Price $1549.00. Sale Price :1,099 Many other 2 piece suites, 4 piece suites and sectional suites in stock to choose from - Sale Priced From Perth County won't sit on visitors' bureau Perth County Council doesn't want to set a prece- dent by having one of its councillors on an industrial committee and therefore turned down an invitation to have representation on the Stratford and Area Visitors and Convention Bureau. VCB general -manager Leo Morningstar and Ministry of I ourlsm anti t.,,,,,,,uu um- sultant Chris George of Lon- don made a pitch to county council at its June 9 session. Mr. George outlined the role tourism plays in Ontario and particularly Southwestern Ontario. Council also had to deal separately with a request from the bureau to have a representative on its board. "Until such time as we feel we want to give this organiza- tion a grant, I think we'll he putting our foot in it if we put someone on this organization that we don't support finan- cially," said Elma Township Reeve Glynn Coghlin. County council had dealt with grants prior to approving its budget and had turned down a request made last year from the VCB for finan- cial support. "I agree with Reeve Coghlin. I have given this a lot of thought and tourism is an industry and there is all kinds of industry in the county. Before council puts someone on one, we should see what kind of precedent we'd be setting." comment- ed Listowel Reeve Elsie K arges. Only Downie Township Reeve Calvin Innes and Mil- verton Reeve Maurice Mar- leau were in favor of having a county councillor on the VCB, Warden John Lindner sug- gested council could file the request x42900 to x1,54900 BOX FURNITURE Main St, i 527-0680 Seaforth