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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2016-04-13, Page 22NEW LISTING im ,,,,,, LIE , . 1 NEWtISINI TING WELL CARED FORM. 22 News Record • Wednesday, April 13, 2016 The news from Londesborough Brenda Radford In "The Early Files" section of last week's "The Citizen" I noticed an item in the 1986 col- umn that read - ` A Londesbor- ough house was found to be damaged beyond repair as a result of a fire that was believed to have started in the trash.' It took a day or two for me to identify that house. And then I looked up the "Londesbor- ough Memories " book begun by Genevieve Allen and now kept up to date by Karen Dol - mage and found the site I had been lookinglot The house in question was identified by me as the house in which for a time the Langille family had lived. I remember them for the boys were often seen playing road hockey in front of the church. The house was razed and the site is the church lawn to the west of the building where the exit from the parking lot is located. This was a large brick house which often was home to two families. The memories book states that originally it was the home of Mrs. Jennie Lyon but over the years was occupied for short times by a variety of folk If you remember the house you probably remember others who dwelt there at some point Long time residents of the area will remember John [John- nie] Peckitt who grew up in the village. John passed away on Thursday, March 31. The Peckittfamilylived in the house now owned by Mickey Smith, next to Ann Potter. John's father operated a plumb- ing and heating business out of the former blacksmith shop across from the old general store. Johnwas a brother to Bar- bara [John] Jewitt. He married Marguerite Appleby. John served as an officer in the RCAF and the couple lived in Ottawa. Condolences from the village to his relatives and friends in the area. I spent a little time with Helen Lee one afternoon last week and she made an appeal for milk bags. Seems someone who resides at Goderich Place makes those sleeping mats we've heard of from them and would welcome donations of bags for the project On March 11 Mrs. Plum - steel's Grade 2/3 from Hullett Central School visited McGavin's Sugar Bush and each pupil tried their hand at tapping a maple tree. The McGavin's made the tapping more memorable by recogniz- ing fallen soldiers on the lids of their pails. Each pupil chose the picture of a soldier for their par- ticular tap. The experience had an impact on the children who returned to class to see how they might help the soldiers' families. As a result this Friday, Apri115, will be Red day. 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Well done also to Mikayla Ainsley who will be presenting her speech in the next level of public speaking competition at Owen Sound. The Londesborough Lions Club will be serving up their "Olde Tyme CountryBreakfast" this Sunday, April 17 from 8 -11 a.m. UCW World Day of Prayer The Londesborough UCW held their World Day of Prayer Service on the evening of their regular meeting on March 21 rather than on the first Friday of the month. However the women still feel in solidarity with worshipping Christians around the world and with those from the various coun- tries who write each year's pro- gram. This year's service was written by the women of Cuba, a country which has been much in the news of late. And the day on which Londesbor- ough celebrated the service was a momentous one for the coun- try, for it was the day President Obama visited Cuba, the first president of the United States to visit in 90 years. I always find that learning about the country featured each year is as interesting as the service itself. The Cuban culture has been influenced by all those nations that have been involved in its development - Spanish, African, Chinese, French, Latino, Caribbean and North American. This makes for a very diverse culture. Span- ish is the official language. In the 1950's a dictatorship began that devastated the country. Along came Fidel Cas- tro, who as leader of the National Liberation War, even- tually defeated the dictatorship in 1959. During this time, the national flower, the white but- terfly jasmine, which has always been used by the women as a hair adornment, was used to transmit messages. However an atheist policy prevented the practicing of other religions. So for many years Christians worshipped in private, with the elders, grand- mothers, passing on God's teachings to the children. When the Constitution was re-established in the 1990's it guaranteed religious freedom as well as universal education and changes in economic poli- cies. However, Cuba continues to be a poor country and families struggle to provide the basic necessities of life. Itis to be hoped that the recent lifting of the world trade embargo will have positive results for the population of some 11 million peoples. The title for the service was "Receive Children. Receive Me" and the supporting scripture passage was the very familiar story contained in Mark 10: 13-16. Because the country maintained a Christian move- ment through the relation- ship of grandparents and chil- dren, the picture on the program is of an older hand held/holding a child's hand as seen through a church window. Churchgoers have learned that in Roman times the women were not allowed the same rights as the men, were a marginalized segment of soci- ety which Jesus sought to change through His teachings. Apparently so were children. Thus when the children were brought to Jesus, the disciples that turned them awaywere fol- lowing the custom of the times. By receiving the children and the women who brought them, Jesus was giving their status honour and greatness and changing the values of dig- nity. It will be the children of Cuba who will spread Christi- anity in the coming years. My take on this passage is that we are all the children of God and can come to Him to be received. Conducting the service in Londesborough were Joan Whyte, Ktttie MacGregor, Helen Lobb, DorothyBogie and Sherri Postma. Each brought to the altar a symbol of Cuba and Christianity - Bible, basket of fruit, candle, maracas and sug- arcane. Barb Bosman played for appropriate hymns during the service. Abranch of the but- terfly jasmine was also on the altar. The Londesborough UCW will meet again on April 18. Londesborough UCW On Monday, April 4 the Londesborough United Church Women hosted the annual Spring Fling of the Huron -Perth Presbyterial of London Confer- ence. President Joan Whyte presided over the event. Greet- ings to those assembled were brought by Helen Lobb of the Londesborough UCW, Sandra Stock, president of London Conference UCW and Rev. Gary Clark as representative of Huron -Perth Presbytery. Gary remarked that it is the W that makes the UC work. Later Sandra conducted the installa- tion of executive members for 2016. Joan has chosen `It Only Take a Spark to Get a Fire Going' as the theme for the group for 2016. She and Eileen Townsend conducted a short devotion around that theme. They spoke about a campfire and the fact that initially the centre of a fire ignites and the spark/ fire spreads to the outer edges until the whole is burning. Some- times the edges of a fire need prompting, just like people sometimes do, in order to feel involved. Like the coals of afire people need the gathering together to feel part of the com- munity. The scripture reference was Exodus 13:21. They asked everyone to give some quiet thought to those in their lives who had been a spark Both the afternoon and evening session began with a much enjoyed hymn sing lead by Wanda Keith and accompa- nied by Barb Bosman. Susan, manager of the Mitchell Resource Centre, had an inter- esting book display for perusing during the supperbreak The afternoon session was the business part of the event and the ladies heard avariety of committee reports, news from Camp Menesetung and Camp Bimini and details about upcoming gatherings. The evening was given more to entertainment and began with music byLondesborough's own Snell Family. Rob, Barb, Bette and Bonnie treated the ladies to a number of their favourite tunes from years of singing together including, "Do What You Do Do Well; "Turn Your Radio On'; "Praise God; "Hallelujah': Bev Hagedorn, Executive Director of Shelter Link in Stratford, gave an eye-open- ing talk on her work. Although we may not recognize that there are youth throughout Huron -Perth in need of help, Bev sees about 150 kids a year that do. Shelter Link, located on the third floor of the for- mer nurses' residence in Strat- ford, offers accommodation and help to youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who are homeless or in danger of becoming homeless. Resi- dents are about two thirds male to one third female. CONTINUED > PAGE 23