Clinton News Record, 2014-11-26, Page 1414 News Record • Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Varna news Londesborough news
Joan Beierling
Special to the News Record
The Varna Crokinole
Club met last Tuesday
evening for doubles play
once again. Cor Vander-
hoven and Murray Perdue
were first with 47pts, Dave
Whyte and Eric Wheeler
2nd with 36pts, Ken Pollock
and Sam Bradica 3rd with
31pts, 4th Bill Stephenson
and Mary Helen McLachlan
with 27pts and in 5th were
Steve Lefaive and Doug
Mills with 24pts. The Club
will meet Tuesday Dec. 9th
the last play for the year but
not for the season.
At Church on Sunday
Nov. 16the Greeters were
Jack and Geraldine Eckel,
Reader was Doug Norman
and Worship Leader Colin
Snyder giving his Message
on "Our Baptismal
Covenant".
White Gift Sunday will
be celebrated Nov.30th so
while doing your shopping
please consider buying an
extra gift to bring to the
Service. All gift or gift card
donations will be passed
along to the Huron County
Xmas Bureau. The
Christmas Bureau is no
longer accepting food
donations. Muffin Sunday
will be Dec. 7th 2014.
The Brucefield Commu-
nity United Church council
Meeting will be held Dec.3
at 7:30pm.
The U.C.W Christmas
Dinner will be held Tues-
day Dec. 2nd at 6pm. All
women of the Congrega-
tion are invited that even-
ing. Please contact Ruby at
519-263-5890 to reserve
your seat. Cost is $16.
Blyth Festival Singers
perform selections of Han-
del's "Messiah: and sacred
carols with accompani-
ment by world class organ-
ist Ian Sadler Sunday Dec.
7th at 2:30pm at the St.
Georges Anglican Church,
87 North Street Goderich.
Tickets available from Wil-
lis Laurie or Cara
Stephenson.
The Lodge Card Party
will be Thursday Nov. 27th
2014 at 7:30pm in Bruce -
field. Everyone Welcome!
The Community's
thoughts and prayers are
with Janice Prescator and
her family on the passing
of Jim.
ET CETERA
I have had no calls
regarding last week's mys-
tery item so I can only
assume no reader has an
idea what it is. Want to see
it in person if you think
you might know? You can
talk with Bob Trick, he
would be happy to find out
what it is.
Canadians turned out in
record numbers at
Remembrance Day Ser-
vices across Canada last
week. It is unfortunate that
they needed that extra
nudge to remember that
came with the shooting
deaths in Ottawa and Que-
bec. The weather may have
been a factor as well.
Instead of standing in
snow/rain and cold, condi-
tions were positively balmy
that day.
My sister and I were two
of the thousands who
attended at Old City Hall in
Toronto. I heard more than
one comment about how
many more persons were
there than in previous
years. What surprised me
was the ethnicity of the
crowd, a reality check that
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wars affect persons of
every country in the world.
And it was a quiet and
respectful crowd and ser-
vice. Remembering
together is a moving
experience.
I was encouraged to see
that persons didn't not
attend through worry of
possible terrorist activity.
Extra security was evident
both on the ground and on
buildings in the area. But
across the nation the ser-
vices were uninterrupted.
A few weeks ago the
movie theatre in Goderich
showed the much touted
film, "The Judge': I couldn't
find a night to attend
unfortunately. However on
my short hiatus from work
last week I did catch it.
This movie had been a hit
at it preview at TIFF.
A movie I highly recom-
mend with a cast of famil-
iar faces including Robert
Duvall and Robert Downey
Jr. as father/judge and son/
lawyer. The 2 1/4 hours
passed in the blink of an
eye. The flick will garner
Oscar nominations for
sure. Viewers are warned
of coarse language, the
kind that comes with a
troubled family. There are
some very powerful
scenes.
Just prior to news report-
ing the village learned of
the passing of longtime
resident, Edythe Beacom.
You will remember Edythe
had just celebrated her
99th birthday. You might
get details from the funeral
home website.
This week I begin a
series of reports we are all
going to find most interest-
ing. Last June, through my
work at the Post Office I
learned that Hullett Cen-
tral's secretary spends her
summers in South Africa.
She has agreed to let us
share her experiences, call-
ing it "My South African
Summer [Winter]" and I
know you are going to
enjoy them. This week's
article is an introduction to
the country.
My South African Sum-
mer (Winter)
As the first chill of
autumn is upon us, it is
easy to let my thoughts
wander to the many
friends I have made in my
"summer" home in South
Africa. Each year during
the school break I leave my
post as the Hullett School
Secretary and travel to
South Africa, spending
seven weeks immersed in
the local culture and vol-
unteering in the local
schools and hospital.
Located in the southern
hemisphere, the seasons in
South Africa are opposite
to us so when I visit in July
and August it is winter
there. Right now as they
are in late spring the mes-
sages to me from my
friends are filled with
reports of temperatures
approaching 40 degrees.
This sub-Saharan, semi -
dessert country enjoys a
fabulous climate which
contributes to the outdoor
lifestyle they love and I
smile as I think of my time
there. I hope you will enjoy
hearing about my South
African adventures.
South Africa is the
southernmost country on
the continent of Africa. It is
a country of extremely
diverse cultural history,
made up of native Africans,
the descendants of white
settlers, and the mixed
race descendants of both.
Even today, South African
society can be loosely bro-
ken down into four distinct
groups of people: "English"
South Africans (white peo-
ple of British descent);
"Afrikaaners" (white peo-
ple of primarily Dutch and
European descent), "Col-
oureds" (mixed race
descendants of white set-
tlers and native peoples);
and, "Blacks" (native tribal
blacks).
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