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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-03-25, Page 23Times-Advocate, March 5, 1976 a le 23 Rebekahs enjoy dessert euchre A dessert euchre was held in lOOF Hall March 17. The hall was decorated for St. Patrick's Day and 16 tables were in play. Tables were also decorated with St. Patrick serviettes and baskets of treats, Mrs. Torn Icooy won prize for high score, Mrs, Myrtle Orr for lone hands, and low prize went to Mrs. Lena Willard. A draw for flower arrangement was won by Mrs. Mary Hern. A regular meeting was held in the evening with N.G. Jean Hodgert in the chair. It was announced that a meeting will be held in SHDIIS in honor of Don MacGregor, April 3, who is receiving the Grand Decoration of Chivalry. The Charter will be draped April 9 in memory-of departed members, The district meeting will be held in Goderich April 14 at 2:30 pm and a banquet at Thames Road Church on April 21 when D.D.P. Jrene Harnack of Goderich will pay her official visit, Smyth's Shoes Want You to to I remember,, I made a quilt once WALK IN COMFORT I HENSALL UCW — will be richer after these ladies, along with several others, finish quilting this cover for a district bride-elect, The group usually does several quilts during the winter months, Working diligently are Mrs. Madeline Harburn, Mrs. Pearl Erratt and Mrs. Dorothy Mickle, T-A photo You can with a pair of genuine hand stitched WALLABEES They are made from soft tanned leather, which wraps right round the foot giving glove like comfort. These fine Wallabees are made the same way that the Indian made his and because of the hand stitching they are FABULOUSLY COMFORTABLE. Only true moccasins give moccasin comfort. They ore worn by people who love fine beautiful things. Ask your dealer about the world famous Golf Wallabee Shoes. Wallabees ° by Clarks MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS in our boutique Hon-I-Bee BOUTIQUE 403 Main St., Exeter (rear of Carpenter Optical) C presbytery rom Bangledesh Huron-Perth U hear speaker f CHARGEX Smyth's STORE SHO E MAIN ST. PHONE 235-1933 EXETER lunch hour, a film on Haiti was shown and the literature table visited. Mrs. James Woltz, president of London Conference UCW spoke briefly and presided during the election and installation of of- ficers. Mrs. Howard Pym, RR 1 Centralia was elected president for Huron South; Mrs. Norman Amos, Kirkton for Perth South; Mrs. Robert Walters, Kippen for Stewardship and Finance, and Mrs. Wesley Neil, Exeter, for Leadership Development. 1111alleintialatiffillMENEMISIBINENNIIMIREINOL the theme of the day "Something Beautiful For God", she said we can all do something beautiful for God, even in our own homes, our own community. Each has his own way to serve better than anyone else. We are missionaries right here. Mrs. Bill Strong and Mrs. Bill Spence sang lovely duet numbers during worship periods. Yearly reports were presented in an interesting manner. Rev, Ed Baker, Walton, in charge of the Resource Centre at Clinton spoke regarding its use. During the SOUTH HURON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL Evening Classes -Spring 1976 J. L. WOODEN Somehow, the day hadn't turned out exactly like I'd planned. Oh, the fun and visiting were great, but the quilt didn't look much different from when we'd started in the morning, except, perhaps, bigger. Now, I knew that wasn't the way it was in mother's time when after seven or eight hours of quilting she and her friends would have the whole thing wrapped up, No matter, we must forge on, the wedding was coming up. Next day, a wiser woman, I invited some older lady friends in for the afternoon. A smart move. No nonsense about them; they came for business equipped with their own thimbles and special quilting needles. We got several rolls on the quilt reducing it quite a bit but there was still a lot to do. Oh well, I said, I should he able to finish that off myself in jig time. Jig time turned out to be one long, slow shuffle. About ten days later, my husband, looking over my weary shoulder, said, "Here, let me try." "You can't do it," I scoffed, "you have to make tiny stitches." "I can," he said, "let me try." I was desperate. I handed him the needle. Smartest move of all, He was a whizz, His stitches were tidy and tiny and he loved it! In fact, he could hardly lay his needle down. Up an hour and a half early every morning, he'd quilt before he went off to build a house. Many a night he was still plying his stitches happily and diligently at the stroke of twelve. At last, it was finished and it was gorgeous When our daughter was showing off the quilt at her trousseau tea, I overheard her say, "See those beautiful tiny, even stitches . . . those are my dad's!" Like I say, it's unique. Good canvass for heart fund By MRS. WILLIAM ROHDE some of Carolyn's friends. Mr. & Mrs. William Rohde spent the weekend with Mrs. Marguerite Gibson of London, Seven ladies started for the postponed United Church Women Presbyterial Annual Meeting, Wednesday last but owing to the bad weather returned home, Begins Monday, April 5 Begins Monday, April 5 Begins Monday, April 5 Begins Tuesday, April 6 Begins Monday, April 12 Begins Wednesday, April 7 1. Gymnastics 2. Men's Knit Pants & Shirts 3. T-Shirts 4. Advanced Lingerie 5. Golf instruction 6. Pottery All interested persons must register by calling the school 235-0880 or by calling 235-1725 or 235-2563 to register for the sewing classes. Courses will run for 8 weeks. The fee is $7.00. During the recent canvass of Exeter for the Ontario Heart Foundation, over $1,000 was raised. The canvassing was done by the Exeter Kinette Club with the help of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority, friends, relatives and concerned members of the community. If anyone was missed and wishes to give, donations can be sent to: Honorary Treasurer, Canadian Heart Fund, London & Area Chapter, Canada Trust Co,, 275 Dundas Street, London, Ontario. Lately, it seems, everywhere 1 turn I find women quilting young women, old women, middle aged women all plying flashing needles that dip and weave nimbly across the colorfUl coverlets. Once upon a time, I made a quilt. When our eldest daughter announced she was getting married, 1 felt it was the motherly thing to do. I foresook the tried and true patterns of my ancestors because I wanted this quilt to he original, I needn't have worried; it was. In fact, by the time it was com- pleted it was more than original, it was unique. First of all, I drew my own pattern, a giant red cardinal, sitting on a brown branch on a green background. That part was easy, it was appliquing the 20 blocks that set me back several hundred hours, However, eventually they were done and sewn together to make the top. With the help of an ex- perienced friend we got the lining, the inside cotton batting and the finished top stretched into the frames set up in the living room, and marked for quilting. Now, for the fun part, I told myself as I happily invited all my friends to 'an old fashioned quilting bee'. They were delighted and arrived promptly at nine a ,re . Then, we discovered not one of us had the foggiest notion of how to quilt. Goodness knows, I should have. Mother had made quilts all her life and the quilting frame was almost a fixture in our prairie home during the long winter. It looked so easy. You just sat around it chatting cheerfully with your friends when they were free to come, or you worked away at it on your own in your spare time. Yes, it looked easy, Why, all you had to do was make tiny little running stiches along the pen- cilled pattern. Only it wasn't easy. Those tiny little stiches turned out to be big, uneven loops, or knotted un- derneath, or failed to even catch the Un der ne a t h lining. To make sure they did catch, we held the fingers of our free hand below so we'd feel the stiches coming through. Get out the bandaidsl If the blood landed on the cardinal it wasn't so bad but was disasterous if it got on the background. Hence, there was a constant cry for the rag soaked in cold water to wipe up the gore. Well, it took us all morning just to vaguely get the hang of it, Then, it was lunch time and we needed a couple of hours to rest. Back to the frames for another three hours and we still hadn't 'rolled' the quilt once. Mr. & Mrs. Ken Brazier, Carol and Cathy of Brantford spent the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Passmore. Shari de mooy of London is holidaying this week with her grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Passmore, Mr. & Mrs. David Passmore, Tom and Jon visited Sunday afternoon with Mr. & Mrs. William Hooper of Exeter. Several men from this com- munity attended "Cook's Day" at Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre, Thursday last. Mr. & Mrs. George Kellett entertained on Sunday evening in honor of their daughter Carolyn's birthday. Verda Kellett of Elimville was a guest along with About 200 women from 75 United Churches in Huron and Perth counties attended the annual meeting of the Huron- Perth Prebyterial UCW at Brucefield March 17. The presbyterial elected Mrs. Leonard Strong of Egmondville as its new president. She suc- ceeds Mrs. Roy Galway of Listowel. Mrs, Mary McDonald of Gadshill reported the mission and service committee raised about $68,000. during the last year. Mrs. McDonald, who is retiring after many years as treasurer was presented with a gift in recognition of her dedicated service. Mrs. Anna Van Dijk of Strat- ford was the special guest speaker. She and her husband Conrad, a veterinarian, spent five months. in Bangledesh bet- ween November 1973 and April 1974. She spoke on conditions in Bangledesh and said there are many ways of helping the people there such as supplying milk powder, used clothing and bedding and by buying products they produce, which gives them self esteem. Jute is the only product they can spare so han- dicrafts made from jute and coca nut shell jewellery are available. The status of women in Bangledesh is nil. Referring to Hurondale girls name committees Hurondale VI, 4-H Club met at Mrs. Down's home, Monday, when 10 girls answered the roll call, Karen Kernick showed how to do the threaded backstitch. The group was also taught how to enlarge a pattern using a grid. Mrs. Down discussed static and rhythm and showed how to do the twisted chain stitch, Two committees were named at the meeting. The cover committee will consist of Karen Kernick and Donna Prout. The skit committee is Terry Heywood, Patsy Keller, Diane Rundle and Patti Down Wardrobes would not be complete without Jewellery accessories Necklaces Make Your Laundry More Convenient With irl ool Home Appliances AUTOMATIC AUTOMATIC DRYERS WASHERS Fashion Watches WE ACCEPT TRADES WHITING'S • Warehouse Furniture and Appliances Unlimited (New and Used) • Antiques & Things MAIN ST, 235-1964 EXETER EXETER MAIN ST, 40 AN AVID BOWLER — Alice Macdonald of Exeter who is over 70 years of age bowls twice a week and sometimes on Sunday as she was doing with her granddaughter, Trudee, last Sunday, Here's Alice get- ting ready to roll. T-A photo by Sharon Specht Ntnimmeimmunimmaiommommumumummennorimiame MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL REGISTRATION FOR KINDERGARTEN Monday, April 5 9 - 3:30 Sister Viola - Principal 237-3337 Pleasb bring Birth Certificate and Health Records.