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rage 10,�-L*dmow Sentinel, 'WednawlsyVp`tbntaty 11, 1981't,
The 14th annual meeting
of the Huron -Perth Presby-
terial, United Church Wom-
en, Was held at Brucefield
United Church on January
26th, 1981 The theme for the
day was the Price of Partner
ship. Delegates from the 73
United Church Localsin Hur-..
on Perth attended.
Muriel Coultes led ; an op-
ening sing song. Greetings
were brought to the 245
U.C.W. members present by,
Anne Walters, Presbyterial
president; . Beatrice Stoll,
Brucefield U.C.W. president
and Marian Anderson, Lon-
don' Conference U.C.W. vice
president. Three annual ev-
ents for ; U.C.W. niemnbers
are: . Conference Annual at
Windsor April .6 7; ;. West -
Minster Weekend May 29-31'
and Alma College August
16-19.
The Presbyterial commit-
tee chairpersons presenteda
skit H.P.P.P.P.P, (Huron
Perth Presbyterial , Partners
in Program Planning). Ruth.
Axtmann introduced the
committee chairpersonsand
compared these . committees
rueelea Haven
!s meeting
The Brucelea.._Haven Aux-
iliary' meeting washeld on
° January 22 at. 1.30 p.m. in
the home. library: The roll
call was: answered by . 10.
members. and payment 'of
tees were accepted_
A discussion of=future pro-
jects for 1981 followed in-
cluding a Residents Tea to be
held in September with the
help of the Auxiliary- mem-
bers. • .
The : guest speaker, Mr.
George Strauss, president of
Residents Connell, told ,bow
it was organized with 'Mrs.
Long ;asvice president and
Mrs:. Parker, secretaryareas-
. urer. At present, a . Regional
Council'. is being formed
which will enable them; to _ p.,m,
receive assistance from the
New Horizon program.
Mrs. Marguerite Fischer
gave a reporton the OAHA
convention held. on Sept-
ember 21-24, 1980 at Thun-
der Bayy which site attended
finding it very' interesting -
and' educational.
The Auxiliary Tea is to be
held on April 30, the treas-
urer being instructed to pur-
chase the required 'Lottery
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Permit.
The Provincial Lottery tick-
ets were distributed: and pro-
ceeds are to be' handed in at
the June meeting:
The next meeting will be
held on March 19th, 1,30
with the four. -food groups of
the Canada Food Guide prov-
iding 'us
rov-iding•us with spiritual noun,
islunent in the form of
program ideas in the differ-
ent areas of U.C.W. concern.
Rev. Rae Grant, chairman
of Huron Perth Presbytery,
assisted Marion Anderson in
• the installation of officers :for
1981: president, Anne 'Wal-
ters,
al-tern, Kippen, 1st. vice, Grace
Pym, R. 1 Centralia; 2nd
vice, " Muriel Coultes, • R. 5.
Brussels, recording' secret-
ary, Evalena Webster, Blyth;
assist. recording • se.%tary,
Dorothy Grant, _ St: Marys;;
corresponding; secretary, Al=
ma Langford,. Exeter; treas-
urer, Jean Hanly, Goderich;
. Committee chairpersons;
include: leadership ` develop-
ment, Noreen Hayter, R, 1..
Varna; Christian de v':, Donna
Tuffnail, R. •'5, Stratford;
church in society, Ruth Axt
": mann, R. 2 Walton; world
outreach, Iva Wood, 'coder-.
ich; stewardship, Grawce
Drurr►mond, Exeter; corn-
munication's, Mame Wilk-
ins,
ins, R: 3 Goderich,• archives,
Muriel ": Coultes, R. 5 . Brus-
sels; nominations, Doris Zur
brigg, Listowel..
`Huron regional presidents:
. -North, Jean Mathers, Blue-
. vale; South, Carole `Willard,
R. 1 Centralia; ass't., Alma
Godbolt, Exeter; East, Lois .
Elliot Clinton; ass't., \ Jo ce
.Dowson," R. 1 Varna; West, ;'
Shirley Hackett, R. 7 'Luck-.
now
Perth Regional presidents:
North, Hilda. Grant, Listowel;
asst., Ulsie Williams;: R. 1
Gowanstown; South, Phyllis
Rodd, Woodham, ;ass't Re- ,
to Standeaven, R. 1 St:
Marys;, East, Muriel ;Hog
gatth, R. 5 Stratford; ass't.,
'Doris Miller, Stratford;.
West, : Fran lanin, :R 2 'Dub-
lin.
Rev; Bob McMullen, 'min-
ister of Brucefield Church,
asked the blessing and dur-
ing lunch, the ladies visited
the Book Room where a large
selection. of hooks was avail-
able from the Resource Ceti.
ter at Mitchell. "
The afternoon session
.be-
gan with a sing songTbe
day's . collection iso to .be
Emmanuel
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divided between Em rn
College and the United
Church Mission and Service
Fund.
•The Guest'SPeaker, Betty
Nortey, spoke on Partners iii
Crisis. A, Social Worker, she
told of ,her work in Family
Services, whilewith her hus-
band, Rev, David'Norte'..y.
, at,
his charges in Oshawa and
Labrador, Giving us an in-
sight into the complex work- °.
ing of . the various S
o i
al
Service department, we
rea-
lized that we should all be
Partners in Crisis.
Evelyn Smith gave the
courtesies and the
meeting
closed with a worship service
by Woodham U;C.VV.
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"Be Responsible" is the
theme of Birth Control; Week,
1981. The Family Planning
Programs of the Bruce Coun-
ty Health Unit and the Grey -
Owen Sound ' Health Unit
%onsor-the week to
p� make the
. w
public more.aware of the
Family Planning Services
provided in these two coun-
ties.
One of the major concerns
of the two co-ordinators, Liz,
Owen of the Bruce County
Health Unit' and Judy Mor-
row of the Grey -Owen Sound
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Health Unit, is . adolescent:
pregnancies. In -Canada,' ap-
proximately one teenage girl
in five becomes . pregnant
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between the ages of .15 'and
19 years... The • two co-ordin-
ators
feel that effective com-
munication in : the . home
about sexuality is a major
factor in'- promoting respon-
sible behaviour amongst ad-
olescents.
Pamphlets and booklets
will be given out at displays
in Malls during the week.
Parents, teachers and any- "
one who is interested are
welcome to attend. Biblio-
graphies'' ; of books about
sexuality and sex education -
available in Bruce 'County
Libraries: Viand in the Grey -
Owen Sound Library will''also
be available.. ,'
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The Mall . displays will be
held from 1.00 to 4:00 p.m. at
the Sutton Park Mall ih
Kincardine on . 'Wednesday,
February 11, at the Hanover.
Mall (near People's store) on
Thursday, February 12, and
at- the, Port Elgin Mali on
Friday, . February 13. An ev-
ening :display.. from 6:00 -
9:30 will 'be held at the Qrey
County Mall in Owen Sound.
Information and booklets and
bibliographies will also, be
available ,it libraries ' in
•• Southampton, Wiarton, Kin-
. cardine, Port Elgin, Walker-
ton. Ches ey and , Owen.
Sound. 'as well ''as • ,through
Health 'Unit offices