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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-03-08, Page 18Page 18--Lnclnnow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 8, 1978 Dungannon Six local ladies accompanied the Lucknow Horticultural. Society bus trip to Toronto on Thursday to attend the Horticultural Spring Flower Show in the Automotive Building of the CNE. Those attending from here were' Marg- aret Mole, Betty Mole, Flossie Ivers, Evelyn Errington, Bessie ._...McNee and Willetta McWhinney. They all enjoyed seeing the beautiful flower displays as well as many crafts. Evelyn Errington has received word that her sister, Melinda Nivins who recently celebrated her birthday at the home of her daughter near Clinton, is back in Hospital in Clinton with a relapse of virus pneumonia. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McWhinney were members of their family, Rob and Sandy McWhinney and family of Dungannon and Lexie and- Ken Murch and Vincent of 'Clinton. Willetta McWhinney and Myrt- le Kerr attended a two-day class in Wingham of a W.I. sponsored d Int MARY.BEIRE sewing course, "Personalize your Pattern". Now they are teaching this course and so much interest has been shown that they . have two classes of 8 or 9 each which are meeting on Wednesday and Thursday evenings for the next 3 or 4 weeks. Mr. and Mrs. David Dawson hosted a ' party on . Saturday evening, February 25, for the local moosehunter's group. Bill Kreps showed slides taken in the region of Northern Ontario where they hunt. These were enjoyed by all, especially the wives of the hunters who, thus got a chance to see thebeautiful scenery. Joy Vella and Tammy of Seaforth visited their aunt, Mary Bere on the weekend and dined on Sunday evening with their aunt,' and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Graham McNee. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Alton returned on Thursday evening from two week holiday in the West 'Indies and on Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Warren Zinn also returned from a vacation in the sunny South. . The Dungannon Young Peop- ' le's group have had a couple of toboggan parties and some meet- ings at Brookside School during the winter with Sharon Dawson as leader. They are holding their final meeting for this season on Wednesday, March 8 at Brook- side School. A Rev. C. G. Westhaver gave an address on Community Friend- ship at the World Day of Prayer meeting held in Dungannon United Church on Friday, March 3. Members of the congregations of St. Augustine Catholic Church, Port Albert Anglican Church, Dungannon Christian Fellowship Church and Nile United Church shared in the service, . which followed an order of service used throughout the world. This serv- ice was prepared by Canadians for the third time in the sixty years World Day of Prayer has been held. For this 60th anniver- sary, the offering throughouthe • world, up to $60,000.00, is to lie given to the Bible Society to supply Bibles hi countries which still do not- have them, Sympathy is extended , to the family of Blake Alton, who died suddenly in hospital in London on Saturday evening in his 60th year. Congratulations to Mrs. Cecil Blake who won a side of beef in a draw held on Friday evening by the Lucknow Pee Wee hockey team. DUNGANNON UNITED CHURCH Rev. C. d..Wt.sthaver preached his Sunday sermon on the subject, How God used the Cross. Carol, Reed: played the organ for the service. The children's story was about, Candolo the Thief. A meeting of the session will be held in Dungannon church on Wednesday evening at 8.15 p.m. The Huron -Perth Presbytery has accepted the imitation of the Official Board of the Dungannon United Church, and is scheduling its November meeting to be held in Dungannon Church. It may be of interest to this you l� ‚.. lt. taiit • • The income tax rett}rn, has been improved this year; snaking .it easier for you to do it yourself. And to make it even easier, read the six basic steps in the .Guide. You'll probably find all 'you need to know, there, But if you have any additional questions, you'll find the answers in the detailed portion of the Guide. And remember: 1.. Include all your original receipts. 2. Double check your return before mailing it. If you have a refund coming, you'll get it sooner if your tax form has been done accurately, Go ahead! You can do it. 1* Revenue Canada Taxation Hon. Joseph P. Guay Minister Revenu Canada Impot L'hon. Joseph P. Guay Ministre a community that a former minist- er, Rev. Glen ,Wright, presently of Exeter, has accepted an assignment from Middlesex 'Pres- bytery to develop a new congreg- ation of the United Church in South London, in .a development with about 20,000 people. DUNGANNON U.C.W. The February meeting of the United Church Women was held at the manse with 13 ladies in attendance. A dessert luncheon was served by Tinie Logtenberg and Amy Wiggins. , Mrs. Westhaver opened the meeting with the UCW motto and the call to worship. The theme of the meeting was, "Love". Donna Alton read the scripture which was followed by the Lord's Prayer. The meditation was in the form of an interesting monologue in which Donna Alton tore pieces off a large red heart as she read paragraphs about various sins we are prone to commit. Then she held up a whole heart to demonstrate how Christ can ,restore a heart fragmented by sins. Mrs. Westhaver read a poem, "Our Valentine Wish". The offering was.reeeived and dedicated by Gloria Pearson. A skit, "Madam X and the UCW", was presented by Bessie McNee, Amy Wiggins,. Elsie Irvin and Olive Blake. The devotional closed with the hymn, "Oh Love, that will not let me" go.. and a commentary on the hymn given by Mrs. Bessie McNee. A motion was passed in favour of supplying new hymn books for the choir if the music committee so wishes. Plans were discussed for the UCW Thankoffering meeting to be held in the church on Sunday evening, March 19 at 8 p.m. with Annie Shiells of Lucknow as guest speaker. Ladies from Auburn, Nile, Trinity, St. Helens and Dungannon Christian Fellowship Church have been invited to participate. DUNGANNON CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH Fifteen young people met on Saturday evening at the home of Murray Martin for their MYF meeting. The Bible, Study was -a continuation of their study in the book of James. One of the sponsors led a discussion on the importance of not holding a grudge. The Adult Bible Study will be held on Tuesday evening at the, home of Peter Martin. This time' of study and sharing is open to any., interested people in the community. The Ladies' Bible Study group will be held on Wednesday afternoon at the ;home of Sherry Strong. The message on -Sunday morn-, ing ,was taken from Luke in which Pastor Lawrence emphasized the importance of the cross in the scriptures. There will be a quilting at the church on Tuesday afternoon, March 14. DUNGANNON W.I. The Women's Institute meet- ing was held on Wednesday, March 1 at the home of Bessie McNee. The roll call was answer- ed by naming another country belonging 'to the A.C. W . W. (Associated Countrywomen of the Western World). The guest speaker was Mrs. Theedom from Agricultural Office in Clinton who showed slides and gave an , interesting talk on the 'Plowing Match. Willetta Mc- Whinney thanked her and pres- ented her with a gift. An Institute quilt will be put in the frames at Willetta Mc- CONTINtJED ON PAGE i9 �i: