The Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-03-12, Page 5Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 13, 1986 --Page 5
St. Helens Women's Institute invited to local workshops
A meeting of St. Helens Women's
Institute was held on Thursday, March 6th
at 2 p.m. in the Institute Hall.
After opening with the Institute Ode and
Mary Stewart Collect, the roll call was
answered by a news item pertaining to
education.
Minutes of the February meeting were
read and adopted and the treasurer's
report given. Correspondence included a
brochure on the courses offered by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Food for , 4-H
and also for the general public. There were
invitations to workshops in Londesboro and
Holmesville.
Agnes Lyons expressed thanks for cards
Busy schedule for
Lucknow Kinsmen
The Lucknow Kinsmen Club had a very
busy schedule the past weekend, On
Satutday the popular band Player from
London played at the Community Centre.
This was a follow up to their November 85
appearance and . Chairman Blair Alton
reports that approximately 350 people were
im attendance.
Monday, the first day of March break, '49
avid skaters participated in the annual
Kinsmen - skate -a -thou. Chairman Rod
McDonagh reports that the club will net
approximately $1500,00, which the club
has voted to put towards the Lucknow and
District Sports Complex Fund.
Lucknow Central Public School won the
Lucknow Kinsmen Club Heritage D.ay
Contest. Local schools were asked totake'"
part in a snow sculpture contest using
Canadiana as the theme. Lucknow Cent
ral's entrydepicted a man harpooning a
whale from his boat: Lucknoiv and.;District
Christian Schoo°1s4aced sego d;.. while
Kinloss Central"came' if i iird:,
Plan are already underway for Kin
Summerfest '86 to be held June 20 - 22/86.
This • will incorporate both a men's and
ladies slow pitch tournament. The club will
also be involved with the annual Bike
Rodeo at the public school in June,
In February the Kinettes, with the help
of the Kinsmen, canvassed the village for
the Ontario Heart Fund. The Kinettes pre-
ared and served a dinner to the residents aof
the Senior Citizens apartments -on Feb,. 4.
The meal was followed by a few 'hours of
cards. Two Kinettes visit Pinecrest Nurs-
ing Home each month to take part in a
sing -along, play bingo or just to serve ice
cream or some other snack to the residents.
The Kinette Club helped the Kinsmen
club with the Player dance on March 8 and
will assist - with Summerfest in June.
Preparations are underway for the Annual
Spring Fashion show on April 21,.1986.
The Kinsmen Club placed first in the
Monkton Kinsmen Hockey Tournament
and the - Dungannon Snow Pitch Tourna-
ment. They are entered in the Durham
Kinsmen Broomball Tournament :.in mid-
March, as well.
Students are generous
By Stephanie Levesque
Students in Huron County are' generous
with their time and money.
This was proven at the March session of
the Huron County board of education When a
list of beneficiaries of. .the student's was
presented.
' Seven foster children in far off lands are
supported by Huron .County students,
Also, they have contributed money and
goods to international, ' national and local
charities. Some,of these, are the heart fund,
tnultiple sclerosis read-a-thon, earthquake
relief and African' relief. Locally, they have
assisted the Family and Children's•Services .�
Christmas` Bateau and the Salvation Army
plus many more. , •
-We commend these, schools,- students
• and staff for theirs support and un lerstan-.
ding towards= those; who nee assistance,"
stated director of educatitrn" obert, Allan
sent to Gordon during his recent illness.
Norma Raynard will be -able to obtain
pictures of the 80th anniversary through
Mr. Campbell at Goderich. He took over
the photo business of the late Fred Bissett
who was the photographer at our anniver-
sary.
Muriel Moffat advised that the format of
the Women's Institute is being revised
under a five year program of which we will
hear more later. Minutes of Yesteryear for
1959 - 1960 were prepared and read by
Elaine Errington.
The topic Education and Cultural Affairs
was convened by Isabel Gaunt who
introduced Fran McQuail as guest speaker.
Fran, the librarian at Lucknow Library,
explained the library system used in Bruce
and Huron counties.
Small libraries have access to thousands
of books through the system of Regional
services which serves the whole Saugeen
area. She informed the members about
special books such as reference books of all
kinds, large print in fiction and non-fiction,
multilingual, and magazines. Also, there is
audio-visual material, cassettes and tapes,
and "talking books.
The Lucknow Library has introduced
special programs for chi en as well as an
adult book club and two-hour films for
adults.
It was all most informative and Fran also
had a large display of books of interest to
women.
Luba Strutton read an article called
Fabric -holism written by one who couldn't
resist a bargain in fabrics. Elaine Errington
also had a humorous reading which
involved the present political leaders and
their policies,
After closing the meeting a delicious
lunch was served by the hostesses Elaine
Errington and Lila Rintoul. Afterwards, all
took time to see the craft display of knitting
and sewing which some of the members
had brought.
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