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The Citizen, 1992-01-29, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29,1992. The news from ondesboro Compiled by June Fothergill Phone 523-4360 L/CW to hold talent night The first U.C.W. meeting of 1992 was held at the Londesboro United Church on Monday evening, January 20. President, Helen Lawson opened with a reading. Ian and Debbie Hulley of Clinton were the guests. They showed a video and spoke about Church camping. They con­ ducted the worship service. They attended the United Church Camp Convention in Victoria in October. Marsha Szusz played the piano for the hymns. Members repeated an Indian version of the Lord's Prayer in unison. They also spoke on Christian Education and En­ vironmental Education. Linda Hor- banuik thanked them and presented them with a donation to Camp Menesetung. The Purpose was repeated in uni­ Minister asks, ’Who’s Missing?’ Greeters at Londesboro United Church on Sunday, Jan. 26 were Don and Catherine Allen. Ushers were Jennifer Szusz, Kara Lee Pot­ ter, Michael and Pam Salverda. The second scripture reading from Luke 4: 14-21 was read by Greg McClinchey. The sermon topic was “Who's Missing?” There will be no Youth Group meeting this week. The junior youth group meets on February 7. Choir members practices are on Sat., February 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 9 and 16 at 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 10 is the Shuffleboard. Shuffleboard was held at Hullett Public School on Wednesday evening, January 22. High man was Lloyd Dale and high lady, Helen Dale. There were 12 present. The February' W.I. meeting will be held at the hall on Wednesday, February 12 at 2 p.m. All members are to bring enough ladies for a table of euchre. Everyone is wel- Plans underway for March trade show Plans are well underway for the first annual Town & Country Trade Show. This major, two day event is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, March 12 and 13 at the Centralia College Recreation Centre in Huron Park. A large number of suppliers and manufacturers have been invited to exhibit their prod­ ucts and the response has been excellent. According to Larry Shapton, Organizing Committee Chairman and Sales Manager at Hensail Dis­ trict Co-op, the concept behind the trade show is to raise awareness of all the products and services that are available locally. The Town & Country Trade Show will bring together approximately 80 manu­ facturers, exhibiting a full range of products for farmers and con­ sumers. Displays will include crop son. Minutes of the November and December meetings were read. Helen gave the financial report in the absence of Dorothy Tamblyn. She also read the 1991 report. Thank you's were received from the Sunday School, Hullett Council, Harry Tebbut, Rev. Paul Ross, Scott Shaddick and the Town and Country Homemakers. Brenda and Joan attended the annual meeting in Goderich, they gave their reports. It was decided to repair the red hymn books and launder the junior choir gowns. Talent night is on Feb. 14. Collec­ tion and birthday pennies were taken up. Programmes for the year were given out. The Benediction was repeated in unison. Grace was sung. Lunch was served by Edythe Beacom, Florence Snell and Helen Lawson. annual Church meeting. Laura Lyon and Edythe Beacom of Londesboro, Margaret Vipond of Atwood and Mrs. George Pearson of Ethel, went to Chesaning, Michi­ gan to the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. James (Hilda) Pearson who was close to her 100th year. They visited a few days with her daugh­ ter Olive McGee, grandson Rodger McGee and family of Mason, Michigan. Mrs. Margaret Good returned home on Monday after spending a week in London with her daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Randy Logan and family. winners come. Cost is $2 per person. All proceeds are for the Clinton Hospi­ tal Auxiliary. Come out and sup­ port our hospital. Friends and neighbours of Jackie MacDougall and Roy Krauter will be sorry to hear they are patients in Clinton Hospital. The best wishes of the community are extended to them for a speedy recovery. products and feed, hardware and building materials, pet food, house­ hold and gardening supplies, plumbing, heating, air condition­ ing, and petroleum and propane products including gas barbecues and fireplaces. Door prizes with a total value of approximately $10,000 will be donated by the exhibitors. As well, exhibitors will be offering trade show specials and significant dis­ counts on a wide variety of prod­ ucts and services. In addition, guest speakers and demonstrations are being planned for both days of the show. The organizers of Town & Coun­ try Trade Show hope the event will attract families from both rural and urban areas. The show will be open to the public from 10 a.m; to 9 p.m. on both Thursday and Friday and admission will be free. Grey ends year with $91,329 Grey Township Council held its regular meeting on January 20 and There were 10 tables of euchie hosted by the Ethel Hall Board Monday, Jan. 20. Winners were: high man, Charles Harrison; high lady, Jean Rolof; low lady, Betty Krotz; low man, Gordon Griffith; most lone hands, Margaret Smith and Bob Bremner; lucky table, Becci Rup- pel, Agnes Harrow, Mac Smith, and Ross Stephenson; tally draws, Bill Beirnes, Jim Smith, Adrian Verstoep, Mabel Nicholson and Keith Turnbull. The next euchre will be Feb. 3 at 8:30 p.m. The 50/50 draw was won by Della Griffith for $17.50. Thelma Keffer and Brenda Turner have returned from a three week vacation throughout the Unit­ ed States. Thelma reports really nice weather and they followed the storm from Texas to Ontario. Sympathy of the community is were presented with its 1991 finan­ cial statements by the Township's extended to the Edgar family on the recent passing of their grandfather, Stanley Edgar. HALL BOARD ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Ethel Hall Board was held Tuesday, Jan. 21 with seven people in attendance. Chairperson Dorothy Dilworth outlined some future projects for the hall. If a special occasion per­ mit is to be applied for liquor, 10 days notice is required. The rental fee for any and all functions is to remain at $40. All the euchre par­ ties are now being held by the Ethel Hall Board members. Helen Dobson is to be responsi­ ble for the handling of the save-a- tapes from the various stores. Mrs. Lou Raynard will not be caretaking at the hall so everyone is going to pitch in with these duties. auditor, Michael Meyer. The state­ ments indicate an accumulated net surplus for the Township's general fund at the end of 1991 of $91,329. The 1992 insurance proposal from Frank Cowan Company Ltd. was accepted at a renewal cost of $16,899. Council requested several minor changes to the package including increasing the life insur­ ance coverage for volunteer fire fighters to $100,000 from $50,000 and the addition of insurance to cover legal defence costs in response to actions initiated by other levels of government. The 1992 premium, with the increased coverage, represents a 1.7 per cent increase over 1991 's premium. Chief Building Official Eugene McAdam presented his 1991 build­ ing report to Council which indicat­ ed a total of 71 permits issued for a total value of $3,151,000. In 1990, 65 permits were issued for a total value of $2,778,000. Grants of $800 were authorized to the Grey Township Federation of Agriculture and $100 to the Wing­ ham and Area Seniors Day Centre for 1992. Council also passed a by-law which sets the 1992 remuneration rates for Township staff and offi­ cials. The next regular meeting of Council is scheduled for Monday, February at 9:30 a.m.