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Times-Advocate, 1988-10-19, Page 30Page 14A October 19, 1988 Snow cause of accidents EXETER - Driving. conditions after thc first heavy snowfall of the year were the cause of six accidents investigated by. the Exeter OPP de- tachmenr a week ago. The most serious occurred when vehicles driven by Scott Bedard, RR1 Zurich and Marguerite John- ston, RR2 Zurich, collided on Hay concession 12-13: Both drivers. were seriously injured, and the two vehicles were demolished. The other five were single= .vehicle accidents. - Ronald Watt, Grand Bend, lost control of his vehicle .on Highway! 21- in Hay township.and, struck a telephone pole. The vehicle -was .heavily .damaged, but the driver -was not injured. Derek Hippern, Huron Park, lost control on County road 5, Stephen township, -and struck a tree.. The driver was unhurt, and the vehicle moderately damaged. A vehicle driven by Robert-Fink- beiner, Crediton, skidded off Coun- ty road 4 and struck a tree in the ditch. Finkbciner was treated at South Huron Hospital for minor injuries. • Damage to the vehicle - was moderate. . Driver Leonard .Hume, Grand - Bend, -struck water on Highway 21 in Hay township and skidded into the ditch. - He was not injured, but his vehicle sustained severe dam- age. • • Scott Stack, London, also_lost control of his vehicle on Highway 21 and struck a -sign: He was not injured, and damage to his vehicle was moderate. On Saturday a vehicle owned by Marilyn Smith, Zurich, rolled ahead on Shaw's parking lot, Zu- rich, striking . a parked vehicle owned by Leo Bedard, - Zurich. There was light damage to the Smith vehicle.. - During the week officers laid 64 charges under the Highway Traffic Act; three for liquor offences, and one under - the Criminal Code. They apprehended two impaired drivers. -Thanksgiving theme at Grand Bend churches OPEN HOUSE -The Grand Bend Medical Centre showed off the new wing during an open house on Sunday. The new addition, which also includes an emergency room, was totally funded by public donations. The two doctors who.run the facility, William O'Connor, left, and Peter Englert, right, are'shown here with Valerie Martens, president r of the Grand Bend Lioness Club, who made a large donation towards the purchase of equipment in the emergency room. She is resting on a stretcher the money helped to purchase. • 1 GRADUATE - Jennifer, daughter of John and Sharon MacDonald, Lu - can; received the College of Nurses of Ontario Certificate and Fan- shawe College's Diploma Nursing Program. Jennifer has recently ac- cepted a position at Victoria Hospi- tal, London, Congrats Jen, Love Mom and Dad. • --�. - _ • _ ` r/ 2 Hensall, Ontario II . / LANDSCAPING Your key to year round beauty •y • take advantage of our complete professional landscape design service • Phone and our landscape designer will make on appointment to toll on you and produce a detailed drowing Open house at Medical Centre GRAND BEND - The Grand Bend Medical Centre put on its Sunday - best on Sunday when it showed off its new wing during an open house. • The large new addition, which -- was -funded completely from local - donations,- nearly. doubles the size - of the medical centre facilities. A board of volunteers solicited donations which paid -for the enure -new wing During the two-hour open house, - people were shown the two new ex- • amining rooms and the new emer- gency room, which Dr. William O'Connor is very excited about. - "This new addition was built with the uniqueness of Grand Bend in mind. We have a large elderly popu- latign and on a summer's weekend we can have as many as 70,000 young people in- town and now I think we can serve them properly," said O'Connor. - The addition also mcans the medi- cal centre is more than a doctor's of- fice according to O'Connor. • "We now have much morethan a - normal doctor's office. We now can also have a family practice and an emergency room so we can stabi- lize patients before wemove them on to the Exeter Hospital and we can also provide full outpatient ser- vice. I think it is more convenient for everyone," he said. -The addition; which was opened By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - A thanksgiving Ecumenical service was honed by the ladies of the Grand Bend United Church on Thursday, October 11, attended by a large group of ladies from all the local churches. Mrs. Loreen Gill and Mrs. Eleanor Durie were the hostesses for the service, as they opened with readings and prayer. Mrs. Earl Watson provided piano music for the hymns, and Irene Kennedy and Beulah Holt were the ushers. . Carey Eddy and Sue MacKay sang a duet and Karen MacKay played a piano solo "In the Sweet Bye and Bye." Cara Hamilton introduced the guest speaker for the evening, Mrs. Allan Scott, a nurse at Sea - forth Hospital, who recounted her experiences as a team leader for a group of teens in Poland this sum- mer. Teen Missions International has 65 missions in 52 countries, providing thousands of North American teenagers with the oppor- tunity to work for the Lord in poor- er countries all over the world. Mrs. Scott and her two sons went through "Boot Camp" in Florida,to train them in carpentry, brick lay- ing skills, Bible teaching and wit- nessing for Christ. Other churches contributed to the service: Thca Stokkermans, from Immaculate Heart of Mary CWL read "Autumn"; Edith Chisholm of St. John's Anglican read "The Indi- viduality of Trees"; and Mabel Fras- er of Greenway United read "Thank You God" and "A Thankful Heart". Millie Desjardine from the Church of God performed a solo "To God Be The Glory". A collection was taken, totalling $128 to be sent to Teen Aid Inter- national, to send out other teenagers to work for thc Lord. Rev. Ted Smits of the United Church and Fa- ther Paul Beck of the Catholic Church also attended the service. Afterward, the ladies met -in Chris- tian fellowship with a social time and refreshments .served by thc UCW ladies. Bible Study GRAND BEND - The communi- ty Bible study was held at Sauble Court lounge last Tuesday morning with 15 ladies attending. Eleanor Durie gave the opening welcome and Millie Desjardine lcd a hymn sing. They began a new chapter, "The Mechanics of Feeding Multi- tudes" from "A Women's Workshop on Hospitality." Scripture readings from Matthew, Mark, Luke and John recounted the miracle where Jesus fed 5,000 with five loaves and two fishes. • - The discussion leader was Audrey Blackwood who closed with prayer, remembering the sick and shut-ins. A thank you note wasread from Anne Richardson for the book she was presented with from the Bible two weeks ago, also means a possi- ble growth in staff for the facility. Q'Connor said there is a possibility of adding more full-time doctors in the future. O'Connor is the only full-time doctor at present. 'The equipment in the emergency room, such as the stretcher, spot- light and oxygen holders, was also paid for entirely through donations. A large donation for equipment was made by the Grand,Bend Lioness Club. O'Connor said that most people in attendance, which included Coun- cilor Marsha Lemon and Deputy Reeve Dennis Snyder, seemed to be quite pleased and impressed with what they saw. Farewell to Shipka family•. By MRS. HUGH MORENZ SI-IIPKA - About 35 friends and neighbours gathered last Wednesday evening at Shipka Community Centre to bid farewell to Ron and Judy Watts and family, who have moved to Southcou Pines. Before a . delicious lunch served by the east group, an address was read by Olive Ratz to the Watts, and they were presented with a Toastess electric griddle and silverware. They ex- pressed sincere thanks and happy memories of residing in Shipka. In the social time progressive euchre was played and winners were - men's high - Donald Ratz, men's low - Bill Raiz, ladies high - Annie Morenz, ladies low - Ruth Volk. New neighbours We welcome new neighbours to Shipka, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Parker and family, who brought the Watts' home. ' Thanksgiving visitors Tom, Rosanne, Jackie, Jenny and Michael Rtfssell of Cohan(visited here over the weekend with Tom's parents, Cliff and Velma Russell, Dashwood, also his three brothers and family, Doug, Bruce and Don. Visitors Thanksgiving weekend with Pat and Jake Schroeder were Art and Pauline Miller, Pete and Dale, of Zurich, Sandra Schroeder and -friend, London, Dennis G. --- -166 r.0 Cell 236.4457 Dignan ndseaping Sod Supply i r• • Paving Brick • Fertilizing • Ground Work • Sodding • Seeding • Railway Ties • Design Service • Nursery stock planting Oreter your nursery stock now...or the work can be clone by our landscaping specialists. ".414„;‘,.."042114‘'4401.; All nursory--�• stock guarontNd Phone 236-4457 235-1678 Quality is first in our. busln•ss 1 1 Schroeder, Guelph, Elizabeth and - Phyllis Case of Exeter and area. Kcn and Ortha Baker, Elsie and Jake Reder, Bcrt and Doris Schilbe all of Bayfield area and Mrs. Emma Schilbe, Zurich, spent the holiday weekend from Friday up to Mon- day night with the latter's daughter Beatrice and Les Locke, of Trenton. Mrs. Annie Zielman, her daughter and granddaughter Ruth and Mandy Zehr, of Zurich, Mrs. Loreen Zehr, and Erich and Kaethe Freiter, of Dashwood, all attended a Janzen family dinner, at a restaurant in Leamington with other family members. Angie Zielman, along with Young people from the Zurich Mennonite Church, spent the holi- day weekend at Silver Lake. Hugh and I were guests Monday with Lorne and Lo• ren Devine at Zurich. We had supper together and enjoyed several games of solo. Personals - Several from this arca attended the Greenway United Church anni- versary services last Sunday. • First concert of season I, along with other correspon- dents from the TA attended a con- ference for the correspondence staff, where we had a tour of the build- ing, saw the new computer' system and how, work proceeds to put out a weekly paper. We all enjoyed a complimentary lunch at Ironwood. Several ladies from this area at- tended the Thanksgiving Ecumeni- cal held last Tuesday evening at Grand Bend United Church. Guest speaker was Mrs. Rosemary Scott, of Zurich, on the topic of her trip to Poland. GRAND BEND - On Wednesday, October 26 the, first concert of this season will be held in Grand Bend's United Church at 8 p.m. featuring pianist Philip Thomson, on route with Youth & Music Canada. 'in- creasingly Thomson is becoming in- creasingly acclaimed as one of the foremost interpreters of 19th centu- ry composer -pianists such as Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Chopin. He has many awards. Internation- al engagements and encouraging performance reviews to his credit. In the spring of 1988, Mr: Thom- son performed with both Toronto's Chamberplayers and the Toronto Symphony, who he has played with on numerous occasions since his 1973 debut with that orchestra. During the summer months of 1988, Philip Thomson was invited to participate in the Bar Harbour Festival in Maine. He returned to Toronto this fall for a four of Youth & Music Centres and also to take up a teaching post in piano performance at the University of Waterloo. Philip Thomson is frequently heard on C.B.C. radio and other Eu- ropean and American radio stations and has been the recipient of numer- ous awards, including the W.O. Forsythe Award and five Canada Council Grants. His repertoire is heavily weighted towards the work of the 19th centu- ries, and in particular has won much acclaim fq his interpretation of the music of Franz Liszt. noon in the Bible school rooms at the Grand Bend United Church. Gloria Mousseau gave the worship service on a Thanksgiving theme, with scriptures form Chronicles 15:8-22. Mousseau was joined by several ladies who read "pearls of wisdom" from the Bible. For World Outreach, Elizabeth Norris read about African Children in pris- on. Ten times more money is spent on White African children than on black children. Roll call was answered by 15 la- dies with parables from the Bible. President Elizabeth Norris conduct- ed- the business. Conveners are re- quested to have their annual reports handed in by the November meet- ing. Money donation were made to the Grand Bend Medical Centre and for Korean refugees. Alice Webb and Jean Kading were the lunch hostesses. Church of God The Church of. God service opened with a call to worship from Psalm 36 "How Precious is Thy Steadfast Love, 0 God." George Winegardcn led the service and Mil- lie Desjardine sang a solo "My Faith Still Holds." The guest speaker for the'day was Rev. Bob Peebles from Dashwood, who was pastor -of Grand Bend United, will be interim pastor at Creditor Unitcd starting November 1. Rev. Peebles called the congrega- tion to "Examine Your Hearts;" to find out what their .motives are -in life, out of love for God, rather than as a routine. He also spoke at the evening service. Mrs. Eileen Desjardine shared her testimony ex- pertience as a Christian over many years. On Friday evening, October 21, 7;30 p.m., a video will be shown at church titled "NO is a Positive Answer." This is a 22 minute in- troduction to a series of videos for parents and teens on how to cope with sexual pressure in today's so- ciety. There are eight sessions for parents and four for teens, to deal - with this sensitive topic. Help your child to say no. Catholic News Father Paul Beck celebrated all the weekend Masses at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. He spoke on the significance of the cross in our lives, as a sign of redemption, and our suffering servant; Jesus Christ. We must drink the cup of suffering as He did and serve others. Paul Dietrich was cantor at the 11 a.m. Mass, with Carol Luther as reader.. Carol and Larry Luther wcrc Eucharistic Ministcrs.- The "Bishop's Campaign" is tak- ing contributions this wcck, to cover some of the needs in running the Diocese. Eight CWL ladies and Father Beck, attended the thanksgiv- ing Ecumenical last Tuesday eve- ning at the Grand Bend Unitcd Class last week. All ladies arc wel- Church. There is a Deanery mect- come to attend these Bible study ing in Blyth for all CWL members sessions each Tuesday morning at 9 in the Stratford Deanery on Wednes- a.m. in the Sauble Court Lounge. day, October 19. • The Alhambra meeting will be U.C.W. 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