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Times-Advocate, 1982-12-15, Page 21Many area groups visit with Representatives from the community churches thanked the U.C.W. for inviting them and guests left prior to the business meeting. Honor Stanley, chairperson of the nominating committee reported the new executive as follows: honorary president, Mrs. Keith Brown; past presi- dent, Mrs. Jack Ryan; presi- dent, Mrs. Wm. Froats; vice- president, office to be filled;' secretary, Mrs. Ross McRoberts; assistant secretary, to be filled; treasurer, Mrs. Dennis Dedell; committees: Chris- tian' development, Mrs.. James Lockyer; program, Mrs. James Robertson; world outreach and stewardship, Mrs. John Forster and Mrs. t Neil Campbell. The Church in society, Mrs. Don Miller; -card secretary, Mrs. Murray Gibson; flower a ecretary; Mrs. Sheridan • evington; social convener, Mrs. Emerson Stanley; publicity, Mrs. Wayne Gib, on; convener, Mrs. Ian a Wallace and Mrs. Harold v Cobleigh. Unit Leaders: riendship, Mrs. Martin F V anArenthals; Dorcas - on a . C monthly basis - January, Mrs. t avid Park; pianist, Mrs. Harold Cobleigh; auditors, . a Mrs. Charles Grose and Mrs. Ross Holden. Nominating ommittee the past president, f ice -president and one p f M v f ucw ed all for their cooperation and said -she had really en- joyed her work and the many and varied projects. Many thank you letters were received and verbal thanks given by friends for the lovely Christmas basket* packed and delivered to shut ins of the church on Friday, December 3. A memorial plaque has been ordered and will be ready for the New Year. Donations were voted to the Junior Church, • the Helping Hands, Camp Kee -Mo -Kee, Alma College, Alcohol and Drug Concerns, the new con- gregation at White Oaks United Church, World Development and Relief of he M & S Fund, and the Sun- day Church School. - Beth Miller reported 47 pairs' of mittens, five toques nd a scarf had decorated the 'mtten tree" and these would be divided between the Women's Resource Centre of Mission Services, London, nd the Lucan Lions Club Ser - ice Committee. A report was given by Jane orster on the church in osta Rica and their letter, ranslated front French to English by Marjorie Park is. vailable to all who wish to read it. A communication was read rom the Regional vice - resident, who happens to be rom our U.C.W. this year, rs. David Park, and we are ery proud to have Marjorie illing this position so apably. New president, Mabel roats, has called the first xecutive meetingfor Mon- day; January 3 at 7:30 in the pper C E wing s R s f D c v member from each _unit. Rev. Keith Brown installed the new officers. Mrs. Stanley presented the out -going president with a c Life. Membership Certificate and' pin and thanked her for :F all her work in leading the E U.C.W during the past two years. Shirley, in turn: thank- u Within 80. percent' of Mission budget Special pre -Christmas ser- Chinese farmer was honoured vices continued Sunday mor- on his birthday by three sons ning at Lucan United Church with a good attendance of adults and children. Ken and Sue Rees were at their places at . the door with a warm welcome to all. As worship began, Sue Barr and son Eric participated in the lighting of the third Ad- vent candle symbolizing Jesus Christ; the Joy of the World. The junior choir with their lovely music and bright raves added to thie;beatity" of the service. Marj Park presented the final Minute for Missions for 1982 reporting that the Mis- sion and Service giving for our congregation has reached 80 percent of its objective for the year. She quoted the Moderator. who pointed out that "the pain and hurt of the world do not diminish when our gross national product decreases". The Christmas Eve service on December 24 will provide a special oppor- tunity to offer a gift to Jesus through the mission fund of the church. Dorothy Dedels was pre- sent to tell one of her special stories to the children before their departure for Junior Congregation. An elderly who livedfar away. Two sent elaborate gifts, but the third came himself- bringing only .love. Only the third gift satisfied • the longing of the father's heart. So it is with Jesus at Christmas. He longs for us and the love of our hearts. Mr. Brown spoke about the themeof the third Advent candle, Jesus Christ, the Joy of the world. Lucan senior choir has its last practice for special Christmas music Wednesday at 7:30. Junior choir will.not meet again until January 8. Next Sunday is Christmas Family service at 11:15,: preceeded by a Carol Sing. The Sunday School Christmas concert takes place next Sun- day -also at 7 p.m. Friends are reminded to save used postage stamps (cul off the envelope with at least one inch border) for the Bible Society. Boxes are pro- vided at the entrances of the Church. ..>Q THE ONLY IPM QUILT — Bernice and Pat Crunican shown at the left are the proud owners of the one and only Lucan International Plowing Match quilt. The purchase was made at the annual St. Patrick's CWL bazaar. At their right are crafters of the quilt Theresa Van Den Boomen and Rhea Vanderloo. T -A photo Biddulph concert set for tomorrow night The annual Christmas con cert will be at Biddulph School this year December 16 at 7:30 p.m. there are only a ' limited number of tickets to besold for this event, so we urge everyone who can, to come to the afternoon perfor- mance at 1:15 p.rn. December 16.' . Parents in the area may be aware that there have been several cases of pediculosis, or more commonly know as head lice, in the school during the fall term. Please do not be embar- rassed if you think your child may have caught it because they can be easily acquired where children or.adults are in contact with someone who has them. Just call the school nurse. who will assist in the problem. Hot dogs will be sold on the Crediton East By MRS. STAN PRESZCATOR Mr.. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator and Brenda Glan- ville attended the funeral Saturday. of .the latter's' grandmother and great grandinother _Mrs. Mary Thornton who passed away Thursday at Seaforth Com- munity Hospital. Mrs. Thornton prior to hav- ing been a patient in Seaforth Hospital for over two years made her home with Mr. and ca Mrs. Stan Presztor for alit- tle over 312 years. She will be sadly missed by her relatives, friends and .neighbours who knew her for her kindness to everyone. ' Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Thornton, London and Mr. and Mrs. Robert England and Dennis, i-furon Park visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator. i LAST MINUTE GIFT IDEAS! 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The "Grapevine" pr cedure will be followe through this year and it is nil • portant that all parents kno that; it is only used if bus are 'being sent home earl '' from school - a decision tha is made by the bus company or any information regardin school closure, buses not run ping, or late because of storm conditions is announced o the radio. Keep in mind that th Board office usually inform CFPL first. The operation o • the grapevine depend on `a number of parents in the com munity who provide a service for families. . . We are proud to have received a plaque from the Lucan Legion in recognition of the team effort and support that our school has shown for the traditions, ideals. and Other activities of the Royal Canadian Legion. Congratulations are extend- ed to the following students who have earned the "Citizen of the week" recognition. From the Biddulph school are: from October 18-22, Hol- ly Darling, Sarah Henderson. Jennifer Milton; Janet Joyce, Chris Hewitt, Guy Redick, Steve Neil, Aimee Broderick and Leslee Broderick. For the week of October 25-29 the students were: Mai Soo Lam, Ann Harrett, Tracy Mair, Shawn Osborne, Tyler Bedell, Shelley Pfaff, Erik Barr. Chloe' Guthrie, Vicki MacDonald and Mike Wan.. November 1-4 students chosen were: Andy Hockey. Sarah Wells, Jane Holden. Jason Jones. Derek Hardy, Lorne Rodgers, Krista Rid- dell and Steve Lavalle. The week of November 8-12 recognized Charlene Acres. Tracey Fagan', Joanne • Monger, Stephen Yule, Trista Wilson, Jean Marie McCarty. Paul Monger, Dwayne Boshart, Tanya Buckarefl.' and Lorne Rodgers. Students chosen for the week of November 15-19 were Geff McLeod, Sean Bates, Wendy Gwalchmai, Ken Beafson, Lisa Moore, Patti Hodgkin, Shannon Shipley, Todd Hayter, and Aiitiee Broderick: Students from the Lucan building are as follows: Oc- tober 18-22; Dylan England. Andrea 'Van Geel, Melissa Smaill, Heather Glendinning. Tara Forster and Shelly Maguire. October 25-29: Philip Har- • no dy, Adam Stezenko. Tracy nd Mitchell, Brett Revington, 9, Meadow Smaill, Amy Jenn- so . ings, Deni§e Cowdrey and - Erin Haskett. . o- November 1-4 Janh'ie d Dickey, Andrew Barr; - Christopher Haskell. Jeff w Campbell, Mark Hickson and es Chris Revington. • y November 8-12: Steven . t Smith,' Adrienne ' Maier, Nathan Ryan, Jason Maier, g Kathy Lojzer, Mary Holden, Jolene Bartlett and Heather Dickie. n November 15-19: Sean Lawrence, Beverly Dawn e Toering, Jane-Grider, Tina s Verhey, Shannon Nevin. F Allison Hodgins and Mike Baghdadi. Congratulations again to all these students who were selected as "Citizen of the Week"! Biddulph-Lucan Central School was one of the many schools in the county which participated in the cross- country meet at Longwoods Conservation Area. There were over 200 runners in each division and 1100 runners altogether. Our eight outstanding run- ners in this meet were; Mike Radcliffe placing fourth in boys 11 and under, Jennifer Gee who placed ninth in girls 11 and under. Others who ran in the 11 and under were: Tracey Kwasniki placing 29th and Jennifer Milton, 42nd for the girls. Brian Vandergulik placed 32nd and Shawn Kraft. 33rd for the boys class of 11 and under. In the 12 and over class Valerie Fretz placed 17th in the girls and John R. Mac- Donald placed 25th for the boys. Best Interest 13% We represent many Trust Companies. We are often able to ar- `range for the highest interest being of- fered on Guaranteed Investment Certificates 'subject to cher is Gaiser•Kneale Insurance Brokers Inc. 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The part of the hurried, harried, mother who had -no time ' for her 11 -year old daughter, was taken 'by Dorothy Dedels and the part of the daughter, trying - desperately to talk to her mother about the meaning of Christmas. was taken by Iva Hodgins. . She finally 'got through to her 'mother' and the playlet ended on a happy note when all present seems to worship together at the manger scene, complete with the Holy fami.- ly, the' shepherd and the . wisemen from the East. It is a playlet well worth borrow- ing from the Resource Centre. A beautiful Candlelight, Worship Service was directed by Beth Cowdry, assisted by Meth Miller, Sue Barr, Barb Wallace and Kit. Hearn. Flora. Robertson was the accom-_ paniest for the playlet and the service of worship. Times -Advocate, December 15, 1982 Roue 5A A LITTLE NM GOESALONG AY. NIKE'makes a whole line of sports shoes: for c: uldren. They're designed and built especially for growing feet. 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