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Times-Advocate, 1985-04-10, Page 28Times -Advocate, April 10, 1985 SERVING — Starr Jesney serves coffee to Bill and Belva Fuss at the breakfast following the Easter Sunrise service at Hensall United Church. Saintsbury celebrates Easter By MRS. HEBER DAVIS Saintsbury Good Friday service was held in St. Patrick's Church at 10 a.m. with Rev. P. Derreck in charge : and on Satur- day evening at 7 o'clock the Service of Light and Holy Communion was held. The children of the congregation and the choir proceeded to the front of the church with lighted tapers, and the opening liynn with music provid- ed by Mrs. Wayne Carroll was follow- ed by the dedication of three servers' albs. The servers are Paul Bedell, Allan and Don Cunningham. The servers' gowns were given to the GJory of God and in loving memory of the later Almarie "Davis" Young by her sister-in-law Hazel Davis. The chrysanthemums were in loving memory of Heber Davis and Almarie Young, and placed in the church by Hugh and Hazel Davis. The service of baptism followed by Nicholes Triston infant son of Mr..and Mrs. D: Van Allan. Readers were Tyler Bedell and Mrs. Ron Carroll. Rev. P. Derrick took his text from the 20th chapter of St. John. The com- munion service followed. Gymnastics competition Lisa ('arrole of Biddulph School took part recently in the "gymnastic competition at the university of Western Ontario. London and walked off with the Gold )Medal in her class. Outing Mr. Hugh Davis entertained their family to brunch in a London Restaurant Sunday. Owing to illness. Haiel was unable to be with them. Those present were Hugh, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Davis and Crvstal. Mr. and Mrs. Bob MacGillivray and Courtney and Hugh's mother Mrs. Mary Davis. Easter dinner Mr. and Mrs. Jim Barker entertain- ed the following to Easter Day din- ner: Mrs. Lorne Barker, Mrs. Helen Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Beaune and Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Barker, Marla, Gwen and Grant and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Richardson. Kirkton By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS A service of Holy Communion was held at St. Paul's Anglican Church Easter Sunday, with Rev. Peter Der- rick officiating, assisted by Rev. Peel.. Readers were Brent and 'Maureen 'Blackler. A duet was sung by Mary and Ken Blackler. The Easter Lily was offered to God's glory and in loving memory of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Smith and their grandson Douglas. Sanctuary flowers were given in loving memory of Cecil and Verna Dobson by Gwen and Bill Waghorn. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ballard and Craig of Mississauga spent the weekend with Mr. Rea Stephen. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis visited Monday with Mrs. Margaret Walker at Windsor. Mrs. Barry Temple and her daughter Johanna, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Temple of England are visiting relatives and friends in the vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Chalmers, Cor- inne and Stephanie of Acton and Mr. Murray Robinson of Waterloo, and Miss Denise Robinson of Calgary spent the Easter weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Switzer spent the Easter weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Ilarold Johnston of Lowville. FINAL DRAW Karen Davison, left, skipped her rink to victory in the final draw in the ladies' division at the Exeter curling rink, Thursday. Other members with her are Connie Birmingham, vice -skip; Joan Heywood, second: and lead Gail Spencer. Sunrise service at Granton By MRS. E. SUMMERS Gronton The Granton United Church was completely filled and -chairs had to be put down the aisles for the sunrise service at 7:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Following the service. an Easter breakfast was served in the church basement and across the road in the Masonic Hall. Al the 11:15 service Rev. Bruce Pierce was in charge of the worship Staff a By MRS 1. TEMPLEMAN intended for last week The March meeting of (he Staff., Women's Institute. held in the township hall on March 27. was preceded by a bountiful pot -luck dinner. The president. MrS. Dalton Smale. presided. Roll call. sing, say or pay. was answered by 15 members. Mrs Lloyd Miller reported on the Perth South District executive meeting held recently in Kirkton. reminding everyone of upcoming events: the District annual on Tues- day May 21 in Stratford; Farland Lee Day for London area nn June :3. and the Federated Women's Institute 0f Canada convention at Western University London from June 16. 20. Everyone handed in gifts for the craft stall at the Erland Lee Home. Mrs. Bob Parsons gave a cooking hint. The annual meeting was review- ed and all conveners were reminded to have their reports ready for presen- tation al Mrs. Smales on April 10. Personals Mrs. John Templeman was a guest at the 80th anniverary dinner of the Clinton Women's institute on Wednes- day March 27. Mr. and Mrs. Art Smale have returned home from a holiday in the sunny south. Pupils from Upper Thames Elementary School enjoyed an outing at the Ivan Norris sugar bush on Friday. and entitled his message "What does it mean to say Ile is risen?". The front of the church was attractively decorated with Easter lilies and a pink hydrangea placed there :n memory of the late Mr. William Cook and Mrs. Shirley Bilyea by Mrs.. William Cook and family. A beautiful Easter garden with lilies, etc. adorned St Thomas Anglican Church. when the Rev Peter Derrick was the celebrant of the holy eucharist assisted by Roger Harmsworth as lay reader and John Jones as server. The crucifer was John Herbert and Mrs..loe French the organist. The first lesson was read by Lois Herber( and the epistle by Ken Iloar. The gospel was read by the rector. Roger Harmsworth was installed as lay reader for the parish of SI. Pauls. Kirkton; St. Thomas. Granton; and St. Patricks, Saintsbury. An Easter anthem entitled "Low in the grave He lay" was sung. The Rev. Peter Derrick preached his sermon on the Easter story. 4-11 news The Granton 4-11 club "The Riv-its" held their meeting on March 28 at the home of their leader April Bryan. The meeting opened with the 4-11 pledge and the roll call "Do you plan to make another action wear garment when this club is finished? 1f so what features would you like to include". Most of the members said "yes". This meeting the sixth. was called "The action continues". At this meeting April showed how to finish off our garments. also how to apply eleastic if it was needed. The beginners had to make a hem sample and the experienced sewers had to make a piping sample. We began our samples at the meeting and for home activities we had to find a picture of a ready made garment similar to our action made garment and compare them. We would like to thank April and Becky for holding the meeting. Secretary Pam Waters Personals . A speedy recovery is wished for Wesley McGuffin, Mrs. Olive Gowan,. Rev. Bruce Pierce. Mrs. Marie Ito!'s and Kenneth Hodgins all of whom are hospitalized. We wish to extend birthday greetings to Mrs. Etta ('arson who celebrated her eighty-fourth birthday on April 8th. Hensall receives garbage Seven individuals and companies have submitted proposals to provide garbage collection for the village of Hensall. Representatives from Hen- sall Transport Drivers, Ltd., Mac- Donald Sanitation, Crediton; C.H. Lewis, Lucan; and Chamney Sanita- tion Ltd., Auburn attended the regular April session of council to ask question and be questioned themselves. Glen Nixon, Hensall; Jerry Willert, Hensall; and Harold Stire, Dashwood, were not represented. Some who had misunderstood the bylaw and tendered for other than one residential and one commercial weekly pick-up and two annual pick- ups. ( with any more frequent business collections to be arranged between the customer and the contractor), were asked to adjust their tenders and resubmit them as soon as possible so all could be judged on the same basis. All proposals will be examined when council meets in special session -April -22. The garbage collection bylaw was given a second reading. The stipula- tion regarding ashes was changed to specify ashes must be completely cold. Ed Ozimek, owner of the Queensway Nursing Home, will be in- vited to attend either the April 22 meeting or. the regular May 13 meeting to discuss with council the muddy ground around the Home which is causing traffic problems; people visiting the Home are parking on the street to avoid the mud. Tenders will be called for covering the garbage at the dump, and will be opened at a special meeting on April 29. Works superintendent John Baker advised councillors to make sure whoever was awarded the contract would have equipment heavy enough to clothe job properly, and suggested the need for a thorough andneat job be stressed. A copy of a letter from Ralph Smith, the lawyer representing homeowners in the vicinity of the restaurant to be built at the corner of King Street and Highway 4, will be passed on to the developer, Don Allen. Allen will be invited to the April 22 meeting to discuss with council the 12 means suggested to alleviate the con - At the Queensway We had quite a busy Easter week here at Queensway. Rev. MacDonald from Hensall United Chdrch held Communion service on Monday mor- ning. Mrs. Christie assisted with the service, which was well attended. Future communion services are planned. Rev. Jim Sutton from Exeter Anglican Church served communion to members residing at Queensway. On Monday evening the ladies from the Arnold Circle of the Presbyterian Church, Hensall, came over for bingo. They provided prizes for the winners. The ladies will be joining us for the month of April. Shirley Luther led our worship ser- vice on Tuesday afternoon. Several ladies from the community attended the service. Eriene Stewart, Irene Finlayson, Anita Beugough, Pearl McKnight, Nellie Riley, Ida Dickert and Annie Reid assisted with the service. These ladies also met with the activity direc- tor and organized a euchre party in the rest home for Friday April 19. They will be helping to organize euchre parties every second Friday at Queensway. The Baking Club met on Wednes- day afternoon. Bill Eveland showed us how to make Zucchini Cake. We also made chocolate chip cookies and chocolate toffee dream bars. several 01 us attended a retirement lea for Marg Crich on Wednesday afternoon. Marg has been with Queensway for six years as a cook. We will certainly miss her, and wish her all the best. Thursday afternoon we watched a movie The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Friday evening we had an Easter concert featuring Coby and Irvine Amoraal. As well as singing some beautiful songs and hymns, they also read from the Bible and shared their feelings about the Easter holiday. There was even a prt of the program for us to sing along. Saturday afternoon we painted Easter eggs. Sunday we had a surprise visitor. A large animal with long pointed ears and a powder puff tail came in to wish us a Happy Easter. The bunny distributed the eggs we had painted on Saturday, as well as Easter favours donated by Dave and Mildred Kyle. Mildred crocheted a little bun- ny to decorate an Easter basket for each person at Queensway. We real- ly appreciate the kindness and thoughtfulness shown to us by Mr. and Mrs. Kyle. They are good friends to us at Queensway. • SERVICE AWARDS — Long-time employees were honoured at General Coach. Those completing 10 years received gold watches, and 20 -year employees were presented with barometers and cash. Shown (bock left) are manager Andrew Imonse, Ken McKenzie, Keith Reid and Charlie Dalrymple, all 10 years; super- visor Richard Denomme, 20 years and (front) supervisor Bill McNutt with 10=year employees Norman Eggert, Ron Hannah and John de Boeck, and production manager P.C. Malik. seven collection offers cerns of the adjacent property owners. The proposals include installation of an eight -foot fence to the building corner sight line, and one not less that four feet thereafter to the lot boun- daries, a buffer hedge around the perimeter, exterior lighting directed at the building, a no park'ng zone on the north side' of King St. for a distance of not less than 300 feet from the Highway 4 intersection, posting of no parking signs and turning lane in- dicators on the south side of King St. at the requisite distances from Highway 4, and limiting hours of operation to 12 midnight. Councillor Irene Davis warned a parking ban would also apply to homeowners and their guests. Coun- cillors agreed they might be creating new problems by imposing a parking ban at this time. They decided to wait and see if problems develop, and will then take any necessary corrective action. Councillor Cecil Pepper pointed out that regulations controlling operating hours at one eating establishment would also have to apply to all. Coun- cillor Richard Packham said the amount of business will determine the hours. A request for financial assistance presented by Janis Bisback and Kim Genttner on behalf of the Hensall Cooperative Nursery School was referred to the finance committee. Tenders for airconditioning for the municipal office were received from Bryan Fink and a joint submission from Bailey's Heating Service and Don Travers. As one offered a one - and -one-half ton unit, and the other a two -tun, Fink will be asked to submit a tender for a larger unit. Baker reported he had purchased a small tractor equipped with a snow- blower and sweeper for $8,500. The equipment. with 250 original hours on the tractor, is in excellent condition. Baker w as given authorization to hire Mike Miller, Lakeside Nurseries, to thatch (remove all dead grass), aerate and fertilize with a slow- release fertilizer the village's five railway lots and the one at the highway for a total cost of $350. The treatment should effectively limit weed growth for three years. Clerk Betty Oke reported that this year's total municipal assessment of $2.073,760 represents a 2.05 increase over the 1984 taxable assessment. The county levy is up 8.06 percent. Oke has not yet received the education levy for 1985. Mr. McDonald was dinner guest on Sunday evening with his sister and 'n -other -in-law Mr. and Mrs. Norman ('oglin of Atwood. - Joe McLellan who has been a patient in Seaforth Hospital was able to return home. - 4 Hensall news COOKING THE BACON -- Bill Stebbins cooked the bacon for the 130 people who came to the Easter Sunrise service at Hensall United Church and stayed for a fellowship breakfast. Kippers WI for annual By Margaret lloggarth The Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 17 at 6:30 in Hen- sall United Church. Roll call is to be answered by "How to relieve ten- sion". A resolution to be written down on a piece of paper is "something that needs to be changed". Annual reports are to be given by the various committees. These reports are to be in duplicate form. please. Kippen United Church Pastor Don Moffat presided in the pulpit for the Easter Sunday Service at St. Andrew's. The ministry of music was provided by the choir sing- ing "This is the Day" and "Majesty" accompanied by Mary Moffatt at the organ. Pastor Moffat's sermon was entitl- ed "Meet (he Master". Ili• expound- ed by saying "Inspite of all attempts to communicate with the dead, there has been failure. Only Jesus, the Son of God, has appeared after death. The Resurrection is the centre of Chris- tian Religion. Bulletin reminder that the Sunday School will he showing a film on Sun- day, April 21. I-11 news The seventh meeting of the Sewing Sweeties was held on Tuesday-. April 3 al the home of Joyce Wilson 'i'he meeting opened with the 4-11 pledge. the minutes, and then we had our hooks checked to make sure they were complete. For the roll call. we showed pic- tures of knit garments from a Youth for Christ South Huron Youth F'or Christ held their April Rally. Saturday evening April 6 in Brucefield School with a packed auditorium. Director Ron Westlake opened the Rally with several choruses with Sharon Parker at the piano. Rev. Gerry McMillan of Goderich Pentecostal Church led in prayer. Quizzing time followed. Teams were quizzed on Psalms 133. 134 and 135. The results were: Bayfield. Ist Zurich, 2nd; Exeter, 3rd. Some of the other teams were unable to attend. Next rally they will quiz on Psalms 136, 137 and 138. The program was then turned over to the "Blue Grass Gospelaires" from lfagersville. They are from the Indian Reserve. and dressed for some numbers in the native costume and head dress. After they presented their first package of singing. their leader Mr. Earl Sault brought a very timely and convicting message. bringing some of his own testimony of his former life and after accepting Christ. They then presented the se- cond part of their music program with Earl Sault closing the meeting. The May meeting ,will be held on Saturday, May 4 at the school with Mr. Sam Skinner, evangelist from Windsor, along with other special music. set date meeting catalogue and discussed whether they were good buys or not. We talked about how to construct a "Flashdance look" garment (baggy with outside seams). We also discussed whether it is better to make or buy clothes. and learned how careful we must be while sewing with stripes. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Press Reporter - Jane Pannle Personals Evelyn and Alex McBeath have returned from a three month stay in Florida. where fruit trees had been frozen. and farmers were needing rain. Alex drove all the way, approx- imately 1.350 miles each way. The Energetic Eight met at Bev and Doris Hamilton's on Wednesday, April 3. Cards were enjoyed by all with Harold Parsons receiving the men's high. Bob Kinsman (he low. Margaret lloggarth won the ladies' high. and Doris Hamilton the low. Phyllis and Ha mid Pa rsons received a prize for closest anniversary. Greg lloggarth flew home to Kip - lien from Ottawa for the Easter weekend He spent Easter Monday at Waterloo University registering for his next term which begins in May. Cromarty By MRS ROBERT LAING There was a good attendance at Cromarty Church for the annual Good Friday evening service of. Hibbert United and Cromarty Presbyterian churches. Rev. Kenneth Knight was in charge of the service and Rev. Ray Anderson of Staffa gave a very thought -provoking message entil led. "44'hy Did They Kill Him". Ile pointed out that those who were responsible had their own reasons for their actions Judas was probably disillusioned with what he expected of Jesus. the soldiers were just carry- ing out their duties, Jesus was a rebel. etc. Mr Anderson concluded with the question. "Are we any dif- ferent today''" We ask God why Ile let us kill .)esus and His reply is that there was no other way. With Mary F. Dow al the organ, the combined choir sang Ten Thousand Angels with Gordon Miller laking the solo part. The offering. which was received by Tracey and Trudy Quance. was donated to the Canadian Bible Society Personals The voters' list which was compil- ed by Rita Christie end Ruth Laing has been posted on the church shed. Residents of concessions 10-14 of !fib- bed township should check it to see that no one has been missed. Gordon and Eva Laing and Ruth, Murray and Tom Laing attended a Jefferson family gathering in Fullar- ton Hall on Friday. The weekend's highwinds removed a large part of the roof of the Karn on the Douglas farm.