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Times-Advocate, 1987-06-24, Page 27Visit stately homes Times -Advocate, June 24 1987 Page 15A Annlv�isary oft�in hall A large number of Exeter and area residents joined in on the weekend celebrations of the 100111 birthday of the Exeter town hall. The three days of activities were sponsored by the Exeter and District Heritage Foundation and the Business Improvement Association. Heritage president Bob Heywood said he was pleased with the response 'lo the weekend. Ile added, "We may present some of the activities on an STAR MUFFINS - Brenda Hennessey. Pauline Finkbeiner and Maida Gaiser display muffins on sale in the Eastern Star booth at Satur- day's Heritage Days. • T -A photo 'r features weekend Herge Day.s annual basis. Our main aim was to let everyoneknow that the town hall is het% and available for cultural events." The special fun days for all ages began Thursday night with "a Cen- tury of Fashions". This was a show looking at fads and fashions of the past 100 years. The "Horizon", a ladies barbershop quartet from Seaforth provided special music. Many youngsters and others not so young took advantage of the stage coach rides provided by Mert McClin- tock of Springford. The rides for five cents each were given all day Friday and Saturday. Friday evening an old fashioned strawberry social was held in the town hall and was followed by a street dance and music provided by the Gerry Smith family. A skipping and tug-of-war contest were held early Friday evening for many youngsters. Saturday morning a number of organizations took part in a farmer's market and Ontario's Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell pregented a plaque marking the century mark for the town hall. Creating a lot of interest was Ted Prouty riding around the parking lot behind the town hall on his penny farthing. Prouty built the machine himself. A number of :ames were held for children early Saturday afternoon and later Earl and Martha Heywood entertained with their music and magical tricks. During mid-afternoon Saturday, a tour of more than a dozen of Exeter's • stately older hoses and buildings was held. OLD FASHIONED SOCIAL • An old-time strawberry social was part of Friday's Heritage Days. Shown above with berries and ham are Doug Gould qnd Flora Doerr. T -A photo FLAPPER DAYS - Dressed as flapper girls in Thursday's Heritage Days. Century of Fashions were Linda Arnold and Pauline DeVries. T -A photo 4, BACK TO YESTERYEARS Exeter Heritage president Bob Heywood is own at Thursday's Century of Fashions show with Carrie Lovie Jenny Wareham. and T -A photo A PROVINCIAL PLAQUE — The town of Exeter and the Heritage committee received a provincial plaque from Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell Saturday in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Exeter town hall. From the left are mayor Bruce Shaw, Doug Gould, Jack Riddell, Bob Heywood and Joanne Bowen. T -A photo Potluck p icnic for Dashwood area seniors Wilchlrom the Lutheran Seminary. tended the wedding of Lynn Gamble, St. Catharines. daughter of Wendell and Violet Cheese sale (Rader, Gamble and Douglas Stade United Church Youth will be selling at Our Saviour Lutheran Church. Lon - cheese in_Dashwood to raise money den. A number of relatives from to help send Connie Kaak to Haiti for Dashwood attended the reception at two weeks in July as a missionary Riverside Drive Community Centre. By Bernice Boyle The Senior citizen pot luck picnic was held at the Dashwood Communi- ty Centre June 15 with 49 members singing the grace. Mary Rader won a prize for the lucky chair. were: ladies high - Aldine Wolfe. ladies low - Mildred Kellerman. men's high - Oscar Miller, men's low - Jack Jesney and lone hand - Hilda Rader. Two fun prizes went to Cliff Russell and Shirley Preszcator for the longest shoes. President Alma Genttner con- Vacation Bible School ducted a short business meeting. Card Zion Lutheran Church vacation Bi - secretary Florence Martine sent four ble School invites children from get-wellcards.Plans were made to at- nursery to grade eight from July tend the dinner and program at 1:3-17, time 9 to 11:45 a.m. lluronview June 25. Members are to Saturday June 20 Vicar Larry and meet at the community centre at Jill Slojhovic, Brad and Janice Oke. 10:45 a.m. June 25. Bob and Barbara Reschke and the The Friedsburg float committee is Shirley Preszcator, Ross and Nola Love, Mary Rader and Cliff and Velma Russell. The seniors will sponsor the euchre Saturday night August 1 from 8-10. No charge. The remainder of the evening was spent playing euchre. Prizes won Lutheran Church Youth group and Dean Boyle and Jayne Hendrick ac- companied the United Church Youth group who went by bus to Canada's Wonderland. The Lutheran youth is planning a car wash Saturday July 11 - 9 a.m. at their church. Lutheran service Sunday June 28 will have as guest speaker Dr. John Two Varna area families picnic By MARY C1IESSELL Dorothy Ostrom attended the graduation ceremonies when her grandson Robert Ostrom of Lyn-' chburg, Virginia graduated from Fishbourne Military School in Waynesboro. She spent several days, with David and his family, then was accompanied as far as Toronto on the return trip by her grandson, D.J., who works for Allegheny Airlines in Lynchburg. The Webster and Coleman families Anniversary at Granton By MRS. E. SUMMERS St. Thomas Anglican Church was beautifully decorated for the anniver- sary service. The Rev. Frank Braby was celebrant for the Holy Eucharist assisted by John Herbert as server. Susan Kilpatrick was crucifer. The music was supplied by Marlene French. Copies of the Alternate Service Book have been given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of the late Edythe (Dinsmore) Jermyn and her husband Sidney R. Jermyn and the late Edwin and Louise (Hennessy ) Simpson by Gerald and Jean Jer- myn; of Dorothy ( Ashwell ► Pecko given by Clarence and Muriel Lewis; of Nancy (Fraser) Hodgins, given by the congregation of St. Thomas Church. Rev. Braby read the Gospel of the day and preached his sermon on Faith. The two lessons were read by Kenneth Hoar and Kenneth Beatson. An anthem entitled "Whosoever Heareth, Shout, Shout the Sound" was rendered by the choir. An invitation was extended to all to gather in the Parish Hall for coffee and fonversat ion. There will no service in St. Thomas Anglican Church, Granton next Sun- day and all arc! invited to attend the parish Eucharist at 10:00 a.m. at St t'atrick's, Saintsbury, followed by a pot luck luncheon. Mrs. Lois Herbert (sub delegate) attended the 129th electoral synod held at St. Paul's Cathedral on Satur- day, June 20 when the Very Reverend P. R. O'Driscoll was elected as Suf- . fragon Bishop for the Diocese of Huron. Women's Institute Meet Mrs'. Clarence Lewis was the hostess for the Granton Wi meeting held in the St. Thomas Anglican Church basement on Thursday. Mrs. Norman Riddell presided. A number of items of business were discussed. Mrs. Riddell reported on .the flowers that were planted at the ' monument and said that they were growing very well. Mrs. Glenn Gordon (Louise), district president for North Middlesex - was a guest and was introduced and gave a reading from the 'Friendship Book' by Francis Gaye. Some con- tests were enjoyed and Mrs. Lewis gave a reading on the history of the tomato which some call a "love apple'. The roll call was "Bring an antique and tell about its history." HERITAGE ROPE SKIPPERS Jacklyn YVright at the left was the win- ner in Friday's rope dumping contest of Heritage Doys. At the right is Wendy Sims. T -A photo of this area held a picnic at the Stanley Complex on Sunday honour- I ing Wat Webster on his 84th birthday. and Harry Baker. who also celebrated his 84th this week. There were over 50 persent. Congratulations from all of us! Diplomas and seals were presented to students of Varna Sunday School during the church service on Sunday. Joe Laurie introduced the teachers who presented them as follows: Deb Rathwell, kindergarten, first year diplomas to Cara Stephenson, Danny Rathwell and Andrew Laurie; second year seal to B.J. Coultis; third year seal to Brian Webster and Darcy Rathwell; Elaine Stephenson, primary teacher, second year seal to Kim Taylor, seventh year seal to Heather Beierling; Joan Beierling, junior teacher, third year seal to Suzanne Stephenson, sixth year to Heather Laurie, seventh year to Ray- mond Beierling. In the absence of Barbara Anne Parker, senior teacher, Joe presented a sixth year seal to Sandra Coultis, seventh year to David Rathwell, an eighth year diploma to Mark Webster, and tenth year seals to Krista McAsh, Susan Kirton and Mary Ellen Webster. Registrations for the Brucefield Vacation Bible School must be in by June 28 so m: terials can be ordered. it's being held from August 10 to 14, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. for ages 4 (before December 31, 1987 ► to high school age. Varna and Goshen church members who missed Sunday's ser- vices should note that a joint service will be held in Varna church next Sun- day at 10:30 for the dedication of Jor- dan Joseph Parker. This is the week of Varna's big pork barbecue. Next Tuesday, June . 30, bridal shower is being held at the Complex for Becky Collins. with Youth For Christ. Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Miller ex- perienced a few surprises this past week on their 53rd wedding anniver- sary. June 12 they attended the new- ly formed- Golden Ages at their church, -Zion Lutheran, when Vicar Larry gave a speech on the cccasion of their 53 years. Ross Miller and Nancy Becker had organized games and Gertie Stade and Kathryn Becker served lunch. On June 13 their sons Earl and Marion Miller and family, Ernie and Sheila Miller and family visited. On June 21 Mr. and Mrs-. Oscar Miller visited with Mrs. E. Edighof- fer, Mitchell, on the occasion of her 90th birthday. She taught Laura in public school in Hay Township. Personals Rev. Barbara Laing. Dutton visited in Dashwood Sunday and dined at the Boyle residence. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rader. Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Rader and Mary Rader at- • Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Restemeyer had great fishing in Lake lnverlocky. Please phone your news anytime. during the week and before Sunday . night to Bernice Boyle 237-3212 as Mary Rader is retiring. She wants to complete some more history of the area. Artist workshop The Lambton Heritage Museum, near Grand Bend, will be hosting a showing of the Sarnia Artists Workshop from June 19 to August .14. The official opening of `Bluewater Scenes' is scheduled for June 19, 7:30 to 9 p.m. and will provide an oppor- tunity for prospective purchasers and friends to meet the artists in person. light refreshments will be available. This is the second annual showing of works by the S.A.W. at the museum. At last summer's successful show, many works' were purchased as `Bluewaterland Souvenirs" by visitors from outside the local area. Juvenile girls off to a 'flying start Exeter Juvenile girls fastball team from Zurich managed to score 17 is off to a high -flying start this season times and the game ended 22-17 in after winning their last three games favor of Exeter. by astronomical scores in regular Diane McCarter pitched in the ear - season play. ly going of the game but was replac- Last Tuesday, Juveniles brought 24 ed by Shelly Skinner who recorded the runs across the plate to record a 24-2 save. win over Strathra.'. Exeter started off in the top of the PORK CONGRESS first by bringing in seven runs. By the end of the third inning the score was 17-1. The trend continued as Exeter pounded out seven hits which resulted in seven runs. The game ended with the mercy rule after the fifth inning. Pitcher Kellie Whiteford went the distance for Exeter, striking out seven batters and allowing just eight hits. Juveniles were less successful defensively in their previous games. They came up against Lieury June 10 and though they batted in 20 runs. they allowed 11 to be scored against them. Shelly Skinner was the winning pit- cher for the Juveniles. Leading 7-5 at the end of the third inning, Exeter blew the game wide open in the fourth with eight runs. six of them unearned. Lieury rebounded with five runs of their own in the fifth inning, but they were not able to out -gun Exeter. Exeter pulled out a close victory June 9 despite the fact that they brought in 22$ runs. Their opponents Minister of Agriculture Jack Rid- dell will be attending the 14th annual Ontario Pork Congress at Stratford on Thursday, June25. The Minister will be making some important an- nouncements relative to the continua- tion of the OPIiP Program. Tho Ontario Pork Congress is a three-day showcase of services and products of the Pork Industry. The usual attendance of over 10,000 brings a flury of activity to the city and the industry. Over one acre of industry displays' relate some of the latest technologies in the world. Educa- tional seminars. pork demonstra- tions, innovations, live animal displays, judging, sales, art, producer awards and many social events are part of the Congress. However, the most important pur- pose of the Congress is communica- tion. Producers talking to producers. The total industry communicating to each other. A unique and professional opportunity to better the Ontario marketplace. It ig only befitting for the Minister of Agriculture to be part of this communication. SKATERS SELL BERRIES ---- The Exeter Precision Skating Club sold strawberries in various concoctions at Heritage Days, Saturday. Shown with berries, torts and pies are Kelly Hern, Bill Brock and Joanne and Ralph Wareham. T -A photo 1