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Times-Advocate, 1988-01-27, Page 16Advocate, Jantiary 27, 1988 FIRST MIXED WINNERS - A rink skipped by Lee Webber won the first mixed draw of the season at the Exeter curling club. From the left are Lee Webber, Mary Lou Thomson, Linus•Kuntz and Shirley Bileski. Granton barber passes away By MRS. E. SUMMERS Clarence Homer Lewis, 72, passed away suddenly at his home in Granton on Monday, January 18 as a result of failing health. Born in Thamesville, September 15, 1915, he was the oldest son of thc late Homer Lewis and Tressia Atkinson. At the early age of 14 years, Clar- ence began to apprentice at his fa- ther's barber shop in Lucan. He was associated with that business until the time of his death, with the ex- ception of a few intervening war years when he was employed at the Fleet Aircraft in Fort Erie. In 1943, Clarence married the for- mer Muriel Bryan and they have re- sided in Granton since 1946. He is survived by his wife Muriel and son Larry Clarence of London; a brother Cyril of St. Clair Shores, Michi- gan. He was predeceased by a broth- er Morris in 1944. Clarence was a member of the St. Thomas Church where he served as People's Warden and treasurer for ten years (1956 to 1965 inclusive), and was also a Lay Delegate to Sy- nod during 1966 and 1967. The late Mr. Lewis rested at the C. Haskell and Son Funeral Home in Lucan where a Masonic Memori- al service was held Wednesday even- ing under the auspices of Granton Lodge #483 AF and AM. The funer- al liturgy and service was held Name new officers for Kirkton UCW -By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS The United Church Women met in the Kirkton Church basement January 13 at noon and there was a good attendance for the meeting. A pot luck dinner was much enjoyed. The World Outreach Chairperson Mrs. Ewart Crago and committee Mrs. Clayton Ross and Mrs. Pearl Stephens were in charge. Mrs. Crago chose as her theme "The Light of the World". The famous painting of Holman Hunt depicting Jesus standing at the door was used as her commentary. This painting is in St. Pauls Ca- thedral in London, England. It is taken from the Scripture - Behold I stand knocking at the door where Jesus is waiting for us to let him come into our hearts. The door cannot be opened from the outside. Mrs. Pearl Stephens read the scripture. Mrs. Kenneth Parkinson of Woodham was present and showed slides and commentary on their trip to Australia and New Zea- land in 1986. She had souvenirs as well. This was much enjoyed. Mrs. Allen Eveleigh, president, was in charge ,of the business. Ca- tering prices were reviewed. Mrs. Eveleigh was named the rep- resentative to the Official -Board and Mrs. Ross Everett as representative :o the Board of Stewards. Officers for 1988 are as follows: Past President Mrs. Ronald Den- ham, President Mrs. Allen Eve- leigh, First Vice President Mrs. Ross Tufts, Secretary Mrs. Keith Fraser, Treasurer Mrs. Ross Everett, Assistant Treasurer Mrs. Florence Heard, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Clarence Sweitzer, Steward- ship and Finance Mrs. Larry Selves, Mrs. Florence Heard, Leadership and Development Chair Person Mrs. Roger Urquhart, Citizenship Mrs. Wallace Selves. Community Friendship Mrs. Jack Robinson, Mrs. Doug Weston, Christian Development Chair Per- son Mrs. Norman Amos, Program Mrs. Norris Atthill, Mrs. Howard Ross, Resource Person Mrs. Stuart Shier, Music Mrs. Robert Ratcliffe, Mrs. Clayton Ross, World Outreach Chair Person Mrs. Ewart Crago, In Church Services -Social Committee Mrs. Robert Ratcliffe, Mrs. Ronald Denham, Mrs. Ross Robinson, Mrs. Mervin Shute, Mrs. Clayton Ross, Nominating Committee Mrs. Howard Ross, Mrs. Ronald Den- ham, Mrs. Jack Wiles, Mrs. Clar- ence Switzer, Corresponding Secre- tary Mrs. Clarence Switzer, United Church Women. 1 hursciay at the St. 1 nomas Angli- can Church in Granton with Rcv. Beverley Wheeler officiating. A funeral pall which had been made by his wife Muriel and given by his family was dedicated to the Glory of God in Clarence's memo- ry. The pallbearers were Gerald Bryan, Bruce Nichol, Leroy Bryan, Jeffrey Bryan, Kenneth Hoar and Victor Neil. Jim Hodgins carried the flowers and tolled the bell. At St. Thomas Anglican Church, the Rcv. Beverley Wheeler presided for the morning prayer service. Syl- via read the two scripture readings. Rcv. Wheeler preached her sermon from the Gospel of Mark, Chapter I with Jesus stating "The time is ful- filled and thc Kingdom of God is at hand". She explained how it is God's love for us and our love for each other which makes up His Kingdom. The flowers in the church. were from the funeral of the late Clarence Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins visited their aunt, Mrs. Myrtle Rodd, at Queensway Rest Home, Hensall, on Friday of last week. John Herbert of Toronto spent the weekend with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins. Rcv. Bruce Pierce was in charge of the Sunday morning worship at Granton United Church and entitled his message "The storm of life". Temptation - God doesn't tempt us. The storm will hit us. Emotional stress and temptation arc every- where. Right now Sunday shopping is an issue. Do we not already have plen- ty of time for shopping? Rcv. Pierce performed the ceremo- ny of installation for 1988 UCW members. Flowers were placed in the church in memory of the late Clarence Lewis. Institute News The Granton W.I. met at the home of Mrs. Elsie Dann Tucsday afternoon. The roll call was "Happiness Is". The motto "Do more than exist - Live". The topic Public Relations was given by Florence Riddell. Lunch was served by Norah Wissell and Elsie Dann. UNDER THE BIG TOP-- This group of smiling figure skaters is preparing for a spectacular show Sunday. They will be among 100 skaters presenting "Under the Big Top" at the South Huron Rec Centre. The show will feature guest skaters Paul Armes and Kathy Merner along with a wide variety of dancing dogs, pink elephants, jugglers, clowns and trapeze artists. Above are Mark Bileski, Lyndsay Davie, Meghan Darling, Kerran O'Rourke, Maggy Steciuk, Lauryn Baynham, Pamela Keyes and Karly Riley. The show begins at 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon. ' Kippen WI gets English calendar By MARGARET HOGGARTH President Grace Drummond wel- comed 11 members and six guests to the curator's meeting on January 20 at the home of hostess Mona Al- derdice. _ RnlLcalLwas answered -by -mem- bers telling of a favourite quilt pat- tern; some mentioned were "Rose of Sharon" Blazing Star, Crinoline Lady, Double Wedding Ring, Or- ange Peel and Butterfly Applique. • Elimville WI aid water project By SHIRLEY COOPER The January meeting of the. Elimville Women's Institute was held at the home of Evelyn Horne on Thursday, January 14 with 15 members present. The meeting started at 10:30 a.m. with the pres- ident Marie Brock welcoming eve- ryone. Marie read a poem "Prints" The roll call was answered by "Give a current event". A donations was made to "Clear Water for All" which is a project to help supply drinking water to third world countries. The 80th anniversary for the Hu- ron South District Women's Insti- tute will be held at the Saforth Community Centre on April 19, beginning with a meal. The guest speaker will be Carl Hiebert from Kitchener who will speak on the "Gift of Wings". He flew a one-man ultra -light plane from the cast coast to Expo '86. The District Women's Institute is catering for the Sportsmen Din- ner an February 2 at the South Hu- ron Rec. Centre. Volunteers were asked for. The program was in charge of citizenship and world affairs. Janet Coward told everyone what you have to do and what you have to know to become a Canadian citi- zen. She then conducted a contest on Canadian history. Surprising what we know and what we don't know. Evelyn and Marie served a deli- cious noon lunch of homemade soup and sandwiches. All the mem- bers enjoyed a social time. The president closed the meeting with a pocm "Beginning of a New Year". Church service Following the regular church ser- vice a film "Link to the Land" was presented. The Sunday School class- es also came upstairs for the film. Fellowship, coffee and donuts were enjoyed by all. Next Sunday a pot luck dinner and the annual meeting will follow Sunday School. WMS meets at Cromarty Thea Wisch and Margaret Hog- garth each had to pay a fine of 40 cents for failing to wear their W.I. pin. We were glad to sec Mary Broad - toot and Dorothy Bell back in good health... Ruby Tr iebnsr -was--abs-ent -- as she had just undergone eye sur- gery. A calendar had been sent from Theydon Bois Women's Institute in Essex, England. A draw was made for it and the winner was Mona Al- derdice. Grace Drummond presented Margaret Hoggarth with a W.I. tea towel and a package of Erland Lee serviettes to take over to England to give to the Theydon.Bois W.1. in the spring. Public relations officer Margaret Hoggarth presented gifts to two 4H leaders - Barb Moffat and Janet Pap- ple who had led Kippen III club in the fall. Grace Drummond gave a reading "10 W.I. members". The meeting was turned over to Hilda Payne who is the curator for Kippen East. A poem was read by Grace Eyre, "10 Commandments of By Mrs. ROBERT LAING The new president, Hazel Har- burn, presided for the January meeting of the Marian Ritchie W.M.S., Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Harburn opened the meeting with a Russian prayer. Following the opening hymn, Mary Elliott read the scripture and meditation, Courage for a Cross, which was a salute to Russian Christians, concluding with a prayer for the new year and for the Christians of Russia. The roll call, Courage, was an- swered by twelve members. Peggy Kerslake gave the topic on worship in the Russian Orthodox Church. The study book on Russia was in- troduced by Ruth Laing, describing some of the features of Russia, such as size, population, climate, ctc. There are millions of Chris- tians in the USSR and they are cel- ebrating the 1000th anniversary of Christianity this year. It was brought into Russia by Olga and later by her grandson, Vladimir. around Kiev about the same time that the country of Rus' was formed. Agnes Lamond conducted a bible quiz on the books of the Bible and the meeting closed with Stand Up for Jesus and the Lord's Prayer. Following the unison reading of the Orthodox Prayer Before Meals, lunch was enjoyed, including kulich which is Russian Easter Cake. Retirement". Hilda then read the au- tobiography of Grace Peck, a former member of Kippen Fast and Hensall W.I. Grace Peck joined Kippen East in 1947, Hensall W.I. in 1958 and retired to Huronview in Clinton in__ -1977;-where stte-still -keeps active especially in the area of painting which she excels at. Hilda Payne th:,n introduced the guest speaker, past board member for area 23, Roberta Templeman, to speak on house logs. A house log is a permanent record of the house which it describes. It should be kept in a safe place and should specify location of home, who built it, ma- terial made of and year built. Hilda Payne thanked Roberta and presented her with a gift of apprecia- tion. Courtesy remarks were given by Grace Eyre. Mona Alderdice and Margaret Hoggarth gave a surprise demonstra- tion on table napkins showing dif- ferent ways to fold them and various styles and materials these could be made of. The meeting was followed by lunch. Naiionalltust. Well nuke suie yourRl&SP is right ontarget. Tired of the ups and downs of certain investments? A guaranteed RRSP from National Trust will guarantee a retum for you, as well as give you an immediate tax break. We'll give you a tax receipt on the spot so that you can claim your deferral as quickly as possible.) 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