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Times-Advocate, 1988-03-09, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, March 9, 1988 INTERMEDIATE WINNERS - The St. Boniface girls swept the interme- diate public speaking competition at their school Monday. Joanne Regier firstplace. placed ill advance to compete in Dublin. Ducharme Sin. and Aimee Gelinas won They will Shipa. by Mrs. Hugh Morenz At the progressive euchre held Wednesd4jnight, the• •rr .ie tables in play with , s played. Winners were ladies high - Lulu Culbert, Exeter with a score of 126. Men's high - Cleve Pullman, Exctcr with a score of 132. Ladies low - Shirley Eagleson, Grand Bend, men's low - Andy Volk, Shipka, ladies lone hands - Char - lou Barker, Lucan, men's lone hands - George Cunningham, Lu - can. The east group was in charge of lunch refreshments. There will be another euchre March 16. Personals The birthday club, card players group, met at Melvin and Gertie Stades home last Tuesday night. Attending were Ed Turnbull, Zu- rich, Oscar and Laura Miller, Earl Stebbins, Dashwood and area and Hugh and Annie Morcnz. During the social time games of six hand euchre and solo were played. The occasion was Melvin and Ed's birthdays. The evening was lopped off with birthday cake with lighted candles and ice-cream and everyone singing 'Happy Birthday' for them. Ed and Earl were supper guests with the Stades preceding the card party. Ladies in this area attended the World Day of Praycr service at Grand Bend United and Mount Car- mel Catholic Churches last Friday. The service was written by ladies of Brazil on the theme "Open Door". A number from this arca attended the funeral of Mrs. Vernon (Greta) Schatz from the T. Harry Hoffman Funeral Home last Friday after- noon. A reminder - the annual school meeting for Shipka Community members will be held April 6 at 8 p.m. Gokien timpses Although it might be a mistake to be too optimistic about our spring like weather, we can always hope. The Ladies Auxiliary held their regular monthly meeting on Tues- day evening. The program consisted of three generations of the Gelinas family. Little Marcel sang Puff the Magic Dragon and Daisy, Daisy and also recited three poems. Daddy Martin and Grandpa Mozart Sr., sang and played several numbers, and Grandma Marie gave two read- • ings. While refreshments were be- ing prepared, Mozart Sr., played several old time dance tunes on the mandolin. The films shown on Monday evening were "Breath of Spring" and "Mounties and their Horses". The sympathy of residents and staff is extended to the families of the late John Livermore also the family of the late Charles Fowler. We welcome Mr. Anthony Regi- cr, formerly of RR #2, Zurich. Spring housecleaning will soon be on the way, and we appreciate donations of odds and ends of new materials that you think we might be able to make use of in the hobby shop. For those who have made do- nations of a variety of materials in the past, thank you very much. Bingo was played on Friday even- ing followed by refreshments. The Sunday evening chapel ser- vice was conducted by Rev. Robt. Sinasac of Zurich and Dashwood United Churches. PUBLIC SPEAKERS - A public speaking contest held at St. Boniface School featured other speakers from Precious Blood and Our Lady of Mount Carmel.' The junior winners who will go on to speak at Dublin are Jennifer Reaburn (left) 3rd place, Christy Ducharme, 1st, and second place Adam Jean. • • • • • • • • • • • • • ALL THIS WEEK 20% OFF EVERYTHING IN THE STORE DOki1A* FABRICS 373 Main St., Exeter • • • s • • • • • • • • !••f•••••••••••••'••• Library magic show for March break Next week during the school break a special attraction for the kids will be a magic show by Mar - vette the Magician on Thursday, March 17 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are available free at the library ahead of time. This Thursday, March 10 is the story hour at the Library at 2 p.m. The theme is "Numbers". Golden Agers The Zurich Golden Agers will be meeting on Monday, March 14 at 2:00 p.m. in the Town Hall. All seniors are most welcome! Trip of the month The March winner from the Chamber of Commerce, "Trip of the Month" was Sam Keeping from Woodstock who will be going to Florida for a week. St. Boniface The kindergarten pupils at St. Boniface School had a Mother Goose Reunion last Thursday after- noon and invited their moms too. Day of Recollection A day of Recollection will be held on Tuesday, March 15 at St. Boniface School gym from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. given by Father David of the Franciscan's order. La- dies are asked to bring a brown bag lunch and refreshments will be served. Everyone is invited from all neighbouring parishes. Dance There will be a St. Patrick'Q Dance at the Zurich arena on Satz, day, March 19 at 9:00 p.m. spon- sored by St. Boniface CWL. Only $8 a couple, with food. Music will be proved by Smokey Hollow. La- dies are asked to bring sandwiches. Come out and meet all the new people in the Parish. Personals Rose -Marie Regier of RR2 Zu- rich successfully completed a corre- spondence French course with Champion Language Studies of To- ronto. Her husband Joe and family celebrated with her last Sunday. Best wishes for a speedy recovery are extended to Karmen Bedatd, a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital who has to undergo a serious oper- ation on his foot. Get well wishes are extended to those who are home convalescing including Kathy Steckle, (head cook at the Rest Home) with a sprained ankle, and to dentist Dr. Lee who had the misfortune of be- ing in a bad car accident in Febru- ary and hasn't been able to come back to work yet but has another CORRECTION A gremlin moved the decimal point the wrong way in the report of Zurich councillors' remunera- tion. The expenses listed for Herb Turkheim should have read $13.20, not $1,320. We apologize for any embarrassment or inconvenience caused by this mistake. dentist taking his place. Also to Phyllis Deichert who slipped on a patch of ice last week and as a result has her arm in a cast. We wish you all a speedy recov- e Rick and Marg Gingerich recent- ly spent a nice week's holiday in Mexico. Ted and Jean Geoffrey of Zurich along with friends, Frank and Do- reen Regier and Earl and Faye Re- ichert from Exeter all enjoyed spending some time together in Arizona, as well as meeting with other friends there from Windsor. The Geoffreys had nice weather and enjoyed going to so many dif- ferent places of interest. The people there have as many as five kinds of crops in a year and as it's very dry in Arizona every- thing has to be irrigated in order to grow. They also went to Hoover Dam in the state of Nevada which sup- plies electricity to most of Arizo- na. While there some other local visitors were Tony and Patsy Rau, and Harold and Madeline De- nomme. Joe Miller and daughter Angela spent 10 days in the sunny south and visited many inteiestiiig places around Tampa, Florida. Arriving home last Friday even- ing from a lovely two week vaca- tion in Florida were Larry and Deb- bie Denomme and family. They had a nice get-together with her parents, Jim and Joy Hogg and a sister Les- lie Jeffrey and two boys (who all live at RR 2 Zurich). Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Mcrncr, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mcrner and Mrs. Hubert Schilbe all attended the fu- neral of Mrs. Dorothy Kyle (Rus- sell) in Toronto this past Tuesday (she was a sister-in-law to Belle). Ray and RebecL a Gcromettc from St. Clair Shores, Michigan spent Friday to Sunday visiting with her mother, Mrs. Nora Corriveau at the Spruce Villa Aparunents and with her sister Julie Mozart Gelinas Jr. and family. Also Sunday guests were daughter Jean and George Ko- chutt and granddaughter Susan Brunk all from Kitchener. Members of the Mennonite Church along with some from other places returned home on Thursday night from a two week Florida bus trip. They saw a lot of different things and all had a wonderful holi- day and came back happy, but tired. \), Zurich Mrs. Carmel Sweeney 236-4702 DAY OF PRAYER - Representatives of Zurich area churches gathered at the Zurich Mennonite Church to recognize the World Day of Prayer. From left are Mary Jacobe, United Church, Bridget Groot, St. Boniface, Mary Ducharme, St. Peter's at St. Joseph, Marge Schilbe, St. Peter's Lutheran and Amy Kuepfer of the Mennonite Church. A drama program was presented in lieu of the usual guest speaker. MEMORIES you'll cherish forever Book Your Wedding NOW!!! 137 Thames Rd. East, Exeter Phone: Bus. 235-1298 9:00 - 5:00 Res. 235-0949 atter business hours Bart DeVries PHOTOGRAPHY on location or studio -•._W (dIuwn £andica/nj JmLd R.R.NO. 2 R.R. 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