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Times Advocate, 1989-07-19, Page 13Winner - Bob Chaffe, Exeter (second from left) was the winner of the $28,000 Northlander trailer donated to the Exeter Lions Club by Bob Hamather. Shown are Lion Gary Bean, Hamather and Lion John Norris. Lions sold $34,030 worth of tickets on the draw. All proceeds go to the Lions' Youth Centre. This brings the amount of money owing on the Centre down to $25,000. Picnic after' service on By. Rhoda Rohde THAMES ROAD - Rev. Sheila Macgregor- was in charge of the church service on Sunday morning. She read the scripture lesson from Luke 10:38-42. We sang the children's hymn "Je- sus Bids Us Shine" and Rev. Sheila gave the children's message "People Who Hurt Others - And What To Do About Them." The choir sang an anthem accom- panied by the organist Mrs. Jean Hodgert. Jon Passmore and Mark Lynn served lemonade on Sunday morn- ing after the church service. Next Sunday at Elimville Tamm) and Karen Rohde and Ann Delbriogc wia be the servers. Coming events The Official Board will meet after the church service on Sunday morn- ing July 23 at Elimville church. The service is at 10 a.m. On July 30 the annual picnic pot luck dinner will be held at Morrison Dam, after the church service which begins at 10 a.m. Elimville are to look after the sports and Thames Road the song books and table arrangements. Please bring your lawn chairs, ta- blecloths, cups, plates and cutlery and your picnic baskets. Beverage will be supplied. Come and have a good time. On August 6 at 10 a.m. at Thames Road church, the Elimville people will meet with us along with the Kydd family and relatives. A pre -marriage event will take place on Tuesday, July 25 at 6 p.m. Meet at the manse., Personals Many people from this area called at the Hopper Hockey Funeral Home, Exeter on Wednesday to pay their respects to the late Jim Gar- diner who passed away Tuesday at South Huron Hospital. Sympathy Centre gets name AILSA CRAIG - The Ailsa Craig recreation complex for which ground is to be broken .next spring now has an official name and a 10 - year -old Ailsa Craig girl has won a S200 ghetto blaster for submitting that name to a contest. A.C.E. Recreation Centre (Ailsa Balloons KIRKTON - Kirkton Branch Li- brary is pleased to present a Balloon Workshop with Marian Doucette. Marian will lead the children in creating all kinds of different shapes with balloons. Some of these shapes include animal configura- tions, different style hats, and other compositions. Tliis hands-on expe- rience is a wonderful chance for creative endeavour. This program is sponsored by the Huron County Library. Admission is free. the time and date of this in- novative program is Thursday, July 27 at 3 p.m. The age group recom- mended for this program is eight to twelve years. Don't miss out on this fun -filled workshop! Registration is limited to 20 children. Craig Entertainment and Recreation Centre) is the name chosen by the centre's fundraising committee at a special meeting Wednesday night. Sarah L. Dawson wins the ghetto blaster which has been offered as a prize to area youngsters who were asked to submit name suggestions. The win came as a complete shock to Sarah who thought the name had already been chosen. "When they put that banner across the main street last week that says "support the new Ailsa Craig Rec- reation Centre" I thought that was the new name and it wasn't the one I had entered in the contest," Sarah said. Sarah, a grade six student at East Williams Memorial School in Nairn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Dawson, 185 George St., Ailsa Craig. She was presented with the ghetto blaster by fund- raising chairman Gerald Haumann at opening ceremonies of the vil- lage's annual Gala days and Turtle Race celebrations held in the Ailsa Dome Friday night. Sarah's entry was the almost unanimous choice from a stack of submissions to the committee by arca youngsters._ r !, 1 ,- •.• ••• -• At fit, Vis • • A• ir ,, ir til l V �. • h?G ti• v t July winner - Lorraine Blanchard, president of the Grand Bend Lio- ness Club presents Steye Martens, trip of the month winner for the month of July, his "first prize of $1,000 last week. Martens chose to take the $1,000 rather than his trip. July 23 is extended to his wife sons and their wives and families and rela- tives. Quite a number of people from this community called at the R.C. Dinney Funeral Home Exeter to pay their respects to late Orland Squire who passed away Saturday at South Huron Hospital. Sympathy is extended to his father, wife, son and daughter and their spouses and family, also to his sister and hus- band and their families and rela- tives. Lawrence Kellett has returned to his home out west after visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Kellett, for some time. r• Times -Advocate, July 191989 Page 13 Orchestra London had LONDON - General Manager Bob McPhee announced that Or- chestra London Canada's Box Office has positive sales and attendance figures to report at the end .of the 1988/89 fiscal year. The 1988/89 season, under the ar- tistic leadership of Principal Con- ductor Uri Mayer, shows a 12.5 percent increase in attendance over the previous season. Uri Mayer was introduced to London and area audi- ences as Orchestra London's- new principal conductor in the fall of 1988. More than 50,000 people at- tended the orchestra's regular Lon - Want nominations for Community Action awards TORONTO - Remo Mancini, Ontario Minister Responsible for Disabled Persons, announced today that 12 Ontario residents who are disabled or who work on behalf of disabled persons will be honored at a ceremony in November. The dead- line for nominations for the 1989 Community Action Awards is Sep- tember 29. "Recipients will have made an outstanding contribution to their community and have increased pub- lic awareness of just how much dis- abled persons can and do achieve," the minister explained. Nominations may be made by in- dividuals or community organiza- tions. The selection committee will look for qualities of leadership and innovation in addition to con.ribu- tiinl, 10 SOQI I\. Additional Information outlining details of the program and nomina- tion forms are available from the Ontario Office for Disabled Per- sons, 16th Floor, 700 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z6 or by telephoning 965-3165 in Toronto or toll-free 1-800-387-4456 from elsewhere in Ontario. VISA don performances during Maestro Mayer's inaugural season. Regional performances continued to play to sold out hottses reaching an audi- ence of 6,800 people in centres out- side of London. A substantial increase in atten- dance was also achieved at the or- chestra's Education series. Atten- dance at the 1988/89 performances for kindergarten, primary and secon- dary school students jumped 34 per- cent over last years figures. More than 14,000 students were exposed to an Orchestra London performance during the 1988/89 season. In addition to the 12.5 percent in attendance, a 13.8 percent increase in revenue earned from subscription and single ticket sales was also real- ized. Four successful specials were added to the season further augment- ing sales revenue. Orchestra London celebrates its 40th Anniversary throughout the 1989/90 season. Highlights include a Mozart Festival at The Grand Theatre, a new line of Super Spe cials,.a gala 40th Anniversary con- cert featuring Mahlers Symphony No. 2, and two performances of Handel's Messiah. Sales for the six concert series have been brisk. To date, subscription sales for the orchestra's Masterworks symphony series and the London Pops series total 75 percent of an ambitious subscription sales goal. Overall Elimville 4-H ELIMVILLE - On July 3 the sixth meeting of the Elimville Mudmuckers was held at the home of Linda Johns. The meeting was started with the 4-H Pledge. The roll call was to bring a sample of a plant or pest problem. We talked about flowers and lawn care. The achievement night has been changed to July 25 at Linda Johns' at 5:30. good year subscription sales representing 68 percent of the target have already been achieved. The Orchestra Lon- don Kent Committee in Chatham reports that 87 percent of their available subscriptions to a four concert series are now sold. General Manager Bob McPhee says "These figures are extremely encouraging given that our major subscription campaign is still to come." Just prior to the Labour Day weekend, Orchestra London will launch an ex- tensive 40th Anniversary season multi -media and subscription cam- paign. Orchestra London moves into the 1989/90 season•with the largest op- erating budget in the orchestra's his- tory, set at more than 2 million dol- lars. Series subscriptions continue to be available and can be obtained by contacting the Orchestra London Box Office at 520 Wellington Street, London, Ontario, (519) 678- 8778. Bart DeVries PHOTOGRAPHY Portrait, Wedding and Commercial NEW LOCATION ADAMS Heating & Cooling • Heating Systems of all types INSTALLED, MODERNIZED and MAINTAINED •General Sheet Metal Work • Air Conditioning • Humidifiers • Ventilation 235-2187 133 Huron St. E., Exeter 193 Main St., Exeter There's still no let up to the /3T0 hot weather v, Ink .r,M1up11��(u A SELEC T : - 'ir.-leit-r'.!. 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