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Times Advocate, 1993-03-03, Page 6* S$-Advooete, MN JN3. Q Ford - Avalos Elaine and Irvin Ford are pleased to announce the mar- riage of their son Randy to Ali- cia, daughter of Lucia Avalos. The wedding took place in .Las Vegas. They are residing In Edmonton, Alberta. Memorial service observed by Kirkton Wi ICIRKTON --The Kirkton Wom- en's Institute 4teld its meeting on Thursday, February 25 at the Kirk - ton -Woodham Community Centre. President Elaine Stephen opened the meeting with a poem "My Country." A memorial service was observed for the late Elsie Shute, with a lighting of a candle, a reading "A Human Rose" and the 23rd Psalm repeated by those present at the meeting. The roll call "Why do you think Canada attracts immigrants from other countries was answered by 20 members and six visitors. Donations were made to the Sr. Marys Fair, the Kirkton Fair, Town & Country Homemakers and to the Children's Hospital of Westem On- tario. Perth County is having a Safety Meeting in Sebringville on March 18 at the Centre and anyone may attend at 7:30 p.m. An Educational Workshop on re- flexology is being held in Mitchell at the Ontario Street Church on ' March 31 from 7:30 pan. -9:45 parr. The cost is 55 per person and pre- registration is a must. Anyone inter- ested should contact the president or secretary before March 19. Anyone making Merry Bears or articles for the Neo -natal should let the Institute know so we are able to have a count on these. Eleanor Williams gave our mono "It takes patience,wisdom and toler- ance to handle freedom". Doris Spence was our Citizenship and Legislation Convenor. Spence had told of many happenings in our country as of late, with many clip- 00 pings for us to read. Spence intro- duced Leslie Switzer as the guest » speaker. She told of her experienc- es while in Russia with many chit- I•t dren and was presented with a gift t• on behalf of our Institute. • The Institute grace was sung and • lunch served by the committee in • charge. _ Annual meeting of Stratto Huron Presbyterial of the W.. EXETER - At the annual meet- ing of the Stratford -Huron Presby- terial of the Women's Missionary Society, Jason Fisher of Listowel showed slides of Nicaragua and gave an excellent commentary on the work that he, as part of Youth in Mission was doing in that Cen- tral American country last sum- mer. - Mrs. Gordon Alexander of Lis- towel presided for the meeting which was held in Knox Presbyter- ian Church, Stratford, on February 23. Following her call to worship, Monkton W.M.S. gave the devo- tions with Mrs. Ralph Adair read- ing scripture and prayer and Mrs. Morris Smith giving the medita- tion on the scripture. Morning Has Broken was sung and Mrs. Lorne Proudfoot wel- comed the ladies on behalf of the Mary, Martha and Gordon W.M.S. Helen Chalmers brought greetings 'from the Knox Session, and Rev. 'Chambers of Molesworth brought greetings from Stratford -Huron - Perth Presbytery. Mrs. John McMillan, Atwood, read the minutes of the last annual meeting, and Mrs. Alex Nichol gave the correspondence. A 47 - passenger bus will be going -to the Synodical in St. Thomas on April 20, and those wishing to go must have their names to the phone cap- tains in time to be forwarded to Mrs. Larry White, Goderich, by March 29. The cost will be $30 for the bus, noon lunch, and evening banquet. Mrs. John Gibson, St. Marys, reported on the funds raised for mission work in 1992. The Presbyterial objective of $64,700 for 1993 was accepted. The Area Educational Consul- tant, Margaret Greig, explained the movement of clothing companies to close factories and use cheap home labour to sew up garments. She led a discussion on the pamph- let, Concerns of Garment -Workers' Working Conditions in Canada, which isbeing distributed to W.M.S. groups as part of the study material this year. The meeting closed with Stand- ing in the Portal followed by grace, God Is Great, to a rock music tune. The afternoon program began with a sing -song led by Mrs. Eve- lyn Matheson and Mrs. Alex Strathdee, Avonton with Mrs. Mar- garet McIntyre at the piano. Fol- lowing the call to worship, Mrs. James Evans, Mrs. Alister McIn- tosh, and Mrs. Oliver McIntosh, of Motherwell-Avonbank, gave the afternoon devotions. Who Is on the Lord's Side was sung. The roll call was answered with one word to ex- press our feelings when we give or receive from being "in mission". Florence Fawceu North East - hope, gave the In Memorium using a candle and a rose. Rev. Turnbull .of Harrington sang several solos, accompanied by Mrs. Robert Dun- .seith. The speaker, Jason Fisher, told of the great contrasts they have in Nicaragua,the political struggles they've had, their recovery after a devastating hurricane, the street children and their lack of educa- tion, the intense heat and humidity, and the work being done by our Donations handed out by Ladies Auxiliary EXETER - The Ladies Auxiliary to the R.E. Pooley Exeter Branch 167 Royal Canadian Legion held their regular meeting Monday, Feb- ruary 22, 1993 in the Canadian Room of the Legion. 1st Vice Pres- ident, Dorothy Pfaff opened the meeting. Three new members were wel- comed into the Auxiliary: June Lather, Rita Morrison and Helen Parsons. The lucky winner of the mystery prize was Barb Hearn. Donations of $500.00 was given to the Provincial Bursary; $400.00 to Exeter Minor • • Soccer Association for team uni- forms; $100.00 to the Canadian Mental Health Association Huron County, South Huron Big Brothers rand Big Sisters, and Alzheimer So- ciety of Huron County. At the March meeting will be the annual penny sale with proceeds going to Easter Seals. This year the :annual outing will be to Toronto. .Each member has their choice of at - .tending a Blue Jay game or a thea- -ire production. The zone convention will be held in Hensall on April 25 with tickets being sold to help defray the costs. •••••••••6•"•••••••.• Queensway residents enjoy bingo HENSALL - Once again the women from the Kippen United Church came to visit and sponsor the Queensway weekly bingo. All the residents enjoyed the friendly competition as well as the treats they won. On Tuesday the residents watched a televised edition of a church service from the Christian Reformed Church in Exeter. Rev. VanderMeer was the officiating minister. Lida and Harold DeVrics provid- ed the tape to the home. This week the residents celebrat- ed a number of February birthdays at the monthly birthday party. Eve- ryone had fun dancing and tapping their toes to Max Ducharme and the Townliners. Birthday greetings go out this month to Mabel Chowen, Harold Penhale, Bruce Cann, Mar- guerite Baker, Mary Buchanan, Christina Taylor and Kay Hovius. Friday morning was the monthly Resident Council Meting. Resi- dents are busy helping make plans for the annual Volunteer Apprecia- tion Party. This will take place on Wednesday, March 17 from 2-4 p.m. at Queensway Nursing Home. 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Jeanette Laing presented the McKerspey and Helen Gowlett Awards to Avonton C.O.C. and Explorers. Following the installa- tion of officers, the courtesy re- marks were given by Alice Dykstra St. Marys and the meeting closed with Forth in Thy Name, 0 Lord, I Go, and prayer. Margaret Greig installed the fol- lowing slate of officers for 1993: Past president - Mrs. Stuart Ste- venson, Brussels; president - Mrs. Gordon Alexander, Listowel, 1st vice-president - Mrs. Robert Ed- munds, Mitchell; 2nd vice- president - Mrs. Larry White, Goderich, recording secretary - Mrs. John McMillan ,Atwood, cor- responding secretary - Mrs. John McMillan, Atwood; treasurer Mrs. John Gibson, St. Marys. Sec- retaries: - press - Mrs. Robert La- ing, Mitchell, adult groups - Mrs. Hugh McKay, Stratford; children's groups - Miss Jeanette Laing, New Hamburg; youth - Mrs. Oliver McIntosh, St. Marys. Friendship and service - Mrs. Chester Earl, Atwood, glad tidings - Mrs. Pat Scott, Stratford; historian - Mrs. Leslie Knight, Brussels. Without portfolio - Mrs. Shirley Aitcheson, Stratford, Mrs. Stuart Stevenson, Brussels. Auditors: - Mrs. Fred Kipfcr, Stratford, Mrs. Gerald Richards, Stratford. Bela's 1:Uty9ho4 234 Sanders St. E. 235-2323 Call me, the price is right Euchre pia "or tonight By Annie Morenz SHIPKA - There will be another euchre here tonight March 3 at the Community Centre. Time is 8 p.m. Ferman and Leola Snyder visited last Wednesday in St. Jacob's with friends. Friends who attended a birthday party last Friday afternoon at the home of Melvin and Gertie Stade were Oscar Miller, Katherine and Emil Becker, all of Dashwood, Harold and Doreen Finkbeiner, Hugh and Annie Morenz. In the social time we visited and played Solo games. During the supper lunch, the group sang "Happy Birthday" to the two celebrants, Emil and Melvin, who both had February birthdays. Bill and Allen Janzen, of Leamington, visited last weekend with his sister and niece, Annie and Angie Zielman. Clark Adams, of Stratford visited his parents, Don and Liz Adams last weekend. i5rf rris ff SAVE - SAVE - SAVE - SAVE 1OO i5Oo� All in -stock No Payments until Jui,1.993 (to Mar. 13) SPRING ,iIII{I i AILS Shivering is the result of your muscles' contracting to release chemical energy which produces heat to warm your body. One estimate said that if all this energy were collected, It could boll a litre of water for one hour. Good dietary sources of potassium are bananas but also baked pota- toes. Potatoes that are baked contain more potassium than boiled pota- toes because much is lost In the water they are boiled In. A reminder those stopping cigarette 1-noking using the nicotine patch: Do not smoke! It seems obvious but there have been reported cases of life -threaten nicotine overdosage due to -patch users continuing to smoke. The e to smoke usually passes in 3 or 4 minutes. 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