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Times-Advocate, 1999-04-21, Page 19Wednesday, April 21, 1999 Sxear T ec Cornmunity.. 19 social evening planned this Friday evening in Zurich By Carmel Sweeney niatUiraliNZEMEta ZURICH - The Babe Siebert Memorial improvement Committee reminds all organization representatives of the meeting tonight at 8 p.m. The annual bazaar, bake sale and tea will be held at the Blue Water Rest Home in Zurich on May 8 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. There will be draws on several items. Anyone wishing to set up a table of craft items may call Auxiliary president Gladys Gingerich at 236- 4736 for information. International Year of Older Persons HENSALL - The aver- age age of the world's population is increasing rapidly. Over the next few years, the ratio of `seniors' in the world's communities will go from one to 14, to one in four. It is for this reason - in recognition of this significant demographic trend that tltoll`Illwited Nations General Assembly has declared this year as "The International Year of Older Persons." The year will focus on awareness as to the importance of Seniors in society, and the need for intergenerational respect and support. The Village of Hensall, and the surrounding area, is a community for all ages. Recently, representatives from several Hensall organi- ipzations got together to discuss plans for the nternational Year of JIder Persons. The Hensall Legion, Parks Board, Kinettes, Kinsmen and Queensway Nursing and Retirement Home were all represented. Plans are underway for a Community .Dinner, scheduled for Friday, June 25. The evening 'will be open to the whole community. The preliminary plans include displays, enter- tainment, door prizes and dinner! Service clubs and organizations of the Hensall area are also being approached to nominate an outstand- ing senior member of the organization. Certificates of recogni- tion will be presented at this event. Tickets will be avail- able for this event from the Committee mem- bers, as well as from the Hensall Municipal Office. A bus trip to Montreal on the weekend was enjoyed by about 40 - hockey fans. They attend- ed the game between Montreal and Toronto. Some staff members of the rest home, along with Mr. Risi and some mem- bers of the Auxiliary went to Kitchener on April 15 to the Region #3 annual meeting and conference at the Sunnyside Nursing Home. Five C.W.L. members from St. Boniface parish, Zurich, spent a Day of Reflection at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Grand Bend on Wednesday. Sister Shirley McAuley of London gave a spiritual retreat. St. Boniface Youth Group, grades five and six, will be meeting at the school gym on April 22 for activities. The stu- dents of grades seven and eight will be going . to "Glow in the Dark Bowling" at Town and Country Lanes on April 24 from 7:45 to 9 p.m. The Catholic Rural Life Conference are having a potluck supper and meet- ing at St. Boniface Parish Hall on April 21 begin- ning at 6 p.m. Special speaker will be Murray Blast. The next prokressive euchre card party will be at the Town Hall in Zurich on April 26 at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $3 at the door and includes prizes and lunch. Thirteen Lions held their dinner/meeting at the Dominion Tavern on April 14. President is John Becker. Lions Louis Willert, Wayne McKinnon, Jack Forrester and wife Mary -Jane, and Barry and Sandy Bray attended a District A-15 convention in Kitchener from April 9 to 11 at the Four.Points Hotel. The Lions are going door-to-door collecting for the Cancer Society. A family social evening is being held this Friday, April 23 at the Zurich Community Centre from 7 to 11 p.m. There will be dancing, games, a silent auction, a 50/50 draw and games for the children. • Tickets are available from Carolyn Mathonia, at St. Boniface School or at the door. All proceeds go to St. Boniface Council fundraising committee. Cost $15 per family, $5 per person and $2 for students. The annual family Zurich and Area Figure Skating end -of -the -year banquet and awards night was held at the Community Centre on April 18, beginning with .a potluck. supper. President Carol Prang and other handed out trophies, awards and bags of good- ies to all the skaters. Several door prizes were also won. Some members of the United Church from Zurich and Dashwood went to a meeting at the United Church in Mitchell on April 19. Tickets are available for the"Save Our Arena" elimination draw and dance on May 15 at the Zurich Community Centre from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Mozart's Melody Makers will supply the music, with lunch by Jerry Rader. Advance tickets only are available for $10 per person from .J&L Variety or from bean festival committee mem- bers. The next fair board meeting will be held at the Township hall on 7ril.27 at 8 p.m. On April 24 the Zurich Agricultural Society will be preparing a supper in Mitchell at the Crystal Palace Hall for the District #8 fair ambas- :: , i or competition which begins at 5 p.m. Any fair board member wanting to go may phone Margaret at 236-4130 for. , more information. optimist Club members Lorca Klopp and Mic i,elle DePaepe went recently to a Zone 9 ii,eeting hosted by the Bo "nquet Boaclles.CJut Tti Zurich Optimists reg i reg' the "It Takes A Teal, Body" award from Governor Ed Hyttenrauch. Last Friday evening, the Optimist Club held a youth dance at St. Boniface School gym with Hook's Party Sound pro- viding the music. The senior students of the Zurich Public School are learning their parts and rehearsing for their upcoming spring concert "Groovy" that will take place May 19 and 20. Personals Helene Ducharme returned recently after two weeks visiting her daughter Tracy and Wayne Lockhart in Alberta. While she was there, Natalie Anne was born on April 4 to Tracy and Wayne. Congratulations to Marty and Lisa Merner of Hesswoods subdivision on the arrival of their second son, Tyler Stephen, born April 13. Proud grand- parents are Bob and Tootie Merner, Zurich. A buck and doe was held for Nicole Jeffrey, daughter of Pat and Elaine, RR #2 Zurich, on April 17 at the Community Centre. She is the fiance of Sean Thomas and is planning to be married in June. A surprise 25th anniversary party was held for Kevin and Janet M,cl(innon; . at the Township Hall on Saturday night. The. actu- al date of their anniver- sary is April 20. Paul and,. Dorothy Ducharme celebrated their anniversary on April 4. Welcome back to Zurich residents who have been in Florida this winter - Curtis and Mary Gingerich, Hubert and Marg Schilbe, Abey and Wilma Erb and Earl and Doreen Oesch. Cliff McIntosh spent the past three weeks in Florida and did some golfing while there. Nora Corriveau of the Spruce Villa Apartments spent the previous week in London with daughter Rosaline and John Kelly. They attended a retire- ment party for John in Ingersoll on April 8. Tony and Marlene Bedard celebrated their 35th anniversary on April 11. Anne Besozzi is visiting with her mother Gerry Kane. Happy 81st birthday wishes go to Father Morris at St. Boniface Parish on April 18. The family of Emma Schilbe helped her cele- brate her 94th birthday on April 16 with lunch at Erb's Country Kitchen fol- lowed by cake and pre- sents at her home after- wards. A birthday party was held for. four-year-old Chantell Rowan at the home of mother Wendy on April 12. Relatives came from Kitchener. Hensall and Zurich areas. Scott places third at provincial competition Nathan Scott has a way with words. His poem And Remember... earned him third place In the provincial Remembrance Day Poems - intermediate competition sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion. Stott placed first in Exeter's Branch 167, first In•Zone C 1 (13 Legions) and first in District (52 Legions) competitions. At the provincial competition, he competed against eight districts. Scott is a stu- dent at McCurdy Public School in Huron Park. Nathan and his mother Diane dis- play his poem and certificate. , And Remember... By Nathan Scott It is hard to imagine my world as anything other than quiet towns that 1 have known and loved. It is hard to imagine a place with poverty and corruption, a place without our treasured de- mocracy, a place that.could have been. And there comes a time when we must thank someone for giving us this innocence. Our education makes us aware of those who fought for their freedom and ours. - .But as the years go by, each generation finds it harder to relate, finds it harder to remember. So on this Remembrance Day, we have no memory to share. But 1 search for significance in -the sad, old eyes of war veterans, who speak in the assemblies and stand together ht the war memorial But 1 cannot see what they've seen, I cannot understand And what a gift it is: not to understand not to feet the suffering, revealed in those sad, old eyes. So for that gift, we thank them. And Remember.