Times-Advocate, 1983-09-14, Page 5Number at fair from Thames Road
By MRS. WILLIAM RONDE
Several people from this
area attended Kirkton Fair
Saturday. We see Ken Dun-
can was there with his team
of horses in the parade and
congratulations to Mrs. Ross
Ballantyne on the prizes she
received for her sewing and
handiwork and to any others
who received prizes for their
work that your correspondent
missed.
An Elford family gathering
was held on Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Bray.
Those attending were Mr.
and Mrs. Art Ball, Kincar-
dine, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Veal,
Hensall and Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Veal and David, Exeter,
Miss Ruth Bray, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Murray, Jennifer and
Stephen, London, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob ilulley. Blvth. Mr.
and Mrs. Elwyn Kerslake and
Paul, Winchelsea, Mr. and
Mrs. Lorne Elford, Elimville,
Miss Doris Elford, Mr. Ron
Elford, Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Elford and Brenda, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Bray and
Vanessa.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hodgert
and Mr. and Mrs. William
Rohde went to Clinton for sup-
per Sunday evening to
celebrate their 29th and 35th
wedding anniversaries.
respectively which was.
September 11.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cun-
nington attended a family din-
ner for Mr. and Mrs. Andy
Miller at a restaurant in Ex-
eter, Saturday evening. They
all went to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Miller,
Crediton for a social time
after supper. Mr. and Mrs.
Andy Miller received a
number of gifts in honour of
their 25th wedding anniver-
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Church service
The regular church service
was held on Sunday morning
with Rev. Robert Matheson in
charge. He told the children a
story "First things first." The
teachers, officers and
children then went to the
basement for Sunday School.
The sermon ws entitled "Is it
worth the cost of
discipleship"
In his letter to Philemon
Paul reminds of the expense
Jesus went to (giving up His
life) for our sake, and yet in-
dividuals alive today seek the
easy life. Discipleship and
Those folks in the Ottawa
Valley think they can put on
a better plowing match in
eastern Ontario, than we did
last year in southwestern On-
tario. If enthusiasm counts,
then they just might do it.
I made a whirlwind tour of
the Ottawa area and the plow-
ing match site one day last
week when I attended the In-
ternational Plowing Match
and Farm Machinery Shins.
Press Day. Whirlwind is right
-- I felt as if 1 never stopped
rushing around all day. 1 flew
Air Ontario out of London to
Ottawa at 7:30 a.m. and was
back in London at 6:30 p.m.
Did you note that time --
7:30 a.m.? That means I had
to be at the London Airport at
7:00 a.m., which meansThad
to crawl to the shower at
about 5:15 a.m. That is no
easy feat for someone who
openly admits that she is not
a "morning person."
I did manage to catch up on
some sleep during the flight,
and somehow I found my way
into downtown Ottawa in my
rental car. The press were
royally wined and dined by
• the Ontario Plowmen's
Association at a downtown
hotel. The OPA is the
organization that puts on the
plowing match each year.
The organizers are going
out of their way this year to
impress the press. They feel
they suffered from some bad
press last year at the Lucan
match.. The problem with
mud was blown out of propor-
tion while many of the
match's important aspects
did not receive any publicity.
they feel.
At last week's press day
the word "mud" was not us-
ed out loud at all -- to plowing
wisdom go hand in hand
preparing us for the Kingdom
of God.
Easy living prepare us for
this world, here and now and
for nothing beyond. The cost
of life beyond this physical ex-
istence is certainly worth the
cost of our discipleship - our
surrendering to Jesus as our
Lord and Saviour.
Sunday, September 18 at
11:15 a.m. the congregation
will meet for the church ser-
vice downstairs. The topic of
the future of baptism and con-
firmation will be discussed.
Sunday School members will
be shown a film upstairs.
Mary's
musings
By Mary Alderson
match organizers "mud" is
literally and figuritively a dir-
ty word. The folks in eastern
Ontario remember only too
well the horrendous mud at
the Kingston match in 1977.
So there was no mention
whatsoever of mid during the
press conference. But a lot of
knowing glances were pass-
ed back and forth between
those who had attended
Kingston or Lucan when one
unaware city reporter asked,
"What happens when it
rains"? She was simply told
-We get wet".
The press day had a little
different flavour this •year
when everything was .bil-
;ngual. This will also bring a
difference to the match, with
many new exhibits from
Quebec.
The press day this year was
also aimed at the urban
media. With the cities of Ot-
tawa and Hull close by, the
organizers are hoping to at-
tract many city dwellers to
learn about farm life. The
slogan on their literature is
"Come see; what makes
Canada groin!"
And there is a lot of
educating to do, if the ques-
tions from the city press are
any indication. Those of us in
the agricultural press had to
supress laughs when we
heard some of the questions _
Finally, we travelled out to
the match site at Richmond
(a good 45 minutes from
downtown Ottawa) where On-
tario's Minister of Agriculture
Dennis Timbrell plowed the
first furrow. The land was
good and firm and the skies
were sunny and clear. Let's
hope it stays. that way until
September 27 and then lasts
until October 1.
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Kirkton Fall Fair parade. T -A photo
Plan scholarship for
retarded counselling
In recognition of a man who
has spent most of his life in a
psychiatric institute, the
Bluewater Centre Volunteer
Association has established a
scholarship fund for Huron
• County students entering a
mental , retardation
counsellors program.
"It's a beautiful thing for
those people to have done,"
commented Huron County
Board of Education director
Robert Allan.
He informed the board of
the volunteer groups,action at
the board's Sept. 6 meeting.
Having found itself with
some funds, the volunteer
association has turned over
$7,000 to the hoard to be in-
vested. Each year a $500
scholarship is to be awarded
to a selected student. The
natne of the scholarship is to
be the Earl Ralph Switzer
Scholarship.
The association has
stipluted that the recipient
must be accepted by any On -
tar: ) community college in
the mental retardation
counsellors program. The
group's first priority is that
the student come from
Goderich District Collegiate
Institute, or as a second
choice. from Central Huron
Secondary School in Clinton.
If no eligible candidate is
available 'at either of these
schools, a candidate may be
chosen from any other Huron
County secondary school.
Each scholarship recipient
will receive a story of Mr.
Switzer. "a man of the soil"
who was born in Ontario on
July 22. 1317.
"Ile was considered to be a
mischievous youngster. He
was guilty of throwing mud at
the local boathouse; he asked
questions incessantly without
waiting for answers; he liked
to collect junk; and he made
snorting noises when he
laughed. As a consequence of
these acts which continued
over the years, he was deem-
ed to be a public nuisance and
subsequently, in 1938 et age 20
he' was committed to a
psychiatric hospital."
This is the introduction of
the story of the man who has
lived at the Bluewater Centre
in Goderich since 1976.
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Times Advocate, September 14, 1983 Page 5
Greenway students return
NE A
ManyBy young peoLPERple of the
area are continuing their
education. Jim Ward is atten-
ding King's College in Lon-
don. Marilyn Walper is at Sir
Wilfrid Laurier University in
Waterloo. Cindy Vandenberk
started classes at Windsor
University.
Robin Turner is at
Mississauga where she is at-
tending the University of
Toronto. Martin Eagleson has
enrolled at the University of
Western Ontario and Karen
Guenther is beginning her
third year at UWO. Elizabeth
Walper started ber second
year in Business at Fanshawe
College.
Ruthann Eagleson is
teaching kindergarten at
Nairn this fall.
Morley and Linda Eagleson
entertained Linda's grand-
mother, Orden Webber of
Woodham, and her parents,
Lloyd and Dorothy Knight of
Exeter at a dinner Sunday.
The occasion was her
parent's 40th wedding
anniversary.
Joyce and Ken Joliffe from
Strathroy were dinner guests
of Geraldine and Clarence
Stone recently. Other recent
visitors with them were
Marion and John Konder-
voort of London.
The Session of the United
Church held a meeting on
Wednesday evening of this
week.
The ladies of the church
held a cleaning bee on Thurs-
day morning at the church in
the Sunday School rooms.
Everything was made ready
for the opening of Sunday
School on September 11.
Richard Hood of Whitby
has returned home after
holidaying with his uncle Ivan
Hodgins.
Graham and
Anna
Eagleson attended the 80th
birthday celebrations for
Beatrice (Stokes) Parker
which was held September 3
at Sarnia. Mrs. Parker is
Graham's cousin.
Church services returned to
the 10:..rci. hour for the fall in
the United Church.
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