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Times Advocate, 1984-10-10, Page 26Page 14A Times -Advocate, October 10,1984 Plant white pine at Crediton Park illy MRs. STAN PREUZCATOR Crditon East Tuesday, October 2, 3:00 p.m. the planting of the Of- ficial Tree of Ontario, the White Pine took place at the Ausable-Bayfield Conserva- tion area in the township of Stephen. Tom Tomes, chairman of the Stephen Township Bicentennial Committee said the White Pine was to signify 4-H club eat and run The third meeting of Huron - dale 4 which was held at Mrs. DeBoer's house opened with the 4-H pledge and attendance. Members read further fitness hints from their books and began preparing slipper. They formed into groups of two and made chile con carne, coleslaw and fruit custard. While supper was cooking they ran one mile. They were timed and com- pared times with those on a chart. After the running was com- pleted, a tasty supper was enjoyed. Roy Finkbeiner of Crediton celebrated his 87th birthday on September 10. Madeline Smillie and Muriel Davidson of Toronto spent Thanksgiving with Ann Brodie. what our ancestors stood for and the Bicentennial 200 year old birthday. Alan Walper, Mrs. Ruth Stover who represented Jack Riddell and Cecil Desjardine represented John Tinney planted the White Pine. Cecil Desjardine said how proud he was to be able to help plant it and Ruth Stover, said she was glad to be there for the planting ceremony. Allan Walper said he didn't know what to say but hoped the tree would grow to a beautiful tree and he was glad to be able to help to plant it also. Wilmer Wein, Ken McCann and Ralph Weber and the girls from the office said it was a great privilege to be there too and myself, it was a great honour for me to do the writeup for the Times Ad- vocate and we all hope the White Pine will grow into one of the tallest trees, and our children and their children can look at it in years to come and know what it represents. Personal Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator were Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes and Jenna, Parkhill, Mrs. Kathy Arbo and Tracy Bullock, Kirkton, Miss Bren- da Glanville, London and Mr. and Mrs. David Isaac and Tasha, Centralia. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator visited Sunday with Mr. an Mrs. Ed Chalmers and Joshua Mit- chell and Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Glanville and family, RR 4 Walton. .The Crediton hall board would like to thank everyone who worked, cooked turkeys, vegetables, donated pies, potatoes, cabbage, turnips, milk and paper products. Your help was deeply ap- preciated. Thanks again. • t?", qtr 4t3e ., ;a4R,,, 7 , r' A.y PLANT BICENTENNIAL TREE — A white pine commemorating Ontario's Bicenten- nial celebrations was planted in the Stephen township conservation park in Crediton, Tuesday. From the left are Ruth Stover representing Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell, Stephen reeve Allan Wolper, Ausable-Boyfield Conservation Authority representative Cecil Desjardine and Stephen's Bicentennial chairman Tom Tomes. Biddulph council Okay building permits At its latest meeting Bid- dulph township council ap- proved three building permit applications. They were for Carl Jef- feries, drive shed at Lot 18, Concession 5; Les Greenlee, a garage at Lot 15, Concession and Kaschper Racing Shells, anaddition to theirlbuiiding at Lot 7, North London Road. Council had adopted a recommendation from the planning advisory committee that they would prefer to see LOGO PRIZE — Psychologist Dr. Doug Reberg and Russ Watson of Jerry Maclean & Son admire one of the AM -FM cassette portables to be given as prizes in a county- wide contest to have a logo designed for the Huron Centre for Children and Youth. The prizes were made possible through the generosity of the Exeter store and the Clinton Optimists. Yes, comfort does come in your size! And with o lot of ',t',,IC too Today s open toe look on on (OSy walking mid heel now (Oma; n n Site ond width to fit yoti NATURALIZER. Red. Navy or Black Smyth' SHOE STORE LTD. man MAiN ST. EXETER PHONE 235-1933 Back from Haliburton By MRS. TOM KOOY Centralia The sympathy of the com- munity is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Con Foran and family on the death of Con's mother Mrs. S. M. Foran of West Wawanosh township Sunday. Funeral services were Wednesday at Lucknow. Mrs. Von Overholt and Pauline spent Thanksgiving Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ron Moore and family. Exeter. Miss Wendi Horton, Peter- borough spent Thanksgiving weekend at home with Mr. and Mrs. Doug Riley. Miss Nancy Turner. Lon- don at home with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilson for the holiday weekend. Lawrence and Mildred Hirtzel and Tom and Mary Kooy returned home Friday evening after a three day tour of Haliburton area with McNaughton Tours of ilder- ton. The weather was ideal and the scenery colourful. They stayed at the Red Um- brella inn and visited many places of interest. Clyde Kooy spent the weekend with his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Patter- son were guests Saturday at the Turner -Parsons wedding at James St. United Church in Exeter with dinner at the Legion. Guests after the wed- ding with the Pattersons were Marg's sister Mr. and Mrs. Turner also her niece Mr. and Mrs. Schildroth and family of Kitchener when they all spent the holiday weekend and enjoyed a turkey dinner. Mrs. Rick Walker, Jeanette and Sarah spent the holiday weekend with Mary's parents Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Sim- mons, Woodstock. 1 Cecil Lewis in his severance application maintain the lot sizes as shown on his plan namely that Lot 19 have measurements of 85 feet by 200 feet subject to the corn- mittee of adjustment agree- ing to the variance of the lot frontage and further that nc further severances be granted on this block of land excepting . by way of registered plan of subdivision the block of land being described as Lots 1, 2 and 34 in Plan 178. In another severance ap- plication, council voiced no objection from Mrs. Edna Ar- nold to sever a parcel of land from her property described as Range 3, Plan 178, Lots three to six being 90 feet by 323 feet west, by 245 feet east subject to the applicant ob- taining a rezoning of the sub- ject property to permit residential uses. Similarly Mrs. Rhea Hardie will be allowed to sever a parcel of land being 115 feet by 150 feet, after road widen- ing is dedicated from her pro- perty at part Lot 25, Conces- sion 13. Three tile drain loan ap- plications in the amount of $47,000 were accepted. A severance application from Ronald and Mary Elliott for Lots 21, 22 and 23 into parcels of land at Range 3, Plan 178 was referred to the planning advisory committee for their consideration. Correspondence was received from the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority indicating that fill line mapping in the township was not necessary. Council agreed with McGillivray township to repeal an 1870 Private Members Bill which expired after 25 years. It exempted the two townships from liability incurred for the coun- ty gravelling road outside of the township for a period of 21 years. Three vehicles in town accident Damage has been set at $2,700 following a three - vehicle collision in Exeter on Thanksgiving Day. The pileup occurred on Main St. near the Gidley St. intersection. A car driven by William McDonald, Exeter, collided with the rear of one driven by Dana Hoyle, Lon- don, and the latter was then pushed into a parked vehicle owned by Cheryl Towle. Exeter. On Saturday, a vehicle driven by Robert G. Skinner, Exeter, collided with a hydro pole on Wellington St. east of William. Damage to the vehi- cle was listed at $2.000. Police are looking for a maroon vehicle with a white top that struck and damaged a parked vehicle on Main St. Sunday. There were two male occupants in the wanted vehi- cle at the time. A white 10 -speed bicycle is stored at the local police after Constable Dan Kierstead stopped a suspicious person riding it early Monday. The bicycle was apparently stolen from a downtown location, but the owner has not yet reported it stolen One fined for speeding Only one case was heard in Exeter court, Tuesday, when Justice of the Peace Cord Ferris presided. in that one. James Ray Greer, RR 4 Listowel, plead- ed guilty to driving at a speed of 157 km. in an 80 km. zone in Usborne Township on September 23 at 1:35 a.m. on Highway 23. A pursuit by the police was involvedand the accused was charged after turning into a laneway. Ile told the court his dash lights were out and he couldn't tell how fast he was going. Greer was fined $224 and given 90 days in which to pay the fine. He was also given a warn- ing that a licence suspension could accompany further con- victions of the same nature. Two of the other charges on the docket were dismissed when the Crown offered no evidence and a third was set over for trial. Acting chief Kevin Short advised in his weekly press release that A.L.E.R.T. en- forcement has been increas- ed and will remain at a higher level from now until the end of the year in an effort to reduce the number of drink- ing drivers on town streets. Must be getting old By Stephanie Levesque I'm getting old. At a recent meeting of the Huron County Board of Education. i heard a principal comment that he could accept students wearing patched jeans because not all families could afford designer jeans. When 1 was young - oh. maybe 10 years ago - patched jeans were a status symbol. in fact• the more patches the better. (Inc more sign of the times' Set for October 20 Granton UCW plan bazaar Sy MRS. E. SUMMERS Unit (1) of the Granton U.C.W. met at the home of Mrs. Robert Hardie. Mrs. Doreen McRobert presided. Lesson thoughts were on thankfulness. During the business period the upcoming bazaar was discussed. This will be held in the Mason's Hall on Oct. 20. The "General Meeting" pro- gram was discussed at Unit (1) is responsible for that. Mrs. Amelia Jameson presented the program, taken from the study book "Nameless Faces". This dealt with the healing of the ten lepers by Jesus, but only one came back to thank the Wonder Worker. The title of this particular chapter was "Mr. Turnaround". Jesus has left us with the expression that thoughtfulness and praise makes his heart glad. We should thank God for all his gifts. Mrs. Bruce Pierce was the hostess for Unit (3). Ruth Cook opened the meeting with a reading about being thankful for the small bless- ings in life, as was symboliz- ed by the small white square of cloth presented to the Pope during his recent visit. After a short business meeting, Margeret Bryan and Jackie Pierce presented a Thanksgiving program. The latter introduced our guests, Linda Wallis and Trudy Kap. They, along with April Bryan, each told what they were thankful for in their fives. Jackie Pierce expressed her thankfulness in the form of a poem and the Rev. Pierce closed with prayer. A work .session on making posters to advertise the upcoming bazaar was followed by a lunch served by April Bryan and Pat Chovancek. Unit (4) met at the home of Mrs. Floyd Dykes. Mrs. Gary Humphrey presided. The theme for the devotions was "Thankfulness a Habit". Following the business period Mrs. Nelson Tate and Mrs. Norman Riddell conven- ed the program on Korea, which was very timely, because of the visit of the mis- sionaries from Korea coming to Canada this year. Lunch was served by Mrs. Nora Wissel and Mrs. Elsie Dann assisted by the hostess. Mrs. Emerson Wallis was the hostess for Unit (5). Mrs. Charles McRobert presided and opened the meeting with a poem "This too will pass away". The theme of the devotional was "Building a Personality". Roll call was naming your favorite apple. The business period followed. Members donated items for a thanksgiving basket for Mrs. Walter Jones a former member. Mrs. Bruce Pierce shared Fete bride -elect in Cromarty area By MRS. ROBERT LAING Marilyn Miller, whose mar- riage to Dan Witschi takes place October 12, was guest of honour at a bridal shower in Cromarty Church basement on Wednesday evening. The bride was assisted in opening her gifts by Jean Dow, Julie Ovens, and Carol Miller. Mary Elliott was chairlady for a short program con- sisting of accordion solos by Susann Lachnit, a duet by Muriel Scott and Jean Carey, accompanied by Betty Lou Norris, a poem by Pearl James 'and two contests. Claudette Elliott read an ap- propriate address in rhyme after which the many lovely gifts were opened. Doris Adair of Monkton showed slides and spoke briefly of her trip to the British isles at the Thankof- fering meeting of Cromarty W.M.S. and Marian Ritchie Auxiliary. Dorothy Miller presided with Betty Lou Norris at the piano. The Thanksgiving ser- vice in the Glad Tidings was followed with Muriel Scott, Lila McKain, and Lillian Douglas taking part in the scripture nad meditation. Muriel Scott accompanied herself on the autoharp as she sang Higher Ground. The roll call was answered with a verse on Harvest. Agnes Lamond read an ar- ticle describing the baobab tree, an African tree which is also known as the cream of tartar tree or the monkey tree. 11 is a very tall tree with a thick trunk, and bears an edible. fruit in pods which is high in vitamin C. From the bark, mats and blankets are made, the ash from its burned wood pro- vides salt for the relish, and its thick trunk is frequently used as a burial place. She also explained the African custom of Labola, which is a payment of cattle for a wife. it operates much like an insurance policy, giv- ing the new husband the right to insist that her family make her do better work, or to take a second wife if she doesn't work properly or it she doesn't provide him with a family. Thanksgiving visitors Sun- day with Bob and Ruth Laing were Jeff and Margaret Allen, Guelph, Evelyn Allen, Toronto, Marilyn Zimmer, Scott and Erin, Stratford. Bob and Ruth Laing, and Gordon and Eva Laing were guests at the silver anniver- sary celebatrions for Fred and Alice Deichert of Clinton. Greenway By ANNE WALPER Best wishes to Earl and Bertha Pickering on their40th wedding anniversary which they celebrateswith a recep- tion September 29, at the Parkhill Community Centre. Rev. J.B. Moore, a former minister of Greenway United Church. passed away last week. Selbourne and Martha English spent a week in Morewood and Ingleside visiting her sisters. Greenway U.C. are prepar- ing for their 109th anniver- sary on October 28. Rev. Bob Johnstone is the morning speaker and Jamie Westman will help with the music. At the evening service Rev. Bob Scrimegour will be the guest speaker and the Flet- cher Brothers will provide special music. Refreshments will be served following both services. Sunday Rev. Peebles spoke on "Running from Respon- sibility", and the choir sang the anthem "Walking in the Light. The U.C.W. meeting was held Wednesday at the home of Anne Walper. Quite a number of people `visited the International Ploughing Match last week, at Teviotdale near Guelph. ER N THE DILL — Co-ordinators Bev Hovius (left) and Elaine Knip join the children attending Story Hour at Christian Reformed Church in a game. The nondenominational Thursdoy morning program will continue for the next nine weeks for children aged three to five. DENNIS LITTLE BEST MORTGAGE RATES 2'12% 1year 1 1/2% S year. ABC ANNUITIES 53 WEST ST.. GODERICH 524-2773 (collect) Rates Sullied To Ch•np• FRANK Little with the members a Thanksgiving poem that she had written. Mrs. Garnet Baker took charge of the pro- gram and gave a reading on "Patience". Mrs. Elmer Harlton served cake and ice cream for lunch. Church News At the United Church the Rev. Bruce Pierce was in charge of the Thanksgiving Service on St-iday and entitl- ed his sermon "God's Provi- sions" taken from the scrip- ture lesson from Phil. 4:10-20. 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