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Times Advocate, 1997-07-16, Page 1250 years of service. On behalf of the Westem Ontario Fu- neral Service Association, -Dan Houle (left) presents Irvine Armstrong with a certificate for his 50th year as a licensed funeral director last Wednesday in Exeter. Armstrong spent his entire career serving the Exeter community with the same firm now known as Hopper Hockey Funeral Home. Crimes of the week Break and enter - Exeter Sometime overnight on July 8 thieves broke into South Huron Dis- trict Secondary School in Exeter and stole a VCR. The following eve- ning thieves broke into the school again and stole a TV. Break and enter - Clinton Dale Pumps on Ontario St. in Clinton was broken into sometime be- tween 6 p.m. on July 3, 1997 and 6 a.m. on July 4. Crooks stole $100 In change from the till. Theft of all terrain vehicle Sometime overnight on July 4, a Stephen Township resident had his barn broken into. .Culprits stole a 1985 red Honda ATV Vin# JH3T80543FK403697 valued at $300. The ATV was taken between 9 p.m.,on July 4 and 10 a.m. on July 5. If you have information about these or any other crimes, call Crime Stoppers of Huron County, 1-800-222-8477 and you could receive a reward of up to $1,000.00. . Remember, creme doesn't pay, Crime Stoppers does. Saintsbury news . By H. Davis Saintsbury correspondent SA1NTSBURY - Weekend visi- tors with Hugh and Hazel Davis were relatives Bill and Peg Kerby of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Nancy Taylor and Ty William of Franklin, Texas and Tamara Lorinezi, An- drew and Meggie of Milford New Hampshire, family of the late George and Evelyn (Hicks) Miller. Saturday evening cousins arrived for a get together. They were: Au- drey McFalls, Dave McFalls; Don and Brenda McFalls, Benjamin, Nicholas and Matthew, Ralph and Joyce Simpson and Darren, Bob and Heather MacGillivray, Court- ney, Katie -Scarlett, Caleb and Cor- bin, Michael and Suzanne Davis, Crystal, Harley, Travis and Starr. There was no service at St. Pat - ricks on Sunday July 13 for vaca- tion time. July 20 the Rev. Stanley Jay will be at St. Patricks to cele- brate The Holy Eucharist Service at 10:30 a.m. Followed by barbecue and pool party. Please remember your lawn chairs. Jean Hodgins and Beuluh Hardy visited Friday evening with Mary Davis. Crystal Davis was.holiday visitor with her friend Sarah Walker of Zu- rich last week. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 it 1 1 CoNiMlINTTY Times -Advocate, July 16, 1997 Page 11 Plans for annual chicken dinner being finalized By Carmel Sweeney Zurich correspondent ZURICH - A reminder to those getting things ready for the Zurich Fair, a meeting will be held tomor- row night, July 17, at 8:15 in the' Township hall. The theme for this year's fair is, "Rural Challenge". Fair books are available at the Phar- macy or bakeshop. For tickets to the Fair dance at the Arena, Friday, July 25th, at 9 p.m. contact Carmel at 236-4702. Mozart's Melody Makers will be playing. Tickets are $5 in advance or $6 at the door. Tickets for the annual chicken barbecue held at the Zurich Men- nonite Church, Thursday, July 24, 5-8 p.m. Adults are $9, while chil- dren 6-10 years are $4.50 and un- der ,5 years are free. Only advance , tickets are available and can be pur- chased at Seyler's Foodland, C.G. Farm Supply and Cobble Design. Thanks to the Knights of Colum- bus from St Boniface Parish, the paving stone walkway is now com- pleted in front of the church. Anyone with empty pop cans are asked to` drop them off as soon as ' possible to the Home of Doug De= bus or Ralph Smith in Zurich or John Jacobs in Hensall. Another load will be going to the recycling plant in the next week. Proceeds go to the building fund., A` good cirowd was at the Men- nonite Church on Friday night , to see what the,children learned in VA - y1ation Bible School last week. ore than 100 children from the, community attended each day. Their missionary project was filling Christmas gift boxes (shoe boxes) to be sent away to the poor. The winnerof the hot-air balloon ride in London was Julie Hearn (Becker) in Dashwood. Personals Saturday. July 12, an outdoor shower was held for Kelly Gardner, of London, at the home of her sister Patti Fox. Relatives and family members attended and the day end- ed with a barbecue supper. The wedding will take place in Septem- ber. George and Rosalie Harvey of Redford, Michigan are spending a week's holiday at their cottage near the lake north of St. Joseph's. The Annual Family reunion for Nora Corriveau was held at the pa- vilion in Dashwood on Saturday, July 5. All ten of her children at- tended as well as many grand and great -grand children, 55 in all, with. people arriving from .North Bay, Windsor, Detroit, Tillsonburg, Lon- don and Zurich: Congratulations to Harry - and Maude Hoffman of Dashwood who celebrated their 55th wedding anni- versary on July 11. A family celebration was held for Jim and Ann Finlay of Dashwood whq/celebrated their 25th anniver- sary on July 14. Sister Rosalie Ducharme, Essex spent a few days recently with her sister Theresa Hartman. The Ted Soudants, along with her sister Audrey and Tom Hammell and family of London, spent 10 days on holiday in B.C. and Alberta recently. - Congratulations to Mark and•Lori LaPorte on the early arrival of their third son , Brady Mark, born July 9. A speedy recovery to Uncle Todd LaPorte injured due to a recent fall' 'fromaroof. - Get well wishes, to Cam Rader who had surgery on his ankle. The Klopp family reunion was held July 13 at the home of Herb and Donna Klopp at RR#3 Zurich (the homestead). Several relatives came from various places and en- joyed the outdoor get-together. Visitors at the home of Harvey and Wilma Pennings RR#1 Zurich from Holland for the past two weeks were his sister Dorus and Mein Vanderboom. Paul and Shirley Bedard Sr. are. happy to announce the arrival of their sixth grandchild, Nickolas, born June 9. His parents are Lisa and Rodney Freemen of London. Jessica and Michael Smith of Barrie spent the weend visiting with their grandparents Ralph and Audrey Smith. Their parents Kevin and Joanne came to pick them up. Belated birthday wishes to Dianne Ducharme. Congratulations to Denis Hart- man and Danielle McPhee who were married July 12 in London at St. George's Church. Denis is the son of Ray and Jan- ice Hartman. The couple will be living in London. Gary and Maureen Fisher and family spent last week visiting with her parents Ray and Janice Hart- man and attended her brothers wed- ding . The family is .now travelling to Prince Edward Island to visit with his parents. Early Monday morning July 21, the members of the youth group, leaders, Altar Boys, Fr. Wronski and others arc going to Canada's Wondrr!..nd fc the day. The large cast of the play, The Promise, which was presented in Forest during the past two week- ends is to be congratulated on do- ing such a fine job in presenting this religious play. Barbecue to be held at Centralia United • Entertainment will be - provideQ:by Doug Lew rs bind By Mary Peterson Centralia correspondent CENTRALiA Ron Kinney has volunteered to trim the trees in the church' yard. July 19 at 9 a.m., volunteers are requested to come help with the clean up. If ybu have a truck, please bring it along. July 20, everyone's invited to join in worship at 10 a.m. at Cen- tralia United Church. There will be a "brown bag" lunch at Cen- tralia United Church following worship. Please bring your,lawn chair to share a picnic lunch, hoptl$lly bntsiile� ' ' The annual Centralia BBQ will be held July 27 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Centralia United Church. Tick- ets are $9.50 for adults and $4.75 for children aged 6 to 12. For tickets, please call Allan Powe at 228-6557. Congregation members who can help provide pies should call • Allan Powe. Entertainment will be provided by the Doug Lewis Band. Summer reading program at Centrlaia Library Children 12 anad under can reg- ister for Camp Read -A -Lot. -It will be held July 22- from 7 to 8 p.nr. at Centralia Library. - Call Librarian Maxine Hyde at 228-6440 to' pre -register. Pre- registration is required to ensure sufficient participation for these special events. The cost for this fun activity will be only $2. per child. Euchre results Keeping out of the heat at Hey - wood's Restaurant recently, Ethel Berry and Florence McRoberts were high hand winners. The spe- cial was . won by Allan Johns. Lone hand winners were Eileen Pullman and Percy Noels. Hensall Legion steak ,barbecue this weekend Children under six years of age will receive free hot dogs. By Liz Sangster Hensel!! correspondent HENSALL - The Hensall Legion Steak Barbecue will be held Satur- day, July 19 at the Legion from 5 to 7 p.m. The cost is $8.50 for adults. Children ander six years of age will receive free hot dogs. Tickets are available from Legion members or at the Legion. On Thursday, July 31, Provincial Service Office Randy Groundwater will visit Hen- sall Legion at 4:30 p.m. Veterans, widows or veterans or their depen- dents may call Larry Uyl at 262- 2618 and he will set up an appoint- ment. At Hensall United Church Rev. Robert Peebles was the guest min- ister. Ron Greidanus was the organ- ist for the ministry of song. Rev. Peebles' message was "Two Sides to Mission" Hymns were chosen by the congregation. Michael and Ann Annen and Hilda Payne were the ushers with Raye Jacobe looking after the elevator. A special meet- ing after the service was held to call Nancy Fraser to fill the pulpit vacancy. John Blackwell was among the visitors for the service. Decoration Day at Hensall Union Cemetery will be July 27 at 2 p.m. Everyone welcome. Spirit of the West 'at Playhouse this Sunday GRAND BEND - On Sunday, July 20 at 8 p. m. Spirit of the West bring their Celtic folk, rock and roll sound to the Lake Huron shore- line and Huron Country Playhouse. This Vancouver based hand was formed in 1983 by co-founders Ge- offrey Kelly and John Mann. (Band membership is now five - Kelly, Mann, Hugh McMillan, Linda McRae and Vince Ditrich). From the days of their folk club roots, Spirit of the West has continued to translate their unique humor, style and instrumental power through their concerts and albums. To date Spirit of the West has re- corded eight albums. Sponsored by BX93, FM96 and The Fox FM Spirit of the West will hit the Huron Country Playhouse Main Stage, July 20 at 8 p.m. Tick- ets are $28. and can be reserved through the Huron Country Box Of- fice,. 1-800-706-6665 or (519) 238- 6000. 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