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Times Advocate, 1994-12-14, Page 26Page 26 Times -Advocate, December 14, 1994 CQMMLJNIT1 Draw winner The winner of the Lions Club Grey Cup Draw was Mark Cronyn, who received $500 for having the ticket with the correct final score. From left are Lions Club secretary Jack Full- er who sold the winning ticket, Cronyn, and Grey Cup committee chair Lorne Haugh. There were four third quarter winners of $40 each; Dalton Jaques, Donald Dearing, Mary Over- holt and Jim Veri. The half time winner of $100 was Bill Bennett, and first quarter winner of $50 Brian Weatherhead. Two years of broadcasting for Exeter video ministry - As the year 1994 draws to an end, the Eternal Life Video Minis- try concluded their second year of broadcasting the worship services of the four churches, Christian Re- formed Church, Pentecostal Taber- nacle, Bible Fellowship and Emma- nuel Baptist. They are thankful for this oppor- tunity to bring their worship servic- es to their viewers. As most of you will remember, they had a shaky start with barely enough equipment. Today each church is better equipped to bring an improved presentation. They appreciate your patience in the past, and look forward to serv- ing your spiritual needs in the years to come. The board of Eternal Life Video Ministry wishes you all the Lord's blessing this Christmas and in the corning year. The Exeter Santa Claus Parade broadcast schedule is as follows: Monday, December 19 at 8 p.m. af- ter the bingo game; and Saturday, December 24 at 10 a.m. Busy week at Thames Road Exeter Seniors celebrate 40 years By Rhoda Rohde THAMES ROAD - The Christ- mas meeting of the UCW was held on Monday evening. The basement was decorated with greenery, red bows, lighted decorated Christmas tree. The meeting table was decorat- ed with red candles etc. Jean Hodgert played Christmas music while everyone was gather- ing before the meeting. Joan Morgan welcomed everyone and gave a reading "True Giving". The ladies sang "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" and Helen Webber read the scripture Isaiah 9 verse 6, and Matthew 2 verse 11. Morgan read "Days of Wonder" and Leona Cottle lit 3 red candles. Cottle read a Christmas story, Webber lit 2 can- dles and she read a Christmas story. Morgan lit the last 3 candles and led in prayer. "Angels from the Realms of Glory" was sung. Cottle read "I'll Never Forget", "The First Noel" was sung. A reading "Money Couldn't Buy the Gift Grandma Gave" by Morgan. Silent Night was sung. A story "Christmas Wishes" by Webber, Cottle and Morgan re- ceived the offering, and Webber gave the Offertory prayer. Morgan introduced Lori Dalrym- ple of Quilts and Calico, Exeter who showed how to do many crafts which were much enjoyed- She made a ball which was won by Mary Rowcliffe, and two snowmen that Gerry and Elda Riehl had made and donated and were won by Jcan Coward and Anne Bray. Morgan thanked Dalrymple and presented her with a gift. Agnes Bray played several Christmas selections on the piano which were much enjoyed. Margaret Stewart, president thanked everyone who had taken part and opened the business part of the meeting with "The Legend of the Rose". Roll call was answered by your Christmas Tradition" and also a gift for the Christmas Bureau. The minutes correspondence, treasur- er's report were received. Karen Etherington gave the Christian Ed- ucation report. Melonie Miller moved and Janis Richardson seconded that we ac- cept the recommendation of the Executive. It was decided to have Secret Pals again in 1995. Rick and Judith Parker and Barry and Melo- nie Miller donated the Christmas trees for the auditorium and the basement. It was decided to give $200. to the M & S Fund. The meeting closed with the singing of "0 Little Town of Bethlehem" and Stewart closed with a Christmas Prayer. The Swret Pal gifts were handed out .Group C served Christ- mas cookies, tea and Coffee which brought a very enjoyable evening to a close. Church service Rev. Jim Allsop was in charge of the Fourth Sunday of Advent church Service on Sunday morn- ing. The choir sang "Sing Glory" ac- companied by the organist Agnes Bray. Kathy Bray lit the 4th Advent candle and Robert Bray, Vanessa and Kristy all read pertaining to Advent and Jessica read a prayer. The children's hymn "i Wonder as i Wander" was sung, and Rev. Jim told the children a Christmas story. The Scripture reading Micah 5: 2-5a and Hebrews 10: 5-10 was read by Marilyn Vandenbusschc. Rev. Jim read from the Gospel of Luke 1: 47-55 and the title of his sermon was "Mary, a revolutionary and mother of Jesus". The closing hymn was "What Child Is This". The flowers in the church were placed there in memory of the late Elizabeth Lamport. Sympathy is extended to her husband and fami- ly. Life and Work of the Church Sunday December 18 is Christ- mas Sunday Church services in both churches. On Wednesday December 21 at 7 . p.m. Thames Road Sunday School concert. On December 24 at 7 p.m. Christmas Eve and Communion joint service at Elimville. On December 25 Christmas Sun- day morning joint service at Thames Road at 10 a.m . Personals Bill and Rhoda Rohde had lunch on Tuesday with Mrs. Marguerite Gibson of London. Dorothy Elford, Doris Elford, Bill and Rhoda Rohde attended the pot luck dinner and annual meeting of the Kirkton Horticulture Society on Monday at K and W Communi- ty Centre. Bill and Rhoda Rohde went on the bus trip on Saturday to Coyles Outlet Tillsonburg, with supper at 1st Baptist Church Simcoe and the Panorama of lights in Simcoe and a walk through a Christmas Won- derland in the Park. It was sure wonderful to see. The tour guide told some history of Simcoe and that there were 65,000 bulbs and 200 spotlights blazing in the dis- plays. The Pym family held their Christmas at the church on Satur- day. Amber Cooper of Elimville spent the weekend with Robert and Ka- thy Bray and girls. Ross and Kay Hodgert, Bill and Rhoda Rohde attended the singing Christmas Tree at the London Gos- pel Temple on Sunday afternoon. The orchestra musicand singing were really something to see and hear. EXETER - Exeter Senior Citi- zens celebrated their 40th year as a club with a Christmas dinner on December 5 served by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary. After dinner, a business meeting took place. Entertainment was en- joyed by all. A piece written by Mildred Thomson on '40 years a club' was well done. John Mason entertained with his whistling and Gord Smith on his guitar and sing- ing. They had Christmas carols • with Doris Denham leading and Wilma Davis on the piano. The officers then vacated their chainttnd new officers were given - their oath of office. Marion Frayne is now president, Alva Heywood the secretary and Doris Denham the treasurer. Their next meeting will be Janu- ary 3 at 6:30 with a potluck supper. Everyone is welcome. r While not selling out, Exeter Bucks are doing well "The other $12,000 (were returned] from banks More merchants are seeing them spent on Christmas shopping rather than necessities EXETER - The town's Business Association is reaping the rewards of printing its own money. The BiA's Exeter Bucks weren't quite a sellout this year, but are still proving a success at keeping shoppers in local stores. BIA manager Karen Spring reports that as of Sat- urday, some S48,000 worth of the bucks had already been spent in town. That out of a total of about $63,000 purchased by local shoppers two weeks ago. The Bucks are as good as cash at all BIA member stores, restaurants, car dealers, hairstylists, dentists - nearly anywhere in town. Each buck, however, cost the purchaser only 904, due to a 10 percent subsidy paid by the BIA, not the store. Last year's campaign put $50,000 worth of the Bucks into the hands of shoppers, and immediately sold out. Consequently, the BiA enlarged its budget for the program to $7,500, enabling some $75,000 worth of the local currency to be sold to a maximum of $300 per person. While more were sold, they didn't• sell out in the three days allotted the cam- paign at. all Exeter financial institutions. that were not open Saturday, interestingly enough," said Brown. e' In fact, one bank that sold out of the Bucks last year had since installed a teller machine and ended Saturday hours - and returned a large amount of the Bucks. "Next year we might want to look at selling them four days instead of three," said Brown. As for local retailers, Brown said the businesses are very happy with the program, now that some of the bugs have been worked out of it. The Bucks can now be deposited by the businesses at any town fi- nancial institution, instead of just one bank last year. The shoppers though, seem to be using the Bucks for their first and foremost purpose, Christmas shop- ping, said Browi. Stores report that the Bucks are being spent on gift items "as opposed to last year when they were using them for groceries," she said. "The Exeter Bucks are being used more strongly for Christmas shopping and then the leftover used for groceries," said Brown, adding that seems to re- flect predictions for a recovering economy. While the BIA may be looking at ways to get their own currency sold out next year, it is certain the Exeter Bucks will be back. , "We are pleased with the program this year, as we were last year," said Brown. "I can't see us doing anything but doing it again," UCW hold December meeting EXETER - The evening unit of Exeter United Church U.C.W. met December 5 in the ladies parlour which was beautifully decorated for the season. Unit leader, Norma Cockwill welcomed everyone with a short poem "The First Christ- mas". Following the secretary's re- port and the treasurer's report it was announced that the annual ba- zaar had been very successful. There are only four bird houses re- maining to sell. Donna Paynter thanked all the committees for working so hard throughout the past year to raise funds for the church and everyone signed a get well card for Helen Wasnidgc. Cockwill announced that the next meeting will be January 9. Betty Clark, Mary Fisher and Marjorie Tuckey were in charge of devotions. Several Christmas scrip- tures and readings were given and everyone joined in singing Christ- mas carols. Dilly Van Bergen per- formed an eloquent soliloquy de- picting Mary receiving the Angel's direction that she would conceive the Messiah. Gerry Bornath fa- voured with a Christmas solo, "Unto Us a Boy is Born," and the worship closed with Silent Night. Following a contest to guess Christmas songs everyone enjoyed a time of fellowship over a cup of tea and festive goodies. Christmas Ak Trees -Cutyourown Spruce, sizes 5 -10 ft. Take Hwy. #4 north to Brucefleld Public School, turn left, take first corner left, 2nd farm left Phone 283,2839 Got a news tlf? ' Call 23 S iG d d is cenc ar ens ono The Exeter Lions Club reports that donations continue to come in to-' wards the scenic gardens under construction in MacNaughton Park. jteceilit do»tions; Country Flowers $300 Dinney Furniture and Dinney Funeral Home $300 Leila Dobbs Dr. David Hann Dr. Bill and Susan McGregor and family Robin Leake C.E. Reid and Sons Anonymous Leroy and Linda Hern and Family Bill and Fran Mickle Family of Chan and Donna Livingston Mark and Kathy Gaskin $100 $500 $100 $1,000 $100 $300 $300$100 $100 - .T'otatio-date of -all donations $118;841 - Goal $175,000 Crime of the week Crime Stoppers is looking for tips on a Stanley Township break-in Crime Stoppers of Huron County is asking for the public's help in solving the following break in at a Stanley Township church. The church at Lot 23 SBR Stanley Township was broken into sometime prior to November 10. Stolen items included an older grey sleeper couch and matching chair, an older green -coloured day hen with a spring sticking out, an antique saxophone, a 12x36 inch mirror, various ironstone dishes, four or five pairs of skates, and Christmas decorations. Anyone with information about this or any other crime is invited to call Crime Stoppers of Huron County at 1-800-265-1777. You will not have to identify y6urself or appear in court. Crime Stoppers does offer cash rewards up to $1,000 for information on crimes. Re- member crime doesn't pay, but Crime Stoppers does. - tj�7�7yt7L1U.717�7�7�7�7t7�7�7t7�7�7�7 New Home 11 260 Rivers Blvd., Exeter 2200 sq. ft., oak cupboards and trim, 2 baths, 4 bedrooms. Concrete driveway and well landscaped. $464,900: Price reduced for Christmas. Huron Contractors: 236-4230 t7j....L7474747474474747..4747474741474747L7474 .i..4747L747474,4747.4r' N'....74767.W,7...41t7t7 . Household, Antiques & Collectibles Thursday Evening. December 15 at 5 pm, at our new Auction Centre at 586 Main St. South Exeter We will be dispersing well kept items from the homes of Mrs. Lillian Powell of Seaforth and Mrs. E. Chalmers of Exeter. Also for Peat - Marwick & Thorne Inc. - additions incl: Xerox 7041 Laser Fax machine, Omega 1200 photo copier (1 yr. old), McIntosh colour classic computer with printer and Canon Phone -Fax machine also 2 other computers (complete). HOUSEHOLD & ANTIQUES: Old oak dining table, nice 3 pc. bedroom suite and other dressers and chests, Lazy Boy sofa bed and matching swivel rocker (like new), entertainment centre and glass front bookcase, chesterfields and chairs, nice drop leaf chrome table with 2 matching chairs, single and double beds, oak what not shelf, antique drop leaf table, pressback chairs, china cabinet, childs bedroom suite with chest of drawers, dressers and upper hutch and crib, GE fridge, 30" elec. range, blanket box and trunks, several old tools incl. grain cradle etc., wooden hockey game, hobby tools incl. lathes, saws, jig saw etc., tub benches, copper boiler, quilt frames, china and glass, old dash churn, display shelving, walk behind snowblower, sleighs and toboggan, 22 cal. repeater and.177 air rifle, new Cartoon videos, model train, arckec,( ei tip. "Kendall" sign, 1985 Ford LTD 4 door with 135,000 kms. Pfrng certified and hundreds of useful and collectible items. Free draw for a Christmas turkey. Come out and see our new building - Huron County's most modern auction facility. Auctioneer: Bob Heywood 2350874 General required House. Prequalifications of General Contractors and Subcontractors for the RENOVATION TO HURON COUNTY COURT HOUSE GODERICH, ONTARIO This project is funded through the Canada/Ontario Infrastructure Works Program Contractors and Subcontractors for the following Trades are to prequality for renovation work to the Huron County Court Division 02 • Asbestos Removal Division 09 - Terrazzo Flooring Division 15 • Plumbing and Heating Division 15 - Sheet Metal Division 16 - Electrical Separate submissions are required from each General Contractor and the listed Subcontractors To receive a Prequalification Requirements Package fax or mail a letter of expression of Interest to Allan Avis Architect (Fax No. 519-524-5253). Letters must be received by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 21, 1994. The Court House consists of three floors plus basement with a total gross floor area of approximately 32.000 sq n The renovations will involve barrier -free access. life safety upgrades, new mechanical and electrical systems. office renovations, and removal of asbettos contaminated materials. Tender call is scheduled for March 1995. Bonds will be required from General Contractors and major Subcontractors. Only contractors and subcontractors who are prequalified will be invited to bid the project The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all submissions. A Joint Venture Project for Huron County Court House ALLAN AVIS ARCHITECT JOHN RUTLEDGE ARCHITECT 60 West Street 60 West Street Ooderich, Ontario N7A 2K3 Goderich, Ontario N7A 21(3