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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-04-19, Page 1141Girls entertained at lu Mr. and Mrs. W. Handy of Montpelier, Ohio visited on Good Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Park and family and Mrs. Gertrude Park. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson (nee Theresa Huber) who were married on March 24th at North. Street United Church, Goderich. The new- lyweds are residing in Goder- ich. The following account came in a note from Marg- aret Pritchard of North York. The Dungannon Old Girls were entertained at her annual spring luncheon by Lauretta McClure Hefford. As usual the food was delic- ious. A few hours were •spent in visiting and reminiscing and keeping up on the news. Among those present were Hilda Finnigan, Alma Hunt- er, Ethel Case Hay, Edith Treleaven Younkie, Wilma Treleaven Woodford, Flora Durnin and her friend Nora Creyke. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Glenn have returned to their home after spending the winter months in Florida. In a letter received from Bertha R. Rudau, nee Jones of Elmira, recently, was the request for some information on the early history of S. S. No. 8 school house just north of the village. It is .hoped more people will become interested 'in our history to compile into book form for a 125th anniversary celebra- tion in 1980. Bertha's aunt, May Jones, was married to a Bill Moffat who taught at S. S. No. 8 in the early 1900s. Thier daugh- ter, Nora (Moffat) Adam and husband, Rev. Lorenz Adam were home on furlough from missionary work at a medical centre in Nicaraugua this past October ,..and ..visited .. in .. this area. - . Maybe some of our older residents will remember Mr. Moffat when on some of his return visits to Dungannon, took his favourite walk from the Jones home to the school. Perhaps someone will tell „us so a arty histoty_to..pass on to his family. Maylin.and John Bere and family of London spent the weekend with Mrs. Mary Bere. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Sower - by of Toronto and Barbara, Blake of Toronto spent the . weekend with Mrs. Cecil Blake. Mrs. Marlene Godfrey re- turned home from Goderich Hospital on April 12th. Harold Errington and Sid Hogan attended a trapper's meeting in North Bay recent- ly. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stirling and family of Thamesville spent the weekend with Mrs. Stirling's parents, Mr. and • Mrs. Bob Irvin. On Saturday, Mrs. Jean Papernick, daugh- ter,' Prances and grand- daughter, Simone of Goder- ich visited. Mr. Marvin Smith is , a patient in Wingham Hospital, since April 8 suffering from a severe hetirt attack. He is coming along real well and is now off the monita'. Family membersr home with Evelyn for Ester were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith and family of Chatham on Friday and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Guilbeault and daughters of Essex. • Goderich won $41.90 third prize. "MAD HATTERS" BY ANNABEL STEWART The Mad Hatters 4-H club met on April 2 at Jean Errington's home. Sharon Sproul read the minutes for the last. meeting. Dungannon doings `ctt,, N1;Li'i.e 1',it•k cul'reSiuln( Jim Stothers is home from Waterloo University for a few days before starting his final semester. Will Petrie and Allan of Goderich and Mr. and Mrs. John Stanbury spent Easter Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Park and family. The Willing Workers East- er smorgasbord was a suc- cess held on Saturday even- ing after being postponed from the previous Friday night due to the storm. BRIDAL SHOWER A shower was held for Debbie Vella, bride elect, in thel�ited Church basement on T rsday, April 12. Chair - lady was Mrs. Bessie Mc- Nee, aunt of the bride. There were several winners at the various contests conducted by Mrs. Mary Bere. Mrs. Cecil Blake gave a reading on history ()Laved - ding ti gs and Mrs. Mary Bere gave a reading on Brides of Yesteryear and To- day. Mrs. Kathie Stanbury read the address to Debbie. Miss Wanda Stokes Of Wingham; a bridesmaid and Miss Mel- ody King of Bervie, cousin of the bride assisted the bride to open her gifts, which were brought in by the groom's sisters, Darlene and Denise Hulley and the brides cous- ins, Laurie and Linda Hay- den. Debbie made ` a fitting reply and lunch was served by cousins, Mrs. Angel Mc- Nee, Mrs. Lynda McNee, Mrs. Donna Hayden and Mrs. Helen Rintoul. EUCHRE PARTY There . were 16 tables of play at the euchre party held at the hall on Wednesday evening. A very successful bake sale was also held. High lady was Ilia Pollock and low lady was Joanne Whitney. High man was Paul Eedy and low man was Dale McInnis. Louise Brindley was winner of the door prize. 50-50 DRAW Dungannon Agriculture Society held_ ,their 50-50 draw .. on Saturday night. Allan Cranston of R. R. 2 Lucknow is $104.75 richer as a result of being first prize winner. Randy Hugill of Goderich won $62.85 as- second ,prize and John Young,R. R. 4 lent 599-7719 Betty Errington and Anna- bel Stewart were voted to be the commentators for the Achievement Day fashion show. The leaders and members discussed how they would decorate the stage for Achi- evement Day., Mrs. Stewart demonstrated how to make a flower to be used as decora- tions. Each member started making these flowers. All the members answered a crossword puzzle on acetes- sories and completed the accessories match game. DUNGANNON UNITED CHURCH Rev. C. G:• Westhaver and the congregation welcomed into membership of the church on profession of faith Mrs. Gordon Saunders, Colin Snyder and Judy Carmichael and by certificate of transfer from Trinity, Ashfield, Gord- on Saunders. Lorne Hasty presentesd a copy of the Good News Bible to those joining on profession of faith. Rev. C. G. Westhaver preached on "The Conquer- ing Soul of Jesus" before conducting the Communion Service. The choir sang two anthems, "The Old Rugged' 'Cross" and "In The Gard- en", 'led by organist, Mrs. Jean Elliott. CRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH On Good Friday a service was held at 10 o'clock in the morning: The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was ob- served. Pastor Lawrence's mes- sage was based on three of the last sayings from the cross of the Lord. Although Easter morning was cool and dull some 55 people •turned out to a sunrise service at 7 o'clock. The M.Y.F. was responsible for the entire program. - A fellowship breakfast was en- joyed following the hour-long service. Easter service was well attended. Gordon and Ruth Johnston,, former members of the _ Breslau Mennonite_ Church were received into the full membership of this church, by their transfer of membership. Four people were in charge of brief messages. - They were Cleason Martin, Ruth Johnston, Peter Martin and Marion Lawrence. The choir, led by Laverne Martin, rendered several beautiful Easter numbers, and a group of small children sang a song, "Easter Time". BROOKSIDE BROADCAST BY MA NIDY MILLER AND JANICE POLLOCK Brookside School has a Historical Archaeologist Kit on loan from the Royal Ontario Museum and several classes are making good use of it, The local Federation of Agriculture sponsored a "Farm Machinery Safety Night" on Thursday, April 12 at 8.00 p.m. in the gym at Brookside School. The three films shown at the meeting were shown to interested children at noon hour and recess on April 12th. The children enjoyed the films which dealt with agricultural and farm • safety. On Wednesday afternoon, April llth, Mr. Liddle's ch grade 7 class put on a Fun Fair for the rest of the student body. Their purpose was to raise money for their projected camping trip. There were games of chance and skill, draws, pastry and candy, comics and other books for sale, Winners were, Candy Guessing Con- test, Lori Dickson won the large jar of candy; second prize was tied among 3 people who drew names for the remaining prizes; Diane Jefferson, small jar of candy; Steven Freeman, candy cane; Christine Simpson, candy cane. The teacher's draw was won by Mrs. Bere, the prize being a large cake made by Mrs. Liddle. For the students draw, first prize was a case of pop, won by Lisa Taylor; second prize was a large rabbit, weighing 312 gm. won by 'David Reed; a rabbit, weighing 298 '"gm., was won by David Tigert and a blow-up blue rabbit was won by Janice Cook. Mr. Jewitt picked the names for GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1979—PAGE 11 on the draw. The Fun Fair was made 5153.73 for their camp - very successful since they ing trip. REGISTRATION FOR TYKE AND PEE WEE BASEBALL SATURDAY, APRIL 21 10 A.M. 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