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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-04-03, Page 3The 18th Annual Belmore map]ru Festival will be held on Sat. April 13 from 11 a.m. to 7 p: m. A special day for senior citiz ns is being h : d N Thurs. April 1 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p Local Entertainment is featured throughout both days as well as the sale of Maple Products, Handicrafts and Homemade Baking These events are held entirely indoors. 1 �J The Wingham Advance -Times, Apr. 3, 1985—Page 3 Good service at a good price® That's homeowners insurance the State Farm way. If you're looking for real value in homeowners insurance, call me. RICHARD GIBBONS 25 Alfred St. East, Wingham, Ontario 3573280 • Like'a good neighbor, State Farm is there. 4 State Fern Fre and Casualty Company Canadian Head Othco: Scarborough, Ontario The place to have a great time! All the time! Special Easter Smorgasbord Sunday, April 7 1:00 - 8:00 p.m. Soup, Salad Bar, Dessert Bar, Plus Complete Hot Buffet $7.95 Children 6-12 $4.95 Under 6 FREE Reservations Encouraged Blue Barn Restaurant & Motel Highway 23 N. Listowel 29.1-1580. RECREATION COMMITTEE—The Wingham Recreation Committee is busy preparing its summer programs for the 1985 season Commit- tee members include: back, Gerry Poulin, Doug Switzer, Mac MacKay,/ Grant Currie, Ray Baynton, Jim Dore; front, Rennie Alex - Meeting of Chalmers WMS is ba o on*the Easter theme Whitechurch—The March meeting of Chalmers Women's Missionary Society was held at the home of Mrs. Lamb with Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Lamb as leader's in charge of the program and an Easter'theme. The call to worship introduced the Easter theme and Easter hymns were sung during the meeting. Mrs.. A. Falconer .gave a reading, "Sterling as Silver", and Mrs. Rintoul led, in prayer. Scripture reading by Mrs. Lamb was taken from St. Matthew's Gospel, chapter 28,' and meditation thoughts on the theme, "The Cross of Calvary and the Entpty Tomb"., were read by Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Lamb. The offering was received and dedicated by Mrs. Archie. Purdon. Roll call was answered by March is busy alt nursing home • -BRUSSEIDS-4-The month ,of March. has been a very busy one at the Callander Nursing Home. The residents saw a film March 7 and it took them on an armchair trip to places such as Paris, France, and the Rocky Mountains. A birthday party was held March 11 with the Walton Women's Institute en- tertaining. Residents from Brussels traveled to Wingham March 13 for a • dance at the day centre for the homebound. °Earl and Martha Heywood of Wingham entertained March 14. Mrs. Freida Pipe played some Irish tunes March 18 and the Blyth Singers entertained March 20, along with Fred Thuell, Donald Dunbar and Howard ,Smith. The residents made Easter crafts March 21, which later were used for table centre pieces. eight, each lad naming a 'parable. Mrs. Lamb then in- troduced the guest speaker, Mrs. Robert Bregman of RR 3, Teeswater, Maitland Pres- byterial president, who gave an interesting message on "Changes".. Mrs. Ross presided for the . business. An invitation was accepted to attend the Teeswater WMS Easter Thankoffering where Mrs. Carl Remus will be guest speaker. A thank -you note from Isobel and Dave MacDonald was read and it was announced that the April meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Alan Falconer. The closing prayer was given by Mrs. Ross. At the Ladies' Aid meeting which followed, letters were read from those in charge of Ripley and Lucknow craft festivals, regarding having booths at their festivals. Whitechurch will have a booth at the ,Lucknow festival ri &,ateriilrheirta 're eived and the meetg closed with the Lord's Prayer. Mrs. Lamb served a dessert tea and Mrs. Tiffin gave the courtesy remarks. This was the Birth- day Tea meeting. 11 Auburn man wins lottery draw at hosp. Bert Moss of RR 2, Auburn, was the winner of $1,000 in last Friday's drawing of the building fund lottery at the Wingham and District Hospital. The draw was made by Margaret Sanderson of RR 1, Bluevale. There will be two more draws of $1,000 in April and May before the grand prize draw' for a 1985 car is made at the June annual meeting of the hospital board. VINYL WALLCOVERINGS Dzeoft 5 162 Josephine Street, Wingham. 357-2002 ander, Brenda Deyell, Sheila Ritter and Sandra Lee. Those committee members absent from the photograph are Tom Miller, Lyr'r. Marr. Joan Wright, Don Edgar, Bill Kerr and Neil Vincent. Sandra Schistad is wed in .Newmarket ceremony Spring flowers decorated the chapel of Trinity United Church, Newmarket, on Saturday, March 16, at four o'clock when marriage vows were exchanged by Sandra Anne Schistad and George Bryson, both of Barrie. Rev. F. Griffen' performed the ceremony and traditional wedding music was provided. The bride was given in marriage by her parents, O Erik and Lois Schistad of Wingham. The groom is a son of Joy Bryson of Newmarket. The bride wore a mint green dress and carried a bouquet of white , orchids, lily -of -the -valley and stephanotis. Her only at- tendant, Sharon Burkhart of Barrie, wore a pink dress and carried a bouquet of lily - `of -the -valley and stephano- tis. Seniors' Day Centre News By Rita Rice is over ,and Apri w u tie a Hussy }mon=t 5att the centre as we start our first day trips for 1985. The Theatre Circle, a traveling theatre group, will be performing for a special seniors' matinee of the production "T.G.I.F." (Thank Goodness It's Friday) on April 18. This comedy promises to be one of first-class humor as the characters explain their "occupational lot" in life. We currently have 40 tickets and many of them now are reserved, abut if any Local seniors are interested in attending please call the centre at 357-1445 or 357-1440. • We also will be having lunch in Blyth prior to the play as the Armouries building will in use for the hospital auxiliary rummage sale that day. The centre also is taking a bus to the Belmore Maple Syrup Festival's Seniors' Day April 11. Contact the, centre if you are interested in attending Rev. Doug Zehr, minister at the Brussels Mennonite Fellowship Church and a board member of the centre, was the guest speaker April 2. Mr. Zehr spoke on. Easter and its spiritual theme. There will be a craft work- shop April 4, Thursday, at the centre. Terry Reath, an instructor from the Listowel area, will be leading the workshop. A variety of craft items were displayedby two ladies from the Mount Forest area last Thursday. Upcoming foot clinics are scheduled for April 9, from 1 to 3 p.m., April 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. and May 9 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The centre will be closed Good Friday and Easter Monday. 'Last week the centre experienced a great loss with the death. of George Taylor. Mr. Taylor has been a board member at the centre since its beginning and was one of the prime people in getting it started back in 1978. His contribution of time and effort was endless and his energy, talent and per- sonality will be greatly missed. Catherine Kaszas, artistic director at the Blyth festival, will be the guest speaker April 24 at 1 p.m. Nora Cundy, administrative of- ficer at the Wingham branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, will be the guest speaker April 25 at 1 p.m. Table rentals are being taken, for the day centre's flea market, scheduled for May 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Since it is April Fool's Day when I'm writing this column, I'd like to mention something I read over the weekend in a newspaper article about the holiday: "Everyone must be fooled and be a fool at least once in their lifetime — humor is healthy." Drew Bryson of Newmar- ket was best man and ushers were Ron Schistad and Rob Schistad, both of Wingham. Guests were received at a reception at the home of the groom's mother in Newmarket. The bride's mother wore a grey dress with yellow trim, matching hat and a corsage of yellow, roses. The groom's mother chose a yellow dress with blackaccessories and a corsage of white and yellow roses. Following a skiing holiday at Mont Tremblant and visits° to Montreal and Ottawa, the young couple began their married life together in Barrie. The bride is a graduate of F. E. Madill Secondary School and Sheridan College, Brampton. She is employed by the Toronto -Dominion Bank. The groom is employed in the sports department of CK - VR Television. Lakelet Miss Ena Wallace is a patient in the Guelph hospital. We are pleased to report she is improving nicely. Mrs. Bert Harris is con- - fined to the Wingham hospital. ETHELI The fifth meeting of the Elastic Ladies was held at the home of Karen Bremner last Wednesday. The meeting opened with the pledge, the reading of the minutes and the roll call. The material was covered from the book on ribbing and applying it to a garment. Miss Bremner demon- strated' the ribbing sample for the members. A discussion of the exhibit for the achievement night followed. The home ac- tivities were covered, as well as what is needed for the next meeting April 4 at Pam McLellan's. The meeting closed with the 4-H Motto. BRUSSELS The fifth and sixth meetings of the Nifty Needles were held March 18 in the Brussels Library. The girls read through meeting five and showed seam samples for the roll call. The meeting involved the application of ribbing to garments. Marg Garniss gave a demonstration on the topic and . also showed the members how to put piping on their outfits. The sixth meeting also was read and it showed the girls how to put elastic in their waistbands and how to hem their garments. The meetings closed with the 4-H Motto. y LAKELETI The sixth meeting of the Miss Fits was held recently at the home of Vanessa Kavelman. The roll call was answered by six members who named what actionwear garment they will make when the club is finished. The girls did their piping samples, completed a quiz on actionwear and competed in a junk tray memory test. They also started preparing for achievement day, May 1. Gorrie seniors sponsor euchre GORRIE—Winners at the Gorrie seniors' Come Alive Club's euchre party, held in the town hall, were: high, Roy Strong and Mrs. Lloyd Jacques; low, Mrs. Glad Edgar who played a man's card, and Mrs. Marvin Bossetti, who was tied with another player and won the ensuing draw. Fred Sawyer won the birthday prize and Miss Margaret Dane won at UNO. CHECKING HER Brussels Public School, bounces on an energizer while Janis Cardiff times her with a stopwatch to demonstrate fair project on the heart. Janis explained she would check a volunteer's heart rate before and after rope -skipping and bouncing on the energizer, concluding that skipping rope fakes more energy than bouncing. HEART --Elizabeth Harris, a Grade 5 student at the her science