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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-04-06, Page 3254 Josephine St. Wingham Ph. 357-2993 Free Bridal Registry Colour Co-ordinated Accessories for BED = BATH KITCHEN SHOWER & WEDDING GIFTS i Sunrise service t Knox United BELGRAVE — Thirty-five members of Knox United Church attended an Easter Sunrise Service at the church Sunday morning. The service was conducted by Mrs. Ross Anderson, with Mrs. William Coultes, Ruth Higgins, Mrs. George Proc- ter, Mrs. Ross Higgins, Mrs. Laura Johnston, Ross Anderson. and Rev. John Roberts taking part. Breakfast was served by the social committee off the UCW. NOTICE HURON COUNTY HEALTH UNIT Presents an information night on Cancer and Breast Self -Examination with Dr. J. C. McKim on Tues. April 1 9th, 7:30 p.m. at the Portable -Wingham and District Hospital. A film and hand-out materials available. Free Admission and Refreshments FARMERS: You. could save money and time if you come to the income tax specialists! OUR CAREFULLY. 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A non-refundable deposit n11100 N required of the time of boolting. SPACE AT THESE PRICES IS LiMiTED — SEE YOUR TRAVEL AGENT TODAY A\ k7a76 Call WINGHAM TRAVEL LTD. 357-1020 199 Josephine St. Wingham NOG 2W0 asst Large attendance at Et.er service WROXETER — A large attendance turned out for the special Easter service at Wroxeter United Church on Sunday morning with Mrs. Wright at the organ and Roy Renwick playing the violin for the prelude and postlude. Rev. Lloyd Martin chose for. his sermon topic, "Why Seek the Living Among the Dead?", which was very well delivered. The junior choir, under the direction of Mrs. Paul Elgie and with Mrs. Joan Hayes at the piano, was enjoyed by all, as was the superb senior choir and its anthems. Mr. Renwick played Easter selections on the violin, accompanied by Mrs. Wright- at rightat the organ, during the collection of the offering. The Wroxeter congrega- tion • is truly blest with a wonderful minister, choirs, organist, pianist and visiting musicians, deserving of the support of all the members. Plans are underway to celebrate the 125th an- niversary of the church on September 2, 3 and 4. The anniversary committee would appreciate receiving names and addresses of YOU'VE MADE YOUR NOW YOU NEED THE CASH TO GETAWAY A vacation loan that makes sense to you will probably make sense to us. So come in and talk it over today. We know you need more than a vacation. You need the best possible vacation financing. At the Commerce, we can help make it happen. <1> CANADIAN IMPERIAL IJANK OF COMMERCE I9 former members and residents of the area who attended the church. This information should be for- warded to Mrs. Jim Dunbar, Wroxeter. The following events have been planned: a variety concert on Friday night at a location to be decided later; a family dance and en- tertainment for the children at the Wroxeter Town Hall on Saturday night; and two church services on Sunday with guest speakers at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. The Mount Forest Barbershoppers will provide the music for the morning service and the Wroxeter choir will provide the evening music. There will be a lunch and social time following each service. The Wingham Advance -Times, April 6, 1983—Page 3 Easter meeting /i.eid Un' - : Church W BELGRAVE — The Easter meeting of the United Church Women was held in the church school room March 29 at 8:15 p.m. Mrs. Cliff Walsh opened the worship service with a hymn, with Mrs. George Johnston at the piano. Mrs. George Michie read the scripture and gave the medi- tation, Easter is a time of joy, and led in prayer. The offering was received by Mrs. Helen Martin and Mrs. Bob Gordon and dedi- cated by Mrs. Walsh. Mrs. Michie read an Easter poem. The president Mrs. Ross Anderson welcomed every- one and conducted the busi- ness. An invitation was ex- tended from the Blyth UCW to attend their Spring Thank - offering, April 10 at 8 p.m. A discussion was held on nuclear testing and mem- bers are urged to write their MP with their concern. The UCW is in charge of the May 15 church service. The next general meeting will be May 24 with Mrs. Gordon Cayley, Lucknow speaking on Amnesty Inter- national. All ladies are invited to North Street United Church, Goderich the evening of April 11. Miss Laurie Scald - well of London, a medical student recently returned from Zaire, will be the guest speaker. The secretary was re- quested to send for 10 sub- scriptions of Mandate and a donation will be sent to "Seeds for Zaire"! Anyone wishing to donate articles of clothing for the bale may leave them at Mrs. Dorothy Logan's. The UCW will be catering August 19 and 20 for the Blyth Theatre suppers. Mrs. Janisia Coultes was in charge of the Easter pro- gram, a service written by Rev. George James of Toronto: "What do we know about a nail?" Mrs. Ken Wheeler read the scripture. Others taking part in the dialogue were Mrs. Laura Johnston, Mrs. Dorothy Logan, Mrs. Jim Hunter, Mrs. Olive Bolt, Mrs. John McIntosh, Mrs. John Roberts, Mrs. Helen Martin, Mrs. Norman Cook, Mrs. Lawrence Taylor and Mrs. Jack Taylor. The ladies' quartette, Mrs. What's new at Huronview? Last Thursday, tickets were drawn on the afghan and wall hanging. Pearl. McFarlane, a popular resident and terrific saleslady, drew, the lucky tickets- -....... The ..._..__ afghan, crocheted and donated by Mrs. Wayne Lester, was won by Wes Hamm of Huntsville. The wool wall hanging, made by Frank Bissett, was won by Mrs. Walter Spencer of Hensel]. Last Friday afternoon many residents enjoyed bingo, but a new twist has been added. The winner of the bingo must recite a poem, sing a song or take his or her turn at calling out the numbers in order to get a prize. The attraction is a lot of fun and is creating new interest. Worship service was held last Sunday morning in the chaple with Rev. Norman Pick in charge. Scripture readings were taken and the message was "God's Chosen One". The anthem was sung by the choir and the flowers on the pulpit were donated by Sarah Carter. Dile to the March break, music appreciation with Bruce Cookson was can- celled last Monday. A few days ago, robins were seen and now trees are budding' and flowers sprouting out of the ground in some areas. One hopes all this snow doesn't mean we're heading back into winter. However, we are hoping it won't last long. Last Tuesday afternoon, Special Care people met in the activity room for an hour of fun and games set to music. Several ladies from Ground Centre gathered in the lounge and Tisteneff to . Mr. Bissett play the piano last Wednesday afternoon. Ethel Hill and Myrtle Fairservice also gave readings. Helen Bradley and Doris MacPherson were busy , making cookies which are to be served to those who spend the mornings in the activity room. Friends from Special Care met for another fun session last week, followed by refreshments. It is a good feeling when one sees ,the smiles on the faces of these special people. We extend a warm greeting to Joseph Benedict (Joe) White who has come to reside at Huronview. W,�g extend sympathy to tit* families of residents Mrs. Florence Goodwin and Mrs. Jean who passed away last week. Protohistoric Bones Being Identified OTTAWA Scientists at the Natural Museum of Na- tural Sciences are continuing with their zooarchaelogical identification projects on bones recorded from proto- historic Huron village sites of the Trent Valley in On- tario and from 18th century house sites in Quebec City. SMOKING POLLUTES YOUR LUNGS was the conclusion Rob Chadwick and Jeremy Schefter drew from their project at the Wingham Public School science fair, The Grade 7 students had rigged up a clever little machine to draw smoke from a cigarette into a glass bottle, showing how tars from the smoke dirty the bottle. Unfortunately, the rig sprung a leak. Les Shaw, Mrs. George Procter, Mrs. Glenn Coultes and Mrs. William Coultes, sang "Blessed Assurance" and "The Old Rugged Cross", accompanied by Mrs. George Johnston on the piano. Mrs. Coultes closed with the prayer, "Parable of the Nail". Relyrave euchre Seven tables were in play at the weekly euchre which was held in the WI Hall Wed- nesday, March 27. Winners were: high lady, Mrs. Lawrence Taylor ; most lone hands lady, Mrs. Gar- ner Nicholson; low lady, Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse; high man, Ed Marsh; most lone hands man, William Gow; low man, Bert Johnston. There will be euchre again next week starting at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome. SPOTLIGHT SOPHIE FORAN of St. Augustine retired this month after 20 years as a nurse at the Wing - ham and District Hospital. Her efficient manner and friendly reassurances are well known to many local people. With Mrs. Foran, is her daughter Margaret, also a nurse, and the`"eteventtrof her Tit.. children. `Den mother' at hospital, Sophie Foran retires By Margaret Arbuckle An era ended .this month when Sophie Foran, the unofficial "den mother" at the Wingham and District Hospital, retired after 20 years on the nursing staff. Not too many people in the area would not recognize her or, at least, her name because her reputation as an efficient, competent, yet caring nurse has preceded her in the community. 'When asked to describe Mrs.. Foran, William Woodley, the hospital's director of nursing, said she was a person who ably took charge of the evening • shift and, indeed, the actual running of the hospital every day from 4 p.m. to midnight.. Shirley Donaldson, hospital payroll clerk, said she was a person "who never professed to be anything she wasn't a real down-to-earth type." As a nurse, she was compassionate and under- standing and had an uncanny ability to be able to assess a situation at a glance. But some f the younger members of the nursing staff, like 'nda Hickey, Brenda Deyell, Marie Skinn and layton Baird, all said Mrs. Foran exuded other image and was quick to regard her fellow staff members as family. And mothering is one thing she is expert in, since she and her husband John have raised 14 children, three of whom were born after she started to work at the Wingham hospital. Born and educated at Coniston, Ont. (near Sud- bury), Mrs. Foran said she thought she'd like nursing so she went to train at the Ontario Psychiatric Hospital in Toronto. After affiliating in St. Jospeh's Hospital in London for one year, she graduated in 1944: Her mother's ill health drew her back to Coniston sand she went to work at a hospital in Sudbury. While in Sudbury, she met and married John Foran, an Auburn -area farmer. Like most other women back then, she quit work when she married. But raising a family kept her quite busy and by 1962 she had 11 children. As most parents know, raising children is an expensive proposition, and the Forans found themselves faced with incredibly high dental, medical, food and clothing bills. So Mrs. Foran decided to put her nursing skills back to use and start to work again. After all, her oldest child was 15 and responsible enough to take care of the younger siblings, she explained. Was it hard getting back into nursing after a 15 - year break? The only difficult thing was updating herself with the new drugs, she reported; the basic premise of nursing remained the same: taking care of the patient. For the first two years back she worked only part- time, but found she was being called in so much that she decided to work the evening shift full-time. Working from 4 p.m. until midnight was better for her too, because she was able to get up in the morning and see her children off to school, then work around the house until it was time to leave for the hospital. Being forced to shoulder responsibility from an early age made her children more independent, Mrs. Foran said and added she didn't know what she would have done without them all those years she was nursing. They still stick together closely, even today, she said and all of them have had some ' form of post -secondary training. Among her brood there are three nurses, two teachers, a farmer, a secretary and three still in school. At one time she had five children attending university and joked they took so much food from home, she sometimes had none left. As far as future plans -are concerned, Mrs. Foran said she hopes to knit, crochet and perhaps even take up quilting. She will be able to visit her two daughters in Alberta this summer because she and her husband are going oout west on aR trip given to Mrs. Foran by her children for retiring. Will she miss her friends and co-workers at the hospital? Of course, she said, but added she intends to drop by occasionally to see how everyone is doing and hopes they'll come out to see her on the farm.