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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-04-13, Page 12Page 12—The Wingham Advance -Times, April 13, 1983 MRS. GEORGE BROWN Corrie Personal Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burchill of Wingham and Mrs. Margaret Weitz of Thornbury visited last Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferguson. George Hetherington attended the open house at the community hall Sunday in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Emerson's birthdays. Mr. and -Mrs. Wilmer Ross of Cambridge -Preston visited last Saturday at the ' home of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Toner. Mr. and Mrs. William Pierce, Peggy and Scott, visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. John Patton of Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferguson visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lee and Mrs. Elsie Shaddick of Lon- desboro Sunday. Mrs. Vaughn Orser of Stouffville, Mrs. William Barton and Mrs. Earl Freeland of Toronto and Mrs. Harold Bryant of Newmarket visited their aunt, Mrs. Edward Bolan - der, on the occasion of her 85th birthday. rMRS. ALLAN GRIFFITH Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ferguson of Listowel and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sparling of Goderich at- tended the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Lorraine Mor - wick of Guelph last Thurs- day. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Toner were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harrison of Harriston Easter Sunday. Linda Gray of Toronto, lsobelle Gray of Burlington and Douglas Gray of Kingston visited recently with their parents, . Mr. and Mrs. James Gray and Robert. Neighbors from the 12th concession of Howick Town- ship gathered at the home of Mrs. Ila Newton last Friday evening. A social time was enjoyed and later she was presented with a lovely picture and a flower arrangement. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Charles of Listowel and Mrs. Walter Charles visited Mr. Walter Charles in the Wingham and District Hospital Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Wroxeter Personals Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Clement were Dan Isabelle, Melanie and Michael of Etobicoke, and Mrs. Laura Leaver who has spent the past 10 days with her sister and brother- in-law and returned to the city with them enroute to her home in Smith's Falls. Mrs. Margaret Deaken, Walkerton and daughter Gladys of Orangeville visited Sunday afternoon and evening with Mrs. Allan Griffith. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hogg, Kenneth and Kevin of Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. John Thamer, Walton, Mrs. William A. Smith and her mother, Mrs. David Robinson of Toronto, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Holt recently. Little Krista Gilbert, Harriston, spent the weekend with her grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Riley. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Marks spent Sunday at the home of his daughter, Edith and Oliver Grigg, Lucan. Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Clarke were members of their family: Mr. and Mrs. Philip Thompson and little son Andrew of Mount Brydges; Mr. and Mrs. Barry Capling, Sandee, Chantell and Steven of Palmerston; Randy Clarke and friend Cindy Campbell of Wingham. Also present for the baptismal in the Wroxeter United Church and dinner following at the Clarke home were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Thompson and Mrs. Lloyd Thompson of Tillsonburg. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Galbraith arrived home Sunday evening from their winter vacation in Florida. Enroute home they visited at the home of her brother, Mr. and Mrs. Merton Brown and family of Windsor Saturday and attended a family gathering of their children at the home of Jim and Cindy Galbraith of Lucan with Scott and Linda Galbraith and Carleigh of Paisley, Clark and'Sharon Galbraith of Kitchener and Keith Galbraith of Wroxeter. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eaton of Seaforth were Sunday guests with his sister, Mrs. Allan Griffith. 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Guard protection. 00 toe eCo opethto INSURANCE SERVICES KEITH ADAMS 8 Alfred St. Wingham, Ont. 367-3739 Res. 3571847 i otes Campbell of Terra Cotta and Mr. and Mrs. Eric Munro and Tyler of Guelph visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Robinson. Jasper Farrish is a patient in Victoria Hospital, London. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mundell visited last Thurs- day with Jean Campbell and, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Campbell of London. What's new of Huronview? Last Thursday afternoon, Bible study was held in the chapel with Mrs. Milford Prouty in charge. A medley of hymns was sung and Mrs. Prouty was accompanied by Elsie Henderson at the piano. The message was taken from Romans and called "More Than Conquerors". It was given by Mrs. Prouty. The Easter bunny, along with six little helpers, sur- prised a number of residents last Saturday afternoon when they arrived at Huronview to visit. Residents gathered in the activity room to greet the guests for the event and a happy one it was. Everyone will remember Wendy Mitton, a friend to all when she worked at Huronview. Six children from the recently -opened group home in Exeter came to visit with us. There are seven special people .living there, but one had gone home for the weekend. Wendy now is a counsellor at the home, along with three assistants,. and she accompanied the children here. Millie Edwards, one of our residents, had a real sur- prise when she was able to visit with her niece. Elsie Henderson played the piano and It was amazing how the children responded to the music. Residents chatted with the little ones while others held them. In fact, one tiny fellow fell asleep as Betty Scratch held him in her arms. Wendy explained some of the diseases that crippled the children. She said one could talk a little, two were somewhat mobile and the others totally handicapped. They all attend special classes designed for them and will absorb as much as their minds will allow. These are beautiful children and to see the smiles on their tiny faces, one could not help but love everyone one of them. Marie Flynn, with the Huron Strings and guest Hank Green from Exeter, presented a program of old time music. This is a popular hour with the residents and some of them were dancing to the new craze, the Bird Dance. The music session with Bruce Cookson was held Monday evening and we are hoping that more residents will join' in and make it worthwhile. Special care folk met for a social hour in the activity room Tuesday afternoon. They enjoyed taking part in the games and exercises to music.. Coffee and cookies were served. We extend a warm welcome to Mrs. Annie Ruth Taman who has come to reside at Huronview. GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES 5 Year Annual Interest Rates subject to change. An "A" rated investment by the Canada Bond Rating Service. ALL TOGETHER NOW—Mark Weber, Stephanie Gaunt and Shannon MacPherson synchronize their skipping as Mark and Wilma Vandervelde twirl the rope, Quite a number of interesting variations on the general theme of rope skipping were in evidence as students broke the monotony of a three-hour Heart Fund skip-a-thon in a noisy and action -packed gym at the Madill Secondary School last week. Request funds to re.air Fordwich Community Hall GORRIE — "Poorly built in the first place," the Fordwich Community Hall is in need of immediate repairs, according to James Robinson, president of the Fordwich Hall Board. Appearing before Howick Township Council at its April session, Mr. Robinson said board members estimate it will cost between $1,000 and $1,500 for "general patch- work" including repairs to the roof of the building and the chimney. "A patch -up might be good enough for this year," said Mr. Robinson, a former member of council, "but in a few years the hall is going to need a lot of work." "A conservative estimate" of what it could cost to repair the building properly is $20,000, he said. While council gave Mr. Robinson a sympathetic hearing, it advised him to try to obtain a New Horizon grant and encourage local donations to finance the repairs. New Horizon grants are provided by the province for senior citizen projects. The Fordwich Hall is utilized extensively by senior citizens as well as Women's Institute groups and is in frequent demand for com- munity events. The hall also houses a • library and has a pool room in the basement which is used mainly by older people. "It's such an active little place we'd hate to lose it," Mr. R.obinsi n said. Council agreed with him but pointed Fut residents of the Village of Wroxeter had made improvements to public buildings, "pretty much on their own". "It isn't that we're trying to discourage you," Deputy Reeve Jack Stafford said. "We just want to see some"" initiative." "I understand," Mr. Robinson replied: "See what you can do," Reeve William Newton advised. "There might be some money available from the pool room fund, some people might like to donate something -- then if you find you're a bit short, come back to council and I'd think you would get a sympathetic hearing." Mr. Robinson said the hall board presently has about $500 in its account. However when it comes to repairing the building, "We don't know where to start and stop.", When a councillor . questioned his estimate of $20,000 as being "a bit much,", Mr. Robinson replied, "Not really." He said hall board members who looked at the A BLOOD DONOR CLINIC was held last Thursday afternoon at the F. E. Madill Secondary School for students°and interested members of the community. Violet Vermeltfoort, a blood donor clinic assistant, kept a watchful eye on donor Roy Jacobs, a Grade 12 student at the school. building figure it will cost $5,000 for trusses for the roof alone. "Then when you figure tiro by four strapping and steel or aluminum siding it soon adds up." • Coun. Gerald D'Arcey who lives in Fordwich agreed with Mr. Robinson. "It's in bad shape," he said. "It's a good thing we didn't have much snow this year. I personally wouldn't want to shovel it off that roof — it might not take the extra weight. It doesn't look so bad until you get up close to it." Over the years the hall has been struck on a number of occasions by vehicles at- tempting to turn the corner at the hall and cross the bridge to proceed on County Road 30. Besides being "poorly built", many people consider the building to be poorly located. "It's a drop-in and a drive- in centre," Deputy Reeve Stafford commented. Cemetery While he was at the session, Mr. Robinson said, he would request assistance from council for repairs to the old Presbyterian cemetery in the village. Council, he said, hadn't given the cemetery a grant last year because there were sufficient funds for grass cutting. This year however the cemetery board would like to repair some of the stones. "We have about $300 to spend and we thought if council could give us another $300 we could do that much more," Mr. Robinson said. The reeve agreed council hadn't given any money for the cemetery last year because it was understood the interest from a $3,000 grant would take care of the grass cutting. "1 don't expect you to deal with it tonight," Mr. Robinson said. "But now I'm here, i thought I'd mention it to you." Again Reeve Newton advised Mr. Robinson that council would probably give the request for cemetery funds "a listening ear". In another matter having to do with the Village of Fordwich, council reorgan- ized the Fordwich Park Board into the Fordwich Community Park Associa- 1.ion. 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