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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-05-04, Page 2Page 2—The Wingham Advance -Times, May 4, 1983 CURRIES, the year-olds, gath annual AWANA Wingham Bible new A WANA club for three and four - red in front of the awards table at the banquet last Friday evening at the hapel. Club members are Mary Sim- Giveus thisday PIe hel Red Shield ase p the peal The Salvation 292 Edward St Wingham, Ont. Army s mons, Linda Hollinger, Leslie Tenpas (Cubbie), Julia Meier, Kelly Hayden, Anson Van de Kamp and Jennifer Welsh, being presented with Cubbie Bear by Paddy Ann Tenpas. Local senior._ citizens - attend zone spring rally BRUSSELS — Senior citizens have much to share with the younger generation. This was the theme of Rev. B. DeJonge, minister of Exeter Christian Reformed Church, who conducted devotions at the spring rally of Zone 8 Senior Citizens held in the Legion Hall, Exeter, on Wednesday, April 27. Mr. DeJonge said that the younger generatigon can learn many things from the experiences of the older generation and should respect the older generation and consult senior citizens. Each generation, he felt, can be a help to each other with the result that society will have stability. Members from 16 of the senior citizens' clubs in this zone were present, with a total attendance of 119. Brussels Seniors' Friendship Club was represented by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hooper, Fred Thuell and Edwin Martin. The meeting was con- ducted' by president Percy Blundell. The efficient secretary for Zone 8 is Mrs. Irene Johns. Members from each club gave reports on their year's activities. Besides sociability pro- grams, games and lunch, some of the clubs raise funds for charitable purposes. Excellent entertainment at this meeting was provided by a choir of 80 children from Grades 2 and 3 of Exeter School; choruses by ladies from Dashwood; strumentals by Bob We ' er of Clinton and anz Boogemans, Da wood. Lunch was provide ' 1•the Exeter ladies. Senior citizens are one of the country's natural resources and contribute to the lives and well-being of others. Everyone at this meeting had an , enjoyable day as well as learning from the knowledge and exper- iences of fellow senior citizens. prig is a busy mont at r `. ,khaven home Since Easter, April has been a very busy month at the Brookhaven Nursing Home. The first Friendship Tea was held April 7 with the following residents at- tending : Viola Campbell, Margaret Carter, Margaret Curtis, Isabel Kerr, Jean Kelly, Reba Gilmour, Florence Langridge, Agnes Sparks and Edith Ross. Hostesses were Sybil Straker and Mary Redmond and Mrs. Straker said the blessing. The small bunny table centrepiece was won by Mrs. Langridge. Poems read at the tea were: "Raisin Pie", "Dried Apple Pie" and "The Lord Planted a Garden". A new resident at Brookhaven is Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller. Everyone was glad to see Minnie Hingston return after spending a few weeks in the Wingham hospital. Also back is Chester Gilkinson who spent some time in hospital. The residents and staff were saddened at the death jella Keating, a longtime dent of Brookhaven. s Keating was born in don, England, and ed to Canada as a young teenager. She passed away April 17. A film on Canada was shown for the month of April. About 50 young people from the East Wawanosh Public School Glee Club entertained the residents April 13 by %C4it Mr. and Mrs. Harry Garniss, Mr. and Mrs. George Skinn and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Higgins of Catherine Street attended the wedding of Kevin Lee and Debra. _ Howey _on Saturday at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Queen Street, Kitchener. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Ballagh, Catherine Street; during the last week and a half, have included Anson Wolfe of Melbourne, Mr. and Mrs. Stan Wolfe, Harriston, Mrs. Walter Ballagh, Teeswater, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jackson, Guelph, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hiscox, Woodstock, Mr. and Mrs. 3ht ,Ferguson, Listowel, dad,Miss Joan Leishman anfriend of Toronto. singing many beautiful songs which everyone en- joyed. Erie Ward had two weeks holidays with friends in the area. The Kinettes from Wingham held a bingo April 18 and the afternoon unit of the Wingham UCW held a birthday tea last Wed- nesday. Rev. Rea Grant and his wife led the singsong and he played the ukelele and his wife played the accordion. Cupcakes and tea biscuits were served. Sports winners for April were: bean bag toss, Bob Coultes; space target, Sam Vanstone; ball in cup, Jean Kelly; horseshoe toss, Bob Coultes; knock down the castle, Reba Gilmour; bowling, Bob Coultes; and bingo, Viola Campbell. r MRS. LEWIS STONEHOUSE Belgrave Personal Notes Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kum - prey of RR 4, Brussels, who reside on the north half of Lot 11, Con. 6, suffered a heavy loss when their large barn was consumed by fire on Saturday evening April 30. Mr. and Mrs. George Michie returned home on Sunday evening after visit- ing with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gil Tourigny, Eric and Jillian of Calgary, Alberta. Mr. and Mrs. William Nethery and family, Mr. and Mrs. James McLean, Char- lie Procter and Mrs. George Procter traveled on the weekend to Standish, Michi- gan, with the Brussels Legion Pipe Band to partici- pate in the Loyalty Day cele- bration. The band received the Mayor's Trophy atthe-- program. _ _. Mrs. Dorothy Telfer of Weston spent a few days last week with Mrs. Sara An- derson. Ross Anderson of the vil- lage had the misfortune of having a fall last Wednesday and has been confined to the Wingham and District Hospital since then. We are pleased to say that there were no broken bones. Mrs. Mildred Vannan, Clarence Rath and Jack e McBurney arpatients in the Wingham and District Hospital. Belgrave neigh - Area members attend annual of WMS Synodical Society At the recent 36th annual meeting ; of the Synodical Society of Hamilton and London, Women's Mission- ary Society (Western Divi- sion), of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, held in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Owen Sound, Mrs. A. G. Neal of Sarnia was in- stalled as president, Mrs. K. Rayner of Paris as first vice president, Mrs. J. D. Weldon of Lambeth as recording secretary, Mrs. R. Gillatly of Wyoming as corresponding secretary and Mrs. H. Alles of Durham as treasurer. Greetings were brought to the meeting from the mayor of Owen Sound, Ovid Jackson; the Moderator of Churc h Directo St. Paul's Church (ANGLICAN) WINGHAM John Street at Centre Street The Rector: The Rev. John T. M. Swan, L.Th. THE ANGLICAN PARISH OF WINGHAM AND BELGRAVE ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, WINGHAM SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1983 * Rogation Sunday * 8:30 a.m. -Holy Eucharist 10:00 a.m - Sunday School 1 1:00 a.m. - Mattns, The Litany and Sermon Wednesday, May 4th - 8:00 p.m. - The Board of Management Thursday, May Sth - 2:00 p m. - A. C. W in the Parish Rooms 8:00 p.m. - Choir Practice Monday, May 9th - 8:00 p.m. - The Evening Guild Speaker. Miss Rita Rice. Director of The •Wingham and District Centre for the Homebound Thursday, May 12th (Ascension Day) - 10:00 a m Holy Eucharist i THE SALVATION 1 ARMY Edward St., Wingham 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School 11:00 a.m. - Family Worship 7:00 p.m. - Evening Service Home League for Ladies Monday 8 p.m. Kid's Club, Wed. 4 p.m. Couples Club - 3rd Sat each month, 8 p.m. Everyone Welcome WINGHAM UNITED CHURCH 217 Minnie St. 9:45 a.m - Sunday School 11 00 a.m. • Worship "Sacrament of Baptism" Minister: Rev. J. Rea Grant B A.. M Div Organist: Mr Hap Swatridge Telephone. Church - 357-2961 Manse - 357-1072 KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES Rev. T. Trites. 357-1557 Belmore - 10:00 a.m. Bluevale - 11:30 a.m. Sunday, May 8th is MOTHER'S DAY Attend the Church of Your Choice the Synod of Hamilton and London, Rev. Douglas Black; the Moderator of the Presbytery of Bruce -Grey, Rev. Hugh Nugent; and the minister of St. Andrew's,/ Church, Rev. Fred Miller. One evening was devoted to "Heritage Celebration", in which the history of the Women's Missionary Society from 1864, to 1983 was presented by the Presby- terials of London, Huron, Stratford, Maitland and Hamilton. A special presen- tation with readings and music was given by the Canadian Girls in Training of Owen Sound. A guest speaker at the meeting was Dr. Margaret Kennedy, former missionary of the Presbyterian Church in Canada to India. She dealt with the hope and promise of the Christian message, illustrating it with examples of the witness of specific Christians in various areas of the world. She provided an overview of the missionary work of the church at the present time and the task of helping growing churches. The new executive for 1983 was installed in office by NMSr. JOE WALKER Bluevale 1 Murray Gaunt, assisted by Mrs. William Robertson, was in charge of the service Sunday in the Presbyterian Church. "Forgiveness" was the theme of his sermon. Rev. Charles Carpentier was present at the Bluevale United Church Sunday to perform the service of baptism on Lisa Dianne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Goll, and Laura Deanne, daughter of Neil and Linda Warwick, as well as Amanda Nicole, daughter of Bill and Marion Sellers. Rev. Perry was taking charge of a service in Brussels that morning. e Greg Perry is home after having tests and treatment in a London hospital. Miss Margaret Ramsay, former missionary to Guyana. The 1984 annual meeting of the Society will be held in Wingham. Delegates attending from Maitland Presbyterial were Mrs. Robert Bregman, president; Mrs. Henry MacKenzie, historian; Mrs. Gordon Wall, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Robert Arbuckle, second vice president; Mrs. Ira Dickie, Friendship and Service secretary. Representing the Societies were Mrs. Mary "Donnie" MacDonald (Ripley); Mrs. Harry Lavis, South Kinloss; Mrs. John- ston Conn, Wingham; Mrs. James Wilson, Wingham Goforth; and Mrs. Alvin Mundell of Gorrie, honorary president of Hamilton and London Synodical bars wish them all a speedy recovery. Mrs. Margaret Kelly of Brussels visited Saturday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnston. Mr. Clarence Yuill and Mrs. Leslie Bolt visited in Leamington with their cou- sins, Mrs. Mildred Elliott and Miss Edith Stokes, on the weekend. The Huron County Trap- pers' Association met at the WI Hall in Belgrave April 29 with a fair attendance. Ken Marinette and Bob Pegg from the Natural Resources gave a talk on the Hullett Marsh and showed a film on raccoons. Come Alive Club to sponsor play at Howick Central GORRIE — The senior citizens' Come Alive Club held a euchre party April 26 in the Gorrie Town Hall with a large attendance. High prizes went to Mrs. Florence Wilson, Fordwich, and Mrs.; Lila Toner (playing as a man). Consolation prizes went to Mrs. Isabel Adams and George Brown. It was also announced at the euchre party that the Come Alive Club is spon- soring a three -act comedy, "Everybody's Getting Married", to be presented by the Lucknow Agricultural Society in the Howick Central School on May 10 at 8 p.m. ��jiii ,�//'l�%�/" f�/;'''%/ !. /,0 r'//f/%'//!'.loXSiir.,..,:.v"s MAJOR AWANA AWARDS this year went to Bernie Martin, Brian Langendoen and Cathy Meier. Brian won the meritorious award for complefing six years' work, and Bernia and Cathy each completed three years' work, which includes memorizing 300 Bible verses, learning the books of the Old and New Testaments and completing 90 Bible assignments as well as craft pro- jects. A WANA is a Christian youth club which meets at the Wingham Bible Chapel. WINGHAM FRUIT MARKET All Popular Brands Canadian Cigarettes carton 11.95 Schneiders No. 1 Wieners Morn's 1 lb. tub Soft Margarine Weston's 4's Raspberry Swiss Rolls Heinz 1 litre ib. 1.99 .69 .89 Tomato Ketchup 2.19 Heinz 10 oz. Tomato Soup Prod. of USA Can. No. 1 Asparagus No. 1 Head Lettuce 3/1.00 ib. 1.69 .59 Store Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thurs. & Fri. 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p. Closed Sundays Phone 357-2240. We Deliver. 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