The Wingham Advance-Times, 1976-03-04, Page 4I f
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is h—'lila WU*b m Advance -Times, Thurs., March 4, 1976
Events at Brookhaven
By Paddy Ann ten Pas
Percy Clark and a good time was
Amid all the storms of this past
had blowing out candles and
month, Brookhaven residents
'making wishes. "Happy face"
web not forgotten by many local
floral arrangements were pre-
cb4ch groupsadd service clubs.
sented to the birthday people
Valentine's Day began to
from their "Nursing Home
arrive early in the month as the
Family".
Pioneer Girls spent an enjoyable
This month we would welcome
evening and brought with them a
to our home, Wards Sellars of
personal valentine for each resi-
Brussels. Mr. Sellars is a
dent and a lovely spring favouri
widower as his wife, the former
On Valentine's Day itself, our
Cora Souch, passed away a few
local Lions Club was host at an
years ago. He farmed in the
enjoyable party at which each
Brussels area for many years
resident of the home was pre-
and has one daughter, Mrs.
sented with a lovely gift. A fine
Isabel Young of Seaforth. Mr.
sing -song was enjoyed by all.
Sellars remains very active and
Sunday is always a busy day at
we look forward to his company
the home, filled with family visits
at our many programs.
and the friendly visits of our local
An address was given by
Mennonite groups preaching and
singing, which is much enjoyed.
the zone champion and won him a
The local Salvation Army is so
presented the newlyweds with a
faithful with their late Sunday
afternoon visits and their gift of
Belgrave tykes
copies of the "War Cry" which
present. The couple thanked the
are well read and enjoyed.
The young people of the Wing-
begin playoffs
ham Bible Chapel have made the
Oddfellows of North America and
home their project for this year
With y win
and it is a pleasant time of fellow
-
ship between young and old every
1� q�
month.
BELGRAVE — The`Tyke hoc -
A very entertaining evening
key team started the Tri -County
was enjoyed as Unit two of the
playoffs last Tuesday with a 7-2
UCW of the Wingham United
win over Belmore. Scoring for
Church were guests. Beautiful
Belgrave were Bill Haines and
and informative slides were
Paul Coultes with two each.
shown. The delicious fruits and
Singles went to Jimmy English,
candies which they brought were
Robert Gordon and Steven
much appreciated by all:
Bridge.
Thanks, Kinettes, for your
on Saturday the Belgrave team
great games of bingo so enjdyed
played to the Blyth tournament.
by the residents.
In the first game they were de -
Fun and Fitness is held weekly
feated 5-3 by Ripley. Bill Haines
and our group is growing more
with two goals and Steven Bridge
"fit" each week. The staff ap-
with one, scored for Belgrave. In
preciates the interest of Mrs.
the second game Blyth defeated
Morris Swanson in this program.
Belgrave 4-2 with Steven Bridge
Her enthusiasm and talent at the
and Alan Heikoop scoring for
piano make our fitness program
Belgrave. Bill Haines won a
a pleasure for all.
hockey stick as Belgrave's out -
A Bible study is enjoyed each
standing player.
week as a dozen residents join to-
This week they played Belmore
-gether in the Misses McEwan,
on Tuesday night and travel to
Curtis and Mrs. Blake's room. It
the Lucknow tournament on
is highlighted once a month by a
Saturday.
visit from Mrs. L. L. Clarke of
Bluevale and an interesting time
of "sharing" is held around God's
Word.
Lakelet
A good time was had by all at
our February birthday party at
Jim Inglis of Milton and Bruce
which we honored three of the
Watson of Guelph spent ;the week -
home's fine gentlemen, William
end with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Inglis.
Clark, Chester Bilkinson and Wil-
liam Brant. We were privileged
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Demerling
to have as our guests for the
and family of Cornwall spent the
afternoon, Mrs. Mprray Gaunt
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. H.
and Mrs. Wayne Pletch singing
Demerling. Mrs. H. Demerling
for us with Mrs. Swanson at the
travelled with them to spend a
piano. The, beautifully decorated
couple of days with Mr. and Mrs.
birthday cake was the gift of
Kurt Krumland in Ajax.
THE GOR RIE-WROXETER Cub Pack were winners of the hobby competition held last
Saturday in Atwood. Each Cub submitted a different hobby, some of which were woven
products, model cars, copper tooling, posters and school projects. Cub pack winners with
their hobbies are: -Dave Robertson, who received first and second prize; Wayne Bott, first
and second; Dave Harrison, first, second and third; Dave Hahn, first; Dean Bott, second
Post Office
widens range
of insurance
Canada Post customers will be
offered an extended insurance
coverage for all their first, third
and fourth class mail effective
March 1, Postmaster G. K. Sut-
cliffe announced February 26th.
For the first time, all first class
mail can be insured. Other key
changes in the new insurance
package offer maximum protec-
tion up to $1,000 on all insured
first, third and fourth class - mail
compared to the previous $200
limit; coverage up to $1,000 per
bag, carton or equivalent unit
with a maximum of $3,500 per
Postpak shipment.
The Post Office also announced
discontinuance of the automatic
$10 indemnity for parcel post
without payment of fee. The auto-
matic $50 indemnity for Postpak
without payment of fee has also
been abolished.
Mr. Sutcliffe, announcing the
revised insurance schedule, said
the extended coverage is limited
to mail posted in Canada for deli-
very in Canada. All mail or par-
cels to be insured must . be deli-
vered to a counter clerk or rural
mailman and fees paid in ad-
vance.
The indemnities and. -fees are:
Up to $10, 10 cents; $10.01 to $50,
20 cents; $50.01 to $100, 30 cents;
$100.01 to $200, 50 cents; for each
additional $100. indemnity, add 25
cents.
and Jeff Cunningham, first and second. The Cubs placed third in the Maitland District.
Bluevale
Couple presented
Exeter Abby wins
The World y;. er will
L A KEL E T be observed Dan °the r Blue ale
speaking contest
United Church on Friday, March
with mantle clock
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The library books will be
ry 5, at 3 p.m. Mrs. Hardy from the
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Moffat
changed March 11. Salvation Army, Wingham, will
were honored Saturday night
Paul Van Esbrock of Exeter
Friends of Warren Zurbrigg be the guest speaker. All ladies of
with a card party held at Lang-
won the public speaking contest
are sorry to hear he is confined to the community are invited to
side Hall. Fourteen tables of
sponsored by the Independent
Wingham and District Hospital. attend.
euchre were .in play with �gh
Order of Oddfellows, Huron dis-
prizes won by Lillian Young and
trict, last Friday night at Central
_
Bill Moffat. Low prizes went to
Huron Secondary'School, Clinton.
Marilyn Moffat and Iden Breg-
Paul's prepared speech, a
man.
satire on the union of Canada
An address was given by
with the•United States, made him
William Bates and Wesley Young
the zone champion and won him a
presented the newlyweds with a
trip to the United Nations in New
mantle clock on behalf of those
York.
present. The couple thanked the
The contest is sponsored by the
gathering for the gift and invited
Oddfellows of North America and
all to visit them. Lunch was
is called the Pilgrimage of Youth
;
served by the sponsors.
for the United Nations. So far, 54
u
L A KEL E T
students from Ontario have won
the trip.
Mrs. William Werner under-
in the Walkerton
Once in New, York, the
Sweaters
went surgery
students, aged either 16 or 17
Skirts
Hospital last week. Her friends
from all over North America, are
and neighbours wish her a speedy
taken on a tour of the UN and are
Pants `
recovery.
met by ambassadors from differ-
ent countries. The ambassadors
In beautiful shades of ;...
present the pros and cons of the
blue and aqua
UN and each student is expected
to speak to the group about what
he has learned and how he feels
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about the UN.
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A winner will be chosen, one
from the girls and one from the
boys, after all the speeches have
been presented in the UN. Every
week throughout the summer,
students from different areas in
North America will be present at
the UN.
For the past seven years, a
winner or runner-up in the
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speeches has been from Ontario.
Runner-up in the zone contest
was Diane Mitchelmore from
Goderich. Her speech was on the
"Twins" in her family—her
sister and the family dog.
'
Paul and Diane competed
against seven other students
from Clinton, Wingham, Exeter,
a'
Goderich and Seaforth.
Judges were Mrs. Joyce Mon-
teith, Exeter; Mr. Bruce Del-'
SP ORT
bridge, Exeter; and Rev. Taylor,
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Varna. After the contestants pre-
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sented their five to seven -minute
prepared speech, they gave a
one -minute impromptu speech.
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Paul's impromptu speech was
on "My Little Brother" and
Diane's was on "A Wepk at our
Cottage". These topics were
t the contestants tw
KENDRA ROBERTSON, with father Bruce Robertson, principal of Howick Central given o o
School, is not an act to miss. The duet was one act of many performed in the school's minutes before they presented
annual Music Night attended by a crowd of 500 last Tuesday evening. them. \;
THE TALENTED McMICHAEL SISTERS, led by Mrs. Ron
McMichael on the violin, provided a pleasant break from
the singing. The sisters' specialty: step dancing. Left to
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right are Janice, Karen, Judith and Rhonda.' More than 500
people attended Music Night held at Howick Central School
last Tuesday evening.
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