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Zurich Citizens News, 1970-04-16, Page 11THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1970 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE ELEVEN St. Joseph - Drysdale - Bluewater DEBBIE HOGG 7.36-4857 CORRESPONDENTS THERESA JEFFREY 236-4159 News Along The Shore of Beautiful Lake Huron Along the Blue Water Highway there is an air of expectancy these clays. Farmers are begin- ning to ready their equipment to get back on the land, and their trucks can be seen travel- ling from the towns loaded down with sacks of seed and fertilizer. With the sun shining on the weekend, familiar faces appear- ed from near and far to seek out their cottages and to dis- cover if the long, cold winter had spared their plumbing and wells. On Monday the east wind made a clean sweep, carrying the ice and slush away from the shores of Lake Iluron and. again the clear, blue water could be seen. Spring is here and although it is still a chilly facsimile of the sunnier to come everyone's spirits are lift- ed in anticipation of the long warm days ahead. Visitors at the home of Airs. Sara Jeffrey this past weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mern- avidge who motored from their home in Detroit with Miss Sher- ri Jeffrey who had been visiting with them. Mrs. Sara Jeffrey enjoyed a lovely birthday supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ducharme and visited with her god -child Sister Rosalie of Chatham. Mrs. Valerie Cantin is spend- ing the week in Detroit with her family and grand -children. Fun Night For Kippen East W The losers of the roll call contest of Kippen East Women's Institute treated the winners to a delicious pot luck dinner at Mrs. Charles Eyre, on April 9. Those with perfect attendance were; Mrs. Hoggarth, Mrs. R. Broadfoot, Mrs. Kinsman, Mrs. Connolly, Mrs. Ken McKay, Mrs. S. Pepper, Mrs. Triebner and Airs. Drummond. Airs. Alderdice received the prize for having the nearest anniversary. After a few contests and gacme: some of the ladies remained to play cards and the rest enjoyed a very hilarious game of bowl- ing. High score, Mrs. Kinsman; second, Mrs. Alderdice; low Mrs. McGregor and Mrs. Drum- mond. Mrs. Antoinette Bourque has returned home from a visit with her sister Ann in St. Clair, Mich Mr. and Mrs. Jim llogg mot- ored to Inglewood and Toronto where they spent a few days this past week combiningbusin- ess and visiting friends, ut were happy to return to the fresh Bluewater air after the smog of the big city. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Corriveau last weekend included Mrs. Corriv- eau's sister, Mrs. Tony Masse and husband from Goderich, and brother Mr. Pete Ducharme and wife. Air. and Mrs. Dennis Durand and children were weekend vis- itors at the home of their resp- ective parents Mr. and Mrs. Philip Durand and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Charrette. Motoring from Stratford were Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rau who also visited with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Denom- me and Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Rau, for the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Jef- frey motored to London on Sun- day last with Dir. and Mrs. Pet- er Jeffrey and family and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Pat- rick Jeffrey and Mr. and Mrs. Nap Ducharme. The excitement of an N.H.L. play-off game lured Fred Mom- merstee of the Blue Water High- way and -three other avid fans from Zurich to travel to Detroit where they witnessed the Sun- day afternoon game between the Detroit ked Wings and Chicago Black hawks. Terry Rau, son of Mr, and Airs. Andrew Rau has received his diploma in meat cutting from Conestoga College in Kit- chener and will commence duties as a meat cutter at Al's Super -Save in Ilensall this com- ing week. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frecl Ducharme Sr. were their sons Aubert and Blaise from Windsor and Anthony from Tecumseh. Sister Rosalie who spent the past week helping to care for her mother, has ret- urned to Chatham. Airs. Tyrus Stansberry from Grosse Pointe, Mich, who has also been caring for her mother was joined by her husband on the weekend. On Saturday last, an optimistic son, of the senior Ducharmes (Avila) arrived at their home with his tractor and with the help of the other members of the family ploughed the land and planted YOOL U. SOME PEOPLE ARE tl%E BLISTERS - THEY DONT SHOW UP UNTIL YOLI VE FINISHED THE JOB - 3 General Contracting BUILDING and REMODELLING WE WILL BUILD YOUR HOME • COTTAGE • BARN • GARAGE One contract will take care of your complete project, including PLUMBING • HEATING • ELECTRICAL WORK Backhoe Service Nov Available Aluminum Doors and Windows STANDARD STOCK SIZE DOORS Completely Installed Only $38 Richard DIAL 236-4679 ZURICH tanuartretwomamnisseammenscrammtwommtrammecamaavaeseanwatnemoost=t, potatoes. Mr. Ducharme be- lieves his is one of the earliest crop plantings and only time will reveal the result. On Monday afternoon the children from Grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 of St. Mary's school paid a visit to the Purification plant of the Ontario Water Resources Commission where they toured the premises and found their trip most interesting and inform- ative. Mrs. Florence Denomme is a patient in Westminster Ilosp- ital in London and was visited on the weekend by her husband, Garfield and slaughter Gail. We hope she will soon be well and able to return home. In the South Huron Hospital in Exeter is young Marc Creces, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Creces who is under observation after a fall from the loft in their barn. We also wish Marc a speedy recovery and Home- coming. We would like to thank the many people who helmed to provide us with news for this week's column and a special thank- ou to Mr. Fred Ducli- arnie for his help and encour- agement. In order to keep this column interesting and informative your two correspondents would appreciate hearing from resid- ents and visitors with any news- worthy items! A NOTE FROM MR. DUCIIARME Mr. Ducharme has a big "thank you" to Debbie Ilogg and Theresa Jeffrey, the two new correspondents for the Zur- ich Citizens News. For his many years of writing, he also thanks the publisher for having accepted all articles written by Mr. Duch- arme. We are certain these two brilliant young girls, as corresp- ondents, will give the readers of the Citizens News a weekly budget that the public will en- joy reading. Carmel WMS Hear Reports at Regular Meeting The Women's Missionary Society was held at Carmel Presbyterian church, Monday evening, April 13. President Mrs. R. A. Orr open- ed the meeting with a poem "The motto of a friend, " and read a prayer from the Glacl Tidings. Devotional and study was given by Mrs. Malcolm Dougal and Mrs. Glen Bell. A piano solo of "How Great thou Art, " was played by Linda Bell, slaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob- ert Bell, R,R.2, Kippen. Sec- retary Mrs. Gordon Schwalm. read the minutes of the February and March meetings. A piano duet by Mrs. Ed. Munn and Mrs. Malcolm Dougal. Twenty-eight visits were made to the sick and shut-ins by mem- bers. President Mrs. R. A. Orr, a delegate of the WMS and Mrs. Gordon Schwalm, children's secretary of London -Hamilton Synodical, are planning on go- ing to the Annual Synodical which will be held in Paris, Ont- ario, on April 21 and 22. Next WMS meeting will be held on Monday , May 11, at 8:15 p.m. with devotional and study to be given by Mrs. Harry Snell and Mrs. Grace McEwen, A surprise lunch was served by Mrs. Orr and Mrs. Schwalm. LSMFT SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT We now have a new pickup truck available for rental, to complement our car rental fleet. 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