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'Small: gestures' moHo for meeting BY PAT PALMER • visitors present. From snowi walks~ enjoy- • the biggest difference.~ giving biographies of demo~trated how to

SHEDDEN W1 The meeting began ing the lights, o~g The minutes and trea- members past -and pre- make a gingerbre~d hang-SHEDD EN - 1he De- with the Mary stuart Col- _ presents, or watching the surer's report .was given. sent to · add to the er to decorate each home.

cember meeting of the Iect and Institute Ode. All birds, each member had Volunteers for the Elgin Tweedsmuir Books for As lunch was being Shedden Women's Insti- present responded to the their favourite. · Manox: in January are !his years project. A ·sug- prepared a surprise visi­tute was held at the home · roll call which was The motto for the meet- Madane Connors and gestion to give the ideal tpr arrived - tfte man in -of Pat Palmer 00 Dec. 20 favourite sights and ing was, "Sometimes the Sharon Welch. A thank- book to shut-ins at Olrist- the big red suit came with with 11 members and two _ sounds of ChriStmas. smallest gesture makes y~)\i was ~ved from mas was discussed and gifts for all. Thanl<s to

- • · Mary Ann Campbell who passed. Carl C~amberlain for was an '~p With People" The business portion of adding a touch more fun traveller that the mem- the meeting concluded to . our meeting. Each bers haCl sponsored. followed by a reading ~ member had to sit on~ Thank you's were re- Carol Gordon called. Tile ta's knee to receive his

' ceived from many agen- ~Guest Contin- special gift. Lunch was cies that had ~ved a wng with the program prepared"' and served by donation of money from was a comical readirig by Carol Gordon. Denise the members previous to Beth Vicary with a very Maton and Pat Palmer. the Ch.ristmas season. A comical twist on. The The table decorations thank-you also received Twelve Days of Orrist- were made by Denise Ma­from the S~d~Fingal mas. A sing-song was ton and each member was 4--H Oub with photos <?f held with Beth Vu:ary on able. to take a small felt the members accomplish- the piano and members stocking home with them. ments over the year: gathered around singing All ~oyed the meeting.

Biographies were heard their favourites. 'f!le next meeting will for Deruse Maton and The annual craft was be held at Bethany United Cheryl Garvin. Members then tackled by the mem- Church on Jan._ 24. All are have almost completed bers. Denise Maton welcome.

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thany United Church Biographi~s were P~er on February lifeskills to CNIB for their January heard for Margaret 28th. Thespeakerwill members in Elgin meeting. Fifteen Campbell, Kay Cham- be Mary Marchand, County and London. members'We~present berlain, Ruth Hunter, who has been totally All are welcome. ~ the ~eet;ing beean Beth VicaJ;Y ·and -W1th the Mary Stewart- Dorothy McLaughlin. Coil~ and · lnaQtute A fundraieiniidea was Ode. ~ . . ausee•ted for Rosy ·

Mil\utea- and Rhubarb -.and Denise · · trea~urer•s repo~~ · -~lun~red - tO help.-· were h~ard. All bills Themeeting-portionor·-were paid. · • the evening ~88 com-

Jean Palmer re- plete and the 'fun be-ported for ·the F;lgin gan. · · Coun~y Pioneer· Mu•., Carol Gordon Jllld- .• sewn .. The ~athroom Dorothy introduced · has been P.&Dted and membtu's to the cook­new cup~ w~ books entitled LOoney comJ>leted ~the base- Spoons and Crazy ment. ~ ~~lgi_n Plates. These cook- . ROots""'disp~ itt now; ~ ~ .. ] aw·' fat ready to be Vlewed at meals... -the muaeum in coordi- · ·· "'

ti. 'thth .~.:ft 1 . Dorothy prepared a .

na onwt e\UDp ~y wal.lnJ .... lad . bile at the EJ,m ~ CcM,mty ~.. J~HW · .w · building.- 'A be&utiful C~ dem:~ted a · chicken Wltb -nee cas-mural blJI b.een serole • _ the . ted . all . n~~ y were pam m a am n~rii\Jrand lain . · .--r--- exp -room near the en- ing tlie method . trance of the county · Sh . • buildin aron· Welch con-

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you wasre- · .. · . d l!-- Lois' Old wants to be a Looney-ceive uvm - S .,. Qu . h ti h Christm poonr estions .

am or er 88 were asked of mem-remembran~. A let- bers who'" Could call a ter was rece1ved from 4'-.o: ..... .~ U the di . · ,....~~ au --~ w........... .... . RC? • . ti eaee • t.,. ~ ..

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. m~.~ A-: display for - onatration, lunch was th~ w~~ . served. lt COD8iated of

. discussed .. and ·ne::! W~·Sa!Aa, Chic- . Maton.volunteered to ken Wlth Rice Casse­donate her' tollectl."on role, IAmlon Squares of rollin~ · pins to be and Brownies. AU part or the p--tn were ~rump9ous and

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SHEDDEN W1 SHEDDEN -Thirteen members

and one visitor met at the home of Pat Palmer for the Feb~ meet­ing_ of the Shedden ~·s Insti­tute. ·

The meeting began with the Insti­tute Ode and Mary Stuart Collect. The roll call for the meetings was, What did you do to entertain your­self as a child. Many interesting an­swers were heard from: mud pies, Indian rubber ball games, baseball, dolls, and sticks and stones. Very wilike the children of today's enter­tainment.

The motto for the meeting was, Every time we help one anotf\er we make the world a ootter place. Min­utes and treasurer's report were heard and bills were paid.

A committee of Jean Palmer, Dora McArthur and Beth Vicary was set up to have a plaque made in memo­ry of Dr. David Monteith to be

- placed at the medical centre in Shedden.

Pat Palmer, Sharon Welch and Denise Maton will do the work for the nominating committee and El­gin Manor volunteers for March will be Marlane Connors and Sharon Welch.

Biographies were heard for Pat Palmer, Connie Silcox and Marlane Connors.

The meeting was then handed over to committee convener jean Palmer. She presented a reading taken from the book, From This

-Place. This book is compiled by the FWIO members who sent in stories of the past. This article was written by Marion Facey, a member of Yarmouth Glenn WJ. It was about how she lived in her day. She told of her younger days, including the old crank phone, the Model T and how two irons were used for ironing day each being heated on the stove for use.

Pat Palmer introduced the guest speaker, Ann Carmichael from Shedden whQ works for Madame Vanier in London, Ont. She went to school at Humber College in Toron­to and now works with behaviour managementchildren.ShesupporG the family and parents by helping them cope with school, community and home. Ann Carmichael goes to homes and helps the families deal with crisis, wife abuse, anger prob­lems and simply listens to their problems. She has been well re­ceived into homes and has had many success stories. Ms Carmichael is an excellent speaker and expressed an interest to speak to other groups. She was thanked by Jean Palmer.

Lunch was served and enjoyed by all. The next meeting will be held at the farm of Peter and Fia Beunen on March 28. All are welcome.

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Shedden Women's Institute visits sheep farm BY PAT PALMER

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bers of the Shedden Women's Institute and their husbands were en-

• tettained by sheep .fcinner Petet Beunen lor · the March~

The local !annes;. better known as . the Poor Fanner Froin The GoJi

was introduced by Con­nie Silcox. He came to Canada in 1956, man:ied and· had five children. Members were able to view lambs just 10 days old. Peter Beunen's sheep are fed barley and oats and a special .mix with molasses twice a day. Lambs are sold for meat when they are about 90-

100 lbs. Connie Silcox thanked Mr. Beunen for sharing his farming busi­ness with members and presented him with a gift of appreciation.

Metnbers then retumed tp the Bethany United Church where lunch was served.

The business meeting followed Peginning wi.tli

the roll call for the evening which was to name an agricultural product or animal from another country.

The motto for the evening was, "Planet Earth is our island, given to us tg enjoy, not misuse or destroy."

Jean Palmer reported for the museum. The dis­play called Elgin Roots is ongoing at the museum until April 28 and well worth stopping to see.

Volunteers are still need­ed at the museum to help with inventory. The rug hooking classes are still being offered and new students are welcome.

Jean Palmer also report­ed from the district meet­ing and members are en­couraged to brU\g new members to the June meeting. June is Women's Institute Month. An invi­tation was received from the Kensington Oub !0£ its meeting on May 2 at

7:15 p .m. at Lawrence Hall 'fl:te nominating re­port was given by Denis Maton and committees were chosen for the next year's program. .

The next meeting will be a walking tour of Shed­den presented by 1\veedsmuir History cu­rator Dora McArthur. The Tour begins at Bethany United Church at 7 p..IIL All welcome.

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.~~~- ·~ ~~~nt .. (JV~e~;· ~~~'J~~.t.J14t *-eJ. •. ~~~ -· ~u~.invi~?on to : tJ:l~ executive for their .· Shedden Wom-.~~~~, ... ,t~~P).k.~~~-·\!~·.aP.t9~~t:~ a:9Qtli.~P,..~y -.,v~rk for the year. A Institute met for their buildings sti11 stand- for llene Orchard lovely 1 unch wa·s April meeting.· ~e ing or tom dowit. So being hel,d at the Key- served by the execu-· meetipg beg&Jl wit~ a much his~ry i&·ln the· stone~plex,andde- tive, -and · Dora wa~ walking· 'tour of S~ed- . walls' of a small· town tails for the District thanked for organizing

.. den~ .. le~· l>Y 'Tweeds~ that is so ver)r inter- Annual beini held at the meeting, as well muir History Curator; eating to leam about. Talbotville United as, the work she had Dora Mc-Arthur. - Mrs. McArthur haa Church on May 16th. - completed towards the

Thetourbepnatthe spent numerous time Jean Palmer reported Tweedsmuir books Bethany · United . cop1p~ghistorywith on de~ regarding during the ~ear . . Church __ ·where ... Wfa.·=~"' wtiich Will-always be the p_laque to honour . Nextmeetmgwill be McArthur told Qf the available to pass on to · the late Dr. D.A. Mon· at· the home of Pat tourists cabins that children . and grand- teith: The annual Palmer on May 23rd werelocated8C1"088 the children. The _.tour meeting reports were _. when the speaker will road. .. Along the way · ended and members then heard and Instal- be Mary Marchand ~any ~e~~ buil~- ·.retumedtothechulch · lation-of Officers was from CNIB. All are mgs and former busl· for a 'a'usiness meet- . conducted by Jean. welC9me to attend.

: neaaea !{ere pointed ing'" · .i..;. ::~ . The branch waa .. ·-- .... · out to.membera: SOme -. t · · . • ~ ~~ happy tq have 2 new were the cold atorap, Roll call WBJi. pay- membere join. They beauty. shops, a car- ment of dues B!ld.~- are Marlene Connors riage ihop, a ~ral. _ sv.:ered by -x'ellaom~- and Lorrie- Jones. home,~antiqueshop, ·-.thingyoure~e~rJJl · PenniesforFriendship

- resta~ts an~. ev~ -:Sl}e~den . . t~at no collectedJor the year 1 a jail. Before Shedden . l~n~~~ _ex1s~. More · was $48.61 and a mo- ' had ita present ~e · : -~~rywas l~arned by tion was made to send it was known as Wilk- all members an&V!ers· ·. $75.00 . . Carol Gordon iea Comers, Shawa The motto for the offered to donate a Copl8rl and then Cor- meeting was ,.Be it cr$1\ to the· London ·aleys Cpmers. Other everaohumble,there's Area. members recailed stO- no ~lace like. hom~." The meeting closed __ ._....... __

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' The. Mlfy ~ of -the SheddQQ:- thad to' l>e~ blind or deaf, which would ( Wo~..,.s Jllstityte was-held at tl'¥! ~ ycu choose and why?" Members had _oiP~t f~ wher( ~ members ~ • put mu_~ thought into their answ.ers. , tWo ~·were welOO.med by vice-prei. ~ Ele.ven members chose to be deaf while i~ Brenda Silex»(, ~ was si~?ln .;only twp-cJwse tQ Qe blind. · for pre:sidel\t Conr:Ue Silcc;>x. , · ~

1• -~Mrs. ~d explained,_ that to hl!r,

New programs for_ the year were -~raille ll\efUlS to me- more thap_- print ~ out• and the~ p~ ~to you.'' She said if she was deaf show an U;\teresti:n.gr al;td infonnaij.ve "'~would be unable to do her job. Being year ahe~. Brenda Silcox thanked . blind from-birth is much different thai\ Sharon Welch fQr. printing the ~ having lost your sight She deals wim 0~ again. . . . . clients ~ are losing their sight and

The motto for the evening was: Enjoy teaches" them life skills to make life more each .moment. for e.cll one is a gift - manageable. . . . . Do~y Me~ ~rted-for the • Mrs. ~d brought some tools of

museum. - . ~- the traae wtth her, sud\ as small metal _ ~~tO a recent fire,. the strawberry~ tags with braille on·theJn to help colour

cial will be held on July 18. Brenda Sjlcox _code clothing items. Also · a talking reported for the. Information Booth that wa~ an~ a tool that helps to pour hot ( the m~fS- Will _~ for the Rosy liquidsmtoa tea cup. Rhubarb Festiv:al. on June S-10. Denise Mrs. Man:hand spoke with much co_n- ( Maton has made 150 lapel pins to be sold fidence about her life and her ability to by members to raise money for the Rosy cope. She told members that of the more Rhubarb Committee. , · than·200 members of the CNIB from St.

Thanks was eXp~ to r;>enise Ma- ~gin only about 15 are totally ton for _her labour and many· volunteer blind. Still, !Pey have visual impair­hours to complete these pins by herself. ments that make life challenging in· one -

·Sharon Welch. reported &om the Oisqict , way or cu:wther. She feels i~ a worthwhile Anru.1al .that she attended at Talbotville experience eyery time she can ' help 'United Ouuch. ,. .... _ · - · someone-~who is having difficulty.

Pat Palmer introc;iuced guest speaker .. Sharon W'elch thanked ~ Marchand _ Mfuy ~a iehab~tion teacher for coming. for -the CNIB, who has been blind.. ' ' J..unc!i•was ~then- seryed by Sharon birth and is mar:ried J"ith lPur childreru- ¥felch, Jean·P$ter and Pat Palmer. · She ~·her family have traveDed to The- next meeting will be Jtme 27 at many places over the years and she told . Bethany United Cllurch where Debbie a little of her travelt. ·• ,. Leeming will speak on her, Climb To

Mrs. ~ heard the members' Machu-Pichu. All are welcome.

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beraand2Jue&tlpft.' qrieiuht~ ~pull._(·=~ ent .. at ~- tlw.;4·Bethan1. aroUDd$be·i800'L 1'he~ ~ : · United,Ch~fm'tb8 :.. m~t~eul~ •tn~ale· June~~~~- dunbf!~4'iPW~-~~ _ .3-- u.r -~ ' ' Ibati.tuta- ·a1· ti•--.L.· ·Wt;:J)laiie· · · UCI4 nOJ:q~l}-- , WV1!. ~ .. . . _ , ·1

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~pened -~ ·m~tinr.~ timaa.:._~ ~P!e: 'in She" read:a ah9rt J)O!::' • • ilUa ~~ all 481~

·tion~ a l)ook'.writ- . . on .a· $.;.~all< plot -.. ·ten byt • . .n -~~-~~- and;"~r·r .. ~. the.,. .. ~ clim¥ .~.,v~t: · . moUn~ 4~~~eht. .. j · ·Thi · mo'ttD f for :~ Upon .arnval to. Ma-~-

·ev · · wal. ·~: ·• chu·~.tll8'tc>wiata ' e~~-~-~ ··.wllef.: View·rum. ofbriiinaL·· ev~~~~~~~ . teuipleS 'Bpil~·: ·~~,.:-·~ ... and ~~i~ki;~r :th•~: · Tqc!ay, m~ ~- .· nobocly~ .. ~~lej( ' has ·:_.J{oloo': C&Jmot· ·~~ .• -thought~~ ~llcall,.. out ~~: ·tli~y 'Q~t · · ; 'J'~ a ~frQul South these .tf~ple\L w!th ·America, . w~·.- an· '·auCb.limitedtQOls,etc., · sw~ aU p~nt, tO work-With. ·~Sharon followed with the 'in· · 1 thanked' J;>ebbie with troduction ·by-S)w'on a gill ot appreciation; ·

· Welchofl)ebpiot.eem· ~ ·TbebiusiDiaa:portion . ing. · "S!:Ie'·to14.:.of her_, . of ~· !;meeting- was

· trip . ..tc! P8ru. ~~ . · h~ld;. : ~u~.:. ~~ . Ameli~--~ w}l.~, · t~~!~i·'~·~p~ritJ · ·

-clin1bcMIMIPut·pjcbq... ·were ·~"'A ~~ · ·Itwalberdream,to youwaa~iw<Jfrom · years ·qo. ~ t1lit i .he . ., ' l~ne . Orchard for ~.

-would·travel to South rememtirance for her _ _ America where -the . 90th ·birthday party. Chamber gun for her ~peaker wili ~ Trudy original Inca's had Also a thank you from involvement collecting Steen, a professional lived and built build- CNIB for recent dona- for the Heart and aromatherapist. All ingsandroadsofwhich tiona from the me~- . Stroke for· 20 years. welcome·. are still s~ding and be~s. Elgi~ Manor . She received a be~uti· -

· used today. With a voluntee!s _for . ,the ful wa~ , group of 15' people. and summer 1J10nths were Conni~ . Silcox re­.25porters(guideatliat. Pat Pal:~r. ~lene ported for the Rosy led~~m~d._hel~~ C,9ngoa ~~ CarQ!_Rhub~InformatiOB -

- carry_ aaentials sUCh Gord~ · _ _ Centre •nd any as f~ eleep~r ba~, A· d~nation w~a changes for another etc., for thell' ~y made to Shed:den Fall' ear were discussed. hike) ~ey ~velled and a · committee _of ~\mch was served by treaeheroua terrain Conni! ~ilco%. Shax:on committee of Sharon

· that }¥88 up and d:o~ Welch and Pat Palnier .'Welcli 'Beth Vicary steep~ roll&h portioiia wasehoseilJOJ:~~Fair. · ~nd D9rothy Mc-ofroad. ·. , . ·. · Co~ittee. to ~ 'Yor~ Laughlixi. ·The . trip to ~achu- ~ith the Bethany The ne?tt meeting

Pichu ~be m~d~ hr UCW. . _will be ~ held .on· Sep-bus for those inter- A spe~~ prest:nta- . tember 26th et Beth­

, · ested and attt:acts· up · tion w-as ~ade by any~United Church to 500 people a day. Sharon· W~lc~ to Kay when. the guest

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with · 'This Is YoUr Life' program . BY PAT PALMER

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The September meeting of the Slied.den Women's Institute was held at · Bethany United Church on Sept __.26. President

Connie Silcox opened the meeting with a reading relating to the recent oc­rurrences in New· York, followed by a minute of silence. ·

-The roll call for the

. -meeting was - Tell about doing something special for someone thiS month. Members recalled many acts of kindness towards others.·

Motto (or the evening was: Some people make the world more special just be being in it. .

The summer had been a very busy time for mem­bers as many reports were given. Paf P_almer report­ed for Shedden rair. Members fared nicely with their ladies booth shared with" the Bethany UCW as well as their fair entries. Dorothy McLaughlin reported for the Elgin County Pioneer Museum. Many activities are taking place including a murder mystery at Rosebery Place and coffee break on Dec. 1.

Two welcome books had been handed out by 0\eryl Garvin as well as three cards trom: remem­brance. Sharon Welch re­ported from the district annual and the Cancer Tea details were handled.

· A 4-H display was set up for members to see what the 4-H members had

oompleted. A donation was made

_to the Christmas Shoppe. An invitation was re­

ceived to the Rebecca Lodge on Nov. 10 at Com­plex.

Shedden Country Christmas was explained which includes a tour of homes, Christmas Bazaar at Bethany · United Church, tree decorating and a visit from Santa. · Carol Gordon was in charge of the program P9rtion of the evening. She entitled her program, This Is Your Life, referring to Dora McArthur who is now a life member. Mem­bers divided into groups an~ composed a comical book of memories for her. The book was presented by each group as her life. was divided into her "younger years," her, "growing up and raising children years," and her, "reti.rement years." All thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Dora McArthur was also presented with a life membership pin by Carol Gordon.