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* P fov at ‘ : a « § ; art of our joy a | an O |ng u 1 T T Christmas is remembering _ | o ‘ Afrao® .. |â€"_â€" meet at Towle home Merry Christmas neo I f P : On Monday evening, Dec. 21, the had been to Portugal last April. They i Fije+t % 39 and Holding Club gathered at the _ gave an interesting report of various : | _home of George and Susan Towle. activities, showed a few items they S And A Harold Pickel opened the proâ€" _ had brought homt, and also showed \\%ig j 3 gramme, greeted all and welcomed and commented well on slides that CRV _ . . all the guests. The minutes were read _ 8ave all an insight of that country. E ~ dnc .. H appy and approved. _ A special collection was given by 8 . *\WQ\ s . _ Audrey Wakem lead a very inspiâ€" everyone for the Salvation Army. A | y ; f crational devotion period. The scripâ€" Contest ended the programme and a F * / * 5 â€"~ M N ew Ye ar . ture passages told how often angels delicious lunch was served by the | \‘l‘; 4s3 2 4 had appeared at the time of Jesus‘ committee, They also presented gifts 1 Mz s _ t From: birth and also later in his life. Angels . ‘to the ones with Dec. birthdays and | ; oc â€" e es : ; were messengers. > also two that had a lucky cup and | wl §(p]~ \ Nancy, Karl & Kurtis ‘~â€" Susan Towle welcomed Gordon another person who had a certain 3 S \i\\ yhog and Georgie Smith of St. Marys, who . chair during lunch time. | t | h 7 + | y»*A§â€"~, Armstrong Motors _23 | | â€"<<g ’.‘® a~,_ 9t Marys â€" *| e ancer 7 | > | Y >\ €1 Browns news . | \} hS 4 * The final euchre party of 1987 at% f [| 7 . 1. | Brown‘s school had 12 games on | | GD . \‘./ Dec. 17. J ‘ [ : td es High prize winners were Joyce | (.wj ® i Ry se s @?\ West and Ed Monteith; Lone Hands \ s S $ â€" Vi Pridham and Frank Levy; Low â€" q))/) [ !\\’ b f ta/ & Helen Elliot and Burns Innes. | K{\‘. ) i5 y \ Lucky prize winners were Leta| \\\ h We is * â€"~f Wood, Cecil Armstrong, Robert | 4 , m 2 . | ‘, Burgess and Grant Johnson. : ' ", 1| | § â€"} ‘ ~ $ ) Everyone is invited on Jan. 14 for 2 2 ’ / / ! 3 [|||â€"<â€"J p ‘lv’ ClA | the next evening of cards. = e m w a\. ~ ; | ts\ 2( P , EeV ' f > | it .. . ts e sl f for Oxford County W.1. - ’_I‘he Oxford County Women‘s given by Mrs. Leonard Caffyn. The speakers for the afternoon, Mrs. Institute Conference was held on three 1987 Scholarshiprecipientsfor â€" Shirley McQuiggan and Mr. Ron Nov. 10 at All Saints Anglican â€" Maryn Pardy are, Catherine Sutherâ€" Kittie from Springford Wood Carvâ€" Church, Woodstock, Ontario. land of Middlesex County, Susan _ ers. They had some beautiful wood } The meeting opened at 10 a.m. Moodie in Oxford County, Heather carving pieces they had done to show | with the singing of O Canada. Gillet of Oxford County. us. The inspiration was given by It was decided there would be They told us step by step how a Embro and West Zomra, W.I. by bursary awards given next year for block of wood, can be carved into showing slides on I Believe followed â€" boy or girl. ducks, eagle,. signs, or whatever you by the hymn I Believe. â€" s Mrs. Butler gave ahistoricalreport © choose. There are courses offered at r O W n S This year‘s theme was For Home _ on their projects for the year. Their Wood Carvers in the Springford â€" and Country, Year of the Homeless. . plans are to have the animal pictures School on Thursday nights. The Roll call was answered by each _ in all the schools soon as possible. amount taken in from the Country h branch donating canned goods or_ They have had a very busy year. Store was very good. It was voted e u c re j money for the Salvation Army. They A potluck dinner was served at 12 _ there will be a Country Store again were received by Major Dalrymtle â€" noon with Jean Brumpton W.I. and . next year. ’ 2 hel from Woodstock. She thanked ev<â€" Maple Park W.LI., the kitchen conâ€" _ Joyce Pettigrew spoke on family Ja,? r?xv :tsgfgff,',{i sp:;([,);lm?tsh nfng eryone.then told us some of the work _ veners. f history, trying to encoura h | the Salvation Army does. She spoke The afternoon session opened by _ W.I. member to do a family%reeee:gd tat,)ll,fis‘ > ladies‘ high Bett of the number of hampers the Army _ singing Hymns Of All Nations. log book. There is excellent informaâ€": Joh 0 ar ‘gere Te h'lgh Bery[ prepared last year, which included Greetings were given from Lonâ€" _ tioninyour Tweedsmuirbooks. Visit _/ BO n}s]on se an _ food, toys, etc. don Area., Oxford North, Oxford _ the Norwich Archives and familiarâ€" lifc o2 hand Poroth Major Dalrymtle asked that the South. 2esy> ize yourself with what is available in Lone hands were Doroiny group stop and think how lucky we â€" _ The group was entertained with a . Oxford County. . _ _‘ Ii/l'lm?crlhand Frz;(l;II(,eV)i;)low Biies are. w skit and duet by Lucille Debus, Betty The Oxford Gounty Conference E rlnI:“ lan;(andr e 1 J The chairperson, Mrs. Howe gave Addlington, Sherrill Babbey from _ will be held again next year at All Een an in mecee opioe her report, then read a poem entitled â€" Comell W.1. and Springford W.L. Saints Anglican Church on Nov. 8, Robmsog ar.lde l;) bh ligrgeis. 'Iz’lée A House is built of Stone. Mrs. Babbey introduced the guest â€" 1988. ons ‘ial ce : Scholarship and Bursary was S SyUUL s