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Business in Ballinafad THE HERALD Wednesday October 18 19M Page By BETTY SOJKA Correspondent A splendid time was had by all who attended the Business People s Dance on Satux day Oct 14 The music supplied by Marion s Country Band was outstanding The band played a wonderful variety of songs as part of their repertoire The dance be ing a sell out was deemed a huge success The dance attracted older residents which made the at especially nice The next chance to shake a leg will be the upcoming Halloween Dance This dance will b held on Saturday Oct 28 at at the Community Cen tre A D J will put on the music Tickets can now be purchased at General Store Only a few members were able to come out for the recent Women s Institute meeting which was held at Mrs Alma Sinclair s The ladies answered to the roll call of How can we help the less fortunate Mrs Sinclair gave the motto which subject was Indifference is the rust that crumbles our society The members made plans for the upcoming district convention A resolution was sent to Erin Township requesting Council to look into the dangerous situation of Brisbane corner where many ac are occurring Clay Curts is undergoing a pain ful time with a broken toe Special thoughts go out to him for a speedy recovery The Girl Guides who meet every Tuesday at the United Church are currently working on their Neighbors badge To complete this badge the girls have to learn about their area Some of the things the girls are learning are where the closest shopping mall libraries and arenas etc are located RECYCLING only our part Please Remember to Recycle This Newspaper Two months and counting Norval United Church turns Santa Claus received mixed reactions when he visited the Christmas and Cards special section at Country Video on Saturday Santa will be on hand al Country Video every Saturday and Sunday through November Starting Dec 1 Santa will also make Fri day night appearances Making Santa feel welcome and peeking over the sleigh are sisters from left Klmberley and Jennifer Grace At rar with Santa are from left to right Laura Johnston with son Nicholas Santa s helper Amanda Inglls Brad Johnston and Country Video owner Debi Tarzwell with Johnston Continued from Page Ed Greensword ran to his cutter in the for his big buffalo fur robe He threw it over the dames and when the others came dashing back with help Ed was calmly tramping out the last of the fire The second was in 1971 when the garage next door blew up in an explosion and burned to the ground Miraculously only mihor damage was done to the church Members of the session were the Rev FA Gilbert LJC Bull Col A L Noble Matthew James Hyatt Switzer Frank Hustler A Clamdge Mrs Guy Jenny Wilson was the first woman elected to the ses sion in 1942 Today there are four women members Many dedicated members have served as Sunday School superintendents and teachers as choir leaders and organists and of of the various organizations within the church the women s groups the couples club and youth groups The last item of business of the Methodist Church was the installa tion of lights in Since church union the property commit tee have been kept busy over the years keeping the church and the parsonage now called the manse in repair At the church the horse sheds were sold and replaced with a car parking area The coal fur was replaced with two oil bur furnaces Redecorating the sanctuary and new red carpeting was followed by improvements to the downstairs that included the kitchen modernized two GEORGETOWN SPA FITNESS CENTRE EXCLUSIVELY YOURS 8771924 washrooms installed tile and carpeting the floors and town water installed A new roof on the church and updating in the electric wiring a new storage shed and re- pointing of the brickwork are re cent projects We now have the fifth generation active in our church today They are descendants from six of the founding members of the church in 1689 We also have the descendants of a good number of families who joined the Methodist families to form the United Church 1925 and many other families who mov to this area over the years all joining together and sharing in God work and worship The pioneers of the past and the new leaders tomorrow are all here celebrating one hundred years to the glory of God From 1889 1924 seventeen ministers served the Norval Methodist Church From 1989 sixteen ministers served the Methodist Church a total of years Ministers in the United Church who served more than five years are 1935 The Rev Nell McKinnon nine years 1942 1949 The Rev Frank seven years 1958 1964 The Rev Lloyd Free six years 1966 The Rev R Walter Ridley 23 years On July The Rev Stephen and Ann BemroseFetter started their ministry here Seniors supper The Georgetown and District Seniors Association is holding an all beef supper at Holy Cross Auditorium on Sunday Oct 22 There will be two sittings one at m and one at p m Tickets are for adults and for children under years old Everyone welcome For tickets contact Lew Ward at 2731 Fern Boisvenue at 9714 POWER tonight POWER Protect Our and Environmental Resources the citizens group fighting the Ac ton landfill site proposal meets tonight Wednesday at p m at Limehouse School Home cooking For those who enjoy good home baking drop into Zellers on Saturday Oct 21 anytime from 10 a to m to the Georgetown Opti Mrs Bake Sale SAVE YOUR BODY NORTH END NISSAN Martin St MILTON MOBILE SOUND SYSTEMS HOURS STEREO SYSTEMS ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR AUTOMOTIVE RECORDS TAPES Sales tenaiWion 877168 RITERION SALESSERVICE INSTALLATIONS CABPET VINYL TILE Georgetown L7G 4108771012 i 41 4044780 Name of Group Contact Person Add Brief Description of Float Please return tttli form no later than November 1989 Mail to Lions Santa Claus Parade Box Georgetown Mark Rush or Tom Cotton 8778769 No Political or Proteet Groups pleaee Parade route forming at Sinclair Avenue Georgetown Marketplace and ending downtown Georgetown NO 1PET CENTRES Moore Park tza Gtoraetown 873 Wartlike