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Cheque for $10,000 goes toward building of the new Catholic church
Join us at Nobleton United Church this Sunday (Nov. 4) at 11:15 a.m. as we listen and learn about Joel 2: 23-32 and Luke 18: 9-14. Our sermon title this Sunday is Visions and dreams. Nov. 7 is our UCW meeting. We meet at 12:30 p.m. at the church. Please join us for lunch. All are welcome. We are having a Pasta Dinner and Euchre Night Nov. 10. Tickets are available from the church or from Sue at (905) 859-4260 at $12 each. Proceeds are to go to our stained glass window project. It all starts at 6 p.m. A most successful event Thank you for all the people who attended St. Mary's Building Fund concert with the Canadian Three Tenors Friday night. The event was amazing and everyone was very thrilled with performance. The funds raised will go toward the building fund for the new St. Mary church. A cheque for $10,000 was presented to Fr. Paul at the Mass Sunday.
"I'd love to get you on a slow boat to China . . ." It must have been a slow boat from China that brought one of the most popular perennials in the history of horticulture to the West, namely chrysanthemums. The Chinese have been growing them for more than 2,500 years, but it wasn't until the 17th century that the first plants reached Europe and, some hundred years later, the Americas. When chrysanthemums arrived in Japan centuries ago, they so impressed the Japanese that one variety was adopted as the Emperor's personal symbol and is today considered Japan's national flower. Chinese horticulturalists took a simple, small, wild yellow daisy-like flower and, over the centuries, hybridized it into many of the types and colours we know today. Hybridization has continued in Europe. The name chrysanthemum is Latin for the Greek khrusos (gold) anthemon (flower). Western botanists discovered this Chinese plant had distant wild cousins growing in Europe, such as costmary (chrysanthemum balsamita), feverfew (chrysanthemum parthenium) and tansy (chrysanthemum vulgare); all popular herbs in mediaeval times. Shasta daisies, until recently called chrysanthemum maximum, are now classed on their own as leucanthemums and pyrethrums or painted daisies, once called chrysanthemum coccineum (red) have recently become tanacetums. The myriad of single, semi-double and double daisy-like flowers in florist or supermarket bouquets and those sold in containers in the fall - all coming in a myriad of colours - are the true florist or garden chrysanthemums known botanically as chrysanthemum morifolium. These are the Chinese connection. Many of these store bought plants come from the warmer parts of the U.S. and will not winter outdoors in our area. I have found chrysanthemums with leaves that have small rounded lobes or indentations generally don't survive winter in my garden, but those with leaves that have deeper, sharper, tooth-like indentations do tend to survive. Clara Curtis, which is a single mauve pink, does do well for me, but her sister Mary Stoker, a single yellow (almost apricot) colour, will not overwinter for me. Both are listed as hardy chrysanthemum rubellum. My strategy has been to check out the gardens in my neighbourhood at this time of year to see what chrysanthemums are growing and have obviously wintered well. I ask the cultivar's name and, if the owner remembers or has a record of it, I can look for it at garden centres. Often I am offered a small rooted piece of the plant, especially if the gardener is planning to divide it. I may never know the cultivar name but I now have a lovely addition to my autumn garden. Hardy chrysanthemums are usually easy-care plants that do well in average soil, to which they appreciate a little cattle manure compost being added. They will not survive in wet conditions or in heavy clay that is wet in both fall and spring. By the by, chrysanthemums (all members of the asteraceae family) are one of the few plants that can be moved in full bloom without setting them back. The Chinese certainly knew a good thing when they found it. The Nobleton - King City Horticultural Society wishes all the blessings of All Hallows' Eve and All Saints' Day. Halloween Race at St. Paul's If you are in high school and think you are too old for trick or treating, join us tonight (Wednesday) at 6 p.m. for pizza, snacks and our amazing Halloween Race through town. You won't want to miss the fun. We will be hosting a series of Saturday morning Bible studies with Rev. Jeff Loach of the Canadian Bible Society (Nov. 3, 10, 17 and 24) from 10 a.m. to noon. All are invited to attend. Join us this Sunday, Nov. 4 at 9:45 a.m. as we welcome Rev. Clive Simpsone to the pulpit. Nursery care (for children five years and younger) is provided during the service and Sunday school for all ages follows at 11 a.m.. Also this Sunday, we will be hosting our Harvest Lunch and Operation Christmas Child shoebox event. If you are not familiar with the program, please join us and learn about the great work of Operation Christmas Child. For more information about any of our activities or events, please contact the church office at (905) 859- 0843. Seniors' euchre Oct. 23 euchre winners were Sandy Tower, Ethel Ireland, Marjorie Bell, Joy Lostchuck, Paula Latanville and Laura Seager. Lucky draw winners were Helen Groombridge, Sandy Tower and Roy Hilliard. The next euchre will be Nov. 6 at 1:30 p.m., then Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. The next bid euchre will be Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. All these games are at the Drop-in Centre. All are welcome and new players are invited. |
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