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THE WcKNOW:szkrrII.EL, LUCKNOW,: ONTARIO.
WEDN,ESDAY,,' DEC, 14th, 1955
A, DONALD ENDS
AVIOEDE°R RESIDENCY
The December Meeting was -
held in the Lucknow United
church which was gaily decorat-
ed for the Christmas season, cen=
• tred by a table on -which the
Nativity was depicted, The pres-
ident, Mrs. - T. A. MacDonald,
opened the meeting with a read-
ing, "God's Purpose", Reports.
were given by the secretaries and
the treasurer. Mrs. Ken Murdie
reported for the nominating com-
mittee that all offices were. fill-
ed. 1VIrs;--4rArille ones-lvaili ad -
vance to president and Mrs, Leon-
ard .;Ritchie to 1st vice, Mrs. Bruce.
MacKenzie `Will be ..Mrs,' 'Earl
White's assistant at Mission Band.
Mrs.. L. Hall, Mrs. C, Crawford,
Mrs. H,' Ritchie and Mrs. Stuart
Collyer offered t look ft the
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WHITECHI.RCH ONT. Phone ,1114-•1 Wingham
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Black -Henderson Group
• The December meeting ' • - of
Group .III of the Women's As-
sociation ''of.' the 'United Church
was;. held . on, Wednesday after-
noon at the : home. of Mrs.. John
Hall'' with 18 members ...present.
• Mrs Black ;presided for ' the op--
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ening_exercises. Mrs. White was_
appointed treasurer' for 1956 suc
.'eeeding'Mrs. R. Robertson. A very
encoitlraginefirnaricial report was
given by the treasurer for . the
year 1955. ::Mrs. ',Cameron , -and
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Mrs.. White were appointed fr•orn.
the Group for. /decorating the'
church for' Christmas: Mrs. W.
Anderson presided for the pro-
gram which' followed, A ,rite giber;
of , Christmas carols were .sung
and a candlelight service was..
engaged' ' in. by Mrs..' A. Andrew,
Mrs. _. >V•'3 MacKenzie, Mrs,. ' B:
'Reach,. Mrs. E. White : and Mrs.
'W. Anderson. ''' An interesting
Christmas. reading was-giv.eri., by
Mrs: McKim. Ther meeting closed
Witha carol and -the. miziah ben-
R SENT _KS.
LIFE MEMBERSHI
The. 'Senior ,Auxiliary •o# the
W.M.S. of the Presbyterian
Church . held ..the annual meet-
ing in .the. Sunday School; Room
on Wednesday afternoon; Decem-
ber 7th with an attendance. of 22.
Miss Mary MacLeod .presided
and • the Christmas', program in
the Glad Tidings was used. Fol-
lowing the devotions, .arrange-
ments' were made • , for sending
Christmas cheer to sick 'and shut.,
ins in the congregation. •
'
The 'Aux iiary--presented Mrs;
R, Reid .with. a life • Membership
certificate, Report were read by,
department secretaries. Mrs. Rus-
sell •,'paid• tribute to '•Miss . Mary
MacLeod: Who. is retiring froin of-
fice after. after serving. sial years as,
president. Mrs. Porteous read. the
January program.. The roll call
was well responded to by thirty-
six members and 3. visitors. Mrs.
MacDonald thanked her: officers
and members' for their 'support
during the year. Mrs. C. • Thomp
son : had charge of the worship
service and acted -as narrator
'reading passages ' of scripture
from. Isiah,. Luke, Matthew; John
and Revelations. Each reading'
was interspersed by a ,Carol.•
Christmas .. solos:. were sung by
Miss Helen Thompson, Miss Mar-
•geret-Rae. and Mrs. Raynard Ack.
.. •
Dyke's works, "Keeping Christ -
was
mss given• bytMrs. Ken'
Cameron.. Mrs. . C Thompson
thanked Mrs., MacDonald for. her.
splendid: work during' the 'year.
A' play, "A • Christmas Party",
was, presented ' by Mrs.. Campbell,
Thompson, Mrs. Stuart Collyer,
Mrs, Harold Greer, Miss Helen
Thompson and Mrs: Harvey Web
ster:: 'Mrs. Alex 'Andrew' thanked
all who took part in' the program
and, wished for Mrs. MacDonald
a happy year in her' .move to the.
city. A Christmas . contest was
conducted by Miss •.H, Thompson:
ediction. A
served. '•by .
charge and a
en the hostes
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dainty, 'lunch was
the .'committee in
vote of thanks. giv-
s.•
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from
our Choice. of these popular '. makes.
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names ' on: the slate of officers,
prepared by .the nominating corn-
mittee .►for . 1956 as follows: hon.
prey.,; Mrs. Mullin, Mrs,' Russell;
prey.; :Mrs: R. Reid; 1st vice, Mrs.
C. Agnew; 2nd •%ice, Mrs. Mc-
Clean.' 3rd' vice, Mrs M. Hender-
son; rec. sec, N; . Malcolm cor.
Sec., Elizabeth Henderson; fin-
ancial sec., Mrs. Adams;. Glad
Tidings sec., Mrs. E. Johnston;
.Rome • Helpers, Mrs. R. V. Mac-
Kenzie ' Mrs. McFarlane; supply
sec., Mrs.. Purdon, ' Mrs. ' R ,T.
Doti _ las • .expense ..fund 'treas.,
rss., i C
:and.. el.£ar_e, , Mrs; Douglas,. Mrs:
Mason; ,program, Mrs.. P: Stewart;'
life. membership sec., Mrs:. C• H.
MacDonald; literary and 1•ibrary
sec. Mary MacLeod; Mission.
Band • leaders; . Mrs.. R.. 'MacKen.
zie, Mrs. J. , MacDonald; . pianist,'
.Margaret: Malcolm;' social* com.-
mittee, Mrs. R. Johnstone, Mrs:.
C.. Cook, Mrs: McCall, Mrs.
on; press sec., N. Malcolm,
The new, officers were install-
ed by Mrs:. McClean.. The 'new.
presidenttook the :chair for the
remainder of the meeting.
After some discussion it.' was
decided to hold the meetings in
the "Sunday • Schooi room ,.of °'the
'church in 1956. Miss Mary Mac-
Leod asked ,for used Christmas.
cards to 'scud to: 'mission fields.
The president closed the meet-
ing with prayer ' and al 'cup" of
tea was served by the social Com'
mittee.
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ACETYLENE' $i ARC WIELDING
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Phone 184-20,, Ripley
THE HOME OF QUALITY SERVICE
and Genuine JOHN DEERE PARTS
HALDENBY.
ELECTR1
•SERVICE
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ST. HELENS•
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• Miss • Margaret 'Miller; student:
nurse at•, Stratford • General' Hos-
pital; . was home for'. the. week-
end.
'Fordyce Pupils Stage Concert.
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Practical GiftsYY
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G.E,.Ele ..tri Fr •.
. - • C c yin Pans $19.95; . �
.•$. 5:45 G:
E. Featherweight Irons $10.95- pii..
• $19.95 G.E.Electric. Kettles - . $.11.95 '
.$ 3.95. G.E; .Hand.: Mixers 4.' $2169.5 .
$47.25 • .Heating rad . $ 4.50. 11
Vacuum Cleaners'.. $99,5.0 i
-42.4,95.
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These Make Lovely;.
Sandwich Toasters $11.95
Electric Clocks . ,
Automatic Toasters' .::--_..:_>._.
Standard Toasters
G.E Floor' Polishers ` .....
G.E. Steam.. Irons : _-- _.....-- .. • $17:50
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RADIO and ELECTRIC
.ersonal.I adids ,.
f> ..i 4.1vIn Atttosi t #ionba ' i> els Riantoi i' it~ftly :stool +'+ `1 3
e ommuni y, - a was .1
to capacity -on' Friday 'evening for
the annual Fordyce School con
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Cert. Mr. Stanley. ,Moore was
chairrnan: 'and under the direct
ion of : Mr. Ross Errrrigton, tea='
cher and Mrs, . Rodgers, • musical
supervisor, the pupils pa'esented. a
fine ` program of choruses, recita-
t1ona, piano solos, rhythm band
numbers ,Si: short plays.Mrs.,Gtr=
aid Dois.cht held the lucky ticket
on the' draw and Mrs John Cam -
Bron won the dicky .chair priie.
Santa appeared , in due'tune and
an 'enjoyable evening concluded'
with lunch and a .dance . to music
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by Eruces orchestra..
Elect W.M.S. Officers
"What Child is This?" was the
:theme, of 'the impressive worship
serViice of Christmas carols and
appropriate. scripture .passages at.
the meeting of the W.M.S. held
in the church on Thursdays after-
noon.. Mrs. W. I. 'Miller, as lead-
er, was assisted by •Mrs: 'John'
Cameron, Mrs. Frank McQuillan,.
Mrs,'W G. Humphrey, Mrs, W.
A. Miller Mrs: R, Errington, Mrs.
Armature and Field Winding,
• Brushes, Bearings, Etc.
Repairs to
Fractional. and Integral
'Horsepower., Motors,
Also Electric' Fans; Vacuums,
• Clippers, Drills, Etc.
, HA LDENBY ELECTRIC
Hinlough
Phone • Ripley °111-r-29
Mrs. , 'G: MacPherson, Mrs.. E.
Barbour, Mrs. L. ,Durriin and.
Mrs P.. C. MacDonald; Christmas
stories were read. by ,Mrs: Lorne
Woods. and Miss W. D. :Ruthei'
ford and 'Mrs. E. W. Rice sabg
a carol. The following. : slate 'of. . .
officers for 1956'was,receivedend
accepted: 'hon.' pres., 'Mrs. Rali�'h.
Howlett; pres., Mrs. W. •T:' mM
vice pres:, 1VIrs John Caeron;.:
see:, Mrs.. Lorne, Woods; trea.,
Mrs; Frank, McQuillin; : pianist,..,
:Mrs: , E. W.: Rice;' 'conveners
Community; Friendship, Miss',«•.
D. Rutherford; Christian Citizen-
ship, Mrs:. Harvey, Webb;, supply ;
Mrs. D. C. McDonald; literatur�t,..
ter=; Ass,ac-i.a to 1
ers,; .Mrs. Alex Murdie; .Stewar'-
•ship, .Mrs. Georges Stuart. Mrs. T:
3. • Todd , presided 'fol- the',W. ,
the •themwhich, of :• , was. "The'
ope....of,...t-hP' Wnild', . 11/f_rs W_A.
Miller read .;the,, scripture lcrs:sur,•
andMrs. E. W. Rice .the lesson,'
thoughts. It was decided to 'pur-
chase an, electric heater'fo': the •
Vestry, A .pleasant • social• hour
.was enjoyed when, .lunch was >er-
ved . with Mrs. ' E. Barbour and •
Mrs.' F'. McQuillin, as hostesses.
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HOSPITAL WING .OPENED •
c : The new 'chronic 'patients trying .
of the Wingham General. Hospital
was officially ' opened ••last. Wed-
'nesday. It has 'a '50 -bed. capacity,
Wingham's first hospital was es-
tabJ:i.shed close to fifty years ago:
with the purchase of a large, '22-
room house. A iiew 50 -bed wing
was built in .1946. at a cost • of,
$110,000, and with a ccomodati'on.
still overtaxed the ,chronic •ng
'was undertaken -in" 1953,--1V .-B:,
Anderson of Lucknow is a •rr.ein-
Chas. McDonald; Mrs. L. McNeill, . 'berof the Board •of Directors.
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.'Phone .181
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are 't'h+t• "1. washed ashed and •disinfected
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