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The •. Langside . W.M.S.. Thank-
' offering. meeting was held . in the
church " on Tuesday',. October 17th
with , Teeswater present..
The meeting, opened with the
call to .worship by 'the' president;.•
Mrs. `Gordon Wall..: The W.M.S.
Purpose ;: was then repeated. The
scripf ure, •: lesson, was ' read.by
Mrs; • Orr. • Mrs "` k` Pollock read
the' meditation✓., `.`.The God ' who
goes before. "":Mrs ``ilei' tt'e ,Why-.,
Rock, led in prayer:; :A poem "Be
Thankful" was' read • by Mrs.
William. Brooks, :Offering was re-'
ceived by' Mrs. Wesley Young :&.
Mrs.' Lloyd Moffat with prayer,
by . " Mrs. Gordon •.. Wall. Chest
speaker was Mrs Victor Emb�er;
• son of • Whiteohurch. Miss Emma
Richardson thanked' Mrs. Dinner-,
son for inspiring message on
"Thanksgiving.". Hymn •: 57'1 was
s inng and the meeting closed with
.prayer..
Ashfield Presbyterian W.M.S..
Mrs. D., R. McKenzie was the'
.leader ; for the•. October,. meeting
of Ashfield . W.M.S. 'Which was
held at the +home of Mrs. Alex
.McDonald` on . Thursday, ibetober
19th. She opened` the. - meeting
with a call.' to ..worship;; prayer
and the ` singing • of Hymn 121.
The: theme of the• meeting was
Thanksgiving; ;Roil call was• an-
swered;4by a Thanksgiving 'verse:
Mrs._Dae McDonald had 'the de=
votional.: Mrs. ` Bruce McDonald
• had the',lesson from the Study
Book '"Into all the'; world.,togeth-
er". Do•.we'.realize, one-half the
world cannot - read;•. and, 'if they;
could they have nothing to read.
Sheexplained how W.M.S. funds
are..speht on literature and educa-
tion, Mrs: D 'R, McKenzie told'.
about ,the W.1VI.5 work With, the
Indians at Kenora and Birtle .re.
•;'sidential Schools. Mrs. Jack "Col -
��raM.em.l*rs
�t Cou�n �A��nua!
Lucknow Public Library Board
was well represented at the an-
nual Bruce County'. Library Co-
operative banquet and, book dis
play 'at .Fort. Elgin last Wednes-
day.
Those in attendance from: Luck-
now were Mrs. Harold Treleaven,.
Mrs. W. R. Howey, Mr. and Mrs.
Stuart Collyer,, Mrs, Jessie Allin,
S. " E, \Rolertson, Mrs. E.: IH. Ag..
new . arich Mrs. Otto Pedersen, lib-
rarian., • • •
•
The gathering of 160 persons
was addressed by Ross Whicher,
M.P;P. for Bruce. With Bruce
County as his topic, Mr. Whicher
dealt With some "not -too -often=
heard" facts and figures.
lir son favored with a solo, " Yv-'
ory .Palaces:" : Mrs Dave McDon-
•
ald very; ably discribed the dif-
ferent types: of. "Grace" we 'use
before and after• meals; This
.Christian; grace was instituted by.
Ohrist, when he blessed the le av-
es.. and fishes at the, feeding . of
the 5,000. Business of the ..meet-
ing:.was conducted tby Mrs. N,Vm:
Ross. Aninvitation was. read to
Dungannon Thankoffering on
day, October` 20th, also an:invita-
tion.' from .the ''Ripley ;Auxiliaries
to their. Thank -offering •meeting;
Satuirday evening, • October .21st
'with, Miss 'Edith " Patterson as
special speaker. The Treasurer's;
Glad Tidings and Life Meanber-
ship reports :.were given. Mrs:.'
D. R. McKenzie and Mrs. D. A:.
McLean 'aret1i• be :the hospital.
visitors • for advember:» There
Were, -19 members sand 1 visitor
present.- Mrs. Dan Wylds was
pianist, There' was also a letter
signed, .by. all :present' to.. Abe sent
to Mrs. (Rev;). J R, McDonald;
who. 'is. in • hospital.:
United Church Hi -C
:The fourth,' 'meeting .of : the
Lucknow 'Hi -C was 'held on Tues
day evening at.:7:30`• at the Unit-
ed. Church:The meeting opened
with a'sing-song led by the song,
leader Mary . Allin.: In the busi-
ness, they discussed ` the possibil-
ity of a ;roller,skating.:party. They
also discussed the conference at
Kitchener .on Friday.,. Saturday
and • Sunday:: Wayne Brooks and
_June .Ackert 'had '.the woirship
service. ` Rev. Howard • •$ ✓app
suggested that perhaps we • could
go some ,Wednesday night •.by 'busy
to ;Toronto to. watch a hockey
Match., There.. were 23 in atten-
dance. . •
Hacketts:
The October meeting of Hack -
gas. .
ackefts.. W.M.S.: was held. at .'the
Home ;sof Mrs.. ;Frank Alton with
13 ;members, 1 visitor present.
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Other speakers included.Public
School. Inspectors, D. W Simpson,.
Alex W..ith and Keith' Wal
die and Bruce County Warden,
Douglas Kreutzweiser, Mr. C.
Gilbert, Reeve' of Albemarle, in-
troduced • :the .guest speaker.
Mr. Whicher said that the: oun-
ty: was : composed of 31 "munici
palities made up of six.•tawns, id
townships, nine: villages, as well
as. two Indian Reserves, and that
it covers allmost a million acres.
The ;'surprising fact,is that despite
all the rock in the Bruce Pennin-
'sura, 80% of the county' is''under
cultivation, he said. ,
Bruce is 'about' 68% 'rural in pop.-
illation
opsulation `and' 32% urban,. with : the,
averagl • age of the people' 'being
31, and :9% •.of ' them are. over, 70:
.Fifty-one percent males'and 49%
females.
' The secondpart of his address
.p.
dealt .'with the • operation` •of . the
County's .government; namely the
Bruce: • County . Council. He .told '
how the 'members .: of the munici-
pal councils make.up'the County:.
organization and how the:' War-`
'dens were :elected each :year.
"1f we Want' better council
members, we've got to : give them
better pay," said "'Mr: 'Whither
``Many now can't afford . to: leave
their occupationsto take part in
;these tYPes:. of offices." 'lie': did
say: that :he : wasn't• working for.
•pay; increases ' to. the 'members,
but' mentioned.; that the council
has almost a million and a half
dollar• •budget and all. the Warden
gets• is $1,125 a year .Which.-' in
,ciudeshis sessional allowance. All
other.,mem+bers .get an allowance
of $15.` per, day while in, session; i,'
and 10c per mile the first day:
"One: of . the,. commonest :criti-
cisms of council .is that . it costs
too 1,i -14h," said the Member for,
Bruce,"but running the county
is Big. Business,":
Persons attending the: banquet
were told that a, new• bookmobile
had been purchasedand that some
"85- new-baoks-were 'now- en .hand-
from the G.' M. Game Memorial
'Fund., This 'fund: was set up a
year ago in the form of :a:.$1,000
bond.• Books are, 'to be : added " to
the library each year. from ;the
bond interest. •
Mrs. Blair 'Robertson, .chief lib-:
;rarian, , stated that, the books
would be going out into the
schools at the next bookeichange;'
The' President; .Mrs. Arnold Al-
ter.' opened the meetingwith
hymn 577. The scripture lesson
was, given by . Mrs. Ralph, '•Came=
ror. 'Mrs. Alton 'gave a reading
"Gratitude to Attitude," Mr. Kai-
ser • led 'in prayei; The 'Study
Book, was taken' by Mrs. Jim Nel-
son. Two hymns were picked by
the members number 444 and
Mr.Kaiser gave. a • talk on their
• trip to the West. Delegates were
pickedto go to the Sectional
' meeting , in Auburn on' October,
24th. Two invitations were eX-
,tended .to • our: 'Society to attend
at St Helens and Dungannon '&
were excepted, Mrs.. Whitby 'of
Lucknow is to speak at our
vember meeting, ' The •meeting
closed with hymn 57§. Mrs. . Frank,
Alton and Mrs;,, Arnold. Alton ser-
ved , lurioh,
•
St. Peters *oinens Guild
The October meeting for. the
Gills; "was heldat• the home of
Mrs Ed, McQullin; 'with mein.
bers present and 3' visitors 'Mrs,
E, Gautit opened the .• meeting
with prayer. .Business • for the
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evening /.included a banquet to.
be• catered for, and plans .for, the
kitchen in the new church hall.
were 'tvide'ly discussed, and. almost
'completed... Miss Wilda ' Dawson
gave the, scripture 'lesson and.
1 Mrs. 3 1etchabaw gave a
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1 oberts, with he word ,faith as
the. roll • call. After closing the
Meeting with ,prayer, lurch was
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