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Early History Qf W.M
Its Origin In 1901
By Mrs. Bert Alton
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THE WJCKNOW 'SENTINEL, LUCKNOW; ONTARIO
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God's fDommnion was the, theme
• of the Centennial Tea held' in
Hackett's United Church on Tues
day ,. April 11'. Mrs Alex •Hackett
and".Mrs•.. Jinn Nelson took the dexo=
tion service. The .resident. of
Hackett`s"U.0 'W. ;":Mrs. Bert Alton
welcomed• the large' crowd of ladies
from several neighbouring churches
Mrs Ken, Alton sang; "The Cent7'
ennial 'Hymn" , Mary 'Anne 'Alton:.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blake
Alton, sang "He'll.understand'and
say well. done",
Mrs. Ben Alton prepared the his-
tory of the Ashfield,,,,W .M .. S. "from . '
its organization in 1901, it, consist
ed of, the four Methodist churches
in Ashfield namely, Blakey, Hack-
etts,. Zion and Hope., Hope did not
survive the years and. faded from
the scene .All that is left, now is
the cemetery on Highway 86,
across from Lloyd Henderson's
farm
The W.M.S.'.. was `organized on
January 28th, '1901 by Mrs.. Cuyler•'
from Whitechurch' and Mrs,, John •`
Joynt of Lucknow:. The following
is a list of the officert:
President, Mrs. J.P.. Oaten, 1st
Vice President, Mrs. 'Wm;.. Blake:;
2nd Vice Resident Mrs: W.H.. Reid
3rd Vice . President Mrs Tom
Webster:, Corresponding. Secretary
• Lizzie Anderson., 'Recording Secre-.
tary Alice Gardiner., Treasurer Mrs.
• R.E. Brown: There were 20
.members.
Fallowing is the list of charter. '
members.
Blakes Miss Lizzie Blake , Mrs.
W.A. Smith (minister's wife) Mrs.
Anson' Finlay, Miss; Lizzie Ander
son, Miss May.Reed, Mrs. Thos
Finlay, Mrs. Richard, Johnston , Mrs
.J..Treleaven; Mrs. Wm.. Blake,
. Mrs. Wm. Stothers, Mrs. Thos:.
Anderson, Mrs. 1-1: Johnston; Mrs.
• John Saunders, Miss Aggie Kilpat-
rick, Mrs. Robert' Henry', Mrs.
Wm'. Smeltzer., Mrs. Thos Blake;
Hacketts: Mrs. :W. P. Reed, Mrs.
James' Lane, Mrs. W.H. Reed, Mrs
• DanielAlton., Mrs: James Alton.,
Mrs. ,John ,Hackett,; • Miss Mary A.
• Alton, Mrs. Wm. Irwin, Mrs. Wm
Sherwood
Zion: Mrs.' James Gardner, Mrs.
Isaac Andrew. Mrs. Jos-. Hackett,
Mrs. John Helm:,. Mrs. James Rit=.
chie , Mrs. Wm . Hunter.
Hope: Mrs. David Agnew; Miss
Maggie Pickering, Miss Etta Pick
ering , Mrs. James Taylor , Mrs
Joseph Taylor: .
The record from 1901 to 1906 has
been lost so :in 1906 the book shows
Lizzie Blake as president of Ash-
field W; M. S, Their' year started
in 'June and they haad'llmeetings.
For six consecutive years only one
December meeting was held All
'. the others had:been cancelled each
year due to bad roads and weather
' conditions. They record Navin 'as'
many as 20 members out and again
as low as 5; The collections rang-
ed from. 290 to' 800. So in those
days'they had bad roads and `few
*members in attendance, and those
were horse and buggy and cutter
days, too.
Their meetings were held in
homes but for the most part'in '
each of the churches,. They sang
• the good old Methodist•hY mns such
asc •Bringing in the sheaves; •Saviour
'More than life to. me; Take the
name ofesus
J wmth.you, I want to
be a worker for he Lord;
t ,Ineed
Thee every hour; Pass ine not 0
gentle Saviour,,
In theirro$
rams.can be seen,
P
•accounts of readittgs and where
Doneda Sherwood recited' the poem
'
a b
O,nl y . oy . Mrs, ,Alton : didn't
mention what year',. then she
married and had only a boy ;
Lizzie Anderson. gave a'reading,'
''The Crime of doing `nothing" , so
those ladies considered it wise to • .
be bus
Other nines on progranimesat
their meetings were: Mrs: Tom
Blake Marian Ritchie , . Miss Ray.
Stothers, Mrs. -Dick Johnstone,
'Mrs.* Dan Alton, Mrs WM Lane,
Miss''B. ;Gardiner, Miss: Leitha
Aiton;, Miss May•Reed and .of
course many others. Mrs. W.P.
Reed' was secretary for many years.
They had many prOjecks.. It was.
surprising that more qui*were `
not reported Made,...
account .;,,
says each.member'was• asked to
bring a. crazy patch work block, 18 •
by, 22 inches, 'another where 3
quilts -were tied at .one•meeting.
In 1911 plans were •made to furnish
a' room at the new Clinton hospital
and that sheets, pillows and 'pillow :.
cases would:' be welcome Even
then the women were concerned
about the' Indians and their future
.and welfare. They were especially
,concerned with the Indian' girls',
and women' whom, they knew hada
a hard tine'.
They were :concerned with fore-,
igners. corning into :Canada. and `
provided ,Bibles to be distributed
o them asthey came here to
make Canada• their home.
In 1906 they record .gathering
eggs for a fresh air camp at Whit-
by. Each year in. May or
June the women were asked for
:one dozen agg gs from each hone.
If the family were large and the.
flock of hens small or poor layers,
less than a dozen were donated,.
'30 to:•45 dozen was average'from.
year ' to year. This practice went
//on :after. 1935 but not g
lon after`:
that. -The women did not gather
eggs .from.cages' or regulation. nests,
but they hunted them from the "
horse Manger, oat box; or hay-
mow:.
ay-mow: The small farm fiock•.is in •
danger of becoming a thing of the
past. The railwa y shipped these
eggs free of charge . • .
Another early piece ,of Christian',;
work was that of canning fruit and
sending it, packed in. -barrels, to
the Deaconess home in Toronto: '.
'It :is said they,:were distributed to'
*the poor :people in Toronto. 70
sealers was the general amount',
sent each: year. They. asked that
the empty seaters be returned so,
that they could be used again,
and when they arrived back in
Lucknow a committee of Mrs. ---
Lizzie Blake from Blakes Church.
Mrs. W, Irwinfrom Hacketts, Mrs
Joe Hackett from Zion and Mrs .
Sawyer'(the.miriisters wife)' Hope
Church looked after them. What
a- job in a horse and buggy to dis-
persethem and gather them again.
Used"clothing was sent to North
Hastings and to the Bancroft Mist -
ion. In •1909 they raised a special
$25.00 tovain ,a. native Chinese
worker to stay in the mission 'field,
'The mast important meeting of
the'entire-year.was. the Easter
thank offering entertainment, arid
is.recorded to beheld on Good Fri-
day evening with an admission of
150 and 10¢ and on One occasion a
flat.14 was charged for everyone.,
The proceeds were usually $10.00•
oto $11.00 and the thankoffering•
envelopes an additional $4..00 to
$5.00. It would appear that just.
everyone went. They had a large
program • such • as one.held at Slakes,-
April 9th in '1908 , . They had a
worshipservice, •followed•by 2 .
choruse from the Hacketts choir,
a solo by .Hattie Nixon, Cantata
S p
"The .Canguering Cross", 'a .dialo:
gue-"Dawn and light" , recitations
by some of the girls, also a recit-
ation, by Vera Alton:•' Collection'
was .$15='.30 including envelopes.
They stressed systernatic giving in
those; days too. In 1912 they raised.
$88, 75 ;for'the year. In 1913 they,,
report N45 members on the roll.
They also subscribed to the .church.
magazine The Outlook. 'It was
reported Mrs. ' Dan Alton collected
the mission money. •She walked as,
a young' lady from: Slakes ,through
to Hope and back, often staying
overnight on the journey. Her.
skirts would be frozen • in the •
winter.
In 1910 Miss• LizzieBlake was mad-
a life member and in;1911 was'
again' elected president. It was at
this point in •last week's meeting
that we. pausedto honour this grand
lady of our church. Mrs. Kaiser
pinned on a corsage. Her -name is
recorded in every meeting, help-,
.ing with ,some part of the program:.
It certainly can be said of'her, She
she was a faithful member of her
society. Letno' one be offended,
for there are many :others ,.who have
gone to their. reward , having 'serv-'
ed their Master well : We are proud
to 'have. Grandma Alton, as she is ,
known to so many, still in our
midst and with us.to-day.
,In a' yearly: report by Ellan
Hackett. she says, •as our members
are scattered over four
appointments, it is difficult t�
attend regularly ,, The women's /
Missionary Society meetings have
been a means of increasing the
missionary spirit among our mem-
bers: It brings, us into closer .touch
with each other; and has proved •
to be a great spiritual blessing to •
•us ,
They have broughtforth much
latent talent. It is our earnest des-
ire that, our auxiliary may strive':
to workmore faithfully for the '
Master, so that it may be said of
us, "They have done what they:
could". 'In 1914 the women divided
-into a W.M.S. 'at_eac1 church
andbecame stronger each year.
Then in 1962 the 0.C. W:.. came
into the picture and from the •
inaugural service this paragraph
wastakken.
It is 'with pride that we look back
on :the %nark women have done' in •
the church. Rightfully we -Can be
proud of the work'they have done
in response to the call of. the
Master to carry the Gospel into all
the world. Their part in the 'con-
gregations at home has been an
essential part of -the Church's life.
In like manner they have been
concerned for the outreach of the:
gospel beyond their owh congreg-
ations.'
Mrs..Alex Hadkett was 'the first '
President: of our. U; C.W. when'the
Women:s Association and Women's
Missionary Society became one.
'These are the names of our Pres
idents from 1914 to 1962. Mrs.:,
Adam Johnstone, Mis; Irvin Zinn,
Mrs. George Lane, Mrs. George
Alton (formerly Elsie Vint), Mrs'..
Cyril Campbell, Mrs. 'Elmer Alton
Mrs. John Mullin:, Mrs. Roy Alton
Mrs: Wilfred Hackett, Mrs
George Alton (formerly Agnes
Hawkwood), Mrs. `Albert Alton; .
Mrs, cl
Bert Alton, .In osing I will
j..,. .,
just say that these pioneer wbmen
have given us a heritage in ser-
vice to be proud of and an exam.
ple to live by.
After:the courtesy remark -SW'
Mrs. Donald Hackett, and the"
closing hymn, Mrs: Albert 'Alton
closed the service with prayer..
. An old fashioned tea was served
V
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Bruce Township Reeve Charges bribery,
Blackmail At County Road Committee
KE OON
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AL Charges rges of using;
"bribery and blackmail tactics"
were levelled at' the Bruce county
highwayscommittee during'a''.
county council session.
Bruce township,reeve John McKee
zie also. claimed .the vote adopt-
ing
, �.
the highways committee bud
get was "illegal".
On Tuesday a 19 := '18; vote appro•
ved a 4/5 mill; increase in the
highway budget. When this
increase was incorporated into the
finance report it took five votes
before the .required two-thirds; . ` `
majority•was obtained to adopt the
report.' o •
•Mr. McKenzie made motion -that
the' debate on the highways report
be reopened but -withdrew` when
given, tentative assurance that the
Devil's. Elbow' Bridge in his, town=
ship would be rebuilt this year
The blackmail and bribery' charg4.
es referred to the form of the
highways committee budget press
enation. It indicated what con-
struction work could be done with
the'
11 forecatt which was
'adopted as opposed to the 8 1/2.
mill rate. in 1966. ,
UNDUE INFLUENCE
Thisiethod ,. .
rr� influences some.•
county council members' votes
when;theay see what will hot
_.. they •
get if the increased amount is not
to over 85 guests in .the Sunday
Schooh room . Many local, and visit.
ing ladies came in• Centennial
costumes and had`their
picture's taken. The many"lighted
coal oil lamps • and kitchen
equipment of iron; copper , brass '
china crockery and glass and the
old spinning 'wheel and skein wind-
er added a touch of memory to the
Centennial scene,
+Y:,'111111ti illi lrate otigii 4.1,110 4,0'0'11.4 .Ar (wail* imir am,
. approved, Mr. McKenzie
said.
d
Committee,
member Wallace
Wilton' of Carrick township said
it is just an .open method of show
ing how far the money allotted by
the county will go.
The Devil's Elbow'bridge may, be
built instead of one proposed, at
Scone.: ,. B
'Harold Wolfe of Dobbinton was
named: to the: county court of re-
vision for a ,three-year term.
Mclvor Cameron of Ferndale for
two .and•Harvey Palmateer of Kin-
cardine -for one.. '
A budget of $14;000 was approv-
ed for the county Emergency
'Measures' Organization.
Council rejected by'a 29 to 12.
vote .a bid' to establish, a county
unit on a 15 -month trial
basis:.
SEEKING AID
A brief will be presented to •the
minister .of education requesting •
that high school students in the
Eruce Peninsula be given the'same
consideration 'of reimbursement '
for\..board and transportation as
istr cts
students in terntorral dofistrm •
northern Ontario • `
The consideration is'recjuested
because some pupils are 70 miles
front the •nearest vocational school.,
Howard Chesney of. Brant town-
ship
ownship was appointed county.repre-
sentative.to Hanover Mem orial.•
Hasp al board
A m tion passed would cut grants
to loco tourist associations by .
half in 1968 and ,eliminate the •
by -the following year withthe
rnoney•now allocated- going to the
regional tourist council for promo=
do , .
Council will consider the•pror •
osal of John McKenzie thatardev-.
eloPm ent road be built along the
Lake Huron shore linking. Port
Elgin and Sou,tharrmpton.:
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