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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCK NOW, ONTARIO
Lloyd Ackert Speaker, Suggests
Rqasons People Immigrate To Canada
The general meeting of the Luck
now United Church Women was
held Tuesdiy , • April 25th in the
Fellowship room of the church With;
38 in attendance. In the absence
of the president , Mrs . Harvey
Houston, 'the 1st vice president.,•
Mrs: Elwin •Hall' was in charge. Mrs
'Hall opened the meeting with a
poein entitled"Spring Note" follow
ed by Prayer and a hymn: Follow
ing, the •reading of the minutes, of
the last meeting• and correspon
;deuce ,,.the. treasurer's report and ,
various :committee reports were,
_.presented. All five units •wih forgo
their reg ular meetings in June and'
meet together in' the church for a
centennial meeting. ,T.. a ladies.
Once again have fowl su' PP .• .er
willon e .
October. Mr, Stirling expressed
his•wish that every child have the
opportunityto attend church canip
this summer. To;enehle'tiem to de
so, the U: C. W.; will offer assist ,. •'
alce with•�the registration:.fees. "•
The Citizenship &.Social Action
committee under the leadership of
Mrs: Jas .Arnold were; in::charge 'of'
the devotions', with Mrs': • Arnold
g
o enin with the,edin "I' Had,•No
P. , 9.ra
,.. g
••Time : Following the singing of a
hymn, Mrs, Bryce Elliott read the:
scripture' lessen after which Mrs.
.Vernon Hunter:gave the meditation
"If we live by the Spirit:,. let us•
give the fruits of the Spirit" and '
Mrs. "JackTreleaven led in prayer
'Mrs .S: DeBoer; native to.Holland
and whose family" have become :
Canadian; citizens , favoured ;with
a solo, "How Great Thou Art"
followed by a reading, "Canada
Minis#er.Session
Guests
SOUTH. KINLOSS` NEWS,
South Kinloss young people" met.
g
Sunday evenin •in the church: base
• 'pent. President ,''Jim MaC,Kinnon•,
gave the 'call to'Worship.. Afterthe
opening:hymn the .Lord's Prayer •
was repeated. The Bible,reading
from. John 15 was read responsively ;
led by Bruce ;Colwell .• Mrs. Keith`
•gave the.'meditation on ".Friendship'
Theo€feitory prayer was.given by
Douglas Wall; . 4•
:.During the business period °a,dis
eussion was held on ways of:•using
Y.P.S. funds. Some suggestions
were a sign for the church or'aa
'easel for.use in the Sunday School;
Mrs. Keith presented a colour.
print of the "(.1)..S. group taken at;
Easter to each member of, the
society - also :a copy of the Cent
ennial. Book 'of the •history -of South:
Kinloss Church. published in,1956'
Mrs.` Keith thanked the group for.
their co-operation duringthe
year
and 'said how much she had 'enjoy-
,.ed 'working;with them . Walter
Dickieon behalf of the ,young' •
.people ' thanked. Mrs. .Keith: for her
• splefidid leadership.
During the winter different: rel-,
igions have been studied so•at this
, final meeting the minister ands'
' session were invited to attend, and
Speak in 'a .panel ,or: the :
:.PresbyteriiatrFaith
4 Rev: Rod MacLeod explained the
history and future of the Presbyter-
ian Church
resbyter-
ianChurch in Canada, The group
Went upstairs and were told the
history of the old Communion Set ,
the Baptismal Font', and the
Remembrance flook;,, •
Rev, Mr. Mac;Leod:Vclosed the
• tneeting with prayer.
• Make PIar,,.s: For •
•Centennial Year ..
1867 to 1967" given by Mrs:' Ewart
'Ta1or. Mrs. Chas. Hallam and
:Miss Ada Webster received. the
offering , •which;was dedicated by'..
Mrs Ken Cameron ;
Mrs. Arnold. introduced the ,guest
speaker, Lloyd Ackert~, . who gave
his opinions why people• immigrate
to Canada,: based; on his observat-
ions.during a recent trip to.Europe.
He said that there is a definite
class ,distinction in those countries.
The poverty .is; appalling; there are
no jobs and too many legal rests
aints as. well as overcrgwdiing:•
When people leave to go to 'other'
countries, he believes that'they
are ,seeking housing; better school
'ing and better' job opportunities
They bring'to us, culture , •hard
•work and independence arid are:
good citizens, Why do they,choose
Canada? Ivlr. Ackert thought per-
haps..becaute we are like the
United ,States but not as:extreme
and because Canada .iva •young:
'nation; He referred to Canada as.
.being an.honest broker between
nations'.
Mrs: N'.J MacKenzie vet),
capably 'thanked . Mr .. Ackert for :
his•interestin address •:after which
Mrs. Arnold announced that the
Women's, organizations nn'of Canada
,•.•
•hav
e.a'HosPitalit . Pavilon at 1
.
Ex'' o at which the United Church
Women are to be hostesses, .May :.. .
31st.., The meeting. closed with a;
,hymn, and the ;Mizpah Benediction..
Knox Church*tvening Auxiliary
in Ripley held their regular
meeting in the Sunday School:
Room with Thelma Robinson and.
Victoria Smith conducting devot-
ions. Miss: Florence MacDonald �.
assisted them with'a review of the
Study B ok . A report was given by
those w o had visited the patients
at, the •T ompson Nursing. Home.'
Mrs.' onalda MacLean was .•app-
ointed•as a delegate to attend the
Biennial: Evenin Auxiliary Con
g y
ference; .at Kitchener. Plans were
made to celebrate Centennial -
Year.
Kinlou
g WMS
KINLOUGH NEWS
Mrs. Margaret. MacPherson was
hostess for the April meetin of the
meeting.
of
W M.S. which was held
a week later than usual because of
.the Synodical at. Stratford. .
Mts . , Don, Robertson opened• the
meeting' on the theme Faith o
four
fathers, followed by,•'prayer• and .a:'
h,ymn, • • . .
The roll call was averse using the
word preach. • .•
Business.:was` discussed and corres'-
pondence read 're 'camps at Kintai1
and Goforth Mrs . McPherson and
Mrs, Stewart' MacDonald were
program conveners with; the'. latter
g
presiding. She ave ars .account of
thelirst Presbyterian work; in the
West, especially l Rev. Nesbitt
a
Others:taking tain part were Mrs: Jack'
:
Barr on th : work ofRev.•.las:
Robertson',M.rs.' L: Sutton' on Rev..
Rev; M.
Ruogfi**10:0000411.0.1.imawH
Of Bruce Presbytery, U,C W. To prepare
Booklet Of 1`4 ,Bruce Missionaries
"The' United'Church Observer •
as 'acirculation
-., a .
h wider circul tion in a. large,
citychurch like Timothy Eaton
Metnorial in Toronto than it does
in the whole of• Newfoundland,"
commented Dr.. A. C. •Forrest
during an address to the spring
Meeting ofBrirce Presbytery,
, .
Wiarton, recently.'Dr.: Forrest
has been editor of • the church .
paper for some ten yearsand is
• also currently acting secretary•of•.
the United Church's Board
of Publication
Briefly' tracing' the history of'the
:
'Obse'rver and its antecedents',; he
paid, tribute to The Christian ;
•Guardian,' by describing it as "thea
outstanding religious publication
in Upper Canada in the nineteenth.
century . " However , , The New Out`-
look, which was the name, given
to the first official organ of the •
newly formed .United, Church of
Canada ,. was too literary and
intellectual to have a widespread•
appeal so it consequently €ailed
Its successor, The Observer;
sought instead to inform the .
people of the Church' fror"n coast'
to coast' of the important decisions
and trends'in Christian thought and
action. The. popularity of tl: is
approach is well attested by the
climb" in circulation from• 5J ,000•
then to:over 330,,00.0 now: Howev-
er, despite this tremendous growth;
the editor' was unhappy' about• the
fact that many .smaller aid-
receiving charges still do not sub-
scribe to the church paper. "Our '
main concern" , said Dr 'Forrest,.
"is to.letthe people know i
what s
going on. We have found that
Wherethey are informed , they, will
respond "
In the course of other business
carried out at the.meeting, the
•
Presbytery elected Rey:,Martin
Rue' of the' -Cha �s- Past•=
1 he Bernie lmer
oral. Charge as its new Chairman.'
.The. immediate'P ast chairman is •
Rev, John .Crawford: of .Cape..Croker
An interesting eP. ort from the
'Bruce Presbyterial United Church-'•
.y
Women was presented.by Mrs. N.
.,Belfry.: After surveying the year's
ear's
round of ,activities, :she
comment -1
ed thatthere a g 'is radualbut def
inite trend toward raisingrrion.e
Y
by envelope givings rather than by
fund raising projects•as has tended,
to be the custom with women's
work inahe past.' Asa special
' Centennial; effort, the ladies.. are
preparing a' booklet. which will tell
. of •the fourteen missionaries who •
•have gone forth from• Bruce.•Presby-
tery . •
Members of the, Chureli: Court
were reminded of a series; of
Mission Festivals' to be presented :
shortly The first of these is to be
at St ,' Paul's United. Church, Walk-
erton •on Sunday • May 7th froth
' 2:•30 to 3: 30'p . rn . The next is to
be at Wiarton at the same times
on the day, following and from 7:39
to 10;'00 in the evening, while the'
third is to be Paisley from 8:00
to10:30 p.m. gach•of.these festi-
vats will feature extensive'display's
of the Church's work at home and
abroad , :plus a variety of fifths,
filmstrips, '.panel discussions and
'other presentations:
.Rev . H.R. Stevenson,' Horne.'
Missions Convenor; .annou,nced'that
in addition to providing a student
missionary to serve the Sauble
Beach area this year, plans, are
under way to erect a •place •of wor-
ship for:the many people Who •
vacation there during the summer
rYonths;. It was suggested that this
might become the Presbytery's. .,
Centennial projept', a
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PHONE DUNG•. ANNON' 529-7i97: OR , LUCKNOW 528-3839
John Black; Mrs: Gordon MacDon-
aldon Lucy Barker who worked.
among the Indiaris, and Mrs; Mac;-
Pherson on Our Centennial.project
'Prayer People: and•Programs..
The devotional part of.'the rrmeeting
was the 'Centennial program as
found.in the April Glad,Tidings.
• Mrs. Don Robertson gave .a splen•
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did report on the Synodical held at
Stratford.
The meeting closed by •repeating
in unison the words of a Centenn-.
ial Hymn compbsed by Miss Isabel
Anderson,' followedby'prayer by
Mrs. .Stewart 'MacDonald. An:
auction sale was held and a del-.
icious;unch: served .
Spring MeetingHe
. •
,,The spring meetin.of the Sau Conference', held recentlyin
gees Distr .ct:Boy Scouts of Canada,
wa's:head on Wednesday night at
the Cargill•United•.church With
over 70 in attendance from 'Wing
ham•, Walkerton; Teeswatet, ' Luck -
now, Kincardine, Hanover., •
Chesley Cargill. Durham`, Kinloss
Tiverton .and Ripley:
-The business meeting was preced
ed by a banquet catered•bythe
of theaChurch..,;Harolds
parliek of Hanover introduced the:;
head table. Richard Porter,':Scout-
.master of the Cargill Boy Scout
-Troop:, •welcomed : the gathering to
Cargill and Mel Hart of,Walkerton .
thanked the. ladies for' the, excell- ,
ent•dinneriMr.. Carl' Pry pastor •
of the Cargill •United Church and
Rev'. Father Bianchi 'of Chepstowe;
spgke briefly :.
The meeting was called to order•
, by.the President •of Saugeen: Court -
cal Hamer.
, Roy of H Hover,: The.
,minutes , treasurer's report' and
correspondence:.w.ere given by:•the
.Secretary -treasurer,, Wm Ross of
Durham:,' followed -by the 'District .•
Commissioner's report' by, Archie •
Gowanlock of `Walkerton. Win;.•
Ross gave a report.on`..the Centenn'-
ial Family- Day 'to be held at In-
verhuron Park in .June .'George •
Johnston reported ' on the Provincial
•
Barrie attended by: himself and
the: president, •
:In the president's report, Roy
Hamel touchedl'on' a variety of
subjects',''stressing attendance at
the Church. Parade in Durham on ''
May 28th, .where the: Grey and
Sim coe ,Foresters; Band, will be •in
attendance iri 'uniforms ofearly
Canada;..•
;Lloyd Ackert of Holyrood",'Co-
.orinator' of the' Sau een District
. g , c
Scout Centennial Tour reported
that preparations for that Centenn-
iai
j.. 1. project were being finalized.'
This is a tour to Ottawa , Expo 67
and the Maritimes for three weeks..
„covering. 3 800 miles for 150 ..
boysand; 50 leaders, starting from
,Walkerton on June 30th. He stated
':that the tour'cornmittee were ex
ceedin g,:1 leased ' with •a. $200.00 yp w $
donati n
o f m
ro t
he Lueknow Legion
and over $400:.00 ,.'the _receipts,,:of
a Yg benefit.hocke ame 'sponsored
.
by the Wingham Kinsmen .d A' •
vote, of thanks to these two orgg aniz�
.
ations was unanimously passed.,
The president closed the meeting
,
exPressing his thanks and pleasure.
at seeing somanY of the district
.showing• interest in. Scouting"in ,
Saugeen District.,
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