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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, •JANUAFIkt 8, 191k'
Mrs Catherine Roth
Seafp' reicipnt. dies
Seaforth area and has lived with
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs Etue Etue since 1967.
)c.- • --Survivin are: daughters;
Sister Henrietta (Dorothy), of
Chatham, Sister Genevieve, of
Port Huron, .Sister Teresa, of
Windsor, anti ',Mary; Mrs. ' M.
Etue, Of Seaforth; sons, Frank, of
Guelph, John, of Mdflett, Mich.,
Joseph, of Detroit. Mich., and
Harold, of London; sisters, Mrs.
Maurice ilseah) Fitzpatrick, of
Kitchener, Mrs. Otto (Effie)
s Posorak. of Detroit, Mich.: and
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Seaforth's oldest resident Mrs.
Wendel Roth, of 27 East William
Street, Seaforth, died Wednesday
December 31st at SeafOrth
Community Hospital. She
celebrated' her 100th birthday,
July 2, 1974 and was in her 102nd
year. .
• Born in Culcross Township in
Bruce County,•she was the.former
of the late Mr—and rs.
Catherine McCormick ' er
ald
McCormick and attended school ,
there Until, she 13. •
She then took her first train
ride - there were no buses then -
to Windsor. where she Ny orked for
a number of velars as a house-
keesey. . ,
W h lie working ;In a hotel in,
Guelph she met her future
husband, Wendelin .10`th. When
she wins 23. they married and set
'up a markt:t garden in, Guelph, A
couple of years later they MON ed
to a ,farm in,the Wingham area.
Recalling earlier' scars Mrs.
Roth on the occasion of her 100th
birthday said She er -noticed
the Depressiim Years and ,added
"I always got enough to cat.''
Her husband, to whom she was
married iriTeeskNater in 189' died
in 1932. Mrs. Roth and her family
then lie ed in London. AlMost 15
years ago, she came- to the
Sister Innocentia (Genevieve), of
Adrian, Mich.; 21 grandchildren;
23 great--grandchildren; five
great-great-grandchildren. She
was predeceased by sohs Daniel
"in 1972 and lnnes when he was a
.
The body. was at -the R.5.Box
, funeral -home. Seafo rth where
prayers were said Friday night.
Rev. H.J.Laragh conducted the
funeral mass Saturday a.m. at St.
James Roman Catholic Church,
Seaforth. - Temporary
entombthent followed in Pioneer
Mausoleum and burial will follow.
• Pallbearers were: . George
Fitzpatrick, Donald McCormick.,
• Edward Rich,. .Daniel Halafian
William McCormick, Arthur '
Devereaux.. - A
3 out of 400 returned
Church cicknowledges card found in fielti
Mail recei‘ u.L.1 since the end of
then. postal strike has, had ,a lot of
surprises for local. ricople,
Mrs. Dale' Nixon of Seaforth 'got
a letter from the LS. Ristaf
service recently. It contained a
The church minister thanked
!Ars. Nixon for sending them a
card \\ hich she had found in a
letter frojr2 a' Warren. ,Michigan pasture last fall-. Apparently the the card she . found. Most of the
Chuith that was mailed on, Oct. card had' heen one of 400 that the other. 400 may haste, been lost
22 . , . church had sent out attach echo altogether because the Michigan
ballions. ' minister said the card from' Mrs.
Mrs. .-Nixon said only the tail ' Nixon \yas one of only, three that
end of a balloon was attached to the church received.
A HURRY.
AST PROMOTION
SEAFORTH COUNCIL — Seaforth's council had its
inaugural meeting Monday morning. Councillors,
with Mayor Betty Cardho, centre, wearing the new
chain of office, are Wayne Ellis, Charlie. Campbell,
N A WAND' AD Reeve John Flannery, George Hildebrand,, Mayor
Cardno; Deputy Reeve Bill Dale, Bill Bennett, John
Sinnamon, -Jim Crocker 'and Clerk-Treasurer, Bob
Franklin. (Staff Photo)
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JUNIOR CURLING CLUB FORMED — The Seaforth
Curling Club has started a new Junior Club'this year.
The• executive responsible' for the junior draw. are
pictured, here. (See story, on sports page) Back, row,
left- to right - Faye Storey,, Vice President; Glen
Stewart, Rick'• SteWart, Jane Ribey , secretary
treapurer. In trle flop-It row are L. to RI John Primpau,
'Dave St. 'Marie, cave Reid',• President and Brian
- Vincent Absent when picture was taken was- Lyrin
Henderspn. • . • (Staff Photo)
Dearing heads MAKE WINTER
GREAT--
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"' 1976, Mr. Dearing said. There is
considerable • room for
.improvement in the hoard's
relations with the general public.
he stressed.
In a lighter note. Mr. Dearing
said he was glad to he back as ••
chairman, and expected his fam-
ily would be glad too. "They -
don't know what the hell to do
with me at home if l'in'not tied-up
somewhere else—. ,
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WEDDIN6 INVITATIONS
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