Clinton News-Record, 1956-11-29, Page 84 V
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I985 'Ontario Citamplon Rural Correspondent
PODNE: BA,T041,0 45rla
J%11:7 Parker, London, waS hoe
over tile weekend.
;vase Barbara Bassett, 14c:don,
was borne over the .weekend.
• Ceorge Telfer, Kiterbener was
with bis parents last weekend,
itifisa Marion Makins, London,
Was with Iter Parents on the week*
,ertd,
Sob ThorriPsOn, Detroit, spent
the weekend With friends• in the
and Mrs, Nelson Meatailiq,
Kitcheeer, we're at their home here
over the weekend.
"Taelc, Tillman and two. children,
Tow and ,Toan, Were'at their ca.
tage over the weekend.
Olenn Brandon, Streetalville, spent
the weekend with his • wife and
fainioly at the parsonage,
'glen Sturgeon, Guelph, was with
• his PSrents, Mr. •and Mrs. Bird
Sturgeon over the weekend.
Marilyn $telde had Provided k
cake „for her parents decorated ,in
•keeping with" tbe. anniverSarY.
aWas. Bruce IVIenerey • returned
home On, 'SaturdaY after :haying
visited in Detroit for a foetnight.
•. Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Cooper
and family, Birmingham', occupied
their cottage.over the long week-
. 'Miss. Jessie L. Metcalf speet the
•American, Thanksgiving and week-
end with her mother, Mrs, W. F.
Metcalf.
Mr, 'ano. Mrs. Jame i Sturgeon,
Seeuforth, spent SundaY with has
mother, Mrs, William Sturgeon,
and sisters.
miss Florence Stirling returned
to Goderich last week after having
visited her aunts, Misses A. M. and
E 5. Stirling.
W. W. Higgins returned home On
Sunday after having visited his
daughter, Mrs. Dalton Smith and
. • farnilY in London.
Mr, and Win, W. Oddleifson,
•London, were et their home here
Or the weekend, Mrs. Oddleifson
remained for a longer
XX% Lloyd Westlake and IVIaster
.R,icky returned to Kitchener on•
Monday afternoon with her hus-
band,- CPl, llorl Westlake who
was bore over the weexe.pd,
The 13.ev. and 1Virs, Peter Benner
returned! to the parsonage oh Wed-
nesday evening. of last week, Mr.
Renner brought a, full bag with
him from his hunt—a deer and a
MOOse,
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Mr, and Mrs. Hugh McLaren and
Miss Christine McLaren returned
to. port Elgin on Thursday last
after haying visited Mrs, Mar -
en's sisters, Misses Js.. M. and E.
Stirling, over 'Wednesday.
Ivan Stecide expressed apprecia-
tion for the honouraccorded them.
Mrs. Steckle also voieed ,her
thanks to all for , the gifts. The
guests joinedin singing "For They
Aro• JOBY Good FellowS," before
depart•ing.
After lunch liareld Jackson, Sea -
forth addressed the couple after
which they opened the parcels that
hacl been previously placed on the
piano. . There was •a lamp from
the family, and other beautiful
gifts of china and hammered al-
uminum, useful for serving.
Mrs. R. J,. Watson, Sintalula, is
the, guest ef Mrs, R, a F. G-aird
tier. Edwards Watson) whesis with
theMutualLife Assurance CO: and
been transferred recently to the
head office in.Waterloo, was also
here with his rnother,from Satur-
day until Monday • afternoen.
•• Charles Ritz, Minneapolis, visit-
ed •his sister-in-law, Mrs: T. C.
Bailey, the New Ritz Hotel, on
Monday. Mr; Riti, who is pre, -
dent of the International Milling
cemPanY, has jest returned from a
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Shop :at WESTERN and
SAVESAVE
SAYE
FOR THE CAR. •
Batteries—as; low as '0.96 with trade-in guararv,
tee up to four years.
Snow Tires — Famous Spartan With Road, Hazard
• Guarantee, -600/16 s • $18.95
No trade-rn required.
Western Brand. Anti -Freeze 'Ethelyne Glycol,
Base $2.85 gal.,
FOR IlOcKEY.
Gloves, Pads, Athletic Support, Hockey •Garters„
Shin. Pad Straps, Hockey Sticks,
FOR HUNTING—
Shot GUOS, Rifles (Marlin, Gooey Warrington and
-Richardson, ' Browning);.: Hunting Vests; Bed Rolls;'
Air Mattresses.
Famous Joitite Hand Womers, full size,. made in
USA
$2.95 ea.
Special 80-50 Marlin Lever Action Carbine. Slight-
ty used $30.00 lets thanlist
NEWIflM
Gaff Clubs by- Campbell of Canada, Good Gift
for the Golfer -
PRICES ARE. BORN .AT WESTERN AND RAISED
ELSEWHERE
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MINTON NEWS -1=M
Dishes Nipist Be Do*e
he season of banquets, dinner and feasts .of all kinds is in
full swing. • Net too. •often, while the banqueters are enjoying
the good things on the table, do they think of the ladies o do
the work of preparing and cleaning, up. These workers at I-Iolmes-
ville United ChUrCh have just finished serving the annual banquet
-of Goderach Township Federation of Agrieulture; Front left to •
right Mrs. John Grigg, Mrs. rit E. Glidclon and Mrs, Leslie Jervis,
(New -Record Photo)
Strange Bird, Found At Lakeshore
Finders Think It May Be A Grebe
(By our hayfield correspondent)
• Jimmy Francis found it strange
bird back of the Johnston prop-
erty on the' east side of the vil-
lage on .Sun,day afternoon.
Its identity has been a puzzle,
but after consulting bird books, it
would appear to be a 'young Pa-
.
trip to Russia, and4has been visit-
ing his eld home in lVfitchell.
• Mrs. .7•ohn Sturgeon!, Sr, on
TuesdaY .atterided the funeral in
St 'llhoMas other brother; Russell
Parker,_ Port Stanley, who died
suddenly on. Saturday -of .a „heart
attack. .11e 'Was in Els', 62nd year.
Mrs. Stungeort was adcompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. .1blin Sturgeon;
Misses Marlene Walsh, Blytli;
Mavis Steepe, Clinton, in the jun-
ior. room and Deanna. • Weber,
Stratford, and joie Wightman,
Blyth, iii the senior men, are do-
ing practise teaching in Bayfield
Public School this week. They ire
frern the Stratford Teachers' Col-
lege. Miss Inieber. IS:Staying with
the principal, •Mrs. LeRoy Poth.
On Wednesday evening, Novem-
ber 21, about 30 friends -and rel-
atives surprised Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Steckle. Iheeccasien was thein20th
w,edding-anniversary. A most en-
joyage evening was spent in pro,
gressive. euchre. Prizes went, to
Ldn Talbot, high; Campbell Mc-
eonsolatiort; Joyee Bell,
high; Mrs, Charles Bell,. consola-
tion.
• COhlitECTIONS:
In ,the last issue it Was erron-
eously reported that Ronald Burt;
London,.in Harry Baker's Party,
had been lucky in shooting a deer!
It was Howard Burt, London, and
Ilk Ronald: who was with his uncle
and party. - •
Also in the accoutitiof the Meet-
ing of the L'adies' Amdlialy to
Seouts and Cubi,, it was Mei. Grant
Turner, who gave the secretary.
treasurer's report and not Mrs.
Grant Stirling.
• '
Cie Man Mon Winter
'Arrives At Hut
cific loon or one of ,the grebes
which'breed in the West and the
Arctic. .Jimmy think si it was the
latter. it would take an expert
ornithologist's opinion to be cer-
tain. . •
He walked past it, and then
heard a squawk, much like the
qua'nk of a (ludic, Helooked around
and it was a few minutes before
he found the strange bird sitting
in the snbw. He picked it up and
took it. home. It could neither
steno .not.• fly. °Reg, Franc,is ex-
amined it bust'could find. no injury.
$o they can only surmise that it
get off its path af flight in the
stortrt, or else was sick.
.Jarruny describesit as being
about 13 inches long with a wing -
'spread of about two feet. Its
beautiful plumage was dark grey-
ish brown With buff under feathers,
It had a long neck which. it
stretched up and down, and its bill
was about one and a half inches
long, pointed like a woodpecker's,
and yellow in colour:.
• Obviously a water fowl and ,un.:
able tostanci on land, it was quite
at, home in a shallow basin of
water, and ducked its head under
As if -hunting for food. .But when
put into a large tub, it began to
[mil out its feathers.
Since it was ko hurigry, Jimmy
took it down to Hovey's store to
see if they had "any food which it
would eat, Mrs. Hovey offered it
grapes, hamburg, lettuce, cat food
and wheat. -It nibbled abit at the
grapes hitt disdained the other
foods.
• Jianzny decided to go bunt tip
Some rninnOwS, but the stranger
ekpireeon Monday night much to
his sorrew.
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Township
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Stirten,
(nee Jean Baird) Moose Jaw,
Sask., visited at the .hoine of Geor-
ge Baird and other °relatives on
Monday and Tuesday of this weak.
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STANLES'IOWNSIIIIP FEDERAilON OF AGRICULTURE
ANNILOIL
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Friday, December 7
' 8 pat!.
Enteytainm-ent will consist' e4 euchre and program.
GUEST. SPEAICER:
Clayton Bender, Gowanstown, Zone Director of this
district
Everyone Welcome — Ladies please bring Lunch
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Budgies Gold Fish'
Imported from Germany. -GUARANTEED' MALE SING..
ING,CANARIE& in a goad variety of colours.
CANADIAN BRED outlaws ali colours from talking
strains of finger trained birds.
COMMON GOLD FISH, Calicoe Fantails, Calitoe0ele.
stopes, Shubunkins, Comets, & Black Moor 'telescopes.
Hart* Motintain Budgie and Canary Seed, Condition
Food, WA Cogeii Fifth Bow's, ete, • , „ -
The supply of Budgies and Canaries kr Christmas will
be Whited to- please eixne in and plade your order t strS
early cis passible.
Don' t Wait For A Reootz,
Give Flowers #
Pldwers Wired Anywhere Por Any Occasion
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There is no 491.Vbt 04091.1t the
season`now, The currant blos-
soms and cowslips at --"Ilha
nut", were'shrivelled by Jack
Prost last week, And Old Man
Winter certainly made his
presence felt and found 1l the
cracks in houses to remind
ipeeple of the fact that ho. was
here,
Before the snow .storm last
week, a fleck *Of robins was •
seen in the swelinp near the
Scheel. Are they stayin;eU
Winter, or just late in /nig,
ratihg from farther north?
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THIMSDAY, NOrEMBIMe, 3.9541
Mrs. Cairns was in inirge, assist: Tirouzltsmn LAJoifs-
ed to.y Mrs Z. Thomson largi Miss
Bowey, Miss Margaret Mc-
•940en read a ei4pter, from the
o*, "The "The a:4y 'faits of the
Spiritual Life", The Meeting clos-
ed with /We 1‘iizPali benediction.
• liRtitEFIELD
Mi Angt Watson visited her
'parents over the' weekend.
James MbEWing, -Winnipeg,
Man., visited with, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Dalrymple,
Basil. O'Rourke is in Toronto
hospital after having undergone a
hernia operation.
Word' has been' received that
131Virs.rucetillobeide,rtls Irseerittoiaws, iyformilleriYin
Toronto hospital.
Wiiliam Threlfall, formerly. of
Brucefield, called on Mr. and Mrs,
H. Dalrymple and Mr, and .1Yfrs..
Burdge on his way to meet
his -family in. the West.
Alex Faterson was taken by am-
bulance to Clinton Palle Hospital
on Sunday, where an emergency
operation was Performed. for a
perforated stomach ulcer.
iWMS Remembrance
At the November meeting of the
Wortian's Missionary , Society, a
Remembrance Dair Service was
held with a good attendance.
• Mrs, Daviton opened the meeting
by explaining the Worship Centre..
The Globe represented the two
World, Wars. The tali lighted
candle: Jesus, the Light of the
World; the open Bible -the word pf.,„
God; the smaller red candles those
Who had Made the supreme sacri-
fice; poppies from Flanders Field;
the dove of peace and the motto,
"Lest We Forget". Also she read
a sketch of the life (if John Mt.._
Crae.
The worship service was con-
ducted* Mrs. H. Dalrymple, read-
ing "Life and Shadow". Mrs. 'F.
Bathwell took for the Scripture
reading, Micah 4: 1-5, and Mrs. T.
B. Baird gave the meditation—"Wb
will remember." Mrs. H. Allen
read of war .memorials and -Mrs.
W. Fotheringharn led in the read-
ing of hymn .523 as ,a prayer.
• Mrs. Davison took the chair for
the hilliness 'period and the roll
nail was•. answered with a verse on
Peace...A thank-you.letter was read
from Mrs. W. j. McBeath, and the
• community friendship secretary
reported three cello made. It Was
decided to bold the Christfrias
• meeting on Tuesday evening, De-
cember 11 at 8 o'clock.
The Christian; citizenship secre-
tary, Mrs. N. Walker, gave a'read-
Trig on world peace. The supply
secretary gave the allocation of
supplies for 1957 and read extracts
from letters of appreciation from
the -home mission fields for what
had been received this past year.
The missionary program was in
the forin of, a conversation between
the 4eader and a wornan from
• Indonesia and one from Malaya.
NIELT 019; OzOrignz4
The Tuckersinith TAcliesi
will held their mnua1 meeting at.
the hone of Mrs W1Uan eger'"
son„ Wednesday night, Deeember•
5, at *BO, Aoll, cell will be IMP..
veered by a Christmas verse.
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