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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1961-01-26, Page 10.•:.:,..*•••:$,::•e•''.•••••••% • ••••••••• • aiaa 'ea*"s'Neia„va., Joy and gaiety, parades and winter sports are considered the obligation of everyone attending the Quebec Winter Carnival. Those who do not join in the festivities are dealt with accordingly and, as seen here, their sentence is a trip to "Bonhomme Carnaval's" snow jail. All that is required for release from the jail is a smile. Convenient services are pro- vided by Canadian National to Quebec City where the carnival is staged between January 26 and February 14. NEWS OF MIDDLETON 1111111111111111.1111111111111=111 WITH A HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN Home Improvement Loans are available through your bank under the National Housing Act for alterations and repairs to the exterior or interior of a home and for a wide variety of other improve- ments. You may borrow up to $4,000 with up to ten years to repay. These loans are also available to the owners of rental properties. • WITH A FARM IMPROVEMENT LOAN Farm Improvement Loans, backed by the Domin- ion Government are available from your bank— up to $7,500 at five per cent simple interest and up to ten years to repay. These loans cover the purchase of all types of farm equipment and Improvement to the farm house and farm buildings. 113 WITH A SMALL BUSINESS LOAN Enquire about Government-backed loans for improvements to small business establishments through the chartered banks—up to $25,000 and up to ten years to repay. Why Wait for Spring? FOR ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, CALL YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICE ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER OP LABOUR, CANADA IT O For a treat in Modern Heating Dial .1-4L1 2-9411 and hove your tank filled with clean burning "CHAMPION MEL OIL". enjoy carefree heating because ".CHAMPION FUEL QM" is insured against explosion and is never carried in 0 truck hauling other high explosive products. A. G. GRIGG and SON `HEATING OILS.. GASOLINE '..0R(ASO.hiaspg,0114- •":ir WA Atoets The monthly meeting of the Woman's Association of Grace C1)=11 was held Wednesday Afternoon, January 18 at the home of Mrs. Donald Farris with 22 ladies and .six children. present. The president, Mrs. Alvin Betties was in charge. Scripture was read by Mrs.. Allen Settles, topic end praYgr by Mrs. '.Gretta 'Torrance. Roll' Call was answered with thePay. meet of fees. Mrs, Harry Torrance and Mrs, John McCowan reported for the making of crib quilts, Mrs, Ray Cox gave .4 report from the official board meet- ing held in Bayfield and Mrs. Alvin Settles from the annual congregational meeting at Grace Church. Money making projects for the corning year were discus- sed. It was decided to have the usual cold meat supper in July. The meeting closed with the .Mizpali benediction and lunch was served by the hestess. The February meeting will .be at the, home of Mrs.' Ray CoX, Congregation The annual congregational meeting of .Grace United Ch- urch was held on ;Tuesday aftertio0n, January 17, in the church basement, Rev, W. C. Smith, Minister of the church, opened the meeting with pray- er. .A.rgyle Lockhart was nava- ed secretary for the meeting and read the minutes of the last annual Meeting. Reports of the various or-. gaintizatiens were read, all showing a balance on hand aft- er all committmenits were Met. Election of officers resulted as follows: board of session, Rev. W. C. Smith, John Tor- rance, Argyle Locki=t and Ray Cox; board of stewards, Austin Harris, Keith Cox, Dan- aid Harris, William Cox and Elgin Cox; parsonage _board, Torn Sowerby, Mrs. Alvin Bet- ties and Mr. and Mrs. Argyle Lockhart; board of trustees, Keith Cox, Ray Cox and Allen Settles. Organist, Mrs, William Cox; assistant organist, Mra. Austin Harris; Sunday School super- intendent, 11/Ira. Mary Manning; assistant superintedent, Mrs. Elgin Cox. Clerk of congregation, Keith Cox; church treasurer, Donald Harris; missionary and main- tenance treasurer, William Cox; auditor, Allen Beatles. Various items of business were discussed and a vote of thanks tendered to the Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Smith, Mrs. William Cox, organist and those responsible for making a successful year. 0 LONDESBORO (Correspondent Mrs. Bert Allan Phone Blyth 37 r 5) WI Will Meet The regular monthly meet- ing of the Women's Institute will be held in the Community Hall, Londesbaro, Thursday, February 2, at 2 p.m. Program in charge of Mrs. Milton Lit- tle, Mrs. T. Allen, Mrs. Stan- ley Lyon and Mrs. Arthur Clark. The hostesses are Mrs. George Thomason, Mrs. Lorne Hunking, Mrs. Cliff Saunder- cock and Mrs. Harry Tebbutt. 0 KIPPEN Mr. and Mrs. Colin Mac- Dougald have moved into Ted Taylor's house at Chlselhurst. Mr. and Mrs. William Cole- man and Leslie moved into their new house in Kippen. Mrs. Wilfred Mellis spent Monday with her mother, Mrs. Rachael Gibson and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bourke, Wrox- eter. Mr. and Mrs. N. Long visited on Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Mac- Millan, Merton, Jerry Moffatt is spending a month at Vero Beach, Florida, the guest of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. M. Routzon. Stanley Jackson, Kippen; Harry Hertzel, Creed:ton; Whit- ney Coats, Exeter; Frank Eedy, Blyth, left a, week ago for Denver, Colorado, to a Hereford sale there. They will be away two weeks. • Mr. and Mrs. Fred Middle- ton left last Wednesday for Los Angeles, California, to visit their son-in-law and daughter, Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Grind- lay, They were accompanied to London by their son, David, whence they entrained for Chicago. W.A. To Meet The Women's Auxiliary of St. James Anglican Church will meet Wednesday afternoon, February 1, at the home of the president, Mrs, Milton Steepe. The members are reminded to bring warm used clothing for the Hong Kong relief bale. Roll call word is "Praise" and there will be a quilt. Successful Social A successful social evening was held ;in SS 9, "Tipperary" School, Goderich Township on Friday evening, January 20, under the auspices of the Wo- men's Auxiliary of St. James Anglican Church, Middleton. John Deeves, the people's warden of St, James: Church, warmly welcomed all present, thanking them for their pat- ronage. The rector, the Rev. E. J. B. Harrison, was briefly present, with a cheery word to everyone. There were 13 tables of pro- gressive euchre. The ladies' Kippen East WI high prize was won by Mrs. Alfred 1-ludie and the men's high prize by Arnold Miller; the ladies' low prize was won by Mrs. Manning and the men's low by B. Brand. Mrs. Deeves won the prize for lady with the most lone hands and Francis Cantelon the men's lone hands prize. Following lunch, an auction of articles donated by ladies of the WA was held with Edward Elliott, Clinton, graciously act- ing as auctioneer. Eddie's re- pertoire of jokes, mostly new ones, and his ready Irish wit kept the crowd roaring with laughter and the articles which ranged from home-made ap- rons, cookies and candy to plastic jugs, screw,-drivers and apples, etc., were sold to ad- vantage. John Smith assisted the auc- tioneer and Mrs. Alvin Dutot acted as secretary for the auc- tion. The president, Mrs. Milton Steepe and her very capable social committee, consisting of Mrs. Arnold Miller, Mrs. 0. Cole and Mrs. John Smith, are to be congratulated on the suc- cess of this party. Page 10-41inten News-Record.Thursday, Jan, 204 1961 NEWS OF PORTER'S HILL .(.0y Mrs. Donald Harris, .faial H1. 2- 36g1 (Hensall Correspondent) Mrs. John. Sinclair was hos- tess at her home on Wednes- day, January 18, for the Jan- uary meeting of Kippen East Women's Institute, Co-hostess was Mrs. Winston Workman. Roll call was answered by stat- ing, "What I eat for beauty and good temper", The motto, "Whether a fel- low end up with a gooSe egg or a nest egg depends on the chick he married," was intro- duced by Mrs. Harry Caldwell, who also led the discussion. A motion was passed that each member contribute '50c to the Bursary Fund for the Children's Aid. Mrs. Alex Mc- Gregor, sewing convener re- ported for the sewing to be done for 1961. Mrs. Verne Alderdice and Mrs. Robert Bell demonstrated a meat and dessert dish. Mrs. Alex McGregor and Mrs. Har- ry Caldwell, leaders of the 4- H club, were presented gifts for the work they had done with the previous project. Mrs. Ross Chapman, com- mented on the topic "Comes Housecleaning Season" and' current events were reviewed by Mrs. Howard Finkbeiner. Mrs. Robert Upshall was win- ner of the spelling match con- ducted by Mrs. 'Gilmer Broad- foot. Miss Joan Sinclair sang a solo "Lonely Little Robin" ac- companied at the piano by her mother. Mrs. Russell Brock gave courtesy remarks and luncheon was served by MrS. Brock, Mrs. Ross Chapman, Mrs. William Bell and Mrs. Kenneth McKay. k r4. Kr. F, •Oerry, erresporiclent, Phone IiU g-7572) Mrs. A. lngs .spent a few days with friend's In Vfkr1),4 over the weekend, Mrs. Victor Hargreaves and Miss Marion Turner, Varna, left by plane for two weeks vacation an Florida. Mrs, Joseph Reid and infant daughter returned home from the hospital on. Thursday last week, The IGOF of Beecefielci en-tertained members from the surrounding area at a euchre party on Friday evening. Mrs. Rohner and Mrs, Daw-.' son are confined to the nurs-ing home and hospital at Sea-forth. Mrs, Gordon Elliott and son Lawrence, spent a few days with her sister, Mrs. George Griffith, Stratford, returning home on Sunday. Mrs. Bruce Menerey, Bay- field, visited with relatives in the village for a few days and also visited with her sister-in- law, Mrs. Ada Reid in Scott BRIMMED Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, 13rucefield's grand old lady, A/4$. Thomas Baird,. Sr., will celebrate liar 101st birthday on Monday, January 30, Mrs. 13aird is a patient at the Queensway Nursing Home She enjoys good health in spite of her failing hearing and poor eyesight. She tells visitors that she had nei-ther a pain nor an ache, r. James A. Howie (left), George E. Sillib (centre) and George Wraith of George Wraith Farm Equipment, Massey-Ferguson dealer representative in Goderich, attended a one week advance technical course at the M-F Service Training Centre in Detroit, Michigan. At the centre, M-F offers dealer personnel one to four-week courses designed to keep them informed on the latest service tech- niques in the farm machinery industry, and to instruct them in the maintenance of recent additions to the company's line of agricultural and industrial mach- ines and equipment. Massey-Ferguson, world's largest manufacturer of tractors and combines, has introduced more than 40 new products to the field in the last two years. 3-4b THE RIGHT IDEA -AND THE RIGHT PLACE A glance at her bank book and there's a smile of satisfaction and reassurance—the money is there when she needs it. Like so many others, she has learned the value of regular saving .. the safety, con- venience and usefulness of a bank account. There are millions of Canadians like her. They maintain 12 million deposit accounts in the chartered banks, 10 million of them personal savings accounts. But a chartered bank is mote than the best ' place to keep your savings. 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