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Thum, June 20, 1963 Clinton NowA,Recprd,Pole
The organists of the church
down, through the yeaVS began
with Mrs. ''ThornaS Hamilton
leading the singing in Young's
school house, Then Miss, Naomi
Elkin (Mrs. W, C, Robertson)
Miss Annie .Sturdy, Miss Clara
Bamford, Mrs, Geordon Tay-
lor, Mrs, Andrew Kirkconnell,
Mrs. Norman .IYfcQlinchey,, Miss
Margaret Clark, Miss Mary, As-
quith, Miss, Betty Asquith,- Mrs.
Frank Nesbit and at present,
Miss Carole Brown,.
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Clinton Citizens Horticultural Society
Open Rose Show
In Clinton Council Chamber
FRIDAY, JUNE 28th, 1963
RULES FOR THE SHOW
1. Anyone can compete in this
show; not restricted to members.
2. No exhibitor can show more
than one entry in each class.
3. The exact :number of stems or
blooms called for must be shown.
4. All exhibits must be in place
by 11:00 a.m.
5. To be considered a bloom,Ithe
first row of petals on a rose
must be open.
6. Council Chamber doors will be
open to the public from 2:30
p.m. to 9:30 Pm-
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Church To Mark 80 Years
Knox Presbyterian WMS Learns
Of Bible's Many Translations
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Bishop of Georgian Bay to Help
Anglican Congregation Mark Event
AUBURN-.--St, Mark's Angli- course Pioneer character, and 'were also rectors while the Ser-
vice was held there, coming on
horse-back from Clinton,
George Fulton gave the land
St. Mark's church is built on.
The church was built some-
where in the early 1870's.
When the structure was almost
completed a high wind took the
roof off, Sometime later a new
roof was put on' by the late
Samuel Caldwell, Robert Medd
and Thomas Nicholson, staunch
members of the church.
WA Meets
Mrs. Ed Davies, president of
the Ladies' Aid of the Presby-
terian Church, was in-charge of
the June meeting and welcom-
ed guests and members to the
meeting.
It was decided to give a don-
ation to the daily vacation
Bible school and plans were
discussed to send girls to camp,
The minutes were read by
the secretary, Mrs. Roy Daer
and she gave the financial
statement.
Letters of thanks for dona-
tions made to Ewart College
in memory of loved ones were
read from Dr. D. J. Lane, Mrs.
Clayton Edwards and Mr. Jam-
es Scott. The meeting was
closed and a dainty lunch was
served by Mrs. Donald Haines,
assisted by her daughter, Miss
Margaret Haines.
covered a large territory.
The parish may be said to
have embraced the whole of
what was then known as the
Huron Tract held under charter
by the Canada_ Company, It
included such places as Sea-
forth, Clinton, Dungannen, Port
Albert and other points.
For Manchester (as Auburn
was then called) services were
held in Young's school house.
Rev. J. W. Sime, was the first
minister for this church. He
lived at Dungannon, ministered
at Young's school house, St.
Helens and Lucknow.
Rey. Jones and Rev. Bland
AUBURN-The June meet- the roll call was answered by
a Bible verse containing the
word, "Garden". The minutes
were adopted as read by the
secretary, Mrs. Donald Haines.
It was decided to observe the
75th anniversary of the WMS
at the fall rally of the Huron
Presbyterial which will be held
in Clinton this September.
Plans were made to make some
layettes for the bale and any-
one with used children's cloth-
ing is asked to bring it in be-
fore the bale goes in Septem-
ber.
An invitation to attend St.
Mark's Anglican Church meet-
ing on June 25 was accepted
and a Bible quiz on grains and
hair was conducted by Mrs.
Wesley Bradnock. The offering
was received by Mrs. Donald
Haines and accepted with pray-
er by Miss Minnie Wagner.
An interesting topic on the
Translation of the Bible was
given by Mrs. Roy Daer. She
told about the, history of this
Book of Books and how it is
translated now in 1,202 langu-
ages.
Mr, and Mrs. George Disney
and Mrs. Harry Rinderknecht,
all of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs.
garry Rinderknecht, Jr„ Sally
and Sue, Almont, Michigan, vis-
ited on Monday with Mr, and
Mrs. Clifford Brown and family
and Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Hag-
sat and family.
Mr, and Mrs, Thomas Shep-
pard, David, Brian, Denise and
Mark, Sarnia, and Mrs. W. H,
Sheppard, Bright's Grove, vis-
ited last Sunday with Miss
Laura Phillips,
Mrs. Charles Straughan vis-
ited a few days last week with
her cousin, Mrs, Durnin Phil-
lips' at their cottage at Lurgon
Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Reg Asquith,
George and Anne, Islington, sp-
ent the weekend with his mo-
ther, Mrs. Charles Asquith.
Mrs. Reg Dunham (the for-
mer Margaret Hawkins) of St.
Marys, visited Miss Laura Phil-
Former Couple
Celebrate 50th
anniversary
AUBURN - Former Auburn
residents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos
Ball,' Goderich, will, on Satur-
day, June 22, observe the 50th
anniversary of their wedding
day.
They were married by Rev.
Farr, the Anglican rector at
her home in the village of Au-
burn. The attendants were
Charlie Dawson, Detroit and
Roxie Palmer, Toronto, and
they hope to be present for the
celebrations.
Mr. Ball is the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Ball
and was born on the Ball
homestead on the Base Line
where Tom Dodds now lives in
the summer months. This farm
belongs to Mr. Ball's son, Stan-
ley, and has remained in the
Ball name since it was bought
from the Canada Company 103
years ago.
Mrs. Ball was born in Au-
burn, the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. George Dawson
and they resided where Mr. and
Mrs. George Lawlor live now.
Following their marriage
they resided in Hullett Town-
ship where their son, Stanley
lives and 17 years ago retired
to Goderich. They are both
faithful members of North
Street United Church and for
many years of Knox United
Church, Auburn. Mrs. Ball is a
member of the the 'UCW of
North Street.
They have .a-family of three
daughters, Mrs. Harold (Vern-
ice) Stanbury, Goderich; Mrs.
Ernest (Maxine) Durnin, RR
3, Auburn; Mrs. Charles (Rox-
ie) Adams, Goderich and one
son, Stanley, RR 1, Auburn; al-
15 grandchildren and seven
great grandchildren.
The family dinner is to be
held on June 25 at Tiger Dun-
lop Inn and Open House will
be held on Saturday, June 22.
"THE PIXIE"
Beauty Salon
68 Albert St. HU 2-9390
Will Be Closed
Saturday, June 22
Re-opening
Wednesday, June 26
lips last week.
Mr, and Mrs, Andrew Kirk,
connell and Miss Diane visited
on Sunday with their dough-
ter, Mrs, Louis Blake, Mr.
Blake, Faye and Mary Anne.
A good crowd attended the
dance last Friday evening spoil,
semi by the Atiburn Athletic
Association. During intermis,
sion the draw for the prizes
took place and John Livermore,
Clinton, won the electric fry,
pan and Mrs, „John Maize, Dun-
gannon, won the ham.
ivies, Mary Johnston return-
ed on Monday after attending
the graduation exercises of Mr.
Watson Chin at Berrien, Sp,
rings, Michigan. She also spent
an enjoyable time at New York
and Washington,
Mr, -Oscar Ament and his sis-
ter, Mrs. Clara Haney, Toronto,
left last week to visit their
brothers, Mr. Pd Ament, Kin-
dersley, Sask., and Mr. Joseph
Ament, Mossbank, Sask.
Mrs, John Sprung entertain-
ed employees of the Wool-
worth's store last week in hon-
or of Miss Katherine Anne Ken,
nedy at her new home north of
Atiburn, The evening was spent
socially and gaily decorated
gifts were presented to Miss
Kennedy to honor her prior to
her marriage. Later all enjoy-
ed a wiener roast on the Sp-
rung lawn.
Mr. Donald Haines, RR 5,
Ste Mark's Guild
Learns How To
Handle Doubts
AUBURN - The June meet-
ing of St, Mark's Anglican
Church was held at the home
of Mrs. Thomas Haggitt with a
good attendance, Mrs. Haggitt
was in charge of the meeting
and opened it with a hymn and
led in prayer.
The scripture lesson was read
by Mrs. Ed, Davies and Mrs.
George Schneider read from the
study book, "How Do You
Handle Doubts?" A birthday
hymn was sung for Mrs. For-
dyce Clark. Mrs. Gordon R.
Taylor was the pianist for the
meeting.
The president, Mrs. George
Schneider took charge of the
business session. The minutes
of the previous meeting were
adopted as read by the secre-
tary, Mrs. John Daer. The
treasurer, Mrs. Gordon R. Tay-
lor, read the financial state-
ment.
She also,reported that dona-
tions were Coming in from the
make-believe tea project in con-
nection with the 80th anniver-
sary of the church and the
members voted to give a dona-
tion to the daily vacation Bible'
school. 4
Letters of acceptance were
read for the special guild meet-
ing on June 25 when Rev. and
Mrs. H. Donaldson, Seaforth,
formerly missionaries in Chile
will be the guest speakers.
Plans were made to have lunch
and a social time following this
service.
The ladies also made plans
to assist in the special church
services to be held on June 23
with services at 11:00 a.m. and
7:30 p.m. Rev. Robert Meally
will conduct the morning ser-
vice and Rt. Rev. Harold F.
Appleyard, Bishop of Georgian
Bay, will be the special speak-
er at the evening service.
Rev. Robert Meally closed the
meeting with prayer. Mrs.
Haggitt assisted by her sister,
Mrs. Clifford Brown, served a
dainty lunch.
Goderich, received word last
week that he has completed his
degree and is now a member
of the Institute of Municipal
Assessors (MIMA). He receiv,
ed his degree with an honor
standing through Queen's Uni-
versity.
Mr, John Kitchen, Port Dal,
housle, is visiting this week
with his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J, J. Robertson.'
Miss Joan Weir, London, is
vacationing with her aunt, Mrs,•
Duncan MacKay, Mr. MacKay
and family,
Mrs. George Oevering, Paul
and George, Walton, visited last
Thursday with her brother, Mr,
Peter Hellinga, Mrs. Hellinga,
Hank and Elizabeth.
Mr. and Mrs, Ed Davies sp-
ent the weekend at Dorchester
and attended the memorial ser-
vice at the Dorchester ceme-
tery. They also visited rela-
tives at London, Dorchester and
Harrietsville,
Mr. Harvey McGee is visiting
his cousins, Mr. and Mrs, R. E.
Craford and Mr. Paul Renwick
at Galt,
Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Coates, Flint, Michigan, are vis-
iting with Mr. and Mrs. Mait-
land Allen and Mr, and Mrs.
William J, Craig. The occasion
was the celebration of the 43rd
wedding anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Coates.
Miss Barbara MacKay was a
patient in Goderich hospital
last weekend when she had her
tonsils removed.
Mr. and Mrs. William S.
Craig and family, Clinton, vis-
ited last Saturday with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Craig.
Mr. Rowland Stalker, Kings-
ton, visited recently with his
cousin, Mrs. Maitland Allen and
Mr. Allen.
The librarian of the Auburn
Public Library requests that all
county books be in on June 22
to be ready for the exchange.
Enjoy Bike
Over 20 members of the Au-
burn Explorers group enjoyed
a trip through the woods in
the Maitland Block last Satur-
day morning. The leader of the
party was Mrs. Maurice Bean
and she was assisted by Mrs.
Elmer Sproul and Mrs. Harold
Baechler.
The girls were divided into
three groups and collected in-
teresting articles found in the
woods.
After a two hour hike they
enjoyed a picnic lunch.
Young People Meet
The Anglican Young People's
Association and the Knox Pres-
byterian Church Young Peo-
ple's Society met for their
meeting at the rectory in Blyth
with a good attendance. The
meeting was opened by the pre-
sident, ,Floyd Smith and Rev.
R. Jenkins of Brussels led in
prayer.
The scripture lesson was read
by Eddie Haines and the min-
utes were approved as read by
the secretary, Margaret Hain-
es.
Plans were made to hold a
wiener roast on June 27. Inter-
esting pictures taken along the
MacKenzie River by Rev. Jen-
kins when he had been mission-
ary-teacher there for five years
starting in 1936 were shown.
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Seaforth Couple
Receive Gifts
On Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Townsend, Coleman Street, Sea-
forth, marked their 25th wed-
ding anniversary on Saturday,
June 8 at a family dinner in
the Hotel. Clinton and a sur-
prise party was given for them
by friends in the evening.
The couple was married by
Rev. A. W. Gardner of Alvin-,
ston.
Their family includes: Mrs.
Ken (Annette) Lane, Stratford;
Mrs. Ken (Madelon) Maloney,
Seaforth; Ivey, Stratford and
Bonnie and Lorraine at home.
The family presented them
with a living room rug on their
anniversary and friends gave
them a purse of money.
can Church, Auburn, Will cele-
brate it's 80th anniversary On
Sunday,. June 23. At the morn-
ing service the rector, Rev, Re-
bert Meally" will conduct the
service and at the evening ser-
vice, Rt. Rey, Harold F. Apple-
yard, Bishop of Georgian Bay,
will be the special speaker,
St. Mark's Anglican Church
had it's beginning in this rural
community around 1875, when
the Rev. E. R. Elwood was ap-
Pointed archdeacon of Huron,
and chaplain to the Lord Bish-
op.
His early duties were of an
extremely arduous and of
The building was opened on
July 10, 1883. Rev. G. F. Parke
was the rector. At the first
service there were 90 persons
in the congregation, the offer-
ing was $1..97 and the text was
from St. John 18: 1,7,
Around this time as a result
of a new arrangement of mis-
sion churches, Auburn, Blyth,
and Beigrave were on the same
circuit, as it still exists today.
Later they became self sup-
porting.
The first vestry meeting was
held April 1, 1882. Mr. Samuel
Caldwell was appointed rector's
warden and Mr. Thomas Ham-
ilton was appointed people's.
warden, During the first years
other wardens mentioned were
as follows: Thos. Nicholson,
Robt. Medd, James Johnston,
John Millian, James Gibson,
Wm, Sturdy and H. J. Taylor.
Some of the descendants are
still active in the church to-
day. The present wardens for
1963 are: rector's warden, Law-
rence Nesbit; people's warden,
Clifford Brown.
Twenty-one rectors have ser-
ved this church since 1883.
There are 21 families on the
parish books.
Rectors who have served at
St. Mark's are the following:
Rev. William Henderson, 1883-
1887; Rev. F, Parke, 1887-1889;
Rev, Thomas, 1889-1891; Rev.
Racy, 1891-1898; Rev. T. E.
Higley, 1898-1900; Rev. C. L.
Mills, 1900-1902; Rev. George
McQuillan, 1902-1905; Rev. Ja-
bez Edmonds, 1905-1910; Rev.
W. H. Hartley, 1910-1915; Rev.
T. H. Farr, 1915-1918; •Rev. W.
B. Hawkins, 1918-1929; Rev, A.
Shore, 1930-1935 and' Rev. L.
V. Pocock, 1935-1937.
Later rectors serving this
charge of Auburn, Blyth and
Belgrave have been: Rev. A. A.
Maloney, Rev. R. M. Weekes,
Rev. P. H. Streeter, Rev. John
L. Henderson, Rev. Murray
Wyatt, Rev. John A. Roberts,
Rev. W, A. Bramwell, Rev.
Bren de Vries and now Rev.
Robert Meally.
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Receive Request
For Copies
On Tax Brief
BAYFIELD-Mr. and Mrs. E.
W. Oddleifson were quite pleas-
ed to receive a letter in the
mail this week from the Uni-
versity of British Columbia,
It read a sfollows:
"In view of the significance
of the point of view which
you have presented to the
Royal Commission on Taxa-
tion, I respectfully request
that you present two copies of
your brief for the use of
Faculty and students of the
University of British Colum-
bia Library.-Joan O'Rrourke,
Librarian."
Previous requests for copies of
the brief have come from the
Provincial Library of Manitoba;
The Canadian Tax Foundation;
The Financial Times, Montreal;
Canadian Federation of Agri-
culture, Ottawa; The Library
of the University 'of Saskatche-
wan; The Province of Saskat-
chewan Legislative Library.
Mrs. Oddleifson admits that
she has beeen kept busy typing
copies, but she enjoys the work.
Clinton Memorial Shop
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At other times contact
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LONDESBORO
Mr. Robert Thompson has
purchased the residence of Mrs.
Thomas Fairservice and will
shortly be moving.
Mrs.. William Lyon's home
has been sold to a family from
RCAF Clinton.
Mr. Alex Wells is a patient
in Clinton Public Hospital and
his many friends wish for him
a speedy recovery.
Receive Candidate
On Sunday evening a recep-
tion was held in the church for
Mervin Penfound who is a
candidate for the ministry, Rev.
Henry Funge, Londesboro,
opened the meeting and Rev.
W. J. ten Hoopen, Goderich,
read the scripture lesson. Rev.
Clifford Park, Clinton, presi-
dent of London Conference,
gave an impressive sermon and
Rev. Clifford Britton, Seaforth,
chairman of Presbytery, ad-
dressed the candidate.
The good wishes of Presby-
tery and his many friends are
extended to Mervin in his sac-
red office to which he has of-
fered himself.
Injured in Fall
Mr. Earl. Gaunt met with a
painful accident on Monday
while helping repair overlayers
in Len Radford's barn. He fell
through the barn floor break-
ing an arm and badly bruising
himself.
The extent of his injuries is
not known until an x-ray is
taken this Wednesday.
ing of the Women's Missionary
Society of Knox Presbyterian
Church was held at the home
of Mrs. Donald Haines with a
good attendance of members
and visitors. The president,
Mrs. Wilfred Sanderson open-
ed the meeting with the call
to worship, followed by a hymn
with Mrs. John Henderson as
the pianist.
The Glad Tidings prayer was
given by Mrs Dona.id Haines
and the devotional period was
taken by Miss Minnie Wagner
and she read the scripture les-
son, Miss Wagner gave medita-
tion on the lesson and led in
prayer.
Mrs. Ed Davies gave a read-
ing, "Strawberry Time" and
- PRIZES
1. One bloom (Hybrid Tea) white or near white
2. One bloom (H.T.) yellow
3. One bloom (H.T.) pink
4. One bloom (H.T.) red
5. One bloom (11.T.) any other color
6. One bloom (Peace) to be shown in this class only, i.e. No, 6
The Prizes for each of the Classes 1 to 6 are:
first prize 75c, second prize 50c.
1st 2nd 3rd
7. Two blooms (Hybrid Teas) any color
or colors 1.00 .50
'8. Three blooms (Hybrid Teas) any color
or colors 1.25 .75
9. Two stems, Polyanthus 1.25 .75
10. Two stems, Floribunda 61.25 6.75
11. 7 roses in a container 2.00 1.50 1.00
12. Arrangement of climbers or ramblers,
any colors 1.50 1.00 .75
13. Dining room table arrangement, not over
10 inches high 2.00 1.50 1.00
14. Novel arrangement of roses, suitable for
mantel, accessories allowed 2.00 1.50 1.00
15. Rose corsage 1.00 .75 .50
OTHER VARIETIES
16. Artistic arrangement of pansies .75 .50
17. Fine stems of Sweet William .75 .50
18. One spike of Delphinium, any color .75 .50
19. Container of mixed garden flowers 1.50 1.00 .75
PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN ONLY
20. Container mixed garden flowers (These
prizes donated by the Rev. Dr. D. J.
Lane) $2.00 $1.00
CHAMPION ROSE to be chosen - $2.00
21. MOST ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENT of WAYSIDE FLOW-
ERS, for children 12 years and under (container not to
count. First Price $2.00-and book on Wild Flowers
Second Prize $2.00
Third Prize $1.00
(Prizes donated by Mrs. Frank Fingland)
RESERVE CHAMPION ROSE to be chosen,
Door Prize Draws at 9:30
There will be a Sliver Collection.
President
MISS LUELLA JOHNS TON
Secretary Treasurer
MRS. STEWART MIDDLDTON CLIFFORD 1-1, EPPS