HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-01-14, Page 5THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MPOTNGt JANUARY 1943 Bag® 1
Coming to Hensall
C. R. Wilkinson, R.O.
Ophthalmic Optician
Wingham
will be at W. O. GOODWIN’S
Store, every 1st and 3rd Tuesday
in the month, for the, purpose; of
testing eyes and fitting glasses.
Difficult cases and those , that
have not been properly fitted,
specially recommended to con
sult me. Hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m,
Phone 16 Hensall
for appointment
EM
HENSALL ■
Mickle and Charles
Mrs. Geo.
this week
his duties
Hamilton,
Mr. Thos. Shaddick returned
home op Sunday following a holi
day at Clinton.
Miss Mae McNaughton, of Chisel
hurst, was the guest of Miss Mar
ion Greene.
Mrs. E, L,
are visiting with Mr. and
T. Mickle in Ridgetown.
Mr. William Finch left
for London, to commence
With the R.C.A.F,
Mrs. Lorne Elder, of
is holidaying with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Passmore.
Mr. Joseph Hagan left this week
for Vero Beach, Fla., -where he will
spend the remainder of the
Miss Margaret Johnston,
tant at the local post office,
fined to her room owing to
Miss Dorothy Munn, of London,
spent the week-end
ents, Mr. and Mrs.
Misses Margaret
len Fremlin, spent
winter,
assis
ts con-
illness,
' A,
with her par-
Robert Munn.
Glenn and El-
the week-end
with relatives and friends in Lon
don.
Mr. Clarence McNaughton,
Chiselhurst, spent a few
week at the home of Mr.
Glenn Bell.
Mrs. Norman Stanlake
Hannah Workman, of Exeter,
ited on Monday with Mrs. Roy Mac-
Laren and Donald.
Mr. Kenneth Hicks, who for a
number of years has been .manager
of the 5c to $1.00 store here, left on
Monday for Galt, where ’he will train
With the R.C.A.F.
Mr. Ted Oliver returned
very pleasant holiday with
in Toronto. Mr. Oliver is
popular young man, in our
and was greatly missed while on
holidays.
days
and n
of
last
Mrs.
W.M.S. Meets
and Mrs.
vis-
from a
friends
a very
village
with the presi
presiding. The
singing a hymn,
prayer. The to-
The January meeting of the
W.M.S. of the United Church was
held on Thursday
dent, Mrs. Brook,
program opened by
Mrs. Merner led in
pic, “The Church is a City Street”
was taken by Mrs. Brook. Mrs..T.
Sherritt sang a solo entitled “I Know
He Cares”. Mrs. Walter Spencer
was appointed superintendent of
the Baby Band and Mrs. J. Pass-
more, assistant; Mrs. Fred Beer
was appointed superintendent of the
Mission Band. The meeting closed
with a hymn and the benediction.
opened by singing
be Holy” and the
unison. Miss An-
the Scripture les-
Wolielo Class Elects Officers
The Wohelo Sunday School class
met in the United Church on Fri
day evening and
“Take Time to
Lord’s prayer in
nie Funk read
son, the 23rd Psalm. The devotion
al reading entitled “The Glory of
the Year to Come”, was very ably.,
•taken by Mrs. Maude Hedden. The
minutes, roll call and offering fol
lowed.
with a piano solo./ An interesting
reading entitled “The One-Legged
Goose” was given by Miss Ellis in
her usual capable manner. Mrs.
Hess and Ruth sang a duet, entitled
“Have Thine Own Way”, accom
panied by Bob Hess at the piano.
In the absence of the president,
Miss Margaret Shepherd, Edison
Forrest presided over the election
of officers which resulted as fol
lows: President, Dave Kyle; vice-
president, Miss Gladys Luker; trea
surer, Harold Dignan; secretary, Mrs.
Dave Kyle; pianist, Bob Hess; as
sistant, Miss Mary Goodwin; con
veyance committee, Ross Forrest,
Lorne Chapman, Peter McNaugh-
. ton; press secretary, Mrs. Maude
Hedden; buying committee, Misses
Erma Kipfer and Annie Funk. The
treasurer’s report was given and
Bob Hess conducted several con
tests, "Refreshments were served.
Much credit is due Mrs, Hedden for
•the successful meeting as she made
all the arrangements. The meet
ing closed with the Singing of “Sow
ing in tile Morning” and the Nation
al Anthem,
Miss Gladys Luker favored
Mission Circle Meets
Edna Saundercock was host-
tlie Mission Circle Of the
Church
Miss
ess to
United
day evening,
herd presided
which opened
do Right”,
Brayer in unison.
John 14:1-10, was
Lorne Elder. Following the singing
of "Pass Me Not, 0 Gentle SaVioiir”
the minutes were read, the roll call
ed and
Gladys
reading
at her home oil Mon
Miss Margaret Shep-
oVer the ’program
by singipg “Bare to
followed by the Lord’s
The Scripture,
read by Mrs.
tho offering received. Miss
Luker read the devotional
and Mrs, Lorne Elder pre
sided over the election of officers
for 1943, which resulted as fol-
*qws: Advisory president, Miss Mat-
tie Ellis, ^president, Miss Margaret
Shepherd; first vice-president, Mrs.
Howard Hyde; second vice-presi
dent, Miss Edna Saundercock; sec
retary, Mrs. Peter McNaughton;
treasurer, Mrs. Robert Drysdale;
press representative, Mrs. Maude
Hedden; pianist. Miss Gladys Luker;
work copiniittee, Mrs, McLarnon,
Mrs. Buchanan, Mrs. B. Kyle, Miss
Annie Funk and Mrs. William
Smale; social committee, Mrs. Ken
nedy; friendship committee, Misses
June Saundercock and Gladys Mc
Kenzie, The Circle is happy to an
nounce the fact that Miss Ellis has
kindly consented to act as leader of
this group for the coming year,
due to the removal of Miss Irene
Douglas, the former leader, The
meeting closed by singing the Na
tional Anthem and repeating the Miz
pah benediction,
Now Books at Hensall Library
The following books have beep
received from the Huron County Lib
rary Association and will be in cir
culation ‘for three months:
Fiction
The Case of Kinnear ........... Hood
Rainbow at Dusk .......... Loring
Love Passed This Way ..... Ostenso
Picadilly Jim ............... Wodehouse
The Castle on the Hill *.... Goudge
The Whispering Cup ........... Suley
Tap Roots ............ Street
You’re the One ............ Humphries
With Banners ........................ Loring
The Solitary Horseman ..... Loring
The Dark House ............... Deeping
Mr. Slceffington ............. Elizabeth
He Looked for a City .... Hutchinson
Above Suspicion ”........... Maclnnes
My Dear Patsy ................. Weil
Lightning Kid ....... Grinstead
Czar of Half-a-Day Creek ....
...........Hendryx
Shadow of the Pines .. Duffield
Wilshiner
..... Suley
... Prouty
The
The
The
Love Without Music .....
The Chuckling Fingers ..
Now Voyageur ................
Non-Fiction
Trampled Lilies ........... Fortescue
Flight to Arras ....... Saint Expuy
You Can’t Do Business With
!■ ....................... Miller
.... Draper
Stefausson
.... Strong
..... Devoe
.... Spence
; Flannery
..... Baker
Hitler
Entertaining is Fun
Greenland ...................
John McCormack .......
Lives Around Us .......
Get Thee Behind Me .
Assignment to Berlin ...
They Also Serve .........
Juvenile
Stories of Famous Musicians ....
............................Smith
Pioneer Travel ............... Guillett
The Mail Wagon Mystery .... Justus
Susanna Rides Again .... Dennison
Elsie the Cow .......... Sohn
Betty Blake ........................ Stern
Here Conies Christie ........... Brock
Southern Colonial Days ....... Duffe
Camping Down at Highgate ....
...........Wriston
It Happened in England ....... King
The Young Billings of Buckthorn ....
...............Merrill
I Discover Rolimbus ......... Lawson
The Library Board has subscrib
ed ‘to the following magazines which
will be at the Library for the use
of our readers: The Readers’ Digest,
Good Housekeeping, Popular Mech
anics and the children’s magazine,
Jack and Jill.
Canadian book,
Grace Campbell
at the library.
The popular new
Thomapjjle Tree, by
is also in circulation
Red Cross
Brook,convener,
the
of
for
the
Holds Annual
Meeting
The Hensall Branch of the Red
Cross held their annual meeting in
the town hall on Monday evening,
it being the most largely attended
meeting held yet. The president,
Rev. William Weir, was chairman
and the meeting opened by singing
“O Canada”, with Miss Irene Hog
garth at the piano. Rev. Grant, of
Kippen, then led in prayer and the
chairman called on Reeve R. E.
Shaddick for the address of wel
come. A nominating committee for
the purpose of selecting the offi
cers for 1943 was then selected,
namely, Rev.
Claude Blowes, Mrs. W. O. Good
win, Mrs. Sherritt and Miss Amy
Reynolds. Rev. Brook introduced
guest speaker, Major Watson,
Toronto, district field secretary
Ontario, who first addressed
boys and girls and then showed two
most interesting talking pictures
entitled “There, Too, Go I”, in
which Anna Neagle, film actress,
played the part of the nurse. The
second picture was “The Fight For
Freedom”, produced by J. M. Priest
ly. Following the pictures the
children were dismissed and Major
Watson addressed the audience and
gave them a clear and distinct out
line of the exact work the Red Cross
is doing and how they are spending
every dollar. Oil motion of Rev.
Brook and Rev. Grant the minutes
were accepted as read at the exe
cutive meeting, Rev, Weir then
gave a brief address, expressing his
appreciation of. the work of the
Red Cross, also thanking the can
vassers, officers and various com
mittees for their loyal support dur
ing the past year. A one-minute
silence was then observed in memory
of two honorary presidents who have
passed oh, Owen Geiger and George
C, Betty, after which Rev, Weir
led in prayer. Rev, Brook then
presented the slate of officers, stal
ing that the Very efficient treasur
er, Harry Lawrence, aiid the secre
tary, Miss Annie Cpnsitt, desired to
be relieved of their offices and to
whom a hearty vote of thanks was
extended. Following is the list of
officers: Honorary presidents, J, W*
Ortwein, Reeve Shaddiek, Dr. A. R*
Campbell, Rev. Brook; president,
Rev. William Weir (re-elected);
first vice-i>resident, R. H, .Middle
ton; second vice-president, Rev.
Grant; secretary, Miss Beryl Pfaff;
treasurer, Robert Patterson. A vote
of thqnkg was extended to Major
Watson and the meeting adjourned
singing the National Anthem*
Stop
Breeding Failyrps
with
BEX WHEAT GERM oil
Take out the guess work
—Get Results «
by
CREDITON
The W-L will meet in the
hall Tuesday, January 19, at 7.30
p.m, Roll call: Donation for the
Red Cross. All interested aye in
vited,
Pte, Harold Edwards, now sta
tioned at Camp Ipperwash, spent a
few days’ 'leave at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, Edwards.
Pte. Arthur Haist has been sta
tioned on Vancouver Island.
Miss Clara Gaiser left for Grand
Bend, where she has been employ
ed for the winter months.
Mr. Albert Wolfe, who fell on the
icy sidewalk and fractured his arm,
is able to be out and around again,
Mr. Lloyd Wein, of Windsor, spent
the week-end at his home here,
Mr, and Mrs. William Ratz, of
Shipka, have moved to the home
they purchased from the Mrs. Eliza
beth Clark estate, We welcome
them to our midst.
Cpl, Lloyd England, of Chatham
spent the week-end at home.
Miss Shirley Fahrner and Sgt.
Pilot Lou Hore, of London, spent
the week-end with the former’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Fahrner.
Sgt. W.A.G. Jacque
the Eastern Command,
14 days’ furlough.
town
England, of
is home on
week,
service
Mr.and Mrs.Ed. Lippert and
family spent the week-end in Mel-
bourne
The Late Jolm Treitz
The funeral of the late John
Treitz was held Tuesday of last
KIRKTQN
Mr, and Mrs. p. G, Butcher, of
Simcoe, and Mrs. H. C. White, of St.
Marys, were Sunday guests with
Mr* and Mrs. I* N. Marshall.
Some 125 young people from the
village and district enjoyed them
selves at the Kirkton community
ring on Saturday night*
Dr. and Mrs, E. Pridbam, of Mit
chell, visited with Mr. and Mrs. G.
H. Burgin on Sunday.
Pte. Jack Bibby, of London,
spent the week-end with his par®
ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Bibby.
Mrs, Fred Doupe and Grace and
Mrs. Ira McCurdy and daughter,
Bessie, visited with their cousin;
Mrs, I. N. Marshall on Saturday,
'JJ
Chicks from a Breeding
Farm of 4,000 Breeders
be
Your drugs at
ROBERTSON’S
Phoiie 50 Exeter
Until further notice, our
store will close at 7 p.m
every evening excepting
Saturdays.
R. E. Pooley
Winchelsea
Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin
one finger cut off and
hadly mangled while
the planing mill last
Grandson Died Overseas
Mrs. A. E. Doupe received word
of the death of her grandson, Wil
liam Murray Doupe, son of the late
Homer Doupe and Mrs, Gertie
Doupe, of London, Murray died in
England on January 2. lie enlisted
in the infantry at the beginning* of
the war at the age of 19. Besides his
mother he leaves one brother, Max,
who has returned from England and
is now in Westminster Hospital,
London; another brother, Ross, in
the Medical Corps in England, and
two sisters in London,
Orders are POURING in Place yours now and don't
disappointed;
Buy February Hatched chicks and don’t miss out on half of
those 50c eggs next Fall from August to January.
Hundreds of Lakeview 1942 customers report wonderful suc
cess and big profits.
Here is what a customer from Glen Cross,
writes;
near Orangeville,
Glen Crosc, QnL,
Wein Bros., Exeter, Ont,
Dear Sirs:
Enclosed find money order on chick orders
January 5, 1943
for 1,000 for my
self and neighbors. We have no price list but have had satisfaction
on former deals and know you will use us right again. Bopk us for
the following;
300
25 0
150
" 100
150
day
day
day
day
B'. Rock mixed chicks
Yours truly,
Alpert
old
old
old
old
Barred Rock chicks
Sussex x New Hampshire pullets
B. Rock chicks
B. Rock pullets
Deposit enclosed, $27.00.
Sombra,
Foster, Glen Cross,
Ontario, January 11, 1943
January 5, with a private
being held at his late resi
dence followed by a public service
in the Crediton Evangelical church
conducted by Rev. M. E. Reuber.*
A solo was sung by Harry Hoffman
at the home and a duet by Mrs.
Charles Hoffman and e Lawrence
Wein was sung at the church. Mr.
Treitz passed away Sunday, Jan
uary 3, in his 84th year, following
an illness of two months. He was
born in Stephen Township and 10
years ago retired from the farm to
Crediton. With the exception of the
year 1901 which he spent in Listow-
el, he had been a life-long resident
of the community. He was a .mem
ber of the Crediton Evangelical
Church. Surviving are his wife,
whose maiden name was Adeline
Klemmer; three daughters, Mrs.
Clyde Lytton, of Oklahoma City;
Mrs. Ida Adams, of Detroit .and Mrs.
Dan Finkbeiner, of Crediton and
three .sons, Edwin Treitz, o’f Listow-
el; Wellington Treitz, of Harriston
and Ernest Treitz, of Sarnia.
Sudden Death of Lorne Finkbeiner
Lorne Finkbeiner, of the 16th
concession of Stephen Township,
died suddenly at his home on Fri
day, January 8, in his 52nd year.
Mr. Finkbeiner had been around
as usual and was to Parkhill the
day previous to his death. The
news of his death came as a shock
•to the community.
He is survived by his bereaved
widow, whose maiden name was
Margaret Hotson, also three child
ren, Lila, Audrey and Harold, at
home. Four .sisters and one broth
er also survive, Mrs. Ernest Keyes,
of Stephen; Mrs. George Totten, of
Regina; Mrs. Richard Guest, of
Weyburn, Sask.; Miss Erma Fink
beiner, of Sarnia and Milton Fink
beiner, of Sneaton, Sask.
Awaiting 'the arrival of his bro
ther from the West, the funeral was
held.. Wednesday afternoon with a
short ■ service at the house followed
by a service in the Shipka United
Church, of which the deceased was
a member. The service was con
ducted by Rev. L. H. Turner, of Cre
diton. Interment was in the Cre
diton cemetery.
Mission Circle Meeting
The Crediton Evangelical Mission
Circle held their annual meeting at
the home of the Advisor, Mrs. H. K.
Silber. The meeting was opened
by a devotional period led by the
president, Mrs. Lawrence Wein, af
ter which the following reports
were given: secretary, treasurer,
knitting, sewing, literature and the
Good Cheer committee. The wai’
work done during the year included
81 articles knitted, 12 quilts made
and boxes sent overseas, 15116 fol
lowing slate of officers was elect-
for the year: President, Mrs. Law
rence Wein; vice-president, Mrs. Al
vin Finkbeiner; secretary, Mrs. M.
E. Reuber; assistant secretary, Mrs.
Gordon Ratz
Morlock;
and reporter,
pianist, Miss Leila Mol lard; i
tant, Mrs. Alvin Finkbeiner; :
er league, Mrs, Earl»Haist.
venei's of committees, finance,
Harold Fahner; literary, Miss
leeda Schenk; membership,
Earl Haist; Good Cheer, Miss
Baist; sewing, Mrs. Maurice
ver; knitting, Miss Melceta Wein.
Litimh was Served by the executive
at the close.
DASHWOOD
The annual Red Cross meeting
will be held in the school on Tues
day evening, January 19, when all
are requested to be present.
»Mr. Stuart Wolfe had the misfor
tune to have
two fingers
working at
Wednesday.
L.A.C. Murray Wolfe, of Clinton,
spent the week-end with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Wolfe.
Mr. Philip Fassold, who has been
in London Hospital for several
weeks, returned home on Sunday.
We understand he is getting along
as well as can be expected.
T. Harry Hoffman, took a patient
to St. Michael’s Hospital, in Toron
to in his ambulance last Friday.
Miss Christine McCrea and Master
Kenneth Currie are spending a few
weeks with the former’s parents
Meaford.
Mrs. V. Dinnin, accompanied
her father, Mr. William Rader,
Zurich, visited with friends here
Friday.
Miss Smith, of ' Parkhill, is vis
iting her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Wai- ;
lace Wein.
Ward Kraft
London.
Mr. Sproule
sad news of the
in Thornbury.
Class Meeting
The monthly meeting of the “Class
That Counts” was held at the home
of Mrs. R. S. O’Callaghan Thursday
evening. The meeting opened with
a hymn and all repeating the Lord’s
Prayer. The roll call was answered
by a New Year’s thought or idea.
A debate, ",
Were Happier
Than They Are To-day”,
big feature of the evening*
firmative was taken by Mrs.
Switzer and Mrs. E. Patten, the
gative by Mrs. A. Rapson and Mrs.
R. Brock, the negative side winning.
The meeting was closed by prayei*
from Mrs. William Bickell. A dainty
lunch was served which brought an
enjoyable evening to a close.
Resolved That Women
Ago
the
j af-
C.
ne-
Fifty Years *
was
The
CENTRALIA
Thos. Hodgson, of Kitscoty,I Mr.
■ Alta, visited on Friday of last week
at the home of his nephew, Mr.
Lloyd Hodgson and Mrs. Hodgson.
| Anyone wishing to donate warm
second-hand clothing for Russian
relief please bring same to the next
meeting of the Red Cross or leave at
Andrew’s store.
j Mr. and Mrs. Harold Taylor, Beth
and Jack, of Usborne, were Sun-
i day visitors with Mr. and Mrs. F.
I Bowden.
I Sgt. and Mrs. D. C. Scott are vis-
1 iting for a couple of weeks with the
I former’s parents in Stirling.
) The Home and School Club will
left last week for .hold their meeting in the school on
.....................,Oc-
Y.W.C.A.
Clinton Thompson,
No. 9 S.F.T.S.
guest speakers. There
musical .numbers from
Everyone welcome.
in
by
of
on
Currie received the , tober
death of his brother
I Friday evening of this week,
tober 15. Mrs. Racey, Y.W
KHIVA
Miss Aldene Eagleson entertained
number of her friends last Wed-
A very pleasant
a
nesday evening,
evening was spent in playing pro
gressive euchre. The ladies’ highest
points was won by Mrs. Ed Wurm
and the gents’ high by Ward Kraft.
The consolation prizes went
Belva Truemner and Ralph
A dainty lunch was served.
Gnr Ed Wurm, of the
Bedford, N.S., spent Friday and Sat
urday with Mrs. Ed Wurm and
Shirley and other relatives.
Mr. William Stade spent the week
end with relatives in St. Thomas.
Mrs. Ed. Wurm visited on Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wurm,
near Hensall.
Hostess and Mr.
meteorologist at
be the
also be
airport.
“Was”
you?”
When I
he was
will
will
the
it love at first sight with
No, it was second sight,
first saw him I didn’t know
wealthy.”
KIPPEN
We are glad to report that Mas
ter Gerald Parsons, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Parsons, who was tak
en to the Sick Children’s Hospital,
London, a few weeks ago, is im
proving nicely.
Mrs. Joseph Stacey, of Exeter, is
spending the winter with her daugh
ter, Mrs. William Horney.
The many friends of Mr. Allan
Cochrane will regret to know he is
seriously ill and was taken by am-
_ bulance to St. Michael’s Hospital,
j Toronto, last Friday. He was ac
companied by his sister, Miss Edna
Cochrane, R.N.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Parsons
spent Monday in London.
Mrs. Arnold Gackstetter, who has
been spending a few weeks with
, her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.We are booking orders for turkey' William Horney, has returned to hev
i home in Guelph.poults fast. j -------------------- -
to Miss
Weber.
R.C.A.,
TurkeysT
ORDER YOURS NOW!
We can supply three breeds:
Bronze, White Hollands and
Small Whites.
R. E. Pooley
WINCHELSEA
Wein Bros.,
Dear Sirs:
We got our chicks from you last year and were well satisfied.
Book us for 400 B. Rock chicks and 200 sexed Leghorn pullets
foi' March 10 th. Please send price list but keep our chicks for us.
Mr. Alfred Fournie
R. R. 1 Sombra, Ont.
Forest, Ontario, January 6, 1943
Wein Bros.
Dear Sirs:
Book us for 30'0 Rock x Leghorn pullets for April 15th, no
later. Our chicks have done real well.
Ralph Stutt, Forest, Ont.
Day Old Heavy Breed Cockerels available for February and
March. “Book Ahead.”
Your order should be booked 4 to 8 weeks in advance. Place
your order NOW for February, March, April or May.
I Lakeview Poultry Farm |
= Wein Bros. Phone 78, Exeter =
HARRY GRIFFITHS
TELLS OF ADVENTURE
(Continued from page 1)
Command navigator, unemotionally
conducting his first press interview.
He was talking of his drop through
the emergency hatch of a speeding
Boston bomber over near.by frozen
Lake St. Louis on December 21.
When he fell through the hatch
“I screamed like hell,” he recount
ed, adjusting his 13 0 pounds and
five feet three inches
fortably on the stool he
The story had to be
the close-lipped flier,
interested in interviews
men or getting his picture in the
paper. His only interest was fly
ing and he wanted to get .back at
his work as soon as he spends two
weeks’ vacation — beginning in a
few days—with his family in To
ronto.
Except for some skinned knuckl
es—the result of frost bite — he
bears no scars of his ordeal.
(Griffiths, a Toronto boy, train
ed at the Crumlin air
London, Ont.)
Here is his own
gleaned from answers
questions:
“I was making adjustments to
the wind drift instruments in iny
compartment. I was on my hands
and knees and thinking of Christ
mas leave with my family in To
ronto.
“Suddenly I plunged through the
emergency hatch. I made a wild
grab and .managed to catch hold of
a slat which crosses my instrument.
.more com-
had chosen,
pried from
He wasn’t
with news-
school near
brief story,
he made to
Screamed
in
I
of
of
Ballantyne and
were read to
i
i
THAMES ROAD
Letters from Bill
Wesley Ballantyne
the congregation on Sunday last.
They both had received the Christ
mas boxes which were sent by the
congregation and expressed their
sincere thanks and appreciation.
Rev. Wm. Mair .attended the fun
eral of Rev. Breraner at Seaforth
on Saturday.
Beginning January 17, church ser
vice will be at 11 a.m. followed by
Sunday School at. 11.50 a.m. We
hope the change of hours will in
crease both the Sunday School and
church attendance.
The Mission Band was held in
the Sunday School room on Sunday
morning with a good attendance..
Norma Beavers gave a recitation;
Dolores Allison a reading; Betty
Mair, an instrumental and Rose
mary Passmore a solo. Betty Alli
son read the Scripture and Mary
Borland and June Coward took
charge of the meeting.
The Farm Forums for
trict were held Monday
the following places: the
Lloyd Ballantyne, Lumley School
and at the homes of B. Williams and
Jack Hodgert.
Earl Urapherson, R.C.A.F., of
Centralia; Ruth Gale, of London;
Elaine Parker, of Petrolia and Ann
Jamieson, of Sarnia, were week-end
visitors with the Misses Shirley and
Leone
this dis-
night at.
home of
Duncan.
Y.P.U. Meeting
Y.P.U. met Sunday evening
basement of the church with
; treasurer, Mrs. Lorne
corresponding secretary
Mi’S, Ross Krueger.;,
assis-
pray-
Con-
Mrs,
j Me-
Mrs,
Nola
Bda-
Phone 14-7 Kirkton
P. O. R. R. 1 Woodham
FOR A MILD, COOL, SMOKE
McCORMICK-REGAN
St. Michael’s Church, London,
was the scone of a pretty wedding
when Rev. Fr. W. Morrison united
in marriage Marie Lillian Regan,
Reg.N., of Mt. Carmel, and Archie
Leo McCormick, of Detroit.
The bride, given in .marriage by
her brother, Joseph Regan, of To
ronto, wore a young blue two-piece
wool ensemble with silver fox la
pels. Her hat, of matching shade,
was off the face style with pastel
shade flowers and shoulder length
veil. She wore alligator accessor
ies and corsage of Better Time roses
and maiden liair fern.
Miss Rosemary Regan was her
sister’s bridesmaid. The best man
was Joseph Zuhr, cousin of the
groom, and the ushers were Harry
Sharpe and Provincial Constable
’Thomas Morkin, A reception fol
lowed in the Georgian Room at the
Hotel London. Later the couple
left for Toronto and elsewhere, the
bride going away in a blue crepe
dress, seal coat and turquoise feath
ered hat, They Will live in Detroit,
The bride is a graduate of St. Jos
eph’s Hospital, London,
“I held on for dear life, half
and half out of the plane,
screamed like hell over the roar
the motors to draw the attention
the pilot and tried hard to pull my
self back into the compartment.
“But I couldn’t seem to manage
it.
“I looked down and saw the
snowy ice surface coming toward
me. My hands and arms were numb
with cold and I knew I was losing
hold. So I let go and shot out of
the hatch.
“I remember seeing the body of
the bomber shooting away from me
and I also remember thinking I was
about to die. I said to myself 'good
bye.’ I don’t remember anything
eise Until the next afternoon when
my brother talked to me in the hos
pital here.”
Griffiths had no recollection of
having picked himself up from a
snow drift, and walking across the
ice where he was met by a neaisby
farmer. “'The doctor says the shock
must be the reason for blotting my
memory and I’m darned
Understand how I did all
still can’t remember it.”
The
in the
a good attendance. Rev* N. J.
Woods, of Exeter, was guest speak
er and gave a very instructive ad
dress on “Character Building”*.
W.M.S. Meeting
“Reaily, Arthur, your
if I
that
can
and
argument
with your wife last night was most
amusing,”
■“Wasn’t it? When she threw the
axe at mo I thought I’d split,”
The W.M.S. met at the manse on
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Stone,
the president, presiding. Hymn 571
was sung, followed by prayer by Mr.
Mair. The Scripture lesson was
read by Mr. Mair. The worship
service from the Missionary Month
ly was taken by Mrs. Stone, Mrs.
Ferguson and Mrs. Morgan. In
the absence of the secretary, Mrs*
Wiseman, Mrs. Charles Allison gave
the secretary’s report, followed by
roll call. A card of thanks was read
from Miss Hazel Williams, after
which hymn 383 was sung and Mr.
Mair gave the topic on “Christian
Education”, Stressing the various
methods of Christian education car
ried on in the schools throughout
the Dominion and stating that Chris
tian education should be dealt with
the same as other
curriculum. Mrs,
a reading on “Are
In?” A discussion
lowed, Mrs. Rohde was in charge
of the program and the following
took part: A reading was given by
Mrs. Kirkland; a solo by Mrs. Mor
gan and reading by Mrs* Pym. Col
lection was then taken. Hymn 187
was sung, followed by the National
Anthem and the meeting closed by
all repeating the Lord’s prayer in
unison.
subjects on the
Mair then gave
All the Children
on the topic fol-