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(MRS'. BERT ALLEN
Bereah Unit of the.
.t"met ,on Tuesday!'with a
attendance. Roll call was
red with a scripture verse.
pur'nin and Mrs. Gourley
!etgd the programme. Mrs-
n 'gave several readings.
G.ourtey gave the notes
the, China study, "Man and
'limily." A social half hour
enjoyed at the close.
4-H '
heYfirst and second meeting
•Hfor which a name has yet
ie chosen • was . held at the
,e ;of M. Jack.. Snell on
nesday. Betty Jasling was
ted • president; secretary,
ley, Watkins; press reporter,
,gl n Hunking. • •
..enders are, Mrs..' Harry Snell
Min:Jack Snell. • •
WORSHIP.
The Worship Service on
iday morning was conducted
the, H -C group: A number of
red songs and • hymns were'
rg' accompanied by guitars.
pies were taken by Beverley
e and Robbie Snell pertaining
problems' which arise for
rents and teenagers. Bev and
Jewitt led .in prayer. The
ung people' are to be
mmended on a fine service.
hope, to,. hear from thein
in in the near.future.
PERSONALS
Miss Edith Beacom spent the
trend in Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. Orval Hooper of
iso;„Craig spent the weekend
th, his sister, Mr: and Mrs.
oyd Pipe, also attending the
nter•earnival in Clinton.
Miss Ann Fairservice visited
ends in Oshawa a few days last
ii;'. #also a business trip to
ronto.
Min” Dorothy Little spent the
kend.'with her mother, Mrs.
a Townsend
Mrs. Wayne Jackson and
iideen',of Ridgetown spent a
' days recently' with her
nti;- Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
en.
oils pick leader
r`` ala -of Ontario
Kenneth ' R. Van Wyek,
'dent ' of the Provincial
uncal for Ontario, Boy Scouts
Canada,; has announced the
pointment • of Joseph E.
mer as Provincial Scout
J
ecu
tive to be effectiveune1.
�Turner,wil! succeed Reginald
. J.-qerrett, who has. held the
ition for the past 15 years.
Tri' '' announcing the
pointment, Mr. Van Wyck
ted' that ..Mr. Turner will be
ponsible for the promotion,
tion and co-ordination of
tario Scouting, which is
ntiy ,serving a membership
134,000 boys and leaders.
ix" are charged
f tier fight' here
•
Six, men allegedly involved in
races February 1 at the Meay
e Restaurant on Albert Street
Clinton' are due to. appear in
ovineiaf Judges • Court on
h 5 on charges of causing a
turbance, according to town
lice. •
The six, whose names were
thhetd until . now while police
vestigated the incident, are
hannes ,Leppington, 19, RR 2,
n toon; Albert N. Kyle, 21, 384
etorfii Street, Clinton; John
anahan, 19, 142 Joseph
reet,; Clinton; Arthur
elevate; age not available, RR
Clinton; Edward Ervine, 31,
1 Wellington Street, Goderich
d' Barry : Kinahan, 25, 148
uron Road, Goderich.
ome economics
ovrses offered
The Home Economics Branch
f the ' Ontario . Dept. of
gricuiture arid Food is again
onsortng several courses for
omen.' The short courses, one
two days long, are on a
riety' of topics from clothing
d textiles to home furnishings
d borne crafts.. '
Courses of a longer duration
abut two ' inonths — are
ffeted on foods, and nutrition,
othing and textiles, homecrafts
d home furnishings. The group
titters are 'sent :to a two-day
arrling school ",given by the
unty home economist and a
eialist' ,
with • the Home
conoin'tcs Branch of the
ntarlo' Department of
g 1cuiture . ' and' Food. The
ograntme; : ends with a
Mary Day,
Plans wre underway now to
range for some of these
oats' 'for%'next fail: If any
omen's groups are interested in
aving,"a -course or are interested
further inforination, they.may
ntaet Miss Susan Heard, Home
conomist for Huron County,
ox '159; Clinton Application
runs for the courses are
°aiiable at the office in Clinton,
Mr. and. Mrs. William Pickett of Clinton, recently celebrated
their. 55th wedding anniversary.
Photo by. Audrey Bellchamber.
Clinton pair feted
at Varna on 55th
Mr. and Mrs. William Pickett,
Clinton, have just celebrated
their 55th wedding anniversary.
They were married on February
18, 1914, at St. Paul's Anglican
Church, Clinton. The day of
their wedding was sunny but
very cold and Mrs. Pickett recalls
that there were lots of pitch
holes in the road which they
travelled by horse and cutter.
Last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.
Pickett were taken for an
afternoon drive, and were given
a surprise party and buffet
dinner at the home of their
daughter and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Murray, Varna.
Thirty-five members of the
immediate family were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Pickett have
four daughters, Mrs. Alec (Olive)
Murray, Varna; Mrs. , Jim
(Madeline) Murray, Varna; Mrs.
Jerome (Donna) Hundt, Stayner;
and Mrs. Jack (Norma)
Shanahan of London. They also
have 11 grandchildren and 18
great-grandchildren.
OFA is • preparing for ballot
on general farm organization
The executive of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
decided last . week to start
preparing in early March at the
annual Winter Conference for a
fanner vote across the province
on the General Farm
Organization.
OFA President Charles G.
Munro • stated that the Winter
f
Con erence would be a
"workshop" for members from
i'lierois "din i' ptovi>iae" o "begin
procedures for a successful late
spring vote in the province. The
conference would then lead to
organizational structuring at the
local level for the;mandate.
A special committee was
named by .the executive to
prepare the programme for the
two-day conference to be held
March 12 and 13 at the
Westbury Hotel in Toronto. The
execut;ve will meet again the
day prior to the c:,.Iference.
Last Sat .,rday the executives
of the Federation and the
Ontario Farmers' Union met for
the secondtime in two weeks to
Goodstart
for 4 -Hers
The Clinton office of the
Ontario Department of
Agriculture and Food reports
4-H girls' homemaking clubs off
to a good start on their spring
"Meat in the Menu" programme.
Training schools for leaders
were held last month here and in
Wingham and Exeter.
The spring programme
includes identification of meats
and cooking methods for each
cut; with emphasis on economy
cuts.
As the meetings progress, the
girls will begin making plans for
Achievement Day, which
concludes the project and gives
each girl an opportunity to
exhibit her • record book and
demonstrate the information
learned.
discuss progress towards the
GFO.
The executive also received a
report concerning their farm
machinery importation
programme during their regular
monthly meeting.
To date farmers have stated
wishes of ordering 374 pieces of
machinery ' worth $1,822,445
Canadian from Britain in the
•p,ro,gramme. .,,,.The
Federation will order any piece
of farm machinery from Britain
for Ontario farmers if it is
available.
The programme was first
initiated to illustrate inflated
mark-ups . in Canadian farm
machinery prices.
News of :Blyth--
Blyth firemen fight blaze
in HuHett furniture shop
The Blyth Volunteer Fire
Department was called Thursday
morning to fight a blaze in an
upholstery shop on the farm of
Arthur Clark, on the 13th
Concession of'Hullett Township,•
about two miles south-west of
Blyth.
Mr. Clark had lit an oil stove
in the shop. When he returned to
the building a few minutes later,
the stove had apparently flooded
with oil, and the entire floor was
in flames. The Blyth firemen
were able to save two
re -upholstered chesterfields from
Hold
two UCW
Mrs. Stanley Lyon introduced
Mrs. William Bakker of
Londesboro, guest speaker at the
February meeting of the Blyth
U.C.W. Speaking on "The
Christian Home," she stressed
the importance of the practice
of Christianity, especially in the
raising of children. She was
thanked by Mrs. W. 0. Mather.
Members 'of the Harmony
Unit were in charge of
devotions. Mrs. Ben Walsh read
the scripture lesson. Mrs.
Howard Campbell gave the
meditation, and Mrs. Harold
Philips led in prayer. Mrs. John
McDougall gave a short talk on
Stewardship, and played a piano
selection based on the hymn
8th -grader goes
to county contest
The pupils of Blyth Public
School held their first public
speaking contest last Thursday
afternoon. In preparation for the
event, every pupil in grades five
to eight gave a speech. From
these, the principal of the
school, Mrs. George Michie,
chose three pupils from each of
grades five, six and seven, and
five from grade eight, for the
final competition.
Judges for the event were
Reverend W. 0. Mather, and the
staff of the school. Winners
were: grade five, Kim Watson;
gradeBento el
i
Stadelman man and
six, Benji
Battye tied; grade seven,
Keith Manning; grade . eight,
Connie Cook.
Connie Cook will represent
her school at the Public
Speaking Contest sponsored by
the Ontario Trustees'
Association and Ontario Hydro,
for the County of Huron, to be
held in Clinton Public School on
February 24.
Grower publications revised
and now available in Clinton
Revised editions of annual
publications produced by the
Ontario Department of
Agriculture and Food are now
available. These publications
deal with programmes for
chemical protection of both
field and garden crops, and with
chemical weed control.
Publication 75, 1969 Guide
to Chemical Weed Control,
outlines the latest
recommendations for the
control of weeds by the use of
herbicides. The book includes
sections on the chemicals most
used on weeds, their use on field
and horticultural crops and on
non -crop areas, equipment and
its care, and other related topics.
This publication is of particular
value to commercial growers,
and to municipalities in their
programmes of weed eradication
in roadsides and other public
areas.
Publication 296, 1969 Field
Crop Recommendations,
provides information on
recommended varieties of field
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Tailpipe trouble
If you have to reverse in thick
snow, make quite sure that you
do not get your tailpipe clogged.
The Ontario Safety League
warns that drivers and passengers
have died from carbon
monoxide poisoning within
minutes of backing into a snow
drift. If the tailpipe is blocked,
the deadly fumes are unable to
escape normally, and may
accumulate inside the vehicle,
the blaze,;; and'pievented it from
spreading , into the attached
driving shed. -
Several pieces of furniture,
some of antique value, were lost,
along with the sewing. machine
• and other equipment used in the
upholstery business..
Fire. Chief; Irvin Bowes,
estimated the damage at $4,000,
partially covered by insurance.
This.was. the first fire in the
Blyth area since the purchase of
the new truck last November,
and Chief Bowes states the men
werewell ., pleased with its
performance,
meetings
"What a. Friend We Have In
Jesus."
Plans were made for the
World Day of Prayer to be held
on March 7 and arrangements
made.for a work bee to cut out
pyjamas for the Children's Aid
on February 18.
Mrs. Leonard McNall and
Mrs: • Irvin .Wallace led the
worship service when the
Starlight Unit of the Blyth
U.C.W. met Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Raymond Griffith gave an
interesting account from a
chapter of the Study Book on
China.
Sunshine bags were given to
each member present, and these
are to be distributed to all
members of the Unit. Mrs.
Laurie Scott closed the meeting
with prayer, then a social time
was enjoyed over lunch served
by Mrs.; Roy McVittie and Mrs.
Grant Sperling.
4-11 meat study
• The Blyth 4-H Club girls
taking "Meat On The Menu",
held ' their first meeting last
week Dianne McDougal was
chosen as president, with Cathy
Street as vice-president and
Linda Hamm press reporter.
The leaders, Mrs. Harvey
Snell 'and Mrs. Clifford Snell,
outlined the course and
demonstrated measuring. The
discussed
girls d the choosing c osi g of
food for health, using the food
od
;for health; as :a guide, and
tablished- the_, importance and
value of meat inthe diet.
The next meeting will be held
on February 20 at the home of
Mrs. Harvey Snell.
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Jan Jaskula of
Blyth showed pictures their son,
Henry, of Toronto had taken in
their native Poland, when he
returned there for a visit last
summer, at the regular gathering
of the Community Fellowship
Club, last Wednesday afternoon.
Games of crokinole and
shuffle. board were played, than
a dainty Valentine lunch was
served
Wheel design safer
The Ontario Safety League
reports - that the energy
absorbing (collapsing) steering
column, standard equipment on
GM cars since the 1967 models,
is reducing driver fatalities and
injuries in collisions that throw
the driver forward. A study was
made of 1100 1968 GM vehicles
involved in accidents causing
frontal damage. It shows that
the probability of a driver
receiving minor or
non -dangerous' injury has been
reduced by 26 percent by the
energy absorbing column; his
probability of receiving no
injury was increased 10 percent.
Fatal and serious injuries were
also reported decreased, but
percentages were not given.
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STEWART YOUNG of 63 North
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performance last fall in his first
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Clinton News -Record, Thursday, February 20, 1969 11
Local women get posts
in Huron -Perth UCW
Huron ,regional presidents
were among the officers named
by the Huron -Perth Presbyterial
United Church women at their
annual meeting, in Mitchell
United Church this month.
.Mrs. Harold Doig of
Fordwich was chosen as north
president; Mrs. Orval Harrison,
RR 1, Monkton, centre; Mrs..
Lloyd Bond, RR 3, Clinton,
west and. Mrs. Edwin Miller, RR
3, Exeter, south.
On. the 1969 slate of
presbyterial officers is Mrs.
Stewart Miner, RR 3, Exeter,
first vice-president. Mrs. George
Michie, RR 4, Brussels, is a past
president.
Mrs. J. Axtman, RR 2,
Walton, was named chairman of
the Christian missionary
education committee. Mrs.
Carson Watson, RR 4, Brussels,
heads the finance committee and
Mrs. Gilbert Beecroft of RR 1,
Belgrave is co-chairman of the
nominating committee.
Holmesville
UCW makes quilts,
sews baby clothes
The Holmesville U.C.W. held
a work meeting instead of the
regular meeting last week. There
were six crib quilts made, one
for an orphanage in Hong Kong,
and the rest for the Children's
Aid. Some sewing was done on
baby nighties. At noon, a
delicious pot -luck dinner was
enjoyed.
The business meeting was
conducted by the president, Mrs.
Bond. The roll call was answered
by the paying of fees. Everyone
was asked to attend the World
Day of Prayer Service at Ontario
Legion auxiliary
plans to paint a
Two new members of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Royal
Canadian Legion, Clinton
Branch, were initiated last week
by Mrs. Evelyn Carroll of
Goderich, zone commander.
Among business matters
discussed at the meeting was a
plan to paint the Legion Hall
auditorium in the near future.
Otrer'lijaiis "include a card party "
slated for March 29 and a
bowling tournament scheduled
on March 19 in Kincardine. Mrs.
Ron MacDonald is making
arrangements for those going to
the tourney.
Mrs. Dennis Bisback,
president, chaired the meeting.
It was noted that the auxiliary
will be in charge of the Clinton
Public Hospital next month.
Mrs. Bessie Black won
share -the -wealth and Mrs. Beulah
Wonch won attendance draw.
Plans were made to have
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Street Church tomorrow. The
Spring Thankoffering meeting
will be held in April, with Dr.
Mowatt showing pictures of
China.
It was decided to purchase
two stacking tables for the
kindergarten classroom.
A report of the presbyterial
meeting at Mitchell was given by
Mrs. Bond. •
Articles for a bale of baby
things are to be brought to the
March meeting.
It was decided to have no
meetings in July or August.
initiates two,
uditorium soon
entertainments after meetings,
followed by lunch, and to
discontinue looking after
lunches for the Saturday night
socials.
Mrs. Bert Alton of RR 7,
LucknoW, was Selected as
community friendship portfolio
secretary, with Mrs. George
Potter of Clinton in :charge of
supply and welfare and Mrs,.
Clark Kennedy of Grand Bend
sharing programme
responsibilities with Mrs. Roy
Galway of Listowel.
Mrs. A. J. Mowatt of
Clinton's Wesley -Willis U.C.W.
led morning devotions for the
175 women who attended the
meeting for which the theme
was "Deeper Commitment —
Wider Horizons."
The Reverend Morley Clark,
Christian Education secretary
for London Conference, gave the
morning address. Mrs. B. C.
Neiee of Essex was afternoon
speaker.
Pledge support
for Biafra relief
Love was the central theme
of the February meeting of the
Madeleine Lane Auxiliary of St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
held at the home of Mrs. Lloyd
Carter, 144 Mary Street, last
Tuesday.
The 14 members attending
answered roll call with a love
song. The devotional part of the
meeting was taken by Mrs.
Howard Cowan and Miss
Beatrice Gibson. Mrs. Charles
Fee, in her topic, gave the
various definitions of the word •
love and illustrated with a
magazine article the profound
change which can be achieved in
a person's life if "Christian love"
is present.
The auxiliary discussed its St.
Patrick's Day tea and bake sale
and arranged to decorate for the
March 15 event at its next
meeting.
Mrs. Robert Homuth,
president, 'read from a book,
"Journey to Biafra" by Stephen
Lewis, and a decision was made
to send a "substantial" donation
to aid the victims of the civil
strife in breakaway Nigerian
state.
Assisting the hostess with
lunch were Mrs. Viola Lampman
and Mrs. Gladys Hoggarth.
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