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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-02-20, Page 11NDESBORO (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 See Our New Line Of SOCIAL BOOKS Including ADDRESS — DIARY -•-• GUEST — ANNIVERSARY AUTOGRAPH BOOKS Also PHOTO ALBUMS by Web -Way New Shipment of PAINT BY NUMBERS Sllltl7g5 OFFICE SUPPLIES tiftp inial erty ltd?F• .yn'i� /"\ ALBERT at. 482.97RR di: NTON crops, soil management, fertilizers, and disease and insect control. This publication is also intended for the use of commercial growers. Both publications have received wide distribution at farmers' meetings in rural. areas. Copies are available from local Agricultural Representatives or from the Information Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food, Parliament Buildings, Toronto. 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. lst BAPTIST CHURCH OF CLINTON PRESENTS. DAVID ,& GRACE ASZBACH, From SOMOLiLAND AFRICA SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd 11:00 a.m. Ministry— DAVID ASZBACH 7:00 p.m. — Color Slides and Display of Samoli Dress EVERYONE WELCOME STEWART YOUNG of 63 North Street, Clinton, a graduate of Central Huron Secondary School here, has been awarded a $100 Falconbridge Scholarship for his performance last fall in his first year of studies at Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology, Haileybury Campus. Mr. Young is enrolled in the mining technology course. 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 Help your Heart Fund fight heart disease — your Number One Health Enemy. Send a contribution now to the Canadian Heart Fund, 247 Davenport Road, Toronto, Ontario. 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. • Used Farm Equipment DAVID BROWN 950 WITH LOADER .,Rt. MASSEY FERGUSON WITH LOADER JOHN DEERE 130 BV SPREADER H. LOBB &SONS LTD. 482-9431 Clinton COLOR TV OUTSELLS BLACK & WHITE 2tol We have just tallied up our most recent sales figures and the results are perhaps a little startling to the average TV viewer. Many people still think of color television as a rare item of limited public acceptance as yet. This is not true and we have the figures to prove it. 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