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Mr. and Mrs. Amos Cornelius,
Whitechurch, were visitors on
Monday with the former’s aunt,
' 3Mrs. Jesso Gray at the home? of
her daughter,-Mrs. Matthew
Shackleton. Mrs. Gray, in her
. nineties, is/quite a lot improved
after toeing quite ill, for several
weeks. ’Mrs. Gray was also visit?
ed on Saturday by her daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Webb of
MSoderichi——...
. ” Mrs; ‘ Abner Morris was visited
en Sunday by her daughter, Mjrs.
Russell Drennan, Mr. Drennan &
Reta of Bright’S Grove and Mrs.
^Elliott Drennan of Goderich. ’*
Mr. and ,Mrs, Alvin McGee of
Goderich were Sunday visitors
, . with the latter?s parents, Mr« and
Mrs. Otto Popip arid the grand-,
mother/ Mrs. R. A. McKenzie./
Mr. Jack Eedy of O.E.A. Col-
legeTToronto, spent, the week-end
/ with his patents, Mr* and Mrs.
Heber Eedy,/ '/’•,■
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The February meeting of the
W.M.S. and W.A. was held at the
home of Mrs. Edward Robinson
with^Mrs. Hardy presiding over:
the. W.M.S. meeting. The scripture
lesson Was read by Mrs, Norman
Thompson and Mrs. S. Thomp
son. Mrs. H. Jefferson read an
article on Christian Stewardship.
Mrs. N. Thompson gave a read
ing. Mrs, E. Robinson read a
supper to be held, on March 17th,
Mr. Watt, assisted by Mrs. George
Hodges, showed slides which
Wer6 very interesting arid* en
joyed by all. The meeting closed
with a hymn arid prayer. A love
ly lunch was served by the hos
tesses, Miss R.. Sproul, Mrs? Alvin
Sherwood, Mrs. W. Sillib,: Mrs;
Melvin Reed.
Mrs. W. R. Andrew, who has
been ill at the home of her dau
ghter,' Mrs. Ben Mole, is quite
;• We are iglad see Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin SteWart out again
after a seige of illness. Mrs. Ste
wart has returned home from
Goderich. Hospital after removal
of appendix and Mel had been
suffering with swelling and in
fection in his feet.
Mrs. Everett Errington, prjesis
dent, presided at the February
meeting of the W. A. of Dun
gannon United Church at the
home »of Mrs. Robt. Irvin. Mrs;
lOtto Popp was at the piano. Fol-
lowing the opening hymn, the
Lord’s prayer was.. repeated 'in
unison. The subject of the devo-<
tional period‘was “Prayer0. Mrs*
Arthur Ellidtt took the scripture
lesson and Mrs. Harvey Anderson
gave the lesson thoughts and
Mrs. Cecil Blake offered grayer.
Mrs. Harvey Alton; sec/treas.,
gave the reports. Mrs. George
Hodges reported for the parson-
age committee. Mrs. M. Reed con
ducted a very interesting/con
test. Arrangements were made for _ , .
the St. Patrick’s congregational a lot improved.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB., 25 th, J 953
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poem. The chapter iri the s;tudy
book was taken by Mrs. K Rob
inson71 and Miss Eilairie Jefferson.
‘There .were 12 ladies in attend
ance. Quilts • are being made in
preparation for the bale for over
seas relief. Quiltings have been
held in the following homes: Mrs.
Chas’ Jefferson, Mrs. Morley-
Johnston, Mrs. Norman Thomp
son, Mrs. Ed. Robinson and Mrs.
R. Chamney. The March meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs,
Wm.Hardy.Mrs.NormanThomp-
son was in charge of the W. A.
meeting. Mrs; Gordon Naylor was1
the winner of the bath towel do-'
nated byMrs. Thompson., A sale
of baking, etc,,, was held.
’’ Miss Rena McClinchey of Au-
burn ■ was a . recent visitor with
her cousin, Miss Elaine Jeffer
son, ' ■Mrs. Christena Mills, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Mills and son of De
troit were recent week-end guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nor
man Thompson.I
OBITUARY
MR. GEORGE A. GREER
George Anson Greer, a resident
of this community for 70 years,,
died suddenly at his home/ in
Lucknow *on Sunday evening,,
February 15th. He was in his 87th
year, '
Mr. Greer had been enjoying
much improved health of late af
ter rallying from a heart condi
tion that confined him Jo.'hospital
for some time.
. He had been in his usual health
’until~""a“few—hours—before—his—
death. He was stricken’with a /
painful seizure on Sunday Stfters
'noon arid passed away suddenly
about ten o’clock: that eyening, _
iMr.- Greer was a son ^of .the,
late George and Mary Greer, and .
was born at Gorrie on August?
29th, 1866. He was one of a fam- ,
ily of eleven children/ The family
lived at Goderich for a time be
fore moving to, Lucknow in 1883,
when George was. a yoiith of 17. ,
His father took up 200 acres east
of the Village, the home farm .
being ;now owned by his nephew,
Clarence Greer. y
After Mr. Greer’s marriage to
Julia Ann Peart they took up ...
residence on the adjoining farm
now owned by Vernon Hunter,
and where George farmed until/,
retiring to Lucknow a few years
ago. He.. was an efficient and. ,
methodical, farmer/ '
■'“Sfr."7 'Greer,^r?.genial,"Tsbclabl?“*u
nature 'won him many friends
and. his sUtely bearing, despite
his years, - tended to make one
“throw their Shoulders back” '■to
see him_stepping briskly and
erectly along the street. . '.
Apart from his home and his .
work, Mr? Greer’s chief interest
lay in his church. He loved music .
[land_lo sing; and in his vounger -
I years led. in the singing in the
} United Church Sunday School,
then the1 Methodist. Church.
For many years he had been /’
a member of the Session and oi
the Board of Trustees.
The funeral service was held
in. the McLennan - MacKenzie
Memorial Chapel on Tuesday af
ternoon, February th, conduct?
ed by Rev. G A. Meiklejohn. In
terment was. in preenhill Cem
etery the pallbearers being Ewart .
Taylor, Malcolm Stewart/ Wm.
McGill, W. G. Andrew, Alex/
Andrew and S. C* Rath well.
Mr. Greer is survived by two.
daughters, Miss Eva Greer of
Lucknow and Mrs; R. H. Aiken
.(L^vtefne) of Kingston; ,three
grandchildren, Mrs. Oscar Grange
(Ruth); Mrs. T. Lemon (Mary)
of Kingston and John Aiken of
the“R-.G7A7Fr-at~MicDonaid,-Man
one brother, John Melvin Greer
of Lucknow, and one sister, Mrs.
A. L. Stewart of Detroit.
Mrs. Greer predeceased her
husband in June of 1941.
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CULROSS CORNERS
Mrs. Ernie . Harina and . Miss . .
Marjorie McDonald spent a week.
end in Startford attending the
At Home. : 7
.. Mr. and Mrs. Earle Hodgins
spent a couple , of days in Torr
onto taking in the Ice Follies and
The Happy Gang.
Mr. P. A. Murray‘'and Mr. Far-
ish Moffat were in Toronto at- .
tending the Good Roads Conven
tion. ; ’ ’ . ./''..■
■I,. Mr,.... and/Mrs.. Earle
Mr. and Mrs. Don Donaldson had
SUnday dinner With Mr. & Mrs.
Davidson arid Doris ofTeesWater. :
Mr. and- Mrs. Dave Ross, Mr/,
and Mrs. Jack Ross were Sunday
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. J.. J.
Reid of Teeswater. . .
Mr. Earle Hodgins was in Tor
onto one day last week.
Mr. peter Moffat and Mr.4 Gra- v .
Hani Moffat spent a day in Ham
ilton last week* ' - ■' .
■ Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Donaldson
and Doug of Teeswater visited .
one Evening last Week.
Quite a number from here took
in the John Deere show1 Tu>.t
week in Teeswater which was
put on by Mr. Elwin Keyes.
• Mr. and Mrs-.’ Wm,. Mclnnes oC
Teeswater' visited with Mr. and
Mrs. John Mcinnes last week. ,
Mr. j and Mrs-. Wm. Ross and \
family of Wroxeter spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. John Ross &.
• Edna: .
n Teeswater which was
by Mr* Elwin Keyes. /