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DUNGANNON
The United, Church W.M.S. met
Thursday-afternoon at the home
bf the president, Mrs. Herb Fin
nigan, with 11 answering the roll
;. call and Mrs. Finnigan presiding.
Mrs.7 J. Ryan read the scripture
-and led in prayer and Mrs. M.
Shackleton gave the meditation
and prayer. Mr&. Finnigan read
parts of the leaflet on the Re
vised Standard editioij Of the
Bible and of the Cornation. Mrs.
iL jrvin gave a reading. A mo-
tion was passed to donate money
to handicraft kits at summer
camps. Miss Betty & Elliott offered
Her home for the July meeting.
Mrs. Arthur Elliott gave a read-
■ ing.
At the Dungannon United
—_—church-on-Sunday-morningr-May-
Slst, an impressive baptismal ser-
Woodwork
. vice was held during -the regular
service.1 Rev. Gedf D.. Watt, pas-
■ tor, was assisted by his father,
Rev. W. J. Watt, Whitechurch.
The infants were, Rhpdene Alex
andra Pentland, daughter of Mr.-
and Mrs. Wilfred Pentland.; Cath
erine May Culbent, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Culbert; Sus
an Anne Park, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Park; John
Frederick Young, sori of Mr. and
Frederick Young; Velma -Doreen
Culbert, daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
Nelson Culbert; Elizabeth Anne
Errington, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Errington;. Lorene.
Anne Errington, daughter of Mr.
rind Mrs. Ross Errington; Brenda
Marie Scholtz, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Scholtz; Valerie
Margaret Watt, daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. G. D. Watt.
Dr. H. A. S* Vokes, Mrs. Yokes
MARKED GOLDEN
WEDDINGJJAY
On June 3rd, 1903, a pretty out
door wedding was solemnized pn
the lawn, at Woodlawn Farm, the
home of Alexander Peritland,
Dungannon, when his sister, Mary
Clara Pentland was united in
marriage with David Franklin
Johnston of Lucknow. The cere
mony was performed by. the
bride’s cousin,, Rev!. Christopher
Kaine. . Fifty years . later they
celebrated their golden, vwedding
in Jpshawa, Qnt. The reception
was held at Adelaide House. Their
daughter, Helen and her husband,
J. E. DUrrant and son Murray
arid Mrs. Johnston greeted the
guests at the door. The fpur
graridchildren, Mary Durrant arid
Mike, • Pat and Molly Jphnsion,
were also present. Mr. and Mrs.
.Johnston received their guests in
the library which was beautifully
decorated with gift botiquets of
golden stocks, roses, gladioli, lil
ies* and carnations* Mrs. Johnston
was. assisted by her niece, Mrs.
(Rev.) Todd ' (formerly : Nina
Bickle). of Guelph, who was her
bridesmaid. Nearly 150/relatives
and friends were present to honor
Mr? and Mrs. Johnston, a number
of whom had been at their wed
ding. These included Mrs. John
ston’s sister-in-law, Mrs. A. B.
Peritland,. forrherly. of ;Durigan-
nori; two cousins., Mrs._ J.; Arm?
strong and Mrs. Smith, formerly
the .Misses Laura and Lala Berry
of Lucknow; her niece and neph
ew, Mrs. J. M. Reed of. Dungan
non and Mr. W.. B. Anderson of
Lucknow; apd - Mr. Johnston’s
sisters, Mrs. Howard Armstrong
of Toronto and Meaford, Mrs. Au
gustus Paul of Bermuda and Mea
ford and Mrs. Morgan Leslie of
TorontoOtherguestsf romadis^
tance included Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Bickle and son, Ian^ The
Pas, Manitoba; Mr. and Mrs? B.
G. Pentland, Londori; Mr^- Alan
Pentlarid, North Bay; a grand
niece, Lynda Foster, Sheppardton
and Rev. and Mrs. Berry Arm
strong, Lindsay; from Toronto,
Mrs. Harry LePage, Mr. ijarry
Bickle, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred
Bickle (the former Violet Mc-
Donaigh of . Goderich), Mrs. E.
Pritchard and Mrs. James Harb-
inson. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston
deeply appreciated the many ap
propriate .gifts, beautiful Cardis
and messages of. congratulations
and friend Jack Ling, Toronto,
spent ten days at the summer
home hero in the village. . '
Mr. Tom Morton, Toronto, has
-returned—for^the—summer—to-'the-
home of Mrs. Banks.
WEDDING BELLS
HENDERSON—1VRAITH
A quiet but pretty wedding
took place on Saturday afternoon,
June 6th, under an arch of lilacs,
spireai and peonies, at, the home
of the bride’s parents, When Ger
trude Elizabeth, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Wraith, Holy
rood, was united <ih ’marriage to
Eldon Murray Henderson, son, of
Mr. arid Mrs. Eldon Henderson^
Lucknow. r<.The bride,' giyen, in marriage
by, her father. Wore a dress of
white chantilly- lace over satin
styled with •. fitted , bodice, net
yoke and long lily point sleeyes.
The skirt ended in a slight train.
Her-fingertip veil, which was ap-
pliqued with lily-of; the-valley,
was caught .by a brilliant-studded
■cdrSnation headdress* She carried
a shower bouquet qi red roses.
Miss Phyllis Osborne of Tor
onto Was the bride’s only attend
ant, • wearing a ballerina length
gown of yellow nylon sheer, over
taffeta with matching headdress.
She carried a nosegay of cream
•roses.
Mr. Ross Henderson, brother of
the groom, was best man.
For the reception which folr
lowed, the bride’s mother chose
a white figured nylori dress with
black and white accessories arid
a corsage of yellow roses; The
groorn’smotherWoreablbckand
white taffeta dress with pink and
black accessories arid a corsage
of pink roses.
For their wedding trip to
Northern Ontario and northern
parts of' the .States,. the bride
dorined a cocoa brown suit with
yellow and ibrown accessories and
a corsage of yellow roses. On
their return the happy young
couple will reside in Lucknow.
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WYLDS-r-in Kincardine Hospital
on Saturday, May 30th, to Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Wyldsf R. R. 3,
Lucknow, a son, Kenneth War
ren. ■ ■
MacKENZIE—in Wingham Gen
eral'Hospital* oil Monday* June
8th, 1953, to Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Mackenzie, a son.
YAHBEE—in Wingham , Hospital
on Wednesday, June 3rd to Mr.
and Mrs. Art Yahbee, Tees water
(nee Helen Irwin), a daughter,
Suzanne Elizabeth.
MURRAY—in Wingham General
Hospital on Wednesday, June 3,
-19537-sto-Mr7-and~Mrsr-Ala n~Mur^
ray, R. 1, Lucknow, a sori.
report on the 29th • annual; '
session Of the London Conference
of the United Church Of Canada.
Oyer twb hundred delegates from
eight. Western Ontario, counties
attended. Delegates reported that
presbyteries were rapidly Organ
izing/ men’s councils and church
clubs, sp. that laymen would bet- ’ ;
ter understand their church and 'I
its problems. One speaker point ‘
ed out that the nation’s recrear
tional inprals. are.fantastic tto say
the least. Vulga^ literature^ mov
ies and radio programs are run- »
riing counter to Christianity. On
an educational theihe the schools
are tendirig to accomodate the
“average pupil”. Better public re
lations between the church. and
business was. advocated.
The Rev. C. D. Daniel of Trin- I
jty United Church, Ingersoll, , was I
elected president of the Confer- I
ence* The ReV. A. E. Duffield; I
Lambeth,, is secretary and the I
Rev. N. J. Woods; Thedford, is I
treasurer;^ , I
The conference will ask the I
General. Council to allocate at I
least 30 percent of the rnissionary I
and maintenance furid to oyer- I
^easmissions. Personnel“nefeds~ of ‘— I
the overseas field includes four- I
teen additional .ministers, seven I
teachers, four doctors* three soc- I
ial service workers, arid an agri- I
^ulturalist~^he”Un*i^^^^
Will be afforded an opportunity * I
to participate in a televised re- I
ligious program over station : I
CFPL-TV"in“N6vember. |
Sunday School enrollment had
increased by over twelve hun
dred .but the number of senior
pupils Was on the^ decline. Work
of the Young Peoples Unions was
ion the decline. There are not
I enough clergy and lay workers
td keep up With the demand of an
expanding, church program. It
?was rioted that over one hundred
ministers are ministering-to , con
gregations of less than one hun
dred families. -j
The current project of. the Wo
men’s Missionary Society in : line-
with that of other United church
organizations, is to raise funds'
for establishment of a .United .
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OUT OF THE SOCK
TO SAFETY
Church training centre for young
w;6men who wish to serve the ■
church, m a full-time capacity.
: The general council of the
church has authorized an expen
diture of $3,300,000 for construc
tion of churches in the new in
dustrial development areas of
Canada. Of this amount $2,500,000 '
‘is to be raised by the presbyteries
across the nation. .
The average minister’s pension,
of the United Church is. .$736.00,
It is hoped to be able to raise
this figure in the near future.
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Even today a,few people still
their money in a sock or under the
mattress. But nuysrdave fiduuilliat^
, Ixeping their savings in. the ’
bank is a whole lot safer, more
convenient—and completely private, •
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Today- Canadians have nearly 9,000,000
deposit accounts — striking evidence
, of their faith and confidence in the
’ - ' . chartered banks .rtf Canada* .’
THE BANKS SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY
United Church Mission Band
At , the June 7th meeting of. -
-the Mission Band - the members
and their leaders entertained the
mothers and friends. The meeting _
opened with Elizabeth Webster
taking charge. After singing a •
hymn the following program was j
very ‘much enjoyed: trip by. Lyn
da, Peggy and .Donna Button:,
duets iby Mary Miirdie and’Bev^
erly Rathwell and' bjf ^Shirley'h': <■
.^in and Elizabeth Websitefrsplos •
by Retty, Marriott. A play was
composed and directed py
beth Webster. Those taking part
were, Shirley Irwin, Nancy Web- |
ster, Fi^er AsMon, Joahrie^Hrtn-....
teiy Murray Hunter* pyb ^0^’
Leoria 'Coiliris, Nancy Irwin, Joan I
Crawford, Patricia Thompson.
■Carolyn Mathers. Piano solos by
Mary Allan, Karen Burden and i‘ I
teUirie^MiciJay; readings by
Collyer, Joan ^Marshall and Joan ■ I
’drawford. After the closing hymn I
and benediction, the. lunch was I
served. This ,was the last Mission I
• Band until September. - ' I
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