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Mrs. G.M. Counter
Heads St. Paul's
Guild for 1967
The 'regular meeting of' St.
Paul’s Anglican Church Ladies
Guild was held at the home of
Mrs. Harry Bartliff, Huron
Street on Tuesday, January 3.
After routine business the an
nual meeting, and election of
officers was held. The secre
tary submitted her yearly < re
port.^
Mrs. Nppnan, the, treasurer,
read- the .report of the finance
committee for the year’ 1966.
The memorial flowers report
and the fifower mission report
were given for 1966.
The officers for 1967 are as
fodidws: President, Mrs,. G.
Morley Counter; treasurer, Mm
H, C, .Noonan; secretary, Mrs.
F. G. Thompson; memorial
flowers convener, Mrs. G. M-
Counter and the flower mission
conveners, Mrs. H. Bartliff and
Mrs.. Lyla Pinner. The officers
were installed by Rev. R. Wen-
ham. . •
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ated rapidly. The news began
to pour in. You madly dashed
off two sparkling editorials.
You tried to make a sensible
story of the donnybrook at
last night’s council meeting.
You hit the street and sold
ad's, whether it was raining or
snowing or blastingly hot.
* Wednesday was even more-
so. Complaints, .callers, clas
sified ads piling in, and the
(inevitable merchant waltzing
in, after the deiadlme, with a
big ad you -simply diidh’t hiaVe
room to print. Proof -reading
away behind. People in -lttok-
ling for free publ-iaity. People
in just, to chat about town af
fairs,* dr their grandchildren. .
Andr the linotype, operator,
dangerous to the point of be
ing lethal, within a radius of
12 feet of his machine.-Work
often till, midnight,, putting
the sheet to bed-
Thursday was decision day.
Too many ads. Can we- leave
this one out? .Too much
country correspondence.
Which reporter will be least
infuriated . if,, we ’ leave’ her
-stuff till next week? Short a
'column’ of front page news.
Where .can we dig , it up? The
photos, haven’t arrived. Rush
to thle-.' bus station; see if
they’re in. .
But by ' about 10:30 a.m.,
She was on the press, ,and the
comforting thump and rumble
■ of the old machine was re- .
ward 'enough. for. 'ail the
scrambling. There was- solid
satisfaction in folding,. stamp
ing and 'mailing, thle finished-
product. You felt as'good kds.
though you’d just wrestled an.
alligator to’ a split , decision^
’ At- any rate I was hooked.
Formed h . partnership with
one of the pointers, and we
bought the thing. Wie didn’t
have 40 cents apiece. But we
went out- like a couple of
pirates, ■ hit every friend and
relative we knew, scratched
up the down payment, out--
bid every competitor because
we had nothing to’ lose, and
took on what was probably
the biggest mortgage on any ..
weekly newspaper on the con
tinent. .
They were great fun, those
first few years. There wiasn’t
much caviar or champagne.
Every- spare nickel went into
the d'ebts. But we • made it,
and made a host of good
friends among weekly editors
on ’the way.
But I can tell you that
.running a weekly nfewspaper
■’ ■is drie of the roughest- games
in town. Holidays are almost
unknown. Long hours are the
rule. Somebody is' always
sore at you. And you’ll never
'be rich.
I’ll miss it. Some of it. And
I’ll always have warm memo
ries of it. But I hope to' Weep
’in touch’through this column,
which wiil.1 continue as usual.
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children -often pi'ovide ithe inspiration for one rpore- time;
For years npw, our two oldest
have longed for pet. At one
time, they had two dogs and
three oats-—but that didn't last
long. Jt cost more in one week
: to keep those awkward animals
alive t’hai] to feed the entire
family, sq our canine and feline
friends vanished as mysterious
ly as mist in the morning.
.From ' time to time since,
we've housed various members
of the wilderness kingdom for
shaft period's. I remember with
mixed emotions the days. . we
spent peering -into a quart' seak.
er'waiting for the fish eggs tp
hatch, only to discover the tiny
black babies my daughter
Tansling were mosquitoes!
My son once insisted
owned a trained fly. He
It was the early days, of spring
and Fenwick, Fly- was in that
stupid, sticky stage when he
would lay on h!is back and buzz
for hours and crawl drunkenly
up and d'own the arm of his
•adoring master, turning. at ■ the
nudge of a finger.
I recall, too, the fears arid
wailing when ,• the polywogs
passed to thelir reward . >•, and
with each untimely death the
cry went up, “Mommy, when
can we’get a rdal pet?’^-
- This past Christrnias, jolly
old ’St. Nicholas brought to ouf1
humble abode a -tiny, harmless-
looking, pretiy-to-see blue
budgie bird.- I reasoned that. Buddy Budgie Would’ fulfill the'
Children’s desire for a pet; re
main out of the way: be decor
ative, entertaining and1 inex
pensive; and probably most im
portant, clean. . ' 1
I have since learned that the'
children, aren’t . wild1 about
budgies. ;The kids , look at Bud
dy Budgid with, about the same
interest they might hlave for an
empty . bubble > gum machine.
The baby is the ..only one who
pays much attention to Buddy,
Two little- hands, reach, out reg
ularly, grasp the stand under
Shirley Keller ,
the cage and move back and
forth' vigorously until -the bird
is shaken from. his perch and
too- dizzy to climb back pn,
. “Not enough to keep a. bird
glivg” is a shying I mistakenly
took for truth. Either I was
wrong in the assumption that a
little budgie bird would have a
small appetite or our Buddy
has ,a tape worm, It seems he
lias ,his head<in the seed cup
half the' time and when the
room is- quiet, I can hear every
shell crack and every husk
drop. '
Immediately after .each meal
or snack, Buddy sweeps out his
cage. Like a . baby blue dive
bomber he swoops down^ from
his perch flapping- his wings
Wildly. Every loose morsel and
some that are not are hoisted
from Buddy’s confined quarters
and1 onto the“ floor beneath.
Not until this, manoeuver is
ppmplete will Buddy sit quietly
and be prettily decorative
, . . until it is .time to eat again.
Most budgies learn to say
“pretty boy”.. I won’t b'e a. bit
surprised when our Buddy
squawks, “drat that darn bird!”
Passes At Home
In 80th
V
The objective of the 1967
March of Dimes 'campaign in
the _ Southwestern Ontario
Branch ‘area will- >be. $84,000.
This' was announced by D. C.
Nickle of London, branch cam
paign chairman of the Rehabili
tation • Foundation, for..- the Dis
abled. The total Ontario goal is
$820,000;
(The Ontario March of Dimes
is the Foundation's fund-raising
arm.) -.
While preparing a year-end
report about the Branch’s
finances, Mr. Nickle told board
members that in ’the first two
months of 1966 -about $70,357
was spent and the 'anticipated
total for the’ year should be
about $80,095. »
"About $81,000 was raised in
the 1966 .campaign to cover
costs of . providing ' physical,
psychological and vocational re
habilitation services - for -about
473 .physically disabled people
more than 19 years' in. this
Branch area. They’ are- persons
riisafoted by .any disease or -acci
dent wlhc> are not eligible for
aid by the various..government
departments or agencies.
The Branch covers the Coun
ties of Elgin, Huron, .Kent,
Lambton, Middlesex; Oxford,
Norfolk and. Essex (Windsor).
Duxing January, Volunteer
March of Dimes committees are
busy preparing for their annual
Mothers’’ Marches in which
about 7,000 women will ' blitz
85,000 homes, 041 the* night of
January 30 in every community
except those in which the or
ganization is a member of the
United Appeal?
George Arthur Leitch passed
away at his home on January
2 in his 80th year. The late Mr.
Leitch was bom on the Huliett
'homestead and lived there his
entire life..
He is suryived by> his wife,
the former Annie Jarman.; one
daughter, Mrs. Wlilber (Elma)
Jewitt; four grandsons, Ronald,
Gary, Bev . and Brian; one
•granddaughter, Glenyce, all of
RR 1, Clinton; two sisters, Mrs.
Robert (Lil-ie) Jamieson, Clin
ton and Mrs. Bruce’ (Annie)'
Medd, McKillop Township.
Services were held dn Tues
day evening }by the Huliett
Lodge, -AF and' AM and the
Canadian Order of Foresters of
Which he was a member.
The funeral service was held
from the G. A. Whitney Fun
eral Home, Seaforth on Wed
nesday, January' 4,»- Services
were conducted by Rev. Robert
Tschanz, Londesboro and Rev.
J. C. Britton, Seaforth.
Pallbearers were Donne Law-
son, Reg. Lawson, James Flynn,
Lloyd Medd,* Jack Medd and
George Hoggart with tempor
ary interment in the Pioneer
Memorial Mausoleum.. Burial
later in the, Maitlandbank' Cem
etery, Seaforth.
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Mary. Martha Unit
To Meet Tuesday
The Mary and Martha Unit 1
of Wesley-Willis United Church
will meet at 'the home of Mrs.
Charles ’* Neilson, 106 Victoria
St., oh January 17 at 6:30 p.m-.
With' a pat luck supper. The
roll call will' be answered with
the payment of fe'eS. ’The guest
speaker will be Mrs. Rev.
Mowatt.
The chapel at Ontario Street
United Church in Clinton was
the scene.of ‘a pretty wedding
on December 23 when Catherine
Emily Hussey, Egmondville, ex
changed vows and rings with
Dennis George Whitney, din-'
ton. Rev. Grant . Mills officiated
at the ceremony for the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Terrance
J. Hussey, Egmondville and the
step-son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Shipp, RR 5, Clinton.
Given in marriage by her
father, the .bride was lovely in
a floor-length gown of white
bridal lace. Styled with a flat
tering scalloped neckline and
long lilypdint sleeves, the gown
featured a full ’hooped skirt.
Her shoulder-length veil was
caught by a rhinestone tiara
and she carried a white Bible
crested with yellow roses.
Matron of honor was Mrs.
Harvey Scott, dintpn. She wore
a street-length dress of orange
lace over taffeta and a pearl
tiara. Her corsage- was- of white
carnations.
Harvey Scott, Clinton,- was
groomsman.
For a-reception at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Scott, 140
Albert St., Clinton, guests were
received by the groom’s mother
Who- wore a beige dress and
coat ensemble titamed with
matching lace, brofwn access
ories and a corsage of red roses.
Among the guests at the re
ception were: Miss Sarah
Hussey, Egmondville', sister of
the bride; -Mr. and Mrs. Keith
Free, Lindsay,' sister -and broth
er-in-law of the groom; A.
L. Colquhoun, Rev. and Mir's.
Grant Mills and Arthur Currie
all of Clinton;, and Mrs. Laura
Currie, Goderich.
A honeymoon to North East
ern Ontario including Peter
borough, Lind'say and Oshawa
followed. The bride travelled, in
a three piece .dOubie-knit suit
of charcQ'al grey, a gold blouse,
black shoes, purse, gloves and
hat and .a yellow- rose corsage.
Mr. and Mrs. Whiitney are re
siding at 84 Albert St. The
groom is employed at the Clin-
of
MR. AND MRS. DENNIS GEORGE WHITNEY
ton News-Record.,
Pre-Nuptial Event
The bride was ‘trie guest
honor at a miscellaneous show
er-at the home of the hostess,
Mrs. Harvey Scott prior to the
wedding, on December 3. Guests
included Mrs. Sam Shipp, the
groom’s mother; Mrs. Eric
Siwitzer;. Miss'- Norma Garrett;
Mrs. Laura Currie, Goderich.;
Mrs. Robert Hartman and Mrjsi.
Jack VianEgmond of the News -
Record staff.
Ontario St. UCW
Unit One Meets
•Unit I of Ontario Street'
United Church Women met for
their January meeting in the
church parlour, with Mrs. Grant
L. Mills presliding.
■ Mrs, Marian V. Abbott' con
ducted worship, taking as her
theme “The Field is1 the World!.”
Mrs. Mills ’ introduced the new
Centennial ■ Yelar Study, teflliing-:
of the efforts of the various
Christian Churches as they foe1-
gan' work among the natives
and the early settiers,
■- After-hearing the annual re
ports and the usual buislin'eisls
meeting, members were enter-
talined riy Miss Becky Howse
playing ri'er accordion.
Lunch, was served by the
committee in charge of plans
for th'e day, Mrs. W; Ross, Mrs.
M. V. Abbott and Mn$. G. L.
Mills.,
Clinton Woman
Dies Here;
Bayfield Burial
A Clinton resident for over
60 years, Mrs. Martha Matilda
McClinchey, 107 James St.,
Clinton, passed away in Clinton
Pqblic Hospital on Friday, Jan
uary 6.. Funeral service was
from the Ball and Mutch Fun
eral Home on Monday, January
9 with Rev. R. Wenihaim offici
ating.
Members of the LOBA held
a memorial service at the fun
eral home on Sunday evening.
Interment was in Bayfield
Cemetery, Pallbearers
Wilfred Jervis, Don
Robert McVe^n, Jinx Johnston,
Elliott Bartliff and Ken Pickett,
pick Welsh, London, Asa
Deeves, Hensall and Geiorgo
Elliott and Erny McClinchey
were the flowerbearers. /
Mrs. McClinchey was born
at Blake, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Archibald Agnew, and was
married to William McClinchey
Who predeceased her. She was
a, member of St. Paul’s Anglican
Church in Clinton, the Ladies
Orange Benevolent Association,
the Mary Hastings Club and
the Ladies Guild of St. Paul’s.
• The deceased had been ill for
two years and had been a pa
tient in hospital for three
months prior to her death.
She is survived 'by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Charles R. (Luella)
Cook and Mrs. R. W. (Beatrice)
Allan, both of Clinton; and one
brother, Sam J. Agnew, Detroit,
Michigan.'
, Attending the funeral from
distant points were Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Agnew, Detroit; Mr.
and Mrs. E. Agnew, Marlette,
Michigan; and Mr.-and. Mrs.
Dick Welsh, London.
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were
Kay,
Goderich Twp. F of A
To Discuss Milk
Goderich Township Federa
tion of Agriculture meeting
will be held- in Holmesville on
Thursday,' January 19 at 8:30
p.m. Milk marketing will be
discussed.
Thurs», Jan.12, 1967—-Clinton News-Record—Page 3
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Huronview Ladies
To Meet* Monday
The Huronview Ladies Aux
iliary will meet on Monday,
January 16 at 2:30 p.m. in the
Ants' and Crafts room. All. are
welcome.
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