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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-03-23, Page 8f I I ■ ■" • ■ ■■ ■ ■ A ' *> ' k Page Ir-Clintori News-Xecord~-Thurs., March 2?, 1967 BEAUTIFUL BREEZY . , , O JI JT * .J& M* JW It i,.ii|i jj , , , By BELLCHAMBER t 't LOL E uchre At Bayfield PERSpHAIkJTMMS f CHURCH NBWS QLVB ACTIVITIES g VIUACE ’ Correspondent: AUDREY BELLCHAMBER — Phone 565-2864, Subscriptions, Classified Adys. and Display Adys, all accented £>y the Bayfield correspondent HAPPENINGS Bayfield W .'"■"■■'I. ■".WI.II¥J."IV»»J»|»IW‘I Mr. an.d Mrs. E. W, Oddleif- spn attended the Ontario Hydro Safety banquet held at the Legion Hall, Exeter, on Friday; March 17, The Sit, Patrick's Day decorations for the even­ ing were ' created by Mrs, Oddleifson and were much ad­ mired, She was presented with ,a bouquet of spring flowers <in .appreciation of her' efforts, Guest speaker for (die evening was Warren Glifton, Director of Safety, Oiitario Hydro, Tor- onto. Mr. and Mrs, W. E. Parker visited their families in <Lon,don ahd .Dorchester over the week­ end. On Saturday (taiey attend-, ed the 'Confederation Capers’ held at the Ingerfepll Arena. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hughes, Larqbeth, wepe guests, for 'die Weekend of Mr1, and Mirs, E. W. Oddleifson. * ■"*' Miss Mary Hovey, -London, visited .Mr, and Mrs. J, E. Hovey over the weekend, Recent hostesses 'for the Hos­ pital Auxiliary card parities Rambling With Lucy (UJCY R. WOODS) t Is spring just around the corner? Maybe two or. three ''cornel's” away according to weather forecasts! (>s. ’ On Monday Lucy heard a comment over CKNX-Radio ■ to the effect that more snow fell in April than in January in our Western Ontario snow belt. And looking at a clipping from 100 years * ago in the London Free Press, Lucy noted that in London on March 21, 1864 the temperature dropped to 16q below zero at 4 a.m. ' v In the past few years one has been inclined to think that we in this location are in the banana belt. On March 24, 1964 the temperature climbed to 656 F and honey bees were slipping nectar from (the snowdrops which carpeted ’the earth under the primeval maple on Mrs. J. E. Howard’s I ' 'have been Mrs. Tom Lbgap and Mrs. G. N, 'Rivei’S. Further donations have also- been re­ ceived from Mte^ J- A. Cameron and F, A- Clift, Mr, and Mrs. Donald John­ ston, Ricky, and Mrs, Fred Weston sprint Friday .ip,^ Lon­ don, » ' - Y; • Guests of Mi’S. A. S. .Morton on Sunday were Miss Mary Miller and Mrs, Brown of Lon­ don. Mr. and Mrs, strong of Owen weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Charles Campbqll, Lon­ don, is a ■ guest at the’ -Albion Hotel, ■ Mrs, Leon Duggan, Strat-- ford, .spent Saturday at her' cottage. „ •1 Mr. and Mrs. Wesley John Litt of Stratford, spent Sunday in the village-. ' j, „ Mr. and 'Mrs. Cecil McRae, Byron, visited Mr. and Mrs. G- N. Rivers on Sunday. ; ■ Rager Arm- Sound were at. that home S. Ervin e, ..... _■ Tommy Sager of Goderich, visited bis grandparents, Mr, and Mrs, Fred Arkeill fox’ sev­ eral days last week- Mrs. Malcolm Tpms is pre- gently a patient in Clinton Hospital. Miss Kafhyra Sparks has re­ turned to her studies at Asbury' College, Kentucky, after spend­ ing the spring vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Home A. Sparks, Miss Verp-a Alderson of Marion, Indiana, has returned to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sparks, Mrs. R. B. ’ Johnstoni . has spent fhe past week visiting Miss-Rhea Kruke in Detroit. Mi$s Mary McFadden .who is- a member of the figure/sfcatfng club,. Goderich, won the Dom­ inion Roads, trophy in • the senior group in the competition held at the weekend; her sister, Shirley^ who is ’a member of the jynior group, tiled for third place., . '' ■t RAYFJEL^ £8- people braved the storm of Eriday evening tp make the LOL euchre pqvty -a suepe^s. Mrs. R, J, Larson won the* prize for the ladi'es’ high score arid Allan. McMichael, the men’s; 1PW -prize winners were,. Mrs, ,‘W. Westlake and Fred Teif-prd. 'Winners of toe moist ldne hands were Mrs,- L. Huffman and Douglas. Telford;- Mrs. Jack Hammond held toe . winning ticket for the 4raw. Zurich Man ■ Wins TV Set BAYFIELD — In spite of inclement weather on, ..Fr'jdhy night the rollarena committee's St. Patrick's dance was, deemed a success by the people attend­ ing. 'Rhe village, hiajll was gaily decorated in Irish green, and Harry Baker was the genial auctioneer of box lunches, The 10 inch ’television set was won by I van Yungblut of Zurich. . . At the 'International .Carre­ four of Expo 67, an arcade of boutiques, visitors will be able to buy merchandise.from about 70 countries. Prices range 'frOim 10 cent pencils: ’ to $10,000 fur coats. ■• Accepting Championship Trophy Cliff'Kennedy, right, caoch of the Bayfield, Lions hockey team, is shown here being congratulated On winning the Central Huron Hockey League champion­ ship by Robbie Farquhar of the runner-up Holmesville team. In the centre is Don Johnston, captain* of the Bayfield team. Bayfield won the third game of the finals in Goderich arena last Wednesday evening by a 10-1 score lawn. Also on this date the frogs broke into their joyous symphony of spring for the first time Now, three years later, the climate seems to .be in line with that of 1864. On St. Paltaick’s night the lowest temper- . ature registeTd this year -in Bayfield was -10°F. In-talking to a friend in Toronto- last week, she wo-ndered if they should bring -their slkfe for the Easter weekend. That ■is a question which those who plot the weather map, might not be able to answer. And while forecasts pbint to March going^out like the •traditional lion, the birds :are apparently discounting it. Mrs. Charles Bell saw a large flock of black birds, about . 1,000, folawing the river valley east from the lake on March 12, and on March' 15, she was attracted’ by the chirping of robins and noted several on limbs of threes in the garden,- Mrs. H. G, E. Crosby heard a flock of geese honking on March 13 but they were so high she couldn’t see them. Lucy had a strange dream on Sunday night: She attended Tinmty Church on -Easter day, There were only- a few people there. No lilies graced the altar or nave. Someone intimated' that |they couldn’t be procured. The only flowers on the altar were snowballs (viburnum). She awakened saddened by .the low attendance and absence of bright flowers at this great festival. .Lucy wonders if the snow balls were, in the nature of a metaphor for weather on Easter Day. What a great disappointment it would be for those who set great store,, by Easter finery! , • ; There will probably be those persons who will wear their new hats and lighter clothing, anyway. In imagination Lucy hears their teeth fairly chattering, just as in her young day. It wasn’t that Lucy always had new clothes for Easter but her mother endeavoured to have one bright piece. As small children, she recalls, she and her sister-stepped out one year in navy felt Bretons — plain but serviceable for all kinds of weather. / Then in her early ’teens- when she had her first suit (made over from one of her aunt’s) how she looked forward to Easter! And that year she had a new white straw hat with a. wide black velvet band and a wreath of small coloured, flowers. Alas! Easter Day was cold and wet! Although she would'' -have almost perished to wear the new outfit, her parents had common sense. She could wear, the suit under her winter coat, but the hat — “No!” Early in life it had been impressed upon her that she went to church to worship on this great joyous festival com­ memorating Christ rising from, the dead;- that a new hat and new' clothes had nothing to do- With her'duty as a Christian, but were merely symbols of spring or Easter — an outward sign, -as it were, of newness, following the spiritual house cleaning in the penitential'’ season of Lent. • . Lucy has occasionally heard of women who wouldn’t go. to a church on Easter Day because they hadn’t new hats. v (She’li. tell you a tale. One young lady who used fo visit relatives in the village, once remarked to her grandmother:, , "I do wish Lucy Wood's Would1 get a new hat. She’s worn that bag blue felt hat for seven years!” The girl was wrong. Lucy had had it fifteen years then, and -after fifteen more years still cherishes' it!!’) . . ■And thinking of hats, fifty years and more ago, thlere' was one store window which Lucy never passed without stopping to gaze at the display. That was Mrs. Murdock Ross’ mtitinery store on Main Street. (Fronting on the street and > running back to her home. Mrs. George Hopson1 who owns the ■ property now, had the shop taken down last year. In pioneer days it .was James Irwin’s property). Although models illustrated in/mail order catalogues had been studied assiduously, in Mrs. Roos’ windows! one saw the advance styles of the season in reality ~ tine beaver felts, velvets, straws, the plumes, ospreys, wings, flowers, veils, and other trimmings of those days, to say nothing of fancy hat pins! Lucy’s mother was an amateur milliner and often made her daughters’ hats. So Lucy never realized her childhood ambition of buying one of .the creations" from Bayfield’s rmlliner, but she could!'spot many which had been, purchased at Mrs. Ross’ shop. Be it a March wind with snow or ,an'April shower, fit ~ dampens one’s spirit as well as apparel in the Easter Day Parade! walk was fin- a Diitiheran con- Halifax in 1752; was the first BAYFIELD — The Trinity Branch Women’s Auxiliary, meeting 'at “The Hut” ■ on. Thursday accepted Mrs. G. L. Morgan Smith’s kind offer to hold a summer tea and bake­ sale on her laiwn on Wednes­ day. July 5. Mrs. F. A. Clift kindly consented to convene this social affair. . With Mrs. J. B. Higgins in the ■ chair,, Mrs F. .A. Clift played for the singing of "Forty Days and Forty Nights”, Rev. E. J. B. Harrison led in the devotional period. Eleven members answered the. roll call. The president reminded members of the fhankoffering to be received at the April meeting. The secretary read an invita­ tion from St. Paul’s Branch, Clinton, to attend their Thank- offering meeting on , Tuesday, March 21. Mrs. Higgins dis­ cussed tentative plans of trans­ portation for those who were happy to accept. Mrs. G. L. Morgan Smith chose “Lutherans” for her topic from “The Church Grows • in Canada”., ’ * ' - y They were very, ,eaply -Pro­ testant settlers. In.''' Augus t 1619, Captain Jens Munck with two ships from Derimark.>,and a compliment of ,66 men, seek­ ing a northwest passage to the | Indies landed near " Churchill River on Hudlson’s Bay shore. ‘With them was' a, ’Lutheran clergyman,' Rev. Rasmus • Jen­ sen. At Christmas they pre­ pared for the Christian anni­ versary; “We had' preaching and the Lord’s' supper.” The sailors out of thieir mdagre pos­ sessions gave the .pastor gifts, some white fox-pelts ■'•which/ he used to line his gown.'. Scurvy set -in and by Easter only five men heard their ailing captain read the Easter ’ ser­ mon from his dead Pastor’s book. Captain Munck recover­ ed from neat death and sailed with two remaining compan­ ions back to Denmark. Over a century passed before there was any recorded history , of Lutherans in the Maritimes. Two groups,, chiefly German,, arrived in Nova Scotia. . John Ulmer", a school teacher conducted religious services as a lay preacher in Waldoboro. When plans were laid in New England to seize Louisburg, Captain Ulmer marched north leading a large group of Ger-, man collegues. Many" of their families accompanied the men. Louisburg in Cape Breton, although its plan and struct­ ure were sound, was doomed to defeat by the British Navy and finally demolished in 1760. The old fort is being restored . as ‘ part of the Centennial pro- . gram 1967. There was gregation in, St. George's qhyrch in Canada. Begun in 1755, it was ’completed in 1758 and later absorbed by the An­ glican Church. The Lutherans were hamper­ ed in’ these early days by the transference of loyalty by both .. clergymen and laymen to the prevailing Anglican - Church. This is' -a commentary of the language in church life, In 1772, Lutherans 'in Nova Scotia became allied with the Pitts­ burg Synod. Through their his­ tory they were plagued by the inability to obtain pastors. In Upper Canada a remark­ able builder of Lutheran con­ gregations was Rev. F. W. BindOmann (1790-1865). By 1838 town of Waterloo had its first Lutheran Church. Luther­ ans spread into Perth County and along "Huron Road part of • Canada Company which be­ came three counties in 1849. At' Elmira, George Vogt built a pipe organ in Lutheran Church in 1875 demonstrating an old ■ German skill. His sori Augustus later organized' the celebrated Mendelssohn Choir in -^Toronto. In 1849, "Father” A'dam Kef­ fer, son of a pioneer leader in Vaughan Township, Upper Canada, had been sent all the way. to 'Ohio «to implore the Syn’od there to send a minister who could’ preach in English to a district Which had only seen an occasion-al wandering clergyman in 11 years. Unable to comply with his'request, the Ohio Synod recommended the Pittsburg Synod meeting at Klecknerville, Pa. He arrived- there with his shoes tied around his neck, and his .feet sore-, an old man of sixty with long white 'beard,■ He had walked, from beyond Toronto, 250 miles. The church court passed noble .resolutions but did nothing. Next’ year Father Adam made ............................................................................■■!—■■■■ I. another trek to Synod, appear­ ing like an' importunate ghost. The hunger' for messengers Was pioneer days. The 1,000 mile ally rewarded when a young man, Rev. C. F. Diehl answer­ ed the oall to Marharn-Vaughan Parish. He founded a congrega­ tion in Toronto in 1851. A Canada Conference was formed in 1853. It was ener­ getic and soon supervised churches in Toronto',' Montreal, Hamilton, Stratford and the Upper Ottawa Valley as far as Pembroke. The area around Waterloo County has remained the central core of strength. A small congregation in Baden ’ included the Beck fa­ mily. A son born 1857, one year after,7 the formal establishment of a church, became-the father of hydro-electric power distri­ bution throughout Ontario — Sir Adam Beck, Mrs. Erie Earl read a most interesting letter from Sister Dorothy Dykes. Written .before Christmas and sent by Air Mail it had evidently been delayed by the unrest fin Nigeria. Mrs. Earl led in the prayer partners prayer after which the Elector offered prayers for .the sick in the parish and closed the meet­ ing. ' ■ Mrs. Fred Fraser, hostess, was assisted in serving by Mrs. G? N. Rivers and Mrs. F. A, Clift. • ' --------------O'-------------- Put a penny, bottom down, into f.he tread of your tire. If you can read the word "Can­ ada”, the tread is too thin and the tire should be replaced, ac­ cording to .the Canadian High­ way Safety Council. --------------o-------------- The tire, the only part of the car that touches the road, wall get special attention from the Canadian Highway Safety Coun­ cil im a campaign aimed at tire safety. Proper inflation will be stressed. % '1MB - JM The players and executive personnel of the championship team posed for this picture right after the game. Kneeling, left to right, Russ Kerr, transpor- tation; Doug Telford, Wayne Dupee, Don Johnson, captain; Gary Fleet, Bud Robinson, George Telford, Carl Humphries; mascot in front is son of coach Cliff Kennedy. Back row; left to right, Lome Merrier, Brian Koene, Jim Maloney, Cal Scothmer, Brad Dutot, Gary Talbot, Paul Bettles, Philip Turner, John Vance, Terry Johnson, Stan Telford, Don Weston, former coach; Cliff Kennedy, coach; Ed Siddall, manager and Daye Battye, transportation manager... Player Don Lindsay was absent when photo taken. (Photos by Audrey Bellchamber) READ £ USE the Vi ft Z" gss Sv I § I S<Ssi / Trinity Guild Plans Centennial Tea BAYFIELD /- The Trinity. Guild met at the home of Mrs. Fred Weston On Ttiesday, March 14, with eleven members present. Rev. E. J. B. Harrison- Opened the tricOting ahd presi­ dent, Mrs. Fred Arkell presid­ ed over the business mooting. The Guilds annual bake Sale will this year include a Oentenhial tea to be held on July 22. Also discussed Was, the Father and Son banquet to* Which the Guild Will Cater, ' The Guild wilt buy an Easter Lily to be placed in the church Oh Easter Sunday. The next meeting is to be held in the Parish Hall on April 11. This will be an open meeting with each member bringing a guest. Refreshments were served by the hostess assisted by Mrs. A, LeBeab. Z"SPARLING'S HARDWARE HARDWARE 15 VICTORIA STREET CLINTON ✓ '■ Is Ceasing Operation at the Clinton Store on Fri., Mar. 31 7* Free coffee and treats for I the children until 6i00 p.m. A f To Our Customers: We sincerely appreciate the business Clinton and district people have given Us in our three , years hereK We especially Want to thank our rural customers, Please accept this as an invitation to keep on , doing ’ business with us at out Well-Stocked state irt Blyth, I Thank You, GRANT SPARLING, Proprietor. SMl»HAIWAI«E '■ - SNACK PACK TAKE OUT ORDERS... FLAVOUR CRISP CHICKEN (pressure cooked).....87c SECOND1 ORDER .................. SSc fb A Try our take out orders of Flavour- Crisp Chicken — Snack Pok, Box, Barrel or Bucket* DOkOTHY ahd ELMER FREY, Proprietors PHONE 482-7391 t ||§§ CLINTON NEWS-RECORD PHONE 482-3443 56 ALBERT STREET S«BI /