Clinton News-Record, 1974-04-04, Page 3ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH
"THE FRIENDLY CHURCH"
MINISTER; LAWRENCE S. LEWIS, 0.11.
ORGANIST AND mom DIRECTOR:
MRS, DORIS McKINLEY, A. MUS.
SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1974.
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Today 'there will be the reception of new members by
profession of faith.
.EVERYONE WELCOME
CHRISTIAN,REFORMED CHURCH, Clinton
263 Princess Street
Pastor Alvin Boukemar B.A., B.D.
Services: 10:00 a.m. end 2:30 p.m.
(On 3rd Sunday, 9:30 a.m.
Dutch Service at 11:00 a.m.)
The Church of 'the "Back to God" Hour
every Sunday 4:30 p.m. CHLO
EVERYONE WELCOME
WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED CHURCH
"THE CHURCH THAT CARES"
I PEOPLE SERVING GOD'THROUGH SERVING PEOPLE
MINISTER: JOHN S. OESTREICHER, B.A„ B.R.E.
ORGANIST: MISS CATHARINE POTTER
CHOIR DIRECTOR: MRS. WM. HEARN
SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1974
11:00 a.m. - Worship Service
and Communion
SERMON: "WHAT SONG DO YOU WANT
TO SING?"
11:00 a.m. Sunday School and Nursery
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1:00 p.m. Worship Service and Sunday School
SERMON:
'WHAT SONG DO YOU WANT TO SING?"
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meeting and prior to them a
motion was made by. Ann
Adams and seconded by
Sharon Carter to have a
corresponding secretary as well
as a recording secretary.
ReSults of the elections for
the 1974-75 year are as follows:
president, Ann Adams; vice-
president, Marj Dobson; recor-
ding secretary, Lois Fitzgerald;
corresponding secretary, Linda
Bell; treasurer, Jo-an Bullen„
The cultural. sprsigx#I
d, by- B presenteharort.Caiter s On s s s the suhject "Travel", Brian
Markson from the Coach House
Travel Agency was the guest
speaker.
On a motion by Jo-an Sullen
and seconded by Sharon Carter
the meeting was' adjourned.
Coffee and a light lunch con-
cluded the evening,
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Horticultural club
hears of nursery plantings
Clinton W.,t, discuss
missing landmarks
The Women's Institute
meeting was held Thursday
March 28, in.. the Agriculture
board morns.
Following the opening exer-
cises, the roll call was an-
swered by "A local landmark
that has recently disappeared,"
Payment of fees was taken,
and several W,I. pins sold and
orders taken for those wanting
a •pin,
Correspondence consisted of
thank-you notes from Louise
Lovett, Karen Tyndall, Mrs.
Truesdale and Mrs. Emma
Wise.
A food forum will be held at
Central Huron, Secondary
School on April 10 at 8 p.m.
The topic "Poultry please".
This forum is sponsored by the
Ministry of agriculture and
food and all are welcome. West
Huron area district executive
meeting was Wednesday, April
3 at Auburn at 1:30 p.m.
The curator of the Tweed-
smuir history's membership fee
was paid and an honourarium
was given to the secretary-
treasurer • for all her work.
Membership was also paid to
Huronview Auxiliary for 1974,
A letter was read from Mrs.
Zoeller, editor of Home and
Country, stating a host and
hostess was needed for looking
after the Erland Lee home. Bus
loads visiting this home only by
appointment but a car load of
visitors are always welcome.
Mrs. M. Batkin, Mrs. C.
Nelson, Mrs, C. Elliott and
MrS. W. Colclough were the
committee appointed to look af-
ter the planning of events for
The Clinton Chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi held its 14th
meeting of the 1973-74 year on
March 26, at the home of
Sharon Carter. Following the
-opening ritual, roll call and
minutes, the vice-president
read a thank=you from Bob
Taylor at Huronview, thanking
'the chapter for the crokinole
boards and playing cards.
The treasurer's report was
stgiVen n
ted ,thnt
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the -"Blue tone's" --'fsi:01-.172.-the
sorority dance on March 8,
1975 from 9:30 Co 1:30 and has
also spoken for the Legion Hall
for • the event. The tickets for
the Stratford Theatre produc-
tion of "The Imaginery In-
valid" were bought by the
members for the evening of
May 27, 1974,
The vice-president collected
.the sorority pins from the
'pledges.'and these will be .sent
to International and replaced
by permanent ones which will
be given out at the ritual of
-jewels in April,
The plans by the ways and
means committee for the
dessert euchre and bake sale
were finalized. This will take
place on Wednesday, April 3 at
2 pan. at the Orange Hall.
Elections Were held at this
SUN LIFE
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progressive
company
in a
progressive
industry
JOHN F. SMITH The funeral service was held
John F. Smith of Varna on March 25 at St. Michael's
Roman Catholic Church. Tem- passed away at Westminster
Hospital .in London on March porary entombment was in
24, 1974 after an illness of Blyth Cemetery Chapel with
the program. , . three weeks, He was 84. .spring burial in St. Michael's
Mrs. Connelly was M.G. for He was born in McKillop Roman Catholic Cemetery.
the' occasion and introduced Township on March 27, 1889, a
the following entertainers; Mrs. son of the late James and Anne
JACK COUCH
Mary Broad foot, Mrs. Smith. He was educated in. S.S.
'Hoggarth, Mrs. Drummond, No. 10 McKillop Public School,
Jack Couch, a well-known
Mrs. Hummel and Mrs. Kin- and as a young man, he moved Kitchener-Waterloo baseball
smart. to Moose Jaw Saskatchewan,
player and coach and-a native
of Clinton, passed away at
The audience enjoyed to see On July 26, 191.2, he married
Y the former Marion Fisher in Clinton Public Hospital on some of the old tyme dances b
the ladies in costume the action Moose Jaw. She predeceased
March 28, 1974. He was 60.
songs the sing a long and piano him. The couple moved back to
Born in Clinton in 1914, Mr.
Couch was a son of the late
instrumentals. Mrs. Scratch Huron County and during Mr. and Mrs. Percy Couch, •
thanked the ladies on behalf of World War I, Mr. Smith served
the residents. in the Huron Battalion 161.
He earned the name of Mr.
Baseball in the Twin Cities by
Ken Scott of Blyth and his Following the war, the couple
orchestra entertained on farmed in Goderich and
being active in the game for
Family Night. This program of Stanley Township, and then
more than 40 years.
In 1928, he took over a country and western and old retired to Varna• regular spot at second base for tyme favorites was very He is survived by four sons,
popular ,with the residents. John of Goderich Township,
the Kitchener Panthers at 15 •
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Scott shared the vocals and in- Cudmore of Holmesville, Mrs. In 1939, Mr, Couch movedtb strumentals with Bob Mann
playing, both .saxaphone and
violin. Mrs. Chellew thanked
the group. and . expressed- a
wish that they would visit the
Home when possible. ,
The March meeting of the
Clinton Horticultural Society
was held in St, Paul's Anglican
Church hall. A good turnout in.
chatted guests invited from
Seaforth and Goderich, Mrs.
Klie, the director of District 8,
and Mr.,,Klie also attended.
The president, Mrs. R.
McCann, reported on the
March 7 bus trip to the flower
show at the O'Keefe Centre in
Toronto, She also informed tie
that Clinton's .Centennial
colours, red, blue and gold, will
be incorporated into the flower
beds.
The evening's speaker Larry
Sherk representing Sheridan
Nurseries, discussed and
showed slides of various plants
and answered questions from,
the audience.
Mrs. Brock Olde reported
that the Sarah Hale Chapter of
the IODE will donate 12 rose
bushes to the town as one of its
projects for Clinton's Centen-
nial. The IODE rose is a hardy,
Canadian-bred, red floribunda
which was developed for the
Order's 75th birthday which is
'Arie Van Der Ende led the
Christian Reform song service
on Sunday evening. A choir of
members of the congregation
led the singing with devotions
by Rev. Buekema.
Mrs. Forrest of Clinton,
Stanley Tudor of Hensall and
Mr. Jeffrey of Wingham were
welcomed to the Home at Mon-
day's get-together. Marie Flynn
provided the piano accom-
paniment for the old tyme
music and sing a long. Mr.
Lorne Lawson played the
mouth organ with the group
and joined Mrs. Mary Taylor
for a harmonica duet. Other
members in the orchestra were
Norman Speir violin, Terry
Gibbs and Jerry Collins guitar.
The .';Christian
teers:,
with, actrvxties,.
The Kippen
Institute were hosts on Wed-
nesday afternoon for the March
birthday party. The twenty
celebrants were presented with
gifts and a specially decorated
cup cake and candle following
set up to locate a site for the
rose garden, •
Mrs. Don Pullen reported on
events in the upcoming year in-
cluding- the District 8 Hor-
ticultural Society's annual
meeting in Owen Sound on
April 20th at which the Junior
Gardeners will be putting on a
skit. Also mentioned was a bus
trip to Springbarik Park, Lon-
don, in May.
Mrs. Jane Grov,es described
the auction of plants and gar-
dening equipment which will
take place in May. The senior
group was reminded that the
Junior Gardeners are having a
bingo at the home of Mrs.
Sloman at 3 pm. on April 6.
Members were asked 'for gar-
dening and plant books which
could form a library for the use
of other members. Mrs. Klie en-
couraged attendance at the
District meeting. She men-
tioned that there are only two
Junior Gardeners groups in the
district.
The door prize, donated by
Mrs. Don Pullen, was won by
Mr. Klie, The pleasant evening
concluded with coffee and con-
George R, Currie of London, manager of Ontario Hydro's
Western region was the guest speaker at the Clinton
PUC's 60th anniversary dinner at the Clinton Hotel last
Friday. He said he admired the stability of the Clinton
PUC. (News-Record photo)
Lorne (Florence) Elliott of
Varna and Mrs. Roy (Ger-
trude) Elliott of Egmondville;
12 grandchildren; 13 great-
grandchildren; one brother, Er-
nest Smith of Witchita, Kan-
sas; and one sister, Mrs. Clyde
Whitson of Santa Rosa,
California.
Funeral Services were held
from the Ball Funeral Home on
March 27, 1974 with Murdock
Morrison in charge. Interment
was in Baird's Cemetery.
Pallbearers were William
McAsh, Alex Murray, Alvin
Keys, Louis Taylor and Jan
Broeze of Varna and Melvin
Webster of Clinton.
Flowerbearers were William
Smith, Robert Smith and Mary
Smith all of Goderich Town-
ship, Barbara Ann Kilgour of
Kitchener, and Bruce and Ross
Elliott of Egmondville.
ANNA MARY MCNALL
Mrs. Anna Mary (Healy)
McNeil of Blyth passed away
in Clinton Public Hospital on
March 21, 1974. She was 72.
Mrs. McNall was born in
Morris Township on June 11,
1901, a daughter of the late
Michael Healy and Ann Kelly.
Her mother died when she
was two weeks old and she was
raised by her grandparents, the
late Mike and Ellen Kelly.
She married George McNall
on January 22nd, 1921. He
'predeceased her in February
21, 1970. He was 75;
Mrs. McNall was a devout
member of St. Michael's
Roman Catholic Church in
Blyth, where the couple resided
all their life, with the exception
of a short period when they
resided in Detroit, Michigan
and Goderich.
She was also a member of the
Blyth Catholic Women's
League, the Altar Society and
the League of the Sacred Heart
and the Propagation of the
Faith,
She is survived by four
sisters, Mrs. Alfred (Olive)
Goldsworthy, of Clinton, Mrs.
Joe (Della) Redmond of
Wingham, Mrs. Mike (Urs)a)
McLaughlin of Dublin and
Miss Nora Healy of London;
three brothers Michael Healy
of Blyth, Sat of Goderich and
Gus of London.
She is survived on her grand-
parents' side by Mr. Earl Kelly
Sr. of RR 3, Blyth, Leo Kelly` of
Seaforth, Vincent Kelly of
Mitchell and Frank Kelly and
Mrs, Alin McLaughlin of Lon-
don and several nieces and
nephews.
Clinton's centennial,
It was voted to send $10 to
the Goderich and . District
Retarded Children's summer
camp fund, Also that the
Women's Institute Will again
look after the cart at Clinton
Hospital for the .month of May.
Mrs, C, Nelson curator of the
Tweedsmuir Histories was in
charge of the program for the
day and had on display these
histories with many interesting
Pictures.
She gave a paper on
"Recollections of facts past'and
present of Clinton", which was
very interesting to all present.
Much of the information came
from a neighbour who
corresponds with Mr. and Mrs.
Robin •MacPherson of Halifax,
a nephew of Daniel MacPher-
son who lived on Rattenbury St.
. in the house now owned by
David Beattie. Robin MacPher-
son lived in Clinton and tells of
his recollections as a young
man and the many years hasn't
dulled his memory, His grand-
father was the maker of the
first threshing machine in
Canada,
Mrs. Nelson stated one never
knows how or when one may
come across a new source of in-
formation on the history of our
community. With the centen-
nial next year, all having even
a small knowledge of any event
in history, she would welcome
any contribution.
The April meeting will take
the place of a luncheon at
p.m, in the Agriculture board
rooms and the annual reports
will be given,.
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STAOSEPH'S CHURCH 123 James St. Clinton
STAlCklitti t MIttION Blyth c ':`•
D.J. McMASTER, P.P. ,
MASSES: 8:00 p.m. Saturday
9:00 a.m. Sunday - Blyth ,
11:00 a.m. Sunday - Clinton
Religious instruction- Thursday afternoons (unless otherwise
announced) St. Joseph's, Clinton.
BAYFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH
"EVERYONE OF US SHALL GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF
TO GOD" — ROM. 14:12
PASTOR: REV. L. V. BIGELOW
10:00 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL 11:00 a.m. MORNING WORSHIP
7:30 p.m. EVENING WORSHIP
8:00 p.m. FRIDAY
WEDNESDAY 8 p.m. PRAYER MEETING
YOUNG
EVERYONE WELCOME
PEOPLE'S MEETING
ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH
SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1974
PALM SUNDAY
11:30 A.M. - MATINS
Sunday School
FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHAPEL
162 MAPLE ST.
(1 street west of Community Centre)
9:45 a.m.—WORSHIP SERVICE
11:00 a.m.—SUNDAY SCHOOL and BIBLE HOUR
8:00 p.m—GOSPEL SERVICE
Tues., 8:00 p.m.—PRAYER and BIBLE STUDY
For Information Phone: 482-9379
CALVARY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
166 Victoria •Street Pastor: Leslie' Hoy, 524-8823
9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
7:00 p.m. Prayer Service and Evangelistic Service
7:00 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Service
8:00 p.m. Friday, Young Peoples
ALL• WELCOME
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL, MODERATOR
CHARLES MERRILL, ORGANIST
SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1974
Minister Rev. Samuel Kerr
9:30 aart..,—Worship Service
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Madeleine Lane Auxiliary meets Tues., April 9, at the home of
Mr,. Viola LanIPMan at 8:15 ..m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
HURON ST., eutgroN
PASTOR D, STRAIN 482-7041
SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1974
10:00 Sunday School For all aim
11100 Cm, WOrehip Service and MUMMY
7:30 p.m. EVANGELISTIC SERVICE
WED. 8:00 p.m. WATCH "THE VITAL WORD
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hand ,tori,,:assist., •
East Women's
also in 1975. A committee was versation.
What's new at Huronview?
the Waterloo Tigers, alsnan
entry in the Senior IntercOlenty
League, where he played short-
stop. He became the Tigers'
manager in 1942 and held the
position until entering the
Navy in 1943. He returned
from the Second World War in
time to complete the 1945
season with the Tigers.
Mr. Couch later rejoined the
Panthers and ended his playing
days with them in 1947, He
also played defence on Cocal
junior, intermediate and senior
hockey teams for 14 years and
starred on local football teams
as a member of ORFU cham-
pionship teams in 1928 and
1929.
In 1953, he formed a Kit-
chener ,juvenile baseball team
and he led the Kitchener
Dodgers of the Inter-County
Baseball League to an On-
tario championship in 1956.
He was the first person to
receive a Kitchener medallion,
when in 1971 he received the
award from former governor
general Roland Michener.
He was employed 'as an in-
spector with the General Ac-
cident Insurance Company in
Kitchener and he was also a
member of Highland Road
United 'Church.. He moved to
Bayfield in 1973.
He is, survived by his wife,
Margaret Loree; three sons,
John of Kitchener, William of
Millbank, and James of Owen
Sound; six grandchildren; and
one brother, Fred of Guelph,
Funeral services were held
from the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral
Home in Kitchener on March
30 with Rev. A.E. Holley of-
ficiating. Interment was in
Clinton Cemetery.
Clinton sorority picks
new officers for 1975
GORDON T. WESTLAKE
Phone 565-5333 Bayfield •
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