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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1974-10-03, Page 8••• % »»»1 14•• % •••••••••••••••••••••• '44 THE HAT 411141111L%-fr, OF MAN • The volunteer fire fighter... Singly, his hat is that of a serviceman, a sportsman, a man of the sea, a scout- master, a businessman, a cowboy, a farmer, a construction worker. Put the hats together — and what have you got? Your Fire Fighter. Si he Clinton Fire Department Every week fire strikes at more than one thousand Canadian homes. In terms of dollars that means a yearly loss of more than $30,000,000, although the typical house fire averages under $500 in damage. But the truth is that three quarters of all fire deaths occur in those homes. And not only death, for hun- dreds of Canadians are horribly burned and often permanently scarred in these fires. Fires rarely just "happen"! Nine out of every ten fires are the result Of carelessness and neglect. Don't let neglect and carelessness cause fires In Clinton, Make every week FIRE PREVENT! • N WEEK TOWN OF CLINTON >so.s.‘....\\‘‘,..\‘%‘%wo,.%•%‘%. *.‘s.w,00%N.N. %••••‘ FIRE PREVENTION WEEK OCT. 6 1 2 If you're planning to modernize your home, here's the place to begin. .0.4410.4,410 A.V.11,10 Modernizing your home can be a delightful experience, Home improvements can do a lot to help make your way of living better than ever. But before you start to Modernize, you should take care of one thing first: your household wiring. If you begin your modernikation programme by re-Wiring, almost everything about your home will suddenly seem better. You'll have all the electrical outlets you need. Your appliances will perform better, and you can add all the new ones you're ever likely to need without the annoyance of overloaded circuits or blown fuses. Re-Wiring will let you take advantage of the new ideas in household lighting. With decorative exterior lighting you'll be able to enjoy patio living on pleasant summer evenings. You will, in fact, be opening the doors to the joys of all-electric living, including the quiet comfort of electric heating. Start modernizing your home by re-wiring, Call a qualified electrical contractor or ask your Hydro, CLINTON PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 5 Rattenbury St. E, General Insurance Guaranteed Investments Residence 482-7265 Office 482-9644 14 Isaac St. 482-9747 INSURES: Town Dwellings — Summer Cottages All Classes of Farm Properties -- Churches — Schools Halls Office -- Main Stylist SEAFORTH MARGARET SHARP Sett./Treas. JAMES KEYS RR 1 Seaforth WM. LEIPER Londesboro The hicKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Co. AGENTS: STEVE J. MURRAY RR 5 Seaforth K.J. ETUE Seaforth relle emileriellememenelloilealleh.7.10eallareelme FIRE CAN TAKE IT ALL! It costs more today to, replace things than it did 10 years ago but have you increased your insurance to keep abreast of the change? Let one of these experienced insurance men check your home to see if your insurance is adequate. Tens of thousands of Canadian homes will be struck by fire this year. Most of these fires will be caused by carelessness and neglect. Make sure that your place isn't one of them JOHN WISE K.W. COLOUHOUN Limited INSURANCE • • • Be Careful. Be wise . . . inspect your home today! And make sure you're fully insured. Insurance won't prevent fires, but it will prevent , total loss. For the up-to-date fire coverage you need . . . see one of our agents today. THINK FIRE SAFETY PAGE fi--CLMON NEWS RECORD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1.974 News. of Auburn • 4H The Auburn No. 3 4H club, the Supper Servers girls, held their third meeting at the home of Miss Joyce Chamney, The girls decided on their covers and a picture for it. Mrs, Ted Robinson talked on the House Guest. Joyce told the girl about packing clothing and also packed a suitcase. Each member practised making in- troductions. Meeting 4 was held at the home of Mrs, Ted Robinson. Joyce Chamney talked about formal and informal teas, Mrs, Robinson explained ways of making ,fancy sandwiches and the girls then judged four plates of sandwiches. COMMUNITY NEWS Visitors last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McDougall were Mrs. Ethel McDougall, Seaforth, Mrs. Nellie McDougall, Goderich, Mrs. Myrtle Munro and Mr. ' and Mrs, Gordon Gross, Anita and Bryan of R.R. 1, Auburn. - Miss Dianne Popp of Toronto spent the week-end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Popp and family and attended the Commencement at Clinton High School where she received her graduation diploma and • • • • • • • • • • e • bursary from the Women's Auxiliary to Clinton hospital. Dianne is attending Centennial College at Toronto East General hospital, Congratulations to Bryan. Gross, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gar- don Gross, on receiving first prize in the class, 6 months and under, at the Dungannon Fall Fair last Friday, BIBLE SOCIETY The annual meeting of the Auburn Bible Society was held last Wednesday evening in the Sunday school room of Knox United ChurCh. Rev. John Thompson, of London, president, of Western Division of the Bible Society, opened the meeting with prayer. He showed two interesting films showing the work of the Society in Ceylon, Two Leaves and a Bud and also - A New Spring in Coppermine up in the Arctic; a story of the work in the North. The president, Ron Snell of Westfield welcomed everyone. Rev. Fred Carson read the scripture lesson and Rev, Gar- net Potter offered prayer. Mrs. Beth Lansing gave the financial statement showing $428.00 had been sent from the Auburn Community. The election of of- ficers took place for the coming year. They are; President James TOArec first vice- president, Frank Raithby, Seeretary, Mrs. Thomas Haggitt; Treasurer, Mrs. Beth Lansing. Collectors: North Road, Mrs. William EMPeY; Donnybrook, Mrs. Stewart Chamney and Mrs. Snowden, Westfield, Miss Elaine Snell and Mrs. Barth; Gravel, Road, Wanda Plaetzer and Yvonne Bean; Baseline, Mr, and Mrs. Roy Daer; The 13th, Mrs. Elliott Lapp; Colborne, Mrs. Thomas Lawlor, Mrs, William Robertson; West Wawanosh, Mrs. Ernest Durnin and Mrs. John Durnin; Auburn, Mrs. Myrtle Munro, Mrs. Ted Mills, Mrs. Kenneth McDougall, Mrs. Frank Raithby, Mrs. Donald Haines, Mrs. Wilfred Sander- son and Mrs. Thomas Haggitt. WOMEN'S INSTITUTE The Huron County Rally of the Women's Institute will be held on Monday, October 7th, in St. John's Anglican Church, Brussels. An interesting program is being planned for the day by Huron-East and many crafts will be on display. Registration will begin at 9:30. COMMUNITY NEWS Mr. and .Mrs. Allan Craig finished last week-end in having the office of the late Dr. Weir pulled down. Much in- terest was held by residents who had lived here for over 40 years in seeing how close the of- fice and house was to being burned down when the hard- ware store owned by the late Nelson Hill burned to the ground. Many of the boards were' charred. The hardware store stood where the Library and Firehall now is located. The annual Harvest Home Anniversary service will be held next Sunday, October 6th, at 3 p.m., in St. Mark's Anglican Church. Rev. L.V. Pocock, of Georgetown, a for- mer rector, will be guest speaker. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Young on the birth of another daughter, Rose-Marie,4' in Clinton hospital, a• sister for Anna,- Marie and Glynis-Marie. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis, of Bowmanville, N.Y., visited last week with her sister, Mrs, Donald Haines and Mr. Haines. The Auburn Community Memorial Hall Board met in the hall with the president, Gerald McDowell, in charge, Plans were made to hold the annual rummage sale and com- munity home baking sale, Every resident is asked to please co-operate in this effort and support this hall project, All good used clothing, fur- niture and vegetables could be sold. A New Year's party is being planned with tickets sold in advance. Card parties will again be held every Monday evening starting on Monday, October 21st, New combination storm and screen windows have been purchased for the hall. UCW NEWS The general meeting of the United Church Women of Knox United Church was held in the Sunday school room of the church last Wednesday evening, September 25. Unit One was in charge. The worship service was conducted by the girls who had attended the music workshop led by the Mission Sisters at Five Oaks in Paris. Yvonne Bean opened the ser- vice by reading a poem. Nancy Anderson favored with a solo entitled, "If You Look" which was written by the Mission Sisters. The words of the song were illustrated by appropriate slides. Doris Naylor read a poem followed by a skit on "Love". Those taking part were Mrs. Norman Wightman, Marilyn Wightman, Doris Naylor and Yvonne Bean, Prayer was offered by mem- bers of Unit One, Everyone joined in singing the song, _"They'll Know We are Christians by our Love", ac- companied by Nancy Anderson with the guitar, The offering was received by Mrs. Reta Dodd and Mrs. Jessie Naylor and dedicated. A report on the summer course at Alma College which was attended by Jayne Arth'u'r and Yvonife"flean-WaS •givem Yvonne w demonstrated the musical part of the program by passing out song sheets and leading in a "sing-song of a number of songs which they had learned. The ladies were given an op- portunity to ask questions on the course. Jayne discussed the program and illustrated material available. Yvonne closed with prayer. President Mrs, Gerald McDowell presided for the business part which she opened by reading a poem. The minutes were read by the secretary Mrs. Beth Lansing and the financial statement was given by the treasurer, Mrs. Norman McDowell. Invitations were accepted to attend the Thankoffering meeting at Londesboro on Sep- tember 30 also to attend the Presbyterian Thankoffering in St. Mark's Anglican Church, Auburn on October 8, at 8 p.m. The various committees repor- ted on their activities. It was announced that the Huron-Perth Presbyterial will meet at Victo, is Street United Church, in Goderich on Wed- nesday, October 23 at 9:15 a.m. The guest speaker will be Pat King, Chief of Police in Goderich. His topic will be Youth and Police. The next meeting will be the Auburn Thankoffering meeting on 'October 16 at 8 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Father Dentinger of Kingsbridge. It was decided not to hold a bazaar this year. Unit One ladies served a delicious lunch and a social time enjoyed. COMMUNITY NEWS Mrs. Annie McNichol of Blyth and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Young of Goderich visited last Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Davies. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haggitt attended the Ploughing Match at Georgetown, last Friday and spent the weekend with their son Mr. Kenneth Haggitt, Mrs. Haggitt and sons at St. Catharines, Mr. Torrance Tabb is a patient in Wingham hospital following surgery. .49, .4 4 a Buckwheat A bushel of buckwheat weighs 48 pounds,