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Wroxeter News and Gorrie Vidette
Mr- Farrish, of Ashfield, spent Sun
day with his son, Mr. E, J. Farrish,
and Mrs. Farrish,
Sympathy is extended to the wife
and family of the late Robert John
Hueston, who passed awa? at his late
residence early Sunday morning fol
lowing an illness of several months,
The deceased was in his 68th year and
had lived in Howick all his life. The
funeral was held from the Gorrie Un
ited Church on Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.
to Gorrie Cemetery.
Misses Annie and Helen Anger,
JBlythe and Lucelle Underwood, Ken
neth Underwood and Jack Musgrove
are holidaying this week at Amberley
Beach,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Stinson, Mar
ion and Gerald, returned to Detroit
on Sunday after spending the past
two weeks with the former’s sister,
Miss J. Pearl Stinson,
Master Johnny Lancaster of Han
over, is holidaying with his friends,
Jasper and Bower Farrish. 9
Mr. J. E. Magrath, of Toronto, is
visiting this week with his brother,
Mr. Joe Magrath.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hill and fam
ily, of Moorefield, also Miss Evelyn
Schaefer, of Mt. Forest, were guests
of Mr, and Mrs. J. T. Shera on
Thursday last.
Master Cliffqrd Bricker has return
ed to his home in Toronto after
spending the past week with his
friend, Bertram Ashton, Johnny Wat
son, of Blyth, is visiting his cousin,
Bertram Ashton this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. B. Wylie and
son, Donald, of Leaside, also Rev. G.
Wylie, of Oakdale, are holidaying
with their mother, Mrs. John Wylie.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Phalr and fam
ily, of Toronto, were Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Musgrove.
Miss Jean King returned to Tor
onto on Sunday after spending the
past two weeks with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Farrish and fam
ily visited on Friday with Hanover
friends. ,
Mrs. Krug, Miss Wenzel and Miss
Ruth Heinmiller, all of Chcsley, were
guests of the latter’s mother, Mrs.
Aaron Heinmiller.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coles are visit
ing relatives in Wingham.
Mr. Holmes, of Durham, spent the
week-end with his daughter ai d fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Farr.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wade
on Saturday were, Mrs. John Pritch
ard and Mrs. Tom Pritchard, of Har
riston.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles and daughters,
Miss Audrey and Miss Margaret, of
’Toronto, were week-end guests with
Mrs. Miles’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. I.
Wade.
Mr. Carl Newtdn, Toronto .spent
the week-end. with Mr. and Mrs. Reg.
Newton.
Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Ross and son,
Graham, of Kitchener, spent Sunday
with the former’s mother, Mrs. Ross,
and Miss E.r R'oss.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred’C. Taylor were
Sunday guests of relatives at Blen
heim.
Ross Oliver, of Toronto, who has
been visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest King, for a month, re
turned home on Sunday.
Mrs. Alex. Forgie and son, Fraser,
■of Turnberry, spent Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foster.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foster accomp
anied Mr, and Mrs. G. Jefferson and
family when they visited relatives and
friends near Palmerston recently.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs, John Hynd
man on Wednesday last were, Mr,
and Mr?. John Hicks and son, Kins
ley Hicks, and Mr. Humphrey-Hewitt
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Thursday, August 18 th, 1938
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on Friday from a holiday
spent Sunday
friends.
Brussels, call-
on Saturday.
PREMIER HEPBURN CELEBRATES HIS 42 nd BIRTHDAY
of Toronto; Mrs. Hicks remained at
the same home until Sunday evening-.
Miss Lorenc Lutton, of Toronto, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. and Mr. Tom
Earl.
Mrs. Arscatt and children, Dorothy
and Kenneth, of Toronto, are visit
ing at the home of the former’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Miller,
and Mrs. Arscott also visited at the
same home on Sunday.
Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
chie Miller were Mr. and Mrs. Thos.
MacDonald of Molesworth, Miss Jean
Grainger, of Jamestown, and Mr. Fred
King, of Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. Ira
McLean and Children of Brussels also
spent Thursday at the same home.
AUXILIARY OF
UNITED CHURCH
The Gorrie United Church Evening
Auxiliary entertained the ladies of the
Women’s Missionary Society at an
evening meeting on Monday, Aug. 8,
with Miss Evelyn Dane and Mrs. C.
Stafford in charge of the programme.
The meeting was1 well attended, in
spite of the busy holiday season and
a very excellent programme was en
joyed. Miss Bernice Day, guest pian
ist, opened the worship service with
quiet music “Breathe on me breath of
God”. Miss Dane gave a reading
"The Quest” and Miss Foster offered
a solo “Open the Gates of the Tem
ple.” Evelyn Dane gave a short de
votional followed by a hymn. , Mrs.
Stafford chose as her topic the origin
of several favorite hymns i.e. “Rock
of Ages”, “Lead Kindly Light”, sung
as a solo by Miss Bernice Day, “From
Greenland’s Icy Mountains”, “In the
Sweet Bye and Bye” which Miss E.
Dane and Miss M. Foster sang toge
ther very sweetly, “Safe in the Arms
of Jesus” sung as a solo by Doris
Galbraith, “Abide with me” was read
by Mrs. Stafford and in closing “Day
is dying in the West” was sung by
all, followed by the benediction. The
president, Mrs. E. Carson, took the
chair and in a few well chosen words,
welcomed the guest, minutes of the
July meeting were read and adopted
and the roll call was responded to
by 11 menders. Miss Eleanore Car-
son favored the audience with an in
strumental and two very interesting
contests were enjoyed. A dainty
lunch was served by the hostess soc
iety and a social time was spent to
gether. Mrs. R. H-. Carson thanked
the Evening Auxiliary on behalf of
the W.M.S. and our president made a
very fitting reply.
The September meeting will be held
at the home of Miss Evelyn Stephefts
with Miss Margaret Foster and Mrs.
Chas. Black in charge of the program.
The National Anthem closed a very
pleasant evening.
Miss Alice Gowdy, of Orangehill,
is visiting her cousin, Miss Greta
Hyndman, this week.
Mrs. J. N. Hyndman and daughter,
Greta, attended a picnic in Formosa
Park on Thursday last in honor of the
former’s father, Mr, John- Gowdy,
who celebrated his 75th birthday.
Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Gallaher re
turned Monday after a week’s vaca
tion at Oshawa and the Thousand Is
lands.
Gorrie Girl Entertains Ontario’s Pre*
mier in ifer North
While Premier Hepburn was on his
10,000-mlle airplane trip through
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Premier Hepburn, his wife and mo-,grounds. The party was complete sleeves and went to work tossing
ther and the Hepburn children, Pat- J with a huge birthday cake, the pres- sheaves into a thresher. To help Pre-
ricia and Peter, withdrew from his ent of a Toronto hotel. Many guests mier Mitchell F. Hepburn celebrate,
birthday party long enough to pose
for the ABOVE picture on Aug. 12. :
All around the photographer stood '
friends prominent in the political and I
business worlds of three countries. ■
Mr. Hepburn entertained his friends > to see the onion fields which provide ■ this when she arrived in her own
with a parade of livestock and later , him with a small fortune each year. | plane.
conducted them on a tour of the j Later the two premiers rolled up their I
came by airplane. Not content to. friends flew to his St. Thomas farm
make his birthday party purely a soc-; home from Toronto, Detroit and New j
ial event. Premier Hepburn took one’ York. Mrs. Bobby Lufton, the pre in- f
of his guests, Premier Maurice 'Du-tier’s cousin, a well-known stunt flier
plessis, of Quebec (TOP RIGHT) out ’■> in Detroit, gave him a greeting like |
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Canada’s Far North, he had lunch in
Fort Norman, 1200 miles north of Ed
monton, with Rev. and Mrs. H. Jenn-.
ings, who are missionaries at this
“Down North” trading and Mounted
Police post. Mrs. Jennings was Ivy-
Lawrence of Gorrie.
! Miss Evelyn Stephens, who had
I completed a five-weeks’ course in pub
lic and high school music at London,
spent last week at Walpole Island.
Her friend, Miss Dorothy Best, of
London, was a week-end guest with
her at her home here.
I Mr. Mervyn Stephens returned
from London on Sunday where he has
taken a summer course at the Univer
sity.
Miss Evelyn
the balance of
Port Elgin.
Mr. and Mrs.
riston, were Sunday visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. Stephens.
Re-Detiicatory service will be held
in the Presbyterian Church, Gorrie
Sunday, Aug. 21st commencing at 11
a.m.
Mr.
the
the
definitely known who will occupy
pulpit in the evening.
Mrs. George Wylie celebrated
75th birthday by entertaining
Ladies’ Aid of McIntosh Church on
Tuesday last, Aug. 9th. Other guests
Wfere present from Teeswater, Gorrie
and Saskatchewan, totalling 40 pres
ent The afternoon was spent in quilt
ing a quilt which the hostess had
patched herself. During the program,
the president of the society was tn
the chair. During lunch, the birthday
cake, decorated by Mrs. Thos. Inglis
and Mrs. Starry Ferguson, was en
joyed. Mrs. Wylie was the recipient
Stephens is spending
August holidaying at
D. S. Hicks, of Har-
Evening service at 7.30, Rev.
Greig, of Bluevale, Moderator of
Maitland Presbytery, will supply
pulpit in the morning. It is not
the
het
the
W. E. VanVelsor were Mr. and Mrs.
John Berger, son and daughter, of
Woodstock, also Mrs. E. B. Hashal,
Vienna, the latter a sister of Mrs. W. -
E. VanVelsor.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurie VanVelsor re*
turned
trip.
Women’s Institute
August meeting of the W. L
will be held on Thursday, August 2o,
at 3 p.m., at the home of Mrs. J. N.
Allen. The guest speaker will be Mrs.,
Carter who will tell of the work of
the “Home Makers’ Club” in the-
West. Refreshment Com.: Mrs. Ad
ams and Miss E. P. Hazelwood.
W.M.S. United Church
The August meeting of the W. M.
S. was held on August 11th in the
church, with a good attendance. Mrs,
D. W. Rae and Miss Margaret Linton;
had charge of the devotional period,
and opened with hymn “Shine Thou,
upon us. Lord.” The president, Mrs-
Stocks, conducted the business per
iod. Mrs, Cook gave a fine reading
“The Master is Coming.” "In Christ
there is no East or West” was the
second hymn. Miss Hazelwood gave
a brief talk on a chapter from the
study book “A New’ Church in a New
World.” The Roll Call was answered,
by a verse containing the word Re
joice. The guest speaker for the lay
was Mrs. Carter, who spoke on the
subject "Good Neighbours.” Mrs.
Carter said that our every thought
and action has an influence on some
one around us. In days past religion .
was an individual matter but now the
world is linked up by radio, aeroplane
etc., it has become a broader question
and there is need for our sympathy
and help for other races in different
parts o’f the world, for this is Christ’s
command. Mrs. Carter’s fine address
was an inspiration to those present,
“Take time to be holy” was the clos
ing hymn. Mrs. Timm closed the
meeting with prayer.
of many gifts, and a shower of cards
from, members not able to be pres
ent.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Scott, Mrs. J.
N. Scott, of Blyth, visited on Mon
day with Mrs. A. Hamilton.
Mrs. Murray Hamilton and family,
of Toronto, are guests of Mrs. Ham
ilton.
Mrs. William and Miss Gerry, of
Vancouver, B.C., were guests of Dr.
and Mrs. Armstrong, on Wednesday
last.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woods and
family, of Cheslev, spent Sunday with
the former’s aunt and uncle, Miss
Mary and Mr. B. J. Maguire.
Miss Muriel Michael, of Sudbury,
is spending a few days with her bro
ther, Mr, Cloyne Michael and Mrs.
Michael.
Michael on Sunday.
After spending a week visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Kitchen,
Mrs. R. C. Berkinshaw returned to
her home in Toronto on Wednesday.
Mrs. Alex. Sanderson and her mo
ther, Mrs. McDougall, spent a day
last week with Mr. and Mrs, D. D.
Sanderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, Guelph,
were recent guests of Mrs. Neil
White.
Mr. and. Mrs. West Palmer and
Miss Muriel Henning
afternoon with Gorrie
Mrs. Dan Denman,
ed on friends in town .
Mr. Stocks is expected to take
charge of the service in the United
Church next Sunday morning.
Miss Elva Stocks returned home on
Friday after an enjoyable holiday in
London. 8
Mrs. J. Lovell, Mrs. D. Fraser and
Miss Annabel Fraser visited with
Stratford and Woodstock friends
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. J. MacNaughton, Londe
visiting at the home of Mr. and
D. S. MacNaughton, 2nd line.
Mr. Mqir McLaughlin spent
week-end with his parents,
Mrs. N. T. McLaughlin, Wingnam.
Miss Gladys Weir spent Sunday j London (Western) „.
with her cousin, Mrs. Lloyd Jacques. ' Listowel_________
A large number from this village
and community attended “Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs’Lat
Wingham last week.
Mr. J. H. Hopper will have charge
of the service in United Church on
Sunday morning next.
Master John MacNaughton was
visitor with Master Jack McLaugh
tn Wingham for the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Shearer,
Tom and Miss Beatrice Shearer
Sunday guests at the home of
and Mrs. Arthur Fitch, Salem.
Mrs. Muir and Mr. Norman Muir
Atwood_____.
Arthur______
Brussels -_____
Cheslev_____
Durham_____
Dungannon __
Elmira -______
Exeter______
Fergus____
Fordwich____
Goderich_____
Harriston------
Mr. and ? Hanover_____
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WROXETER
Mrs.
Sask.,
Misses
Mr. Lloyd McMichael, of Toronto,
is holidaying with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Robt, McMichael.
Mrs. Lawrence Moffatt, of London,
spent- a few days last week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. B. Martin.
Mrs. A. Meahen and children are
.visiting with friends at Stratford and
London.
Mr. Ed. Gibson, of Hamilton, spent
the week-end with his sisters, Misses
Marion and Elsie Gibson.
Mr. and .Mrs. T. G. Hemphill and
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Allen and Jimmie,
spent the week-end at Dyer’s Bay.
Mrs. Alex. Sanderson and children,
of Owen Sound, are visiting with the
former’s mother, Mrs. Alex. Me*
Dougall.
Mr, and Mrs. I^iwrence Hyslop and
children, Campbell and Lois, of Lis*
Arthur Robinson, Saskatoon,
is visiting- with her sisters,
Mary and Beatrice Howe.
FALL FAIR DATES
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-------Oct 4, 5.
----Sept. 29, 30
— Sept 13, 14
-----Sept. 9, 10
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—. Sept 21, 22
----Sept 9, IQ.
Sept. 30, Oct 1
----Sept. 20, 21
--- Sept 29, 30
—„ Sept 15, 1$
— Sept. 15, 16
Sept 12 _ 17
— Sept. 21, 22
__Sept. 29, 30
— Sept. 15, 16
— Sept. 20, 21
— Sept. 22, 23
— Sept 27, 28
— Sept 23, 24
___ - Oct. 1 - 4
— Sept. 27, 28
— Sept. 29, 3Q
__ Sept 27, 28.
__Sept 19, 21
Seaforth ..........__________ Sept. 22, 23
Toronto (C.N.E.) ._Aug. 26, Sept. 10
Tavistock ----------------— Sept 9, 12
Tiverton — __Sept. 22, 23.
Teeswater ... —— Oct 4, 5son, Harris, of Morris Twp., were ► j. Lovell. {WINGHAM _ Sept 28, 29
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Me- Week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.Zurich------- Sept. 26, 27
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Lucknow —_—
Milverton__
Mildmay____
Mount Forest
Mitchell ____
Neustadt___
Owen Sound ..
Palmerston_
Port Elgin .—
2 Ripley —__—
Mr.; Stratford___
were
Mr.
a
tin
towel, visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Hart.
Mrs. Davey and daughter, Margar
et, their guest, Miss Esther Davev of |
Hamilton, and Miss Doreen Lynn, of ?
Howick, spent Saturday with friends,
at Grand Valley. |
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Campbell andivjsjtej on Monday with Mr. and Mrs.
STREAM OF SAND MAY TURN TO GOLD
4
British ship which went down in 1799 j news from This $1,000,000
with $10,000,000 worth of gold bound * dredge, built for operation in the;
for Hamburg and insured by Lloyd’s ■ Dutch East Indies, has a contrivance
of London. One bar was found^a few j
days ago and the bell of the Lutine,
which was recovered 70 years ago,
was rung in the exchange office to
Aboard the world’s largest dredg
er, the Karimata, a stream of sand
pours down hour after hour while the
crew search for signs of gold bats
they hope its scooping apparatus will
bring up from the bottom of the
North Sea. Below the salvaging ves
sel lies the wreck of the Lutine, a record it as it does all good or bad
which will teach 100 feet into the sea,
can smash its way through any ob<
I struetion.* *