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BRUSSELS POST', THU4S.DAY, OCT. 7th, 1971 POST PIJI4ISHING HOUSE
Miss Nancy Pearson
Feted Prior To 'Marriage
Miss Nancy Pearson, bride-
elect, has been honored at several
showers prior to her marriage to
Robert Procter on October Atli,
Mrs. George Pearson and Mrs.,
Alex 'Pearson were co-hostesses
• on September 18th at the home
of Mrs. George Pearson, of
Bridal luncheon at which close
relatives of the bride attended,
Miss Penny Lowe was hostess
on September 25th, in her home,
at a miscellaneous shower at
which g-irl friends and fellow
classmates were. present.
A. large number of friends and
relatives gathered on Friday even-
ing, October 1st, in the United
Church basement, Brussels. for a
miscellaneous shower. Upon en-
tering each lady signed her name
on a white tablecloth with liquid
embroidery. This cloth was given
to Nancy by Mrs. Jane Hall as
a souvenir.
The basement of the church
was beautifully decorated in pink
and white.
A short program followed at
which Mrs. Jack Bryans played
the piano, Misses. Julie Valiance
and Joan Elliott played the guitar
and sang two numbers. Mrs,
Aileen Mutter gave a very hum-
orous reading.
Nancy was then presented with
many useful and beautiful gifts
after which she expressed her
sincere appreciation for the gifts
and for everything which had
been done for her.
A very tasty lunch was served
and brought this enjoyable even-
ing to a close.
MRS. LEO GAYNOR
Mrs. Leo G'ayilor, a former
Brussels resident, died in Our
Lady of Mercy Hospital, Toronto,
after a lengthy Hitless. She was in
her 79th year.
The former Agatha MacDonald,
she was born in Chicago, Illinois.
and came to Canada in 1924. Her
husband, Leo 'Gaynor predeceased
her in 1965.
She had' been, a member of the
St Ambrose Altar Society.
She is survived by four daught-
ers Mrs. P. - (Mary) Gabourie,,
Peterborough; Mrs. W. (Patricia)
Barrett, Toronto; Mrs. A. (Janet)
Findlay, Toronto; Mts. 13, (Mon-
ica) Salter, St. Catharines. Also
surviving are' 18 grandchildren,
arid one sister Mrs. Jas. (Monica)
Carter, Oak Park, Ill.
The body. rested at the M. L.
Watts Funeral Home in Brussels
until MondaYamorning, then to
St. Ambrose R.C. Church, Brussels,
for Requiem Mass at 10 a,m, with
Father Kaminski conducting the
service.
`Butial was in St. James. R, C.
Celietery, Seaforth.
.Ballbearers were Lawrence.
Ryan, Wm. Blake, Sas. Nolan,
Philip 'Gabourie, Win. Barrett, Bud
Salter.
THE WORD IS OUT
The word is out and all about
That I3urns and Mate, will demon-
strate
With Aylmer Food, it's very good
Avid Del Monte, which 18 quite
O.K.
But cheek the fact, get in the act
Come one and all to the Legiori
Hall
October twenty-eight is the date.
SO we'll tiee yo4 there, new den't
you Oro
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MAIL .SERVICE CURTAILED
THANKSGIVING PAY, QPT.11
,A.11 mail service from this office
is .curtailed. for Monday, October
11th.
NO mail reeeivee or dispatched.
Wickets closed and no rural
service, The lobby is Open. as'
.usual,•
Ni4P.4,AN 7- 'FINCH
Shasta daisies, in pink white
and blue, was the setting in St.
John's Anglican Church Brussels
for the marriage of Linda Chris-
tine Finch and James Francis
McLellan an Saturday, 'September
26th, at 3 x"00 p.m. The, Rev. Keith
Stokes officiated,
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. ThoMas A.Finch of R,R,
1, Ethel and the groom is the son'
of Mr. Francis McLellan and the
late Mrs. IVIcLellan of Port Stan-
ley. •
Traditional 'wedding music was
played 'by Mrs, Sharon' Stephen-
son who else accompanied the
soloist, Mr, Robert Cunningham
who sang "Wedding Prayer" and
"O Perfect Love"
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, was gowned in satin
featuring floor-length skirt fall
ing softly from bodice, lowa roned:
neckline and long tightly cuffed
sleeves. Her floor length veil was
held by a Crystal and pearl tiara.
Her wedding flowers Were blue
carnations,
Mrs, Wm, Henderson, Matron of
Honor, sister of the bride. Miss
Beverley 'Finch, Mrs. , Gordon
Finch, Mrs. Fred .Kiser and Miss
Olivia McLellan and the flower
girl, Melanie Jordon, niece of the
groom wore blue peas de sole
styled with lantern sleeves gather-
at the. „WK.% !!heir hair , was. adorn-
ed with blue pornpom$ 'find' they'
carried blue shasta daisies.
Gordon Finch, London, brother
of the bride,; was grOomeman and
guests were ushered by Win.
HenderSon, Ronald' Copper, Garn-
et Knote and Norman Johnson.
At the reception in the church
hall the bride's mother received
guests wearing a costive polyester
coat and dress ensemble, She was
assisted by Mae. Eva McLellan,
„aunt of the groom, in a purple
suit.
For it wedding trip to Kentucky,
the bride donned a two-piece
navy blue wool suit with navy ac
cessories and a, corsage of white
roses.
The couple will reside at R.R.
8, London.
Out of town guests attended
front Hamilten, Stoney Creek,
Burlington. Ancaster, London,
{Belmont, BeechVille, Beaconsfield
Queb., Monkton and Fort Stanley.
BOWLING NOTES
Ladies High Single
Fran Coley 256
Joyce ,Tacklin 246
Mitre Smith 230
Ladies High Triple
Joyce Jacklin 601
Jane Ward 575
Marg Smith 506
Mens High Single
Gordon Jacklin 249
Ray Adams 241
Gordon Smith .. „ 230
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Wingham -Ladies Captured
W. O. A. A. Title Again
The 1Vinghorn Ladies topped
off a must auecessful season when
they downed Brucefield 8-4 to Win
the best of seven.•series 4 games
to. 3 and captured the W,O.A.A,
championship,
Wingham was flying high TueS,
clay night and they broke loose in
the first inning with Gail Me,
Pherson. and Joyce Taylor being
driven home by Bonnie Bougles's
•dounle. Bonnie scored on a 'Bruce-.
field error. A single by Marjorie.
Eadie and a walk to Doris
Coultes proved to be successful as
Mary De Bruyn hit one 'of her
fantastic home runs. The score
at the end of the first inning was
Tile next two innings remain-
ed scoreless but Joyce Taylor
stealing bases scored in the
fourth inning making the count
7 - 0. In the sixth inning Gail Mc-
Pherson scored because of single
hits and errors giving Wing-
ham an 8-0 lead.
Wingha m wa s threatened in the
seventh inning when the first
batter was walked and scored be-
cause of a Wingham error. Wing-
ham recovered by keeping the
eighth inning scoreless
T?,rucefield, detremined not to
be beaten, bounced back in the
:ninth inning by scoring three runs
making the final score 8-4.
-The entire series was a see-
saw right from the first game.
Both teams played with determin-
ation and full of enthusiasm.
Each game was full of suspense
right from the first batter to the
very last one with some games
being won in the ninth inning.
The two teams provided excel-
lent entertainment and kept the
many faithful fans sitting on the
edge of their seats,
Wingham team wines to thank
the manager,. Verna Steffler, and
coaches Mike Willie and Brian
Douglas --for-the, time, and .effort...
they have spent. with the teafn.
They also extend a special thanks
to the Wingham • and. Brussels
fans 'who' gaVe • them • stich.• faith-
fulio•enppott 'throughout• ser-:
Much credit of the success of
this year .goes-. to. the. pitcher,
Dori's ••Coultes and catcher. Joyce
Taylor for a job well done..
• • . PEOPLE .WE KNOW, •
Mr.•and-.Mrs. Carl Gowing were
honored on the occasion of their
30th wedding anniversary when
relatives held a surprise party
for them at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. David Wheeler. Relatives
Were present from Ottawa, Tiver-
ton. Lucan and Blyth. A pleasant
social time was spent and the
anniversary couple were ,present-
With gifts.
Mrs. Chris Fischer is a patient
in Wingham Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. 1). A. Rann spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
• Barry Ttann, Windsor.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wilbee
attended the graduation of their
daughter Ruth on Friday October
1st, at the War Memorial Hall,
University of Guelph. wit en she
• received her R.A. degree at the
Fall Convocation. She studied in
three areas of concentration. Fine
Art and Sociology.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Terbush
and daughters Kristin Ann and
Kimberly 11,Teghan ftom Norman,
Oklahoma, haVe been spending
holidays with Mrs; Terbush par.
hats; Mt', and Mrs, (;, iy, pftovor,
reh tO 'Ow luny ant's lifvet)
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MItIlitnt to
C F. PARKER
Mr. 0, F. Parker will be, retiring
from active service with the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Com-
merce on October 22nd, 1971 after
43 years. .He joined the Bank in
London, Ontario in 1928. He has
been Manager of the local Branch
since March 1900. His successor
is to be Mr. R. M, Hyde from
Minden, Ont., who is expected to
arrive in :Brussels around October
.18th.
Mr. Parker's many friends and
business associates will miss his
presence at the bank and wish
him many years of pleasant retir-
tirement.
BRUSSELS U.C.W. AND
GUESTS HEAR SPEAKER
The C'eneral Meeting of the
Brussels U.C.W. met on Tuesday,
September 21, with a good attend
ante. Visitors were present from
Walton, myth and Belgrave,
The program committee took
charge of the WqrShip Service.
Mrs. LeDrew had the theme and
opening prayer. Hymn 356 was
sung. Scripture taken- from St.
Matthew, chapter 12. was read by
Mrs.—Thomas, and::. the, summary
wa s read by Miss Lucas.
Pauline McCutcheon favoured
the group with a solo "I Believe",
'Mra. LeDrew closed the Wor-
ship with prayer.
The president, Mrs. Elsi-a,'
Miller, took, the chair. She wel-
cOmed the guests and called on
Mrs. Hemingway 'to introduce the
guest speaker, Mrs. Miner, the
president of Hfi.ron-Perth C.W.
Mrs. Miner took a s her, Topic
"Widening Our Horizons" in this
era. of change in everyday liVing,
style, home life and worship.
Following the business the
meeting closed with the Bene
diction. A delicious lunch was
served by the ladies.
BROWNIE AND GUIDE
LOCAL AUXILIARY MEET
The local auxiliary of mothers
of Brownies and Guides met on
September 26th, for their firSt
meeting for the 1971.72 season.
The president, Barbera Watts,
niggled the meeting by welcoming
the eight ladies present to her
home.
Al rock. secretary-treasurer
read the minutes of the last meet-
ing and gave the treasurer's re-
Porn for the ending of the 1969-
70 season.
It has been appointed by the
District Office in Godevich that
the parents are responsible for
providing transportation home for
their own Brownies and Guides,
Mrs, Thebel Gibson wa s nomln.
atod Mtittaoll t!or the
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Western Star Lodge
Installs New Officers
Thci officers of Western Star
Lodge No. .149, Brussels, were in-
stalled by District Deputy 'Grand
Master, Murray Taylor of Clinton
and staff, on September 30th, 1971
Attending the installation was
the Grand Patriarch of the Grand
Encampment of Ontario, Benson
Sutter and Grand Marshall of the
Grand Encampment, Howard
„Robbins and the District Deputy
Grand patriach of District No. 13,
Gtordon Hanna.
• The following are -the new Brus .
eels officers:
n.)ble Grand Mel McArter
Vice Grand Lorne Dale
Recording Sec. Ross Nichol
Financial Sec. Bob Richmond
Treasurer Jack McCutcheon
Color Bearer .....john McCutcheon
Warden Allan McCall
Conductor Bob Fraser
Chaplain Allan Griffith
R..S.N.G. Cliff Bray
L.S.N.G. Walter Kerr
R.S.V.G. Wilfred Warwick
L.S.V.G. Bill Wheeler
R.S.S, Doug Hemingway
L.S.S. jack Mitchell
Inside Guard Ray Crawford
Outside Guard.,..Clarence Pegelow
Musician Don Dunbar
Junior Past Grand Dave
McCutcheon
GOLDEN WORDS
THANKSGIVING
For all that God in mercy sends:
For health and strength, for home
and friends,
For comfort in the time of need,
For.every kindly word and deed,
For happy thoughts and pleasant
talk,
For guidance in our daily walk,
For all these things. give thanks.
For beauty in this world of ours,
For -verdant grass and lovely
flowers,
For song of birds, for hum. of
bees, . •
For the. refreshing summer 'breeze;
For hill and plain, for streams
-and wood,
For• the great ocean's mighty
,. flood, •
For all these things, give. thanks.
•
For th.e sweet sleep Which .comes
with night,' • •
For the returning morning'S 'light,
For the .bright sun which shines
on high.
Pot" the stars that :glitter in the
sky, --
Per these and everything we see,
0 Lord, our hearts we lift to Thee,
And give Thee hearty thanks.
BORN
GA.RNTSS — To Mr. and. Mrs. Jim
Gerniss, in Winghem Hospital.
en Saturday, Octeher and. -1
daughter, Cherida Ann, a sister
for Clinton.
Menaviss To Mr. and. Mrs,
Neil meGaTin. in Clinton Puhlis,.
Hospital, on September 21st,
.1971. a. daughter, Heather
IT-Unbent, a sister for Brian,
Cathy and Jeffery.
emus support. given to the L.A.
this past season.
The next. L. A. meeting will be
held on November 1. 1971. con-
sisting of l3rownie enrollments,
Ply up of Guides; presenting
badge§ and n. tun evening,, Moth-
ers are asked to plOmir..4 pttaild and
tinwion
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