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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-05-02, Page 4Page 4 — Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, May 2, 1963 features from The World of Women Home and The Housewife Elect New Slate At Kinette Meet Mrs. Jack Walker presented the slate of officers for the Kinette Club at last week's meeting in the Scout House. Mrs. Robert Wenger was elected president, with vice presidents, Mrs. Fred Temple- man and Mrs, Stewart Leed- ham. Mrs. Alan Williams is the retiring president. Other officers are Mrs, Murray Gerrie, secretary; Mrs. Murray Taylor, treasurer; Mrs, Dave Burgess, registrar; Mrs. Eric Walden, bulletin editor; Mrs. Bruce MacDonald, assis- tant. Plans were made for a past president's night May 13, It was reported that the club realized over $175 from the re- cent cooking school. Hospital Aux. Is Represented At Conference Mrs. J. W. English, Mrs. D. C. Nasmith, Mrs. G. God - kin and Mrs. A. D. MacWil- liam attended the spring con- ference of Region 2, Women's Hospital Auxiliary Association in Exeter last Thursday. About 150 delegates, repres- enting 15 hospital auxiliaries attended the meeting in James Street United Church. Mrs. R. Dinney of Exeter introduced the speaker, Sgdn. Ldr. Betty Bell, food service of- ficer of RCAF Clinton. "The Clinton base," said the speaker, "is the one base in Canada with a school of cook- ing." She outlined the training schedule for cooks, flight ste- wards and attendants, transpor- t ation technicians and university reserve flight cadets. Mrs. English, president of the Wingham Auxiliary, thanked the speaker. The fall conference will be held in Goderich next October. Jones—Murray Vows Rev. Gordon L. Fish officia- ted at St. Andrew's Presbyter- ian Church, April 20, for the wedding of Marilyn Elizabeth Murray and Ronald David Jones. The bride is the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Murray, of Markdale. The groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lediat, of R. R. 2, Wingham. Potted Easter lilies decorated the church. Harold Victor Pym was the organist and Miss Janette Henderson sang " O Promise Me" and "The Lord's Prayer". She was given in marriage by her father. The bride chose a waltz - length gown of Chantilly lace over satin with full skirt. The EVENING GUILD MEETS Speaker Was Missionary In Chile for 25 Years The Evening Guild met in the parish room of St. Paul's Anglican Church on Tuesday of last week with Mrs. Herbert Fuller offering the opening prayers. Mrs. R. J. Harrison read the Scripture and Mrs. Fuller welcomed the guests. Mrs. Fuller reported on the banquets that had been held and several that were schedul- ed for the future. Miss Dorothe Comber gave the financial statement and Mrs. C. R. Wilkinson reported for the visiting committee. Thank you cards were read and Mrs. Norman Cronkwright volun- teered for junior choir helper in May. Mrs. Fuller reminded the ladies that the A. Y.P.A. membe•; will be washing cars at the church and at the Barry Wenger residence on Leopold Street, Saturday May 11 and Saturday May 18, from 9 to 5 at $1.00 a car, and hope that the people of the congregation will support the project. It was announced also that the W.A. needed articles for a bale to be shipped the end of the week. Mrs. Robert Vivian introduc- ed the guest speaker, Mrs. 11. Donaldson, wife of the rector at St. Thomas' Church in Sea - forth. Mrs. Donaldson spoke on her life as a missionary in Chili. Her family was Dutch and moved to Chili as farmers. The superintendent of the school she attended suggested :she become a missionary to the Indian tribes in Chili, and Mrs. Donaldson spent 25 years of her life in that capacity. She met Rev. Donaldson, a Scotsman who had been sent as a missionary by the Anglican Church, and they were married. Rev. and Mrs. Donaldson carried out their work by cara- van. Their supplies were trans- ported by wagon, in which everything, even an organ, was collapsible. Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson travelled on horse- back. They would spend from 10 to 15 days in a village, giving religious instruction, teaching the people, visiting homes, and Mr. Donaldson, though not a doctor, performed some medical services for the people. One of their prime efforts was to teach the people to make full use of, and appreciate the things they had. Rev, Donaldson often ex- tracted teeth for the people. One time when they were ready to leave a village, a girl went to him in great pain. He asked his wife to unpack and sterilize his instruments, and to hold the girl's head while he pulled her tooth. The girl's mother was in the background. She proved to be the community's witch doctor. When the minis- ter had finished with the extrac- tion people flocked in to have him pull their teeth. His wife sterilized the instruments 32 times before they finished. The villagers had been afraid to go to him before, because they feared the witch doctor. 'The men usually had three —Photo by McDowell scalloped neckline, V'd at front and back, was enhanced with pearls and the long sleeves were pointed over the hand. A fingertip veil with scalloped lace edge fell from a headdress of sequins and pearls and she carried a white Bible topped with red roses and streamers of ivy and rosebuds. Her attendants, gowned alike in yellow nylon chiffon over taffeta, were Miss Carol Wal- pole, of Meaford, maid of honor, and Miss Janice Sewell of Durham, as bridesmaid. The bride's attendants car- ried boquets of mauve mums and fern. Grant McBurney, Belgrave, was groomsman and the usher was David Hanna, of Belgrave. A reception was held at Danny's for 26 guests. The tables were centred with red roses and the three-tier wed- ding cake, topped with min- iature bride and groom, was on the bride's table. The cake was made by the bride's mo- ther. Guests were received by the bride's mother, who wore a chocolate brown three-piece double-knit suit, green acces- sories and a corsage of yellow mums. The groom's mother chose a figured dress of white and green nylon and a corsage of white mums. For a wedding trip the bride donned a three-piece brown suit with beige accessories and a corsage of white carnations. The couple will reside in Wing - ham, where the bride is a grad- uate of the Wingham General Hospital School of Nursing. LET YOUR CHILD USE SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE Allow your child to show off his arithmetic by double-check ing grocery tapes. Or let him keep gas and mileage records when you travel. wives, and sometimes more. Mrs. Donaldson said a person entering the thatched huts could always tell how many wives a man had. Each family unit had its own fire and each wife, with her children, would be around their own family fire. Mrs. Donaldson speaks four languages. She had native clothing with her and Mrs. Ro- bert Ahara modelled the wear- ing apparel and jewellery. Mrs. Fuller thanked the speaker and presented her with a gift. Mrs. Donaldson closed the meeting with benediction and lunch was served by Mrs. Vivian's committee. RESO\AL � —Mr, and Mrs. Gary Storey and Janet spent Sunda!, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herb :Heinbecker, at Hanover. —Mr. and Mrs. Barry Fry- 'fogle and daughter spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Campbell at Kitchener. —Capt. K. McGinn, of the American Army Nurses' Corp, visited at the home of her sis- ter, Mr. and Mrs. Owen King on her return from Frankfurt, Germany. She is now stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado. Miss Margaret King, who is teach- ing in Germany, spent the Easter holidays in R..ssia. Richard King of Queen's Univer- sity, Kingston, ret' rued home on Saturday for the l'olidays. —Mrs. Ida Martin of Clin- ton spent a few da, s last week iwith Mr. and Mrs. Murray Tay- -Mr. and Mrs. Stanley McLachlan, of Toronto, spent ,the week -end with Mr, and :Mrs. Roy Morgan. Five Kinettes At Goderich for Inter -Club Event More than 150 members of Zone B 1 Kinette Clubs met in the Legion Hall, Goderich, last Wednesday evening for an inter club meeting. Clubs represent- ed were from Chesley, Clinton, Durham, Flesherton, Hanover, Kincardine, Listowel, Mea - ford, Owen Sound, Shelbourne, Walkerton, Wingham and the host club, Goderich. Representing the Wingham Club were Mrs. Bruce Mac- Donald, Mrs. Jack Walker, Mrs. Stewart Leedham, Mrs. Murray Taylor and Mrs. Robert Wenger. Mrs. MacDonald, a past president of the Wingham Kin- ettes, reported.on the year's activities which included the fall tea, doll raffle, cooking school and the Trade Fair, which will be coming up in June. The club also donated $500 to the Kinsmen, to help with the Golden Circle School project, a $100 scholarship to a grade 13 student, and many smaller contributions. Dr. Moogk of the Ontario Hospital, Goderich, was the speaker and the Goderich Club provided entertainment. Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Walk- er won draw prizes. OTES —Mr, and Mrs. W, llodg- kinson and Mrs, Kay Fryfogle attended the christening of their grandson, Robert Marc, son of Mr, and Mrs. Ken Hodgkinson, Sunday morning in New St. James' Presbyter- ian Church, in London. —Miss Meta McLaughlin of Toronto spent the week -end with her fattier, Mr, N. T. McLaughlin, and visited her mother, who is a patient in the hospital. —Week -end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce MacDon- ald were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Topp, Jerry and Randy of Brantford. —Mr. and Mrs. Len Huff and children, of Brantford, spent the week -end with her father, Mr. Roy Mundy. —Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tervitt and family visited over the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Norval Catto, in Hamilton. —Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Weir and Mr. Harvey Weir, Welland, visited with their aunt, Mrs. Alfred McCreight, on Sunday. —Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hilbert and family of Guelph spent Friday afternoon with his mo- ther, Mrs. Wm. Hilbert. Jack Hilbert, of Sarnia, spent the week -end with his mother. —Mrs. Harold Kerr, Mrs. R. Reavie, Mrs. Jim Coultes and Mr. Wm. J. Arbuckle visited Mr, and Mrs. R. S. McBurney in Lindsay on Wednesday. —Mrs. James Seli has re- turned home after spending the past couple of weeks visiting relatives and friends in Detroit and Windsor. —Miss Lynda Green of God- erich spent the week -end with Miss Alice Reading. —Mr. and Mrs. Milton Koenig, of Ayton, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Rus• sell Zurbrigg and Mrs. E. Zur- brigg. —Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wear- ring, earring, of Toronto, spent a couple of days the beginning of the week with Mrs. D. 5, Mac - Naughton. —Miss Sue Nasmith, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Nasmith, arrived home last week from Queen's University, Kingston, where she has com- pleted her first year. —Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cassidy Jr. , of Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cassidy Sr., of Bluevale, spent Satur- day with Mr. and Mrs. Keith Montgomery. New Thread A revolutionary new thread will Ix available for the dress - Maker and the hone sewer, called invisible thread, which comes in two shades, one for light fabrics and one for dark fabrics. The two shades blend into and with the fabrics so that they are not visible to the eye. This invisible thread can be used for all materials: cottons, woollens, nylon, etc. CHINAWEAR-- AND THEN SOME! The famed Porcelain Tower of Nanking, China, was begun in 1413, A.D. , as an emper- or's tribute to his mother. The building was about 260 feet high, Its nine stories each had overhanging eaves covered with green porcelain tile. The wall surfaces were faced with white porcelain tile bricks. The Tower, world's largest work of chinawear, was destroyed by rebels in 1853. Attendants Wear Mint Green Rev. Gordon Kaiser officiat- ed at a double ring ceremony in Hackett's United Church, when Elizabeth Marie (Betty) .Alton and Roy Maurice Penning- ton exchanged wedding vows. The bride is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Al- ton and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pennington, of R.R.. 2, Teeswater. The bride chose a floor - length gown of bengaline taf- feta over net. The princess - line bodice was fashioned with lily point sleeves and scoop neckline of lace. The flowing skirt was appliqued with lace and she carried red roses on a white Bible. Miss Marjorie Alton of Wing - ham, sister of the bride, was Aux. Bridge Season Ends The Hospital Auxiliary's final bridge game for the sea- son was held in the council chamber on Friday evening. There were six tables. Mrs. R. E. Armitage won the prize for the evening's play. Mrs. R. H. Lloyd and Mrs. A. D. MacWilliam were conveners. During the season there were 32 afternoon players and 24 in the evening group. Mrs. J. H. Crawford won the first prize for afternoon play, with a score of 20, 660, and Miss Ann Henry was second, with 18,770. In the evening group Mrs. Crawford Douglas was first. Her score was 16, 460. Mrs. J. R. Lloyd, second, had 15, - 640. The winners for the season were presented with prizes on Friday night. maid of honor. She wore a mint green silk organza with bouffant skirt, puffed sleeves and scooped neckline with matching headdress and over the face veil, and white ac- cessories. She carried a green and white umbrella of mums. The flower girls were Lynn and Dianne Pennington, nieces of the groom, gowned alike in mint green nylon sheer over taffeta with lace applique and wearing crowns of white flowers They carried umbrellas of yel- low and white mums. Ray Pennington, twin bro- ther of the groom, was best man. The ushers were Douglas Alton, brother of the bride, and Everett Pennington, bro- ther of the groom. The organist was Mrs. Ray Pennington, who played wed- ding music by Lohengrin. The soloist was Lorne Forster of Luck - now, who sang "The 23rd Psalm and "0 Perfect Love." The grandmother of the bride received the guests, wearing blue figured silk, over- layed with nylon sheer and blue and white accessories, and wore a corsage of white carna- tions. She was assisted by the groom's mother, wearing a -y�_�__ powder blue sheath dress with , -- embroidered powder blue bom- bazine and white accessories and a corsage of pink carna- tions. . For travelling the bride chose a blue double-knit suit ;t with white accessories and corsage of white mums. The couple will reside on the groom's farm at R.R. 2, Wing - ham. Guests were present from Napanee, Dunnville, London, Gorrie, Goderich, Palmerston, Wingham, Auburn, Mildmay, Teeswater and Lucknow. Housewife Champions Weekly Chore of Ironing "Ever since I read, in a pop- ular newspaper column that a housewife could save two min- utes by not ironing the tails on her husband's shirts, I have been concerned. I feet it is a poor approach to one's life work—that of homemaking." So says Ruth Merriam in Christ- ian Science Monitor. Mrs. Merriam says there is something soothing and satisfy- ing about ironing. It keeps your hands busy, but your mind is free. Perhaps you feel this way about the weekly chore, too. "Ironing may be a quiet in- terlude with only the occasional squeak of the board or the sound of the iron as it is shifted orset down. "It is pleasant, too. It's a time for orderly planning, with pad and pencil near; for medi- tation, to sort our ideas and values; for prayer, the small 'Please help me' kind; a time, maybe, for remembering. "Or it may be entertaining. Put a stack of records on the hi- fi and listen to the effortless flow of sound. I iron best with the classics—Bach, Mozart, Chopin, or an opera score. Popular music has too strong a beat and I find myself trying to stroke the iron in time to it. (It's a bit like trying to knit to the tick of an old grandfather clock.) "The precision necessary is satisfying, too. Pressing corn- ers neatly and squarely when folding napkins and handker- chiefs; hanging dish towels on the small rack beside the board; gloating over the row of shirts, marching along in brave forma- tion, each buttoned on a coat hanger. All these give me a wonderful sense of accomplish- ment. SHINING HOUR "My proudest moment comes every morning when my husband leaves for his work. He looks fresh and clean and well-groom- ed. And I am happy that the work of my two hands, with their small service of fresh linen, helps to send him off properly. "Today my mood was, to quote Lorelei, a time when I did 'practically nothing but think.' "The ironing board, set up in the sunny bedroom, height adjusted just so; the iron heat perfectly controlled by that amazing little button; the clothes the exact degree of dampness, all made my task easy. "The items to be ironed last are always sprinkled and put into the dampening bag first. So in go the shirts, followed by the linens, dresses, smocks, aprons, pillow cases, finally ending up with dish towels and sheets. The latter are rubbed off quickly, the next group re- quires more careful attention. MATTER OF PRIDE "After all, smocks and aprons are my uniform. I take pride in having them crisp, clean, and attractive. They are fun to iron, as I choose gay colorful materials when mak- ing them. "By the time I have worked down to the eight, or ten, or maybe only five shirts my hands have warmed to the skill needed for my magnum opus. "I iron steadily, pausing only to change a record or write my- self a reminder. Sometimes I play a little game, a harmless subterfuge. I shut my eyes, reach into the bag and bring up the first shirt I touch. Goody! Here is a blue Oxford cloth just old enough to iron well. "The next one though is brand new, of silky white broadcloth, with French cuffs. It is simply fiendish to iron nicely, and I'm relieved when at last, after sponging out wrinkles and repressing, it joins the others. "While my hands manipu- late cloth and iron, my mind savors some of the recently read V. Sackville — West's "A Joy of Gardening." Such lovely prose. "I decide on the menu for Sunday night. I'll make a chicken -rice casserole that will need no last minute attention but can wait quietly in the oven. WHAT ABOUT LUNCH? "New there is only one shirt left in the plastic bag. Shall I finish, or shall I stop for lunch? "The family dog, an old fel- low who doesn't climb steps much any more, begins to "sing" at the foot of the stairs. He is sure it is time to eat. I follow his request, reach over and turn off the iron. "As I go to the kitchen I think, 'Only 15 more minutes and the ironing will be done for another week. I'll fold the shirts, put them away in the drawers, stack the linens.' It's a good feeling, something ac- complished; something done." White Wedding Gown Dates to Napoleon The custom of brides saying their vows in a white wedding gown originated at the time of Napoleon when, there was a • tremendous vogue among th 9r, "" ladies of France for wearing white dresses on every festive occasion, bridal and otherwise. Up until Napoleon's time, the choice of wedding costume was a matter of individual tastre wedding gowns were made in any and every colour — even red.