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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-05-23, Page 12Page 4 — Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, May 23, 1963 Gorrie Personals Mrs, Frank David returned from Beck San, Bryon on Thurs. day. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wylie, Lakelet, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Holmes and Grace, Listowel, visited Mrs. Albert Dustow on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dustow and Oliver of Mildmay visited Wednesday at the same home. Mr, and Mrs. George Rich- ardson and Judy of Toronto spent the Victoria Day week- end with Mrs. M. Willits. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gil- landers, Windsor, spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Justin Will. Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Hock - ridge, Timmy and Philip of Scarborough, were week -end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hyndman. Mr, and Mrs. Robert Sear - son spent the week -end in Windsor and visited their son, in the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Petrie, Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Warwick, Brussels, were guests at the Elliott -Cowan wedding in Han- over Presbyterian Church on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Under- wood, Debbie and Kathy of Ux- bridge, spent the week -end and holiday with M. and Mrs. Wesley Underwood. Mr. and Mrs, Glenn Underwood and Karen and Miss Merle Gowdy, Wingham, visited Victoria Day at the same home. Miss Marian Leitch, Toron- to; Mr, and Mrs. Wm, Jonas, Gowanstown; Mr, Melvin Har- rison, Preston; Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Fleming, Alton; Mr, and Mrs. Peterpaw, Kincardine; Mr, and Mrs, Keith Kneeshaw, Bondhead; Mr. and Mrs. Brett Longman, Listowel; Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Felkar, Seaforth; Mr, and Mrs. Wilbur Orr, Bond Head; Mr, and Mrs, Chas, Shearer, Ethel; Mr. Stanley Simpson and Mr, Archie Doug- las, Toronto, were among those from a distance who attended the funeral on Saturday of the late Mrs, Robert Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. George Brown and Jean attended the Niagara spring tour of the Historical Automobile Society over the week -end. Mrs. Robt. McInnes of Tees - water is visiting at the homes of Mr. and Mrs, T. L. 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Kreller, was held in the Gorrie Community Hall on Friday evening. Mrs. Walter Demerling read the ad- dress and Harvey Wright and Walter Demerling presented them with a chrome dinette suite. They were also recipi- ents of a gift of money and miscellaneous articles. Lamb - kin's Orchestra, Fordwich, pro- vided music for dancing. Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Jack Ross and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bell and family of Preston were holiday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Morley Bell, Mrs. Laurence Stirling, Tor- onto, spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sander- son. Mr. Gordon Underwood is a patient in Wingham Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pearce, Sandra and Richard, Wheatley, visited Sgt. Glenn and Mrs. Austin. Mr. and Mrs, Harvey Wright, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Chester Cook, Clifford, visited Mrs. John Bell in K -W Hospital, Kitchener on Sunday. Little Cheryl Mayburry, Mitchell, is visiting her grand- parents, Mr, and Mrs. Oliver Stewart, Sgt. F. Glenn Austin has returned home after spending a year in Egypt, on the Gaza Strip, with the Royal Canadian Engineers. Sgt. Austin is on two months' leave and expects to be stationed in Toronto later. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Wright, Galt, spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Stewart visited Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Hud- son, Hanover, on Sunday. Sympathy is extended to the bereaved in the passing of Mrs. Robert Harrison. Mrs. Stanley Grainger and family of London visited Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Grainger on Sunday and Victoria Day. Mr. and Mrs. Thos Edgar and family of St. Thomas visit- ed Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dane. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Taman and family of Belmont, Ohio, visited Saturday with Mrs. Frances Strong and Mr. Roy Strong and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Strong. On June 7, Jim, who is w th the U.S. Army, will be posted to Alaska for one year. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Withe- row, Mt. Forest, visited Satur- day evening with Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell Strong. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Warner and John were attendants at the Numbers - Warner wedding at Olivet United Church, Hamilton, on Saturday. Mrs. G. Avalis is a patient in Palmerston Hospital with pneumonia. A District Fire Marshal Of- ficer will be here May 28, at 8:30 p.m., in Gorrie Com- munity Hall to hold a public meeting concerning the possi- bility of purchasing a fire truck for Howick Township. The Gorrie United Sunday School Anniversary and Flower Sunday service will be held Sunday May 26, at 11 a.m. D.S.T. Mrs. Arthur Jackson, Atwood, will be the guest speaker, Katharine and Karen Gal- braith, Wingham, spent the week -end at the home of Mr. Anson Galbraith. Mrs, R. T. Bennett is a pa- tient in Listowel Memorial Hospital, with pneumonia. Hold Shower For Member FORDWICII—The Ladies' Auxiliary to Howick Legion met at the home of Mrs. Earl Underwood for its meeting, which was in the form of a miscellaneous shower for one of their members who had lost her home by fire. Mrs. Hamil- ton expressed her thanks for the kindness shown. SUCCESSFUL SALE—Members of the Lions Club held a blitz broom sale on Tuesday evening of last week and disposed of over 20 dozen brooms to Wingham citizens. Lions Lloyd Casemore, Rube Harrison and club president Murray MacLennan are shown just be- fore they went into action. Proceeds will go to the Lake Joseph camp for the blind, and the brooms were purchased from the Institute for the Blind.—Photo by Bud Cruickshank. CHRISTIAN HOME 15 THEME Discuss Problems Facing Christian Family Life GORRIE--Mrs. Robt. Edgar and Mrs. Allan Hyndman were leaders for Unit 4 in the devo- tions at the May meeting of the Gorrie United Church Wo- men, with " The Christian Home" as the theme. Mrs. A. Hyndman read a poem, "A Home", which was followed by a musical medley by Mrs. Nor- man Carson. Discussion was held concern- ing problems facing a modern family trying to be Christian. Several questions were dealt with. Mrs. Helen Stephens spoke on problems of pressures to conform, and social drink- ing. Mrs. Harry Rhame pre- pared a concise paper on the financial structures and duties of church treasurer which was read by Mrs. Wm. Nay. Mrs. Fred W. Taylor dealt with the profitable use of leisure time. Mrs. A. Hyndman spoke on communicating christian prin- ciples to children and taking dishonest practices for granted. This was summed up by Mrs. R. Carson, Mrs. L. Johnston and Mrs. H. Hamilton, giving a few thoughts on the respon- sibility of parents to their children. The president, Mrs. Glad- stone Edgar, presided. An in- vitation was received from Wroxeter U.C.W. to attend their meeting on Wednesday, Missionary Tells About His Work GORRIE—Rev. Roy T. Jor- gensen, home from Trinidad on furlough and a native of Owen Sound, was introduced by Rev. Fred. W. Taylor on Wednesday in the Gorrie. United Church. Rev. Jorgensen first showed a map of Trinidad, which is tropical, with temperatures the year round between 70-97 de- grees. The industries of this 840, 000 people are mostly agriculture with sugar cane, cocoa, nuts, rice, grapefruit and oranges, fishing, petroleum and crude oil. It is a country 65 miles by 35 miles and two- thirds of the population is ne- gro. He showed coloured slides on his work, It is a beautiful land with its flowers and trees. Schools are very scarce and all kinds of languages are spoken. He and his wife went to Trini- dad in 1958. There he had an eight -point charge, with six services on Sunday and two on Friday. The Gorrie Presbyterian and Anglican, Molesworth Presby- terian and Wroxeter ladies also attended. June 5 at 8:30 p.m. in Wrox- eter United Church. Plans were finalized for the garden party. Mrs. R. Harrison Long -Time Resident GORRIE--Mrs. Robert Harri- son, of Gorrie, died Thursday, May 16, at Palmerston Hospi- tal, after a brief illness, She was the former Mabel Douglas, the eldest daughter of the late Samuel Douglas and his wife Elizabeth Timm, and was born in Minto Town- ship on March 23, 1900. She married Robert James Harrison on June 20, 1923, and resided in Gorrie almost 40 years. She was a member of the Gorrie United Church and United Church Women. Surviving are her husband; two sons, Earl of Goderich and Robert of Guelph; one daughter, Mrs, Elgin (Doreen) Fulton of Galt; two brothers, John of Listowel and Archie of Toron- to; one sister, Mrs. Manfred (Edna) Irwin of Gorrie, and seven grandchildren. She was predeceased by four brothers and a sister, Funeral services were held at the Moir funeral home, Gnr - rie, on Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. 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