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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-08-29, Page 7Fear Reunion At Eramosa BELGRAVE--The third annual Fear reunion was held en Sunday at the home of Mr. and Ted Duffield Of Eramosa, a registration of 60, The program was conducted by Mrs, R, H, Buller, assisted by Mrs. Bert Fear and Mrs. Orrie Elliott, Results of games and races ire as follows: three-legged ',Mee, Wendy and Katherine Fear; clothes pin race, Rhonda Fear and Dorothy Elliott; cloth- es pin -tail, David Colquhoun; potato relay, Katherine Fear's team; balloon relay, Floyd Smith and Wayne Higgins; best paper dress, Mrs, Arletta Fear dressed by Mrs. Glen Meredith; funniest paper dress, George Fear dressed by Bert Fear; mystery parcel guess, Mrs. George Fear; guess the measure of a yard, Mrs, Ted Fear; per- son coming the farthest, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Meredith of Thamesville; birthday nearest reunion day, Mrs, Murray Duf- field; newest married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Britt of Burlington; largest family pre- sent, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Fear; lady nearest her own kitchen, Mrs. Ted Duffield; wedding anniversary nearest to reunion date, Mr, and Mrs. Doug Buller of Oshawa; child with curliest hair under 5 years, Ellen Buller. After games a bountiful smorgasbord supper was enjoyed followed by the election of officers for 1964; President, Ted Fear, Belgrave; secretary, Mrs, Ted Fear; treasurer, Joe Hig- gins, Mitchell; entertainment committee, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Meredith of Thamesville, Mr. and Mrs, Stuart Wilson of St, Catharines, Wendy Fear, Belgrave; lunch, Mrs. Bill Britt, Burlington, Mrs, Bruce Smith, Blyth, Mrs, Grant Kluey, Mimico, It was decided to hold an- other reunion the last Sunday in August at the home of Mr. and Mts. Ted Duffield of Era- mosa, President George Fear thanked the host and hostess, Guests were present from Thamesville, Morpeth, Oshawa, Mimico, London, Mitchell, Blyth, Burlington, Clinton, St. Catharines, Wingham and Bel - grave. The best book to tell you where to spend your vacation is your cheque book. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR CAR WHATEVER THE TROUBLE .. , BRING YOUR CAR TO US FOR A COMPLETE CHECK-UP Wingham Motors PHONE 357-2720 11111 OLD REGISTERS AT THE FORDWICH School were of considerable interest to dozens of former pupils who were on hand for a reunion marking the closing of the building on Saturday. Three form- eiez er students, Miss Verna McLaughlin, of Wingham, her brother, Wilfred, of Tor- onto, and Elmer Williamson, of Ford- wich, look for the names of old friends. —A -T Photo. The monthly meeting of the Fire Department was held on Monday evening with twelve members present. During the month of August the firemen made one run to the hall, but the call was cancelled. We are pleased to report a summer of very limited fire loss corn - pared to some other years, The brigade is now up to full streng- th of 20 men. 0--0--0 New members to join the department are Gordon Rapson, Donald Sallows and Robert Deyell. 0--0--0 Members of the fire brigade have taken on a project, which we hope will be a success, Out of our very limited funds we have put aside the sum of $200.00 towards the purchase of a water tank truck. In the TO THE ELECTORS OF HURON -BRUCE RIDING DEAR FRIENDS: Having been nominated as the Candidate for the forthcoming election to represent the Lib- eral Party, 1 would like to express my sincere thanks to you for the courtesy and kindness that I have received since I was elected in 1962 as your representative in the Government of On- tario. While 1 met many of you, I trust that I may make the acquaintance of as many as possible during the campaign. I have enjoyed my work and feel with this experience, more able to serve each of you in your problems from day to day. I solicit your continued support in this campaign and your Vote on September 25th next. Yours sincerely, MURRAY GAUNT. Vote Liberal Vote MURRAY GAUNT on Sept. 25th Sponsored by the 1111111,0N-1 RUC1i LIITEttAL ASSOCIATION around— The Fire Hall future we will sell tickets on draws, etc., to help in the buying of this machine. As our good friends in the country know, water is of prime im- portance and it is to this end and object we are most interest- ed. At present the fire truck carries 500 gallons of water, and our aim is a truck to carry an additional 1000 gallons, which would go to all country fires, 0--0--0 An old magaphone used in the early days by fire chiefs and captains that hung in the old firemen's room in the town hall has now a place of recog- nition at the fire hall. It is interesting to note that it was won in a hose reel race at Kin- cardine in the year 1882 by the Wingham firemen. 0--0--0 Chief Jim Carr has returned from a holiday. Capt. Bill Bain is now up north catching the big ones. Then there are some firemen to be accounted for; hope they report in. 0--0--0 There will be a fire practice on September 16 at 7 o'clock sharp, All are to be to this one. FORDWICH Mrs. Rosemary Campbell and Jimmy were week -end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Crosby Sothern, Mrs. Alvin Denny of Guelph visited friends in the commun- ity on Saturday and attended the closing of Fordwich school. Mrs. Fred Demerling return- ed home from Walkerton Hos- pital on Friday, after being con- fined there for two weeks. Mr. Everitt Lynn of Orillia visited friends in the community over the week -end and attended both S. S, No. 17 and S. S, No. 12 school closings. Miss Marjorie Connell of Toronto was a week -end visitor with her parents. Mr, and Mrs. Lyle Simmons, Anne and Kenneth visited a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lynn at Orillia, and enjoyed a visit to Santa's Vil- lage at Bracebridge. Mr. Everitt Cooper of Clin- ton spent the week -end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stewart and family visited one day last week with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart at Port Elgin. Mrs. Glenn Martin and Lin- da, and Mrs. Wm. Hutchison and family are spending a few days this week at Port Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cober attended the Dunn-Klinck wed- ding Saturday in Kurtzville. Mrs, Earl King and Carol, Mrs. Mel Allan and Sandra were Kitchener visitors one day last week. Bluevale Personals Miss Doris Ross of Rothsay was a week -end guest of Mrs. Harry Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Londs- way and four children, of De- troit, spent several days with her aunt, Mrs, Harry Elliott, and Mr. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnston accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Fred McQuillin and Mr. and Mrs. Frank McQuillin, of Luck - now, to Windsor and attended the McKabe-Mooney wedding on Saturday. Mr, Wm. Owen of Mesachie Lake, B.C. , spent the week- end with his uncle, Mr. Henry Mathers, and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs, H. B. Hoff- man spent Sunday at Painswick. Mrs. Nellie Lillow, Mac Black, Mrs. A, C. Lillow and Barbara visited Mr, and Mrs. Bernard Lillow of London on Sunday. Mrs. Neil McGavin and son, Brian Neil, after leaving Lis- towel Hospital, spent a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnston, before returning to her home in Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Spence Mc- Kinnon and family of Niagara Falls visited Mr, and Mrs, R. N. McKinnon during the week. Mr, and Mrs, R. H. McKinnon and their visitors spent Saturday in London, guests of other mem- bers of the family,' Mr. and Mrs. J. K. McTavish and fam- ily. Mrs. William Smith and Miss Molly Smith of Barrie visited Miss Ruby Duff on Monday. TOO SOFT Gold is hard to get, but too soft to use. At least, pure gold is too soft for coins and jewel- ery. Hence, it is usually mix- ed with copper or silver to pro- duce weights of up to 18 carats, instead of the 24 carats of pure gold. Wingharn Advance -Times, Thursday, Aug,, 29, 1963 ' Page 9 Program includes Memorial Service at SS 11 Closing FORDWICH--More than 200 former pupils, residents artd teachers attended the closing reunion of S, S. No. 11 How ick, formerly known as Coop- er's School. Norman Gedcke was master of ceremonies for the program consisting of solos, readings, and orchestra select- ions, all numbers being suit- ably chosen for the day and the occasion. A brief history of the school was given by Mrs. Harold Doig, dating back to 1860 when Ed- ward and Sarah Cooper deeded the land for the school and John McDermitt called the first trustee meeting. The first frame school was replaced in 1903 by the present structure. There was a roll call of teachers from 1890 to the pre- sent time. Nine teachers res- ponded and were presented with corsages by Mrs. Bowen and Mrs. P. Gedcke, on be- half of the section. Each spoke briefly reminiscing on her term of office. A memorial service was con- ducted by Roger Gedcke, a pu- pil who is training for the min- istry. He paid tribute to the pioneers, trustees, former teachers and pupils. Flowers were arranged in a memorial basket by Wray Cooper for pioneers, Harvey McDermitt for trustees, Mrs. Gordon Stein- acker for teachers and Gerald Gedcke for pupils. For a formal closing the pu- pils of the past term filed slow- ly out of school while the orchestra played appropriate music. Mrs. Harold Doig, rhe last teacher, closed the doors, the memorial flowers were placed in front of the door and after a few closing comments by the chairman the audience sang " 0 God Our Help in Ages Past" and "God Be with You till We Meet Again". Roger Gedcke pronounced the bene- diction. Prizes were presented to the oldest pupil lady, Mrs, Mel+ inda Karges of Listowel; oldest gentleman, Mr. Williatxt Boehler, Fordwich; senior tea- cher, Mrs, Myrtle Bell of At- wood; oldest trustee, Melvin $rigley; pupil coming farthest, Norman Hayden, Sudbury; pupil raising largest family, Mrs. Bertha Plant of Gorrie. The two mystery persons, Ira Schaefer and Mrs. Everitt Zurbrigg, were identified by Mrs, C. Johnson and Mrs. Monaghan, The lunch corn- mittee convened by Mrs. Spar - ling, Mrs. Reichard and Mrs. Bilton served a picnic Lunch. Former teachers who were present were Mrs. Myrtle Bell, Atwood; Mrs. Jean Griffith, Blyth; Mrs. Curtis Jordan, Ford- wich; Miss Jean Sperling, Gor- rie; Mrs, Ruth Kraft, Preston; Mrs, Gordon Steinacher, Gor- rie; Mrs. Robert Woods, R. R.1 Clifford and Mrs, Harold Doig, Fordwich, S. $, No, 11, along with 17 other schools in Howick, in- cluding Fordwich, Gorrie and Wroxeter will not open in Sept- ember. The pupils will be transported by bus to the new 16 room Howick Central School on 87 Highway between Gorrie and Fordwich corner. Reunion Held LAKELET—A family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gadke on Sun- day, Present for the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Redmond MacDonald and family of Wing - ham, Mr, and Mrs. Henry Hohnstien and family of Clif- ford, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McCutcheon and family of Brussels, Mrs. A. Harris and Miss Penny Lipsett of Toronto. Miss Lipsett remained for a few holidays. 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