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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-03-18, Page 13• • A • • a a r 1 4 • a r a Surprise Party on 401h Anniversary FORDWICH-Mr, and Mrs. Lindsay Brown were pleasantly surprised by friends and neigh- bours at their home Friday night on the occasion of their 40th wedding anniversary. The evening was spent playing pro- gressive euchre. Mrs. William Campbell, a former neighbor, read an ad- dress and Jack Douglas and Jirn Warrell presented the coup- le with a step -table and a lamp, Mr.and Mrs. Brown thanked everyone and lunch was served. "I need a holiday," said the pretty cashier, "I'm not look- ing my best." "Nonsense," said the mana- ger. "It isn't nonsense, the men are beginning to count their change." The Big Difference between a man who displays this symbol and an insurance company salesman might mean hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dollars in your pocket. As an independent insurance agent, he represents not one but several insurance com- panies. He is thus free to choose the best car, home, or business insurance for you, to make sure you are paid both promptly and fairly when you have a loss. On the other hand, the services of an insurance company salesman usually end when he has sold you the policy which his par- ticular company offers. As independent insurance agents, we are ready to give you continuing, personal atten- tion—The Big Difference in insurance today. Look for our Big "I" Symbol ... call on us for the facts about complete insurance protection. W. B. CONRON, CLU INSURANCE AGENCY Complete Insurance Coverage Agents for—Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 5 JOHN ST. W. WINGHAM •PH. 357-2636 Business and Professional Directory AMBULANCE SERVICE CALL — S. J. WALKER PHONE Day - Night 357-1430 Frederick F. Homuth Phm.B., R.O. Carol E. Homuth, RO Mrs. Viola H. Homuth, RO OPTOMETRISTS Phone 118 HARRISTON - . ONTARIO BUTLER, DOOLEY, CLARKE & STARKE Chartered Accountants Trustee in Bankruptcy Licensed Municipal Auditor 2nd Floor, PUC Building Cor. Josephine & John Sts. WINGHAM, Dial 357-1561 A. H. McTAVISH BARRISTER, SOLICITOR and NOTARY PUBLIC Teeswater - Ontario Tel. 392-6873, Teeswater Wroxeter—Every Wednesday afternoon, 2-4 p.m., or by appointment P. D. Hemingway, D.C. CHIROPRACTOR Professional Office Building LLSTOWEL, ONTARIO For Appointment: Phone 1650, Listowel Pearson, Edwards & co. Chartered Accountants P. R. PEARSON Trustee in Bankruptcy 306 JOSEPHINE STREET WINGHAM - Tel. 257-2891 Gaviller McIntosh & Ward Chartered Accountants Resident Partner J. E. Kennedy, C.A. Opposite Post Office Dial 881-3471 - Walkerton J. H. CRAWFORD O.C. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, Etc. Wingham - Dial 357-3630 J. T. GOODALL BARRISTER, SOLICITOR NOTARY, Etc. Office — Meyer Block WINGHAM DIAL 357-1990 PHAIR AND ACHESON CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS MUNICIPAL AUDITORS BOX 663 KINCARDINE PHONE 55 Birthday Celebration FORDWICH-Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pol- lock were Mr.and Mrs. Glenn Fraser and family of Maple, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Fraser and family of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pollock and family of Ripley, Mrs. Eliza- beth McDonald of Ripley and Mr. and Mrs. Howell Fraser. It was the occasion of the latter's birthday. A phone call from Eugene Dullum of Helena, Montana, was received by Mrs. Fraser. Mr. Dullum is a brother-in- law. WHITECHURCH Mrs. Jim Curran, Mrs. Web- ster Jacklin, Mrs. Robert Purdon of Belgrave, and Mrs. Robert Moffat accompanied Mr. Archie Purdon to Victoria Hospital, London, to visit with Mrs. Archie Purdon, a patient there. Mrs. Robert Moffat of Wing - ham visited with her husband, Mr. Moffat, who had under- gone surgery in Victoria Hospi- tal on Saturday. FIREMEN HOLD SOCIAL EVENING Mrs.Jim Carr and Norm Cronkwright held high scores in euchre at the monthly. firemen's party last Wednesday night. Mrs. Wes Simmons and Harvey Aitch- ison had low scores. Mrs. Dave Crothers was the draw prize winner. David W. Somers Was Barber Here David W, Somers of Blyth, who had been ill for several months, died in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, on March 10, He was 80. Mr. Somers operated a bar- ber shop in Wingham for over 40 years. He lived with his son, Kenneth, in Midland for ten years and for the past two years had resided with his brother, Robertin Blyth. His wife, the former Effie Gidley, predeceased him in 1928. Surviving besides his son and brother are two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Cumming of Blyth and Mrs. A.A.(Florence) Ewing of Toronto and four grandchildren. Service was held at the Tasker funeral home on Friday with interment in Blyth Ceme- tery. Rev.Mathers officiated. Pallbearers were John Mc- Kibbon, R. A. DuVal, D.C., T. A.Currie, Norman Gowing, Hugh Cumming, a nephew and a grandson, Gregory Somers. Personals --Mrs. Margaret Parish of Brussels is visiting with Mrs. Robert Powell this week. She attended the Rebekah Lodge meeting Monday evening. --Mr. and Mrs. Kel Dether- idge of Brantford spent Saturday with Mr.and Mrs. W. Murray. --Mrs. Walter Davis returned home Friday evening from a two weeks' visit with her dau- ghter, Mrs. J. T. Bildfell, Mr. Bildfell and family in London. Guests Attend Meeting Of St. Anne's Guild FORDW ICH -St. Anne's Guild held its March meeting in the church basement, when, with ladies from the United Church, Gorrie Guild and Fordwich W. A., they were entertained by Alex Connell who showed slides of his recent trip to the United States. The minutes of the last meeting were read by the sec- retary, Mrs. Alrna Hargrave. A chapter from the study book, "The Secret of Greatness", and the Scripture lesson were read by Mrs. Curtis Jordan. The treasurer's report and corres- pondence were read. Roll call, "An Irish saying or custom", was answered by 16 members. A motion was made to join the W.A. in holding a tea on May 1. The committee ap- pointed to take charge is Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Hargrave, Miss Elva Foster and Mrs. William Sothern...Members were asked if they would be interested in taking a trip with the Gorrie Guild, through the Owen Sound district. Mrs. Anderson closed the meeting with prayer. The president, Mrs. Grace Browne, introduced Mr. Connell who was a delegate to t h e World Assembly of Youth. Dele- gates had a choice of tours and Mr. Connell chose the agricul- ture tour. After viewing the slides, Mrs. Hargrave thanked Mr. Connell, on behalf of the Guild and presented him with a gift. Lunch was served by Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Donna King, Mrs. Frances King, assisted by sever- al members of the Guild. Get Well Cards For Roll Call FORDWICH- The Evening Unit of the United Church Wo- men met at the home of Mrs. Cecil Wilson when 22 members answered the roll call with a get well card or a fine. Mrs. Elmer Harding, Mrs. Aitcheson Wallace and Mrs. Jim Douglas were in charge of the program which was in the form of a questionaire, " The Christian in Church and Com- munity". Mrs. Douglas gave a reading. Mrs. Elmer Miller led in prayer. Mrs. Lorne Siefert closed the meeting and a social hour was enjoyed. Son Is Appointed Clinton Principal Robert J. Homuth, son of Mrs. Bertha Homuth of Wing - ham, was last week appointed principal of Central Huron Sec- ondary School in Clinton. Mr. Homuth had been vice-princi- pal since 1960. The promotion followed the appointment of Principal D. J. Cochrane as a district inspect- or nspector of secondary schools. Mr. Homuth, a native of the Wingham area, attended elementary and secondary schools at Stratford. He was graduated from Stratford Teach- ers' College in 1938 and taught public school in Logan Town- ship. He served with the Cana- dian Army for three years. After the war Mr. Homuth was ap- pointed principal of Mitchell Public School. He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. Prior to joining the Clinton staff he taught for eight years at Mitchell District High School. Mr. Homuth's daughter, Mrs. J. A. Radford, is a teacher on the Wingham Public School staff. Bingo Winners Branch 180 Royal Canadian Legion held another successful bingo in Wingham town hall last Wednesday. Line winners: Mrs. Winters of Teeswater, Mrs. L. Gowing, Mr. Scott of Listowel, Mrs. R. Keffer of Bluevale, Mrs. G. Seiling, Mrs. T. Cruickshank, A. Nethery, Mrs. J. Henderson, Mrs. Metcalfe, Mrs. L. Hunter, Miss H. Wylie, Mrs. Crump, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. G. Tervit Jr. , Mrs. Garniss and Mrs. L. Gard- ner of Wingham. Share the Wealth; Mrs. T. Simmons, Mrs. E. Metcalfe and Mrs. J. Henderson of Wingham, Mrs. L. Gowing, Listowel. Jackpot: Mrs. R. Keffer of Bluevale. William Booth, Social Pioneer William Booth founded The Salvation Army in London, Eng- land, in 1865. He still lives, here in Canada, in 1965, yes right in this area. William Booth cannot die -- not so long as there are social service centres for homeless and handicapped men, resi- dences and hospitals for unwed mothers, Harbour Light centres for the reclamation of alcohol- ics and homes of compassion for deserted children. These things, largely taken for granted today, were only dreams 75 years ago --and Wil- liam Booth was the first man who dreamed them. Booth's book is out of print today, but when it was first published in England in 1890, it contained the most progres- sive social thinking of the nineteenth century. Here for the first time, al- coholism was recognized as a disease. It was suggested that soup kitchens be established for the hungry and shelters be pro- vided for the hotrieless. Through the work of The Salvation Army Booth saw the despair and degradation of the poor. Ile saw the men who slept under London bridge be- cause they had no other place. Ile saw men turn to crime, wo- men to prostitution, to get money for bread. To dramatize the horror of the situation and awaken public opinion, he planned the estab- lishment of "refuges for child- ren of the streets", the fore- runners of the modern day nurs- eries. He wanted the children of working mothers to be taken care of, not left to wander the streets. He described "industrial settlements and suburban vill- ages" which have come to pass in the creation of the modern housing projects. He decried the overcrowded conditions in which the poor lived, and cor- rectly saw this circumstance as the cause of an endless success- ion of terrible evils. He pleaded for an expansion of the educational opportuni- ties afforded the children of the poor to make them capable to discharge the duties of citi- zenship. He laboured endlessly in the cause of the alcoholic and planned "homes" for the un- fortunates who needed help to overcome their disease. Ile re- commended probation for first offenders who appeared in the courts to save them from the contamination of prison life. He planned a program for re- leased prisoners, to give them the help and encouragement they needed and demanded that they be taught a trade if they had none. He saw the need for an in- quiry office for lost people to search for the husbands, sons, daughters and mothers who were constantly disappearing in the London of his day. Many of Booth's social dreams were brought to reality by his own Salvation Army. Others were to become the law of the land in a more enlight- ened age. When on August 20, 1912, William Booth could no longer grip the sword he had wielded so manfully, he went down fighting. But as the weapon of his fighting faith fell from his fingers, hundreds of men and women in all parts of the world bent to pick it up so that they might carry on the great war against evil that Booth had so ably initiated. In this Centenary Year, The Salvation Army which he found- ed, carries on in the tradition Booth established --the tradition of the social pioneer unafraid to fight for what needs to be done. Wingham ,Advance -Times, Thursday, Mar. 18, 1965 Page 5 PERSONAL NOTES --Staff members of Ideal Supply sttended a sales meet- ing at the Blue Barn in Listowel on Monday night of last week. Attending from Wingham were George Elliott, Fred Lewis and David Crothers, Jr. --Mrs. I, Merrick has been a patient in St. Mary's Hospi- tal, Kitchener since Sunday. She expects to be in hospital for a couple of weeks. --Mrs. Stafford Bateson re- turned home Monday after spending several weeks with friends and relatives in the Brantford district. --Mr.and Mrs. Murray Kuehl and family and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lott spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomp- son, in Kitchener. --Mr. and Mrs. Currie Mof- fatt and family of Teeswater and Mr. and Mrs. Mac Sewers and family visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Dreh- mann. -- Mr.and Mrs. Wally Hasel- grove and family of Seaforth visited on Saturday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Omar Haselgrove. Miss Claudia Hasel- grove of Kitchener spent the week -end with her parents. --Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Hunter are in Guelph, where Mr. Hunt- er is relieving at a Canadian Bank of Commerce branch there. --Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kress and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kress and family of Lon- don were guests on Saturday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Kress. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kress and family of Elkhart, Ind., spent the week -end with his parents. --Mr. and Mrs.Ozzie Whit- field spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Graden Coles at Orillia. --Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gerrie and family of Stratford, Mr. and Mrs. Don McCallum and family of London, Miss Penny Gerrie of Toronto and Mrs. T. Moores and family of George- town were week -end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gerrie. On Saturday they all attended the reception for Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bell at Harriston for their 60th wedding anniversary. Mr. Ten Cent Tea at W.M.S. Meeting BELGRAVE-The Presbyterian W.M.S. met for its March meeting at the home of Mrs. Cliff Purdon. Mrs. John Mc- Burney presided and opened with prayer and a hymn. Scrip- ture was read by Mrs. Garner Nicholson. The Glad Tidings prayer was given by Mrs. Stew- art Cloakey. The roll call was answered with a verse on love. The to- pic was taken by Mrs. O.G. Anderson on "Missions on Our Doorstep". A hymn followed and Mrs. McBurney closed with prayer. A ten cent tea was en- joyed. and Mrs. Murray Gerrie and family and Lionel Gerrie also attended. --Mr. and Mrs. Keith Finni- gan of London visited over the week -end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Finnigan. --Mrs. Charlie Salter and Mrs. Ed Steinmetz of Kitchener attended the Rebekah Lodge meeting Monday evening, -:Mr. and Mrs, John Lang - ridge and family were week- end guests with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Lang - ridge and Mr. Denis Langridge of near Brussels. --Mr.and Mrs. Wilfred White, Michael, Frances and Catherine visited with Mr. White's sister, Mrs. Wilfred Hogan and Mr. Hogan at Don Mills. They attended the Bos- ton -Toronto hockey game on Saturday night. David Benedict Dies Suddenly David Stuart Benedict, 82, of Edward Street, died suddenly on Thursday. Mr, Benedict, who had been feeling well, was stricken with a heart attack while walking home from shop- ping and died instantly. He was a native of Chesley and attended school there. He came to Wingham in 1926 and was employed as a furniture finisher at Fry & Blackhall Ltd. He retired in 1959. His wife, the former Eliza- beth Schaab, whom he married in December, 1909, died last July 30. Mr. Benedict was a member of the United Church, the Ma- sonic Lodge and the I. O.O.F. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Arthur (Noreen) Wahl of Waterloo; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. H. Culbert of New Hamburg and Mrs. G. Valk of Chesley; and a brother Gordon Benedict of Tuscon, Ariz. Funeral service was conduct- ed Saturday by Rev. C.M. Jar- dine at the R.A. Currie & Sons funeral home. Interment was in Wingham Cemetery. Pallbearers were Percy Clark, Fred Templeman, Murray Tay- lor, Walter Van Wyck, Jim Smith and Harold Wild and the flower bearers were Alvin Schaab and Earl Schaab. (4°) DEDICATE GIDEON BIBLES A S A. 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