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Mrs. Oliver Riley and child-'
len and Mrs. Richard Griffith
• visited Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Charles McCutcheou of
Walton, the occasion being a
birthday and Valentine slipper
for Ronnie and Doreen.
Mrs. Gordon Underwood,
Gorrie, spent Sunday with ,Mr,
and Mrs. Vern Clark,
• Mr. and Mrs. Carman Nixon,
Grant, Lori and Andrea Shelley :
• of London were week-end
ors with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fraser !laugh,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bolt and
Miss Mildred Henning left for
London on Saturday where Mr. I
Bolt will enter hospital as ape-
tient. We hope for a speedy
recovery.
Mr. Stanley Ridley spent Sure
day with Mr. Wayne Sanderson.'
Mr. David Sanderson, Winde
sot, was a week-end guest with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Sanderson. eunday visitors at
the same home were Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Sanderson of Harris-
ton and Mrs. Elizabeth Mercer
of elarkdale.
Mr, and Mrs. Harry
Hams, Kenilworth, were Sun-
day guests with Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart I liggins.
Word has been received that
Mr. Harold Cowden of Windsor,
formerly of Wroxeter, is serious
Iv ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Reidt and I
mate it an even greater loss to
the reader of the gossip column]
Her works may continue, too,
but it is doubtful is anyone, no
matter how close she may have!
been to the late writer or how
much she knows about Holly-
wood, can equal the one and
only lee.dda Hopper. She is sur-1
vived by her only child, Wil-
liam, who of course is Paul
Drake on the Perry Mason Show
While the above deaths left
many sad hearts in Hollywood,
many were forced to smile and
perhaps for a moment even felt
a twinge of Ifappiness, when
!h.e..y• were aereereeed as winners
o' the Golde.: ellelee Awards.
These are a' efeed eaeh year to
:erfcrrien
efrtier• and writ-
era. Wirreer: year are no.
doLtt a fair ::el-ear the 7eo-
wh. :ere the aisles •
accep.7 .scars layer in the
year.
3esr dramatic movie was
"Dr. Zeiva.ii - ; its star, Omar
Seariff. and its erc.decer, David
Lean, alse received awards.
Those could well be re-
:seat winners for Oscars. Lee
Marvin wen as 'Lest actor in a
eremecy m ,„isical; his top per-1
femrarere was in the comedy
`Car Balker". The best musi-
cal was, naturally, "The Sound
ef rei-sie" and its star, Julie An-
drews, was named best actress
in a musical or comedy. Best
actress in a drama was Saman-
tha Eggar from "The Collector",
an English production,
Winners in supporting roles
were Oscar Werner from "The
Spy Who Came in from the
Cold" and Ruth Gordon for the
Natalie Wood-starrer "Inside
Daisy Clover". Best song was
"Forget Domoni" from "The
Yellow Rolls-Royce" .
Top stars today in the popu-
larity poll were Natalie Wood
and Paul Newman; tomorrow's
hopefuls, Elizabeth Hartford
and Robert Redford. Best TV
show was "Man from U.N.C.L.
E." ( some tastes these blokes
have!) and top TV stars Anne
Francis, star of "Honey West",
and David Janssen of " The Fugi-
tive"
Oscar nominations will soon
be made public; then we'll corn
pare!
In this part of the world the
last few days of January held
more punch than the entire rest
of the month. In the land of
glitter and glamour, Hollywood,
the same days dealt some low I
blows that e ill not soon be tor-
ootten
In his Hollywood home the
lovable and comical Pieter
Keaton died of lung cancer at
the age of seventy. He was one
0: the greats of silent eieturcs,
att.?. wizen talries came in he
foetid himself temporarily out
of a job, as did so many other
great performers. Ile belonged
to that ;,freat age that introduc-
ed fee ever-remerehered Char-
lie Chaplin, lien Terpin, Har-
old Lloyd, Laurel and Hardy,
and others that today's business
has found it so hard to dupli-
care.
In the last decade he had •
made a correack, wife: tele-
vision error. seors, movies. and
more recently in Canadian-pro-
deeed National Film l3cart.1
movies. 1.3i:r was still the
same o.d Kexon, tte :7:14-
g4 SUiT, attic: the
ba,;‘, ,:ves and the :m -:ter race
that. never et:anged expression
or sbcwed emotion. And by
standing silent, brought more
laughter ro more people than a
thousand words could 1:ave.C"an-.
adian television card trib-
ate on Sunday evening's This
Hour Has Seven Days'', the
week of his death, by showing a
safety film that he had made
while here in c.:anada in 'reel.
_else in ilellywood, Mickey
Reenee's wife and a young
2•4":- "4 '"• "ItiA, were found
rieart :....ere.. vie-
-srieirie. The
;
Mieir married Barbara in .1.068,
and they had tour eluldren; she
was :29 years or age. Milos was
a relative newcomer to Tinsel-
ton and had only a tow roles
in motion pictures. Rooney's
number of wives are always a
source of great amusement in
his comedy routines; really,
though, for all the tine enter-
tainment he has passed on to us,
shoeld receive nothing but
our sympathy and best wishes
That his luck will surely change
one of these days.
Perhaps the death that most
affected movieland's people
was that of columnist I ledda
Hopper, who passed away in a •
Hollywood hospital. She was 7b
years of age, and had been suf-I
feria e; from double one um on i a .
She w as one of -he three well-
enown female eelesenists in the'
Big Town. he others, Lovella•
parsons and Shiela Graham,
supposedly , :ceded with miss
Hopper. .Miss Parsons' column,
though still eoliths:ring underlies
name, is now written by her
eeretary, Miss Graham is still
active.
Miss Hopper's column was
syndicated in newspapers alloy
er the United States and Can-
ada, and she wrote regular
columns in movieland maga-
zines as well. She had a wide
following among her readers,
mainly because she was always
honest; she left no doubt in your
mind on how she felt about cer-
tain stars.
Her columns were named
'Under Hedda's Hat' and never
did she appear without an ex-
treme design gracing her regal
head She had remained active
until her death, so this will
Stephanie, of Willowdale, were
week-end Visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Reidt,
Mr. and Mrs. George Gibson,
Murray and Glenis were Sunday
dinner guests with Miss Gertrude
Bush and Mrs. W. Weir.
Week-end guests with Misses
FIsie and Marion Gibson were
Mr. Kenneth Gibson and son-in-
law, Mr. Owen Jackson offlam-
Urn.
Mr. and Mrs. Koss Coates
were in Listowel on Sunday
where they visited Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Lucas.
Mr. and Mrs. ()tele Elliott,
Brussels, and Mr. Murray Mc-
Lean, Owen Sound visited Sun-
day with Mr. and Mrs, Ira Mc-
Lean.
Sunday visitors at the home
of Mr. John Hurler were Mrs.
Angus Carmichael, Mr. and
Mrs. Jas. Robertson, Jimmy and
Scott of Goderiell.
Little Judith McMichael,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Ron
McMichael, is a patient in Vic-
toria Hospital, London. We
hope her stay will be of short
duration.
Mr. Norman Nixon and Miss
heather McMillen of Toronto
spent the week-era with Mr.
and Mrs. George eriffith.
Mr, and Mrs. Thos. Nickel
spent the week-end with Mrs.
Wilbert Gallaway and Mr. Wes
Gallaway.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex, Strong
and Paula of Guelpleand Miss
was prepared by Mrs. R. Ad-
ams.
Mrs. M. Taylor, Mrs. Glenn
Johnston and Mrs. C. Sparling
served a delicious lunch.
DAY OF PRAYER
GORRIE—The World Day of
Prayer service will be held in
St. Stephen's Anglican Church
on Friday, February 25 for the
Gorrie and Molesworth com-
munities. Mrs. George Tatham
of Listowel, will be the guest
speaker.
VALENTINE SUPPER
GORRIE--Unit 1 of the Unit-
ed Church Women realized ov-
er $180.00 at their Valentine
Supper on Saturday evening.
Joanne Strong, Kitchener, spent
'the week-end with Mrs. John
I Strong and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Gilmore,
Jimmy and David of Listowel,
Mr. and Mrs. Jean Andari,
Steven and Theresa of Clinton, •
visited Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. harry Templeman.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Brown,
Betty Ann and Cindy of Moles-
worth visited Mrs. Ann Ritchie
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hil-
lock, Scotsguard, Sask., and
Mr. Austin Fines of Erin, visit-
ed recently with Mr. and Mrs.
T. L, McInnes.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gow-
dy spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. John Moore of Rich-
mond Ifni.
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Newton,
Mrs. Ed. Newton, Mrs. Ernest
Harris and Mrs. Win. Hart of
Wroxeter spent Wednesday with
Mrs. Wm. Hart of Oshawa. Mrs.
Ed. Newton remained for along'
er visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Struth-
ers, Debbie, Heather and Todd
of Harriston spent the week-end
GORRIE—Funeral service for
with Mr. and Mrs. Earl King.
Miss Donna Dewar, Clifford
spent the week-end with Miss
Karen Currah.
Mr. and Mrs. hector Hamil-
ton visited Mrs. Ida Hamilton
of Brussels on Sunday.
Mrs. Ken Ilastie accompani-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Ira McLean of
Wroxeter and spent a couple of
days with Mr, and Mrs, Keith
Finnigan and other relatives in
London.
'Tis
Show Biz
ado
n Count
of the first county council.
Some of Lord Snowdon's des-
cendants lived in Ituron County.
The population today is 51,000.
Howick township was part of
Queen s Bush and Gorrie was
incorporated in 1f.i05.
Mrs. Edgar thanked Mr.
Wade and presented him with a
small gift.
Ten members answered the
roll call "What I would like to
do when I am P.0".
Mrs. Cecil Wilson was act-
ing president in the absence of
Mrs. Rhame. It was decided to
give penny bags to the mem-
bers for the Canadian Mental
Health Association. Mrs. Glad
Edgar and Mrs. Alex Graham
make up the nominating com-
mittee and will present their
Celebrate Five
Birthdays with
Family Dinner
GORRIE--A party for mem-
bers of the Underwood Clan
celebrating birthdays in Febru-
ary was held Saturday at the
home of Mr, and Mrs. Earl Un-
derwood. These included Mrs.
Ed. Stewart, Kenneth Under-
wood, Glenn Underwood, Jack
Underwood and Kevin Under-
wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Under-
wood supplied the huge birth-
day cake displaying the individ-
ual names of the celebrants,
The hostess served a delicious
turkey lunch. Roy Simmons
managed to "out step" every-
one present.
Twenty-six persons attended
and an enjoyable time was had
by all.
;story
Milton Luther
eaks Buried in Exeter
4 Conrad Milton Luther, 69, Gor-
rie, was conducted Thursday at
2 p.m. at the Hopper-Hockey
GORRIE—The l'ebruary meet- , report at the April meeting, funeral home, Exeter with Rev,
ing of the Women's institute "Jack and Jill" night will be R. M. Sweeney of Gorrie Unit-
was held at the lame of Mrs. March 2nd at the Gorrie Rest- ed Church assisted by Rev. S.E.
Clarence Sparling, Mrs. Glad aurant, Lewis of Exeter.
Edgar introduced R. W. N. Wade, Mrs. Glenn Johnston gave Mr. Luther died Monday,
who told of many interesting current events. Mrs. C. Spar- February 7, at Wingham and
items in the history of Huron ling read the correspondence District Hospital after a lengthy
County. He spoke of the In- and minutes of the last meeting illness.
dian relics found in Huron. Mrs. Glad Edgar gave the The county was first survey- Born in McGillivary Town- motto, " A backward glance ed in 1874 and District of Hur- , ship, Middlesex County, he was
on was the first namegiven to forwardid may encourage a stre": • a son of the late Henry Luther T the county. 1842 was the date This was very interesting and and his wife, the former Wil-
lielmina Kleinfelt. He farmed
near Exeter before retiring to
Gorrie in 1961. lie was a mein
ber and elder of the Gorrie
United Church.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Madge Doupe; one
daughter, Mrs. Gordon (Anne)
Moir, Gorrie; one brother
George, Sarnia; three sisters,
Mrs. Herbert (Pearl) Bissett of
Exeter, Mrs. Chas. (Hazel) Jef-
fery of Exeter and Mrs. Ger-
trude Reeder of London; and
three grandchildren,
Pallbearers were Fred Hynd-
man, Harry Hastie, Burns Stew-
art, Ed. Sillery, Ray Perkins,
Garnet Hicks. Burial was in Ex-
eter Cemetery.
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