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Page 6 Meet= Adeartect•TieneS,
Bluevale Personals
Lakelet Personals
!:farrisren, Mr. and
Mrs, lieet,h camphell and boys,
ot Bluevale, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Campbell and tamily,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter t ,ampbell
and iarnily and ".1r. and Mrs.
Ken Joimstun and "'anal:, allot
Morris Township.
Visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Cordon Fall in Easter week
were Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Mas-
ters, o: Parithill, and Mrs. Will
Hall, Douglas, Brian and Don-
na, or Cdencee.
Mrs. George Hetherington,
Betty and Jim visited for a few
days in London last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Barrett,
Joy and Brian, of Amherstburg.
and Mr. and Mrs. Colin Camp-
bell and family of Trenton,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Campbell and boys during the
holiday week.
David White, of Springfield,
spent a holiday with his grand-
mother, Mrs. George Lowis.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McKin-
ney have returned from a va-
cation in the south.
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Ease:
Thankc ferine -;:e
was held in the Se:day
room of the eherch er:Thetz -:ay
evening. Mrs, Wm,. E.:leer:see_
presided and gave the call t.
worship. A poem, 'Easter,
was read by Mrs. Robertson.
The Scripture was read by .
Ross Gray:, followed by seita:ele
comments. Mrs. B. Mcffate
led in prayer.
Mrs. B. Robertson introdec-
ed Mrs. Alvin Mundell, the
speaker. Mrs. Mundell gave a
very thought-provoking address
in which she used the W, M. S.
theme of Prayer, Study and
Service and used the women
who were named in the Faster
story to portray each part.
Mrs. R. J. McMurray thank-
ed the speaker for her inspiring
message and presented her with
a small gift.
Mrs. B. Moffatt and Mrs. R.
Mann served a delicious lunch. 111 es.
Miss Christine Pryce sang
"I'll Walk Beside You" and -The
Lord's Prayer". She was ac-
companied by Miss Margaret
Craig,
Mr. Mathers gave his daugh-
ter in marriage. She wore a
floor-length gown of white peau
de soie with medallion trim,
Young fry of the community
are back to school after the
week of Easter vacation. And
Mother is busy soothing her
shattered nerves after having
them 'underfoot' for what seem-
ed like a year: One thing never
ceases to amaze us -- on school
days you can hardly pry the
poor tired little ones out of
their cozy beds with a crow-bar;
and during vacation, they're
sitting on the edge of a bridge
trying to catch fish or playing a
fast game of rubber ball hockey,
in the middle of the street, at
8 a. m, : Kids are funny that
way:
Mrs. John Kerwin and fam-
ily of Toronto spent the Easter
vacation at their home here,
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Snider of
Owen Sound and Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. T. Abraham and familyof
Petrolia were recent visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Thos, Abra-
ham.
A fine crowd of more than
50 teenagers attended a coffee-
house dance in the community
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wylie
visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Wylie on Sunday.
Mr. Arnold Kreller is a pa-
tient at the Palmerston hospital
where he underwent surgery last
Friday.
The Clifford fire truck paid
a hasty visit to Lakelet last
Thursday when they were call-
ed to the property of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Harper. How-
ever, it proved to be little
more than a scare for the fire
was quickly put under control.
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Dick-
ert and Mr. and Mrs. A. Fil-
singer of Mildmay visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Roeddingof
Kitchener on Wednesday.
John and Grant Wolfe of Mel.
bourne, and formerly of Lake-
let, created quite an excite-
ment last Thursday when they
Late W. J. Currie
Remembered Early
Days in Wingham
Continued from Page One
corner where Gurney's Glove
factory is now. Griffin kept a
hotel on the corner across the
street (nor a very law-abiding
place). After it was out of
Griffin's hands, Nichol and
Dore had a carriage shop, and
above this was a hall where the
Congregationalists held wor-
ship, There was a Primitive
Methodist church on the corner
of Victoria and Minnie streets.
Across the road was Robertson's
Foundry. Ridd had a veterin-
ary office near the dressmaking
shop.
This is history of early Wing-
ham before Josephine Street was
built on. The original survey
was Lower Wingham and west.
Fair grounds were surveyed for
a market square, but finally
Wingham was built east of that,
where the town is as of today.
The property behind the stores
on the west side of Josephine
street was originally a frog pond,
and a great deal of work was
done to fill this in.
Afternoon Unit
Holds Meeting
BELGRAVE--The afternoon
unit of the U.C.W. met last
Wednesday in the church school
room with eleven members pre-
sent. Mrs. Earl Anderson pre-
sided.
A work bee has been plan-
ned to wash the paint in the
church basement on Monday,
April 18. It was announced
that the ladies had leased front-
age at the Plowing Match for a
booth. The garden party has
been tentatively set for late
May or early June. The bus
trip to Toronto, sponsored by
the Calvin-Brick ladies, was
announced for May 18. An in-
vitation was accepted to join
the Blyth U. C.W. for their
Thankoffering meeting on Ap-
ril 24 when Mrs. Cruikshank of
Wingham will be guest speaker,
Fourteen home and two la",-
pital visits to sick and 'lust-ille;
we re recorded., Mr:. Arthur
Jackson conveyed thank' the'
ladies fur the excellent meal
they had served for the London
Conference.
Mrs. Walter Scott opened
the worship with an Easter medi-
tation and prayer, A hymn was
sung and Scripture was read fol-
lowed by meditation by Mrs.
Scott.
Mrs. Arthur Jackson led the
Bible study, Mrs. Pearl Wheel-
er read the same passage from
the Phillips Translation and a
discussion followed. The mis-
sion study, "Together in Trini-
dad" tools the form of a skit
with Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Stan-
bey nook, Mrs. Ilelen Martin
and Mrs. Anni(. r;oultes taking
part, They reprfented four
dLIk.rent eownrief, and answer-
e d d it, w l e ,Ii.01, -What Does-
Jzoor :'.1.ean" in that particular
coke try',
25th Anniversary
wept} --Mr. and Mrs.Clar-
enee eparline were honored by
their neighbors at a serprise
party ott rhoir te, wedding an-
niversary, April e.
Mrs. 61ad Idgar read the
address and. Mrs. Earl Reichard
presented them with a sunburst
clock, They also received
other gifts.
Grace Mothers Wed at Home
-rocs ea•l-te fee! " a train, er veil was
e- .. a held a crystal he apieceand
e s eCetberer et re e see zerried pink rosy_.
F-e: attendant wce her sister,
::..--r•er W. : e:ss Feth eia.thers. :-ior floor-
and 7:1e :eae de soie sawn was
tre-eee::, exelerzei- :71:ereSue wore a ree•ching
ed v:ws as the hare:: :.eiclpieee and gioeez and car-
:- al- threet'e.: eine and white carnations,
Mitchel: :arees Scott of les•owel was
perfe. ez --zee:7e- ries: an and the useers were
mane. ireetbers of the bride, Robert,
The le-._se a: dee-:rated and Kenneth Masters.
with pinle and white rtreamers, The reception was held at
hells anal sprin;.; fleeers. The env's Restaurant. :able de-
ceremony tooe place encer are cceations were pink and white
arch graced with .pine snap- 'candies and roses.. The bride's
dragons, white moms and Faster ,mother chose a mimosa nubby
landed in a field on the farm of
Mr. D. Dickert in their light
plane. The boys find the plane
useful in their business of ditch-
ing.
Masters Bruce and Garth
Dickert spent Easter holidays at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. G.
Hubbard of Harriston.
Master Ronald Clark ofMit-
chell spent the Easter holidays
at the home of Mr. and Mrs,
Elmer Greenley.
Mrs. Stanley Dennis spent
last week visiting with relatives
in Guelph.
WrOXeier
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hut)*
fer visited Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. McCuteheon, Wal.
ton.
tweed two-piece su.•, white
accessories and corraze.
For the wedding •:17 to East-
em Ontario the bride wore a
two-piece powder leh,:e boucle
suit, bone shoes, verse and
gloves, powder blue scarf and
corsage of blue carnations.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell will
live in McKillop Thee-ship.
centre on Wednesday evening of
last week. The dance was spon-
sored by the Beireere-McIntosh
United Church Hi-C Club, with
more than 35 young people at-
tending from Pine River United
Church and Gorrie United and
Anglican churches. Dancing
was enjoyed to popular records
and prizes given :or special
dances, Lois Fereuson and Ian
Inglis were winners from the lo-
cal group. At the close of the
evening lunch was served by the
local group.
Mrs. John Warden, Linda,
Rae, and Lois, of St. Pauls,
visited on Wednesday with Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Jeffray and
family.
Mrs. Fred Dustow of Wing-
ham spent Friday with her son,
Oliver and Mrs. Dustow, on
Friday of last week.
A number from this com-
munity attended the Friday
night dance in the hall. The
dance was sponsored by the
Lakelet Women's institute, with
our Institute members in charge
of a booth in the hall.
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