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PRES$YTERIAN MINISTERS from a wide
area attended tne Hamilton-London Synod
meeting he4 O at St. Andrew's Church,
Wingham, Monday to Wednesday. Look-
in9 over the program are Rev. David Craw-
ford, Listowel; Rev. Harold Mair, Norwich,
and Rev, Robert Currie of Wailacebure.
--Advance-Times Photo.
MISS BARBARA WOODRUFF, regional sec-
retary for Christian Education, was one of
the busy delegates at the Hamilton-London
Synod meetings of the Presbyterian Church
held in Wingham. She is pictured discus-
sing the sessions with Rev. D. G. Cassidy,
St. Thomas, and Rev. Russell Gordon of
London.—A-T Photo.
Edmonton couple visits family in Ireland
ST. ANDREW'S
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
11:00 ,a.m. message — "STRIKES, PROTESTS AND
PROTESTANTISM."Observing the 450th anniver-
sary of Protestantism.
No evening service—withdrawn in favour of inter-
church service at St. Paul's Anglican Church.
8:30 p.m.—The original, feature length theatre ver-
sion film, "MARTIN LUTHER," will be shown
in the Fellowship Hall, Everyone welcome.
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REV, H. W. HAMILTON, Dip. Th., Rector.
Organist: MRS. GORDON DAVIDSON.
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TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY—OCT. 29
11:00 a.m. Morning Prayer and Church School
7:00 p.m. Community Centennial Service
Guest Preacher: Bishop C. J. Queen, B.A,, D.D.
Guest Musicians: Wingham Salvation Army Band.
Order of Service: The Canadian Council of
Churches.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
AREA YOUTH CONFERENCE—This Saturday, Oct,
28, beginning at 11..00 a.m. This Conference is open
to all who may care to come. Age limits 14 to 21.
Registration fee $2.00. For further information call
357-1207 or 357-1402 after school.
CHRISTMAS TEA—November 29, in Parish Hall.
PROCLAMATION
THE TOWN OF
WINGHAM
STANDARD TIME
Sunday, October 29
at 2:00 a.m.
DEWITT MILLER,
Mayor,
MY THANKS TO YOU WHO
VOTED FOR ME LAST WEEK,
AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO
THOSE WHO WORKED SO
HARD ON MY REI-IALP.
SINCERELY,
OGER WEST
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excited when he sees the
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expensive and are much
appreciated .
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to keep her in the know,
just fill out the coupon
and mail today!
BUT
THE BEST WAY
TO KEEP UP
WITH THE NEWS
FROM HOME IS
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Blue-vale Personals
at Leamington.
Wk. and ,Mrs, Percy Vii10,11;.
were Monday visitors at Bel,
grave with Mr, anti Mrs. Albert
Vineent.,
-- Mrs, j. W. Leeson of
▪ Blair spent the past week with
Mrs. D, S. IviacNaughton.
• Mr. and Mrs, Wilmer
Harcourt left on Saturday to
spend a few days this week at
Expo.
• Ward Harrison of West-
ern University spent the week-
end with his parents, Mr, and
Mrs. R., Harrison.
-- Mr, and Mrs. Ab Nethery
and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Neth-
ery were week-end visitors with
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kennedy
and family at Keswick, Esther
and Ruth Nethery spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. L.
Bannerman and family of Gre-
enock and Elizabeth and Keith
Nethery were visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Keith of Tees-
water.
-- Mr. and Mrs. Stewart
Hickson and daughter of Lind-
sey spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Fisher.
-- Mrs. Ellen Maguire of
Winnipeg and Mrs. Etta Tripp
of Ninga, Man., visited over
the week-end at the home of
their cousins, Eldred and Mrs.
Nichol, Shuter Street. Mrs.
Harold Norman of Kincardine
visited on Thursday at the same
home.
-- Dr. and Mrs. Henrique
Hedderich of Caracas, Vene-
zuela, are spending a vacation
with her mother, Mrs. R, A,
Currie.
-- Mr, and Mrs. Murray
McLean of Owen Sound spent
the week-end with their par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Len Phil-
lips and Mr. Ira McLean of
Wroxeter,
-- Mrs, Annie Nicol spent
the week-end in Brampton and
attended the baptism of her
grandson, John Steven, son of
Mr. and. Mrs, Wayne Nicol in
St. Paul's United Church, Bra-
mpton on Sunday.
- Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Bed-
ford and Mark of Niagara Falls
and Mr. and Mrs. Norval Sti-
more of Seaforth spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Nils.
John R. Templeman.
-- Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Jones are attending their daugh-
ter's wedding in Glasgow, Scot-
land. George Jones of Belle-
ville is also attending his sis-
ter's wedding.
-- Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mc-
Lean, Miss Ann Holt, Miss
Lynda Stokes and Miss Shirley
Donaldson spent the week-end
at Expo.
-- Miss Sandra Cameron of
London spent the week-end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Cameron.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Fer-
guson of Edmonton, subscribers
of the Advance-Times for many
years, have returned home from
a trip overseas where they
visited with their daughter in
Fermanagh, Ireland. Their
trip by chartered plane with
110 passengers took only eight
hours from Edmonton to Shan-
non with a 25-minute refuel-
ling stop in Greenland.
Mr. Ferguson was born at
Orange Hill and lived in the
Gorrie area. He went west as
a young man but has always
remained interested in boyhood
friends and the people in the
Howick and Wingham district.
The following account of
their visit in Ireland appeared
in the Enniskillen News;
THREE 80-YEAR-OLDS
Talking to Leon Ferguson,
the Managing Director of the
Ulster-Swift plant in Enniskil-
len, I discovered that his wife's
mother and father, and his
own mother, all from Edmon-
ton, Alberta, had been spend-
ing a holiday with them in
Fermanagh, The combined
ages of the three was over 250
years. It took me a little while
getting the relationship sorted
out, because they were all
named Ferguson. Leon's wife
Margaret's maiden name was
the same as his, and once this
was explained, the whole thing
became clear. The three vis-
itors were William George Fer-
guson (85), arid his wife Zella
(82), who are Mrs. Ferguson's
mother and father; arid Lena
Ferguson (86), Mr. Ferguson's
mother. Their main object
was to visit their respective son
and daughter, but there was
another important motive in-
volved for William.
THE OLD HOME
This was to visit the house
where his father, Edward Fer-
MR. AND MRS. W.
guson, and his grandfather,
were born, now occupied by a
cousin, James Earls. It was a
memorable occasion, and was
followed by a return visit to
Enniskillen. I can imagine the
shyness at first, followed by
great "crack" as they reminis-
ced about their common ances-
try. The Edward Ferguson men-
tioned emigrated with four
other members of his family
about 1850 and he settled in
Huron, Ontario, where he farm-
ed. His wife was a Montgom-
ery from County Donegal. One
member of the family, John
Ferguson, returned to Ireland
and settled at Amcor, but never
married.
CLOSE LINKS
Thinking over this story, I
was struck by the coincidence
of Mrs. Margaret Ferguson
coming, quite by chance to
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Robin,
son, Judy and Janice visited in
London on Sunday.
Mrs. Wesley Jefferson had a
hobo tea for the U.C.W. mem-
bers on. Friday. Mrs. Ernest
Snowden had one Wednesdays
Little Miss Doreen Jefferson,
who has been spending a couple
of weeks with her grandparents
at Londesboro, returned home
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willows Moun-
tain, Mt. and Mrs. Elgin Josi-
ing, all of Londesboro, visited
Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs,
Wesley Jefferson and family.
Mrs. Murray Wilson and
Mrs. Margaret Leddy attended
the special. Meeting at
the Auburn United Church on
Wednesday evening:
Donnybrook U.C.W.
DONNYBROOK-,, the Coto.
ber meeting of the U.C, W.
was held last Wednesday after-
FERGUSON
live in the land of her forefath-
ers, and being able to discover
relatives and the old home
still standing. The tale does
not end here, for her husband's
mother was a McCutcheon,
whose grandfather came from
Tyrone! It is surprising how
many Irish folk emigrated to
North America -- I always
think of the Kerryman who re-
marked; "We have so many
relatives in America that when
the wind's in the West ye can
hear them talking." Mr. and
Mrs. Ferguson, who resides at
Killymoon, Drumclay, have an
18-year-old daughter, Patricia,
at the Collegiate School.
While her grandparents travelled
East, to the "old Country," she
flew out to spend the summer
holidays working in Calgary
with her 23-year-old brother,
Barry, who is with the Gas and
Oil Conservation Board.
Yonnto t41.144...1
noon at the home of Mrs, Ha,
liard Jefferson with a good at-
tendance,
Mr. Sam Thompson and
Mrs. John Hildebrand read pas-
sages on the Thanksgiving
theme and the Geheral Thanks-
giving was read in unison. Mrs,
Hildebrand read the Scripture
and led iti prayer..
Mrs, Edward Robinson intro-
duced the chapter in the study
book and a discussion period
followed. Mrs. Margaret Led-
dy gave a reading.
Minutes and the financial
report were read by Mrs. Stuart
Chamney. Mrs, Toth Arm-
strong, who conducted the bus-
iness, read "Nineteen Ways to
Kill your Club".
Invitations to the Auburn
U.C.W. and the Presbyterial
meeting at Westfield were read.
F`urther readings on Thanks,
giving were given by Mrs. Hil-
debrand and Mrs. Thompson,
and Eriati Snowden received the
offering,
Mr, and Mrs. Jack Murch of
Clinton were Saturday evening
visitors with I*, and. Mrs,
Percy Vincent, and on Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne McAllister
of Teeswater visited at the
same home.
Visitors on Sunday with Mr,
and Mrs, Gordon Hall were Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Hall and family
of Avonton, Mr, and Mrs, Jack
Scott and family of Newton
and Mr. and. Mrs. Jack Hall and
Debby of Brussels.
Mrs, Jack Elliott and son
Robert, of Cornwall, are visit-
ing Mr. and Mrs. Harry Elliott.
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Calvert
of Paris, visited last week with
Mr, and Mrs. Bert Garniss and
family,
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Street
and family of Listowel, spent
Sunday with Miss Ruby Duff
and Mrs. M.L. Aitken.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Greig,
of Petrolia were week-end visit-
ors with Mr. and Mrs. Alan
Campbell and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Elliott
of Stony Beach, Sask., visited
on Tuesday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J.J, El-
liott. Wilfred is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Elliott, of Re-
gina. Relatives in the commun-
ity also visiting were Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Mathers and Mr.
and Mrs, Harold Elliott.
For the week-end Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Forbeck of Niagara
Falls, visited Mr, and Mrs.
Elliott. On Saturday evening
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ohm and
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Forbeck
and Jamie of Wingham, Miss
Marriane MacDonald and Glenn
Porter of Lucknow, were guests
at the same home, also Mrs.
Mary McTavish and Mrs. Tena
Walters,
Bob Johnston, of Saskatche-
wan, is visiting Miss Emma
Johnston and other relatives.
R. E, McKinney, Mrs. Char-
les Bosnian and Mrs. Cecil
Griffiths, of Guelph, visited
their brother Lyle at Northcliffe
Mich„ and their brother Archie
EUCHRE PARTY HUD
AT SACRED HEART
Winners at the Sacred Heart
euchre party Tuesday evening
were Miss Mary Heim and .Alex
Sproul. high; Mrs1. Pearoot
and Joe Burns, low; William
Sadie, door prizes.. There
were nine tables in play.
Donnybrook News