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Goal'JC' VILLE, Feb. 7. - - For
the pest tawo weeks Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Johnston' hadas a guest Mrs.
;J,,hn 's cousin, Mrs. Annie Steep,
• Benmiiler.. •
1111s8 ,E, ; • .
ileen Giiddo* attended the.
Fh giroeere' annual at-home at the
Royal York, Toronto, on trhursdai.
evening, returning home Friday'
evening. oir
• -The womeo of' the W.M.S. gr ps
of Zion, Ebenezer , and Hohnesville
'United Churches will . gather in the
suPdaY school ,rooms of. Hohnesville
Chao% this Friday, February 9, at
2:30 o'el c, . to unite, in the World
Day of Prayer service. Miss Sybil
•Courtices• 91,intore will be' the 'guest
4,1,14'111IN, . Feb. 0, — !Mr. Wxn,
Kruse of (alt spent the week -end
With Mr. -anal Mrs. Edgar Lawson.
Mr.. F. 0, Meilvden and kir, A.
10/11111004 were at I.ndon on Friday
Barbara and Mary San
dersaar•
daughter$ pf Mr. and Airs. Wilfred
'Sanderson;, who have been patients
'ih the Stek Children's Hospital,
London, returned home' on Tuesday.
Victor Yungblut spear the ''!eels•
end in Toront..
Mrs. .Geo. J/fslanston is a patient
in the Goderich hospital,' where
.she underWent 'an operation.
Mrs,. Gordon, R. Taylor has re-
tUrned from a week's visit in New
York.
- Mr. Percy ' Yungblut; .who .has
been', a patient. ins the 'Goderich
hospital for solve time, went to
Toronto 'on Monday: for further
tretitmen.t._
Mrs. Wil;rier Nicholson Und'er-
went, an appends': deperatton in • the
Goderich hosisital last week. •
Miss Mabel Hrickingbotto, wiio
wag visiting 412 . New York, returned
horne last Friday. .;,.•
Itobt. J. Scott is a patient in.
Alexandra Hospital," Goderich. -
Mrs. A. Campbell, Mrs. Bert
Craig, Mrs? W. • Bradnock, Mrs, W.
J. Craig. and Miss Amelia ;.Vlcllwain
attended the (fiftieth anniversary
luncheon .of the Goderich° Women's
Institute.
Death of Fortner Resident.—The
.:'death occurred on January 20th Of
Archie Edmeston of. Ford Saskatch-
ewan, Alberta, at the age of;- eighty-
one yeatS. Edmeston was' a
former resident of .Auburn "district.
He is survived by six nieces and
six ,nephews. The fun ,rg1„service
.was hetet-41i' January '24th in the
Fort Sasgatclrewars United -Church,
Rev. A. W. Magee officiating, and
interment Was in the Fort Saskatch-
ewan cemetery.
.Ladies' 'Guild: ” ;-- The Women's
ing with, the Indians,. ns,. i4irs., J, flal-
lam took the one on Italians and.
Mrs. Fred I o s dealt with the
Frenches •A.rrangemente were plade
torthe World Day. of I"zA'ayet" ser*
"vice, which will ,be field in •Knox
United Church -on• Friday of this
week. .4r0,1 E. Little invited the
ladies teller home. far the March-
nreeting." The offering Was received
.by' 4oa11 Little, ., vete of: scabs
was extended to Mrs, E. J. pli' chips
and' MIrs,' W. T, Robison, ,who had
aecgrlianied the hymns en the • carp
and guitar reSitectivelv.. Mrs. ,Gra-
ham offered.the chasing prayer. The
hostess, assisted,. by • Miss . Minnie
Wagner, served . llhrclh.. • • -
United Church W,M.S. The
W,M,�S. of Knox United- church Met
at". alae` aioine ef- Mrs. C, M,
Straug'han en :Tuesday, • with Y1;rs.
Straughan yin change 'and Mrs, W,
J, ,Craig at the plana. 'The. theme
Or thou meeting wasHts Silent
Presence." ;The. Scripture was read
icy Mrs, .Jas,, .'Graig, followed .by- a
poem, "In .Time of Qlietne$s," •by
Mrs. Straughan. • Prayer 'Was of-
fered by Mrs, °• Fred ,.Tall and the
231d Psalm • ,was read in unison.
The •heralds responded; Mrs. L.
Archambault- on home Mission's, Mrs.
G. 11601ineliey on Christian
stewardship, and Mrs. Jas. .Jackson
on temperance, . A duet Was rend-'
Bred by Airs. U. Fowler and Miss.
Sadie Carter and Miss::iiaima Mutch
contributed a reading. The second
chapter • of the study book was
taken by Mns. • Archie .toobinson..
The president, Mrs. Fred Toll, took
charge for tile' business period. The
corresponding secretary read sev-
eral "thank you" letters,'Announce-,
meut.wits made . of the World Day
of Prayer. Mrs. Toll offered the
,closing • prayer. , A dainty lunch
served by .the hostess, assisted, by
Miss Diana Mutch, • included a lov4ly
birthday cake in honor• of Miss
Mar caret .King, wlio ,svas,,observing
lrild f S " ?air) - 3 lrui . 41 ' .eli•duy:-11 is ing =ha; beeir-
in the church,• with a very good -secretary of the W.M.S. for' some
attendance considering the weather.• : years. • • .
The meeting was in ,charge of Mrs. • ' Congregational Meeting.—The an -
T. 'Johnston, ;Who otrered prayer,
and the Scripture was read by Miss
I1V irure Collin:. A • reading was
den by - Miss •Colirnson, entitled
"`The s(hurch Vew:" ,This ',was 4fol-
lowed by. a reading 'given by Mrs.
McNa1L" •A musical trio by' 'Mrs.
John Dryer, Mrs. T. Johnston. Sind
Miss Laura Phillips was much en,
joyed. The topic, written ' by the
late Miss Margaret 'Small, was read
by Mrs, Frank Nesbit. *Mrs. Alfred
Nesbit .brought' to the notice., of the.
Guild the wonderful record' of Mr.
,Tames' Medd,' who. has just retired
from the' office' of - rector's warden.
The president took • charge of the
speaker... _Alt ladies in , the common
sties are warmly. welcomed.
Miss Marie Gliddon, , London,
spent Sunday at her hoine .'in the
village. •
Raymond Whitmore recently pur-
chased. an accredited herd ofd dual
purpose Red Polled cattle. The.
heed arrived• about ten" days ago
and is creating considerable : inter-
est, as this breed of cattle is still
quite new in this:spart of the Pre-
Vince.
ro-vine.
-T.P.U. Activities., -- The 'Y.P.U,
went on Monday 'evening to hold
their, meeting at the home of Mr,
and Mrs. Bill Oox. Reta Yeo,, mis-
sions -convener, was In -pbarge, -and':
read the ESeripture, 'Kathieerb
Holmes' played a- piano solo, and,
as 'president, directed the business,
The celebrations asso!ehlteR , wl: r haautiflilJ;: hate -like caner 'mats of
St.' Valentine's. Day' St;riirted wad'' gAgat delicacy,• often copied skip -
back in ancient Rome, long, before• fully from real lace, whore bele
the antroduatian. of Christianity. colored bouquets is oo ilow'ers.. These
those days, wolves ,Posted *de
-
with:lilts ine�}aliions,' in ie• backed
na'a ts--had
countryside and anyon wiio de weL Satin ribbon, oxr
stroyed o}ze was '. het, :in. hig]i., df brwere .eoldele(I er G;
which flowez�s
esteem, To honor the volt destroyer, tbinlctof :The,' a- rea would hove;..•
the Iloznalar held a celebratiolx dux- think buying a: ready-ma'de send-.
ing -the month of February callg° d merit for his love, but with endo �
Lupercahia. At. this festival, are taking, earn.made up his t ea tender
message and wrote' it out earefu]ly
young people drew lots for partners Ma#'y times, tuzassz ge asvtt-
for the next • year. •hundreds of ten on a. tiny he slip of paperw,e fonrlded
years later, the .shine custom was and put into a little, secret envelope,'
practised
in England and France, and sealed wt tli a art, cupid-
, ..or
r
butpercalthen, iath, ebut festiStval'yal
awl s, tinne ots Day. called
l.uso The sending of a message of love
St: Valentine was a priest who • and affections on, St. ' Val:entilie's Day
suffered Martyrdom about the year to those who are dear to us is • a
270 and Was later canonized ' ,As pleasant ,.custom -••-let us ]seep.. it,, up
the Church was. anrtious to do away —Canadian National. Magazine.
with all the superstitious practices
of iia' Rome and as the feast r3 X GROUPS COMPETE Or '
d f thew saint fell during the
a'y4 ne
month of Febralary, a- new feast*
DEAMA CO 'E't�x'r[Ql�t
day—SC. Yalentinerd=was.,. intra.
-dined to the world.
•The' old Roman custom •of draw-
ing lots for partners for. the 'year
turned • up in 17th century Englund
and Scotland, and then it was •also
the practice for the partners to•
exchange gifts. . Usually some verse
or motto -,accompanied the present:
As time passed, however, the ex-
change of gifts was discontinued,•
and verses only were sent, a custom
which remains antic the present.
time.
'11Ir, Samuel Pepys, who lived dur-
ing the,, reign' of Charles , II, and
whose diary gives an excellent pie-
ture of the social customs 'of the
times mentions that some of the
pr. encs exchanged were- most ex-
pti sive. He noted that the Duke
of Richmond, who had been drawn
by a Miss Stuart as her 'valentine,
gave the lady as a present a jewel
worth $4„000 and that•the gentleman
she diet for her' valentine 'the fol-
lowing year gave .her 4 ring worth
al s cit ;1+x.500: A” vount lad who
drew Mr. Pepys for her •valentine
,rel,eivecl as a present front him some•
green silk stockings, garters, ,'and
shoe laces, which, he records,
pleased- her very much ; and to Mrs. •
PepyA,. who, once drew her. husbainnd.
for her valentine, he gave 'a ring
"Made of a Turkey stone set cf�-lth
diamonds."... •
•A great •deaf of time and • care
were spent In 'earlier days on the
wribing of valetlt•ines. • • Over a
hudred years ago,' several books
were published in London• which
itneluded many different • styles of
valentines, to 'sult persons of every
trade' anil .profession. , Even; Shake-
speare ' mentioned; valentines when
in • Hamlet Ophelia says:
"Good morrow!, 'tis St. Valentine's
Day, • .•
nu:al congregational accusing of
Knox 'Presbyterian C.hureh was
held.'in the, Sunday school Aroonn_ on
Saturchiy, with a splendid attend-•
ince. After a� sumptuous dinner
and - a social'. hour, the interiiii
moderator, Rev. • A. ,J. Simpson; of
Teeswater, conducted devotions, fol-
lowed by prayer by Bey. J. Honey-
man. The -reports of the. -various
organizations. 'indicated encouraging
growth in all,. departments of the
church. Rev, _ J. Horteyinan . gave,
the report of the session and, re-
ported one member removed' ' b3•
death andoue.baptism. The church
treasurer, Mrs. 'W. Good, reported
buernesEss ; meeting. A ,bazaar was a successful year; 'with all oblige -
discussed, but no date was set. The' tions met and a substantial balance
meeting closed with, prayer by the
'president. ' '
Presbyterian W,M.J�,-Mrs. Edgar
Lawson gave her home 'for the
February meeting of the W.M.S.
of Knox Presbyterian Church.. The
president, Mrs. W. Good, was in
Charge and the. ;'devotional period
was taken by Mrs. J. W. Graham,
who gave the meditation on the
Seripture -reading . and . offered
'prayer. „A• --rending was :given by
Mrs. Gordon Dobie: The study.
period was divided' into three parts.
Mrs.E. Lawson gave the part Ileal -
ori hand. Mrs. E. Little, reporting
for the W.J•l.S., 'stated .the alioca
tion had been over -subscribed and
there' :was a balance on hand. A
bale had been sent to headquarters
for redistribution. Mrs: 6E• • Law -
seri gave , the Ladies' Aid report,
showing a girl -had been sent to.
the , girls' camp at TCintail last
summer and a table and chairs
had been purchased for -the primary.
class. Mr. J. Wilsoh reported for
the Sunday school, ; which • h€id a,
successful year, , hotl}..,,t's,-attentjf pee
and -in work accomplished. The
following, •offeer•s were ", 'elected
Church.,,•
treasurer, Mrs. W.. Good ;
which centred on the• concert ,which c lrurcli secretary, J': C. Stoltz. ;
is to be held „o;r February 21st: managers el•ected for.a three-year
Rev.' M. G. Newton gave an interest- term, J. (', Stoltz, Art Yungblut,
Don Haines,' Major Yungblut;
auditors, Victor Yungblut,• ' 1?., 1).
Mciiveen ; •"church organist, Arthur
Yungblut ; • Sunday school superin-
tendent, Rev. J. Honeyman; Sunday
school 'secretary -treasurer, Mss.' J.
•W.^ Graham ; assistant, Ruth Daer•;
organist, Laura May, • Letherland.
Mr: lioneyman' pilicl tribute to_ -Iii:
Stoltz for his faithfulness 'a a
Manager fqr over twenty-five years.
A vote•of appreciation was accorded
Rev.' S. Iloneyman for his splendid
elk work during the bine he has been
minister of this. congregation. •
ing talk •on aspects of health week,
including the uses for medical puts
• poses to which money ;raised ;by the
M. and M: • fund is put in • other
countries. The meeting • next Mon-
day will be at the hone of. Mr. and
Mris. Newton. .. ;
•
When you.take' over' the farm,
one of ' these: days, you'll want
otalk to him. You.ean'discuss
your affairs in a -friendiy; ; I
' have done. And -you'll find he • knows a lot.
He knows we farmers need bank credit—
sometimes to putin a crap, sometimes to
take off a Harvest. ,If we need market
information, he can get it for us.
. Remember when we electrified the farm l
Our !milk manager made me .the ion►. °
He's backed us up that way, for .years,
'
helping us tounprave ouii'•stoc , increase
production •(
• "All iii tide morrow betime,
"And .I a maid at. ;your wihndow,
:•°•70 be •your valentine''`
During the reign of jaueen Vic-
toria, valentines were particularly
. Mrs. ,W: F. Saunders. and :kiss; F.
Lodge, of • Goderich, 'were the
adjudicators•' at a two -night dram
atic competition held at"Blyth last
week. Six. one -act ,plays :were pre -
seated, by groups from' Walton, •
Londesboro,. Belgrave, Auburn and
two from Blytll
. First prize, $30,e was awarded; to
the Lon_d'esbore Young People's Un
ion: ?or the pay "Bird on the Wing,"
and second prize; $20, to the Blyth
Young ,People's U'nnion. for their"
presents}Pion of "The Valigpt," Miss, •
Marguerite Hall of Blyth was- ad-
.judged the best. actress,for .her part •
in the, • •presentation of "The:
Valiant." and. `Clare ':Vincent' of
Blyth, of the cast of 'Bird- on the.
Wing," was named the best tactor.'
Each was p'rese'nted with a silver
trophy to be suitabl, i inscribed.
The event was sponsored by, the
Blyth Lions 'Club. • .
ELECTED TO HON HOG
E3SSOOTATIO`
The following• directors_ have been
chosen by;° the 'township 13'ederations
of Agriculture to the Huron ;,Hog
'h'rodneers'_ _Association �fnr
'Ashfield, Cecil Johnston., R.R. 7,
Luckriow ; Colborne, Harold Mont-
gomery,: R.R. 4, Goderich Goderich
township; •RobertWelsh, R.It 2,
Bayfield ;,• :Grey, � James, Bremner,.
Brussels; ;''Il'ay. Henry Mine, R.R.
1, Dashwood; Howiek, Albert Ash-,
ley, R.R. 1, 'Gerrie; Hullett, Archie
Young, Londesboro ; McKillop, J,
Back, Dublin ; •Mor"ris, Nelson Hig-
gins, • Brussels ; ' Stanley, Murray
Grainger; RAIL. 1, Varna ; Stephen,.
Ed. , • Chambers, • Crediton; Tecker-
smith, Den Dayman, R.R.- 3, Kip-
pen ; Tunnberry, Les. Fortune, R.R.
1; Wingham ; East Wawanosh,
Frank Nesbitt, R.R. 3, Blyth.; West
•Wawanosh, WI11dtrin •Good; R.R. 3,
Auburn; Us'borne, • 'James Miller,
Woodham..
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ST.'HELEN'S, Feb. 3.—Mr. and
Mrs. E. J. Thom 'are. visitors with
their'. -daughter, Mrs, Al. Martin,
and 'Mr. Martin in- Detroit.'
Master . Terry Wilson IS making
favorable ,' recoery following an
"ration. for appendicitis in the
Wingliani hospital on Wednesday
evening. • -
Mrs. MacFarlane .of Lucknow de-
lighted• the ladies' who attended the
FOruary meeting,..ctf• ' the , Woiiien's
Institute with her int 'resting
on her visit to Scotland last sum.
mer: .The meeting was held .at the
home. of • Mrs: E: `.W. Rice,' with
twenty -orae , ladies .preseltt., A 45
gift was ,voted to each: of the four
schools. Donations ' 'Of' $5 .were
voted ,also -to the. cancer ,fund `anal
theT. $. fund. :Mrs. Will 'Ruttier.
ford'''favored- with a piano : pole.
At she conclusion lunch was served •
with Miss. W. • D. Rutherford •, and
Mrs. W. A.• Miller as hostesses, .. ,.
•
•
}Canadii's 1950 sugar beet •hakvest
prov.ifled about 300,000,000 pounds
of pure.- beet, sugar, largest crop -
in .history: •
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• . NILE, Feb. 7. --•Miss Mary .Currey
Ytr't\'-f • is home again front her visit' ,.lo
t � : • Termites'
_ Mrs.erb Pentland is home after
rF _o • an opeiation in Alexandra IIos-
yt s• pital-, Goderich. , . .
.;-c The Community ' Club Held a
.- P • 'meeting in the school house on Mon-
' • daynight. '
Several of the Nile church ;con-
gregation attended the annual meet-
. iiSiiE NIT .. Ming of: the - three' charges ht Carlow
• hall on Mon ay,afternoon.
• Mrs. Albert Thain • of Toronto
.spent a week lately with her father,
►arnpbel! S ; • Mr: Angus McI)airmid."
Mrs. Wm. Watson passed away
on: Tuesday night after a long ill-
'ness. ,Her daughter, .Mrs. Ralph
Drug.Hoover; ,came .by plane from' Olds,
Alberta, to London• and was Met
• by .her brother, Mr.. Harry Watson,
•Store, .
Largest' of the I+3gyptian pyramids
has an estimated weight of five
•sse llijAuston
}
And that' what our,bank manager is there
for—to help you and me to ms.riageQ •'
He's a good• man ,to know4
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