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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-10-16, Page 15Local 11 1011 , Elsley A ' Colborne Township native . and lifelong resident of the area, William Elsley, died in Huronview on October 4, He was, 85 years old. Mt", Elsley was' born in Colborne Township ., on February 10, 1895. to Jacob and ,Mildred Ann Elsley. Mr, Elsley con- tinued to live in the township and farmed there, In 1952;. he was. Married to Lola Laws and the couple moved to, Clinton, wtereMr.lEisley worked at CPB Clinton until•• it closed, While in Clinton Mr, Elsley Was a member of the Wesley- Willis United Church and. he also was a memher of the Morning ` Star Masonic Lodge 309 —Carlow. Mr. Elsley was predeceased by his parents and wife. He is survived by one daughter Mrs. James (Evelyn) McCabe of Port Albert. A Masonic Lodge memorial service was held on Sunday. evening, October 5. Funeral services were held at the Beattie Funeral Home in Clinton on October 6 with Rev. John Oestreicher officiating. Interment followed in the Colborne Township Cemetery. Sarah Maude Baird 'Sarah Maude Baird, wife of the late George T. Baird of Stanley Town- . ship, died at Kilbarchan Nursing Home in Seaforth on October 7. She was in her 98th year„ -- _ Mrs _Baird was born to the former Grace Walters and Hugh McGregor of Stanley in January, 1883. She resided in the township on Concession 2 all her life and . was a member of the Brucefield United Church. In 1907, she was., married to George Baird. Mrs. Baird is survived by her sons Norman, with whom she lived for the past few years and Walter (Bud), both of RR 1, Brucefield. She was the sister of Frank McGregor of Huronview and is also sidents die survived by f our gran, dchiidren, Audrey Stanley of Clinton, George Baird' of Brucefield, Thelma Jones of Brucefield and Sharon Elliott of Port Albert. Also surviving are nine great grandchildren and two great great grand- children. She was predeceased by three sisters and one brother. Funeral services were held at Beattie Funeral Home in Clinton on October 9 with Rev, Robert McMullen of- ficiated'. Internment followed in Baird's Cemetery, Stanley Township. The pallbearers were John Taylor, John McCowan, john Moffatt, John Dietz, Iden McCowan Jr. and Arnold Taylor. Thomas R. O'Connell A life-long Clinton resident, Tom R. O'Connell died in Victoria Hospital, London on October 9. He was 62 years old. Mr. O'Connell was born in Clinton on April 24, 1918 , to Patrick and Edith O'Connell. He served in T,Wgrld War II and in 1946 was married . to Dorothy Bastell. The O'Connells lived in Clinton, where Mr. O'Connell wo ked with\ the Clinton PJC Mr 33 years. He was also active in the community and belonged to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 140, the Clinton Masonic Lodge 84 and Clinton's LOL Orange Lodge. ' He .. was also a member of the Ontario Street United Church. Mr. O'Connell is sur- vived by his wife and three sons, Larry of Mitchell, Keith` of Stratford and Steve at home. He is also survived by five grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Edward (Dorothy) Layton of Clinton. Mr. O'Connell was predeceased by his parents and three sisters, Betty, Edith and Joanne, The Clinton Masonic Lodge and the Clinton • Legion held memorial services on October . 10 and funeral services were held at -the a Beattie Funeral Holme in Clinton on October. 11 with Rev. Norman Pick in charge. Interment followed in the Clinton. Cemetery and the pallbearers: included; Bob Currie, Gus Boussey, Don Bartliff, Steve Gibbings, Eric Switzer and. Howard Atkins. The flowerbearers were Douglas Layton, Wayne .Layton, Torn McMahon and Bob McCool. Bruce E. Norman A former Holmesville resident, Bruce Norman, died in London's Victoria Hospital on October 10. moo n He was 57 years old,-------�---} Mr. Norman was born in Wellesley Township on March 24, 1923 to Frank and Margaret Norman. f He worked as a refinisher in the furni,ture industry with Kruf Furniture and also at the Sherlock% Manning Piano ,..Factory in Clinton. Along with living in Holmesville, Mr. Norman also resided in Tara and worked in Chesley. He was a member of the Orange Lodge and the Holmesville United Church. Mr. ' Norman was predeceased by his parents , and a brother Frank. He is survived by two sisters Mrs. Ardis Hinz ' and Mrs. Agnes Gerber, . both of New Hamburg. He is also survived -by two brothers; William of Holmesville and Dewar of Goderich.' Rev. John .Oestreiche"r conducted the October 13. funeral service at Beattie's Funeral Home in Clinton and interment followed in the Clinton Cemetery. The pallbearers in- cluded Frank Hinz, Earl Tyndall,' Bob Norman, Don Smelser, Ivan Dailey `and Tom Roe. The flower bearers were Tom Binz and Douglas Norman. The Women's Institute - (WI) is more than a social club, as was shown last Thursday when WI secretaries and treasurers from area groups joined at ._�Clinton_st - 11is--Cimreh-for--a-daylong seminar. -p -raper rd -keeping public relations and other concerns were discussed by the group which num- bered over 30. (Shelley McPhee photo) Huronview' news and notes World wide communion was also observed at Huronview on Sunday morning, Oct. 5. Grace Peck, Ethel Hill, Leah Currie, Ruby McVittie, Mary Brandt, Phyllis Connell, Maude Leeming, and Verna Elliott enjoyed a drive to Goderich and some shopping at the mall on Monday af- ternoon. All day Tuesday, Caravan Clothes was at Huronview giving the residents and staff the change to buy dew fall outfits. A small mini fashion show was held in the afternoon with Grace Peck, Mary Van Camp, Pat Thurlow and Maude Pearson, among those, who modelled the various clothes. Mrs. Maude Pearson won a shawl as a door prize. Wednesday was also a busy day with the fall bazaar being held in the Turn to page 16 FARM (i& West Wawanosh Mutual Fire Insurance Company Dungannon, Ont. NOM 1R0 529-7961 HOME COTTAGE AGENTS Frank Foran RR No. 2 Lucknow D onald MacKay RR No. 3 Ripley John F. MacLennan Lucknow Mason Robinson 341 Catherine Str. Wingham D elmar Sproul RR No. 2 Auburn DIRECTORS: Eldon Bradley Lucknow Gerald Kerr RR No. 6 Goderich Austin Martin Lutknow Kenneth B. MacLean RR No. 2 paisley Donald McKenzie 163 Elgin Ave. Ooderich John Nixon RR 5 Brussels 528.3824 3954362 528.3810 357.2478 529.7273 528.2214 524.64'12 5214601 368.7537 524.7602 817.441'7 CLAIMS SHOULD RE REPORTED r0 THE DIRECTOR NEAREST YOU. ELLIOT---MANNING h girlwed Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott are pictured following their wedding, August 23, at Blyth United Church. The bride is the former Jeanette Manning, 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Manning of Blyth. Thelroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Elliott of Goderich. Reverend Wittich officiated at the double -ring ceremony. Candace Elliot,'sister-in-law of the groom, attended as - maid -of -honour. Carolyn Manning. sister-in-law of the • bride, Ann Crittenden, .friend of the bride. and Rosslyn Elliot, silt r of the groom, were bridosnlaids. Ral h El iot, brother• of the gr om, attended as best man. urr Manning. brother of he bride. and Stephen Elliot, brother of the groom. ushred guests. Lois Bernasconi, special friend of he bride's family. was the organist. Adeline Campbell attended as soloist Following the wedding, a reception was held at the Blyth Community Centre. • ..After—honeymooning- -at- , •.Le -Chateau... .Montebello, bell , . Quebec, the couple took up residence in London. Sarah Hales offer $100 prize The Sarah Hale Chapter, . IODE, is planning a Christmas draw this year, with the prize being a 'cheque for $100 and a Christmas floral decoration. Tickets are available from chapter members. In November and December, the floral arrangement will be on display • in various local stores, and tickets will be on sale there also. In the regular business meeting recently, Mrs. Frank Fingland reported that she had attended the annual commencement exercises and had presented IODE awards for. French and geography to CHSS students, Susan McKay and Darryl Fox. Mint coin sets were awarded to outstanding students at-. Clinton Public School, St. Joseph's Separate School, and Clinton Christian School. A' motion was passed to send $100 to the East Labrador Snack -Pack program. Many of the children at such places as Black Tickle, Port Hope Simpson, and Davis Inlet come to school withbut breakfast. Some spend 1 111 1 1 hunger, and due to poor nutrition most have a very short attention span. The Snack -Pack program provides milk and cookies early in the morning to help the situation. It is estimated that it will cost $10 per child pear..year. A work meeting to continue making quilt blocks , for the Ojibway Indians at Ogoki is to be held at Mary Murphy's home on Monday mor- ning, October 27, and Services Convener, Lina Cochrane, reported that a bale of clothing had been sent to Ogoki early- in September. A °second carton, to contain toys and games for th-e- children, as well as quilts and clothing, will be sent soon, so that the Indians may receive it in time for Christmas. The Indians will be out in the wilds by now, and remain all winter, ten- ding their trap lines. However, they treturn to Ogoki for Christmas, and the Chapter hopes that the contents of the bale will help to brighten their holiday. Members are reminded that the November meeting, which is the anniversary of the Sarah Hale Chapter, will take the -`--form of a .. tered dinner at the home of Lina Cochrane. Goderich Township Recreation FALL PROGRAM ADULT EXERCISES Begins Monday, November 3 at 10 a.m. - in Holmesville Church CRAFTS - ' KNITTING, CROCHETING, QUILTING Begins Monday, November 3 at 1:30 p.m. (or evening depending on number interested) in Holmesville Church CURLING _ Watch the paper for further notice - BALLROOM DANCING INDOOR SOCCER ADULT VOLLEYBALL YOUTH VOLLEYBALL Further announcement for winter program Anyone desiring other programs please call 4824480 or 524-6879 W[ qty CLINTONN %WS-RFCORD? SA.,. e, I PAGE i Over Z25 exchan B ELEANOR BRAPNQC$ The 29th Woxneri's Institute Rally for Huron County was held in Gorrie United Church on October 6 with Huron East District in charge and about 125 delegates and members present. Mrs, William Hum- phreyes of Walton, president of Huron East, presided and opened the sessions with a poem, Fall. Mrs. Donelda Graham, ° president of the Gorrie W.I., welcomed everyone and greetings were brought b r T4 rs. Alice Porter of Goderich Township, Huron -West president and Mrs. Hilda Payne of Hensall, Huron - South president. The minutes of the last rally were adopted as read by. the rally secretary -treasurer, Mrs. Norman Coultes of Belgrave. The following district secretaries reported - Mrs. Wilma Higgins of Belgrave, Huron -West, Mrs. Elva Jacques of . Gorrie, Huron -East and Mrs. Joyce Pepper of Hensall, Huron -South. In the correspondence, letters of thanks from 4-H girls who had received their trillium trays last year were read as well as thanks from Family and Children's Services for the WI's donation of $666.75 to assist young people with their ex- penses for education. Mrs. Coultes gave the financial statement and the auditor's report was given by Mrs. Leona Armstrong of Brussels. Mrs. Mervyn Batkin of Clinton, secretary of the Huron County Historical Society, brought greetings and reported on the year's activity of the Society. She thanked all branches for their sup- port in making their curators members and also in sponsoring the meetings. She paid tribute to the late Mrs. Sadie Simpson for her work in the Society. Mrs. Batkin spoke of the Archives in the Huron County Library, Goderich and urged all branches to store their old records M, -and books there for future reference. Mrs. Batkin reported on the work of Mrs. Fordyce Clark of Goderich, Mrs. Poth of Bayfield and Mrs. Jean Clark of Tiger Dunlop Branch in filing the histories of families in this county and placing thein in the .Archives room. Mrs. Joe Smith of Moncrief played piano solos and greetings were brought by Mrs. Helen: Anderson of Stratford, board director. for Guelph area and Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock of Auburn ' fon - London area in the ab- sence of Mrs. Willis Matheson of Embro Mrs. Peggie Rivers of Goderich spoke on the bursary fund which the County W.I.s support. She is a member of the Family and ..Childen°'s Services and thanked the members for their support. After discussion, it was decided to again support the bursary fund (75 cents per member) for another year for educational purposes for a Crown Ward of Family and Children's Services. Mrs. Leona McDonald of Walton, public relations officer for Huron -East, , gave the report of the Home Economist, Miss Grace Bird. She announced that Miss Bird has left Huron County ' and is now working in Middlesex and a new economist will be appointed. soon. She read the report of the 4-H clubs and the senior program, "Fitting and Sewing Pants". She announced that the 'fall project on -crewel etnbrpidery was very popular. A . pot -luck lunch was served at noon with the Gorrie members as hostesses'. A get= acquainted contest during the lunch hour helped the members from the three districts mingle. Mrs. Keith Webster of Blyth spoke on Huron - view, thanking all for having the monthly birth- day parties. The afternoon session opened with Mrs.. William Humphreyes presiding and Mrs. Bill Hogg of Gorrie as pianist. After singing 0 Canada and the poem, "Johnny Entertains two Howick Junior Institute members led a singsong. Miss Karen Whitmore of R.R.3. Seaforth was presented with a trillium tray by Mrs. Tluni- phreyes in recognition of her finishing 24 4-1-1 p.rokects--. Mi -ss. Diane- Godkin of R.R.I Walton 'was presented with the Huron County Scholar- ship. She is enrolled at the University of Western Ontario in. - physical therapy. The guest speaker of the 'afternoon was Miss Flora Nabrotzky of Teeswater. 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