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The World of Women
Witnesses tall at
homes this week
The Wingham Congrega•
tion-of Jehovah's Witnesses be-
girt&adoor-to-coon campaign
this week to inform the ,public
of the shocking atrocities Wit-
nesses claim are being corn -
Mined against their members
by sadistic mobs it „Malawi,
Central Africa.
Ernest Falconer. presiding
Minister for the Wingham Con-
gregation of Jehovah's Witness-
_ es,,. said eyewitness reports
showed many have been beaten.
robbed, some killed and their
homes burned: More than a
thousand women Witnesses have
been raped, often before their
own husbands and children Mr.
Falconer claimed.
"The .atrocities have been
committed by persons inflamed
by the spirit of nationalism."
Mr. Falconer explained. "most-
ly by mobs made up of mem-
bers of the Youth League of
President H. Kamuzu Banda's
Malawi Congress Party." He
claimed the Youth League re-
sembles China's Red Guards who
have terrorized so many there.
• "The only 'crime' of Jehovah's
Witnesses in Malawi has been
their refusal to join Banda's
political party. buy -a member-
ship card and wear Banda's •
picture on a badge," Mr.. Fal-
coner .staged.
Vestry meeting
at- Trinity Church
BELGRAVE--The vestry
Meeting was held in Trinity'
Anglican Church on Thursday
evening. •
• Rev.. Peter Pakenham° open -
"'ed the meeting with prayer.
Minutes ofthe last meeting
were read by the ,secretary.
Miss Mary Isabel Nethery. The
treasuere's report was given by
Mr:, Pakenham, in the absence
a a a
of:,'a retic V' n ,n who h
.been k
11: -
The ,peoples warden is
Clare Van Camp and'rector's
• ,warden is Alex W. Nethery.
Delegate to synod is Albert
Bacon. The meeting closed -
•with prayer.
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Mrs. Purdon enjoys good health at 90
W HITECUUEICI:I- - Mrs.
Alex Purdon who has resided
since the• death of Mr. Purdon,
on January 3, with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Cecil Falconer, quiet-
ly celebrated her 90th birthday
on Thursday, January 25.
Mrs. Purdon is the former
Christena MacKay, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Hector
MacKay. She was one of a
family of six girls and five boys.
Still living are John of Wawota,
Sask., Dan of Guelph, Charlie
of Dunnville. Agnes and Bertha
of London.._ Mrs.. George (Cas-
sie) Markle of .Vancouver, An-
,gus, a missionary in Jhansi. In-
dia and Gordon of Wingham. ,
After Mr. and Mrs. Purdon
were married May 22.E 1901,
they resided on the Purdon
homestead on Concession 12,
West Wawanosh. They later
purchased the hardware store;
flour and feed business in
Whitechurch. They retired to
Lucknow 21 years ago.
Mrs. Purdon enjoys good
health. She received many
cards of, congratulations and
received c=allers on Thursday.
She has a family of four
daughters and three sons. Mrs.
'Cecil (Cassie) Falconer. of
Whitechurch, Mrs, .Jack (Flor
ence) Maclntyre and Mrs. Jack
(Clara) Cleghorn of Wingham,
Mrs.' George (Isobel). Tiffin of
Lucknow, Athol of Sarnia,
Hector of Strathroy and Wil-
liam of Detroit. There are 24
grandchildren and 37 great-
grandchildren.
All members of her family
except William spent Saturday
with their mother. They cele-
brated the memorable occasion
with a family dinner in the
evening.
Mrs. Purdon has the test
wishes of the cornu ur;ity SQr
future years of health and hap-
piness.
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U.C.W. makes several cash
donations; ask for nylons
BELORAVE--The U.C.W.
met in the church basement on..
Thursday evening. Past Presi-
dent„Mrs. Jack Taylor opened
.the meeting with a hymn,, fQl-
lowed by a meditation Re-
deeming the Time”. ,.
Dtirin the. installation.'df
t3f "c fv "r'� Rb'Be'rts 'read
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Scripture and offered prayer.
The minutes off" i:he last
meeting were read and adopted,
and correspondence read. Mrs.
Jack Higgins gage the treasur
-er's report and Mrs. William
Coultes brought in the budget,
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Motions were made and
passed to send $25.00 to cover
'the costof shipping •a bale and
also to get the piano tuned. It
was mentioned that old nylons
are urgently needed. and- a box
'will be placedthe in h church
for this purpose.. .
Motions were also made
and passed to spend $50.00•9on
new materials to be used for
overseas relief and to give the
Sunday School $25.00 and the.
Observer $100.00. -
Worship was conducted by 1
Mrs. Earl Anderson and Mrs,.
Willard Armstrong. A hymn
was sung, followed by the of-
fering which, was then dedicat-
ed.
.The study •" The Church- -
Christians Scattered" was taken.
,by Mrs. Earl Anderson.
During worship Mrs. Wil-
lard Armstrong read four pas-
sages of Scripture and worship
closed 'with prayer and a •hymn.
Mrs. Ross Anderson showed the
filrrt strip "-One Hal f of One
Percent" -which dealt 'with the
small Christian percentage in
Japan. A discussion of the
filmstrip followed.
Rev. John Roberts closed
the meeting with the benedic-
tion:
- --Gordon Moffat who is —
with the CBC in Toronto leaves
by''air today. (Thursday) ,for
eight days in Ottawa where he
-will be on'special assignfent.
to cover the "Conference- for
Tornorrow" on Parliament Hill.
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Knox WM. 'meets
at Purdon home
BELGRAVE- -The January
meeting of Knox Presbyterian
W.M. S. was held later in the
month than usual, at the ,home
of Mrs. Clifford Purdon with
Mrs. Bruce presiding. Seven
members'attended.
The meeting opened with
the reading of three poems
from the Glad Tidings and -Nitwit?
I.C. McBurneyread Seri tures
m
Mrs. . Alan McBurney read an
interesting poem •and the busi-
ness session followed when re-
ports were read and accepted.
A letter from Mrs. Youngblut
was read by the chairman.
It was decided to send- '
cards to all members who are
Mrs: Alan McBurney intro-
duced the new study book,
"This Is Japan 'Today" and gave
an interesting account of.con-
ditions and advancement in ,,
that country where they have
no state religion.- There are
14,000 Christians. There are"
also Shinto and Buddhist • priests.
North Vietnam is much in the
public eye.
.Announcements were made
that the World Day of_Prayer
will be March 1, and that
Christmas and get -well cards
-will be sent overseas.
A social time followed the
closing prayer.
. Mrs. Lillian Lamb has •
returned home after spending
some time in Streetsville.
Pot: luck supperILI
at vestry meeting
BELGRAVB-,
The annual
rn6eting of Knox United Church
was held Tuesday evening of
last week with rnerni hers°enjoy-
ing a pot luck supper at seven
o'clock. The Rev" John Rob—
erts was chairman and William
)qulxes was secretary. A nno-
ent of silence was observed
for members of the congrega-
tion who had passed away dur-
ing
uring the year.
Thefollowing are the of-
ficers; committee of stewards, . .
Jake Muilwyk, Leslie Bolt,
Ross Higgins; representative of
U. C'. W. to committee of ste-
wards. Mrs. Jack Higgins;
board' of trustees, Mark Ann -
strong; ushers and offering ste-
w ards, • . Lloyd Michie, - ' Ivan
Wheeler with George Michie
to be chairman of this commit-
tee; Christian education. Mrs.
Cliff 1 ogan.
It was decided to continue
the every member plan for the,
Observer. -
Study Japan
BELGRAVE--The Explorers
met in the basement of the -
United Church with six mem-
bers present. Mrs. ' Laura Johns-
ton opened the meing with `
the Explorers' hymn, "This Is
My rather's World", followed
by repeating the purpose—and
prayer.
The first chapter of the
study book "Long Night in
Tokyo" was read by Mrs, Cliff
Logan. Questions on the story
and a discussion on the work of
.missionaries was led by Mrs. '
Johnston. -
A game, "Questions and
Answers on Japan" was played.
Thechildren made Japanese
lanterns and the president clos-
ed the meeting.
Friendship unit
installs officers..
WRQXETER-- The Friend- •
ship Unitof the Wroxeter U.C. -
• W. held its January meeting at
the home of Mrs, Howard Wylie
The devotional part•. of the
meeting was' taken by Mrs. Wyr
lie and Mrs. Laurie Var}Velsor.
"An introduction to the riew
study, book on Japan was given
by Mrs. Russell •Lockwood.. .
Mrs. Lockwood installed
officers for the coming year:
President, Mrs. Ken Edgar;
vice-pres., Mrs. Archie Miller;.
secretary, Mrs. Howard Wylie;
treasurer, Mrs. Stewart Higgins.
A letter and a New Year's
message to the members was
read by Mrs. Miller from Mrs.
George Galbraith.
Mrs. ken Edgar, the newly
installed presidents .conducted.
the . business. The roll call,
with payment of fees; was ans-
wered by twelve members and ,
lunch was served by Mrs. Wylie
and Mrs. VanVelsor.
•
John Richard Edward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ian Edward of
Wingham, and Sharon Diane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Smyth, R. R. 2 Auburn, were married in a double -
ring ceremony at Dungannon United Church" by Rev. G.
Wright, November .4th, Betty ,Irvine Was organist. Miss
Dorothy Taylor;, R. R. 2 LOckripw, was maid of honour and
the br'ide'si sister,, Nancy ",3yth, was, bridesmaid. the
bridesmaids wore blue gowns -and carried yellow mums.
Reg. Riehl of -Stratford, was best rnan and ushers were
George Smyth, and Andy Rodgers of Wingham. The young
couple, now.living iii Goderich, went to Florida for their
honeymoon.
U.C.W. plans
quilting bee
GORRIE- - Rev, R. M.
Sweeney conducted the installa-
tion of the United Church Wo-
men in the church here on Wed-
nesday evening. Mrs. Harold
Robinson was in charge of the .` .
worship service.
• Mrs. Ewalt Whitfield gave
an interesting description of
Japan and of its people.
Mrs„ George Brown con-
ducted the business. It was
decided to hold the meetings at
8.30 p.m.' Unix 1 will hold its
annual Valentine supper on
February 10, in the, church ;
The World's Day of Prayer
is to be held id the Presbyterian
Church on March.l. at 3 p. m.
The theme of the service is
"Bear One Another's Burdens".
The annual all -day quilt-
ing bee will be held on March
20 in the church. The Presby-
terial will be held at;.Seaforth
United Church or February 7
at 9.30 p.m.
Mrs. E. Whitfield closed
the Meeting with prayer. .
MRS. W. B. CRUkSEANK
President of the London Con-
ference . U.C.W. will preside -
for the historic event . in
Northside United Church, Sea -
forth, next Wednesday, the
inaugural meeting of the new
Htiron . - Bruce : resla tery•
IJ.Cw. The same "meefirig°""
~wa1"-mar the `'fii sE''fofrrriai"'"'
union of the women's groups
associated with• the United
Church of Canada and the
Evangelical United ,Brethren.
These two churches amalga-
mated on January 10th.
The guest speaker at the
inaugural meeting will be
Mrs. E. E. Hallman, last con-
ference chairman for the Wo-
men's World,Serdice group of
the former E.U.B. Church.
CROKINOLE PARTY
BELGRAVi *On Friday
evening the Belgrave Sunday
School held a cro!drible party
in the church basement with
ten tables in play.
High lady was Mrs. Larne
Jarnies'on; high man,, George
Michie, low lady. Donelda
Lamont; low Irian. Charles R;
Coultes.
--Miss Patty Doll, daugh-
ter
of Mr. and Firs. Charlie
Doll of Hamilton, formerly of
Wingham, and a Grade X11
student was elected,Snow, Queen
at Glendale High recently.
.--Mr. and Mrs. Del Ewing
acid family of Rexdale spent
the week -end withher parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R.G. Gannett
and other members of. the fam-
ily.
• --Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dan
•chuk of Agincourt spent the
week -end with her parents,
�Mr. and Mrs. Percy Stainton.
('M Church Services
0141400-441,0 Rea Grant
was in charge of the service in
the United chcch on Sunday
morning„ He spoke on "Youth
in the Church" , During the
service, he also installed the
new members Of. the executive
of the Beelwore United-0111Mb
Women. •
In the Presby'ter'ian Church,
Rev. .E. R. "Hawkes was in
charge. The senior chair sang
an anthem. Mr. Hawkes is
now holding communicants'"
classes each Tuesday evening.
He is inviting all whotare io
attend these classes, and a
large number of adults are tak-
ing advantage of the invitation
and finding them very interest-
ing and beneficial: •
--Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pf1g
Mr. Peter Pflug and Miss
Claudia Haselgroye of Kitchen-
er, spent Stirnday With Mr, and
Mrs. Omar Haselgrove,
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