The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-05-22, Page 8W nghant Advance -Times; Thursday, May 22, 1969
Wheeler-Gowing vows
exchanged at Brussels
White shasta daisies and blue
tinted mums decorated St. Johnh'
Anglican Church, Brussels, on
May 17 for the afternoon wed-
ding of Rosemary Dianne Gow-
ing and David Lawrence Wheel-
er. Rev. F. G. Braby officiat-
ed for the double -ring cere -
mony and Mrs. Nora Moffatt
was Organist.
The btide is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Gowing
of R.R. 2, Bluevale, and the
groom is the.son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Wheeler, R. R. 5,
Brussels.
The bride chose a fl o o r -
length fitted gown o f white
tulle over peau de soie with lace
sleeves and bodice. A peau de
sole pillbox covered with lace
and pearls held her floor -length
veil and she carried a bouquet
of red roses, shasta daisies and
fern.
The bride's attendants wore
floor -length gowns of pale tur-
quoise moire peau de soie with
matching headdresses and car-
ried bouquets of shasta daisies;
Mrs. Peter Roberts of Oshawa
was her sister's matron of hon-
or. Bridesmaids were Miss Nan -
Rev. K Burgess
Willa speak in
Listowel Sunday
Rev. Harold Burgess, Toron-
to, will be guest speaker at the
Trinity United°Church, Listo-
wel, UCW Thankoffering serv-
ice, Sunday evening, from 8
p. m, to 9:15 in the church.
Recognized as "Mr. -On -The -
Spot" following a recent week
long program seen throughout -
this area on CKNX-TV, he was
raised in Bluevale where his fa-
ther was a minister. He attend"
\ ed public school at Lebanon and
tried his entrance examinations`
at Harriston.
A graduate of Queen's Uni-
versity, Kingston, he hasbeen
minister at Howard Park United
Church in Toronto until recent-
ly when he. was appointed to the
new Bloordale Unted Church
charge in Et obi e.
'" anie"of"Re r. 'Burgess's
message in Listowel will be
"Old : Hyrnns and The New Mes-
sage".. It is hoped that both
men and women will attend this
service and will remain for a
fellowship period in the church
parlor.
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cy Gowing and Mrs. Murray
Johnston, sisters of the bride
and groom.
Miss Valerie Johnston of
Bluevale was flower
girl. She wore a turquoise
headpiece and a floor -length
gown of white moire peau de
sole, and carried a bouquet of
shasta daisies.
Best man was Douglas Dav-
idson of Brussels and the ushers
were David Gowing and Murray
Johnston, both of R. R. 2, Blue-
vale.
Blue and white streamers
decorated the church parlor
where white shasta daisies and
blue forget-me-nots centred
the tables.. Blue candles were
also used in table decoration.
Mrs. Carl Gowing wore an
aqua crimplene coat and dress
. ensemble with white hat a n d
gloves. Mrs. John Wheeler
chose a pink herringbone Fortrel
coat and dress ensemble and
white accessories. The mothers
wore white mum corsages.
The young couple left on a
wedding. trip to the United'
States, the bridetravelling in a
coat and dress ensemble with
matching hat of tangerine and
white linen. 'Her corsage was
white mums and shasta daisies,
and her accessories were white.
Mrs. Wheeler is a graduate
of Wingham District High School
and the Brantford General Hos-
pital School of Nursing. The
groom is a graduate of t h e
Ridgetown College of Agricult-
ur I Technology. When they .
return from their wedding trip
they will take up residence on
the groom's farm, R.R. 5, Brus=
sets.
The bride was feted before
her wedding at a dinner shower
held at the Log Cabin Restau-
rant, Lucknow, by the nurses of
the third floor of Wingham and
District Hospital. _ A miscellan-
eous shower was held at the
home of Mrs. Harvey Shaw by
friends and neighbors when the
hostesses were Betty Shaw, Isa-
bel Campbell, Dorothy Thomp-
son and Carol Campbell. ,
•
--Mrs.. Caroline Sewers was
able to return to her ho and on
Josephine Street on Thursday
from Wingham and District Hos-
pital. .
--Dr. and Mrs. W.A. Craw-
ford returned home recently
from Phoenix, Arizona, after
spending several months there.
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WATCH OUTI It's bicycle time again: Last year in Ontario
40 children under 15 years old were killed while riding
bicyces (compared with 17 the year before) and, another
1470 were injured in accidents serious enough to be re-
ported to the police. The Ontario Department of Trans-
port advises motorists to keep a sharp lookout for young-
sters zooming out of driveways and for inexperienced
cyclists wobbling shakily -along. ,Parents are advised to
make sure their youngsters know and obey the traffic
rules for safe cycling and to check the mechanical fitness
of the bikes their chidlren ride.
MEMBERS OF THE Wingham Business As-
sociation presented Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Edighoffer with a gift of pottery last
Wednesday. Mr. Edighoffer, who operated
Edighoffers (Wingham) Limited for the
past 17 years recently sold the business.
On hand for the presentation were Wing-
hamMayor DeWitt Miller, and Association
treasurer Monty Bennett, second from Left,
Lorne McDonald, right, Association secre-
tary, made the presentation.
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FWIO president is speaker
for district annual meeting
LAKELET- - The 67th annual
meeting of the East Huron Wo-
men's Institute was held at
Wroxeter on Tuesday of 1 as t
week. Mrs. Lyle Murray, dis-
trict president, was in charge.
Approximately 80 ladies were
present.
Mrs. Makins, the F. W. I: O.
board director from Gadshill,,
gave an informati're address and
conducted the election of of-
ficers as follows:
. . Past president; Mrs. Ross
Knight of i . R. 2, Brussels;presi-
dent, Mrs. Lyle Murray, R. R 2,
Clifford; lst vice-president,
Mrs. Charles Mathers, R. R. 2
Bluevale; 2nd vice-president,
Mrs. Harold Wallace, R. R..2 ,
Clifford; secretary -treasurer,
Mrs. William Humphries, Wal-
ton.
Federation representative,
Mrs.' Ken McDonald, R. R. 2,
Blyth; alternate, Mrs. Allan Mc-
Taggart, R. R. 2, Brussels; pub-
lic relations officer, Mrs. James
Johnston, R.R. 2,' Bluevale; . dis-
trict delegate, Mrs. Lyle Mur-
ray; district. curator, Miss Emma
Johnston, Bluevale; auditors,
Mis. J. McMurchy,, ,R. R. 1,
Listowel and Mrs. Alex Cullen,
R.R. 2, Listowel.
Agriculture and Canadian in-
dustries, Mrs. Roy Williamson,
R. R. 1, Walton; citizenship and
education, Mrs. Clare Veitch,
R. R. 2, Brussels; home econom-
ics and health, Mrs. Rob er t
Bremner, R.R. 2, Bluevale;
historical research and current
events, Mrs. Clarence Carswell,
UCW meeting
at Donnybrook
DONNYBROOK-- The May
meeting of the U. C. W., w as
held Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Stuart Chamney
with a good attendance. Mrs.
Ray Hanna had charge of the
meeting which opened; with all
singing "Happy the Home when
God Is There". Mrs. Ernes t
Snowden read the Scripture les-
son. Mrs. Hilliard Jefferson
led in prayer.
Mrs. Hanna had charge of
the topic which was on China
and after reading had questions
and a short discussion period.
"Jesus Shall Reign" was sung
and Mrs. John Hildebrand took
charge of the business. Two in-
, vitations had been received and
both were accepted, one to
Hackett's Church on May 14 at
8.30 p. m. and one to Calvin-
Brick at 8.15 p. m. on June 2.
Mrs. Chamney gave the min-
utes of the previous meeting •
and had roll call. The U. C. W.
will sponsor a child at camp.
Mn. Morley Johnston spoke of
packing a bale for relief.
Lunch was served by the hcist�
eu, auisted by Mrs. Wesley
Jefferson and Mrs. Ernest Snow-
den.
Fordwich; resolutions, Mrs. Wil-
liam Wright, Wroxeter.
Of special interest was the
guest speaker, Mrs. Austin Zoel-
ler, F. W. I.O. president. She
spoke of the role of a woman
in regard to herself, her family,
organizations, community and
country.
The East Huron District pub-
lic relations
ub-lic.relations officer, Mrs. James
Johnson, gave a report on her
attendance at the Officers' Con-
ference at Guelph.
Miss Susan Heard, ho me
economists, reported on the ac-
tivities of the 4-H clubs ' the
past year and announced needle-
craft as the fall project.
Standing committee conven-
ers gave their, reports with ade-
quate proof ofd all branches hav-
ing had an excellent year. A,
delicious noon lunchwas served
by the Wroxeter W.I. in the
Newlyweds
are honored
WROXETER--A shower was `
held in the community hall on
May 9 for the newlyweds, Mr.
and Mrs: Jirri Sharpin. Mrs'.
"Sharpie is the former Sheila'
King of the Listowel area.
A large crowd attended to
dance th the music of Mann's
Orchestra. During intermission
the bride and groom were call-
ed to the platform and an ad-
dreSs was read by Jim King.
Paul.Statia presented them with
a gift of money.
Mr. and Mrs. Sharpin thank-
ed everyone for the gift and
the social evening.
community hall.
Entertainment was provided
by the Bluevale and Walton In-
stitutes. The explanation of
one craft item and a humorous
story proved to be an interest-
ing and entertaining roll call,
answered by 11 branches.
The District Annual will be
held at Bluevale in 1970.
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Miss Klaske Koopmaris,
youngest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ruud Koopmans of West
Wawanosh, and ftbnald E. Bee-
croft, elder son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Beecroft of Whitechurch,
were married in Auburn United
Church on Saturday. May 17.
The bride's sisters, Mrs. Lobb
of Clinton and Miss Marsha
Koopmans, and Miss Norma Mc-
Kee of Wingham were the bridal
attendants. Lynn Hickey was
best . man and : the ushers were
David Crothers Jr. , John Koop-
mans and Kirk Beecroft. Rev.
M. Roberts officiated.
Relatives from Holland at-
tended the wedding. , .Other
guests were Sinnamon families
from this district, friends from
Acton and Kitchener, Miss
Myrtle Beecroft and Mrs. J. D.
Beecroft of Wingham.
allot scbeme of mauve
and yellow was carried out Saturn
day afternoon when i i a.n e e
Grove and Pact Blair Stang.
were married :in St. Paul's An-
glican Church by Rev. C. F.
Johnson. ° `
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Grove of
Wingham and the groom is the
son of Mr. and Mn. Jobs A.
Strong Sr.., also of W Ingham.,
Mrs. ,Gs. L. Davidson was or-
ganist. She accompanied Mrs.
R. McGee, of London. the
former Barbara HaU who sang
The Lord's Prayer and 0 Perfect
Love.
Mr. Grove gave his daugh-
ter in marriage. She wore a
white peau de°sole A-line gawp
with bell sleeves a n d train,
which was made by her mother.
She carried yellow roses.
Miss Sally Galbraith of
Wingham w • aid of honor.
The bridesm - ids were Miss
Wendy Fulleof Lion's Head,
formerly of r' .• m, Miss
Sharon Reavie • Wingham, and
Miss Dorothy O'Malley, form-
erly of Teeswater. They wore
formal gownsof mauve jacquard!
crimplene and carried yellow
and white shasta mums.
Nadine Bartholomew of Galt,
flower girl, was gowned in
white peau de soie with mauve
trim which matched the dresses
of the bridesmaids.
(Frazer Strong was his broth-
er's best man and the ushers
were James English, William
Strong and Lee Grove, brothers
of the bride and groom. Robert
Grove, brother of the bride,
was ring -bearer.
The wedding dinner washeld
at the Legion Hall at 6 p. m.
and a dance followed at 9 -o•' -
clock with music provided by
Hap Swatridge's Quartet. The
tables were decorated with bou-
quets of shasta mums and the
wedding cake, baked by the
bride's grandmother, Mrs. Lee
Grove Sr. , of Galt, was .decor-
ated in mauve and white.
Special gu e s ts were the
bride % grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee -Grove and Mr. and
° Mrs. Clarence Knowles, all of
Galt, and the groom's grand-
parents, Mr.- and Mrs. John
Strong of Brantford.
The bride's: mother wore a
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For their, honeymoon to
agra ,Falls the bride travelled in
a white sheath dreg topped with
a mauve and white paid coax.
She wore a corsage of yellow
cake
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home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed fid. ,ig-
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• BELMORE-- The Explorers
and the Children of the Church
met last Wednesday afterschool
at Knox Presbyterian Church.
Election of officers was .held at
this time, their second meeting
of the new season. Explorer of-
ficers are: Chief E x p lo re r
Brenda Finlay; assistant, Glen-
da Ballagh; °keeper of the log,
Nancy Ballagh; assistant, Nancy
Kerwin; keeper of the treasure,
Johnny Leeson; assistant, Judy
Dickson; keeper of the supplies,
Gwen Press; assistant, GlenJef-
fray. Marie MacAdam w as
named treasurer of the C. O. C.
Mrs, Harvey Ballagh is leader
of the Explorers, with Mrs .
Bruce Darling and Miss Evelyn
Dickson in charge of the C.O.C.'
WORSHIP SERVICES
Rev. E. R. Hawkes was in
charge of worship services at
Knox Presbyterian Church on
Sunday morning. The senior
choir provided special music.
In the United Church, Rev.
Keith Wettlaufer spoke on "The
Ascension of Christ".
Ruffles and wristlets of red
and white petals. accent 'the
pure white beauty and deli-
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crepe of "Qiana" nylon. By
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