HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-02-03, Page 2Pielb-The Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, February 3, 1972
Personal Notes from Whitechurch
Mrs. Albert Coultes returned
home on Wednesday and George
Thompson returned home Friday
from Wingham and District Hos-
' pital where each had undergone
=Wry.
Mr.and Mrs. John Willis of
Toronto. spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Billie
Caslick and family of Culross and
with his mother, Mrs. Doris Wil-
lis. Mrs. Willis attended her sis-
ter Donna's shower in the White-
church' Hall Saturday evening.
Mrs. Bill Rintoul spent a few
.days the first of the week with her -
mother, Mrs. Caldwell of Blyth.
Word was received here by Mr.
,and Mrs. Russel Ross on Thurs-
day that their little ;grandson,
Mark Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Ross, had been admitted to
Kitchener Hospital with flu . and
tonsilitis..
Gordon Jamieson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ronald Jamieson, East
Wawanosh, underwent a -tonsilec-
tomy at Wingham and District
Hospital Friday and was able to
return home Saturday.
This community extends sym-
' pathy to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Simpson and family in the pass—
ing
ing of his mother, Mrs. Wm.
Simpson at Wingham Hospital.
Mrs. Tom Inglis was released
last Wednesday from Wingham
and District Hospital and is con-
valescing at her home.
Faye Irwin spent the weekend
with her cousin, Janet Laidlaw,
and on Sunday her parents and
family of W. Wawanosh visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Laidlaw
and Faye returned home with
them.
Last Wednesday Wesley Tiffin
drove the high school bus which
he has driven for 11 years for the
last' time, due to not passing the
eye test. On Thursday when he
made the trip with the new
driver, D. Moore, the pupils gave
him .a royal farewell ending by
• singing "For He Was a Jolly
Good Fellow". Throughout the 11
years he and the pupils were . the
best of pals:
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gaunt of
Kitchener spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Russel -Gaunt and her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Pardon. Mrs..
Pardon returned to Kitchener
with them :for a -few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Wybenga
and Mr. and Mrs. John DeBoer
visited Pinecrest Manor nursing
home Sunday afternoon to con-
duct a worship service with the
residents. Mr. Wybenga .led in
prayer, scripture reading and
meditation. All enjoyed singing
favorite hymns and expressed
their thanks for. the time of wor-
ship and Christian fellowship.
Mr. and Mrs.°Charles Wood and
• Sylvia of Egmontdiiille' were Sat-
urday visitors with Mrs. Wood's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gershom
Johnston of Wingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Eric' Evans, Di-
ane and Melvin of Hyde Park
were Sunday visitors with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Evans.
Many TV viewers on Tuesday
were surpri , and interested on
the Anna eyer Show to see and
hear G : r Chapman show and
explain ' new models of marble
pinks and vanities which he
manufactures at the plant in
Whitechurch.
Weekend visitors with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Fisher ofsWingham were Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Fisher, Lori, Lonnie .
and Lee,of Guelph,; Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Fisher, Teddy and Tim of
Don Mills; Mr. and Mrs. Carman
Machan of Kitchener.
The United Church annual
meeting will be held this Wednes-
day evening.
Miss Alma Conn of Guelph Uni-
versity spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
lace Conn..
Whitechurch UCW will hold
their February meeting on Feb. 2
at the home of Mrs. Fred Tiffin.
On Thursday the Chalmers
WMS meeting to be held at the
home of Mrs. Wesley Tiffin was
cancelled due to weather condi-
tions.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Rintoul at-
tended the Farm Show on Satur-
day at Toronto and visited with
her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Sproule and with his sister, Mrs.
Gordon Campbell and Mr. Camp-
bell. Mr. and Mrs. David Ober-
holtzer of Orillia were also visit-
ing at the Campbell home.
Mrs. Clark Johnston of Bel -
grave spent the weekend with
Miss Janette Johnston of London:
Mr. and Mrs., Ivan Laidlaw,
Janet, Kimberly and Herb Laid-
law visited on Sunday with her
brother Clarence Crowston, Mrs.
Crowston and family of Chatham.
Mrs. Bessie Mulliss spent last
weekwwith Mr. and Mrs. Neil Faw
and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Cousins of Thorndale. She
.returned home on Saturday with
Robert Mulliss, Miss Joann Cous-
ins of Thorndale and Ed Hogg of
Thamesford. The young folk
brought along their snowmobiles.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moss of
'Platteville were weekend visitors
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ben McClenaghan and Mr. and
Mrs. Carl McClenaghan.
Attending the funeral of the
late Mrs; William Simpson at
,Lucknow last week • were Miss
Darlene Simpson, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur- Simpson of Toronto, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Wilson of London.
Miss Bonnie Humphrey of St.
Helens 'spent the weekend with
her friend, Miss Kathy Purdon.
Miss Lori Purdon spent'the week-
end with her friend, Miss Cathy
Simpson of Ashfield. . is
Mr. and Mrs. Gershom John-
ston of Wingham accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ritchie,
St. Paui's. Church
(ANGLICAN)
W INGHAM
REV. T. K. HAWTHORN, Rector
MRS. HARRY BRYDGES, Organist
and 'Choir Leader
Sunday, Feb.
Sexagesime
11.00 a.m.—Holy Communion and Sermon
Meetings
Thurs., Feb. 3 ACW Meeting in Parish Hall
at 1.45 p.m.
Wed., Feb 9—Board of Management Meeting
in Parish Hall at 7.30 p.m.
Thurs.; ,Feb. 10 --Senior Altar Guild Meeting
at the Church, 2 p.m.
ip
Stephen, Donald and Mary Ann tat
Egmondvijle to visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Woods and family.
Bill Rintoul and J. D. Durnin
went on the bus from Lucknow to
the Farm Show at Toronto on.Fri-
day.
On'February..9 a bus will pick
up ladies of the United Church
groups in the region at the United
Church, Wingham at 8:30 a.m.,
taking them to the Presbyterial
at Stratford. Anyone from here
wishing to attend should contact
Mrs. Millan Moore.
Whitechurch WI will hold its
citizenship February meeting on
the 9th at the home of Mrs. Frank
Ross. Roll call, "A Custom from
Another Country I Like". Motto,
"The World is my Country, Man-
kind is my -Friend" by Mrs. Roy
McArthur. All are to bring a treat
for a Valentine Box. Mrs. James
Ward is speaker and Mrs. John A.
Currie is to have a contest.
Lunch, Mrs. R. McArthur, Mrs.
-Gershom Johnston and Miss
Annie Kennedy.
Last Week Mr. and Mrs. El-
wood Groskorth spent a few days
with her mother Mrs. Emma
Bagg of Willowdale and with
their son Paul Groskorth, Mrs.
Groskorth and family of Agin-
court.
Nelson Pickell of Teeswater
visited with Wallace Conn on Sat-
urday evening while Mrs. Pickell
attended the shower for Donna
Caslick in the Hall.
Miss Alma Conn of Guelph
spent the weekend and Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Conley and Jason
of Wingham were Sunday visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Corin.
Miss Mildred McClenaghan of
Goderich spent the weekend with
her mother Mrs. Lillian Mc-
Clenaghan. r.
Paul Elliot of Hensall spent the
weekend with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Elliott.
Visitors on Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Garnet Farrier were
Mr. and Mrs Waynefarrier and
Kimberly of Hanover and Fred
t) ivis of Windsor
David Ada ni s ( t London pent
the weekend v:11 1,. h, en!:., Mr.
and Mrs,. Bob Adai:
Roderick Inglis of Ea !•' on was
a weekend visitor with hia mother
Mrs. Tom Inglis, Betty and To 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mowbray
and Mr. and ,Mrs. Wesley Tiffin
spent the first part of the week in
Sarnia with Mr. and Mrs. Relison
Falconer and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Athol Purdon. The latter
part of the week Mr. and Mrs.
Mowbray visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Sedden and family
of Brantford and Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Tiffin with Mr: and Mrs.
Jim Henderson of the same city.
All returned home Sunday.
Mrs.'"A. E. Purdon is visiting
for a few weeks with her son
Athol Purdon, Mrs. Purdon and
family of Sarnia.
Little Lynn Falconer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Relison Fal- •
coner, is to be admitted this week
to a London Hospital.
SEVERAL OF THE Wingham Lions did a clean-up job in •
the town hall ayditorium last Wednesday night in prepara-
tion for the Talent Flynt presentation the next night. Lorne
Carmichael operates a floor polisher in an effort to make
the stage look better. —Staff Photo.
Annual meeting YPS has UFO
at Langside
WHITECHURCH — The Lang -
side Presbyterian Church held its
annual meeting Saturday after-
noon,
The' interim moderator, Rev.
Glenn Noble of Lucknow, elected
chairman, opened the meeting
with. prayer. Mrs. Jim Young was
elected secretary. .
•The reports . of the various
groups and • the financial • report
were examined and accepted.
Election results were: Board of
Managers, David Moffat, Wm.
Young, Peter DeBoer and Arnold
Scott ;• ushers, Don Scott, • Ken
Scott, Murray Moffat, John De-
B'oer; auditors, Bob Orr, and Ag-
nes Bregman.
Several matters pertaining to
the financial aspect of the con-
gregation came -up for discussion.
The date for, the anniversary
service was set for June 25. Mr.
Wybenga closed the meeting with
pray' .
Euchre club
plays at Belgrave
WHITECHURCH — Curries'
School progressive euchre club
held its party in the Belgrave
Arena assembly room Friday
evening:
There were 10 tables of players.
Prize winners were: High lady,
Mrs. Clarence Hanna; Low, Mrs.
Henry Pattison; Novelty, Mrs.
Lawrence Taylor. High man was
Bob Scott, Low man, Henry Pat-
tison ; Novelty man, Clarence
Hanna.
The sponsors, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Walker and Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Patttison served lunch. The
next party will be held Feb. 4,
weather permitting, and George
Gregg and company from Wing -
ham will be the supervisors.
program topic
WHITECHURCH — The Young
People's •Society held its meeting
on Sunday evening at the home of
Mr; and Mrs. Victor Wybenga.
The president, Jim De Boer, pre-
sided.
Scripture was read by the, pas-
tor, Mr. Victor Wybenga,, who
also 'led in prayer. The roll call
was answered by 11 and treas-
urer Kathy Purdon gave a finan-
cial report.
The topic "UFO—Unidentified
Flying Objects" was introduced
by. Jim De Boer: Many expressed
their ideas as to what they
thought these objects are and
varied were the ideas.
The next meeting will be on
February, 27.
Mrs. Wybenga and Kathy
served lunch.
Midgets defeat
Kincardine 5-
Wingham Midgets came up
with a'strong game last week to
defeat Kincardine 5-3. The latter
opened the scoring early in we
first period but Wingham tied the
core at 8.10 on a goal by Doug
Leitch, assisted by Bob Johnston
and Murray Black.
Kincardine jumped Into the
lead again but at 11:45 of the sec-
ond period Brian Yahbee scored
to complete a passing play with
Gerald Skifihn and three minutes
later Bob Johnston scored,as-
sists going to Rick Foxton and
Murray Black. Johnston scored
twice in the third period to bring
the Wingham total to five goals.
a
Key tags, watch calendars and
address labels -these are among
the services being sold by war
amputees to help them catch up
to able-bodied Canadians. All
three may be purchased from the
War Amps Key Tag,Service at 140
Merton Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Reports heard at
Chalmers annual
WHITECHURCH' — The an-
nual- meeting of Chalmers . Pres-
byterian Church was held Friday
at the church" with a fair atten-
dance.
Rev. R. H. Armstrong was
present to conduct the meeting
for Rev. Glenn Noble, interim
moderator, who could not be
present. due to having a funeral
service . that afternoon. Student
preacher Victor Wybenga opened
the meeting with scripture and
prayer after which he called on
Mr. Armstrong.
• The minutes of the previous an-
nual meeting were read by the
secretary, Archie Purdon and ap-
proved. The Session report
showed three baptisms. There
are 114 members on the roll De-
cember 31, 1971.
Very encouraging reports were
heard from the .'other organiza-
tions. The WMS has 17 active
members and 11 Home Helpers.
There were 12 meetings during
the year held in the homes, with
the exception of the July and fall
thankoffering meetings in the
church. •
The COC held 'nine, meetings
during'the year. For the first, half
of the year there were nine mem-
bers. They were joined by six new
members. The average, at-
tendance was 10. Used stamps
were sent to the Leprosy Mission,
Toronto.
The Sunday school . superin-
tendent, Walter Elliott and sec-
retary -treasurer, Mrs. Jan
Gaunt, along with five teachers -
had a successful term with 33 on
the roll:
Retiring from the Board. of
Managers were were Andrew
Gaunt, Tom Morrison, Bill Vers-
teeg and Les Reynolds. Thdtse ap-
pointed were John De -Boer, Mrs.
Wallace Conn, Mrs. Bill Rintoul
and 'Lorne Forster. Thothers on
the Board are Archie Purdon,. E1-
roy Laidlaw, Walter Elliott,Mrs.
Ira Wall, Alex Craig, Don Ross,
William Purdon and Bill. Rintoul. "—
Ushers are Elroy Laidlaw, Neil
Rintoul, Bill Purdon, Douglas
Ross and Bill •Ver-steeg.
Auditors appointed were Bill
Versteeg and Mrs. Russel Ross.
The meeting closed with prayer
by Mr. Armstrong. '
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS & SURGICAL SUPPLIES
Langside YPS
WHITECHURCH -- Langside
ITS held their meeting Sunday
evening at, the home of Mr. and
1Vfrs. Peter De Boer.
Nancy De Boer led in the sing-
ing of hymns ,followed by scrip-
ture reading and meditation by
Don and Ken Scott. Robert Breg-
man led in prayer. T,
Arrangements were made for a
skating party at Lucknow arena
and a snowmobile party.
Ken. Scott chose the topic for
discussion: "The Controversy
Between Roman Catholics and
Protestants in Northern Ire-
land". Mr. 1 Wybenga -showed
briefly the complicated nature
of this: age-old problem and di-
rected their attention to the 'main
differences. between Roman -
Catholics and Protestants. • The
young people were made aware
of the all-inclusive character of
religion and faith.
Mr. Wybenga explained it is not
some addition to life comparable
CO • an hour of worship Sunday
morning but man's faith deter-
mines his entire outlook on life.
Mr. De Boer and Nancy served
'lunch.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Visser. "
• Some people take everything
on a vacation but their manners.
Urge that tax
corn' mittee be
formed in Huron
A county committee on munic-
ipal tax reform was suggested at
last Friday's `session . of Huron
County Cduncil by Barry East-
wood, regional assessment offi-
cer.
• While Eastwood made it clear
it was an unofficial request, his
suggestion called for a study of
common sense tax 'reform over
the next two years, the data to be
forwarded to the Minister of :the
Department of Municipal Affairs.
"We always hear that the
senior government doesn't give
the junior government a chance
in policy making," stated East-
wood. "Sometimes, junior gov-
ernments just don't- take the ini-
tiative to voice their opinion to`
the senior governments."
There was a tax review com,
mitttee appointed in Huron last
year by council but it "died a
• slow death" according to Goder-
ich Township Deputy Reeve Gar-
ry Ginn, a former member of that
committee.
John Meyers might be called a
walking example of what a dis-
abled adult can do='except that
he can't walk. Paralyzed from
the waist down as the result of an
autotnobile accident, he uses
crutches or a .wheelchair, but
does a full-time job as informa-
tion officer for The Ability Fund
(March. of Dimes).
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St. Paui's. Church
(ANGLICAN)
W INGHAM
REV. T. K. HAWTHORN, Rector
MRS. HARRY BRYDGES, Organist
and 'Choir Leader
Sunday, Feb.
Sexagesime
11.00 a.m.—Holy Communion and Sermon
Meetings
Thurs., Feb. 3 ACW Meeting in Parish Hall
at 1.45 p.m.
Wed., Feb 9—Board of Management Meeting
in Parish Hall at 7.30 p.m.
Thurs.; ,Feb. 10 --Senior Altar Guild Meeting
at the Church, 2 p.m.
ip
Stephen, Donald and Mary Ann tat
Egmondvijle to visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Woods and family.
Bill Rintoul and J. D. Durnin
went on the bus from Lucknow to
the Farm Show at Toronto on.Fri-
day.
On'February..9 a bus will pick
up ladies of the United Church
groups in the region at the United
Church, Wingham at 8:30 a.m.,
taking them to the Presbyterial
at Stratford. Anyone from here
wishing to attend should contact
Mrs. Millan Moore.
Whitechurch WI will hold its
citizenship February meeting on
the 9th at the home of Mrs. Frank
Ross. Roll call, "A Custom from
Another Country I Like". Motto,
"The World is my Country, Man-
kind is my -Friend" by Mrs. Roy
McArthur. All are to bring a treat
for a Valentine Box. Mrs. James
Ward is speaker and Mrs. John A.
Currie is to have a contest.
Lunch, Mrs. R. McArthur, Mrs.
-Gershom Johnston and Miss
Annie Kennedy.
Last Week Mr. and Mrs. El-
wood Groskorth spent a few days
with her mother Mrs. Emma
Bagg of Willowdale and with
their son Paul Groskorth, Mrs.
Groskorth and family of Agin-
court.
Nelson Pickell of Teeswater
visited with Wallace Conn on Sat-
urday evening while Mrs. Pickell
attended the shower for Donna
Caslick in the Hall.
Miss Alma Conn of Guelph
spent the weekend and Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Conley and Jason
of Wingham were Sunday visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Corin.
Miss Mildred McClenaghan of
Goderich spent the weekend with
her mother Mrs. Lillian Mc-
Clenaghan. r.
Paul Elliot of Hensall spent the
weekend with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Elliott.
Visitors on Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Garnet Farrier were
Mr. and Mrs Waynefarrier and
Kimberly of Hanover and Fred
t) ivis of Windsor
David Ada ni s ( t London pent
the weekend v:11 1,. h, en!:., Mr.
and Mrs,. Bob Adai:
Roderick Inglis of Ea !•' on was
a weekend visitor with hia mother
Mrs. Tom Inglis, Betty and To 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mowbray
and Mr. and ,Mrs. Wesley Tiffin
spent the first part of the week in
Sarnia with Mr. and Mrs. Relison
Falconer and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Athol Purdon. The latter
part of the week Mr. and Mrs.
Mowbray visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Sedden and family
of Brantford and Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Tiffin with Mr: and Mrs.
Jim Henderson of the same city.
All returned home Sunday.
Mrs.'"A. E. Purdon is visiting
for a few weeks with her son
Athol Purdon, Mrs. Purdon and
family of Sarnia.
Little Lynn Falconer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Relison Fal- •
coner, is to be admitted this week
to a London Hospital.
SEVERAL OF THE Wingham Lions did a clean-up job in •
the town hall ayditorium last Wednesday night in prepara-
tion for the Talent Flynt presentation the next night. Lorne
Carmichael operates a floor polisher in an effort to make
the stage look better. —Staff Photo.
Annual meeting YPS has UFO
at Langside
WHITECHURCH — The Lang -
side Presbyterian Church held its
annual meeting Saturday after-
noon,
The' interim moderator, Rev.
Glenn Noble of Lucknow, elected
chairman, opened the meeting
with. prayer. Mrs. Jim Young was
elected secretary. .
•The reports . of the various
groups and • the financial • report
were examined and accepted.
Election results were: Board of
Managers, David Moffat, Wm.
Young, Peter DeBoer and Arnold
Scott ;• ushers, Don Scott, • Ken
Scott, Murray Moffat, John De-
B'oer; auditors, Bob Orr, and Ag-
nes Bregman.
Several matters pertaining to
the financial aspect of the con-
gregation came -up for discussion.
The date for, the anniversary
service was set for June 25. Mr.
Wybenga closed the meeting with
pray' .
Euchre club
plays at Belgrave
WHITECHURCH — Curries'
School progressive euchre club
held its party in the Belgrave
Arena assembly room Friday
evening:
There were 10 tables of players.
Prize winners were: High lady,
Mrs. Clarence Hanna; Low, Mrs.
Henry Pattison; Novelty, Mrs.
Lawrence Taylor. High man was
Bob Scott, Low man, Henry Pat-
tison ; Novelty man, Clarence
Hanna.
The sponsors, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Walker and Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Patttison served lunch. The
next party will be held Feb. 4,
weather permitting, and George
Gregg and company from Wing -
ham will be the supervisors.
program topic
WHITECHURCH — The Young
People's •Society held its meeting
on Sunday evening at the home of
Mr; and Mrs. Victor Wybenga.
The president, Jim De Boer, pre-
sided.
Scripture was read by the, pas-
tor, Mr. Victor Wybenga,, who
also 'led in prayer. The roll call
was answered by 11 and treas-
urer Kathy Purdon gave a finan-
cial report.
The topic "UFO—Unidentified
Flying Objects" was introduced
by. Jim De Boer: Many expressed
their ideas as to what they
thought these objects are and
varied were the ideas.
The next meeting will be on
February, 27.
Mrs. Wybenga and Kathy
served lunch.
Midgets defeat
Kincardine 5-
Wingham Midgets came up
with a'strong game last week to
defeat Kincardine 5-3. The latter
opened the scoring early in we
first period but Wingham tied the
core at 8.10 on a goal by Doug
Leitch, assisted by Bob Johnston
and Murray Black.
Kincardine jumped Into the
lead again but at 11:45 of the sec-
ond period Brian Yahbee scored
to complete a passing play with
Gerald Skifihn and three minutes
later Bob Johnston scored,as-
sists going to Rick Foxton and
Murray Black. Johnston scored
twice in the third period to bring
the Wingham total to five goals.
a
Key tags, watch calendars and
address labels -these are among
the services being sold by war
amputees to help them catch up
to able-bodied Canadians. All
three may be purchased from the
War Amps Key Tag,Service at 140
Merton Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Reports heard at
Chalmers annual
WHITECHURCH' — The an-
nual- meeting of Chalmers . Pres-
byterian Church was held Friday
at the church" with a fair atten-
dance.
Rev. R. H. Armstrong was
present to conduct the meeting
for Rev. Glenn Noble, interim
moderator, who could not be
present. due to having a funeral
service . that afternoon. Student
preacher Victor Wybenga opened
the meeting with scripture and
prayer after which he called on
Mr. Armstrong.
• The minutes of the previous an-
nual meeting were read by the
secretary, Archie Purdon and ap-
proved. The Session report
showed three baptisms. There
are 114 members on the roll De-
cember 31, 1971.
Very encouraging reports were
heard from the .'other organiza-
tions. The WMS has 17 active
members and 11 Home Helpers.
There were 12 meetings during
the year held in the homes, with
the exception of the July and fall
thankoffering meetings in the
church. •
The COC held 'nine, meetings
during'the year. For the first, half
of the year there were nine mem-
bers. They were joined by six new
members. The average, at-
tendance was 10. Used stamps
were sent to the Leprosy Mission,
Toronto.
The Sunday school . superin-
tendent, Walter Elliott and sec-
retary -treasurer, Mrs. Jan
Gaunt, along with five teachers -
had a successful term with 33 on
the roll:
Retiring from the Board. of
Managers were were Andrew
Gaunt, Tom Morrison, Bill Vers-
teeg and Les Reynolds. Thdtse ap-
pointed were John De -Boer, Mrs.
Wallace Conn, Mrs. Bill Rintoul
and 'Lorne Forster. Thothers on
the Board are Archie Purdon,. E1-
roy Laidlaw, Walter Elliott,Mrs.
Ira Wall, Alex Craig, Don Ross,
William Purdon and Bill. Rintoul. "—
Ushers are Elroy Laidlaw, Neil
Rintoul, Bill Purdon, Douglas
Ross and Bill •Ver-steeg.
Auditors appointed were Bill
Versteeg and Mrs. Russel Ross.
The meeting closed with prayer
by Mr. Armstrong. '
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS & SURGICAL SUPPLIES
Langside YPS
WHITECHURCH -- Langside
ITS held their meeting Sunday
evening at, the home of Mr. and
1Vfrs. Peter De Boer.
Nancy De Boer led in the sing-
ing of hymns ,followed by scrip-
ture reading and meditation by
Don and Ken Scott. Robert Breg-
man led in prayer. T,
Arrangements were made for a
skating party at Lucknow arena
and a snowmobile party.
Ken. Scott chose the topic for
discussion: "The Controversy
Between Roman Catholics and
Protestants in Northern Ire-
land". Mr. 1 Wybenga -showed
briefly the complicated nature
of this: age-old problem and di-
rected their attention to the 'main
differences. between Roman -
Catholics and Protestants. • The
young people were made aware
of the all-inclusive character of
religion and faith.
Mr. Wybenga explained it is not
some addition to life comparable
CO • an hour of worship Sunday
morning but man's faith deter-
mines his entire outlook on life.
Mr. De Boer and Nancy served
'lunch.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Visser. "
• Some people take everything
on a vacation but their manners.
Urge that tax
corn' mittee be
formed in Huron
A county committee on munic-
ipal tax reform was suggested at
last Friday's `session . of Huron
County Cduncil by Barry East-
wood, regional assessment offi-
cer.
• While Eastwood made it clear
it was an unofficial request, his
suggestion called for a study of
common sense tax 'reform over
the next two years, the data to be
forwarded to the Minister of :the
Department of Municipal Affairs.
"We always hear that the
senior government doesn't give
the junior government a chance
in policy making," stated East-
wood. "Sometimes, junior gov-
ernments just don't- take the ini-
tiative to voice their opinion to`
the senior governments."
There was a tax review com,
mitttee appointed in Huron last
year by council but it "died a
• slow death" according to Goder-
ich Township Deputy Reeve Gar-
ry Ginn, a former member of that
committee.
John Meyers might be called a
walking example of what a dis-
abled adult can do='except that
he can't walk. Paralyzed from
the waist down as the result of an
autotnobile accident, he uses
crutches or a .wheelchair, but
does a full-time job as informa-
tion officer for The Ability Fund
(March. of Dimes).
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