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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-01-31, Page 9o protect is the IMMO Of A NeW r .. ted to preserving the unborn in sting the � icy said to facts al tive* to abortion. The group, named '1'he Voice of the tinhorn" formed toMon- day night at the Maitland .f ' Lodge. Mrs. Richard Camp who, with her h;ubapd' ,Campeau fa; Bar» ng the group, was cam ` explain that the group is a pro life group, Mrs. Campeau said that .to, call the �.. an autigb�►irtic would leavenega- tive connotationand immediately polarize the plic.Mrs. Camp- eau stressed that abortion is not' only a. matter of religious belief' or conscience, it is in fact the denial of a huMan being's rights. She told the fledgling grou pthat the reason such organizations :Must form is toprotect the rights of those who cannot do so them- selves. The. life at conception pre- raise has been.accepted by many major world sci ntlstsq Representatives of the God- erieb . pro life. group presented slides called "Abortion, 'How .It Is" which supported the group's stance. The ` major thrust of the pro lifers is to educate the public to the facts about. abortion in * Canada and thereby change the atmosphere •of acceptance in t, soc•�e y. 'There is a variety of as- sociated services to which the "Voice of the Unborn." can refer women who are caught in the dilemma of an unwanted preg- nancy One of the first projects the r tt�� of int life trrnalrrtalia ata petitkfn ' Also for Life, tite .e- Wm which'co-ordinates g such: the. "yam tee Un- born". It is hoped that the peti- tion will have AS MARy144a bail., lion si,gurtures on it. The petition as1 Ing for amendments. to Canada'sabortion lam that it cannot be used as:. met of birth contra,` The executive of . th+ ' new organ tion is made up coin pietely of Volunteers! Rev. K. Hawthorn and Mrs, Campeau, co, chairmen; R. Campeau, secre- taryd"j petition chairman; n; Mrs. C. R. Morrison: treasurer; er,;. Rev. Carson of Blyth. and Dr, P. J. Leahy of ;watery program committee heads; Mrs. .II. DeBruyn, publicity, Mrs. R. Chettleburg, Mrs, O. Kieffer and Mrs, J. Walters, telephone com- mittee Mr. G. Nabrotsky of Tees- water, .membership, - . . Jackson of the Ad- vance -Times' staff spent the weekend an Toronto where he at- tended birthday .celebrations for his father-in-law, Harry Ed- munds, at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. Edmunds. He also attended a farewell party for his grand- mother, rand- mo h t r e ,Mrs.. Elsie Jones, # who s leaving soon for permanent resi- dence in Barbados. —Harry Merkley is convales- cing at hishome following surgery at the Dr. Sholdice ,Hos- pital, Thornhill. • Berean OSPEL CHAPEL MAIN STREET V • - Regular Meetings' .. Thurs., 8:00 p.m.—Prayer Meeting and Bible Study Sunday, 9.30.a.m.--Breaking of Bread 11.00 a.m.--Sunday School Adult Bible :Class ia� Sunday' Evening Service -7.3Q p.m. 4 • THE WINGHAM AND DISTRICT Hospital puxitiary held its, aupuai meeting and installation of officers on. Monday evenins,JThe new executive includes Mrs. ` ,aisy Connell - candystriper convener; Mrs,Y. . p William Forsyth, second vice president; Mrs, Ross Procter; fir. st vine president; Mrs. K. r M. MacLennan, past president) Mrs. b. S. MacNaughton, cancer clinic and Mrs. J. Goodall, membership, Front, Mrs, John Gnay, corresponcling.secretary.; .Miss Myrtle Deans, recording secretary; Mrs. Robert Ritter, president and Mrs. W. C. Murray, treasurer. • (Staff Photo) Local missionary involved in scripture translations • Miss- Laura 'Collar, a mission- period, Each lesson is . complete 'these materials and the demand ary presently at home from her with ' flannelgraph figures, back* is steadily increasing. work among. the Arabs in the Jer- grounds and lesson material for ' While here at home, Miss Col- usalem area, spoke at the'Wing- teaching, ,all of which are taken. ;far is busily engaged in duplicat- ham Baptist Church Sunday from the setting of that land. Ing these lessons and sending evening. ; 'She shared with her Miss Collar recognized the '' : them back to Jerusalem for dis- large audience much of the work need which existed when she was tribution. that she has ..been doing in that ' asked to teach a Sunday School land, also that which she is pies- class along with her duties at the,Which was conducted by Rev. eptly doing. 1 /fissio;n hospital. One teacher `Miss Collar saw the great need knew only the creation story and Bruce Fenny, Miss- Collar also fold of her many other interesting for Sunday School work and Sun- taught it every Sunday. The naa- and thrier e day. School materials among the tionals had never. been taught to N g experiences and of Christian Arab -people so she set use,flannelgraph lesson material: w the Lords answered pray - out, with the .help auf a few others,., and since all lessons in the mit- to . set up, produce and translate sion were in English, they were n: In closing, she emphasized the into Arabic, the language of the completely unusable by the Arab Words stated in the book of He - people, a series, Of six sets of les- people. brews, that "We need in ouir lives sons in New Testament studies, Today many different groups tre firm foundation that only the Each set contains a series of and denominations are using `ford Jesus can, give," lessons coverm� va io then -:Zira " :,u .<'.a'�,''s:-l�?1Si tayGtgr ..°?!1'.,E..la ,% ?RAI L (Ji�P6.f1',iGV'tf "� l( f . i `fdt P ate, . as .�+v ,,,?.,Fa.-- such.as the life of Christ the';lour, °' . �. -�o s . , ,. . a •. During the evening service, neys of pain, etc. These lessons Turn b err.y Courie.r ' Due to inclement weather a week ago Monday, the publishing team of the Turnberry Courier was unable to meet the deadline for last week's Advance -Times. The week's edition is as usual. On Thursday, January 17, the Grades 7 and 8 held their evening tobogganing party at Fallis' Hill, just outside of Wingham. Later that night the students enjoyed a delicious lunch prepared at the school by Mrs. June Fischer, Mrs. Verna Haugh and Mrs. Betty Perks. A series of group games in the gymtorium con- cluded the -evening. The oral communication school finals were held last week as well. The following participated in the intermediate division: Susan Chapman (Grade?), Cathy are color -coded for •sy ref- erence and the sets, when taken in sequence, Over a two-year EGAD,.COLLINS Cold quail again? Even the affluent know what it means to be without Tight and heat in Britain. Dire shortages of coal have spelled drastic cutbacks in electrical energy, In Ontario we are much more fortunate. So far we have enough electricity to keep our homes comfortable and our economy humming --but let's not assume we can throw it all away. There is every indication that all our present resourc- es will be needed to meet growing demands from domestic and commercial con- sumers. Ontario Hydro is launching into o bold new program of expanded power development. Nuclear and natural re- sources will be utilized to gear for the future --but it all takes time. S�-*CftC f AL fy NNIIATION USE ELECTRICITY WISELY. - NOT WASTEFULLY Wingham Public Utilities Commission Couples Club hears missionary The Couples Club met in the Upper Room at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church last Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wall and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Donaldson in charge. Mrs. Donaldson welcomed the members and visitors and opened the meeting, with a reading and prayer. All joined. in a song serv- ice with Mrs, Don Robertson as accompanist. During the business period it was decided to initiate a fund for new choir gowns for the Junior Ensemble and to present cor- sages to mothers of new babies just prior to baptism in the church. Rev. Robert Armstrong con- ducted the installation of officers for the coming year. _. The new presidents, 'Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wall, conducted the remainder of the meeting. The former read a poem, "A Brand New Year" and "Standing at the Portal" was sung. Scripture was read by Mrs. Wall and her husband read the meditation, "How Do We Pray?" Mrs. Wall introduced t: guest speaker, Mrs. Grace Richardson, who is home iron Zambia. Af- rica. She showed most interesting pictures of her work there, where she teaches the Children of mis- sionaries. Mrs. Donaldson expressed ap- preciation and presented a gift to the speaker. The meeting closed with. a hymn and the Mizpah Benediction, Lunch was served by the couples in charge and a social time , was enjoyed. Fischer. (Grade 8), Murray Met- ' calfe (Grade 8) and Susie Powell (Grade 7). In the junior division - the finalists were: Wendy Arm- strong (Grade 5), Murray de Vos (Grade 4), Nathan Peel (Grade 5), Donna Thompson. (Grade 4), Kathy Underwood (Grad,e 6) • and Juanita Wilkins (Grade 6)'. Susie Powell was the winner in the intermediate division with her speech, "My Horse, Skeeter"; Murray Metcalfe placed second. In ..the junior division Kathy Underwood placed first with a speech entitled "The RCMP" and Wendy Armstrong was the runner-up. Judges for the event were .Mrs. L. Lewis (Grade 1 teacher), Mrs. M. Marks (Grade 2 teacher) and Miss N. Kirkland (Grade 3 teacher) . The winners will proceed to the Legion public speaking contest to be held this Saturday. On Wednesday afternoon the Student Parliament • sponsored one hour of skating for Grades 1 to 4 and one hour of skating for Grades 5 to 8 in the Belmore Arena. A good time was- had by all. The report, cards will' go home today. —Grade 8 class St. Helens Mr. and Mrs, Brian Bathurst of Banff, Alta., were recent visitors with ..Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Gammie and boys. Mrs. Bathurst and Mrs. Gammie are sisters. On Monday, Mr. and Mrs. An- drew Gaunt received word of the death of Mrs. Gaunt's sister, Mrs. Ida Barbour of London. They. along with Mrs. Sadie Barbour aattendedal;e funeral in London on \tednosdal. Twenty-three students from Loretta. College, Toronto, along with three sisters and two friends spent the weekend as guests of Miss Jean McGuire at the former .Mc1Vfitlan,`Bros. farm, For many, this was their first trip to the rural area 'and on Saturday they visited several farms to see (tluntt•v living, The next shoot party will be held' in the hall on January 31st. Lunch will be .served. Mr, and Mrs. Frank McQuillin attended a presentation in honor o1'Mrs, Carl Johnston at Bluevale united Church on Sunday after- noon, Mrs. Johnston has retired as chureh organist. BeIrnore Mrs. Vivan Kerwin has now re- turned home from Wingham and District Hospital. . ` Mr. and Mrs. Doug McPherson, Mr. and Mrs. Donadie and Barry Mulvey are now home after spending some time in St. Petersburg, Florida, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shortill and daughters and Mrs. Grant Wright, all of ® Georgetown, visited Friday ' Witb their aunt, .Mrs: Alex Sangster. " Mr. -and Mrs, Kenneth Dickson are spending this week in Hono- lulu and, Hawaii. Mr. Dickson won the trip through Shur Gain Feeds. Vito prism at Agra el H --me spy >d officers for l 'M was presented *members of tbe ni Trinity Ate, Church n�when ,the annual e, 1 . was held y even* of It. ' An Foster was a1tete( rector's warden a:Hector Browne eta"s warden. Other office are: board .of management for rector,. `Vern Clarke, Emmerson Ferguson, . J. W. Daunt, Mrs. Welling - ,ton ff a ve, t ;nth. John- aston, Mrs. Bruce Sotbern. ple'srd,:Jhn-Fosterx Dave more;more;Ron hal1y, Mrs. nag, Mrs,,. Bother)), Mrs. Doug Bunker; delegates' to Synod, J. W. Daunt iabd.Mrs. - merson Ferguson; ouhstitutes,, Mrs. Jadc DoUglaS and Mi 'Elva, Foster; ' treasurer, Mrs. Doug Bunker; pay mistress, Mrs. Vern Clarke; pianist, Miss Elva • Fester; auditors, J. W. Duda and Dave Dinsmore; sidesmen, H Douglas and r Gordon Stlrn, Rev., Percy Dodd opqned the meeting with prayer after which reports. were. presented and ac- cepted, showing that the year had 1 • '�!�iant'jy`� "a.,�# �J4srra. W ton of Pereet were Sony guests of Mrs. Watson's nls , Mrs. Mian .et College C and P 1'o0sg Servfee �► ACM'S WING) *$ ONT, .. . Iles.Bus,357-1102 pening THURSDAY, Having completed cours+os.%lar prepa rin INCOME ONTARIO' ! will 'tie able to pxeparekeuir r•turns •• Office°1:o•c�gted in, TED .ELLIOTT INSURANCE, :WIHGH Confidential -�-. 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