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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-06-05, Page 4[JUNE15' 1 6 Th ayA 'one l$,1 feetures from The World of Women ex 40 Huron delegates y against abortion Over forty people from Huron Q j' a nationwide RP:0- We lobby of Members of Pani*. Meat on May 29. Those people _ rt - the Wingham pro- life grOUP rro-lifegrOUP Were. Mrs. Dinka 'Bake- laaur, Ws. Adele Chettlebui gh, Mr*. Cory DeBruyn, Adrian Keet and Mrs. Sally Campeau. The Huron delegation dis- cussed with R. E. McKinley, MP, the Alliance for Life brief, "Stop the Killing, Protect Canada's Un- born Children". The delegation pointed out that men and women from every part of Canada are coticerned "that our government permits over 40,000innocent lives •to.be .destroyed each year in our l spitals. The intention of. the n69 amendments to the Criminal • Code was to protect the lives of unborn children ekcept when a • hospital therapeutic, abortion ri co%mittee judged that continua,. tion of the pregnancy would en - ,danger the life or health of the . mother. This intention is no long- er' respected in many. Canadian hosOitals, where there now exists an 0440h -on -demand situation. Indeed, some hospitals now per- form more abortions than lige de - WANTED Orders for Decorated Cakes' liveries. The delegates pointed out that the most serious deficiency in the law is that the Word "health" is nowhere defined. They added that our legislature possess . the power to end this outrage and that society should sbek con- structive alternatives to abor- tion, a number of which were dis- cussed. Dan Murphy, QC, and Dr: Brian Lynch acted as spokesmen for the group. On the same day, in front of the Parliament Buildings, 2700 people from across Canada wit- nessed the delivery of 1,040,000 names on a petition asking that parliament' enact legislation providing for the child conceived but not yet born the same protec- tion provided for any other per- son. The province of Ontario had 452,367 signatures on the petition. The petition was presented on the floor ' of the House of Commons and was well received by the Members of Parliament. On May 30 and 31, Mr. Keet and Mrs. Campeau attended the Al- liance for Life annual meeting in Ottawa. Wedding or Special Occassion Aiso,home-made bread`on Fridays rs� LaVern F. Coblentz R. R. 1, Wroxeter an. 14, Lot 9, Howick Twp. Christine Scott; daughter of Mr. and . Mrs. Don' Caesar, Whitechurch recently grad- ated from Marvel Beauty School in London. Graduation exercises were held at the Ridout Tavern in London: Christine will be employed in Goderich. • e r Paul's Church (ANGLICAN) W INGHAM REV. T. K. HAWT ORN, Rector MRS. D. RICHARC ►ON, Organist and Choir Leader SUNDAY, JUNE TRINItY 2 830 a.m.—Holy Communion 11:00 a.m.—MoThing Prayer THE UNITED 01011CH Of CANADA UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Celebrating 50 Years June 6, T, $ SERVICE OF CELEBRATION Sunday at 11:00 a.m. COMBINING Whitechurch, Colvin -Brick, Belgrave, Bluevale and Wingham congregations in the WINGHAM UNITED CHURCH Massed Junior and Senior Choirs Sandwiches and birthday cake served on the lawn; folloviiing the service EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND Friday, June 6th - Family Dance Party Saturday,June 7th - Chicken Bar•B-Q (See Coming Events in this newspaper for details of these Mo events) Wr.,r..�^.�.,iii..�..r.�,1.�.�.,�.�.�.,l..�..��,�,.,�.,��.,.�..✓.l..,�.r..r,.�,.�.T✓.✓� MRS. SHIRLEY WALKER, Mrs. Jane Burke and Mrs. Audrey Currie enjojr tea and cookies at the home of Mrs. Lucille Alexander Friday. Activity at the Alexander home was busy during the Wingham and District Hospital Auxiliary Coffee Klatch and Tea. Mrs. I. Wightman elected pres. of Huron West Mrs. Ivan Wightman of RR 1, Belgrave, was elected president of Huron West District of the Wo- men's Institute when the 75th dis- trict annual meeting was held in Blyth Memorial Hall last week. She succeeds Mrs. D. Haines of Auburn. Other officers are: first vice- president, Mrs. Graham McNee •of Dungannon; second vice-presi- dent, Mrs. William Porter of RR 2, Goderich; secretary -treasurer, Mrs. Richard Buchanan, RR 6, Goderich; assistant, Mrs. Stan- ley Hopper, RR 5, Brussels; pub- lic relations officer, Mrs. Nor- man Coultes, RR 5, Wingham; federated representative, Mrs. Haines; alternate, Mrs. Alfred Lockridge, Wingham; curator, Mrs. G. Taylor, Auburn; as- sistant, Mrs. L. Pipe, Londes- boro:; district delegate, Mrs. 4Wightman ; alternate, Mrs. McNee. Conveners of standing com- mittees are: Agriculture and Canadian Industries, Mrs. Cecil Elliott, Clinton; Citizenship and World Affairs, Mrs. Luella Mc- Gowan; Blyth; Education and Cultural Activities, Mrs. Marg- aret Taylor, RR 1, Londesboro; Family and Consumer Affairs, Mrs. Ross Gammie, RR i; Luck - now; Resolutions, Mrs. Tom Haggitt, Auburn. Auditors are.., her most at the conference. During the dinner hour, Mrs. Tait Clark read a°brief history of the District of Huron West during the past 75 years. Mrs. Eleanor Bradnockproposed a toast to Huron West, with Mrs. Colclough responding. Mrs. H. Maluske of Chesley, president of the FWIO, spoke briefly and brought greetings- 'from reetings-'from provincial level. The presi- dents of Huron, East and South, Mrs. M. Allan and Mrs. J. Keyes, each brought greetings from her district. The afternoon session opened with the convention song, after which Mrs. William Coultes of the Belgrave branch led a singsong. The presidents of the eleven branches gave the highlights of their work during the past year. Mrs. Maluske again spoke presented a dialogue based on the briefly, stressing the importance theme. The Pennies for Friend- , of every member at branch level ship ,were presented after Mrs. to "do whatever you can, wher- James Aitchison of St. Helens ever you are, with whatever you read a very informative account of what the contributions to� the fund do accomplish. Mrs. Marg- aret McQuillan played back- ground music. The district .directors and alternates were ratified by Mrs. G. Papple, provincial board member, who brought greetings from FWIO and urged each branch to make meetings so educational, and interesting that new members will want to join. Mrs. Wallace Laidlaw, London . area president, brought greetings from the area and announced that the London area convention , branch played a piano duet. will be held in Grace United The committee conveners then Church, St. Thomas, on October gave their reports: Mrs. William 15 and 16. Rev. Anne Langford—,Porter for . Agriculture and Can will be the guest speaker. adian Industries; Mrs. Luella Miss Jane Pengilley reported i;MeGpwan for . Citizenship and on the work of the 4-H homemak- /,,w904 Tol$ ;A fmrs Mrd, $,, , Walh, ting clubs. Sheannounced that the.1;1 acatioo; ,ands,1J lar 4 ;Affair's; fall°.,projeet+ is' •Let's B#ke . s Ross Gammie, anuly and Bread". The senior program in- . Consumer . Affairs. Mrs. "Celia eludes the food forum, "More ., Taylor read the curator's report About Nutrition and Family • Meals" and the senior._ training schools are "Needlepoint for Be- . ginners" and "Salute for Vege- tables". Mrs. W. Colclougb gave her re- port on Resolutions. The branch members ' who attended 'the of- ficers' conference each gave a brief account of what; impressed have". Members . of the Auburn branch, Mrs. T. Haggitt and Mrs. F. Raithby, " conducted an In Memoriam service, in memory of the nine district members -who passed away during. the past year. Mrs. Bradnock introduced the guest speaker, Mrs. R. McCab• lum, citizenship convener for the Maple Leaf IODE. She explained °how new Canadians get. their citizenship piers and what is re- quired of each one. Mrs. T. Allan and Mrs. H. Lear of Londesboro Mrs. Robert Wilson and Mrs. Gordon Kaitting, both' of RR 6, oderich. Mrs. Haines welcomed allto the annual meeting which had as its theme "Equality, Develop- ment, Peace". Mrs. Buchanan read the minutes of the last an- nual meeting, the treasurer's re- port and the correspondence. Mrs. John Hesselwood, president of the host branch, welcomed the members and visitors to Blyth. Mrs. Haines spoke briefly on the theme. 'The Women's In- stitute.has done much in the past but so much remains to be done. She told of ,plans for a bus trip to Charlottetown in June 1976 to the FWIC convention. Interested members are to submit names by January 1; 1976, Goderich Township branch 0 0 `lllill 0 MR. AND MARS. G. W. TIFF IN announce the engagement of their daughter, Marilyn Isobel to Mr. Douglas Robert Keene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Keene 'of Timmins. The marriage is to take place at 5:30 p.m, on June 21, 1975, in Wingham United Church. and Mrs. K. Webster reported on the work of the Huronview Auxi- liary and asked for volunteer help in the craft room. Mrs. Clifford Crozier gave the public relations report. Followingthe installation of the new officers by Mrs. Papple, the new business was conducted. In- cluded was a motion to support a different Korean child. Each branch is to send 40 cents per member to Mrs, Buchanan im- mediately. . The Huron rally is to be held in Belgrave' on October 6. Auburn extended an invitation for the 1976 district annual meet- ing. Mrs. Lockridge of Wingham expressed thanks to all who had participated in the day's Pro- gram and the meeting.. closed with the singing of The Queen. Mrs. D. Voir U.C.W. speaker WS Ann (411W411 Was enter, tained at a bridal shower by the staff members of ,the Winghara Public cboot on Thursday at the home of Mrs. Allan Nlcholaan, RR 1, Bluevale, Ann donned: a corsage upon her arrival: and met her .fellow staff members and friends with lViarl, Anne Nicholson accompanying her with "Here Conies the Bride". Cathy Edgar and Ellen Arthur conducted two games, after which Ann. opened her 'miscel- laneous gifts. The bride -elect made a very fitting reply and was presented with a bridal bouquet made from the ribbons on her gifts, by. Donna Malick. Lunch was served by the host- esses, Colleen Robertson and Cathie Edgar. Mary Anne closed the happy evening , with "The Wedding March". Thirty people were in attendance to honor Ann on her forthcoming marriage to Mac Ross, on July 5th AVM tabic of e mere played' in the grave geMiminity Rooms i Wy.everting 4 last Ohre" part' of thi Prlsesi for high Wires wen mi J man, Novelty t. Clayton. who also nth% 4i.\\ „ v/4 ILS 1\ \\\\\,\ii\a\\\\\\\\\o\\\e\\\\\r\\\ ����\\\\\\�e��v. \\\\\` \\\\\\ See us for all your photographic needs BELGRAVE — Mrs. Don Vair was guest speaker when the general meeting of the United Church Women was held on Wed- nesday of last week in the Sunday School room of the church. A good attendance was recorded. Mrs. Vair was introduced by Mrs. Ross Anderson. She showed articles from Africa where . she was born. Her parents were mis- sionaries. In concluding the talk, Mr. and Mrs. Vair sang a lovely duet, "Acres of Diamonds", accompanied by Mr. Vair on the piano. R The meeting opened with the worship conducted by Mrs. Ross Higgins and Mrs. Sam Pletch. Mrs. Higgins gave the call to worship and a hymn was sung. Mrs. Pletch gave the meditation and Mrs. Higgiiia read a poem, "For Friends". Mrs. Anderson conducted ,tie business. Minutes of the previous meeting were read• and the treas- urer's report given. Mrs.. Ander- son reminded the members of the joint worship service to be held in Winghann United Church on Mune gas part of the 50th birthday cele- brations of the United Church of Canada. • A bale of clothing will be ready to send to London by the middle of ,Pune. A ntuartette consisting of Janice Cool es, Doreen Anderson, Met& Lamont and Doreen Taylor sang two numbers, "To- day" and "Spirit of God", ac- companied by Mrs. George John` do di the piano. Ruth Ann Neable, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Neable, Gorrie, graduated' from .Wilfrid Laurier .Univer- sity on May 25 r,>,uceivingl,her, Bachelor of Arts degree in;. Psycholl , y. She was elected: vice-president of the graduat- ing class and gave an address to the graduates and univer- sity dignitaries during the dinner and dance at the Conestogo Golf and Country Club, Conestogo. She is a graduate of F. E. Madill Seconday School, Wingham. In the fall Ruth. plans to attend the Faculty of Educa- tion, London, Ont. H�Wick (�nVass nets over $600 GORRIE -- The Howick Town- ship Red Cross has completed its annual campaign. The .proceeds were $611.25. A sincere thank you to those who donated their time to make this the.success it has been. '1!is is well over the quota of $500 and almost double of 1974 can- vass. The Howick Branch of the Red Cross has an active Loan Cup- board of crutches, wheel chairs and a walker. 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