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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1955-03-03, Page 5DIXisIGAINKON, XI= . .and Mrs. leek Feed67.-and: iitth son, Michael, of Strattliroye hatVe been visiting iiis Parents„.P.R. and Mrs. .lieber Eedyfqj la' few ,dar,s. .A - • "fin" condition-. was .so" bad An •Strathroy that the high school where- Jack teaches .was dosed 'till the epidemic had abated. .Argus Stingel observed his -sixth -birthday on Sunday. He was happy to .have-. With 14n for the 'week -end his brothers and sisters, Mrs. John 1ennelle..#40 little Ronald,..of •01,70,ford,',"' Miss Stingel;' Stratforcl;' Toronteeand Fran 1. 'Stinged,„ *est of Dungannon,' The .family with their. mother, visiir ted the :father, L. Stingel, a patient at Goderich bopita1,• on Sunday afternoon,' WKS. .Mrs. Herta '.Stothere, piesident of Erskine PresbYterian Church W.M.S. was .hastess at .her hmie for the Fehnnery meeting. The president :op.ensed the meeting and offered prayer. Miss Iva Carr, in charge of the devotional period, gave a topic on "Count Your Bless ings." Mrs. Mason McAllister of- fered preyer. After a lauSine s discussion, the roll call was giv and answered by - .12 members. Plans were made for the fall 'bale. It ,Was ,decided that each member knit an article to .help. The meet- ing closed 'with .a hymn .and pry- er. 'The hostese, Mrs. Stothers, was assisted by members with T4- freglunents served. • , Vire'T.PAIrof.theitinited Church' ;held Sunday .evening selltice Feb-oklocit with .#0., resident, Lois Webster, leadr. in2g„46lias Lillian Popp 'Presided at. the ,Organ for Junius. Sur: roiinding-Yjoung PeoPle'S' organizax Veins were well .represented by • their.attendance. Ken McAllister, with the fiini projector, showeda picture, "All I Have.” lVflesGafl Godfrey sang .a solo accompanied 'by Douglas .Squires.. Rev. W. 1°./ac- aenn, o all*inf) Pre4AOlazt Church gave: the benediction. •Miseellantioue, Shawet. Miss Shirley Finnigan, .bride-to-be, was feted Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and ,Mrs. Thomas Webster. Misses Lois Webster .and Barbara ,Wilson sponsored a miscellaneous shower and -about 20 .neighbors gathered with gifts. Contests and community singing were enjeyed and during the. even- ing little'Dianne. and .Aim Erring- ton carried in baskets, of gifts te, Shirley, who was seated in a spec- ially decorated chair. Lunch end- ed a pleasant evening. The Dungannon. United Church is contemplating buying a .new organ and for two ,Sundays have had ane .on Mrs. Paul Caesar and infant son. al -rived home'from Goderich hos- pital last week. Tier sister, Miss Edna Stewart, is assisting at the home, Family' Night.—The family night of the Dungannon Women's Insti.- tate YRS " heid t it* ineoutt ofl 4urSdYWM% ir'e-151'1141Y *4 in the *Paxisli hall; with the K404 Institute and their famihes as *Wets: Mrs, 9maT Broo1, as 'Chairman, Open.ect the progrant j. C. Durnin contriburt,... ed *two cornet solos. The motto, "Oliara?ter is greater than a ,eareer," was given by -Rev. George Walt, Other items on the pro- gram included a humorous read - mg by.Mrs. Bert Alton, of Icititail; a skit lzky eut ladies, "The Inde- pendent, 'Order of Unmarried Wo- nien"i a trio (,)(f young men sang two Mlnibersi Highland dancing by andraAlrooks; a solo:by Mr. Ray Dalton. 11. Baker, the Assistant Agricultural Rerpresentative„,, Show- ed colored slides of his trip to the British Isles and the continent. Community singing brought an en- joyable evening to a close. Lunch 'was served by the committee ;in charge. INESIVIMD, Manch McDowell, -Mt and Mrs,est • IVADowell, were Glencoe AndBadge." wn visiters on SatOrdaY. Mrs. Harvey McDowell -WA Judith spent a few. days last weels with. IVIr. and Mrs...Leslie Vincent, of London. Mr, and Mrs., John Buellangg attended -the -45th wedding aim, veriary of Mr. and Mrs. R. Vin-' cent at Myth on Saturday night. Mr. and MTS. Alva 1VIIMoweil spent a few days with Jar. and 1VIrs. Fred Hicks, of Landon, last week. NILE, March 2.—Mr. and Mrs. Adam McCartney, Clinton, were recent visitors with William Wat- son and Mrs. Amelia Mollwain. Mr. and Mrs. A. Spragge have left for their home in Astabula, Ohio, after - a visit with Mr. Spragge's mother, Mrs. IL Spragge, Mr. and Mrs. W. Pettman and Mr. and MTS. A. Spragge. A St. Patrick's Day social even- ing will be held March 17 in the basement of the chureh, sponsored by the Women's Association. MTS. Ray Robinson is supplying Miss Mary Tunney is. visiting Mrs. J. Pitts and Other friends at Blybh. Ronald Snell, son of Mr. end Mrs. Ernest Snell, is., a patient ,ClititOn hospital, having undergone an appendectomy last Tuesday; 'Miss Mildred 'Thornton, ot ton, is spending a few clays with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey MeDokvell. Gordon McDowell 'returned home on Sunday after having been a -patient in Wingham hospital for same time. Visitors with Mrs. Fred J. Cook, on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. for Miss Joan Killough, the teach- er, who ises0 on the sick list. • Mrs. Harry -Watson spent several days last week in Landon visiting her brother, Wilbur Johnston, who has been very ill in a London hoe; pital. Ames 14;4g mid so* of 'CretWe; Miss Violet Oak, of Goderich; F. Coo, Quite a number- attended 'ben House at Godericia District Colleg- iate Institute an Friday night. Shirley Snell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alrvin Snell,' was .taken to Clinton hospital on Monda3' night and underwent an appendectomy. OBITUARY IMICHAEIL MURPHY The death occurred in Sarnia last Thursday of Michael Murphy, 79, at the home of Ins daughter, Mrs. Thomas Cribbin. Mr. Murphy came to, Canada from Ireland 41 years ago and had farmed in West Wawanosh Town- ship prior to moving to Sarnia to live with his daughter eight yeers. ago. His wife died in, 1952. Surviving are two sons, James, of Colbetne Tawnship; Patrick, Teeswater; four daughters, Mrs. Cribbin, Sarnia; Mrs. Albert Nut- kins, LaSalle; IVIrs. Jtohn, Connelly, R.R. 3, , Goderich; Mrs. Charles Ryan, in California, and 13 grand- children. Funeral s,ervice was held' Satur- day at 10 Lin. in Sarnia and Re- quiem High Mass was sung at St. Joseph's Church. Intermeht was made in Our Lady of Mercy'ceme- tery. A P.RODS..!„.Cir OF FORD OF C,ANADA • '-etei,',...!tieeee-Miiiieee.e.-- • • MEAL/ CROWN VICTORIA [wool!, County $4 a4 coop Im- provement ASsociation'S an- nual seed fair is scheduled fifyr to- - morrow and Saturday at the ton District Collegiate inStitote‘. •Ifighlight, of. tho fair will be a panel discussion Friday afiternoon on "Vann: Business Manageineirr with Dr. IL L. Patterson, dircetor; farm economics brank hODA, Tor- onto, as moderator. Aso *hided on the .panel war be two- men:from the ODAGuelPh, ftef. C, G., E. Downing, 'head; of the dePartinent of agricultural engmeering, and Prof. A, C. Robertson, of the ecou- °talcs department, and • three Iliue on County,farmees, James M. Scott, Seaforth; Wililam Ellerington, Ex- eter, and Russell Bolton, R.R. 1, Dublin. At the conclusion of the fair, 10 bushel lots of oats and barley, will be sold by auction.Featuredagain this year will be the Junior Farmer seed judging' competition during Sgurday morn- ing, when classes judged will -in - elude one class of wheat, oats, bar- ley and two classes 'small seeds, identification af 20 weeds; and 10 weed seeds, as welit as grass seed identification. This year a special; high school award will be given for the high team of three boys representing a high school in Huron County. Five high schools in the county will display educational exhibits based on lower production costs ;through the use of better soils, crops; grading and selecting. ASHFIELD Doz4�n wreo(a nid`Wir Pon9' WAPRA the Western 31141C " Grade VII, henorS, hart. • Grade vz, first elms honors, Markinataane, Matters, yawn V` ehrYetal Strangham GrAd, IV, firstedaSS, blnintr4S., 1Ii Batger. Grade RI, first-class bonOrS,' David Edward; honors, Susan leadro, 'Grade Arst-claSs WW1's, Stephens. :Grade I, -first-class hon- ors, Jean Stephens. , Glenda Mctfliwaua, a pupil of Mrs. McDougall, obtained first-class hone, ors in Grade VIII piano. Under the in.stractionts of W. IL Bishop, 'the following obtained theory certificates: Grade I, first-calss honors, Isabel Morris, John Aberhart, Patricia Boutilier, Eleanor Emerson,, Eliz beth ,Lauder;. honors, Sharon Smith; pass, Donald Noble; Mollie, Arnie Donaldson. First person to be publicly ex- hibited by P. T. Barnum' was an aged slave, said to have been the nurse of George Washington. Barn- um bought and exhibited her in 1834. 29,140 13000 " Tho f4.1*7411 'oelo in,smolgatte fiSrAwAr lwaS born ',but lived at n• life- rata • She lived with her nai son-in-law, Mr. and_ MYS, Davison. A **other, fiee, Seats atNireniPdg Was 03 • ember Met. Besides her - she is survived by'a4ui4' 4,2tt Davison, two grannise Davison of Winnipeg andiseillso P. Davison of VancouVer auctia gee* grandson, Keith Franklin of *Winnipeg. She was A aril •Of Home United Church, 'Winnipeg. Many farmers in South. Africa now grow cotton, more resistant to drought than other crops. Bell Hop—"Did you ring, sir? Irate Guest—"No, I was tolling I thought you were dead." ASHFIELD, March 2.—Billy .Far- rish spent the week -end in Detroit. W. Errington and his pupils held a successful euchre party in Kin - tail School on Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jiin Blue; of Wind- sor, called • one friends here last Saturday. Born.—OneFebruary 25, in Wing - ham hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Simpson, a son. Born.—On February 26, in Osh- awa hospital, to MT. and Mrs. Rinse Wiersma,'' a -son. William Drennan; of .Camp Borden, is visiting his father, El- wood Drennan. - I Prayer Program.—The February! Meeting of the W.M. S. was held I at the home of Mrs. David Mac- Kenzie on Friday afternoon. The ; first vie-presiderit, Mrs. Russell ! Bissett, was in charge of the pro- ' gtam which. was based an the World Day of Prayer. Mrs. D. R. MacKenzie gave the introduc- tion to the study book on India, and Mrs. Stuart MacLennan read the Scripture lesson. . Mrs. C. Mac- Gregor, Mrs. D. MaeMurchy, Mrs. R. West and Mrs. Moncrief .offered prayer, and Mrs. Alex Farrish, and Mrs. Howes led in the responsive readings.. The roll eall; was an- swered by 25 members and two visitors. The president, Mrs. Hugh MacKenzie, took charge of the business part of the program. A. committee of three, Mrs. D. Mae- Murehy, Mrs. R. Bissett and Mrs. Reuben Wilson, was appointed to assist the church managers in mak- ing arrangements 'to decorate the basement. Yarn for knitting ar- ticles for the bale was given out. The hostess, assisted by the cam- mittee, served hinch. The elaborately -carved temples and decorations at Ajanta and El - lora, in the Indian state of Hyder- abad, were hewn from the solid rock by Buddhist monks, priests, and laymen, who worked by sun and torchlight for mare than 1,000 years on the job. Largest of living creatures, the sulphur bottom whale' may weigh as much as 150 tons. With a three dollar and over cash pur- chase of any dress fabric a 25c or 35c pattern will be given With a five dollar and over purchase of any dress, skirt, or suiting material FREE any pattern up to 75c will be given We have a large, stock of Woollens, Cottor6Ls, Rayorrirs, Linens and Nylons to choose from. GET THE NEW STYLES IN SIMPLICITY AND • BUTTERICK PATTERNS. WHEN YOU SEW—YOU SAVE. 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