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C .UB HOLCIA BANQUET
Thin .ladies of tho Ssltlav'd Com,
mu,nity Club hold - thou' annual
banquet In tlho I'!ar101
Hall. After a lovely dinner, court
whist was played, The hi It lady
was 'hole 'R everyone race vino a
lovely .prize.
It was announced that the win-
ner -0i quilt was Mrs. Mona
f1e�rien, R,R, ..�..
1 t 4- podet�jch, The
,
lucky ticket was drawn by Mr. C.
Lowrey bn New Year's Eve.
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Music by Grant Edigho#fer's
Melody Masters.
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SERVICE HERE
CON(EUDE$ WEEK OF PRAYER
An Intorechurch rally service at 'ations in Goderich and also to the
guest spealfer, Rev. Mr. 'McCallum,
who left Goderich u 1949.
Rev,�M,,,A►iced•
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guest
s Bakero�for
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a occasion;
Ile said it was a special privilege
to be present and takeart in a
service inp
K nox s beautiful new
church -.and also. _because of a- spec-
ial memory hehad—that of the
.kindness of a former Knox min-
ister. Rev. Richard Stewart, who
aided him in a special time of
need.
Today there are many critics of
the Christian churoh and there may
be some justification fer it; said.
Rev. Mr. McCallum, but, he added,
no other institutiotrzharniade such
a contribution to the weal of the
world for the past 2,000'years as
has the Christian church.
As Christions, we are greatly in
need of the inspiration which comes
from the records of accomplish-
ment of such great men of Biblical
times as Peter and John, said Rev.
Mr. McCallum.
It has been said that "We are
living today in times that are both
threatening and thrilling" said the
guest speaker. He stressed the
need today of spiritual strength
for a poor, crippled world. -"Lame
humanity is the church's opportun-
ity for service," he stated. "The
hour of opportunity lies not far-.
from the hour of prayer," he said.
Saying that people require a
Knox Presbyterian Church Sunday 1
evening marked the conclusion of
t peciar' pea er;, or .0 e
occasion was Rev. ft. C. McCallum
of llrantford, former minister of
the IroQ
Methodist Church at
Gode-
rich.
ode-
rici. 1he rally wea spenseee4
the Go rlah MiniserearAss to
,.
tion, of which Rev. S. H. Findlay,
of the Goderich Baptist -Church, the
president, took part in the service.
In charge of the service was Rev.
R.G. G. MacMillan, of Knox Church,
the host pastor.
Alsp present for the service at
the church were: Dr. K. E. Taylor,
St. George's Anglican Church; Rev.
A. g. Eustace, North Street United
-Church; -First . Lieut. If. 'Crossland,
of the, Salvation Army; Rev: S. A.
Moote, of Victoria Street United
Church; Rev. V. R: Snell, of 'the
Free Methodist Church. Bethel
Pentecostal Tabernacle held its
own service.
Rev. Mr. MacMillan extended a
welcome to the congregation which
represented the various denominsv
-
sense of obligation, Rev, M. s>t ;t
Callum stated; MThe'�'Wo 4 ia,. `iz
need of a bleed transfusion f rmnat
the Man of.Nazarethb'
During the anthern a solo part
was sung by Ir. Italph Henderson.
{BET.VARY '
A lifelong. resident 'of the dis-
trict of Porter's. Hill; Goderich
Township, J. Reid Torrance, died
at la ,hoilie $aturdayy`at tIte
age of 83. He was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Torrance. Mrs.
Torrance was tare former .Mary
Reid. of ' Pittsburg,' Pennsylvania.
His iiest[wife, ,fanny Lindsay, died
many years ago. He yes a member
of Porter's Hill United Church,' and
also c member of the session.
Surviving him is his wife, the
former Greta Marie Ivison, of Kip -
pen, and two sons, Ivison, oteMit-
chell, and Harry, of Porter's. Hill,
end a daughter, Mrs. ,Margaret
Haines, 'of Severn Bridge. One-
bro-ther, John, of Porter's Hill, also
syrvives ,as well as three sisters,
Mrs. James ,{Margaret) Stirling, of
Goderich Township, Mrs. Priscilla
Elliott, of Clinton, and Mrs. An-
drew (Grace) Sloan, of Sheffield.
There are five, grandchildren. A
sister, Martha, „predeceased him.
The funeral service on Tuesday
afternoon at the all and Mutch
funeral home, Clinton, was conduct-
ed by Rev. C. E. Peaeocic, pastor
of Porter's Hill United Chureh,
nd burial -.was made in' Baird's
cemetery, Stanley Township.
OUT
ON
LIMB
(WITH BILL SMILEY)
Last week I had to make a'speech
at a banquet. Now, for a politician
or a preacher, a tycoon or a teach-
er, or even a plain, ordinary bee
esses, there's nothing more pleas-
ant than to be invited to, address
a gathering. I't's second nature
to them. They take to it like a pig
takes to swill.
The Huron County
Council
will meet in the Court House, Goderich, Ontario, on
READY -MIRE
CONCRE
Tuesday,. January 20th
'1959, at 2 p.m.
All communications, notices of deputations and ac-
counts must be in the hands of the Clerk not later than
noon, Saturday, 'January 17th, 1959.
JOHN G. BERRY,
CLERK,
County of Huron.
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But for hundreds of thousands
of simple, inhibited Canadians like
me, it's, about as simple as swim-
ming Lake Superior in your long
underwear.
* * *
When , we stand up, rubbery -
legged, hands sweating, white as
death, and face all those people
looking at us expectantly, it's
nothing short of a,, case for the
S.P•C.A.
* * *'
Our minds go 'as blank as a
suddenly -drawn window blind. Our
tongue$ cleave to the roofs' of our
bone-dry mouths as tightly as ever
' Cleopatra clove to Mark Anthony.
Our Adam's apples become even
as pomegranates. Our little. sheaf
of notes, over which we, labored
so hard, flutters like, a bride's
bouquet. -
* * *
It wouldn't be so bad if people
who invited you tobe. guest speak-
er gave you a topic. But they
won't do it. They're too polite.
When they ask you to volunteer
for the Torture ' of .the Seven
_Deaths; they say: ."Why, anything
at ali. I'm sure that, anything you
give us will be worthwhile
,* * *
„Which is very unfair, for us who
come moronic when --confronted
by an audience. If somebody asked
me to give an address on the Roman
Empire, or the Lost Cities of the
Amazon, or the Ancient Chaldees,
I'd be prepared to do some research
and make a stab at a speech, sup-
ported by notes carrying heads,
sub -heads, shrunken heads and dry
little jokes that fitted in here and
there. Nothing to it.
* * *
But, .I went into this one cold.
I was slaving away, at my speech,
however, and had worked out
rather a neat turn of phrase or
two, when it suddenly struck me,
with the stifling pain of a blow in
'the throat, that I had no jokes.
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dinner speaker without jokes is
about' as much' use as a wagon
wheel without spokes. He may
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Many people reach great heights
by putting up a bluff,
have natural eloquence, 'a good
topic, a. fine appearance and a'
commanding manner. But without
jokes, confronted by 200 people,
who -ha e::lo:st-.-stu'ffed themselves
with !turkey, in a warm hall, he
simply can't get through. He might
as- well --be- -talking- to a -souple-of
hundred seals who have just clean-
ed up a ten of fish.
, * * *
And the coward who knows this`,
however poor a speaker he is, is
' nlways'velcome as •a speaker., ,be-
causr' he has a collection of hoary
stories. All he'has to do'to make
a wonderful impression is: tell the
, audience how delighted he is to
be there, and tell a joke; mention
'vaguely the purpose of the gather-
ing, if he knoWs it, and relate an
anecdote; thank the ladies at some
Length for. the splendid dinner,
attd regale his listeners. with a
funny story; tell those present they
are the salt of the earth and it
is an honor to he among them,
and wind up with a final joke.
They'll go home claiming ''that he
was the best spreaker they'd heard.
:n a coon's age.
* * a,'
As 1 am a' coward, it produced
a special terror in me when 1
realized that I didn't know a single
funny story. When I was a young
rip of a bachelor, . I had quite a
fun of them. But when I got
married, I discovered that women,
at leatst,,, the one 1 got, have no
sa,Ose of humor.
,,. * * *
•
When wo9were first married, I'd
come home with some real rib
splitters, and try to share them
with her, but by the time I was
finished trying to explain them, I'd
he roaring •and she'd be crying,
so I gave up.
The very last time I iried it was
a couple of years ago. I heard
this story and thought it would
Inock even the Old Girl out. You
all know it. The two keen golfers
on the ninth tee, ready to drive,
when the funeral. cortege came
along the road bordering the gctlf
club. One golfer took off his cap
and stood with bowed ' head until
the profession . had passed. His
friend asked the reason for Vie '
reverend gesture. "Least I could
do" he said ,when-he--had-olooted
• the ball. "I was married to her
for over thirty years."
* *
The tears were running down
my cheeks as I told this one to
my wife. She looked at me as
asked, rather crossly: "Why was'n't
he at the funeral?" Since then, I
haven't even bothered ,to listen
to jokes.
had to make my speech without
any jokes. And boy, was' it dead.
In fact it was as dead as the wife
of the Englishman. You know the
One. Two Englishman 'Met in their
Club. '`'Sorry to hear you buried
your wife, old chap," said one.
' Replied the other: "Had te, old
boy. Dead, .you know."
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London Doctor.
Addresses. Lions
Dr. Bev. C. Robinson a* director
of the ' London District Crippled
:+Children, Treatment. Centre, was
guest speaker at -the Goderich bions
t.
out and progress,of_, the'new build-
ing at London and tpld of the ser
iwouldperform ser-
vice it , peria fpr tgle
children Throughout .Ontarie who,
mad. be In need .of it.
Mr. William Haysom, chairman,
of the Seals .committee, stated that
the LiOns 'Club had already given
51,000 .towards the aforementioned
Crippled, Children Treatment _Cen-
tre and would, be making another
donation of $500: He called on Dr.
R .M. Aldis, who introduced the
guest speaker, Dr. Robinson.
Mr. Stan Prevett, was presented
with a 20 year Chevron Speaking
of the activities of the Lions Club,
over the past 20 years', Mr. Prevett
recalled when lt once met at the
Park,• House and though the ,club
was • few in members it was very
active.
Ten new members .of the ,Gode-
rich Lions Club were presented
with their membership certificates.
Lion president William Lumby
read two letters from I:ions Inter-
nationial which expressed sympathy'
lin the loss of two members by
death rec•en.tly `— Harvey Erskine
and Dr. J. A. graham. It was
pointed out that at the next Inter-
national convention, delegates
would pay tribute to their memory
along with other members who
have passed away.
Six new fathers were called to
the front and ackno'yledged ip a
humorous ceremony. They were
'Burns Ross, Larry Rieck, Allan
-MacDonald, ,Ken Hubley, 'Maurice
Jenkins and Bruce .Erskine.
Among the guests present were
several from the Clinton Lions
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Goderieh Liens Club resumed do
Wednesday a ye>y,iing . of lost vwee1l,
follbwin a` two weeks' cessation
due ta'itbe holiday season. Despite
wintry Weather about 125 persons
turned out for last week's bingo
at the Pavilion.
Mrs. Frank Cook, of Clinton, -was
the winner of $250 when She had a
full house on 52 calls.
Winner of a $40 prize was Annie
Moser, of Goderich, while a $30
prize was won by Mrs. 'Baird, of
Brucefield.
Among the gathering were many
out-cf-town players, including those
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