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+ -AUBURN AND DISTRICT .NEWS +
AUBURN. — Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Wallace of Harrietsville
visited last week with Mr. and'
Mrs. Ed. Davies.
Friends of Mrs. Thomas John-
ston will be pleased to know
that .she is home after being
for several weeks a patient in
Victoria Hospital, London. -
MrYs. Beverley French of De-
-ti•oit visited last week with her
sisters,'Mrs, Thomas Haggitt
. and Mrs. Clifford Brown.
-Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Raithby
of London visited on .Sunday
with her brother, Gordon R.
Taylor, and Mrs. Taylor.
Miss Laura Wagner of Syra-
cuse, N.Y,, visited last week
with relatives• in this dist;•'ict.
.. The sympathy of this district
is extended to Mr. Robert Rut-
ledge of- Uoderich on the sud-
den death of his 'wire in Gode-
rich on,the 'weeken'd. They
were, 'fomer residents of the
Auburn conimilnity before- mov-
ing to Goderich.
T b-eee--was--nti-: Strn d-ap--scjrvic e
• at the Baptist G.hurch. It was
withdrawn so that the members
could attend the 'Clinton Bap-
- tilt Anniversary and th-e, Knox
Presbyterian Anniversary seri
vice. ' .
Mr. and 'Mrs. Orlo McPhee of
Ann Arbor visited last week
.. with Mr. and Mrs. George Mil-
lian.
Mr. and Mrs. Garth Walden,,
newlyweds, moved into their
now .'home on Irfortus street
which they purchased last year
from Mrs. William -T. Robison.
We welcome them 'to this com-
munity. -
- Farewell To Haggitts
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hamilton
entertained neighbors last Fri-
day evening to a smorgasbord
dinner in honor of Mr. and
, Mrs. George Haggitt who will
move this week ' to their new
home at Zurich. During the
evening, Mrs. Wes - Bradnock
spoke a few words to, Mr. and
Mrs. Haggitt, regretting their
leaving Auburn. Mrs. Hamil-
ton presented them with a gift
on behalf, of those present. Mr.
and Mrs. Haggitt thanked all
for the gift and the dinner.
A farewell party was held at
',the Memorial Community' Hail
for. --Mr. and-. Mrs. • Geor a Hag-
"� grit�'ras "�4 gr ay eve rn ng usic
for dancing was supplied by 0'' cott's orchestra. At intermis-
ion, an: address was read by
Gordon Miller and a purse of
money was presented •by Sohn
Seers. Both •Mr. and Mrs. Hag-
gitt thanked their friends for
the 'gift. �•
Auburn' Aides
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daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. R. R. Stalker and attended
.school at U.S.S. No. 5, Hullett,
and later took a business train-
ing in Flint, Michigan. 'Dr:
Elmer Braden officiated at the
funeral service, Burial took
place, in Sunset Hills cemetery:
She -leaves to mourn her loss,
her. husband and two sisters,
Mrs. Maitland (Bell) Allen and
M,s. William J. (J.ean)
both of Auburn: Mr. and Mrs.
Allen, Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Craig, Mrs. Harry Worsell •of
Goderich, Mrs. George Wilkin
pf Goderich, Mr. William S.
Craig of Clinton and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert J. Craig of. Ilderton
all attended Mrs. Coates' fun-
eral last week.
The Auburn Aides met for
their third meeting at the home
"of Misses Marian and Connie
HickesYssaitgiatA5
Hickey,':presided. The minutes
f-'tlr p're^viotrs-hreetirrg'-w
,read by the secretary, Lynda
Andrews.' The roll call was an-
swered by each telling a book
she would like to own. Lynda
Andrews and Marian -Hickey
were appointed to do the_.book
covers. The assistant leader,
Mrs. Frank Raithby, .led in the
discussion, "How t'keeps:fit
physically," and stressed the
need • for good health. She en-
couraged all to have an interest
in -affairs of the community:
The leader, Mrs. Keith Machan,
spoke about first aid for bone
fractures and described the dif-
ferent, types and the proper
treatrnent. She gave a demon-
.stration and each member par-
ticipated. Marian Hickey de-
monstrated on Linda Reed how
to administer artificial respir-
ation. A discussion took place
on proper posture with 'demon-
strations. Lunch was served by
Marian and Connie Hickey:
Mrs. William Coates e
Relatives from this district
attended the funeral of Mrs.
William Coates . at Flint last
week. Born in Auburn, the
former Ethel Stalker was 'the
104th Anniversary
Knox Presbyterian Church,
Auburn, ,held its 104th Anniver-
sary 'last Sunday with a large
congregation. Rev. ,Neil Mc-
speak,er. The service of, song
was led by the church organist,
Miss Margaret: Haines. The
choir of Junior members sang
two, anthems. Rev. Mr. McCom-1
bie gave an inspiring message
on the faith of the forefathers.
Following the service; a •social
time was spent in the Sunday
school room of the churell with
the president of the Ladis Aid,
Mrs. Ed. Davies, in cliarge of
the tea ' table. glhe birthday
cake of Mrs. tStoltz was
sewed. Mrs. Stoltz, a member
of Knox Church, observed her
90th birthday at • Huronview
recently. St. Andrew's Presby-
teHan Church, Blyth, joined
with the Auburn Knox for this
special service.
Brown -- Gross
three-piece brown dtr>Lrbie-knit
suit and wore gold and brown
accessories and. a corsage , of
golden chalice roses. On their
return they will reside on the
groom's farm at'R.R. 3, Waltbn•.
Guests, from' a distance were
present from Hamilton, Grand
Bend, Mitchell, Wing'ham, Lon-
don and Seafortli.
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Auburn W.1. ,
• '1',he Auburn Womer s Jns'ti--
tute met in the Auburn Com-
munity '.Memorial Hall with the
president, Mrs. Bert. Craig; ih
charge. The president welcom-
ed members and visitors and
read an appropriate poem. An
invitation to attend .the Clinton
W.T. meeting was accepted and
Mrs. Haggitt reported that sev-
eral more dishes anti, glasses
had been added to, the hall
kitchen. Mrs. Donald Haines,
convener of the County banquet,
reported anditislans were made
treater t'
Federation of Agriculture sban=
quet early in November. Mrs.
Bert Craig, Mrs. Thomas Hag-
gitt and Mrs. Thomas Lawlor
were named the committee. to
be in charge. Mrs. Gordon
Dobie and Mrs. Ed. Davies were
named to attend the Block
Printing short course at Wing-
ha'ni.; Mrs. Andrew Kirkconnell,
convener of the card, commit-
tee, reported on cards sent and
read the thank-yoit notes. Mrs.
Wes Bradnock and Mrs. Ed.
Davies were appointed dele-
gates to attend the Area Con-
vention fat St. Thomas on Nov-
embe'r4rd and -4th. Mrs. Lloyd
Humphreys and Mrs. Robert J.
Phillips, delegates to the county
rally at Hensall; gave an inter-
esting
nteresting report on the two ses-
sions. Mrs. ' Ralph D. Munro
gave an inspiring Thanksgiving
message going back to the first
Thanksgiving clay when the
early settlers off the Mayflower
thanked God for their safe jour-
ney. She closed her message
lax, saying that we cannot serve
Gbd without serving in -an and
that it also stands true when we
give thanks to .God for his many
blessings. Mrs, Frank Raithby
thanked Mrs. Munro and pre-
sented her .with. a gift. The
rctli • call ssis answered by each
"narll"i"ri " one""t riff '""tIM—trifid ='
ful for. Some said that it was
great to be a .Canadian, have
good health good homes and
one member stated that she was
thankful that Queen Elizabeth
I1 had reached her home safely.
A duet was sung -by Mrs. Gor-
don McClinchey and Mrs. Nor-
man McClinthe'y, Count your
blessings, accompanied' by, Mrs.
Millian. The convener of Resol-
utions, Mrs. Keith Machan, read
the resoliitions. A reading, Be
Thankful, was given by Mrs.
Donald —Haines . " Plans wart
'Baskets of white baby mums
with pink delight roses and
ferns decorated Duff's United
Church, Walton, for the wed-
ding of John Wellington Brown
of R.R. 3, Walton and Miss Elva
GroTss of R.R. 1, Auburn, The
-marrialge ceremony took place
at 2 p.m. on October 24. ,' Rev.
A. Higginbottam of, Walton of-
ficiated, The groom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brown,
R.R. 3, Walton and the ride is
the. aghtex of -, Mr. William
-Gr ess—an d'""ttrle—lnt'essIVIrsrsOrbsr
of R.R. 1, Auburn: • Traditoinal
wedding music was • played by
the, groom's aunt, Mrs. Ellwood
Shortreed of Wingham. Given
in marriage by her father, the
bride looked charming in a
traditional • white floor -length
gown of Italian peau faille fash-
ioned with a scoop neckline out-
lined with chantilly lace, lily -
point sleeves and . an empire
bodice, the same lace accenting
the front of the controlled skint.
A lace appliqued 'pillbox held
• place a four -tiered illusion.
veil. •She - eirried a crescent
ouquet of"prtik delight roses
and• ivy.,, Miss Bernice McDou-
gall,- I.R.t1, Auburn, and Miss
Marguerite Scott of Seaforth
were the bridesmaids gowned
alike in rose sata peau street -
length dresses styled with belle
skirts with self trimming. They
wore matching rosette hats with
circular veils and carried cres-
cent bouquets 'of white pom
pom mums. The groomsman
was Mr. GordcOn Gross, brother
of the bride, R.R. 1, Auburn,
and ,the us)aers were Mr. Ron-
ald Gross and Mr. Clayton
Gross, R.R. 1, Auburn, both bro-
thers of the bride. Following
the ceremony, a reception took
place in the Sunday school room
of Knox United Church, Auburn,
where Mrs. Harold Gross, R.R.
1, Auburn, sister-in-law of the
bride, received the guests wear
ing a royal blue double-knit'
suit with brown accessories and
a corsage of isp•ale pink carna-
tions. She was assisted by the
groom's mother wearing a figur-
ed coppertone silk dress, gold
and black accessories and a cor-
sage of golden chalice roses.
For a wedding trip to Northern
Ontario, the bride donned a
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THE SECOND INSTALMENT
OF TOWN TAXES IS
DUE, ON
OCTOBER 31
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made for family night on Nav-
em'ber 6th Which will begin
with a sni.or•gasbord dinner.
Members are asked to bring a
first and second course. .Mrs,
George Millian,, Mrs. Harry
Watson and Mrs: William S•trau-
ghan were named the commit-
tee to , arrange the entertain-
ment. Mrs. Roy .Easem was ap-
pointed to convene the sale
table aria each member is to
bring an articlel,to sell, sewing,
baking or produce. Lunch was
served by Meg. Roy ,Daer, Mrs;
Ed. Davies and Mrs, Frank
Raithby.
PORTER'S HILL
PORTER'S HILL.—Miss Patri-
cia Cox, Toronto, spent .the
weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Cox.
Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Sloan,
Sheffield, visited relatives in
his commcrniTi n un ay.
Mr. and Mrs. Gralrt Stirling
spent the weekend visiting
friends in Michigan,
Mr, and Mrs. )Ephraim Snell,
Hullett Township, visited Mr.
and Mrs-. George .'Vlathers on
Sunday. ,
Mr. John Torrance spent sev-
eral da'ys last week at Thames-
wood Lodge, Victoria Hospital,
London. •
U.C.W. Meet
-The October . meeting of the
U.C.W. of Grace Church met at
the home of Mrs. George Math-
ers Wednesday afternoon ,of
last week. Mrs. Bill Cox, pre-
sident, presided. Mrs. T.. Sow-
erby read the Scripture, and
also took charge of the study
book, the topic being "The
Atonement." Mrs. A. Lockhart
read the minutes and Mrs. R.
Coif gave the treasurer's report.
The roll call was answered by
handing in' the holiday •bells.
The color of the month drawn
was white. It was decided to
pay the allocation fees. Dur-
ing the afternoon a crib quilt
Was quilted. The hostess serv-
ed lunch.
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CLINTON.-The teaching 'Of
English in the Elementary
School was discussed by 100 Hu-
ron County ,Elementary School
Teachers attending their annual
meeting • in Clinton Public
School.
Greetings from the town of
Clinton were delivered by May -
dr Miller to the teachers and
ft•om the Clinton Public School
Huard by chairman K. S. Wood.
J. W. Cr:rriter, G,,derich lrr,�pt•c
tor of No. 2 lnsp'ctorate, re-
viewed the history of the Teach-
r'rs' In titute from the year 1877
up to 1948.
Mr, lan Fraser, head of the
Engli-h Department at Central
Hui on Secondary School, Clin-
ton, delivered an address on the
Import
geat necessity to improve the
retd,tng and writing. skills' of
students. "We are. indeed
changing in our coneept$ ' of
Education" stated • Mr.. Fraser,
"but there is' nothing new un-
der the sun ---the three R's are
14111 the most important. The
key to learning and indeed to.
survival is a good understanding
of Eni41 ,h,, 'Dropouts in Second -
at. Sena are largely due to- a
lack of good reading and ,writ-
ing skills. We must make our
-t:rcl,•rts omnivorous readers if
:lee; ars, to be `able to prepare
themselves for the future.
Aut =Anon is so changing our
n orld that we, as teachers, must
realize that 'we must prepare
our students for jobs that don't
eveu :t'? it ytit:'{"
Officers appalnted at the Ine*(;
stag
'were;Presidents, .„ P.0.44•
Morton•,, Seaforth.;, seeretai~.7,,'
Mrs. Teresa Colville, 1Dpbl'ih-
treas'cirer, Qrbson Willis, 3,410,
secs.
During the afternoon the_
•Kinsder.,garten and Primary
groups"lield a discussion period •
undue—the leadership of Mrs.
1)or•othy,,Viltiams, Clinton; Mrs,
A:;ncs Mason, Seaforth, and
Miss Edythe, Beacom; Clinton.
'the convention was planned
and executed ,by,the following
er nrmittce: Garnet Harland,
Clinton, president; Mrs. Dorothy
Ball, (Clinton, secretary; Mrs.
Marian Powell, Holrnesville,
treasurer. •
HELPING HANDS
Members of The Helping
Hands, met at the residence ',of
w1VIr and",ag „g , X, .Labe. ,
for their annual dinner 'and to
observe their 14th anniversary.
Guests, of honor were Mrs. H,
De Vries and Philip Sizer.
Taking part in the program
following the banquet were:
Mrs. "De Vries, Mr. and' Mrs.
Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. 3ohnstone,
Mrs. E. Baechler. The latter
told of raising funds for the
retarded children of Goderich;
also that 35 visits were made
to shut-ins and one parcel a
month sent. pverseas. ppgY
PHOTO BY MRS. WES BRADNOCK
AN EXPERIMENTER
"Retired" Man Is
Busy Fruit Grower
Like all fruit farmers, Wil- Mr. Straughan built a hot-
liam Straughan of Auburn is ( house inhis woodshed this past
completing his apple harvest spring and in April was'able to
and storing them for • winter; start his vegetables. His green -
use, On the lot behind his
home, he grows more fruit than
most do on much -larger areas.
His five varieties of apples grow
on one tree—tWo early varieties,
two fall varieties and the one
he is picking now, the northern
spy. He has had a good yield
from all the varieties.
Besides)apples, he has a pear
tree' _w.hiei_produces. _ five var-
ieties; two peach trees which
prodifeed 17 baskets of peaches
(last year he picked 27 baskets);
a black cherry tree; a red
cherry tree; three plum trees;
grape virie,, black and red rasp-
berries and two varieties ,of
strawberries.
house, 8' by 12', is one of the
show places, spring and sum-
mer, in the village.
Mr. Straughan takes a keen
interest in church and commun-
ity life since' he retired here
after working in "The Big Mill"
at Goderich for many years.
Before that, he farmed on the
family farm in East Wawanosh,
north of Auburn
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