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:.Rev. Hugh Wilson honored'
'Rey. and Mrs. Hugh `Wilson
were honored last Sunday -
,evening when Huron Presbytery
of the United Church of Canada
held a worship service in Knox
United Church, Auburn.
Pastor Alfred Fry was in
charge of the service with music
supplied by the choir of Wesley°
Willis Church, Clinton with their
organist, Lorne Dotterer assisted
on -the piano by Mrs. Norman
Wightman, organist of Knox
United Church.
A duet was sung by Mrs. Don
-Andrews and Mrs. William
Hearn, Two ant°hems %ere sung.
The guest speaker of - the
evening was Rev. Harold Snell of
London. He , chose for his
sermon "The • Christian
Ministry."
.,.. He told of the qualities of a
modern parish preacher . and
summarized by stating that to be
messengers of the Good News
theyrust be also watchmen -
to take care of theirflock and be,
good stewards with their time,
their talents and possessions.
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,He spoke' of Mr" Wilson's
service in Huron County' and
wished him well in his
retirement. • Dr. William Fingland
8f Niagara Falls pronounced the
benediction.
1— "`I 'billowing the service which
was attended by around 400
people from all parts of Huron
County a reception for Mr and
Mrs. Hugh Wilson was held in
the Community' Memorial hall,
Charles Scott of Auburn .was..
the chairman . for the program.
Mr Scott spoke of the 35 years
of ministry- in Huron County
which Mr. Wilson -had served .
Mrs. McCutcheon of Brussels
pinned a corsage on Mrs. Wilson
and a representative of the
Thames Road -Elim vale charge
gave a short address. A large lazy
boy chair was presented to the
Wilsons.
A formal expression of
gratitude was a frarned engraved
plaque presented from Auburn,
-Brussels, • Wesley -Willis, Clinton,
Holmes\ itle, Thames Road,
Victoria St., Goderich, Belgrave
and Exeter Main'his was
made by Rev. A. � ? Iowatt of
Clinton.
Both Mr and Mrs. Wilson
expressed their appreciation to
the gifts and also to those who
planned the Church service and
Auburn- Social News
Mrs. William Seers, Gail, Faye
=and -Carol visitei•.;`i nday--evening
-•.. -"with William—Seers who is a
patient in Victoria Hospital,
London, following surgery on
his hand.
' .Mr. - and Airs. Wilfred,
Sanderson visited Sunday with
Mr, and Mrs: Fred Youngblut at,
Sauble Beach.
Mr. and Mrs.' Donald
Cartwright visited *unday with
his mother, Mrs: • Edwin
Cartwright in Victoria Hospital,
Landon, where she is suffering
from a fractured hip,'
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Lapp, her
father William Wood and her
brother James Wood of Montreal
attended the Old Boys Reunion
at Sparta last weekend.
Mrs. - William Rath • of
Edmonton, Alberta visited .last
Thursday, with her aunt, Miss
Margaret .Jackson. -
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ford of
London visited one.• day last
week, with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Johnston - and . Miss' • Laura
Phillips. .
Holiday guests with Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Kirkconnell were
Miss Diane Kirkconnell' of
'London., and Miss Mary Anne
Blake of Brussels.
• Friends are pleased to hear
• .that Stanley Ball is recovery at
home after spending a, couple of
weeks in Clinton Public
Hospital. •
Mrs. Emma Trqmmer of
Hespeler visited last week with
her son, Mr. Elmer Trommer,
Mrs Trommer and Connie.
Miss Gail Miller of Toronto
visited last week with her
.parents; Mr. and - Mrs. Gordon
Miller. •
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Weston
of Toronto spent the holiday
recently with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Rollinson and •
Murray Rollinson.
Misses Mary ,Jane- and Susan
Raithby and Master Tom
Raithby of Coli',ingwood have
been holidaying with their
grandparents-, Mr. and h Mrs,
Frank Raithby.
Miss Laura Phillips, ,Mrs. W.
Bradnock and Miss Tilley.:1lains
attended the conference for
'news correspondents at
C.K.N. X. last Thursday at
Wingham.
Over 70 descendants of the
late Mr. and Mrs. George Beadle
gathered in the Auburn
Comthunity Memorial hall. last
Sunday for a family reunion. All
enjoyed a social afternoon and
dinner was served. Members of
the family, were, present from
Detroit, Goderich., Zurich,
Belgrave, Seaforth and Blyth.
N s.' Ralph. Munro and Mrs.
Sidney Landing visited at-
Sombra last Thursday. •
Mrs. -Richard Taylor of
Chatham and Miss Belle
Cummings of Ottawa visited last
week with Mrs. Edgar .Lawson.
M '.nbers of the Auburn
Community Hall Board met last
week to complete the plans for
A: h
e c lc en •arrecue to be held
at the hall on, August 1. Reeve
Hugh Flynn' of Hullett Township
and other -members -of of -this .Hall
Board will assist in the cooking
and the president of the Auburn
Women's Institute assisted by
other ladies will be in charge of
the Kitchen.
Mr. ' add" Mrs. Andrew
Kirkconhell attended the funeral
of his brother -%n -law the late
Richard 'Alcock of Brussels in St.
John's Anglican' Church last
b
thef
y hiS, Wife, former Jean
Itirl eonnell, 21 years ago.
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• reception. "
During the iu'nch hour, Pastor
Alfred Fry accompanied by Mrs.
Norman Wightman sang . a -solo.
• A 'letter of regret was read
from John Wilson, don of Rev.
and Mrs. Wilson from
Edmonton; Alta., that he could
'- not attend.
Other speakers were Norman
Coultes, Belgrave, Rev. Sam$err
of Exeter Presbyterian Church,
Roy Cousins of Brussels, Rev.
Stewart ,Miner of Exeter,
Maurice Bean, clerk of .Knox`
United church session, Rev. Ure
Stewart of Seaforth, Rev. Harold
Snell, London, Dr. Mowatt of
Clinton, and Rev. Don Deeves of
Mitchell, son-in-law of Bev. and
Mrs. H. Wilson.
Dr. William -Fingland, Niagara
Falls, a native of this district
spoke of the early days. in Huron
County and stated that truly Mr.
Wilson was an apostle to the
Hurons. He concluded his speech
by giving an Irish, Scottish
Indian and Jewish wish to Rev.
and Mrs. Wilson who had served
for 35 years the people of Huron
County. .
Rev. Hugh Wilson pronounced
the benediction.
Walkerburn Club
The Walkerburn Club held
the • monthly meeting at -the
home of Mrs. John ,Hallam last
week with a good attendance.
• Mrs. Ted Hunking was 'in.
charge and opened the meeting.
Mrs. George 'Schneider led in
prayer. -'
Roll call was answered by
paying fees. Mrs. Elliott Lapp
read ' the minutes and the
`financial statement was given by
Mrs. Torn Cunningham.'
The prize' •., nated by Mrs.
Lloyd Penfouh F,'•• won by
Miss Shirley Hunk g. ,
Plans were made to hold the
annual picnic and Mrs. George
Schneider invited the' club to
hold it at her home. Everyone is
to bring a picnic lunch and ,the
program will be in charge of
Misses Brenda and Arva . Bali,
Brenda Archambault, .Nan -Lapp,
Shirley Hunking, . Bernice
Hunking, Vaughan l-tunking and
Louse Hunking.
The -program was in the
—charge of Mrs. George Schneider
and Mrs... James Jackson. A trio
composed of Mrs. George
.Schneider, Mrs.' W. Hunter and
Mrs. E. Lapp sang two numbers
accompanied ' "by • Mis; James
Jackson..
The History of Walkerburn
was told by Miss Margaret
Jackson and a question period
followed.
Mrs. George Schneider read a
poem written by the late 111..
Alex Manning. '
A bake sale with Mrs. Ted
Hunking in charge was a great
success..
The election of officers took
place. Those elected, were
President Mrs. Lorne(Htinking;
Vice-president, Mrs. Joe
Hunking; secretary, Mrs. Elliott
Lapp; assistant secretary, .Mrs.
George Schneider; • treasurer,
Mrs. Thomas Cunningham, and'
• pianist Mrs, James Jackson.
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MRS. O. IVIcCHARLES
Congratulations are in order
for Jackie Collinson and David
Farrish who were two of the
award winners at Brookside
School' annual banquet on
•Thfiirsday evening.
Fun day was held at North
Ashfield School on ' Tuesday.
when teachers 'and pupils
enjoyed a special day of games
and fun.
Mr. ,and , Mrs. Henry
MacKenzie were completely
taken by surprise when they
read the announcement that all
were invited to celebrate their
20th wedding anniversary at the
home of their , daughter on,
,Senday at'Port• Albert.
'Away . to work for the
'summer are Misses Jean Webster
and Sharon MacNayto the
Huntsville Bracebridge Districts.
Over 500 attendeg the
Ashfield Federation of
Agriculture picnic at Ashfield
Park on Sunday , ,
Several area residents were
privileged to visit the Salt, Mine
at Goderich, among those who
did were Mrs. Doug Henry, Mrs.
Doug Martyn and Mrs. Bill
Farrish.
Mrs. Robt, Simpson is a
patient in hospital in Wingham.
Mrs. Oliver McCharles and
Mrs. Cecila Hollarids were in
Lions Head on Saturday judging
their Hower Show.
•• Sympathy of the community
is extended to Mr's. Lorne
Luther in the .amassing _of her
Ta t her, Mr. " Parney, at
Ridgetown.
Several from this area weV'e
part of the picket line in Ingersot
on the weekend. Messrs. Lorne
MacDonald and Lorne Luther
were two of them. These people
represent the Farmers' Union. '
• ices at Ashfield
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Presbyterian Church Sunday had
Rev. George Bali as the minister
as Rev. Kenneth Rooney is on
holidays.
Mrs. Ewan",MacLean spent a
day with relatives at Wyoming
recently. - •
. — Finlay MacDonald visited in
London on Saturday ,With his
mother, Mrs. Tom MacDonald
who is a patient in Victoria
hospital.
The Gordon Finlayson family
were in Stratford for a family
picnic last Sunday.
Miss Donna Wyld is working
,in London this summer.
• Mrs. Wm Attig of Powasson
'was a visitor with Mr. and Mrs.•
Robt. MacIntosh and Mr. and
Mrs..Oliver lVlcCharles during the
past week . -
Master John Mac Intosh had .
his tonsils removed on Tuesday
at Wingham hospital.
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Medals were presented to eight O.P.P. Officers at No. 7
District Headquarters, Barrie, by Assistant Commissioner A. H.
Bird, General Headquarters, Toronto, on Friday, June 12.
Cor Yorak C. A. Hardy of the Goderich Detachment, was one of
the officers receiving recognition for 20years of service in the
P.P.P. A member of- the force since January 1950, Corporal
Hardy Itas been stationed at Oakville, B.owmanville, Minden,
Peterborough, Brighton and Goderich Detachments. He was
promoted to the rank of Corporal in 1963 while at Goderich'.
Corporal Hardy was born in Cambray and attended public and
high schools there:"He is married with two children.
St. Peter's Parish Council
The monthly meeting. of the,
Advisory Board of St. Peter's
Parish, Council was held on
Monday evening, June 22, in the
parish hall. Y
Father Moynahan opened.the
meeting with prayer, after which
Mrs. Stimson read the minutes
of the last meeting. .
The chairman John
Buchanan, then de`a t` _:With
matters 'arising from the
minutes. The , new loud speaker
system had :since beer installed
and seems Oto work very
satisfactorily. Display m cards
showing times of Masses were to
be . printed and "'Placed in
prominent places for the
information of the summer
tourists. Also. the new sign for
,outside of church is under way
and should be ready shortly.
Also new cards are being printed
reserving the back seats in the
church for people with small '
children.
It was brought to the
attention of the board that the
young people would like the old
loud speakers fro the Church
for their club rooms. It was
moved and passed unanimously
that these be turned over to the
youth group. ,
It was 'also suggested that the
lay readers should be seated in
the Sanctuary, and, this was
agreed. ,
With regard to the Liturgical
Convention to be held in
Windsor on October 2, 3 and 4,
a motion was made and passed
unanimously that the Parish
•Council would pay the
registration fee, for one or both
of the Sisters on the Board to
attend this Convention. •
Pete McCauley, the building
committee chairman, was unable
to attend but submitted samples
of drapery materials suggested
for the altars. ,Since this was
being looked after and estimates
being received by the building
committee, it was left over to be
referred back to them to
proceed with the necessary
arrangements to finalize. The
metal work for the rest of the
screens is now completed.
Father Moynahan- submitted
a report on the costs of the
renovations to date.
Mrs. Palmer reported as
chairman "of the social
committee that a meeting had
been held to consider ways and
means of raising funds. In lieu "of
a social it was decided. that
individual. roups would hold
functions td False money, and a
pledge system be proceeded.with
later in the Fall. A date for a
spaghetti supper was tentatively
set for September 17, with
proceeds to be used for. parish
funds.
The duties of the financial
secretary were discussed and
clarified as to just what was
entailed. It was merely set up to
handle "petty cash for small
accounts apprgved by the Board,
and all moneys raised and
expenses incurred by functions
pertaining to Parish Council, to
be finalized and,• the money.
handed over to the Parish Fund.
As no meetings will be held
during July or August, the date
of the' next meeting of the
Advisory Board was set for
. September 14 at 8 p.m. at the
Parish Hall.
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Racing begin in Clinton in a big way . on Sunday els 3,000 persons overflowed the grandstand and
tempdrary bleachers to watch the. 10 -race card. Horses Tame from all over the western end of the
province and even from the United States. v
Clinton Raceway opens
The great gamble of the
Clinton 'Kinsmen Club would
seem to be paying off, at least
after the.first. week.
Ctose to 3,000 persons, 2,000
paid, turned up under sunny
• skies for the opening of Clinton
Raceway on Sunday. The.crowd
was reassuring to club members
°who had seen their club gamble
$20,000 in new. buildings and
promotion on the hope that
people' would come to Clinton
for harness racing.
Come they did and more
important they came to bet.
$30,000 went through the
raceway's new mutuels building.;'
Thousands crowded the
refreshment booth run by the
Kinnettes. The large grand stand
and the long row QSbleachesbleaches
were overflowed d many
stood to -watch the horses.
They saw some of the best
horses_ available -too, from - all
over the western end of the
province. Many fine horses were
available, because the Western
Fair Raceway, one of the big
time tracks, is closed on
Sundays, Horses that race at
Windsor Raceway and Detroit
were also on hand.
With, many inexperienced •
hands and a mamoth problem of
co-ordinating an affair of such.
size, problems could have been
expected, but for the most part,
things' went off very smoothly.
The electric tote machines'
helped 'too ,speed the calculating
of odds on the races and these
were fed to the big board • by
telephone.
With a fine showing in the
first week, the raceway is
expecting things to get even
better at the second meet this
week when the . Clinton
Merchants' Stakes with a purse
of $1500 are run. -
Agriculture picnic held
Over 500 people attended the provided to Goderich • this and all look forward to another
Federation of Agriculture annual summer. „� _. - . �picninoxtysumtn�er.
picnic on Sunday at Ashfield - Free candy, pop and ice
Park. cream were provided for A registration booth was run
everyone there by the Ashfield by Mrs. Oliver McCharles,
Federation of Agriculture. All in secretary -treasurer, who
-all it was a tremendous succdss, recorded 539 names: •
At 1:30 two ball games were
played between Brookside and
Kingsbridge-- Schools:- -In --both- h-
. cases Brookside School was
victorious. This was followed by'
races and games -€or' veryone..,�
Mrs. Rae Boak was the oldest .
"lady and Mr. D A MacLennan
Sunday4vening concerts
received the prize for the oldest •
start w
man present. good -show
Two families of 12 each won
prizes - for having. the largest
number' present. Martin
Hendricks and Henry Drennans
took the honors.
The couples celebrating
wedding anniversaries were Mr.
and .Mrs. Angus MacLennan and -
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boak.
Those with birthdays on the
day of the picnic were Mrs.
Martin Hendricks and Murray
Haggitt.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
McCharles took the prize for the
couple who had been married
longest and the most recent
newlyweds were Mr. and Mrs.
Doug MacDonald.
Bradley Black, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Brian Vack, was the
youngest person present.
A lifeguard was on duty all'
.day and the • fenced -off area in -
*the• lake gave young and old a
chance to enjoy the water.
"sag -pipe music was provided
by Messrs. D. A. MacLennan and
son Finlay.
The 314 participants in -the
recent Walkathon „were
preen•ted with certificates and a
$1,500 cheque was presented to
,the' Recreation Committee and
the Binder Amazonian. relief
-fund by Mr. DanQQalton.
A loud 'spealsIng system was
operated by Ross Errington and
was an asset to the picnic. •
Those ;desiring swimming
instruction from Ashfield
Township were allowed to sign
up and will have transportation
eare
The Sunday evening series of
Harbour 'Park Concerts got off
to a flying start this past Sunday
thanks _to the efforts . and
co-operation of. several
organizations. within the town.
A large crowd, under ideal
weather conditions, enjoyed an
excellent program presented by
the Goderich Treble Singers and
the Goderich Town Band.
was at first thought the
bandstand would be of a very
crude nature, but, thanks 'to a
financial donation from' the
Lions Club. the carpentry of
Bandsman Harold Jeffery and
the painting of several junior
• bandsmen, the park now has a
very respectable bandstand.
' Councillor Reg., Jewell and
several of the Town's Works
Department employees were
most helpful in transporting the
piano and chairs.
Gordon Stewart ' is • to be
commended for his efforts in.
advertising the concerts with his
mobile public address system.
Arnold McConnell was master
of ceremonies. The Treble Singers
sang several stirring numbers in
their usual capable .manner
under 'the direction of Mrs.
Harry Worsell who was
pinch-hitting for Mrs. Eleanor
Hetherington. Mrs. Jean
Carruthers accompanied' on a
piano which was kindly loaned '
for the occasion by the Rev: and
Mrs. Leonard Warr:
• The Goderich Town Band,
under the direction of
Bandmaster Charles Kalbfeisch,
played a variety of marches,'
scores from popular' Broadway
Musicals, and religous music.
Reeve Harry Worsell
welcomed the listeners on behalf
of the Town -of Goderich.
Many residents will recall the
wrestling ,matches conducted
years ago ,at the old West Street
Arena. This same ring makes up
the floor of the band stand. It
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This Sunday the concert
features the Huronia Male
Chorus from Exeter as well as a
variety of instrumental
selections. The following Sunday
the Norwich Musical, Society
-Band will occupy the stand.
Further programs include:
July 26, Zurich Centennial
Band; Aug. 2, to be announced;
Aug. 9, Clinton Pipe Band and
the Mary ,Lynn Telford Highland
Dancers; Aug. 16, Goderich
District Collegiate Institute
Stage Band and Harbouraires
Male Chorus; Aug. 23, two
concerts, -,2:30 p.m. and 7:00
p.m., Paris .Citizen's Band; Aug.
30,• the Milverton Legion Band.
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