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Gardeners hear merchant
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Brandon
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Mr? and Mrs. Abe
Brandon of Goderich
passed a happy milestone
on April 20 when they
celebrated 60• years of
married life together.
Thee Brandons
celebrated their diamond
wedding anniversary
with a . special family
dinner at the home of
their grandson Gregory
Brandon of RR 4, Clinton.
The couple have been
longtime residents in the
area. Mr. Brandon was
born in Bayfield and his
wife, the former Phoebe
Bloomfield, was born in
Wingham.
On April 20, 1920 they
began married .life
together in a ceremony in
Wingham. The couple
then resided in Bayfield
where Mr. Brandon drove
the stage to Brucefield
and operated a small
ears
dairy until 1936. The
Bra ndon lived in Clinton
for --2-5 years before
moving to Goderich
where they now reside on
Elizabeth Street.
The Brandons have one
son, ` Charles of Clinton
and one daughter ,Mrs.
Betty Deseck of Detroit.
They, also have six
grandchildren and five
great grandchildren.
GODERICH SIGNAL-STAR,;WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23,, 1$$A ,P
Natural food is preferred
Members of the
Goderich Garden Club
and friends filled the
music room of Robertson
Memorial School to
capacity on Wednesday,
April 16 to hear guest
speaker Judi Mclylichael.
Mrs. McMichael, who,
with her husband,
operates , the Jana
Natural Foods Store gave
a talk on the various
foods available in the
store and gave reasons
why natural foods rniht
be preferred to' ,foods
prepared and packaged
with many additives.
The speaker also
pointed out ways,in which
food value could be im-
proved With certain
-eem-binatians— of health—
foods: The value of
lecithin as a natural
preservative and a
valuable health food, the
energy -giving potential of
nuts and seeds, the high
vitamin B content of
Brewers' Yeast, the high
amount of iron in the
natural sweetener
molasses, the value of
herbal teas whjch_ are
free of caffeine and the
importance of unrefined
oils were some of the
Weekend .youth retreat
Mrs. Joe Marks of Wind-
sor visited on Saturday even-
ing with Mel Jones.
Visitors on the weekend
with. Mrs. 'Mary Bere were
Mrs. Ruth Austin of Toronto,
Miss Larissa Aldham of In-
glewood and Mr. Tom Mac-
Ivoy from Detroit. They ac-
companied Mrs. Bere to a
family gathering in the form
of a pot luck dinner and
shower in Reid's Corners hall
on Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham
McNee, Mr. and Mrs. Eric
McNee and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Hayden and
family alsoattended the
gathering 'mentioned above.
Congratulations to. Mr.
and Mrs. Lonnie Fairbairn
(nee Patsy Brodie) on the
birth of a new daughter,
Samara.
Congratulations to ° Mr.
and Mrs. Terry Olson of
Listowel on the birth of a new
son, Douglas William, on -
Wednesday, April 4th.
DUNGANNON U.C.W.
The' April meeting of the
U.C.W. was held on Tuesday
evening, April 15, at the
home of Mrs. Cowan.
rs. limeog g op-
ened the meeting with a
poem, . Bethlehem and Cal-
vary. She also read the medi-
tation, a reading, An- Easter
Theme. Mrs. Olive Blake
read the scripture. Mrs.
Bessie McNee led in a series
of readings, A..message on
the Church, .-in which parts
were read by Beth McCon-
nell, Mrs. Elsie Irvin; Mrs.
Amy Wiggins and Mrs. Tinie
Logtenberg. Mrs. McNee
closed the devotional part of'
the meeting. with prayer.
Mrs. McNee read'a poem,
Dear Friends. Twelve ladies
answered roll call which was
giving a gift fore the cancer
fund, to be used for a child
who had leukemias. A motion
was passed to make a dona-
tion to ' the Cancer Society
from the U.C.W., as well.
The minutes and corres-
pondence were read by Mrs.
Tinie Logtenberg. An invita-
tion was - received from Luck -
now U.C.W. to attend their
Thankoffering meeting on
Sun -day, April 20. There is a
Resource Fair in Wingham
on the evenings of April 25
and 26. A letter was read
from Church and Society
with more. ideas why' not to
buy Nestle's and Libby's
products because of their
nefarious sales practices in
Third World countries.
The treasurer's report was
read by Mrs. Helen Dawson.
The church plates have ar-
rived and. are now available
for sale.
A discussion was held on
carpeting for the church, cost
of which the ladies are to pay
a part. Mrs. Olive Blake read
two poems for the feature,
tenber one bemg ca ed, - oo rims.
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doings
. Marie Park' correspondent
Wagler, served tea and cake
which had been made and
decorated by Mrs. Noah
Frey.
Mrs. Wagler lost her hus-
band, Christian, in 1951,
lying at that time near
Shakespeare, Ontario.
• She has one son, Ken, and
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two daughters, Miss Alice
Wagler of Kitchener, and.
Lorette, Mrs. Louis Lichti of
Shakespeare.,..' She • has s • 15:
grandchildren and •six great
grandchildren.
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The ladies presented her
with a pot of mums.
special points that the
speaker made.
Mr's. McMichael also
outlined the method of
sprouting seeds such as
alfalfa and .beans which
could be used in salads,
soups, etc. It was
suggested,that those who
are' just beginning to use
natural foods in their
cooking for their families
should buy in small
quantities , as most of
these foods have a short
shelf „ life. Several
questions about natural
foods were very" ably
handled;
The Garden Club
members will take a bus
trip on April 30 to the
London Hone and
-Garde I-Sl3Qw with- a -visit—
to Swain's Nursery
enrotStte• The bus will
leave the post office area
at 8:00 a.m.
The Hanover Bus Tour
to the International
Flower Show tobe held in
Montreal May 16-21 was
again, brought to the
attention of members.'
Members were
reminded about an event -
at the Goderich Public
Library when Mrs. Edna
Stebler, author of "Food
held
YOUTH RETREAT
A group of 40 young
people from Breslau, Moore-
freld;Berea and Dungannon
Mennonite Churches came to
together at Dungannon, for a
weekend retreat.
The visitors arrived Friday
evening and were billeted in
the various homes:
Saturday morning was
spent in a study and discus-
sion group on the - topic of
Vocations for Young People.
This was directed by Pastor
H. Lawrence.
A time of roller skating
was enjoyed in.the afternoon,
after which a supper meal
followed prepared and serv-
ed by the ladies of the
,church..
The.even'was 'spent in
recreation in gym of the
Brookside School:
At a special service ASun-
day morning, each group
participated in song or word.
Encourage solar heating
A . province -wide
competition has been.
The meeting was adjourned.
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
CHURCH
The ladies of the Christian
Fellowship Church and com-
munity, Bible Study. group
met on Wednesday of the
past week at the home of
Kenneth and Alice Wagler to
honour the 90th birthday of
Ken's mother, Mrs. Barbara
Wagler.
Mrs. Wagler received the
group in her own apartment.
Her granddaughter, Susan
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announced, on which
Ministry of Energy will
spend $200,000 to en-
courage the design and
construction- of energy-
efficient housing with
passive solar heating. As
you probably know,
passive solar heating
collects thermal energy
whin—the
ti: oi'gh windows without
using fans, .- pumps, or
other meOh•'anica'l
collection devices.
Design proposals will be
solicited from registered
builders and a steering
committee will choose 10
to 15 designs for further
development.
-SuCgequen'tty;` some
even all of �•he• desigi
will be con ructed, wi
builders assuming bas
costs and the provinc
paying the additiona
costs of passive sola
heating. -
That Really Schmecks!"
will be guest speaker.
Her subject should be of
interest to gardeners.
The president, Mrs.
Frances Worsell, gave
some tips on slipping
geranipm and begonia
Blind
members
meet.
The Bluewater club of
the Canadian Council of
the Blind held their initial
meeting of the year in the
Orange Hall in Clinton on
April 15.
President Helen
Snnthern welcomed �L
members and visitors.
Following a brief
bus'iness session;
program convener GWen
Watson introduced Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer. Trick,
the talent for the evening.
Mrs. Trick gave a
number of interesting
readings, and her
husband played a few
enjoyable piano solos.
The company then sat
down to a very delightful
lunch prepared and
served by Mrs. Harold
Wise and Mrs. Alvin
Wise, both... members of
the Wesley -Willis UCW.
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NEW IN TOWN
and don't know
which way to turn,
call the,
domelrafk..
hostess of 524-9676
You'll be glad you did
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plants, suggestions for
testing seeds for good
germination, mulching of
plants, especially trees.
and shrubs, use of fer-
tilizers and choice. of _
plants for acid soils.
The May meeting of the
Garden Club will take the
form of a Plant Auction
Members were en-
couraged to start slips of
plants now in preparation
for the auction and to
bring anything from the
garden that might -be sold
to other members at the
auction.
(BLADEX PLUS AIR A mg)
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