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• The November meeting of
the Auburn Women's
Institute was held last
Tuesday afternoon in the
Community Memorial hall
with the' president Mrs.
Eleanor Bradnock in charge.
After welcoming tnembeis
and visitors, Mrs. Thomas
Haggitt introduced the guest
speaker, the •Rev. William
Craven of Goderich. His topic
was Citizenship and World
Affairs. He gave an im-
pressive speech on Canadian
Citizenship and stated that a
new set of values has been
placed. on citizenship. He said
all should take a stand ,a's
Canadians if, Canada- is to
remain from coast td coast. It
is up to every citizen to live
„ the best way possible and to
strive to keep Canada
together, he advised.
Mrs. Donald Cartwright
thanked the speaker and
presented him -with a gift.
The minutes of the October
meeting were accepted. as
read by the secretary, Mrs.
Donald, Haines. A letter was
read from Miss. Helen
McKercher, thanking for
support during her term- as
Director of Home Economics
• Branch of the Department of
Agriculture and Food. •
The banquet on December
4th -will have •Mrs. Donald
Haines and Mrs.. Gordon
Powell as conveners. It was
decided to buy -one dozen tea
• towels and dish cloths for the
hall.
Plans were made to hold
Family Night on November
26 in which the Horticulture
members and their families
J will be guests. Every family
is asked, to bring something
•• for the first course and
something for dessert... The
dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Mrs. Donald Cartwright
• and Mrs. Frank Raithby will
make quilt blocks for Erland
Lee Home. All labels are to -he
turned in to Mrs. Raithby to
get more tea towels.
Roll call, "A currentevent
on World Affairs' was an-
swered by all members.
• A demonstration on making
' clogs with fun fur was done by
• • Mrs. Leonard Archambault.
She gave a reading, Do you
just belong?
. Mrs. Kenneth, McDougall
gave the motto, May we put
away all pretense and meet
each other face to face
without self pity and without
preju.dice. • .
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The card report was given
by Mrs. Andrew Kirkconnell
and she read the than -you
notes. The -report of the
County • Rally was given by
Mrs. Thomas Haggitt and
Mrs. Thomas Jardin and the
report of the London area
convention was given by the
delegate Mrs. Donald Haines.
Subscriptions t� the
Federated News of 50 cents a
year are to be given to Mrs.
Haines efore the end -of the
month.
Mrs. Myrtle Munro had an
elimination contest and the
winner was Mrs. Donald
Cartwright. The lucky dates
winners were Mrs. Dorothy
Cirange, and Miss Laura
Phillips.
Lunch was served by Mrs.
•Leonard Archambault Mrs.
'Myrtle Munro and Mrs.
Florence Million.
SOCIAL NEWS
•Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Cartwright, David, Derrick
and Lori e visited with Mr. •
and Mrs. R.A. Williams and
Ruth at Toronto last weekend
and attended the Royal
Winter Fair.
• Mrs. Donald Cartwright,
Mrs. Robert Peck, Mrs.
Frank Raithby, Mrs. William
Porter attended the London
Area Women's Institute
convention -at Tillsonburg
recently.
Sympathy of the • com-
munity is extended to the
• family of »the late Elwin
charnney who passed away
• suddenly in • Wingham
hospital, last Thursday.
• Luncheon guests with Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver Anderson
last Thursday were Mrs. Ray
• O'Neill and daughter Miss
Lynn O'Neill of •Edmonton
and Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock.
Mrs. Elva Straughan and
her daughter Mrs. Thomas
Jardin entertained at a birth-
day -party last Thursday
afternoon for Mrs. Mary
Rollinson and Miss Ella
Wagner on the occasion of
their birthdays to which
neighbours attended."
Mr. and Mrs. George
• Collins, Huron HaVen Village_
and Mr: and Mrs. John
Stadelmann, Christine,
Rhonda and Jennifer were -
Monday eyening visitors with
-Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock.
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Killough of
Springfield on celebrating
• their 50th wedding an-
• niversary recently at Lions
Hall where a turkey supper
was served. The couple was
• married October 9, 1926 in the
• village of Auburn by the Rev.
• W.R. Alp, and following their
marriage- resided in • the
Auburn district, and
Goderich. In 1946 they moved
to Springfield. The couple's 10
children attended as »wellas
their 40 grandchildren and 14
great grandchildren.
• Visitors with Mrs. Frances
Clark at the weekend were
• Misses Jean Houston, Jean
Jamieson, Prudence, Tracey
• and Allan Fleming, all , of
Toronto. -
Norman McDowell and Mr.
and ..Mrs. Torrance Tabb
visited last week with Mrs.
Norman McDowell who if, a
patient in - University
Hospital. We are pleased to
report that she is improving
in health.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Finnegan
of Goderich visited last
Friday evening with My. and ,
Mrs. Thomas Johnston' and
Miss Laura Phillips.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred
Sanderson spent the weekend
in Woodstock with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Youngblut.,
Prize winners at the weekly
Tuesday evening euchre
party were novelty, Mrs.
Donald Haines; high lady,
Mrs. James Glousher; low
lady,- Mrs. Oliver Anderson;
high man, WilliamCraig;
low man, Paul Ambrose.
Mr. Bob .Wa,lker of Owen
Sound visited his aunt• Mrs.
Emmerson Rodger and Mr.
Rodger last Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mutch
of Clinton visited one day last
week with Mrs. Albert
McFarlane.
Congratulations to Miss
Faye Blake of Brussels who
received her Registered
Nursing certificate from St.
Joseph's Hospital, London at
a ceremdny at Fanshawe
College, She has accepted a
position 1 on the 'Fordwich
Nursing Home staff. She is
the elder daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Blake of Brussels
and granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Kirkconnell
of Auburn.
Congratulations, to Mrs.
• Arthur Ferguson at the
Lucknow Nursing Home who
last Sunday celebrated her
• 90th • birthday with her
• daughter, Mrs. Ray O'Neill
and daughter Lynn of
Edmonton and her son
Stewart Ferguson and Mrs.
Ferguson and members of
•their family of Elmdalel
To THESE
Yea. though 1 walk throughlhe valley'
of the shadow of death, 1 shall fear no
• , evtl. for Thou art with me.
. .
—23rd Pea 1m, .
•
JOHN MACFARLAND
John Scotland Ian (Mac)
Macfarland »of 65 Montreal
Street, in. Goderich died
Monday in Alexandra Marine
. and General Hospital. He was
56
• He was born on June 25,
1920 to Hugh and, Maggie
(Scotland) Macfarland in
Windsor, »OntaTio and later
moved to Forest. He was
married in London, Ontario to
the former Margaret Elaine
Sangster on October, 9, 1964
and moved to Goderich in
September 1973. •
He was an electrical
engineer with Ontario Hydro
and served overseas in the
Second World War with the
Essex Scottish Regiment. He
was a Dieppe prisoner of war
for two and a half years. He •
was a member of •Knox
Presbyterian Church and the
Royal Canadian Legion. •
• He is survived by his wife,
two sons Jim and John, both
at home; one » sister Miss
Jessie Macfarland and
brother . Hugh Macfarland,
both of Windsor. -
• The funeral service is to be
held this afternoon at 2 p.m.
at Stiles Funeral Home with
the Reverend G.L, ,Royal
officiating. Interment is at
• Maitland Cemetery.
• Donald Warren of Welland
died at Roswell Park
Mernorial Institute in Buf-
falo, Monday, November 8.
-He was 47.
• He was born in Windsor and
moved to Goderich in 1937. He
moved to Welland in1944 and
was active in sports in that
community.
Mr. Warren was a super-
visor in the accounting
• department of Stelco where
he was employed for 20 years• ,
He is survived by his wife
the former Anne Vlasic; one
son Robert and one daughter
Judith, both at home; his
father John P. Warren, 123
West St., Goderich and one
brother, Harold Warren of
London.•
He was predeceased by his
mother Mrs. Velma Warren.
Funeral service was held in
St. David's Anglican Church
with Canon Harold
Thomasson officiating.
Burial took place in Pleasant
View Memorial Gardens,
• Vanastra Park, Clinton
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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, I976—PAGE 15
Hosp. Auk. hears
topic on the blind
President Mrs. Carlton
Worsell presided at the
November meeting of the
Hospital Auxiliary to the
Alexandra General and
Marine Hospital. There ,was a
good attendance to hear the
encouraging reports.
Christmas items are in the
Gift Shop and customers are
welcome tb visit the shop any
afternoon from two to four
o'clock. Calendars are
available from members or
at the Gift Shop.
The Goderich Auxiliary
hosted the Fall Conference of
District No. 2 of the Hospital
Auxiliaries Association of
Ontario and received com-
mendation from the
president, Mrs. Orville Oke,
of • Seaforth, for •a well
organized conference.
Special mention was made of
the decorations.
The conference convener,
Mrs. J. Berry, and her
committee had, used ships as
the» theme to remind the
guests that they were in the
Port of Goderich.
The -Sp ea e r for ' the
November meeting was Mrs.
Jack Watson of Clinton. She
was introdUced by Mrs.
Worsell.
Mrs. Watson has had a very
close association with the
• Canadian National Institute
for the Blind. She told how
students were taught in a full
curriqulum including musie.
The speaker explained
Braille, which is a system of
raised dots for touch reading
and writing by blind persons.
Braille has become the most
successful method of com-
rnunication for the visually
handicapped' person. The use
of raised • dost has been
*adapted ,.to many . aids and
appliances and als,o in
recreation and music. •
There are 68 blind persons
in the County of Huron. Some
of these are active in the Blue
Water Club which is basically
social. Many articles crafted
by sightless people were on
display.
During the coffee hour the
members had an opportunity
to visit with Mrs. Watson.
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E1SPECIAL NOTI
RE ELECT
JOHN
WESTBROOK
TO
REPRESENT
Goderich & Colborne
• Townships on
HURON -COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
For
A dairy farmer in Goderich Township since 1951.
Four children, two in, secondary school.
"I solicit your support on Dec. 6th".
transportation to the polls,
Respectfully
phone 524-8036. • John Westbrook
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