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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-10-23, Page 81 Page 8 --The Wingham Advance -Times, Oct. 23, 1985 MRS WILLIAM SOTHtRN Notes from Fordwich The sympathy of the community goes to Mrs. William Wilson in the death of her husband last. week in the Wingham and District Hospital. Sympathy also is extended to his brother and wife,. Jack and . Jennie Wilson. Visiting last Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Kelley was Mrs. Lomer Samis of Drayton and on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Howard Welsh of Moorefield visited at the Kelley home. Mr. Welsh and his wife, a sister of Mrs. Kelley's, were in Newfoundland earlier this year and Mr. Welsh was the lucky winner of a Jaguar car. Friends in the area extend congratulations to then • Sunday visitors with Mrs. Les Halliday were Mr. and Mrs. George Kuhl of Keady and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Gamble of Chatsworth. Thanksgiving visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Anson Demerling were Mrs. Joan Longstaffe and Brent of Scarborough and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Goldrich and Grant and Paula of Guelph. Visiting at the same home last Thursday 'were Mrs. Ellie Bushlen and Mrs. Bernice Wolfe of Mitchell. Mr, and Mrs. Bill Miller,. Darcy and Trevor, visited friends in Kitchener on Sunday. The sympathy of the community goes to Mrs. Wellington Hargrave in the sudden death of her husband last Saturday and to David, Doug and Lisa Hargrave in the loss of a dear father and to grandchildren Tracy and Michael. Mrs. Glenn Johnston, Mrs. Elmer Harding and Mrs. Jean Clarkson attended the 'Women's Institute area convention last week in St. Agatha. Mrs. Percy Huth, Mrs. Harold Gibson and M£s. Dick Agla also attended. Congratulations are ex- tended to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Winkel o celebrated their 50th wed- ding anniversary with an open house held in the Fordwich Community Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wray and Mr. and Mrs. Brian Wray of Toronto spent the weekend here and attended the funeral of the former's brother-in-law, Wellington Hargrave, from the M. L. Watts W Funeral Home in Gorrie on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D'Arcey visited friends in Brampton on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stewart entertained relatives at their home last Saturday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stewart's 25th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Glenn Johnston at- tended the Walkerton Fair on Sunday. History of Stephen's Store is featured at WI meeting GORRIE — The Women's Institute held its October meeting at the home of Mrs. Joe Simmons and a unique feature of the meeting was the history of Stephens' Store, a longtime business establishment in the village of Gorrie which burned April 4, 1985. Mrs. Alvin Grainger opened the meeting by all singing the Ode and repeating the Collect. The roll call, "a story of your childhood", brought some amusing stories from 14 members and two visitors. Pennies for Friendship, three cents for every quilt in each member's home, were collected. Mrs. James Gray read the minutes' and correspondence) was passed around. A committee was appointed to be in charge of the . Howick Community Board dinner on December 7. Conveners were Mrs. Melvin Taylor- and Mrs. Alvin Mundell and the topic was the Tweedsmuir History. Mrs, Taylor called on Mrs. A. L. Stephens who gave1an interesting talk about Gorrie as it used to be and as it is now. She said the compiling of her story was a trip down Memory Lane and told about Stephens' Store which was built in the 180Os, long before electricity. They used to get blocks of ice cut from the river dam to keep the produce cool. There were many in- teresting and amusing in- cidents over the years: the price of different foods in comparison with today's prices; how the store was Brussels man marks birthday with friends BRUSSELS — Jim Brem- ner celebrated his 90th birth- day last Wednesday with friends at a local restaurant. Prior to that, Mr, Bremner's son, Bill and his wife Fran, h� dafatTll'on c 13. He received a family portrait and many gifts, remarking that his large family keeps him young. He thanked those present for the gifts. Those in attendance were: Doug and Marci Bremner and family of St. Marys; Al and Barb Dobson and boys of Kitchener; Murray and Pat Bremner of Kitchener; - Bonnie Forester of Kit- chener;• Barrie and Pat Bremner and family of Court right; Jerry Bremner and Joanne Knight; June Bremner of Listowel; Shawn and Scott Bremner; Mrs. Elsie Shaw and Doc and Nora Stephenson. indeed a general store, with everything from ladies' hats to shoe laces, bulk foods of every description, cheese in large 300 -pound blocks and flour in 100 -pound bags. Mr. Stephens operated a store on wheels which travelled over many miles, delivering groceries to the community around Gorrie. She explained" the lift they had for loading and unloading, how children were so fascinated with watching - the lift in operation. The children would come into the store to get warm on their way to and from the schoolhouse and when they were out skating and playing. Some young and some not -so -young people remain very much in Mrs. Stephens' memory. This store came into the Stephens family in 1906 and remained until 1963 when Mrs. Stephens sold it to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Coulter. Since then there have been several owners. She named many people who worked at the store and the egg - grading station over the years. Mrs. Stephens was thanked and presented with an Institute spoon. Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Mundell displayed their Tweedsmuir Histories and scrap books. Lunch was served by Mrs. Melville Dennis, Mrs. Lloyd Faust and the hostess. The December meeting will be a visit to Listowel Textiles. The fourth meeting of the Belgrave Club was held at 7 p.m. in the Women's Insti- tute Hall. The meeting opened with the 4-H pledge, then the roll call, which was "Comment on the pie you made at home and what ad- justments you would make if you.made it again". We then split into' three goups and made pumpkin , —e hoceka-te—cake- and --me orange cake. While these were baking we read over the meeting and discussed our bake sale which is to be held Nov. 2 at 1.30 p.m. in the Women's Institute Hall. After we tasted the orange and pumpkin cakes, the meeting was closed with the 4-H motto. at the Wingham Public School Editors: Andrea Grant Peter Poulin Mrs. Martin's Grade 3 class is wrapping up its leaf collections. These consist off leaves attractively mounted on bristol board. They are also making maps off their rooms, •homes and blocks. This begins to develop good mapping skills. —Amy Bateman This week Grade 2 students made spatter paintings using leaves they had collected and pressed. They also wrote a letter to a mouse who is living in their desks at night and the mouse wrote a letter back to every one of them. In math, Dracula and other spooky creatures are helping them to discover the number facts of 11. Last Friday they shared a feast of fruit and vegetables with their reading buddies in Mr. Shaw's class. —Heather Bishop Coming up for Hallowe'en is our "Count the. Pumpkin Seeds" contest which Mr. Morton holds in our library every year. The lucky students will probably receive buttons. Also. our annual Book Sale will be held near the end of November. Mr. Morton is happy to, announce he has been shopping and has got some. new paperbacks.' Also a lot of the books which were lost over the summer are coming in. Sylvia Wai The last two weeks Mrs. MacRae's Grade 1 class and its reading buddies in Mr. Lisle's Grade 7 have been working on stories about bears, The reading buddy and his or her partner developed a story and they both shared the writing. The stories are almost finished and now the class is working on pictures about the bear adventures. —Todd Chadwicik Mr. Shaw's Grade 7 class has been very busy learning about senior citizens and old age. They have watched films to understand prob- lems when getting older. They also have done inter- views with,older friends which were tped and played for the class. ' Also this week Mr. Shaw, Mr. Whiteley, Mr. Lisle and Mr. Poulin got together with all the parents to discuss the. Grade 7 Quebec and Ottawa trip. They handed out the agendas and talked over money -raising techniques Voice for Life discusses rally At the October meeting of the Wingham Voice.. for Life the recent rally in Toronto in front of the Legislative Buildings was discussed. Most of the chapter's members traveled to Toronto by bus to request the closure of the Morgentaler abortion clinic. The protest was well - attended, with more than 30,000 people from all over the province participating. On Oct, 12 several tubers of Wingtiarn V We for Life set up a booth. at the Teeswa pr Fair. The motto of the display was "Oppose abortion; choose life". The group also is spon- soring a series of TV com- mercials featuring Dr. Nathanson, a former abortionist who now sup- ports the pro-life cause. These commercials can now be seen on the local station and will continue into the new year. Whitechurch Mr.- and Mrs. Archie Purdon took her mother, Mrs. Webster Jacklin, to the Gorrie United Church on Sunday where her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. WARD & IJPTIGROVE Listowel (51 9) 291-3040 CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Sacred Heart euchre party Seven tables were in play at the Sacred Heart euchre party last week. High lady was Kay McCormick; high man, Carl Fre4bu_ Florence McKinnon; low man, Lorne Jamieson. The door prize was won by Leona Freiburger. Conveners were Jean Mc- Donald and Nancy McKeon. for this trip. They are looking forward to this very exciting experience. —Amy Bateman This week Mrs. McKeon's class went on a trip to the conservation area and while there they played owl prowl. For Hallowe'en they made folders and are trying to sell a haunted house they made. They are reading a novel called Frankenstein's Aunt. They are writing a cook book for witches. =Jenny Cameron Mrs. Anderson's class is already working on Hallo- we'en and autumn activities. They've done more stories which they will be doing all year long to increase their language skills. Besides Reading Readi- ness, Mrs. Anderson is run- ning a peer tutoring program doing spelling and reading and is hoping to organize a study program. —Christa Crawford Mrs. Schedler's and Mrs. King's Grade 1-2 students are now getting ready for Hallowe'en, planning a • party, reading and writing stories and drawing pic- tures. Next Wednesday, Oct. 30, they will go on a field trip to the Children's Museum at London. 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