HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-07-02, Page 6'in Advance -Times, July 2, 1980
W1L1.IAM SOTHERN
Notes from Fordwich
Mr. and Mrs. Brian
Doubleday and family left
over the weekend on a motor
trip through the western
provinces.
Pte. Bill Sullivan and Mrs.
Sullivan arrived Sunday
from Greenwood, Nova
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Duy Centre News
The Wingham Armouries
was the centre of activity for
seniors this week. Senior
citizens werequizzed on
their knowledge of the
Canada Food Guide., and
diebetic and hypertension
diets were discussed. The
importance of water in a diet
was stressed and a lively dis-
cussion on good nutrition
followed.
On Thursday the group
had a visit from two of the
ambulance attendants from`
the. Wingham and District
Hospital. Eric Cleave- and
Rod Hickey spoke on
recognizing the onset of
heart attacks and strokes.
Convulsions, burn care and
the care of an unconscious
person were discussed.
The men answered the.
many questions asked by the
seniors. Proper emergency
procedures for a cardiac
arrest were also outlined and
discussed by the group.
Exercises, games and
singsongs were part of the
recreational activities.
The centre welcomes
Millicent Stuart as the new
coordinator of' volunteer
services. Mrs. Stuart has
lived in the Wingham area
for the past six years. She
replaces Doreen Mali; who
has left the centre to become
a full-time Mother.
Scotia, to spend a couple of
weeks with Mrs. Sullivan's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Miller, and other relatives
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Allan
were supper guests Thurs-
day night with Mr. and Mrs.
Don Elliott at their summer
home in Blyth.
Brian Kelley of Hanover
spent several days last week
with his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lorne Kelley.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Martin, Donna and Brenda,
attended a reuniqn at Aurora
Sunday and from there left
for a few days at Lion's
Head.
Mrs. Janes Vittie
received word last week that
her nephew, Ted Lyons of
Yorkshire, England, passed
away suddenly as the result
of a heart attack.
William Brears Jr. and
David Brears of Cairn,
Saskatchewan, arrived last
week. to spend the summer
here. William will stay with
his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bal Brears, and David
will holiday with his brother-
in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Maher.
Mr. and Mrs. Deryek
Weber and family are
,holidaying at their cottage at
Oliphant Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Pollock of Stratford spent
the weekend at their home
her•Ve.
Miss Shelly Gibson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Garfield Gibson; underwent
a tonsillectomy lastweek in
County of Bruce General
Hospital, Walkerton.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl D'Arcey
and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Martin, Carl and
Dean, spent the weekend at
Pine Echo Camp, Belmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
Johnston attended the
centennial parade in Chesley
on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Wilson, Jeff, Larry and Brad
visited Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Lorne Wilson, Fergus.
Mr. and Mrs. Wray Wilson
and Amanda also visited at
the same home.
Mr. and ,Mrs-. Cecil
Galbraith of Guelph, were
Sunday guests with Mrs.
Verna Galbraith and Mrs.
Elsie Strong.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wilson
attended a reunion at Kippen
on Sunday.
Sunday visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Don King were Mr.
and Mrs. James Fitch,
Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Hanna and family, Waterloo,
Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Brunarski and family. The
occasion was Mrs. Fitch's
birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Sothern, Tim and Tracy of
Palmerston spent the
weekend at their summer
home here.
Visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Hunt last week were Mr.
and Mrs. Lou Northern of
England, Mr. and Mrs. Doug
Fess of Binbrook, Mr. and:
Mrs. Ocean Roth and Ron,
Ripley, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Hunt and Lori, Guelph, Mrs.
Terry Pym, Jason and
Jennifer, St. Catharines, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Webster,
Lucknow. Audrey Steinpatz
and Richard Hunt of
Kingston attended the
engagement party at Kurtz-
ville for Randy Hunt and
Lynn Cameron of Listowel;
whose marriage takes place
August 9 in Cranbrook.
Richard Hunt has accepted a
position as manager trainee
with the- MacDonald',
restaurant chain. After
completion of exams in July
and August he - wil be
assigned a new outlet to open
in the Kingston area in
August.
Couple celebrates
56th anniversary
Whitechurch — Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Emerson
celebrated their 56th wed-
ding anniversary July 2.
Valetta Emerson was born
April 6, 1896, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Tiffin,
and was one of five children
in her family.
Victor Emerson was born
April 13, 1892, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alec Emerson, and was
also one of 'five children in
the family .
Mrs. Emerson taught
school for several years at
Langside, Zion, Moorefield
and other schools in the area.
After they were married •
they farmed at Langside
before moving to White-
church, where they bought
the farm now owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Brian Rintoul.
They then moved to a house
on the 35th Sideroad and to
their present home on High-
way 86 in 1959. -
While .living - in White-
church and before he retired,
Mr. Emerson did carpentry
work, helping to build and
restore ` many homes and
businesses.
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Wingham Advance -Times
Special
meeting
BELGRAVE, The spec-
ial meeting of Calvin -Brick
United Church Women was
held on Tuesday, June 24, at
8:15 p.m. in Calvin -Brick
United church.,
Soloist Mrs. Donald Dow
sang 'God Who Touchest
Earth With Beauty' as Mrs.
Gordon McBurney presented
corresponding scenic slides.
Mrs. Norman Coultes read
a poem 'No God', and the
hymn '0 Master Let Me
Walk With Thee', was sung.
Dominion Day was the
topic of a meditation given
by Mrs. Norman Coultes.
Lori Jamieson, Cathy Dow
and Marilyn Jamieson sang
'This Land is Your Land'.
Mrs. Donald Dow led in
prayer. The offering was re-
ceived and a hymn was sung.
Mrs. Dow introduced the
guest speaker, Sarah Jane
Pelkey of Gowanstown, who
spoke on her experiences as
anexchange . student in
'Japan. A question and an-
swer period concluded her
talk.
Mrs. George McGee
thanked Miss Pelkey for
sharing her interesting in-
formation on Japan.
A hymn was sung and the
meeting then closed with the
benediction read in unison.
A social hour and lunch
was enjoyed by the ladies
following the meeting.
Dist: officers
installed by
Rebekahs
Rebekahs from lodges in
the Kincardine districts 24
South and North gathered"at
Wingham last Thursday to
install the district deputy
presidents for 1980-81.
Chosen for this important
office in District 24 - South
was Mrs. Mossie Jones of-
Wingham. She was present-
ed with her official collar by
Joyce MacDonald of Tees -
water, past district deputy.
deputy.
In accepting the collar
Mrs. Jones thanked the
members for the honor
bestowed on her and
promised to serve the
district to. the best of her
ability.
Norma Ruthven'. was in-
stalled`;.; ate-'p'th ^ 'deputy
president of District 24
North.
The retiring district
deputy presidents were
given their jewels.
Lodge members from
Glamis, Tiverton, Port Elgin
and Paisley provided an
enjoyable variety program
and a delicious lunch
brought the meeting to a
close. Forty-one members
attended.
BRENDA STAPLETON exchanged vows with Randy
Lovegrove'in a quiet family wedding at 12 noon Fri-
day, May 30. The double -ring ceremony was per-
formed' by Rev. Dr. Robert H. Armstrong In St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Parents of the couple
are Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stapleton, Wingham, and Mr.
and Mrs. Don Lovegrove, Burlington.' The bride was
,given in marriage by her parents and was attended by
her sister, Mrs. Barb Bushell of Holyrood. Wayne
Lovegrove; brother of the groom was best man. The
bride's parents held a dinner at their home following
the ceremony. After a short honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs.
Lovegrove will reside in Waterloo.
Canadian. Indians .
studied at Goforth meet
A study examining the
rights of Canadian Indians
was an interesting feature of
the meeting of the Goforth
Evening Auxiliary of St.
Andrew's Presbyterian
Church when the last
meeting Of the season was
held June 17..,
Mrs. Dave Eadie and Mrs.
Douglas Lapp portrayed
Rev. Kenneth Stright of the
Presbyterian ' Church,
Rossburn,7 Manitoba, and
Robert Tana, the
Presbyterian Church's -
representative to the ,Task
`F`orce bn ' indfa4{ York. • Mr.
Tana told of the rights of
Canadian Indians at the
- native people of Canada. He
suggested ' some of ' these
rights are the right to have
their' own way of living
without interference; to
retain their Indian culture, '
customs and ceremonies;
the right to education;. the
right to made decisions in
local communities and
Brussels celebration
honors two occasions
BRUSSELS — About 100
relatives and friends
gathered recently at the
• home off Mr. and Mrs.
Murray Huether of Brussels
for a double celebration in
honor of Marlene Cun-
ningham of Clinton and
Bruce McDonald of Walton,
whose marriage takes place
July 12 in Clinton; and also'to
honor Bruce's grandmother,
Mrs. Edna McDonald of
Brussels, formerly of
Walton, on her 80th birthday.
Marlene and her mother,
as._ well as Mrs. Marilyn
McDonald and Mrs. Edna
McDonald, were presented
with corsages 'by .Mrs,
Dianne Huether. Mrs.
Barbara Tervit of Wingham,
aunt of the groom -elect,
expressed congratulations to
Bruce and Marlene and they
were presented with many
lovely and useful gifts. They
expressed gratitude to
everyohe present.
Brian Huether read a
fitting address expressing
appreciation to a wonderful
mother, grandmother,
relative and friend and Mrs.
McDonald was presented
.with gifts, cards and good
wishes.
Mrs. McDonald has three
children, Mrs. Murray
Huether of Brussels, Ken-
neth and Don of,Walton. She
has 13 grandchildren and 10
great grandchildren.
A smorgasbord super
was served on the lawn and
enjoyed by `• everyone
present.
Pot Iiuk supper
precedes meeting
A delicious pot luck supper
was held Monday evening of
last week, preceding the
general meeting of the
Wingham United Church'
Women. . Members of
Whitechurch UCW were
guests for the evening.
The afternoon unit con-
ducted the worship with Mrs.
George Underwood in-
troducing the theme, 'Clay
Pots'. She was assisted by
Mrs. George Thompson, The
scripture passages,
responses and hymns aI'l
pertained to the Potter and
His clay. A solo, 'I Asked the
Lord', was sung by Mrs. Ken
Wood, accompanied by Mrs.
Sydney Thompson.
Mrs. Stan Orien in-
troduced Miss Nancy Quinn
of Lucknow who demon-
strated how to rnske an
arrangement of dried and
silk flowers Miss Quinn has
had g,00d background
training in the art of flowers
because her parents own the
Quinn Florist Shop in Kin-
cardine. Miss Quinn has
recently opened her own
store in Lucknow. She ex-
plained several ways to dry
flowers and gave a short
history about the origin of
many of the dried flowers
available. Mrs. Murray
Taylor thanked the guest
speaker
Mrs. Sinclair Wardrop, the
president, conducted the
business part of the meeting.
On behalf of the Whitechurch
UCW, Mrs. Garnet Farrier
thanked the Winghatre ladies ,
for a pleasant dinner and
evening.
governments; no
discrimination; the right to
practise their own religion.
Mrs. Robert Arbuckle
conducted the meeting and
opened with some poetry by
Pauline Johnson. She also
led the Bible study. Prayers
were offered by Mrs. Lapp,
Mrs. James Wilson and Mrs.
Eadie. Two numbers, 'Bless
This House' and -'Edelweiss',
were piano selections played
by Mrs. Donald Eadie.
Mrs. Murray Underwood,
president, and Mrs. Hugh
Clugston,• secretary, con-
ducted the business and a
fellowship hour followed. •
�P./�4CAT.LlC4
Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Errington and family., have
returned to Ontario from
South Dakota and will sd
the next two weeks visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. William
Errington and other friends
in the area. They plan to
return to the Philippines the
first of August to continue
their work of translating the
scriptures to the Manoba
people.
Rev. Dr. R. D. MacDonald,
recently ,retired minister of
Port Elgin and Burgoyne,
now living at Bruce Beach,
conducted the Sunday
morning service at St. An;
drew's Presbyterian Church.
In commemoration of
Canada Day, Dr.: MacDonald
spoke on. 'Canada the
Dutiful': During the service
Gordon Wall played two
violin solos.
May bride
is honored
at showers
Two showers were held on
the weekend for Mrs. Randy
Lovegrove, the former
Brenda Stapleton, who was
married in May.
A miscellaneous shower
was held at the home of Mrs.
Reta•- Scheifele, with Mrs.
Elinor, Neill assisting, for
relatives and friends.
At the home of Mrs. Verna
Currie, with Mrs. Evelyn
Galbraith assisting, a
shower was held for neigh-
bors. -Brenda received many
beautiful and useful gifts
which were greatly ap-
preciated and *ill always be
cherished.
Previously, Brenda had
been honored at showers in
Waterloo. A miscellaneous
shower for girlfriends vMas
held with Mrs. Joan Black
hostess. The members of the
bank staff where Brenda is
employed took her out to
dinar and presented her
with a gift.
e B rewn,
a' MPs,.
rows of Garr#e,
emee; the ode of Jame
ph Fudger, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John idgel' of
larriston, in a c candlelight
-ee reisnony of► Sat y,, June
14, at seven' o'clock 'ia• the
evening.
R. John Qestreiicherx Of
Clinton united the couple in a
double -ring: ceremony
. solemnized in the Wroxeter
United Church. Twin - can-
delabra trimmed
an-delabra"trimmed with white,:
yellow'and pale blue flowers
and yellow ribbons, decor-
ated the.iront of the church.
Mrs. Gordon Raster of
Wroxeter was organist and
soloist Doug Inglis of Mild-
may sang 'More' as guests.
enteredthe church and 'The
Wedding Song' during the
signing of the register.
Given in marriage by her
parents, Dianne wore a floor-
length gown of white organza
trimmed with Chantilly lace
and baby seed pearls. Her
matching mantilla was held
by a lace and pearl trimmed
headpiece and she carried a
heart -shaped arrangement
of white roses and yellow
daisies.
Mrs. Tammy Noble of
Gorrie was her sister's
matron of honor. Brides-
maids were Mrs. Dana Speer
of Red Deer, Alta, cousin of
the bride; Mrs. Rita Heffer-
nan of Southampton, sister of
the groom, and Mrs. Gail
McCormick, Kitchener,
friend of the -bride. All wore
flpor-length gowns of yellow
polyester with matching
capes. Flower girls Julie
Gibson of Gorrie, cousin of
the bride, and Cheryl Fudger
of Harriston, niece of the
groom, wore floor -length
gowns of yellow Swiss dot.
' The bride's attendants
carried white wicker baskets
with yellow, blue and white
spring flowers.
Toni Fudger, Kitchener,
was his brother's best man.
Guests were ushered by
David Fudger, Lashburn,
Saskatchewan, brother of
the groom; Dan Heffernan,
Southampton, brother-in-law
of the groom; Wayne Brown
and, Greg Brown,: both qf•
Gorrie and -bilotherst' of.. the.
bride.
Following the wedding a
reception was held at the
Howick Community Centre.
The bride's mother greeted
guests, her floor -length gown
of rose polyester coni-
pleinented by a corsage of
white orchids. She was
assisted by the groom's
mother who wore a floor -
length gown of light blue
polyester and a white orchid
corsage.
Honored guests at the
Wedding were Mrs. Jean
Tope receipts
being collected
In order to raise funds for
community betterment pro-
jects, the -Wingham District
Optimist Club has installed a
collection box for grocery
tape receipts at the new
Zehrs store in Wingham.
Rick Whiteley, president
of the club, reported that
Zehrs has agreed to donate a
percentage of the tape totals
to the club for community
tise. Harvey Heinmiller,
store manager, explained
that for every $300 worth of
receipts, Zehrs will donate
$1.00.
Mr. Whiteley announced
that the club's first major
project will be to install dug-
outs at Riverside Park.
Gibson •of'Wr'ox er,'grand Van,'
mother of the bride, on
Wilfred Bream of W t
gra>ndfathl r of the bri er• 0,
Ou -of-town Neste atte li d
from Kitchener, Southam p(- ''
on, Kingston, Pickering' 7!0+ d' • .'
ranti, Monkton, Sake
Photo by Marton Studio
St. Paul's Church
(ANGLICAN)
WINGHAM
John Street of Centre Street
The Rector: The Rev. John T.M. I.. Th.
THE ANGLICAN PARISH OF WINGHAM
AND BELGRAVE
' ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, WINGHAM!
SUNDAY,.JULY 6, 1980
* The Fifth Sunday after Trinity *
8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. -- Holy Eucharist
Please -Note: During. July and August the
Sunday Services are at 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
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Teeswater •
Festival of Fun
at the
Teeswater Arena
JuIy4-5-6
FRIDAY, JULY 4
Dance to Walter Ostenak, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
$4.00 per person. Lunch included.
Advance tickets at Maitland Redi-Mix, Wingham and at
Teeswater Farm Equipment, and Curling Club
members.
SATURDAY, JULY 5
Dance to Drumlin, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
$4.00 per person. Lunch included.
Tickets at the door.
SUNDAY, JULY 6
Local Talent Concert, 2:00 p.m.
McDaniel Phillips, M.C.
Mount Forest Harmonaires Barbership Chorus
'Doc Leahy Family, Colvin Step Dancers,
Bruce County Folksingers, and much more.
Please bring lawn chairs. Voluntary admission.
Lions Club hosting a Giant Beef BBQ
at 4:30 R.m. in the Community Centre
Proceeds to support new Teeswater-Culross
Agricultural & Curlingf, Facilities.
Hansel Er $3reteI
Entire Stock
z_Starts
u I y 3rd
Blyth 523-9613
price
Mon. - Sat. 10-5
Closed Wednesdays