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POST PUBLISP-UNG HOUSE
Wednesday, February 26th, 1947
ANTRUM
ORGAN and VOCAL RECITAL
—BY—
Mr. Horace MacEwen, B. A., ,13. D.
Graduate of Julliard School of Music, New Yot+k and
Organist of St. George's Church, Hamilton.
Melville Church Brussels on
FRIDAY EV'G., FEB. 28th
AT 8 P. M.
With Vocal Contributions by:— The United Church .Choir.
Brussels Continuation School Choir. Melville 'Church Chola.
—SILVER COLLECTION --
The United Church
The subject of the morning sermon
In the United Chureh was "The
miracle working power of Jesus
Christ." After the sermon Miss C.
Hingston and Mrs. R. B. Cotteins
sang "She only touched the hem of
Rio garmveait,' 'as a duet.
The evening service was with-
drawn owing to inclement weather.
The service planned by the Young
People's 'Union will be held next
Sunday eventing.
New Young Women's Group
'Organized 'At Brussels
The Melville Church Young Wo-
-men's Auxiliary met at the manse
.for the first regular meeting of this
newly formed organdzatien. Mrs. S.
Sweeney, president, was in charge
.of the meeting. Mrs, TO Elliott and
Mrs. G. 'Elliott conducted the devo-
tions. 'Mms. G. •1til3iott gave,a short
address on "The Lord's Prayer."
Mrs. G. Milne led the study of the
•aabjeot '"Towanda 'a Christian Tn-
ditee Hostesses for the evening
were Mrs. ••Sweeney, 'Mrs, R. Elliott
•and Mats. G. 'Idlliobt, Mrs. sl. Logan
was ,appointed .Sunshine leader.
The auxiliary accepted an invita-
tion to hold the March 'meeting at
the home of Miss l'eseie :Libble.
Brussels 'Branch 'o'f 'the
Canadian 'Legion 'News
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The next regular meeting
of the Brussels Branch of the
Canadian Legion• will be held
om Tuesday, Meech 4th, in the
Legion rooms. All members
are urged to attend.
The Lord is good to all: and
His tender mercies are over
all His works.
Melville Church
Mtnbtec Rev. Q. A. Milne, M,A
to a. m, 'Sunday School
and Bible Class
11 a. m. "Weslbed Prayers"
11 a. m, Public Warship
7 p. m. Public Worship
Louis, D. Thompson, Organist
and Choirmaster.
Friday, Feb. 28 at 8 p. m. Organ
and Vocal Recital, Mr. Horace
MCEwen, Hamilton and Riff -
tato.
United Church Choir.
Melville Church Choir.
Continetationi iSlohool Choir.
•
The United Church
OF CANADA
Minister Rev. Hugh C. Wilson
11 a. no Morning Worship
'The Jesmuealem Road."
Junior Congregation
12 Cbmrcb School and
Bible Class
Missionary Sunday
7 p. m. Evening Praise
The Young People's iJ.nion in
theme. A ssrvice similar to
the regular meetings•
is worn' Subsprletion t?aid?
The United Church 'W. A.
Tile W. A. of the United Church
met at the home of Mrs. G. Sander -
SOD on Tuesday evening, Feb. 1Sth
with twenty-two present.
The president Mrs. 11. Cousins
was dw the chair nand opened the
meeting by a short reeling, 'Spring.'
The hymn "Whett a li'riend we
have In Jesms" was sung. The 33rd
Psalm was read by Miss. C. Hing-
stbon followed by Dreyer effete(' 'by
Mrs. A. Baeker. The secretary's
report wine read by Mrs. J, Rowland
and the treasurer's report given 13y
Mrs'. W. Bell.
hdiss le. Dawning read a' letter
received, thanking th.e group w',o
have ,help'e'd with the ' Save the
Children Oa•m.paign." The last
shipment consisted .ef 12 pears of
bootees, 5 bonnets•, 2 sweater's; 3
soarves, 1 paltr of mitts, 3 afghans.
Miss C, Hingslton gave her report
en the Hymn Books sent to httahen
er for mending. She was very pleas-
ed with the result and annouuced
that they looked like new books. 'The
calleotdonn was then taken and four
favorite 'hymens sang with Mrs. L.
Beothenee a't 'the piano, followed by
the Miepah benediction.
Mrs. Ti. Thomas conducted a
contest which all enjoyed.. Mrs. L.
'Btlothens gave a few seleotions on
the piano amid the committee, Mrs,
Sielltvan, Mrs. Spei:ran, Mrs. Sander-
son and Mrs. Thomas served a
lovely les ucit. A. vote of thanks was
tendemed Mrs.'Sandeneon for the use
of her home.
CARD OF THANKS
BAILLANTY;NE—Mr. eaud Mrs, T. G.
12a1lantyne wish to express ti'sir
sincere thanks and appreciation
to the mamas relatives and friends,
also to Rev. I. D. MacIver anclethe
Board of Managers of Presbyter -
Ian ,Church, Ethel, Ontario, for the
manly ante of kindness and expres-
sions of sympathy extended during
their recent seed bereavement,
East Huron Agricultural Society
DANCE
In Brussels Town all on
FRIDAY, FEB. 28th
Music by Ken. Wilbee and
His Orchestra
Three Dance Prizes
Admission 50c Lunch Booth
REGENT THEATRE
Seaforth, Ont.
Now Showing—
Thur., Fri., Sat.. Feb. 27, 28 Mar. 1
The Thrill of Brazil
with
Evelyn Keyes Keenan Wynn
Ann Miller
Gay, sparkling funny and eminently
the right ticket for entertainment
plus.
Mon., Tues., Wed. March 3, 4, 5
Two Years Before the Mast
wfh
Allan Ladd Brian Donlevy
William Bendlx and Barry Fitzgerald
This salty human yarn Is done in a
Classic manner with the orew ..going
to sea ih a real square-rigger. ,,,, .....
Next Thur, Fel., Sat. March fi, 7, 8
1 TARS AND SPARS
with
Janet Rlslr Alfred Drake
Marc Platt and Sid Caesar
Retied on the coast guard musical
of the same title "Tart and Spars" Is
good entertainment. Song end dance
murine. by Janet Blair ,and ..Moro
Platt—plus the sprigs of Allied
4 Drake and oohiedy of Sid Cease,
,
COMING --"A eTOLEN LIFE"' with
1 Bette Davis and Glenn Fot'd
CORNER STONES , St. John's Church
Rev. G. A. Milne, M.A. 1Destrelyed By Fire
Christian Citizenship, '
Obedience. i Church Records
The State has a right to the jjI Not Destroyed
Obedience of the citizens. Thle Flre ravaged walls, and the tower
civic duty is strongly emphasize•.' to from whiob the sound of the boll
the New 'testament where the called its people to worship are all
authority of the State is cleariy that remain of the seventy -seven -
stated. This obedience, however, year-old edifice that was St. John',
is rendered in the knowledge th•al Church of England in Brussel;,
there are two authorities, the The church and all contents were
authority of the State and the destroyed by fire of undetermined
authority .of God. The authority of
the State is held under the authority
or Cod. We are to obey the State
under the limits of the obedience
we owe to God, We may have to
obey man iv order that we mag
render to God •the obedience due to
'Him. Thus there may often arise
a certain perplexity or doubt as to
where one obedience ends' and the
other begins. Men may find them.
selves torn between love of a person
or authority on the ether hand and
reverence for right on the other, Vet
even in such eases as flint there is
no real conflict of duties. The
authority of such men is valid only
when .it agrees with the, will of God.
Tr it coatrrtct with the will of God we
are not 'bound to obey. it, ail endure
such 'consequences as the civil
power may conflict upon us. Within
NI; .scope of the will of God, as ex
pressed in His Word, obedience to
the law of the land is part of our
Christian duty, Tnansgreseton of
lair Is crime.
Melville Church
Preaching on the subject Wasted
Players' ,cit the morning service on
Sunday Rev. George Milne listed
several of the conditions .whirl
Jesus C1uest laid down with regard
to prayer and especially the con-
d'itine of a surrendered will being
neceseary before any prayer Can be
answered. The sermon was based
nn St. Matthew 7: 7 Sc 8.
Miles Sone Porter rendered the
solo "Re •sti11 my house" innate by
Sibelius Finland A. At the evening
service Rev. Milmle preached en the
subject 'Choosing the Right' illus-
trated by the .choice made by bfnses
in sh.a.ring the hardships of hie
people neither •than continne in the
comforts of 'Pharaoh's palace.
R. S. Hetherington Addressed
Local Lions Club
Lion R. S. Hetherington of Wing -
ham was guest speaker at the Lions
Supper meeting here on Monday
light. Mr. Hetherington spoke on
the value :of the work done by a
Reneational Director. Tt is not
only bite larger centres where this
work for the young people is im-
portant. Tit is just as necessary in
the smeller neommunitlee such as
Brussels, In •eiixdh ,places there le
.little or no organized aotivitiee for
young people and so they spend their
time in u•ndersdrable pieces,• pool halts,
badly managed dance halls, ete,
rising Winkelman receatinnal pro
gram ae an fllnett•atian the, epeaker
explained that with a recreational
ddreetor aetdvities for young temple,
from 5 to 19, were arnatrged, sports.
etc. Teen age sLanees were held,
managed entirely by the young folk
With no ,a.dt Its present and the
dances were glean. There Inas no
di nkimtg, They hold their own
elections Mntlinm to municipal
minion elections. Teen agers are The
big problem and if given s. capable
leader and thee own organized
activities It keeps their miners
P1'01)0119 compiled ' and makes them
better citizens of the Suture. Mr,
Hetherington urged, the lions to
welder the matter for T3,rltssels.
One third of the nest would he paid
by the department of education, one
third by the .eonircii and the• other
third by ,oilgtamdaations. The -aur-
rounding communities be said
should be interested in the plan as
we'll els Brussels.
Lion Staniey .Miall also of Wdng-
hamn, decile brdIeflY on the stere
subjeot. Harvey llahnlston addressee.
the !olnb en the proposed plan for
Huron Oo,O•penebve Medical Servie-
a., Other community pt o3eete were
nip dis•onesed by the members.
The supper was served by ladles
of Melville Church.
•
World Day of Prayer
Held At St. John's Church
All rhnnarhee were representee at the
Women's World Tway of Pitayet•
se a •vice held in St, Jolnea Church
of England on Friday afternoon.
Taking part in flu' service n 1 •• 1'Irr.
J. H. Kerr, Mrs. S. Davidson: Miss G.
Stewart, Mrs. George Davis. Mre. 11.
Bryans, Mrs. C, Matheson. Mrs. 3.
C. Baeker, Mrs. A. Armstrong, Miss
M. Robin) on, Mrs. 1.1. Wilson, Mrs.
It. Thuell Mee, 1. Walker was the
soloist and Mrs. 11. Hamilton re c:••
origin which raged with a fury that sided at the organ,
could be seen many miles distant on
Tuesday morning. The 11e10111 of the -Brussels Red Cross
roof, the fact that the walls were.
brick and kept the flames amnewhat
confined ,and the heavy resew on
hoofs saved adjoining buildings.
The volunteer fire fighters respond-
ed to the alarm promptly lett due to
trouble with the .hose water was not
obtained for some minutes and
though the flrenion valiantly fought
Cie flames the fire had gained too
nec'b headway before '.t Ives first
seen and the fine old building could
not be saved.
To The Citizens of Brussels,
Grey and Morris
The Canaxlian. Red Cross true to
its hese tradition is nut resting on
the laurels won in the heart; of
pratically all Canadians as well se
the peoples of most of the wrnlrl. for
the tremendous service which' it
rendered to lumtandty clawing the
war,
On March the 3rd it will launch
ftp first major campaign to finance
a peace time program of profound
The alarm was raised at 7:15 a,nt, Importance to the good health ani1
by Mr. Morrison, relieving C.N.R. welI'aae of the people of all Canada.
station agent, who boards at the Yalu' ,committee have derided that
home of W, H. Bell. we should make as effort to do our
Rev, J. H. Kerr, rector of the part. Canvassers n^III tail on gnu
ohnreh and who lives neat door to it. in the Village er Brussels. A cmn-
was roused immediately. Tie went matte will be appointed from each
at once to the back doe' of the concession. Rre hope for a liberal
church in the east end, andtried response.
twice to 'enter the vestry, which , Ali money raised goes to work in
was not then afire, in an attempt to Canada, Aid to vterans and their
remove the communion silver and families, Junior Red Cross, Blood
linens but was, driven back both Transfusion 2emviee, Outpost Hos•
times, by the intense smoke and all pante in outlying communities.
were lost. First Aid Ftome Nursing, During
Lt is ballet*ed by those who were Cross
year your Society through Red
Cross headquarters cowtn'Ibuted $300.
first on the scene that the fire 00 to the aid o8 the people in the
originated somewhere in the north Windsor area who were left with
east central portion of she building out a home and needed assistance.
(and not to the vestry room as has
been erroneously reported. The
eetreme eastern, end was the last to
go and portion of the vestry room
still remain as do the adjoining steps
that led from et to the chancel.
The eharoh records were, fortnn-
ately, not destroyed. They were in
the rectory at the time of the fire.
Several beautiful memorial gifts
were desteoyect but an offer to
replace sante have all•eacly been
made end it is hoped that soots of
the others may be salvaged and
resltomed.
There has not yet been time to
make definite plans for the future
but the general feeling is that the
church will be re -built and the hope
of the entire village including those
of other denominations is that a
bniilddng 'lend will he established
Immediately.
The loss is only partially covered
by inreurance.
The true spirit of Christianity
which 'exists among the chnrohes
here was clearly exemplified on the
morning of the ,ire. Even before the
flames ware extinguished the min-
isters of both Melville Presbyterian
and The United Chuneb had called
at the rectory and assured, Mr. Ter
that his services need not be inter-
rupted far their churches were freely
offered to the St. ,Sohn's aongrega-
tlon for their use in the worship of
Gad and this ,sentiment fres been
repeated by many members of both
eburches. Their kindness le deeply
appreciated by the people of St.
Jobn's parish,
We can't tell it night be Himmeis
that would need hell). Our quote is
$1000.00.
By order. of the Committee.
R. .7. Bowman,
Majestic Women's Institute
Majestic Women's institute cele•
orate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the
[founding of The Women's Institutes.
The Majestic W. 7, celebrated the
500 anniversary of the founding of
W. T.'s, by a pot Wok supper held hi
the Brussels Town Hall on Wed. eve.,
Feb. 19th. Forty-eight members
and their families, numbering in
all about 100, sat down to a haunt
tful supper. the Tables being deror-
aied with the institute colours,
yellow and purple. The crowning
feature of the supper was the birth,
day cake artistically decorates wit
yellow rosebuds holding 50 yellow
candles. Before the cake 'was served
the lights were put out, the candles
lighted wbile the Institute members
sang the institute Ode.
Cards were played and a short
progtiann Yellowed. Jim Armstrong in
his urinal affable manner performed
the deities of 'chairman, The follow-
ing program was given:— Paper cn
the institute Ode by Mrs. Carl
Hemingway; Trombone solo with
piano accompaniment by Cliff, axil
Tanen Bnshlee; Readings by Mrs.
McDowell, Mrs. Wm. Miller and
Mrs, Jias, Armstrong. Talk on the
Founding of W, 1, by Mrs. Adelaide
Headless—fifty years ago on Feb.
19th and lite growth fr.orn bran to
present day and a history of the
Majestic Iniseitute was given by Mrs.
Harold Speer.
CART) Or THANKS
1 wish to thank.all my Mende and
neighbours tor the hell, boxes, fruit,
earcht, eta., given in illy tenant
liiness also specie.l dhanks to 1)1:
Tamloson and the Men who er
kindly helped to brealt roads,
Atte, Albert t il0� 'lit 1
HERE ARE A FEW OF THOSE THINGS YOU HAVE
WAITED SO PATIENTLY FOR AT
The Brussels Hardware
('LIMITED QUANTITY ONI,Y)
Coleman spot -lite glasses
Coleman gas irons
Wire toasters
Roofing nails
Auto-matic electric irons
Oil space Heaters
Queen Oil Brooder Stoves
Roger pocket knives
GENERAL -STOCK
Carpenters & mechanics tools
Electric bulbs, clear,
frosted & coloured
Door lock sets
Rolled roofing
Enamel, aluminum and
stainless steel
Kitchen -ware
Paints and varnishes
A limited quantity of [buffet -type ranges are expected
in the near future. Orders are now being taken,
Max Oldfield
ac,ewro.•. ***•••e •ro•e•+
Phone 63x
CARD OF THANKS
On be half of the c enc•) c •,11'.11 f
Sl. John's Church. 1 desire to ,•xln c .
our :AM.. to Iluskg i111 elm by
their deeds and exert Sims,; u1
sympathy harp belpetl ns n' this
time of tragic loss.
To Air. Morrison for hi: quick
action in giving the alarm, to the
Teleelrnne ieeentnge who erre:=d :h^
alarm, :o the Fire Depa ttueel who
rest eine d o-❑ p u,u:brig nr: 1 work, •1
So hard, to the nAnisters aril 1 ,:,rd,
of mann enl»nt of our iwo elstrr
churches who so kindly offered t.1
Place their buildirgo and °-r i:11 ,
at our disposal w , seecia t y:: 1
convey our appreeiati•on.
J. H. Kerr.
BRUSSELS, ONT R) O
United Church Y.P.S.
Skating Party
The Putt Chit: eh Young
People's Union held a seeeeestal
skirting party in the arena on Fri.
day awning. Following lh • +koting
lentil was served al the t'nited
Church,
NOTICE
Grey Township—Tenders Wanted
Teraiere well be received unit,
Saturday, March 1st, at 2 'clock,
p.m. for crusbing and hauling 1(1,000
rube. yards of gravel in season of
1947 'a" square or 1" round
screen to to used. Lowest or any
tender not necessarily accepted.
Security required. J. 17. Fear,
Clerk, Ethel, Ontario.
so mow
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