The Seaforth News, 1938-04-28, Page 17I'aii to thee, ;blithe ,Spirit!
'Bird thou never went,'
Theft ;from !heaven,, or near it
Dourest thy 'heart
In 'profuse strain's of unpremeditated
amt.
Higher still and higher
From the earth thou spcin'ges't,
'Like a cloud •of ,fire,
The 'blue ,deep thou wingest,
HURON
C U N T Y'S
LEADING NEWSPAPER
Arid singing still dost soar, and soar; •
ing ever sinlgest,
What thou art we know not;
What is most like thee?
Fro rainbow ,clouds there (flow not
(Drops so bright to 'see
As from thy :presence showers a rain
of melody.
-The Skylark (Shelley)
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PI;I,ONE 18 or 43
Northside United Church
'Rev, T. A. 'Carmichael, Minister,
Services at 411 a.m. and 7 p,m,
St. Thomas' Church
Rector: Rev. IR, IP. D. ,Hurford, D.D.
111 a.m. "The ,Four Hundredth An-
niversary of the Reformation."
7 p.m. 'Sin and 'Forgiveness,"
Sunday School, 1110 a.m.
ST. COLUMBAN
The eighteenth annual meeting of
the St, •Golumban sub -division of the.
Catholic Women's League was held
in the parish hall, Mrs. O'Reilly pre-
siding. The treasurer read the report
and .all• were pleased with the year's
work. There were shipments of cloth-
ing and vegetables sent to the 'West,
,also 'several boxes of ,literature. Treats
were sent to the sick of the parish at
Christmas. Three •crates of eggs were
sent to 'London, .ane to Sisters of Pre-
cious Blood, one to 5t, Joseph's Or-
phanage and 'one to Mount' Hope. Five
dollars was given to 'the 'pupil obtain-
ing the highest marks at entrance.
T•he vice president showed a member-
ship of ,98, Total receipts $6013'alO; exx
penditure,'•$5914.919. This' pant 'ofi lure
meeting over, Mrs. 11'as.' F. (Carlin was
asked• to take the chair 'and the elec-
tion of officers took 'place. ,Spiritual
Advisor, Rev. !Father 'Dantzer; Past
President, Mrs. Jas. O'Reilly; Presi-
dent, Mrs. Dan J. ,O'Connor; !list vice
president, 'Miss Mary !Malone; 2nd
vice president, ,Mrs. jos. Atkinson;
3'rd vice president, Mrs, las, iO'Sulli
van; ,Tee. :secretary, ;Miss Theresa
Lynch; 'oorreep'ondingsec., 'M'rs. Wan,
'F. Dorsey; treasurer, 'Mrs. Terrence
Flannery.
ANINOU1NCEIMEST
M. and Mrs. J'dh'n H. Storey, Me-
Killgp, announce 'the ;en'gagement of
their 'daughter, Margaret 'Elizalb•eth, 'to
George R. Wasson, san (of the Ilaalte
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wasson, former -
of Belfast. The marriage 'to take
place early in May:
ANNUAL MEETING OF
HURON PRESBYTERIAL
The twelfth annual meeting of the
Huron Presbyterial of the :Woman's
Missionary Society of the 'United
Church of Canada 'was held in 'James
St„ 'Church, Exeter, on Tuesday.
The weather' was ideal and the spa-
cious 'building was filled with ,women
devoted to this phase of the Lord's
work. Owing to the unavoidalble ab-
sence of the lPiesident, Mrs. A. W.
'Gardiner, the chair was occupied by
the 'first vice president, Mrs, R. E.
MacKenzie of IE'gmondvfl1e.
The morning •session opened at 9.301
Mrs, W, Brock of Granton and Mrs.
Frank ,Kershaw, North St. 'Church,
Goderich, led in the worship period,
the thence of which 'was, "When we
give God oar dips, He will speak
through then!." 'Mrs. A. Page, :James
St„ Exeter, extended a hearty %wel-
come to the delegates and members
present and Mrs. Moorhouse of 'God-
ericli expressed appreciation of the.
very cordial reception. 'In the (business
part of the meeting the minutes of the
last (Presbyterial were adopted as• read
and it was decided to 'have a crusade
for new members ,during the month of
May. Miss Celia Christie of 'Exeter,
corresponding secretary, called the
roll 'of Auxiliaries.
There are 39 Auxiliaries composed
of 110134( annual members and 6118 life
members, a total of 111642. Lt twenty
Auxiliaries systematic giving has in-
creased. A splendid 'co-operation with
junior organizations is manifest, by
way of entertainment, in the purchase
of study books and in the presentation
of life membership certificates.
Mrs. R. E. MacKenzie called the
roll of Evening Auxiliaries and re-
ported one new Society. The total
membership is8, an increase of 415,
and there is an increase in givings of
$2'48.414,
Mrs. Andrew Hamilton of Exeter
reported 18 .Mission Circles with e
total membership of e28. There is an
increase in givings although two
circles have disbanded. The ,\V,M.S.
organizations who sent girls to the
Leaders Training School at St. Thom-
as have been well repaid for their ef-
forts.
Mrs. \V. P. Lane, of 'Gocicricb, re-
ported nine affiliated groups of G.G.
I.T. Three groups disbanded during
the year and one new group was
formed, Mrs. W. Pickard, Clinton,
reported one new ,Mission Band, and
an increase in ;givings. Many bands
use the study book and Constance has
completed the memory work. Miss
McGowan, Blyth, who has 'been in
China teaching the children of mis-
sionaries, was the speaker at many of
the Thankoffering meetings.
Mrs, R. 'J. 'Patterson, Hensall, re-
ported an increase in membership and
givings in the Baby Bands, There are
all new life members, There 'was a
substantial increase in the supply sec-
retary's department, Mrs, •Colclough
of Blyth reported that 100 bales,
weighing ,599841 lbs. and valued at
$4111118315, were sent from the ;different
,organiz'ations, Besides clothing the
bales contained 2165 quilts, 7 !b'lan'kets,
7 crib quilts, 6 afghans and 3.pillows.
Mrs. Wellwood, Winghami, report-
ed 10213 subscribers to the Missionary
Monthly, which is a slight increase,
and 3982 subscriptions to the World
Friends. ,Some Auxiliaries and Mie-
sion Bands order direct from the pub-
lishing 'house and unless this informa-
tion is given to the secretary it is im-
possible to present a .correct report.
All societies are (urged to send sub-
scriptions through our Missionary
Monthly Secretary.
Mrs. M. Aitken, Clinton, .Associate
Helpers' Sec„ again reported an in-
crease in members and ,givings. Spec-
ial mention was made of Walton Aux-
iliary. The report of the Secretary of
Temperance and Christian •Citizen-
s'hip ('formerly secretary of Temper-
ance) was presented by Mrs. 3. G,
'Gillespie of Whitechurch. She stress-
ed the appointment o'1 a Temperance
secretary in each Auxiliary and advis-
ed' the use of the clip sheets recom-
mended by the .Dominion Board and
supplied at a nominal cost, Two min-
utes time is supposed to 'be given to
this vital sei1lject at each meeting.
The Press secretary, Miss A. 'Fer-
guson, Seaforth, reported that nearly
all of the organizations have !Press
secretaries and asked them to follow
the instructions in the special leaflet
prepared and sent out last year.
The Literature secretary, Mrs. W.
Naftel, God,erich, had a very encour-
aging report. There are 'three libraries
in the Presbyterial, one' of ,fifty (books.
There was an increase in the sale of
study 'books ,and the total amount of
literature sold was more than double
that of the previous year.
Mrs. 'Mantel, of lExeter, •secretary of
Commu'nity'F'rjendship ((the new name
'for Strangers' secretary) told ,of many
calls made in (tomes and 'hospitals.
Their path lies along :a friendship road
directing ,community welfare and 'visit-
ing the sick, the sad ,and the shut ins.
'Christian Stewardship secretary, Miss
L. Young, Lonclesboro, stressed. sy's-
'tenratic giving and the •consecration. of
(Continued on Page Four)..
Former Egmondvii�le
Teacher Honored'
G. W. Holman Receives Birth-
day Greetings from Many
Former Wardens and Mem-
bers of County Council
Taught in Egmondville for.
Sixteen Years
Mr, Geo, W. Holman, who in a
period of about sixty years performed
the' several duties of school teacher.
stown•shi,p clerk, county auditor and
county elerk in ,Huron, recently cele-
brated his eighty-first !birthday, hav-
ing 'been born in the year 11257 on lot
110, concession 1, township of Stephen,
in what was for many years the little
postoffice village of Devon, two and
one -']calf miles south of the thriving
village of Exeter. '
'This settlement \vas made 'through
the energy and enterprise of a vigor -
arts class of you no settler immigrants
who came mostly from the southern
part of?1)nglaud in or about the years
18.15 to 1181081, The clearing or the
heavily timbered lands which they
took up, with the thickly growing.
hardwood, mostly 'beech, maple and
elm, the building of roads, erection of
comfortable Mantes and of housing for
the increasing stock of caws and
other cattle, along with the other
necessary labor of the farans, devel-
oped the hardy manhood and woman-
hood of Targe families into good,
strong, brainy men and 'women,' fitted
to meet the difficultiesthat con-
fronted them. while the close associa-
tion of a populous comnnmity made
for an interdependence 'of living that
developed the manly and helpful
spirit so common in such early com-
munities. Of this it is the intention to
write later, but at present it is the
purpose of this 'writing to 'refer par-
ticularly to an incident that occurred
recently in the life of One *8 the many
who can call .Devon, Ontario, their
hone.
To Mr, B. W. F. Beavers of Exeter,
at one time Reeve of the Village, and
Warden of the County in the year
193, must be given the credit of ini-
tiating the idea set out in the 'follow,
ung testimonial, which he prepared
for distribution among those 'County
Councillors who were associates of
his and of Mr. Helman's during the
latter's sixteen years of 'office as
County Clerk. This testimonial bears
the signatures of most of the Ward-
ens and many of the Councillors of
the sixteen -year. period:
Birthday Greetings
'Goderich, IOmt., 'March 1119th, 1928.
To Mr. 'George W. Holman,
'Goderich, Ont.
Dear Sir and Friend,—
We, as Wardens, Councillors and
friends'during your sixteen years of
(Continued on Page Four)
PUPILS SING IN CHOIR
AT MASSE.Y HALL
•Pupils from Seaforth public school
were in Toronto on Wednesday, April
210th, and took part in the sixth annual
musical 'evening at Massey Hall in
connection with the Ontario 'Educa-
tional Association. 200 chosen voices
,from the public schools and 200 from
the high schools of the province and
anorchestra of 111010 from the high
schools were broadcast over CBL
front 2.15 to 18!415 pant. Many local
citizens enjoyed the programme. '
Numbers by the elementary school
choir included, '0 Spirit Sweet of
Summer Tirane," Irish ;folk' tune; "'Mu-
sic Everywhere," Johnstone; "Whist-
ling Farmer B'ay," Root; ""He Shall
Feed iHis Flock," ,(unison) 'Handel;
"Night Song," Busch; "April's Wand"
Londonderry Air; "There's nae •Luck
about the House," Descant by Shaw.
The combined Choirs sang "Ye
Watchers and Ye Holy :Ones,' Ger-
man
erman 117th Century; concl'ucted by P.
George Marshall of Simcoe,
Miss Mabel E. Tuntlbull 'prepared
the local pupils for the elementary
school choir, Janie Moffat, Ahyvonne
Moore, Kathleen Holmes, Margaret
Pethick, Jean Currie and Margaret
Dale.
It was a thrilling experience for
thein. They .were 'entertained to dinner
in Toronto by The Robert Simpson
Co., Ltd., at 1630 p.m.
REV. 'HUGH JACK ACCEPTS
CALL TO'SEAFORTH
A meeting of the congregation 'of
First Presbyterian 'Church was held
on Monday evening when a unanim-
ous call was ,extended to the Rev.
Haigh 'Jack of Red Deer, Alberta,
Rev, 11r. 'Jack ''had conducted the
services in 'First 'Presbyterian ;Church
on Sunday. When the decision was
announced, .\Ir. 'Jack was called to
the meeting and gave a tentative ac-
ceptance to the call.
Rev. Mr. (Tack left on Tuesday aft-
ernoon for Red Deer, Alta., and it is
expected Mr. and 'Mrs. ;Tack and four
children will move to Seaforth in
about '• a month.
Rev. Hugh 'Jack is a native of Ire-
land, was educated in the 'Old Coun-
try. He has been in Canada for about
nine years, during six of which he has
been minister at Red Deer.
.REDECORATING CHURCH
'Redecorating St, James' Church
was 'begun this week and when com-
pleted the richly decorated' walls will
present a line appearance, Three large
canvas paintings, scenes from the
Life of Christ, will be hung in the
sanctuary. The paintings are by A.
W. 12., MaDougadl, Toronto, who is in
charge of the redecorating. Words will
'be completed by the end of Jane.
EGMONDVILLE
The Trail Rangers of Egmondville
United Church met Tuesday evening
in their club rooms, Ken Contbes in
the chair. The special feature for the
evening was ,conducted by Mr. Gaf-
ford Carmichael of Seaforth. His dis-
cussionof stamps and their oolleetion
greatly added to the boys' interest in
this fascinating hob'by. Games con-
cluded the meeting'.
A very successful W.M.S. thank of-
fering was held in the schoolroom of
thechurch Thursday afternoon with
the vice president, Mrs. •MclGonigle, in
the chair. The Easter devotional pro-
gram was followed, Mrs. McGonigle
reading the scripture lesson. The
theme. "'Christ and the World Wide
Kingdom," . ,Mrs. R. E. Macdienzie
read the devotional leaflet, "God's
Plan for establishing a ,church in
Japan." Mrs, James Brown offered
prayer. 'rie president, Mrs. Shepherd,
had charge of the 'business depamt-
ment. Mrs. John (Forest read tiie min-
utes and cabled the roll. Mrs: W. Mc-
Millan and 'iUlrs. M. Haney were ap-
pointed delegates to the 'Presbyterial
(Continued on Page Five.)
WILL MEET
The Women's Hospital Aid will
meet on Thursday, May Sith, in the
Library at 3:310 p.m.
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you'll find everything here to
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... from pins and ear -rings to
the newest sports watches in
cases of Natural Gold by Wads-
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Whether you're going away or
not, come in and see for yourself
how little it costs to wear new
jewelry that speaks well of you.
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CATHOLIC STUDY CLUBS 1 BRUCEPIELD
COMPLETE SEMESTER The missionary organization's of
the church held a very interesting
Thank offering :meeting on April 211'st.
The meeting opened with call to
worship by the president. After sing-
ing hymn 16, 'Ps. 1106 was read by
Mrs. Hazelwood. Mrs. Haugh offered
prayer. The mission !hand introduced
the mission work which was taken by
Ethel Wilson, Genevieve Snaith, Bet-
ty Allan, Margaret McQueen, Joyce
Aikenhead, Norma Collins, Lois Mof-
fatt, Blanche Zapfe, Magdaline Wil-
son, Ruth Scott, Edna Mustard, Bes-
sie Dutot, Betty Wooley and Marion
Wilson. They told of nniseion work in
Africa, Canada, China, India, ffapan,
Korea and Trinidad. After singing
hymn 449 Mrs, 'Allan and ,Mrs. Stev-
ens spoke on the work of the early
Presbyterian and Methodist mission-
aries who settled in Canada. Many
were -the hardships these people en-
dured. Mrs. J. Cairns then sang a solo
"The stranger of !Galilee," She was
accompanied by Mrs. McBeath. IFoI-
lowing the offering Miss Bowey led
in 'prayer. A Beloved Physician, Dr.
Jean 'Dow, Honan, China, adapted
from a dramatization by Mrs. L. Ball
was given by the following .charact-
ers, Mrs. McDonald, a Canadian vis-
itor, Margaret McEwen; Mrs. Baker,
the wife of a senior missionary, Anna
Aikenhead; Mrs. Chen, an elderly
Chinese, Kathleen Mustard; Dr, Cur-
rie, a >Tune. Canadian doctor, Marg-
aret Henry; 'Miss Chong. a 'Chinese
nurse, 'Doris Daitot, and Min -Ling, a
Chinese girl, a student in the girls'
school at 'Changte, Elizabeth Aiken -
head. Prayer was , offered by Mrs.
Brock; Mrs. Scott, baby band super-
intendent, told of the Chissam'ba kin-
.dergarren in Africa; Mrs. !Aikenhead
told of the work among the ,Bhils of
India; 'Mrs. A. McQueen told of the
graduates of the 'Women's Christian
College in Japan, and Mrs. T. Baird
told us about Ewha College of Korea.
Mrs, Jas, ,McQueen told a story about
two brave girls in China, she then led
in prayer. Hymn 61618 was sung. The
meeting closed with the 'benediction.
Quite a number from 'here attended
the 1Hatron Presbyterial in (Exeter an
Tuesday. Mrs. Arthur ,McQueen .and
Miss Edith .Bowey were the delegates
from B•rucefield.
Rev. Arthur Page of !Exeter will '
preach at young people's anniversary
here next Sunday.
Mrs, A. J. McDonald Of Dundas
spent a few days with her sister, Mrs.
Haugh, last week, •
•M:rs. Thompson of Sarnia returned
]tome last Friday after spending a
week with her mother, Mrs. 'Stevens. .
Miss Annie :Mustard of London
spent the.week end with her mother.
At a congregational meeting On
Monday nighita call was extended to
Rev. 'H. E. Wright of ,Priceville. Rev.
Mr. Wright has accepted the 'call -
Tuesday evening. the Catholic
Study Clubs, eighteen in number, and
with a membership of 21117, completed
the course with a general meeting
'held in the Parish Hall. Parish
Chairman C. P. -Sills was in charge
with Rev. T. 1'..Hussey, the parish
priest,.giving complete answers to ur-
finiebed oibjects of discussion.
Phe ses:sions,• nine in. number, dur-
ing the Lenten season, were the oc-
casions for discussing suhjects ltav-
ing to do with Catholic 'beliefs, Cath-
nlic practices and world affairs af-
fectia,g Catholics, The great interest
shown thrcvghout 'by the various
groups and members, was p'articul-
arly gratifying to the pastor, the idea
_being rather new in the Seaforth
parish, •
The Tuesday evening meeting was
no exception and a grand crowd
greeted the officers. Many interesting
subjects were discussed and the sug-
geetions offered for next Autumns'
semester indicates added interest will
be taken and new groups organized.
The meeting closed after two hours'
session with the usual prayers by
Rev. T. P. Hussey, the pastor.
KIPPEN
The April meeting of the Kippen
(East W. 1. was held at the home of
Mrs, las. Turnbull on Wednesday
afternoon. The meeting was opened
with the singing of the Institute Ode
followed by 'the Bible reading by
Mrs. W. Parker, Miss' 'Erma Work-
man read two (Easter poems and all
joined in singing "The More \Ve Get
Together." Small roartesies worth
observing was the roll call and' (mite
a number responded. The minutes of
the last .:meeting ,sere read by Miss
G. Trenteer acting a, secretary in the
absence of firs. Rathburn who is
shortly leaving the neighborhood and
who will Inc1greatly missed in our W.
I. The president read several •extracts
from a letter received from Dr. Strang
Savage of Peace River district ex-
pressing her appreciation of the bale
of goods sent to her and the use she
had made of the articles. Mrs: Turn-
bull gave the . story of the farm and
then Mr. Chas. Alexander gave sev-
eral ,fine selections on the violin. Miss
Laura !Dinner gave a splendid review
of the beak, '!Gone With the Wind."
The motto "'Order is 'law of the uni-
verse," was well taken by Miss M.
M'ckay. The talks by Mrs. W. Cole
and Mrs, G. McLean on silk and
rayon were both interesting and in-
structive. lvl.iss Laura Dinnen and
Wilma sang -a couple of songs with
guitar accompaniment. Mos. Simpson
gave a demonstration in faggoting. A
vote of thanks to the hostess and the
singing' 'of the National Anthem
brought the meeting to a close. A
social half hour was spent 'while lunch
was served. The May meeting will be
at the home of Mrs, !Tato. McGregor.
1Rm. ,Gordon Wright of Schumacher
and Miss Laurabeile Wright of Lon-
don, •after attending the Teachers'
'Convention in Toronto, spent a few -
'1, days with their parents, Mr. and 'Mrs.
Tames 'Wright.
WINTHROP
The Ladies' Aid and 'W. 01. S. rail
Caren Church will hold their regular
monthily meeting- at the home of lvtrsp, '•
T-Titak A cx.an•d'er on Wed., May 4th,
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