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WHOLII.tSi']RIES, VOL. 79
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1957
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COUNCIL REFUSES TWO BREAD
LICENSES; PLAN ZONING
Seaforth town council refused
two applications for licenses to
peddle (bread in Seaforth and
also refused an application to
peddle fish,at the regular April
aneeting on.'Monday night.
Council asked forstricter .in-
spection of milk in Seaforth by
the Huron County Health Unit.
First step to introduce a zon-
ing (bylaw was taken with the
appointment of a committee t6.
arrange a aneeting with the ad-
joining townshiips of Tucker-
smith and McKillop to 'discuss
'formation of a PlanningBoard.
Council learned that the $10,-
000 limit had now been reached
on she town hall improvement
project, and work still remains
to be done amounting to anoth-
er $5,000.
All .members of council were
present and . Mayor 'McMaster
presided.
The treasurer's report show-
ed bax prepayment receipts of
over $6,400, an increase of $2,-
400• over >last year at this time.
Tax arrear receipts • were $11,-
000 also a big increase over last
year.
Mayor. (McMaster inquired
how often in a year a ratepayer
is notified of fax arrears. The
answer was three times. The
Mayor told of a case where ar-
rears had run for a year in an
estate, with penalties.
Street chairman B. F. Christ-
ie reported spring work in pro-
gress, fivetrees were cut` down,
some patching done on, roads,
drains repaired on Goderich St.
east ,and Railway St. Metal
pipe bad been used where tile
was broken by 'heavy trucks.
His committee was authorized
by council to purchase No Park,.
ing signs for Goderich st. west,
Twenty signs with hardware will
edst $123.72. Signs will also be
obtained for Fire Lane and a
bylaw prepared covering no
parking on north side of 'Gouin-
loelr *reet from Main to the
alley, also the alleyway from
Gouinlock street to south side
of town hall, This is to give the
fire trucks space to get out.
On the suggestion of Council
for Turnbull, the bylaw will al-
so snake no parking on North
Main Street from north of M.
A. QR.eid's property to James St.,
which council agreed is, a bot-
tleneck.
The Mayor .reminded the
streets committee that some new
trees should be planted each
year.
.A letter from Carl Dalton
complained that he still had no.
outlet from his tile after the
drain had been cleaned out
year at the South end of Sper-
ling street. Frank Kling who
was present, said levels showed
no outlet could be had without
extending deepening farther
down.
'In the property committee re-
pori:.uncillor sHabkirk reveal-
ed that town employee Bushie
does the blacksmithing for the
town horse. .Councillors .were
pleased to learn of Mr. Bushie's
versatility. Otherwise, where
could the town horse (be shod,
they wondered.
Frank Kling gave a progress
report on the town hall - work.
.Payments to date total $8,907.
Stillto be done is painting,
floor covering, rest rooms, and
main stairs. He recommended a
plan for the stairs before pro-
ceeding further. The Mayor said
the ladies' rest room must be
done this year, 'but the stairs
could wait.
The firemen will do most of
the fixing up of their own room.
Councillor Kellar said he had
told council the work would cost
$15,000 instead of $10.000.
Committee was authorized to
purchase linoleum with canvas
backing from Box. Furniture for
lobby, main office, clerk's of-
fice, council chaanber, etc. A
board room table for the new
council chamber will be supplied
by Boshart's, the. Mayor said.
Councillor Kellar, reporting
for the fire and water commit-
tee, said the firemen want to
lock the firehall to prevent the
firehose .(being used for • street
work and' to prevent the public
interfering with fire equipment.
The ignition had been left on in
the fire truck again, be said,
running down the battery. Mr.
Kellar, with Messrs. ;Scott,
Durst and Sills had inspected a
hose dryer at Wellesley which
could be built for a cost of
$400. The committee was grant-
ed permission :to have a similar
dryer built here.
Councillor William Ball was
instructed to accept bhe offer of
C. Addicott to cwt and trim the
park gat $4 per :time, under Su-
pervasion of H. Maloney.
(Canada Bread Co. and J: C.
Dunlop were refused (bread ped-
dlers licenses. To fulfil legal re-
quirements, council must give no
reason for refusal, ;decision be-
ing "at ,discretion of council".
Doff ISophia's request for fish
peddling license ',mai also re-
fused. It was learned that some
townsreceive x$2,5. and $50 for
such licenses, Iby ;approved -'by-
law. The rate in fSearforth und-
er the .statute would be $2, at
there is no local bylaw.
A permit was granted to
Charles Reeves for residence on
• lot adjacent to substation'
'east
of Victoria Park, covered with
,Continued on Page 4
H . AND S..MEETS FRIDAY
The . regular meeting of the
Home and School Association
will be held on Friday, April 12
at 8.15 p.m, Please note change
of date owing to (Holy . .Week
services
Oratory 'Contest
Held At Staffa
The !fourth annual oratorical,
contest, sponsored by the Mit-
chell 'Branch Canadian Legion
was held Wed. evening Apr. • '3
in the township hall, Staffa,
with 18 entries in three classes,
representing 7 schools in 'Hib
best twp. Mr. Murray MCNain,
teacher at IS.S. 5, acted as chair-
man for the evening. Judges
awarded top honors in the sen-
ior girl group to Jean Moylan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John.
Moylan, :a ..grade 7 student at
S.S.S. 4, Hibbert, who spoke on
Sir Isaac Brock, a Great Cana-
dian; 1n the junior group- to
Mary Lou Coyne, daughter of
Me, and Mrs. Louis Coyne, a
grade 5 student at iS.S.S. 4, Hib-
bert, speaking on Laura Se -
cord, a Great 'Canadian. Both
are pupils of Mrs. Joseph Mel-
ady, teacher at S.S.S. 4. In the
senior (boy group, David Scott,
son of MT. and Mitis. Thos. L.
Scott, 'a pupil of Mrs, Ed Hock-
ing, S. S. 6, Hibbert, won first
prize. The judges were Mr. R.
Homuth and Mr. Dammar, Mit-
chell High School 'District teach-
ers and Mrs. Lovelock of Fuller-
ton. Winners ineach of the
three sections will compete at
the zone finals in the Mitchell
Legion hall,_April'9.
Permanent possessions of
-small trophies, indicative of
township • championships were
presented to the winners by Mr.
Hugh Butson, Munro, in charge
of the (Canadian Legion 'Mitchell
Branch.
The Staffa W. L also present-
ed the winning speakers with
special prizes.
Entertainment numbers piro-
vided by each of the schools par-
ticipating brought a well -}Worth
while evening to a close.
Odd Fellows Honor
Dr. F. Harburn
' At the last regular meeting
of Fidelity Lodge 55, held in
the lodge rooms on Wed. even-
ing, April 3rd, Bro. Foster Hai. -
burn, Past District Deputy
Grand 'Master was !presented
with a 50 -year jewel and.a gift
from the lodge in recognition of
50 years of (Oddfellowship. Bro..
Victor tee, District Deputy
Grand Master of :District 8 read
an address to Bro.' Harburn and
(presented him with a 20 -year
jewel, and Bro. Alex Boyes, P,
,D.D.G.M. presented .Bro. Har-
burn with a .gift from the lodge.
Bro. 'sdarburn thanked the lodge
and 'spoke :briefly regarding his
work and associations in the
lodge. The Third Degree was
conferred and a social 'hour
spent afterwards.
MRS. HERALD LAWRENCE
The death occurred in St. Jo-
seph's Hospital, •London, on
Wednesday anorning, April' 10,
of Flossie Francis, widow of the
late Herald F. (Lawrence. Mrs..
Lawrence had been poorly for
some time and had 'been a pa-
tient in the hospital for the 'past
two weeks. She had been B. resi-
dent of .McKillop from the time
of her marriage until retiring
to Seaforth 10 years ago and
was a member of Northside 'Un-
ited Church. Mr. Lawrence pre-
deceased 'her July 6, 1951. She
is survived 'by two daughters,
Mrs. ((Maxine) Cecil Moore of
Prescott and Mrs. '(Alma) Ken
Doherty of Toronto, also two
brothers, B, M. Francis of Exet-
er, and Orne Francis of Wood-
stock.
The funeral will take place on
Friday afternoon andinterment
will be in Maitlandbank ceme-
tery.
King Ganam Show
Coming In May
I(By -Wm. T. Teal!)
All arrangements are now
complete for the Sports Dinner
to be held in +the Community
ICentre on April 18 and the re-
sponse for tickets has been
very gratifying to date. We
would appreciate having a re-
port from all minor players by
Saturday, April 12, as we must
give the ladies in charge a
chance to arrange for the din-
ner. I mentioned before that
any boy' who has been unable to
sell his ticket will Ibe given a
sponsor if he will return his
ticket to me by this.. date, also
the boys who have sold, tickets
should return the money to .me
by this Saturday. There is no
reason why every boy should not
:be present as we do not want
to miss anyone, but if they do
not report to me by Saturday I
will be unable to help them as I
leave on Sunday for a couple of
weeks 'holidays.
'Regarding the wrestling, the
first match will be on Saturday
night and if attendance war-
rants we hope to hold another
in two weeks. We hope to pur-
chase a ring of our own, also
have received our own license
for wrestling in Seaforth.' We
have arrangements made to
bring to the Seaforth Commun-
it,r Centre in May (we expect
the date to be May 15th) the
Xing Ganam Show which will
include Gordie Tapp, •bhe
Haymes ISisters and Tom Hunt-
er, This is a (big undertaking
and we are depending on every-
one's support to snake this en-
deavor a success as all profits
will be for 'bhe Athletic Associa-
tion to' sponsor Minor and gin -
los hockey.
We expect to bring to the Ar-
ena in June the Mart Kenny or-
chestra with Juliette as featur-
ed vocalist.
'Depending on 'the success we
have with these shows are the
plans to have a name band or
T.V. show once a month for the
summer season. Bach program
will include a floor show with
dancing later.
Reports on all shows held will
be published that everyone will
know how much is received and
how much profit was •fnade.
No reports will he available
for bhe next two weeks as I will
be away, but will give you a re-
port as soon as I arrive home.
WEICK-FRAISER
A wedding was solemnized in.
St. Thomas' Anglican Church,
Seaforth, on Saturday afternoon
when Rev. J. H. James united
in marriage Miss Mary Margar-
et' Fraiser, daughter of !Mrs.
Jeanette Fraiser, (Seaforth, and
the late Grant Fraiser, and Gor-
don Richard Weick, London, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Weick,
Cargill, ,'Ont. The bride wore a
turquoise suit with pink acces-
sories and a • corsage of pink
roses: Miss Cecile Fraiser, Sea -
forth, sister of the bride, was
maid of honor, wearing a pink
suit with,blue accessories and a
corsage of yellow roses. Lloyd
Weick, Cargill; brother of the
bridegroom,4swas (best man, Fol-
lowing the wedding a ` dinner
was served at .the home of the
bride's mother. Later Mr. and
Mss. Weick left on a wedding
trip to northern points. On their
return they will reside in Lon-
don.
H. S. BOARD MEETS
The Seaforbh District High
School (board held a routine
monthly aneeting last, week. The
chief (business was consideration
of filling staff vacancies and
the board decided to advertise
the positions again this week.
The meeting was adjourned' to
meet next Tuesday when ap-
pointment of teachers will pro-
balbly be made.
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
'With dike marks coming_( back
many grim or happy faces are
to be seen when coming from
classes.
S wonder if "Mighty Mite
Dennis Jewitt" and Rig Red
Ryder 'Ryan" will he ushered in
for the star attraction of the
wrestling on Saturday night at
the arena.
Wayne IChapple will attend
the Cadet Camp at Banff, Alta.,
this summer..
W. I. NEWS
The arrangements have been
made to (bring Johnnie'Slake
and the Silver Bar .Manch,
OKCO, Kitchener TV stars,
Pick The Stars winners -for the
Easter Dance on Tuesday, Apr.
22 at Seaforth; Arena.
Announce H. S.
Nursing Bursary
A' well attended .meeting of
the Women's Hospital Auxiliary
was held in the (Nurses' Resi
dence on Tuesday eyening, pre-
sided iby Mrs.' E. A, McMaster:
Several members attended the
regional meeting last week at
Exeter astd a most i interesting
report was given (by,'Mrs.. Stew-
art 'Gordon. The next regional
meeting will be held -in Seaford'
in the Fall. A bursary of $125
to enable, a ISeaforrth High
School student, to enter training
in nursing has been made avail-
able by the Ontario Hospital As-
sociation. This is inadditionto
the Iburese•:y already offered by
the '!Seaforth Auxiliary.
The•annual May Day Tea will
be held on Friday,, May 10,
when visitors will be welcomed.
to. view ,bhe 'hospital. Tea will
then be served in the Nurses'
residence. At the close of the
meeting lunch was served by
(Mrs. R. Box, Mrs. J. .Hotham,
Mrs. J. Longstaff -'and Mrs. F.
Cosford.
CONSTANCE
Mr. Wm. Dale attended a Di-
rectors' .meeting of the Western
County Guernsey Club last Wed-
nesday in London.
Mr, and Mrs, Ivan Lee spent
a few days last week visiting
with friends in Chatham.
Mrs. T. McMichael of •Goder-
ich visited last weelc' with Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Dale and family.
Nicky Whyte, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Whyte had the mis-
fortune to have his •fingers of
his left hand injured. in a chain
last week while trying to starta
tractor. We all hope they will be
improved shortly.
Visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. D. Millson and family
on Sunday were Mrs.:; S, Glazier
and Mrs. D,aymond of Hensel],
and Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Johnson
arid family of London.
The many friends in this
community of Mrs.. Matthew
Armstrong, of Stratford, who
has not been so well of late,
wish her better health.
Mr. Wm. Dale attended the
Progressive Conservative Con-
vention in Landon on Saturday
at the hotel London::
Mrs. Jewitt Sr.,1Mrs. Agnes
McRorie and Mr. and Mrs. Gor-
don Wilkinson of Forest visited
on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Jewitt and Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Jewitt and families.
We were sorry to learn that
little Martina Wamnaes, daugh-
ter of Mr. and :Mrs: John' Wam-
anes unfortunately' jumped from
a truck on 'Monday morning and
cracked a bone in her leg, and
it is now in a cast. We hope
there are no further complica-
tions.
Several from this section` at-
tended the Musical Festival act-
ivities held at Londesboro on
Monday evening and all day
Tuesday. The School here suc-
cessfully won lst prize with the
Rhythm Band, others bringing
winning points to -the school
were 1st, solo by Deanna Dale
in girls' class 11 years and un-
der; 3rd, solo by Janice Jewitt
in girls' class 11 years and un-
der; 3rd, solo by (Mary Mcllwain
in girls' class 9 years and un-
der; 3rd, solo by Margy Whyte
in girls' class 7 years and un-
der; 3rd, solo by Jimmy Thomp-
son in :boys''class 7 years and
under.
Several others took part and
all deserve special mention as
classes were heavy and compe-
tition very keen. To S. S. 1,
with Mrs. Wm. Livingston. as
teacher, who captured the waize
for the school with the most
points,lation5. we extend our congratu-
ALBERT JOS. KRAUSKOPF
The death occurred in Sea -
forth on Wednesday, April 10,
of Albert Joseph Krauskopf in
his 76th year. He is survived by
his wife, and five daughters and
two sons: Sister Mary Immacu-
late, Maidstone; Marie, Mrs. Al-
fred Price Seaforth; Edith,
Mrs. 'Harold Lauber, Kitchener;
Cecilia, 'Mrs. Tack Johnson, of
Waterloo; Marg., Mrs. D. Moser,
Waterloo; Aubert, Fruitland,
and Clement, of McKillop. Rest-
ing at the Box 'Funeral Home,
High Street, (Seaforth, until 9230
a.m., Friday, April 12, thence to
St. Patrick's IGhurch, Dulblin, for
Requiem High- Mass at 10 a.m.
Rev. Dr. J. B. Ffoulkes will of-
ficiate. Interment in St. Pat-
rick's cemetery, Dublin.
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Word has been received here
of the. death in Sacramento,
California, of Robert B. Laid-
law. Mr. Laidlaw was born in
Tuckersmith twp. 85 years ago.
In 1891 he went to Sacramento
where for many years he was
baggage master for the South-
ern Pacific 'Railway Co., he re-
turned many 'times to Seaforth
to visit with relatives and
friends in the district. He is
survived by his widow, two sons
and a daughter all in Califor-
nia, two brothers, Will Laidlaw
of B.C., and Sam of 'Sack. Fun -
end services . were held March
21st in ISacramen'to and burial
was in East Lawn ,Cemetery.
C.G.I.T. NEWS
The Northside Firelighters
met •on Monday evening with
the C.G.I.T. purpose and hymn.
Then the worship service was
conducted by Joan Robertonand
Sandra McGonigle. We answer-
ed the roll call with "Faith". We
then discussed the camps which
are available. We closed the
meeting with "Taps".
UNCHANGED
The eondbtion of Peter Mal-
oney remains unchanged in hos-
pital in London since the shoot-
ing accident on Marsh 31st. He
is conscious.
Decline Revealed in
Rural Populations
The final results of the 1956
census show Huron county with
a total population of 51,728,
compared to the 1951 total of
49,280. There are 26,156 male
and 25,572 female residents of
Huron. There is a 'slight de -
create in Stephen twp. which is
explained by the formation of
the new village of Grand Bend
from part of that twp. The cen-
sus reveals the tread' .of falling
population in many rural areas.
The total for the county in-
creased by 2,448.
Ashfield .. .. 1,632 1,704
Colborne . 1,187 ' 1,136
1,608
1,967
2,641
2,859
1,855
1,718
1,675
1,950
4,561
3,280
1;381
1,667
1,109
1,190
2,547
2,547
4,934
2,118
2,642
Goderich Twp. 1;731
Grey .. 1,936
Hay 2,621
Howick .. 2,810
Hulled 1;869
McKillop .. • 1,644
Morris .. ;.1,669
Stanley 1,977
Stephen 4,460
'Tuckeramith 4,214
Turnberry 1,373
Usborne .. 1,590
E. Wawanosh 1,140
W. Wawanosh 1,176
Towns -
Clinton .. 2,896
Exeter 21652
Goderich 5,886
Seaforth 2,128
Wingham .. 2,766
Blyth 757 757 665
Brussels , . 782 81.3
Hensall .. 829 713
Jury's Verdict In
The young people of Con-
stance United Church held their
aneeting at the home of Marilyn
and Laurence Taylor, and open-
ed with the Young Peoples'
Purpose and •a singsong. About
15 of the young people will at-
tend the Spring Rally Banquet
tote held in Belgrave, Wednes-
day evening. The devotional per-
iod' was held under the Steward-
ship and Training Group with
Ronny Jewitt as leader and who
read the scripture lesson and
led in prayer. Dennis Jewitt
gave the topic on Stewardship
after which Mrs. W. L. Whyte
.led in a discussion on the topic.
'Marjory Hoggart was in charge
of the recreation hour and lunch
was served by hostess and as-
sistants.
DUBLIN
Presentation
Accident Inquest
The verdict of the jury atthe
inquest on. Saturday;
"We find that both Mrs. Mar-
garet Linington and Mrs. Ila
Godfrey died as a result of in-
juries suffered in a collision be-
tween a car in which they were
by the negligence of Ralph God-
frey easterly on No. 8 highway
some four miles west of Sea -
forth with a car driven westerly
by Mr. Ray Dill at approxi-
mately 9.30 p.m., •March. 8,
1957. The accident was caused
b ythe negligence of Ralph God-
frey in failing to turn..out, or
stay on his own side of highway,
in making a turn without a sig-
nal, which, even with a signal
could not have been made in
safety, being too close to the
Dill car. We do not know the
reason fox the turn. We also
feel that Mr. Godfrey's vision,
having only one eye, may be
faulty, and had some bearing on
his actions".
The jury also recommend •
that Godfrey's driving privileges
be suspended until he has prop-
er tests. "It appears from the
evidence that he had not dis-
closed this :disability. ,We furth-
er recommend that considera-
tion be given to changed proce-
dure in issuing driver's licenses
to require stricter physical ex-
amination, particularly to eye-
sight."
Presiding at the inquest was
Dr. E. A. +McMaster, Seaforth;
Crown Attorney H, Glenn Hays,
Goderich, examined the viatnos-
ses.
'Members of coroner's jury
were J. W. Crich, foreman, r,r,
4, Warren A. Gibbings,
Kenneth Clinton;E. Williams, Raymond
Jamieson, and'Newman Garrett,
a11 of r. r. 4, Clinton.
A very ,pleasant evening was
spent 'Sunday when a large gath-
ering of neighbors, relatives ,and
friends .met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Norman O'Connor,
upon the occasion of a "'Presen-
tation" to Mr. and )Mrs. Joseph
Doyle, who have sold their farm
and are anoving next week. Mr.
August Ducharme read :bhe ad-
dress. Mr. John F. Murphy and
Mr. Emmett 'Malone. on ,behalf
of all present, presented Mr.
and Mrs. Doyle with a (beauti-
ful' studio couch and a double
style three-way switch table
lamp. Mr. and' Mrs. Doyle
thanked everyone fox their kind-
ness to
indness.to (Ithean. Progressive euchre
was played and 'bhe winners
were 'Mrs. Harold Pethick and
Michael Doyle. A delicious luncdr
was served by the ladies.
DUBLIN
Many friends and neighbors
attended the funeral of the late
Francis .Donnelly of Hibbert
twp. -who died at Scott Memor-
ial Hospital, Seaforth, April 3
in his 74th year. The funeral
took place from his late home
on Saturday morning at 9.30 to
St. Patrick's Church, Dublin.
Rev. Dr. J. ;B. Ffoullces celebrat-
ed the Requiem High Mass.
Mrs. Lane presided at bhe organ
and was accompanied :by the
school choir. The pallbearers
were Jos. Donnelly Jr., Jack
Donnelly, Louis Donnelly, Matt.
Coyne, Mac Feeney, John T.
Ran. Burial followed in St.
Patrick's Cemetery.
Mrs. Jim 'Newcombe and Jim-
mie, Port Credit with Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Stapleton.
Mr. and Mrs. William Stew-
art spent the weekend at Or-
angeville.
Mrs. Geo. •Holland, St. Cle-
ments, at her home.
Mi'. and (Mrs. Gerald Holland
are at Boca Raton, Florida for
two weekls attending the con-
vention of bhe Great West Life
Assurance ICo. Mr. Holland is a
representative of the Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Pugh,
Mr. and Mrs. Fergus Stapleton
in Toronto for the weekend.
Mrs. Frank Evans and Mrs.
Jos. Melady in'London.
(Rev Vincent Eckert and Ms.
James Eckert, Rochester, New
York, with Mrs. Theresa Eck-
ert. '
KIPPEN
Rev. -Campbell Tavener of
Grand Bend was iii charge of
the Sunday 'morning service in
St. Andrew's United Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Thomson
and family visited on Tuesday
of last week with the latter's.
parents, Mr. and 'Mrs.' Sam
Storey of near Seaforth.
Mr. and Mrs., Eldon Kerr of
Winthrop were visitors Thurs-
day with Mrs. Kerr's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. Dowson.
Mrs. Garth Mosher of Ottawa,
who visited a week with her
mother, Mrs. N. McLeod, re -
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FOR EASTER
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new Spring colors, at
$1.00
Also a $ne selection of glamorous creations by
Coro from
$2.00 to $5.00
Let Coro Jewellery complete your
Easter ensemble
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turned to her home on Friday.
Master :Ronie Anderson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson An-
derson, has been confined to his
bed three weeks through illness.
Mr. John L. Henderson of
Exeter visited (Saturday with
Mr. Robert 'Cooper and 'Mr. and
Mrs., Long.
..M.S. -Meeting
The April meeting of the
W.M.S. Was held on Wednesday
evening, Aipril 3rd at St. And-
rew's United Church with the
President, Mrs. Emmerson An-
derson opening the meeting.
•(Mrs. John R. Cooper, as host-
ess and Mrs. Verne Alderdiee,
co -hostess. A special Easter
service followed entitled "A
Lively Hope", prepared by Miss
Florence McNair. The worship
was taken by Mrs. Harold
Jones. The roll call was answer-
ed by an 'Easter verse. The
guest speaker, Mrs. S. Davison
of Brucefield, spoke on Lenten
Meditation and illustrated her
talk with colour slides on the
last days of Christ before cruci-
fixion and the days ,,�f�+�following
the Resurrection. r`TOld
Rugged Cross" was then sung
and Mrs. Ross Broadfoot favor-
ed with a piano instrumental.
The closing hymn "Rejoice the
Lord is King" followed and Mrs.
Anderson brought the meeting
to a close with prayer.
Mrs. Hazel Ross of Niagara
Falls, Ont., has been the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eyre
the past two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lovell
and Pat spent the weekend in
(Chatham, while there attended
the -wedding of 'Ruth Ann Mer-
ritt to tar. Richard Gilbert.
Mr. and -'Mrs. Earle Sproat of
Exeter were Sunday guests. of
Mr. •and Mrs. Wilfred 'Mellis.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wade of
Royal Oak, Mich., were Sunday
visitors at the home of the lat-
ter's brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper Sr.
'Mr. and IMVlrs. Eddie Taylor of
Stratford visited Sunday with
'Mrs. Dinsdale and Miss M.
Whiteman.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Stokes
and Lorne of London visited
Mr. Robert Thomson on Sun-
day.
Miss Margaret Jean:Broadfoot
spent the weekend with friends
in Varna.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Fisher of
Brantford visited on Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar, Mc-
Bride.
Mrs. Ray ,Hillier and John
spent two weeks with Mr. and
Mrs. Alex McMui+trie.
Mrs. Donella Boyes, who has
been staying with her daugh-
ter in Hanover is visiting at the
home of her nephew, Mr. and
Mrs. Alex •Boyes.
Palm Sunday will be observed
in Eg'mondvilie United Church at
11 a.m. by the reception of a
number of new members and
the :celebration of the Sacra-
ment of `The Lord's Supper'.
EGMONDVILLE
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hayter
of Webbervi(lle, Mich.. were
weekend visitors with Mrs. Hay-
ter's mother, Mrs. Jas. Finlay-
son.
Mrs. ,(Dr. J.) Semple has re-
turned home from a few days
visit with relatives at Kitchener.
Mss. J. S. Watson and Miss
Alice Watson visited over the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Al-
bert Clarlc and family of Muir-
kirk,
Mrs. Elmore Stephenson spent
a few days last week with her
sister and (brother-in-law, Rev.
and Mrs; Andrew H. McKenzie.
and family of Acton.
WINTHROP
Winthrop Football Club
On Monday evening, April 8
President Sam Pethiele was the
chairman of the annual meeting.
The officers were elected for
another year, as follows:
Pres., Sam Pethick; Sec., La-
verne Godkin; League Repre-
sentative, Harry Johnston; Man-
ager, Glen McClure; ]Coaches,
Les Dolmage and Ken Betties;
Gate Keepers, John Leeming
and Sam Pethick; Linesmen,
Harvey Dolxnage, Russel Dol -
mage and 'Mervin Godkin; Field
Committee, Jim Axtmann, Har-
ry,.Johnston and- Lavern God -
kin.
Winthrop decided to enter a
team in the league again this
year. A euchre and dance will'
be held in Winthrop on Friday,
April 12th to raise funds for
the club. The meeting was then
adjourned.
CONSTANCE
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bennett of
Vancouver, B.C., spent last
week visiting their cousins, Mr.
and Mrs. 'Oliver Anderson, Geo.
B. 'Clarke, Seaforth, and Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. •Clarke, London.
A FISHING WE WILL GO
John Beattie of Seaforth be-
lieves he has set quite a record
as a fisherman with 80 years 01
fishing. To mark the occasion
he has written the following
poem.
The muse roused me at dawn the other
day
And whispered what about the first of
May?
I seized my writing pad and willing_ pen
To try and spin a yarn for fishermen.
First I pay tribute to my dear old dad,
Who taught me how to fish, •
his little
lad.
So kind he was and under -standing too,
Fond memories today I'm telling you.
My home made hickory pole, a hook and
line
That cost me just ten cents and that
was fine.
Bare feet, knee pants, a blouse, an old
straw hat,
I caught a lot of fish for all of that.
Knee pants .and blouse aro somewhere' in
rag mats,
My hat has gone the way of all straw
hats:
The home made hickory pole with hook.
and line
Have found a resting place, no longer.
mine.
Today the experts come with costly gear,
We mingle with them on the Bayfield
pier ;
They're patient fellows. morning, ,loon
and 'night,
.Nost day they tell us "never got a bite".
I:'. fished in lakes, in pondsand running.
streams
And somdreetimes caught: a whopper in my
ams,
This may lie a record, I do not know,:
But. I went fishingeighty years ago.
Come first of May I hope to go again,
A. southinwind blowing with a gentle
ra,
The day' will be too short, I'm sure of
that,
So wish me luck, without my old sirmv..
hat.
-JOHN BIIATTIII