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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1958 81.50 a Year
Make Plans for
World Day of Prayer
Planet for the World•. Day of
(Prayer were made as :a commit-
tee of local women met at the
home of 'Mrs. J. L. Bell on
Thursday,, Mos. Orland Johnston
(presided. The service will be
held in _, First Presbyterian
'Ohure8i on Friday, Fee. 211st at
3 p.m. Miss Jennie JHogg will
give the address. !Plans were
made for wider 'putblici'ty and a
sharing of the services with -wo-
men in the hospital. •
A recommendation' to holed an
'additional evening service was
Heft for further study. Mrs. C.
Walden was named key woman
for 1959,
TO DiSPLAY FAIR APRONS
Mrs. ; Alex. ' McKinney_ of
Brampton, a judge of women's
work at lairs and convener of
the handicrafts display at the
(King .Edward Hotel, Toronto,
during . the annual agricultural,
societies corwention has asked
e , a d
Mrs.Jos. {Gramme* to place a
display of her homemade aprons
et this year's convention in date
February. !Placings will be made
under "Classificiatilons for Ap-
ronr alt Fairs" •typical of eight
different classes.
•
Annual Meeting of 'Township Drain �•
Northside Church 1Bylaws Approved
The ,congregation of North- Tuckereinith :council meth in
side United (Church held' an en- the town hall, Seafiorth, on Feb.
joyable annual meeting last Fri- 4th at 1 p.m. ,All members were
day evening. At the request o present and the Reeve presided.
Rev. Mr:. Hall that 'a layman be Repeats on the •Cooner•-and Mc -
given the privilege of o'eeupying Donald (municipal drains were
the chair, Mr. S. U. .Scott was read and provisdonadly adopted
appointed chairman .for the gra and the 'clerk was instrudted to
thering. Mrs. Ross Murdie acted prepare. cash bylaws on them.
as secretary. Council decided to advise all
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Stene- ratepayers whose properties are
asst, 'aoeoan'paniledd by Mrs. Bev-. 'li'able m tax sale ;that if such
erley Christie, sang a (beauti+to
ful arrears .are; not paid Iby March
duet !during the worship period. 81, 1958, that such properties
(All reports for 19;1 had been will be 'advertised for tax sale.
Mimeographed .aned distributed Roy IBel1, member from Tuck -
previously so that they would ersmlbh to the Ausable 'River
not.have to be •read at the meet- 'Conservation Authority, attend
ing. These repo'rts showed ex- ed and explained the Parkhill
ceptional strength in every por- (Dam project. Council gave him
tion of the Church's life. The 'authority to vote for or against
number of new 'members during the scheme as he saw 'fist.
the year set a repbrd and the fi- 'Tuckersmith Munieilpa'1 Tele-
nanci'ad returns were the high- phone System through their sec -
est in the congregation's hist- retary, Mr. J. K. (Corinth, re-
ory. 'Thanks were offered to ,quested a loan of '$10,000 dua-
rGod and to all who in any way ing 1958. Council agreed to
helped to make possible such such loan at current interest
excellent reports. rates at such (times as required
The 'budget for 1958. was ep- during the •year; said loan to be
proved. repayable on Dec. 1'4, '195.8. A
Elders Arnold WesItcott, Ross grant of $25 was made to the
, n oriel Soil and CCro
Murdie, S J..Scott, G.A. (Whit- `Hutu O y p
ney and 'Clifford Broatigoo't were Improvement Association. The
returned to office jr.'Russell treasurer was instructed to pay
Bayens, [Messrs. Ernest Williams, Provincial Aid to Drainage to
Donald Wood and IBev.erley eligible parties on the McQ:eg'ar
Thomson were elected as 'Stew- and ,Shepherd Creek drains.
ards for a three year term, and tCouncil acknowledged produc-
Mr. Cyril Kirk 'added to • the tion of surety bonds on the
Board of Trustees. 'Auditors for treasurer and tax 'collector.
1958 are Mr.' 'Cyril Kirk and Borrowing bylaw was passed
Mr. John Talbot.
An interesting discussion of
the 'Sector Plan gave rise to
some very helpful suggestions
which will be considered by the
Official 'Board .ata later date.
Warm appreciation ' was ex-
pressed to the Reverend and
Mrs. Hall Torr their leadership
and assistance in all depart-
ments of the church, particular
reference being made to Mr. for 1.9518 and for .7 2,000 cu.
Hall's preaching ministry. Allyds.
members of the church staff re- gravel for township roads.
ceived a salary increment.' Reeve Ivan Forsyth had to
Ladies of the Woman's Aso- leave before conclusion of busi-
cialtioh served refreshments as nese to attend a meeting in To -
the meeting concluded with a ronto of the !Agricultural Coun-
happy half hour .of social fellow- cif and Frank Falconer was cho-
ship. sen to act as chairman.
Accounts passed included: ad-
More Libra( Shooks vert. $1.6.24; fox bounty' $56,
y fire .protection $116, sups. tallow -
Read, Meeting Fold $15, salary & allow. $234.48;
Miss Mabel E. Turnbull was gn, 1'5; a
detrepainse$68,$7 maids,reb 53,tes0'84,12;$2;
named chairman of Seaforth
her sunup; $100, postage, $3. 'Conn-
�Carnegie Library Board for her ail adjourned to meet March 4
10th term at the annual meet-
ing [Monday night. Mrs. Joseph INSTITUTE NOTES
McConnell was chosen seoretary IA. very successful euchre and
treasurer. The board re-engaged A.
was as bald in Seaforth on
Miss Greta Thompson as filo((( Jan. '3�1 with 33 tables .playing.
Demand for books from the Ladies first, Mrs. Alden !Crich;
libraryrose. almost .50 2nd, Mrs. Harold !Pelbhkk; men's
per cent first, Gordon Elliott, 2nd, Jack
during 1957. (Circulation of MacKay; cons.; Jean McNaugih
books rose from 7;52+1 in 1966 ton Bruce Walker; spot dance,
to 11,246 in 1957. This included Mraxjoade Hogg'ait and Roy Dun-
class books 1,068, adult 4,672, goy. Auer euchre lunch was
Dun -
juvenile 6 516
EYRE. - BOLTON
In a double ring ceremony at
60 Ridout St. IS., •London, the
Rev. J. R. Holden united in
marriage Doris Dianne Bolton,
only daughter of Mr. 'and Mrs.
Lewis Bolton, of Dublin nr. 1,
and Lawrence Matthew George
Eyre, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Campbell Eyre of Kippen r.r.2.
The bride wore a waltz length
gown of nylon net .over white
satin Styled with a strapless bo-
dice trimmed with lace and top-
ped with a matching bolero fa-
shioned with lily -point sleeves
and a peter pan collar trimmed
with seeded pearls. The full
skirt of nylon net was designed
with appliques'rof lace. A. crown
of seed pearls and opalescent
sequins +held her 'fingertip veil
of silk illusion and she carried
a" cascade of red roses and rwhite
balby mums. Miss Edna Diehl of
Brussels attended as .bridesmaid
and was dressed in a gown of
turquoitre nylon chiffon and ne
over taffeta, arid carried a cas
cade of pink and white baby
mums: -Mr. Clendon Kerr of
:Seaforth r.r. 1, attended as
groomsman For travelling the
bride •donne
d a navy rayon taf
feta .dress with a matching
white pique. O ueen -Anne' coli
and a mist blue flecked coat.
trimmed with a Corsage of ..red
roses and winter . white (access-
ories. 'The happy couple le
amid showers of conrfo'bti en
good wishes for St. Catherine's
Niagara and Buffalo.
RED CROSS TO MEET
The regular meeting 01 bh
(Red Cross Society will be hel
in the library rooms on Friday
Feb. 7th at 3 p.m.
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HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
The IHodpital 'Auxiliary will
meet Tuesday,'Feb. 11 at 8.15
pan. at the nurses' residence.
POWER OFF
Power 'was off in .Seaforth on
Tuesday morning for about 15
minutes when a small transfor-
mer blew up 'at the (Ontario Hy-
dro 'transformer station east of
'Seaforthr. No one was injured.
There was some. fire which was
out in moments. Service was re-
sumed as soon as. a spare trans-
former was connected,
authorizing a maximum borrow-
ing of $1110,000 at such times
as required. (Council agreed to
share cost of a wet water hydro -
Mender on the rural fire truck
at request of Fire Chief Jack
Scott. 'Council appointed
vier
Broadfoot - Warble Fly In-
spector for 19.58 at a wage of
90c per hour and 10e ger mile.
Tender ads will appear at a lat-
er date for Warble Idly Sprayer
PASSES IN NEW JERSEY
Word was received recently,
of the dearth, of George F.
Coates, 'New Jersey, uncle of
Ephraim (Clarke and Mrs. How-
ard Armstrong. Dhe late Mr.
Coates, been (Sept, 5th, 1866,
on the 'Coates (homestead, half
mile west of the village of Kin -
burn, (vas the last aneunbtr 'otf
the family of Robert and Mrs.
(Coates, pioneer (settlers of Hul-
lett. After receiving his early
education he took up printing
and .going' to New'` York •l re be-
oa!ine ftoreman in, a`large print-
, • ing office of that city which he
held until his retirements few
years ago.: Mr. 'Coates was mar-
ried in 1891 to Emma Pearson,
formerly of Seaforth, who sur-
v'ives. An only - son, •Robert i
Pearson, predeceased him 28
ears ago. ;After Braid'` ill-
ness
lingering d
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g
Hess IMr. 'Ooates died at his Norrie
in IRudiherford, :New Jersey,
where he had lined dor sixty
years.
Midgets Win Group
Over Clinton
The Saturday, Feb. ldt, hock-
ey 'gannes at .Seaforth resulted:
Midget—. Seaforth 113, Clinton
0; 'Bantam -Clinton 6, :Seafor+bh
4.
An interested crowd of spec-
tators saw the wind' nip of Min-
or Hockey week' here with
the Social boys splitting bheir
scores with Clinton. It was the
first game of best 2 .oust of 8
playoff IWOIAMA series.
In the Bantam game Tom
Dick for Seaforth got the hat
trick. Goals: dist period, Clinton,
Cooper Murphy, Cu'mmlitigsl;.
!Seaforbh, 'Bill ° '•eall; 2nd per-
iod—Clinton,
er
iod. -Clinton, Keith 'Allen, Bud
.Boyes; ,Seaforth, Totrn Dick. 3rd
period - '0liuton, Keith Allen,
Seaforth, Tom Dick :2 goals.
Jack Bedard, (Seaforth go'a'lie,
was suecessful in a shut out on
Clinton with 'a 13-0 score in the
Midget game. 'The defence, Bob
!John(Reith, h Bobo Elliott.Dlhatb d
et Bb an
Varley, were a powerful from
the tallest to. the shortest and
made it easier for the forwards,
to keep Jim (Dale, 'Clinton goal-
ie, really busy.
lst period—(Ray (Solna ((Ronv-
cliffe) 1.05; Ray 'S'eoins .(Iltow-
aliffe) 5.40; (Larry Dale (Row-
cliffe) 14.48.
2nd period'—'Tom Love Tin-
der, Reith) 9;22, Larry .Dale
(ursassisted) 14.00; Jim .Broad-
foot ((unassisted) 15.15; Larry
Dale ((Solna, Itowcliffe) 19.00;
Larry Dale (�Sooins, Rowcliffe)
3rd period - Harvey Dale
Tinder, Love) 4.31; Harvey
Dale .(Broadfoot, Pinder) 9.10;
(Bill Pander (Broadfoot) 9.16,
Larry Dale ('Reith) 11.16, Harv-
ey Dale ;(Pinder) 12.39, Harvey
Dale (Pinder) 17.54.
Penalties—To ;Seaforth, Jim
Broadfoot for hooking. To Clin-
ton, Doug Bartliff 2 (pen'altie's
for slashing, ;Sheller, trip.
Seaforth 10, Clinton 2. •
Monday night at (Clinton the
Midgets won 10-2 for Seaforth,
For Clinton Paul Draper 1,
Ken Anglesbat 1. For Seaforbh,
Harvey Dale 4, Ray .Scoins 3,
Larry Dale 1, Bob Reich 1 and
Doug .Rowohffas, 1, r Beatfortlh
wins the series in two straight,
beating Clinton 23-2 in the
two games. 'Seaforth Midgets
have scored a total of +125 goal's
with only 24 against.
An exhibition game will be
held here Saturday night when
Oakridge (Aores will play Sea -
forth Midgets. Both teams • are
g ea s
undefeated.
Miss ;Thompson said .that de- served by the Instiute,
spite reporbs that TV, etc. are 'The regular meeting of Sea -
lessening children's time for forth W.I. will NOT be held on
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the regular delle Feb. 11th, but
g ,
reading,nilthe circulation library jury one week later on Feb, 18th in
anile backs from( this Seaforth DHS ato8.15, with Mr.
had jumped snore than 100 .peri'
c Alvin ISillery as speaker. Will
Far the first time in man 'all numbers pleasebring :cookies
years the entire stock of b'oo'ks 'or ery f anh lcou yt.'ome.
bakery for the county home.
was examined and 683 discard- (Committees for 'Feb. 14 eu-
ed. 'However, during the yearOr
and dance: 'tables and
344 new editions were procured. chairs, Mrs. G. MacKenzie, Mrs.
At 011e present time there are R. M. ;Scorn; punchers, Mrs. Ross
6,034 (books on (hand, During (Gordon, Mrs. James Keys, Mos.
1957 55 films were also disci(+b-
G. Elliott, 'Mrs. 'Graham Kerr;
rtes. lunch Mrs. :leek MacLean, Mrs.'
An increase 'of 42 members A. Crozier, 'Mia Lorne Carter,
near shown in the :report. 25
new adult members brought the
total to 247; (while 17 new juv-
enile users make 1316 in that
I class.
'llhe book committee comprises
Mrs. C. E. (Smith, chairman,
Mrs. J. A. Munn, 'Mrs. Joseph
1VLeConnell and Miss Rose Dor-
sey.
;William M. Haat remains
olilairman of .property cornniit-
tee, other members being Miss
M. E. Turnbull, 'Rev. B. W. Hall
and a. Imes (Wallace. Mr. Wal-
lace was also named press sec-
retary.
Bride -Elect 'Honored
At Winthrop
(On Saturday evening, Feb. 1,
75 friends and ne'ighb'ors at-
tended a miscellaneous shower
in (Cavan 'Church in honor . of
Mrs. Lawrence Eyre (nee Di-
anne Bolton). During the ev-
ening the following program in
charge of Miss Marjorie. Boyd,
was enjoyed by all, a sing, song,
piano duet, Marlene Pepper and
Elaine Beattie; reading, Mrs.
'Men McClure; duet, Shirley Dol -
mage and Franoes !Blanchlard;
contests by Edith and:Margaret
Boyd; 'due't, ;Eileen (Smith and
Joan Boyd; a bride's book was
made with Miss (Gloria Boyd in
charge. The address was read
by Marjorie Boyd after which
the numerous gifts were 'o:pen-
ed, including a .cup and ,saucer
from the CG'•IT and a wall pla-
que from the YPU. Diane thank-
ed the ladies and to delicious
lunch was served. Fal/owing is
the address:
"(Dear Diane: In honor of your
(recent marriage. we your pals
and friends are 'gathered here
this evening Ito spend a social
time with you and to extend
'our heartiest good • iehes. Di-
ane, w
ane, we have always found you
cheerful and willing to help in
any way when asked, especially
in. our 'OGIfT, bIP and choir. We
ere going to miss you, but what
is our doss will 'be an'other's
gain. Everyone knows that no
true love runs smoothly at all
times and you will have your
trials and sorrows along lire's
path, but we hope they will be
lightened as you think off the
warm feelings of faiendship and
well vishing of these +'our
friends. Soon you will be niak-:
ing your new home in a nearby
city, but we will be very happy
to have you join with us any
time you have Oe opportunity.
May you build that home on
faith and love and live in peace
like turtle doves. We 'want you
to know that we are interested
in your happiness and welfare,
and as an expression:of our true
friendship, we would ask you to
accept these gifts. May they .al-
ways remind you of pleasant
memories of Winthrop. Our
sincere wish for you is that you
and your charming husband
may both be spared to enjoy
long life, happiness and prosp-
erity. May God's richest bless-
ings rest upon you always. Sign-
ed on behalf of• your friends
and nei'ghbor's, of (Circles 1, 3,
and 4 of Cavan (C+hurch."
GROUP 4, W.A.
Group, 4 of the W.A. met at
the home of Miss Nellie IPryce
with 17 (members and •9 visitors.
A poard-by Mrs. Harrold Wilson
opened the •meeting. and Mrs.
'Turnbull 'led in devotions. Roll
pall was answered with ideas to
snake (meetings nose interest-
ing. Arrangements were comp-
leted t�ir a bake, apron and can-
dy sale to be held on March 8.
Mrs. Hunt .was 'appointed dee
pres. to fill the vacancy left Icy
Mrs.-1VIarshall, on motion of Mrs.
;Hudson and Mrs. iWestcott. A
rug ; making demonstration was
given by &Irs. (Wilson and Mrs.
Carter. A nursery school- project
was 'suggested by Mrs. -Turnbull
Which is to be: further looked
into and decided on at next
meeting. IA vote of thanks was
tendered Illy Mrs. 'Westoott to
i}4ns, Canter, Mrs. Wilson and.
Miss Pryce.
DUBLIN
Dublin High School' News
I(By R. Flannery)
'Our high( school news this
week will simply be a (hearty in-
vitation to all •our faithful read-
ers to attend our operetta,:the
Pirates of Penzance, either Fri-
day ,night at .8.+30 or Sunday af-
ternoon at 3 o'clocic.'See you at
the (Pirates' Hideout.
Note: Chin u1p, Anal.
The writer would like to draw
to the ,attention of parents.
whose boys are playing hockey
that at least one parent should
be in each car when they go to
a game :away from home. Other-
wise it leaves all the responsib-
ility on the coach which is ask-
CONSTANCE
Murray Dale, Listowel, was a
week, end visitor with his par-
ents, Mr, and Mrs. Verne Dale.
(local girls attending 4H 'Club
achievement day on ;Saturday in
Exeter: Carol Carter, Marilyn.
Taylor, Mary Whyte, Mary and
Margaret McGregor. Special
congratolatilons to Miss Marilyn
Taylor and Miss Jean Broadcfoot
for the very creditable manner
in which they presented their
working
demonstration
on vvoil.i
drubs g
with wool. Mrs. Ross MacGreg-
or and Mrs. Harvey Taylor were
present for the afternoon pro-
ceedings.
.Congratulations to Mr. Ken-
neth Buchanan, son of- Mr. and
Mrs. Alf Buchanan, who was
united in marriage to Miss Helen
Scott at the Ladner United
Church, British (Columtbia, on
Sat. Feb. 1. Mrs. Alf Buchanan,
mother of the groom here, re-
ing too mu'dh as he has to look ceived bhe bride's bouquet,
Mrs. Harod Hugill; dishiwaehersi after the players whsle they are
--Mrs. Alex. Pepper, Mss. Hill on the ice and should not thavei
ebrech'b, Mrs. L. (Strong. to look rafter the driving as(
well. hi furture it will be nerves- I
sary to strictly enforce this rule 1
and ears not (accompanied by a
parent will not he allowed 00
start 'out.
MRS WALTER MURRAY •
Mrs. (Waiter Murray died sud-
denly in London on Sunday
morning about 10 o'clock in her
68th year. 'Mrs. Miuray had
been in failing health for some
time. 'She was born arid educat-
ed in Brussels and was married
Ohere -in October 1942 to Mr.
Murray, coming to Seaforth to
reside at that time. (Previous
to her marriage +she was a mill
finer: She was the former Marg-
aret Oma Gerry. Mrs. Murray
was a member of Northside Un-
ited Church. 'Surviving besides
her husband is one sister, .Mas
(Loy Allingthaan of Winnipeg,
MOn. Funeral service- was held
Tuesday afternoon at the, G. A.
Whitney funeral•' home wi(bh
Re's, . Bruce W. Hall of North-
side United. Church officiating.
Interment was in Maitlandbank
cemetery.
The pallbearers were Walter
Kerr, Beverly, 'Christie, David
Wilson, Frank Case, Frank La-
mont, Jos. Dorsey..
L.O.L. EUCHRE
(Seaforth L:IO.L, on- !Wednes-
day evening, jun. 29 held a suc-
cessful - euchre An the Orange
shall. Winners of euchre: -Ladies
high, Mrs. George Reeves, 'lone
brands, Mrs. LAlex. Muir, ,consol-
ation, Mrs. Bob 'Cha'rters;" gents
high, George •Case, lone hands,
C. •Parsons; aonaolation, (Harry
Adidicott. A blanket donated by
Borden Brriown and drawn for by.
Alex. McMi'chlael,' (Clinton, won
by Alex. Irwin.
Presentation To
Mrs. F. Marshall
Mrs. Fred Marshall was guest
of honor Thursday evening when
friends and neighbors met prior
to her departure from Seaforth,
et the home orf 'Mrs. Enos :Bosh -
art, The gathering, took the
form of a surprise party. (Bingo
was played, the winners receiv-
ing various useful. (prises. An
address was read as follows:
'Dear Edith: dt was with sur-
prise and regret that we learned
a short time ago that you were
leaving our midst. Your stay
has amt been a long one but we
have enjoyed having you .in Sea -
forth even for a short time. We
have gathered (here tonight to
let you know that we are sorry
your time in Seaforth is almost
over: but we wish you good lack
and happiness 'in your new
Home. We know that your win-
ning smile, pleasing personality
and quick wit will soon 'make
many new friends. We would'
like you to accept this gift and
hope it will be useful to help
you to remember us."
Mrs. Marshall was presented
with a 'heavy duty aluminum
steamer. She thanked the dadies
for their kindness, after which
twthielh came by plane.
Miss Margaret and :Master
Billie Whyte spent Sa'turdaY
with their friend, Miss Sylvia
Bedard, Zurich.
Mr. and 'Mrs. A. Riley, Cro-
(smarty, were Sundayvisitors of
(Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riley.
Mr. Geo. Fox, Walton, is at
present employed with Mr. Wm.
Dale.
Mr. and Mrs. (Chas. Dexter,
along with Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
McClure and Clayton of near
Seaforth visited •on Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. 'Austin Dexter at
.
Sunday visitors with Mr. and
(yMrs. Howard Preszcator and fa-
mily were Mr. and Mrs. ,Stbanley
Preszcator of Centralia and Mr.
and Mrs. .Chas. Glanville, 'Credi-
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Preszcator
and family visited on 'Sunday
willh Mr. .and .Mrs. Alden 'Pfaff
of 'Crediton.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter 'Scott
and Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Scott
attended the funeral of their
brother-in-law, Mr. R. E. Patt-
erson on Monday in (Brampton.
Mr. Wm. Dale is this week
attending the livestock conven-
tion at the Royal York hotel in
Toronto.
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firemen and Bayfield firemen
fought the flames, but it was
impossible to save her home.
However, they kept the fire from '
spreading to nearby homes of
Mr. 'T. B. Baird and Mr. John.
Musltard.
TUCKERSMITH
;Turner's (Church held its an-
nual congregational meeting on
Friday evening with a fair at-
tendance. 'Rev. Mills opened the
meeting with hymns and prayer,
Ernie Crich acted as secretary.
Minutes of last annual meeting
were read and reports approved.
The two retiring elders were re-
turned to office, also the stew-
ards. The books showed a sub-
stantial balance. A vote of
thanks was tendered Rev. Mills
by Erlin Whitmore. Meeting was
turned over to IS.'S. ;Supt. Frank
Falconer to elect teachers and
officers for 11998 The remain-
der of the evening took the form
of a social hour. Mrs. Turner
and Ross Crich played the mouth
organ, Rev, Mills conducted an
"I've a Secret" contest. The la-
dies served lunch.
BRUCEFIELD
The anany friends in 'Bruce -
field and eommnunity wish to
congratulate Mrs. T. Baird Sr.
on having ,celebrated her 98th
birthday on Jan.30th. A family
dinner was served in her honor
at the hoarse: of her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
T. B. Baird. tMany cards and
gifts of flowers were received.
Mrs. C. Ham and Miss M.
Swan are visitingtheir sister-in-
law, Mrs. Dr. Wm. Swan in Ha-
milton. -
'Mr, and !Mrs. Victor Taylor
are visiting in Buffalo.
Fire of unknown origin com-
pletely destroyed llhe home of
Mm. David Tough on Friday
a (d'e'licious lunch was served. anori4ng, Jan. .31, 'Brucefield
HENSALL
;Mr. and Mrs. 'Keith Lindsay
and daughter 'Pamela returned
to 1Naperee this week after
spending a week's holidays with
Mrs. Lindsay's parents, Mr. and
!Mrs. John Henderson and fam-
ily.
rs. M. Willert of Exeter
spent the week end with her mo-
ther, Mrs. Annie Saundercock,
who is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Rigby of
Blenheim and Miss Donna Rig-
by of London were recent vis-
itors with Mr. and Mrs. Harry
(Snell, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tra-
quair and Ruth Ann and Mrs.
Rigby's parents, Mr. and :Mrs.
(Stewart McQueen.
Mrs. Stelek of Varna visited
during the past week with her
sister, Mrs, R. Cameron,
Mrs. (Roy .Campbell has ac-
cepted a position at the RCAF
Station, Centralia, and comm-
enced her duties there this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ellis of
Clinton were recent visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Chap-
man and family.
Hensall downed Goderich by
a 3-0 score in the local arm'na on
Friday night in a hard fought
W(OAiA, Juvenile League fixture.
Doug IBrintnell, Phil Overholt
and Ken Richardson each came
up with singles for the winners.
Mr. and lgis. 'Don Gooding,
Debbie and Donnie of lParlclidil
were relcent visitors with her
parents, Mr, and Mrs. Edgar
Munn.
Mr. and (Mrs. Layton orf :Clin-
ton were recent visitors with
Mr. Cecil VanIHor'ne and Miss
Mary Vanillorne.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Lee of
Parkhill visited .lest week with
thein: son-in-law (and daughter,
Mr: and' MTS. Geo. Beer _ and
daughter.
DUBLIN
Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Mac-
Dougall and children,. with Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Jordan.
'Mr. and Mrs. Bill (Stewart of
Toronto
tewart.with Mr. and airs.s. Win.
S
i:12r.
Grimsby with Mr. and Mrs. C.
Kistner, Mr. and Mrs. John
\'Iurphy and Ml's, (Bill Murphy of
Mr, and Mrs. John :Cleary of
London with Mr. and Mrs. (Frank
Evans.. '
(Mrs. Joseph Carpenter, Blyth,
Mrs. McConnell, ISealorth. Mr.
Joseph Carpenter and Billie of
Chatham, with Miss Monica
Byrne.
Mr. Michael Hunt, Detroit,
with 1VIrs. Hunt and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Dillon
and ,daughter, St. Thomas, with
!Mrs. Louis Dillon and Dorothy.
Mr and JeromeNichol-
son,
Mrs. cho
son, London, with Mr. and Mrs.
James Krauskopf.
Mrs, (Herb 'Britton was host-
ess, for the Jtanuary meeting of
Dublin Women's Institute. The
meeting opened with the ode
and roll call was answered with
a favorite recipe which later
were sold. Mrs. John Nagle pre-
sided for the business. The lad-
ies decided to help with the an-
tinque display to be held in the
former high school at Mitchell.
on Feb. 4th. Current events read
by 1VIrs. Ed !Byers land household
hints by Mrs. M. Feeney. Mrs.
Harold tPethick and Mas, Thos.
Butters gave a demonstration of
the third meal. Mrs. Thos. Sim-
onson presented Mrs. William
Stuart with a gift on behalf of
the Institute before leaving to
make her home, in Kitchener.
;Carmen Keyes, (Mitchell, gave
'an interesting summary and
showed pictures of his trip to
the scout jamboree in England,
also of his visit to Ireland and
Scotland. The next meeting will
be held on Feb. 25 at the home
of Mrs. 'Thos. Butters. Lunch
was served.
WINTHROP
(The Helping ;Hand Mission
Band will hold their meeting in
the IS.'S, room .on Saturday, Feb.
Sth at 2 o'clock. The children:
are asked to each bring a Val-
entine with (bheir own name on
it for the, roll call.
WALTON
The sympathy of the commun-
ity is extended to Mr. Samuel
Patterson of IBlylh in the pass-
ing of his wife, Mrs. Laving Pa-
tterson in Clinton public hospi-
tal early Monday morning. Mr.
and Mrs. Patterson were resi-
dents of this district before mov-
ing to Slyth several years ago.
Mrs, Kenneth Ritchie, Eg-
nrondville, and :Mrs, Douglas En-
nis nis spent a few days in Kitchen-
er and attended' the caprping ser-
vice at the nurses residenee of
Kitchener -Waterloo Hospital on
'Saturday afternoon, Miss Ruth
Anne Ennis was one of the 39
student nurses who received
caps during the oeremony.
AA pmagre'ssive euchre party
sponsored by the W.I. will he
held in the community hall on
Friday evening with the follow-
ing oommitttee in :charge: Mars,
Nelson Marks;, Mrs. 'Fid Dougan
and Mas. Ralph Travis.
KiPPEN'
Mr. Herb ISrtephenson and his
sister,. Miss Rena, (Stephenson,
also Mr. and 'Mrs. Howard lem-
on
Lemon left by anotor on 'Saturday
morning for a vacation in :sun-
ny Florida.
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