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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1955-02-10, Page 119 t - re RAI to to to, 3 n - A.. J. e. J. : ad- ro ; ek- or �t19 the ,oir et. •5t - MOM l •S hors .tore. ,4r21 rods) clop°. snm- Nov- t. L lbw rour lout the hem ted with )rated, ith all 8-rieco itchen. ;o and ad al - coated. Could The Seaforth News WHOLE) SERIES, VOL. 77 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1.0 1955 ;1.61) a Year Authorized as Second Class mail, Post ., Office Dept„ Ottawa Snowdon Bros„ Publishers KEN STEWART HEADS McKILLOP FAIR The annual meeting of the Di- rectors of McKillop School Fair was held at S.S. No. 6 on Thurs- day, Feb. 3rd. Mr. Louis Bolton was chairman and Mr. Don Den- nis, secretary. Mr. Foster Fow- ler, sec.-treas., in his financial report, showed a steady growth of the fair. This year again there is a surplus after paying prizes and expenses amounting to around $800.00. It was decided to hold the fair this year on !Sept. 15th. Officers are: Past Pres„ Louis Bolton; Pres., Ken Stewart; Vice Pres„ Wm. Boyd; 2nd Vice, Harold Pryce; Sec.- Treas., Foster Fowler. FATHER AND SON BANQUET HELD At First Presbyterian Church, the annual Father and Son Banquet was held on Tuesday night, Feb. 8 with an attendance of over 100 guests. The speaker of the evening was Inspector Witts of Provincial Police head- quarters', Toronto. His subject was, Traffic Problems in On- tario. The chairman of the evening was James Murray. The speaker was introduced by Scott Cluff, and Bob Wright voiced the appreciation on behalf of all the sons present. WIVES OF DOCTORS FORM AUXILIARY Officers were named at a meeting Wednesday evening at the home of Dr, and Mrs. M. W. Stapleton, of the newly organized Women's Aux: iliary to the Huron County Med- ical Association. The auxiliary will co-operate with the Ontario Medical Association for the bene- fit of the medical society of Huron County. Mrs. X. C. Fletcher, Exeter, was named honorary president 'of the new group; Mrs. Walter A. Oakes, Clinton, president; Mrs. E. A. McMaster, Seaforth, vice-president; Mrs. R. M. Aldis, Gode r i c h, secretary -treasurer. .Atss'members of the group are the wives of doctors in Huron county. INVESTIGATES THEFT Provincial Constable Helmer Snell was called to investigate the theft of a tractor battery, three wrenches and a quantity of gas from the farm of Louis Deer, of Blyth. The theft occur- red Saturday night. Mr. Deer lives in Blyth, and his farm is on the county road west of the - village, opposite the police radio tower. WINS GROCERIES Winner of the drawing for a basket of groceries at Tuesday night's hockey match was Wil- lje 1, ,Smith Jr., of Smith's Gro - emir ro-ee. Bill decided this was like the proverbial "Coals to New- castle", so he has offered the groceries to Leo Stephenson to be put up again. • BARN DESTROYED BY MYSTERIOUS FIRE The large L-shaped bane barn at Archie Smith's farm, on the fourth concession of McKillop, three miles northeast of •Sea - forth and half a mile east of Grieve's bridge, was completely destroyed by fire around three o'clock Wednesday morning. The livestock was all burned, including a team of horses, 18 cattle, 25 fat pigs, 5 chunks, 7 bred sows and a sow with a lit- ter of 9 pigs, also a number of laying hens. Seaforth Fire Brigade answer- ed the alarm and succeeded in saving nearby !.bAildings. The machinery was all in the driving shed, which was not burned. Some insurance was carried. The loss is estimated at around $15,000. Provincial Constables 'Snell of Seaforth and Andrews of Gode- rich on Wednesday are investi- gating the cause of the fire. At time of writing, George Ogglesby, of no fixed address, is being held by police as a wit- ness. He was in conversation with Provincial Constable Ferris in Seaforth when the fire siren sounded at 3.05 a.m. Police say he told the officer he had just reached •Seaforth after walking the three miles into town. It is understood the fire was first noticed by Don Wallace of Seaforth, who was a guest at the Smith home where friends were being entertained. The fire had made so much progress it was impossible to save any- thing. Mr. Smith summoned Provin- cial Police, It is understood an investigation will be made by the Fire Marshall. Ogglesby had been working at the Smith farm, W.A. GROUP 2 Group 2 of Northside W.A. held their February meeting at the home of Mrs. 'Bechely on the 2nd with 22 members and two visitors present. Matters of business were in charge of Mrs. Shannon. Menu for the Valen- tine ,dinner was read by Mrs. Walters and plans for this were completed. A committee was appointed to get information about materials and printing of birthday calendars. Mrs. Stev- ens presided for the devotional period. Prayer was offered by Miss Laura Mole and Scripture reading was given by Mrs. Walsh. Topic for the evening was on CGIT work, on which. Mrs. Stevens gave a very ex- planatory and interesting talk. It was organized in 1915- for girls, ages 12-17. Ours is one of 3000 groups in Canada with a total membership of 30,000. It is interdenominational. Its pur- pdse is to cherish health, seek truth, know God, serve others; all of which is to develop char- acter in making worthwhile citi- zens and the world a better place in which to live. A social half hour followed and tea was serv- ed by the hostess. MIDSUMMER DATES SET FOR REUNION Seaforth Old Boys' Reunion will be held on July 30, 31 and Aug. 1, 2, 3. The date was set at an executive meeting in the town hall on Monday night. Mr. A. Y. McLean was chairman and the meeting was attended by Miss Hazel Reid, Jim Stewart, Scott Habkirk, William Hart, John Crich A. W. 'Sillery, F. Kling, B. :Christie, E. !Daly, W. E. Southgate, D. Sills, and Mayor McMaster. The executive have planned to meet every Friday night. The committee would ap- preciate help from every and any citizen, such as providing names of former residents with addresses. They will also need the help of people willing to ad- dress envelopes and also such work as typing. The committee is now looking for -a permanent office on Main St. Northside United Church Rev. John Stinson, Minister. 10 a.m., Church School and, Adult Bible Class. 11 a.m., Morning Worship: Sermon, Fending God and Our- selves". Jr. Congregation arid Tod- dlers' Group. 7 pm., :Sermon Theme: "I ani a Protestant". Third in a series. 8:15 Y. P. U. ' • Egmondville United Church Rev. W. F. Milroy, Minister 10 a.m., Church School and Adult Class,` 11 a.m., Morning Worship: Sermon—"God's plan for renew- al". 7 p.m., Evening P r a is e: Theme, "The Righteousness of (God". 7:30 Wed midweek service. ANSWER THREE FIRE CALLS IN ONE DAY PROVINCIAL ELECTION THIS YEAR PREDICTED The annual meeting of the Progressive •Conservatives of Seaforth, McKillop and Tucker - smith was held in the town hall on Wednesday evening of last week with a good attendance. The first speaker was Elmer D. Bell, Q.C., of Exeter, who said a nominating convention would be held in April, If an election was held this year, it would probably be in either June or October, it was stated. Mr.George Ginn of Goderich twp., president of the riding As- sociatien urged that each muni- cipality should be ready for an election. A general discussion of the organizations in the three muni- cipalities was held. The town- ship organizations are all filled and :Seaforth will hold a further meeting. Mr. Tom Pryde, the member for Huron, said he would be a candidate for the nomination. He expressed full confidence in the Hon. Leslie Frost and the record of the provincial govern- ment. He reviewed the financial' income available to the govern- ment, Mr, Pryde said he was not offering any criticism of the Liberals, they had announced no platform yet. A comparison of 1954 grants to municipalities by the provincial government and those paid in 1943 would, speak for itself. Amount paid in grants to the municipality last year was printed on your tax notice. The provincial grants in 1943 were negligible, he said, Mr. Pryde said four highway contracts had been underway during the past year in the rid- ing, Seaforth to Clinton, 'Clin- ton to Helmesville, Holmesville to Goderich and one in the south east. They were totalled about $1,400,000. The surface of No. 8 highway still has to be paved, at an estimated cost of $200,000. At the close of the meeting coffee and doughnuts were serv- ed. erveed. On Thursday afternoon last fire destroyed the frame house on the fifth concession of 'Tuck- ersmith on the old Ward farm owned by Wm. M. Sproat. The house had been occupied for the past year or more by Mrs. Annie Arnold. She was unaware of the fire upstairs until the alarm was given by Grant Chesney who had noticed the smoke from his home across the road. :Seaforth rural truck respond- ed to the call but owing to lack. of water the house could not be saved. Some furniture was saved. While this fire was in pro- gress, a second call came in about 3 o'clock, from the home of Reeve James Doig for a chimney fire. The Seaforth town truck went out and the fire was brought under control without serious damage. Thursday was one of the coldest days of the year with zero temperatures, and before the day was over the fire bri- gade answered a third alarm when fire was discovered in the boiler room of Bell Industries Ltd. plant. This was around 9 p.m. Damage was estimated at $100. Cause of the fire was not apparent. Dr. ZEIGLER TO ADDRESS HOME AND SCHOOL Dr. Earl Zeigler, professor of physical education at Western University, will be guest speaker at the home and school meeting at the public school at 8.15 on Tues. Feb. 15th in the auditor- ium. Everybody is most wel- come and a cup of tea will be served. LEGION AUXILIARY The February meeting of the Ladies' Legion Auxiliary was' held in the Legion Rooms on the first Wednesday of the month. President Taylor opened the meeting with creed and prayer. Twenty-seven members answer- ed the roll call. Minutes were read and' approved. Treasurer's report was given and approved. Business was then discussed. Dues and Fees • were paid amounting to $16.90. Comrade McGrath gave her report of our Veteran in Westminster Hospit- al and the lovely box which was sent. Thankyou notes were read from Mrs. R. Morey. Mrs. J. Eisler :and Don Taylor. Plans were completed for a pot luck supper to be held Feb. 14 for members. Supper to be served at 6.30. Three new members were installed by . President Taylor: Mrs. L. Jones, Mrs. C. Coombs and Mrs. D. Love, The meeting was then adjourned. Mystery Box was won by 'Comrade Nes- bitt, Lucky Chair, Comrade Frai- ser. Lucky birthday, Comrade Muir. Contests, Comrade Barry and Comrade Muir. A delicious lunch was served. MRS. J. .1. MERNER Word was received of the death of Mrs. Jonathan Merner at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. A. R. Atkinson, Norwood, on Tuesday, Feb. 8th. Formerly Claire Edith Graham, she was the beloved wife of the late Jonathan Merner and dear meth- er of Minnie, Mrs. W. K. Fergu- son of London; Dr. E. G. Mer- ner of Windsor, Clair Merner, and Greta, Mrs. Robert Rus- sell, both of Detroit; Beatrice, Mrs. :George Jeffery, of Fort William; Dr. B. T. Merner of Minneapolis; Helen, Mrs. A. R. Atkinson of Norwood. The re- mains are resting at the resi- dence of her daughter, Mrs. A. R. Atkinson, Norwood, until Thursday morning, thence to the H. S. Anderson and Son Funer- al Home, Windsor. Burial will take place at Windsor. R. BOLTON HEADS SEAFORTH AGRIC. SOC, meeting At e a of dire tors of the Seaforth gricultural Soci- ety on Friday night, Russell T. Bolton; • an •ea:;ipresident, was again named president, replacing Arthur Nicholson;, who automati- cally becomes aimember of the executive. Robert W. 'Campbell and Robert E McMillan will re- main or the board as vice-presi- dents; and Earl 'McSpadden will continue as secretary -treasurer. Directors representing the town and surrounding munici- palities are: McKillop, 11, Bolton, R. Campbell, R, McMillan, Irvin Trewartha, Kenneth Stewart; Tuckersmith, A. Nicholson, All- ister Broadfoot, Andrew Moore, Joseph Devereaux, jr.; Hullett, Elgin Nott, Oliver Anderson; Seaforth, J. M. Scott, R. B. Holmes; Hibbert.Percy Wright; Stanley, Bob. Allan. The current president of the Junior Farmer organization is automatically on the board of directors as its jun- ior member. A committee headed by James M. Scott is planning a series of events in aid of : the society's 110th anniversary, which is to be observed at this year's Fall Fair, Sept. 22-23, with a special ceremony. The first event plan- ned in its benefit is to be a var- iety show, and a play with hist- orical significance. James R. Scott is to write the play, which will be presented in - March or early April. R. B. Holmes, R. Campbell, and J. M. Scott were appointed a committee to investigate the erection of a suitable memorial to mark the 110th anniversary, which will be unveiled in con- nection with this year's Fall Fair ALBERT FRANCIS FEENEY The death of Albert Francis Feeney, R.R. 2, Dublin, occurred at the Thamer Nursing Home on Monday, Feb. 7th, after a short illness, in his 51st year. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Feeney, R.R. 2, Dublin, and was born in 'Ribbert, He was a mem- ber of St. Patrick's Church, Dub- lin, and the Holy Name Society. Surviving besides his parents are five brothers: Joseph, R.R. 2, Dublin; Thomas, London; Louis, Jerome and Elmer, R.R. 2, Dublin. The funeral will take place on Thursday morning at 9.30 o'clock, from the Box Fun- eral Home, High St., 'Seaforth, to St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, for Requiem Solemn High Mass. Rev. Fr. Ffoulkes will officiate. Interment will take place in •St. Patrick's Cemetery, Dublin. SEAFORTH JR. FARMERS The regular meeting of the Seaforth Junior Farmers was held on Tuesday evening, Feb. 1st in the Seaforth District High School. The meeting opened with the roll call which .was "Give your definition of a Credit Un- ion". The minutes of the last meeting were adopted on motion by Ken Moore and seconded by Lloyd Cooper. Moved. by Merton Keys and seconded by Jim Mc- Gregor that the Seaforth Junior Farmers sponsor the "Seaforth 4-1I Swine Club", The Seaforth Curling Club have donated their rink for a Junior Farmer's Bonspiel to be held on the afternoon of Feb. llth. Earl McSpadden reported on the Short Course he attended at Guelph, followed .by a general discussion. Ken Moore moved the meeting be adjourned. SEAFORTH JR. INSTITUTE The Seaforth Junior Institute held their Feb. meeting in the Seaforth District High School on Tuesday evening, Feb. 1 with the Vice Pres., Catherine Campbell in the chair. Fifteen girls an- swered the roll all by giving, "A Cure for the Blues". The girls decided to donate $3.00 to help sponsor the Walton "Milky Way" Club. Four girls, namely, Catherine Campbell, Joan Som- erville, Betty Campbell and Marg. Stevens were nominated to meet with Mr. Baker to help choose the new executive for the County. Everyone is urged to at- tend the Huron County Junior Farmer Drama Festival to be held in the Seaforth District High School on Tuesday even- ing, Feb. 15th. Tickets may be obtained from any Jr. Farmer member. Joan Somerville, Lois Ann Somerville, Betty Camp- bell and Doris Johnston were chosen to participate in the choir which is being organized in the County of H u r o n. :Current Events were given by Joanne Beuermann. April 15th is the date set aside for the Jr, Farm- ers' formal dance. Doris John- son read a poem on, "Keep Smil- ing". The guest speaker for the evening was a senior institute member, Mrs. Jas. F. Scott, who had a very educational and in- teresting address. She stated that it is "Better for everyone to try and fail, than to not try and succeed". "In order to be the girl God would have you to be you must make a lot of decisions through- out your life such as: 1. Choosing the proper books �to read, 2. Choosing friends who are thought a lot of in the commun- ity. 3, Watching your manners and conduct. 4. Keeping close to God. 6. Keeping in close touch at all times with your family. Besides these, many others will have to be made. However, life can be . a happy one if you makeit so. If you become dis- couraged at some time think of the following line: "Underneath are the everlasting arms". A vote of thanks was extend- ed to the guest speaker by Betty Campbell. A sing -song brought the meeting to a close. Joint Meeting The joint meeting opened with the singing of the Junior Farm- ers' song. Larry Wheatley read the Club paper and a poem was read by Marg. Stevens.•Mr. W. V. Roy of Clinton spoke to the members about "Credit Unions". A discussion followed. Lunch brought the meeting to a close. LIBRARY BOARD Miss Mabel Turnbull was re- elected as chairman of the Sea-' forth Public Library Board, at the annual meeting of the Board on Feb. 7. The Rev. H. Glenn' Campbell is secretary -treasurer,' succeeding Mr. F. G. J. Sills. Miss Greta Thompson was re -en-' gaged as Librarian. Members of the book committee are Mrs. Jo- seph McConnell, chairman, Mrs. ! J. Ellis, Mrs. C. E. Smith and. Miss Rose Dorsey. The property committee mem- bers are Mr. War. Hart, chair- man, the Rev. H. Glenn Camp- bell, Miss M. Turnbull and Mrs.l J. A. Munn. . Appreciation for -their excel- lent work was expressed to Mr. F. C. J. Sills, who is retiring from the board, and to Miss Gre- ta Thompson, Librarian. Two new members were wel- comed to the Board, Mrs. J. A. Munn and Miss Rose Dorsey. The total circulation of books was 10,391, an increase over the previous past year. The number of members has increased also, the most notable increase being among the younger age group of readers. LADIES' GUILD The monthly meeting of the Ladies' Guild of St. Thomas' Church was held on Tuesday at the home of Miss Dorothy Parke. Meeting opened with scripture reading by Mrs. James. New. business was discussed and a special feature of the bazaar this year will be Christmas cake, mincemeat and puddings. Meet- ing closed with the benediction and a social half hour enjoyed, MIDGETS WIN Seaforth Midgets trounced the Milverton Midgets 8-0 in the Seaforth arena. The Seaforth team can thank their goalie, B. McGonigle for his tremendous game in all his saves. The Mil- verton team put up •a good fight and were good sports in the loss of the group finals. Mason and McFadden were outstanding goal shooters throughout the game. The fans of Seaforth are beginning to realize the import- ance of supporting' these young stars. HIGH SCHOOL NEWS The Clinton basketball teams last Wednesday won three of the four basketball games played with the Seaforth Junior boys winning the only game for Sea - forth. 'The seniors played the first game and were en the los- ing end of a 19-10 score. In the second game the Seaforth Jun- iors opened the scoring and were never headed, winning the game in a 23-20 score. While the boys were playing in Seaforth, the girls lost both games inClinton. The seniors went down to a 26- 13 score, while the Juniors lost in a close scoring 10-6 game. The Valentine dance will be the next dance which will be on Friday Feb. 11. Bob Scott and his orchestra will supply the mu- sic. CHILDREN'S AID SOC. ELECTS 1955 OFFICERS At the annual meeting of the Huron County Children's Aid Society, held Feb. 2nd in Gode- rich, the following officers were elected: President, Rev. R. G. MacMillan, Goderich; 1st vice- pres., Dr. Kenneth Taylor, Cede rich; 2nd vice-pres., Hugh Ber- ry, Woodham; honorary secret- ary, A. M. Robertson, Goderich; secretary, A. H. Erskine, Gode- rich; treasurer, John G. Berry, Goderich;• directors, Mrs. A. Tay- lor, Mrs. Geo. Johnston, Miss Etta Saults, Mrs. J. B. Reynolds, Mrs. H. Palmer, Mrs. Chas. Rob- ertson, Mrs. Frank Donnelly, all of Goderich; Mrs. Kenneth Johns, Elimville; Mrs. Frank Fingland, Clinton; Arthur Cur- rie, Goderich; Fred Davidson, Winghaam; John Winter, R.R. 2, Harriston; Frank Sills, Sea- forth; Harry McCreath, •Salt - ford; Roy Cousins, Brussels; W. M. Prest, Goderich; associate directors, Miss N.Cunningham, Public 'Health Department; Lieut. Mayo, Salvation Army. The staff members were all re-engaged for the year, and are as follows: local director,. Mrs. Mary P. Chaffee, Goderich; as- sistant local director, Miss Clare McCowan, Blyth; social workers,, Mrs. Ewan Ross, Holmesville, and Miss Gertrude Wilkes, God- erich; secretary, Mrs. Mildred Simpson, :Goderich; stenograph- er, Miss Marie Lyddiatt, Blyth. eti n, N°w B, A Lovely! The Veri-ihin "Wand" 537.50 Express your devotion more eloquently than words with a B Distinctive! The Veri-thin "Knox" $45.00 beautiful GRUEN, Canada's most treasured gift, See our C New! The Veri•thln "Portia" $45.00 fine selection. From $,j9.75 SAVAUGE'S Jewellery Gifts Fine China Seafortb Hanover on Saturday evening, Jan. 29th, given in honer of Mrs. Brown's father, Mr. Thomas Brigham's 87th birthday. 'There were 45 guests present including Mr. Brigham's Imme- diate family and grandchildren. Also one brother, one sister and a sister-in-law and her husband and the Anglican Rector. Mr. and :Mrs. Earl Lawson and Mr. Reg. Lawson were guests for dinner on Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs, Jack Davidson. Sincere sympathy is extended to Mr. J. H. Scott and family in the passing of Mrs. Scott. The Constance Golden Links Mission Band will hold their meeting Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Sunday School class room. All the children are welcome. The roll call will be answered by paying mission band fees. We are sorry to report an- other case of mumps in the neighborhood, this being the second outbreak this winter. Sympathy goes to Miss Marilyn Taylor. CONSTANCE Mr. Borden Brown is in Tor- onto attending the hardware convention being held in the exhibition buildings. Mr. W. J. Dale was in Toron- to the greater part of last week attending the convention of the Horse Breeders' Association of which he is the president. Mr Dale was appointed a director of the Canadian National Exhibi- tion. Mr. Reg. Lawson and his mother, Mrs. Earl Lawson were in London on Tuesday, guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Warren. Corporal K. T. Adams, of the RCAF Station, Centralia, spent Thursday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Adams. Mrs. W. J. Dale and daugh- ters were guests on Sunday with Mrs. Dale's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. )McMichael. Mr. Reuben Jewitt has been removed from Stratford General Hospital to the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Jewitt. At time of writing Mr. Jewitt is not so well. Mr. and Mrs. Borden Brown were guests at a banquet in the Hotel London sponsored by the Libby McNiel and Libby Co. There were 200 merchants and their wives in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Jewitt and Mrs. George Leitch attend- ed the funeral of the late Thom- as Jarman on Saturday. Mr. W. J. Dale is in Toronto this week attending the eonven- tion of the Canadian Agricultur- al Society. Mr. and Mrs. Borden Brown were hosts at a turkey dinner in the L.O.L. Lodge rooms in TUCKERSMITH The February meeting of the Tuckersmith Ladies' Club was held at the home of Mrs. Brown with ten members and four vis- itors present. Meeting opened with the opening ode. "Love's Old Sweet Song" was sung, fol- lowed by the Lord's prayer. Sev- eral reports were given. It was moved and seconded to do some quilting in the church basement in the near future. Plans were made for Bob Allan to show pic- tures of his trip to the Old Country. These will be shown in Turner's Church on Friday, Feb. 11th along with some other pro- gram. A reading was given by Mrs. Johns. A contest by Mrs. Don Crich and a knitting contest by Mrs. Ernest Crich. Meeting closed singing "Good 'Night La- dies" followed by the homema- ker's prayer. A lovely lunch was served by the hostess and her group members. her report of the Huron Presby- tery Fall Rally at Centralia, which proved very interesting. A social evening to be held on Wednesday, Feb. 23rd, variety program and social time after. Closing hymn 128 followed by prayer. WALTON The Feb. meeting of the Unit- ed Church W.M.S• was held with Mrs. W. Cuthill presiding. 23 members were present. Devo- tions were taken by Mrs. C. Rit- chie, Mrs. A. McDonald, Mrs. W. Cuthill. A film on India is to be secured for the reaffiliation service of the 'CGIT with the W.M.S. Each group is to send away their used Christmas cards. Study period was taken by Walton group led by Mrs. T. Dundas assisted by Mrs. Ron Bennett, Mrs. H. Travis and Mrs. N. Marks. The topic, was the growing of the church in India. The February meeting of the Walton Women's Association met on Thursday afternoon - in the ba ement with 23 ladies. present. Mrs. Love presiding, opened the meeting with hymn 502, scripture reading, Matthew 25th chap. and': St. John the 15th chap. verses 1-9. Secretary's re- port was read and approved, Treasurer's report was given by Mrs. A. Coutts. Mrs. Love gave KIPPEN EAST The annual meeting of the Kippen East W. I. will be held at the home of Mrs, Harry Cald- well on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. with Mrs. W. Workman co -hostess. The roll call, payment of fees, reading of reports and election of officers. Reading by Mrs. Campbell Eyre, music. Lunch, Mrs. E. Jarrett, Mrs. R. Upshall, Mrs. Ross Broadfoot, Mrs. James Drummond and Mrs. Arthur Finlayson. KIPPEN Mrs. Win. Wendor left the village this week for a holiday in sunny Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gackstet- ter, Katherine and Henry of near Hensall visited on Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. A. Gackstetter. We were pleased to see Mr. Arthur Anderson was able to be in the village last week after several weeks of illness. Miss Marion Thomson of Clan-. deboye spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Thomson. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Westlake and Elaine of Zurich visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. A. Gackstetter. Miss Merle Dickert of London spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Norman Dickert. O.E.S. EUCHRE A social evening was held in the Odd Fellows Hall on Thurs- day evening when the Order of The Eastern Star sponsored a progressive euchre with prizes being won by the following: Ladies' most games, Mrs. John McGregor; Ladies' lone hands, Mrs. Hazel Scott; Ladies' conso- lation, Mrs. A. Chambers; Mens' lone hands, Aub Baker; Men's consolation, Wm. Murray. After the prizes were present- ed the' lunch committee served refreshments. Then the Worthy Matron, Norma Jeffery expres- sed her appreciation to all pre- sent, hoped each one enjoyed their evening and then closed with the National ,Anthem. SATURDAY MORNING HOCKEY Seniors Pts Spitfires 7 Mustangs 7 Heavers" 6 •Blackhawks 6 Juniors Red Wings; 9 Canadians 8 Rangers 7 Boston 6