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WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 77
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1955
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F. S. Sills Improving
'After Accident
Mr. Frank Sills, 'Sr., is contin-
uing to show improvement in
Scott Memorial Hospital where
he has .been since the collision
on Thursday morning last. His
injuries consist of left leg brok-
en, right arm broken, left side
crushed in with 4 or 5 ribs bro-
ken, cuts around the face and
neck, and one lung apparently
leaking air.
Harry Roth, 56, of Monkton,
driver of the other car in the
accident, was killed. Both driv-
ers were alone at the tine. Mr.
Sills was believed to be on his
way home from Dublin and the
Monkton car was going east,'
when they met head on at the
eastern edge of Seaforth near
the swimming pool. Both cars
were badly damaged.
The late Mr. Roth had lived
in Monkton about seven years
and was a `'partner with his.
brother-in-law, George Metz, in
a chick hatchery. He had moved
to Monkton from New Hamburg
and his wife was farmely Agnes
Metz of New Hamburg. Besides
his wife he is survived by three
brothers and one sister, and his
stepmother, Mrs. R. N. Roth,
New Hamburg.
An inquest has been tentative-
ly scheduled for March llth by
Coroner Dr. E. A. McMaster of
Seaforth.
Little is known yet concerning
the cause of the accident.
Mr. Sills had been at Dublin
shortly before the accident
which occurred at 11.30 a.m. Mr.
Syd Pullman, Seaforth barber,
who was at Dublin on business,
had been going to ask Mr. Sills
for a ride home, but decided to
wait and return with Mr. A. W.
'Sillery with whom he had gone
to Dublin.
ALEXANDER SOUTER
Alexander Souter, 82, died
early Monday in Scott Memorial
Hospital here following a week's
illness, He lived in Tuckersmith
twp., lot 29, con. 3, L.R.S. Born
in McKillop twp., he was married
in Walton 53 years ago to Janet
Elizabeth Ramsay, who died
rver two years ago. He was a
Member of Brucefield United
Church. Surviving are
two sons,
James , ,.
Sauter, uckersmith• Wil-
liam, Vancouver; two daughters,
Mrs. Orrin .Dowson, Varna; Mrs.
Alex York, Morrisburg; and one
sister, Mrs. John Crawford, Sea -
forth. The body is at the G. A.
Whitney funeral home, •Seaforth
where Rev. Mr. Pitt of Varna
will conduct a funeral service at
2 p.m. on Thursday. Burial will
be in Maitlandbank cemetery.
MATTHEW ARMSTRONG
Matthew Armstrong, 90, died
at his home, Huron St., Seaforth,
early Monday after having been
ill for two months. IIe was born
in Hullett twp., the son of pion-
eer parents, and was married 66
years ago at Londesboro to An-
:'', -Elizabeth Rogerson, who sur-
vives. Mr. Armstrong attended
Constance school • and farmed in
that section until retiring in
1951 to. Seaforth. He served
Hullett twp. as councilor and
reeve for nine years. He was a
member of Constance United
Church. Besides his wife, he is
survived by four sons and three
daughters, Howard, R.R. 2, Sea -
forth; John, Londesboro; Fred,
Hamilton; Jim, Clinton; Mrs.
Thomas Pryce, McKillop; Mrs.
Percy Cole, 'Stratford; and
Ella, Seaforth. The body was at
the G. A. Whitney funeral 'home
where Rev. J. T. White of Lon-
desboro United Church conduct-
ed a funeral service on Wednes-
day at 2 p.m. Burial was in
Burns cemetery, Hullett twp.
WINNERS AT EUCHRE
The following were the win-
ners at the euchre held by the
Seaforth L.O.B.A. Monday even-
ing in their hall. Ladies most
games: Mrs. Ken Chessell; lone
hands, Mrs. Norman Scoins; con-
solation, Mrs. Hartman Huisser.
Men's most games, Alfred
Beuernrann; lone hands, Norman
Scoins; consolation, Sam Pethick
,(Winthrop).
FATHER DIES IN HOLLAND
Mrs. C. P. Van Mil, of Sea -
forth, received word last week
that her father, Mr. Sacharias
Joannes De Jong had passed
away at Woerden, Holland, on
Feb. 14th in his 95th year. He
was buried on Friday at Nieu-
werkerk a.d. IJssel. 'One son
Antonius De Jong, lives in Tuck-
ersmith. Also living in Holland
are three daughters and 5 sons.
TUCKERSMITH
The regular meeting of the
Tuckersmith Ladies' Club is be-
ing held at the home of 'Mrs. G.
McGregor on March 2nd. The
roll call is to be answered by an
Irish joke.
Northside United Church
Rev. John ,Stinson, Minister.
10 a.m., Church School and
Adult Bible Class.
11 a.m., Morning Worship:
Sermon Theme, "The Enemy
Within Our Gates,"
Jr. Congregation and, Tod-
dlers' Group.
7 p.m,, ISermpn Thence, "I
Press on Toward the Goal."
Sigma -C Boys' 'Service.
8:15 Y. P. U.
System Prepares
For Dial Phones
1VIcKillop Telephone System
held its annual meeting on Sat-
urday afternoon in Carnegie Li-
brary, Seaforth, with an attend-
ance of 12 subscribers. Allan
Campbell, Chairman .of the Com-
mission acted .as chairman of the
meeting and Wm. McDowell as
secretary.
The chairman expressed dis-
appointment that the attendance
was so small. The 'Commission
especially wanted subscribers
from the Clinton end of the sys-
tem as they wished an expression
of opinion whether they wanted
to sell out to Bell or not.
Treasurer J. M. Eckert re-
viewed the finances in detail,
stating they had $3,202.73 left
to start the year, phis deprecia-
tion reserve, materials on hand,
etc. and '$1,000 .bond. The new
cable north of Seaforth cost
$7,479.74 f.o.b. It contains
197.5 miles of single wire com-
pared with 108 in the old.
Commissioner George Camp-
bell said, "If it hadn't been for
the dial phone coming in at
Clinton we'd have some money
on hand". He said moving cable
near Clinton on highway and
the new phone equipment there
will cost about six and a half
thousand, he estimated.
"In the Fall we will have no
money left but we will have our
lines paid and ready for dial",
he said.
He said the lines have to be
moved from the "V" to the 7th.
"Walter and I thought if we
sold the top end to Belland keep
this end we would come out all
right, We thought we should
raise our rates $2 but we decided
to leave it," Mr. Campbell said.
Asked if the old phones could
he sold, he said they are just'
junk as most systems are going
to dial. It was jokingly suggest-,
ed to use them as an extension
at the barn.
Commissioner Walter Scott
said it didn't look like Bell would
be a .good buyer, however it
might be good business. It was l
his belief Bell would only buy
the Clinton end.
"Our financial condition is
going to get worse as we go
along, e " he said. The cable used
up our reserve. Rates are going
to have to be raised next year.'
If other systems can run for
$33 per year, we can for $28. :
This time next year we will
know how much we have to
raise our rates. We have three I
thousand dollars in the bank,
our bond and supplies on hand
and everything is paid for but
we will have to borrow money to
carry on this year," he said.
Asked if Clinton end will
have to be cable, he said part
cable and part wire.
Chairman said the Commission
estimated the cable last year at
$8,000. It cost $1,000 over that.;
The reason was that the commis-
sion figured Seaforth would be
the next for dial and so had pat
51 pairs in the cable instead of
38, the whole way to the 2.'4;1
anile corner. "We might not use
52 pairs for five or ten years,`
'but we thought it good business
to carry it through when we I
could bury 52 pairs for the same
cost as 38, he said.
Lineman Jack Kellar said aer
ial cable would cost 50 per cent.
more than burying. The county
was not ready to fix that road
and the system is still ten feet
on private property after the
county takes their 17 feet.
Archie Lamont's to end of ca-
ble, also from there to Winthrop
has had it, he stated, but the
easements were taken right to
Mr. Pethick's home and then it
will have to go aerial. He went
to the county engineer last wint-
er and he said in 15 .or 20 years
that bridge will go straight
through. The Commissioners and
be went to the Bell engineer at
'London and the system put up
what is stronger than the actual
need. The new cable is 784 feet
shorter than the old, which paid
for the river crossing, ditch
trenching, hardware and creo-
soted poles. Eleven good cir-
cuits are in the old cable north
and .they can get along for a
while. They will put markers on
the fence posts this summer to
mark the new cable. "Give us
four days notice before you
start digging around the cable,"
Mr. Kellar said. If he were
thinking of buying a system he
wouldn't give 5 cents for Sea -
forth end, but he wouldn't sell
Clinton end. "Clinton is paying
for this cable. Next 2 or 3 years
this end has to carry Clinton
end. If dial doesn't pay out of
Clinton and then we are forced
to put in dial her'e we are in a
position to sell. We have 5 or
maybe 6 circuits to add and we
don't want to do that," he said,
Tree trimming and pole replace -
anent on the highway is now a
headache with a tree trimming,
expert and permission from the
district engineer being required.
Commissioner Scott said he
hoped for an expression of opin-
ion of the meeting about selling
to Bell as there will be a later
meeting. Mr. Eckert •said 'dial'
isn't all sunshine. Mr. Lawson
asked what you could do when
you got 5 calls at 11 o'clock at
night and nobody answered
When you got to the phone. The
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Public Speaking
Contests Held
Public Speaking featured Par-
ents' Night at the Seaforth Pub-
lic School with both Public and
High School pupils competing in
separate competitions.
The younger pupils stole the
show. Ten little tots comprised
class one for pupils from grades
one to four, with each telling his
or her own favorite story. The
tiniest competitor, Christie Dob-
son, six-year-old daughter of.Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. Dobson and Dar-
rell Schneider, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Schneider were
judged the winners of the first
group. Other contestants in this
class were; Susan McLean, Mau-
rice 'Stinson, Kim McLean, Ross
Allison, Lynda Pryee, Ellen Mc-
Cabe, Mary Jenn McLean and
Donna Pearcy. Classes two and
three were for pupils of grades
five and six, and seven and eights
Each of these pupils gave a talk
on a subject of interest to him
or herself. Pearn McLean speak-
ing on 'Skating -free and fancy'
and Dianne McCabe, giving,
'The History of Transportation',
were declared top scorers in
class two. Others competing in
this class were; (Bruce Miller,
Barbara Talbot, Gerda Christen-
sen and Bobby Muegge.
In class three, Kathryn and
Judy Bashart, cousins, placed
first and second, speaking re-
spectively on, 'Canada, a Land of
Opportunity' and 'Mining in Can-
ada'. Other contestants in this
class were Lynda •Savauge, Bar-
bara Plumsteel, Bryan Brady and
Stanley Brown.
Prizes of books to the winners
and awards to all other competi-
tors were presented by the presi-
dent of the Home and School
Association, Mrs. Frank Kling,
During judging, vocal numbers
were given by Sharon McNichol,
Gene Nixon and Larry Byerman
with Evan Hoffman accompany-
ing.
Judges were Rev. D. G. Camp-
bell and James R, Scott. re. E.
Willis was chairman.
Lions Speaking Contest
Following the Public School
speaking competition six pupils
of the Seaforth District High
School competed in an oratorical
contest
sponsored bythe local
Lions' Club.
. Rev. D. 0. Campbell and
James R. Scott were the judges
with 'H, G. Meir, a member of
the local Lions Club, conducting
a separate scoring for the club.
The first two judges placed
Marjorie Boyd first, with her
talk on 'Why I am Proud to be
a Canadian Girl', with Linda
Sims, speaking on, 'The Late
Robert H. Saunders' as runner-
up. Franklin Bryans was the
third junior contestant.
In the senior class for grades
9-10, Rose Marie Ducharme
scored highest, with her story on
'Florence Nightingale', followed
by Hugh Gorwill, who told of
Seaforth's sewerage system. The
other contestant in this group
was Marion Hemingway.
Trophies to be competed for
annually and donated by Ross
Savauge and A. Y. McLean,
were presented to Marjorie
Boyd and Rose Marie Ducharme
by the high school principal, L.
P. Plumsteel.
As the regulations for the
Lions Club competition call for
'a girl and a boy as •competitors
in the regional contest, Rose
Marie Ducharme and Hugh Gor-
will will represent the local club
'at a later date. F. E. Willis was
chairman with the large audience
being welcomed by a pupil,
Craig Willis and the school's
principal, John Talbot. L. P.
Plumsteel expressed the 'appre-
ciation of the high school for the
opportunity to hold their compet-
tition at the same time as the
public school and expressed
hope that it would be an annual
joint event. •
Former McKillop
Boys on Television
Two graduates of a number of
Years ago of Seaforth District
High School, who have attained
high positions in the teaching
profession, were on CBC tele-
vision programs on Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mr. Iloward Kerr, son of Mrs.
James Kerr, Seaforth, and prin-
cipal of the Ryerson School of
Technology, Toronto, 'appeared
in a National Film Board picture
featuring his school.
Mr. Melvin .Blanchard, son of
Melvin Blanchard, now of Brus-
sels and formerly of Winthrop,
was a guest on a program from
Montreal, where he is principal
of the MaoK'ay School for the
Deaf. Mr. Blanchard has been
at Montreal since 1940, and is a
brother of Hiram and Thomas
Blanchard of Winthrop.
World's Day of
Prayer on Friday
The World's Day of Prayer
will be observed in this com-
munity in First Presbyterian
Church on Friday afternoon at
8 p.m. Lieut. J. Hunter of the
(Salvation Army will be the
speaker. All ladies of the com-
munity are invited to be present.
S.A.S. Plans Two -
Night Show in April
"Crossroads' '55" will be the
name of the musical and drama-
tic extravaganza which the Sea-
forth Agricultural Society is ar-
ranging to present during the
Easter holiday week on April
13th and 14th in the Seaforth
and District High School Audi-
torium,
Lois Hamilton, (Dot Reid and
Frank Sills will take the leading
roles in the production which.
will have a cast of 75, Written
especially by James R. Scott, the
theme of- the show is that there
is just as much amusing and
worthwhile in a small Western
Ontario town as in the modern
metropolis.
"Crossroads '55" is designed
to utilize the talent whibh is to
be found in Seaforth district and
the acts which will be included
cover everything from the High-
land Fling to the Mambo, from
the choir of the Seaforth.Public
School to a • sultry nightclub
torch singer,
Altogether over a 125 enthus-
iastic workers, under the general
convenership of Mrs. Patricia
Nichols, have , volunteered to
help try to make the show one
of the most interesting produc-
tions staged in Seaforth in many
years.
President of the Seaforth Ag-
ricultural Society, Russell Bel-
ton, has high hopes for the suc-
cess of the show and feels that
it is an important part of the
celebrations which the Society
has planned for marking its one
hundred and tenth anniversary.
All the proceeds will go to
making the Seaforth Fall Fair
bigger and better than ever.
Organize For Red
Cross Canvass
The Red Cross Campaign will
open on March 1st and continue
throughout the month. Seaforth
and district is divided into areas
and the following have consent-
ed to be captains for the cam-
paign; Main Street area, W. E.
Southgate; Northwest, A. Y. Mc-
Lean; Northeast, Alvin Sillery;
Southwest,E. C. Boswell; south-
east, ScotHabkirk; Highway
E Highway
d Andrews; High aY
east, Dale Nixon; ;Tuckersmith,
Rev. W. E. Milroy; Egmondville,
John McCloy; Kinburn, Mrs,
Lorne Lawson and Y.P.U.; St.
Columban, Father McCowell;
Walton, Wesley Haekwell; Mc -
Robert 'McMillan.
All returns and books will be
presented at theDominion Bank.
Remembering the splendid action
of the Red Cross in the recent
Ontario Hurricane Disaster, let
us keep the Red Cross ready.
Neck Injured
In Farm Accident
Mr. Alex 'McDonald, Centre
St., is in Scott Memorial Hospit-
al with two broken bones in his
neck from being struck by a
falling bale of hay while loading
bales Saturday morning, at Har-
old Jackson's farm on No. 8
highway.
Mr. Jackson had bought the
hay from Mr. Edwin Chesney
and the men were delivering it.
ALERT MISSION BAND
Alert Mission Band of North-
side United Church -met on Feb.
14th with 17 children present.
Games were played. The presi-
dent, Elizabeth Sholdice opened
the meeting with hymn "Jesus
Loved Me." The 'Lord's Prayer
was said in unison. The minutes
of the last meeting were read,
followed by the roll call. The of-
fering was then received. Mrs.
E. Hoffman then took the se-
cond chapter of the Mission
book. "Fig Tree Village". Pict-
ures were then handed out and
coloured. The meeting closed
with hymn "God Sees the Little
Sparrow Fall" and Mission Band
Purpose and Prayer.
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
The four basketball teams
last Wednesday were over-
whelmingly outscored ` by the
Goderich teams. At Seaforth in
the first game the Goderich
Seniors outscored the Seaforth
Seniors` and the final score was
56-18 in favor of Goderich. In
the second game the 'Seaforth
Juniors put up their poorest ex-
hibition of the season losing by
35-8.
In Goderich the Seaforth girls
weren't having any better luck,
losing both games. In the first
game the Seaforth • Senior Girls
were on the bottom end of a 25-
5 score while -the second game
saw the Goderich Juniors easily
defeat Seaforth Juniors by 25-3.
The Junior Girls are in second
place in the four -team group
and the results- of the next set
of games might place them in
first place. Both Goderich teams
have already won the boys' div-
ision of the group.
Tho students are reminded to
please stay on the sidewalks and
off the grass until the ground
hardens up.
Plans are under way for the
Variety Night which is on March
18th. Some of the students are
practising hard to get a one -act
play ready for that night.
4-H Homemakers
Elect Officers
The first meeting of the Sea -
forth 4-I3 Homemaking Club
was held at the home of Mrs.
W. Haugh on Saturday, Feb. 19.
The leaders of this club are:
Mrs. W. Haugh and Mrs. W. L.
Whyte, and the project for this
year is "The Milky Way".
The election of officers was
held with Mrs. Whyte in charge.
The officers are as follows: Pre-
sident, Muriel Dale; vice pres.,
Mary Whyte; sec., Janet Mc-
Gregor; press reporter, Joyce
Jewitt; radio reporter, Mary
Broadfoot; pianist, Marilyn Tay-
lor. A. discussion on the care of
milk and the constituents of
milk was led by the leaders. Af-
ter the meeting a delicious buf-
fet supper was prepared by the
leaders and the girls..
The second meeting of this
club -was held on Saturday even-
ing. The meeting was opened by
singing "I've been working on
the Railroad". The roll call was
answered by "One reason "milk
is a good food". The topic for
discussion was the pasteurize -
tion of milk. The roll call for the
next meeting is "Do's for the
I-Iome Dairy'. The next meeting
will be held at Mrs. Whyte's on
Saturday, Feb. 26.
Annual` Meeting of
Chamber Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce
held an election of officers at a
general meeting held in the town
all Monday evening.
President, Bruce Gehan; vice
pres., .Ross Hamilton; sec., Eric
Milner; treas., Mervin Nott.
.
Committees will be named at
atr executive meeting to be held
later
It is hoped to hold a dinner
in association with the Lions'
Club and town council on April
25 which will be addressed by
Dr. P]eva of London. He will
speak on town planning. -
W. I. NOTES
Committees for the W. I. eu-
chre on March 4th are: Prizes
and tallies, Mrs. R. J. Doig;
chairs and tables, Mrs. Harold
Hugill, Mrs. Lorne Carter;
lunch, Mrs. Robt. . McLach an
Mrs. Robt. Campbell; punchers,
Mrs. Alex Pepper, Mrs. Les
Pryce, Mrs. Eldon Kerr, Mrs.
James Keys, Mrs. R. M. 'Scott,
Mrs. John Kerr.
A successful euchre and dance
was held Fri. evening, the 18th,
with Mrs. Fred Chappel winning
ladies' most games; lone hands,
Mrs. Warren Whitmore, conso-
lation, Mrs. Ed Brady: Men's
most games, Robert Charters;
lone hands, Austin Matheson;
consolation, James Doig; lucky
lunch, 1VIrs. Tom Hodgert. Lunch
was served and dancing enjoyed
to Murdoch's orchestra.
MRS. JOHN HENDERSON
Mrs. John E. Henderson, 80,
who died Sunday in Scott Mem-
orial Hospital, was the former
Mary V. Hawthorne, of Hullett
township, and came to live in
Seaforth 50 years ago. Her
husband died in 1948. She was
a member of First Presbyterian
Church. Surviving are two bro-
thers, Scott Hawthorne, Sea -
forth, and John W., Victoria, B.
C. Funeral services were con-
ducted on Tuesday by the Rev.
Glenn Campbell, at the Whitney
funeral home. Interment was in
Maitlandbank cemetery.
MRS. JOHN T. CRAWFORD
Mary Souter, beloved wife of
Mr. John T. Crawford, passed
away about 2 ann. Wednesday
morning, Feb. 23rd, after an ill -
nes of five months.
Born at Varna, she was in her
85th year, and was married in
McKillop 61 years ago on Jan.
17th to Mr. Crawford. For 22
years they lived in Manitoba,
coming to Seaforth in 1924 and
they had since lived on Jarvis
Street. Besides her husband she
is survived by •one son, William
John Crawford, of Calgary, and
two grandchildren. She was a
member of Northside United
Church.
A brother, Mr. Alexander
Souter, died on Monday.
The funeral will take place
from the G. A. Whitney Funeral
Home, Goderich St., west, on
Friday, Feb. 25th at 2 p.nr. to
Maitlandbank cemetery, with
Rev. John Stinson officiating.
CHARLES BARNETT
Charles Ivan Barnett passed
away in Scott Memorial Hospit-
al on Wednesday morning, Feb.
23rd in his 67th year. Mr. Bar-
nett .had undergone an opera-
tion about three weeks ago and
appeared to be making good re-
covery when he died suddenly.
Born in Seaforth he had lived
here allhis life with the excep-
tion of. a few years in the Unit-
ed States, In early years he was
a teamster but lately bad oper-
ated a market garden. He was
a member of Northside 'United
Church. He is survived by one
sister, Mrs. Violet Cadaret of
Seaforth.
The funeral will take place on
Friday at 12.45 p.m. from the
Box Funeral. Home, High .St.,
with Rev. John Stinson officiat-
ing. Interment will be in the
Maitlandbank cemetery.
SAVAUGE'S
March Dinnerware Sale
STARTS TO -DAY
94 piece English Dinner Sets
(Complete service for 12)
Choice of 3 Smart Patterns
•
Other outstanding buys include the beauti-
ful "Magnolia" 94 pc. Dinner Set,
Reg. 54.75, at 39.75
MANY HALF PRICE SPECIALS
E. P.N. S. Silverplate Special
KNIVES
FORKS
TEASPOONS 3 Patterns
COURT
5
TABLESPOONS
ARGYLE
SALAD FORKS EACH LAI=AYETTE
SOUP SPOONS
Come and see a store full of real sales
specials
SAVAUGE'S
Jewellery Gifts Fine China
- Seaforth
CONSTANCE
Mr. and Mrs. Borden Brown
and family were in Sarnia on
Sunday to visit her brother, Mr.
Ernest Brigham, at the General
and Marine Hospital. Mr. Brig-
ham had undergone an ulcer op-
eration on Thursday. They also
visited Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Brown, Allan Park.
Signalman 11. L. Spicer of
Vimy Barracks, Kingston, spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Wrn. Jewitt.
Cpl. K. T. Adams, Centralia
and Miss Donelda Adams, Exet-
er spent Saturday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood Clarke
and Mrs. Lorne Lawson ware in
London on Thursday.
Mrs. Frank Riley entertained
a number of ladies to a quilting
at her home on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lawson
were in London on Saturday as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
Warren.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Jewitt
were in Forest on Friday. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Mina
Wynn who was returning home
and Mrs. R. W. Jewitt, who will
remain to visit relatives and
friends.
Sincere sympathy is extended
to Mr's. MVIatthew Armstrong and
family in the passing of Mr.
Armstrong on Monday morning
Mr. Thomas Adams of Eg-
mondville was the guest on Tues-
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Medd of
Seaforth were guests on Tues-
day with Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Leitch.
The World's Day of Prayer
will be observed on Friday' after-
noon at .2 p.m. in the church.
The ladies from Burns' Church
are invited to join in the service.
CROMARTY
Mrs. J. Kemp, Mitchell, spent
a few days last week with her
mother, Mrs. M. Houghton.
Mrs. Heber Shute, Kirkton,
spent the weekend with her par-
ents, Mr. and 'Mrs. David Gard-
iner.
Misses Margaret and Caroline
Walker, London, were home for
the weekend.
Carol Ann Dow has recovered
sufficienty from her recent op-
eration to return home from the
hospital.
Mr. John Robertson and his
sister, Mrs. John Wilton visited
on Sunday with Mrs, Fred Mills,.
Seaforth.
1 Mr. Roy McCulloch returned
home from Stratford hospital
last week and is recovering from
his recent operation.
Mrs. M. Houghton visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Len Hough-
ton in Wingham on Sunday.
Mission Band was held in the
S. S. room during the church
service on Sunday.
The Feb. meeting of the Mar-
ian Ritchie. Evening Auxiliary
was held at the home of Mrs.
Lloyd Miller with Mrs. Eldon
Allen presiding, and leading in
prayer. The scripture lesson was
read by Mrs. Ted Storey and the
topic was taken by Miss Olive
Spears. Mrs. Sam McCurdy read
a chapter of the Study Book on
India.
VARNA
Visitors over the weekend
were Miss Marjory Webster of
London, Miss Ruth Clarke of
'Stratford and Miss Margaret
McClyanont of Toronto at their
respective homes.
The Y.P.U. of the United
Church held a skating party at
the local rink when they invited
the Bayfield and Brucefield
groups to join. Lunch was served
afterwards in the basement of
the church. .
The ladies of the W. A. are
preparing a Play to be put on in
the near future.
WINTHROP
W. A. and W.M.S. meeting
will -be held on Wednesday, Mar.
2nd at 2 p.m. in Cavan Church.
Roll call, "A thought for the
Missionary Monthly". The ladies
are reminded of the invitation
from Duff's to join them in the
World's Day of Prayer service
on Feb. 25th.
The CGIT of Cavan Church,
Winthrop, have invited the
Helping Hand Mission Band to
meet with them Saturday after-
noon, Feb. 26, in the church.
WMS MEETS
The WMS of Northside Unit-
ed Church held a business meet-
ing at 7.30 on Monday evening
in the church parlor. The presi-
dent, 'Mrs. P. B. Moffat was: in
the chair. There was a splendid
attendance. At the close of this
meeting they joined the Mae
Lane Auxiliary as their birthday
guests.
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