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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1955
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Conservatives To
Nominate on May 5
Thursday, May 5th has been
set for the nomination meeting
of the Progressive Conserva-
tives of the riding of Huron, to
be held at Hensall at 8 p.m.
i Special speaker will be Hon,
Allan, N Minister of
Highways. Mr. Tom Pryde,
M.L.A., for Huron has an-
nounced that he will allow his
name to go before the meeting.
SEAFORTH DAIRY MAIDENS
The fifth meeting of the Sea -
forth Dairy Maidens was opened
with the Women's Institute Ode.
The roll call was answered and
it was my favorite milk dessert
with recipe. It was decided that
RuthCrozier and Ann Lansink
would demonstrate at Achieve-
ment Day. Custards were baked
with some defects. Then we
judged the custards.
Home assignments: Make at
least one cream soup or chowd-
er for your family. Record re-
sults with recipe in your book.
Plan a menu for a children's
party, built around milk. Enter
in record book. The meeting was
closed with God save the Queen.
4-H BABY BEEF CALF CLUB
The organization meeting of
the Seaforth 4-H Baby Beef
Calf Club was held in the Sea -
forth District High School on
April 18th. Mr. Harold Baker,
Associate Agriculture Repre-
sentative, told of the duties of
the officers -in any organization.
The election of officers follow-
ed this and they are:' President,
Ken Campbell, Vice Pres., Bill
Strong; Sec., CatherineCamp-
bell; Press Reporter, Dorothy
Keys.
Our president and vice-pres.,
presented our leaders, Bob
Campbell and Eric Anderson,
with club leaders' pins. Mr. Ba-
ker led in a discussion on Parlia-
mentary Procedure. We an-
swered a quiz on this and then
the meeting was adjourned.
HOME AND SCHOOL
ASSOCIATION
,, regular monthly meeting was
held in the sehool auditorium on
Tuesday evening, April 19th.
Guest speaker Dr. F. J. Bechely
presented the meeting with an
interesting film and very en-
lightening paper on dental hy-
giene.
The Association decided to
sponsor a musical recital to be
held at the school auditorium on
Wednesday afternoon May 4th,
for all children desiring to take
part.
The executive for the next
year were elected and will' be
installed at the May' meeting
which will also feature a penny
sale.
Two Teachers
For Seaforth DHS
At an executive meeting of
Seaforth District High School
Board on. Saturday two teachers
were engaged, commencing in
September.
i
Greensides,Toronto,
liam
Wl
year this gt II
graduate of O.C.
.
will teach lower school French,
Latin and Social Studies.
Frederick R. Cosford, who
has taught for 12 years on the
staff of the Arthur High School,
will take Upper and Middle
School English, etc.
Miss Mary Ryan, physical
training instructor, has resigned
and the board is advertising for
a replacement, to bring the
staff up to the same numerical
Strength as this year.
The above teachers fill va-
cancies on the staff from the
recent resignations of Miss Fen-
nell and Mr. Donald Gay.
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. John McCowan, Seaforth,
announces the engagement of
h daughter, Susan Elizabeth,,
to Lionel Roland Arbour, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Arbour,
Goderich. The wedding will
take place May 7th in Knox
Presbyterian Church, Goderich.
CROMARTY
The regular meeting of the
Y.P.S. was held on Sunday
evening with Mr. Alex Mickle
presiding. The scripture lesson
was read by Miss Alice Sorsdahl
and the topic from the study
book on Evangelism was given
by Rev. Mr. c->aynard.
The Mission ;,land met in the
Sunday School room on ,Sunday
during the morning service with
Mrs. M. Lamond presiding, and
leading in devotions. The story
lesson was taken by Mrs. Wes-
ley Russell
The Young Peoples' Societies
of Monkton Presbyterian Church
and St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, Stratford, presented
their religious dramas "Silver
Shackles" and "The Seamless
Robe" in Cromarty Church on
Friday night. The Cromarty
Y.P.S. presented their drama
"Naomi" in Milverton on Mon-
day night. On Friday night this
week Cromarty will compete
with Milverton at Monkton.
Northside United Church
Rev. John Stinson, Minister
10 a.m., Church School and
Adult Bible Class.
11 a.m„ Morning Worship;
Preacher, Rev. J. W. Button, of
Atwood United Church, subject,
"The Brook that went Dry."
Jr. Congregation and Tod-
dlers' Group.
od-dlers'Group. •
'7 p.m., Evening Service. Ser-
mon theme,' "How to Pray". Se-
cond in sermon series.
- 8:16 p.m., Y.P.TJ.
Surprise Party Held
For Recent Bride
A surprise party -was held
for Mrs. Ross Fischer (nee Ruth
Boyd), a recent bride, on Sat-
urday evening at the home of
Ethel and Teenie ID e n n i s.
Games of bingo were played
followed by a short program: A
trio by Jean, Margaret and June
Hillen; a musical 'contest 'con-
ducted' by Mrs. Gordon McGav-
in; accordian solo by Mary Den-
nis; duet by Verde Watson and
Elizabeth McGavin; the Vanish-
ing Quartette, Mildred McNic-
hol, Audrey Godkin, Verda Wat-
son, Elizabeth McGavin; a mot-
or car quiz, conducted by Ione
Watson; a reading by Mrs. Gor-
don McGavin.-•
Following the program an ad-
dress was read by Norma. Leem-
ing, and many lovely gifts were
presented to Ruth. Ruth in a
few well-chosen words, thanked
the ladies for their gifts. Those
assisting Ruth in opening her
presents were Bernice Glanville,
Geraldine Dennis and Margaret
Hillen. A delicious lunch was
served by the hostesses, assist-
ed by Mrs. D. Watson,. Mrs.
Wm. Dennis, Mrs. Stanley Hil-
len, Ione Watson, and 'Norma
Leeming,
HEWITT-MALONEY
A pretty doublering ceremony
took place" in St. James' Ro-
man Catholic Church on April
16, between Loretta Maloney,
youngest daughter of Mrs.
Theresa Maloney and the late
Thomas Maloney and Carl
Hewitt of Stratford, son of Mrs.
Hewitt and the late Percy Hew-
itt of Exeter. Rev. E. P. Weber
officiated. The bride entered
the church on the arm of her
only brother, Frank Maloney of
Preston. She chose a white
gown of nylon lace with bodice
of lace with soft pleated net
insert, narrow shoulder straps,
the skirt swept to the floor in
double layer of nylon net. The
separate tunic is rayon and ny-
lon lace lined to the waist with
rayon satin. Her veil was em-
broidered nylon net, was held
by a headdress of pearls and
rhinestones and she wore pearls,
gift of the groom. She carried
red roses and white carnations.
Her only attendant was her
sister, Mrs. Reg Arabin of Sea -
forth, wearing a pretty mauve
embroidered gown of net over
taffeta and carried yellow carna-
tions and headdress of yellow
baby mums. The groom's at-
tendant was Mr. Reg Aubin of
Seaforth. Uiihers. were Donald
Hewitt of Toronto, brother of
the groom and Victor Over-
holt of Centralia, brother-in-law
of the bride. Mrs. Alice Stiles
of Seaforth, organist, and Miss
Julia Flanagan, soloist, sang the
bride's favorite hymn, "Mother
at your feet I'm Kneeling" and
"Ave Maria".
A wedding dinner was held
at Commercial Hotel, Clinton,
and reception at the bride's
home. The bride's mother re-
ceived the guests, wearinga
dusty rose lace over tafeta
dress with white accessories
and white baby mums. The
groom's mother wore a brown
crepe dress with yellow acces-
sories and white baby mums.
The happy couple left on a
motor trip to Detroit. The bride
wore a street -length mauve
dress with yellow accessories
and corsage of yellow mums.
On their return they will reside
in Stratford. Guests were pre-
sent from Centralia, Exeter,
Strathroy, Toronto, Preston,
Goderich and Seaforth.
Egmondville Church
Rev. W. E. Milroy, Minister.
Saturday, April 23 at 8.15 an,
evening of Gospel Song and
Testimony by ` The Crusaders"
a male quartette from the West-
ern Canadian Bible Institute,
Regina. All are welcome.
10 a.m., Church iSchoel and
Adult Class.
11 a.m., Morning Worship:
Sermon, "Galled and Chosen".
q p.m., Evening Praise.
Wednesday at 8 p.m., mid-
week service.
L. O. B. A.
Monday night Seaforth
LOBA entertained guests from
Clinton, Mitchell and Woodham
Lodges. A film on air defence
of Canada entitled ''One Plane,
One Boawb and One City" was
shown by Flying Officer George
Moll of London Division, who
gave an interesting talk on why
civilian observation posts are
vital to defence. Miss :Gladys
Collins -favored with musical
numbers, lunch was served and
a draw was held. A . pair of
beautiful pillow cases went to
Mrs. N. W. Heard, of R.R. 2,
Clinton; 'second, crocheted doi-
ly, Mrs; Frank Harburn, Hensall
Farewell Party for
Glen Pryce Family
A farewell party was held on
Thursday evening at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Pryce,
North Main street when about
60 friends and neighbors gath-
ered.
Mr. and Mrs Pryce and four
children, Gary, Linda, - Elaine
and Paul left on Sunday evening
by motor for their new home at
Vancouver, B.C. They were to
spend Sunday night with Mrs.
Pryee's brother, Blair Shaw, at
Sarnia, where he is a high
school teacher.
The Thursday night party
was a surprise to the Pryce
family and the evening was
spent in ,progressive euchre and
crokinole. A mantel clock vits
presented to' Mr. and Mrs. ,,,Pryce
and gifts to the children, • The
address was read by Mr. Nel-
son Cardno and presentations
made by Messrs. Gordon Elliott
and William Drover.
Mr. Pryce's mother lives at
Vancouver and his brother Don
was recently appointed assist-
ant manager of Pacific Airlines
at Vancouver.
The address was as follows:
"Dear Glen and - Ethel,--
Since
thel,-Since you are leaving •for the
West Coast, we hope the feel-
ings of your friends and neigh-
borsare expressed in this
verse.
Westward Ho! Here come the
Pryces,
Froin the land of snow and ices,
Heading for a fairer clime,
Where the sun doth ever shine;
If you can't see it, for the fog,
Don't -call it that, just call it
smog. ' •
You're friends have all assem-
bled here
To wish you God Speed and
good cheer;
We'll miss . your . next-door-
neighbour chat,
The produce of your garden fat,
In fact we'll miss you every-
where,
We'll miss the fact that you're
not there.
In that dear land of sunshine
fair,
Where roses bloom in Januaire,
Where :placid waters beat the
shore,
And tea is always served at
four,
Our wish for you will always be:
Good luck! good health! pros-
perity!
Prof. James Scott
Liberal Nominee
James Scott, Seaforth, was
chosen Liberal candidate for the
riding of Huron iii the next On-
tario general election, at a rid-
ing convention held i -ii Hensel]
town hall Tuesday night. The
lectin it waspredicted
election, d
,p by
Farquhar 'Oliver, Ontario Lib-
eral leader, who was the princi-
pal speaker at: Hensall, will
come in June of this year.
Mr. Scott is a lecturer in the
department of Eny,•lish at theUniversity of Western' Ontario,
A native of Seaforth, he is a
son of Mrs, Scott, Goderich St.,
and the late Harry Scott. He
was for some years in western
Canada and Toronto, and re-
turned to Seaforth about four
and a half years ago.
The only other contender for
the Liberal nomination Tuesday
night was Jame Doig, reeve of
Tuckersmith twp. Seven were
proposed for the nomination,
but five withdrew, leasing the
issue to be settled by a single
round of balloting.
Those proposed who with-
drew were W. L. Whyte, Mrs.
W. L. Whyte, R. R. 2, Seaforth;
John Armstrong, Londesboro,
former warden of Huron and
former Liberal candidate; Earl
Campbell, Dashwood, 1955 war-
den of Huron; Hugh Hawkins,
Clinton hardware merchant.
Postal Information
For Daylight Time
Since Daylight Saving Time
commences on Monday, April
25th, the :following information
is provided.
Train times will remain on
Eastern Standard Time, the
trains going East are scheduled
at Seaforth at 6.19 a.m. '(EST)
and 3,46 p.m. (EST); the trains
going West are scheduled at
Seaforth at 11.35 a.in. :(EST)
and 10.30 p.m. '(EST).
However since the Community
will be on Daylight Saving Time
this means the above trains go-
ing East will be at 7.19 a.m.
.(EDST) and 4.46 p.m. .(EDST);
the trains going West will be
at 12.35 p.m. (EDST) and 11.30
p.m. ,(EDST).
The Post Office will be on
Daylight Saving Time, that is
the doors will be open from 8
a.m. (EDST) to 8 p.m. (EDST)
from Monday to Saturday ex-
cept on holidays. The wickets.
will be open for business from
9 a.m. i(EDST) to 5.30 p.m.
(EDST), except Wednesday
when the wickets will close at
1 p.m. :(EDST). The 'General
Delivery, Parcel and Postage
Wickets re -opening from 2.30
p.m. i(EDST) to 3 p.m. (EDST).
Mails for Despatch from the
Post Office will close at 7 a.m.
'(EDST) • 12 noon (EDST);
4.15 p.m. '(EDST) and 11 p.m.
(EDST), The Street Letter
Boxes will be cleared as usual
Monday to Friday at 2 p.m.
(EDST) and 8.30 pan. !(EDST),
with one collection only on
Saturday at 2 pan. i(EDST) and
one only on Sunday at 8.30
p.m. :(EDST).
On the arrival of the main
daily mail from the East at
12.35 p.m. :(EDST) the Wickets
will be closed for sorting and
distribution of this mail, re-
opening at approximately 1.30
p.m. f(EDST), except Wednes-
day as noted above. Rural Pat-
rons will note that Rural Car-
riers will leave the Post Office
at approximately 1.30 p.m.
(EDST) and will therefore be
somewhat later on their routes.
Special schedules covering
holidays will be published on
the Post Office notice board.
ST. COLUMBAN
Mrs.John O'Reilly, Dorlene,
Carl and Danny, Stratford, with
Mr. and Mrs. John Moylan, •
The following teachers have re-
turned to their schools: Jim
Lane to Penetang, Bill Murphy to
Crystal Beach, Peter Hicknell to
Kitchener, Miss Mary Murphy to
Sudbury, Miss Regina Bowman to
Tuckersmith township, Miss Mary
Lou M6Q.naid to Goderich, Misses
Mary Catharine Stapleton, Joan
Flanagan, and Lorraine Rowland
to Kitchener, Miss: Bernadette
Barry to London. -
REITZ-KIDD
First Presbyterian Church;
Seaforth, was the .setting of a
pretty en
Karen Anne springwedding
dcameyt
bhe
bride of Gerrard Reitz. The
bride is the daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Ervin McMaster, of Sea-
forth. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Reitz,
Heidelberg, Germany are par-
ents of the groom.
The double -ring ceremony
was performed by the Rev.
Glen Campbell. The church was.
tastefully decorated with yel-
low daffodils, shasta. daisies and
mauve hydrangeas. Mr. Alan
Bennett was at the organ • and
Mrs. Don ,McLeish of London,
cousin of the bride sang "Be-
cause" and "T h r o u g h the
Years".
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride was gowned in
an enchanting ballerina -length
gown of white misty nylon tulle
with delicate embroidered blos-
soms. The lace bolero ',jacket
was styled with long pointed
sleeves and small collar. A
headdress of lace and pearls
held her finger-tip veil and she
carried a white ,Bible covered
in frilly white tulle and centred
with a mauve orchid and white
streamers.
Miss Jean Snell of Seaforth
was maid of honor and Miss Pa-
tricia Hawkins of London, was
bridesmaid. They were dressed
identically in purple tones of
real silk organza over taffeta
with yellow taffeta bonnets
and mitts, and carried baskets
of yellow shasta mums. Little
Susan Carter was flower girl
and wore a floor -length purple
toned taffeta dress with yellow
taffeta bonnet and mitts and
carried a small basket of shasta
mums.
Michael Bechely was grooms-
man :and the ushers were Donald
McMillan, Donald :Dale, Douglas
Whyte and Paul McMaster
(brother of the bride).
A reception followed immed-
iately after the ceremony at
Monetta Menard's, Exeter. The
bride's mother received in a
turquoise crystallite dress with
light beige accessories, large
picture hat and mink stole and
wore' a corsage of talisman ro-
ses. Mrs. F. J. Bechely, who re-
ceived in the absence of the
groom's mother, wore a black
and white silk print dress with
a black redingote and large
black picture hat and wore a
white gardenia.
For travelling the bride don-
ned a deep aqua wool suit with
luggage tan accessories and
carried -a camel hair coat. -On
their return from a short -wed-
ding trip to Ottawa, Mr. and
Mrs. Reitz will reside in Tor-
onto. Out of town guests were
from Fort Erie, Aylmer, Tor-
onto, London, Kitchener, Galt,
Listowel, Palmerston and Sar-
nia.
TROUSSEAU TEA
Mrs. Theresa Maloney enter-
tained 'at a trousseau tea last
Tuesday evening in honor of
her daughter, Loretta, •bride -
elect of this month, Mrs. A.
Smale poured tea while Miss
Marjorie' Anderson and Mrs.
John Aubin served the guests,
and Mrs. Reg. Aubin displayed
-the gifts and trousseau.
NORTHSIDE ,COUPLES CLUB
On Friday, April 15, the
Couples Club of St. Thomas'
Anglican Church entertained
Northside Couples Club.
The meeting opened with a
devotional period. _ Then games
followed with prizes going to
several people. The highlight of
the evening came with the tape
recording of the program. Aisde-
licious lunch was served by the
hosts of the evening. After the
lunch came an enjoyable period
of square dancing. Mrs. P..
Brady thanked St. Thomas'
Club on 'behalf of the guests.
Harness Races Here 1
On August 3rd
Harness races will be held at
Seafoµgth this year on August
3rd, the last day of the reunion.
The racing association and re-
union committee have worked
out a joint arrangement. Mem-
bers. of the local association at-
tended a meeting at New Ham-
burg That week when dates were
arranged for 1955 races.
President of the local harness
club is W. H. Elliott; Harold
Jackson, vice pies.; Clair Haney
is secretary, and Jack Camp-
bell, treasurer.
The race track is in excellent
condition now and a local in-
formal race meet was scheduled
for Wednesday afternoon of
this week. About seven horses
have been working out on the
local track on recent days. Lo-
cal horse owners include Jack
Campbell, two horses, Win. G.
Campbell, Bob Kirkby, W. J.
Finnigan, Clair Haney, W. C.
Oke, Jos. Burns.
Most .of the horses are stab-
led at the track where Arthur
Little is acting as stableman.
The stalls have been lined and
other improvements made.
Some of the dates claimed
are: New Hamburg, May 23;
Goderich :(twilight), June 1;
Hanover, June 8; Clinton, June
15; Orangeville, July 1, 2;
Goderich, July 1; Hanover, July
12; Stratford, Aug. 1; Seaforth,
Aug. 3; New Hamburg, Aug.
10; Kincardine, Aug. 17.
•
MRS. S. DOLMAGE
Mrs. Sidney Dolniage, who
died in Scott Memorial Hospital
Wednesday evening was the
former Flossie Elizabeth Lowrie
of Hullett twp. Mr. and Mrs.
Dohnage were married in Janu-
ary,• 1916. She was in her Goth
year, had lived here 29 years,
and was a member of First
Presbyterian Church. Surviving
besides her husband are three
sons, Allan, Atwood; Reginald,
London; Ronald, Seaforth; and
five daughters, ' Mary, Mrs.
Harold Longman, Blyth; Viola,
Mrs. Russell McNichol, Tucker -
smith; Clara, Mrs. Michael Cha-
Tionik, Winnipeg; Thelma, Mrs.
John Burleigh, Seaforth; and
Bernice, Woodslee. There are
eight grandchildren, The funeral
took place from the Whitney
funeral home where a service
was conducted Saturday at 1:45
p.m., by Rev. D. Glenn Camp-
bell. Burial was in Maitlandbank
cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews of
the deceased, Messrs Harvey,
Roy, Bill, Leslie, Russell Dol -
mage and Ross Leiper. The
many beautiful floral tributes
were carried by Messrs. Jack
Burleigh, Ross McNichol, Har-
old Longman, Russell Turner,
Bruce Turner and Roy Taylor
of Detroit.
Relatives and friends attend-
ed the funeral from Royal Oak,
Clawson, Detroit, Kitchener•,
Zurich, London, Atwood, Winni-
peg, St a f f a, Stratford, St.
Marys and Clinton.
ST. COLUMBAN
The annual meeting of the St.
Columban C,W.L. was held in
the Parish Hall on Tuesday
evening, April 12. Mrs. John
Moylan presiding. The minutes
as read were adopted.
A review of the year's work
given by the different conven-
ors indicated a very successful
one with 122 members. Success-
ful entrance pupils were pre-
sented with school pins, the sick
and shutins were remembered
at Christmas and each month a
visiting committee called on
the sick. Used clothing, litera-
ture and cards were sent Father
O'Flaherty, Fort William. Books
were presented to the three
schools in the Parish. Members
were remembered at time of
death with a spiritual bouquet.
A Mass was offered each month
for living and deceased mem-
bers and one for peace. Two
delegates were sent to the Dio-
cesan Convention in Chatham.
Donations were made to "Our
Lady's Missionaries", "Sisters
of Service and Immigration
Fund", "Westminster Hospital",
and "Radio School of Christ".
The treasurer's report show-
ed receipts amounting to $2,-
933.50 with $1,820.28 ' being
given towards the Parish Fund
leaving a balance on Band of
$21.33 after all National, Pro-
vincial and Diocesan obligations
had been paid.
The retiring president, Mrs.
3. Moylan, expressed apprecia-
tion to Rev. Fr. McGawell; to
the executive and members for
the co-operation given her dur-
ing her term of office.
Fr. McCowell thanked the la-
dies and made special mention
of the "Mercy Shelter Guild",
"Our Lady's Missionaries" and
"Radio School of Christ".
Thefollowingis the slate of
officers for the coming year:•
Director, Rev. J. McCowell;,
Pres., Mrs. Joseph Kale; 1st
Vice Pres., Mrs. Maurice Mel
ady; 2nd Vice Pres., Mrs. Ed-
ward Melady; 3rd Vice Pres.,
Mrs. John F. Murphy; Rec. Sec.,
Mrs. Albert Cronin; Cor. Sec„
Mrs. Joseph Malone; Treasurer,
Mrs. Angus Kennedy.
We are pleased to announce that we
now have in stock
Josiah
gwood
& Sons
Fine Bone China, Jasper Ware &
Queensware
We have the following patterns now
in open stock
Sandringham
Pinehurst
Lichfield
Buxton
Meadow
Mandarin
Jasper Ware
Queensware
More patterns will be arriving soo11. We will be
pleased to secure any other WEDGWOOD patterns
in which you might be interested. Come in and look
over this beautiful china
SAVAUGES
Jewellery Gifts Fine China
Seaforth
MRS. F. C. ANDERSON
Mrs. F. C. Anderson, James
street, disci suddenly about mid-
night Tuesday night, ,April 19.
A native of Galt she bad lived
here most of her life, having at-
tended school here. In early life
she was a seamstress. Mrs. And:
erson was the last of a. family of
seven. She was predeceased by
her husband. Surviving is one
daughter, Devine, at home, She
was a member of First Presby-
terian Church and a life member
of - the Women's Missionary Soc•
iety. The funeral will take place
on Friday, April 22nd, from the
Whitney funeral home, Goderich
street west, at 2 o'clock with
Rev. D. Glenn Campbell officiat-
ing. Interment will be in Mait-
land Bank cemetery. '
JAMES BOLGER
The death occurred at Wing -
ham General Hospital on Monday,
April 18th, of &Ir, James Bolger
of Seaforth after an illness of a
year. He was in his 36th year
and was born in McKillop town-
ship. ile attended Walton public
school, For many years he was a
railway policeman at Winnipeg
station where he became known
to the travelling public for his
kindly helpfulness. PIe retired
and came to Seaforth fifteen
years ago and lived on North
Main street. Mrs. Bolger pre.
deceased him a few years ago.
He was a member of St. Thomas
Anglican Church. Surviving are
one brother and one sister, Will-
iam Bolger of Lacadena, Sask„
and Mrs. Charles Pollard of Brus-
sels. The funeral takes place
from the Whitney funeral home,
Seaforth, on - Thursday, April 21.
Rev. J. H. James will can not
the services and interment will
be in Brussels cemetery.
WILLIAM A. WRIGHT
William A. Wright, ' Jarvis
St., died in Scott Memorial Hos-
pital, Seaforth, late Thursday
afternoon, after an illness of
some five weeks, in his 67th
year. He was born and educated
in McKillop twp. and in 1921
he married the former Gertrude
Grainger, in Brucefield. He was
an expert automobile mechanic
and from 1929 to 1947 owned
and operated a garage on God-
erich Street East, since Hien
worked as an electrician. Mr.
Wright served overseas for two
years during the First World.
War in the Canadian Army and
transferred to the air force. He
was a member of Britannia
Lodge, Masonic Order, and was
a member and elder of First
Presbyterian Church here. Sur-
viving besides his wife are one
son, Bruce, Calgary; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. H. H.:(LoisI' Dinnen,
Petrolia; Mrs. H. W. (Jean)
Ford, Fort Wayne, Ind., one
brother, John, Brucefield, and
one sister, Mrs. -John Riley,
Brussels.
Funeral service was held on.
Monday at 2 p.m. from the G.
A. Whitney funeral home, with
Rev. D. Glenn Campbell, First
Presbyterian Church, officiat-
ing. Burial was in Maitlandbank.
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were John Mode -
land, J. E. Keating, Chas, Bar-
ber, Andrew Petrie, Ross Mc-
Gregor and M. McKellar.
Flowerbearers: M. A. Reid,
G. C. Brightrall, Jos, Dorsey,
John Beattie, Roy Butt, Ross
Scott, - -
C.W.L. MEETS
The Annual Meeting and pot
luck supper of the Catholic Wo-
men's League was held in the
school hall on Tuesday, April 9.
After an enjoyable supper
Father Weber gave a short talk
to the League and congratulated
them on the work done over the
past year. Mrs. J. McConnell,
Provincial. President, gave an
interesting talk on a few ex-
periences encountered during
the past year 011 her many trips
to different parts of Ontario
with. special reference to the
Shrine of the Lady of the Cave.
The Secretary, Mrs. M. Etue,
and Treas., Mrs. W. Hart gave
their reports on the March meet-
ing. Mrs. R. Pringle reported 92
paid-up members. Mrs. C. Ma-
lone reported two boxes sent to
the Sisters of Service and Mrs.
G. Reynolds reported 3 crates
of eggs sent at Easter to St.
Marys Hospital, House of Provi-
dence and Mt. St. Joseph. Miss
Rose Dorsey then read thank
you and sympathy cards from
members of the League.
Miss Rose Dorsey and Mrs. J.
McConnell were appointed to
visit shut-ins and newcomers to
the Parish for the month of
May.
A. High Mass in honor of our
Lady of Good Council will be
celebrated on April 26th. All
members are.. asked to attend
Mass on that day. Miss M. ,Dunn
and Miss R. Dorsey were ap-
pointed delegates to the C.W.L.•
Convention in Windsor to be
held May 16th, 17th and 18th..
It was decided membership
fees would be taken up the first
two Sundays of May.
The Annual Reports outlining
the highlights of the past year's
activities were then given by
the various officers. Mrs. 3. Mc-
Connell then installed the offi-
cers for the coming year. All
last year's officers were re-
turned to their various offices
with the exception of recording
secretary. Mrs. M. Williams re-
places Mrs. M. Etue in that po-
sition.
CLARK-DALRYMPLE
The Rev. Aubrey Jones offi-
ciated at Centenary Church, at
Hamilton, when -wedding vows
were exchanged by Jean Kay
Dalrymple and Reginald :Clark.
The bride is the daughter of
Robert Dalrymple, Seaforth, and
the late Mrs. Dalrymple, and
the groom is the son of Mrs.
Emma Clark, London.
The bride .chose a powder
blue suit with navy and white
accessories- and a corsage of
gardenias. Mrs. Dorothy Schenk,
Hamilton, was matron of hon-
or, wearing a grey suit with
blue accessories and corsage of
pink roses. Edward Schenk,
Hamilton, was groomsman.
On then return from a wed-
ding trip to the United States,
the couple will live in 'Glencoe.
ALARMS
The fire alarm sounded on.
Tuesday morning when Dr. W.
R. Bryans car burst into flames
as it approached the Main St.
intersection. The fire was con-
fined to the motor of the late
model car. Damage is estimated
at $200.00.
At 7 o'clock on Wednesday
morning the siren went off, but
this proved to be a false alarm.