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WALTON
VYlrs. Caries loll'ard and Mrs.
George Pollard'Were the hostesses to
the June meeting of St. George's
Church Guild and Women's Auxil•
iary on Wednesday, June 2nd, There
was a good attendance of members.
Mrs. Win, Humphries was in charge.
After the regular business reutine a
Dutch auction was held. Sunday,
July 18th was set aside for miniver,
Bary Sunday The hastes,s served a
tasty supper,
Service of evening prayer was
held in St, George's Chereh on June
Oth at 1.80 p.m, The Rector preach-
ed on the account of the' Ascension
of our Lord into Heaven as recorded
in Acts of Apostles Chapter 1, also
the work of the ascended Christ pre-
paring a place for us, interceding
for us.
The United Farm Women's Assoc-
iation meeting will be held on Thurs-
day, June 17 at the home of Mrs.
James McDonald, The topic, Grades
Tell the Story, Mrs. G. McGavin;
demonstration, Summer Salads, Mrs.
Bert Johnston, The last meeting
was held at the home of Mrs. Jos.
Bewley.
Mr. Douglas Lawless of Brussels
has accepted the No, 12 school, Boun-
dary East, for the coning year. W.
Mitchell has resigned.
George Kirkby has resigned as
teacher in Hillen's school, McKillop,
and accepted Button's school, No. 9,
Morris tp„ for the coming year,
Miss Ruth Cummings of Clinton
Hospital is holidaying with her par-
ents.
Mr. and Mrs. Pringle of Galt spent
the past week with her mother, Mrs.
Groves.
Mr, Lawrence Merits returned
home after an appendix operation at
Seaforth and is doing nicely.
Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Hoy were in Mc-
Gaw last Tuesday attending the wed-
ding of his sister Rosabella, daugh-
ter of Mr, and Mrs, Arthur Hoy. The
bridegroom is a soldier, and they left
Saturday for British Columbia, where
they will reside for the present.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E, Travis visited
at Port Elgin on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Crawford of
Seaforth with their son John Craw-,
ford, RCAF, of Guelph (formerly of
Winnipeg), called on their aunt,
Mrs. H. Fulton one day last week.
Miss Iva Leary of Mitchell visited
on Sunday with Mrs, Wm. Walsh.
Mr. and Mrs. Leatherland attended
the wedding of Mr. Leatnerland's
sister last Saturday in Blyth.
Mrs. W. Armstrong of Sault Ste.
Marie, visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Colin Fingland.
Hing without 'sugar, strong avenue through* which we can
W. H. Goldin, of Seaforth, rnenuber place our ideas before the federal
of Parliament for Huron -Perth, spoke and provincial houses;' he said.
briefly, Mr. Oliver was, introduced by Stating that a few years 'ago mem-
James Ballantyne, member of the bens of parliament looked. with dia.
provinotal house lot' South Huron; approval OR organized farm. bodies,
and Alston (Cardiff of Brussels, menu Mr. Oliver said that today Peirlia,
bor of Parliament for Berea North, menl is anxious to have them, as
introduced Mr. Bracken, they present the advice of the earth -
The program opened with the ne- ers. He urged members of the Feder
-
Genial anthem,` sung as Dr, E. A. Mo- taloa to keep the organization free
Master 01 town raised the flag. In from outside entanglements end to
welcoming the large crowd, W. L: watch their internal .organization to
Whyte, chairman, pointed out 'that see that their representatives _have
the purpose of the gathering was to the interests of the organization at
emphasize the need tor greater Pro. heart; "If you do that, the days which
duction of agricultural products, "if lie ahead will be great for the farm-
you want to eat this winter, my ad-
vice ens, because they'will have an org4n-
izat
to you is to grow your own ion which can speak for them in
food so that as muoh o f the other parliament," he said, The need for
food as possible can be sent to Bei- such an 'arganizaton will be even
taint" he said, greater hi the postwar period than
Warden Bonsor Tuckey extended now,
t110 official . weleonie., "We are all Stressing the need for increased
striving towards one end—to produce production, Mr. Oliver declared that
that we night have plenty in this agriculture in this war is being mil -
country and help the starving people edon to shoulder heavier responsibi-
in Europe not only now but in post; lities than ever before. In the last
war days as well," he said. `Huron war Britain had sources of supply
last year was one of the top-ranking Whip are now Nazi -dominated,' The
counties in the oeuntry in the pro- island outposts of Australia and New
duction 'of foodstuffs. Let us do even Zealand can ship food to Britain only
better in 1943. This year let us be with the greatest of difficulty and
the top-ranking, county in the Pro- danger, and are husbanding thein
duction of food." own food and manpower in case of
The chief' of the Dominion poultry invasion, The shortest and safest
branch, W. A. Brown, complimented route to Britain is across the Aslan;
Huron county on its contribution to- •tic and as the United States agricul-
wards filling egg contracts. "Huron tural production is falling below its
has done more than any similar area quotas, the natural place for England
in Canada, and the quality of eggs to get her food is from Canada.
produced was equal to the quantity," Canada is in a better position to
he said. The large sales effort con- supply Britain with food than any
centrated on eggs this year has re- other place in the world because she
suited in many eggs being eaten at has men trained in. agriculture, the
home which should have gone to necessary machinery and stande
Britain. Pointing out that 264,000 ready to send it, Mr. Oliver pointed
cases of eggs were shipped to Britain out. Stressing that. there must be no
last year from June on, Mr. Brown doubt as to whether the quotas are
said that three times that number going to be filled,' he declared that
are needed this year to oomplote the with many farm boys in the army
contract. He urged the county to and war factories, labor is a grave
adopt as its slogan "Over the top agricultural problem,
with the egg contract in 1943." "We are beset with serious prob-
Speaking .of military progress in lems, but they are not insurmouut-
the last three years, -0. C. Lyster, of able," the speaker said. "We've gbt
the Department of Agriculture, Tor- to make up our minds whether eget-
onto, reminded the audience that as culture is . as important as we have
the military situation improves, the been led to believe, If .it is; let us
food situation deteriorates. This situ- make plans to let agriculture pull
.ation results from tine'fact that each her weight. They should not take
prisoner captured is another mouth any more 0100 off the farms if farm -
to feed and each country liberated ing is the important war Industry a civilian population to feed, which we have been led to believe,
Canada has undertaken to ship 675,- They cannot 'go on draining men off
, 000,000 pounds of bacon to Britain the farms and expect to increase the
this year, the equivalent of 110,000
' hogs a week. If this quantity is ship- production of these farms:'
peel, it will assure the British people Referringion to subsidies, the speaker'
of four ounces of bacon per person a boout that Ontario has given
bonuses
ed on hogs, cheese and wool
McKILLOP
Patrick Curtin, former well-
known farmer of McKillop town-
ship, died in St. Joseph's Hospital,
London, Tuesday, after a short ill-
ness, aged 79. For the past ten
years Mr. Curtin had lived in Lon-
don. He is survived by two sons,
Rev. Brother Patrick, of Clayton,
Delaware, U.S.A., and John, Dunn-
ville; three sisters, Miss Bridget
Curtin, London; Mrs. J. Roach, Dub-
lin, Ont., and Mrs. J. Evans, Mc-
Killop. The funeral takes place on
Thursday morning at St. Peter's
Cathedral where requiem Mass will
be sung at 9 o'clock. Interment will
be made in St. Peter's Cemetery.
FEDERATION PICNIC
Continued From Page One
Hon, Farquhar Oliver. Agriculture in,
this war has been called on to shoul-
der responsibilities to a much great-
er extent than ever before, and under
difficult conditions, he said. Stress-
ing the grave labo•.probiem, he de-
clared that "we cannot go on drain-
ing men off the fauns and expect to
increase production on those farms.
We should make every effort to al-
locate manpower to the relatively
important positions as we see them
and as they are."
Mr. Oliver felt that the end of sub-
sidies had not been reached, and
stressed that, if agriculture has to
compete with industry for labor, far -
mere must have increased subsidies
on their products to enable them to
pay higher wages,
Spacial exhibits which proved of
great interest to the farmers were
arranged by the Federation in the
grounds of the park. An exhibit of
labor-saving devices drew a large
crowd, while many saw a display in
the veterinary tent and those ar-
ranged by the Ontario Agriculture
College and the Department of Agri-
culture,
W. L. Whyte, of Hullett, president
of the Fluron County Federation of
Agriculture, was chairman for the
program. In addition to Mr. Bracken
and Mr. Oliver, special speakers for
the day included W. A. Brown, chief
of the nlai'koting branch, Dominion
Department of Agriculture, Ottawa,
who stressed the need for increased
egg production to 91'071110 dried eggs
for Britain; C. 0. Lyster, of the De-
partment of Agriculture, Toronto,
who. urged' production of more bacon;
A. I2, Campbell. Fiensali, who on be-
half of the veterinary clinic, discuss-
- ed the importance of healthy animals
to increase production; and Miss
Edith Elliott, of consumer branch
week. Otherwise, some of the popula-
tion will go short, Mr. Lyster stress-
ed the importance of shipping the
best quality products to Britain, "If
we continue our efforts to produce,
and ship the right kind of product,
we have a right to expect that we
will be granted a favorable place in
the postwar market," he said.
The Federation of Agriculture was
congratulated on its organization by
Dr. Campbell, who spoke on behalf
of the veterinary surgeons. "Now as
never before organization is neces-
sary among farmers," he said. "If
you do not organize you won't be
able to get your rights," Stressing
that healthy animals are necessary
to increased production, Dr. Camp-
bell said that the veterinaries are
willing to help in every way possible.
Due to the vigilance of the veterin-
ary profession, under the guidance of
the veterinaries' branch at Ottawa,
this country now has less animal die.
ease than any other in the world.
Great progress has been made in
treating and preventing various
kinds of diseases, he said.
Commending the Federation on its,
efforts to assist the county in produc-
ing foodstuffs, W. H, Golding, memb-
er of Parliament for Huron -Perth,
said that he was more than pleased
with Huron county's contribution to
all war efforts and war services.
- Despite the labor shortage and dif-
ficulty in getting machinery, Canad-
ian agricultural production at the end
of 1942 stood at the highest point in
history, he said. The agricultural
program for this year has been,
clearly outlined by the government,
and calls for increases in all food
crops except wheat and rye, Higher
production is required in oats, barley,
hay, clover, alfalfa, potatoes, and
otter grains; white beans, soy beans,
sunflower seeds, clover and grass
seeds. Animal products in which in -
increased production is required and
beef, hogs, sheep, eggs, butter, and
condensed, powdered and evaporated
milk. The farm: policy is- threefold,
Mr. Golding said. Needs of the armed
forces have first call, Britain is to
receive to the limit the available sup-
ply, and Canadians must receive . a
full share of the goods they produce.
Realizing, lie said, that rulings by
elle Wartime Prices and Trade Board
have been annoying to many, the
speaker assured the crowd that the
board has tremendous problems and
is always eager to discuss and rectify
an error. Stating that the program.
has been praised in all other allied
nations, he said that there are "tre-
mendous forces" at work to break
this 00nt1101. Appealing for support
foe the 1bo1110. he declared that "eve
will alI he better off now and after
the war if we maintain the control."
bIr, Golding briefly discussed the
white or navy bean situation, In the
last war he understood there had
been a good market for Henna, the
price perhaps being quite high.
For a considerable time after this
war started, beans had been bought
and soler of the epee mat•lret, but
after repeated attempts, the Special
products Board last fall succeerted in
obtaining an agreement with Britain
whereby that country would buy ell
of this pr0riuct ' she required from
Canada at 62.50 a 'bushel, He ex-
pressed confidence that the centraet
would prove beneficial.
The Flon. Farquhar Oliver, intro-
duced by James ivalleiityne, IILL.A.,
exlrreesed pleasure in the strides
winch the Federation of Agrictilture
has made and its possibilities for the
and has sought to foster agricultural
Production. "Maybe this is not
enough," he said. "If agriculture has
to compete with factories for labor,
farmers must have increased sub-
sidies for farm products." Mr. Oliver
stated that he was definitely in favor
of bonuses '``to allow farmers to pea -
duce with a profit, and to keep their
families in decency."
In conclusion, Mr, Oliver urged
the farmers to support the Federa-
tion of Agriculture, not for them-
selves alone but, for their country.
"We cannot have a prosperous coun-
try unless prosperity flows through
the veins of the "farmers, -who are,
after all, the backbone of the coun-
try,"
Victory gardens - .and their import-
ance were discussed briefly by L. E.
Cardiff, M,P., who introduced Mr.
Bracken. Mr. Cardiff also referred to
the rationing system, emphasizing
the need for co-operation with the
authorities in complying with its
rules.
Reviewing Mr. Bracken's political
career, Mr. Cardiff pointed out that
he was born in Ontario and educated
at Brockville, the Ontario Agricul-
tural College, Guelph, and the Uni-
versity of Illinois. He was professor
of field husbandry in the University
of Saskatchewan from 1910 to 1920,
president of the Manitoba Agricul-
tural College from 1920 to 1922, and
premier of- Manitoba from 1922 until
last year when he was elected head
of the new Progressive Conservative
party. Two of Mr. Bracken's sons
are in the armed forces, Lieutenant
J. B. in the Royal Canadian Navy,
and Lieutenant George in the army,
Stating that he "always feels at
hone among farmers," Mr. Bracken
expressed pleasure at being present
al a farmers' gathering, particularly
one sponsored by the Federation of
Agriculture. 'Tor many years I did
what I could to get farmers to org-
anize," he said, "If farmers have not
bad a fair show, the reason is that
they have not been organized. Too
often in public affairs, the farmers
rlitl not speak at all; they, spoke:
without wisdom or with a babel of
tongues. The farmers must _ speak
with one, voice, and no government
will fail to rho what they ask,"
There are problems other than
nvoduction in agriculture, the speaker
felt, and one of these is to see that
farmers get "move than one-sixth"
of the nation's income, "That is not
good enough for society or for us to
leave to future generation," he said.
Briefly reviewing his career since
passing through this district 37
years ago as a young man, Mr,
Bracken said that last fall when the
challenge came, he decided to leave
Manitoba because of the wider op-
portunity in the federal field, "No
provincial government can solve' the'
basic problems of auriculture," he
said. "They can be solved best in the
federal field. Had it not been that a
great party offered itself to serve
agriculture, 1 would not be here
today."
Mr, Bracken spoke of the trip
which he is making through the
variousprovinces of Canada, stating
that the experience. has been "inter-
esting, informing and heartening,"
"Everywhere the spirit 01 the pee-
ile is good, and the heart of the
ration is sound," he said. "I haven't
been going to melte speeches, but to
listen; not; to answer questions, but
to tisk them, T want to speak to you
as a representative citizen of Canada
in one of the most critical periods
the ,nation has lived through,"
Speaking brleflx (0 the yarn!; peo-
p
la to the audience, Mt; 131'aoken
urged 1110111 to "guard the greatest
asset of all, your 110al(01; to achieve
the most valuable investment that
ann b0 made, eduoatiou; to develop
strength of character and habits of
industry, .
'"We are: living in great . days, in
inter'estmg, critical and challenging
days," Mr. Bracken declared, Canad-
ians are faced with "a war to win, a
Peace to snake enduring and a post'
war world to build," he stressed,
10 the First Great War, one out of
81101:7 10 S0ldier did not conte back,
two out of every 10 were crippled
and seeds of hatred and economic
war Were sown which brought ou
this, war.How many men are being
sent this time, iter what the cost in
lives will he, are not known, he
pointed out. As to the cost in money,
five thousand millions are being spent
in prosecuting the war this year, '3
tinres the sum spent in the entire
First Great Wan;
"There are (we kinds of soldiers,
those in- uniform and those in civil-
ian garb," the speaker pointed out.
"Our boys are accepting the Mak of
greater sacrifice, but they cannot.
win.without our help."
Between the present time and the
time when peace is negotiated, we
have a tremendous responsibility,
Mr, Bracken stressed. "Many men
who were in the last war have sous
over there today, We must ask our-
selves whether, in 25 years, their
sons will be sent to another war,"
The last peace organization was
not given the strength it required to
enforce the peace terns, he said.
Next time there must . be an inter-
national police force to see that no
country is able to rearm, The "doct-
rine of the inevitability of war"
must be removed from the minds of
the 80,000,000 Germans who believe
in it.
"We can win the war and lose the
peace," the speaker reminded his
audience. "The responsibility rests
on you and me. What are we going
to do to lay the basis for a new
world?"
Speaking to the workers, he said
that they must make sure that every
young man will have an opportunity
to make a living after the war, at a
fair rate of pay. Enterprise must be
assured of fair treatment to avoid a
totalitarian state, farmers must be
given their share of the nation's in-
come and social security must be as-
sured to all.
Speaking of social security, Mr.
Bracken said that it could be put
into effect if the enlarged war econ-
omy, were maintained and developed.
"We're doing it now in war," he 'de-
clared. "Can we do it in peace? To-
day all resources are being used, the
necessary capital is being found, all
are at work at fair rates of pay and
the' national income is more than
$8,000,000,000. If we can keep this
high national income, we can raise
the level of social security.
"The responsibility rests on you'
and me to bring a society of abund-
ance where me* had a society of
scarcity," he said. Science and mech-
anization, he felt, would be of great
assistance in doing this.
"If we have intelligence and co-
operation among the peoples of the
world, if we prove that the philoso-
phy of war is wropg and peace is
right, we can have world abundance
where now we have scarcity."
Special demonstrations given dur-
ing the day included a home canning
demonstration of fruits and vege-
tables without the use of sugar by
Miss Edith Elliott, of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, Miss
Elliott - also stressed the use of light
syrups for canning as a means of
stretching the special sugar allowed
for canning this\season. They have
experimented with these syrups and
tlnd that they are quite satisfactory
and that fruit canned in them is
quite palatable. The syrups they rec-
ommend .are similar to the war-
time syrups which will be used in
commercial canneries this year, Ac-
cording to the consumer branch of
the Department of Agriculture, Ot-
tawa, all fruits may be successfully
canned without sugar. ,
Dr. A. R. Campbell, Hensall, was
chairman in charge of the veterinary
clinic arrangements, and discussed,
poultry diseases. Dr.' F. Harburn,
Seaforth, discussed warbles and ex-
ternal parasites and .diseases of
swine; Dr, Elliott, Clinton, conduct-
ed post-mortems on swine, and Dr.
S. Murray, Dublin, discussed shipping
fever.
The demonstration of labor-saving
devises was under the chairmanship
of Gordon McGavin, Walton. This
included a display of tractor with
drag saw and circular saw attaehed;
stock -loader; mower with attachment
for windrowing, a corn binder and a
buck rake.
The program began in the morn-
ing when sports were held for the
girls and boys. The results were:
girls, 6 and under, Leona Finkbeiner,
Marie Hunt; 10 and . under, Elva
Dupee, Mavis Oliver; 14 and under,
Phyllis Scott, Joyce Broadfoot boys
6 and under, Robert Hubert, Gordon
Pulman; 10 and under, George
Shaw, Donald Bell; 14 and under,
Ray Consitt, Donald MacDonald. The
first prize was two war savings
stamps and the second prize one war
savings stamp.
Following the speeches in the aft-
ernoon the remainder .of the sports
events were held, The results were:
young men's race, Leo Bicknell, Jack.
Nicholson; . young ladies' race, Ger-
aldine Eckert, Martha Miller; fat
men's race, John Rader, W,
Rodgers; novelty race, Robert Glenn
and Lillian Beattie, Leo Bicknell and
Joan McMaster; married menu's race,
Harold Jackson, ElmerHaskens, The
final relay race was • won by Mc-
Millin township over Hay township,
The winners included Leo Bicknell,
T. Murray, F. Murray and Keith Bar -
risen, and the losers were Delbert
Geiger, Leonard Mealier, GordonCampbell and Jack O'Brien, The tug -
mow
GENT.
THEATRE
NOW SHOWING TH JRS, FRT. SAT,
2nd show starts 9.15
Rohort Staelt' Brod Crawford
"MEN OF TEXAS"
The Spirit of Sam Huston molding a state from the rowdiest day of
reckless Texas' wildest' decade
MON. TUES. WED..— 2nd show starts 9.15
Top flight Players! Leading writers! Famous directors!
"Forever And a Day"
78 stars in a great story as bigasthe cast!
NEXT THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Two Features - 2nd show starts 8.45
Wiliiain Gargan Irene Hervey
"Bombay Clipper",
-Also —
"Private Buckaroos"
Corning —
"You Can't Escape Forever"
First show starts eacli evening at 7,30 P.M. Matinee each Saturday at
2.30 P. at,
of -war was won by John Tremeer,
Larry Taylor, Archie Young, William
Boyd, John Rader, W. J. Rodgers and
Ed Hendrick, '
DUBLIN
Lannon -O'Rourke.—
Pink carnations and white snap
dragons' decorated the altars of St.
Patrick's Church, Dublin, for the
wedding on Saturday of Miss Lucy
Loretta, youngest daughter 'of' 141r.
and Mrs, Joseph O'Rourke, Dublin,
to John Lannan, son of Mrs, Walter
Lannan and the late Mr. W. A. Lan-
nan, Toronto. Rev. Dr. Ffoulkes of-
ficiated and celebrated the. nuptial
Mass and Rev. William Nigh,
Houston, Texas, occupied a seat in
the sanctuary. Miss Mary Beale pre-
sided at the organ and Frank O'-
Rourke, brother of the bride, was
the soloist. Given in .marriage by her
father, the bride wore a white satin
gown with high inset lace neckline,
leg -o' -mutton sleeve style and the
.
full skirt fashioned to the fitted bod-
ice formed a long sweeping train.
Her full length veil of silk net with
pearl trimmed coronet fell graceful-
ly and she carried a white prayer
book with streamers of white gard-
enias and lily of the valley. Mrs.
Elwin Young, Toronto, sister of the
bride, was maid of kronor, wearing a
floor -length gown of pink sheer with
skirt and shirred jacket, and .pink
satin velvet head dress with stream-
ers and carrying nosegays 'of roses
and pink sweet peas. The flower girl
was diminutive Helen Ackroyd, niece
of the bride, in a charming gown o
turquoise sheer with full skirt gath
ered to a.tight bodice and a bons
effect halo and veil. Clarence Lan
an, Toronto, brother of the bride
groom,. was best man and the ushe
were John O'Rourke and Elwin
Young. Afterthe ceremony a recep-
tion was held at the home of the
bride's parents. Receiving the guests
the bride's mother wore a mauve fig-
ured sheer gown with corsage of
mauve sweet peas and roses. The
bride groom's mother assisted wear-
ing a navy blue sheer gown and
mink neckpiece with corsage of red
roses and sweet peas. A dinner was
served at the Royal Hotel, Mitchell,
to immediate relatives of the bride
and bridegroom and a' buffet supper
later at the home of the bride's par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Lannan left on
a honeymoon trip to Muskoka Lakes,
the bride donning a cream wool suit
with matching hat and accessories,
and afterwards they will reside in
Toronto. The wedding was also a
celebration of the 38th wedding an-
niversary of the bride's parents.
Guests were present from Toronto,
Kitchener, Kingsbridge and Clinton,
including the bride's grandmother,
Mrs. Flanagan who is 88.
The sisters and students of Dublin
continuation school held an excellent
display of Red Cross sewing in" the
school basement, and almost 100
guests signed the visitors' book. The
horse economics department is in
charge of Mother Loraine and the
work of. even the younger pupils was
exceptional, In addition to many in-
dividual garments including dresses
and aprons, the following was com-
pleted for the Dublin War Services
Association: 14 dresses ranging from
2 to (3 years, 7 pairs of children's
pyjamas, three layettes for babies.
First prize in sewing for Grades IX
and X was awarded to Dorothy
ICrauslaopf and first prize in Separ-
ate school to Loreen Jordan,
f
et
u
rs
Miss Marion E. McIver, who grad-
uated from St. Joseph's School of
Nursing, Chatham, is the eldest dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. William Mc-
Iver. She is e former student of the,
Dublin continuation salami, She has
four brothers, Joseph, Rev. John
13,1cIvor, China Missions, Toronto,
Louis, RCAF, Belleville, Thomas, St,
Michael's College, Toronto, also
three sisters, Rita, Rose and Mary
Katherine,
CROMARTY
The inonthly meetings of the
W.M.S. and the Ladies' Aid of the
Presbyterian church were held at
the home of -Mrs. Thomas Laing.
The meeting of the W.M,S. was pre-
sided over by the president, Mrs; T.
Scott Sr, After the opening hymn,
the convener of the home helpersdepartment, Mrs, John Hamilton,
who was in charge of the program
read the scripture. The president led
in prayer. The roll call topic, "Ser-
vice," was well responded to by the
large attendance. The report of the
secretary, Mrs. Kenneth McKellar,
andthe treasurer's report by Mrs.
Hill were both approved. The matter
most discussed was the possible cel-
ebration of the 40th anniversary on
July 7th of the organization of the
Cromarty Auxiliary of the W.M.S.
of the Presbyterian church, Mrs.
Russell Scott .led in prayer. An int-
eresting article by Rev. John Elder,.
missionary in British Guiana, was
read by Mrs., James Hill. An article
was given by Mrs. McWilliam on the
subject of "Service," which all en-
joyed. This meeting was closed with
a hymn and prayer by Mrs. William
Hamilton,
The Ladies' Aid meeting was con-
ducted by, Mrs. William Houghton,
and opened with a hymn followed by
roll call. The secretary's report by
Mrs. Thomas Laing and the treasur-
er's report by Mrs. Andrew McLach-
lan, were adopted. After varied
matters of business, this meeting
closed with a hymn, the national an-
them and the Lord's prayer in uni-
son.
Lunch was served by the hostess,
assisted by Mrs. R. Scott.
The Rev. W. H. Mac William
preached an able sermon on Sunday
morning from these words. "And
Elisha prayed and said, `Lord, I
pray thee, open his eyes, that he may
see.'"
The meeting of the. Union Young
People's Society was cancelled on
account of Roy's Church anniver-
sary :services. Many from here at-
tended the anniversary service where .
the Rev. R. G. MacKay of Wood-
bridge was the minister and who at
one time was the minister of Crom-
arty Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Geo. Lammond, Pictou, N.S.,
and John and Neil Lomond, London,
with Mr, and Mrs. Malcolm Lam-
ond.
Private Lloyd Sorsdahl, Stratford,
at his home.
Alex. Ramsey, London, at his
1 home.
i Mrs. Clive MacDonald and daugh-
ter, Joan, with Olive Speare.
Mr. and bit's. John Wallace and
family, Mrs. R. 3, Scott and Donald,
with Mr. and Mrs, Wesley Russell,
Russeldale,
BRODH'AGEN
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Querengesser
and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sholdice,
Gary and Warren, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs, Harry Schellen-
berger in Clinton,
Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Young of
Stratford with Nbr, and Mrs. Wm. S.
Ruhl,
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Diegel, ac-
companied Mr. and Mrs, Henry L.
Diegel to Stratford on Sunday,,visit-
ing with Mr. and Mrs, Ed. Bressler:
Mr: Bud Dittiner of Toronto spent
several days with Jack Prueter,
Mr, and Mrs, Chas. Ahrens, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Beuerman, Mr, and
Mrs. Manuel Beuermann attended
the If.ahle-Huras wedding in Strat-
ford on Saturday.
A number of ladies of the patriot-
ic society attended a gathering, of
the different groups in Erskine hall
on Tuesday afternoon in Monkton.