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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-12-30, Page 1In th ,o, mist Lail' Sat - are awe s. 3, la th to to dao, e. tag, Sea. A. .5. er, a. 'an. ch ; fro; ak. or the eir ef- st- WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 76 Seaforth _.. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DDCDMBER 30, 1954 61, G0 a Ye¢r WEEK OF PRAYER Week of Prayer services will be held from Monday, Jan. 3rd to Friday, Jan, 7th, under aus• ?ices of the Seaforth Minister- ial Association. The •theme is "Enemies of the Soul." Monday, Jana 3, 8 p.m„ at the Anglican Church. Sermon by Rev. D. Glenn Campbell. Tuesday, Jan. 4, 8 p.m., at the Salvation Army. Sermon by Rev, John W. Stinson.. Wed„ Jan. 5, 8 p.m., at Eg- mondville United Church, Ser- mon by Lieut. Hunter. Thursday, Jan. 6, .8 pa -n., at the Presbyterian Church. Ser- mon by Rev. W. E. Milroy. Friday, Jan. 7, 8 p,m., at Northside United Church, Ser- mon by Rev. J. H. James. ACCLAMATIONS IN MaKILLOP TWP. There will be no election in MoKiliop, 1954 council, Reeve Dan Beuermann and Councillors Earl Mills, Wilson Little, .Albert Siemon and Jerry Doerr were all returned by acclamation, The necessary papers were signed within an our of the close of the meeting on Monday. A very large number were present at the McKillop Twp. nomination meeting in Winthrop hall on Monday afternoon. Reeve Daniel Beuerman and Councillor Albert Siemon were nominated for the reeveship, and for coun- cil were the present councillors, Jerry Doerr, Wilson Little, W. Earl Mills and Albert Siemon, and also Wn. A, Ryan, Mr; Ryan said he would not qualify and Mr. Siemon said in that case he would not run as reeve. This made an .acclama- tion for last year's reeve and council, almost certain. At the ratepayers meeting held after close of nominations, Twp. Clerk 3, M. . Eckert was named chairman. Reeve Daniel Beuermann said four bridges had been built in the township during the year. An early start had been made at the work. Some. delay had been caused on one bridge when the land had to be expropriated. The work on the Leadbury line at Gordon McGavin's had been held back by the weather. It took two months to make the large fill. The reeve did not think the mill rate could come down. Next year two bridges at Duff's Church would have to be replaced. Going on to discuss county matters the reeve said there were no more fox bounties. The county roads got four mills on the assessment. .The new wing of the County Home would be furnished by the middle of Jan- uary. The old building is being renovated, and the whole place would be a fine place for people to live. There was some question whether the farming operation at the home was paying for it- self. Total county home account for the year was approxinatelY $50,000 with small overdraft. The cost of the new wing was over $400,000. It was partly oc• copied now. Resurfacing of the roadways at the home would be done in the spring. Reeve Beuermann said a new county home bylaw had been passed by county council this' fall. The old bylaw had got out of date. He offered a copy of the lengthy new bylaw to any- one interested. The reeve said reforestation was now a eo-operative scheme. The planting work for next year was more than could be done. A grant of $1,000 had been re- ceived from the department. The new plan was better than the old one of buying farms for re- forestation. The county has a planter and you pay half the cost of the trees you want. Reeve Beuermann said the Auburn bridge was the biggest undertaken by the county. It was nearly urbs and railings had pi toed be'C installed. Flood damage was $11,000, cov- ered by insurance. It was believ- ed under $250,000. The fofourspans are about 850 feet, and the road- way is 34 feet wide. Thirteen loads of steel are in the cement work. Earth moved was 330,- 0.00 cubic yards, a tremendous amount, the reeve said. Other road work, Reeve Beu- erman said, included Hay twp., 6 miles in Grey twp., Bayfield - Clinton road, and the Fordwich diversion, $139,000. New 'road machinery was $20,000. Total road expenditure by the county was $850,000. • Lots of people thought the mu- seum at Goderich would be a dead horse, Reeve Beuermiann said, but it was not. $1100 had been spent on it. The reeve said the county ag- Mr, and Mrs. Ken Harrison riculatira cpommittee the ademtico- and family, n Brantford, Mon, of barberry and buckthorn. l and Mrs, Elmer Scott, London, He said McKillop had not and tMr.ma Willi -lore Scant spent as Arnold S with Mr. and Mrs, gone itition was rtniotlsuff sufficiently Arnold Scott, McKillop. the pe Mr. and MTS. John Aldington, signed. dreeve said the County pee - Mr. and Frank of Varna; The Mr, M. Doyle', Jack anti Rose, of ettye sto committee hadd int Hted Dublin; Mr. and :firs, Carter Kerslake and family, Staffa, forms at the court house at God - were recent visitors with Mr. and erieh before e ok powas d w . The way, tied Mrs. T. Aldington. floor Mr. and Mrs, Charles Reeves 14eidsaid ed the some roomsaad be t en and family spent Christmas with done by inmates, their uncle, Mr. Cutbush, Lxeter, ed. dCo cludiork i gshis address Reeve Beuermann said he bad served erved people of McKillop foe years and offered his services for another year. Councillor Albert Siemon, nominated for both reeve and council, said he was undecided whether to run for reeve. He did not want to cause an elec- tion. He said two bridges had fallen down this year. He thought it was good to build bridges while you could get ,your fingers on the dollars. If times got tough and the bridges fell clown it would be bad. JOHN B. KNIGHT John B. Knight, 88, died Sat• urday� at the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. James Ritchie, London. He was born in England and spent most of his life in Seaforth area. His wife died in 1951. He was a member of Northside United Church. Surviving be. sides his daughter, are seven sons, Horace, of Nile; Norman, Seaforth; Frank, Toronto; Oeeil, Kitchener; Leslie, in Michigan; Alvin, Hamilton, and Carl, Sea- forth. The funeral took place from the Whitney funeral home where the funeral service was conduct- ed Monday at 2 p.m. by Rev. J. W. Stinson. Burial was in Mait- landbank cemetery. The pallbearers were George MdGavin Sid Pullman, Albeit ae t Baker, George Pinkney, Habkirk, Jack Scott. The flowerbearers were five grandsons; Ronald Knight, Robt. Knight, Harold Knight, Howard Knight and Harold !(Coos) Knight. Those from a distance were: Mr. and Ma's. J. Nesbitt, Strat- ford; Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Pym, Exeter; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Knight, Hamilton; Capt. Waller of London South Salvation Ar- my; Mr. and Mrs. 3. F. Ritchie, London; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Knight and Mr. and Mrs. Ho -w - ' tied Knight, Kitchener; Mr. and Mrs. Les Knight and family, of Birch Run, Michigan; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Knight and family, Port Albert; Mr. and Mrs. Win. Knight and Mrs. Ken Prouse and Mrs. M. Good, Goderich; Mr's, tDowding and Mr. and Mrs. Les. Gatenby, Mitchell; Mr, Frank Knight and Mr. and Mrs. Ron- ald Knight, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Harold 'Knight, Hensall. ELECTION IN TUOKERSMIT.H TP, Next Monday, Jan. 3rd, the ratepayers of Tuckersmith will go to the polls to elect a reeve and four councillors. Contesting for reeve are Reeve James Doig and Councillor Roy Bell. In the field for council are Councillors Ivan Forsyth and Bert Garrett, former councillor Andrew Cro- zier, ,and two new contestants, Messrs. Frank Falconer and Vic- tor Lee. Mr, Charles MacKay acted as chairman for the ratepayers' meeting at the close of nomina- tions, He paid tribute to two men who died this year, Geo. Turner, former councillor and treasurer, and James Love, aud- itor. Reeve Daig Reeve James Doig said it had been a tough year for fanners, with a lot of crop not harvested, which affected tax returns, there is $19,000 in outstanding taxes, The council had paid its way and there will be a surplus. The township is still paying a mill for interest charges, Some bonds were disposed of to re- duce the overdraft—bonds were not an •asset to township be- cause of low interest yield. He commended council for re- ducing the tax rate half a mill. Mr. Doig reviewed the sewer- age question and said he had personal assurance from Dr. Berry that he would see there is nothing objectionable to Tuck- ersmith people, Mr. Doig said Seaforth officials had misled the. Department of Health. The reeve had attended the mayors and reeves convention at Windsor, where he and Mr. Crich of Clinton had helped squelch the eion tractors. Atthe June sessofcounty council he had been able to re- tain the 8th con. as a county road, with 'Hensel] and Clinton help. The vote had been 16 to 15. This 21,4.mile stretch of road can be maintained cheaper by the county and $500 ditch tax is involved. The universal practise of 2% penalty for unpaid taxes was adopted, to give incentive to pay taxes by the deadline. We were being used as a bank, the reeve said. As a member of the finance committee of the county council, many grants had been cut in half to avoid an increase of the mill rate. Re praised the county home as a credit to Huron. The court house fire was a bad loss. Au- burn bridge costing $200,000 will be opened this week. The province pays 80%. Engineer Patterson had said it will be 70 years before all county roads paved, but had promised him the Kippen road will be com- pleted at very first opportunity. Work on the Hensall County road had been delayed but wid- ening will be completed next year. The new court house will cost upwards of $700,000, instead of the original 3425 000 estimate. The county had $400,000 allot- ted, and must borrow another $300,000. By increased assess- ment this year the county had got by without raising the coun- ty rate. Mr. Doig forecast an increase of a mill or more next year. • 12,000 yds. of gravel had been put on township roads, a record year, and it was fairly allotted on all roads. Road subsidies had been reduced. Mr. Doig closed by stating he had tried. to do a good job and asked for support again. In reply to a question, Mr. Doig said that the court house fire might have been caused by a cigarette, as a meeting had been held that afternoon. Ivan Forsyth Councillor Ivan Forsyth re- viewed township finances in de- tail. Taxes are alarming and council controls only a small part: of $109,000 tax roll, over '381,000 goes to schools, county, telephone, etc. The trustee levy was up a mill; also high school and separate school levies were up. Brucefield and Egmondville street lights cost more. He showed how the taxes on a 36000 assessment had gone up $17.00, reduced to $14.00 by lower twp. rate, He wondered if we are making education too easy for today's children.. Mr. Forsyth reviewed the provincial subsi- dies, which totalled over $60,- 000 this year to the township. There had been a big drainage program this year, five having been completed, The Layton drain covers a lot of territory and over $14,000 is involved. Drains had been done at less than estimates. He would stand for council. Bert Garrett • Councillor Bert Garrett told of the road work, Thee was an- other change in road superin- tendent this year. Council hoped to give as good or better snow- plowing service by using ono larger, heavier truck, Purchase of a truck was left over to an- other year. He explained that ditching is council's work along roads, and municipal drains are projects ordered by the,engin- eer. Washouts last spring from floods had cost $950.00 for re- pairs. This year council lies Continued on Page 4 SEAFORTH DIRT Seaforth often gets abuse, af- fectionate abuse maybe - is the right terns, from its bordering townships. It was along this line, that high school board member James McIntosh, got much ap- plause on Monday when he told Tuckersmith nomination meet- ing that the McKillop members are all the time complaining Mc- --Sinop c- - Sinop Pays the shot for Sea - forth on high school costs. "I told them", Mr. McIntosh said, referring to sewerage, "Tucker- smmore thanhMeKillop from has to take alot Seaforth"rt BREAKS LEG Word has been received that Mrs. Fred (Charlotte) Robinson recently fell and broke her leg. Mrs. Robinson, who formerly lived in Egmondville has made her home for a number of years with her daughter, Mrs. Guy M. Richards, in Lakewood, 'Cali- fornia. • COMMUNICATION Editor The Seaforth News,— At the Tuckersmith nomination meeting I incorrectly stated the lev6;5 Trustee mills. The levy last year weor 1953 as as s 6 mills. Yours truly, W. P. Ro- berts, R.R. 3, Seaforth, Dec. 28 TOWN TOPICS MARK THEIR 55TH ANNIVERSARY Sunday, Des. 26th was the oc• .rasion of the 55th wedding an- niversary of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Jewitt of Hazenmore, Sask., who have been visiting their sons, William and Wilber Jewitt at Constance since October. There was no celebration as Mr. Jew- itt is a patient at Stratford Hos- pital where his condition is im- proving after a heart attack about six weeks ago, Mr. Jew- itt was in Scott IVlemorial Hos- pital for about three weeks be- fore being removed to Stratford.. Mrs. Jewitt was formerly Miss Estella McRorie, and they were married at Warwick, Ont., later going to Kinkaicl, Sask., where they farmed until retiring. They have a family of six daughters and three sons. MRS. ROBERT EBERHART Beatrice Oliver, beloved wife of Mr. Robert W. Eberhart, passed away on Dec, 25th at the Thamer Nursing Home, aft- er an illctess of ene year. Mrs. Eberhart was born on con. 6 Hibbert twp., and was married at Cromarty in 1915. They came to Seaforth in 1918 where she had sines lived. A member of First Presbyterian Church, .she was a life member of the WMS, send member of the Barbara Kirkman Auxiliary, having taken an active part in the work. Sur- viving besides her husband are two brothers, William of Winni- peg, Man., and Thomas of Sea - forth. Another brother Andrew predeceased her. The funeral took place 011 Tuesday, Dec. 2Sth, from the Box funeral home, High Street, Rev. D. Glenn• Campbell offici- ating. Interment was in Mait- landbank cemetery. Pallbearers were Elgin Nott, H. Leslie, Claire Reith, Ernest nestrt Geddes, MacKay, McMil- lan. During the service Mr. Jas. T. Scott sang "Softly and Ten- derly" with Mrs. John Cardillo as organist. Northside United Church Rev, John Stinson, Minister. 10 a.m., Church School and. Adult Bible Class. 11 a.m., The New Year com- munion service, "The Divine In- vasion". Jr. Congregation and 'Tod- Tod - diem' Group, 7 p.m."More for Peace", illustrated.'m Y P. U. 3.15 p. EgnrondvHle United Church Bev, W. E. Milroy, Minister 10 a.m., Church School 11 a.m,, New Year's Worship. "Beginning the year with God". 7 p.m., Evening Praise. Friday at 9 p.m., Watch Night program of drokinole and ser- vice. Please bring lunch. Chairman Eckert reminded the audience that the township rate had been reduced 1,4 mills this year. However the county rate would go up Continued on Page 4 PLAN FUND - RAISING EVENTS FOR SOCIETY A. series of dances will be held to aid finances an executive meeting of Seaforth Agricultur- al Society decided on Tuesday evening. The annual meeting of the society will lm held on Sat- urday afternoon, Jan. 22nd. It is planned to award an agricul- tural service diploma at this meeting to one of the members, An invitation is being extended to the Ontario Hereford Associa- tion to hold their regional show here for the third consecutive year. A committee, James M. Scott, Arthur Nicholson, Russell Bolton, J. W. Crieh and F. J. Snow, was appointed to look into possibilities of producing an his- torical pageant. CHRISTMAS SEALS Total to date in the Christmas Seal Campaign is $6810.35. The 1953 total receipts were $9842.- 11. 9842:11. The campaign ends March 31st. The generosity of the people of Huron County will en- able the TB Association to ex- tend its work in 1955. RECEIVES INDIA LETTER Mr. T. Aldington has received a curious letter from India. It is a printed letter, with a child's misspelling, and purports to be from a 10 -year-old girl asking for financial help, acid claiming to have been flooded out many times. The letter says Mr. Ald- ington's name was taken out of the Family Herald & Weekly Star, where he intends to for- ward the letter. The appeal is pathetic. VOTE TO RE -OPEN ROXBORO SCHOOL. At a meeting of S.S, 13, Rox- boro on Wednesday the rate - school by voteders voteoof 24pen to 1I However a motion was passed later, recommending that the trustees investigate possibility of lower tuition and transportation costs et Seaforth Public School and S. S. 2, before taking final action. Sam Scott was re-elected trustee. The other trustees are Peter McGowan and T. Coven - lock. CONSTANCE Reeve -elect and Mrs. W. R. Jewitt entertained Hullett twp. council and officials and ex - warden John W. Armstrong, on Dec. 17th. During the evening, Warden W. 3. Dale was present- ed with a smoker set, and Mrs. Dale with a box of chocolates. Family gatherings for Christ- mas were held at the following homes in the vicinity: Mr. and Mrs. Verne Dale, Mr. and 14Irs. Clarence Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riley, Mr. and Mrs. David Millson, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Leitch, Mr. and Mrs. James Medd, Mr. and Mrs. George Me- Ilwain, Mr, and Mrs. E. Adams. Warden and Mrs. W. J. Dale and family with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. McMichael, Auburn. Mrs. Charlotte Lindsay, Sea - forth, with Mr. and Mrs. David Millson. Mrs. Pryce, Heather Ann and Billy; Miss Gloria Bloomfield and friend of Goderich with Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Clarke, Fri- day evening for dinner. Mr. Win. Moore spent Christ- mas with Mr. and Mrs. Bailey of Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. Borden Brown and daughters, Joyce and Elaine spent the holiday weekend with the former's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Brown of Allan Park and other relatives. Miss Beulah Wood of Ander- sonIndiana, is spending the holidays with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Montgomery. Miss Donelda Adams of the public school staff, Centralia, -with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Adams. VENERABLE BOSSY Mr. Joseph Stapleton, lot 21, con. '2, Hibbert Township, has a cow which is 27 years old and still going strong. This long-lived black Aberdeen Angus has rais- ed 23 calves and is expecting her 24th next June. Her calves have all been the best, Mr. Stapleton says. She has never been milked, having always been sucked by the calves. Mr. Stapleton recalls that he purchased her when two years old at the Brucefield sale barns, conducted by the late Wm. Ross. EGMONDVILLE Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Pepper of Niagara Falls spent the Christ- mas holiday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jae. Hay. Christmas visitors with Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Watson were members of their family, Miss Jean Watson, R.N. of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. AlberClaek of uirkirk, Miss Al cetWatson of London and Mr. and Mrs. War- den Haney. Christmas The following spent with their mother, Mrs, Nelson Keyes: Mr, and Mrs. Sherlock Keyes of Varna; Mr. and Mrs, G. R. Keyes and daughter Joan of Windsor; Mr. and Mrs. Stuart N. Keyes and Gail of Orillia; and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Keyes and fancily of Tuckersmith. Rev. W. E. and Mrs. Milroy and family spent Christmas with friends near Hamilton. • Miss Laura McMillan of Tor- onto is spending the holidays with her mother, Mrs. W. F. Mc- Millan. Visitors with Mrs. Jas. Finlay- son are her daughter, Miss Jes- sie Finlayson of Lorne Park and her grandsons Reg and Murray Finlayson. Rev. Andrew H, and Mr's, Mc- Kenzie and family of Islington are spending a few days with the former's mother, Mrs. Hugh Mc- Lachlan and Mi•, McLachlan, also with Mrs. Mel(enzie's father Mr. Thomas Robinson and fam- ily. Residents am-ilyResidents of our village at present in Scott Memorial I•Ios- pital are Mrs. R. Kruse and Mr. and Mrs. Robs. Boyes. We hope for their speedy recovery. Much sympathy is expressed Eberhart ' th Authorized a o & odd, Moe msil, root Snowdon Bros•, Publlahers „o"en,",n,an"""unnn,40nnan"nw,fm,IWu"1"a,w1,"n¢p""u,";,hnu"niw n,..q,ll II l SAVAUGE'S Diamonds - Jewellery - Fine China SEAFORTH BRUCEFIELD Miss Louise Allen of Hamilton is spending the Christmas holi- days with her brother and fam- ily, Mr. Edgar Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Robt, Dalrym- ple and family spent the week end with Mrs. Dalrymple's sister in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Don McKenzie of St. Thomas spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. McKenzie and Mn and Mrs. Walter Moffatt. Mr. Russ Stanway visited a few days with his friend, John Moffatt. Miss Ina Scott and Ellen Mae Scott of London spent Christmas with their brothers, Ross and William Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. McCully and family, Mr. and Mrs. Iran Whiteman spent' Sunday with their father;, Mr. Jos. McCully. The many friends of Mr. T. B. Baird are glad to see him out again. Mr, and Mrs, Stanley Rum - ball and family of Toronto are spending the holiday with Mrs. Rumbell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. R. Murdoch, Mr. and Mrs. S. Neil, Ronald and Patsy of Glencoe spent Christmas with Mrs. Stackhouse and Mr. and Mrs. Mac Wilson. Mr. Douglas McBeath spent the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McBeath. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Fettis spent Christmas with friends at Markdale. Mr. and Mrs. Jas Paterson of London, visited with Mr. Pater - son's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Paterson. The many friends of Eldea Aubin are pleased to know she was able to come home from the hospital for Christmas and New Years. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Griffith, Danny and Berkey, Stratford, spent Christmas with Mrs. Grif- fith's sister, Mr. and Mrs. Gord' on Elliott. Miss Gaye Elliott and brother returned to Stratford with them for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hargraves spent Christmas with Mrs. Har- grares'' parents, at Ingersoll. A happy group of parents and children crowded the Brucefield United Church School Room on CROMARTY Mr. Wilson Allen, Sault St. Marie, is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allen and other rel- atives in this district. Mr. Tom 1VIcCallum, Toronto spent the Christmas weekenc] with Mr. and Mrs. Will Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Len Houghton, Frank and Leonard 'Gordon, Wingham, and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Houghton, London, vis- ited on Sunday with Piles, M. Houghton. We wish to extend our sym- pathy to the family of the late Mr. Frank Bruce, who passed away suddenly at his home on Friday. A ni o n g those who spent Christmas away were Mr, and Mrs. Ted Storey and children at Kincardine; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sorsdahl and fancily in London; 1vlr. and Mrs, Melvin Howe and girls in Mitchell; Mr, and Mrs, A.McLachlan and Mr: and Mrs. K. McKellar in Mitchell, Mr. acid "Mrs, Gordon Scott and family and Mrs. Thos. Scott with Mr. and Mrs, T. Colquhoun, Staff a. Mr. and Mrs. Calder McKaig with 14Ii•. and Mrs, Roy McCul- loch. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allen with Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Ross. Mrs. A. Robertson and Jim visited with Mr. and Mrs. Stew- art Robertson, Listowel, on Sun- day. Miss Olive Speare spent the Christmas weekend with friends in Mitchell. hIr. John Houghton, Jacque- line and John visited on Thurs- day with Mrs. M. Houghton. Mrs, Bruce Balfour, Sault St. Marie visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wi11 Hamilton. Christmas. gatherings were held at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Russell, Mr. and Mrs. John Wallace, Mr. and Mrs, Mr. Thos. Chuter of Hamilton visited with friends here over, the weekend holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bell, Pauline and Ani a spent Christ- mas with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bedard and Rickey at Centralia. Miss Jean Armstrong of Lon- don is spending the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Armstrong. Mrs. Sararas is spending sev- eral weeks with members of her family in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Corbett, Connie and Al spent Christmas with Mrs. Corbett's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Chapman in London. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brown, Billie and Carl spent Christmas weekend with Mrs. Brown's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Neeb in Tavistock. Mrs. Crerar and Allan visited with relatives at Listowel dur- ing the Christmas holiday. KIPPEN EAST Members of the Kippen East W. I. and their children enjoyed their Christmas meeting at the hone of Mrs. Russell Brock with Mrs. J. McLellan, president, in charge. $10 was donated to the Children's Aid Society. The roll call, my most precious Christ- mas gift in 1953. Mrs. Glenn Slavin reviewed current events. Several carols were sung and Mrs. R. Peck told a Christmas. story. Santa Claus distributed gifts to all and lunch was serv- ed by the hostess and her com- mittee. WALTON Miss Jean Mills, of Westmin- ster Hospital Staft, London, and Mr. Murray Mills, of 0.A.C., Guelph, spent the Christmas weekend with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Mills. Thee. Ryan Sr's daughter Clare, is spending Christmas holidays with him in Brussels. DUB-LiN Visitors with Mr, and Mrs. Joe Flanagan for Christmas were Mrs. L. J. Schmidt and Miss Monica Roach, Stratford; Miss Thursday evening. Mr. Norman Joan Flanagan, Waterloo; Mr. Vdalker, sulserintendent of the and Mrs. Keil Stoinbach and school was chairman. The child ISM. ren presented a fine program a1Mrs. Frank Ryan and family of Carols, skits, .and Dialogues. Rev. G. Burton will be bac]; to preach on Sunday, Jan. 2nd at 11. HENSALL Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Moir of Strathr oy visited over the holi- day wish 1,1r. and Mrs. James Clark and Mr. end Mrs. Geo. Moir. Miss Bernice Jiaks R.N. of London, spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Man- ley Jinks, Mrs. Edna Corbett of Exeter he holiday with Mr. and Mrs. yEd er tSchroede and fain, ily. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lee spent the weekend holiday with rela- tives at Owen Sound. Miss Phyllis Dougall of Lon- don is holidaying with her par- ents, ar ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Doug- all. for Mr. Robert in a Messrs Harold and Donald passing of Mrs, Eberhart, a deep Lindsay McKellar, Mm, and Mrs. Bell ofToronto theiro a parent Mr. and some of loss is felt in the hone T. L, Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Otto end with1 and in the community. Walker. Mrs, Wm. R. Bell. Dublin. MISS M. O'KEEFE Miss Mary Ann O'Keefe, 95 year old native of Hibbert Twp., [lied in St. Mary's hospital, Lon- don, Friday. Slie went to London. 35 years ago after living in Sea - forth many years. Requiem high mass was eels,. Mated in St. ,James Church, Sea - forth On Tuesday morning. Stanley Township Reeve: Reeve Alvin McBride, Harvey Coleman, Councillors: (Acclamation) Carl Houston, Harvey Taylor, Alvin Rau, Elmer Webster. ' Public School Trustees (acei'a- ration): Alex McBeath, Frank McGowan. Osborne Township Reeve: Reeve Verne Pin: combe (acclamation). Councillors (acclamation): ala- roldJeffery, Hugh Love, Harold: Helm, Clayton Smith, Public School Trustees (acelar mation): George 1"rayne, Norman Brock, Waiter Mollride. .