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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-08-27, Page 1Seaforth ews WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 81 SEAFORTFI, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1959 51.60 a Year AT CONSTANCE BAPTISMAL FONT DEDICATED AT W. M. So GOLDEN JUBILEE An impressive service was hel on Sunday at 2 o'clock In Cons Mance United Church when Special service of ,dedication an memorial wits solemnizecl. After the regular form of s Vice and special singing of th choir, the history of the WM' Was read by Mes, Ross Mg aoGre ' or, stating that fifty years ago Aug. 22, 1909, the WAIS was oi'g- anized. The officers when _flrst 'organizecl were President, Mrs. • William Britton;. vice •president, MTs. Robert Clarke; secretary, Airs, Snell;, treasurer, iters, Alex. McMichael. - Iu 1910 the present communion set was ,purchased by the WMS. Iu 1921 a Mission Circle was sponsored by the WAIS, the only membmemberof this •Circle still be- longing to this church being MTS. Davicl Wilson. In 1921 the 12th annivel'eaa'y of the Society washeld at the Mame of Mrs. Bert Stephenson. Ten yearn ago a reunion of the former members was held at the church wi'bh Miss Sybili Courtice as guest speaker. Now, .at the completion of 50' years of service, the occasion was commemorated by having as spe- cial speaker the son of the first president, Rev. C. Britton, of Nortliside United ,Church; •Sea- foa'th.` Presidents during the 50 Years were: :Mrs. Wm. Britton, Mrs. Robt, Rogerson, Mrs. John :Samdercock, -Mrs. Robt. Clarice, Mrs. Charles MacGregor, Mrs. Robs. Lawson, Mrs. Roy Lawson, Tlrs. Lindsay, Mrs. Britton, Mrs. E. Adams, Mrs. D. MLllson, Mas. Ross MacGregor and Mrs, Borden Brown. Mrs, Earl Lawson • read the names of departed members, Who were called .to Higher Service, numbering 33. Peters on the Communion table were placed there in' memory of the departed, aud'prayer was given by Rev. Mr. Fttuge. The unveiling of a baptismal font was performed by Mrs. Bor- den Brown as a gift in the name of the WMS of •Constance United Church and was received and dedicated to the glory and praise ,of God by Rev. Mr. Funge. Rev. C. Britton of Northiside United Church, former member of Constance Church, was guest speaker and reminded the con- gregation of memories :of the past fifty years and the changes ,ol today. Mission hymns were Sting throughout the service anti Rev. Mr, Britton gave the benediction. After the service the ladies of the WMS served a cup of tea to all present. Tea was' served in the basement from a beautifully covered table with a cut -. work table cloth and centered .with a three -tiered fruit' cake.. made by. Ma's. W. L. Whyte and distdne-. tively marked with a '50'' on top. Mrs. - Broadfoot •of Walton, and Mrs..Bert Stephenson poured tea, 'and 'Mrs. ;Charlotte Lindsay. of Seaforth cut the cake. AUXILIARY )TLEEPS: a The August meeting of the af- d ternoou auxiliary of First Pres- byterian Cllut'eli was held 'in the ea'- church 'Ball on Tuesday after- s n0Pi. The president, Ma's, 1. L, 5 Bell, opened the meeting with a - poem, and led 811 'devotions which , were based. on "Consecration." During the business period Mention was made' of the rally Of Huron Presbyterial whieh will -be held in Knox Church, Goder- ich, on September. 8, with Miss H. Herm'anson, Reg. N., 'an fur- lough -from Formosa, as guest speaker. A. letter of thanks was read for the donation, through the auxiliary, to the Presbyterian WM.S. Legacy Fund from the , Estate of the late T. Swan Smith in .memory of •Mrs. Smith. Four traveling libraries will be sent to India anal the rems,inc er used for the Nurses' Residence on :the ' Bhil field, Another letter from Mrs. Lilian Dickson brought thanks to 'the members for. used Christmas cards sent to be used in Isar work in Formosa.. Mrs, W. 17. Butt gave interest- ing highlights of her recent trip to Salt Lake City, 'Los Angeles and San Francisco. The film en- titled "Spotlight on Home Mis- aione," With comments by Miss Jessie Fraser, .brought to a -close a very Interesting meeting, Me ILLOP TV.M.S. eKil1op WMS of First Pres- byterian Church held their Aug- ust meeting at the -home of Mats. Arthur Single, Staffa, on Thurs- day afternoon with -a good atten- dance. The president, Alrs. FIel- ee. McMillan, presided and erten-, tdell a welcome to visitors and Friends. The Soriptm'e lesson was mead by Mrs. Edward Durance and Mrs. Robert E. 'McMillan 'led •in prayer. Another missionary letter was read by Mrs. Helen [McMillan on the work in Forme-' sa. Phe program was in charge of Mrs, R. E. McMillan and her group. A Bible quiz, conducted by Mrs, James F, Scott, proved very interesting. The topic, Spotlight on Homme Missions, was given by Mrs. James F. Scott, with the aid of lantern :slides and assisted by Tars. Arthur Nicholson and Airs. Francis Coleman, who gave readings. '_bliss Elizabeth Smale contributed two very lovely solos unaccompanied. ,The gs'.onp serv- eda deliotous lunch and a Pleas- ant social time was spent. ENGAGEMENT EMENT Mr. and Mss. Harold J. Cole- man o1 .Staffs wish to announce the engagement of their eldest slaughter,. Janet AIangaret, to Andrew Laverne Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold B. Scott, R.R. 1 Seaforth. The wedding to take place in the Presbyterian Church, Oromaaty, . on Saturday, "Sept. 19th, at 3 o'olock, i MRS. DANIEL O'CONNOR Mrs. Daniel O'Connor, widow Daniel illop Township, died Monday in- her Slat year. The •former Agnes Krauskopf, she was a daughter -of the late Joseph Krauskopf and Caroline Buckle of McKillop. Surviving are 'three sons, Joseph and Norman, both, of Toronto; and Sanies of Hibbert township; live daughters, Rose, Sister MaryDaniel, Kinkora; ,Caroline, Sitt- er Cancessa, Windsor; Maser, Mrs. Donald Miller. and Agnes, Mrs. James Conway, both of Flor- ida;; Veronica, Mrs. David Faulk- ner, Dundas; ,one brother, Leo, of London. The remains are resting at the Burke funeral home, Hibbert township; until 9 a,m, Thursday'morning when re- moval will be made to St. Colum ban. Church for requiem High Mass at 9;30 a.m. Burial will be In St. Columban cemetery. of D t 1 o'o CONSTANCEonnar of AtciC .:y Mr, Robert Woods el Ajax spent the week end -with Mr; and Mrs. Frank Riley and Mrs Woods and Debbie, who had spent a week's holiday. with her parents, returned ,home to Ajax Mr; and Airs. 0. Wiseman of Windsor, returned home on -'Tues- day after spendingholidays at the home of Mr. and •Mrs. Wan. Hyatt and family, - • • Tar. and Mrs. E. F. Warren and girls .01 London spent last week end with • stare ' latter's parents, fir. and Mrs. Bawl Lawson- and also attended the 50th - anniver- sery of the WMS at Sunday ser- vice at Constance United Church. Air. and Mrs. Andrew •Grimold- by •of Weston and Mr. and Mrs. Derwood Elliott, Hamilton, were Sunday visitors of Mr.:and Mrs. Robert Grimoidby. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs, Wilmer Glousher were Mr. and MTs. Austin Dexter, Blyth,' Mos. Thomas Adams, Londes- bore; Mr, anci Mrs. Nelson Mc- Clure :and Clayton of 'Seaforth, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Young- blut and girls of Woodstock. - ALr. and Mrs. Earl Lawson via- _ itecl with Me. and Mee. 'William Webster of St. Flelens en -Mon- day. IVIr. and Mrs. Frank Riley and Douglas and Ron Pres.zcator spent Sunday at Niagara Falls. Miss Yvonne Gould of Ithaca, Michigan, -and Miss Sharon Me- Istosh, of St. Louis, Michigan, are 411 .club girls touring this :district and N.anbhern Ontario on 411 Club work. While here they snot several of the 4FI Club girls at the home of Mas. W. L. Whyte. While visiting here they were guests at the homes of Mi•. and Mrs. Harvey Taylor and Mr. and Airs. Rose lolacGr'egor. respeotive- 1,' •}lass Janet MacGregor left on Wednesday to attend Alma, Col- lege of the WMS of the United Church of Canada Londo-s Con- ference Branch under the school for leafless of younger groups. KIPPEN Iver. Nelson Hood received word on Monday of a brother -in -1w Mr. Perkins of London, who suf- fered a heart • attack. He was ta- ken to a London ihoepita-1 and placed in -ass oxygen tent. EGMONDVILLE Recent visitors witli Mrs. J. S. Watson were members' of her family: Miss Jean Watson, Reg,_ N., Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Clark and family, Muirkiric, Mrs, Don Andrews, Clinton, and Mrs. W. I], Haney. , Mr. and Mrs, Russell Erratt of Stanley spent Sunday with the latter's'mothei•, Mrs; D, Stephen- son. Mrs. Hamilton of-Aubern,visit- ed •'with her sister Mrs. A. C. Routledge and Mr, Routledge. Mrs. E. J. Weber •is' attending the Canadian -National :exhibition at Toronto. Mr. and 11110. Bert Hemingway from Brussels visited witis. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weiland. 40th Anniversary Of Hibbert Couple Mr, and Ma's. Leslie Butson were honored at a, dinner at the hone of Mr,- and Mrs, Jack But- son on the occasion Of their far- tieth wedding -anniversary. !l'heY were married at tho home 'of the bride's parents, the late Mr. and 12r0. J. McDonald, of Stratford, on Aug. ti, 1919, Since their marriage they (lave resided on their: farm west• of Staffs,. They have one son Jack auci a grenci- dattglhter, Rae, who • Bresented them with -a 1050 001•sege and boutonniere, They also received Many carobs and gifts. Fire Damage $ 1,000 At Separate School Damage estimated at $1,000 was done. by fire to the Seafoi•tb Separate School building about 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, The blaze originated in the north weet'cor'ner of the 111ait1 floor near the stairs and was quir. Y mit out by the fire brigade before spread to stile• parts of the building, :Faint was scorched on the ceiling of the hallway - and there was smoke damage up- stairs. The -alarm was tamed in by a neighbor,. Mr. Gar Baker. ]1bse Chief John F. Scott said there was evidence, of spontan- eous combustion in an oily aag. Persons had been in the school half an hour before and everything appeared in good' or- der at that time. The building has seared as a Parish hall asset Separate School for upwards of fifty ,-ears. Early this year plans were discussed for expanding the school or er- ecting a larges' building o11 a new site, Farewell Gift To Mrs. F. Huisser A very pleasant evening on Thursday, Aug, 20, was 'spent at the 'home of Tars, J. A. Westcott when friends and' neighbors on High street galthered to bid fare- well to Mr's. Francis Huieser who is moving to Whitby. An address was read and an electric fry pan was presented to Airs. Huleser, after which a very nice lunch was served. - KIPPEN Master Billy Consist le visiting his grandparents, Mr. and -Mrs. Wm. Shepherd, Hensall. Mr. and Mrs. A. Keene of Strat- ford were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Easton Dowson. M. and Airs. Eddie Taylor of Stratford visited -Mrs. Alice Dins- -dale and Miss M. Whiteman on Saturday. Mr. A. 11, Doig of St. Peters- burg, Florida, is the guest of Mrs. Harry Caldwell, Jack and other relatives. Tor. and Mrs. E. Dowson, ac- companies by Mr. Robert Thom- son were at Grand Bend Sunday afternoon iliait ng Mas. er.yetal Anderson and Mrs. Wm. Winder. Miss Joyce Hood is enjoying a two weeks' vacation at Port Stanley and London. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mr's. Norman Dickert included Mr. and Mrs..' Edgar Wahl of- Listo- wel, -Mr, and Mrs. E. Dickert of Oliiforcl. Guests of -lir. and Mrs. Lloyd Lovell on Sunday were iir. and Mrs, Harland Elliott, of Kent Bridge, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lee- son and son `Dale of Florence and Miss Gloria Tong -of Detroit. Mr. and 3Mrs. Alex. Kerr, Lin- da and Larry of Monetville, in Nonthern Ontario, are spending a week with the former's par- ents, Mr. and firs. Wm. Kerr and family of . Klippen. - Mrs. Alberta Wyant, London, and Mrs. W. Gibson of Wroxeter, visited a few days last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W L. Meths. •Mr, E. S. Roberts was in Tor- -auto all last week. Mr. and Mrs. Allan ' Johnson, Donald and Eileen, attended the 85th birthday ,dinner of -Piss, J. B. McLean at Exeter recently. Guests were present from Ham- ilton, Toronto, Loudon, Owen Sound, Kippen, Seaforth, Remelt and Exeter, ' Mr. - and Mr's, Harlton Rawl - Inge of C'aughnawaga, Quebec, spent last week with firs. E. J. Roberts and family. Other visit- -ors ,included Mr. and Mrs; Wil - ham Eesery of Centralia, Mrs. K. Roberts and Mr. Norman Hobbs of London. Ham'y Johnson returned to his home in London after visiting with his cousin, Gerald Johnson for two weeks. Gerald accompan- ied ,him to London' for a vaca- tion. Miss Eileen McLean of Landors spent the week end .at her home. WINTHROP The WKS and WA of Cavan, Winthrop, will meet on Wed., Sept. 2. The roll call is to be a verse on faith. Circle 1 to look after the lunolt. Circle 2 the program. Would the ladies please .bring their mite boxes to this meeting. - Ransack School In 'Tucker smith Another cafe of Vandalises was reported to pollee this week when, it was . discovered that Sproat's school, S.S. No, 5, Tuck-. ersmith, had been entered and artioies thrown around. Discoveryof thi break -i wee e n e a nsasle on Sunday afternoon by Harvey anal Hazel Greer, age 13 and 10, on and daughter of Air. and ,Airs. .Orville Greer. The school lie located on the cornea' of the Greer farm. The round pane of glass in the front door had been broken and the door un- locked by reaching $aside and turning the spring lock. School supplies had .been scattered a- round, paint brushes, paints and mucilage thrown on the floor,. but no furniture was damaged, Provincial Constable Helmer Snell -of (o'del'ich was immediate- ly notified and the break-in was investigated, The Greer family had heard no disturbance at any Ulna. The Gi'eere are caretakers of the school. Teacher' last year was Mrs. William Dolmage who will also teach for •the coming year. This is not the first time this school has been broken into. OR/2 - ROE Pink gladioli, white chrysanth- emums, fern and white 'candela- bra decorated Burne' United Church, Hallett township, Satur- day, August 22nd at 2.30 p.m for the marriage of Lois Jean, dau- ghter of Mr. and Mrs, Wesley H. Roe, Blyth, to William Richard Bennett oa'r, son of Tir, and Mrs. Richard G. Orr, -Milverton. Rev. J. T. White, assisted by Rev. H. A. Funge, officiated, Misses Di- anne and Joyce Roe, sisters of elle bride, gowned' in white dot- ted nylons over pink taffeta with butterfly bows in the back and i wearing matching butterfly bow, hats, lit the candles. Mrs. Glen! Underwood, Gerrie, organist, i played traditional wedding mus -I is and accompanied the soloist, Mrs. William Heibein, London, sister of the bridegroom, who sang "These Lovely Things" and "0 Perfect Love." Given in. mar- riage by her father, the bride. wore a white full-length gown of nylon organdy styled with short shirred sleeves, zebrine -neckline,- bouffant skirt trimmed with bows, and a bustle effect of aqua silks organza flowing to a chapel train. Her fingertip veil of silk illusion was held by a pillbox. headdress trimmed with aqua and -she ee.rr.ied a white Bible topped with -a white orchid and streamers. She wore a single strand of pearls, the gift of the bridegroom. Miss Mary. Lou Roe, Blyth, sister of the bride, was maid of honor, wearing a cock tai•1-length gown of aqua. pure silk organza styled with sabrina neckline,- short sleeves, rolled hemline, matching taffeta insert, and butterfly bow in the back. She wore a matching picture hat and carried a bouquet -of pink roses, and white ohnysanthe-. mums with pint: net. Sha wore matching pearlettes, gift of the bride. Miss Lois Ann Somer- ville, Walton, was bridesmaid, wearing a costume similar to that -of the maid of honor and carrying similar flowers. Carol Anne Wallace, cousin of the bride, was flower girl wearing an aqua gown styled with Peter Pan collar and bustle effect and naming pink roses and white carnations, Jack Miller, AMilver- ton, was best man and ushering were Douglas Wallace, Seaforth, and Henry- L, Orr, Guelph. Lon- desboro United Church was the scene of the wedding dinner. As- sistants were Miss Rose Simon, Walton; Miss Janet McGregor, and Miss Betty Goudie, Seaforth, and Miss Beth .liclRwlng, Blyth. For a honeymoon 4n Eastern On- tario, the bride chose an import- ed Italian cotton dress with green accessories and white or- chid corsage. On their return the couple will reside in •2lilveeton. Guests attended the wedding from Seaforth, Milverton, Kitch- ener, :Preston, Hamilton, London, Gorrie, Guelph anci Walton. ENOAGrEti:IDNT Mr. and •.l'ie's. Best iVtiddeg'aal of Blyth wish o announce the engagement of their daughter, Hermdna Josephine to Henrieus Joseph Vass Moorsel, son of lir. and Mss. Sohn Van Moorsel, Mitchell. 'rile wedding will take ,place at St. :Michael's Church, BLyth, on ;Sept. 12, at 10 a.m. ESCAPES SERIOUS DAMAGE Quick work by Seaforth firemen at Seaforth Separate School put out a serious blase on Wednesday morning, Finds Another Dublin In Ontario Dilbiln, Ontario, is not the 0111y Dublin, as most people know, but tete namesake town of the 3,000 - year -old capital of Ireland, What- ee clid not know until recently is the Dublin at t D li 1r n at the three- way u 'ul bo r of i a Y Hibbert, ,oanLg and McKillop townships is not the only Dublin in Ontario, says Stafford Johnston in the Strat- ford Beacon -Herald. Our source of new knowledge 'is Jos Looby of Dublin. The Loa-. bys of Dublin are restless men, who go around the province with bulldozers and scrapers, tearing up the landscape to make new roads, and pushing severe 'side- ways to ram in new Channels. Jae Looby was up along the north. shore of Lake Superior, ripping the scenery apart to make a section of the Trans- Canada Highway, when he saw a truck with its owner's name painted ou the side, and the ad- dress "Dublin, Ontario." There was something queer about this, Joe Looby thought to himself, In. ,the Dublin of the Queen's bush there are about 300 people, and if Joe Looby doesn't know Mime,. one of them by face and name, he certainly knows every one who owns a truck. He didn't know this truck, and he didn't recognize the nsan, and quite naturally, he spoke to the truck driver, and said, "Who are You ?" There is, he learned, a small settlement called Dublin up north of Lake Superior. It's too small to be a post office, and too small to be on the map;. but it's not too small to have a truck and a truck driver. 0 At least two people have bob bed up with what appears to be the right answer to .the puzzle of the mystery stone on Tons Si moneeu'e farm near Dubbin Which one thought of tt first we cannot tell, but the drat to be heard from was William -2IeNau ghtou of Fanshawe, and the se- cond was David Kemp of Staffa. William -A'InNaughton is the engineer for .the Upper Thames Conservation Authority, and is therefore something of an expert en the map features of all .the countryside, in these Queen's Bulls counties, that drains to the Thames. He realized at once that the lettering out on the stone which was .dug up ou Tom Sim- onsen's farm was related to the location of the farm. The Simon- sen property is the north half of Int 20 in. the third concession of Ribbert; one side of the stone was inscribed CIII, for Conces- 5ion_Three, and another side was inscribed NOXG, for No. 20. • David Kemp arrived ' indepen- dently at the sante opinion about the meaning of the 0111 and the NOXX marking. The Kemp the ory and the 1'IcNaughban theory differ from each other about the markings on the other two sides of the squared stone. On each of two faces of the stone is the single letter "R". Ma'. Kemp sug- gests that the two 'R's might stand for Rttral Route. Mr. Aic- Naugliton thinks they were in- tended to stand for Road, and to mark the earner of a corner farm, where road allowances were to he ,lett in the original staking -out of 100 -acre lots. - We still wonder whether, in the case of the Simonsen find, the letter 'R' may have been placed there by someone named Ryan or Roach, Families by that name •owned parts of lot 20, con. 3, Hibbert before the turn ofthe century; we have been half ex- pecting some modern Ryan or Roach .to turn up, and say- that his grandfather . carved that stone. (Editer's mote: To add one more guess,' 11 the name of I hoe land surveyor who made the survey were known, it might be found to start ivrth the letter 'R'. On a recent trip in Northern Ontario we got a thrill out of; finding the initials on a survey-� or's wooden stake, that ;had been - carved more than 40 years earl-. ler by a surveyor who had been a neighbor in boyhood days). The Upper Thames Conserva- tion Authority Inas asked the SI- rnonsen family if .it would consi- der donating the "mystery stone" to .the Pioneer Village at Fanshawe, as an authentic ex- ample of the way the surveyors marked out the wilderness, be- fore the first settlers arrived to carve tate first clearings from .the forest, - CROMARTY Mrs. Powell and slaughter Mar- garet of Renfrew and .Airs. ,Janet Harris and Mrs, W. Sillery of Exeter, called on Mr. and .Mrs. W. Hamilton - and other friends on Tuesday. ,firs. W. II-arper, Miss Wilma Harper, Mrs G. Carey, accomp- anied by Mrs. Lloyd Ballantyne of Thames Road ere away .on a motor trip to the eastern pr'ov inces. ;Virs. Ken TTogg and son Robert of Tlrorndale, Mrs. Alan Somers and sons, Pan•1 and David of St. Marys, visited on Friday With Mrs. K, loheliellar, Mrs, Ruby Rotttley, Who had been visiting with relatives, rettu'ned to St. YLarys with them, Mr, C. M. Wilson of Detroit vi- sited during the weep end with :Via, and .Airs, T. L, Scott. He wee accompanied by his mother, lire. Jennie Wilson of Toronto who is 1 ,spending some time with her sistor•in4a,w, -Tire, It Moore and 1,1,11,,,1„1111111,111,1111 Authorized as Second Mese mail Poet O)1'Ice Dept., Ottawa. $nowdan Brae,,. Pubtlsheru ,111111 I I ,1,11,1,1,1,1111,11111,111111 III ti11,111,111111111111,1111111111,11111111,1,11,1„,. New Fall Jewellery Now On Display A gala selection of Coro Necklets, Earrings, Brooches, Bracelets, etc. at $1.00 Also higher priced Coro jewellery alt eileo and up Smart High School Jewellery Medallions with Seaforth. District High School Crest in gold or silver color at $2,95 Girls Sterling Rings with S,D,FI.S. Crest ..,.., $3.50 Boys Sterling Rings with S.D,H.S, Crest $5.50 SAVAUGL9S JEWELLERY - GIFTS - FINE CHINA, Seaforth 11"11 I1111u11"1111111111"11111111111,11111111”111111111"11111"uaml11"111111u"1111111"1111m111"1111",11"11uu111111 0, her niece, Mrs, T. L. Scott. MTs. Latish -1a Piper of Califor- nia is visiting among her many relatives here. The Laing families, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Scott and family, Mr. and -Mrs. Eldon Allen anci family, Airs. 17. Moore and Mrs. J. Wil- son and Mr, and Mrs. T. Gilles- pie and family .of Komolta, met at ' Springbank park on Sunday and enjoyed a picnic supper to- gether. AIr, and Mrs. Ed. Beckley from La Crosse, Indiana, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Beckley and son Harry, of Zurieh, - visited ou Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Don- ald Scott. We extend our sympathy to. the family of the late Mrs. Harry :orris whose death accuia'ed in Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaf- orth, on Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. George Wallace spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wallace of Carlingford. The funeral of the late Mrs, Harry Norris was held on Friday afternoon at the Whitney funeral home, Seaforth, conducted by the Rev. C. D. Henderson and burial was in Staffa cemetery. The pall- bearers were her four sons, Ray, of Humber Crest; Hugh, Crone arty; John, Ailsa Craig, Robert, Cromarty, and two grandsons, Harry Jacobi and John Jacobi, of Kippers. Six grandsons were flow- erbearers, John Norris and Har- ry Norris, Cromarby; Bryce Ja- cobi, Kippen; Scott MacDougaid, Stratford; Bobby Storey, Sea - forth, and Donald Norris, Ailsa Craig. Among those from a dis- tance who attended the funeral were Mfrs. Win Piper, of Fresno, Calif Mr., Roy Butson and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Findlater, of Ila.niilton; Mr, and TMrs. Jack Wright, Sarnia; Mrs. Ethel Cur- ate, of Winnipeg. WALTON - Mrs. Andrew Coutts was lost ess for the lieKdlhop Group meet ing..on Friday evening with Mrs Nelson Reid 'presiding. The opening hymn 358 "Jesus calls us .o'er the tumult" was sung with Mrs. Alerton. Hackwell at the piano. Mrs. Reid read the scripture and led in prayer after which hymn 577 "Come ye thankful people, come" was sung. Reports were heard and bus- iness conduoted. Plans were die - cussed for the variety auction to be held by the WA en Sept, 4th at 7.30 p.ni. The topic, entitled, "Signal Hill" was given by Mrs. Thos. Hachwell. The meeting closed with isymn 390 "Work for the night is coming" and prayer. A delicious lunch was served. The Walton Group met at tise home of Mrs. W. C. Backwell for •their August meeting -on Wed- nesday, Anng. 19, with twenty- two members attending. • The president, :Vers. Jim Clark, -opened the meeting with hymn 490 "I am Tisine, 0 Lord," with Mrs. Doug. Ennis at the plan.. Mrs, Ron. Bennett read the scripture lesson from Psalm 52. Comments an the message were given by the leader. Mrs. Art McCall :offered prayer. A hoer "Monkeys Disgrace" was read by Mrs. Clark. Mrs. Harvey Brown chose as her topic "We are aur brother's keeper" stressing that our society can be judged by. our attitude to those of lesser ripper trinities. Jesus Said " It is not the will of the Father that one of these shall perish." Mrs, H, Travis called the roll which was answered with a "I-larvest Hymn" and gave the minutes of the previous meeting. The treasurer's. report was giv- en by 'Vire, le, Bennett. The group has purchased a chair for the desk 1n the ,school -room whieh was purchased recently. The meeting closed with hymn 502, "Day is dying lis the West" awl. prayer. Plans were completed for the variety auction to be held bit the shed opposite the church. on Sept. 4. Lunch was served by. tine host- ess, Mss. W, C. Hackwel-, Mrs, Jack Gordon and Mss. Walter Broadfoot. The Hall Board sponsored a Variety Concert on Friday even- ing last in the Community Hall. A draw was held at 12 o'clock which resulted as follows. Steam. iron, Jack McDonald, Brussels; bathroom scales, Alvin Stimore; travelling clock, Barbara Brya-ns. Music for the dance was supplied by the :Clinton Hilltoppers. Miss Shirley Bosnian was guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower held in the church par- lor -on Monday evening. Mrs. E. McCreath was in charge of the program which consisted of pi- ano solo, Aileen Williamson; vo- cal 'solo, Linda Bryans; comic number, Mrs. Joe Ryan. Contests were conducted by Mrs. Merton 1-Iackwel•-1 and Mrs. McCreath. The bride -elect was escorted to the place of honor by Miss Anne Achilles; her mother, Mrs, J. Bosman, by Marion Turnbull, and the groom-to-be's mother, Mrs. P. Desch by .Teau Walters. The address was read by Donna Smith and gifts were presented by the CGIT 'girls, after which Shirley' thanked .the ladies for the many lovely and useful gifts. Lunch was served by the McKii- lop ladies •and CGIT gu'le. Mr. and Mrs. George Kirkby of Bsuwaeh aro• spending a few weeks with Me. Chas. Murray and other relatives. Mr. and Airs. Glen Fraser and • family of ,Stratford visited with Mr. M. Fraser on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dundas have returned home after spending two weeks with relatives in Man- itoba. Miss Catharine Buchanan has returned home after spending the summer months in Grand. Bend. HENSALL airs. Stewart Bell, Pauline and Troy Ann returned home after a pleasant holiday at Tnrnbull's grove. COLLISION - Henderson's pick-up truck, driv- en by Gerrit Grootlruis, Coleman st„ Seaforth, was in collision with a 1959 Pontiac driven by Lloyd Thompson, Brucetieltl r.r. 1, on Monday about 0 p.ns, near the Logsdon hatchery, The truck was making a left hand turn. Both vehicles were badly da- maged, but no one was injured. Local police investigated. Garter Snake Visits On Main Street At one time and another a variety of four -legged visitors have wandered in the open floor at the .Seaforth News during the summer time, mostly dogs and an occasional cat. The only one that wo recall not going right out: again was a badly frightened pup in a thunder storm. 011 Tuesday afternoon itwas something different, an 18 -inch garter snake. Main street was quiet. Quiet and blazing bot. This fellow must have found slithering up the side- walk too waren fol' comfort, and next moment he was inside the door. When members of the staff ga- thered around he raised his head anci hissed. Then he remained so still it seemed as if he were dead. An attempt to get close scared him out of sight under the door, From there be got antler (nylons in the extra stoat room, . The boxies had to be all moved to uncover the scaly reptile, who by this time had lost all wish to offer battle and was coiled tip as tightly as possible, trying to hide. FInally he WES picked up and carried outdoors to a. shady spot on a stick. The numerous reports about rattlesnakes in various. harts of the province cause people to be rather cautious about. dealing. with a snake, even whenone has every reason to believe it is harmless. a; 111 5 i