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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-04-27, Page 1WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 82 eafort Seaforth, Ontario, Thursday,April 27, 1961 J. E. Hugills„ WALTON KiPPEN EAST W. I.—The newly elected officers of Kippen East Worn- n's Institute are pictured following their annual meeting last Wednes- day evening at the home of Mrs. Cecil Pullman. Above, from left: Front, Mrs. James Drummond, President; -Mrs. Ernest Whitehouse, Treasur- er. Second row, Mrs. Rena Caldwell, second Vice President; Mrs. Ste- wart Pepper, Secretary; Mrs. Wm. Bell, first Vice President; Mrs. Arth- ur Finlayson, third Vice President GROUP LEADERS— Group Leaders of Kippen East W. I., from left, front, Mrs. Verne Alderdice, Mrs. Robert Gemmell; second 'row, Mrs. William Kyle, Mrs. Ken MacKay, and Mrs. John Sinclair, District Director. Clinton Man Heads `Legion Zone Douglas Andrews, Clinton, was elected commander of Zone 1, Royal Canadian Legion, at the annual zone rally at Goderich on Sunday. He succeeds Harvey Paff, Other officers: Deputy zone. commander, Eric Johnstone, God- erich; treasurer, Harold Turner, Goderich; secretary, Wm. Cham, bars, Clinton; committee chair- men, membership, Cyril Robin- son, Wingham; public relations, Clarence MacDonald, Goderich; sports, Donald Havens, Hensall; poppy day, Lloyd Reynolds, Ex- eter; public speaking, Douglas '. �.horndike, Clinton. More than 160 Legionnaires turned out for the rally, which ,opened with a parade to Court House Park where wreaths were placed at the Cenotaph by.1VIr.. Paif, and Frank Reid, president of Branch 109, Goderich. During the -parade, led by pipe bands from Goderich branch and Exeter branch, No. 167, the sal- ute was taken by Group ,Capt,. J. G. Mathieson, officer command- ing RCAF Station Clinton, and;, Rev, K. E. Taylor, of St. George's Anglican Church, Goderich, padre of Branch 109. PRESBYTERIAN W. M. S. The WMS of the First Presby- terian Church held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday. Miss Fraser opened with a short reading and a hymn. Miss Camp- ' —Tell led in responsive reading of Psalm 33. Mrs. W. J. Thompson gave the prayer followed by a reading. A hymn was Sung. The minutes of the February and the March meetings were read by Mrs. J. B. Russell. Roll call was answered by 17 ladies. Offering was received by Mrs. McGregor and dedicated by Miss Fraser., Mrs. J. W. Thompson was spe- cial speaker, Her subject was, The Dramatic story of Newfound- land's Best' Loved Christian , Sol- dier, Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, Hymn was sung and Miss Fraser closed, the Meeting with ,prayer,. CROP REPORT Continuous cool' wet weather has curtailed seeding operations and it will be a .few days before the fanners can get back on: the land, Growth of pastures and fall wheat is slow although they are greening up. considerably. The re- cent rains will have helped gen- eral moisture conditions; J. C. McTaggart Is Summer Assistant It has been announced by Mr. K. E. Lantz, Director of Exten- sion for the Province of Ontario, that Mr. John C. McTaggart of Aurora, has been appointed as Summer Assistant Agricultural Representative in the County of Huron. Mr. McTaggart has completed his third year at the Ontario Ag- ricultural College and will com- mence his duties in Huron on May 1st. Mr. McTaggart has been raised on a livestock farm in York Coun- ty where Aberdeen Angus have reigned supreme. John's father is a graduate of the O.A.C. and is well known in livestock circles throughout the Province of On- tario and is usually found in at- tendance at all events connected with Aberdeen Angus, John has had a wide experience in 4-H activities in York County and has been a contender for the Queen's Guineas at the Royal Winter Fair on several occasions. He has re- presented York County in the. inter -county competitions at Guelph. He was champion beef showman at the College Royal at the Agricultural College in 1960 and reserve dairy showman in 1961. Mr. McTaggart will be associat- ed with Mr. D. G. Grieve in parry- ing out the 4-H and Junior Farm- er program during the summer. EGMONDVILLE Miss Jean Watson R. N, of Tor- onto was a weekend visitor with her mother Mrs. J S. Watson. We are pleased to see that Mr. Stanley Gray, who has been a pa- tient in `Scott Memorial Hospital, is able to return to .his home. Mr. G. H. Vardy, who has been visiting with. his eon, Rev, 3, H. and Mrs, Verdi at the manse, has returned -to his home at Corner Brook, Newfoundland. The Misses Betty and Faye Blue are spending a few days at Palrnerston"'With their sister, Mrs. Lester Nicolle and Mr, Nicolle. Mr, and Mrs, Grant Houston and family of Ayton were recent vititors with Mr. and Wire. And- rew Houston. and Miss Frances ftouston. William T. Laing Gets Education Post William T. Laing of Wallace - burg, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Laing of. Seaforth and a graduate of Seaforth Collegiate, has been appointed Assistant' Su perintendent of Secondary Edu- cation, with headquarters at Lon- don, according to announcement this week. Mr. Laing has been a district high school inspector at Wallace burg for the past ten years. The post is a new one, supervis- ing additional departmental in- spectors, specialists in various subjects, who will work out of London, to give assistance to lo- cal teaching staffs. It is explained that an inspect- or's function is becoming more and more in the nature of advice and help rather than the old idea of criticizing a teacher's work and will be particularly valuable to new teachers. Mark Golden Anniversary On Sunday 53 members of the Hugill family gathered at the home of Mr. and 'Mrs, Jonathan E. Hugill, Highway No. 8, in hon- or of Mr, and Mrs. Hugill's gold- en wedding'anniverasry, A buffet turkey supper Was served, with their four daughters as waitresses. The house was decorated with : daffodils and tul- ips. The flowers were. the gift of the grandchildren and Mr. and Mrs. Hugill were presented with a lazy -boy chair by their family, Mrs. Hugill has not been en- joying the best of health but was able to be up and around for the occasion. Besides their six sons and four daughters, there were also present for the occasion their 25 grandchildrenand two great grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Hugill-were mar- ried in Clinton Methodist Church on April 26, 1911, by Rev. 3. E. Ford, and have since resided on the homestead farm which is ov- er 120 years old. Mrs. Hugill is the former Gertrude Crich, the daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs. Lewis Crich. Their family are Clarence and Elmer Hugill, Clinton; Harold Hugill, Seaforth RR 2; Wesley Hugill, Zurich; Arnold and Clif- ford Hugill, Goderich; Pearl, Mrs. F. Cummings, Clinton; Ver- na, Mrs, Arnold Ratlrwell, Kitch- ener; Mary, Mrs. Gordon Horner, Kitchener; Miss Iona, at home. The great grandchildren are Andrea Daer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Deer, Goderich; and Debbie Hugill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Hugill, Kitchen- er. Gordon E. Dick Died on Tuesday Gordon Earl Dick was ' found, dead in his grocery store on Tues- day morning. Mr. Dick's body was found about 8 o'clock by Art Powell while delivering milk to the store,, Police Chief Elmer Hutchison and Dr. John Gorwill were called. Dr. Gorwill called in Dr. F. G. Thompson of Clinton, coroner, who said that no inquest would be held. Born in Seaforth, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Dick, Gordon was in ` his 60th He received his education NORTHSIDE W.M.S. The April meeting of the WMS of Northside United Church was held in the church school Tues- day evening, April 25th with 31 ladies and two visitors .present.: Mrs. Britton, 2nd vice-president opened meeting with a suitable poem. The hymn "Hark my soul It is the Lord" was sung and Mrs. Britton led in prayer. Miss Gladys Thompson, 1st vice president conducted the meeting. She read a poem entitled, "A Good Recipe". The minutes of the previdhs meeting were read and adopted and reports given. Mrs. Workman read the scripture from St. John 21: 16.19. The offering was received and dedicated. The hymn "Christ for the World" was sung followed by prayer by Mrs. R. Savauge. The program consisted of re- ports from the delegates who at- tended the 36th annual meeting of the Huron Presbyterial WMS held in Wingham April 6th. The report of the morning session was given by Mrs. W. Ball, and the afternoon session by Mrs. J. Scott. During the afternoon there were departmental'conferences attended by our ladies, These were reported on by the follow- ing: Presidents' Conference by Mrs. H. Connell, Secretaries' by Mrs. N. Knight, Treasurer's and Christian Stewardship by Mrs. Workman, Missions by Mrs. R. Savauge, Literature by Mrs. J. Scott, Christian Education Coun- cil, by Mrs. W. Ball, Supply by Mrs. C. Walden. They were • all very splendid reports and greatly appreciated, During the evening we were favored by a lovely piano solo by Miss Nancy Berger. The meeting closed by singing hymn "0 Spirit of The Living God", and prayer by Mrs. Close. MRS. NEWMAN GARRETT Mrs. Newman Garett died in a nursing home at Seaforth on Wednesday, April 26th in her 75th year. Born in Hallett tWp•, daughter of the late William Vodden and Timeline Modeland, She was married to Mr. Garrett in 1914. They farmed in Hallett for over 26 years. For two years they lived in London and then in Tuckersmith until moving to Egmondville in 1968. Surviving besides her husband are two daughters and two eons, Irene, Mrs. Warren Whitmore, and Ir- ma, Mrs. Alden Crich,. Tucker - smith; Wilbert of Clinton and Frank of Chesley. Also two sist- ers and four brothers, Grace, Mrs, Herman Crich, Clinton; Mary, Mrs. William Daer, Goder- ich; Bert Vodden, Clinton; Wes- ley, John and Charles Vodden, of Londesboro, Resting at the Box funeral home, High Street,' Seaforth, for WINTHROP service in the chapel on Satur- day, April 29th at 2 p.m, Rev. 3. The Helping Hand Mission II, Vardy of Egmondville United Band will meet on Saturday, Apr, Churoh will officiate, Burial Will 29th at 2 p.m, be in Clinton cemetery. year. in Seaforth Schools, and for a number of years was a member of the staff of local banks. He had conducted a grocery store on South Main Street for about 21 years, since July 1940. The late Mr. Dick took a keen interest in hunting and fishing, was an ex- pert tennis player and curler for many years Surviving are his wife, the for- mer Emily Downey, and one daughter, Suzanne, at home, and one brother, Joseph, of Phoenix, Arizona. Two brothers predeceas- ed him, A. W. and Thomas. The funeral service will be held on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Box funeral home, High Street. Rev. C. E. Sullivan will officiate, Bur- ial will be in Maitlan,dbank cem- etery. The pallbearers will be John Flannery, Willis Dundas, Elmer Stephenson, William Ball, John Crier, Enos •Boshart, Tomas Telfer McDonald Th orrlaTeller sMcDonald, 70, Muirland district farmer died re- cently after a brief illness, Funeral service conducted by the Rev, 13. Summers was held in Muirland United Church and burial made in a Saskatoon cem- etery with Clements Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr, McDonald was born at Brussels' and came west to Muir - land district near Zealandia with his father in 1907, In 1917 he married Miss Bethesda J'reethy and with the exception of from 1937 to 1942 when they lived at Sovereign have resided on the farm in the Muirland district. Mr. McDonald was active in church and community affairs. He was a member of Muirland Unit- ed Church which he helped to organize and was an,elder at the time of his deatif. He also served on the Marriott Council and on the Dolly Bre Schoolboard, Mr. McDonald is survived by his wid- ow, three daughters, Beatrice, Mrs. Sinclair Milden, and Doro- thy, Mrs. R. Linklater, both of Sovereign, two brothers, John and James, Brussels, and one sister, Mrs. Grace McCuaig, of Seaforth, Ont, Walton Group 27 ladies of the Walton group met at Mrs. Walter Bewley's home Wednesday evening Apr. 19 for their monthly meeting with assistant leader Mrs, Emerson Mitchell presiding. Hymn 681 "Unto the hills around do I lift up" and 471 "Art Thou Weary, heavy laden" were used. Mrs. Earl Watson read the scripture from (John's message to the churches) Revala, 3: 1. Mrs. E. Mitchell gave comments on this scripture. Mrs. D. Ennis led in prayer. Mrs. Jim Clark's topic was from the story of Fred Slo- man's school in a railway coach, The secretary, Mrs. Herb Travis gave a report of the March meet- ing and read thankyou notes. The topic for the May meeting is in charge of Mrs, Geo, Hibbert, The roll call was answered with an Easter verse. The WMS and W.A. reports were given, The vice president thanked the ladies for making the March bazaar a suc- cess and told of the W.A. Presby- tery annual at Winthrop, May 3 when Mrs, Joiner, vice president of conference will be the speaker, she also reminded members of the Church's Capital Fund dona- tion for year ending April 30 to be in by that date, also of the bale to be packed first week in May, Articles for this are to be left at the church prior to that date Usable material cut with KIPPEN EAST The annual meeting of Kippen East W. I. was held on April 19 at the home of Mrs. Cecil Pull - pinking shears from worn garm- ents are acceptable, these to be accompanied by sewing cotton, also good used clothing or any new material. Mrs. P. McDonald and Mrs. W. Broadfoot are to buy 10 yds. flan- nelette, also' spools and needles for bale. The proceeds of the ba- zaar are to be given to the W. A. treasurer, a small balance to be retained. Several articles left over from the bazaar were sold at this meeting. A butterfly quilt is still to be sold. Mrs. Doug Ennis conducted a Bible Study and the meeting closed with the Benediction. A lunch was served by Mrs. W. Bewley, Mrs. H. Travis, and Mrs. A. Searle. McKillop Group The April meeting of the Mc- Killop Group -was held at the home of Mrs. Gordon McGavin on Wednesday evening April 19 with 12 members and one visitor pre- sent. Mrs. Jack Bosnian presided opening with hymn 112 ".Rejoice the Lord is King" with Mrs. C. Wey as pianist. Prayer was offer - man, when reports were given ed by Mrs. M. Hackwell. Psalm and the following officers were 1145 was the scripture passage read by Mrs. David Watson. Mrs. elected: I Stewart McCall chose as her topic Pres., Mrs, James Drummond; "Obedience of the Cross, not as I 1st Vice, Mrs. W. Bell; 2nd Vice, will, but as Thou wilt", Mrs. N. Mrs. Rena Caldwell; 3rd Vice, Schade gave a review of the book Mrs. Arthur Finlayson; Sec., of Mark and conducted a quiz, Mrs. Grace Pepper; Treasurer, r Following the business session NIrs. Ernest Whitehouse; District a successful miscellaneous sale Dir„ Mrs, Jack Sinclair; alterna- tive Dist. Dir„ Mrs. Wm. Kyle; Branch Dir., Mrs. Ross Chapman; Auditors, Mrs. Bruce McGregor, Mrs. Verne Alderdice. Standing Committees: Agri. and Can. In- dustry, Mrs. C. Eyre, Mrs. Robert Bell; Citizenship and Education, Mrs. Chas. Eyre, Mrs. Grant Mc- Lean; Historical Research and Corr., Mrs. V. Alderdice, Mrs. A, McGregor; Home Economies: and Health, Mrs. Ken MacKay, Mrs. Robert Gemmell; Sewing Conven- er, Mrs. A. McGregor; Press Re- porter, Margaret MacKay; Public Relations, Margaret MacKay; Pi- anist, Mrs. R. Broadfoot, Mrs. J. Sinclair. The 4th Group—Mrs. Robert Gemmell; 10th Group—Mrs. Ken MacKay; 12th Group—Mrs. Verne Alderdice; Kippen Group—Mrs. Ross Broadfoot. It was planned to have a bus trip in June, $1.01 b rear Authorised }1a Seconal Ciaas mats, Post Oiliae Ds i Ottawa Snowdon Bros„Pubitcbers "u„i,n"„p,)l1,iln„pnll i1"l;lin,1l 11,1,m111til1i 1nna1",01n,"O Il"m)n"ua","l , ln)"ILLIn11a,lIN„b Gruen Trade - In Sale Your old watch, regardless of its age 'or condition, is worth 25% C✓ of the value of the new Gruen watch you buy If You Well allow buy a • you $50.00 watch $12.50 $25.00 watch $ 6,25 You pay just $37.50 plus your old watch $18.76 plus your old watch This Special Offer applies to 1. Any Gruen watch in our store. 2. Any watch of any other make valued at $25.00 or over t This is a LIMITED TIME OFFER Bring in your old watch to -day ! SAVAUGE'S JEWELLERY GIFTS FINE CHINA Seaforth nul„ngllllmom pu,"loil,,lnlllllllls,,,,, 1111111, hymn "There is a Green Hill far ed on Sunday with Mrs. Bert Ri- ley, Cromarty. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buchanan and sons visited Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hart, Brussels, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dodds, Lon- , don, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator and family of Centralia visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Preszcator and family. Mr. Lawrence Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Taylor ar- rived home Monday after com- pleting his second year course at O,A.C., Guelph. He will be spend- ing the summer months at his home. Mr. and -Mrs. Elmer Hart of Brussels visited Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buchanan. Mr. Charles MacGregor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross MacGregor, on Monday completed his 3rd year course at O.A.C„ Guelph and is spending a while with his par- ents before leaving for Markdale for the summer. BRODHAGEN Mr. and Mrs. Lew Hicks and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hicks ac- companied by Mrs, Kenneth New- ton of Toronto attended the fun- eral of the former's uncle, And- rew Hicks at Exeter last Thurs- day, Members of the United Luther- an Church Women wereguests of Duff's United Church, McKil- lop, Women's organization, Spring Thankoffering meeting last Wed. afternoon. Mrs. Dalton Bins with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hiegel, Stratford, re- Gently, away" was sung and. the Lord's Prayer repeated in unison. A deli- cious lunch was served by the hostess, Mrs. N. Schade, Mrs, C. McGavin, Mrs. R. Barrows and Mrs, Stewart McCall, OGIT Rally A COLT Rally was held in the North Street United Church, God- erich, Apr. 15. Fifteen members attended from the Walton Group. In the evening a graduation ser- vice was conducted by Mrs. R. S. Hilts of Exeter. Mrs. Jean Thurlow of the Stratford Teach- ers' College was guest speaker. Mary Lou Kirkby, Anne Achil- les, and Marion Turnbull were among those receiving graduat- ing certificates, Corporal Fred Walters flew home from Calgary to attend his grandfather's funeral, Mr. Geo, Roper of London, last Monday and remained till Thursday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walters, Fred has just completed an Electrical Mechanical Engin- eering Course at Edmonton. Mrs. Hilda Sellers of Liman spent the past week with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Travis. Miss Norma Hoegy of St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener spent the weekend with her parents, Mr, and Mrs, C. Hoegy. Miss Jean and Ruth Walters have accepted positions at and near Listowel. • Mrs. Ed Bryans returned home last Saturday from the Wingham Hospital. Mr. Malcolm Fraser spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Fraser, Stratford, and Mn, and Mrs. J. Livingstone, Preston, Mr. Edward Dougan has re- turned home from Clinton Pub- lic Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dalton of Seaforth were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smalldon on Sunday. NIr. and Mrs. Alvin McDonald and Lynne attended the Hirt- Millson wedding in Tillsonburg recently. CONSTANCE was held. Articles for the bale are to be in by the first of May. Used Christmas cards, Sunday School papers, Missionary Mon- thlies, etc. are being packed. At the May meeting there will be a sale of perennial plants, bulbs, vegetable plants etc. The W. A. annual to be held in Winthrop, May 3. The closing Miss Betty Jane Mitchell, of London, and Miss June Donald- son,' Arva, visited Saturday with Mr, and NIrs. Reg Lawson, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buchanan attended the funeral on Friday of the late James Hart at the Ball and Mutch funeral home, Clinton. Miss Helen McIlwain R,N, of Clinton spent the weekend with her parents Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Mellwain, Mr, and Mrs. Frank Riley visit- STAFFA TheoApril meeting of the Staf- fa W. A. and WMS. was held in the family room of the Church. Mrs. L. Batson opened the meet- ing with devotions. Hymn 261 was sung followed by the Lord's Prayer in unison. The scripture lesson was read by Mrs. L. But- son and was taken from Jonah 3: 1-5 and 4: 1-11. Mrs. R. Reed led in prayer. Mrs. Butson presented the topic on Jonah and also gave a reading. Hymn 500 was sung. The business was conducted by Mrs. B. Daynard and a committee was named to look after the ar- rangements for the strawberry supper in June. Hymn 426 was sung followed by the Mizpah Benediction. Mrs. J. Drake and Mrs. W. Glanville were in charge of the lunch, Mrs. Ross Smale was hostess to a tupperware party at her home on Friday evening and en- tertained a number of ladies. Mrs. Dolores Shopton, Exeter, was the tupperware representa- tive. Mr. and Mrs. James Lyall of Toronto visited with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Norris over the weekend. Misses Joanne and Fay Temple- man visited on Sunday with Miss Carol Vivian, Men from Staffa, Roy's and Zion United Churches participat- ed in "Hymn Time" Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hocking and family, Mitchell, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Miller and family Sunday. GOLDEN WEDDING -- Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan E. Hugill, who cele- brated their 50th wedding anniversary this week