HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1946-12-26, Page 4THE SEAFOR.TH NEWS
THE SEAFORT Il NEWS 1.Olene Godkin; Dutch dance by Va-
Snowdoa Bros., Publishers - lorie Cameron, Billy Corlett; dia.
logue, "The little gossips" played by
WALTON
The annual Christmas was pre-
- in the basement of Duff's
United Church under the direction •
of the school teacher, Douglas Law-
less. The Sunday school room of the
church was overflowing as the par-
ents came out tosee their children
perform; 175 adults and Children at-
tended, Silas Johnston, superintend-
ent of the Sunday Sehool, was the
chairman for the evening. The feat-
ure number of the concert was a
cantata, "Santa's Experiment," pre-
sented by the senior pupils of the
public school. Gerald Dressel and
Leona Johnston, Mac Sholdice, Mar-
garet McArthur and Doris Johnston.
Two duets were sung by Carol Prin-
gle and Louise Shortreed. The pup-
ils of S.S. No. 12 Grey and S.S. No.
9 Morris contributed several numt-
bers. When the program closed San-
ta Claus paid a visit and helped dis-
tribute the gifts and candy to the
children.
The school house in school sec-
tion No. 12 was filled to capacity
Thurs. night for the annual Christ-
mas program. Approximately 125
people attended the concert. The
program was presented by pupils
of the school under the direction of
the teacher, Ross Lawless, and the
music supervisor, Miss 'Elva SholdL
ice, A trio, Gordon Lyddiatt, Glen
Oliver and Donna McCallum, sang.
Immediately following the program
der the tree and• gave an orange is
Santa Claus paid a visit and distrib-
uted the parcels and gifts from un
every child. s
Mary Dennis, Arlene Diegel; Song
by Pearl' .Regele, Grant Dennis, . and
Lloyd Regele; Carols; "`0 conte all
ye Faithful", "The First Noel".
"Good Christian Men". Recitation
by Billy Corlett; Rhythm band,
"Sioux City Sue," "Soldiers March".
Recitation by Valorie Cameron;
"The Christmas Spirit", Donna
Smith as Mary, Grant Dennis •as
Joseph, Charlene Corlett as the
Christmas spirit; recitation by La-
verne Godkin; solo by Charlene Cor-
'ett, "The bells' of St. Mary's"; play
'Wanted a housekeeper" taken
by Lloyd Regele as Ike McSweeny,
Grant Dennis as Abe Perkins, Pearl
Regele as Olga, Mrs. Sweetly by
Donna Smith, Gerald by Arlene
Diegel, Gerty Brass by Charlene
Corlett, Mrs Boggins by Yvonne
Diegel Miss Charming by Pearl Reg-
ele.. Rhythm Band, "Let it snow"
"JingleBells Carols, Good king
Wenceslas, Bird carol..'0 come all
ye faithful. Play, 'In May with
June", taken by: June Sommers by
Norma Leeming, Polly Sommers by
Marie Storey, Elsie Hopkins by
i son' b
a •1'e 1 Y
Shirley Regele, Charlie w
Hugh MacPherson, Benny Jenkins
by Junior Storey, Deputy Sheriff by
Murray Dennis, one of the Jones
' boys by Ross Leeming, June Sum-
niers, Aunt Della by Carmetta Me-'
Nichol. Farewell song. Jingle Bells.)
Santa Claus.
Miss Mabel Campbell of Seaforth
spent the weekend with Miss Norma
Leeming..
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Regele and fam-
ily and Mrs. William Roe spent
Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Jos. Thornton.
Sympathy is extended to Mrs.
Gordon MCGavin in the loss of her.
mother.
20; Stationery, printing and postage
$23.10; Collection charges, $14.94;
Roads acct.•, $961,18.
Council were entertained to din-
ner at the Commercial Hotel, by
ReeveArthur Nicholson, and after
a short meeting in the evening, ads
journed, E. 1'. Chesney, Clerk
NORTH McKILLOP
The programme for the Christmas
concert was held at Bethel Church
on Friday. December 13, 1946- A
larwe crown attended and a very
good concert. Our concert opened
with a welcome song. Land of Glad
to -morrows. Welcome recitation by
Eleanor Dundas: Chairman's ad-
dress; Acrostic by Ethel Dennis's
class; recitation by Barbara Boyd;
dialogue, "Mollie and 1", taken by
Mary Dennis, Claire Hackwell,. M-
eaner Dundas. Recitation by Gloria
Boyd; recitation by Caroline Dun-
das; Star drill by Pearl Regele, Don-
na Smith, Charlene Corlett, Yvonne
Diegel, Lloyd Regele, Grant Den-
nis, Arlene Diegel; recitation by
Bert Dennis; song, "Up on the
housetop" by gr. 3. Recitation by
LAWSON'S
RADIO SERVICE
Wishes to thank all his old and
new Customers for calls in the
past year, and wishes them
all a happy and the best of
New Year's
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Also Auto Seats and Backs,
Verandah Swings & Steamer
Chairs Repaired. Free Pick-
up and Delivery
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SHAFORTH
TUCKERSMITH
Tiickersmith Municipal Council
met in the Town hall, Seafortli, on
Monday, Dec. 16th, 1946, at 1 par.
for the final meeting of the year.
it members were present with
Reet'e Arthur Nicholson presiding.
E. B. Goudie was appointed to the
Seaforth High School Board and
7. W. Crieh was appointed as mem-
ber to the Clinton High School
Board. Assessments of $4803 were
paid to the Tuckersmith Municipal
Telephone System, as was $1098.40,
Long Distance accounts, collected
through taxes, McKillop Telephone
System was paid $88.00, assess-
ments. County of Huron was paid
914,861.28, County rates for 1946.
John Earle, Truant officer and Sani-
tary Inspector presented his report
for the year and was paid salary of
919.50 and expenses of $5.00 and
was re -appointed to act in 1947.
Grants of $10. and $25. were given
to the Brucefield Library and Sea -
forth Lion's Club respectively. Town
of Seaforth was paid $30.00, room
rent, and $25. Division Court fees.
The following were appointed as
Deputy -Returning Officers and Poll
Clerks to act should an election be
necessary. Poll. Subl-Div. 41, Harry
Chesney, D.R.O., Harold Finnigan,
Poll Clerk: Poll. Sub -Div. #2, Roy
McGeoch, D.R.O., and Edward
STAFFA
The home of Mr, and Mrs. Wil-
bur R. Miller, Staffa, was the
scene of a pretty wedding when.
their daughter, Jean McNeil, was
united in marriage to Mr. Robt. John
Duncan, son of Mr. and Mrs.' Alex.
Duncan, Kirkton. Rev. W. A. Mac-
Williams, minister of the Presby-
terian Church, CromartY, officiated.
Miss Sarah;, McKellar, aunt of the
bride, played the Bridal Chorus
from Lohengrin as the bridal party
entered the room and "0 Perfect.
Love" during the signing: of the reg-
ister. Given' in marriage •by her fa-
ther, the bride 'wore a gown of white
triple sheer made with high neck-
line and trimmed with sequins. Her
finger-tip veil was held in a head-
dress of orange blossoms. Her only
ornament was a single strand of
pearls and she carried a bouquet of
red roses and white chrysanthe=
mums. Mise Leone Duncan, sister of
the bridegroom, as bridesmaid was
wearing a gown of blue sheer and a
pink tulle finger-tip veil. She car-
:. d
ar-vied pink carnations and white chry-
santhemums.. Mr. Russell Miller,
brother of the bride, was best man.
The, wedding dinner was served fol-
lowing the ceremony. Mrs. Miller,
the bride's mother, received in a
black crepe dress with sequin trim.
and wore a corsage of pink canna:
tions. The bridegroom's mother had
chosen a black gown with blue trim
with corsage of pink roses. The
room was effectively decorated in
I pink and white and the bridal table
was centred with the wedding cake.
Assistants at the dinner were Mies
Shirley Duncan, Miss Anna Hamil-
1 ton, Miss Margaret Templeman,
I Mrs. John TCemp and Mrs. Kenneth
Duncan.
A toast to the bride, proposed by
the minister, was responded to by
`the bridegroom. A pleasing feature
of the event was the presence of`
four generations in the family, Mr
!Sandy McKellar, Cromarty; Mrs.
Wilbur Miller, Staffa; Mrs. KeKn-
neth Duncan and baby Floyd Dun-
can of Kirkton.
The couple left for a honeymoon
in New Orleans and Florida and on
their return they will reside on the
bridegroom's farm near Kii+kton. For
traveling the bride wore a gray suit
with a blue blouse and black acces-
sories. Guests were present at the
wedding from Sarnia, Hamilton, Ex-
eter, Mitchell, Kirkton, Cromarty
and Staffa.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hill celebrat-
ed their golden wedding anniversary
on Monday of this week.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1946
unteered to assist Mrs. Dinnin pack
the 'gifts, while Mrs. S. 1VI. Drys-
dale will attend to the transporta-
tion of the same. Carol singing un-
der the direction of Mss Greta Lara-
mie assisted by Miss Florence Welsh
at the piano was an enjoyable feat-
ure, the following nrnbei's being
used. "0 Come all ye faithful", "It
came upon a midnight clear", "Go.
rest you merry gentlemen", "As.
with gladness men of old", "The
first Noel", "0 little town of .Beth-
lehem". Rev. Sanderson as guest
speaker delivered an excellent ad-
dress entitled "The Immortality of
Kindness". The January meeting• is
scheduled to take 'place at the home
of Mrs. E. Geiger, Mrs. Cameron co -
hostess. Roll call, some cooking er-
ror from which 3' have learned a
Mrs. Middleton will give a talk
on "Frozen Foods". Miss Munn will.
be in charge of a skit. Mrs. Beer
will give a recipe using whole wheat
•flour. Social Conus.,; Mrs. Cameron,
Mrs. Luker, Mrs. W. Smale, Miss
Swan, Mrs. Horton, Mrs, R. Pater-
son, Mrs. Cross tendered thanks to
all responsible for the various ar.
rangements. Mrs. Kerslake read a
poem "Christmas Bells". The closing
carol was "Silent Night". Refresh-
ments were served by Mrs. Dinnin,
Mrs. Mums, Miss Wilma Dinnin, Mrs.
Mrs. Roy MacLaren, assisted by the
social comm. Mrs. A. D. McEwen,
Mrs. E. Geiger, Mrs. Jas Paterson,
Mrs. Chas Forrest.
Brown, P.C.; P. S. 43, Roy Brown,
DR 0 , Frank Walters, P.C.; P.S. #4
J. Maclntosh, D.R.O., Noris Sillery,
P.C.; P.S. #5, M. Traquair, D.R.O.,
Glenn Bell, P.C.; P.S. 46, W. S.
Broadfoot, D.R.O., rvan Forsyth,
P.C.
The Schools' Accounts were set-
tled for the year and were as fol-
lows: 41, $1398.76;._42, $1442.45;
=3, $1259.98; School Area #1, $38-
20.87 (this amount is not inclusive
of $1,000 advanced to the Area
earlier in the year); 49, $870.96;
=10, 9124196; Seaf. Sep. $270.70;
Hibbert Sep., $73.13; St. Columban
Sep., $15.30. .
Other accounts passed were as
follows: Salaries, $560.00; Drainage
acct., $30.00; Telephone accts., $25 -
No "Good" People Get to Heaven ! Only
Repentant Sinners Are Found There
am not copse to call the righteous, but sinners to r..pentance."
Matt. 9;13.
"There Is none righteous, no, not ore." Rom. 3:10
To QUALIFY FOR HEAVEN YOE. mrsT RECOGNIZE
YOURSELF AS A SINNER AND REPENT OF YOUR SINS,
THEN CHRIST CAN SAVE YOU
-Whosoever shall call upon the nam' of the Lord shall h- saved,"
Ron. 10:13
TUNE IN:
Pilgrims Hour 7-7.30 EST Bentley Evening
Local Station -- CKLW Windsor
Old.fashioned Revival Hoo' —rebroadcasts on many stations
at various hours
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HENSALL
Hensall Women's Institute
The Christmas meeting of the
Hensall Women's Institute was held
at the home of Mrs. Wm. Dinnen
last Wednesday evening Dec. 11th,
the president, Mrs. ICerslake in
charge. The hostess was ably assist-
ed by Mrs. Roy MacLaren. After
the use of the Ode "Joy to the
world" was sung. Mrs. Kerslake of-
fered prayer. The motto "Joy fills
our inmost hearts to -day" the Royal
child is born, was fluently discussed
by Mrs, Scherk. Appropriate to the
Xmas season were the lighted tree
and the effective Xmas decorations.
Miss Florence Welsh contributed
a pleasing solo "The gift" accomp-
anied by Miss Lammie. The roll call
was answered by many gifts of
games and toys for the War Mem-
orial Children's Hospital, London.
It was decided that the collection re-
ceived at this meeting be forwarded
to the Adelaide Hoodless Founda-
tion Fund. The Zurich Branch has
asked Hensall to provide a speaker
for the February meeting, the theme
being "Hospitality" Mrs. Shiray will
attend to this matter. Members and
guests plan to forward Xmas greet-
ings to a former prominent Institute
worker, Mrs. 11. J. Moore, • Streets
ville, Ont., Miss G. Luker and Mrs.
Wm. Smale were appointed to look
after a box of Xmas treats to be
sent to an active worker. Mrs. J.
Sangster. A donation of $2. was
voted to aid the work of the Guides
Eva Tanguay's Own Story
lva Tanguay, once the most
talked about personality in vaude-
ville. spends her reclining days as an.
invalid. The "1 Don't Care" girl tells.
starting in The American Weekly
with this Sunday's {December 291
issue of The Detroit Sutcla1
nbnet those whirlwi , i days when
she made ,and spent 32,000,000. Get
Su :Hire's suet+•nit Times.
REO E T ' THEATRE
Seaforth
CHRISTMAS DAY MATINEE AT 2.30
A Night In Casablanca 1with the Marx Bros.
THURS. FRI. SAT. DEC. 26, 27, 28
Boxing Day — There will NOT be a matinee
B09 Ffope 1" "Monsieur Beaucaire"
Hope doesn'tmiss a trick in making this, picture a riot of fun
MON. TUES. WED. DEC. 30, 31, JAN 1st
Do You Love Me In Technicolor
with Dick Haymes Maureen O'Hara Harry James
A picture of comedy, ]music andronsanee, with your favorite Swing.
Band. Be euro to hear Harry James, the Trumpet Man
NEXT THURS. FRI. SAT. JAN. 2, 3, 4
Walt Disney's "Pinochio"
Come and seethe wonderful adventures of "Pinochle"
Coming
"Night and Day"
with Cary Grant — Alexis Smith
In 'Technicolor
BEECHWOOD
Mr. Archie McKay of Washing-
ton, U.S A, is visitinghis sisters,
Mrs. Jerry O'Hara and Mrs. Joe
Murray. It is thirty years since he
was here, and he sees many changes,I
but thinks the country looks very
Progressive.
BRUCEFIELD
Mr. R. Molton a representative of
the Temperance Federation gave an
excellent address on temperance at
the morning service here last Sun-
day.
Next Sunday Christmas service
will be held here. In the evening the
choir will render a Christmas Can-
tata. White gifts will be brought to
the morning service, these gifts are
to go to the Queen St. United
Church. J. A. WESTCOTT, Seaforth
The Sunday School Christmas
i heldin the concert win be school
room on Monday evening Dec. 23rd.
An excellent programme was
given at the concert at S.S. No, 10
Stanley on Tuesday evening.
Chas. E. Fuller, P.O. Box 123, Los Angeles 53, California and Brownies local projects now in
s .s, z.122:05„M;, s�,,� progress. Miss Florence Welsh vol-
t
There is not always_enough ice cream to
go around these days.
Be sure to see your dealer early for
your holiday supply of delicious Borden's
Ice Cream.
Borden's Ice Cream Division and your
Borden Ice Cream Dealer join in wish-
ing you a very Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year. .
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