The Seaforth News, 1947-02-06, Page 1'ea or
H U.R O N- COU N T Y S LEADING NEWSPA.
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WHOLE SERIES, VOL, 70, No. 6
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, TiIIIRSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1947
$1 a year
AID TO CHINA FUND
REACHES $1000 MARK
The sum of about $1;000 has been.
received at Seaforth headquarters for
the Aid to China. Fund, Rev. H, 17.
Workman!, chairman, stated: on Wed.
nesday: morning.
The Aid •to China Fund concludes
,on Feb, -10th. Give by Tuesday Feb.
10th if you aim to be counted as a
contributor ,to Aid To China Fund in
the Seaforth area. While many citi-
zens have readily supported the aid
to China Fund. many others have
failed to do soup to the present.
Once more the appeal is made to
people of the district to help, for the
need is great.
Remember that Canada has been
a favoured country and must have
a great part in the reconstruction in
a world devastated by war. Money
is not sent to China but is used in
Canada for the purchase of Cloth-
ing, drugs, shelter, medical aid, food
etc.,, which is distributed to the
needy by a committee of Canadians
known as the Canadian Advisory
Committee. Let us do our part, that
the National objective may Ise reach-
ed. Please give by Tuesday, Feb. 10.
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
TO MEET TUESDAY
Seaforth Women's Institute will
meet on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 2:30.
p.m. at the home of Miss Thelma
Elgie, Seaforth. Roll call will be
"One way I can boost the Institute".
A number of timely subjects will be
brought up at this meeting and a
good attendance is requested.
All members are asked to please
bring their ration books with them.
How about hurrying up those vil-
li lege histories? Get going on them
today! This is the Publicity meeting,
Mrs. Ray Nott, Convener. •
E. L. BOX
PHONE 43
Northside United Church
Rev. H. V. Workman, Minister
11 a.m., Worship Service
Subject "A Wholesome Interest
40 In Good Health".
2.30 p.m.. Sunday School.
7 pan., "The return to the
Father".
Welcome to these services.
Egmondville United Church
Rev. A. W. Gardiner, B.A., B.D.
10 a.m., Sunday School.
11 a.m, "The Divine Blessing:'
7 p.m. "A Word 13ot.h Sweet, and
Bitter.'
Anglican
Feb. 9tlr Sexagesima Sunday.
St. Thomas', Seaforth
10 a.m., Sunday School
11 a.m., Morning Prayer,
7. p.m., Evening Prayer
St. Mary's, Dublin
2;30 Sunday School
3: Holy Communion
The Rector, Rev. C. F. L. Gilbert,
B.A., at all services.
First Presbyterian Church
10 a.m., The Sunday School
11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Public Wor-
ship: The minister will preach.
The Presbyterian Broadcast: C.
K. N. X:, Tuesday, February lith at
8 p.m, Mr, James T. Scott will sing.
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
The Seaforth and District Minis-
terial Association will meet on Mon-
day, February 10th at 2 p.m. at the
residence of Lieut. McBride of the
Salvation Army. The Rev C. F. L.
Gilbert will present the paper. .
CHARLES F. DALE
The community was saddened by.
the death of Charles Francis Dale
who passed away Saturday night in
his 30th year. Charles Dale was born
in Hallett township May 81, 1917, a
son of Thomas Dale and the late
Mrs. Dale. He lead lived all his life
his native township and had fol-
lowed the occupation of farming.
He had been ill for about three
months and death came at his late
residence, Huron road west, Hullett
township on Saturday evening. He'
was a member of St. Faults Church
of England, Clinton, On June 10,
1939, he 'was .unitecl in marriage'
with Agnes Johnson, Clinton, who
survives with one son Robert, aged
'six and one daughter Marian, aged
three, Also surviving are his father,
Thomas Dale and one brother Stew-'
art. His mother predeceased him in
November, 1946, The service held
on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. Sgdn. Ldr.
T. Dale `Jones, the padre at R. and
C. S., Clinton, officiated in place of
Rev. R. M. P. Bulteel. the rector of
St. Paul's, who is ill. The pallbearers,
Arnold Lamont, Elgin Nott, Robert
McMichaeI, Oliver Wright, John Bell
and Earl Nott. The flower bearers,
Ross Fitzsimons,' Elgin Dale, Jaek
Carter and Lorne Carter.
TUCKERSMITH TO PAY
BOUNTY ON FOXES
Tuckersmith Municipal Council
held their regular meeting in the
Town hall, Seaforth, on Saturday,
Feb, 2nd, with all members present.
The clerk was instructed to adver-
tise for Tenders for crushing and
laying gravel on the township roads.
Tender ads appear elsewhere in this
paper, Council also decided, com-
meneing March 1st to pay a bounty
on foxes destroyed in the municipal-
ity. The r a
matu e foxuand 2.00 fowill be r a pup3.00 �and
such action was taken as a result of
numerous complaints to the council
of damage done to poultry by foxes,
Council also decided to interview
the neighboring townships of Hib-
bert, Hullett, `Goderich, McKillop
and Stanley to request them to take
similar action. Council ordered pay-
ment of $50..00 grant to -Murray
Traquair whose name had not been
included in the list of Service Per-
sonnel,eligible for such grant. By -
Law No. 1, 1947, appropriating $29,-
000 for road expenditure for the carried on under very adverse en,
year 1947, was given its required cumstandes of food, shelter and-
for
nd dis
readings and passed. Rate of pay ease. 31e spoke of comforts afforded
for labour in the township was set through the efforts of the Can adieu
at 50c per hour for men and 75c per Red Cross. He stressed the fact that
hour for man and team grant of "To meet the needs of mankind is,
$250.00 was made to the Scott vital to a bigger and better world."
Memorial Hospital. Accounts passed The Red Cross aim to fulfil their coni -
were as follows: Relief, $10.00; mitments to the war tm•u countries
Grants, $300.00; Roads, $1460:60; of Europe, build up a blood bank
Salaries, 3100.00; Postage. $4.00; across Canada so that blood trans-
Sundry,
rans
Sundr , $2.50. Council adjourned to fusions may be free to all, and not
Y J forget the need of the returned man
meet March 1st at 2 p.m. I at home. He mentioned many other
E. P. CHESNEY, Clerk peace time tasks of the Red Cross.
Rev. H. V. Workman in moving a
vote of thanks conveyed' to the
speaker the appreciation of every one
present for his timely and impressive
address.
Mrs. Close then called on the new
'President Rev. R. H. Willisms to take
charge of the meeting. Two presenta-
tions to the retiring president rot -
lowed. On behalf of the Legion Mr.
C. Sills read e
ad an address to Mrs.
Close and Mr. Flannery presented her
with s lovely silver tray. The second
Presentation from 'her Red Cross as -
sedates and friends was made by
Mrs. R. Kerslake and Mrs. L. Barber
from whom she received a silver tea
service and purse. In presenting the
gifts Mrs. Kerslake spoke of the love
they conveyed to one who had served
so faithfully us their president for
the past seven years. In her usual
• Mrs. Close made 0
ANNUAL MEETING OF
SEAFORTH RED CROSS
The annual meeting of the Seafortl
Branch of the Red Cross was held in
the auditorium of the Separate School
on Monday evening, February 3. 'The.
meeting opened with 0 Canada and
prayer by Rev. R. H, Williams. The
various reports were read and adopt-
ed. The retiring:president Mrs, E. H.
Close reviewed the work that the
Seaforth Branch • had ' accomplished
during the past seven years. She also
thanked all those who hard so will-
ingly co-operated to, make that work
possible, especially dict she mention
the .press who so generously printed
the reports. Mrs. B. Higgins sang
beautifully a special Red Cross' song
that created a receptive mood iii the
audience for the speaker who follow-
ed. Rev. A. W. Gardiner introduced
the guest speaker S/L Harston, Field
Secretary of the Ontario Division of
the Red Cross, veteran of World War
I and a padre of World War II. From
the wealth of his experience he vivid-
ly portrayed the ravages of war and
the spirit with which our soldiers
HOME BREWS ARE
FLYING HIGH
The Seaforth entry hr the W. 0.
H. A. "Home Brews," remains un-
defeated so far this season, and are
heading the group. On. Thursday
night the local
boyss beat Atwood in
ag ame on Seaforth,
ice. Gordon
c
Hildebrand starred for Seaforth by
doing the hat trick and getting three
goals, followed closely liy MacLean
with two goals and Kennedy, Dolg
and Hildebrand each macre a counter.
Ballantyne, Kenny and Inglis scored
rot' Atwood.
'Seaforth. Goal, Muir; :defence,
Nicholson, Sills; centre, Kennedy;
wings, Messenger, George Hildebritnd;
alternates, A..IiTacLean, Kruse, Gm' -
don Hildebrand, Cameron, A. Elide- capable manner
brand, L7, Doig, Woods.
Atwood—Goal. Inglis; defence, Val-
iance, Laidlaw; centre, Ballantyne;
wings, Peebles, .Broughton; altern li trc•11 21st.
ates, Ward, Aikens. Colquhoun. Smith, At the Exeeutii•e meeting that 101-
Graham, Coghill]. At
the annual meeting it was de-
cided that the work rooms would be
Friday afternoon of this week
fitting reply.
Delegates were then appointed to
attend the Provincial Red Cross eon-
venti0tl to be held in Tomato On
Seaforth Juveniles beat Exeter
Juveniles 16-11 here Saturday night
to break a losing streak that started
with first game, and had been inter-
rupted only by a 2-2 tie with Clin-
ton. Seaforth had an overwhelming
edge in play, scoring almost at will.
Don Stewart and Neil Beattie of
Seaforth had a field day in scoring.
Stewart got six goals and two as-
sists and star centre Beattie got six
goals and three assists.
Teams
Seaforth Juveniles—Goal, Swan;
defence, Strong, Wilson; centre,
Beattie; wings, Stewart, Knight; al-
ternates, Rennie, Laudenbaeh, Smith
Doig, Hubert, Pullrnan. -
Exeter Juveniles—Goal, South-
cott; defence, Ellis. F. Brittenell;
centre, Musser; wings, Waghorn,
Tuckey; alternates, IC. Brittenell.
Hough, Kirk, Hannigan.'
Peferee,R. Hough, Exeter.
C. G. 1. T.
The C.G.I.T. of First Presbyterian
Church held their meeting Feb. 4th
at the home of Mrs. J. Thompson.
The meeting opened by playing a
game followed by some C.G.I.T.
songs. The "purpose" was repeated,
and the minutes were then read and
approved. Eight answered the roll
call, and the offering was received.
Joyce Glanville read the scripture
readings and this was followed ;by
the "Lord's Prayer". Phyllis More
read "The call to worship" and the
hymn "The Old Rugged dross" was
sung by all. Nancy Cudmore and
Margaret Stevens read a very inter-
esting story, The meeting closed
with `Taps" after whieh a delicious
lunch was served.
MRS. C. R. SOMERVILLE
Mrs. Christina (Wilson) Somer-
ville, widow of the late Mayor C. R,
Somerville, died in. London, Thurs-
day, in her. 84th year•. She was a
member of First -St. Andrews United
Church. Mrs. Somerville was a na-
tive of Seaforth, being an aunt of
Town Clerk, D. H, Wilson. Surviving
are one son, C. Ross Somerville; two
brothers, D. D. Wilson of Toronto,
and John A: Wilson, Quebec City;
two sisters, Mrs. A. R. Sampson and
Mrs. G. R. Anderson, both of Tor-
onto.
The funeral was conducted on
Saturday at 3 o'clock, Rev. Dr. 3. Y.
Mackinnon, pastor of First -St. An-
drew's officiating. Interment in
n
Woodlad Cemetery.
•
• LEASE ROOMS
The Seaforth Branch of the Cana-
dian Legion have leased three rooms
in Cardno's hall which will be . re-
decorated and :fixed up for a suit-
able meeting place forthe Legion
members.
op
and of each week thereafter.
• Slate of officers 1347:
Hon. Pres., Mrs. 11. J. Gibson and
Mrs. ]1. H. Close.•
I President, Rev. 11, H. Williams,'
Vice Pres., firs. H. R. Scott; see-
rotary, Miss Gretta Ross; treasurer.
Mrs. J. D. Russell; sewing. Mrs. A.
W. Moore; knitting• Mrs. Geo. Eaton;
quilting. Mrs. A. Reid: purchasing,
Mrs. J. MacTavish; blood clinic, Dr.
'Burrows and Mies C. Holmes; !mak-
ing. Mrs. McGonigle; campaign, Mr.
Box.
R. 730
Church representatives -- Egmoncl-
viile. Mrs. R. i4IcGeoett tSt. James.
Mrs. W. J. Duncan; Presbyterian:.Awar shall follow with the work
Mrs. Rohl. Smith; Anglican, Mrs. G. Where dwells the pa en and the Task
McGavin; United. Mrs. F. S. 13echely. The state shall lack fiercest strife
Auditors, Mr. E. C. Boswell. Mr. R. Acrd seek to tales each other's lite•.
Henderson. i rte north shall then deuoturre the•
Activities- "and accomplishments of south
Seaforth Branch and 6 units—Walton, For tax and blood and ernet war
Winthrop, Constance, Duf'f's, St. Col- Shall come to every humble door.
I umbar, IN'Omen's Institute. Three tines shall lovely sunny Frtntt•e
TAL„.K ON BURNS
• • GIVEN TO LADIES' AID
T February meeting of the Lad-
ies' id of First Presbyterian Church
was held on Tuesday afternoon.
Meeting opened ,with. the' president
ir7 this chair and prayer•, by.the presid-
ent. ;Hymn . 250 was sung. The min•
utes and reports were read and
adopted. Two solos by, Mrs, John E.•
Daley, "Flow Gently Sweet Afton,"
and '`Where 0 Where Is -My Ladc1ie
Today," which were very much en-
joyed. A special feature of the meet-
ing was a;taik on Robert Burns given
by Mr. John Beattie. He made spec-
ial mention of Burns' great influence,
and although travelled much he never
forgot the parental. home and the
family altar. Ile also said that Robert
Burns left richest of .'blessings with
his songs and poems, not only to the
Scotch but to the whole world. At. the
close of Mr, Beattie's talk "Auld Lang
Syne" was sung. It was decided to
decorate the kitchen in thebasement
and other activities` were decided
inion for the conning years The closing
prayer was given by Mrs. James Kerr,
and it social half hour was spent.
NIrs.
Sproat's group served refresh-
ments.
ANCIENT PROPHECY
WRITTEN IN '1449
This poem is said to have been
written in England by one known its
"Mother Shipton" in the year 1449.
Even a cursory reading of the poem
reveals that the writerpossessed an
imagination of uncanny, Precision. A
careful reading will disclose many
more predictions which have come
true, or which -have mall promise of
coming true in the future.'
Jules Verne, 1825-1905, in his book
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,•"fore-
saw the submarine, yet his contempt
oraries scoffed loudly at the idea,.
Reference •ce i
et s made in1 his poem t oe also
to the submarine.
The copy of this poem prophecy
was found in an old Bible.
THE PROPHECY
A carriage without a horse shall go,
Disaster 011 the world will woe,
In Longdon's foremost hill shall be
Its entree hold a bishop's sec'.
Around the world men's thoughts
shall fly,
Quick as the twinkling of an eye,
And the waters wonder's do:
How strange. and yet, it shall be true.
Then upside down the world shall be
And gold found at the root of a tree;
Through towering hill proud man
shall ride,
No horse Or colt move by his sire..
Beneath the waters tett shall walls,
Shall ride, shall sleep and even talk.
And in the air men shall be seen
In unite and black as well us green.
A great pian shall come and go
For prophecy declares it so.
hi
water then iron there shall .roar
,As easy as a wooden boat.
Gold shall be found in stream and
stops
10 lam; that is as yet unknown.
Water and fire shall wonders be
And Engle n(1 ;;hall admit a few.
The Jew that ouee was hornl in scum
Shall of a Christian then be born.
A house of years shall come to pass
in England, but. alas --albs.
Voluntary contributions from all Be led to plana bloody dance.
sources: • Betove the people shall be free
1946—$2336,38. Three tyrant rulers shall see
1939-1946—$59,462,56 Three rulers in succession be
Blood donations received at '2
clinics -2,915.
Hospital supplies snipped:
1946-3449.
1939.1946-321,696. -
British Civilan Clothing:
1946-32,909,
1039.1946-310,728.
(Average over 4500 a year.)
,. Knitting, average over 9000 a year:
1346—$62S. r
1939-1946—$16,162:
Quilts, average about 300 a yaar:
1946—$89:
1939-1946—$1,791..
1939.1946: 484.
Surgical dressings 82,484.
Articles distributed to our boys 633
Jam & Honey sent 19,000 lbs.
First Aid & War EmergeliCY, 5
courses: Enrolled 341.
McKILLOP
Death Of Henry Beuerman
Henry Beuerman, a well known
resident of lot 10, eon. 9, Mcj{illop
township, died at his home on Sat-
urday morning in his 64th year. He
had not enjoyed good health for
some time. He was the son of the
late .Mr, and Mrs, August Beuerman
'of McKillop tam. In 1912 he mar-
tied Ada Rose, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs.' William Rose, Logan
township, who survives, with four
sons, Herman of Elmira, Orval of
McKillop township, Everet.and Allen
at home; three daughters, ,(Ilay)
Mrs. William Robinson of Moncrief,
and Geraldine and OrdeIla at home;
five grandchildren; one sister. Mrs.
Daniel Steis. Brussels; four brothers,
Fred, John, David .and George, all of
1\lcKillop township, The funeral
was held in St. Peter's Lutheran
Church, Brodhagen, at 1:30 p.m.
Rev. William Schultz officiated and
interment in the adjoining cemetery.
Each spring from different destiny.
That when the fiercest fight is dune
England and France shall lie as one.
The British, alive, next shall tutu
In marriage with the German men,
Men shall walk beneath and o'er
stream
Fulfillment shall be 0 strange dream.
All England's sous that plow the. land
Shall oft be seen with book in hand.
The poor shall now most wisdom
know
And water winds where corn doth
grow;
Great hooses stand in far flung vale
All covered over with snow and bail.
And now a wot'tt in uncouth rhyme
Of what shall be in future time,
For In those fax off wondrous clays
The women shall adopt a craze
To dress like men and trousers wear
And cut off all their locks of Bait•.,,
Then ride astride with brazen brow
As witches do a broomstick now,
Then love shall die and marriage
cease
The women shall fondle cats and dogs
And ;nen live much the same as hogs.
In nineteen hundred and thirty-six
Build houses of light straw and bricks
For then shall mighty war be planned'
And Ore and sword shall sweep the
I land,
Bat those that live the (ternary
through
In fear and trembling this shall do
Flee to the mountains and the dens
To the bogs and forests avid wild pens
For storms shall rage and cannons
roar'
When Gabriel stands on sea and
shore
And as he blows his wondreits here
The old world shall ilia and e. new
be born.
(The above clipping was found by
Miss Florence Fowler among some
old papers.),
HENSALL PARK BOARD
. ORGANIZES FOR 1947
The first meeting of the 1947
Community Park Board was held in
the Council Chambers on. Friday
evening with Cook, Brown, and Row-
cliffs beng absent. Minutes of the
previous meeting read and adopted.
The. treasurer J. A. Paterson re-
ported the financial position as fol-
lows: Receipts Donations from
Chamber Commerce 3775.00; Vil-
lage 3300.00; War Services $282.02;
Use of lights $65.00; total $1422.-
02.
1422.02. Expenditures — Installation of
lights 31026.98; Hydro $21.00;
fencing and labour $108.40; bank
balance Dec, 31, 1946, $265.64; tot-
al expenditures $1422.02. Also stat-
ed the lights had been used 17 nights
from the middle of August to Sep-
tember 25th, about 37 hours. Small
ecombe .and Middleton, that :W. R.
Davidson be chairman for the year
1947. Carried. Armstrong and Mid-
dleton, that J. A. Paterson be sec-
retary- Treasurer for the year 1947.
Carried. Considerable discussior.
took place when the secretary pre-
sented a sketch of the proposed park
about the entrance. seating accomo-
dation, admission .or gate percent-
ages to be charged for the privileges,
also the proposed planting of trees.
The Secretary was instructed to
make arrangements with R. E. Shad
dick for the purchase of an en-
trance re the lots owned by him. R
Middleton was instructed to attend
the meeting of the directors of the
Agricultural Society as regards a
grant to help with the erection of
seats for the park. Middleton end
Smallecombe, that we now adjourn.
Carried: 3. A. PATERSON, ,Sec.-
Treas.
ec:Treas. W. R. DAVIDSON, Chairman
Miss Martha Henderson returned
to her duties here after a pleasant
visit with her parents at Zurich.
Miss Margaret Glenn has resumed
her position at the Bank of Montreal
f
her recent illness.
t
followin
g
'
At a recent meeting of the 1947
Board of Health held in the Town
hall, Hensall, Dr. John C. Goddard
was named chairman and Health Of-
ficer. A letter from Victoria Hospit-
al, London, regarding patients with
communicable diseases was read, and
Reeve. A. W. Rerslake stated that
the matter had received the atten-
tion of the County. Considerable
discussion took place regarding' the
installation of a waterwork system
and construction and installation of
septic tanks.
The February meeting of the
iEvening Auxiliary of the Hensall
United Church will take place at the
home of Miss Erma Kipfer and Mrs.
Ivan Kiefer on Monday evening
Feb. 10th Miss Violet McClymont
will assist the hostesses. Miss Mary
Goodwin will present the devotional
exercises. Roll call a Bible verse
containing the word "Love". Miss
Gladys Luken: will deal with-, the
study book. Social committee, Miss
Erma Kipfer, Miss Violet McCly-
moat, Miss Ellis and Mrs. H. Hyde.
Come members and bring new mem-
bers.
Mrs. Brydgntan of London visited
this week with her aunt Mrs. H.
Arnold
Miss Judith Shaddick spent the
weekend with her friend .Hiss Carol
McMurtrie Kippen.
Mr. and Mrs. E. 3. Beckman of
London, visited recently with Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Adair.
The Hensel] Tnstitnte will hold
its regular monthly meeting' in the
United Church schoolroom on Wed-
nesday evening Feb. 12th. Mrs. Hess
and Miss Greta Lammie are in
charge of the arrangements, An in-
teresting program is being prepared.
.4 skit 'The Selling of Sally" will be
presented. One of the highlights will
be the presentation of slides. this
item being featured by Miss Con-
sitt. Be prepared to ausn'er• the roll
call "A current event". Social com-
mittee, Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs: Schwalm
Miss. Greta Laramie, Mrs. Chipchase.
Mrs, Cross, Mrs, fie.s, Miss Gladys
Laker. Members and friends are
cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. F. Schenk has returned to
her home Here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Case were in
Toronto this week attending the
Icecs.pades.
The :annual congregational meet-
ing of Carmel Presbyterian Church
will be held on Thursday evening
Feb. 6th. The Ladies' Association
are holding a pot -luck supper at 7
p.m. to which all members of the
congregation are arged to attend.
The business meeting is scheduled
for 8:15 p.m.
Jimmie Orr was able to return to
his hone. here after spending several
weeks irf the hospital owing to illness
Mr. and Mrs. E. Chipchase and
Jackie visited -recently with Mrs.
Chipchase's mother, Mrs. Jane Bell,
at the Home of Mx, and Mrs.. Jas.
Morris, in Goderich.
Carmel Church Yottng .People
held their meeting on Monday even-
ing Feb. 3rd at 8:30 p.m. with Mr.
C. Kennedy, president in charge.
The meeting opened' by singing
"Come let nus sing of a wonderful
Love" after which sentence prayers
were given by Airs. Forrest. Mrs,
Kozachuk and .Miss Lila Moir. The
scripture period was a test on Bible
verse by the members, Business' was
discussed and it was decided the
young people would hold a tobog-
gan party the following Monday
night. A. theme song was decided ,on
for the opening hymn at the meet-
sings. The main feature of the meet-.
Jenkins missedifagoin./
We %/jus/ have to get
the fe/%wo �„
good P1EkCEwo%h.
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$21.75
OTHERS FROM ,20.,0
"MERCURY'
$25.00
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Res. 10
ing was an impromptu debate "Re-
solved that sten talk more than wo-
men". The affirmative side winning
the most points, all the members
entered the debate. A recreation.
period consisted of two games, 1nu--
sical chairs and a balloon blowing
contest. The meeting closed by sing-
ing "Lord speak to me that I may•
speak', after which Rev. P. A. Fer-
guson pronounced the Benediction.
Arnett' Circle Evening Auxiliary
Meets at Manse
Mrs. lI s P. A. Ferguson was hostess
at the Manse on Monday evening for
the Arnold Circle Evening Auxil-
iary. The president, Miss Jean Mc-
Queen presided and opened the
meeting with a poem entitled "Life
and Work" by Edward Divine Thom-
a. Ilynin "We've a Story to tell to
the Nations" was sung. The scrip-
ture lesson Matt. 12: 143 was read
by Mrs, Chas. Forrest, after:' which
Mrs. Stewart Bell led in - prayer.
:1lrs. Kennedy favoured with a piano
solo, The roll call was answered by a
Bible versa. Arangements were made
to hold a box social at the home of
Miss Jean McQueen's'. on Feb. 21st.
The hymir "We love thy place 0 •
God" was sung and the topic on
"India" was most capably presented
by Mfrs. C. Kennedy in the form of
11 quiz. The meeting • concluded by
singing' "Come to the Saviour make .
no delay" and the Lord's prayer in
unison. Refreshments were served
at the close,
JOHN WRIGHT
The death took place in Victoria
Hospital, Landon, early Sunday
morning. of John Wright of North
Main Street, Seaforth, in his 71st
year. He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Ennna Thiel.. Mr.
Wright had been In poor health for
several months. Deceased was a na-
tive of the Summerhill district, and
farmed until he retired to Seaforth
about two years ago.
The funeral was held from the
G. A. Whitney Funeral Chapel in
Seaforth, Tuesday at 1:80 p.m. Sera
vice was conducted by Rev. H. V.
Workman of Seaforth, and inter-
ment in Ball's cemetery, Auburn.
HIBBERT
Hibbert Council met in Staffa hall
on Monday, Feb. 3, in regular ses-
Zion, all members present. Reeve
Joseph Atkinson presided. The
clerk read the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting which was adopted as
read. The clerk was authorized to
advertise for tenders for crushing
rand deliveringapproximately 8,000
0
cu. yds. of gravel. Mr. Frank Allen
and Mr. W. Clifford Dow were ap-
pointed to attend the Good Road
convention in Toronto. Mr, Edgar
Butson was anointed as a member to
the Seaforth Hospital Board. 13y -law
No. 8, 1947, providing for the road
expenditure for 1947 was given
third and final reading and passed.
Mr. Percy Adam's tender for wood
fax the township hall was accepted.
A donation of $50. was ;'ranted the
Salvation Army. Several members
of :the Federation of Agriculture
met the council asking for a dons -
tion to the eal:fhood vaccination
fund and after: some discussion a re-
solution was passed donating them
3200,