HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1945-11-22, Page 5THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1945
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IMPROVEMENT LOANS
® 'Under the Farm Improvement Loans Act
a farmer may now borrow on special terms
to buy agricultural implements, livestock or
a farm electric system, and for fencing,"
drainage, repairs to buildings or other
farm improvements.
This Bank is fully equipped to lmake loans
to farmers under the provisions of this .Act.
Consult the Manager of our nearest branch,
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THE CNA LAN;ANK
OF COMMERCE
Seaforth Branch, G. C. Brightrall, Manager
Saved Apple Crop -
Nc one living can remember such a
scarcity of apples in Ontario as exists
this fall, owing 10 the unusual season
we have had thisSlimmer. In Marsch,.
it will be recalled, the temperature
approached summer heat level and as
a result of two weeks of that type
Of weather the leaves and blossoms
came forth and were Tater 'frozen by
the cold treaty weather which came
in May. Mrs. Joseph Mountain, Mrs.
Low Marshall and Jack Marshall
visited the old Hine homestead nem'
Dutton last week and brought home
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THE SEAFORTH NEWS
TOVWN TOPICS I DANCE
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Mr. and Mrs, William Neoly u
family, Stratford, silent the week o
at tlte'houle of her parents, 114r. a1
Mrs. George Reeves;
' Mr.' and Mrs, Gordon Hays and d•
ghier Patsy, Detroit, were week e
visitors at the home of the latter
sister, Mr. and iVirs. C, P,' Sills.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Robb, Detre
were week end visitors at the home.
Mrs. H. R. Scott.
Mrs. Cora Whitfield, Wingha
spent the week end at the home
Mr's. Jessie r'iett.
Mr: and Mrs. Sohn Isbister; 5
Claire Shore, Michigan, Mr. and Mr
Joseph Miller, Belgr•ave, Mr. and Mr
E. 13. Jenkins and Miss Christine I
bister, all' 01 Viringliam, were we.
end ghosts at the home. o1 Mr, an
Mrs. C. H. Garniss.
Mr. and Mrs, B, M. Francis of Ex
Or spent Sunday With Mr. and Mrs
Herald Lawrence,
12/0 Friel Stewart, RCAF.,. Toronto,
spent .the week end at the home of
his mother, Mrs. Charles Stewart.
Mr. Henry Hoggarth is spending a
few days in Toronto. •
Mr, and Mrs. Charles Hays, Lon-
don, visited at the home of his another
Mrs, R. S. Hays, over the' week end.
Mrs. X. A. Gorwill and family and
Mrs. James Stewart and son Douglas
were in Toronto on Saturday attend-
ing the 'Santa Claus parade.
Misses Alice and Josephine Mcivel
spenttheweek end with relatives in
Toronto.
Mr. Morley Wright, Hamilton, spent
the week and with his mother; Mrs.
Alex Wright,
Miss Florence Fowler, Bluevale,
was a guest over the week end at
the Pinkney home.
Miss. Herman Lindsay and Sheila
have returned to Toronto after speri.cl-
ina' the pass 1 wo woks' at the hone
of her mother, Mrs,' B. Thompson.
Miss Annie Bali, LOnile0boro, Ivor
the guest of Miss Jean Agar. over the
week end.
Miss Pearl Lawrence has returned
after spending- the summer in St.
Thomas,
lir. Ernest Edge and sen Tolm, To -
onto, spent 1:111+ week end. with ..his
ester, Miss Josephine Edge, at. the
Royal apartments. •
Mr. Miles McMillan• Torquto, was 0
week end visitor at the 110010 of his
meats, Mr. and Ml's. J. M. i ]Millan.
Mrs. Allan McLeod and daughters:
orma and Patsy, Port Huron, spent
rile week end at the home of Mr. apd
rs..I1.L.Box.
Miss Betty Matthews, Waterloo,
pent the week end -with' her parents,
Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Matthews.
Miss Hilda Kennedy, London, spent
he week end with her mother, Mrs.
Oland Kennedy.
Sergeant Cyril Flannery, who re-
ently returned from overseas, spent
he week end at the .home of his sis-
e•-1n-law, Mrs. John Flannery.
Miss Dorothy Smith and Miss Ahy-
vonne Wenip, Western University,
London; spent the week end et the
home of the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs, C. M. Smith.
Miss Alice Daly spent the week
rad at the home of her brother and
stei'-in-law', Mr, and Mrs. Jack Daly,
art Hope.
Sirs. Charles Struthers and son
grey and Mrs. Elgin Johnston, At-
ood,'were guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Whitney on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hart, Mr, G.
. Whitney and Miss Lois Whitney
sited in Woodstock on Sunday. Mrs,
hitndy, who spent the,past week
relative:, there, returned home.
Mr. and MTs. Edward Doherty, and
n. Jack Doherty and 14Ir. and Mrs.
e .nneth Doherty of Toronto spent
o week end at the' home of Mr. and
rs. Herald Lawrence,
id, IN ST. COLUMBAN
rad Friday, Nov. 30t1i. Ityan-Mc-
1e1 Quaid.Orchestra. Dancing 9-1.
au- • Admission 35c. Christmas
1 s Dance ---,Wed., Dec, 26th,
it,
ing the present. Isabel stepped I.round
Pike a two 'year old in her Tip Top
m, Tailoved suit, and black felt hat. But
wo are sure it was side burns that diel
the trick. Percy was stunning in a
t blue iturttecl suit with matching hat
and hankie. All ho lacked was hips!
5' They' now delved ten years into the
s- future, and Mrs. Willis Van3gmonci
eft Carried the responsibility of father
cl and Mr, Lloyd Stewart as mother.
Tone wore light trousers and dark
coat with a fedora, while Lloyd look-
ed very care -worn in a light beige
SOB, eye glasses, red wig and brown
felt hat.. The fear children were also
acted in. this by Mrs, Charles .Merl
as Jean, in a pink sheer evening dress
with black velvet rap; Mr. Charlie
Merril as Ken, in a smart blue suit;
Kenneth Dale as Betty Ann and Mary
Dale as Douglas. The last part was
entitled "On the home run," and was
ably acted by Mrs. Eph. Snell as
Warren and Mr, Bernard Tighe as
Marie. They were a decrepit pair.
Margaret wore grey trousers, swallow
tail coat with red buttons, Christy
stiff hat, long white whiskers and
leaned on a cane, Bernard was dregs -
ed in a long black dress with black
shawl. and wearing old black bonelet
Mid spectacles. "Slee" carried an old
fashioned overnight bag. After i.liis
stage we 'hope Marie and Warren
live happily ever afterwards. SIis.
George McLay. ('1101en, favored us
with two' of her special numbers
which were ('0111inly enjoyed.. The
chairman then called Marie uul \Var-
ten forward and Mrs. Wesley IIog-
gait react an ,address. after which
Neville Forbes read an apliroln•iate
Hoene and Billy Gibbings and Jim_
Snell presented then with a beautiful
china cabinet. Warren replied very
fittingly. The dance then got under
way with the first square dance com-
prising t110 actors.. Mel Crich Was
ROOF manager. Mr. and Mrs: Oliver
Welsh supplied the grand music
Which really made the rafters ring.
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fourteen bushels of apples, including .
Spies, Baldwins, Tatman Sweets and ll
others., The orchard an this. farm. pro- N
duced over two thousand bushels of .
apples this,year, dile. to the foresight M
of the owner. Straw was piled in rows
about the orchard and whoa £r__-_
threatened during the critical period s
the straw was Brod: and the resultant
heavy smudge prevented the frost t
from causing the destruction which R
befell. practically every other orchard
in the Province. -St. Marys Journal-
Argus. ' t
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Kelllor-Fremlin -
St. Patel' Anglican n 11
can ,bur
C ch, Clin-
ton, was the setting for the marriage
of Miss Violet Fremlin, Montreal',
second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
E. Frenilin, Clinton, to Squadron'
Leader Hubert George Keiller, DSO., e
DEC., son of Mrs, Elizabetlt i{eilioi', 's
Mitchell. Rev, R. M. P, Bulteel, rector,
of the church, officiated. The bride
given hi marriage by her father, wore ?
a dress or whiter white wool with av
gold accessories and carried yellow .
and while chrysanthemums, The
bridesmaid, Miss I•tarriet Fremlin, ' A
sister of the bride, chose pale green °1
wool With brown suede accessories, W
and carried bronze chrysanthemums. w
Barry Winger, Milan -my, was grooms- 14
nman. After a reception at the hone of
the bride's parents, the couple left on Ii
a wedding .trip to Limbei•lost Lodge, tI
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not a force to be used. ' MOORE-At Scott Memorial Hospital.
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Chickens & Turkeys for Christmas
Live or Dressed. We also buy geese & duck,
feathers
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A NAME
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10110 CYO ilsnnor ono so 61.1 PAO MO.1.0 OM*
on Nov. 1.3th, to Mr. and Mrs, Jack
Moore, Seaforth, a daughter.
CORNISH -LAC. Ken Cornish and
Mrs. Cornish '(formerly Gladys
McMane) are happy to announce
the birth of a daughter (Lee Ann),
in the -Scott Memorial Hospital,
Seaforth, Ont., on Thursday, Nov.
1.5, 1945.
DIGNAN -In Clinton public hospital;
HENSALL
BRINTNELL - FORD
,GUSSO-FORD
A very pretty double. wedding
was solemnized at the home of Mr.
a1ic1. Mrs. Hilton Ford, Lake Road,
on Saturday, Nov. 17th when Rev.
Burn of Dashwood united in mar
'iiage their two daughters, Eva
Marie Forel and John Charles Brint-
nell son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Brintnell, Exeter, and Myrtle Odell,
Ford and John Stanley Gtisso, son
of Mr, and Mrs. Gusso of Guelph,
The 'double ceremony Was perform-
ed beneath an arch of Spruce with
Pink and white streamers amid
candlelight. Miss Vesta Ford, sister'
of the brides, played the wedding
music. The brides dressed alike,
were gowned i11 floor -length dresses
with satin bodice and net skirts.
The satin bodice extended in points
over the hips, and the sleeves tap-
ered to points over the land. Each
wore white finger-tip veils caught
with orange blossoms and carried
boquets of Sweetheart roses and
mums with long' streamers. The.
former bride wore a Ruby pendant,
gift of the groom, and the latter
wore a gold locket, the gift of the
groom. Mrs. Lloyd Fold was matron
of honor for Ena Marie wearing a
turquoise dress with a halo o1 tur-
quoise feathers and net shoulder
veil. Miss Laura Plant of Listowel
was bridesmaid for • Myrtle Odell,
wearing a fuschia dress fashioned
the same as Mrs. Ford's dress with
a halo of fuschia feathers and rib-
bons and a shoulder ,length veil,
both carried American Beauty roses.
Mr. Lloyd" Ford was groomsman f0)
the former groom . and Mr. Howard
cord was groomsman for, the latter.
A reception was -held following the
ceremony, The brides' table was
Ori Tuesday, Nov. 13th, to Mr, and c
Mrs, Earl Dignan Hensall, a baby t
girl.
FINLAY-At Scott Memorial Hospi-
tal, on Nov. 12th, to M1'. and Mrs,
Geo. Finlay, a son,
mitred with the wedding cakes;&u-
tunln flowers and candles in silver
apers, Later Mr. and Mrs. Brint-
nell left on a honeymoon trip to
Bcrrin Bay, Mich., the bride wear -
ng . a turquoise, wool dress, black
hesterfield coat with black acces-
orius and corsage of Johanna Hill
roses, Mr. and Mrs. Gusso left for
Toronto and Guelph, the bride
wearing powder blue wool crepe
dress with a Coral Kenwood coat,
black accessories with a corsage of
Johanna Hill roses. Mrs. Ford re-
ceived, wearing a navy blue en-
semble and Mrs. Brintnell also chose
navy blue, both wore a corsage of
red roses,
SUMMERHILL
Presentation to Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Gibbings
Everyone present had a wonderful
time at Summerhill Hall, when over
0110 hundred friends and neighbors
gathered to wish Mr. and Mrs. War-
ren Gibbings and family all the best
in their new hone and tell them how
much they are going to be missed in
their old. neighborhood. Mr. Arnold
Dale acted as chairman. The party
began by a skit being presented to re-
present Marie and Warren's . past,
present and future. The first pair to
enter presented their childhood.
Peter i I4o
v wore e a French, rose,vol.
1
dees9 studded with sequins, with a.
black felt hal and represented Marie.
Jayne Mary Suell, taking the - part of
Warren; worn overalls studded with
patches and a straw bat which looked
the worse for wear. She also wore a
cd plaid skirt. The second phase of
their life was sweet sixteen 01' court
ing days. Mrs. Willis VanEgmond, as
Marie, was so attractive in a polka.
dot dress and fox fur with white
stockings and green felt hat. "Wee"
boy friend, Mrs. Alvin Betties, as
Warren, was so clashing in his brown
tweed pants, white shirt and bow tie
with a white waistcoat and gold
watch chain. "He" -also wore a blue
coat and straw hat with red feather.
Marie and: Warren's marriage was
ably portrayed 1)7 Alvin Settles as
the bride in a long pink flowered skirt
with royal blue blouse, Unger tip Veil,
white net gloves and carried a cab-
bage adorned with straw flowers and
wild carrot. Mts, Perry Gibbings was
the groom all decked out in derby,
swallow tailed coatand huge (lower-
ed handkerchief. Next carte Dors.
Lloyd 'Stewart as Wai'rou 1101 Mr,
Pelrcy Gibbings as Marie, l'epresent-
HULLETT
The funeral or the late Mrs, Alex-
ander Reid was held at the home of
her daughter, Mrs, Norman Shephard.
Huliett, where she deed suddenly.
Mrs. Reid was in her 8:11111rd year, and
was horn in 13lansh rll Tp. in 1(31.
She was one of a family of nine. Ner
parents were James Wells and Betsy -
Thomson. Tier mother died .when she
was seven years old and two years
later the family moved to Hallett 10
too farm where Harvey Welds now
lives. h1 1887 site was married in
Blyth by Rev. A.-Mcl'.,ean to Alex-
ander Reid who predeceased her 12
years ago. It was a double wedding -
her sister Simina was married to
David Watson and is the only sui•viv-
lug member of the family and lives
at Walton. Following their marriage,
1VIr. and Mrs. Reid tools up farming
on the 16t11 0011;, Hullett, where their
three children were born. They are
Annie, Mrs. Norman Shephard, Hul-
lett;k Katie, Mrs. Frame Marshnil,
East Wawauosh, noel one son Ed-
ward, en the homestead. There are,
five grandchildren. The pallbe 11'erI
were six nephews, john Wells, Her-
vey \Veils. ,Tolm'Watson, 12.ob111t \Vat'
sou, Robert. Watt and 1.,eo' Watt. The
flower bearers were four nephews.
Alex Wells. Robert Wells, Earl Wat-
son and Win. Hamilton, The choir o1'
Burns United church sang by special
request "Will There Be Any Stars In
My Clown," bluing sung it at 114r.
Reids funeral Dos', Mr. Penman,
Pastor n1 Buss church, conducted
the services with interment in Burns
coinetery.
Funeral Services Por
Late Alex McGowan -
The funeral of the late Alex Mc-
Gowan was held from his home' on
the 3rd concession of East Wawanosh
Sunday afternoon. Services were in
charge of Rev. A. Sinclair, of Blyth.
Mr. Albert Walshsang a solo accom-
panied by Mrs. Frank. Marshall. The
• pallbearers were Melvin Richmond,
Leslie Johnston, George McGowan,
Roy Toll,, Norman Radford And Frank
Marshall, Interment was in Union
cemetery, Blyth. The late Mr. Mc-
Gowan was in his 76th year, the
youngest of a family of eight, . five
girls and three boys, Itis parents, the
late Mi. and Mrs. George McGowan,
bought the farm on which he was
born and has since resided, from the.
government and were among the
earliest settlers. Mr. McGowan had
been in poor health for a' few years
from aheart condition but his death
was quite unexpected following an at-
tack of pneumonia. Forty-nine years
ago this New ''ear's Eve he was mar-
ried to Annie Anderson, daughter of
Finlay Anderson, for thirty years the
treasurer of East Wawanosil, Besides
his widow lie leaves three sorts, Or-
ville on the Homestead, Hilliard of
Hamilton, and Finlay at Fergus.
WOMEN'S PLACE-
ON THE PAYROLL?
Clare Boothe Luce, Connecticut's
glamorous Congress - woman and
playwright, writing in The Ameri-
can Weekly with this Sunday's (Nov.
25) issue of The Detroit Sunday
Times, tells why site believed wo-
men's place is in the home, al-
though industry is welcoming women
workers and: surveys indicate they
are just as eager for jobs, Get Sun-
day's Detroit Tnmes.
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TILL NOV, 28
Stokely's Tomato Soup
4 / 10 -oz. tins 29cr
Kellbgg's Corn Flakes
2 / 8 -oz. pkgs. 15c
Muffets, Cereal
2 pkgs. 17c
Royal York Coffee
1 lb bag 39c
G -round as you like it
Clark's Mushroom Soup
2 / 10 -oz. this 18c
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THANKS
We wish to publicly thank the Seaforth Volunteer Fire
Brigade, the staff of Seaforth Public Utility, Cunningham
& 'Pryde who, so. ,kindly made available the use of their
building and all others who may have assisted in any way
during the disastrous fire in our plant last Saturday
afternoon..
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1I1t1'S R Youth s Pine Suits.
Sizes 1446. Wool. Worsted.
Botany & Fine Serge
13.95 to 23.95
11) 11le11's Tweed Suits.
Reg. 15.95 Spee. 8.95
MEN'S WINTER OVERCOATS
R'Ieltons, Tweeds, Silve tones
.. Spec. 13.95 up
Boys' Frieze Mackinaw Coats.
Sizes :26-34, Reg. 5,50. S550. 3.85
Men's Melton & Frieze Windbreakers
All sizes. 4.59 to 6.95
Boys' Winter Weight Breeches
All wool tweed. Sizes 24-34
-Spec. 1.98 up
Ladies Nightgowns. Mother FTubbard.
Sty10. Long 'Sleeves. Ladies'
Pyjamas, Special $1.00.
Ladies' Cotton Hose. First Quality
Spec. 26c
Ladies Silk Bloomers, Reg, .69
Spec. .47
CHILDREN'S TRAINING. PANTIES
Some all elastic tops Spec. 25 pr.
RUBBER PANTIES. Elastic Tops
and Lens Spec. .25
THREE STAR SPECIAL 11' '? 1
Ladies' Fur -trimmed Goloshes
Small suss only.T
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We early a
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Footwear
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OF AGRICULTURE
MONDAY, NOV. 26TH. 8 P.M.
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