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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1935-01-17, Page 7roxeter GORRIE W. M. 8, To Entertain The VV.. M. S, members are enter- taining their husbands and any who desire to come, to their annual At • Home which is .being held in the school rooms: of the United Church on Thursday, Jan. 24, commencing at 8 p,m. The Iadies : are asked to bring lunch: An interesting program is be- ingarranged by those in charge. Mrs. Leslie Earl, of Ethel, and Mrs. Robert Patrick, of 'Brussels, have re- turned to their homes after spending a. couple of weeks 'visiting the form- er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Clegg and: other relatives: Mrs, George Foster spent a couple of days last week with Wingham friends. The regular meeting of the United Church W. A, will be held on Thurs- day, Jan. 17th, atthe home of Mrs. John Cathers, Mr. Seymour .Grey, O,A,C.'student, who was a recent guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. H, Strong headed his class of some seventy members in his re- cent exams. His many Gorrie friends extend congratulations. It certainly pays to study as Seymour is showing rapid progress in his classes. He re- turned to Guelph on Tuesday last. Mr. Elmer Butt, who is attending Wingham Iligh School, spent the week -end at his home here. Messrs, Wilfred Ring and Thomas Bradnock spent the week -end in To- ronto. Mr, James Douglas, Miss Annie and Mr. Emmerson Shera, spent Saturday in Hamilton, where they visited with the former's son, Mr. Clarkson Doug- las. Clarkson's many friends will be glad to learn he is improving nicely. Mr. and :Mrs, Bert Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bryans, of Fordwich, were Friday guests of Mr. and Mrs• W. J. Gallagher. Mr, ' Ewart Whitfield, of Blyth, spent the week -end at his hone here. .Messrs. Arthur Stephens and Mer- vin Stephens were Toronto visitors on Saturday. Mr, and Mrs. Ernest King visited friends in Fordwich on Wednesday last. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foster, Miss M. Foster and Mr. Gordon McEwen spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jefferson in Owen. Sound. J • Mr. Ed. Backer spent the week- end with his brother, Mr. H. 13rick- ^er in Clifford. Mrs. P. Koine left on Monday to spend some time with friends in Chatham,' Mr. Nelson. Underwood of near. Wingham, visited on Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Foster. Hockey Got Under Way The : Gorire hockey players started' their games for the year, the first one being, played here Friday night when Behnoreboys won from the horse team. However, the schedule of the games will be printed next week as these are not quite ready yet, Gorr}e will play in Clifford on Friday night of this week. Week of Prayer Observed Last week, the week of prayer was observed in the United Church. The different subjects were as follows Monday, Repentance; Tuesday, Faith; Wednesday, Fellowship; Thursday,. Obedience and Service, and Friday evening, Yputh Movements in the world, with special music Wednes- day evening. These meetings were in charge of the Minister, Rev. G. W. :Suitt and were fairly well attended and were very helpful. i12is's Janet Rutt an and Mr. Elmer Butt, who attend High School in Wingham, were home for the weekweek- end. I A Christian Fellowship meeting is being hetd,cach Thursday evening in the United Church from 8to 9 o'clock to whiwhichtire -public are invited. Miss Janet Watson is attending Winter School in Stratford ttiis week. represents "the Yottn . People's Elie.r �' d, 1 nits ui ct . League of the United Ch Winter School is promoted by the' orris Vid�tte Thursday, January 17, 1835 LAST SESSION OF 17th PARLIAMENT The sixthand last session of Can- social reform in radio addresses on a ada's 17th Parliament opens in Ot- scale that. might cut across usual P tawa Jan. 17th. With Rt Hon, R. ty lines the pissibijity: of an historic B. Bennett advocating economic and session is almost certain. The above layout shows the Parliament in ses- sion; at the left, Rt. Hon. William Lon Mackenzie` ,y Ding, leader of the. Opposition; at the right, the Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, and inset, J. S. W,'ods- worth, leader of the C.C.F. Huron and. Perth Presbytery and it lasts for the whole month. On invitation of the Reeve, Rev. R. S. Jones and Rev. G. W. Butt opened the inaugural meeting of the new Council on Monday morning last. LIBRARY BOARD ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Gorrie Public Library was held in the lib- rary on Saturday evening with ten members present, with Rev. G. W. Butt as chairman. The Treasurer's report gave a balance of almost $32.00 on hand. After other items of busi- ness had been transacted, Rev. Jones and Mr. N. Wade moved votes of ap- preciation for the' efficient service. given by the retiring President, Rev. Butt, also Secretary, Miss 13. McLau- ghlin. The election' of officers was then conducted by Rev. Butt and are as follows: President—Mr. H. V. Holmes. Treas.—Mrs. G. S. Ring, Sec'y-Mrs. V. Shera. r Rep, of Township Council—Mrs. A. E. Toner. Rep. of Police Trustee—Mr, Geo. McKee. • • .. Rep. of School Board -Mr. Caroll Gregg. Other board members are: Dr. Ramage, Messrs. N. Wade, Rev. Butt, Rev. Jones, Mesdames Ramage, W. C. Ring, Holmes, Jones; Misses Mc- Laughlin, Potter, Murray. The Secretary reported that 1618 fiction books had been read ,also 59 class and 882 "fro.m the travelling lib nary. CHURCH CLUB HAD SPLENDID MEETING A very enjoyable time . was spent when St, Stephen's Church Club met at the home of Miss J. P. Stinson, Gorrie, on Friday night last. The meeting opened in the usual manner by all repeating the . Apost- les' Creed and Lord's Prayer in uni- son, :and Rev. R S. Jones reading the Scripture lesson taken from the llth chapter of St. Luke, verses 1 to 13. Miss Edith Ritchie, convenor for the program, then took charge of the nsubject of which was, meeting, the , "Heroes and Heroines" and called pu- on Miss Ivy Lawrence, who gave -a paper on the life of Sir' Isaac Broek and his valiant part in the Battle of Queenston Heights. Nurse Edith Cavel and her brave work and heroic death were told by Miss Velma Baiers` b ,• after, which a contest was enjoyed Y all. A reading "Madeline de Ver - theme was given by Miss Nellie, Dinsmore, telling of how she heroical- ly defended the Fort against the•In- dians until help arrived, Mr. Robert Wade theft gavean interesting his- tory of Wolfe, followed by another !contest and music by Mrs. F. King on the piano asci Mr. Harry Ring ac- companying on the banjo, while all f joined in singing a few o the fam- iliar songs. Piano instrumentals were also given by Mrs. Gordon Barton, af- ter which a sociable time was spent while the hostess and Mrs. Ritchie served refreshments, n made_ for a were Ar•rarrgennent,5 skating party to be held on January 29thf when they will also entertain the young people csf St. James' Church, Wroxeter,. • and, Trinity i Chureh,. Fibrdwich. Ultra Bern Eye ce erwi HOMUTH F. rw 19�h y 1 t �. r• on Phone INSTITUTE HEAR . FINE DEBATE Civilization is a Failure" or so the affirmative side of the debate "Is Civ- ilization a failure?", proved. The af- firmative side was upheld by Mrs. E. W Bolton and Miss Blythe Under- wood; the negative side by Mrs, Jno, Cathers and Miss Edith Ritchie, when they debated at the social evening of the Institute,. when some 50 members add friends met on Wednesday even- ing last at the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. Shera, Gorrie. The judges for the debate were: Miss Lennox, Mr. G. McKee and Mr. Lloyd Ashton.. The debate proved very interesting and all debaters did well. The affirmative side won by a small margin. ,Other items on the program which follow- ed the opening exercises and roll call, which was responded to by "Sing, Say, Play or Pay" and which brought forth some comical "says", were musical numbers by Messrs. Hilton Ashton, Percy Ashton, L. F. Ashton, Leland Ashton, Mr. Frank Cole gave an Irish Jig and a chorus of men's c in old familiar songs. Mr. H voices Neill was also on hand with his movie machine and gave a reel.on the "First Telephone" which was an education in itself. Following the National Anthem which closed the meeting,' the ladies served refreshments. AUXILIARY HEAR OF MISSION SCHOOLS' The regtularmeeting of the Wom- en's Auxiliary of St. Stephen's Angli- can Church, Gorrie, was held at the home of Mrs. Wilford King on Thurs- day afternoon last, when a goodly. nttnber of the members were Present and the work of the afternoon : was piecing a quilt. The President, Mrs. Norman Wade, opened the meeting with prayer:, after which minutes of the annual meeting fi were read by the Secretary, Mrs.; F. C. Taylor, followed by the Roll Call, answered by a suitable' Scripture verse: The Scripture passage, .St, Matthew 28th chapter, verses 16 to 20, were then read by Mrs. Poster, after which a very interesting chapter of the new study book "Stewards of a Goodiy Heritage" was Mrs. vas read by M Jones, Mrs, Geo, Ring, Mrs. F. C. Taylor, Mrs, N. Wade and Mrs, G, Underwood, while Mrs. Jones pointed out u. on the map o f Canada where each Mission School in Canada was situat ed as named, The number of pupils in each school were also given. 'Fol- lowing mat- ters a diSetd5Siant of business S n conducted the pray- ers ra- tern the President co soli l y ers and lunch was served by the hos- tess. WROXETER. Mr, and; Mrs, Tom Burke, of Tor- onto, spent a couple of days last week with Mr. and Mrs. John Gibson and other friends in this vicinity.. McCoy stent acou le - of MrBitIM y l p days recently with friends in Wing- haim Mr. and Mrs. Atkin .Hastings and sort, of Turnberry, were Sunday vis- itors with Mn arid. Mrs. R. J. Rann, Mr.Leggett spent the week -end with his wife and family At Peter- borough. Mission Banc, is meeting next SA t• urday afternoon in the Sunday School room of the United Church, Mrs. Philip Durst is on the sick list at. present suffering from an at- tack of "flu". The Chopping Mill is again in run- ning order after .a lapse of a couple of weeks, during which the machin- ery was wholly overhauled. Rev. and Mrs. Thompson, Belniore, called on friends in the village one day last week, Mrs. D. MacTavish left on Monday of last week to spend some time with her brother and sister in Turnberry, Mr. I. S. Durst made a business trip to Guelph on Saturday. A new supply of fiction books has been received at the Public Library. These books were obtained by means of .the local exchange among the Howick Township Assoc., and offer a good variety in reading material. Mr. Alan Finlayson spent the week -end at his home at Lochalsh. Geo. brown, Wendell Finlay, Jack McLeod and Jack McLean, Wingham, spent tlic week -end at their homes here, Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Alien are mov- ing this week to their horse in the villa -.e Mr. Allen lei 'in g , . u h been retired after many faithful years' service as C.:l.'.R. agent. We are pleased to know Mr. and ',frs. Allen, who are highly esteemed citizens, have decided to re - Main in Wroxeter: Miss Lily Waller, Wingham, spent the week -end with her. parents, Mr. and Mrs, Harry Waller. We are glad to know Mr. George Town, who has been ill many weeks, is showing .some improvement. We hope it may continue. Two car -loads of livestock were shipped from the local stock yards on Saturday by Fleming. Black. Y. P. Society . The first meeting of the Young People's Society of the United Church was held on Monday evening last with a good attendance. The Vice President, Mr. Robert Paulin presided and the evening's pro •gramme was in charge 'of Miss Mar- jorie Paulin, convener of the .Mis- sionary Group. After the singing of the 'opening hymn, a prayer in uni- son, ;followed by Scripture reading by Clifford Denny, who chose Romans chapter 12. Kathleen Durst and Lu- cille White contributed a duet. Dur- ing the business session there was a motion by Miss Mary Pope, second- ed by Velma Higgins ,that' a gift, of $5.00 be given to the Missionary and Maintenance fond of the Church. An interesting. missionary story was read by _Edith Martin, and this was fol-_ lowed . by a playlet "Dollars and Di n.."' Mable:Patterson had char e a a+ of the scond topic, and the Meetin • p , Meeting was closed by rine Altzpalr Benedic- tion: Deepest sympathy of many friends is extended to Mrs. Wm. Orr atter son rackie, in the death of Miss Sarah Orr, who passed away on ;Thursday, afti:r a week's illness, leas than two months after the death of Wm. Orr. Mr ,and Mrs, jack Gibson are get- ting settled in their new home on Howick St. Miss Vera Durst left on Monday for Ingersoll where she will spend some time with friends: The Librr y Board met in the Lib- rary t -rary room on Monday everting for the first meeting of theNewYear, and plans were made to hole. a Eutrre and Dante the a ce i hi Towii Halt an Wednes- day evening, January 23rd. W. M. 'S, The January meeting of the Wo-. men's Missionary Society was held at the home of Mrs. Wendt, with eight members and two visitors pres- ent. The President, Mrs. Stocks, was in the chair, and took charge of the devotional period of the meeting. Af- ter the opening hymn the Scripture Reading followed, taken from' the one hundred and twenty-first Psalm. A letter from the father of a martyred missionary was read and much enjoy- ed by the listeners. , The minutes of the last meeting, also reports for the year, from the Mission Band and Associate Helpers were read and adopted. The roll call was then responded to by a New Wear's thought. After the singing of another hymn, the fifth chapter of the study book was then given by Mrs. Finlay. The meeting closed by the singing of the hymn "Spirit of God descend upon my heart," and by the repeating in unison of the Lord's Prayer. MISSION T - MI RALE Members of the Girls' Mission Cir- cle were entertained by Miss Edythe Martin, at her home, last Friday ev- ening, when about twelve girls were present. The worship-ser-vite from the Mis- sionary Monthly was used, the theme of which was "Membership in the Kingdom" and the .lysins used were nutbers 530 and 148 of the Hyrnnary. The minutes of the last meeting were accepted and after the calling ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING The annual meeting of the. Sunday School of the Wroxeter United Church, was held on Wednesday ev- ening, the Rev. W. A. Finlay pres- iding. An encouraging report was receiv- ed from the secretary treasurer, show- ing a larger balance on hand than hi the previous year, and an increasing attendance. The election of officers resulted as follows: Superintendent—Mr: R. Stocks, Assistant -heir. R. J. Rann. Secretary Treasurer—Mr, Kenneth Edgar. Assistant -Mr. George Brown. Pianst—Mrs. J, R. Wendt. Assistant -Miss Isobel; Milligan, Teachers—Mr. R. Stocks, Mrs. J,. Adams, Mrs. J. Edgar, Mrs, A. Wear- ring, Miss Eva Musgrove, Mrs• W. S. McKercher, Miss Margaret Wright, Mrs. R. Stocks and Mrs. J. R. Wendt. Assistant Teachers -Mrs. V. Den- ny, Miss Elsie Davidson, Mrs. W. A. Finlay. Secretary of Missions—Miss Win-' tiifred Rae. Secretary of Temperance—Mrs. VVV, S. McKercher. Secretary of Cradle Roll—Miss Gertie Bush. LADIES' GUILD OF - ST. JAMES' CHURCH 'Ile annual meeting of the Anglican Ladies' Guild was held on Wednes- day afternoon of last week at the home of Miss Alma Saunders. The report of the secretary treas- urer showed that a successful year had been completed, and the Guild was again organized for the coming year, with Mrs, R. S. Jones in the chair for the election of officers, which resulted as follows: Hon. President—Mrs. R. Earls. President—Mrs, H. Waller. Vice President—kers, J. Douglas. Secretary Treasurer — •Mrs. F. Davey. - Auditors—Mrs. H. Dane and Miss Isobel Earls, After the business was completed a social half hour was enjoyed during which the hostess served lunch, THE SUNDAY 5CHoGL LESSOt n PETER'S LESSON IN HUMBLE SERVICE Sunday, Jan. 20—John 13:1-17; I. Peter •5:5. Golden Text: All of you be subject one to an- other, and be clothed with humility. (I. Peter 5:5.) When Gott made a plan of salva- of the roll, the business of appointing tion, and carried out His Klan, we a new treasurer was dealt with. On may be sure that He did not overlook motion of Marjory Paulin, seconded anything. by Edythe Martin, it was decided that He made His plan t,, redeem lost Lenora Higgins be the Treasurer, sinners before ever luau had sinned, The office of corresponding• secretary even before luaus was created. The being Ieft vacant by the absence of plan required "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Rev. 15:8), and that Lamb was His only Son. The Father and. the Son stopped. at nothing to save lost sinners, and to keep then saved, The opening verse of the lesson is a long one, and is packed with .amaz- ing facts' and Meanings. At least six great truths stand out. 1, "Now before the feast of the passol'er." More than 1,800 years earl- ier God had given Israel, through Moses, the passover cerernoniai feast. A male lamb without blemish was stain, its blood was put On the door- posts of the .house, the flesh was eat- en according to divine directions. For 1,500 years the 'Jews had observed t1iis ceremonial, which pointed through the centuries to the death of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, whose blood was to be "shed for innany for the remission of sins" (Matt. 26;28), 2. Christ was about to partake of this passover supper with His tris- �tn1it :dis- ciples; dtva. • the last time in the. history of the world when the Pass- over was observed before its fulfill- ment in •.;Tis• own death. 3, "When Jesus knew that .i"Tis-'hour Marjorie Waller, it was decided, on motion of Mrs. W. A. Finlay, second- ed by Lenora Higgins that this of- fice be combined with that of record- ing secretary, to be handled by the recording secretary. The treasurer's report was read by p the President, showing a total of forty-two dollars sent to the Presby- terial Treasurer, the allocation having been twenty-five dollars, The Advis- ory President, Mrs. Finlay mentioned that all branches+ of the church Were being urged to increase their donat- ions at least one tenth this year since it was the tenth anniversary of the United 'Church, and she urged the Circle to endeavour to meet this appeal, Means of raising stoney during the. coining year were then discussed, and it was finally decided on Motion of. Vera Durst and Isobel Milligan that the secretary write to enquire about' a play, and• plans for a bazaar or anionapson sate, were left nantil a tater date. Miss Elva Stocks then favoured with an instrt mental at tlw pinup, followed by 'short topics from the heralds, Mabel Patterson and Marjory was cone." .Nothing itt; tiie events of Paulin, out Temperance, and China, the Lord's redemptive work took Hinir '1 math arid an . r• s e t i e l The o 1 a e cv r trial, a d J p p y by surprise �Iis.'bett•aya1, ar est, r, topic comprised of a chapter from the study book ".:astern' Women 'l"o- Day and To -Morrow' was given by i LenoraLenora'Fltl,gi rns. eotivietion, crucifixion, resurrection were all known to Ilim before the foundation of the world, 4, "That He should depart out of The devotional part of the n7ecting this world unto the Father." The -i. l Miz h Bene , dosed byrepeating the at together d P g p I Father and the Son hart, been tog t , diction, after which followed a social frons all eternity blit tract come to ^l c r oris hnc i must was !Half hou d w n 1 er s will b' d in ' g' earth to da H s Pat n Y Y 1 enjoyed., and the hostess served lunch, for sinners, and He was to return to the Father after Ile could say, "1t is finished." 5. "I-faving loved His own which were in the world." The Jove of the Father and the Son for "tire world" of lost sinners is an amazing and beautiful thing. For sinners are, by nature, enemies of Gad. "I3ut 'God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for ns ... when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son" CERorn. 5: 8, 10), 6. "He loved them unto the end." God's ,love is everlasting. These dis- ciples all failed Christ utterly; next week's lesson tells us of Peter's blas- phemous denial that he ever knew Christ; at the time of His arrest, "they all forsook Him, and fled„ (Mark' 14.50. That made no differ- ence in Christ's love for them. "Love never faileth" (1 Cor, 13: 8), there- fore "He loved them unto the end." These si .. amazing truths are the foundation, as it were, for the events of the incident that 'followed. Satan bad now "put into the heart of Judas Iscariot . , to betray Him." Satan had been the -enemy of Christ from the beginning, and will continue his active enmity until he is cast into the lake of fire. The Lord knew that. Judas was the betrayer, and He knew that "the Father had given all things into His hands." He knew also that Hewas the'Creator and the Redeemer of the universe—and, having all this -. knowledge. He yet took the place of a servant before these very men and performed the most menial of ser - ices for thein all, even including Judas l Laying aside His outer garments, He took a towel and a basin of water "and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe thein with the towel wherewith he was girded." Why? He was teaching them a lesson that every believer in Christ and horn - again child of God has needed from that day to this. Peter, of course, protested. He did not want his Lord to wash his feet. Christ explained that Peter could not then understand the meaning, of this, but would understand later. As Peter' continued his protest, the Lord start- led him with the answer; "If I wash thee not, thou hast on part with tine." Then Peter, ahvays ready with sug- gestions to improve what Christ was doing; answered: "Lord, not nit- feet only,but alson * h n ands and m 5y head." Then carne a great lesson in the sufficiency of the Gospel of salvation, and also in the need of repeated cleasing, "He that is washed (bathed) needeth not save Ato wash his feet, but is clean every whit." The discip- les, like all believers, were "bathed" and therefore "clean every whit" be- cause of their faith in Christ. 13trt if we are soiled by sin of any kind in our walk, as the sandal -shod feet are. in walking on the dusty highway, cleansing is needed. So the apostle John wrote niany years later by in- spiration: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all un - righteousness" (1 John 1:9). It' was a lesson also in humility and loving service. "If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one an- other's feet." The Golden 'Text brings this out; and so does Paul's wore.: "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ" (Gal 6:2).. Let us take from this lesson these Seven great truths: 1, The deity and eternal preexist- ence of Christ, 2, His omniscience. 3. His perfect and eternal love. 4. God's foreordained plain of sal- vation. 5, The sufficiency of our salvation itt Christ. 6. The need of repeated cleansing. 7. The duty and privilege of humble service and l.e oving rr ce of another. Insure anti ake Sure All the best old established Companies. EIRE! At1TOMO>gILEt ACCIDENT Y_ "ir. � .,v , 'frit t Fx "li'efir� � n the�>rt» y e ;, � nes% Abner Cosens insurance and lien Eatate,