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The Wingham Advance Times, 1927-10-27, Page 14,4 ys With' which Is amalgamated The, Gorr a Videlte and The Wrox Single Copies, Five Cents, A HUMMING." INDUSTRY '.Gun -Son -Ola Factory Experiencing A Wonderful Revival in Business Now it is over we draw a long, t deep -breath, of relief, and likewise fere vently:, ,and furtively cross ourselves. -Had we 'known the • danger—but, tut, dut=--.the compensating delight is a re- mearel, rare, rich and ravishing. Our »ignorance was bliss and our wisdom had we heeded, it and indulged it, would have been folly; that we know now. The sense of danger is gone. The danger was unwittingly encoun- tered, and the delight of being, 01' Ap- pearing so in others eyes is great en- tertainment Our heads are still whirling tw full hours after their late experiences We should have begun by telling you of these. We will now unfold- them for your edification and instruction without further preliminary, Passing along Alfred street the otherday, we thought we would slip into ethe Gunn Son-ola factory and .see what was doing, We presented. .ourselves at the office counter, as WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HOLIDAY AT AN END.. 4 4 . Yesterday was, the last Wednesday- half-holiday ednesdayhalf-holiday for the season until next year business places will be open every d0-4 gn Saturday nights add evenings pr edg g' ho 1 1''day Cori ' t y ee i .. u shoppers 'will please make a note o this. ,t ,.. AGNEW—ALLF*., A pretty autumn weeding:: was sole emnized at noon on Monday, Oct 24, at the home of Mr... and Mrs. Geo, Allen, Josephine street, Wingham, when their eldest daughter,. Marion, became the bride of A, Agnew, of De- troit, son of Mrs. Nellie Agnew and o the late Edward Agnew, of Toronto. Rev. Mr. Schafter, of St. Paul's Church, Winglham, officiated. The bride looked 'charming in a frock of beige georgette and carrieda bon quet of Ophelia roses. After a dainty buffet luncheon, Mr, and Mrs. Allen left on a motes; trip, the bride travel- ing in a. brown and/fawn costume. :sunning as casual a look as our fea tures usually under strong agitation would permit; andawaited results Nothing happened, nothing ensued We would have to`'make our pres- ence felt, so we coughed very moclest 1ytto betray ourselves; no notice Again we coughed, spiritedly, t assert oursryrylyes; no action: Again w Y b coughed, boisterously; resonantly, to compel attention -result: a voice, "Be with you in a minute, hardly audible above the click, "click, click of type- writer keys. A short interval elapsed, P , in which. we had time to Bonder the while the incessant artillery of the typewriter Continued', Then. a brief silence that, all our -senses seemed cognisant of.. We _noticed that Miss McCracken was reading over the.. letter she had typed. Yp Satisfied with' her perusal, she arose ..anise swiftly glided to the counter, and :solicited information `regarding our :business, She looked real nice prey ;to start on, so we opened fire on. her. How is business? we asked, Very good indeed, she countered: At least. Thaeal , v 1 1 can handle. Look at my notebook, she said, turning over page after page. I have over a score of :letters to. type, all long ones, and :about an hour to do them in; most of them\apologising for delay in getting .out goods and promising faster serve -ice in.the future. Mr. Webster, she said.is a finepromiser, and a wonder .fuI apologist; and he would need to be, she added, to hold our customers' .these' days. May we see him, we ask- ed. You may, she said, but if you'd° not know him, . yo'A'. may not; know :him, ' How so, we interrogated. Be •cause'he is' masked, she tittered., He .is habilitated in ancient overalls, with .a cut -away, sort of a `swallow tail coat,:.`It is either a cut -away, or a worn -away, I think'the latter, as Mn Webster works under great friction. 'You',,w ll recogriiae hint;' anyway,' by his hat, He is the only, one:.. wearing: ,a hat; at least a straw hat;;' model 1894, a birthday gift to him then, T imagine, as, nothing will induce him to relin quish : it. Sonne day it will' :tall to pieces,: as indeed, it is becoming very. ,decrepid. We; thanked the young lady, and proceeded' in our quest of this genteel person. Leaviitg the of- fice we emerged on the cabinet room floor,'""Long' litiee eft handsome phon-• ograpli, and beautiful radio cabinets, in, various' stages of completion, `' met cur•gaze. As we strolled through. this maze of goods, we discovered every, eine e; and'�.� there cabinet makers at in l g, work -sand' g, gluing, fitting pieces together; every man was busy, none paid . any attention to us, each wase, absorbed in his work. As we wended., our way along the. little -lanes or ar- teriese intersecting the various .piles of cabinets, we began to realize just how awfully rampant''4radio appetite is. At this stage we encountered Mrs Preston, the plant superintendent, who was Banging a motor in a phono- graph hono graph cabinet. A very few minutes sufficed for this, All right, Alf, he shouted, try this out: Alf appeared sud'denlj', and 'whisked the phonon graph away. We followed\hitn into the, packing rooinand examined his boots. To our surprise we found he was NOT weaning roller skates; his rapid motion: had led us to expect them, Before we overtook Binh, he lied a record fixed oii'the phonograph turntable ancl'. half of it released, It an i' wasorgan ice and, lay our � piece,ne hands on our ,hearts and, say, neve;' liars we heard such wonderful rcpro- iltciction, The Gtiiia Son-ola Co, have • 0 ESCAPE SERIOUS 'INJURY WHEN SCAFFOLD FALLS BLYTH, Oct, 28, -When -a scaf-• folding on which they were at work,, siding, a house for John :potter, three. cin to • ees of th p Y c planing 15ai11 come pany,'Robert Watt, 5, H. Hoover and George 'Gai'n ss, had a narrow escape. p from serious injury on Wednesday af- ternoon. They fell 'to the ground, a distance of 12 feet; but none had any bones broken. Mn Hoover, however, is -going around with theaid of a cane,while the other• s were severely bruised, although able to continue at work. I made hundreds of these phonographs these last few months, and have hun- dreds more to snake before Chfist- nas. Most oth.ern are shipped to Quebec,' so evidently Quebec is a better judge of good phonographs than ,Ontario. Mr. Preston reappear- ed here,' and asked if we wished to look over the factory. He was too busy to ego with us, but told us to do the sights without escort, Accord- ingly we descended to the machine room. Here, indeed, was bustle, din; and hustle, such awful activity we never saw before. Every `operation. was being performed at :lightning speed,' Factory trucks were being per- ambulated over: the floor at a terrific pace, No speed limits were visible. In a corner of`this floor we discov- ered Mr. Webster; we recognised his heinous hat. Yon,seeni•busy, we said. Hanalei'like, in a sort of mad ecstacy,` he replied, seem. -I know not seem, 1 am, we are, they are,•everybody;here is busy, 'busy, busy. We` are working against time, Mr. Webster told us. Time has been very.unkind to us 4 lately. It has ..:swamped us wid'ie orders. Time is a terrible thing to have against you It is utterly relent- less.. elent;-less... T,his,•<that " "am doing, he said, I told Titre I would have finished in 243;, minutes.-.' 22.55` ixiinutes hape gone and three' more will follow ere I• have done. My estimate: was a little. bit out, you.,see,,he `sadly 'remarked;. but maybe next time I caei'do better. We have . to be optimistic, he contin- ti'd, otherwise we would lose heart altogether. Mr,, Webster,• continuing, said,"i.n addition to our ordinarywork, the manufactnte of , toilet seats and phonographs, we have on hand a very large radio cabinet contract We are taking on all the servicable help we can get, a hold of, and are working till 9'three nights a week, notwith- standing, we are falling behind on production. • We have made a special appeal to ourworkers to exert them- selves, and right nobly they arere- sponding, as doubtless you can see. The radio contract we now have will, next year, be doubled, perhaps.; trebled. Our other business is also growing by leaps and botinds. . Next year we hope to have double the number of men on our ,pay roll and are now contemplating e:ttend- ing oter premises. We thanked Mr. W. and retired. Winghatn ought to be proud, of The. Gunn -Son -ole 'firm. It sure is prog- ressive. The more inen ,employed' by it, the better ,for everyone hi our town. We wish 'theist every suoces and best of hick, CaptainJ, O. Goldthorpe, of Bay- field, who has b+een'tnting at Meta giant, returned on Monday with his bag, a fine moose with!a spread of 55 inches attd 24 points and we ghhig r,teo eottnds. WINGHAM, , ONT., THURSDAY, er News OCTOBER 27th, 1927 Subscriptions $2.00 per year. MISSIONARIES TALK AT W,M.S,• CONFERENCE Interesting Missionary NIeeting Held At Bluevale On Thursday With Large Attendance. A very successful rally of the Worth' Section of the Huron Presbyterial Women's Missionary Society of the 'United Church was held in 'Bluevale TJnite'd Church on the afternoon and evening of Thursday, pctober_ 20, Mrs. Willis, of Winghatn, leader of the section, presided and the opening exercises were conducted by Brick Church Auxiliary. Mrs. Geo. Thorn- ton, president: of Bluevale Auxiliary, extended a gracious.welcorne to the visitors, to which Mrs, Lane, of Ash- field, responded, In this Section are 15 auxiliaries, 2 mission circles, 1 C, G. I. T. group, 7 mission bands and r baby hand With one • excep- tion, all these organizations were rep- resented and the reports showed the great interest thich is being manifest in :theork. w During the year two new bands were organized, one at Whitechurch,and one at Salem. Mrs. (Rev.) S. Davison, of Wing - ham, spoke inghanh,_spoke on the value of a G,G,I,T. group in connection with the W.M.S. and explained the need of this pro- gram for the teen age girls. The work of the rnis io ' s bands n. wasp res e nted by Mrs. Smith, of Brussels, who took each letter of the two words and made it stand for something of value tothe band. Mrs, (Rev) J. E. Hogg, of Clinton president of Huron Presbyterial, spoke'a few words of 'greeting and cheer to the meeting and then con- ducted a question drawer, when many difficulties wereexplained away. The speaker of the day,. Miss Lola Clarke, of Chatham, on furlough from Japan, conducted a questionnaire, `in- viting questions about Japan, which she answered in an interesting and humorous manner. During the after- noon the audience were favored with a duet by ,Mrs. Gibson and Mrs. Stocks, of Wroxeter, also a reading by Miss Muriel :Michael, of Ethel: A pleasant tea hour was spent when supper was serve . by the • Bluevale ladies: y Rev. v Ir. W don of Bluevale, presided at the evening session, while Rev. Mr. Barker, of Brussels, offered prayer. Miss Caroline Wellwood ,of Wingham, lately returned from China, who is always a welcome speaker to any audience in this community, told something of the women of C Tina, who had come under her instruction while there, and some of whom were carrying on the work in her enforced. absence. Miss Clarke again addressed the meeting and made an :aPPeal for the. foreigner in our midst, in order To win him, we must treat him as an equal; not as an inferior. A missionary reading, "The Brown `-i owel," by Mrs, Vanwyck, of. Wing - ham, was greatly appreciated, as was also a solo by Mrs. (Rev.) Barker,' of Brussels. . a • A pleasing' feature .of the evening. was a pageant presented by the Blue- vale Mission .Band, showing how the torch is lighted' and, sent :, to other lands to enable them tot learn the Gospel message. An invitation from Fordwich aux- iliary for the next sectional meeting was accepted, and the meeting closed with the National Anthem. PRESENTATION OF CONFIED- ERATION-MEDALS On Friday last Dr. Field, L P. S,, for East Huron, paid a visit to the public school. The object of his visit being to ,present Jean Copeland, a graduate of. the 1927 entrance class; witth a bronze medal. It will be re meinbered that in June last the min- ister of education set a special history examination based on questions per taining to Confederation and subse- anent events in Canadian history, This "examination was open, to en- trance pupils throughout Ontario. :Medals were awarded to candidates obtaining highest' percentages, Pour medals came to th'e local inspectorate. We congratulate Jean on her achieve- ment in carrying off one of these coveted trophies, thus adding laurels. to her school and,Priticipal Posliff. Dr. Field gave a splendid outline of the striking of medals, explaining the design and significance of the various cniblcins and complimented, the sehool upon its .success in having a successful entrant in the competition. Mr. and Airs. T. Fields are in To route. this week, t LOG HOUSE STANDS AFTER 65 YEARS Building` On Farm of Allen Pattison Now Toohouse On the farm of Allen Pattison, not a great distance` from Wingham, is an old log house which has withstood the ravages of the season for over 65 years and has now been turned into a shed and implement house. In a place, adjoining is 'a large stone house built from stones taken from the farm of zoo acres. It is one of the best houses in that part of the county , The log house was built from large timbers hewn from heen.locks on the farm and the timbers are still tri good condition. They were all hewn and. dovetailed by hand. The bark was left on and is still visible in many places, Between the logs is a pllaster of small, flat stones and lime mortar, which cane from a kiln about a mile from where the old house stands, The hand-hewn shingles, with which the house was roofed, have withstood the ravages of the weather and many are still clinging to the roof. It was built by the late Adana Reid, 15 years be- fore Confederation, and was in use until recently and was still in the Pattison family until a few years ago, when the large: stone house was er- ected by 'Wesley Pattison, the stones being drawn off the farm and cut and shaped. by Joseph Stonehouse, a mason, now residing in Westfield. The 'farm is well supplied with water from a well over 15o feet deep: While seeking water the drill went through 23 feet of gray limestone. At a distance from this residence can be seen a large hill, .which is known by some of the old residents as the Devil's Eyebrows. BANG! BANG! 'BANG! g t Threes Motor Crashes in Wingham Over the Week -End, About 7 o'clock on. Friday night two Chevrolet coachesjmet at Jose- phine and. John streets,' with rather serious results, One coming south made the turn at the silent policeman and was crashed into by another go- ing north at a pretty fast clip. ,Both cars suffered considerably from dam- aged fenders, broken,..gle ss and twist- ed axles.'"`'''0 ✓" enin othn'i' Siiet• On Saturday/evening gap. tlar crash took Place just past the inter session o 'John street, when one car got a s ere rear -end slain. G.tiod bumper prevented any seriotis/dani- age. AboiL half past o nenneeeSunday unda y morning piercin Beam of a girl mixedwith e grinding crash' of a motor car collision woke up the peo- ple on Minnie street, between John: and Victoria streets, who had visions' of' terrible accident, By the time, any person got to the windows or on the:street, nothing could be seen, save a lot of broken glass on the sidewalk, It •looks •'as if the occupants of the car were mighty; intenested in one. ani :other, so much so that they, hit a tele- phone pole when the car had the whole road to itself. HEAVY FIRE LOSS Barn in Wawanosh and Creamery in Bluevale Burned Milton Bruce, of '9th Line,. Wawa nosh, suffered a heavy loss on Friday night when a,:barn on an unoccupied farm was burned, togetheia with' some 40 bags of potatoes and Soo bushels. of buckwheat. There is no account- ing for the cause of the fine, as no person was. around the place. Mr, Bruce was in :town at the time.. There was only $1,200 insurance on 'the property. Bluevale Village was hard hit on Saturday night when a•• disastrous fire completely wiped out` the creamery. The blaze was discovered, at 9.15 p. m. by Mr, Mundell, who at once notified Mr; Coombs, while neighbors formed a bucket brigade, carrying water from a spring about 15 rods front- the building;, The volunteers were badly handicapped in this by having to climb a» steep hill and, de- spite .their best efforts, the factory was destroyed, while the dwelling et the rear was also completely ruined, The Derwin family was absent at the time, but neighbors • saved most of the contents. The creamery, a brick structure, was about 35 years old and was built on the site of combined cheese and batten factory, destroyed by fire some years previous. The fire is supposed to have originated around the ;boiler rooms, although the actual cause will never be known for everything was all right when Mr, Coombs left the building on Saturday night. "In a comparatively short lime the whole factory wras a seething mass of flanges, which lighted up the sky with a lurid glow. Soon one wall 'fell out, ,and af- ter a sort of explosion within the factory, tevo other walls gave way, scattering bricks in all directions. The whole countryside, and many from town, worked heroically to save some of the adjoining buildings and, were successful in keeping the flames away from the house, which was separted from the factory by a smaal store- room. Mr. Coombs' loss • will be very heavy, as there was only partial in- surance, But perhaps the heaviest blow will be on the loss of business connections, for the Bluevale Cream- ery had an eager and steady demand for its products. Mr. Coombs has not yet decided on his future, but if he decides to leave the village, it will be a matter of serious regret, for his establishmentmeant much to the wel- fare of the place. Came and have a cup of tea in the Council Chambers on Saturday after- noon from 3 o'clock in . aid of the Women's Hospital Auxiliary.. See our windows for Special Prices for one week, Mon. 3tst Oct., until Nov, 5th; Dominion Stores, Limited. Mr. T. J. McLean last week pur- chased the. Van Norman property on Diagonal road at a figure around $2,5oo. It is one of the large homes in tithe town, on a double lot, and at the price may be considered a very cheap property, Big week's Special, Oct. 3xst until 5 Nov., when Quality Counts. Domin- ion Stores, Limited. Mr, and Mrs. Ed, Williams, of Han- over, spent a few days in town with Mrs. C. Sutton and Mrs; R. S. McGee. Mrs, F. Demmerst and son, Frank McKay, also Miss Helen VanAlstyne,. all of Detroit, spent a few days Iast week at Mr. Allen Vanalstyne, 1st lune of Morris. They also visited ither friends around Winghanl, Huron Publishers Association will hold a business meeting,itl Seaforth on Friday, November 4, commencing at.2 o'clock. Don't forget'•the sale of baking,in aid of the Women's, Hospital Aux - Wary diary in the Council Chambers on Saturday, the 29th inst„ at g :, lh tr, and Mrs. Charles Waugh, _ale and Mrs, Russel Kingdon and little daughter Ruth, of St. Marys, spent the week -end at the homeof' Mrs. M. c Ms E. Finch, Victoria St, Wingham. Mrs. T. F. Van Stone ]eaves this week for Toronto, where she will spend the whiter. ST. ANDREW'S ANNIVERSARY A bright ideal October day helped in a rneasere to make Anniyerser,r Sun- day of St. Andrew's Church a delight- ftil success, for splendid congrega- tions gathered at both services, that in the evening being the largest for a long thftee massy finding, seats in the gallery. A Mass of flowers banked along the p'J,'xt platform and . the choir loft, evidenced the solicitous thoughts of many friends, the splen- did effect being appreciated by all present. Special anthems by the choir added much to the delight of the services and were of a spirit and sentiment peculiarly in harmony with the themes of the sermons. Theef- forts of the choir were very material- ly assisted by the excellen ab•lity of Organist Mr. W. H. Willis,» Rev. Dr. A. T, Barr, of Central Church, Brantford, was the special speaker for the clay, and made a last- ing and favorable impression, :A com- paratively young span, of good ad- dress, his Scotch accent founts, a ready responsive sentiment with many, while his address proved most inspiring. In the morning he spoke on "Faith; basing his remarks on. the story of Mary and Martha, whose love and devotion to Christ found ex- pression in their exclamation: `Lord, if Thou hadst been here my brother would not have diad," In the evening he hit r a an equally impressive message. on "Love,"' found in John 13-34-"A new commandment 1 give unto you, that ye love one another: as I have loved you, that ye also love one an- other." The speaker said that the love spoken of here was not the sentiment of the word used in the old dispensa- tion; nor must it confound with the attitude of present clay acceptance of the word. Christ's use of the word was xnuch more personal and had a .� far greater import. He meant that men -wpre• to have the same consid- eration onsid eration for one another, as much in- terest and concern in their welfare as He showed to men while' on earth. I.AYIV1EN OF HURON DEANERY MEET TIRE ,, , v n ..• • n N i 1I , Successful Rally Heid in St. Georges Parish Hall (Goderich Special») A most successful meeting of lay- men of the Deanery of Huron was held in St. Georges parish hall on October re, delegates and clergy be- ing present from Bayfield, Clinton; Seaforth, Hensel], Exeter, Blyth, Bei - grave and Wingham. The Women's Auxiliary of .St. George's Church served an excellent supper, which was enlivened with community singing led by Mr, Fred Sturdy, The roll, call of parishes- followed and 92 respond. ed, a remarkable `attendance consid- ering the wet, stormy night. A solo by Mrs. Douglas Brown was very generously received and an.encore given. Then came a short devotional period commencing with the St. An- drew's hymn, "Jesus: Calls Us O'er the Tumult," prayers, and a Scripture reading by the deanery secretary, Mr.. W. T, . Booth, of Wingham. Major Edwards, of St. Thomas, the diocesan : 'secretary, introduced the speaker of the evening, Mr, F. W. Sutherland, of St.. Thomas, the dio- cesan chairman, who gave a . most r ac teal t andinspirational in p. pirational address au the• opportunities for service for the laymen of the church. He particular- ly • instanced the results obtained in the Deaneries of Essex and Elgin :by the work of the association. Interest had been aroused, `a spirit of fellow- ship between __the .parishes' built up, and the missionary apportionment of every parish had been paid in full. A hearty vote of thanks to the speakers was moved by Messrs. Wethey, of Exeter, and Booth,' of Wingham, Mr. Complin, of'Exeter invited the association to . meet in _ Trivitt Memorial' Hall, in that town, on a date it November' to be set later, when it is possible that Mr. 'NichoI- son, of Chapleau, the Dominion chair- man, may be the speaker. Mr. Potter and Sheriff' Middleton, of Clinton, moved a vote of thanks to the ladies and the singing of "The End of . a Perfect Day and "The Kine closed a very enjoyable evening. Mrs, John Haines, of Owen Sound, is visiting friends in town, 1 W Mr. • T• J• W. Simpson, of Toronto, is visiting his brother, R. Simpson, Mr, and Mrs. John Bildson and Miss Nora Bildson, of Huntsville, Muskoka, motored to Wingham last week and spent .a few days with their cousin, Florence Fleuty, who returned with them, after spending the past three months in that lo- cality. Miss Bertha McGee spent a few days in Toronto last week, where she was a guest at the wedding of her. sister, Miss Edna. Mrs. M. Counter and little son, Billie, of Clinton, are visiting at the home. of Mr. and . Mrs. T. McK Smith. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Beninger have returned to Wingham after • an ab- scence of a few years: Mr. Beninger has taken over the management of the local branch of the Huron Invest- ment Limited. The Women's-. Hospital Auxiliary are holding a sale of homemade bak- ing apd an afternoon tea in the ;Coun- cil Chamber on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 3 o'clock, Donations of baking will be gladly received. An interesting letter from Miss Mae Williamson, giving an account of her visit in London, England, and some of the incidents on board boat from England down to Naples, is crowded out this week. Local broadcasting station, ioBP,. received quite a number of calls on. its broadcast last Sunday. Chesley; Harriston, , Teeswater : and other towns reported good reception: This station will again be on the air on Thursday night, 7,30 to 8,3o, and on Sunday 4.x5 to 5.x5 and 7 p. in. throughout the winter, CURLERS' NOTES Work on the new curling rink is progressing very favorably, the con- tractor, Mr. Price,hoping to-have,the building ready in lots of time, This cotltract is for a price around $2,S00.. Wingham has been grouped with Harriston, Mount Forest and Grand Valley for tankard draw, to play in Grand Valley, with Alfred Menary umpire, SOCIAL EVENING You arc cordially invited to attend a social evening in the parish hall of the Sacred Heart Church on Thursday , November 3, Arthurs' Or- chestra in attendance. • A Chesley town Council by the cast: ing vote of the mayor, decided to build a $4,000 hall for the Agricul- tural Society on conditions that the . society turns over to the Council some $2,yoo already subscribed., Special Prices for Thanksgiving, g gb Monday 31st, until 5 Nova Dominion Stores, Limited Dr.. and Mrs. W. H. Price, of Orangeville, spent the week -end at Capt. Main's. Mr. Bert Armstrong, of Blyth, is in Wingham for his holidays. Return game between Lucknow and Wingham ' High School resulted its 4-3 victory for Lucknow. Winghanl had a 10-12 victory in Lucknow. Mrs. T. G. HempeIl, of Wroxeter,: on Tuesday received a badly sprained ankle when some newly constructed steps at the house collapsed, throw- ing her heavily to the ground. Sunday, October 3o WINGHAM' UNITED CHURCH Rev. Sidney Davison, Pastor Residence: Minnie and John Sts Mr. J. H. Christie Choir Master Miss Reynolds, Organist to a. in»—Prayer and Fraise Service, x1 a. m.—Subject.t "The Lord's Horses and Chariots." 7 p. ne—Subjects "The House You Live In." Iallowcen Social, J , Mondayy� Oct. _31,' at 8 p. tn. Program: games, lunch.. Addmission, 25t and x5c. 'Everybody Welcome. nen- WEEKK-NIG'H'T' aliaIVICES Mon, 8 p.m.--, Young People's Society. Prayer Service, Wednes., 8 p.m. Choir Practice., 'Thursday, 8 p.m; WELCOME." *newt.