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HENSALL CHURCH
GROUPS ACTIVE
DURING W.EEE
Hold Interesting Meetings
and Plan For Fall.
Activities.
NEWS OF HENSALLL
Young People Reorganize
• The n
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ung People's Union of the
Unite Church reorganized for their
fall d winter meetingeta.nd elected
the following officers: President, Miss
Lenore Norminton; vice-presidenh
Bill Mickle; secretary:, Miss Betty
hackle; treasurer, Miss Bernice Jinks;
-pianist, Miss Eleanor Cook; assist-
ant, "Miss Betty Mickle; leaders and
:helpers of the different groups: Chris-.
Alan Culture leader,. BilhElliott; help -
:era, Bill Ildickle, Eleanor Gook; Chris-
tian Fellowship, leader,- Miss Jean
Armstrong; helpers, Miss Dorothy Mc-
Naughton, Miss Betty Rowcliffe;
Christian ' Missions, • leader, .Miss
Elaine Cartile; helpers, Miss Edna
Petzke, Miss Eleanor Vitiner; Chris-
tian Citizenship, leader, Miss Doris
Buchanan; helpers, Miss 1VIatjorie
McKinley, Miss Bernice Jinks.
Thanksgiving service's vera observ-
ed in Hensell United Church on Sun-
day with 'splendid congregations at-
tending. Rev. R. A. Brook, the minis-
ter, ,for his' morning theme, chose
"God's Bounty." The choir of 31 voic-
es, under the direction of Mr. Sam
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Masons Hold
..Weekend Party
A number of the members of Bri-
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tannia Masonic Lodge, Seaforth, an
their wives spent a delightful holiday
week -end at Port Carling, Maiskoka,
the guests of Mi".' and. Mrs. W. L.
Whyte, Holm Farm, .Hullette -
Those iu the party, frein town and
district were: Mr. and Mrs.,W. L.
WhYte, Mr. and Mrs. D., H. ilson,
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Clarke, Mr. and
Mrso-Harvey Masotti, Mr. end Mts. A.
Nicholson, Mr. arid Mrs. W. Leyblune,
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wright, Mr. and.
Mrs. Jack Modeland, Mr, and •Mrs.
Stackhouse, Mr. juid Dave Mc -
Leath Mr: and- -Mier. -V; A. "'"Wright;'
Mr. and Mrs. Itoss '‘SOott, Mr.- and.
Mrs. R. S. Matt:Wald; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Kling,Idr. and Dire. Oen. XrUse
And Mr. Jack /10thaln,
Sharieg much of. the responsibility'. for the success of the Match
are, the committee members shown ahove. From' left to right are Hugh
., Hill, ,Carlow,' President of the Local Committee; Harvey Brskine,itur-
on County'Treasurer and 'Aesistant... Secretary of the 'Committe; A.
Carrol, Toronto, Secretary -Manager of the ' Gordon McGavin,
Walton, President of the O.P.A., and LeRoy G. Brown, Committee
Secretary.
After he had officially opened the Match, Viscount. Alexander of
Tunis, Canada's, Governor-General, took over the tractor and plow be-
ing operated by 15 -year-old Arthur. Bolton, on Wednesday. The acclaim
of the crowd, as It viewed a 40 -yard 'furrow, indicated he knew his
work. His Excellency was introduced by C.P.A. Fresident Gordon Mc -
Gavin. •
69th Anniversary . Of
• Northside Church
The present United Church edifice
ori Goderich Street 'West Was erected
69 years age, during the pastorate of
Rev. 'George' Buggin, father of Mrs.
James Beattie, of Church Stheet, Who
• recently celebrated her 92nd birthday
and who is the oldest member of the
present congregation. Rev. Mr. Bug -
gin was the sixth minister of the
charge after it was separated • from
the Clinton Circtilt in 1.5164..
Tlie pritrent'irnited 0 inA &Agra-
'gation is not unmindful of its inherit-
itilee from its past, aid approachea
this anvertarY, ;ante. With a Spirit
*kith aligurs tiit the'turd: of
'RED CROSS 'NOTES.
The Red Cross room will be open
on Friday. Those who have sewing
out are requested to return it as soon
as possible in order that t a shipment
may be made. There are dressing
gowns to be made to complete the
Work on hand. A new‘and interesting
quota has been accepted. And it is
the wish of those in charge to have
all other work completed before the
new quota arriees.
tie cause.
Rev. A. B. Irwin, 13.A., of .Tames
Street Chttrch, greter, will conduct
the' 6.0th anniversary service% on gun.
day next
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:Ale* Kerr,
McKiltop veteran, foetid plowing easy after piloting
30 -ton tanks. He is shewn, left Iabove, after winning the Veterans'
Class on Tuesday.- James, s. Hogg, another' McKillop entry, is shown
Centre above, winning'the en sod class. Elmer Dennis, also of Mc-
Killop, took 'second:I:40On the same match. • Every 'one of the 12
McKillop entrants in the events on Tuesday succeetied in winning '
prize, including 11 -year-old John S. M,cGavie, son of Ontario Plowmen's
Association President, Gordon 'McGavin.•
ovenor General Opens
International Plowing
Matoh,Greetedby 70000
McKillop Entrap - •
in, rt'ay .0n
Tuesday As AlI 'Mirk Priz-In Seaforth,
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• When the special car carrying
Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Gov -
.The roar of biambers was replaced
by peacetime roar of tractors as the.
1946 International Plowing Match—
first since the 1942 wartime suspene
sion—got under way. at Port Albert
Airdrome on Tuesday. The long run-
ways accommodated thousands of.
•parked cars, the huge hangars exhib-
its of products and equipment. •
MCKillop Township contestants
highlighted the' events on Tuesday—.
Local 'Day—when every one of -the
•twelve contestants from the :township
won a prize. .
Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Gover-
norr'General of Canada; officially' op.
ened the match orhhhednesday. Fol-
lowing the opening ceremonies when
he was introduced, by, Gordon McGav-
in; 'President :of ' the Ontario Plow-
men's Association, who recalled the
fine war record of LOrdtAlekanhet
and spoke of the part the 'Governor-
General had played in the :defeat. of
theGerinan generals "who only last
night. paid for their crimes with their
lives." Mr. McGavin declared that'
while the site of the present plowing
match was not actually a battlefield,
it was a historic site in that eo many
Men had been trained there for their -
'part in the winning of the; war.
. Mr. McGavin pointed out, that this
Victory mateli was the rst :since
1941, recalling that: the proptised,1942
match in • Huron. County • had been
postponed because of war Conditions.
'Following the eeremoniee the Gov-
erner -General wandered _ abdut the,
hundreds' of acres ' making up -the
match site and watched the 1 various
events. In mufti he was not recog-
nized de" linatTY occasions.
Wednesday,aaw- what is likely to
be the largest attendance of the four -
'day match. Some MOO' cars were
patked during the clay and officials
estimate the crowd at 70,000., High-
ways in every direction were crowd-
ed from early morning. It ,was only
by seeing the mile after mile of cars
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Lions Hear
District Governor
l3eputy. District, Governor Walter
Hodge, of Goderich, was guest speak-
er at a Meeting of the Seaforth Lions
Club in the Commercial Hotel Tues -
'day evening, when he clishuesed the
problenis affecting the Liens' Oliihs of
today alad'the manner in Which indi-
vides,' Lions, through their member-
ship in a club, could be a powerful
force' throughou' the . country and
world. ,Lion Nel on dardpo was ebair-
man of. the meeting, Restated. by' Lion
E. C. Boswell. The appreehation. of the
members for the addrerise'Was ex-
prestied by Lion President Fred S.
Savange. •
The members were reminded of the
17th annual LionHalliaWe'est frolic
by the committee in ehlthgth The pro-
ceed. of the frolic, whichis being
h.eld tin Thursday, Oct. 81,' go to the
Legion Memorial HalL rtitld.
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e nor -General of Canada, passed
through Seaforth at noon on Wed-
nesday, it was met by Mayor John
J. Cluff and members of the town.
council and Public Utility Com-
sion,, who were presented to His
Excellency. The Govereor.General
expressed a lively interest in the
town and discussed its population
and activities with Mayor Cluff.
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LONDON MINISTER
AT PRESBYTERY
Northside United. Church
is Host to Presbytery
Meeting.
Rer.. Alec J. Slate, president of
London 'Conference of the United
Church of, Canada; spoke at a meet-
ing of Huron Presbytery, held. Friday
in Northside United Church, Seaforth,
with Rev.H. J. Snell presiding. Mr.
Snell made a htrong,plea for a 'preach-
ing ,church, an active laity, an ever
deepening and widening fellowship, a
spiritual revival, succour of a needy
and bruised humanity, and a united
front to the pagan world.
• Rev. H. P. Smith, Conference eon-
vener of the Missionary and Mainten-
ance Fund, in an inspiring address,
stated that the 'church needed mote
money because everything is More ex-
pensive: He 'conhretulated the peo-
ple of Huron.:Presbytery for their fine
showing, with an annual increase.
Rev. Cyril H, ,Adair director of the
Pension Fund Capital Campaigu, gave
a lucid account of the progress :made,
and reported the givings of , each ,of
the Huron charges to the Pension
Fund. Considering that Huron was
known throughout Canada as part of
the garden of E'den, he did not think
it was a good repert.
Reports were given by Rev. H. J.
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Injured In
Car Accident
When the car in which they Were
passengers turned over as it passed
another vehicle in Mitchell Monday
night, Lorne Dale, Jack Eisler and
Alvin Hoff, of Seaforth, were taken to
hospital suffering minor injuries.
The accident happened when their
roadster was in collision with a coupe
owned by Keith McLagan, R.R. 4, Mit-
chell, Which iii turn was knocke-d in-
to second parked ear, owned ,by
John Barley, R.R, 2, Mitchell. The
Stator-Lh ear with the three naen in
it turned over on its side after it
struck the McLagatt car.
Bill Coutts, of Walton, is shown
above as he plows his starting
furrow. !'He was,cotnpeting in the
Huron County Veterans' Class on
Tuesday, in which he came third.
MR., MRS. CUTHILL
MARRIED 50 YEARS
Occasion To Be , Observed
On Homestead Farm
in McKillop. •
Mr. and Mrs. Rem Cuthill, well.:
known McKillop residents. whii were
married on October 21, 1896, by the
late 'Rev. P. Scott, of Cromarty, will
celebrate their 50th anniversary very
quietly on :Monday on the homestead
where Mr, •Cuthill was born 78 years
ago, and has , resided continuously
with the exception of a few years he
spent on ..his farm east oh the same
line.
Mr. Cuthill recalls the eve of his
marriage was' very cold- with hard,
frozen ground and snow flurries.
"But," adds Mr -Cuthill, "he was hap-
py to know 'bis long cold drives would
soon be. over."
John ha fi two sisters living. (Jen-
nie) Mrs Patterson, and (Jessie), Mrs._
R. Smith, .both of Seaforth, and one'
brother:- Will, in North Dakota. His
brother, Alex. died 11 years ago in
November, age sister died in infancy,/
Mrs. Cuthill was the third daugh-
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs.' T. Scett,
of Hibbeet. She says she has seen
many changes, both ln McKillop and
in her own home surrounding cone
munity. Many have moved away and
many more have ,gone to their great
reward.
Mr. and Mrs, Cuthill's family con-
siets of four sons and One daughter,
namely: Harvey S., of Stratford;
Glenn G., on the farm past; Whiner.
Walton; Oscar C., on the home-
stead, mid Mrs-. hitilw-htd NelIf
Exeter; also 11 grandchildren and
two great •,gre.ndchildree.
Mr. ,caturs father was born In
1840 anti caMe to Canada. from Set*
land itt 1860. He took' up the home -
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Lice*e and Rev a
SSESSOR' REPOR
pePulatieh ineheheed'
to 14.98, heeehdttlh the.194.4'-hhhegsat
. anent which ASsessehthWhakh
banded eteaneilat Its Ilahetthkg;h„,, „
day evening; "Actually othethhheah,
population s thasidehiblY IgOthh.
that .Mr. Anent comiatenhed,"•‘IJoxto.,,,
of sevenseyen new hhehielthe hi*Oe. the 4het ',•
.of the. month" AO additional is
•.erease 'Will net :be reflectechhai the
ficial figures until the 10.17 anagfial •
anent is eonapleted. ,
Tlie. total asseh
essed•valuoeh the
-town: increased 2s,1168 tta 1,h114,7118,
including exemptions of $210,h0t) arid.h. •
business 6'96,728. Fourteen More reeir _
dents will pay poll tax in hhhh, than
previously. The total is"9h, Even
dog population increased , 10 haring.'
the year for a total ef 107, Council hh',
received the report and aphroved
went of Mr.. Amen -re, salary 'arid 40-.
eounts.
Mayor John J. Chaff presided at the
meeting, which as I•attended • by.
Reeve J. F. Jaaly and Councillorh
A. Reid, J. E. Keating, R. G. Parke, • •
Isaac' Heaton and N, Hubert. Attend-
ance or -Councillor Hilbert marked his -
'first appearance since June. When he
suffered a serious fracture 'of hie leg
during a. softball garne.
Council yeah .informed approval had '
been granted by the Department of
Municipal Affairs for a grant of $5,066 •
to the Legion Memorial Hall Fund..
.The Ontario Cancer Treatment nen;
dation in another communication ex-
pressed thanks for the town'ehdonao •
tion.
• Clerk D. H. Wilson 'advised cguncil •
tax arrears were down to•$5,500, the
lowest in many years. Current tax
payments amounts to -$85,50.6139,'
an itcrease of $14800 over .the sante_
period a year ago.
• Council approved the issuance of'•,
building permits to G.:- A. Charters,
-Dr. P. Brady for . alterations to their •
homes On- 'Victoria • And• Gederion
A resolution from the city council
of St. Catherine's, requeshing the 'Dom-
06i1G:of9:.04104.t.19
:Mar biz aim it hdleth hone -ululation
hies,.was tabled by cpulteil. . -
"There is not ambit use taking the
-sales tax off gas -aid elettrieity when
it is on everything else," Councillor
Reid commented, "It' would only be '
made up on something else," .001111-,'
,cillor Keating added.
The street committee was instruct-
ed to investigate the necessity of an,
additional street light on MilloStreet.
A petitihn signed by residents of the
street, asked that, immediate action
be taken.
Acting on instructions given the
committee at a previous meeting of
etuncil, Chairman R. G. Parke, ot the -
flee and water committee, presented a
draft by-law to provide for the lic-
ensing and regulation of. public halls.
The draft had been. prephred, Coun-
cillor Parke pointed out, as a result
of consultations with Fire :Chief Al-
lenoReih and the town solicitor, P. D.
MeConnell. It followed closely a. by."
law recommended by the Department
of Municipal Affairs as hentairling the .
nfnimiam requirements.
The by-law, as read by Clerk Wil-
son, provides that before a license
may be issued, an application must
be made containing certificates sign-
ed by the Fire Chief, Chief of Police ,
and Hydro Inspector. The Fire Chief
roust certify that-. the hair centormh
with all provisions of the by-law, the
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Dalrymple Clan' '
Holds ,Dance
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A social evening ,whe spent in Staf- •
fa. hall when the members of the, Dal-
rymple, clan with their guests danced
to music played by Nelson:Howe
Angus McKaig, accompanied by El-
don Allen on the piano; :During. the -
evening several prizes were 'present-
ed. ,The spot dance prize went toh"
Mrs.. Duncan McKellar. The" lucky
chair prize was won by Mrs. Lin Mc-
Kellar. A prize was given to Robert
Getty, of Archydale. Sask., he being
the one coming the longest distance.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hunter were
called to the platform and they were
extended wedding anniversary greet-
ings, it being their 17th anniversary.
Dalton Balfo-ur and Eldon Allen fav-
ored with step dancing. Ai i old-time
Scotch reel was danced by Kay Dal-,
ryniple, Mrs. Bruce Armstrong, Harry
Dalrymple and John McLean, Mrs.
Alvin Barbour, Mrs. Frank Harmer,
Prank Harmer and Hugh Dairy-ha:Ile,
John McLean, who, enjoyed the
dance along with the Spectators, has
reached the age of 84 years. : •
stead on 'which john now lives. len
1867 Mr. Cuthill, Sr., went home to
"Scotland for his bride. He died in
/882, leaving a• fanally of small :Chil-
dren, Johit being only 14 years Old.. -
So he had to be his Mother's help.
Mate Until the smaller ones were able
to help, .ht was a bean task-for.it boz
so young. lie oftenrelatep-,to hitt
grandchildren the hardaltins , .
utters Went. thronglr, and,h0V,,,,;'hl
father Med to drive a tea* hf
*1th no tbilVenientes otootleit;:wv -7
chinery.
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