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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-11-15, Page 2Since 1860 Serving the Community First bliShed at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday mornilrig by McLean Bros., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor : SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year d.ai r SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department,Ottawa Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 15, 1957 Did Railways Create Their Own Difficulties? It is in the main a reflection of a change in transportation methods that has resulted in the C.N.R. reduc ing, to a bare minimum, a short time ago, the passenger service between Stratford and Goderich. The fact that reduced service comes just 100 years after the railway first began its operations is, of course, but a coinci- dence. Certainly the two trains being dis- continued didn't pay—haven't paid for some time as a matter of fact. The travelling public prefers to trav- el by highway. At the same time, one wonders to what extent the attitude of the rail- way and some of those it employs, .has contributed to the situation that exists today. Branch line passenger business has been lost, but what is being done to hold express and freight business? Unfortunately little. We were told the other day of an incident that oc- curred when the Egmondville con- gregation was carrying out major repairs to the church. A local sup- plier phoned to a nearby city for a particular paint product, and on the assurance it would be shipped out immediately, a group of members waited until the late train so the paint could be obtained and the work completed that evening. But what happened? The train crew refused to put off the parcel, saying it had to go through to Goderich and back in the morning. And that is just what was done. The work was delayed and a number of busy people wasted their time in waiting, all because the rail- way had forgotten about service. Through the years railway prop- erty inevitably has been the most forlorn of any in a community. The grounds are rough, unkempt, the right-of-way full of weeds, the build- ings drab, generally in need of paint. Certainly not the type of mainten- ance that suggests the owners are in- terested in doing their part towards the "community of which they form a part. This is not to say there are many representatives of the railway who - for years have gone out of their way to provide extra service. We in this area have been fortunate in this re- gard. Certainly, any who have had dealings with either the railway or its express department, realize and appreciate the extent to which local representatives have gone in provid- ing special service and assistance to the public they serve. We know, too, the long hours of conscientious ser- vice which local representatives of the maintenance department have put in. But there seems to have been no encouragement of this attitude on the part of management. Railways are big business, and it may be that the problems, the atti- tudes of small communities on branch lines don't count. But so are banks big business, and banks don't write off the small community as not be- ing worth bothering with. Banks realize their business is but the total of the business done by their various branches. Perhaps if the railways had followed the banks in this re- spect there would not have been the loss of business, the cutting of trains, the gradual withdrawal from large areas in which, at one time in a transportation sense, the railways reigned supreme. Mr. Diefenbaker and His Attitude To Unemployment (Ottawa Citizen) Prime Minister Diefenbaker's at- tack on those who express anxiety about the prospects for rising unem- ployment this winter was ill-consid- ered. Speaking at a Conservative rally in Toronto, he denounced Lib- erals or "spreading fear in the minds of the Canadian people of mass unemployment. He went on: "There are no words to ex- press what I think of those who, for political purposes,, endeavor to talk the Canadian people into a complex that might bring about the realiza- tion of their fears." Mr. Diefenbaker is clearly imply:- ing mply-ing that the Liberal opposition is de- liberately trying to create panic and an economic depression, presumably with the intention of exploiting mass unemployment for political purpos- es. A statement of this kind might be expected from the lunatic fringe of the Conservative Party, as repres- ented by the Toronto Globe and Mail, which fatuously suggested the other day that talk of large-scale unem- ployment comes close to sedition. But it is hardly to be expected from so responsible a source as the Prime Minister. Whenever there is a considerable amount of unemployment, or the prospect of it, a' lid subject for pub- lic debate is opened up. The Con- servatives, quite properly, discussed unemployment intensively in Parlia- ment during the session of 1954-55. And the prospect of large-scale un- employment this winter has been tacitly admitted by the government, which has taken steps to try to re- duce it. For one thing, it, has cut clown immigration (a mistaken pol- icy, in this newspaper's opinion, hu t that is another matter). For anot it has made $7,50 million avail - all atlowinterest raes for low cost hntiting. o"l,t: .,� e elifl 'sly ii d o t o rr�h� g. � ,x'� �he-]Yl�>'i'YT t biYl. �i+sc , int u e� otti ul:i' .i the •fe ..; .. I� C3, 1 � �,. I�'yj , yy. y� don't depend on public debate ; they depend on export markets, inflation, population growth, and similar fac- tors. What is needed is a frank, clear statement of the amount of un- employment and an analysis of its character. Then a debate on the policies best suited to reduce unem- ployment could be held in Parlia- ment, to the nation's advantage. It is up to the government to give a lead on this issue, not to try to sweep it under the carpet. Work At School Or Else There is an increasing concern, among those who worry about such things, as to wastage of time and money that results when youths, who have no interest in an education, are retained in school, particularly in high school. The Peterborough Examiner dis- cusses the problem thus: "Democracy attempts to do all that can be done to equalize opportunity. \Ve do that by providing schools for all who can make good use of them. Obviously everyone must attend school long enough to learn certain necessary skills. . But after that we recommend that children -remain in school only if they can satisfy their teachers that they belong there; if they do not work, let them be given fair warning, and then, if they do not improve, -let them be dropped from school—with the proviso that they may return later if they truly change their minds and want to • do SO. 'But 'cluttering the high schools with p" ipils who do not Want to work is not democracy; it is a silly _form of national self-deception. There is nothing retrogressive in admitting that we overshot the mark by trying to educate the whole population to high school level. There are ,great Stride� tomade bydealing the 'high sehools notf o everyone who falls ' b o-* the highest t 1 eels hitt only- of those,who show 'airily that they, do SEEN IN TIS:, Wife of Fortner ;Editor Mrs. Thomas':•190h, Gorrie, cele- brated her ninetieth birthday-, ,pn Sunday at her home on th 6th. can. Mrs. Nash was the former 'Itla Hunt and her life has been spent on the 6th . con. of Howick tovlur- ship. Her late husband wa : pan editor of the Gorrie Vidette wap editor a Wroxeter paper.—WinghamAd- vance-Times. Quick Basket Maker Allan Hyndman and Bill Taylor of Gorrie have returned from Bent- on, Mich., with a Saranac driving machine, for the manufacture of basket bottoms. This machine will staple at the rate of one every sec- ond, and will greatly assist in pro- duction at the Hynd•man Bros.' factory.—Wingham Advance -Times Sportsman Leaves Raymond Anstett, who has been employed in the jewellery business with his brother, John, at Anstett Jewellers for the past two years, has been transferred to the Walk- erton branch of the firm. Ray is the present registrar in Clinton Kinsmen Club, and has played on Clinton's hockey and baseball teams during his stay in Clinton. —Clinton News -Record. Chief Heads Thorold Force Police Chief Joseph Ferrand, who has been head of St. Marys' force for the past two and a half years leas resigned to take the pos- ition of Chief at Thorold.,, He will be head of a ten men detachment which is taking over from the Pro- vincial Police there. Chief Fer- rand was chief at Clinton prior to his St. Marys appointment.—Clinton News -Record. Brown Opens at Stoney Creek Last Friday and Saturday were the dates for the grand opening of the B & B Service Centre, the garage at Stoney Creek. owned by Tom Bennetto and Percy Brown. Mr. Brown left Clinton and the employ of- Lorne Brown Motors Ltd. just about a month ago, and has since been preparing for this' opening. The garage is on High- way 20 between Highway 8 and Barton Street,—Clinton News -Re- cord. Bayfield Girl Honored A former Bayfield girl, Mrs. R. Nicholls, daughter of -Mrs. Fred McEwan, is to be congratulated up- on her achievement in Second Year Medicine at the University of West- ern Ontario. It was recently an- nounced that Doris Nicholls had received the J. B. Campbell Mem- orial Scholarship in physiology, the B'Nai Brith Scholarship in .path- ology, and also was awarded the prize for Bacteriology and Im- munology. Mrs. Nichols' is con- tinuing her studies at the Medicine School of Western Ontario. Zurich Herald. New Supply Teachers Grade 12 students have been pressed into supply teaching due to the influenza epedemic at South Huron District High School. Prin- cipal H. L. Sturgis reported to the board Tuesday night that several senior students have taken charge of grade nine classes while teach- ^rs were forced to stay home. The ievelopement reflects the scarcity Jf supply teachers of high school calibre in the district. The princi- pal said he has located only one person qualified to take over sec- ondary school classes. The board - raised the fee for supply teachers from $15 to $17.—Exeter Times - Advocate, Minister to Winnipeg At the conclusion of the morning service in Blyth United Church on Sunday, a brief ecnigregetiMel meeting was held for the purposb of arranging a pastoral relations; committee, made necessary by the resignation of Rev. A. W. Wast - son, as minister of the church,. which takes effect the last of Dec- ember. Rev. Watson has accepted a call to Memorial United. Chureh, Transcoma, . Man., his pastorate there to commence January 1st. The church is a recently construct- ed edifice, having'been built four years ago. ' The congregation com- prises 750' families with 2,300 .per- sons under pastoral oversight. Transcoma is a suburb of Winni- peg with a 'population of about 10,000.—Blyth Standard. Sports Car Racing The Port Albert airport property, owned by Reg McGee and Sons, has been leased to two clubs which propose to open the second sports car racing track in Ontario. The track. more than two miles in leng- th, will be operated by a board of directors comprising nine members of the Huron Auto Sport Associa- tion, of Sarnia, and the London Auto Sports Association. A lease on- the new track was signed by the presi- dents of both associations at a joint meeting in Sarnia Saturday. In the near future, it is expected that rest rooms, control towers and con- cessions will be built on the air- port property. Ling -range plans include the construction of grand- stands.—Goderich Signal -Star. Still Chief? Police Chief Reg Taylor announ- ced this week he does not intend to submit his name for the chief constable's position far which coun- cil has called applications. "I am the chief constable now," said Tay- lor. "I'm not going to apply for. somethingthat I've been for the past five years." The chief was invited to apply for the position a- long with other applicants when council decided to expand the po- lic.e•e force to three men. They declined to advertise for a chief rather than a constable. Taylor also said he "definitely" was not going to work under another man, if council appoints a new chief; "As far as I am concerned, I have been appointed chief constable for the town of Exeter and I have not been informed that I have been demoted or dismissed." — . Exeter • Times -Advocate. Sing of Christmas Joys Town council decided Monday night to keep the municipal dump locked despitestrong objections from some quarters. A new lock has been ordered for the gate and keys will be kept under stricter control than before. The lock was smashed last week by some party trying . to get into the refuse ground. Some users have borrowed keys for the dump but failed to re- turn them. Others have had dupli- cates made, Council members stuck to their policy of curtailing public use of the dump because they believe it's the only way it can be kept in order. Although some people dump refuse at the gate, council considers this a less- er problem, than haphazard dump- ing in the ground itself. The town fathers instructed police to investi- gate illegal dumping at the old grounds on Highway 83 and to pro- secute the offender if evidence can be found to identify the person. Council has approved three differ- ent features for promotion. of the Christmas spirit in the town in December. Members agreed to meet expenses of a carol singing programme by school children on the Main street on four Saturdays prior to Christmas.—Exeter Times - Advocate. CROSSROADS Crossing the Border (By JAMES SCOTT) Last week I was reading in the papers about a young man who was coming back from Greenland where he had been working on an as- signment for the CBC. He flew back from there ona Swedish plane which stopped atjWinnipeg to re-. fuel. Since Winnipeg was where he wanted to go, he got off the plane. In no time at all he was put back aboard because -the for- eign airliner was only allowed to stop at Winnipeg to refuel and was not allowed to disembark passen- gers there. The result was that the young man found himself get- ting off in Los' Angeles which is quite a little distance from Win- nipeg. This story particularly interest- ed me because I happen to know the young fellow involved. He was a student of mine at Western and • just last summer he stopped over- night on a jaunt he was taking in • an old beatup Essex through the, Ontario countryside. He is a Can- adian citizen—and I-fnight add, a very talented one. Now what interested' me in this saltation was this: regardless of charters, franchises and legal red tape, is there ever a time when a Canadian citizen can be debarred from entering his own country? I think not. I think this is one of the ;unalienable rights of citizen- ship and I am Interested to learn that 'certain Ottawa experts in these matters take the same view. They agree that my young friend should not have been dumped a thousand miles from his destina- tion, ' in a foreign country, simply because, by some error, be found himself on a plane which,was not supposed to take any passengers destined for Canada. If a mistake was made, it was the airline's, not the peasemger's. But, once the mistake was ni'ade .no government Mid d an tight ght t o dgbar a citizen from entering 'his native laird. g I amtrite sure that at the official al ,evho tirade the opr,rtict,it without ihitt ykrilg ^ am ; egtrailyy { sure that; 1-rc, )„P,u B x,.l.,e that; young friend. This is the way it is, unfortun- ately, when you cross the Cana- dian border. Just the other day I heard of another similar case. A man I know was stopped by an im= migration official on his way back to Canada from the' U.S.A. "How long have you beert in the United States?” the officer asked. My ac- quaintance, not being the shrinking violet type, came right back at 'him "Why do you want to know?" "Because I am asking you," said the official. Such a reply makes no sense at all. It is impertinent in the high- est degree. Actually, there is a good reason for immigration .offi- cials asking this question, but it is not the answer given to my friend. The trouble is that there are cer- tain people in public services who seem to feel that because that' happen to work for the govern- ment, they are the government. This emphatically is not the case. They are the servants of the peo- ple hired to enforce the laws en- acted by the people's representa- tives. And that is' all. They ate• not hired to interpret the laws or to make rulings of their own. And, above all, they never, never have the right to infringe upon the rights of citizenship. it was a long, long time before spre ever was such a thing as a Canadian citizen. For a few, years now, we have been able to -legally claim that right. It must ever be protected,' and itemt st not be chal- lenged by any official `when a citi- zen is crossing the,,horder. "Doctor," said" the patient atrx- iousle, "if there's anything wrong with me, don't frighten me!ltalf, ttqq death by giving it a. long Stientifi'ci' name, Just tell nre what it is in Plant Esti lash "; •,. "Wellr replied the e Itl`a orrle r t'ate be perfectly frank yOiit jliSt plane Iaxy, .')lank y'ott detente,' the. attere , Y N Yt . � iYlr ou , �.. d, o .., i,' $ � Ve it Me e i,o luterestieg :neon • glee ed'trein. The Huron Expositor Qi: 2S, 5Q and 75 years ago. Prom The Huron Expositor - Noverpber 18, -1932 Mr. John Fotheringham; Bruce- field,.was, successful in veinning the gold medial"offeted for swine judging at the Royal !Winter Fair. A. W. Archibald, son of Reeve Wil- liam Archibald, and Mrs. Archi- bald,1 of Tuckersmith, captured'sec- ond place in the Robgrt Graham Memorial .Trophy. The judging under consideration was one class each of -heavy and light horses. While driving to Seaforth on Sat- urday night Rev. Stuart Parker, D.D. Toronto, ran into the bridge which spans the Silver Creek to the east of the town, opposite the Lions Park. His car was badly smashed and a portion of the bridge railing torn away. It was snowing heavily at the time and this o.bscured the driver's view, Dr. Parker had charge of annivers- ary services in First Presbyterian Church on Sunday. Mr. Ian MacTavish, son of Mr. and Mrs, -John MacTavish, while returning from Collegiate one day last week, slipped and seriously sprained his ankle. After being X-rayed at Scott Memorial'-- Hos- pital, he was taken to Toronto on Tuesday by Dr. C. Mackay and Mr. George Jackson, where a cast was placed on the foot and leg. It is expected that it will be some time before he will, be able to use his foot. Miss Violet Tyndall, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Harry Tyndall, of Tuckersmith, left this week for London, where she will pursue her musical `studies 'during the win- ter. Mr. W. M. Doig, who has been chairman of the public school board of SS No. 2. Tuckersmith, during the present -year, has re- signed and will contest 'the reeve - ship of Tuckersmith at the ensu- ing municipal election. Mr. J. M. Govenlock is in Ottawa this week attending the conven- tion of the Canadian Liberal -Asso- ciation. • From The Huron Expositor November 15, 1907 For several weeks the furniture factory in this town has been run- ning eight -Fours a day, and on Saturday twenty of the workmen were laid, off work. This is a bad time of the year for men to be thrown out of work. A , young lad named Andrews had his arm badly hurt at the shoe factory last Friday. While attending to his work,' he 'got too close to a belt, his arm being caught in it, and before he could be extricated, the limb was badly hurt. Mr. Robert Govenlock left with us the other day some beautiful pansies, which he had picked in his garden. It is not often we get pansies from the garden at this time of the year. Mr. John Campbell's new barn, on the Kippen road, south of Eg- mondville, to replace that destroy- ed by lightning in the spring, is now completed. The Willis shoe factory is run- ning full time with a staff of 50 employees, and have a large num- ber of orders on hand. enough to keep them busy for some time without any more coming in Early Monday morning the Grand Trunk station and freight sheds, Londesboro, were complete- ly destroyed by fire. The agent, Mr. Percy Carlisle, acted as cash- ie>Jor Steep, Cantelon and Elliott, three apple buyers. and these men lose heavily as the money, vouch- ers and receipts were all destroy- ed in the small safe belonging to the company. Mr. Steep losa about one carload of apples and Mr. El- liott will lose two or more. which were stored in ,the freight shed-. The cause .of the fire is unknown. Mr. Robert Bell, of the Bell En- gine Works, Seaforth, returned on Saturday after an absence of two months in Winnipeg and the West. From The Huron Expositor November 17, 1882 The first snow of the season' fell Last Monady, but it didn't stay tong. D. Munro & Co. • have' purchas- ed from Mr. Frank Smith the en' tire property in this'town, former- ly belonging to the estate of Kil- loran and Ryan, together with the stock and good'will of the busi- ness. The new firm intend open- ing out on Tuesday next and will, no doubt. not, only succeed in re- taining the trade that formerly went to this old established house, but in drawing considerable addi- tional business. One day last week an accident happened while putting the roof on Mr. Murray's new brick house, in Walton, which might have prov- ed serious. It appears that a piece of timber had fallen and struck the scaffolding which gave way and percipitated two men a distance of 'about 14 feet on the hard ground- below. One of the men will not be able to resume his work for some time. Mr. Henry Taylor, Hullett, has purchased another thoroughbred bull calf eight months old, from Mr. John Ketchen, of Stanley, pay- ing therefor,the sum of $100 cash. A number of the nimrods of Mc- Killop instituted a squirrel hunt last Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. The contest was between the old and young men, or married and Sitfgle. The former were captain- ed ,by Mr. Thomas E. Hays,' and the latter 'by Mr. William Gra- hate., After 'a hard day's hunting, the sportsmen gathered iti the e'- eninx�g et the residence of Mr, Wm. Storey, when after counting up the Proceeds of the cha's`e; it was• found that they, young meta ta Were 'vieter- us-:'by 1,450 points. All 'then:. sat;n. dowto a p nificint ttia toga e g p r shred fot the cc h b asrotr- : Mira, p by s. StoreY. a;. Josiah,., o t ,Fats Teas sod hi Y • , y. ' si ce itis K aiti ? a' 0 uy1✓'.1i�. 47y,,rry�� r�'t. t+�,',( ty�$ ,.tw-3Y�'ka4de..w �.,,itN',:,./� . i r%t�y 144.,.: A Farm, producers agree .facing votes . on many que .ions. They ad the Federal voting, last lune; the wheat vote December er 9, m ull- ci al voting soo Hog Produeer's bote late MA _. 2n t March or early.girl, peach growers' sometime this .fall rid the latest rumour, a provincial election in May. I think this has changed -from a priveleg to a serious responsibili- ty. W_ appreciate the opportunity f snaking our opinion .known and controlling our government by the will of the majority. ,Most of us realize per responsibility in direct- ing good government in our Do- minion, in our Province and in our municipality. Farmers have taken this respon- sibility seriously and have always had a good • voting percentage. Their responsibility is even greater in the coming producer vote. Re- garless of the wording of the ballot, in the various -producer organiza- tion plans, there is only one quest- ion for the producer to answer. -Should producer groups have the right to market their produce by whatever means they. collectively decide? This is no time for quibbling a - bout whether it will- be a marllret' ing agency, or marketing bgarld', Or •negotiating board or public auction or any ppthey pieta. These details: should be decided at your local annual meetings through the elei ' tions of Officers. Here 'you •can, give the kind of advice that the- directerate needs and can receive from local membership. This ad- vice will then come from the people, who are interested enough' to; at, - tend and are willing • to: give • some thought 'to- the welfare of the 'pro- ducer. If coming votes are held on the same basis as the tobacco vote, the answer may be given by those who are too indifferent to cast a ballot. To -vette in favour ybu must go to the polling booth ,and vote, but you can vote:againee by 'just • sitting 'at home. This is true since a clause in the .regulations states that •there, -must he 51% vote in favour of•"t_lueplan. "This stipulation .is noteapl lied to government election's. Let me say again that this is no longer a privelege 'Mit rather a great responsibility. Rein -ember; the "shirkers" can defeat the plan by doing nothing. - • A NAME .. FOR THE CLERGYMAN (A letter by Rev. A. Gordon Channen, Christ Church (An- glican), Markham Road, in the Toronto Star): What this country needs. even more than a good five -cent cigar, is a gobd five -letter name to call a . clergyman. I don't mean the •sort. of epithet you hurl at a min-. ister you dislike. We airdy have plenty. But there's a dbwnright scarcity of printable terms that will apply to the clergy as a class :nd be acceptable to all. There is a growing custom of addressing a minister as "Rever- end." I suspect this originated in the US., and if so, it is one im- port we can do without. There` is no such thing as "a reverend." The word is an adjective, not a noun like "doctor" or "captain." It- means literally "to be respect- ed," and while this is a highly commendable attitude, very few of us clergyman enjoy being greeted, "Good morning, To -Be -Respected." The Roman Catholic clergy have a distinct advantage here. You can address them as "father" with or .without their surname, and ev- eryone is happy. Quite a number of Anglicans also use this title, but with married clergymen there is always ,the danger of confusing biology with theology. Occasion- ally someone , calls me on the phone and says, "Good morning, Father." If ' the tone is respectful, I assume it is a parishioner rather than a member of my own fam- ily, but some day' I'm going to make a mistake. , "Padre" More Acceptable • What about "padre"? It means the same as `father," hut is more widely acceptable because of its use ,in military circles. "Pastor" 'is a perfectly proper title conveying the idea of a shep- herd caring tor his flock. but it has no pleasant sound to make it popular. "Parson" is too old-fash- ioned. Then there is the old and. honorable title, "rabbi." meaning teacher. It's a good title. but think of the confusion it would create. Think, too. of the storm of pro- test from those of the' Jewish Faith! No. we had better not try to take that. We shall simply have to organ- ize a nation-wide contest to coin a new word—a name for the cler- gy. The grand prize might well be the privilege of choosing a de- sign for a national flag for our country.. Anyone who could solve the one problem- could surely be trusted to Solve the -other The physicians and surgeons of Harley St., London. feeling the title "doctor" has become too common, prefer to be addressect simply as ,"1V1r—." This has much to recommend it.. If a cler- gyman has no special title, you - are on safe ground in using this plain form of address—just 'Mr." with his surname. "Sir" is al- ways correct, and "Reverened Sir" is permissible if you wish to be frightfully polie and formal. A letter, of course, should be ad- dressed to "The Rev, X. Y. Smith," always` including initials or Chris- tian name, If these are not. known, then. "The Rev. M. Snaith" is the next best. Some people will say this ques- tion of a proper title is a trivial matter, and that no one should make an issue of it. Butit is the -gift things in life that bother us most. You can sit comfortably on a mountain but not on `a tack, Respectful But Wrong No doubt many of those who call us "Reverend" do so with the idea of showing respect for our office; but it is incorrect, and we would like to make an earnest re- quest. When you meet us, please• spare us the mental anguish of, "Good morning, Reverend." That sour look some people accuse us of wearing may simply be the ef- fect of hearing this greeting three times in 10 minutes. - I tealize that a protest such as this will be powerless to turn the tide of a growing custom. Some, other custom must grow and be- come popular to accofnplish it. Perhaps our• hope lies with the younger generation. Next door to, our rectory there is a public school, and what with giving re- ligious instruction in the senior grades and retrieving balls from, our garden for the pupils, we have got to know one another very well. Let's listen to the voice of young Canada. The children may have settled the issue of a title for the clergy—they call me"Hi." NORTHSIDE W.A. GROUPS CONVENE GROUP 1, W.A. Group 1 of Northside United Church W.A. met Tuesday even- ing at the home of Mrs. Graham Kerr. The meeting was opened with the Lord's Prayer. Mrs. Wm. Ball led in the business discussion and Mrs. Bruce Hall conducted the election of officers for the coming year. , Officers elected were: co-pre'si- dents, Mrs. William Ball and Mrs, Dave Lemon; vice-president, Miss Rena Fennell; secretary, Mrs. Wil- mer Cuthill; treasurer, Mrs. Ross Murdie and 'Mrs. Frank Roberton; press reporter, Mrs. Dan . Wood; correspondence secretary, Mrs. Mills; social committee, Mrs. H. Connell and Mrs. Williams; visit- ing- convenor, Mrs. Stanley Garn- ham; telephone committee, Mrs. F. Roberton, Mrs. S. Garnham, Mrs Graham Kerr,- Mrs. E. Adams; quilting convenor, Mrs., Garnham. Mrs. George- Eaton, and Mre. Garnham were in charge of the programme. A hymn was sung and Mrs. Cuthill reada poem. Mrs. E. H. Close led in prayer. Psalm 103 was read by Mrs, -Con- nell. Mrs. Garnham introduced the guest speaker, Mrs. William Church of Winthrop. She chose as her sub- ject,."In the beginning it was God who created the world."— In clos- ing her talk she read the hymn, "This is My Father's World". The meeting closed with the Miz- pah Benediction. ' Mrs. Hall ex- pressed thanks to the speaker and the hostess and to all those Who had taken part in the meeting, Mrs. CIose an& Mrs. Eli. Boyce assisted the hostess in serving lunch, NORTf#SnDE• GhOUP II The ladies of 'Groep 2 Northside United Church met di the home of Mrs, Wm,. Leeming on Tuesday ev- ening with 21 present. Mrs. Lorne Carter presided for the devotional exereise's and op- ened the sheeting by •reading.. a poen, "Pathways," and the •27th Psalni, after which, Mrs, Hay led ,prayer. . Th. re • e... side- nt It(r. •i"�,.. srdp,�„.[f i1.Crli the ie " ➢.Lb is dYt e �i.a., ��]il<ih r w'a '.'.4a me ber re askedtft'bring; �.e toatee,ett treeli%g;tu arlpryraes G� W p1�l�,tl0 pe'1yp �a,11 w�,Ekd )i14• :it Highlight of the meeting was a very interesting address on "The Emblem of Canada,” by Mrs. J. Grummett, who was a guest for the evening. Following this was•a pleasing duet, "The Maple Leaf Forever," .by Elizabeth and Carol Carter. The meeting closed by singing a verse of "0 Canada" and the Miz= pah benediction. A delicious lunch was served by Mrs. James Carter. and Mrs. H. Shannon, GROUP 3, W.A. e Group 3- bfothe W. A. of North- side United Church met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Cliff Broadfoot: Mrs. C. Cochrane open- ed the meeting with a poem entitled. "Consolation'. The roll call show- ed a good attendance and was 'an- swered' by a favorite fart flower. During Una/business ' period Mrs. C. Broadfoot and Mrs. M. Berger were appointed as the nominating, committee to bring in the slate Qf oficers for 1958 at the next meet- ing. The president announced a meeting of ,fie General W.A. on Dec. 4, at 2:30 p:m. ' • Mrs. Helmer Snell presided for .the' devotional. period. A hymn' was sung and Mrs. A, Matheson read the scripture from Hebrews, chapter 11. Two lovely solos were sung by Donna and Nancy Berger. Mrs. 'Snell gave a reading 'e'ntitled', "I Know Something Good About You," Mrs'. Andrew Crozier gave an interesting talk on "Nutrition."' The meeting closed with the Miz- pah Benediction, ' A social half hour was spent arid lunch was''ser- ved by the hostess and lunch com- mittee. GROUP 4, W,A, Group 4 of the W.A. of, Northside. United Church met Tuesday even ing at the home of Mrs. Homer Bunt with 15 members anal two• visitors present. ' Mrs.. Fred Mar- shall opened the ineefing, with a. prayer followed by a hymn. Of- ficers for 1958 were riomitiated, Mrs. Enos >Soshart read the Scripture, Mrs. Alex Wright read arl article Q n the i i ani 'a Q stance ofe- Pb ing easy to live with. " reed "StonesRem enbrane e" lieof mbran e JolhBach.Then* of the idka: itewas, , i •, '1 efI -Bell ga v : htl iaslii in t: Qddrs, explaining ;lit tieEealty ,tibl i t+stet u • fr>`k tit dPrti �'t?,.AG iroR.;�kl S`, 1.! 1