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The Huron Expositor, 1965-01-07, Page 4I, CRS O . �SEAFOAT#;,.QN'C., 3.A,N. '1 190 BRUCEFIELD ' PRES$sYTg , ► T COMM , ;.. REV- ILOUGL,As O..FRY Minister • Sunday, Jan. Nth WORSHIP .— 11:00 A.M. 9,45 a,in.---Minister's Class 19;90 a.m. --The Senior Sunday - School. lIi00 a.m.—The Junior Sunday . School. Classified ads pay dividends. FRIDAY, JAN. 8th Reception - Dance for Mr. and Mrs. Roger Layton (nee Judy Craig) ZURICH Community Centre Ladies Please Bring Lunch EVERYONE WELCOME! -- Desjardine Orchestra — Classified ads pay dividends. EUCHRE Friday, Jan. 8th 9:00 p.m. C.O.F. Hall, Constance ADMISSION 50 CENTS ' Ladies please bring Sandwiches Miss Wenda Bougham, of Trenton, spent the Christmas holidays with her friend, Bar bara Swan. Mr. and Mrs. George McCulla and daughter, Heather, Bres lau; Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Smith Bluevale; Mr, and .Mrs. George Griffith and 'family, Stratford and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon El liott spent New Year's with Mrs. H. Berry. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Heat ha%e moved to Woodstock, Mr Hunt having joined the police force. Mr. James McDonald spent Christmas in Ottawa. Mrs. Bruce Menerey, Bayfield, visited a few days with rela- ti‘es in the village. BETHEL BIBLE CHURCH (Services at Orange Hall) Sunday, Jan. 10th 2:.30—SUNDAY SCHOOL 7:30—GOSPEL SERVICE Speaker: MR. CARL MURRAY Stratford Matthew 1626: "For what is a man, profited, if he shall gain the whole worldand lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give itl exchange for his soul?" SEAFORTH TEEN -TWENTY Presents Ken Maddox and His 'Mystics Saturday, January 9th - SEAFORTH ARENA ADMISSION — 50c and 75c Dress — Casual Dancing 9 - 12 ANNUAL. MEETING Sugar Beet Growers Marketing Board For Huron County EXETER TOWN HALL Tuesday, Janua!y 12th at 8 p.m. LLOYD LOVELL, Director ANNUAL MEETING & BANQUET Seaforth Agricultural Society Saturday, January 16th 7:00 p.m. Come out and hear Miss Angela Armitt, Associate Director Summer School and Extension Department, the University of Western Ontario, speak on the topic: "Keep Young in Heart" Tickets available from Directors or at The Expositor Office, Seaforth. Mrs. Beth Pryce Secretary -Treasurer Harold Pryce President O.H.A. Intermediate "B" HOCKEY THURS., JAN.' 8 - Exhibition — STRATFORD. vs. SEAFORTH SUES., JAN. 1�� FOREST vs. SEAFORTH EAFC RTH ARENA �x 't►iiv at30 p,m. cur See Oradual Transiti.�n in Farming -Enterprises There is a gradual transition of farming from a way of life to a family business enterprise, The days when farms supplied their own power from horses, fueled them from their own production and provided most of the inputs for both the farm and the family, are gradually disappearing. Today, the farm- er has the same expenses for machinery, fuel, and his num- erous other requirements as does any other business enter- prise. The pressures to earn enough to meet his operating expenses, and provide a comfortable stan- dard of living for his family, which are present in every busi- ness, have led to the substan- tial increase in efficiency and productivity which have been evident in recent years, and which will likely continue. But, while this change in the structure of agriculture has been taking place, there has been very little change in the nature of Canadian .agriculture, in the sense of the foods it pro- duces. Indeed, there has been very little change in that respect ov- er the centuries. The basic foods are being processed into an increasing variety of forms, but the basic foods themselves are not changing. The cereals, meat animals, animal products, fruits and vegetables which form the basis of temperate agriculture - today have been,. improved considerably over the centuries but they are still es- sentially the same commodities as they were a thousand and more years ago. The agriculture of every country is dictated by its soil, geography and climate. These factors place considerable limi- tation on the size of the Cana- dian farming enterprise. Of Canada's total land area of 2.3 billion acres, only about 175 million 'acres, around 7 per cent, is devoted to farming. In this relatively small area, in relation to .total land size, Canadian farmers 'produce the 'full range of temperate climate farm,: products:- There . are 1av- orea,,areas in which loan' e u 3iic s roils ,, adc0 �r { e can r, fr uis " p , ueed. And there are many specialized ar- eas where such northern crops as apples, sugar beets, potatoes and other vegetables are grown. These may be expected to ex- pand as plant breeders develop varieties which widen the area of their adaptation and .as the pressure of population increase widens the demand for them. The hard core of Canada's plant production, however, has been and will continue to be, cereal grains and forages. Live- stock enterprises will continue to be based on the animals and their products which can be produced from the indigenous crops of our various regions. Climate has dictated that the agronomy of the western plains is devoted primarily to 'cereals and range grasslands. Equally, climate has dictated that in the coastal area. of British Colum- bia and in Eastern Canada agri- culture has been developed to a very large extent on a grass economy. This, in turn, has been based historically on dairying, which represents 40 per cent of the farm 'cash''in- come in Quebec and between 20 and 30 -per .cent •in other provinces except the ,prairies. Now, accepting that the ef- ficiency of Canadian farming will continue to improve, and that it will continue to be based on the products dictated by geography and climate, the question of what this . implies for the future arises. There will likely be a con- tinuing efficiency in the use of land resources. While this wtil be reflected, to some- extent, in increased production of other crops, its main impact will probably be in greater produc- tion of the forage crops which are indigenous to such a wide area, particularly of eastern ag- riculture. Specialists in the Canada De- partment of Agriculture esti- mate that in general„ and ap- plying to the broad spectrum of conditions of soil and clim- ate in Eastern Canada, the pres- ent annual production of forage crops is no more than. half of what it could be under the best possible management. This applies not only to the production of grasses and le- gumes for pasture and hay. It applies, also, to improvement in methods of preservation of forage to increase the total di- gestible nutrients. Indeed, one of the great problems of east- ern agriculture is the preserva- tion of forage. • It applies, also, to silage corn, the acreage of which is extend- ing steadily in Ontario and Que- bec. The acreage of corn in On- tario, which is over a million acres in 1964 and 40 per cent of which is for silage, has dou- bled in the past three years. It is estimated that this can be doubled •again in the areas of Ontario which are suitable to corn. Corn is also becoming a. significant crop in South- western Quebec.The signifi- cance of this is that corn, while more expensive to produce than hay, will yield 6,000 pounds of total digestible nutrients per acre under optimum conditions as compared to about 4,000 pounds for hay. As an illustration of what is possible. and ,indeed, probable, Of, hits-1u�ttle doubt that corn fit? ' and Quebec is; the cro Y litai� "will allow • farmers `tai eri�s�3i~y their- production --of cattle to the point where they will be able to carry at least one animal per acre all the year round. With corn silage available,' a farmer can stock. his farm to the point. where he, can carry enough cattle to uti ize his pasture fully Burin June and July and supplement it with corn, where necessary, during the rest of the season. If, as is expected, the effici- ency of agriculture continues to improve; if, particularly in Eastern Canada, this is. reflect- ed in a greater forage crop pro- duction which must be utilized through cattle; how can this greater production be accom- modated in a mahner which will maintainthe farming industry at a level which is essential to its evolving structure? There are, of course, already some fairly distinct trends in evidence. Probably the most important •of these is the blend- ing. of beef operations into what was. earlier, a distinctly dairy economy._ This, to the present, has taken more • the form of breeding dairy cows. to 'beef bulls than an increase in east- ern -herds of the beef breeds. The School Vote in Logan Brodhagen Board Clears School Matters Last year, in Ontario, 512,000 cows were bred through arti- ficial insemination services. Of these, 176,000, or 34 per cent, were bred "to beef bulls. The number of both breeding cattle of the beef breeds in Ontario and the numbers of western feeders brought to On- tario hate been staying fairly constant from year to year. The numbers of fat cattle marketed in Ontario are, however, .going typ year by year. This can mean only that we are producing more feeder steers from dairy cows and this, obviously, is pro-. viding one means of utilizing the increasing forage resourc- es. To some extent, too, there will probably be an increasing concentration' of cow and calf herds of the beef breeds in Northern Ontario and Quebec, and some areas of the Atlantic provinces, to produce feeder cattle for the more concentrat- ed farming areas. However, it would be wise to assume that if milk prices are at alI •favor- able then the probable increas- ed production of forages will be reflected in greater milk supplies. That, certainly, has been the record of the past de- cade when, between 1954 and 1963, production in Ontario and Quebec which produce 70 per cent of our milk, rose by 18 and 16 per cent, respectively. In a traffic snarl one of the inevitable horntooters began blasting his horn. A woman in a car alongside politely enquired: "What else did you get for Christmas?" ;FUHERA LS f} THOMAS McKAY Thorxras McKay, of Galt, died Saturday, January 2nd. He is survived by sons Clem, Gerald, Stephen and Cecil, of Galt; Jo- seph, of Kitchener; a daughter, (Mary) Mrs.. Kenneth McLean, Galt and a sister, Mrs. Joseph Murray, Galt. He was prede- ceased by his wife, the former Annie Eckert, and a son, Fer- gus. The funeral was held from St. Ambrose Church, Galt, on Monday, Jan.' 4. ANTHONY LAWSON Anthony Lawson,. of Picker- ing, died suddenly in Oshawa General Hospital on 1Thursday, Dec. 24. He was the beloved father of Mrs. (Donna) Chuck Tiltson, of Scarborough, aid Raymond, of Pickering. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. James (Annie) Medd, of Hul- lett; Mrs. Arnold (Florence) Miller, of Goderich Township, and one brother, Andrew Law- son, of Clinton. Funeral services were con - Smiles ... Ted: "Why does your uncle keep his money in a mattress?" Ned: "Well, I • guess it's so he'll always have something to fall back on." The farmer's son came home from college and said his class was trying to find a universal solvent. `.'What's that?" asked the farmer. "It's a ligtrid that will dis- solve everything," explained the son. "Great idea," nodded the farmer. "But when you find it, what you gonna keep it in?" "Honey, how about knocking off work and making me a sandwich?" • • ART GAT(-; "We don't have to worry about him getting daughter home by twelve ... he get's hungry by eleven!" ducted on Monday, Dec. 2$th, from the Pickering funeral home. ARTHUR CHAPMAN Arthur- Chapman, 76, of Clin- ton, died Saturday at Clinton Public Hospital. A lifelong Lib- eral, he was a retied Stanley Township . farmer, and was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Chapman. Surviving area brother, Al- bert, of Atwood, and two sis- ters,- Mrs.. Nellie Mason, of Lis- towel, and Mrs. Niles Minnoe, Niagara Falls, N.Y. The funeral service was held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Ball and Mutch funeral home, Clin- ton, with Rev. R. U. MacLean, of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was in Baird's cemetery, Stanley Township. EY aug s. Ro- held Pa11- !lard d Al- , John Joseph Kehn, 78, of Sea - forth, died Sunday at his home. A laborer, Mr. Kehn was born and educated in Dublin. He was predeceased in 1962 by his wife, the former Ferne Camp- bell to whom he was married in 1929 in Parkhill. He was a member of St. Jaines' Roman Catholic Church, Seaforth.• Surviving are three sons: Ed- ward- L. and Michael D., both of Seaforth, and Francis G., of Watford; three daughters, Miss Margaret, • of Dashwood; Mrs. Roy (Mary) Scott, Sebringville, and . Miss Joyce, of Seaforth; and one sister, Mrs. Elmer (Pa- tricia) Shade, Egmondville. Requiem High Mass was sung by Rev. L. J. Coughlin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. 'James' Ro- man Catholic Church.. Prayers 'were said Monday night at the Box funeral hd'me, Seaforth. Temporary entombment was in the Elizabeth Ritz Memorial Mausoleum, Mitchell: Pallbear- ers were Russell Carter, F C. J. Sills, George Armstrong, Frank Morris, Louis Lauden- Ibach and Leo Hagan. MRS. JAMES WALMSL Mrs. Ada Maude Wa1ms1eyof Seaforth, died at her home t - urday, Jan. 2. She was a d ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Pethick, of McKillop Twp. She was 72. Surviving are her husband, James Walmsley; one daughter, Mrs. Bruce (Elizabeth) Hodgert, Seaforth; one son, William E., of London; three sisters, Mrs. Robert (Lillian) Jordan, Sea - forth; Mrs. Watson (Grace) Sholdice, Brussels, and Mr bert (Monta) Farrow; Galt. Funeral services were at the Box funeral home, Mon- day at 2 p.m., with Rev. H. Don- aldson officiating. Temporary entombment was made in the Elizabeth Ritz Mem- orial Mausoleum, Mitchell. bearers were Roy Butt, Wi Elliott, Bedford Dungey, Albert Moore, Harold Connell an bert Broome. Flowerbearers were Dennis Hodgert and Wayne Walmsley. JOHN JOSEPH KERN Grey School .`51 .Board Meets' At a recent meeting of Qrey Township School Area No. 2, accounts authorized for -pay- ment included: S. Humphries, supplies, $36.96; J. Bryans, cas- ters, $30; H. Bernard, oil burn- er service, $15. The board agreed to pay the contractor, Frank Van Bussel & Sons Ltd., of. Lucan, the two per cent holdback, amourftigg to $1,493.18. Saturday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. D. 0. Fry officiating. Pall- bearers were Ed. Reid, Harvey Dolmage, ' William Dolmage, Ross Leiper, Eldin Hulley and Clarence Walden. Flowerbear- ers were George Addison, Roy Lawson, Orville Dale and- Jas. Aitcheson. Temporary entombment was made in the Elizabeth Ritz Mem- orial Mausoleum, Mitchell. JOHN RITCHIE A funeral service for John Ritchie was held on Saturday, Jan. 2, at the G. A. Whitney funeral home, Seaforth, with Rev. A. Higginbotham officiat- ing. Born at Fergus, Ont., he mov- ed with his family to Brussels, and later to Grey Township, where he farmed for most of his life on the 17th concession. His wife, the former Dorothy McAllister, predeceased him in March, 1952: He is survived by three sons: Cliff on the home farm; Jim, of London, and Ken, of Egmondville; also two daugh- ters, Jennie (Mrs. Cecil Lyd- diatt), of Hullett, and Isabel (Mrs. Walter Shortreed), of Morris. Also surviving • are a brother, Peter, and a sister, Jean, of Zealandia, Sask. Pallbearers were Harvey Craig, Jim McDonald, Martin Baan, Hugh Johnston, Russel McAllister and Clare Veitch. Temporary entombment was made at the Elizabeth Ritz Mausoleum, Mitchell, to be fol- lowed by burial at Brussels ' cemetery: WILLIAM SCOTCHMER! William J. Scotchmer, 82, of • Egmondville, died Tuesday in Scott Memorial Hospital, fol- lowing a year of failing health. He was . born at Bayfield, a son of, the late Alfred and Eleanor (Watson) Scotchmer, and was married in- Goderich Township in 1913 to Della Harrison, who survives. He was educated in Stanley Township, then farmed until retiring in 1946. Also surviving are four daughters: Mrs,, J. B. (Eleanor) Black, Belmont; Mrs. J. F. (Irene) Wild, of Clinton; Mrs. Oliver (Kathleen) Yallop, of To- ronto, and Mrs. W. R. (Anne) Wallace, of Tuckersmith; ..dne son, Thomas H., of Guelph; one brother, Fred G., of Clinton, and one sister, Mrs. M. J. (Daisy) Butler, of Clinton; 11 grandchil- dren -and one great-grandchild. Mr. Scotchmer was a Member of St. Thomas' Anglican. Church, Seaforth. The body is at the R. S. Box funeral home, Seaforth, until 11 a.m. Thursday, then will be removed to. St. Thomas' Church for service at 2 p.m., with Rev. Harry Donaldson of- ficiating. Burial w_li 'be ,in Bay,- field cemetery. Pallbearers will be Alfred. Scotchmer, Jack Scotchmer, Roy Scotchmer, Lloyd Scotch - mer, Russell Heard and LeRoy Taylor. Flowerbears will be Bill Wild, Kenneth Black, Jim Scotchmer, Jim Yallop, Bill Wallace and Bill Scotchmer, . RANDOLPH LOWRIE • Randolph Lowrie, 71, Sea - forth, formerly of Hullett, died Wednesday in Victorta Hospi- i tal, London. 'Born in Hullett Township, he farmed all his„life until he retired one year ago. He was a member of. First Pres- byterian Church here. He is survived by his wife, the .former ,Edna Crozier; two sisters, Mrs. Peter (Jenny) Tay- lor • and Miss Phemia Lowrie, both of Hullett Township, and a brother, James, Seaforth. Funeral. services were held from the Box funeral home on The Brodhagen school trus- tees held their meeting when Mrs. Harold Rock was hired as caretaker, succeeding 1 .Reuben Buuck. The school board mem- bers had been' Ivan Bennewies, Ross Leonhardt and ,Mervyn Lenhardt. An election was held- recent- ly When ten menere, noniinat- ed for an area school board for all the schools of -Logan Town- ship, and the following five men were elected: Earl Ahrens, RR 4, Mitchell; Russell Sholdice, .Brodhagen; Dalton Rolph, RR 3, Mitchell; John. McNaught, Monkton, and Bill Osborne, RR 2, Monkton. These men will be in charge of all the schools in Logan Township, beginning in the New Year. Mr. and Mrs, Lavern Wolfe received a phone call from their daughter; Mrs. Dick Watson, and family,' from Calgary, Alta., on New Year's. Mr. and Mrs. Don Cochrane and family, of Caledonia, with Mr:nd Mrs, Ross Leonhardt for New Year's. Mr. ' nd, Mrs. George Rose, Doug and Debbie, of Fort Erie, at the same home. Mrs, Lena Elligsen. and Mrs. Rachel Ahrens :with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Elligsen, McKillop. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Leenhardt,. RR 1. 'Bornholm,. accompanied by Mrs. Rachel Ahrens and Mrs. Lena Elligsen, with Mr. and Mrs, George Wesenberg and family, Brussels. Mr. and M'r's. W1tfred Ahrens and sons and 11r. and Mg's. Dort :Ahrens and fatally With Mtii. Rachel Ahrr±ui fol' New Years family and •Miss Barbara Mc- Leod, of Mitchell, with Mrs. Rachel Ahrens on Sunday; Congregational Meeting The annual meeting of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Brod- hagen, was held when the fol- lowing were elected to the church board: George Rock, -Glen Mogk, Kenneth Siemon, along with the remaining board members, Harold Mogk, Fred Jung and - Orville Beuerman. The retiring members are Rob- ert Be erman, Ronald Hinz and Anton ieman. Rev. Harold Brill received a ,raise in salary, and Reuben Buuck is rehired as 'caretaker of the church, grounds and cemetery. Mrs. Lorne Mueller, RR 4, Mitchell, will succeed Mrs. Bert Vorstenbosch • as or- ganist. During the Sunday ser- vice the new board members were installed. In the year 1964 there were 15 baptisms and 12 funerals. Four adults and two child mem- bers were transferred from the. parish, while nine new mem- bers were received. Three mar- riages were solemnized. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sawyer and son, Verne, who have been re- siding at West Montrose, have purchased the house of the late Mrs. Rosena Mueller. Mrs. Saw- yer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Christ .Leonhardt, will reside with them. The sympathy of the com- munity is extended to Mrs. Lorne Bennewies and other rel- atives in the death of her sis- ter, Mrs. Esra Seebach. Mn., and 'Mrs....George Mogk St. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hinz and Rodney with Mr. and Mrs. Irvin' Swint, Milverton, for Christmas. Mrs. Kenneth Newton, Diane and Craig, of Toronto, spent a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Hicks. The first meeting of the sea- son of the Community Foruni was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lew Hicks on Monday evening, when Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Scherbarth, Sr., were pre- sented with a gift of a gold blanket on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary. A New Year's Eve dance was held at' the Community Hall, and on New Year's night a large crowd attended the dance with Desjardine's orchestra in attendance. • The following young people spent either Christmas or New Year's or both at their homes: Arthur Diegel, Leonard Miller, Garr Hinz, Kitchener; Ray Scherbarth, Toronto; Clare French, Petrolia; Clayton Ah- rens, Robert Ahrens and Jane Rock, Waterloo; Kenneth Ah - fens, Hamilton; Glenda Miller, Sebringville; Erma Rock, Lon- don. Mr. and Mrs. Clare Rolph and Bradley, of Kirkland Lake, vis- ited her sister, Mrs. Willard Bennewies{ and Mr, Bennewies, Mr. arid Mrs. Lavern Wolfe with Mtn:• and Mrs. Ed. Oliver, Stratford. Mr. and Mrs: Rotiald •Hinz and Rodney and the other members of the family received gifts Of oranges and grapefruit for Christmas .sent by her Oarents, an, � Mt'a:4ori„ tiiitli ho:, Ross MacLean, forth Holly- wood, California. Messrs. Norman Bode, RR 4, Mitchell; Mr. Ed. Smith, RR 1, Bornholm, and George and Wil- liam Diegel with Mr; and Mrs. Russell Sholdice during the festive season. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wolfe and Steven, of London, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Wolfe, and also visited Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sholdice. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly, `Haupt, of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Don Wolfe and Steven, London; Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Wolfe and sons, of Kitchener, and Clare French with Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Wolfe, January 2nd. ,.Rev. and Mrs, John Arbuckle, Billy and. Bob, of Smith Falls; Mr: and Mrs. Don Stauch, War- ren and Janet, of Kitchener; Mr. arid Mrs. Cliff 'Woodward, Donna and Gay, of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Querengesser of Seaforth, and Mr, and Mrs. Bernard Clarence, Stratford, with Mrs. Albert Querengesser add Alf. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Quer- engesser, Patricia, Beth and Bob, Mitchell; Mr. and Mrs, Barry Smith, of Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sholdice, Scar- borough; Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Betterinan., Misses Ruth and Lois Davey, Monkton; Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sholdice, Paul and Mark, and Mrs. Elizabeth Querenges- ser with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sholdice, New Year's Day., Roger Sholdice entertained a few friends to a New Year's Eve party at his • home here; Miss Joyce Voek, of Stratford, with ;11tr. and• !lira, -Robext Miss Jean Mueller, of Kitchen- er, spent Christmas with her. parents, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Mueller and spent the Christ- mas holidays 'in Montreal, Que. Mrs. August Hillebrecht ac- companied Mr. and Mrs, Leslie Wietersen, of Bornholm, to Hamilton, visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Mueller and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cakebread., Mr. Louie Kahle, of Detroit, with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eick- meier for'' the holiday season, 7VIr. and Mrs. Robert Gibb, Sherri and Lynda, of Glencoe, with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smyth and Mr. and Mrs. Ford Dickt- son; Miss Glenda Dickispn re- turning home with them after spending the Christmas holi- days. Two basket of flowers were in the Sanctuary of St. Peter's, Lutheran Church on Sunday from the funeral of Mrs. Ezra Seebach, Fullerton', Mrs. Jim Brown (Diane Rock), RR 2, Monkton, is employed at the Ford Dickison store. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kleber, Ruth Ann, Roy and Paul of Kit- chener, and Mrs. Fred Hoegy, of Seaforth,'with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hoegy on Sunday. Mr. Herman Leonhardt, of London Hospital, spent Christ- mas and New Year's at his home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leon- hardt, Dale and Colleen„ of of Thamesford, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman- Leon- hardt. Mrs. Ralph Hicks, of Toron- to, is spending this week with, her family, -Alvin and Sherri: Hicks, and Mr. and Mrs, few cks gess, Stratford, with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Buuck; also Mr. and Mrs. Ger- ald Buuck and family, Seaforth; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Buuck and David, Milverton; Miss Janet Hinz;- Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ahrens, Kimberley, Colleen and Karl, of Burlington, with Mrs. Charles Ahrens and Mr. and Mrs.' Wil- fred Ahrens for the New Year. Mr. and Mrs. George Young, Stratford, and Miss • Esther Wicke and Arthur Diegel, of Kitchener, with . George and William Diegel on Sunday. Mrs. Jean Nichol and Robert and Stanley Marks, of Brussels, and Miss Nancy Taylor;–Bilue= vale, for New Year's With Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, Pfeifer. ' Master Verne Sawyer 'is con- fined to Stratford Hospital. A guitar recital was held by the pupils of Mr. Pulsifer at the Community Hall here Sat- urday evening. Relatives received word of the death of Mrs. Ed. Amstein in Kitchener, the former Laura Rock, born in Brodhagen. Organist is Honored At the close of the l,Vew Year's church service at First Lutheran Church, Logan Town- ship, the organist, Mrs. Lorne Mueller, was presented with a jewelled gold-filled wrist watch from the Sunday School and congregation after 22 'years as organist there. The presenta- tion was made by'Alvin Ahrens. Mrs. Mueller has taken the posi- tion as organist of St. Peter's -- Lutheran Church, •Brodhagen, and conttitenced the , first Sun- • •