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The Huron Expositor, 1958-01-03, Page 9SUPPLEMENT • ON`fiA,RTQ, JANjJRT 3.95$ BRU.CEFIELD NEWS OF THE WEEK • Miss Elizabeth Scott, London, 'visited' over the Christmas; season with Miss Mary E. Swan end Mrs. T1s Ham, Mise, Mrs, John Cairns spent Christ- , � naas ' with her niece, ; Mrs. H, Cur- rie, ria, of Clinton. • Mr. and Mrs. George Griffith and family, Stratford, and'Mr..and Mrs. - Gordon Elliott and family 'spent Christmas with Mrs. }L ,;Berry. Mrs. • W.H. Pepper, . Mr. and Mrs. Aldie , Mustard Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Thomson and Mr. and Mrs. • Elgin Thomson and Gordon spent. ChristmasDay with Mrs, Pep- per's daughter, Mrs. Geo. Pinkney and - fatally, at Walkerton. Mr. and Mrs. George Henderson • and Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Jervis _were Christmas visitors with Rev. and Mrs. Charles Cox at• Mill- bank. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Tyndall visited on Christmas with Mr. and, Mrs. Fred , Bonthron, Hensall. Mrs. Bruce Menerery, Bayfield, visited with Misses Kathleen and --- Marie Elliott over the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. S. ,McKenzie and • Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moffatt and • John were guests of Mr, . and Mrs. Don McKenzie on Christmas, St, Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Bert McKay and Mrs.Irwin, London, spent Christ- mas with Mr. and Mrs, W. D. Wil - San. Mr. and Mrs. E. Stackhouse, Mary Ann 'and John, and Mr. and Mrs. S. Neal, Pat and Ronald spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Mac .- Wilson and Mrs. W. Stackhouse: Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Murdoch and Mr: and Mrs. WaltereMcBeath, of Brucefield, spent Christmas. in To- ronto with Captain and Mrs. S, G. „Ru,pible and family and in. I•Iamil- tonl(with Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Mur- doch, also with Miss Beth Murdoch who is at present a patient at.•the Nora. Frances Henderson -Memos-. • ial Hospital in Hamilton.• Mr. and Mrs. John Rathwell, of • Toronto, were weekend guests of ' ll r° •Rathwell's• parents, , Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rathwell; also Mrs. John Lasenby and family, Belle- ville. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Paterson, of London, spent Christmas with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Pater- son. Miss Ina Taylor spent .the holi- day , with her parents,. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Taylor.. • Mr. and, Mrs. Stews t Baird and family and Mr. and 4Srse Robert Dalrymple visited on Sunday with .. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Love, Caro. Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. James McNaugh- ton, Bob and Jean, are holidaying in Pieria. Master Danny Griffith, • Strata, ford, spent the Christmas holidays • with his cousins, Lawrence Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Kovac, of Pori -`Colborne, spent %Christmas ST. , COLUMBAN Peter E. Maloney, Jr., returned Saturday to Victoria Hospital, Lon- don, after spending Christmas with his parents. ,He is • able to be around for short periods in a wheel chair, and has made remarkable , recovery since his serious acci- dent in March. Rev. Vincent -Eckert, C.S°B., of itochester, N.Y., visited Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Eckert and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Maloney. • Mr. and Mrs. James Feet%y, Kitchener, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Feeney, Clinton, .spent Christmas with. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Feeney. Mr Margaret Roy, Mr. Jack Staple and Mr. and Mrs. W, Rad ford, Brussels, spent Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. C3ordon Staples. Mr. and Mrs; 'Mac Dennome and baby, Zurich, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. James McQuaid. Mr. and Mrs. Den Whitton and Miss Agnes _O'Sullivan, Guelph; :Miaw' Irene- O'Sullivan, St. Clem- ents; Miss Margaret O'Sullivan, of London, spent the holiday ,at the O'Sullivan home.. 1tatepeyers Meet • The annual meeting of the rate- payers of the Separate `School area Was held in•St. Columb'an School on Thursday, Dec. 26. Wilfred Maloney was appointed Chairman and Zack Ryan, secretary for the -meeting: $.au O.'Iteilly was eledtt ed trustee to take the place of Ted Melady, who retired.. this year. Other trustees are Wilfrid • O'Rourke Janies Krauskopf, with • Michael Doede as honorary true tee, and Joseph O'Reilly as.aecre» ' .'tifl'i tytreasurer. , with °heir parents, Mr, and. Mita:. Charles Spelling. Mrs. A. Hehner spent Christmas with Mrs,'Lawrson and --Mi'. and Mrs. Nelson beard, Bayfield: Mrs. Willranes, . London visited: over the weekend with her sister, Mrs, George ,.Henderson, District Obituaries W.H,PFILE }tE SALL-,•William Henry Pfile, a highly esteemed resident of the village for over 35 years, • passed away in Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, on 'Friday, Dec.. 27, in his 77th year. Mr, Pfile formerly conducted a a shoe business here for some years, was an active member of the Unit- ed Church, former superintendent of the Sunday School, and4' em- ber of the choir for a number of years.. Surviving are his widow, the for- mer Edith Durst; one !brother, Ur- ban Pfile, Dashwood; three sisters, Mrs. Melissa Geiger, Mrs. Pearl Mellick and, Mrs. Clara Jacobi, all of Zurich. Public funeral services, conduct- ed by Rev. C. D. Daniel, were held at the Barnf6r6ii Funeral Chapel on Monday at 2 p.m., with interment in the Goshen Line .E.U.B. . ceme- tery. MRS. WJNNIFRED ROWLAND DUBLINThe death . occurred Sunday morning at the home of her son, Frank Rowland, in -Oak- ville, of Mrs. Winifred Rowlaand, aged 73. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mc- Grath,' McKillop Township, and£ had been 'a resident of Dublin for 35 years. She had been in ill health for the past month, and had been in Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, until Monday, Dec. 23, when she left to spend Christmas in Oakville. . She is survived by three sons, John, , Calgary; Frank, Oakville; Edward, Toronto; by three daugh- ters, Angela, Mrs. Bert Gallant, Windsor; Helen, Mother Afra, .Glen Garden, Windsor; Agnes, Mother Agnes Clare, The Pines, Chatham; by four brothers, Pat and Peter, London°• Edward, llder- ton, and Louis, Dublin: The body is at the W. J. Cleary Funeral Home, SeaforI6e-`from which ,the- funeral. is to be held Thursday morning to, $t, Patrick's Church, Dublin, for Requiem Mass at 9:30 a.m. . KIPPIN-- pn Saturday eveningaa °krichen r'hower was held at the home of Miss June M'eClinchey to honor Miss .Carol Faber, bride -elect -of New" YearWEve. The evening"Was spent in contests and a solo by Miss Clara Clarke, of Varna. • Miss Marlene' McClinchey, Zur- ich, read the address; and Mrs. Bob Kerslake, Centralia, aided the bride-to-be in opening her many lovely gifts. Carol made- a fitting reply. and ,a delicious lunch was ,,Served by the hostess. The congregation. of '-St. An- drew's United" Church gave a mis- cellaneous showere Monday night, Div -23, to honor Mise Caro1.,cF b- er, bride•elect of New Years Eve. The churcleand school room were decorated insilver and pink. Miss Eileen McLean had charge of the program, which consisted of: a • piano. solo by Miss Marjorie Turner; contests; chorus by a grohip of girls; piano solo, Gwen Jones; reading, Miss . Marie Jar- rett; piano „solo, Miss Pat Lovell; reading, Miss June Medi�bey; piano solo, Miss Sharon McBride. Mrs. Ross 'Breadfoot was accom- panist and Gwen Jones had charge Of the register and bride's book. Miss Ruth Teener read the ad- dress, and.MG. Jones and Miss M. Turner presented the, gifts, Carol thanked everyone, aged later a delicious lunch was serve in the school -room, WINTHROP The regular monthly nieeting of the W1yiss and WA of Cavan United Church, Winthrop, .will be held on Wednesday, January 8,. at 2 p.m. in the church. Circle one will be hi charge of the program, and Cir. cls four the lunch, Roll • call w,il1 be answered by payment of fees. The annual meeting and banquet of the Wang ?eople's Union will he held Thursday evening, Janr-•2,. at lir pian,` in the ehierch. Kippers Yoth.Wit! OAC Adventurers :Seven adventurous college stu- dents, from 22 to 23 years of age, from the OAC, Guelph, left. Thugs- day morning for MianFlorida, in a 3,925 model firetruck,, which was purchased in the fall. Without trouble, they expect to make the trip of some 1,700 miles, one way, in about three days, and hope to arrive back .by January 6 to re- sume studies at the college. 'the boys took their sleeping bags with them and will sleep in the truck Agtd also took camping equip- ment,, Aggie coats and firemen's caps. In the group are Don Brock, of Hensall; Mac Taylor, RR 4, Walton; John 'Wiley,. Ailea Craig; Charles Gracey, ' of Curries, near Woodstock; A. D, Hewitt, Kincar- dine; John Quinn, Toronto, and S. J. Leuty, Cooksville. CROMARTY The Young People's Society met on Sunday evening in the church. Alice Sorsdahl presided. Margar- et A. Wallace read the scripture iesso�i; �.•followed with prayer by Rev':" S. Kerr. "The Christian Church" -was the' topic taken by Reve S. Kerr. The objective of the society is to raise money to don- ate to the Bursary Fund. Plans were niade for an evening of bowling on Saturday evening. The meeting closed with the Mizpah -benediction.' ' S.S. 6 School Concert SS No. '6, Hibbert, held their an- nual Christmas concert Thursday evening under• the direction of their teacher, Miss Jean Camp- bell. Mervin Do was chairman. The school was filled to capacity and was decoratedin keeping with the Christmas season. The pro- gram consisted of recitations, chor- uses,_duets and solo: opening chor- us by the ptipils of the school; recitation, Marlen Dow, "Christ- mas Worries".; junior ` chorus by grades 1, 2, 3 and 4; rhythm band by grades 5, 6, 7 and 8; recitation by Laura Chappel,' "His Star. is Shining Still"; operetta, "Hansel 'and Gretal"; junior chorus, grades 1, 2, 3 and 4, "I'm a Little Tea- pot" and "The Strangest Little Elf"; recitation 'by ._ Peter Zan- kowski, ."Christmas Choices"; star drill, girls 3 to 8; boys' drill, "A 'Mockery of the Girls' Drill"; solo by Connie Sorsdahl, "Nothin' For Christmas"; chorus; "My Two Front Teeth and ."I Saw Mummy 'Kissing Santa Claus"; a play, "Mrs. Harvey Dow Gets An Idea"; duet, Marlene Dow and Joyce. Dow; 'dance, Irish Washerwoman, Marlene ..Dow, Joybe Dowand Mar- garet A. Wallace; recitation, Shar- een Scott; gyjnnastics, grades 5 to 8; chorus, "Chr'istma's" `.`. '.TWas in the Moon"; Christmas" pageant by the school; chorus, 'Silver Bells" and "Here Comes Santa Claus." • Santa Claus arrived and.. distributed gifts and candy bags and oranges. BLAKE- • S.S. No. 9, Hay and Stanley school Chrj tmas concert was giv- en in the Tchdol on Friday night, with Mr. Curtis Gingerich as the chairman. The program begun with a xhor- us, "The Maple Leaf Forever"; recitation, "Welcome"; chorus, "Welcome; -Sop," "Freddie, the Fir Tree";eplay, "Poor Joe"; ex- ercise, xercise, 'but of Santa's Pack"; songs, "Presents "Who is Com- ing?"; recitation- by Dale Bosh:: art; play, "Willy Paid. Didn't Run Away"; recitation ,by Paul Mar- tin; play, "Slightly Mixed"; song, "The Little Fiddler"; recitation by Ralph Gingerich; song, "When I Am Big";. plan "Christmas Comes To School';; Grade 2, ex- ercise, "Mother's Birthday Cake"; play, "Hal's Aunt Manilla"; play, "Why They Changed Their Minds"; songs, "The Doctor', "The Cob- bler", '"The Breadman"; play, "An Important Occasion"; song "The Whiz"; recitation, Michael Corriveau; chorus, . three parts; play, "Christmas Complaint"; rec- itation,John Geiger; songs, "Old Englis. Carol" "The Angel Song"; play, t`Melvina_ ..Enter- tains"; "The Christmas Story"; chorus' • "Christmas". "God Save -the Queen" was sun:° by all,:then Santa CIaus,carne and distributed the•.glfts. Mr. Ginger- ich. distributed the teacher, Mrs. C. Deichert, and the music direetar P Jigs. E. Graham, for their efforts fn making the program h ammo. IV ALT ON •N EW The. Wane' friends -Of Mr. ° foe. Wiffiamson will be happy to: leerrs lam was .able to return hem? fronts Iden.P g;lao l tospitaR. on Sunday, Mr. And Mrs. Jame* Jobiaaton, Gregory; Joy and Judy, of: Essex,, aro spending the Christmas, vaca- tion with the former's mother -Mfrs, Silas Jobnstpn, Visa ; Joan .Ryan, iteg.W., Corn- wall, spent Christmas with 'her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence `Byaib: , Mr.. Harold. ]McCall, of Hamel-' ton,. 'visited with Mr. and Mrs. Art McCall and• other relatives over the holiday. • Mr. and Mrs. Fames Lamont and family, of London, spent a few days with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd: Porter. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Rutledge"• and family, of London, are visit- ing,with the latter's mother, Mrs; Margaret Humphries, and • •other relatives. ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marshall and,daughter, of North Bay, spent Christmas with Mrs. Luella Mar- shall and Barrie and Mr. Malcolm Fraser. Mr. David Kirkby, of••Bowman- vi`lle, spent a week with his grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Kirk- by. irkby. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Coutts, Rickey and 'Robbie, of Toronto, are visi- tors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Coutts. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bennett vis- ited with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie. Rut- ledge, Streetsville, for a few days last 'v eek. Mrs. Hilda Sellers, Kitchener, spent] the past week with her daughter, Mrs. Herb Travis, and Mr. Travis Mr. and Mrs. Walter Broadfoot visited over Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kirkby, Toronto. Mrs, L. Kirkby, London, visited with relatives in the vicinity and with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R., Somerville, Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Shannon and Cathy, of Sarnia, were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Shannon: Miss Olene Dundas left Thurs- day for " Florida, after spending Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Torrance Dundas__.. Mrs. S. Sellers,.., . who was a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital;. London, has been removed to Wingham Hospital. - Mr. David Watson, who was con- fined to Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, following a back injury, BRUCEFIELD WMS Elects Officers The Decembef meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society was held in the _church . auditorium- on Sunday evening, Dec. 22. The wor- ship -service or=ship-service on the theme, "Let' the song go round the earth, Jesus Christ is Lord," was conducted by Mrs. Moffatt, and Mrs. H. Dal- rymple led in prayer. The president, Mrs. • S. Davison, gave the words of welcome. The responsive service as outlined in the Missionary Monthly, was used and the following . gave . .readings, Mrs. Horton, Mrs. W.° Fothering- ham, Mrs. E. Thomson and Ml's. G. Henderson. - Carol singing was led by Mrs. J. Cairns, with Mrs. W. McBeath at the organ. -Mrs. Itle Graham gave a readi ice, "Christmas Bells" and a piano duet, "Sans Souci," by Barbara and Janet Henderson; a poem, "A Christmas Legend," by Mrs. G. Clifton, and an instrumen- tal, "Trinity Chimeee" by Mary Allen; a Christmas query, "What, D'o You Know About -Christmas?" by the Mission Band and Baby Band leaders; an instrumental duet, "Star of the East," Mrs. M. Wilson. and Mrs, McBeath. Mr. Davison showed slides on Our Lord's Nativity. The following is a list of officers for. 1958: :•president (still to be elected) ; first vice-president, Mrs: N':' Walker; second vice-president, Mrs. F. R hwell; recording, sec-. retary, MrS. E. Allen; correspond- ing -secretary,• -Mrs. H. Dalrymple; treasurer, Mrs. L. Wilson; Chris- tian Stewardship, Mrs. T. Baird; periodical secretary, Mrs. A. Mc- Queen; Christian Citizenships Mrs. L. Eyre; pianist, Mrs. G. Henden sopa assistant pianist, Miss M. Me-. Queen ; .Comnnuinity Friendship, ic2istt/ M. Swart, Mrs. McKenzie, Mrs. J. Thomson; Mrs. ,,Moffatt; supply secretary, Miss E. Bowey; associate m'ember's, Mos. R. Al- lan; literature secretary, Mrs. W. Scott; expense fund treasurer, Mrs. W. Douglas; CGIT leaders, Mrs. M. Graham, Mrs. G. Clif- ton; .- Mission Band leaders, Mrs. E. Allen, Mrs. G. Swan; Baby Rand leaders, Mrs. R. Dalrymple, Mrs. 3. Henderson; press secre- tary, Mrs. A. loam; tiiomit;ating+ confrnittee, Miss E. Bovey, Mrs. Fotheringhain, Mrs. • Broadfoot; auditors; Mrs. 1J. Dalrymple and Mrs. J. Cairns. OF THE WEEK has retuned to has Urge. Miss. Home Watson, of Eto.coke, and Miss Yerila awn of London; are holidayinb wa their paieuls, Miss Ruth Ennis, of W Hospi- tal, tal, .Eitchener, spent several dsys with leer parents; Mr, and Mss. l). Ennis. Mass' June Hackwei1, of London, spent Christmas With her parents, Mr. and Mrs, W, C. lfaeltsvellF.::.. Mrs, Earl Nile is convalescing at hoarse atter 1)nderr gang • an . op- erat on in: St. Joseph's ' Hospital, London. Miss Jean Malls, ]London, is spending a • few ' weeks, with her parents and Mr. Murray Mills, of Brantford, spent, several days at his home. Miss Barbara Boyd, Ron Ennis and Glen Oliver, of • Western Uni- iters'ity, London, are spending the vacation with their parents. Herb- Kirkby, who is attending Art :College in Toronto, is holiday- ing at his home: Ronald Smith, of Guelph OAC, is vacationing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Smith. Murray Kirkby has returned to the vfllege after spending Christ- mas with his parents, Mrs:: and Mrs. George, Kirkby, at Burwash. Mrs. Fern Patterson spent Christmas at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Churchward, Toron- to. oronto. Mr. and' Mrs. Don 'Gray and family, Stratford, were Christmas visitors. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Way:, Miss Muriel Schade, Reg.N., who has been on the staff of a New Westminster Hospital, has return- ed home following a trip through the United . States. Mr. and Mrs. Art Quest and family, of Kincardine, were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Storey. Mrs Herman Stryker, of Guelph, visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stryker, over Christmas. ., Mr. John Byerman and Mr. Wil- fred Dennis, who were patients in Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, have returned home. - BARBARA BUSMAN The Barbara Kirkman Auxiliary of the WMS of First Presbyterian Church held its Christmas meet- ing in the school room of the church. The president, Mrs. W. O. Johnston, presided and opened the meeting with a Christmas poem, "0 Little Town of Bethlehem," was sung, followed, by prayer by the president. Mrs. Johnston wel- comed the guests, members of the Senior Society and the McKillop Auxiliary. During the business session re- ports were given by the treasurer and all the secretaries, and they showed another successful year for 11 the Barbara Kirkman. Mrs. E. An- iimys give the report of the nom - in committee, • and the offi- cers for 1958 were •installed. by Mrs. D. Glenn. Campbell. They are as .follows: past --presi- dent, Mrs. K. Sharp; president, Mrsecvniee-Oe-Johnston; vice-presi- dent, Mrs. R. Kerslake; recording secretary, Mrs. E: Rivers; tress- urer, Miss J. Cluff; literaturd" ed'c+-' retary, Mrs. D': Nixon; Glad Tid- ings secretary, Mrs. R. Kerslake; Welcome and Welfare secretary, Mrs.,,, W. A. Wright; Home Helpers secretary,: Mrs. R. K. McFarlane; supply secretary, Mrs, M. Dor- ranee; life membership, Mrs. R. J. Sproat and Mrs. W. (toss; musi- cian, Mrs. J. A. Munn; program convener, Mrs. J. Patterson; press secretary, Mrs. K. Sharp; social conveners, Mrs. E.. Andrews and Mrs..S. Habkfrk. ' Mrs, D. Glenn Campbell present' ed life memberships to Mrs. H. Leslie and Miss F Laidlaw, on behalf of the so The offering was received.b , •ss Janet Chuff and Mrs. W. R ss. Thee devotional meeting., opened with the carol, "The First Nowell" and scripture was read by Mrs. H. Whyte.' Mrs. James F. Scott told the , Christmas story, "The Other Wise Man." Those taking part in a eandlelighting cerembny were; Mrs. J. Patterson, Mrs. W. A. Wright, Mrs. P. Malcolm, Mrs. E. Boshart and Mrs. De Nixon. Mrs. R. Kerslalte offered prayer. A solo, "0 Holy Night,' was ' sung by Mrs. F. Kling, accompanied by Mrs. M. R. Rennie. At the close of the meeting a presentation was -made to Mrs. D. Glenn. Campbell, .idf appreciation of her faithful association and dmio- tion in each society. Ali",addnese was- read by Mrs. K. Sharp, and the three societies were represent, ed beeMrs. J. L. Bell, who present- ed an ,honorary life membership on behalf of the 'Senior Society; Mrs, cMillan, who presented a avellin bag or behalf 'of all th eznbe s ofthe•-societies, and Mrs. A, right,, who presented a gift for Alin to Mrs, Campbell. Mrs, Campbell 'very graciously thanked the members. LunCht was served by the exec- tive and a social hour enjoyed. '