The Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-01-11, Page 11W'IDNE$DAY' JANE. 'lith.: 147„`
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° THE LUCKNOW :SENTINEL, LUC.KNOW, ONTARIO,
B [tykes UCW
The January meeting of Slakes
U.C.W. was held Wednesdayafter
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noon, *January 4th at the' home of.
Mrs,' Russel Ph llips, Mrs. Chris
Cooke had charge of the program •
and thePe
.meeting ' opened with the
meditation"on "Christ's call to •
Messiahship." with passages of
scripture read --at intervals b. ,'Mrs,
,Russel Phillips., Mrs. Jerry,Cranston
Mrs. Livingston Menar.y , . Mrs.
Keith. Cranston; Mrs. .G. W. 'Kaiser,
Mrs.; Wm. Jrvin and'Mrs. 'Hugh
Menary:: A. hymn wasfollowed by:
prayer. ' .
Everyone enjoyed a New, Year's
reading by Mrs. Keith 'Cranston
and also one by:Mrs. Jack Curran"
"No Time for Prayer". Mrs.
Livingston Menary • started the new ,
Study book. "Churches :where the
Action. is".. The secretaries report
(was given and the roll ,call was
answered with the paying of fees.,
12 member's :present. The. World's
Day of Prayer is to be held at the
-Manse. on February, 10th. -The next'
Meeting will be .on January. 31st
at the, liomeT of Mrs. Wm,. Irvin. ,.
Mrs, Kaiser, closed the meeting
with, prayer and lunch;.was served
by. Mrs. Russel s.
Chris ,Cooke.
hftechurCh
(Whitechurch :News);:
On Wednesd'ay afternoon the
U.C.W. 'held their meeting at
the home of Mrs. Elwood
Groskorth . Mrs, George Mitchell.
'Opened the meeting_w,ith a, New
Years Poem A verse:of,Bless be
'the; Tie that Binds was sung.
'Happy. Birthday was .sung .to all.
those with a'birthday in January.`.
Mrs.. Mitchell, 'told' themthe stone
• for January is the Garnet and then
gave zreading`;on Carnation, the
flower for the month of January.
Mrs Dan Tiffin then• presided ,for
the worship service;'`the Theme`' of
which• was, Looking ahead to the
Future 'Centennial Year ." Mrs.
.Tiffin gave: a ;poem.. Another Year,
.and then 'sang The Churches 'One
:Foundation. Mrs. Elmer 'Sleight-
holm led in prayer andgave the
:story - The Forbidden Book.. Mrs.
.,.Tiffin conducted' the Contest
Down the Alphabet, which gave
much food'for .thought with quite -a
. few getting the answers. Mrs; Tiff,
in gave the Story ;'A New Year
Adventure.
Mrs. Elwood; Groskorth gave the
Study Book. Into'a' Nation,. which•
dealt with the early church and
the conflict between the Catholic
and Protestant churches.' Mrs'. •
Garnet Farrier gave/the piano solo;
Softly 'and Tenderly. Mrs. Tiffin
gave a reading, New Years Pie; •
after which • she gave 'the ,closing;
prayer for this portion of .the .meet-
ing.
Mrs'. George Mitchell pretidet1
for •the business meeting in the,
absence,s
of the. Fr'esident,:.Mr .. ..
Ezra Scholtz: -Mrs. Carl Weber f
read' the minutes and Mrs.. Albert
Coulter gave the treasurer s stato
merit . All signed ;a card ' to go to
Mrs:- Eunice Gillespie,. a patient
'in Wingham Hospital. The roll,
call, Paying of fees and giving
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A cheerful Thought for,Centerinial •
Year, was answered by 14' metnbers
and 'one. little boy. '
Mrs. Mitchell .led in' prayer'. The
offering was received and .dedicai=
ed' by•Mrs. Mitchell 'Mrs. Sleight-
holm gave. the Messengers report.
All :committee Conveners gave
reports.
The next meeting!. February lst,
will be, held at the home of
Russel Chapmait and Mrs. George
Thompien mill;'be in charge of the
meeting. ' Rev.• George Mitchell
Closed the meetittwith .prayer.
Speaks On Visit
To Bermuda
The first meeting .of the New. '
Year of the South Kinloss'W,M'.S,
was held, • at the home. of Mrs: W'. • r
F :' MacDonald with 'Directors be-
ing Mrs. Brute Hamilton and Mrs..
Jim Burt,
• .Mrs. Gib Hamilton presided and
Mrs. Lloyd MacDou al read min
utes and corresp •ndence. • e` 'meet '
ing'was arrang- for the drafti
of ne.w progra s. • Scripture wa
read by .Mrs. 'urt and the 'Bible
Study was ,Joshua 24 ;with' the: roll
call answered by a' verse with
"Covenant". Mrs; Ira Dickie read
a New: Year Meditation and 'the
Prayer Circle. was formed' by 'Mrs,
Annie Maclntyre,';Mrs. Ross' Mac-
;Millan,and Mrs..• Sandy MacLeod.
Mrs. Rod MacLeod accoripanied
the singing of•New Year 'hymns
Mrs. A., Hughes summed lip the
total Treasurer's report 'and
membership fees wereu received .:
Mrs. Bruce Hamilton 'gave a
very interesting talk' on a visit to •
the Island •of Bermuda •a ' few years
ago and ,showed many pictures and
souvenirs of her trip. This was.
• much appreciated on a snowy
Winter's Day. Directors and hostess.
served .lunch with Christrr as; treats..
oel'Mason Speaks
,n anges :'
Unit 4 .of the. Lucknow U.C.W.
met at the. home 'of Mrs. George: •
Joynt.with 20 members and.2
visitors' present
The Devotional part of the meet
ing, conducted by Mrs. B. Elliott,.
Miss H.-Thompsonand Mrs J.' •
Ritchie', Opened with a hymn, ,:.:
prayer. by Mrs'. ,Elliottand medit-
ation by Mrs.. J. McNab .: Kathy •
Joynt favoured with a piano solo
Readings "Throughout the .Coming,
Year" and: "A New Year's'Prayer:'
were given by Mrs; ' L. C. Thomp
.son,.:
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'Noel Mason, principal of the
High. School, was' guest speaker..
The topic "Changes" was ;very .en
' •lightning. Miss ,Helen Thompson
expressed thanks to one and 'a11"`"
Donate
M and M fund $25
:. (Dungannon News)
The C', G.I. T1 girls'met on.Jan
-
nary 4 with , Ann Errington and S.us
an*
Park rk conducting- the :opening; .
with the "purpose", and C. G.I,.T.
hymn. The December minutes
were read by Martha .Eedyrand,
thirteen girls answered the roll'
call with a New 'Year's resolution;
'Each girl wast given a;steward'ship
card to' help share C. G. I, T.. work,
summer car p.,n literature, etc. in
Ontario Twenty --five dollars was •
donated to the' M. and .M fund.
Mrs Bob Jefferson, gave ''a study •
`talk and'games were led by Mrs..
Ivan •Rivett.
, taking part• in the progam
Mrs,. B. 'Finlay 'gave. a"Steward- •
ship message. The annual meeting
will be. January 24 with Unit 4 to
help with: lunch;;' Supplycommittee
asked 'for donation by each njernb.-
er for article for baby's layette:
Ideas for 1967 projects were .dis
cussed.. Treasurer: reported '$520.70
for 1966
The 'meeting closed with a hymn
and Mizpah' benediction. The co-
mmittee setved a lovely lunch`.'
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Mrs'..:Ro$sSieIIs.
Speaks To Y.P.S.
(Kinloss News) -
'South .Kinloss young people met
Sunday e evening at the home of,
Mr. and Mrs.. Lloyd MacDougall '—
Mrs.. Ross. Shiells.of,L.ucknow was
guest
speaker. She had done much
research.on her topic, "The Jew
Dish Faith'' having obtainethinterest
ing information from a Jewish.
friend':. Special Jewish foods were
displayed and later served' with
lunch'. Mr.s.•Shiells Was introduced
by Mrs.° Evan Kith and thanked
by the president; Jim •MacKinnon
`Conveners' for, this netting were •
l a
��ac 'fvlaclnnes a'nd'Wi11i m,Dick -
IA •:4
Tells About Growth Of Church'.
On January' 4th; the Ladies of the
Afternoon Auxiliary,, of the Lucknow'
Presbyterian W.:M. S. met, inthe
basement of the Church. 'Mrs:., Jas
Little Was .in the chair and opened. _
the meeting...with a welcome'to the
New Year, a challenge to
rededicate: ourselves, as. a' Christian
Society, to 'be. better servants', and
witnesses in 1,967.: 'A .hymp was sunk
and prayer•by Mrs. 'Little followed.
The dim and' Purpose'.of.the W M,
'S.,was then ,repeated in unison; 'as'
was the Scripture - 1st' Timothy,'
2nd Chapter;
,The .Bible•Study'was given:by Mrs
H. Nixon, and her`•topic was "Wo-
men of the Old Testament". She
commenced with: Eve , as 'the .Moth-
er -of- Life--; and -how -woman -was
moresuseptable to temptationttan-
man, hence the; fall of Adam:. The.
'Prayer Circle' was: taken'by Miss: N.'
,Nalcolm and Mrs..: T: A. Cameron.
more• susceptable to temptation
'than`man, hence the fall ofAdan-i
The Prayer` Circle was. taken by
..Miss,.'N.'.Malcolmsand Mrs. T.A. •
Cameron.,
Sympathy was expressed` m'the.,
passing of members of the church,.
A. hyinn was, sung then the minutes`
of the -last tweeting, were'read' by
Miss Nellie' Malcolm . Notice of
the • Maitland' Presbyterial to meet.
on'January Q in Wingham'was giv-
en Thank you notes wereread for
Chriitm as' gifts received from :the
Society; The roll' call was answere
by each ••merpher repeating'a "verse
from the 'Book o�..Obadia1 with
:Offering: and Prayer following...
Short readings "Speak Gently"
'and "Open •our Eyes" were given ' by
;.Mrs. N.,Johnston. A Vote of thanks:
was extended'to:Norman Taylor.
for•printing services
The.'1v1ission Study was ably given
by Miss Dorothy Douglas, who took
for her Topic - 'The New World"
She told'of the Growth of our
Church in the past, and how it be-
gan, with the landing of two great `
discoverers' -Jacques Cartier and
,Christopher Columbus, the' latter
claiming later to be the real dis-
covererin'1492. As they built"hom-
es for themselves; they thought,
they must have .a church and
schools'for their children. Havin$,
no' minister tb lead them, they
must have colleges to educate men
to preach, soas time went by,'
they were able to establish their
first college in Montreal The
.United Loyalists came from the
United .States,,, so members of all • ,:'°
faiths increased, and religion
spread in Canada. In 1844 Knox
,
College was'consurnate'd,' so
through the'brave efforts iof those
Courageous forefathers, with their
strong trust'in.God, we_'ha,ve this
fair countrycaped Canada, which
at thebeginning
° termed. a
: was
"collection of huts",
With the singing . of 'a h:). nin, and
$ . g '
P
rayeeby'Mrs.'J. Smith, the'meet-
ing was brought°to a close,.
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PAGE ELEVEN
ingsbridgeflan Dies'A#His Home
• JOSEPH BLAISE MARTIN ' •
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Joseph Blaise Martin„ 65, of
Kingsbrldge, died 'December 28
at his home
A. farrder. Mi. Martin was.'horn
at Kingsbridge, son of the late
Stephen Martin and' Mary: Hogan.
• Besides'his.wife; the. forner
Mayetta King, he is survived by
four sons,Joseph,, Theadore
(Teddy), Peter all.Hamilton
James,. Kingsbridge; four daughters
Mrs. 'George (Mary Therese) Po11-
ard, Mrs. Emil (Frances):
Pahl,, Patricia Ann, all .Hamilton
Mrs.; 'Clarence (Loretta) Doherty,
Agincourt;"two sisters; Mrs Mon
ica Law, .Mrs, Catherine Lannan,,
both. London.
'Requiem njass was•celebraled.
December 30 at St. Joseph's
Church, Kin sbrid e,•by Rev. Fr,'.
Charles Caruana with burialin St.
Joseph's Cemetery. • Pallbearers •
were Mark Dalton, Donald Frayne:,,
•Michael O'Neil,•Jim Doherty, all.,
Sf ingsbr.idge ; 'David King and
Bert' K in of ; Teeswater..
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Choose onow, :while our prices are
clearaway •lowl Buy your Christmas: cards-
for next year get beautifully desrned
greetings plus extraordinary savings.
AT THE
vcknow Sentinel
Unit
Raises $445
The New Year 'meeting of .Unit
5 of Lucknow U. C W. ' was held .
at the home Of Mrs. Jas. MacTav-
dish w/th 13 members present.
Mrs.,William Bolt presided for
the devotional part of the meeting,
opening with,a reading "Peace of
Mind"
Following the singing: of•a Hymn,"
the scripture from Proverbs, .was
given by Mrs.' Jini Boyle and Mr.s..
Gordon llrook�;
..Mrs; Gordon Johnston 'e read a
Johnstone
very timely'reading on "Trouble"'.'
Face up to:trouble and:do not be...
afraid.to seek help.,
The first cha"pP ter from• the new' .
study book The Church in Canada'
Was very ably pr :pared .by:Mrs.. H
Webster, and very capably given.
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by Mrs., Don Dennis It .depicted
the early missions•in the various
Settlements' of 'Canada ,'' down to
the Je,suit Missionaries., As Mrs`
Dennis read "The First. Canadian
Christen ai ,Carol" , written by
Father•. Brebeuf, a Jesuit, Missionary;_
background music was played by
Mrs;:Jack ,M'ckirii :. •
Mrs: Robert Campbell, ,president,'
then took the business part of :the. .
meeting, by reading of a "New
•Year,'s .Greeting"..
Words of welcome•were also ex-
tended to all for the New Year.'
Mrs. G. Brooks reported $445
turneeiii•'for last year',(19F6). .
A reading on "Stewardship" was
given,by Mrs. Elwin Hall:
Mrs. ,Bolt reported, for the Annual'
meeting to be held January 24th
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following the' singing of "Son of
My Soul" Mrs'. Campbell closed
the meeting with,
"prayer..
A social hour was" spent'.