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CKNOW SENYINEt,, L WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25th, 1967
THE. LU �UCKNOW, ONTARLO
Iflipr�vemehts Nted1..iAiIna!oMei#gig
St. Paul's Anglican Church In Ripley
At -the annual meeting of St.
Paul's Anglican, Church, Ripley,
all reports by `officers were most
encouraging. The church. continues
to maintain its full share of the
missionary, work of'the Church, as
.well as .paying for all local expen-
ses. The work of all was praised, by
the chairman,, The Reverends (E,
Jay.
•
Election of .officers resulted in
the following:, Rector's Warden,
Walter Lock;. People's,Warden,
Jack Farrell; Secretary -Treasurer,
Hacketts U.
The January meeting of
Hackett•s U:.0 W. was held at the
home of Mrs: Herb. Wilkins on
Thu sday , January 19th.
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The resident Mrs. ..Bert Alton
opened the meeting;' with a read-
,ing, "lnto
ead-;ing;"lnto The New Year". The'
Hymn, "Standing at, thePrirtal"
was sung; then the •Lord's Prayer
was repeated. Mrs. George Henry
•had the devotions.,.
•Mrs. Bert 'Alton read,"a
welcoming piece for the•riew'o
ff
iters. "The Call-of,Christ",
was:•
read�by'Mrs. Frank Alton
The Study Book and'a • discussion
. period ;was.taken by Mrs. Frank
Alton. 'Comments' from the Obser,
• ver wasgiven by Mrs. Andrew.
Ritchie.2'Tw.elve members and"'
two -children were present and 'th'e
roll call was answered, by paying
S.
;the fees:
`.
Mrs. Kaiser;, announced - "World,
Day of Prayer": on February 10th:
at 2; 00 o'clock at her -place::, The
collection was received- and the
Meeting closed with a Hymn •
.and prayer. Lunch.was served. by
.the hostess and Mrs.:Bert Alton.. ,
annual Meetmy'
1t Dlivet.Church
(Olivet News) "
Rev. George Ball was; chairman ,
and Sandy, MacCharles secretary
when the Olivet United Church
Walter Lock; Lay delegate. to,
Synod, Frank Scott; Alternate
delegate', Redvers, J"ohnston; Board.
of 'Management, Jack Scott, Bill
•Scott, Mrs. J Farrell., Mrs;
Scott, Joe ,Scott, R. Burnett, Mrs:.
F. Fair, R• Johnston..
Dueling 1966, a dedication service
was, .held ,,, in'which a. church flag;
and a Holy Communion Missal.
were dedicated` in memory of the
late Edna Scott Other improve
ments, included a complete repo -
vadat of the vestry, 'through the
courtesy of Mrs..'Frank. Fair.' An •
,electric organ', and.a new Credence
tabie•were also'among the,impro-
vements :for last year. .•
A social half hour was enjoyed; at.
the close: of, theg.nieetin in which'
the W.A. ladies served lunch
Annual: Meetin
9�
At Calvi Bri k
n c
(Whitechurch.,•News)
•
Calvih=Brick held their Annual:::.
Congregational meetin with an
g.,
attendance of 16 in the church
with •Rev': 'Hugh Wilson. chairman.
and: Lawerence Taylor secretary
New Stewards appointed were
Donald Dow .and'Mason Robinson
who join the former' ones; Gordon
McBurney,: Murray Shiell,Alex
Robertson, 'Norman Cannes, :Mrs...,
on
Ken Mas. alon g with repres.-:
res
_ .
entative from the, U. C W. , Mrs..:}
Lawerence Taylor,
The trustees. are Alex Robertson,
Gilbert Beecroft and Lawerence
Taylor..
Ushers and offering Stewards are. -
MurrayCoultes,, JfiTaylor, Peter
Mason and Grant Coulter •
• The Manse committee are chair-
man` of the: committeeof:Stewards,
along'with; Gilbert Beecroft and
Mrs.. •Lawerence Taylor.' Auditors
are Mrs. George McGee, Mrs..
Gordon .McBurney.'Sunday School.
Superintendent is Gordon McBurn
ey 'United Church pian, appointed
was.Ivan Dow ..Observer. Secretary:.:
is Lawerence Taylor and it was' .,
agreed to .continue the. every •mem '
•• annual meeting was held in the• ' ber plan with the Observer and 'to. ,
.
enlcyed.church On Sunday evening. • Purchase10'coPiesofthe.'.
,Very encouraging reports were'. Centennial reference issue.
heard from alldepartments. Mrs: .:'' .Courtesy,remarks were.extended
'Walter` Black was re-elected'. to the by , R y 'Pattison to` all, in the
• tew
board. of sards congregation'who had served in
The •manse .comnhittee represent- any. way in.the work of the church
atives, Mrs. Ray Hamilton and. . throughout the year:
Ask abott'.convenient departure
and return times
Por information, phone the local • "
' CN; Piesenger Sales Office; :
BruCeU.CW.
Exceeds Quota
A meeting of the executive:' of
Bruce Presbyterial.United Church
Women was held at the home,of
the :President, Mrs: • N. Belfry.,
Walkerton, on Wednesday after-
noon, January an 11.
: Mrs;. H..Slurnski
chose,. "The New Year" as the •
theme for the devotional period. •
Mrs. E. Fox acted as recording
secretary. . .
Plans were made for the annual
meeting of Bruce Presbyterial whie
h
will be held in the' Chesle :`United
Church on March 1.. 1967, Mrs
McFadzen., Guelph, President of
Hamilton •Conference United'' •
Church Women will,; be the:,,
special g est and all missionaries
who have gone out' from Bruce are
being'' invited to this meeting: The.,
program .will feature some special
commemoration of Centennial
Year. A
Programplanning
�'
Committee of Mrs, N: Belfry,. Mrs.
H: Slumski, *Mrs.' W Krug, ,Mrs.
W. Pegelo.and .Mrs; E. Fox was,
named..
Delegates were, named to attend
the annual.rneeting Of Hamilton
Conference U.C.W • which is being
held in Sudbury in March
The announcement that: Bruce has
exceeded its 1966 allocation' means
that the 'Presbyterial may•share in
the :":Over.. and Above Gifts" this , ,
being the first time that Bruce has
been privileged;' to do this since
the inauguration. of Bruce presbyt-
erial United Church' Women. Thesd
"Over and Above "Gifts" for 1966
include Rundle Memorial Youth
Centre, Banff,, Am Pipal• Hospitals
Nepal, A;,Fr.ontier Manse, .Fort
Nelson; B.C.;' A Rural Training-
Project., Zambia.` ,
, The Meeting was'closed by Mrs.'
a .a social' Belfry nd soci 1 half hour 14 as
i-larry,Scott were reappointed.
"Ushers and auditors Were alio the
'sme as last year. ushers Robert
Osborne, Dai f,c `Black and Lynn
Clayton, .and the auditors :Walter
Dexter, and S.::;dy Ma Charles ;41
Sandy Mach'~u.ies is the represent-
atiVe to tie z and of men,
U.C.W..'Cornmiitee `
To PIan.:Prolect
• (Dungannon News)
The U. C. W'. of Dunganrion
Unit'"ed Church met on January
17' with the president Mrs.. Nelson
. 'Pearson opening ,the meeting with
call to worship followed by singing
a hynin and reading the fifteenth
psalm in unison.• A minute '.of sil-
`,ence in mem `,"of Mrs. Eldon
Culbert was observed. tit, , Dirk
I
Logtenberg read' the, scriptt;ze and
Mrs. Lorne Hasty gave`a study on.
• the life'°of Paul:
Mrs'. K. K. Dawson gave a re` ie r
' , " of the finance for the past year •
g. and Mrs. C. Bla,ke repotted fair •
commaunity'friendship and visiting
Mrs,: George Errington reported for
iAgor dew drtcc�caecz
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THOMAS JARDIN
District Manager
Dial 351.3661 Box 3f4
WINGHAM, ONT.,
You Just Have
• 34 DAYS LEFT
To Take Advantage
REGISTERED
RETIREMENT
TAX: SAVINGS
SYNDICAT$ umrrED
ate► . "rile. , , ,. -..e .ten. w*rim..ti
the corresponding secretary,. Mrs
Melvin Reed and Mrs.. 'Went Ivens
were named a comrr.ittee"to pian
a 'centennial project
The new study, book,."into a
" Nation°' -a study of Canada arid
the nlany religions, was introduc
ed by Mrs. Cecil: Blake,iing....the
first part "Thee ttormylbad`ora •
dual nation"; Mrs, Blake•teported`
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CANADIAN NATIONAL
4045.
centenni�t Hpmn By 1Ninghbm Lady Sung.
A# tuckniow united Chorcl� Sunday `:
Many in Lucknow and district
.:were pleased to hear the CBC
radio broadcast .emanating from
CBL, Toronto, .on'Sunday morn
ing January :1st. , when' The Cent-
ennial Hymn, for which Mentie
Du Val (Mrs.
.Wingham',:wrote the lyric 'and Mr„
Rains, Toronto, the .music.'
It. was sung by the Ta.pscott'Men's,
Choir (Toronto) -under the
direction of Carl Tapscott and
with':JoY yce Sullivan, •well=.known
, Canadian soprano',' soloist.
The Junior Choir at Lucknow
"United Church, ,under the directiot
of 'Mrs .Gordon Montgomery,, sang.
the hymn at the' morning church
Y.
service Sunday
BMI'Canada was ,the .first.'to tee, •
ognize the worth of Mrs. Du .Val's
'.poetry for art songs1•and was res
ponsible .for: having three of her
.poem's setto music. Another. of
these is of par.,ticular interest, to
Lucknow and Bruce County ,'This
is titled, "Bruc a County' Ballad"
and is a plaintive song written
.during he war: years. The poem
was or .inall p ubiished in, the `.
. Y P,,, .
r ..
"Canadian; Horne Journal (now
amalgamated with.Cha.telaine)
..
and the musical"setti g for it was
written
bY
Dr Richard Johnston.•
•of.the Toronto RoYal Conservatory
The sheet music for piano and
voice for the Centennial. Hymn
are:available through :BMI' Cana,-_
This• and:anote of thiss was made forh mn was ublished'in 1965' da, Don Mills .Ont. The Choir
Y sheets for (SATE) in French or
. �'•
English lish have also: been ublished
the National Library'�.b the''" �g . ,..P
" ,Y. ,. : " and�.aran ements:are r `Carl'
• Queen's tinter in "Canadiana" the zr .g by .,
,P..- ;d ,� T•a scout.: • . �
which lists the published a nd co . P
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Two records have• also been; re . , .
righted .:works `ofGanadian. writers,
'coons osers etc In the Ma `slue leased . Ca rice• Montreal has The
P. Y:t , p' .
19.66 a e 574 Centennial,Hymn on both sides of.
. r P . g , Canadiapa' fists:. �, .
The Centennial `Hymn Canadian the' record .` French and English Praer for the Centennial' of with the Singing. Girls of r.°
Canadiana Sherbrooke`underr'ihe'direction of
.Cgnfeder
tion; BML:pub
-4lishei• S'.'B.,"Hains/ comoser• Lois Ogilvie. Columbia; Toronto'
Mentie Du Val'L ri ist Canad- .released another two, weeks ago.
Y
ians. •' :'with St, `Michael's Boys' :' Choir: : .;
The sub -title helps to identify (Toronto).`singng'. Both of these
the hymn and will also, aid to are Acapellas (w.ithout'musical• '.'
further':its use :when Centennial; background) ' Wrhich accents: the
•
Year has one for it' is hoped that'
$
this hymn: will continuefor along
time to•serve and -inspire Canad-
ians
anard; ians - children: and adults,, trained
.and untrained 'voices; in schools
homes, choirs and, congregations
of all& faiths and races. It was
purposely, written as simple.as'
possible ,so that all who wished
•could learnand.sing it ,
'
Only a: few have a. gift for simp-"
licity•and situp icity;is the criter-
ion of the best in all fields of art :7,"
literature, :sculpture, painting or
mu ic.'
•
. Hains the. composer. ;of the,
music for The Centennial Hymn;
has a very great gift for writing,a
simple melodrand it is'regretable
'that he can spare so little tine
for'his own •writing of musical
compositions. As Editor'of
publications at BMl Canada he
has a very :,exacting job and this
often involves a'good deal of
travel,,such as t� Nashville where
he goes several times•a year to •
edit. `and' advise on music. Mr.
Hairs was;born in New Brunswick
and. was in radio in the United
Stated and Canada and previous tc
his position at BMI was National
Promotion Manager with Capitol.
Records:
Mr. Harold Moon; president of ,?
that, sewing and knitting' for "child •
ten's aid" would be ,appreciated
and yarn was given out. Mrs,
Melvin Reed reported the World's
Day. of Prayer would be observed
in the Uhit'ed Church on February ,a
10 at 2 p.m fev, G. Wright
ttatettthe`mee't cig with the•bene
,dioti,on and lunch ;was served. •
•
the '`a.. a a nwas un=
me s prayer and the
• selfish wish of the composer of the,
'music thhat the words be 8g iven full
expression: However, those who .
heard the. presentation Of the music
. P .
b .Harold Victor.; ' mnover CK•NX
Y. PY
Hymn time , . (morning .program)
will have heard how ver; beautiful
Y,.
the music is:especially when.:
• ala ed• • . , _ .. _ ..:
p y with ,bells and organ, music ,
;Cora Robertson of CK:NX ;program
Circle Eight ,also also the •
music to:conclude. their first prog-
ram in.Centennial.year.Y.
' . .So many;
.
expressed their liking forthe mus.--
ic that ,Fted Steinmetz, producer
o e' progra tn• is arranging that it
be." epeated.
Letters phone calls., from :many
places,in.Ontario•are coming in
for, information and•Mrs. Du Val
has expressed her sincere apprecia=,,
tion
Orall in this district Who.
•haite shown so much interest; .She
has been• particularly happy
becait e,'so many children are .in-•
terested in singing it, '9ne group of
Brownies• has.adopted it as their
song for meetings this Centennial
Year and'various•choirs of various .
denotninations art -hiving their
choirs present it but above all it
is a wonderful satisfaction to know
that the people she herself lives
among, and she counts many: kind
friends in our area "have so •
loyally approved this .hymn 'and
acquired copies of it
Last winter; Mrs' rn (Jennie)
Porteous of Lucknow secured a
copy and took it to the church ,she
attends in Florida and this':ws
sung at Daytona on arSimday which
s eciall :honored Canada arid,,, ,.
Canadian churchgoers on that.
Sabbath service. .
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