Clinton News-Record, 1974-03-07, Page 9A hint of Spring In the air and a sunny day combined last week to bring out some boys to
play road hockey. The sidewalk in front of Central Huron Secondary School made an ideal
"rink" (News—Record photo)
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The Hayfield Lions Club
initiated five new members last
Tuesday evening at their
regular meeting in the Cem-
.munity Centre. The new mein-
bets are Fred Hulls, Percy
Johnston, Al Amy, Walter Orr
And. Ken Knights, The induc-
tion was performed by Lion
Richard Erb, Deputy District
Governor of Zurich assisted by.
Lion Don Oke also of Zurich.
Guests were members of the
Zurich Lions Club. Four mem-
bers from the Seaforth Lions
Club, who celebrate the 50th
anniversary of their Club in
j1.974 were also present.
Hayfield Liqns paid $360.00
towards ice time for the hockey
teams this season and also
donated 'towards the purchase
of hockey sweaters.
Senior Citizens
The Senior Citizens held
their regular meeting on Thur-
sday evening, Feb. 28 with 29
members present. They
welcomed Mrs. Bertha Turner
back again..
The meeting was opened by
the pres. George Brown, with
the singing of the National An-
them and repeating the Lord's
Prayer in unison.. The minutes
of the previous meeting were
read by the secretary, Jean Bell
and approved.
Mrs. Margaret Larson, and
Clair Merner thanked the
group for cards they had
received, and also a lovely card
of thanks was received from
member, Mrs. Carrie Heard, for
flowers and cards she received
while she was in hospital and
at home. We will all be happy
to have Carrie back to our
meetings.
Treasurer Vina Parker gave
her report which was adopted.
It was passed that all outstan-
ding bills be paid: Bus trips
were discussed and left for the
March meeting when all mem-
bers of the committee will be
present.
Happy birthday wishes were
sung to Mrs. Ida Menery and
Mrs. Pearl Westlake who
celebrated birthdays in Feb.
The meeting adjourned and a
few games of euchre were en-
joyed; 'with prizes going to Mrs.
-L.B. Smith, Mrs. Lillian
Higgins, Ken Lynn and George
Brown. Mrs. Jean Bell won the
lone hand prize. The usual
lovely lunch was served.
The next meeting will be
held in the Municipal Building
on Thursday evening, March 28
at 7:30 p.m.
Brownie Meeting
There were 25 Brownies
present on Tuesday Feb.
26. Lori Talbot was sick.
Ruthie DeRuyter was our Fairy
Queen. We practised some
songs for Brownie Revel at
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SEPARATE SNOPPE
Main Corner. Clinton
Open 2.6 Closed Weds,
Goderich on Sattirday morning
March 2.
Mrs. BUrch, who was our
guest from the Bluebird
Society, came and told the
Brownies all about Bluebirds.
She played a tape on their call
and showed the boxes the
people have made at the Town -
Hall. They made .500 boxes to
put up around the countryside
in the spring.
Skater's badges went to
Cindy Talbot, Debbie ,Siert-
sema, Cindy Renner, Hope
Renner and Lisa Telford. Ann
Haw got her writer's badge.
We played two games and
Joanne.Chapman made a birth-
day cake for Lisa Telford who
was celebrating her birthday,
Joanne is Lisa's sixer. We.
closed with our Brownie song
and Taps.,---By Dawn Merrier
Atom Hockey
Tourney
World. Day
of Prayer
On Friday, March 1, the
World Day of Prayer was held
in St. Andrew's United Church
with about 40 attending.
Taking part in the service from
the United Church were petty
Burch and Mildred Merrill;
from the Presbyterian Church,
Maude Armstrong, and from
the Anglican Church, Lillian
Higgins, Evelene Earl and
Florence Youmatoff.
Molly Cox, accompanied by
Anna Scotchmer, sang two very
appropriate numbers entitled
"They Will Know . We Are
Christians By Our Love" and
"Let There Be Peace pn
Earth".
Captain McKenzie from the
Salvation Army' in Goderich
gave a' very inspiring message.
Bayfield Figure
Skating Club
Saturday is their "Pop Con-
cert on Ice." The carnival
starts at 8 p,m, in the Arenas
(see coming events this issue)
By Saturday night the
skaters will have had only 26
hours of ice time, but they've
been working hard to prepare a
program. No time to work up a
theme with costumes and
scenery, so they decided on a ,
Pop Concert, to be skated in
regular skating dress.
However, it should be effective
with the girls in various styles
of colourful skating dresses.
With the help of two senior
coaches from Goderich, Debbie
Chessel and Karen Pederson
and Senior coach Richard Sim-
mons, London .and their own
senior coach Danielle Simons
and coaching training Shirley
Brandon, they have put
together a very good program
in the short time available.
Come out and support your
skaters, encourage them in
their effort.
3M's Party
The Feb. meeting of the
3'M s group of St: Andrew's
United Church was a social
evening with games, dutch auc-
tion and box social. The Dutch
auctioy items were won by
Molly Cox and Doris Reddoch.
Don Haw, president of the
group, auctioned off the boxed
lunches.
Some future activities plan-
ned include Friday Mar. 8,
some of the group are going to
Stratford to hear Mr. Jean
Vanier, of the Stratford
Festival Theatre; on April 11 a
bus has been arranged to go to
the Ice Capades in London;
and a sunrise Service is plan-
ned for April 14.
Once again the men of St.
Andrew's are putting on their
Annual Bean Supper on March
16. (See coming events)
Chancel Guild
Mrs. Vera Turner was
hostess in her home on
Tuesday evening last for the
Trinity Church Chancel Guild
annual meeting. There were 11
ladies present.
The Rector, Rev. George
Youmatoff, conducted the in-
stallation service of the slate of
officers as follows: Mrs. Lillian
Higgins; vice-president; Mrs.
Bessie Hulls; secretary Mrs.
Vina Parker; treasurer, Mrs.
Helen LeBeau; linen convener,
Mrs. Vera Turner; flowerchart
convener, Mrs. Greta Scotch-
mer; press secretary, Mrs. Vina
Parker. '
Several items of business
were discussed and included
Church Altar duties, respon-
sibilities for the flowers and
linens, followed by a lovely
lunch served by Mrs. Turner.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pounder.
and Mary Beth, Lambeth and
Bayfield, returned during the
weekend from a delightful
vacation in Nassau, Bahamas.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Latimer,
Bill and Christine and Miss
Ruth Fuhrmann all of Toronto
were weekend guests of her
mother, Mrs. G.L. Knight.
Mr. and` Mrs. Fred Arkell,
Goderich, visited with Mr. and
A $417,000 airstrip was com-
pleted in September, 1973, at
Whale Cove, Northwest
Territories. It was the fourth of
10 airstrips to be built under
the Department of, Indian Af-
fairs and Northern Develop-
ment's Remote Airports
Program. Objective of the
program, started in 1969, is to
ensure uninterrupted medical,
educational and judicial ser-
vices to isolated communities
by providing year-round tran-
sportation. There's no road to
Whale Cove and the nearest
hospital is at Churchill, 234 air
miles away.
ANNA MAY PICKETT
Anna May Pickett of Orange
Street in Clinton passed away
at Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital in Goderich
on February 28, 1974. She was
78.
Mrs. Pickett along with her
husband, William H. Pickett,
celebrated their 60th Wedding
Anniversary two weeks ago.
He survives her.
Mrs. Pickett was born the
former Anna May Colclough in
Bluevale on November 5, 1895.
She was a daughter of the late
Joseph and Annie Colclough.
She was raised on the Base
Line of Goderich Township and
attended Union School No. 2 in
Hullett. On February 18, 1914
. she married William H. Pickett
in Clinton.
The couple lived on the 14th
Concession of Goderich Town-
ship until 1944, when they
moved to Clinton. Mrs. Pickett
was an active member of the W.
A. and the Mission Circle of '
First Baptist Church of Clin-
ton.
• Besides her husband, she is
survived by four daughters,
Mrs. James (Madeline) Murray
of Varna, Mrs. Allister (Olive)
Murray of Varna, Mrs. Donna
Hundt of • Goderich and Mrs.
Jack (Norma) Shanahan of
London; 11 grandchildren; 27
great-grandchildren; one great-
great-grandchild; and one
brother, Albert Colclough of
Clinton. She was predeceased
by one daughter, Lillian and
one grandchild.
The funeral service was held
from the Ball Funeral Home on
March 2, 1974 with Rev. L.
Bigelow officiating, assisted by
Rev. D. Strain. Interment was
in Clinton Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Clarence
Perdue of Holmesville, Edward
Deeves and Frank Potter of
Goderich Township, and Elmer
Trick, Clayton Hodgins and
John Deeves, all of Clinton.
.Flower bearers were grand-
sons Paul Booth of Kitchener
and Steven Shanahan of Lon-
don.
JOHN STR YKER
John Stryker of Holmesville
passed away at Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital
in Goderich on March 1. He
was 67.
Mr. Stryker was born in
Dedemsvaart, Holland , on
November 6, 1906, a son of the
late Hendrik and Welhelmina
Stryker. •
• He owned the Goderich Nur-
sing Home for, five years until
his retirement in 1972 to
Holmesville. He married the
former Jenny Auf der Haar in
Holland in 1926. She survives
him.
The couple moved to Kincar-
dine from Holland in 1949 and
lived in Wallaceburg,
Moorefield, Walton and
Goderich before they moved to
Holmesville. Mr. Stryker was a
member of Clinton Christian
Reformed Church.
Besides, his wife, he is sur-
vived by three sons, Henry of
Breslau, Ontario, Herman of
Laurel,' Ont., and Kurt of
Seaforth; two daughters, Mrs.
John (Grace) Bakker of
Goderich and Mrs.' George
(Minnie) Sjaarda of
Bracebridge; 21 grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Henrikje
Boertjes of Holland and Mrs.
John (Willempje) Moot of
Holland; and one brother Dirk
of Holland. 4•mv,;.-
Funeral services were held
from the Christian Reformed
Church with the Beattie
Funeral Home in charge and
Rev. A. Beukema officiating.
Interment was in Clinton
Cemetery. •
Pallbearers were John
Greydanus, Harold Jantze, Bill
Klooster, John Van Gelder,
Simon Bouwer and John Am-
sing.
ALBERT WAITE VODDEN.
Albert Waite Vodden of Clin-
ton passed away in Clinton on
February 26, 1974. He was 85.
Mr. Vodden was born in
Hullett Township on May 25,
1888, a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John Vodden. He atten-
ded S.S. No. 5 school in Hullett
Township and he farmed in
Hullett until retiring to Clinton
in 1949.
In 1929, he married the for-
mer Irene Ferris in Hullett. She
predeceased him. Mr. Vodden
was a member of St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by two
brothers, Ernest of Woodham
and Robert of Clinton; and two
sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Scott of
Clinton and Mrs. Florence
Nimmo of Toronto.
Hounsintu I. r. 4H
Meeting one of the
Holmesville I took place in the
Holmesville Public School at 7
p.m. Our nick name is: the
"Beauty Babes",
Then the officers were elec-
ted; president,. Brenda Wise;
vice-president, Helen Kaastra;
press reporter, Mary-Ann
Heykoop; treasurer) Patricia
Harris; and secretary, Diana
Brand;
Our leader is Mrs. Banter
and assistant leader is Mrs.
Harris. The record books and
roll mall sheets were distributed
and requirements for this club
were discussed.
We discussed images and the
things. that could be made for
this club were demonstrated.
Our next meeting will be on
March 25 same time, same
place.-
Mary-Ann Heykoop
Holmesville II 4-H
The first 4-H meeting of
Funeral services were held
from the Ball Funeral Home on
February 28, 1974 with Rev.
G.L. Royal officiating. Inter-
ment was in Clinton Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Edward
Bell, George McCall, Harry
Snell, Grant Snell, Fred Vod-
den and Ross Lovett.
The Mackenzie River and its
tributaries provide an inland
marine transportation route
'1,700 miles long. Subsidiary
routes on Lake Athabaska,
Great Slave River, Great Slave
Lake, Great Bear River and
Great Bear Lake total more
than 800 miles.
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An experimental telecom-
munications satellite is to be
launched in 1975. It will permit
transportable receiving and
relay stations to serve the
smallest communities with a
full range of telecom-
munications services, including
telephone facilities.
Holmesville II was held it the
Holmesville Public School. Our
leader is. Mrs.. Yeo and our
assistant leader is Mrs,
Heycoop.
The election of officers is as
follows: president, Marie Bet
ties;, vice-president, Janet
Klomps; secretary-treasurer
Audrey de Putter; and press
repor.ter, Ann Elliott,
We talked about, one's image
and what makes a person at-
tractive. Also, we looked at pic-
tures of famous people and
discussed their expressions.
The meeting closed with our
4-H motto - "Learn to do by
doing."
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CLINTON NEWS-EECOED, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 111749
.441. Club meets
On Saturday Mar. , 2, the
Bayfield Minor Hockey
Association hosted the First
Annual Atom Hockey Tour-
nament. Teams from Goderich,
Clinton, Blyth and Bayfield
participated.
In the first game, Hayfield
defeated Clinton 7-2, and the
second game saw Blyth defeat
Goderich by a score of 6-2. In
the third game, the losers ,of
the first two games played for
the "B" trophy, donated by the
merchants of Bayfield.
Goderich defeated Clinton 4-2
in a very well played game.
Most valuable player 'from
Goderich in this game , was
Steve Sager and most valuable
player from Clinton was Tony
Gibbings. Both boys were
presented with a hockey stick
donated by the Bayfield mer-
chants.
In the final game, the win-
ners of the first , and second
games played for the "Xi '
trophy, also donated by the
merchants of Hayfield. This
was also a very well played
game, won by Blyth 5-2 over
Bayfield. Most valuable Blyth
player was Bruce Hunking and
most valuable Bayfield player
was Peter Payne. Both boys
were presented with hockey
sticks dow.ted by Bayfield mer-
chants. All the boys par-
`ticipating were giVed a 'Hockey'
Crest.
The mothers of Hayfield
Minor. hockey players served
hot-dogs, chips and chocolate
milk, donated by Fairholme
Dairy, Clinton. The Bayfield
M.H.A. wishes to thank .the
Merchants and all the people
who helped throughout the day
to make the tournament a real
success.
Mrs. Fred LeBeau on Sunday.
Mr. anti Mrs. John Lindsay
. were in Plattsville for the
weekend as the guests of their
daughter Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Butcher and Matthew.
Mr. and Mrs. .W.C. Parker,
Charlie, Kim and Jennifer,
London, spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rowse, Jim,
Cathy, Vicki, Jill and Dale,
London visited during the
weekend with her mother, Mrs.
L.B. Smith. •
Mrs. Fletcher McLaughlin,
Meagan, Alfie and Courtney,
Toronto, spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Fred
LeBeau.
The lovely spring-like
weather during the weekend,
enticed several of our cottage
residents to the Village.
Among those were Dr. and Mrs.
William Tillmann and family,
Mr. Norman Brown, all of Lon-
don, and Mr. and Mrs. George
Cantrick, Birmingham, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Bunn,
Bayfield and Mr. and 'Mrs.
John Campbell, RR 3, Bayfield
have returned from what they
described as a fantastic holiday
in Freeport, Bahamas.
Mrs. J.B. Sturgeon and Mrs.
G.L. Knight attended the
funeral of their -cousin, Miss
Edna Stirling, London, for-
merly of Hayfield district, on
Sat. in London. Miss Stirling is
survived by a sister, Miss Rhea
Stirling of London with whom
she resided. She •is also sur-
vived by several cousins.
The funeral was held Sat.
Mar. 2 at the A. Millard
George. Funeral Home, conduc-
ted by Canon Derwyn D. Jones
of St. James (Westminster)
Anglican Church, with inter-
ment in Woodland Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Urchin
of the Chalet Motel, Sarnia
called on Mr. and Mrs. E.J.
Reid on Sunday.
Mr. Ross McMicheal of Oil
City, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Craig on Tuesday.
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