Clinton News-Record, 1974-05-02, Page 3rand Orange Lodge
lect new officers
-photo by Harvey McDowell
RILEY - THALEN
• The mother of the groom
wore a Lung A-line hot pink
polyester crepe dress with pearl
trim. Her corsage was of pale
blue carnations.
The reception was held in
Auburn Community Centre,
dedorated with pink and white
streamers and white bells.
Guests were present at the
wedding from St. Catharines,
Centralia, Welland, St. Anns,
Burlington, Guelph, Bornholm,
Woodstock, Stratford, London,
Aylmer, Toronto, Hanover,
Goderich •and surrounding
areas.
The newlyweds will reside at.
RR 1, Londesboro.
Prior to her marriage
showers were held by the
bride's aunt and cousins, Mrs.
Cees van Amersfoort, Helen,
Hillie and Stephanie; Mrs.
John Stadelmann; Mrs. Arnold
Riley and Mrs. Bruce Kelly;
and Mrs. Laurie Scott and Mrs.
Paul Gross.
Brownies
The Brownies met on April
23. We started with a song
called Ram Sam Sam and sang.:,
'other,-sorigs and then went into,
our groups.
The Goldenhands learned
their semaphore. The Golden-
bars talked about the flag and
the Tweenies had a story read
to them.
• At Pow-Wow, Mrs. Wood
gave out the badges, We said
the Lord's Prayer, sang our
hymn and then did the squeeze.
By Sharon Ducharme.
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Do you remember?
By JABEZ RANDS
(As part of Clinton's upcoming Centennial celebrations
next year, fahez Rands of Clinton is writing a weekly
column on the history of the town.)
Do you remember when there was a market square in
Town?
The village council in Clinton in 1869 decided to buy three
• lots from the McTaggart Fanning Mill Company on which
the Town Hall, the Library and the Library Park are now
situated. These lots were to be used Or a Market Square and
a Town Hall.
The council set up a by-law and had the people vote on it
with the by-law passing with a majority of two votes
favouring the purchase of the property.
Before the council could finalize the by-law, a notice was
presented to the council that the by-law was illegal and a
number of village citizens were trying to have the purchase
quashed.
This trouble must have been cleared up quickly, because
the village had possession of the property in 1870.
The market square was part of the lots that is now Library
Park and where the present Town Hall is. It was not all
fixed up with grass and trees as it is now, but was a large ex-
panse of rough gravelled ground.
In later •years when the Library was built, there was a
small piece of grass in front of the building.
It was exactly as the name implies, a market, a place
where hay, grain, produce, and household goods were
sold.
At one time, competition between businessmen in Clinton
was very strong. The farmers would drive into town with his
grain etc., and sold it on the market square. But since com-
petition was keen, sometimes he didn't get to the market
before a merchant would buy his produce from him.
There is the story that is written by an old resident some
years ago, about two well-known grain merchants at the
time, Charles Whitehead and Mr. Perrin having a glorious
old scrap over as to who had the better claim to a load of
grain. There were several scientific , rounds .before the
onlookers decided they had enough fun out of it and stopped
the scrap.
When there was an auction sale furniture etc. to be carried
out, it was always held in the market square. The article for
sale had to be brought to the market for the sale.
On the day of the sale, a boy would be hired to walk all
over town ringing a bell and hollering the announcement of
the auction sale in the market square.
The market was still in use in 1910.
At one time for a good number of years, grain was brought
into Clinton, from nearly 50 miles north to the buyers here
and before the arrival of the railroad, it was loaded on
wagons and taken to London.
About 1915, the market became a grass plot.
Goderich Twp. Wi,
installs new slate
The annual meeting of
Goderich Township Women's
Institute was held at
Holmesville School on Monday
April 8,
The officers for 1974-75 are
as follows: president, Mrs.
Carol Penhale; past-president,
Mrs. Myrtle Banter; first vice,
Mrs, Berneice Meilwain;
second vice, Mrs. Hazel
McCreath; secretary'treasurer,
Mrs. Alice Porter; district •
director, Mrs. Myrtle Banter.
Standing committees; citizen-
ship and world affairs, Mrs.
Alice Porter and Mrs. Irene
•Ctiarnore; family and consumer
affairs, Mrs. Myrtle Banter;
agriculture and Canadian in-
dustries, Mrs. Millie Dempsey;
educational and cultural ac-
tivities, Mrs, Hazel MeCreath;
resolutions, Mrs, Muriel •
Lockhart; curators, Mrs. Effie
Yeo and Mrs. Millie Dempsey;
public relations officer, Mrs.
Helen Fuller; auditors, Mrs.
Kay Harris and Mrs, Letitia
Riddell; nominating commit-
tee, Mrs. Muriel Lockhart and
Mrs, Isobel Harris.
Lunch was served by Hazel
McCreath and her committee.
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Blyth United Church was
decorated with Easter lilies
and candelabra with ,multi
coloured daisies and white can-
dles on Saturday, April 13,
1974 for the wedding of Ann
Thalen and Carman Allan
Riley,
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harm Thalen of
RR 2 Blyth and the groom is
the son of Mr, and Mrs. John
Riley of Londesboro. Rev.
Cecil Wittich officiated at the
double ring ceremoney.
Mrs, Berne McKinley was
the organist and the bride's
aunt and cousin, Mrs. Cees van
Amersfoort and Stephanie van
Amersfoort sang, "The Lord is
My Shepherd" and "Blest Be
The Tie That Binds".
The bride wore a gown of
white polyester satin, A-line
style with an embroidered
scalloped chantilly lace. train.
The head piece was a
rhinestone crown with a nylon
illusion elbow veil. She carried
a bouquet of pink sweetheart
roses with white, mauve and
yellow shasta daisies.
Maid of honour was Hilda
Thalen of Blyth, sister of the
bride. She wore a dress of
multi-coloured flocked nylon
over pastel taffeta and carried
a basket of multi-coloured
daisies.
Attendants were Hillie van
Amersfoort and Mary de Boer
and flower girls were Helen
Thalen, sister of the bride and
Kathy Kelly, niece of the
groom. They wore dresses
similiar to the bride's and
carried baskets of flowers.
Groomsman was Tom Hef-
fron, Hanover and ushers were
Arnold Riley, brother of the
groom and Rick Thalen,
brother of the bride.
The mother of the bride wore
a long grape coloured Aline
polyester crepe dress with jewel
neckline trimmed with
rhinestones and pearl daisies.
She wore a yellow carnation
corsage,
acting Grand Master John
Munro presiding. In a speech
packed with humor, M. Wor,
Sir Knight Maxwell Cole,
'grand master of British
America, reviewed events of the
past year, Speaking of the
cenotaph ceremony here, he
said such memorials,are sym-
bols of the sacrifices made "in
order that• we may be here
tonight,"
"I see at such times", he
said, "men who by their medals
have experienced Wars 1 and 2.
We are very prowl to be in
their company."
One of the most important
factors of Orangemen or
Protestants, he said, is pride in
their own respective churches.
He praised the sermon, the
previous evening, of Rev.
Leonard Warr as "forceful, to
the point; we do not get enough
of such sermons."
Announcement was made of
the Grand Black Chapter cen-
tenary at Niagara Falls, June
16-18. It is to be international
in cha'racter, with represen-
tatives from New Zealand,
Australia and the British Isles.
The gathering enjoyed in-
strumental and vocal numbers
by a Goderich musical
organization comprising Mrs.
Dave Rolston, Mrs. Ron Curl,
Miss Norma Wark, Eric Camp-
bell, Clark Forrest and Edgar
Howett. After repeated encores,
the guests called for still more.
At request of Grand Master
Cole, they led the gathering in
"How Great Thou Art" and
finally in "Blest Be the Tie that
Binds."
Just before the close, three
ladies were called to the
microphone: Mrs. V. Endicott,
London, grand senior precep-
tress, Crystal Chapter of
British America; Mrs. Vivian
Harper, Orilla, grand secretary,
Loyal Orange Benevolent
Association of Ontario West,
and Mrs. 'Walter Scott, of
Belgrave, whose late husband
was grand master of the Black
Chapter of Ontario West.
Grand Master Munro ex-
pressed the thanks of the guests
to the Knox church ladies for
the excellent meal served, and
the guests endorsed this with
hearty applause.
CLINTON NEWS-RECORP, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 97.41,4
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CHURCH ,
SERVICES
ALL SERVICES ON DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
,-c.' -- ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH
1 4. "THE FRIENDLY CHURCH"
i MINISTER: LAWRENCE S. LEWIS, 8.A., e.Th.
•
ORGANIST AND CHOIR DIRECTOR:
MRS. DORIS McKINLEY, A. MUS.
SUNDAY„ MAY 5, 1974
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship and Nuriery
11:30 a.m. Junior Congregation
Theme: "AMBITION AND RESPONSIBILITY"
EVERYONE WELCOME
WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED CHURCH
"THE CHURCH THAT CARES"
1 PEOPLE SERVING GOD THROUGH SERVING PEOPLE
MINISTER: JOHN S. OESTREICHER, B.A., B.R.E.
ORGANIST: MISS CATHARINE POTTER
CHOIR DIRECTOR: MRS. WM. HEARN
SUNDAY, MAY .5, 1974
Anniversary Service
11:00 a.m. - Worship Service
SERMON: "THE CHANGING CHURCH"
Music by the Primary,
Junior and Senior Choirs
11:00 a.m. Sunday School and Nursery
7:30 p.m, "THE GREAT DISCOVERY"
Rev. F.M. Feist
GUEST SOLOIST - GEORGE CULL
HOLMESVILLE UNITED CHURCH
9:45 a.m. Worship Service
and Sunday School
SERMON: "THE CHANGING CHURCH"
CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH, Clinton
263 Princess Street
Pastor Alvin Beukema, B.A., B.D.
Services: 10:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
(On 3rd Sunday, 9:30 a.m.
Dutch Service at 11:00 a.m.)
The Church of the "Back to God" Hour
every Sunday 4:30 p.m. CHLO
EVERYONE WELCOME
S.T. JOSEPH'S CHURCH 123 James St. Clinton
ST. MICHAEL'S MISSION Blyth
D.J. McMASTER, P.P.
MASSES: 8:00 p.m. Saturday
9:00 a.m. Sunday - Blyth ,
11:00 a.m. Sunday - Clinton
Religious Instruction- Thursday afternoons (unless otherwise
announced) St, Joseph's, Clinton.
BAYFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH
"EVERYONE OF US SHALL GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF
TO GOD" — ROM. 14:12
PASTOR: REV. L. V. BIGELOW
10:00 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL 11:00 a.m. MORNING WORSHIP
7:30 p.m. EVENING WORSHIP 8:00 p.m. FRIDAY
WEDNESDAY 8 p.m. PRAYER MEETING YOUNG
EVERYONE WELCOME PEOPLE'S MEETING
ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH
SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1974
EASTER 3
Minister Rev, Samuel Kerr
11:30 A.M. - MATINS
Sunday School
FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHAPEL
162 MAPLE ST. (1 street west Of Community Centre)
9:45 a.m.—WORSHIP SERVICE
11:00 a.m,—SUNDAY SCHOOL and BIBLE HOUR
8:00 p.m.—GOSPEL SERVICE '
Tues., 8:00 p.m.—PRAYER and BIBLE STUDY
For Information Phone: 482-9379
CALVARY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
166 Victoria Street . Pastor: Leslie Hoy, 524-8823
9:45 a.m, Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
7;00 p.m. Prayer Service and Evangelistic Service
7:00 p,m. Wednesday Prayer Service
8:00 p.m. Friday, Young Peoples
ALL WELCOME
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL, MODERATOR
CHARLES MERRILL, ORGANIST
SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1974
Minister Rev. Sainuel Kerr
9:30 a.m.—Worship Service
SUNDAY SCHOOL
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SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1974
10:00 Sunday School For ell ages
11:00 a.m. Worship Service and Nursery
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CHANNEL 12
John Munro, of Hamilton
as elected grand master of the
rand 13144 Chapter of On-
ario West, at the closing
ession in Knox church hall,
hursday afternoon, He had
en acting since the recent
path of Walter Scott, of
elgrave.
Lloyd Hern, of Exeter,
oved up to the office of grand
egistrar. He was head of the
eneral committee in charge of
rrangements for the Black and
range convocations. L, E.
ones, who is publisher of a
ewspaper at Stirling and has
een grand registrar, becomes
eputy grand registrar.
Next year's meeting of the
rand Black Chapter will be
eld in Sudbury.
Mr. Jones said there were no
esolutions of interest to the
ublic, except resolutions of
thanks to the committee on
arrangements, in which connec-
tion Lloyd Hern and John Hen-
derson (Brucefield) were
named.
Following is a list, of the of-
ficers for 1974-75, in addition
to those named:.
Immediate past master, R. E,
Beck, Hamilton; deputy grand
master, E.V. McGauley, Copper
Cliff; assistant deputy grand
master, E. L. Watson, Toronto;
chaplain, Ken Baker, Caledon;
grand treasurer, Bert Harper,
Orillia; deputy grand treasurer,
C. A. Johnson, Parry Sound;
1st lecturer, Wm. Munro,
Schomberg; 2nd lecturer, John
Henderson, Brucefield; 1st
standard. bearer, W. A. George,
Scarboro; 2nd standard bearer,
J. McIntosh, Allenford; mar-
shal, J. J. Blandford, Toronto;
pursuivant, David Lundy,
Brampton.
Committee: William Dunlop,
Toronto; W. R. Swinn, Sault
Ste. Marie; James Polly,
Toronto; J. Parker, Orillia; J.
L. Savage, Ingersoll; James
Bricker, Parry Sound; W. H.
Bennett, Windsor.
Pianist, L. Hern, Exeter;
Auditors, J. G. McLeod, Wind-
s'or; J. M. Gilroy, Mansfield.
Deputy grand chaplain,
British America, Rev. Robert
A. Carson, London.
The annual ' banquet was
held Wednesday evening, with