The Wingham Advance-Times, 1952-10-29, Page 12am °te's Parliament Hill is Scene of Colorful Event
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Parliament Hill is the scene of a colorful ceremony here as an
"apronful" of the 25,000 tulip bulbs presented by the Associated• Bulb,
Growers of Holland to the Federal District Commission, in tribute, to
Canada's Natiofial Capital Vulip Week, is planted in beds• fronting the
parliament buildings by Duncan K. MacTavish, centre, chairman of• the.
Federal District Commission. His excellency, A. H. J. Lovink, right,
Netherlands ambassador to Canada, presented the bulbs—some of which
are held in the apron of 10-year-old Careline Tuinman, daughter of the'
Netherlands agricultural attache—to the commission on behalf of Buten
bulb growers. Included in the shipment, which will add More color
and variety to the capital's famous tulip display to be held next May.,
are 64 new or recently developed varieties of tulips, each represented.
by 50' bulbs. The commission, with the co-operation of the department ,
of agriculture, will plant these in a special plot in the Arboretum of the
Dominion Experimental Farm in Ottawa. The remainder will be planted
along the FDC Experimental Farm driveway. For the benefit of tulip
lovers, each variety of bloom will be identified with a nameplate.
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for her very tble talk, also Catherine
Keating for her Piano solo, and to
Mrs.,Underwood for so kindly offering
the girls the use of her home for
their October meeting,
Mrs, Jaelc. Walker and Mrs. Geo,
Ouest were appointed delegates to
attend the Presbyterial meeting in
Belgrave, October nat, One new mem-
ber was Welcomed to the Ausiliary.
The possibility of a Nursery school was
discussed ,for the morning church
seiyice, It was decided to leave this
matter to a later date until a suitable
room could be selected and to get per-mission from the church board.
The meeting closed by singing
"Abide With Me," followed by the
Mizpah benediction, A very delicious
lunch was served by Mrs. Underwood
and a social hour followed.
The C.G.I.T. held their weekly
meeting at the United Church on-Oct-
ober 21st. Mary Rae conduct ed the
Worship service, Phyllis Hamilton and
Sandra Smith read the Scripture anal
Mary Louise Town ended the worship
service with a prayer.
They then divided into their two
different groups and conducted their
own business.' Arrangements for serv-
ing at the Baby Band tea were made
and work on the cook book covers con-
tinued. The meeting closed with taps.
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Ocean unto Ocean." Miss Catherine
Keating played a piano solo, this was
very much enjoyed,
Mrs. Russel Zurbrigg read. a, very
interesting story from the new, Study
Book, "Along African Trails," It was
the story of a minister, Rev. Gallagher,
journeying through Anvils, and the
Belgian Congo visiting United Church
Missions there.
Mrs. Frank Howsori was the guest
speaker for the meeting, her subject
was "Faith." She explained that Faith
is trust without fear. She told several
stories on this subject. Mrs. Howson's
talk was very much enjoyed by every-
one. Mrs. Alan Williams moved' vote
I of thanks to Mrs. Howson on behalf of
the Auxiliary. The worship service
closed by singing another well known,
I hymn.
The president, Mrs. Geo. Guest then
took the chair for' the, business, of the
meeting. Mrs. Guest first moved a
vote of thanks. to, Mrs. Frank ];Towson
Young Women's
Auxiliary Meets
The Autumn Thankoffering meeting
of the Young Woman's Auxiliary of
the United Church was held on Tues-1
day evening, October 21st., at the home'
of Mrs. G. N. Underwood.
Mrs. Don Rosenhagen and her group ,
had charge of the Worship service.
The theme of the meeting was "The ,
Courts of the Lord." The service open-
ed by, repeating the Lord's Prayer in
unison. The hymn "Zions King shall
Reign Victorious" was then sung fol-
lowed .by psalm 100 being read in uni-
son, Mrs. Lovell McGuire then led in
prayer. Mrs. Roy Bonner read the
Scripture Ephesians, chapter 4, verses
1 to 6, also from Romans, chapter 12,
verses 3 to 8. A reading was given
by Mrs. Don Rosenhagen. The Thank-
offering was taken, this was dedicated
by singing the fourth verse of "From
The October meeting of the Senior
Women's Mission, circle of the Baptist
church was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs, Geo, Scott, Minnie St., on
Wednesday afternoon,
The meeting opened with the sing-
ing of the hymn "Jesus is coming
again," and Mrs, H. Collar led in
prayer. Mrs. J. Falconer read a poem
"Comfort Corner." The secretary and
treasurer presented their reports and
the roll call was answered with a verse
of Scripture.
Mrs, Pocock read an interesting
letter from a missionary in Brazil,
who formerly was a student at the
London Bible Institute. Miss R. Lewis
was in charge of the devotional and
gave very instructive talk on the
Bible and why we all should .read and
study it. Mrs. Pocock favoured with
a solo which was much enjoyed. Miss
Laura Collar read a chapter "Faith
tried oand strengthened" from our
study book Hudson Taylor's Secret.
The topic was on the Canadian Bap-
tist testimony to the Jews and was
given by Mrs, Falconer assisted by
Mrs. Coyle.
A season of prayer was conducted by
several members of the circle. A del-
icious lunch was served by the hos-
tess.
GOSPEL HALL
Regular Sundays Services
Sunday School 10.15 a.m.
Remembering the Lord
at 11.15
Gospel Meeting at 7.80 p.m.
Prayer Meeting and Bible Study
Each Thursday evening at 8 p.m.
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Goforth Auxiliary
The regular monthly meeting of the
Goforth Evening Auxiliary was held
at the home of Mrs. j. P.. McKibbon
on October 21st, with an attendance
of 41. Mrs. Norman Weiwood, who
was in charge of the meeting, opened
the meeting with the invocation.
Hymn .91 was sung and Mrs. John
Pym led in prayer, The Scripture
reading was given by Bernice Nor-
man, The comments on the Scripture
Were very ably expressed by Mrs, J.
P. McKibbon.
A poem, "A Song of Thanksgiving"
was read by Mrs. Ken Leitch. The
minutes of the last meeting were read
and adopted and this was followed
by the roll call,
A missionary letter from India,
which told of almost famine conditions
in certain parts, was read by Mrs. Win-
nif red Lott. A Thankoffering reading
was given by Mrs, Jas. Carr, The of-
fering was taken and the dedicatory
prayer given by Mrs, (Dr.) Corrin,
Volunteers for Junior congregation
were Mrs. John Donaldson, Mrs. (Dr,)
McKibbon, Mrs. John Pym and Mrs.
Norman Welwood, Hymn 692 was sung.
Mrs. Welwood introduced the special
speaker for the evening, Mrs. J. C,
Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson
are missionaries on furlough from
Trinidad and Mrs. Thompson's address
was very interesting and informative.
Mrs. George Scott moved a vote of
thanks to Mrs. Thompson and this
was seconded by Mrs. Ronald Rae.
13aby Band Here
Has 137 Members
The Sunday School room of Wing-
ham United Church was the scene of.
a very happy party on Saturday after,
noon, when the members- of the Baby
Band and their mothers, together with
the Mission Band members, were en,
tertained by the Woman's Missienary.
Society and the Bvening Auxiliary,
The weather - was perfect and more
tha n goo were present, The room was
decorated in the Baby Band colors
of pink and blue, while the serving
table carried a large gum-drop tree
and candles in the same shade.
The guests were welcomed by Mrs.
Bergman, stmt. of the Baby Band,
and Mrh. Roulston, president of the
W.M.S. Also present was Mrs, Alex
111-cCrackin, of Bluevale, who is baby
band supt. for Huron Presbyterial, She
spoke briefly and congratulated the
Wingham Baby Band, which, with its
137 members, is the largest - in the
county,
The Scripture lesson was given by
a group of Mission Band girls follow-
ed with a hymn in which Douglas
Hamilton took the solo part. The
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form.. As f449.11, they. will each perform
.their job more thoroughly.To-day,
there are on the lands of ,some of our
More foresighted landowners, leng.
graceful rows' of evergreens which .0,
ford proteetion and beauty to the. ;and
on which they grow.
Many of the windbreaks .ceryed
while driving through the .country
were planted many decades ago, At
one time, it is unlikely that any
thought was given to the mature trees
which would grew from the tiny
seedlings, Perhaps the planter at that
time 'realized that when the trees
would reach maturity, the land would
have passed into the hands of the
next generation.
The trees of many of our wind-
breaks are now mature, and some
have been felled and sawn into logs.
These trees yield valuable lumber
which. can lw used, to advantage by
the owner, or sold on the market at
a good price. Norway Spruce is one
tree species. which• has proved itself
in use as, a. windbreak. These trees,
properly spaced, do an excellent job
of breaking the force of winds.; and
their long, drooping branches, which
reach the ground, hold back the snow
from lanes and roads. After serving
in this capacity,. these' trees- ara4,bla
to contribute further, yielding alu,
able lumber whose qualities are desir-
able for building uses.
It is good, forestry to harvest. for-
est grown trees when mature. Similar-
ly, the mature trees in a windbreak
should be harvested for us before the
agents of disease and decay begin
their destructive' work.
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prayer. A social hour was enjoyed by I
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Mrs, Jack Thompson, from Trini-
dad, was the special speaker and she
told many interesting stories of the
children in that country.
When the Baby Band members
reach the age of six, they are graduat-
ed into the Mission Band, and this
year 25 children received this advance-
ment. The ceremony took place on the
platform, each child carrying a banner
of pink and blue. Upon leaving the
Baby Band, they were presented with
diplomas by Mrs. Burgman and Mrs.
Chas. Hopper. They were then wel-
comed into the Mission Band by the
leaders, Mrs. Earl Hamilton, Mrs. H.
Burrell and Mrs. Chas. Salter, and a
pin was given to each child. Those
graduating were: Susan Bennett, Pen-
ny Bell, Rae Brooks, Brenda Conron,
Beverley Cunningham, Sara Crawford,
Sandra Cameron, Wayne Casliek, Lin-
da Lee Crompton, Kathleen Hodgins,
Lynn Hickey, John Hopper, Shirley
Anne Jeffs, Esther Kerr, George Kerr,
Robert Lunn, Cheryl Lem, Jim Lem,
Elaine Moffatt, Terry Merkley, Bren-
da McLennan, Douglas Purdon, Don-
ald Rintoul, Patricia Stewart, Fraser
Strong.
An interesting part of the program
came, when, on behalf of the W.M.S.,
Mrs. E. S. Copeland and Mrs. F. R.
Howson presented several gifts. The
first was to the youngest mother, who
was Mrs George Guest, and the second,
to the youngest baby, who was Lyla
Anne, the ten week old daughter of
Mrs. Robert Hickey. The mothers with
the most Baby Band members present
were then called upon. There were
two, Mrs. Brooks and Mrs. Lem, each
with five children. Both were given
prizes. Janet Mary, the young daugh-
ter of Mrs. Thompson, was also re-
membered. Anne Howson, who is the
only life member of the Wingham
Baby Band, came from Blyth, to make
this presentation.
At the close of this very successful
party, tea was served by the W.M.S.
and the Evening Auxiliary, assisted
by members of the C.G.I.T.
Evening Auxiliary
The Thankoffering meeting of the
Evening Auxiliary of the United
Church was held on Monday evening,
October 20th., at the home of Mrs. G.
W. Tiffin, with Misses Yvonne Mc-
Pherson and Phyllis Johns in charge.
Miss McPherson opened the devot-
ional part of the meeting by reading
a lovely poem. After singing a hymn,
Mrs. Chas. Lloyd offered a prayer and
Mrs. W. A. Galbraith read the Scrip-
ture. Miss Johns read an article on
a Spiritual Thanksgiving and Mrs. A.
B. Adams gave a Thanksgiving mes-
a sage.
I Mrs. J. C. Thompson, guest speaker
of the evening, was introduced by Miss
E Phyllis Johns. Mrs. Thompson, home
-11 on furlough from Trinidad, spoke on
that country, and told many interest-
" ing things about the "Land of the
I Humming Bird" and "Land of Rising
ly , Inflection." Trinidad, an island some
what smaller than the county of Huron
I has a population of approximately
300;000 comprised mostly of Negroes
and East Indians, who were imported
to the Island to work in the sugar
cane industry, Although a large por-
tion of these people are East Indians,
i comprised of Hindus and Mohamme-
dans, there is no cost system in Trin-
idad, Mrs, Thompson leads a busy life
in her community, Besides looking
• after her many home duties She tea-
Chea music, piano and organ, trains
groups in singing and leads choirs,
besides taking an active part in the
a work of the church,
Mrs. Charles Hodgins read an inter-
esting article oh "Racial Brother-
hood," Which told how a man and his
Pi family, Who had lived in one of the
II Baltic States that had been taken over
by Russia, had made their escape to
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Canada, Both this man and his wife
had specialized in agriculture in their
native land, and, soon after becoming
established on farm in the West,
they were engaged by the government
in the agricultural field,
The business part of the Meeting
was conducted by Mit, Xni orari Xettt,
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