The Wingham Advance-Times, 1957-06-19, Page 1With Which ii"*malgaimated the `04r*ie Vitiate, and Wroxeter News.
Missionary Gomes Home
'ALONG THE MAIN •DRAG
'a Pegestrlan
• THE BIG SWEAT If you think
,}t'I hot along the main drag this
watt YOU:4440141d take a walk past
•the Wingham High School, The
pupils •are, .on the.last ''eek of ex-.
gminations--and, '!boy, . it's: really
of up 'neral We 'rope senior
students won't sweat over ,the re-'
eulte'too badly
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SECOND $14611T-00611 and;
• tAeiR'niothers made their. way to•
the..Wingham• United :Church yes
ter ay, where' an ant{. -polio .clinic
'set • up, A largd number of
°hoot youngsters werere-.
sent for' thei%'see on.l Sliot•'df! the"
,.Vaccine.
".MAN "or . DISTINCTION.•-.. The
',reappearance of the drinking foun
'tains along ,the main .drag .adds a.
new note to Josephine St. We no-
tiged .,,many of , the. •sinallen ,fry
'standing; by as, the workmen hook-
ed3'up.. the pipes. and. our. award
for ,the first young' man. of ,dis-
tlection 'to. take, a:drink .goes .to
.David Ohm.
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HOSPITAL CONTRACT-.--- The
:N'orman' Rint oul ' dohatrilcti'oir' •firm
is at' present working in.Owen
.Sound, where they .have the siib-'
;contracti for all the finished car-
pentry work in. the 'million -anti -a
half '• dolier ,addition to the Cowen
Sound General* and Marine'Hospi-'.
tal. They expect to •be about. four
;months on'the "job. " ' • ' "
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BACK ',H'OME--Slim Boucher
e
"and,his Golden Prairie.•Cowboys of
;CKINTX-TV . • (ante are ...currently
touring. in the Markime' Provinces;..
:;Shin's home being• in New Bruns-
'w.„ick, he .should 'be right' in the
ahlek..of things: How ,"are you bet
• ting "'on the fish?
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EVERYBODY , BUSY -Few in
Tu'rinberry have tinie . to rest these
'days, what with preparations for
,the Centennial itself ,and the nu
serous Individual* school 'reunions
Which will be held' throughout •the
township: Itis rumored that :sev-
ernl• very.. original floats are 'near-
ing: completion to be ,used in...the
parade:•
RECEPTLON IN .
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reception and "dance> vi11`' be`
helyd` for Mr, and Mrs.' Mil Irwin
fnet,' uby "MacLean) on. Wednes-
'bay, .June 19th, in the Whitechurch
Coirianonity •%fall, Music for 'done-
Ing'itgpplied, by Tiffin's orchestra:
•Ladies please bring lunch. Every-
one welcome. ' F19*
$EGEPTION .IN .BLUEV ,E
i • rece tion an • dance. *ill. be
.�.. p , n d..
lie dt in Bluevale' community hall;'
' June 21 in Honour of Mr.
•>�r d y, e
Fred Wickens'nee T
h
et-
nriabur er. Ladies please bran4
lunch.' Everyone welt/erne. F1.9b•
RECEPTION AND .DANCE
' will.be
, e' t on d nee
roc 3 and n
�J P �
the'Rove T esday.
;Pik'
dt 1 T on u
,
i�ne 25,', for Mr: and 'Mrs ,• Bill
{ing_ nee Leota . Souch,'- ' Tiffin's
OiChestra, • Everyone welcome:
Ladies, please bring lunch. - F19b
REGISTRATIONAT
O ENANNAN SCHOOL
;:. Registration at Glenanrian School
will take, place at 12.30 on %Satur-
day,: June 29. At 1.30' back to
School and at 2.30' to - 4,00' p.m.
there will be a -program and
apgrts. Lunch will be served at 5
o'clock; Everyone is welcome,,
especially these who nifty have
been. missed or overlooked on the
invitation list. F19b
AblkNilshINIAL .PROGRAlvi
'AT HOLMZS' ' SCHOOIs
:!ttegistration at Howes' Sehool
YVilltake place at 1 p.m,:•Saturday,
Julie 29; sports at 2 pint 'and pro=
gram at 3,15. A picnic` supper
beserved at 4.30 by the ladies
c e see'tion, On Sunday special
e ces will be held in the school
at' 3 .p.m. Everyone welcome.
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`OORRIE UNITED CIiURO'
ti1ARDEN PARTY
' The Gorrie United Church' an=
nual garden party will be held on
Wednesday, June ' 19. Supper
served' from 5,to 8.0,m• admission
$1,00 and 40e , for .pilbile school
., children. " F191i
NOTCE. children eight years, and
over' wishing to take swimming
inetructlon at. 'T'eeswatet must
register at the Wingham tool
I3(tll on Saturday mornilie June 22
between 10 and 12 o'clock.
In order to encourage riitirt xe p-
lot , attendance at classes, the
''eeswater S'w'imming Pool hag set:
a tee of $3,00 Per pupil Or, a. full';
• SW/mining course' inclii"t{inig” testi
and presentation of awards; This
tee will be payable Upon, Yogis.
nation, Any put5ils 'not 4,0prlstorer'
for.. a full course will he charged
•Ahe rate dse per le9don,
�e 'teesWater Swtmm n Pool
,, ',The a �
s .. su' erviail' n of three
1 under the p o_,
doripetetit full-tirrre instrirdtore,
rift
Miss Laura Collar pictured with her•father Herbert. Collar;' en Saturday
when she arrived in Wingham by train,
From left to right,' Herbert Collar ,• Miss Collar„ Frank •Collar. and-. his
daughter Marilyn. 1Vliss Laura Collar is seeing her :little, -.niece for;, the
first time' Thee r'
pi to e,was taken when Miss ear Co.il returned! Wing-
,
barb. last Saturdayft o
a ern on: Advance -Timex photo,
county o��c�l
,evy for �lioa
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c eases
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WINGIf4M, ON' ' #,•IP,
[V. T. CRUICKSIIANK
HEADS FRONTIER-
DAYSCO
MMITTEE;
• tam e ipf
a Lions Club
committee on Monday evening' W.
T. Cruickshank was named chair?
man of the group Which will •look
after all ar'r'angements for the an-
nual 'Frontier Days In 'Wingham,
His vice-chairman is W, 13, Conron
and other members of the l:rods
Club will be appointed to take
charge of specific events.:" ;
Dates of the Frontier Days have
been set for August 29, 30 and .31:
Several important changes in
program have already, been deoid-
ed upon, For the Thursday evenng
entertainment 'in ;the arena,- which
opens the Frontier Days complete,
ly new talent is expected and an-
nouncement will be made as seen.
as the plans are completed •
' On Friday afternoon there will
be a kiddies' parade. to:. the• park
where• the youngsters 'will: have a
chance to 'take part in the, after-
noon's program. In addition it is
hoped to stage rope spinning eon
tests and bulldogging. The Frontier
Queen will be selected' the saltie
afternoon and the Frontier Cope
will be named, on Friday night at
the ball in the arena, which, will be
preceded by, a square dance con.-
test,
Saturday afternoon will seethe
monster parade which is one of• the
outstanding features of Frontier
Days. This year there will be prizes
for the best entries in seyeral dif-
ferent classifications and it is ' ex-
pected that the parade will be led
by en outstanding band,
At the park on Saturday ;after-
noon there will ,be a horse show
and several other . interesting at-
tractions.
The CKNX Barn Dance will be
staged in the arena on Saturday
evening to conclude the event; •
The Western flavor of Frontier
Days is . being emphasized more
than ever this year and- present
plans call for something that' will
be thoroughly enjoyed by the pub-
lic. Since the inception of • the
annual event every effort has been
made by the Lions to provide lots
of fun for the lowest possible
charge and this year will be no- ex=
ception.
NE$DAX,, .JUNE ;I9, 1857.
RHJPi1: 1fJtL GR
TO MISSION HELD
This coming Sunday will be the
occasion of farewell. Services at the:.
,Salvation Army :Ci Adel for Lt,
tied Mrs, D, V, Goodridge, who are
leaving Wingham next week,
They will go. to Camp Selkirk,
the Ontario Divisiitnal summer ,
£ainp, where they will be 14 charge,
•of under privileged children's
W4rlt, Prior to going to camp they
expect to spend a vacation with
�ULDE iORO 'NIES
NOLD FIRS] BANQUET
The Wingham District . High
School was the scene last Wednes-
day evening of the first banquet
to be held for the Wingham Girl
Guide Company and 'the Brownie
Packs. •
More, than 70 Girl Guides and
Brownies, accompanied by their
mothers, attended and witnessed.
an impressive presentation c
ere-
rnony at which ;six Brownies re-
ceived "Golden Hand" awards, the
top Brownie award; from Division-
al Commissioner Mrs. B.. W: Dixon,
of .:Harriston, They saw also the
presentationof /Goi
e •
Bat"
awards to BrownieeRneli *hipper,
Karen Cantelon, Linda Crompton,
Jackie Saint, Sandra. Cummings
Huron- County will collect a enable" condition: and Linda Chitticic, by Mrs, Eliza-
higher levy for county road pur- The opening.session of the.coun- iprovincial nterne-
beth Mer m, i
pose's; • The increase from 4.75 cil received a report' from En- tional commissioner. Awarfis were
gineer J, W. Britnell in, which e h
, h also. made by Mrs. M. McPhail and
said that Huron. has .always been Mrs, lv, Elliott .'to girls who had
,prou.d of its roads '-'but T 'regret passed successfull courses in nkat-
to report this condition is rapidly icollecting' and si g nallin
disappearing." He •Said that lack g' g g g
Other highlights in the evening's
of sufficient funds .has prevented pro"gram included . songs by a
NOTICE the County from making much lin-coir of Guidesand Brownies un-
isabel's . 'Beauty Shop will be. provement in 'the • Condition of h r . s
..c der the direction of Mrh. Janet
closed for a month beginning June county' roade. ,
, Day.
24th. Fi9b . The county controls 411 miles of
roads on which there are 95 id - uet`
At the beginning of the bang
• w br g sponsored by the Ifinettes and the
ENGAGEMElvT es and hundreds of •cul"verts. The.Women' Auxi iai to the Caned-
Mr. and Mrs. Walter 'Spong wish engineer said that he considered �, s t y.
Ian ,Legion, Mrs. G. Cameron in -
the r d daughter, Ila jean,
tot Mr', fn of lyood condition iition tWo 'per dent of'the roads.are troduced the principal guestsi •Pro-
p d anis that 30 of :,neral International Commissioner
Raymond (Bud) Lott of Wine -tam, the bridges should, be replaced Mrs, Elizabeth McKim of Lucltnow
The marriage to:take place on July soon, i
13th in Paisley. F39b • and the Divisional Commissioner,
The engineer said that a X20 -year Mrs. B. W. Dixon, of S3arriston.
NEW . CHIROPRACTIC plan should be started to pave i In presenting six Brownies with
OFFICES y 300 miles of 'road .with hot mix «Golden. Hand" awards Mrs. Dix-
The rooms previously occupied the
r o algravel,'ViThe th either
on said 'that the awards Were a
by CKNN on Josephine St., are great honor; not only to the girls
being remodelled for the• new would entail an' expenditure of
chiropractic offices of A. R, DuVal, $450,000. a year for road construe- receiving themhut
but toPthe tv1 le
D.C. It is expected these will be..tion,. not including the ingham amount The
ready. early in July. Until then he required for the reconstruction of award, she` said, was the highest
is contiinting to • practise at his culverts and bridges. He said the which a Brownie could gain and
residence on North ,St. F19b present budget of $118,000 for such the girls had to work -exceedingly
purposes is i entirely inadequate. hard to obtain them, it :reflected
WfOXET)111t GARDHN PARTY New bridges scheduled for this . great credit on eberyone connect -
A, 'rdei POLY Will be hold in year include a 150=foot span. on ed: with the Brownies of Wingham.
;WroiteterCommunity Hall, on concession 5, Mori'la.,and the re- The girls who received the "Golden
•'Tuesday June 25th from 5.30 to placement of tine old bridge on Hand" awards were Brenda Maes
8 p,m, gponsored by the Wroxeter concession 9 Turnberry, ,The new Lerman, Jane Ann Colvin, Mary
United Church, Admission $1,00 bildge at this pohit,wtithloli is al- Joan Lapp, Mary Phillips, Sandra
':anti children under' 12 years ,GO e. ready under, construction, will be Cameron and Helen Currie.
Fund, '200 feet long, f • . t;J Awards tOr skating went to
Proceeds for Renovation F1z,jgb Museum Oo ng Strong Coralie Hammerton; Noreen Lich-
"Countty council co ifs ttee prafs- ol, iHelen Currie, Wendy Reynolds,
DRU11ZIlI>;AD S3.E.S,,L. i Mart, Ellen (McPhail Brend Mac -
Brandi 1$0 E.V.S.L, Wingham, d the work ofd H.• Neill, curator $
is holdinga .'drumhead service on of the county , iiluatnin • and report- Lennart, Soar/ Ann Colvin, ' Patsy
Slinday, ulie 30, in coniieetioil ed that the annex to the inuseutri Coulter, Beverley • Cunningham,
with tee Turnberry Township which is under constr'u'ction, will • y, Patsy .Stewart, Mary
I 1 Susaii Stir
Centennial,;The guest speaker wilt' be completed for about $1,000 .joss Lou Jamieson, Esther 'Herr, Judy
be 'Lt, Cel, J, P. Krowit, IMC., C,D, than originally' estiniatea, There Callan, Alma Jane Elliott, • Kath-
Corninand Chaplain, 1IQ Central have been 'about 4,Q0d,, paid .adniis- leen Hanna, Mary Phillips,. Janis
Cailimaid. Renin+inbi'ailce service along to the` niuseuin' up to the Henderson•, Joan :Riehl, Nancy
will be held at the Cenotaph. •It skid of ' May, Coitsitler`ably snore Donaldson, Sandra Cameron, Linda
will be carried by Cwar v V, All than the same period last year, Green and Mary Joan Lapp,
Legion membere and War' veterans.
g
awards, n
Signalling'awe ds Bre M c-
who';a.re not members of a Legion • I{tasliiti�t f'irauts Plod' set a
g
Branch are Urged. td t .rn nut for " need with rope*: :for grants 'Lennon, 'Mary Ptitllll s,
�. d.. o lir
r d,1
this ,parade, which .,l:orins at '2430 COthospitals in the county wvhlchAwards .for ool.tedting, Susan
p',rh, sharp. at the CI ' =blilldbig: are now„in their second round of 'Spry, Coralle iiaminerton and
ori Carli ig Tweet, Pin' (Turi1 to rage .Tw'o) .. ' • Manes, Do ialclsoit.
r
mills,to 5.15 was -made at the June
session of the county council last
week, coupled with the report of
the •county engineer that many of
the roads In:Huron are in "Intel -
•
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their: parents, Mr. Pand l ` E,'J'.,
„Goodridge, : and Mr. and,, Ms. V
Ottaway,, in ✓i'oronto..,
A 'During the 'summer Lt. •aiici Mrs.
Goodridge ,will 'receive •word of a
sailing,.' date for their•' departure
td South' America„ were tl>,ey will
serve with the 4alvatton .A;r iy in
it mission, field in Chile
Lt„Goodridge caine•to, Wingham
in°'June, 1055, and since that time
' las made a:host _r jof friend's through
n g
his' energetic work. for ,the : Salva-
tion Army:•and his keen ,interest in
community affairs. Lt, and Mrs,
Goodridge were married a few.
months. after his arrival here. They
-have a baby daughter, Karen May.
The terra 'of service • in South
[America is six years. period will not' be ;available for
They will be succeededany by Envoy y functions ,o'r. by any ..group of,
and Mrs. Stanley Newman, of .Galt, °
11Ont. persons or organization.
espite
SCIHOOLURT. :� `
CO SSE _ O
PROVIDE MORE'MUSIC
-The regular meeting of the
Wingham • Di'striot high ,School
Board was held on Tuesday ,eve -
Hing, June lith, with chairman• of
the board, Dr, W. A, McKibbon,.
presiding, •
It was announced that more time
had been foltnd available for the
teaching of music {and that an ex-
tra lialf day was to be 'fitted into
the school time -table for :music
study, This, will not interfere with
other' scholastic studies. '
A 0 olars. award has
been $10presenteschd tohip the• school by
Canada Packers. Ltd., for the out-
standing achievement of 'a Grade
13 pupil. The members a voiced
their approval and. the' 'secretary.
askedwas It to .coil thethnits of
s Vey a;
the school board .to. the firm ,for
their generosity.
One of the teachers who • had
been engaged to commence duties
at ') a {_;s _ school after .the Summer
holidays.' had. failed ,to qualify, „it
was stated.. John Ostrom, of Clin;.
ton, has been .engaged :;to fill'the
vacancy.
An electric typewriter' hasbeen•
bought for `use by•cominercial stun:
dents at. the School,.„
It. was decided by the board that
the. Wingham Nigh School should,
be closed during the months of
July and August and during that
The young Nigerian girl who
came” 300 miles to attend school
and who liked it so well -she went
all the way back home and re-
turned bringing With her six of
her, best friends, le one of many
Memories of life on a Nigerian
mission school which Miss Laura
Collar, of Wingham, will cherish
all her life.
Miss Collar arrived in
Wing -
ham' on
ingha 'on Saturdayafter spending
din
g
the'; past four years in the Kwoi
Girls' School in northern Nigeria,
The girl from Wingham who has
become known as "The Missus” to
13
fr
130 African, girls agesbetween the-
n,g s
ofen
s v,eand seventeen has spent
the past eight years doing "mission-
ary. work in . Africa. She has _ re-
turned home twice in that time to
spend a well-earned rest in her
own• country. in May of next
year she will leave again for a fur-
ther ' 4 -year session as a member
of the Sudan Interior Missionary.
Miss Collar's missionary work• is
fully supported by the Wingliam
Baptist Church. •
With her at the Kwoi school are.
two other young Canadian mission-
ary workers, Miss Helen Peters of
Saskatchewan and Miss Erica
Kruger of British Columbia.
The girls . at the school are from
many, different tribes but all . must
learn' the country's basic •language.
called Hausa.
"The first four years of the girls'
training „period,, .which lasts for
seven years, is taken up in learn-
ing the language," taking religious
study and doing` handicraft work,"
Miss Collar explained:
The remainder of the educational
period is concentrated on teaching
English, a broader knowledge of
religion and advanced study in
several other subjects to fit them
for secondary 0 sdho l. •
Many of the girls who do not
wish to go on tosecondary school,
usually a Nigerian Government
establishment, become nurses. Last
year, Miss Collar said, about 30
of the girls who graduated 'from
the Kwoi school entered the nurs-
ing 'profession.
The mission also operates three
teachers' training colleges, which
many of the girls enter after com-
pleting missionary school. After a
student passes the teachers'. train-
ing program slie goes baok to her.,
own village and conducts- classes
there. "
Most of the pupils at the school
are Christians and come from
Christian harries, but Some are
Christians who come from pagan
homes, Opposition . from parents
who are not Christian is rare.
They seem. to lake the attitude
that if their child wants to go to
a Christian school} it •15 her affair.
ree -i.oi
+I-Tanlrnerton photo,
DOUGLAS CASEMORE
4
Lo ,Injures
Auburn'Man
'Smyth, of R.R. 2, Aub-
urn,' was, admitted 'to the Wing -
ham General Hospital on •%''ridaY
suffering 'from 'a back injury and
shook' received' when a ,h;eavy log
fell on :hriin. during' cutting opera-
tions, •His'condition was deserib-
ed'' as satisfactory by hospital of-
ficials,•
Will Conduct
uct
E. amination Here
Mr. Reginald Bedford will „con -
duet current examinations for The
Royal Conservatory of Music of
Toronto in Wingham ,on Wednes-
day, June 19th.
The distinguished concert pianist;
Reginald: Bedford is best known as
a,i partner in the , two piano tenni:
of Bedford and Eby (1VIrS Bed
Ioi`.'?;�tecefkti3� 'eci'fsae"'
spent most of their time concertlz
*frig, under' New �brk management,
in the United. States and Canada.
In their programmes they consist-
ently present wbrks by Canadian
composers such as Violet Archer,
Robert Fleming and Oskar Mora-
wetz: '
Mr. Bedford, who was born in
Ontario, t r
io
received�his early
musical training 'in .Saskatoon with
teacherLyell,. '
, Gustin, A scholar?
ship c
t him to Chicago, where'
he studied with Jeanette o Durno
and -Percy t
Grainger, .Fur here study
followed with Edwin Hughes of
New York, Robert Casadesus in
F ntainbieaus France, e, and
more
recently with• Carl Freidberg
of
New Fork
Teacher as -well as concert -artist,
Mr, Bedford has his own studio in
Hamilton, with a staff of eight
associated teachers, He formerly
was head of the piano department
of the Conservatory of Music do
Halifax, • ,
COMPLETE COURSES
Miss Veda •Arthur and Miss
Verna Griffith have been success-
ful in completing their courses at
Canada Business College, Toronto:
They have been placed in secretar-
ial positions with the Commercial
Assurance Co„ . and the Canadian
iPittsburgh Industries, respectively.
MEMORIAL ,GAVEL
,
II. C, MacLean presents a'. gavel in Aleatory of Dr. George R. Ross, ,first chattered 'president of the Wiiig-
hain Lions lu'b; to Whitney Grose, while Other charter members, . t Sherbondy, W. 'It 1•ianhilton and
W. A, Galbraith lt,bk en. 'IVo other charter members Were not present, They are John W. Hanna
n D h r e o o c. la .e t h lu regular tin held and r. J..e1,. •Peat, The esentatti n to 1 c at e. c tis gu ar .ince which was he d ih the
Hotel l runswlek oii :Friday evening.-•�•Arlvttp�iee,Tliwioii f hoty, g
A
of threeayoung-hour battle
Wingh, atom .sUtaveilittieth't
life
workmd In un Mon-
day afternooanenden, after thfailreree -odoctors,
Rural Hydro employees and fire -
Men had made every effort to re-
store respiration, ,
Douglas Open -tore , 27, was work.,
Ing on a hydro pole at the side,.
of the Wingham Motors 'building
on Patrick Street at 11.30 a.m.,
'ntea live. wire.
Onlywhen a
he momecontacted before he had' been
in conversation :With I!llwyh Cham
Hey, who was woridji ;with ,him
on the installation' of• a new trans
former 44)4 *Ss .standing near•the
truck below, _ • , .
As seon .as the accident occurred
Chamney rushed to the next pole
east sof the one- on •which' the: in-
jured workman was. slumped in
his safety belt and pulled the
switch. Giving the, alarm• to people' ,ar
nearby Mr.. Chamney climbed • to'
the aid of the accident victim,„who '.
Vas . brought down the, ladder when
assistance. arrived. The fire •bri
gado was called to the' seen( And
aided in the rescue operation. , •
Artificial respiration was ;started
at once and ' oxygen. was ,admini
stered. Members .of the Rural Hy-
dro ,Staff, Drs. Crawford, 14ieKib-
Pon and Corrin 'and others at;'tlie
scene ,continued the effort to° re-
vive the • Iiani for alynost three
hours without.' success..
The youn `man was• working•on
the .lower lines on the pole which
carried only low voltage,' It is 'be-
lieved that ,he was electrocuted by
a 110 -volt line, with the ' remote
possibility that he the
have
tacted three- of the wires at one
time to receive a 220 -volt charge.
Weather conditions . no' doubt 'add-
ed to the hazard, .for' temperature
and humidity were ;extremely. high •
at the, time, Under :such conditions
it is. 'believed' that the danger .of
fatal electrocution ` is 'more pre-.
valent.
'
Doug Casernore, • whohad been •
empl""oyed by the PUC since last
Decenib_er;'was married on April 8, ,.
of this .year to the •.Former Helen'
McLean, of Collingwood He was
w son :f4 Mr, and = irs.,aA drgtf�`�zsj
Casemore, of Morris Township.
Surviving, besides his,parentS are ,-
a 'brother, James, of; .Morris; two
sisters, Irlma, at home, and Mrs. •
Henry . Pattison, East Wawanosh.
The sympathy of the whole corn-
munity is extended'to the bereaved
widow and the young inane family.
REV., MRS. T!! M
0P
.SON
RETURN
TO'CANADA
.
Rev. J C. Thompson, •', Mrs.
Thompson sad family are Expected
to arrive home from ' Trinidad
shortly where theyhave peen serv-
ingin
g in the mission field of _ •the
Presbyterian 'Church for' the past
ten years. Rev.,Thomp-son has ,Been
moderator there for almost' • two
years. -
Mrs. Thompson is the tomer
r.
Tena Reid, daughter of .Mr. and
Mrs, Alex Reid, of Edward Street.
The Thompson's da not eitpect to _
retu'n to Trinidad following their
furlough in Canada, and this re-
signation has been accepted' with
sincere regret in, that, mission,
The Trinidad Presbyterian,' April
edition, carries an article about
Rev. Thompson, his accomplish-
ments
ccomplishmerits through the years and the
great extent in which he will be
missed. We quote in part;
It is not. easy • fol' a Missionary
to 'accept all our "uniqueness" at
first and soliietimes it •proves • to
be impossible for one or , another
to dove -tail with us,'but when we
have One whoni we know ha be-
come part of us it is sad to see
hint go, In his capacity as Moder-
ator for almost two years he 'in»
fluenced a large section , of . the
Church with his inherited and sin?
cere evangelistic zeal. " Coming
from the background he had. he
Cannot help but be an. evangelist. '
He is just at home on the street-
corners as' he is in the Cathedral
Of the Church, Susainachar, which
he proved b» and the shadow of 'a •
doubt at the Ordination Service of {
Rev, Joseph Dbinan.
In private :conversation he is a
ready listener, andmoved easily
to sympathy by a worthy cause,of
an urgent' heed; We recall his'
leadership in the ainassing ' of
more than $3,060.00 tor hurricane
relief in Grenada, within the Us-
ually 'thrifty 'Presbyter'ien Church,
With a viSiori tot the .future he
initiated efforts that lave ribw bey
coiiie niistittitioiis. We think itn-
tnediateiy of the duplex system of
giving whldh Is proving itself the
financial sa.lvatiOn of our biota).
and which he perSelially put
thi•etigh within,the last three year's.
There are SOlne who' will t'e'stify
that hi hurt they found i;ii ;ratter,o.
istits bfMl
he,.trti ina.1 Sifiettl ties
E g
to Trinidad, the founders and
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