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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-11-15, Page 7ingtarti Ztt.)tlettur,--Zi1.11r0 WO1G0431, ONTA100, WVUNKSVATI NOVIEMANA a.G, IWO hORRIE RE-ELECT OFFICERS WROXETER FOR BIBLE SOCIETY CI ORRIB' --The Canadian Bible Society, a branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society, met at the home of Norman Wade. Rev, F. W, Taylor opened the meeting with prayer, The canvass will •close on Dec. lath. The following canvassers were appointed: Howtek Township, Con, 1 and 2, Hugh Doig, Clarence Mc, Callum; Con, 4, Mrs. Clifford Pylse, Mrs, Archie Miller; Con. 6, Mrs, Lorne Robinson, Mrs. Clara. Rit- chie; Con, 9, Mrs, Harold Robinson, Mrs, Elmer Farrish; Con, 10, Mrs, Carl Dinsmore, Mrs. Morley Bell; Con, 12, Mrs. Delbert, Clegg, Mrs, t Edward Newton; Con, 14, Mrs. Ed- gar Dane, Mrs, Carl Nickel. 1 Gorrie: Southeast, Mrs, Norman Wade, Mrs. Manfred Irwin; south- west, Mrs. W. C. King, Mrs, Gor- I don Edgar; northeast, Mrs. Gor- don Underwood, Mrs. T. L. McIn- nes; northwest, Mrs. Harry dowdy, Mrs.• Robert Harrison. The officers were re-elected: Pre- sident, Norman Wade; treas., Mrs. BEurorw nsn.SteWart; sec,, Mrs. George LAKELET brance Day service held in the school auditorium' on Friday, afternoon.—Advance-Times photo. THE GIRLS' CHOIR of the, Wingham District High School is pictured 'as the young ladies sang "Jesusalem" at the Remem- The deer hunting party of seven of which Mr. Gordon Wright was a member, returned home on Sunday and reported that they had bagged six deer. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Metzger were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Metzger, Mr. and Mrs, Ronald Metzger and family. and Mrs.. Esther. Smith and Wayne, Jack •and Bill, all of Palmerston. 1 Mr. Glen Reidt of Guelph spent the week-end with. his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Reielt, UNITED CHURCH WMS PLAN GODERICH TRIP, Win STUDIES WOMEN ROY VIVIAN IS County Master Attends Meeting A goodly number of Orangemen were' Belgrave last Wednesday night for the election of officers of the District Loyal Orange Lodge. Bro. Bill Hull of Blyth acted as candidate for the degree work with County Master Harvey Jacklin tak- ing the Master's chair, During the election B Iv. Gordon Carter of Blyth was promoted to Wor, Master, with Bill Taylor for Deputy; Calvert Falconer, Chap- lain; Henry Pattison, Recording Secretary; Wilfred Sanderson, Treasurer; Stewart Ament, Mar- shall; Mason Robinson and Albert Bieman, Lecturers. The meeting closed with the singing of the national anthem and a lunch served by the Belgrave members. OF NEW TESTAMENT IX CLOTHING BALES fOR OVERSEAS RELIEF Mr, and Mrs. Frank Edgar and Miss Shirley of Wingham .ard Mies Joan Edgar of London called on. Miss Gertrude Bush and Mrs. W. Welr during the week-end. Mrs. George Hart, Newry, was, a Sunday visitor• with Mr. and Mrs. William, Hart. We are pleased to hear Mrs. Wal, ter Charles, who has been a, pa- tient for the past few Weeks in Guelph Hospital, was able 'to re- turn home on Sunday and we wish her a, quick return to good -health. Miss 'Darlene Brothers, Scarboro, spent. Sunday with Miss Dawn. Lue Clark, Miss. Nancy Newton, London, was home for the week-end with her mother, Mrs. R, Newton. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Gibson, Dun- dee, visited with Mrs, J. F. Mc- Lean last week and Sunday visit- ors at the same home were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Perkins of Wallace, Mrs. Harvey Reidt, who spent last week with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mowbray, Kitchener, returned to her home Friday evening. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Gowdy, Mr. Raymond Gowdy, Mrs, Fred Hynd- man, all of Gorrie, accompanied 'by Mrs. James Doig of town visited with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gowdy at Victoria HOspital, London, Mrs. Clayton Coates and Joy of Sarnia spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Ross Coates, Mr, John Hupfer and Miss Hazel. Sparling were week-end guests of Mr. •and Mrs. Blair Sharp, Sarnia, Mrs, Alonzo Sparling accompanied them to Seaforth, where she visited at the home of her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eaton, We are pleased to hear Mrs, El- vin Oakley, who met with .an un- fortunate accident at her home a week ago, was able to return home from Wingham Hospital the middle of the week. 4-H PrUit Tippers Demonstrate at W.I. GORRIE • At the November meeting of the Women's Inetitute, held at the home of Mrs. Glad Ed- gar on Tuesday evening the "Gor- rie Fruit Tippers", the 4-If Club girls, presented a demonstration that will be given at their Achieve- ment Day in Wingham. Ruth Ann Taylor showed ho'w to make a fruit cup; Kathie Klinck, jellied salads with cream and cottage cheese; Wanda Spading told how fruits may be used in puddings. The girls explained each step in preparation. The treasurer's report and min- utes were read by the secretary, Mrs, Robert Elschner. It was de- cided to hold euchre parties In the community hall the [mirth Wed- nesday of each month, starting next Wednesday. Mrs, Morley Johnston, Mrs. William Strong, Mrs. Mel Taylor and Mrs. Alex Graham are the committee in charge. The motto, "She considered six professions. Any one would chal- lenge life, but she practised them altogether. So they called her just a wife," was dealt with by Mrs. John Baylor, She sa'd a wife and mother had to practise teaching, nursing and many other things but she should not mind being called "just a, wife". She concluded with a well known poem, "Lord of All Pots and Pans," Mrs. Harry Rhame talked on "Interior Decorating", Patterns and light colors were advised for small rooms; patterns and more color to make a large room appear small were described and pictures passed around to illustrate various types. Mrs. Ernest King is a patient In Wingham General Hospital, Mr, and Mrs, Fred Coulter vis- ited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold, Coulter, Con, 3, Wallace Township. Mrs. William Gallaher was taken by ambulance to Wingham Gen- era Hospital on. Friday, suffering 9 the results of a stroke. rs, Harry dowdy is spending. Week with Mrs, Roy Gowdy in leondon. Mrs. Fred Hyndman, Mrs, Jamey Doig, Mr. Harry Gow- dy and Mr. Raymond Gowdy vis- ited Mr. Roy Gowdy in Victoria Hospital, London on Sunday. Mrs. Mac Smith, Napanee, Mrs. Margaret Kadwel, Guelph, spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Percy Ashton. Mr. and Mrs, Thos. Dick- ison, Margaret and Shirley, Wal- kerton, Mrs. John Cunningham and Mrs. Florence Clark, Toronto, were Sunday visitors at the same home. Mrs. J. H. King returned home from Palmerston General Hospital, on Saturday. ' Mr, and Mrs. Norman Wade speet. Tuesday in London. 41 , drs. Andrew Davidson has re- ned home from Palmerston Gen- ' Hospital. /- • Afr and Mrs. William, Smythe lend Allan of Scarborough spent the week-end with Mr, and Mrs. Norman Wade. .Gerald Mitchell, 6 year old. son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell, un- derwent an appendix operation in Listowel Memorial Hospital. James Hyndman, son of Mr, and Mrs. Harold Hyndman is recover- ing from bronchial pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Werner, Se- bringville, visited Sunday with. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Robinson. Mrs. Mel Taylor and Kathie Klinek won the Dutch auction, Re- freshments were served by the com- mittee in charge, Mrs. Leonard Sanderson and Mrs. Clarence Stokes, Mrs. Gordon McKee returned home from the Bruce County Hos- pital on Saturday and is progress- ing favorably. • Miss Carol Dahms spent the week-end at her home in Mildmay with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Dahms. INSTITUTE MEETS IN LAKELET HALL Mr. and Mrs. Milton Krotz of Hanover spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs: John Baylor, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stephens and Gregory spent Thursday in To- nto, 3 kr, and Mrs. Fleming Grainger, J mestown, visited Monday with Mr. and Mrs. W, C. King. Mrs, Archie Miller and Mrs. Bev Brears of Fondwich and Miss El- aine. Miller, Guelph, sper,t Satur- day in London. A.Y.P.A 4 PRESIDENT Mrs, Robert Ahara, was in charge of the annual meeting of the .A.YPA held in St. Paul's Anglican Church parish room on. Sunday evening. Roy Vivian was pianist and the opening hymn was "0, Valiant Hearts", Psalm. 23 was repeated in unison. Barbara Hall read the treasurer's report and Diane Deyell read the secretary's report in the absence of Brian Douglas, Diane Deyell presented the nom., Mating committee's new slate of officers which was accepted on mo- tion of Tom Deyell and Peggy Ahara. The 1961-62 officers are: Past president, Diane Deyell; president, Roy Vivian; vice-presi- dent, Linda Ternplemane secretary. Brian Douglas; treasurer, Peggy Ahara, and membership, Lynn Parkinson, • "Women of the New Testament" was the study for the November meeting of St, Andrew's Presbyter- ian Women's Missionary Society. The president, Mrs, John Pollock, opened the meeting with prayer, The Scripture lesson from. Proverbs where Solomon extols the virtuous woman, was read by Mrs. W. Mc- Kague, Prayers were offered by Miss 0, Mitchell and Mrs. John McGee, Mrs. John Pollock told of, the wo- men who knew Jesus in His child- hood, Mary, His mother, Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, and Anna, who served in the temple and waited for the Hope of Israel. Miss H. Wilson told of the women who knew Him during His ministry, Mary and Martha, the Samaritan woman at the well of Sychar, who was 'the first missionary; Mary Magdalene, whose devotion led her to follow Him to Calvary and to be the first to see the risen Lord The stories of Phebe, who carried Paul's letter to 'the Romans and of Lydia, the first convert in Europe. presented by Mrs. T. A. Currie, and finally the records of Priscilla and Dorcas by Mrs. W. E, Ford, con- cluded a very interesting topic, Mrs. W. J. Coulter closed the meeting with prayer, The local hunters who spent last week in the northland were not successful in bagging any deer, but enjoyed a nice outing. Mr, Harold Townsend purchased the property formerly the United Church manse, at the auction sale last Thursday. Me and Mrs. Chas. Moore have purchased •the home recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore and family and 'the latter have .taken up residence in the home vacated some time ago -by Mr. and Mrs, Stan Scott. First Euchre by Lakelet 'Institute LAKELET—The first euchre and solo card social which the Lake- let W.I. sponsors each winter was held last Wednesday evening in the Institute Hall and, will be held each.,. Wednesday throughout the winter months. There' were seven tables in play last week, with the following win- ners: High lady, Miss Audrey Scott of McIntosh; high gent, Floyd Metzger of Lakelet; special, Mrs. Lloyd Jacques, Lakelet. The committee In charge was MRS. G. W. TIFFIN IS GUEST SPEAKER LAKELET—The November meet- ing of the Women's Institute was held in the Institute Hall on Thurs- day evening. President Mrs. Cliff Hallman opened the meeting with the Opening Ode and the Mary Stewart Collect. Devotions were reed by Mrs. E, Greenley. The roll call was answered by a family cur- rent_ The Minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary-trea- surer, Mrs. Harold Wallace. This was followed by the business ses- sion conducted by Mrs. Hallman, The topic was very ably taken by Mrs. Harvey Wright on "Our Institute in 'Bygone Days". The Mrs. E, Ferguson, Mrs, Bob Allan, December meeting will be held the Mrs.• Stan Dennis and Mrs. Elmer first Thursday of December at •th e Greenly. home of Mrs. Walter Demmerling. Sixteen Tables at Institute Euchre Th meeting closed with the na- tional anthem and luneh was serv- ed by Mrs. Harold' Wallace, Mrs. Bert Wylie and Mrs. W, Demmer- ling. The AYPA will go to -Godetich on November 25, where 'they': *Ill tour the salt plant and Court House, They will leave at eone o'clock in the afternoon and those interested in making the. trip should make their intentions known to one of the offeers or Rev. Johnson, so that transportation'tnay be el-ranged. The new President suggested that movies of Vaughan Douglas' trip to Russia would make an interesting evening's entertainment and if' this could he arranged the congregation will also be invited to attend, The tentative date was for November 26th. LO.L. ELECTS GORRIE—The regular meeting of the Howick LO.L. was held in Newbridge L.O.L. Hall. The fol- lowing officers were elected: Worshipful District Master, Al- lan Watson; Deputy District Mas- ter, Earl Moore; Chaplain, Austin Stinson; rec. sec., James Foster; fin. sec.-treas., J. Gordon „Under- wood; marshal', Lloyd JacqueS;• first lecturer, Robert Hibberd; sec- ond, Lecturer, Thomas L. McInnes. Rev. Mr, Johnson began his series of talks on the life of Albert Schweitzer, This week's address delved into his boyhood and student days and his studies in music. and science until the time he went to Africa. Mrs. Allan's (-losing comments were that Mr Johnson's talk had linkee in well with Remembrance Day, The meeting closed with the benediction. .WHITECHURCH—Mre. Dan Tif- fin, president of the Women's In- stitute, welcomed the ladies at the Memorial hall on Wednesday for the afternoon euchre. Sixteen tables were in play, Mrs. Oscar Schefter won the high prize with 129 points for the ten games, and the second prize went to Mrs. Ilazelgrove. 'Hrs. Thistle won the lucky card draw, and Mrs, Har- old Congram held the lucky ticket on a duck. All enjoyed tile social time in spite of the wintry weather and heavy downfall of snow. WROXETER -- The fall Thank- offering service of the Wroxeter WMS was :held at the regular morn- ing church service on November 5th, with Mrs. G, W. Tiffin, of Wingham, president of Huron Pres- byterial, as guest speaker. Rev. F. W. Taylor, minister, was in charge of the service and intro- duced Mrs. Tiffin, who spoke on the world wide mission of the church, based on the. passage of Scripture found in John, 17th Chap- ter, in which she urged that each, individually, share In the work and responsibility of the' spreading of Christianity, which is rapidly be- coming a. much greater • task, due to the large increase in world popu- lation and the exceedingly rapid changes in world events generally. Appropriate music was offered by the choir with Miss Carol 'Robin- son at the organ. The church was lovely with baskets of autumn flowers, The service was well ,at- tended. Hold Banquet on Official ViSit WROXETER-- Rt. Wor. . Bro. John L. McKinnon of Tiverton made his -official visit to Forest Lodge A.F. & AM., Wroxeter, on Monday night. Visitors numbering 70 came from Listowel, Wingham, Brussels, TeesWater, Tiverton, Clif- ford and Fordwich. Following the meeting a banquet was held in Wroxeter community hall. Muter of ceremonies was Wor% Bro. Walter Renwick. Toast to Grand Lodge was proposed by Rt. Wor, Bro. Gordon A Gibson and John , L. McKienon replied, Rt, Wor, Bro, W, Leslie Douglas proposed a toast to the visitors, to which a number replied. Will Send Gifts To Miss L. Collar The Baptist Evening Mission Circle met on Thursday at the home of Mrs. J. Hildebrand. The president, Mrs. B. MacLean, pre- sided. The opening hymn was fol- lowed by the roll call and reading of the minutes of the previous meeting by the secretary. Mrs. Sinclair gave a report on some of the highlights of the Bap- tist Convention which she attend- ed recently in London. The ladies decided to hold their Christmas meeting on Dec. 12th and to sing Christmas carols for the patients at 'the hospital on Dec, 0.9th; Gifts for' Miss Laura Collar were then presented to be sent to her for Christnias and a carol was sung. Mrs: R. Burchill was in charge of the devotions based on James 1:21. She. pointed out that the hUman heart is wicked but the Word has power to save from sin. The child of God lays aside all uncleanliness; and as Paul treated his body as a servant, not as a Master, so must we, Mrs. R, Kilpatrick read a poem, and Mrs. A. Stapleton read an ar- ticle entitled "Adventures in Ra- dio." Letters from missionaries Laura Collar and Dr. and Mrs, E, W, Fed- ley were read to the group, follow- ed by' a Season of prayer. The offering was received and the meeting closed with the singing of a hymn. The November meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of Wingham United Church was held in the school room with the presi- dent, Mrs. C. Fingland, in charge. The worship, service was conducted by Mrs, 'Sidney Thompson, who gave a short talk on the theme, "God's Wisdom in Contrast to Wo- men's Wisdom," with regard to charity, hope and faith. The supply convener, Mrs. N. McLaughlin, reported that five cartons of ' used 'and one of new clothing 'had been forwarded to Ovr erseas Headquarters, and another will shortly be on its way. Mrs. Chamney spoke on the Christian Stewardship of time, saying that our day is divided into three parts, a time for work, a 'time for sleep sand a time for other activities, and aSking •how .much of the latter is used for God's work. Reports of the Sectional meeting which was held in .Belgrave were given by Mrs. Lloyd Hingston and Mrs. Charles Hopper. Mrs. Thompson introduced sev- eral books which are recommended for study in 1962, pointing up the mission of the church in these changing times. ,A piano solo by Mrs. W. W. Cur- rie was much enjoyed, Mrs, G. W. Tiffin, Presbyterial president of the W.M.S., was the guest speaker. By means of charts and _pesters, she explained the amalgamation which will take place lit 1962 of all the women, of the church into one organization of unified, effort and which will be called the United Church Women, and will haeie for its object, the to- tal 'rniselon of the. church. Mrs. Tiffin. answered' questions and cleared up many problems which had. arisen in the minds of the wo- men. She .pointed out that this is not a new plan as many churches in England and the United States haVe adopted it and found it suc- cessful. After announcing that the Christ- mas meeting would be held on De- cember 5th, Mrs. Fingland closed the meeting. Mrs. August Keil Buried Tuesday • GORRIE-----,Mrse ,,Susanne Kell, 73, passed away in Victoria Hos- pital, London, on Nov. 5th, She had been in failing health for a few months, • i) . She was born in Maryborough Township, the daughter of the late George Grosz and his wife, Susan. .5'elineider, and was a member of Jetty Lutheran Church, Kurtz- .I le, ,/ On Dec, 15, 1909, she married August Keil, who survives her w,th two sons, George, Gorrie; Harold, Con. 4, Howick; one brother, Jos- eph Grosz, Listowel; seven grand- children and two great-grandchild- tee, One daughter,. Mrs, Arnette Lehr,' predeceased her. in 1934. ' -- Fenerel 'service was held at the Moir " fu'ieral home, Gorrie, on Tuesday, Nov. 7th at two o'clock arid at three o'clock in Trinity Lu- theran Church, Kurtzville, conduct- ed by Reit. Gerard W. Drum. Pall- bearers were Clifford Johnston, Otto Menke, Norman Bast, Stew- art. Lovell, George Timm and And- retv Edgar. Flowerbearers were Charles Black, Hugh Doig, William Edgar, Russell Adams, Morley Anston and Robert Stephens. rial was in Trinity Lutheran emetery, Kurtzville. bless the doctor: and help them to make me well; God bless the fire. men who gave me my wheelchair." Debbie Selmes is too young to be thinking such things. MDAC needs money to finance its research program so that Deb- bie Selmes will have the glorious gift of life. The local firemen will call from door to door in Wingliani tni Moa- day, November 20, to collect for MDAC, Those who will net be home on that night could contact either Chief Jim Carr 'o' Assistant Dave Crothere to arrange to have their titillation picked up at anoth- er time, "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep; if I should die before I wake" „ . over and over in a million homes oe a million nights the face of in- nocence, the hands eiipped softly beneath trusting little chins . , . Lind "Now I MY the down to eleea" Debbie Selmes is too young to die before she wakes, But Debbie iris Muscular Dystrophy. Debbie likes to be the poster child for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada because she likes to help the people who are helping her. "God bless the people who work So hard for Me; God' THE NEW BRANCH of the British Mortgage and 'trust Company at Listowel was officially opened last Friday with the public invited to tour the modern building which is situated 011 the Full Stop Rule Stumps Drivers Of School Buses A new regulation requiring all school buses to come to a full stop at railway crossings tripped settee] bus drivers In Ontario tests, "They are like any group of people; they have to be made aware of a, new law before they come to know it," tommented a Department of Trans- port offielal who reported the fail- ure rate among drivers running at about 20%. Two teams of six to eight men travel the province for testing driv- ers of school buses. Tests include 28 questions on rules of the noad, signs, safe-driving practices. If a driver fells, he can re-apply at once , for another test. The spokesman said Scher)] bus' drivers are Mainly part-time work-: ere, In their off-hours, they drive their own vehicles and are not al-I wa+ys fully aware of the special regulations governing the operation of school buses, There was no prob-I tem When the driver was a full-, time profeesiOnal, Tips for Teens, Doctor's Topic The girls and leaders of the Wingham C.G.I.T. again thank the People of Wingham for their splen- did contribution of $201.60 for the work of the United Nations Inter- national Emergency Fund. This amount can save many lives and aid thoueands of children through UNICEF. It is really the children of the world wha thank you. The five Wingham C. G. I T. groups meet regularly in the Sun- day School room of the United Church and each take turns in leading the devotional service. Last week Mrs. McKim's group con- ducted a thoughtful Remembrance pieigram, featuring Brenda Conron as soloist. Each group is working on specie.' handWork to be sold at the church tea. This includes stuffed dolls Christmas stockings and Christ. m'ae decorations, The two senior groups benefited by a talk on "Tips for Teens" giv- en by Dr. B, N. Carrie. This con- eluded their discussion groups very satisfactorily. This week the girls begin their praeticeg for the annual Christmas Vesper Service to be held Sunday evening, bee. 10th. main intersection of the town. Health Minister Monteith, J. Fred Edwards, M.P.P. for Perth, Mayor Elwood Smith and P eeve Angus 'Dickson were on hand for the occasion. Photo by Bamford ti