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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-01-30, Page 13Forty-two Families. Are On United Church Roll WHITECHURCH--The an- nual meeting of the United Church was held Wednesday evening in the schoolroom when a pot luck supper was enjoyed with around 40 in at« tendance. Rev. George Mitchell was chairman for the meeting. Re- ports from all departments were encouraging. The session report showed 42 families on . the roll. Deaths in the con- gregation during the year were Mr. James Martin, Rev. John Watt and Mr. Thos. Inglis. It was reported that $2371 was raised for the General Fund and $1244 for Missionary and Maintenance. The combined sum raised by all groups in- cluding donations to Ontario Temperance Federation amounted to $5,000. The U.C.W. were pleased to report they had exceeded their allocation for missions, having sent $266. to Huron Presbytery treasurer. The organ fund, started some years ago by the women, has been in- creased by generous contribu- tions from the congregation. An Electrohome organ was pur- chased in time for the anniver- sary. Charles Martin, Russel Gaunt, Ernest Deecroft and George Thompson were elect- ed to the Board of Stewards for a three year term. The auditors are Elwood Groskorth, Russel Gaunt and Mrs, Albert Coultes. The congregation decided to send $200 to Huron Presby- tery Capital Fund. Rev. Mit- chell expressed thanks to the members for their loyalty and co-operation. A motion of ap- preciation was passed by the congregation to Rev. and Mrs. Mitchell for all i.heir help and fine leadership. Present Washer To Newlyweds GORRIE--Mr. and Mrs. Ross King, R.R. 1, Gorrie, newly- weds, were honoured by a pre- sentation in the community hall here on Friday night. They were presented with an electric washer. Lambkin's Orchestra provid- ed music for dancing. THE ADVANCE -TIMES Trophy for public speaking is received by the winner, Jean Sutton, of Lucknow, second left, as it was presented by A -T editor Barry Wenger. Peter John Pace, Wingham DHS, is at left, and John Bradley, of Lucknow, right, was in third place in this division. —Advance -Times Photo. HERD CULLING East, West Co-operate Finding Meat Bulls A unique experiment spon- sored by farmer organizations has reached across four prov- inces to find bulls that will sire EAST WAWANOSH FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD IN BELGRAVE ARENA BOARD ROOM WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 5 AT 1:15 P.M. MR. GEORGE GEAR, Agricultural Representative of Bruce County, will be guest speaker. His topic will be "FARM MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING." President, CHARLES SMITH. Secretary, SIMON HALLAHAN, 30b R. R. 3, Blyth Guaranteed Investment Certificate At British Mortgage • $100 or more • 1 to 5 years • Approved for trust funds • Interest begins the day you invest Invest now to earn this high interest. Just mail your cheque or come to the office. We 'will handle all details, Since 1877 BRITISH MORTGAGE &TRUST Goclerich, Hanover, Listowel "meatier" steers. Sponsored by the Alberta Beef Cattle Im- provement Association, and the artificial breeding cooperatives of Ontario, it answers two needs, the need of the rancher to be sure the calves he raises will be profitable, and the need of the A.I. co-operatives for proven beef bulls. The idea was conceived three years ago, when officials of the Ontario Association of Artificial Breeders and the Al- berta Beef Cattle Improvement Association realized that they had something to offer each other. The O. A. A. B. had a string of affiliated inseminating businesses stretching across wes- tem Canada. Thanks to freez- ing processes that had originat- ed in Canada and are now cop- ied throughout the world these inseminating businesses were offering the service of bulls housed in up to date and effic- ient bull studs over a thousand miles away. The ranchers, feeling that artificial insemin- ation was their next step in herd improvement and disease control reasoned that this dis- tribution system could be of benefit to them. A bargain was struck. The Albertans would help find suit- able bulls, these bulls would be shipped to the bull studs in On- tario and, through their facili- ties, be made available for breeding the cows back in the west. Steer calves from these cows would be placed in a feed- lot for testing, slaughtered and checked for cutout, then fol- lowed right through to the meat counter to see the actual dollar value difference between lots. This year the testing began to pay off. A group of steers fed at Strathmore, Alberta met the requirements for the covet- ed "Golden Certified Meat Sire" award presented by Performance Registry International. Previous- ly six American bulls had quali- fied. Certificate number 7 had gone to the Charolais bull Car- los, whose crossbred steers had been tested in Ontario. Certificate number 8 was awarded to Silver Prince 7P, a Hereford bull bred by James Hole of Alberta, now owned by Central Ontario & Waterloo Cattle Breeding Associations, who also own the Carlos bull. He was artifically mated with a group of Hereford cows in Al- berta and the resulting steer calves chalked up a really out- standing performance record. Tested with nine other straight - bred Hereford steer groups in Western Feedlots Ltd., Strath- more, Alta., they had the highest average weight at the end of test, 1052 lbs. at 437 days of age; had the highest average daily gain on feed, 2.72 lbs.; had the highest warm dressed carcass weight, averaging 599 lbs, As a final step, all Strath- more tested steers are compar- ed as to actual dollar value of carcass. The steers sired by the 7P bull averaged in value $44,40 per head more than the lowest group of steers on test, including all breeds. Forty-four dollars is an im- ,pressive sum of tnoney, espec- ially when multiplied by the number of cattle handled by the average beefman. No doubt the sire of the least valuable steers looked like a good bull, too, or no one would have tak- en the trouble to test his off- spring. Testing programs such as this are proving beyond a doubt that appearance is not enough to go by in choosing a herd sire when he can effect the farm income to such a large extent. Progeny testing takes time, two years of waiting, two years of a bull's useful life. To the casual observer it might seem like a waste of time. To the man who makes a living from beef cattle, however, it may be time not wasted, but well spent, Wingham Advance-Titnes, Thursday, Jan. 30, 1904 Page 5 Thurs Mrs. Reuben Tiffin Mrs. Emerson Dies in 90th Year WHITECHURCH--The death • curred of a lifelong resident of the 4th concession of Kinloss when Mrs. Mary Jane Tiffin passed away in Wingharn Dis- trict Hospital. She was in her 90th year and had been a bed patient since January 1963. In April 1956 Mrs, Tiffin fell and received a broken hip and even though she was able to walk with the use of a walker she never enjoyed the best of health from that time. She was the daughter of Letitia Falconer and John Mor- rison, whose farm was the sec» and north of the Langside Pres- byterian Church, where she was born August 15th, 18'74. In June 1896 she was married to Reuben Tiffin who predeceased her on March 30th 1942. She was a member of Tif- fin's Methodist church and lat- er of the United Church, White- church, Surviving are two svgs, Fred and Charlie of Langside, and two daughters Margaret (Mrs. Russel Ritchie) of Langside and Valetta (Mrs. Victor Emerson) of Whitechurch. Also a sister, Mrs, Margaret Baker of Gil- bert Plains, Manitoba and two half brothers, Mr, Harry Hayes of Birmingham, Michigan and Mr. John Hayes of Levonia, Michigan and a sister-in-law, Mrs, Dr. Morrison, Winnipeg. A son, John, predeceased her in August 1909. She was also predeceased by brothers James and Dr. William Morrison and a sister Nettie (Mrs. Kernahan). Rev. George Mitchell con- ducted the funeral service on Monday afternoon at the Mac- Kenzie funeral home in Luck - now with temporary entomb- ment in South Kinloss mauso- leum and final resting place Tiffin's cemetery. Pallbearers were Jack and Don Hayes, Tom Morrison, Jim Richardson, Rus- sel Ritchie and Vic Emerson. Is Hostess to Subdivision WHITECHURCH,-On Tues- day Mrs, Victor Emerson, Grey - I ruce Area.W, I. secretary, was hostess for the Subdivision 16 meeting of district presidents, district secretary -treasurers, and Federated representatives. The subdivision districts are Bruce East, Bruce South and Grey South. Present for the meeting were Grey South board member and Federated representative, Mrs. I. B. Sharp of Durham; district president, Mrs. Harold Biasing, Neustadt; district secretary - treasurer, Mrs. Jas. Milligan, Mount Forest; Bruce East dist- rict pres., Mrs. G. Woelfle, Paisley; district sec. treas. , Mrs. Leslie Pilgrim, Eden Grove; Federated representative, Mrs. Horace Clark, Paisley; Bruce South dist, pres., and Federated representative, Mrs. Clifford Hewitt, Kincardine; dist, sec.- treas. , Mrs. D. J. MacKinnon, Lucknow. Area members present were past president of Grey -Bruce, Mrs. Don McCosh of Ripley; treasurer, Mrs. T, J. Cornish of Chesley; Mrs. Harvey Hou- ston, public relations officer and Mrs. Victor Emerson, secretary. Mrs. I. B. Sharp, board member, presided for the meet- ing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and gave the members informa- tion to give their branches on all the phases of Women's Insti- tute work covered by the F. W. I.O. at their fall board meet- ing, held the last week in Nov- ember in Toronto, Those preparing noon luncheon for the ladies from Whitechurch branch were Mrs. Annie Lott, Mrs. Albert Coul- tes, Mrs. Garnet Farrier, Mrs. Ezra Scholtz and Mrs. Claude Coffin. Whitechurch News Mrs. Dan Tiffin, leader, and Mrs. Tom Magoffin assist- ant leader for Whitechurch Women's Institute, were in Lucknow Tuesday and Wednes- day receiving instructions from Mrs. Donna Mae Holm, Bruce County home economist, in connection with the 4-H Club spring project "The Milky Way'. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Coffin received word on Tuesday from their son Allan and Mrs Coffin of Kitchener, of the arrival of a baby boy. This is their fif- teenth grandchild. Mrs, Doris Willis, Mrs. An- nie Lott, and Mrs. James Laid- law were Thursday evening visitors with Mrs. Gordon El- liott of Wingham. Mr. James Mcllrath had the misfortune to break some ribs in an accidental fall this week. Mr. and Mrs. James Toth of Kitchener spent the week- end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Currie. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Fisher, Lori and Lonnie of Guelph, spent the week -end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Johnston and their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Karns, all of Preston, visit- ed Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher and attended the Clark Gibson reception Saturday evening in Lucknow. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hayes, Jr., Mrs. Dorothy Hinkle, Mrs. Russell Procter, Mrs. Al Olson, Mr. Don Hayes of Levonia and Mr. Harry Hayes, Birmingham, Mich., spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Rit- chie and Mrs. Charles Tiffin, and attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Jane Tiffin on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coul- tes and Diane visited on Sun- day with Mr, and Mrs. W. Schwichtenberg in Port Elgin. Mrs. Victor Casemore of Brantford spent the week -end with Mr, and Mrs. Tom Mor- rison, and on Monday attended the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Tiffin. SIGNS OF PROGRESS Dad: "What does this 'F' on your report card mean, son." Son: "Why — er -- it stands for phenominal." Dad: "That's good. I'm glad to see you're improving." YPS Appeared On Sing -Time WHITECHURCH--The Young People's Society held its meeting in the United Church on Tuesday evening with an attendance of 27. The president, Elwyn Moore, opened the meeting with a sing song with Miss Sandra Fisher as accompanist on the piano. Rev. George Mitchell installed the officers. The roll call was answered by a verse from the Bible. Miss Marlene Martin read the min- utes. It was decided to have a crokinole party Tuesday eve- ning, Jan. 28. The Society appeared on Sing -Time on January 26. The topic, Evangelism„ was given by Miss Muriel Conn, Arthur Laidlaw and Donald Gaunt. A hymn was sung and the meeting closed with the Miz- pah benediction. The next meeting will be held February llth in the church. Keep an open mind and be patient. Something is bound to drop in. 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