The Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-12-09, Page 17'7
With Which is amalgamated: the OlorrIt Vidette and Wrnxeter News
VingiNDHAH, ONTARIO, W.EDNESDAY,, MOE AIDEIS.
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG $ a
eceive Award.
RAINBOVILCLUB-MAKEStifilUTRIRNITUK
FOR RFSIDENCE
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41110PRY WINNERS—Ab Nethery, right; -president of tine Wingham
'$0ortsmen'e Association, presented trophies for prize fish to the
three incur above. Jack Henderson, left, received the prize for speckled
*out; Olin firing the trophy for the best pike and Tea Parker for
The group was welcomed by R.,,
B. Cousins, chairman of the Wing-
harn District High School Hoard.
The director of extension, On • -
tario Department of Agriculture;
T. R. Hilliard, was guest speaker.
D. G. Grieve, associate agricul-
tural representative for Huron,
who directed the entire 4-/-1 pro-
gram, made the presentation of the
special and cash awards to the
winning members,
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The other evening' We were. lefty-
lag the heapital Just ala`the same
time as an elderly geatleman Was
,Iitting on his rubbers at, .the Irma
:l ,hoar. He saggeated that it ,woUld
be a good ilea if ',a„gbair could be
s „. „Illleci plat. ',Inside the ',front door
•iii Ord'er to MOO it aliit'easler lat
alder folk to get into their"Waiter
, footwear." Rerliaps Dee Miller, the
chairman of the hospital property
committee, will give it some con-
sideration.
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MOUE. LIGHTS— .,, ' . • , . . ,
The matter *of Street lights, in
Wingham was mentioned •.at the
council meeting on MOnday night,
with a nsetion being.Placedato, ea,
tend the new lights on 'the „main
street to the northet'l outsyirts of
the. town, At the' time a mention
Waal Made 'Of gime poorly lighted
areas our the back streets, ., The tat,
ter Was mentioned as a. Project let
neat yeat---to which we heartily
• add par • concurrence,
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POOR dROVI.70- ' *
It ,might .be "just becauee it is
7 early in the season that crowds at
the first two hiicke.kggr",,s were
Pla5r, and We hope that is the rea-
.son, but it• would give 'the local
pucksters a lot more irieentive if
the farts pantie out good and strong
with plenty of support. The Pod-
gerS have won two 'g their first
hree starts, •
'ouncil '.Approves Requ
The 'local Mary Hastings group,
the gainbow club, enjoyed , the an-
nual. Christmas party at the Legion
Home last Wednesday' night in the
corm of a turkey banquet, The
lyaslies' ..Aukaiary to the Legion ca-
tered. About .50 women attended.
There was_ an exchange of gifts
and. the nominating committee
brought in tbe new slate of offie-
ers. Next year's president will be
'Mrs. Putelore with Mrs.-
Vance Sanderson as vice-president,
krs. Emily Elston has been named
•s!einretary ,,ayncl Mrs. Annle Nicol,
treasurer. •
Tho club voted $251)0 to the Gold-
en circle, School .for ChristmaS
party, to be held before school-clos-
ing for the .holiday season, This
is the second year that the club
has made this -generous contribu-
tion to the school, The Salvation
Army -will also receive a donation
-of,-$25.00; the Crippled Children's
Association $10.00 and the War
Memorial Children's, Hospital -for
Western Ontario $10.00. Besides
these .cash, donations a number of
plants will be sent to the sick' at
Christmas.
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The December meeting , of the
Ladies' Auxiiiary• to the Wingham
General Hospital was -held - on- Fri-
day and was conducted by the pre-
sident, Mrs, •11, Cameron,
Large cillantities -of sewing and
mending had been ciong during the
Month.; .332 Items were Cut ready
for sewing and 1271 finished articles
were placed, on the shelves to be
used. when needed. These included
sheets, towels, mattress.parls, nur-
sery' supplies, etc., as' well as -drap-
eries. Large purchases had been
made of sheeting •and mattress
pads as well as, material for. gowns,
It was decided to purchase some
new furniture for the recreation
room in the nurses' residence.
Money was yetedk for hospital
decorations at Christmas and it
was decided to, again provide priz,
es for window decora,tions at the
hospital.
Mrs. Morrey, administratrix of
the hospital, addressed the'MeCting
in regard to the Hospital Services
:Commission, insofar as it pertain-
"ed to the future •financial obliga-
tions and activities of the auxiliary.
Owing to the holiday; the next
'meeting will be held on Monday,
Jan. 8th. This will be the annual
meeting of the auxiliary.
SEVERAL DONATIONS
.FOLLOWS Sister Celebrates
Her 87th Birthday
IVII.s. E.Snneltzer Was honered CHRISTMAS THEME .
at the home of hee.daughter. Mrs.
The theme at. the peeember.
nuseting•-egofgrethe;z!Wornant•s*MisiSieii.ir
ary .Society of Wingliani, United
Church was: "The Birth. of Jesu-S.",
which was the mitre thought for
hymns, prayers and Scripture. To
further impfess this thought, Mrs.
J. H. Crawford, had set up at the
front, of the ehtirch arrangements
of "The Manger Scene' and "The
Visit of the Magi".
Mrs, A. J..Fox had dharge of the
meeting .and Mrs, W. Burgman
read the passage from '8.t. Luke
which tells of the 'birth of Jesus.
Mrs. Fox read the story, "No Room
in the Inn", based On Luke 2:7 and
being the personal story of the
inn keeper who had 'been too busy
and indifferent to find room for
Jesus. Remorse had followed hira
through the years, even up to Cal-
vary, when he found Jesus on the
Cross. So It is with many of us, so
full of worldly activities that we
find no room for JesUs. Following
up the theme, Mrs. E. S. Lewis
and Mrs. -D. S, MacNaughton sang
the hymn "It Caine 'Upon a Mid-
night Clear".
that Blyth 'has already sent a cle-
legation to Toronto for dstabliSh-
merit of ballets in that community;
that a majority of :merchants have
asked. for the establishment- of
outlets -in Wingham, • and that' if
they "-are-riOt-„establiehell.
ham -they' Might"Welf be set up ht
neighboring communities, in which
.Case Wingham would loose busineSS
to other centres.
The mayor also said that he
thought the LCBO would like to
see a request from council for out-
request the council to apply im-
mediately for the•estaalishment of
authorized outlets, namely a retail
liquor store and brewers' retail
store•in Wingham,"'
Mayor McKinney, to clarify the
connell'.. position-said-that heshird•
'talked to the solicitor for the On-
tario Liquor Control Board and
was led to understand -that the
LCBO could proceed to establish
liquor, and beer retail outlets if
they see fit, without a reqUest
from council, He pointed out
,The December meeting of ale
town council was marked by a live-
ly discussion on Monday evening
when a letter Trona the Wingiman
Business Association was read by
re ,clerk.. ,'The letter react as fol-
Club members from Howiek;
•turnberry and LueknoW who were
presented with awards were:
Hovvick Beef Calf Club, Peter
Doig, B.R. 2, Wroxeter; .Phyllis
Wilson, R.R.:, 1, Pordwich; Margar 7i
et Ann Wilson,- H.R. 1, Forciwich.
Turnberry Calf Club, Bill jeffraY,
H.R. 2, Wingharn; Rodger atieffea
Jim MeNaughton.
Lueknow Calf Club, Crawford
McNeil, RR.' 2, Lucknow; Leroy.
:Rintpul, Whitecharch, Garry • Rhal
told, Whitechureli.
A total of ;4400 -was handed out:
in cash prizes to meinbers Of Hirr-'
on County 4 .11 clubs at the 12th
annual', "AehiOiietaeht- mot- acid
at the Wingharn pistrlet High
School last Friday' eVening. Soine
20 separate: clubs were represented:
by 066 mernbors who attended..
Ronald 1V1cMiebaeli of Wroxeter,
President of the 1-H Leaders! Aa-
soelation, was chairman "Of the
meeting, ffe reported that 89.0 per
cent of all projects started by
che county Clubs had been parriplet7 '
ed. fry his. i•erna,rirs he also con-
gratulated the various members
who 'had exhibited at the, Royal
Winter Fair and had, made such'
a good showing. ,
'or L.C.B.O. Retail Outl
the best brman trout. Ross .Woallawarthi, not; present, won the •prize
for black bass. The presentations were made at the group's *urinal
banquet last week.—Advance-Times photo. .
10.1 CAN IRE THANKFUL
People in this-,area may do a bit
of crabbinglabout the weather, and
particularly'. at this time of year.
However, we can be thankful that
we are not faced with weather
condition;' as had as .those
have been general in Earope and
alon,g the •Easteen d'eaboard of..
Canada this week,
jolingtois, RR: 1, Gorrie; Robert Now that the majority of 'the B ridle, R.R. 1, Fordwieh; Alex
Strong, RR. 1, Gorrie.
• g1.4)Litg..4tig 441,-;,;:ry a • . '-:•-f•k •
voters have indicated -their desire
for the establishment of legal out-
lets Wingham 'by voting in. fa-
vour of the revocation of the Can-
ada, Temperance Act, we, the
Wingham Business Association,
The champion Hereford steer at
the Royal Winter Fair was exhib-
ited by Rodger Kieffer, of Wing-
ham.
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SPORTSMEN IIOLO
ANNUAL BANQUET
-C. V. Mellon, -Regina, Sask., re-
4sently-sv.iiira;-ptray,:-wnis.elseid in
honor of her 87th birthday, Mrs.
Smeltzcr is a sister of Mr? Jack-
and ' Mr. A. Pitch Sr.
All members of her family ,were
present except Borden, who lives
in Oregon. Bunco -was enjoyed tint
ing the evening and the honored
guest received many gifts.
A buffet supper as served by
the hostess, assisted by Miss Anne
Smeltaea and Mrs. P. Temple.
Mrs., Smeltzer's grand daughter,
Mrs. Norma Ferguson, made and
decorated the birthday cake.
Mrs. Snaeltzer 'and her late hus-
band went west .from Ontario in
1910,She laved on the homestead
in the Amulet district until her
retirement. She has three daught-
ers, three sons, 17 grandchildren
and 32 great, grandchildren.
Slippers, Chop Sticks
Routine for the Nirnmos
Henty
Honored by Staff
Recently Mrs, Wilfred Henry;
DIIP, of No.,24 Kincardine South
and'Iser installation staff' of Ma-
jestie Rebekah lodge, enjoyed a
dinner at the Hartley• House,
Walkerton, at which time Mrs.
Henry was presented with a gift
roni her staff„
Mrs, John MacIntYre,= Noble
rand, ;entertained: them later in
the -evening to cards, the prizes
being 'won by Mrs,• Wm Hogg,
Mrs. Writ 1V1cKenzie and Miss
Greta „Harris, A deliciOus lunch.
Was• served, and• all enjoyed the
evening.
Kenneth Papple, R.R. 5, Seaforth,
was presented with the John W.
Hanna trophy for champion swine
showmanship. Donald McKercher,
R,4. 1, Dublin,• was presented
with the W. A. Schmid, Lucknow,
trophy for outstanding work in
grain clubs.
john Strong of Gorrie, a mem-
ber of the Howick Dairy Calf Club,
was presented with an award for
five years' voluntary service in the
4-1-I. Leaders' Association.
D. H. Miles, agricultural repre-
sentative for Huron, said in his
remarks that every 4-H member
is a winner and a winner beyond
the prize money that might be re-
ceived at achievement night -be-
cause the member would be richer
as a result of deb methods and as-
sociations with other club members.
Personal efforts, he said; bring re-
wards a.s the membet becomes a
bettel speaker, a more educated
individual and a better citizen.
Mrs. John Hanna has received
another letter from Dr. Alexander
and Mrs. Nirrimo. They had by 'this
time arrived at Taiwan, Free
China, and had met their daughter
and her family. They are still con-
tinually on the -go, and there will
be no let-up mail Christmas. Their
many friends here are pleased that
they will be able to spend Christ-
mas with their family.
Dear lariende:
Your letter was here waiting for
us when we arrived, It was nice
to get a letter from home. We
are both well and have been on
the go continually. It was a won-
derful experience in Japan, meet-
ing so many Koreans. They are a
wonderful lot of people and just
showered us with kindness.. Noth-
ing wa.s too good for us. They
gave me a lot of gifts, some of
which I had to leave behind with
our missionary. They will see if
they, can be packed and mailed
home..
DANC.ilil IN
A dance will be held in the.
Town•'Hall, BruSsels, 'Wednesday,
December 23rd, Admission ijOe.
Modern and old time .reusle. Scott
and Alcoek's 'Orchestra. F9-.16*
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CHRISTMAS CONCERT
The pupils of BlueVale r School
will present their Christrnas con-
cert in. Bluevale Hall, on Friday,
Dec, 11th at 8.30 p.th. Everyone
welcome. F8b MOTHERS' AUXILIARY
ENJOYS SOCIAL NIGHT CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR
LEGION CHILDREN
Annual Christmas party for
Legion members' children will be
held in. Wingham 'l'own Hall, De-
' cember •15. A program' has been
arranged., Santa Clads Will be on
hand to hand out,•baga of candies.,
P9b
SPEAKER — John. Cruickshank,
shown above was guest speaker at
the annual meeting of the Wing,.
bane Sportsmen's Association on
December 1st.
The food was good and we were
treated to several beefsteak din-
ners and it was simply delicious.
We have eaten with chopsticks
several times, but very often 'we
EUCHRE AND DANCE
IDl BELGRAVE
LO,L. ,462 are holding a euchre,
dance and turkey draw oh
' ;Dec. 18th fn the Poresters'
Beigrave. Tint Scott's orchestra
F9:16b
NUCHHE IN wifourrgi
A euchre sPonsored 'by' the VVo-
mett's Institute Will be held in the
Wroketer .community hall, Thurs-
day, Dee. 10. at 8.30 pan, Ladies
please bring lunch. Admission 25e.
FOb
The Wingham, Sportsmen's As-
sociation held its annual meeting
in 'the basement of St. Paul's Ang-
lican Church on December 1st with
some 80 members in -attendance.
The ladies of the church catered
for the dinner which was served to
the group.
• Slim Boucher acted as master of
ceremonies for the evening, intro-
ducing several guests, including
JOhn Cruickshank, who was the
guest speaker. Envoy Newman,
"Mrs. Newman and Jack Willits,
reeve- of Turnberry Township,
were also guests at the dinner.
The club heard reports from the
various officers of the organiza-
tion. Bob ,Walsh, treasurer, read
the financial statement, which
indicated that over $2200.00 had
been taken in, with expenditures
somewhat over $2,000:00, leaving a
rid. balance -of $146.00.
Mr, and Mrs. 'Don Hildebrand;
who are leaving shortly for Eng-
land, were offered the best wish-
es of -the group.
Ab Nethery, president, stated
that -much had been accomplished
during the year. The club house
had been built, and while not en-
tirely paid for, ho felt that this ob-
jeetive could be met in the coming
year. ale also, pointed to the work
that had been clone in training
young people in the safe use of
firearms, and felt that this was
most avorthWhile project.
The reeve of Turnberry, Jack
Willits, said that he was glad the
club had decided to use land in
the township and congratulated
the sportsmen on their efforts.
j'ehn Cruickshank, ill his address,
said that with more people having
more 'free time, there had been a
tremendous increase in hunting
and fishing and" other outdoor
SpOrts. In some eases, he remark-
ed, the streams almost need side-
Walks to take the traffic. Quoting
from statistics in Alberta, he show-
ed: that hunting.and fishing had in-
creased eleven-fold in ten years.
This age of leisure, he went on, has
meant big business. Hunters alone
spent over $10o,00o,000.00 in Can-
ada last year. Mr. Cruickshank
;pointed to -some rather odd aspects
Of outdoor affairs, such as the .
lets, rather -than establish .141Uor ••
and beer stores in.Winghant arril- •
.traribg. Fie stated that there24ou/d';
would
(Ira obrensI,Iqaspro
blem
t ubierve";
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vote. of the people ,before „they
far a'1.10 could see 905'er'''66nt' df••••
the people would be 'against.. this
type of. outlet. • • ••
Request DiscusSed
Following the mayor's remark's
council entered a lengthy .chscus-
sion on the subject. ,
, ,
. • The members who were,ein fa-
vor of supporting the request-Irani.'
the Business Association pointed
out that legal outlets. were ln,evit-.
able, and, that this had been made
quite clear by the Huron CTA
Committee preceding the vote on
the revocation of , that act oatNo-
vember 30th. They also rna0,e.' the
-point that Wingham basinekemen
would stand to loge".considerable
business if retail outlets were op-
ened in other communities and .not
in Winghatn. several took • the
stand that the vote on the 'revoca-
tion of the CTA was, in fact, a, ma-
jority decision by the people of the
community for the establishment
of a government liquor store and
a brewers` retail store. None of
the members Who felt the request
for retail outlets should -be Made,
expressed an opinion that. bever-
age rooms should be opened and
made it -clear that they would be
in disagreement with the opening
of beverage rooms.
All members of council seemed
of the opinion .that if, at any time,
a vote on beverage rooms took
place, very little support in ' the
community would' be found for the
establishment of this typo of out-
let.
Nearly all members of the coun-
cil expressed their dislike of the
fact that the issue had betorrie in
any way a council matter. The
suggestion was raised that .13; re-
ferendum on the matter could be
taken, However, some expressed
November 30th On the-
a decided opinion that, h0OTVAO:tatidli,
in fact, answered this point.•
The mayor remarked that Any-
one could take Op a petitions from
25 per cent of those with the right
to vote, and it would then be man-
datory for council to call a refer-
endum. This would, of course,. .be
a local option vote en 'the sale of
Spirits and' as the c'onminnity ,
now is in a "wet', status, it would
require a 60 per cent-majority' to
change the current situation, ,.
Request Opposed •
The members who *posed taking
action on the request of the 13tisi-
ness Association also seemed, of
the ePinloa that legal outlets
would in all probability be egta,b,
Fished iu Wingham, but their point
of view regarding the retitseat for
actiori was that ebuntil did 'not
heed to hurry the matter and peke,
the establishment simpler, 'One
councillor said that he understood
that tenders had already been Call,
cd for the creetien of a'beer store.
(Please turn to page nine.)
'were given knives and forks as
- well. We have tried to fall in line
and do -.as they do. I have taken
off my shoes 5-0 often and travelled
around in stocking feet or slippers.
I just couldn't keep the slippers
provided at the churches on my
feet, Fortunately I had bought
myself a roll-up pair before I left
so I just carried them in my purse
and used my own. Alex did the
same. How the'y slop around in
the slippers is beyond me.
We Went. to see the flooded area
and it is beyond description. The
suffering and hardships are ter-
rible. Thirty-three Christian homes
were washed away but no lives
lost. Loge four feet in diameter
smashed everything before thorn..
One of them is sticking out the ,
second storey window of a school
house. The water rose ten feet in
one minute when the sea wall
broke, One of the Christina fa-
milies lived on a roof for a month,
When Sunday came around they
Went to church in a boat,
We arrived in Formosa, on the
20th and were met by a group of
missionaries. It was grand to see
our own. George Stewart still re-
members us, but it is taking a
little while for Alex and Peggy to
get used to us. George Stewart is
just the Sarno sweet child (Grand-
ma talking).
We had to go ton 'claurea where
Alex spoke on Sunday -and had a
real feast afterwards, Today we
Were at Assembly and had ittneh.
With the/a—just 1.4. dishes, We
just tasted each one, I have been
eating MN and have survived so
far.
We lemie tonight fot Lou-tong
foe' Meetings tomorrow and a visit
aerne mountain Work. .Margaret
and the -boys are going with us, We
return. Wednesday, that start on
Thursday for a trip around the Is.
land and Will be away for 10 or 12
days, Margaret goes with us and
George is coming to meet us. We:
have to fly part way as the road .
itiii. how:9—g.he,d out by floods and ty- •
Keep well and give our best to
all our friends.
The NitiernOS
fact that the catching of frogs in
Manitoba has meant added revenue
for the Indians of the •area, as well
as the harvest of wild rice,
The speaker scald that more
More sportsmen's organizations are
being formed and far the most part
are doing a good job sir their locali-
ties, just as the Wingham group
has done here. He thought that
the local orgenitatioh should keep
up their efforts towards Conserva-
tion, because the area will see
more and More sportsmen taking
to the field, and. such measures
will be necessary if -good hunting
and fishing are to -0611tirtud.
The Club's president, Ab Neth-
ery, ;presented trophies to John
Krug for the biggest pike; RoSs
Wormworth for bass; •Jaelc Hen,-
denten. fOr,Speekled trout end TOM
Parker for the hest breWn trout, '
There was a good turnout at the
Legion Home last Wednesday eve-
ning when the Scout and Cub Mo-
thers" Auxiliary held a social.
Mrs. DeWitt Miller, president,
Welcomed the. members 'and visit-
ors, The secretary, Mrs. 'John
Strong, read the minutes during the
brief business period and Mrs, H.
Fisher, treasurer, reported that the
organization would start the New
rear with a balance of $57.00.
Mrs. Miller requested that two
mothers voltinteet to look after the
lunch fo rthe annual Cubs' tobog-
gan party In January, and Mrs.
George Richardson and Mrs. Percy
Clark 'said that they would take
the -responsibility. Mrs. John
Langridge and Mrs, Barry Wenger
Will bag the candy for the Cubs'
Christmas party.
Mrs. I' fisher suggested that the
ladieb start a Den. Mothers' pro-
grani; Whereby oath Maher would
hold a social evening, when she
Would 'invite a limited number of
Cubs to ber '.cane for a slue], par-
ty. This suggestion was held over
With the firet Of the year, when it
Will be discussed in fulL
The women enjoyed , bridge and
euchre during the remainder of
the evening and there WO an ex-
change of Christmas gifts, A de-
licious lunch was sereed,
Mrs., C. Fingland, the president
presided for the business. Mrs. R.
Chamney gave- a talk •on Christ-
mas Stewardship, setting forth the
increased financial objectives for
1960. Several bales had been for-
warded to Overseas Relief and col-
lections are. still being made. At
the January meeting 'Mrs. 0. Stru-
thers will be showing the film,
"I'll Sing, Not Cry", which tells of
mission work in Angola, West Af-
rica.
The report of the nominating
committee was presented -by Mrs.
W. D. Clark and the following of-
ficers were elected for 1960: Past
pros., Mrs. W. .1. Roulston; pres.,
Mrs. Colin Fingland; vice-presi-
dents, Mrs. W. Roalston, Mrs,
E. S. Lewis, Mrs. N, Underwood;•
recording sec,, Mrs, W. D„ Clark;
corresponding Bed., Mts. Frank Ed-
gar; treas., •Mrs. Lloyd Hingston;
expense fund treas., Mrs, Frank
Howson; systematic giving ",ee,,
Mrs, A. J, Fox, Mrs. George Ross;
• Christian stewardship, Mrs. R,
Chamney; community friendship,
Mrs. J. H. Crawford; supply, Mrs,
1L McLaughlin; Associate Mem-
bers, Mrs. Robert SPethoh, Mra W•
J. Brown; Christiab Citizenship,
Mrs, Vietor Haihea; literature,
Mrs. W. 0. Struthers; communion,
Mrs. W. P. BUrgniati; pianist, Mrs.
W. W. Currie, Mrs. Roulston;
dial convener, Mrs, H. Carmichaol;
press sod., Mrs. W. J. Greer.
' Baby Band leaders, Mrs. S. Beat-
tie, Mrs. W. J. Btlahfield; Mission
Band leaders, Mrs. W, B. Conten,
Mrs, H. McArthur, Mrs, W. 0.
Struthers, Mts. Stan Hastings;
0,01T. leaders, Mrs, G. W. Tiffin,
Mrs, Shadkleteri; Mrs, Jack ReaVic,
Alias Marjorie. Utlffatt; auditor,
Mrs, W. VanWsgek. • •
MEETING.-,-Jitek reeVe,
of Turinberry TOWrtinh10,, above, WAS
a *heat Of the Wingliani, SPOrts14
11 cii's Association Tuesday Of hiSt
Week, , Mn Willits congratulated
the ,chub an the Work it wag doing,.
El•IGAGEMENT __,
I itr. arid Mrs, L, Hayden Wish' to
' anneal:4e the engagement of their
riat4liter,• Alice Zdtia, to Mr, Wil-
liam ROY Palmieri, seen of Mn and
fra.;Aarne Pajtineis of South Por- i',
upinie. The wedding will take
Place on Thursday, Dee, alat at 8,
p,M.'iti the rirst ljapti4 ,Chureh i
Waterloo; Ontario. 1'"9b •