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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-03-28, Page 117 Wroxeter r Mr. and Mrs*, Lloyd Weir, jCai a Ks ,of obiooke, Mr» and Mrs., George Gibson, Murray and Gienis' and Miss ertrude Bush and Mrs, W. ,Weir attended the Bruton -me. ireeen wedding in. North Street "united Church. Goderleh at 1000 p.`m» Friday. The bride /,is: the eldest daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Allister Green who 'were forrrier residents here. Miss Hazel Sparling spent Lpart of.last week with her sister, piMrs, Waiter Eaton, and other .relatives at Seaforth. f Sunday guestswith Mr, and Russ'eil Walker were tlrir, t,,Altrry Walker of Mr o.e ©` field Catad Mr,;. end Mrs. Wm. Brijr, if Harrisron„ . And Mrs. Vern Clarlt Personals and Mr, James Clark visited Mt lin1.240. Wm. Skelton, Se tborough,.. during the, week., end. Miss Marjorie Ann' and Dolly -McMichael, spent *couple of days last ;week with Mr, and Mrs. 'eruct Huger. Sympathy is extended to the relatives of Mr, William !Og- ler who passed away Sunday evening, Funeral service was held from the Mo.ir funeral; Thorne ink Corrie on Tuesday. Mr. 'and Mrs, Ron Higgins and fa_rxnilyAof Stratford visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Ste- wart rt Higginso n Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Jas, Robert- son, Coderich, were visitors Sunday evening at the home of Mr. John Hdpfer. Mr, and. Mrs. Fraser Haugh and Miss Eileen Haugh 'visited Mrs. Wm. Bolt last Wednesday. evening. Willing Workers W ROXETE-R- - Mrs., H a Adams and Mrs. William Mc- Lean were in charge of the Will- ing Workers meeting held ' March 19. Mrs. Adams gave the call to worship and com- mentary on the Scripture which,, was read by Mrs. McLean. -Two visitors were present. Mrs. McLean conducted -the business. The general UCW meeting will be held April 3 ' when the Willing Workers will have the. topic on the Easter theme. Mrs. John Fraser and Mrs. H. Adams will be in charge of the. April meeting. 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Your registered pharmacist is thoroughly qualified, by years of professional training and experience. to follow "doctor's orders" with utmost precision. Rely on Us for Ali Your Prescriptions .� Public speaking contest is held at ladies' Night WRCXE' IM-4The liowiiek' lions' public speaking contest was held. Ln conjunction with the regular supper meeting,. which was also Ladies' Night, on March 28th at Fordwich 1,410 ited Church, where the U.C.W. was sponsoring a smorgasbord .supper. Lion Alex Graham presided' and welcomed the. Lions and their guests.. including the conte testants and their parents, The chir na n proposed toast t ` the Quee n and, �o e Chairman Lion Warren Zurbrigg proposed the toast to the ladies. 'to which Mrs. Wallace Hilton rsponded. The public speaking contest was held in the church auditor- ium, and was chaired. by Bruce Robertson, principal of Newick Central 'School, of which all the contestants are pupils. Se- ven entrants participated,' one being absent due to illness, Linda Langendoen, speaking on Two. quilts are ready for quilting - WHITECHUitCH-- Calvin - Brick U, C. W. held the March meeting last week at the home of Mrs. Richard Moore. Mrs. Gilbert Beecroft opened the meeting with a Japanese poem. She gave the Bible study on Amos from the book 'Panorama of the Bible". It was found Amos was the beginning of the" written Bible. She also gave the mission study on' Japan. Question papers were given out and dis- cussed from' literature supplied. The president, Mrs. Alex Robertson, presided for the business. The roll call was answered by 15 members telling how many cards they had sent and how many visits they 'had made to•shut-ins. thesick or bereaved. The minutes were read by the secretary, Mrs. Roy Dawson. A bake sale will be held April 6 at the Odd fellows Hall, Wingham. The' Easter Thank- • offeringmeeting will be held the even pg of April ii in the church. A thank you note was 'received fiom. Rev. John ' Rob- erts. The treasurer's 'report was .;given by Mrs.Peter Chand- ler. Calvin -Brick .members were' reminded that they have been invited to attend the Easter meeting of Whitechurch U.C. W. being held 'April 4, at 2:30 p.m, in the church. Mrs. Roy Patti- son announced that a quilt and crib quilt are ready for quilting. Mrs. Gilbert .Beecroft closed the meeting with a _ Japanese • prayer. Original plan for cemetery to be repiaced WHITECHURCH--People interested in the upkeep of Langside Cemetery met March 22 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tiffin. The meeting was held at an earlier date than usual since Mr. and Mrs. Tiffin will soon move to the home they recently purchased in Wingham. Jamieson Pettypiece, the treasurer, presided and Mrs. Victor Emerson read the min- utes. Mr. Pettypiece eeported that $1,500 of the $2,'001.l3 is invested at 61070. ose Who have contributed since(' last June are Mrs. Alex Collins, Mrs. Etta Smith, Mrs. Lester°Falcon- er and Mrs. Orville Tiffin. It was decided to buy topsoil for levellingpurposes and grass will be cut as a group. The sowing of 15 pounds of grass seed and four sacks of fertilizer, and 'the viewing of fences was left to the trustee board, \Bob Orr, George Young and Charlie Tiffin. George and Wesley Young will be responsible for week spraying in early May. The books will be audited by Mr. and Mrs. Johnston Conn, The 1969 meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Emerson and meetings thereafter will be held in the Langside and Whitechurch hall alternately. The original cemetery chart made of cedar wood and mark- ed with indelible pencil is be- coming hard to read and Bill Scott was asked to purchase material and have a more use- able plan prepared. Nineteen people 'attended the "'heeling. The hostess ser- ved lunch. °Salt" , wr4 the winner in the intermediate class and Debbie Townsend, whose subject was dd My Trip to Expo", was, the. dinner in the senior class ;Mott Stanley Eride presented the taa�phies to the winners, and medallions to all other contest .ants *• Andy Doig who spoke on the great hockey star " Gordo Howe"; Lois , Martin whose sub.. ' jest was "'Expo 67"; and the seniors Betty Ann Brown who a spoke on. "Women - Slaves to • t . the i+l`eedie„,,Joan Martin whose speech dealt with the era from , 1867-196,'?; and Cathy Me,aken who chose to talk on Howick Central Schoolr' Judges for the contest were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harwood, and Rev, Mr.. Clyde, all of Clifford, to whom Lion Warren Zurbrigg expressed the club's appreciation, and presented :. gifts. Rev. J.W. Hird, who was organist for the evening, was also the recipient of a gift froth the club. BELGR'AVE Mrs. Alex Styles and Patsy of Mimico spent a few days last' -week with Mrs. Cora McGill. Mrs. Mark Armstrong is a: patient in Victoria Hospital, London. Friendship Unit WRO E`l"FR•.he March meeting of the Friendship Unit of the Wroxeter U.C.W. was held at the home of Mrs. Ken Edgar with ten members pre- sent. wits. Stan Lockwood con* ducted the devotional part of the meeting. The Easter theme was followed throughout the prayers, Scripture lesson, meditation and hymns, Mrs. Wm, Coulter read an article on the ways of observing and the purposes of the Lenten season. The second chapter of the study book, Japan Profile, entitled "Women of Courage" was presented by Mrs. Edgar. This, part of the meeting was closed with a thought by Mrs. Lockwood. The business was conducted by the president. Mrs. Edgar and lunch was served, by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Wock wood. Weekly euchre' BE LGRA VE- -The Belgrave weekly euchre was held in the community room last Wednes- day night with eight tables in pay.. High lady was Mrs. Nichol- son; high man, Harold Procter; low lady, Donna Nixon; low man, Charles Nicholson; nov- elty lady, John Adams (playing. as a lady); novelty man, Ivan Wheeler. - St. Helens Mr, and Mrs.' Albert Rundle of Oshawa visited during the wild 'with Mr. and bars. Andrew Gaunt.' Mr. fond Mrs. Irvin McCabe of Windsor and Mr. and. Mrs. Carl Johnston of Elnevale were Saturday visitors with Mr, and Mrs. Fred McQuilii n and Mr. and Mrs. Frank McQuillan. Lori Miller spent a few days with Janet Whytuek, in East Wawanosh. • Sixteen ladies enjoyed the two-day short course, dd Quilts” , in the St. Helens .Hall with Miss Wagner of the Department of. Agriculture and Food in charge, Visitors during the week with Mr. and Mrs. `orae Woods were. Mr. and Mrs, ,,Mel Drown and Mrs. Mabel Murdie and. Bob of Kitchener. Mrs. Harold Cooper and Karen Gaunt attended the grad- uation on Thursday of Pamela' Cooper. 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