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Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Halliday celebrate 50 years! marriage
Toronto, Owen Sound, Kinca
-
ine, Goderich, Wingham and
the surrounding area. A fam-
ily dinner was served at the
Halliday home at supper time;
prepared by friends.
Murray Gaunt, M. P. P. ,call-
ed on Mr. and Mrs. liday
to present them with a s 11
from the Hon. John Roba
Premier of .Ontario. They also
received telegrams from Prime
Minister Trudeau and Robert
Nixon, Opposition Leader for
Ontario.
Fifty years ago ye terday, was a "fun place" and he soon
June 18, 1919, Janet .Agnes Earl became accustomed to all the
and G. Arnold Halliday were activitieshomes1ch are of large evitable
mthe
families.
married at the Presbyterian in There are six of the t e n
Church in Fordwich by Rev .
Andrew Laing. Their attend- members of the Earl Leo family
of I
ants were the bride's sister, Jen- ing, Mrs. Halliday,
M-
ate Earl and Stewart Edgar who wood and Ross on the ho m e
were married the following year; farm, Mrs. Roy Gowdy, Mrs.
Mr. 'Edgar died a number of Harry Gowdy and Mrs. Charlie
years ago and the bridesmaid Finlay, an of Gorrie.
of 50 years ago is now Mrs . Mr. and Mrs. Halliday have
Charles Finlay of Gorrie. Fol- on many occasions helped mem-
lowing the ceremony they went bers of their families and ac -
on a short honeymoon to Listo- quaintances in time of trouble,
wel, Stratford and London.,
Agnes Earl, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Earl
was born on the 2nd concession
of Howick Township, th re e
miles south of Gorrie. Known
as Clearview Farm', her parents
lived there for the rest of their
lives and the homestead is now
owned by their son Ross.
Mr. Halliday Ls the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. David
Halliday who lived on Lot 9,
Concession B, Howick. Fol-
lowing their wedding the young
couple took over the farm with
Mr. Halliday's parents remain-
ing with them until October.
At that time they moved to the
Minnie Street home now owned
by Mrs. David Cathers. Mr.
and Mrs. Arnold Halliday con-
tinued to operate the farm until
they retired in 1949. Mr. Hal-
liday sold the farm and built.
their present home at 304 Min-
nie Street where they have en-
joyed their retirement., their
garden, •neighbors and friends,
Mrs. Halliday is a long time
member of the Women's Insti-
'tote, formerly with the Belmore
branch and with. the Wingham
since moving to town.
She is also a member of the
United Church Women. '
." Theythave a son, Earl Hal
• liday of 246 Royal Street, Wa-
terloo, and a daughter Mrs. Gor-
don (Mae) Louttit of R. R. 1,.
Gorrie. •There are three grand -
Andrea, Ronald; Velma and
Murray; LQuttit. ,
'-Aas8 , #1 01 ca h:* _first
vitt t$iq, azo As Ole
an experience. Having only
two brothers, Jim and Stanley,
both now deceased, he was a --Mrs. William Fotd, Mrs.
little overwhelmed as the young Roy Hastings, Mrs. M. McKin-
lady introduced him to her ney and. Miss Agnes Williamson
mother and father, and then,no left by plane last Thursday for
less then nine brothers and sis- England' and from there will
ters. However, as would be tour Ireland and Scotland. They
termed today, the Earl home expect to be away three weeks.
which has gained them respect
and a host of friends. Many of
these people sent flowers, gifts
and congratulatory messages to
mark the 50th anniversary of
their Wedding.
Open house was held in their
honor at tt United Church on
Saturday attemoon and evening.
The mernbers of Unit 4, U.C.W.
served refreshments to their
many relatives and friends from
Leamington, Kingsville, Lon-
don,
ondon, Mount Brydges, Hamilton,
Kitchener, Waterloo, Markdale,
MR. AND. MRS. ARNOLD HALLIDAY, left,
greeted a host of friends last ' Saturday
when 'open house was held at the United
Church to mark their 50th wedding anni-
versary. Seen with the celebrants is Mrs.
Halli.day's -sister, Mrs. Charlie Finlay of
Gorrie; who was the bridesmaid.
—Advance -Times Photo,
Wed 25 years
LAKELET--Mr. and Mrs.
Laverne Greenley entertained
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Wylie of Fordwich Sunday.
The occasion was file celebra-
tion of their silver wedding an-
niversary.
Also present were Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Ritchie and fam-
"ily of Lucknow, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack McLean and family of'
Wroxeter, Mr. and Mrs. Allan
Wylie and family of Clifford,
and Mr. and' Mrs. Ernest Wylie
of Lakelet.
Mt. and Mrs. Wylie were
recipients of many cards
the
and
a purse
'community
and
to
Elva
money. T h e
extends best wishes
Bert.
Farewell party
for Mrs. Fors
About 80 friends of Mrs .
Stewart Forsyth met at the Le-
gion Hall Thursday evening
for a social evening and fare-
well party. Mrs. Forsyth will
leave for Walkerton in the near
future, where Mr. Forsyth wase
transferred with Ontario Hydro
when the local office was clos-
ed. s�
Mrs. Jack Bateson won the
prize for bridge and Mrs. Vern-
on Ducharme had h4gh score in
euchre. Draws were won by
Mrs. Fred Templeman and Mrs.
T. A. Currie.,
Mrs. Forsyth was presented
with a card table and chairs, a
luncheon cloth and serviettes,
a deck of cards, chimes and an
ironstone coffee set. She also
received a salad bowl set from
a Lucknow friend.
Hostesses were Mrs. Len
Phillips, Mrs. Ted English, Mrs.
John Langridge, Mrs. Lev Bal-
ser and Mrs. George Henderson.
BREWER-BONE .
A quiet wedding was solem-
nized on May 31st between Ruby
F. Bone and George L. Brewer
of Brussels by Reverend . Hugh C.
Wilson of Exeter.
Mr; and-Mts. Albert Kite' n
were their attendants.
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and Mrs. Hetherington
Rev. John C. Brush officiat-
ed for the wedding at 'St. An-
drew's Presbyterian Church,
Molesworth, of Barbara Doig,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs.. Law-
son Doig of R. R. 2, Wroxeter
and Bob Hetherington of Kitch-
ener, son of George Hethering-
ton of Bluevale and tike late
Mrs. Hetherington.
Miss Marian Mitchell was
the organist and Miss Betty
Hetherington sister : of the
groom, sang Wedding Prayer
and 0 Perfect Love. The church
was decorated with candles and
white mums.
Mr. Doig gave his daughter
in marriage. She wore a floor-
length dress of white bridal sat-
in with empire waist and A-'
line skirt. The elbow -length
sleeves and neckline were trim-
med with lace. Her train of
bridal satin was trimmed with
the same lace. A cluster of
satin bells held her shoulder veil..
'and she carried a bouquet of
white mums and yellow baby
roses.
Her attendants were gowned
in floor -length mauve empire
gowns with A-line skirts and
lace trimmed elbow -length
sleeves. They carried purple
and yellow baby mums and wore
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rosebuds of the same material
as ,the dresses in their hair.
Mrs. Wayne . King of Gorrie,
sister of the bride, was matron
of honor and the bridesmaids
were Miss Janice Lawless of St.
Catharines, and Mrs. Gerald
Brown of Molesworth, cousins
of the bride.
Howard Wright of Kitchener,
was best man 'and the ushers
were Ross. Peacock of Bluevale
and Pete Doig of Molesworth,
brother of the bride. -
The dirtier and reception
were held in the church base- '
ment which was decorated with
mauve and purple crepe and
streamers and floral arrange -
ments on each table. A dance
and buffet followed at the Brus-
sels Legion Hall.
The bride's mother wore
yellow and mauve crimp crepe
A-line dress with mauve shoes
and hat and corsage of white
carnations.
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For travelling to the eastern
States Mrs. Hetherington wore
a cape and A-line dress of
matching Material with beige
accessories and corsage of pink
carnations.
They will live in Kitchener.
The bride is a graduate of the
Wingham and District Hospital
Training. Centre.
Vak.ean.e Noble weds
Wray Elmer Gedcke
A white and mauve color
scheme was carded out in the
church flowers and candle*, and
the gowns and flowers of the
bride and, her attendants when
'Fona Valdeane Noble and Wray
Elmer Gedcke exchanged wed-
ding vows in a double -ring
ceremony at. Wingham United
Church on June 6.
Rev, K. Barry Passmore of-
ficiated for the evening wed-
ding with Mrs. J. Mustard as
organist. Miss Sylvia Karges
of London was the soloist. She
sang How Great Thou Art and
Whither Thott Goest. The pro-
cessional was 0 Perfect Love.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Noble of
Wingham and the groom's par-
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Gedcke of R. R. 1, Fordwich.
Mr. Noble gave his daugh-
ter in marriage. She wore an
empire styled dress �f white
peau de sole trimmed at the
waist with white velvet ribbon,
tailored bow at the front and
long lily -point sleeves. The
gown was highlighted with a
detachable train of embroider-
ed bridal rose lace which drap-
ed
rap-ed from the shoulders. Her
• floor -length veil was held in
place by a circle of small pur-
ple flowers. The bride carried
a bouquet of white mums tint-
ed .mauve with trailing purple •
ribbon.
The maid of honor, Miss
Ann Holt; of R. R. 2, Bluevale,
and the bridesmaid, Miss Di-
anne Gedcke, sister of the
groom, wore identical dresses
of mauve peau de sole -with
puffed sleeves. The erhpire
waists were trimmed with pur-
ple velvet ribbon and matching
front bows. Their picture hats
of mauve net were trimmed
with purple velvet ribbon and
mauve orchids. They carried
bouciuets of white rimums with
t'' p urple ribbo patch
. the bouquet which thy' pride
carried..
Arthur Laidlaw, R R. 3,
Wingham, was best man.. The
ushers were Murray Gedcke of
Kitchener, brother of the groom,
--Rev. and Mrs. J. Ostrom
of Kenmore spent a few days
last week at their home on
Minnie Street..
--Mr. and Mrs. Gillies
Haines and son, Mrs. N e i l
Haines of Aylmer, were here
last week at the time of the
death of the former's sister, Mrs
W.' T. Wellings.
--Miss Annie Cameron mov-
ed last week fromher apart-
ment on Maple Street to Mrs.
Hastie's apartment on Edward
Street,
and Robert Reid of Londesboro.
o;susin of the bride.
A reception followed in the
church parlor which was decor-
ated with mauve candles and
yellow mums.
Guests from Detroit, Water-
loo, Listowel, Auburn and
Wingham were received by the
wedding party and the parents
of the bride and groom. Mrs.
Noble wore a dress of mauve
crirnplene with raised Rower
design,, black accessories and
corsage of pink carnations. The
groom's mother chore a suit of
white crimplene, navy acces-
sories and corsage of pink car-
nations.
For travelling to Northern
Ontario Mrs. Gedke wore a lime
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--Photo by Strong
--Mrs.. Jean Farquharson of
Kamloops, B.C. , and her sis-
ter, Mrs. Robert Figures of
Sault Ste. Marie, visited on
Friday and Saturday with their
cousin, Miss Annie Kennedy
and other relatives here.
ACW meets apt
Deneau home
green crimplene dress with
white accessories, . She made,
her wedding gown and going
away dress..
The groom's grandmother.
Mrs. Lovinia Gedcke, of: Kurtz*
vine, attended the. wedding.
Prior to her rarri'age Mrs.
Gedcke was honored at showers
held by Miss Owen Mcpdwcll
of Auburn, Mils Dianne Geri-
eke of Fordwich, and neighl ors
held a surprise shower at the
home of Mrs. Murray Under-
wood. She was also presented
with gifts by the office a n d
teaching staffs of F. E. Madill
Secondary School.
Mr. and Mrs. Gedcke will
live at 39 Carling Terrace,
Wingham. •
--Photo by McDowell
The regular meeting of St.
Paul's A. C. W. aftemoon guild
was held at the home of Mrs.
Jim Deneau, Teeswater, and
was opened; with prayers led by
the president, Mrs. D. Farnell,
followed by a minute of silence
in tribute to the late rector,
Rev. Herschel W. Hamilton.
Mrs. Jack King read the lst
Psalrh.
Roll call was answered by
30 members and friends and the
minutes were read. The press=
dent reported 'that a very en =
joy,able evening was spent May
14 when the Belgrave Ladies'
Guild entertained neighboring
church groups.
Mrs. Farnell gave a splen: -
did account of the deanery
meeting held at St. George's
Church, Goderich, June 9. Mrs.
R. Campbell reported 20 cards •
sent out and expressions o f
thanks and appreciation were
extended to A, C..W. for thought-
fulness.
Mrs. Elgin Johnston intro -
duced her topic "The Way It
Is with Indians",, by asking "Do
you think the white man is jus-
tified in dictating the Indian's
way of Life?" " She contrasted
the Indian way with ours and '
stated that never had the white
westerners accepted them as
equals. True, much has been
and is still being done to im -
prove the situation and educa-
tional advantages but the chal-
lenge is still there. "Has the
church done its part?" she ask-
ed.
Mrs. 1. Kerr presented a gift
to Mrs. W. H. French in honor
of her recent marriage.
The meeting closed with pray
er. Lunch was served by the
hostess assisted by Mrs. 1. Kerr,
Mrs. J. King and Miss Myrtle
E. Johnson. . -
by W. •M. Campbell
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