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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-03-16, Page 5.R slow ci,' the Meeting of the Rainb9WaClUb held at the town hail last week. The 26 members present were re= quired to answer roll call with their favorite Irirsh melody. The meeting was opened by the president who led hi the House- wife's Creed and Lord's Prayer. The Monthly draw was made * and Mrs. Hastings was the winner. Bingo was played and the hostesses for March served lunch. Those responsible fer the April meeting will be Mrs. San- derson, Mrs. Brownlee, Mrs. 'Tiffin, Mrs. Johnston and Mrs. Phillips. • During the business portion of 'the meeting a motion by Mrs. Jardine and Mrs. Stewart that the club ,(purchase 20 packs of playing cards was approved. The WINO= Advanc -Times, T'hursday, Mit .6,. milt, is% topic rimyIl as WMS meets namesdelefiates eti HOUSE OF COUPAL BASIC HAIRDRESSING A teaching institution staffed by professional instructors and proven stylists. • A school whose main interest is the development and preparation , of students for the hairdresser trade examination leading to an Ontario interim certificate of qualification. • Classes start first Monday of the month. For more information, brochures, etc. direct your inquiries to: • Mr. George Yorke, General Manager House of Coupal, Basic Hairdressing 21 Dupont St. E., Waterloo, Ont. Telephone (519)579-6120 Licensed by the Ontario Department of Labour of Africa is presented The president, Mrs. Robert Armstrong opened the regular meeting of the Women's Mission- ary,Socieiy of St. Andrew's Pres- byterian Church with prayer. This was followed by the business period. An invitation for" theinem ers to join with the women of the Uni- ted Church in an evening of fel- lowship was read and gratefully accepted. Mrs. Denbow gave the scrip ture reading and based her medi- tation on 'Africa, a continent of contrasts, land of opportunity, and need. Its people are on the march, yearning for freedom on 'one hand, not quite ready for it on the -other. It is seething with tut - rest in some places, 'with steady growth in others. Desire for self- determination is prevalent, but Africa is not always prepared for the disciplines of destiny.- The need of Christian mission is com- pounded in Africa, To many re- gions, the gospel has been carried and received: All is done because of, and in the name of Jesus Christ who wanted men to be whole in body, mind and sold. The devotional prayer was given by Miss Leah Currie and Mrs. Elliott led in the offertory prayer. A very interesting and ° in- formative study of the continent of Africa was presented by Mrs. Tom Currie, a study which she herself had found Most fascinat- ing. Some of the problems and history of that vast continent were outlined. The population is one-fifth of that of Asia.coast line is mostly regular prviding few naturally good harbors. Four of its largest rivers cannot be used for inland navigation be- cause of rapids and waterfalls. Physical divisions vary from vast desert regions to grassy jungles. Rich Minerals of diamonds, gold and silver are found in many areas. Throughout the years many parts of Africa were claimed by various European countries. In the early years of the sixteenth Student receives $100 bursary DONNYBROOK — Miss Jean- etta Johnston, -18 -year-old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Morley John- ston of RR 2, Auburn, was recent- ly presented with a $100 bursary, given annually to a Huron County student of the - Perth -Huron School of Nursing, Stratford, where she is now in her first year of training. Jeanetta was a Candystriper last year at Alexandra Marine & General Hospital, Goderich where the presentation took place. Mrs. H. Rivers made the bursary presentation and Mrs. T. White presented her with a gift of engraved surgical scissors. A luncheon followed for the girls and guests which included members of their families. PAINT OFFER EXPIRES APRIL 15, 1972 Home `Hardware Stores BUY 1 'GALLON AT THE' REGULAR PRICE, GET THE NEXT 1 FOR ONLY THIS IS A ONCE A'YEAR OFFER 00 BUY 1 QUART AT THE REGULAR PRICE GET THE NEXT 1. FOR 500 BEAUTI TONE IS FOR- MULATED ESPECIALLY • FOR CANADIAN CLIMATES. ANY CAN OF ,BEAUTI TONE IS GUARANTEED BY YOUR HOME HARDWARE STORE %I 101 E NN 'rit. 01 r 1301 1ptl� yy 'MOW EXTERIOR OIL GLOSS GALLONS — 9.38 — OR 10.38 FOR 2 QUARTS — 2.78 - OR 3.28 FOR 2 EXTERIOR LATEX GALLONS — 8.88 — OR 9.88 FOR 2 "QUARTS 2.78 — OR 3:28 FOR -2 -INTERIOR LATEX GALLONS — 7.98 - OR 8.98 FOR 2 QUARTS -- 2.58 — OR 3.08 FOR 2 INTERIOR SEMI—GLOSS GALLONS — 9.78 — OR 10.78 FOR 2. QUAnIRTS - QUARTS '— 2.78 — OR 3.28 FOR 2 Prices quoted for white only may be tinted your choice ata slight extra charge Why not take advantage of this tremendous saving — Remember offer expires April I, Drop in and see the friendly "Red Coats" today' STAINTON HARDWAREJOSEPHINESTREET WINCiHAM century the slave problem h 1►: Slaves were captured and Oke! to the western port of Daklr put on board ships to be taloa Amer%a. The earliest abolttionof slavery was accomplished in 18.4 by Britain and its colonies. In Africa 1,000 languages :are spoken presenting a difficult problem in communicating,. The - adoption of a single tribally. ui- age has been proposed. 'a Urban growth and industrial. expansion have transformed the continent. Many parts are now independent, some more ready than others to take charge, some completely unprepared: Mangof. the. inhabitants have developed a proud new spirit that is not apolo- getic of being negroes. New opportunities have opened, coupled with tough re- sponsibilities. The birth of new nations presents difficult prob- lems to solve. The faith planted by mis- sionaries who were qualified and trusted has taken strong root. The Christian Church today. has an opportunity to prove herself in her role In Africa, working to- gether with many of the native churches. Followinthe closing prayer a social ho u f was enjoyed by the members. Skids appreciated Mrs. James Deneau of Tees - water has received a letter from Mrs. Griffin in London asking that her appreciation, and that of the Unitarian Service Committee of 'Canada be extended to all those who have contributed to "Stitch a Shirt". Mrs. Griffin said that over 3,000 shirts have been turned in to the packing depot from individuals and organizations in Western Ontario. She also mentioned that a large number had been received from the Wingham, Lis- towel and Mount Forest . areas where the pattern had appeared in the local papers. • "This seems like a great number," said Mrs: •Griffin, "but Dr. Hitschmanova said they are needed in the thousands and we will keep sending as long as there is a need. Please do thank all your people for us." This newspaper office will con- tinue to receive shirts made localiytidsee that they are sent on to the packing depot in Lon- don. "Showersheld for March bride Miss Bonnie Feagan, bride - elect of this month, has been hon- ored at several showers. Miss Nancy Gardner was host- ess recently for a personal show- er which girlfriends attended at the Gardner home in Wingham. At .Goderich, a miscellaneous shower was held at the home of Mrs.. Dick . Freeman on St. George's Crescent, and attended by relatives of the bridal couple. Last " Saturday evening, Mrs. John Donaldson was hostess at her home on Carling Terrace when neighbors, friends and rela- tives honored Miss Feagan at a miscellaneous shower: Contests were conducted and Mrs. John Ostrom spoke prior to the open- ing of the gifts.' Miss Feagan's marriage takes place March 25th in St: Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wingham. BLUEVALE Visitors on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs: R. H. McKinnon were Mr. and Mrs. John K. MacTavish and family and Miss Janet Hor- vath of Brantford, John R. Mac- Tavish and 'Miss Cathy Woods of Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. H. Spence McKinnon and family of Grimsby. MUSIC, MAESTRO, PLEASE—In full control of the rhy- thm band of Grades.l'bnd 2, Kevin Saxton leads the young players through musical numbers at the public school con- cert Thursday night. —Staff Photo. Mrs. Charles Hopper is a pa- tient in Mississauga Hospital as a result of a fracture of the hip. • -Mrs. Mary Armstrong of Ed- ward Street and Mr.. and Mrs. Dawson Pollock and family of Windsor are holidaying in" Flori- da for ten days. —Mr. and Mrs. Gershom John- . , ston of Catherine Street visited Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. } Ted Robinson, Mr. Robinson and family of Donnybrook. _ —Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hogg and daughter have moved .from the., home they formerly occupied on EdwardStreet to a house on Min- nie Street. Mr. and Mrs. Dubais now occupy the Edward Street • residence. —Peter Russell • of • Toronto visited. recently with friends in Walkerton and at the Merrick home in Wingham. - Mr: and Mrs. Jim Ward were called to Arnprior last Saturday owing to the illness 'of hiss -father; Afternoon unit studies Africa The afternoon unit of the United Church Women met in the Sunday School room on Tuesday afternoon of' last week with 17 ladies present. Mrs. • Mary Armstrong was in charge of the meeting which opened with a few words of scripture . and singing the hymn, "What a Fellowship, what a Joy Divine". All joined in reading Psalm 89 and -Mrs. Ross King led in prayer. Mrs. Armstrong gaye two short readings and Mrs. E.- Lewis gave a reading. Mrs. Armstrong began her talk on Africa with a short reading. She spoke about Angola and the work there. After singing the hymn, "Take My Life and Let It Be" Mrs. Passmore showed a very in- teresting film' on Angola. Mrs. Boss took charge of the business. A moment's silence was observed in memory of Mrs. Frank Howson who passed away since the last meeting She was a valuable member of' the unit. A card was signed by all present to be sent to Mrs. Lillian Underwood who is a . patient in hospital in Hamilton. Mrs. E. Lewis gave a splendid report of the Presbyterrial held in Stratford in February: „,e44. Jir$*. #7,60r 3 Vollt. '41u4.11111034‘ r4 4110 „oes FLANKING A. GROUP of Grade 1 children while they sang a daffodil song at the public school concert last Thursday night, Debbie Lee and Heather Redman provided some of the color as they represented large daffodils. -'-Staff' Photo. Allen Ward, who passed away later the same day. Mr. Ward, a former principal at the Arnprior High School, rested at the Boyce Funeral Home in tit town. Fun- eral uneral service -was held on Tuesday afternoon. - —Mr. and Mrs. Don Haines of London spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. George Galbraith, All attended the College Royal at the University of Guelph with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Galbraith. —Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ireland have returned from a holiday in Bermuda. Mr. Ireland reports a very pleasant holiday with tem- peratures in the 70s. Easter lilies were in bloom., It . was also pleasant 'to meet 'many Ontario people holidaying on the island. —Herb Foxton has been released • from • the Kitchener - Waterloo Hospital 'and is now recuperating at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gordon Rintoul, in Kitchener. r�ri"�rpr, Charles • l odgyins , is spending ,some time in Orchard Park, New York with her daugh- ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Alexander., - -Mr. and Mrs. Doug Malvern of Brantford were weekend guests of her mother, Mrs. W. B. Conron. —Bill Yeo, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Sparling Yeo,. was married to Elaine McNabb in a quiet cere- mony in Northern Ontario on Saturday, March 11th, Mrs. C. R. Allan is delegate, for officers meeting WROXETER , Mrs., Charles Mathers, district president of the Women's Institute, was guest speaker at the public relations meeting at Wroxeter. The meeting took the form of a pot -luck dinner when 16 members and six visitors' were present. Mrs. Mathers was introduced -by Mrs. C. R. Allan and thanked by Mrs. • M. Wearring and pre- sented with a gift. The _subject taken by the speaker was "Public Relations in the Community." She said we should always be prepared to speak to people, smile at them,' call them by name, be friendly and helpful, be cordial, be in- terested in people, be generous with praise, be considerate, be thoughtful and alert to give erv- ice. , - Mrs. S. Lockwood presi ed with Mrs. C. Sharpin acting as secretary in the absence of Mrs. D. Dickison. Mrs. R. McMichael was pianist, Roll all was name a talent of the one sitting next to you: "Huron County History" is the topic for the historical' society meeting to be- held in Gorrie on May 31st. Mrs. C. R. Allan was chosen as delegate to the officer's confer- ence. Euchre committees were set up and further plans made to cele- brate the 75th anniversary. Curtains for the basement windows of the hall are to be pur- chased. The report of the executive meeting at Ethel was given by Mrs. R. McMichael. The annual meeting of the district is to be held on May 9th in McIntosh Church with Lakelet Institute "as hostess. The motto, "World Affairs Are Our Affairs," was given by Mrs. M. Wearring. The report of the nominating committee was given by Mrs. W. Wright. BLUEVMrs. Burns Mof- fatt was hostess to the Women's Missionary Society of the Pres- byterian Church for its ch ll ,ar meeting. , Mrs.' Glenn Golley, president, gave the call to worship. "Winter Reigneth O'er the Land" was sung and scripture reading and comments were given by Mrs. Harry Elliott. Mrs. Harold Grant offered prayer. Minutes of the February meet- ing were read by Mrs. Glenn Mc- Kercher. Visits to the sick were • recorded and plans were made for the April thankoffering meet- ing. The offering was received by Mrs. Gordon Mundell and Mrs. Golley gave the offertory prayer. Mrs. Mundell gave the treas- urers report, She also collected used stamps. Mrs. Jack Willits, assisted by' Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Alec Mac- Tavish had charge of the topic. The study book for 1972 is "Beyond Independence, the Face of the New Africa". Her topic was on the impact of change in Africa. Statistics show that more than 700 languages are spoken and that 60 per cent of the population is under 21 years of age. There was 150 per cent increase in in- volvement in higher education courses during the 1961-1966 per- iod. Mrs. Golley thanked the hos- tess for the use. of her home and the singing of "The Church's One Foundation" and prayer closed the meeting. Lunch was served by Mrs. Moffatt, assisted by Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Elliott. ° Personals —Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pen- nington and family of London were weekend guests of his par- ents; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Pen- nington of Minnie Street. — Miss Geri Bennett is con- valescing at the home of her grandparents, Mr. And Mrs. John Mills of I Viarton. . — Mr. and Mrs. Charles. Rintoul and family of Penetanguishene visited for a yew days last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rintoul of Carling Ter- race. FORDWICIt � . The Starch meeting of Trinity Anglican Church Women was held at the home of Mrs. Doug Bunker. The president, Mrs. EMMf0003 Fer- guson, opened the meeting, with prayer. Previous to the meeting the members attended. the weekly Lenten service so the usual devo- tions and study were omitted. Mrs. Wellington Hargrave read the minutes of the February meeting and also gave the treas- urer's report. An. "Easter Thought" • was given for the roll call. ° Mrs. Ferguson reported on the conference to be held in St. Pawl's Cathedral, London, on April 26. Mrs. E. Ferguson and Mrs. Pat Daunt were named as delegates to attend. Flans were made for a wedding which the group will cater to in May. Mrs. Ferguson read an ACW newsletter, noting that St. Monica House, Kitchener, was asking for any material that could be used for crafts. Lunch was served by Mrs. Peter Browne assisted by the hostess. Shower dor bride -elect BLUEVALE — A shower for Elizabeth Baer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Baer of RR 1; Bluevale, was held at the home of Mrs. Alex MacTavish, attended by neighbors. Seated with the bride -elect were her mother and her sister Rachel. Mrs. Harold Grant read . an address and many beautiful gifts were presented by Ruth Ann Paulin, Audrey Kirton, Donna De Vos and Janet De Boer. Miss Baer thanked everyone and told them what the country is like where she will be making her new home. Several contests were enjoyed and refreshments were served. Assisting were Mrs. Bill De Vos and Mrs.. Grant. . Daily rail service was estab- lished coast to coast in Canada in 1886. 11.11111♦• 14•• • •/'�4 •e 4414.0-'•4 K 4•••••rd4'�.0 Special for Thursday NAM,and CABBAGE 1 .25 LOOK AIS You Can Eat "English Style" Fish and Chips French Bread' Pot of Butte'r' Lots of Good Coffee $1.29 FRIDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 8 P.M. "MEET ME AT THE MANOR: MANOR MOTOR HOTEL, 'WINGHAM BILLET EEDED FOR VISITING MIDGET HOCKEY PLAYERS_ Lord householders who can provide hospitality for members of visiting hockey teams are asked to contact: WAYNE BROWN - 357-4'764 ALLAN HARRISON - 3-57-2646 GWEN MacLAVRIN - 357-3102 Billets are Heeded during the Lockridge TesrNamest, March 21 to 25