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
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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.
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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:
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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.
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