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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-03-30, Page 4Mach 30, 1973 UFOS tro The World of Women Early diagnosis best tool to combat growth of cancer 0 Prevention by diagnosis and the education of people to recog- nize symptoms are the best ways to combat cancer. These points were streSsed by Dr, Leigh L. Clarke last Tuesday night when he spoke at a meeting of *iron County Cancer Units at Ning- ham. Dr. Clarke pointed out that for every person who voluntarily goes to a doctor for a check-up relating to caacer, there are 50 others who fail to take any steps to see if they might have the dis- ease. Not too long ago, lung cancer was generally considered to be a Write-off, but today at least 40 per cent of these cases are curable. The development of certain drugs has played an important part in treatment of various forms of cancer. Dr. Clarke related the inci- Unit presents musical drama GORRIE—"How Many Roads" was the musical drama present- ed by Unit 1 of the United Church Women at the .March meeting held in the church. Mrs. Lyle Watson was leader for the open- ing worship with Mrs. Jack Fer- guson reading the scripture. Mrs. Ewart Whitfield gave the Easter story. ••The ladies of the Anglican and Presbyterian Churches were guests. Mrs. Clifford Pyke, president, conducted the business. It was decided that articles of good clean clothing be left at the church by April 5 for missions.. The garden party date was set for June 14. Miss Yvonne Ballagh of Wing - ham will be the spring thank - offering speaker on April 16. Wilts eompleted by the four units were on display as well as 'crib quilts made for the Chil- dren's Aid,Society. Redecorating a room? Rent our Warner Lectric Wallpaper steamer for quick, easy wall prepara- tion. Complete with hose, pan and full Instructions. 77ce eciv.: 461,0,e dence of cancer in a small com- munity in Newfoundland, saying that over a recorded period 294 residentshad died with 39 of that nuinber from a malignancy. This equals seven per cent, definitely a very high rate. . He expressed the opinion that it is possible for some forms of can- cer to run in a family, particular- ly that in the gastro-intestinal Belmore Miss Laura Lane of New West- minster, B.C., Miss Frances Mc- Donald of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Haugh and Miss Eileen Haugh of Bluevale, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stokes and. Miss Cathy Fischer, visited on Monday of last • week at the home of Mrs. Isaac Stokes. Doug Inglis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Inglis was successful in reaching the finals in the Lions' Talent Hunt in Wingham Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fitch of RR 1, Wroxpter have a new grand- son, Stephen Douglas McCut- cheon, born in Listowel Memorial Hospital on March 17. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin McCutcheon of Brussels and a brother for Karen and Wayne. Miss Anita O'Malley of Toronto spent a few days this past week at the home of her parents, Mr. and ,Mrs. T.. P. O'Malley., Those who joined Knox Presby- terian Church last/ week were Misses Beverley Ballagh, Laura Conlan, Jane McPherson, Donna MacAdam, Jean MacAdam, Beth Mundell and Ronald and Douglas Nickel. 4 Doug Jeffray and Donald Douglas attended open home at Centralia College on Thursday , afternoon. Family honors Mrs. M. Haiick' , on 87th birthday Wingham and District Hospital was .the scene on Sunday of a family birthday party in hanor of Mrs. Margaret Hauck who has been a patient there for the past few weeks. . Mrs. •.Hauck, who has just turned 87, is in reasonably good health. Her home is in Teeswater but for the past Six months, she has resided at Brookhaven. ' One of a family of 15, Mrs. Hauck was the former Margaret Cronin; her twin sister Mary, who died about five 'years ago, was Mrs. George Kieffer. Though Mrs. Hauck has no family of her own, the Kieffer family has al- ways been considered her own and it was members of that fam- ily, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kieffer of Belmore, Mr. and, Mrs. Oscar Kieffer of Wroxeter and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kieffer of Teeswater, who' spent the day with Mrs. Hauck and presented her with a birthday cake in honor of her spe- cial day. tract,: Dr. Clarke said this could be attributed to local conditions such as the water supply. The speaker stressed that con- siderable time could be taken from a doctor'swork day if pro- per physical examinations to pre- vent the development of cancer were done, but was in full agree- ment that the importance of §uch examinations should over -rule other general work. He suggested it could be necessary for doctors to set aside specific times each week especially for cancer examinations. Dr. Clarke mentioned that it is possible to have nurses educated to do some examinations, thereby relieving doctors of some duties with the understanding that the patient be referred to a _doctor immediately should there be a positive diagnosis. Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton of Wingham thanked Dr. Clarke for his informative talk on cancer and its diagnosis and welcomed him and his family to Wingham. WS. Ina M. Durst of Clinton conducted the meeting and an- nounced the cancer campaign would start April 10 with the area objective set at $18,500, the same amount as last year. Daffodil Sunday, when flowers will be placed in churches, will serve to bring to the attention of the public' that the campaign is starting. Howard Aitken of Goderich, , publicity director for the county group, outlined some plans for advertising the campaign. DREAMY DOLLS WINGHAM — Karen Currie ' read the minutes. Mrs. Lapp dis- cussed achievement day and pamphlets were handed out on modelling, etc. Mrs. Lapp then demonstrated on the machine how to make a flat -fell seam, French seam, bias binding, Casting and cording. Each of the gills made bias - bound covered piping to, put in 4ePflr090.•b004 and aglAPleted their handout sheets., THE SILVER STR INGS of Brussels and Walton played a violin, banjo, drums and guitars at the Talent Hunt show. This group is composed of Ray McNickle, Beth McNickle, Fay Dalton, Susan Langlois and Linda Godkin. —Staff Photo. Goforth Aux. learns much about Africa, her people and problems Mrs. Ken Leitch opened the March meeting of the Goforth Auxiliary, held at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, and Mrs. Arnold Taylor read the scripture. _ The meditation was given by Mrs,, Robert Arbuckle on the sub- ject, "What Is Life?" Life is like a play. No life can go higher than the thoughts that live in one's heart. We must strive to know God's plan for us. The channel of contact with God, will never be cut off, except by our lack of con- tact. As Jesus said, "Seek and Ye Shall Find". Mrs. Harry Bateman gave a beautiful rendition on the piano of "The Holy City". The offering was received, and Mrs. Terry ‘sNethery led in the offertory 'prayer. • The group was then taken on a short trip conducted by Mrs. Ken Leitch, to Africa, by planet. Thousands of- tourists .ninv..vi,s.if Africa, if for no other reason than to see the longest river in the world which is the Nile.. Mrs. Nethery portrayed the part of a charming stewardess. The air- port at which they landed was so modern and busy one could scarcely realize it was% Africa. It was discovered that negroes form 70 per cent of the population as well as Arabs and Egyptians. One hundred million people are of the Moslem religion. Education facilities are rapidly increasing, but just ten .per cent of Africans can read and write. • Aa -interesting film was viewed entitled "Modern Africa". There is a big split between the rural and urban people, and the village women have very little contact with those in the city. In the cities ultra modern hotels have sprung up, as well as private homes. It was'interesting to note that most of the coffee produced is .made into instant coffee: Modern air transportation connects the cities to the rest of the world. Every major -city has a television station and movie theatres. One half of the population has not even seen a doctor let alone been treated by one. They have a fly there which causes sleeping sickness. Seven hundred • languages are spoken and this is the cause of many problems. Political leaders face' many problems such as unemployment, food supply, educatitin, unskilled labor, and conflict between the old ways and the new, but . modern Africans are on the move trying. to find their own destiny in a mo&rn world. There are more than one million refugees scat- tered over the land. Miss Olive Lapp sang a solo ",Take Time to Be Holy". Mrs. Robert McKague presided over the business meeting and closed with prayer. Refreshments were served and social hour ,enjoyed. ' Third program tops previous presentations The third show of the Lions Tal- ent Hunt series last Thursday night .again proved there is no dearth of talent in the area and the program could possibly be classed the best, presented. Winners from this show will join with those chosen from the Jamiary.and February presenta- tions for the final event in the current series, April 20. Those winning Thursday night were The Silver Strings of Brus- sels and Walton, , composed of Linda Godkin, violin; Ray Mc- Nickle, 'guitar; Beth McNickle, banjo; Fay Dalton, piano and Susan Langlois on drums. Doug Inglis, 15 -year old vocal soloist of RR 1, Clifford also got the nod from the judges as did Debbie Lou Creighton of Brussels and a .girls' trio from BelgraNie completed the four acts to go into the April show. Brenda.Johaston, Nancy Anderson and Marjorie -Procter, all 17 years of age, com- prised this group. The show got off to a fine lively start with the Majestic Stompers of Brussels presenting their com- edy musical routine. The person- nel of this group are members of Brussels Women's Institute and • banded together to provide enter- tainment at various event's.. The Coultes sisters from RR Brussels, Janice' 12, Joanne 10, Karen 9 and Andrea only '7 years old, were very good with their se- . lection of songs. . Deborah Elliott of Goderic.h proved to be the best of the Scot- tish dancers toappear to date and she went through several rou- tines without a hitdr. • Jimmie Laidlaw of Vitoria Street was the only entrant from Wingham . and his vocal solos showed he has a future as.a sing- er. The Snell Sisters of Londes- boro, Barbara, Bonnie.and Betty, were attractive in appearance and sang in. harmony several fa- • vorites of a few years ago. Joan Marie Huether, Debbie Adams and Mary Lynn Cardiff, appearing as the Brussels Step- pers, showed talent and agility in their presentation of dances and Dale and Scot LoUgheed of Bel - grave played the banjo and auto - DAUGHTER OF the missionary -speaking at the UCW meeting last week Linda Harbottle hangs illustrated tapes- tries brought from Nigeria'. —Staff Photo. harp to a piano accompaniment by Mrs. Audrey Lougheed. Catherine Cardiff and . Carol Wheeler, RR 5, Brussels,)‘ danced in unison to present Scottish dances and David and Dewayne Golley, RR 4, Wingham, played a guitar and accordion duet. Donna 'Benjamin of RR 4, Kincardine, who had appeared at Ontario Place, sang several folk songs. The four winning entries re- ceived the usual prize of $10 from Lion President Lloyd Casemore. Jim Swan was master of cere- monies and kept the show Moving at a fast pace. ' , The Talent Hunt's nemesis, Phyllis Fiendishly, broke into the second half of the program with a demand that she be allowed to be a competitor and eventually was allowed on stage with:her learn- ing to be a magician routine, re- sulting in some dismay among the audience. March meeting of• evening unit FORDWICH—The evening unit of the United Church Women met at the home of Mrs. Stewart Strong for the March meeting. • The program committee, Mrs. Cecil Wilson, Mrs. Norman Wil- son and Mrs. Lloyd Nickel had a discussion on the impact of mass communication on the family to- day—advertising, movies, books, magazines and TV and the affect they have on family life. This was very interesting and informative. Lunch was served by Mrs. Mel Taylor and the hostess. MRS. ELVIN HARBOTTLE, missionary on furlough from Nigeria, arranges exhibits she brought home beforespeak- Ing to the UCW last Tuesday. —Staff Photo. —Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Elston and family of London visited over the weekend with his mother, Mrs. WWiam Elston. —Mr. and Mrs. Gershom John- stOn visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Malichaet of Seaforth. • Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jelmston were their son-in- law, daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woods and Syl- via of Egmondville. —Miss Barbara Budd of Wind- sor spent last week with Mr. and • Mrs. Monty Bennett. —members of the Bennett fam- , ily from Londonand Other Pei* in Western Ontario) were in *fin for the funeral of Mrs•. Thomas Jamieson and visited -with family members in the aree.„ -Mises Jennifer HentiereOn and Plane Caslick spent the weekend at. their respective homes here. —Mr. and Ma. Wade StiOeton and Mr. and Mrs'. 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MacNaughton of Wingham thanked Dr. Clarke for his informative talk on cancer and its diagnosis and welcomed him and his family to Wingham. WS. Ina M. Durst of Clinton conducted the meeting and an- nounced the cancer campaign would start April 10 with the area objective set at $18,500, the same amount as last year. Daffodil Sunday, when flowers will be placed in churches, will serve to bring to the attention of the public' that the campaign is starting. Howard Aitken of Goderich, , publicity director for the county group, outlined some plans for advertising the campaign. DREAMY DOLLS WINGHAM — Karen Currie ' read the minutes. Mrs. Lapp dis- cussed achievement day and pamphlets were handed out on modelling, etc. Mrs. Lapp then demonstrated on the machine how to make a flat -fell seam, French seam, bias binding, Casting and cording. Each of the gills made bias - bound covered piping to, put in 4ePflr090.•b004 and aglAPleted their handout sheets., THE SILVER STR INGS of Brussels and Walton played a violin, banjo, drums and guitars at the Talent Hunt show. This group is composed of Ray McNickle, Beth McNickle, Fay Dalton, Susan Langlois and Linda Godkin. —Staff Photo. Goforth Aux. learns much about Africa, her people and problems Mrs. Ken Leitch opened the March meeting of the Goforth Auxiliary, held at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, and Mrs. Arnold Taylor read the scripture. _ The meditation was given by Mrs,, Robert Arbuckle on the sub- ject, "What Is Life?" Life is like a play. No life can go higher than the thoughts that live in one's heart. We must strive to know God's plan for us. The channel of contact with God, will never be cut off, except by our lack of con- tact. As Jesus said, "Seek and Ye Shall Find". Mrs. Harry Bateman gave a beautiful rendition on the piano of "The Holy City". The offering was received, and Mrs. Terry ‘sNethery led in the offertory 'prayer. • The group was then taken on a short trip conducted by Mrs. Ken Leitch, to Africa, by planet. Thousands of- tourists .ninv..vi,s.if Africa, if for no other reason than to see the longest river in the world which is the Nile.. Mrs. Nethery portrayed the part of a charming stewardess. The air- port at which they landed was so modern and busy one could scarcely realize it was% Africa. It was discovered that negroes form 70 per cent of the population as well as Arabs and Egyptians. One hundred million people are of the Moslem religion. Education facilities are rapidly increasing, but just ten .per cent of Africans can read and write. • Aa -interesting film was viewed entitled "Modern Africa". There is a big split between the rural and urban people, and the village women have very little contact with those in the city. In the cities ultra modern hotels have sprung up, as well as private homes. It was'interesting to note that most of the coffee produced is .made into instant coffee: Modern air transportation connects the cities to the rest of the world. Every major -city has a television station and movie theatres. One half of the population has not even seen a doctor let alone been treated by one. They have a fly there which causes sleeping sickness. Seven hundred • languages are spoken and this is the cause of many problems. Political leaders face' many problems such as unemployment, food supply, educatitin, unskilled labor, and conflict between the old ways and the new, but . modern Africans are on the move trying. to find their own destiny in a mo&rn world. There are more than one million refugees scat- tered over the land. Miss Olive Lapp sang a solo ",Take Time to Be Holy". Mrs. Robert McKague presided over the business meeting and closed with prayer. Refreshments were served and social hour ,enjoyed. ' Third program tops previous presentations The third show of the Lions Tal- ent Hunt series last Thursday night .again proved there is no dearth of talent in the area and the program could possibly be classed the best, presented. Winners from this show will join with those chosen from the Jamiary.and February presenta- tions for the final event in the current series, April 20. Those winning Thursday night were The Silver Strings of Brus- sels and Walton, , composed of Linda Godkin, violin; Ray Mc- Nickle, 'guitar; Beth McNickle, banjo; Fay Dalton, piano and Susan Langlois on drums. Doug Inglis, 15 -year old vocal soloist of RR 1, Clifford also got the nod from the judges as did Debbie Lou Creighton of Brussels and a .girls' trio from BelgraNie completed the four acts to go into the April show. Brenda.Johaston, Nancy Anderson and Marjorie -Procter, all 17 years of age, com- prised this group. The show got off to a fine lively start with the Majestic Stompers of Brussels presenting their com- edy musical routine. The person- nel of this group are members of Brussels Women's Institute and • banded together to provide enter- tainment at various event's.. The Coultes sisters from RR Brussels, Janice' 12, Joanne 10, Karen 9 and Andrea only '7 years old, were very good with their se- . lection of songs. . Deborah Elliott of Goderic.h proved to be the best of the Scot- tish dancers toappear to date and she went through several rou- tines without a hitdr. • Jimmie Laidlaw of Vitoria Street was the only entrant from Wingham . and his vocal solos showed he has a future as.a sing- er. The Snell Sisters of Londes- boro, Barbara, Bonnie.and Betty, were attractive in appearance and sang in. harmony several fa- • vorites of a few years ago. Joan Marie Huether, Debbie Adams and Mary Lynn Cardiff, appearing as the Brussels Step- pers, showed talent and agility in their presentation of dances and Dale and Scot LoUgheed of Bel - grave played the banjo and auto - DAUGHTER OF the missionary -speaking at the UCW meeting last week Linda Harbottle hangs illustrated tapes- tries brought from Nigeria'. —Staff Photo. harp to a piano accompaniment by Mrs. Audrey Lougheed. Catherine Cardiff and . Carol Wheeler, RR 5, Brussels,)‘ danced in unison to present Scottish dances and David and Dewayne Golley, RR 4, Wingham, played a guitar and accordion duet. Donna 'Benjamin of RR 4, Kincardine, who had appeared at Ontario Place, sang several folk songs. The four winning entries re- ceived the usual prize of $10 from Lion President Lloyd Casemore. Jim Swan was master of cere- monies and kept the show Moving at a fast pace. ' , The Talent Hunt's nemesis, Phyllis Fiendishly, broke into the second half of the program with a demand that she be allowed to be a competitor and eventually was allowed on stage with:her learn- ing to be a magician routine, re- sulting in some dismay among the audience. March meeting of• evening unit FORDWICH—The evening unit of the United Church Women met at the home of Mrs. Stewart Strong for the March meeting. • The program committee, Mrs. Cecil Wilson, Mrs. Norman Wil- son and Mrs. Lloyd Nickel had a discussion on the impact of mass communication on the family to- day—advertising, movies, books, magazines and TV and the affect they have on family life. This was very interesting and informative. Lunch was served by Mrs. Mel Taylor and the hostess. MRS. ELVIN HARBOTTLE, missionary on furlough from Nigeria, arranges exhibits she brought home beforespeak- Ing to the UCW last Tuesday. —Staff Photo. —Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Elston and family of London visited over the weekend with his mother, Mrs. WWiam Elston. —Mr. and Mrs. Gershom John- stOn visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Malichaet of Seaforth. • Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jelmston were their son-in- law, daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woods and Syl- via of Egmondville. —Miss Barbara Budd of Wind- sor spent last week with Mr. and • Mrs. Monty Bennett. —members of the Bennett fam- , ily from Londonand Other Pei* in Western Ontario) were in *fin for the funeral of Mrs•. Thomas Jamieson and visited -with family members in the aree.„ -Mises Jennifer HentiereOn and Plane Caslick spent the weekend at. their respective homes here. —Mr. and Ma. Wade StiOeton and Mr. and Mrs'. William Stephenson of Wingham have re- turned home afteg enjoying a two -weeks' vacation in Daytona Beach and St. Petereb100, Florida. Fresh! Now All Clothes Should Look... It's a breeze when you come to us for expert dry- cleaning. We can make your wardrobe sparkle like new. • READMAN CLEANERS 1 AND MEN'S WEAR 318. Josephine St., Wingham 1., Lovely Wedding ...a radiant Bride so fear to a iriles The Bouquet Invitation 1 Lin Good taste needn't be expensive. Our beautiful Bouquet Invitation Line proves this with the most exquisite papers, type faces and workmanship you could Wish for! It features Thermo-Engraving—rich raised lettering—elegant as the finest craftsmanship — yet costing so little! CoMe see our unusual selection. One to two weete ciehvery! WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU AT The Advance -Times PHONE 357-2320 14) • • 41 0'.