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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-10-02, Page 61 featuresfirom The World of Women . e Housewife Evening ceremony unites couple at Whitechurch An evening candelight cere- mony on Saturday, September 6, united in marriage Ruth Elliott of RR 1, Lucknow, and Paul Laid- law of Windsor in Chalmers Presbyterian Church, White- church. Rev. Glenn Noble of Lucknow officiated, assisted by Bev Kay of Whitechurch. The bride's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elliott of RR 1, Lucknow. The groom's parents . are Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Laidlaw of RR 1, Lucknow. Organist, Jim Roberts° of Wingham, accompanied he soloist, Bill Sheperd of Sa nia, who sang "The Wedding Song" and "0 Perfect Love". Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a floor - length gown of polyester satin with a high neckline and long lace sleeves. A Juliet cap held her waist -length veil which was trimmed with similar lace. She, carried a bouquet of red roses and white carnations. Mrs. Elaine Armstrong of London was matron of honor and bridesmaids were Miss Jane Laidlaw of RR 1, Lucknow, Miss Beverly MacPherson of London, Miss Karen Rivett of Wingham. They were gowned alike in floor - length dresses of pale blue floral polyester visa. The attendants wore whit -floppy hats trimmed with ribbon to match their gowns. They carried brown -wicker baskets containing yellow daisies and white carnations. Karen Elliott, RR 1, Lucknow, was the flower girl wearing a dress similar to the bridesmaids. She carried a basket of flowers similar to the bridesmaids' flowers. —Photo by Snyder Studio Joe Ducharme of Goderich was groomsman and the ushers were Brian Makins of ayfield, John Martin of Wingham and Paul Elliott of RR 1, Lucknow. Master Wayne Forster of RR 1, Lucknow was ringbearer. Following the ceremony, a dinner and reception were held at the Whitechurch Community Hall. A three -tiered wedding cake decorated with blue roses land lily -of -the -valley made the centrepiece for the bride's table. The bride's mother wore a floor -length gown of turquoise polyester and a corsage of pink carnations. The groom's mother chose a pink floor -length gown and a corsage of white carna- tions. For travelling, the bride wore a green floral polyester dress .with brown accessories and a corsage of yellow carnations. After a wedding trip to Ohio and parts of Ontario, the couple will reside in Windsor. Honored guests at the wedding were the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Gordon Elliott of Wingham, and the ,bride's grandfather, William Forster of RR 1, Luck - now. \Bluevale UCW Thankoffering NOTICE IF YOUR ADVANCE -TIMES LABEL READS OCT., 9-8-7-6-5 YOUR SUBSCRIPTION IS DUE Advance -Times GOSPEL SONG SERVICE at Brussels United Church Sunday, October 5, 1975 at 7:30 p.m. EVERYONE IS INVITED St. Paul's Church (ANGLICAN) WINIGHAM' ----- REV. T. K. HAWTHORN, Rector MRS. D. RICHARDSON, Organist and Choir Loader SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 TRINITY 19 8:30 a.m.—Holy Communion 11:00 a.m.—Holy Communion MEETINGS Thurs., Oct. 2—ACW meeting at home of Mrs. Joe Kerr, 1:45 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 2 --Euchre party in parish hall 8:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 8 ---Board of Management meeting in parish hall 8;00 p.m. 40. AIN.Alk,lir e a.,. •. .... 41►461.4 hr.1�►�. •w BLUEVALE — The Bluevale United Church Women held their fall Thankoffering services Sunday with special guest .speak- er Ted Lutz of the University of Toronto. Mr. Lutz was introduced to the audience by the Bluevale United Church minister Rev. Wilena Brown. He spoke on his recent trip to the Holy Land and showed pictures of the visit. Visitors from both Whitechurch and Bluevale came to hear the talk. Following his presentation, the UCW held a sing -song of old hysmris led by Mrs. Walter Willits. The=sttidy period, also conducted by Mrs. Willits, dealt' with the status of women.and its progress in Canada over the years. Mrs. Robert Fraser related the life story of Nellie McLung; Mrs. Ross Nicholson told the group about Pauline McGibbon; and Mrs. Willits described the life story of Agnes McPhail. A social hour with refrshments served by the UCW was held after the meeting. MR. AND MRS. W. JAMES RUTTER of RR 1, Wingham celebrated their golden anniversary Saturday at their home. The couple, residents of Wingham for six years now, entertained relatives and friends at an open house through the afternoon. Golden anniversary for Wingham couple A golden wedding anniversary brought relatives and friends from all over Ontario to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. James Rutter Saturday.. The happy couple, ceslentsr of Wingham for almost six years, entertained their well- wishers at an open house that afternoon, welcoming visitors from Windsor, . Tillsonburg, Woodstock, Aylmer, Ingersoll, Jarvis, Norwich and Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Rutter *ere married 50 years ago on Septem- ber 24. Mrs. Rutter, the former Charlotte Bird, was born in Brownsville. Mr. Rutter was a Woodhouse Township native. They met in 1925 at her sister's home. Mr. Rutter, who lived in the area, said he had been told about the young visitor: "I was just kind o curious and I just Went over." They were married six Months Iater. The Rutters have three sons, Ernest of Mount Elgin, Wesley of Wingham, and William of Mill - dale; 12 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. The open house celebration Saturday was highlighted by a three -tiered anniversary cake and letters from Ontario Premier William Davis, Huron -Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt and Liberal leader Robert Nixon. Kruse -Blake ceremony •o. in Blyth United church Blyth United Church was decorated with lighted candel- abra, adorned by pink murris, shasta daisies, fern and pink and blue streamers for the ,marriage September 6, of Sydney Gene Kruse of Egmondville, to Sheila Mae Blake of Blyth. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kruse- of Egmond- ville, and the bride is the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Blake of Blyth. Rev. Cecil T. Wittich was assisted by Rev. Roy Dungery at the double -ring ceremony. The soloist, Mrs. Linda Andrew, sang "The Wedding Prayer .and "We've Only Just Begun" She was accompanied by the organ- ist, Mrs. Donald Kai. The bride, given in marriage —Photo by Harvey McDowell Gorrie girl married in pretty autumn ceremony A pretty autumn wedding took place at St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Gerrie, on September 27, uniting in marriage Wendy Fisher, eldest daughter of Mr. A dinner and reception and Mrs. Merrill Fisher, Gorrie, followed at Ramon Place, and Kenneth Norton, son of Mr. Palmerston, where the bride's and Mrs. A. Norton, Toronto. table was centred with a three - Rev. R. Hulse of Elora of- tiered wedding cake and orange ficiated at the double -ring cere- carnations adorned the guest mony, assisted by Rev. William tables. George Fisher of Elora, Parker of Gorrie. The organist uncle of the bride, was master of was Miss Helen Wallace, RR 2, ceremonies. Elora, cousin of the bride. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a Victorian - style white floor -length gown of silk organza over net and taffeta, trimmed with lace overlay, sheer sleeves with lace cuffs and caps and detachable chapel train. A lace headdress held a cathedral veil edged in Chantilly lace. She carried a cascade bouquet of Orange Delight roses, stepha- notis and baby's breath. Wendy wore a ruby ring with belonged to her grandmother. Miss Mary Pat Griffiths of -Toronto was maid of honor and the bridesmaids were Miss Cathy Fisher of London, sister of the bride, and Misses Nancy and Norma Jean Fisher of Gorrie, also sisters of the bride. They wore dresses of peach and tangerine polyester double knit styled with sweetheart neckline, long full sleeves and deep ruffle. They carried baskets of yellow and bronze daisies, button mums and ribbon streamers. Silver necklaces, gifts from the bride, were worn by the attendants. Peter Smith of Toronto acted as best man and the guests were ushered by Williams Goturlie, Wayne Palmer and Karl Smith, all of Toronto. by her father and mother, looked radiant in a go' n of crepe de chine, style with fitted bodice, flared skirt, square neckline and long bishop sleeves. The cathe- dral train, falling from the waist, was edged with hand -appliqued Chantilly lace. The dress was hand-appligtfed with Chantilly lace also. A cap of velvet daisies and pearls held the four -tiered illusion veil which was edged with matching lace. The bride carried a cascade bouquet of pink sweetheart roses, blue -tinted mums and shasta daisies with fern. Maid of honor was Miss Maxine Bowes, Blyth, cousin of the bride. She was attired in a floor -length gown of pink and white flowered - gingham lace, lined with white taffeta. Her dress was styled with short puffed sleeves, V-neck and A-line skirt. The waist was trimmed with narrow lace and ties accented the back. She wore a white picture hat and carried a basket bf blue and pink mums with matching ribbon. Attendants were Mrs. Connie Bromley, Listowel, cousin of the bride, Mrs. Barb Kruse, Strat- ford, sister-in-law of the groom, Miss Betty Josling, Wingham, friend of the. bride, and Miss Barbara Blake, Blyth, sister of the bride. They were attired similarly to the maid of honor with Mrs. Bromley wearing pink and the others wearing blue. All wore heart pendants, gifts from the bride. Miss Charlene Blake Vanastra, niece of the bride, was flower girl. She was attired identically to the maid of honor and wore a heart pendant, a gift of the bride. Groomsman was Paul Hoff, Brodhagen, friend of the groom, and ushers were Paul Stephen- son, Varna, friend of the groom, 'Al Hatt, Ilderton, friend of the groom, Ivan Blake, Vanastra, brother of the bride and George Kruse, Seaforth, brother of the groom. They were dressed identically to the groom, in royal blue tuxedos, white ruffled, blue - trimmed shirts and black bow ties. Michael Kruse, Stratford, nephew of the groom, was attired similarly to the ushers and acted as ring -bearer.. He carried a heart -shaped pillow. Following the ceremony, a reception . was held in _ the Sea - forth Legion Hall. Guests were greeted by the bride's mother wearing a floor -length mint green gown of polyester ' crepe with matching lace jacket and gold accessories. Her corsage was yellow carnations. She was assisted by the groom's mother who wore a moss green floor -length gown with, a front multi -colored floral panel. Her accessories were black and she wore a corsage of ivory carnations. Guests were present from Kingston, Sarnia, London, Strat- ford, Brodhagen, Wingham, Brussels, Blyth and vicinity. For a wedding trip to North Bay and surrounding area, the bride donned a pink pantsuit with ruffles trimming the back of the jacket. She wore white accessor- ies and a corsage of hot pink carnations. The bride was honored prior to her wedding at showers given by Mrs. Pat Langlois, Brussels, Mrs. Connie Bromley and Miss Maxine Bowes at the home of Mrs. Irvin Bowes, Blyth, Mrs. Sharon Bromley, RR 2, Blyth, Mrs. Bruce Barrie, Blyth, and Mrs. Audrey Hoff, Brodhagen. The bride's mother received guests in a gown of figured moss green polyester jersey and cor- sage of Orange Delight roses, assisted by the groom's mother wearing a pale pink gown with pleated skirt, lace jacket and cor- sage of white dasies. For travelling the bride wore a inoss green boucle knit suit with brown accessories and white baby mum corsage. Mr. and Mrs. Norton will reside at 51 Trail - ridge Crescent, Scarborough. Out-of-town guests were present from Elora, Fergus, Breslau, Kitchener, Brantford, London, Oshawa, Toronto and California. Graham film at Bible Chapel The Wingham Bible Chapel will have a special happening tomor- row (Friday) : the showing of the Billy Graham film called "Isn't It Good to Know". The. show will start at eight o'clock and is spon- sored by the Winham Bible Chapel Young People, group.. The film was edited and di- rected by J. Michael Hooser and is a release from World Wide Pictures, producers of "Time to Run". Everyone is invited to at- tend. 1' InstItte members see flower display The Maitland Wrien'S Insti- tute held a meeting op Tuesday, September 23, at the home of Mabel Jack h►. ROI eatl was "One thing I want to, accomplish in the Women's Institute this year". The group received many suggestions to help plan the year's meetings. 'The motto was "Waste Not, Want Not" and was ably demonstrated by Mrs. Margaret English. In her displays, she showed how to arrange a centre- piece with only a few articles. Simplicity and following the lines were emphasized. All the members learned rhany new things and picked up useful tips on drying and preserving of flowers and weeds. Next month the Institute will meet on Tuesday, October 28. There will be a fabric demonstra- tion of the new styles and fashions for the fall. Marvin Streich is WI speaker The September meeting of the Wingham branch of the Women's Institute was .highlighted by a talk by.Marvin Streich who spoke of his work as welfare officer with the Ministry of Social and Family, Services. A pot luck luncheon was en- joyed by the members. The roll call Was answered by 'what you would serve to unexpected guests'. The menu was varied and all sounded delicious. Mrs. Mel Bradburn and Mrs. Roy Barrett were appointed dele- gates to the Huron County rally at Belgz ave October 6, with registration at 9:30 a.m.. Mrs. Alf Lockridge and Mrs. William McKenzie were ap- pointed to attend the' area con- vention in St. Thomas October 15 and 16. WEEKENDS CAN BE FUN The "no no's" are back Starting October V Counterweight Weight Controls Ltd., the leading and most respected name in Canadian weight reduc- tion Introduces the Revolutionary "NEW CANADIAN FAMILY MEAL PLAN." A way to lose weight that fits today's more relaxed living and eating habits. You decide how to use it. Eat 2, 3 or even 4 meals a day plus desserts and snacks. Even splurge on weekends. Enjoy bacon, muffins, spareribs, peanut butter, spaghetti, real mayonnaise even champagne. Satisfy your desire for quantity of food and variety. It's all here and we call it "Adult Flexibility." Lose Weight with the plan that treats you like an adult. 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