The Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-08-16, Page 14The Gode,rieh Signal -Star,. Thursday,. August 16th, 1962
rer 100 Attend District Meeting
ntario Horticultural Society
By' Ntrs. W: Bradnock
AUI#1JRN, Aug. -13. --- More
than 100 members of District
No. 8 of the Ontario Hortical-
tilral Societlty met at -Blyth rast
Thursday for their annual meet -
ng. Mr:R-ussei gem -mei __of
Agincourt, provincial secretary,
was in charge of the meeting
and a short invocation" was given
by Rev. E. McLagen, of Blyth
United Church. He told the
delegates that one can get great
inspiration by working in one's
garden and, like Life, you are
rewarded in accordance with
what you put into. it. You must
choose carefully the seeds of
character because we live with
them th'e rest of our lives, he
said.
Mr. Gomme introduced the
president of the Blyth Society
who welcomed the delegates in
the absence of the Reeve. fit
also introduced the Ontario
l=lor-tic•-ultural— -Association_—pre,
sident, Mrs. K. W. Biglow, of
Chapleau, Ontario. Mrs. G.
Middleton, of Clinton, was ap-
pointed secretary of the' meet-
ing. Due to the absence of the
District Director, Mr. Charles
Bristow, of LueknoW. Mr. Goin -
me read his report of 'the year's
work. He -'stated that a new so-
ciety had been formed at Han-
over with 83 members and urg-
ed all other societies in the
� AUBURN 1:1 -
AUBURN, Aug. /3-:-.e-Mr. and
Mrs.. Alfred Weston, of Toronto.
visited test week with the lady's
pareriTs, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Rollinson, and Mr. Murray Rol-
linson.
Mrs. William T. Robison visit-
-ed last weep with her daughter.
Mrs. Ivan Stephenson, Mr.
Stephenson and three sons who
are holidaying at a cottage at
Bayfield. .
Mrs. Verna Doerr and son,
Harold, c i Niagara Falls, spent
- the week -end with her mother,
- is:- Role GhatnneYe and. visit-.
ed her father who is a patient
'in Clinton hospital. •
tree- and Mrs! . Arthur - Duff,
of Riverside, visited last week
with Mrs. John Graham.
Mrs. Gordon Dobie, Jannett
and Ross spent last week in
Toronto with relatives and
friends. -
Mr. and Mrs. John Weir and
family, of London, spent the
week -end with Dr. Weir and
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan MacKay
ana family. '
Mr.' Charles Beadle, of Lon-
don, is enjoying a three-week
vacation at his home here.
Huron County Road employ-
•ees made a great improvement
to TUrnberry street last week
.•when they put a new black top
-on it. •
Mx. Dolton Shultz, of ' St.
Catharines, visited last week
with his brother, Nir. Reg.
Shultz, 11 �lrs__Shultz_.and sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald. Pent-
' land, of North Bay, are visiting
this Week with her mother, Mr&
Charles .Straughan.
Mrs. Gertrude Mcllveen, of
Oshawa, visited fast week with
Mr. and Mr$. -Robert J. Phillips.
W.M.S. Guest Speaker ,
Tfie Augusta meeting of thp
Kfiox Presbyterian Church Wo-
man's Missionary Society was
heldat the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Houston, King street,
with Miss Frances • Houston• as
the hostess, The; president,
`Mrs. Wilfred Sanderson, was in
charge of the meeting with Mfrs.
Duncan MacKay as the pianist.
The devotional period was in
charge of Mrs. Ed. Davies. A
solo was., sung by Miss Baar•bare
MacKay..
ivIrs. Marguerite Chopin in-
troduced her friend, the guest
speaker ea; the evening, Miss
Elspeth Davidson, of Alliston.
Miss Davidson told of her life
and work as a.missionary-teaeh-
er in British Guiana. As the
study for this year is on this
country it was interesting to
learn from one who had for
over three years worked in the
schools and churches there. Of
t®vs ossseesse•se•esssl
interest to many of the mem-
bers was that the teacher who
had lived with her. iseMiss Edna
Goodwill, a daughter of a form-
er minister here. Mrs. Wes.
Bradnock thanked her for her
insiiiring message and present-
ed her with a gift. The min-
utes were approved as read by
the secretary, Mrs. Alvin Lea-
therland. '
Various amounts of money
were received for Christmas
gifts for the children in the
Indian school at Kenora. Plane
were ..rnad to ..attend the,...f..all,
Presbyterial meeting to be held
at Belgrave on September llth.
It was announced that. church
service will be held on August
26th at 930 a.m. to hear a
minister who is preaching for a
call.
'1hs Ladies' Aid of ,Knox
Church met With the president,
Mrs. Ed. Davies, in charge. .A
short business period was held
and the minutes vete approved
as read by the. secretary,, Mrs,
Roy. Daer. "°It- was announced
that Marian Youngblut.. and
Joyce Leatherland' had attended
camp at Kintail.° After the-sing,-
ing of the grace, a delicious.
lunch was served by Miss
Frances Houston.
HIGH 11;:
companied by Mrs.. Rebert J.
Phillips, of A'ubuxn.
An invitation, t� hold next
year's annual meeting at Ripley
was accepted and it was decid-
ed to hold it the early part
of -July.
district to correspond with then.
The societies present report-
ed on excellent work during
the past year. Goderich report-
ed they ha3e 240 members and
told of their new project, beau-
tifying the approaches to the
new Maitland River, bridgee
Clinton reported that they have
a membership of 192, mention.
ing beautification in their
parks, cemetery and window
boxes at the hospital. The high-
light of their year was when they
took a bus trip to the McCon-
nell nursery where they viewed
six acres of mums in full bleom.
Brussels, -Auburn, Owen Sound,
Teeswater ',and Culross, Ripley,
Luelknow, Blyth and Paisley all
reported a successful year. The
Tara Society. with 186 members,
told about a maple tree project
which tney had undertaken in
their town beautification pro-
gram.
Z he • Southampton Society,
with their 238 members, report-
ed they had spent over 4,;8C0
on plants and materials durin,
the past season.
The competition for floral ar-
rangements was judged and. the
winners -were: lst, Brussels;
2rid, Clinton; 3rd, Clinton; 4th,
'Teeswater; 5th, Auburn. Each
society was asked to place an
entry in this competition. As
Mr... Bristow resigned, a ..new
District Director had to be ap-
pointed. Mr.'C1igoi' i Eppy, gas,
una.nimausly.- elesr.cted the new:
director. He was a former dii-
ector having retired last year.
Mr. Fred Jones, of Owen Sound,.
was appointed assistant direc-
tor. Following these reports
and election of officers, a tour
of. the flower beds, gardens and
the Horticultural. Park was
taken by the delegates. •
The judges were Mrs. S.
Argyle and Gordon Muir,,ode-1
rich, and Mrs. Earl Cudmore, I
Brussels.
The provincial president, Mrs.
Biglow, spoke at the dinner
held in the Blyth Memorial Hall
and told of her work in the
Province. Miss Anna McDon-
ald, woman's editor of CKNX;
Wingham, led in a sing -song ac -
OBITUARY
TENNANT DRENNAN
' Tennant Drennan, 76,
of
Goderich„died Thursday in Pub-
lic General Hospital, Sarnia.
Mr: Drennan was born in Ash-
field Township, the son of the
late, James Drennan and the
R. former Sarah Guthrie. For the
past 56 years he 'had lived in
Goderich where he was a mem-
ber of Krtox Presbyterian
Church, the Loyal Orange
Lodge, the Black Knights and
the Canadian. Order of Forest-
ers. His wife, the former Oretn
Clark, predeceased him in 1951.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Archie (Helen)- Townsend
and 11Trs. Edward (Evelyn) Scru,,
ton, both of Gaderich; one son,.
Russell E., Sarnia; .eight grand--.
'children and three great-grand-
children.
Rev. G. L..Royal conducted
the funeral service on Saturday
afternoon at the Lodge funeral
home. Interment was in Mait-
land cemetery. The pallbearers
were Frank Bowra, Maurice
Crawford, • Douglas Freeman
George Mac`Y,,eod, Percy Blundell
and James Morris.
•
Mrs. L. H. Widmeyer, of
Oshawa, is a guest this week
with Mr.' and Mrs. G. -L. Ellis.
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on. the evening of . .
MONDAY, AUGUST 27th
AT 8.;0 P.M,'
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