The Goderich Signal-Star, 1963-06-20, Page 5AtmURN, June 17. . -- St.
les Anglican church will
lebrate its 80th anniversary
SundhY, Jure 23rd, at 11,
. and at 7.30 p.m. At the
wing service the rector, Rev,
bet Meally will conduct the
vice and at the Harold F. Apple
t. Re. yarcd,
ishap of Georgian Bay, will be
e special speaker. ,
Church History
St. Mark's Anglican Church
ow called, which formerly was
e Church in this
England, had
its
egi mng l
unity around 1875, when the
ev. E. R. Ellwood was appoint -
archdeacon of Huron, and,
apIain towere ofa
e Lord
dBex-
early duties
emely arduous and, of course,
oneer character, and covered
large extent beo aidterritery. The
to have em -
aced
mayay
raced the whole of what was
en known as the Huron Tract
eld under charter by the Can
da Company. It included such
laces as Seaforth, and thel.. vil-
ages of Clinton, Dungannon,
ort Albert, and other points.
or Manchester (as Auburn was
hen called) services ,were held,
n Young's school house. Rev.
W, Sime, was the first nin-
ter for this church. He lived
When, You .1 -lave Your
Clothes Cleaned
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MAPLE LEAF LQ.D.E, GROUP
TOURS SPOTS IN LONDON
ST. MARK'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, AUBURN
at Dungannon, ministered at
Young's school house, St. Helens
and Lucknow. Rev. Mr, Jones
and Rev. Mr. Bland were also
rectors while the service was
held there, coming on horse-
back from Clinton.
George Fulton gave the land
on which St. Mark's Church was
built somewhltre in the early
seventies. When the structure
was almost completed, a I-tigh
wind t6ok tlie roof off.- Some-
time later a new roof was put
on by the late Samuel Caldwell,
Mr. Robert Medd and Mr. Thom-
as Nicholsen, who were staunch
members of the church. The
building was opened on July 10,
the rector. At the first service,
there were 90 persons in the
coneregation, the offeeing was
s1.97. aud the text was from
St. JOhn 18. verses 1-7. Around
this time, as a result of a new
arrangement of mission
ohlirches, Auburn, BIyth and
Belgrave were on the same cir-
_cult, as it still exists today.
Later they became self-supporf-
The first vestry meeting was
Theld April 11, 1882. Mr. Sam-
uel Caldwell was appointed Rec-
tor's Warden„ and Mr. Thomas
Hamilton was appointed Peo-
ple's Warden. During the first
years, other wardens mentioned
were as follows: Mr. Thos. Nich-
olson, Robt. Medd, James John-
ston, John Million, Jas. Gibson,
Some n of the 'descendants are
still active in the church today,
The present wardens for 1963
are: rector's warden, Lawrence
Nesbitt, people's warden, Clif-
ford raven.
Twenty-one rectors have serv-
ed this church since 1883. There
are twenty-one families on the
parith books.
If you do not have room
for steraie why not use our
bovAtorage. You can get a
for% garments into one of
these boxes and you pay only
50.per_ box. You pay koth-
ing until you Want -your -clothes.
Twenty members a the Maple
Lea Chapter; 1.0.D.E., travelled
to, London oil June 4th to visit
two or London's tourist attrac-
tions, the Eldon House and ,the
Victoria House 1VIuseunt
..Their first stop was at Lon-
don's oldest residence, the El-
don House, 'which was given to
the .city by members Of the
Harris family on May lst, 1960.
Set amid 11 acres of terraced
grounds overlooking the fork
of the Thames, this old white
frame dwelling is a Memorial
to 19th Century London and a
way of life of some of its earl-
iest citizens. It was one of the
centres of social activities in
the early 1800's and young
,British officers found that life
at Eldon House was gay and
charming; many balls and par-
ties were given, entertaining
some very distinguished visitors.
Almost every historic house
has a ghost story and Eldon
House is no exception. . The
members of the Chapter enjoy-
ed listening to this and found
the tour of the house very in-
teresting and educational..
A tasty lunch was served
Former ReOfors
Rectors who have served at
St. Mark's were Rev. 'William
Henderson, 1883-1887; Rev. F.
Parke, 1887-1889; Rev. Thomas,
1889-1891; Rev. Racy,•1891-1898;
Rev. T. E. Higley, 1898-1900;
George McQuillan, 1902-1905;
Rev. Jabez Edmonds, 1905:1910;
Rev. W. H. Hartley, 1910-1915;
W. B. Hawkins. 1918-1929; Rev.
Pocock, 1935-1937
Later rectors serving the
charge Were: Rev. A. A. Mal -
Henderson, Rev. Murray Wyatt,
Rev. John A.4pRoberts, Rev. W.
A.- Bramwell, Rev. Bren de
Vries and rift, Rev. Robert
The organists of the church
down through fhe years began
with Mrs. Thomas Hamilton
leading the singing in Young's
school house. Then Miss Naomi
Miss Annie Siurdy, mrs. -era
Bamford, Mrs. Gordon Taylor,
Mrs. Andrew Kirkconnell, Mrs.
Norman NfeClinchey, Miss Mar-
garet Clark, Miss Mary Asquith,
Miss Betty Asquith, Mrs. Frank
Nesbit, and at present, Miss
Carole Brown.
The British Government's so -
in the last century is still re.:
garded by patriotic Newfound:
landers as their "Magna Carta.",
This dispatch declare& that the
ancient right of France to catch
fish in Newfoundland wafers
and dry them on the island's
shores, was null and void.
France enjoyed this privilege,
by treaty right, from 1713 un-
til her final surrender of such
claims in 1904.
Nazareth House
Carnival Prizes
A $1,000 draw prize wai won
by the Alex Paul family of
.3trattord at the 16th annual
Nazareth House Carnival held
at St. Marys Arena on June 8th.
Some 750 tickets on the draw
were sold in the Goderich arca
by the local Knights of Colum-
bus. Other prize winners4v.ere:
lin; $100, G. Scheerer, Shake-
speare; $50 to F. G. Harris and
Jane O'Rourke of St. Marys;
$50 to Mrs. R. Nieholsdn; Monk -
ton. There were no prize win-
ners from the Goderich area.
CONVALESCING
James Adam, 57 Kingston
street, is retovering from mus-
cular injuries --received-A-est -
week, and is able to get about
only with difficulty.. He was
Moving some heavy packages
when he lost his balanc6 end
painfully injured some back
muscles. He is making a steady
recovery but has had to post-
pone a vacation in Nova Scotia
which he had been looking for-
ward to.
them at the wen known Latin`
Quarter where a brief meeting
wa.s held. Reading of the cor-
respondence brought forth an
invitatilmAR, All members to
attend the Gold Cord ceremony
for Karen Dean and Joan Ever-
ete,on Tuesd,ay, June 18.
The mefobers were also in-
formed that the Ontario Hos-
pital has need of magazines,
nail polish, lipstick and ear-
rings and it was decided that
the Chapter would help them as
much as pessible.
The summer party, the last
event of the year, will be held
July 19 at the IIarbourlite Inn
with a buffet being served at
midnight. One of the feature
Made up of local talent.
The afterffifon concluded with
a tour of Victoria House, Lon-
don's Museum which holds var-
ious articles that are of interest
to everyone, from quilts to
muskets, from butter. moulds
to i_vory fans and already the
Museum has one of the largest
collections of Victorian. clothing
in the district and since the
Museum has as yet no funds for
purchasing historical items, the
generous citizens of London
have emptied out attics and
trunks of family heirlooms so
that other people may enjoy a
peek back into London's past.
The tour was enjoyed by all
and I'm sure that some of the
members were making compari-
sons with our own very famous
Pioneer Museum.
After a brief shopping spree,
the ladies boarded their bus for
the return trip home, convinced
that not only was their day
very enjoyable but also very
A classified ad in the Signal -
Star brings quick results.
HOLMESVILLE
I10141VIESVILLE, June 17. —
Miss Helen Potter, a ,bricle-to-
be of August, was honored last
Monday night by the teachers
of Riverside achool in 04kridgo
Acres, London, when they
gathered to present her with .a
miscellaneous shower. Mrs.
Glutton, at whose home the
bride -elect has stayed while
teaching in London, also enter-
er, for Miss Potte on Friday
night. The bride -elect'& mo-
ther and sister, Mrs. Elmer Pot-
ter and iss Cathie Potter, at-
tended t e latter shower.
DONNYBROOK
Mortgage firm
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DONNYBROOK, June, 17. --
The June meeting of the U.C.W.
of Donnybrook United, Church
was held Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. John Hilde-.
brand with a good attendance.
The theme was given by Mrs.
Ray Hanna who had charge of
the program. "The Chureh's
one faundation" was sung and
Mrs. Margaret Leddy read the
Scripture lesson, 3rd chapter
of lst Peter. The offering was
received and after singing "In
Christ there is no East, or West,"
Mrs. Hanna gave a reading,
"Difference of Skin," Mrs. Tom
Armstrong led in prayer and all
joined in repeating the Lord's
Prayer. Mrs. Hanna gave an-
other reading. 'Mrs. William
Hardy read the chapter in the
study book. Mrs. Stuart Cham-
ney read the minutes of the
previous meeting. Mrs. Sam
Thompson had charge of the
It was decided to accept the
invitations from Westfield,
June 12 at 8.30 p.m.; Calvin -
and St. Helens, June 25 at 2.30,
p.m.
Plans were made to have
"Hobo teas" M the next three
weeks. Mrs. John Hildebrand
Huron Lodge No. 62 I.O.O.F.
Annual Church Service
SUNDAY, JUNE 23
St. George's Anglican Church
All Rebekalis and Odarellows welcome.
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British Mortgage & Trust
Company, founded in Ui77, has,
opened a ninth branch in E4-
eter, •Untario. The office is
located in temporary quarters
in the 'old Central Hotel, a
building that has been standing
since before. British Mortgage
was chartered over 85 years
ago. Central Hotel, the last of
Exeter's seven hotels, was built
between 1865 and 1870 la)i Mr.
John McDonell, son of the th'st
Attorney General of Upper Can-
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numerous times over the years,
though in 1888 it was sold to
Mr. W. T. Atcheson and again
in 1946 was returOd to the
Atcheson - family from whom
British Mortgage recently made
the purchase.
The new .British Mortgage
Branch in Exeter opened Fri
day, June 14th.
Special Gifts
Special gifts were giVenn to
depositors and investors to mark
the opening of the new branch.
Each depositor opening a sav-
ings account of $25 or more re -
eelved a clear Lucite silver dol,,
lar paperweight. Eaeli inVestor
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any Exeter retail storc. There
were attractive souvenirs and
refreshments for every visitor.
. Charles V.•Burett, a' native
of Parkhill, is manager m the
British Mortgage Exeter`Brancit.
Names of ,other staff members
have got been released as yet`
but British IViortgage hopes to
recruit local Personnel.
- Exeter Native
W. 11. Gregory, president of
gave a reading "Making quilts.!'
"From all that dwell below the
skies," was sung and Mrs. Han-
na closed the meeting with
prayer. Lunch was served by
the hostess assisted by Mrs.
Margaret Ledcly ail Mrs. Ed- ,
ward Robinson.
panyo bOrn in Exeter.
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degree .at Osgoode
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Wilfrid Gregory, ,Q,C.;
aging Director of British Mort/.
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new branch. "We have many
friends in the gxeter area, and
look forward to taking our part
hi' the progressive and 4trong
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