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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-06-17, Page 16"Never was there a tune history when we need good ineu az d =women Saver ,ent- xhaa we do ytoday; Never was there a time, .when Canadian people .should take an interestA Gov, ernment than today," 'So said 'Mrs. Margaret Kon. antz, Liberal M.P., for Souih R�pcg; who was guests Ons(�u's ,annual Ladies" Night at Itar- bourite Inn Thursday evening. "Today we mast think inter- national and not just local," said Mrs. Konantz: "What we find here and there on the inter- national scene is not always to our liking and we must work, as a unit in solving our prob- lems," : he stated, concluding her address with the thought, • "One hand does not tie a bundle." Mrs. Konantz flew into Gode- rich from Ottawa to speak here and, immediately ,after -her ad- dress, flew Sky Harbour Air Ser- vices to London to catch a flight back to Ottawa. She was introduced by John Stringer. A vote of thanks was extended to her by Andy Bout- ilier, who presented her with a Sheaffer pen and pencil set, on behalf of the Lions Club. At the commencement. -of the banquet meeting, a minute's sil ence was observed in respect ' ..._.-- for the memory of Mervin H. 1 Mrs. Margaret Konantz, Stephens, a past president of ials in the local Lions' the Goderich Lions Club. Left to right are: Mrs. Toast To Ladies The toast to the ladies was proposed by Bill Huff and ably .the singing were Ebb , Ross, , ners replied to by Mrs. R, W. Hughes. George $uchanan, Bob Smith Mrs. „ _... Guests present were Mr: and George Parsons and Harold goutilier, Mrs. Dan Murphy and Mr. How Bettger. Mrs. Don and Aitken, who were respon- The Lions District Governor, Ross. sible for obtaining the guest Dr. Peter Bissonette of Ripley, In opening , her address, Mrs, speaker for the occasion, Mrs. installed the new Lions Presi-;Konantz said, "I have never Konantz. dent, Maurice Jenkins, and the been anywhere I've found such Mrs. Lyle Pinkney was in new executive, the list of whom friendliness as I have found in chargeof g the roll call and the was previously been published. ri e's of the ,'11ons restionded't'Pr sic -eft vidili ee se l-kIi e brief or-Godepic1-0:1-4-She-Telated- experi instead of the Lions. 1•y 'outlined his ' plans for the dur'ng her trips to many Mrs. Clayton 2 Edward led in forthcoming year and pointed different countries in the. world. Mrs. Konantz maintained, "I'm not a politician" and recalled that her late husb . nd once said Some district residents ''may be first in line as; helae. i ie.,s from . a. New , York City man's estate which is said to amount to • several million dollars, . - .A, New York -City lawyer last week phoned Town Clerk Blake and 'asked him to search '•eepr-d$'1 f e–W sl'.eyan" Church o • e ac ko a certain wed=. ding here 1'I6 years ago., Mr. Blake found that the North Street United Churchrecords did not gd back that far, The lawyer said. he wanted proof of the marriage at Goderich on February 5, 1849,- of James Hasket of Oneida, New York, to Lucy Pike Gaynor of the Wes- leyan Church. Mr, Blake then contacted The :Signal Star and a ' search was started into old ,,files , of The Huron Signal. It was then that, thedesired information was ob- tained" Under the heading of,..,Mart, r&a.ges_ ain.-The..,Juron-..Signal-.of F' , " R ' 9,•-appeard-t following: February the- 5th, at Gode- 'rich by Rev. John 'Williams, Jaynes ' Hasket Esq., of Cale- donia to Miss Lucy .Gaynor, second eldest daughter of the late Edward Gaynor Esq., of Balingavey County of Tipper- ary, Ireland. The _New York City lawyer did not disclose the name of '+the Baan who died nor tho exact" time of bis death. The, lawyer said that `the deceased man .hid no known heirs,at the tiiue of his death. 'thus, hus, ' a lengthy eareh wa4 trail i PAC, d'" or :bo tea° alit it tunic.' ya. qF side of the Tamil y is Atitled• to one-half of the net estate, • A local search revealed that one, Cornelius Gaynor came, to -Canada from Tipperary andr'set. tied in : West Wawanosh Town:- All own-All of his family are dead .and one of his sons was "Matt" Gaynor, well-known .94 auctioneer, who died on `f " Gaitnor_ who lives at 164 -Picton street with her daughter, Wilma. Oth- er children of Mrs.. "Matt" Ga -- nor , are Leon M., Theresa and Phyllis of Goderich and Lyle of Tavistock. Any .Signal -Star readers wh°o know of any possible connec- tions who might be classified as legal heirs are asked to send III the information to; Interaation- Mrs, Ivan Paperniclt at ed the rally at the -04ta44 pitOrillia,-last Sway, .also.-=` isittd-wi r ► ra11c g, ' ate Mrs.. Ian 4i4'Listowel on 411Q in ,tile 40th wedding Sunda, ,'dation -of his brother-in-law sister,,., Mr, and _ Mrs, : (gip Grant. of Brussels. Mrs, was the former surra' Their son, Campbell Grant, Mrs. Grant entertained in honer at the_ Blue horn guests werepresent_ fr., to; tcnener `i ores . . , al Tracers,;of Aineriea;19 No "Main, Box 121, Liberty,°; York. If a phone °call le.; it should be made to New/, City, A, and: number is rea 291Code-571A, Ask Mr. Jonson: Do not 212Pilope less you are sure of you formation, th M.P., , chats with the wives of offic Club at the annual Ladies' Night. Maurice Jenkins, wife of the pres- ident, Mrs. .Konantz, Mrs. Peter MacEwan, and Mrs. Peter Bissonette, wife of the district •.governor." • Signal -Star Photo Gardner, Schaefer, Mrs. Andy Mrs. R. W. Hughes, MacEwan and Ebb the sing -song, accompanied ,on the piano by Mrs. Ed. Jessop. The tail twisters were Mrs. Peter Bissone out that it was still up to the Lions to select a suitable project. He also expressed appreciation District Governor,'and Mrs. Wm. ed to -work with him. promise you will never go Into Lumby. Special directors for Among the draw prize win- i politics." - United Nations As a Canadian delegate to the I United Nations Social Commit- tee, Mrs. Konantz_ declared, "Magnificent work is done by the United Nations. You must all fight for it. It would be a trag- edy if it were ever to die but I have a feeling that it will not." Referring to her trip to dif- ferent Darts of the world, Mrs. Konantz said that in 1955-56 when she visited in England the public image of Canada was never brighter. By 1959, how - attitude to Canada was to be found -abroad, due to some ex. tent to the tariffs which_ Canada had imposed. Mrs. Yonantz said she would make many changes at Ottawa if she had' her own way. She pointed out that no one real- ized the long hours put in 'by their members of parliament at Ottawa. Referring to news- paper -reading members ofa iVI.P.'r- rct^1 ia men "slie sa �.F`an� .. has to take about - five different newspapers to keep up with what people are thinking. Stating that there are six wo- men M.P.s at Ottawa—all with i eren ma e -ups anu eres s —she added "I assure you there is room for more women there.;' %.E have loaned mil-lioDs of y v dollars on thousands of' mortgages in 87 years. We can help you and advise you on mortgages when you want to ,buy or build a home. 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