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OLIVER J., COOK '
The funeral of Oliver John-
Gook,, a longtime resident of •
Goderich,. of 95 Brock street,
who died at Alexandra Marine-
and General hospital here June
19. following a short illness,
was held Wednesday June 21
from -the Stiles funeral ,home to
Colborne cemetery. Rev, G.
Lockhart Royal, ` minister of
Knox f?resby'terian. church, of.
ficiated, •
Bearers were Joe Moore;Joe
Cook,, Fred Horton, Bud White,..
Joe 'Freeman and Bert Free;
man. Flower bearers were Ray
Cook, Ray Donnelly, Harold
Cook, Wayne Cook and Jack
Thom.
Mr. Cook was a native of
Colborne. township 'and farmed
there • until retiring ,in April
of 1931. His marriage to Alice
Gertrude Quaid, who survives,
took place in 1911 at the res-
idence on East street. He
was' a member of Knox Pres.
byterian church.
Surviving besides his wife
are Robert, John and Bernice
(Mrs. Herb Davidson) all of
Goderich; Frank',. Port Col.
borne; Frances, (Mrs. Ted
O'Grady) Vancouver, B. •C,
A1s01 surviving are 11 grand-
cchildren and two great
grandchildren, as „well as two
ASHF
ASHFIELD - A shower was
held in. North Ashfield school on
• Monday night in honor ofSharon
West. .
Nancy MacLennan has a sum.
mer job in Southampton.
Jim Oke of Oshawa is spend.
ing the holidays with his grand.
father Earl Howes; and Jim Ain.
slee of Toronto with his grand.
father, Frank MacLennan,
Mr. and Mrs. H. Sawchtick
and son of Toronto visited with
Alex Farrish last weekend:
Miss M bel MacDonald of
Windsor spbnt the weekendwith
relatives here.`
Church services and Sunday
school in Ashfield Presbyterian
hutch will be cancelled onJuly
brothers, Herbert ofWoodstock
and Lockhart of Goderich and
a sister, Mrs. Mary Freeman,
Strathroy.
CHARLES A. WALKER
The funeral of Charles Art.
hur Walker, 37 -year-old God.
erich sailor who died at Seven
Islands, Quebec, following an
illness • Of ' two days' duration
June 17, was held .there Friday
June 23 from the Stiles funeral
bottle to Colborne cemetery.
G.• G. Russell, rector of
St. , George's Anglican church
officiated.
Bearers "were Dan Littler,
Ken Austin, both of Toronto;
Garry Hoffman, Ripley; Jim
•McCreight, Ed Siddall, Gordon
Bradshaw, all of Goderich.
A dative of Springhill, N.S.,
Mr. Walker was born there
January 25, 1930. His marriage
took place in Toronto March 5,
1955 to Patricia Fay Mnhring
of Goderich and they made their
home there until moving to
Goderich three years ago. Mr.
'Walker was an adherent of St.
George's Anglican church.
Survivingbesides his. wife
are four children, Wendy , Gor.
don, Kenneth and Joan , all at
home. Also surviving is his
mother, Mrs. Jennifer Spence,
Springhill, N. 5.
IELD
2 because of the CentennialSer•
vice in Ripley at 11 a.m. The
guest preacher will be the Rev.
- Alex MacCombie,
The June meeting of the W MS,
was held at the home of Mrs.
Ewan MacLean who was in
charge of the program. Mrs.
Allan MacDonald andMrs. Mac-
Lean told of the work ' done
t, among the Indians, Mrs. Tho..
mas MacDonald read the 23rd
Psalm as re -written by an In.
dian. Mrs. Colin Howes and
Mrs. William Ross gave a re-
sume of the accomplishments
of the Indian schools and Mrs.
MacLean read a synopsis of the
life of Pauline Johnson. Mrs.
Ross gave the Bible study.
There were 18 present. •,
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This photo harks back to early years of World
War II when a Bren gun carrier wasystill a strange
novelty .to civilians, some of whom are seen in-
specting a machine which was exhil,ited in the
Goderich area. At right,, in uniform is the late
Cockburn Hays. The visitors are not identified.
Tile photo is reproduced through courtesy of Bob
Henry, well-known Goderich photographer.
Dungannon
BUNGANNON - The Dungan.
non United church UCW met
on June .20 with the president,
Mrs.' Nelson P ear son,pr es iding. •
After the opening hymn and
prayer, a minute of silent pray.
er followed by the Lord's pray.
er was observed in memory, of
two members of'the church who
had died recently.
Mrs. Howard Johnston and
Mrs. Fred Young led in the
devotional from "God's Word
is Made Flesh"., and Mrs. Clif.
ford Crozier gave the mission
study from "Churches where
the action is" telling of the
progress of agriculture, comm-
unity development and_ culture
in Western Canada.
Rev, Glen Wright introduced
a film dealing with the pro.
gress and changes inchurches
and • religion dating from 1830
to 1967.,. The roll call was an.
swered by a verse containing
the word"Word" and new flags
over the honor rolls were dis.
cussed.
Mrs. Wright gave the offering
dedication"prayer. The meeting
closed with prayer and bened.
iction followed by lunch and an
auction of donated articles. The
next meeting will be the third
Tuesday in August.
PERSONALS
We are glad- to report that
Mrs. John Spivak returned to
her home at the weekend after
undergoing surgery a week pre.
yious in Wingham and district
hospital,
Miss' Flora Durnin and her
Mark. Golden
Anflive!sa;y.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Crich,
Clinton, celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary with a fam.
ily dinner at the Tiger Dunlop
Inn, Goderich, followed by a so.
c ial evening at their homewhere
the family made a presentation
of gifts to mark the occasion.
They were married on June
20, 1917 at the bride's home in
Tuckersmith township, Mrs.
Crich is the former Rose Isa-
belle Pepper.
Following their marriage, the
couple farmed, on the' second
'concession of Tuckersmith
township until the' fall of 1948
when they- . moved to" Clinton
where Mr. Crich was employed
at the Canadian forces base
until retirement.
The couple have two sons
and a daughter,' Alden and Don
of Clinton and Margaret (Mrs.
Melbourne Bali) of Goderich-
and ten grandchildren.
father, R. J. Durnin spent the
weekend with her friend, Miss
-Nora Creyke and Mrs. Creyke
at Schomberg,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Brown
attended the annual Reed picnic
at Seaforth Lions park on Sun.
day. .
The cemetery committee is
pleased to report a very im.
pressive memorial service as
held on June 25 with a good
attendance and a collection of
$124. The appearance of the
cemetery is very commendable,
-Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Blake
attended the Centennial cel.
ebration and termination of
U.S.S. No. 4 Elma and Grey on
Saturday. Mrs. Blake had beep
a former teacher at the school.
Mr. and Mrs. Heber Eedy
visited on Sunday with Mr. and.
Mrs. Jack E edy and family of
S trathroy.
The Women's Institute will
meet on June 29 at 8:30 at, the
home of Mrs. George Errington.
Miss Clare•McGowan, director
of the Huron county children's_
aid -will be 'the guest speaker.
Congratulations. to Mrs. Hugh
McWhinney on being one of the
graduating class of nurse's aides
and, attendants at Ontario hos.
pital _-Goder4eh--on• June 21;
'Martha Eedy entertained
some of her girl friends • at
a barbecue for her thirteenth
birthday on,Friday evening.
KINGSBRIDGE
KINGSBRIDGE - Mrs. Ann
Scola of Detroit , granddaughter
of Mrs. Martha O'Neill,passed
away over the weekend after a
lengthy illness. The community
extends sincere sympathy to
Mrs. O'Neill and relatives.'
John O'Connor arrived home
last week after spending three
months at St. Joseph's hospital,
London, where he underwent
surgery. John ilmanagingvery
well, and his sister Mrs. Ursula
Hebert of Detroit is with him.
The farm formerly owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Zinn on
the ninth concession is humm-
ing with activity once again. Mr.
and Mrs. John Miltenburg, with
their gix sons and one daughter
arrived' from Holland in the past
month to take up residence on
their newly purchased property.
Mr. and Mrs, T. J. Lannon
of London,. ,accompanied by.
Dominic Berger-, of Detroitvis•
ited with friends over the week.
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Mars.
man and wee girls, •Maria' and
Catherine of London, spent the
weekend with Mrs. Irene Dalton
and Maria. The Marstnans
also visited with' Mr. Herman
Marsman of Holland, Arnold's
father who is spending a few
months in Canada at the farm
of his daughter Mrs. Marinus
M iltenbur g.
Visitors with Mrs. Blaise
Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Martin • on the weekend were
Mrs. Mike Law and daughter
Michelle, Mr. and' Mrs. Arn-
old `erh�allen and small daugh.
ters, Michelene and Arlene all
• of London; Mr: and Mrs. Bert
King, Raymond and Brian and
Mr. and, Mrs. Dave King and
Pam all- Teeswater; Miss
Agnes ing, Joe and Ted Mar-
tin Hamilton; and Mr. and
Mrs. Ed McDonald, Shirl and
;Laurie of Sarnia.
Mrs. Jim MacDonald aidyear
old daughter Julieann of Van.
couver, B.C. are visiting with,
•Mr, Ray Dalton and boys. Mrs.
Ray , Dalton ' is' a patient in Vic-
toria. hospital, London.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Murray of
Detroit 'have rented a summer
cottage at Point Clark for, the
'summer.
Mr, and Mrs. Dennis Sinnott
and family camped on the Lake
Huron shores this past week.
end.
Tom Wallace is a patient in
- the Wingham hospital.
Mrs. Martha. O'Neill andHer•
man, Lambertus are both pat,
ients in the Goderich hospital.
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Con Hogan who celebrated
their 25th wedding anniversary-.
at home on Sunday June 25th.
Relatives were present,
Weekend visitors with Mrs._
Cliff Austin were Mr. and Mrs.
Len Woodley of Malton, Ontario.
Town Honors
Huron County
The town of Goderich played
- host to the members of Huron
county council and officials,
-and members of the press re.
porting council proceedings,
following adjournment of the
June session last week.
Mayor Dr. G. F. Mills, Reeve.
Bert Stich, and Deputy -reeve
Harry Worsen and councillors
welcomed the guests who were
provided ith abounteous senor.
gasbord nner.
' War _en Donald McKenzie,
Ashfield, thanked the town of
Goderich in behalf of the gather-
ing which was held in the Royal
Canadian Legion .Hall, God.
erich.
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Huron To Aid Tornado Area
By R. S. Atkey
The County of Huron will be
allowed . to donate to ,the Huron.
Perth disaster fund, Warden.
Donald McKenzie, Ashfield, in.
formed members of . Huron
county council in session at •
Goderich last week: He' did not
elaborate at that particular
time.
However, the .report of the
finance and executive comm-
ittee, Kenneth Stewart, McKi1•
lop, chair man, explained what
had been done by the committee
in behalf .of the county.
At the last session of county
council (in May), the county
assessor, the agricultural re-
presentative, and the chairman
of the, finance and executive
committee" were authorized to
work with the. Huron -'Perth dis-
aster fund committee in an
effort to determine the need
.for aid in assisting residents
Who suffered losses durini` the
recent tornado which swept por.
tions of the two .counties.
Ain assessment has been made
in connection with these res.
idents but no decision has been
arrived at as yet.regarding the
basis of payment or any fin.
ancial con mitment.
Upon communicating with the
department of municipal af.
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Auxiliary Has
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fairs, the clerk --treasurer was
advised that under legislation,
there was no provision - at
that time - for the payment of
a grant in connection with such
a disaster.
However, after dicsuussing the
matter with 'Hon. C. S. Mac.
Naugton, MLA for Huron, and
J. W. Bell,- solicitor for the
department of municipal affairs,
arrangements were made
whereby an amendment to the
act could be made if Council
so desired, to allow partici.
pation on a financial basis by
the county of Huron. The com.
mittee Met recently and dis.
cussed in detail the situation
relative to the financial -aspect.
The County was advised that
any action to be taken should
be done immediately before the
Legislature prorogued. Under
' the above circumstances, the
committee. deewed ed it advisable' to instruct the ierk-treasure
to contact the department
municipal affairs requestii
that an arnendme4 be made .o
thO Act in order to permit
paytnent of" a grant-in-aid to
citizens who suffered loss dur.
ing the tornado,
LaborCouncil Urges Action'.
By Unions On labor. Day
The regi4ar monthly meeting
of the Goderich 'and District
Labour Council was held Mon.
day, June 26th at 6:30 p.m,
• It was unanimously decided to
give a further donation to the
men on strike at the salt block.
It was decided to ask affiliated
locals. again, to participate in
Labor Day activities. This Was
urged in the strongest possible
terms. If they are willing to
go ahead with plans, the Labour
Council will give them every
assistance it ; can and act as
co-ordinator of their efforts.
The first meeting of the
Hospital auxiliary -in the spac.
sous auxiliary room in the new
wing of the hospital was held
June 19th, Miss B. Lauder
Presiding.
Reports were accepted from
the secretary, Mrs. L. Diggon
and from the treasurer, Mrs.
J. A. McLaren. . Mrs. C. Wor.
sell spoke of the successful
operation of the -"in ew-gift" h'op
and cart, and the treasurer
Mrs. M. Rayner gave a very
encouraging financial state-
ment of it.
The most eagerly awaited re:'
port was that of the treasurer
of the penny sale and tea, Mrs.
S. Prevett, who announced a
very substantial sum to;:beused
to furnish medical and surgical
equipment for the hospital. The
thanks of the auxiliary is ex.
tended to all who contributed
to its success.
Plans were laid for the mem.
bership tea 'and the sale ofHos.
pital calendars in the Fall,
after which the meeting was
adjourned until September.
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It must be realized that the
Labour Council can only pro.
-geed with an enterprise of this
sort,. with ,the complete backing
of every union and every man
• in the unions. „They alone have
the men and the money.
CLOS e'DOWN
The Labour Council will not
hold meetings in July and Aug-
ust, as holidays in its various
locals will prevent. anything like
an adequate attendance: The ex.
ecutive was given power to look
after necessary business in the
interim:
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