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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-07-06, Page 14}e, CrodieriGh Signal -Star, Thuccsday, July 6, 1967 +0 Cbitu.ary # 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. •, Overnight for registered' guests its downtown j . the finestDetroit has to offer in conVenience, comfort and• hos. pitality. In.the heart of the downtown office. theater•and shopping area -within easy access of the city's attractions. Statier-Hilton f :s .. ? located tight across the street. Modern guest rooms all with bath. ,s radio ... television. Excellent food, moderately priced in the at. • •• tractive Tuller Coffee Room and newCafeteria. Special tourist and group sleeping rooms to accommodate from four to six persons in a room. woe choice of Ballrooms, Meeting .. ,�<�:::gy,g 4 _ F3ooms. S.ample.899. a -e �.el�enl or1vention, Facilities. a. Diotat. AIR=CONDITIONED 800 rooms, with bath from 1 SPECIAL RATES FOR GROUPS FAMILY RATES ... No. Charge for Children 12 and under H.A. KRAMER • General Manager • WOodward 3-5200 FACING,GRA$D CIRCUS PARK DETROIT, MICHIGAN Announcing The New True Chequing Account Here's 'a grand -new chequing accotrnt-from Bank of Montreal. It's called True Chequing and it's designed to be used in combination with True Savings. How • the two account plan • wrdrks9at a glance � 9 TRUE CHEQUING TRUE SAVINGS • The Disadvantage ,The Disadvantage No interest. •No chequing. The Advantages The Advantages Convenient way to pay bills. 41/2 ^i on minimum monthly Simplifies budgeting. balance. Low cost. Money always available. Permanent record of Free transfers to True expenditures. , Chequing. , Cancelled cheques as receipts. Free cash withdrawals, ' 'Keep enough in your True Chequing Account to paY your bills. Put the rest into 4r % True Savings. (If you already have a 3% Savings Account, you can convert it to True Savings). Where? At your neighbotirhood Bank of Mohtreal. ��;e r iasr 1 i W Bank O IVIo l; �a . ntr I 121. nn wNcuGoderich Brancli-- MILTON fAYNER, Manager 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. , 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. 3 --BIG EVENTS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE -3 SOFTBALL N.H.L. ALL-STARS vs,. FIREMEN Autographs Avajlable -- 7:00` . 7:30 p.m. Tug-OWar i:30 to 8:00 p.m. FUN -FILLED WATER FIGHT 1000 p.m. SEAFORTH FIRE DEPT. VS. GODERICH FIRE DEPT. SATURDAY, JULY .8 7:40 p.m. AGRICULTURAL -PARK , TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM ANY GODERICH FIREMAN OR AT 'i'HE PARK Numerous Gate Prizes On Advance Tale Only ADMISSION: ADULTS $1.00 -- CHILDREN 14 AND UNDER SOc Spe n'sored by • Branch 109 Canadian Legion in Co-operation With Goderich Fire Department Auxiliary Has First- Meet �hi New Wing 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. Cut the work and cost of rug cleaning! RENT: A Bissell Elc,ctric rag shampooer 2 per day LEDGE FURNITURE WEST ST. " FOR YOUR 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: FIRE INSURANCE See or Phone MAICOLM MATHERS GENERAL INSURANCE- AGENT, 46--WEST--ST Y - _ _ ___ _ 5244442 CLUB GRILL AND DINING ROOM I1'ere D/?,/g4'Q' P/eai7,re J • IT'S A PLEASURE 'SERVING • YOU During Old Home Week it has been our pleasure' to serve you. We hope to see a little more of you before you leave and we are glad you made it home for the festivities. 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