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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-10-23, Page 3P Ministers and elders to attend Synod Some 188 ministers and an equal number of ruling elders have beensummoned to attend the 96th Meeting of the Synod of Hamilton and London, in Mount Zion Presbyterian Church, Ridgetown, Monday, Qct. 27. 'Rev. J. K. Ross Thomson, St. Catharines, chosen Moderator at the meeting in Goderich, last 4 efail, will preach at the opening Monday evening when his successor will be elected. Dr. E. « H. Johnson, Moderator Of General Assembly also speaks then and on Tuesday, Prof. Alan Farris, of Knox College, The main business of Synod will follow presentation of reports by committee • convenors: stewardship, Rev. A. Clements, Dutton; Missions, Rev. D. S. Campbell, Sarnia; Pensions, . Rev. D. Maclnnes, Ridgetown; History, Rev. R. MacLeod, Chatham; Christian Education, Rev. J. Congram, • Hamilton; Evangelism and Social Action; Rev. -H. Zegerius Dunnville; Public Relations, Rev. R. Gordon, London; Finance, Rev. F. J. Barr, Sarnia; Nominating, Rev. J. Ferguson, Stratford; Camp, Rev. W. A. Henderson, Woodstock; Articles of Faith, Rev. Wm, Lawson, Windsor; Town and Country, Rev. T. J. Lewis, Waterdown; Students and Colleges, Rev. R. H. Armstrong, Wingham; Loyal Addresses. Rev. l;I. S. Rodney, St. Thomas; Synod Procedures, Rev. J. P. Darch, "Niagara" Falls and Treasurer, Rev.. G. A. Gordier, Dorchester, For much of Tuesday the Synod will be divided into five groups for discussion of matters arising from the 'reports.' The Mayor, and Ministerial ?resident will bring greetings at•• the luncheon that day when new members will be introduced and welcomed. The Synod has met annually since the union of the Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1875 except in 1965 when changing from Spring to Fall meetings it met in Windsor hr May and London in October. It includes all Presbyterian Churches west, and south of, a line joining Owen Sound, Innerkip and Burlington„ and all the Niagara Peninsula. • Arthur Cfrcle holds October meeting Monday. The October meeting of the Arthur Circle of Knox • Presbyterian Church was held in the Church Parlor on Monday evening. The prayer of invocation was offered by the president, Lucy Johnston,, and the hymn "Softly now the light of day" was sung. ✓ The reports of the secretary' and treasurer were read and approved.. Final plans were formulated for the Bazaar and Tea to be held on Saturday, November 8, in the Sunday 'School Auditorium. • A missionary news letter frcftn Miss Pauline Brown in the field in •Amkhut, India, was read to the group by Helen McManus. The offering was received by Carol Egener and Audrey Royal. The devotional period was carried out on the theme "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord." The hymn "Come ye thankful people, come" was sung, and Psalms and prayers of Thanksgiving were offered by Mary Henderson, Christena Hyde, Helen -McManus and Ruth Skeoch. A Thanksgiving meditation "Are we truly thankful for all our blessings" was presented by Pat Stringer. Following 'the closing exercises, lunch was served by members of the executive. North Street United Church Hi -C will ;hist :Leamington teenagers Doings Of Dungannon MRS,)3ILL PARK 529.791' The fourth meeting of the Dungannon- Homemakers was held at Mrs. Ivan Rivett's at 7:30 p.m., September 29. Nine girls were present. • Cathy Culbert opened the meeting with the 4-I1 pledge. Then the roll call, "Places the Feather stitch could be used to cover seams as on ' a Crazy Quilt.'" Peggy Young read the minutes of the last meeting. We discussed the uses of the Feather stitch. All the girls told the leaders their pattern is for "Free Choice" articles. We discussed and looked over the clippings in Member's Parriphlet, Mrs. Rivett and Mrs. Young demonstrated the second variation of the Feather stitch, the Chain and Lazy Daisy stitches. For group work we filled in the answers -for Feather stitch on illustration sheet. We cut.' the samples for Chain " and Lazy Daisy stitches 'and put on Learning stitch article. The fifth meeting of the Dungannon Homemakers . was held at Mrs. Ivan Rivett's at '7:30 p.m., October 13. Eight girls were present. Cathy Culbert opened the meeting with the 441 pledge and was joined by the rest of the girls. Then the roll call, "Places the Chain and . Lazy Daisy stitches could be used: the Chain stitch could beused to make lines or as a filler. Lazy. Daisy stitches could be used to make grass, flower petals and as a filler to fill in a large space." BRIDGE SCORE North treeUnited Chureli,•-._ teenagers;..`- Attie Attchurch, Hi -C will nteainAindlay 'hds *',this group has found a way to to 35 young teenagers from work from :the' inside and it is Leamington United , Church helping to make the church Saturday' an -d- Sunday;-October---relevant-and- meaningful;-'"' said - 24 and 25. The group arrives" -by. Mr. MacDonald. 'bus on Saturday night and will be billeted. -in Hi -C member's homes throughout town. The joint group plans a • Saturday evening program of folk music; discussion and entertainment. They - will eat together at the church Sunday following the church service. The Leamington teens, only part" of the over 100 young people who belong to the group, will have with them Mrs. Joanne Fillimore, broadcaster on radio station CHYR Leamington and will be featured on Singtime on • CKNX-TV Sunday at 5:30 p.m. "This group has found a way to stay with the church and work with it," Rev. J. Donald MacDonald, of North Street United Church, said this week. • Last spring they raised $5,000 for retarded children with a Walkathon they organized. "In a day when many • • • •. M There were five tables in play at the Goderich Duplicate Bridge Club Monday night. Winners and their scores were as follows: Mrs. Bill Duncan and Mrs. Bud Worthy, 471/2; Mrs. Bob Sproule and Mrs. Al Galbraith, 47; Miss Lena Robinson and Mrs, Jean Papernick, 421/2; Mrs, Frank Reid and Mrs. Bruce' Erskine tied with Bill Duncan and Ralph Kingswell with 35. • Bridge game will be held next Tuesday night as usual. HELP Peggy 'Soung then read the minutes of the last meeting. We discussed the uses of the Chain and Daisy stitches and put on illustration sheet and put it in the record book. We read and discussed the fabric requireda for "Free Choice" article on page 37 in Member's Pamphlet. We also reviewed the color schemeson page 11 in Member's Pamphlet. Mrs. Rivett demonstrated how to do the Crewel stitch,. Host of the girls got their samples done and on the illustration sheet and Started ,the Crewel stitch on the "learning stitches",;article. Mr. Bob Tideswell of Clinton spent Saturday, with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Park and family. Visitors on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Park were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Vincent ' of Belgrave and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ard of Wingham. The first meeting of . the Dungannon Explorers was held on Tuesday evening with . an election of officers. The second meeting .to , be held Tuesday. October 28th will take the form of a Hallow -e'en Party. Any girl being 9 before January may contact any of the leaders, Mrs. Fred Young, Mrs. Dan McInnis or Miss Diane Errington. Mr. Harold Jewell, Fred Jewell, LeRoy Meriam and Bev. Shepherd all of Goderich called on Mr,. and Mrs. Jim Rivett and family on Sunday. 4 Appoint, assistant gig. rep. Michael (Mike) Miller -Was recently appointed assistant agricultural representative for Huron County. He is a native of Kent County wherehis family operate a' bog, beef and cash crop operation. Following his education at the Ridgetown District High School, she enrolled at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, where he majored in Crop Science and graduated with his B.S.A. in the spring convocation, 1969..: He was active in many student functions at college. In his final year, he was chairman of the Union Council Finance Committee, director of the - Campus Co -Operative, treasurer of his year '69 O.A.C.,' active in the University Soils and Crops Club and participated in College Royal. Mike worked with the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food for three summers, two at. the Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology, Crops Division, and last year with the Soils ,And Crops Branch out of Brighton. Following his summer employment with the Field Staff of the Jolly Green Giant Company this year, he has joined the Huron Extension office at Clinton., His main farm management responsibilities wilt, be in the area of Field. Crop Production and Marketing. bice MRS. EUZABETH.A. CHR ISTI LAIN •004111 CIH SIOI ATAR.. Winghein this past spring, He was a veteran .9f the battle of Virg' Ridge and Wass .a ",Old Contemptible." Be is survived by twO sister in -England The funeral service was ,held at the Stiles Funeral Home, Friday: October,17, with ev, , G. LeRQyal officiating. : Interment , was in the Veterans' Plot at Maitland Cemetery. Pallbearers were Harold Chambers, Walter Sheardown, Robert Prouse and Gerald Spain. •d h A. Christilaw, ,Huronview, died there on Tuesday, October 14. She was 9 2. " " Mrs.:C' t.ilaw was born r n in Colborneme TownshiponJuly 29, 1877, a daughter of William Kerr and the former Jessie McNee. .She lived in Colborne and Ashfield Townships before moving to Huronview :July 1968. She was married to Edmund Christilaw and was a member of Nile United Church. Mrs. Christilaw was predeceased by her husband and by one brother and one sister. Surviving are one son, Leonard, Nile, and one granddaughter and six great grandchildren. The funeral service was' hekl at Lodge Funeral Home at 2 p.m. on October 17. Rev. R. C. McClenaghan of Nile United Church officiated. Interment was in Colborne cemetery: Pallbearers were: Graham McNee, Robert McPhee, Frank Hawkins, Alvin Kerr, Marvin Good and Cliff McNeil. ALFRED CHARLES BLEACH MR$JAY,,09T BE. 2$, 19430 1 , MRS. EDITH MAY ISFIINDIAY' Edith May Blindt ,Colborrat 'tQwnskdp, diad. Alexandra Moine and; Conlerid U ,pita Qn Sunday. fiber 19, after -. Woes of i4.l ae mouths. She was !14 Mrs/ Brindley ,was 'bra.! in Lrverp ot," :ngiand, Qn ecember 25, .1$O7 "..a danghte of Kr. and v wafted Wil son.. She 0,010 to Cada when she was 14 -Years of age and .lived 111 Searorth until he. r marriage, She was married to Glifford> F. Brindley on .September 2, 1932 in thearsonage aVictoria Street - Gulch. They Uved� tri' Colborne 'Township since their marriage. Mrs. Brindley was a member of Nile United Church. She was predeceased by her -' husband who died January 14, 1956. .. Surviving are three sons, Douglas, Goderich; Donald, Colborne Township and Teddy, Colborne Township; . two • daughters, Mrs. Reg (B,osella) Anderson, Wingham and Mrs. Ronald (June) Diemert, St... Mary's; one brother, Leslie Wilkinson, Toronto and one sister, ,Mrs- .Ray (Lilly) Deacon, London, England; and eight '. grandchildren. • The funeral service was held at Stiles Funeral Home at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22, with Rev. G. L. Royal officiating. Interment was its,,, Colborne Cemetery. Pallbearers were Arnold Kerr, Leonard Brindley, Russell Brindley, George Caldwell, Orville Ribey and Roy McKnight. Alfred Charles Bleach' 'or�i Wingham died suddenly at Goderich October 14. He was 72. Mr. Bleach was born in England, November 10, 1896. He came. to Canada at about ten years of age and lived in Goderich since returning from overseas in 1918. He moved to MRS. KATIE L. BOWLER 1. Mrs, Katie Bowler, Goderich, died at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital on Sunday, October 18 after a lengthy illness. She was 93. " Mrs. Bowler- was born in Simcoe County on July 20, 1876, . a daughter of Richard SomersalI and the former Mary Haughton. She was married to Thomas Henry Bowler who died in 1965. She lived in Colborne Township from 1896 until 56 years ago• when she moved to Goderich. She was a member. of Knox ,Presbyterian .Church. Surviving is one step son, Norman Bowler, Goderich. The funeral service was held at Lodge Funeral Horne at 2 p.m. on October 21, Rev. G. L. 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