The Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-01-14, Page 3r
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BY MRS. WES BI3ADNQICK .
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'Eche "annual* meeting - of t e
Auburn Horticultural- cult
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was held, `in the Community
'a Memorial Hall with the president
in `charge. Ther: Meeting "' was
opened __by singing 0 Canada
with .Mrs,.. Robe. J, Phillfps.at
the piano. - •
Mme, aylor 'weieomed the
•niehlbers" 'and gave `` a reading,
"Thoughts for the New Year,"
She also spoke," about the
absence .-•of the secretary Mrs,
Beth Lansing and ,a former
president, Mrs. Dorothy Grange,
who 'were in hospitaldue to
accidents. .
• The minutes were accepted_as
. read by the acting ' secretary,
Mrs. Thomas Haggitt. Christmas
greetings were read and Mrs.
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Ta`yfor reported on their work
as
jedges at the Blyth Christmas
door decoration contest. Miss ,
'rances Houston, • Mrs. Oscar' de
Boer and Mrs. Taylor had judged
the decorations the ;;reek before
Christmas,. �... .
A report:" of the' -year's
activities .was read by Mrs.
l,`iaggitt ' and Mrs. Taylor
expressed thanks to the Village'
-Trustees (ho had ' placed 'the ,
colored lights .across' the street
for the hbfiday season.
The finar tial statement wal .
given by Mit 'Eleanor Bradnock:
Mrs. Frank Raithby, past
• president, took charge of the
;lection of officers for,1971. '"
Mrs. Taylor showed slides of
the winning pictures .ictures of
t h e ntario Horticultural
Society. These were very pretty
and a discussion followed on the
flowers and. flower -beds shown•.
The 'roll call was answered by
each member tell•ing what pwinter
plants they had telling
in
their ,homes novo, A piano: solo
was played ' by ' Mrs. James,
Jackson, , and a . • poem,'
` Resolutions". was: read by Mrs..
•Donald Haines. •
Door prizes were wort by'Mrs:
William Straughan , and Mrs.
'T'homas Haggitt. •
Lunch was served by ---'Mrs.
William •Straughan, Mrs. Robert
Phillips, Mrs. Frank Raithby and
Miss Sheron Coiling. N
The following officers were
elected for the Auburn
Horticultural Society. in 1971:
' . Elain Scrutonhonoured•e .
first' vice-president, Mrs.• Frank
Raithby; second vice-president,,
Mrs. •' Kenneth Scott; third
vice-president, Mrs. Elmer
.Tromnie'r. ,•
Secretary, Mrs. • Sidney
.Lansing; assistant secretary, Mrs.
Thomas Haggitt; treasurer, Mrs,:
Wes• Bradnock; pianist, Mrs.
Robert Phillips; assistant, Mrs,
Brian Hallam. .
Directors • who retire 1971,
Mrs.. Albert McFarlane, Mrs.
Torrance Tabb; Mrs. • Fred
Wagner, Mrs. Brian Hallam, Mts.
Ed 'Davies; directors who retire
in 1972, Mrs. Russell Brindley,
Mrs. William St.raughan, Miss
Frances Houston, Mrs. Thomas
-Lawlor, Mrs._.•1:)oroth y .G range . -
.,gym,,._
• •Auditors, Mrs. ` Albert
McFarlane, Mrs. Willifatto L.
Craig; nominating •committee;
Mrs. Robert Turner, Mrs; -Donald
I-441es, Mrs Joules Jackson,, :-
Miss
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Miss Elaine • cruton, Londesboro by, Mrs. Arnold
bride -elect of this month, was • Craig and Mrs. Melvin` Craig of
guest of honor last Wednesday Bluevale They escorted them to
evening at a get-acquain$d and the platform and decorated
bridal shower in the Sunday chairs.
School room of, •Knox United A large w,hite.wedding bell 'in
• Church. The guests were the centre was the one used by.
welcomed by -Mrs. Arnold Craig the_._groorr's• grandparents. Mrs.
and Mrs. ,Eleanor Bradnock. Harry Arthur read an address of
The program, began with a congratulations and _good wishes
sing=sng_,,,led by 'Mrs:' Donald • and•: gifts were presented by
Haines with "Mrs. Robert J. Shdrori Collins, Lynn. Turner,
Philips as •pianist, A reading,.. .Doris -Naylor, Donna BaechIer,
„Marriage Cook was read' by Mrs. Mrs. Gordon% •Powell and Vicki.
Thomas Haggitt. A garland of bows was made by'
A musical contest was Miss Margaret Craig of Guelph...
conducted by ' Mrs. Gordon Miss' Scruton . thanked her
Taylor, Mrs. Haines assisted in . friends 'and new'nefiglabi�Cb iQ"fo'r-
Mrs. George Millian: A delicious lunch'was served
• Mrs. Taylor presented ,her by friends. and neighbours -to -be.
with 'a .-giftr._-`Mrs:'-" "Kenneth • Mrs. Arnbld Craig `:presented -
,McDougall gave 'the reading, The prizes to, the lady having her
Maitland River by Mike Foran- any 'nearest -
.which was much enjoyed, January `15 to Mrs. Ted,Mills and
° ,Beautiful' corsages were the Y prize for the birthday
pinned on the °bride -elect and • nearest January .16went to Mrs.
her ' sister, Mrs, Keith 'Allen of Harold Baechlerr.
Auburn Sociais
We are pleased to report that
Mrs. Dorothy Grange • returneyl
last Wednesday. from Goderich
Hospital „where °she was a patient
following a fall at her home:.
All 4-H club members are
reparing to • attend 'their
chieveinent Day ih,"Clinton this
!tOW' dor'f;O.cus c ,Fitness.
All mothers are invited td attend
the afternoon session ;When a
prograrh of,skrts, demonstrations'
and exhibits will be held. .
Miss Sadie Carter, Mrs. -NM -6h'
Hill .of --,Goderich and' Miss
Margaret' R. Jackson„ of Blyth
were, "guests last Thursday
evening- of Mrs. Edgar Lawson,
Mr: and' Mrs: , Oliver Anderson
and Miss Nancy Anderson.
Charles-Beadle•.of London is
vacationing for 'a week at his
home in the village,
We • are sorry- to report that
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Jan es.,Glousher• is a patient in
Goderich Ilospit l LWe. wish him
a speedy recovery. - -
John MacKay' of London
spent the weekend ih the village.
Keith Scott of London Spent
the ' weekend wait i his parents,
Mt. and Mrs. Kenneth Scott,
Wayne and Eric: -
Miss • Judy Arthur' of
:R....Ki-ncardine spent a :couple of
days home with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Arthur and
family. '
Miss • Frances Houston
returned last week . from a two
week -visit with. Mr. and Mrs.
Jack' McIntosh and family' in
London. •.
Congratulations to: Mr: and•
Mrs.- Robert'`` Arthur on , thein, .
marriage,..at•.Listowel December
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Ashfield. OFA
holds ✓cantest
The .Ashfield Township
Federation of Apiculture
e Directors met on • W+ednesday
evening at the 'home of Mr. and
Mrs: Ross Eedy. It was decided
' b. to hold an advertisement
competition.
All organized groups, :school
grades, or individuals are invited
,;re"to• • particip•ate ins the
competition. Prizes of •$25 ,. $15
and $1.B- will be paid for the best
skit, solo duet,, choir, recitation,
dialogue or play; advertizing --.-_..•- .-products.=rel•ated--te- gri•eu-lturo-
in - Ashfield `Township, and in
Huron County and/Or C.K:N.X.
coverage Area ,,; -
'� These may be humorous , or
otherwise and must be original
and authentic.
The Competition will be 'held
$
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Steve Argyle takes thisopportunity to thank all
those with whonrhe•lhas had the pleasure,of doing
business"this past`ten yearsin Goderich- nd area:
ata Brookside _. School do .
February 4.2 at 8 p.rn. I f
Anyone interested in taking
part is, asked to send the
inforirration along with a $2-
entry: fie, -which May ` be
obtained from --maker or owner
',of, Product .,advertized, to Mrs.
Oliver. McCharles, secretary, bye'.,
,January 2�
At the sante • meeting a
inemebership drive was discussed •
and, will " be held during 'the
•.nionth\, of January. ,,...Farmers
wis,hinto become members of
the • g Federation, gricult ire
should contact any director, the
,President or the secretary" of the-
AShfield Federation. '
An open meetingawill be held ,
in the near future with Gordon
Hill as speaker, Watch :for the
date and place.
With this°comes a cordial invitation to .visit
at his own ideation on Colina St. in Bayfield.
Chain saw, Iavtin mower, motorcycle,, an
recreational ehicies,;are-iiia hies specialty. '
STEVEI:ARGYLE.
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BAYFIELD
OQI iaRi(H ONAL-8TAR:1' i/i0$DA
rcth�r 710 sister �botHin wheefrhairs, doing
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;t--Wheri . David / Wray of
" Yo41tviIle vias '4-�h ;" uYp1 e -d
his ' mother one day'Py saying,
"You kroi?y,.' )7'zri •really`'' very,
lucky to be this way -Otherwise 1
' might never have known the fun'
of learning."
Itwas typically optimistir,for.
David, now 28, •who has
'muscular dystrophy,' just as his
31` -year-old sister, has it. But the
two' of theln'are now. attending
university --David at . Carleton,
' Ann at York, -and, than ks,dn 'part
. ,to., the help they Have had over
the years from
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The Ability
bilit
F
und
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.,(fbr erlY mired the Mara, of
Ditnes;- their future loks
comparatively bright.
David is married and lives
with his wife ,and folic-yearrold
daughter in ,an apartment in
---Ottawa- where- thus year he-
" started a" ,three-year course in
psychology, Ann is living" in
residence at • York University
where • she is in her second -year,
majoring in. sbeio1ogy. She even
has,,enough energy left over'from
her studies to be a member' of
both the Atkinson College
Association and 'the. Atkinson
Students' Association coinrnittee
which is planning "Phase Two"
of the York bixildin0 program:
Ann is especially pleased 'to ‘be
ableto report' hat -'-she
_difficulty °g
t
ti g aria.Ind
the
York oamlitis, because •:all -the
buildings have _i• ramps . for
`wheelchairs,
. Tfiei r "parents, Mr. and ' ,Mrs.
Raii9h Wray,' °\still live' . "fn
-Bros ,cviile where M;..:Wray,.is an
electro -chemical' plater. and Mrs.,
`iWray is• a registered nurse's
assistant. - • ,•
c°'Pie . Rehabili.tati-on
,Foundation and its Ability Fund
• "Aye done a terri c`job for the
children over the years, said.
Mr. Wray: This , included
providing wheelchairs and lifts
for them during •the years before
creation- 'of the provineal
government's-- 'Vocationat
Rehabilitation Services. Since,
the. time when David :.and Ann
each -in .turn,reached th age 'Or
4ri'd. bad their
files turned
over ,to the Foundation by the
• Ontario Society for . Crippled
Children,, the . Foundation, in
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-lheir mother's wprds, ;has been
" i know
." ledgeable and concerned
friend
"TIae -Rehabilitation
Foufi ation for the Disabled,
except in 30 communities in the
province where itis a:timber of
a United Appeal, conduets an
Ability Fund drive •each January.
,- prime concern, is- 'finding
suitable work for disablci adults
in the conviction that there is no
satisfaction which can equal that
which 'comes • with doing 'Work
• Tuesday, January a, on , 14
, Cqunty' , , Road, Wil4ard
Bennewies, R.R. 1, Dublin,'•waS
injured while he was operating a
snow vehicle. NQ damage to the
snow vehicle.
Thursday, January 7; on old
21 Highway, at Ashfield=
- Colborne Township Line, Barry
Ross. Clarke, 281 Pryde - Blvd,,
Exeter, was involved in a single
truck• accident resulting in
damage
damage to the, vehicle he was
driving.
k'. Friday, January , 8, On 20
'County Road West of West
Wawanosh Township Sideroad
24, Mildred 1Vlarwick, • 173
County Road South of '_' 1.7
DoL
Davidand Ann Wray; ' both i ,w., a
� y, in' wheelchaii•s, posed together, far'this picture recently °
at their parents home in Brockville. In spite of having musetular•:dystrophy, David is studying at
' Carleton University and,Ann is at -York Univerity,' They credit The Ability Fund (March of ,
-
Dimes)'for helping to get them there, •° --- '"
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and•being; paid. f*elk ; Both inn
and. David Wray tao:lk forwardt
working♦. their , Tespeciive
professions'Olen they
througt with l •. eh'-conr s., ,
The Codertch carmpa1; ,.plans
are ,almost ca plete *itif with thio ..
Bili -pfan: ` for .:February 2
Chief Marching Mother is Mary
Fincher. • .
•Posterrs will be in=the Windowsr
soar" and jars will bye" going into
the. stores this week or the start
of next -week.
ep*rtM
Lighthous
Street, ' Goderich,
and William, Kinahan, 11.11.
JLucknow; were •,involvedin a
two ` car _collision resulting an .••
damage tib..both vehicles.
Saturday, January' a 9, , in
Iuljett Township, a juvenile w '
injured while operating a snow
vehicle. No damage sustained to.� •
the snow vehicle.
SPROULE'S
SELLING OUT
SALE
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-The Goderich ancr District Association._.for the Mentally
Retarded 'are having„ a meeting on. January 18, 1971.- at
8:30 p.m. in the Queen Elizableth School, end of North St.
and. Gloucester' Terrace, Goderich. t1l�r, Keftl. Hudson of
Toronto vvhsr._-i Q_A.M.6._Area 13ep.re i „_ 4 . • . 't,
speaker. The topic will be on •Residener
for -the` Retarded . This is Of -"VITAL" interest to yoi.r'in'
,this area, as Workshops and Residence' are needed, ` •
INCLUDES FAMOUS NATURALIZERS
AND LESS
WorloBoots, 'Safety Toes And Light -f' """
rubbers Are 'Not Included In This Sale
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