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Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-09-09, Page 14Times, Septent Q'HERN V,1.t's1 ��tes from Fordwith dations to Howick on its 125th an - Ty held over the d. Congratulations the queen, Miss �eflneer Gibson of Fordwich, and princess, Miss Linda Merkley off Belmore. Everything was a huge success, thanks to all on the committee who worked So hard to have everything turn out justperfectly. Mr. and Mrs. Don Elliott and family of Niagara Falls and Mr. and Mrs. , Brian ;.Allan and family off Blyth visited over the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Mel Allan. Out of town guests and callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Doig during the past weekend were Mrs. Arnold Darroch, . Clifford; Mr. and Mrs. Blake Witmer, Grand Valley; Mrs. Murray Gibson, Lucan; Mrs. Margaret • Selendua, Den- field; Mrs. George Ashton and Mrs. William Hawksbee of Listowel; Mr. and Mrs. Ross Durst of Bay Ridges; Mr. and Mrs. Everett Ashton of St. Bruno, Quebec; Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Bride of Port Credit; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hawksbee, Alameda, California; Mrs. Arthur Leggatt, Orillia, ; Mrs. Lawson Doig, Molesworth; Mr. and Mrs. Aitcheson Wallace of Clifford. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Williamson of London and Mr. and Mrs. John Ettinger Of Brighton were weekend\ guests with Mrs. Freida D'Arcey. Friends of Mrs. Verna Galbraith will be pleased to hear she was able to return home last week from Listowel hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Schaefer of London, Mr. and Mrs, Paul Wendt of Toronto were . weekend guests with Mrs..E. A. Schaefer. Mr. sand Mrs. Paul Brown and , family of Palmerston visited Sunday with Mr. and .Mrs. Gary Sothern at. their - summer home. Mrand Mrs. Glenn Finley ,and.,family have returned to • their. home at Milton after .rhoidaying here for the past b v `10#1•. ''Sr, -: ,.,Y .. ", c•I 'Donna Armstrong has 'returned to Ottawa where 'she -will be taking her final year of university, studying tobea lawyer. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Beide of Don Mills -spent the weekend with. Mr. and Mrs. ` Harold,.Deig. FMRS: ALLAN GRIFFITH Mr, and Mrs. Cecil,.. Mr. and Mrs. William Coe of Trenton visited Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Wellington ,Hargrave and friends in the Newbridge area. Mrs. Coe is the former Rebecca Rinn, who was a resident of the area some years ago. Rev. George Anderson of Exeter, formerly a rector at Trinity church, Fordwich, and St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Gorrie, was the guest, minister at both churches; Sunday morning at Trinity church. Mrs. Irene Judge was the soloist, with Elva Foster at the organ and special music by the junior choir with Mrs. Hugh Douglas at the organ. Following the service a social time was held in the basement where guests were welcomed by Doug Bunker. Mr. and Mrs. Art Mitchell of Kitchener were Saturday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Armstrong. Mr. and Mrs, Jack Siefert and family of Bramalea were recent guests with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kennedy. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Petznick of Kitchener spent the past two weeks at their home here. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Mon- tgomery of Brantford, Mrs. Helen Mitchell of Listowel, Margaret Montgomery of East York Acres, Toronto, visited over the weekend with Lou Matthews. Mr. and Mrs, Everett Lynn, Orillia, called Saturday night at the same home and on' Sunday Mr. and . Mrs. Gordon Hargrave of B.C. called. Galbraith of Guelph were Sunday visitors with Mrs. Verna Galbraith and Mrs.. Elsie Strong. Weekend guests with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Vittie were Mrs. Jennie Vittie of Wainfleet and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Vittie of Port Colborne. .. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Graham of Toronto spent the weekend at their home here. Mr. and Mrs. Ian Pit- tendreigh and family of London spent theweekend with Mrs. Annie Pit- tendreigh. Mr. and Mrs. Jack King of Listowel visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Randy King and family. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Perry Cassidy (Susan Koenig) who were married Saturday in Knox Presby- terian Church, Harriston. Mr. and Mrs. Doug Wildfang , and Paul • of Mississauga were weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Simmons. Mr. and Mrs. Hector Browne, accompanied by Canon and Mrs. Orrance Laramie of Gorroe, were supper guests one night last week with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Browne at Gorrie. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wilson returned home Thursday after enjoying a three-week motor trip to the West Coast where they attended the Kargeo-Amantea wedding at Trail, B.C. Tttey were ac- companied from Edmonton by Mr. and Mrs. John Markovich. Ian Pittendreigh production mgr. Ian Pittendreigh, son of Mrs. Anna Pittendreigh of , Fordwich and the late George Pittendreigh, has been '• appointed production managerof The London Free Press. The..,ppointment became. eftelltivre gept. 1Mr. t'it= tendreigh now is responsible for the . production, engineering and property, distribution and press operations of the Free Press. Previously, he was manager of the platemaking and press departments. Wroxeter Personals "Mr. I and Mrs; Thomas Bernard df Brussels visited With Rev: `and Mrs. Harry L.. J nnings recently.. ' • Weekend guests with Gordon Gibson were Mr. and Mrs. • Crawford ;• • Gibson, Barrie; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reffell, London; Mr. and ; Uirs: Gary Gibson, Oshawa; and Mrs. • Bonnie MacDougall,.Burlington. ' Mr. and Mrs. George Allan, David • and Sara, Sarnia, and Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Allan, Heather and Malcolm; • Toronto, .. were weekend guests, with their • mother, Mrs. Mac Allan. Visitors at the home •of Mrs. Howard Wylie were Mr. and Mrs., James B. Wylie, Betty- Wlie, Mrs. Frances Bradley and Cathy Bradley, all of Toronto; Mrs. Cam- eron ' Nelson, Ridgetown; Chailanne Nelson and Lynn Patrick, London. • Alison Metcalfe • of Win- - nipeg is visiting Marion Gibson. Mrs. Margaret Barnard, Hensel]; Mrs. Mary Mellis, Kippers; and Mr. and Mrs. Sherrif Gibson, Florida, spent the weekend with Mrs. Thomas. Burke. Peter, Isabelle, Sandi, Jennifer and Christopher of Mississauga spent the weekend with Mrs. Clarence Clement. Mrs. Arthur Leggatt, Orillia; Mr. and Mrs. Ron Higgins and daughters, Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Higgins and family, Erin, and Mrs. Hueston, Wingham; Mrs. Frank Graham, Stratford, were visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Higgins during the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Mac Ross. A .1956 graduate of Listowel District High School, Mr. Pittendreigh resides in London with his wife and two children. He °is well-known throughout the newspaper ;, industry, and ever ,,the years • has addressed various conferences and seminars in Canada and the U.S: on newspaper production techniques and progressive management. Mr. Pittendreigh has an annual' Scholarship given in his name to a student in the Graphic Arts degree course. at San. Luis Obispo • Polytechnical, Institute in " California. This honor was given Mr.. Pittendreigh in, recognition of his • extensive work in • newspaper graphic techniques. Mr. Pittendreigh joined the Free Press in 1956 and worked as photo Iab techni- cian, • electronic engraver, press photographer, chemi- cal engraver, color engrav- er, process camerrnan, and ,.in various supervisory and managerial positions. Mississauga, were weekend visitors with; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Gibson. Mr. and Mrs: Barry Craig and. Shelley of Arizona visited his parents; Mr: and • Mrs. Joseph Craig,, over ,the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. John McGee, Curtis and Craig of London were holiday weekend guests' with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McGee. Mr. ' andMrs. Alex Stewart, Kitchener, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Les Douglas. Mr, and Mrs. Fraser Pollock,and Todd, Bramalea, ere guests with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Clark, over the weekend. Mr. /1 and Mrs. Bob Mowbray, Cambridge, visited with her parents, Mr; and Mrs. Harvey Reidt, on the holiday weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Reidt and family, Oakville, called and attended the festivities for Howick's 125th. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edgar and Karen visited with her. Mother, Mrs. Mildred Coupland. Mr. and Mrs. • Adrien Poirier, Weston, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Marks. Other visitors at the same home on Sunday were Mr. and MPS. Bert Watson of Toronto and daghter Marina Watson, who have just returned from England. They spent Sunday. evening with his parents. A capacity crowd attended the United church service at Wroxeter - Sunday morning as well as other festivities connected with the Howick 125th anniversary. WARD & UPTIGROVE Listowel (519) 291-3040 QED ACCOUNTANTS THE MUNICIPAL QUARTET 'proved to be a real crowd pieaser at the variety concert held last Wed- nesdal evening to commence celebrations for the WOW wick Tait designation, Municipal Clerk. '.'Announce) eft of ",: Ball's achievement. was made recently ky the International Iistitutte of Municipal Clerks. The certificate is con- ,ferred on can idates meeting high educatio, i .and service re l lir pints established by theInstitute.. 'Mr. Ball iias' received certification of cmpietion of a three-year course in municipal • administration presented by Queen's University, Kingston, and in 1978 was authorized by the Association of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario : to use the designation AMTC. z.; ' He is a member of both the Howick 125th artrllVersary. Council members on the Association of Municipal quartet are Stuart 'Douglas, Ken Dedman, Wes Ball Clerks and Treasurers of and Reeve. Harold' Robinson. Ontario and the Inter- national Institute of Municipal Clerks. Active in community af- -fairs, Mr. Ball is immediate past -president of Howick Lions Club and an officer of Forest Lodge 162 AF and Morris 125th committee reports on celebr�tion The Morris 125th anniver- sary committee reported a profit of approximately $25 for the Aug. 1 weekend cele- bration. However, Morris Reeve Bill Elston said the celebration was meant to be a time for gathering with family and friends, not a money -making scheme, Leona MacDonald, com- mittee chairman, inform- ed council members at .a meeting held last Tuesday that as of 11 a.m. that morning the committee had $13,924.50 in the bank, but that figure would pe sub- stantially,diminished after a number of bills were paid. The township's .com- memorative book proved to be a disappointment. The committee ordered 2,000 copies of the book and to date only about 300 have been' sold. Publishing the „ books cost $12,000 which, with other expenses, will drain the committee's assets. But committee members stressed the celebration is now totally paid for. Any sales of books or souvenirs will be clear profit. It was suggested that booths be set up at the Belgrave and Brussels school fairs and at the • Blyth Threshermen's Reunion to sell souvenirs and the committee hoped that quite a number of books will be sold 'by the end of the year, perhaps as Christmas gifts: ` Other members of the committee are Bessie Johnston, Jim Bowman, Carmen Craig and Clarence McCutcheon and all agreed the committee's books should be closed out by the WMS group hears a talk on Zambia BELGRAVE --- The Women's Missionary Society meeting was held August,31 at the home of Mrs: Garner Nicholson. Mrs. Ivy Cloakey presided and read a poem on prayer. The scripture was read by Mrs. Mac Scott from Mat- thew 6. Mrs. Nicholson led in prayer and Mrs, Joe Dunbar gave a meditation on prayer. Roll call was' answered by a verse on prayer and three guests were present.' Four sick and shut-in visits were recorded. Secretary's report was read by Mrs. Dunbar and Mrs. Victor Youngblut gave the treasurer's report. Collection was received and dedicated. Mrs. Youngblut introduced the special guest, Mrs. Grace Richardson, on holi- day from Zambia, where she teaches the children of mis- sionaires and other Europeans. There are over 100 children staying at the school, including some native children. The school is situated in a remote area called Kolene Hills and she showed some very interesting slides of the area and told of the work that she has been involved in since 1972 Everyone enjoyed her talk very much. The fall rally will be, held Oct. 14'in Belgrave. For the October meeting each mem- ber is to bring a story; or poem on Thanksgiving to read. The hymn "Jesus Calls Us O'er the Tumult" was sung. Mrs. Cloakey closed with prayer and lunch was served by the hostess. MRS. IEWIS STONEHOUSt —� flBelgrave Mr. and Mrs. William Black returned home last Wednesday after visiting with 'her sister and brother- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Sholdice of Parksville, BC, and other relatives in Sas- katchewan and Manitoba. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Fitch, Jason and Jeremy visited on Sunday evening with their aunt, Mrs. Leslie Bolt. Mrs. Larry Mayberry of Londesboro visited with her mother, • Mrs. Robert Procter, on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Friends and neighbors of Sam Fear, who is a patient in Victoria Hospital, London, wish him a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth MacDonald of Teeswater were supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse on' Sunday. end of the'year. Council discussed the possibility of getting a Wintario grant to cover expenses and decided to apply for such a grant. Reeve Elston commended the committee for the wonderful job it did in planning the celebration and thanked members for all their time and effort spent; In other business, council decided not to raise the in- terest charged on tax arrears. Clerk -Treasurer Nancy,Michie received a let- ter from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing ' stating that municipal'governmeris may charge one and one-half per cent more than 'the prime rate on taxes inarrears. Council decided to leave the interest charged at the present 15 per cent, for two reasons. First, it the interest rate on unpaid taxes were Bluevale WMS topic S. Africa •BLUEVALE — "For the Fruits of His Creation" was the hymn which opened the meeting of the Women's Missionary Society at the home of Mrs. Gordon Mundell Sept. 2.` Mrs. Beryl Kirton, chose scripture from St. John 18: 33-40. Mrs. Terrance Trites gave the . comments with prayer by Mrs. Kirton. Eight ladies answered the. roil call, mantioning a verse per- taining to harvest. The of- fering was received, with prayer by Mrs. Golley. Business included the fall rally at the Wingham Presbyterian church Sept. 29, a letter from the leprosy mission, • • topic book discussion,. plans for the fall Thankoffering and also the church service of Oct. 18, when the W $ will report to_ the congregation on its work with missions. Mrs. William Elston was in charge of the topic, 'Mission I•s". She told of some of the problems in South Africa, where the whites have everything and the blacks are trash. Even to speak to a black person would be breaking the law. Jesus said, "IT we lose our life we will gain it." Christianity • is not in the church but in the people, she said. We should love one another, A short quiz followed, with a summary of what mission is. Some answers included being, teaching, loving, working for Christ and helping others. Mrs. Golley thanked the hostess for her hospitality and the meeting closed with a hymn and prayer by the president. Mrs. Kirton and Mrs. Mundell served lunch. R. We Beit OPTOMETRIST Goderioh The Square 624-7861 changed ffor the 1981 fiscal year, the township's rate- payers would have to be notified of the change. Second, Reeve Elston said that taxes in arrears are not a big problem in Morris TownsEilp. 'O.I'he a is still a pride in ownership , and people still like to get their taxes paid," he commented. After some discussion, council chose to wait until next year to review the in- terest rate on tax arrears. Ralph Buffinga attended the meeting, to try to per- suade council to give ap- proval to an application for a severance. Mr. Buffinga wanted to sever, approximately five acres from his farm, on which his house and farm buildings are located. Council' members denied the raatteat because theyalildj at. ;thinks it' left a viable univith his farming operation. He has been trying to sell the farm for two years; he said 'add explained that he thought the property might be easier to sell if severed. Despite Mr. 'Buffinga's request, council upheld its previous decision ..in not granting a severance based upon the same objections. Mrs. Michie informed council that the Huron County Land Division Committee turned down an application for a severance for Jim Leishman of the fifth line because it did not comply with the county plan. The township of Morris received $161,400 in tile drain loan applications 'from the Ontario Ministry of Agricul- ture and Food. ,The money will be, distributed among more than 20 ratepayers for drainage work. The Belgrave storm sewer project will proceed as planned, council decided. The work was estimated originally to cost close to $17,000but, some revisions have been made to the plan which could make the job less expensive,. ' Coaiicil granted raises in - `the towfship • men. Grader operators will earn $8.10 an hour, Up from • $7.25, and the road superin- tendent's wage goes from $6:00 t$7.00 an hour. . Mabel ' Wheeler of • Belgrave wrote a letter to council thankingmenibers for the street signs recently installed in the village. and a melmheir ort_ pnited' churl;, tie is on the . . liOard of Steffi of the church, Mr. Bill joins 70 other rr uiniclpal clerks in the provinces who hold the CMC designation, IANC . program, fauaehed 141M, IS designed' to 'help .muntcipal clerks improve their job per- formance: The International Institute of Municipal Clerks was formed to advance the • professionalization of ` the office of munieipal,clerk.and improve the administration and efficiency of govern- ment. Applicants for certifi- , cation must have completed a program at a recognized career development institute or have received a baccal- aureate degree. Also taken into account are experience in local government, and participation in conferences, meetings and educational seminars. THANK YOU The Township of Howick's 12..5th Anniversary Committee would 'like to thank all individuals and organi- zations whohelped in any way . in making our celebrations such a success. ' Your lbyal support' was evident by the large attendance at all the events. - We hope that visitors and residents Aaiiike'. � had ample opportunity/,;:10. renew old acquaintances, mak6. new friends, and were able to return home with many pleasant memories of 'Howick's ' 125th An- niversary. I am proud to nominate of Birthdate Address for a 1981 Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award (Please enclose a separate sheet telling why you believe an award is deserved), My name is Address Phone No. Name of this newspaper NOMINATIONS CLOSE DECEMBER 1ST, 1961 ®J for Ontario Junior Citizens fthe Year he purpose This program will be inaugurated in Ontario to provide recognition for outstanding achievements or acts of courage and initiative, by boys and girls between the ages of six and eighteen years, It will include individual awards presented for meritorious conduct, and special group awards for recognition of the efforts of young people throughout the communities of the province. The reason Extraordinary deeds of Ontario boys and girls are often performed within the community. We need you, the local nominators and newspaper editors, to bring these outstanding young people to our attention, so that we will be able to give them the honour and public recognition, which they so richly deserve. Who is eligible Young jndividuals who have performed acts of heroism, perhaps endangering their own lives, overcoming disabling physical or psychological handicaps to match or exceed their peers, or being involved in some worthwhile community service endeavour. For further Information contact your local newspaper or Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, Tel: 1-800-268-5054 for a brochure, A COMMUNITY PROJECT OF CP AIR AND THIS NEWSPAPER. the s ingix Abbancoetn o p -z. Doi390 Wing -ham, Ontario NOG 2W0 Air (P and IN eve ninon/NI trtadevnavk, of Canolgas reef& Waked. 0