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of October at the Wingham
Legion. A special thanks for
all the beautiful gifts and
best wishes. We would also
like to thank Pete for provid-
ing the music.
Millie and
Doug Nesbitt
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Words cannot express our
• sincere gratitude to our re)a-
tives, friends and neighbors
for your expressions of sym-
pathy during our bereave-
ment;the passAng of a dear
father, grandfather and
great grandfather Harvey
Sparling. Thank you for the
many floral tributes; dona-
tions to the Gorrie United
Church and Listowel Mem-
orial Hospital; also for food
bthreoucgahrdt storetcheeivhedom. and fioair
thank you to Dr. Donald
Munn and to all the nurses
and staff of the Listowel
Memmoarniaytime
l Hoserital during
the
hewa
pa-
tient there. Thankysaou to
Rev . Lloyd Martin of Gorrie
United Church, M. L. Watts
Funeral Home and to the
ministers who visited him;
Rev. Fleethain, Rev.
Laramie, also to* Rev. Ball,
Rev. Fellows, Ret. Martin,
former ministers of the Gor-
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DANNY MAY of Wingham has opened a woodworking shop in the old Allan Burnstead
building, on Josephine. Street Mr. May said he offers custom-made furniture con-
structed frOm the finest quality wood at a reasonable price.
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4 •,
rty ay starts
woodworking shop
A new woodworking shop
has • openedin Vitugharn-
which offers :cusninViriade
• furrithire conatructed, Ofthey.
best , materials at • ' al'
reasonable.priee.
Danny' May of Briarwood
crescent in Wingham has
worked with wood and wood
productsmost of his life and
said he finally decided to
,. open a shop of his own and'
hopes that it will be a .suc-
,
cess. • -
The shop is located on
Josephine Street in the
• building ...where, Allan
Bumstead's .business was
located. Mr. May said he and
his brother have been
working on the building for
the past three months
making Some rerrovationa;
like building a showroom for
their wood products.
• Mr. May said he has had a
• good reaction from the
public so far, and has several
orders for furniture placed
already, including an inquiry
from Wingham town council
for newcharnbe:r desks.
The furniture *lilt ,be
-
constricted of the, • finest
woods available, Mr. May
.said, which include maple;
cherry andoak, but he added
they will work with veneers
as well if a client wishes.
Currently, . Mr. May is
working on a kitchen set for
his.showroom. He also has a
good selection of stained
glass cabinet doors from
Germany. •
Mr. May said he can
custom build a piece of fur-
niture from a magazine
clipping or a design which a'
client might bring in. He has
a draftsman working for him
who can put the design, down
on 'paper for a client to see.
The possibilities for this
type of thing are limitless,
abcording to Mr. May. He
said he hopes to get into
waterbed frames and
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on
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mattresses and added that
although they are not into
upholstery yet, one of their
wives is taking a course in
upholstering which hopefully
can be put to use in the shop.
They will ' construct
wooden toys for children as
well.
Mr. May said he hopes to
be -buy with orders for
Christmas very soon.
Although they will not be
able to manufacture fur-
niture as quickly as a fac-
tory, he said they will offer
fine quality furniture at a
competitive price.
,ammorismsmimmirel
rMRS. ALLAN GRIFFITH r ....1
Wroxete
A dive in man!,
Mi-. and Mrs. Roy Winte-
mute, Dungannon, were
Sunday supper guests at the
home of their son, Bill Winte-
mute, Mrs. Wintemute and
Dennis.
Alan Baitley, who is at-
tending. Fanshawe College,
London, for an auto body
course, spent the weekend
with his wife and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Elliot returned home last
week from an extended
holiday at the homes of their
son, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Elliot
and family, Golden Lake,
and their daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. James Ferguson and
family, Sault Ste, Marie.
Mrs. Tom Gibson and
friend, Mrs. A. Hughes of
Hamilton, were weekend
guests with Miss Marion
Gibson.
Mrs. Ron Gilbert and
Krista of Harriston visited
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Riley.'
Mrs. Margaret Adams is
visiting her son, Harry
Adams, in Goderich.
Visitors at the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Alan
Baitley and family were
Robert and Judy Chaison
and family, Ingersoll, and
Mrs. Kathy Liberty, Lake
Wilcox.
Harve
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Funeral service was held
on Saturday, October 24, at
the Gorrie Chapel Of M. I.
Watts Funeral HOniec,S at two
o'clock for Charles 'Harvey
Sparling, in his 98th year.
Rev. Lloyd Martin of Gorrie
United Church _officiated,
followed by burial in the
Gorrie Cemetery.
Mr. Sperling was born on
February 23, 1884, on Lot 8,
Concession 5 Howick
Township,wherehe fanned
u011 tiloycl Gorrie in
14t #04?$1;a member of
• 14e eilittlegethodist Church
and giteripie'Ajnited Church.
He had tieina:Member of the
seat400. aid. the Board of
ehSte:ch
Stewards. fore_saole
ngirnr the:
years, played the bass violin
or the cello in two orchestras
and loved tosing in male
E. W (Ted) Rice
dies in hospi al
Win Passes
Lloyd Reid of RR 3,
Palmerston and Sandra
Lowry of RR 1, Clifford were
the lucky winners of passes
for a free season of roller
skating when the Howick
Community Centre wound up
its roller skating season
recently.
CORRECTION
A photo caption last week
incorrectly identified the
driver of an overturned
grain' truck es Cam Cook. In
fact, the driver was his
brother. Marvin Cook.
Following a lengthy ill-
ness, there passed away at
Wingham and District
Hospital on October 21, Eric
Walter (Ted) Rice of
Hhvelock Street, Lucknow. '
He was a piano technician
with Garnet Farrier of
Whitechurch for 15 years. He
also operated the mill at St.
Helens for 40 years. He wasa
member and leader of the
choir for many years at St.
Helens United Church and a
valued member of the
Lucknow United Church
Mrs. Elgie
hosts UCW
choir in recent years.
Mr.;,, Wee , was born in
GuildfOrdi England, on
February 9, 1909. He
married,Grta Webb of St.
Helens inOntOber 5, 1935. He
is survived by his wife,
Greta, and a nephew and
niece in England. He was
predeceased by two brothers
inEngland.
The funeral service was
held from the MacKenzie -
McCreath Meinorial Chapel
on October 23 at two o'clock.
Rev. Warren McDougall of
Lucknow United'Church
conducted the service.
Pallbearers 'were Clarence
Greer, Eldon Bradley,
Gordon Miller, Harold Swat -
u nit meeting ridge, Gordon Struthers and
Ross Gammie.
Burial followed in Green-
hill Cemetery, Lucknow.
WROXETER — The
Harmony Unit of the United
Church Women met October Those attending from a
27 at the home of Mrs. distance were Mr: and Mrs.
Marilyn Elgie with 18 Wilson Bryan of Orangeville,
present. Mrs. Hilda Keeling of
Joyce Adams conducted Orangeville, Mr. and Mrs.
the worship service, with the John Bowes, Ingersoll,
scripture, prayer and hymns Gordon Miller, -Of London,
based on the theme, Miss Janice. Fowler of
"Blessings". She read Clinton and Mrs. Ken
several articles on disabled Graham, FordWich.
personS and how they cope
with their handicaps.
The president, Mrs. Elgie
presided over the butinesi -
tlen(Wate1011 •
period, The treasurer•
reported a profit of $313 from fund opens
the .noon dinner, held
-
recently. , atWroilter
The unit members will
again canvass Wroxeter and WHI3. % 774 The
area for the Ontario Heart.,J1Inited Church celebrated.
"Kickoff Sunday" for the
Foundation in February. A
donation of $200 was voted to
the church renovation fund.
The meeting closed with
• the Mizpah benediction and
the hostess served lunch
'during a time of fellowship.
Come Alives'
Games Night
. renovation i"fund ' 'with a
special service OnNoveinher
Rev. • Lloyd. • Martin
referred to Jesus as the
'cornerstone of the Christian
faith and commented that
"We are all bricks which
help to build Christ's
church". The choir, with' AO
guitars, piano, Ukeleles and
GORRIE -7. The Gorrie tambourine, sang three
Seniors' Come Alive Club rousing numbers'. All .the
held its Games Night in the congregation joshed the'
town hall on, Tuesday with choir to Sing choruses of "11
over 35 attending. • • Saw the Light".
EuChre winners were Mrs.'
Joe Simmons, Mrs. Harold
Robinson, Martin Scott and
George Brown. :Mrs.
Margaret Adams of Wrox-
eter won a prize for having a
birthday nearest • Hallo-
we'en. Jasper Farrish was
the winner in crokinole.
quart
weat
entert •
wain*, ,,,alsO.
Sonde: „SChOO1 super,
tendentfOr10,..: . , .. „
He helped 1.4'9: *die the
first Red CMS. 'iratrioRo
Society in Howl4in.19,14040
remained Office 1'4
several years. Again Jn1,919,
he was troasurof•a tholtted
Cross Society Awn 41,103-er ,
of years. Ile was member
-of the 110wick Agricultural
Society until 1969 when he
became an honorary
member. He was also a
member of the Gorrie Senior
Citizens' Club.
Late in life, at the age of 84
years, he wrote poetry. At
the time of his death he had
written over 100 poems. He
was also interested in local,
national and international
sports.
In 1909 he married
Christena Johnston who
predeceased him in October,
1951. He was also
predeceased by his only son,
Clarence, in his 53rd year.
Two sisters and three
brothers predeceased him.
He is survived by one
daughter, Jean; a daughter-
in-law, Mrs. Bernice Ceaser;
two granddaughters, Mrs.
Donald (Yvonne) 'Gedcke
and Mrs. Edward \( Wanda)
Roth; and five great gran-
dchildren, Sandra, Gregory
and Laurie Gedcke, Tracy
and Cory Roth.
Pallbearers were Carl
Johnston, Harold Robinson,
William Thornton, Robert
Edgar, Artha Walker and
David Neilson, . Flower
bearers •. were Everett
Sparling and Samuel
Johnston.
ale ..
hurt- .•00••
That's ,wbenlstop.and Mint
blessings,
can count theay.by the
more.
And 1 know When I quit
counting
• That there- will be many
more.. • '
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really had good parents• ,
They were always g9od. to "
me;
I often thought they stayed at
home
So I could feel both young
and free.
EDITOR'S NOTE—The fol-
lowing poem was the last one
written by Harvey Sparling.
It was written by hiin while
he was a patient in Listowel
Memorial Hospital, some-
time after he participated in
the 125th anniversary cele-
brations in Howick Township
during the Labor Day week-
end. Mr% Sparling who began
writing poetry at the age of
84 wrot4,4 spdelid,poelii,for
the township celebrations.
This last poem was read at
his funeral service.
There'S one thing I' well re-
member
When I heard my father say:
"If you listen to your Mother, .
boy
You will never go astray."
-Then, when I was twenty-
five,
My wife was twenty-four,
We decided to get married,
That's one thing we had
never done 'before.
First thing that we decided
Was to have a Christian
home
Down on the dear old home-
stead,
One that we could call our
own.
I have always been a farmer.
And I lived a farmer's life;
With my dearest friend be-
side me,
Who was. my true, devoted
wife.
And now that she has gone to
Test,
' I miss her tender care;
When I sit down to eat my
Meal
There's always an empty
Some say I have been lucky,
With that I will agree;
have loving daughter
Who now looks after me.
t's here I'll end my story
Other things I'd like to re-
late,
f God sees fit to spare my
life
Than I can say, "I'm ninety-
eight.'•fr
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—narvey rling,
—Written at Listowel
Memorial Hospital, 1981.
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After the • Service the
congregation enjoyed coffee
and fellowship in the church
hall. A comniittee was
established to formulate
plans for the church
renovations. Several letters
were read and pledges
received.
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Cards of Thanks
I would like to thank
friends, neighbors 'and rela-
tives for cards, and visits
while I was a patient in
Wingham and District Hos-
pital and for transportation
to and from hospital. Also
thanks to Dr. Wong and the
nurses for their care.
Mildred Stewart
I would like to thank my
friends and neighbors for
their cards and concern for
me while I was a patient in
Wingham and District Hos-
pital and University Hos-
pital. A special thanks to Dr.
Ping, the nurses in ICU and
Al and Betty Kitchen.
Tom Wharton
I would like to thank all
those Who attended and all
those who helped to organize
the shower which was held
for me. Your thoughts and
gifts will always be appreci-
ated and remembered.
Linda Miners
My sincere thanks to all
who Were so kind and
thoughtful to me while I was
hospitalized. Special thanks
to Dr. Hanlon, Rev. Mills,
Rev. Munshaw and nursing
staff. All was much appreci-
ated.
Mrs. Robert Moffat
We would like to express
our sincere thanks to our
children, family and friends
who attended our 25th wed-
ding anniversary on the 24th
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