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The Seaforth News, 1958-01-23, Page 1th D. mist sib Sat- are s. s. dst to oto 2.80 T. et- rst- rrt 1 con T. der t enc ser,. T. IL udRt,- foot. oro 1. sker. e or their 2'85 ,teen ot*site 11 or orth. exits. *belt . As. ween seeds dug Tab - riot. ;ood '- run - lb., lead • [ink or lot' imp- Iter Seaforth News WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 80 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1968 21.50 a. Year Authorized as Spread Class. Post Oi£ia2 Dept., Ottawa Snowdon Bros., Publishers, JOHN MORRISSEY, STEPHEN, ELECTED , HURON WARDEN On the fifth ballot, and by the narrowest possible margin, John Morrissey, reeve of Stephen township, was elected warden of Huron county at Goderich Tues- day. ues-day, afternoon'.. He was the sur- vivor of an unusally large list,of candidates.; six .sought the office, with one eliminated on each bal- lot until the:. final testproducecl a 17-16 victory for Reeve Morris- sey, over Reeve John Durniri of West`Wawanosli township, Thirty-two reeves and deputy reeves voted in the election; the vote total came to 33 on each round of balloting, because the. town of Goderich has the popula- tion to entitle it to an extra vote which is 'cast by Reeve James Donnelly. . Next closest rival, "after Reeve Durnin, in the contest for the 1958 wardenship, was Reeve Wil- Iia.m McKenzie of Exeter, w110 survived to the fourth round of balloting. Other candidates were Reeve William Morritt of Blyth, who waseliminated on the third ballot, Reeve John Beeves •of Goderich township, who was eli- minated on the second ballot; Reeve Orval Taylor of East Wa- wanosh, who was eliminated on the first: ballot. Warden. Morrissey is now be- ginning his 11th year as a mem- ber of Stephen township council. He has had four years' experi- ence as a township councillor, and six yearsas a reeve. He is a farmer and drover, living on RR 2 Orediton, in the neighborhood in which he was born a little less than 49 years ago. He is .well known as a harness racing ex- pert. He owns two trotting horses and is a. director of the Canadian Trotting Association and vice president of the Western Ontario Racing Association. He attended school at Mount Carmel, and is a member of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church. Warden and Mrs. Morrissey have eight children: David, 19; Nancy, 18; Robert, 16; Eileen, 15; James, 12; Dennis, 10; Angela Mary, 5; Ann Catherine, 3. 500 Baby Chicks lost In McKillop Fire Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Lane of McKillop lost 5-00 baby chick pullets about ten days old when fire destroyed the colony house Saturday evening about 8 o'••• Clock. Mr. Lane was filling an oil stove in the. colony house when the container slipped from his hand- and oil- ignited. An alarm was sent out and neigh- bors and the Seaforth 'brigade with the rural truck responded promptly. The evening was very calm and the combined, efforts of all present hel'd the (blaze in check until the firemen ,eaeting- uished it. ''The colony house was standing close to the other buildings but had not (been in use for several years. The building had no insurance and the chicks were not covered by ,insuran'ce as they were under six weeks old. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY The regular sheeting of the Hospital 'Auxiliary was held in the nurses' residence with 'the president, Mrs. E. Whyte in charge. The first baby born this year was a daughter to Mr. and ;Mrs. G. IH. Arthur, r.r. 3, Olin- ton, and received the silver (baby snug presented -by the Auxiliary. Plans were, made do' the an- nual Gingham Glance which is to be held Feb. 7th in the Commun- ity (Centre. Lunch was served Iby a comanittee of (Mrs. 1Motton, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. E. Larone and Mrs. J. IPaitterson. Local Rinks Win Mixed Bonspiel Seaforth 'Curling Club held a mixed bonspiel on Saturday. Lo- cal rinks succeeded_ in winning first _place in the two events. Rinks were (present from . St.. Thomas, London, Guelph, Exet- er, ]Hensall, Mitchell and. Sea - forth. Winners of 9.30 draw were: 1s't Mr, an'd ,Mrs. F. Kling, Miss Alice -RReicl and Norman McLean. 12ndMr. and Mrs. Wan. Ball, Mr. sand Mrs. Carmen IRow- cliffe. 3rd Geo. • Hildebrand and • Mrs. E. Stephenson, Mr. and Mss. E. Johnston, of Seaforth. Consolation, ;Mr. and Mrs. S. (Gordon, Seaforth, Mr. and Mrs. L. Bowen, London. 11 o'clock draw: 1st Dr. and Mrs. M. W. Stapleton, Mr. ;and Mrs. Wim: Caang(bell,' Seatforth. 2nd, rink skipped Iby Geo. .,Mc- A.tber, 'Sit. Thomas. 3rd, , rink skipped by (Won. . Du'fty, 1St. Thomas. Consolation, ,rink sldp- ped by (Mac Rolb.erton,. Guelph, W. T.'Teali Heads School Board' W. T. Tall was re-elected the chain -hen of Seaforth d'aiblic (School (Board at the inaugural meeting. on Jan. 154h. 318. Mc- Kellar was re -appointed sec.- treas. The board is (tlhe same as last year and committees were 'reappointed. !Rev. IBeuce W. I31011 was appointed to the Li- brary Board for the unexpired: terns of Rev. ID. G. iCanipbeld, and James Wallace for the 3 - year term. Charles Barber was re -appointed' to the District ]High iSchool Board and Robert Joynt attendance officer. 'Other busi- ness was routine. HOME AND SCHOOL MEET On 'Tuesday evening the Sea - forth ;Home and 'School met in the public school auditorium. 15.00 was voted 'towards a seem oriel for Mrs. (Sheik, .past Pres., of the Ontario Federation of Home said ;Scho.ols, who p'asse'd away last (Octolber. (Mrs. Or- vidle Oke was parent of the month and Mrs. Boussey's (Grade won the $1 for most parents in attendance. Mrs. C. Smith's Scottish dancers, Katy (Scott, Elaine Oke, 'Myra Malcolm, danced the Sword 'Dance with Peter Malcolm accompanying on the bagpipes. The 'Beuermann girls favored with an accordion selection after which the 'danc- er's gave the Highland Fling. The frim, "Angry Bray," was given. W. I. NOTES Those attending the rug -mak- ing class on Thursday, Jan. 23 bring frames and clamps, cotton, darning needle and hammer. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The annual meeting of the Seaforth 'Ohamber of Commerce will be held .in the town hall, Seaforth, on Thursday, Jan. 30 at 8s.p.m. sharp. All merchants and citizens interested in the welfare of the 'town are_urged to attend the annual meeting of the 'Chamber of Commerce. -. A nominating 'committee of the !three past presidents will present to the meeting a sug- gested slate of officers. In ad- dition to the election of offi- cers for 1958, will be the ap- pointing of committee chairmen, reports of chairmen for 1957 and an outline of possible pro- gram for the coming year. L.O.B.A. EUCHRE iThe ladies of L.0.-B.A. on Monday evening held "the first in a series' of eurlhres in the Orange Hall, when a petit -point picture 'donated by Mrs. R. iMurdie was drawn for by (Mrs IShohlbrook of Clinton,- winner being Miss 33orma Jordan, and a plant donated by Chas. ICual- nigham was won by ;Mrs. Percy IGrunamett. 'Winneals of 'euchre, ladies, Mrs. Hattie (Barron; lone. hands, Mrs. W. TIodgert; conso- lation, (Mrs. Elmer Chambers. Gents' first, Ted (Brown; 'lone hands, Frank Maloney; con., W. 1M. 1011dfield. A quilt will be drawn for at the :Feb. •17th euchre. 40th Anniversary of the. A. Nicholsons On Friday evening a number of friends and :neighbors held a surprise lsarty for Mr. and. Mrs. Arthur Nicholson, to celebrate. their- 40th wedding .anniversary. They were married on the 18th. of January, at the home of the bride's' gaandanother, the late Mrs. Catherine McKenzie of ISeaforth, by 1Dr. Larkin. The late Mr. land Mrs. W. 5'. 'McMil- San, •of. Egmondville stood up with them. The bride was the former OCabh'erine M. MdBura'ney, daughter of the late Mr. .and Mrs. W. J. McBurney •of East Wawanosh. (The .groom, -the son of the late .Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholson, Mill Road. IBobh be- long to the ''Presbyterian Church at Seaforth. He was a member of Tuciceramith'Councii for, five years, and reeve for nine, one of which he was warden in 1951. Trustee for 14 years for .S. S. No. 7, President ;of (Seedertih Agricultural Society for two years and at present a commis- sioner for the Tuckersmibh Tel- ephone ]System. They have a faanily of five sons and one daughter: Harold of 'Seater -Ea; Jack •of ISitreetsville; Allan, Ross and Barbara ;(]Mrs. Ross Alex- ander) all of Egmondville, and Murray at Thome, and 112 grand- children. The evening was 'spent play- ing cards, fist prize for gents, Mr. Joe McLellan, lst prize for ladies, Mrs. Geo. Armstrong; eons. prize for gents, Mr. •Clar nee Reid, and cons. prize for ladies, Mrs. Joe. McLellan, After lunch Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson 'were asked to come to 'the platform and (Wilson Mc- Cartney read the following ad- dress: Dear Arthur and Catherine,- Best atherine,Best wishes and hest ,pf duck to you and happiness all your lives through. Today is a time to call your own, to remember the many joys you have known. To think ;about anany dreams come true that 'passing time 'has brought to you. So -on this ex- tra special dray we want to show you in a small way how very glad we are to be here, to cel: ebrate with you each happy year. 'Best wishes .and continued good health and happiness. Signed, your friends ;and neigh- bors and the members of Tuck- ersmith Telephone ,C'onnnissian. Then Messrs. (Wan. Cameron Geo. McCartney, James McIn- tosh and Dave McLean ;present- ed them with a bea'uti'ful chime clock, lace tablecloth and T.V. 'lamp. Mr. Harvey Coleman, repre- senting the Telephone Commis- sion sioan presented them with a beautiful ruby -coloured Ken - wood en wood blanket. Arthur thanked them all, dor the lovely gifts, af- ter which 'Mrs. Wtarren 'Shera played the guitar land sang a , couple of songs. he remainder d of the evening. -was spent in 'dancing. Mr. an,d ,Mrs; G. Ann - strong, Mr. and MOS. Wilson Mc- Cartney, Georgina 1VIas. Elmer Oanteron, 'Mr. Warren (Shera supplied !the music. (Saturday evening, their faan- ily, •ac'corpanied by MT. Nichol - son's !brother and his wife •(1Mr. -and Mrs. Wilson Allen.) sprang a surprise •on their mother and dad, entertaining them to a most happy evening, spent playing cards and singing. A sumptuous lunch was then served, table decorated in pink and white, lit by tall dandles and centered with a (lovely decorated cake. After this, amid ahoweas of con- fetti they were read an address by Beryl '(;Mrs. Harold Nichol- son) ;and presented with a -love- ly lamp and coffee table. Im- mediately after which a humor- ous,poetical address was read by Basisara !(Mrs. Ross Alexan- der) to Harold and Beryl, who ;also celebrated •the ' 'event of their wedding. They too were presented with a gift. Two most enjoyable evenings were spent. ST. THOMAS W. A. The regular monthly meeting was held at the homeofMiss D. Parke, Thursday evening, Jan. 16i1h. Mrs. McGavin, President, opened the 'meeting by reading the 10th chapter of Romans, fol- lowed 'by'a moment's silence in memory of •Mrs. A. (Case, Hon- orary (President. Mrs. James in- troduced the new study .'book for the year entitled The Cross and Chrysanthemum. On behalf of The (Seaforth Red ;Cross, the President asked for •volunteer knitters and sewers. The follow- ing reports were made: The Treasurer's, by Miss D. Parke; Social 'Service by ,Mrs.' J. 'Old- field on behalf of MTS. E. 'C'ase; Dorcas, by (Mrs. W. O'Shea, on behalf of Mrs. Southgate. Under general business' ar- rangements - were anode for the Annual 'Valentine Tea ,and bake sale, to be held on Wetdm'esday afternoon 'Feb. 12th, in the Par- ish 'Hall, between the . hours of 3 and '5 1p.m. ' The 'offertory was received and dedicated and the meeting closed with the :bene- diction. very ,successful euchre party,,spensored Iby the C.W.L. was held in.the !Se!parate IS:choo•l. on Friday evening with 22 ta- bles at !play. Prize winners were ladies: Mrs. C. Malone, Mrs. P. McIver; done hands, John J. Maloney. Men's Lou Coyne,- Leo oyne;Leo Kelly. Lunch was served by the convenors, (Mrs. J. Maloney, Mrs. A. 'Devere'aux, +Mrs. J. Devereaux 'and their committee. Roy Jewell to Speak Here on Feb. 5th The annual ;meeting of 'Sea- fonbh Agricultural ISdcielty will be !held on !Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th_atSeaforth Distri:ot High School at 8 o'clock. Roy Jewell, TV farm director, of I London, will e guest speaker. The meeting is•open to the pub - tic. Election oft officers and dir- ectors.for the1958 Fall Pair in the women's division and the main 'fair. DANIEL PATRICK CRONIN Daniel 'Patrick 'Cronin,, well- known McKillop Township farm- er, died in Scott .Mepnorial Hos- pital, Seaforth, ore Tuesday in his 88th year, Mr. ;Cronin had been in poor !health for a short time. He was (born in Hibbert Township, a member of a fam- ily of 10—Ile He was educated in St. 'Columbam. In :1901 he mar- ried (Bridget (Downey, who pre- deceased him in 1950. 1In. 1899 he moved to the'farm he had occupied ,until his - death, which is east of I3d. Oolumllban -on No. 8 highway and dn. M'CIKi'llop twp. He was a member 'of St. Colum;, ]ban (Roman Catholic Churcll'and of the Holy Nreane ;Society. He is survived by four sons, Daniel J., Alphonse and Albert, ail of Ct. 'Columban, and. Jack, in Al- berta; two 'daughters,. Mrs. Jas. (Mary) IO'Connor and Mrs. Hugh !((Hannah) Benninger, (both of Dublin; two-, sisters, Mrs. John (Elizabeth) iD,owney, London, and Mrs. Thomas (Nellie) -Fee- ney, Kitchener. fIhe funeral will 'take place on Friday, Jan. 24th at 9 a.m. at St. Columban Ghureh with Rev. Vatter McCowell officiating. Burial will be in St. Columban Cemetery. t1 MISS RUBY VANSTONE Miss Ruby M. Vanstone, 111 Huron St., Stratford, died in Stratford General Hospital Sat- ua'daying evening after a brief illness. A daughter of the late John Vanstone and the former Mary (Donkin, she was born in (Stratford and lived there•. all he'r lifetime with the exception of 20 years in Egmondville, Ont. She was the last member of a !family of seven. Miss Van- stone was a member of St. James' Anglican Church. The funeral was held on Tuesday 'conducted by the Ven. Arch- deacon F. G. Lightbourn,ID. D., of St. James' Ohureh. Interment was. in Avondale 'Cemetery. PRESENT BRIEF Farmers' Union presented (brief to Premier Frost's Cabin- et with 63 delegates represent- ing (Ontario on Jan. 15th, Mr. Frost extended .greetings by shaking hands. Each delegate gave name and •County repre- sented. Mr. A. Coranack thanked Ibhe •cabinet for the opportunity of presenting brief to them, and introduced Gordon Hill the new (President and asked him to read brief, 'Gordon Hill, Bob Taylor, MTs. Alf Nesbitt and Carl 'Dal- ton represented Huron. The del- egates' returned to 'Steel Work- ers' Hall and :completed' board meeting. Vestry Meeting of .St. Thomas Church The annual vestry meeting of 'St. Thomas' Church was !held on Mon'day evening with a good attendance. Reports of the var- ious church organizations show- ed a year of progress and the Church restoration 'fund mort- gage was paid off during 1957, The treasurer reported that two bequests had .been tirade to the church during the year. The election of officers re- sulted as follows: Re'ctor's War- den, T. T. Jackson; Peoipie's Warden, E. C. 'Boswell; vestry clerk, IGeo..Flewitt; delegates to, Synod, Garnet (Stockwell, W. E. (Southgate; substitutes, J. R. Spittal, John Oldfield; envelope secretary, Mrs. P. M. Troutbeck, Board of ;Management, Miss Dorothy Parke, Mrs. Bruce 'Mac- Lean, Norman Scoins, Harry Palin, (Gordon . Wright, J. R. Spittal, Arthur Varley, John Earle, Elmer Larene. CONSTANCE 11VIr. and Mrs. Ken Preszcator and family s:p'ent the weekend ,with Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence Hj)n of Exeter. Miss Joyce Jewitt of Thorn dale spen't,'th'e weekend with her ,parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jewitt. - Mr. Murray Dale of Listowel spent the weekend with his 'par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Dale. Miss Heather Norris of Guelph is enjoying holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riley.' Mr. and Mrs. Wen. Jenvitt vis- ited Sunday with Mrs. Matthew Armstrong of Stratford.. Mr. Borden Brown was grieved late Wednesday night as he received news of the sudden passing of this father, Mr. Joe Brown of !Hanover. Mr. Brown was widely known throughout Huron County, as he was a Salesman of Corn King Miner- erals .of the Selby !Distributors for a great number of years and whose funeral was held in (Hanover on (Saturday. . ria'. Wan. Jewitt, reeve of Hal- lett is attending 'County Council at (Goderich this week. Constance Canadian Order of Forresters The re -opening of the Order of Forresters here on Friday evening saw 32 members join under the 'Initiation 'Team from Kitchener and High Officials from ;Brentford as well as -a ;memtber of the Executive of Do- minion of Canada from London. The wives of the former mem- bers of the Lodge catered to the lunch for the evening. A (basket of groceries was won on a lucky draw .by John Jewitt. Farm !Forum (Friendly Few) - Forufn was !held at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Preszcator. The discussion was "(Produce Marketing". (1) We (believe a good marke±ting hoard should: have full control of products for stabilizing price. !(2) We believe that, C:o-Operatives can play a ,pant in stabilizing prices but not in raising - the micas. +(3) We thought there were no other ways of achieving the. same ends, Progressive euchre was enjoyed, lady winners, Mary lRrley,, .Mrs. H. iPreszoator; the gent's, Wilbur Jewitt, Ross Mc- Gregor. Next 'hoane will he Mr. and Mrs. Ross McGregor. Lunch hostess for the evening was Mrs, Howard Preszcator. Constance Young People Constance Y. P. met in the basement of the Ohureh on Sun- day, Jan, 119 with Tom Wlhyte's group in charge of the meeting which was opened with a sing song followed by a hymn. The, minutes were read and roll calx was answered by 13 members. The business was !discussed and collection was taken. Hymn 490 - was sung and scripture•read by Marljorie Hoggart followed by prayer led by John Hoggart. The topic for lbh:e evening' was taken 'by 'Wilma Dale on "Se- cret of Christian Living" after which a discussion was ;held 'on the ,topic. Hymn 493 was sung, The recreation period was .in Charge of, Judy Nott after wisldh lunch was served. Congregational Meeting The annual meeting of 'the Constance'-Clhurclh was held on IThursday' ,evening, Jan. 16 in the 'basement -of the !Church, in the foram -of a social evening. A shoat program prepared by Mrs. Frank Riley and Mr. Wm. Jew- itt 'was ew-ittt-'was- followed by scripture DUBLIN High School News •()By R. Flannery) Not having any ideas of any own for this week (1 wan the rov- ing reporter looking for ideas from the students. My first vic- tim was Don and wlhen I asked him, he said he didn'thave any and it would take .quite awhile to find some, so, as he hasn't re- turned, (I think the must atill.ibe looking. Going across the aisle tI heard Veronica wondering what artist has been drawing cartoons on her desk. In the grade nine room no one had mush to say: they could all give me questions of the week but no ideas for the rest of the news: Up in the .grade 10 room they were in the anidldle orf per- iod, so not much luck there un- less you can all understand French. Coming pp behind Nan- cy 1 heard her mumbling .some- thing about hoping hewould bring up the right colour of cor- sage for the formal. S didn't stay around to ask flier for any remarks. Question of the week: 'How far is it to Clairmont; Margaret? Note: We hear Angela's life is 'being threatened. 1 iiiiiiiii 1111111111111111111,11111,11111111111111111111 iiiiiii iiiiiiiu uu ,nnnnau11111u11umlgl,uuuu uuna 0 patterns SAVE 1/2 ON 52 -pc. service for 8 8 5 O'Clock Teas 8 Forks 8 Teaspoons 8 Knives 8 Dessert Spoons 8 Salad Forks 2 Tablespoons 1 Buller Knife 1 Sugar Spoon Sale Price 49 ge •Reg; Price$99,60 kir$;fs'o ulss't"k Mtvs *TRAM -MARKS OF ONEIDA LTD. SAVAUGE'S JEWELLERY - GIFTS - FINE CHINA SEAFORTH 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111,1011111111111111111111111111111111111"111111111111111111111111111111A. •'• reading and prayer by Rev. cantly with .Mrs. 'Talbot's par - White and the business conduct- eats, Mr. and Mrs. Norval Reid. ed. Treasurer's report for the Church was read by W. R. Jew- itt W. A. report read by 'Mrs. Ken (Hulley to which society a vote of thanks was rendered for there -decorating of the Church basement. The report of WMIS. was read by Mrs. W. L. 'Whyte in the absence of Mrs. E. Law- son. ;Sunday School report was read by Mr. Ross McGregor. Mission Band report read by Mrs. George .MeIliwain. Rev. White gave a report of the Session and heard the growth of the spiritual side of our Church. 'Messrs. Wilbur Jewitt, Earl Lawson, Geo. Addison and Ross McGregor were named the committee to secure the special speaker for the Church Anni- versary. A. committee of Wilbur Jewitt, Win. Jewitt and Ken Hulley were to secure a Church •Organist. Mrs. Geo. Mclllwain and Mrs. Wm, Jewitt volunteer- ed to ibe responsible for the Bi - hie Society for 1958, while Mr. Wm. Jewitt volunteered to be Church Secretary. Mr. Ross Mc- Gregor moved a vote of thanks to Rev. Mr. White and to the secretaries of the mentioned so - cities for their labour for the year. The meeting was closed by Rev. White after which a boun- teous lunch was served.- The Steward Board of the Church is as follows: Wan. Jew- itt, Wilbur Jewitt, Ken :Hulley, Bordeu (Brown, Geo. Addison, Alvin Dodds, Wm. Dale, Lorne Lawson, 'Ross McGregor, Earl Lawson. The Elders are Wm. Britton, Charles (Dexter, Earl, Lawson, Ross McGregor, Geo. Addison, Wilbur Jewitt, 'Wan. Jewitt. HENSALL Mr. and :Mrs. 'Keith Lindsay and Pamela of Napanee visited last week with ,Mrs. Lindsay's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hen- derson and family. Mr. and 'Mrs. Ellis of Clinton visited recently with their son- in=law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. L. Chapman and 'family. Mr. .Murray Venner has ac- cepted a position at 1Drysdale's Hardware and commenced his duties there last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Hender- son and family visited with Mr. and ,Mrs. Lindsay in St. Marys and attended the baptismal of their granddaughter (Pamela Lindsay, infant -daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Keith Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs. M. Love of Lon- don and M•r. and Mrs. Don Fa- ber and son of Grand Bend were recent visitors with Mr. and - Mrs. Geo. Armstrong. Mr. and Mrs. ILolbt. Talbot and 'babe of Bayfield visited re - GENERAL W. A. The first meeting of the Gen- eral W. A. of 'Northside United Church for '1958 was held on Jan. 15th in the Sunday School room with a fair attendance. Mrs. H. Snell thanked the la- dies for their work during the last year. The W. A. motto was repeated and the hymn sung. Mrs. Roy Lawson opened de- votional period by reading Psalm 121. An 'explanation of the psalm was given followed' by a prayer. Mrs. Close read the thenkyou notes she received. 37 home and hospital calls were made. No large projects will be undertaken at the parsonage at present. (Repeats were given from the four groups. !The new officers for 19-58 were installed by Mr. Ball, Mrs. ;Smell, the :pres., asked the members for their prayers for the` coming year. A riot roast beef Valentine supper will be held in February, 31.00 for ad- ults and 40c for children 12 and under. Tickets will be sold. The 'General W. A. will cater to the men's supper on Feb. 11th and arrange for lunch for the annu- al meeting at 8 o'clock on Jan. 3ast. A .donation of 350 will be made to the .W.M.S. The meet- ing closed with a hymn and the Mizpah 'Benediction. - (Officers for 1958: Hon. Pres., 'Mrs. Bruce Hall; Past Pres., Mrs. B. F 'Christie; Pres., Mrs. H. Snell; 1st Vice Pres., Miss Gladys Thompson; 2nd Vice Pres., Mrs. P. Dunlop; 3rd Vice Pres., Mrs. H. Connell; Recording and Press Sec„ Mrs. J. Turnbull; Corr. (Sec., Mrs. E. F). Close; 'Treas., Mrs. H. Hunt; Dev. Con., Mrs. S. Lawson; the Flower Com., Mrs. G. A. Whit- ney i(convenor), Mrs. F. Beche- ly, Mrs. R. Whitely, .Mrs. (. Bradshaw,lMrs. W. Dundas; Vis- iting 'Com., Mrs: R. ISavauge (con.), Mrs. E. H. Olose, Mrs.!B. Christie, Mrs. E. Chamberlain, Mrs. 'Cuthill; 'Parsonage Comm., Mrs. F. Storey '(con.), Mrs. R. Murdie, Mrs. I. Hudson; Social Comanittee, Mrs. A. Riley, Mrs. 1J. ;Bell (joint convenors), Mrs. E. 'Williams,' Mrs. L. Carter, ;Mrs. A. (McNichol; Kitchen Coni., Miss Thelma Elgie (con,), Mrs. J. 'Scott, Mrs. C. Walden, (Mrs. Garnham, Mrs. C. Dalton; Parlour, 'Goo., Mrs. B. Stephen- son, Mrs. N. Knight, Mrs. M. Cuthill; 'Silver Com., 'Mrs. IR, Savauge (eon.), Mrs. M. Stew- art, Mrs. W. Leeming; Pianist, Mrs. C. . Broadfoot; Auditors, Miss R. Fennell, Mrs.. J. Ellis; Rep. to Official !Board, Mrs. H. Snell; ' Rep, to Girls' Work Board, Mrs. 1C. Pinder.