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The Huron Expositor, 1964-01-30, Page 10Q?t -sa, Qrr1.a JAN.,30t1904 PROCLAMATION 1 MINOR HOCKEY WEEK In Canada WHEREAS, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association has set aside the week com- mencing January 25,th as a period to focus public attention on MINOR HOCKEY, and WHEREAS the game of hockey is recogniz' ed as CANADA'S NATIONAL GAME, which teaches our youth to develop a competitive spirit, co-operation with others; body-building, and a respect for authority, and , WHEREAS Minor Hockey is the foundation from which accomplished hockey stars 'develop, and ' • WHEREAS this community has long been noted for' its active minor hockey par- ticipation„ NOW, THEREFORE, I, as Mayor of Sea - forth, do hereby declare the week . com- mencing January 25th, be observed as Week in Canada' 'Minor Hockey and request that all parents and others sup- port this observance by, attending - games during Minor Hockey Week .and thereafter until the hockey seasonends... Earl Dinsmore Mayor. -JANUARY 24, 1964. Don't Send - TAKE you • to the Arena WAN..' -ADS BRING 'QUICK -RESULTS -. Phone '141 ;Read the Advertisements - It's a Profitable Pastime! ORMIAMES -Dies As 104th Birthday Nears MRS. AGNES BAIRD Mrs. Agnes Baird, oldest resi- dent in Huron ,County, and who would had observed her 104th birthday Thursday of this week, passed, away Friday evening in Clinton Public Hospital, where she had been admitted the pre- ceding Friday. In ill health, she had been a patient at Queens- way Nursing Home, Hensall, for the past four years until being taken to Clinton Hospital. She was born in Newark, New Jersey, and came to Ashfield Township with her parents when one year old. Her grand- mother lived to be 98 and her mother 93, Surviving are a son, Tom, of Brucefield, and a grandson, Stewart, of Stanley Township. A largely attended funeral service was held . Monday after- noon at Ball and Mutch funeral home, Clinton,. with burial' in •Baird's cemetery, Stanley Town- ship. SAMUEL LAIDLAW The death occurred in Regina Hospital, January 23, of Sam- uel Laidlaw; of Shaunavon, Sask., in his 84th year. Born in Tuckersmith Township, he was a son of the late George Laidlaw and Mary McEwing. Four brothers and four sisters predeceased him. As a young man, Mr. Laidlaw moved to the Canadian West, where he was engaged in fanning and bridge construction. He -is survived by his wife, the former Gertrude Nicholson, of Tuckersmith Township; one son and four daughters, all of Saskatchewan. Burial was at Climax, Sask. Lady :Bowlers Hold Party • The Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club held its January party at the 'home of Mrs. Clarence Wal- den, when 27 were present. The euchre prize was won by. Miss Dorothy, Parke, and the bridge prize by Miss Bessie Grieve. The committeeserved lunch. Every week more people dis- cover what mighty jobs are accomplished by low cost Ex- positor xpositor Want Ads. NEWS' O? W ;LTON DUFF'S CHURCH REVIEWS SUCCES CONGREGATION SFUL YEAR The a nnal congregational meeting f . Duff's United Church, Walton, was held in the church Monday afternoon. Rev, A. Higginbotham conduct- ed the meeting, and. Mrs. Harry Craig was appointed secretary. A prayer was offered in mem- ory of those who had passed on during the year. Four new stewards were ap- pointed: Kenneth McDonald,, Ronald Bennett, William Den- nis and Herb Williamson. The retiring stewards were Roy Wil- liamson, W. J. Bennett, W. Bew- ley and D. Fraser. Murray Den- nis replaced Jack 1V,i:cEwing, who was appointed to the session. The session report was giv- en by Rev. Higginbotham. Dur- ing the •year there were seven baptisms, two marriages and seven burials. The manse committee was ap- pointed by the congregation, in place of the UCW, as in former years: Mrs. Emerson Mitchell, M.S. Ernest Stevens, Mrs. Rae Houston and Gordon Murray; trustee, Roy Bennett also one from Moncrieff. The -budget was set for the coming year. All organizations gave very encouraging re.perts. Next year a. brief summary of all organiza- tions will be entered in the annual report. A Walton Scout First Troop was organized in March 1963, with 14 'toys be- ing invested as First Class Scouts on May, 26, with Barry Marshall and Bill Humphries as leaders, The YPU reported •that they, have extra 1964 calendars for sale. A large number of Sunday School members were present- ed with Seals"recently for per- fect attendance: • Clarence Martin expressed the appreciation of the mem- bers to Rev. and Mrs. A. Hig ginbotham, WI Meets Mrs. Ken McDonald presided for the Walton Women's Insti- tute, held Wednesday evening with the men as guests. The meeting was opened with the •Institute Ode, Mary Stewart Collect and "O Canada," with Mrs. S. Humphries as pianist. Mrs. D. Buchanan.. and Mrs. H. 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G. Mus - clow, of Listowel, Department of Lands and Forest, who gave an informative talk on the Mait- land Valley Conservation Auth- ority, and showing slides of dif- ferent conservation authorities in the municipalities, to show what has. been done. The speak- er was thanked and presented with a gift by Ars. Harvey Crai-g,, • Mrs. George Hibbert read the secretary -treasurer's report and correspondence. The roll call was answered by -"an advertis- ing scheme which annoys me." It was decided to . order " 200 more cook books to sell. Committee for card party on January. 31 will be Mrs. W. E. Turnbull, Mrs. Luella Marshall, Mrs. C. Martin and Mrs. Alvin McDonald; for Feb. 14: Mrs. H. Bolger, Mrs. E. Watson, Mrs. J. Bryans and Mrs. F. Walters; for Feb. 21: Mrs. P. McDonald, Mrs. Jim McDonald, Mrs. 5. Hums phries and Mrs. G. McGavin. Anyone with hall tea towels are asked to return them to the hall as soon as possible. A let- ter was read from the WI adopt- ed boy in Hong Kong, also the Secretary of Saint - Simon Hos- tel, telling. of the conditions 'in Hong Kong. Lunch was served by Mrs. S. Humphries, Mrs. E.- Stevens, Mrs. L. Marshall, Mrs. P. Mc- Donald and Mrs. Nelson Reid. Unit"Meeting -• - LOCAL BRIEFS Rev; and Mrs, J. Ure Stewart were weekend visitors at Bright, .where they visited friends on 'this charge, formerly served sy Mr. Stewart, and also relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grum- mett spent a couple of days this week at, Wingham with Mr. and Mrs. Danny Grruznmett and fam- ily. Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Lawson of Constance spent Friday eve- ning with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Adams and Donelda. Guests at the home of Mrs? J. Hotham were: Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Laithwaite, Goderich; Mr. and Mrs: Duncan Cooper, Kip - pen, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mallard, Brantford. Mr. Arnold Porterfield of New • Westminster, B.C., visited his aunt, Mrs. E. Geddes, and Mr. Geddes this week. Rev. J. Ure and Mrs. Stewart last week visited friends and rel- atives at Ingersoll and Tillson- burg. , , The regular monthly meeting of the 17th, and Boundary Unit, of the UCW of Duff's United Church, Walton, was held at the home -of Mrs, Martin Baan with 14 members answering the roll call and one visitor pxes- ent. Mrs. George Williamson pre- sided', and opened the meeting with ,a thought for the day. Hymn 571 was sung. Mrs. Har- old Smalldon read Psalm 91 and Mrs. Jan Van Vliet offered prayer. Mrs. A. Higginbotham read a poem and -Mrs. Roy Wil- liamson took the topic, "Our Living Faith." Minutes and- correspondence were read. Business was con- diicted by Mrs. George William- son: The meeting was closed with a hymn and benediction and the afternoon was spent quilting. Lunch was served by the hostess • and the lunch com- mittee. Miss Norma Leeming of Lon- don spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Leeming. .Mrs. Edward Smith . and San- dra of 'London .have returned home after spending the past two weeks with Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr. ,• and Mrs. W. C. Hackwell. Mrs. Wilbur Turnbull is at present confined to Scott Mem- orial Hospital, Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs. E. McCreath of Clinton visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Coutts. Mr. Gordon MeGavin accom- panied Dr. M. W. Stapleton, Dr. J. A. Munn, of Seaforth, and Mr. Andy Whetham, of Dublin, to Chicago last week to take part in a curling bonspiel.' Mrs. George Jackson is a pa- tient in Listowel Memorial Hos- pital. _ Mrs. Nelson Reid and Mrs. James •McDonald attended the 4 -Il Homemaking Club on "What Shall I Wear?" last Thursday and Friday 'at Clinton., Anyone. interested in taking this course between the ages of 12 and 26 years, may notify the leaders, who would like to start the course as soon as possible. HARLOCK Mrs. Jack Kellar of Seaforth and Mrs. George Carter of Lon- desboro visited Saturday with Mrs.,- D. R. MacKenzie of Luck - now. UCW Hold. Meeting Churches At Brussels Hold Annual Meetings Rev. W. J. Morrison was chairman for the annual meet- ing of Melville Presbyterian Church, Brussels, on Friday night, ancj James W. Armstrong was'secretary, A pot-luclt'sup- per for members and their families preceded the business. meeting. The session report revealed that there are 234 members on the roll. The managers' report showed a successful financial year. Five retiring managers, W. J, Perrie, Henk Exel, Sam Sweeney, Mack Cardiff and John Yuifl, were replaced by James Mair; Douglas -1 eming- way, Gerald Gibson, William H. King and James T. McFarlane, all elected for three years. George Elliott was elected chairman of the board; W. C. Kerr and D. M. McTavish were reappointed auditors. United Church, Rev. Allan Johnston presided for the annual meeting of Brus- sels -United -Church, with -Clif- ford . Cardiff reading the min- utes and acting as: secretary. Three men were added to the session, Edward Morrow, Gil- bert Speir and Selwyn' Baker; three were elected to the . com- mittee of stewards, Robert Ray- mond, Kenneth Wilbee, Mac Macintosh; the board of trus- tees includes Alex Mann, Ralph Pearson and John Wheelers Total . membership of the church is 358. Several improve- ments are planned for the base- ment and the entrance steps. The total budget for the year was $12,000, and contributions to the M and M fund were $2,775. AFTERNOON AUXILIARY . The January meeting of the Afternoon Auxiliary was held in the church hall. Tuesday. Af- ter the Call to Worship, Hymn 696 was sung, followed by read- ing responsively Hymn 78, fol- lowed by prayer by Miss Fraser. The minutes of the last meet- ing were read and the roll call- ed. The treasurer's report was given and the offering taken. There were 14 _ ladies present, and 10 calls to shut-ins report- ed. The president reminded the meeting of the changes in offi- cers at the Presbyterial in Clin- ton, and also recalled that Feb. 14th is the Women's World Day of Prayer, the services being held in First Presbyterian Church at 3:00 o'clock. • Hymn 374 was sung and Mrs.. W. E. Butt introduced the- new study book, "Partners in "South Asia." The Scripture was read by Mrs. L. Tebbutt, Matthew 28. Mrs. E. Geddes led in pray- er. Hymn 386 was sung, fol- lowed by the benediction. ELECT . THOMAS 'GONE NLOCK - AS FARMERS' UNION HASANNUAL The annual meeting of Local 284 of the Farmers' Union was held in the Town Hall Friday night, when - Thomas • Govenlock was re-elected president on the - third ballot. Other officers are: vice-presi- dent, George Stone; secretary, Francis Hunt; treasurer, Carl Dalton. Directors elected were' Ger- ZION Mr. and Mrs. Len O'Rourke, Vickie Patti and Mrs. Herb Brit- ton were in London on Monday afternoon. Mr. Bill Lannin and Mr. Ken Britton were in Toronto over the weekend. Mrs. Lawrence Hannon and Mrs. Earl Barker spent `Tuesday in Stratfdrd. Mr. and Mrs. George Pepper with Mr. and Mrs.. Ross Pepper on Tuesday. Mr. Morley Lannin and Mr. Dalton Malcolm attended . a Holstein breeders' meeting in Stratford on .Thursday. Mr. Fergus Lannin spent a couple of days at Peterborough attending the annual meeting of Shorthorn breeders. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Britton entertained their family last Sunday.. Mrs. Mary Malcolm spent last week with her friends, Mr. ,and Mrs. Earl Vipond, Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roney entertained their neighbors to a euchre party last Tuesday ev- ening, - Mrs. Jack Burchill spent sev- eral days last week in Ottawa with her son and daughter-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Burchill. Mr. and Mrs. John Bell, Sea - forth, with -her parents,'Mr. and Mrs, Alex Roney, recently. Service in Zion Church on Sunday was withdrawn on ac- count of the stormy day. Members of Burns' Church UCW met Thursday at the home of Mrs. James Scott, Sr., for their monthly meeting. Mrs. Scott presided for the first part of the meeting and opened it with the hymn, "Breathe On Me, Breath of God," followed by, Scripture reading and prayer. Mrs. Ted Bell sang a Solo and Mrs. Scott gave a reading, "New Year." , Rev. Carson gave a talk on "Hunger,' and Mrs. Bell gave a reading ,on "The Ten Com- mandments."Roll call has an- sweredt byap ying 'membership fees. The m s of the last meeting were read by Mrs. Geo. Watt. The treasurer's report •and annual report were given by Mrs. Harvey Taylor and Miss Jean Leiper: Correspondence was read by Mrs. Watson Reid. A letter from Rev. Elizabeth Newhort, of India, was read by Mrs. George Carter. During the businps& period plans were made forused' cards, old nylons and used jewellery Itrret)a list of articles needed by the supply secretary. Thank - you cards were received from sick and shut-ins and Mrs. Car- son expressed her thanks for the Christmas gift. The next meeting will be held Februaify 14th, the World Day of Prayer. The meeting was closed by singing "Sun. ' of My Sou1,12- followed by the Lord's Prayer in unison. A dainty lunch was served by the hos- 'teas and her group. ald Van Den Henget If ry t ;"--._"- -. John -Williams, George Camp- bell, Milton Dietz and Art An- derson. s-derson. • - - ' The secretary was authorized to write the Minister of High- ways, Hon. Charles MacNaugh- ton, with copies to the Reeve of McKillop Township, and Hu- ron Good Roads chairman, Joe Kerr, seeking action in promot- ing a- recreation and park area at Grieve's Bridge, prior to the Plowing 'Match. The meeting discussed egg and milk marketing, but was unable to reach a solution. It was agreed that any 'mem- ber taking a car load of mem- bers to East and West Conven- tion, July 28th and 29th, will be paid mileage. The location has not been decided as yet. The secretary was instructed to obtain 0.F.U. stickers for mem- bers' cars. Members renewing membership by March 15 will receive a gold pin, emblem of the O.F.U., and if they wish may buy matching earrings for their wives. Carl Dalton is responsi- ble for pins and earrings. CROMARTY . Mr. and Mrs. Don Riehl and family of Sebringville were Monday evening guests of Mr. and- Mrs.. Gordon Laing and family. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gardiner left Friday on a motor trip to Florida. Mr. Charles Douglas return- ed "'home from Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, Thursday, much improved in health. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Walker and Kimberley visited. Sunday with ME and Mrs: FrankmErwin, In- gersoll. ngersoll. . Mrs. John Wallace is visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Harry Elliott ,and family in Essex. 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