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ballinafad stewarttown officer elected at church annual meeting the annual meeting of the church congregation was held monday night under the chairmanship of rev m g mcfarlane of georgetown reports of all wms groups were encouraging as all had reached their allocation the w a reported a considerable balance on hand the following officers wert elected recording secretary mr r warne treasurer mr f j shortill succeeding mr james kirkwood who has held the office for the past nine teen years organist lillian shor til with mrs f j shortill as assist ant and choir leader james kirkwood was elected chairman of the board of stewards mr d russell was elected to fill the vacancy on the managing board the flower and decorating committee are mrs jesse mcenery mrs f smith mrs j kirkwood and mrs marshall it was decided to hold our anniversary services on the first sunday in may mrs g townsend was hostess for the january meeting of the w a the theme hymn and creed were the op ening exercises with singing psalm 681 mrs perryman led in the wor ship service the theme being kept by the power of god reading the scripture lesson from psalm 12l du ring the business period it was plan ned to hold an afternoon tea in the spring and a committee was appointed to secure an outstanding speaker pro grams for the twelve meetings had been prepared and were given out to the members mrs townsend thank em the group for a christmas hamper that had been given them mrs smith conducted a bible quiz and gave two interesting readings a poem by edna jacques entitled forgive us and some thoughts on new years resolu tions lunch was served by mrs townsend assisted by mrs j kirk wood and a socia ltinu was enjoyed p r baily shows pictures to wi the january meeting of esqueslng women 8 institute was held at mrs baily s home wednesday evening the roll call was answered with my fav ouritc fancy work the usual prog ram was laid aside to allow the mem bers to sec some pictures to be shown by p r bally who came home from islington with mrs p r baily the pictures were a trip to edironton a trip to new york and christmas pic turcs taken in islington the interior jf the united church with the decor ations and lights pictures of the dec orations of stores and houses ind their decorations one was a picture of mrs k aitken s houst with the reindeer and sleigh on the roof and the front of the house with the trees decorated with silver balls mrs bob harris had negatives of the pictures of mr and mrs e harris s golden wedding which were shown too mrs j sanford and mrs g cook were the hostesses for lunch we extend sincere sympathy to mrs t hewson and the family in the death of mr hewson after a long and serious illness at his home in george town mary barker had her tonsils remo ved last tuesday at guelph general hospital and is improving nicely vis f j shortill and rosa are recovering from an attack of chicken pox mrs ray swindlehurst is at prcs ent in guelph general hospital where she underwent quite a serious operation monday morning we hope she will soon be much improved in health miss ruth adams is recovering from an ear operation in weston hos pital we hope this results in impro ved hearing for ruth happy birthday to kenneth grant 10 years old saturday january 21st the annual junior w a meeting was held last week at mrs bally s home ineka kocslag chose when mothers of salem for the opening hymn and conducted the worship ser vice gretha koeslag presented the sunday pledge for prayer the sun day school by post thclma ewens read the minutes of the last meeting gretha read the annual report a sto ry was read and the election of offi cers for 1956 was thelma ewens sec retary treasurer gretha koeslag dor cas secretary ineka koeslag and judy walker service books johanna ew ens study books carol dtvereaux the annual meeting of st johns wa was held at mrs c smiths home thursday afternoon the dc votlonal period was conducted by mrs blizard mrs blizard presented the financial report and the dorcas re port mrs sanford presented the secretary s report and ms bailv tho luniors report officers for 1956 arc president mrs blizard secretary mrs j sanford treasurer mrs blizard juniors mrs mary baily little hup ers mrs john standuh with ruby tennant and gail smith assistant the service in st johns church next sunday january 22nd will be in the evening at 7 30 to be followed with the annual vestry meeting at the close of the service congratulations to mr and mrs cy wilson mary english on the birth of a daughter a granddaughter for mr and mrs gilbert english macmurdos reduced boys and girls 3 piece winter outfits snow suits jackets pram suits bunting bags boys sweaters etc we carry a good selection of baby gifts and ladies wear come now and choose your valentine card from our coutts arrangement don t forget our sock darning service drop in and see us at 164 guelph street triangle 72125 club midtown by gorgh ha thought you d lost me for good that time didn t you but just like bad pennies we always return actually wl have little to report but we ii try to fill up a little space with club midtown happenings of the pist two weeks the last two dances have had above average crowds in at undanci indicating an ever increai ing interest in the tlub by the town s teens this populant has given us the courage to lav plans for a bit for mil dint i in tht future the idti was conceived at the exec iitm meeting last tuesday night at the he me f dull mc ilvraj the date for thi furmil was set for february 17th the closest possible to st valen tine s i i n orchestra hits been in vittd and there will he refreshments supplied all this for only 125 per couple this affur will be slightly more formal than the last but will nl retiuirt penguin suits for the male members thtj re acceptable but nit compulsory wl ii have more details on this for thcomint festive occision at a later date meantime don t say we didn t warn jou plans for the tobogganing partv melted with the snow about three weeks ago and hac been replaced by thoughts of a skating party all sug gestions gladly accepted and that my friends is the club midtown situation to date we 11 see you all at the dance this frida night is that a threat or a promise au revoir vigo tv offers you a choice from more than 40 1q j sets in prices from q i free home trials come and see them at wigos tv store fleetwood 21 tv radio and fg record changer in beautiful wooden cabinets wigos price 399 95 remember tv a specialty not a sideline wigo television radio sales fc service 7 v specialists georgetown mrs perc olney park circle head the regular monthly meeting of the park circle knox church was held on tuesday january 10th at mrs ken davidson s home on charles street the president mrs a pattenden was in the chair the meeting open ed with the circle prayer the clec lion of officers for 1056 followed president mrs p olney vice presid ent mrs a pattenden secretary trea surer mrs k davidson card secret tary mrs j williamson the meet ing closed with the lord s prayer the february meeting will be held at the home of mrs blake leslie the georgetown herald wednesday evening january 19 1956 tells of experiences at james bay hospital having been a nurse on the staff of itho government hospital at moose factor near james bay for the past year miss marjone bailey rn of hornby gave an interesting talk on her experiences there to the joint meeting of the norval junior farmers held last wednesday evening january 11th at the home of marilyn and gordon barnes at the meeting of the boys section of the club prior to the general meet ing mr harold hannah of brampton spoke mr hannah representative of master feeds chose the subject of methods of improving farm efficiency through care and feeding of farm ani mals for his talk the girls section of the club played a number of game before the joint meeting was held the serving of lunch concluded the evening committee in charge of re freshmcnls included thclma brown freda may slull ken richardson and bill wilson tr 7 2596 booth taxi prompt courteous safe al your service church news st georges anglican rev kenneth richardson rector fpiphany iii jinutrj 22nd 8 a m holj tommu nion corporate for brotherhood of an ljuun churchmen 9 4 i m church behuol und bible class holy communion 7 00 pm jvensont 10 a ni thursduv holy communion iraers for the sick st alban s glen williams 9 30 am holy communion 10 40 am church school 11 00 am holy cross r c ite fr v j morgan pastor mass every sunday at 900 am and 10 30 am first baptiit church rev a j barker ba bd 10 i m i hureh school 11 am how god answers 7 p in dead before your time tourlh in preaehinf from the i salnis wed 8pm mid week service norval hornby stewarttown anglican rev j e maxwell ba lth st paul s norval 10 00 am holy communion and junior congregation 7 30 p m evensong except 1st sunday in month one service holy communion at 1100 am st stephen s hornby 1100 am morning prayer except 1st sunday in month lvensong at 2 p m and 2nd sun holy communion 11 am junior congregation at every service time st johns stewarttown 1 00 p m junior congregation 2 00 p m evensong except 1st sunday in month holy communion at 9 30 am grace baptist bruce penny pastor 3 00 pm sunday school 7 00 p m evening service georgetown s odd fellows hall norval and union presbyterian rev g eockhart royal b a norval 10 00 a m sabbath school 11 00 a m divine worship union j 30 p m sabhath school 2 30 pm divine worship first baptist rev a j barker ba bd 10 i m church sch ol 11am with eyes i ifted up 7pm the secrclof confid encc st johns united rev morgan mcfarlane b a 10 00 am sunda school and bible classes 11 00 a in public worship 7 00 p m i ublie w orship child care nursery and junior church while parents attend the serv ice of worship zion tabernacle rev f m hctchcr 9 45 am sunday school 11 00 a m worship service 7 jo pin evening worship jehovah s witnesses thi week all congregational aclivi tics mil be cancelled local members along with eight other congregations will be attending the r semiannual circuit assembly at the guelph col legfate auditorium main street georgetown tjptonb chicken noodle soup and tomato and veg soup 2 21c ooelvie white cake mix 31c tender leaf tea bags pko tf 60 za 100 off otc pro of 90 60 off 38c allsweet k 29c heinz o lctui id oz b0 lt i vnur ib oz bottle 2 kraft velveeta cheeses 31c e d smith 8 6 fruit marmalade jamboree w 25c hep aerosol bomb oven cleaner 169 swifts cleanser 3 33c giant breezed 5c- 74c fi orida size 96 s s eet grapefruit 1039c fancy macintosh 3 lb cello bag apples 23c marsh canada no 1 potatoes 5 lb cello bag 23c for fuel oil telephone tr 72251 automatically delivered by ralph murfin oil sales norval charge of the united church rev w fdgargill b norval 10 00 am church school 1100 am public worship home church 1 30 p m church school 230 pm public worship glen williams 10 30 m church school 7 00 p m public worship knox and umehouse presbyterian rev alex j calder ba bd mrs bcmlcc gowund organist and choir leader joseph young cariuoncur knox 10 00 a m church school 11 00 am public worshlp- l1mehousb 130 pm church school 2 30 p m public worship