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A) TRAN ENS A ARR AT A 3 a yt 5 RT STAT RT Fo 2 : ' I { £ 13° { \ Re ES. ate ------ awe bad die bit vita ma madd val Nose is Bred yds Senda ume sas Ragan ifite BREAST IAN MARAE LARA ANGE KSA So wy Sd "8 oy riety nb iL Ege Jkt ns 2 CE BEER Ca 2 -- was in Lod and { was 0) was s go! ng Sony en. hamost he ope NE othov: was d You'll be proud to wear this badge of service "CANADIAN ok RED £8 Early in January RE CHRISTMAS CONCERT Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bryant and Prospect Public School will hold daughter, Mrs.- Robert Reed and baby The regular monthly meeting of the their Christmas Concert on Thursday, of Ostia wis spent Sunddy with Clar- Women's Association was held at the Dec. 21st, at 8 o'clock. ence and Mrs. Harrison. . home of Mrs. Gordon Ward Tuesday! mee Several friends and neighbors at- afternoon, November 28th, : tended the funeral service in Calvary With Mrs. Cecil Phair presiding, Myrtle Station Baptist Church, Oshawa, on Monday the Devotional period opened with Call afternoon, for Harold Stredwick, who to Worship given by Murs. J. Ianson. | died on Friday morning. Call to Worship-- ~ Mrs. W. Draper, of Brooklin, is vi- Fierce was the wild billow, , siting with Myrtle relatives this week. Dark was the night; - Mr. and Mrs. Art Mtichell and baby Oars laboured heavily, Gary were Sunday guests of Mr. and Foam glimmered white; Mrs. Edgar Smalley, of Uxbridge. Trembled the mariners, Mrs, D. Duchemin visited with Tor- Peril was nigh: onto friends on Wednesday. Then said the God of Gods, Pte. Leonard Dalby has returned to Peace: it is I. ) disciples before His crucifixion. army life after strenuous summer and Bible Reading -- Hebrews 11:1-10, Sunday school next Sunday at 3 p.m. [fall work on the farm of his father-in- was taken by Mrs. W. Walker, The church service following at 4 p.m, law, Hugo Bradley. _Topic--The Blessings of the Storms ~The Woman's Association will hold of Life was ably rendered by Mrs. C. the annual meeting at the home 'of Phair. She stressed the fact that dis- Mrs. C. Harrison on Wednesday af- appointments, sorrows and trials may ternoon December 13, The programme be really blessings in disguise, will be of a Christmas nature and roll At the close of this period, Mrs, H. call will be answered by a Christmas . McMillan took the chair for the busi- thought. Mrs. Harrison uses this ness part of the meeting. Mrs. W. column to cordially invite the ladies 'Walker and Mrs. W. St. John were of the community to be present. appointed as a committee to see'that Finding it necessary to make a trip coat rails. were installed in the vesti- to the elevator on Saturday for some bule of the Church. needed stock food, Mr. Chris Wilson Rev. T. Walace presided during the came with- his horse and cutter, The election. of - officers for the coming outfit, the 'extreme cold and snow year, followed by a reading given by made it very easy for us to think Mrs. C. Phair. that a real winter was upon us; but A social afternoon was spent with a most pleasing change in the weather about 25 members present, and a dain- arrived on Monday oi ip us hopeful ty lunch was served by the group in of an Indian summer, even if it is charge--Mrs. C. Phair, Mrs. E, Phair, rather late. Mrs. W. St. John, assisted by Mrs, Miss N., Nash, of 'Oshawa, was a G. Ward, Mrs. C. Ward, Mrs. W. Walk-| guest of Myrtle friends during the er and Mrs, H, McMillan. first part of this week. [oo TOS SEER FSRAT ER + WOR 14% SONS GREENBANK WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION Rev. P. L. Jull, of Brooklin, preached a~very impressive communion sermon on Sunday afternoon when the four 'congregations of the Myrtle pastoral charge were represented in a union service. For his seripture lesson Mr. Jull selected verses from St. John 16 and also portions of Mark, the words 'of comfort spoken by Jesus toHis ber of years, a heart condition of which he could not hope to be relieved, Harold E. Stredwick, beloved husband of Viva Briggs, passed away early Friday morning in his 89th year. Ha- rold had been ailing for the past year but was not one to complain of his condition, He sulféred a severe at- tack on Tuesday at midnight and grad- ually weakened, was the son of Thomas and the late Mrs. Stredwick, Coming to. Canada twenty-five years ago he worked for the most part in Oshawa district where he made many friends. In 1938 he and.Viva were married and came to live in our village. Harold .was an earnest Christian member of Cal- vary Baptist Church, Oshawa, and all who knew him, held him in the highest regard. After a service at his late residence at 1.30 p.m., the funeral a Done Experts SS oe At Reasonable Prices Good Printing is essential to most business Gh | ol - men; and to many private individuals. We Jichy are equipped with modern printing machin- HAs ery operated by expert craftsmen, and are in a position to offer fine printing at fair market prices.t Call and consult us, FE ~The Port Perry Star Phones 50 and 86. "sermon on "Winter", 4 After bearing patiently for a num-| Born in England, he| ~~ = - ---- cortege proceeded to Calvary Baptist Church, Oshawa, where Rev: C. P. Van Duzen conducted the service. It was Harold's request that Jack Hoop- lor, during the service, should sing as a solo, "I would rather have Jesus". The many flowers cavered the casket and were banked about the back and ends, tributes of the love and estecm of his relatives and friends, Surviving are his wife; his father and grand- father in England; two brothers and 'la sister, George, Elford and Edith (Mrs, Creasy) also in England; a bro- ther, B. James and a sister, Ethel (Mrs. R. Northey) of Oshawa, to whom the deep sympathy of the com- munity is extended. Interment was made in Groveside Cemetery, The pall bearers were all friends of Harold whom he had known for several years: William Lymer, Maple Grove; Arthur Paynter, Brougham; Harold Hancock, Columbus; Charles Hooper, Swen La- querquist and George Norman of Osh- awa, SCUGOG Church services and Sunday school at the gegular hours next Sunday. Sunday morning was a lovely morn- ing for going to Church, but the roads 'were blocked in the concessions so all could not get out to hear the good The trees looked so pretty, which were admired by all and mentioned by Rev. Mr. Cooke, The Red Cross meeting was held in the town hall on Wednesday afternoon, with five faithful members out, who quilted a large quilt. Mrs. Fines read a letter which was received from Gor- don Hood, who is overseas, and is as follows: Dear Friends: I received a very nice parcel this week from the Scugog Red Cross and I wish to express my sincere thanks to everyone at Scugog for sending such a nice gift. It arrived here in exactly three weeks' time which is a record, ds gny pareels I have got from home, always take from one to three months. At this point, the war in the Euro- pean theatre is looking greatly in our favour, and we all hope it is over soon, Hoping that this letter finds all my Scugog friends having an enjoyable time and I wish one and all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Thanking you all again, Sincerely, Gordon Hood, England. Harold and Ivan Kerry have also received their's, and in lots of time. A sewing machine has been donated to the Red Cross by Mrs. C. Wanna- maker, and it will be a great help. The next meeting will be on Dec. 27th. The Head Community Club met on Wednesday evening, Nov. 22nd, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Pearce. ed the meeting with the singing of a hymn, followed by prayer by Rev. Mr. Cooke, The minutes of the last meeting- were read and adopted. The next meeting will be held on Dee, 6th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs, O, Reader in the form of a pot luck supper. The program committee for this meeting are Anson Gerrow and Clifford Red- man, June and Lueille Collins sang a duet accompanied by their mother, Mrs, M, Collins on the guitar; a reading by Jean Wilson; a piano solo by Mary Lou Pearce. Mr. Bruce Snelgrove then favoured us on the violin with Mrs, Snelgrove at the piano, The guest speaker was Mr, Farmer, of Port Perry, who gave a very interest- ing talk. Community singing was then enjoyed by all with Mrs, Redman at the piano. A reading by Anson Gerrow; Mr. and Mrs. Snelgrove were called upon for another selection, A vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Farmer for coming over. The méeting closed with the singing of a hymn and God Save the King. Well, Scugog had the same snow storm as all of Ontario.- The roads were closed to cars on Friday, but horses and sleighs were out, The snow plow came down the centre road on Friday night, then finished the other roads on Sunday Mrs. George Sweetman enjoyed a week's visit with her daughter, Mrs. David Miller and also her son Allan in Toronto recently and attended the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Birthday greetings to Mrs. F. G. Joblin for the 1st day of December; little Marcia Chandler on her second birthday on the 2nd; Eleanora Sweet- man for the 3rd; Lloyd Harrison, Mrs. C. MacMaster, Connie Reader and Frances Lacken for the 6th; David Hope the Tth; Glen Demara the 8th; Gloria Fraliek, b years old on the 10th; Mrs, F. Turley and Frank Jeffrey the 12th; Mrs. A. Wilkinson and Joy Hood for the 13th. Mrs. C. Samells and Helen spent the weekend with Mr, and Mrs, Geo. Samells. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Fralick visited her brother, Mr. W. Gerrow and Mrs. Gerrow in Reach Township on Sunday afternoon, There were two quilts finished 'for the Red Cross recently by the Head folks--one at the home of Mrs. N. Kerry and one at Mrs. J. Pearce's. i Messrs. Jack and Joel Aldred visit- ed their brother George at Little Bri- tain on Thursday as he was quite ill. However, he was slightly improved when they left for home. ! Mr. Fred Reesor moved a cottage from Lakeside Beach to Port Perry on Wednesday. It was put up on wheels and drawn by .a tractor. It was watched with great interest hy the school children and older ones-as well. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clark, on their recent marriage The President, Anson Gerrow, open-' in Toronto by Rev. F. G. Joblin, They visited their home here on Monday. ~ of their loved ones. Please send your greetings =~the postal To Keep Long Distance Lines Clear -- PLEASE SEND YOUR "HOLIDAY GREETINGS The eager voices of our men and women in uniform, calling home at Christmas and New Year's, will crowd the wires again this year. Help to make sure that every one of these calls goes through. . , that all those on duty away from home hear the voices services will be grateful. (And please send them early people have a big holiday job on _their by mail --some one in the 8.30 PREMIER "GEORGE DREW will speak on "py TIME FOR DECISION" Wednesday, Dec. 13th over the Ontario Regional Network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; and Affiliated Stations p.m. OBITUARY ELI HARNDEN In ill 'health for some time Eli Harnden, beloved husband of the late Alice L. Peak, passed away in Whitby, on Monday, November 27th, in his 90th year. : Deceased was a farmer by occupa- tion and farmed at Raglan for many years and later carried the mail be- tween Myrtle, Ashburn and Balsam. He came to Whitby about twenty years ago and for a time was em- 'ployed at King Bros. Tannery, but had lived retired for many years and was held in the highest esteem in the community, ~ In politics he was a staunch Liberal, Surviving are two sons, William, of Niagara Falls, and Dave, of Port Perry. A daughter Mrs, Wilson' (Hat: tie) died a few years ago. - The faneral was held from W. C. Town's Funeral Home, 110 'Dundas Street East, on Wednesday, Nov. 29th, dt 2 o'clock and was conducted -by Rev. Mr. Darnell, paStor of Whitby Baptist Church, Interment was made in Groveside Cemetery. : FORUM CHAIRMAN Watson Porter has been appointed chairman of the. first series of broad- casts in CBC's National Farm Radio Forum, which commenced on Monday, October 30th, when the program was heard at 8,80 over Eastern network. 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