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dinner dance and parents Mr and lira Edgar Sim pans in Patricia Houghton To route with her mother lira Houghton Patricia Evans Tomato wI her parents Mr and Mrs Da Evans In Kingston Mn Ira Wilson spent the week end In Kingston with her daugh tcr loan who is nurseinAtiain ing Congratulations to Joan who received her cap From Elmvalc Mr and Mrs Milton Trace and daughter Betty of Elmvale were recent Sunday visitors with the lattera parents Dr and Mrs lcadley Aurora Visitors Recent visitors with Mr and Mrs lm Wilson were Mr and Mrs Cameron Loblaw of Aurora Mr and Mrs Fred Dawson were Sunday visitors of week ago with Mr and Mrs Harry Cause In North Bay Mrs llerb Jcbb has been visit ing relatives in North Bay Weekend in Colbornc Mr and Mrs Tommy Mayes Were weekend guests with their sonlnlaw and daughter Mr and Mrs Alvin Cammack at Colhorne Gnests In Alliston Mrs Albert Gilroy Mrs Herbert Lemon Mrs William Nevils and Mrs Donnell spent Friday in Allistoa guests of Mr and Mrs Fred Downey Back from Florida Mrs William Walker and Mrs Donnell returned home this past week after an enjoyable three wccls motor thrip to Florida Roast BeefSupper The Guild of St Johns Angli can Church are preparing for their annual roast beef supper on March 17 at the town hall Institute Euchre The Womens Institute are hav ing their third series at euchres in the town hall on Monday March old Boys Reunion The committee have madetheir final arrangements for the annual cards at the Oak Room Toronto Union Station March 16 Beattys orchestrawill be in attendance Plan your par ty nowand notify Waiter Beatty or Ken Crawford soa bus may be chartered Red Cross Quilting Bee The Red Cross annual quilting bee will be held at the town hall on Thursday March 22 Cooks town and community quilters will all be needed An invitation is extended to all who might be in terested in this worthylcause Everyone welcome Afternoon tea will he served Institute Meeting Around 25 members and visitors attended the March meeting of the Womens Institute at the town hail on Thursday evening March The meeting opened with the president Mrs Patton in the chair and Mrs Riley at the piano The ode was sung and the Mary Stewart collect repeated Roll call was answered by naming Canadian industry Among the business discussed one endwith needle Relve and ra Pea were named on this nominating oom mittee Mrs John Faria gave an excel lent report of the South Simeoc program planning meeting the town hall The speaker at this meeting was Mrs Arthur Hamil ton ot Atwood and among the in teresting things she said was the Institute is not moneymaking scheme excepting at war time when it Is needed to help the Red Cross but group of women meeting for educational purposes in have fun and be of use and help in the community IHIirs Meetings should be educational interesting and everyone taking their part She spokeabout the duties of the executive the time of speaking and many more use ful suggestions Mrs Arsenault chairman oi the meeting on agriculture and Canadian Industries opened with singsong of old lrlsh songs with Mrs Wanless at the piano There was an Irish hand with kit chen musical instruments The speaker was Mrs Mc Guire of Minesing who gave most interesting talk on honey the processing and making It the value of it in cooking medicine and as great healing power in burns She spoke about the dii iercnt grades in honey less color less flavor which depends on the source of supply Darker honey richer in minerals and valued more Honey is easily digested and an excellent stimulant Mrs McGuire demonstrated making so many different dishes each membersampling the dishes Mrs Patton read poem and the meeting closed This was fol lowed bya social time lovely lunch was served by the commit tee of Mrs Arsenault Mrs Reive Mrs Patton Mrs Fidler and MrsH Wanless Hospital Patients Mrs Jack Parks of the Russell nursing home is patient in the Stevean Memorial Hospital Al liston Miss Minnie Spence oi the Bates nursing home is patient in the Alliston hospitaL Mrs Elsie Taylor is patient in thetWomens College Hospital To ma WMS Auxiliary Meeting The senior group of the WMS Auxiliary of the United Church had their meeting on Thursday eveningat Mrs Kelloggs with good rihmber ot the mem bers present Mrs John Faris pre sided with Mrs Couse secre tary and Mrs Glass at the piano Reports were given Mrs Faris reporting the recent Presbyterial executive meeting in Barrie Thank you letters vvorc read for sick boxes sent Pieces for the Red Cross quilt were prepared at the home of Mrs Tom Graham Mrs Leadlcy had charge of the worship service and conduct ed an instructive Bible study Mrs Shaw read the scripture lesson and Mrs McFadden led in prayer The chapter from the study how was given by Mrs Cook Refreshments were served by the hostess assisted by Mrs Lead ley and Mrs Cook Former Resident Passes Allenv Graham former reslv dent of Cookstown passed away at his home in Wanham Alberta on Jan 22 1953 Mr Graham Eggs need not crack when you bollihem Iiheylll come iio the table intact Molsons BROWN ANCHOR Germany where Capt Mtyes will be stationed for few years Birthday Congratulations to Mrs William Corbett who celebrated quietly her 93rd birthday on Sunday March May she have many more of them Bowling March Earl Gilroy Gremlins 03 Jim Smith Etarlits IOU Dor is McKIlllcan Harvesters 88 Jean Coutls Harmonizers 77 lma Beeston Yankees 66 Jack Bees ton Redrams 65 High singles Harold McKIlllcan 32 Doris MeKilIiean 241 High triples Jim Smith 694 Lena Nicholson 621 High averages Earl Gilroy Bud McKee 185 Lena Nicholson 194 Team scores singles Starlits 1219 triples Harvesters 3092 Daniel Ferguson Kidd After several years of declining health Daniel Ferguson Kidd of Cookstown died on Saturday Feb 25 at Hoylands Nursing and Con valescent Home Wexford The remains were brought to Cooks town for burial from Hughes Funeral Home in the family plot in St Johns Cemetery on Mon day Feb 27 1956 at pm Rev Kellogg pastor of Cookstown United Church conducted the ser vice in the chapel assisted by Rev Canon Chaperlin of St Johns Church Pallbearers were Norman Campbell Russell Draper Douglas Hopper Kidd Eldon Neilly nd Lester Rutledge all of Cooks own The late Mr Kidd was born on the family farm in Cookstown in l874 the son of James Albert Kidd and Annie ElizabethFergu son He graduated with the de gree of Bachelor of Science of Agriculture from the Ontario Agricultural Collegein 1895 after which he married Florence May lebb who predeceased him in 1942 His early married life was spent on farm at Egbert but up on the rctirement of his father he moved to Cookstown to manage the farm there He spent the re mainder of his life at Cookstown until failing strength made Sunday Vinit llr and Mrs NI Seottvlaitad on Sunday with Mr and Mrs Al ton Scott Off to Ottawa Mrandldrs Barry LaPIante necessary for him to retire cons pletely after which he divided his llml between the homes of his two sons Kenneth of Toronto and George of 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