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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 15 Oct 1936, p. 5

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SsTART BOOK STUDY Study of the book, "The Christ of The Mount", by Stanley Jones, was started by the Young People‘s Soâ€" ciety of First United CMhurch, Waterâ€" loo, Sunday night. Ed. McAvoy preâ€" sided over the meeting. Miss Audrey Weiche] was at the piano. Miss Lily Wagstaff reported on the work of the Presbytery, and urged the atâ€" tendance of members at the Presbyâ€" tery conference to be held at Fergus. Enameiware King St. E., Kitchener, Phone 4019 N ('J. 'ur. Prop.) .'% CO!JAI!_IL_‘I_'!AIJ ub Binning Studio Kathleen Baker McGuire DOWNING, STEEN and Co. Pictures and Artistic Frames YOST°S FRAMING DEPT. G. C. Crompton, Prop. Above Doerr Electric Opp. Lyric Theatre, Kitchener Portrait, Commercial, and Wedding Photography. Dunker Bldg. â€" _ Phone 3277 KITCHENER SPERRY C. JOYCE That Lastâ€"Minute Gift Buying And pay on our Budget Plan. If We Haven‘t Itâ€" Engraving â€" W atch Re[miring Banquets â€" Anniversaries â€" Weddings Diamonds â€"â€" Fine China _ 78 KING ST. S.. WATERLOO 86 King St. W. _ Phone 1800 KITCHENER SMITH‘s STUDIO At Bargain Prices. Service Hardware Store 175 King St. W. â€" Phone 399 Kitchener ?icturq VFrraming Phone 4280 33 King Street East Kitchener STUDIO LIGHTING Telephone 121 for Better Pictures BUY YOUR RADIO Save Yourself Castle Inn "GIFTS THAT LAST" Phone Waterloo 875w ELOCUTION AND DRAMATIC ART . . STROMBERG CARLSON . . VICTOR . . . . PHILCO . . DEFOREST CROSLEY . . ROGERS . . . MARCONI & . STEWART WARNER . . aAnp SPARTON RADIOS Select Now! Formerly _ of _ Peterboro Conservatory. has opened a studio of + FLORISTsS (Wus. Wagner, Prop.) FREE HOME DEMONSTRATION Very Liberal Trade In Allowanece Offers Variety "SECONDS" See Them on Display Club Groups Your at the store that quets and Parties. We Can Get It. KITCHENER Miss Ursual Greene has returned to her home on William street after an enjoyable vacation in New York City. oo ooo Mr. and Mrs. H. S. MceCabe and son William, John street, spent Sunday with friends in Listowel. Mr. and Mrs. E. Rieder have taken up residence in their new home, Parkview Apartments, on Albert street. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Weichel and daugher, Miss Audrey, spent the weekâ€"end with Mr. Weichel‘s daughâ€" ter in Durham. Among those who have tendered parties to Miss Margaret Liphardt, pepular brideâ€"elect, are Miss Ruth Kleinschmidt, Mrs. Charles Lipâ€" hardt and Miss Harriet Sperling. _ Mrs. C. W. O‘Donnell, John St., had as her guest for the holiday Miss Joan Reanny of Hamilton, formerly of Waterloo. __ _ _ are spending a week at Twelve Mile Lake, Haliburton County. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Shantz, Mannheim road, were hosts to friends on October 5th when they celebrated their 56th wedding anniâ€" versary. c {a _ Mrs. Howard Berry and Mrs. George Binning were hostesses at the October meeting of the, Woâ€" men‘s Guild of St. Saviour‘s Angliâ€" can Church, held in the parish hall last week. Congratulations are being tenâ€" tered Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kauk of Doon who last week celebrated their silver wedding anniversary. |__ _ _ Rev. J. B. Martin, pastor of Erb Street Mennonite Church, is exâ€" home Monday evening from evanâ€" Street Mennonite Church, returned gelistic services which he had been conducting in two towns in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Boppre, Alexandra aveune, announce the engagement of their daughter, Marâ€" garet, to Mr. Clifford Pickrem, son of Mrs. A. Sittler and the late Mr. C. Pickrem, the wedding to take place the latter part of October. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Sweitzer, Mary street, announce the engageâ€" ment of their daughter, Katharyn, RN., to Mr. C. Wilfrid Colombo, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Colomâ€" bo, Shanley street, Kitchener, the marriage to take place early in November. Mrs. Wm. J. Cowles and son Billy of Kitchener and Rev. and Mrs. Colin Campbell of Stratford Rev. and Mrs. Finlay Matheson of Burlington, former pastor of First United Church, was a visitor in Waterloo on Friday. _ { An engagement of interest to Preston and Kitchener folks is that of Miss L. Beatrice Schmidt, daughâ€" ter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto C. Schmidt, King street, Preston, to Mr. Andrew Burnett Robertson, son of Mrs. S. D. Robertson, and the late Mr. Robertson of Galt. The wedding will take place this month. Among Toronto University stuâ€" dents who spent the weekâ€"end at their homes in the Twin City were (Messrs. David Breithaupt, David M. Bean, Paul Snider, Wilson and Jamie Martin. Nova Scotia for the past year, has returned to Kitchener where he will make his home. Mr. Ernst has reâ€" covered from injuries sustained in a motor accideht which confined him to the hospital for some time. Teacher was trying to impress the class with the danger of bad habits. She asked: "What is it we find so easy to get into and so hard to get out of?" I Social = pe;’sonal Mr. E. H. Zick of Buffalo, who reâ€" cently recovered from a serious illâ€" ness, with Mrs. Zick «pent Thanksâ€" giving Day at the home of Mrs. Thomas O‘Donnell, John St., Waterâ€" lo0. ® ~\ "Bed", came the answor Mr. Frank Ernst, who resided in Small Monthly Payments Use our Deferred Payment LOW Down Payment Plan age of Interest to Women St. West 155 King , Commencement The rugby cufis. emblematic of group championship in both junior and senior groups last year, were also presented. Miss MacLuckic, who was a resiâ€" dent of Preston for a number of years, left last year to do Red Cross work among the Ethiopians. Dr. Lambic is head of the Ethiopian Red (Cross and a citizen of the African kingdom. The annual commencement exerâ€" cises of the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Collegiate .and Vocational Schools were held before a large crowd in thehCollegiAte auditorium on Friday night. Former Preston Girl in Ethiopia Dr. T. A. Lambie, field director of the Sudan Interior ‘Mission arrived in New York last week after a year in Addis Ababa, described the events there during the fracas with Italy, as Luckie, formerly of Preston, daugh:â€" a "perfect hell." Miss Fiona Macâ€" ter of Rev. James and Mrs. Macâ€" Luckie is Dr. Lambie‘s secretary and has been left in Addia Ababa to carry on her work there. _ Dr. Lambie, according to a New York report, saw dozens of men shot down almost on the dooretep of their mission and witnessed a looter beâ€" ing pumped full of bullets because a neighbor coveted his bottle of coâ€" logne water. Annual Prize Night Held at K.â€"W. School.â€"Diplomas, Medals and Cups Kitchener.â€"Some 1500 Lutherans who are not members of Kitchener Lutheran churches will be the object of a special drive to be put on by a special interâ€"church committee, it is announced. > LUTHERANS PLAN DRIVE FOR 1500 NEW MEMBERS The 1500 are persons who have moved to Kitchener from other cenâ€" tres and have not become members of local churches of their faith, Mrs. Mina Meinhardt Honored by German Government Last Week for Great War Service. New Hamburg Woman Receives German Cross of Honor for Nursing Services Climaxing a career that began on the battlefields of Europe at the age of 19, Mrs. Mina Meinhardt, now a resident of New Hamburg, is one of the few persons to receive the German Cross of Honor. The cross arrived from Germany a few days ago, through the German conâ€" sulate at Montreal. It is bronze, with the German colors, red, white and black, and has on it simply the figures 1914 â€" 1918. The cross was awarded her for unusual services during the great war with the Gerâ€" man army as a Red Cross nurse. _ Born the eldest of three daughâ€" ters, her father a grocer, she always had a liking for nursing. At the age of 16 she entered in Berlin, and at 19 was superintendent, at Weistock. The war broke out, and being a member of the Red Cross associaâ€" tion, she volunteered her services, as Nurse Maria Jacob. She lost one brother in the war, and another had been wounded. This was a deciding factor that sent her to the front, she says. â€" During her time in field hospitals, she was never much farther than &n hour‘s drive from shelling. Hospital Shelled. "One night I remember that there was a lot of fighting, and the men were being rushed into the hospital, wounded and broken," she said. "The hospital was shelled badly, Thurs. OCT. 15 You will be entertained by a galaxy of Radio Stars in person for two solid hours, headed by L NC. DUNC & MIKE At the Wentworth Radio Store. 155 King Street West. Kitchener ADMISSION FREE Open House You Are Welcome 8 p.m. to 10 p.m > who disâ€"| Kitchener.â€"Miss E. Lillian Breitâ€" were Miss haupt was returned as president of eral scholarâ€")the Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the Freeport i1 and Keith| Sanatorium for the seventh‘ term at [.â€"W. Rotary | the 16th annual meeting held at the medals for| Y.W.C.A. Officers chosen were 1st Kolb, middle | viceâ€"president, Mre. H. Milton iCook; lal; Robert|2nd viceâ€"president, Mrs. W. I. Woel P.rincgnl’l fle; secretary, Mrs. O. W. Thompson ; nship; Beryl|assistant secretary, Mrs. H. M. Snyâ€" ‘aterloo Co"[der; treasurer, Mrs. A. F. Bauman; More, Mary|social committee, Mrs. Percy Pearce, The treasurer‘s report revealed that more than $1,000 had been raisâ€" ed from the sale of Christmas, the main source of income for the auxiâ€" liary Gifts of money and services had been received, together with maâ€" terial for the gewing classes, amountâ€" ing to $287.15. Orphanage Board Defers Decision convener; Mrs. Oscar Rumpel, Mrs. C. H. Germann, Mrs. J. C. Breithaupt and Mrs. A. E. Eby. ‘Toronto for lvmn. Following at at the Christian :hbury Alliance Bible Trust at m. N.Y., in 1889, he went as a m nary to Nigeria, West Africa, in 1903. He remained there for three terms, returning to this counâ€" try in 1918, where he preached in ‘Kitchener.â€"The question of how to use the income of the Kitchener Orâ€" phanage to the best advantage, apâ€" peared before the directors of that institution at their meeting last week. ‘No decision was recorded, however, the matter being left in abeyance, The discussion was introduced when a letter was received from the Chiildren‘s Aid Society, accepting the resolution of the board that the counâ€" ty organization take over the serâ€" vices of the social worker originally employed by the orphanage. The letâ€" ter asked, however, that the orphanâ€" age‘ contribute to the salary of the worker on a 50â€"50 basis for the rest of the year. It was also suggested tiat the matter be taken up again at the end of the year on the possiâ€" bility of giving additional financial aid. Western Canada for ;v;i‘yâ€"nn.'â€"" Miss E. Breithaupt Heads Auxiliary Mennonite church, and preached his first sermon here on Sunday. _ Rev. C. T. Homuth New Mennonite The worker was employed by orâ€" phanage officials the first of the year, on a trial basis for six months at the end of which time heâ€"was reâ€"engaged for another three months. Frank ‘H. Rand, (M.A., a graduate of Queen‘s and McGill universities, joined the faculty of Waterloo iColâ€" lege last week, taking the place of Dr. Hans Rabow, as professor of French. Dr. Rabow fell ill on his way to Germany this summer and was unable to return for the new term. NEW rnOFESSOR AT WATERLOO twin daughters, Mary and Susannah: Mary wants to be a nurse, but |Susannah wants to teach school there were great lumps of earth dropping on the house, and the whole place rocked as in an earthâ€" quake. But the nurses stuck to their places, and carried on. That night I was struck by shrapnel, and my kands still show the marks." Durâ€" ing her years at the front, 350 nurses were either wounded or found they couldn‘t stand the strain. "I fell in love with him so quick," laughed _ Mrs. _ Meinhardt, _ "and everything seemed changed. He was in the hospital a long time, and right after the war we were married." In 1927 Mr. and Mrs. Meinhardt came to Kitchener, and later moved to New Hamburg. During her years in Canada she has continued her nursing. Would Do It Again. "But I would go bncr( again to it all right away," she said. "I love the work, and in the excitement you don‘t think about the danger." She speaks very little about her experiences, and is reluctant to tell of her deeds that brought her the third class Red Cross medal, preâ€" sented just before the retreat of the German army from Valenciennes, on Aug. 17, 1918. _ â€" One night a young cavalry officer was brought in with a wounded shoulder. The second class medal was beâ€" stowed on her following the armisâ€" tice, after the German army had retreated to Spandau, Germany. The cross of honor was accomâ€" anied by a document certifying to Rs bestowal by the German governâ€" ment signed ‘"Kaempf", German consul (fenenl at Montreal for Canâ€" ada and Newfoundland. It reads, in German: "In the name of the chanâ€" cellor, Nurse Maria Meinhardt, nee Jactbb, New Hamburg, Ont., under order of Jul{ 13, 1934, and in memory of the World War 1914â€" 1918, received the ‘Cross of Honor,‘ instituted by President Field Marâ€" shal van Hindenburg." Saw Heavy Service Mrs. Meinhardt never met Von Hindenburg, but was visited by the Princess August Wilhelm, who paid a visit to the hospital at the front "That time with the army was the most horrible of all,"" she recalls. "There were so many wounded, and so little we really could do for them, just working in an old house." . lines During her war work for the Red Cross she saw service in various fields in France and Belgium, inâ€" cluding Valenciennes, Senzolf, Camâ€" brai and Mons. bm.u:.ii-’--’ti"i._b'é-wy at Stayner during three ears. Previous to that he was in "I liked the Canadian and Ameriâ€" can boys," she said. "But I never did. meet lng back here that I hursed over there." Toâ€"day she lives the life of a happy mother with her husband and, ‘oronto for five | Hon. presidents, Mrs. James Valâ€" entine and Mrs. George Wegenast; president, (Mrs. P. Sehl; first viceâ€" | president, Mrs. 9. B. Bricker; second | viceâ€"president, Mrs. M. M. Haight; ‘recording secretary, [Mrs R. W. Moore; corresponding secretary, Mrs. , A..C. Hoffman;treasurer, Mrs. M.iC. | Sturm. A large crowd attended the Hot Supper held in the United Church at (ilenallan on Tuesday night. The proâ€" ceeds amounted to $200 and $135 was taken in at the anniversary serâ€" vices on Sunday. The program by the ‘Maple (Leaf Quartette of Galt was much enjoyed. YATTrON Raise $200 at Church Supper ‘The Waterloo‘ Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the Freeport Sanatorium in the year just ended raised a total of $745.00 for Sanatorium work, according to reports presented at the annual meetâ€" ing held last week at the home of Mrs. M. M. (Haight, Albert street. Of the above amount $362 was raised in sale of seals last Christmas and $380 in gifts. Christmas seals will again be sold this year. ‘The entire slate of officers, reâ€"electâ€" ed ‘by acclamation, is as followe: Mr. Martin Metzger has rented a house and several acres of land on the Elmira‘St. Jacobs highway and will move there in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Jackson and son ‘Morley spent Sunday at the home of Mrs 0. iScheifele of Waterloo. A number from here attended the dance in the sixth line hall on Friday evening. ‘Sunday vis«tors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ruler were: Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Crerer of Chesley, Mr. Bert Gardiner and family of Harrisâ€" ton, Mr. and iMrs. Clarke Perkin of Toronto and ‘Mr. and Mrs. Norman Stevens and family of Hawkesville. Guelph.â€"Wor the frst time in five years, a change was made in the preâ€" sidency of the Women‘s Christian ‘Temperance Union of Outario, when Mrs. John Wright of Brantford was elected to succeed Mrs. E. T. Kerr. Other officers named were: viceâ€" president, Mrs. L L Reddick, To ronto; corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. K. Cressman, Waterloo; recording secretary, Mrs. 6. R. Davey, Chesley ; tawa; ~L" secretary, Mrs. R. D. Wright, Peterboro. Waterloo San Group Reports Good Year Mrs. A. K. Cressman W.C.T.U,. Secretary ‘Mr. Ed. Dobberthein and Mr. and Mre. Bramhal of Palmerston were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mre. Gordon Metzger. Mr. and Mrs. ‘A. W. Ruler spent Wednesday in Kitchener. _ Mr. iMorley Jackson attended the Hot Supper at Metz on Tuesday evening. ‘Mr. William Guise was a business visitor in Elmira on Tuesday. Large flocks of wild geese were seen passing over here on their way south on Tuesday morning. ‘The best time to steal a march on competition is when it isn‘t looking. 10 King St. S._ WATERLOO Phone 894 Barber â€" At the K.â€"W. Hospital, Oct. 12, to Mr. and Mrs. E. Barâ€" ber, Kitchener, a daughter. McGonigleâ€"At St. Ia?’s Hospital, Oct. 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Ross McGonigle, Kitchener, a son. Gallagherâ€"At St. Mary‘s Hospital, Oct. 10, to Mr. and Mrs. George Gallagher, Kitchener, a daughter. Brohmanâ€"At West Montrose, Oct. 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brohâ€" man, twins, son and daughter. Gillesâ€"At St. Jacobs, Oct. 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gilles, a son. Martinâ€"At Conestogo, Oct. 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Martin, a a daughter. Braniffâ€"At St. Mary‘s Hospital, Oct. 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Braniff, Kitchener, a daughter. Wilsonâ€"At the K.â€"W. Hospital, Oct. 10, to Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wilâ€" son, Waterloo, a daughter. Schmidtâ€"At St. Mary‘s Hospital, Oct. 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Schmidt, Kitchener, a son. Kraemerâ€"At Floradale, Oct. 8, to Mr. and Mrs. David Kraemer, a son. Kopperserâ€"At Hamilton, Oct. 6, to Mr. and Mrs. John Kopperser, a Weberâ€"At Conestogo, Oct. 8, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weber, a daughter. Pittsâ€"At Listowel Memorial Hosâ€" ital, Sept. 25, to Mr. and Mrs. Balton Pitts, a son. (Died same day). Forierâ€"At St. Mary‘s Hospital, Oct. 7, to Mr. and Mre. Alvin Forler, New Hamburg, a son. Reptkeâ€"At (Kitchener," Oct. 1, to Mr. and ‘Mrs. Irvin J. .Reptke, Braun street, a son. Piatkowskiâ€"At Kitchener, Oct. 4, to Mr. and Mre. Louis Platkowski, Wood street, a daughter. Grodyâ€"At the K.â€"W. Hospital, Oct. 11, to Mr. and Mrs. E Grody, Kitchener, a daughter (stillborn{. Wuerteleâ€"At the K.â€"W. Howiul, Oct. 11, to Mr. and Mrs. E. Wuerâ€" _ tele, Waterloo, a son. _ _ Murphyâ€"Meagherâ€"Mrs. Cora Meaâ€" gher, Hanover, to Mr. Patrick Murâ€" phy, Own Sound, Oct. 6. Woelfleâ€"Mainâ€"Oct. 14, (ifrdon A. Woelfie to Anna Laura Main, both of Mannheim. Stevensonâ€"Steinfeldtâ€"Oct. 10, Alâ€" bert Stevenson of Guelph to Lilâ€" lian Steinfeldt of Linwood, Hertzbergerâ€"Schaafâ€"Oct. 10, Rusâ€" sel W. Hertzberger to Irene Elizabeth Schaaf, both of Kitchâ€" ener. LaCombeâ€"Kilianâ€"Oct. 12, Vincent LaCombe to Ruth I. Kilian, both of Kitchener. Beckerâ€"Miller â€" Oct. 13, Willard Becker of New Dundee to Kathâ€" leen Miller of Rosebank. Heitâ€"Esbaugh â€" Oct. 10, Clayton Any Time iA Tea Time T CEA Heit of Kitchener to Teresa Esbaugh, of Waterloo. Habichâ€"Hergottâ€"Oct. 10, John Wilâ€" liam Habich to Florence Marie Hergott, both of Kitchener. Dietrichâ€"Strauss â€" Oct. 10, Edwin Dietrich of St. Agatha to Addie Strauss of Chepstow. KEPT PUBLIC PLACE Kitchener.â€"Mrs. Lillian Harloff, Wilmot street, was fined $10 and costs in police court here when conâ€" victed of supplying a man under the influence of liquor with a drink at her home. The court declared her home a public place but dismissed a charge of keeping liquor for sale. Comes from defective eyes. And defective eyes are the result of nature not building them properly in the first place. Nothing will alter the EYES. But placing lenses between them and the object â€"then a nearâ€"miracle is perâ€" formed. Then the imperfect eye sees perfectly, or as nearly so as possible. Interâ€" view us for the good of your eyes. Dedicated To Better Vision . . . DEFECTIVE VISION Watches Clocks Jewellery Repaired‘! J. D. NALON (Continued next Thursday) THE JANSEN EYESIGHT SERVICE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 50 Ontario South KITCHENER W atchmaker

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