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the examiner Monday July 1979 alliston by Jean Hand 4355378 Monday visitors with Mona Ward were Mr and Mrs Grant Hoshol of Delhi The Hoshals were on their way to their cot tage at Bobcaygeon Peter and Carla VanderZaag left this week for Rawanda East African where they will spend the next three years Peters job will be testing and researching to help develop far ming practices seed produc tion and disease control He is the son of Van and Ann Vanderlt Zaag Alliston ln W72 Peter received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture He was at Bangladesh from 19731975 where his line of work was improving dry land specializing in potatoes He then attended the University of Hawaii where he received his Masters Degree in horticulture and his PhD in agronomy and soil science Peter has travelled to many foreign countries such as India Thailand Taiwan Nigeria and others Van and Ann visited Peter when he was stationed at Bangladesh Mrs Elsie Hyde of Carlyle Saskatchewan and her sister Mrs Marion Smih of Regina Sask spent the past week with their sister Florence Laing MMrs Eileen Toolings of Toronto visited last week with her aunt Dorothy Turner Tuesday night the Stevenson Memorial Hospital board of governors and 65 members at tended the organizations an nual meeting to elect new board Mrs Grace Ludlow Alliston was reelected to take the office as president for another year also James Wales as vicepresident for another year as well as Leith Nicol as board secretary Two members retiring from the board were Frances Kelly of Loretto and Rev Bridle of Alliston each were honored at this meeting for their faithful ser vice Elected to the board were Collins Alliston John Asher of Adjala Township and Douglas Ryali of Essa Township AT REUNION Last Sunday afternoon Roy and Betty Downey were host and hostess when the Gilroy family gathered at their home for their annual reunion Also the Smith family met at the home of Earl and Shirley Smith for their annual gathering Recent visitors in our town were Mr and Mrs Norton Dowd of Prince George British olumhiaz Mr and Mrs rton Perry of Petralia BC and Eleanor Fitzgerald of Chatham with al and Elsie Fitzgerald Miss Dawn Butchers RN from Western University10n don with her mother Pearl But chers Mr and Mrs rton Perry also visited Doug and Lois Bellamy Mr and Mrs Wes Ankenman of Rich mond Hill with Allan and Jean orriganz Martha and indy Anderson of Toronto with their mother Mrs Phyllis Anderson David and Gail George and Charlotte Hemingway and Sharon and Douglas all of Willowdalc with their aunt Ellen Slater Congratulations to Rick Shaw Grade 12 student at Banting Memorial High School is the winner of the third annual Student Essay Contest open to students of Simcoe County His essay was entitled The Barn Raising June El Rick attend ed the Stephen Leacock Medal Award banquet the Sundial Motor fan at rillia He rccciv ed plaque hook and cast award The Alliston Horticultural power Show was held Thursday evening in the Shilton Hall Mary Bell of 0m judged the flowers and also gave short talk There wecm exhibits with 134 entries Helen Baxter received top honors with 75 points Jean Lay 31 points others in order of points were Helen Shihish Bea Baxter and Bea llorsburgh llelen Shibish wontop honors with displaying the best rose Jean Lay gave report on the convention held in London recently Mary Alle president of the Sunshine Club had an informal dessert party Thursday after noon at her home for members of the club Eileen Hunter assisted Mary at the tea Thursday busload of the Alliston Golden Age lub members enjoyed the day at Woodbine races It was Senior Citizen day Keith Leitch and friend John of Surrey England are spending few weeks in Alliston and district with Jane Westbrook and Harry and Sue Grimshawe STAFF MEETS Friday morning the teachers staff met in the Banting Memorial High School library for their last gettogether before the summer vacation began Principal Jack Hanna gave short talk Gifts were presented to three of the teachers present Lois David son who is moving to Ottawa also two retiring teachers Phyllis Anderson and Isabel Henderson Dorothy Edgar and Jean Hand were each presented with gift by viceprincipal Larry Keogh They are retire ing from the cafeteria staff Alex and Muriel Robertso nand family were guests at the marrigc of Sally Thurston and David lmrie on Saturday after noon Sally is daughter of Frank and Susie Thurston of Dunsford and niece of the Robertsons Ron and Dorothy Berry and girls and Jean Hand visited Sunday afternoon in Kitchener with Aunt Carlotta Taylor cousins Sherman and Mary Taylor also cousin Mary lTaylor Matson of Durham North Carolina who is visiting her mother Elmer and Margaret Stoltz spent the weekend visiting their sons Ron and Lucille Allan and Lina and their families at Cambridge Margaret attended 50th wedding Anniversary of friends The Stoltzs spent Saturday with Margarets mother Mrs Shelby Roseville Congratlations to Oscar and Vera Phillips who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday night large crowd of friends and relatives met with the family in the Legion Hall Alliston The community wishes the Phillips many years of happiness together Agnes Flear enjoyed Sunday afternoon and evening with her son wife and family Carl and Laverne Flear Willowdale Visitng in the home for the day were Lavernes parents Mr and Mrs Palmer residents of Beeton All Simcoe Manor Scars visited in the new home of Agness grandson Scott Flear his wife and baby daughter FINAL MEETING The final meeting before the summer holidays of Five Star Chapter N0 269 OES was held on Tuesday evening June 19 at the Orange Hall Alliston with Past Matron Emily McMeekin presiding Officers and members of the chapter grieve with their Wor thy Matron at the untimely and sudden passing of her husband who was our chapters chaplain Guests of honor at this June meeting were the presiding matrons and patrons of the district On behalf of our Wor thy Matron June Purcell the Worthy Patron Albert Bulman welcomed the visiting matrons and patrons After the meeting during the customary social hour Mrs Edith Robinson president of the Past Matrons and Past Patrons Club held the draw for which they have been selling tickets the past few months Winners were as follows lst prize handmade shawl went to McMeekin 2nd prize electric toaster won by Winnie King 3rd prize handmade placemats to Sybil Hanna We can now officially an nounce that our annual bazaar will be held in the church hall of St Johns United church Alliston on Saturday September 29 from 200 500 pm The draw for the Precious Dolly which has come to be associated with our bazaar will be held at our September meeting Tuesday September 18 Tickets are already in the hands of the members and the prizes should soon be on display at RAllies Ladies gear 26 Vic toria where tickets will alsc be available stroud by Mrs Campbell 431084 Monday June 18 was beautiful day for the annual bus trip of the Stroud Wl members and friends The first stop was at Gay Lea Products Limited Weston whre we toured the plant after briefing on the numerous products they pro duce Not all at the Weston plant but many throughout On tario We followed cream cheese from milk vats through all stages to the packaged stamped and labelled products then back to the reception room whre all were given varied neighorly news sample packages to take home Next stop Was Milton where we visited the Ontario Agriculture Museum Their Motto Ex hibit Enlighten and Entertain is well carried out After pic nic lunch we toured the four ex hibit halls four barns Wl Hall and steam and tractor ex hibits As we rode around the 80acre site and heard of the 10year project we stopped at an early farm replica whre pioneer dressed housewife cooked ginger pancakes over an open fire and we were allowed to sample As many of the tour are former or present farmers wives the historic agicultural equipment such as tractors dairy equipment old threshing machines were doubly in teresting We then boarded our bus for home with dinner stop at Newmarket Ponderosa Thanks to convenors Mrs Spence Keuprpki and Hard for delightful day Thursday June 21 was the regular meeting of Stroud WI under convenorship of Agriculture and Canadian In dustries Committee Following the usual opening exercises the rollcall was answered by 14 members Naming pesticide used today to destroy insects Mrs Albert Brady president welcomed all with poem and conducted the business Mrs Spring read paper on the motto When the farmer does well the whole nation moves ahead prepared by Jim Ross Then Mrs Cyril Spence in troduced Mr Crowie of Pesticide Control Mr Crowie showed an englightening film with commentary shwoing many of the dangers of not carefully reading and following the labels of potent but effec tive products before applying Mr Crowie is given authority for the policing of many func tions in the Pesticide Control Act Be sure you note the PCP number in the guarantee of pro ducts for in case of accidents it can be the key to instant recognition of where to get in touch with the Poison Control Centre and this is must for ef fective treatment We were left with these essential warnings read and follow the lable wear gloves do not put any leftover material in any other con tainer keep out of reach of children and pets wash out any original container then see it gets safe disposal do not burn bags or bury containers Mrs Spring expressed the thanks of the members and presented small gift Following closing Mrs Kuproski Eisses and Dialdialdial for everday good values eve da of threl year Sears catalogues are like department store at yourfingerti all today Shop the Sears catalogue way and get your moneys worth Sears now offers wider range of merchandise than ever before items youll find useful ever day And of course the convenience of catalogue shopping speaks for itself Great savings and outstanding values are as near as your phone Shop Sears catalogues today SimpsonsSears Ltd Rogf and Was rater to SimpsonsSoars Ltd prices ps Shob phone Boynton served lunch The September meeting will be morning meeting where we will visit county council More in formation later BUS TOUR Stroud senior citizens left Wednesday morning for an en joyable and interesting bus tour that saw us stopping at C0 ingwood at Blue Mountain pot tery and the Candy Factory From there to Harrison Park where we enjoyed the ideal weather conditions We enjoyed picnic lunch and an hours relaxation Next stop was Port Elgin at the Brush Manufactur ing Plant We toured the premises with an interesting commentator who explained the workings of the various machines from brushforming inserting bristles etc to the curlers From Port Elgin was went to Markdale where the WI catered delicious cold buffet and were thanked by president Mrs Robert Kell Jack and Hazel McCullough were our trip convenors Following the 1030 am ser vice atStroud Presbyterian Church tlié congregation gathered in thdbasement to en joy friendship hour over the tables of pot luck luncheon and held miscellaneous shower for July bride Heather Cowan Mrs Jessie Campbell pinned rose corsage on the brideto be and spoke of Heathers in volvement as Sunday school pupil then in later years as superintendent also her con tribution to the choir and sometime soloist Sister Lynda assisted Heather in opening the many beautiful and useful gifts that expressed the good wishes of the members and Heather ex pressed her thanks and invited us to visit her in Toronto when possible Rev Reeves and Mrs Reeves were able to be with us for this first social gettogether new flos by Mrs Wanless 2978 Milton Robertson of Califor nia and Roxana and Don Robertson of Iowa visited with the Trains Jacksons and Sages over the weekend At smorgasborg luncheon in Sun nidale Corners Hall on Sunday about 50 of the Sage relatives gathered to meet their Robert son cousins Don Robertson is corn geneticist at the Universi ty of Ames Iowa and Milton his father at eightyseven con Dial 726441 Store address 509 Bayfield St Georgian Mali Barrie Store hours Mon Tues Sat 930 am to 530 pm Wed Thurs Fri 930 am to 930 pm Guarantee Satisfaction or money refunded tinues to work at tool and die shop near San Francisco Mrs Margaret Belcourt and Mrs Stan Ritchie of Elmvalc were recent visitors with Mr and Mrs Larry Cameron it is interesting to note that Mrs Ritchies mother Mrs Sherlock Mcatherall was Mrs Camerons teacher at Dunedin School SS No Not tawasaga The year was 1928 and Mrs Mcatherall was then Miss Mary Morrison and Mrs ameron was Wilhemenc Anderson Mr and Mrs Archie Wanless spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Alfred Collins at their cot tage at Kennisis Lake in llaliburton Mrs Harry Train was the guest speaker at the 75th an niversary of Sunnidale Corners WI The theme of her talk was the history of Sunnidale Tor ners in 1904 the year the branch was formed Mrs Clarence Atkinson was also guest Mr and Mrs William Cameron of Dundalk visited on Sunday with Mr and Mrs Larry Cameron churchill bv Mrs Saunter 7752470 Mr and Mrs Gordon Mc Quarrie accompanied by Reverend Dan McQuarrie and his wife Edna of Salmon Arm BC have returned from threeweek tour by motorhome to the east coast May reports the weather coolish and wet and many tourist attractions not yet open The people they met she lists as the highlight of the trip Among these was Heath Mc Quarrie of Victoria PEl for 17 years Progressive Consen vative member of the Parlia ment at Ottawa May tells of being taken under the wing of retired Frenchman in Quebec City whom they met by chance He gave them conducted tour of the Walled City directed them to very select antique show and entertained them at his own home Attending an Anglican church in Quebec City they were surprised to learn the minister formerly was the rec tor at Rosemont near Alliston Inferno on wheels Two crewmen of the Hal Show racing team of Vail Colo run away from the burning Porsche 935 Turbo Saturday after fuel spilled onto hot brakes and Ignited Driver Gary Belcher of Miami reaches into the car to help codriver Hal Show Jr of San Luis Obispo Ca out Three team members were treated for burns during the Six Hour Endurance Race AP Laserphoto Granddad travels light GUELPH nt tCPi arl Landon travels light but in style With pup tent in his sadde bag the 57yearltold grand father rode motorcycle from California to attend the week long convention of the National Campers and Hikers Association at Guelph Lake About 20000 families were expected to turn up for the annual Campvention by the end of the weekend Landon said he stayed in ho tog nnlv rminln nt nights dur SIMCOE CARPET UPHOLSTERY CLEANERS OWALL TO WALL CARPETS RUGS FURNITURE PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED Barries First Commercially Operated Truck Mounted Carpet Cleaning Unit 7284 61 Commercial Residential ing the 5600kilometre joumcy preferring to pitch his tent and enjoy the outdoors as much as possible it only rained once But when it did rain it poured he said Landon was not roughing it completely His 750cc mo torcycle is equipped with an AMvFM radio tape deck and trumpetlike horn He left his wife house and traveltrailer in California to make the trip north WlTH EVEN GREATER REDUCTIONS New in Town Youll find friend where you see this sign For more information call Phone NOCHARGE FORAtERATIONS GEORGIAN MALL 726 7463 GRILLIA SQUARE 25311