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Terrace Bay News, 6 Jun 1963, p. 10

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Page 10 « aS MRS. Ge MAITLAND HONOURED BY L.A. Mrs. George Maitland, a Past President and former Secretary of the Ladies Auxiliary, was honoured Monday evening when both the After- noon and Evening groups met for their June meeting 'in the Terrace Bay Community Church, At the adjournment of the business mecting, members joined in a singsong of old favourites, accompanied at the piano by Mrse C. Simmer, : Introduced: by Mistress of Ceremonies, Mrse F,0, Soughton, a cast composed of original members of the Auxiliary, took the audience back to "That Wonderful Year, 1948" when the Auxiliary was formed. The difficulties of getting to their hall, many with young children, and a train always blocking the crossing, were humourously portrayed, as well as the successes of each and every ambitious venture they undertook = a Spring Tea in a raging March blizzard, Bake Sales when the THE sick young men from the Camps, and of course, a very popular Fashion Show even if the audience was mostly mle. The weighty prob- lem of their financial successes was the last scene when the ladies decided to invest in Government' bonds, Actresses were Mesdamcs R. Ostling, F. Knight, H. Goodfellow, Rs Wallwin, Re Harris, G. Dodge, T, Turner, Je Graham, narrator Mrs, Soughton, They were accompanied at the piano by Mrs. S. Hodgkiss. A short poem on "That little half-built Town of ours" written and read by Mrs. He Marsh preceded the presentation of a leather writing case by Mrs. H. Haughn to the guest of honor, Mrs. Maitland expressed her pleasure on receiving the gift and at the large number of old and familiar faces'in the audience and encouraged them to return, as they had that night, to the original Prayer written for them by Rev. Dr. Lavender, She would take with her to Toronto many fond memories of the growing years of Terrace Bays Tea was served by the Afternocn Group with! Mesdames Ostling and Farrow' presiding at the | tea service, The Tea table, sct with an ccru lace cloth was centred with a low bowl of hyacinths centering a ring of marcissis and flanked by tall white tapers. Mrse S. Lundberg chaired the preceding meeting of the Auxiliary following an opening Worship led by Mrs, Re Downey and Mrs. Fe Gould accompanying the opening hymn, Minutes and correspondence were read by Mrs, J, Farrell and Mrs, A. Chisholm gave the financial statement, Convenors reporting were Mrs. Haughn for Property and Mrs. Downey; for Program and Lunch, The Manse committee were instructed to proceed with plans to purchase a new rug and menbbrs agreed to complete the bookcases in the study. The President thanked Mrs, Chisholm for ° convening the Runmage Sale and she, in turn, thanked her committee, commended thanks be extended to the Boy Scouts for their assistance at the Sale and on her suggestion a donation would be scnt to the Scout Committee. Mrs, Lundberg also thanked Mrs. D, Mac- Fadyen who had responded to an cmergency and is caring for the children of a train passenger who became ill and had to be re | moved at Terrace Bay and taken to hospital. Mrs, J, Brooks thanked the Ladies Auxil- | dary for catering to the C.C.I.T. Mother and ae ae A Rt A i | eR ee ae ! | | delicacies would be eaten on the spot by home+ | Mrs, As Pattison re= }-- NEWS June 6, 1963 Daughter Banquet and Mrse Re Harris announced | she had "In Memoriant' cards with the donation being sent to the Canadian Bible Society, Th mecting closed with the Benediction, I MUSICAL PRESENTED BY INTERMEDIATE CHOIR imbors of the Terrace Bay Community Churol Childrents Choir, under the direction of Mrse A, Chadney and accompanied by Mrse C,. Simmer, entertained their parents and fricnds at 4 Spring Tea and Musicale Thursday cveing in the Sunday School rooms = Assembled in their choir gowns, and intro~. duced by Rev. T, Garnett Husser, the . = Children's Choir opened with five lovely old favourites - "The Church'in the Wildwood", "The Twonty~Third Psaln', "God Who Touchest Earth With Beauty", "How Great Thou Art" and "Evening Prayer". . : An interlude.on the piano was provided by Joanne and Holly Brown in a novelty duct; Tommy Knight playing URdelweis Glide"; Pat and Lynn Simmer in "Little Boy Blue March" and "Climb Every Mountain" by Kathy Phillipse The Choir returned and.against their beautiful backdrop of a church in the wild woods (provided by the local Art Club), sang "Do-Re=Mi" , ith the Fringe on | { ? } 4 i { "The Surrey wi Top", "I Whistle a Happy Tune" and "The Happy Wanderer", : A bouquet of red roses was presented to Mrs, Chadney by Holly Brown with her sister Joanne expressing the appreciation of the choir for her direction, and to Mrs, Simmer by Carol Brown with Molly Harris expressing | the choir's thanks. Tea was served by the senior girls of' the Choir as Misses Molly Harris, Pat Simmer, | Pat Dodge and Jane West poured, The tea table was gay with a centrepiece of spring '| blooms and white tapers on the.. lace cloth, | and cach individual tea table had a single | daffodil in a white holders Tca convenor was Mrse J. Duncan with her | committee of Mesdames 7. Olsen, Le Phillips, | H. Smith, F. Soughton and J. Ferrier. Mes- | dames F, Gould and J. Knight assisted with | the gowns. | i WANTED TO BUY - Boy's 20" 24wheel bike, baby's play pen -- Puone 200, Schreiber. > ART CLUB NEWS A very successful' art work shop under Wm, Roberts ARCA, OSA, was held May 31st, June Ist and 2nd, There were 2 members from Schreiber Art Club, 1 from Red Rock, 5 from Marathon and " members from Terrace Bay taking the course Anyone interested in outdoor sketching sesg$ions to be held weckly during the sum mer, please be out on Thursday to consider plans for this and the Canadian Lakehead Art exhibit. FATHER'S DAY TEA TERRACE BAY COMMUNITY CHURCH Friday June 7th 8-10 P.M. EVERYONE WELCOME Sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion, Branch 223. ADMISSION .. 35¢ Door Prige we eaten ate

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