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Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tate and family were guests at the wedding of Ronald Brown’s Sunday School celebrated the 200 Anniver- sary of the founding of th the Sunday School with a birthday party last Sunday morning. F- -_ The June meeting . of l Brown's U.C.W. took' the , form of a bus trip, arranged by the convenor of the . Stewardship and Finance group, Mrs. Murray King- don. We travelled through St. Marys, Stratford, along No. 19 highway through Gadshill, Poole, Millbank, and then taking Highway 86 through Besson, Dorking, and so on until we reached Elmira. This is of course the country of the Mennonites, and we noticed their meet- ing houses, farms, and often saw these people along the road in their buggies or working in their fields. Upon arriving at Elmira we first visited the 'House of Dolls'. This is a fascinating exhibit of dolls from every country of every era. There were dolls from 1870 or earlier. Bride dolls, dolls from Portugal, France, Ireland, Yugoslavia, and many more countries. They were made of felt, corn husk, apples and one special doll was created for the song “I found A Million Dollar Baby, In a, Five and Ten cent Store. A most satisfying and delie.. ious lunch was enjoyed_at the Stone Crock. Following lunch, a member of the Elmira Chamber or Com- merce boarded the bus and View Mennonite Ciiiii'iiiihr Browns Sunday School /knrti,yersary Ef'r kgehin /lrlluten- Chevil Anne soles Mrs. Edythe Howe,, a former teacher of Sharon's spoke briefly of Sharon's school days and expressed warmest wishes for the A "holstein cow" which had jumped the fence from "Farmer Miller's" pasture field, wandered in to chat a while and provided everyone with laughs galore. Mary Brookes gave a piano solo, followed by a reading by Mrs. Fred Ar- thur. Kristina Tate gave a piano solo, followed by a duet by Nancy West and Dianne Henderson. Heather Brooks favoured with a piano solo followed by a reading by Jodi McKay. A shower was held in Brown's School, last Thur- sday night in honour of Sharon McMurray. Mrs. Murray Taylor was Master of Ceremonies and called on Mrs. John Conway and Mrs. Hubert Uren, to lead in a sing-song. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tate were guests at 1he wedding reception following the marriage of Shirley Harkes to Rod Mitchell, in the St. Marys Arena. Mrs. Jack McMurray held a "Trousseau Tea" in honour of her daughter Sharon's forth-coming marriage. McLellan to Laurie Leslie, in Thamesford United Chur- ch_last Saturday. directed us on a tour of the district. In the parking lot where the bus was parked we noted that aecommo- dation was made for parking horses and buggies ‘as well as motor vehicles. The Mennonites belong to the Elmira Farmers' Shed As- sociation, and for a fee are assured of a place to leave their horses and buggies regardless of where they want to go or how long they may be absent. The bus passed the recor- ding studio of 'The Mercy Brothers', meeting houses of both Old Order' Mennonites and Progressive Mennon- ites. There are seventeen different Mennonite groups imthe area. We were taken to the farm" of Simeon Martin a famous Carriage maker and farmer. Mr. Martin employs nine men, mostly retired farmers. The buggies and carriages are made here from scratch, at a cost of $1,150. plus tax. Buggies must be ordered ahead and there is a six month waiting period. The surreys _with the fringe on top, found in Niagara, are all made at this shop. Our guide told us some- thing pf the Mennonite trad- ition. They live simply, are of Swiss German back- Browns. UCW Bus Trip ground, and came to the area from Pennsylvania where at that time land sold for $100.00 an acre. In the Waterloo area they purch- ased land for .7 cents an acre. They deemed that the land where the black walnut grew would be fertile soil, Old Order Mennonites pay school tax and support their own schools. The parents maintain the building, and supply wood for the stone. The schools are within walking or bicycling dis- tance for the pupils. The pupils attend school until they are fourteen, the teachers are some of their own girls who have comp- leted Grade 8. The Waterloo Department of Education gives a course that these girls may attend. Their homes have no telephones or hydro, no curtains, green blinds, wood stoves, no mirrors, kerosene lamps, plain wooden chairs and tables. The women make beautiful quilts, comforters, adn braided rugs, and of course; "Food that really ,schmecks.’ At West Mort)- -' rose, we climbed out of the .bus, and walked over; the 'Kissing Bridge, the fast covered bridge in Ontario. It “was erected in 1881 by John Bear for $300. In the olden future. Lisa McKay gave a piano solo. Sylvia Marcellus read the June, you take the excellence from, within yourself, and add to it he wisdom you recieve from God, you shall achieve greatness. This formed the basis for Mr. I "Mrs. George Quinn acted as chairman for the Grade 8 Graduation on Tuesday evening. Those present were entertained as the Grade 5-6-7 classes danced the Patty Cake Polka and the Virginia Reel under the direction of Mrs. Mann. The Grade 4 class presented a humourous skit, and Tom McLeod recited. a' poem, "Highlights of Sehooldays". Mr. Gordon Calder introduc- ed the guest speaker, Reverend Wesley Ball of Thamesford. Mr. Ball spoke to the graduates on the importance of excellence. If Last week, an old toy collection belonging to Mrs. Erma Beaty was shown, and Mrs. Dyer taught a unit on pioneer toys. Sorry for the error in' the previous column: A J Baker and Wildwood Ball's talk. The grade 8 Park students had an class presented Mr. Ball enjoyable day on Monday as with a gift of appreciation. the two schools got together . Mr. Reg Cartmale, princi- for a playday. The day was pal, presented the awards. filled with games, races and Academic Proficiency to tug-of-war. Stephanie Baldwin from ' .-....-.- "wwuw al >2; 1ttyt1tt.ttt,t,)ltipiot, iiiiili//giu, _ am; days lamps were lit every evening, and in the winter men were employed to shovel snow on the bridge to accommodate the sleighs and cutters. Later it was reinforced for cars.' Here also we visited the Country Store, which sold groceries, crafts, maple syrup, quilts, etc. We passed through Hawkesville which was founded by four' Hawkes brothers in 1839. It was hoped that it would be the County Seat, but this honour went to Berlitv(later Kitch- ener). In 1848 John Diefen. baker’s father was a wagon maker in Hawkesville and John was born here. Men- nonite weddings are at the home of the bride's parents and last from two to two and a half hours. The ceremony is in the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect and sets forth that the girl is subservient to her husband and must obey, in all things. The bride makes her own dress and it resembles her usual style of dress. The gifts%re small and very practical, the families providing whatever the young couple require. address and Sharon opened her many beautiful gifts and thanked everyone in her usual amiable manner. June. af, 195.2) . Mr. Reg Cartmale, princi- pal, presented the awards. Academic Proficiency to Stephanie Baldwin from Mrs. John Conway on behalf of Browns Womens Instr. tute; Most Improved in English Literature to Suz- ette Pastoor from Mrs. Wallace Heron; Mathema- tics Proficiency to David Bleiker from_ Mrs. Jim McPherson; Science Profi- ciency to Brent .Hryniw from Mr. Cartmale; Industrial Arts Proficiency to Tom McLeod and family Studies Proficiency to Stephanie Baldwin from Mrs. Doug Spearin on behalf of Kintore Womens Institute; French Proficiency to Diana 'iunter from Mr. Cartmale on behalf of Kintore Grain; History Proficiency to Kirst- en Petereit from Mr. Cart- male on behalf of the Admiral McDougal IODE; Geography Proficiency to Sarah Slater from Mr. Cartmale; English Profi- ciency to Diana Hunter from Mr. Cartmale; Overall Stu-' dent to Stephanie Baldwin from Mrs. Wallace Heron; John Bolton Award to Don Guthro from Mrs. Slater on Kintore News There. is a Home Hard- ware Complex for all of l Canada. At St. Agatha the minister also is owner of the tile yards, which is a very flourishing business. . Elmira is famous for its Maply Syrup Festival, the proceeds of which go to help the retarded. Martin's Feed Mill is the largest Indepen- dent Mill in Canada. In Conestoga there is a mach- ine shop and wagons are made. There is no hydro; the power provided by generators. _ . After the ceremony the bride presents to each guest, a piece of candy, and a swatch of her wedding dress; the groom gives each a chocolate bar. _ In St. Jacobs there is the David Bart Meeting House which accommodates three different congregations of Old Order Mennonites. The Schneider's Flour Mill is named after Jacob Schneid- er. Following our sight-seeing tour we shopped for a while in Elmira, then boarded the bus for home, very pleased with our interesting day. The Kintore Beavers spent the afternoon in Pearsons bush on Wednesday after school. Attemps at building a dam were soon abandoned for playing in the creek. Hotdogs and marshmallows 'were enjoyed by all. Thanks to the leaders for giving so freelv of their time. Mr. Boaz. The graduates are Bryan Andrews, Stephanie Baldwin,. Bruce Bellaire, Kevin Doey, Don. Guthro, Charles Harris, Douglas Harris, Brent Hryniw, Dia, , n.a Hunter, Kevin King, i Mark Kittmer, Peter Lans- ,' dell, Tom McLeod, Blake Massey, Suzette Pastoor, Ingo Petereit, Kirsten Pete- i reit, Keith Quinn, Paul l Richardson, Steven Churc- ' hill, Sarah Slater, Steven Smith, Roeland VanOost- j veen, Sawakhont Wong-Sem', David Bleiker. Refresh- ments and a social hour l followed. w behalf of the 'Uniondale Womens Institute; Academ- ie Proficiency Plaques to Stephanie Baldwin and Dia- na Hunter; Male Athelete to Don Guthro; Female Atlus lete to Diana Hunter; and Citizenship to the Grade 8 class from Mr. Cartmale. The graduates were then presented with their diplo- mas by Mr. Cartmale and $be 3/14