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The entire family was home for Christmas and they were all pretty excited about his windfall, said Mr. Nix, He has three children and two grandchildren. . . ' I 4th1" "j: V "i'r'. , . F. _ l P . l i _ , P ‘ I > . T " _ , M V V " - l - v , r . V _ ll . > _ f, f. _ _ . 'lt' ' ' , I f k, a 2 - _ , C "s' f , é t': ' T , ' ' K’ _ , . , . _ M. “I, ' ' , ' T '-, C .s _,,/rs, 7 ' "c'"?, , srig ' 'tt ' eu:vi,/f"'v'" 36* , . v , ; w' .5 V I ‘ ‘ _v ti. 4 - Af u"'d"'iih "She looked at the ticket three or four times before she could believe it," said Mr. Nix of his wife Jean. Mr. Nix said he usually has a ticket for each draw and will continue to do so. His wife won $25 in a draw a while ago. ‘ in the book was the lucky one. He and his wife took the ticket down to Toronto-last Monday to be verified with Wintario officials and after two hours of checking, he Mr. Nix had won two free books of tickets in the previous draw but was unaware he held a winning ticket in the recent draw until the following evening when his wife checked through the tickets and discovered that the last one Mr. Nix, a M-year-old worker at Pre-Con Company in Woodstock, received-an unexpected but pleasant early Christmas present when he won $100,000 in the December 20 Wintario lot- tery draw. Most of us dream of winning a lottery but for Howard Nix, of 2 Sutton Street, Norwich, that dream came true. It was Appreciation Night Friday at the Oxford Auditorium in Woodstock for Fred Griffin, of Burgessville, president of the Holstein-Friisiir, Association of _----------.-------------, 1xite:i,serri1uii1isteiliive “m: Nix wins $1092000 in What aridgm draw HOLSTElN-FRltiSAN LEADER HONORED \Traffic jams are often caused by the construction of new high- ways to relieve traffic jams. The best. lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. was presented with a cheque Mans for the money - the fact for $100,000. As yet he has no that he won is still sinking in. Canada. Fred is shown under his larger-than-life portrait in the background. An accredited judge, Fred Griffin has judged at nearly all the major shows in Canada. Man is just like the old- fashioned hour-glass; he is no earthly good without some sand. Wsdom Corner: ' The cleverest kind of deception is practised not by words but by silence. - Staff photo by Philip walker CASLER--' At the Woodstock ‘General Hospital on Wed- lnesday, October 31, 1979, _ Wilbert Casler of Embro, for- merly of Burgessville, in his 69th year. Husband of Jean .(Cutcut) Casler. Father of l Francis of Brantford, Edith of Guelph, Mrs. Cam (Barbara) MtCabe of Vancouver, Mrs.John (Donna) LaVoie of. Norwich, Rosemary of Lon-; don, Mrs. John Hoan) Hain of Woodstock, Mrs'." Ken (San- dra) Holden of Embro, Thomas of Niagara Falls, Robert of St. Catherines) David of Burgpssville) William and Harry of Embro. Brother of Mrs. Dorothy Pete of Woodstock, Mrs. Florence Cook, Embro and Lloyd of Burgessville. Ten grand-. children also survive. Friends may call at the Am and Son Funeral Residence, Norwich where the service Will be held or! Saturday at 2:00 pan, Rev. J m Newman will officiate. In- terment in the Burgessville Cemetery. Those who wish may make Memorial Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society. BURGESSVILLE (C) L.- The Burgessville Baptist Church was decorated with floral arrangements and a bouquet of pussy willows and forsythia on Sunday when it held its 143rd Anniversary. Many former members, friends and members attended. Rev. Alex Gray, Dresden, a former pastor held its 143rd Anniversary. Many former members, friends and members attended. Rev. Alex Gray, Dresden, a former pastor was the guest speaker for the two services. Rev. Jim Newman presided and opened with the processional with the congregation accompanying the choir as they sang "King of Love My Shepherd" followed with prayer. Hymn "Jesus Wondrous Saviour" was sung. The choir sang "Great Is the Lord.” Psalm 46 was the responsive reading. "Uvest Thou Me" was sung by Miss Anne Buckrell, Mrs. Fred Buckrell, Mrs. Stan Tribe. The offering was taken up by Leigh Cohoe and Stan Tribe and dedicated. Hymn "This is My Father's World" was sung. A solo by Miss Marian Dennison followed with prayer. . 75 Oiaths Burgessville Baptist 'i, celebrates anniversary" T Rev. Alex Gray read the Scripture from the book of _ Nehemiah, 4th Chapter. God is the one who loves us and who gave His son for us' through love. If you have nothing to build in the church, you may have something to build in your life. If thinking of building a richer life we wonder how we are going to do it but God, provides all to us to build. upon. The people of Jerusalem wanted to build a wall for " protection but it didn't serve its purpose. The people of today should be concerned about the moral situation our Wisdom Corner: \The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. _ Nature does not require that we be perfect; it requires only that we grow and we can do this as well from a mistake as from success, " the GER Celebrated Capacity l both servir that exists today? It is time we did something about it. We can always count on the Devil to be around to cause a lot of trouble. What we need today is a return to a moral and Christian living. Turn to God and He will help you. God has laid it down in the Bible how we are to live. Will we ever learn to love everybody as We should, if we really love God and trust Him ’we can. Do not build a wall around yourself. All God wants us to do is stand aside and He will do the work for us. God can do anything. 25 YEARS 5G0 1959 _ The Norwich Minor Hockey Association is get- ting well' organized for this year. An invitation for boys of different age groups to turn out and take part in the hockey program. F With a little bit of faith and were invited to attend the; God's help, we can do dinner in the Sunday sehooti anything that is right. This is hall for a time of 'ft/CCI')',',') the day that Christians can An evening service war, talk openly even if there are held at 7:30 p.m. with Ret/ more problems. Our life is Gray bringing the message. Motorists (My 'Q MlrSlllllllllllllllMllllllllllIllllllIllrlltllMlll 50th Wedding Anniversary Hugh and Pearl Hughes of RR3, Norwich, celebrated their golden yretllipg anniversary Jan. 20 at Norwich ihiiieli" biGch. I 2530 The Hughes wer mar The Hughes were married at Folden‘s on Jan. 18, 1930 at the home of the bride's parents, Edward and Julia Bar- nett. Hugh is the son of Peter and Lanah Hughes, Rev. J .F. Forsythe performed the ceremony, and attendants were the bride's sister Grace, Mrs. Orville Naneekivell of Mt. Elgin and thtgro.omls brother Pete Hughes of London. Their in]; children, Nina (Mrs. Harry Brown ), Ross, Pat ( Mrs. Alan Teeter), Grant and Allen attended the ctlebra.tion wigh their 16_ grandchildren. _ _. " The tea table was adliiiiii' with an Irrangerer.1t of yellow tea roses. During the afternoon, Florence Wlsson and Laura Wenn of Norwich, Mrs. Roy Barnett and Mrs. Grant Hutchinson of Salford and Mrs. Joe Barnett and Mrs. Dave Barnett of Ingersoll poured tea. Refreshments were prepared by the Norwich UCW. _ _ Mrs. Harry Parrott delivered a plaque from the proyincial government. 7_ I __ IV] r. Hughes Has been a livestock dealer'fo; many years, am_1 the c__oupl_e has livtti.in Spforti, HoltEooyar!d Norwich. I The Gaii'U LdilG/iiie celebration, 37 family members attended a banquet at a Norwich restaurant. . _ ervices 35 YEAR§AG0 October 26, 1944 mists will have JI, e, fa tndav/It is -- --, ""cal strength is measured by what we can ) carry; Spiritual by what we can , bear. _ The farther backward we can '. y.ok, the farther: forward we can , hkely see. I Physic al measured ms'nsaraktsssusssv.ss-a, new a: not complete without Jesus 'lr Christ, He should be our? i main inspiration-ad knows i, 1 all about us and even if they l. 51 aren't all goodHEstmioves: '/ us and will always help us. 1 “1 Jesus says lay up your:' 't treasures in heaven and you , will have everlasting life. 1 Give yourself to Jesus for He 'i; works wonders. 9 Rev. Gray closed with, 3 prayer. Hymn "To God be, _,,l,, the Glory," Rev. Harold' 'i, Allaby, a former minister of:, '5 the church, closed with the) T Benediction followed by the! recessional. ', i Following the service all' were invited to attend the? dinner in the Sunday school”; hall for a time of fellowship) metal license plates on their vehicles in 1945 became of the improvement of the metal situation. Oniylone‘ plate will be carried aM dist figures will be white on a; blue background. , 1 M%i'sa'sssss,