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'. Norwich and Disitpigt, i', Historical Society and took an active interest in social ; functions of the church and i, community as long as health ,', permitted. _ In 1929 he married Ada Howell and Mr. and Mrs. Morley celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in June of this year, Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Morley, he was born November 12, 1894. He farmed until. building his present home m 1950, In 1922 he graduated from the Toronto College of Chiropractice, later from the Canadian Institute of Physio- therapy and Hydrotherapy. He was a member of the Burgessville. United Church, was in choir work for 70 years, was Sunday School Superintendent for some 30 year's and an elder and honorary member until the time of his death. WILBUR JACKSON MORLEY Wilbur Jackson Morley, of RR 1 Burgessville, passed away suddenly at his residence on Friday November 16, 1979 in his 86th year. Bearers were Dante and Steve Pocrnich, Glen Morley, D’Arcy CorleSS. Wallace Brown and Sam Richards. Interment Was'in Norwich emetery. Rested at the Arn andSon Funeral Residence, Norwich, where the complete service was held Thursday, March 20, at 2 Mr. Morley was the last survivor of the Oxford Male Quartet, and wasthe school attendance officer from 1929 until the consolidated school system came into effect. He was also a member of the Surviving is his wife and two daughters Mrs, John (Isabel) Rennie of Ilderton and Mrs. Mike (Lavina) Pocrnic of London, four grandchildrerrand two great grandchildren, one brother Ernie Morley of Tillsonburg. The funeral service was held epffhitisytfys,t,5 19, at , pm. at the Am and lop 1i‘uneral Residence. Norwich with Rev. Max Johnson of Burgessvme United Church Jiiiciating. Born at Woodstock, he was a son of Mrs, Wilbert Casler of Embro and the late Mr. Casler. He was a mechanic for.Toled0 Scales and had previously. resided at 'Burgessville for several years. . surviving, besides his mother, are five brothers, Thomas Casle.r of Niagara Falls, Francis Casler of Brantford.: David Casler of iLrgessville: William Casler and Larry. CaSIer, both of EmbrO? five sisters, Mrs. Cameron (Barbara) McCabe of B.C., Mrs. Jean (Donna) Lavoie of Norwich, Rosemary Casler of London, Mrs. John (Joan) Hain'of Woodstock and Mrs. Kenneth (Sandra) Holden of Embro; and" his grandmother, Mrs. t)utcut of Embro. - iii, was predeceased by his father, Wilbert Casler, in October, 1979, _ R0BKRTEARL CASLER Robert Earl Casler of St. Catharines passed away suddenly following a car. accident at Schrieber on Highway 17, on Saturday, March 15, 1980, in his 24th year. J... .. 'pJonBJIS U! . yo spooM Ira 1 51 wool?! BILL "IS agumoCI 17229 tae [131318 'S-IIA 'pngliBJIS w. 1311 epeueo yo spooM Ira le paholdmo 51 wool?! an 151051an "IS agumoa NN 18 BUWISBJ Bae [131318 'S-IIAI pue 31W ‘P-IOJJBJIS 01 )1qu new ‘UOISBUDI UI. h.ruaH 110d JO [mm MI EusummJ ‘oumuo uJaqUON pun sued BJBSBEN 01 aiohoaowus fq paIIaaearaIdnoo at”. 'uxm Temporary entombrnerii in Norwich mausoleum with burial later in North Nor- wich Gore Cemetery. MRS. WINNIFRED HILL NORWICH (C) -- Mrs. Winnifred Hill of George Street, Norwich, passed away on Monday, March 10, 1980, at Woodstock General Hospital in her 74th year. 1274M /7, A private funeral and committal service was'held at the Am and Son Funeral residence, Norwich, -, on Monday, March 17, at 2 pm conducted by Rev. John Isaacs of Highland Creek. The former Winnifred Pearl Osborne, she was born at Bronte, daughter of the 'st'iTivTriii,' besides her parents, are her grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Burke of West Hill and Mrs. Howard Butler of Norwich. bentennary Hospital an Friday, Farch.14,.1,980. p.m, conducted by Rev. James Newman of Burgessville Baptist Church, _ Temporary entombmem in Norwich mausoleum and later burial in Burgessvil1e Baptist Cemetery. LESLIE CARROLL BURKE Leslie Carroll Burke, 9- month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Terry (Carroll Butler) Burke of Pickering, passed away at Scarborough Born at Toronto, July 14, 1882, she was a daughter of the late Dr. James Carroll. She lived most of her life in Norwich with the exception of a few years in Vancouver, B.C., and had been a resi- dent of Maple Manor Nurs- ing Home for the past nine V years. She was a member pF Holy Trinity Anglican . Church, Norwich, fpr many t years and was well-known in 1 the Norwich area where she taught piano and theory for 65 years: She also taught music in the schools from Grade 1 to 13 for 23 years. F She always had great in- terest in all her pupils and continued to . have throughout her life. In many families she taught piano to three generations. Miss Car- roll trave11aLexlensiye1wuua, Canada and. the United States and had visited England, Belgium, Holland, Germany, France, Spain, Egypt, Algiers, Palestine, Galilee and the, Madeira; - Islands. She was always hap- I". py to tell of her experiences. :l' MISS LEILA CARROLL 5 Miss'Leila Carroll of Norf wich passed away at Maple' I Manor Nursing Home, Tillsonburg, on Monday, December 10, 1979, in her S8th year. Survi""“' [dag-V -, "," wich, whisreservidd s hap- [ Monday, Number tnces.) _ P:nr.cond1Wiid bYR -‘...n _ l Herring of Trim: nun " ' I‘hnv-nh " y J l pk 31 Rested at the Am and Son Funeral Residence, Norwich, until Wednesday noon, thence to Norwich Baptist Church where the funeral and committal service was held with Rev. David Houghland officiating. Intel ment later in I” Quaker St. , She was predeceased by her husband, Theodore M. Hill, in 1953, by a brother John, in 1966 and one sister Blanche in 1979. t Mrs. Hill was a member of Norwich Baptist Church, a life member of Carder Mission Circle, also a past president and past secretary of the Circle. Surviving is one daughter, Mrs. Larry (Helen) Daugherty of Norwich; one son, David Hill of Oakville; six grandchildren; also five sisters, Mrs. Olie Joyce, Mrs. Arvilla Patterson, Mrs. Alma Wilton and Mrs. Dan (Lila) Wilson, all of Oakville, and Mrs. Ed. (Grace) McLeod of Norwich. - 1.5 with tl and a l "ghti 1 ie " l @371». RI g da' brffiw. (rmllglN s N01: Bll wig}; rs frPlt,gINIlM' Te Mrs:- HTrank late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osborne. She moved to Norwich in 1965 and became one of the first residents of Winston Manor. no“ WI SANDERSON ' Elmer Everett Sanderson of Westminster Hospital, London, formerly of Nor- wich, passed away at the Hospital on Friday, November 9, 1979, in his 85th year. _ of Norwich, Bob Sanderson of Burgessville and Charlie Sanderson of Norwich; 31 grandchildren; and 25 great- grandchildren. Mr. Sanderson was predeceased by his wife. Rested at the Arm and Son Funeral Residence, Nor- wich, whlrtyierviee was' held Monday, N,hvggpttba. 12, at 3 IN? yaad9ilttr,rhy Rev. Herb Beriing of‘Tdnity Anglican Church. m- ', Flower bearers were grandsons, David, Leslie, John, Howard, Jim and Don Sanderson, Gordon Sackrider, Wayne Longthorne and Meint Van Vliet. . Pallbearers were Bill, Bob and Ron Sanderson Chris Parsons, Gordon Smithson and Fred Saekririer. of the Roiral i: Legion, Branch 190 Interment in Norwich Cemetery, Where a graveside service was conducted by Padre Rev. Herb Herring Ind Comrades Tt EVERETT Canadian ther ”Also surviving is one bro 1d . . he ttfad,) services will , the !iitturAay.aty:30 pan, . “A.“ iiiiiiis"t'ik stiii'ntt Adventist Church, on Highwa 59; He was a ttilu')';, goat breeder and a registered nur- sing assistant at Woodstock General Hospital. With enough to do the sky. God painted the earth in glory Too beautiful for words, Colors dabbed here and there . He did not miss the birds. God dressed the earth in -colors So we at least could see, Colors were His gift of beauty In even you and me. fh jars God dressed the earth colors . So vivid to the eye, ' Colors mixed in a thous: Dear Editor: soon it will Rolling thunder, flashing For concrete and buildings be Christmas arid 1979 will lightning of several heedlessly. come to a close. I'm sure storms, became V But for this we thankfully everyone in our community Amalgamated as along she pray, will remember this year as a came. Few lives were lost on that year -of years. We all in one Devastation, after I'she horrible day. way Or another either lost a passed, no one can fully Composed and written by great deal or tried to help the explain. Dora Bertrand ones that lost so much in the A newly built subdivision in disaster that hit our com- f south Woodstock _ -------"r------s-" munity on August 7, 1979. Nothingleflt but rubble, brick III. We enjoy your Gazette very, much because it is about the maple we know and a breath of something “(Else besides grief and terror that everything you read is full of. I; 7 t C 1 ii; a fai; writing and and rock, poems and I wondered if you Factories, churches, farms would like to use the lines I she cared not who, wrote about the tornado or As she whipped along not. It is perfectly O.K. if you destroying homes, old don't use it, but thought I and new. would like' some of the Transports on 401 flung on subscribers to have '8 their sides momenta td keep along with. Cars caught in her fury by everything else that has been . the roadside. Written about this terrible "Then down through our quiet ordeal that befell our countryside counties. _ Her full force she rent nearly We enjoy your Gazette _ one mile wide. very. much because it is About 7 p.m. when dairy about the people we know . herds are stabled and and a breath: of something _' milking begins else besides grief and terror She tumbled the barms [ that everything you read is trappipg everything full of. C t within, 1 remain; a happy sub- Oxford Centre, New Durham Scriber. V and Vanessa all wiped out "w, Dora Bertrand Demolishing trees and (Mrs. wfnrecl Bertrand) crops, everything scat- ' "r tered about. The Terrible Tornado The lovely old trees that T of'79 graced our countryside Away to the north one For a century or more were August day, ,aupmoted to die. She started to wind her The stories in the cemetery fretful way. ‘lay there on their sides, Picking up momentum and Our Church was a pile of southward she came, f brick and wood beside. Near Tavistock her wicked New homes and barns willbe, way became' '. built up again, A terror to alt she visitetL'Butour maples are gone that along the way. r" 7 Swayed_ in the rain, "August the 7th was that That budaed in spring and . unforgettable day T shed mm fall, A whirling tornado, not a The spruce and cedar that wild breeze _ stood so tall. Picking up barns, houses and Oh God, who gave us these trees, . beautiful trees, Scattering anim.a.l? and Help us to keep them and crops, every which wax enjoy them please A black swirling funnel, a Not cut them down so fa" C _ . Letters 'itrite editor, (Anet Schwartz) demon at play. earth in e, , :housand thdskv. and rock, Factories, churches, farms she cared not who, As she whipped along destroying homes, old came. Devastation, after she passed, no one can ‘fully explain. A newly built subdivision in f south Woodstock _ Nothing left but rubble, brick Mr. and Mrs. Wray Broad have returneirhome after spending four days at the home of their aunt, Mrs. Elsie Beckner, Onnaway, Mich, Mrs. Becker came home with them to spend the winter. Mr. Lavina Pocrnic, London, spent Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. Wilber Morley. BURGESSVILLE (C) "-/ Recent guests of Mrs. Charles Kelly were Miss Janet Taylor, Otterville, Miss Pauline Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Roger DeMere, Simcoe. Morrison Hoover, Waterloo spent Wednesday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hoover. Mrs. Evelyn Waring, Otterville, is spending a few days with Mrs. Wilber Morley. needlessly , Burgertillti $5180 iii/77