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Masquerade party for Golden Agers . Sinclair FOSTER â€" At her residence on Friday April â€"27, 1984, Mabel E. Foster: of 1021 Sovereign Road, Woodstock, in her 7 6th year. Beloved wite of Ray Foster. Dear mother of Mrs. Murray (Rosa) Overholt of Sarnia, Ross Delliet :0f Woodstock. Dear sister of Mrs. Russell (Audrey) Clifford of R R 2 Norwich, Lioyd Sackrider of Burgesswvilie. Dear. grandâ€" mother of eight grandchildren and thirteen greatâ€" grandchilden. Predeceases ‘oy her first nusband. George Deller (1 959) FEriends may call at the Rowelb Funeral Home, 134 Riddell Street, Woodstock where the funeral service will be held on Monday April 30 at 2:.00 p.m. Pastor Abram Kudra of Calvary Pentecostal Church, will officiate. Interment in the . Anglican Cemetery. As & ). TORONTO (CP) â€" Friends and family gathered Saturday at a private funeralâ€"service for veteran writer and broadâ€" caster Gordon Sinclair. __ . Sinclair, who died Thursday following a heart attack two days earlier, often said publicâ€" 1y he did not believe in God or an afterlife. Rev. Stewart East read from one .of Sinclair‘s . writings, which was foundâ€"beside his typewriter hours after he sufâ€" fered the heart attack. ‘"‘I‘m tired of being told I‘m old and will soon have to face my â€"creator,‘" Sinclair had . written. "Iâ€" don‘t believe it. But, if I did, there would be . enough of me to say: ‘Here I am. Look me over.‘" H)lyuuu-- ESCY 7 pressions of sympathy memorial contributions, to the Canadian Bible Society will be appreciated. _ Rested at the Arn. and Son Funeral Residence, Norwich, where service was held today (Wednesday) af 2 p.m. conâ€" ducted by Rev. Cyril Dyk. â€" Pallbearers Were Gordon Orth, Glen . Stone, Bob Davis, Will Ruck, John, Mcâ€" " _Clellan and David Orth, Interment in New Durham Cemetery. Mrs. Elgin Orth, formerly. of: New Durham, passed away at the Caressant Care Nursing Home, Woodstock on Sunâ€" ; day, June 10, 1984, in her 92nd year. 4 Born at Boston, Ontario, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William â€" _ McClellan. She was a lifeâ€"long resident of the area. Mrs. Orth was a member of New Durham United Church, of the U.C.W. and of the W.M.S. Her husband predeceased her in 1973. Surviving are four sons, Donald, Hilton, .\ Roger and Grant, all of New Durham; one sister Mrs. Roy (Liillian) Turnbull of Burâ€" ford; 10 grandchildren; and four greatâ€" grandchildren. % She was predeceased. by two sisters Mary McClellan and Mindah Penny; and by two brothers, Albert and Ernest Mcâ€" Clellan. > Halloween is not just a time for young children to dress up but for Monday. Many of the senior citizens got into the Halloween mood kids of all ages as was evident at the Golden Age Club‘s meeting and had fun disguising themselves from their friends. (NG Photo) Noven1_b5§},_}$83 _THE NORWICH GAZETTE Page 14 Golden Age trick or treaters Elizabeth (Bessie) Orth Winners of the prizes donated by Irâ€" ving‘s Department Store, Big V Drug Store and the committee were: best dressed couple, Bill Butler and Vera Carroll; funniest couple, Hazel Edgeworth and The program convener Alice Jull presided for the program starting with a parade of all the Halloween characters to the music played by Bernard Smallman. The October meeting of the Norwich Golden Age Club took the form of a Halloween Masquerade party at the Anglican Parish hall on Mondayâ€" afâ€" ternoon, October 31, at 2 p.m. with 60 in attendance. President Mel Christmann presided, welcomed all and opened the meeting with O Canada and all repeated the Lord‘s Prayer in unison. \ â€"Raising funds to aid eyesight ) Members of the First Burfessville Girl Guides held a bake ‘sale at the Burgessville . Public Library Saturday. Pr0Ceeds raised from the sale will go to Operation Eyesight, 2 [ f,;ogt;;;m that provides cataract Operations to children in Third World countries. (Staff 0 s w2 For the program Myrtle Lossing read ‘"Autumn in Ontario‘; Alice Jull read a comic Halloween story "Purple Door" with responses and Gladys Attleburg read ‘"Summing Up Grandmother"‘. A singâ€"song led by Florence Hasting with Bernard Smallman at the piano was enjoyed by all. Alice Jull read an action story, ‘"Foolish Kingdom". President Christmann presided for the business. Secretary Muriel Pettit read the minutes and correspondence and Evelyn Smallman the treasurer‘s report. The card Helen Burrill; best dressed lady, Evelyn sec Hyndman; pretty Hawaiian lady, Winnie the Thorne; and most original man, Bob ann Harvey. Lucky chair winnersâ€"were: Anâ€" . be nice Tovey and Ernie Rouse. fror Plans were discussed for the Christmas dinner and arrangements were left to the committee: Joe Nelson, Bertha Harvey and Gladys Attlebury. Bill Butler, Marie Rouse and Beulah Sweazey were apâ€" pointed as nominating committee to bring in a slate of officers for the coming year at the December meeting. There will be a bus trip on December 6 to the greenhouses at Port Dover, the Mill End Store and various other places ending with supper at the Cove Room. Price is $15 per person. the month. The Fund Raising committee announced a bake sale, bazaar and tea will be held in the Parish Hall November 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. e secretary reported five cards sent during L 2t ~14§f