HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2016-04-14, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016.
Homes in the village give a history of local families
PEOPLE AROUND
LONDESBORO
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By BRENDA
RADFORD
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In the "Looking Back
through the Years" section of
last week's The Citizen I
noticed an item in the 1986
column that read: "A
Londesborough house was
found to be damaged beyond
repair as a result of a fire that
was believed to have started
in the trash"
It took a day or two for me
to identify that house. And
then I looked up the
"Londesborough Memories"
book begun by Genevieve
Allen and now kept up to date
by Karen Dolmage and found
the site I had been looking for.
The house in question was
identified by me as the house
in which for a time the
Langille family had lived. I
remember them for the boys
were often seen playing road
hockey in front of the church.
The house was razed and the
site is the church lawn to the
west of the building where the
exit from the parking lot is
located.
This was a large brick
house which often was home
to two families. The
memories book states that
originally it was the home of
Mrs. Jennie Lyon but over the
years was occupied for short
times by a variety of folk. If
you remember the
house you probably
remember others who
Shelter Link program
explained to UCW
Pulling ahead
Bev Hagedorn, Executive Director of Shelter
Link in Stratford, spoke to the Londesborough
UCW about the prevalence of homelessness
among youth throughout Huron and Perth
counties on April 4. (Vicky Bremner photo)
On Monday, April 4 the
Londesborough United
Church Women hosted the
annual Spring Fling of the
Huron -Perth Presbyterial of
London Conference. President
Joan Whyte presided over the
event. Greetings to those
assembled were brought by
Helen Lobb of the
Londesborough UCW, Sandra
Stock, president of London
Conference UCW and Rev.
Gary Clark as a representative
of Huron -Perth Presbytery.
Gary remarked that it is the
"W" that makes the "UC"
work. Later Sandra conducted
the installation of executive
members for 2016. Joan has
chosen `It Only Take a Spark
to Get a Fire Going' as the
theme for the group for 2016.
She and Eileen Townsend
conducted a short devotion
around that theme. They
spoke about a campfire and
the fact that initially the centre
of a fire ignites and the spark/
fire spreads to the outer edges
until the whole is burning.
Sometimes the edges of a fire
need prompting just like
people sometimes do in order
to feel involved. Like the coals
of a fire people need the
gathering together to feel part
of the community. The
scripture reference was
Exodus 13:21. They asked
everyone to give some quiet
thought to those in their lives
who had been a spark.
Both the afternoon and
evening session began with a
much enjoyed hymn sing led
by Wanda Keith and
accompanied by Barb
Bosman. Susan, manager of
the Mitchell Resource Centre,
had an interesting book
display for perusal during the
supper break. The afternoon
session was the business part
of the event and the ladies
heard a variety of committee
reports, news from Camp
Menesetung and Camp
Bimini and details about
upcoming gatherings.
The evening was given
more to entertainment and
began with music by
Londesborough's own Snell
Family. Rob, Barb, Bette and
Bonnie treated the ladies to a
number of their favourite
tunes from years of singing
together including, "Do What
You Do Do Well", "Turn Your
Radio On", "Praise God",
"Hallelujah".
Bev Hagedorn, Executive
Continued on page 9
dwelt there at some point.
Long-time residents of the
area will remember John
[Johnnie] Peckitt who grew
up in the village. John passed
away on Thursday, March 31.
The Peckitt family lived in
the house now owned by
Mickey Smith, next to Ann
Potter. John's father operated
a plumbing and heating
business out of the former
blacksmith shop across from
the old general store. John
was a brother to Barbara
[John] Jewitt. He married
Marguerite Appleby. John
served as an officer in the
Royal Canadian Air Force
(RCAF) and the couple lived
in Ottawa. Condolences from
the village to his relatives and
friends in the area.
I spent a little time with
Helen Lee one afternoon last
week and she made an appeal
for milk bags. Seems
someone who resides at
Goderich Place makes those
sleeping mats we've heard of
and would welcome
donations of bags for the
project.
On March 11, Mrs.
Plumsteel's Grade 2/3 from
Hullett Central School visited
McGavin's Sugar Bush and
each pupil tried their hand at
tapping a maple tree. The
McGavins made the tapping
more memorable by
recognizing fallen soldiers on
the lids of their pails. Each
pupil chose the picture of a
soldier for their particular tap.
The experience had an impact
on the children who returned
to class to see how they might
help the soldiers' families. As
a result this Friday, April 15,
will be RED day. For $1
pupils will be allowed to wear
red to class — red pyjamas, red
hat, red jersey, etc. to show
their Canadian spirit.
The Londesborough Lions
Club will be serving up their
Olde Tyme Country Breakfast
this Sunday, April 17 from 8
to 11 a.m.
Wilbee to take over church services
The hymn/anthem sung by
the senior choir at
Londesborough United
Church on Sunday, April 10
was titled "Said Judas to
Mary" and it was a
conversation that might
have taken place at the first
Easter. Tom Pollard read
the morning's Minute for
Missions.
When the children gathered
at the front of the sanctuary
with Rev. Fletcher, he offered
an all ages story and
cautioned the adults to be
listening as well. Terry
offered a variety of
circumstances and the
listeners had to decide "who
will you put your trust in?"
Who should fly your vacation
plane or help with your
stomach ache?
The big question was who
will you trust to guide you to
heaven? The answer, of
course, was Jesus, who
walks with everyone every
step of the way. Acts 5:27-42
was the scripture passage
supporting Rev. Fletcher's
message to the adults, "The
Test of Failure". In these
verses Gamaliel warned that
persecuting the apostles for
teaching about God might
backfire for the disciples
might be spreading the real
truth.
Rev. Fletcher gave several
examples of things which,
in spite of naysayers, have
stood the test of time:
communism, depotism, air-
planes, telephones, computers,
etc. Although society has
changed, 2,000 years of
evidence supports the teach-
ings of God. The basic
message is still, God loves us
totally as we are.
Gloria Wilbee will be
conducting the Sunday
services the next two Sundays
as Terry takes study leave.
The Swiss Chalet take-out
is by advance tickets only.
You can purchase tickets until
Monday, April 18 for the
meal on the April 27.
Tickets are $14.
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