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Mrs. E. Scott
Heads W.l.
The April meeting of the
can Branch of the women’s in
stitute met in the auditorium of
the arena Thursday afternoon
April 12th- In spite of the down
pour twenty-four members were
present.
Owing to the absence of Mrs,
Mel Culbert the paper on, “No
man lives to himself alone,” had
to be omitted in its place a.11 the
members stood for a minutes
silence in memory of Mrs. M. J,
Dignam who at one time was a
very active member of the Lu
can Branch and also for Mrs,
George Edwards, a District Sec
retary.
A paper on Current Events
was given by Mrs. Roy Hamil
ton. Her three main items of
news were General Douglas Mac
Arthur’s dismissal, Canada’s fin
ance minister’s budget and the
Lucan Arena's artificial ice.
After the reading of the min
utes of the March meeting a let
ter of appreciation of sympathy
from Mrs. Gibson was read.
In answer to the many re
quests for an evening meeting it
was decided to hold the May
meeting in the evening.
Mrs. G. Wilson the District
President gave an interesting
talk on the compiling of a scrap
book on Historical Research for
each branch. The book is to con
sist of three parts. First, materi
al and pictures of the branch
activities, Second, matters per
taining to church, school, farm,
activities, and lastly current
events. Mrs. Wilson had with
her, Granton’s scrap book which
proved” most interesting to some
of our members who once lived
in Granton.
Mrs. Wilson also spoke on the
Poster Competition for the an
nual meeting.
At the president, Mrs. Scott’s,
invitation, Mrs. Dickson took
charge of the election of officers
for the coming year. They are as
follows:
President, Mrs. E. Scott; first
vice-president, Mrs. Warner Mc
Roberts; second vice-president,
Mrs. Frank Hardy; secretary
treasurer, Mrs. Wes. Hodgins;
assistant secretary-treasurer, Mrs.
J. Dobie; district director, Mrs.
C. Howard;
Mrs. Harold
McFalls and
Auditors,
Mrs. J. "
William Brownlee, Mrs. Roy
Hamilton; agriculture and Cana
dian Industries; Mrs. Mitchell
■ Haskett; historical research and
I current events, Mrs. D. Reving
ton; home economics, Mrs. S.
Revington; 'Citizenship and’ edu
cation, Mrs. D. Park; community
activities,
Play Well Received
In Lpndpn School
The Lucan A.Y.P.A. once again
put on their play, “Let’s Do It
Again”, Thursday, April 12, at
the Egling School, London, The
concert wag sponsored by the
Mothers’ Club of Grace United
Church and the proceeds to go
to the Building Fund.
Some 450 people crowded into
the school and gave our Lucan
young people the best reception
they ever had. Although the
A.Y.P.A. have received two other
invitations to put on their plays,
they have decided this will he
the last for this year,
Attends Quebec Meeting
Mrs. A,
Dominion
the W.A.
week and
ing meetings. A representative
from Canada’s newest province,
Newfoundland, was present. She
was so enthused with what she
saw and heard that she went
home with the determination to
organize W.A. meetings in New
foundland.
While Mrs. Calder was in
Quebec Mr. Calder stayed with
their daughter, Mrs, J. A, Mc
Neil, in Toronto,
C. Calder attended
Executive meeting
at Quebec the past
reports most interest-
the
of
Cornhuskers Win
Dance Prize
The Lucan Cornhuskers—Mr,
Harvey Hodgins and Mrs. Wes
Atkinson, Mr. Alex Young and
Mrs, Edgar McFalls, Mr. Charles
Haggar and, Mrs. Reilly, Mr. and
Mrs, Ernie Lewis—attended the
Firemen’s Calico Dance at the
Town Hall, St, Marys, on Friday
night, April 13.
The nine groups of contestants
for the square rance competition
danced, together first and then
in groups of three.
The ’wingers from each of
these groups then competed and
to quote Ripley, '“Believe it or
not, our own Lucan Corn Husk-
Friday
unlucky
the
Juniors Present
Church Service
The annual church service of
the Hderton Junior Institute and
Junior Farmers was held in St
George’s Anglican Church, The
Rev. A. H. Harrison was in
charge of the service, while Bev
Robb, president of the Junior
Farmers, read the scripture les
son* Special music was provided
•by the Middlesex Junior Farm
ers' choir accompanied by their
director, Earl Terry, of London,
The offering was donated to
Woodeden Camp for Crippled
Children,.
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ers were the winners”,
the thirteenth may be
for some people but not
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Receives Certificate
Charles Corbett, P.Eng., hav
ing been successful in the pre
scribed examinations of the As
sociation of Ontario Land Sur
veyors, received the certificate of
an Ontario Land Surveyor in
Toronto on Friday, April 13. He
had previously received the de
grees of Bachelor of Science
from Acadia University, Wolf-
ville, N.S., and Bachelor of En
gineering from McGill University
in Montreal, and is a Registered
Professional Engineer.
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Mrs. T. A. Hodgins;
publicity, Miss Lina E. Abbott;
sick and sunshine, Mrs. William
Brownlee.
Those in
were Mrs.
ton, Mrs.
Mrs. Mel Culbert.
Owing to the lengthy meeting
the social half hour after
lunch had to be curtailed.
■charge of the lunch
Harvey, Mrs. Hamil-
Don Revington and
the
Counsellors Initiate
Explorers Group
The third and final organiza
tion Expedition of the Lucan
Explorers was held on Monday
evening in the United Church.
Mrs. T. Hill installed the
newly elected officers and ex
pressed appreciation on the part
of herself and other visitors for
being invited to attend.
The Counsellors conducted the
initiation service for the new
group and announced that the
next Expedition would get under
way on Monday, April 30, and
the group would meet every sec
ond Monday, thereafter. The Ex
pedition closed with “Taps”.
Ten of the thirteen members
of the newly formed Explorer
Group of Lucan attended the
Explorer Rally held in the Met
ropolitan United Church, Lon
don, on Saturday afternoon. The
girls reported that they had a
wonderful time and particularly
enjoyed the talk on Missions,
given by Mrs. Wake, a former
nurse from an Alaskan Outpost
Hospital.
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Personal Items
Mr. and Mrs. Theron Creery
and family of Winchelsea spent
Sunday, April 15, with Mr. and
Mrs. Warner McRoberts.
Mr. Linwood Amos from Brins
ley visited with Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Amos last Thursday, April
12.
The ten-cent movie show put
on by Mr. Morgenroth at the
Arena Saturday, April 14 ,was
much enjoyed by a goodly num
ber of well behaved children.
Among the crowd were a
parents and othei' adults.
Mrs. Alice Stanley, who
been holidaying in Toronto
some time, has returned to
home again.
There is still the odd case of
flu in the village. Mr. and Mrs.
A. Young are able to be up but
Mrs, McFarlane is still confined
to her bed.
Mr. C. Stanley and Mrs. Frank
Stanley of Toronto spent the
week-end with Mrs. James Stan
ley to help her celebrate her
ninety-third birthday.
A plastic demonstration was
held at the home of Mrs. C.
Griffin, Alice St., on Saturday,
April 14,
Mrs. Andrews of London, ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Will
Saunders and family, visited
with her sister, Mrs. Blair, on
Sunday.
A number from Lucan attend
ed the play, “Dude Ranch”, at
Medway sponsored by the Em
manuel A.Y.P.A. on Monday,
April 16,
Miss Hattie Hodgins spent a
few days this past week with
friends in London.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. White-
head and family spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. B. White-
head at Walkerton.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Gordon
and family, Beattie Ave., Lon
don, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. M. H. Hodgins.
Mrs. Cecil Hodgins, who has
had an attack of
be around again.
Mrs. Lloyd E.
Street, London,
days the early part of the week,
with her sister, Mrs. M. H. Hod
gins.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Racey of
London spent Sunday, April 8,
with Mrs. Sceli on Alice Street,
Miss Marlene Chap m an of
London, Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Willitts and Dr. and Mrs. C.
Bruce Cantelon of West Lome
were Sunday guests of Mr.
Mrs, J. H. Cantelon.
Mrs. John Thomson is
confined to her bed with
Her Sunday visitors were
and Mrs. W. J. Thompson of
borne, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Garfield
Thomson and Norman and Grace
Darlena of Exeter.
Even a broken leg cannot
keep a good man down. It is nice
to see Ivan Hearn back on the
milk wagon again. Ivan had the
misfortune to break his leg at
one of the hockey games.
flue, is
Bissell,
spent
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few
has
for
her
Mrs, Mary Carrigan, 81, widow
of William Carrigan, died Satur
day, April 14, at her home, Con
cession 8, Biddulph.
She was a member of St. Pat
rick’s Church, Biddulph, the Al
tar Society, Society for the Pro
pagation of the Faith and League
of the Sacred Heart.
She is survived by four sons—
Arthur, Detroit; Gordon, Wind
sor; Vincent and Charlie, . at
home; one daughter—-Sister St.
Dominic, St. Peter’s Seminary,
London; five brothers—Harvey,
Detroit; Arthur, London, Austin,
Andrew and Fred, Biddulph; and
one sister—Mrs. James
Lucan.
The
family
Funeral
quiem high mass in St.
Church and interment in adjoin
ing cemetery.
remains rested
residence till
at 9:30 a.m.
Jackson,
at the
Tuesday,
and re
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Mrs. Wilbert
a couple days
her daughter,
London.
Mr. and
of Exeter,
Mrs. John
day, April
Sharyon
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Char
lie Weir, London, spent a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
McFalls last week-
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Armitage
of London spent Monday, April
9, with Mrs. William Sceli,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dezort
and daughter Elizabeth spent a
few days with Mr. and Mrs.
Morglnrotli ere their departure
to their home in Saskatchewan.
Mrs. G. L, Strasser, who has
been on the sick list for some
itime, is recuperating at her son
(Ralph’s in London.
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Clarence Hillis Foster, 65,
passed away very suddenly Wed
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London.
Mr. Foster was born in Gran
ton and was a butcher there
until he retired three year§ ago
and moved to London.
He was an adherent
Thomas Anglican Church,
ton, and a life member of
Temple.
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dit, Russell, of Vancouver, and
Milton, of Granton. He had no
family.
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