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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-05-06, Page 11"What piece of fire apparatus can’t go down a one-way street’”' "Well, what?” "A fireplug.”. THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY S, 1954 WWAT THIS? WELL, V. you SAID TO GIVE JUNIOR A LITTLE RUN< FOR EXERCISE! Page 11 Knowing Where To Sell Saves You Money Sell Your Poultry With Confidence TOP PRICES PAID — WEIGHED AT YOUR DOOR Combine thorough trades training, schooling, sound discipline, with understanding of the spirit of youth and you have the elements of the Canadian Army’s Soldier Apprentice Plan for young men of 16. The Sofdier Apprentice train, ing iB designed to enable young men to gain promotion to higher ranks in the Army, The young men who are accepted for Soldier Apprentice training receive: O (thorough trades training in one oft’ 16 trades. ® academic training — com. iparable t<o that received in secondary schools., ® the general military training oft' (the Canadian soldier. Soldier Apprentices are eligible for ail Army benefits, including 36 days annual leave. They receive half pay when 16 and on their 17th birthday they receive full pay. To be eligible, the young man must be at least qualified for high school entrance. He must have attained his sixteenth but not his seventeentlii birthday. Courses begin in September but applications are now being re ceived. Following interviews, the applicants may be accepted after June 1st and then sent home on leave until courses commence in (the Fall, To obtain an interesting booklet and full information on the Soldier Apprentice Plan, write, phone or visit the Army Informa tion Recruiting Centre nearest your home. GG.IX Net $52 At Maypole Tea There was a good attendance at the Maypole Tea and Bazaar sponsored by the Lucan C.G.I.T. in the United Church parlors on Saturday afternoon, May 1. Using one of the centre pillars as a standard, colored streamers of pink and white hung down to tables grouped around the stand ard to represent a Maypole. On the tables were displayed the bazaar articles. The room itself was most artistically decorated with streamers , pink and white discs and rosebuds. At the rear of the room was the candy table. At a lace-covered tea table, centred with a huge bouquet of sweet peas, Mrs. E. M. Cook poured tea. Assisting in the kit chen were Mrs. S. Chown, Mrs. J. W. Lockyer, Miss Gertrude White, Mrs. William Brownlee and Miss' Lina Abbott. The lead ers and girls were most to net over $52. happy Mrs. R. J. Hodgins Native Mrs, Rebecca Jane Hodgins, of Lucan, died in London on Mon day, April 26, in her nintietli year. Funeral services were held from the C. Haskett and Sou Funeral Home on Wednesday, April 28. Rev. J. F. Wagland of Holy Trinity . Church officiated. Interment was in St. James' Cemetery, Clandeboye. The pall bearers were Gerald McFalls, Garnet McFalls, Fred Hodgins, H. T. Hodgins Mark Hodgins. Mrs. Hodgins, the former becca Jane McFalls, was Gerald Jack Atkinson, and Riverside Poultry Co. Howard Ferguson, District Representative PHONE COLLECT No. 13 Personnel Depot. W*MIS House, Qiifeau i Charlotte Sts., Ottawa. Ont. — Culepfione 9 4501 No. 5 Personnel Depot. Artiflory Paik, Uaqot Street, Kingston, Ont. — telephone 6149 .. . , Canadian Army Recruiting Centre. W Richmond St. W, Toronto, Ont.—Telephone EM. 6-834I—local Vi Ho. 7 Personnel Depot. Wolseley Barracks, Oxford S Eliwbelh Sis., London, Onl. — Telephone 2 3261 diwy Reorulllug Centre. 230 Mato SI. W„ North Bay, On t - telephone 456 Canadian Army Recruiting Slallon, 184 King Street East, Hamilton. Onl. — Tolophono 2-8708 0I0W.Q Luge Crowd Attend Salo A large crowd attended auction sale of the household effects of Mjss Minnie Ryland Saturday afternoon, May 1. 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That s why our employees are not only thoroughly trained to use safety tools and methods, but continually reminded to take every precaution to avoid injury to themselves and others.. It’s another way we help keep costs down so we can pro vide you with the best possible telephone service at the lowest possible cost. How to prevent home accidents is shown in "y^me Home”, a folder available free from the Health Depart ment of your Provincial Government or from the De partment of National Health and Welfare, Ottawa, ITIHliE BEU TELEPHONE COMPANY O.F CANADA Re- the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alex McFalls. She was born on Con. 2, Biddulph, where she married Joseph Hodgins in 18 83. Aftex- leaving the farm, she lived in Lucan and Strathroy, where Mr. Hodgins ran a livery stable. Returning to Lucan, he conduct ed a hardware store. Mr. Mc- Falls died in 1927. Mrs. McFalls is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Arnold Hod gins (Jean), of London; two sons, Alex and Harold; Lucan; ■also -one sister, Mrs. Richard At kinson, of London, and two bro thers, W. J. McFalls, of Lucan, ■and Samson McFalls, Exeter, Lucan community fans are go ing to fete their Irish Six to a turkey May 12. Guest Meeker, Leaf star and now a coach in the organization. Official presentation of tro phies and awards will be made and team members will receive leather jackets. Tickets for the banquet are on sale at H. S. Stanley's Drug Store, Scott’s Elevator and many other places. Tickets must be purchased this week, organizers said. The Lucan team are the termediate “C” champions of O.H.A., the ,W.O.A.A. and Cyclone League. They finished their season Monday night when they lost the final game of their semi-final WOAA Grand Champ ionship series to St. Clements Monday night. dinner speaker former on _ Wednesday, will be Howie Toronto Maple la the the on Comments About Clandeboye By MRS. O. J. PATON Dickins Family Honors Couple Mr. and Mrs. Bob Coleman and Mrs. Will Dickins, of Lucan, were three of the 33 members of the Dickins family who attended a surprise party last Tuesday eve ning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alf Dickins. The evening was spent in pro gressive euchre, Mr. Coleman coming home with the high score for the men. During the evening Mr. and Mrs. Dickins were sented with a table lamp carving set. pre- and Clande- and 12, Clande- of the from a on W.A. And Ladies Guild ’ Mrs. Roy McRann was hostess for the April meeting when the ladies of St. James’ Church met on Thursday. Mrs. Andy Carter presided for the W.A. meeting. Scripture was read by Mrs. Roy McRann and Mrs. Wagland led in the Litany. Mrs. Paton read the i work of the W.A. in the north. Mrs. Ernie Lewis presided for the Guild meeting. The pieced quilt was handed in to be quilted at.a later date. A discussion on repairs fox- altar rail and clean ing of the church was held. Teacher Hl ’ Due to the illness of Miss Mar ion Morton, teacher of boye Public School No. 4 Mrs. George Simpson, boye, a former teacher school, is -in charge. Attend Funeral Friends and relatives distance attending the funeral Tuesday, April 27, of Mrs. Mary Ann Jones, with service in St. James’ Church, were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Little and Mrs. A. B. Hodgins, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Simpson, Peterborough; Mrs. Lou Fisher, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Laughton, of Strathroy; Mrs, Gordon Maines, Dorchester; Mrs. Pearl Neil, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Carter; Mr. John Blackwell, Mt-, and Mrs. E. W. Wright, of London; Mr. and Mrs. Jay Whiteford, Grand Personal Items Miss Margaret Ann accepted the position for Grade 1 at the new Lucan Public School. Mrs. Elizabeth Kilmer, of For est, is visiting at the home of her nephew, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Kilmer. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Kilmer have rented their apartment to LAC Wilberforce and Cpl. Audrey Diamond, who were married on Saturday, May 1. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Kilmer at tended the Wilberforce - Diamond wedding which was solemnized at the R.C.A.F. Chapel, Centralia, on Saturday, May 1, at 4 o’clock. Date of the May meeting of the Clandeboye Women’s Insti tute has been changed to May 13 in the evening at the home of Mrs. Rae Hodgins. The School Board of Clande- boye School No. 4 and 12 have engaged Miss Marion Thomson, of Hensail as teacher for term start ing in September, 1954. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Schroeder and Billie spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Karl Scriven, Falkenburg, Muskoka. Mr, and Mrs. J. H. Paton and Clare called on Mrs. Herman Powe on Sunday evening. She is a patient in South Huron Hos pital, Exeter, following .an acci dent when she fell at home and injured her back two w‘eeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Webster, of Lucknow, called on Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Carter Sunday evening. Dr. Hall, V.S., of Alisa Craig, has been giving the cattle the T.B. test In McGillivray township. The annual examinations in re ligion of the Church of England were written by the pupils of St. James’ Church Sunday School— seniors, Maty Tomes, Gwenneth Tomes, Joan Murless, Mac Harrison, Clare Paton and Tom Tomes; juniors, Marlene Harrison and Suzy Murless, Bend. Henry has of teacher Personal Items Len Gaudette assisted in “Uncle George and Wonderland Ranch Boys” play staged -at Community Memorial Centre Wednesday night. The play followed by a dance. Mr. Harold 'Cartwright is the only early swimmer in Lake Huron from Lucan. Two men from the Lucan Motor Sales went fishing at Bayfield last week. The- boat upset and Mr. Lloyd Acheson “went swimming”. How ever, they do report catching one fish, so the trip plete loss. Mr. and Mrs. and family, from last weekend parents, Mr, Brownlee. Mr. Claire weekend in Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Price Shirley Black) have moved the apartment above Mr. Howard Black’s shop and Mr. Price is now working with Mr. Black. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cantelon have returned home after holi daying in West Lome with and Mrs. Bruce Cantelon, Congratulations to Mr. Mrs. Gus Gannett, of Market who celebrated their fifty-first wedding anniversary quietly in theft ' . . _ . April 27. Mr. William F. haas been in St. pital for treatment, was able to be brought home last Tuesday. Coleen Weir, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weir, of London, is spending a week with her -two aunts, Mrs. Edgar Mc Falls and Miss Doris Weir. Mr. Russell Shoebottom and Mrs. Wilson McCullough, Bally mote, spent Tuesday evening with Miss Hattie Hodgins. Miss Margaret Ashworth, R.N., is now in the Goderich Office of Huron County Health Unit fox- one month, having completed her course in Stratford. Mrs. Sheridan Revington, Mrs. H. B. Langford, Mrs. C. H. George and Mrs. Ira Carling ou Thursday attended the Middle sex Presbytery Annual of the United Church held in the Robin son Memorial Church, London. Mr. and Mrs. Albei't Moore, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. U. F. Stanley, returned to Toronto on Saturday. Mrs. Stan ley accompanied' them. the the last was not was not a eom- P. J. Laverty Hamilton, spent with Mrs. Laverty’s and Mrs. William Stanley spent own home last (nee into Dr. and St., last Tuesday, Hodgins, who Joseph's Ilos- Moron: When I .grow up I’m gonna try to be a self-made man. Goon: Good) That’ll relieve your father and mother of the responsibility. II A baaseball meeting for the Lucan community will be held in the Arena on Friday night. Besides discussing the organ ization of minor baseball, the meeting will consider the possi bility of entering a Lucan team in the Huron-Perth league again. Ivan Hearn is working on the club and is expected to take ovex- as manager. If the intermediate team is organized, the sports enthusiasts will try to get floodlights for the baseball field. Len Gaudette, who has been appointed recreation director for the summer, said anyone who is interested in either minor or in termediate ball will be welcome at the meeting. Harold Cartwright, a native of England who won the scoring title of the Senior Southwestern Ontario Soccer League last year, is going co handle the minor football teams. M. Last Funeral services for Michael McLaughlin, whp passed away suddenly in St. Joseph’s Hos pital, London, on Monday, April 26 in his seventy-first year, were held from the C. Haskett and Son Funeral Home Thurs day, April 29, to St. Patrick's Church, Biddulph, where re quiem high inass was sung. Father J. A. Macheey officiated. Interment was in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Mr. McLaughlin, son of the late Mr, and Mrs. Michael Mc Laughlin, was Concession 7, he farmed all unmarried and of his family. His only survivors are cousins. The pall-bearers were Jim Toohey, Ed McLaughlin, Mike and Ed Quirks, Sutton Frezeli and Martin Flannery. born on Lot 25, Biddulph, where his life. He was the last member Anglican Ladies' Guild Th© Ladies’ Guild of Trinity Church met in the Parish Hall Monday evening, April 26, with the president, Mrs. James Thompson, presiding, Before be ginning the meeting, all the members present made a tour of the basement to see the splendid job Mr. Les Woodward made on the new cupboards and serving tables and also the work done by the men of the church on the -ceiling and painting. Aftex- the opening and scrip ture lesson, read by Miss Lina Abbott, the business session was devoted to plans .for completing the basement. Mrs. Frank Hovey was put in charge of purchasing necessary paint and varnish. A “painting bee” was planned for Thursday night. A number of the ladies present volunteered their assistance to paint, others to wash dishes. Mrs. group had charge of the ments, Holy Egan’s refresh- Evening Auxiliary The members of the Church Evening Auxiliary held their postponed April meeting in the church parlors Last Thursday evening. Mrs. Nicholson’s group bad charge of refreshments and program. Mrs. H. Kew assisted in the devotions which were fol lowed by a four-way discussion on the needs of Korea. During the business session, it was de cided the Evening Auxiliary would cater for the C.G.I.T. and Explorer Mother and Daughter Banquet to be held in the near future. United The following members of the Lucan W.I. met at the home of the new president, Mrs. Frank Hardy, last Wednesday evening to arrange a program for next year: Mrs. Warner McRoberts, Mrs. William Brownlee, Mrs. Er win Scott, Mrs. Lloyd Acheson and Mrs. Stewart Park. Personal Items Mrs. T. C. McFarlane, Mrs. Erwin Scott, Mrs. J. Beatson, Mrs. Mitchell Haskett, Mrs. Jack Murdy and Mrs. Cliff Shipley attended the W.A. Annual in London last week. Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Wagland, Airs. C. W. Hawkshaw, Mrs. K. Egan, Miss Marion Coursey and Mr. Clark on Friday night at tended the Recital of Liturgical Music presented by the choir of St. Mary Magdalene Church, To ronto, in St. John the Church, in London. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Winnifred, of weekend with Egan. All those Open House tion at the J. Thursday and Friday received a free box of soap. There was also a lucky ticket draw for box of soap. Mrs. Tom was the lucky winner. Twenty-three members Trinity Church gathered in the basement last Thursday evening for “a bee”. While the men worked on the new ceiling, the ladies painted all the new cup board. When completed, all en joyed a good lunch _ and social half hour, before calling it a day. Mr, and Mrs. J. Knight and family, of Kinbore, were week end guests of Mr. Frank Hardy. Mrs. Garnet Isaac Cliff Ings, of London, Thursday with Mr. Henry Hodgins. Mrs. Frank Hardy Warner McRoberts, sentatives of the Lucan W.I., at tended a dinner meeting at Crombie Hall, Byron, last Mon day, where arrangements were made for a T.B. X-ray to be held be sponsored by Farmers with the the W.I. Mr. and Mrs. Morris McDon ald and family and Mrs. W. Dic kins sepnt Sunday in Ballymote, the guests of Mr. and bert Diekins. Mr. C. Smith, of spent last Saturday in Mr. Harry Bawden, was a guest of Miss Ma Porte and Mrs. Helen Watson last Sat urday. Rev. J. F. Waglaud is attend ing a school of teaching in To ronto this week. Mrs. Harry London, spent the home of and Mrs. Wes Mr. and Mrs. lack Lachie, of Waterloo, called for theii’ sons, Bruce and John, who had spent the weekend with Mrs. M. O. Smith, and turned to Waterloo on evening Mr. and Mrs. Harold Charles Cor- Stoner-Har-1 ■— tv rv/l CswAl } Charles Evangelist London, Mr. and Egan and spent last Mrs. Dave who attended the Beatty Demonstra- B. Ready Store on a large Weller of Holy and. Mrs, and Mrs. spent last and Mrs. and Mrs. as repre- survey and next fall to the Junior assistance of Mrs. Al- Toronto, Lucan. Toronto, McNaughton, of last Saturday at her parents, Mr. Revington. two Mr. and all re Sunday Corbett and Mr. and Mrs. bett attended the rower wedding in Thedford on j Saturday. May 1. Corbett was best man. Following the wedding the bride and groom went on a honeymoon to Ber muda. Miss Belle Martin, Wingham, and Miss Miriam Martin, of De troit, visited their sister, JJrs. T. A Hodgins and family last week. Mr. Don. Middletoil, Granton, president of the Junior Farmers’ Association of Ontario, spoke to 400 delegates at the provincial conference at the O.A.C., Guelph, last Tuesday, urging all to “step out towards tomorrow.” Dr. and Mrs. Joe Orme, of Toronto, spent a few days with Mrs. T. D. Orme and Murray on their way home from Florida. Col. Duncan Ross, of London, called on Lucan friends last Wednesday. Visitors with Mr. and Harold Hodgins included Mr. and Mrs.. C. A. Mann, Mary Lou and Sharon, of Toronto; Mrs. Lily O'Neil, of Detroit, Mrs. Don An kers, of Barrie, and Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Hodgins, London. Mr. and Mrs. Claire Cuddy and family, of London, spent last Wednesday with Mr. Gus Gannett. Mrs. Pearl Hodgins, stock, is visiting her in Lucan and Exeter. Mr. Mrs. and Mrs. of Wood daughters Fathers Take Over H&S Night The Lucan Home and School Association met in the Com munity Centre Tuesday evening, April 27, for their Fathers’ Night meeting. We know not what means of wifely persuasion were used but there was a percentage of fathers out, mothers enjoyed sitting relaxing while fathers took tho program and refreshments and dish washing. ’ The president* Mr. Stewart Park, reported the piano had been paid for. Mrs. Murray Hod gins had bn display two framed good The Mok over pictures donated by the T. Eaton Co. Mrs. Mei Culbert repotted on at to in the recent Hobby Show held Parkhill and it was decided hold a similar one in Lucan October. Mr. B. H, Elliott reported on road signs to curtail speeding through the village. It was de cided the Home and School would cater for the Biddulph and North London Teachers’ Banquet to be held in .Tuiie. Rev. J. F. Wagland reported oil the books which could be borrowed from the Courtice Library In To* ronto. Mrs. J, Boon was. named the Grade Mother for the May meet ing. The attendance cup went to Grade Three. Owing to the illness of Mrs. Wes Revington, Mrs. Dave Park was program convenor. 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