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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-05-05, Page 31 Y THE TJM'ES.ADVOCATE,,EXETER,,, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAX 5, MU Ci.ndeb.cye: :I3y DtRS, 0, PAATON W.A., Aud Guiicl` . Tho APril meeting of the W.A. anduitd was. held at the home Of Mrs. Eimer Hendrie. Mrs.. Andy Carter, president of the W,A.,, presided. iSeriptUre wag. read by Mrs, Wilfred:. .Cunning-! ham ,and the Litany by Mrs. Wag... land, Mrs, Andy Carter gave few ,comments en the word chosen Or the roll call ---."love" based. on 'Henry Drummond's book, "The 'Greatest Th'iug in the World." Ml's. Jack Harrison presided for the Guild .meeting. Each Member was asked to donate two pot holders in May for the fall bazaar. Plans were made for cleaning and re -decorating the church basement early in May. The " hostess was assisted by Mrs. Roy McRann, Mrs, John Hewitt and Mrs. Omar Cunniii- ba. m. Personal Items Mr. ,and Mrs, Arthur Black and vsons, Barry and Roger, of Clande eboye, spent the past weekend in Oshawa and Peterborough, While In Oshawa they attended the marriage of Mrs. Black's niece, Miss Arlie Diane Deyo, *laughter of Mr. an Mrs. Cyril Deyo, of London, to Mr. John Edmund Jeffs, in Simcoe Street United Church, The Lucan :a? d Clandeboye Anglicans. beat the Uniteds. in the 'church league baseball, 28• to fi. TOM Tomes pitched for the win- ners, • Mr. Adam Bowman, uncle of .Mrs. Mervin Carter, who has been a bed patient at the Baker Nursing, Home he Lueknow .for ewer a year, is no so well. Mr. and Mrs. R. Schroeder visited with Mr. and Mrs. A Mer- nPersonal Mr. Gordon. Whitehead Jas re- Mr, and Mrs. Pon C.orin,an and Signed as Lucan's policeinaii• Last .family, who have been living in Saturday was his last night on one of the apartments above the. duty, Revingtqu Meat Market, have Miss Gertrude Kent, R.N., of moved mato .an apartment in the London, spent last weekend with house once owned by the late her sister, Mrs. 1J. P. Stanley and George Patrick on Main street south. iiy. Mr. Claire Smith, of Toronto, called on Lucan friends last week Miss. Catherine. Bawden,, of To- ronto, was a Sunday •caller on Hiss Ida Porte in St. Joseph's Hospital .and Mrs. Helen Watson, of Lucan, Mr. Clarence Chown, now :of Sarnia, underwent .a ,gall bladder operation in Sarnia hospital, Church League Ball Schedule May 11—.Anglican vs. 'Roman Catholic ,Anglican vs. United 18—United vs, Anglican United vs. Rornan Catholic 25—Roman Catholly vs. United Roman Catholic vs. Anglican June 1.= -Anglican vs. Roman Catholic Anglican vs. United 1—Anglican vs. Tinited Roman Catholic vs. United 14 -Roman Catholic vs. United Roman Catholic vs. Anglican ' 02—Anglican vs. Roman Catholic Anglican vs. United 29—United vs. Anglican United vs. Roman Catholic All games will be played at Lucan Arena diamond. First game begins at 4 p.m., second at 7 p.m. cer in Loudon last Sunday, Mrs. Gordon Cunningham re- turned home .on Sunday from Victoria Hospital where she had been a patient for .several weeks. Mr. Herman Walls is a patient at Victoria Hospital, Miss Constance Rowe, of Iider- ton, was a guest, of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Carter en Friday. REPORTS ON ANTI -POLIO VACCINE—Dr. Jonas E. Salk holds up two bottles of vaccine which; the results of over 2,000,000 inoculations show, may lead to the . disappearance of polio • as a major crippling disease. The inoculations of ;schoolchildren in Canada, the U.S. and Finland began last year but•the results of the vast experiment were not released until •April 12. It proved 'to be 80 to 90 per cent effective and pr. :Salk has reason to hope the effectiveness may be even greater .than that figure. Centr•,gl Press Canadian Photo The children. of Mr, and Mrs. Dick Davis have had the measles. Eight-year-old Carole developed pneumonia and had to lie taken to St. Joseph's Hospital but is making satisfactory recovery: Mr. F. V. Gallagher has rented a largegarage from Mr. Steve Burlock, Butler street, and is opening lip another sash, door and woodwork shop. He is re - taming the one he already has at Birr, Mrs, Mary Durham, whospent the winter in London, is home for the summer. Mr. and. Mrs. Dave Egan, Mrs,. K. Egan and family were Sunday gliests of Mr. and Mrs. (Dave Egan, Jr., and family, of London. Mr, and Mrs. Morris McDon- ald and Joyce spent Sunday in Aylmer, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Noels. Mrs. Arthur Hodgson, who sustained a very badly broken left arm when hit by a ear driven by Ross O'Neil while she was turning intothe arena, is still 4n St. Joseph's Hospital, As yet, the doctors have been, unable to set her •arm. Kathy, her small daugh- ter, t9 staying with Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Hodgson, of Lucan, and the baby with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson:' Mrs. Stewart Park returned home from Manitoba last Thurs- day leaving her sister much im- proved. She was no sooner home than her son Billy developed measles. There are a number of new cases in the Tillage. A social evening and dance were held in the Lucan Commun- ity Memorial Centre last Friday night in honor of Mr, and Mrs. William Johnson who were pre- sented with an address and a purse of money.. Miss Elaine Revington, of Lon- don, spent last weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Revington. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cook and family, of Brantford, spent last weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Will Haskett and found the latter slightle improved from a bad at- tack of flu .which has kept her ,confined to her bed for over two weeks. Mh'. Jim McKinney is spending a few days with Mr, Edgar Mc - Falls while Mrs. McFalls . is in Toronto. - Archdeacin C. W. Foreman, of London, called on Lucan friends. on Monday on his way home from Brinsley. Mr. Murray Hodgins last week wolf the 12 -piece aluminium set valued at $109 at a draw held in the Morris Simpson store, Clande- boys. After three weeks in Ingersoll, the guest _of Miss Jean Coventry, Mrs. Warner McRoberts was home last Monday before going to visit her sister.. Clayton Thomspon spent last Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson, Clayton has been going to school in Wood- stock and helped the Woodstock Warriors to win the Junior "B" Ontario hockey championship. He was sponsored by the Chicago Black Hawks. 'Another will break out. That's what is happening right now and 'round the clock somewhere in Canada, In`'the'average year, the insurance business handles more than $75 million in fire losses—quite aside from other claims. It is the size• of the loss figure which regulates the rates for every . different type of fire, automobile and casualty insurance in various,parts of Canada, If losses increase out of proportion to earnings, then insurance rates go up. On the other hand,if losses fall off, rates decrease. In effect, Canadians collectively determine their insurance costs through their care or carelessness. ALL CANADA INSURANCE FEDERATION • ALL CANADA INSURANCE FEDERATION on behall of More Man 405 oompetlnj'companlea wetland rite. Automobile arid Casualty lneuranoo. •• 1.u:can And District:News TV Announcer H&S Speaker Introduced by Mrs. Lloyd Ache- son, Tom Ashwell of London CFPL-TV pinch-hit ,for his mo- ther and Pat Murray at the April meeting of the Lucan Home and School Association last Tuesday evening in the school auditorium. Though no prise -winner as au illustrator or cartoonist, his gro- tesque blackboard illustrations and his free and easy style of de- livery delighted his .audience, Ile enlarged on the tremendous work and expense of TV and before he finished the many owners of TV sets ,present realized there. was much more than the .spinning df a dial involved, in the produc- ingof a program. Mrs, T. A. Watson presided for the •election of the following officers; president, Stewart Park; vice - presidents, Mrs, Sheridan Revington and Mrs. Ciarenee Hardy; seer etary, Mrs. Bert Thompson; corresponding secre- tary, Mrs, J. 13, Ready; treasurer, Mrs, Cliff Culbert; executive com- mittee, Mrs. George Paul, Mrs. Calvin Haskett, Mrs, Cecil Lewis, Mrs, C. Magoffin and Mrs, Lloyd Acheson. Mrs. R. Dobie reported on the recent Antique and Hobby Show and offered suggestions on im- provements should the Associa- tion decide to hold another, She thanked all who helped in any way in making the show a suc- cess. Ten members volunteered to assist in the bake sale for the May meeting. The teaching, staff .was asked to convene the next meeting and suggestions were offered as to the form it would take. It was de tided to , purchase three dozen spoons. . Mrs, Clarence Hardy led in a diheussion as to whether the Home and School should sponsor a musical festival in Lucan next year, It was. unanimously . carried to do so. Two pupils provided the music- al part of the program. Mr. How- ard Kew, organist of the United Church; aecoiiipanied Clifford Acheson in a solo and 11 -year-old Pat Egan, a budding Liberace, played two numbers. The attend- ance cup was won again by glade four parents. Mrs. Clarence Hardy moved a vote of thanks to the speaker and all who assisted in the program, including the two conveners,, Mrs. George Paul and ,Mrs. Lloyd Acheson. Hostesses were Mrs. Jack Lan - kin, Mrs, C. H. Parkinson, Mrs. Charles Lewis, Mrs,' Percy Armi- tage, and Mrs. Bert Thompson. Mrs. G. A. Thompson and Mrs. C. Magoffin ,had charge of the bake sale. Personal Items Mrs. Edgar Mcl+alis is visiting her sister Jessie in Toronto. Mks. K. Coughlin, who t has been ill for some time, is now in Victoria Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Reilly spent last weekefid in Ridgeville, the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Earl D. Heist and family. The 'Woman's, Auxiliary meet- ing of Holy Trinity Church has been postponed from May 4 until May 12 and will be held at the home of Mrs, C. 11. Porter. Mrs. T. 0, McFarlane has re- turned home from Toronto where she was the guest of her brother, Mr. G. F. Stanley and family. borates Cousin Miss Mary Veale, of Ireland, who has bean nursing in Victoria Hospital, received a .letter from home asking her to try and lo- cate a cousin. The cousin turned out to be Mr. .Dave Egan, or Lucan. Seeing Mrs, K. Egan'e name in the phone book, she phoned :her. on the chance she might know a Dave Egan, Miss Veale, who is; leaving soon ter Port Arthur, came to Lucan last Thursday and spent the afternoon with Mr. and Mrs, Egan. 'Tragedy Hits Home Twice Tragedy has hit twice at the home of Mr. Dwight Ball, Lucan, an employee of the Department of Veteran's Affairs at West- minster Hospital. On May .6, 19.54, their three -year -aid son, Richard,' died very 'Suddenly in .St. Joseph's. Hospital, London, of a brain tu- mor and last Friday• the oldest son, Dwayne, neary six, was drowned. in a farm pond about 2,500 feet from his home. Missing Dwayne, Mrs. Ball went out to look for him and was met by the family dog, dripping wet and barking furiously, Be- coming alarmed, she 'called Mr. Erwin Scott who was working in a nearby field. He picked up Mr. Murray Valiquette, recreation arena director and ail headed for the pond. Nothing seemed amiss until,- on ntil;on tugging at a submerged wire, a pair of hands. was seen still clinging to the wire. Mr. Vali- quette, a former lifeguard, ad- ministered artificial respiration at the scene and on the way to Dr. E. R. Patterson's office; but the child was dead. The body rested a,t the C. Haskett and Son funeral home until Monday at 2 p.m. when it was taken to St. Patrick's Church Cemetery, Bidduiph, for inter- ment. Four small Lucan boys were pall bearers, Frank and Pat Egan, Paul and Hugh Conlin. The first three were pallbearers for Richard, almost a year ago. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight 13a41; Dwayne's only survivior is a baby brother, Gor- don. Members of the Legion were flower bearers andI 12 members of the Legion Auxiliary attended. in a body. Ladies Legion Auxiliary With Mrs. D. Ball as convener and Mrs. James Freeman, Mrs. Cecil Lew -Is, •Mrs. V. A. Seifried and Mrs. Frank Mitchell as as- sistants, the Ladies Auxiliary to the Legion held a euchre in the Legion Hall last Wednesday, Prizes for high. score went to Mrs. 'Chisholm and Mrs. H. Bond and for lone hands to Mr. Chis- holm and Mrs. McFarlane. Store, a successful bake sale was On Saturday, at the Lucan drug store, a successful bake sale was held. Hrs. Anne McFadden Mrs: Anne McFadden, a native of Denfield, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carl Williams, of Lansing, Mich., in her ninety- second year. She is survived by two daughters Alma, of Detroit, and Mrs. Carl Williams, Lansing. Fier husband predeceased her. Twenty-four out of very 100 Canadians have telephones. NOVA SCOTIA OPENS HUGE BRIDGE ---Second longest suspension -type bridge in the l3ritish Empire, this $10,000,000 span linking Halfax and Dartmouth; N.S,, is nory open for traffic. It is mimed after the late provincial premier, Angus L. Macdonald. Huge towers, 307 feet high, allow a clearance of 158 feet at high tide. Vancouver's Lion's Gate bridge is the only one in. Canada or the British Empire that is longer. w Evening Auxiliary Host To Mothers The mothers of the Baby Band: members of the Lucan Wilted Church were entertained by the W.M.S. and Evening Auxiliary at •.a pot leek euPper on Thursday evening. The .leaders of the Mis- sion Band anuli, Xpiorer group were also guests• Mrs. Alex Young, president of the W.M.S., acted as :chairman, welcoming all, particularly the mothers of the I3abY Band men;- bers. Mrs. Stewart Park, Baby Band secretary, .thanked the two hostess groups. Greetings were brought from the Women's As- sociation by president Mrs. C. 111. George, from .the Mission Band by Miss Beta Chown, from the Explorers by Counsellor Iva Hod- gins, and from the women of ,the. Anglican W.A. by Mrs. Harold'. Corbett. Prayer for missionaries was offered. by Rev, E. M. Cook. Mrs. Dave Park, president of the Eve.. ping Auxiliary, led in worship, assisted by Mrs. A. E. Reilly. Mrs. Bert Thompson and Mrs. 3, Me - Lean sang a duet. The guest speaker, Mrs. J. G. Porter, was introduced by Mrs. J. McLean, Mrs, Porter spoke .on a second meaning of Must Serve"—and urged co- operation in all groups of wo- men's organizations within the church, The speaker was thanked by Mrs. George Paul who .also out- lined policies of the Evening Auxiliary, Attend Presbytery W.A. Members of the Lucan United Church Women's Association who attended the Presbytery W,A. meeting 'in First St. Andrew's United Church, London, Friday, were: Mrs. E. R. Pitt, vice- president; Mrs, Harvey Langford, secretary; Mrs. Jack Lankin, treasurer; Mrs. Sheridan Reving- ton and Mrs, John Park, group conveners; Mrs. M, H: Hodgins, press reporter, and Miss Gertrude White. Personal Items Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Smith spent last Sunday in Peterborough, leaving tb.e children with their grandmother in Oakville. Personal Items Mr, and Mrs. Ivan Isaac, Lon- don, were Thursday guests with Mr. and Mrs, W. J. McFalls. Mrs. H. A, Chown, who had her tonsils removed in Victoria Hospital last week, is home. The junior,choir of Holy Trin- ity Church has been invited to sing at St. Mary's Church, Brins- ley, next Sunday, May 8, at the ninety-fifth anniversary service. Mrs. Annie Fairless, who spent the winter in Harriston, London • and Indiana, is back home 'for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Dalto ' Valiquette and Mr. Garnet Valiquette are making an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. Murray Valiquette. They c one from Smooth Rock Fallis in Northern Ontario. Mrs. Harry McFalls, London, who had been 111 for some time, was able to spend Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Sheridan Reving- ton. Paul 'Conlin and Clifford Ache- son were thrilled to receive a joint letter from a perfect stranger --.Dr. Smith, of Windsor —congratulating them and all the Lucan hockey team for their splendid playing and good sports- manship '.at Goderich. He said he was sorry to see them lose out in the finals for he got more enjoy- ment watching them play than in watching a Red Wing game. Mrs. Frank Hardy'spent a few: days last week with her daugh- ter, Mrs. rack Knight and family, of Kintore. Visitos with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith last week included Mrs. Harry Beaumont and daughter, of Clinton,. and Mr. Allan King, of London. Rev. J. F. Wagland and Mr. K. Clark took the following members of Holy Trinity junior choir to a junior choir pratice at St. Paul's Anglican Church, London, last Saturday. Frank and Pat Egan, Keith O'Neil, Paul Lewis and' Hugh Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. H. Ritchie,, of London, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Haskett. Pkture News SOON TO TRY CHANNEL SWIM ---The English channel with its treacherous tides, currents and icy water, is the latest goal of Canada's winsome Lady of the Lake, Marilyn Bell, The 17 -year-old conqueror of Lake Ontario also has been offered over $75,000 to swim the Catalina straits -off California this summer, but she has decided to try,the channel swim. IT'S BLOSSOM TIME IN NIAGARA PENINSULA—Sur- rounded by a cloud of white bloom, Claudia Waldron of St. Catharines, Ont., admires the spring finery of the apricot tree, the earliest fruit trtek to bloom in the Niagara peninsula fruit belt. The annual display of cherry and peach blooms is not expected to reach its peak until some time in May. 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