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Rangers Reorganize
The First Exeter Land Ranger
company is being reorganized
under itho leadership <ot Mns.
Harold Hooke. It is expected’That
the meetings will be held on Mon
day evenings.
The Rangers have been assur
ed. that the new Scouit House will
he available for their use. All
form-ey Rangers and any new
members should plan on attend
ing the finst meeting,
Message From
Kippen
By MRS. A. GAOKST’ETTER
Lucan And District News
FEED CO-OP
Poultry
Feeds
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20% Chick Starter
17% Grow Mash
17-18-20% Lay Mash
20% Hatch Mash
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CO-OP
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TV* A* Bazaar
The W. A. of St. Andrews Uni
ted church held a successful ba
zaar in the Sunday school room
on Saturday afternoon.’
Mr®. (Rey.) McLeod opened
the bazaar after which sales were
brisk in all booths.
In charge were Mrs, Harold
Jones, president; in the fancy
work booth, Mrs. ’R, Elgie, Mr®.
A. McMurtrie, Mrs. Bert Faber
and Mrs, J. W. McLean; baking,
Mrs. Emerson Anderson, Mrs. W.
Kyle,, Mrs R. Consitt, Mrs. E.
Whitehouse, Mrs, S. Pepper, Mrs.
L. Lovell and Mrs. Lenard Lovell;
touch and take, Mrs. J. Cooper,
J>r,., and Mrs. J. Deitz.
Fish pond, Mrs. R. Turner and
Mrs, J. cooper, Sr.; produce, Mrs.
H, Jones and Mrs. Wm. Caldwell;
baby articles, Mrs. R. McGregor
and Mrs. J. McLellan.
’Candy booth was in charge of
the Mission Band with the leader,
Miss Gerta Bennindyk.
The tea room was attractively
decorated with Mrs, A. Parsons
convener.
Y.P.A. Meet . /
The Y.P.A. of St. Andrews Uni
ted church met Monday evening
at the home of Miss Elaine Bell
with twenty-two members present
Four Area Boys
Land In Creek.
Four Lucan boys, Keith Frost,
Peter 'Shipley. Tomxny Brooks
and Cecil Hudgins narrowly
escaped dea.th last Friday night
when their ear went cut of con
trol on Concession 2, Biddulph,
near No. 4 Highway, and crash
ed through a fence and landed in
the creek beneath, Fortunately tine water was not very deep..
The car, owned by Keith Frost
and Jim .Parkinson, is a total
wreck. Keith, who was driving
at the time, was first opt and
was able to assist the‘other boys.
Though all were badly shaken
up, none were seriously hurt.
Passing motorists brought the
hoys back to Lucan.
UC Men's Club
Hear Alcoholic
Giving his personal experiences
as an alcoholic^ Mr. Lorne Mohr,
of Lucan, was the guest speaker
at the
Lucan
United
nesday
Mr.
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November meeting of the
Men’s Club held in the
Church parlors last Wed-
evening.
T, S. Hill’s group had
of the program and re
freshments. The former included
solos by Gary Revingtop, accom
panied by his mother, Mrs. Sheri
dan Bevington.
Mrs. John McLean presided at
;he piano in the absence of Mr.
Howard Kew.
Surprise Party
>A surprise party was held at
the home of Mrs. Ken Thar,
Byron, " for Mrs, Garry Graham,
prior to her departure for Ger
many. Those present were Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Armitage, Mr.
and Mrs. Arnold Morley and
Lorne, Mr. and Mrs. Wes Hick
son, all of Lucan; Mr. ’ ”
Laverne Allison, Ruby
of „ McGillivray.
Leaves For Germany
Mrs. Gary Graham,
mer Wilda Armitage,
don November 18 for Quebec
City where she will sail on the
“S.S. Franconia” to join her
husband, Cpl, G. P. Graham, in
Soest, Germany.
and Mrs.
and Earl,
the for-
left Lon-
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The 'devotional period was taken
by Louise Hyde.
During the business part of the
meeting it was decided* to can
vas for the Bible Society also to
purchase vases for the church.
Ruth Love gave the topic “The
Church at Work.” The next meet-'
ing will be held at the home
Marilyn Anderson.
Recreation period followed
charge of jerry Parsons, r-
Personal Items -
Mr. Norman Long is confined
to iSt. Joseph’s Hospital, London.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart iCud-
more and Lome, of London, visit
ed the former’s parents', Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Cudmore.
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Recreation
Report
By STEVE STOREY
Attention teenagers! The
can Teen Town gets back
operation Saturday,
26,
The gropp will operate under
a new system whereby the mem
bers will plan entertainment,
lunch and so on. They will be
attended by Steve and Beu! a
Storey in an advisory capacity.
Minor hockey practice hours
have been altered slightly to, al
low some of the pucksters to at
tend choir practices. Players are
asked to consult .the arena
blackboard for new times.
Social And
Personal
■Mrs. R. Dickins and
Frank Coates, of Exeter,
Wednesday guests with Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Coleman.
Miss Doreen Garrett attended
the shower for Miss Mary Tomes
at St. James’ Church, Clande-
boye, last Monday.
Mrs. G. Strasser spent last
weekend in Chicago, the guest
of Mrs. Leslie Scott, She attended
the funeral of her brother, Mr.
John McMann, formerly of Sea
forth,
(Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Graham,
Paul, John and Lorraine spent
last Friday in Toronto.
Mrs. Norman Stoner, Arkona,
spent a few days last week with
Mr. and Mrs, Harold Corbett.
Mrs. Wilda Graham, who has
.been visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Armitage, and
Mrs. Arnold Morley, left Friday
to join her husband in Germany.
.Mrs. Bob Coleman and grand
son, Jack Garrett, were Monday
guests with Mr. and Mrs. Phin
Dickins of London.
.Mrs. Murray Hodgins, Explor
er Councillor, will have charge
of the baby sitting nursery at the
United Church bazaar Wednes
day, November 30.
Mrs. Margaret Stewart,
don, spent \a few days last
with Mrs. Joe Murray.
Mrs. Gordon1 Banting
last week in London, the
of her sister, Mrs. Earle Paton.
Mr. A. A. Simpson has moved
into the house of Mr. Alex Hod
gins and Mr. Arthur Black and
family have moved
house.
Mr. Henry Nyhuis,
has opened up a grocery, cold
meat and home-baking store in
the building recently vacated by
Mr. Ivan Culbert.
Mrs. Wes Hodgins spent last
Thursday in London, the guest of
Miss Holly Martin,
Mr. A. L. Kernick’s new Ker-
nohan house is nearing comple
tion. Mr. Kernick purchased his
lot on Francis Street from the
late Mr. Walker McVey and is
operating the cold storage for
merly operated -by Mr. Harold
Corbett.
Coleen and Wendy Weir, small
children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Weir, of London, who spent a
few days with Mr. and Mrs. Ed
gar McFalls, returned home with
their parents on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dickins,
of London, and Mrs. Bob Cole
man, of Lucan, were Saturday
guests with Mrs. Frank Coates,
of Exeter.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Amos
were Sunday guests with Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Amos,
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Weather
ly and
London.
London,
home.
A roomful
few adults attended the pictures
in the school auditorium last
Friday night. The proceeds will
go towards buying books for the
Library.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Hodgins
were weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Hodgins, Toronto.
Mr. R. Lippert, who has been
living in Rev. E. M. Cook’s
house on Main St., has moved
back to his own house, vacated
by Mr. Arthur Black,
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice McDon
ald and Mrs. William Dickins
spent last Sunday in Shedden,
the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Eldon Caldwell. .
Messrs. Harold Whyte and
Will Haskett visited the Park
hill Lions Club last Monday
night to secure information re a
Hydro Night in Lucan. The guest
speaker was Bob McCubbin. The
Parkhill Lions Club is sponsor
ing a Hydro Night in Parkhill.
Mr .and Mrs. Warren Flanni-
were Sunday
and Mrs. Cliff
Lu*
into
November
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spent
guest
into his
of Exeter,
family have moved to
Miss
has
Kate Bowyer, of
purchased their
of children and a
gan, of Lucan,
guests with
Abbott,
. ’Mr. and
and family,
Saturday guests
Mr.
Bruce Abbott
London, Were
______ ___ ____ with Mr. and
Mrs/ Warren Flannigan.
Mrs. Joe Murray is spending a
few days this week in London,
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Murray and fatnily.
Christian Education Rally
At the Liman United Church
last Thursday evening, the
Northern Section of the Middle
sex Presbytery held a Worker’s
Conference, sponsored by the
{Presbytery’s Christian Education
Committee.,
The meeting was chaired by
Rev, Gordon Pickell, Of Dor
chester. Discussion groups were
led by Miss Alice McFarlane, of
First St. Andrew’s Church, Lon
don; Miss Ruth Lasenby, M.A.,
leader of Metropolitan’s C. E.
Committee; Rev, Clarence Fergu
son, of London, newly appointed
C. E, Secretary for London and
Hamilton Conferences,
Mrs.
of
Institute Women
Donate To Fund
The November meeting of
Lucan W.I., chaired by the vice-
president, Mrs. Murray Hodgins,
was held in the Anglican Parish
Hall last Thursday afternoon.
Roll call of 22 members was
answered by a household or sew
ing hint. Mrs. Gordon Banting
read an article on the history of
the Mary Stewart Collect.
After a report on the recent
three lectures by Dr. Evan Bhute,
$10 was voted to the Shute
stitute and the balance of
proceeds will go towards
’Scholarship Fund. To further
sist in their share of this fund,
it was decided to hold a bake
sale in the Art Black Motors
showroom on Saturday, Novem
ber 26, with Miss .Lina Abbott
as convener and Mrs. A. Black
and Mrs. A. Philpott as assist
ants. The following members of
fered to make the necessary
posters, Mrs. Murray Hodgins,
Mrs. 0, W. Parkinson, Mrs, Pil-
liain Brownlee, Mrs. Cecil Robb
and Mrs, Earle Young.
In place of a donation for the
War Memorial Children’s Hos
pital, it was decided that at the
December meeting to have a
White Gift donation of canned
fruit, jellies, oranges, etc. For
the December meeting it was de
cided to just have local speakers.
Miss Doris Weir gave an in
teresting talk on the recent
course of copper tooling which
she and Mrs. Irving Gibson had
conducted at the Community
Centre, The beautiful finished
work of the class was on exhibi
tion. Miss Weir is now holding
a similar class in Parkhill High
School.
As November was the Econo
mics and Health meeting, Mrs.
Arthur Black gave a report on
work done for the Shute lectures,
followed by a splendid talk on
Mental Health.
This was followed by Mrs. A.
Philpott’s report on the recent
area convention in London, to
which she was a delegate.
It was decided to donate 25£
each to help send a A.C.W.W.
delegate to Japan.
Anglican Church
Repairs Rectory
A good representation from
both Holy Trinity congregation
and St. James, met with the Rec
tory Committee in the Parish
Hall last Wednesday night to
discuss plans for rectory repairs.
Mr. F. Hovey outlined the re
pairs needing immediate atten
tion and gave an estimate of the
cost. The suggestion to do as
much as possible by volunteer
labor met with the approval of
the - meeting, so the names of
volunteer painters and paper-
hangers were listed by Mrs.
’Harvey Hodgins, president of the
Guild.
Group leaders were asked to
contact those not present at the
meeting and ask for either volun
teer help or a money donation.
Work will begin at once.
New Rector Appointed
At the morning service at
Holy Trinity Church, Dr. Rowe,
who has been supplying since
Rev. J. F. Wagland’s transfer,
announced that Bishop Luxton
had appointed Rev. John Percival
Prest, of Bervie, to take charge
of Holy Trinity Church, Lucan,
and St. James’ Church, Clande-
boye; duties to begin January 1,
Mr, and Mrs. Prest have a family
of two boys.
Dr. Rowe-' will continue to
supply until the end of the year.
Mr.' Harry Atkinson
’Lucan relatives have received
word of the death of Mr. Harry
Atkinson, of Toronto, who pass
ed aw'ay very suddenly Novem
ber 10. after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Atkinson farmed for a short
time on the farm now occupied
by Mr. Walter Dobbs, three miles
north of Lucan.
Mrs. Atkinson, the former
Minnie Neil, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Neil, was
born and raised on this same
farm and attended Lucan High
School and has many relatives in
and around Lucan.
D.D.G.M. Visits Lodge
District Deputy Grand Master,
Right Wo.rshipful Brother Frank
Wright, of Kippen, paid his of
ficial visit to the Irving Masonic
Lodge, Lucan, followed by a
banquet in Holy Trinity Church
basement. A number of visiting
lodge members* were present.
Guests with Mr. and Mrs. Mur
ray Abbott included Mr, and
Mrs. Lloyd Maguire, of Scotland,
for the weekend and Mr. Billy
Abbott, of Niagara, who is spend
ing a Week with his' parents.
Comments About
Cromarty
By MRS. K, McKELLAR
In-
the
the
as*
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Taylor, of
Toronto, spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs, Gerald Carey.
Mrs. Violet Quance, Harring-'
ton, Is visiting with her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank 'Allen.
Mr, and Mi’s. Ferg McKellar
and family, of Seaforth, visited
on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Lindsay McKellar.
Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Soradahl,
Alice and Connie and Mr. Alex
Gardiner visited in London on
Sunday.
'Mrs. M. Houghton, Mrs. L, McKellar, Mrs. Verna McKellar,
Mrs. Thomas Scott and Mrs,
George Wallace visited with
friends in Clinton on Tuesday,
and children, of Mitchell, visited
and children, of iMtchell, visited
on Sunday evening with Mr, and
Mrs. Gerald Carey,
Young People’s Society
The Y.P.S. -met in the church
on Sunday evening with Bobbie
McKellar presiding. The scrip
ture lesson was read by Jim
Chappel and Sandra Ramsay
read a poem. Rev. S. Kerr led
in prayer.
The Study Book lesson on For
mosa was read by Joy Vivian.
Mrs. Archie Robertson
Cromarty’s oldest resident,
Mrs. Archie Robertson, passed
away in Stratford Hospital on
Friday. She was in her ninety
fifth year and had lived for
many years in or near1 Cromarty.
Her husband predeceased her
several years ago.
She is survived by two sons,
John, of Cromarty, and Stewart,
of Listowel, and by one daugh
ter, Mrs. John Wilton, of Metas-
kewan, Sask. There are 13 grand
children, 25 great grandchildren
and 10 great great grandchild
ren.
A public funeral service was
held on Monday at the Bonthron
funeral home, Hensail, and was
largely attended by friends and
relatives. Rev. Samuel Kerr, of
Exeter, conducted the service and
burial was made in McTaggart’s
cemetery, npar Hensail.
Mrs. Clara Collins
A native of Centralia, Mrs.
(Mara Collins, of London, died on
Friday in Victoria Hospital.
Surviving besides her four
daughters, are a brother wilHaxn
Doyle, ,London, and two sisters,
Mrs. Louisa Bowden., df Toronto,
formerly oif Centralia and Exeter,
and Mrs. Annie Boyes, of Claude
hoys.
Clarence Boyle, at Exeter, is
nephew.a
Mrs, W. Martin was the winner
of a cup and saucer drawn foi
at the tChatelaine Beauty Shop
on November 17.
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David and Margaret Rose cele
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On Sale Now
BASELINE ;
By MRS. ARTHUR RUNDLE
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Zinn, Mrs.
K. Pollock, Mr. Kenneth Zinn of
Sudbury were weekend guests of
Mrs. Zinn's parents, Mr. and
W. L' Switzer.
Mrs. Geo. Rapson of Bad
Mich/is visiting het cousin,
Arthur Rundle and Arthur
week.
Mr. C.C. Hodgins of Stratford
had charge of the services on Sun
day morning.. He spoke in the in
terest of temperance.
Mr. ahd Mrs. Lloyd Makins,_Mr.
and Mts. Roy Scdtchinere,
neth and Miss Webster, of
field Were Sunday visitors
Mr. ahd Mrs. E. Voddett.
Miss Barbara Robinson of
don was a weekend visitor
Mr. ahd Mrs. John Tomlinson.
Mt. and Mrs, Walter Levy,
Mrs.
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Continuation Sale
OF MEN’S & BOYS’
Suits and Overcoats Sweater' At ’A Price .
We still have a good selection hut advise you to
shop early io rthese' bargains. -
I rack men’s Winter Overcoats. Regular $85.00
to $55.00. 1/2-Price Sale $17.50 to $27.50.
1 rack men’s all-wool suits. Regular $35.00 to
$59.00 i/jj-Price Sale $17.50 to $29.50.
1 rack boys’ suits with 2 pair of trousers. Regu
lar $16.50 to $24.95. y2-Price Sale $8.25 to
$12.49.
Sweaters
Complete Christmas stock of
ladies’ and misses’ Grand
Mere pullover and cardigan
sweaters. All the newest and
staple shades at $5.96 and
$7.95, A very fine Christmas
gift.
Complete Showing
Of Christmas
Merchandise
Throughout
The Store
FOR CHRISTMAS
Knitted from pure African
Lamb’s Wool blended with
Orlon. Moth-proof and shrink
proof in a host of new shades.
Individually boxed.
Long-Sleeve Pullovers
Long-Sleeve Cardigans
Sleeveless Pullovers ....
Sleeveless Vests ..........
$ 8.95
$10.95
$ 5.95
$ 6.95
Sale Of Children's
Winter Hosiery
Ten dozen pair children’s winter hosiery. Fine-
ribbed cashmere wool, reinforced with Cotton.
Sand shade. Sizes 6 to 8%. Regular $1.00 pair.
On Sale at 490 Pair, 2 Pair for 950.
All Nylon Yarn
ON SALE 390 BALL
We are continuing our sale of 3-ply all-nylon yarn
noted for its exceptional wearing qualities. Still
a good range of shades, including white* Regular
50$ ball. On Sale 390 Ball,
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