HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-05-30, Page 12:Ns 12 711. wrimiwAthrocilic May 30,
Robert Hodgins
Began :Industry
aebert Wilson Hedgins, 6S,
passed away Friday, May 24
at his late residence, Ravens..
VW, Ont. He lay at rest in the
Oltpin funeral home, Thedford,
• 2. pan. Monday, May 27,
..$0011, nea1 aerpices •wete con-
0"Untedin, the -chapel. Interment
was tn et. James ,Cometery,
Clandeboye.
Mr. Ilodgins lived. for a num-
ber of Tears on l‘laritet St. Lucan
ap.d .was well known in the yip.-
nity AS it 'was he who started
the turnip waxing industry in
Wean.
survived by his. wife, the
terrner ElVa. Clare Cochran, two
sons. Alien ,of Thedford. and
:Jelin .of Toronto and one (laugh. -
ter, (Jean) Mrs. Ronald Stith,
Van . R.N. of Theclford.
kiwis Club Meeting
At the Lies Club dinner in 'the
church basement last Monday
night Rev. J. P. Prest presented
pins to 10 of the 18 members for
100% attendance during the
year; D. A. Ashworth, Don Ban -
ting, Jim Young, Alex Young.
Jack Steacy, Clarence Haskett.
Harold Whyte, Will Haskett, Mel
Culbert and Les Woodward.
Evening Auxiliary
The Evening Auxiliary of the
United Church, owing to the
Hobby and Trade Fair held
their May meeting in the United
Church parlors, Tuesday eve-
ning instead of Thursday eve.
•Mrs. George Paul presided and
Mrs. George Thomson's group
took the worship service and
study book.
Arrangements were made for
the sectional meeting to be held
n Clandeboye, June 7.
The branch will this year cater
to the mother and daughter ban-
quet, the date of which has been
changed to June 11. Mrs. Bert
Thomposn will be convener,
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VETERANS OF THE TRACK -Don and B11 Banting, Lucan, were .arnOng the veteran
horsemen who opened Lucan's new race track during, the trade and hobby fair over
the weekend. Bill Banting is driving Jubilee Grattan, who's still hale and '.hearty at
3Q years 4f age, which is equivalent to 120 for a human. The two bretherf staged. a
matched race Friday night and Jubilee was game enough to go the full mile and.
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DISPLAY HOBB1ES-Mrs, G. Nicholson, right, and Mr. B, Steacy were among the
exhibitors who displayed their hobbies at Lucan's first trade and hobby fair over the
weekend. Mrs. Nicholson has become so proficient at leathercraft that she is now an
instructor. Mr. Steacy was one of a number of painters who displayed art. Some of
the woodcraft exhibits are shown in the background. -T-A- Photo
Lucan
And District News
Phone 109. Lucan
Correspondent: Miss Lina • Abbott
Variety Program, Exhibits
Attract 2,0Q0 To Fair
With the drawing of ticket
16551 for a suit of clothes, and
ticket 16493 for all the remain-
ing prizes on the platform, the
curtain came' down near inid-
night Saturday evening on
Lucan's three-day Hobby and
Trade air.
carry the venture out of the red.
Proceedings began Thursday
-evening with a parade of Cubs
and Scouts led by an R.C.R.
band from Wolseley Barracks,
London, free rides for the
kiddies, a display of ancient and
modern fire -fighting equipment,
old Ribson, recreational three -
Har. Bubbles the Clown, and Heidi
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the wonder dog.
The committee, headed by
tor, tackled the gigantic project Friday drew a big , crowd to
of putting across a three-day the rear of the arena for the
Hobby and Trade Fair that would horse racing. Old timers re -
have ' •daunted the spirit of a called Lucan's first race track
municipality twice its size, but and races of bye -gone days,
in spite of weather conditions, while the present generation
the attendance was over 1,900, tried to visualize a 'wider track,
which the committee feel will a recreation field, a baseball
diamond and grandstand.
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Re-elect Robert (Bob)
McCubbin
LIBERAL --- WEST'MIDDLESEX
17 Years
Looking After
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10 Years
PARLIAMENTARY
ASSISTANT TO
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West Middlesex will con -
Witte to get the services
and recognition it de-
serves,
Vote McCubbin
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TWO COMMITM ROOMS: Strathroy and Riverside
Drive at Warren iloadv London Township.,
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woodworking were . exhibited by
oWton Wasnidge and Gordon
Andy Chisholm, Lusk showed
Race Winners
Winners were: free-for-all,
Pauline Volo, 1-2, owned by
Hardy Bros., driven by Clarence
Young; Linda's Girl, 2-1, owned
and driven by Eldon Young;
Charles Chips, 3,-3, owned and
driven ,by Neil McRann;
2,30 'class: Superlative, 1-2,
owned by Neil McRann, and
driven by 'Clarence Young; Sid
Hal, 2.1, owned by Hardy Bros„
and driven by Jack Hardy;
April Rose, 3-3, owned and
driven by Neil MeRann.
On • Saturday night, in a
matched race pace, Billy High,
owned and driven by Sheridan
Revington, nosed out Lucan Lee,
owned and driven by Don
Banting,
The races were followed by a
square dancing contest by public
school oontestants, The -i'Sub-
urban Kids" were the winners.
The dance, to the music of the
Keynotes, drew another big
crowd. -
Saturday's big event was the
amateur conlpetition in the audi-
torium. Prize winners for 12
years and under were: Gayle At-
well, of Belton, $15; Karen and
Linda Russell, of Hensall, $1O,
and "The Six Milk Maids," of
Belmont, $5; adults, Pearl Tay-
lor, of St, Thomas, 525; bred
Thomas, of Belmont, $10; Plaza
Valley Boys of Exeter, $5.
Mrs. Warner MeRob t.s
Whalen teacher, and her pupils
staged several square dances
Saturday'evening down on the
arena floor, 'Unfortunately only a
few on -lookers were able to see
the little performers who did
well.
Displays arid concessions at
the fair were entered by Lucan
Legion, 3, IL Ready, It. B.
Langford, Liman. Wr, Scott's
Elevator, M. J. Simpstifl, Lucan
Boy Scouts, Canadian Army,
Lion Meter Salts, b A. Ash -
mud, Jaek Radcliffe, Den tat-
ting, C. IIaskett and Son and
Sack rfayneg,
TWa extensive displays Of
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Map. Graduation
At United Church.
The WMS a the United Church
held its May meeting in the -
church 'parlors,' last 'Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Mex Yonng
in the choir and. Mrs. Roniston'S
group in ,charge at program and
-refreshments. The latter was
assisted by *Mrs. 'Thomas UP.
Mrs. Gordon Banting, Mrs. John
Park. Mrs. IL B. Langford, Mrs..
Harold Whyte ancl. Mrs. Sin1tb.
The study book enlarge4 on
lite in Wing Kong and Formosa.
Pians for the June mass gra-
duation , of Baby Band, Mission
Band, Explorers and. COD.' were
discussed:
The Evening Auxiliary's arti-
cles for their bale were .on dis-
play. A short memorial service
was held for Mrs. .S. C. Chown
who passed away so unexpect-
godly Sunday May 19. Mrs.
'Chown was one of the branch's
most faithful members and al-
ways gave so willingly of her
;musical talents to all organiza-
tions as well as the WMS,
Lucan. Dogs Win Again
Keen ,competition means little
to the dogs of Brialin Kennels,
owned by Mrs. Eileen Currie of
Lucan. Last Saturday she show-
ed two dogs, Ziska Snow Storm-
er and his daughter, Brialin
Una, at the Aurora District Ken-
nel Club Show at Aurora.
In spite of a 10 dozen entry,
the former won first in Canadian
bred dog class and Una, who
has never been beaten in her
class yet, won first ,in Junior
Puppy Female, first in, Bred by
Exhibitor Female and also best
Canadian bred puppy,
Ladies' Guild
The Ladies' Guild of Holy Trin-
ity Anglican Church held its May
meeting Monday evening in the
Parish Hall, with the president,
Mrs, Kay Egan, in the chair.
Miss Lina Abbott read the•Scrip-
ture lesson. A cup and saucer
shower was one of the features
of the meeting.
Plans were -made for, a ham
and strawberry slipper June 26.
Rev. J. P. Prest,..who was
present for part of the meeting,
spoke briefly. * •
Arena
Activities
By HAROLD RIBSON
Oh boy! It's Monday night and
operations at the arena have
quieted down but only for one
day.
Monday's W.I. convention was,
in reality, a nice, quiet' interlude -
before the storm. Preparations
• for a three-day music festival
begin tomorrow.
However to get back to the
onset of activity, which was Lu -
can's "Hobby and Trade Fair",
more than 1,900 people attended
and were pleasantly surprised
to find such an attractive variety
of craft, hobby and antique dis-
plays.
Thanks to a cooperative and
hard-working committee, (under
the chairmanship of Harold
Whytet
Y; ticarirs 'first hobby and
trade fair was a most success-
ful event. In fact, four of the
commercial exhibitors have re-
served space for the next an-
nual fair.
We extend a sincere thanks
to the Second R.C.R. Regiment,
for its able assistance and to
Messrs. McCarrol and Veal and
to Mr. and Mrs. Bradley of the
RCAF Centralia, for their help
in assisting Mr. Watson, district
supervisor of the Community'
Programmes Branch, in the var-
ious phases of judging.
Next week, we shall try to
give a complete report on the
entire fair,
Joint Board Meeting
At a joint meeting of Holy
Trinity and St.James Church
boards of managements last
Tuesday it was decided to pur-
chase a power mower for the
rectory and also to renovate the
electric wiring.
Wins $50 Scholarship
Mr. Ira Carling received word
las week that one of his pupils,
Janet Calcutt, who recently won
a'gold medal and diploma, also
won the $50 O'Keefes' scholar-
ship.
Deaneries Choir Festival
Combined choirs of Arva, Cen-
tralia, and Holy Trinity, Lucan,
met in the Parish Hall, Lucan,
on Wednesday night for a prac-
tice for the Middlesex Deaneries
Choir Festival which was held at
St. Paul's Cathedral London, on
Saturday, May 25, when' 15 choirs
took part, from Byron, Centralia,
Strathroy Aiwa, Hyde Park and
Lucan besides ,London churches.
John Cook, director of music
at St. Paul's, was in charge, and
George Black, director of music
at St. James Westminster was
the organist.
Expiorer R any
Twenty-four members of the
Lucan and Clandeboye Explorer
and leaders attended the Ex-
idorer rally in London last Satur-
day. "
Personal Items
rr,. a arbnar:rikMencr ash.rilviC.negcllofA.romuietba:ec
r. and Mrs, Dick Atkinson of
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London. The former is recovering
fromspent last weekend With his pa-
rents, Mr. and Mes, /re, Car -
and family last Monday visited
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Rev. and Mrs. Richard AnionS
of Ailsa Craig Were rectory vis-
itors last Wednesday evening.
Miss Lynette Walpole spent the
holiday weekend with her pa-
rents in Kincardine,
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kinfer and
Mr. and. Mrs. lens Andersen
spent last weekend in Montreal.
Mr, ‘i and Mrs. Reward Kew
and family spent the holiday
weekend in Toronto, the guesta
of Mr. Kew's parents, Mr, and
Mrs, E. Kow.
Mr, and Mrs. Louis Kilmer of
Thanicsford Were Saturday VISA-
rs with Mrs. M. 0. Smith,
Mts.Mac Lamond of
y was A Saturday guest 'Of Mil,
U. ttrn to'3
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his model airplanes and Rudy
Engels exhibited pottery 2,000
years old.
List of lumbermaterials for
construction of the old Lucan
public school, now Keates Organ
Factory, was shown by Harold
Corbett, whose father operated
the Corbett saw mill.
A horse that's 30 years old -
that's equivalent to 120' in hu-
mans -won the first official race
on Lucan's new track Friday
evening,
Hale and hearty despite her
age, Jubilee Grattan defeated
her stabiemate, Barbara Ann Lee
in a match involving two broth-
er -drivers, Bill and Don Banting.
Bill drove Jubilee to her victory.
Born in 1927, Jubilee was
raised' by the Ranting family
•and is still in its stable. The•
stable was established by Dr.
G, Banting, who raises horses
as a hobby for 60 years, Despite
his large medical practice, the
doctor found time to, care for
his standard breds. He died in
1953.
The two Banting brothers con-
tinue to develop the strain es-
tablished by their father,
Opening of the track was One
of the highlights of the fair. Em-
cee for the meeting was Tory
Gregg, former CKNX announcer.
.Children's Displays
Winners in the children's dis-
plays: 11 -year-old display, Randy
Paul, school stamps; 10 years,
Ward Hodgins, Sandra Thomp-
son, Roger Black; 12-15 age,
Wayne Culbert, Bill Darling; but-
ton eolleetion: Diane Cooper,
Joan Whitehead; marbles ' Pat
Egan, Terry Thompson; key eol-
lection, Wayne Hodgins;
Fancy work, Beverley Butler,
Terry Neeb, Jean 'Whitehead;
wood darving, Joan Whitehead;
plants, 10 years, Judy Thomson;
11 years, •Joan Whitehead; art
work, 'Terry Neeb, Margaret
Armitage, Linda Currie; scrap
books, nine years, Byron Smith,
Bobby Hickson; 10 years, Mar-
gaet Armitage;
Card Obildttibrly Victor Neil;
match folder collection, Robert
ne
Thompson; Stocollection, Ward
and Wayne Hodgins; coin collec-
tion, seven years, Nelson Knight;
12 years and over, David Whyte,
Bill Darling; conker tooling, nine
YeArsy NoneY Watson, Barbara
Park, Wayne Hodgiris; In years,
Jean Lankin, Ward Hocigina,
Ward liodgins; Oil painting,
Lorne Morley, Lorne Morley,
Robert Hardy; model 061iStrlid..
Lion, nine ,year, Larry Cooper; 0
15 years, ayne Culbert,
totes( Maw .
Quilt, Marian Reim; Radcliffe
Drug Stbre, Jetepli Kelly;
Ilaskett and: Son, Pats' Salto.
reign; DM Ranting, William'
Brownlee; glass Steins, Mrs,
Ciarellee Ilitskett; Seotr's
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tr, gg guss1ng, Dialing Willett,
EXeter;, auregn arrigan,
Lucan; shirtcy Mitchell, Granton,
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