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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-12-10, Page 17. • '"•"'sstl'ststearssssgssst4s,,ssstsssi.osastSnsssssssstsrsAglrVsstts..,ssts:stss.ssnsissssssssts'ss.ssssssstststsississs'S1grsssssssssss,,sss Lucan ,., and district news Phone BA 7-425S Correspondent; Miss Lino Abbott Church Activities .:Pentecestal HUn.ss ChStrCh! Mrs, •ClaYten. Abbott was pro- gram convener at the Young Peonies' meeting last Friday -evening speaking- on the TemP,' tenons of --Christ,. Mr. Ed, But- ler was the speaker. Paul -Gra- -bani read -the scripture, Peter Butler and Miss -Lorraine Gra- ham gave readings, Anglican Church The baskets :of flowers on the .ebancel steps were In lowing ststem-ory of the late Francis En- Woerl Another new member, Peggy Bison, was added to the junior. ,choir. , Next Sunday will be White ,Gift service. 'United Church The White Gift .service in the 'United Church resulted in a splendid collection whicn. with those from the Clandeboye were ;packed or Monday and sent to a mission at .Matheson, Ontario, in charge of Miss Elizabeth ,Cooper. Explorer news At the 716 , Expedition _of -the Lucan Explorers, held in the United. Church -schoolroom last ISIonday evening Honorary Coun- sellor Iva Hodgins led in o sings song and taught some new songs. Counsellor Rose Revington led In the worship service with Patricia Cobleigh reading the Bible lesson, Mrs. Sheridan Revington, presi- ent of the WMS, installed the following officers: president, Di-- anne Cooper; secretary, Cheryl ;Thompson and Keeper of the Treasure, Louise Cochrane, During the -craft period African murals were made, iSs.s.tstsslrsssssssstcigif4SSssSssSSsssSss School • News trAISMssiss,,- Parent-teacher night Last Wednesday was :parent - teacher night in the Lucan Pub- lic School sthen parents were given the opportunity of visiting the school and of talking over their children's problems with the staff. Principal Wesley Clow was pleased with the number of par- ents, who took advantage of this privilege, for heofeel's such conferences really pay off. Members of the Home and School Association assisting the teachers were Mrs. C. H. George in,Mr. Clow's room, Mrs. Jack Lankin in Mr. Desjarclint's room, Mrs. Bud Cooper in Mrs. 131a•ck's room, Mrs. T. A. Wat- stm in Mrs, McRobert's roam, Mrs. Robert' K1 in Mrs. Van Arenthals room and, Mrs, H. T. •Bond in ,Mrs. Cobleigh's' room, Mrs. Don Hearn, kindergarten tiaaher interviewed the parents of her little people on Wednes- day. Open House The Teachers' Federation has decided to change the date of open house to November, rather than March to enable the staff to try out some of the worth- while suggestions submitted by the parents. Personal items Mr, And Mrs. HarOld West- snailand family, of London, were Saturday guests of Mr."And Mra. Allan West:Man and Miss Mabel McRoberts, also of London was' a Sunday guest. Mrs, Frank Coates and Mrs, .,Richard Dickins, of Exeter, were Thursday guests of Mrs, Bob Clem an. Mr. and Mr's: C. Colbert, a riderton, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Brownlee, Mrs. W. J. Frost spent last weekend in Buffalo, the guest of her sister-in-law, Miss Edith Frost, Mrs. Irving Gibson and /Wag Lint( Abbott attended The Exeter Tintek-Advocate's second annual family gathering and banquet at Armstrong's Restaurant last Sat- urday evening. Ludan't first icy Wee Casu- alty Was Mrs. H. T. Bond Who slipped on a piece of ice and broke the middle finger of her right hand last Wednesday. Mr, and Mrs, Wes Revington, Rose and Ann and Mr, F. Sifltp son were Mandan' evening guests of Mr, and Mrs. Harry Mc Naughton of London, Mrs. Sirnp-' sem remaining Over for a visit In Lendon. Lucan got its first real stIOW on Sunday night, Mrs. Will Wee, Miss Reta Isaste, .Mr. and Mrs. Wilhiais Hodgins o Lucan, Mr, and Mrs, Bruce Isaac 6f Itit 1 Lucan and Itfr, and ,Mrs. Alton Isaac of Clandeboye were among the guests at the Hodgiria -Borland wedding The groOm, Jelin Roland Itocigins, is a on of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Hedging, of Lobo and was born and raised in Lit - n a h Private and Mr, Cheater 1)'1306ntiell and /artily Wt last Ytiday ler Doakt0Wis- N.X. to 'nialt Mt. O'DiShnell's narenta, and will be postedt6 'CAW Gage- -Um/1, N. litarbY• Mr. and MT'S, L J. )(infer Were "Weekend guests of Mr, and Mts. V", O. Andersen, Mes. XennetiT Thointitfort, nee lfardY, Anne at Canal &tie, Panama, was a Weekend best Cyr Mr. and Mr& train( HatitlY. • Everything old at GOild bazaar Large baskets of flowers, a decorated Christhlas tree and Christmas decorations -formed the ,setting in the basement of 1101Y Trinity Church for the Ladies' Guild annual bazaar and tea. In spite of a drizzling rant there was a splendid crowd, who soon bought up everything in sight. Never before in the his- tory of the church was everything sold. The Guild president, Mrs. Key Egan, and Mrs, J. 1', Prest re- ceived at the door while the treasurer, Mrs. Gerald Lewis was in charge of the admission, Mrs. Don Ankers was dining - room convener and is to be con- gratulated on her room and table decorations. Assisting her in serving were Mrs, Jack Murdy, Mrs. .Alan Scott, Mrs, Jack Steacy, Mrs, E. Bridger, Mrs. Pat Grudge, Mrs. Jack Hardy and Misses Joan liodgins and Dianne Bowman. Mrs. George Hodgins and Mrs, Toe O'Neil were kitchen conven- ers and were assisted by Mrs. Guy Ryan and Mrs, Allan Ryan. Mrs, Harold Coursey, Mrs. Ohanles Beggar Mrs. Irving Scott and Mrs, Karl O'Neil were kept busy at the home -baking table while Mrs. William Brown- lee, Mrs. Harold Hodgins, Mrs. It. Bowman and Mrs. Harvey Hodgins were equally busy at the fancy work nooth. Mrs. Charles Corbett, Mrs. Roscoe Hodgins and Mrs: Jack Elson had charge of the Eve- ning Auxiliary's table of candy, plates and calendars, The touch and take table with Mrs. H. T. Bond and Mrs. James Hodgins was a poptilar spot for old and young. Mrs. Herman Young and Miss Lina Abbott presided at the country store. A draw for the bathroom set was made by little Elizabeth Hodgins. By a strange coinci- dence she drew .her neighbor's ticket—Mrs. Will Dickens. Third clinic Beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, December 11, Dr. E. R. Pater- son will hold the third immu- nization clinic' at the school for protection against diphtheria, tet- anus, whooping cough and polio. Personal items Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mueller and Deborah, of Waterford, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Crozier. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Banting and family, of Brampton, were guests of Mr. and Mrs, Gordon, Banting last week. . Miss Vera Wasnidge, of To- ronto, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Wasnidge and MI 'spent &fri- day with Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Wasnidge of West McGillivray, the occasion being bliss Was- nidge's birthrady. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Young and family, of Landon, were Sunday guests a Mrs. J. R, Murray. Recreation Activities By SAM SCREATON Director ,Of Resreetion Just a word of reminder for those interested, the Women's Institute meets in the Isuean Arena at 2:00. p.m. The Lucan Pablic School Christmas concert will be held in the Lucan Community Memor- ial auditorium on Monday, Dee, 21, We'll have more to say about it later, bat for the time we mention it so that all parents can keep- this date in mind and plan to COME. Quite a number af times, the writer has requested in this col- umn to know if there is any interest in the formation of a Teen Town and a. Senior Citi- zens Club. So far no replies have been received from either group, This could mean one of two things: either there is no inter- est in either --or nobody reads this cblumn It could easily be the latter ease as I would hate to think it were the former, Surely some- body inust be interested., Don't any of the adults even like to play euchre or the teenagers like to dance??? If no one is in- terested the writer can't do any- thing about it, so if you are, please phone and let me know. The arena number is BA 7-4221. My residence phone number is BA 7-4491. Now for some hockey news that should be of interest to many people not only in Lucan, abut all the way from Exeter to London, The Shamrock Minor Hockey are sponsoring a junior hockey teare,to be comprised of juveniles and ex -juveniles from the various teams in the league, This Shamrock Junior team will play an exhibition game against the Strathroy Juniors this Friday evening—that is Friday, Dec. 11 at 9:00 pan. This should provide a splen- did gap between Juvenile and Intermediate ranks and also pro- vide some excellent hockey. So this Friday why not plan to come out and see the boys in action. John Merrilees John Merrilees, 72, died In Westminster Hospital on Monday, Nov. 30. He remained in the C. Easkett and Son Funeral Horne, Lucan until Wednesday morning, Dec. Then he was taken to the Cyril J. Beill Funeral Home, Dutton for a funeral 'service at 2 p.in. Thursday, Dec. 3. Interment was in Fairview cemetery at Outten with Dutton pallbearers. Mr. Merrilees was unmarried. His only two survivors are two sisters, 'Misses Barbara and Lil- lie Merrilees, both of Scotland. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Laweence ,Merrilees ' of Camp- belltown, Scotland, he was a farm laborer in the Dutton dis- trict. Before his death he was living at Granton, New. budgt from Ciandeboye By MRS. 4. H. PATQN . , . CHURCH" NSWS unito Church On Sunday, the pastor, the Rev. Edgar Itoulston, was as- sisted by two young people, iNiiss Jud„ Scott. arm Murray 6impson, with the presentation of white gilts, which are beinS: tient to a missionary, Miss Eliza- beth Cooper, at Matheson, Ont. from the members of the United Church here. St. James At. St. James Church Bible Sunday was observed with the Rev, J. It. Prest ,presenting each member with a copy of the fall Issue of the Bible Reading Fel- lowship, White gifts are to be handed in on ,Sur ay, Dec. 13 winch are to be sent to the Cancer Clinic to help replenish the supply cup- board in Isoodon, A new church sign has been placed at St. James church, Persona! items :Mr. Clint Iiodgins is spending same time with Ins brother and f • and ¥rs. Rae l-Iod- gins, Elaine and Robert, „ Visitors with Mrs. Elmer Hen- drie on Thursday were Mr. Wil- liam Falls and Mrs. Emily Neale of Belmont, also Mrs, William Walkom of London on Wednes- day and on Friday Mrs. Fred Simpson of Lucan spent the day. Mr. and, Mrs. J, If, Paton at- tended the second annual ban- quet at Armstrong's, Exeter, for The Times -Advocate staff and correspondents. Mr, and Mrs, Anner Hendrie, Mr. and Mrs. David Henry and Mr. Mao McNaughton attended the funeral of Alps. Jennie E. Hutton of Florida at the Stephen- son funeral home, Ansa Craig on Monday with interment irt the Denfield. cemetery, Mr, Bert Little and Mr. and Mrs, Herman Myers of Toronto WINS FIRST ANNUAL TRIUMPH AWARD — Charlie Shepard, Winnipeg Blue Bomber fullbaek, hero of the westerners' Grey Cup victory over the Hamitlon Tiger - Cats and winner of the first annual Triumph Award for the outstanding performance in the classic, takes the keys of his sports car prize from Paddy Lou Clover. Shepard from Dallas, Texas, won the award by an overwhelming majority an ballots tendered by members of the Football Reporters of Canada. 01111,01111111(IMMAII#(11111114111111,11,111111111111101111111111111111111Initilt ,,, ,,,, , ,,, 111111111111111111111*, I . I i I TO THE RATEPAYERS OF. HAY TOWNSHIP i i I For your fine support at the polls on Monday, December 7. j • MY SINCERE THANKS Season's .Greetings To All DELBERT GEIGER visited with Mr. and 'Mrs. Andy iiiii sussessissossississess,..,..ilmssuse, iiiiiii Carter on Sunday. lllll The Bell Telephone are laying a cable on the west side of the highway north of the village, Mrs. Andy Carter visited her sister, Mrs. Clarence Lewis who is a patient in St. Joseph's Hos- pital. A Sunday school. teacher told her class of iiLLle boys about 'crowns of glory and heavenly reward •for good .people, "Now. tell me," she said, "who will get the biggest -crown?" There was a silence, then , Johnny replied, "Him wot's got the biggest head." ••••••1.MIN110... To The Electors Of Hay Township The trust which you have given to me shall not be misplaced. • THANK YOU John H. Soldan THANK YOU! Thi0 TimesAdvocioto, Oscomber 10, 1959 Pogo 17 riliffinos,m4,0"mgrillt+WIMilwilmmtarnittItiit041,t/tOMMOMmuntlogotmffilwilioitoirnimmil sokle7,000 :Life nsurance in ,onYertibli Term Insurance ANNUAL PREMIUMS M. 30 55945 Ape 40: . . ,$111.11. AO 35 79.10 Age 45 17.143 .44.OPITIPNA1, 19.4NgFIT5. — non -cancellable total disability income And additional accident Indemnity 's/aable tnr tint above plan at a low nittra premium. t SEE W. C. FOSTER occidental pHom g au OR BQX 211 ExcrER, ONTARIO ‘1,0,mumwm4onnulum.m.limmunummflummfluommunDnuumouunommummuomnom, , otottikfoglowiscfccoginftz#4003 icest* tct otol AIN sto ri soots mit .0e0mmo Jewellery Gifts Please . 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