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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-12-13, Page 17,‘-ii.0114.6.11. We Congratulate FRED DARLING LARRY CRONYN AND FRED DARLING IN FRONT OF NEW FOOD MARKET IN LUCAN on the opening of his IGA Supermarket IN LUCAN Extends Sincere Best Wishes Lorne Hodge PLUMBING — HEATING — ELECTRICAL SERVICE FOR THIS MODERN SUPERMARKET Ph. Crediton 234-6301 ColleCt OPENS T LUC Fred Darling, Exeter, opens his .third area IGA market, this weekend at .Luean with.; three- day celebration beginning 20 a in. Thursday. Reeve Ivan 1-learn will cut the ribbon before the doors open to the new food store, described as one of the most modern in the independent Oro. revs' Alliance chain. Workmen have been busy for weeks converting the former ear sales establishment into a colorful self-serve food mei'. CharldiSing centre with modern facilities. General .contractor has been Cecil Lewis. An L-shaped building, It pro- vides nearly 4,000 square feet of shopping area- Surrounding the market, front, side .and rear — are extensive parking facilities. Among the customer con- venience highlights of the mar- ket are a. 24-foot produce ,counter, 20•foot frozen food dis- penser, 24-foot self serve meat Case. a 12400t triple-deck dairy case. Meat cutting facilities are provided at the rear of the premises. barrY CronYn, v. ho served his apprenteship under Fred 'Darling at the Exeter store. will manage the market and the staff includes a number of Lucan people. Tile personnel are: Cliff Oronkite, butcher; Mrs. June Colley, chief cashier; late Mel Culbert and Val- Mrs. W. Sinibert, clerk, and (Tie Leitch, daughter or Mr. and jack Darling. Mrs. Jim Leitch, had a "party" Mr. Darling, known through- in St, Joseph's Hospital last; out a wide area through his Wednesday' when they all had. interest in horses, also .ope• their tonsils .removed. rates a store at ilensall, as Mrs. E. Ferguson was ,the well as at Exeter and now lucky winner of the box of Lucan, cakes at the :.1,,ucan. Bakery. Mrs. John Who hap. LUCANgRSONALs pened to be in the store when. Mr. Harold Corbett of Liman his mother bought: the last. tick- was again among the Royal et, made the draw last Monday Winter Fair prize winners when morning. h e eNhih ll-ed his maple syrup. Mrs. Harold Cobleigh, *ado- 'Venda Haskell, daughter of I and 2 PS leacher, was home Mr. and. Mrs, Clarence Has- sick last Tuesday and. Wednes. kelt,. Mary Jane Culbert, daugh- day. Mrs. Ivan ;Hearn supplied ter of Mrs. Ron Sipco and the in her absence, Speaking on "How the Com- mon Market Affects Canada" Thomas Shoebottom of RR 4 Denfield won the annual Mid- dlesex County Junior Farmers' public speaking contest Thurs- day night at the county build- ing. Other winners included. Sheila. Gates of RR 3 Glencoe, who spoke on "Why I am Proud to he a Canadian" and Larry Dickenson of II It 2 Denfield who chose as his topic "Man on the Moon". The winner will now compete at the Toronto conference in January. Personal items Mr, and Mrs. Murray Hod- gins and family were Sunday guests of Mr. and .Mrs. Emer- son Hodgins of London. Mr. John Smiberl of Frank SC, who was a patient in St, Joseph's Hospital for 10 weeks is able to be home. Mr. and Mrs, John Wood and small son of London were Sat- urday guests of Mr. and. Mrs. .Robert Jenkins. Mr. and Mrs. Glen McFalls and family were Saturday guests of Mr, and Mrs. W, R. McFalls. I The new figure skating class- es got under way on Wednes- day of last, week. Both the Women's Auxiliary of the Lucan Legion and myself were very gratified to see the overwhelm- ing response for this activity. Miss Campion, the instructress, was also pleased to see the large number of pupils attending, If the attendance remains the same as the first week, we should see quite a show when it is put. on at the end of their 12-week period. Although a report of the Lu- can Santa Claus parade will ap- pear elsewhere. in this news- paper, feel I should have my two cents worth and congratu- late the Lucan Businessmen's Association. for a job very welt done, Apart from the work put in by these men a great deal of hard work was done by the people who built the floats, made the costumes and partici- pated in the procession. As well as floats sponsored by local stores there were individual floats from Pre-Teen Town, Boy Scouts, Lucan Public School, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 540, Lucan Lions Club, Women's Auxiliary of Canadian Legion Branch 540, These last four floats emphasized both the hockey and figure skating pro- grams in Lucan. Future activities Fri- day next, Young Peoples' dance at the arena; Tuesday next, Lucan Juniors play host to Strathroy at 8.30 p.m. Wednes- day next, Pre-Teen Town Christ- mas dance at the. arena also figure skating classes com- mencing at 6:00 p.m. Here is the schedule for the house League for next Satur- day: Pee Wees, 2.3 p.m., Can- adians vs. Red Wings; 3.4 p.m., Hawks vs. Maple Leafs ; 4.5 p.m, Bruins vs. Rangers; Ban- tams, 5.6 p.m., Bisons vs. In- dians; 6-7 p.m., Hornets vs. Orioles; Midgets, 7-8 p.m„ Beavers vs. Maroons. The next start for the Lucan Legion Pee Wees, Bantams and 'Midgets in the Shamrock league will be in Belmont on Friday, Dec. 21 at 7 pm,. A reminder to all you good people to get behind these jun- iors and buy a ticket for their dance on December 21. Finally, I would like to or- ganize a table tennis club in Lucan for both juniors and Mrs. R. Downey interred in Ohio Mrs. Robert W. Downey, 64, of Main St., Lucan, died sud- denly at her home, Friday, Dec, 7, Mrs. Downey, the former Eleanor Peters, was the daugh- ter of the late Mr. and. Mrs. James Peters of Mount Brydges. She and Mr, Downey moved to Loran 1.2 years ago. She is survived by her hus- band, one daughter Mrs. :Rob- ert (Bessie Mary) Evans and three grandchildren, Sandra, Karen and Nancy Evans of Tallmadgc, Ohio; also two sis- ters, Mrs. Bruce Thompson and Mrs. Alice Irwin, both of Mount Brydges, On Monday, Dec. 10, the Rev. G. W. Sach of the Lucan United Church, conducted funeral serv- ices at the C. Haskett & Son. funeral home. interment was in Crown Hill cemetery, Darrow- ville, Ohio. adults. I know there are quite a few persons interested so will you please phone me at the office for registration. May-. be a team could be finned from within this club for com- petition with other clubs. LUCAN AND DISTRICT NEWS Local speaker top 4-H contest Recreation news By NORM CARTER TO FRED DARLING ON OPENING HIS NEW ELECTRICAL It was our pleasure to do the IGA in LUCAN Installation for this Modern. Store and HEATING We Were Pleased to Supply the INTERIOR MATERIAL and COUNTER SHELVING We would be pleased to give estimates on any type of plumbing, heating or electrical work in the area at any time. LARRY CRONYN the Times.Arivocato, Dec her 13, 1942 r'ae 17 er NEW One! Fred Darling proudly announces the opening of another NE D RUNGS IGA M IN ST., LUCAN WONDERFUL NEW FACILITIES UNDER THE EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT OF LARRY CRONYN VISIT THIS GRAND NEW LUCAN STORE WHICH OFFERS THE ULTIMATE IN SHOPPING EASE Our Lucan Store will be open Friday Evening, Too! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * These Great IGA savings available at Exeter, Hensall and Lucan Stores ALWAYS The Best Meat Buys at ,Darlin9's .1 .GA Average Fresh Picnic Shoulders 3 ing Size Tide , 30( OFF IGA Brand 48.Oonce Pineapple Juice St. Williams Assorted Jams 9-0Z. Manic Leaf Mincemeat 28,OUNCE B e tty Cretiter Pie Crust Mix 18 OUNCE 1.23 FRESH PRODUCE 29 19c 4 i 31c 39c Head '.Lettuce Z. Cauliflower Bananas 2 t4. 29' FROZEN FOOD Btsofii Otien Perch Fillets county Fart» French Fries Pork au HS FRESH. PORK LIVER TABLE-41TE WI EN RS—$10,0.0$ 111.11\IG'!;