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lost her home{ all her belong-
ings,oP4 twP WS, was guest
h000r at a kitchen shower
when Mrs. Barry lei,cNaeghtian of
Lendon entertained a nufnPer
LOW and London friends last
Wednesday,
She received a let of articieS
which will at least,be a start
in refurnishing a new home.
.and. di-04o news
March the first and :secondr
Were two. red letter 4€.tys for
90-year-old Austin. Ctttsholtn
of Water St. Lucan.
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Many awarded prizes
at colorful ice carnival
Friday night's ice carnival
at the arena, spriest:Ted by the
Lucan Home and Schpol Aa-
spciation, is now history.
Rev. G, W. Sach, Mrs. George
Paul and Mrs, Norman Carter,
acted as judges for the cos-
tumes.
Winners for fancy costume,
7 and under, were Steven Re-
vington, Jeffery Culbert; 8 to 10
years, Margaret O'Neil, Alan
Kraut; 11 and over, Maureen
Smith, Barbara Park and Bar-
bara Ready (team);
Comic, 7 and under, Sherri
Coursey School euchre
Mrs. Gerald Hudgins and
Miss Kathleen Ryan were has,
tessps for the nve-tahle euchre
in the Cpursey School Friday
night.
High score prizes went to
Mrs. Harvey Hodgins and Bruce
Morley and lone hand prizes tp
Mrs. Wilson liocigins and liar,
,vey Hodgins.
The next game will be March
15 with Mrs. George Hodgins
and Mrs. Jpe O'Neil as hes-
teases.
KIM said., "Pad,. you ciOn't.Seefin
happy any more, You're acting
kluda strange lately."
swore 'd never have AU=
thing to de with politics:again.,
on any level, Life soi4erech
swear it WAS she who pot the
skids under Pief, Pat to make
a fool of roe. At any rate, not
One, but two of the local can-
didates have asked me te, give
them a hand, and I've Premised
both,
These are only the major
obstacles she has thrown he,-
tween me and my courtship
of that cool but complacent lady
known as Peace, She has also;
Bashed in the rear end of my
car; loaded my eavestroughs
with ice to the penduloqs point;
arranged for my cat to get in
the family way again; tricked
Me into getting five weeks- be-
hind in my work; broken the zip-
per on my snowboot, and put my
hot water system on the blink,
give up. Come back, you
old trollop, and I'll embrace
you as of yore, and forget about
Peace, who never did appeal to
me much anyway.
ing was a broomnall game,
teachers vs senior girls, which
ended 2-0 in favor of the teach-
ers. (Mrs. Beer assisted the
teachers). Mr. Beer and Mr.
O'Neil dressed as women added
much to their pupils' enjoyment.
Owing to the lateness of the
hour some numbers on the pro-
gram had to be omitted.
BOER WAR VETERAN
. . . Austin Chisholm
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A Boer War veteran, he was
one of the 800 guests who attend-
ed the fifth annual Paardeberg
Ball at Wolseley Barracks Fri-
day and with Pr. 4. S. McCor-
miek of Canton, Ohio, were able
to give a first-hand account of
the 1900 battle in which the 2nd
Special Service Battalion, Royal
Canadian Regiment of Infaetry
joined the British forces to de-
feat the Boers, at the Battle of
Paardeberg Drift,
This RCA ball has become
Loandpn's most spectacular so-
cial event of the year, ie a most
elaborate setting of Boer War
Decor; streamers ballons etc.
Saturday evening a second big
party was held. On both oc-
casions a car was soot out for
Mr, Chisholm, whp was pro-
bably the happiest, proudest
man present.
Mr, Chisholm has nine child-
ren, 40 grandchildren and three
great grandchildren. All his
family but Bruce, with whom he
lives, are married. Mrs. Chis-
holm has been a patient in St.
Jpseph's and St. Marys Hos-
pitals for the last year and a
half.
Mr. Chisholm, though 90 last
October, goes in every Tuesday
and Friday by bus to see his
wife.
He is a member of St, Pat-
ricks Church Biddulph, which he
attends regularly.
Mr. Chisholm is very proud
of the fact that he and his Regi-
mental Sergeant Major, were
present at the Coronation of Ed-
ward VII.
Davis, Billy Goddard; 8 to 1Q
years, Harry Dickson, Michael
Anderson; 11 and over, Mrs.
Ross McRoberts, George Daun-
cey;
Messrs Clare Stanley, Elmer
Mosurinjohn and at Crudge,
dressed as clowns, were judges
for the races and staged an
amusing race of their own.
Winners in girl's races, 5 to
6 years, were Joan Lochyer; 7 to
8, Judy Mathers; 9 to 10, Janice
Traversy; 11 to 12, Janice Hay-
ter; 13 to 15, Barbara Ready.
Boys races, 5 to 6 years,
Jeffery Culbert; 7 to 8 years,
Brian Herbert; 8 to 9 years,
Michael Anderson; 10 to 11
years, Brian Gagnon; 13 to 15
years, David Lippert.
Betty Park as king and Nancy
Hardy as queen wet:1.01e couple's
prize.
A senior boy's comedy skit
won a big hand of applause, The
skit depicted mothers taking
their baby for a walk in the
park. David Lippert and George
Dauncey were the mothers and
Michael Anderson and Jerry
Freeman were the babies. Bob
Carter took the part of the
policeman.
Another highlight of the even-
Rec news
Not without regret, and walla
few secret rniseiVings, I made a
)pig change a couple of years ago.
Frazzled, scrambled, and
slightly addled, I took myself
aside, and we had a serious talk.
Just the two of us.
"Smiler, old boy," I said
to me, "how much longer do
you intend to keep up this non-
sense? Is this what you fought
in the war for? Is this what
you really want out of life, to
be a seller of four-dollar ads,
a chronicler of endless meet-
ings about nothings, a pacifier
of old ladies of both sexes who
have a beef, a lugger of papers
to the post office, a member of
40 organizations, a payer of
mortgages, a fighter of lost
causes, and a lousy husband
and father?
"I d'no," said me in my
straightforward, Canadian way.
"Wutcha gotten mind?"
Well, what do you do when
you talk to a moron? You hu-
mor him, that's what you do.
So I explained carefully and
clearly about ulcers, and pen-
sions, and security, and family
togetherness, and the fact that
I was 40 and ready for pasture.
Me listened open-mouthed. This
was all new.
As a result, soon after,
dog-paddled my way out of the
turbulent stream of life as a
weekly editor into the quiet
backwater of life as a school
teacher. I figured I would lie
back and float there for a while,
resting up before I sank quietly
out of sight among the bullfrogs
and the pollywogs and the te-
pidity and the mud of the aca-
demic pond.
But I must have fallen asleep
in that pond and been washed out
to sea, with a force-eight gale
blowing, breakers everywhere,
my collapsible life-belt doing
just that, and my emergency
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The women of Lucan's three
churches and vicinity, met this
year, in the Pentecostal Holi-
ness Church Friday to help
form an unbroken chain of
prayer around the world.
Mrs. Howard Currie, presi-
dent of the Pentecostal Holi-
ness Church W.A., led in the
first part of the service. She
was followed by Mrs. Erwin
Scott, president of the Anglican
Woman's Auxiliary, while Mrs.
T. A. Watson, 1JCW president,
led in the concluding section.
They were assisted in special
prayers by two members from
each church , Mrs. T. A, Gra-
ham, Mrs. A. E. Gagnon, Mrs.
T. C. McFarlane, Mrs. E. O.
Lancaster, Mrs. R. W. Stutt and
Mrs. J. O. Andersen.
Speaking on the theme, "More
than Conquerors", Mrs. Bren
De Vries of Exeter was the guest
speaker. She stressed the power
of prayer at all times in the
early morning, throughout the
day and at evening time. She
enlarged on the various ways
God speaks through nature.
"God's answer to prayer is not
always our way but His way",
she said.
Following Mrs. De Vries' ad-
dress Mrs. Ed. Butler of the
Pentecostal Holiness Church
sang a solo.
The offering, which will be
sent to the Women's Inter-
Church Council of Canada, in
Toronto, was taken up by Mrs.
Jack Murdy of the Anglican
Church and Mrs. Charles So-
vereign of the United Church.
rocket flares in my other pants.
It's just not that simple, you
can't just turn yOgr back on.
Life, that aging but still lively
mistress you've kept in style
for years, had so much fun
with, done so many crazy things
with, and expect her to let yoo
walk quietly into the arms of
that Other Woman--dear old
dim, dull Peace.
She won't do it, She'll hurl
abuse at you in public. she'll
throw gravel at your window
on moonlit nights. She'll trip
you as you march heavily to-
ward respectability. She'll put
black squirrels in your attic
and black thoughts in, your head.
She'll just plain raise hell un-
til you take her back.
I've tried. I've looked the
other way when she flaunted
herself. I've held her at arms'
length until I ran out of arms.
I've put my head in the sand when
she approached (and received a
kick in the romp for my pains.)
But she's given me the works.
I determined I would never act
on another committee, join an-
other organization, donate any
of my free time to anything, or
do anything for anybody, unless
it were life or death.
What happened? Life cackled
with glee, and I find myself on
numerous committees, a mem-
ber of several organizations,
lurching out of bed to teach
Sunday School, collecting for the
Red Cross, putting out the
school year-book, and giving
help to backward students, after
hours.
I determined I would be a
better husband. Life sneered.
Every time I tried to oust a
bad habit, she was right there,
tantalizing. So I still lug home
the box of suds, light one fag
from the end of another, stay
up till 4 a.m. reading, occa-
sionally try to tell my wife she's
wrong, and avoid any discussion
of repairs, renovations or re-
newals,
I decided to be a better fa-
ther. Life chortled. When Itook
up skiing, the kids were em-
barrassed. When I come home
ready for a fatherly chat, every-
body disappears. When I ask
them if they'd like to go for
a nice family drive, they look at
each other significantly and roll
their eyes. Only this morning,
Rev. Jack Thompson of London,
secretary for Western Ontario.
Mr. Thompson outlines the pro-
gram for the 1963 canvass which
will be held the week of March
4 to 10. The village was divided
into three zones. The Pente-
costal church canvassers, will
canvass south of the railway
tracks, Anglicans the east side
of Main St. and the U n it ed
Church the west side.
ASH WEDNESDAY
Ash Wednesday services
began with Holy Communion in
the morning and church service
at '7:30 pm. Members of the
afternoon and evening Woman's
Auxiliary attended the former
meeting.
CHURCH FLOORS
London workmen are to begin
refinishing the church floors
next week, preparatory to the
laying of the new carpet so the
church service will be held in
the Parish Hall and junior con-
gregation in the basement next
Sunday.
United Church
The pastor, the Rev. E. A.
Gagnon, was in charge of both
services on Sunday taking as
his theme, "A need for spiritual
revival" in the morning and
"My Rock" in the evening.
There was Holy Communion at
the 11 o'clock service and the
junior choir sang.
At a special meeting last
Wednesday, Rev. W. H. Turner
of Franklin Springs, Georgia
was the guest speaker. Mr.
Turner, who is general super-
intendent assistant of the Pen-
tecostal Holiness Association
and secretary for foreign mis-
sions, gave a report of the
work and also spoke on the topic,
"The Cost of Being a Mission-
ary."
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With the president, Paul Gra-
ham still confined to his home,
John Armitage presided for the
Young Peoples' meeting Friday
evening. Mrs. Howard Currie
was the speaker. Another sword
drill was held, the key word
being, "blessed". Europe trip
H&S topic
SKATING PARTY
On Friday afternoon 24 pupils
from SS 2 Biddulph and 27 from
SS 9, Biddulph, held a joint
skating party at the Lucan
Arena. A number of parents
from both sections assisted the
teachers Miss Margaret DeJong
and Mrs. Arthur Abbott with the
transportation.
J. Van Lieshout
native of Holland
John J. Van Lieshout died
suddenly in St. Joseph's Hos-
pital on Thursday, February28.
The body rested in the C. Has-
kett and Son Funeral Home, Lu-
can, until 9:30 Monday, March 4
when it was taken to St. Pat-
rick's Church Biddulph for re-
quiem high, mass at 10 with Rev.
J. F. Bricklin officiatifig. In-
terment was in St. Patric k's
cemetery.
Pall-bearers included Mes-
srs Joe Whelihan, Tom Patton,
Joe Harrigan, Michael Toohey,
Anton Menders and Tim Toohey.
Prayers were said Sunday even-
ing.
Besides his wife, Mr. Van
Lieshout is survived by five
sons, seven daughters, and 22
grand children, Peter of Leth-
bridge, Alta., Mike, John and
Ted of Biddulph Township, Jack
of London, Helen (Mrs. Martin
Filler), Nellie, (Mrs. Ignard
Sazalskl) both of Lethbridge,
Trudy (Mrs. Henry Knauer) of
Lake Louise, Mary, Diana (Mrs.
Patrick Molloy) and Mientje
Antonnette of London.
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Van Lieshout he was born
in Holland, coming to Canada
12 .years ago. He spent eight and
one-half years in Alberta before
settling in Biddulph Township.
He was a member of St. Pat-
ricks' Church, Biddulph.
Mr. Van Lieshout had planned
a trip back to Holland this
Month. It is Well he wasn't on
his way when he took the heart
attack Thursday: He was rushed
to St. JoSeph's Hospital by the
Haskett ambulance but d ed
shortly after arrival,
Personals
Mrs. Bob Coleman and her
daughter Mrs. W. W. Garrett
were Wednesday guests of Mrs.
Richard Dickens of Exeter and
all attended the "World Day of
Prayer" service in Exeter in
the afternoon.
Mr. Grant Brady is now living
in a small apartment at the rear
of his store on Main St.
Miss Gerta Hunter of London
was a Sunday guest of her aunt,
Mrs. John Casey.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Bond and
family have moved to Phoenix,
Arizona.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Abbott were
able to start for Florida Fri-
day in spite of the car accident
at Highbury and Huron St. Lon-
don Thursday with Linda Platt
of Highbury Ave., which wreck-
ed his new car.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Haskett
and Bruce were Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Graham
and Mr. and Mrs. James Tunks
(the former Shirley Taylor,
a former Lucan teacher) of
Chatham.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mueller,
Debbie and Michael of Water-
ford were weekend guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Crozier.
On Sunday Messrs Harold and
Glen Johnson of Belmont visited
their mother, Mrs. Chas. John-
son, who has been spending the
winter with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy spent the
weekend in Dunnville visiting
his mother, who is hospitalized
there.
Mrs. Wilson Hodgins of Lucan
was among the family group who
Saturday met her niece Miss
Kathleen Little of Ilderton at
Malton. Miss Little flew home
from Florida where she had
been holidaying for two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wind-
sor spent Thursday with Park-
hill and Thedford relatives.
After five weeks of sickness
(2-1/2 of which was spent in.
Victoria Hospital), Mrs. Mur-
ray Hodgins was able to be
brought home last Wednesday,
Mr, Lionel Kenrick under-
went a knee operation in St.
Joseph's Hospital last Monday
and is making satisfactory re-
covery.
TROUBLE NEVER
COMES ALONE
Last week while Principal
Robert Jenkins was out of school
with the flu Mrs. Jenkins asked
her neighbour, Mr. Francie Jol-
liffe, to drive her down to the
doctor's in her car. When they
were attempting to turn back at
the Roman Line they were hit
by another car.
All were shaken up but no one
seriously hurt. However Mr.
Jenkins' new car which he got
folloWing last year's serious
accident, was badly damaged.
Pentecostal Holiness
Being Bible Sunday the theme
of the pastor's address was,
Treasure Found in the Bible.
UNITS MEET
On Tuesday evening the north
unit, under the leadership of
Mrs. Chas. Sovereign, met in
the schoolroom. Mrs. Sovereign
was assisted in the worship ser-
vice by Mrs. George Thompson,
Mrs. G. E. Nicholson and Mrs.
A. E. Reilly had charge of the
study book, "The Rim of Asia."
On Thursday only five mem-
bers of the south unit turned out
so the leader, Mrs. Jens Ander-
sen, postponed the meeting, un-
til Wednesday March 6.
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The YPU met Sunday evening
at the home of Iva Stanley. Bob
Eaton and his committee had
charge of the worship service.
It was finally decided the
branch would adopt an orphan.
Rev. G. W. Sach continued his
discussion on "Crime". Owing
to exams the next meeting will
be held at the home of Bob Eaton
March 24.
On Friday a successful ice
carnival was held at the arena
sponsored by the Lucan Home
and School with races, comic
skits and fancy dress compe-
titions. This will probably be
reported elsewhere on this
page.
On Saturday the Lucan-Ilder-
ton Combines dropped an im-
portant game to Seaforth in the
playoff series. Seaforth now
holds a 2-1 edge in games in a
best of seven series. The next
game is slated for Lucan Arena
on Friday, March 8 at 8:30 pm.
This should be a real battle so
be sure and attend.
In Shamrock Minor Hockey
the playoffs begin this week,
with all the Lucan Legion teams
taking part. The peewees play
Stoneybrook in a home and home
goals to count the first game
in Strathroy on Wednesday
March 13 at 7 pm. and back at
Lucan on Monday March 18 at
7 pm. The Bantams play a simi-
lar series with Belmont the
first game in Belmont on Fri-
day March 8 at 8 pm. and back
in Lucan on Tuesday March 12
at 8 pm.
In the Midget series theyplay
Stoneybrook in Lucan on Thurs-
day March 14 at '7 pm. with the
second game in Strathroy on
Tuesday March 19 at 9 pm. Let
us see as many parents out to
these games and so help our kids
to reach championship honours
in the Shamrock League.
Next Wednesday March 13 the
figure skating group, sponsored
by the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Lucan Canadian Legion, are
holding their revue. This should
prove to be a worthwhile even-
ing of entertainment for all
people who attend. The achieve-
ments of the students in this
group will undoubtedly come to
the fore on this night.
The attendance at the weekly
table-tennis sessions is still
very encouraging and Wehope it
Will continue to be that Way.
Finally here is the schedule
for the Lions Clubs House Lea-
gue Hockey for next Saturday
March 9: Peewees: Canadiaris
v Rangers, 2 pm; Maple Leafs
v Redwings, -3 pm; Hawks v
Bruins, 4 pm' Bantams: Indians
v Orioles, 5 pm; Bisons v Hor-
nets, 6 pm; Midgets: Beavers v
Maroons, 7 pm.
The meeting of the Lucan
Home and School Association
was held in the school kinder-
garten last Wednesday evening,
with the president, Mr. James
Freeman, in the chair.
Being the Federation mee-
ting, the president gave a short
resume of the history and
growth of the H&S organization
which began in Washington in
1894 and came to Guelph in
1904. In 1916, Mrs. A.C. Cour-
tice started the first Home and
School Council in Toronto.
Mrs. Harold Cobleigh' s room
which has had the attendance cup
for some time was loath to
relinquish it, but went so far
as, to share it with Mr. Keith
O'Neil's room for the next
month. The cup is now so filled
with names that it was voted to
purchase a new one.
The guest entertainers, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilfred Logan of
Thorndale were introduced by
Mrs. Orville Taylor and later
thanked by Mr. Clare Stanley.
Mr. Logan, who was one of the
lucky winners of a free trip to
the Nice Lions Club convention
took Mrs. Logan with him for a
wonderful trip through Europe
and the British Isles. Mrs. Lo-
gan, who is principal of the
Thorndale school, gave an illus-
trated talk of their trip, with
Mr. Logan running the projec-
tor.
The president announced she
had secured Orlo Miller(who at
one time lived in Lucan) as the
guest speaker for the March
meeting as Mr. Miller's name
has been so much in the news
of late as the author of "The
Donnelleys Must Die" will no
doubt be a drawing card for a
good attendance at the March
meeting,
Holy Trinity Anglican
Speaking on the work of the
Bible Society Rev. Jack Thomp-
son of London was the guest
speaker at the 11 o'clock Sunday
service. Mrs. T. C. McFarlane
was in charge of the League of
Loyalty and junior congrega-
tion.
Mrs. Clarence Haskett, as
president of the Lucan Branch
of the Bible Society, presided
at a meeting in the Parish Hall
last Wednesday afternoon. Pre-
sent were Lucan's three local
clergy, Rev. E. 0. Landaster,
Rev. G. W. Sach, Reg. E. A.
Gagnon and all the canvassers,
Who had been chosen prior to
the meeting.
The guest speaker was the
HOW MANY ARE BANK CUSTOMERS'?
Kegler Carling
trophy winner
A safe guess would be every one of them /That's because, in Canada,
practically everybody has regular dealings with a chartered bank / Deposit
acdourits number more than 1.21/2 million —. or better than one for every
adult. And on the books of the banks at any One time axel.,800,000 loans
tfor.just about every personal and, commercial purpose /Through
5,000 branches, from one end Of the country to the other, the chartered
banks bring 6, full banking service Within the reach of everyone.
tRAIMEIttli) bAN7: 8 AVII4d tOITA.COVI1VitYNITY
Member's Of the Lucan Legion
bowling team, Art Bell, Bari
Carling, H. A. Chown, Larry
bitile Keith Dickson and W. J,
Smith competed last Sunday in
the'district boWl-off at the At-
eadian Bowling Lanes, London:
Although the team, a5 A whole,
brought Mine no trophy, yet
Bari Carling Won two, for the
high Single and for the high five
game total pin 'Winner:,
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EXETER
Still has chance
in speech trials
Gillian McNamee the senior
Legion public Speaking Winner
here February 1 and Pat Ryan
the junior winner met their
“Waterloo" when they cern-
peted at the zone contest held
in Mount Brydges Saturday.
However Gillian did Wiii
third spot and she still haS a
chance in the other contest,
March 16, at Chathaill.
The children Were atConi-
Peeled by their -ba yenta, On.
lian't teacher, MISS SimOne
Jacques and Mr. Art Bell, Mr.
W, J, Smith and Mr. Dwight Ball
of the Luoan Legion,
PBPSCiNAL
CO Charles Prest Oen of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Brost of Mite
St. Lucan) Who haSbeen statiori-
et) At PetaWaWa MS been sent CO
Germany With hiS wife and fa-
mily.
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now.
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