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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-05-02, Page 13and district news Phone 47,444. itolostwowsi • .1,..,...A.AKR.,:m:Nr&o:. eeleeefie::ee ;orrospondont; miss Lino Abbott w. ;?AmEtt Rudy Engel. Photo,. Studio Portrait, Weddings Child Studies family Group: Passport photos Lucan Phone 227-4756 "THE LITTLE BRICK SCHOOL" BECOMES A MEMORY . ...... :=Ieeeeaaae3412=18Meetn=e- Val 's l-lair Fashions LUCAN kee • 's,trk% Wee Would you like to earn a good salary while you're building up an impressive and increas- ingly valuable business background? Yes 0 0 Would you look forward to being posted, as part of your career training, to other parts of Canada or abroad? Yes 0 No 0 Do you believe that successful people should take an active role in corhmunity life? Yes 0 No 0 Are you looking for a chance to move up in a large, expanding organization? Yes 0 No 0 Nettle Do you enjoy meeting all kinds of people/ Yes No 0 Are you interested in the financial aspects of big and small businesses? Yes 0 No Address.. Check off your answers and then take this questionnaire to the manager of your nearest Scoliabank branch, Or mall it lot Supervisor of Staff, the Bank of Nova Scotia, 44 King Street West, Toronto. BANK #',44:$ Iroit rFrusl Trutt Investment Certificates 5 1/4 % TERM 4 TO 5 YEARS 200 *Ricans Avenue LONDON Use MECCA for SCRAPES BRUISES INFECTIONS mecca, / moo-rite family *wont for over 60 years Ooletilv heals ',Mori Wounds.ton •ittitaMig, soothing antis* tic. Sold at all -thug outliers, buy Marco Jfi en or tube m_ es vocate Paste 13 'NO my hands, when nobody was. looking, Opening day, I picked Danny pp early, told his mother I'd look after him, and off we went. He to me, witecllY, that the Big Pnes were just he, low the 0404 An a deep hole. did a few little dance staas as We swished through the wet grass, Wit h the utmost it i envisioned my friends fishing those worn-out holes, withhun- dreds of others, "There it isi" shrilled Dan- or. "That's where the Big Pries area" And they were. Ail 7213 suckers of them. SUGAR „AND SPICE Dispensed by .Smiley Rec news Less pup s. seen. fQr PS Lucan Animal trouble Lose ancient landmark ,through the eaves, into their peothenae. Talk 4.1P94 bats in _the 130 - fry, There WAS hell to pay. We all etPeel Omit in the DO- rooms, looking at the ceiling, months open I was cheering tor both •Picies.I think the squir- rels won, because one mean,- looking starling 'tinned out, cursing over his shoulder, Kell be back. With re1ativt)4, 11-104 came the hardest blow of all, Qpening clay of trout season loomed. My wife teaches piano to a little guy from the country, He's about six, He confided to her that he and his brother had beep fishing. Bpedicleci trout, Before the sea- son. They save lots of big ones. # Next day, I drove past his farm, Pure enough, there was a stream. Likely-looking. Last Week, I was on hand, with a chocolate bar, a hag dollar and MY kindliest expression, when Danny arrived for his music lesson. He ate the bar, slipped the half in his Pocket, and agreed to show me the Spot Where the Big Ones Are, All week, I chortled and rub- sey of RR 1 Lucan, claims to be "its last mil". lie re- ports that in September 1926, only Bert Simpson and he en- rolled, so Bert was sent to the Lucan school and he to the Cour- sey school. Since then the school has re- maieee empty, For some years 11 A. Ashworth used the grounds fop his farm equipment display but of late years, the once well- kept school yard, has gone wild KEEP WELL WITH CHIROPRACTIC SS 6 Biddulph echpol, anotner of Lucan's oldest landmarks, will soon be naught but a me., mory, Designated, by all the com- munity, as "The Little Brick School" it was built in 1884 at the corner of Main St. south and concession 4 Biddulph, and replaced two previousbuildings of log and frame. Miss Hannah Gibson was its last teacher and Norman Cour- Principal Robert Jenkins of Lucan public schoel told rneni- bers of thp Rome and School Asaoelation at their Meeting last Wednesday evening that the 196 attendance at present will probably drop to 166 or 110 in September when the new area schoel is completed, This will necessitate the closing of one room. Recreation director Norman. Carter explained the arena summer activities planned. The biggest innovation this year will be the new swimming pool which is scheduled to be completed by June 15 with. John Albinson as supervisor. Mr. Carter said It was hoped to start softball for the girls as well as baseball for the boys. A summer school playground program will be held again. One of the highlights of the program was the numbers given by the school choir under the direction of the music instruc- tor, Luther Jackson. President. Mrs, James Free- man was in the chair. It was decided to donate five dollars towards a cup for the music fes- tival to be held May 14, 15 and 16 with the program of "stars" on the evening of May 17. A good attendance was pre- sent for the meeting held in the school kindergarten. Mrs. Cab- leigh's room worithe attendance cup. Mrs. Clare Stanley as lunch convener was assisted by Mrs. Gerald Lewis, Mrs. Charles Corbett and Mrs. Russell God- dard. Advertising pays its way Animal life, wild, domestic and In-between, has been giving me a bad time of it lateiy. First of all, a lady in B. Q. wrote a letter giving me the devil for the way I dispose of kittens. She doesn't know quite how I did it, but she suspects they suffered. Lady, I can as- sure you that I suffered far more than they did, My daughter conned a class- mate into taking the last pair of the last batch of kittens. As soon as they were weaned, the little girl picked them up. My wife and I sent her off with cookies, pats on the head, and our blessing, As soon as she was out the door, we did a tri- umphant fandango in the kitchen, and opened a bottle of bubbly. Twenty minutes later, the kid was back. you guessed it. With the kittens. It seems she hadn't cleared things with the authori- ties at home. She did not get any cookies or pats on the he ad this trip. She was lucky to get away, without a punch in the nose. My correspondent in B. C. reproved me for not having our cat "neutered." We've been into that, thoroughly. It's a costly business, for one thing. These lady cats have to have a com- plete hysterectomy, like all mo- dern women. After every batch of kittens, we discuss it, plan to have it done, get involved with getting rid of the kittens, and before we get around to putting Piper into hospital, that feline nymphomaniac is in trouble again. However, the kittens are gone. X probably won't get to heaven, but I swore to two different people that the kitten they took was a male. Nobody seems to know the difference. We called Piper "him" until "he" got slightly pregnant for the first of many time S. Next we had trouble with the dog, Playboy. He's a backward spaniel, and no animal can be more retarded. He's compara- tively friendly. That is, he's friendly all the time, more friendly when he's hungry, and most friendly when he's soaking .wet. You see, we hal planted grass seed in a large, bare patch in the backyard. Gently, and with infinite care, we had turned the soil, weeded it, seeded it, scra- tched it, massaged it, patted it, and enriched it with chicken manure acquired by somewhat dubious means. It looked like a pie ready for the oven. Our dog is not only too stupid to get out of the rain, he is too dumb to bury a bone, because he knows perfectly well he'd forget where he put it, so I had no fear of him disturbing the masterpiece. But he dyes like to chase things. Next morning, my wife looked out at her newly-seeded lawn. She screamed, I ran to the win- dow. The "pie" looked as though a troop of cavalry had bivou- acked there for the night. Hold- ing the old girl up by the arm- pits, I watched with horror. In a minute, two ruddy robins drifted in and started gobbling grass seed. Out of nowhere hurtled Playboy, making dirt and robins fly joyfully. He stood in the middle of the graveyard of our hopes, pawing the dirt like a bull and bellowing his triumph. CHURCH NEW . ... * Health is the greatest of all possessions. In order to avoid Illness, you should have a regular examination by your Chiro- practor every few months. You may be in perfect health, and again conditions may exist in your body which will cause you serious trouble later unless corrected. Consult your CHIRO- PRACTOR today, Roder Chiropractic Clinic 228 E. FRONT STREET, STRATHROY, ONT. Ontario's Most Modern Chiropractic Health Centre By appointment please. Phone 245-1272 Anglican The Sr, Woman's Auxiliary and the Evening Branch of Holy Trinity Church, held a joint tea and bake sale in the Parish Hall Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Irwin Scott, president of the Sr. branch, and Mrs. E. 0. Lancaster, received at the door. At a lace covered table, centred with an arrangement of spring flowers, Mrs. T. C. McFarlane, assisted by Mrs. Bob Coleman, poured tea, made by Mrs. Frank Hardy and Mrs. Will Haskett. Serving small tables, centred with bouquets of daffodils, were Mrs. Clarence Haskett, Mrs. Jack Steacy, Mrs. Don Ankers, Mrs. Dwight Henderson and Mrs. Arnold Lewis. Mrs. Joe O'Neil, president of the Guild, and Mrs. Harold Hod- gins were in Charge of the kit- chen. The food on the home- baking table disappeared like magic. Mrs. William Brownlee, Mrs. Roy Hamilton and Mrs. Harold Coursey were kept busy serving the long line-up. Owing to the annual W. A. meetings in London May 1 and 2, there will be no Sr. or Even- ing W.A. meeting on May 1, the regular date of meeting. United On Wednesday evening the South UCW unit met in the school room. Mrs. Ivan Stanley and Mrs. Wilbert Stanley were in charge of the worship ser- vice. Mrs. Ivan Hearn took the study book "The Rim of Asia." During the business session it was decided to hold a Mother's Day tea, and a home baking sale on May 11 front 3 to 5 pm in the Sunday School room. The afternoon unit met Thursday at the home of Mrs. Then the black squirrels and the starlings got into a donny- brook over who was going to have the attic for the summer. The starlings had it last sum- mer, and the day they left for the south, the squirrels moved in. The other day, a couple of starlings, tanned and arrogant, just like all those southern tou rist s, sailed insolently BEEF BINGO WINNERS The winners at the Beef Bingo in the Community Memorial Centre last Wednesdaynight in- cluded; Roasts of beef, JohnSimbert, Victor Neil, Mrs. Harold Mc- Falls, Mrs. Wm. Little, Richard Cowan (twice), Murray Hodg- son, Mrs. Cecil Hodgins, Miss Margaret Kelly and Jim Donald- son. Hams, H. B, Langford, Mrs. Wm. Mcllhargey, Mrs. Lloyd Hall and Mrs. Doug Ewen (twice). Victor Neil won a roast of beef and also "S hare the Weal- th". Three Lucan business-men last week reported their ex- periences with TA ads. Fred Revington of the Re- vington Meat Market, Who hand- les the best of home killed meats, recently advertised his new home bakery department opening, and had a splendid re- sponse. Furtney's of St. Marys provides him with fresh baking every day. Tom Weller, proprietor of the now Shamrock Restaurant (formerly the Central), who advertised extensively so m e time ago, reports he has no need of further ads for he cannot ac- commodate any more custo- mers. Recently an out-of-town customer came in. Before leav- ing he said, "I read some of your ads in the Exeter TA and I decided the first time I was in Lucan to try you out. All I can say now is, your ads did not lie. You do serve a splen- did meal." Last but not least, Gran t Brady of "Grants Radio & Watch Repair", who is perhaps Lu- can's most regular advertiser, reports, radio and television sales were good last week, but he also had 60 watches and one, old 100 year clock brought in. He got the old clock going again and many of the watches repaired. Where would he get 60 wat- ches in one week, you ask? No, not all from Lucanbut from Clandeboye, Denfield, Granton and even from Exeter and Lon- don. How did these out-of-town- ers know about Grant's Repair Shop? Either from the ads in the Exeter paper or from some satisfied customer. with weeds and dirt. Miss Flossie (Flora) Thom- as, daughter of the late Rev. H, A. Thomas, rector of Holy Trinity Merrell, Lucan, and St. James Church, Clandeboye, was one of the teachers in the early 1900s. Another was Miss Ger- trude Elliott, also of Lucan, (now Mrs. Charles Thompson of Thamesford). Miss Elliott held a special certificate in agricul- ture obtained at Guelph in 1909, so during her stay, each pupil had his or her garden plot of vegetables and flowers and took a pride in keeping the grounds clean and well mowed. Some of the other teachers who served in thislittle country school were, Miss Bax, Miss Fitzgerald, Miss Phinn, Miss McDougall, Miss Buswell, Miss Cornforth, Miss McDe rmot, Miss Copeland, Miss Perkins, Miss Hogarth and Miss Ray- craft. Last fall J. M. Marshall, whose property adjoins the school ground, bought the school on speculation from the new Area 1 Biddulph School Board. He gave the contract of re- moving the building to Bill Feltz of Lieury, who had a narrow escape from serious injury, one day, when a plank gave way throwing him on to a pile of stones and rubble. Roy Hamil- ton, from his service station across the corner, witnessed the accident and ran to the rescue. However, Mr. Feltz wasn't seriously injured and was able to be back on the job a few days later. Now today little remains of the once seat of learning for the pupils of "The Little Brick School". Mr. Hamilton requested the stone above the door as akeep- sake. It was inscribed, "S.S. No. 6 Biddulph, Aug. 9, 1884". On turning it over Mr. Hamil- ton was most surprised to find the stone had apparently been part of an old tombstone, for on the back was the picture of hands holding a Bible and the words, "In loving memory." In years to come, as the Ham- ilton family look at this treasur- ed relic, they can unite both back and front inscriptions and read, "In loving memory of S.S. No. 6 Biddulph, Aug. 9, 1884." Wes Revington, Mrs. George Paul took the worship service, which included a chapter of "The Word and the Way". A discussion followed. Mrs. Sher- idan Revington, gave "The Her- ald" report which included the "Changing face of SE Asia" and "India in a Crisis." Twenty-one members answered the roll call, The general UCW meeting was announced for May 19, when Mrs. W. Tonge, a missionary on furlough, will give an il- lustrated talk. All other chur- ches in the community will be invited to attend. Mrs. John Park assisted the hostess with refreshments. EXPLORER RALLY Mrs. Stuart McLellan, Eileen Donaldson and Margaret Cob- leigh were in charge of the 2'7 Explorers who went by bus to London to attend the Explorer Rally in Calvary IJC. A program of flannel-graph stories, films, music, drama and puppet stor- ies, was presented. MESSENGERS STUDY The Messengers met Sunday morning with Mrs. Stuart Mc- Lellan, and Mrs. W. J. Lockyer in charge, with the former tak- ing the worship service and the story, "Sun Hee and the Street Boy." The learning of the books of the Bible was continued. Pentecostal Holiness The theme of last Friday's YP meeting was, "Missions", so two missionary films were shown. A mixed quartette, com- posed of Linda Currie, Vicky Eizenga, Rev. E. A. Gagnon and Paul Graham, sang a mis- sionary number. Officials pleased with library here Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Frances Whiteway, county li- brarian of London, two repre- sentatives from the library branch of the Department of Education, and a representa- tive of the County Council Li- brary Committee, visited the Lucan library. All were impressed with the increased circulation and mem- bership. The latter has risen from 95 to 240, with four new ones on Saturday. When a request for new shel- ves was made the Lucan com- mittee were pleased to learn there was a good possibility of the request being granted. TIQAM CARTER The hig eYent during the past Week was the shamrock Minor Hockey Association's,annual banquet for, officials, coaches and Managers atici their respec- tive spouses. This was held in the Legion Hall in Lucan on Saturday, April 27, A large crowd of approximately 110 Was in attendance. During the course of the even- ing presentations of the various Winners trophies were made, and after the ceremonies the gathering danced to the music of a band brought in for the ocassion. The host club for this affair was theRoyal Canadian Legion of Ltican who sponsored the local entry in the Sham - rock League. It was announced during the evening that the pre- sident of the Optimist Club of Kensal Park would be pleased to host the banquet for the league next year. The winners of the various trophies were as follows; Pee- Wee 13, Exeter• ' peewee D, Stoneybrook; bantam B, Huron East; bantam D, Lucan; midget D, Ailsa Craig; junior D League, Hensall Zurich Combines• i jun- ior D group winners, Strathroy. Strathroy went on to win the OHA junior D championship. Belmont Midgets won the OMHA championship; Belmont won the ORHA juvenile championship. Belmont Bantams were finalists in the OMHA, Exeter Midgets were finalists in the OMHA, Exeter peewees won the Goder- ich tournament and numerous other tournaments, and there were many other tournament winners from within the Sham- rock League, In fact it seems that a large percentage of the silverware was won in West- ern Ontario from within this League. In so far as the summer re- creation program is concerned, a comprehensive course of events is anticipated. Baseball and softball practices will begin this week with a view to enter- ing teams in the WOAA com- petitions. Roller skating will commence at the arena just as soon as the floor is ready. There will also be YP basketball in the arena. It is also our intention to start girls softball if suf- ficient participants will come forward. Track and Field will also be encouraged with the help of the Royal Canadian Legion's new track program now on a national basis. It is hoped that a play- ground-summer school pro- gram will be in operation super- vised by two competent people. When the swimming-pool opens we will have ample in- struction for nonswimmers and for advanced swimmers a life- saving class will be operated. There will also be satisfactory balance of recreational swim- ming in this pool. The whole swimming program will be su- pervised by Mr. John Albinson who comes to us from Western University. While on the subject of new people I have now a new as- sistant at the arena, his name is Jim Burt who hails from Wellington, Ont. I know he will be pleased to make the acquain- tance of anyone in the com- munity, so if you are going by drop in and meet Jim. MEDWAY WINNERS Winners at the five-tab 1 e Medway Euchre held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sum- mers last Wednesday night were: high score, Mrs. Car- men Hodgins and Wilbert Stan- ley; lone hand prizes, Mrs. Wilbert Stanley and Clarence Lewis and low score prizes, Mrs. Robert Crinnian and Earl Middleton. The club will close the sea- son on May 6 with the annual turkey dinner to be held at the home bf Mrs. Crinnian. PERSONAL Friday the Lucan Fire Dep't. was called to a chimney fire, at the home of Mr. William Thompson of Mooresville. How- ever, little damage was done. Ambitious? Then consider a banking career. The future has never looked brighter for young people starting a career in banking. This is particularly true at The Bank of Nova Scotia, the fastest-growing bank in Canada, We need able, ambitious young men to train for important senior positions. Your Scotiabank training will include chances to learn modern banking in different parts of the country—and a real opportunity for advancement in Canada or perhaps in key foreign posts from Buenos Aires to Barbados, from London to Los Angeles. Are you the kind of young man we're looking for? Mother's Day Specials May 6 to May 11 $12.50 PERM FOR $10 $10,00 PERM FOR $8 ALSO $6.00 BUDGET WAVE Phone 227-4861 for appointments Mon. to Sat. -- Closed Wed, Agent for CNR dies in hospital Lloyd K. Fox of Rockwood, died at Kitchener-Wat erloo Hospital Saturday, April 20. Funeral services were held from the Rumby and Shoemaker funeral home Acton, Tuesday, April 23 with interment in Rock- wood Cemetery. He is survived by one, son, Stuart of Kitchener and one daughter, Ethel (Mrs. H. Hux- ley) of London. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Fox he was born on Highway 4 on the farm now oc- cupied by Frank Kelly. He was a CNR agent until retiring in Rockwood. At one time he work- ed in the CNR Office in Lucan. His Wife, the former Annie Wilkins, predeceased him. He still has many relatives living hi Lucan. At the time of his death Mr. Foe was blind. WI EXECUTIVE MEET Ten members of the WI executive and standing commit- tee conveners met at the home of Mrs. Sheridan Revinghen,the president, last" Monday after- noon to plan the 1963-64 pro- grams. Following a busy after- noon, Mrs. Revington served refreshMents, Yes! Lucan could use it Those who read Roy Jewell's most amusing write-up on the mayors suggestion of taxing non-residents, in last Monday's Free Press, were surprised and amused with this Lucan com- ment, "Now take Lucan for ex- ample. True they don't need money to build an arena--they have had one for a long time, but likely they could find other uses for extra tax income." ATLENDS CONVENTION Mrs. Russell Goddard of Wa- ter St. attended the three-day convention of the trustees and rate payers' convention which was held in the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, last week. She stayed with her Uncle, Mr, Spee- der Arrhitege Stanley who brought her Mitre and spent a day in Lucan. 1,1 THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA •Mdkt tHAN 6,06 0Pices AROS8 CANADA AND ' AtikOAti. -4,Armra RE LUCAN SEWERS The property holders of Lu- can have received their second lettet, re the installation of sewers in the village. This letter was sent out to clarify some misunderstanding, especially for residents living on corner lots. Lucanites are again asked to designate if they prefer the cash or instalment plan. The new deadline Is May 30, 1963. CELEBRATE 25 YEARS On the occasion of their. 25th Wedding anniversary on Sunday, Dr, and Mrs. C. H. George, Were surprised when 35 of their relatives from Guelph, Kitch- ener, Toronto, Parkhill, War- wick, London and Ltieen staged a real petty Per them. Follow- ing a smorgasbord, Me. Murray Hodgins On behalf of the group, presented the couple with a purse of money, COURSEYSCHOOL EUCHRE The Coutsty School Euchre Club held its final five-'table euchre for thie season in the school last Friday night With Mrs. Lawrehce litidgine: and Mee, Charles Grose as beetA eeeee. High score prize's Went tO Mee. jrio O'Neil arid Breee Mtere, leY, second high prizes to titre. Harvey Hodgins and Evan Heide gine add fetid hand prineis to Mrs. Evan fiodgitis and Erie IlOrigtrie te (it was gins:night). PERSONAL Mt, tom beefy -bile iit-Lildeiti't, faVerite Public Schoolteachers, has tendered his reSignatieri, as he has accepted et position bet the London staff, with duties to begin in '8epteitibet„ Toronto butcher Charles Ashbury Charles Nelson Ashbury, 80, of Lucan died in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, on Tuesday April 16. The A. Millard George Fu- nerel Horne, London, was in charge of the funeral and in- terment Was in Orillia Friday April 19. Relatives and Orillia friends acted as pallbearers. His wife, the former Effie Whitton predeceased him. They had no family. His only sur- vivor is one sister, Mrs. Ger- ald Millson of Clandeboye. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs, Robert Ashbury, he Wee born at Cottingham, near Orange- ville. At an early age he moved to Princess St,, Lucan and at- tended the Lateen H.. For a short time he worked in the Sovereign printing Office here before going to Toronto where he became a butcher. While working hi Winnipeg he mar- ried Miss Effie Whitton, Re- turning to Toronto he worked as butcher for the T. Eaten Co. On retiring he and Mrs, Ash- bury travelled for a year before settling in Oreille. Five years later after Mrs. Ashbury's death he returned to Lunn last September and rented a email house on the corner of Market and Beech St. and lived axone. Five weeks ago he became ill and Was taken to Si. ,tosepli o s xiospitaL Mrs, jernee AVeey of Udall attended the ferretd,