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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-02-20, Page 11SUGAR AND SPICE Pls.pen,4. SMWey: Clandeboye women dislike 'pointed toes' Proud parent Mom 227.4255 Correspondent; Miss Line Abbott iessionmeranswgektmgmausimmintemism -,,,uttiumpagmateKowatmziA, David Egan MM winner Ladies meet for prayer Deanery looks at curriculum Rea. E. Or Lancaster of Holy Trinity Chvreb Was, hest last Tuesday for the meeting of the West Middlesex Deanery;Chap-, ter, Guests included Rev. Lyle Crawford, Parkhill, ftev. Jackson, AAR Craig, APO. A. H. Jared, Arva, Rev., R. N. Feyary, Delaware, Rey. E. C. Werd, Gleecoe, Rev. Leonard Jacklin, :Hyda ' ReV C. $. Black, Iiderten and Ruaalpean, p. G,, :Scorer of Strathroy. Following 1101YG9m011:141Pe in the church there was a coffee break in the Parish Hall before the business meeting, maple- ting of a discussion on the new Sunday School cur r cu 1 um, which will be introduced in the fall of 1965 and a discussion on world missions. Localyouth in HS show d9Ilar bill. It We& 69 49PS aad dark In there that ; hava to admit I was a little tres1,1, * "Suddenly I Was. PStISti out and traded for Mare elgarettee# The store:owner grabbed me 444 yelled, "The Queen deesa't have that many bumps on her nose." The trail, was hatta "Well, my btaYs, Were tolli4 UntortunatelYa they had already died iron sting cancer because they had smoked ao many cig. aretteS whop setting Pills in motion. "I Write this While sitting amidat Weis in a large fur- nace, The penetrating heat Is beginning to s tif le me, My breath is coming shorter, the happy hunting grounds are Com- ing nearer. "Thlt the moral of my story is, 'If yoe're going to produce counterfeit money, Make only one bump on the Queen's nose and always buy gum, not cigar- ettes'." The above essay was written by my daughter Kim, age 12, Grade 8. A chip off the old crock? I'm only surprised that her second last sentence didn't say, "My breath is coming in short pants." ' Thursday and Friday the stu- dents and staff of Medway High School presented "Medway Me- anders", the 14th annual variety show. The following local children took part: Band, Louise Coch- rane; The "16", Sandra Abbott, Elaine Armstropg, Gail Arm- strong, Doris Culbert, Ken Har- dy, Dana Culbert, Carole Davis, Carolyn Donaldson, Na n c yEg- an, Larry Armstrong,Steve Da- vis, Tom Hardy and Paul Rev- ington. Jr. band, Larry Armstrong, Mike Bobor, Lynda Inson, Paul Revington; make-up, Lois 0' Neil, Kathleen O'Shea, Barbara Ready, Cheryl Thompson, Judy Thomson and Nancy Watson; skit, Iva Stanley; golden wed- ding, Gary Traversy, Mark 0' Nell; accordion solo, Barbara Zubal; set crew, David God- dard, Lynn Arnold, Rick Beck; sound crew, Randy Paul; cos- tumes, Linda Currie; stage crew, David Goddard and Paul Steacy; ushers, Mary Mathers, Ruth Morkin and Linda Smith; intercommunication crew, Le- roy Maguire. All in all, Lucan children took a prominent part in the pro- gram . PIP of a TenePtallar 15111. "My mother was extremely large arid cellist make whirring sounds in her throat. The thing that pugzles rate is how I turned out tho, thin when she is such a fetso. "Anyway, when I popped out feeling like a wet piece of cabbage, a long, dark men with a black mole beneath his left eye clutched me and cried, ;Oh, darling George.' He and the rest of the boys kissed me all over, even on the Queen's head. I was later to discover that I had the limier of being the first bill in an evil batch of counterfeit money. I was the one who would set the plot in motion. "First of all I was given to an unsuspecting old lady for a packet of cigarettes. The de- crepit old woman he sitantly handed them the change, all in nickels. They then turned and scampered out, leaving me to face the consequences. It turn- ed out that the old lady was a trifle goofy. "One fine day she traded me for pennies, all pennies. I was pushed wildly into the buyer's pocket, where I met a girl ten- Once in a while, It is the good fortune of an English tea- cher to come across a fresh, original piece of writing by a student. When he does, it's a drink of colds pure water after days Of wandering In the desert of mangled syntax, c ru c if i e d spelling, howling triteness and tortured thinking through which it has been ordained that he should plod. It happened to me this week. At first, I thought my judg- ment might be prejudiced, be- cause I was sante fond of the youngster in question. I read it again. It still sounded good. To make sure, I had it mimeo- graphed and tried it on my Grade 13 students, as a piece for critical analysis. Their snorts and giggles confirmed my first impression. Then we discussed it in depth. They could find little wrong with it. It had unity, coherence and emphasis. The tone was con- sistent. Well, here it is, just as it was written, on an exami- nation, under stress. See what you think. * * The title was: The Wander- the Rev. G. W. Seat read the bans of Marriage ter Gerald Lynn of PlarldebeYe and Miss Catherine patteraoe Thom (Irene) of T9Pre. Seetlaed, the wedding to take place on March 7, 1964 at 2:00. pm in Elmwood Avenue Presbyterian Church, Londen, ASSIST AT SERVICE Ladies from the Clandeboye UC assisting at World pay of Prayer service were Mrs, Pe- ter Voison UCW president and from St. James Church, Mrs. Andy Carter, WA president and Mrs, Karl O'Neil, aec.treaa.of WA. Rea Neil is to be the repre- sentative at the Middle aex Presbytery at the United Church Tuesday in London. Attending the meeting in Lu- can Saturday night at the United Church from the Cl and eboye UC were Rea Neil, George Simpson, William Simpson, David Kestle and Mrs. Peter Voison. PERSONALS Mrs. Alvin Cunningham re- turned home last week from a six week visit with her daugh- ter and son-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. John Manson and family at Sins- coe. mr. & Mrs. Wilmer Scott, Betty and Brenda were guests with Mrs. Scott's sister and husband, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Elgie Saturday evening. By MRS. J. PATON %OM gi3Qyg Anil Pali at the Clandeboye WI meeting held at the home of Mrs. Wilmer Scott was "Sallies' thin I think should be changed," One member thought that the pointed tee style in women's shoes should he altered and ?nother that cardboard boxes containing food should be easier to tmen, The motto "Friendship is the cement that holds the world tee gether" was written by Mrs, Manrice Simpson and read by Mrs. David Henry. It was decided the ladies would compete in the baking contest at the Farm Show in London Feb. 26-29. A letter was read from the child in Rome, Italy which the Ailsa Craig, Lucan and Clandeboye branches support through Save the Children fund. Mrs. Albert Rosser read ex- cerpts from Ethel Chapman's book "From a Roadside Win,. slow." The alphabet contest -was won by Mrs. Alex Macintosh, and the hoatess prize by Mrs. Karl O'Neil. A bake sale is to be held in Lucan March 7. Assisting the hostess were Mrs. Rae Hodgins, Mrs. O'Neil and Mrs. Donald Pettigrew. David T. Egan, 75, of Market St. Lucan, died in Westminster Hospital Mon. Feb. 10. The body rested in the C. Haskett & Son fu- neral home until Wednesday morn- ing when it was taken to St. Pat- 's rick's Church for 1::1 requiem high mass at 10 am with Father F. G. Bricklin officiat- ing. Interment was in St. Peter's cemetery, London. pallbearers were Michael, David, Frank and Patrick Egan, Basil Nagle and Fred McIllhar- gey. prayers were said at the fu- neral home Tues. evening. He is survived by his wife, the former Ethel Kell', one son David of London and 15 grand- children. (Another son Frank was killed in action•Sept. 25, 1944). Mr. Egan was born in Cork, Ireland. He came to the USA in 1910 and to Canada in 1914 where he enlisted in the 18th Battalion. On his return he worked as an attendant in West- minster Hospital before becom- ing a Windsor post office em- ployee. Retiring in 1939, he moved to Lucan but re-enlisted in the army until 1944. On Ms return he became Lucan's constable for anumber of years and won the heart of many lads when he taught ama- teur boxing in the old fire hall. Many adults can remember dropping coins in the con- stable's hat to purchase gloves for the young boxers. (He also taught boxing in Windsor and Mrs. Egan was kept busy mak- ing dozens of trunks for Windsor and Lucan boys.) Mr. Egan won many war me- dals including the Military Me- dal at Councellette. He was wounded Sept. 1916. His ready wit was evident in the poems he contributed to the "Lucan News". He was parti- cularly interested in sports. Little Rollo was having him- self a ball on his first plane trip. He pushed every button in sight, ran through the aisles at top speed and finally crash- ed into the stewardess as she was carrying a tray of coffee. The stewardess picked her. self up and grabbed Rollo by the arm., "Son," she cooed sweetly, "why don't you go out- side and play?" UC NEWS At the United Church Sunday 0•••••=arolawrnawamoassimmoromeamis FIRST MORTGAGES FARMS *** RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL Prompt, Confidential Service THE INDUSTRIAL MORTGAGE & TRUST COMPANY Established 1889 Contact Our Representative: JOHN BURKE REALTOR and INSURANCE PHONE 235-1863 EXETER STUDIES MISSIONS Mrs. Hamilton Hodgins and Mrs. Chas. McRoberts were co-hostesses for the UCW meeting Thursday afternoon in the SS rooms of the church. Mrs. Bert Duffield presided. The theme of meeting was "Prepare the Way". Mrs. Ce- cil Squire and Mrs. Ken Hodg- son assisted Mrs. Duffield in the worship service. Further arrangements were made for a social evening to be held Friday evening which had been postponed. Discus- sions were held on a supper to be held in late March, also on the allocation for supply and social assistance. In the program Mrs. Atwood gave a missionary topic and Mrs. Hamilton Hodgins, a read- ing. Mrs. Pullen favored with a piano instrumental. Mr. & Mrs. Mac Baron, St. Marys and Mr. & Mrs. Fred Fitzgerald, Prospect, were Sat- urday evening visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Grafton Squire, Mrs. Alex B a I 11 i e spent Thursday with Mrs. Ethel Squire, Granton. Mr. & Mrs. Thos. Simpson, London were Saturday visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Alex Baillie. Chas O'Shea and Gordon Hod- gins attended the annual Wes- tern Ontario Agricultural School Dance at Ridgetown on Saturday evening. Mr. & Mrs. Ken Hodgson were hosts for the euchre Friday evening at the Community Cen- tre. Six tables were at play. Mr. & Mrs. Milne Pullen were Saturday evening guests with Mr. & Mrs. Bert Morgan, St. Marys. PERSONALS Frank Parkinson and Glenn and Mrs. Edith Shier, Granton, visited with Mrs. Nettie Blight, Thorndale Tuesday. Mr. Par- kinson and Glenn were Sunday guests with Mr. & Mrs. Henry Leonhardt, Thamesford. 'New look' at library One day last week Lucan's librarian Mrs. Rose Atkinson called me in to see the library. What a transformation from the days when I relieved for Mrs. Irene Courseyl I knew that new shelves had been installed all along the East side but didn't knoat the two long book shelves in the middle of the room had been removed making the library look twice as large. Since becoming a public li- brary, the enrolment has more than doubled with a present membership of 356. McGillivray Township now has joined the Middlesex county library and can get books at Lucan free. "Thank You" Mother and girl injured in crash Last Thursday, the daughter and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Meine Eizenga of Main Street South were involved in a serious car accident, on the Thorndale Road, about nine miles from London. Mrs. Allan Eizenga and her three-year-old daughter Lori of London, were returning home from Thorndale, where they had been visiting Mrs. Eizen- sea mother, Mrs. Alvin Stan- ley, when the car went out of control, on the icy road and hit a telephone pole. Lori re- ceived a broken jaw and skull injuries when she was thrown into a ditch and did not regain consciousness for 24 hours. Mrs. Eizenga received abro- ken leg and head Injuries. Both are patients in St. Joseph's Hos- pital, London. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Weller of the Shamrock restaurant, Liman, sincerely thank all who assisted at their recent Official Opening. Special thanks to Jim Leitch, Allen Lightfoot, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Radcliffe and Murphy To- bacco, for flowers, Neilsons for ice cream, Jack Atkin- son for do-nuts and all who contributed congratulatory ads. Lucan personals Mr. & Mrs.la, pummel? at- tended the funeral ofMrs. Rum- mell's uncle, Mr. John Hillis, in Brantford Saturday. Sunday they visited with Dr. & Mrs. S. Morrison, Detroit, and attend- ed the Boat Show. Miss Betty Morkin and her brother Mr. Nesbitt Morkin, flew to Winnipeg to attend the funeral of Mrs. James Morkin, last Friday. Mrs Morkin was the wife of Judge Morkin who was raised near Lucan and attended Lucan High School, Mr. & Mrs. Fergus Maguire of London were Monday guests of Mrs. Jane Somerville. Mrs. Irving Gibson and Miss Lina Abbott were Friday guests of Mr. & Mrs. Don Downs and family of London. Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Hearn, at- tended a birthday celebration for the 81 year old father of the latter, J. E. Brown of Mo- therwell, which was held at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Roge r Brown of Carlingford, last Sat. Keith Frost, son of Mr. as Mrs. William Frost of Alice St., Lucan, as an English para- trooper is now stationed on Cyprus Island. Miss Julia Crozier of Guelph spent the weekend at her home here. Mrs. Eldon Hodgson is.visit- ing her sister Mrs. Lela Beadle of Stratford. Saturday Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Kennedy and Mr. & Mrs. Glen Kennedy were among the 100 guests who attended a recep- tion at the Nordon Restaurant, Nilestown, following the Bryce- Johnson wedding, in the Bel- mont UC. The bride is a daugh- ter of Mr. & Mrs. HaroldJohn- son and niece of Mrs. Ernest Kennedy. Sandra Abbott, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Don Abbott, who underwent surgery recentlyre- turned to school on Monday. Mr. Bert Bradburn of the Strathmere Lodge , Strathroy, spent the weekend with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Steve Storey. Mrs. Harry Wraith is a pa- tient in Victoria Hospital, Lon- don. Sunday guests with Mr. & Mrs. Don Abbott included, Mr. & Mrs. Duncan Tindall and Melody of Listowel, Earl White- ford and son Douglas of Grand Bend and Gote Wennerstron of Saintsbury. Mrs. Ethel Kerr of Exeter, Miss Margaret Culbert of Lu- can and Norman Hankala of Detroit were weekend guests of Mr. & Mrs. Aljoe Culbert. Sunday Feb. 9 Mrs. Guy Ryan, Miss Kathleen Ryan and Mrs. Ernest Hodgins visited Mrs. Isabel Underwood at theStrath- mere Lodge, Strathroy and Sun, Feb. 16, joined by Mr. Hodgins and Mr. Tom Ryan, they visit- ed Mr. & Mrs. Tom Coursey and family at Chesley. Mrs. Alex Young spent a few days in Toronto last week visiting her new granddaughter, Nancy Lynne, Nancy's parents and sister Mr. & Mrs. Jack Young and Heather Ann. Youngest speaker Friday afternoon, the Angli- can Parish Hall was well filled with women from Lucan's three churches and Clandeboye's two churches, to form one link in the chain of services being held all over the world, on the 45th World Day of Prayer. Mrs. Frank Hardy, president of Anglican Sr. Woman's Aux- iliary was in charge of thefirst part of the service and was as- sisted by Mrs. Jack Steacy, Mrs. T. C. McFarlane, Mra. Hilton Roberts and Mrs. Harold Corbett, who led in the prayers and Scripture. Mrs. T. A. Watson, UCW president, led in the second part. She was assisted by Mrs. Andy Carter and Mrs. Karl O'Neil of St. James Anglican Church, Clandeboye and Mrs. Peter Voisin of the UC Clande- boye. The last part was led by Mrs. Howard Currie, of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Currie introduced the guest speaker, Mrs. Ronald Hall of London, wife of a former pastor of the Lucan Pentecostal Church, Taking as her theme, "Men ought always to pray, not to think". Mrs. Hall gave an inspiring talk on what can be wrought by prayer. Mrs. J. A. Graham of the Pentecostal Church and Mrs. R. W. Stutt of the United Church, took up the collection and Mrs. Erwin Scott of the Anglican Church presided at the piano. The offering will be sent to the Women's Inter-Church Council of Canada, in Toronto to be allocated to more than 100 Christian organizations throughout the world for Chris- tian literature work. MAKE DRESSINGS Twenty-one representatives from the Lucan and Clandeboye WI, the Legion Auxiliary and Lucan churches met in the Ang- lican church basement last Mon. night and made up 192 cancer dressings for the Cancer So- ciety. Had they not run out of one material they could have made many more. Mrs. Wm. Brownlee, Lucan's chairman of the Women's Ser- vice of the Cancer Society, was in charge. PLAN ACTIVITIES The Lucan CGIT met in the UC schoolroom last Monday night with the president Judy Coughlin in the chair. Joyce Rummell led in the worship service. The leader Mrs. Murray Hodgins complet- ed the Bible study series on the "Life of St. Paul". Arrangements were made to join the Explorers, Scouts and Cubs, in a church parade to Holy Trinity Church on Feb. 23. Plans were also discussed for the annual Shamrock Tea in the UC schoolroom Saturday, March 14, with the following committee to make the neces- sary arrangements: L oui se Cochrane, Betty Ann Lewis, Daisy C oble igh and Wendy Cronkite. The leather-craft p r oj ects were completed and Christmas cards prepared to . be, sent to Miss Elna Inman. The $90 collected on "Choco- late Day" will go towards the dining room at Camp Cagintra. CHURCH NEWS mgmetsassmaa agaganalaVanaatatiatii.I.Maaaniataiagalliiitialliglaaal= EUCHRE WINNERS There were 18 tables for the WI progressive euchr e last Tuesday evening. High score prizes went to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Neil, lone hand prize to Paddy Ryan and low score prizes to Mrs. Jane Som- erville and Miss Muriel Car- ling (playing a man's card). The next game will be held Feb. 26 at the Community Cen- tre. We now have a fine selection of Gem- croft cultured pearls. These necklaces are gearanteed a h d \insured, $32.00 N. and up. wins second prize Jane Crozier and Pat Ryan, who both came first at the Le- gion Hall and the Biddulph Cen- tral School Public Speaking were among the 15 contestants who competed at the Teachers' College, London, last Sat. The winner was a Grade VIII pupil at Lambeth Public School, Laurie Lee, who won the gold medal and a trophy. Pat, though the youngest contestant (only 10) was runner-up with Gay Stew- art of Prince Andrew School and Susan Gould of Mosa Cen- tral School. Saturday's finals were spon- sored by the Middlesex Tres., tees and Ratepayers Associae tion, with its president, Dr. H. J. Johnson, acting as chair- man. All contestants received books as rewards. Jane and Pat still have a chance of 'bringing further ho- nor to their school and to their parents for as Legion winner they will compete with other winners at Leamington, Friday night. Oaks, a Christian Workers' training centre. YPU Sunday night, Rev G. W. Sach and 12 members of the Le- can-Clandeboye YPU were guests of the Centralia YPU. Bill Park, Don Coughlin of Lu- can and Murray Simpson of Clarideboye drove. After the worship service Mrs. Don Wilson gave an lustrated talk on Newfoundland. This was followed by games and refreshments. SKATING PARTY A splendid turn-out of Liican- Clandeboye and a r an t o n Ex- plorers met at the ,United Church at 1:45 pm Saturday and then proceeded to the arena for a skating party from 2 to 4 pm. On returning to the church, Elizabeth Revingtoni Lori Grudge and Laura !lodging led in genies. These were followed by refreshments. Pentecostal Holiness There was no meeting of the saP here as the Young People Were invited to Exeter to join With the Exeter tP in a skat- leg party and hockey garee. ADULT NIGHT Twelve aching of the church attended the annual adult night dinner and social evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reward Currie Sattirda.yeaening. 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Stanley, lone hand prizes to Mrs. Cle.rence LeWis and Austin Hobbs add low score prizes to Mrs. Otto Daley add Mt. Daley. The next game will be at Mr. and Mrs. Otto Daley's, Feb.24: BINGO RAIDED At least three Llicartites were present when the bingo, spon- sored by the Optimist Club Was raided in Londoh last Thursday. CENTURY-OLD NEWS The 100 year old news, re. corded in the Feb: 13 edition of the LohdOn Free Pressisheatia ed with, "Feb. 14, 1664. than note. Inhabitants of this ant- bitimit little village, to dispel the ennui Of the long 'Winter evenings, have siteeeeded. in establishing a course of 1.4C , turek under the patronage of the Geed Tomplars." 'age • t ..Fplyyary. Z0, 1964 Lucan and district news By MRS. FRANK SQUIRE Treasure Chest Lucan's Gift Shop Mrs. J. S. Radcliffe 227-4792 Lucan t woo ** * tee SFPAZI 770Rel E FORD-- its lavish comfort, delightfid ride and beautiful Lines make this the hotted sealg Fora' ever/ 11. ..e,,,,VM,ONN•vm,,..4. FORD *Yee,e4V.M.'S,,, Anglican Six new children enrolled in the League of Loyalty Sunday morning. Flowers in the church were in loving memory of the late David Egan. To celebrate Scout Week, there will be a parade of Scouts, Cubs, CGIT and Explorers to the 11 o'clock service next Sunday. United The meeting of the Couples' Fellowship Group in the church schoolrooni last Wed, evening Was highlighted by a visit of a group of 30 members of the Salvation Army from London: Mayor Holmes was the gtiest speaker, speaking on "KnoW youraelf, accept youraelf and be yourself:" Mrs. Lois McTavish Was the gueat soloist. The meet- ing was followed by a social hour. In the absence of the WV/ president, Mrs. T. A. Watson, Mra. Charles Sovereign pre- aided for the general meeting last Thurs. night in the Church schoolroom. Mrs. Murray Hedging as- sisted by Mrs. Stich had charge of the Worship, service. The &rifler as head of the program committee reported, the -programs for the year Were being mimeographed and O.doPy given to each reerther. A c'ol'ored filth strip, 4 "Pecie Ple of India and Ceylon" was gliciain and artieleg /rain south &tit Asia were displayed. The SUM of $25 was voted for Flare