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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-01-14, Page 13Phone 2274255 SUGAi AND SPICE Pispensecl by Smiley Where did it get you? *oh running away from home r my dalKhter going out on her first date, and, my wife report- ing cancer in a new location weekly. That's enough to put a fellow in the hospital. I aka to cut that down to a maximum of ten minutes this year. And it'll be worry about something worthwhile, like my golf SliCe and trout that got away. Another thing I'm not going to do this year is lose so many arguments with the Old Battle- axe. Last year, I Must have lost about 97 percent of them. I don't know just bow I'll go about it, but I'm determined to cut that figure to the bone — maybe right back to 95 per Once again, I'm not going to buy my wife a mink coat; I'm not going to build that patio that I didn't build last summer; I'm neither going to start get- ting to bed early nor getting up early; I'm not going to stop smoking because it might kill me, nor drinking ditto; I'm not going to pay my income tax with anything milder than rage; I'm not going to pay any attention to all the silly people in the world who tell me what Pm not supposed to do. In short, the next year willbe much like every other year. And good enough for me. But perhaps we could all joinheart- ily in repeating a little slogan for the coming year, It goes, "Let's stay alive In '65." THANK YOU I wish to take this opportun- ity to thank all those who supported me at the polls in Biddulph township elec- tion. CHARLES ROLLINGS. Instal Legion executives New officers of the Lucan Legion and Legion Auxiliary were installed by Comrade Andrew Bier- ling and his installing team from Exeter. Left to right are J. W. Smith, Legion President, Andrew Bierling, and Mrs. A. E. Reilly, Legion Auxiliary President. instal Legion groups WOOD FOR SALE Also GOOD STANDING TIMBER WANTED Special prices paid for good walnut trees. Dry Mixed Slab Wood, Dry Mixed Limb and Body Wood suitable for stove, furnace or fireplace. Delivered in large truckloads or pickup loads, ROBERT EAGLESON Ai is° Phone Nairn 232-4450 before 8.30 a.m. • or evenings Craig these five advantages make electric heatin the superior heating system completely clean Flameless electric' heating can't create dust, dirt, film or soot. gentle, even heat Room-by-room or zone temperature control. 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Mr. & Mrs. Jack Murdy visit- ed the former's brother, Mr. Morris Murdy, who is still hospitalized in Kitchener but is making satisfactory recovery. Mrs. Ray Hodgins, RR 2 Clan- deboye was Lucan's only IGA super-bingo winner last week. Mr. & Mrs. Aijoe Culbert visited Mrs. Isabel Underwood, at Strathmere Lodge, Strath. roy, Sunday January 3. Sunday guests with Mr. & Mrs. A. R. Wilkinson were Mr. & Mrs. Robert Howell and four children and Mr. & Mrs. Art Spindler and three child- ren all of London. Jennifer Smout, small daugh- ter of Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Smout spent last weekend with her grandmother, Mrs. Wes Atkin- son. Mrs. Frank Jolliffe is spend- ing a week near Ailsa Craig with Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Du- preis. Brian and Gary Concannon have returned to Dresden after holidaying with their grand- parents Mr. & Mrs. Russell Bowman. Mrs. J. W. Smith entertain- ed Saturday in honor of her daughter, Maureen's 13th birth- day. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Elder have returned to Toronto after spending a few days with Mr. & Mrs. Wilbert Stanley. Mrs. George Hodgins andMr. & Mrs, Gerald Hodgins were Sunday guests of Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Smith and family, Mrs. Tom .Coursey of Ches- ley visited her husband in Vic- toria Hospital Sunday and re- ports he is making satisfactory recovery. Mrs. J. E. Nicholson is re- lieving in the Post Office, as the Postmaster, Mr. Charles Sovereign, is on the sick list. Mark week with prayer Once again members of LAI can's three churches began the NeW Year by pausing in life's busy activities to attend the Week of Prayer services which began in the Anglican Chtirch last Tuesday evening. The jr. choir, who had prac- tise before the service, sat in the chancel with the sr. choir and led in the music. The guest speaker Was the Rev. G. W. Sach of the United Church. Wednesday night at the Pen- tecostal Holiness Church mein- berS of the Anglican WA Sr. and the Evening Auxiliary attended in 'bodies. In the absence of the pastor, ReV. John Sexton, Mr. Paul Grahairi was In charge and alse sang a solo. The Rev. E. O. Lancaster was the gUest speaker. Rev. G. W. San was In charge of the last service, Thursday evening in the United Church, Rev, J. C. ThOinsoe secretary of the BIble Society for Western Ontario was the guest speaker, speaking on "P r aye r". The AfriCan film "Preedorn hi their Souls" Was shown. Cr-c•w., :1..r722=10.=7 Page 1.3 January 14, 1965 Lucan and district news 411111111111M1,1,1111111-011011111- Lions hear official, fete bank manager Corrospenderd: Miss Lina Abbott haps the most positive plan, in a negative sort of way, that I've ever come up with. It's oom. posed of all the things I'm NOT going to do this year. For one thing, I'm not going to worry so much, My reckon- ing shows that I spent 20 to 30 minutes worrying last year about trifling things, like my Another reeve puts hat in ring Reeve Frank Hamilton of Glencoe will be seeking the 1965 wardenship of Middlesex. Oth- ers are Ken Martin, Dorchest- er, John 1). McNaughton, New- bury and Ivan Hearn of Lucan. The inaugural meeting is Janu- ary 19. LOB EUCHRE The LOB held its first 1965 euchre in the lodge room last Wednesday night but owing to other activities and slippery streets there were only four tables. High score prizes went to Mrs. Cecil Neil and Mr. Bev. Hodgins, lone hand prizes to Mrs. Wilson Hodgins and Mr. Joe Carter. Mr. Carter also won the lucky chair prize and Myrna Carter, the box of gro- ceries. The next game will be January 20. RENTS STORE Grant Brady has rented his store (the former Strasser Res- taurant) to Richard Beck, now of Lucan, but will be carrying on his Radio and TV repair work upstairs. Work can still be left in the store. Mr. Beck, who already has many antiques and second-hand goods on display, intends hold- ing monthly auction sales. be held at Los Angeles, Cal. next July. A report was made of the successful New Years' Eve dance and plans made for the monthly dance on Jan. 29. Mrs. Harold Hodgins and Mrs. Wes Atkinson's group of the Ladies Guild catered for the dinner. At the Lions Club meeting held in the Anglican Church basement last Monday night William Amos of Parkhill, De- puty District Governor and Murray Crothers of Mount Brydges, Zone Commander, were guest speakers, both speaking on Lionism. A farewell party was held for member Jack Steacy, manager of the Lucan branch of the Bank of Montreal who is being moved to Waterford. On behalf of the Lions, president Don Hodgins presented Mr. Steacy with a desk set. Lion Jim Young and Lion Russell Bowman received cer- tificates for 10 years of service. One hundred dollars was vot- ed to the Lake St. Joseph Sum- mer School for the Blind, mak- ing a total donation of $400 for this project. Plans were dis- cussed for the District Conven- tion to be held in St. Catharines in May. The Club will be host for a zone rally to raise funds to send a Lion (and his wife) to the International Convention to Rummell, Mrs. Dave Egan and Mrs. Dweight Ball. A social evening followed the colorful cerem on y, with a smorgasbord being served by the ladies. An impressive ceremony took place in the Lucan Legion Hall January 6 when the installation team from the Exeter Branch chaired by Comrade Andrew Bierling and assisted by two pipers installed three new members, Comrades W al te r Boyes, A. E. Reilly and James Miller, also the incoming of- ficers for Branch 540. Parents stage talks with staff This year the principal and staff of the Public School decid- ed to wait until after the vaca- tion to hold the annual Parent and Teachers' Interviews. The pupils received their re- ports before Christmas and the date was set for Monday, Jan. 4 for parents to come to the school and discuss the reports and their children's problems with the teachers. As was expected, there was a much larger atten- dance than last year. • Following the meeting Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins entertained the staff and s ho we d them through their new home on But- ler Street. They are J. W. Smith, pre- sident, vice-presidents, Earl Carling and Pat Crudge, Sgt- at-arms, Charles Skolly, executive committee, Les Ken- nedy, James Murphy and Har- old Butler, The following Legion Auxil- iary members were also in- stalled, Mrs. A. E. Reilly pre- sident, vice-presidents, Mrs. Jim Burt and Mrs. S te w ar t Park, secretary, Mrs. Harold Butler, treasurer, Mrs. Helen Stocks, sgt-at-arms Mrs. Doug Ewen, executive committee, Mrs. Al Bromwich, Mrs. Ralph Couple married in Birr church Birr Anglican Church was the setting for a quiet wedding when the Rev, Claude Root united in marriage Betty Lou Thatcher and Robert Wm. Saunders at 4:30 pm Saturday, Dec. 19. The bride is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Victor Thatcher of Penfield (formerly of Lucan) and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Saunders of London. Given in marriage by her father, the bride chose a powd- er-blue wool suit and white feather hat. She carried awhite Bible crested with white car- nations and yellow roses. Mrs. Arthur Spindler of Lon- don, in a grey suit, white feath- er hat, and pink rose corsage, was matron of honor and Miss Nancy Spindler of London in pink nylon gown and pink hat and carrying a nose gay of pink and white carnations, was bridesmaid. Mr. Ken Knowles of London was best man, A reception was held at the bride's home. The couple will make their home in London. Well,here it is mid-January, and another year has slipped down the drain. It's rather depressing to look back over the 12 months and realize that neither civilization nor yourself has improved one iota, despite the frantic scram- bling of the pair of you, through- out the year, Not that I'm admitting for a moment that 1964 was a com- plete failure. There were some things from which I derived a good deal of satisfaction. For one thing, I remained alive. With the traffic the way it is, and the tension cutting swaths through the ranks of chaps my age, just staying alive these days is quite a feat. In the second place, I hung onto my job. This may seem like a trivial boast. But what with computers, it's like stay- ing alive. Ask the fellow who hasn't managed to do either. Or both. What it meant was that I was able to continue keeping in high style a woman I never met until I was 25, and two kids who think money grows on fathers. Keeping my job also meant that I was able to keep up my payments, no mean accomplish- ment in this age. In fact, I would be content to have my epitaph read: "He was a good man. He kept up his payments." As a matter of fact, I did a little better. Not only didI meet all my interest payments, but I reduced the mortgage on my house by $28.64, leaving a mere balance due of $12,971.36. This was somewhat offset by the borrowing of a couple of G's from my friendly banker, in order to replace the family transportation, which was rot- ting on the vine, but you can't win them all. I'm not trying to brag. There were a lot of things in 1964 that I'd do differently another time. That is, if I'd ever got around to doing them. But since I did not, they probably weren't worth doing in the first place. Figure that one out, if you can find an Irishman to help you. I have already drawn up a program for 1965 that is per- Lucan Personals ATTENDS WORKSHOP Principal Robert Jenkins of the Public School last Wednes- day and Thursday attended a Guidance Workshop in the Lon- don Teachers' College. The guest speaker was Miss P. R. Detendeck, inspector of Guid- ance Service from the Depart- ment of Education, Toronto. Mr. Jack Steacy, chairman for the CNIB in Lucan, reports that $226.85 was collected in Lucan and district, for the CNIB and has been sent to head- quarters. FAMILY REUNION Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Free- man of Chatham were host and hostess for a two meal reunion held last Sunday in the Moose Lodge, Blenheim, when 48 members of the Freeman fam- ily held their annual get-to- gether. Guests were present from Woodstock, Drumbo, Nor- wich, Burgessville, C h at h a m and Lucan. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Freeman and family of Lucan were among the guests. NEW DIRECTORS Four new directors were elected at the annual meeting of the Middlesex Federation of Agriculture by some 200 mem- bers who met at Ilderton, Sat- urday. They are Ross Parsons, 11- derton, Hamilton Hodgins, RR 3 Lucan, Kenneth Patterson, Ker- wood and Beverley Westman of Granton, Mr. Hodgins, presi- dent of the MFA read the pre- sident's address. Dr. Ernal Bice dies in London Dr. Ernal Bice, '75, died sud- denly at his late residence, London, Monday, January 4. A private funeral service was held in the George E. Logan & Sons Funeral Home, London„ at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6 followed by interment in St. James Cemetery, Clandeboye. Dr. Bice is survived by his wife, the former Joan Rowat and one sister, Mrs. B. B. McFalls formerly of Beech St., Lucan but now living on the Bice homestead Con, 2 Mc- Gillivray, where the doctor was raised. Dr. Bice was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bice. He received his early education at the Lucan High School and graduated from the Faculty of Medicine UWO. He later spe- cialized in New York and Lon- don, England. Dr. Bice was a life member of the Masonic Lodge 209 Lon- don and a Shriner. He was a keen sportsman and an outstanding trap and skeet shooter. Until recently he was able to keep up all his sports activities. Girls seek ways to celebrate The Lucan-Clandeboye CGIT meeting was held in the Anglican Church basement last Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. to enable them to attend in a body the first week of prayer service in the church at 8 p.m. Reports were given of the Free Press tour, the pot-luck supper and the welfare presen- tation. The girls were urged to read promptly the two mission study books and to pass on quickly. They were also asked to watch for and cut articles on Trinidad and Brazil and to think of some way to celebrate the 50th anni- versary of the CGIT to be held Feb. 21-28. It was reported the HiC Group had donated $20 towards a stain- ed glass window, making a total of $224, The window will cost in the neighbourhood of $500. Jane Corbett conducted aNew Year's game and the leader, Mrs. Murray Hodgins, explain- ed briefly the United Church crest and the United Church government. Miss Lina Abbott was a guest at the meeting and was pleased at the business-like manner in which the president, Marilyn Hearn and other members, con- ducted their meeting. Mr. James: You know, with earnings like that I might even consider in- creasing my coverne! Interviewer: It's a good idea to review your life insurance regularly to make sure it meets current needs. Just get in touch with your Mutual Life representative. WO 4C Mr. James: happy to say I am. Interviewer: Did you know that this is the tenth time in the past twelve years that The Mutual Life has increased dividends? Mr. James: I haven't been keeping score— but I know Mutual Life's div- idend record is tops. Interviewer: This year's dividends totalling $17,900,000 represent an in- crease of $1,400,000 over the amount paid in 1964. And the interest rate on accumulated dividends has been increased to The Mutual Life ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA 111111T, cfl MA: ,AATF:0.1.00 ONTA1110/114TAVILISHEID IFIFA Representative.: G. R. GOIDEIDLT, Corner Sanders & Edward Sts., Exeter, Ontario, Ph: 235.2740