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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-02-11, Page 11• ;:,1X:. . .. X.NX,MM,N. 1, 1965 Elect officers BRITISH ISRAEL —.The Bible's National Message Have you ever considered the evidence on which we base our belief that the Celto-Saxon peoples are the continuation of God's servant race and nation Israel, and that our ancient Throne is the one called in the Bible the Throne of Dciyid? If not, we would like to point out that present world conditions are a most emphatic warning that this question can no longer be safely ignored. Today we are living in the very shadow of "Armageddon"—that great and final conflict through which Israel can come safely only by a general recognition of her identity and a complete surrender, both individually and nationally, to God's Will and Purpose for her. Thus the question of whether or not we are Israel is both vital and urgent. WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT For Your Copy of Our FREE Booklet "An Introduction to the British-Israel Evangel" Write to the Secretary. Canadian British Israel Association in Ontario P.O. Box 744, Station B, Ottawa, Ontario 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 Ailsa Phone Nairn 232-4450 Craig before 8.30 a.m. or evenings SUGAR AND SPICE Dispensed by Smiley Bad? It's even verse! "Goodness Phone 2274255 Correspondent: Miss Line Abbott Montlat=agNSOMZetin.S.V.MONOLVMUIMUMMISMONMOZORSM2=1024i= Active pair leave Lucan (Pray do not scougli); She coughed until, her head blough ough, What's that? You want more? I think you're put of Your mind, but there's that old folk saying, particularly applicable these winter days; It's not the cough Wot carries you off, It's the coffin They carry you off in. Several of the very few clean limericks in the world also re- veal the oddity of the English tongue. For instance. At fifty-five minutes past eight, The kids at a feverish reight Are seen rushing toward school, And you'll find, as a rhool, It's be cause they're afraid they'll be leight. Aw, come on. You don't REALLY want another! Well, I just happen to have; A streetcar conductor once said To a car full of people, "My haid Has such a bad ache That I fear it will brache, Oh, I wish I were home and in bald." There you are. A brand new party game. Think of the fun you'll have on these long winter evenings with things like, A man on a picnic said, "Please Don't be cross if perchance I should snease; I've observed from my youth That the horrible trouth Is it's caused by the scent of the trease. Got the idea. Let's try mak- ing one up. It'll be lousy, but .. A sailor, attempting to ski, Ran his head right into a tri. Although almost dead, He angrily sead, "It ain't near as soft as the si." There. That ought to give you a few sleepless nights. S Said the duck, knows, But one must, I suppose, Assume that I showed lots of pluck." Just a sample from a rattling good book, a combination of rue- ful humor and satire with an edge to it. This business of writing verses is fascinating to some people. Me, for one. Every so often I get the urge, and burst into rhyme that has the readers of this column wincing, or run- ning to the bathroom, gagging. Don't worry, not this week. But just by sheer coincidence, I have come across some old verses (not mine) that consoli- date my opinion that the English language is about the most illo- gical in the world. The following effort is dedicated to English teachers and the poor, baffled devils of foreigners who are trying to learn the crazy stuff. The wind was rough And cold and blough; Whe kept her hands within her mough. It chilled her through, Her nose grew blough And still the squall the faster flough. And yet, although There was no snough, The weather was a cruel fough. It made her cough There's no better indoor sport than versifying. And there is no better versifyer around these days than George Bain. Find out for yourself. Read this book, "I've Been Around. . . And Around and Around and Around and . . .". Bain is a newspaper man with a lively eye for the ridiculous, and he has been around. Wash- ington, Ottawa and London come under his guns, and he seldom misses when he lines up his rhymes and fires a parody of anything from a folk song to a Gilbert and Sullivan snatch. He's also a wicked man with a pun. To wit; a chapter entitled "How To Get Down From A Duck, Eider You Know Or You Don't." In this chapter, he's talking about an eider-down vest presented to a high dignitary. Bain continues, "No doubt, somewhere in the frozen North, there is now a proud eider duck strutting around with his little bald chest stuck out, envy of ev- ery duck for miles around." And he adds a verse, Said a chap to the proud donor duck, "To what do you credit your luck?" Local kids win tourney honors The Lucan bantams last week won the "D" division of a 16-team bantam tournament held in Lucan. And Larry Laye, a member of the team, was judged the best player of the day. Team members in the back row from the left are: Carl Nickles, manager, Bruce Parnell, Steve Nickles, Gary Crudge, Larry Laye, Dennis Burt, Robert Wilhelm, Mike O'Niell and Pat Crudge, coach. Front row; Jim Parker, Dave Revington, Jim Nagle, Andy Hardy, Gordon Hardy and Danny Dobinson. —Photo by Engel Mr. Cecil Holmes, 63, for- merly of Lucan, now of Sparta was seriously injured Friday when he and Mrs. Holmes and 10-year-old daughter, Ruth Ann were returning home, from London on highway 126. Mr. Holmes had gotten out to clean his windshield when his car was sideswiped. He was taken to Victoria Hospital, with two broken legs, a broken back, three broken ribs, a punctured lung and inj ured shoulder. Neither Mrs. Holmes nor Ruth Ann were injured. Of his large family, one son Ken, and two daughters, Mrs. Jim Avery and Mrs. Ken Hay- ter are still living in Lucan. lllllllllllllll lllllllll llllllll lllllllll Ism! llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllll llllllllll iiiiiii 1111 iiiii 1114111111111111111111111111111111111 Lions to hear Hurt badly ScoUt speaker At the dinner meeting of the in accident Lucan Lions Club in the Ang- lican Church basement last Monday evening a report was made of the administrative du- ties of the group committee. Plans were made to have a member of the Boy Scout As- sociation to speak at the March meeting. Lion Mike Bobor was named chairman to take charge of the February dance to be held at the Community Centre Feb- ruary 26. The convention draw will be made at the Legion Hall, March 12. Lion Russell Bowman won the door prize. Mrs. Evan Hodgins' group of the Ladies' Guild catered for the dinner. Luc an personals Mr. Jack Steacy has been transferred to the Bank of Mon- treal at Waterford. Although Mr. Steacy has been on duty at his new position for some weeks they did not get moved until last Tuesday. Mr. Steacy's position in the village is going to be hard to fill. He was chairman of the CNIB, treasurer of the Cancer Society, chairman of the golf club, secretary of the Arena Board, a member of the Li- brary Board, a past president of the Lions Club, Holy Trinity Vestry clerk and both he and Mrs. Steacy were faithful mem- bers of Holy Trinity Church choir. Mrs. Steacy at the time of leaving was WI president, trea- surer of the Evening WA as well as a past president. Mr. and Mrs. Steacy have two children Jane and Paul neither of whom will be able to accompany their parents, as the former is on the London teach- ing staff and Paul is a student at the University of Western Ontario. Paul was a particular- ly active Scout member and as such is going to be greatly missed. Paul was one of the two Lucan Scouts to receive the Queen's Badge, the highest honour in Youth Movement. igimpp iiiiii Iliii1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.1.,1111.1111111111411111111111111111111111111$1111111411111111141111111 lllllllllllll I lllllllllllll 1.111111141111111111111111111 lllllll Biddulph council to interview six Honor coach for interest of Mr. & Mrs. Art Bell of Isling- ton. There were three IGA super- bingo winners last week, Mrs. Charles Cronyn, Clandeboye, Mrs. Max Windsor, RR 2 Ailsa Craig and S. Sorenson, Cen- tralia. Mr. Les Wills and Doreen were Saturday evening guests of Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Armitage. Mr. & Mrs. Duncan Tindall, Melody and her girl friend were Sunday guests of Mr. & Mrs. Don Abbott. Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Cook and family of London were Sunday guests of Mrs. Will Haskett. Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Abbott were CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Miss Sophie Richards who, for some years, has been mak- ing her home with Mrs. Henry Hodgins, of Princess St., Lu- can, celebrated her 59th birth- day last Wednesday. Guests included Mrs. Clif- ford Abbott, Mrs. Harry Car- roll, Mrs. Ron Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Elston, and Mr. William Lambert. At the Bidduiph Council meet- ing held at Lucan last Tuesday afternoon William Lambert of Granton was appointed welfare officer. Elmer Summers of RR 3 Granton was appointed as- sessor and building inspector. Council did not concur with the resolution from the Bos- anquet Township, opposing the proposed Parkhill dam project. The resignation of James Cr- Shea of RR 3 Granton, as road inspector, was accepted. It was decided to interview six ap- licants for the position of road superintendent Monday Feb. 8. Alex McCombs' contract to spray cattle for warble-fly con- trol was renewed. Sunday guests of Mr. & Mrs. Mervin Elston. Owing to road condition the CWL had to cancel their Sun- day meeting in the old St. Pat- rick school. Mrs. Bob Coleman celebrated her birthday last Tuesday with a family dinner party. Recently Miss Barbara Bean fell in her home and broke her right wrist. Mr. & Mrs. Edward O'Dyer and family have moved into the Drennan home on Alice St. The CGIT have set the date for their annual Shamrock Tea for Saturday, March 20. Mrs. Milton Bernard of St. Marys was a weekend guest of her sister, Mrs. Russell Bow- man and Mr. Bowman. Mr. & Mrs. Don Downs and family of London, were recent guests of Mr. & Mrs. Allan Scott. Mr. & Mrs. John Knight and family of Kintore were Sunday guests of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Hardy. JIMMIE CAN ALSO SWIM Jimmie Benn whose picture appeared in last week's paper as a cribbage player can also swim like a fish. For the last two years he took swimming lessons at the Lucan swimming pool. In 1963, at the age of five, he received his beginner's cer- tificate. Last summer he re- ceived his advanced certificate and this year at the age of seven he hopes to win his Jr. Red Cross certificate. Lucan and district news Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Picker- ing and Mrs. Wm. Tye of Fargo, Mr. & Mrs. Gus Mitchell of Blenheim and Mrs. Louise Suth- erland of Ailsa Craig, were Sunday guests of Mr. & Mrs. Hector McFee, prior to attend- ing the funeral of Mr. Perdy Hebblethwaite of London, Mon- day. Miss Julia Crozier of Guelph was home for the weekend. Mrs. Evan Hodgins and Mrs. T. A. Hodgins visited the Logan Funeral Home Sunday to pay their respects to Mr. Harry Harding, prior to his funeral Monday. Mrs. Clarence Hardy and Mrs. Kay Egan last Sunday evening, attended the University Choral Festival, held at Thames Hall, London. Choirs from Tor- onto, Guelph, Hamilton and Lon- don Universities participated. Marshall and Trudy Eizenga, small children of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Eizenga of London, spent a few days with their grand- mother Mrs. J. A. Graham while their parents were away. Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Dickens and Mr. & Mrs. Lorne McFalls of London and Mrs. Irving Gib- son of Lucan were Saturday guests of Mrs. Bob Coleman. Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Lewis spent the weekend in Toronto onbusi- ness and were over night guests TO HELP YOUTH Saturday afternoon the Lu- can-Clandeboye CGIT held a successful bake sale in the Wraith-Storey hardware store. The net proceeds of $26 will be sent to the national CGIT 50th anniversary project to build a Christian Youth Centre in Indonesia to help combat communism. Lucan Bantams won the "D" class trophy, donated by the Lu- can Langford Lumber Co. at the third annual Bantam Tourna- ment held at the Lucan Arena Saturday. There were 16 teams participating. The Crudge and Carter tro- phy, for the best player in the tournament went to Larry Laye, a member of the Lucan team. During the tournament, Stan Stocks, second vice president of the OMHA presented Pat Crudge, the Lucan coach, with a certificate of merit, from the CAHA for services rendered in minor hockey. Mr. Crudge is chairman of the Lucan Branch 540 Royal Canadian Legion, who sponsor teams from the Squirts' age groups through to Midgets. This means at least 60 boys are play- ing organized hockey. BY J. E. BURT List winners in poster contest The staff of the Public School were judges of the poster con- test, sponsored by the Home and School Association, for their Valentine bake sale to be held Friday evening Feb. 12 in the Lucan IGA store. The posters were particu- larly well done. The winners were: Jane Corbett, Grade 8; Marline Butler, Grade 7; Ro- bert Holland, Grade 6; Brenda Herbert, Grade 4; Each winner received 50/. Among the highlights of the bake sale will be a draw on a cake. Rec news Lucan PS pupils top speaking test The Lucan Businessmen's As- sociation recently held their second meeting of the year with an increase in attendance pleasantly noted. Mike Bobor, above, owner of the Central Hotel was elected president and Steve Storey is vice-president. Treasurer named was Ian Dal- las and Mrs. Muriel Carling is secretary. The next meeting is planned for tonight (Thursday) and it is expected a speaker will be on hand. New members are welcomed and may have further details by contacting any of the officers. Last Tuesday night the Ilder- ton bush league played a double header here at the arena as they do every Tuesday starting at 9;30. The South Middlesex League will be here again this Thurs- day for a triple header starting at 7:30 pm. The Lucan Ilderton Combines played their last home game of the schedule here Friday night in intermediate "A" competition by drubbing the Forest lake siders by the tune of 8-1. The Ladies Auxiliary of Lu- can are holding their ice revue on Wednesday March 3 at 8 sharp. We had a very good crowd out to our Saturday night dance again last week. Pair celebrate 50 years wed Mr. and Mrs. William Cal- cott of Elginfield were at home to relatives and friends Satur- day Jan. 30 when they celebrat- ed their golden wedding anni- versary. Married in Chatham, the couple farmed for a number of years near Highgate before moving to Elginfield 25 years ago to operate a service station there. Mr. and Mrs. Calcott have three children, Clifford H. of Lucan, William H. of St. Marys and Betty (Mrs. Jack Walsh) of London and 10 grandchildren. Congratulatory message s were received from Prime Minister Pearson, Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker and C. E. Millar MP and Mrs. Millar. A public speaking contest sponsored by the Ontario Trus- tees and Ratepayers Associa- tion was held in the Biddulph Central School, Thursday even- ing. There were four contestants from the Biddulph School, three from the St. Patrick's Separate School and two from Lucan. Contestants were; Agnes Steeghs, St. Patrick's School; Jim Naces, Bidduiph School; Maureen Smith, Lucan School; Francis Heenan and Janet Nag- le, St. Patrick's School; Ken Latta, Biddulph School; Allan McPhee, Lucan School; Gayle Marlin and Joan Garrett, Bid- dulph School. The judges were C. E. Kalb- fleisch BA of Medway High School and Murray Roberts, Principal of Oxbow Public School. Les Kennedy of Lucan, chairman of the trustee board was MC. While the judges were pre- paring their report, there was a short program, consisting of two numbers by the Separate School choir, musical numb- ers by David Skolly and Trevor Evans of Luca; a square dance by Lucan children and two num- bers by the Biddulph choral group, led by their music teach- er, Mrs. Clarence Hardy of Lu- can. The winner of the contest was Maureen Smith and run- ner-up Allan McPhee, both from the Lucan School. M a ur e en spoke on "My Trip to Upper Canada Village" and Allan chose ',Madam Currie". Maureen's prize was $16, Allan's $11 and the seven oth- er contestants received $3 each. This money had been donated by the Bidduiph Council, St. Patrick's School, the Biddulph trustee board and the Lucan WI. Maureen Smith, as winner will now go on and meet other winners at the London Teach- ers' College, Saturday, Feb. 20 and if successful there, at Chat- ham February 27. The school's large audi- torium was three parts filled to hear these young people speak. SIX WEEKS MORE WINTER If the old superstition of the ground-hog seeing his shadow February 2, be true, then there will be six weeks more winter. WAITING FOR SPRING TO RENOVATE AND REDECORATE? Successful banking begins with a savings account WHY? loans for home and farm improvement are available through your bank RIGHT NOW! Wise Canadians take advantage of the winter. Skilled men are usually more readily avail- able during the cold weather, and the job gets done when you want it. Materials are in generous supply—and off-season dis- counts and extended payment plans can make your renovation budget go much farther. Under the National Housing Act special Like almost everyone else, you use your local chartered bank as a safe and handy place to build the savings reserve that is so important to your financial future. In doing so, you do more than build a solid founda- tion for financial plans. You are building a valuable banking relationship and helping to establish your credit. 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MacEachen, Minister of Labour, Canada. oiri.3s65 JOINT BIRTHDAY" Mrs. John Woods of London last Tuesday entertained, with a dinner party in honor of her Own and her father's birthday. Her father is Principal Robert Jenkins of the Lucan Public school.