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Day of kisses
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Open house marks
50th anniversary
MR. AND MRS. HAROLD COURSEY
The Lucan Shamrock appears
as if it will be a busy little issue
the next time it appears on Octo-
ber 28.
The businessmen's association
decided to use it to kick off their
first community-wide promotion,
The Lucan Witches' Brew and
also insert a business telephone
directory in the paper.
The Times-Advocate agreed
to insert the handy card, similar
to those the businessmen had
printed some years ago. This
way the businessmen could be
assured of getting a card into
every home in the district.
The T-A also announced it
would use the next issue of The
Shamrock to announce a circula-
tion campaign for the Lucan dis-
trict.
Details have not been finalized
but it will involve a concentrated
campaign with about 15 winners
of the contest receiving two-day
bus excursion to Niagara Falls
and Toronto at the expense of
faithful members of Holy Trinity
Anglican Church, Lucan.
Prior to the open house, Mrs.
Leonard Poole of London held
a family dinner for 27 in honor
of her parents at her London
home.
Outside guests included Rev.
and Mrs. E. 0. Lancaster of
At the 11 o'clock Sunday ser-
vice in Holy Trinity Church, Miss
Lina Abbott was completely taken
by surprise, when she was made
a life member of the Woman's
Auxiliary by the League of
Loyalty, their parents and
friends.
Two mothers, Mrs. Gerald
Lewis and Mrs. Clarence Haskett
made the presentation of the gold
WA pin and the framed plaque,
while Billy Henderson, a son of
the SS superintendent, Mrs.
Dwight Henderson, on behalf of
the children, presented Miss Ab-
bott with a large container filled
with artificial flowers.
The rector commented on Miss
Abbott's contribution to the
church since retiring from Perth
Ave. School, Toronto, in 1950.
For. two years she taught the
girls' Bible Class but felt she
could make a better contribution
by organizing a Jr. Congregation
CCHIIRCH NOTiSri
Catholic
St. Patrick's CWL meeting was
held in the old school, last Mon-
day evening, with Mrs. Joe Nagle
in the chair and 14 members pre-
sent.
Final plans were made for the
bazaar and tea to be held in the
Lucan Community Centre, Octo-
ber 15, with various committees
named.
Mrs. James Blake and Mrs.
William Mcllhargey were in
charge of the social hour which
followed.
Anglican
Members of the Ladies Guild,
husbands and some children num-
bering over 40 attended CFPL
"Take Your Choice" last Satur-
day and won $108. The taping will
appear on TV Saturday, Oct. 2.
Next Sunday being Thanksgiv-
ing at St. James, there will be no
11 o'clock church service inHoly
Trinity nor League of Loyalty but
there will be a Family Com-
munion at 9 am and Sunday School
as usual at 9:45 am.
Pentecostal Holiness
The pastor, the Rev. John Sex-
ton, presided for the election of
officers for the Women's Auxil-
iary at a meeting in the church
last Wednesday.
President is Mrs. Howard Cur-
rie; vice-president, Mrs. Rufus
Thompson; sec-treas., Mrs. J. A.
Graham; Board member and
leader of the Prayer Band, Mrs.
Meine Eizenga.
YP REORGANIZED
A re-organized Young People's
group held its first meeting last
Thursday evening with Paul Gra-
ham presiding, This group hope
to be able to meet every Thurs-
day.
United
Flowers in the church were in
memory of Allan Ready and Mrs.
Ira Carling's brother.
In the Sunday School, Bibles
I were dedicated in memory of
Mrs. Sarah L. Young and Mrs.
Lena M. Bawden.
and League of Loyalty. This or-
ganization has continued to grow
for the past 13 years, dur ing
which time Miss Abbott has had
complete charge.
While in Toronto, she not only
taught the three R's but, for many
years, managed to get every
child in her room enrolled in
At the meeting of the Lucan
WI held in the Community Me-
morial C entre last Thursday
afternoon, the roll call ',Should
grandmothers baby-sit? Why or
why not", was answered by 13
members.
It was voted to accept an in-
vitation to visit the McGillivray
WI March 16. An invitation was
extended to the WI members to
join the Anglican Church Guild's
bus trip September 30, leaving
the church at 8:30 pm.
It was voted to hold a Dessert
Euchre at the Community Centre
at 1:30 pm, October 13 with the
executive to be in charge of
necessary arrangements.
Secretary, Mrs. Murray Hod-
gins was appointed delegate to
attend the Area Convention Nov.
2 and 3 to be held in the Vic-
torian Inn, Stratford.
It was voted to participate in
the centennial project of erect-
ing a plaque in memory of the
The opening Fall meeting of
the Sr. Women's Auxiliary of
Holy Trinity Church, was held
at the farm home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Corbett last Wed-
nesday and took the form of a
pot-luck luncheon at 1.30 pm
Among the 21 present were four
former members, now living in
London, Miss Nellie Foreman,
Mrs. Kenneth McGoun, Mrs. Ada
Jenkins and Miss Holly Martin.
The president, Mrs. Frank
Hardy, presided for the regular
meeting, which followed the lun-
cheon, with the Rev. E. O. Lan-
caster reading the Scripture les-
son.
The all day Diocesan Educa-
BIBLE SOCIETY SERVICE
A Bible Society service for all
Lucan churches was held at 8pm
with the Lucan--Clandeboye HiC
group attending in a body. Misses
Margaret arid ViCky Eizenga sang
a duet.
The guest speaker was Mr.
James Kega, from Kenya, Africa.
He is attending University of
Western Ontario.
MESSENGERS
The Messengers held their
opening Fall meeting on the
church lawn during the 11 o' clock
service, with Mrs. James Lock-
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some Sunday Schgol in the city.
At the close of the presenta-
tion, one of Miss Abbott's fav-
orite hymns, "Breathe on me
Breath of God", was sung.
Needless to say Miss Abbott
was, and still is, completely
overwhelmed, at the great honor
bestowed on her.
one time Wilberforce Colony in
Lucan.
As Mrs. Stewart Park will be
out West in October, Mrs. Or-
ville Jones, volunteered to take
her place as one of the conveners
for the Family Night meeting,
October 21.
September being the public re-
lations meeting, Mrs. Alex Young
as convener, took over. She first
commented on the motto, "Don't
regret becoming a grandmother,
with it, comes your second wind".
Before the meeting Mrs. Young
had contacted all grandmothers
and requested them to come pre-
pared to tell from which country
their grandparents came, some
early recollections and to bring
something belonging to them. All
this proved very interesting and
included pictures, a wedd in g
dress, cape, shawl, engagement
ring and a silver dollar received
for a month's work.
The executive formed the lunch
committee.
tional Conference to be held Sat-
urday, Sept 25 at St. James
Westminster Church, London,
and the Fall Deanery at St. John's
Church, Glencoe, Wed. Sept 29,
were announced.
It was decided to join with the
Evening Branch in the sending
of clothing to the Rev Stanley
Tomes.
An interesting discussion On
Church union was led by Mr.
Lancaster.
Miss Lina Abbott conducted an
"lye" contest, with all answers
to 30 questions ending with the
letters /rive". She also offered
her home for the October meet-
ing.
Family reunion
The family of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Alex Young held a family reunion
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ross McRoberts in honor of Dr.
and Mrs. Robert Coates and fam-
ily, who left Wednesday for Eng-
land. Dr. Coates will be continu-
ing his studies at Radcliffe In-
firmary in Oxford.
All members of the family
were present at the gathering
except Mr. and Mrs. Jack Young
and family who now reside in
Vancouver, B.C. Guests also in-
cluded Mr. arid Mrs. Harold Cor-
bett.
I have .the deepest admiration
for those men who make a big
fuss over their annual wedding
anniversary. My wife and I had
another anniversary this week,
and, as usual, neither of us re-
membered it until three days
after it was past, too late to
celebrate.
The reason I admire the anni-
versary addicts is the sheer
boldness of their tactics. Usually,
they are about the rottenest hus-
bands in town, on a day-to-day
basis. But with one florid, ex-
travagant gesture, they wipe out
all their sins of the last 12
months and lay the groundwork
for another year of getting away
with murder.
Few of these birds are the
gentle, meek, timid, humble, hen-
pecked husbands this era has
spawned, like you and me. Not
they. Among their ranks you find
the deer hunters, the fishermen,
the hard drinkers, the poker
players, the philanderers.
And yet, with a combination
of utter effrontery and incredible
craftiness, they carry it off every
year. A big bash of candy, a
flourish of flowers, dinner and
a night on the town; and the old
lady falls for it every time.
This is the part I can't under-
Lucan, Mrs. C. A. Calder and
Mrs. Ada Jennings of London,
Mrs. Cora Atkinson of Lansing,
Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Simpson of Clandeboye.
The T-A.
The businessmen's promotion,
Tile Witches' Brew, will involve
coupons given to the public with
a draw for several prizes put up
by the businessmen. The associa-
tion has located a giant witches'
kettle which will be prominently
displayed filled with a prize from
every store.
The first and second prize
winners will be given their pick
of the pot. The third prize win-
ner (or is he or she really. the
first prize winner) will get to
take all the rest.
Jim Davis heads a committee
to compile a business telephone
directory. However the list will
be restricted to paid up mem-
bers of the association. Any in-
terested in having their name
added to the list is urged to
contact Jim or the association's
secretary, Miss Muriel Carling.
President Mike Bobor sent
word he had to resign due to
changes in the hours of the hotel.
stand. Women, especially women
who have been married for a few
years, are not notoriously soft-
headed. And yet these women,
who know perfectly well that the
old man is a two-timing heel, an
incipient lush, or a big-mouthed
bum, go all weak at the knees
when Joe waltzes in on their
anniversary with a potted plant.
I'm not making this up. Let's
take my pal Charlie as an ex-
ample. He's real. I'll change
nothing but the names. Charlie
wouldn't be caught dead taking
his wife to church or the movies,
during the year. He takes his
holidays in the fall, when the
boys are going deer-h u n t i n g.
Mabel stays home. It gives her
a good chance to rake the leaves
and get the storm windows on.
When Charlie finishes a day's
work, he has a couple or six
quick ones with the boys, grunts
at Mabel a few times during
dinner, grabs his curling broom
or golf clubs, and heads out the
door.
Charlie's idea of a pleasant
social evening for Mabel is to
send her over to visit her sister
while he has the poker gang in.
After, of course, she has made a
huge lunch for the boys.
Charlie has a lot of trouble
with Mabel's extravagance. Heck,
he gives her thirty dollars a week
to run the house and feed and
clothe the kids and herself, and
she just runs right through it, as
though the stuff grew on trees.
Sometimes she hasn't even
vice-president Steve Storey was
asked to move up and George
Young was unanimously voted the
new vice-president.
The association put consider-
able discussion to industrial pro-
motion. Commented the new pre-
sident, "If we do want industry
we will have to do some of the
spade work."
One or two members men-
tioned there had been inquiries
by industry but that they had
been directed to private indivi-
duals rather than to council or
a committee of council.
It was also remarked that Lu-
can is not listed with the provin-
cial Department of Economics as
having water or sewage.
The association decided to have
a dinner meeting in October with
a guest speaker on industrial
promotion from the province.
Next regular meeting will be
the third Thursday in October,
Oct. 21.
Joint CGIT elect
new officers
The opening fall meeting of the
Lucan-Clandeboye CGIT was held
in the United Church schoolroom
last Tuesday evening with the
president, Marilyn Hearn, in the
chair. Following the opening the
leader, Mrs. Murray liodgins,
Presided for the election of offi-
cers,
Past president is Marilyn
Hearn; president, Nancy Park;
vice president, Heather Froats;
secretary, Marline Butler; trea-
surer, Roberta Cochrane; re-
corder, Daisy Cobleigh; pianist,
Marilyn Hearn.
Mrs. Charles Sovereign, UCW
president, installed the new offi-
cers.
It was reported the recent bake
sale netted the group $21.65. It
was voted to take part in a tie
project to send good used ties
to the port workers at Halifax
and Montreal,
The date of the Kick-Off Camp
Rally for leaders and girls will
be Friday, Sept. 24, at Calvary
United Church, leaving the Lucan
Church at 6 pm.
Four Explorers graduated into
CGIT. Chief counsellor Mrs. Wil-
liam Froats and the new CGIT
leader were in charge of the
graduation ceremony.
Thirteen girls won friendship
badges for having completed their
mission study. These were pre-
, sented by Mrs. 1-lodgins as well
as Maple Leaf Badges to the new
president and secretary.
The worship service was taken
by Wendy Cronkite and Nancy
Park. As many of the girls had
attended different camps during
the summer, the meeting closed
with the singing of a camp song
from each camp.
enough left on Saturday to buy
his weekend case of beer.
He had me close to tears as
he told me about the folly of
letting women handle the money.
With golf and curling fees up
this year, and a new rifle to
buy for the hunting trip, he figur-
ed he might just hafta cut down
on the house allowance, if they
were going to make ends meet.
Now Charlie, while a pleasant
enough fellow to the world, and
a real swinger with the boys,
as a husband and father is not
only a rat but also a fink. And
Mabel, who is no dope, knows
it.
But you should have seen her
the other night, when she dropped
in to pay my wife back the five
bucks she's borrowed recently.
Her eyes were shining and her
poor, harassed face was all lit
up, as she told us about the
wonderful thrill of their anni-
versary celebration.
Charlie had come straight
home after work, without drinks
and with roses, hustled her into
her glad rags and taken her out
to the golf club for dinner. She'd
had to come home with some
friends, because Charlie had
wandered into the locker room
and got involved in a poker game.
But she just couldn't express her
appreciation of his thoughtfulness
and kindness in remembering
their anniversary.
My wife's comment, later: "I'd
cut his throat."
Let's combine our efforts
to prevent forest fire.
Honored by League of Loyalty
Miss Lina Abbott was taken by surprise at the Sunday morning service in Holy Trinity Church when she
was presented with a life membership in the Woman's Auxiliary by the League of Loyalty which she
organized 13 years ago. She has had complete charge since it began and has done a wonderful work
with them. From left to right are Mrs. Clarence Haskett, Rev. E. 0. Lancaster, Miss Abbott and Mrs.
Gerald Lewis who with Mrs. Haskett presented the gold WA pin and framed plaque.
Surprise presentation
honors church worker
Correspondent; Miss Lina Abbott
September 15, 1915 a quiet
wedding was solemnized in Holy
Trinity Church, Lucan, when the
late Rev. Wm. Lowe united in
marriage, Annie Mayo, daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Mayo of Lucan and Harold Cour-
sey, son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John Coursey of RR 1 Lucan,
(the Coursey Road).
Last Wednesday the couple's
two daughters, Margaret (Mrs.
Bert Zurbrigg) and Jean (Mrs.
Leonard Poole) and their six
children of London staged an
afternoon and evening 00th wed-
ding anniversary open house, at
their parent's farm home, which
has been in the CoUrsey family
for three generations.
Mr. and Mrs. Coursey welcom-
ed 158 guests who signed a guest
book in charge of Jane Zurbrigg
and Carolyn Poole.
In the afternoon, at a lace
covered table centred with a
50th anniversary arrangement of
gold and white mums, spiked by
gold candles, Mrs. A. C. Calder
and Mrs. Ada Jennings of Lon-
don, poured tea and the couple's
two daughters served.
In the evening the bride's sist-
er, Mrs. J. R. Murray, of Lucan,
and Mrs. Arthur Simpson of Clan-
deboye, poured tea and Mrs.
Harvey Hodgins, Mrs. Charles
Haggar, Mrs. Laurence Hodgins
and Miss Janet Zurbrigg served.
Among the many gifts received
by Mr. and Mrs. Coursey were a
plaque from the provincial gov-
ernment, a tea service and prayer
book from the neighbors and con-
gratulatory messages from gov-
ernment officials and many
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Coursey are
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Lucan WI plan visit
to McGillivray WI
Pot-luck luncheon
opens WI meetings
Lucan merchants plan
for October promotion
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