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MR. AND MRS. BILL VAN BOMMEL
Honeymoon in Belgium
Popular Lucan band
Although the "Casuals" were only organized last November they
have acquired a following in this area and are in demand for teen-
age dances. They played in Exeter Saturday evening.
Lucan band plays at
many area events
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Baskets of mums and gladioli
formed the setting in St. Pat-
rick's Catholic Church, Biddulph,
at 11 am, Saturday, Sept. 18, for
the double-ring ceremony, when
the Rev. F. J. Bricklin, united
in marriage, Mary Clymans and
Bill VanBommel.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alois Clymans of
RR 3 Lucan and the groom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin
VanBommel of RR 7 London.
Given in marriage by her fath-
er, the bride chose a floor length
lace dress over satin. The bodice
featured lily-point sleeves and
New president
for joint CGIT
The new president of the
Lucan-Clandeboye CGIT, Nancy
Park, presided for the Tuesday
evening meeting in the UC school-
room.
Girls were reminded to bring
in their gifts for the port-workers
at the next meeting, Oct. 5. A
skit was presented by the leader,
Mrs. Murray Hodgins, and a new
CGIT member, Jane Hodgson.
Plans for the Friday London
Rally were finalized.
A questionnaire evaluation
form on the year's work was
completed by two groups led by
Mrs. Hodgins and Louise Coch-
rane and will be discussed at the
next meeting. Roberta Cochrane
led in the worship service and
Marilyn Hearn and Wendy Cron-
kite were in charge of a singsong.
Former Lucan
girl honored
Miss Marilyn Brownlee, for-
merly of Lucan, who has been
working in the Department of
External Affairs at Ottawa was
honored when she was chosen
as stenographer to accompany
the delegation of Canada to at-
tend the 20th session of the
General Assembly of the United
Nations for the next three months.
Pentecostal Holiness
Y.P.
Paul Graham presided at the
re-organized Young P e op 1 e's
meeting Thursday evening. An
interesting film entitled, "Bring-
ing in the Sheaves" was shown.
The pastor, the Rev. John Sex-
ton, is taking services in North
Carolina so the guest speaker at
the Sunday services was the Rev.
Leland Nuen of London.
Anglican
FAMILY COMMUNION
Owing to Harvest Thanksgiving
service in St. James Church,
there was no 11 o'clock church
service in Holy Trinity but there
was a family communion service
at 9 am. Some 35 children were
out for this impressive service.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
Sunday next, October 3, will be
Lucan's Thanksgiving service at
11 am (not 11:30 as printed in the
Church bulletin). Being the first
Sunday In the month there will be
communion, at 8:30 am, not at the
11 O'clock service,
BUS TRIP
Those wishing to take in the
Ladies Guild bus trip Next Thum-
square neckline. A rose shaped
crown held her veil of French
illusion. She carried a cascade
of red roses and ferns.
Miss Galelieve Clymans of
RR 3 Lucan, as maid of honor,
and Miss Trudy VanBommel, as
bridesmaid, were gowned alike
in street-length dresses of yel-
low organza, over taffeta, and
carried cascades of yellow and
white carnations and ferns. Mary
Ann VanBommel, as flower girl
carried a basket filled with
Sweetheart roses and white
asters.
Mr. Cornelius VanBommel of
RR '7 London, was best man and
Mr. Alphonse Clymans was the
usher.
Miss Bette Morkin provided
traditional wedding music and
accompanied Mr. Alex Kerck-
haert of RR 4 Denfield, as solo-
ist.
The wedding reception was held
at Moose Lodge, London.
The bride and groom will leave
for a honeymoon trip to Belgium
near the end of September.
They will make their home on
a farm near London.
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Mr. & Mrs. Allan Tindall of
Wiarton were weekend guests of
Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Abbott and
accompanied them Saturday to the
Phillips-Mullins wedding at the
Elmwood Presbyterian Church,
London.
Miss Edna Hodgins, her neph-
ew and niece David and Wendy
Baker, of London were Sunday
guests of Mr. & Mrs. Charlie
Windsor.
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Dewey of
Florida, who have been visiting
Lucan relatives, returned home
last Monday.
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Banting
spent a few days with relatives
in Forest, Sarnia and Lansing,
Mich., and had their son Elmer
Ranting, of Ottawa, with them,
Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Karl O'Neil of Lucan and
her sister, Mrs. Sam King, of
day are asked to contact Mrs.
Harvey Hodgins or Mrs. Erwin
Scott.
United
Sunday evening, 16 L uc an-
Clandeboye Hi C members, ans-
wered the roll call.
The meeting opened with a sing
sang, led by Margaret Sach. The
devotions were taken by Nancy
Park, Leroy Maguire and Carol
Latta. There were four new mem-
bers, Marilyn, Patsy and Linda
Smith and Earl Bien.
It was decided to have a paper
and bottle drive October 16.
The next meeting will be held
October 3 at the home of Mar-
garet Sach. The lunch committee
was Marilyn Hearn, Leroy Ma-
guire and Nancy Park.
UCW
The afternoon branch of the
UCW met in the school room
Thursday afternoon, with Mrs.
Duncan McPhee in the chair.
Mrs. GOr don Banting was in
charge Of the Thanksgiving ser-
vice assisted by Mrs. William
Aylestock.
Two quilts will be mede for
the bale and old Christma$ earde
are to be sent to Korea.
Mrs. James Lockyer took the
study book on Brazil,
Lucan residents
get damages
February 5, Cecil Holmes of
Yarmouth Township was hit by
a car while cleaning his wind-
shield and later died. Mrs. Holm-
es and daughter moved to Lucan
where several other members of
her family live. She was awarded
$10,013 and costs, E. A. Cher-
niak, London, represented Mrs.
Holmes.
Mrs. George Paul, Lucan and
Mrs. James Smith of Acton, a
passenger, were involved in a car
accident in Leeds County Novem-
ber 5. An out-of-court settle-
ment last week awarded Mrs.
Smith $15,000, Mrs. Paul $2,500,
Mr. Paul $642 and Mr. Smith
$1,933. The defendant Melville
B. K. Gordon of Ottawa will pay
the damages and costs.
The settlement was endorsed
by Mr. Justice William A. Dono-
hue of Sarnia.
Home and school
instal officers
The Lucan Home and School
Association met in the Kinder-
garten last Wednesday evening,
with the president Mrs. James
Lockyer, in the chair.
The meeting began with the
installation of the officers by a
former president, Mrs. Calvin
Haskett.
President is Mrs. James Lock-
yer; secretary, Mrs. Harry
Wraith; treasurer, Mrs. James
Freeman; executive, Mrs. Mert
Culbert, Mrs. Duncan McPhee,
Mrs. Jack Atkinson and Mrs.
George Young.
Mrs. Lockyer made the pre-
sentation of pins to the gradua-
tion class and Mrs. Cecil Robb,
on behalf of the Women's Insti-
tute, presented a $10 cheque to
the top graduate, Margaret Hol-
land.
It was decided to again spon-
sor the Music Festival.
Mrs. Harold Cobleigh, the
Grade 1 and 2 teacher, intro-
duced the 1965-66 staff, who each
spoke briefly. Mr.. Les Kennedy,
chairman of the joint s c hool
boards, also spoke of the work
being done by the Board.
Mrs. Ivan Hearn's room won
the attendance cup.
It was decided to have a cen-
tennial box, in which contribu-
tions will be placed to be used
for some centennial project.
Crediton have returned from a
three week trip to Europe. While
in Germ any they visited the
daughter of the latter and her
family, Captain and Mrs. Earl
Whalen of Heiner.
Mr. & Mrs. 0. C. Lillie have
returned to Birmingham, Mich.
after spending a few days, with
the latter's sister, Mrs. Will
Haskett.
After several months in Ot-
tawa, Mr. William Brownlee has
returned home.
Mrs. George Paul last Wed-
nesday attended the Presbyterial
executive meeting in the Strath-
roy United Church and reported
on the conference held in Mc-
Mast e r University, Hamilton,
Sept. 27-29.
Mrs. Frances Seward has re-
turned home after a three week
plane trip to England.
Mr. & Mrs. Allan Hodgins of
Chilliwack, B.C. and Miss Lila
Abbott were Thursday evening
guests of Mr. & Mrs. Clarence
Davis.
Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Mann of
Toronto last week brought their
daughter Miss Sharon, to Lon-
don to take a post graduate nurs-
ing course at Western and they
spent the weekend with Mr. &
Mrs. Harold Hodgins.
Mrs. Ern Abbott is a patient in
St. Joseph's Hospital, having
fractured her leg when she fell
in her home, a week ago.
Mr. Jack Henderson and Miss
Irene Johnston of Scarboro spent
their vacation with Mr. & Mrs.
Cecil Robb.
Mr. Grant Brooks of London
formerly of Lucan is seriously
ill in Westminster Hospital.
Mr. Dick Turner, agricultural
editor for the Winnipeg Free
Press Weekly Farmer's Advo-
cate, was a Monday guest of Mr.
& Mrs. Ron Crozier.
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Watson and
family, who have been visiting
Dr. & Mrs. T. A. Watson, re-
turned home Saturday to Winni-
peg.
Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Cantelon of
Victoria, B.C., who spent the past
week with the former's parents,
Mr. & Mrs. J, H. Cantelon, have
returned home.
Miss Isabel Neabel and friend
of Toronto were weekend guests
of Mr. & Mrs. Jim Mugford.
Among those WhO attended the
graduation exercises for Marie
Lobsinger, daughter of Dr. &
Mrs. L, W, Lobsieger, Sarnia
"The Casuals", one of Luca.n's
teenage bands, is made up of
Randy Paul, Lucan, the leader,
Gerry Mathers of Parkhill, lead
guitar, Gary Dixon, Ailsa Craig,
bass guitar, Lawrence Lockhart,
Ailsa Craig, rhythm guitar, and
Beverly Shiply of Ilderton, tenor
saxophone. (There is also an-
other lad, Douglas McLeod of
Parkhill, who always accompan-
ies the group to lend a helping
hand.)
With the exception of Randy,
who is 20 this month, the ages
of the other members range from
17 to 19.
Why the name "Casuals"? Oh
just because we are ordinary
guys with no big ideas", said
Gerry who chose the name and
also the theme instrumental,
"Casually" plus another number
entitled "Cruising Beat". Gary
composed words and music of
"0 Baby".
This band which was organized
last November has already played
at Granton, Lucan, London, Sea-
forth, Exeter, Brussels and Cold-
Was resident of
London Township
Mrs. Matilda (Tillie) McRo-
berts, 81, wife of the late Ernest
McRoberts, passed away sudden-
ly at her late residence, lot 9,
concession 13, London Township,
Thursday Sept. 23.
The body rested in the C. Has-
kett and Son Funeral Home, Lu-
can, until Saturday, Sept. 25, when
the Rev. John Cook, of the Bryan-
ston United Church, conducted fu-
neral services. Interment was in
St. John's cemetery, Arva.
Pallbearers included Messrs.
Chester, Graydon and Bill Mc-
Roberts, Jack and Gilbert Park-
inson and Herbert Hudson.
She is survived by two sons,
Elliott at home, and Earl of RR 5
London Township, two sisters,
Mrs. Mamie Parkinson of Lon-
don, Mrs. Rebecca Hardy, of St.
Marys, also six grandchildren.
Mrs. McRoberts, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Elliott was the former Matilda
Elliott. She lived all her life in
London Township.
Ladies guild
plans supper
The Ladies Guild of Holy Trin-
ity Church met in the Parish Hall
last Wednesday with the president
Mrs. Harvey Hodgins in the chair.
A vote of thanks was extended to
Miss Lina Abbott for having or-
ganized the trips to "Act Fast"
and "Take your Choice" which
netted the group a total of $203.
Most of the meeting was taken
up with arrangements for the
annual turkey dinner Wednesday,
Oct. 27.
Friends fete
bride elect
Miss Diane Hickson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Hickson
of Margaret St., Lucan, whose
marriage will take place October
2 was guest of honor at a miscel-
laneous shower held at the home
of Mrs. Arnold Morley Friday
night, with Mrs. Laverne Allison
of Parkhill as co-hostess. Rela-
tives and friends numbering 15
were present.
Miss Carol Thorpe of Lambeth
assisted the bride-elect, open the
gifts, which Were presented by
Mrs. Den Riley of Stratford and
Miss Jean Smith of London.
During the evening four con-
tests were held,
found
WALLET on Main St., Lucan,
Mon. Sept. 27. Owner may have
same by proving property and
paying for this ad. Phone 227-,
4765 in the evening.
last Sunday were Mr. & Mrs.
Sheridan RevingtOn, Miss Carla
Revington, Mrs. Jan Park, Miss
Jeen Marie Lankin of Lucan,
Mrs. Art McLean and Mr. Dave
Varcy of London and Dr. & Mrs.
Jack Dewey of Florida.
stream. They got a real thrill
when asked to play at the Silver
Dome, London Fair, Sept. 15 and
at Ailsa Craig's garden party,
Sept. 21, also Exeter Teen Town,
Saturday, Sept. 25.
Their next big engagement will
be at Ilderton Fair. They have
also been contacted by UWO so
this enthusiastic music-loving
group, though they never attain
Beetle fame, nor ever require
police protection from hysterical
screaming mobs, they have their
feet firmly planted on the first
rung of the "Ladder of Success"
and may go far in the years to
come.
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No matter how busy the sum-
mer has been, each year the
wildly accelerating pace of life
in autumn comes as a jolt.One is
not eased, but hurled, back into
the rat-race.
First shook, akin to diving off
an ice-floe in the vicinity of
Greenland, is the re-opening of
school. It's exciting for the kids,
exhausting for parents, and pure
chaos for the teacher.
One day it's Labor Day. Calm,
competent, relaxed, the teachLr
potters about the long, silent,
fresh-waxed halls of the school,
picking up his mail and planning
an afternoon round of golf.
The next day, he is just an-
other ant in an anthill. He is
buffeted in the halls by a mael-
strom of students. He frantically
makes class lists, sells padlocks,
fills out forms. He directs weep-
ing grade-niners who are lost,
pr can't remember the combin-
ation of their lockers. lie com-
forts near-weeping new teachers
who don't know what to do, nor
why, nor where, nor when.
Just to add to the general jol-
lity this fall at our school, we
went on a double shift. Our team
commences classes at 8 a.m.
This means hitting the deck at
6:30 or earlier. Pull a teenager
out of bed at 6:30 and you have
a surly teenager. Pull a teacher
out of bed ditto and you have a
ditto teacher. It's bad enough
these fine autumn mornings, but
there'll be murder done by mid-
winter.
But school is only part of au-
tumn's rude awakening. There is
the despair that strikes when you
read a list of the "new" television
shows and discover that not a
single tree or shrub has been
plented in the wasteland of last
year's TV.
Bills sprout like thistles in
autumn. There's the remains of
last winter's fuel bill, with
"PLEASE" typed in red.
There's the notice of the mort-
gage payment. There's the one,
entitled "Last warning," from
the guy who sodded the bald spot
on your lawn last June. There's
the first instalment of music
lessons. There's the note from
your friendly bank manager.
And this fall the thistles are
longer and sharper than ever
around our place, with a kid
heading for university. We figur-
ed out that he will need approx-
imately as much money this year
as my old man used to raise a
family of five on. Hugh's idea of
helping out with finances was to
take off in mid-September with
my beet jacket, all my sox with-
out holes, and every shirt of
mine without frayed cuffs—both
of them.
Meetings. galore. There's the
notice of the cursing club meet-
ing, at which "We will diecuss
the advisability pf raising the
tees." They were raised. There's
the notice from the Library Board
for the first fall meeting, at
which the property committee
(guess who's chairman) will pre-
sent Its report. There's a re-
minder that the speech I offered
to make, last June, will be pre-
sented in 10 days. There's the
memo about the staff meeting at
7 a.m. There's the advice that
MY resignation as teacher of the
Bible Class has been ignored,
and classes commence on een-
day.
In between, the lawn has grown
four inches, the hedge looks like
a beetnik and the leaves are
falling. The squirrels are back
In the attic, the garage is still
half-painted, and my daughter,
in a month at camp, has busted
put of all her clothes.
Oh well, "Life is the life," as
Kim once remarked sagely, age
six. There have been a couple of
bright spots. I have a new Eng-
lish teacher on my crew who
would have given Cleopatra a
run for Mark Antony.
And there was the Old Fighter
Pilots' reunion in mid-Septem-
ber. They tried to ruin it this
year by having wives along. But
most of the boys ignored this
and turned up stag. And those
who didn't were wishing they had!
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