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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-03-06, Page 14Correspondent; Mrs. Frances Seward Phone 227-45'11 Lucan Legion Coming Events Friday, March 7 ZONE SPORTS Lucan at Ilderton Saturday, March 8 Dance at Ilderton Legion Hall Wednesday, March 12 Ice Show Sponsored by Ladies' Aux. Hockey Nite at BR, 540 — N.H.L, Hockey in Living Colour Thursday, March 13 Bingo Did You . Know? That Legion Branches across C anada sponsor 100,000 young. sters In team sports, Strike it rich! Get big spring discounts on farm lubricants! Stock up now on quality Texaco farm lubricants! Figure out your lubrication needs for the season ahead and order now! You get savings on every gallon — plus handy 15-gallon drums at big bulk discounts! The more you buy, the more you save! And enter our lucky draw contest. You'll have a good chance to win an eight-speed Osterizer, a bench grinder, or a compressed air spray gun! Call us today! And trust Texaco to save you big money all year long. W."BILL" McFALLS 227 WELLINGTON ST. EXETER, ONT. PHONE: 235-2840 YOUR COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTOR Golden wedding fete for former Lucanites Kge 14 Times-Advocate, March 6, 1969 Liman SHOP AT HOME Mr. and Mrs. William E. Tookey, 68 Victor St., London, eelebrated their golden wedding anniversary recently by holding open house at their home.. Mr. and Mrs. Tookey were eluded Wednesday„ February 1919- at the home of the Weie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert " Gunning, Whalen eorners, Blanshard Township by tiev. W. A. Finlay, Centralia. After their marriage they iveci in Lucan for 19 years .here Mr. Tookey carried on a '44'eorating business prior to Wedding trip ro the north White and pink streamers and )ells decorated the home of Mr. said Mrs. Thomas A. Weller, ,iturday, when the Rev. T. A. 2earson, united in wedlock their slaughter Nancy Marie and olfilliam Hiram Bieber, in a ;louble-ring ceremony. The groom is the son of Mr. :ad Mrs. Hiram Bieber of R.R. 1 sBranton, and the Rev. Person of eliatham is the bride's uncle. Given in marriage by her ther, the bride wore a street-length dress of white lace, with shoulder length illusion veil, held by a crown of pearls. the carried a bouquet of white Mrs. Dorothy Weller of Toronto, the bride's e;ter-in-law, was her maid of 5 'onour. She wore a green •ireet-length dress, and head-piece to match, with black accessories. She carried pink arnations on a white Bible. The best man was George ,troy Bieber, of Granton, `eother of the groom, and the 3)Ade 's brother, David Weller of 7,ecan acted as usher. The bride's mother wore a Ihne green dress with black ecessories, and a corsage of -fellow carnations, for the reception at her home. She was assisted by the groom's mother, wearing a pale blue dress with Mack accessories, and a corsage white carnations. For a wedding trip to Northern Ontario the bride wore a light blue suit with beige oecessories and a corsage of white mums. They will make their home in Lucan. Both are presently working in Centralia. BRIDE-ELECT HON OURED Miss Nancy Marie Weller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Weller of Water St., Lucan whose marriage to William Hiram Bieber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Bieber of Granton, ook place Sat. at the bride-elect's home, was honored with two miscellaneous showers. Mrs. Allan Smith and Mrs. sank Bieber of Centralia, were ;oint hostesses for the first ehower held at the home of Mrs. 'Imith, and Mrs. George Millar end Mrs. Don. Leitch of Lucan were joint hostesses for the .second shower which was held at he home of Mrs. Leitch. Mrs. Sheridan Revington vent a few days last week with her mother, Mrs. Harry McFalls, of London. Mr. & Mrs. R.O. Spence and Donald of Streetsville have returned home after spending the weekend with Mrs. Spences mother, Mrs. Jane Somerville. Mrs. C.F. Langford of Toronto has returned home after epending a few days with her mother, Mrs. John Casey of Alice St. Mrs. W.W. Garrett, Mrs. Don McTaggart and family of London and Mrs. Bob Coleman of Lucan were Wednesday guests of Mrs. Richard Dickens of Exeter. Mrs. Mildred Crinnian of Guelph is spending a few days with Mrs. Jane Somerville. Mr. & Mrs. Aljoe Culbert were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Abbott. Mrs. Kenneth McGoun has returned home from a two week visit in Dearborn, Michigan, where she was the guest of Mrs. Lang De Coursey and Miss Helen De Coursey, formerly of Lucan. Peter Prest, now of Saskatoon, who received his early education in Lucan, while his father, the Rev. John Prest, was rector of Holy Trinity Church, Lucan. and St. James Church, Clandeboye, has been accepted to teach High School English in Calgary for 1969-70. Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Haskett of Lucan, and their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Emerson Gill of Grand Bend have returned home from a 10-day holiday in Florida. Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Whitehead were Sunday guests of Mr. & Mrs, Don Hirtzel of Centralia. Mr. & Mrs. Dan Gwalchmai have moved back to their former Lucan home with their baby son, Jeffery. Mrs, Eldon Hodgson, who returned to Stratford with her sister, Mrs. Lela Beadle, for a moving to London where he operated a paint and wallpaper store for 25 years, The couple have two children, Mrs. Jack (Marian) Box and. John, both of London. They also have four grandchildren, all of whom were present for the happy occasion. About 175 guests signed the guest book. The dining room was decorated with golden accessories, a three-tier anniversary cake and a beautiful floral arrangement. Tea was poured by the bride's sisters, Mrs. Edna Passmore, Mrs. Wilson (Olive) Morley, Mrs. Tessa Jaques and Mrs, Elsie Earl, all of Exeter. The nieces served lunch, Mr. and Mrs. Tookey received many lovely gifts and cards. Guests were present from Niagara Falls, Elmira, Lucan, Exeter and surrounding district. Several scouts back in the pack Lu can Scoutleader Gordon Froats reports that three previous members have rejoined the Scouts, making seven scouts at the meeting last week, as well as 12 cubs. Mr. Froats is still without help, and finds it very difficult teaching the boys with such a wide range of ages. He organized a bottle-drive last Saturday and a good percentage of the boys helped with this project. Biddulph farmer dies at residence Patrick Toohey, 81, died suddenly, Saturday March 1 at his late residence Lot 22, Conc. 8 Biddulph Township. He is survived by his wife, Laura (Whelihan) Toohey; two sons, John Toohey, of Queens University, Kingston, and Paul Toohey of Biddulph Township; two daughters, Mrs. Cecelia Doyle of London and Mrs. Joseph (Patricia) Grace, of Biddulph Township; two sisters, Mrs. Bridget Lamphier of London and Sister Regina, of London; two brothers, Brother Anthony of Dubuque, Iowa, and Timothy Toohey, of Biddulph Township. There are nine grandchildren. The body rested at the C. Haskett and Son Funeral Home, Lucan, until Tuesday. Funeral service was in Patrick's Church, Biddulph, where Requiem High Mass was sung followed by interment in St. Patrick's Cemetery. The body rested at the C. Haskett and Son Funeral Home, Lucan, until Tuesday. Funeral service was in St. Patrick's Church, Biddulph, where Requiem High Mass was sung followed by interment in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Father S.J. Bricklin was in charge. Pallbearers were James McCarthy, William Heenan, William Daymen, William Grace, Thomas Mitchell and Joe McIlhargey. few days vacation, is now home again. Mr. & Mrs. Mel Winder of London were Friday guests of Mrs. Frank Hardy. Mrs. J.R. Murray, and son Robert Murray, were Sunday guests of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Murray and family of London. Dr. & Mrs. Robert Coates and family of London were Sunday visitors of Mr. & Mrs. Ross McRoberts. Mrs. Verna Dann of London was a surprise visitor for Mrs. Frances Seward last Friday. Mr. & Mrs. Evan Hodgins attended the 25th wedding anniversary, Sunday evening, of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Garrod, Ailsa Craig. Mrs. Connie Kilmer of London spent the weekend at the home of Mr. & Mrs. M.H. Hodgins. Lucan personals Explorer girls watch China film An expedition of the Lucan-Clandeboye Explorers was held at Lucan United Church, Monday last with 30 Explorers and three Counsellors present. The meeting was opened by Chief Explorer Janice Walker. Announcements were made by Mrs. Don O'Neill and she led a discussion on new Chinese proverbs. The explorers were led in worship by Sheila Smith, Carolyn Hopps and Mrs. Ross McRoberts. The film "In the Land of China" was shown and the girls then divided into three groups to discuss different parts of the film. They gathered together again for closing ceremonies. Next expedition will be held March 10. wins charm The first Tops charm was won by a new member at the weekly meeting of the Streamliners' Tops Club. There were seven members and two weigh-ins to answer roll call. It must be something to do with the better weather as the pink pigs are still the most popular symbol to be taken home. Election for new slate of officers will take place early in March, Mrs. Art Bates although a member for only five weeks was the one who won the charm, by losing three lbs. and keeping it off for two weeks. A card table is to be purchased for use of the club. Mrs. Bates also won the weekly crown. New member Double reason for celebration Not only did Mr. and Mrs. Tom Weller celebrate their daughter Nancy's wedding, March 1, they also celebrated their own 28th wedding anniversary. Mr. Weller is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Weller of St. Rose Du Lac, Manitoba, and Mrs. Weller, the former June Lukings, is the daughter of Jack Lukings of London, and the late Mrs. Lukings. The couple was married in London, where they lived until moving to Lucan 17 years ago, where Mr. Weller still owns the Shamrock Restaurant, but owing to ill health has had to rent it. Besides Nancy, the couple has two older children, Thomas Jr. of Toronto and David at home. CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S DAY A BIT EARLY—The Lucan Pee Wee hockey team celebrated St. Patrick's Day a little bit early by winning the annual pee wee tournament at the Lucan arena, Saturday. Wearing their green sweaters, the Irish youngsters defeated Hensall 4-3 and Dorchester 4.0 to win the championship. The winners are shown above. Back, left, Steve Carter, Jim Benn, Marty Wraith, captain Randy English, Brian Noyes, Pat Holland, Dave Crane, Jeff Culbert and Brad Taylor. Front, Gord Moon, Cecil Nickles, Rick Millman, Kevin Lightfoot, Randy Kraul, Dave Smith and Scott Anderson. John Moon is manager of the club and George English does the coaching. T-A photo. by J.E. BURT I must start out with the results of our 13th Annual Pee Wee Hockey Tournament which was held here at the Centre Saturday. In (B) Classification, in the first game it was Exeter 3, Huron East 0; in the second game it was St. Mary's over Delhi, 4-1. In the second round consolation game it was Delhi 3, Huron East 1 with Delhi winning the Consolation Trophy. In the (B) winners game it was St. Mary's over Exeter 3-2 in over-time with Exeter goalie out of the net as they were trailing in shots on goal. This was the best game of the whole tournament. In (C) Classification, in the first game it was Saltfleet 6, Ilderton 4; in the second game it was Lambeth over West Lorne 3-0. In the Consolation round West Lorne won the trophy by beating Ilderton 4-3 and in the (C) group winners game it Saltfleet over Lambeth 3-0. In (D) Classification, in the first game it was Lucan 4, Hensall 3; in the second game it was Dorchester 2, Northbrae 1. In (D) Consolation play it was Northbrae 4, Hensall 0 and in the game for (D) class winner's trophy it was Lucan 4, Dorchester 0. Captain Randy English scored two goals to lead the Lucan scoring attack in the final game 4-0 win over Dorchester. Pat Holland and Randy Kraul added singles to complete the Lucan scoring total. In the opening 4.3 victory over Hensall, Brad Taylor was Lucan pee wee club wins tourney crown the double scorer for Lucan while Dave Smith and Randy English added singles. The Hensall scoring was led by a two goal effort by Danny Turvey and Murray Parsons contributed a single score. Exeter Legion Auxiliary pee wee win over Huron East 3-0 was accomplished on single scores by John Wuerth, Noel Skinner and Wayne Regier. Brian Taylor and Ricky Stagg were the Exeter goal getters in the final contest, a 3-2 loss to St. Marys in overtime. The H.B. Langford Trophy for the most sportsmanlike team, off and on the ice was won for the second year in a row by the Ilderton team. The most valuable player to his team award was won by Kevin Bestard of Exeter and the best goalie trophy was also won by Jim Wildfong of Exeter, as picked by our two fine Judges, Grant Roeszler and Bruce Stewart of South West London Opt. Club. I would like to thank everyone that helped with the tournament, the player card checker, Doug. Harris, the people on the door, judges, referees, and all my little helpers. Thanks fellows for a job well done. In O. M. H. A. Novice playdowns in a Round Robin play-off with Lucan, Glencoe and Belmont participating, Lucan beat Glencoe twice 8-0 and 6-0. Now they need only win with Belmont to win this round. Our Saturday night dances are improving but still have room for more folks to dance. Two more men speak out on the success of Treflan "Last year 1 even broadcast my soybeans: says Ralph King. 'Now I've no time for hoeing': says Louis Ducharme. ICE SHOW Sponsored By Royal Canadian Legion Ladies' Auxiliary, Lucan Wed., March 12 — 8 p.m. Lucan Arena Examples like these say a lot more about Treflan than we ever could. Take Louis Ducharme. He found himself in a situation where hoeing labor costs were cutting deep into his profits. Now careful incorporation of Treflan to the right depth into his white bean crop has eliminated the need to hand hoe, ..,.. I refiarla Elanco Products Division of Ell Lilly and Company , (Canada) Limited, Scarborough, Ontario, .f Or take Ralph King's example. Broadcasting soybeans means big savings in cultivation costs, and often increases in yield per acre ... But, like Ralph, you have to know your weed control plan is completely effective. Treflan really came through for Ralph, It can come through for you, Guest Skaters from Sudbury Club, Sudbury and Figure Skating Club, Alvinston. Lucan Figure Skating class under their teacher, Mrs. William Eves of London will perform in costume. The theme of Walt Disney and "Broadway Presents." Admission Adults 75 cents Elementary School children 50 rents Pre-Schoolers, Pre° CONTACT YOUR SHAMROCK CHEMICALS REPRESENTATIVE MR. W. BRUCE NICHOL R. R. 2, HENSALL, ONTARIO 262-5626