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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
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Take Louis Ducharme. He found himself in a
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crop has eliminated the need to hand hoe,
..,..
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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°
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