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Correspondent: Mrs, Frances Saward
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FRIDAY
12 TO 8 P.M. NOV. 7
Junior
Al D
Hockey
Wed., Nov. 12
8:30 p.m,
Lucan Arena
Exeter
Vs.
Lucan
Lunn Legion
Poppy Calendar
Thurs., Nov. 6
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE
CANVASS
Sat:, Nov, 8
POPPY DAY
Downtown Canvass
Sun., Nov. 9
CHURCH PARADE
and
Cenotaph Ceremonies
Mon., Nov. 10
REMEMBRANCE DINNER
Br. 631 - Ilderton
Tues., Nov. 11
REMEMBRANCE DAY
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Poppies on sale
tonight By ART ,BATES
pleasure while Ron. Nash and the
Country Tones entertain in the
lounge, This will be our biggest,
and probably the last dance until
New' Years, so come and do your
thing.
Our nomination meeting was
held Tuesday of this week. We
will publish the full list of
candidates in next week's
column, Elections will be held
Wednesday, December 3.
meet at the church about 10:30
a.m. We will return to the
Cenotaph for Remembrance
ceremonies following church,
Monday, Nov. 10th, brings
the Remembrance dinner at Br,
531 in Ilderton. This has been a
joint function between our two
branches for years. Cars, will
leave the Hall in Lucan about
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, of course, is
Remembrance Day and we're off
to Granton for our 11 a,m.
service at the Cenotaph there,
Indications are that we
should have our most successful
Poppy Fund Campaign this year
and, with our big increase in
membership and generally
heightened interest in Branch
affairs, we should have record
turnouts for all of these
functions.
Besides Poppy Day on
Saturday, there will also be a big
fun night at the Hall. For the
first time we will have two big
bands in attendance — one on
each floor.
Tim MacFarlane and the
Cardinals will hold court in the
upstairs hall for your dancing
With Remembrance Day
coming up, this will be one of the
busiest weeks of the year at
Branch 540. Thursday evening
will see dozens of Legionnaires
and Ladies Auxiliary members
conducting the house-to-house
Poppy Canvass.
The canvass will start about
6:00 p.m, and will be finished
by 8:00. Lucanites are requested
to leave their porch light on (and
tie up the dog!)
A few more canvassers are
needed so try to make it to the
Hall for 6 p.m. and give us a
hand.
The Ladies Auxiliary are
hosting a Zone Euchre
tournament in Lucan on Friday.
Ladies who can assist with this
should contact Mrs, Gladys
Reilly.
Comrade Red De Graw has
his team lined up for the
downtown canvass on, Poppy
Day, November8th. Legionnaires
will work two hour shifts from
10 a.m, to 6 p.m. at several
locations in the business section.
The church parade on Sunday
will be at the Lucan United
Church and legionnaires should
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FUN NITE
TWO BIG BANDS
Tim MacFarlane and the Cardinals
in the Hall
for your dancing pleasure
Ron Nash and the Country Tones
entertain in the Lounge
Sat., Nov„ 8, 1969
Adm. — Hall $1.50 person — Lounge 50c person Turkey dinner
is a success
Explorers
aid needy
Probably the busiest spot in
Lucan last Wednesday evening
was the Anglican Church
basement where the members of
the Ladies' Guild undertook the
gigantic task of feeding over 700
turkey-hungry people from
Lucan and district,
President Mrs. Charles
Haggar, assisted by Mrs. Cliff
Shipley, Mrs. Russell Bowman
and Mrs. Don Ankers, were in
charge of the kitchen, while Mrs.
Allan Scott was dining-room
hostess.
For years Mrs. Ralph
Rummell has had charge of
take-out dinners. This year she
was so beset with orders that she
had to call for assistance in
tilling out her 65 orders.
Probably it was a
combination of an ideal night
and the memory of former good
dinners that brought out such a
large attendance last Wednesday.
Although the dinner was
scheduled from 5-8 p.m. so
many people came early that the
first sitting was at 4:40 p.m.
Fortunately the food lasted
out, and there was little left to
sell when the final guest was fed.
4-H girls hear
of travel etiquette
Clandeboye and Lucan 4-H
clubs held their third session of
the course, "Focus on Fitness"
last Saturday at Clandeboye
United Church with Mrs. R. B.
Worthington in charge and Mrs.
Frances Saward assisting.
The girls answered the roll
call with a short description of
an interesting place they had
visited.
Mrs, Worthington gave a talk
on the art of reading, and
personal care, and introduced
some physical exercises,
Mrs. Saward spoke on travel
etiquette and music
appreciation, playing some
records for comments.
Girls were assisted with their
handwork by both leaders.
Next Saturday November 8,
Clandeboye girls will meet at
Clandeboye United Church at 10
a.m. and Lucan girls will meet at
1:30 p.m. at the Lucan Arena.
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Next Sunday being
Remembrance Sunday, the
service of Rev. R. A. Carson will
emphasize the sacrifice of the
men of the armed forces in two
world conflicts,
Lions hear from
prisoner-of-war
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Church news
After school last Monday
Lucan-Clandeboye Explorers
collected for the United Nation's
Children's Fund.
The most successful collector
was Cora Engel who received the
prize of a "Praying Hands" pen,
At 6 p.m. the girls
congregated at the Lucan United
Church, in fancy costume. Mr,
and Mrs. W. C. Tupling judged
the costumes, as the girls
performed a grand march. They
found it most difficult to choose
as costumes were so varied.
The honour of the prettiest
costume went to Kim Leitch;
the funniest, Wendy Kraul; and
the best pair to Debbie Lynn
and Marie Cunningham.
A smorgasbord pot-luck
supper for 60 followed. Mrs.
Ross McRoberts led a sing-song.
The girls dressed 36 tiny dolls
and made blankets for their box
beds. These will be sent to the
Port Worker at Halifax, to use as
gifts, to welcome young
newcomers to Canada in the
name of the Church.
As a service to their churches,
the explorers will be calling
door-to-door in the village, with
the combined United and
Anglican Church Calendar,
which it is hoped will find a
place in every home.
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DARLING'S IGA
border of Burma and Thailand,
When the work was completed,
the prisoners had to walk 150
miles to Bangkok. They were
then transported 200 miles N.E,
of Bangkok.
Then in four weeks they had
to build an airplane runway, 100
metres long by 30 metres wide.
One day after it was finished,
they were told to go out and cut
ditches across the runway in
both directions. This was their
first indication of the cessation
of hostilities.
At last they were told the war
was ended, but they were kept
prisoner until an Allied Troup
Unit arrived two weeks later.
They were given food gradually,
starting with small amounts of
baby food.
They they were transported
in four Dakotas from Bangkok
to Rangoon. Unfortunately two
of the Dakotas crashed, killing
50 percent of the released
prisoners.
Upon arrival at Rangoon they
went through a stage of
de-lousing. He told of the
wonderful feeling that, for the
first time in four years and three
weeks, he felt clean.
Eventually he was back in
Liverpool, and said, "Until you
lose your freedom, you don't
know what freedom really
means."
He was introduced by Lion
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EVENING UNIT UCW
The evening unit of the UCW
met in the C.E. building of
Lucan United Church last
Tuesday with 14 members and
one guest. Mrs. Emerson Stanley
led the meeting.
Mrs. William Froats took
Chapter 6 of the Study Book
"Man Alive" and also showed a
film illustrating the acceptance
of other people.
Mrs. Froats also led the Bible
Study on the same subject.
Lunch was served by Mrs.
Emerson Stanley, Mrs. Ivan
Stanley and Mrs. Froats.
Bernice Eleanor Evans, R.N.
died suddenly at Victoria
Hospital, Tuesday, October 28
at the age of 54 years. She was
the wife of the late Ogle N.
Thompson of London, and
formerly of Lucan. She is
survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Frank (Marilyn) Morgan,
Preston, and Mrs. David (Grace)
Tate, London; one sister Mrs.
Robert (Margaret) Mahaffy, St.
Marys; and two grandsons.
The body rested at the Jas.
M. Carrothers and Son Funeral
Home, London, where the
funeral service was held
Thursday, October 30. Rev.
Wilson Morden officiated.
Interment was in Forest
Lawn Memorial Gardens.
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FRIENDSHIP UNIT
Members of the Friendship
Unit of Lucan United Church
Women met at the home of Mrs.
C. Cronkite last Tuesday, Mrs.
Ross Holden taking the chair.
Mrs. Redman of the
Psychiatric Hospital, Goderich,
was guest speaker. She brought
with her stuffed toys made by
the patients, and it was agreed to
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UNITED
Rev. W. C. Tupling was in
charge of Sunday morning
service at Lucan United Church,
his sermon being entitled,
"Forgive us our Trespasses".
Joan Lockyer read the First
Lesson and David Latta, the
Second.
Next Sunday — World Week
Sunday — Lucan Legion
members will attend Service at
the United Church.
Next Friday,. November 7,
after a smorgasbord served by
the UCW a story of Africa in
word and picture will be given
by James Stanley, who formerly
;attended this Church and is now
a missionary. Mrs. Stanley and
their sons will sing during the
evening. Everyone is welcome.
PENTECOSTAL
Guest speaker at the evening
Service at the Lucan Pentecostal
Church last Sunday was the Rev.
J. Hutchinson, formerly of
Argentina, now at Toronto.
Mrs. Hutchinson spoke on
their work in the Argentine. Mr.
Frank Cave was in charge.
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Lucan and District Lions
Club held their regular meeting
in the basement of Holy Trinity
Church last Monday with 82
percent attendance. A new
member, Grigg Vollrath was
welcomed.
Lion President Ted Davies of
Clinton, led a parade of 24
members of Clinton Lions Club
to the music of the bagpipes.
This represented 70 percent of
the total Clinton membership.
Lion Rev. Bill Tupling led a
singsong and was joined by lion
Jim Doherty, song leader from
Clinton.
Alfred Lister, guest speaker,
continued his story of his
experiences as a prisoner-of-war
in Japanese hands.
He said that after they had
been prisoners for a year the
English officers were taken away
to another camp, and the
sergeants had to learn to speak
Japanese. They were given four
days to master the language.
Each sergeant was responsible
to the Jap officers for 50 of his
own men. If any one of them
did anything wrong, the man
was clobbered, as was also the
sergeant.
One of the tricks of the Japs,
their idea of a party, was to take
one of the prisoners, put a
clothes-pin on his nose, and a
funnel in his mouth, then pour
water into the funnel. When his
stomach became distended, they
would take a big rock put it on
his stomach, so, that the water
was forced out of his nose and
mouth. The Japs who always
seemed to be smiling, would be
hilarious.
The prisoners had lost all
count of time, didn't even know
the day of the week. They had
had no news of the outside
world, and had no idea what was
happening
I 1945. the sergeants were
handed print-outs (hand-bills)
which they had to read to their
own men. These stated that
Japan was winning the war in
Africa, had taken over Europe,
U.S.A. and Canada.
At this time there was an
average of 100 men dying from
cholera every 17 hours. The Japs
had had them build a stockade,
mostly of bamboo, in the middle
of which they built two stone
walls 7 feet long and 4 feet
apart, on top of which they
placed an iron grill. The dead
bodies of the prisoners were
placed on this and burned.
Mr. Lister said he worked at
this for some time and that as
fast as they burnt the bodies,
more would be brought in.
Finally the railroad, which he
had described previously, was
finished, and was joined at the
Bethel Presbyterian Church,
Ilderton, was decorated with
ribbon bows, Saturday, October
18, when Rev. Alex J. Simpson
performed the double-ring
marriage ceremony uniting
Donna Marie Snelgrove and
Douglas Wayne Monk.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Snelgrove,
Lucan, and the groom is the son
of Mr. & Mrs. Earl Monk of
Elmwood.
Music was provided by Miss
Darlene Poyntz, Dorchester, at
the organ.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride had chosen an
Aline floor-length gown of
white peau de charme, with
Chantilly lace bodice and
bell-length sleeves. Her
cathedral-length chantilly lace
train was fastened under the
back yoke. A cap of lace flowers
held her three-tiered silk illusion
shoulder-length veil. She carried
a cascade of white shasta daisies
and yellow carnations,
Gayle Sneigrove, sister of the
bride, as maid of honour and
Dianne Pipher, of Hanover, and
Patricia Snelgrove, sister of the
Margaret Knowles, both of
Brantford, were visitors of Mrs.
H. McFee last Sunday.
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Crozier have
sold their farm and have moved
into the former Dr. William
Mating house on William Street.
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Crozier and
family were Sunday dinner
guests with Mr. & Mrs. Donald
Lockhart at Ailsa. Craig.
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Mrs. Mildred Crinnian of
Guelph spent a few days last
week with Lucan and
Clandeboye friends.
Mrs. William Frost and Mrs.
Eldon Hodgson have returned
from a trip to Winnipeg,
Brandon, and Army Camp
Scharlo where Mrs. Frost visited
her son Charles. She also visited
her son Joseph in Winnipeg. Mrs.
Hodgson visited her brother,
Arthur Colbert and his wife in
Winnipeg and her niece and
nephew, Mr. & Mrs. Spencer
Sheach while there. She also
visited her brother, Arthur's
daughter in Brandon, Dr. & Mrs.
James McCloud.
Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Abbott were
Saturday guests of Mr. & Mrs.
Cyril Keating of London.
Mrs. Norman Hankala of
Westland, Mich. has returned
home after spending two weeks
with her parents, Mr. & Mrs.
Aljoe Culbert.
Mrs. Bob Coleman was a
weekend guest of Mr. & Mrs. W.
W. Garrett of London.
The Craft staff of the
McCormick Home had a
hilarious time last Friday
dressing-up some of the residents
for a Hallowe'en party. Believe it
or not they attempted to
transform Miss Line Abbott into
an angel.
Miss Doris Culbert who was
injured in a car accident October
10 (on her 20th birthday) is still
unconscious in St. Joseph's
Hospital.
Mrs. Isabel McKay and Mrs.
Penalty box is
a popular spot
BY J. E. BURT
In Junior (D) hockey
Saturday night at Belmont, the
Lucan Irish fell in love with the
penalty box, and some of the
boys spent a lot of time there.
M a result the Belmont team
came out on top by a score of
7-5 which goes to show you, you
canna score goals while resting
in a penalty box,
In Novice Shamrock League
action last Saturday, here at the
centre it was StoneybrOok over
Ilderton 3-0. South-West
London downed Huron East 2.1
and Larribeth beat Dorchester
Lucan ventured into Exeter
for a night game and were really
outplayed by a score of 6.1, the
South Middlesex have gotten
underway with their second
night herd (Thursday) at the
centre with Lucan Merchants
playing the Esquire Hockey
Club.
bride, as bridesmaids, wore
identical gowns of turquoise
peau de charme, similar
floor-length style to the bride's
with lace bodice and short lace
sleeves. White ribbon bows on
the backs of the bodices held
ribbon streamers to hem-line.
Matching bows in their hair
completed their costumes. They
carried nosegays of yellow shasta
daisies and carnations tinted to
match their dresses.
Charles Rp.ody of Elmwood
was best and Keith Monk,
brother of the groom,
Nilestown, and Ray Carmount,
Hanover, were ushers.
For a reception held at the
Lucan Legion Hall, the bride's
mother wore a two-piece
ensemble of a princess-style
dress with matching cape in a
yellow and pink wool suiting,
hat to match, navy accessories
and a corsage of white roses.
Assisting her, the groom's
mother wore a cocoa-brown
wool dress with dark brown hat
and accessories and corsage of
yellow roses.
Leaving for a tour to the East
the bride wore a deep purple
three quarter length coat and
matching skirt, black accessories,
and an orchid as corsage.
The young couple will make
their home at Hanover.
Get suspension
for part in fight
In a penalty riddled game
Saturday night the Belmont
Sunsets defeated the Lucan Irish
Six 1.5 in their first regular game
of the season.
The officials called 50
penalties of which 29 went to
the fighting Irish. Dennis Carty
received a one-game suspension
for his part in the fighting.
Jeff Craig scored twice for
Lucan with singles going to Cord
Hardy, Tom Anderson, and Tom
Hodgins,
Lucan opens their regular
season at home Wednesday night
against the Zurich Dominions,
Came thine is 8:80 p.m, Prior to
the game the team will be
introduced to the fans and
Reeve Ivan Hearn will officially
drop the first puck,
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