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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-01-06, Page 16UCCIn end district news Correspondent; Mrs, Eleanor Darling Phone 227-4614 DALEY'S WEEKLY COMMENTS Santa says 'thanks' TAX TROUBLE? Let George Do It! CONTACT GEORGE EIZENGA 107 Main St. — .Lucan 2274851 P4iplo 16 iirnes-,Aivocate, January 6, 1972 Newlyweds to live in Lucan Lucan. Mrs. Marlyn Carter was matron of honor and Bill Disher attended the groom, A reception was held in the West McGillivray Hall. The couple took up residence on Main Street, Lucan, after a brief honeymoon. The marriage of Linda Marlene Lightfoot and Arnold Lorne Morley took place at the Lucan United Church recently. Rev. W.C. Tupling officiated. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Lightfoot, Lucan, are parents of the bride. The groom is the son of Mr, and Mrs, Arnold Morley also of Lions host farmer friends Hardy in appreciation of her many contributions of time and talent to Lucan and community, VILLAGE OF LUCAN Notice Re: Parked or Abandoned Vehicles Any vehicle that is parked or abandoned on streets within the village of Lucan in such a position that it will interfere with snow plowing operations from 1:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. will be towed away at the owner's expense. Damage done to any such vehicle will be owner's responsibility, This concurs with bylaw No. 4.69. Village of Lucan. M. L. Gibson Clerk Funeral for Mrs. Barr winner was Peter Duenk. Six project certificates were awarded to Gerald and Jpe Dewan. A special appreciation award was presented to Lion Stu Taylor of the Clinton Lion's Club for his advice and help in the past to the local club. A citizenship award was presented to Mrs. Clarence WOOD WORKERS AT ST. PATRICK'S — Boys at St. Patrick's Separate school near Lucan are busily engaged making various ornaments. Shown above are John McIlhargey, Len Anderson, Pat Quinn, Rennie Jorna and Jerry Martens. T-A photo Storms, Centennial, streets feature 1971 in Lucan Lucan native dies at Lodge Mrs, Stephen Burlopk, wife of the late Stephen Burlock, Lucan, died in Strathmere lodge December 24. The funeral was held at, C. Haskett and Son Funeral Home, with R,A. Carson officiating. Interment was in St. James cemetery Clandeboye. There are no survivors. Mrs. Robert Barr, the former Lillian McArthur, wife of late Robert Barr, died December 21, at the age of 73 years, She is survived by daughter Elizabeth Begley, Morris, Manitoba, Mrs. Joseph (Mary) Carter, Mrs. S. M(Lillian) McLellanand son, Tom Barr, all of London Township, and son Archie of Ottawa. She was a sister of James McArthur, Scotland, and Norman of England. . Funeral was from C. Haskett and Son Funeral Home with Rev. W.C. Tupling officiating. Burial in St, James cemetery, 41•••••••••••••1111110 Don Revington had the unusual experience of being on the plane that was hijacked. Many homes have changed hands, a number of new homes have been erected and some of the business establishments have had a face lifting. A storm in August destroyed a barn owned by Austin Hodgins. J.S. Radcliffe purchased the Revington Meat Shop and is doing extensive renovations. Wm. Froats has moved his Implement business to William Street and Glen Nevin has taken his Nu Way Motors to Mr. Froats' old place of business. The year '71 has ended with Lucan's three years negotiations being successful is starting street Things you should know about... construction on Main Street, One hundred and sixty-five trees fell tothe axe and as for the "Mud", maybe the least said the better. The project will be completed in 1972. The Lions Club held an annual frolic treating 500 children to free hot dogs and soft drinks. Wilson Hodgins, reeve of Biddulph township, was named warden of Middlesex County. Many homes have been sad- dened through the year, and many have been blessed with new arrivals and so the world turns. Another year has come and gone; ring out the old days of hatred, fear and frustration and ring in the new year of love, security, and hope, The first regular meeting of the new year of Lucan District Lions Club was in the form of farmers and awards night. Many of the members had as their guest a farmer from the area. The honorable William Stewart was the guest speaker for the evening. He discussed different ways in which the provincial government is trying to assist the farmer and also ways in which the farmers can assist them- selves. Also present were members of the Lucan 4-H Club, their fathers and leaders, and Jim Tyler of Department of Agriculture. This 4-I-I club is sponsored by the Lucan Lions. The following awards were presented to the boys for projects completed: Gerald Dewan, beef and field crop; Joe Dewan, beef and field crop; John Dewan, beef and field crop; Peter Duenk, dairy; Ben Harrigan,. beef, Dan Harrigan, beef; Fred Knip, field crop; Rick Riddle, beef; Peter Vereyken, beef and field crop. Special awards, Lucan Lions trophies, went to best exhibit of corn, Peter Vereyken; highest scoring beef calf, Joe Dewan; best beef showman, Gerald Dewan. Western Ontario Angus Association, awards, went to members completing a 4-H project with an Angus calf, and Ontario Hereford Association awards were given to members completing a 4-H project with a Hereford calf. Middlesex Holstein Club presented a plaque for top purebred Holstein calf for each club shown at 4-H fair. The Severe face injuries in snowmobile mishap Don Riley, Lucan, had an accident with his snowmobile New Years. He ran into a single wire fence and received injuries to his neck and face requiring 70 stiches. returned home after spending a few days with Mr. & Mrs. Harold Prince. Mrs. Harry Bond Sr. is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital. Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Whitehead entertained all their family for New Years. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Glenn have returned home after vacationing in Florida over the holiday season. Holiday visitors of Mr. & Mrs. Harold Prince were Mr, & Mrs. John Prince and family Oshawa, Mr. & Mrs. William McKinnie and family, Hagersville,Mr. & Mrs. Norm Arnold and family, Mr.& Mrs. Ken Arnold of London. Sheila Prince, London London spent New Years with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Harold Prince, Lucan. Mr. & Mrs. George Gorton, Tillsonburg, visited with Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Kennedy New Years day. YOUR NEW COMBINED GOVERNMENT PLAN The new "Ontario Health Insurance Plan" will provide all the coverage now available to you under both OHSIP and Ontario Hospital Insurance. And it will do so at a lower combined premium than you now pay for the two separate plans. The new premiums will be payable in January, 1972, and thereafter, to cover benefit periods beginning on or after April 1, 1972. These new premiums will be: _• $11.00 a month for a single person, and • $22.00 a month for a family (2 or more eligible persons) Former resident passes away Mrs, Leda Stanley wife of the late Uriah F. Stanley of Lucan passed away at her daughter's, •I, Windsor, in her 79th year, December .27. She is surived, by her daughters Mrs. G.A. (Alice) Moore, Pbh3,te Claire, Quebec, Mrs, .Alyin (Marie) Calvin, Windsor, 'one ,,l , sister, Mrs. Ina Taylor, Exeter. Mrs,Stanley was predeceased by one son, Kent. Pallbearers were Gerald Lewis, Clair 'Stanley, Al Brom- wick, Alan Calvin, Kent Moore and Grant Taylor. Service was from Murdy's Funeral Home with Rev. R.E. McLogan and Rev. G.A. Moore officiating. Interment was in St. James cemetery. Mrs. Stanley was a life long resident, of Lucan, moving to London on the death of her husband, 'to the Dorchester apartments. Mr. & Mrs. Stanley were well known through his place of business, the Stanley Hardware Store, Lucan. Persona Is Weekend visitors of Mr. & Mrs. Sinclair were Mr. & Mrs. David Moore, Midlari&, ga,thy Parnell, Ottawa; Dennis O'Neil, Toronto; Shirley Sinclair, Mr. & Mrs. George Moore and family,Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Sinclair,Mr. & Mrs. Bill Parnell all of London. Mrs. Catherine Fischer spent the New Year and a few days with her daughter and family, Mrs. Anna Jean Thompson, London. Maureen Smith is vacationing with her parents Mr.& Mrs. William Smith, Lucan. Miss Smith is attending Laurentian University. Mrs. William Stoner, Watford, The old succumbs and yields place to New -1971 is gone, we are now in 1972. Standing on the threshold of this new year let us recall,some of the highlights of one of Lucan's most eventful years. The month of January ushered in what people call the Big Snow; many residents were confined to home for several days, schools closed and children who had gone to school were unable to get home for two and three days, The Snowmobiles came into their own, instead of being verbally abused they were praised for the work they carried out in getting food to schools and shut-ins and getting doctors to the sick. The Lions Club was active in 1971, not only with hockey for our boys in the early months, but they organized a carnival in August followed by a successful trade fair also in August. It is hoped to make the fair an annual event. A marathon walk in June by Lucan youngsters earned $1000 towards the Lion's Club Park improvements. The White Rabbit Rock Band performed at Ontario Place some of the members are Lucan boys. This was Lucan's centennial year. Mrs. Bob Coleman was chosen centennial Queen. She has lived in Lucan for 56 years and is Lucan's oldest lady resident. The parade is worth men- tioning?, a mile long event, the floats which were entered were, for the most part, local entries. Many surprises were sprung including hold-ups of local establishments and stage coach hold ups and kidnapping all very exciting. A plaque was unveiled to commemorate the occasion ending a week long event that all Lucanites can be truly proud. A new organ was dedicated in the Lucan United Church, as a memorial to the men who lost their lives in two world wars. Sympathy! REPLACES"OHSIP"AND"ONTARIO HOSPITAL INSURANCE" The Ontario Health Insurance Plan will replace the OHSIP (medical) and Ontario Hospital Insurance plans as of next April 1, and you will then have only: • one plan to deal with; • one health insurance identification card; • one health insurance number (your former Ontario Hospital Insurance number); • one combined premium to pay. If you now have Ontario Hospital Insurance, your changeover to the new combined plan will be automatic. No action on your part is required as the new plan will be based on the existing hospital insurance billing system. By CLARE STANLEY Sunday night the Lucan Irish juniors were beaten by the Sunsets in Belmont by a over- whelming 8 to 0 score. In the last two outings the Lucan team has had 16 goals scored against them. I wonder what's wrong? the forwards? the • defence? the goaltending? the Coach or Manager? or the Executive? Take your pick and send a sympathy card to your choice. You might just win a free ticket to the next home game which is Sunday at 2 p.m. against the Mitchell Hawks. Let's hope for more and better news next week. SCOMMOSNS. FREE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS (After 1-year Residence in Ontario) As of January 1, 1972 residents aged 65 and over are exempt from paying Ontario Health Insurance premiums to cover themselves and their eligible dependents. To benefit from this exemption, insurance may be transferred to the name of the older spouse if it is presently in the name of a spouse under age 65. Most residents aged 65 years and over have already applied for premium-free coverage, but if you have not done so, please write to the Plan giving your Ontario Hospital Insurance number, your OHSIP number, and month and year of birth, Persons who turn 65 after January 31, 1972, should applyatthetimeforfree coverage. If you payyour premium on a direct basis, write to the Plan for an application. If you pay through a group, advise your group, Prem- ium-free coveragewill take effect on thefirst day of the month in which your 65th birthday occurs. Any premiums paid to cover benefit periods beyond that date will be refunded. PREMIUM ASSISTANCE (After 1-year Residence in Ontario) Effective with the benefit month of April, 1972, individuals and families with no taxable income for the year 1972 are eligible, on application, for 100% Ontario Government prem- ium assistance. individuals with less than $1,000 taxable income in 1972, and families with total'taxabie income of under $2,000 are eligible for 50% premium assistance, This .will reduce the monthly premiums to $5.50 for such individuals (instead of $11.00) and to $11.00 for an eligible family (instead of $22,00), Taxable income is the amount on which a person pays income taxes, after subtracting from his total income all exemptions and Other deductions to which he is entitled. Notes If you remit your premiums on a direct basis, details on Premium Assistance will be mailed with your next Premium Notice. Residents enrolled in groups will be informed through their groups. NEW IDENTIFICATION CARDS The Plan will provide each insured single person and each insured head of a family with a new Ontario Health Insurance Identification Card to use for insured services received on or after April 1, Anyone who has not received his or her card by that date should use the current Hospital Insurance Certificate, after April 1, 1972, for medical and hospital services until the new card is received. Your present OHSIP card should be used when claiming for medical and practitioner services received up to March 31, 1972. IMPORTANT As the present Ontario Hospital Insurance numbers and billing system will ferul the basis of the new plan, anyone who does not now have hospital insurance coverage should register without delay. Applications are available in banks and hospitals and from offices of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan. BE SURE YOU ARE COVERED NEXT APRIL 1St! ONTARIO HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION 2195 Yonge Street, Toronto 295, Ont. By SID DALEY For a starter in 1972 the president and members of Branch 540 take this opportunity to wish the readers of Comments a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year and may all your dreams come true Comrade president advises he has received a letter from that Jolly Old Fellow from the North Pole thanking the comrades of Branch 540 for all the ap- pointments they made for him thus giving him the opportunity to visit with several hundred children of Lucan and area as well as a visit with the senior Citizens. Yes, sir, we kept old Santa quite busy alright with the following visits, United Church at Lucan, the Lucan Cubs, our own Legion Children's Christmas party, Lucan Lions, Senior Citizens, Anglican Church Childrens Party, The Lucan Businessmens party for the Children of Luca', United Church childrens party at Clandeboye and the Retarded Children at Huron Hope School. I personally feel that Santa enjoyed this visit to Huron Hope best of all because these are very special children and Santa had a special gift for each and every one. We of the Legion extend our thanks to Santa for taking time out from his busy schedule to look after all the appointments we made for him, Thanks a lot Santa and we are looking forward to your visits in 1072 already, Incidentally, We are happy to advise it was not necessary to use our hot line to Santa to make a special visit to a sick child. The membership chairman haPpily reports our 1972 Early Bird' Campaign 'was most suc- cessful with almost 75 percent of our membership paying their dues prior to midnight Deceiriber evening — to top off the evening of enjoyment our Ladies Auxiliary supplied a superb lunch, many thanks ladies for an excellent Lunch and many thanks to the numerous Comrades who worked so hard toward the ultimate success of the Dance.. Branch 540's sponsored midget hockey team are going great guns in the Silver Stick hockey tournament at Petrolia— in their first game December 18 against Alvinston they won 6 to 2 and in their second game defeated Watford by a score of 3 to 2 — the goal scorers on this occasion were Dave Smith, Jeff Park and Mike Wraith. Their next game will be played Saturday, January 8 at 8.00 a.m. We wish our team good luck and if any of our readers have the time, why not journey to Petrolia and give them a little moral support. In closing the comrades of Branch 540 wish to thank the editor and staff of the Exeter Times Advocate for their wholehearted co-operation in making Comments possible and affording us this opportunity to tell the Legion Story and what we are trying to do in the com- munity. A very special Thank You to Ross Haugh arid his faithful camera, as you all know, Ross is as Close to any Legion Function as the telephone. We realize a simple Thank You is small return for the wonderful coverage received and if it iS any con- solation we assure you it comes from the very bottom Of our heart, and that's 30 for this week — remember in spite of aitteinatie dishWashers, calculating machines and Self operating furnaces, the hardest part of most jobs rang still be done With brains and muscle. 31, 1971. Comrade John Gollings of Lucan won the early bird draw, congratulations Jack and grateful thanks to all the Comrades who heeded our call and now have something to Crow About. We were grieved indeed to hear of the passing of Comrade Bill Cutting and know that he will be sorely missed by his comrades in the Exeter branch of the Canadian Legion, Comrades there is one New Years Resolution we urge you to make and keep and that is to attend your branch meetings - Remember the next general meeting of Branch 540 is Wednesday, January 12 1972 — time 8.30 p.m. This is your Legion, Comrade, you built it because you wanted it, now support it by your attendance, assist your executive to for- mulate policy, 'have your say at the general meetings not in the lounge. See you there Comrade. What you want is what you get at Branch 540 — Don't forget Tuesday Night mixed sports is every second Tuesday and is becoming more popular each session. If you have a free Tuesday come on over and get in on the fun. 540's Saturday afternoon dart club is also going strong. There are new contests every week so its never too late to get in on the fun, we like to get the games under way fairly early, try to get over to the Branch by about 1.80. Bring your wife, there are mixed contests, and you don't have to be an expert to win, the pairs are drawn arid its great furl — if you haven't any darts there are Iota around the branch, Iri passing we would like to gay what a great time was had by all at Our New Years Eve frolic, the tickets were sold out and a party spirit prevailed throughout the