The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-06-20, Page 17Lucan
and district news
Phone 227.4714 Correspondent; Mrs,,,044,,,N00111S
Damages of more than $17,000
in district highway crashes
LUCAN TRACK STARS — Two of the individual track and field
winners at the Lucan junior public school are shown above. They are
from the left, Karen Radcliffe and Alastair Craig. Missing was Mike
Weber. T-A photo
Weatherman slows ball
FOR SALE
BY TENDER
Old Firehall Property
in
VILLAGE OF LUCAN
The intended use of property must ac-
company tender bid.
The highest or any tender bid not
necessarily accepted.
Tenders to close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday,
July 2, 1974.
Tenders to be addressed to the Village
of Lucan.
VILLAGE OF LUCAN
M. L. Gibson
Clerk-Treasurer
I•
1” -0„it,fi'kams:1,-
Family property laws affect
every one of us.
These are the proposals
Ontario is considering to
improve them.
Have you ever thought about how much your
life is affected by family property law? Probably
not. Yet, hardly anything you have goes un-
touched by these laws—the property you owned
before you were married, the property you've
acquired since, your home, your joint bank
account, your credit, even survivor's rights
when your husband or wife dies.
Because family law is so fundamental, several
years ago the Ontario Government asked the
Ontario Law Reform Commission (OLRC) to
consider the relevance of the existing laws to
today's needs and to recommend appropriate
changes.
The Commission has reported and now the
government is interested in learning your
reaction to these recommendations.
Should ownership of family property including
the family home depend on who actually paid
for it?...or should a system of co-ownership of
assets be developed on the basis of marriage
as a soCial arid economic partnership?
Should a spouse be entitled to an interest in
the property of the marriage even when he or
she has been unfair or unfaithful?
How should the wife's non-monetary
contribution to the development of the husband's
business be recognized?
If a system of co-ownership of property were
introduced, should a couple have the option to
draw up their own contract or make other
arrangements to govern the property of their
marriage?
Should the proposed changes apply to
existing marriages or only to future marriages?
The Commission did consider other kinds of
community property systems including those in
which sharing would take place from the time of
marriage. As the OLRC proposals now stand,
assets acquired during the marriage would be
shared only when the marriage ends,
The Commission also recommends that both
husband and wife have a duty to support their
children, and to support each other, when the
other is in need and is unable to work.
Do you agree with these proposals?
We want to know what you think.
To enable you to learn more about the OLRC
proposals, your Ontario Government now offers
a concise, easy-to-understand booklet, as well
as a film on the subject for group discussions.
We invite you to send for the booklet or borrow
the film for your group. And, we'd like to know
what you think of the OLRC's proposals, aS well
as other changes you'd like to see in family
property law.
After all, the laws are designed to serve you.
Write to;
Ministry of the Attorney General
Queen's Park
TerontO, Ontario M7A 11-5
The Ministry of the Attorney General
Robert Welch, Minister
E9P
Government of Ontario
William Davis, Premier
ARDENT SKIPPERS — During physical education classes at Lucan Shown above from
public school these kindergarten students took to the skipping ropes. Melissa Harding.
, Visit Disneyland
McComb, Christine Jones and
T-A photo
Ladies back from cruise
June 2q, 1974 PP90 >F 7
CWL prepare
Eskimo gtfts
Damages totalled more than
$11,000 in nine accidents in-
vestigated this week by officers
of the Lucan Ontario Provincial
Police detachment.
Four of the mishaps occurred
Wednesday, At 7:50 a.m. a
vehicle driven by Antonio
Mastroguiseppe, 10 Rogers
avenue, London, left Highway 4,
south of the LuCan easterly limits
and damaged a farm fence.
Constable D. R, Vance
estimated damages to the fence
of $50 and the vehicle of $125,
Shortly after 6 p.m. two pickup
trucks crashed on Middlesex
County road 22, just north of the
junction of County road 13.
The drivers were Steven G.
Clarke; 218 South street,
Goderich and Harold Hardy, RR
2 Lucan, Constable G, N. Wilcox
investigated and listed damages
at $1,000.
A half hour later on Ailsa
Craig's Main street a vehicle
driven by Jack Berg, RR 4
Parkhill, was damaged to the
extent of $1,000,
Berg suffered cuts and bruises.
Constable G. N. Wilcox in-
vestigated.
The fourth mishap Wednesday
took place on Concession road 20
of London township, west of the
junction of County road 20,
The driver Terry Sharpe, RR 1
Arva, suffered minor injuries
when the vehicle struck a hydro
pole and transformer. Total
damage was estimated at $1,600
by Constable J. A. Wilson,
Vehicles driven by Cletus
Hearn, 152 Millbank drive,
London and Lieselotte Wulff, 844
Westbury Crescent, London were
involved in the only Thursday
accident,
They collided on Highway 4,
north of the junction of County
road 24 at 12:40 p.m. Constable
W. R. Disher investigated and set
damages at $250.
Saturday at 8 p.m. three
vehicles were involved in a
mishap on Middlesex County
road 23, north of Concession 13-14
in London township. Cpl. D. B.
Cox estimated total damages at
$2,200.
The drivers involved were
Allan John Sinclair, 336 Vista
road, London; Ken Appleman,
195 Emery street, London and
1
Sunday to snow and 30 degrees on
Friday. There were icebergs in
the harbour all the time we were
there. (So we wouldn't run out of
ice they said.)
Members of Branch 540 are
reminded of the initiation of new
members and the installation of
the President and Executive
;which will be held at a special
'meeting June 22 at 8:00
p.m.
All honorary, associate and
regular members of Branch 540
who have not been initiated are
urged to make a special attempt
to attend - and don't forget our
guests from the Exeter Legion
will be in attendance to instal
your officers.
Following these festivities
there will be dancing to live
music plus a smorgasbord type
lunch all of which will be free to
Legion members their ladies and
guests. Our new air conditioners
will be in operation for this do - so
to keep your Cool its Branch 540
this Saturday.
Many thanks tce Smilin' Carl
Stuckless who filled in for me
while I was away.
And that's 30 for this week. -
Remember - a young fellow
spends the years between 12 and
21 working, waiting and planning
to become his own boss - then he
gets married.
By MIKE WRAITH
This week was very quiet over
at the ball diamond With the
weather playing a large factor in
the lack of baseball games.
The only teams involved over
the week were the juveniles, Jr,
Farmers and the rec league.
Saturday afternoon the 'Lucan
Jr. Farmers faced Kerwood in a
semi-final game to decide who
would face Ilderton, the winner of
the other semi-final game,
Lucas had little trouble in
knocking Kerwood out of con-
tention, defeating the visitors by
a 9-2 score to advance into the
However, before the
championship game could take
place, the rains came, not Only
Stewart Bannerman, RR 3 St,
Marys.
Less than an hour later at the
corner of Church and Atness
streets in Ailsa Craig a vehicle
driven by Lloyd D. Windsor, 141
Main street, Parkhill struck a
telephone ground box.
Constable Wilcox set damages
at $700.
Early Sunday afternoon
vehicles driven by Lydia Jean
Harlton, 299 Westminster
Avenue, London and Robert Earl
Rushton, 631 Middlewoods drive,
London were in collision.
The mishap occurred on
Cameron road at Concession 5-6,
London township. The in-
vestigating officer was Constable
N. A. Campbell and he listed
damages at $3,800,
Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. at the
intersection of, Coenty, road 41
and ConcesSion 5-6 °'ih London
township vehicles driven by Fred
A. Lewis, RR 2 Denfield and
Melissa Chick, 1603 Richmond,
London collided.
Constable G. N. Wilcox set
damages at $600.
Sunshiners plan
Springbank trip
Progressive Euchre was en-
joyed at the meeting of the
Sunshine Group of the Senior
Citizens Club, on Thursday. Mrs.
Gordon Atkinson and Mr. Ben
Kelly were the prize winners.
Mrs. Cecil Armitage read "The
Graduate" and Mrs. Frank
Jolliffe also entertained with a
humorous reading "Going to the
Dogs".
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Jolliffe and Mrs. Clarence
Rogers.
All members are urged to
contact Mrs. Tom Emery, Sr. at
once, if they wish to go on the
Seiriors'• bus 'trip tre.Springbank
Park, June 27. The bus will leave
at 1 p.m, and the group will dine
at one of the Ponderosa
Restaurants.
WI bus trip
again enjoyed
Forty-eight members and
friends of the Lucan, Clandeboye,
Granton and Cloverdale
(Parkhill) Women's Institutes,
enjoyed a bus trip last Wed-
nesday, to the Erland Lee
Homestead, Stoneycreek.
The group had lunch at "The
Village" Restaurant, Stoney
Creek, and spent an hour at a new
shopping centre. Afterwards they
were driven to the Veldhuis
Greenhouse, 80,000 sq. ft. under
glass, to see thousands of dif-
ferent plants.
cancelling the baseball game but
most of the track and field
events. The field day will be
rescheduled but a date has not
yet been set.
Sunday night in an exhibition
game played at Leiury, Lucas
juveniles dropped an 8-2 decision
to Brinsley.
Monday saw six Red League
teams involved in scheduled
games.
The I.G.A. battled the Legion
en the small diamond with the
1.0,A. having little trouble
disposing of the Legion.
Meanwhile on the big diamond,
two undefeated teams clashed
with the Firemen victorious over
Ilearn.Wa Hoy.
In the night cap, Biddulph Boys
upended 'Hardy's.
Mrs. Ernie Ross and sister,
Mrs. Jane Holme and Mrs, Ella
Clarke of London returned home
on Friday, from a two and a half
week holiday trip to Miami,
where they boarded the C.S.S.
Mardi Gras for a Caribbean
Cruise.
They stopped at San Juan,
Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands and Nassau, Bahamas for
guided tours,' arriving back in
Miami June 8. While in Miami
they took a tour to the Everglades
and Walt Disney's World of
Fantasy. They recommend this
trip, particularly the cruise.
Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Armitage and
family were among the many
attending the Greenway
Strawberry Supper Saturday
night. After they attended the
Ontario Fiddlers' Contest at
Hensall and on Sunday Mr. &
Mrs. Armitage attended the 50th
wedding anniversary celebration
for Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Shaddock
at St. Pauls' U.C. Parish Hall,
Parkhill. Later they visited with
Mrs. Irene Johnson of Parkhill.
Mr. & Mrs. Orville Jones
visited with Mr. & Mrs. Norman
Hoover of Brussels, last Tuesday
and Wednesday. On Thursday
through the weekend they were
guests with their daughter, her
husband and family, Mr. & Mrs.
Glen Walters in Cambridge.
On June 9, Mr. & Mrs. Orville
Jones attended a private
christening for five children at
the Northside U.C., Goderich.
Among them was Krista Lynn
Jones, daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
Kenneth Jones, formerly of
Lucan.
Mr. & Mrs. E, Doreby and Mr.
& Mrs. R. Taylor from Hackney,
England are visiting Mr. & Mrs.
George Grace. The Dorebys are
Mrs. Grace's parents.
Mr. & Mrs. Len Maslen at-
tended the 79th birthday
celebrations for the latter's
father, Mr. Michael Lobsinger,
held at the home of his eldest
daughter, Mrs. Michael Bannon,
Stratford, on Saturday. A "Home
Mass" was celebrated by Rev.
Father Gleason and the family
presented a chaise lounge for the
lawn, to their father.
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Morkin spent
Father's Day with their
daughter, Mrs. J. J. Murphy and
family.
Before returning to their home
at Lynwood, California, on
Saturday, Mr. & Mrs. Clayton
Abbott made another visit to
McCormick Home on Thursday
where their cousin, Miss L. E,
Abbott had made arrangements
with the office for them to see the
Parkwood-McCormick movie,
The couple were delighted to see
the movie and surprised to
recognize three former Lucanites
and also a friend of Mrs. Abbott's
parents, among the "stars."
They took four of Miss Abbott's
dolls back to Lynwood with them.
Mrs, Jack Darling and Mrs. C.
Reece enjoyed a Canada Tour
trip to Ottawa for "Tulip Time",
recently, They report that the
tulips were gorgeous. Included in
the trip was a tour of the
Parliament Bldgs., the
Aeronautics Museum, a drive
through Rockwood to see the
Embassies, the Experimental
Farms and through the Gatineau
Hills. A boat trip on the Rideau
Canal, completed their tour.
Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Abbott and
Mrs. Edythe Mugford and family
visited with Mr. & Mrs. Don
Abbott at Little Current,
ManitOulin Is. recently and the
former visited in the Niagara,
Scotland and Windsor Areas,
before returning to their home iri
CELEBRATE
ANNIVERSARY
An enjoyable weekend was
spent at the cottage of Mr. & Mrs.
John Cassar at Long Point,
The occasion WaS to celebrate
the 49th wedding anniversary of
Mr, & Mrs. Arthur Wilkinson, 198
Water St. Members of the family
attended front Exeter, London
arid Mt. Brydges.
Welcome to Lutati
Newcomers to Lucan, include:
Mr. & Mrs. Wm, Johnston, Alice
Street; Mr. & WS, Walter Fulls,
Beech Street; J. Young, Beech
Street; T. Rae, Duchess Street,
Lynwood, California on Satur-
day,
Mr. & Mrs. W. Ward Hodgins
and family, Vanastra Park,
visited with their parents, Mr. &
Mrs. Arthur Cunningham, and
Mr, & Mrs. M. H, Hodgins, on
Sunday. Mr, & Mrs. E. Wayne
Hodgins, RR 3, Ilderton were also
guests with the Hodgins.
Mrs. Newton Clarke, a friend,
Mrs. Munn and Mrs. Bev.
Morgan were guests with Mrs. T.
W. Atkinson on Tuesday.
Shower honors
area bride-elect
Susan Rosser was honored at a
miscellaneous shower on
Thursday evening at Holy Trinity
Church when Mrs. Bill Smith
entertained friends and relatives,
assisted by her daughter
Maureen, her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Bryan Smith, her mother,
Mrs. P. 0. King, Mrs. Scott Reid
and Mrs. K, Egan.
The bride-elect was assisted by
Brenda Haskett, Mrs. Ken Ready
and Mrs. Emerson Gill. Mrs.
Frank Rosser and Mrs. Clarence
Haskett poured tea from silver
services. Many guests were
present from London, Denfield
and Lucan area.
Susan will become the bride of
Mr. Bill Haskett, July 6 at Ailsa
Craig United Church.
Jane and Joan Lockyer,
daughters of Mr. & Mrs, James
Lockyer have returned from a
plane trip to the Maritimes. They
touched down at Fredericton,
taking a bus down the St. John
River Valley to the City of St.
John. From there they flew to
Halifax, then Charlottetown
where they took a bus tour of the
island and were flown to Sidney
for sightseeing on Cape Breton
Island.
Mrs. T. W. Atkinson spent the
weekend with her daughter and
family, Dr, & Mrs. Marvin
Smout, London.
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Morris and
family of Mt, Forest were Sunday
guests with the latter's parents,
Mr, & Mrs. Jack Murdy,
On Monday, Mrs. Jack Murdy
attended a luncheon at the
McCormick home, given by Mrs,
P. G. Price, in honour of her
adopted daughter, Taka Matsuda
from Tokyo, Japan. Miss Mat-
suda attended her class reunion
at Whitby College, last weekend
and visited with Mrs. Price on
Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. Price
celebrates her 95th birthday on
Friday, June 21.
Guests with Mr. & Mrs. Harold
Prince included, Mrs. Mildred
Stoner of Watford for the
weekend, and on Sunday, Sheila
Prince and Ted Kostecki of
London and Mr. & Mrs. James
Cross of Kornoka.
Mrs. Lawrence .1-lowArd,,
member of the Deanery
executive was the speaker at the
annual pot WO supper of the St,
Lucan, Catholic
Women's League, Thursday
evening.
Mrs. Howard spoke of the 044
of the C.W.14,, women's place in
society and the need for change in
the work of the c•Vir,.14, .01
educating the young women of
the parishes.
A musical program was
presented by Connie and Lip,
Vanderloo and Cindy and Jackie
VandenBoomen, singing and
playing their guitars. The ladies:
joined in one of the choruses.
"Christmas in July" stockings
were distributed to be filled and
returned next month for shipping
to the Indian and Eskimo
children in the north.
Guests were present from the
women's organizations of other
Churches in Lucan and Granton.
By SID DALEY
Here I am back at the
typewriter after an enjoyable
combined holiday and convention
in St. Johns, Newfoundland. It
was a tremendous convention
and the people of Canada's
youngest Province are to be
commended for their hospitality,
many kindnesses and all in all 'A
Bloody'Fine 'ShowlY* •
The convention opened, Sun-,
day, June 2 with a parade of over
1,000 veterans followed by the
opening ceremonies, the likes of
which I have never witnessed
before, they were just fabulous.
Ontario fared very well in the
elections with Comrade R. D,
McChesney being elected
Dominion president, Comrade
Doug McDonald first vice-
president and Comrade Chester
Merriam, chairman while
Comrades Harris, Coaley, Kuoko
and Bepgood were elected vice
presidents.
There are a few items that
should be mentioned, next year a
member who has not paid his
dues by March 31 ceases to be in
good standing, not May 31 as now.
Due to the increased costs
especially to our Legion
Magazine per capita will be up
next year. It had been suggested
to cut the cost of the magazine we
accept 10 issues instead of the
present 12, this was not ac-
ceptable to the delegates who
instructed Comrade McDonald to
go back to the drawing board and
present an estimated increase in
per capita to look after any
proposed increase - $1.50 was the
figure which was accepted.
Possibly the greatest interest
to the future of the Legion is the
emergence of the Action Com-
mittee - Action - what does it
stand fOr - A Commitment To
Improve Our Nation. A high ideal
and they have named several
areas such as support of Law and
Order, Prevention of Polution
and many others.
The lighter side of the
hospitality was again fabulous.
During the convention all the
Legion Branches in the area had
entertainment and food laid on.
(more than you could eat) of
course most featured sea food -
lobster, crab, salmon, cod, etc.
On Wednesday the Convention
banquet was held with about 2500
out of the over 2700 in attendance,
being served with a delicious hot
meal.
Thursday the City of St. John
entertained us to a Soiree, in the
memorial arena, this featured
music by the Sea Cadets and
Wrennettes and NeWfie music by
local talent. The food was served
snack style and ran the complete
range of sea food - Smoked
salmon, Cod Chowder, Fish'n
13rewis,Muscles,crabclaWS,Arctic
Char, to mention a few and for
added variety MooSehtirgerS,
Caribou Meat and Flipper pie - Of
eetifte fOr the more adventurous
a sampling of "Screech".
They had a special booth set tip
for this and the brave ones were
presented with a certificate as a
'Screecher", The weather gave
us A ceMpleteaampling for bright
Sunshine and 70 degrees on
DALEY'S WEEKLY COMMENTS
Fine show