HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-01-31, Page 19ST. PATRICKS STUDENTS DONATE — Students from St. Patricks school Lucan helped un-
derpyiviledged children throughout the world as they made a donation to the Children's call
to Mission Monday. While Bernedette Crucican and Teresa Van Ged hold the goal of the mis
sion, student representatives Ron Topnders and Francis Gibsen presented a cheque to Sister
Chrysotom of the mission. T-A photo
Craig couple celebrating
50th wedding anniversary
Scores from Lucan Lanes
By DON WATT
Men's Inter-town - Lucan
lanes nine points - Lucan two
- two points
Bill Neil 266-1229, Glen
Gagan 268-1197, Charlie
Glenn 277-1168, Ken Eaton
264-1161, Jeff Park 233-1056,
Ward Ellyatt 260-1038.
Ladies Inter-town - Lucan
four points at Zurich five
points. Nancy Densmore 323-
974, Lorna Ellyatt 237-841,
Audrey Watt 226-822.
Monday ladies
Munro • 270-656,
Dickson 253-673,
Hardy 270-656,
• Sandy
Loretta
Helen
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Sovereign 222-641, May
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Noyes 242-631, Hazel Eaton
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Aggie Groenewegen -235-616,
Louise Sutherland 209-615,
Beulah Storey 243-607, Pat
MacDonald 220-606, Marg
Young 255-605, Audrey Watt
273.
Senior citizens - ..Percy
Williams 212-621, John Park
231-613, Marg Elliott 211,
Gonda VanLeishout 210, 201,
Murray Hodgins 204, Verna
Dowdall 196, Ed Armstrong
196, Gord Higgs 184, Alex
Young 177, Ann Kish 175.
Tuesday juniors - Jeff
Nevin 214-354, Richard
DeBrouwer 184-351, Philip
Clarke 184-345, Jennifer
DeGraw 171-326, Terri
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Geel 164-315, Ron Van Geel
161, Ed Hayter 153.
Colleen's - Cindy Hodge
233-606, Mary Van Geel 217-
605, Joan Goddard 255-602,
Ann Stratman 255, Maureen
Craig 232, Carolyn Lewis 231,
Cathy Appleman 219, Jos
Molenkamp 218, Nancy
Lawrence 217, Marion Blake
217, Sharon Arts 211, Olive
Simpson 210,
smore 202.
Wednesday
Raymond Van
Sandy Hyde
Hodgins
MacDonald 150-259, Michael
Cannon 128-255, Bret But-
chart 136, Rod Johnson 137,
Lisa Van Geel 131, Jeff
Gwalchmai 129.
Wednesday mixed
Brenda Scott 291-686, Wayne
Smith 259-668, Jeff Park 271-
658, Russ Smith 265-638,
Wayne Smith 259-668, Jeff
Park 271-658, Russ Smith 265-
638, Ward Ellyatt 250-638,
Bill Bannerman 228-640,
Lorna Ellyatt 251-634, Bob
Smith 236-633, Heather Smith
234-608, Glen Rollings 298,
Mary Lee 238, Diane Park
234, Sue Hodgins 225.
Thursday men - Brian
Ankers 336-795, Wayne Smith
287-757, Don Smith 260-753,
Lyle Beatson 280-735, Art
Hodgins 285-716, Scott
Anderson 337-701, Mike
Wraith 267-689, Don Watt 264-
689, Jeff Park 234-683, Keith
Dickson 266-672, Russ Smith
298-660, Bill Neil 246-655,
Doug Johnson 271, Jim Burt
271, Howard MacDonald 267.
Friday mixed - Jim Burt
284-696, Bill Neil 276-689, Bill
Butler 248-626, Jim Unwin
240-607, Edie Burt 239, Vai
Neil 237, Ruth Butler 227,
Heather Gillan 222, Anna
Mollard 215, Makine Parnall
210, Howard Ferguson 210.
By JOY SCHEIFELE
Rebecca and Don Ross of
Ailsa Craig will be marking
their 50th wedding an
niversary, February 2. The
couple was married in Moose
Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1929.
Open House was held in
honour of the couple on
Sunday, January 21 and in
celebration of Mrs. Ross’
sister’s 80th birthday at their
brother’s home in London, A
large number of friends,
neighbours and relatives,
including their son and his
family from Three Rivers,
Quebec, were on hand to
wish the couple continued
health and happiness
together. A letter of
congratulations and
provincial pin was received
from Saskatchewan’s
Premier Lougheed.
During the second world
war Mr. Ross served as an
officer in the R.C.E.M.E.
69th battalion. Rather than
remain alone in the west
with their two young sons,
while her husband was
Nancy Den-
juniors -
Geel 197-337,
155-299, Ann
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Area officials
at conference
Township
of Stephen
Rural
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Stephen Township
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need for piped
water from t h,e
London-Grand Bend
pipeline. In order to
complete this plan
they will need your
assistance.
Phone the Township
office, Crediton at
234-6331 with your
opinions. This survey
does not commit you
to purchase water.
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Clerk-Treasurer
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the future with a Victoria
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The campaign chairperson
for the local Branch of the
Canadian Cancer Society
Elsie Gibson and president
Len Maslen represented the
Branch at the annual
campaign and Publicity
Conference at Toronto’s
Sheraton Centre, January 20
and 21.
This conference was
designed to help volunteers
organize for the April fund-
raising drive, and had for its
theme “It’s up to You,”
which will be carried
through the Campaign.
They said “We are con
fident that with the
knowledge and inspiration
gained from this conference
with the strong and co
operation that we have
experienced in our com
munity in the past, we will be
able to reach our 1979
Branch objective of
$6,000.00.
Defeating cancer is a
community responsibility
and every citizen can share
in the fight against this
disease by supporting cancer
research in the campaign.”
Along with the many
displays, district workshops,
and guest speakers, the
conference included
discussion on urban and
rural canvassing.
Our representatives are
now in a better position to
assist all our volunteers with
their canvassing during the
April campaign.
Canon Charles Brown of
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Lon
don, conducted the
Ecumenical breakfast
service on Sunday morning
and Jack Burghardt was the
excellent guest speaker,
basing his remarks on a
portion of the book of Isaiah.
Watch this page for the
dates of the campaign in
April, events leading up to it
and post-events.
Night classes
at E. Williams
East Williams Public
School invariably is the
scene of much activity
throughout the week but
shortly it will be bustling
with even more learning
programs extending into the
■evening as well.
A Community School is
currently being established
at the East' Williams
Memorial Public School by
the local Home and School
Association. Over the next
few months several courses
will be offered to determine
the needs and interests of the
community in a bid to make
better use of the existing
school facilities and to meet
the educational, recreational
and social needs of all ages
within the rural community.
Beginning the first week in
February classes have been
arranged for both children
and adults following the
regular class day. Beginning
Monday, February 5, at 3:45
p.m. a course will be offered
in music.
Mrs. Katherine Whittaker,
a flutist from Ailsa Craig
who has taught flute and
recorder as well as guitar,
will offer recorder lessons
for the next eight con
secutive Monday afternoons
to approximately 24
students. Sue Van Rooyen
will begin giving dancing
lessons on Monday, March
26, in jazz and ballet for
seven weeks after school.
But the learning time
doesn’t stop there. Evening
classes are also being
arranged. Later in February
Dave Gillies hairstylist of
Ailsa Craig will offer three
evening classes on hair
dressing when he will teach
the basics of good hair care.
Introductory sessions of
one evening class are being
offered later on such topics
as Income Tax, Interior
design, landscaping,
vacation travel and metric
awareness. If there is a high
interest in any of these
topics, sessions will be ex
panded for fuller instruction.
The Community School is
being formed in co-operation
with the Middlesex County
School Board as a pilot
project. The school itself
will operate on a expenses
only budget with registration
' fees covering costs of school
rental and instructors’ fees.
Thus it is hop^d to encourage
healthy school spirit and
increase involvement of
members of the community
in educational concerns and
decisions.
The Home and School
Association’s aim is to
develop good relations
between the school and the
overseas, Mrs. Ross
return'd to the London area
to be xoser to her parents.
“When Don returned from
serving overseas he got off
the train at London to come
right away to us here”,
recalled Mrs. Ross “and we
just never went back west.”
An electrician with his
masters papers, Mr. Ross
has beep responsible for
many special electrical
projects’ throughout his
career including the wiring
of local research division of
Stewart Seeds Ltd,, and
Westminster Hospital in
London.
While working on Thistlon
Power plant at Little Rapids,
Ontario, he experienced
record cold temperatures of
60 degrees below.
“One winter day while
there I was with my
dynamite man on the
project. While carrying the
explosives he slipped on a bit
of ice and fell down a slope.
The nearby crew quickly
scattered while the fellow,
annoyed at his tumble, got
up and began throwing the
sticks of dynamite back into
the box.
“However”, he smiled
mischievously “there was no
danger of an explosion. The
40 degrees below zero had
safely frozen the dynamite” I
Although retired Mr. Ross
maintains what he calls “his
play room” off the living
room. Here stands an. im
pressive supply of electrical
and electronic supplies
which he puts to good use. In
the living room is astereoset
he completely built himself.
“Outside in the barn he has
several television sets and
electrical appliances he is
repairing and fixing up”,
fills in Mrs. Ross.
“She has the distinctive
honour of being the only lady
ever to sit on the Governor
General’s knee to have a
medal pinned on”, he in
forms me, with a twinkle in
his eye.
In 1962 Mrs. Ross received
a medal from the Governor
General in honour of her
eight years of service as
Superintendent of the St.
Johns Ambulance Nursing
Division. She had been
meeting a demanding
schedule before
presentation and
fighting off an attack of the
flu as well.
She managed successfully
to courtesy before the
Governor General’s wife,
only to take a slight faint and
stumble as Governor
General Vanier was about to
pin her medal on. “His aid
quickly came to the rescue
and set me on his knee while
he made the presentation”
explained Mrs. Ross.
The couple have two sons,
Glen Ross who is Chief
Inspector of the Atomic
Power Plant at Three
Rivers, Que., and Allan who
is Deputy Warden of the new
penitentiary in Edmonton.
They have seven grand
children and two great
grandchildren.
Retirement poses
problem for the couple. Mr.
Ross is a member of the
Masonic order and was
president of the local branch
of the Canadian Legion for
four years. He is an ac
complished musician. As
well as playing the piano he
also helped start three
bands; he, himself, plays the
base drum.
Photography has been an
active hobby and his home
and family albums are filled
with high calibre photos. In
his younger days he enjoyed
deep sea diving. Together he
and his wife have collected
semi-precious stones from
around the world and have
created beautiful jewellry
from them.
Mrs. Ross keeps busy with
crocheting and
needlework.
In celebration of their 50th
anniversary, the family
presented the couple with
new wedding bands. On the’ir
weathered hands they seem
to reflect the Ross’ clear and
shining spirits.
the
was
no
other
Don and Rebecca Ross of Ailsa Craig willCELEBRATE
celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary February 2nd. The
couple were married in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in
1929. Photo by Scheifele
community. They wish to
tiake greater use of human
talents and resources.
Serving on the Community
School Advisory Committee
is Mrs. Linda Martelle, Mrs.
Della Crozier, Mrs. Adele
Stewart, the Rev. David
Brunner and Glenn Stott,
Principal of East Williams
Memorial School.
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Good year reported
All organizations of the
Lucan United Church
reported a successful year
during 1978 at the annual
congregational meeting held
following luncheon after the
Service Sunday morning.
Most officers were
returned and new names
added included, Robert
Patterson as contact person
for Camp Kee-Mo-Kee, Mrs.
Dale Froats appointed to the
Session and Mrs. David Park
and Evan Ibbitson to the
Committee of Stewards.
Mrs. Wayne Gibson is the
new Mission and Service
Treasurer and Brent
Froats the chairman of the
Ushers.
Mr. Ibbitson was also
named as alternate
Wesley Stanley
representa tive
Presbytery.
to
as
to
The date for the 117th
anniversary was set for
Sunday June 10th and
several suggestions were
given for guest speakers.
J.Alex Young as United
Church Observer
representative asked that
new subscriptions and
renewals be in his hands
during the next two weeks.
Ron Burr and John Park
voiced thanks to Rev. and
Mrs. Brown and Helen, to the
leaders of all groups, the
Sunday School teachers and
officers and the choir for
leadership given during the
past year and Mr. Brown
thanked the Treasurer, M.H.
Hodgins and Secretary, Mrs.
John MacDonald along with
many others who work so
faithfully for the good of the
Church.
By JOY SCHEIFELE
The fitness test van from
the London “Y” will be
coming to Ailsa Craig,
Friday, February 9.
The Ailsa Craig Take-A-
Break Group will sponsor the
program and anyone over
the age of 18 years is eligible
to visit the van and be tested
to determine what shape
they are in physically.
The van will be at the
former Ailsa Craig Public
School from 2 to 9 p.m.
“The test will take only an
hour”, explained Mrs. Linda
Martelle. “But in order to
accommodate everyone, we
ask that you book an ap
pointment ahead to avoid
any disappointments. The
test will involve various
fitness tests for the first half
hour while the second half
hour will be devoted to
analysing your diet and how .
it affects your health”.
Cost of the test is $12 per
person and appointments
may be made by calling
Linda at 232-4507. ’
(The 20th weeding an
niversary is difficult to
celebrate, it’s too soon to
brag and too late to com
plain.)
FINAL CUP — Julie MacDonald of Julie's Restuarant pours a
cup of coffee for Stan DeVree, one of her final customers
Saturday before the restaurant closed. She and her husband
will operate the Agri Sales Agency at RR 1, Ailsa Craig.
Photo by Scheifele
Last cup of coffee
at Nairn restaurant
By JOY SCHEIFELE
• Gordon and Julie Mac
Donald greeted Saturday
with very mixed feelings. At
6 p.m. they closed the doors
of the restaurant for the final
time, and shut down the gas
pumps out in front.
In December Gord left his
job with the Hyde Park
Farm Supply to develop his
Agri Sales Agency, and his
wife, Julie, will be working
with him in his new en
terprise.
Thacouple retail stand-by
power units for farms,
businesses and homes which
automatically take over in
case of hydro break downs.
They also will be setting up a
silk screening process plant
in the small building to the
north of the former
restaurant.
The couple moved to Nairn
in May ’75 when they pur
chased the restaurant and
gas pumps from Mrs.
Mildred Elliott who had
opened the business
with her husband
fifteen years prior,
For the past three
Gord had been employed by
the Hyde Park Farm Supply.
Before the family’s move to
Nairn he had been with the
Farm Safety at Mitchell for
two years, and a year with
the Federation of
Agriculture. He also was
employed with the U.C.O. for
two years at Dunnville.
His wife, Julie, was born
on a farm near Ingersoll.
After their marriage the
couple operated a dairy farm
up at Clifford, near Hanover.
They have four children,
Cameron 11’ Jason 9, Laurie
8 and Bradley 5 years.
In addition to his other
commercial interests, Gord
is also currently picking up
other products and will
operate as a manufacturer’s
agent. Julie will be involved
in the business along with
her husband.
“We were reluctant to close
the restaurant as we’ve
made many good friends
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“but we feel this new ven
ture will give us more time
together as a family”.
“We’ve deeply ap
preciated the excellent help
we’ve had while running the
business” stressed Julie
Speeches
underway
By JQY SCHEIFELE
Speeches are being heard
in all the local schools these
last few weeks. They, vary
greatly and cover a .wide
range of topics as the
students in the public schools
prepare for public speaking
contests.
The area senior com
petition for the finalists will
be held Monday, February 12
at 8 p.m. at the East
Williams School. Top
finalists from East Williams,
McGillvray, Parkhill and
Sacred Heart will compete
for the area championship..
The community and
friends are encouraged to
come and hear these top
students present their
speeches. Refreshments will
be served by the local Home
and School Association.
Should the weather prove
inclement, the alternate date
of February 15 has been set
aside.
Thursday, February 1, the
students in the senior
division at East Williams
will compete against each
other. Everyone is invited to
come and hear the
preliminaries as well at East
Williams.
“And we’re going to miss the
community coming in for a
cup of coffee”.
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