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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-05-11, Page 5List winners in cancer contest both of By Joy Scheifele Throughout April “Cancer month,” students in the Ailsa Craig-Parkhill area public schools took up the challenge to “help fight cancer” and put pen and pencils as well as paint brushes and markers to work. Children in the Parkhill West Williams, Sacred Heart, McGillivray Central and East Williams elementary schools were invited by the local cancer unit to participate in prize winning contests. Grade seven and eight students wrote poems, and the lower grades prepared posters on the subject of cancer. Over 155 posters and more than 40 poems were submitted. In the Poster contest primary division 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in­ cluded Meyvonee Godwin Heather Waters, Parkhill West Williams School and Dennis Craven of McGillivray Central. Win­ ners in the Junior division were Christine Cornish, East Williams, Lisa Wilenese, Sacred Heart, Maria Pilolli, McGillivray Central and Lisa Gibbs, Parkhill West Williams. Liz Thuss, Barb DeGouw, Dave Saetemans, and Debbie Ansems won in the intermediate division. All attend Sacred Heart School. Judges for the poster contest were Mrs. McLean and Mrs. Rothwell. Winners of contest were wood, Susan Dixon and Laurie Loft placing 1st, 2nd 3rd and 4th. All attend Parkhill West Williams School. Judges for the poems included Mrs. Irene Tietz, Mrs. Bev. Greenwood and William Waters. Each of the winners in both contests were awarded a small monetary prize. The winning, posters’ will' be displayed this week in the .windows of the Parkhill stores. I Cathy Marion the Lori Smith poetry Green- ., Bob Flower shop opens s COUNTRY MEATS By Joy Scheifele “Val-D-Lyn Flowers and Gifts” opened their doors for the first time Thursday in Ailsa Craig. Located on Main Street in the former Thieves Market, Mrs. Diane Crawford filled the store with lovely flower arrangements and indoor plants. The community was invited to Open House and many responded and were on hand to view the attractive setting. Continued from Page 4 in North America were that fanatics. I knew guys who wouldn’t go to the funeral parlor where their wife was laid out, if they were going to miss a playoff game. Nowadays, when everybody makes the playoffs except Aunt Mabie and the Peewee team she coaches Saturday morning, ennui sets in early in April and continues until almost June. Baseball is in full swing, football is gearing for summer training, and the golf tour is half over before the greedy owners will let their sweaty slaves hang up their skates. When those sweaty slaves, most of them Grade 12 dropouts, are driving Cadillacs and the like, and play is held up for TV commercials, and fourth­ rate teams make the playoffs, the game has about as much integrity as a poker game with twos, eights and all red cards wild. I’d just as soon watch reruns of I Love Lucy as waste my time watching the NHL playoffs. At least Lucy is fun- ’ ny. COUNTRY MEATS ON THE GRAND OPENING OF YOUR NEW BUSINESS We are pleased to have been selected to install the sewage system. ALLISON EXCAVATING RR 3, AILSA CRAIG 293-3072 GOOD LUCK on your LES'S COUNTRY MEATS We're pleased to have supplied the building material. LANGFORD LUMBER 195 William St. LUCAN 227-4416 GRAND OPENING We're pleased to have been ’selected to supply the refrigera­ tion equipment. L.O. WALLACE Refrigeration RR 1, Strathroy 245-2070 MEAT STORE OPENS — Les Drury cuts and wraps freshly butchered meat for customers at Les' Country Meats recently opened on Hwy. 7 west of Ailsa Craig. A local boy, Les and his wife Joanne, will sell both wholesale and retail beef and pork. Photo by Scheifele Meat process plant open for business By Joy Scheifele Last fall as a new building was being erected two miles west of Ailsa Craig on High­ way 7 many were heard to question, “What are they building there?” Last weekend Les and Joanne Drury held “open house” for Les’s Country Meats and many were on hand to wish the couple well in their new enterprise. Les himself has a history of meat processing in his family. His grandfather and father before him butchered cattle for local farmers. Born and raised in the area, Les also gained experience while working at Alvinston for 3>/2 years, at Corbett for a year and for Janzen’s Meat Market at Ilderton, Custom killing, cutting, wrapping, country style sausage and smoked meats will be among the services provided by Les, six days a week. In addition to building the store himself, Les also farms cash crop. His wife, Joanne, nurses at Strathroy. A long time area resident, Mrs. Crawford developed an interest in flowers which she pursued and took a course at Fanshawa College on the subject. She then worked part time for a florist in London to gain further background experience before opening her own shop in Ailsa Craig. Working part time with Mrs. Crawford is Mrs. Carrie McAlpine, also Ailsa Craig. Change in trend of care for elderly By Joy Scheifele “Smaller homes and more working wives has caused a change in society’s trend of caring for the elderly,” explained Mrs. Gordon A. Stewart, Administrator of McCormick Home in Lon­ don. Speaking to the members of the Riverview W.I. at their May meeting at the Masonic Hall in Ailsa Craig last Wednesday, Mrs. Stewart recalled how some years ago the grandparents frequently shared the home of their married children, and it was not uncommon for threee generations to live together. “With the average person living twenty years beyond retirement age today, homes for the aged are very much the trend of our times,” she explained. “Persons living at McCormick Home in London are free to come and go as they wish. Many go to the theatre or entertainment up to four evenings a week,” she stated. The atmosphere at McCormick Home is very much similar to apartment WISHES It was our pleasure to do the electrical work. R & J ENTERPRISES Electrical Contractors R.R. 1 Lucan 227-4863 ISSSI ipr i. rf -i dwelling with the residents free to pass the time as they choose. A program of hand­ work ar.d crafts is provided for any of the 152 residents who are interested. An auxiliary has been formed which helps drive the elderly whenever there is a need and assists wherever they can. Rates at the home are $17.25 per day, with lunch being served at noon and the dinner meal in the evening. Mrs. Stewart was in- LES'S COUNTRY MEATS FOR BUSINESS I * Riverview Wl hears speaker troduced by Mrs. F. Dickens as the former Marion Nickol of Ailsa Craig. Before her involvement at McCormick Home, she was employed at the Parkwood Hospital for sometime where she gained experience working with the elderly. She was thanked for her talk - by Mrs. S. McCallum. Kiwanian Festival winners and grade seven students, Cindy Hooper and Dean Bender of Ailsa Craig, en­ tertained the members with two duets, “I Know a Bank” and “Sing A Rainbow.” They were accompanied on the piano by their school music teacher, Mrs. Schram. Roll call was answered with a response about “Something I have done for an older person.” Mrs. S. McCallum gave the motto, “Be good to the aged. If you’re not there now, you soon will be.” President Mrs. R. Adams presided over the meeting. After the Mary Stewart Collect and Institute Grace, Mrs. D. Hughes and her committee served dessert and tea. Mrs. G. Stewart had the lucky cup while Mrs. Adams the lucky chair; both received a small gift. Mrs. F. Dickens, Education and Cultural Activities program. Mrs. C. Garrod reported on the cancer canvass. convener of chaired the May IL 197$ ^itiiM<MiwyiwiN|i.iniiMniii»iiiiiii>i« JIM SIDDALL &SON LICENSED & INSURED TRUCKER • LIVESTOCK • GRAIN • FERTILIZER • FARM SUPPLIES ON YOUR OPENING BEST WISHES to KIRKTON 229-6439 '-Wo & '■ i If J