HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-05-25, Page 13Plans were finalized tor
the Sunshine and Busy
Buddies groups for their trip
to the Country Playhouse at
Grand Bend. They will see
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and district news
School board plans study
of frequent vandalism
By GORD WHITEHEAD
The problem of vandalism
at schools will be studied by
a committee of the Mid
dlesex County Board of
Education.
The issue arose at the
board’s May 15 meeting
when trustees considered a
resolution from the Kent
County Board of Education
^asking the Solicitor-
General’s office to change
legislation to permit the
responsibility for the acts of
children to be placed on their
parents.
Trustee Gilbert Dafoe of
Delaware suggested the
Middlesex board consider a
reward system for students
at schools where vandalism
occurrences are in frequent.
Mr. Dafoe said he had read
about a reward scheme
SPECIAL AWARDS — Trophies were presented to the top in
dividual bowlers at the recent banquet of the Lucan mixed
bowling league. In the top picture are the ladies winners
Brenda Currie, Lorraine Mosurinjohn, Loretta Dickson and Vai
Neil. Below are the men’s best, Don O'Neill, Ken Wood, Keith
Dickson and Brian Currie. T-A photo
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which had worked well in
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Director of Education
John Gummow said Mid
dlesex does the reverse.
“Damage is paid for out of
the school budget in our
system,” he said. The board
was given no indication of
the extent or costs of van
dalism at county schools.
The issue of declining
enrolment is a factor in a
proposal to begin busing
graduates of Westminster
Central Public School (near
Lambeth) to secondary
school in Dorchester rather
than continue buying
education from the London
School Board. Middlesex
board chairman Jim Scott
told the Times-Advocate hp
expects trustees will make a
decision in June on whether
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September, 1979.
The board’s monthly
enrolment, repoirt showed
that Medway High School
lost ten students in April,
leaving current enrolment at
1,037. North Middlesex
District High School in
Parkhill dropped by eight
students to 438.
Enrolment at Biddulph-
Lucan Public School fell by
four to 487 and McGillivray
gained seven pupils for a
total of 216.
The Middlesex board took
no action on recom
mendations of its committee
on the teaching of French as
a second language because
of a board decision in
February to delay any
committtee proposals which
cost money to September
1979. The committee
recommended the French as
a Second Language program
be expanded this September
to include 30 minutes per day
for grade 6. Grades 7 and 8
have had such instruction
since 1975.
Pentecost is
church theme
The service in Lucan
United Church Sunday was
on the theme of “Pentecost”
and Rev. Keith Brown spoke
from John 16: 7-14 on “How
to be filled with the Spirit”.
During his sermon, Mr.
Brown gave three main
attitudes which are needed:
A longing to receive the Holy
Spirit; be willing to be
emptied of all else, so we
may be filled with the Holy
Spirit; the desire to be filled
for Christ’s sake, not for our
own selfish reasons; to be
wholly yielded to Jesus
Christ, placing ourselves
unquestionably in the hands
of God and finally we must
ask to be filled with the Holy
Spirit.
News of upcoming events
This morning at 9:45, the
interdenominational Prayer
and Share Fellowship meets
in the C.E. wing. All women
of the community are in
vited. Come and bring your
Bible.
Saturday from 9 to 12 a.m.
the C.G.I.T. will hold a car
wash at Glen Haskett’s
service centre and at 9:30
a.m. the postponed Bible
Society Walk-a-thon spon
sored by the Clandeboye,
Granton and Lucan branches
will leave from the Lucan
United Church.
Next Sunday the
Dedication to Mission Ser
vice will be held with em
phasis on missions in the
service, and at 2:30 in the
afternoon continuing into the
evening “Outreach ’78” will
be held in Grace United
Church, St. Thomas. Roy
Bonisteel will lead a panel
discussion on “Human
Rights” during the af
ternoon. Make up a carload
and bring your “bag” lunch.
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SPECIAL AWARD — A special trophy was presented at the recent Lucan men's bowling
banquet in honour of a very ardent bowler for many years. Above, Fred Cowdrey, centre,
receives the Roy Hodgins memorial trophy from Keith Dickson and Larry DeCaluwe. T-A photo
At founding celebration
Five members of the
Lucan Women’s Institute
attended the 75th
Anniversary meeting of the
founding of North Middlesex
Women’s Institutes, held in
Ailsa Craig United Church,
Tuesday, May 16.
The Meditation on the
theme “Let’s Preserve
Family Life” was given by
Pastor Ken Hayes who said
the theme was most ap-
propriatefollowingso closely
on Christian Family Life
Sunday — or Mothers’ Day.
Mr. Hayes pointed out that
more than one million
marriages have broken
down in N. American during
the past year. He said “We
are responsible to our Lord
in the way we act in family
relations and should invite
Christ into our own lives and
into our own home.
Mrs. R. Lewis, RR 2,
Ilderton, president of the
district was the very able
chairman.
Mrs. Emerson Stanley, the
provincial board member
gave a most interesting
report from the provincial
level, advising *us of the
many upcoming events,
scholarships, news of the
Erland Lee Homestead, and
the Foundation Fund for this
homestead, of the F.W.I.C.
Conference to be held June
24-28 in Saskatoon, and many
other items. Conveners
reports were interesting with
many roll calls and mottos
suggested, as well as trips,
tours and speakers.
Two resolutions, one
regarding compulsory in
surance and the other for
more severe punishment for
the “drinking driver” were
passed by the voting
delegates.
Mrs. Harold
curator for the
Tweedsmuir history book
announced the London Area
Tweedsmuir History
Workshop to be held at the
Elgin County Museum, St.
Thomas, Tuesday, August
15. Take a boxed lunch,
beverage provided.
The Riverview branch, as
hostesses, served a delicious
luncheon following which
Mrs. Leonard Caffyn
brought greetings from the
London area and announced
the convention to be held at
the Banqueteer, Wharncliffe
Road South, London,
November 1 and 2.
Coldstream Branch
organized the members into
‘scavenger’groups for ahunt,
Brophy,
district
At Ailsa Craig
which proved to be an ex-
cellent)break{in thejafternoon
program.
Clandeboye branch was
responsible for the com
munity singing morning and
afternopn which everyone
enjoyed’ under the direction
of Mrs. Bruce Henry.
Mrs. Carol Crerar, home
economist for Middlesex
with the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food gave a
very interesting resume of
4H activities for 1977-78 and
for upcoming Clubs on a
revised basis. She also an
nounced various short
courses, training schools and
food forums.
Mrs. D. J. Fletcher, First
Vice-President, announced
Shopping tips feature roll
call at Institute meeting
“A Shopping tip worth
remembering” proved to be
a humorous and worthwhile
roll call for the Lucan
Women’s Institute on
Wednesday evening, in the
Masonic Hall.
With president Vina
Emery presiding it was
decided to hold a-Rummage
and sale of home baking in
the hall, Saturday, June 10,
commencing at 9 a.m. to
accommodate those people
who come early for their
mail, and> continuing until 4
p.m.
All members and friends
are invited to search their
homes, garages, etc., for
articles which may be of no
further use to them, but may
be useful to others. For
“pick-up” call Mrs. Emery
at 227-4702.
Magazines are to be taken
to the Sunshine secretary,
Mrs. Harry Bond, Sr., in the
Butler Street Apts.
Pam Moor, a 4H member
and the Women’s Institute
entry in the 1977 Farm Show
Princess contest, has been
chosen as one of the
representatives for Mid
dlesex to attend the 4H
conference in Guelph next
month. Congratulations
Pam.
The Motto: “Old Shirt May
Become New Suit” was
taken by Lillian Radcliffe
based on an article by Joan
Watson and dealt with the
recycling of materials. Mrs.
Radcliffe said we must
watch carefully, particularly
when buying sleeping bags,
comforters etc., that we get
new material.
A very interesting and
informative report was
given by the president on the
Officers’ Conference held
recently at the University of
Waterloo, when she was in
the “Members-at-large”
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competitions and invited all
branches to take part. Two
“house logs” were entered
for competition and a third
one was on display, along
with the District Tweed
smuir History, articles for
the F.W.I.C. competition,
sewn items for the War
Memorial Children’s
Hospital, with which
members were invited to
help, and a display which
Mrs. Stanley had put up
containing much useful
material from F.W.I.O.
Mrs. L. Gordon of Komoka
Branch gave the “Cour
tesies” and invited the
district to Komoka for their
76th annual meeting.
group. She said she had
learned many helpful things
during the two day Con
ference when the key word
was “enthusiasm”.
They were told to “give
people a ‘pat on the back’ ”
as often as possible, at which
point Mrs. Cecil Robb, one of
the Branch Directors gave
her co-director, Mrs. Frank
Jolliffe, a “pat on the back”
for all her help during the
years they have been Branch
Directors.
The North Middlesex
district annual, having been
held the day before’at Ailsa
Craig United Church, Lillian
Ashton, district director for
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Animals cause
two accidents
Animals were involved in
two of the three accidents
investigated this week by
officers of the Lucan detach
ment of the Ontario
Provincial Police.
Thursday at 12:01 a.m. a
vehicle driven by Wayne
MacNaughton, 141 Alice
Street, Lucan was damaged
to the extent of $1,000 when it
struck a deer on Highway 4
at Concession 15 in London
township. Constable W.R.
Disher investigated.
The same day at 8:15 p.m.
a vehicle driven by David
Hunt RR 3, Ilderton struck a
fence on the London-Lobo
townline.
Hunt swerved his vehicle
to avoid hitting a dog.
Constable Disher listed
damages at $1,200.
Five persons were taken to
University Hospital, London
with extensive injuries after
a head-on crash on Highway
4 at the Roman Line, south
Lucan Sunday night at 9:25
Drivers of the vehicles
involved were
Graham,
Exeter and Joseph E.’
Robbins, Hensail.
Both drivers
passengers Wanda
Jennifer Graham and Joyce
Peckitt, Clinton were
hospitalized. Constable J.A.
Wilson estimated damages
at $4,500.
Richard
279 Churchill,
and
and
the Lucan branch, gave a
brief report, covering the
highlights of the meeting
which was also attended by
the president, P.R.O. Iva
Hodgins, sec-treas. Iola
Goring and Mrs. Robb.
Luncheon was served by
Mrs. Robb and Mrs. Ashton
and a sale of something
grown, baked or sewn, in
creased the funds of the
Branch by a few dollars.
The Tweedsmuir history
curator asked that those
bringing in further in
formation on various phases
of the village history should
complete it as soon as
possible.
plan to s
the production Oklahoma,
Wednesday afternoon,
August 2, and 55 tickets have
been ordered.
As there are 80 members,
if you want a ticket it is
advisable to get your name
in at once. Of course, if we go
over the 55 we may be able to
get more tickets, but
possibly not in the same
price range, or with the
group. Dinner will also be
enjoyed but arrangements
for this are pending. Phone
Edythe Murdy for your
ticket, 227-4885.
Secretary Ethel Crouch
reported on the size of the
carpet needed for carpet ball
and plans will be made U get
one for all. Athankyou note
was received from the
Marrinan family.
Your reporter for the club
wishes to apologize for a
mistake she made in last
week’s report. The memorial
name Lois Hodgins should
have been Lois Thompson
and I am very sorry for my
mistake.
Birthday greetings were
extended to Mary Scott, Earl
Atkinson, Vina Emery,
Murray Shoebottom and Iva
Hodgins.
Euchre and bridge were
enjoyed by the Sunshine
group with high lady’s prize
going to Mary Kooy; lone to
Charlotte Barker and low to
Florence Hodgins; man’s
high went to Margaret
Carter and lone to Mildred
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We have an excellent selection of Marigolds,
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Don't forget we also have a nice selection of
hanging baskets
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Hirtzel, both playing men’s
cards and Lon Phillips won
the man’s Jow prize. Bridge
high score went to Ivan
Stanley.
In the Busy Buddies group
after many Thursday af
ternoons of work the liquid
embroidery bird quilt was
finished and those whose
greenware was brought last
week are asked to be sure to
come and get the glaze on,
ready for the next firing,
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