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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-03-05, Page 25IN THE DOUGH Breadmaking student, Deannie Twystra gets a helping hand from Instructor Marilyn Barbs at the Fanshawe College sponsored :Course held at Craigwood Boys' Home last Saturday. Winter road conditions plague several drivers BAKING BREAD — Breadmaking Students Dorothy Van Sas, Ruby Otterbein and Paula Box get some help from Instructor, Marilyn Barbs at the Fanshawe College sponsored course held at Craigwood Boys' Home last Saturday. Learning for Lent commences NEW BUSINESSMAN — New owner of the former McNairs Restaurant in Ailsa Craig, Bill Richardson, works on a few of the many government reports needing to be completed. St. Marys couple operate restaurant Act Now! RECIPIENTS OF: GUARANTEED INCOME SUPPLEMENT SPOUSE'S ALLOWANCE Your Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance benefit can only continue after March 31, 1980 if you have completed and returned your application form. Send it in right away. NEED HELP? For further information or assistance please consult your telephone directory, or Information operator, for the telephone number of the nearest income Security Program offices. Canada' I 4, al4n7lItitlitlellare Canada Sante, et Bien-etre social Canada Income Security Programs Programmes de la sdcuritd du Revenu Ailsa Craig area responds T. Times,-AdYocatat March $ 1910 Po Help pours in for victims " Players pad points as schedule ends. Vehicles driven by Der- mond Desalaiz of London and' David Soares both of London collided on highway four, that day. Again there were no injuries but damages came to $1250. A three car crash also took place in that snow storm. Drivers Frank Busuttil of London, Anatalijs Hmeleys of Granton and Cyril Ducharme of Leamington were involved in the crash. There were no injuries and total damage came to $2750. And to finish the day Lucan OPP investigated a four car crash involving drivers Lloyd Regier of Hensall, Rickie'AnOrsoh of London, SiemcireGiiypstra of. Tara and Lewis Carter of London. Damage in this accident on highway four came to $3850 and again there were no injuries. On February 28, Kenneth Holland of London was the driver in a single car crash on county road 20. Damages came to $800 and there were no injuries. There were 39 general , occurrences this week, and 32 of them required an in- vestigation by the Lucan detachment. Lucan officers recovered two vehicles both of .which were. stolen from London. There were two theft in- vestigations and an amount of $440 was reported stolen. Lucan officers in- vestigated one assault of- fence and one person was charged with a liquor of- fence. On February 20 a boys bicycle was found in the village of Lucan. Anyone who may have lost the bicycle should contact the Lucan OPP. Parents.review book selection Two parent represen- tatives will be invited to participate in approval of textbooks for the 1980-81 school year in Middlesex County, the school board has decided. The move was suggested in a recent letter from a ratepayer and partially by a complaint raised by Catholic ratepayer representative James O'Shea last fall, Assistant Director of Education Stewart Toll said. A Medway High School student had been offended by obscenities in a W.O. Mit- chell classic, Mr. O'Shea said. Middlesex Council . of Home and School Association will be asked to name two parents to sit with the board's academic affairs committee when it considers the list of textbooks sub- mitted by school principals on advice of their own school department heads, • in the C.E. Wing. All women of the com- munity are invited to the World Day of Prayer in the Revival Centre at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 7th, with Eye Vandenberg as speaker. Child care is provided. Lucent Revival Centre Sunday morning Rev. Ray Brewster led the service and Mrs. Kathy Pritchard gave the Children'a Church a flanrielgraph lesson on a Bible verse, Rev. Brewster spoke front Hebrews 10:1-4 about the .Adat lit The regular season ended this past week but the games were of no real importance as all the playoff match-ups, had already been decided. The games though,• helped increase player point totals as a result of high scores. Both games were upsets as, the last place Blues defeated' the 2nd place Hagen's ' Hackers 8-5 and the Greens, who had been tied for second, beat the league Champs, Salon 174, 7-3. The Blues got three third .period goals from John Prefontaine to secure the win, Mike Anderson opened the scoring for the Blues as he scored a short-handed goal after receiving a breakaway pass from John Pollard, Andy Hardy teamed up with Gary Revington to bring the Hackers to a 1-1 tie. George Ewer and Mike. Wraith gave the Blues a 3-1 lead before the first period had ended. Ewer took a pass from Tom Hardy and moved ,around goalie Chuck Fredin to score. Wraith scored on a rebound, after Fredin had made the initial save on Anderson's shot. Bill Darling narrowed the lead to 3-2 as he took a pass from behind the net from Bev Chapman and backhanded it behind Steve Carter. Dennis Hackney then tied the game on a powerplay goal. In the third, Prefontaine scored two goals within a minute to push the Blues ahead 5-3. Both of his goals were of similar fashion, aiming on passes from Wraith to Prefontaine who stood in front of the Hacker net. Darling then scored his second of the game to bring the Hackers within one. Prefontaine completed his hattrick as he took a loose puck from behind the net, skated in front and put it into the vacant net. Fredin, like all, the other Hacker defenders, thought another Blue player had the puck and: they followed him. Anderson then scored his second of the game, also A beautiful film. from the N.B. Dept. of • Tourism, entitled "The Welcome Season", highlighted the meeting of the Sunshine and Busy Buddies Groups on Thursday afternoon. Cecil Robb, who is responsible for the monthly film received a round of applause for bringing so much enjoyment to the members. A committee was named for the Dessert Euchre to be held 'on April 17. com- mencing at 1 p.m. as follows: Helen MacDonald, Con- vener, Jean Elliott, Mary Kooy, Liz Conlin and Gayle Cronyn, Angeline Scott' received Birthday congratulatins and Gayle Cronyn gave a most thought- provoking reading "Don't Give Up." The President, Mildred Hirtzel thanked Jean Miller for her work as social convener for the month of February and welcomed Rheola Hotson as the,March convener. In euchre: Margaret Allen won the Lady's High prize, Kay Neil, Lone Hands; Mae Bowman, Low: Man's high, Percy Williams; Lone Hands Lawrence Hirtzel and Low Score Ed. Armstrong. Jean Elliott won the prize presented in the Crafts group, Lunch was provided by Charlotte Barker, Mae Bowman, Ellen and Herb Broom. The Busy Buddies com- menced a series of three classes in Macrame with Viola Carter as instructor. Owing to the very large class Verna Ibbitson and Iva Hodgins assisted. 4-H Club The "Friendly Friars'! was the name chosen by the Lucan 1-4-H club at their meeting last Thursday, February 28th at the home of one of the leaders, Mrs. Gary Burns. The name was suggested by Press Reporter Darlene Paton. With the President Laurie Burns presiding, Sandy Hartman read the minutes front the previous meeting and Cindy Baaker was appointed Secretary for this meeting. Discussion topics covered the preparation of cabbage rolls and chicken cacciatore, the use of the electric frypan, the pressure cooker and safety thereof, two types of slow cookers, the one with continuous heat and one thermostatically controlled, and the use of the micro wave oven. Wattage use for each type of equipment was also discussed. Jean Thompson and Sandy made chicken cacciatore which all the members enjoyed. Couples Club Lucan United The-Work of the Mission Services London, was featured at the February meeting of the United Church Couples' Club, when Mr. Roger Smith was the guest speaker. A donation was made to this work. The worship Service was taken by the couples in charge, Jim and Bernice Lockyer, Henry and Cathy Kaune and Austin and Elva Tims, based on the article about, parable of Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31, in the February "Observer" by the late Rev, A.G. Forrest. A special offering was taken for the Reeb family, Ailsa Craig. At the March meeting members will enjoy a pot luck supper. Holy Trinity Anglican Church Prayers for the Second Sunday of Lent were repeated at Holy Trinity. Anglican Church, Lucan, and Rev. F.G. Kirby spoke on the theme "Behold We Go To Jerusalem" tracing Christ's journey to Calvary and comparing it to our journey toward our Calvary. Today, Wednesday at 2 p.m, the A.C.W. meets at the home of Mrs. Kay Egan. Friday at 2 p.m. in the Revival Centre, all women of the Community are invited to the World Day of Prayer. Child care will be provided. The Ladies' Guild meets in the Parish Hall on March 11th at 8:15 to plan Spring projects. During the period of February 24 to March 1, Lucan officers of the Ontario Provincial Police in- vestigated 15 accidents with only four persons receiving minor injuries. Ten of these collisions occurred during the afternoon of February 27 in a snow storm, On February 25 on high- way four, cars driven by Carter of RR2, Lucan and Henry Beiber of R112 Lucan collided. Damage to the Carter vehicle was set at $3500 and the Beiber vehicle received $1500 damage. Both drivers received minor in- juries, as well as passenger, hiacjor . . On February 27 a car driven by Eric Beamish of London collided with one driven by Paul Palmer of RR Merlin. Total damages came to $1100 and there were no injuries. The accident took place on highway 23 in "Live 'Love" Projects were chosen at the meeting of the Mission and Service Committee on Tuesday evening in Lucan United Church, as follows: World Development, Service and Relief; Church of North India, where Miss Lillias Brown is a Missionary at Indore; Family Farms Ltd. in Zambia with Lee Holland as Agriculturalist; Down- town Mission in Windior and Pastoral Institute of Nor: them Ontario, based in Sudbury. The first three are for 10 Units of $100.00 each and the two latter are for 5 Units of the same denomination. Minute talks Were arranged for the next six months, with various members of the committee taking part. , It was decided to have two special Mission Sundays, one in May, the other in October, provided the speakers are available. Mrs. David Park is the new chairperson, Mrs. M.H. Hodgins, secretary and the treasurer remains the same, Mrs. Wayne Gibson. Evening unit U.C.W. Lucan U.C. "Take My Heart" was the theme for the Bible Study, taken by the leader, Mrs. Ed Melanson, at the Evening Unit Meeting on Tuesday afternoon, using II Corin- thians: 5 and 6. To be a Christian today calls for the single mindness of Jesus and of Paul, said Mrs. Melanson. Psalm 115 was read an- tiphonally as an opening for the meeting and Mrs. Keith Brown led the members in worship on the theme of "Love and Brotherhood, Daring: • the business meeting it was announced that Mr. L.G. Stairs of the Leprosy MissiOn would be the guest speaker at the June 10th General Meeting, showing pictures of the work of the Mission. Members were reminded of the World Day of Prayer et the Revival Centre on Friday of this week at 2 p.m. Last Friday'several of the members of this Unit completed a service project for the Church, when they Biddulph township. That same day a car driven by Debra Rose of London on county road 23. The Rose vehicle received $2000 damage, but no damage Was done to the Eccles car. Neither received • injuries. Again that day 'on county road 23 in London township a car driven by Arthur. Torrens collided with a car driven by Marion Herbert. Total damage came to $1400 and there were no injuries. On county road 20 that day Graydon Cox of Waterford received minor injuries in a single car crash. Damage to ' On ' highway -four that' afternoon, a car driven by Paul Schenk of Crediton and a car driven by John Higginbotham of Blenheim collided. Total damage came to $1050 and there were no injuries. gave the kitchen a thorough housecleaning reading for "Learning for Lent" which commences this morning. Personals Two fire calls have been answered in the past two weeks. The first to the Knipp home RR 2 Lucan to an outdoor fire that got a bit out- of-hand and the second to the home of Lawrence Hodgins, RR 1, Lucan for a chimney fire. Twelve ladies from Lucan and Clandeboye attended the flower show in . Toronto February 27. They enjoyed the trip thoroughly. By telling the parable of the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son, Jesus shows God's love for us and our potential value to Him and His children, said Rev. Keith Brown at Lucan United Church on Sunday. The flowers in the Sanc- tuary were front the funeral of the late Thomas Gilmour and the sympathy of the congregation is extended to his family. The choir sang the anthem "To God be the Glory" with Linda Froats taking the solo Walsh, and Evelyn Phillips, wife of Bank manager and volunteer fireman , Jim. Phillips, quickly launched a. drive to collect money,. clothing and household ef- fects for the Beeb family whose home and' possessions were completely destroyed by the .early morning fire,. early last. Tueaday. On Monday morning of this week Mrs. Walsh reported that "the response has been just super" •. At that point $3,550 bad been placed in the local bank for the Reebs who are temporarily living in Ontario Housing shelter in London. 4velyn, Phillips reported a wide selection of furnishings- have been donated including a freezer, fridge, stove, bedroom suite .and offers, of tables and chairs have been recieved. "It is mostly small kitchen electrical appliances. that are still needed", she said, The newly organized Optimist Club have already offered to transport the items to the Reebs as soon as they can find more suitable rental accommodation. • Brian Harding and his. wife, Debbie, who also narrowly escaped the fire remain in hospital', Mr. Harding suffered a broken restaurant, including new washrooms, and hours have been increased by the request of local patrons to remain open Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. ankle in his jump from a second floor window and expects to be off work for five months as a result of the injury, The Reeb's five year old son, Ryan, died in the .fire along with his two year cousin Robbie Harding of London. • Prayer day scheduled By JOY SCHEIFELE Friday, March 7th, women from all corners of the earth will gather to mark the World Day of Prayer. People from numerous cultural and racial backgrounds in over 160 countries will join together in prayer for world peace and understanding. The event has been held in Canada for at least 57 years and is organized by the Women's inter-Church Council of Canada and by local church women's groups. The theme of this year's service is "Responsible Freedom", and has been prepared by the Christian women of Thailand in which they remind us that we are responsible to relate lovingly to one another, to share with, to serve, and support one another, "For freedom Christ has set us free!". It is emphasized that although the service has been prepared by women, it is for all - men, women and children, and parts of the service have been designated to be taken by men. The Nairn Mennonite Church will host the service this year for the Ailsa Craig and area at 2 p.m. on Friday. Judi Henry of Lucan area will be the guest speaker and all are welcome. "Learning for Lent" commences this morning, with Registration at 9 a.m. Tonight members of the Senior Choir commence rehearsals for the Easter music. Come and join if you like to sing. The Junior Choir, children ages 7 and up, are rehear- sing for Palm Sunday, 9 a.m. prior to Sunday School. There is room for your children. Tomorrow morning, Thursday at 9:45 the Prayer and Share Fellowship meets a shorthanded tally, after receiving a perfeet pass from Tom Hardy. Brad Taylor took a pass from Gary Revington and beat Carter to his glove side On a quick wrist shot, Tom Hardy completed the scoring, after Anderson skated frem end to end and fired a low shot which Fredin kicked out ' directly to Hardy who in turn fired the puck into the empty net, The Blues were helped greatly by the good saves Carter made in only his second appearance in the nets. The Greens, with their win over Salon 174, claimed sole possession of second place. The Greens were helped by Rick Gwalchmai who had a. three goal, five point game. Gwalchmai opened the scoring on a three on one in which he was left in front alone and snapped.the puck by Keith Ewer. Gord Moon increased the lead to 2-0 before Chris Mouritzen knocked in a rebound and Ron Keys scored from the slot to tie the game at two. Gwalchmai knacked in a rebound occurring after a scramble to give the Greens the lead they wouldn't lose. Brian Noyes took a corner pass from Larry Lewis and rapped it high into the net. Scoring champion, Chris Mouritzen, beat Garrison with a high wrist shot to the glove side before the second had ended. Peter Martens then scored two goals , both assisted by Gwalchmai. The first of his two came when he skated down the left boards and fired a shot off the post and into the net. His second was of similar fashion except this time he skated down the right boards and took a shot that deflected off Ewer's stick into the net. Gwalch- mai completed the scoring as he rushed the length of the rink and beat Ewer from close in. Playoffs will begin next week with Salon 174 against the Blues and. the Greens matched against the Hackers. Su nshiners enjoy , film on east coast Congregations busy By JOY SCHEIFELE Feb nary 1 found McNairs Restaurant in Ailsa Craig under . new management. The business has been bought • by William Richardson and 'his wife, Sarah, of St. Marys. A year ago William Richardson decided, it was time to hang up his hard hat and take it easy from then on. He sold his share in the Fraser-Harloff Paving Co. of Stratford and "retired", ' "It wasn't long before I got sick of having nothing to do", he laughs, and when a friend drove through Ailsa Craig and, poticed Me,Naies Restaurant was Lip' foriale, suggested B ill look into It, With a family history of running a restaurant, and a wife who enjoys cooking and is an excellent cook, he -decided to take a look, and liked what he saw. "If I'd known the business was going to be as brisk as it is, I might have recon- sidered", he admits. The four former employees have remained on, and he expects to add two more shortly. His brother operates the Broken Spoke Restaurant in St. Marys and his father and mother have also been in the business, so it is not com- pletely new to the Richard- sons. The couple have moved into Ailsa Craig and Bill has already joined the newly organized local. Optimists club in town. They have four boys - all in the contruction business, and two girls, the youngest is attending high school in St. Marys. ' A few minor renovations have been planned for the sacrifice for sin. The Service was closed with communion service: Rick Rose led the singing for the evening service. Larry McGill played the piano accompaniment for Ken Allen on the violin playing "That lonesome Valley' , Rev. Ray Brewster ministered from Rev. 21:1-8 and 22-27 telling of the New Jerusalem where there will be no sun or moon because the glory of God will be the light of it. Tack and , Harness Shop 10 days only Odds 'n Ends Sale Starts Feb. 29 Fantastic Savings on Selected items - shirts - hats - boots - vests - riding breeks show bridles & halters Lamour King 1 CUTTER Priced to Sell ,Many other specials 2 miles north of Hwy # 7 on Denfield Sideroacl Phone 227-4172 By. JOY 'SCHRIFEJ,E AIiSA CRAIG The community was stunned last week by the fire on the edge of Atka Craig 'which claimed the lives of two small children; but the sympathy and response of the community has been, swift and supportive. 1.0a Walsh, wife of assistant fire chief, Jini Craig seniors have busy time It is hard to imagine a more enthusiastic group as the Craigwiel Gardens seniors keep to a busy schedule, The past month has found them busy at the Activity Centre enjoying a dinner for fifty, playing games of euchre and Bingo and completing a beautiful quilt which included many, many hours of patient stitching. Currently the first Sunday of each month a religious service is held. at 7:30 p.m. under the guidance of the Ailsa Craig and Area Ministerial Association, which is open to all and everyone is welcomed, young and old alike. Quick minds and excellent memories were much in evidence as the seniors joined with Craigholme residents in an old fashioned spelling bee recently. It brought back many happy memories of school days when such contests were highlights of the week's work. They also joined with the residents for a communion service and Bible Study and hymn sing as well as a Valentine and birthday party, and enjoyed a comedy film together. The residents enjoyed a van ride to Strathmere Lodge and downtown Strathroy. ' In the lounge of one of the apartment units regular Bible Study groups are held Tuesday evening. Bob and Vesta Effer recently donated five giant print Bibles for the use of some finding difficulty with the finer print. February 13th was "crokinole night,"