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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-04-27, Page 19Seniors thank Lions for recent outing President, Ed Dowdall, welcomed members and friends to the seniors meeting Thursday afternoon in. the club rooms. During the business meeting Mr. Lowden voiced thanks to the Lions Club for the lovely dinner and even- ing's entertainment April 18 at the Arena and mentioned the volunteer's dinner also at the arena at noon Wednes- day, which was much appreciated. Final plans were made for the dessert euchre, to which the public is invited, Thurs- day May 5 in the Legion Hall commencing at 1 p.m. Admis- sion is $1.50. There will be a Dutch auc- tion at the close of play and members are reminded 'to bring in groceries, etc. tomor- row, Thursday. Eileen Hodgins celebrated her birth- day on the day of the meeting and Betty Sutherland, during the week. They were wished a Happy Day. Elsie Gibson reminded members of the trip to Caledonia. etc. on Tuesday. June 28th,' and there is a waiting list, so this trip, has proven to be most popular. A birthday joke was given Study on Lord's Supper Doris Weir and Iva Hodgins were on hand to greet friends arriving for worship at Lucan United Church Sunday morn- ing. Dorothy Dedels took the children out for Junior Con- gregation following Mr. Brown's Story. In his sermon, Mr. Brown mentioned the current study on Christian Initiation in the. United Church. which pro-. poses that young children be ,permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper without follow- ing the present practice of making a personal profession" of faith in Christ first Lucan senior choir meets Wednesday at 7:30 and junior choir Thursday at 6:30. Thursday at 7:00 the Chris- tian Education Committee meets in the C.E. Wing. followed by,the Couple's Club at 8:15. Friday at 7:00 is the fourth in the series of Family Nights Come and bring your. family. tor an evening of fun and discussion of Christian family. values. • There will be no service at Lucan next Sunday.. Rather the congregation is -joining`_ with the Clandeboye gregation as they celebrate 'their 118th Anniversary at Clandeboye United Church al 11:00a.m:Rev. Bruce Pierce of Granton is to be the guest minister Transportation will be ' available -from Lucan Church by Iva Hodgins as well as "A Prayer" by a Mother Superior, humorous coin - mgnts on growing old. Gladys Atkinson, as card convener, provided prizes for euchre and crafts which were won as follows: man's high, Harry Noels; lone hands, Lawrence Hirtzel; low score, Arnold Damen; women's high, Jessie Lewis; , lone hands, Evelyn O'Shea; and low score, Elsie Gibson. Craft, Edythe Murdy. ' Lunch was served by Liz Cpnlin, Gayle Cronyn, Marie Veel and Gote Wennerstrom. Tomorrow, Thursday. at 2 p.m., Peter Vickers ofi"The Framing Place" will give a demonstratibn on picture framing at the Craft group with a view of interested members and friends f}n tak- ing the course in September. Non-members are welcome to attend this demonstration on the main floor of the Masonic Hall, back of the Library. South Pacific atmosphere The South Pacific at- mosphere was captured Wednesday night at Lucan United Church Women's Friendship Unit meeting by a backdrop of greenery and . flowering plants. Theme of the evening was "An Evening in Paradise: a Pacific Ex- perience. Beth Miller opened with a worship service of prayers. hymns and medita- tion of a: sort typical of Chris- tian worship in the South Pacific. Margguerite. McRoberts showed a filmstrip about the Church in that area accom- panied by a taped .commen- tary by two South Pacific Church leaders who visited Canada recently. The presen- tation" emphasized the wide- spread influence of the Church in this part of the world. It gave some background also about the Pacific Council ofrChurches and its concerns. The Headquarters of. the ecumenical Christian council is' located on the island of Fi- ji. Leadership in government in many of the islands is largely supplied by Christian ministers. • Following the study, unit leader, Donna Vanarenthals continued the South .Pacific theme by describing some in- struments used in the area and playing some recorded music in the South Pacific style: A demonstration of South Pacific dance, and a sample of papaya fruit juice brought the programme to a close. • . for. any who desire it. The The Revival Centre's An - Sacrament of Infant Baptism .nual Blossom Dessert Tea will becelebrated on Mothers' was announced for Wednes- day, May 18 at 7:30 p.m.. and members were reminded of the Regional U.C.W. Rally at Ailsa Craig on Tuesday May 3 at 530 p.m. Plans were made to view the film '.'Ghan- di" at the annual unit outing in June. The evening closed with a lime of fellowship: along with refreshments served by Marguerite McRoberts and Shirley Ryan. .Day, May 8. Parents wishing to have their children baptiz- ed that day are asked Lacon • - tact Mr. 13rown right away. The Couples' Club will he grateful for donations of good • used items for their annual . Garage and Bake sale at 13ob and Ilelen Palterson's on • Saturday, May 7 at 9 a.m. ('all Bill Froats at 227-4879 for • pickup of large items, Tickets are available from nlenibe. for. the hot beef dinner at the arena. Thursday. May 12. 5-7 p.m. Advance tickets sell at $5.00 for adults, $2.50 for children, pre-schoolers free. Food for all seasons' April 20 al the home of Heather Gillen a "Food for all Seasons" course was held - Leader Debbie Smith. assisted by (leather Gillen conducted a busy evening of baking along "with I'It}Itis O'Neil. Sheila Butcher!. San- dra Jemec and Joyce .Van Gecl. Previous lo the meeting. rubarh muffins. . pumpkin cake and-coffee'were' m:, -1c' and (heft all ladies par- ticipated in making various dishes - chicken dinner crepes, hot Mexican suimner , salad, breaded chicken wings, salad with French dressing and dessert crepes were all • achieved at the meeting, • Everyone found the meeting a big success as well as very interesting. LIONS ENTERTAIN SENIORS — More than 100 Lucan and area senior citizens were treated to dinner Monday night by the Lucan Lions Club. Above, Lions president George Gibbs and charter member Alex Young welcomes Gote Wenhbrstrom and Clarence G. Lewis. _ T -A photo Deer hit in one even area accidents Seven accidents were in- vestigated this week by ot•- • ficers of the Lucan detach- ment of etach=ment.of the Ontario Provin- cial Police with damages totalling $7,700. At 8:20 a.m. Sunday, a vehi- cle driven by Mary Lou Malone, RR 1 Granton left the roadway of Highway 23, near Middlesex road 47 and struck the- ditch. Constable. D. N. • Marshall estimated damages al $1,000. - The same day a parked and unattended vehicle owned by Charles Snelgrove, Lucan was damaged to the extent of $500 when it was struck by an unknown vehicle on the Shillelagh Hotel parking lot. , Vehicles driven by Brenda Dean and Laura May Hudson, botbiof RR 1 Thorndale collid- ed a( 5 p.m. Tuesday on Con- cession 14-15 of London township. Constable D. B. Stables set damages at $2,700. Constable D. R. Vance listed damages at $1,500 when vehicles driven by Terry Noyes. RR 2 Lucan and Lorne Bender, Ailsa Craig were in collision on Ailsa Craig's main" street at 4:1)5 p.m. Thursday. The same day at 2:30 a.m. a vehicle driven by John Schram, St. -Thomas left Mid - FIRE CALLS Thursday. at approximate- ly 3:00 p.m. the Lucan volunteer fire department answered a call to a chimney fire at the home of Zapata tors located on highway 4 just north of Elginfield. dlesex road 28 near Middlesex main street owned by Brian road 23 and struck a mail box Ankers. and fence. Constable .1. A. A vehicle driven by Hubert . Wilson set damages at $1,000. Earl Schmidt, Thorndale At 1:30 a.m. a vehicle struck a deer trying to cross driven by Philip Thomas Har Middlesex road 27 at 8:45 rigan, RR 3 Lucan struck a 'P.m. Sunday. Constable parked vehicle on Lucan's Stables set damages at $1,000. Blood clinic a success .. ' The annual Red Cross preciate the patience of the Blood Donor Clinic. sponsored donors and thank one and all by the Lucan Clandeboye who contributed in many Women's Institutes in the ways to the success of this main hall .at the arena; on clinic. Thursday evening was a tremendous success. There Revival Centre • were 196 donors, with 19 " Sunday morning Bruce and deferrals, making 177 units of Carmine Thomson led in blood received. The Red teaching a a' rship chorus Cross staff was extremely After the children went down happy with the result of this for. their Children's Church, Clinic. Bruce and Carmine Thomson Unfortunately the same played their guitars as they cannot he said for the span- sang Don't You Want to Love soring groups. Owing to cit- the Lord? After they sang He cumstan.:es quite beyond our is God. control, after about the first Mr. Wm. Davies spoke on half hour there was a waiting what the. Spirit has to say to period of approximately one the individual. The Holy Spirit hour for the many donors. We is catling on us to use our understand from the Field divine ability to make deci- Secretary that one of the Bions. Based on our decisions, technicians called in sick just " we can make our life a heaven before the van. left London or a hell. An inflated ego can ti and while there were three more beds in the van there was not the_ fourth person available to do the necessary. work of.laking the blood. Ile has assured us that this will not occur another year. The other factor was that here -to -for our number of donors has been from '115 to 125, so this too contributed to the long wail. We do ap- HELPING HANDS HELP The Helping Hands group of Lucan and area recogniz- ed Volunteer Week Wednesday by sponsoring a pot luck dinner at the Lucan arena for the volunteers and a number of seniors. From the left are Anita Giesen and Nancy Van Geel �f Helping Hands and seniors Gladys Atkinson and Florence Hodgins. T -A photo. Tune Into the General World of In nce strumeHo ler Satellite TV 108 channels now ;//- --more coming k / Ultra -Vision Satellite Systems Ltd. 134 Alice Street Lucan, Ontario 519-227-1102 Towers, Boosters and Rotors Speakers do well. in the Royal Canadian, LegionCompetition held in Education fair at Biddulph Education Week will be held at both Biddulph and Lucan Schools during this week. An Open (louse was held Tuesday, April 26. At Biddulph School Thurs- day, April 28 an Education Fair will take place from 7:00 .p.m. to8:30p.m. All parents and friends are welcome to attend. Ridgetown 4pril. Is for District "A' covering the area from Windsor to London, Brian O'Neill placed first in the grade 7-8 class..Diane Giesen placed second com- peting in the Grade 11. 12 and 13 category. Brian then advanced to the District A and 13 competition, covering Windsor • .to Ilamilton, April 23 in Embro where he placed second by one mark only. • Congratulations to both Brian and Diane for their suc- cess in public speaking! cause us to make the wrong decisions. Wm. Davies opened the evening service reading Hebrews 13:5-6, stressing not to covet, but to •be content with what we have. Mr. Davies introduced Mr. Larry Cruttenden as the guest speaker. From John 13:31;34; 15:13-17; and 14:21-23, Upcoming Events --• Fri- day. April 29, at 8:00 p.m,; the Christianview Bible College Graduation services will be held at Lucan Revival Centre. • Sunday, May 81h, Mother's Day, Lucan Revival Centre will hold their Anniversary Services,. Sunday morning the guest speaker will be Rev. Evert Gagnon. from Athens. Ont. Mr. Gagnon is a former pastor of Lucan Revival Cen- tre. Sunday evening will feature Canada's top Gospel singing group, the Nations. St. Patrick's A quilt draw and bake sale, sponsored by the C:W.L. was held after the 11:00 Mass Sun- day at St. Patrick's. The draw centered on an attractive quilt bearing the Plowboy Pete iPM logo in a checkered pattern. Proceeds from the 'draw will be {ionated to the good works sponsored by Father Rudolph Hogervorst of Sacred Heart Missionary, Chile, South America who will be visiting our parish in the near future. Si. Pat's Young People met Sunday evening and discuss- ed "Sexuality in the Bible." The meeting was conducted by Bishop Marcel Gervais along with a video tape to aid in the discussion. Everyone travelled over to the Mini -11411 for a euchre party sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. A sincere thank you was ex- tended to Father McCarthy for leading the parish in the Forty Hours of Devotion held from April 16 to April 19. Catholic Education Week began Sunday, April 24 and will continue through until Friday, April 29. A special Open House was held Sunday in the school. 1 Achievement Day May 7 WI to buy flags for arena The president of the Lucan Women's Institute chaired the annual meeting April 20. opening with words of welcome to Honey Davidson and Agnes Hotson,'followed by the Institute Ode and the Mary Stewart Collect. During the business meeting it was decided to buy two Canadian flags for the arena, one for the large hall and the other for the arena ice area. The 4-H Achievement Day will be Saturday, May 7, at 9:15 at Prince Andrew school. All members and friends are invited to attend. The Clandeboye bus trip was announced to the Erland Lee Homestead; Veldhuis Greenhouses and Dundurn Castle and those interested are asked to call Jean Hodgins, 227-4370, at once, to book a seat. It was suggested that the May meeting be changed from Wednesday to Tuesday May 17, to permit members to ANGLICANS The Contemporary Eucharist was the order of service at Holy Trinity Anglican Chureb. The collect for the third Sunday after Easter shows the loving God who pursues, with emphasis on the new faith being above all a fellowship, a company of those who believe. As the congregation and friends gathered for worship, they were welcomed by Brian and Don Ankers. Duang the service the lessons were read by Joyce Sovereign and Bet-. ty Ankers. Rev/. Pocock based his ser- - mon on the Gospel lesson, John 10:22-30. Again 'the crowds at the Temple sur- round Jesus and ask, "Are you the Messiah?" There is no doubt that behind that question were two attitudes of mind. Those who genuinely wished to know, and others who wished to trick Jesus in- to blaspheming!. While Beaulah Hardy is away Loretta Dickson very capably is playing the organ. Up -Coming' Events: Bible Study has resumed and Ephe- sians the new study, Tuesday evenings at 8 p.m. at the rec- tory, all are welcome. Mark June 26 on your calendar as a celebration of the 75th An- niversary of the laying of the cornerstone,- an exciting pro- gram for that day is being planned, more details later. Tonight is the Medway Deanery Ladies Rally at 7:30 p.m. with Mrs. Dorothy Crocker of Goderich as guest speaker. attend the Dessert Blossom Tea at the Revival Centre, on the 18th. Bernice Lockyer, Isobel llaskett and a member at large, will be delegates at the district annual on Thursday. May 19, in Poplar Hill Baptist Church but all members are welcome. One dollar per member was voted to UNESCO Project 71 "Water & Sanitation for All" which is co-sponsored by A.C.W.W. Members were asked - to bring written ideas for pro- gram to the next meeting. Reports of the different con- venerships were given and Aleda McComb, a past presi- dent of the Birr Institute con- ducted the election of officers and installed the Executive for 1.983-84. They are past president. Isobel Haskell; president, Bernice Lockyer; vice-president, Vina Emery: secretary, Mabel Froats; treasurer, Iola Goring; district director, Isobel Haskett; alternate, Vina Emery; branch directors, Leda Revington and Lillian Radcliffe; P.R.O., Mabel Froats conveners, Isobel . Haskett, Leda Revington, Margery Crozier, Frances Pruss and Flora. Robertson; Tweedsmuir History Curator, Iva Hodgins; committee, Honorary Curator, Violet Hardy, Reta Cunningham, Leda Revington, Muriel Cobleigh and Dorothy Darl- ing; sick and sunshine, Kathleen. Neil. - The telephone committee will be Alice Crossman, Dorothy Darling, Kathleen Neil and Iva Hodgins and the nominating committee Margery Crozier and Vina Emery. Each second month a "mini flea market", within the Branch, is held and Frances' Pruss and Marion Smith will be in charge of this project. Barbara Wraith will audit the books next year. Bernice Lockyer and Margery. Crozier presented gifts to the outgoing presi- dent, who thanked everyone for their assistance' and cooperation during the past 2 years. Mrs. • Lockyer closed the meeting and lunch was .provided by Margery Crozier and Vina Emery. , ' Helping Hands and volunteers "Helping Hands" volunteers joined - with the regulars for "Lunch Out" at the Arena on Wednesday, with the A.C,W. of Holy Trini- ty providing a portion of the delicious meal and the volunteers each bringing a small salad, casserole or dessert. Approximately 60 men and women shared in this time of appreciation, when Angela Clarke thanked the many volunteers for their assistance in various capacities, with special men- tion being made of Muriel and Mert Culbert for taking the many telephone messages and to Murray Hodgins, treasurer for the "Helping Hands." Rev. Keith Brown asked the blessing and. Rev. 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