HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-02-06, Page 28Page 12A February 6, 1985
Reeve speaks
to Institute
The postponed meeting of the
Lucan Women's institute was held
January 30 in the village Council
Chambers, with Lillian Radcliffe,
convener of Citizenship and World Af-
fairs, in charge .
Mrs. Radcliffe had arranged a tour
of the facilities and the Reeve, Nor-
man Steeper, gave a most interesting
and informative talk to the members
and guests.
Mr. Steeper told that when he took
office in 1982 he had five objectives.
They were to provide for greater par-
ticipation in the decision making pro-
cesses by having councilors more ac-
tively involved through assigned
areas of accountability.
To provide for a greater in-depth
study of issues and concerns prior to
council decision making. This in-
volves the use of committees and
assigned personnel.
To give a clearer picture of the total
village operation by cross -
representation of councillors on the
various committees, and by permit-
ting the free flow of information to
council and to the public, where
ethical.
To encourage the growth of the skill
of effective law making and an ap-
preciation of the basic rights of the
citizen and finally to develop the con-
cept that council is the elected
authority in the village and as such is
ultimately responsible and accoun-
table for all _council and municipal
activities.
During the business meeting,
chaired by president, Bernice
Lockyer, four members intimated
they would be interested in the
district bus trip to the Erland Lee
Homestead, in June. If you are in-
terested please phone Mrs. Lockyer,
227-4421 soon for reservations.
A donation was voted to the War
Memorial Children's Hospital, a
donation will be made to th Optimists
Club each time we use their
clubrooms for a meeting, reserva-
tions will be made for several of the
members to attend the National Con-
vention
Lillian Radcliffe was appointed to
represent the Branch at the meeting
of the Helping Hands to form a "Sup-
port Group" for the St. Marys and
_District Association for the Mentally
Retarded to be held in the Masonic
Hall Wednesday evening, February
20 at 8:15 p.m.
Announcements were made regar-
ding the Farm Show - when Terri
McRoberts will be the entry for the
Lucan W.I. in the Farm Princess Con-
ea . er, I ranne
Goody, to assist Debbie Revington,
and the "Museumobile - History of the
North" which will be at the Communi-
ty Centre January 31st to February 7.
A note of thanks was read from Bill
Nieulands of the Villa, writing on
behalf of all the residents in apprecia-
tion of the plant sent at Christmas and
Iola Goring passed on the thanks of
the former W.I. members, now at
Craigholme and the Villa, for their
Christmas remembrance.
The February meeting will be held
on Wednesday, February 27 at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Radcliffe was also the hostess
for the meeting and provided a
delightful lunch, served around the
large very historic table in the coun-
cil chambers. The table had graced
the dining room of the Porte.family
whose home is now the municipal of-
fices.
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YOUNG REPORTERS — Chris Lo zer and Bobby Hilis of Lucan Public
School show off their versions of the "Room 6 News". The grade two
students were following-up a presentation of "The Tales of Beatrix
Potter".
.Urge UCW members
to attend Presbyterial
Unit leader Marjorie Park opened
the January meeting of the Dorcas
Unit, U.C.W. with a New Year's
thought and prayer as they met in the
C.E. Wing of the church Tuesday
.afternoon. She announced the in-
terdenominational World Day of
Prayer for Friday evening, March 1
in St. Pat's gym, and encouraged the
women also to attend the, annual UCW
Presbyterial meeting at Metropolitan
United Church in London on February
14. Transportation will be available
for those who wish to participate in
this inspirational day.
Discussion followed regarding
preparation of gifts for Christmas
shut-in baskets, and the names of this
year's "Secret Friends" from
Meadowcrest Homes were
distributed.
Worship and Bible Studyfollowed,
led by Jean Brown. The group
discussed the theme "Facing the
Future with Faith" as they con-
sidered the story of the 12 Israelites
who spied out the land God had pro-
mised to 'v them,
e minority who focused on God
and His promises were able to view
the task before them with confidence,
and opened the way for God to ac-
complish His best purposes for their
lives. The majority, who focused on
the difficultieis ahead and left God out
of their thinking, were the losers and
involved their families and others
also in their loss.
A special report to assist the hungry
in Africa through the Canadian Food
Grains Bank was made by Wes
Stanley at Lucan United Church ser-
vice Sunday morning. This agency,
established by the Mennonite Central
Committee, is supported by a cross-
section of Christian denominations,
and donations are matched by the
Federal government in the ratio of
three to one for every dollar given.
Only three percent of the budget is us-
ed for running expenses, and grain is
Two area
Only two accidents were in-
vestigated by the Lucan detachment
of the Ontario Provincial Police this
week.
A vehicle driven by Sylvia Bret-
trager of London went out of control
Sunday at 10:30 p.m. while she was
driving west on Highway 7, and hit an
eastbound vehicle driven by David
Allman of Stratford. There were no
injuries. Damage was set at $3,500 by
Constable Lang.
Wednesday at 11:40 a.m. a vehicle
driven by Thomas Flitz of London
was travelling north on Adelaide Sl.
when he drove off the roadway and
rolled over. Blitz sustained minimal
injuries. Estimated damage to the
vehicle was $1,000, according to Con-
stable Wilcox.
There were 3.5 general occurrences.
Seniors meet
President Harry Noels welcomed
members and two visitors. Cards of
thanks were read from Mabel
Needham, Liz Conlin and thefamilies
of Alexia Atkinson.
The February program committee
are as follows Mice Hodgson, Mabel
Needham, Lela Abbott. Florence and
Elmer Hoffman.
Thursday Fehruary 14 members
are asked to bring a Valentine for ex-
change. Everyone enjoyed a skit en-
titled "The Tune the Salesman
Played".
Greta Gipson acted as commen-
tator and Beulah Hardy played "Put
on Your Old Grey Bonnet" in varied
tempo. Those taking part were Iva
Hodgins. Ed Dowdall, Mary Davis,
Gote Wennerstrom, Jean Miller, Mur-
ray Carter. Laura and Percy
Williams and Muriel Cohleigh.
The craft group was pleased to
have Sue Haskett tell of Interior
Design. Next week February 7 Meda
McComh will demonstrate cake
decorating. Everyone welcome.
Craft prize winner Rose Bakker.
Crokinole winners were Greta Gibson
and Gote Wennerstrom. Euchre
prizes went to ladies high - Helen
MacDonald. ladies lones - Marion
Noels, ladies low - Laura Williams.
('.ruts high - Harry Noels, gents tones
- Joe Carter. gents low - Elmer
Huffman.
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accidents
including two break and enters and
three thefts over $200. One male was
charged with failure to attend court.
One person was charged with im-
paired driving and five 12 -hour
suspensions were issued. Three peo-
ple were charged with violations of
the Liquor Licence Act.
distributed through the agency of
local churches in the counties to
which assistance is given.
Marguerite McRoberts, in charge
of the children's story time, told the
boys and girls about Ned who often
didn't "feel like"helpinghis mother.
His mother found an effective way to
convince him that it was really bet-
tet- when they all did things for each
other.
Marguerite took charge also of
Junior Congregation with the
assistance of the Junior Helpers.
Sherry and Ted Lane were the
welcome committee for the morning
and were assisted by Jan Coughlin
and Brent Bannerman in receiving
the offering.
The choir assisted in worship with
their anthem, "His blood can never
lose its power", and Freeda Melanson
represented the Session of the Church
as she read the morning's Scripture
lesson.
United Church
Mr. Brown's second sermon in his_
p e-
sians outlined more of the blessings
God has provided for those who give
their lives to Christ. He makes known
His plan for the universe, and gives
us a new heart that enables us to
become part of the answer in this
needy world. He gives us His Holy
Spirit to be His presence with us
always and to mark us unmistakeably
as His own.
He encourages us by the prayers of
those who care, and by revealing to
us the greatness of His power
available to us. Mr. Brown challeng-
ed those present to open their lives to
these realities, and thus, like Paul live
"to the praise of His glory".
The monthly Coffee Hour followed
the service in the C.E. Wing.
Coming Events - Quilters are invited
to assist with a quilt which will be in
progress this week in the C.E. Wing.
The Senior Choir practises at the
regular 7:30 hour on Wednesday.
Prayer and Share Fellowship meets
this Thursday at 9:45 a.m. in the C.E.
Wing. Please note change of week.
A Confirmation Class for those 12
and over who wish to join the Church
on profession of faith begins on Sun-
day at 3 p.m. in the C.E. Wing. Please
note that the Sunday School play
scheduled for presentation during the
Church service on February 10 is now
rescheduled for February 17.
News from Revival Centre
Sunday morning Rev. Roger Mason
from Matthew 13:37-38 showed Jesus
sows the good seed of the gospel in the
world, and Christians are the fruit in
it. The tares are the unbelievers. The
field, the world, can be where a Chris-
tian works and lives. We come to
church to receive encouragement and
instruction on how to get out to work
for God.
Some people look on the church be-
ing a building, where Christians come
to work for God on Sundays. This is
a false concept. The church is all
week long doing the work God gave
us to do. Usually the emphasis is to
get people into the church building.
Believers concept is really public
relations. looking well in public, and
building up the quality of the church,
Travelling play
visits public school
The play was the thing last 'Tues-
day, when the Erewhon Theatre
group of Toronto came to Lucan to
present two plays to Lucan students.
Children from Kindergarten to
Grade Three saw The Tales of
Beatrix Potter, while students from
Grade Four to Eight saw The Hoot
Cellar.
The Tales of Beatrix Potter was
based on the stories of the English
woman who wrote.The Tales of Peter
Rabbit. The two actors began by tell-
ing The Tales of Jeremy Fisher, a
frog that went fishing with unex-
pected results. The actors then
related the adventures of Peter Rab-
bit and Peter's further adventures
with his cousin Benjamin Bunny, and
Mr. Fox. Masks were used in the
production.
The Root Cellar told the story of a
young girl who went back 100 years
in time to the Civil War in the United
States.
Both productions were followed by
a chance for students to talk with the
actors.
Mrs. LaVerne Revington, a
teacher -librarian at Biddulph Lucan
Central School, made the ar-
rangements with Erewhon Theatre of
Canada to do these live drama pro-
ductions. Biddulph-Lucan Student
Council paid $600 to cover the cost of
the productions.
Melanie Vance, the new secretary
of the Student Council, said Peter
Rabbit "delighted the young au-
dience", and that "the excellent per-
formance of the Root Cellar was en-
joyed very much."
Because of the actors' visit, over 400
students experienced a live theatre
performance, many for the first time.
Principal Eva Brophey stresses the
importance of exposing children to
live drama.
There were integrated follow-up ac-
tivities in classrooms at both schools
last week.
Jody Aldridge, Grade 4 student,
wrote this poem about The Root
Cellar:
"In the Civil War,
Was death and agony.
But it turns out that
the good side won but
no more slavery, that's
what counts."
Grade 2 students under Cathy Van
Dop in Room 6 and Shirley MacMillan
in Room 7 produced a lot of bunnies.
There were so many bunny puppets,
sculptures, stories and models it
seemed as if • the rabbits were
reproducing.
Bobby Hillis and Chris Lojzer each
produced a version of "The Room Six
News", and illustrated one-page
newspaper about the Beatrix Potter
characters. Greg Langrendyk made
a vegetable patch out of plasticine
complete with lettuce, carrots and
radishes, and Peter Rabbit feasting
happily.
Room 7 wrote a story together re-
counting the animals, adventures.
The students then wrote their own
stories about animal characters to
practice their writing skills.
Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail,
Mother Rabbit and Peter, and mean
old Mr. McGregor all made a big im-
pression on the children of Lucan
Public School.
promoting special church speakers.
Often the goal of the local church is
success in numbers, a healthy budget,
and good facilities to get super Chris-
tians there. These should be by pro-
ducts of fulfilled spiritual goals.
The church is people who know
Jesus, equipped to serve God. It is
believers who see a need and fill it.
The believer church is infiltrating the
world, the field around them, engag-
ing in the work of God. Then Sundays
they assemble in the church meeting
place. Emphasis on worship, the
word, and fellowship produce strong
believers, fitted to go out and
minister. rhe goal of the church is
that the believer may be a whole per-
son, with a proper diet of the word,
worship, and fellowship. The church's
atmosphere should be of love and
healing, where believers come to
receive relazation and restoration.
Communion was served at end of the
service.
Rev. Roger Mason Sunday evening
read Nehemiah 2:9-20, the story of
preparing to rebuild the walls of
Jerusalem, against strong opposition.
Nehemiah first had proper
authorization to build, because he an-
ticipated opposition from the gover-
nors of the countries around Israel.
God opened the way for Nehemiah
to go from the king, to do his vision
to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
When Christians have a vision to
build for God, they will have opposi-
tion. Also Christians have the promise
Jesus will build His church. When
Christians pray, and work for God,
the work will not fail.
AUXILIARY BOWLS
The Ladies Auxiliary of Branch 540
of the Lucan Legion hosted the Z9ne
Round at Lucan Bowling Lanes, Sun-
day. Teams competing in this bowl-
ing tournament came from Strathroy,
which had four teams, Mount
Brydges and Lucan with two and I1-
derton and Ailsa Craig, one each.
The winning team was Elsie
Hawkins from Strathroy with a total
of 2836. Second place went to Anne
Craig's team from Lucan with 2751
followed closely by May Murphy's
Lucan team at 2745.
The next step for these teams is the
District playdowns in London.
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ROOM 7 ART --- The Grade two students of Room 7, Lucan Public School, show off their paper sculptures
representing various characters in "The Tales of Beatrix Potter".
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