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OPEN HOUSE Stewart Munro receives o cup of coffee from Jackie
Blay dur ing Open House at the Lucon Post Office, Thursday.T-A photo
Lucan and district news
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Susan Cook
247.4911
Seven accidents
in OPP district
Of ricers u1 the I.ucan detachment ol
the Uutario Provincial Police in-
vestigated seven accidents this week
with danl:iges totalling $:f0;40O.
Sunday a vehicle owned by (;eorge.
Ladive of London driven ;by an
unkII(►wll person. lett ('uncessiun 10-11
in London township and struck the
ditch ( unstable %%iisou listed
damages :et 57011.
vehicles driven by John Allen. RI{
3. Denfield and Lisa Gods. RI{ • 3.
Thi rlfate collided on :Middlesex road
2u .(1 0 .4i \li►nday. Constable
Stables set e. ,. .4 Si.:11111.
The sante day :1 vehicle o► r, ern b.
James Howard. London struck a
motorcycle driven by Thomas
Hodgins. also of Lnr(dun on Middlesex
road 23.
Vehicles driven by Donna %%illiam-
son, ltd{ 3. Ilderton and Ken Stainton.
RR 1. Ar.,' collided on Adelaide street
at 4.15 p.m.. Tuesday. Damages were
estimated at $94.14) by ( 'oast able }lodge.
('onstahle Stables set damages a1
$150)1 when a vehicle awned by four
Hwang. London hitt :Adelaide street
and rolled over in the ditch. Thi•
mishap occurred 'fuesel'iIy.
Damages were listed al S;.144)4► by
Constable Wilson when a vehicle
driven by Donald Adams. RI{ I. Ar -
Mrs. Wallis
speaks to UCW
Mrs. I )orothv Wallis was guest
speaker at the General sleeting uI
I,uc'an 4 "rated ('hurch %%omen al the
Church. 11'e(Inesday evening. She
outlined briefly the services offered
by Women's Community- House in
London to wnmen.who have suffered
spousal abuse and who have no other
alternative for escaping violence in
their homes
She spoke nI Ilse small beginnings
ol the work. and r'1 its growh in size
and elfec•tneness over the ix st seven
years The new centre on Maitland SI
houses 2r' ..omen and children for
periods up to six weeks and provides
much needed counselling services as
well as shelter and pro1111On A new
service is counselling Ior men con-
victed by the courls for this offence.
%%lulu -4u percent ol the $2.50.000
budget is provided by government
grants. 51 percent must be raised
through the gi.(lrgs n1 concerned tier -
sons and groups Mrs Wallis men-
tioned :e number of dons curr'e111Ty
needed at the Home These .will be
posted 111 the front vestibule. and a
box .y ill lee placed al the side entrance
of the- Church In receive them.
hotel i• roots agreed to lake the
char Inr the business sleeting
Treasurer :%14111". ilntsnn retail -led en
Couragoe recetpls for the Beef Sup-
per. and It ..as agreed to repeat the
eflnrt early in .1111-41. 1986 Financial
assistance was t olid Ior Vacation iii
We "choral to be held this year Jul.
22 2(, .11 1.t0-.11) Iley r. al (oil re
Helpers anil tea( hers were re
queued. also (tonal ions n( cookies tor
snack trine. to he gr. (•n to Bernice
Locker The (.00len . ole'd to doral('
an unused set of plate's to the Scout
Hall .\ committee formed 14) plan
Ow 1 (' tl Book S.IIc scheduled Ior
October
Mari Park. assisted by Verna 11)1)11
son. led in a dryolrnna1 px'rie (I which
[mussed on the theme of .!esus' Inc
Int! srns1115r1. to 10'o1)h' 111 need
va caught 111 ►►"bile travelling on
1Iigtu %ay 4.
Friday. a vehicle operated by
Douglas ('arpenter. I)e'nfield went in-
to the (Milch un Concession 13-14 nt
London township and struck a tree
slump Constable flollaud listed
damages :it $5.044)4).
Lions host
area seniors
(tier 150 people sal down to lo.e-
1 roast beef dinner Monday evening.
June .:...lr('41 the Lucan Disl('io Lions
Club entertained rr:u1. seniors OI the
community.
Following the dinner. catered 10 by
the arena catering service. president
Lion John MacDonald welcomed
everyone and condu('ted a brief
business meeting.
Lion ('lark Elliott introduced the
"A fterno4011 )elighla mini chorus of
the London Sweet Adenines. This
group, several of them Lucanites.
sang several numbers. directed by
.Julie e Hardy + Beadle, and a
quartette. the "Designer ('ords''.
from within the group, sang two
numbers 1.c►retta 1 hckson acted as
Ai(' as well as entertaining with some
well chosen jokes.
Two prizes were given. one for the
eldest lady presenl. won by Agnes
Hornell. 99 years young. formerly ol
('landebove. now of Kirkland Lake
and to the cud a:,p(inuing man, Nelson
Squires who is .lust a youth in cont
p:u'ison. al 86.
Senior citizens
Harry Noels presided and opener'
with singing 01 O Canada. with Mary
Koov at the piano for the regular
nivel ing.
Birthday good wishes went ' to
Audrey 1Iodgius. (;rely Gibson. Ethel
(Touch and Adrian Bax Cards were
signed to go herb Broom and .Jessie
Lewis both were reported to be 1n the
hospital.
11art'y read a letter regarding the
Ontario Seniors' Games. a program
is being nl1ered. naming a number of
gam's available al the beginning of
September.
A vote of thanks was given to
Marion and [lady for participating in
the finalsheld i41'I'nrontorecently:A
card 01 thanks .was read Rom Percy
%%'illian►s
Candle tt irking begins next week
for the c'r.I11 group with !Donor Slanley-
i ns1 rucl ung
Readings given by- Hazel Cunn-
ingham "what it"s hike tc►be 111(1." and
:Audrey 14(4(I14111s ' Teaching Mci•'ad
den host 11) Walt'''. both were
enjoyed
F:(1 Dowdall reporle(1 he had the
lour of :1 wagon 01111 could like help
to set up the Moat for the Lions Fair
parade next friday and Saturday
:1 man oat ing committee consisting
of I [Oen \lacl )onald and Ed Dowdall
was named to bring 1n a slate of al
1I('('r's for Ilse coming year.
Meeting w:IS adjourned. euchre
u as played, l►rIzrs 551144 to Charlotte
Barker. 4largarel C'ar'ter. Ed
Dnwdall. 11.('Ia Abbott. Lula Culbert.
Murray Carter. Marron Noels. For
(hose taking calligraphy a review 01
the the .ark (Ione, help was given
where needed Verna ihhitson was
the crall prize winner
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Times -Advocate. June 12, 1985 Page 11
Council hears report from hydro prep
costs of repair. Larry ltotson SpoKe
about his views on the building after
touring it. Hutson feels the concrete
is basically sound, and that any
cracks are too minor to be relevant.
Council is nut granting the Scouts any
turther money at this time.
Council approved donations to the
411 club of $35 and $100 to the
Chatham -Kent Flood Disaster
Committee.
There will be an Assessment
Review Board hearing on June 12.
Highway 4 between Concession -f
and the community centre will be
closed for one hour on Sunday June 12
tor the annual Lucan Lions Fair
parade.
Council passed a bylaw prohibiting
parking on llainstreet in front of the
community centre (Luring the !.ions
Fair, June 14-16.
Council passed a resolution approv-
ing the suggestions of the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs ..«d Housing regar-
ding the Official Plan Amendment
nUmber 5. it has been sent back 10 the
Minirry to be accepted
At the June meeting of Lucan coun-
cil, Rudy Engel, the chairman of the
hydro commission 101' the village of
Lucan, gave his annual report. Engel
said that he could not give exact
figures, but that a :1.3 per cent general
rate increase for 1986 was likely.
Engel said with the improvements
being worked on, the system will be -
second to minx. Ile also mentioned the
need for a "call [Adore you dig"
awareness among residents.
There were questions by the coun-
cillors about streetlight maintenance.
I tarry Wraith and others suggested it
could stand improvement. Engel said
they (lid the best they could with the
amount of staff available.
The next presentation was by Don
Pletch, of the Huron -Middlesex
Engineering company. about the
Butler Street water main. ile brought
in the plans for a new train to service
Butler. It will be put under six feet of
cover. The replacement main will be
just a couple of feet from► the old one.
This is under the ONIP program).
There was some discuss -ion among
the councillor's of whether to put in
connections for one of two fire
hydrants. It .was eventually- agreed
that two fittings would be put in for
now, with the actual hydrants to
lunow at a later dale.
The next presentation before cowl -
was by Ivan Forester. a contrac-
tor. acting un behalf 01 the Villa
retirement home Forester brought
site plans to show proposed changes
to the Villa building. He had hoped -to
break ground Tater this week, but
council required a bit more time so
that the village planner could con-
sider the plans. and council will notify
hinm of 111e outcome :IS Soon as
possible.
ter business discussed by coun-
cil included (he proposed emergency
bylaw. Reeve Steeper poinited out that
the Barrie disaster "could have been
here', and stressed the need to finish
designing the bylaw. Council will seek
feedback from community organiza-
tions and hospitals.
Dave Barr of the Scouts tial spoken
to Ile• Reeve with some concerns
about the Scout huil(hIig, wondering
if the Village will pay some of the
Sunday School
heads program
The troth Anniversary of the tended
('hurch of Canada. the 123rd Anniver-
sary of Lucan United ('hurch, and the
Sunday Sch(x)t's Flower Sunday were
all celebrated Sunday morning in a
special service of worship in the
Church. The Sunday School under the
.direction of Superintendent Barb -Ban-
nerman was in charge. The service
began with each child placing a
flower in a specially prepared cross
(01 the communion table.
.Janet Joyce, Abby Bates, Tabatha
F'roats, and Melanie Vance all par-
ticipated in the first part of the ser-
vice. Carrie Lane accompanied on the
piano while Linda F'roats led (he o'c'e
youngest classes in a song of praise.
A highlight of the service was the
music provided by the Biddulph
Public School ('hamlet' Choir. led by
Mr. Randy Marlin and accompanied
by Helen Stanley. They sang three
beautitul sacred songs. Brother
James' Air. Jesu .Dov of Man's Desir-
ing. and a ('anon ol Praise. Mr. Mar-
tin also assisted with an organ
prelude and post lude.
The message for the morning was
entitled "God's Might Acts". Krista
Riddell and Jr n Marshall each gave
60 Seconds for Years'', short
presentations on -the stcl , ►f ('hurch
Union. Dana Bannerman gave
highlights from the stow of the union
of Presbyterian and Methodist chur-
ches in I,tic'an.
She spoke also about the history of
out -church building and about present
day efforts in the local congregation
to keep laith with these who have
handed clown to us the Word of God.
Mr. Brown concluded with a brief
meditation on Psalm 1-46.5. The God
of Jacob who was so faithful 10 Itis
people in ancient days is the same
Almon (;cx1 who has been the
faithful I(elper of ills ('hurch through
all its years.
Ile alone is worthy of our trust and
faithful to empower us as we continue
to carry out His commission in the
world. We share also the Psalmist's
firm hope that Ile .will fulfil His good
purposes in the world. This hope calls
us to step forth in [althorn] obedience•
Two baskets of !lowers in the
church were Iron) the funeral of the
late Randy Paul. The sympathy and
prayers of the congregation are with
his family. Other flowers were con-
tributed hy church members and ar-
ranged be Marguerite McRoberts
Ushers for the morning were Sunday
Sel ool members Eric Barr. Mindy
Bates and .lane ['olden
immediately following the service
the Sunday School paraded to the
park with decorated bikes. and
placards cnnllnemorating the special
occasion The ('hurch family enjoyed
a potluck picnic together. then par-
ticipated in game's and contests
organized by Barb Coughlin and
Phyllis Brady . Each person present
received an anniversary button
recngnvulg the special occasion. A
huge birthday cake decorated by
Tabatha F'roals. Dana Bannerman
and Christian Blay was enjoyed by all
present
Coming Events
Lucan ('hour- meets for practice a1
the usual 7 30 hour Sunday School
..ill not meet again until September.
but Church Service will be held at the
usual 11 1.5 hour next Sunday.
A fund has been set up by London
Conference of the United ('hurch to
assist victims of the Barrie tornado
Donations may be given through the
local church treasurer. Dennis
1)edels
The cost of the new slain is
estimated to be between $22,000 and
$25,000. It ..ill take about 10 working
days to complete. from late July to
early August. 'I'einters will be called
in mid June.
Two representatives of the Ministry
of Health, ambulance service branch.
were at the meeting to discuss with
council a transmission tower they
wish to erect for ambulance pagers.
Glen Miller, who will be the
manager of the new central am-
bulance dispatch, and Art Wynne, (he
project officer, said the tower would
be right next to the Public Works
building, and would be 68 feet high.
This would be a local paging service.
to contact members of Bill l(askett's
team when they are away from their
vehicles. The system will provide
voice communication: they will ac -
(wally hear a message, rather than
having to phone in.
The lower will be set in a four foot
by four foot by four foot concrete pad.
There will be two antennae, and the
unit uses hydro to operate. The
Ministry will assume responsibility
for the hydro, for all out of pocket ex-
penses, and for all liability.They
prefer to put these towers on land
owned by some level of government
rather than of private property.
It was suggested by Doug Johnston
that a safety bumper to protect
against cars and snow removal equip-
ment, and some sort of safety fence
to keep children from climbing the
tower, be included. The Ministry
representatives agreed to these
things.
Reg Crawford appeared before
council seeking approval for his
severance application. Crawford
wants permission to build a house in
the centre of a large lot. and then to
separate the lot into three. with the
house on the centre lot. Council had
already given approval in principle to
the concept. ('rawford's severance
was approved, and he will get a bill
from the village for the sewers
already installed.
BIDDULPH BLUES WIN The 'A' championship of the weekend Exeter Homecoming ladies slo-pitch
tournament, was won by the Biddulph Blues. Back, deft, Gayle Ready, assistant coach Don Squire, Mac
Hosking, Jackie Martens, Linda Nickles, Marianne Noyes, Nancy Marshall, assistant coach Ken Ready
and Denise Lightfoot. Front, Diane Bellamy. Terry Goldschmidt, Wendy Hardy, Sharon Blane. Judy Squire
and Josie Lynch -Hill. Missing was coach Gerry Brown. T -A photo
100 yeah$ parks
This year marks the hundredth an-
niversary of Canada's national parks.
"Celebrate", the theme of this year's
summer reading program was
chosen with the anniversary in mind.
Posters advertising the program
display some of the beautiful natural
features in Canada's public parks.
Children are encouraged to register
at the beginning of the summer and
read for fun during July and August.
As they complete certain numbers of
books they will be given small awards
including bookmarks. buttons. and
certificates. The rewards will
hopefully entice children in to their
local library to borrow hooks to read
for enjoyment.
wiommiww9pir
The Royal Canadian Legion
Lucan Branch 540
You are cordially invited to attend a dinner, presen-
tation and dance to honour our new Provincial Presi-
dent, Ontario Command and outstanding citizen Com-
rade J.W. 'Bill' Smith and his lovely wife Lorainne.
Lucan Arena - Saturday June 22, 1985
Cocktails 5:30 p.rn.Dinner 7:00 p.m.Dance 9:00 p.rn.
Admission $25.00 per couple. For tickets phone
227-4751 or call in at the Lucan Legion.
At the request of the caterers no tickets will be sold
after June 15, 1985.
A new name is pnrndly
over Canada's neiourhoo
The best of both worlds.
When the former Victoria and GreyTrust
and the former National Trust merged in
September, 1984, we formed Canada's
third largest tnist company. Thc
ncw name, Thc National Victoria
and Grey Trust Company, was
nicc, but a little too long.
We feel that shortening
thc name to National
Th►st is not only appropri-
ate, but better reflects
our growing presence in
Canada.
Your neighbourhood
financial centre.
Although we arc a large,
solid financial institution,
each of our branches is *
very much a part of the community. Our
staff is knowledgable and friendly, caper to
serve you with a variety of financial
services. From chequing and savings
accounts and safety deposit boxes to
car loans and money machines.
And just about every
.,� investment vehicle to
make your money grow.
A commitment to
excellence.
Our ncw name and logo
give us thc opportunity to
re -dedicate ourselves to
serving you. Catch oto
winning spirit at a branch
near you today.
National Trust. We have
a great name to live up to.
Your Neighbourhood Financial Centre
NATIONAL TRUST
A Diels' of National Victoria and Grey Truslco.
EXETER 125 Main St. 235-0530 . 1on. to Thurs. 0::144 till 3:(144
Fridays 0:30 till (1:no
Saturday 9 till 1 :no
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