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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-11-04, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, November 4, 1987 At United Church Dedicate new SS rooms Sunday was a historical Sunday in the history of the Lucan United Church. The new basement facilities are open and now dedicated to further equip us, as a Church Family, to serve this community. Ted Lane introduced the ribbon cut- ters who were property committee members, representatives from various church groups and Wilmer Scott, longtime elder from the former Clandeboye Charge. This endeavour would not have been possible without the financial assistance this church and its people gave to the Lucan assembly. Greetings came from the member of Parliament of Ontario, Doug Reycraft and from the Chairman of irk the Presbytery, Rev. Ray Lindsay. Rev. Keith Brown and his wife were also able to attend and together with many of the workers enjoyed a delightful luncheon of homemade bread and rolls, etc. . Miss Jane Robertson told of her in- terest in the "Bible Club Movement". This is a program for children to teach them ton their level) about God. She has just returned from Penn. U.S.A. where she attendedclasses for this purpose. On the same vein, Larry Crittenden told briefly of his work as a lay witness missionary going out with others from the congregation to minister here in Canada on weekends. Rev. Shaule in his sermon talked on "Sainthood". To hear the Word. to PLAQUES TO NEW SS ROOM -- London -Middlesex MPP Doug Reycraft presents a provincial plaque to 'Rev. DarerI Shaule of Lucan United Church during Sunday's dedication of newly renovated facilities. At the right John MacDonald presents a plaque naming the room as the Clandeboye Room., - T -A photo LUCOfland district news 411111.111",11111116111.11111.11111111111111.11".. Susan Cook 227.4911 St. Patrick's students ready. for Rernembrance On Tuesday, October 27 the 4/5 and 5/6 classes attended Fanshaw•e Dam. They participated in two of their pro- grams: Water -Water and Forest Studies each of which took about one and a half to two hours. They left St. Patrick's school at 9:15 and returned at about 3:00. Forest Studies deal with the role of forests, soil erosion, wildlife and identifying. trees. -Water-Water deals with water pollution and the importance'of Fan- shawe -Dam. Their tour guides took them down 144 stairs to the inspection tunnel, the heart of the dam. In Forest Studies they were shown the needfor trees and forests, that they provide all sorts of useful things like paper, lumber, furniture and many more. This year the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority celebrates 40 years of achievement. They've done a great job! On October 20, grade seven and eight students travelled to Althouse College Theatre to viewa live theatre production, called Dracula. For two weeks previous we studied Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. The props were excellent, the actors were great, and the over all production followed the novel very closely. We all thoroughly enjoyed the theatre pro- duction. The morning was topped off by a lunch at Fluffy's Pizza. All the spooky, scary, funny looking characters came out of the wood work. -her at St. Patrick School to par- ticipate in a variety. of Hallowe'en • games and activities. The grade eight spooks transformed the gym . into a - Hallowe'en amusement centre which proved to be a great source of fun and entertainment for all. We hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Hallowe'en., The grade two and three children enjoyed the 'Good Snacking' presen- tation prepared by the school nurse Pam Dietrich. The pupils of St. Patrick School are. preparing for the Remembrance Day Ceremony which is to take place at the Lucan Arena on November 11 at 10:30 a.m. This is a joint ceremony with Lucan-Biddulph School, St. Patrick School and the Legion. Seniors enjoy game of cards The Lucan Seniors and Busy Bud- dies met in the Scouts Hall October 29. As.there was no regular meeting held, crafts and cards were enjoyed. Card winners were Ladies High Mary Kooy, Ladies Lone Hands Jessie Lewis, Ladies Low Gertrude Hodgins, Mens High Harry Noels, Mens Lone Hands Tom Kooy, Mens Low Voyle Jordan playing on a mans card. Busy Buddies winner was Ethel Cronch. There will be a regular meeting at the usual time of 1:30 p.m. Thursday November 5. believe and then to act on it. The Bi- ble says "Faith without works is dead". Certainly there are present day saints, right here in our Lucan Church. The wonderful things that have been accomplished, the numbers of new people now in- terested in the Church, not to mention all the real physical labour, has shown faith in action. This anniversary year, let us band together and show that the church has done its job and has prepared its people to meet their God. In the Children's Theme Time Rev. Shaule and Mrs. Linda Froats taught the children a new song "Jesus is a friend - he's the friend next to you". A real fun song with gestures. Even the member of parliament enjoyed this - as we all did. See you in Church next Sunday. .All WI members are in attendance The Lucan Women's Institute with a perfect attendance of -14 members met at the Lucan Optimist Room. President Bernice Lockyer conducted the Ode and the Mary Stewart Collect. Our contribution to the craft table at Area Convention at St. Marys was a necklace made by a member. A flag will be donated to the elementary school. In early Recember we are to go to the Villa to visit and entertain the residents. Names were drawn for a secret pal to whom we may send bir- thday or other cards through the year. For the November meeting we are to bring a wrapped article for "touch and take' and a food or personal ar- ticle for the Cancer Society. Roll call was answered with in- dustries of Lucan. Some were lawn ornaments, wooden giftware and toys, horse trailers and racing shell carriers, cabinets, sign painting, Kes- tle honey, baking, etc. There was discussion on the Cana- dian flag being removed from our buildings when American movies are being shot. Ten members made a Hallowe'en mask from a paper bag Iola Goring won the prize for the best one - a pum- pkin fridgie. Convener of Canadian Industry Isobel Haskett gave .an interesting paper on the development of the motor car from late 1800 to the pre- sent. The next meeting will be November 11 at 2 p.m. in the Optimist Room when Mrs. George Coddington will speak on foster children. Visitors are welcome. At 10:30 a.m. the general public is invited to the arena to attend the school children's Ar- mistice Day program. 0, i OPEN NEW UC SUNDAY SCHOOL ROOM - The newly renovated Sunday School rooms of Lucan Unit Church were officially opened Sunday morning. Cutting the ribbon from the left are chairman of th board of stewards Ted Lane, Rob Brady, Gordon-Froats, Armin Schatzler, Wilmer Scott, Ken Ree Marguerite McRoberts and Jackie Coddington. In front are SS students Derek Scott, Tyler Shoule, Ma Munro and Alica Mo. . T -A allot 4 a fJ REWARD RENOVATIONS WORKMEN - At Sunday's dedication of the new Sunday School rooms at Lucan United Church, Ted Lane at the left and Gordon Froats at the right present Bibles to Dave Barr, Erik Barr and Todd Deeks who were in charge of the work. Towers hit in area mishap One of the six accidents in- vestigated this week by officers of the Lucan detachment of the Ontario Pro- vincial Police involved a guide wire and two towers. Monday. a vehicle driven by Sheila Morrison, London struck an overhead guy wire supporting a 250 foot tower. It fell to the ground damaging another 75 foot tower, a garage roof and a motor vehicle in London township. Constable Craig listed damrages at $60,200. Wednesday. a vehicle driven by Mohsin Najjar, London pulled out of the Becker's parking lot in Lucan in- to the path of a vehicle driven by Jeanne Parent, Exeter. Constable Kids Karnival Greeting all the costumed Bible characters as they came in to the Revival Centre, Lydia seller of pur- ple, gave each person a name tag of who' they were portraying. As everyone went into the Fellowship Hall, the beggar asked for alms. The theme of Kid's Karnival was the Hebrew Exodus from slavery in Women's Ministries of Revival Centre Under the direction of president Mrs. June Henry, the Women's Ministries held their monthly meeting in Graham Chapel. Mrs. Marti Butler led in chorus singing as she played her guitar. Mrs. Henry read Isaiah 61:3, stressing the importance of putting on the garment of praise before putting on the whole armor of God. Mrs. Henry introduced Miss Lynn Butler as guest speaker. Miss Butler read an exerpt from the book the Lit- tle Prince, saying it is a good descrip- tion of the way Paris is with everyone searching for something. She describ- , ed parts of Paris. She said the huge cathredral Notre Dame is beautiful outside, but dark inside. Street sweepers are Arabs. Pro- stitutes are'common. and taken for ST. PATRICK'S HALLOWE'EN - Amy Damen, Jamie O'Shea, Katie Malone, Wendy Jansen and Marty McLaughlin were in costume for o Hallowe'en party at St. Patrick's School near Lucan, Friday afternoon. as SPOOKS AT LUCAN NURSERY - The Thursday morning class at the Lucan Co -Operative Nursery School is shown during a Hallowe'en party.- • f T -A photo granted. It is a cultural city with many museums and operas. She found the people distant. An interview she read showed peo- ple are not interested in religion. But there are many small evangelical churches. Miss Butler was active in Interna- tional Varsity Christian Fellowship activities in Paris. Her team had a book study of Christian life and a cof- fee bar..Miss Butler went with a team of 14 students from different. coun- tries. This helped her learn how to understand other cultures. At the end of her talk Miss Butler answered questions of her stay in Paris. Mrs. Marti Butler sang I Don't Know What I'd Do Without You. Mrs. Henry directed the business session. Mrs. Marie Good was elected to be vice president. A light lunch was served. Egypt. One booth, with poster telling the story, had an Egyptian slave driver. making Hebrew men, children, piling and building bricks made of wood. Another booth, with poster showing the Hebrews were getting too numerous, had the Pharoah holding court. He had a jar of jelly beans representing the Hebrews. ,. When Pharoah would not let the Hebrews leave, a poster at next booth showed God sent the plagues, with each plague shown in vivid :color. Next booth had a ladder with balloons on it naming the plagues. People were given sponges to throw at the balloons to try to break them. Another well done poster showed the story of the Hebrews crossing the Red Sea. Then the Egyptians chased them with chariots, and their chariots bogged down under water and mud, and all the Egyptians were drowned. The next big poster told of how God took care of the Hebrews as they wandered 40 years in the wilderness. Their shoes did not ''wear out. Also here Aaron made the golden calf that one young person was dressed as. At another booth Moses and Aaron had pop bottles with the 10 command- ments hanging on them. People were to throw jar.rings to try to ring the bottle for points. A wilderness infor- mation booth had paper slips of the stops along the route. Next was the Manna poster, "What is it?" God sent Manna for the Hebrews to eat for the Osterloo set damages at $1,800. The second of four Wednesday mishaps occurred on llighway 4 and involved vehicles being operated by William Tilford, London and Ernest Cowman. Constable Vance estimated damage at $6,500: The same day vehicles driven by Janette Iludson, Lucan and Judy Crown, Dashwood were in collision at Highway 7 and Middlesex road 22. Constable Roby listed damages at $2,200. Michael Smith of Delaware was killed when the vehicle he was driv- ing Wednesday on the Cameron sideroad collided with a vehicle driven by Emelius Barnwell, London. Both vehicles rolled over after im- pact and came to rest in a cornfield. Smith was thrown from his vehicle and pinned underneath. Shirley Barn- well, a passenger in the other vehicle received major injuries. Constable Osterloo estimated. damages at $37,000. -- Thursday, vehicles driven by Stephen Lambert and Kenneth Avery, both of London collided on Concession 14-15 of London township. Constable Vance investigated and damage was unknown. 40 years wanderings. Last was a very descriptive poster of the Exodus rebels with all the times the Hebrews complained and rebell- ed in the wilderness journeys.Also a poster with combined lettering and signs told the Bible promise verse of "i am the Lord that heals you". Many costumes were very colorful. Pharoah had the Egyptian king's headress complete with gold jewelery. One was a wooly sheep. At the close co-ordinator Mrs. Judi Ross called all together at the oasis to name winners of contests. The one who guessed closest to number of jelly beans got the jar of beans. Juice and cookies was served to all who came. From the Lanes Ladies Inter -Town - Lucan 1 - 21 pts., Lucan 2 - 9 pts. Audrey Watt 341-786, Joan Scott 255-726, Janice Capitano 336-710, Glena Tripp 270-712, Deb Pearce 246-648. Men's inter -Town - Lucan 16 pts., Goderich 32 pts. Roger Bennewies 297;1286, Wayne Smith 357-1238, Don Watt 298-1181. Monday Ladies - Lynn Smith 316, Luanne Herbert 265, Janice Vanderploeg 261, Donna Overholt 243, Janet Ankers 241,239, Audrey Watt 238, 227, Joan Scott 232, Mary Scott 228, Liz Dale 228, Carol Willems 225, Sharon Redick 216, Beulah Storey 212. Tuesday Y.B.C. - David Damen 201, Chris Smith 172, Scott Smith 165, Laura Culbert 158, Jason Woytowich 156, Tammy Graham 147, Stephanie Sandison 145, Aaron McFarland 141, David Wilcox 142. Colleen's - Deb McNair 271-636, Shirley Rees 218-624. Sheila llodgins 226-622, Deb Scarborough 220-611, Terry Mawdsley 232, Deb Wonnacott .231MargieAustin 223, Elaine McNair 220, Pat Bloxam 219, Tanny Vanderhoek 218. Medway - Peter DenOtter 229-604, Jiri Jelinek 207-603, Bill Bere 211, Erika Jelinek 206, Myrt Hastings 201. Senior Citizens - Jim Burt 275-690. Harry Noels 238, Frank DeBlock 222. Olive Simpson 195. Florence McRobert 182, Edie Burt .184, Stan Roth 182, Muriel Kennedy 182. Helen McDonald 180, Derwin Beatson 176. Wednesday Y.B.C. - Wesley Roll- ings 158, Erica Wilcox 126, Rrad God- dard 126, Sara -Lynn Dauncey 126, Christine Morrison 119, Tyler Graham 115, Wendy Hickson 111, Jean Bryan 110, Katie Damen 100. C.A.W. Local 1620 - Larry Smith 274.7;6, Mike Neil 235-666. Sheila Charlton 225-621, Basil Short 224-603, Jim Smith 244, Floyd Riley 243, Sue Wilson 224, Bill Chadwick 221, Rot' Riley 213. Wednesday Mixed - Wayne Carty 273-784, Don Wallis 253-692, Gary Dunlop 228-660, Ray VanGeel 254-647, Steve Thomas 293-642, Bob Cornish 294.633, Mary Cadman 240, Deb Dorenshenko 234, Ken MacGregor 234, Dennis Little 231. Thursday Men - Gary Dunlop 301-764, Jim Burt 294-763, Don Watt 293-759, Brian Ankers 311-755, Orval Rinn 298-720. Andy McIntyre 285-715, Fred Allison 277-710, Harold Smith 284-707, Colin Brewer 258-699, Fred Cowdrey257-699, Brad Taylor 243-676, Bob Graham 280-675, Geo. Lee 289-668, Mike Wraith 250-663, Earl Allison 255-656, Jack Currie 321-647, Ron Densmore 259-646, Larry Atkins 285 Friday Y.B.C. - Desmond Rodgers 212, Rob Hillis 157, Matt Dickey 155, Janine Dickey 142, Stacey Evans 127, Wendy Jansen 125, Cory Munro 125. Friday Mixed - Wayne Smith 268-728, Harold Smith 305-698, Al Robicheau 261-678, Pat Holland 243-656, Paul Smith 253-652, Chris Smith 233-616, Doris Corless 253, Brenda Smith 239, Marg Carroll 226. 'Sunday Y.B.C. - Jason Herd 193, Shane Munro 188, Angela Perry 177, Stephen Snider 176, Paul Smith 176, John Miller 163. Honey Lynn Gibson 154. Sunday Mixed Linda 1Vebbcr 291-743, Fred Wells 278-724. Ron Mason 285-702, Rick McKinnon 254-667, Basil Short 258-617, Glena Tripp 218-600, Cheryl Smith 231, Bill Vanbergen 229, Sheila Chart .n 223. To the .Citizens of Lucan, aid ri 1ph Township, McGillivray Township, London Township The board of the Luton Community Memorial (_.ontre would like to invite anyone with qi.' ti, s or con- cerns to contact the Board Secretory.. ane Lucan Community Centre at 227-4442 to•reyuest their atten- dance at a monthly board meeting and hr've their name placed on the agenda. In the meeting a time will be designated to answer any concerns. Please cdntact the Lucan Commur''y Centre Board Secretary, Dani Ouimet, betwcer the hourg•of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Fred Dobbs, Chairman Lucan Community Centre Board •