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Times-Advocate, 1983-12-07, Page 13Page 12 Times -Advocate, December 7, 1983 Icy road conditions cause fatal crash The first snowstorm of the season was responsible for a fatal accident on Highway 4 late Tuesday afternoon near St. Peter's Roman Catholic. Church, south of Centralia. Tammy Curry of RR 2, Lucan was killed when the vehicle she was driving skidd- ed on the slippery road sur- face and into the path of a nor- thbound vehicle operated by Mary Erb of Bayfield. Mrs. Currie was pronounc- ed dead at the scene. Coroner Dr. Charles Wallace of Zurich was in attendance. Constable Chapman of the Lucan OPP detachment set damages at 17,500. The accident occurred at 4:45 p.m. A passenger in the Erb vehicle, Elizabeth Grainger Seniors to help Lions Plans were made at the meetingof the Sunshine and Busy Buddies groups Thurs- day afternoon, to contribute groceries to the baskets pack- ed by the Lucan Lions club for some families less fortunate than the members of these groups. Contributions are to be bought in at the meeting tomorrow, Thursday, and to the dinner December 15 at the Legion Hall. Treasurer, Edythe Murdy, back from a two month vaca- tion in Oklahoma, gave an ex- cellent financial report. Suggestions were made for the program at the Christmas Party at the Legion Hall at 12:30 and names were drawn for Christmas gifts. Harry Noels gave an excellent report of the workshop at- tended in Tillsonburg November 24 by he and Marion and by Ed and Verna Dowdall. Members were reminded of the Sale on December IC from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Legion Hall when crafts and home baking will be sold, a flea market will be held and refreshments will be available. All contributions are to be in between 11 and 12 a.m. for pricing and placing ready for 1 p.m Card conver'rs for the day was Elnora 1.aycraft and prizes were won by Jessie Lewis. Eleanor Darling. Helen MacDonald, Mary Davis, Harry Noels and withGreta 1 Char acts Barker Gibson winning the craft group prize. The Busy Buddies, during their craft period, made two Christmas trees, or gift decorations under the direc- tion of Debbie Revington. Lunch was served by Helen and Maurice MacDonald and Marion and Harry Noels. of Zurich was injured senous- ly while two others Karen Grainger, RR 2 Zurich and Millegaad, Blyth suffered on- ly minor injuries as "did the driver Mary Erb. About 15 minutes later four ehicles were involved in a minor acciient also on Highway 4. rrives involved were Nancy Menard, Gran- ton; Allan Blane, RR 1 Lucan; Ruth Sawdon, Lucan and David Scriven, London. No one was injured, and damages were set at 11,700 by Constable Stables. At 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, a vehicle driven by Charles Reeves, Seaforth was travell- ing north on Highway 4 when it was forced off the road by a passing tractor trailer and struck a mail box. Constable Hassall listed damages at 1450. The same day a vehicle driven by Lee Albiston, Huron Park went out of control on the icy road of Highway 4 and struck a tree. Corporal Foley set damages at 1500. At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, a vehicle operated by Daniel Vollick, Denfield went out of control on Concession road 7 and went into the south ditch. Constable Goldschmidt estimated damages at 12,000. Sunday at 3:50 p.m. vehicles driven by Blair Lowey, Fort Francis and Rhys Evans, Ilderton collided on Middlesex road 16. Con- stable Goldschmidt listed damages at X50. Constable Goldschmidt set damages at 8600 at 6:45 a.m. Monday when a vehicle driven by Mervin Jones, Thorndale slid into a tree ly- irr� across the roadway of Concession 3. Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. a vehicle driven by Salvatore Disevo of London township slid on the snow and ice on Berkley Drive and struck two parked vehicles. Constable Briggs set damages at 81,600. At 10:30 p.m. the same day, vehicles driven by Patrick Benn, RR 3 Lucan and David McFalls, Centralia collided on a private la;:eway in Rid- dulph township. Constable Goldschmidt set damages at 81,250. A vehicle operated by An- dris Kalupnieks, Sarnia skidded out of control on Highway 22 when attempting to pull into a driveway and struck a gas pump. Constable Wilcox listed damages at 81,600. A vehicle driven by Peter G. Moreton, Exeter was damaged to the extend of 1800 when it slid and struck a cat- tle beast which was in the southbound lane of Highway 4. School plans Students at the Lucan Public School will host their Christmas Concert, Wednes- day December 14. There will be an afternoon performance at 1:30 p.m. and an evening performance at 7:30 p.m. Tickets this year will be 82.00 per person and all profits from the concert will be reserved for the purchase of computers for the school. Tickets will go on .sale beginning December 1 at both buildings. Students at the Bid- dulph building will have the opportunity to see the concert on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 13. October 25 the Middlesex county cross country finals were held with a total of 1,104 runners competing. Winners from Biddulph were: Jennifer Gee who placed third in the 10 and 11 girls, John Bartlam who took second place in boys 12 and over and Mike Radcliffe came in fourth also in the boys 23 and over. Con- gratulations to all winners! The Home and School Association has provided a class set of calculators that are solar powered. Teachers are asked to include the use of calculators in some parts of their math program from kindergarten to grade eight. concert November 23 the Biddulph girls competed in a volleyball tournament at Prince Andrew School. Final tallies showed that they won three games and lost two. Oxbow Scho managed to take home the trophy but Bid- dulph's strong effort tied them in second place with Prince Andrew and Centennial. Volleyball team members were: Karen Leger, Aimee Broderick, Nicole Hardy, Hol- ly Darling. Michelle Flood, Valerie Fretz, Shelley Pfaff, Valerie Studerus, Jane Holden, Caroline Shumkr, Christine Blay, Sharon Richardson and Paula Hodgins. The boys volleyball team also had their tournament November 23 and travelled to Centennial School for the days events. Six schools competed. After winning the games, ty- ing one and losing one, Bid- dulph came back with the trophy. Members of the boys team were: Terry Evans, Glen Hardy, Kory Lyons, Mike Radcliffe, Sandy Hyde, Ken Beatson, Jeff Bond, Lawrence Pocock, Mike Gillan, John Bartlam, Paul Bedell, Mark Kraft, Jim Kwasnicki and Troy Small!. :• LUCAN BROWNIES ENROLL — New members were enrolled recently in the Lucan Second Brownie Pack. Back, left, lender Rosonne Ryan. District Commissioner Sharon MacDonald and leader Barb Gibson. Centre, Anne Ryan, Christine Thompson, Erin Heskett, April Kennedy, Aimee Gibson, Melissa Hardy and Heather Smith. Front, Jan Coughlin, Christine Morrison, Cheri Dukeshire, Leanne Lewis, Holly Fairweather, Sara Reed and Amy Damen. Lucan and district news Susan Cook 223-2750 Best poppy campaign ever By George \1awdsley On behalf of Branch 5-10 I would like to thank the residents of Lucan, Granton. Edgewood and Elginfield area, also the patrons of the Albatross Hotel. in Huron Park, for their generosity in support of our Poppy cam- paign not forgetting the Army Cadets from Huron Park. for their help in the door to door Revival Rev. C. J. Williams Sunday morning talked about our speech. From James 3:1-8 he showed the negative side of our tongue. Luke 1: 720 show- ed how difficult it is for us to listen to what God says, ques- tioning as Zacharias did. It is not always unbelief that prevents us from hearing from God. Sometimes it is our tongue that runs wild. We need the transforming work of Calvary to make us worthwhile. God has a lot to do with us before he can control our tongues. There is tremendous power in the words we speak. But many times Christians are afraid to use the authori- ty God has given us as His heirs, to speak for Him. We are criticized or condemned by what comes out of our mouths. The unsaved person does not want to be controlled. Heaven Came to Earth The Christmas Program was opened Sunday evening with Mrs. Twila Duthie leading in carol singing.' Mrs. Judi ,Ross was co- ordinator of the program. while Meagan Henry was the narrater. The opening song El Shaddai was played from a - tape, while two students from Robarts School used sign language, directed by Mrs. Ross. Around the well in Bethlehem the innkeepers daughter and friends met to discuss the coming of the Messiah. Some Roman soldiers came demanding some water. The girls talked after that of Messiah coming to free them from their bondage. An angel announced to Mary that she was going to give birth to Jesus, the Saviour of the world. Another angel later appeared to Joseph telling him Mary was going to have God's Son, Jesus, and not to be afraid to SNOWFLAKE BAKING — Shown with some of the baking items at Saturday's Lucan UCW Snowflake bazaar are Marguerite McRoberts, Susan Rees and Ruth Butler. • campaign in both Lucan and Granton. This year's campaign was one of the best in our area in recent years. the total to date being in excess of 81.000 with a few donations still to come. Again our very sincere thanks to all Who helped in any way. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. we will remember them Centre marry her. Mrs. Ross sang Emmanuel, and used sign language. The Bethlehem girls went back to the well. Frightened by the soldiers coming, they hid behind the well, as the soldiers read a proclamation of Caesar Augustus coming taxation. As time of taxation came, Joseph and Mary had to come to Bethlehem. Joseph led the donkey on which Mary rode. That night Mary had the baby Jesus, the Messiah, in the stable. Angels announced Jesus' birth to the shepherds in the fields. The shepherds came to see Jesus, telling the Bethlehem girls on the way of His birth. The girls talked of taking water to Joseph, Mai y and the baby. The shepherds came and sang Oh Tidings of Comfort and Joy. The girls came to see and admire baby Jesus. We wound up the week with our Remembrance Day din- ner on November 11th. in the Legion hall, and the guest speaker was Comrade Horace Tudhope. Provincial third vice-president accompanied by his wife. Other guests were London Middlesex M.P. Garnet Bloomfield. M P.P Jack Riddell, and several local dignitaries. An excellent meal was provided by the Ladies Auxiliary and enjoyed by all. We still have a few tickets , for the grand draw, at $10 each, for a weekly of $10 and a dance December 17 from 9 to 1 a.m. with lunch. and dur- ing the e wi-ing the final draws willitaTade for prizes of 8250. $500 and $750 Your draw 1icket admits you to the dance. and admittance without a ticket is 85 Don't forget the New Years dance, 840 a couple and leave your wallet at home Tickets on sale at the bar for members only until December 17th, after then on a first conte first served basis. Friday right is Happy night a, Branch 540, Happy hour from 8 p.m. to lO p.m with pot luck entertainment, it may be darts, horse races. music, etc. you never know until it starts. Why not come along and join in the fun New scout Fall gets approval Lucan council Monday night gave approval in princi- ple to the construction of a new scout hall. Group committee represen- tatives Dave Barr, Dave Chatterson and Jeff Roestenberg presented a plan for the new building to be erected in the Market street park. Barr said some of the objec- Grade two's visit library Friday afternoon. the children from Mrs. Kathy Van Dop's grade 2 class visited the Lucan branch library and the seniors clubrooms where president, Ed Dowdall showed the pupils everything in the downstairs room, explaining what the members did each week. As the children have made clay "pinch pots" which will be fired in the Busy Buddies' kiln, they were very in- terested in seeing the kiln while Iva Hodgins explained the firing process, and .,how - ed the different stages in do- ing ceramics. Matthew Munro thanked Mrs. Hodgins and Nit- Dowdall 1rDowdall for telling them the "Seniors' Story". Junior farmers planning events At the Bryanston Youth Centre Thursday. the Edgewood• ,lunior Farmers held their monthly Meeting. Everyone in attendance sang the J.F song and roll call showed that many members were absent because of exams. The county sent the club a letter stating that the Winter Games will be held at Med- way High School on Sunday. January 8. The club voted to sign up for mixed volleyball and badminton. November 25 the Sing and Swing competition held in Peterborough proved to be a fun and award winning day for Middlesex. Some of the winners were: Middlesex square dancers took first place, and second in the Gong Show, and Harriet Duynesveld won third in the ladies solo competition. Con-- gratulations to all winners who placed for this county. County director, Don Moir informed the junior farmers of a zone conference to be held F'ebruary 4 and 5 in Ridgetown. The club is eligi- ble to send two delegates to this conference to inform them about the J.F. organiza- tion and report back. The Martens' family will once again hold the annual Christmas party December 16. This year a new twist is added which will be a havride beginning at 10 p.m. Following the hayride, San- ta will be on hand for the ex- changing of gifts with a lunch to round out the evening. tions aired by neighbours in the park area would be taken care of. The new scout hall would be of concrete block construction with insulated steel siding and steel roof with overall dimen- sions of 35 b, 70 feet. Barr said the various scouting groups for both boys and girls look after 240 youngsters with 29 leaders in charge. He said the grants which were promised earlier were expected to stay in place if construction started by early April in 1984. In response to reeve Norm Steeper's concern that the scout hall would not be com- peting against the arena or Legion as far as catering is concerned, Barr replied, "we want the building just for our own use." The delegation indicated the Lucan Co -Op Nursery School would like to use the new building and rental receipts should cover heating costs. Construction of the hall is estimated at 865,000. At Monday's regular meeting, reeve Norm Steeper outlined some of the ac- complishments of the past year and plans for 1984. Steeper said, "This is the first anniversary for some of us in new positions and 1 think all of us have accepted the challenge of change in a real positive way. We tried the committee ap- proach and councillors par- ticipated in a democratic way. The issues before us were thoroughly studied. A criticism of some that I did not have enough time for the job of reeve turned out to be fantasies. I was available as needed. The comniittee system relieved a lot of pressures. 1 would like to ask for con- tinuation of the committee system. There is need for some changes as some were overworked with 15 pieces of legislation from one commit- tee. You did accept the challenge of changing old practices and ratepayers were saved thousands of dollars by close scrutinization of tendering- and bidding practices and reduction of the Francis street project. Change is only valid if we keep in mind the persons we serve. We have to keep tl e 1984 levy at a reasonable levy with a continued close eye to budgeting and be careful not to go over guidelines." In conclusion Steeper said, "Be proud of the things you have done. The amount and quality of work was excellent." In response, deputy -reeve Harry Wraith said, "It was a real pleasure to work with PLANT SELLERS — Ruth Ann Curtis and Freeda Melon - son were in charge of the plant stand at Saturday's Snowflake bazaar sponsored by the Lucan UCW. Auxiliary meets Wednesday evening the Women's Auxiliary held their Christmas meeting in the Fellowship Hall of the Lucan Revival Centre. President Mrs. June Henry opened the meeting leading in singing Christmas carols. Mrs. Yvonne Lockhart read Matthew 2:1-12, the Christmas story of Christ's birth. Mrs. Lockhart asked "What shall we give Jesus for Christmas?" The first thing the wise men did when they saw Jesus was fall down and worship Him. The gifts sym- bolized facts of Jesus. The gold was for His deity. The frankincense was per- fume of worship. The myrrh was for His death. We can give love, worship, ourselves, our tithes, prayer, praise, time in the Word, hospitality, and witness of Jesus. To enable us to give, we need to look in God's word. Mrs. Lockhart left a challenge to all to spend more time with the Lord. Many of the ladies par- ticipated in a bake exchange. All who brought a package of goodies, as cookies, bars, etc., were able to exchange it for a different package to take home. Mrs. Shirley Dorman show- ed ladies how to make a cor- sage from the materials she had brought, for a minimum charge to cover the expense. A Christmas lunch was serv- ed at close of the meeting. this council," and to Steeper added, "You have proven to me you have the time for the job." St. Pat's bazaar is successful After the morning Mass Sunday the annual Christmas bazaar was held. There were many beautiful hand made crafts on sale and also a variety of prizes in various draws. The winners are as follows: winner of a beautiful quilt with two matching pillows was Alma O'Neill, Lucan, se- cond prize for a hand knitted crib coverlet was won by Pete deGruyter, Granton, Martin DeWild of Ilderton won a comforter and fourth prize was a turkey won by Mlcada Bontje, Thorndale and a ham was given to Denise Morgan, Lucan. Diane O'Shea donated a lovely gingerbread house and the lucky ticket winner was Dennis Foran, Lucan. One other draw for a very large stuffed shaggy dog was won by Mike Kelly, Granton. Our second parish renewal gets underway this weekend of December 9-11 in St. Pat's School library. The first renewal weekend held from November 25 to 27 was a great success with 14 people atten- ding and having a wonderful time sharing the Lord's Good News and Love in prayer, discussion, meals together and in Holy Mass. Any parishioner 18 years of age and over is welcome to at- tend. While Father Finm will be occupied for the duration of the weekend we will welcome Father Gus Kan- dathil from St. Peter's Seminary to celebrate Mass with our parish. More Lucan news on page 27 New Gift Idea Travel Gift Certificates Ellison Travel 235-2000 BOOKKEEPING TAX FILING Geo. & Lois Eizenga R.R. 5 Forest NON 1J0 Telephone: 873-4915 (formerly Lucan) Hopper Hckey The Store for Christmas 20% Off Recliners Rockers Swivel Chairs 355 MAIN STREET, EXETER 235-1990 FURNITURE LTD.