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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-04-04, Page 14• Page 14 Times -Advocate, April 4, 1984 Seniors hear of food facts chaired the business meeting, The Sunshine and Busy Buddies groups received much good information and worthwhile suggestions from Cathy Hicks, a student at Brescia Hall, when she spoke to the members on Thursday afternoon on "Food Facts and Fallacies" as well as "Cook- ing for One or Two." Everyone received a Canada Food Guide and there were numerous brochures which all could pick up. Elaine Eckenswiller spoke briefly to the members, the women in particular, on her new Wool Shop in her home. There are free lessons and a senior's discount. President, Ed Dowdall, Dorcas Unit repair books Members of the Dorcas Unit met on Tuesday after- noon in the C.E. Wing of Lucan United Church with the leader, Marjorie Park open- ing the meeting with a poem on Praise followed by prayer. The women of this unit had repaired the hymn books dur- ing the past month and it was agreed that the members of the Youth Group be asked to look after mending the Bibles and the Good News Testaments. "Learning for Lent" continues today, Wednesday at 9:30 and con- cludes with sessions on April llth. The North West Regional meeting of U.C.W. will be held at Brinsley United Church on Thursday, May 3 with supper being served from 5:30-6:30 p.m.' Mrs. Park asked for volunteers to help with the V.I.M. program. Due to the fact that the annual Blood Donor Clinic is scheduled for April 24th from 5 to 9 p.m. and many of the Dorcas Unit members are involved as volunteers, the Unit will meet in the forenoon with coffee at 10 a.m. ernieei:ock r ' in wor- ship and study on the theme "Christian Women Around the World" with slides being shown by Mabel Froats followed by a discussion period. Lunch was served by Kay Thompson. during which Harry Noels replaced Iva Hodgins on the village Steering Committee for seniors' housing. The next meeting will be held in the up- per council chambers Wednesday April 11 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Dowdall reported on the feasibility of renting the large hall at the Community Centre in May to entertain various seniors' groups in the area. Lists of names of seniors in the community were distributed for telephoning in connection with the Lions' Club dinner. Rheola Hotson and Elizabeth Rudd were wished a Happy Birthday and readings were given by Mary David "Nobody Told Me the Facts of Farm Life" which was very humorous and by Eleanor Darling another one full of humor "When Pa is Sick." A few hands of social euchre were enjoyed and lunch was served by Jackie and John Loynes, Alice Hodgson and Florence Hodgins. Most mishaps one vehicle Three of the four accidents investigated this week by of- ficers of the Lucan detach- ment of the Ontario Provin- cial Police involved only one vehicle. Thursday at 10:20 a.m. a vehicle driven by Charles Harvey, Ilderton skidded in- to a tree after failing to negotiate a turn on Middlesex road 41. Constable Holland set damages at $2,000. A vehicle driven by Wayne Rankin, London left Highway 4 and rolled over at 3:20 a.m. Saturday. Damages were set at $3,000 by Constable Stables. Constable Hodge listed damages at $700 at 1:15 p.m. Saturday when a vehicle drivgn.by_Frank-Parsons; Ex- eter struck a horse on the roadway of Highway 23. Vehicles driven by Gordon Caldwell, London and Beatrice Carpenter, RR 2 London, collided at 8:40 a.m: Wednesday on Highway 4. Constable Holland set damages at $1,750. SPLIT SKATERS — Shown practicing doing the splits • prior to Sunday's Lucan figure skating carnival are Kelly Van Kerkoele and Theresa Van Geel. T -A photo Steve's O: -Oen Small Engine Spring Tune -Up "Special" Push Mower or Tiller s9 95 Riding Mower $ 1495 (parts extra) Points Covered • Spark plug & Ignition • Blades sharpened and balanced • Oil changed (oil included) • Carburator clean & adjust • Lubricate all moving parts • Clean air filter 237-3365 (parts installed by approval only) welcomes you to enter a realm of "Spring Fantasies" Europe's largest skin care company P Y presents an evening of s,eaish Sor e ki'` � Noir design Fashion Beauty Elegance Excitement oohs,, 4 n, Fri., April 6, 1984 4 p.m. - 10 p.m. Lucan Community Centre Lucan Ontario Free Draws Every hour FREE ADMISSION Refreshments AN AZTECS NUMBER — Appearing in the Aztec number in Sunday's Lucan figure skating carnival were Christine Elliott, Beverley Dauncey, Julie Jemec, Celeste Guthrie and Loshone Barr. • T -A photo Each Wednesday Learn for Lent continues Mrs. Tina Hansen of the London Home Economics Association was guest speaker during the interest period at Lucan United Church Women's second Learning for Lent session on Wednesday. Speaking on Food Facts and Fallacies, she traced the development of education in food values back . to-its-beginning1in-Eng- iand-j following World War II. She outlined a number of significant facts and common fallacies about food, pointing • out that, for example, most people are aware that candy and potato chips are junk food, but many do not realize that pizza is not. She express- ed the view that organic foods are not superior to super- market varieties. She advised the women to be wat- chful of food content labels. assuring them that not all food additives are harmful, and that food inspection in Canada is of the highest quality. Following a celery and car- rot break, the women enjoyed a sing -song; then Jacqueline News from United Church Dennis and Mary Maguire were on hand Sunday morn- ing at Luc<.n United Church to welcome members and friends arriving for service. Ed Melanson was Elder in charge of Scripture reading for the day and Flora Robert- son was organist giving leadership also the choir as they sang their lovely an- them, "We Are One In The Bond of Love." During- children's story time, Mr. Brown talked to the boys and girls about the im- portance of telling the truth. "Telling a lie is wrong, and when we do, we must ask Jesus to make us clean again. Ile will, and when we ask Ilim, Ile will give us the help we need to speak the truth," he told them. Beth Miller, assisted by Michael and Timothy, were in charge of the large group of boys and girls who went out for Junior congregation tion following the story. "Crown Ilim with Many Crowns" was the fourth in Mr. Brown's series of Lenten messages. When the writer of Revelation saw his vision of Christ as Lord of all, he saw that "on His head were many crowns." "He wears the crown as Revealer of eternal truth," said Mr. Brown The Spring Friendship lun- cheon the fol service. a Members and friends gathered as a Church Fami- ly to enjoy the delicious meal provided by the Friendship Unit of the United Church Women. Coming Events: The third session of Learning for Lent meets Wednesday morning at 9:30. The. choir practices the usual 7:30 p.m. hour. Thurs- day at 8 p.m. the Official Board of the Pastoral Charge meets in the C.E. wing. Fri- day at 7 p.m. the Young Peo- ple meet at the Church to go to a Youth for Christ Rally at Brucefield. Next Sunday at 3 p.m. elders meet with the Confirmation Class in the C.E. Wing in preparation for Confirmation and Commu- nion Sunday on April 15. Pierce continued with the se- cond in this year's series of Bible studies. "Reach Out to the Community" was the theme for the day. "Are we just busy in our community, or are we really helping out the people in need?" she asked. She pointed out that only as we know Jesus,Jetting -Him lead and empower us, are we likely to meet the real needs of people. Small discussion groups then considered a number of questions relating to serving others in the com- munity, in the light of a number of relevant Bible passages. To close the ses- sion, the groups came together to share their findings. In session three on April 4 Mrs. Pierce's subject will be "Reach Out in Canada." Dur- ing the first hour there is a choice between two interest groups= 'Introduction --to- Computers" by Dr. Lloyd 'Hall, or a craft group, "Quill- ing Spring Flowers" by Helga Kress. All women of the com- munity are invited to attend this series. Child care is pro: vided each week. St. Pat's youth _discuss At Revival Centre Hear of Rev. Brewster's work in Haiti Saturday evening William Davies -showed slides of the missionary work in Haiti, taken when he visited there in the winter. Mr. Davies went to see how the missionary work Rev. Ray Brewster is doing and to see a child a couple in Lucan sponsor through Compassion. He talked to the child, who knows the name of her sponsor. Rev. Brewster oversees 19 churches, several schools, and a clinic. To take over the heavy secretarial work, a retired lady has come to live there. A couple are now there to help in the feeding program for 1000 children. These children go to their schools. Because they are so poor, they feed them once a day. From listless children, they now are alert, and can learn in school. In Haiti 80 percent is moun- tains, with land area com- pared to from here to Toron- to 80 miles wide, but land is broken in irregular areas. There is some agricultural land near the coast. There are two main roads, one going north and south the Americans built. The other goes along the long spit of land in south, built by Canada. Other trails are just scraped trails for donkeys, but 4 -wheel drive vehicles use them. Tires wear out in ten months. They must take their own gasoline as no gas sta- tions are in the hills: White people must bring their passports to government buildings before going out of town. They must tell how long they will be gone, return on time, and check in on return. The police, the Tom Tom Macouts, carry loaded machine guns. They sometimes stopyourcar and demand you take some of them several miles. You never argue with them. Haiti has no natural resources to supply the coun- try. They grow sugar cane, bananas, and some rice. Also fruits and vegetables where they are taught how to grow them. The people are 75 per - Anglican Church Greeting the congregation of Holy Trinity Anglican Church as they arrived for the Traditional Communion Ser- vice were Dorothy and Dwight Henderson. The monthly awards to members of the junior choir for most improvement in singing and all-round par- ticipation were made by Beulah Hardy, choir director. There was a sharing of the award with both the girls and boys, Carol Smith and Robert Stotesbury-Leeson and An- drea Van Geel and David Pocock. With joy and bringing out the Gospel message, the junior choir sang an anthem entitled Feed My Lambs. They were directed by Patricia Pocock and accom- =panied onthepiano-by Beulah- Hardy. The Scripture Lessons ap- pointed for the fourth Sunday in Lent were read by Kay Egan and Joyce Sovereign. Rev Pocock's message wa' based on the Gospel, John 9:1-41. This chapter deals with not only physical blindness but also spiritual blindness, and is another dif- Iying and. cheating. St. Pat's Young People met Sunday evening to discuss the topic Lying and Cheating, Do They Pay? This was ac- complished by watching two films and having personal discussion among themselves. Sunday March 25 (members of the Youth Group presented Father Kandathil of the "Save -A -Family Plan" with over $400 on behalf of the children and youth of our parish for the poor in India. Information Sunday will take place on Saturday April 7 after 1.4e 7:30 p.m. Mass and also following both Sunday Masses on April 8. This will be held in St. Pat's school gymnasium and will deal with all the details and specifications connected with the renovation of our church. All future plans will be posted on the walls of the gym for everyone to see. At 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon, Robert Buist= architect, will be on hand to address any questions that may he raised by parishioners. Members of the Parish Ad- visory I3oard have volunteered to also be on hand to help explain any points that may be raised. ficult teaching for uS to accept and learn. Jesus heals a man who was born blind, and the Pharisees investigate the healing. Through the . miracle of restoring the man's sight, Jesus taught His disciples that God's judgement comes from looking within and chooses what is in the heart, and we are called to accept what God accepts. The junior choir are entered in the music festival in London again this year and we wish them well. Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the home of Joyce Sovereign the Anglican Church Women will gathar for fellowship. Rev. Pocock will be present for a Lenten Meditation and the thankof- ' fering for presentation at the Annual Conference will be received. Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. the Ashes to Easter program continues in the Parish Hall. This week's sym- bol is Light. Bible Society plans walk The Lucan branch of the Canadian Bible Society held their spring meeting Wednes- day evening the the Lucan United Church Sunday School- rooms. President Mr. James Robertson read John 20:15-17 to open the meeting. ----Robertson said the -Bible-=- Society is to show love for people to provide Bibles throughout ' the world. He gave an account of Mrs. Leta Revington's work as a treasurer for years for the Lucan branch. Mrs. Freda Melanson will now take over the position of treasurer, in Lucan. For the nual fund raising, it anwas decided to have a Bikeathon from Lucan United Church to the Granton United Church and back, for all those able to go. Those from Gran- ton taking part will reverse the route. Those wishing to walk may go as far as Highway 23, and back to the United Church. Seniors may walk from Lucan United Church to the Lucan Arena, and back, or may ride their bikes from the church to Biddulph and back. This is planned for May 5, a Saturday. Upon return the bikers and walkers will be treated to a hot dog 'lunch. Juice drinks will be provided at half way mark. cent illiterate, desperately poor. They have no technology, or farming techniques. The missionaries do the training work. Haiti is the poorest country in the world. Wells are scarce, for- cing people to walk miles for water. They will bathe in any little bit of water they find. The Haitians hate to be dirty, but there is so little water. What there is is so polluted all must be boiled. Because they have only charcoal for fuel, which is scarce, they drink water as it is, with the result many are sick. Mr. Davies showed slides of the conditions in Haiti. Across from the church where Rev. Brewster goes in Port au Prince is an open gar- bage dump. It is also en open sewer, with people using it as a toilet. One slide showed a pastor of a local church. They have only been able to build half of theirhouse It now con- sisted of one room, for he, his wife, and two little children. The kitchen is an open char- coal fire, a large kettle to cook in, a few pots, a few chairs and a small table. There are over one million in Port au Prince. Part of this is City Simone, a shack city of cardboard shacks. No educa- tion, no sanitary facilities, open sewers, garbage dumps, infested with rats. An area set aside is an open latrine. There is no social reform. There are 150,000 people in a few city blocks. Rev. Brewster has two schools there, feeding 250 children. Because charcoal is the main fuel, people cut trees` off hillsides to make charcoal. But since they do not replant the hills are being badly erod- ed.There is a fertile plain in the centre of Haiti, with water, where they grow rice in patties. People there have very small plots of land. From the sugar fields, oxen haul large loads of sugar cane to market. Although there are lots of fish around Haiti, fishing is not developed.There is good fishing in the ocean there. The Mormon church from the U.S. has invested 30 million dollars in Haiti with the intention of makingall the Haitians Mormons. Rich Hai- tians build decent houses, then rent them out at high prices to missionaries. The Baptist mission in the hills is teaching farming. They show the people how to grow plants in seed flats, then set them Please turn to page 20 String quilting for 4-H girls The fourth meeting of the first Lucan 4-H club met at the home of Mrs. Sire March 26. Julie O'Shea led the 4-H pledge, followed by the roll call which was a picture of an item done with string quilting, then the previous minutes were read. Mrs. Sire instructed us on how to cut out and pin the material for "Moon over the Mountain" applique on our background. The correct stit- ching was then taught to us by our leaders. We had time to do a few stiches on our pinn- ed product before the meeting was closed. TRYING OUT A BIKE — Geoff and Gary McLeod try out at bicycle during Saturday's auction sale sponsored by the Lucan Optimists. T -A photo OFFATTE,Pilwal Builders Buy! 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