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The Times Advocate, 2005-01-26, Page 35Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Exeter Times–Advocate 35 Bus tour to mark Donnelly anniversary By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF LUCAN BIDDULPH — Next week will mark the 125th anniversary of the infamous Biddulph Donnelly murders, an event that ensured Lucan Biddulph would have a place in history books. Lucan's Area Heritage Association is marking the anniversary with a narrated bus tour Feb. 3 that will take riders past all the famous Donnelly spots in the municipality. The first tour starts at 8 p.m. at the Lucan Memorial Community Centre, with the last bus leaving at 1:30 a.m., the approximate time the mur- ders took place. Bus rides will last about an hour long. The tour is the 125th anniversary of the Donnelly murders, which saw five members of the family mur- dered by a vigilante group in the early hours of Feb. 4, 1880. Heritage Association member Jackie Martens said the tour will head down Highway 4 to St. Patrick's Catholic Church and Cemetery on Roman Line, then up Observatory Line to Highway 23 at the Cedar Swamp school house, the location where the vigi- lante group met before the Donnelly massacre. The tour will then follow the vigilante group's route, tak- ing Breen Drive to Roman Line and past the Donnelly Homestead, then over to Whalen Corners, where Will Donnelly lived. The bus will then make its way back to Lucan, where other historical spots such as hotels, court houses and elementary schools will be pointed out. Tours cost $10 per person or $25 per family. Tickets can be bought at The Wicker Baskett in Lucan or by calling Martens at 227-1197. Tickets can also be bought at the arena on the night of the tour, where Donnelly books and T-shirts will also be avail- able. The arena snack bar will also be open during the tour. All proceeds go towards the planned new museum on Lucan's Main Street, in the spot of the former Central Hotel. So far, $441,000 of the $950,000 goal has been raised. Appearing at the tour will be London playwright Chris Doty, who earlier in the evening will be giving readings of his upcoming play, "The Donnelly Trial," at London's Central Library at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15. New thrift shop opening in Dashwood By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF DASHWOOD — A new thrift shop in Dashwood will not only offer a variety of items at affordable prices, it will also provide employment for Community Living - South Huron clients as well as raise money for them. Volunteers with the Community Living - South Huron Auxiliary have been busily setting up the new thrift shop, called Arc Angels, next door to Community Living in Dashwood. Auxiliary chairperson Donna Greb said she hopes the new thrift shop will open for business this Friday with an official grand opening in the spring. She said the auxiliary has been talking about opening the shop since last summer. Available at Arc Angels will be gently used clothing, toys, books and household items. Items have been donated by the community. Proceeds from the thrift shop will go back to Community Living clients. Community Living clients will have specific duties and work (voluntarily) in the thrift shop on a rotating basis, as will volunteers with the auxiliary. Free coffee will be served to cus- tomers and Greb said barbecues will be held Fridays in the summer. Greb said clients who have seen the thrift shop are getting excited about the opening. "It will be a fun -filled place for everybody," she said, "clients and customers." Auxiliary secretary Jannie Verbeek added the thrift shop will have a book room for customers. A craft club for clients is another pos- sibility. Verbeek said setting up the thrift shop has demonstrated "a wonder- ful co-operative spirit" among auxil- iary members. The Community Living - South Huron Auxiliary is set to open a new thrift shop in Dashwood, called Arc Angels.The shop sits next to Community Living - South Huron and offers a variety of items including gently used clothes, toys, books and household items. Pictured in front from left are Auxiliary members Marie Fydenchuk, 2nd vice Joan Smith and secretary Jannie Verbeek; in back from left are members Marg Beaver, fundraising chairperson Barb Consitt and Auxiliary chairperson Donna Greb.Absent is treasurer Ann Klungel. (photo/Scott Nixon) "We're helping our clients, and that's the best thing," she said. The auxiliary chose the location next to Community Living - South Huron because it's convenient for clients, plus auxiliary members were impressed with the large storefront windows. Anyone wishing to donate items, can call: Arc Angels, 237-3774; Donna Greb, 236-4208; Jannie Verbeek, 235-2483; Barb Consitt, 233-9297; or Joan Smith, 228-6926. Regular hours for Arc Angels will be 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Crediton Institute enjoys learning about heritage CREDITON — Members of the Crediton Women's Institute held their Jan. 19 meeting at the home of Irene Haugh. President Anne Cottel welcomed all and opened the meeting with a reading, `Treasures in a Box'. Roll call—your favourite childhood story of book—was answered by eight mem- bers and one guest. Members also shared a story heard from someone about a hap- pening of life at least 100 years ago. Heritage year Haugh chaired the programme and since 2005 has been designated heritage year and oil is one of our heritages, the group explored some of the changes in the lighting of homes up to the discovery of oil in Petrolia leading to the use of coal oil and gas for lighting purposes. Lois Hodgins assisted by showing some of the very old types of lighting apparatus from her collection. Ada Dietrich read a poem, `Friends' and Cottel read 'When Granny Was Ready for Winter'. A deli- cious lunch was served by Haugh and Dietrich. The next meeting is March 16 at Ausable Court in Grand Bend for a 6:30 p.m. potluck supper with family and friends. Church news A baptism service was the feature at Sunday morning's service at Zion United Church in Crediton. Baptized by Rev. Sheila Macgregor were Jamie Smith and Colton Smith, son of Jamie and Joanne Smith. Rev. Macgregor's sermon was entitled, 'The Family of God' and the Scripture lessons were read by Mary Margaret Thompson. The new weekly Bible Study on the Gospel of John begins this coming Friday morning at 10 a.m. No previous knowl- edge of the Bible is necessary and new- comers are welcome. A half hour earlier the first group walking session is sched- uled, weather permitting. The next meeting of the UCW will be held on Thurs., Feb. 3 in the afternoon at 1:30 p.m. Swim event The swim event for the junior youth group has been rescheduled for the after- noon of Fri., Feb. 4. The young people are asked to meet at the church at 1:45 p.m. with a toonie, swim suit and towel and a signed permis- sion slip from a parent or at the Shall Be Inn at 2 p.m. Pick-up will be at the Shall Be Inn at 4 p.m. or at the church at 4:15 p.m. The annual business meeting of the church will be held after the morning church service Sun., Feb. 6 with a potluck lunch to follow. The Official Board will meet Tuesday evening March 29 at 7:30 p.m., with members of the session meeting a half hour earlier. Bank card holders beware GODERICH — The Huron OPP want the public to be aware of a scam that has been sent to e- mail Web sites that appears to be legitimate. Persons have recently been receiving an e-mail message from a site known as cardvenfi- cation@royalbank.com. The header at the top of the mes- sage is that of the RBC Royal Bank logo. It goes on to inform the recipi- ent that their debit card access with Royal Bank is suspended and will only be re -instated once the recipient sends the requested information to the Web site provided. What the sender is attempting to do is obtain a recipient's banking information so they can then access their account and remove their money. Do not respond to this e-mail or provide any information regarding your bank accounts or debit card information. The message is being sent randomly to any e-mail recipi- ent, some not even banking with RBC, in an attempt to iden- tify those who legitimately bank with RBC. The grammar and type spacing are substandard and obviously not being sent by a legitimate authority. Thus far it appears RBC clients are those specifically tar- geted. That is not to say that scammers may not try using other legitimate bank names and logos to scam customers. Any reputable bank would not rely on e-mail messaging to send this type of information. If you are uncertain, contact your bank card provider. another scam The following is a copy of the message that is being sent: "Dear valued customer We regret to inform you that your RBC debit card account could be suspended if you don't re -update your account infor- mation. Your debit card failed to authorize in our current records. To resolve that prob- lem please Click here <http://203.64.157.191/. royal - b a n k/ c g i- bin/rbaccess/index.html> and re-enter your account informa- tion. If your problems could not be resolved your account will be suspended for a period of five days, after this period your account will be terminated. For the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our ser- vices to you if we believe that your actions may cause finan- cial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us. Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from using RBC in any way. This includes the registering of a new account. Please note that this suspen- sion does not relieve you of your agreed-upon obligation to pay any fees you may owe to RBC. Regards, Safeharbor Department Royal Bank Financial Group, Inc This is an automatic message. Please do not reply." Annual meeting on Feb. 6 By Liz Sangster HENSALL CORRESPONDENT VARNA - At Carmel Presbyterian Church Tracy Whitson-Bahro's message was "Them - Us; Wrong and Right". Joyce Pepper was the organist with Harry Moir receiving the offering. The annual meeting will be held after church on February 6. At Hensall United Church Donna Smale was the greeter with Vern and Mona Alderdice looking after the ushering duties. Chuck Mallette was the organist for the ministry of song. Special music by the Al Kappela Singers was enjoyed. Pastor Fred Darke's message was "Hospitality to Difference". The service closed with commissioning and benedic- tion.