The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-06-13, Page 13and. district news
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.svdm, the dog fora walk, and,
the storm Windows off,
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to size, do some hollowtog
round the house?
'What's. .that Mac? you're .spr,.
ry.,, hut you have to go out and
Shower aids • fire victim
Saturday 'bride
honored at tea
Mrs. van Rodgins., RR t
Lucan, entertained. 8Q guests:
last Wednesday evening. at a
trousseau tea, In honor of her
daughter, lielen, prior to her
marriage on Saturday. Assist,
ing mrs, Hodgins and the bride
elect recOlve the guestS, was.
the groom's mother, Mrs.
Frank Triebner of gxeter,
JalloYee Grose had charge
of the guest 'bp*.
The bride-elect's sister,
Mrs, Bob Robinson of London,
disPlayed the linen and the wed,
ding and shower gifts, Miss
Doris llayter of Liman, the
shyer china, crystal and kit-
chen gifts and Miss Diane Wal,
ker, of Byron, the trousseau.
Pouring tea at a cut work
linen covered table,. centred.
with an arrangement of pink
roses and mauve delphinium,
flanked with white candles, were
Mrs. William Bannister of Lee-
don, Mrs. Margaret Hodgins of
Ilderton and Mrs. Wellington
Mist of Exeter.
Serving in the tea room were
Miss Lois O'Neil of RR 1 14 u,
can and „Miss Vicky Eizenga of
Lucan.
Assisting in the kitchen were,
Mrs. Agnes Ashwell of Thorn-
dale, Mrs. Charles Grose and
Mrs. Clarence Davis both of
RR 1 Liman.
Dithering.
Dad
Lucan
Construction brisk here
Building activity in Lucan is,
at present, brisk and should old-
timers visit the village they
Would never recognize the now,
George Young two-store esta-
blishment, with its modernistic
six-window plate glass front,
age.
The former two entrances
nave been centralized, forming
a bay-window effect on either
side of the door, leading to
the apartments above, and are
so placed as to eliminate out-
SCHOOVS. CUT
Mrs. Les Woodward,wholost
her home.paalther belongings,
February 14 by fire,, was honor-
ed with a miscellaneous shower
Thursday evening by 60 friends.
and neighbors at the home of
Mrs. Clarence llaskett, Co-
hostesses assisting Mrs, Has-
kett were Mrs, Don A nk.e. r s,
Mrs. William .tiodgins, Mrs,
Will Haskett, Mrs, Harold Corr,
bett, Mrs. Russell Bowman,
Mrs. Harry .MeNaughton, Mrs.
George Paul, Mrs. Murray
gins, Mrs. Ron Squire and Miss
Doris. Weir,
After the gifts were opened,
passed .and displayed, Mrs,
Haskett's sister Miss Angela
Armitt of London, repeated the
humorous address on "Road
Signs and Counting yeur Bless-
ings", which she gave earlier
in the evening at the teachers'
banquet in Thorndale.
Mrs.. Woodward was deeply
appreciative of the many gifts
she received, which will come
so handy when her new home is
erected.
door steps. Inside, renovations
and alterations still continue,
The partition, which separat-
ed the bake shop, has been re-
moved, walls have been decor-
ated and new flooring laid. New
shelves are being erected now
and stock moved. When core-
pleted Lucan can well be proud
of its one and only dry-goods
store.
Across the street, all is still
confusion as building material
and building machinery litter
Summer plans
outlined to club
up to this point in the year children In Exeter have been
spending a great deal of their time in school, but with
summer rolling around again they will be once more on
their own about town. This means that drivers shou 1 d be
doubly careful when driving during the summer months,
You can always expect the unexpected when exuberant
kids let out a hoop and a holler at the end of another school
year. They have a way of dashing out from behind parked
cars or racing across intersections without warning. By
keeping a sharp lookout and a slow speed, we can make sure
that they will all return to school next fall.
The dinner meeting of the
Lue'an Lions Club, last Mon-
day evening, in the Anglican
Church basement, was high-
lighted by a film on water
safety and an outline of arena
summer activities, given by
the assistant director, Jim
Burt.
The report on the May dance
at the Community Centre, show-
ed a good attendance.
Ladies' Night, will be held at
the Glenn Allan Restaurant
London, on June 21.
Mrs. Allan Ryan's group of
the Ladies Guild, catered for
the dinner.
TRULY CANADIAN
A great many people do not have a clear idea of the scope
Of The Bell Telephone Company of Canada, and I would like
to take a few lines and perhaps shed some light on the sub-
ject. Contrary to popular conceptions, the Bell does not ex-
tend from coast to coast, as our name might imply, but
serves Ontario, Quebec and a large section of the Northwest
Territories and Labrador. As we do serve a very large
segment of the Canadian geography, we must have a rather
large employee body which now numbers more than 35,000
people. Ninety-three percent of our total stock is owned by
over 150,000 Canadians residing in Canada. In 1962 the
Canadian economy was stimulated through the Company
spending over $600,000,000 in Canada in the form of wages,
taxes, construction, operating costs and many other cate-
gories too numerous to mention in order to bring to our
more than 2,600,000 customers, the best possible telephone
service at the lowest possible cost.
Lucan teacher
heads FWTAO
Mrs. Harold Cobleigh, Mrs.
Ross McRoberts and Mrs. Mar-
tin Van Arenthals of the Lucan
Public School and Miss Lina
Abbott, Thursday attended the
annual spring banquet of Mid-
dlesex 1 and 2 and Oxford 3 and
4 Federated Women Teachers'
Association, held in St. Geo-
rge's Anglican Church, Thorn-
dale.
Speaking on "Counting your
Blessings and Road Signs,"
Miss Angela Armitt of London
was the guest speaker, pro-
viding a humorous address.
With Mrs. McRoberts aspre-
sident and Mrs. Van Arenthals
as treasurer, Lucan was well
represented on the new slate of
officers for 1963-64,
The fine beautiful floral ar-
rangements, which centred the
banquet tables, were presented
to the five guests. Miss Lina
Abbott, as one of the two re-
tired teachers present, was one
of the fortunate recipients.
STILL REMEMBERED
Last Friday afternoon, Miss
Lina Abbott was accosted on
Main Street by a former Toron-
to pupil, who though now the
mother of five children still re-
cognized her former teacher,
Though Miss Abbott was de-
lighted and flattered to be still
remembered after a probable
quarter of a century, she took
her "pupil's" remark, "You
haven't changed a bit", with a
grain of salt.
Young tap dancers who entertained at Friday night's benefit show
for the swimming pool are shown here surrounding their instruc-
tress Judy Haskett. From the top down, from left, are Susan
Kennedy, Janis Freeman and Marlene Butler, Bonnie Bebor and
Nancy Weller, Lois Crudge and Betty Park. --T-A photo
Surely Father's pay Is the
Most insignificant occasion on
the calendar. Everybody knows
which Sunday in May is Mother's
Day, but there's a good, deal of
confusion In the minds of most
people about the other one, and
were it nOt for our good friends
the merchants who urge us not
to forget "Dear Old Dad," it
would probably slip by as quiet-
ly as Whit Sunday.
Ws not difficult to understand
this vagueness. Not too many
years ago, every day was fath-
er's day. But in the Symphony
of today's family, father is the
lost chord, The family circle
no longer centres on father.
It has become an arc, the pen-
dulum swinging between Mom
and the kids.
From the time we can lisp
"momma", we are fed a lot of
pap about motherhood. Mother
is a brave little soul; Mummy
knows best; Mom works too
hard; Mother is always there
when she's needed; nobody can
cook like Mom; Mother's nerves
are bad; what could we do with-
out Mama; and so on. There's
a certain amount of truth in it
all, but what I object to is
turning Mother into a bushel
basket under which father's
once-bright light is well hidden.
Oh, for the good old days,
when Father was head of the
house, and everybody knew it.
When he sat down at the head
of the table, there was a re-
spectful, if not fearful, silence.
The kids sat in rows at each
side, silent until spoken to. The
women scurried around with
proper humility, fetching the
steaming dishes, holding their
breaths while Father tested the
carving knife, sighing with re-
lief when he waxed benevolent
under the charm of food.
In those golden days, Father's
comfort, well-being, and peace
of mind were the prime re-
quisites of a happy home. His
lightest opinion was gospel. His
wrath was awful to contemplate.
You didn't need household gods;
you had Father.
If Father said women should-
n't be allowed behind the wheel
of a car, they shouldn't, and
that's all there was to it. If he
declared there were no fish in
that "crick," there weren't. If
he believed that the Grits (or
Tories) were "apack of damned
thieves," they were. If he told
you to get to bed, you got.
By what subtle and fiendish
alchemy has Father been trans-
formed from a giant into a
Benefit show aids pool
figure of fun, a national joke, a
stooge on •third-rate f am il y
television series? By what foul
trick of the fates has that rnagni,
Went man been turned into the
cringing creature who can be
seen wiping the dishes while his
wife is out at the bingo?
How hath the mightyfallen, is
all I can say, and I say it not
in scorn but in sorrow. Bullied
by his spouse, relentlessly
heckled by his children, his only
places of refuge are the garden,
the golf course or the trout
stream.
Not for him the mighty roast
to carve. He is allowed to spoon
Out the meatballs covered with
Mushroom sauce, or the maca-
roni and cheese. Not for him
the hushed silence as he voices
an opinion with ringing auth-
ority, The only opinion he voices
is, "Well, I'm inclined to agree
with you, dear."
Where Father used to have a
fine paunch, an acknowledged
symbol of his success in life,
Dad has a mean little pot belly
that merely suggests he doesn't
get enough exercise. Where Fa-
ther kept the children in line
with one hard look, and the oc-
casional clout on the ear, Dad
whines that he'll cut off their
allowance if they don't do what
their mother tells them.
Where Father used to dole
out the housekeeping money,
With demands for stringent
economy, Dad turns over the
pay envelope, intact, and with-
out a murmur accepts the glad
tidings that mother has just
bought a new refrigerator on
the never-never plan.
Where Father used to read
the Bible to the family before
bed, Dad coaxes mother to let
the kids stay up and watch
Quest. Where Father used to
rumble curses as he patched
the fourth blow-out on a forty-
mile trip, Dad grumbles com-
plaints because he has to buy a
new set of tires after 20,000
miles.
Oh, it's bitter, but we've
brought it on ourselves. Just
an example of the awe in which
the ex-head of the house is held
these days; This week I sug-
gested to the Old Girl, very
subtly that some new fishing
tackle would be highly accept-
able on Father's Day. She look-
ed at me coldly, "You're not
my father," she said.
Anyone care to join me in a
movement to convert dithering
Dad back into firm Father?
Grow beards, get rid of the
blubber; take away the wife's set
ed into the home vacated by the
late Roland Hodgins, on Water
St.
At the corner of William and
Water St., the home of Mrs.
Herman Young, sold to Ber-
nard Avery is being renovated
by its new owner. The front
porch and old buildings at the
rear have been removed and
new siding placed on the house
itself. Though alterations are
not complete, the house has
already been rented.
Just north of the village the
site of the new Biddulph Area
School is a busy spot, as ground
has been levelled and excava-
tion dug and foundation built for
the new school, scheduled to
be opened in September.
Swimming .in the new pool
being constructed at Lucan will
begin around July 1, ErwinScott
announced at the benefit show
for the project Friday night.
The pool will be officially
"christened" during aprogram
planned for Saturday, July 20.
However, the summer swim-
ming activities are expected to
start right after Dominion Day.
A rather disappointing crowd
of 150 attended the benefit pro-
gram and dance at the arena
which featured the Port Sanilac
Choral Club. A number of other
activities in the area the same
evening was cited as the reason
for the small attendance.
topple a car off a jack that is
not firmly based, just with the
force of its "shock wave",
Jacking up a car for a wheel
change needs extra care on the
shoulder of a super highway,
the Ontario Safety League re-
minds drivers. A large trans-
port passing at high speed can
More Lucan News
on Page Twelve NEW HOURS — LUCAN LANES
the space in front of the Wraith
& Storey addition to their hard-
ware store, The walls are up
and at present rows and rows
of studs are holding up the flat
reef.
During the time of excavation,
customers had to tread a long
narrow ramp to get into the
store, but business went on as
usual. At present the proprie-
tors are staging a mammoth
June expansion sale and taking
advantage of the line of studs
on either side of the walk, to
post cards, advertising special
bargains.
Two of the highlights of the
present sale are, a free draw
on a Lafrance Fire alarm and
free installation of new window
screens and new handles on
shovels, rakes, axes, picks and
hammers.
At the Lewis Barber Shop,
-which received extensive darn-
age in the May 1 fire, reno-
vation is well on the way. The
whole front of the store has
been removed, and damage to
floor and walls repaired. Anew
angel stone block frontage is
being erected and new windows
are yet to be installed. Mr.
Lewis was fortunate, to be able
to carry on business, in a room
off the C. Haskett & Son Fur-
niture store. Arnold Lewis has
the repair contract.
Work on the apartment above
the new Radcliffe Drug store
has been particularly active this
past week, with the walls and
roof now completed, The en-
trance to the drug store, will
be on the side next to the IGA
store, so with the exception of
a small door leading to the
apartment above, the whole
front of the building will be
glass, giving ample room for
display advertising.
Farther north on Main St.,
there is still activity on the
C. Haskett & Son's new funeral
home. Wrought-iron trim has
added much to front and side
entrances. Drive-ways have
been enlarged, lawns levelled
and cleaned and flower beds
planted. Only those who have
seen, can visualize the trans-
formation inside and out, which
has been made on the former
nursing home.
On George St., what was left
of the Les Woodward home
after the February 14 fire, has
been removed and work has be-
gun on the foundation of a mo-
dern ranch type house. While the
new home is being erected Mr.
Woodward and family have mov-
Nevertheless, the 30-voice
chorus presented outstanding
renditions of a wide variety of
songs. Male and female quar-
tets and other smaller groups
from the chorus contributed
to the program and the crowd
made up for its lack of numbers
by the enthusiasm of its ap-
plause.
Members of the Judy Haskett
School of Tap Dancing also en-
tertained. Performing in a
quartet were Julie Hardie, Lin-
da Hardie, Francis Elson and
Elizabeth Revington. Susan
Kennedy presented an "Alley
Cat" number. A sextet included
Lois Crudge,Betty Park, Bon-
nie Bebor, ancy Weller, Janis
Freeman and Marlene Butler.
Master of ceremonies was
Keith Riddell, Middlesex ag rep,
who told a number of humorous
stories. Others taking part in
the program were Reeve Ivan
Hearn, Recreation Di rector
Norm C arter and the new
swimming instructor.
A dance followed with the
Canadian Playboys providing
the music.
Winners of the draw were
C. E. Dutton, London
'
a Here-
ford calf; Reeve Harold Wallis,
Granton, a half ton of fertilizer,
and James Barber, Birr, 100
gallons of gas.
As of June 15, opening hours for
Lucan Lanes are as follows:
Wed., Fri., & Sat. evenings
starting at 8 P.M.
If you have a group which wishes
to bowl any other night, and there
is no answer at 227-4236 Lucan,
we suggest you call collect New
Hamburg 4'70 after 7 P.M.
Place this ad inside your phone
directory for future reference.
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captain, Doreen Grudge. Other members, from left, are Mary
Ball, Helen Stocks, Doris Butler, Helen Lewis and Shelagh
Gledhill.
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