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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-09-26, Page 9Pat turned into a sick simper. My Wife has been telling me far years that I'm a lousy father, and I've been retorting: "I yarn not. I may be a lousy husband, but I'm a perfectly good father. Ask the kids." And they, depending on whose side the treacherous young devils feel like throwing their weight, would answer; "He's not so bad, Mom, there must be lots worse fathers than Dadi" Or: "She's right, Dad, you're not much of a father." But here was proof, from outside the family. I had only about four of the 39 qualities required by those teen-agers in The Ideal Father. It hurt. I won't deny it. For a moment I toyed, bitterly, with the notion of turn- ing in my 16-year-old union card in that great society of BOOBS -- the Benevolent Order Of Bewildered Slaves - whose membership is made up of the country's finest, its fathers. Fortunately, as an old BOOB, I have great resilience. We come back faster than a cheque marked N.S.F, Just as I reach- ed the bottom point in my dis- illusion, I remembered that we were discussing, not me, or any ordinary BOOB, but The Ideal Father. Immediately, /brightened. As I looked back over my life, I realized that I had never been an Ideal child, student, fighter pilot, prisoner of war, weekly editor, columnist or school teacher. WI requests Lucan signs At Lucan's first fall WI meet- ing held in the Community Me- morial Centre, Thursday roll call was answered with, "What. I eat for beauty and good bealth." The motto, "PP Patient at the crossing and you may not be- opine a patient", was enlarged upon by the president, Mrs. Sheriday Revington. To Win& eVeryOne up to date, the minutes for May were re- read as well as the June minu- tes. While visiting the Bell Telephone in June members were told London would soon be able to call Lucan without going through central. This service has begun. A short cour se on "Des- serts" was discussed. It was decided to contact the Clande- boye WI as to their plans he- fore naming anyone to take the course from Lucan. The resignation of Mrs. Per- ry Charsley as treasurer, was read, but plans for a new trea- surer were tabled until later. The secretary, Mrs. Erle Young was commissioned to write the Minister of Highways to see if a Luca.n sign could not be Installed at Elginfield and other entrances to the vil- lage. A resolution re zoning of Lu- can was read, but was held over. It was voted that in future both delegates to the area con- vention be paid, instead of one as here-to-fore. Five dollars was voted CNIB and Mrs. Har- old Corbett and Mrs. J. B. Mur- ray were named a committee to take charge of the village collection, for the blind. September being the home economics and health meeting, Mrs. Erwin Scott read the ap- pealing story of "Good-bye Lit- tle Boy", written by H. Gordon Green for the Readers' Digest. As the author is a brother of one of Lucan's WI members, Mrs. G. E. Nicholson, the story was particularly interesting to all present. MARK ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Harold Coursey celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary at the cottage of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Zurbrigg near Grand Bend, Other guests included Mr. and Mrs. Leon- ard Poole and family and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murdy and fa- mily of London and Mrs. J. R. Murray and Bob of Lucan. The vanity of fools is the wisdom of the wise. YOU ARE INVITED TO SEE THE New '64 Chevrolet Cars and Trucks On Display Today At Snell Bros. Ltd. had peen S.41§Appptht4Ag.Ohlilp lazy .student, a triohtApAcii, tigittor pilot,, a nappy prisoner of war, A slapdash. (weekly edi, tor, a colu.,mnist by sheer ac-. *lent and a scherel teacher be- cause there was, a ghprk4gq of same. And a.s Pandered the mat- ter further, I remembered that most of the people whom I had considered Ideal in these var., lous capacitieS1 over the years, had been a sharp pain 'lithe arm, and, moreover, hadn't had one- quarter of the fun I'd had. So cheer up, fellow-BOOBS. It doesn't really matter whether you are kind, considerate, thoughtful, loving, generou s, rich or well-groomed. Be honest, Dads. Do you really care whether you wear the pants, whether you are in- dustrious, ambitious, intelli- gent and brave? Does it pain you that you are not good-looh- ing, sports-loving, steady, re- liable, a pillar of the com- munity, and "full of fun"? Don't give it another thought. Those teen-agers are just like us - dreamers, we'd like our children to be Ideal - poll t e, obedient, clever, handsome, quiet, thoughtful, kind, decent, thrifty and so on. We'll have to accept our kids just as they are. And a good thing, too. Who, after, all, wants to be an Ideal anything? SANITARY SEWERS ON FROM TO Elizabeth St. George Street Main Street Water Street Stanley Street William Street Frank Street George Street Main Street Water Street Main Street Walnut Street Frank Street Main Street Phillip Street Elizabeth Street George Street 218' S. of Main St. Main Street 467' E.of Frank St. William Street Easement N. of Main St. behind buildings 90' N. of Alice St. Oak Street Main Street Easement between Main St. and Butler St. Oak St. & Market St. Easement Intersection of Stanley St. & Walnut Street Main Sewage pump- ing station Oak Street Market Street Stanley St. including building sewers from the main sewer to the property line, together with a main sewage pumping station to be located on the east side of Chestnut Street, 550' North of Walnut Street discharging through a force main to a 5-acre waste stabilization pond to be situated in the Township of Biddulph with an effluent discharge to the Little Ausable River, After allowing an estimated write-off of $7,220 on the loan from Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the estimated annual cost of the project is $10,505 which includes interest, debt retirement, operating cost and reserve for renewals, re- placements and contingencies. It is proposed to raise $3,570 by a frontage rate of 420 per foot; $715 by a connection charge of $7,85; $2,100 by a surcharge on each user's water bill of 100% and the balance of $4,120 by a general levy of 4.3 mills against all the rateable property within the Village. On the basis of these levies, a house having a frontage of 60' and an assessment of $2,000 and paying an annual water bill of $26.00 would pay the following amounts annually after connec- tion has been made to the system. 60' frontage at 42C per ft. $25.20 Connection charge 7.85 100% of water bill 26.00 4.3 mills on assessment 8.60 $67.65 THANK YOU - to the many people who worked so hard on my behalf in the election campaign - to the voters Of Middlesex North who supported me at the polls to everyone who helped the democratic process by voting On September 25th BILL STEWART PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE 'Mibbt,EsZx 101114 For The Bride For the bride-to-be, this fall, we AUggpst cornflower cryStal, china tea sets, d silver Pieces and 'Many other gift ,giving items. Treasure Chest Ltican's Gift Shop Mrs. J. S. Radcliffe 227-4'792 Lucan PM• ' n''..7.ii7r:=7 `M +Y....IxTZTV:zal,,MM"7=Y.27Mr7 r"M'r'• September gO. Pa ge 13, 4.VDAR. AND .SPICE Dispens.d. by Smiley CHURCH NEW ' '' • ' • • ---"XICtaz=242 Lucan tei=tror""-Aorafroollr.7r7'..7.!"7"74,21OSIMIrrarEerft=rMing BOOBS and district news What qualities do ye un pee- ple want in a father? You'd be surprised,, And then again, yon might not, I found out the other day when I asked about 815teen, agers to list the traits which they considered would make up The Ideal Father. They don't want much, really, The modesty of their demands was almost pitiable. All they want is someone with the looks and build of Rock Hudson, the morals of Sir Galahad, the lov- ing kindness of St. Francis, the sense of humor of StephenLea- cock, and the bankroll of E. P. Taylor, to name only a few of the required attributes. As I wrote down their sug- gestions, checking them one by one against my own charac- teristics, the hearty smile with which I had begun to write the Phone 227.4255 corrosPoodoott Miss Lk!. Abbott rxmotoommovetLnn=akit'l'.:-411CMigiaffLV " CGIT elects new officers GILLIAN McNAMEE Pen teco i stal Holiness. -The :y.1) mot At the .chrch last Stial.ay. for .a short devotional service before going to the home of Mr, and Mrs. Howard Currie for a corn roast and sing-song. The -Sunshine Hour has re, opened for the fall term, with .a good attendance, "Citizens for Sunday School", is the theme of the new campaign to be ,started next Sunday, which will be Sunday School Promotion Sunday, United. Superintendent Cliff Culbert, presided for the annual rally Sunday service. He was assisted by carol Thomson And Bert wather, who read the lessons. The pastor, the Rev. G. W. Sach, told the missionary story, "From the Jaws of the Tiger'". As the promotion list is too long for publication the follow- ing were the number from each department promoted: s e v en from intermediate to senior, four girls from junior to inter- mediate, five from primary to junior, 11 from kindergarten to primary and four from nursery to kindergarten. For attending 40 or more Sundays 10 children received Robert Raikes diplomas, 19 re- ceived and year seals, five, 3rd year seals, four, 4th year seals„ three, 5th year seals and five, 6th year seals. COUPLES CLUB Twenty-five members of the Couples club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Petti- grew Friday for a wiener roast. On going inside, after the roast, Mrs. Pettigrew led in a worship service and the Rev. G. W. Sach, led in a sing-song. The evening closed with a so- cial hour of square-dancing. TONY THEUNISSEN Anglican Members of the Irving Ma- sonic Lodge 154 AF & AM Paraded to Holy Trinity church on Sunday for the 11 o'clock service, WM Harold Garth- wright read the lesson, GLENCOE RALLY Eight memhers of the choir, participated in the G 1 e nc o e Rally service last Thursday and several car-loads of the con- gregation were present to hear an outstanding address, by Bishop Chandu Ray of Pakistan. NO SERVICE Owing to Harvest Home ser- vices at Clandeboye next Sun- day there will be no 11 o'clock service in Holy Trinity but there will be a quiet communion ser- vice at 9 am. SundaySchool will be as usual at 9:45 am. Thanksgiving Service will be held Sunday October 6 with the rector in charge of the 11 o' clock service and Rev. Lyall Crawford, of Parkhill, will be the guest speaker at the even- ing service. CONFIRMATION Confirmation classes will re- open Tuesday, October 1. The date of the confirmation ser- vice has been set for December 1, in Holy Trinity Church with Bishop Harold Appleyard, Bish- op of Georgian Bay, officiating. Two receive awards student. Plans were made for the an- nual bazaar and tea to be held in the community centre, Octo- ber 18. Two interesting draws will be made, one for a tran- sistor radio and the other for a beautiful doll, dressed in twenty-five, one dollar bills. Mrs. Joe Whelihan, the presi- dent, was in the chair and 27 members were present. St. Patrick' s CWL has award- ed scholarships of $10 each to the Grade 8 boy and girl from separate schools in the district, who graduated in June with the highest mark. 13oth winners were from St. Patrick's school, Gillian Mc- Namee and Tony Theunissen. The former is now a student at Mount St. Joseph's Academy, London and the latter aMedway BUY MORE SIGNS At the Lions Club dinner meeting in Holy Trinity Base- ment, it was voted to purchase 80 more street signs from the Gilmore Paint Co., London. Clarence Haskett was pre- sented with his 10-year, per- fect attendance pin. A film on Liberia was shown. Mr. Russell Bowman receiv- ed the door prize, which was a ukelele. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Allan Need- ham of Bryanston were Thurs- day guests of Mrs. BurnsSmith. Miss Kathleen Ryan, daugh- ter of Mrs. Guy Ryan and the late Mr. Ryan, is now an em- ployee of the Alma Paint and Varnish Co. Ltd., London, South. Chev - Olds - Envoy - Corvair The opening fall meeting of the Lucan CGIT was held Mon- day evening, in the United Church school-room, with the leader, Mrs. Murray Hodgins, in the chair, and 19 girls pre- sent. Six of the eight promoted Ex- plorers were out, so Mrs.Hod- gins is going to have a splendid group for this season and would welcome assistance. The meeting began with the tying of a quilt for the UCW's bale and the making of scrap- books for the War Memorial Hospital. This was followed by the election of officers. Past president is Louise Co- chrane; president, Judy Cough- lin; vice president, Marilyn Hearn; secretary, WendyCron- kite; treasurer, Nancy Park. During the business session, as a money raising project, 1t was decided to sell licorice all sorts at $1 a box in the near future and to hold afruit-basket drive in October. It was voted to, tour the London TV station as soon as a date is available. Wendy Cronkite led in a sing- song, which led up to the worship service on Co-operation taken by Louise Cochrane. During the meeting Achieve- ment Chevrons were presented for 75% attendance at meetings, church and church school and for co-operation with the leader and among themselves. Seven girls received chevrons. Spec- ial mention goes to Betty Ann Lewis 'and Helen Lewis with a 100% attendance at meetings, church and Sunday School. Oth- er winners included DaisyCob- leigh, Bobby Cochrane, Wendy Cronkite, Nancy P ark and Lou- ise Cochrane. I admitted to myself that I Phone 235-0660 Exeter Personal Items CAR VICTIM HOME Holly Elson, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Elson, who suffered a broken thigh bone on Civic Holiday, August 5, when hit by a car as she attempted to run across Main St.,has been a patient in St. Josep's Hospital until Fri- day night, when she was brought home. At present she is in a long cast which will confine her to her bed for several more weeks. PRESENTATION AND DANCE A large number of friends and relatives, met at the Lucan Community Memorial Centre, Friday evening to honor Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gilmour, the former Joan Hodgins. Music for the evening of dancing was provided by The Ramblers. During the night a presentation was made to the young couple with Bill Dixon reading the address and Andy Thompson making the presen- tation. Local bird sets record NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS OF THE BLANSHARD MUNICIPAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM The Blanshard Municipal Telephone System have requested from the Ontario Telephone Service Commission an increase in Telephone Rates after cutover of the Kirkton Exchange to Dial in October 1964 as out l ined below. Due to expense of converting Kirkton Exchange to Dial; a Debenture of $160,000 has been applied for from the Township of Blanshard to cover our conversion programme. Application has been made to the Ontario Telephone Service Commission for authority to make the following charges for telephone service at the Kirkton Exchange, effective as at date of cutover to dial operation. EXCHANGE RATES Miss Holly Martin of London was a weekend guest of her sis- ter, Mrs. T. A. Hodgins. Mr. and Mrs. Art Haskett and family were weekend guests of Mrs. Will Haskett. Mr. Roily Michand of Win- nipeg was a Saturday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Haskett. Vic Neil, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Neil, an employee of the Revington Meat Market, is a patient in St. Joseph's Hos- pital. As district WI president, Mrs. Murray Hodgins was guest speaker at the Keyser Insti- tutes' grandmothers' meeting last Thursday. She chose as her topic, "The best is yet to be; grow old along with me." (Growing old gracefully). Alvin Walper of Dashwood, held a successful auction sale on Market St. Lucan, Satur- day when he sold the home and household effects of the late James Little. Mrs. Henry Hodgins and Miss Sophie Richards were among the 82 guests who attended the sil- ver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Davis last Saturday. Mrs. Hodgins daugh- ter, Doris (Mrs. H. A. Mullins of London) was the bridesmaid 25 years ago and was present also on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Stan- ley spent the last weekend with with Mr. and Mrs.George Stan- ley and family, who are now NOTICE VILLAGE OF LUCAN $7.05 per month $3.90 per month living in Beamsville. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ken- nedy, the latter's mother and brother, Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Glen Johnson of Belmont, spent the weekend at the Kennedy cottage at Colpoy Bay. On their return they found Mr. and Mrs. George Garton of Tillsonburg, at their home, awaiting their return. ' Diane Downs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Downs, held a dual fourth year birthday cele- bration. On Saturday her moth- er entertained five other little girls in her honor and on Sun- day her grandmother, Mrs. Ja- mes Downs, of London, held a family gathering for her. Mrs. Florence Cunningham of London was a weekend guest of her sister, Mrs. W. J. McFalls of Alice St. The Bookmobile will visit the Lucan Library October 9. The library re-opened last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Hearn and family were Sunday guests of Mr. James Brown of Mother- well. Mr. and Mrs. Les Woodward and family moved to London on Saturday and Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kraal, who purchased their un- finished house, have moved into the house they vacated, until their new home is completed. Mrs. Ralph Loney of Cass City, Mich., is visiting her sisters, Mrs. John Casey, and Mrs. Charles Windsor (and Mr. Windsor) and Mrs. C. F. Lang- ford of Toronto was a week- end guest of the former. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Ford of London were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hedden. Mr. Murray Hodgins who underwent surgery in Westmin- ster Hospital Friday is making satisfactory recovery. Rev, and Mrs. Harry Donald- son, of Seaforth, were Sunday guests of the Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Sach. Mrs. Isabelle Underwood of the Strathmere Lodge, Strath- roy, was a weekend guest of Mrs. Guy Ryan and family. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Elder of Toronto were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Stan- ley and were joined on Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Verne Towers and family of Glencoe and Mr. and Mrs. George Adams and family of Bin., for a family get- together. $5.65 per month $3.05 per month Business Residence Business Residence Business Residence Individual Line Two-party-Line Multi-party-Line Three generations of the Hardy family, Mr. Frank Hardy, Mr. Clarence Hardy and Tom Hardy have been making history with their young (1963) pigeons. In the race from St. Agathe, Quebec, September 6, the birds were released at 7:50 am and Mr. Clarence Hardy had one arrive home at 8:05 pm the same day, a feat never ac- complished before (in the east course), in Ontario and pro- bably in Canada. Mr. Fran k Hardy came 2nd. Tom 3rd and 4th and Clarence 5th the next day. Of all the birds in the race the five Hardy birds were the only winners. Last Saturday another young- bird race was held by the Lon- don Pigeon Club, from Perth. Of the 65 birds in the race, only 21 returned in the day and of these 17 were from Lucan and the other 4 from London, with Clarence Hardy 1 and 5, Tom Hardy 2 and 3, Norman Hardy 4 and Frank Hardy 6 and 9th. $4.25 per month $2.95 per month At the request of the Council of the Village of Lucan, the Ontario Water Resources Commission has investigated the pos- sibility of installing a sewage works project in the said Village at the estimated cost of $118,900. It is proposed to raise this sum by borrowing $28,900 from Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation to be repaid over a period of 30 years and the bal- ance of $90,000 will be repaid to the Ontario Water Resources Commission over the same period. The above rates for individual and two-party line service will apply only within the Base Rate Area of the Kirkton Exchange, which is defined as that area bounded on the North by a line parallel and one-half mile North of the Exeter-St. Marys County Road, and on the south by a line parallel to and one and three-quarter miles South of the Exeter-St. Marys CountyRoad, and on the East and West by lines parallel to and one-half mile east or west respectively of Highway No. 23. If individual or two-party line service is required beyond the above limits, there will be an additional charge for extra mileage of forty-five cents a month for each one-quarter mile or fraction thereof for an individual line and twenty-five cents a month for each one-quarter mile or fraction thereof for each party on a two- party line. With the Installation of dial equipment at Kirkton, a toll charge will no longer apply on calls to the St. Marys Exchange, but the normal toll charge between Kirkton and Sebringville; Granton and Sebringville will have to be re-established because the inter-exchange trunks will no longer exist. The proposed project would consist of the following works: Rates for supplementary services are listed below: Supplementary Charges Extension telephone Business $1.35 per month Residence $1.25 per month Extension bell, small .40 per month Extension bell, large .65 per month Jack .30 per month Plug .25 per month Celebrate 60 years Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Poole, formerly of Lucan, now of Lon- don, on September 16 celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, at their home, with a family gathering. Following their marriage, 60 years ago, in Chalmer United Church, Mr. Poole operated a butcher shop, at Waterloo and Oxford Streets, for some time before taking up farming at Denfield. When he retired he bought the home, on Water St., Lucan, now occupied by•Russell God- dard and family. Sixteen years ago they moved to London, where they became members of Christ Church. They had eight children, 17 grandchildren and three great grandchildren but two of their children are deceased. One son is the husband of the former, Jean Coursey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Coursey, RR 1 Lucan. Mike Culbert, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mert Cul- bert, is becoming popular as an entertainer. Last Thursday he sang at the Seaforth Fair and next Thursday he has been in- vited to sing at the Kurtzville Fair. Mr. and Mrs. David Brown of Edmonton and Mr. Gerald God- bolt of Exeter, were S unday callers on Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Abbott. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Banting have returned from a 10-day visit with their son Carl and family of Kapuskasing. Flat Charges Coloured telephone $9.00 Service Connection Business $10,00 Residence $5.00 Moving telephone $5.00 Instalation of extension telephone $5.00 It is to be noted that it is a requirement of the Ontario Telephone Service Commission that Subscribers' dis- count of 20 cents per month throughout the system apply only in years when no debentures are outstanding. Accordingly, this discount will be discontinued with Kirkton cutover to Dial. Granton, Medina EXCHANGE RATES Individual line Business $3.65 per month Residence $3.15 per month Two-party line BuSiness $3.40 per month Residence $2.85 per month Multi-party line Business $2.70 per month Residence $2.70 per month Sebringville EXCHANGE RATES Individual line Business $9.00 per month Residence $5.15 per month Two-party line BuSiness $6.80 per Month Residence $3.75 per month Multi-party line Business $4.50 per month Residence $3.05 per month This application will be heard before the Commission at its next regular Meeting in Toronto, and any repre, sentations to be made to the Commission with respect to this application should, therefore; be submitted on or before October 7, 1963 and addressed to the Chairnian; Ontario Telephone Service Commission, 7 Queen's Park Crescent, TORONTO, Ontario. If you desire any further inforMation in reference to the need for increasing the telephone rates, you may apply to the undersigned either personally, by telephone, or by letter. Mt. Jos, E. Bryan t' Chairman Blanshard Municipal Telephone System GRANTOIsti Ontario Mrs. M. H, t/iltlhart. Sec retarY-'yrea Blanshard Municipal Telephone SYSteth St. Mails; Ontario Any owners or Other persons affected by these charges May file their objections thereto in writing with the undersigned on or before the 11th, day of October, 1063. All plans, rePorts and estimates may be inspected at the office of the `Undersigned during business hours, Mrs. M. L. Gibson Clerk, Village of Lucan