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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-03-18, Page 1350 YEARS WED Barley Acreage Contracts SCOTT'S ELEVATOR LTD. 227.4479 LUCAN Wanted For Quick Cash Returns Seed and Fertilizer Supplied COMPETITIVE PRICES ON FERTILIZER SEED OATS BARLEY and SPRING WHEAT All Varieties and Grades Fencing, Cement and Building Materials ....... . . . ....... March 18, 1965 SUGAR AND SPICE Dispensed by Smiley Lucan and district news Humor isn't funny Phone 227.4255 PASMOVISMISM MineaTOZISr "MMEMS24, Just m isses Bermuda trip though nothing had happened, Did I'laugh? Thought I'd bust a gut, I was glad she wasn't hurt, but like most people, got a tremendous belt,out of seeing the deflation of a stuffed shirt. Or girdle, in this case, What is humor? I've no idea. For some, it is the bitter, even vicious, parody of a political cartoon. For others, It is the dry, pawky humor of the realist, the man who sees life without rose-colored glasses. For some, it is the stuff scrawled on the walls of a washroom, For others, it is the mechani- cal, canned wit of the profes- sional comedian, the pun, the gag, the topical reference. All I can say is, "Never again," Even judging a baby contest would be child's play, to this. At least the entries would all be made of the same material. Mrs. F. Harris dies in hospital her foot on a piece of ice. Mere words cannot describe the half-gainer she performed, the way she looked, flat on her tummy, fur hat over her nose. Only a camera could capture the wild, desperate look she threw around to see if anyone had spotted the spill. Only the great Charlie Chaplin could have imitated the frantic scramble to her feet, the des- perate effort to stroll off as Mrs. Ellen Noyes, her grand- daughter Mrs. R. H. Watson and son Bobbie, left for Win- nipeg last weekend, after a two week visit with Toronto and Lucan relatives. Mrs. Watson and Bobbie were guests of Dr. & Mrs. T. A. Watson of Lucan. Thirty-five Western District IGA stores for the second con- secutive year staged a "Cash- ier of the Year" contest, from February 8 to March 6 and for the second consecutive year, the Lucan IGA store had one of the three winners at the written and practical test held at Wood- stock March 9. Lucan's winner was Mrs. Verda Lightfoot, but at the finals in Bryon, March 10, the Wind- Four mothers stayed all day Monday was a red letter day in the Biddulph Central School when Principal Fred Berdan staged an all-day open house. parents had been sent circulars announcing the time of con- tinuous lessons in the gymna- torium and the time of an ex- hibition lesson on the new ma- thematical course in his room. Mr. Berdan was very pleased with the number of parents who accepted the invitation and saw Mrs. Gregory teach music, Mrs. Bowman, arithmetic, Mrs. Abbott, phonics, Mrs. Allison, spelling, Mr. Timbrell, history, Mrs. Morley, literature, Mr. Berdan; grammar and Mr. Loft physical education in the gym- natorium. Four mothers brought their lunch and stayed all day. One reported "I enjoyed every min- ute of it. My only regret was I couldn't be in the gymnator- ium and Grade 8 at the same time." Mortgage goes up in flames Although Lucan has been terrorized in the past by fires, such a fire was watched with nothing but smiles, Sunday. It marked the burning of the mortgage on the Legion Hall. Members from the left: Austin Chisholm, Percy Vahey, Dwight Ball, Ralph Smith, Harold Butler, Ivan Culbert, James Lockyer, Les Kennedy and J. W. Smith. --Photo by Engel Burn mortgage in helmet --told not to slow down NEED SEED ? GET TOP VALUE ! Buy J-M Grant Morgan dies in London Grant A. Morgan, 55, of Lon- don and native of McGillivray Township, died in St. Joseph's Hospital London Sunday, March 14. The Murdy Funeral Home, Lucan, had charge of funeral arrangements at 1:30 pm Wed- nesday March 17 from the Geo- rge E. Logan & Son Funeral Home London with the Rev. G. W. Sach of the Lucan United Church officiating. Interment was in Ebenezer Cemetery, Mc- Gillivray Township. Pallbear- ers were employees of his place of business. Mr. Morgan was unmarried. His only survivors are one sis- ter Fern (Mrs. J. Landa) of Detroit and one brother, John A. Stewardson of Strathroy. Mr. Morgan was president of the London District Council of the Civil Service Federation of Canada and past president of the London branch of NDEA (National Defence Employees Association). Saturday March 13, 1965 will be a date long to be remembered by the Lunen branch of the Royal Canadian Legion and its aux- iliary for, on that night, they reached the long desired ob- jective of being able to pay off the Legion Hall mortgage. To J. W. Smith, 1965 pre- sident, and past presidents, was given the honour of the cere- monial burning of the symbol of the mortgage in a most fitting container — a steel helmet from World War I. In 1957, during the presidency of Art Bell some 60 Legion members and Auxiliary took on The executive of the Lucan Home and School Association met at the home of Mrs. Mer- ton Culbert to finalize plans for their Fashion Show to be held at the Community Memorial Centre at 8 pm March 23. The following conveners were named, Mrs. Jim Freeman, mo- dels, Mrs. J. W. Smith, decor- ations, Mrs. Charles Skolly, tea tables and Mrs. H arry Wraith, tickets and advertising. Mrs. Cobleigh's and Mrs. Allisons' grade 1-4 pupils will be responsible for making spring flowers for decorations, and girls from grades 7 and 8 will do the serving. Lucky tickets will be drawn during the evening. "Yo u n g Canada" of London will display fashions. Jones, MacNaughton Seeds have provided residents of Western Ontario with reliable and de- pendable results for years and years. Long experience with the soil types and climate peculiar to this area, has made the Jones, MacNaughton ex p e r t s completely familiar with the strains that are best suited to these conditions. You can be sure of successful results from all Jones, Mac. Naughton farm seeds, true to variety and high in germination. They know your needs and ful- fill them exactly: And Jones, MacNaughton have always enjoyed the reputation of offering full value—the best quality seeds at fair, low prices. Always demand seeds from Jones, MacNaughton — Western Ontario's leading seed special- ists. the stupendous task of erecting a $35,000 Legion Hall in Lucan. In 1962 a beautiful cenotaph was built and in 1963 a five foot cement walk was laid to Market St., and a 15 foot gravel drive from Market to Duchess St. Throughout the years many inside improvements were also made, including a modern kit- chen. For all these projects, much volunteer work was con- tributed. P artie s, meetings, dinners, dances, weddings and monthly draws, together with much hard work, made it pos- sible to raise the necessary funds to meet the mortgage. Lucan lost another of its oldest residents Thursday, March 6, when Mrs. Flora Har- ris in her 90th year passed away In St. Marys Hospital, London. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 9, at the D. A. Rann Funeral Home, Brussels, with the Rev. G. W. Sach of the Lucan United Church officiat- ing. Pallbearers were Messrs. Jack McGavin, London, Wilmot McGavin, Sarnia, Herb and Brian Travers, Walton, Art Wiles, Kitchener and Roy Ben- nett, Walton. Interment was in Brussels cemetery. Mrs. Harris is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lena Mc- Gavin, Kitchener, Mrs. Hilda Sellers, Walton and Flora (Mrs. Armand Kernich) of Lucan, also five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, two sis- ters, Mrs. Lena C ampbell, River s, Manitoba and Mrs. Annie Spence, Vancouver. (She was predeceased by one sister Mrs. Joseph Bennett and four brothers, Daniel, Neil, John and David.) Mrs. Harris was the former Flora Campbell, daughter of the late David and Willena McKay of Walton. In 1895 she was married to John Harris of Wal- ton who predeceased her on August 6, 1964. In April 1964 the couple celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Harris was hospitalized in St. Joseph's and St. Marys Hospitals since breaking her hip in May 1963. After retiring Mr. and Mrs. Harris lived with their family, coming to Lucan in June 1960. 11111111111111111111111111111111.1 ...................... llllllllllllllllllllll 1 llllllllll 1111 llllllllll I lllllll 1111111111111111,1, LUCAN CHURCH NEWS 111111 llllllllllllllllllllll 11111111111111111111111111111111111111 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 1 lllllllllllll 1 lllll t lllllllllllll I. From your local dealer or United The general meeting of the Lucan UCW was held in the schoolroom Thursday evening with the president, Mrs. Char- les Sovereign in the chair and 21 members present. Mrs. Alex Young led in the worship service. The pastor, Rev. G. W, Sach as guest speak- er, spoke on Protestantism, the first of a series on major faiths of the world. It was announced tickets are being sold for Mr. Hugh Brem- ner's program April 7, when colored slides of North Africa will be shown. Plans were finalized for the Shamrock supper to be held in the schoolroom March 17, 5:30- 7:30 pm. Anglican Flowers on the altar Sunday were from Mrs. Keith Dickson in memory of her mother, Mrs. Secord. JONES, MacNAUGHTON SEEDS EXETER CREDITON Phone 235-0363 Phone 234-6363 Post win, loss in speaking test At the Legion's county public speaking contest held at Leam- ington Saturday there were 24 contestants but Maureen Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith (Lucan's three time winner) was not among the first three. At the same time at Chatham in the Trustees' and Ratepay- ers' county contest, contestants from Middlesex, Kent, Elgin and Essex and from Sarnia, Windsor, Chatham and London were battling for first place. And who was the winner! None other than 11-year-old Grade 7 pupil from Prince Andrew Central School Gay Stewart daughter of the Hon. and Mrs. W. A. Stewart, For the past few weeks, I've been confronted by an enigma. This word does not mean, as one of my students told me, "Some- thing a nurse gives you in the hospital, before you have an operation." The enigma is this; what is humor? And the reason it con- fronts me is that some mis- guided people asked me to be one of the judges in a compe- tition involving humor. Equally misguided by an inflated ego, I accepted. I should have known better. Not that being a judge is all that difficult, I've judged public speaking contests with great success. Everyone agreed com- pletely with my decisions. Ex- cept those who didn't win, and their relatives and friends. I've judged races at the Sun- day School picnic. And had to fork over a dime to every runner because, "I wooda beat him if he haddena tripped me (or shov- ed me, or beat the gun)." And there'd be no trick to judging a beauty contest, I'm sure. Although there's always the danger of getting a bust in the eye from some disgruntled contestant. Or even from some gruntled one. But judging humor is a horse of a different color. There's always, in fact, the menace of misjudging the dark horse, which turns the whole thing into somewhat of a nightmare. The character of humor is as perverse and varied in its qual- ities as the character of women. Picking the winner in a humor contest is as tricky as picking a wife. Everybody else thinks you made a bum choice. Do you want Mabel, who bowls you over on first acquaintance? Or do you want Gert, who will wear well over the years? Do you want an hilarious companion for an evening or a quiet chuckle once a week for generations? Humor is in the eye of the beholder. It's no use. Let's get back to the enigma. What is humor? Ask the first person you meet, and he'll say, "It's anything that makes you laugh." Well, it's not, necessarily. People will howl with laughter from sheer nerves, giggle in- terminably from drink, or titter uncontrollably from a story whose point they have missed completely. People will laugh at practi- cally anything. Only yesterday, I was looking out the window. A young matron, known for her high opinion of herself, minced along, serene in her mink. Right in front of our place, zip went J. W. Smith sitting at a long table with officers and speak- ers was MC for the evening. The Legion Colors at each end of the table made a colorful setting. Early in the program Mrs. A. E. Reilly, Auxiliary pre- sident, presented a $2,500 cheque, bringing the Auxiliary's total contribution to the unbe- lievable amount of $16,292. All three speakers, Warden Ivan Hearn, Hon. W. A. Stew- art and Clarence Woods, paid high tribute to the Auxiliary ladies for their stupendous ef- fort. Mr. Stewart also present- ed the Legion with framed pic- tures of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Roy Warren, Deputy District Commander, introduced the guest speaker, Clarence Woods, Provincial Command Repre- sentative, and Los K ennedy later thanked him. Mr. Woods warned the mem- bers of the danger of complac- ency, now they had reached their objective but urged them to continue faithfully in well- doing. Among former Lucanites back for the big occasion were Art Bell of Islington, Ralph Smith of Wallaceburg,IvanCul- bert of London and a lively nonagenarian, Austin Chisholm of London, who in spite of his 92 years, was one of the last to leave, and was still playing euchre in the wee small hours. Legion members from Pt. Credit, Glencoe and Mt. Brydg- es, also attended. A smorgasbord lunch, danc- ing and cards completed a night long to be remembered. Finalize plan for fashions MRS. LIGHTFOOT sor cashier was first, Lucan second and Hanover third. Although losing out on the grand prize of a seven-day trip for two to Bermuda, a $1,500 fur coat, a diamond watch and a matching set of luggage, the two runners-up will receive a 19" portable TV and $50 to be shared with their fellow cash- iers. Also some customer in each of the three stores, who voted for the winner, ran the chance of her vote being drawn for a 10 minute shopping spree. Lu- can's lucky winner was Mrs. Roy Hamilton. the new flag. She expects to visit Yukon in May. For her address she took as her theme the CWL motto "For God and Country". The slate of officers will be brought In at the next meeting. Quietly celebrate 50th anniversary A renowned form editor reports on a new fertilizer, with anew twist—only one farmer in five can buy it! Read how these top growers are boosting profits by 25%. Mr. and Mrs. George Ward of Lucan, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary quietly in their George St. home Tuesday March 9, with their family, consisting of their son Harold, his wife, two children Brian and Charmain of London and their daughter, Mrs. Shirley Beller and son John who make their home with the couple. Mr. and Mrs. Ward received many congratulatory letters and cards, as well as floral dona- tions and gifts. During the day guests includ- ed Rev, and Mrs. E. 0. Lan- caster of the Anglican Church, members of the Lucan Irving Masonic Lodge, neighbors and London friends. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ward were born in England, the latter be- ing the former Ivy Brown. As a young man Mr. Ward came to Canada and secured a job in the London car shops. On the arrival of his bride- elect, they were immediately EXPLORERS Last Monday evening 2'7 Luca n-Clandeboye Explorers and three counsellors attended their Expedition in the United Church schoolroom. Mrs. Russell Thompson pre- sented the second gold star to Pat Hodgins, Margo Rawlings and Jane Hodgson. Mrs. Ross McRoberts read the last chapter of the Trinidad story entitled "Each one Chooses". The theme of the worship service "Standing Firm" was led by Ruth Bieb4r and Helen Simpson. LEAVING "TAKE THIRTY" Miss Helen Carscallen, one of the organizers of the show "Take Thirty" has tendered her reignation, effective in June, to return to university to eventually do research on TV effects on children. Miss Carscallen is the daugh- ter of the Rev, and Mrs. Charles Carscallen, who spent 24 years in China as missionaries, and who are now living retired in Whitby. Born In China Miss Carscallen is a graduate sociol- ogist from the University of Toronto after which she worked for the Children's Aid Society. Her mother, the former Hilda Culbert, was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. RichardCul- bert and sister of Mrs. Eldon Hodgson of Alice St. She was raised on Concession 2, Bid- dulph, just north of Lucan and attended SS No. 2 Biddulph and the Lucan High School. She has many relatives and friends in the Lucan district who will be interested in her daughter's success. married at the Salvation Army Citadel and settled in their new home on Rectory St. Over 30 years ago they mov- ed to Lucan where Mr. Ward opened and operated a shoe re- pair shop until he retired some 10 years ago. Report winners in area euchres The big breakthrough in fertilizer MESSENGERS Mrs. J. W. Lockyer was in charge of the Messengers dur- ing the 11 o'clock service. Five dollars is being sent to the "Bunny Bundle". BY JOHN STROHM innunniminnimmlimminninlinintimulimininnulinitniummumninnunnennuninnunninnu SUNDAY SERVICE Flowers in the church Sunday were in memory of the late Mrs. Flora Harris. It was announced a bus will leave the church at 6:40 pm Friday for Stratford for those wishing to attend the Bible Rally at the Festival Theatre. Lucan Personal Items 111111111111111111III1111111111111111111111 ultull11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111u11111111N1111111111111 The Lucan WI held a euchre party in the Community Mem- orial Centre last Wednesday evening with high score prizes going to Mrs. Greeta George of Ailsa Craig and Mr. Joe Carter; low score prizes to Mrs. J. R. Murdy and Mr. Stew- art Park and lone hand prizes to Mrs. Aljoe Culbert and Mr. Gordon Banting. By a strange coincidence When the president, Mrs. T. A. Watson made a draw for the box of groceries she drew one of her own tickets. Owing to other activities the next euchre will not be held until April '7. ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH A good attendance was pre- sent in the old school house Sunday for the meeting of the CWL. The president Mrs. Joe Whelihan was in the chair and Miss Catherine Toal of London, National CWL president, was the guest speaker. Miss Toal spoke of her trav- els through Canada and es- pecially of her trip to Ottawa, where she helped present two briefs to the Royal Commission and was presented to the queen. She also attended the raising of ME DWAY EUCHRE Last Monday evening 18 members of the Medway Euchre Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Middleton, High score prize went to Mrs. Austin Hobbs and Mr. Wilbert Stanley; low score prizes to Mrs. H. H. Slimmers and Mr. Clarence Lewis and lone hand prizes to Mrs. Joe Leslie and Mr. Chester McComb. The next game will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Hodgins, March 22. Young Canada FASHION SHOW I'd like to tell you of the most exciting fertilizer idea I've run across in 30 years of farm reporting. It's an idea that's helping top farmers break through their personal yield barriers to such yields as 130-bushel corn . 5-ton hay ... 45-bushel soy- beans ... 3000-1b. tobacco. The idea is Super Q@, a fertilizer so exclusive you can't even buy it . But I'm getting ahead of my story: Two years ago a select group of local manufac- turers were stung into action by a disturbing truth, The top farmers were moving faster than their advisers . . demanding that fertilizer companies improve their scattcrgun approach to fertility prob- lems. So, these hometown manufacturers pooled their strength in a giant cooperative effort. They called in the best scientific brains, and handed them this "impossible" assignment: 1. Develop the best fertilizer it is humanly possible to make. 2. Forget about price-per-ton. But be dead sure this fertilizer will return the farmer more net profit than any other product on the market. We want to guarantee it will, not just talk about it. 3. Formulate it for the top farmers in each com- munity. We'll refuse to sell it to anyone but the top! 4, Rifle it to fit a specific area . , yes, even a speck moisture level. 5. Make a different fertilizer for corn, for barley, tobacco, wheat, soybeans. 6. Use the best form of nutrients for the crop—tot the cheapest or easiest for the manufacturer, Wowl Some of those who were called in declared: "You just can't get all those coons up one tree 1" Hut other Scientists rose to the challenge. They tested soil and moisture on top farms in each torn- munity . . pored over the latest research . . an- alyzed new manufacturing techniques, new mate- rials. They picked the brains of ag college special- lists, interviewed top farmers on their personal goals. And then they created Super Q. The Super Q program is a national effort. It has all the efficiency and breadth of bigness . . but with the pinpoint local accuracy to give the individ- ual grower higher yields and profits. In side-by- side tests on hundreds of farms with six different crops, Super Q outyielded the best commercial fertilizers by as much as 25%. Successful as they have been with Super Q, the scientists do not see their job as done. As Dr. Ray Starostka, chief formulator for Super Q, explained to me, "Don't memorize the numbers on a Super Q bag; they'll change the minute we get a new test or technique—or as local conditions demand." I certainly don't want to give the impression that Super Q is a cure-all. On the contrary, it will only be sold to top farmers—the top 20% in yields and management. They'll make Super Q pay off. I surveyed 900 farmers in ten areas, and it was really exciting to hear them talk of their goals. Quite a few told me they were shooting for 200- bushel corn . . . 7-ton hay . . 600-bushel potatoes . . 60-bushel soybeans ... 3500-lb. tobacco ... 70• bushel wheat ... I00-bushel barley 25-ton sugar beets 30-ton silage „ 135-bushel oats. The Super Q Manufacturers are a select group, jealous of their reputation. Among other things, they must agree to disciplinary action should they fall below dr rigid standards. They must pledge to provide soil and crop and 'management services that will help Super Qfarmers make more profit. Sponsored by the Lucan Home & School Ass'n 8 p.m. Community Memorial Centre Tues., Mar. 23 Door Prize • Free Draw SUPER a FERTILIZER MADE FOR THE ONE FARMER IN FIVE BY READ FERTILIZERS LIMITED Adm. 50* (including Refreshments) ELMIRA and EXETER, ONTARIO TRIBUTE TO W. K. RIDDELL Among the 600 persons, who gathered at the special events building in Queen's Park, March 10, to honor Keith Riddell, re- tiring agricultural representa- tive after 36 years, were the following local residents, War- den and Mrs. IVatillearn,Reeve and Mrs. Wilson Hodgins, past- warden Harold Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Hodgins, Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Barker, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ilaskett and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Atkinson. Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Robb of Lucan, Mrs. E. J. Rotilston, Exeter, Rev. & Mrs. J a c k Thompson and Mr. Alex Reid of London attended the funeral at Kincardine last Monday of Mrs. Gideon Ruttle, aunt of Mrs. Robb and Mrs. Thompson. Mrs. Greeta George of Ailsa Craig was a Wednesday guest of Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Banting, and went home with the WI high score prize. Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Gignac and Mr. & Mrs. Cliff O'Neil spent the weekend in Essex, Where they attended the 81st birthday celebration of the fath- er of Mr. Gignac and Mrs. O'Neil. Dr. & Mrs. S. J. Morrison and family of Detroit were weekend guests of Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Rummell. Messrs. Doug Angus, John Pinie and Harry Achroid of Pt. Credit, were weekend guests of Mr. & Mrs. Pat Crudge. The Ontario Vocational C en- tre London held open houseSat- urday, Antong the graduates in the medical and secretarial course was Mrs. Mary Squire, the former Mrs. Mel Culbert of Lucan. Bobbie Arnold has been a Victoria Hospital patient for the past three weekS. At the Middlesex Trustees & Ratepayers banquet and elec- tion of officers at the London Teachers' College, Thursday evening Gay Stewart gave her prize winning speech. Warden Ivan Hearn of Lucan was among the guests. Guests with Mrs, Henry Hod- gins last week included Mr. and Mrs. M. Elston of Kirkton, and Mr. Gote Wennerstrom from Saintsbury on Thursday, Mr. & Mrs. MelVin Gardiner of Exeter and Mr. Clarence Fletcher RR 1 Woodham on Friday, Mr. Bill Lamburne, Ilderton on Saturday and Mr. & Mrs. Ron Carroll and Ian on Sunday. Friday Mrs. Cecil Armitage entertained a number of little girls in honor of her daughter, Shela's 11th birthday. Mr. Wil- lis Darling and three children of London, happened in on the party. Mrs. Wm. Lawrence, the for- mer Rose ReVington, after two Weeks, is still unconscious in LanSing Hospital, Her sisiter Mrs. Harry McNaughton is With her this week. Mr. Jack Pollock, IGA owner at Parkhill, won the Lions Club Convention Draw for two to Los Angeles, at the Legion Hall Friday.