Times-Advocate, 1983-04-20, Page 19New members
Conflrmation at United Church
Eleven young people
became members of the
Church by profession of faith
at Confirmation and Commu-
nion service at Lucan United
Church Sunday morning.
Lucan and Clandeboye con-
gregations united for this
special service.
Those confirmed were Erik
Barr. Jamie Bond, Jeff Bond.
Debbie Hall. Jane Holden.
Terri McRoberts and Sherrie
Smith from Lucan. and Bon-
nie Lynn. Gerry Lynn.
Bradley Scott and Jo Thomp-
son from Clandeboye. Each
young person individually ek-
pressed faith: in Christ and
commitment to Him and to
. His Church.
Mr. Brown was assisted by
the parents of the young peo-
ple and by the Clerk of Ses=
sion of Lucan or Clandeboye
congregation as he laid hands
On each communicant in an
act of confirmation.
. Following the ceremony.
each new member was
presented with a Good News
Bible as a gift from 'his
Church. Catherine. Cheryl
• and Bonnie -Lynn's two love-
ly trios. "He's Alive" and
-What. a Difference 1'ou
Make in my Life" highlighted
Three area
accidents
Three accidents were in-
vestigated this week by -of-
ficers of the Lucan detach-
ment of the Ontario Provin-
cial Police with damages
totalling $2.100.
Thursday at 4.25 p.m.•
vehicles driven by.. Stephen
Keron. RR 1 Area and Elissa
tlomenock. London collided
at the corner of Elgin street
and Concession 7 in Arva.
Constable J.F. Briggs in-
vestigated and set damages
at $550.
Constable C.S. Fleming
estimated damages at $400
when a Vehicle driven by
Karen Evans. RR 2. Denfield
left the .roadway of the
Roman Line. near Highway 4
at 2:30 a.m. Saturday.
' The same day at 6:30 p.ni.,
a vohicle driven by William
Bannister. RR :3. llderton lel!
the 'Hderton sideroad and
struck a culvert. Constable
.1.A. Wilson set damages at
$1.030.
the meaning of the Confirma-
tion service.
In his charge to the young
people Mr. Brown spoke from
1 Tonu►thy Chapter 6.
challenging them to live out
their commitment to Christ
as men and women of God.
Paul's advice to young
Timothy applies equally to-
day. We need to flee all that
hinders the Christian life - all
actions and attitudes that
destroy faith, in order to
follow Christ's way.
In charge of greeting the
congregation were Leroy and
Nancy Maguire and son. Loys
Melanson very capably led
the congregation in the mon-
thly pre -service hymn sing of
the Outreach Committee. and
Dorothy Dedels took a large
group of children out for their
Junior Church during the lat-
ter part of the service. The
service concluded with the
celebration of the Lord's
Supper.
Following the service.
Chairman of the Board of
Stewards. Frank Goring. ex-
plained to the Lucan con-
gregation plans of the Com-
mittee for church repairs and
renovations andinvited ques-
tions and comments. He also
appealed for volunteers for
next Saturday's Work 'Bee•
beginning at 9 a.m• to help
clean up and make minor
repairs inside and outside the.
church. The U.C.W. will pro-
vide a hot lunch at noon.
Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. the
Friendship Unit of the U.C.W.
meets in the C:E. wing. Beth
Cowdrey will conduct "An
Evening in Paradise - a
Pacific Experience". All
ladies of the charge are
welcome.
Prayer and Share
Fellowship continues its study
n(1 Peter chapter 2 at 9:45
a.m.. Thursday and the junior
choir meets for its regular
.practice at 6:30 p.m.
Family Night. originally
scheduled for this week is
postponed until April 29.
Lucan .service will be
withdrawn on May 1 so that
members may attend
Clandeboye Anniversary Ser-
vice. Special speaker is Rev.
• Bruce Pierce 'of Granton. -
Couples' club garage sale is
scheduled for Saturday. May
7. Donations of "valuable
junk" would be appreciated.
Call Bill Froats for pick up of
large items at 227-4879.
Friends are reminded of
plans for the U.C.W. hot beef
dinner, Thursday. May 12 al
the arena. Tickets are now
available.
Anglican
Church news
Greeting members and
friends of Holy Trinity
Anglican church. as they ar-
rived for Morning Prayer ser-
vice. were Helen and Maurice
McDonald. Reading the
lessons appointed for the third
Sunday of Easter were Kay
Egan and Betty Ankers.
The junior choir. led by
Patricia Pocock and accom-
panied by Beaulah Hardy
sang the beautiful anthem
"The Prayer of St. Richard of.
Chichester." This was one of
the selections which they sang
al the Kiwanis Music Festival
and received a mark of 84.
Rev. Pocock welcomed and
introduced the -guest speaker.
Pat Daunt. a very active
layman in the church from
Fordwich. He came to talk
about the Anglicans in Mis-
sion program and why we
need to be involved -in it. It is
a program of 'the entire
Anglican Church of Canada:
its dioceses. parishes. and
people.
More importantly, it is a
program that emphasizes our
spirit and strong commitment
to teach and witness to the
Word of. God. Funds raised
will help meet the challenge
of Mission in the North, of
World Mission. of our Pen-
sioners and of Mission in our
Diocese of Huron. It is an in-
dividual commitment and
calls us once again to
recognize the truth of our love
Church of
and concern for the C h
God everywhere. A question
period enabled Mr. Daunt to
clear up many pre -conceived
ideas and misconceptions
.regarding Anglicans in Mis-.
-Sion program.
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday evening. 8 p.m. al
Rectory - Wardens meeting.
,Thursday at,. 9:00 a..rn.
ladies of Medway Deanery
hold their Spring Rally with
Mrs. Dorothy Crocker of
Goderich as guest speaker.
All womenare urged to at-
tend for an evening of Chris-
tian fellowship..
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PRESIDENT SERVES Lucan Optimist club president Steve Storey shows the pro-
per way to serve in volleyball Thursday night at the arena. Taking a close look were
Kim Poole, Karen Toonders, Monica McCarthy, Lisa Van Geel 'and Carla McAdam.
The Optimists provide two hours of sports activity time for area boys and girls each
Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. until the end of June. T -A photo.
St. Patrick R.C. School, Lucan
Student Registration
Junior Kindergarten (born 1979)
Kindergarten (born 1978)
SCHOOL YEAR 1983 - 84
May 3 and 4•
Call the school (227-4801) for an appointment.
Proof of age, immunizdtion and Baptism
required.,
•
One gymnast
winner missed
One "Gold Seal" Winner
was omitted from the list of
gymnastic meet winners in
last week's paper and we are
very sorry. Tracy Mair was
also 'one of the comtelilors
and won a "Gold Seal". Con-
gratulations Tracy. and we
are sorry for the omission:
JUNIOR OIR IN FESTIVAL — The Lucon Anglican Church junior choir placed
fourth in the recent Kiwanis Music Festival in London. Back, left, Sharon Richard-
son, Ann Hodgins, Angela Hardy and Jason Hdskett. Third row, Paula Hodgins, Sarah
Henderson, Debbie Molenkamp, Bobbi -Jo Richards and Vicki MacDonald. Second
row, Christ° Hardy, Cathy Atkinson, Gary Haskett and Philip Hardy. Front, Carol
Smith, Andrea Van Geel, Shone Gillen, Nathan Blay and David Pocock.T-A photo.
and district news
Susan Cook
225-2750
UCW selling tickets for
May 12 hot beef supper
.'!'he president of the Luc....
General C.('.W. Mabel .
Froats. welcomed Members
and guests to the April
Seniors play •
cards, quilt
The Sunshine and Busy
Buddies woups niet for cards
and quilting Thursday after-
noon, with president Ed
Dowda11 presiding .for the
brief business meeting. after
welcoming those• present and
espeelally Evelyn and .lint
O'Shea and I(uby and Elmer
Burnard: , . •
Irene Egan and Ed. Arm-
strong were the recipients oI
birthday wishes.
Mary Kooy played for the
singing of "O Canada" arid
also' for the singsong. later in
the prograni.and gave a most
humorous reading "A New-.
fotuuiland Memo."
A second reading was given
hy.Florence !Pidgins. entitled
"They are Out on the Land."
Margaret and..loe Carter
thanked members • for their
sympathy-cards.
Cards were convened by
Lela Abbott and winners were
ladies high. Eileen llodgins:
lone hands. Marion Noels: ,
low score. Marie Damen
man's high. Marjorie Steeper.
playing a man's card: lone
hands.- Murray Carter: low
score. John Loynes. Ethel
Crouch %%un the ('raft prize
Lunch was served by
Angelirie Scott. 11arScott.
Marjorie Steeper and Marie
Turner. '
Donalions for the "Dutch
Auction" at the Dessert
Euchre on \lay 5 may be
brought in tomorrow Thurs
day and must be in by. the
following week. April 28.
meeting. held on Wednesday
evening.
A list of Presbyterial pro-
jects wit's read. including
Seeds for Zaire, Corn for the
Horn. Eye Glasses. and Sun-
day School publications.
All United • Church
members are invited to the
"Sod Turning" ceremony for
the new White Oaks Church.
on Sunday; A r$1. '24th at 3
p.m. on Bra ley Avenue.
( turn right • o f • Wellington
Road.)
The Regional Rally will be
held in Alisa Craig United
Church on Tuesday.. May :1
with. supper sittings al 5:30'
and 6:30.
A letter of thanks was read.
from. Dorothy Wallis for the
donation to the Women's
Community House and in
response_to a query as to how
the members and friends
could helpa list was included.
Garden furniture, a plastic
clothes line. baby clothes.
bulbs, flowers: shrubs, dishes.
hots and pans. baby walkers.
canned food -and an alarm
clock are needed. Articles are
Pi be brought to the- Unit
meetings in play. or may be
left in the church kitchen,
• marked for this purpose.
The tJ.C. \V is responsible
For the June -Lunch Out".
Further tickets *ere
distributed for the hot -beef
supper to be held al the arena
Thursday. May 12. front 5 to
.7 p.m. Returns are to Ix' in to
Ann • Holden • before May 8.
Many helpers will he needed
so volunteer to a member of
tli( executive.
The U.C.W will be respon-
sihle for the church Service
.luly I(t while the minister is
on vacation.
The program convener.
Flora Robertson. introduced
Annelies Butler who took us
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FLOOR HOCKEYISTS Optimist Gerry Mcleod gives instructions to Frank Van Sas,
Jim McLellan, Dennis Foran, David Seymour and Dan Hartman during o Luton Op-
timist club sports session at the arena, Thursday night. The Optimist club is pro-
viding a two hour sports activity period each Thursday night until the endo June
for area boys and girls. T•A photo.
on a most interesting pictorial
tour of the holy Land. which
she and Ed had visited earlier
this year. It Was most ap-
propriate . following so soon
after. Easter.
Donna • VanArenthals.
Leader of the Friendship unil_
advised` those tfresent that
Spring bulbs. from Holland
were for sale again this year
and at no increase in price.
Place your` order with any
member of that Unit. Donna
also led in a lovely posl-
Easterand into Spring -tune
worship service using music
for listening., singing. the
spoken word and poetry.
The Dorcas t)nit was
responsible for refreshments
and these were served -by
Jean •Brown and Ruthann
Curtis,.
4-H meet
Lucan No. 1 "Jazzy Jog-
gers" held their seventh and -
final meeting Sunday. The
meeting was opened wit h.1he
4-11 pledge followed by roll
call in which each member
answered to "List two things
you plan to do in the future to
be a more responsible
consumer."
After Thal. each member
discussed the highlights of
their special project and Then
participated in the club act ivi-
ly called "A friend in need is
a friend indeed."
Buyer bingo was also
played and book re-
quirements were discussed as
well as when to have a work
ince,inl.
Meeting six of Lucan No..3
club was held April 16 at the
home of Paula llodgins. The
pledge was repeated by six
members and one leader: The •
rofl call was "One thing you
had to smile about." •
The next meeting will be at
• Mrs. Straalman's April 23
and Lisa Van Geel will be
. president for that meeting.
Christina Mellhargey read
the minutes of the last
meeting and 'covers for the
books were received.
M•ernhers read the
guidelines for making a
presentation and were given
the program for Achievement
Day. Annett read her special
project to the rest of the
members. The meeting. was
turned over to the leader.
Members manicured their
finger nails and polished
them.
Don't forget
the Blood
Donor Clinic
at the
Lucan arena
Thursday,
April 21,
6to9p.m.
Times -Advocate, April 20, 1983 Page 7A
Magazine campaign set
at St. Patrick's school
This week St. Patrick's
School held an assembly to
kick off their magazine cam-
paign. The students will be
selling magazine subscrip-
tions and renewals to aid their
mission project. The goal is to
raise $800.00 to build a house
for a family in India. So far
the school has collected $254.
The campaign runs for one
week and will end Monday.
April 25.
Congratulations are in
order for several people.
Jason LaPlante. a grade six
student placed first in the
next level of the Royal Cana-
dian Legion's Art and Essay
Contest held in Windsor. He
placed first in the poster con-
test at the junior level. He
received a plaque and a che-
que for $30.00. -
Revival Centre
• Because of the spring
snowstorm Sunday morning.
- and hydro being off. Sunday
School was cancelled. As the
hydro came on. in time. Mr.
Wm. Davies held the morning
service. opening reading
Psalm :14:1-8.19.22. Tony
Vivona showed from Psalm
103:5-8 how in his Christian
walk there is sometimes
weeping fora time. but that
joy comes in a morning when
he stayed with God.
From John, - 14:21-2:3.
15:10-1i. Mrs. -Tony Davies
talked of. the importance of
obedience in serving God
:Hari Melanson 'sang l Will
Serve Thee. then led in chorus
singing before the close of.'the
service.
Wm. Davies conducted the
evening service, as he will be
doing untilRev. C.J. Williams
returns recovered from
surgery. Mrs. E. Currie; from
1 John 4;1-6, stressed the im-
portance of testing by God's.
word if a person who pro-
fesses to preach the gospel is
really of God.
Mr. Davies spoke about
divine inner healing. II Cerin-
thains :3:18. speaks of God's
glory which can change us •
daily as we -live in God's
Word. Our • failings can be
turned to victories, with a new
hope coming from despair.
when one errs. by correction
from the Lord. -
Two calls
for firemen
Volunteers of the Lucan fire
department answered two
calls recently. The first was
Wednesday,. April 1:3•at ap-
proximately :1:00 p.m. when
they went to.the home of Mr.
and Mrs, Ron Pullman
located at the corner of the
Roman Line and Townline.
There were no occupants
.home al the time so nothing
was saved. •
• The Knights of Columbus
will. be taking any contribu-
tions at the Mini -Hall or con-
tact a K.C. member.
The second call was
answered Friday. at 1:25 p.m.
al the garage of Clarence
Carter.
April 7. the Lucan Branch
of the Legion held their public
speaking contest. Six students
from Sl. Patrick's par-
ticipated - Margaret Giesen.
Bill Kelly. George Giesen.
Tara Sullivan, Tammy
Williams and . Kelly
VanKerkoerle. Margaret
Giesen placed first and Bill
Kelly second in the 5 and 6
Busy year
for Brownies
The second Lucan
Brownies have been busy so
far in 1983. A good time was
had by all at camp early in
February at Camp Orenda
near Belmont. The girls even
managed to do • some
tobogganing! -
The girls have continued
visits to the folks al
Craigholme on Professional
Development.days which are
enjoyed by both young and
old.
A special service was held
al the Lucan Community Cen-
tre for .all Scouting. and
Guiding February 20 in
honour of Lord and • Lady
Baden Powell's birthdays.
While reciting their pro-
mise. the girls also used hand
signs as taught to them by
Mrs. Kwasnicki. They also
sang a song entitled. "Lend a
Helping Hand" which is their
motto.
In March they did several
crafts while the girls are
working hard on their
achievement badges and
. programmes.
A fun night of bowling with
the girlsaccompanied. by
their fathers started off the
April meetings. •
Melissa Small!. Shonna
Maslen. Peggy Malone and
Lori Vanneste have received
their "Golden Iland" recent-
ly. This means they have
completed the Brownie pro-
gramme and are ready to go
up to Guides. .
April 18 to 22 has been
declared Volunteer Week and
the Helping Hands of Lucan
are prepared to donate their
services by having a pot luck
lunch on, the same day as the
seniors "Lunch Out
It will be held Wednesday.
April 20 from noon till approx-
imately 1 p.m. at the Lucan
Community Centre. . .
division while George Giesen
and Tara Sullivan tied for se-
cond place at the 7 and 8 level.
April 5 the winning junior
girls' floor hockey team went
to London to represent S1.
Patrick's al the system's floor
hockey tournament.
. The team which consisted
of Tina Marie VanBoxmeer.
Lisa Foran. Angela Perry.
Mary -Anne Clement: Lisa
Morkin and Peggy Malone
reached the semi-finals plac-
ing third out of twelve -teams.
The girls played six very
close games.
April 7 the winning junior
boys' floor hockey team Con-
sisting of Ed VanKerkoerle,
Brian • Heessels. Jason
McLellan. Michael Cita. Bill
Kelly and Robert Amaral
went to the System tourna-
ment held at St. Lawrence
School in London. Congratula
tions to both these teams for
representing St. Patrick's
well.
ntraiia
Sy MRS. TOM KOOY
- Residents were surprised.
on awakening Sunday morn-
ing to see the ground covered
will snow. and hear the snow .
plow passing by: but spring is
jus( around the corner.
The senior citizens mel in
the community centre Mon-
day afternoon for cards and
lunch.
Mrs. Von Overholt was a •
Sunday guest at a family din-
net at the home of Mr. and
Mrs, Marty Overholt and
David. Exeter. David was
celebrating
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
li zelan
1 r t d Mr. and MrsTom
Kooy attended a dinner and
social evening sponsored by
the Lucan Lions Club.
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