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Times-Advocate, 1987-10-28, Page 12Paae 12 Times-Advocote, October 28, 1987 MASONS HONOUR GRAND MASTER — Irving Masonic Lodge 154 of Lucan celebrated its 125th an• niversary and honoured Grand Master of Ontario William R. Pellow Saturday night. From the left are South Huron District D.D.G.M. Ken Moor, Grand Master William Pellow, P D.D.G.M. Charles Corbett and Irving Lodge Worshipful Master Brad England. T -A photo UCO 11 and district news Seniors invited to Lucan Seniors and Busy Buddies met in the Scout Hall with 35 members and one visitor in attendance. A minute's silence was observed in memory of Margaret Carter, a member who passed away recently. A donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation in her memory was -made. Members accepted an invitation to the Dessert Euchre at Parkhill Leisure Club on November 2 at 1:15 p.m. Admission is $1. Harry Noels gave a report of a meeting of the Tri -County Games Committee. He asked if a meeting could be held here in the Scout Hall one afternoon in December or January. It was agreed to having the meeting. Some of the games have been changed this year and some discontinued. They are now as follows, Carpet bowling, Contract Bridge, Cribbage, Darts, Euchre, Five Pin Bowling, Golf, Horseshoes, Lawn Bowling, Orienteering, Shuffleboard, Softball Throw, Swimming, Tennis and Walking. Marion Noels entertained with a poem "Go On With Your Knitting". Lunch committee -for October 29 is Chris and Wilma Hessel,.Jim and Pat New pharmacy opens in Craig 8y DOUG McNAIR Ailsa Craig would like to welcome its newest business owners Mr. and Mrs. Chris Miatello who have pur-. chased the Bridgette Pharmacy Ltd. -on Main St. of the Village. Since October 1 this young, four month married couple from the Niagara Falls area have been busy getting acquainted with. their new business and customers. The other family -member that live with them is "Deacon" a friendly British Bull Dog that likes to meet the public with a friendly sniff of the boots or jeans. Chris is going to make more changes likely gathering ideas and help from his older brother Ernie who owns Young's Pharmacy in Ilderton. Good luck folks and come on people give them a try. Ontario Public Library Week was celebrated in Ailsa Craig's branch Oc- tober 20 by holding an Open House. Juices, coffee, and sweets were serv- ed to the book searching public. About 200 people small or large, young or old were served the goodies. The people who helped sponsor the Book Mark Contest in East Williams and McGillivray Central were librarians Margaret Wilson, Joan McDonald, : Bonnie Wright, Lillis Dawson, Tammy Curtis, and Reta Dixon from the Ailsa Craig Branch for The Middlesex County Library: - The winners from each category were: Kindergarten to Grade two - Tom Connor from McGillivray; Grades three and four - Sandy Gram - melt. East Williams; Grades five and six - Shannon Foskett. East Williams; Grades seven and eight - Jamie Dix- on, East Williams. Jamie was also the overall winner for the Ailsa Craig branch. These entries will now be displayed at district office in Arva. About 130 entered the Book Mark Con- test at this branch. In. the Ailsa Craig Presbyterian Church at the regular meeting Thurs- day night October 22 of the 1st Ailsa Craig Pathfinders Janyce McGregor was presented with the Canada Cord by Sharon MacDonald, the Chapman Division Commissioner. Janyce completed the requirement for her cord in two years, which is special since it normally takes three years. • LeAnne Murdie from Byron Ranger Unit gave a presentation of slides from Cabana, Mexico, a girl guide world centre. On Sunday afternoon October 25 in St. George Anglican Church in London, The Four London and area division of Girl Guides of Canada held a special ceremony to honour 51 pathfinders who have com- pleted their Canad5 Cord. Janyce McGregor and Heather Cockworth from the Ailsa Craig Pathfinders Unit were presented with their Canada Cord Certificate by Anne Miller, "Trillium Area Commissioner. Presentations were' also made by Terry Clifford, M.P. for London Mid- dlesex on behalf of London Mayor Tom Gosnell. We wish to congratulate these girls and wish them success in achieving future goals. Ailsa Craig Aces came out on top winning October 25 recreational hockey at Huron Park by 5-1 over Shoo- Gun. Aces new coach Dave Collins will direct strategy plays from behind the players bench replacing Ron Whit- more who has returned to the ice. The first period was scoreless and the second period goal getters were Pete Gil and Barry Williams. Third period markers again Pete Gil then the other two Williams brother scored one each, Randy and Gary to finish the scoring for the Aces. Bill Lessard got the only goal for Sho-Gun. Next Sunday at 4:30 they play the College.' • 4 NEW AILSA CRAIG PHARMACY The new Ailsa Craig Apoth eEary officially opened Friday night. From the left are customer Tracey Cornelis and owners Sandy and Chris Miatello. Susan Cook 227-4911 Parkhill Davis. Card convener Mary Whelihan. Prizes tor cards were ladies lone hands - Mary Scott, ladies high - Helen MacDonald, ladies low - Charlotte Harker, men's lone hands - Tom Kooy, men's high - Harry Noels, men's low - Marie Veal.Elnora Reycraft won the prize for the Busy Buddies group. News from Revival Centre Rev. Roger Mason conducted the Sunday morning service. Several of the Kid's Klub, one as announcer. the rest as puppets, discussed the Kid's Karnival to be held this Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the church. Rev. Mason ministered from Mark 9:2-8, the account of the transfigurea- tion of Jesus. Here Peter had an awesome supernatural experience. Peter, James and John were often blessed in seeing supernatural events the other disciples did not see. Here Jesus took them up this mountain to pray in an isolated place. It is hard to find such a place to pray. This prac- tice is missing among many Chris- tians. It is why so many lack spiritual power to work for God. Squeezing in time in a busy schedule for God is not the way God intended His people to worship Him. Peter, James and John took time to be alone with Jesus. Because of this they were blessed in seeing Jesus changed with bright radiant light as He was glorified before them. Also they saw the presence of two Old Testament characters. Moses was the deliverer of Israel from Egypt. Elijah was the defender of the word and a prophet. Sunday evening Rev. Roger Mason led the service. Pieter Schinkleshoek spoke on playing church. There is always something in the church ser- vices people do not want to do. What makes a church? Is it a well furnish- ed church? Or is it the people that make the church? A church should be a hospital for spiritually sick people. Ile spoke from Acts 2:41-47. This early church was devoted to learning the teaching of the word of God. A church that wants to be vital has to be a learning church. Verse 42 tells that all the Christians devoted themselves to learning and to be in fellowship in unity. The Christians had to pull together. Upcoming events October 29 at 7:30 p.m., Maury Blair, director of Toronto. Teen Challenge, will give his life story, to be held at Parkhill Leisure Club. October 30 at 7 p.m. Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship Dinner, at the 4 & 7 Restaurant at Elginfield. Stan Wallis, administer of Hebron Farms is to he guest speaker. Thoughts from Ted Anderson New Middlesex ed director "Some of the greatest moments in my teaching career occurred when I was helping individual students. And some of my deepest disappointments occurred when dealing with adolescents. But the tremendous highs always far outweighed the lows", says Ted Anderson, the 45 -year-old, new Director of Educa- tion for the Middlesex County Board of Education. Anderson, who officially began his duties October 1, brings to his new job a philosophy of eduction which in- cludes a passionate concern for students and a powerful commitment to providing them with the highest quality education possible. He also brings with him a wealth of teaching and administrative experience. Ted Anderson spent most of his adolescent years attending high school in Schumacher, Ontario, which is now part of the city of Timmins. Later he would return to Northern On- tario as a teacher, commercial direc- tor and eventually as a principal with the Timmins Board of Education. But before launching a career in education, Anderson attended the University of Western Ontario where he graduated in 1964 with an Honours degree in Business Administration. Ile immediately went on to pursue teacher training courses in Toronto and London and then began his first teaching position the same year at Pauline Johnson CVS, a Brantford - high school. There he taught Business courses, such as Law. Mathematics, Economics and Marketing to grades nine - 12 students and also coached senior football and hockey. Anderson gradually moved further from the classroom to take on ad- ministrative positions as vice- principal and principal. At the same time. he was also enhancing his own educational background by' graduating from Queen's University with. a Master of Education degree and by completing other education courses. In 1982 he became Superintendent of Schools (Operations) for the Oxford County Board of Education, a position he held for five years before coming to Middlesex. Now. as the chief executive officer for The Middlesex, County Board of Education, Anderson again faces new challenges. His major responsibility ' is to ensure that the Education Act and other Ministry of Education regulations are carried out, as well as to make certain that board policies are implemented. To perform this function successful- ly, he must confront his most impor- tant challenge - becoming knowledgeable about all features of The Middlesex County Board of Education. A one month transition period in September allowed hime to acquaint himself with the people. the schools. programs and board operations before taking on the duties of direc- tor of education. He says. "This past month gave me an opportunity to meet staff and trustees and to learn about their interests, their percep- tions on current issues and their ideas on the future direction of education in Middlesex." Vegetable 4-H club meets By Mary Holden The Ontario Fruits and Vegetable Lucan 1 4-H club was held Monday, September 28 at Mrs. Sue Barr's home. There were eight present plus leaders. Mrs. Barr and Mrs. Sire. _ We elected our officers as follows: Tabatha Froats, president; Bev Shaule, vice-president; Laurie Jones, secretary; Heather Hugill, treasurer and Mary Holden, press reporter. The roll call was to see what fruits and vegetables you ate that day. We talked about themany choices you have to make about foods and proper eating. After reading our home ac- tivities we had some vegetables with a dip which everyone enjoyed. Lucan.'I. met for their second meeting October 5 at Mrs. Barr's home. The roll call was to see which canned and frozen vegetables your family ate. We talked about the dif- ferent grades there are for fruits and vegetables: We tried different fruit juices. For snack we all tried Apple Pancake. Our third meeting was on October 19 at Mrs. Barr's home. The roll call was to show the group an advertise- ment you designed. We talked about different ways of cooking your vegetables. They are: boiling, pann- ing, steaming, microwaving and stire frying. After learning. about all of these, we tried all of them with car- rots and recorded the taste in our books. Friendship Unit -plans for Christmas bazaar Wednesday evening, members of the Lucan United Church Friendship Unit met at the church for a Thanksgiving worship theme. Kit Vern opened with a reading about "October". Karen Dickie then read Psalsm 100: God hath made us, therefore we enter His gates with Thanksgiving in our hearts and enter His courts with praise. Kit read "The thoughtful are thankful" telling how thoughtful people are grateful of His blessings and thankful for His many gifts. - Ruth Butler chaired the business portion of the meeting. We were reminded of the Snowflake Bazaar, November 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Squares and tarts are needed for the tea room. It was decided that each member would bring a large pan of squares to the church Thursday even- ing November 26 or early Friday morning and variety packages would be made for sale at the bazaar. November 9 and 10 a work bee will be held at the church to make meat pies for the bazaar. November 13 at 7 p.m. Crafts in Action sponsored by the anniversary committee will have members demonstrating their crafts. All are welcome to come and learn about the handicrafts. Again our bulb sale was successful. It was recommended that some of our profit from the bulb sales to to the purchase of mini blinds for the new- ly renovated Sunday School rooms. Ruth closed with a prayer.• A craft making session for the bazaar followed. Anderson expects the months ahead will continue to be a learning process as he tackles one of his ma- jor objectives - gaining knowledge of the board's administration and by- laws. For this reason, he feels it would be, "inappropriate for me to make immediate major changes to board procedures and policies. It is better to move slowly and carefully." His other goals for 1987-88 include: Providing direct leadership and support to board staff as they carry dut the board's approved objectives; Maintaining the quality of educa- tion in Middlesex County. t His responsibility is to ensure that the current level of education programs, staff performance and operation of the system remains high); and Monitoring and evaluating the board's objectives over the course of the school year. At the same time he and senior staff 'will begin to for- mulate next year's objectives. • Anderson's duties as the board's top administrator will also include long range planning. Over the next five years he would like the board to deal with four major issues: the high drop- out rate of students in the secondary panel; continuing to provide oppor- tunities for the use of computers in elementary and secondary schools; addressing the promised fundic in- itiatives in elementary education, particularly at the primary levels; and assisting students to develop social and moral values.' As far as Anderson is concerned. the current estimated 33 percent drop-out rate among Ontario's high school students is unacceptable. He believes that educators and boards should strive to meet every student's need for an education. He would, therefore. like to see the board con- tinue with and expand initiatives to combat early school leaving. Like Premier David Peterson, Anderson wants to see effective use of computers in schools continued. Computers, he says, may help students become more literate members of the society they live in. In addition, computers may en- courage students to pursue education as a -life-long interest, because com- puters can assist them in learning experiences. While Anderson isa strong suppor- tor of quality instruction in the academic area he also feel "there is a place in the schools for teaching social and moral values and he sup- ports the current thrusts of the new values. programs developing in the county. "Schools have a strong obligation to attend to the sociological develop- ment of .children andto help them develop social and moral values. It isn't enough to just teach children. basic knowledge like language. com- puu.auuu aria social sciences. We must also teach thein how to think and make decisions. In addition, we tnust also help children to feel good about themselves, because ultimately this will translate into them caring about others", he says. Damages at 56,800 in pair of accidents Two accidents were investigated this week by dfficers of the Lucan detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police with damages totalling -$.6,800. Tuesday, a vehicle operated by Donald Loft, RR 4, Medford was slowing down on Highway 7 to talk to the driver of a stopped vehicle on the shoulder of the road when another vehicle driven by Ngoc Le of London slid on the wet roadway and struck the Loft vehicle. Only two of the 11. persons in the two vehicles suffered minor injuries. Constable Briggs listed damages at $5,500. Constable Wilson set damages at $1,300 when a vehicle driven by Gor- don Jeffreys of Woodstock attempted to pass a vehicle driven by Peter Luyten, RR 2, Ilderton on Middlesex road 23 when the Luyten vehicle made a left turn into the other vehicle. The mishap occurred Thursday. • Included in the 35 general occur- rences were two break and enter; three nuisance phone calls, one assault, one fraud and three thefts under $1,000. ' Ignited Church news The rain has gone, the sun is out and everything looks swept clean and feels good. How is your faith this Sun- day morning? 'Is it living and grow- ing like the fall wheat? If the winds of diversity should blow, will it stand steadfast and unwavering? These are some of the questions Rev. Shaule asked in his sermon Sun- day at Lucan United church on faith, taken from Eph. chapter 4,, Phil. chapter 1 and John's gospel chapter 6. The disciples were on the growing edge of learning what God could do in their lives to help. They had to come to trust Him to handle everyday pro- blems, as we do and to demonstrate that faith. by praising him even before we get the answers. How do we show our faith in God and in His Son Jesus? The Bible is the manufacturers hand book, the blue print, it is free for all to read and app -i ly. Simply follow the instructions and pray a -lot. Mrs. Marguerite McRoberts with the help of Kendra Peters gave the children's story. A happy story about - cough drops. When I was a child it was hard peppermints but whatever - it's comforting, something that goes with church, quietness, singing, mom and feeling wanted. Children are always welcome in our worship service. Next Sunday, bread breaking, in church? Well, come and see. CANCER CAN BE BEATEN CANAOOENNE OU CANCBI NOTICE OF NEW CONSTITUENCY OFFICE LOCATION AND HOURS Due to the recently increased size and population of our provincial riding, changes in location and hours of our constituency offices are necessary. C L A R K E R 0 A D PACIFIC COURT Effective Monday, November 2, the Lambeth office will be closed and a new office will open in East London at 60 DUNQAS Pacific Court, Unit 15. Pacific Court ex- tends east from Clarke Road and is north of Dundas Street. Also effective Monday, November 2, the Strathroy office hours will be expanded to three days per week - Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. DOUG REYCRAFT MPP Middlesex Problems or Concerns? We are here to help you! CaII or drop in. London 60 Pat Court, Unit 15, NSV 3N4 434-8151 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tues. - Fri. Strathroy 71C Front Street West, N7G 1T7 245-4840 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Mon:, Tues., Thurs. Zenith 64740 1