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The Northwestern branch of the Oxâ€" ford County unit of the Canadian Cancer Society held its annual house to house canvass recently. The blitz, which covered the village of Thamesford along with the rural areas of Zorra Township, resulted in donations exceeding $7,200. Thanks are due to all the canâ€" vassers who braved the cold blusteryâ€"weather, the team captains Doorstoâ€"door blitz held in Thamesford By PAT KELLY Doors Open 5:30, Entertainment 6: 30 p.m. ADMISSION $3.00 (includes Wintario Ticket) sSPONSORED BY THAMESFORD LIONS CLUB PROCEEDS TO CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY. LIVE WINTARIO DRAW Call 285â€"2800 For Titkets | work started on Thamesfoyd £ ball park +772z Thamesford and area ball players will be pleased to note that work on the upgrading of the North Park diaâ€" mond is underway. The first phase of the improveâ€" ment to the diamond was commeneâ€" ed on Saturday when Don McKinnon of the parks and recreation board was in the park supervising the exâ€" pansion of the ball diamond to make it suitable for the hard ball games. Last year, second base was on the grass outfield. Last winter the poles for the flood lighting of the diamond were conâ€" demned so the fixtures were removâ€" ed and new structures for the lights are to be installed. THURSDAY, May 19th THAMESFORD ARENA . The diamond is used for adult slo pitch, hard ball and ladies‘ soft ball throughout the baseball season. Campaign Chairman Bern Cummâ€" ings added a special thank you to all the residents of Thamesford and the rural areas who were most generous with their donations to help find a cure for this disease. It is coâ€" operation like this that will help make the slogan Cancer Can Be Beaten come true. for their organizational efforts and to the group of women who counted the kits at St. John‘s Anglican Church hall. Â¥#[5{ $3 ASC Ombudsman addresses Thamesford . Lions Club 5 Thamesford‘s » brinter moving ~â€" to Dundas St. By PAT KELLY Thamesford Lions Club held their May meeting at the arena with members of the London Westmount Lions Club as guests. Guest speaker for the evening was Jack Braglia of the London Free Press, who spoke to members of the duties of an Ombudsman on a newspaper, noting that the definition of an Ombudsman is one who hears and investigates complaints against government. In his position with the Free Press, Braglia hears complaints of unfairâ€" ness, inaccuracy, violence, lack of taste, language and bureaucracy against the newspaper. He noted that the newspaper‘s credibility was the ~mainâ€"reason for his appointâ€" ment. The Province of Ontario‘s budsman is Dr. David Hill. The Lions were given details of complaint procedures and were also given examples of typical comâ€" plaints. EnE Sihe, . Comions 200000 Poaai â€" ol Do ie Tâ€"shirts, wedding invitations, and also stationary. Jack has hired one more fullâ€"time person to help after the move, and will be designating more hours to his temporary staff. Lion Ken Payne was presented with a 15 year membership Chevron. Thamesford Lions will be helping to host the ~Wintario draw on Thursday, May 19 at the arena. Tickets are $3., including a ticket to that night‘s draw. The Lions will host their annual Trout Brunch May 22 as part of the Calithumpian weekend festivities. The â€" business consists of printing, specialty advertising, E_rint_ing of baseball caps and March 11, they will be clsoing down at 107 Delatre, and reâ€"opening on March 21 at 140 Dundas gt., Thamesford, next to the Petro Canada. LThe building was formerly the old Varnum‘s Drug Store. is expanding so quickly,© they were faced with a decision to expand their Delatre St. locaâ€" tion or move ‘to a bigger building. Jack Youse, the founder_ and owner of J.C., said the business is" expandina en\ miuakio "A.2.. J.C. Graphics, a busingss which began out of a home ?arage in 1980, is now moving or a second time to a larger location. 11 15#)&g McKESSOCK: Alan Pascoe McKessock, 297 Whiting St., _ Ingersoll, _ formerly â€" of Thamesford, died April 11, 1988 at Alexâ€" andra Hospital. He was in his 84th year. He was predeceased by his wife, the late Ena Smith, 1979. Dear father of Elma and her husband Harry.Howald of London; dear grandfather of Catherine (Kate) and her husband Nick Head of Dunnville, Robert and his wife Joan, and Brian and John, all of Toronto. Beloved greatâ€"grandfather of Jacob, Alan and Liseann Head. Also survivâ€" ed by a sister, Margaret Elliott of Oshawa. Mr. McKessock was predeceased by one sister, the late Ruth Brown, in 1984. The Rev. Stanley Stanhope, assisted by Pastor Roston Hargreaves, conducted the funeral service at the Harland B. Betzner Funeral Home, Thamesford, on Wed., April 13, 1988. Interment in Zion Seventh Line Cemetery. Pallbearers were Bob Howald, Brian Howald, John Howald, Nick Head, Ronald Johnson and Bob Brown. Mr. McKessock was born in the Township of Darlington, Ont. _ . DISTRICT ANNUAL OXFORD NORTH W.I.. _ The 83rd District An Meeting of Oxford North W?I was held at the Embro CommumtÂ¥ Centre on Tuesday, May 24. The hostess branch was Braemar W.|. and the theme _ was safety. _ Several reports were given in the a.m. and Mrs. Bea %osselin reported that there are many fact sheets and_ flyers available â€"at the Agriculture Office. The theme of S.W.1.0. is Waste Manageâ€" ment and the ladies w%m attended the leadership conferâ€" ence at Kingston in May very capably made a presentation on this topic. A dinner was served at noon. Grace Patterson W.1. was in charge of the interestin quilt display. Attached to eac?w quilt was a written historÂ¥, and some dated back to the 1800s, Mrs. John Richardson, London area president, spoke on the topic dealing with the media. Her continued on page 22 ( Munsâ€" Coal 4 Tap Wl e â€"ozâ€" Ciew yre mt hun + utaat ove advice was to sar] Wina: â€"yJu really think and be onest when interviewed by them. The speaker for the afternoon was Mr. Jo Andrews, Consultant on Farm Safety. He showed slides and gave safety advice and statistics on farm accidents. The aim of the Farm Safety Assoc. "s18.::to prevent death, injurty and damage. Only one person shoult? ride on a tractor. Machinery should be properly fiuarded. Chain saws are azardous and there are proper methods for taking trees down. Farm machinery is not a Elayground and children have een drowned in grain wagons. People should be educated to be careful around farm animals. % Chemicals should be stored and kept out of the reach of ~ children. _ Silo gas can cause dea}h.‘ Three wheelers are 1 ue for one person â€" they &2 upset very easily. 3 Mrs. Norma Howe gave * courteous remarks. Entertainâ€" ment was provided by Unionâ€" dale and Eakeside W.A. who§\ presented a comedy skit ‘‘Spirâ€" s Itualists‘‘. Courtesy remarks for & the day were given by Mrs.) James Smith. Following the 3 retiring of the flag by Brooksâ€" ~ dale Vel and singing of the) Royal Anthem, the meeting _ adjourned. estin% quilt ) each quilt ‘, and some 800s. Mrs.