The Lucknow Sentinel, 1955-01-19, Page 1.•
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2.50 A. Year In Advance -$1,00 Extra To
LUCKNOW. ONTARIO WF,DNESD.A.Y,. JAN: 19th, 1955
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Parental Home:-.Fotf-The::WeelirEnd
,TMtSs; June Harris, 20 -year -Old.
laughter:of Mr. and Mrs, Albert
fangs of Kinloss Township, was
ristaOtly•1011e1 in a highway ae-
filet& at- Clandeboye late Sauk;
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lay e.veningi.: She • was eriroute'
iinne to ,spend the Week7erid; at
ler-parental home- onCon. 10,
near the Culross Bound -
Miss Harrishad been in. Lon -
Ion for over two` 'years.. where
he was employed at MCCorinicks
4irnited:, She was the eldest of
Lfarnily of eight children. June
ittende‘LPublic school at. West -
lard and was a general favorite.
n•• that. community'. WhiCh.. has
beat deeply saddened by .the
tragedy, 0... • • ,, • . • .
June was getting home for the
Neek-end with. three youths from
he Port Athert 'district,. mine, of
whom was seriously injured.'
The ...accident occurred in a
)inding snowttorin:..at Clapde-
x4re where Highway NO. 4. b6rrds
harply to the 'north. .Police stir-
nised that .the driver' 'failed. to
;ee the. turn due to the driving
;now and eras).* :head•' -on'. into
I tree. ,
Admitted to St. Joseph's ..Hos-;
jital Were Frederick ,Liiclts,R;Ral.,,
TIM. .1i 'Port,. Albert, %-sliff Erin
from,,shock„; forehead lacerations;
5ack and leg injuries; and Ed-
ward Calhoun, 18, of R.R. 2, Port
klberti- who receiVed,'',possible
head .injuries. ,
The driver of the car, I9-5.rear-
1ct Ken Dickson,:. a brother of
Frederick,, was treatedfor facial
lacerations and later -released
forth hospital. - •
*The funeral.. service for June
was held at: the Church Funeral'
Eiorne at. Teeswater on. Tuesday
afternoon 'cOnditcied ' by, Rev.
John Prest, rector .Of the'Bervie-
kinlough-,Kingarf Parish. * Triter,'
pent was intteeiwaeiCemetery.
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• Besides . the grieving parents,
she is jitirviVed by four brothers,:
Bert; Relbert, Bernard, :Raymond.
and three sisters, Susan,, Marion
and Jean Anne, :all, at heMe..-.
CLANSMEN PLAN FOR
FEBRUARY CARNIVAL
'. The. 'Clansmen...Chit, Monthly
meeting was held at Johnston's
Restaurant On Monday eyening.
Successful Deceinber.
were reviewedincluding the
Club's participation in the Santa
Claus parade, the home decorat-
ing competition and peanuts sales.
!The 'Club set Friday, FebniatY
lith, as the date for -a masquer-
ade ice carnival in the arena' and
'APPoiated . conunittees to :organ-
ize the. event. It was such a car-
nival that marked the first - civic
activity of the Club following its.
re4organization over a year ago.
H.Corrin-4,It'vas;-, elected:
a member of the Club.
It is proposed, to have a guest
speaker at the February meet,:
NONAGENARIAN HAS'
SENTINEL. READ TO HER'
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• Mrs. William Moffat, 3,
Teeswater,'.still enjoyS The Sen-
tinel despite the fact she ,is in
her; 91st year and her eyesight
is failing. She has the. paper read
-t� her. .. •
" Mrs. Moll'at makes her .home
with her son,..Peter Moffat, who
reads the• we.eklynews his
aging' mother, and to be sure.
She wouldn't miss an issue,' Mrs.
Moffat insisted that Peter renew.
the subscription well in 'adVance
of.the expirY", date,
lG1AKEOVER'.
*OW ..0141t.ATIO
Effective the 'first Of February,
Leo 'Beauchamp will .take over
the oPeration :of The Playhouse
Theatre- to assure its 'continued
oPeration • for the time 'being at
least. Led has, been .serving as
Projectionist •., for. Gordon .MOli.t-
lbtner3$-I• - •
The Playhouse has been gett-
'Ing,a koOd run -of Warner Bros.
Pictures and with the new screen
and IMP roved, • sound eciu i p men
thestre goerS are 'getting .good
:.entertaininent.
The Will Rogers Stet? at the
'6/1,4. Of the. week Was very pop
attracted profita0e
crowds, • '
It .Wi11 ,be .good nevi to thany
that the shoW. is to continue to
itIJSrSte, but of Course, only so
.43hg As Pat nag warrants it
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HAD WRON6NAME
..In .last' weeks isSue We omitted
the narne of . S. E. Robertson as
•a Member oftheCaledonian Park
Committee. The five members ap-
pointed by .Couricil. are K. Carn..
eron C. Greer F. McQuillin R
McIntosh ' E. Robertson with
A. W. Hamilton and George JOynt
representing Council ,.bn. the 7.-
rnembe'r Board. . • .
DISCHARGED' AFTER TVVO
MONTHS IN HOSPITAL
In mid-November Mr, and Mrs.
John Seott of London andform-,
erly of this community, were
seriously injured in an auto ac,-
cident. John was able'. to leave
:the hospital last Week, but Urs..
Scott -is still hospitalized.: She
is linproving but still has tem-
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porary .lapses.
Before' Christmas i\fIrs. Scott
expectorated • a large .7 -shaped
piece • of .dental plate which had
been lodged in. her:ithroat for
over five weeks and since that
time her improvement :has, been
more :rarii'd.
JET' PILOT RETURNS:TO,.
t.ERMANY , FROM: .APHiCA •
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...F.°. Barger-, gets
areund.-. Jimis sa .jet • pilot :With:.
a Canadian Squadron Which has
been based in .Germany for sorne,
time. ' He went •overseas a:year
ago last August.. :••
Ilis`parents, Mr. and-Mrs.'Hpw-
ar4hiBarger ;of: Ashfield,• received'
W‘rdrecently from 'Jim 'inform-
ing themthat he ,had. been •sta-
tioned in Africa for a time and.
had.just returned to Germany:
*LITTLE TOT 'OPT OF „
CAST' AFTER TWO. YEARS•';
• Little Judy Agnew, daughter of
Mt. and, Mrs. Joe 'Agnew. of
Detroit is, free of • the Cast' she
Ii 'worn for almost two Yeats.
She was brought te, London to
have it 'remoVed. and With her
'parents tspent :the week -end here'
,with. Mr.: and Mrs. E. H. Agile*.
Jiair- • is now walking . fairly
well, a task She had to learn
all over ;• again, after the removal
of the second last, Cast. She.'un-
derwent surgery -in L4.riden 'about
two years ago •t� :correet a:1)4R
`ailment. and:,since Olen has/been
in, a series of .correttive .casts.
She, will., be four .ears.. am. in
June.
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.11ARRY .14ENAR:It NOW .
uci*E mom :HOSPITAL
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GRIEVE DEATH OFfe.e.
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.ROBT.. SAUNDERS-
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The province inotirnS the death
of Robere.ii. Saunders; brilliant:
and .dynamic 'chief, of Ontario's
•'gigazitie and 'expanding' hydro
system. He died in Victoria; 'Hos-.
pital,..Lortdon, • 'early . Sunday -
Morning, thirty hours after he
was 'critically injured .in a crash.
landing 'of.' a ConapaiiY plane, a
mile from .London Airport, ,W13.1:Chi
ironically, it Was, claithed was
partially -blacked out from •
hydro.fallure-due t a 'blown fuse.
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Icing conditions that caused the.
plane to '.'lose altitude forced . an
unsched'uled lanclIng. at London,.
enroUte frorri•lAtindsor,where Mr,
Saunders
had a. Speak,ing
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. The people of • the Westford
district, east of Kitilough,feel
a 'Personal Foss Slfl Mr. SaUnder's
.death*:and*the,ificielent by .,,w.hic,h
they. remember him indicates the
humbleness/ of 'the' man, who
fetind, time to be concerned: abotit.
and • interested in; • •the little
people; While 'burdened ,liyith..cluti
ies'• of Proviritial and internatiOrr-
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al iinportanee. • . ,
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The • .hydreleSs: Westford School:
was brought to Mr. Saunder'sat-
,tentionby teacher and pupils, a
couple of- years; 'Or „so 'ago,: and
prOniptaction resulted by .which
the.hildreri.soon'ihad the benefit
of a: hydro -lighted schoolroom.
Then-carna Christmas Ai:the-and
the Hydro '‘.Chairman bucked win-
ter roads to- attend the Westford
.sehoOl_Xtris.tina.s .concert, . when
'•'J'Barry Menary, sOn: he•.,presentedITI electric eloCk' for
•:Of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Meriary ;of „use' :iri = the sch.Ool • as Well' as
Aslifieldy.' is .making splendid bringing a ...gift „for each Of ihe
recoverY Tfrom the effects of polio students.
,and . is now home • permanently. 1Such act S a0peit• to have been
'Barry was taken to liesPital:fin. typical... of -the late ',Rebert H.
London On , ,Nevernber 9th,: When :Saunders, nd many mourn • him
• he -rdeveloped . a, weakness, in his net only for what hedid, but
neck, and his 'speech was -'affect- fors what ,he was.,
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ed *by a paralySis of the *palate, •'•-•
• •• Barry's speech is nowiptactically. factory :and he :returne, ' home.
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normal " and he is re
strength' in the neciciiiuscles.'.• .
• ••The lad came home for Christ-
mas and last Friday returned to
London, for .a check-up. His pro-
gress • is regarded as. Verysatia-.1o,,complete: his .recovery.. ' • , •
LOCA,. '4Apy HEAD
.oF'PRESBYTgRIAL
Presbyterial of
,The Maitland Pre
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the:: Wornen's Missionary Society
held its annual rneeting,;Tuesday;
..rAnuary llth, in Knox ••• Presby-
terian • Church, Wirigharif. The
president, .Mrs. G. BaUlch,, pre-
sided at all. sessions, :which, were
well attended. •• ,•:„, •
Tho devotions were* taken by
Mrs: .1111.• liendersonNand Mrs. J;
Campbell. The secretaries ,preach
de a ,tinent re-er-led on theyears
work: Miss.- Matthews 0 was
Council representative' for, the
Meeting., • She assisted helpfully
in the. general. discussions. The
*president ASked Miss Matthews to
take the chair and conduct the
election and installation Of -of-
ficerSidr t year 1955, Mi -s. G.
Reid paid a fitting tribute to the
late* Mrs. .R. Mowbray;'. followed
-157-' a ' Period Of silent prayer:, ,
awing to Mrs. q. •Baulch leaV-
ing the Presbytery, MTS. M. -Hen-
-dersdn;;LuCknow,:'was'eleeted as
president .of the .Presbyterial. .
The meeting:closed With Pray-,
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MINISTERIAL ASS.00IATION.
PLANS, RELIGIOUS MEETING'
On Ffiday, january,14th,' the
'ASSociation of • Luck -
now met at the home of 'Rev.
W, McClean., A tr•qport' of . the
Week of. Prayer 'Services Was' re-
eeived, The offerings for the four
serviceS *amounted to $31,50 of
which $18.50 for .the Canadian
Connell". of Churches, • $0.20 ek-
Petlses-forlthe film and_$38OiO1
the -IVfinisterial. Associatioit
M a follovvup • Ot.the Week of
Prayer serv:ices a,community re-
ligious Mee ng Was .planned;The
question to be considered, "Does
the Cliistian iChurch need a re-
vival? It was , felt that,.a more
infornial •meeting would be pre-
ferable. ,' • • :
Other items discussed 'were, a•
religious survey -of the coinmik*
itY, the Good .Friday 'Service, and
religious educdtion classes in the
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s • . „pring,'
a
main exceptfor periodic hospital
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check.,•Aips., •
Barry' ,has to exercise the neck'
muscles, 'arid get plenty . of rest
p liCations Fo
icial Positions
• At 'a - special: Meeting •erf the
Lucknow Village Council. held .on
-Sttirdar---nigh.t774h0::43pard-- de!
cided to call fOr appff,catiOns for
the positions of clerk And ,treas-
urer, assessor arid tow foreman
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Advertisementsare appearing
this week in. The Sentinel, Go&
erich Signal Star,' 'Kincardine.
News .and Wingliarn 7Aclynoe-
"rityles, .• Calling TOT. "applications.
.The/salary is Set for clerk-treas-,
urer • and. assessor, and in , each
6se is lower that . the current
Salaries. ,Thesalary is not stated
for the town foreman and appli-
cants are requested to state salary
:required:
To Purchase Salider
Three . tenders.:' were *received
for a wheel type sander to attach
b'ehinga truck .Or pick-up.
Ron-
ald tender was., accept-
ed, at, a •.pric&, of $60.00. .
RepercuS.sions frorri4last year
were heard -when. Omar Brooks
met Council regarding a $1.90'
parking . ticket fine fie had re-
ceived last year, imder thenew
parking by-law regulations. He
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REP CROSS SUPPLIES
READY FOR WORKERS
The women's 'workroom cOm-
*mittee of the ,Lucknow •Brarieh" of
the Red :gross • have :-supplies
ready,. •for • ' -volunteer• ' werkers.
'These include. quilts,. sewing and
n knitting, and the, assistance' of
'all ;those WhO can help With:this
work wilIV appreCiated,
Husband Passes • ..,_
•Mrs. Fred Crump of Witighain•
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Spent a •few days in :Toronto ie.,.
cently with iter_..sister;_11VIrs„. Wm.
Mutrie,„, Whose husband Passed
away on • Friday, January 7th.
The funeralwason Monday With
interment in Mt. pleasant 'Cern-
etery, Toronto. Mrs.. IVI.utrie"-was
forzne,rly Lillian, Towle, daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs; Albert
Towle of Paramount.
WALKERTON REEVE. IS
BRUCE pouNTY. wAluppsi. •
Win C. Winters Was elected
warden .Of Bruce County on Mon -
maintained that if the four-hour 'day by a '20..45 vote over Reeve
regulations are, to be enforcQsJ A. Bolander of Port Elgin. Mr,
they should apply to 'everyone, inters,. has _been ' 27 'years , on
not,_his money -should be Walkerfozr-Council;-and-reeve;-fer
refunded, •
years.. He -had twice •before
The "showdown" will .have the been unsuccessful in Wardenship
result of. the new; Council close, contests..
ly investigating the by-law, . Reeve David Carruthers; who
Another inatter- pertained to was edged' out a year ago, was.
allowances paid witnesses attend: nominated on Monday night, but
frig* court in Walkerton in con-. as this, is urban year he-witK-
'nection with, ,charges' that arose cil,ew . and ihtirnated, • he Might
from .the /Store -closing by. -law.. dontest the wardenship in 1950.
Mileage of $5.20 each Was 'order- , , • "
ed, paid: to WM..11rown, :and 4,! S. THAT Nancy, Corrin tineant
CtOings at ,Saturday
on 'Monday*, —
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tonsitectoinv Witigh601-108,-
1 SEE BY THI
SENTINEL
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THAT the '• CKNX Ban Dance
Gang wilt pay their, annual
" visit to Lucknow son •February
tinder auspices of the Ag-
ricultural Society. . •
THAT Corporal Walter MacIten- •
; zip and a friend, Clair Bows -
sum, arrived from Detroit to
visit, With the former's - aunt
and Uncle; Mr. and MrS;
ban1VIacConnell. Corporal Mae-
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Kenzie reeently, arrived in the.
States. after tWent-one,months'.
service with the US: Army in
Japan;
-THAT orize winners at the Aux-
iliary's Friday night hoot
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party were Mrs. Marshall and '
, Leo Huber.
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.THAT Albert Gammie narrowly '
, escaped having his car Seri-, •
' Ously damaged at the
.depot.a-4-few+days7:ago,Albert._;
had driven . Onto the station.
platform, as • as his tustoth; •
loading andunloading the •mail.
,This tirne he was a. hit too •
close -to the *"iron 'horse" and
as it pulled out the train step'
scraped the fenders.' ' '
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THAT in renewing her Sentinel
subscription, *.•Mrs. ' Helene
Sherriff says there are so many
new names in it now; yet so ,
many they are always interest -
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THAT. the 1.,,ucknOw Branch, of
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the Red Cross Society will hold ,
the annual meeting in the Town
Hall Friday afternoon, at which
everyone interested wel-
come. . , The Lucknow Branch
was very•active during -the War;
and ' has continued to operate,
• very effipiently,and.e,ffectively
• since then in carrying on
peace -time projects: •
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THAT George Webster, `son s'of,'
' and Mx's. Harvey Webster,
left on Monday for Halifax "tia.,_
resume naval,: training,- after
monthoSsittirlough spent at his
home here. '
:THAT Mrs. A, E. McKim'is in
• , Toronto, this week attending'
,• Dominion' conferences •• of :the
Mrs. 71\ilcKirri :is •
niehiber of the DorniniOn
ecutive Committee and a mein- 4
-ber of the ' Dominion 'earnp
COnit.nitte6.
THAT',Frarik' Barkwell. is• a pat- •
• . ient at, ' Beek .Metriorial San •
London having • entered the,,
hos-pital' last Thursday
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THAT we got the Western-
Pro-
vinces miXed •tin in a - recent.
• issue, and .(Mrs:. S.) Annie .
Nicholson of Moose Jaw,"SaSk.,
:upon renewing. her.. Sentinel,.
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put
;us right, She says: "Not-
iCecl in last Sentinel that Alex
MacIntyre :told of the wonder-
ful
weather we've been haVIng
and it 'still cohtinues, He lives
i; at Easterid, Saskatchewan; not.
Alberta. LAI -rink' our 'Province '
should-haVe--ereditLfor-th-e-tiice-:-,-
. 'things said about it", -
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THAW January the :iriOnth ,, of
bargacris, anCT it :will nay 'bar-
gain -wise shoppers to pay close •
atterftiori t� the advertisements'
in this issue. ••
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THAT because of a hockey match
„•and danct on Burns Night the,
,regular ',Legion meeting' has.; •
,been postponed a week who a
• joint inStallation will be held.
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