The Lucknow Sentinel, 1955-02-02, Page 1..• 0.50 A year In AdvaneeL41.00 Extra To U.S.A.
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO: WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2nd, 1955 •
:EIGHT ,PAGES.
-ear:S.:- At:C.46410es. Bench,
Lorne Reid
• F.effectiVe on Tuesday of this WINDOW SLEEPER • WILL
"weei,:: Lorne Reid took over the BE CENTRE-tir.:INTEREST
• shoe. tePair business". at S. C..•
'Bothwell '.4 Son Shoe 'Store,. and.The'.Amating •Damant sched-f
behind the transaction lies: IWO u'led • to open a three -night hyP-
• hurnan .interest '.stories. '• ,'• • , notic performance in, the Town:
RathWell it terminates
• althostsixty-eight Years ' at . the at shows on ,Thursoas, .and
Fri-
cobbleifs bench. In Loe!s• case day. In many Centres it has been
it is -a story :of • how 1:1Z7 Courag4 necessary to hold the show ,over.
.'eoUsly iovercame • handicap,. to but this will .not be possible
become efficient at his trade and here, as the. Barn Dance is •book-.
eventUally acquire 110 Own' 1?usi- ed for Saturday night. ,
.• The Sentinel Will be on the
• - Started At Clinton preSs before: Mr. Damant,,Will. put
• gi..-Rathwell,' who is',St)ending 4 -Volunteer to sleep for the 'after -
the winter in '•Toronto With : his noon :in a show 'window;:but it
• daughter Irene ,(Mrs.': Orin M:of- 'goes Without ..saying that this will
fat), will be .84 on February '12.th, be interest Creating. ,••
'.1.1e: was born on:a farm neat. Bay • Darnant.Ls .4onSored. by
• field and as a Youth learned the. the Canadian .Legion. and •Presi-
sho'ernaking' trade in •Clinton.: dent Ken Cameron saysthere
•ter . serving, his apprenticeship / haV'e been -several 'volunteered
• was ernplciYed.., briefly .at Ailsa ki• that
•Craig and • Zurich before estab- 'a -performer is assured :.for ach
lishing his co.Ptiv business at Varna .afternoon. • -
".:Over 60 years ago. It was. there
.he, '•rnarried'. Letitia • Keyes On LOST FINGERS'
June•19tli, :1895, :and whose death. . • • • • .
Occurred ,two years ago last pril. 1 N CORN *PICKER
Mr, • RathWell, ,esta614heit his . • ,, • - .• .•
'own ,business at a..,tinne when the -3.irha. his 'gloved hand: becatne,
. first ready-made gh4rs caught : ina corn :picker, Gordon
ing made by ,a firmat George- Valad of 7:11.R. 1: Dungannon, lost
town. But, well schooled • in the the four •finers 011 his left. hand..
art of shoe making, Mr.. ,Rathwell
willy-the-thiirob•rreMains:• .•:'. "
.'continued to 'Combine,: his .bench Gordon was working a1&n at
:Work Anctivia4:.1-8iine0s1.1F?F0. the back -Of, hisHAshfield ,ToWn-
• three' decades Of :frequent change 'hip farrn when
the mishap oc-
in footwear designs. • • •Curred:: One by one he had to:,
cane. to Xitickn°W in1.91,k •teaf. tire :mangled, 'fingers 'free of
to. take . charge of '' John Joynt'
the machine to ..release
•'shoe . repair departrnent tn the •ahd, ihen. made ,.his way, unaided
building noV..r..• occupied by .The from' the back of the farm .tci.t,h
Sentinel. He later ,entered. a part- holise. •
fier.ship., with, John Ackert,' :and Gordon was rushed to
;-:-...then.--with AUah Turner. In 1927
ien Hospital. He suffered gr,eatly
•• he went :to Waterford but return- frorri shock and :his condition was
: ed; here :three • years -later. Whell' 'poor' for,. a tirrie. At the , first Of,
• he, and Mr, W. P. Reed took over the Week he Was•niuch. improved•
• the Tiliner. • shoe: store. '%In• 1940- •.and it Was expected .he 0Ould.
partnership - was .'disSOlved soon be home. • ,
• and in association with his son
(-Continued. on 1Page. 2t
gOrdon is assessor'for Ashfipld.
Township, -
ropose Erection
bedAt Fal
The .arintial •meeting Of . then;
Liicknow • Agricultiiral e ',SoCiety:
Was held, on Thursday aftertioOrt
despiteia_iniaLt_aitendance :due to •
'•wintry ,wether.•
Retiring president Fred .1%-eQUil-`
lin presided.and., thanked.; the.
.rneinbers of the, Board -for their
co-olierdtiOri• during his two-year
term. • .• • . •- ' • '
Secyetary Alex.T. MacNay• gave
:the 'financial 'statement which
:hp -4;0-a deficit of about $309 on
the •year's •operations .chiefly due
,. to the blow from the 'weathenian•
on Fair Day.. The • deficit: •Was_
taken care of out of the gbeiety'..s
. reserve fund and prize.. rnOney
,1,yas paid in ' •
• ' Vinx. MacIntyre .President .
-Wm. MacIntyre Was elected;
president: to ;succeed' Mr. 11i1c,r
Quill , 11,, is the first tirtie in
severar years that a Kinloss
Township ...resident ha, held #the
presidency: .
Other officers are lst ico
President ., Gordon Kirkland; 2nd
vice president, Allan Niacin-
, tyrei-secietary-treasuror, Alex T.
MacNtiy, • • !
. . Honorary Presidents: $. E..ROh-
'ertsen, John MeQuillin,- F. .G.
• 'Todd,. Jacob Hunter W; A, Mil:
, george Kennedy, Andrew
Gut ; Fred McQuillin.
• win, 'Evan ti.eith'::Ashfield, Jacob
Gte,n. Campbell:. , West
:Wawanoih,. Thomas TOdcl, . Geo.
iterioecly; Huron, AUStin Martin,
IVIeGuire,. LucknoW, S.•
' .Rathwell, •'
' Associate. directors ---
lea Harry LaVisi AleX
,.lytttekenzie; 'Huronr Dick 'Martin(
Raney IlroOks, Norval 8tewart:
West Wavvanash,. Wallace Millers
• ' (Continued on. Page $),
aide
roun
•BRO'I'llF.R • DIES IN wEsir
: mr.sj..mi.q-reer received :Word
recently of. the: cath of her bro-.
$the.i, Mi4 D A Beaton, at :Van-
,
couver., HelwasTthe'
mem-
bei of the family of. the, late Mr:
arid Mr Neil Beaton.' and •i Was.
born in this community, but left
hereahnOst a -half century ago.
His.:.;:v.if.e, was formerly. Margaret
Graham, a, sister of My. Angus
Graham of town.
JOHN CARTER PASSES
The death of John T. Carter
oceurred on ' Thursday in Grey
Township at the ' home' of Mr:
and. Mrs. ,Dick Carter With whom
hp had resided for the past s*.ev-;
eral weeks,
Mr. Carter's home. Was 'near
South ICinlost Church, and he
, had been a 'familiar figure in this
community for many y years. He
was 72
.The- -funeral-Service was held'
at :Johnstone's •Funeral Home On.
Saturday afternoon with „.inter -
meat. in South' Kinloss' Cemetery,
. •
:FOUR FEET OF ,SNOW"
'RECORD,ED IN- JANUARY
, .
•
INSURANCE. CO.
'ANNUAL :MEET.I NG
The, annual meeting.„of 'the
West ,Wawanosb Mutual. Fire In-
suranceComPany will. be held at
,Dungannon on Friday:.
.. The 76th annual reportof the
Compan.y.'illews that. lasses:Were
down Obut::$1'..-1,990 Over 1953, .in"
which year the ComPany had the
greatest -losses ' in its .eXPerieriae.
In '1054 the WO,IT 292 16Ets
Clairils totalling $54,895.09, :Many
of these 'claims were -fori.gono.unts
Of less than $10.00-.1 .
• Not. insurance • •in • force at the
end of the year' W as A29.617,108,
an increase „over 1953(.:when the
•rstitrahc..-ve7ainounted-,--t-o-4 •
004,575. •
Presidont of the • Company , for
the •past tWo terms has boon' It
Anderson, R.R. 6,, Gog.tich
Ernest • Ackert . of Holyrood, 'a
d i r ec tor of the.Conoany 'for 'sev-
eral V'eafs,.. has tendered his
resignation and will. not 'Stand
for re-election. Thf, other rearing
directors are georee re,a0an n d
George StuArt Both are elrgible
for re-election.
.
• An official resume of January
weather. conditiOns •records, total
snowfall for the month as alniost
four feet -46 inches to, be exact.
Rainfall was .37 inches. " • -
•
•High for the month was 38
degrees with • a. lo* of 4 below
zero. There...ma:La' comparatively
even :temperature, bid the .month
was dull and cloudy with only
onefull clear , day in' thirty-orie.
Not since .January llth did the
temperature rise above freezing
day or night. •
Write Conservatory Exams
, EXarninations , in Grade .2
Theory (3,0yal. Conservatory of
Music). were written on Saturday
afternoon by Miss Laurine Mc-
Nain and ' Kenneth 1ViacNay.: A
local Centre was established in
Lucknow. Rev. G. A. Meiklejohn
;being the presiding officer.
BIGCHURCH GETS
NEW FURNACE
A .new ..;4•il•lburning furriape. is
being installed. at South Kiploss-
•Presbyterian Church; rePlacMg
the old wood furnace Which: was
installed forty-five • years. :ago
when the :church was . built in
"Till'ere, W.. as no service at South
•
kinloss SUM:lay, but it is.,ex-
.peCted t4.,.'furnace. will be
•eperatiOn SO :service' can be: held.
this •Sunday. •. • , ,
:The prdject: is being. financed'.
, a canvass Of the congregation,.
and at the:. end of the'. week the
objective of $1,800 • Was close ' to
being met. The •seativassers are
Ted Collyer, : chairman Of the
Board, 'HarrY;Lavis„. Lloyd Mac.;
Dougall an Fraser 'MacKinnon.
The • Board is . most appreciative
of the :hearty response to; this
•
•
Nears Century Mark
The congregation ..of. the. "Big
Church", as it has long ., been
known, is looking forward to
Celebrating the one hundredth
anniversary in 1956,. and the in-
stallation,of theLnew_ifurriace is
just .one. of; several phases of ,an
extensive renovation .and.redec,7
orating program. ; • •
The auditoritirn ..was redecorat-:
ed" and, re -carpeted .rederitlY, and
*during the winter, it • is 'planned,
to redecorate the .• church base-.
Menti.„ A .generous bequeit from
the Estate_ of the late John A.
lVfacDonalcl, who was a lifelong
•inember of South kintoss, church:,
.has been set: aside for this pur•-•
poSe; •
•
puring 'the- year, it -i.si.:-planned
to poiht the briek:work and paint
-the outside of. the 'church.
This Program of chureh ini-
proverrient supplerfientS itnprove-
inents recently . i.fracie to the
Ce:ntilry-old burial grounds
ad-
jaent to the church. Membef's
and adherents of the: congrega-
tion arid, all Who had any part
rireserVing and m.aintaining
this 'lovely' church and its sur-
rounclintis .are to be 'highly corn -
mended for their efforts, interest
and sUpport.•
Lorne. Johnston returned hoine
on TitesdaY. from Wirighain Hos-
pital 'wherehehad been a' pat-,
ient for alififist two 'maths,
• Have you renewed' your Sen.-
subseription'e" • ' '
:clamt.-..Farmersmon. Is Answer.:
To National Yoke. .F.0.1.!..:::FOrMers:
"Adoption of the policies of
the Ontario Farmers'
the anSwer to obtaining'..a nat.
4Orial voice •for the Canadian, far-
iner",•„ was: the opinion of, Mr;
-Allaert,corinack as voiced at a
,public- the Holyropd.
Hall ,on MOnday.,.afternbon.
Mr. Cormack, who is president
of the .Ontario, Farmers' Union,
was the speaker at the largely,
attended °II -feeling, He is. a native
of the 'Arthur district. The,speak-
er expressed his appreciation that
the farmers of the community
were interested enough '. in -the
meeting to take off a cla?s, work
to attend. '
.• •
Mr. Cormack stated that pres-
ently there are 140 loeal union's
set up in Ontario, and that their
ninobers are - Steadily growing.
He.. said . that • the ' local union
:meetings act as a way to bring
farmers 'together monthly to
solve their prOblems.'in-his•Thie
for organization the speaker men-
tioned that last year Canada
althotigh the farmers represented
20 percent' of -"the population,
their earnings • represented, only
.9 percent' 'Of . the. .total earnings
for the .year.,r.•
Cormack Stated, "the riat-
ional policy Of tlie Federation of
lAgriculture4Sno-is-:.said
that :a national voice for ..the
farmer was :: badly needed,. and
that i„the F. of A. did not provide.
one. 'The Federation in the'. wes-
tern" .provinCes.! is made Up `::of
Wheat Pools, C'o-ops, etc., all of
which are corninereial-,..Organita-
tiOns.. These can :nOt.be linked
with the individual fariner. in
Ontario `effectively", 'the speaker
coininented. cOrmack, clairris
that Ontario. is the.only 'province
in Which the Federation. of Agri.:
culture has z a • voice..qf any im-
portance. . . ' , •
• In his outline of the operation
of the Farmers' Union, .1‘,/r. Cor -
Mack eXplained an execu-
tive' would - be elected 'by', the
individual, and they would hold
monthly meetings. Their 'major
. .
(COntinued on Page 8)
FORM FORESTEIRS
LADIES' COURT—.2
BRILLIANT.STIJIIENT% '
411,i* MacINITRE
.The-The-InfirmarY7Prizo
in • Surgery-- for '1954 has been
awarded to Alex.. G. .'MacIntyre,
son of Mr. and Mrs. •Archie 'Mac-, ,
IntYre; Radcliffe Infirmary is the
Clinical '.hospital of Oxford, Eng-' .
land; medical school.. '
FIELD THREESOME BIRTHDAY,.
PARTY FRIDAY :EVENIeNci ,
d•ardnei, 'was. horrie- fr.Conl
4altari for the.. Week -end and lon•‘•
Friday eVening'.a. birthdaY. party.
Was held. .that Celebrated three. .
natal occasion. ,
It ,Was Sid's birthday, arid also.
the birthday .ot. their two-year- .
old daughter Elaine. The follow,-
ing ''clay was: th e. birthday' of .Mrs. •
Gardner's :fathe-r,' • :Frank' .
Johnston... . • .
Present at the ;gathering at the'.
Gardner :home that ,evening were
Mr.I.,and Mrs. Bill •Huntet .and
. •
IVIariene Of Zion, Mr. and;
.Prank Johnston, Lois and
Car-
man of • Helyrood and .• Miss
Thehna. Bushell. of ••Iiintossi.
It is nearing the , year since
Sid Suffered serious , injuries
which ' eventuallY reqUired the-
. .
amputation of his; leg: He is now
'receiv,ing 'treatment at AVIal,ton;
.Orior.to.being fitted with an • art.::
' and 'expeets to he '
there until about Easter'
•
i•
7•A Ladies' 'Court' .61 the Canad- -SET UP -FARMERS'
ian Order of 'Foresters for the, . _ ,
radieS Lucknow and-TeesWater .UNION-AT:KINTAIL'.
.distriet„Was organized,- Luck,",.
now on 4artuary, 31st, at the home,.
he meeting were Mr john Borth-
' k 'HighteUrt Provincial Man
of: Mrs. ,Roy Black. Present at
ager, ' from :Brantford. and. Mr.
,Bob • Brown. of Teeswater„. Dist: -
Het .Manager. There 1..vere tWeive
ladies present. • •
The following 'officers will be
installed: at. a meting
ary: president', ,,MrS. Joe'"WasneY;
vice .pres.; 'Mrs., John England,
ri6cording .secretary „ Mrs. Gerdon
Brooks; financial secretary, Mrs.
Roy Black, • treasurer, AVIrs. Geo,
Taylor; • chap., Mrs. Bob Brovvri;
ard en , Mrs. Bob Reid conduct
Mrs. Stew;irt Jamieson; Inner
Guard, Mrs,. Ken Jardine; .Outer,
An 'organization -of the Ontario
rarmers:,;!Union has been ,set.'up
in the Kintail °district with
starting membership of 47.
Mr.. Walter IVIiller, of Tara, .1st
Vice Pres. •of the Unton, was the ,
speaker at the oitanizatidn_ine_et-
ing held recently Kintail. On..
•Tuesday of last week a `second
meting was held,with• pre.sident
Albert :'Cormaelt. of Arth41:'
speaker. Bad weather • On the sec-
oid night' limited the, number M
attendance, but conS:lerablp
'thusiasni,thas been shoWri..
.0f-iicers• of the new unit, knoWn
Local 117. are: pres;ident. Bert '
Alton: sec.-treas.., Win. CallinSon.
Another merjing will be 'held.
•
guard, Mrs. Cliff ,Congranr... shortly.
•
Vex':
Siirtete: )(for
warded
•, Alex q.,1\40Itityre s6noMr
f'
and .Mrs. Arehie Macintyre of
KinloSs,' Who 'studying at .0x: -
or niverSays for the fourth
year. was•recently awarded The
Radcliftelnfirmary PI•iie in Sur-
gery'i/,for. 1954,
Last year received, a
prize:.'in Pathology,. The
surgery prize is open' the
'clinical students ,at The Radcliffe,
which is the .clinical •hoiTital .far
Oxford Me.j.ical SchoOl. The stu-
dents Spend thrir three final :
vooto in this :hospital to obtain
their M.a.,Degree for 'tvhic Alex
,expects to qualify in DeCerfiliei of
:this year.'
•-To win the awar
A.••! -x. yIjte
^an (,sklf on cliDfertrit findings
colintetiori with a ctise which he
had seen and. attended. '
AleX 'enjoyed a Chriscnins va-
cation in .Heidleberg
vthn Cte'rn:lan friei41 svlib
a fernier ' student at 'ON, ffid.
"While th(re he Was zthie te)
teng ' the Universit-
Clipi:c for. ten days,