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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDA'Y MAR= 23,. 1955
ay Tributes To. Dave .atrutheFsi
o Elect His Successor On Monday
The ratepayers of Kinlosa
• Township go to the polls'
' on Monday to elect a reeve to
hold, office until the 'end of the
'•present term; The vacancy in the
reeveship Was caused by the
sudden death .of David Carrt4h.,
Harold Percy will oppose ban
.MacKinnon in,.• the 'two-man
battle. Harold'. was. serving his,
fifth term as councillor, and Pan PRESENT GIFTS TO
was 'in his .fourteenth year of
municipal ',service,. Fl ELI) COM PLE
. There was a good attendance
t Monday's nOmina4ion, meeting
nd. Clerk J. R. ).ane presided
for the hour-long nomination
'period chiring which the:
follow,. and Mrs.. Cecil Johnston who are
ing nominationswere .received
meeting. Therefore, if they wish-.
ed to be nominated for reeve, it
was necessary for Councillors
MacKinnon and Percy. to
resign -
from their. council' seats before
nomination. - This leaves an nn -
avoidable vacancy in council and
requires' •a second, nomination
meeting.
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A .0:immunity gathering was
held, in Blake Church Hall on
Friday evening in honor of •Mr
shontly to leave the community,
Where they .hayebeenheld in
the highest .esteern. ": •
•.4 delicious Pot luck 'supper
got the, evening. underway • fol-
lowed bya short .prograin with
Rev.. Dickinson acting .as -chair-
man. Mr. • and Mrs. Johnston
were presented with 'three pieces
of luggage, that they prize, as
they plan .to take, a trip West.
The presentation' address was
read by Russell: Irvin and the
1-f.ft:sj'irr---a-ented'br-Grhorge-Saun,
ders, .Jerry Cranston,. and Charles
Hallam, •• •
Cecil was. deeply touchedby
the kindness Of the neighborhood•
where :he was born and reared.
Cecil's 'grandfather, ,•Henry
Johnston,. came to. Ashfield ,in
1860 to take up land Which had
continOed the'. Johnston fain -
for reeve;
Harold Percy by Art Breckles
and 'Raynitrd 'Ackert; ,
. Harold Percy. by Frarik Maui -
den and John Hodgins. ' •
,Dan T. MacKinnon "ty.•-•Allari
'MacIntyre •and 'Ted. Collyer.•
George Tiffin.by Hoy Huffman
,and Chester Feagan. •
Dan T. Maoltinnon by George
Colliv. ell and James Conley,
Tribute-40-LiteTReev
. On a ,motion • by 'Richard: E1;:.
hat.' and. P. Murray, , AT. R.
Lane was ,appointed chairman
for the afternoon., Mr. Lane ex-
pressed . his deep regret of • the
• sad circumstances which ,requir-
ed the calling of the meeting: He
, Said that Dave Carruthers show-
ed line ..7"municipal • 'ability; (and
tam -
possessed keen ambition to be until last fall..whe?1, • the
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come warden of. Bruce county,. ,the johnatena, came tb. AsNield.
:an honor •Kinloss ,Township .has the Blake family .Was.,then well
not held since 1912.. The veteran. established in that. community.
waS deeply touched when , eecii is a truedescendant-of the•
• he mentioned the courtesy and
• .tininimityof the late , reeve A
sincere and irnpreSsive Minute of,
silence was then observed... in
meniory of. David Carruthers..
Nominees Speak.
Harold Percy. ',was' the first
:speaker, to be called on. He 'said
it.. was a difficult.task for him
to speak at meeting called un-
cler such circuthatences. Harold
said that it had been his inten-
tien tocontinue. cm in the 'Coup-
. cil, for the remainder of • the
term. When apprOac.hed by a.
'delegation he was igreeable to
let Mr, MacKinnon, finish the
year; . but :after Much criticism
and pressure by. the , public • he
had decided to let his name stand
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earliest "'pioneers of 'that com-
munity' his'Anether was form-
erly Annie Blake.
The 'Presentation address was
as follows: •
Dear- Cecil and Orelle: •
We'Your friends and neighbors
have gathered here to haVean
evening with you before you
leave the , Community. We are
ea4ry tO•see you go and hope you
will enjoy yourself In your new
home. We Nip& it will not, be
too faraway' and that .You will
be able to be us soinetimeS.
.You, Cecil, have always .been
a Willing worker in church and.
community Work and. 'giving
many a „helping hand.•
You, -Orelle, Came. to our midst
a. stranger -but You socirr---•made-
Dan. T. MacKinnon expressed a place for yourself with
Yra-PathyLin-4he-passint-of-a -kind ly disposithjn. .
„fine reeve and citizen. Dan said . We 'ask ,yen to accept these
that it had been. his understand-. gift§. with •the best• wishes of
lag that he . Would cornplete,Ahe. your Many friends in the Blakea
„term- of office Of: the-late.reeV.C. community.
Thi s stemmed ,fro'm a 'special
'meeting held after the death of
Mr. CarrutherS. He •said- that
since Mr. Percy had later ;decid-
ed :to, stand, he would Contest
him' in an election.. He paid tri-
bute. tO the ability and _character
Of Mr.., PerCY.
George Tiffin commented that
,Harold' and Dan, both' capable
gentlemen; had been there .for
3°vel'al Years, and ;were familiar
with present` business, and" that
110 would not •stand in 'event Of
an election.
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. Other Speakers,
Qther • speakers heard from
Wed P. A. ,MtirraY and Farish
IVIeffat, the other two .tOuricillors,,
bothcoMmenting on the capabil-
4tY of the 'Candidates; Richard
/Illiott, Art freckles, Frank
Thompson, William MacIntyre,
y,ria r cl: Ackert and Frank
Mau-
tR4C. CANVASSERS
BLITZ' VI LLAGE
The annual funds drive of the
•Ltickfi•Ovr•and-DiStrict -Braila :of
the Cross is well underway;
with village canvassers conduct
ing a "blit 'campaign" to cem•;
plete their task without delay,
All 'eanvassers, have now, ie -
ported and . the fund stand's at
$766.65. There' 9re ; naturallY,
thee Who vvill have been missed
or ; who were away when the
canvasser- ealled. • These folk are
requested to make their donation
at the Bank of Montreal .or Me-
liarn's Drug' Store.
With \tillage retur/ne pretty
welt' in, it remains with the rukal
community to put the drive Over
he to.:.Rural residents are not
earwassed; butare as e as usua.
to make 'their donations Aloltin-
1
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.- Noinination for ,Couheil
Az.,:so)rid ...brii.inat.ion Th6eting taxily at their; comp -ninny rural
Will flow haveto be 'called to Store or • at •either of the two.
h1 the two vaeancies caused by
resignatien of -C'ouncillors Pla'ces. mentioned. ahove.
, the
Pei Local ,Red Cross 'officials are
"eY. and MacKinnon, A recent ankiOuS to windup the ,catrnPaikri
'ameadtrient to The AVI:Unicipal Act as quickly ag -Possible and urge'
say
e
ttaibeferpca:dilttecapthatdanaLnsbe,'
Inate.4tt'lie
finmtatecorvaa:tof:earlietisbienonent.rt
ct-Wmust s
resign fivin their planned
sent offiee before tomilation &tors, to ; publish the liat of
pre
isiguatz,L,41
COrtinleiiig next. week
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WINS CONSOLATION
SWEEFSTAKE F.RIZE
Don Thompson received a
wire ,from Dublin on. Wed-
nesday morning announahg.
that he had won a eoils01a-
• tion prize in the Grand- Nat-
iona,1 Irlah Sweepstakes, 'with
--"confirmatien
' .The prize Ilea' "a value of
100, potuida .ster,lling, and is'
one of. 70 awards ,of this
amount. •
PUT PLATE IN.
YOUTH'S .LEG
Melvin" Hodgins, ' 16 -year -91d
son of Mr, and Mrs. Oscar Hod-
gins returned. home froM
ham! Hospital' on :•Wednesday • of
last week,: where he had been
a • patient •for knit, weeks sine
suffering a, fractured right leg
On his way home from school:,
:The break. was in the •main
bone AbetWeen, the knee and tile
.ankle, and after.' a -.couple of
weeks, when it was discovered
it was net knitting ,properly, a
'permanent, plate was put in the
lad's leg. , • •
1VIelvin Will bebedfast at his
hoine .here. for 'a "feiv weeks ibe,
fore 'being 'permitted the use of
crutches or to put any weight on
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HOLSTEIN 'CALF WEIGHED'
136 'POUNDS AT BIRTH
A ;Holstein •cow on the .
farm. •of %Glen Walden, 'just
south of town, •gave. birth to
• h calf 'recently which weigh-..
ed 136 pounds. Injuries at
birth, weunderstand; caused
the -calf's death a 'few, days
later. • • •. . •
„8 B Stothers,, former Ag-
liculturai representative, .be-
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lieves this is .a'record.weight
for, a Holatein calf so far as -
his experience is concerned.
An average calf would Weigh
•...from 75 to'100 pounds., •
OFFER 'PRIZES FOR
PALL Fitti R I DEAS
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, Directors of the Lucknow Ag-
ricultural,Soeiety met last Thurs.
day afternoon with the newly
elected president, Wm. MacIn-
•tyre, Presiding for the firstlime.
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Reports were heard, from Al-
lan 'MacIntyre and Lloyd Irwin,
who were delegates to the Fairs
Association 'convention in Tor-
onto. •• • .•
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colleetors-,for-Lthia—yea-r,--
Tom' Todd and Oliver Mccharles,
are_slated . to start their rounds -
before long so that the prize list
May be published earlier than
-The' Society 'decided. 'to offer-
• _three •.cash_ .priZes.:_of___$5, $3 and Guest speaker. was
$2 to, the public •or .high school MacRae 'of Winghain United
,students subinitting the best • Chirrch. He 'hadhis ',5 -year-old
practical suggestions . as to ways son, David, along With hirn and
of improVing the local fair: En- the lad • would pr.obably have
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tries are to. be in the hands of cnialified •a§ the yetnigest .pres-
the'. secretary, Alex T, IVIacNay; ent.
not later than April 15th, •
GOING- TO TORONTO.:
DRAmA. CONTEST
TOOK OVER ROSS HARNESS
BUSINgSS 28 YEARS AGO -
It was twenty-eight years ago
—On lvfarah 2,1St, 1927—that Mur-
dochMorrison -came to Lucknow
to take overthe harness. sales
and repair business of Alex lioss,
The Morr.ison family moved, to.'
-town-. at—that -thne -from their
,Kinloss 'Township farm on Con -
'Cession abr. ,.• • • -•
Ir the "interVetzing years. Mur-
doch ..-o•his., seen many. 'changes
'along Main. Street.. If. Memory
serves him right •McKinfe Drug
Store is the only business that
has not experienced some change
in .perso.nnel, ownership or part-
nership,. in that time;
'The mechanized age has sound-
ed the death knell Of the once
booming •harness trade and it is
.uncertain just ;how Much longer
Murdoch may continue to riper -
:ate -this business.
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TRANSFERRED TO CLINTON
Ross Irwin spent the week=end
with his parents; Mr and Mrs.,
Spence Irwin. Ross had been sta-
tioned at St Johns, Quebec, Sin&
joining the Air Force two months
ago He has been transferred to
Clinton • where he, Will .take
nineweeks'. radar course. Ross
actorzli4aniecl-Ta-Contingent
.airforce Men ,and 'seven' fladies
-Who were all. transferrete,19' the.
Clinton. base. •
.DADS:
was*1-
;enjoyed by ' Dads and Lads in
•the. United Church' • on Friday:
evening at -a father and SO.n. ban-
quet' Staged by. the %ladies ..of
Group •I of the Women's Associa-
tion, ,who served a delicibus
key dinner.' There • were about
13,0 in atiendan • •
• Rev. G:. Meiklejohn was
ch•airman, and song 'leader; with
Kenneth MacMay at . the piano.
Mr. P.**W, Hoag‘ expressed: the
thanks of nieri and boys to • the
ladies for. the fine repast, and
Mrs., Harvey Houston • repliecl on
behalf of the Group. '• •
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The toast to the sons.;Was.pro-
Posed by S. B. Stothers'•and
sporided. to by 'Arnold Hartford.
Don Thompsen proposed the toast
to the fathers. with J. W. • joYnt
A pot of daffodils donated by
sen -ted to Mr. Ed Thom by Mrs.
SolOnlon,L...in:Lrecognition_iof hi
'being •the oldest .father present,.
Thoin who • Si. in his 82nd
year, was iiresont.Witly his •grand-
son, _t_horn.i •
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• .ZIGHT p4ogs
THEATRE CLOSED •
SATURDAY7NIGHT
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Th ie Playhouse Theatre in
Lucknow has closed its doors--:
permanently, it appears. The
closing .becarne effective on .Sat-
urday night with the final run-
ning -of- -",111Y- Darling Clemen-
tine". •
. This aetion. seemed inevitable
in view of declining, patronage
that was Worsening as TV 'install-
ations 'become more . numerau§..1
It is not a secret that The play -,'t
• house. has been struggling along,
Lor some time, and when every
effort failed to put it on a .pro•-•
fitable- baais,. there was only• one
-answer. It came Saturday night,
and lineknow will now be, with-
out a' •theatre, with no hope of
any • change in this .situation as
far as One can forsee. • ,
The -,theatre' bnilding ,is owned'
by Gordon Montgomery, ,and
couldiche reiriodelledlo adapt it
for. other purpeses. The building "
hafi,,servecl ,numerous purposes in
the pagt. Itt, was Nurdie's . hard -
are store when the writer ,first •
recollects- it. It served as "a
'theatre 'In the days of the silent. -
picture and was known •as '"The
Farnily; Theatre!: • Chester -Lee
turned, it into a. hotel after the
Village was 'left without..a hos-
telry follovving---the Cairr-House
• it '4.).vas• -Garfield Ostrander, and
his son Rexford who yemOrielled
it as The Playhouse. Theatre;. and
made two .-aparbnents :pPstairs,
After, Rexford's' unthnely death,
Bill PappaS•took•over the theatre •
Whieh ran With some success
for a time: • But `the handwriting
waS the„wall'1, And in 'him
Mrs. Jim Gardner, Gordon .,Mont-
gomery and Leo Beaticharnp:have.'
tried earnestly. tiS' 'make it go"
but witheut .suffieient.. patron-
age to warrant' the "Struggle."... •
It?S simplythe .end of era
for .the small •town Sound theatre.:
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HAD THI:Jalli•BADLY •
GOUGED BY ROUTER.-
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Chris- Shelton suffered a very
ainful injury to his thumb last
week while wor,king on a rout-
ing Machine. • In some. *ay his
thunib sWae drawn into the knife., `‘
causing severe laceration, ' and .
stripping-' a :Portion of 'the. flesh.
from' the digit He vvas 'treated
by Dr. -M, : °Orrin. •
HOWLING , STORM
WORST
W I NTER'S.
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Rev, MacRae ,gave a very fine
address. on -,"PALS", • which he re •
ferred to- • as the four cornpass
.pOinte'as a •way of hfe fqr father
and son. Using: the letters of: 'or
word he Pointed .,t6 P far part-•
:(01illNIGANNON 'NEWS). - nership. in w.ork and .play;,• A for
JimitY .Reed,• seri' of Mr:;•arid agreement,in an matter's uc •a
Mrs. Allan Reed; third year stu-
dent, cit Lucknow District High
School, has won special recogni-
tion in dramatic's. Each year he
has played .an important role in
school plays. °.
He was Shylock, in The Mer-
chant of Venice, presented -at the
High' Shook• concert two weeks
ago-and--lastSatorday7d-id-wel-
at Thames' Hall, Western tIni-
Versity; London, in competition
with Otherschools' represented..
1-1,e gave the Dagger,' speech in
the MacHeth playand, did. •ver:y
well to be chosen one of six who
will - compete' in • a !higher field
an Easter Monday at the Theatre
of ,Toronto Museum. Good luck,
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'ag•.•
church, finance and fun; L for
love that is demonetrated , by
li•indriess•and affection and -.S. for
safety ' both physically and 'pii-
ttuaily
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Mr. ,Ertie.st' Ac;kert, expressed
the thanks , of the ,g,athering to
Rev• 'MacRae, and Dick, Murclie
presented a gift to the speaker:.
Dttring-the evening tii•';'). Witait
Bros., 1:,toddie. and. Elden, played
guitar selection. and • a fathei-
and Sens . quartette sang quart-
ette numbers with- piano accord-
ian accompaniment by Elmer,
Umbath. The quartettes were
cornpesed Of 'Raynard Ackert, •Ei-
den. 'Henderson, George- Jaynt
and •Eliner Urn baeh ; Arnold Hart-
ford, koddie and .21don Wraith
and Elmer Urnbach.. •
In. the wake of ,spri af howl •
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ing storm -.-the Winter's worst---:, •: •
hurricaned out • of the south on
Tuesday to \week censiderable.
damage and. to coMpletely tie up
fliOtQr traffieShifting: Winds *
piled up freak drifts and. on Wed --,p
needa-f-rnorriing south erele.,.bilei;.•'.
'nese • men were shovelling out
eilitnw:alk:fr• lOnf°°thte' drifts,
side of
the Main ljrgg. Were ..aS bai-e as
Mother • Hubbard's cupboard.:
•Low BaraMeter
On Tuesday „morning the
Weather observeri 'J. M. Greer,
.W.a§ forecasting a .heaVy aS
the barometer was down, to. the •
.,loWeet :point in: • thirteen year's.
It steed at 28,.92 at .eleven o'clock
Tuesday. 'Morning, ,,The lewest •
March reading. on local record
28.38, on. March 9th4 1942,
By noon -hour the gale
styong .anc]..fts .VelocittiY continuea
and increased. 'in late afterneon
snow started to . fall and by sii%;-•
()clock V1S1bIllty MIS' nil, ancl
roads drifting. • .„ •
Mr. cand Mrs. *George Whitby
:had a trip to Winghain that ev- •
difing, an'a• jus •6
e s or
by about ten .minutes, clue to the
delay in 'getting through, Geonge
:abandoned the ear and returned
home by train that night .•
' The 'gale .brought down :
,Ittutter'S aerial ',,• and. other
owners kept a wary . eye on.
A•he,im. ' • • , _ , •• •
The: stdrm,. which. had' shfftect
'the west, ;WaS
Wednesday. morning.
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