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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MAY 1955
TWELVE PAGES
CAPACITY CROWDS
AT DANCE.RECITAL
LucknoW District High School
auditoritirr was.'filled to capacity
on. both; Friday and Saturday
• eveniegs of last week when the
'- students • of -the Luicknow Danc
'Axle School presented :their first
annual dance..: recital. ,
The;,dancing' school- has as its'
tacher : Miss Ain .. ,Johnston'; of
e „ . Y .
Owen; Sound, one Mune champion
dancer •• in the Highland • class.'
Miss Johnston, organized the •
class last . Fall after local people
ha.dapproached her about such
a school, Classeswere held. week,'
ly
ly 'throughout the 'winter, and .the
accomplishment was very evident
at: 'the two night performance.
Mrs. H. R. Arne. has worked .with
Miss Johnston as her accompan
st. .
' Donald Blue of . Ripley' opened
the recital on Friday, 'and W. L.
MacKenzie* • on Saturday: Mastery
of ceremohiee was ' Ray Specht;'
': husband of Miss • Johnston." who'
Still_ . uses her maiden name in
her . dancing associations,
Special guest.' artists perform-
ing ' at, the recital: were Bill . and
Pat Turner who displayed a re
• nrarkaable tap:. dancing:, skill „ as•.
taught' to them by Miss Johnston
at 'the: Walkerton School;, Sheila:
MacKinnon, • Jane Gardner, . Alan
Jackson and'Gail ,Ri hards,: (high-
land and tap dancer froom. 'Owen
Sound; Darlene • MacMullen,' •' 7-
•rear -old: girl, •who. displayed, 'a •
• remarkable . ability in tricks ,and;.
acrobatics Billy • Gilmore,;. .18-•
year-old' Canadian' Juniorpiping
champion;' and 'on Saturday night
a 'quartette' of :pipers •from the
48th Highlanders who, thrilled
the crc wd. with their' piping and
dancing, ,Miss 'Johnston also
-danc'ed 'for the `atidierice ' .on the
`.'second night of. the recital: '
Miss •Johnston :'was. .presented.
• •. with a gift by .Mary Ai.iin on
Saturday `from she . and. Mrs.. Al=
lin in ;appreciation:..of their 'as=
soicatibn. Elizabeth Finlayson Was.
• °resented with ' a: ' free year's
c'ancing as an_: awardefo eselling
,the:'most ticket's for' "the 'perform-
ances: She :sold 115 tickets..'
:Parents and friends' were gen-
erally quite satisfied and pleased,
with their ;Children's progress ih
the various tap, ballet and;'high;
• land dances fore the first year
Members of, the' dancing school
,taking ,part were:
Ballet and Tap
Lois • :Conley, Lyrida 'Button;
Janet Finlayson,' Lynda Blake,
K•-aren- `Daw:son; Elizabet1r Ann:.
•Finlayson, Lyn Couse, Paatricia..
Tho npson, 1Vtary e-Allirr; Nairrcy
'Webster, Judy Webster, • Teudy.
'
.Webster,:
Florentine Weiler.,
• Patricia Welsh, Finlay • MacLen
._._na'rr -Evan.__ : A,gn,-
d eyv, Georgia Jean:
'. SSmmth,--13etsy Henderson; Bever
• . ly MacDonald,' Donna . Corrin,
Judy • Stewart,. Fay .Hogan, Joyce
Walker, Brenda Humphrey, ,Jo-
'anne MacKerizie,.' Isabel; MacMil-
lan, Suzanne Cleiand;...I2aaid:.But-_
ton, GGlen Ferguson, .,Bryan Green-
•awaYe Sharon . •Movebray, Donna
Button,• Jane •Joynt, Wendy'"Mac-
Kenzie, '>n `Baker,;Mary
Murdie, Karen Wasney;' Barbara
Cameron, Helen Johnston, Sherry
•Jardine, M._Finlayson,- R' -
o-. .
Mary ROY
Button..•
Highland '
lteverIey McKenzie;. Barbara
. MacKenzie, Sandra 'Brooks, Mar-
garet .'MacLennan, Mary AIlin;
Barbara 'Finlayson, Finlay. Mac-
Lennan, Dianne 'Jamieson, Mar-
ion Mole,'Jane Finlayson, Caro -
11•n' Forster,' Diana McCauley;
'Joan MacDonald, Florence Mac-
Lennan,*
ac-Lennan,* Joan' 'MacKenzie,'
BIBLE READING AWARDS
n Wednesday; May 18th, at
the Religious Education period in
the Ltrcknow'Public , School,, the
instructor, Rev. > L. Jennings,
presented prizes •fox Bible read-
ing .from the MiriisterialvAssocia�
tion to Joanne DeJon .of Grade
&oven and Lynn Couse of Grade
CLAIMS HIS CAR DID NOT
STRIKE. PEDESTRIANS
Mr.. Siam Sherwood's Version Of
the accident • that befell; Mr. Wm.
Armstrong a coulile,of weeks ago,
Was that, he, did not run into Mr..
Armstrong. ' Mr. Sherwood be-
•Heves, that .,•Mr.• -Armstrong fell
against • the side . of the fender, as
he stopped to .. give he.• -and Mrs.;.
Armstrong .a ride • and in' 'falling
was knocked but , by'. ,,Striking his.
head 'en the gravel, road Mr. end,
Mrs. ' Armstrong: were Walking•
en the . right hand side of , the
road with • their backs to the
Sherwood •car :_which was pro-
ceeding '
roneeding' in the same direction,
'fillet, ;briefly, :appears to be
t•wo versions of 'what, happened;
VISIT` ASHFIELD HOMESTEAD
Rosa MeLeane of Regina, Sask.,
and his sister, Christine McLean
'Morrison of Big Creek; Califor-
nia, recently visited friends and
relatives ,in: this part of the coun-
try': The old McLean homestead
where the ;Family formerly .lived,
was at the . footof the. Boundary
below 'Aniiberley: •
• . A brother,, Angus McLean, -
lives at „Lochalsh.
.)PARK IMPROVEMENT WILL.
DELAY HOME GAMES
Although` Lucknow Interinedi,
atesare scheduled to get into
action ,next ` Week, it will be some
time before the diamond in Cal-
edonian . ,Park --is available, . as a
'continuing :program ;of putting:
fill in the ,.park is' being- carried
out.
A good: deal -of. black rnuck. was
`obtained` 'last Fall from dredging
the ditch • adjacent to t'he''park
and clay is now being obtained
'from, cutting thehill.•on' Gordon
Montgoniery's prop.erty west of
Silverwoods.. •
The main •drain'• across the park
is., being dug up- and relaid, and
the fill will. be .graded to. level
off the low. spots and raise the
height= of the 'ball diamond: and
ive' it ' a . i actual' sloe to shed..
gg- ,p
the... Water..
KINTAI.L W.I. C.00•K.
BOOK FOR SALE •.:
"Crumbs of Comfort", a 100-:
page
cook book _compiled by the
Kintail Women's Institute is off
the .:press . and : is: available from
;all• members. • • -
It's an attractive 'plastic -bound
-book- wibh a -geld -and -blue -cover;:
which has ' the added protection
hof transparent acetate,.` which can
be -wiped clean; with -ease:
The book is' crammed full Of
a collection of tried nand tested
recipes,•that .are the choice of.
some- of •-Ass field-- Township -s -
noted "culinary experts'.',
'The selectid i includes- bever-
ages, setups, meats and supper
dishes, .bread, • • rolls, muffins,
scones pancakes,: salads, sand-
..�... psi ..: ...
'wich spreads, - salad circ ngs,
pickles and relishes; 'jams and: jel-
lies, cakes, . icings ; and fillings,
cookies . anrd-•small cakes, - pies,
pastry and . tarts, , puddings and
'desserts; candy ' and niisce7lane.=
BIJY R•EST-A-WHILE
AT BRUCE, BEACH
(KINLOUGH NEWS) • .
Mr, ,and Mrs.. William Lloyd
and M4-1. and Mrs.: Karl 'Boyle
have purchased. the Rest A -:While.
.Lodge at Bruce .Beaoh from Miss
Elizabeth° -Henderson of Lizeknnw
and have already taken posses-.
Sion, The interior is-underg'oing'
extensive rengVating• and will.'be.
'ready for guests in. June.,. This
is ",a , splendid summer 'lodge and
'everythinggis being; done. to .cater
to the comfort and enjoyment of
guests. The "new proprietors plan -
on. eventualaccomodation for
seine thirty persons.
The Lloyd family resided here
for 'some" 'years where Bill was.
employed 'with : Silverwood Dair-
ies and is still associated with
Silverwgods in 'London. , .' -
The Boyle";:farnily moved from
Concession ,10, ., Kinloss, to : Lon
•don ':four years•.; ago where Carl
is employed bythe Board of Ed
ucation in that city. We welcome
these • families ' back again °'to"
Lake Huron, .shores and;'wish
them `every success in their' ne
venture.
MASONS HOLD ' ANNUAL'.
•CHURCH PARADE 'SUNDAY
Merribers of. Old Light. Lodge,
.A.F. end. A.M., acid' visiting•'breth
ren, :••,.nuanbering about ' eighty,
held theirannual church .parade`
on Sunday morning' to the Pres,
t yterian Church. The 'assembly
was under, the 'direction' of W: A.
Porteous, master .of ceremonies.
and Worshipful Master, Harvey°
V+ ebster:
, Rev. Wallace 1Vieclean r deliver-
ed :.a . f o cueful sermon, takiizg'`�as
his. : text "Reit-love Not .:T1ie
Ancient Landmark Thy Fathers
Have .Set".
Rev,:' McClean stressed that we:
must hold fast to,siich landmarks
as 'faith in 'the' only true and
living God;: acceptance of the
word ' of God as our . guidance.
for every day 'livrrig,'.'attendance
at the Church .of Jesus Christ,
and not as a 'once-a-year-merch,;
or occasionally, and.the ' redemp-
•.tion of mankind. through .Jesus
Christ,
We cannot';; 'cast; aside such
landmarks, Mr McClean `said,if
life:', is to 'be deep ,and strong and
sweet .and useful.. • . •
FAMI LY o HONORS;
.00TSAR I'Al
The home of .Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Moffat was • .opened ore Saturday
,eyening, May±21•si,,yfor_a. pleasant
family gathering to . honor Mr,
Wilson Wall, who or•` Sunday,
May 22nd, . observed his 80th
birthday.' •
The•' , event ', alsomarked the..
-21111 wedding anniver=sary of M .
and. Mrs, John Wraith' and' the
latter'sbirthday. 'Little Edna
Wall had•• . her • 6th birthday, May
Y,
18th::. • ..
The cook .book was undertaken
last year during 'the presidency
of- Mrs. Ray Dalton. It was com
piled by members. and arranged.
to a large ,extent,- we understand,'
by Mrs. •Ja.2k Collinson. •
' The book was printed at The.
Sentinel Office, and incidentally'
•we wish to compliment. the lad
ieS• on
e�their initiative and energy.
in' 'promoting .this project, and.
particularly in the-orderly-fash-
ion
he--orderly- fas i -ion in whicah. the • "copy was
submitted for publication. •
The cook book'
is on display
at- The- Sentinel.. Office..- and. we
invite the ladies ;of the comrriun-
itY to. drop:' :in and see it, .As well
as for 'private. household , use,
:they'll ' make lovely gifts to mark
a birthday or anniversary—and
it wouldn't be a had idea to do
some early Christmas shopping
The celebrantswere entertain-
ed by the music of the bagpipes,
accordiari, guitars, violins and
piano.. Singing . and poetry was
also :enjoyed,'
A buffet luncheon' with coffee
tieing poured, b ' Mrsi John.
Wraith and Mrs. • Len , Conley
brought th'e: et{ening to a close:.
Those present were...;;Mr. and
Mrs..Wilson Wall, Holyrood; Mr,
and Mrs. John Wraith,. Roddy and
•..Eldon . Lieeknow; Mr:.an y rs
Ira ' Wall, Doris, Billy, Edna' and
Mary Lou, Whitechurch; Mr. and
Mors.:: Gordon Wall, David, Mar-
ion, -Janie? 'and ,Douglas, Holy-
rood,' Mr, and Mrs, Len Conley
and. Carolyn,' Cargill;. Mr. and
Mrs..'Bert Moffat, Jim and Don-
na, 'Lan.gside; and .Mr.' and Mr$
PauPliansstone and Joe, Wing -
harm • Mis5s 'Leslie .*Mae Wall of
Toronto was unable to. be pros,-
,TOT OPENS CAR: DOOR
AND FALLS TO ' ROADWAY
Mrs. Robert Reid (Eunice) ,of,
the Second Concession was more
frightened than her daughter
was hurt in an.:unusual' °incident
last Thursday, about six' o'clock.
Mrs, Reid was. on her wayto
town, to bring : herr husband: hone.
from work. She .pet'. Janice, their
2X12 year -.old_ daughtei in ' the
'back seat and locked' the dpor,
But: Janice, having watched. her
mother .do ,it, was : curious how
the catch Worked, and by the
time her mother was down. the
.highway a few rods, Janice .had
found out. Open went", the door
and the youngster toppled to the
highway right on • the : railroad
crossing. n •
The frightened mother :got the.
car to a stop, gathered up' the
child and rushed her 'to Wing -
ham. Hospital, -where shoe was
kept.: overnight.. without signs of
ill effects frond the tumble, apart
from being scraped and bruised.
ASHFIELD. BOYS DO WELL
IN JUDGING• . COMPETITION
• In the Huron County livestock
judging :competition held at Sea
forth, Arnold' Alton of . Ashfield
placed second in the senior class,
just..6 points ,behind.:the .winner,.
Bill. Taylor of : Belgrave. Frank
Alton placed fifth..' Both are sons
,of `Mr. and 'Mrs. Walter .Alton. •'
In the intermediate class, sec=
and place Was won by Ken Alton,
son of . Mr. and. Mrs. •Bert Alton.
CAMP DATES.•ARE: SET
IN BRUCE AND HURON :
•
•
That summer c'ainp time isn't
far away,is'.' indicated ' by pub-
' licity ' matter that is .being cur=
rently. issued. :.
The Boys' Camp. for ages 12 to
15- 'inelusive, for.•Bruce, Grey and
Guelph ; Presbyteries: of. the °Jn-
ited Church has been set for July
31st oto •August 7th at-1VIiramichi
Near Port •=Elgin y
Rev ;G.; A. Meiklej ohn!of ,. Luck•
now ' is registrar for this .camp.
• In Htiron ' Presbytery . Cainp
Minnehaha for girls, 9 to '15 swill
be held it the Goderich Summer
School Grounds from August 14
to .215t, . and,.+Camp .Hiawatha for
boys of „the sameage, from.'Aug-
ust-,26th . to September 4th. . -
•
ANNIVERSARY
MARKED -SUNDAY -
.
A RKED'--S U-N•DAY
A buffet luncheon was held at
the' home of Mr.' and Mrs. Jack
McDonagh Sunday, in honor' of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred • Anderson's
48th wedding anniversary. The
dying 'room was decorated with•
pink • and white' streamers, pink
tulips and 'White 'iris. •
Members of the -family were all
_presentsr
for" the occa 'oil •..Mr:.and.
MrsAnderson have two sons.;
Dave and •Charles and onet deal=
ght„er;,. Norir:a,. Mrs, 'McDonagh:
There. areeleven grandchildren
Wand one great grandchild.
To -":mark • the occasion the fam-
ily presented their parents with
a reclining chair.•.
Mrs, . Anderson was formerly
.Ruth' Girvin, daughtei' of the late
Mr,' and. Mrs. Hugh Girvin of,
the Nile • district: • Mr and ' Mrs.
Anderson spent all their .Married
life in the 'Zion district until .re-
tiring, to Lucknow a •few, years
ago.
Mr.' Anderson .enjoys good.
health and daily 'does, the driv-
ing on .W.`.1. Douglas' rural mail
route. Mrs. Anderson' had to.
undergo surgery several months
ego for the amputation of a leg
above the. knee; She. With toed
the ordeal,. well . aiid is looking
forward to when ,she may . ob-
tain.. ate artificial lien. i that. 'will
permit' her to get about again,
Many friends in the conerhun-.
ity extend congratulations and
best 'wishes,
DEDICATION •HELD
►•T PORT,ALBEaRT
A capacity congregation attend
ed Christ Church,Port Albert,
•dn Sunday morning on•: the Oce
casion' ;of the 86th• " anniversary
and dedication With. the minister,
the Rev,;,H. •L.. Jennings in. Charge. •
• .The• .Revs. Canon :.B H. Farr ,of
John's; " Sarnia, _..dedicated •
tree windowWhine .f ine `.were un
veiled Lynda b'y Foster. I•yF The ...
centre window with Christ and
the children,: bore the ins'cription•;
"In lovingmemory of Victoria'•
Claire .Pentland,' .19.16-53, . belov-
ed wife of Ralph Foster • and
mother of . Lynda, Barbara and
Phillip". •
The. :left :;window with a -Font
Medallion, 'in'honor • of the mem•
-
bers of:- the Ladies Guild; 1901-55,
was ' given by the, present Guild..
' . The tight: :window with a Dove
Medallion , is' in 'loving memory
of William E. Foster„ 1878-1940,
and Herbert. J. Foster-,, •1881-1921.
Canon - H,• B. Farr dedicated,
and -Donald Tigert of St. 'Cath .
erines unveiled the window in
memory • of his, great 'grandpar-
ents,
grandparents, Joseph Tigert, 1844-1935 and
Elizabeth •. Jane. 'Maize, ..11347-1934.
The window, • depicting 'Christ as
the Good Shepherd,. was ;erected
by their children,' John, Mary,
Anne and. James.. •
•William Tigert •' and Anthony
Vroornan .' unveiled the Union'
Jack from • the War:. ,Memorial
Organ .and the Rev. •• H. °L. ' Jen-
nings
en nngs gave the prayer of dedica-
tion
•The •:Rev: Canon B. .H. Farr •
preached from • • : the , text • lst.
Chronicles 2214• "He'.spke•of the .:
things . which had- added to the.
beauty of the ••Houseeof • God. He
spoke of the debt, to the past and
-the-obligation-to :t e t - .1—
g ki u ure�gen
erations.
Mrs, Margaret 'Pritchard,, •guest
soloist, sang `How ' Lovely Are:
Thy •,Dwelings" : Atter. . ,bounti
�ful: lunch served, by the Ladies :
Guild, :Miss. Barbara; Foster pre-
sented a bouquet, of white snap7.
dragons- .and pink roses to -Mrs. •-� --
B., H, . Farr. •
OCTOGENARIAN LADY'
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Mrs. •: John Jamieson of, town . •:
underwent an appendectomy arid ,:
adhesions' operation in 'Winghani
Hospital ..last week, ',Nand despite'
the fact 'she is' eighty-four years
of age;..: Mrs: rainieson withstood'
the ordeal . well and her- on
tion ' is satisfactory.,
�•er'.�:daugkit�r, Mrs. C. E. Wil'_ .
son of Saskatoon, flew east to be
With her at this time..
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' ENGAGEMENT
1VIr and Mrs bonold McFar
lane- of • Kinlough wish .to, .an-
nounce the engagement of their
daughter,. Winiii.fred' Matilda, to
Mr. Howard Elton Orr, son : off;..
'Mr. Elton Orr and the Tate Mrs.
Orr
of •� : e_ 4, Kirca>diri .- -The
-wedding 'Will __...
.. .
take place:June :11
at• Kinlou,gh Presbyterian. Church
'at 2:30p:m
SUGGEST WAY -S OF SERVICE'
AND._WORSHIPFOR CHURCH ,
In , last week's "Church. Chan-.
nels" .column.. appeared the re,-
sults
re-sults of . a '"yes" and "no" poll,
by students of the •.LucknoW Dis-
trict High „School on religious.
Matters. It was a voluntary and.
private response to the question-
naire • •
•In this week's •Colturin there • is
a follow -Up of the sam.elpoll, Ip
is case itis a ,summary of sug-
gesti•ons• offered to the question' of'
how •• the church could improve
its .worship ' and service to the
community: The: replies' .. ar'tin-
der
. r ...._._..
e un-
der three heads, "The Church
Services", ."Church Attendance"'
and "Mid -Week Activities",
Summer reshrte A place where
a person sees• a lot . of -stuffed
shorts,
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