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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26th,. 1955
95.5
Helen's I�If,.1, Mark. Jubilee,
�w 4wn
The Community Hall
• 'A well arranged' anddelight-
fel social gathering washeld last
Thursday' afternoon.. •to .appropri-
: ately.,: eelebr-ate• the fiftieth :anni.
-versary of • the founding of the
St -''Helens Branch of ."the Wo
mien's . °Institute. • Of ..more than
"passing • significance is ,,the fact
•that the Institute's newly: acquir-
ed -ball; with its interior. attract=
ive]y decorated for the ' oc-
casion, was filled-. to capacity by
about -250 ladies- who included
members • ..f,r o m . neighborhood
branches, members and former
Members ' of, the hostess branch,'
and, visitors.: .
During' . their. • half century of.
service „for "Home• and ;;Country.','
the St. Helens 'braricih 'has aceoa•ri•
plished. many' .worthwhile: pro-
jects, with. their latest -achieve-
rnent being the' acquiring' of 'the
'deed. .for .the community hall
which kill -naw' be known` as the
St. ; Helen's' : Women's ;' Tnstitute
1id11. The hall, . . project' . • was
launched .in . January, 1953,.and
since. t+:lien the Institute 'has con.-
centxated on raising funds' ',for •
this p urpose. ' sP
The 'brandh was • organized in
1905,' 'and' re -organized in 1907:
Early minute books were ,lost
and': accurate records" are only
available since 1930• .A, paper,
prepared -'and read; •by ,Mrs,.. E.
W.' Rice "on "Thursday,;. sketched
the history of.the organization
during•'. the. half century,-
The :hall was . attractively dee.;
orated .. With 4flowers, ; and . ,with'
the Institute colors of . blue;. and
gold ;effectively •• used' ,in many
°ways'. The tea table• was centred
with a -t re
i :i
h ee t ered:.bixthda 'cake
Y.
made by Mrs • John. Miller., and.
artistically . iced • and decorated.
by' Mrs; Alex ' Purves. ,
Mrs.. Chester . Taylor presided:
at the.piano while the gathering
assembled:. Mrs. Andrew Gaunt, .
e.
LECTURES ON. •
. ,. COMPARATIVE
RELIGION AT-HIGH-'•S•CHOOL
•Rev. - L., L. • J. nnin
e gs, rector, of
•St Pet 'r's: Church, •Luekn.ow, is
•conducting a,conrse, in cocci a ki
tive religion .; at 'the Lucknow
District High School.. It ' is en-
titled "Man's Search fort God".
Rev. Jennings lectures, on the
subject• three times a month.
ENGAGEMENTS ,
• Rev. and 'Mrs: M. G. Newton
of. Melbourne; . and formerly of
St: Helens, announce the engage-.
ii n�t of their' youngest daughter,
Zona Edith Ellen, to Mr. Thomas
Gordon`.. Horwood, son of 'Mrs..
Horwood,.'=of St:'. •John's,., New-
foundland, ;and the late Wilson:
Horwood. : The marriage to -take=
place October 28tih in Melbourne
United 'Church at''3.00 p.m.. The
bride -elect is a graduate of 'the.
Hospital ,'for ` Sick • Children, Tor -
Onto, and a graduate in public.
•h'ealth` from.: the university of
Western Ontario.
FLYING -UP CEREMONY::
HELD FOR BROWNIES,;
BADGES' PRESENTER•:
• The local'Brownie pack • eld
.•h
flying up ceremonies ", ,in the Re:
'creational ,Centre, on . ' .Monday
•
HURON -PERTH SHORTHORN
CLUB SALE HERE FRIDAY •
The 4th annual.Huron-Perth
Shorthorn . Club's idle of , Scotch
Shorthorn ',cattle will be: held ..in,
the , Lucknow Arena :on .Friday
afternoon of_ this, w ek, _Ootober•
28th; 'commencing, at 1,00 p,m.
Over • thirty lots, are• being Of -
feted from among the'best Short-
thorn herds: in Huron.••and Perth
;Counties
,
Consignors include: Roy, Neth
ercott, St. Marys:; ,. F. .Miller,
{lenannon; W. A. Culbert and
Sons,- Dungannon;W. Turnbull Sz
Son,' Brussels;. James W. 'Smith
Brussels; Roy.' Pepper, S'eaforth
Maurice Bean, Auburn; 'Andre
Gaunt &'. Son, Lucknow; Edgai
Wightman, • Belgrave; Kenneth
McFarlane, Brussels; Wm.' R.
Pepper, • Seaforth,
Andrew Gaunt is sales .mana-
ger,
mana-ger, from whom catalogues . are
.available. Auctioneers. will lee
Wm. S. O'Neil, Robert Amos and
Lincoln White.
Andre*
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RCA: BATTERY HAD
SE. ' •
COND REU°.NEON
Veterans 'of'the World War: II
99th Buttery; Royal Canadian
Artillery • and their wves;'gath-
ered 'at ,the Armouries Wingharn,
•a
on Saturday for, their 2nd •an -
night, when three; of its members
advanced to • Girl Gni:de' work, •
Parents ;and: ' those' . interested
Were • welcome •at Monday's: cer-
einonies... •
The.
P
ev_ni
n
com •
nc
ed with
.g
Girl Guides; farmingr their horse •
shoe, formation). and • Brownies
their' Brownie ring. Jane John-
stone, lieutenant .in '2 the Guide.
m an
Co . p y, welcomed the ladie
the president:: received' the present.. .
guests Mrs. ''W. A. , Mi11er had The Flying Up- cremony was
charge of. the re ester and Miss held i'n .'which Janet Finlayson;
g Judy ;Webster and Mar " Allin
W. D. , Rutherford presented the ' Y
lapel names.' advanced from the , Brownie,
Present on the ' platform were Pack . inta Guide work.'
�' Mrs.. Andrew Gaunt: who presid- Mrs. Robert 'MacKenzie; presi-
dent of•• the Local ;Association
ed very :efficiently. and extended :dent d
s
nual reunion.`
A total 'of sixty, veterans reg-
istered. from widely` scattered
points.'in Ontario .including `Tor=
onto,'" Lindsay,. ' Kitchener;' .Lon-
don,
Lon
don,' Elmira Picton, Sault Ste.
Marie, Hanover:and 'many from
the ininie iiate district.
:Following registration .which
started •at 2 00.. p.m., the'afternoon
was spent.in reminiscing' until
the .s
upper hour'gat' 6.00 pan. -A
short business 'meeting follgwed
when' the. 1955 slate of , officers
was returned•to. 'office for - 1956,
consisting
consisting of Pres. H. D. Thomp=.
son, Lucknow Sec., G. C. Greer,:
Lucknow; Treas.," ,W. F. Howson,
Blyth. • .
Immediately following. • t ,h e
+business -meeting :the. •. veterans
paraded to the Cenotaph under. •
RS M. . Alex. 'Corrigan and , led
y the"'Brussels Pipe :Band The
service at the Cenotaph was. co. n
acted •by Rev.'Grant •Meik e'
f Lucknow and a' 'wreath to
ommemorate fallen .comrades
was .laid by 'R. 'S.• Hetherington, •
who `commanded the Battery '
throughbut its. entire -.World War -
11 service. Last Post and: Reveille
was sounded'. by James: Reed •of
Dungannon, after which the par-
ade ., returned to:/the Armouries
and thee balance 'Of . the evening
Was : spent ,.in dancing to •the
music: o!.-liend.erso-ri's
,a . welcome o • �. a a.: es s. ` rets--to-G�aptarlr� o
Fred . McQullin, . the secretary; Mrs. Robert'. Finlay, Lieutenant c
Mrs..: Norman -Keating . of Wing, . Jane Johnston,;' and • Tawny; Owl
g g B•kverley Ashton. Tawny' .Owl
ham; Federated .• Board. member
as guest 'speaker and Mrs. Tait Ashton then_ enrolled• three new
ala-r-k'Carlow, Brownies: Sharbn Whitby,' - Peg .
of ., the district
'pr'esid'ent, who brought greetings by Button and Cheryl. Jardine..
and congratulations from the Ann:. .Crawford; Pack leader;
district. ' , then , presented: the following.
The Institute Ode 'Opened :the Brownie badges: Golden: 'Bar
•meeting.' Mrs. J.. W.• Joynt sang Elizabeth Pollock, Marilyn 'Hen-.
• solo .:with • accompaniment. by_derson•, Barbar - Rath-weil; Mary_
DIM Grant • .MacDiarmid: • Elean- Murdie, B e v e r:le 'y' Rathwell,
or• Reed favored, with ,,a• violin -Louise ' Jones, Mary Andrew;-
. gab with: accompaniment; by Dawn 'Stewart,: Eileen Baker,
'.Mrs. Durbin Phillips Betty. Mathers, Oheryl Whitby-;
Former Officers, 'Honored Golden : Hand-Janet'Finlayson
Past,' presidents 'arid 'past see ..Judy .Webster, •. Diane ..Jamieson,
re•taries had Lin- a' Button; . Writer's Badge-
d special places' of . Judy Webster
Janet Finlayson, u y_
honour at • this gathering and Elizabeth Henderson, Mary Al
(Continued on* Page 9) lin Linda 'Button, Diane Janiie-
san,: 'Karen Burden; Musician•_
' • FEED-EXPERT--S----ADDRES-S----~a-r • 's .. r_._ I : ,y
lin'. .
Mrs, R. Finlay,• 'Captain, pre-
sented • the following badges to
in attendance 'at Freda night's Girl Guides; Hostess. -� Bessie
mcetin in t e' i Y n .
g _ Town•- Hall on the Reavre, : 'Jean Richards, ' Joan
subject of "beef and dairy cattle Crawford:,- •Joanne Hunter, Nancy
feeding and Management, The. Webster, Sara • Jane Bannister;
meeting was • romoted by the 'Fii�at :Class 13ac Ruth Trelea-.
Ltucknb nr �` rrpp ' i- yen- Second Cl4i�-'s' 13adge, esara..
istr� - ve , , •
Inc + ct nicer operti J•at'e :Banrtistcxr.. Sara Jane also
. ,S�` Religion band `"Life., Ems-
acetal` speakers included Bobl3b• recce ed g
Winch,. representative of _the' ergency ' Heiner, . G,lobetrotte:i•,
"Guelph feeds division of the.Un—t-rostaI: and 'fovmaker. •
iced; Co-oOntario' and Beverley Ashton then rave an peratives of and ... .'. ,
Gordon Mather, 'field represent- i•nt.resting and. info matit'e talk
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MEETING HERE' 'FRIDAY-
There
FRID'AY
There` Were. about" 125 farmer
o . s
. 4tW'e -fro : -L..: on her-summe r -trIP _to,Myenture
m Toronto. ,Borne very ,. _ • .
rhtatile and ex wit adnt was Gat at I.�+ltc* OI a ,' Flrrtish
:given the a i - Ce yolumbia, '.BeverieV • was one of
udience. G
100 Girl Guides front• across:Can-
ada . to .�ittend this .Dominion
Guide Car p.4. ' • -
Lunt'h was served by memo rs;
the Lo 1 A'."o �iation to -con-
of ,,. .
L'ludrY. iU pl"e siu t C;venirl
prize., draw resulted in'the
following.. winners: l st,. Cyril
Boyle, owt, of dairy co._.centrate;
2nd }lob . Y. .� . T
Campbell; • cwt...•'of min-
eral; 3rd, John R. McLeod, -25
lbs. mineral
`.ARRIVES 'BACK AFTER '
TWO YEARS IN• GERMANY
Cpl.' August. L.emoine arrived
here last Friday afternoon' after
two years' army service in. Ger-
many with the Royal 22nd�2Regi-.
Merit: -Cpl:---Lem oine : will- report
at ,• •Valcartier, 'Quebec, • after ; a
inorith's 'furlough.' • ,
- The Lemoine family had re-
sided at :Camp' :Borden: prior to
his `departure for overseas, after
which she and their three child-
ren, Barry, Glen and Gail, mov-
ed to 'Lucknow to make their
home. Gail "was just a' month old
when :her Daddy left for' der -
many.
WI N'D FLATTENED
ASHFI ELD' ',BARN
•ARN
The
- east • 'section; of ;an 1 -4' -
shaped barn owned. by . Martin
and • Pat Courtney of. •'Con.
Ashfield, was. fattende:d. by gates.
of ' .exceptional �elocity that
swept this- district'. 'on Sun'daiy
evening: , ;
appears to ihave.. been a local-
ized blow. ,that. accompanied an
electrical storm which swept up
the:lake about.8.00 "o'clock Sun
"day .evening. The .storm brought
to a •`sudden end '!a .week -end of
pleasant fall weather`arid left ,in
its wake a trail,. of. 'damage to
roofs,': barn..;dgors 'and` TV' aerials.
The., aerials •of . Wm. Fitzpatrick
and- Norman . O'Connor were
among the :Casualties...'
The blow . appeared•, to have
followed a course. inland from•
the lake iii the :Kingsbridge'' dis-
trict, 'in : ,a. north-easterly direct-
ion across Ashfield T`ownslhip • in
.the Paramount vicinity;, and into.
Kinloss:
One . wind r:insurance . adjuster
reports ;�a total of 25 claims,, most
ly.• of a ' corr•paratively minor
nature. .with•..the ••ekcepti�•oon of the
barn, on . which' there • as wind
insu:rarrce in ,the airiourit of :$5000;
Thi Courtney Brothers had - a
sale earlier this :year .and had
gone West -accompanied by' Har-
old Farrish. They ate in. the.-Cal-
gary
he Cal-
gary district and have been
notified : of the misfortune
.The ;barn had 'a. new steel :roof.
The 36x6.0 .::foot section Which
was flattened', was empty; while
Norma •' ' O'C. n', • a • .. � e_-otki-er
section filled with fray.
Parts of the .derifo1isbed barn
and roofing were, scattered • far
quite some distance
•
INFANT BAPTIZED'
At -the, morning service in =the'.
United :Church Rev, G. 'A: Meik
ejohn' baptized Robert John
Wa'yne.'Swan, infant sore n'f; Mr.
.orchestra. and--Mr-s.-- Hgrry. Swan
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re Untario
•
Davvid :Kirkland and Barry 'Mc-.
Quiilin won the. provincial 2c�hain-
pionship 'and: the Farmers' Mag;'
azine trdphy • as the.top ` judging
team in the 4-11 Beef `Calf Club.
• znpei.tio-n_.,,h-el-d-a-t-.-.th.e--C�;�F4•,•G-•-i-r-i-
Guelph• on Friday.
In accomplishing the feat the
boys competed against thirty-six •
other teams :from all sections of
the province: Their accomplish-
ment not ronlv.,•.brinngs high honor
to them, but focuses attention' on,
their club, the ..Lucknow 4-H
Beef Calf Club, which they were
;chosen to represent in the ' pro-.
vincial, • Inter -club competiti . n.
David, is the 'i7-year-ol.� son
and--Mite--Go'rclon Ki kland
and, Barry,' the, 16 -year-old seri
of Mr, ands MVIrs.' Fred' McQuillin.
Tn finishing 'on top the t.
..._ g . vro
boy;; scored a total of 9G1 points'
out of a• possible score of • 1040,
and had . a margin of 20' •points
'river• the 'second -place' team. ;
Barry and' DaVid will repres-
ent 'Ontario in the 4-H Dornin-
ion competitions ' in` the i beef
section 'at the Royal Winter Fair
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rs 411
ENTRY FOR
PUBLIC SPEAKING`
flolyrood Student, , Ernest E•4.cIt-P
,ert,. Wins Kinloss Township
Public Speaking .Contest '
On Monday .evening the'pu' tic
speaking contest; fors; if.•ie, ptipils
of the Ki.nloss'.: Township Publi
schools was held in the Hob/rood
Hall. 2
A full .attendance showed` the
interest which parents, pu'pil's,
teachers and friends teak: in ,this
worthwhile .educational project
sponsored. by the Township. Mr.
Frank Maulden was chairman, •
„There were twelve contestants,
namely: Cecelia Crowston,
No.. 9,'; spoke. on "The Late Prime'•
Minister' William Lyon MacKen-
zie' King".The next Speaker. =las
'Ronald MacDonald, ' S.S. : No:. J,
who chose as his subject ; "Ow -
County Museum". • Sandia- Pe. cy.
of S.S: No. 2,.; spoke 'on "Fared.
Fires".. Ernest Ackert, S.S. No.
4; spoke on "'His recent :trip -t.
Mexico". ' Hughie Houston, : S.S.
No. 5, 'chose. an' outstanding C'an-
adian ``The Tate Robert H. Saun-
ders". ,Keine Maulden, S.S. No 2,
chose "Jaynes ' Milligan" as' his
outstanding Canadian. George
Bushell, S.S. • No. 2, spoke On
"The St.Lawrence, 'Seaway'
while .1Vlaribn Scott of S.S. '•No.
9, told:of "Life in Another. Coun
try (China): Sharon'_O'Donnell•,
S.S. No. 4, spoke :on ."Marathon
Swimming".' Jim .MacDonald, ,S,
S. No.:3, spoke on' "Our County
Museum". Barry Johnston, S.S. '
Ngo : 4, :spoke on: Africa, , "A
Country Which. , .Interests Me"
Alex Hewitt, S.S,. Nd.'. 2, chose
"The "St. Lawrence Seaway".
While the judges . were '`decid-.
decid-
ing the. winners., the following
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.ora
p g m.,a,g;given . piano rii.•rri;'
hers, by Peggy •Ma:cDonald, 14irs.
Jim MetWan, ''Mr. Lorne .Mac-
Kenzie,.. Miss ..:Edna Boyle, Mrs:'
Wm ' Scott; ;;solo ''by Mt. Robert
MacDonald,• Lois Conley,.' Cecelia
Crowston aneMarion Scott fav -
red with a•,; -trio. Pupils from, S.
•. No. 5 also favored with'a ,chor
s' 'With Mr's: ' Harvey' Houston. ..
accompanist. Kinlough pupils
ang two: numlbers;' on'' a hymen
ang - in three parts..•Miss;: Ada'
a«'ley; Mrs. H. -Vegan ' :of
ey and' Mr. Stuart Collyer, prin-
pa -1 Of .L 1.-cor-Public School:
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were j.udges and 'the ,final de!....
cision was given as follows, .1st,
.Ernest'Ackert, S.S. No, .J (Holy -
rood) ,2nd, • Sharon O'Donnell,S. f .
-S: N - iti. ..
0 3; 3rd, Alex H�„�vitit,-: S:S--•_�. _
No. ;2 (Kinlo zgh) , . 4th, George
Bushell, S.S. No. 2 5th,' Sandra
Percy. S.S; No. 2:
rMrs: ;Burton. Collinsthanked'
the ' judges, .:contestants. and : all r. ,
'taking part' ',in this-.
'proved suchTa .'splendid success:
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a
in Toronto.• during, the Week. of
November 11th to 19th.. lri this
competition. they will ;'coriipete.
against the top •:4-H Beef teams
from the other. Provinces ' in
Caz sada. ' • :
At the conclusion of Mak nat-
ional ,contest these will be given
an all -expense provincal tour
that. will include a bus trip.• to
Niagara :Falls, 'arid, a• train .trip:
to the nation's capital' at Ot-
tawa, •
During `•the week at the Royal
the boys 'Will ;make their' heady
quarters at the Royal:York,. and
•a- full .week's program is lined
'up; :whic:h incl des as
tours 'arid trip 1,o.
ps a ,.Locke.... ame
y g ,
tle..evening. horse show at the
Royal and a : free afteririoon - to
watt~h the_ .'s
judging of, the •Queen s••
Guineas, where... the' boys_. hope
they'll have • an • opportunity to
13e • rooting for: ann''erttry from the
Lt.icknowClub.. `
a_.
( •.On TV Thii ,irliursda.y' •
David and Barry have 'another
:,thrill 'in. stere for them, .
Thursday.evening at 1'0,00 &clock..'
they u 911 be guests an': Foy
el's 'l V: show over. .'CFP!L,
London, '
Five Huron Winners:
Hurn 'County did »articularly
well in the beef competitions,'
with. 5 • teams •in , the' .top ten.
Blyth-Belgrave was 3rd,.: Exeter
4th. 'Bayfield . 6th `and r. Brussels. •,
10th, •
Crawford • McNeil' and Teade
Bakker..} placed ; 14th ' out of, 27.
•
tearrts 4n the swine jiidging corn-•
well as the petition:
In' . the 'various' competitions
there 'were .245: 4-H team .from
across the province..':l•loron °Corin
ty with. a •total of 27 teams had:,
h
the largest entry ot"any'county
in the provincpe.r Teantsr from
Huron.. County were prepared'
aro coached fore the'competiti0i
by Agricultural • •;Representative
G,
,vv. Montgomery and the AAs-
sis.tant Agricultural Represerta-
the Arthur, Bolton
wH4X...w....u:......i:..iN+...0 ssaamr.�Snm....1.f%�u:K�Ri:=h'+'
The. boys will entrain 'nurs'-
day night' for the trip to. Ottawa
where they"will stay.aty,the Cha-
teau T it er.
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