The Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-03-28, Page 1$2.50 A. Year in Advance..—$X.00 Extra To 'U.S.A..•
.Marie Cupskey, who 'is help-.
lessly' ,paralyzed from .the ray-
.
ages ` of poliomyelitis, is: to .ex-
perience•• for :the first time the
pleasures that• ; a.'•'television set
can provide.:for; her.' : ''
The Clansmen • Club . held a
special, meeting, ,on Monday night
andlost no time in .making the
decision . 'to purchase a set for
Marie's use.t Nor ;was there any
delay in acting on the approval
to purchase the set which was
installed.,on Tuesday night in
her room in • the 'Chronic . Pat-
.•ients' Wing of Wingham General
Hospital,' witn President Harvey
Webster Making the :delivery.
Welcome Donations
. While The ,Clansmen Club is
sponsoring the project and • will
retain control of the ownership
at is pointed- out.that
afes+
•
Y st Nils - h f l� 4 ti e;-�' 5'ti\7d'L11..
from anyone who may wish : to.'
assist ' with the .purchase.' •
Donations . will 'be received; 'at
• 1Vlontgomery's Garage, The Sen-
tinel Office and by K Cameron:.
Stricken In 1949
Marie is the .daughter, of Mr;'
• and • Mrs. Sam.' Cupskey • of '.Bel-
fast.- She wa :employed' in Galt
,.'when stricken' with polio' in Sep-.
tember. of 1949. -six and '';a half
years ago She was 17, and in.
the bloom of youth. The 'ravages
of the -disease left ;her . almost
completely paralyzedand today
she has movement •`in only.' a
-coupleof-fingers
• For a•time last .year Marie' was
'being moved • :perio.dically from
',her hospital bed to a wheel chair
but a hip fracture.. has rendered
her 'completely immobile' anti
.for; the past -:several months she
• has been bedfast:
That the, ,TV pet will "give
her a lift", . and bring her much
pleasure is the ;sincerewish of.
all her friends.
•
AGED' LADY PASSES:
The death of Mrs.. John :Little
occurred • in Wingham • Hospital
on Sunday. She was nearing her
94th year. and had ,been hospital-
ized'for the past few weeks. Of
late' +years. she had made her
• . home with Mr.. arid Mrs.. Bert.
Ward.
"The-1uridtal "service- was—held`
at Johnstone's Funeral Home on
Wediaesday: with interment • in
South Kinloss Cemetery.
IN13'RAMA• .FINALS:;'
T 'MONDAY
•
Jim Reed;: sori of Mr. and Mrs,
Allan' Red of .Dungannon, is one
of six ' Western Ontario• high
school.' students 'to icompete 'in
the drama'. .contest art Torortto on
Easter Monday. They will. be. in
competition with 'other students
from Central and • posscbly' East-
,onto Jim recently ceenpethd with
' a class of ...15 . contestants at West-
.ern -"Univers` , _.....: _ -.d - i
1t,3 �_'.°"He__.dlr�natlzed`,
bhylock's� 'speech in the' money-
bflrrowinl scene, from. •.the Mer -
Chant of Venice, He was. the last
of the fifteen" contestants .'to
orate, ;.and • it can well , be im-
agined that'the tension must
have ben• mounting •
While. the standing _ 'of the
sig, is , g top
not annot n .e ; _,..
c d�Jxm .scored.:
Tabor ' prints, which is
,°Bolded as among. the' high
scorer;;. Other'winners were .from
St Thomas, W'IrkI or
E:eeter and
lie 'will. : ive
on• Monday
the same oration
onday at the theatre in the
Toronto ant/satin.' mast ear Jim
took y
Dart in the , ,sarne drama'
COlapetiticih' and received honor
able, mention by placing ;5th in
East -
ere Ontario, .-1.-k .0
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,MARCH 28 1956 .
�� TEN SAGES.
AlbWerILMBet id Swie 87 Rev.
and ' Mrs. McClean 'Experienced
•
years rtQ is, ld ohis home. in Allomaking.Sunday, p Rough' Voyage and New York Blizzard
• HOW DID ASHFIELD
• E.T :TTS 'NAME?,
We: were -asked the above
question last week, ` • and
couldn't give a very .intelli-
gent answer. • Does anyone
know authentically how the'
towbslaip derived its name?
If so, we would be pleased .to
receive this information;
' And, while we -are asking,
can ,anyone 'give us authen-
tic information regarding the
• naming of • West.. Wawanosh•
and Kinloss' Township? •
INJURED- EYE IN
BADMINTON _
GAME .
Murray Wilson,16-year-
old
•son -of .fir. •and Mas. •.-J m Wily:-
s'on"u5rConeessiorj Si`x,""Weat W°a-:
wanosh, :' was : taken to • Victoria
Hospital, London,.' on ' S.aturday to
receive treatjnent for an eye in
Murray suffered . a hemorrhage
of the eye., as..a�;•result' of being
struck by .a '`birdie on Friday.
at . noon while',playing : badmin-
ton at Godericn '.District Colleg-
iate. •
The eye ,',being treated at
London arid ' it, is hoped that the
vision would not be impaired
and : that `¥array. .will- .shortly: be
able to. return' holm.
The injury occurred to Mur
ray's- good eye. He': has only par-.
Val .Vision in his other : eye, .the.
sight oof which' has been impair -ed
since Childhood.
Murray's sister Barbara.. is a
student nurse•, at Victoria. Hos
LOCAL. cOUPLE' MARK 45th
WEDDING. ANNIVERSARY
, Mr. and Mrs: Fred Steward . of
London spent . Thursday, March
22nd, with his parents,. Mr. and'
Mrs: Charles 'Steward,, that ' day
being their 45th • wedding anni-
`versary.
They •received cards -of congra-
tulations ;and best :wishes, gifts
'from; friends and neighbors, and
a• gift '-of` money, from their; fam
fly of three daughters' and two
sons,: four of 'whom•.held' 'respon-
sible__ positions_.,.in Lt know dor-_
several years, as clerks in 'post
office •and :stores:
Charlie . retired. • from Silver
woods Dairies one year ago,, hav'
ing completed `,31 . years': service.
with ;.the:firm. Mr. and Mrs.; Ste-
ward were married at.Wingham
by Rev.' E. H Croly. They carne,
from England, fsrlie from Ips-
wich i1 1910 and', Mrs. Steward
from London, England;' •in' 1911.
They have • ben residents of
Lucknow for 42 • years: • A family
dinner will.be planned as soon'.
as the; family , can all. ' get' tbge-
the,, '
•
o w his daughter, Mrs.
Fred Baxter . at 188: Kingston Rd,
Mr, McQuoid is still in fairly,
good physical 'condition; although
hex' ha •• 'becorne more. feeble ' dur-
ing winter and his mentory
ia
-tarn to him.
His 'I any .friends:.in this; com-:
Amiini'ty extend' birthday greet-'
ings.
REV: 'ME;IKLEJOHN••
LEAVING IN JUNE
Rev. G. ; Meiklejohn' has an-
flounced his=decision to'.' termin-
ate his '.serv'ice as minister- of the
Lucknow United Church at the
end of June. On Friday, Rev.
Meiklejohn. officially informed
the Official 'Board • of,his decis-
ion to conclude 'his' pastorate and
on ` Sunday . he • .briefly passed
this 'word. along to the' congrega-
tion,, stating`' that he was • taking
the • step only after` careful and
prayerful consideration,..'°
��--��ssyy �< ti"%Sufi
en
�'11
�. '�'"� �3ineetrl'ng'
of theial Board was..•held,'
which 'was an, . open meeting, to
which • any members of the con-
gregation had. been invited, to at.
A :pastoral relations committee
was appointed, authorized 'to.
take immediate steps; to prepar'e'
the:'way for obtaining• -a success-
or to Mr. Meiklejohn•.': The five -
man , committee is comprised , of
Messrs. W. L.-1Vlac�Kenzie, S. B.
Stothers, , Ernest Ackert, T: A.
Cameron and' Glen Walden. They
will work in conjunction with,
the pastoral relations• committee.
of Presbytery, with Rev.. D. A.
Brydon of Ripley has the repre-
sentative, of that cQminittee.' •
Rev.' Meiklej ohn •; is completing
his'�fourth` year as Minister:. here,
-hiving, come : to 'Lucknow : from
the Bervie charge- to succeed Dr.
W J. Mumford: •
NAME G. JOY'NT TO:
G.B. ASSOCIATION*
I O
N
Ata special meeting 'of the
Village Council on • Monday,
Councillor George Joynt was the
unanimous': choice as the municil.
.pality's. • representative on the
Georgian -Bay Development 'Ash
sociation, .
The special meeting was called
so that there . would be .an ':of
ficial representative from Luck-
noir ac he regular meeting of.
the Zone' I Board of Directors to1,
Abe held in Southampton on' Wed-
nesday night of this week.:
Lucknow joined.' the Associa-
.tion last `week following two ses-
sions which were held consecut-
ively ,fast Monday and Tuesday
and.' brought together' the . Coun-:
cil, The Clansmen anal_...pfficials
of the Georgian Bay Develop-
trent Association; which now in-
corporates over 60` municipalities:
Lucknow, Creemore,. Teeswater
and the Township . of Mono, •near
Orangeville, are the:latest muni_
•cipalities to have joined
•
-�to go to.`Tr=- - .... ••
Rev.. and Mrs.. .Wallace 'Mc
Clean won't soon forget their re
turn trip from, a visit in. Dublin
trreland, . with • Rev. .1VIcClean's
aged mother.. ° ; •
On their voyage home' the..
encountered such rough': weather
that the .Queen Elizabeth was
day late in reaching • New' Yorkk
where • they found the. American
metropolis trying to dig out, from
a �: blizzard that had paralyzed the
city.' • :
Mrs, McClean was soy prostrat-
ed, by the voyage- horne_ that she
remained. -in New York with.. her
sister, ;Miss. Ruth Goss, Rev; Mc-
Clean plans to meet her at. Mal -
ton ,next Tuesday...
The Queen. Elizabeth docked at.
New •York last Tuesday. It' Was
SAILING SEASON AT HAND
- Thursday before Rev. McClean . T
- could get his car. dug out from. ' •
the, parking lot where he had
left it. He arrived home.,_Satur-
day evening.
y' , Rev: nand Mrs. McClean.. sailed
r'
.from New' York on' February 10
a, for 'Dublin,. ,Ireland, to visit' hie'
mother, Mrs: ;Waliace . M -
, glean, • .
• who' i'rs= ,iri' hez ' '•88th tl year; She
.was bright and cheerful and'it
goes without saying.was over-
joyed to have this reunion. with
her . son and, to' meet Mrs. Mc-
Clean
Clean for the first: time. Mr.
McClean died nine Years .gagb.
The McCleans ' had a. `rough
voyage to Ireland, .but -it was
not to 'be compared with' the re-
turn trip. ' •
A trio. of : Kinloss Township
young men are among those who:
have reported to their ships ' to
.1?
on. For Donald Smith of 'Holy-
rood it will ' be a • new experience.
He arid Jack 'Mc uillin will be
Q.
on the Martian, : a freight, boat
which 'sails '•from Kingston. Bill
Colwell . has ' joined the' crew of
the ' Ni�pigon Bay, an oil tanker'
.which had tied up at Fort 'Wil
aiam.
• lRon Graham an d Carmen
Johnston also plan to. spend an-
other' season'on. the' boats.
•+Mrs:• Bruce 'MacKenzie. went, to
Montreal' :�by 'train last week -end,
She returned ' n. accom•
.o Tuesday
panied by her mother, Mrs.. Jas.:
DeGruchy, who -has been' with'.
relatives; `in' 'Montreal 'since 'the
recent death: of Mr.: `DeGruchy.'
ROBERT RITCHIE HAS' ,
BEEN CRITICALLY ILL
Robert Ritchie Of _town , has
been critically ill for the. " past
few days: with peritonitis. Ile is
hospitalized in London' . and. has
been in `an oxygen :tent:
Mr. R:itch'ie had not been feeling`
the: best last:week but had at-
tributed • it 'to the "flu". He was'
`stricken on Friday morning with
more serious symptoms arid was
taken by ambulance to London:,
His condition ' was such over the
week -end that little or . no hope
was held 'for his, recovery: ment.
WERE RECEIVED INTO
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
:'On . Sunday morning in the
United Churc Rev. G. A..-Meik
%l • �. p�y,a
J *
veb-
ple into the church mem°bership:,
on profession of faith. They were
Shirley Congram, daughter, of
Mr.. and 'Mrs. .Harold •Congram
and Ronald Thompson, son pf
Mr. and Mrs:. ,Frank Thompson. .
Received by transfer .',of certif.-
icates' were Mr.�. and'. Mrs Garnet. .:
Henderson ;' and Mr. and' Mrs.
Frank' Thompson.
FORESTERS. ,MARK'-
FIRST .BIRTHDAY
The Lady Foresters held a pot.
p
luck _ supper :in the Recreational
Centre on, .Friday; Marclx 23rd to
celebrate, the, fir'st .'birthda f
,the Ladies'Court. The husbands
of the members and.the members -
of the Men's Lodge :.and 'their ,
wives were guests. A .welcome"' •
was extended to all .:by presidents
Margaret and ,°Joe Wasney..` A
.minute's silence was observed . in
memory of Joseph Agnew.
Mr: 'W. ',W. Hill and Mr.. Hara' ' .:
old Treleaven were called •upon'
oto' say: a few words. Jack Pollock
was chairman '.for the program'.
and led'•�'in a sing song. Agnes Al-
ton gave an • interesting reading.
Donald'a. Scott favored with a `.
,,p ano solo Aahunlorous._.skiLwis
=well'•acted by Dorothy Short and
Edna `Pollock. ...
•Dancing, and card "playing con-
cluded the .evening's entertain-' ,
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r
Clubhouse Gutted, Znd dire 'Irr
ne Mont s Arouses Suspicion
•
'. The Lucknow Lawn Bowlers' which sat in the:reeks .were ruin -
Association Club ouse was badly .ed: •
gutted late'last ,ednesday night The fire originated; as it ;did
by'_ fire of_ a;- mysterious origin. last - summer• • iri the ---me '
� n salav .- ... _.
It .•was ' the second (blaze at-. the atory in (the north. section. The
Clubhouse within nine months, club -o •had a north and` south
and the insurance adjuster. sug-'wing, joinedin"t, _,
Jg, by a "breeze -way",
Bested, it Ynight • be a •matter for Which' delayed the' spread%of the .
' flames . to the south end,. The ; ;•
hydro in the __building.. was shut -
off, and of course the' . building
been in= use�•stnee--last. f1.1.
the Fire. Marshalls•. office to in-
•vestigate although Nye.are not
aware of any action in this re-
ard • having' been taken.
Wednesday night's outbreak
And Fuel Oil. Distribution. Service was' noticed about 11.$0 by Mrs.
.
Lucknow District Co-op• incor- ' advertisement announce g.
poiated has brandied' out into new .service will be found on
, f he gasoline and ail distribution page. .7 of this issue, •
business, and •inaugurated•"their The, farm supply` tanks which
' new service about t:v� o weeks the ` Co-op ` furnishes to regular
ago, ' c11 tolners are round aluminum-
The storage'dce lot i' located on. painted .tanks, • designed' ,to cut
', '-,, St' *the 'vii ,oration lass "'an'd ' to ' keep
Glen Walrlcn s farm south o l
.Village where t�-o.big balk j.or'- gasc)licac at 10 •tlegrccs"-cooler
ago Tanksa17 dv-bticir'irr=-•l--thi L4M-inarv.-i41-1-14.4,5-:.. t
h
stalled and within a couple Of
Weeks installation of ,t flee more
o ave, .1111, 'S WL1 : `v ....
paeity of 21,000 gallons fell`:. scar-
age of the various gas., ,�1tld .cii1
ereducts.:A 4-cempartn1ent truck
.was recently purchased and is
in operation. The distribution
service will be in charge of Mur-
HencleiSon A large display
Mr. Grant Case, local manager,
point:- out .that. the Co -ori: is en-
cIeav°aidea..bybetter _'equipment
40- ri4k4de,
bettor- -met-iro4
handling these products, now so
essential • in farming operations:
He aisb informed The * Sen'tinel
that it wars blannect to ,have �a
Co-op ,rcepresen•ta'tive personal'Iy
call throughout the . district in .the
•1iear: future.
.. f
G. A. •.Meiklejohn: at:tl e Unit
-Church .'"p arsonage ,which adjoins
i he bowling green property ,to
the north: •
• Jpon" the ;arrival of. the Fire
Company, the flames% had burn=
ed: through thesiding and/ fed
by a fresh t./pply. ot o
xYgef
' ani
blistered paint, iiuickly ra•etop
ell
the building, except the south-
west::4r,.orrel..,...vu.hich--wa4 lie--oi t
part that was not'edeced to, a
burned -out shell; "$4200' 'insur-
anf..__c'e_ was
..carried._on
. .. the
`g. •
Destroyed . in the fire 'wore
two mowers, one a new 'and mod-
ern bowling g'een mower valued
at some $400. Some of the bet-
ter bowls were recovered from
the `south. 'sectio.nof the build-
ing; but .other old woodon 'bowls.
is raz u
3:az _..
• The 'prev°iousl fire was on July
1st,: at 'the•.supper'.h'our, but its
timely-.discor�e and -the use of
garden hose 'until' .Firemen. ar-
rived, ..minimized:'• the damage,
The 'Clubhouse had since been
renovated and.: a new , reef put
on,'to enhance t'he. appearance of
the greens;. where more than
_usual activity was seen last year
.as tire' CIul_i had ono .of. their
best seasons, a • "
,Cor'isideraFlebni rli
They' carried 111,200 ' insurance..
A Bowling, Club' meeting has •+
eerl caned: for --. next- Monday- `a.
nan'g-•-at 8;00 & le~e°k-'`irr aCITa'ra ,-
ion n, 00111A to cntls aor what
action will be talon, It .. is as -
stalled . that the Club "will take
steps ' torest:orei.•. the building,
' ith • members coptributing as
much, free time :as possible : to.
the •project...
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