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10 :LEAVE 'I SID IA.
NEXT • MONTH. •.
Rev and Mrs; Angus MacKay,
their daughter -Mary Ellen, age
15, : and his sister, Miss. Bertha
MacKay, will . sail, from Calcutta,
India, on_.June 8th, on; the first
lap of their return to tanad
•IV Ir. and Mrs. MacKay's • on,
Donald, has been in •Canad for
the past' year. and has been at-
tending Western' University, Lon-
don r
Rev. '•:and . *Mars.• •MacKay have
been serving ori 'the: Presbyter=
ian mission field at Jhansi, . India,
and are • returning on furlough.
*There isa possibility they may
not be able to return to that
country.They have been in
Tndia • for almost thirty years:
since 1927.
' They . will be accompanied' on.
their return 'by Miss Bertha Mac-
Kay, who has 'been 'vacationing
in India since last November, be-
ing on leave af. absence from the
Bell Telephone Company, with,
• which she has been employed at
London, for several years. '
The MaoKays are .-due to ar-.
'rive in San : Francisco -:about -:Jul
vy
• 10th,and will spend .a ,month
at New .Westminster, B.C., where.
Mrs. MacKay's parents reside.' It
rovall •:be August before they ar-
rive 'here., Angus is a son:'of the
late Mr: and.. Mrs: Hector Mac-.
`Kay and wAS born .; at White-
church. Mr's:."Sandy" • Purdon.` of
town is ' a sister.
After Rev. MacKay's arrival
here the Presibytery of Huron-
Maitland of the Presbyterian
Church will. hold a ,special ses-
sion to conduct his ordination.
:A letter (from Miss. Bertha.
,MacKay, written on :Good Fri-
-day, -referred to -the terrific heat,
with .;the temperature, that day
soaring to 108 • degrees , • in the.
She. was planning to gonorth
to Kashmir in• • the Himalayas,
which is supposedly' the second
most beautiful spot in the world,
and intended to- :. spend..about.
three weelra.there.
ENGAGEMENTS
Mt.' and Mrs,. Wm. 'Longmire
of , Goderieh announce. the ` en-
gagement .of', their daughter, Dor °
'othy Jane, to. Wm; Fred Hallam,
• son of Mr: and Mrs.. Chas: Hal
lamof-A field; the wedding to
take place ' the :middle' of • •June•
To:far.
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO :WEDNESDAY, MAY 30th, 1956
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GRADUATES • AT TORONTO
WILFRED BLACK
At graduation exercises a
Conyocation. Hall, University o
Toronto. on Friday, Wilfre
son of Mr.• and Mrs. Re
Black of town, received his d e
gree in dentistry; He .reports a
Ottawa reports this, �; e
w ek,:�:=uvhere he �.wa
commence ,a three, -year. period
of dental .practicewith. the Can
adian Army. .
.LOCAL SCOUTS AND CUBS
•JOIN SUNDAY 'PARADE
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Boy Scouts and'. Cubs 'from
Lucknow: were • among eigh
centres represented' at the ..an
nual•i Saugeen District Scout As
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sociation : parade which was held
in Wingham. on Sunday:
The Lucknow District. High
School • Band and '`the. . Wingham
Bugle Band 'headed `the. inlpres-
"sive, .parade in which 341 boys
Marched,' apart from their .lead-
ers- .and. committee men;
The Scout. Troop was in •.charge
of • Scoutmaster :Stuart Collyer,
who :.is also an assistant district
comissioner, and the Cubs . were
in charge : of • their' leader, '' Don-
ald, MacKinnon.' Ken' Murdie and
Gerald Rothwell,were local` corn-
;nriittee.•'men who joined. in the
march.
• The parade ,was in charge.„ of
District' Commissioner, ' Archie
Gowaniock of°' Walkerton, - and
services were held at the, United,
Church aid the Catholic Church
in Wir>igharn..
Allan Reed provided transpo
tation for -the • I. ucknoW Scouts,
Cubs ` and Band members. • .
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SPOT TO SWIM
POSES -PROBLEM
The Clansmen Wub, which has
for, : some time been toying -With
the, idea of providing some„ sort..
of . swimming facilities within
the Conporation,:i, find- that R the
.1yrolect poses many prgblems,
•"' Everything • from a 'wading
pool" to. a swimming pool has
been , discussed: An elaborate:
pool- is out�'of the question, .all
,rneMbers, agree, •.as itis too. big
a -finaneial .undertaking:.
'The use that would be made
of a wading pool. is questionable;
and where.to locate' it'if.. it was
feasible is another sticker.
On' • Monday night the Club
was on- the verge of forgetting
about the . proj ect, but before- do=
ing' so decided • to look over th
generally favored site .:between
Highway 86 and the High School
Here with ' • sortie . excavating
and damming of the river a pon
,of • water about three'' feet deep
could .;be obtained that 'mould b
flushed' :out.. to 'the gravel' bot
tarn level. •A bit of landscaping
TEAT PAGES
WESTERN UNIVERSITY GRAf' ''
� BES/ ASHTON
,, CHOSEN; QUEEN
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• NOREEN KILPATRICK
d Among the ,graduates at Wes-
tern University, London, on .Sat-
e urday, was ,Miss Noreen. Kilpat-
r. ick, • • daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Kilpatrick,, now of, Norwich
and ,-r
eoently �.I�unow,
Nor
een
received_ second class honors
in completing a four-year course
in honer • psychology'. She is pres-
ently employed by the Toronto
'Board of Education. •
:between the- , .
:,, -creel , •.
and �he..roarl;
would make, an •attractive spot.,
The matter is in4 the:hands hands of
a committee and the, Club • is ai
one ' mind—to either 'decide . onr,.
some course of action at a min-
imam cost, or to 'droop- the idea'
.cornpleteiy. ;•
HELD `FAMILY DINN
ON 82nd. BIRTHDAY.
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Sam,Reid of :town, celebrated
his. eighty=second birthday on
Saturday, • May 26th and on that
.day he planted over 100 straw
berry :.plants.
A • family dinner was held • on
Sunday at the home' of Mr and
Mrs • . Peter• Cook. A' lovely birth. -
day cake centred the `table. Mr
Reid received many gifts •and
cards from ' the .family and . his
three sisters.
ROBERT BUTTON PASSES
Critically i11 'for' the past few.
days, the death of Robert James
Button occurred in'. Wingham
Hospital' late • Monday •evening"
He was in his 73rd :.year.,.
The funeral 'servi_ce will be
held Thursday afternoon at 2.3Q
at the_ McLennan and:
MacKenzie,M:emoriai Chapel with
interment in Greenhill Cemetery.
Mr,
,and Mrs. Thomas H. Burns
of town'have each observed their
88th, birthday in . this month of
•May, •and next Saturday, • June
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2nd, this esteemed . couple will.
mark their• 59th: wedding anni-
versary,
Mr. Burns was 88 on May 2nd,
and Mrs. Burns observed her 88th.
birthday on Saturday-, last, .May.
26th. ` Both are enjoying compar
atively _;good health, andhave
currently been abusy planting • a
big 'garden, as has' been'.' their
Gusto n throughout the years. Mrs.
Burns had a hand in the work by
helping--chsp
op the . "uds ,.•,: It is
a rare occasion for Mr. Burns
• to miss the long daily waffle felown.:
7- gown. -
Mrs.. Burns: was formerly Mary
Ann Beaton, daughter of
1 Mr
and Mrs. Angus :Beaton. She, was
bora and married on the farm
nQW owned by Bob Beak at Par-
amount, They were by
married
"Rev, Angus MacKay orf t., b"
y thePres.
bYterianChurch, and have.
j - spent
nt
_neir entire:marred;iife ixLrtek-
now,
• iVlr. Burns was employed at
the Luck
naw Table,,.Factory for
52' Years; The plant wa
. by Cliff an s operated,
Cliff
d Forster at the. time
• of
o Marriage, ,but Mr. 'Cliff's
th occurred'' at that
1'lr: Forster d•id at time and
i, not . choose to the ,o� f plant, selling 'it'' to a
grout,
Lucknow business men,
R,•AND
MRS: THOMAS H.
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who endeavoured u isucces'sfaily
to keep. the -factory. opened. Thus
it was that Mr. Burets found him-
self •without a job a few short
weeks after'. his "marriage, ai d
he recalls vividly' a rather Iean
year before . the plant was, re-.
opened under'the management 'of
Button: and Trevett: Mr. Binns
thought, he was -well :off when he
received $9x00 for a sixty -hour
week, A '
'Mr,".Burns is a son of the late
Mr -arid Mrs• Thomas- Burns; He,
was born on - the .10th of Huron,•
but carne to Lucknow; as a lad
of ,5 5earrs, ,and' has resided .here
ever since. ••.
Mr; and Mrs. Burris. are faith-
ful men'uhers of the Lucknow
United .Church•; 'with long re.
cords of` devoted `se lee to 'til:
church, They:pro . a couple be-
:loved: by all, and sincere ,and
hearty congratulations. and best
wishes ,are' estteided to 'them,'
They' have a,. family of twosons, Harold' of Fort Williai:n and
,Staii of .St. Thomas. They haVo
twice • been sadly ' bereaved by
the deaths of,. their:, other.. two
son, Elliott and.'Stewart.
LAD: HAD HIP HURT •
IN FALL FROM TRACTOR
Douglas Porter,. 6 -year-old 'son
of Mr: and "Mrs. • Aubert Porter; •
and .a .Grade` 1' pupil at Lucknow
Public School, suffered a. hip. 'in
fury in. a .'• fall off a tractor last
week.
The: ' lad. was riding back the
lane on,Archie MacMillan's tract-
or when the.'mishap. occurred.. A
small bone in • the hip • was brok- •
en Doug has to be k' t ff th
ep• .o e
a
' limb for' time, but it was not .
• Beverley Ashton, . 18 -year-old
daughter of 1VIr., and Mrs. Lloyd
Ashton of Lucknow, .was chosen
queen of Lucknow District High
_School for. • 1.956, at their annual
spring formal dance ;in the school
auditorium last Friday'-riight: •
Bev is a' Grade•13:.:student •t
the. ' .school,, and plans to attend •
..Teachers' !College at • Stratford,
next ' year:
Girls of Grades 12 and. 13 are
eligible. for the award.Of queen,
with, the student body holding a"
vote 'during' the. week.. Runner-up
for . the award' this Year was
Beverly .MaoKenzie of Kinta 1,
daughter of Mr.: and . Mrs. Dave
MacKenzie:
The, new queen was .crowned •
and presented with a bouquet of
roses and a compact on behalf
'of the Literary Society by Laur- •
ine McNair of Toronto, 1955
queen. A telegram .'of congratu-,
lations was.: ,received from. the
1954- queen;; Helen .
onto. o. Beverley -expressed her ap-
preciation " and thanks to the
students for voting her the'
Metsic ° for "Cinderella's 'Ball"
was. provided by the Paul Cross
Orchestra• of Stratford, with 'the
gymnasium being appropriately'
decorated for the.' occasion with
bright flowers and streamers.
`Staff members, students, Board;
members, .ex. -students and invit- •
ed guests attend the dance: Lunch •
was served to the. gathering mid-
way ' through the evening.
Barry MoDonagh and. Mary
Lou'. MacDonald won the elimin-
ation dance, and Jack' ' Alexan'de r
and Norma . Sherwood the 'spot„
dance.
necessary to put on a cast' He KNIFE* PIE.RCES
is . at' his ' home.
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90 -YEAR' -OLD •LOCHALSHITE
PASSED •AWAY, • SUNDAY
The death of Duncan MacRae
occurred on Sunday morning at.
the Carruthers . Nursing ' Home,:
Con. 6, Kinloss.. Mr:MacRae
would have .been 91 years .of age.
next Tuesday, June 5th:.
He was': a son of the late Dun-
can Roy' MacRae and Margaret'
MacDonald of L'ochalth... s...:
A private funeral service . was
held; on ;Tuesday '.at.• the' McLen-
nan-MaoKenzie Memorial Chapel,
_conducted- by Rev-' Wm--Math-
:eson of Chesley. Iinterment was
in Lochalsh Cemetery.
'YOUN,GSTER'S. EYE
Donna' Wy1ds,_, 4 -year-old dau-
ghter. of Mr and Mrs: Warren
Wylds, st ffered a severe eye 'in-
jury a couple .of weeks ago, that
'could, cost the sight of the eye.
Time: alone will deterrnine this•:.
Donna : got hold of a knife and
was trying to cut • her 'dog loose,.
when. the :mishap; occurred. The
eye ball was severely gashed,
arrddthe:..little girl was taken to.* •
London Hospital. for treatment.
She returned home in about..
a week with the eye bandaged.
Donna`#was• scheduled.' to •go bock
to the• ci,ty .the first of the week
for .a check-up • of the eye.
Zion School Section To, Vote
Monday Qn ;Course To Fa��ow
A meeting of the, ratepayers recently at Zion, resulting in the.
of former school., , section.. No. 5, appointment of a three-man;com-
Ashfield (Zion), wily be held. in rnittee ..to investigate the proper ..
the school next Monday even- procedure to be, taken under the
ing; at 8.00 . p.m to discuss ar-' educational Act. Named' on the •
rangements which 'are desired- committee were Wm. Hunter, :Al
for the school term, September 'Irwin and Jack McDonagh
1956 to June 195'I. ..They, learned that a properly
When a decision is arrived' at called meeting requires notices
the Ashfield Township Council' being posted in the section; bear -
orad -the -Board rafµ Trustees of -the
Township School • Area,• will be
advised, of the...Wishes• ofthe• sec --
`tion.
Zion•, was . one of. five school
•sec:tions i rhich recently;. petition-
ed the Ashfield Council to with-
draw' from the' Township School
Area. ',Council 'accepted , the five
petitkonswhich were signed .by.
from approximately • 95 ''.to 1100
,percent; of the ratepayers of• the
various 'sections..
,, Named: P"roeedure Committee
Representatives of the . 'Zion
section • had previously. contacted'
the Lucknow •Public • S c h o 0,1
Board, 'regarding transporting of
Zion pupils to . Ltickno'w• • This,•
we understand, will be one of
a .possible three proposals, to be
balloted on at next Monday
night's meeting.•
A ratepayers' meeting, was held
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in -the signature of "siar , ratepay
res These notices have been
posted of er ;;the signatures'. of'
Jim Hunter, Gordon Kirkland,
John B. • :Ritchie, Jack Gardner,
Frank Ritchie and „Charley And
erson: . '
Secret ballots will be taken to
determine thewishes of the Zion.
section:
Ali those entitled to vote at
a ' municipal election. , have • the
r' t to vote>�-on * these schosl
questions. ' ,That .includes men
and 'women., and, sons• and daugh-
-terse -21 years' of age and over. '
• The •� tiphe,aval in . Ashfield'
school affairs came when the
Board 'appeared tow. be holding
firm to its: decision to close three . • .
',more schools in Ashfield at the
close of the spresent tenni The
Kintail . and Sheppardton schools •
were closed a' year ago..
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