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L ,CKNOW:. ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JUNE. 6th, . 1956 p '
• Zion Vote Favors Transporting PupilsTo
tucknow
. 5ail .Maj orit SupportsY Withdrawal'frorri. Area
:
Electors of the . ZionSchool
Section cast two .ballotsmon Mon-
day evening at a public ineeting
•called to, decide whateducational
iourse is„ to be . followed in the.
School 'Section, ..
Zion was one • off five school
, sections in. .the: 'f`ownship to re
"cently ,petition' to withdraw, •from.
:the Township School 'Area.
Zion' School'. was packed. for
the meeting which got underway
about 9.00 pan, and, adjourned
four hours' later. •
By a vote of . 35' for and 24-
against,
4against, the' meeting favored
having the Zion pupils trans-
ported a Lucknow Public School:
' This gave a majority of. 11 votes
in favor ...The question read . as
follows,: •
Lorne . Hamilton, son of M
r.
and Mrs Bob Hamilton and
"chuck" dgeDonagh, son' of Mr.
and 'Mrs.. Jack NloDonagh, went
-west ;b•
3' p 1 an e2 yrs r:weekiTne .
boys flew from London to Ed-
monton, and were . at their des-
tination in . a Matter of a few
hours;' They, expect . ` to obtain
Work at .Uranium City in the
Edmonton. district.. •
ASHFIELD NONAGENARIAN'
PASSED. AWAY MONDAY •
.The` death of_ Char
r�ll les Sitewart,
,93 -year-old • Ashfield Township
resident,: occurred inGoderich on
Menday. The funeral,
service .wil
be held. 'at the home of. his n 1
ew, Archie M • . ep l
aMurchy,. Kintail,
on Thursday, June 7th at, 2.39
,p.m. Interments will .be )n; Kin.
tail Cemetery:
Stewart farm became
'widely. known many years ago,
when thousands "beat a path -to
the door",, to view 'the big steer.
14AY 23rd ISSUE: WANTED •
., We: have run : out of the May
23rd Mu& of The 'Sentinel, and,
have requests • for • a:. few more
copies. Such appeals always bring
''results, 'arid there will' no doubt
be, some subscribers . 'who • still
have the 'issue •on hand, with r o'.
further use for it.
DEATH ' EN DS LONG
PAINFUL. ILLNESS: j
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
AWARDS TEN• CERTIFICATES
St. John AnThulance Associa-
tion has awarded. ten certificates
to local people who were success_,
ful in passing: the examinations:
in fiirst aid in,• .connection with.
the short course ;recently iheld in
Lucknow. The ,course 'was spon-
sored,•by the Lucknow Fire Com-
�pany' , with . instruction `g' i v e n
weekly in' the winter months..
These successful were George'
Whitiby, ' Jim' Henderson, ' Alf
Ritchie, Tom Anderson, ;,Stuart.
Collyer, Roy Havens, ;Bill John
stone, Sara ' Jane Bannister, ' Bill
Ritchie, Eric Sln3ith.. •
ENGAGEM :NTS
Mr.and Mrs James Sherwood'
—' of ' Goderich announce the' en-
TWU DISTRICT YOUTHS age of 44 death carne agement Of their daughter,
Norma. Catherine, to Mr.
FLY TO EDMONTON. home in. Kinloss.Township on John
TuesdayLewis Alexander son of Mr. and
of last week, May 29th. ,;Mrs. Jack Ale
• For almost a''year. Harveyhad 1: xander ;Wi:gharn.
h The marriage will take place on
been' bedfast,: or on ' crutches for : Saturday,. Silly 7th at 2.30 p.m.
a short time, • . due to •a hip in -at North Streetfection .so serious that from t Unifed,. Church,
n . ,.thei Goderic•1r-,_....: --,; ... _ _-� ;
.ti•me--is•wash`diagnosed°-"liittle_.or�,• - t.. x._.- _ . _=:< :....
no hope was :.held. 'for. his, re -Mr. •and Mrs. Frank Hamilton
covers. • ' : announce the engagement of their
Halve' : suffered m daughter,' Shirley. Mar uerite
' much in the Mr. Johng. to
intervening months •and was con- Robert' Hunter, son :of
scantly ' under .sedatives ' but he Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Hunter, the
bore his suffering and affliction marriage to take place at Asti=
• • : with . cheerful';patierice and pour fled Presbyterian Church ' oh
SPECIALSERVICE. SUNDAY ageousness. ., . Saturday, June•.23, at 2.30 o'clock.
Harvey Was ''a son. of ;the late '
W.M.S. Sunday Was. observed Mr. and. Mrs. Fred' Ii DUNGA
odgms; and. %i NOIy ' HAD
was born on 'November 11, 1911,
on the 'falai where he died ori
Concession 10; •. Kinloss, about a
At•the '
to. Fred Harvey Hodgins at his
"Are you in . favor of advising
the Trustee Board bf the Town
ship School Area in Ashfield that
we wishtoJiave ''our . sehool_clos
-;ed at .,Sep°terri'bef_%1 t . .
p � , 1956,nd
that the pupils of this Section
be transported' to 'the Lucknow
Public &hool?" •
The ' affirmative decision on
this ballot 'eliminated the need to:
•ballot on an alternate. propOsai
o request the School Area Board •
• to keep the : school open after
Septeimber 1st, and attempt to
secure. a qualified teacher
Narrow : Margin For Withdrawal:
The second: ballot was on this
question:
• `.`Are you .in favor ofadvising
the Council of . the Township : of
-Ashfield,, that, provided: that, the
.Board. of :Trustees a;cepts ..our
request that we desireto remain
a part, of the As7irfield School'
Area?": This. was ..voted down by
only four votes, 31 to :27, •
By 'contrast the 'petition n :for.
withdrawal. was signed -by about
•
.n• the United Church on Sunday,.
.and, with Eley .G. A. ':Meik'lejohn
attending, conference;. Mr. Elmer
IFmbach took ,the, pulpit to. de -mile• south of KinlIt will, be little fact, t ,,arid t
po ugh; Others a forgotten fact, that . Dun
liver-
a. very forceful and irnpres Halve•
sive sermon. y at' tended' public school Bannon 'once had a radio .broad=
at S.S. .No; ' 3 Kinloss, and as casting 'station' upwardsof i
The service was. in charge sof a young:.man
P thirty
1VIrs. ; Orville.' Jones; president of'� ing • man learned. the mill-, .years a�gq: � The operator' was Mel
ing trade, He was ' ernployed; at Ville Culbert, now. -deceased:
the Evening Auxiliary, and.Mrs. one time at
Hunt MillatLon, . ' Melville' was in the 'implement
N. J. ,MacKenzie, •`'president of don and '• at Treleaven's Mill business at Dun• ' nnon : arid
the Afternoon Auxiliary :of, the a d ay'.
W.M.S:' :
The Huron 'Township girls trio
RADIO STATION•
Lucknow. -About ` ten years ago:
he returned to take' tip . farrning
on the home farm, and' later
branched into the raising of fur-
. was then living.on the Second
He was a friendly: •genial 'chap, Concession; :West, .., has' a : post
card: to'. verif this information.
It was a rel ly from Mel ih •
connec io with a
95 percent . of the ratepayers. of .Misses Mary -Boyd,' •Mae Suth-:
We' 'understand ,that bout .17 e•
rland and Marion MacTavish
eligible voters • on •the•`:'Gravel
Road" 'to the'.; South of the Vill-•
age, did not register a vote, as
the outcome; .'shad;• no ;personal
• bearing, .insofar, .as. where, the
children -of :the Zion Section re-
,ceive ;their 'education
There was a••total .of• 98 names
on 'the. eligible list of 'voters. •
The + meeting ' �wa ca�llect'•• ' to
•order by Wm,. G. , Hunter; who
headed : a three -furan committee A .portrait of General Hage- his illness
'appointed to investigate `: proced- lock, termed."The Here of Luck- The rem•ains rested at -the fam
are •to'. be; taken in the matter, now", :now • ,hangs' in the Muni-ily residence until Friday Wh '
• .fir. Hunter- : called
Friday en
for- the ap- deal• Office lin' this:'village, nam- th'e' funeral servicer was'held at
•
'pointment of a :- chai'rman and ed after' its counterpart .in.Luck- • the: •McLennan -MacKenzie:' Mem-
-shecretary for: the ,,.meeting ''and now, India.; • oriel. Chapel... Rev: ,Davidson was.
0ha .Ritchie •• and Bill Helm The portrait,Which: • ` assisted T
were .' - �. , ch was ' ance sted .b"y Rev. "L� r ortune• �of
re .••
n fried . spectively: They, the possession•of Dr. B. A', Brown. Cell'ingwoo,d and Rev., Thurisk.of
had charge of :the: balloting-of:-Osha'wa . was iven -:to, Dr • W. Ko'moka; '•
' 'Mr• ,Hunter explained` ' what V. Johnston of • Toronto,'• who in Interment. was • in, Greenhill
had`, been :done ',leading up' to the turn has :'donated ,it • to his 'home !Cemetery, the• pallbearers ' being
meetings and called on School In., .town., • ' Ernestert; Levi . Eckenswil
Ack
Spector J. , H. Kinkead to enlarge The inscription :on the paint ' ler,. •Wm. Haldenby; Art Grahani
on the subject: .He' dealt ,with ing'
grants'' and. says it'was •presented to the Archie• Bonnett and."Wrri, Burt:
otanterthing's,- mill rates,among Albion Subscribers New York, Flower bearers 'were nephews,
and 'answered a and. is. dated 1859, the year. after Keith Thomson;' Alvin,; and Mel
variety of questiorirs •
- ghat were the bloody . Indian 'Mutiny was vin Hodgins, Ezra Settler, Linton
put to 'him. . , , . finally • quelled. Settler;; , Harvey Stanley; • Rayl,
• The meeting favored a secret The Mutiny broke .out early Stanley, Earl Elliott; 'Gordon 11/Ic-
ballot on ;the •
-submitted,. This ewes 1 t-twere, in -1857,, with an uprising of 'Se` D non's an a Elliott, Al Eizenga,
When the This established pay native troops, who indiscrim g y, 'Floyd .: Stanley,.
Leo'ndrd ',Stanley;:— a a e
' the •. •. � �� aerie • .1 .' tris e y massacred European loco, an:ey, Close. • to 400 Public: ' school
y wished. by a show. of. hands women and children,.• accom an- Carl .,Stanley, Lloyd Jacklin,
.. • Y ren in .the. Lucknow-Ripley
to vote or leave;,the ':School r p Jackie' McKinnon •Wilfred .Pier: - - ` `
,c id
.... __._._ , .Area led with. savage, excesses. �• : • ... , , .... ..:_ __ �,_. .:..• district__receiv, � .. .
�ioard- to°,., : _ _:_,_� •ed th•e�_�second. ln-.
carry :_.on,
To:• The treachery at Cawnpore af- son sand. George . ober:tsonF oculatiori --.of Salk •vaccine on
withdraw from '.the area. ter the British had su'rren.dered .Harvey is survived by his . Wednesd'aweek. ..,
'and re"�Wednesday-. last . This
Zion school. open; would on terms of a .safe 'withdrawa, widov� ' and• t'wo sons, ..Glen gat clinic • was iii charge of officials
require the ' . establish' 'followed, .. •.. g piers
local ing of ' a• was,. followed, ,by the Beige of home and Kenneth, a student at ,of the,Bruce County Health Unit.'
understand,
.:board:. These we Lucknow,. Sir Henry Lawrence Lucknow District .High School, Approximately 245 children
l elected
could not he proper- had.the time 'arid • foresi ,ht to •Mi•s, 1✓1'odgins .was., formerly Mar- : were i ' u
Y elected p p e .: g at
at: Lucknow and.
of the until the latter part fortify and provision '.the British tette Stanley, daughter., of. the 130 'at Rip ey, It vas the second
rid
u�a's a Year; and if the school 'residency at Lucknow• ,and the late Mr.. and Mrs'. Edward Stan- inoculation, the first needle
hay
Are, 'or IS, to. remain open ;thee garrison , held out th'til, relieved' ley of 'Cu1l:oss. They. were trier- ing been received in mid- "
a tear' ''. u • _ April,
. 1d , b r l•,r :_., .. H. nn .... ..�._.riecl • in: -- London' _.. twenty-three.-•No.._.
-tageiiage;,a to � e �} ed-_,by�{aren.erals �ivel.oc;k tLQ�-t_ �... .....,x .. t".s�ne chil.d_Ww�iov�as,ineccu-l;at-
Sept teacher :for the term ram in September of that year. seal rt ago. at that time' missed receiving' the
cher .1959...10' June, 1957 General- Havelock was in turn •• Harvey is also' sur=vived by • a second. needle' last week at either
and would Carry on .the a . i.
' brother, 'Oscar Hod ei
_..?Setadixrn bsei.. d: --- but .defended ,the be _ .gins of Luck- of these two centres,
tion ge. r ..;.._..�... ... - _ . , .... :
tr the school until �a lea u e esidenc'.. with, cliff ',now an"d fwo sisters,- Mrs. Edgar ` . ThisDorninion_wide
ustee Lovett ;Clara)' of London and prchildr is
board
Toted, was properly el cultyruntil relievd by a force ( designed to.,„irriniuriize 'chil'dren
1 M. John Thoinson (Alice) ,. . under Sir Colin ' Caine ell iwci ,off, against the ravages of polioixiy-
More Meetin a: "months later,. on November ,i7th, Kirkland. Lake., ;A sister firth ,Mitis. inoculations have been
We understand • ' . ;staffered fatal internal inlyuries slowed,' 'down a
1i� that more pub-. •
.. by shortage of;
meetings are. in :the offs {while 'sleigh riding when she Salk vaccine,• due' to the care
ether se ripe i - .. ' a in the entrance,
lobed sections that have petit- ,but have nothing .official in this i. was pupil class and caution that is experienced
lied to withdraw r petit at SSS. Xi Kinloss, .. in its manufacture.
... Irani th:i
sang three ;lovely nunilbers • Jur-
ing • the .,service. •..• •
'Umiba-ch had a triple 'role
in the service: Besides giving the
sermon, the presided at ;the organ
and offered prayer:::
keys:
who made many friends, ..as was
evidenced.:by the many, lovely a
floral trilbutes`•an in
d largely . a
tten _ t'
g Y d
.number
ed funeral service,' conductedEby Frank .had requested.
Rev. Wm. Davidson of'Teeswater The :.card was dated February
Pentecostal -Church: 'Harvey` was• 11•th, 1927' and 'read:
HERO OF LUCKNO1h► 'a :faithful ;merrrber of the .Kin Dear Friend, '' • ,
lough Pentecostal Church and Your letter received•'.and_,wa
I N TOWN' OFFICE, . e. • evo ion to his, faith :was a certainly,'• pleased to hear • from
source . of strength to. him during You Had considerable trouble on'
Sunday '-and' only : got "• r ports
from about 30
miles. . �. '
� steric.
However,- we” usualIy get ..out
about 75 miles. AM', increasing
g
our power. and hope to' ,be. on
the air. a - week from Sunday
fromthree until four and will
give your request then".
It.'was a .picture •post 'card and.
the picture `:showed Melville as
a lad of eight -gifting astride a
sheep.. He was a son. "of Mr: and •
Mrs. Abraham Culbert, sand , his
wife• is the former Olive 'Finni-
gan
Finni-gan :of • West Wawanosh.
:a • hobby rigged up a broadcast-
ing aparatus that .was heard as
far as 75 .miles distant.
Frank Mier of Langside, who
'TEN PAGES
QNOR RETIRLNG
•BELL EMPLOYEE
E. D. Marton has, retied after•
almost forty-six years' service
with the Bell Telephone Com-
pany in Toronto; Mr. and Mrs..'
Hatton plan to •take . up tempor-
ary residencee on' ; the farm of
the ' late John Cathcart at
tail, .which was purchased . re
cently iby Don. Drennan- of . or
onto;
Mrs. Barton was " ' formerl ~
Y
Mary, Eva Drennan ;of the. Kin .
tail district and for. her; it will• •
be' coming "back' home': Mr. anad
Mrs, Marton have ';been .visiting
'in the . community fore a , few days:. 6.
.and 'are returning to the city.to
make arrangements: to move:
• Mr. Harton is a . native Tor-
ontonian ,but is looking forward
to coming to Ashfield where he
is rio stranger. Ike has been• with'
the .Bell Tele�phnoe Co. - for 45
years' and • eight rrionths, and prier
to leaving'. the Company's em:=
ploy,` wase the recipient of. sev-
eral • : gilts.: ,
`The --W-. , ; ep .
�engineenng ' departanept
presented him . with . a handsome .
automatic' wrist ' watch.. The lad...,
ies : of the •general trafific depart
merit' gave him a 'travelling, .bag
and the einployees in. general ex
pressed their best ' wishes with •
a' clock radio:
EXPRESSES • THANKS 'FOR'
CANCER CAMPAIGN, SUPPORT ,
•
A • total .of. '$2,642.70 was con-
tributed in 'the recent 'cancer
drive by -residents ' -of Goderich, .1.
and Ashfield,"' Colborne.. and God..
erich. Townships: The . o!bjective
was $2,500.00.. and Ed Stiles, earn_
paign chairman for the Goderich `
Branch'. of the Canadian Cancer
Society expressed , himself: `as
pleased' with -. the .results. • In re-
leasing the figures,' 'Mr.' Stiles .
added his thanks to the' canvas-
sers and 'others, who 'assisted_ in
many ways. to ake the. •drive..so, •
successful.
•
ERECT BUILDING
TO BROOD 'POU.LTS
A building is under construction'
on tile --farm' off-Andrew—Gaunt..
and Son ;in West _Wawanosh,' for
the . • express --purpose of raising
turkey ;broilers. They have 'en-
tered into a contract _wit'h.JCan-
ada Packers in
this . co-nneetiori.
• The interlocking slab block
building which is 181 by ' 36'. feet
is •beingbuilt by the Sholdic e
Molding Co: of •Shallow Lake.'
When completed' • it "will -- -be_._
equippedwith modern- automatic
brooding equipment.
The day-old 'poults will be, re-- .
ceived .from Canada Packers, and
will be marketed by .them. They
will be ready for the broilert nr ar-
.'ket in about fourteen ,weeks. '
PubIIc&h�oi $idrtj
Get Second SaIkIhjecti
areal egard.: -
Y.,
A third inoculation, is recom
mended,: while protection is af-
forded -.:bye two; �° ty ... ,. > ._..,
. � this
Ptd 1 � - -school_
children in this community in.
Grades 2, ;3 and 4 received two
inoculations a . yearago, and
would have received a third; in-
oculation this .spring'. had vaccine'
been available. r ; :
Inoculations . are not advised
between June and November,
which is generally'the incipient .. __. c pieta- .:�.
period- of the'-''dia`eease. As a con•= •
sequence, though 'not offiicial, it ..
does not appear . if there will be
any _--third- 1noettlati. n, _ �. i.
ons i1T .~iiia _. __..0
area this year. ' f
The ' shortage of 'the vaccine
confined • ' the inoculations to
children sof public. school age,
Whereas. it' had been hoped that •
the Salk treatment would 'also
be available for pre-school age.
children.. a
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