HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-10-03, Page 9f
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LA,R.ItIE'S PRESS miry ON OVER SFAS •TOUR
• The Canadian Pacific's spank
-ing mew flagship, --the ,Eu%press atBritain, is . pictured here. on the
•River Cyd .
l e as she ' m
. h sailed'from
.Liverpool for her initial. sea.
trials: this : spring:
It is. on this ship that a Can-
adian Weekly, Newspaper press
., party sailed from IVMntreaI •on
Tuesday, September 4th, bound
d
for—Liverpool—and—the-start- of
a five 'weeks' tour of the British.
Isles . and Europe. The Sentinel
Publisher and • Mrs..Thompson
are . members, of the party. '
It is nothing new for•, Luck-
rio.wites to be aboard the Em-
press .of•. Britain.•Although the
•
maiden voyage. was made only
-East April, already Fred.Jack-
son .and . Mrs. 'Simon Donaldson
have . crossed 'the ' Atlantic on
this the' newest of what is term-
ed 'The Great "White Empress.
fleet".
TO REVIEW VROP FAILURE
•' WITH :PROVINCIAL BODY'
A 'serious reduction in "Ont -
ario's 1956 crop volumes was re-
ported .at a regular meeting of
• the directors of ' •the Ontario: fed-
eration of Agriculture' held re-
cently in Toronto.
Estimates 'on• grain harvestings;
fo'r 1956 ranged from 10 percent
of normal in the eastern Ontario
counties to' 60 percent of normal
in : the . Hamilton -Toronto area.
•Reports . On Ontario's fruit crop
was placed: at 40 to 50 percent
of normal. Late seeding : 'and .a
late .spring ;combined with ' poor
harvesting weather and late ma
taring Were !blamed for the'small
crop:
The Ontario Federation ot Ag
riculture . directors • 'decided „that
Ontario farmers' this fall ,wou•ld
require additional credit 'to tide ,m.
the.over • to spring. The •
meeting Was* agreed, however,
that because of 'higher interest,
rates and . a repent. Federal gov-
ernment policy of` ,restricting
credit, . bank loans 'to farmers.
for operation '. purposes were ; in-
•creasingly difficult to secure:
The.Board of 'Directors. instuet
ed Lloyd : Jasper, .president and
H. Arbuckle, general.secretary,
to. review.' immediately with pro
vincial government represents;;
tires . the problen of ' current
crop • failures and m
eergency:
farm credit.
BORN
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On Monday, September 24, 1956,
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R. 7, Lucknow, .a daughter.
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HASN'T ,WALKED
IN 'T1E•NTY YEARS
,There is a man:. in our town.
who hasn't taken 'a step unaided
in twenty: years, Wand for. .long
y
has been completel' iinmobil'e.
and . confined to a • wheel.. chair..
He's Jack MacCharles' of "Stand-
pipe ,Hill"
In the busy whirl . of life the
afflictions• that beset- some• folks--
with whom . we. rub shoulders,
become to a , degree . SO. matter
of •fact as to :be. taken for grant-
.
J a e .k MacCharles' affliction,
which has defied a'cure ..and•can
scarcely .be' defined; started when
he was on•.the farm in Huron,
Township. The loss of the°••use
Of his,legs became' progressively
worse.trutches ..were resorted to•
in the early stages of the ailment,
but"now..Mr. .MacCharles .is. con=
fined to his wheel chair..From it.
he -can get: in •and out of bed, or
into his car. He .can'still drive
the car, but makes .fewer trips
down town 'than he• once did..
Mr. MacCharles will be • 69 -in
October _and__whext the -_fact is
realized that for • twenty . years
he has been an invalid, it should
put _ good-_ healtli•'� grumblers to
shame.
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FARMING ,RECOGNIZED AS'•,
CANADA'S- BASIC INDUSTRY
• . ; 4,griculture Minister - Goodfel-
'low,, of Ontario, recently told a
Canadian National Exhibition
luncheon that farming still is
'the basic industry .of' Canada".
Guest speaker at the farmers'"
and livestock parade ' day •lunch-
eon, he promised. his audience of
agriculturists :legislation ..enabling'
,
the farmer "to,• work out his, own
'destiny" •- • • •
,Commenting on• a Supreme
Court of Canada action testing
the legality, • of Ontario's hog-_
marketilg legislation,' Mr. Good-
fellow said that. 'whatever hap-
imed he ' 'will riot allow the far-
mer to suffer".
"We will request that the Fed-
eral • Government' pass legislation
that •will net the fariner a fair,
return if the couch dictates .that
the scheme .is invalid".,
But he .,warned against allow=
i.ng .too much Government in-
terference in farming 'affairs.'
"Farming organizations 'should
be on hand for advice and help
1when needed', . he saa'd. •
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LOSES FINGER IN
THRESHING MISHAP
(ST. HELENS 'NEWTS)
Mr. Ross MacPherson had
misfortune to lose part of ,'the
big finger .on his; left ha when
he got it caught in tliE grain
blower while threshing ' at Pat,
MaoMillan's on Friday. He • was
a . patient in Wingham Hospital
for several days:
Please note that anniversary
services in the United Church
will be held, on Sunday, October
a8th,.instead of the date prev-
iously' announced.
. The ladies. are , reminded of
•the meeting of the Women'•s In-
stitute -this .(Thursday) afternoon
in the Community Hall.. Roll call,
How to keep a healthy state of
mind. '
Miss Anna ' Stuart of Toronto
-is spending a . week's vacation at
her ' Thome here. ,
Mr. "and Mrs. Rob t. McLaugh-
lin of, .Tottenham • and Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander Burke of Walde
•n ar 'were recent guests of their
cousin, . Mr. A. G. Webb and -Mr
and ,Mrs.E. W. Rice. • • '
Mrs. Charles McDonald enter-
tained several • evenings last week
in honor of her ' d aughter Joyce,
whosemarriage to Mr. Keith
Cranston took 'place: at the Manse
on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Cairns Aitchison is mak-
ing favorable recovery, in Wingham,* Hospital following an op-
eration for appendicitis.
Fit. Lt. Keith Black has .re-
turned to Lachine, Que., after a
tern. days' vacation . with Mrs.
Black 'and boys,
' PAGE NON$ •
TKADESMEN.IN 4907 VOTERS'
)LIST NOW UNHEARD OF
Came • across a 1907 ' copy of
the (the voters' list, for the Village
of Lucknow, recently,, and print-
ed across the back cover were.
the , words, `'LucknQW Sentinel
Did"
J. B. Agnew was Village clerk
and Bruce ;County judge at that
time was Wm. Barrett.
'V.arious. trades. listed at that
time caught our eye, arid which
today are non-existant locally.
'Someof these were: James Mc-
' Cluskey; 'Sr, and Jr,, teamsters;
John Archibald, weaver; Johri
Boyd, manufacturer of. artificial
limbs; Alex S. Campbell, tailor;
enry a ag ger,; arnessma ler;
W. J. Lyons, 'cooper; D. B. Mac-
Kenzie, •pumpmaker; Albert 'Mill -
son, bus' man; Alex McPherson,.
wine merchant'; Samuel.' Robert- . .
son, tanner;:Alen Ross, saddler:
Hattie McColl, milliner; James
Campbell, .hostler; . Robe.. Doug-
las, , carder;Steel 'Hunter:, „stage
driver; Wm., Geddes cooper;
Donald 'MoCorvie, .bartender;
Thomas Treleaven, ' photograph-
er; Robert Thompson, liveryman;
Annie . Woods, dressmaker.
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PERCENT. OF NEGLIGENCE
DIVIDED 50-50 IN CRASH
The, .hollowing judgment was
handed ' down in. :the :Goderich
assizes in connection, withthe
highway death -of: Melirin 'Rey r-.•
rah, • formerly of, Lucknow..
Action' by Charles and Gladys
;Sc'urrah , claiming, under Fatal
Accidents Act for death• of their
son, Melvin C. Scurrah; and by,
,plaintiff; ' Gerrard ,Fontaine for
-damages suffered ' as a result 'of
collision Nov. -8,. 1954, about four
miles south 'of' G'oderfc-hi between,
m torcycle owned and. driven by
aintiff Gerrard. Fontaine, :on,
which ,late Melvin • C. 'Scurrah
was a passenger; and Motor, ve-
hicle ' "owned ' by, 'defendant . Mar-
ino Flaibani and driven by de
fendent.Ida L. MacDonald: Camp-
bell Grant,' t .C., .for plaintiffs;
Frank Donnelly, Q.C., for defend-
ants'. -Judgment: ". . .I must,
therefore, . find • that under the.
circumstances ►they were equally•
negligent and the , percentage. of
negligence will be divided, 50-50
., In . accordance with• the .per,
ceritages•::of ,negligence; as• found
above, judgment will therefore, go
for plaintiffs :Charles, Scu•rah'.
and Gladys Seurrah for .$375 and,
for plaintiff . Gerard Fontaine,
for $750,'`together.•; with costs:"
REV.' WAL O: RHOAD KEEPS.
IN TOUCH WITH SENTINEL •
District ' folk will be interested
in• the following letter from Rev.,
Wm.. 0,. Rhoad,: now ofthe Pres,
l?yterian Church at Alf•CDowell,.
Virginia. .
`5I .suppose, the time has come
for irenewing our subsc'riptiori to
The .Sentinel. • We enjoy keeping
in• touch with our friends in Ash -1
field and. Ripley by means of
The Sentinel. • •
"The cool weather which we
are • having now reminds us af:,
Ontario. It was down to 38 yes -1
terday . • 'morning and 32 • this
morning.. Last winter we had
quite a few morningswhen it
was down to zero or nearly so.
Last week we took Priscilla back
to Bob Jones. University at
Greenville, South Carolina. it is
somewhat ' warmer down .there..
She .is beginning the last .seines
ter of her freshman year at •the
university. During the summer
she was -in Harrisburg, Pa.; work-
ing and• living, with my mother.
"The boys are back in. high
school• here. Rill is beginning his
junior year (.11th Grade) and'
John his .freshman year • (9th
Grade). 'Rebecca isin the fourth
grade in elementary schoo]
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