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DRAFT_' JOINT
C.M.R._ PROTEST
Representatives: of rnunicipali-
t .
ies• :on the - Palmerston-Kincar
dine branch of 'the C.N.R.,met
in Wingham last. Thursday night
;to draft a joint resolution ,pro -
tog .
stin the proposal of the C.N.R.•
to 'cancel. passenger, express and.
mail service 3�by..;' rail, • and substi-
tute b •s
uand `truck transportation.
._
,11+11aYors or • reeves of 25 : man-'
,
icipalties ' on , the • 'Palmerston -
Kincardine a n d. Pairnerston-
Southampton. lines, or served by
it, were notified of the meeting,
Ault there was, not 'a single 'rep-,
resentative present from the 'Pal
nerston Southampton line, leav-.
ing the meeting to wonder . at
this." attitude • of indifference;
• A similiar meeting .had .been
head .:a. week • previous at which
Southampton delegates :were "up
in•arms'• against the railway pro-
posal. ' ;
Mayor W;, W. Guerney of Wing-
ham Presided:gat. the• meeting and,
P �.
read, ,;the ; .resolution of protest
from the Winghani Council which:
had' -been, forwarded.'
•
,Listowel`.
' O. � or . Nickel � .oaf
Said
that. Listowel Council .had
deferred, action:: until the regu-'
lar .;Marcmeeting,
r h and he was.
ueried as to :the "chane of:'At-
titude'"-
at-
titude ofthe Board, :as wasin-
dicated by. press .reports,,
Mayor G uerne" . , submitted a
' y
rough ' draft of. a resolution of
:Protest: frein th'e`•municipalities as
a whole, which'. met with the, rap-
proval`•:.of °the Meeting: And -was
•th.p.
•,:given:. h 1inishingifouehwt y • a
Coiimittee of seven set up to deal
With matters pertaining. to his,
QYuesion • as the- ' : na anise. This
y, ,, . .
committee is comprised ' of Mayor
W. W. Guerney,• Wtngl aixi, chair-
mean; Mayor Joseph ' Chilvers, of
,Kincardine; Reeve J. C. McNa+b
.Luck'now; • Reeve ;'•` Harvey John-
ston,. Morris: Township; Reeve J.
D: 'Beecroft, of \East Wawanosh;.
Mayor James Auld, Pairnerston;
Mayor O. M. Nickel, Listowel
LUCKNQW, ONTARIO,; f'HUEISDAY, MAi
MOTORED TO WINNIPEG
DUE .TO MOTHER'S ILLNESS
Mrs,
and Mrs. • ,The WasneYand
family and, Bob Armstrong,Jr.,
left by motor early Tuesday
morning nn .
fi g for Winnipeg, because of
the serious iliness *of -Joe's moth
•s, WaSney sufered a, fract
,tired limb and since '• then has
developed,; double • • neu
.,. 'pneumonia, mon:ia, so,
that her ,condition, causedrav
g, e
Concern. •' On learning by phone.;
of her' illness; the Wasney fami•l
y:
made immediate,; plans to leave �:
for, the West;,
SUGGEST'NINE:.
.ROOM' SCHOOL
Approval haS•been' given by° the
Department 9f Education to 'draw
up: 'sketch • plans • 'for •. the new
Lucknow District high' school if.
all municipalities concerned ares'
in agreement, •
The jist sof . the resolution .
strongly opposed substituting :.bus•
and truck service; which was re-
-:-garded as -totallyy-ina lequate It
called' for: rebuilding the Palmer-.
store; 'to ''Kincar dirge line . to ac:-
comodate heavy' diesel equipment:
and provide fast ar}d .snip oved'
service.' Stress was laid On".the
essentiality of rail ` service • in
event of a national. 'eiiriergency. ;
'.Kincardine, Ripley; •l< uckrrow
West Wawanosli were re resent=
ed at this. meeting,. Reeve Ever
• ett Finniganagainsuggested that
the 'Federation of Agriculture: use.
its influence 'in _protesting ,the
HOW DOES YOUR
'LABEL READ?
• The Sentinel mailing list•
was: corrected; on ' Saturday,.
• and a glance at the label date
this week willw
tell. you how'
your subscription stands, .
lfIqur label does not carry
the figures "51", your su11�-
•scription is past- due, and
your ,earry 'attention to • this
'little matter, is requested; . .'
•., In case of error please" ad
vise us: at once.
The Department suggests a 9 -
room school to meet' theneeds of.
this 'district, and pa' -.s 80 . percent
of the cost of .construction.
The District Board met on. Fri-
day night with the reeves: of the
;municipalities to discuss the pro
ject,. and . arrangements were,
Made'' to have an architect .Meet:
with:.'local• officials and. go thor:•
oughly into the plans and estiin-
ated • cost orthe +building. '
Fravored site of .the p roposed'
P
new school appears to 'be Tat. the
outskirts' of the Village,' J'::'tus sciuth'.
of'.Highway 86, o
inv lv+ing 'prop-
. prop
erty and land owned by: Miss:
SEE BY THE
EN INEL
THAT 1VIrs.; N.: J. MacKenzie left
last Thursday for Detroit from
' where she will go : to; Fkxiida
with, • Mr and',Mrs:, George.
Stockham to spend a ,.month's
vacation, .
' o.
SHAT there is: ni+arked :ern, p rove -
p
• rx.e it in 'the' ..condition of Mrs..
• Phil I'ar`%tt Of Timmins '.: (nee
R
u Mitchell) . who.. recently
e n y
underwent a n major operation
in.'Toront
o. T , is ex ected s •
. t p be
will ..beable
to retureine
shortly:.
Elizabeth .Reid ...and the Lyons ' —o--
fani,l: A., sere ' . at the ':fro• of TRAT a: largely..attended,recep-,
�' _ am ..
•the_. property. ,would perrnit'.at-
tractive landscaping' 9f•• the
: grrounds. -
JOINS UNITED
STATES ,NAVY
Kenneth,.H. ¥acInnes, 20 -year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin
•Maclnnes,' of Detroit, joined, the°
Ljni ed Staten 'navy : early ,in .the
year : and`:. is now undergoing 're-
'
cruit ::training. at •:the naval train-
u g centre,, .;Great Lakes, Illinois.
Kenneth is a .grandson ;qf Mr -s:
:Malcolm �Macliities and d is well.
known in this. 'community where
visited: •; •' :.
he frequently ..
• The Detroit Westward news-
paper has ;. this to say of Ken
• "Outstanding in Southwest, De-
troit . acivit s, ; the 'handsome
young Ken was a member of'.•the
g
Trinity Presbyterian'church.choir
-and', the Western high_ School'
choir. • Ken has already joined. a
;Choir Which meets near: hiss train-
n a
ing.;ibase. '
curtailment : •of rail service. , He
'maintained
,
that tion
t ��suCh • ac W t While in- high
-� ch l lie gained Horrors-' for -
scholarship •.and attendance: Be
received .the music . department
award and.: the : American Legion•
award' upon graduation
`.`Shortly beforeie joined • the.
Navy; Keri attended Michi,gan.
"Ken ' attended Harms and
son Inte:rmedi;ate ' School before
Would. have 'an.:adverse: effect
,the value of farm' property.'::
*'DUTCH• FAMILY
T -PA t`A vAOU NT
Mr. ,and 'Mr's:: Wm. Steenhuis
and' two children;• natives • of
Vr'Veen,,, Holland, arrived in
Luckhoty by train o'n Monday+.
and have taken up residence. at
Pararnourit, : where , they will be.
•,employed for, the time `being by
Orland Richards.
Mr. Steenlhus was : a prosper-
otuiputcher in Holland and:,hopes
to eventually iby . a farm here,
Theyare residing: on the farm
eerossthe road ''ogre the Ri hards
• • fr c ,
farm; formerly the rtaynard farm.
, 'and, Mrs. Steenliuiis ,have
two children, a son 16, -anti a' dau-
iter 11. The latter will be ati
tending school at Paramount,
entering es ern.
State. College to: study 'agricul=,
ture'':
Evang�
r'•
FEATURING THF; . ' •
heir two months' old .son, Jarvis,
of Trout G:G� e k; visited last 'week
with her parents, Mr. ,and. Mrs.
Wesley Robb of Huron Township:
Mrs. Osborne was f o r,me r•:l-y
Gwendolyn, Robb.;Last
°Wednes-
I da they 'visited here with Mrs;
Alice Robb, making -a -four-gen-
eration'
four gen-eration' gathering. Mrs .'Robb , is
84 years of age.
Mr.and. Mrs: ',Osborne operate
'a +generalstore.' business at Trout
Creek, Whichh as been rebuilt
since its. destruction by fire some
•time ago. In that fire they • lost.
.suffocation.
an infant child • .b
0,1;am ,
HELD 'PUBLIC SPEAKING
CONTESTS AT. HIGH• SCHOOL.
' Last week; at. the .Luekisow;
District High School, public
.speaking' contests .were 'held for
students of Grade 9 arid. 10. A
conitse4 for . boys ; was ,'held ion'
We. dnesday with Jim Ha•ckett th•e'
winner. 'He spoke on " Conserva-
<tiot". The . fudges were Dr: W. J.
Mumford and Mr. Everett West.
• Ori Friday •'afternoon the girls
competed,.. with- the' judges, Mrs..
W
B..:.Anderson. and Mrs. W: •V.:
Johnston; finding it difficult.' to.
selec a . winner, as ;,more' than
one e c� testari't• was tied� e
n ycrh n the
Ipoints;.were;•'tallied...:The '' final'
tion was held in .the.'Recrea-'
Tucknow, • Branch of the• Can
•
,adian Legion .will participate in
the 'Legion's
s Pcovinci al Essay
Contest, by sponsoring'a local.
competition. for (both 'publ'ic and •
high school students.
Prize money of $7.00 and $5;00
will be' offered in :each class:..
Class No. .1 :is for boys+ and..
girls in ' Grades 5, 6, , 7 and 8,
who may write 'about 50.0.. 'words ;
on either ;"Remembrance Day or ,
"The Four •Freedoms"..;
•''Class No. 2 is for young peo-
ple in grades 0, 10, 11, 12 and 13,
who may write about. 1,000 words
on either ",Canadian Unity" or
"Canada's Influence in. the
ited. Nations".
Entries in both divisions must
•be in the hands : of''the: Legion
secretary not • later than. April
Ist. ..
Branch winning ;essays will 'be
eligible for ,district: competition
and :the. best three essays in the
district,in each class,' will be,
forwarded" to the Ontario Com.
mand Tle first and second place
winners in the 'Ontario finals will .
be given a •free trip byair to •
Ottawa: to: visite. the.• House,. of
Commons.•
Purpose of the contest ;is to im-
press' on the. minds af young pep--
Pie
eo ole (and those .not, sor.young)
fundamental' 'principles' `of .'good
choice • ;was Bett Johnston whose 'citizenship ''Legion ' officers x are.:
y
subject' was "MacKenzie .'King"; I hopeful tlfat' a goodly nun +ter' in'
,School pins •were Presented onI t
t" will .'entier the coni.
p"hisdistric
Friday to Betty. and Jim by the �. 'test. '
adv
'tw.o ' 1 y' judges: •
N .JAIVIIESON ••P-A•SSES,::,'
tiona Centre Centre. on 'Friday.. i•
night: ; RIpLEX S TAX:. R;AT1. for. 1951
• �:he death • of ohri. Alexander;
J
in honorof Mr.• and Mrs: Jack' will remain . unchanged . at .•; 75 Jamieson • occurred •• in Wingham
^The Dura tau 1 werepre- + '• 82
y g. P e years of .age. The, funeral service
' ''will be held this • afternoon
of +money. Jack Macintosh sex B1' D FAREWELL
Congratulations
• . , •. ...• (Thursday) ''::at. Johnstone's' Fun-, •
.
tended congratulations, and, ' `eral Howie, at 2:30 With • inter-
TO COOL E FAMILY LY
•Clare Johnston. mane+ the. ores
Cooke .(nee Shirley Mason): mills: Hospital on Tuesda 1e was
sented .,with a generous purse • i
-=o-
THAT Mrs.. Wm. Cooke was. pre
• sented with a• lovely ; cup and
saucer byy the '
th W.M.S of Blake.
'Church, of which she. was a
,yvalued..ineniber . The--presenta-
tion was made' , at•. the .home of.
Mrs. Irvine Henry; the presi-
dent of the W M:S. The "Cooke
family moves.th'is• week'. to near
Chesley to make. their, \home
THAT, a ten day spell of sprinig-
' like weather. • reached a , high' of
43, degrees on' -Sunday Rain on
Monday:was followed by a drop.
,temperature..
(Continued On *age, 10)
BINGO TONIGHT (THURISD:AY)•': -
JACKPOT UP TO 8300:00 •
.Interest in the Lu'cknowi Leg-
ion's weekly bingo is,,;steppin,g up•
sharply now. as the jackpot• grow,, s"
ibigger sand . bigger, ' This - week's
event will :. be held . tonight
(Thursda;y) father than on Wed
nesd'ay :as'. has ;been customary.,
The: change was made with the
idea
, Of avoiding .,,idin' conflict 'with •the.
hockey playoffs:'
tonight will be
The 'jackpot
$303;00, , 48 numbers :torbe
called. f,
HOLDS RALLY HERE
.'. -
. i REQ: BERT TURNER
Irish-born ,evangelist of Detroit
weeks evanel-'
will :open 'a two g
istic crusa'de lin: ,the Town Rall,
1.,ucki ow, commencing on Sun-
day' `night.
On •Friday' : evening,' February
23rd, a farewell dance. ;was ' held
in ''the. Dungannon i. Parish Hall`
for:iMr: and -Mrs. Wlliarri Cooke•
and family: Therewas' a capacity
crowd in. attendance. Music for
the, evening ' was supplied key
Athol ;Bruce's. orchestra .accom_
panied by Clark• Johnston: '
' During the. lunch hour Mr.-. and
Mrs. Cooke were called to.:. the
platform where Mr: Elmer Foran
read 'the. following , address and
Mr. Lorne Durnin' made .the pres1'
-entaition• :-of --a, ...well filled. .purse
Of money.
Dear Bill, Mary, Margaret, • Bill
• and Sam
T:t is with regret ;that we `learn -
anent• in Greenhill .Cemetery:. '
•
INSTALL NEW VICE •
PRESIDENTS AT LEGION.
A. •
At e last•re
• gulag meeting
of the^.locaL'TBnanch : of. t'rhe'-•-Qan
aarp Legion, Stuart Collyer' and •
Cat ence Greer were installed
first and second vice presidents:
• ,•Officers for• the ,current term •
area. Pres., ' Robert M. Simpson;"
1st vice Stuart Collyer; 2nd vice,
Clarence Greer • secretary-treas
P
•urer;' : R. W. ' Andrew, executive,
'Ja r'Fisher,. . Russell. Button, ' •
Cla'ie ,Johnston,. Jack Cooke; Sgt
at, Arms William,'Stimson;
color
party,; Elwood '' ..Drennan, , Cliff
Crawford; press. reporter , ; Wm.. M.
ed. you' are leaving oitr neighbor-? 'MacDonald.
hood. We are `sorry.' to lose: you,
,knit wheat is our loss will besome-
one else's gain, We:tiWill always
remember : the 'good neighbors 'you
have been and .:will ' always' be.
looking, forward to your visits
back •here. •
• .'We, your' "'rierids and , neigh-.,
bbors; have:gathered •her a this ev-
ening; to extend; to you` our best
wishes for success and happiness'
in .your new corrmunity,„.FAs you'
lea'v'e• old friends behind sand look
forward to the .new;, may your
nneMories ail -be pleasant'•. and.
your hopes all "c'or:••netrue.,
As, ` a token of our esteem• we'
ask, your to faccept.' thi's gift and
wish you the very 'best of luck
in your new home..
Signed on +behalf of your friends
and neighbours, Elmer • Foran,,
Lorne Durnin.'
Bill made a very,. fitting reply
:and invited 'everyone
• to: visi
them in -t Lei . 'AYI
h new` 'home. e
joined in sen g For
they are
jolly., good fellows"i . •`
Mc1R'E:lT'I..RES AND
BATTERY . STOLEhI:,w
•
Cars owned: -by Frank 1VIacKen-k
Ale nod. -Duncan .MoC:onnell of
Concession 2, :'Kinloss,, were re=
ce>.tly roaibed of their spare •tires.
The: battery Was also taken out • •`
of the 1VieConnell ' ajar, and, it ap
pealed : a's if an unsuccessful at-
ten±t had, been made to remove
'the '}'eater:
The' are' sirniliar.'
e "tto those .
occurring a few weeks earlier;,
when two oars storedin the
Presbyterian Church shed were
relieved 'of a tire and battery:
The MacKenzie and McConnell
,parkedcars n their
1 neways�j t off the oad The
tire ,which Frank 'lost was ti •view.
one and was, of a different size
fe the ,1Vivc•Ca 11 ti � rine tire,'
Constable Mavens was inform
ed. of the affair and notified Pre-.
Wit ial Pollkce..
ry.
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