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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO* Till-MSDAY, MAY 17th', •1951,'
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HALI. AND MILEY SMALL CHANGE PILFERED
AS STORE BROKEN INTO
LOCAL BATTE
•To Open Seaton" 1!lere, On May
24th With Elti ion' Fastball
Game With Sti ord Kroehlers.
Hall Will be back on
the mound for ,I..4licknow Legion-
naires this t season, and' back of:
the plate .he'll have Shelley Miley •
dOing the receiving. Miley: comes
here. ,fiitm the Toronto Beaches
• League, where he performed with,
• Toronto Tip Tops, •World champ-
ions in 1949, and 'who ill but re-
peated that record last year.
Miley is a' long. ball hitter and
• besides adding. ,hatting
will be able to handle everything
Hall has tit. Offer !whieh: . is
• plenty.' 'Hughie 'just missed fire,
balling his "way to the W.O.A.A..
chainpiOnahip- last year, and
• Waskeen, to return 'to' Scpoyville
•• to get another. Chanee at the sil-
re
Missing from the line-up will
. be Luke Brooks, left-handed
bat-
tery, mate of Hall's last year, .and
who chattered •his way to.pop-:
ularity. with the fans everywhere;
Open' Season Thursday • • ,
• °1111ie opening of the; season is
slated for 'next 'Thursday; "May
24th; when •The Legionnaires Will
take On .the .Stratford • Kroehlers
• Intermediate PA" team in -a fast-
. bali fixture. that will!(gOt..tindert,
way. under the lights at. 8.30.
Ace 'hurler Of the Kroehlers it
"Fibber" -McGee,: claimed to be.
tops- in ;Southern ,,OntariO... He
hurled Stratford t� the Ontario
finais .against :Ste, Marie
" Park In Good Shape '
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.• Members of 'the .Legion • have
spared 'no', effort to. put the ball
Park in the best Shape ever: Fill
has been drawn to the outfield
and the whole playing field'•has
been • levelled, hand:raked and
rolled in the effort to make
it .9ne of the best parks in the
- :circuit. To ,supplement .the
cher accomodatiOn; •the' hill,
• which forms - natural grand-
stand, .,has been cleaned eft
: Weeds and long grass were burn-
ed off it, as part of a clean-up
bee staged ,on Monday. night, The
• snow fence surrounding the play -
hie field has been', removed and
• will be replaeed. with' a "leaning"'
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D. R. Finlayson's grocery and
feed store was broken .into isome
time after midnight on Saturday,
with the loot confined to about
$.0.00 in silver. No merchandise
appeared to be taken.
Entrance was gained by forcing
.open a big -door in the feed shed
at the' rear .,91. the b4i1dirig, and
then breaking. a" wind* ,to get
intothe store. • '„
A few Weeks ago te•liorrie of
Mrs. Ellen; McNeil was broken
into, when • beds and drawers
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Buys; McINNES pRopggrgy . KINLOSS NATIVE
ON • MAIN STAEET., " t
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• 'KILLED BY TRAIN
. Art Breckles has purchased the
McInnes property on Main Street'
from George McInnes.. The pro-
perty includes the wood -.working
shop, which Was -formerly Reid's
bakeshop" and: the vacant lot.
fronting on Main Street 'the
building having been razed, by
fire a few. years ago.
• .Art „Plans' to build on this 'site.
It will be a 11/2 storey- cinder
block ,building combining. a store
THAT A. J. 'Wilson, local Mas- •
ion June'1st and is starting
build -
were ransacked in searching for sey7I-larris agent, has- bought ;.- .
. . ing operations at . once. •
• and, 'aparirrient. He get§: to()SeSe
morley. The search netted about ',11c91 BeYes 'shop: ohMainSt • '
V15.90. Entrance was garned b ° • GRADUATE g FROM •RY!Astv&•
smashing a window ".• •,. • THAT Censusenumerators in tt"}e .• "
. • " , southern section. of Bruce gath- • William Joseph, Agnew, son of
• INFANTS.BAPTIZED • ered at the home -of P. 44, Mur- **'• and Mrs. E. Agnew •bf
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At. the Mether'S Day service ..tiOns to determine their quail -
the; United" Church ' on Sunday •fications for the i.ob. A school•
"Morning Dr W .L'Muniford: con- of inst&ction..will be held' in
. . ,ray Or.:Saturday..fer .exathiria;
ferred the sacrament of baptism
upon Donna Jean,- daughter of
Mr. and Mrs; . Alfred". Ritchie 'of
Lucknow, and David, Melvin, ton
Of. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Bache p`f
HOlyrood. 'A 'Mothers 'Choir -at=
•• Kincardine nekt week. :,..• • .. °
THAT Ralph Humphrey, of . Am.:
berley it, holding a' clearing
auction .sale on • Friday, having
purchased Bert MacLean's store
Sisted in this family day service ' in '.Kincardine: Bert took - the
with .Pr. Murriford delivering .an ... HuiriphreY farm, in the, ,trant-.
appropriate Message. ', ' ' ' .actiori but. •We understand, has
,• ' In the presbyterian Church a 7 sinte"Ldisposed of it. : •
large , congregationand special - " "•, . -'--0--7-.:. •' ":' " •
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•music marked. the • Mother's ,Day .'TITAI' !the: Boy Scouts pith! ' t�.1i
Service; . With Miss Mary, Mac
•Sunday .School • class of
boys sInging'ia number.' •
BOUGHT BUILDING, •'
TO MAHE:S. S. ,ROOM •
"Campbell hOilie" on their farm
A considerable sumT is needed for
this project and a canvass is be-
ing made of business men and.
other friends outside the congre-
gation to assist in financing ‘..the
hall, ' • • .
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•.•MacMiilan Bros have ,sold the
in West WaWanosh to the congre-
.gation Of St Peter's Anglican
Church .: It is 'planned' to Move
• the building to Lucknow and to.
acljOin it to the ehurch for .a
day'School room and Parish Hall.
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• .4T ''SISTEIVS WEDDING
Mr. !and Mrs. Lloyd Ashton,
Beverley, and 'Fraser were guest§
ding' of Robert Finlay
•„and Mitt. Margaret Ruttan at•
Gorrie on Saturday: The bride
is a sister of -Mrs. Ashton, who
was ,organist at the ,ceremony,
while Beverley acted, as junior
bridesmaid. Mr. Ashton, Was best
man. Mr. and •Mrs. ' Finlay will
reside at Seaforth. Mrs. 'Nellie
Scott of town Was also a guest
at the Wedding. . •
•BRUCE ASSESSOR
T0' BE "APPOINT.ED
Appointment, of? a Bruce COun-
ty assessor it now being consid-
ered !by • a 'County corri•:,
mittee; of which Reeve J. C. Mc -
Nab of Lucknow Chairrnan.
The Corninittee Met, last Thurs-
day and reviewed the fourteen
applications which have been re-'
.teiyed • for the • position, Which
will be a full-tivie job. Thelist
of applicants •waS ,conaiderobly
• reduced at, the preliminary meet-
ing last week, and the Commit -
e will meet again'next Mtthday
to personally interview those sei-
toted from the Original list
The ,CoMmittee's appointment
el, a County 'Assessor is subject
to:the approval of County; COtin-
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ell which convenes in ...June at
Kincardine
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FUNERAL YESTERDAY
Funeral services. for Mrs. Ern-
est Sherwood were 'held at Mac-
Lennan and MacKenzie < funeral
borne. 'on Wednesday, cenduCted
by Dr. W. J. Mumford,' Interment
Was in Greenhill Cemetery: .
• • Mrs: Sherwood was forinerly
Elizabeth May Reed, and a native
of Ashfield ToWnship. Her hus-
band predeceased her hi 1922...
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Pg,OTECT YOUR clothes,
furni-
ture and :k wo011ens. front' moth
dania e for 5 years. One spraying
of Berlou does or 'Berloir pays.
for' the damage. It's Odorless;
stairtlets and dry cleaning your
home:trobach Drug Store; Luck -
t, returning Luck -
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hold another' waste..paper c�1 -
THAT the annual Culbert -Gaunt -
• Keys', Shorthorn Sale will be
held:, in Clinton on . Jurre ltt.
"Forty head are tip for 'auction,
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THAT "Francis" the talking mule
it ..the :Week -end feature at The
: • Playhpuse Patrons attending
the show will be 'eligilloret:for 'a
guess " at "the voice", with a
• $10.00 prize to.the winner or
. divided among the winners• ,.
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THAT . we have received com-
plaints, that 02,1 Saturday' night
' some children on Main ,Street
were "amusing" themselves
• with Water- guns and on more
• than One occasion squirted
Water,' into the , faces of ladiet.
They 'certainly .. weren't amus-
ed and there's: trouble ahead if
this "fun" is repeated
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T• effective tOday new. hours
,are being adopted at The Play-,
house -for the-summer---season-
First show is at 8.00 o'clock and
. the second at 9,451
THAT there will bean interrup-
tion in hydro service•in Luck -
now today (Thursday) from
• 1,30 to 3.00 p.m. The interrup-
tion is. necessary to anake re-
pairs , at 'the north end of the
town; where a short circuit set
a pole afire a few weeks ago,
ancl caused a two-hour ' black-
Lucknow, was one of nearly 200
students who graduatecL froth the
Ryerson 'Institute, of Technology
in Toronto on Friday, • , the
largest convocation in Ryerson's
history.. Joe was a student in the
School of Jewellery Arts,'
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HOME IN TORONTO.
Mr. and Mrs. arl Gibson have
returned from, a tripW
'est -and;
have bought a home at 34 Hol-
brook Ave, Toronto.-. Their son
Calvin has been, employed in Tor-
onto fOra tirrie.,'The Gibson farm
in Ashfield waS,bought 'Geb.
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Reginald McBride, a former
"Kiraoss TowaShip „farther,. was .
killed. by a train on Saturday
morning !on a farm near Portage ,
La , Prairie.
Reg was in his 57th year, 'hay-
irig been born' -in the Algoma
district on October '20th, 1894: He
fanned for a ' number .of years
in the Kinlou,gli district' and a
couple :of years ago sold his 'farm
to Wib."-Sheane. • ' ' ' '''''
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Since last August Reg had 43,e,e11.,
at Portage La ',Prairie:, He was
managing a farin, owned by Rus-
sell !Metcalf and engaged„iri seed-.
ing opera -tions ' on thefarmat
the time he was killed. 'The -rail-
road runs through the • Metcalf
farm and it Was , on the farm.
that : the tragedy 'occurred. Reg
Was -driving a truckload of seed
tothe field at the time and for.
some .unaccountable .reason •fail-.•
ed to see the train, or. bacrinech,
arrical diffieuties With the truck.
Two fellow Workers witnessed
the crash in which Reg died' in-
stantly. • . • .
The •remains' arrived" in Luck -
now yesterday Whet°ethe funeral
,erviice.„ .,,be h ld • today
(Thursday.) at., the • MacLennan- :
•Maekenzie.funeral borne at .2.00 : , , ..• i , .
pan. :Interment will be iri"Green- ' '••
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MONCRIEF-LT George• a n
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Betty in Alexandra Marine and
General : Hospital, GOderich, On
FriclaY,i • May 11th; • a daughter,
Jane Barbara. •
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FESTIVAL OF MUtIC.
BY ,RURAL. 'euPILS.
• Schools. of Kinloss' and :Huron.
Townships supervised by Mi§s,M;
L. MacDonald presented a fest-
ival of music -in Luchnow Town
Hall •on Tuesday. evening, May
8th; Messrs. E. W. West and L.,
'E. ,Umbach; the adjudicators,
praised the competitors for their
.generally pleasing manner, good
'tone ,. and fine. blending' in part
singing, ancli•suggested that more.
attention 'be given to enunciation
and interpretation. ••
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Mr. McBride hastwo daugh
ters 'Ellen who teacher in Wood-
stock and Mrs Clifford Congram, • 7
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(Muriel) of •Lucknow, and a bro-
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Ori Trip To The West
Mrs, -Margaret Gardnerand:
Mrs: 'Jennie Fi'tzgerz.ld accom-
panied their .sister;- Mr. and Mrs. . •
i -Hill Knox, back to home in
1 Limerick, .Sask."a week ago. They ' •-• .
m:de th • trio bv car. Mr. and ;
'r Mrs" Knox and Murray tame
' East last- fall arid sperit the.lArin,
ter with relatives at Auburn and
with their daughter in Kitchener.
A second 'car driivien by ;their son '
f Murray: Knox accompanied by his :
rsister, Maureen of Kitchener and
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,their cousin from Oshawa return -
I ed to Limerick...at the same time.
The !girls are spending a•Vadatien
With their .Parents there before'
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Onizzio•••tti resume '
' 'their work: ' • • . " •
Those placing first",in elasses
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at .the festival are privileged to
enter the County Festival to be,
-held-in-W-alkeT.ton,-May 29 and 30
Winners of first. and second
place in the rirarious events were
as follows: Unison . chorus, 'ohe
room school. attendance 15 or un -
No 11 Huron, SS.
14 'Huron; girl's'vocal solo.. 7-8
years, Carol' • Anger, Shirley
Brooks, duet, 10 'years &. oung-
er, ey roo s an ar yn
Finlayton, Donalda
Hulgh, Houston; boy's vocal solo,
9-10 years -Bruce Thomson; Noel
• MatLe9d; girls, vocal •solo, 9-10
out• years. Marilyn Finlayson, •Pliy1.-
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Steer; boy:s •vocat• solo, 7-8
„ THAT H:arolci All& son. .0f s
MRS. BODOKINgON HONORED.:
BY ST: PETER'S
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The May meeting was held at
the hothe"ct,f •Mn, W: Ilodgkinson..
H 179 opened the Meeting
folliiwed by the W,A.,.:and Lord's
'prayer. Mrs. A. favored
with a solo • followed by readings
• for 'Mother's Day.. Miss D.
:Cook .and ,' Mrs. S. Rider.:The
business.section: • was- • resumed
during which the sPring bale was'
packed by Miss Cook ' and Mrs.
Stimson.. The !bale included quilts
and other.rniscellariemis iterns.do-'
nated by members. ;
During the evening a presenta
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flan' of cream„ and sugar' set was
made to Mrs. Hodgkinson on
the, occasiop of 'her, moving .
to
W„ingharri. Miss D. Cook gave the
address on behalf of the . whole
gathering. ;#
A sdap contest 'followed and
was Won by Miss Welsh; 1Hynin
689 'closed the meeting., 'Coriven-
4ti for the 'prograin were Mrs.
McQuillan and rs:, P. Mc-
Quillan. '• •
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C . B: of Toronto -and the years, d K Z
late Mr. Arlin, vititecl here for. Pace; OTh r
Harold fleW "east 'front 'Van, (tied) ; 13'334.5 Ylec4 SelPt
Bessie Reavie,. Barbara Anger
a few • hours
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last Wednesday.•
• couyer, Wher.e he travels for ,a YearS' J. .1•19uSien;' Lloyd
Marine 1whOlesate.firm. Mr, and Gillivray; duet, '11 'Years and, ord-:,
Barbara Anger and „Jimmie
Aliin-haVethree: el4;
MaeTavith, Margaret and Mar-
, •ters.' It was tbe,,first time Har-
ion•MaeTavisli (tied); girl's vocal'
• Old has been East, in ten years.
' •solo, 13 years and older, Belle
/ • " Graham Ruth 1VlacGillivrai: boVs
THAT throughout Ontario ,
VOCI solo 13 years and •older.
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late May and early June a ser-
• ies of district annual meetings
of Women's Institute branches,
• Will7be held. The South Bruce
annUal will be held' at Reid's
•• 'Corners on June 5th with Miss
HaMilton„' as ' the department
representative. T h e 'W e s t.
Huron district will' meet , in
Lucknow on June 7th, With
Miss Hamilton alSo iri• attend
ance -here. ' •
THAT •studentsfiNie distiriot
rural
schools presented „a fes:;!
fival•c& tratsic in the Town Hall
on Tuesday of lastwe7k• to a
Ronald MeQuillin, Jaek Engiand
The 'following'. program•num-
bers 'added variety to this even -
mg • of music: a solo by Kenneth
Houston,. a trio •by Marilyn, Fin-
layson, Marion MadTavish and
Jimmie ,MacTavith„ a two-part
'chorus S,S. No 11 and
double trio by S,S. No. 5,Kintots,
Schools 'participating ,W it h
their respective teachers Were,:
SS.• No,. 11 Huron, Mee 'Sandy
MaeCharies; SkS. No. 12 Huron,
Mitt Margaret MacDoriald;- SS,
No. 14„Huron, Mrs, Harold Vogan:
S.S, • No 5 Kinloss,i, Miss Jece
Arrristrong; Ne, Kinloss,
UGE WORK' CREW
LAID NEW RAII.S
A _huge e.N.R. work crew was
centred at ,Lucknow over the
week:end. while laying heavier
steel rails along sections of this.
• .nch
Whitechurch. and Brussels area.
The crew was comprised of 140
men, with 46 'cars of various 'de-
scriptions:making up the train.
,While the gang was centred here, ,
there were also men and cars at ' • , ,
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Kincardine and. Whitechurch. At ! • " •
the local' depot thesidingsWe •„.
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crowded' with :sections of the •
train that ineludeci 'a power crane
and eating and sleeping attornqi-' •
dation" for'the ereW. , The 'train
has its -own refrigeration units, • •
kitchens end. cooks and is . well .•
equipped tO'' handle Such a . gang,-
Who. devour enormous quantities •
of ,food 'at each meal. • '
• It Was. the largest ',work train
ever to visit Lucknow in the ex-
perience or C.N.R.. Agent A. W.
Hamilton, : • • ".•. •
New rails Were', bein`g• laid in
. the! vicinity of Pliaris; 11/4/lather'sfarm,
farm, at Whitechufth- and'at :.••• ,
Britstels..The rail layirig job Was.
COmpleted in •, a . couple of :dslys„
,The gang, laid '..Mpout .21/i miles Of: "1••
steel a,' day, with the' jeb- under
the supervitiOn a Road iMaster ' , • .‘"•• '-
H1H. Dericey. ,
The work crew !Were:chiefly of
foreign' e)Oractiori,„ many' of thern
being D.P,'s. Some had been in
'„Cariacla only a coupleofweeler;
arid coulcl say little' but
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