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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, •THURSDAY OCTOBER 18 1951
LADS FOUND BILLFOLD •
CULROSS PASSES
izes
3, GOLDEN "• 1NEDDI.NG_
Thanksgiving week -end *Was a
•: • memorable occasion for Mr, and
Mrs. Richards. Richards of Para,.
A mount, when member
• n members their
family were all home to celebrate
• heir golden • wedding .' anniver
nary; and when :scores of•friends
•, . : , • . • and relatives called ' to extend
•. • best wishes , to this esteemable
couple,. .
Mr: and Mrs Richards' s' , (nee:
' Annie Patterson) were Married
d
on October.2nd, 1901, 'at the home
1 of the bride's. parents, Mr. and
Mrs.. Alex Patterson,. Concession
12,• . Huron Township • 'by . Rev,.
Husking of 'Ripley. Their attend -
an s,
ttend=ants, •bgth' of .whom have passed
ori, were the bride's sister, •Miss
• • Minnie Patterson and the groom's
FAMILY !HOME FOR
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WITH CONSIDERABLE MONEY • •
Alvin Baker and Bob Morton
found a, wallet "last Thursday
morning ,containing- a consider -
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turned in at The Sentinel' Office,
, . a e+w min
back. in the possession of the on
w-
able sum •.o f money, which they
and.within,
utesit was
erg Duncan' Finlayson + of Loch-
alsh. , .
The boyswere having, a holi-
day _from •school 'because of the
teachers' convention ' and were
ambling • up Main ..St:„ . on. the..
Baker • :pony: when, they spotted
the. wallet• •Their knew.it con-
,tained considerable money when
they turned. it in, and a count
revealed $59.0.0 in. 'bills: Duncan
rewrded the t boys for .
h�'r
t ei Hon-
esty:
brother, 'Robert Richards. .•
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CONTEST MONDAY
•In connection ' with the Bruce
County Public Speaking Contest
• Mr. Richards, or Dick as he is
• popularly known, is a son of the
late ;Mr, and Mrs.James Richards •
, of Kinlough, and .: in which' com-
rnunity the young couple farmed
for several years," before buyingg
the Struthers . farm= and moving
• to Paramount,. 27 , years ago., •
Members•'' of the• Richards. fern-
'
rn-..
' ' sly circle, which is; unbroken, are
James . Richards ' of . Flesherton
Orlands ' Richardson . the horhey
farm;:, Mrs. Wim Melville (L 'la)
P.
' of; Alliston; Mrs. � S. MaeDoug
•PUBLIC • SPEAKING
. all (Minnie) of Paisley; • Prof.
• Norval ,Richards. of Guelph' •and
Raymond Richards .of,Flesherton.
There are eight randchildreri
g B ,
George, Jean Ann and Dickie:
•
Richards of Paramount. t !Betty
Ann and Barbara Melville, Rod
'•. dy and Anna. MacDougall and
Paul Richards, son 'of ' Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Richards.
On Sunday afternoon. ' open
house was held for • about eighty
nieces, and nephews of the cele-
•• brating• :couple. Pouring tea ' - on
this : occasionwere Mrs. Jack
• 5pariner , bt?; 'Mr's:'Archie
Pollard, London,. ; Mrs. James
Richards, •Flesherton, Mrs: Herb
Sheane,
BervieThessistan :
a is
were Mrs. Raymond •Richards and
• . Mrs. • Norval' Richards. ' . Relatives
were, present from .'Ann Arbor,
London, Toronto and Cavan.
Family Dinner .:
• On
14011d&1 a' •famil dinner'
Y Y
. was served at Johnstone's •Rest-
aurant, Guests • included Mr., Sam
Richards of Cavan, a,' brother;: Mr.
•
and Mrs. Jack Spanner (nee
". Laura Richards) ' of Toronto, a
c' Soc- sister;•: Mrs: Margaret Patterson
'.-TWELVE, .PAGES
Culross 'Township. Council has.
signed the district high school„
by-law, whereby that Township
accepts its, share of the coats of
,the new Lucknow District High
School.• •
Five ' of the six :municipalities
in the area have now `ow approved' p p of
the by-law, 'whereby .the Village
of Lucknow assumes "1%millson,
the capital cost; of the new dis-
trict ;high.school, over, and above
that borne by rural municipalit-
ies
ies :in the district.
Lucknow is assuming that on.
,the present local ;assessment of
$612,000, which is a, good deal
higher than 'the- •Bruce• County
equalized: assessment. '
Reeve' J. C. McNab and: Messrs:
A.' E. McKim and Allister Hughes,
members': of• the :District High.
School.•$oard,.; were,a deputation
to 'interview' the Culross Board
at their meeting on Tuesday of
last week, when the''by-law Was
•adopted
there will be a preliminary icon Municipalities having.. given tap - the occasion • of the visit of Prin. 1932, continuing: in this latter post.
test iii Kinloss ;Townshi. 'o yMon- proval.to ,the plan' are.' West 'War cess Elizabeth. and. Prince, Philip. until • his retirement on •Novein-
R, n,
day next,. October' 22nd at8.30, wanosh,• Kinloss, Greenock, Cul -to Windsor. , • ' •. . ber lst. •
..according to inPGrmation receiv- ross and •Lucknow. 'Ashfield is '--The Renboyle is., one of the A. native of',Ashfield Township, .
edfrom Reeve David Carribthers, t he onlY dissenting municipality largest Paekage freigh
ters on • the' Mr., ptothers will return to .his
• Each :municipality holds:: its i • .
LIFELONG RESIDENT'
WAS• ;84 ON SATURDAYDEAN OF AG REPS
On Saturday, October 13th, ' TO RETIRE $
OON
Miss Louise Treleaven a'lifelon� The'reti-e
. , • g. _ . zr, .meet of S. B. Stoth-
resident of this community,, • ob- ers, Agricultural Representative.
served her 84th birthday. Miss for Wellington County, as of, No-
Treleaven suffered a stoke . a vereber 1s ' has 'been;• 'annou ce
stroke_: n 3
.ear. a last June. and w,as. a
o .. T. • Keened Ontario
. , Y On ar o
patient in .Wingia,i•Yi "Hospital for. Minister of A ricu1ture. •
a long..'time, until her removal At •the same time he announced
14 14 , summer to the Baker ,Cori- that W,• D. Black, who 'has' been
Valescent Home assistant to Mr. Stothers_ since: -hi •
"Aunt` Lou", as she ,.is,'known. d•
•, . graduation frorri.Ontario• Agrcul-
to many, ;was' .librarian of•,°the tural. College in 1949, was being
Lucknow Public Libi"ary•,for••some promoted to '.the position''. of
thirty-five yearsuntil failing agricultural , representative for
health forced her togive sup the Wellington. Mr. ' Black comes
duties. _• , : from 'Allenford.: in Bruce County.-
•Of a farnily of eight, she and. • The retirement' • of '"Steve"'
'her 'brother Walter, who is '86, Stothers marks' the, close of
,a
now
are of
the sole survivors
... Yong'• perio'd,.• of service by 'the
man popularly . known . as the
•
HAD CLOSE. U P Dean of the Agricultural Repre-
• ' • sentative Service. ' Graduating
.0F• .ROYAL OU P L E: from .Ontario Agricultural Coll-.
ege in 1916, be joined the• Service
Bob MacNay an Harvey Mc-' in 1918 as agricultural represent-
Quillin,..` who are bothwheeling ative• in Huron County. He was •
w y
on the lake freighter "Ren•boyle'", I transferred to Essex . CeuntY. in
literally had • a ringside seat on 1926 and to , Wellington. County in .,
own .contest; with the Winners •
eligible: to compete at Paisley on
the ; evening of October •26th' for '
the County. championship and the'
right to • continue ' in the contests'
for provincial honors.
' The Kinloss.
co est will be
'held in • the Township Hall at '
Holyrood, • and.:with:.a ,.number ' of
contestants slated to • speak,.' this
slToUld make an interesting even
.ing:
FONT . IN ME'MORY.
OF MR. W. P. REED
At the morning service in the.
United, Church, .a lovely baptiS-
mal• font was: presented' to the
Church iri memory. of. Mr. W. P.
Reed, a • farmer . , elder of .'the
church, and' for long .a faithful
and devout member of the local.
congregation + until moving to
Mitchell to .,, reside, 'where • .Mi•: by 'his' sisters, . Mrs. Stanley
Reed passed . away. on February ;Mallough • and Miss Jean-Lyo��riss
13t o ,. s y
h f this. ear: The sale :'will be held in hhe'
Mrs. mein- Arena across the, street from
• Reed presented the `
oriel, "in memory of my late 'hus- 'the• DeCou home, which Was
.band, to be dedicated to thea glory the•
former _V.'. J. Todd rens-
a• d 'Praise •of: •Go dence.
A
- 1 T•• �• T •.Jack, Ga• rniss of.Toronto.
•
I•itude,•Dr.'W. J.iViurr►ford replied.. •�.
"In behalf. of the Official 'Board" ''and formerly of Lucknow,,'has
the members of this con re-. ' been hospitalized fo•r • the past
and m g . • -. -.
month from : two bad heart at-
tacks'. Jack's condition is,
proving but, he' will be . ;in 'the
hospital -fer' -at least• -another
• six weeks.
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:I •SEE :BY T`I�E
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lakes, and ' while et Fort W-
ham afew days 'ago, word came,
through to •"doll" the freighter
up for'.the ' Royal Couple as the
ship was.due in Windsor at the
time of their visit -Painting,
scrubbing and , polishing': "was:. in
old ,house town . upon his retire-
ment, ' having ,purchased.. some.
time ago, the home 'of the late"
Mrs. Mary ' And.erson on Quality.
Hill
Steve's "retirement will give ' •
him more time to devote to other
order.' Thea c tWiti `' ' -has associated
freighter arrived inc i e been.assoc ed
es h
Windsor Sunday night and yes with He is secretary of The'Can
at the 'first • dock " next to the adian Swine Breeders' Associa-
Royal digs when their Majesties tion, and as such.. his duties in •
-
received ` the` Detroit. officials ' on chide the editing of their 'trade
Monday Morning. Bedecked" with ;magazine "Canadian Swine".
flags' and pennants .it was the The: Mount Forest. Confederate
Renboyle;. which sounded; the first, had<this to say:
salute as: Elizabeth and Philip : ap •Wide -spread regret is felt at
peered: on the digs. - • . the retirement of M. S. B. Stoth-
T�H• ►AT • Mr, and Mrs; John B,� De- In thee; wheelhouse overlooking . .ers as Agricultural., 'Representa=
•Cou.are holding an auction sale the •dias .were Bob and Harvey, Live in;'We'lin;gton :County:.,Con•-
h: all set- to take some pictures of ing. to :Wellington nineteen years
''of ouseltold' effects ofi Satur-,
a Mr: S others has been an
...`the.:
13,0. al Pair who are •tak'n
o St
day, prior to leavings for:Da'y- Y n, g ago; .
tons Beach, ,, where they'Canada . by storm, 'and `receiv-efficient' and popular official • of
Florida, . in ..a •tumzulltuous reception every-. the Department of Agriculture
will make their 'home for an g p ..
indefinite time. Mr. and Mrs; Where -they.; appear. • • . • and has :achieved ,great success in
DeCou have, sold their ei h his work: 'He has" encouraged and
h r . borne to `
. ` Mr: Robert Limns of. Wisconsin, :ATTENDED : CONVENTION assisted in ',planning and'carrying
Y. ' out: of .various farm programs and
and it will shortly • be .occupied' '
• Members :of the Lticknow Pub- organizations and his withdrawal
. , es will be deep-,:
tic .School •staff 1Gr. �S't�zart•Coh- from
Miss Ruby Webb, Mrs. Lloyd ly felt
Hall and . Mrs. ,'Roy Havens,. ac-
companied. by Miss. Kay Gibson HOME FRO* HOSPITAL
arid Mrs.• Margaret Turner, atten-' AFTER' SEVEN .WEEKS. ' • '
ded the Bruce 'County teachers'. : '
nied b
"Aur.• of Guelph; Mr. Jack' •Patterson of i d '
Ridge" Ripley and Dr.: and Mrs.. W. J In accepting the gift with 'Brat
on :Fri- ,1VTum ord.
'r 12tfii Dr.. Mumfordwas chairman for
ie Wo- the after-dinner toasts.: Mr. Span-
will fol- ner•,, in rexrii.niscent ; tnood, pro
• posed the • toast to . Mr. and Mrs.
is• 'bride
Richards'
isitors . and their .oldest .'son,
v m .Ca _em,; r lied. •-)cher •m er
-s-
of the family also spoke- briefly;
rid Mrs: ' • The family presented .their':par-
w were • ents. with`'': a basket .,of 50 roses;•
aek•-end • • - Mr. Richards- with a gold -headed
•McIn-•. , cane and. Mrs.'. Richards 'with 'a
" cameo .ring and earrings. The
will 'be Paramount community presented
n
30 roll.. '. theme. with an'electric clock, de
Bannon .' •
afternoon the "no. gifts" request
'-.
'' and evening•.
regor . Mr°. and Mrs. -Richards, were kept
itharine-. • '•busy greeting eting the • scores' of
• • were • i'' ' friends, who called'. The guests
George: •,w_ere_re _received. . two dau
•, :, , , ,c ived by their t
ghters., Mrs.' Melville and• ,Mrs,
Durniri '
-d Mrs ' ' IVIaclh ugall:• Mrs Gordon Stan-
Allan .•
ley Mrs.. -WM. Arnold• and ,Mrs:,
holiday Stewart • Armstrong poured tea
and the Serving assistants were
—•Mrs. Jack 'Henderson, Mrs. Giant
LANCE' McDiarmid, .Mrs:•. Robert Camp-
bell and kis, Dorothy Stein. •
'of':Sep- , Anion the ' art- ` con:.. ratular
te:tobe g n many .g
is tory ' messages received were
repeat •.those from 'Prime 'Minister St,
Canada
permits Laurent, • Donald Blub, 1V1,P° and
J
5r• in a o
tin Hanna?. M,P.P.. .•
of p're-
arts-'t drink
Places.
id rest
There
a of the
:ctien.at
Control
of more
ne Can- ,..
Ivt,
SUFFERED. attol;EN:1VIRST•"
Mrs. 1'R +H. Thompson suffered
a fractured, right wrest on Tues-
day afternoon` when she: fell from
a stool while Washing windows.
She was taken' 0Wingbain H'os-
pital • where the break' wee. set
bn. Wednesday morning, and was
to return .home this moaning.
I •
gation we accept this gift as, a
sacred ; trust. and..shall guard it
reveren41y in
n hon
or
of the f
ai
th-
hutand. devoted- -of—him
whose memory it is presented, to
eorment4on--in--ehesiey-on • +
day.,
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ST. PETER'S MARK.
THANKSGIVING
r'
Local Anglicans rounded out
'their three' weeks of Thanksgiv-
in•g by two, great services in 'St
Peter's • Church• on Sunday. At .11
for .
Dr. Mumford. and the ' congre- , THAT local enumerators the
a.m.Choral _Eucharist was -celeg'-
ration<then' joined in a responsive compiling of. the voters' list.for prated by the. Rector, Rev. A. S.
set 'of dedication.•the November provincials elec- 'Mitchell; who preached a sermon
tion are •Mrs: E. H. Agnew ; for based on ,the 'Harvest greetings of
A large' congregation was pres-'•
for 'this service, when 1VYms, the north, side of the' village ;'Boaz and his- reapers. The church
tint , and • Mrs. Charles Webster for had been lavishly an; tastefully;
Reed's son, Dr. C. H. l�icrosdn, the south side: • d i
.,Pub- o • decorated with grain, fruits,.vege-
'.
head of the.United Church
•fishing' House, was present and ' tables and flowers as symbolic
` THAT.on :Sunday Morning,. Oct- of the gracious rovidence of Al_
eadied...a very .forceful sermon. . . •. ,.. r g . .s P.
In the con regation were several -.ober. 14th, Rev. C. B. Woolley, mighty God, and the hearty con
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from
i held a , ehristening service in • Bre ational• sin g in made.'.the .ser.-
the Ashfield Circuit, where K. g � g
This' _i irst Blake's-Churchwhen two, bab- vice , one great .act' of general
Rev:. •I).ackinson had h s f , , .. ,. .
it: Was like home res, Michael, son of .Mr and thanksgi��ing ' ' •
At the ` . ev'ening' service': the
cha'rge,.' He said, he 'appreciated reci•a'ted' ' Mrs. Wm. , MeNall,:and' Robert •.. ' ,
to be hese, and pp•
ce, son of Mr, and urch was packed to capacity ,for .
beingassociated. with the service Byron•Bru ch . , . • ... ,
• an : impressive choral .Evensong,
of honoring. the,memory of . Mr,. ..Mrs. Harvey � Diebel, received'
Reed of • whoP wheys the Rector in a brief in-
troduction whom he spoke most :t`he_..rite of Christian ba tism.
' =-o--- , troduction of the visiting preach -
highly.
s'ivin was• thetheme of THAT M'rs. Peter Watson, has 'er; the Reverend' Canon Geoghe-•
' Thanksg g: ,
mon 'and he. sold her home in Lucknow to gan, expressed, the pleasure of the
Dr. Diclunsona ser • stressed that we owe the. service, .;.,Leonard ,Ritchie who will, get parishioners .and other friends,. to
'", e
• lives- for what' we �ha've possession. on October • 22nd° know of his recovery after' his
of Duty" 1 ' .
• . ' we might Mrs. Watson is leaving, to make
reteiveci, He said that ..�
divide people into .two classes, her home fore the Present witil
pp..
he: debtor• class who recognize her sister, • Mrs:Marsh, at
Mini ham..: • . ; •
tie debt they Owe fair., all
blessing's` and, the • creditor group,
who itdo'pt the erroneous Tides
that the world owes them a liv-
No on deire eIaim this be -
THAT at the Bruce • Co.. Short-
horn sale in 'Walkerton on Fri -
da ', '' T. Kilpatrick of Aah
illness I'ri +he,. cotigi•egation were
mark• no'n-Anglicans who •retnem-.
.bered the fernier ,rector of S4t.,
Peter's with affection. The erea.=
,cher took as his text "The Eyes
of All wait.uuon Thee; O Lord,
and 1 have gia est thein meat.. in
y' clue season". Canon Geoghegan
ing° c a,alluded `with �ti achy to the
Thave done, fiord .bou ht the Reserve Cham- P
cause of anything they bought seri us lois. in .; the Rectory fire
• � .• � , . r � , ;pion ,bull for $65U. It ,was, bred o
he said. . tkie'' crash' to face
rendered an anthem
and. sold 'by R, Hood ;of Pais- and entoura•ged ,p
The choir
. Henderson tax-'• • ley"N All bulls were eligible for up to this :new prlei'ri .with faith
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with Mr., Eldon 1 e the, gift Government .bdnus, and , confidence. r
ing a stslo - pa i t. .. : f r
r- i-odg' s -returned --this _ 4
home here on Fridayafter Seven
weeks ,in Wim nghaHospital. He •
•will have ,to keep off his, feet for
another five weeks, but gets -.from.
'his bed to the table with. the aid
of crutches, which : is the extent
he is permitted tomove about.
Escar was severely injured1•ate'
in 'August •when struck by a pass- ,
in,g' car while working with the
•
paving crew ;on Highway_ 86 near
•Paramount. ;Oscar's. injuries' in-
cluded •adouble fracture: of the
pelvis, two broken. wrists and a
broken thumb. •
NORVAL STEWART
FIRST FOR SWINE,
Prize winners in* the Lucknow
Fall' Fair bacon hog competition, •
jointly- sponsored by the,: T. Eaton
•Co, and the Society, were as fol- ' •
lows; • • Norval . Stewart, Charlie
Anderson, Jack Scott of Ripley,,
Roy Alton and Fred McQuillan,
Norval Stewart had ,the 'c iam-
pion, carcass and Charlie Ander-
son the reserve champion: carcass.
GIRL GUIDE`' NOTES
hadtheir reg-
ular
The Girl Cxuides g
i
m e ° g
alar eeting Friday evening
the Community Centre. it was
announced that. the Canary Patrol,
mien •the •shield• for 1950. On Sat-
urday afternoon the, Guides had
a hike, over a trail 'laid by the
Bantam' Patrol. In charge were'
Jane- Johnston and Noreen Kiln
patrick. , 1
There will be a meeting neat
Friday at ,7t30.. All girls -1I, years
old or over are welcome to,join:
the fum
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