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LUCKNOW, ONTARIQ;, THURS. , NOV
PAt AMOUNT W.1.1 • • 1FR,ACTUR,ED LEG IN
JT meiNG, FROM TR. ACTOR
• • The ladies of
the
Pa
ramo
nt
• Institute and neighbors held a
• w miscellaneous shower for bride-
elect, Marie Smith, at her home on
. Thursdayafternoon. The ........, n. shower
was arranged by Mrs. Jas:•
chabaw and Mrs: Fred' Martin.
r` Mrs:' Orland Richards. took charge
of the• program..Everyone• joined
in `singing "For she's ,a jollY good
fellow asM,arle • entered • the
::.. rood. Miss • Mary "•Murdoch and
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2nd
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the •
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Miss': Lorraine MaeDonald assist,=
ed: Marie in opening, manylovely
and useful gifts..Following Marie's
thanks, speeches were given,with
• some ' very' good advice ' to :the
bride. A •contest ' :was conducted
by Lorraine .MacDonald,. readings
by Mrs. Jack' Henderson,. Mrs.
Dave Anderson and Mrs: Reid. •
In •a :fewv well chosen words
Mrs, Richards expressed the 'good
wishes of the community, closing
her 'remarks' . with` :the' words of
the old poet, "Grow old along
with Me, .the best Is • ye 't to be,
the last • of life for 'which the first
was, made ---Youth- shows . buthalf, .trust :.God, .see _ all.'; nor lie
afraid".
Lunch was served by the hos-
tess and a very enjoyable after-
noon was brought '• to,. a close.
Staff H'ef d•' Banquet' • ,
The. office staff of the . Bogdon
• and. ..:Gross •;furniture company,;
Walkerton, 'gave a' .banquet for
Miss Marie Smith on ,Thursday
evening on the; occasion . of her
.leaving the coni+pany's employ' to
be married. The .staff presented
her with a .beautiful" cut glass
••mirror, and .the company present-
ed: her with• a hostess.. chain and
Walnut tier table. , The .,banquet
was 'herd at the. Legion Hall,
Walkerton.
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BUY PORT. ALBERT FARM
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ER lst,, 1951 .
Weir Eckenswiller'' of Con. 10,
Kinloss, suffered: a fractured -leg
ten days ago in jumping off the
tractor. Weir. had 'been plowing
till after dark, and on jumping
;from the • tractor Landed on ' .•a
stone which he .had, failedto see
to fracture twobones in his leg
between the .ankle an knee.
.He• d<,
was taken to Kincardine
Hospiba'I and from, there ,tto:.Lon.
don where he had .the fractures.
set .,arid' has since been ,hospital=
ized. :
• ENGAGEMENTS .. .
Mr; and Mars. 'Wm.' Brydges,
Belgrrave, announce the 'engage-
ment of .their.daughter, Margaret
Elizabeth,to William Caird John
stone, son, of/ Mr. and : Mrs. J. R.
•Joh
ns
ton •
e
, L ucknow. The ' mar-
riage to take place in November.
SCHOOL' HELD HALLOWE'EN
• PARTY 'ON. FRIDAY ,NIGHT
Lucknow District High School
students and,. staff' held :a most
;'successful Hallowe'en party. • on
Friday' evening, October •26th
the :.; Town. .11.611.•-• After''a trip
,through the "House. Of Horrors",
those in, costume: paraded before
Judges' ,'Mrs. Harvey Webster;
Mrs, Allane,Rei:d and Mrs. Gordon
Montgomery;•',:'who: chose the.var
ious. winners. Hallowe'en 'games;
were enjoyed .• by ' all and, thee,
pleasant : evening closed 'with
lunch:
'On .,Wednesday, October 24th,
:.United Nations . Day was:' observ-
ed' at Lucknow . District. High
T?iNG
• Mr. and 'Mrs. Lorne Ritchie
'Nave 'sold their Arran' Township
farm near Port .Elgin and have
purchased Harvey, ":Sillily's farm
* at Port Albert on . `Con. 2, Asti-,
field, where .they ,will take up
residence the first: of the ,.week.
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APPROACHES
CH.E5
With "tax timeaapproaching,:
--municipal ,tax bills are in the
course of. being : prepared : for
. mailing or are in the mails, and
• • needless .to stay the levy won't
• be ,dowi any this year. •
Hardest hit, it appears; will . be
the ratepayers • of Kinloss . Town=
I ` ship, . who Will „pay a Toni 'iship-
rat of 15 • Mills which is' an ' in=
-.crease of 6 mills over e th 1950
rate of '9, .mills.
- -Faced• with a big deficit from., the previous year and with. spir-
f
o...
box; . this
avc
ilablis
atterns--
ii .Morning
School. It' . was ` the . anniversary
"of the forming of, the: United Na-'
tions Organization which ' 'took
place in-San..•Francisco :in Oct-
ober 1945. At', a special; Literary
meeting, ' students learned ' .the
•purposes' and activities of the •
U.N.O. '.
'START. 'MAGAAZINE DRIVE•
Students of Lticknow• District calves.
High School; are starting .a rrlaa-
zine . sales. campaign. Liberal
commissions on these sales will..
.go ;into a school;,fund to purchase:
needed '.school. equipment.
Johnston Buys
125 ;
The Aberdeen Angus fraternity
welcomes Cecil Johnston of Luck -
now R, R. No.. 7, to the •ranks
of breeders of Daddies.` Cecil has
made: an "ambi�tieus start taking
delivery of 125: ,cows and calves
from Cecil' Tom of Owers Sound
last week.: Ceci:lr'has been, specialf
izing•in steers.the last few years:.
The purchase 'of this lot is doubt
less..one of the larger cattle deals
in Western Ontario this year:: .'
The .two' Cecils were. brought
together by the Aberdeen' Angus.
Association, according to. • S. B.
:Stothers, secretary -treasurer of,
the Ontario Aberdeen Angus As
sociation. Cecil , Tom' has been
breeding Angus for, some 1.0: years.
He' secured . his. foundation stock
from the late . Howard `Fraleigh of
Forest. He operates some 500'
acres in Sydenham Township
Grey County. He'also . operates'
"Tom's. Garage" in Owen ;Sound
with', tharty employees..Ile still
has a' sizeable herd of some sixty
Angus tattle.
Cecil Johnston. farms the `.an
cestral "'Johnston •acr' es" in Ash-
field Township; Huron County,
where . he , Was born. His' grand-
father, • Henry.: Johnston, settled
•on the original. fifty acres in 1860.
This has been enlarged ; at' vari-
ous times until he now owns :and
operates ••some 400 ,aures ,in the
Township.• '
Cecil ig. also ..,intereste in..coin
d, .
munity work serving. sortie .. thir-
teen years in; the' Ashfield Town-
ship .Council. and was w•arden, of
Huron 'County. °in::1950.' He also
Shipsan .. r • e cattle d d ov s cacti for,the
Ps .
district. Mrs..Jol'iston.. is the for-
mer Orelle Fitzsimmons of Ar-
koria in; •Laxnbton County.` Cecil.
has of fate years developed great
faith in corn cob meal. as the
most' economical feed' he can raise
to :fatten his steers. He is, going.
to'. 'try it 'on the Angus'cows and
,aide
• • QUILTING' PARTY..
.,Mrs. George 'Saunders enter-
tained'. the ladies ' of :.:Blake's W.
mIVI : Frilla=y-after--noon=at -a quilt--.
ing. ;.There were :sixteen' present
to quilt for the bazaar and the
work was'concluded in good time
after ;which the hostess, assisted
by her.'daughter Lottie and Miss
,Jean Ritchie, served a.• dainty
lunch. • • ..
MAY :PREPARE,'
• •
t SKETCH ._PLANS
•
ailing municipal 'costs, the'Kinloss
Board decided on. the big :hoist .in
• an effore to balance. the budget;
and to eliminate the heavy . in
tte. rest charges the Township is.
Paying: on their Bank loans. •
'School. Rates Interesting, g - '
�
A: comparison of the rates paid
• by adjoining ipaalit ies ... inithe..
adjJ g manic
Various High ,School., Districts, is
interesting.
,he Luc School
know District
levy is 2.9 mills for the cost .;of
education to. Kinloss rate a: 'ers,
whe; Pay, 3 Millsto Ripley 'and
Y p Y
4.5 mills to Wingha,in;
The southern part of Ashfield
and. West •Wawanosh ' 'pays. 4.2
mills , to theGodes i. 'District :
ch ,
•while the' northern sections 'of
these Townships pay X2.9 mills' to
LiickiSow. The' northern portio
• of West p
Walwanosh� is still Baying
s debenture levy. to the Wang-
,name District which is .assessed at
.0006. mills:
' •1, This year Kin
loss Tow
ns
hip
is.
adopting the eolicYof havial,
taxes payable at. the Bank of
/ Montreal while,
Ashfield T n-
•Isco ntinuing this policy ship is
a..,.,.
and Making taxes payable tb the:
collector, john' 'P. MacLennan.
Authorization has been' receiv-
ed from, the Ontario .Municipal
Board :to proceed. with the 'pre-
paration.
pre-laration. of sketchplans of., the
proposed new .Lucknow District
•High School.
• Resolutions of approval from
'the -majority of the'fiffinicipalities
Within the district. were submit
.ted-'ta. the; Mumcipai Board and
the reply receivedby the Village
Clerk, gives' approval to proceed
1
h•ich
in
turn
with `sketch . Plans, w
must be approved before tenders
for construction of the. building
May he calld. r . • ,
The, Municipal Board's reply
led ed 'eceipt of. the letr
acknow g . '. }'`h.ich the
,ter and applications, w
letter . read: "have been consider-
ed, and would advise,that tenta-
tive approval in the iaanotirit of
325 000 has now been granted
l . ' . r1 •tt, 'enable the
by this ,13oa
hool , Board to • have, sketch,
!oval; by
plans prepared for aFp'..._. .
the' Department of Education, and
a rov:il by.the De-•
when such � pp .been
to
has
cat n
Of
Education en
t a �..
p
atm.
obtained- to have sinal rplai?s land
"specifications prepared 'for• sub -
Mission to and approval by the,
D'epar,tment, when ' tenders can
then be ''called for
firm
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• ' a ' SEE BY •THEE'
SENTINEL
THAT .Marilyn Kilpatrick wilder=
went :. an • appe'ndectom_y in
•� Wingham.JHospital.. last Thurs.
day. She: returned ? home on
,Monday.' '
THIAT .Old. Tight Lodge annual
ladies' night banquet, program
.and dance is scheduled for Fri-
day night with ladies of 'St.
Peter's Church, catering
THAT Mrs. Sam Sherwood, sn-
'ped ;a raspberry -branch' last.
,'Week loaded' with large; ripe
';fruits that . egiiall.ed anything
you'd see•' at 'berry time. ,
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THAT a sta brill a .cribba fie ' and
g g, g.
•• shoot darty is being staged peat'
Tuesday :by the. Local Associa-
tion Guides, with
-tion of ' the G ,,
proceeds earmarked :fol reno-
vating permanent, Guide guar-
`ters, in the Recreational Centre.
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THAT work on the sub -structure
of ; the:M'•Rectory°' is••• under^��way
and it is• hoped . to start recon-
struction', in' a few days. •
moo-'
. C. McNab.
THAT Mr., and Mrs. J. ,�.
attended :the regional meeting
, and banquet of: the Children's
Aid Society of the Counties of
Perth; Wellington, Huron, Grey
and Bruce, held in`' Walkerton
on Friday. peeve .MeNab is a
member . of the Bruce County
C.A;S.' cans ittee.
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FEDERATION BANQUET '
HEAL 'NEXT WEDNESDAY. MAKE SWEEP Q. '
A turkey e
ur Will .
lbeh d
y banquetheld
in the Recreational Centre, Luck -
now, next Wednesday night,, No-.
vember 7th, under the. sponsor-
-ship of the Ashfield• Federation
of Agriculture. •
Guest speaker, who will ' deal'
with a very timely ',subject, will
be Mr Charlie McGinnes, presi-
dent.
resi
dent • of ".the Ontario' .Hag Pro=}
crucers. •. • • : • •
h'
• 'Tickets • are available from .the'
school , directors of the -Ashfield
Unit or : from Jack MacKenzie,
president; ' or` Howard Blake, sec-
re
ec
retary-treasurer.
A very large gathering; is ex-
I pected, and so `'that ' those cater-
ing may
ater-ingmay know`'�how many to pre-
pare for,: it is important that
.tickets be obtained 'b ' Saturday
y
of :this ; week. Everyone.' is wel
come,
CREAMERY :CUPS
Redvers (Meff) Johnston,. -as-
sistant, •buttermaker at .the Luck
now plant, of Silverwood Dairies,
has won outstanding honors for
cream ' +and butter judging•in the
Saugeeri District competitions.
These judging Contests, are held
periodically -and awards are made
on the basis mof the year's results.
The presentations were made.. at.•'
is banquet in, Hanover 'last, week..
Mr, and Mrs. Johnston were • in
attendance arid it was-. not until "
the winners were called to the.
front that: Meff was aware that
heto •recei+ve three. trophies
and individual prizes for placing,
first'. in all three classes.
• Chairrnar�*.- of the meeting was
Mr, P. S. MacDougall •of Paisley,
creamery , instructor • ,for ; the
northern••.area;
By placing • first in' butter
" ' ' judgingr M . Johnston 'won the
E WEBSTER WINSr Cher -B
ry urrell trophy' 'Of Tor.:
PUBLIC SPEAKING. onto •and, a' .miniature engraved
• cup which. he retains; .In addition •
• Elizabeth Webster, daughter of he won the. H. T. Chisholm. of
Mr. and Mrs.' Harvey, vVebster, Toronto . trophy and a motor rug
will. represent L•ucknow Public and ease . donated , by Lawrason
School at the Bruce nt and . Co.: of London..
Cou y Pub,
lic' SPeaking,. Contest ; in Paisley "gate winner of the high aggro,
on Friday night:. - gate in cream' . and butter, judg-•
The local' contest' was held' 'at. ing, Mr.: Johnston was awarded .
the, 'school last Thursday after- the McCallum Scale: Co; 'trophy
noon .when Elizabeth''�placed first
and a table. Ronson lighter' donut -
in a class of four :contestants. Her ed by the Appleford P'apert Pro-
subject *as "Pauline Johnston": •dUC• '
The judges;'. were, Mr. P; W. Hoag , "Mefif's"' array of. trophies and
.and 'Miss Jean Osborne, of the
prizes' are, • an display in the.of
High .'.• Sohool. staff. Elizabeth..fice at ,Silverwood's :plant. lie has.
planed, .second' in the contest, a be. en -employed here for~'17• years
year ago • • aod• bad previously been at Car
•'In' second place in Thurs•day gill for six years
was. Donna John's din. The. 'other Gordon Anstett, cream grader-' •
t at the C"argill'.';branch of Silver-- :•
o Contestants: were: zella
tw n w. )Eco ,
How,ald and' . Wilda Reed; Mari -' .wood Dairies won a pain , of,
lyn Kilpatrick waw also' to have blankets gas fourth prize in' ereani
competed but 'was •ih. grading „•'
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The Kinloss Township repress ,
enta�tve at the County. final ill HONORED ON. THEIR •
be•'. Paul Groskorth of: White- T". "." IFTH ANNIVERSARY
church. •
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The family of'Mn and Mrs.
Wm . H Hum lire arranged a
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INSTALL HEATING .SYSTEM arty :for their `parents recently'
IN CONVA>t.ESCENT .HOME in. onor)of their' thirty-fifth wed -
.
anniversary. '
M. E' ° Baker is having : a All • members of their family
new hot water heating system in and .a number of ,guests Were pre
stalled in his Convalescent Home sent ',to wend.,a very..pleasant
that will provide heat direct to evening:: The family presented
every ,room, ' and will assure the .. • '-aMrs. Humphrey with a•:
residents of the home of winter lovely nd radio,' and as
well they'
comfort.' received a ' table lamp;
The-Home-waS-inspected'ra -few--other: gifts-and::congratulatory •:
days ago . by Dr. , Stalker, chief car,.
medical inspector'of hospitals for . • Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey. who
the Ont.' Department" of Health, . have lived en the "Sideroad
who was well 'pleased' with: the Farm"since their marriage, re-
set-up
e-
setup.. and informed ':Mr. 'Baker , cently 'moved to the Rutherford
that ,he, would shortly be issued farm on the 10th Concession.
a private hoapital license. 'Their ' son 'Lloyd ,is living -on the
hon ei.farm:
APPEAL' FOR • IRESURFACI NG
AILD TO A.S:.. MALS! ^STREET'
Lticknow•' Maintreet is . cur-
rently being resurfaced"with, ` an
asphalt top' by. the Warren Pay- ,
ing . Company, which ' has been
engaged in this vicinityall.' sum-
mer' pavi;g' Highway 86 to'Axmi--
: berley...
The highway job. is' complete;.
ever. to __the. -centre' {white line,
rwitli ,the exception of sdme work
_at Aniberley where No: .86 joins
the' Bluewater. '
• This' 'carpet -like surf ce. • is
•
a ll
Make a +vast improvenzent to the
main'thoroughfare which has e
cone pocked ;and cracked --With
age: ; •
This .concrete street was Witt.
some. twenty-five years ago.d - r- ,
ing the . reeveship •of the•, 1 te
Robert Johnston, •Towland;,;C 'n-
struction, Company, had the con-
tract at , that time' arid Mech of
Mr. Donald W.' Carneron, sup',
erintendent of the Bruce County
Children's Aid Society announces
thee' launchintg :'of ,a '.campaign to
aid. the organization financially
in caring for orphan children and
others under -the care: of •the Soc-
iety, which, number' dyer two
hundred,''
• Although the `Children's : Aid
• Society, receives, county financial
assistance, due'to the greatly.. in-
creased costs incurred during the
paste .year through hospital and
doctor -bills, the need for iricreas-
'ed support from the general pub-
lie-in
ub'-
lie - in this worthy endeavour. has
been. felt, arid citizens are•. at this
time asked to lend' as much fins
_.
ancial a lstance • in the present
o 'rill
,.carnp;ar'gri ass:"'p ss e ' : ,• '
Tle objective has been set .at
$5000. All donations are received
at the office Of the Bruce Coun-
ty Children's Aid • •Society at
Walkerton, Box '270, and such will
be . gratefully accelit.ed, with re-
ceipt's being forwarded'. for in-
come. r
n S ,.S Donations to
come. tax ; urpo n
the Bruce: Children's Welfare
fund, will plsa' be ,subsidized ;by
the Dept.) Of Welfarer to the` ex
tent of 25 percent-
School
ercent, .
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b
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the finish was hand,troveled, in
eontr'ast •, with , ' today's paving
machine that lays The asphalt' '
and the power'' rollers that give!
it the .'final finish.
In resurfacing he road through.
the Village ,the ' approaches to
Main Street have been extended
to the same width:, at the High.-•
A.
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