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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,. JANUARY `31 1952.
R EIPORTS V iRISTMAS.. SEAL FUND
SHOW • FI'NE. YEAR
• •
The annual meeting of the
LucknoW United Church was
held ;last' Thursday evening, and
got underway at 6,30 with a con
• 'gregational • supper that featured
rneat pie-salasls:.and pie,-..
Dr. W:. J Mu ord was E 1r
c ... .
man and Mr.. S. C Rathwell sec-
t
xetary. The 'meeting • :.endorsed
the nomination of ' S. B. Stothers
as a member of session to suc-
ceed the late Wm. Staffers. .
Retiringstewards, who were
.'all ..re-elected, were, Harvey
Houston, .W.' B. Anderson,. Rich-.
and .Elliott, J.. W: ynt; W. L:
MacKenzie and ,.OrJol:and Richards.
Theree' were sixteen received.
byletter and. two by profession
of faith, with ten' reen...oved by
letter and five by death, for a
total Membership of 438, of which
eighty-seven.' are non-resident
members. ,
Dr. 1Vlumford officiated' at , 21
burials;' `six".marriages and eight
baptisms 'during the ` year The
five 'members whopassed away,
were Mrs :James Alton, William
Statters, Mrs, M, A. Treleaven,
Miss • Sarah Mallough , and George
Gilchrist: 1, ..
The ;report of • the church treas-.
u:rer Mr. •'Robert Rae, showed
• that general :givings by .envelope
and at anniversary;'Were Up Some
$350 over last year. Individual
,donations to the 'organ fund Were
;$286;1. 'The . Women's Association-'
donated' $360 and the sale of the
church" shed for :$1600,. 'required
transfer from the general 'fund`
:of :only $319:00 to &over the corn,:
+plete'cost, of rebuilding the .or'gan.
The • congregatiori-expressed re- •
gret in the absence 'through ill,
ness of both ; Mr.and Mrs: W. G;
Ai drew : Mr: Andrew'. is treasurer-
. of .,the, M," & M. '.fund to which
over • $1400' was contributed. •
Mrs. N `J.: MacKenzie reported
for the Mission Band, Miss 'Hazel
Websterfor the . Baby Band,
George Anderson for the: Young
People's' :4 ciety, Ernest Blake
Clss'.'ndMr:Ro
for .t.eBLb�eC s and Mrs. ,Y
Black-. for the Choir, -which raised
• a ; considerable sum. during ' . the
year :for new choir
:Dr; Mumford stressed that th.e
real work' of tie choir was on
Sunday and that'. the cohgrega
tion was indebted to • of , e„
Senior and,'Junior Choir 46e •their.
• services.' • He ..complimented .-Mrs..
Joynt and Mr. Umbachfor what,
they •had •accomplished in devel-'
-Toping` the : Junior Choir; which
sssists in the service eath S'tniday:
night; 'arid 'added;'that: •it was .a'.
pity'' so many missed hearing
• • them by not• attending the . even-
ing-rv'
was; pre -
one JAL".
rallet by
congre-
cognition
;organist
rl Guides'
if weekly.'.
ridges' to
ew Guide.
copgrega•
ecede the:
d Church
(Thurs=
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any ,s
slated fol,'
week, slid
L . dancing
p cf .teen=
EXCEEDS LAST YEAR
Donations to the Christmas
Seal Fund' had reached a total of
$1052, at „the end of the week,.
which surpassed by 50 cents the
total, ' donations in the 'campaign
a year ago.
Contributions to the fund • are
.silL_being-reeeived;a as there mar
some, no • doubt, .who have in-
tended to.donate but have neg
,lected, the `:matter.
SET 'DEADLINE FOR `
CO-OP BANQUET TICKETS
:Next Monday, 'February 4th;
,has been set as the ,deadline for
obtaining. ,tickets to the Co -Op
banquet ' to ,pe held ,in the' Re-
creational Centre next Thursday..
The Lucknow Women's Institute
is catering arid in': order to make
plans;' =imperative that.. Co -Op
officials know :by Monday;,, ap
1>>soximately '. how' , • Many to pre-
pare for...
Guest speaker will abe Hannan
'McLeod of • the Op -Op ' Headquart
ers. There will, be. other enter,
taining numbers :onthe program,
and a dance will. follow. to : music
by • *Carruthers ' .orchestra.
SPENT. H,0Li.DAYS:>
:I
'EUROPE
The
The Publisher received • a, filer-"
tonal letter last Week, from'. Alex'
G., Maclntyre. 'who is ' studying
medicine at Brasenose College,
• fxford; England. '• The letter was
.not for publication but we •arq
taking . the-: liberty to give a
thumb -nail sketch of its content$,
Which. will: be of interest to • .our.
leaders: :/
Alex hopes to spent next sum=
mer in either Yugoslavia:' or
Sweden, and promises an article.
for . The Sentinel` then, but, . he
adds, ;'.after. reading. Helen to `d
Margaret Salkeld's letter ': he
realizes they have." set . a :high:.
-standard for articles on foreign
travel: • .•
'At ,. Oxford they .get a six
Weeks' vacation ..at • Christmas,
with students normally expected
to spend much of the period
'n .. Alex a ent the first len
_..tad a.-.. _ . _. _ _ _-. __ _. _._._ __ ..
days of :the holiday writing ex-.
aminations and'was excused from.
further 'work, and : took advantage
sof-the opportunity •to 'visait-,Kurcipeu
and ---later • joined the Axford.
hockey team for a two weeks
tour. '
Alex spent Christrbas :in Lon,
don with an English family:.Ie
then jined a Canadian fiend;
who was in .the 'Dld Country as
President of. the Canadian- Stud-
ents - Federation, and they ;spent.
New Years and a: 5 -day sight-
pee-ing, tour •in Paris.:The worst pre:.
New -Year's. storm in 50 years
made the channel crossing , a
• rough trip, and took 17 ; hours,
rather , than the 'customary eight,
from Southampton. to• Le Havre:
Head winds •reached :9.0;;miles' an,.
hour. '
•Alert met:
•
• .In .Flailsan .Italian
law .;student;, •and 'on hit invita-
tion visited with is . relatives in
Milan, and then with• his father
an., .
:'th •alis Al s
-Lake-Lok Como lay,emit n P .,
where Alex has his first expert-
epee, in mountain climbing. Start-
. • g
'in�g� out at 4. 'a.tn, theyWalked•
and .climbed nine.miles to reach
the 10.000 .foot 'peak by 1,60 p,m
They ; com'plcte'd. 'the strenuous
trip the same day,' but were able
to. go skiing the next day.
Alex, remarks that it ,was over
Milan, he believes; ' that Alex
,_ • .... s .M.
' After leaving ' Italy Alex met
e ocke .. at Inns-.
Colleg. rl? , y team
Bruck; Austria, and -then played,
at Cologne, Munich and Dussel-
dorf in' Geritjany and in Holland
'and Belgium'.'• •
'Alex said it was 'most interest.
in.' f to see areas that a few yeas
•1,
ago were 're •:battle ..grounds, The
. .. ,:
bomb and shell. damage is lust'as
unbelrc'v
&able .as is the German,
recovery., 'Towns and cities that
were bloS n• to rubble have now•
been' at:least half rebuilt with.
Modern shops and bui'ldin'gs.
S. S. Sets, 'Record • '
Inthe absence of Gordon Mor-
rison who was ill,Wilfred•. Dren-
'nan; the superintendent, gave the
Sunday School 'report which
• featured' .a • re'cord' attendance
during, the year . of. 140; ` with an
• .average attendance. of 104.2,,
° Close to $500 was raised for gen-
' eral and missionary .work and, 10
Certificates and -31W seals , were
presented for attendance. • •
Miss: • E. Murdie reported that
the. Women.'s'Association intheir
groups and .collective efforts bad;
raised close to $900, and outlined
their activities
Mrs.' A. • 'J. Wilson and Mrs.
(Continued on page. 8)
ROYAL 'ARCH. MASON
39c,
43c
49c
.
,_-..,T.he _1:952_._officers `oaf' Lucknow
Chapter, R.A.M., are as follows:
P. W. Hoag, Z; Leonard Mac-
Donald, H; Fred D. Newman; J;,
A. d. Agnew, Scribe E; .V. A.
MOWbray, Scribe N; W. W. Hill,
"treas.; ..W.' A. Porteous,- D. o'
Floydilsan a.P.S.; Innes ac -
W
SweenS S,; Jas. Bo le, J.S
en-
•.
+neth :.Cameron,. M. of 4th V'iel;;
itabt. 2nd
Robt.
M. of 3rd Viol;.
Viel'. Simpson, M.' of,
Ted 'Collyer,, ,M. of lst iVielf, Red-
• vers. Johnston; 0.G. .
JIM SARGER ItECEIYED
HIS: WINGS ,TUESDAY
Pilot Officer J. H. Barger,
former school teacher in Col-: •
• ch.ester and Ashfield Town
ships, . received 'his pilot's
• wings and commis'ion in an
impressive Ceremony at .the
Flying Training
.School, Centralia; on ,Tues-
day; January 29th The wings
were presented by Air Vice-
Marshal A. L. ' James;
Air Officer Commanding, Air
` Defense Command.
PO. Barger; is the, son. of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard, F.: Bar -
'ger • of Ashfield; '
E� TINEL'
THAT •the mercury, took. a nose
dive on . Monday night and
reached anofficial ` 16 ,below
zero' by, Tuesday :morning, with
• the day continuing sharp and
sunny. •
THAT •.Mr '.and Mrs. T..M Quilt-
ley. and Son Jimmy'' will move
-to London . in , mid-February,
where they have ..bought a
home. They have been occ'upy-
irtg the apartment over The
Playhouse Theatre.' .•
--o- •
THAT Mr. and Mrs, 'Henry Mac-
- Kenzie entertained 14 tables at.
a. euchre :party at .their
field, farm home on. Tueday of
; last `. weeks • Proceeds ...of the
_pleasant• social evening, were in
• aid of Kintail Women's Insti
tut&.
THAT ,in, • the ' Counties of , Bruce,
Huron; Greys -Perth, -'Waterloo
and' Wellington there were 258'1
.motor -accidents ' in -1951,.- which'_
represents a ' big increase, oyer
1950, • with -2006 • 'accidents -
ported.
THAT Mrs. Jajmes • T. Webster
won a $64,00 prize Fast Wednes-
day; .'by ..correctly' naming the
,:mystery sound on the . Ogilvie
radio --pro amMrs: Webster -is
- spendinrg ire . 'winter -at the
borne of, her daughter, Mrs. Ed.
''Johnston.', ". •
WAWANOSH NATINE-WAIS:
WESTERN: DELEGATE TO F' A,.
Mr,
Wm. Cummins of Blucher,
Sask, ' spent the week -end with
his (brother, Mr. Mike Cummins
of West Wawanosh. William, was.
born in West Wawanosh but left.
there for Western Canada• in 1916.
EIGHT .PAGES.•
FALL, fA4:R HAS-°
PROFITABLE .YEAR
The . annual ',Meeting of • the
LiNknow Agricultural Society
was held 'on .Friday aftern;.on;
presided'. over by President An=,
drew, Gaunt o was re-elected
-He- caan.
East !to- attend --the to office; for a econd term:' Alex
Canadian Federation 'of Agricul- ' MacNay,, the s :etary treasurc-
ture: annual meetingat. Montreal, stated that he,. ld Alike to .;be
as a delegate from the asp at he relieved of his' :offs e, '.because os'
g o. ,,S kc
the ressure f f other duties, but'
wan :Co -Operative P• As- p �°
sociation:. is carrying on in meantime
Mr. Cummins Points out that .
while .the:' directors consider the
•
the farmer's.' problem, :in •the East matter.
or West; are fundamentally the 'The . financial statement show
same, 'and, that a fuller . under- edc a profit 'on the. year's opera-
standing of these problems is es=" tions .of' almost• $100,' wtha iba1-
septal to: the solving.. of `them. ance .in the general account of
Canada has, the second highest $185, despite a bad •break from
standard . of living .,'and. wage the Weatherman. on Fair Day,.
scales in the World and agricul- :Earmarked +aa a special fund.
ore must;' Abe ona'. parity.
'. '' In :,were capital receipts • of, $700.',
ether, sword`s you, can't have high This includes a $100' bequest from
Mac: -'Wages and low ;food :costs. ' theEstate of thelate Angus Ma
: , c:-'
The solution to fluctuating hog Kay,.;a past president of. the Soc-,
prices, as ;he
sees it; is. a . floor. i.ety who for many years wia,s,
price assuring • a. ;reasonable mar -actively' interested „ in the organ -
gin' of .profit, with the Govern- ization..From. the D•eparttent, of r .
merit' assuming responsibility.: for. Highways $600. Was received in
marketing of the: surplus hog' lieu of a bridge .at: the western.
production, which .now does not entrance to' the;„,park from High
exceed 10 percent of the total .,way 86.
Canadian production. This Would Fred McQuillan and. Wm: Mac- •
assure a std• le market,. ` :' , Intyre were:.appointed•' . delegates `'
p to' . the .Fairs. Association meeting
in Toronto and were :empowered.
`to engage. some '• "midway" _at-
traction , for thegrounds in the
form of a ride;' for ` the children.
Officers were: elected .•.as ` fol-.
lows:. Andrew. Gaunt, prey::; Fred -•
McQuillin, 1st vice prey:; ,Wm..
MacIntyre, •2nd 'vice'. Pret.;' hon-
orary : presidents are. John Mc'-
Quillin, F G. Todd, Jacob Hub -
ter;' :W.' A. ` Miller and •`Geo. Ken-
nedy. Another . member of this
group;. Mr. John Fairish, was re -
Moved by death.
Directors are unchan ed D. H.
Carruthers; Harry.. Lavis, Jacob' •
Hunter, Gordon Kirkland, Tom. •
Todd, George Kennedy, . Austin
Martin; ' Wan. • McGuire, S •; ; ...
Rathwell•.
. One change was . made in th'e
•associate'directors in. Kinloss and:
Day. Lucknow: This"
: gr' oup i
ncludes
' The Meeting learned that there FrankMacKenzie,---llan
Gra-
were.some • 5000 .registered Here- ham, Alex -MacKenzie,, Dick Mar-
-fords in . - _ '.1-1 - . _ e. _ _ tin;.. ' , _
Ontario in 195.1, -to set n, BobB- -Barkw$Il "Fred 1Vlartin.•`
an all-time record. .The •Associa W. A. Miller,. John:McQuillin; F.
tion has•998' me nbers: • G. Todd;. Allan`; Miller,. Glen
• President . Kennedy has . long Campbell, Roy Alton; Cecil' John.-
'lam prominent, H ex e.f o r ston,• Alex A/Wsew S B: Stoth
breeder.. He entered the pure ers, 2L. ' C. , Thom song' Jack Her :
bred field back in 1920, When (Contiinued ort' Page 8) `
asa" lad ' .of' 17 he. bought his
first Hereford , and started a herd the Huron County_ Hereford As-
that•,has-brew ht him-- - - i _- - - ._. _p_.,,_ .
g . proMiir sociation and for`. the past : sev=
ence. . ,eral=-years--has been : a : director :
George past 1xesiderx�f of -the Ontario Ass%ciatttan, ._ :. .
KENNEDY:. HEADS
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,a D IVIE.N
Geor e. Kennedy'of West Wa
George
wanosh was elected president of
the Ontario . Hereford Breeders
Association at a directors'' meet-
ing 'in Guelph' on Saturday fol-';
lowing'.. the annual' meeting and,
dinner's. held :at the . Royal Hotel.
It. is : a one-year ;,appointment.
1VIr. . ':Kennedy 'succeeds Howard
Stutt of Forest.' First vice: presi-
dent is Ernie Gilmore of. Everett
The '. Association . decided: to
again , conduct six regional' fairs
'to be held this year at Seaforth
Mt: Forest,: Orangeville, Dresden,
Bobcaygeon :;and Renfrew, .' and
climaxed.. with , a championship
show' at :. Erin on Thanksgiving
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Po' ul-a-rLKInaoss. you.. -
es P . Y � MamFat-all:y •
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Injured In Bush A . Mond
George Moffat, 29 -year-old son he, was rushed by
arnibulance to '
of Mr: and Mrs.: Peter G.•' Moffat . Wntghain: Hospitar where he died •
Of- Con •8, Kinloss Township, was .about an . hour arid .•a half after
T AT. the Scouts, Cubs;• :Guid
andBrownies held a skating
party at :the Arena on' Wed
nesday night with about 100 in
. attendance. Refreshments were
served to climax an enjoyable,
evening °
fatally injured in Mid-afternoon adrriittance
' '
Georgewas the•youngest
family o
f.a
of seven sons and one
daughter. of Mi. ,and' Mrs.'. Peter '
Moffat. His mother was former
4y:Kate=1VMa Donald°of.the Lang-
side district, . George's death is
the first break ,in,,the family. Be-
sides' his- parents he is' survived
by his-, sister, Mrs. James, : Mac-
.Pherson (Jean) of Culross and
six, brothers, Thomnas, Bert,
liaan, •Lloyd, James and David of
:Kinloss, • •
George was a most faithful and
'active member of Langside Pres-, '
race
ly been made an elder.. He was
do the Mana;girrg-Btsar'd, :was slip--�
errntendent°of the Sunday School
arid a past president of they
Young People.'s.•Society He wilt,
be sorely missed in the, haeme,
church and community; 4 .
The funeralservo i
e, is, being-
held . this afternoon (Thursday).
at, 4:00 p.m at the farnily rest"
derrce,, Con. 8, Kinloss, conduct-»
�tl b, his pastor, Rev..R. '1J, A.
THAT:Mr:'•and Mrs, 'Ola er Clark .on Monday in a bush accident
• of Goderich, observed'their 59th
wedding :anniversar• y on Satur-
day, January 19th. Mr: Clark
• ll be an -May 1°i�th ai d
Mrs, ,Clark is . 83, Mr,` -Clark is
a brother 'of 'Temple Clark 1
Lucknow. P
THAT Betty Bell Mathers . fa
ve-
year=old
daughter, of Mr. and
Mrs.. • Jim Matl•iers,• . escaped
wth a few bruises and a bad
scare, when knocked down•.by•
a light truck -ori Station St on
0
the truck was ,Andy Ritchie,
who -fortun-ate-1'y-was travelling
'at a : slow rate; as, Betty ran
:Out from behind a parked car
across the road from her home,
Andy swerved,sharply and had
his .truck "almost tai o stop *hen
the 'bumper caught thea little.
• lass and knocked her down;
Betty was' on her feet by the
time Andy reached her. He
carried iter to her home, where
it was: soon deterri nett that
she was not .injured: -
Crushed .under a falling' tree, the
young hip man. suffered and' back'
, p.
injtiries' which caused, `his. death
icier-Vinham -nHa'is: ital - abotat x,
g' p ,
o'clock that evening. He remain
ed conscious until the en:d: `
His 'untimely: death was a
grievous••blow to. his, familyand
to the -entire neighborhood in
Which, he was held in the highest
esteem.
George was •eutting timber in.
their bushlot adjacent to the
farm of his uncle, Mr Wm: Mac -
his brother Lldyd and a ' neigh
-bar; •-Jai Orr. -A 'tree which -they-
,were
.were fel]ine is. ,• understood ,to.
have lodged in another tree, and
t,s ci`roi is wri°e ;being made, to
free it they tree 'crashed down on
him., Don Martin was ' nearby
With t chin s'iw. and it Was 'used
to i'.`.Crtr• the ouglt the log acid 'free.
Gee' e. Ifie 'was• ` taken to the
Mac-.onald Koine where he re-
"rived treatmen• by Dr, M. H.
Gillies of Teeswnter an, -i Dr. e'er Currie, interment .:will
be
e in
•
Corrin of I'Ctr;r;,��„ �H,�r,��r�:�,:<
Teeswater Cemetery..