The Lucknow Sentinel, 1952-02-07, Page 1•
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clerk for 45. Years; loseph Agnew,
Retkrei,:j's Succeeded 'By Son
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$2.50 Yearly In Advance—$1.00 Extra ToP0 1J S,A• LUCK.NOWt. ONTARIO, THVRS., FEBRUARY 7th, 1952
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. Mr:Joseph Agnew, faithful and -....
•LIST CORRECTED—HOW
efficient 'clerk, and treasurer of DOES yOUR LABEL READ?
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the Village of Lucknow for forty- • . ..
Agnew. The change became •fr-•
and: is s4ceedeCtIV- his SQn, K1,1. '. Wasvcorrected on :Saturday
,•-•.feetive at the Fe4ruary meeting
five' years, has Officially retired, :: The Sentinel mailing list
and subscribers who have .'
paid their subscription in •re-
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° the Vill4ge: Council on Tues-‘ ' cent weeks are 'requested ,to: . ..
day night. ; ' check the date on the address •
label, to '0.etertnine, if it has.. THAT. commencing on Sunday,
been :advanced accordingly, .•, Allan' Stewart, son of •Mr. and,
. Mrs. Philip . Stewart; will take,
In case of error. please pot-
ify this office at ante.. , over his duties as baritone solo-
ist at New St. James Pr;eschY-
,If your label does not carry terian Church in 'London. For
the figures "52";. •your sub- the past three ,Years Allan .has
seription is due for renewal • . been baritone eoloist at bun -
"in. is in arrears, 4nd.'promPt : . dai St, Centre United. Church.
attentiOn to this.matter is re- ; , ._....0_:_. • • •
quested. ' : •
1SEE BY: THE:
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Mr. Agnew held the clerkship
for exactly forty-five years. He
held the dual positionof clerk
treasurer for 44 years, has been
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secretary -treasurer of the muni-
cipal water system since ,it was
established over 20 years ago, and
for a number of years was in
charge of the 'hydro, ' until sue:-
ceeded as secretary -treasurer- by
his son, Howard, who has been
associated with his father ....for
• twenty-four 'years, and is well
versed in all phases of municipal
Mr: Agnew Made 'application to
retire in January, when Council
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deferred any action until the •__
'. FebruarY.-*eting•-• .0n• 'TnesdaY- • LLOYD ASHTON BUYS • •
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United States subscribers
are reminded that because of.
• increased postal rates, the
US. subscription. rate is nOw
$3.50. ••. • •
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FIRE COMPANY VOTES$25 . BLACKOUT Tti.
TO NEw.ilomg-FoR..1311111D
Lucknow Fire ., Company at
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their regular meeting 0T1 Mon-. Lucknow and District residents
clay night, fivoted $25.00 to the are to have an opportunity to'
local campaign to be launched Share in. the campaign •to raise
next week 'in aid of the new $150,000 to assist in building
home for the' Blind to :be built
in London, . : '
The CoMpahy ' also 'voted $10
to. the Oirl. Guide ,Association to
help defray the, costs of the new
Guide •R000rn' in, the Recreational,
Centre. w•:
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TC,I. STANDARDIZE ,
FIRE 'EQUIPMENT
Standardization of •municipal
and'industrial fire -fighting equip-
ment , in Ontario . has been an-
nounced by SeeretarY
Arthur Welsh, who is chairman
THAT in renewing their sentinel , of the' Ontario Civil . Defence
Geo, Committee.
SU bSeriPti 64 'Mr. and Mra.
Rogers of Moosei Jaw send Lucknow Municipal Council
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has been informed of. the:stand-
greetings to their cousins here, lardizatiOn • prograrn, ' and. the
and "a' big hello to Uncle jos-
eph LudknOw Fire Company 'made a
Johnston check' this week of its equipmept
tell:determine if couplings -and
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mis-
THAT the Publisher. and familY 'ceIlaneous fittings are the stand -
spent a 'ceuple of days irr:Ter- ard reOpired. The....0eck reveal-
, flight, the,'veteran clerk repeated TEMPLETON. -BUSINESS' .* ,anta last week; and within lesS
• than 10 minutes on Thursday eardd.111.:ntdl6neoal•cecihatiniPg.meoeyetriswsitlia.ribd:
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his wish to retire as.heina longer /
felt easicahie of carrying A bustneas :transaction of can- morning "ran into" three for-• • • '
• • • siderable interest• was completed mer Lucknowites Jack 'Mr
Municipal officials vacated the o ' Tue'sda when. Lloyd Ashton ten :Miss Helen Johnston, -day-
. meeting While, Council discussed . n • • 57:? . .. • , , ; .
bought the ,drygoods business of ghter of Mr, and Mrs. MacLean
the problem "frankly and friend-. Miss Emma McCluskey, . which , Johnston and. Mrs..Harvey
IY" for 21/2 hours, When they un- ,bas operated under the name of , ,Ackert of Tiverton.
animously approved two matiOns,..Templeton:& Co. • .. ' . ,' - • .----o-, • . •
one, granting 'Joseph •Agnew's -
me, :and. Mrs. Ashton operate THAT Bill • Connell has . been
application . for retirement, and the ladles' wear and tat -to -teen elected rnayoi of Wingham, Dis-
the Other appointing E. '1,1,-; ;Ag- •
shop in the'JohriStone.block,"and : trict High . School Te.eil. Town
new as his successor. • in the meantime business will 'be, :. for 1952. ° ' ' • • .
Mr. Agnew is granted a rettr- •
carried on as usual iii;both ;stores. . —e•--..
ing,alloWance of, $50. a month and • Mr. Ashton plans to continue
free,use of the private'office, ef-. to carry the yard goods and other THAT We received'i.a card from
Mr: and Mrs. W. A. PorteouS.
fective January, lst, in ree6Rni- lines that . have been featured at. ;from DaYtana Beach, where
ton of . his. long service to the
municipality. The allowance will
; be charged pro -rata to the.:Vill-
age; Hydro and Water .Systems.
CE
ada
lees—
liq-
)en-; •
age
the
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be. •
iine •
lace
ince'
; 'so •
Suit
sit
ting
nits:.
Pro'
ince
and
Ores.
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the •Templeton Store, This prem.- • they' 'Were Staying at the •Fiesta
Court Hotel and '. whVre they
• met Mr. and Mrs; Newton
James of •Windsor, From there
they were leaving. for Orlando..
ises will be: renovated and re-.
decorated before moving, their
ladies' wear merchandise to .the
The ',Board 'unanimously new store. •
proved theappointment of E. 'H.
•Agnew at ,a salary of $3000
year, broken down. as 'follows
clerk -treasurer, and tax collector
" $900, seCretary-treasurer of the
Water ,,System; $600;. secretary -
treasurer • of the Hydro System;
• $1.500._ .ItLwas stipulated .:that the Viola Kerry f Elmira she men -
clerk's work would include all
duties,other than .those for
which statutory fees are allow -
Salary, of $3000, is approx-
imately $300.1 less than was prey.- _:_ For teri'.days after the accident,
iously 'paid . under' the dual ap- Mrs. Kerry was ,serionsly ill, and
pointrnent syetem. r they were .unable to set the frae-•
Itai4-7Lihrry--Grant itiri:f aajt was a Very' bad break.
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FRACIURED 'H up;:
• NPW:T:Iii*S ...STROKE
In a . recent. letter, from Miss
tions that her mother is improv-
ing gradually since suffering a
fractured hip on November 19th'.
Kitchener •Hospital ,/
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Mri W V Johnston and Dr. 43.f 'lat"he-has..-thal"ved c n -
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' ' ' • siderablY. and two weeks ago the
: . Mumforcl waited on COuncil ._
, . on behalf of the Library Board, casts were rernoved. Mrs. Kerry
--pointing-out--that-withadecline sluffers . from an . arthritic e°hdi'''
tin, which along witlithr`brealc
in population, the 5qp per capita will confine her to bed for atirne
• grant was met sufficient to carry
on and maintain the standards .of
the Lucknow Public' Library,
which has the reputation of being
the best library of its • size in
Westen 'Ontario. The Board •ap-•
prayed a grant of 60c per capita,
representinga grant slightly over
$500, and as Councillor Crawford,
commented, he didn't think
Atieney could be spent in a bet-
ter way. •
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THATGrant RutherfOrd.of Luck-:
new and Graeme Anderson of
Belgrave returned home .last
.week from a holiday at .Day-
tona •Beach,. Florida. •
-THAT-there Were--twelye-tables
at the Shoot Party in the Leg-
-ion Auxiliary Rooms on Friday
night1igi lady was Mrs.
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R. J. 'Button The next social
will.be on February 150. •
The Ontario. Government has
contracted with the Empire Brass
co( to Standardize the thread on
all fire -fighting couplings and
fittings, and where changes are.
necessary in any municipality
these will .•• be made at no cost
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to the: .municipality, • nor to in-
dnatrial perniSes • ,which, have
their • own : fire,fighting,
cquip-
.ment. • • .
;The Conversiorl, program is es-
litnated to' 'cost, $900000,
thirds . Of which,' is borne by the
PrOVincial, and one-third by the
Dbininion Government. '-
Conversion teamsFwill tour .the
Province and make the necessary
changes on the spot, withthe
municipality or industry being re-
sponsible only for making labor
available, if required.
'Not only is the standardization
program .being carried out as d•
civil defence preparatiOn, but it;
will greatly facilitate'. Mutual. aid
'between neighboring municipal-
ities
case' of serious fires.
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new. home and service ce tre m
Lendon .for. the blind of Western •
Ontario,
Th local canipaign • is being
sponsored by Lucknovi::BratiCh-'ar
the Canadian Legion, with•mer
beg ,of the Branch 'conducting a•
blitz „campaign 4in the- village orl"
Thursday of next week' between •
the hours* of -5.00 and .8:00 .p.rn.
Residents of tile vi11age are re- ••
quested to be prepared- to receive
the canvassers when they call.
Letters over the signature of
Committee:Chairman' C. Mc- . •
Nab •are being mailed to village
resi.dents in .support of the cam-
paign . • : . . • ,.;
On Wednesday .evening next,. .
Preceding the canvass there will • •• ' '
be a . 5 -minute hydro blaelcotit
from 6.30 to 6.35, to impress upon •
.localresidents the, blesSednessof
being able to see: . •
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INSURANCECO.
WETS FRIDAY
The aninial meeting of the
.• West WaWanosh Mutual Fire In -
THAT Russ "Johnstone recently surance Company is scheduledfor
purchastd-a'televisitiff-Set-and- the Parish Hall, Dungannon, --on
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has been working On installing FridarbfthisvveelcTheretiting
a reception - tower •• stop --the iclir-eCtors are . -Erneit „Ackert,
,Johnstone Block. • 1 yeY McCartney and Geo. Stuart,
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THAT Ladiesof.Ripl":14lecctif-9
on.xa-areL.
yet; but it is hoped that she will . leY Church met 'at. the home of,
be able to Walk again in perhaps Mrs. Jes. Scott on Monday and
three rnonthS., • • ,among '• Other business pa ssed.
Since this was written We learn accounts for the restoration.,,of
that 'Mrs. Kerry. has 'auffered a the, kitchen and .bathroom in
stroke: • '• ' . St. Peter's Rectory, ,
Praises Progressive Steps . , • •
. • From Miss.' Kerry's' letter we• •
THATMrs..Jack Macbonald, Sr,,
ciliate the following excerpt:. ' Stiffered an iankle fracture in,
i nice you now hav° 'a a -fall at her horne,on Monday
Convalescent Home in 1-Aleicncm. Mrning..: •w,alking cast Will:
I hoi.e. •it "-works . out 0.K. 'rhat, , be applied later that will Per-.
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and the RecreatiOnal. Centre .re • -mit Mrs: MacDonald to move
two iinprovements in ,Lucknow abgut. .. . , . . , •
LEFT SATURDAY FOR TWO since I have left that Must be . 0,___
MONTHS IN rtgRiDA .: : quite berieftial, When e new,
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High School is' .a reality—Luck- • THAT MrsEdna Robinson o
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Mrs..T. A. Robertson of Matmt haw will be. in a class with,rnutown left the first Of thweekh , .,
or California „ where. she .tirill
Forest,, fOrtnerlY Dean Geddes of, 'lager '
.towns. ,, The people of spend two months at Los An
Lucknow; left on Saturday for Luckrioyv deserve credit
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Florida•Where she will spend' the • sticking'with a Proect. until •it George . /f binson flew ' geles and San FraneiscaSgt. frm.
next two inOnths Mrs Robrtson, is finishd,. Once thy maeka
e a . Mentreal to Centralia, ancl from
. ' says she is eurious about -the beginning!. I • Was sorry to notice. ? there' hiteh-hiked•hoi-ne to say
identity , of lloseinary Thiriye„ there'Were some tvha did not ap- farewell' to his mother before
Wlibe . Caliinih/''She--ArifOys"-Very- -preciateAlie-value-ofith,e-Reerea,. ........147.4,,,,,,,, ,.,,„ ..44,4.., 4„,_._,;....:_...,,,_
much., • • . ' ' . tion ,Centre; •and forced its ,clos-, •L, ''"",. "” '''',,..1 ''''''" ., .
During Mrs. Robertson's aholi-, ing in the everdi-1gaby their (le- • `-'7-- ,
day in the South, her ,Sntinel ,structiveness.' Perhaps 1ater op litiVr Joe Whitby .1',.As ben'
liv'illbe sent ,directlY to her (bra. some, of the organi•zations will tranferred to, the crew of . the
ther Evan in Alhambra) Califbr- undertake ' to provide a sort of • airerift carrier MAILC,S, Mag-
Ilia,..EVan ,is the yatinger son of police service for' a' couple of nificerit. Joe !says that there's.
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the late br. and, Mrs, Darr Odd- hours one' or two nights a week twice as many onthe crew as
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• des of Lttelmow, and left the to permit the building tO be open in the whole of LuknOw' and
Sep.:* town thirty-three years to the public; That ' iss if ' tereits So big that it look him three'
ago—in January 1919. E'Vari has were ienough p,eople used it to , , idhIsi.it°, find his! Mray ar6u. rid
two married son Bruce and Dan :t Warrant their aoing,so ,
The 73rd annual. report CV the
Company for the year 1951 Shows
feW Wilding losses; but ilossea
from livestock killed by lightning:
continue to be heavy and out of
proportion to other losses. .. .
The statement of losses shims
a total of $36,521.54. Of this
amount $17,878.74 is for livestock
losses • from lightning. : Other
losses from lightning, .$214.80;
losses from ether causes, $7843.06;
16SSes ,• from •unknown ' causes,'.
$2728,35; losSeS of $25 arid under,
$695.66; reinsurance ; 1 os S es,
.$9,160.93. ' "'
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Officers and 'directers of the
past year are as, folloWs: Donald
MacKay.' Ripley, president: K D.
Anderson, RR. 6,. Goderich, vice
President; 1Durnin Phillips,, Dtm-
gannthi, • secretary -treasurer; dir-
ectors, II,' D. Andrson, R: 6, God -
Marvin McDowell, R, 1,
Belrave: Ross McPhee, R,.3, Au-
hiiriil" GT,: -M. --Stat it, 1:t742.." -L -ick ---
now; Ernest' Ackert, Holyrood;
1 -Ir -y, McCartney, ; R. 2, cliii
crsys\r
t on ; ona14 MacKay,. Ripley!,
Lori f .1;ristrin. LticknoW: John
MacLeniten, II 3, Coderkh,
• Rural residents are being eon-.
:tracted by pamph etS„describing
;the ,uses' and fac Mies to be of-
fered by this new home They
Will receive return self-address
ed envelopes and the committee
a*s that • these !be returned ,
,proMptly in keeping 'with . the '.
blitz feature of; the campaign: . •
Both village' and rural residents-.
may leave their . *donations' 'at
Crawford's•reed.Otore or at The
Sentinel Office, if they so pre-
fer;. Temporary receipts will tbe
3saued, and official :receipts .sent
out by The National Institute for „
°TIIY.'V the Legion has commenc-:
ed a• series of weekly bingos
to .be held in the Legion Romig
each Wednesday ;night,
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the' 'Blind,. With... donations ". • 4t
d,uctible for income tak.purpOses..
• The local committee is ..corn
prised .of Reeve J. C. Mcgab as• •• • .i.t? 16
Chairman; Robt. :
ThornipSon, sec.; and .Ernie •
and Cliff .Craviford... • • '•,••
• Local : canvassers will be Ernie
Crawford, Bob.' McIntosh and
Charles; Webster., 'ho will can- • . ••
tact biisineSs places next Thiirs- • , ,.•
day Morning. The evening "brit- •.1,••
iers". Will be Bob Andre*, Cliff
Crawford, Lloyd Hall, . Clair •
johnstan, Stuart. Collyer, 'Ken-
neth: Cameron;. George Whitby
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JackFisher,_BilL Pappas,_1Iarold • ,
Ritchie, Jack Cook, RussButton,
Hugh (Curing end Hector pur-
field _
Secretary •fr. the Canadian Nat- ' pr
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ional Institute for the Blind, and •
himself blind, explained the .proi- ••
ject.at 'a meeting of the Legion. • ' , .;•
He said in part: "In my .capacity •
I have been in close contact with . ' •
theblind and know first hand the •• • • •
difficulties -sightlessness. imposes. ' r
Getting used to in, the , • • : .
or even in the gray light. •
of partial 1V,Ision, is a difficult ' •
problem. In the .neW. Centre these • ,t
problems will be combated much • .
more effectively. Special train- , '
ing, net possible in the private ' 7
home, will be given, and the •
whole rehabilitation program will -
be 'Muchmore constructive". •
In assuming the chairmanship
of the Committee, Reeve MeNab
expressed ,the need, and import-
ance of this new home and re-
halibitation centre in Western
Ontario. He felt jf was commend- . • .
'able that the Legion should un- • '
3ertakethe campaign' as many of
those 'who, will be helped will be..
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,sghtless .Vvar veterans, an,c1
pressed eonfidence thnt the folk • ,
6f this community will respond ..t,
generously to' thiS very worthycause 4
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SlIdOT CLITh3 DONATES 1 '
5400041,14INI)-HOWLEFUND.,-,...._....... • • •
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Thre were 14 tables af players
at the MaticiAY night ;Shoot Club
party. .with priTe winnersbern
Mrs. Bob lReid and :Howad Har-
ris; The Club donated $5.00 't6
the buildina fund Tor the new •
home for the ,blind,
Thore will be. a Valentine sockil
mext Monday riht.
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