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LU,CKNOW, ONTARIO,' THURSDAY, APRIL 17th, 1952
TEN PAGES
,.ERS. .CREA.$ERY
rL' IS. SMALL=
• The. Lucknow plant. •of •Silver
' wood Dairies Limited' was broken
into on Monday night, but efforts'
to open the safe failed, and the
loot was .confined to 'office sup;
plies, and consequently .was Com-:
l"natively
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_The-Cr-eamery�ha's-been-.broke
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into. on more than one occasion,
: G
mut this latest iburglary`appeared
ore tainateurish, or , at least,
lacked the sledge hammer attack,
,and other "professional" means
.previously used in smashing; the
safe.
Monday night's efforts at break-
ing in open the safe were confined,
to removing four• studs froma
panel in :the, door, but which acs
:complished nothing, in getting iri-
to the safe;
'Entrance to the building . was
gained through a • downstairs
dow. To.. get into '• the :office the
thief or thieves had- to Slip• the
night latch on the' office door.
Main',item ,of ` value Stolen 'was
a'typewriter and .other incidental
office supplies' including ,pens,
. 'and. abut .$10:00 in stamps and
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The break-in was discovered on
Tuesday morning.by.. Mr. J. R.
McNeil Constable Alex• .,Havens.
• and' Provincial • Police Officer:
Hugh . Rutherford 'are. investigat-
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in '::and had one: lead to work
g,..
on.'which miight,prove, of value...
MRS. KERRY PASSES
The `death of Mrs.'. Wm.Kerry
occurred' on .Thursday,' April'10th
-in Kitchener Waterloo Hospital;
where she had:been a patient for
some time with a fractured hip,
followed by'a stroke. ' Mrs. 'Kerry',
who was; in her 88th ' year, 'bad
been making her' home' in Elmira
• with' her daughter, Miss Viola
Kerry.
-:. The funeral service was held
on Monday in -Eden Grove United.
Church
WOMEN'S • INSTITUTE TO.
STAGE. RUMMAGE SALE
The 'Lucknow Women's Insti-
tute
nsti-
tute'is'•planning ,a ,+big rummage
.' sale,Liir• -the- Council -Chamber- of
the `' Town Hall " n • Saturday,
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--April--26th - =°comme i -
nc ng at•twc�
o'clock. _ -
Donation .'
s. for,the sale are be=
ing solicited by the. W. •1, and.
• 'may. be left., at :,the Town Hall
or arrangements -can•- Abe. made 'to:
pick up.,the articles' bycalling"
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Mrs. Alex' •Havens,• secretary, • of
theJnstitute, , phone 1x1' '
WEATHER AT ITS WORST
FOR EASTER SUNDAY.
'An
ll day ' ;calm that grew
heavier as the da :advanced `ro
.duced weather at its, worst for.
Easter Sunday, ' and completely
Washed out';the EasterP arade.
Despitethe weather, large con-;
gregations turned out for : ser
vices in local , churches which.
appropriately commemorated the
ever gripping story of the Cruci-
fixion and the Resurrection. The
Easter season is also synomyous
with special ' a iusic :.:which sup
plemented the Easter message.
StAGE DANCE F°OR
BANTAM. JACKET FUND
A "jacket, fund`' is ;beim. , est
ablished.
rn recognition of the
Lucknow Bantams winning the'
O"D" chhamntario -
pionship;Tn
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aid the fund'° a dance 'is being
held this Friday evening,' and
Members of, the team have been
canvassing the town selling tick-'
ets• Whether or hot you: dance,
the purchase.of' a ticket will help..
the,. . p
rause considerably.
The
41166 being he d
in
al Centre withde e
Orchestra supplyrg the
music.
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BUY"QUANCE, PROPERTY,
g.
Mr. 'and Mrs. S. ,Chislett of
Toronto have purchased the R. B.
Quance ,property 'north, of the
C depot. The pert►• Con-
sists
pro '.
of house, barn and 10 acres
of land. Mf, and Mrs.. Chislett qb-
pain :possession • on June lst. He'
has Abeen a nployed !by D.the.
Telephone., Company for .35 years
d►LQ;."to_retir••e•-on,pension;
Mr. � " Quance bought the ,ro�.--
erty from Wib . odgkinson =
BUY . CULROSS FARM
• Mr: and. :Mrs. Frank Brown and
Reg moved this Week from their
Kinloss Township • farm- to the
farm of• the late Charles •:&hu=
maeher which they have bought;It is:. on 'Upon, 10, rCulross just
across the Kin oss-Culross• boun-
diary. Frank' is still keeping his.
Kinloss farm.
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TO MANAGE NFWL
LOBLAW STORE• • • ;
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Lloyd 'Stewart, who.. has- been
manager' of 'Loblaw's. Grocetaria.
in Stratford 'for.•the past two. arid.
half__vears,-has-been transferred -
to .Kitchener
ransferred-to'Kitchener where he'is•manager•
of the new_Lablaw store . recently
built in' that city. 'Lloyd has .pur
chased_ a new. home in Kitchener
and ,hill- ..move there' shortly. •
CA.S. EXPRESSES'
THA K
N S FOR, AID.
The atrnual reoort.of the Child
ren'•s Aid Society of ,the County'
of Bruce, is: , highlighted".by. 'a.
review of the response by various
municipalities.' ;to the:: Society.•'s
campaiign' for assistance last year.
Mr. Clarence.. Ttompson of„
Walkerton, president, of the Soc-
iety,:states that .the;main purpose
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of .the C.A.S. is to care for • neg•.,
lected .children- placed:= with the'
Society, :and to •.do what they, can
:to correct conditions in_homnes-so-
that children, donot have, to be
:taken into .care.
Last year 'the . Society made a
county wide: appeal 'for funds, to
supplement . their, regular chan-
nels 'of revenue, .so. that this, work:
Might ' be.: the' ;snore" 'thoroughly
and efficiently carridd on
Mr.:Don:ald W. Cameron,- sup-
erintendent
up-
e*rintendent;' of the 'C.A:S., ' ex-
resses ' his=thanks for the = s leer
� p
did Support; co-operation' and
out 'effort that has :provided "a
solid 'foundation •on` which the
Staff' and the::Board Can ` work
Leash.`donatons to the__campaign_
"'ate. augmented by a' .25 percent
subsid. by` the Department of.
Welfare.
. As well• as cas • ona ions Phony;.
boxes. of clothing:were received:
Adult, colthing,'; though riot r-
quired, was . received: and'was
given to, .Rev.''Albert: C. Williams'
who 'took 'it' •to Rupert's House
at James • Bay, where .it was' glad-
ly received by the • natives, and
put to earcellent' "use. One heavy`
P
quilt' was . used • to help keep a
very aged • and. sick ;man. .warm;:
and then served as a shroud,' said
Rev. Williams, to: enelose•'the re-
mains of one Who while living on
this earth, kept God's' holy corn-
mandments.
Cash receipts in the campaign,
totalled •$2,874.64,_ with clothing,
quilts and blankets ,valued' a`t
$2,300.00' .for a; : grand ;:total of
$4,974.64 :�
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Lucknow. • and ,Distriot eontr ib-
,u�ted $118,40, int ,cash as• ell as'
clothing and bedding. Lo el don-'
ation were as follows; • cknow
Woinen's institute, $25;; ; .ucknow
1Vlonday Club, $1�b; Mr. and, Mrs:.
Ladi s Atuxi
iary`Canadian Legion, $ e•; Jo
W. Henderson'. Limber -- td:,.
$25,15; Friend • SF' D.,. 4$3.00'; Mrr
and :Mrs. i'loyd :Wilson,' $15;
lough. Presbyterian W.M.S.; cloth -1,
ing; Hol rood .Women's Institute,
ng� Y ..• .. ti,,
bl-anke.ts;...1tloasw:Viorrren S� $kis
i _,,, Whitechurch Wo-
men's
�Glbttlln�g.;• W �,
'men's Institute, : gifts and , $.r.00;
Paramount Woraen's .Institute,
$10.25=
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START JACKPOT
BINGO. NEXT WEEK,
Commencing '• next. Thursday
April '24th, Lucknow Legion will
launch a weekly series of jack-.
tot .bingos„ in Which the jackpot'
.prize µrill. `be- won each Week. •.•
• The Legion has' been holding
:weekly; Wednesday • riight.,bingos,,
-a-=st rakler-scale; in, the-Leig n.
Rooms, but next; week4wi11 launch
the. ;jackpot 'series with ,a • change'
' of 'night and location. It'll be
Thursday night, in The Recreat-
ional Centre.
$200 Jackpot. ` Goes
• A total of $325 in .prize money
will be awarded. The .jackpot.
will have a •$200' cash value and,
will ;definitely ' go. In addition
`there will be 15 regular, games
at $5.00 , a.': game, three ,special
games '' for ; $15.00' each and one
free garne for $5.00.
These. ,prizeswill be given
away,; weekly, and wilLeventually'
be increased if this weekly event!
proves popular. and profitable.
'WAWANOSH 'FARMER ,.
PASSED' AWAY SUDDENLY'.
Ill for two ' weeks 'with a heart
condition,. death •came suddenly,
last: Friday afternoon to William
G, •MaoCrostie at'his Belfast. dis
trict • home in West Wawanosh.
He was 68 years of age.
The funeral service. was ` held
at •:his late residence on Monday.
with interment in Greenhill Cein- i
eery.
SEE: BY T
•TINEr�
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THAT: a '"pigs .for sale" gad: last
• week ;quickly 'disposed of• 11
young' pigs. for Wm. Bucking-
ham, a-nd',' dir•om the ,number of
calls he had, he could: have
sold 6U-.._, x
'THA:T=-the-Shoot ;Club's -third=an=
niversary' cake was don ted-
A1bert.and :Morley 'Chin. •
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THAT Ma and Pa Kettle in "Back'
—.on =the •1'--arh', packed' The
Playhouse, for . three . nights last.
week and was. held over until
Monday night °• of rthis: week
Seven. of a dozen .'eggs hidden,
away in the annual Easter egg
hunt, were recovered at, the
end 'of :the 'week and turned in
.as admission: to the theatre,'
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THAT ,Roy. Havens wag, able. • to`
• be out on crutches last week
;for the first time since Suffer-
ing- a. •badly fractured leg in a
}Jockeygame oh March 6th.
THAT Mrs: -J. A.. Robertson ` (for -
Mealy Dean 'Geddes) has re-
turned to :Mount 'Forest , after
'a •winter.. holiday in Florida.',
T AT Mi:s: Ken::Mowbray, Local
Beauty Counselor re resenta 'tive,' stood llth among '6000 rez';
• presentatives across Canada • in
February and March sales. She
received.a $20. beauty kit free
'rn recognition .of . her , standing:
Mrs; ' Mowbray's accomplish
• merit is, the more outstanding
in` that. 'she just took 'oyer, 'the'
• agency,, recently arid!' • sales
did. not -commence until mid-
• Febri ary.•
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THAT Mr. and :Mrs. Bob Finlay
have moved from Seaforth to
; an apartment above Purdo'h's
`q WITpaper. Shop Mi . `rnfay .is
1a clothing traveller, .Mrs. Fin-
lay- is a sister . of Mrs, Lloyd
Ashton: ':`
LITTLE GIRL• PASSED
AWAY LAST : WEEK
The death of 'Carol Ann Mac-
Tavish, 5 -year-old daughter of'.
Mr. and. Mrs. Cafneron •MacTav-
ish- of. Wingham, and formerly of
"Lucknow, occurred last Wednes-
day,; • April 9th. •The little . girl,,
who had observed her • 5th birth-
day ' last . December, had been in
air h` `l since birth, `and,. it
was knawii, that she, Could not
survive ,'childhood {' '
A private funeral' `was held on'
Friday at Currie's Funeral Home
'with interment in Wroxeter Cern=
eery..
• Besides her parents, 'carol Ann
is survived, by two brothers, Har
;old, age 8 and Kenneth;, age. 7.-
PAPER SALVAGE ''DRIVE
TO. BE HELD TODAY•
Lnow B ous
a waste paperoy • Sccolletctionwill today
•(Thursday), and wish to remind
all householders' to please set out
their salvage at the curb.
Papers, magazines,. cartons, ;or
.paper of any ••kind is. wanted.. Its
should be. securely• tied or boxed
or bagged, for convenient' hand=
ling and to avoid:•getting it scat-
tered about. . .•
• Arrangerrierits',can be made to
have • sizeable;" quantities'` picked
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up. in the rural • area.
Today's. .collection' includes both •
Lucknow : and Dungannon and
the. Scouts anticipate' a .good •col-
lection., which will'. aid ,in fin=.
.ancing their. summer 'camp;' al=
though the price of this'salyage
:has dropped sharply:.,
The collection will start, rafter
dinner., today, and, 'a transport
will be loadedlater in .the after=
noon:. to truck it .to Guelph; •
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CALL FOR N EW
SCHOOL .TENDERS
• Tender's have been •called for
the • construction of the new..
Lucknow . District High' • ,Sehool,
byd the /architect, Mr. Philip C.
Johnson of 'Lonidon..'
The closing date for the recep- •
tion of s h
tenderas_bPen�set-for
Monday,:"April ;21st; .according to . •
an announcement 'in the, trade
paper, The • Commercial News.'
iThe plans call for a nine -class..
oom ' one -storey school, approx...
imately. 300 iby. 60 feet '-of con-
Crete • block and brick construc-
tion".with.:wiood beams and joists.
The building: will• have a built-
up roof to add .height 'and 'at-
tractiveness to the structure..The
heating system Will be coal-fired,
,hot air heating.
HEARING TODAY
Charges laid in connection with-.
:the :'disturbance at the Lucknow
Town Hall, ',a week. ago Saturday
night, .,are .slated, for' hearing to- •
day (Thursday) in. police court
_t.: Walkerto}i;-,• _•• `_ ' -
MRS. RATHWELL. PASSES'
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tb death . of Mrs. S C: 'Rath -
e a 'f . ,
well occurred in Toronto early
Wednesday morning "at' the home
of Mr•. and Mrs. Orm Moffat Mrs:"
Rathwell suffered a severe stroke
several days rage !The funeral'
service will be held on Friday at
the 'McLennan -McKenzie Me'mor
ial =chapel. `
ALFRED ALDEN': P�
L H BY AS.SES. • , ,
The death ' 'of Alfred Edward'
Haldenby: occurred on Monday, at
the home `of .Mr: ;and Mrs, Arthur
' Graham.: He . had observed his •
;87t1r7irthday :on April.2nd::The
funeral service. vvrll Abe held`"this •
OTE : THIS WEEK nfrternoon (Thur..sday): at 2.30 p.m..
in. the Church.. of Ascension,.,Kin-
N . 'EGG SCH ENVIE
lough; eonducfed by Rev. H. E.
• Janke Interment will be in Tees-
water Cerrietery.
This'week end ----Thursday, Fri-
day and, Saturday' --poultry pro-
ducers. in Ontario have the. op-
portunity ' of going.to the. 11
..to express their : approval ' or
otherwise of the • proposed. egg
inarketing;:scheme•
Eligible voters are .those :21
years or over wh'o produced 'and •
scold_
eggs jn_ 195�1,._or"are •'produe-
ing ' d selling eggs in` •1952,_`_Only
member of eac
gaged in. the production and .`sale.
of eggs~is -entitled. to ,vote.
The vote is . conducted by
the agricultural • rePresentatives
branch. of ' the Ontario Depart-
ment' of Agriculture. County ag-
r icultural- representati'ves :will -act
as chief returning officers and
Will • have' the ,assistance • of the
County Federation of Agriculture
in, selecting deputy returning of
,.fivers: Voting, :.places in theim-
mediate ' community will be 'in
Lu know,. 'Dungannon; Holyrood
and; Blackhorse:.
The Piiipose of the' vote is to
,determine the : wishes of poultry
producers on. . the ' :establishment;
,of a national .poult'ry 'and egg
marketing. board .'to. ' stabilize
prices. by ,buying surplus eggs Vin.
the market and either :diverting
thein•' to better markets or stew-
ing them' to... sell in periods of
scarcity.
• Approval' of this plan would,
require;lthe ' establishing of ari.
Ontario• "poultry: and. egg. market-
ing ` board,• that would be 'fin--
ended'
in-ended' by, the: deduction of one
'cent a dozen .on eggs sold thru
licensed grading stations. This ide-
duction would be made 'the first
year of ;operation, , and '" sub-
sequently' ,as ' and if 'required.
Provision is also made . on the
ballot to cover the request for
duthority to include within the
scheme,• at some later time; the
marketing' Of live and . dressed
.poultry • meats,,,,,„:„
It is important that all poultry
producers 'turn but to the polls
this week -end to• express their
wishes in trios important mattorf
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FU:Ult "BOYS. ON A RAFT
A quartette of "Quality Hill
lads got at : least; . a' soaking .arid,
a scare ,this weekin the spring
tinte'pond=.on; the farmland back
,of George. Joynt's home; The dads;.
in=Huck—Fit rrrr--faslrihii�l'a�crn�hed
a raft on -theend and ad ot
to the 'centre of cit, when down, •
it went.
• In. waist .deep water the young- -'
steals weren't aware ..that -the --raft.'•
was "grounded"; and ,`ere sure
that this was the end: Setting•:up
a .lusty -lunged call for help,; a
n earby-neighbor--hear Hhem` and
hurried to the scene to give ::the
foursome ' some advice . on how to
beach their' craft: :When, `one of
the party ` ventured • to step = off
into the "ooze' ,. the raft refloated
,andall aboard reached dry land.
-1Cold,, wet .and frightened, it
•,couldbe that• they "warmed rip
quickly on reaching home.'
FIND DUCK WITH' BANDAGED "
LEG IN MUSKRAT TRAP
While tending his " muskrat •
traps week,. last week,.Howard Harris'
of Holyrood, came' across a trap- •
ped , wild .'duck; which had 'one .. .
leg tigh'tl`y' wrapped and securely ,,:
tied ,with ,with a white bandage.
There 'was:no indication that
the leg had been 'broken at any
time, nor was, the bird otherwise
'injured: How it was caught, and/
why the leg ';was bandaged' re-:
mains quite a mystery. The duck
had died while caught dvernigl t'
in the trap.
It is not unusual to find some -r:
thing ' other than a muskrat 'in.
the traps: Howard, recently'•7
caught •a heron which lunged at,
him nienancingly as hewent to
release it. ' '
_..-.Of...course..LLthey do --Catch some--
muskrats, too!. The Harris Bro-
thers, Howard and, :Earl, have
trapped considerably, over .a, hun-
dred
in -dread this. season,
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