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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 1st, 1952
;TEN PAGES
ASK TO HAVE
STATIONED HERE
•A .p3tition circulated ,by. the
1.440c-4OW Business Men's Associa•
tion,' requests. thatconsideration
be 'given to. having'„. Provincial
e:.Office. stationedi': perman-
._.Poiic....
• .ent1Y n" L..ucknow,.
The .largely signed •peittion
' readS as .follows "We, ,the mem-'
}vers of.
the Lticknow, Business
Men
's; : Association, „request the
Council of ; the ' Municipality of.
the Village, of Lucknaw to con-
sider ' having an • Ontario Provin-
tial Police , Officer: stationed per
•. 'man
'' ently in. Lucknow, an:d.. to
take this matter up with the
proper authorities", • . M
got the first time ;succi
a proposal' has been rconsidered;,
but recentintideiits,in the Vill
. have stirred the'eommunity
age, action. The' petition from the.
to
B.M.A. strengthens the Council's
hand in:investigating the set-up
'I sac.•
and: Raking. .action if . i►t is :con-
sidered advisea'ble.
B.M.A.': Officers' fleeted ,
The annual 'Meeting of the
Business'.Men's Association ' was
held , on Tuesday of I. last • week
with'.Presidenrt• Win. Schmid pre:.
siding....
Officers; elected were •as'fol
aws .Pres., • Wan. Schrnid; vice.
President, . Gordon; Montgomery;
secretary treasurer,. A r. c h i; e
,smith, . succeeding Gordon Fisher
Who. resigned; • executive commit-'
tee; W. A. Porteous, Lloyd Mall,
• Olilver , Glenn,'L.loyd Ashton,. Russ
Button, Ernie Crawford.
Membership fee ' was set at:
$3:00' with . Elmer Unvbach as
canvasser on the North 'side and
Bill Pappas on'.the South side 'of
Main Street.
The meeting.'discussd a sales
.promotion
romotion :scheme and appointed
a committee of • Lloyd Ashton;,
Gerald Rathwell, Lloyd Hall; 'Smith mith and Cam 'Ti'iomp=:
son to look • into this'`matter.
TELLS OF. P1-OOD
EXPERIENCE
ri A first '.hand . account Of, the
flood. that lit . Eas'tend, Sask., was
received..,last week by Mrs.. W:
L, MacKenzie, in : a letter • from
her brother, -Mr:' Alex'Macintyre
The flood was a result Of: a`
zunusually 'hea.vy"snowfall during"
the winter. with . no thaws...,Then
ring-came---suckl iy . and`the
.creeks .from the 'Cypress Hills
broke about the same time: This
rush_of-.waiter-smashed -the-irri•--
gation dam and the destruction'
started,
Mr. o MacIntyre said .they had
• the 'basement windows of their
home 'banked `and :protected but
when the wave struck it . pushed
them in ' like paper. The flood
: waters filled their. •basement to
within inches of the main floor.,
Against her wishes Mrs, . Mc-
Intyre was forced • to ' evacuate
her home: 1Vit. -McIntyre was one
of abforty out , hien .nen of the entire
Population ,permitted to remain,.
he It washe
t loneliest night. I ever
put in", . he ..said,• It was a wierd-
3one also, for every • little while
some. flood -swept object 'would
strike the hous' or the beams'the ifr•
in' , ... ' .. �.
basement,�..and .ogle won-
:ge dered
• what •,was •coming next. To:
the ..: .
se -eerie' sounds, was • • added,
• that .41 the constant 'rush and•
swish of water past and around
}he •house
Mr, McIntyre' said that hospi-
tai• patients and practically all
Women and children :Were taken'
to haunavon, Mrs. McIntyre has
since gone. to Winnipeg to visit.
fieri sister,
s, until health"' authori-
ties permit returnin . th ' town,'
'which _, 'expected
ta e ,
h wasl expected to be from
ten days to two Weeks: The let-
ter was written on April' 17th.
Tile town was Without drink-
ing 'water, which• had, to be
brought from. Shaunavon. Base-
i lents:'.• woit1d, all have to be
Auniped :ourt- ..
disinfected, and a
general cleanup made before ,reser
!clefts would be permitted to re-
turn.'
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on
�r-
ith:
SUFFERED 'BROKEN ARM.
PLUNGE. DOIVN, STAIRWAY
Mrs; W. R. Hamilton of Con.
2, Huron . Township, suffered a
broken left 'arm lust : above the
Wrist . a,•couple of weeks•:ago. The
mishap occurred at the• home of
Mrs. W; S. .McGuire; when
•stepping .%back cards in : u
`�e
staff ` P
rs of the hornie,• Mrs. Hamil
ton plunged backwards `down• the
•stairs. • Althoughthe, area
break is'
most unfortunate Mrs.,Hamilto
Might easily, have been much
more seriously: injure °d.
NAME UNITED CHURCH.
PASTORAL. ',COMMITTEE
A'meeting ,Of the Official Board
of the United Church: was held
•last Wednesday night, '•to take
steps to. obtain a minister to Suc-
ceed Dr. W. J..Muinford. A co-
mittee : was '` corn:
named • . including
Messrs. Robert Rae, • W. L. Mac-
Kenzie; Grant.MacDiarmid,: Ern-
est 'Ackert` and K. ' C. '. Murdie.
They swill work in ,.conjunction'
With Reiv. Haro;d: Lawson, . of
Kincardine,' "chairman'' of the
Bruce. Presbytery pastoral vela
•tions committee; in obthiriing'
candidates ^to• fill. the 1poipit va-:
cancy,• On: Sunday,' • members of
the .committee heard Rev. G. A.-
"Meiklejohn of the Bervie-Blaek
horse charge. y �.; �,
'LOCAL:
'RESIDENT
:•—
IS "NINETY SIX
Possibly .the oldest resident of
Lucknow is Mrs. Margaret. Flet.-,
.
cher,° ::who ',was 96 years ofage
on April 1st. _;M.• rs.' Fletcher was'
formerly Miss ;Margaret MacKay
of
Kintail. , She • lived'• for:' many
,years at " Duluth , ands Goderich
and • for the past 1•%' Years. has
made her �home'.:•at •Mrs. 'R. H
.
McQuillin's.' She ',enjoys •�r'emark=
',ably' good; health •and is- able to
read without, glasses..
.Mr,. '.Joseph Mallough, whose
death, occurred .recently, was in
his 93rd. year; ,
Mrs. Annie Doyle, ;who resides
with her' daughter,... Mrs. Harry
Anderson, just south ofthe vill-
age, was 92 this spring •and Mrs.
John Little :was:, 90 about the
Duncan MacLeod will be 90 on
Christmas Day,' and- Mrs, Ewan
MacKenzie is .also ' :in her 90th,
year, shaving observed her 89t1i
birthday On March 16th..
So far in our search for- Luck-
'
row's oldest resident, that is the.
information;e. we_.•..ha_ve::_•.-Is-:•.::there
anyone older?
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SMALL. VOTE RECORDED'
ON MARKETING SCHEME
The three-day vote on the ,pro.,
Posed egg and poultry marketing
scheme, resulted in .a . compara
tivelylight vote being east,. and,
'With the "yes" vote' having only
a slight Majority, 'the•..pian,;has
fallen: through.
The idea. was O. .:establish .:a
market board; for the wholesale:
handling, of •, eggg : by ' which: ,per,
iodic fluctuations in price might
be avoided.
The light vote iappears to ' have
stemmed: from the fact that
many small producers; •"didn't
know how to vote". Others •.voted
for the •scheme on the assumption
that "it couldn't be' any ,worse
than the present system',. •
MOVE TO .WINGHAM.
Mr. and. - Mrs.• George'; Orvis.'
have `,returned :to .,Wingham to
make. their their home.• They moved
there on Tuesday. Mr, and Mrs:
Orvis ::carne td 'Lucknow' five
years .ago,, When they purchased'
the home of 'the late Mrs. Wesley
Henderson; 'Where 'they ""have
resided .and which. they sold to
Mr: and Mrs Wilson Irwin -of.
Ashfield • who will move . to the
village later.
M i ' 1 b ill 'a hou
onan adjoining lot. This `he ,sold
to Mr: ,and' Mrs. George.,Lavis of
London '. •
•
WON. $200 JACKPOT:.
Mrs.. N. E. Bushell' was the
winner of the: $200 jackpot:,prize',
at the Legion's weekly bingo Last
Thursday night. 'A ..$200 „jackpot.
!prize, plus $125 o'ther', prizes
goes . each :night,: ands will•. be in-
creased as the .attendance' war-
rants. Starting time has :been<set
back until 90.0 -;p.m , • on account
of the adoption of `Daylight,Sav
.ing Tifne; . ,•
.ROBERT. J. MOORE. PASSES
The death --of -Robert- J. -Moore,
a •lifelong resident ' of this .dis-
trict, occurred suddenly last Sat-
urday morning : in Wingham Hos-
pital'. where ..he had been : taken
the previous' day .after suffering
a heart attack while on e .busi-
ness trip in Ashfield
The : funeral service. •. was ''held
1 at St _ Peter's -Anglican •Church
on Monday with Interment in
Greenhill -Cemetery:.
T. G.
'MOF FAT STILL
GOING STRONG
Age rests lightly -on'the should-'
ers of .Mr, "Foster.•G. Moffat; of
Larigside; Who is in his 80thyear;•
..and is 'still ' actively engaged in
his duties as :secretary -treasurer.
of :the Culross Mutual Fire Liam,
ante .Company, •.a. post he .has'
held since `1924.
• Mr. Moffat became a director.
of the company back about 1912;
and upon'the' death df Dave Mc-
Intosh . in 1924, he.•was persuaded
to take over his: dirties as sec-
retaryjtresurer, and which,' he.
has efficiently' managed, in the
intervening years.
The 'Company opened, an office
p
in Teeswater• three year's ago, and
Mr. Moffat 'commutes daily each
e
between his farm horn
week day __ . ,
at ,L arigside and his _Teeswatet
office: Iii : the'.three .,•years .he:
hadn't missed a day until ,Last
SE..E BY. T
• "E
S NTI NEL
THAT good • headway is being
made in excavation, under-
draining and .putting in•'+gravel
fill on: village• roads, in ..lire
• paration '.for .paving: •
THAT Ross, Gammie: has bought
Ed Thom's. farm at St Helens.
Mr. and Mrs, . Thom will have
the;' privilege of occupying the
residerme, for. some time, ' and
have returned to the farm to
spend the summer, This farm
has been in' the . Thom fan-uly
for 85: years,since the late -`Wm:
Thorn came to';West'Wawanosh
-from Dalhousie: -4}
T-yf t�A T a 1, tt1eJ•-�`•ad bcrr n -ani ji rn
harrit Hospital last Thursday to
,Mr. and Mrs.. Oscar. Hodgins ;is
:their. seyen.thi• .son. :They:.., lost .
their only. 'little . girl before. she
THAT although he's. nearing the
90'. mark, .` age •kis not : slowing
Mr. Duncan' .• MacLeod • ,down
very much ' Last week he vis-
• ited the old :home' place on the,
: Second. Concession, now;.owne:d
by Duncan MacConnell, .and
'"walked all over the farm:;' Be-
sides being unusually spry, Mr,'
• MacLeod's memory is „keen, and.
his eyesight so good that .he
is one of.; the most regular pat-
rods , at' the Public Library.
.,was a week old.'
•
•
•TH'AT several people have :been
.enquiring ` about, the .address of
Mrs. Gordon Montgomery, who
is hospitalized in , London: and.
where ane will _.be -. a --•patient
for • another few weeks. It is'
Beck:Merilorial' Hospital, Room
101, Byron, Ont.
THAT television will soon on w be
corning • to Canada.. You'll 'be
ready for it if you, have the
'lucky ticket on the' TV set draw
to be . inade on . May 23rd. Pro.-
ceed.s are for' the Roy Havens
benefit : fund. " 'You can get :a
r ticket from ,'any member of the
r.
Hciekey Club, or at, various
business .places:
THAT members of,"the'Fire Com,
-
pally Tuesday,
pair Were busy .o
eveningWashing off the: Main
St, That Same• evening a clean.
Up wasbee
held at the 'Pres -'I
byterian. church grounds;
week' when he was laid up. with
' . for a few .clays,
cold
Stately in his bearing, 'fresh
keen of mind., no
of face; and ,� .
one Would ever gt'ss that "Fps -
ter" ". will be 80 in August: '
attended his' first'.
In • 1915 he 'n
Meeting, of the Mutual • Fii`e� Un=,
Ontario and .since
�a•erwn�iters of ,
missed". only -three an-
nual
hasin- s --one of ;them be-'
nual meet g.
;cause the trains` ,didn't, run.'.
In 1931-32 Mr. Moffat was pre-
sident of the Ontario Association:
ie' s •no 'an 'honorary member,
years . ago' was prei'sented.
and two y s
with a gold -headed cane in re -
hi long ,associatio:o'
cwdantdn of s g
with-, and, servic to, this organo:
za> ton,
' PROPERTYHANG>ES
Mrs. Bessie Shirley has: bought
the borne' Where she • has resided
for the past few, years from .Mr.
Donald .MeCharles. Donald' has
bought the residence .of the late'
Miss Lillian ,Hood, from :Mr. Arn-
old Giber: Mr.: Gloor hasexten-.
sively: remodelled''this house=and
Dona"ld is.. putting; on the finish -
'ng touches before he and Mrs,.
.Jewitt move there about . June
1st Mrs Jewitt_ has rented ,cher...
'home ; •adjacent • to• the Presbyter-
ian Manse • to' Mr. and; Mrs.. Thos.:
Bores:...:
PRESENTED
E CONCERT
Although attendance •at • the
Lucknow District High 'School
Band Concert. last Friday • night
was most ;dissappointingly small,-
the
mall,the ,, concert itself was mo_ st en-
tertaining 'and the Band :prob
ably: never plaYed better. • • ..
Members, of :the. Band ,hail been,
'rehearsing "faithfully for this per
formance' anticipating :a 'crowd•
that would provide . them with'
finances to: assist- in repairing and
buying band' instruments. The
proceeds. won't. 'go far for that
se..
pur. ho ,. .•
The Band was • heard in a var- ,.
iety of well -played- selections,
Marches, serenades and over-
tures and concluded with' three
.hymns "Breathe on me Breath
of. God", . "Dear Lord and Father ,.
of '. Mankind and `.`Abide, '.with ".
Me".. Morley Chin 'and. George
Anderson..Played a' cornet duet,:
with. accompaniment:
Aileen Hewitt, and Jack; .McKim
took a baritone solo in one of the.
numbers.
:_number -sr- were .inter •-
-
.•
spersed by solos b Mr. Wm.
y
Conron,• baritone Soloist of Wing-
ham, with Mr: Harold : Victor
Pym of Wingham as accorinpan-•
,ist; violin selections by• Dr', Jas.
Little ,with Miss, Hewitt at the
.Piano, .and • by 'a :piano ;'solo by
Donald . McNay.'
These . performers • were in-
troduced ' by --Joyce Baulch, Jack
McKim. and . Dan Rose. George
Anderson, president .of the band,
thanked . those who attended: and
gave a reiv'+iew of the Band's act-'
ivities during the -term.
Directed by Mr. ` P, W. • Hoag;
the hand included:, cornets, Joyce
•Eaul•ch ' *Wayne Johnston, Char-
lene. • Smith, .Marilyn :'.Kilpatrick,
Mac:MVfae.Dorrald 'Jack: Chin, Mor :.
ley Chin, • George Anderson; bar
r itones; :. Jack McKim, Donald
Thompson, Gladys •.!Chin, . Ken-
--meth McNay- -• --tr-ombones, Don
Cameron, Gladys, Kilpatrick, Kent
Hedley; bass. Dan Rose; altos,
Janet . Campbell, • Bill Baulch,
Charlie Chin; bass drum, .Murray
McNair. •
ICN GET,
LUC OW S
HAPPY GANG PLUG
•Lucknow got a plug' on the
CBC _ Happy :.Gang''program last
-Thursday, but no one in tovirri,
heard it.. as the hydra . was off i
It happened this :way. A couple
of married couple groups : who
have-beenLpl-aying a 'pit .of bridge
and shoot during the' winter de:
•ceded on a trip to Toronto to see.
the Barbara Ann ,Scott ice 'show:
They made .a day of • it,.'strik•
Ing ; out early. in the morning' and; Charges arising from disturrb-
arranging t' :meet••at noon hour 'prices at the par'n dance in Luck -
at the 'CB studio on , GMc. ill St.
to see and hear the Happy Gang.
A nate .was sent to Bert Pearl.,.
.roaster of ceremonies, telling him
of • the presence of the group,
who were together • • in. the; gal-
lery. Mr. Pearl read the note arid
,asked the party to "take a .bow".
The note drew "attention to ' the.
fact •. _that' the par�ty__.w'as. from
"The Sepoy - Town' .of .Lucknow,
situated on the boundary line be-
tween'.% thetwo
• . banner counties.
'
of,'Bruce and. Huron"..
`'s We tried to..work in a foot-;
tiete tbout--' ehiar ie- Jusfiri "cosh .
ing rta Lucknow, but ',this wasnt,
included; in the`"conlrnercial".
Members of the party were of
their own 'for the day, •met for
dinner at night and attended the
skating ,carnival„ in a body. ,
The .group • included Morgan
and Ena 'Henderson, Gordon and.
Winnie Fisher, ' lnn:es and. Bertha
Mac ween, Virden: and Freda
Mowbray, Archie and Margaret
Smith, ' Cameron: ' and , Kathleen
MacDonald, 'Hugh' and Stella
Curning, Harvey and Edith Web-
ster and Catnpbe]l rand 1Ylargare't
Thompson. • , r ,
. Wilfred and, Orma .Murdoch,
joined, the' dinner party and that
led' to' a, gooddeal of r emihiscing.
and enquires about the: folks in;
the old honie • 'town,.
We clipped this one from The •
1Chesley `Enterprise: In case you
fund ' a mistake in • this a• er
pp,
please . consider ' that it was: put
thereTbr innebodTs benefit. We •.
try to. get. something_ -•the paper „
•
•
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tor ,everybody, ,and some of our
readers are always looking for
mistakes. '
AIR 'BARN. DANCE
lFRACAS IN COURT
•
now, were, aired in Magistrate
1VIcClevis' 'pol'ice .court in, Walk-
erton last Thursday. -
Little : time:. was' lost in settling:
'the first case when 'a Wingham
and, a 'Lucknow youth .pleaded
guilty to causing a disturbance by
fighting and each were assessed
$25:00 and' costs, It 'was the Wing-.
ham:_ youth, alleged to have'been
the agressor, who Master of Cere-'
monies John Brent was' .attempt-
ing to ' remove from.' the . hall,
when' . Brent . received a blow- on. •
the/jaw which fractured: it. • "
W. Godfn e of We t
Y s Wawanosh
pleaded not guilty to the charge
of assault a occasioning 46 bodily
harm.. to Sohn '.Brent. ' Ona lesseuy .
f o
charge
gassault he,. was. requir-
ed to post •a °bond• of .$100 to keep
the peace,'was assessed court,,
costs, and placed on suspended ,
sentence .on,condition that he pay'
:all bills. incurred by Brent's 'in-
jun nes which included a fractured
iaw and damage to his teeth,
No charges were: pressed in a
later .fracas that brought the•
dance 'to a hart.'.
The shooting incident wasn't
gone into at length in Courts It •
Was cla}vied that the Shots -Vere
blanks and were not discharged, •
from a revolver, but rather fion
a metal pipe fitted:.with a con- •
traption for .firing' the shell. .
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