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LUCKNOW; ONTARIO THURSDAY., JUNE • 5th, 1952
• EIGHT PAGES:..
.,BANQUET., ,HONORS
A banquet was staged onMen-
day night by- the Shoot Club in
honor ',of Lucknow • Bantams,,
win•ners of the all -Ontario Ban
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tam "D" 'ch+arnpionship, and. t'he
Pee Wees' who were runners-up
in their series •in/the. Young .'Can
' ada Day tournament.
Mr, J. W. Joynt actedas Chair-
. 'elan arid • Mrs. Jessie Allin pre.
sided at the piano: for the singing
of Grace, and . the National:.An
them. A toast to the hockey, teams
was' proposed .by Cam Thompson
and was repliect to• ;by Morley
Chin, Hugh Hawkins, president of
the. W:0 A;A. was unable to be
present at the last minute 'and
.,Stuart Collyer. was .called. upon'
to present the W.O,A.A, 'trophy.
to the Bantam • team: ' This ' was
received by Jack Chin, with the
eply being Made by their eoach,
IAlbert Chin, who said that there
were , some.: !good' prospects on' the
"farm club'" and theyhoped to
be• back: with a, contender next
• winter.,. .
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' M. L.' "Tory". Gregg presented.
031:H:A:.' -trophy-lto Kenneth
ra • McNay, , and, Stressed .just what
th 'it .. meant to be, Ontario .:Charnp.
he • ' He • defined the word as Citizen...'
ay ship, Hustle, Ambition, Manners;.
nd Perseverance, ,.S.portsmanship and
Ys . added' that: trhe.. Lucknow ::team
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answered that descriptionto the
ng letter.,
'as He complimented Jack chin for
ad '. his ability and went on. to say
that Bill'Young of Michigan, • and
;ra formerly"; of ,ingham;. had re
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feregd a good
Many college. a,mes
e this' year and .reported that Geo:
'ch ' ` Clan' was one of. 'the; top • players
he' in the college loop,
m- "Tory" ,brought along withhim
his: • the W O A.A. Midget, ",D";''tro-
io
of � phy, won this.year by the Legion -
ay sponsored Midget teamand•which
he was On display along: with the
twoBanit>amn• trophies._._
Bob • MacKenzie, manager . of
the Bantams, reviewed thy'seas:-
on's , activites: He gave .credit • to
Bud Thompson, for the previous
work he had • done in training
these lads, and alsopaid tribute
to the work of A J,•; W, ]son es
.--assistant-manager and to Albert;
Chin'as: coach:.• ,
end:.
ler.
iey
end :
gal;
of
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• in•
All '
the'
in- .
Pee Wee
crests Were e resented
Eby W. S Eadie `on.. behalf' of : the
Shoot Club to Otto Pedersen, who
turn the `ee
Wees. Lorne Johilston gave : the
financial report of the Shoot Club
wt. all showed.•-- over; -$80 has -"been-
donated to sponsor these teams,
apart from lunches they.' had been
Served. „ .s. •
Mr. Joyri called • on Mrs. A J.
Wilson,•: and:,then on Mr. Wilson'
who -presented 'sweaterswith the
W.b;AA crest ;on, the front, arid
the O:M.H.A,:,crest , on the back
to the following boys: Jack. Chin,
Ken:. McNay, Jim Wilson, ' Alvin
Baker, Jinn Pedersen,'' Boob 'Mor-
ton, George . Richards,;, Bob. Mow-
bray, Ian Marshall, Hughie Mac-
Millan, Bill Fisher, `Ernie Gibson,
Chars , Murray, . Steve 'Carnegie,
Barry Hackett, Roy: ;Einberlin and
Eugene • Gardner.., Kenneth : Mc-
Nay replieet neatly thanking all
those who :had 'made it possible
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for them to enjoy such a never
J.y .
0. -he -forgotten- •season.
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The
crests Were'• sewn on the
sweaters free of charge by . Mrs.
4Eert Ward;
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fr • At the hockey boys' table ;a:
fry• miniature rink was set. up with
,fro realistic .. ice,,'player's,.. •
f,and goals,.
From ' eath player 'in the forma-
tion was 'strung ;a streamer 'con -
netting with his place card in
the form of a a • • p.air .of skates.: The,
novel idea, requiring a good deal.
of work, was carried out by Mrs.
• Jack Acke'r>t, 'assisted. by Mrs, Or-
rule Elliott.
-. Following• the 1�anquet "cards.
/nli d
a . were . f •
,.� anciri�, enl.oyed tb,.
4 conelude . a - very pleasant ieven-
Ing and .a red-letter night for the
:et Pe Wees and Bantling.
DISCONTINUE. 'SERIES
OF 'I3ING0 GiA:MES. .
A • small, money-losing: crowd
cn Tuesday night decided the
Lucknow Legion to discontinue
.their''weekiy bingo series for the
-time being at least, These bingos
haven't °been, drawing profitable.
-crpwds and .the last two weeks
in' particular set • the sponsors
back considerably, ;.
The ' $200 jackpot . winner . on
Tuesday night waS.Mr.s. McKey-
chie of' Jamestown
BACK • BROKEN IN..
FARM MISHAP. ,
George Alton of the Belfast
district is in W inghani Hospital
witha broken back , as the result
of a mishap which, occurred ,on.
his farm two miles' south of Luck -
now .on • Tuesday evening of last.
w:eek!shortly •after six o'clock:
George had chained a• roll of
wire and an, anchor post'on. his
tractor -,powered gravel and Man -
'vire shovel,' and was .moving it
to• 'Where. he was .doing ,some
fencing. The 'chain •slipped .and.
the wire rolled 'down . on George
striking him a hard::'blow `'on the
'b'ack and pinning, him against the
steering wheel • ofthe tractor,;
Mrs. Alton was . nearby . and
succeeded in 'freeing:, him. Help
was •.summoned and George was
carried to the ':house and from
there was rushed to Winghani
hospital, "where it was:determin-
ed that . his:' 'injuries: were quite
serious, 'with. a bad break`':about
the 'centre of his . back. He• has..
Suffered ,a..good deal from it,- At
the first of the -week, a cast had
still to be applied. After this is
done George , may soon. be. able
n •retur home and Move' :about
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'GRADUATED : SATURDAY;
LEAVING ON --CR ISE
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Treleaven
and Ruth were in. London ' on
Saturday attending Western Uni-
versity . graduation; exercises at
.which their daughter, :Miss. Mar-
garet Treleaven received • her de-
gree in • secretarial science, •
• Margaret, in company with
three other University young lad-
les," sails from. Quebec ..'tonight
(Thursday) on :a `triYp to, Europe
and the Brieish Isles. It is ex-
pected their cruise and tour will.
take about, three 'month's. • '
HONOR BRIDE -ELECT • •
MISS MARION MacDONALD
Misg Marion MacDonald, June.
bride -elect.,: has been honored at
various functions'during the past
week.. •
On Tuesday of last week teach-
ers of the. Presbyterian Church
•Sunday, School met at the .:home
'Of Mr. and . Mrs. Innes ' MacS:ween;'
to present .her 'with:a silver cake•.
,plate..
• 'On. Monday evening: the `.`Mon-
day 'Night; ,Club" held :a 'theatre'
art at • Hanover.' r
p • Y The . gaup.
Were joined by. Mrs, Win :A:•,Hen-
derson . 'of Walkerton arid ' Mrs.
Cecil, McAipir a •of Mildmay, both
former members of the Climb
When', in Lucknow. •' Plinth: fol.
lowed •at the 'home of Mrs:. Hen-
derson, sister of ,the; rbrdie-to :b'e•,
;when Marion was presented with.
e pair of . pictures.
Tuesday, night of this week the'
home of .Mrs: 'Morgan Henderson.
was the scene of another . pleas-
ant event, when .members of the
Evening Auxiliary of the Presby-
terian • ,Church staged a:. miscell-
aneous shower for Miss MacDon-
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old. .
again, but he will be unable to:
work for• Soiree. Months' to come:
George has had more than his
share of misfortunet
unearedi
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health It was just about a ' year
ego, that hewas laid up for a
-tithe .With a .knee: injury:
SUFFERED BROKEN WRIST
.Mrs. Robert. Douglas suffered.
e fall at the Presbtyerian Church
on Sunday morning„ in which she.
•suffered a fractured wrist, cuts
and ' bruises her. • glasses .were
and: ,bruises. Her : glasses wee
broken in the fall. Mrs., Douglas
s ' o
ital
w.as-taken to--:Wingham li p
for . treatment.,
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SENTINEL
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P IWSENTED DOaK
TO DR. MUMFORD
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FORMER: PASTOR
•IAT ANNIVERSARY
The Young Peoples Society of •
the ' United -Church ,held their
closing meeting for the summer
cm Monday evening at which they
presented, Dr.' W. J. Mumford
with a 'book, "Thine Is The King
dont".' Donald Thoiinpson, presi-
dent of the .Society, expressed
Rev. George M. Young, a for -
liner minister at South Kinloss.
Presbyterian Church, returned
lastSunday to conduct anniver-
sary services which marked the
9fith • anriversary' of the, establish- •
ing of,' this,' the oldest cgrega-.
appr` eciation of • Dr. Mumford's tion in the immediate ' commun-,
services ' and. faithfulness, to the' ity, ' . •. •
Society, ' and • Giady's . Kilpatrick ° Rev. Young commented that it.
made the .presentation. • • ' was a greet '• day for he and Mrs.
charge after an absence of, thir- ` '
teen years,. and added, that it
'bung to return to their former.
.PRESENT WATCH
TO JET PILOT' delighted his heart to see • things
• Fiiends , and neighbors gathered
in . Lothian school on• Tuesday
night to honor PO, Jim Barger,
:son of *le and Mrs. Howard Bar-
ger, who was home on leave f rom.
Western Canada, before reporting
at Ottawa.
Jim will' soon be piloting
R.C,A F. jet 'planes; ;and • w:e ..up-
derstand•will be 'promoted' to the
rank of, Flying Officer
/ At last'.. Week's gathering , Jim
,was presented with a •lovely:wrist
watch on -behalf .of -the-toinm`un-
ity. The presentation was .made
by Arthur •Gilmore after; Lloyd
Cline -had read the fallowing ad-
dress: t•
Dear Jinn,
We your.; friends and neighbors,
laa;ve gathered here: ,tonight : to
honor one. f Ashfield's worthy
sons.. We are 'very happy to gee
you home ' again, and although.
`your leave; is: short, it •has meant
a great deal to: ,us, to have, you.
back: We, are very proud of the
many "promotions you have earn--
ed;
arn-ed; and the high ;rank younow
enjoy in the R.�C,A.F. We assure
-You . that t we Will .be folloWing
v•our career with pleasure and
•pride,. As •'a' mark of the high
Esteem we hold for you, we ask
you. to .accept -this gift : with our
very beat wishes.
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The , evening wasspent in dan-
cing to ; violin :music: by Donald
McCharles . with piano ° aceompan=
iment'by Eldon .Henderson. .
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CADETS : MADE
FINE' SHOWING:
" The annual •, Lucknow • District
High,Schooli Cadet Corps inspec
THAT Albert . Johnson -recently -tion was • held. last:,Thursday nasf
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going .on so well'in the congrega-
tion, and: the. members speaking
so highly and enthusiastically of
the work, of 'Rev. B'a
:inch and ; his
+family, '
Special music was provided: by
the 'choir at both services, and ;.
.solos • by 1VIr. Wm.. F.' Thompson.
iboth . morning and • ,evening added
greatly, to the services. Miss Joyce
Bausch presided • at the• organ:
The history, of "Old .SouthKin-
loss" is familiar to some but al-
sways' bears repeating, ;The he Order.
-of- Service •used at the -anniver-
sary services caiified . the follow: -
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in • historical sketch '.
The first, church. '.was:bus 1• t' .
in',
1856. It was located at the ' north
end of the original one hundred
acre lot about one-half mile be-
'yohid the :Second' Concession and
east of the. Gravel Road.' , •
• It was a ..log building roofed
with c V rbeards. three feet :.long
split fro.in cedar .blocks. I,t's was • '
lighted by t 3 windowson each
Side. The igood ea' th` was the floor
end the first, seats . Were the butts •
pf logs. This :.priniitive:.,building,
sometimes referred to as . ."Mur-
doch re
doc ac e
M K nzie s Chiu h
was
the first Presbyteritan church in
•the community.
. Not long after this church was
Cbuilt the first• .Communion. Ser-
vice was'held.'in the woods' close -
by. In those early days --the Coni-
'niunien Season : lasted five days
beginning on Thursday and end-
ing on Monday. •,. '
It' was :in 1863 that the ' build-
ing ,known as. the Big Church'•
.was erected oft almost • the same
site es that _occupied by the pres-
ent church. The contraet was 'for'
$950, the Congregationto put up
the frame. This church • was for-
mally opened for worship by . the -
Rev —J ;mer—o-5f-TIiamesford. ,
The Rev: Adam MacKay, of Tees-'
water .came 'and' held "service
every' second Sunday until.. dthe
:Rev, John, MaeNabb . was ordain-
e"d and inducted in .1867:'Mr, Mac -
Nail* thus became the first :in
ducted' minister of this congrega=
tion.
In' 1881 the :Presbytery of Mait-
land declared. the .congregation of
South Kinloss divided.. The new'
•
congregation thtis fbrnied was
called Knox 'Church, Luckn.ovV.•
Many of the; folk of. South Kis
loss desired tokeep their own' , :.
church standing as it ,did On. hal-
lowed ground where' many loved
ones had been • laid to rest..
Services in English" and Gaelic
were conducted, in ; the original •
Big Church 'bet the sound of an.
organ was never heard, for the •
•precentor lea.. the . prise. It . was
psalms and paraphrases then that.
they' sang unto the Lord:. ' •
'The present church was., coal- �.
pleted in 1912 during the ministry
of the late Rev, F. 'A,• MacLen-
nan who was. minister of South
Kinloss for twenty-five .years.
'Anether remarkable record of
service. is that 'of the late Jahr.
Sandy MacDonald who served as
precentor' .for fifty years. For •
these. and all others who faith- •
frilly served in Old•.South Kinloss•
We. give thanks to the Lord, '
sold his general store business
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LOCAL M'AN' 'HEADS.
NE<W GAME -CLUB :.
Members- ' of three fish and
.game clubs- Lucknow, Teeswater
and Wi•nghain,'' met ,in . Winghern•
last Thursday evening toorgan-.
ize a' new fish and, game 'conser-
vation dub...which will be known'
.as.' "Lue-Tee-Win". , President of
the' new: ;organization, and one of
its chief prounotors, is Mr, A.. W.
Hamilton of~'Lucknow;;
The new 'club covers, an' •area
with apopu;l,ation. of some 18,000
people,' 'including the .Townships
bf .Ashfield; East and west Wa
wanosh,' Kinloss; Tui n
berry. and Morris, as the
three' urban centres that gave the
club its .name.
The meeting' Wag ^presided ovei:
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JeSepli, JosephClark, and Mr, Ham-
ilton 'gave an outline of plans and,
activities contemplated,:' which
es an,extensive includ
ive stream re-
stocking program,' and game bird
propagation, with a crack -down
on- ,poaching, .
elected are: de-:
Other officers
p,, _ .
uty pres., JosepWing-•
h' Clark,
ham; .sec.-treas.., Geoi g`e ,Or vis,
Wingliarn zone vice -Presidents;
Teeswater:, W. J. Freeman, Albert
Worrall, Murray Lindsay; •. Wing='
ham,` Donald Cook, Russell Far-'
ilei, Fr
�ank Caskanette, Lucknow,
Harold Gaunt, •W. J.:; MclDonald,:
,k rt: • 1.
Ftiayriard • Ackert.. ,. .,
Zone secretary
- treasurers..
7'eeswater,' Hect'or 'Kink; Luck-
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now, Wally freckles; Wibgtam,
George Orvis. '
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t .a e& lie--to�A�Fr—acid-�=M•i
James Donaldson ` who., come
from the Listowel districts Mr.
-,_ land..,.Mrs.__.Jobnson._are, noi.v li_v--
ing near Newmarket. .
THAT the. W.A. Of. St. Peter's
' Church met at the Rectory. on
' Monday when two large bales
were packed; to be sent to the
Rupert House Mission.
THAT .Bill Chin has passed, hi.,
first -. year examinations . at,
Pharmacy, Illness forced 'Bill
to give up his 'studies two years.
• ago, but .upon regaining his
ago; but :upon • regaining his
health he went back to college'
last year; and his many ;friends
• lilere are happy' to know he has
rluded his
' successfully'co ,i � , . year.
THAT there was, a record=break-
ing crowd at the reception held,
last Thursda night in the Re
y
creational Centre, in honor of
Mr. and 'Mrs. Bill Hunter, 'nee
1VIae Irwin) who were married
that day,, They 'were presented:
• with a, very generous purse of
' money: The young" couple left,
the next day oiii a wedding trip
to Bill's "formes` home irr Wes-
tern Canada.
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THAT A.13, Tom A. MacDonald,
'R,.0 N., is spending a 30 -day
furlough at ithe bole Of his
,mother, Mrs. T. A. MacDonald.
Toin was drafted on May' 31st
frown: H.M.C... Magnificent 'to..
Cornwallis, rit,S., to take an, 8
Months' radio core n?unications
• +course.
ternoon at the 'school• gro •
wen o f with efficiency and
despatch that won the praise. of
the chief inspection officer, Major;
Roy ; Bonn- er ---of the -- 21st Anti-
Tank. Regiment. Other , members
of 'the inspection party were
Lieut.. W. H. McKechnie of Son -
don' and William Rolan of the'.
21st Anti -Tank Regiment.
The afternoon's• program ' con-
sisted of the.,,general .inspection
.of the, .corps, march ,past; arae •
and. platoon• . drill, signalling, -a
'girls' gymnastics • .display to ac-,
compailirnent las the High School
'Band • headed by , Majorette • Car-
olyn ; Gibson; The 'Band played
several, Selections at, the conclus-
ion of the inspection.:
Cadet'Corp s -officers -were Corn=
minding_ _Officer Capt Donald
Handlenby; ''C.S.NM.George An'd-
derson; Lts. Wayne Johnston,
Murray McDonagh, Edna 'Reid,
Mary MacMillan, Audrey . Ross;,,
Sgts: Ralph Haynes, Brian. Hiltz,
Joan Johnston Joan Ha'milton
Mary Jo Anderson.
A feature of the 'inspection was
the presentation to the school by
the Grade•:13 graduating :class -df
handsome framed picttfres of.
Queen Elizabeth, .and Prince
Philip. The pictures were present-
ed by Noreen Kilpatrick and
Mary Jo Anderson, 'and were re-
ceived by Messrs. A. E. ,McKim
and T,. Salkeld, members of
the Lucknw District High School
Board, -
TKATI Steve Stothers ,attended
the i Agricultural ' Re resenta-
,tives' eony'ention held at,Ridge-
Mown last weep. • • -
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THAT Bruce County Co' nc71 will
convene at • Tobe'rtnory' nein'
week, The ttontroversy over the
Walkerton .: Hanover - Chesley
high school district boundaries
will likely'.. again be aired:
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