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L UCKNOW ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2nd; 1952
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EIGHT PAGES
SAY FAREWELL AS, , RECORD CROWD AT
'COMMA SERVICE SUNDAY --
MI 1STRY. ENDS—
Dr.
NDS
Dr.. W. 3. ,Mum ford concluded
a three-year pastorate in Luck -
naw United Church on • Sunday,'
an occasion which ` had double
significance as it also marked the
completion of forty years in the
pulpit which qualifies him for re-
t remeM `from'. the active rriinis-
try;.•
There was a record attendance
at the
-annual. Orange 'church .par,
ade held at Zion . United Church
on Sunday, evening. ,
„Upwards .gf. one hundred mem-.
bers of the Order i arched from
the lodge room to the church
where Rev. C. B. ' Woolley...spoke
on Orangeisi n, and also gave his
farewell message to the conglre-
Scarcely. .able to ;,believe that gatien. .
NORTH HURON WI.PED
OUT BY: REDISTRIBUTION
In a Federal Government rid-
ing redistribution the constitu-
ency currently held by. Conser-
vative mernlb'er Elston Cardiff; is
slated -'to pass out of existence..
•In the breaking up. of the rid-
ing the ',townships of Ashfield,,
West Wawanosh and East Wawa -
nosh are "to be added to. Bruce.
Howick• and Turn -berry' go to
North =Wellington and".: Huron-'
Perth gets the rest of .the riding
where .Mr.. Cardiff. "will presum
ably contest the next election.
lie
had reached' this milestone,
and reluctant to retire,yet feel-
ing, he anust:..ease up, Dr., Munn-
ford has. accepted the appoint-
Ment ` as assistant, pastor at Fer-
g..us, and he and Mrs. Mumford
moved there • on Tuesday. ;
It was with heavyhearts that
•-the partingtook place, for : r.
and Mrs. 1VIumford were beloved
by their .:congregation,and in.
their ',three 'short years here a
mutual bond of fellowship and.
goodwill .had been strongly es-.
tablished Dr. Muanford's out-
standing. ability ;in the pulpit and
' his regular.' visitations with, 'and
solicitation for, the sick and aged
endeared him in the hearts of
those who could not attend .,his
church services:
Large congregations well filled.
the church both morning and ev-
ening in a lovely tribute• to the
departing couple. At the ;morn
ing.service Dr.. Mumlford ,admin_
istered Holy Comznunon and. 'in
the evening gave. a. stirrirng ser-
mnon; on the .subject, "Take With
You Words" and ,Turn Unto The
turd"
Dr. Murirfor 1, hnu elf a niasteP
in the use of. words, "'urged his
congregation to plant Christian
words of leve,.'. 'sY?npathy and
kindness in 'the hearts of others
'Words of faith, trust and ,hope,
will bear fruit through.'the :years.
' Again' and aigai " he'''ad. tried,
• he- said, to speak one . word•
- Jesus Christ ---and stressed that
there' was somethh g dying. in_ us
- if we 'were 'not stirred by that
name, "Speak •a good . word for
Jesus Christ", ' he, exhorted ' his
listeners 'M conclusion. ` • •
'At the close" o f,. e:.. service Dr.
c 'Gh
Mumford spoke. a • personal, mord
of appreciation on behalf of 'he'
_ands,-.M,u7rnford,- -foa•-the-`large
-congregations present,: for the co
operation of the.: officials, leaders:
and members of 'the. various, or-
ganizations. of_the._congregatip -
which bad made this ministry a
happy one. He expressed' partic-
ular appreciation of: the support
' of.both . the senior :anti.:: junior..
choirs which had ;been a great
help'in : services. He;added
Uis'appreciation of the fellows'liiJp;
he had enjoyed, with the • , Pres-
byterian 'and'.Anglioar� congrega-
tions And wiith members '.ed . the
Roman Catholic
To the' congregation,. he cum-
ine1ided his' successor' as ' a . man
younger, in years, with the vigor
.and ; talents ` of youth: Discover
in Rev. and Mrs: 1VIeiklejohn ..the
gtnalities that have '.made them
beloved, at Bervie he advised.- .
We .will remember you in our
prayers and' take" 'with- us . ` ac-
g'x"
ions. memo memories of our Ministry
here and "May ;Good• richly bless
Your; were, Dr. MVIumford's . final
words. =. •
Presentation Thursday
Sunday services climaxed. ' a
z congregational social' evening
held on Thursday night :.when
D'. Mumford was presented with
a generous purse of money:., by
Mr. Wm. '11,Iurdie and • Mrs. Mum-
fordwith a '
. � P.bouquet at roses,, by
W. Hoag, On Friday the
congregational picnic. was held at
the Ashfield Public. Park as a,
;final social' event fbefdre their de-
parture, • . ;
On Thursday night, `in making
the 'Presentation
cin address, Mr.
?Iurdie paid, tribute tci 'Dr. Mum-
fordifor the intere�5t, faithfulness,
f.... i; fulness
,
i ' tPirituali .a.
ty and culture that .had
meed , hrh ministry.. To Mrs.
M'uWord) :who despite her ' af-
(Continued on page 8) '
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HEATER BURNED • OUT
BY ELECTRICAL .STORM
A five weeks' . drought,. . was
�g
broken early Sunday morning
when a violent 'electrical storm
was accompanied by' torrents of
rain that soaked `the ' parcihed'
ground,
The . electrical' ' .storm • burned
out a water heater and `short ,cit-
euited- the telephone, at the home:.
of B. `iStothers in Lucknow.
Eleven fuses .were burned •�otit. at
the home ' of J, W. Joynt and.
fuses 'were. also: blown at W°, S;
McLeod's residence; Thea Stothers
phone wasrn't altogether "dead",
'but instead of'. getting the .local
exchange, the • freak short : circ'uit:
had. them . connected with. the
Dungannon switchboard.
The storric, vias also blamed as
a possible explanation" for • the
floodlights in the park coming;'on
about' three aan.'
Over 1 inches' of ram fell in
the :tillage during the downpour.
•The official reading *as .1.54
inches, Grain crops will.benefit.
greatly.:' from the deluge,',which,
however, varied in lesser degrees
in 'the,..surrounding rural cam.
rnunity, ',and another good: rain
--3— oa d • still -be -'wale
Coming` when ' it did, the.. rain
did not interrupt: haying opera-
tions which were resumed again.
on Nxondayt-Inoea--good-r-ra.an-y,--in '
stances thehay crop -was off by
the end of June, well in advance
f what at one tithe was .regarded
as the date to start haying:,
Y BLOWER
Norman Thomp , 59 -year-old
`farmer' of the Belgrave district.
in East Wawanosh, lost his left
arm. in a haying accident last
Wednesdayafternoon, at the farm
of • Angus MacDonald, Con,' 12,
West Wawanosh,
Mr: Thompson was •engaged in.
custom harvesting' hay ensilage,:
and when the auger of the . 'en-
silage ,blower become cloggedhe
attempted to clear it; and. his
arm became trapped in the re-
volving. auger blades which
,mangled' the -arm horribly. Mur-
ray Gaunt who was • working
close ' • by shut the machine , off,
batt it was with great difficulty
that , they pried loose 'the blades
to release the suffering man,
who only, iu t,'consciousness mom-
entarily, .
,Upoti..the _:arrival' of . the doctor
a portion of. the -.terribly crushed'.
farm Was removed' to ease his suf-
fering and later at Wing` ham Hos-
..pital : the amputation operation
was"completedd' with the removal
of the arm • at the shoulder. •
Mr. Thompson is .ordinarily left
.handed: and it. was `this arm he.
lost. •His son lost the fingers from
his hand some time ago in, a'wood
sawing ac7cident. •
1.10: ' BY • Tf
SENTI:NEL.:` ,.
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THAI . Dick:, Turner left on Mon
day.: for' Buffalo, wixettie-he will
be: employed at carpenter work;
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THAT Dr: and Mrs W, J Mum-
ford left -for ':Fergus on Tues-'
day. They.rwill ,spend'the month
of July at their cottage at Port
:Ryerse, before Dr.Mumford • as-
sumes- his. Fergus .duties
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THAT Miss • Ruby' Webb of the
Public School staff' is spending
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a' week at her .hoine in Pinker
t - nio •to
take a summer• course in music.
THAT •Latirine'.McNain, daughter
-�- of -Mr: `arrd`Mrs. J`am"es" �1VIcN�a�in
of .Amberley, underwent an .ap-
• pendectomy in Goderich Hos-
pital on•Moriday.
STUDENT AWARDS.
ARE ANNOUNCED •
Examination results of Grades
C.) to 12 of Lucknow District High
School appear • elsewhere, iri this
issue, and are . the basis for the
following proficiency awards,
which will be recognized bythe
•presentation of ' shield's and ' cer-
tificates at a later .date.
,.... .., student. and the.
The winning ng - .
two ,t'unneis-up ;for each award.
are listed,
Grade, IX= --•General proficiency,
sobel' MacDonald, George Rich-
ards,' i
2
sh
rds, Beverley Ashton. :Engl
proficiency, 'Isobel MacDonald,:
Beverley 'Ashton, Dale Haldenby.
Grade X -General proficiency;
Mack 'MacDonald, Gladys Kilpat-
rick, Donna Lerman. -History' pre-
ficiency, Gladys Kilpatrick,Mack:,
MacDonald, Flora Mc9uillin. •
Grade XI—General proficiency,
Carolyn Gibson, .Charlene Smith,
Audrey Ross. M,atherhatics pro
ficiericy, Carolyn. Gibson, Joan
Hainilton, 'Audrey • Ross, ,
E I___General profici-
ency,-
, ., . , Ma._., Mac-
Millan,
Gladys Chin, Mary
illari• Donald McNay Ehsh
l�f ,.
proficiency, Gladys Chin, 'Edna
'Reid, Jacqualeen Hedley.
THAT ..about 24 members of
Lucknow Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons„were in London Friday
• evening on the occasion of the
Grand Superintendent's visit.
The LitcknowChapter's degree
▪ team 'conferred: ,a degree in a_
very 'cred table manner.
*THAT Kinlough Anglican Church
congregation' served a delicious
garden part.. 'supper'' rn ` file
party
c'hurch. basement last'. 'Sveek.
Honors for the Oldest .• person,
attending • _ theJacob
probably.
went to Mrs. Eeltenswrl-
ler who,is .91 years of; age::.
THAT -"the induction 'of Rev. G.
A. 1Vteiklejohn• was conducted
at the. United •Church on Wed-
nesday evening and; on Friday
of this °week at Hackeitt's
church, Rev. C. B. Woolley's
successor, the Rev; J. R.Dick-'
. inson,' • will .be inducted to .. the
Ashfield. Circuit. ' f. , •
THAT Harvey and Lloyd Hall ar-
rived ,home last week from a
fishing strip in. the Heliburton
•district with eleven; lovely lake
trout ranging inweight from
21 to 71 pounds. Indian guides
accompanied them to° an' iso-
lated" inland lake where ',they
iriadte,their catch, '
PM010C—A T__ N XT : WEEK
TO HONOR.. DUNCAN. Mcf:.EQD
Mr,; Duncan MacLeod of Luck-
now
uck-now will .be featured on a broad-
cast. over Station CFRB, "Toronto,
on Wednesday next, July 9th at
6.15 p.m.
The `'broadcast, sponsored . by
Cities Service .Oil Company Lim-
ited, is entitled "Ontario's_ Pat-
riarchs and Papers". It is a series
of broadcasts,' with • next week's.
program giving a sketch of The
Sentinel's history ,and a biogra-
phy of Mr. MacLeod, whowill'.
be 9.0".ori' Christmas „pay,, , and is
believed to be 'the oldest • estab
balled resident living :within- the
corporation.:.,; ' • •
Mr. MacLeod will later be pre
sented with a charcoal portrait
of himself with' the compliments
.of Cities Service; The broad°cast�
;will, .::'be rebroadcast later . over
CKNX: •
LEGION. TO TAKE STEPS ...
TO CURB VANDALISM
Members of the 'Lucknow Leg-
ion have ' 'announced that : they
Willno longer stand for the "'go-
ings-on":
`go -pings -on" at ,the 'ball • park, and
those. who' have been causing the
vandalism will 'be dealt with sev
erely in the future.
For instance, the slab from , the.
rpitchees • :mound has twice:` been
rooted out and on• the latest..'oc-
casion was, recovered ,from:, the
creek. nearby; The numbers' have
been stolen from the score board,
the ladder taken,.which was used
for .getting yup to the floodlight
sw$tch, and at. a recent : game
:three' or . four balls that were
fouled over ` the screen were
' spirited. away
Early Sunday' :morning':' the
floodlights went ,on in the Park
about ' the time of .the 'stoma
around three a.m. It is possible
0
:8 I D-.: FAREWELL ON
ASHFIELD CIRCUIT
At the close of •his farewell ser-
vice at Hackett;s Sunday morn-
ing, Rev. and Mrs C. B. Woolley
were led' to two beautifulchairs
and seated therein, by; Wilfred
Hackett arid Ralph Cameron,:
while Ralph read the following
ad+dress:, •
Dear Mr. ,and. Mrs. 'Woolley,'
We, the congregation •of,Hack-
ett'schurch, felt we. could not
let you go from our midst with-. •
'out a little. remembrance;
Dur ing your pastorate .here you,
have both -.become one . of us, re-
joicing in our .Pleasures and corn
fprting ius in our sorrows.
We regret 'that this .last Sun-
day has come,. but •as yotzare not..
going far .away we hope youwill
be "'able. to, visit us, as you will
:always be .',welcome .in Hackett's
community::
Please .accept,: these gifts ' 'as
tokens of appreciation for'What
you have cone'for•.the'church,, the
Young People and 'the locality
May God's,: blessing go, with. both
•of you. .
The : congregation . of Iiackett's
Church.';.
The.: gifts included. ' the two
chairs and 'a lovely cushion:''Mr...
Woolley ; was completely ; 'over- '
come .but managed', a few words •
'Of thanks,. followed ",by . an ap.
pre¢iation from Mrs: Woolley
The choir sang "God be with you. .
till we meet again", and a:. pleas- •
ant and profitable z pastorate of
seven'• yea 'came to a close
Rev. and Mrs. Woolley, who',
have won a warm.: 'spot • in the
hearts .of the people of the Ash-
field Circuit left on Wednesday
for their new pastorate at Dob'
bintoir:
FORMER .RESIDEl1TT ,DIED '
(that: the electrical storm may .•SUDDENLY IN WISCONSIN " '
have been responsible, but In .
!view of what has gone on in: the ' The death of. Mrs., George Pot -
pest, there : is a suspicion, in.. the ter occurred . suddenly at' her
minds of some ' that' the storm home .'in Wiscoansrn ` on Friday,'•
wasn't the culprit • June '2ath..• She . was in her . 82nd
ea ..Mrer..
Mrs- ho�bte . formerly
vias
In any event,•; • r �memb r Y �
y Leg a e s 1lflini a Armstrong of Luektiaw,.
are fed up , with the deipradratibns.
a id_ha te_.served warning;. axil M1,a daughter of the late Mr.' and
have. the approval off. town of= Mrs.:.Jahn' Armstrong
ficials, that: they will • take' what- •Herhusband, :who •predeceased
ever steps are necessary to her: a`'riunvber of years :. ago; was
'stamp .out these crazy acts. at elle time employed. iii. Ylex
• Raiss harness shop,
Mrs: Potter's brother,, :Len: Ar Yr-
.strong, visited' here early in June
D tSTR I'CT -SCOUTS' an • enrou a ho 1
and t me 'to '. Colorado, • .
visited . lrrs ; sirs#e�; in , WisconsYn,
-PARADED SU"NSA-Y ;
when ;she ;aprpetared id her. usual • •
. health. A few '..da:' later - ,
a ys , dust `a% ..;
The annual . church service af.
.. ter ; his arrival home, 'Mr° Arai=
Sau�geen District Boy Scouts �As•-, :
stron received ... word of cher
• sociation was held .to the Luck- •g
death. .
Mrs. Potter is survived by a
son Ralph: • and'.. two daughters,
Margaret and Jean.. '•
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•,
j
now Presbyterian , Church on
Sunday afternoon. One hundred
and. thirty �Cuubs, : Scouts' and of-
ficials mustered at the Caledon-
ian ian Park end, paraded to church
to the .stirring -music of 'the ,•25 FORMER' WEST WAWANOSH •
,piece Lu'clenow ' District . 'High RESIDENT. DIES IN WEST
School Band,
' • There were representatives: ' u Rev. E.: Harry Lockhart passed
present; from troops at Hanover; away on June 19th at Moosomin'
Walkerton, . .Kincardine, . Durham,' • °
_ Bask.,_ r>h. his 80th year: He was
Paisley, Southampton and --tuck- the only; son :of: the late Mr. and
now; but with vacation trine at Mrs. Robert; Lockhart former
hand and an oppressively hot of resident's of West Wawanosh,,
ternoon, the-.attendance.°of -scouts _�_... _x_.
► who at one "time laved' on the
George Phillips farm at Fordyce
and attended church it .St.: HeI
on was below :ex-
pectations,
• congregation
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The ' service was ;conducted by
`Rev. Donald, Archibald, chaplain
of the 'Paisley troop. , Norman
Taylor presided at the organ, Rey.
A. B' Mitchell•••of St Peter's.
Church., •delivered the address' ori
Rev, Lockhart is survived .by
'hsi wife; one son, Armor, Manor,
Sask.; one . daughter, °Mrs.. Gera.
don Guthrie;. three sisters, Mrs.,
J. D. Dyer, Calgary; Mrs° Maud
"The Strength' of ' God',s Might", Caslick Kitchener, Mrs Nina
Rev. Mitchell has long, .beery. as,' Marks,Vancouver. Interment. was
sociated with "Scotitrng and ,is 'a. in ,Sudbury. •
former district cotminissioner for
South Grey, District Commission,
er Archie Gowanlock assisted in. Kingsbridge Priest Transferred
�- • n has in of Kings-
the se.
tutee, and along.with Rev. • Rev:: Father McMartin , . ,
bridge leas been, appointed pastor
Mitchell took the salute atthe .
Post Office as thearade return } of 'the Sacted eart parish' at
p ,
ed to •the park, ,where. Gerald Langton aid left last week'"1 tq
.Rathw ll, chairman of the •Dis assure , his new dlaties. His suc-
trict Committee expressed thanks' cessor in the $t. Joseph • Parish
and
r .. came
to' the .'troupe nleaders , for"is Father FT ` . who
enr� `Van 1l'ynckt
turning but for this °Coast nt came fron'i Langton. •