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LUCKNOW
ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER` 8, 1952
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Hew.- (anadians . To Wold Them Q*n
Services In ,The Presbyter�a�r Cutch
Sunday " a i eventful, day
for a number of Dutch families
who have • . settles : in .this; cool,'
rnunity. , .. when they'. held their
awn se,•rvice in the .•Lucknow
-Presbyterian--4hurch, and ' will
Confirm to do so each Sunday
• afternoon . hereafter.
These new Canadians, members
of • the Christian Reform Church
of 'Rolland, filled• the ' basement
of . the Presbyterian church with
an attendance :of about 100 .adults
an ci ren
Their minister was -one of their
own Countrymen who lures at
Kitchener, and ,as a three-point
mission, field: at Lucknow and • in,
the--ClintonoExeter;district: `-He
Will. be here every third Sunday,
arid during his absence a. mein -
het of the Session of the newly
• organized 'congregation Will read
a prepared Sermon iri their own •
language.
'' ,Service tfine is 'two o'clock fol-
loved by -Sunday School.
Arrangements , for the holding
I of', ,these servlees were .in the
hands of a- ,committee: including
W. W Hill, • S. E.: Robertson and.
Robert Reid 'These • three men,'
and Mr.. W J: MacDonald ' were
present on Suday afternoon to
See that �1 details were • in order;
and were so.. Stria by the • en-.
thuisiashi of..these New Canadians
that they remained' for their set. -
Vice.
Some of the ,hymns were .sung
ne' .il
4 re
tth '
.li..rb �:we cw .iri err .
tongue and they'were roux-
rngly•by the congregation:
The . sermon. was 'preached'
their own language.
TWO ,ART DISPLAYS
COMING TO 111011 SHCOOL
Two interesting displays of art
are scheduled to be shown ;at,
the High :School •during the'next'
month. These . exhibits are oni
loan from the Art Gallery. -in
Toronto, and to view them so
o veniently. is an opportunity
that the folk, of ; this ' conimunity'
should not miss
The first group, depicting the.
development of painting in Car-:
. __ ada;_wilt; •be" -ori; public• display --at
the. school froth dcteber 15th to/
October ' 29th, :and' from .Nevem-
{ber 3rd to 14th the 'display
be ` of the medieval w ' i a world and
Venice:
A silver collection will 'be wel-
comed from those •'viewing " the
displays,With proceeds earmark-
ed for the purchase of pictures
for. the new Scheel.,
FIND ..WAR MEDALS IN
OLD ABANDONED 'SAFE'
-When :Dr: Donald R. Finlayson.
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' moved some years 'ago ` from Rip-
ley to !'oronrto he stored an old
safe at the barn' of his brother,'
Duncan F' • 'o �alsh..
in arson • of
,This safe, .which Was locked; and
the combination
` 'on; • forgotten, was
disposed of some time ago to
John W. Locking •. of Owren Sound..
'1VIr. :Locking is a dealer in safes
O. • and an expert at opening thein,
' On ,opening . the Finlayson safe,
he found. Dr. Finlayson's medals
r. Finlayson s
from World War 'I., One of th?
collection, was a fob reading "Pre-
sented to Donald :Finlayson Eby
the citizens 'of ,Ashfield for gal-
lant .service in the .Great War
1914-18",
Captain 'Finlayson • who served
With the Canadian dMedical Corpse
is now cdoetoring at $unnybroolt
Hospital, He',will no doubt be
saaPPir to recover his "lortg�lost
• Medals
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NEW SCHOOL FURNISIHNGS
OBJECT OF LO -LE`'DRAW
The Lo -La -Le Club is sponsor-
ing a prize draw with. proceeds
earmarked to bey furnishings for
the new • district high sehoolr The
draw wilX be . ode at the Fire-
men's Ghr;i�fm �
SEE BY TF
SENT'IN'EL
as .dance, with tic
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now on sale:
The prizes to be given away in-
clude a trilight, a smoker and an
end table '
BLAKE COMMUNITY.
MAKES PRESENTATIONS•
The Blake Community held a
social evening in:the ,church hall:
last Friday. evening, 'when •a;
shower 'was held in honor. of Mr.
and Mrs, Jack Alton '(nee, Donna
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Hodges). • • /
' .At the same time a purse `,of.
money Was presented to .Jack's
'parents, Mr. and' •Mrs.• Sam Al-
ton, ,who are; moving from : the.
farm : home to. LUcknow to the;
•!the . resdence fprinerly owned by
Sam's ,another, the late Mrs. Jas.
Alton.
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YOUNG:SCOTSMAN SCOTSM. AN . TO
:'MAKE BTS HOME HERE.,
Peter : Thomson. arrived •here,
froth Scotland last week,; and on
Monday: commenced ;working at
the Shelton Novelty2:plant, a'.
small but busy local industry that
is engaged .in`turning out very at-'
tractive ha Painted wooden
salad bowls ' and serving y trays.
The/24; year-old Scot .is a `friend
of Mr. and Mrs. • Jim .IV acwaugh•
ton and' hails trete •Markinch,
Which' is • their dome town. ''The.
MacNaughtons ; have never re-
gretted 'corning to Lucknow and
speak, • highly .otf the friendliness
here;. They see Canada •as.•: a land
• of boundless • opportunity, and it
was this tone in their letters back
home,' 'that induced ,Peter to set
Tout—fors Canada.. 4
He made the crossing by, air
from Prestwick with stopovers at
Iceland and pander before reach-
ing his airterminus at Montreal.
Peter .was particularly impressed
with the: vastness of .what . he
has seen of Canada, with, tables
"groaning" with food .and stores
'stocked full with" merchandise.
Only here a few days, he too is
already experiencing. ;the friend
liness here and.•the common level
on, 'which folks 'meet ' and greet
,each other.
NEW C.N.R..AGENT
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QMING-HESE '
Elwood Irwin is . in •'charge • at
the C.N.R. depot this week, pend-
ing the arrival of the newly ap-'
P.
eintecl .agent,., Garnet, Render -
son. Garnet • is a native of .the.
A•reberley district. and well known
here where he learrafd telegraphy.:
His .wife is a; Lucknow , girl, the
former Evelyn laylor, daughter
of Mr, • and -Mrs, George Taylor,
fi
3/fit and :Mrs Henderson and
familycome here from, Port Col-
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borne:
'He : succe.eds Bob, 'Rupert who
has been transferred' to Ceehill:
Mr. and Mrs: ..• Rupert left on
Tuesday kr their: hew; home.
Elwoo. 1
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• 5 rwin Who is .•present-
ly in ch'arrge,is the son of Mr,
'and_ Mrs. Em'.ersoii :Irwin, and
started his railrroad career in the
local depot under A. W. Handl-,ten.Elwood has been on relie
duty uty and came 'here,
from AP tong .
THAT the. 'Lucknow Boy . Scout
apple day will be on Sat-
urday.. A house-to-house can-,
vase will be made of the Vill-
age in .add •tion to street sales
some o e •oyswill 'else
visit •Dungannon and. Ripley.
THAT Clair 'Agnew received a
anew bus at. the Week -end for
;leis , Wingham District High
School route. The larger '.bus
will replace the two smaller,
busses which, he: had been op
erating
THAT• Aaron :Beak • is taking. in-
dustr-al •arts this, year at ' Tor,
onto •University, and his broth-
er; Ray
roth-er'Ray Boak,:.;is studying for a
chiropractor.•
THAT 'the geese, thick and part-
ridge season: opened on Satur
day, with nimrods " generally
:having' only mediocre 'success..
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'THAT. 'the. pew issue of Govern-
ment .Savings bonds goes.
sale next Tuesday;; Locally;' Mr. •
Smiti is again • authorized.
to;handle sales:
THAT Provincial Police at Waik-
'erten are apparently anticipat-
ing . cattle, rustling attempts
and are -will/Wog, ;farmers to
keep a close eye on their herd.'
There seems •to• be a suspicion
..-that spotters have been around')
"casing" herds...
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THAT big potatoes are numerous'
this year, 'but Donald Watson'of
the Holyrood•di:strict holds the
".Sentinel. Record"' so fir„with
•a• pair that . tipped' the scales
at 22 lbs. and 21/4 lbs. each..
THAT a new front is being put
in .the former Ed Baker build-
• inng on ,Main St, recently . pur-.
chased by the Lucknow .District
Co -opo '
THAT the week -end brought the
firsseason; and
frost. of the
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S. B. Stothers who keeps a
fairly close. oheck • on this Phase
of weather conditions, says it
is, /the first frost since May 15th,
This 141 days` of frost -free tem-
peratures is quite unusual; he
• thinks, if ' official Weather, ` re
cords were to be checked."
THAT Murray Gaunt, son of Mr:
and Mrs: Andrew Gaunt, added.
to his' laurels. by *inning the
showmanship award at •Tees-
_water Fair.' Murray had prev-:
iously won similar honors ,•at
Seaforth and Lucknow.: •
THAT Al Irwin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Emerson Irwin, left last
• Wednesday for Nlarkdale where
ed a._.; the Co-op
he • is employ op yin p
• . Store under the .management of
Jack ` Stevens, formerly of
Lucknow.
TI•IAT Mr. and Mrs. Neil Mur-
doch . moved from Paramo'unt'
last week to • their newly pur-
chased farm' in the Glamis, dis-
trict. y
THAT Donald Kirkland won 2nd
prize at. Teesw'ater Fair ..for. his
decorated bicycle.
FUTURE ' BRIGHT HONOR `ZION FOLIC
FOR SMALL TOWNS ON LE�4VI NG FARM
Speaking at the Lucknow Dia,
trict • High • 'S:hool : Commence-
ment on Friday evening, Dr, E.
G; Pleva,, professor of geography,
at the `University: of Western
Cintario, painted a bright picture pictire
for the future industrial and cox n-
xnunity lite- of:the-smaller : towns:
Dr: Pleva is'a 'strong • advocate.
of the decentralization of Indus=,
try, and. despite Mayor. Lamport's
statements, he's not out::oto "de.4•,
stray" .Toronto, but • to make
sarall•::towns , more •attractive'. to
industrialists . by organized plan-
ning within the ,community. He
co ' r • ._ es e ' ecen ra• ize ion of
industry which Britain was fore
ed to .do • or perish, during • World
War IIT The coming. of the sea
way will:. be a major factor in a
great .,change and advancement
in SouthernOntario.
Dir Pleva referred, to a reduced
rural population, '.while at• the
"saine time scientific farming and
conservation. methods e.n a b•1 e
gr. 'P
eaten roduction: • b . fewer far-
mers, operating' larger tracts • of
land. The inefficient farmer. will"
sooner later :leave .the land, to
join th industrial " and other..
labor -• pools; He.; stressed the
wastefulness that has caused
depletion of the ;sail and: waiter
sources 'that have : diminished
from •a'slaughter of trees.. There
must be a planning for the fut-
ure, to conserve these resources,
as' there is nothing' new 'to be
found.
•• Dr ;Pleva stressed the ,.uniport -
mice. of the co-operative'•conimun-:,
ity spirit. that made this . country
and •the.fact that town and coun,.
try are one -they are inseparable;.
he said.
refe erste "'.''to 'the, Pete-
School
etschool ,being • built here, : the.
'speaker Said that a model of ii
had been entered :by. the • archi-
tect.in a display of modern build-
in gs currently. to be seen in. Lon
don.
The speaker was'introduced by
Dr." W., V. Johnston . and a vote
of, thanks tendered him by Rev.
Grant MeiklejohfN
• Passing Of An Era':
Chairman for the evening was.
-Mr. Allister... Hughes of the High
School Board:'. He said this com-
mencement
oinmencement marked :the end .of •
an era, `as the next such'' gather.-
ing would be held' in the spacious
auditorium of 'the •new 'school.
He referred to material shcprt-
ages that adleaused_delay_in..the
construction work, but the eon -
trader had stated he would have
the bifilding closed in by r.
,winte
and completed by early 'spring.
The program opened with sel-
ections by the School Band un-
der . the direction of Mr. ' P. • .W.
Hoag,. and •two numbers by the
Glee Club• directed .by, Mr: A. W.
Anderton, with Sybil: Barger. at
the'• piano..•
Musical numbers included a
piano duet/by Caryl Gardner and
Barbara Wilson; sole, Norma
Sherwood; violin solo, Dr, James
Little; piano solo, Caryl Gardner;
vocal number by .TheShadows.
,For'the ' presentation • of di-
piomas, Archie MacQuillan piped
the students onto the stage • In-,
termediate certificates were pre-
sented by, Mr. Ti J. Salkeld; sec-
ondary graduation diplomas' by
Dr. W. 'V. Johnston and honor
graduation diplomas .by • Mr. A.
E, McKim.
Proficiency shields were pre-
sented as follows by Dr. W. V,
Johnston Grade 9, Isobel Mac-
Donald‘,. Grade 10, 1Vtack ' Mac-
Donald; Grade11, Carolyn Gib-
son; Grade 12, English pro-
ficiency, Gladys Chin; Band mem-
ber's shield, Jack McKim.
Mr.: Henry 1VIacKenzie present-
ed the following proficiency cups:
Grade 9 General :proficiency,
George Richards; Grade 9, Eng-
lish, Isobel MacDonald; Grade 10;
History, G I a:^d y s Kilpatrick;
Grade 11,•,Aligebira, Carolyn Gib-
son; Grade 12, Languages, Mary
MacMillan.
On Monday ,evening of 'last
week, a social evening was • held'
in. Zion• Hall to honor . Mrr and.
Mrs. Fred Anderson arid Mr. •
Ernest Gardner, who have moved
to Lucknow.to reside, after a life'
-Mime in- the Zion oonthiu iity. •
Friends . on', the Boundary
WeSt.
joined in. the send -oft •
Gordon Kirkland acted as
chairman for a. variety progrartni
and Wm. G.: Hunter read the ed -
dress.
Mr : ' Gardner was preaented
mbisiation. electric, fan
and heater and a bed light. Mr.
and . Mr& Anderson .' received ,an.
electric kettle; art electric+,clock '
rand boudan
oir . lamps d from
"Boundary West. ' rienda+,; ,a' tri-
light. .
Ther presentations were made
by Win:, Helm, " Wes Ritchie, Gor•
dori Kirkland, Harvey Ritchie,
and • Dan : Nicholson.~
To Mr. and Mrs.. Fred 'Anderson
arid. Mr: Ernest Gardner:.'
We` your. fri :ends and neighbors :•:
have: gathered here. tonight to
pay our respects to you in thee
event of your leaving our com�
munity 'prior to moving tto•Luck-
now •
Although you are ;not going far
from :us and .;we will see you
froth time ' to time, we could not '•
let : you go r without„ showing our
appreciationof your, • association
With us-througir`the : many ,Lars
'that. . have passed by.
MeV., to you; .Fred and N,uth,•
we your 'friends of Zion com.-
mri zit 'and •Bounda� . `West � 'Wish!
Y .ry .�,
you to .accept• these gifts,' and to
you Ernest, these : gifts from . your'
Zion friends and neighbors. Wish=
ing you all 'the:' happiness.; and'
good . health in your new homes:
Signed on behalf. . of ..Zion
friends and Boundary • West.;
FAMILY GATED FOR.
THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs.: Glen Walden en-
tertained the' Taylor .:family at a
chicken dinner on• Friday even ,
ing to mark the thirtieth wed-
ding anniversary of Mr`, and Mrs:
Ewart Taylor which • fell on Sat-
urday, October 4th:
Present wex.e. their.:...• three- dauz-
.ghters' and their husbands, Mr:
and Mrs. Glen Walden' (Jean),
Mr. and . Mrs. Morgan Johnston
(Doris) and Mr. and `Mrs. Jack
Ackert((Betty) and their
two
little grandchildren, :Lynda Jean •
Wadden and : Jacqueline Susan
Johnston.
HUGE CROWD EXPECTED
AT BRUCE PLOWING MATCH
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- A. huge crewed is expected to
invade the Lanigside district next •
Tuesday,
. the Bruce�"County r
.. _ for.,..
plowing match and farm machin-
ery in action display. Scene 'of •
the match • will be •the• farms of
Foster and Farish. Moffat. -
•A banciuet will be. served' at
the Township Hall at Idolyrood•
that evening at which time• prizes
will 'be awarded .. to winning
plowmen.
Englishcertificates were pre-
sented by Mr: Clarence Moulton, •
and athletic awarda• by L. • C
Thompson, the winners of which,
were named last week' and. ap-
pear again in, the Field Day re-
sults ,in this issue. •
The Women's • Institute schol-
arship was presented to Gladys
Chin by,. Mrs• Russell Johnstone.
The Literary Society scholarship
was presented to jack McKim; by ,
Donald MacNay, and. the ' Vale
dicterian address was then given •
by jack,
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