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$2.50 Yearly In. Advance --$1.00 Extra To U.S.A. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCT: 15th,, 1952.
'TEN TAGES . ".
ASHFIELD LADY
HAS LEG. BROKEN -
Mrs. Ewart Jamieson. o1 Ash-
field is a 'patient ,in Goderich Hoses
pital with a• double fractal* of
the -left.
• oa Monday morning of • last. week:
Mrs. Jamiesonwent to the back
yard •for an armful' of wood' and
,m • stepping backwards is believ-
" ed to have stepped on, a grass..
covered ,stick which caused ' the
fa11, breaking; the leg in two.
places-213ove; the .ankle and be..
.low the •. knee. • . :
Mrs. Janiieson was alone at
the time- as her husband had just
---gone•-the--baelr•-enc%-of•-tlre :farm.
to 'work. Mrs. Jamieson lay on
the ground, for about an hour, un-
able to attract the attention of
anyone passing ,by on the 'road,
or • to • make herself heard..
Finally she , ma ,aged ' to : drag
herself :into the house, and onto
a couch where' she. 'Jay suffer.
inngg for another ttwo hours until
Mr.. Jamieson came in at dinner
time. •
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INFANTS :BAPTIZED
In the ,Presbyterian Church on
Sunday morning Rev. C. A. Winn
t' dJ C infant
son of Mr. and Mrs Leonard ;Mac=
Donald 1n Erskine Church, Dun-
gannon, in the +afternoon, Rev.
Winn. conducted another baptis-'
mal:ceremony •tor ,Margaret
inf ' daughter of :Mr': and
Mrs• eth Hodges.
ap ire• James ameron, r an
COLWANASH JUNIORS TO
STAGE PLOWING •MATCH
Colwanash Junior Farmers have
plans completed for a plowing,
match at Howard Blake's :farm.
in Ashfield Township next Wed-
esday; October 22nc1:"Aiiiing. the
six classes thin year is a'new�ly
added event: for high Scheel ,stu-
dents • over 14' years., Prizes '.of
$10, $8, $6, $4 and $2 are awarded
in each' ;class. • Prizes will be
awarded that evening at Dungan-
non in'conjunction. With the reg-
.ular Junior Farmers meeting.
4 coaching class Will be held
on 'Tuesday 'at the •Blake. foram,
Secretary -treasurer Of the. tiles
Hackett of Ashfield. The
president is'John Clark of God
eritih.
LEGION • .. .
TO HOLD .-DRAW
AT`•NOVEMBER DANCE
'The Lucknow' Legion will hold
their annual Remembrance dance
on Monday,:NoveR•nlber 10th, at°
which time a draw' will be made
for five lovely; prizes as• follows;
lst, . combination radio and re-
cord player 2nd,' La-Z-Boy.chair
pad. 'stool, 3rd, 'silver tea service;
-4th and: 5fh, card tables: •
Tickets are' now'•on' sale. from
Legion .rneinbers. • ,
..CHURCH -.'.BUILT
AT ` ALL COST .::
The 89th anniversary of Kin
1o08h ' Presbyterian' Church was
held on, ',Sunday .With morning;
and ' evening services • 'conducted
by Dr. Hugh• MacMillan,. home `on
furlough from. Formosa..
•A' historical sketch '• of 'this con-'
gregation, first
ALEX , MacINTYRE SENDS
LETTER 'FROMOVERSEAS
In, this issue appears the', first
instal '' e t of
m n a letter ' '1
from Alex
G. MacIntyre,. who has commen-
ced • his second, year at Brasenose
College, Oxford, England, after
Spending •+the Ammer in France,
and Germany.. When • Alex went.
to the Old -:Country a year ago
he promised to Write to The Sen-
tinel, and we're certain our read-
ers will find this letter, interest-
ing. • The first instalment :instalment ' deals
particularly with Dieppe and the
• glorious part Canadian troops
played in that abortive raid
known . /AT.' THIRTY=F'OU R.
North Kinloss congregatiasonthe,
shows at what small'cost --1746
FAIRS .TH I•S' FALL' :.
the present, church was • built
by comparative . present day.
building • values.
• The first frame church was
built in 1863 on the site of the
present church. „the lot was pur
. ' chased. from Rolbert Pinnell. The
first minister .: was" Rev. A. G.
Forbes', • and then 1tev. Wm. Gal
lagher. He was .succeeded • by Rev -
Robert: Gray. and it was during
his • ministry,' that the 'present
church was built and ' officia+lly,
_:.opened --on -January 2rid,• .,1887.
Succeeding ministers ;have. been
Rev,' John' Maauwell, Rev. ' B.M
Smith, • • Rev. 'Peter Mathieson,
Rev. C. N. • Mackenzie, Rev. W.
A. MacWilliams, Rev, J. A. James,
Rev.
. A. K. MacLaren, Rev. J. L.
Burgess, Rev. G. M. Young, Rev.
H.. A. Dann, Rev.• A. Smith and
Rev. G. Baukhh.. . •
The first Conixriunion • Service
was held on . Sunday, February
16th, 1864, and the'first comun
scants werm
e -:i rand --'Mrs; -James-
Waddell, :. Mr.. and '' Mrs.. D.' G.
Aimistrong, Mr. and • Mrs, Wm..
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Mac
Millan, Johnston,Mrs. W W. Malcolm, :Mr.
and Mrs.. M. Stevenson and.. Miss
L. A. McMenemy.
Jas. Waddell'and •Wm. Malcolm
were the' first' Elders ''of the con=
gregation, they having been or-
dained in, 1864, InApril 1870,
'William Scott " and Nexanc19r
Scott were ordained, Elders.
From the beginning,' Kinlough
congregationwas linked up with
,
Ri
versdale. At times other.con-
Motions • such `aa ' Enniskillen
and Be
rvie formed pparts„oaf the •
PSStora] arge. •In 1925, the King
lough congregatio and the South
s congreg
Kinloss .,.e. �_.....
ation were loaned
to forrn•'a pastoral charge. • ' •
To the .Kinliugh congregation
belongs• the honorable ariddia.:+tinctive record of 'having given
five of its sans; to the' ministry.
'They are Dr. William Malcolm,
Rev. T. O. Miller, • Rev: W. '.P.
Lane, Itev. ,L14.. J. Lane and . Rev.,
Anrewd
Lane.
Elmo Pritchard wound' . up the
fall show circuit' on Thanksgilvrng
. Day at Erin,. after almost two
months, in the show . ring at a
total of thirty-four fairs: Ebno
started the circuit at Woodstock
on' 'August • 24th, and estimates,
that he hasp travelled. some 4000
miles in the meantime.
,Elmo's show horses have won
a . wide reptitation: This year he.
had two teams --a . wagon class
anti -Percherrorr- dos team that
have carried off many prizes:
As Elmo drove a six; horse
hitch- out of; thering at Erin on'
Monday, a buyer stepped up and
t o *the he I
without 'Elmo • came ' home .
larger of his Percherons• The
Other •Percheron which Elmo is
keeping was bought at the Royal
last year 'from Menzies' Dairy of
McKeesport, Pennsylvania. This'
three-year-old has been a con=.
sistent winner in its class ' all
ENGAGEMENTS
-Mr; and'Glenwood Camp
bell Lucknow; .wish to announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Shirley Ida Amelia, to Robt..
William, .sort of Mr,' and Mrs.' Cal-,
Mer Straughtan of Goderich The
marriage : to takeplate the latter
part of October. •
TO CALL HERE FOR •
LORD'S DAY. ALLIANCE
Rev. 'W. J. Watt will: visit Luck-
., .- _ t . ex - few days
within' the •n. t
.nay.! , � ,��.: w
and will call on-fiiend's"-of The
Lord's Day Alliance. He will ap-
predate 'a hearty welcome ;and,
response when called. upon. Val, -
liable work ,.is being performed.
bythis organization in safeguard.
ing the national weekly` day of'
rest , for `Canadian workers
gai . i e.. 'loitation,:
against corr�riercial • , �` .. .
and enabling the ind vadual tree-
for worship,
door' to use the day '
resat and culture.
1 SEE' BY
SENTINEL
THAT •ia 'receptionvas heli on
'Friday evening • in.. the Recrea-
tional. Centre in. honor 'of Mr,
Mrs. Grant, i wars
APPLE DAY NETS: BOY
SCOUTS NICE PROFIT
Luckntw Boy Scouts held their
annual apple day campaign '.on Ronald Forster' had his ' left
Saturday. They disposed . of 13 ,arm broken and •,.his face sevr•
bushels-of--MacIntosh--•Reds; with.-•erely-�Iburnedw--in-an explosion t�
the, :profits from the sales .amount his welding:.shop• at: the eastern'
• ing'to. about $80. .As well ras con-: ,outskirts, of , the • Village about
centrating on sales in Lucknow, 10.30 on , Monday morning
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,they , carried the . campaign to. Thranksgivin.g Da y . He was taken '
Dungannon and Ripley„ "and, on to Wingbarn Hbspitai and•.. •
Saturday Will go. to .Winghain pests .to,' be able" to return horde
Prizes • for : the beat decorated this. weekend' :
basket' were as follows; Scouts Ronald _ was preparing. to dos
—,Ian Marshall, first; Teddy. Coll- some welding on the' read -end of
yer, second.. Cubs, Evan. Agnew, the .Kinloss Township grader, a
first; Donald'Kirkland, second: ' job. with which he 'was. familiar
The judges- e-Mr�s,,.-L oy:d Ha s -hid d � a it -amore- than-
and
h
and' Mrs. Roy Havens. one occasion'before. '
Salesmanship prizes were won .: The grease had been removed •
by, ` Cubs—Bobby. Hunter, first;- from the rear • end, and Ron was.
Garry MacDonald, second. Scouts' burning •off the outer a�ccumuta
-Ted' Collyer,.first;;Ian Marsh tion of grease. and. dirt'• from the
all, second. • • housing .in. order: to Start the
'welding operation.
The ;grader was backed to the
BIG NIGHT•, TUESDAY front door of . the welding .shop
AT, KINGSBRIDGE and Ron . was crouched ' down un-: •'
,derneath ' when an explosion oc-
A full night's -entertainment is curved; : that burned . him about
slated. at St. Joseph's Church, • the ,face' and' ears and singed .at
g ie, next Tuesday, night.'
Kin s�bradig,• a •.good deal of -'has lta;� �A piece ' 4
It. lets underway :with a` turkey , : of .metal was b' lawn' out' •of they •
supper, at 6:00 o clock: There :c7111
h rear end'and this struck him with
ibe bbingot at 7.00, a • variety . con-' such force . as • to :.break his left
cert by a ' London concert cam- anti below the.' elbow. He "was
pany +at 9.00 followed by ''danc-
ing. During the evening a • draw ,blast,: ' which' blew' shut an'' ope
will be ''made > for three cashn •
prizes. First .prize' is .a doll :dress
. door in the kitchen of• their home
• ad"oinin; �he shop. The • corncus.
g o'P
ed in `$1.00 bills and second and sign. 'was felt at 'Porter's shop
third prizes are . $10 00 'each.. across -.the Highway:•
FACE; BURNED_ ARM
BROKEN.,BY BLAST°
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TILT .Mrs. R. W, Andrew was
guest soloist at the morning
•service in the United Church:
on ,Thanksgiving Sunday.'
THAT after spending rather :a
' • nomadic summer,.;:John: •Crispin-.
is settled. in' 'Winniteg where
he is: taking his third •• year= • in
medicine.:
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THAT Lucknow . District ' High.
School students are this 'Week
conducting their magazine sales
campaign.' A generous commis-.:
sion will be allowed onevery
new ' Sentinel subscription •• •ob-,
tained, lythe students.
THAT Bob :MacAllister of West
Wawanosh was suddenly Strick-
en with an attack of appendi-
citis fast week and was rushed
ta-Wingbaatr Hospital -where an-
• emergency operation was per-•
formed' late that .night
:THAT Mrs. Gordon -MacPherson
and Mrs. Jim Curran, of St.,
Helens attended the two-day
' leadership training'School held
• at :Winghain for ,North Huron •
Club leader's- and assistants. •
'THHAT this .week=end'Ttie Play-
house will. present that.recent'
action -packed world champion-
ship bout between Rocky Mar-
ciano and Jersey Joe Walcott
THAT a lady's station wagon coat
advertised in last week's Sen-
tinel was' quickly disposed of.
. The prospective , customer en-.
,`.quired first st thing Thursday
• anorning and ' before. noon . hour
the coat was 'brought to town
and the e cempleted.-:
THAT seven .tables attended ' the
Legion •Auxiliary opening shoot
• party • on Friday 'night. Prize
winners_ were_AL.:-.I.rwin..-and
,1Vfrs: Essie Purves. The parties
.are being held weekly:”
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POTATO . HARVEST. .YIELDS:
SPUD.OVER :.THREE POUNDS
Ronny was' dazed _by : the fin,:
pact but might have been more;
seriously if : not fatally .injured.
Hewas taken, to Wingham Hos-
pital -for—treatment=am4_: at first -
'Jack Cook and Kenneth Cam-
it was not certain. just how deep- •
eron held a potato harvesting, bee 1 he t be' burned,
last week which netted , them 80. Y mid
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bags of '.spuds: from a patch less
than an acrein size 'at the farm
of Jack Gillies:.
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RELATES 'MISSION
The daddy of 'the crop was .a •
monster murphy that tipped the .WORK .1N • FORMOSA
scale at three pounds, six ounces'
to .set a "new ' record so far as,
The • Fall Thankaffering meet -
Sentinel reports are . 'concerned.. ' ing ' .of the W;M:S. w,as . held in
Kenny says that the plow splits the Presbyterian church on Wed- .:
a • spud that' was bigger again nesd'ay evening, October 8th +A-
than • this one. • • ter • the openings' prayer -*by Rev;
Winn and scripture • •reading, Mrs.
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LANGSIDE SCENE'
OF COUNTY MATCH.
A ' crowd of . approaching two
thousand. people attended. the.
Bruce County plowing match on
Tuesday on the farms of Foster
.and Farish Moffat at Langside:
--Tuesday's-snatch: drew -15 en-
tries in both the tractor. and horse
classes. ',Highlights . of the meet
were Harm :machinery in action,
THAT when we recently report- building of 'a farm '•pond, spray
ed the big crop of potatoes har- demonstrations, thorn. .bush• re -
vested by N. E. Bushell; that moval.and' tree planting.
didn't end the story. The potato Keencompetition featured all
I c peso
stalks were thrown' in. a 'heap classes, the youngest contender
• and a few days ago when Mr
_" .Bushell'' went to move them,.
he found .that some stalks.. in
the pile were bearing another
crop of spuds. At most every
node .on these. stalks. Miniature
but perfectly '.formed potatoes'
was prowin , These differed'
entirely' from the pdtato seed.
pod with which many are fam-
iliar.
VANDALS ; FLATTEN SERIES
OF • RURAL 'MAIL BOXES
• • Provincial Police: from.
•Goderich ,have been investi-
gating the nocturnal vandal-
ism ,that took place in the. St.
Helens district last Friday
night 'when, some twenty-,
rural Mail box, :posts were
knocked -over... ---
The damage took place on'
a portionof the' 10th 'Conces-
sion, at points on the St. Hel-
ens' Road between the .10th
and 12th Concession and in
one or two eases .on the 12th .,
,Concession. •
Tire ' marks indicated. that
a motor vehicle 'was used m
pushing over .the posts .with
the bumper..
being Barry McQuillan, of Luck -
.now. . Contestants were present
from all sections of Bruce Coun'-
ty.•
At ••a -.ban uet-in�-Hol rood --Hall
q yr
that evening cash' awards and.
ether .prizes were awarded • to'
winning plowmen by Agricultural
Representative G. 'R. Gear,- Herb,
Arkell and assistant' representa.
tive, Al Wall.
Guest speaker at the 'banquet
was. Professor' Norval Richards,
• head of the 0.A.C. soils 'depart -
meat, who said that great strides
had been made in agriculture in
the past 15 years. Statistics show-
ed in 1941 there were '1,074 tract-
ors in Bruce, .with '8,249 in 1951.
In 1941 there Were 5,567 :farms.
in Bruce against 4,682 last year.
• ; Farms power had made a
.: - - . ri ution "to :,ou. year-,
-worthy-contribution cont b t. �` �' -
ly output, he said. World popu
latipn. 'had increased • tour per
cent while world food production
had decreased ,,four percent,
Chairman was President Walter
.Chisho1rn, Walkerton. Other
speakers inelurded roster Moffat,.
Donald Blue, M.P.; J. W. Hanna,
M.L.A.; Joseph .McInnes, Bill Os -
Wald, -Dr. M. H.• Gillies; Richard
Elliott, Reeve David Carruthers,
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J. W. Joynt and Miss' Bell Rob-
ertson, acconnpanied by Mrs. Hall
favored . With a duet:.. Miss Mary
MacLeod introduced the guest
speaker, Mrs.' H.' MacMillan, .re
turned r'nissionar yf.. from Formosa,
who oat 'of •a, rich experience gave •
a vi+vad' word picture -of the work
of the church in • +that place. It is,
29 years since Mr, and Mrs. Mac-
-Millan -left ---their
-Millan-left-their-home ci ninon-
ity'here for the "Island Beauti-
ful", and' great changes have
taken ;place in that 'time.
Since returning ►to Formosa oaf-
ter their ° last' furlough, Mrs,. Ma+c-.
Millan .has been intimately con-
nected with the MacKay:Memor-
sal:Hospital which suffered' '
froni bombing during" the _War:
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By • sheer determination. . and
courage, coupled with much
work, it had been reorgani2ed
till •sow ;it :rates•-a»--the-°third-:irn,LL
the island arid has a 100. bed cap-
acity. Patients there receive the
best of Medical treatment and
care and' besides are ' brought in
contact with the Gospe,l..Becom- •
ing Christians, ,rnany return to
evangelise their home eoanmun-•
sties: Similar .work is Carried on::
in' the Leprosy Colony which is
a branch of the church's task.' ^� .
Mrs. 1VIacMillan stressed. the
great need : for young people'
this favored: land to give their
educated, .consecrated . leadership
to Formosa, where the door of.
opportunity is still open and
where ,.the church is really in its
adolescent -period,' facing many
of the problems of Paul's day.
Words of appr.•.eciation for:.•.her
fine' address 'Were tendered to the
speaker•by Mrs. Morgan Hender-
'son and by Rev: C: Winn, after .
which Mrs. Wasney and Mrs.
Jamieson sang 'accompanied by
Mrs. Winn. The collection, was
earmarked for Life Membership •
•and refreshments were served .• by
the ladies Of: the• church.
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