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$2:50 nearly In Advance --$1.00 Extra To U.S.A.:.
LUCKNOW, ;ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26th, P
• ]962; •
„THIRD TER$... FOR
LOSS BOARD
Kinloss Township ' reeve and
councillors were returned oy ac.
• for a third
on �iday u d
term. Apart from. the five 'Mem-
bers of the Board, the .only other
nominee was Harvey :Houston.
. For Reeve David H. Carruthers
was his third ' successive • ae-
cls . atio s� eeded° George
T iffin the reeve vfio years
ago, when, an electionwas held.,
for the four council 'seats. The.
foursome • elected thenand re-
turned . on Friday '.are. • Harold
r Percy,. P, A. NitirraY, Pan T. Mc-
Kinnon and Farish Moffat. The
asst three are "Veteran". .coun-
cillors. Pariah's: municipal service
commenced two years ago.
•'Ernie 'Ackert was chairman „for
the 'ratepayers• • meeting • and be-
sides
. the candidates, others call-
ed on included Foster Moffat,
Richard Elliott; • George Tiffin,
Treasurer Frank Thompson, Road
. M Int y r
Superintendent Win ac yre
and Clerk 3. R. Lane.
During the nominatinghour;
the following nominations , were
received: ,
For Reeve
David H. Carruthers by., Har
•vey Houston and James McGi1=
livary.
For Council•.
Harvey Houston •by. E. Ackert.
and James McEwan.
Dari T. McKinnon • by Harvey
Houston' and, 'James McGillivray.
Farish Moffat by Harvey Hous-
ton and Robert Orr. .
Harold 'Percy by P. A. Murray
and. Walter E:'Kaake.
.P. Wray by Walter E.
Kaake and James• McEwan.
WAS 92 THIS MONTH •
Donald. MacDonald.of Kintail
observed his 92nd birthday this
month and despite; his .age isstill
enjoying remarkably good Health
and is s alert and active. He makes
.his home with his daughter and
son,. Annie •May and Harry Mac-
Donald.
MOTOR AT SECOND WELL.
BURNED OUT LAST WEEK.
The motor on the' high speed
pump at the secondary ' well
burned out at the end ' of the
week and emergency repairs
were made at' Kitchener over the
week -end.
The local system• is chiefly de
pendent. on this well for the mun
icipal _ water_supply.• -However,
.with a full • standpipe and •the
first well pumping about 30g al-
lons or so a minute, " no water
shortage hazard was; anticipated
while repairs were -being 'made.
Construction of the • cement.
pumphouse at the new well south
of ' the Flax Mill has been oom-
plated, but it is not certain when
the remainder of the, work will
be done to make this Water ''sup-
ply -
up -ply• available.
ATTENDED T AUNT'S FUNERAL
AT KINCARDINE LAST WEEK
While Miss Madelyne McMor-:
ran and Mr. • and Mrs. J. D. Mc
Kendrick were. in :Lucknow they
attended the .funeral:. of • their
.-aunt; Mrs. Thos, R, Holines . in
Kincardine, whopassed away the=
saine day as :Mrs:`;1VfcMorran: Mrs.
Holmes (formerly Sarah Mellor-
ran),, was a ,sister o.f the • late . D.
C. lvfeMorran: She Was in her.
90th year and the last surviving
• • member of : the McMorran . fam-
ily
amily of ; eleven children. She is
survived by four. sons and ' .two
daughters:
WON' CHURCR. DESION 'PRIZE'
Philip Carter Johnson, London
architect, has been awarded ; • a.
Massey silver medal for his de-
sign
e-
Chof the new Presbyterian,
Church at ' Goderich. His design
was entered in th'e class' for ec-
•
clesiastircal 'buildings in a bien-
nial display of 'Canadian :archi-
tecture on display. at the National
'Gallery in Ottawa. •
Mr. • Johnson 'is the architect
for the • new high school being• .
built in Lucknow, •
CULBERT BULL
-.GOESItiALBERTA
-.Anotherhorn
tqp' Scotch Short
bull from Maple Emblem Farms
at. Dungannon has hit the • jack
pot, Last week. a Western Canada
buyer, . N. J. Shopland of Roch-
ester, ,Alberta, : paid W. A. Cud-
bert & Sons $2,000 for an 113 -
mouths -old bu11, Maple Emblem
Sovereign. '
Mr• : Shopland, • While attending
the . Royal Winter Fair, .paid .a
planned visit to the Culbert farm
to inspect the herd. He had. the
Purchase*of a heifer in naind.but.
WAs so impressed. by the young
bull, that he paid the above fancy
price for him.
Maple Emblem Sovereignwas
bred in" Scotland and imported in
dam by W. A, Culbert & Sons.
He was Junior champion at the
i.egionalfall'Fair . et Stratford this
.
The animal was • delivered to,
Toronto last Friday to ,be _includ-
ed iia a carload of purebred stock,
being: shipped West.. `
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LO -LA -LE. HELD SHOWER •
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FOR JEAN MacliINNON
At . the regular; meeting o the'
140 -La -Le Club, held at the'home
of Mrs... Roy . Gibson;' • a miscell-
aneous shower. Was. held in honor
of . Miss Jean MacKinnon, : bride-
elect of • Deceirnber. Jean received.
numerous ' lovely .'gifts and was
assisted in , opening them by
Phyllis Gibson. • •
The Club is holding a ':prize
draw. shortly and prizes are :,on..
display . at McLennan and Mac-:
Kenzie's. , The iprogram . included
a reading by Phyllis . Gibson and
contests conducted • by Betty Mil-
ler and Dorothy Gammie. _Lunch
was served. '
The' next ' meeting will be at
Betty Miller's and will :feature a
Christmas gift exchange.
Y P.S.. MEMBERS IN •
CHARGE OF CHURCH SERVICE
The , evening' . service in 'the
United Church Was' in charge of
the Young People's',. Society with
the regular Young People's choir
leading in the worship • of ' song.
' Kenneth' McNay, Y.P.S. presi-
dent, conducted the service with
StuartCollyer giving the address.
George,,Anderson Bread the scrip-
ture, Gladys Kilpatrick offered
prayer and Carolyn Gibson spoke
of the Y P; challenge and of the
world • .'conference of Young Peo-
ple,
eo ple in .India The ushers' were
Arnold Hartford, • George .Web-
ster, Billy Ritchie sand Ernie Gib
son.
• TWO -DAY-OLD'' INFANT
DIED ON SATURDAY
• Kathleen Mae ;(Kathy)' Dah-
mer. infant ;daughter of Mr: and
-1VIrs: -John:Dahmer; died: rn�Wing�-
ham Hospital on Saturday • morn=
ing, •,two days after its birth.,
Rev.. Grant Meiklejohn con-
ducted : the . funeral,' service at
Johnstone's Funeral Home on
Sunday ;afternoon with interment
in South Kinloss Cei•neery. H. D.
Thompson and Ken Jardine were
the bearers of the. tiny casket:
• Besides her parents,' Kathy is
Survived '.by . ,a • young , brother,
Michael. •
MARRIED IN HAMILTON
•A quiet wedding was solemn-
ized
olemn-i ed in Hamilton on Saturday,
November 22, when Rev. Duck-
worth offi lated` at the marriage
elyn n Thain,daugh-
Dora h Y
of Y-
1bart
Thain of Tor-
onto
ter' o
onto and the late Mr: ,Thain, to
William Allan Johnston,. son of
Mr. and „ Mrs. Noble Johnston • of
Lucknow. '
' • The young o ; couple, who are vi,h•
iting, the Johnston home here)
rice in Hamil-
wil'1 take.. ' "reade,
ton. ` •
ASHFIELD TO VOTE,
F It.
OR--�-�C'O-tJN� L-Ot
Electors in Ashfield Township
will go tothe polls on Monday
to elect four councillors from .a
slate of five candidates.
. Reeve Elmer *Graham was , re-'
turned to office by ',acclamation'
for his ; third termin the . reeve's"
Contesting the ' four council'
'board seats are the sitting mem-
bers, . Jack : Bradley, Kenneth
MacKenzie,'' Andrew Ritchie and
Cecil. Blake, and one new aspir-
ant to office, John Kelly of the
Kingsbridge district.
Councillors :Ritchie Bradley
MacKenzie . have served ~'four
.years on • the " Board and Cecil
Blake , -two years."The`: a ter, came ll
'to the Board. when , Elmer :Gra_1
..
llarn stepped up to the reeveship
'succeeding ex -reeve . and ex -war-
den, Cecil Johnston:
Cler k Donald, Simpson presid-
ed ler Friday's nomination meet-
ing, following which Mr. Kelly
was . the. first to qualify fee office.
An unusual 'situation develop-
ed in that. Councillors Bradley
and Ritchie were regarded as
possible reeveship contenders,
but should both of 'them: qualify,
f t meant .a viacancy on • the Board
unless : Reuben Wilson, the . only.
other: council ° nominee, . would
qualify...If . eithe• one. qualified
for the :reeveship: it looked• like
an ,acclamation for council memr.
bers • and a "'straight •.reeveship
fight.. .
The; result , was that , Council
members .sat pat making it a
,five=man battle for the four seats.
New 'Trustee,
Marvin Durnin and Clifford
Crozier were elected by acclama-
tion as trustees of ;the' Ashfield
'Sehool. Area Board. : Marvin is an
old member of the Board. while'
Clifford succeeds Walter. ,Tigert
who retired after serving aa trus-
tee since the: formation of the
Area. : Board. ••
Nominations for the various'
officeswereas follows. • • •
• For Reeve
KennetK MacKenzie by Murdo
Matheson and ii.. 'A. Grant.
Elmer Graham by Walter Tig-
ert. and Ralph Foster. ' .:
John Bradley by : Frank Ham- •
ilton and ,Neil :•G. MacKenzie.
Andrew Ritchie: by •Gyril'Catnp-
helland Gordon : Ritchie.
For Councillors.
Cecil Blake by Ben Mole' and
Allan Petrie.. •
:John Bradley . by Neil G. Mac-
Kenzie
Kenzie .and • Frank Hamilton..
•John Kelly by John. •Dalton
and R. . A: Grant. 1,
• Kenneth MacKenzie by 1Vf urdo
Matheson and R. A. Grant. • -
Andrew 'Ritchie by Dynes
Campbell, and Elmer Alton. . •
Reuben *Wilton by James Ket-
chabaw and Raymond :Finnigan.:
For Trustees
Walter. Tigert ,by Keith John-
ston and Walter Alton.
Marvin Durnin by John Ben-
nett 'and Thos C,• Anderson.,
' Wilmer Robb -by John McLeir=
nan 'and Reuben, Wilson.
• Clifford Crozier by ' John it
Curran and. Raymond ,Finnigan:
Earl Swan by ,Jas:. Ketchabaw
and Howard larger.. •• • "'''
Ralph Foster by Jim Doherty.
and Mel Dickson. •
• Election Monday '
Voting on Monday will ,. take
..place ,between the 'hours of 9.00:
a.m. d• 5.00 p.m. at the seven
polling sub divisions in the
Township. •
SUPPORT ASKED FOR •
BRUCE C.A.S. 'CAMPAIGN
The Bruce County 'Children's
Aid Society is currently staging
a county wide appeal for • support
of this work. Announcement of
the campaign was Made inY local
churches on Sunday. s
Contributions may be made by.
envelope through the churches or
'may be left at the Municipal Of-
fice of The Sentinel Office.
Reeve S. E. Robertson is a
o
SELLS RESTAURANT
Hai'vey'"Tre eaven has disposed
of his restaurant and pool room
business to Mr. James R. Duncan.
of . Elma Township, near Atwood.
The • deal was closed last week
.with Mr:. Duncan to .obtain, .pos-
session December, 1st. The Tre-
leaven family swill.• move. to Wm.•.
Johnston's residence 'to Havelock
St.
EIGHT PAGES
.ACCLAMATION: 1 ;
WEST, -WAWA N
Reeve, councillors ` and school
trustees , in West Wawanosb.
Township wersall ; re-elected by
acclamation At
F iday afternoon's,.
nomination meeting held in the
Township Hall. Brown Smyth
was named chairman of the rate=
payers, meeting.
• The acclamation returns Har -
RECEIVE WORD SANTA TO ' old. Gaunt for a Second • team. as
ARRIVE' HERR )DECEMBER 6th reeve. He succeeded Evrer`ett 'Fin-
. Meeting on Monday evening,
,the Lucknow Business Men's As-
sociation received . word that.
Santa Claus would arrive in
.L•ucknoww for his 'annual, visit. on
.Saturday, -December--6th T;
He'll head . a parade at 1.00
o'clock, upon his arrival in tawn,'
and all the children in the dis-
trict are invited to be here . to.
meet him.
There lI , abe a free •picture show
at The Playhouse at 1.30 ,for
rural' children landa repeat per-
formance at 300 o'clock for those
who can't make: it at 1.30. There
'will be , a show. at 10 a:in. for
town children :.There will be a'
bag of candy, too, for all.
HALLOWE'EN 'AFTERMATH ,r
GIVES COURT BUSY DAY'
Hallowe'en vandalism ' at Kin
louigh and. Paisley gave Magis-
trate _McClevis• and 'Crown :At-
torney Freeborn • a busy day last
Thursday . trying to sift 'out the.
evidence that was submitted • by
• the long list of, witnesses who
were called • to the stand.
The. court room, was overtaxed
with spectators . before the first
case gotunderway at .10 o'clock
for an all -day, session Seven
•Kinlough ;- Blackhorse ` 'district'
men were assessed : $38.50 ; each
for their part in the escapades
and charges • against ten• others
were . dismissed for lack• of ' evi-
dence.
Six Paisley youths who toppled
a 40 -foot steel chimney onto the
Hergott cider mill were remand-
ed a week to' make restitution of.
damages amounting. to about..
$4'00..
nigan as reeve' a year ago.: •
The Council is .composed' of .
Ben : Johnston, Gordon Struthers ' •
and John Durnin,. veterans, from
point of service; and Harvey Cul-
bert who filled the . vacancy last •
year when Harold -Gaunt stepped. •
u
p
Wallace Miller and WM. Web-
ster
were returned as school trus-
tees and were the only two nom
inated. Harold . Gaunt was the
lone: nominee for --the reeveship..,
Nominations were received. by
Clerk k Durnin Phillips as;-.follo!ws:
For ifeeve'
Harold Gaunt by Gordon, Stru
r thers and G. C. Greer.,
. . ; For Councillors
Harvey . • Culbert .by Wallace.
Miller and Gordon` .. Struthers.
John :'Durnin by •Wallace. Mil
ler and Brown Smyth.. ' •
Ben Johnston by Edvvin ;'Mills
and • Wm, • Good.
Gordon : Struthers ..by Harvey,
Culbert and Gordon McTavish.
' James Aitchison by .' Gordon:
`McTavish and J. H. Gaunt.
Lorne Durnin by . Joe Foran
Frank McQuilln. . •
George ;.Phillips by Leo Foran
and Joe .Foran;
For School Trustees
Wallace Miller by Edwin Mills
and:. J. H.,, Gaunt.
Vfri haan'
',.Webster by , ' J.
• Gaunt and -Edwin Mill.
DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT
FOR MIDGET • HOCKEY
The Midgets .look like Luck
now's -No. 1 hockeyteam for this
'winter, and to help financetheir
.activities 'a. dance, is being staged
in' the • Recreationel Centre on
Friday night. Music will be by
Norm • Carnegie, • Western Ont-
ario's, most popular orchestra,
which is making its first appear-
ance here. There'll be . old �tirie•
and modern dancing with none
other than the popular Roy Mc-
Creight as floor manager. ` Ad-
vance sale tickets are available
from members of the, Midget
team. .
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CLANSMEN TO HOLD,•DRAW
-F-OR-1250--N``PRIZES•
The' Clansmen. are. launching a
prize draw for seven attractive
prizes ylalued at . $250: They in:-
elude
nsclude a suit of: clothes; lady's or
man's, cedar chest, set of •dishes,
tricycle, electric steam iron, el-
ectric • tea kettle . and . smoker.
.proceeds of the' draw are to••
assist in wiping out a debt. which
rriembers of The Cl'ansrnen per
tonally assumed in completing
the Recreational Centre. • ` • -
The draw will be made at .a
dance early in January,. « •
The Clazlsmen financed the Re-
creational Centre building to. the.
amount of $7263, and at the same
time, did !Welfare work and made.
grants •" to .• benevolent services
amounting to $1985" " • •
The deficit the Club memibers
assumed ainotnits to $375.
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OPENS NEW HEATING AND
PLUMBING SERVICE' HERE
G. ..Hartford has opened a
new heating and• plumbing ser-
vice ;her'.e ..and is located in/ the .
Johnstone • ,Block store formerly
occupied ' by Ashton's * Tot -Tp=
Teen..
Mr. Hartford has the agency in •
this district for the Gar Wood
oil -fired heating systems, and .is
plso prepared ; to give, estimates ..
and ,service ' on such. lines as•
plumbing, wiring and . pumping
equipment. •
Mr. , nd. Mrs. Hartford .(foam-'.
erly Grace 'Cowan) and son Arn-
'old. reside in what was ,formerly
known as • the Cliff.• hone.. ' •
NONAGENARIAN!.
S .: .PORTRAIT,
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ORT '
Mr. Duncan MacLeod who 'will:
be 90 years of' age on Christmas
Day, recently received a large ..
and • attractive charcoal portrait.
of himself, as the gift of the Cities
Service_-Qi1--Company: ry
The portrait is by.the famous
artist, .Egbert C. Reed, and is'•
`valued at $150. '
Mr MacLeod was featured this
summer on the Cities Service.
broadcast `Patriarchs and Papers
and . the portrait presentation id
a 'follow up of this broadcast:
The presentation was made in-
formally ' a few days ago by
Reeve S. E. Robertson and L, C.
Thompson. • '
Mr. MacLeod was delighted'
with the large framed ,picture
which far exceeded anything he
had expected,
On the • threshold' of his '90th
year he is still 'in the best of
health, • although his legs are get-.
tin
g
a bit tottery
der him.
He
is still mentally sharp and his
eyesight is the best, which en-.
ables him td read continually. In
'fact he, "clues a deuce of a lot
of it". His callers a; few days .ago
ro4eian.iber of the County Children's found huh 'engrossed ,in a pair
Shelter . Coinninittee and is hope' of ,books, one orn Mejtico, <•the.
fill that this community will re- other on South America•-- -no' fic-
spend generously to the appeal: tion for Duncan" '
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