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LUCKNOW, OIVTAR IO, ' THURS., .SEPTEMBER 8th, •1949-k.
EIGHT: PAGES,
BADLY
CELLAt WAY • FALL,
Mrs. George'Gilchrist of Con,-
. • cession 4, Kinross, was severely,
injured in a.'fall down the. cel-•
larway (at her farm home last
Thursday morning.
._ Mrs. Gilchrist was preparing• to
eonie..to town' and wag hustling
to the Basement •,'before 'leaving
the tarn*, . occu - re . ' ,MTS,
.when r 41
rise Was; carr :in . 'couple'
-.filch y•g these,:, 5 a rs with her and these
of sealo . ., :..
ins (breaking,: • inflicted , severe•
-- `tons •to -her face.-that..r
-,y1a�era i .. *, e.
quired' . over thirty, stitches,
Mrs. Gilchrist suffered a'. frac-
.cured nose, a';fractured wrist and
broken fingers' on' the hand. She
• (bled profusely from the severe
-cuts, and her condition was quite
)alarming for a time,
In riled i atel u `.on: the ' arrival
of a •doctor, Mrs. Gilchrist ' Was
rushed.' to :. Wingharri Hospital,
where she :bas been:. making. a.
`satisfactory. 'recovery froom
?painful ordeal.
• Mr. and Mrs Gilchrist had.. re-
turned 'horrie' Only about a week
before. from ; a trip to Western
•ENTER" TRAINING:
•
The first ;of' the week saw the
departure of • 'two . young ;ladies
fromthe Village, who are. Com-
,mencirng nurses' training courses,'
Ohnstori, only daugh-,
nd Mrs: Noble John-
t.ered Victoria Hospi-
-and.,,Gwen 'Stewart,'
iter 'df Mr .'and` .Mrs,'
Philip ' . Ste rwt: will:. train'., a.
Stratford General;: Both, girls; 're-
ported for dut "o T e d
. . ....�' n t# s aY� ' ,.`
Ardonna
ter 'of Mr.
ston, h
as
e
gal,' London
elder • daugl
RAS BE NO
'.,'
E . N •RAI,,,RO'AD y.
MORE, THAN FORTY• YEARS-
Mr, Wm:: Scrimgeour :'who has
> s
been on ?vlacation,' Was :a 'caller
ton friends , here last week. • Bill
left Luc(know• more • than fort
Y
years: ago and soon after ,joined'
the railway; with which he , has
served-' for forty-one, ..years and
in little more than a year -will ,be.
retired: on: pension. Bill is a CNR:
engineer on the :Palmerston to
Toronto run,; "and i also goes into.
Hamilton: •
',Ile -Started. railroading the Same -
year as. did two other .Lucknow
iter, 'Jack Reid•. and Jack McLeod,.'
-Canada, =The latter••'lost his.hand-early 'in'
•
.
his career. For some time hehas
been :'a station agent in „Northern
Ontario, Jack. Reid is 'on,Ta 'Lon
don to` .Toronto run,: and •a year
et ro ago was in a '•crash goitre
into :Toi,unto, that •alrrricist''': cost,
:him his life,:; -and ,how he escaped
,:
is. a ,miracle'to railway. men. Jack.
was on the sidelines. for -•several
Months, but 'isack :ori the: job
b .
again.,
Bill` has never had :any serious
injury, but he's at a nerve-rack-
ing .job, as .there'sscarcely a. day
goes by but some ,motorist gives
the •locornotive engineers a cross -
frig 'scare a
WON THE WATCHES
Lucknow Bowling; .Club'S Labor..
Day doubles, tournament was
highlighted ..by, a draw'. for ,two
Gruen watches, .through, the':.co-
operation .of • ,Wan. A Schriiid,
jeweller;
'Winner of the lady's watch was
Mrs. Austin Solomon;., with Jim-
-
my Boyle • of ' Kinlough;' holding
thewinning ticket for the man's;
watch. '
; PIPE BAND WELL RECEIVED
A1•. G;OR.E , Y>.
Lucknow Pine Band was• again
in the 'limelight •on Monday ,in.
Goderich before a crowd. of 2000..
• which gathered to see ,,"The
Gaines".g
Althou h ',bested . in 'the
band riti
coinpetitons by the General
Motors Band 'of `:Oshawa; , the
judge commented on ,;,the • excel-
lent '' performance :.of `the' Luck-
'now Band.
Young Sandy MacDonald
yearold son of Bill; MacDonald.
of Kintail,• placed third in the
individual piping' in the .jui 'enile
.classes .for theJmarch and 'the'
:strathspey t
and.reel. .
.URCN• PICNIC
T•'
P
�. , OPLAR ••BEACH:
The annual - congregation•
al- land
Sunday ' School picnic of the'.
S'o u t h. Kinloss .. Presbyterian
Church was held at Poplar Beach
Tuesday, August'•,30th. Some
sevent -five "'
Y e persons were pies
• ent. 'Preesntations were .,unlade".to
Graham..''•Macperilald :• Margaret
• Graham .. ?and. ' Alex MacIntyre.
Winners in the various; • ;rapes
were as:: follows: `-girls. under :6.
$everley MaceKnzie; Grace boy Mac-
Dougall;
, ys under 6 Allan
MacDougall, Denver Dickie; girls'
,6-10, years, lain 7lownson, S'hir-
LOCAL COUPLE 'MARK 58th.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY:
Mr and Mrs D. C. MacMorran
quietly:observed their 58th :wed -
g• Y .
wed-
ding, anniversar' on' Friday, p
Se
tem?ber , 2nd They received the
well wishes `of many :friends' woho
were aware' of :thisimportant'
date in' the lives of Mrs. ,and•Mrs`.
MiacMlorran, who ::nave lon g been.'
esteemed and .beloved :: residents,
of the Village. -
: Mr. 'and Mrs: 'MacMorran, de -
Spite their 'advanced :ages, con-
tinue.to -enjoy comparatively goo
'health:_; and__are ,active and.. alert.
Mc. MacMorran was poorly; earl
ler in the'sum4ner, but is 'now' in
improved health.
Mr.:' and , Mrs Jack McKendrick,
werewith ' them for - the week•
-
On Trip To';:Coast •
Mr.- .and• Mrs. W B. Anderson'
left yesterday on a trip to ,the
Pacific Coast. •They: plan, to motor
to Winnipeg,' and then complete
their journey •by train. They .-will,
be awayy about a month. .
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.:5-14$09$
S H.M O. O S
:17.10N9
it
'SAM H 1''
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'ley ; Irw-in -b-c r6;--I0-years,•Har- A " �'.ec�al holid • : '" et -together=
y"' sP � g
lidgb : , 'girls s.
Fer son' Bill Buckton;.� >rls ,was held by: members of the local
14 years, Joan Hamilton, Don:: brotherhood o f Shmoos over the
nabelle Irwin; boys 1.1-14 'years,. Labor Day week -end, at the cot-
,
:.Bill Baulch, Ken Iodgkinson;
girls 15-20 years, Betty Hamilton,
Joyce Baulch;' (boys 15-20 `years,
- -,Alex.:MacnIt re Donald
t re: y , orialrl lvfacIn-
Y , ladies over 20, Mrs. Wilbert
Iodgknson,m Mrs, Lawrence Mac-
Leod;
gents . over 20,• : Graham
MacDonald, Rev. G. . ' Bauleh;
girls' ;legged 'race Bettyand
Joan
n 14milton; boys'3-legged
race, .;Ken' Hodgkinson; B'i 11
Bauich Wheelbarrow 'race, • Dori-.
ald`'Macln a ,
tyre; 'Stuart' . Stanley;
balloon blowing ;race Donnabelle'
Irwin,. Patricia 1Vlclrines;: spoon
balance :. race, . Belle ,Graham;.
, threading needle race, Mrs; Ted
Collyer, Mrs.; Lloyd MacDougall;
men's minute •walk,. Harry L�a,v-
is, Ira Dickie; slipper 'kick, Mary".
Danna,' rs. ,'
1V>;r Wiib Hodgkinson,
P18gy'-back raee..`.An . Townson,
.�. r ,gie-B.ickze.
take of Mr. and Mrs. Win. Hewat
at the foot of 'the Twelfth,
Main item of 'business was the
!presentation of ' a:` Bell Boy alarrrn
clock, to Sam'Chin who leaves
this: week for Toronto' where,he
will begin studies. in• pharmacy.
Saris has been a member. of the
brotherhood .since its. organiza-
tion; and has been a valued mem-
ber of the group,.
This meeting also ,marked the
Club's' second birthday. and the
first : anniversary"ef' its • ' official
affiliation" with the .Shmoos,;
Highlighting the week -end pact
ivities :Were a horseshoe toizrria '
meat With •George,Chin winning,
and a;" br'id e' tournament 'with
'Wilfred Blatk
high
rian
,
A var-
iety program and. sing
song
brotatgh'ti•activities to_a.c10Mon-,
,
n
;SCHOOL BELL
RINGS.• AGAIN
The .sounding of the school bell
'on Tuesdayinerning annot:nce',
the official .end. .of holiday time
and summer's knell. Fat twenty
four youngsters :atLucknow Pub
Tic .School it (brought . the thril
,
C(NDITION' IMPROVING •
The many friends of Mr. Rich-
and Elliott of Holyrood will be'
pleased' to: know• his :condition is
'Mauch improved. Dick was taken
to Victoria Hospital, London, on
Tuesday of last week, where he.
has since been under observation,:
X-ray pictures were ;'taken the
1•(or . otherwise): "of `. starting .to •first,:of • this, week and if: he 7!"
•`school :and it:. left `' ums" at ':tinues to, im, 'rove a.s he has
M _ p .
home a; bit lonely as.. the: •oung=,, ing :the. past .week, surgery .
stets:` ',1 i
51� ppedr off'' for; the,. first be 'avoided. In any ,case Dick
time; :,:remaining: in the,;hospital for aan-;
,enrollment • is'completer °flier•
there'
:`''i ' n
s� of � likes .. _tA.. 'be .sin :• •• .� ' ,
great variation in attendance, e
-,ENGAGEMENTS
figure either public, or high . N r, and . Mrs. Jack . E. .hick of
school; 'although Grade Nine• is Paramount, announce the engage
-
down some due to a snail class ' ment of their daughter, Josephine
of entrance students, last team. • Marjorie, to William Allan. (Bud),
'There . are two changes: on the .
fIam'ilton, .son of 1�?r. and:' Mrs:
Lucknow teaching staffs, the per- Robert Hamilton, .' Paramount.
NO •VACANC1ESI 1
..URAL SCHOOLS
When school op,::ie(i T-4es-
day some forty rural schools in.•
the 'four `neighboring townships
all had teachers, 'although' a few
lack •the necessary qualifications
for Permanent. certificates.
West Wawanosh• •
The .'five ' schools -in in West Wa•
wancssh. arestaffed. 'as. follows:
SS;:"No 171 Miss Ruth Pentland;
SS. ;No ,2': Stewart! ;'.SS N `e
l, a.
Ethel' McAllister; '.SS N.o.
'4, Eric M`oore`arid' Miss Beatrice
McQuillin SS. No.-12„'.Ross
rington.
•Kinloss ; TovnslCiip •
Blackhorse, Mr.,Matheson; Kin-
lough,• Miss Catherine Gibson;
91r) Con.. MY•s. Eric Walden (nee
being Grace Weatherhead), Holyro.od, ,
sonnell
b ng ,:as : follows • .High The.marriage will take place the iriis oyce Elliott SixthCon.,
s J ' '
S hool,: ' P. W. . Hoag,' principal; 21st -
1; of S,eptember.' ' �Miss • Eileen Edwards;•Second '••
Jean Osborne, '•Wtn.: Mac- .
Miss. Con.; Stuart .Collyer; •• Murray's,'
iso old and. Everett:West. West..,Pub7ic
race Moir; Langside,. Miss
School, John D. Ross, (principal, ILD ` LA�r Ar Miss 'Grace
iVfarjorie. MacDonald; . ; .• White •
church, Miss• Patricia •Anderso;n
Westford- (Culross
Lloyd Percy:
Misses. Rugby: Webb, Ifelen Hain
tti on , and Isobel NlacDoriald:.. OUB LES ON M DA ..
...Y
i
';Members" of the 'beglinner's class
are:' Rc best. Andrew ' Karen Cat-.Tw r,tv-fwo rinks competed in
t �h e third
lie i:e ..._. Thoiri,-- :Coll. er- Denver
g , Y
Dickie,` Paul Ernherl n,Elizabeth c:oubles tournament sponsored by
Ann Finlayson, :. Nancy Forster, ;Lucknow' Bowling'. CUM in co
Keith Gardner,'Geore : ib on, o. eration ,with Lucknow 'mer. Gavle ,; SS 3;: Miss Helen Mc-/',
g Donald •: SS.. Miss ; jean Camp
Donald G. • Hamilton, : Lorna Mae: chants •and mtanufacturers., There , ... , , 4; . Camp-.
. � G. were 16' 'sets 'of \ 'rizes :`. and 'play. bell ' SS..' " Miss.' Jean Cu
Howald,'' Murray • G. • �I-I�unter, ; . •. p r .... , .. 5; .. 3'. «:
Na ric .:• Irwin,Kenneth Jones • ot underway '.earl �Monda: � of=.' ier, SS; . 7 Mrs:: • Malvina .:'Me-
Kenneth MacDonald; Gaty ,ternoon; The. Chesley- duo of Donald,,9.;• Mrs.' Margaret
ret
Donald.,..Lloyd MacDougall, 'HarJohnston and ..Willowby,' Coped, McCharles,SS. 11;
Miss Margaret
ld`' `.McTavis • Allan . ,Mow?bra • `first• prize. Mr Willowb :is over: McDonald, ' SS. 12;Miss:: Irene .'
o �. Y,, Y
;80 'firsts,
of age,. and as well•'•as `Fa`rrell, '.:SS..° `13, Miss ..Catherine:,
MargaretAnnMir11m, June Pur•„ , Y g., ,
' h':` on Carl.rovin; his :ability on the green, Steinhoff USS. 14. (Pararnount);';
'don,.. Patricia J,,. T oxnpspreying ,g. •y, ,•
Patricia ..
and Clifford Wagner.' -made; a neat. speech of' apprecia Mrs. Marian Huston,, SS. 15
Huron Townshi.
Miss Janet Hutton, SS, ,r; Miss'
Lois ,'Fraser, , ''SS': 2•: Miss, Ada''
SISTER, BROTHER
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A E A
trl�N A G �V... I, NS
tion Ashfield , Township •
The winners 'and their scores BS.: 1;: Port Albert, .AaronBoak,
were as follows: Lucknow; SS. 3,: Kintail Duncan
t 'MacK�a. 'Ashfield. SS. 4,
;Mrs Johnston;` Cnesley,. four . , y, , ?twP �,..
win' ` 20:FisherL.00halsh, Mrs, Violet MacKenzie,. '.
.... .. •
wins. s .plus 2, G. and ..
1Vliss' Mar- `are! `Air -- h ` " i : ` ' Schmid Lucknow 4 an,d 19 Ripley; SS; 5, Zion, Ada :Webster,:
g g
brated her ``92nd , birthday;, Sep-
teniber' 2nd. The day after. her
birthday last `year Miss' Mallough
fell ` and :broke her ;hip. She is
Bible;, tb walk .a ain, with the aid
g,.
of her ''cane•. ••
The ':sa.rne, .week -,her brother,
Joseph:, allou h 'also ,:joined the
90 birthday, club.. Mr. Mallough
planning. •to :spend , the winter
in •Goderi�ch.
a ou ce e > L kn�o SS> 6 . 4 ..
3, W. McCo and F. Jackson 3
Y ,
i
BEES SPEED WORK ;AT
-RECREATIONAL CENTRE
•
•
Tl e'•cleaning and decorating .of
the interior of the •Community,
Recreational ` Centre ''has ,been
speeded iby•'a 'series of :Work bees
sponsored lay The Clansmen; and
the Centre' will shortly, be: ready
for the unofficial' opening.,
Three • ,such work' bees;..: have
been 'held -in the, last' ten' `days.
and 'another one. is scheduled for
this•. afternoon; Thursday, it two
1 ck: who. will lend a'
oto Anyone,
hand is' welcome.: n: '
WON STUDENT -AID: BURSARY
Allan Stewart rettirned to Lon-
don on Monday to continue his
course in commercial, art.. Allan
was advised two weeks • ago that
he had won a Dominion Proyin-
tial ,student-aidbursary. awarded.
-by they "Department of `Education
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E ENT
CO.M'I`NG V S
MIXED BOWLING JITNEY•
Local mixed ` jitney tonight
(Thursday) ) . at .7,30: In • case:. of
Y
rain.. jitney will be held-•Vriday:
AUXILIARY- `BAZAAR: •/
,,Tho Ladies Auxiliary' to"
the_
Canadian • Legion are holding a
bazaar. and tea and sale of home-'
made baking in the Auxiliary
Rodin on', Saturday,, September
17th at 2;30.
•
• uc w; : •concession
and '2 ` 4 H. A 1 and* Mc- Mrs:;: Wm.. Stewart, Dunigannon; `, ..
3, Igne�?v d G..
Pher on, 3 and 21; 5, .E: Harrison, SS.,., 7, Lothian, yme Irwin
Kinloss f .; :SS. >8 Dungannon,'
•
. Ingham,. 3 •an 19�`� 6'� .i eb�. . �p , , g
(Junior : room), Mrs. ': T. M. Du'r.
n,in . Dungarinbn,. _'(Senior; room), ' ,:
Alex W. ;Smith, Dun �annon; SS..
9, Finlay s, Shirley . Sherwood,
Ashfield .-Twp.;..•SS. '.10, . Lane's,
W . d , E W
:ster,;Wingham,`:3 & 13; 7 L.Dale,
Seaforth, :2 and: 20; 8, C. Finlay-
son: and S:: C... Rath'well,: Luck
now, .;2 and •17;: "9, Jas:. McVicar,
Goderich, 2 and ,16; 10, H.. Cuming.
and' P. Johnston, Lucknow, 2 $i' Mrs.: James•,Little; Ashfield Twp.„; ••
12--11, :H : Vodden, Blyth :2': and: SS: 11, Shepp:ardton, :.Lois:
/11; Y,
• as aures argesr e •
Twp.,; SS: 15, Ilem,loc ' . City'
Flora MacDonald, ' Goderieh; SS. •..'
16, Crewe Gwen 'Stewart, ;Dun'-
gonion;' ' SS.17, . Cedar'; Valley;:,
Madeline Bogie, Colborne • Twp.; .-
music teacher., • Marion MacDon
old, Luckno w
11 -'12; D Braille Seaforth 2 gan, :Colborne. Twp ; SS -13 Bel
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f t' J B hfi
and :11; 13, Mr. Patchell, Chesley
2 and;' 10, 14, :W:, Miller and A.
McNay; 2 and 7;. 15, J. Baker,
Goderich,, 2 and 6; 16, ' A. Solo-
mon ;and •G : Hustoir, .'-Lucknow? 2
and 6.
Officers and i'ii.embers. 'of the
:Bowling -;Club; :. wish ' to express
iv
their thanks thanks forthe support g • . ,
''en this annual event and .ack- HONORED 1PA E N T
riowledge with • appreciation the.S
ld.
follotw; ng donations ON . ANNIVERSARY',
Hendersons .•Plan ing ' Mill,,. ;$10,
. Urbach s Drug • Store,, 5,00;,Tri Mr. ' and, mlfs. W G. Reed, were
_leaven Flour '• )Null, 4.00;.,J. Hall•, guests of? honor .at :a sfitr►prise
' GOl<NG TO `LO
NDO
N'
Anyone .Planning to go to the
:Western Fair 'by bus, chartered'
by the Lucknow ,Women's Insti-
tute, ,must leave their name with
Mr`s. Philip Stewart by Satur-
da "''September 10th. Bus leaves
the Town Hall at '8.00 a.m.' on:
.. -. 1. t :Pare
Thursday, September 5. h. , ..ar.
3.00; Johnston's
Hall's Restaurant,' 2.00;' Dr, John-•
ston, 2.00; . Ashton's Tot -to =Teen,
2.00;, Gordon Fisher, `'2.00; Hugh
Cuming,.:2.00; •cliff''Congram, 2:00;
Sentinel' Office, 2.00; W.• W. Hill,
Restaurant, 2.00;. part held at: their home ' on,
Tuesday evening of last week. `'
It , was. to honor'thein on the .oe-
casion 0..f. their thirty-sixth.'•:wed•
-
ding anniversary.. It had to be•
held early on; account • •of their
2.00; , Dr. Little,. 2.00;• H. Agnew, son Dick, leaving' the, next 'morn-
„
2:00;, Ed •Baker, 2.D0, -Chin ,Res-:
taurant, • 1..00;' M ; Solomon, 1.00;
E. Crawford, 2.00;• Silverwoods,
x.00; I. •' cSween L00;. Flax.=•Mill:
2.00;.,,;. Mason's Garage, • 1.00.;
Armstrong's Garage; 2:00; . Ford
Garage, 1.00; E. •Jo]inston's Ser-
vice Station, .1.00; Co -Op Store,.
50 lbs. sugar (4.50; Chas:; Web=..
stet Quality Shop, 2 shirts (8.00);'
Wrri. Hornell , - Market Store
'sweater (5.00).;"`Miss McCluskey,
ing for Marcus'' Hook, Pa. ;.. After,..
a dainty lunch the ;folloWingg ad-
dress was given: •
]Dear -M.. t
-
r o herr,arid:-IDad:
, We' are • gathered here ;tonight
to honor you on your. thirty-sixth •
wedding anni e'rsary We 'are ' a•
little, early,: butthere is no' time
like the present: ,We . all hope
you.see the • golden anniversary,
and we canagain join in a rand
celebration.
blankets • (5.00);Win. Pappus, "Thou h Howard is riot,here as
g ,
" �ouse Theatre,.tickets .3.00 ,, we a1:1 wish, we. rn, ,
Playh .,(. ),1 0� he is (here
Wm. ,Davison,::lamps (7.00); E in thought;
McKay 'Shoe.. . Shop; rubbers We ask. you • to please accept
(2:00) Wm. ' Murdie's Hardware,. these gifts with our, rest wishes
pyrex set (q.50),; Rae and Port- , ,;for the :best Mother and Dad We
eous, coffee pot (2:75)1 William knots.' ".
Schmid; dresser' set (10.751; :Signed : by your loving. family,
Len's' Restaurant, tobacco (2,50)) ; Jeanne and' Ben Brown, •Eunice
and Bob Reid • Pirdie and Archie
Nicholson, Florence and Bill
Reed, Richard E. Reed,: Howard
A: Reed.
Mrs. Ben Brown 'read the 'ad-
dress
- after
which, Mrs; Archie
apple ; 'Isaac Miller, two shirtsNieholsonprsented their Moth,-;
. Fru t. Maitket� basket ofer with a _lovely wristwatch d
._.
1VYcIVGillan's' Butcher ' hop ham-.
(3.00):; R'athwell's Shoe Store,.
shoes., (12.00) ; 'Button's Butcher
Shop, ham (3.00) •Gordon Mac=
Pherson, bushel` potatoes, bushel'
'apples 4Wallace Miller, - bushel of
-fruit - --their Dad �ktkraigriet«-rirg� .-- .
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