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THE LUCKNOW ' SENTINEL, LUCKNQWW ONTARIO
THE. LUCKNOW SENTINEL
Luckriow, Ontario.
A ttorizect as •Second -Class 'Mail,. Post Office Department, Ottawa
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Membof-1 The. C. W, N. A: ti
Established 1873 — Published Each • Thursday Mgrning;
5ubscrt
'ption Rate $2.5U ,S,A Year 'in AdVanee—To UA. $3.00
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L. C. Thompson, Publisher and Proprietor!
THURSDAY,. JUDY' 27th, • 1.950
sCQUT CAMP 1.
111,1GHLIGHTS
•Lucke .. o.• Smut tro. 'firs
occupants of
: the new campat
Inverhuron,,'are ,looking: back, at
successful and pleasant. outing,'
,' arld . looking , forward`' to next
:Wars c"amtP .. seas
ned Scout
ars'
The, leaders•. : ere- hampered
*ornewh'at • by,:'shad Ovate::tenta 'e
sand equipanent, but: these• prop
• lerns should.,riot lbe .encountered
anOther year. The camp 'Was irl
• charge Of • iRev. A, E. Tavener,
assisted iby Ken Chester and Jack'
Treleaven,' , Troop , Comi lander
was Russell Swan, . '.
In the; miter -patrol competitions•
the :Lionspatrol was 'first with
386 points; Bi1rl alp, 3.18 .points :'&
Wolves; 317 'points.. Pattrol per-
son yell, ,waist as follows; •Lions—
, Art Baker, !Patrol' leader;,'Ernie.
Gibson, 2nd; :. Alvin. Baker, Geo:
Webster, ,od , Wraith; : Ralph:' ,Af-
flick' of Dutton' and Kin,' Carpen
ter of Dutton: ,Buffalo—Charles
'Chun, patrol,°, leader; Kerit..IHed-.
ley,' 2rid; Keri Hodgkinson, Bill
' 'Ritchie, Jack `Mowbray ' Ron Tay,:ever,;-Torn- Fowler of .Dungannon:
Woivtes=Dennis : Feinberlin; pat-.
,rol' leader;; Jack Chin; 2nd;. Geo.
,Habkirk,, Bob: Gardner, Ian Mar-.
shall; Doug 'McCaig, Dutton°. -
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Members .of the Lions: Patrol h ,
'Will :receive' ' prizes 'and 'a trophy
engraved by -'Win. Schmid, . in re
cognition of their competition,
aChievemit arts: '
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�Visitors o the Cam were Di -'
tnct7Cax m ssr her •.. • cS eeen'
:who was .` an overnight uest;. n'
a5 8 t a d
assistan �' '.D ��tri
t rs, ct. Cosxiraiissi'oner,,
Gowanlock and ,Stewart Coll •er
whowere week -end :campers.
Qarnp conditions wereraised b'
p, Y.
both District Scout officials and
by the Health -Inspector..
The three jaatrol' :leaders each
did fine 'work; Ken : Hodgkinson'.
gascwii the n cat. ('rtS''of
the Scouts during the week. One
of the highlights was the 'invest-
' 'i'ture`. : of B ab. Gardner,,. -. R o.d
Wraith, Bill .Ritchie and .' Ken
Hodgkinson, Other 'highlights, of
the week's outing included an all -
FINLAY` RELATIVES.
HELD. GATHERING
, Visitors .with 'M . and. Mrs. Pal-
mer •Kilpatrick last weekwere
Mr. and: Mrs. Allan Finlay and
their .:sori Anson, and,' daughter,
Elizabeth,. of ' Saskatoon,: Sask.
Mr..
Finlay;; native': of.• Ashf `gel
Y,•,a� n- d,
is .a ,S.on, ,,of the late Anson'Fin-
lay, and. MrS,, F inlay,.the: former.
Janie -Anderson, ;w
' ho, lived on
'the far now:owned by',•Ho*a•rd•
Blake, ' on Con. 9; Ashfield.. The
,Finlay ifaniily moved to' Hanley,
Sask., in 1918:
Allan is a high -school teacher'
in Saskatoon„ and ,When school
'.closed, in June they . Left" on a'
motor trip tw.rhich .had taken them
through Chicago, Detroit,: St.
Thomas (where :his`ibr•other 'Fred
'arid family live), Niagara' Falls
Buffalo and • NeW York ', City,. re-
' turning through ,Quebec,', Mon-
treal,,. Ottawa, Toronto . Owen
Sound,. -hey left–on Mondayon
their return hone. '.
: As their time, here: was limited
a ',family gathering ,;'wa"s• rran!ged
at -Harbor Park, - Goderich . ,' on
Sunday afternoon,,: where' over 70
aunts, uncles:. and cousins of Al
law's gathered. LL to meet and visit.
with hind acid his wife and fam-
ily:;: Relatives were there from.
Lucknow,, Ashfield,. Wawanosh,,
rand Dung •annon .as well as ,Mr.'
:and Mrs; 'Fred Finlay, ,St:: Thomas '
and Mr, and .Mrs T, H. Anderson
and familY of` :London.
• "Always say your prayers and
eats ani, apple • at. belt mer., -advises
an following this
advice it is as wined•one'can keep,.
both the devil • and ,the 'doct'or
away...
fire randprogr�amY on Friday night,
'the Scouts own::ervices on.�Sun-
daY, and :not tq be overlooked;-
a 1.00 a.in tentraid .,by- outside:
boys.
4 iJ A
and Gordon'.Brooks for transport=
rng'.the troop and .to .Ken Chos7ter
and: Jack. T•releraven for;' Services
rendered.
Tdtal' cost of the'-Canzg was,
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•$200.00. of 'rhich the boys' .fees.
day hike to. Gun 'Point, Council :covered .$114.00.
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LOOKING BACKWARDS
THROUGH THE ' SENTINEL . FILES
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Sixt:'. Years Ago •
Fires, believed of incendiary
origin, broke out in a vacant barn
awned by John Boyd, .and in the
Stable back of the new Preaby
terian • Church:
The Lucknow Council bought
;a • two -wheel. '.hose reel "from a
' firm in New. York. -State. It car•-
.r.
rie'd 800 feet -of hose and cost the
' cgrporation' $90; "
A ..Court ;afK the independent
Order':of Foresters was organized
here .With the .following, officers:.
J. C Grundy; D., M. Hayes, A, B.'
Cnngram, H.' . Wilson, ..M. Camp
rbeli, ",Jr.; Thus. Reid, J, Wallace,
W • J. Lyons, A,''MeKinnon,
McCead, `H. Young, Dr. 'Gordon
:and R. Graham:
The • Liberal Government• of
Hon, Oliver' Mowatwas, returned.
to power; in. Ontario. In ' South
:Bruce Dr, J.'S. Tennant of •Lucia-.
now unsuccessfully contested' the
riding as the Conservvativecan-
didate. His Liberal; opponent, Mr.
O'Connor, . had .a majority of 900
votes.: Dr. .Tennant:had :'a major-
ity of 27 in Lucknow';which was
"a surprise + to his most ardent
supporters", in these 'da'ys of.,nn-
wavering political faiths.
'Thirty,:I' five Years' Ago
-John. .:Jo• n 1defeated ,George
ACrderson; in a Spring election:` for
the :reeveship of , Lucknow, ..as
suJccessor : to the late J. G. 1Vltir
doeh. TYe. 'vote ; was • 172. to '132.:
death 'occurred •
The �Celia
'9-months-oldau h.e -.'a
d g,t rof M r. and
Mrs. W. G. Armstrong:
' Reeve .: Joynt •bought. the 'rest
dence of the late, J.. G. Murdoch
on Ross St.
Archibald Harper of 3]Vest
:Wawanosh";died iii, his. 72nd year.
1V.iiss :I,: G..Sherriff was teach-
..ing ithe'fallowin s udents: ;in
g
Fourth:.`. Room .. •`of th \ , Pu:blic.
School: Evan ' Arlin, -• W, Andrew,
S. • Gough, ::It.: Murdie, .J. Mac-
Clore; N. •Raeiburn, B. MacLeod,
5; Burns, J:' Na xon:F.' McGregor,
N. , •R.
Thomlxson, . H. McKenzie; 'G.
Meg
all,- Mitchell, A. 'Alton; _.C:
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gus, for. Dr., Helen Craw',: who
was leaving for Honany China, ,as
a. medical missionary„, .•
Silvlernwbod employees , made
the',presentation of a gift, to
Dlavr'd' Scobie who :was being
transferred to - London from, the
local branch. •
Harry Lem had returned after
18".months spent 'in China, .and
located in Toronto.
Miss 'Jean .D.urnin wasa ;mem-
ber of 'the Toronto General '3'os
pita class,'of
graduates,
Ma Donal
s cottage
at.- Wassa ar. Beach was destroYed
b ,fire.
"Talkie equipment was being
in talle .n °. e Win .ham. theatre.,
s. d,..th g ,.e.
Ten. Years':Ago'
',Let's . Get . Married” ,, . a .. lol'
. ca
talent . pilary,; was presented, by:;
Doris Ritchie,' Arnetta Whiner,
Greg, Leith, :Clarence Greer, Har-
old Thompson,.. Jack Leith, Mrs.
E. G. . Sherriff, Mrs, Campbell
Thorripso* Mrs. Morgan liener-'
son. "[. . .
majority' vote Kinloss.
Counci moved to ''invest game, the
possibility of•-reseinding'•the Arch-
ibald by -laity on ,the Ackert
Drain.
1VLalcolffn, ;A:. MacDonald, 'a• riat-
ive of. ,Lochalsh,,: was' 'appointed
Chief Justice .of British 'Colum-'
rbia
The .death of: :Mrs. ,John, J. n
M oy.:rt
occurred on. May 21st.
• Wolves.. •were:' a seep h menace
,
�o
in
Kinloss. :In ,a ;short :space.' of
tithe ;Harvey, Scott of Langside
bagged seven of them. •
Levi' Hodgkinson; 32, lost his
left hand- in a prernature'. dyna-
mite':explosi;on while,•blasting a.
rock, , Hrs. `$fight was art'fi,_z^st,:fea
ed 'for also.
Garr Mc-Dotgal,l • received his
A: !degree at Guelph.,
The�eseritation` •of. • :. ur •e
1�,.• a p s. of
money' :was ' Made to • G'eoige'. H,r
Douglas, who for •49 , years. had
been: ;a• •member. of the' ,Lucltnow
Presbyterian •Church
Most
V. Hledley, G:; 'I ughes;'T. Smith,
•H. McKinley E.: . Johnston,'"`13
Blair, G. Mcf)onald, H. Durnirr
;At . S.S. 'No. 7, Jtinloss; L:` V.
Armstrong • was teaching .,envie
.McDonald; Sadie .McDonald: Pet-
er �. McLeod; .Mae 'M . cInnes Pert
McLeod: Allan-McConnell,Katie
McDougall, Martin Mclnnes, Law
rence. Finlayson„ Verna McLeod,
Isabelle Stewart,. Ar..chie.,Gvhaln,
Ross McDonald; . Gordon: 'McIn-
nes, Alda ; 11,feDonald, . Bessie
Schoen; ' Malcolm McInnes, Rose.
Stewart,' ;Etta 'McDougall Marion
McDougall,''Charlie.Pinner, Kit
ie, Chisholm; : Angus , McD'owgall '
Murdoch Stewart, • Cecilia'. Pira-;
ner; . '
'In a 'shotgun accident; Wilfred:
MoCarthy, 8 -year-old son., of
Williamt McCarthy;of 'Kingsbridge
uiffered': (wounds that : required.
he ;arnrputation,.'of a portion.' of
is left 'arm..
The "death' occurred .at •Kings-
bridge oft Patrick Long.:' He was
8. and •had' been ill only: a. few
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days With 'pneumonia
Twenty'Years Ago
'The marriage was solemnized
in London bf Miss Rena Gordan
and Mr::Frani C�'.Hrien::of De.:
s
Is
5
ltroit. ._
The death of Mrs.'Geor- ge Webb'
occurred at St. Helens.
W: H.•
Cook died at his home
north of Lucknow ' in his 76th.
year. '
The Village Council was again,
stalbmrttirig the waterworks by-
law ti.o. a vote of the ratepayers;
'It had' 'previously' been defeated,'
Edwin; Srnith and Mary Doug:-;
last; were., students ;.at Stratford
Nem -nal 'School. r
Mr. 'Mac Grant resigned from
the tueknow teaching staff, Miss
Olive Alton, who Was teaching at
St: Helens, was engaged .to, fill
the' V eancy. '
A .special service of des `gnation•,,
was held. at Melvili� Church, Fer-
pray to. say. "Thy .Will'. 8e. bone"
instead''.
of - My Will Be ;Done .
'Denmark has a pig population
of :3,120;000 according to the' cen-
sus taken.at;the end of January,•
an 'increase of 120,000 pigs .over'
the figure six; weeks eiarlier. It :is
,e'stiM1 ated.that .pig killings in 1950
will be :300,000 . tons, . of - which
about .One-third will be for dom-
estic consumption and 200,000
tons: for export Exports in 1949
*ere .approximately 100,000 tons::
TfIV DAY; JULY 279'
ASHFJELD. NATIVE
DIES OF .INJURIES,
The funeral ',service for WO -
J, McWhinney'was held; at" -
the :11roPhey
t"-
the:Broph.ey funeral : homer God
erreh, on, .Mondray, conducted by ,
the Rev.' B.. K Farr, of St.
George's Anglican • church. ' Inter-
m.
nter••
merit was • in lborner y
Mr^,:
McWhinney
CodiedeCerrretin }iis.
.77rth. year .dri Alexandra 'Hospital
',froth'injuries 'received last Wcxd..
nesday wWhen he fell,•off a' truck
loaded ^with lumber :for the God-
erich Manufacturing Compa'ny;• •
He suffered , severe .head,', chest
and: back:Injur'ies as^lie fell back:
. wards , on: his; back. and' 'right
shoulder,
Bo i :
r� Ashfel
n. •.kie • i'
n wa
d a:
a : S SUKl•
• Of the late Andrew', and• ,Sarai
Morrow'Xviow.'hinraey, He .fanned .•'•'.
.Ashfield • .until .,he•.rnoyed 45
years ago to, .Gdderich, where he.
was employed. by the Goderirii„'
1VirriufactuCo. •H waa
men vber. ofString...George's An't;],sican'
' Church.
Surviving are ;his wife, fot sr-
errly Florence Haskell; a: son..
Richard,;' . two • daughters, • . Mrs:'
David Har'naon, Godericli, arid
Mrs: Robert Turner, of Auburn:.
also by two brothers r David Mr=
Whinney .of Ashfield; John, •dff:
Echcf l3ay; and two ,sisters MTs.
F. •A.',Collinson of Kirit
....ail, and.
1Mrs.. Be1ra..Taylor•,'of Celtorr,' Cal
li;fornia, and ten grandchildren, .
THOSE "NEWS RELEASES
Weo.recen l'y rec
t eived ,: "news .
relei e'rfrom ^:a large co� ancer re
gar.din'g an, amazing;,:(the Y•
`newt, product:" whicht e: have'
. 1}Y
naw on the market: This' firm •:
incidentally, is. an extensive ;ad-
vertiser:'.
dvertiser : through ..almost . .every
medium 'but the' al'" r '
stn . le weekly
papers:
.•Gerierall:'such
•Y ”news releasc,,
go 'directly., to''the `.waste P -.: a Bei,'
Y l
baishet: This. one, however,.:`
''returned . with a ..notation to, the
effect that of all the.'•free 'adver.-:
tising schemes we encounter' t} i
'one ':took : the cake for. col,,,1
nert e. In: reply we recei •c,d ,i .•'
;flowery 1.etrter.. expressing"su;',
uprise"'gat our reaction; .but- en•c hoti-
ing:'a'generous•.sample of t)1e.':ne'v
praduct.
It is amazing how many
concerns" spend ';la'rge' sums i>»
"public relations - ex e -r •
devote . no little ,
lr tle•. art':of thei�_l.f
forts to '.Preying" "
preyinrg`on weekly ' uu-
P.
1ishers for,, -free..
.consigned
adver i i '
Al-
though
lthou h • a greatdeal of. it rs hur-
riedly
-
riedly :co si ned
to,`� the
there are ` always the •. "suckei s"
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who swill use it':as filler.
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�GAOE McartARK PFG
6 bottle on 25'
tents
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PICK-UP AND .DELIVERY EACH
Tuesday and Friday
ro p Efficient Service
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'Phone 82, Lucknow.