HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1950-08-17, Page 1V •
.Yearly.,In :Advance -,
5.Oc Extr.a., to• LJ•S„Pi,;
SIC ; AMILI ES
POOL • FARMS
A. M. "Sandy” 'Nicholson To Re-'
sign : CCF Treasurership To De-
vote Full: Time To Collectivized
• Farming
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•• A former'' federal•M,P. for 'Mac-
kenzie, 'Sask., and. national ;party.
ti,easurer • for `:.. the `CCF, ` ..said n.
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Vancouver recently that anex-
•periment i`tr: "collectivized" farm-.
• ing in :Saskatchewan has been; so
successful that he is '.going to.
devote his full time to his share
of the jab. He is A: M. Nicholson
Who„visited the west coast for
the CCF' national convention and
said he was all set to, resign :his
party position so" as to -give un-
interrupted • attention to. the farm FALL FAIR 'PRIZE
• L, UCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17th,1950,
ST, AUG.USTIN•F PARISH' TO,
MARK .CI+�NTENNIA'L •
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The centennial anniversary of
the St, Augustine Parish will" be
•rnarked' With ,a :monster 'garden
party on• the °church• grounds ..Oh
Thursd'ayr August314.
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+'ntertainm'ent. well
eduhy•• the Bern ' Con•wa ente
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'tainers, and.: there .will be .bingo
and .,: other : garmes•and a
•Munch.
• counter The` Bern Conway or-
'chestra • will• play: for, ' ancin.g-
which' starts at. 11,
A'' prize, draw-wi•11 also be held.
.for four prizes; a •58 -piece', set. of
Rogers . silver, a. 32' -!piece .'break=.
''fast set, a pure wool.blanket and;
a :sani-boy.
Which is • at .Stungess, • 60'• miles
• north of Yorkton.
• ; ;Mr. ?Nicholson ,said: • that in the
six years 'the "collectivized" farm
has', been running, six., families
had' made •enough to : pay their
farm• debts and -at .the,sarrie time
build. new homes and 'buy auto-
,mabiles -• h
He felt 'tha't after onl .•'six years
the venture might stil1.''be term-
ed an.,ex eriment� but• "we feel
P
that we're doing' all :right". '?
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...The. six :'families. have. 3000
acres, : which;: they ,pooled under
the ,terms of the:'Saskatch Wa
e n
Co-operatives' Act;' Thee: sold. sur-
,plus equipment to raise , an extra
$4.000,, :and cut" •down their:.over=
head 'by operating With '•2.trucks
and three: Combines.,
Members of therou Mr:g F?,.
Nicholson said, get a five percent
• dividend`•on t, their 'investmen ,<and ,•
both • men• and' • women' : get •a
• monthly salary (based on ,the 'ear.n-
BACK IN; IO:SPITAL';AGAIN
Wi,b Hodgkinson: is: back ;'ih:
Vietiiria Hospital where.
• he underwent •another operation'
an_ his band'. 'last week. Wib had
the -hand: h'adly' mangled by a.
clado. saw in :Lloyd's factory late
in January He was in the hospis-
't al . for some time 'then. I,n Mareh
he underwent another'' operation:
„.., (n.e
th'hand;•.which.. has continued
' to cause him', ,much discomfort.
and distress. at times, Last week's
.`'operation is helped to relieve thin
Condition Wiib• had part _. of a
.finiger'' amputated still further:
and,• other' tre atment' tri . the hand.
,
which was • put • in•' a 'cast. This
may come ,off the. latter part of
'his 'week;'
LIST. PUBLISHED' UBLISHEQ
Prize .the L
fo' i
„ lints.. .
unknow
Agricultural`: Society's 85th an
nual L'. 11 Fait are naw availalble.:
Fair dates `re 'Tuesday .and Wed-
nesday; Se terriber 26th and 27th,.
The, :,b ysLattd,_g els' Baby-� Bee
•'Club will :again be a feature ,of
the' 'show :' with fourteen.' rrrern- ,
els in
the 'r?gular' prize meriey:. there- is
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NO SENTINEL
EXT. WEEK
° Next. week ,Will be ,holiday. •
week •at'The :Sentinel' Office
which'ineans;Athe• drop. in .of
P g
the' • issue::of Thursday, •.Aug
ust 24th 'The, 'ext issue will •
zj_
be Thursday; Au st 31 aridi
corres ondents and.: other
p s
contributing news: items: or' •
•stories, 'ate e 'requested to 'have'
their copy. in, early for• the •
:issue • of ,the. '; 31 t '+: to ` i
s .,, avo d`
SO far' as possible the:, after-
holiday .congestion.,
Office Closed,
The Office wilh .'be closed
from ' Saturday, August 19th
until Monday morning, Aug
ust_ 28th., •
ENGAGEMENTS-•
1VIr .,'and Mrs::Ewart.: Taylor:
wish to:anriounce the .enagement.
F, of. their 'daughter; Doris Yvonne,.
to Elliott .1Vtorgarr, :, only' son of
Mr. and Urs.' Elliott Johnston; of
-Ripley. The 'rriarriage, •to take
place early in Septernber
b th Club n o Mr---'and-�--M'rs.-John -Hall.--an
notince the . engagement, 'of their.
• . $5 00:'•offered r Fre ' Piny.' h
by. sident �Geo. p Y ., . sheer, Eileen Alberta, to'
Kennedy• for the ha:Earl D u' l
... champion calf o g as White Of Trial, B.C.;'
h •a n d Vice -.President :.
Andrew
ORANGEMEN PLAN
-WEE K -4N -D- D0 -1N6
Plans are' being laid 'b ;officers
tatml•, members. • of Zion Orange
Lodge, for, a red-letter week -end
in'' Orangeism• in ANest ' Bruce
County :District,
Satu'1da two: degree teams,
iromrr• 'Toronto; •numibering ' ut
38' men, will travel ''here' by bus.
'and that 'eveningwill confer the
'loyal Scarlet degree on a •class
of about forty -candidates from
the .District. The degree ,work
"yiI1 be conferred in the former
1,O:O,F; lodge room in the John-
stone Block.
•O:n S inday'• morning a County,
Church parade will. be held, to.
`the United Ohureh. Well over ,100
• members' are expected to take
Part in ;this; parade, which :will.
fall: in at the:.I,0.O.F, hall,. where
Paraders' are asked •to meet at
10.304 ` . ry.. .
ted.
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Tlfi d
The sorv%ce corm.
''4vill 'be
ley DrYWumfor`d • Who is ,1Vlr.
returning ,from his vacation ' to
i:'ddresS .:this special occasion'
gathering,
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I' LUCKNOW •PIPE- BAND
' DID WELL AT DETROIT
The .Lucknow Pipe Band was
in Detroit : over the week end
taking part ;in the '101st' anriiver-
sar celebrations of'the St: And-'.
Y.
Soeiety of '.that'.city. ` "•
The band was .comprised caf six
pipers and four drumrners, as
:harvest tine activities i evente
the ,hand being. it, : full -strength, •
'Com:petition regulations . require
a "band ot`ei,ght pipers,: butt: in
ite •' of the'to "al 'b v,• i
s'R .e , .c banl being:'
short • in this respect they scored
a mark' only 6 points behind the,
Winner of.'the : march, strathspey:
and reel. They: won :fourth place
in the Slow March. .
Memibers :Making the' trip were
Pipers , Roy MacKenzie, • D. , A.
MacLennan, Murray `-MacDonald,
Wallace Blewitt; . Bed McKim,
,Sandy `MacDonald; Bass Drum-
Mer • Allan MacLean and Side
Druni�rners : Mac.; Webster, .'Donal
d_
MacKenzie. and; Lynn Hall.
GENERAL_:
STORE' AT LA E
N. S
., Mr -• Albert Johnston :o the
Hearst District has purchased• the
general store :at : Lanesyille on•: •
:Concession' 10,, Ashfield: Mr.' anrt:
sora of. '' Mrs. George :White' •and ::Mrs :.Jolinsto are o 'n. '
n now i poss
Gaunt:,is .'offring 'prizes of • 3:00 the. la.te., George.. White. The; mar.-.-.-.
..� • . i � �session 'and plan • to have 'sufficient •
and; $2.00 for. the, runners a riage to take place earl . i -
. . ; .. � , • . ... Y n . ;Seep:. 'stock,' .on' 'hand tb o�' en the stores
• The T,' Eaton Conn T tember.
pa~rid • special ' at • tl�te . week -end: •i'
' for :,baca lib ` , •
n hogs,' . in pens Of four »,
•'• � •. Mr= send + M They,•. ;purchased ' the building`
. , . , ;. , rs :•Frank . Machen ..•
is zgain.' a feature;•.. having been,
man Loc'lials:h flan' ;Miss; C. Foster :,of. •'1Vlount'
oro ed'last ea'i". '45'.00 'hi prize i announce the' en ,
ph Y : • 1?r Ze ' `attheir-daughter,
•' Forest. . ?, -
iaagement of ,Bar
money is" Offered, with five errs
. ' • .1Vfr:' Johnston Plana, to .�:
p Nara, Louise to Mr, Donald Frank- ;' P carry a
.required in :.the .corripetition, Hogs.; • =.. ., '
1rn ,Ainslie . son 'of M complete general 'store, line: He
' r. and • s• ":•
entered rriust -bee sold :' by .sealed wa revio sl ' i s
tenders' or public 'auction ;•••
M. J.'Ainsli.e, Goderieh. The;wed s p u Y n business, nn the
ding to'"take' lace 'in. Ashfield North ''and.for si,xteen,`years :was
An l . • lucid• p•
ions. •: This.
ings•• of the year` before
He said, the farm is 'the..first
attemptt in Canada at ;this type
of 'com'b'ined ;operation::'
A•
swell
as making �. moreMoney'
g ririU
than When, they' worked separate,
1y,:' the. six families .have••:found'
41 -vat ''(,rhino lari-1 'r,. ti+',•r+nri nut
'-t0
be, 'a greater efrficiency factor
than schemes for; pooling reach-
'inery only, which have, been tried
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in. ,the.. past:;' •
additional c ass r in u e
� Pr b; . postmaster a d .g 1 t ...: - •
September.'
for Women s:
} res' yterian • Church: ` early. ` in ' n ener.a . s. ore op
erator in ::the Hearst district,
.. .
which in be .grown by mein Mr, and 'Mrs William Dabney
is a collect' n of '• garden produce . .•
hers . of the.. Institute .:exhibiting announce theengageriient• of .their
it. hrie-mony•{of$,$3:2,`
augher, Helen: Jean,. to .Mr.
.e
jai/donated: by the. Kairshea :In, >Howard Calvin Blake; eon. of Mr,
sttufe. '.
Ernest Blake anrl'• thp.-1 Loh Mrc
i
The:' rural school competitions ::Blake of Lucknaw, The' marriage
will :';a' a?n be a 'feature of the Will take place in St. Paul'
g ._ s Anger
afternoon . arid . ,': the Brarri •tone lican • Church • Southam ton n
Clown : •.Band•: will 'provide enter Septerriber grid at '2.Q0 m
tainm.ent for old and young with
their humor, pranks, .:fuer • and
ballyhoo
i en•n 'Fair'
• :.• The criteria nm• t• :..o
• Night will prem^ide .something dif-
ferent and ,wi11 feature:."Er rib, , a
'versatile comedian;' The Cutlybert'
Corrie ly T'' hai'mony,in ' rnod= t`
.ern. •and :old . tyme songs: ' Jack •
Holland, mrgician Gwen Robb
tap's ,arid ac obatie dancer; Hill.
•Billies, in ;an::`old time hoe down,
Piano Charlie, k:irig• of' the .key.'
;board, with l' ;Ani '': • Cuthbert '• as
master of ceremonies. .
The Brampton 'Orehe'stra, •; `;'The
Senators', :•will 'play' .for` modern
ti'nd -old tyr e '•'danQifig, . following
the concert.,:
METEOR . :CAUSED:
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;STIR: I N . D. (SYR•IT
C
Which streak:.
flamin,• meteor
ed• across the Western sky about
One.. o'clock Sunday morning,
be followed by "house -shaking"
exlosion caused quite 'a stir. in
this .district.
The meteor let up the entire
,heavens,,' as .the • comet -like mass
shot' :he._' ••,leavin in
acros.5�',
its wake a redis}t-green hue, and
a 'shower. ,of "stars"' whichone'
gbserver said 'surpassed, any fire
`works display' he 'bad ever seen.
The "explosion" which .follow-
ed the flash,airoused. many peo-
ple and :was gasuf:fficiently . se'er's
•to' !cause a number ,,'of ,people to.
investigate,. Sonne :described ,it as:
similiar to., a 'cleinolitit►n blast;'
and•• the ,r'epor't was current the
following . morning that ' S•'lt7er--
had'aga:in'been` 'last
1�r�ods';.5ai`e g
ed open. •
r, ,4 Were ntlmerciii of
.I-i>rpo f , .
'hzwel1nlctet'” - tex!)c`i•lrncing the.
W hlt their home, � a's.`
sensation t
"shaking wing ilii 1 soMe who' had: 're-
'rY�7,u lYIIl/�..,. 'f
're -
ti . h • the.Concussion
tircxl cl�rrnl(ci that
;.of. 't}r(
'• meteor _;�
•.eftl�llIy *shook
their •bc'cl.
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AWARD .SCHOOL BUS
CONTRACT I11T ASHFIELD.
, Allan • Reid of. Dungannon, • h
ghas
been ,rawar•ea ,tne, 'bus .co. tract
Ashfield Township
for: trans-
•
Porting; to Lucknow` High
.School. The; contract ,calls for a:
.:neW,31-,passenger bus and a new.
one -ton rvehicle.
Allan, and • Gordon' Vlontgorn
,ery,,., who has the). Kinloss ,coil-
: tract, • are , nqv' "shopping'' for,:
this •new -.equipment.
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fHURT. IN CRASH
AT WH`I'TECH URCH
' Amid -afternoon motors accident-
on. Hinway west of . White-
church sent: Harold ••(Hank):;;`
Courtney . to Wng'ham ` Hospital'
with a fractured pel,yis,•a. broken
leg' :below.the .hi • • ars
lacerations. It •is. 'eXipected he will:
;be hos • italized for two 'm Months.
p o ths•
' The' accident happened, in front
,of John Craig s •,farm. Mgrs. Court:-
ne. is' a 'niece :Of Mr.:an
Y d Mrs.
;,Craig;
Mr.' and`' Mrs.. Courtney and.
d,aughter,. Who reside .in Toronto,,•
and had been holidaying at• the
Beach, had called • at the. Craig
farm. Mr. Craig was working on
a nearby -farm and'Mr. Courtney
drove ,back to say "lelao". It was
while he Was; returning,that the - •
mishap . occurred.. Mr. Courtney:
failed;' to, notice: the approach of .,:
.another car driven ,by'' Robert J.
Peterson -of Kitchener as he went.
to turn' across:the road into the '.
Craig laheway. `, :In an effort •to
,avoid • a broadside crash;. Mr._ , '
'Courtney tried to straighten up
his: car on the highway.and•.the
•�titchen
car: ,crashed
e
rear -of th.e
Courtney' car:, which.. •.
hurtled uri
tithe ditchand
against : ,
a telephone pole which wassnap-
ped. off
na -ped.off
Mr. •• ,Courtne was ..ta:k
•Y .:. en to u
Wingham ' Hos ital b , • ambulance' •'
1? by
atter a doctor was c'alled to the
scene .of the'accident. Mr. •Court=
ney,,who is 35``years of age, was
liv+ir�g a late model French built •
Renault• car which Was extensive
ly, dam:aged • The 'Peterson' cat,
which received only' :minor dain�.
age; was ‘'a •.1959. -Chevrolet:
: AGED WEST' WAWANOSH
LADY:' DIED SUNDAY
The. death .of ; Mrs: Wm J:' •Gib
bon formerly MaryJane.Kerin •
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:ocoiirred at her . 'late residence
.Conicessio 9 •West W. •. 'i . . ': •
Sunday, August`13th: She ..was in •`'
• her .'82nd year:
Requiem • mass ss was -celebrated' �..,
by:..'Fath:er Wm: :Smith •. ` t•
a S't.7,
Augustine R C;' Church . on Wed-':
=n,esday morning' 'at ten -a m', with :-•
interment in St<' Augustine:R
.Cernetei y,
FORMER LUCIINOW BOYS TO
OCCUPY HOME KIRK PULPA''
BUYS; MALCOLM,HOUSE
Mrs. Hugh Ferguson of. Ani,ber-•
ley has ,bouught:`the Village resi-t
`:dence of .,:the ' late " Mr'. Finlay
Malcolm just' south of the Pres -
b teriari 'Manse. ;Mrs Fer use
y Ferguson
outaind. immediate ownership:•
BORN
THAT Looby • and .Looby are 'con-' IVIULLIN in , Wingham .Hospital
structig, ro,Y culverts east of on- Saturday., August° 5th,' to Mr:.
the Village on Highway 86, The` and • Mr'Mullin,
s.. Luck -
stretch ..f.r•o m Lucknow to::now. •a. son Robert" Victoi.:''•
WIitechurch ,:is being prepared' '
for •,eventual, hard surfacing, :.d
.. ,:.. moo_
THAT Judy Webster '-tc�bserved
TOM•.HILL SELLS
her firth birthday last,Thursday, KI N .OSS FARM.
When shed enter'bained: a • hum -
ber of her little 'friends at the Thomas -Hill, a resident. of.Kin-
' cottage at Amlberley Beach.
oTHAT Calvin Gibson son of Mr
• and,Mrs. Earl' Gibson. of A:m-
berly;.,is attending a six weeks
•course on Diesel engines in
-'Torontat:- resent,--Calvi-n-: has
been taking a ''.honi'e, study
' . ;course on Diesel; engineering.
• —o= '
THAT Keith Kilpatrick and J. •C.
Drennan and Bill MacPherson
of. St. Helens left:by motor •en
Wednesday -for' Saskatchewan,
•where they plan to cid: some
'' harvestin:,g,. • •
THAT work is.progressing'satis-
factori.ly, irx 'sinking ,a. test well
on the town ,property adjoin -
nig the pipe,• where it is
...hoped that a well can be ' ob-
tained: of sufficient. 'flow :,and
:seri' a lar quality .to the. No. 1
' well which iris now patcred
but, Failtire le . obtain such • a.
" . (Continuer;' o>h°':"'age. 8)
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loss Township for sixty years;;' has
sold his farm to Wm Bushell of
the Bervie district, who Will:oi,
tain. possession- on December lst :
Mr. Hill originally, owned the
farm now .Owned by. Bert Moffat
It .was: _there that. he ancl - Mrs,
Hill took up resi•dence,;after their
marriage 57 years ago. In • .1928
they moved -to the adjoii)ing:fram
which he has now sold to „Mr.
Bushell: Both farms were: at...one'
time known as the• McBurney
-farms. Mrs, Bill -died' six years'.
ago and sinee then Mr. Hill has
sp€nt the summers on the farm
and the Winters in Chicago with
ll is
daughter, :Mrs. E. 3: -Norris,
In 'between times he visits in
Ripley with his••other daughter -
Mrs, rs, Gordon. Scott,'
Mr, 1Til]Mwill.6e 82 years `of age
(n Frithy% La's't week he had a
int• from'. his • .8O -year -:01(1 bio•
'timer. William Hill „of Sault, Ste:
Marie, whorl he. hadn't seed; in
for ty" years.
,
m.��,=moi- yam•( •`- ,» ,,,rr• .�: ���Cy1L•11r4s!''�IC'>��'�k;.��'+"'', �r.5!q
Rev.. Charles' 'A. Winn 'of the
Lucknow Presbyterian :Church is
;at pesent`•.,On vaeation and for.
the next two:: 'Sundays ''former'
Lucknow .boys' will occupy' the
Pulpit An. their Horne church; with' l•
services being ;held beth morning,
;and, evening. •
N:
ext
Sunday; Aug • t' -20h
t,, Rev
. .
, r,
Wim A. Henderson` ,off � T�.ls.erto
-will preach; and' the ;•following,
Sunday, .August27th,. Rev. Geo:•'••
L, Douglas 'of Woodstock' will
:have ;charge of the services.
START WORK ON
SERVICE�-=-STATION
Jack Gillespie's 'power hoe' was
in . operation • last week, diggiing
out the foundation for a new
service • station • being: built by
Cam. McTavish •of Lucke o'wy- the
B: -A. oil distributor for this • dis-
trice: .. ,. •_-w_1..�
Site" of the new • station s niAs.• or,•,
the corner of: Campbell and Out-,
ram ;Streets, on property former-,
Iy owned by, the. late Wm: Little.
The .firm 'of John W...Henderson
Lwrnber Ltmited,:l as the contract •
for !building the "new station
This is, part Of a current build.
ing boom in the Village this' • year
that includes the 'construction of.'•'
four new houses,' A • new home..
dui 1, for 1V2r,- and Mrs. Ed Little
'of 'Kinloss is now reach fel op-
ettPancy, Homes for •Jiimi. Tender-
,son and L. C....hemPse n e.
T } .are
i,.
relachi.ng advariced stages hi`:;r':crn.* ,
strt ctton,, .arid '"Stan' Mii'taar•d'
nis
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making pr•elr�riatrgrt, fo• build �c)�",
"Quality Kell", near the home of.
Misses Ada ; and i f Heel : Webmon,• ,
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