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RAGES. F EAT URE
D.UNOANNON FAIR.
Horse racing .andnovelty gpeed.
events were the main attraction.
at Dungannon's • one -day ,fair • on
Friday which drew the largest
• crowd of the post-war .years; The
chariot.' `race was won by Ben
°Feagan's 3 -horse..': team Which.
thundered., home a' `length 'ahead
of Arthur Thompson's ,steeds. '. ,
. ' Gordon Stewart, ; president ` of
the 'Fair, • welcomed the spectat
• ors..and Hugh Hill acted as' mas-
ter 'of, ceremonies. The Fair was'
oflficially; opened: by Cecil •John-
sten, reeve of ' Ashfield • and war
den of ` Huroh • County.. He was
• introduced, by -William Watson,
' an honorary director of the .Fair.
'Elston . Cardiff, .M.P. of . Brussels,
spoke briefly,
Credit;: to.‘lVMarvin Durnin
• Warden Johnston credited. Mar
Durnin, sec.-treas. of the 'f ir`
a.
•
__vithLthe _j
rebuilding ` ob. than -.ha J . s
;`brought Dungannon Fair back to
a flourishing'condition in: the past
fouryear, after, it had :once ap-
peared.,
Aeared. that theFair Might; have
to be . abandoned.�'I 'should like
congratulate ' the'",Fafi, •board
and' Marvin`Durni nn op their of -
forts s'to keep this little' fair alive"'
said the 'Warden. 'If it had not
been for Marvin Durnin, :
w
e
would not have•;this Fair here
today.
I know of no • better, way
to educate our • young 'People: in
Y g
•.agriculture • than:: at our local
fairs",, the •warden said. The small:
co•nmunity :' fair has : an` import
:ant task to perform • he...Said, in
p s � :Executive'.. ` memibers �;` of .: •the
• educati our farm people. le . to. y •, g. • p . P •Bruce; Huron: and; Grey Federa.,
an 'appreciation::of what' is good `tie A r u ltur
n of c 1. e 'Met, l st..
in '. g last
livestock and farm produce:.:
:. lursda .with D.onald�`$Iue 1Vfa'. ^
This ear s f it a- c d e
Elston- Cardiff, M.P , and :Far
h:
ya ne
xecutve•headed
cuharOliver,M,discuss
',don• Stewart,
prsident;;, Howard 1 n • for.; e itionin the overn
• .o a s. p. t i g, _ g
• S� rou and John .Benne i -
p ]e et,• v. ce ,rent with :a view to haying farm.'
,
• p ,r
esidents, T. M. Durnin, secret. rs e :i •forme �'of. the•:p ossibilties
n d
".'ary-treasurer,' Directors; in charge :
of the folloivirg :year withre.-
Of . departments .of. thea ,fair • in=
spect,to• markets and prices.:
eluded ` Reg" McGee, LorneDur-- s
':Repre,.entatives of 'each Countys.'
nin, . Cecil , Johnston, •E,1don Cul-. Federation `veieed • the necessity
Bert;, Ronald Treleaven,• Harvey of, this' inforrnation`,being receiv-
Culbert, Melvin Dickson,. Allan :ed eat -lien in the year. ,toguide
deed, • -George: Alton,. Mrs Eldon;
• production planning • ` •.
Culbert; Mrs.' Lorne Durnin,;:Mrs All three `members of pail` a
James • 'Sherwood, • Mrs. Robert.
rent ; were sympathetic to the'
Bere, Mrs 'olive"Culbert,..Mrs farrier asking security :for agri
William
;''Smith; •Mrs. J; J. Ryan, 'c:ulture. and: emphasized, the
Mrs. Howard SproulMrs. Gor erfinanced well Fed
of a•i;o
stng"
don �Stewart=and:Mrs. Ronald Tre-
..seratiori of •Agriculture. with the
best' qualified, lawyer.n;'t
in coon:
Lorne Hackett.: Woii Calf 'Club .' try as a full time employee • of
Clayton ' Alton 'Lucknow, • ex- the'. fa•r•,mers.:Mr, :Oliver said ,he.
hibrted 'Yorkshire , swine. Orval Should be a .lawyer who was a•
n understand. farm
.: 1VIcGoiwan; • Blyth, was the: only..f rm boy a d
Sheep; Y a e e°is'a• definite: lack.
..heep; exhibitor.•. The beef :cattle .probleiit ; •Th .r
sectio"the fair c nsist d .of of ex erience in the legislature.:
n ofon e. p
• herds -brought out' by Frank Todd, regarding farm problems'arid'! ag-
• t•_ a ual-
Lu `• � and `'tura] .law ..surd •.with q .
cknow, ••A,berdeen:�'Angus, ,r�cul ,
Andre , :Lu know `Shot ie...law er actin : for.. the .farina
w Gaunt, •, c r if , ,Y g
horns. _ ; •ers,: 'members • in ,supporting. a
Five Members of the 'Dungan- farm; bill'in the house could feel
non', a ,Club sowed :,: that it.was .legal.:• • ..
Baby
Beet , . , b h certain
'their rn . took ; "farmers. -must,,.realize their
'.; calves.; l:.o e Hackett. •:, .. •
- : a' double .first ..leading in .the, show- if they care to use it .in-
. , , . d .g • • , . . power ,
rnanshi competitors with 98 out telli -=entl- said Mr. Oliver, "The
• of .a possible, 100, and, :getting 'agretest Aragedy in the farm. or-
• .score of 399 .of a ossible.. 400 -for ganilattong Is that they.. are •oper-
• his calf.• Other scores .were:: Ches- ating on a shoe string. The, F
'ter Hackett, • 385 for calf and' 85 cration of Ag:r ict lture must raise
•'fer s' i�p; Frank Alton,and must'•tell "the farm-
'. r , hovvrimansh p,its fees ,
380 'for a and for showman it is doingfor them",
calk f 87 c i. s what a t
shi .-Kenneth Alton, 375• for''c•al£ ended the assessment:
• p,. Alton, He recommended
:and 90 for 'showmanship;' Arnold method to r'•aisr funds, but ''would'
Alton, .:370• for calfin " 95• for t collce^t. a•• $5 or .$10
•$10
andaddition
showmanship. :ri)eMbership fee.•
The clu •-shoves was directed by
Fr ` ;. i ' ,.f the. Dun- W
Fred :Wilson. Leaders o . �� - _._.� -�•. .. .
:.. •--gannon ,Bab -Beef ...,Club -.-are -tack.. -„.obs•t.acle-co.ra.rse.....B�ll_� :...y.,._
Y,, y
Heber' Eedy • Albert. Durst and' :i . touched' one: stake, knocked
Clayton • Alton.
13 In 'Tractor Driving
Bill Taylor', 'Bel g. , .r,, topped, a
ave, pp •
field of 13' contestants in a trac-
tor -driving competition conduct-
ed at the •• fair 'grounds, by . Ar-
• thur. Fort, of ; the department, of
agriculttaral : engineering, O.A.C.,
• and Gordon Bennett. The ' corn -
petition •was part;of the' club pro-
gram ,Of the Dungannon .Tractor.
Club.,• Final ' Scores 'on. the yearly
competition .of the club will' take
into ,account record-keeping, quit
answers, and maintenance and
safety `tests, as well :as 'the re,
'of the, driving test held at
the fair, .
” In hid winning circUt of the
• LUCK -NOW, ONTARIO, THURS.., ,OCTOBER 12th, 1950:
.CHASED FOK DpW.N. •• • -
LUCKNOW MAIN STREET '
• "Sandy" Rider, who 'was. .out
on ,_Monday for the first time
since his_ accident •"last week,, -had.
,the unusual ,experience on, 'Mon
day evening of running 'down. •a'.
fox within the Corporation.'
Mr. and Mrs, Rider, and child -
'ten were returning' from Win
g
ham on . Monday,' night, ' after
spending Thanksgiving with his
brother Bob in Wingham
At the ;easter] 'outskirts .of e
easterly he
village, what was at *first believ-
ed to be ,a cat, ran unto the high-
way
ig h-
:way ahead of them: It turned out
to be a' fox and as Reynard hiked
down the concrete towards t e
Y
heart of the' town •"Sand " turn
ed his•'spotlight 'on:him''and• kept
the fox in .focus until it reached
Mason's Garage. ' At .this ' . inter-
•section the fox turned right and
after trailing the. animal ;north
for two blocks'•"Sandy" clip 'l'ed it
' with his cal,-and=brought: it down. •
Had it been killed `in adjacent
rural areas the fox would have
brought a` 1:00
. g � bounty,' but the
Town ;Fathers have never before
been confronted with the menace
of "wild`anirnals"'within the or-.
oration and, .SQ .this •kill .pope
ps
a. new problem,.. .
If,
the
pelt•has, anY
value
"Sandy" would like tosend' .it
to
',his mother in The Old Country:
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SAYS
LEGAL
.A: NEEDS:
ADVISER
leaven'.
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down no stakes, and completed
the course in three minutes.. and
40,secon
ds, ; well under • the par
time offive minutes. He backed•
a 4 -wheeled. trailer ,to Within 7
inches 'of an • end -loading 'plat
'.form, came•' with • 10 inches of
centring the trailer • against a tar-
get o
•,. n a backing test, and backed
•
the tractor into itsi stall 'less than
oneinch off' centre.
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test. • scores: Geo.
. Other.driving•Harold Cooke 26Q;
•Turton 262; 60;
John Clark 256; J. D. Durnin 255,
Donald Murray 247, Sam Cooke
' ,A,. • Hac241, Ken
kett
13ro •'D• Hackett 299,
$r'avvn:. 2354 Chester_, lw
Gordon Maize. 178, Maurice Ha _
lahan"145i George Irwin 145.
PASTOR PICTURES.
GIVEN. CHURCH;
•:,A• set of: five lovely: pictures.
of past ministers, has been pre-
sented to the. Lucknow •Presby,
terian.. Church by, miss.. Isobel:
NTaclntosh. of Harnilton.
The five portraits are of those
ministers who have • served` :the,
;church :since'1886 When .the con-
gregations ' of Knox and St. An-
drewS churches united : to "become
known, as the 'Lorick/low Presby-
.terian :Church,
First 'pastor of the dual .con
gr'egatioris :was..Rev, Angus Mac_
•Kay, who remained here until
1904 • when . he returned to Scot-.
land'. where he joined :the Free
Church and accepted: -:a •cat to
Kingussie
• •His successor: was Rev.: D, T.. L.
McKerroll who was inducted in
October 1904, .. and remained here.
until February 1910; when he ac=•
cepted a call to: Victoria churcl ,
Toronto.
In. August. of 1910 • •Rev, :J, S.
Dunean, •a -graduate 'of- 'McGill'
College, , Montreal• was ., ordained
and inducted here,' where he re-.
mained until 191.6. He w as suc•
ceeded ' by :Rev. Robert - MacGal ••
lum, who 'died in :April_ of 1925
upon• nearing completion. of his
9th :year ' as minister: of- the
church.
Rev. • • MacCallum's successor
was Rev, Charles H. MacDonald,
who •r,�ssigned early this year after
.a'torate
a...` .of. almost. ,twerit =
p.. Y•
'five. years.
.:Noteworthy• is ',the fact ;'that
three of .these five clergymen. all
'atained to the highest honor their
g.,
churchcan award. -t ero
ra=
torship Rev. MacKay became
;moderator of the.
Free'Church:of. f
Scotlandand Rev. McKerroll and
Rev. MacD•onald,•• each "'served as
`moderator'• of the:' -General ' As-
the • Presbyterian:r
sembly.:; o' f. t
Church in Canada. •
It is the, ,portraits of these':five
•
pastors"that., Mass GiacInto
presented to the church: in which
.they gave• long and faithful- ser.
vice. •The pictures are presently
in the auditorium vestibule of
the church, '.arid' will later be
,placed in the. Vestry.
BORN
1VicIN1VB5-In Win g liam•'General.
g.
Hospital, on • Monday,, .October
2nd, to Mr. and :Mrs,' Leonard' Mc-
Innes R. 6, Lucknow, ,,a son •
MALCOLM-,In Wingham"•Gener,`
al. Hospital on Tuesday, October
3rd, to .Mr : and Mrs. Donald Mal-
colm,
a.`
coir, son.
Goderich1
' Hos ita - o
REED•�In., sp,, . n
Monday; October 9th to Mr, and
14rs: W. D., Reed, Auburn, a dau-
ghter. f
-STUDENTS • WRITE"
Students. of the Lucknow '.High:
School plan to write monthly art
'icles to 'The :Sentinel on, their ob..
servations Of local doings. In .this
issue `"L.H,S. Observer" writes .ort.
FallFair Day observations:
.ATTENDED..Yrs .CONVENTION
Seven representatives' from this
community attended .the -..17th.
convention of Presbyterian Young
Peoples' Societies of.Ontari'o, field
in St. Paul's Church, `iamilton`,
over Thanksgiving' week - end.
There ;"were, sessions, Saturday,
Sunday" and`'Monday°
Those in attendance from this
community, were Misses 'Marion
.MacDonald, Marion Graham,
Ruth Johnston end Winnie Ste-
wart, ,Rae Stanley, Dan- Rose of
Ashfield and Jim Richardson . of.
Langside. ' •'
;..ENGAGEMENTS
The : engagement is .announced
of Bertha ]len, •youngest daugh-
ter of • Mrs., McKendrick of ' Tor-
onto and "thelate Jas. A,, McKen-
•drick of Lochalsh to Ma. Stanley
Walter Gearyi,•. son of" :Mr. and.
Mrs. Stanley' Geary, The marriage
will take place on -.Saturday, Oct -3'
'ober 14th: at, three o'clock . in
ST. HELENS. YOUTHS HAD
CHAMPIONS AT. TEESWATER
•There were 63 animals entered,
'by Junior beef club members at
Teeswater Fairy 'Murray, Gaunt,
R. 1, Lucknow, had the grand.
champion " in . the • heavyweight
group and Ann Todd, R. 2, :Luck -
now, had the reserve "champion.
Ivan McQuillan, , R:• 1, Luck=:
now,•: won. second ',place in the
light weight class;. •
• ...Further 'honors carne to. the,
Lucknow 'Club as''Murray :Gaunt
won. the MMKague Cup by scoring
the highest mark' , of any Club
member in the ,County.: In addi_
tion 'four .calves from the Luck-
now•.Club topped all other four-
somes,in the County. These calves
belonged to ::Murray Gaunt, Ann
Todd, ,Ivan, M.cQuijlin and .Gladys
Gibson..
LADY BROKE ARM
,BOY'DOG
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,• BIT BY'O G`
, .
Week -end ishaps. saw Mrs.
Colin MacGregor ,of Kintail ,suf-•.
fer''a' fractured • arm and, Barr.
.� Y
,MenarY of Belfast bitten by a
dog.
Mrs. MacGregor's accident hap:
pened at her home on Saturday
evening. She • tripped over the
dog arid fell, : fracturing her' left
arm. 'After`. having the arrn •set
-Mrs. Mac regorremained' for a
few,' days.' thehome • . of her
daughter, Mr Clark Finlayson •:
•
It was on 'Sunday that ;young
Barry.`.Menary, • 5 -year-old•; son of
Mr;' and Mrs: -Clifford Menary of
Con, 10,.'Ashfield; . suffered. his
mishap, when bitten. -M
by a young
: dog One
the --Y orite of:Phil: enar- .::
‘No .one witnessed'.. just . what hap=..
pened::'but• the 'lad.' suffered • two
nasty lacerations; one on the :fofe-
-head.'arra••one; in the 'scalp, which
required several, stitches.: He was
taken,. to •Wingham': Hospital but'
was ab1 to .return home the
day.:
EIGHT' PAGES
I' HAD', CLOSE'' BRUSH.
WITH- DEATH
Sandy Rider, mechanic at
Montgomery's ' Garage, - had• a
narrow escape from fatal, injuries.
last W nesday: eV
ening. "Sandy".-
had
Sandy'had gonetoBob.Purves , farx
near supper . time,':but • not
find-
ing , Bob .here, had. 'hiked back
to "the.'lake to look for ducks or`
partridge. , About dusk he was '
skirting'''around Mud' Lake and
slipped when 'climbing over a -
fallen'
fallen log. He' came down; :forc-
ibly. on a sharp branch that .pro-
• truded from the. log, and 'which
penetrated his .body and impaled
him, • Bleeding and • suffering,
Sandy, 'managed to free himself,
and ,started the agonizing • mile
]back :;to his car. He' had to .Climb.
• three..,fences, :open and shut two
:gates' and cross the railway. track
before- reaching his car:
'Weak .and.`bleeding,.:he had to
stop at the 'track, to. rest and keep
from .passing out. On- reaching
his car "Sandy headed straight
for 'the 'Doctor's :office in,'Luck-
now,' where he was on` the operat-
ing table for over; three hours,
from seven until after ten.'
Some 35, stitches' were requir-
ed to; repair the 'damage done by`''.
the . Penetrating 'prong,. and which
was within an ace. of causrng; fatal '
injuries'.: Too, had "Sandy":pass-
ed out .before getting back to the
Car in the' vernacular; "he.' would
have had it",. before•- being Mound,
MOVES TO , WINGHAM •'
•
Mr. and Mrs. Cameron .Mac.-.
Tavish and family, have moved to
Wingham to reside : where.: they
_ha_ve-bought a home Cam .is B.A."_
•oiilrand gas` 'distributor .•for this
dis`triet . and will'. make, his •head -
m
quarters. in Wingha.
• The lacTavish• home in Luck
now has; been purchased• by Mr..:
and.; Mrs. Lorne Johnston of
next Whitechurch who moved here on •
Tuesday
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Fifth Tess
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illage Water Supply
A fifth test' hole •is to he: drill-
ed in an effort' to, obtain an ade
quate:'mun:ici�pal 'water supply. A
well with' a 'volume of approxi -
Mately 200
pproxi-Mately'.200 gallons per minute is
desired: '
This decision was reached.'at a
special meeting :of the Village
Council on Friday morning, and
•the, advice' 'of engineers of the
International Water Supply Com-
pany ' was followed in .selecting:
the stite• of the fifth hole, It vas
their recommendation that the
next test hole bp sunk south of
the flax mill, and a: site Was' se-
lected•••on :the property of Albert
Gammie along • tl'ie river: ' flats
about 200 feet, below. the.flak mill
property.,
The well drillers based their
selection of this site on: the ;sub-
soil formations,' .' that are -known
.to exist in ' that••• area. -froni the
drilling' df test holes numbers
two and four.
Equipment, was' being moved
the first. of ''the week, to• recom-
mence drilling. To sik another
test chole, . and test • Pump it 'if
water -is --struck- in volume; - will
require about two weeks time':
:Coat of each test "hole Will be
approximately: about $1000; so
that the overall expenditure in
test drilling these'five holes will
be in the neighborhood of $5,000.
Council's original estimate for
test drilling, which was then con-
sidered high, .was -`$30.00.
•
Mr: yHarvey. Duncan, engineer
in charge of drilling operations,
pointed out'' that• formations in
the flax mill area, as well as sur-
face ' indications, convince them
that the best gamble for a filth.
try, is to go farther south: Wells
have been drilled east, west and
south, and consideration was be -
• erly point in the village,
Mr: Dtincan : said : at • was poss-
ible that.: a 200 -gallon supply,
might be, obtained. from coinbin
:ting the capacities . of the number •
.2' and.•4 wells, which are in :close
.proximity at thea flax mill. The:
fourth hole, at:'. over 70 .feet, is
riot as good as the No.: ` 2 hole at
a: depth. of . only ` 32 feet. 'Upon
,being asked, .he said that while,
shallow, it was of'sufficient depth
for a • permanent 'well., •
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Favored.. This, Well
Councillor;, Robertson favored.,.
developing the No.• 2 well, which'
it 'Is, thought would produce a •
100 -gallons.: a minute.- 'This; :he
said, could be. supplemented when,'
necessary' with the two existing
Wells. Later in the meeting he
reiterate&;" his stand : that he'
"would` go .no further", but: with
other. members of the Board fav-
oring a fifthtest hole, Mr. Rob-
ertson supported the niotioh to
make it unanimous , •
Reeve McNab expressed his de-
sire to :obtain a' 200 -gallon vtrell,
'which' would reduce the initial,
costs and :upkeep of twa wells,
•and, would provide the village
with a water supply adequate for
years to come. ' The cost oftest
drilling was viewed'.as a big ex-,
penditure by the Board, yet over'.
the years, ;would not . be of any,
•consequence if a • proper.' water
supply,. could ,be ' obtained:.
Councillor Crawford said. it ' ,
Was the first time he had, heard
the drilling Company :state any-
thing definite ' . in approving a '
drilling location, which had con-
-Vined him to try one more :test
hole. • • r •
, Upon the' motion receiving tin..
animous approval,. the Board
looked over the location where
Erskirre,Unitedd Church, Toronto. ing given a fifth try at a north- the fifth hole it.to .tie sunk,
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