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LONG SERVICE
RECOGNIZED
Mr Joseph Agnew who retired -
early. in .the year after • .serving
for 39 years as •secretary of the
Lucknow ' Agricultural .: Society
had:• that service fittingly ' rec
ognized :on. Monday night at a
informal gathering 'at his . home;.
Mr• Agnew was presented with
a lovely easy chair.; The presen7
tation address was read by Mr„
�ohn.'Farrish and the presenta-
tion Made by ' Messrs s. Wallace
Miller. and. Jake .Hunter. Those
who paid the surprise visit to
the Agnew home were President
George' Kennedy,Vice-Presi:den.t.
Andrew . Gaunt and Past .Presi-
dents John ,McQuillin, Jake 'Hun-
ter, Frank Todd,. John .,Farrisli
and Wallace Miller.
Mr. Agnew -succeeded. Charles
Locke as secretary of the Society
and. shortly , after succeeded to •
the ' dual role of Secretary-treas-
.
urer upon' the esignation' of P:
A 'Malcolm on,
Expressive ,.of the ,outstanding
n
service he'.°gave the Society; was
the following .adds ess:.
Monday, Ngvennber. 6th, 1950
Mi•. Joseph Agnew,'
Lucknow,; Ontario. '
Dear ' Mr.;:1lgnew :
• Since ' your resignation .'a's sec-
retary—treasurer of the Lucknow
Agricultural ; 'Society 'after 39
years of•` faithful and 'efficient
service, the officers and.•Direct=
ors of the Society have Ahad in
mind someappropriate recog-
niltion of this:.. long • and ',note
worthy period of:service.
Knowing your aversion to pub-
lic functions'in ' which. youper
' so2 ally .would hold ;the 'spotlight,
we',have decided on t.is informal
and surprise gat. ri at 'our
Y.,
.407T*. tonight:.
'.0n behalf •'of
the Agri ultur l`,
g a
'Societyit is our pleasan duty
....
to ex
i,ress;to you the hearty and..
.sincere,.* appreciation: of:'. all. you;
have done in the interests of and
for the welfare: g of -the: A' ric ul
u,
. tural , Society. ;:.throughout ` thea,
• Many -Years you held= this office.
As `a'token of this. appreciation
,: we 'wish: you.':to accept this :easy.
chair, and y as ou / recline ' in it
May: you ';be 'often reminded of
the good wishes;' ofour. friends
Y ,
and associates of the Lucknow
Agricultural.Society:.
HAD `.CHAMPION •ANGYIS.
F„ 6. Todd & Son of.St. Helens
'had the grand champion: bull' in
.,the Aberdeen. Angus class at the'
Walkerton' Christmas: Fair, and
won the reserve championship , in
the Angus:female class.
SPECIAL PARISH..
SERVICES SU ,DAY
The Ven' J N: , H. Mills ,Ar�dh-
deacon of Perth . and. Commission-
et 'of Huron Diocese'' will visit the
Anglican churches of Ripley and
Ilungarnnon next Sunday for'
.special services.
At St. :Paul's,, Dungannon, a
sterling • silver. communion set,
consisting of chalice;' paten; cruets
'and ,br'ead box, will be dedicated
(by 'the Archdeacon in memory of
Maria. • DePencier • Burritt, 'fora'
years . a parishioner at' Godei ich
where 'Archdeacon Mills was rec
• 'tor. The . silver was donated by
Miss Ada $tirritt who died : re- p
cently: As . young women, the
,Burritts were 3neinbers of the u
. Dungannon church.
Att Ripley Church, :a special
service will be held'in- the even-
ing to mark sixty years jubilee
of the Women's Guild. • Archdea-'
, con. Mills will be the preacher for
this occasion. During this 'service; f
• gifts of r brass cross, vases, alms
basin, etc:, given to the •church p
by the Guild, • "will be dedicated.
`ro , assist these smaller congre-
gations of the parish, the 'service
at St. Peter's, has :been cancelled
arid transportation is being ar-
ranged for . the members., to at-
tend these special services.
THURS.NOVEMBER 9th,
UC,KNOW, ONTARIO,, 1950
ENTERTAINED THURSDAY
IN BRIDE'S: HONOR •.
Mrs.'Morgan Henderson held an
afternoon, tea last Thursday in
honor of Mrs. Jim Henderson,
Who comes. to 'Lucknow as. a new.
bride,:' Many friends called dur-
ing the afternoon, Tea was poured
by Mrs. Wm. Henderson, assisted
by Mrs. Ken Chester,. Miss Mary•
Struthers . and Mrs.' J, C. "`1VicNalb:
LEGION PLANS LAID FOR,
FRIDAY AND 'SATURDAY •
On Friday evening of this week
the Lucknow ; Legion will hold
their annual (bingo, dance and,
pr`ie draw :in the' Rec Centre.
:Bingo will get underway at 8.30
for cash prizes, Twenty games for
$1;00 is tihe fee:-with25 cent cards
iSUFFEREp.FATAL•
1HEAR7*.:ATTACK
The sudden death of Mrs.. Jes-
sie Crispin at the week -.end was
a'. sorrowful shock. to her many
friends and relatives .Her death
was discovered Sunday evening,
upon the ,return from London of
her niece,. 'Miss Jean -Stothers,
who teaches at. Purple, Grove and
generally spends the: week -ends
with Mrs: • Crispin in 'her apart --
Ment in the Henderson Block:..
• It is' believed that Mrs: Cris-
•pin,'.s death occurred as. she was
retiring Saturday evening or
upon arising'odSunday .morning.
She had visited ,Saturday even- •
:rig with.- Mrs::. John KilpatrickMrs.•.- Isabella .Henderson • of
Luck -
and left' early for .her ,home.
Wmgham and• formerly of Luck -
"THE, WOMAN'S COLUMN"
In this issue we introduce a•
new f e a t, u r e, "Maipiy F r
Women", written bya lady .well•
'known in this commufnity, ..but
who prefers to write under the
pen name of "Rosemary Thyme".
We're sure these articles will be
'of real interest, and the • ladies
of the community are invited to
contribute. questions or , ansVvers,
and,househol d hints, :-o' the writer
.in . care of The Sentinel.,
FORMER ',LUCKNOWITE
• IS PAST ,,90th YEAR
On Sunday both Norine Kl.
CAL *CALF TOPS
WALKERTON
, QW .
Gladys Gib -Son, ;17 - year- old
daughter ,ofr Mr. and Mrs,, Sam of Lucknow, walked 'off'
with top honors, and top. money:
in the calfcompetitions at the
•Walkerton Christmas Fair,. _ on .-
Wednesday.
' Her• Hereford. steer, was judged'
� ged'
grand champion of:. the ,whole.
show, which attracted. '205 entries
from six counties, and then` on
the. auction Iblock brought the top.
price, sof 65c. a pound, paid by
,Canada. Packers -of ' Toronto. ' The
net weight was 960 pounds, : to-
talling $62,4.00...
The steer was •not only the,
novo, has gone tp Toronto to'sperid of 115 animals selected. from • the
the winter with h r 205' ,entries .:of 25 : calf cl in
Sh an . $ 5 specials and for ..p.atrick and. Miss Susie 'Kilpatrick •
Miss Margaret Henderson, She
makes : her home in Wingham-
with. her : son Tennant, and ai-:
other;' son, Dan ,of Chicago visit-.
ed with .her this fall
Mrs. ' Henderson •was90 years
e ea tri games. There 11 entered her .unlocked, p
p
be' dancing to. Carruthers"orches- and upon receiving apartment,
g no answer to
their "hello",, left without enter-
ing they prernises far enough: to
discojver her death.
Mrs. Crispin,' foritierly Jessie
Stothers, a°• native 'of Ashfield;
was a' member of the Lucknow.
Public School staff for sortie time
but.due ,to a.heart condition had
to. give : up' :the positron ' • After"
tra:'and a'.,prize ,drawat midnight
fdr''a Tip Top •suit and overcoat;,
and other good ,.prizes:
`.On Saturday morning a Service,
of, Reniemibrance will be -held in.
I the Presbyterian Church Com-
mencing. art10:00 . am: ;This' will
'be followed .;by 'the Cenotaph:
ceremonies at ,11 • o'clock,. and the
decoration of graves at Greenhill
and ;Smith Kinloss :Cemeteries.
The order of, service,appears in
this;.issue, and ;those planning to
attend the service are ,requested
_more than a.'year's rest, •she 'ac-
•cep•ted, the. school •• on the: lOth
Concession of Kinloss, where she.
was . teaching at the ..time.. of her.
death
to clip it , out` ;and ' bring; , it with. Awaitiri
•,g the arrival 'of theher m eniil:.,:fr' Lucknow United-: Chir
y p Western Canada;,
on
funeral is being held: this 'Ph.9 ursday; evening ,was the'scene;
day; afternoon at :.1VIacLennan's of a laymen's banquet . for ..the
Funeral Home at 3.00. Interment southern section af•:the 'Presby'-
of. age in: J•u°rre and is • still .:en_,
joying •g+ood •health, is active 'and
-mentally', alert. For some time
howe-ver she'..has been handicap-
ped by the., loss of ''her :eyesight.•
LAY ' BANQUET
HERE LAST WEEK EENC
DECIDE :AGAINST
R
KI
N ,
G T •
CKET
will be ;in. Dungaxinon'• Cemetery ; . tery:•of Bruce, that was,,attended
S y.,b v 100.p n h
At the November meeting of
the Village' Council;': held on Fri•.
day night,:. the' Board decided not
to -proceed with the Prosecution
of motorists. ' who violate parking
regulations .A . notice : to this ef-
fect had A beenpublished in The
.Sentinel' last:Thursday
.Thursday by , Coun
cUllor. Button who','' had: become
-fed-u`p h-'-t-hc.—h tt- and
method of 'parking; on: main
street, especially: at the ,busiest
times -of . the week 'wlhen parking;
space 'is 'at a premium
Councillor.. MaeSween was sab.
sent ;; from this , meeting, that;
n,
and later reverted to a prolonged
discussion of'Abe' parking_prob-
lem
opened as a .court: of revision.
Reeve ,J. C;. McNab' .and Conn-
oillor Robertson said their .first
informationof the`.' proposed
action was received upon reading
The -Sentinel. The Reeve said he
frankly did' not approve of the
announcement, that 'it 'was ill
tinned in,• that snow Would soon
cover the ground and that Con-
stable Havenswould be on, boli:
'days commencing this 'week; and
that the . Matter should have, been
brought beforethe ,Council,,
• The Reeve queried if all:the
legal' aspects had been studied:
and if they were, preparedto en-
force the regulation. He .pointed
out the 'bad 'effect it might have
on, urban=rural ` relations.;
Councillor, Button•.said.' it was
a
:.crime.., -,the way somee motorists
parked. "We: have painted :park=
in lines tor two ears and still
park-
ingY.
they; 'park .anyway they • feel", he
said..
Councillor' Robertson felt it
was' 'a '. delicate matter, and that
a cast -iron' rule was hard: to en, -
force. `,We'ive had some bad ex-
periences
x-
eriences in the Past" he ' warn-
ed,', ower 'law enforcement meas -
Urea, and thought the •..Board.
should "find out where we stand
and how to Move''., '
;Council or 'Crawford asked,f.
icon
"Why did we .;put tthose lines
here?" He felt' that the Board
was at fault in not having en-
orced the regulations • before
now; ' as it had been previously
Tanned to' 'give warning tickets
and , prosecute second offenders.
could get
He, •felt. that ,no one sh ,
sore if they' were in the wrong
and for the 'sake of argument he
pointed out that well regulated
p
parking should .be an inducement
COUNCIL MEETING
• BUYS AITCHI speaker was Rev....W. G. Godfrey,
SON HOME • `
• of Sackville; N.B,. who is ,Home
,Mr.,and .1VIr Missions 'su "erintendent • n.. ?th'
s. Cliff Congrain p e
' Maritimes. for''the Plated and:'family have moved 'into .the:
Aitchison res: ence on He :was, introduced' 1VIr:. C. A.
de Standpipe. by
.' which Cliff Speer of :Tara, 'resident of. ' the
Hill, purchased • from p
e
conclusion . of a 'very; fine address,
a't*ie appreciation' of the audience
was: e . resse y. Mr, F l Fog
Bruce Lay Association and at t1i
Horace Aitchison 'of Wingham;
This house' was • previousl ten-
Y
'anted by;'Mr. -and Mrs:': Orville;
ho moved_ -1a
the home, 'which theyur '
p chased•
from : William Fisher: Mr., and,. sociati•
on...,
i
six ' counties,: but, also placed . .
ahead of ,the' commercial 'calves
lyes
in the grand championship finals,'..
.It was the first time a :calf'. from
any Bruce County°`Calf; Club has
come ahead:•bf a commercial' calf
at the Walkerton Fair. •
•. Mis • Gibson wins the • $75.00
awar offered. by the. Canadian:'
Here ord'Breeders'4:Association. ',
calf was :. a .year in
. x.. dozen and was;one: 'of a . half dozen
calves :obtained, for ,Lucknow Club
menilbers from the Rodanz. Farm'.
at . Stouffville. The calf, rated
high,•by many cattle men, placed
4th at .the ,Lucknow ,Fair and: in:,
Teeswater dropped down to 'lith:
Still convinced ' .that she had ' a.
winning animal, Gladys'. was un=
daunted and decided to compete •
at:' Walkerton.' ` '
To 'her younger. sister Carolyn
and her young 'brother Ernie,
Gladys `gives' much .'of the credit
for the care :and feeding of the
animal; : Gladys is . em ' Pto -Yed :a. at
Rath�well's Shoe Store,;. and ;at
time did .not
permit her looking•-
r 'the calf, she' arranged for
Carolyn ` and Ernie' to help• her.
. They split' the profits . and_ Gladys-.
;gets the prize money..
* ` r There-erCarlf
of 'Chesley, secretary dff the As-
Mrs:'- Fisher •have' movedto
the
residence of the late Miss:`Maud
Murdoch, which Mr,.. Fisher pur-
chased. early in the year, '•and
which—, he • remodelled • consider-
ably before ,griming in
•
1 : :SEE BY THE.
• SE NT•I N'EL
THAT :construction of another
new home :in Lucknow' gets
. underway : this week. 'Ewart
Taylor: is building to the south
of the residence of Masses 'Ad's
and Hazel Webster and work
on the. foundation'.rs•underway.
Adjoi g this site to the south,
carp eters are busy ''on Stan
MVlu tard's new' .Borne.. ' '
THA. the 'Wy . ,
. asney family, moved
'from the Anderson Apartments:
the end of :the week, to their
,home which is, under construc-
tion on .Outram Street, •''
THAT a flooded oil burner . at
the home of Mrs. Neil J. Mae -
Kenzie, which flared lig• dan_-
`geriously . wvlien lit,` was' the
'cause.of Monday evening's fire
alarm. No damage was done.
.: g
THAT the first snowfall of the
season came at the . -.
n ,week end,
Although there , was only a
comparative -skiff here, it
piled up for a depth of from:
...
;3 to 5 i aches• along the' lake,
and some more inland points
experienced real snow storms
that brewght snowplows into
action. •
(Continued .on .page
,
Ilr W -.r : Mumford --presided.
Catering for:.. ant . excellent. meal.
was:. performed; by the Women's
• Association, ; .headed ,by Mrs. •,P.
W. Hoag. Mr. W- J. 'Freeman of
Teeswater thanked the ladies and
Mrs.' . Hoag replied graciously.
The -Male ;quartette of Elmer
Umbach, Eldon Henderson, Ra,ph,
Hodgins and Alex McNay sang'
two • numbers ,.••with •accompani-.
ment by�`Mrs. j. W.', Joynt: •
Rev. ` Godfrey said that while
.the people. of .the Maritimes' are
comparatively • poor , and conser-
vative they have a genius for 're -
Prom
Iigan • From 12'. colleges in the
East are "• pouring enthusiastic
graduated Who cannot be absorb=
ed in, the Maritimes and are . con-
tributing . to the "•de' $elopment of
a; "Christian and cultural 'Canada•
across: the .ISorizinion. In missions
support .the;M'aritimes .is close be
hind '.the wealthy "areas of Mon
treat; Ottawai.l and 'Toronto, h
said. ,
Rev. Godfrey laid,' stress on the
United' Church appeal' stress
year.
for $3,000,000 for the M. and 1VI
••fund; and stated that this amopnt
is being' spent every day on de-
,fence. If`we gave 'sacrificahy to
:the mission cause, it .'would beas nothing to raise '10, million, he
Said:
•
He referred to the black cloud
of communism that, is. sweeping
down upon us. It ' has ,annexed
many countries 'and if not check-
ed bids fair: to assimilate others,
and become, a world religion.
The Christian Church,. he said,
is the onlyagency that can sue-
tessfully f i g h t communism;
.whose propagandists . claim: that
Christianity is a minority rJ-iove-
merit fighting a rear , guard
action. .
We must depend on' Men and
women in" our little, manses across
the land to save , us from ruin...
May we as Canadians be fit rn-
strum•ents' to firmly establish I.1is'
Kingdon': in' our land', •Rev. God
fret' concluded.
r�■r�r'iti: ,�+:+' _ '"."1• ....,.•,r"'w,!rll�.!"�'+ti'i�'f� �'�i�'!►1•"',�u ,+' iiliht."—,a►
�ca,,
peting from the counties of .Grey,.
Bruce, ,Huron, Wellington; Perth-' . .
-and: Kent;
' The Lucknow ' Club .
.won first •;
prize for the, Club having:the best
group of three calves:'. The other
two calves were• owned by Ralph".
Dickson who. placed third'in the
Shorthorn class over .9501bs., : and •-.:
Eby Carolyn :Gibson whose Here=
ford • calf placed third in :'•: the
lightweight class:
' A special prize won by Gladys
,Was a carVette:set donated by the
Purina Co.' •
ON. DEEB HUNTING TRIP •
W. 'B. ' Anderson and Allister
Hughes left last Friday' morning, '.
on -a . ten-day . deer 'hunting' trip
in the 'Parry Sound district, At
Barrie they joined a:foursome of
hunters including Dr." R. L. Tre-
leaven, Who makes 'this hunting
trip an annual 'event. The season
opened• on. Monday
WAS INJURED :IN
PLOWING_:MI'SHAP'
Glen: Walden son-in-law • of
Mr and Mrs. Ewart Taylor, re-
turned home from Wingham Hos-
pital on Saturday. He was rushed
to the hospital, the..previous Wed-
nesday, after being discoveredi#,,
unconscious On the Gaynor farm:•
where he had been plowing.
Glen • recalls turning to
g glance
at` the tractor -drawn plow which
did not seem to,be working right:
The "tractor , apparently struck a
stone, throwing Glen to the '
ground in front of the plow. He
Ainem.bers.'trying'to crawl clear,
but what • happened then is' un-
•known: Within twentyminutes or
so Mr. and Mrs: Taylor and Mrs:
Walden. went to the Gaynor farm,
where Ewart was going to work,
and there they discovered Glen:
unconscious and Writhing. on 'the
ground:.
Fortunately. .i
to y,, his injuries have
notproved serious .and after : a.
week's rest Glen 'will be able not
resume work again::.
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