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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1950-12-14, Page 1P. • $2.50 Yearly In Advance — 50c Extra to U°S,A, 14.5. CONCERT RAN THREE NIGHTS'.. • To accomodate tale orowds, the. Lucknow High School •Ceem- inencement was presented. ' for three nights last week If was . originally • scheduled 'for ,Thurs- day and Friday 'nights, but ' with accomodatton over taxed a tli'rd performance :wias staged.. on •Sal- urday night: ' : . e same. ...The program . ?vas . ;:pre, stinted eareh• evening; With; 'pres- entation ceremonies; at Thursday and :Friday nights perfor:rn•ances A half hour• program of select ions by the .High School Band under the direction of Mr. P. W. Hoag opened /the. concerts. Jane. 'Johnstone, president of :the 'Lit-, erary. Society, gave 'the address ;of welcome in which she review . ed the highlights of the school, year, and':extended the thanks of• the stu. dents : and staff to . all' :helpirig in. • making.„,their , co mencement success: .4 tumbling. and gymnastic' dis-. la the - bo..Ys ' d ew� a play b. Y . r.. , b i g hand.. The.Glee Club sang a.grouu, of numbers. under .the, der ec.tic:n ciic'Mr..A. W. 'Anderton and -With Joyce Baulch presiding at the piano. Me. West ' conducted the Club en Saturday evening Th-i0Oeeer tollowed', by .the prose. entation ' cer-er ponies, On'''Thurs.,: ' day ° evening Everett Finnigan, reeve of West Wawanosh, pre- sented Intermediate certificates to a'numrber:. of . students .` The • Finlayson Bros..proficiency shield for; .Grade' IXwent to .:Audhr.ey •RRoss who. also 'W.on the Grade IX . English proficiency award; Gladys • :Chin won the Grade X''Win.'Mc- Kenzie. proficiency. shield ,:and Edha„Reid.,,,,receiveci Grade X Canadian; history proficiency .'award., i . Athletic .'awards were present.. ed by Chas:. Webster; -president • of the Lucknow 'Business 'Mee's a sogiati m5-•aeLef-ell ' shield for"senior' gii 15 to ,.'Zuth Anderson and Marybclle. McQuil�; LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, •TIU. RS. DECE1I . t 14th,,. 1950, YOUNG LAD CONFINED TO . • $E? . FOR SOME TIME • ,Murray Hunter, 8-year,:rold son of Mr.- and Mi•s. Vernon Hunter, And a 'Grade I1•ipupil at Lucknow Public; 9Sehool;, will be confined to bed fear -some three 'anonths, due to a bone infection in •the leg,. . • . Murray leas now been in. bed 'fol three weeks. with his,' right leg 'in e cast from the ' ankle to., the hip, and. which ••'girdles his waist : The' only synnpton of Murray's ailment •was the development of 1 a li p. a ••,few weeks ago. On the advice of. London specialisits.:he •has. been� put ia n , and •:as he's • feeling" `-`in :the • pink" the problem: is to keephim amused w;hi.leeiinfineci to' bed.. • LE•OI.ON BINGO TONIGHT ,t LUCknow Legion. is 'staging, a cash'•-biiigu'in the Legion. Rooms"1 toriight•';'('Thursday) . on a "share 'the wealth with basis''. There will, also l:>ci spe(�i�t1 • prizes; ' and a , large crowd . is expected to' take part in this':populae pastime... ,700 CHLLt)REN''A;P .THI ITRE'; ON SANTA. CLAUS " DAY A red ti�uek substituted . for Rudolph, the red nosereindeer.:an •Satur day, on the. occasi;onu'. q'f Santa's arfnu�;.l visit to Lucknow Wath favorable weather a horde of:. children. were :on• .hand; but seemed 'more intent ••on getting" ,a.• preferred spot. in the theatre line- up •. than in: following the •`parade down town. <Santa .was serenaded. to the tines of. `the;Luekn�7w High ` . \. , ,•loss.An•,obituary appears; in this • Cameron 1VIacDonald proposed` School. Band and< b the. 'way, T AT at the M e. a fYiacr4.•*n t1rfl. ladies and called l _..� on Mrs. R. `II Thom. he , resembled one of the bands- ,•• .day, . night's .Council,meeting, Thompson and .the ,last Mrs; :Joseph h A ew to reply... m011 Dan 'Rose of the year Reeve J p .GONE TO MICHIGAN REV. A. E TAVEWER' • Rector of ,the ; parish of Luck - OW, `•Dung'annon and Ripley: for over a year and :a' half,. has 'ac- cepted the • rectorship` of the • Episcopal : Church' of" Lexin ,ton= Croswell' ing the' Diocese . of Mich igan. I SEE:'BY,THE SE T N INEL EIGHT PAGES : HOME AGAIN! BiU Chin ,is• •home again after. being a patient in the 1Vlountein. San at .Iamilton for the past year, It• was a year and 'six. days; to. be exact, says Bill, who is. mighty glad, to be home and the mores() with Christmas just ,'around .the corner Bill entered: Pharmacy a yeazv ago last Septernber, along with, his brother Sara. It was at Christ . oughly. 'enjoyed .by a ,gathering of. mus exannieation,time ia;'year ago more •than fifty. ; : ' r that bill, learned:the the bad news' Former members , of •the • Bri-� ithat was to send him to the San.'.'gade, as well as the active and.. for a year and'disrupt his. College e . honorary mer'rrbers of the disrupt . p . g pies- course: ent Company, with their.wives or • '' lady friends,. were ,invited to the SERIES OF DEATHS OCCUR' event, with members of ;the Wo- SERIES THE WEEK -END men s. Institute. excelling in sere ing •a . turkey dinner with all the • FAZE CO. MAKES PRESENTATIOt1S Three. of the oldest members' of the Lucknow, Fire Company, • and one, of the newest members Were honored; at a. "Ladies Night" ; banquet in the Recreaitional . Cen- • tee on Monday evening. It • was. all o&asion eunique in the history:. of the.. Company and,,was •thor. 'A series • of deaths, -.occurred at ti mmzngs. . the week=end, obituaries of which - :Following the. feiast'. and With-: out fus• : ox formality, presenia- will appear nexit •week. • i ,O • Thursda _ tons 'were made oto forzYier: Fire n y Nlrs: Russell Mid •„ , . � . dleton diedeet-her• home Gen, ; Chief Austin'' Solomon. and to : `�TDave Milne., and R T:' Dou las Kinloss, after a long'illness.' The'of 'funeral :was he all three . •'4whom serve the l.d ; on Monday, at, , MacLen n' . , .Company , long• sial faithfully, na s Funeral Horne with and while no 'longer on ,the,,iact interment in South Kinloss' Cern-.' titer ive list, still e4n'.t.'let' the sound' Y of the siren ,, o+. unheeded. hese On. Friday Miss Agnes Malloch T �passed'aiway at the home of'Jacob cash gifts 'presented by Harold ' Treleaven, Joe MacMil • % untere Con.; 12,,,'Ashfield; where len. and K. C. Meedie:. Mr.' and the' funeral Was. held: on Monday 1Vrrs Milne, it ,was.; regretted: were:• with interment. in Greenhill Cern' not Milne, arid. etery P s a . . his •igifit was On accepted .by `Floyd. Milne: Sunday; Alexander W Ken Mr, and. Mrs. Jim 'Henderson • •nedy, brother of Mrs Wm. Mee- were 'tlien '..taken Much. by,. ;:Intosh: of town, died in• Detroit. y sur A Legion•fun' 'al "prise, when George Whitby . pre - g er was held from , 'rented .the. newlyweds with``: ii MacLennan s Funeral, • Home ' on Tuesdaywithelectri�e. coffee maker. Jim .nt in • • burial in' Sowth beep secretary of the :'Company Kinloss Cemetery, , •since its , re -•organization a year On• Thursday last. Mrs; Wesley `ago .' Hudson died' at her. home''n •Kin - i :C•. . M•: r, e cNab invited the' Council ��vill�agc ch•fldi•en`attended a free ,. � t The .Play house; in' the rnemboer s " and town officials to ..}.how 'at Y c•.;:: morning and. two shows were run. t his home, 'where`. Mrs. McNab served a' for - .. in: the 'after=noon' to accomodate e rely lunch, J$ .'al'��i'trae the crowd of z r teelii1 e A i —. TlI AT 'the i • told 700 bags;'of ]sweets wiexe. lis- •: f est new -195.1' Ford'' trilauted> to.. arrive at, Montgomery Mot lin; who 'were .:t'ied senior boys : . • alumni shield : to • Wayne John-•; „St ort; H.: junior' :' •ir � Li e �ar ; ,,Sr,c- . REEVES,.TOUCH T.O Ci . 1 n g is r y•, �,.: , R:EEVES V iety.• Shield. Ito Carolyn Gibson • ` H S `D and junidr boys bands shield to DISTRICT ors went to'. Lloyd Hunter•"of. West •Wawanosh,:Lawrence .Me= Leod of Kinloss '• is also driv- ing a new Ford,. having. obtain- ed his ':from the Wingham `deal - 4 I err Alvin. Hackett. ' : ' • sat ltolastic ,award . ', . In making sc' :�e 'Women s Instrtutte sc o T h'l : m n Cement on Thursday rsMip: for��Grade; XII" proficiQncy �_ , wa's presented'. to'-ftUth Andersen- night flee e -E4erett Finnigan 'of ,b- V4'est -W-awarnosh coi:nmented that y Mrs. A. J.. 'Wilson; president' of ,t �. .are ,the Institute ' • - he,, v as gla kto see that v e • • fr ht'to have it but rt has come Rah 1.. a g P graduation diplomas arid° second •�' ., r 11 all the citizens for the new Board, THAT Al Hunter won the turkey • y ,graduation diplom a I • On . Frida. Gerald Ito have. a modern school', It took: Y evening • t 1 h' f th Board THAT the financial statement, Of Paisley's rnem;orial arena shows booth;. receipts of : $951.25,. with net ,proceeds of $542;11 for'the past season. From_ ., the year's operations , •$1075' ;was, trans we ; c airman o e oar ' .to' pass he said and appealed for . ferrel to the building" account.' af. .Education resented �",.honor ... • Appreciate: Gift 1Vrr::' and Mrs.'. o elah : Whrtb,, are most grateful.` td Mrs: E. Hol- • lym:an arid •Mrs. Noble .J: hnston for or th.e•:lovel • . � hri rn • C t a. r • s soda d y n gift of money Which they'recent- ly received. This kind remem- brance was indeed a'ppreciated. 'ARRANGE BUS 'SERVICE FOR COMMERCIAL STUDENTS '% Goderich •Business College : has arrariged bus.. transportation from Dungannon to Goderich for corn, mercial . students ,New classes commence January 2nd: Nuiner nquiries being' received for wor err. For 'further action regarding courses tele - 'cies e form, phone 428-w ; or 1272, Goderich the" Supp,irt and co-operation of o Advt• . as s' we. A • �ti•hrz will hi� a�many .pi~ablEnls to raffle .at'•The Clansrrten:.• dance • as' the • language proficiency ,al with': �'on 'We On Friday night Ree`'e J C. 1V!• drool, ot-the regular. game, wirmers at • 'the : ra conn nd. do slay of last week. • toward •for . Grades XII to Gladys do cc —o l ne; mathematics proficiency , =e.;' h;i hly of the re- TIrAT 1V,li•s. Bill °Button was one �1VIcNaltpc1, g award .f r Grade XI to.Mary Je c5ord of I,i:cknnw. High ,S Anders() � and St th n. Dori going r ,, ng a . , •• marksmanship badge • to , oinl, .bac ]ti tq tlic� . o p €� is sue- a recent bingo in Teeswater. F. • ees,ful i► incipalship of.M s -o " . Camerons 1 °e were, t± HAI .fohotiving• the Santa' Claus . V(1.'° '0, .dii:c1lcd Chit t ,e. . Reeve J,. C: McNab presented 1 inin-• so cap- parade on, 'Saturday the,.High, • ortun�,tc in ob 1; p the >W.' A.• Schmid' proficiency r successor as .Mr. W.'. School l3arid' .was 'treated ' to shie Ito Noreen able sandiches and cocoa at Chin's lel for ,Grade X . Hoag '.an:d lii5 able yiaff,c . , • Kilpatrick'' 'the band members Mr, . and' hb tlian•ked the 1 eaves• Restaurant by Dr. W". V: John- shield fors scholastic proficiency. ' 1U`ital' councils • of:. Ash- . s.ton.. •..._:• apd, mut. • � • (Continued, on.;.page'` 8) anc1 West.Wawanosh for r ---o-- field• • • tiieir :loyal arid•. entwine 'efforts THAT Ed' 'akar • received delrv= during the "dark' •dries of June. , Cr,y. of a • new . Studebaker. on OUNCIL ' KEEPS !THIN BUDGET cknow Municipal. Council wound tip the 'year—and a busy. one -eat a special meeting on; Monday night, The chief business before the Board was the. pass- ing of year-end accounts unci a review: ofthe budget set up earl- ' ler arl-Fier in the year, 'to deterrnihe • how the Board had. controlled expen- ' - ditures • • Aided by a' higher essessrnent figure Council: budgeted for a five mill reduction in the "tax rate,. and `with: a view to ending the year With a surplus rather than a debit. The surplus.airned at in the budget was 030. The actual surplus as of Tuesday *as. $681.84, ;with practically nothing OUeh,nr1,iipr?• At ' the • end of the "srlie' }3oard.. was • 4 wh©n the fate of'. the Lucknow Tuesday High 'School District school.. hung (Continued on page B); in the b lance in iiuren• County Counc't1..11c a�ltied : his thanks to Reeve George Tiffin and •the Kin 'loss Council; for their' support and co-opONiti•�On in this .'matter. Mi McNab added :that. he 'would, b . remiss if ha, did not also thank the Lucknow C:otiiicil and Board of Education for the ,part they played during those momentous days :s• • ''Spetiki•ng to the students, Mt': 'the, .unlimited McNab„ ;stressed pasfiubil'itic5 before the _vo#uo i t r people' today, as Canada goes ward to ,:;i c.rtc�'r inclostrihl, »t'in- ing and LlgrictiltUral,devcloptnent, r He urged, th.t, students to make the most or tric ii` 'edtt(ftional, o.p- 1'orttniities srr•.t.li:t ;they could be the; C'rier• fiat 'd tci take fhcir perm.rrperm.1` e w' e * th:,• i,reatc r di�Y� i,i .. w RECTOR •LEAVES FO :MICHIGAN lkev '"and .Mrs 'A.:: E. Tavener and two children Carolyn and Ronald left on Monday`,for ,Mich-• Mich- igan, where • ; `Rev. 'Tavener' ,be- comes rector • of the Lexi:ngton� Croswell, parish of the Episcopal Church in the. Diocese of Mich- igan'. The churches of .the dual parish are • less . than: five' miles. apart: The ; rectory honie will be in Lexington: • The Lexington church., is known as' "The Church of the Good Shepherd", The par-:, ish is about' '18' miles from 'Bort . (-Huron. tive • Rev. Tavener. has been ,recyor ,.of the three-point parish of Luck - now Dungannon and Ripley since April of 1949,. The, parish., is now without a! minister,and student ministers will supply 'until Rev. Tavener's, successor, is appointed: Rein. Tavener' Caine here from Thamesford and prior to that had been rector at Port Stanley for. ':four years..•A. veteran of.World War I, he has been padre of the loe,eebtanch of the Canadian Leg, ion, and tive Boy tit and Cub workchaving organized both• these groups over a year !ago. M .ago.. Mrs. Tavener; ,besides being active in church work, condectecl nl^e:. nursery 'ror,. tire -school look 'It$001114144, Isti4lialt take H• D:::Thom pson:extended com- pliments to•: the Women's, .Insti ' tete•. for their. cateringer vi ' svices�.: and .Mrs. A: J.' Wilson replied:. • Others call-:. on .rb' Chief K: `. C.'Murdie'were BillPappa$; .Cam Thompson, ..Harry . Nixon, Jack Cook •` and ', Arty:Breckies. Pi ogressive euchre ,was, enjoy- ed for "�a couple. of, hours • with Miss : Shirley: Mason:winning the lady's •pize . and' Alf Ritchie the men's, prize. .The : •consolation • prize, a • game of lost. heir, ..was` presented 'to Bill'; Pappas to. •coni-' 'elude a lot ,cif good ;fiatured 'fun making ,that',had, gone On +a11' ear ening P OTE T ,.P•HO E R 5.,. N, • • • MAIL SERVICE The,aniival meeting of the Ash field Township' • Federation 'of:: Agriculture was held on Fri:day,. December 1st. Among thernat• • • terra, taken up were; faulty tele- phone .and mail delivery.. It was decided to have a letter sent' to . the Municipal TeIephone Board requesting , investigation. of the telephone ••service •:and also one to. the'., Postal liepartment with, re- .•ference; to irregular mail • deliv- . ery, W : The officers of 1950 were .re- .• elected for the coming year and are as follows:; president, Jack McKenzie; vice pees,, Win. Cul- , bert secretary -treasurer, Howard Blake;''.lady ,director, Mrs:, Jack McKenize; cream producers' re= presentative, Jack McKenzie; hog producers' committee, Cecil John- ston Wm: Hunter, George •Mon= crier an"El Rayinonci Finnigan. ' Gordon Kirkland, representing Huron Co-operative Medical' Ser - Vices, gave ;a report of the act- vities of the year, and T. A. Cam Bron, agent ,for .life and auto- mobile insurance, gave a report. John IVIcKenzfe, president, gave a summary of the year's activities of the Federation, . This • report • is concluded, with informing the readers that all taxpayers of Ashfield are consid- ered members • of the Federation,• as one-fifth' mill on their asseee- ment•is diverted tn. funds:of; the F -1'Y„ rtinir,`--•r.+) where .the tat• - • •