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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 17th, 1947
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TMe:(onstabie.
" Clairmec� _upon Resigning.Post
A hearing held by the Village.TOOK . PART' IN .53RD
g .:. .CONS
Council last' Thursda .Y• •eyeni;n• -_ CONSECUTIVE WALK.
'into the shot:- • firing ell a. rg
a• •
ainst 'Constable S. W.
..broughtg Mr.,
C E McDonagh. was:` •
• Whitby', came to a quick •close as , anion` district 'O an • '
Wh ,Y, . • g , r gcmen to
• nstable Whitb < .; tendered Ads,:
,•� .'.Constable ,Y i ..d e" 'acs•
. res.ignaton : ;He. •. den e,.,, th
tion however .and' ,in ` tender-
'
ender-
,• cusa .
ing" his {resignation;•' ; Constable
Whitby informed the Council that
hehad known for • three..or four
months, that there were those
' who '"had been: out' to get him'.
' The' investigation. was launched
_- by „Reeve •Joynt, upoii a com
.plaint- being laid, on -Monday, The West Wawanosh School ' The usual grant. of $85.00 was
• morning. of last week' by George Board has teachers appointed fora! made to the• Agrieriltural Society,
1 whi h, pays -..• 5.00 in hall-•' rent at
Gibson of 1ts3ifield. At Thurs- "all schools in they Township; :with c p 3 $3 0N- 'WEST -'COAST: TRIP
day's hearing Mr. Gibson, was.;the exception of S.S..No. 1' ,`east Fair .tirrie.
re resented by-
present and. was p of Dun annon. Melvin. �: Collin s� account''<of
g g� i s Hilda 'Twamely. is. one o'f
Mr.' Frank .Donnelly, K.C. of God-
erich•. 'He had .laid a formal -ham MacDonald,•.a Toronto Nor-? ordered pard. I• are. • enjoying,a two-m-onths'.
charge in writing';: as . follows. '' who e .
•mil 'raduate,•. has been engaged ! trip to the' West Coast: -Other
GURTAII. LAWN TAP USE TWO AGED FOLK
;T•O EVENING I1 OURSPASSED AWAY TUESDAY
Following. •, Thursday night's The ' death 'of Finlay' D. Mac-
special Council meeting, Council- Lerman, lifelong, r e s i d e n t of
kir; Solomon occupied 'the chair Lochalsh and Lucknow, occurred
•for a 'few matters: of business, at his home hereon Tuesday. He
chief. of which was the curtail-- was 83 years of age. The - funeral
merit .of the use :;of lawn .„taps service Will, be held on Thursday
' during ,the months of 'July and afternoon at 3.00, . o'clock in :the
August. • - United Church with 'interment.
"With; . the water System, pinup in Lochalsh . Cemetery. •
attend the.`Gloiious„Twelfth'. workitag 'continually 24 hours' 'd Mrs. Robert Hamiilton•. ,;,
r da , Grades: 9 and 10; 'oar. in lieu of this,
• .ori:Saturday. in•HanoverFo' y,• and, unable to ke'e Mrs. Robert Hamrltgn,.formerl ”
Yx l' . :. . �` transportatron� to, a centre •where`
Charlie it kept his i eco, ''•i up with the: rate of . usage at; Susanna ' Cook, died . in Kincar- 'these • •
, .. � , •ir17 •�:. • �. • •. , .. grades�are taught:: .
tact of never iissing,h walk t es, the Board 'decided.t6 bann" dine Hospital on: Tuesday: 'Ole'When. trans brtatio. is :o .
' in fifty-three ears. -He ' i:s a ° ' the, use of lawn . taps, except in; had observed.her 88th, birthday. p n ° pr
the evening'for.'aperiod of 212 on July. 4 h. The funeral service p afi, :provincial
Y �Y t vided under this . 1•
i being • held this . afternoon I grants are obtained. covering 75
I percei'it of 'the' cost.
-(Thursday-)^.at 2.30 at the: home {• • Win ham' Forms Area
of •her daughter, Mrs. • Gilbert: Wing
him.
attention • has been foe``
Backwell, • Lucknow'. Interment ussed. on educational matters. in
will be in Greenhill Cemetery: phis district by the establishment •
' bf•.. High School Area' in Wing-,
ham, which'encroaches, on a por-
tion of; ;,the district served by the•-
, 17L00 � for: :22' h dro poles, �Lueknow. High. School.: • There
ap-
At St. • Helens, S.S.. No. 4, Gra- $ ... Y Was .a'' party- . of four London teachers :'pears to be 'little interest in this,
PLAN H.- S.-- -1315---
IN.'.KPNLOSS
School, sections in ,Kinloss
Township' are planning, we •un-.
de�•stand, for • 6 bus service to
Lueknow High School,' • •
This.` plan • is fostered by the •
regulations ,.w- h i c h'•. r e -q u i• r e
Township School „Sections or
areas to providetuition' for•
member of Zion .;Lodge:
hours from .7 o'clock to 9:30.. This
ONE TEACHER VACANCY • . restrictive order:'applies for- the
IN WEST WAWANOSH' balance of. July and all, of Aug-
lust..
'George- Gibson, give notice :that to succeed Miss` joy Stewart Miss
�aout
'o'clock,. Sid Whitby, . one of . the engaged as the second, .• ;member
° Village cops,' accused.; -me of pass -
g of. the :._staff, At � `Fordyce, ' Nirs. HELD. FRIDAY
Spa car, on the wrong side and : r `•n Phillips haL hteen re-erl
.:c f:: being:drunk- arra . lie Ie a • _ . .. _ --- _. , . .
_. ,.._..-g. :..._ _�, �aa,a, . �ua..ttt :.S e, .,_ � � _.,An evOnt` :ot interest was .t e
shot:. at .n e . •,.. , ister' returning for; another :term trousseau. • tea held. Friday, .July
Reeve J�oynt• 'presided': for the ,•11th' t t Luckno United
to S S:. No. 2;" thy. township Hah� a he w e
hearing Whitt,: opened:. with the' School: '. ., Church ' Parsorxa a •';in honor • of
reading' of .the above 'charge byg -
g No, 14, "Naylor."s School" re- i 1Vliss.�'Joy Stewart: The. Parson;
•7Glen Jose ph Agnew- • Qat-•-a , mains` closed as was the `case `last •age was "`}3ua ti-fuily •decorittedd
.vicinity in' the new : area. '
Enthusiasm for high school. dis-:
members: of: the foursothe are tricts serving widespread areas is
'at•: a,° low ebb now, particuilarly. ` s.
ley and • EdnawVray: The party so throughout much of Bruce
left by . motor' the first. week in County,: due to . the ..severity of •
J _ ill . return the last:: t ' t `
. _. ulY 4,., �- � _ �_ ... --- .11e : �_....w3.la �.: ., : • .
-wes. n Lucknow .:. .h w ,Schoch .ha.s..�a
�Q , ...��f :.,[�.1d;�1LLst_:�a13:rri � t'- • - �': _ _... ��.�.�
Chicago,'they'. stopped°''•off: last very"creditable record, and pits •
week at Calgary.: for. •. the •. Stain- ' •nusical, 'literary,. sporting and .F `
pedes, They will -continue. to Vic other such: activities.. have increas- .'
'toria and take• .:a trip `down the' ed its popularity a• great deal. It
-'oast- to Las --f1 o•1•es --before--re n ' . •f h arshi p ' '.and• ' •'
?rg o w -o fez swo- seho ps
a variety of ;other recognitions for
meritorious . results,;,' and ..Will,
shortly • be Able to implement • the
• on Saturday nightb 11.30 Beatrice • Mc uillin ,has been re-.�.T .TROUSSEAU SS EA U TEA Ki
Q e ' Gertrude � Bergey,. •Pearl MCKin-
,.
number of spectators had'gatherPupilsis o n
year • with : a t �t e n d� n 'v :nth o:rarge b o s ms, `pink roses turning, ,
ed and Reeve'Joynt asked' if an g ;
...Whiteehurch & For.dyce. • schools.. and weddrlig .bells: The dining
open. meeting Was necessary: It'
- room table; was very .attractive
., DID_,.:.I�IASTE�t.�UB
s,')�L
.seca kms, �.a..i
•Constable •Tells :Ston Mr• A. G. Webb as . isposed- irrl and- w-h''i-te tapers--=Go-1d _,cal
story wasored . wish -bones suspended from
Constable. Whitby's. st y . , of:;his•,pr•operty in Luck:now; .for-. , p
! that. he was standing. at : the post + merly '; owned `., by the late " Mi s. the chandelier on •pink and white
office :corner �- . when .a car ••a - �- !-Wesley Henderson,. to M : George ribbons added . to the , effective.
p yIr g
ness ,of :the settin
�Oi•vis of 'Wih h:ani. Mr. :and .,:Nr's.. a g. ..
g .
'The u �'sts were . received .b
fJi�'vis' : plan ..to move >he�•e in _the g. e. , • Y,
- •
near future;.` He' is a carpenter .Mrs .J. 'VW: Stewart an"d:Miss Joy
•by, trade• :,;
. ,,.., Stewart ` to -stood .close to ;tile .t,:e :corner ,intention .of 'the .cann ,folk• of:.
•1?, t} of
•Tei was . pour:e.d 'byl ,Mrs.: Mc the '.Nixon .House on Main` Street ',ibis di tinct. •
Hom : From Hospital Kim, Mrs, J.•>W..: Joynt• and. Mrs:1
•�, , . < n , „ � • - .. and ,had to. ..be `dropped. in �a. �nar •„
' Miss. Marian. 'Ma -Ph ,son Who .Ostrander. ,Those assistin were ••
M ss•C e ,. g row vacant .spot. •;between::, they, ' MAILING. LIST CORRECTED
•.ati:ve ,when asked°if. he •saw: him "": :••Mi s •'•Doris' 'ra. for Mrs. Geor •e " :1;•-•••-- •, •When , had: in . •'UVingharh. Hos.pltal. s .•... Y, ..: , -g house and Hugh �;fuming s.,,barber.�-' , ,
'fla in•' -him • He -asked him "if Jovnt Miss Eileen.' Hall ' Miss: �•°
'flagging fon•Isevetal weeia'since'suffe..ing.. , shop. ,Usin The Sentinel mailin `':
g•;only, an 'ale for 'the, g list
he: could •walk and to o enl .the a . fracture le wa's`': brow ht to. Icicnl.'Hamilton and Miss Blanche ..
, p . d g, ,g,, job,. Toxin chopped •away,..paying
trunk . a ._',-her• . , • : • v, a$ corseLI%ed •last Friday,
,f the Car Which he :Will- borne ••here . the first •of last ; Ste art, _ y:, I:, • little- heed to -a lot. of - -tree 'advise., : •�----: . -
ingly -did: 'Constable :Whitbsaid week: She isrna :in 'a' vi' ;•,sat-• , Those in char e •of the brides ai d we dra. attention to • the
Y 1. _ . g e y g ailed wl en'the big:free` vent:.dnvvn.
that , �.r. 'Gibson said he: would r '' dig la 'Were M's, 'Nell: Graham',, : '
M :isfacthr y i ecove y. din ;. Y rt,,dr.opped pe, tectly to clear both' ' fact;,'So . >hat 'subscr;fibers•:�wrll ,:•
get his li h r'•• e: Mc Q uillin Mrs: - •;
g is fixed; and attention Miss Beat ic. , Q
1�uildirrgs.; ,, b'': • ` •' note -the••;expiry 'date on their •:.
:was also'•''draw,n' to -`the fat that . It ,. TO RAFFLE Stewart .Cell er :.and' Mrs:. Mel.- fact BOf.VLE. S ., .. .. •, ., A : Y .
address label '`ts verify its.:.
.he 'had • no • tail, Tight, . The : Con-, TWO VALUABLE WATCHES: vin Stewart; ".•PROVINCIALS PAID::•
• stable said. ' he had..heard what :Among the Many friends :who SURPRISE VISIT HERE `or rectness a ; , `.
- Mr. Gibso'are ; • from; ra. •-•
I
b n, later had claimed was '�, Draw •tickets now available' ca led .:acre• a• number ,m, D, y. � ', .> Thiise whose subscription '•' `
ash-• u,, . . - , _ er- •I, V.,
o , b t no mention of shoot fx.orrr member of „the ::Lucknow ten where the ori elect form provincial officers France ' and. is .'riot.' pard ' in advance are
•
" ,Woody. paid. an ', unheralded ,visit :• re uested:•to ive• this matter
,
to-Lucknow at- a• -late ,•hour; on ;t•heir' early' attentions `•
•
proached without :lights,. which
he 'tried to flag ,down with his,
s. flashlight He :passed• a: car, arid
turned .rig ht at:. the ' intersection,
with Whitby'following• him to the
.'point ,where; he stopped,• He • said.
that Gibson.•. replied:. in the neg.
ander MacKenzie Endowmen
Tom ;Cook, a master woodsman,•
I• To for ake- . allofthin and*
felled •o big elm. at Fred Nixon's s •, -, n
house• last ; week, and .observers abandon a , well ;equipped school, `
rrrar welled' at his ability' to .'dro : in order to rush, into thenew: and
y p � .
it "just where he wanted it". The as yet unproven high .school- area
lan ', does . not: a ear: to -be the.
fife=foot''�tree wi.tli its'•s spreading p ►pp .
YP g
frigwas made then' and it ,mat. .+•Bowl:ing club. cm .two Gruen:.ly lived.
Monday at noon' when returriing',watches, valued at '$50.00 each
from work that. : he was' ..first in- i One . is a man: s • and, the.:, other
formed. dof.•
the Shooting l .. I dra as '
o g comp amt.. a lady's watch '•.The • � w h
been` ` set _ for the , latter :art of
p
August. •
Proceeds ill be: used to assist
in building he Clu • s new green.
which shouldbe hi 'operation
:ne tt`-season , - . •
Thought First. It Was Tire •
In relating`. his .story. Mr. Gib=
• son ,said ;he had three ch, ildren
;w nth;hirci Ile knew he had_ good:
lights as they shane'•on,' the builds` =
ing as lie backed away,: from -`h -is
parking space. As he proceeded
`u :•the -st . L. , g. +. s.
P reef- one of : the- ehild�ren--thin :- e-lse,_ • •
;• said .he. had.,' iii' ts. He was Mr. Joynt stressed 'the, point.
working
�l�r
..i .
with t a
it 'i ri ai
h the . I:t• be l
i
w t l wi he •o r r
S _ch„arxd`:pay- •-that they , sem,• d , p,
ing •:at°rict:',attention
, attenti 'to sift the • •matter
on to hies lights but •wc - want..
,' and didnot` noti•If constables...
•ce. the Constable. and, clear•it up.;
He; heard: .a''.'report , : which he don't '.conduct •themselves; • •befit-
thought was a ;- tire; ' but`oneq of the:' gtirthe 'force,there's something
`children said <The ►re.•sh Bting` doing. %Its seriouscharge,„
at
you".,, andhe stopped at once, said Mr. •Joyrit,and,the question
When Constable Whitby'' ap- we have to• settle is did "he shoot.
preached the car; Gibsonit ackfii e '; He added.
, preached , .> . . on .claimed' or' -was. a . b .....,
he 'saluted hire. with; •`;What' the he was surprised that if • one' than
• h-- :are: you tr:�_ in .: •:r .. h would - not
y . g.,•to pull off,”, shot . at. another, c
:and he gave 'hire the ' same - anything to him: •about it:.
. h sarzre 're' ; say
COMING : EVENTS.'
MILDMY.BA..•ND
M A
At Formosa :Palace: Garden
onday, July '-2i)th Full often
noon's. prolgram,` Come':and; meet
Saturday evening, and as a re-: m
suit ..of their calls some '•charges 'NYLON HOSE. Special ;red cel:
under ':. the L C,A., • are slated -for. ' ri 's 11 '' e • l olors. l
•
hearing 'bel re ",Magistrate :;Mc-: si ce, , a typ s, al c , a 1
. Oil
� • sizes. • The 'Stare' w,ith •: the ..Stock:'
Clevis,. THE, MARKET STORE '
.DANCE
In.- the•-Commuiit
y..-Hall, : St:
-Helens Wednesday,' July• 23rd,.
under ..St.. Helens :•W. 1. auspices.
Music by Huron Ramblers; .lunch`.
served..Adrni•ssion •50c`r: '
•
DANCE
At : Whitechurch •on Friday.
July° 1.8th� tinder ; auspices:' of ,In=
stitute. Farriers orchestra. Lunch
booth '. Admission: •gents. 50c an•d.
La'dies: 25c. i Lochalsh;Cemetery •is. being. en-•
SOFTBALL 'GAMES_ - larged and'` work .of•�•filling, levell-•
tie will la Mg and seeding;an• adjoining acre
plY•':Geor e , . , .. r. Mr. Gib Lucknow. Scot s h Y
g said..he denied the "I certainly arm, was g i the` Caledonian Park: is new,being..done. The 'property
. accusation '” l iy i -cin in,,,
that he had . r ly :'to his' lav- ci'S tluey
. passed a .sons et. •��, .1.. Y '�'�nd is.;imnne'dately to 'the. east,.. arid'
' c - .. � •cin .��rida .'e�'enitxg`, July, 18,• a
r ar. on the wron side: •Hi ..- n ,1:`Ai,e'. ou definite it was a Y _
at v ?, neg tio , y y .• Kincardine .Tuesday; July ‘22; the Barrie size as'thel pi~went Deni=.
e x cply to. the question if ,he -shot? ' , eier.y.: Last weep"..Joe Scott's,
Gam, start `at •G'.3tl.: y ,--F.
had anything.in: the. car, was'veri- Councillor Healey questioned , . shovel :.
h� a ,Y q .power wear em `10 ed in.
fieri ^b' • , ,�" •
,, Y• the ., Constable's •. ins ec ow `he ,c`ould .be so certain when , . p Y
ti p hdANCE IN LIICKNOW • digging g
on,: He said . d.. . . , . : a tire, • , •
ggin :filling for the' nevi, ,sec-
-
sec -
d he. ,was .accused of at first hc. thought it was . 'D�rrlcrng , .in. Lucl.no�v Tov< la tion.
bciin .;; ;. .
g drunk and ordered' out of• Mr: G;ibsan "admitted he, had not `Trill:. Monday, July .21st to rn:usic The .Original acre plot has been
-lie. car •an . .. .:
d. Gibson offerod' to go seen °tha guns nor Kaci he any wit- by. Fin rici's ;archestr"a,, under •aur- in use as` a burial. ground` for asp-
• t1i doctor's with h'i ' ,
t rim, to prove nesses„ .who, saw it, �` ` •. • •' �' � � wards of . a r hundred years:: The
•that he wasn't �" ed .?!ccs Lucicnow Sco�ties Softball .
sn t. "Will sour car, baCkfiie, . hsk believed to
To a. question byMr. Donnelly r. Jo nt, . Mr, Gibson said he earn 'Lunch c uittci". Admission- have taken interment
593 ears,•a .o
if his,, D _ e. ly M 5d) rent
',lace -Y ago,
would backfire' 'Gibson 'had it -for only two we�eksi but it
can-FIELYy when -
' tho. SI R'i 1 S" IN ASH
FIELD 32 -year old - Mother was
r'ep]ied No' sir', Asked' by"'1Vir`,'rievei• had With him behind x laid' to rest there' in the •virgin
Gibsonlp as to. 'Whitb• -'s ; " l : :Seri ices ,on .the Ashfield Hn. hush, and which in -the interven-:•
Gibson ieplied,...
�.; y sobriety, whec . .. . „ . , , , b .n , . .
epljed, . I wouldn't s " ` ` nst ole Whitby asked if it• iced , 'Church , Pastoral -Charge.
Re`�•e . Jgynt int . _
say", C sta Y r e. •of lug years• has ,become .a sacred
erlected `the Might not have .backfired . �t�hc*1i ;Sitriday, • July 20th in chi g ;iir'id ' hallowed spot.�,' • .
• question of Why g ':' with the local, W,IVI,S.'.'branches,, Sunday,
not r Y • Mr. Gibson had he tit as working The ' new section of the :cem�•
mentioned, the 'alleged shot switches: arge of local
g July 27th 0 c'h ,e=terve `w'heri plots: lai•e surveyed
when 'talking 'to the • C.n
o stable. Ilext•d. ".Shot". i'oung People Societies; assisted:..and 'available, will also be under
Ile ' did not` thinkit . y y he b . •Benhon Sutter sof Clinton.
he necessary, 'WellingtonTendci son •said Y for. the perpetual upkeep, plan,. which
replied,. • -but d i; t" from his apart- Sunday, August 3rd, hohiclay
he had stopped �,. decided • after peri the "shot"pas 'recently established,:
,
•nued on page 8)' ev cryoile.
p1� d .zt could be, na- �(Centl▪ '. , °
TO,, TEACH AT :BEAMSVILLE. 1
FOUR ---URB M:
Mr. ,` Keith Hackett,' son of Mr.:
and ,Mrs: Thomats Hackett of Ash-
field, has' , been appointed as as-
sistant: ' principal :° at" 'Beainsville°
Public school.: He is "at', present.
taking a summer .'course in Tor
onto in . Intermediate; arts and
ciafts.
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.'ADDING HALLOWED ACRE TO
L•OCHALSH CEMETERY
,APPEALS ' FILED
•
The urban" niurricipalities of
Lucknow, ';Teeswater; ' Mildmay:
and: Walkerton have; filed "appeals
against their. new 'Coiinty assess-
meirt,..•and' a preliminary hearing•
is scheduled to beheld : in V1Waik-
Orton on Friday afternoon 'of this
Week '. at two o'calock.• ,.
Lucknow's County' assessrnent;
as set by the County valuators; -
and approved at the June session,
•has`• been increasecd. by• $131,335..;
Increases • in • the other • t:h r e e •
municipalities which -are , appeal,
ing are : as ` follows: Teeswater;` , +`
$52,992; Mildmay, $10.9;,633; Walk-
erton; $583190. Kincardine Coun- i
cil decided against' entering ar
appeal," although . their •"increase::
exceeds .$500,000.
Friday's 'hearing ' before His`
Honor Judge John F. P. Birnie,',
\\i1,1 be only ' of a . preliminary
nature-`and"11•0-'evidence: vv: ii1l 'be
taken. The Judge is expected to,
give some direction to the
hearing Of these appeals„. and an -
adjournmcntt wilt be niade to suit
'the Convenience of the parties
concerned; The appeals must .be- . -
heard- before' January. 1st. •
The Village Council held a.-
special session on. Monday night
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•L:, prepare their case,