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A.:"SOLOMON REEVE
BY• ACCLAMATION
LVCKNO:W ONTARIO; Wednesday, December
1947 ..
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Seven and a 'halt years as, a
councillor had , its reward cur.
Monday night When W.. A. Solo-
mon was elected to the reeVesh ip
of the village by acclamation. Mr.
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Solomon was..;Council
to n .
In a' bY-election in July of '1940.
' He sUcceds..Reeve.J, W" Joynt,.
den of Bruce:County,:
County„
Current war r� . �-
who was unable to be at 'Mon',
day- night's, • meeting. because of
a serious; leg. "fractu"re which •he
suffered a few weeks ago:
Resolution Of :Appreciation,
' . At the close •of the meeting, the
..gathering , heartily ;approved • a
. resolution.. by. .. Messrs.. Harry
•Npcon:and Hrvey Treleaven that
. a letter of , appreciation •be sent
Reeve Joynt commending him for -
''his valued service to the village,
and•the honor he earned for him-
self'. and Lucknow on winning the
wardenship, • ' «:
Mr"' Nixon • said in proposing the
:resolution, : "We Miss the Reeve's
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his County council report". Conn-
cillor. Treleaven. . 'added, •."It has
been 'my pleasure to :work'• with
him for :two years. We are proud
of htmrLc1 the.honour he brought
to,`'the 'Vi1la�ge''.
Clerk Joseph.: Agnew 'capably.
presided ' as•, chairxnan; of the
meeting and . during th4 nominates.
• ins•hour received:: five nominal.
tions. forth• e,•:reveship, seven.'for
the four 'council seats,.:.and ; four'
'for' the three;'.seats on • the Board
`of . Education:.
Nominations' were received as
fo,lows:i
For Iieeze: .
Austin'Solomon by R. I
las and Charles Steward.-.
Harvey -Treleaven by Harvey
Webster and Wm:, G.•. Webster, .,
Milne and S, E:: Collyer,'
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INFANTS BAPTIZED
T ZED.'
N S AP I
1 Fourr, children were baptized by
-Rev: J.. W. Stewart at,,h t e •,znornt•
,
ing`. service, Lathe Uiited 'Church;•:
The infants were,,. •Lucy Anne,
daughter • oftkMr. and ,Mrs Melvin
Morrison; Tune Elizabeth, datgh
te'r :of 'Mr. and Mrs.' Raynard
Ackert; .Margaret Madeline, dau-
ghter of: Mr. and Mrs" Russell
Button •and Douglas Roy; son ` of
Mr, and Mrs: Ernest Button,
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WILL' BE• 96' SATURDAY:
Mr;_ W. 'J: .Little, Lucknow'
grand• old man;. will observe his
96th birthday: od Saturday. Mr.
,Little is still` quite{•keen of mind:
and' enjoying fairly .good' health,
kki:
•:confining him • indoors -
The '
ndoors,The' Sentinel expresses the best
wishes • of the . entire' community.
extending '"Many Happy Re
turns" °to,'Mi ,Little. "
NAME *ON • EGG BRINGS
:CALENDAR FROM ENGLAND'
.o time ago Bowen ;Ross,•.12
ar-old son ' of? Mr.. and ..• Mrs.,
John D: Ross; wrote his name'
and address, ion an ,egg at'Raker'.s
•i gg Shop. The incident was for::
gotten about until .,just before
Christmas, when, a calendar. land-
ed Along' from London England,
with the following. salutation:
"Merry •yhristrnas. 1:. received
:your egg,' the first: for.:a- month.
Do please write. Kathleen Player,
39A . Mare 'St.,Woolwich S. E. ;18,
on:don, England"
The, sender didn't give her age
and • Bowen was ' non -committal
bout .his intentions of striking.
up a •' correspondence. acquaint-
atriceship with "Kathleen"
500' PAIRS. Silk and nylon. hosie,.
'.
news stock, new colors, �ixiost sizes:
On sale at $1.00: TBE. MARKET
STORE,-
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Little Donalda 1VicQuiilin •had
her -left hand actually • torn 'off
by • the mysterious discharge 'of
a shotgun.'. in the 'kitchen of the'
McQuilin home the •da'y before
Christi -n.0. On :Christma'sEve in
Wmgharn•Hospital ,the ,you.ngster.
had'the shattered stump` amputat-
e about an inch arid a;half..above.
the • wriest. She has been getting
:along ,real w; 1 since, and it was
•hoped to have 1iei home :for New
,Year's -Day: Clip istnias Day` °wase.
'fear. from the z.i�re,rry• one It would
otherwise: have been In this' home
• is five is the . Dung -
.Dorra�lda, age.. > � Y...,: g
est •ofl, a family of eight' children.
of :Mr.: and Mrs: Dick':McQu•illin;
Jr , of Concession 6, Kinloss.. The
-father was- riot home at: the time..
'.of the accident.
.:.,SPENT FIRST CHRISTMAS. . ,
HERE IN 25 YEARS '
Mr: and 'Mrs Sandy Nicholson
With. their. daughters,;., Ruth, •`and
Mary . „Anna ' and `son Alexander,.
spent''a' week with Mr. and Mrs:
Archie•Macliityre on the.. Second
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Coe$Sion _...Sandy .is
nc' e C'CF
.Ma?, for• Mackenzie, 'Saskatche
wan. ;This was the'first time.' .he
`spent 'Christmas at Lucknow since
''REMOVED' SNOW
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• The main' busin ,ss section ` of
:tie, village .was.: cleared of snow
banks- that had piled up along the.
'curbs; The . job, which was,'com-
pleted before Christmas, -made , a
big, improvement to': the .main
thoroughfare; Button's , tractor-�
• powered manure shovel was: Used
in'' loading the sleighs that hauled
away: "the beautiful"..7 Th'ieP ower
shovel` .:replaced the usual gang
of shovellers that . would ordin-•
arily have been employed. It was
operated in- turn by • Ernest But
tori 'and Jim Reid A
SERIES\ OF . ACCIDENTS;.
BUT O INJURIES
Slippery roads, were. 'chieflyire
• sponsible'"fora series.: of. Motor
, rriishps; that 'Occurred' within . a
miff north. of Lticknow in 'about
four days"''From Saturday until
• :Christmas .eve,' no less than•thiee
ears and a truck left the. •roadK
One .car damaged the guard rail
,just -al ; thevillage: outskirts ;bu
the Drat, i,ve fence.. held "suf.,
ficlent1y to-preVont • he ;vehicle
trom rlitnging into the' river.
To). 'injuries 'inj'uries were suffered in
thy', mishaps,
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t'
s art
otgun B1a
I.INOSS:NONA.GE,NAtUAN
.DIED ON :SATURDAY ,
The death occurred at bis -home
on Concession Four,'Iinloss Twp:
Saturday, of Peter McKinnon..
"rte was '91' years ;of age..
The .funeral 'service was' held
at Joh stone's uneral. Forge on.
'Tuesday afternoon• with ixiter
merit in . South Kinloss Cemetery..
NAMED REC NAL,
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DIRECTOR AT S
G
ROWEL
:' At a . special meeting: Saturday
ciftierrion. the ..Listowel: etreat:
o R
ion Council 'accepted the •recom-
mendation of the executive com-
mittee to engage Lloyd_ _ 11-
Ackert,
1 ,Ackert, son of • Mr. and Mrs. Ern.
est Ackert of Holycrood, as - re-„
creation director for' :Listowel..
Mr,` Ackert will be appointed for
three 'months at a:salary of $200
-a" month, If-his•:•work is esatisfac•
tory to the.council` and Mr. •Ack
ert is satisfied with the, facilities
and opportunities `there, 'the app
pointrnent wilL be made perrnan-
ent:
The .'new recreation director,
who `will •commence : his .duties on
January 1st, •was a student ;at i
o'11L'O ani'.
• ies and - Was resident adviser at
.the, Weorge ,.Williams University,
Chicago. Although: not a graduate
n' physical, education, he has had
,zceilent experience. 'For :a con-'
'•siderable time. he'' ;was engaged
work in :Chicago arid'
Toronto and .conducted •a summer
camp : in • Western Canada, . here
ane s ent't- h ree summers in r•-
p s m .
s
sionary ' work
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EIGI1T PAGES
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LIGHTING. -COSTS: •
BELOW ESTIMATE
stiteee cost. of . installing the new
t lighting system 'will ' prub '
ably be $1,000' •below the -original
estimate, Councillor Solomon,
stated :..at the nom natinxl ,meeting
on Monday ,night:, He was , the
first .speaker in. the,. absence of •
ReeveJoynt
Mr;:, sofonon 'said the-o'riginal,
estimate had been •$3,80Q, but the
actual cost would. be $1,000 less.
Hydro and water arrears• • were
practically nil, ,with "outstanding
hydra 'less than; $100 and Water.
le,s•than' .$50
'•: Complaints' had been received
about the dump, which is it Kin
loss Township. From time to tulie.
.it gets in a ,deplorable condition
as people persist in dumping 're-
fuse'' anywhere. By 'co-operation,
muchtrouble and expense could '.
oe saved he ,said.
Councillor Solomon concludes!
by' stating . he intendedto qualify:
for -the e reeveship.,
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_'•tarts''
Glove. ;Collection S
The •.annual gloves'' and ,mitts
:ollection; 'has' already.' got ;.well
The.. Sentinel' Office
iznderway•at . ;.,
arid twill "no doubt be: , greatly
augniented before 'the" .'spring
breezes., arrive.
currntly we have' a child's`
leather`::gauntlet, 'a blue knitted.
glove. and '•a pair of:,_children's`
cloth. : gloves, They're ;here for. the
cla•imi'ng "
Donalda's • older brothers :had
: out � untin .that; afternoon
been. g
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and upon.:returning .homeward
had unlioaded the gun. Near: the
barn they ,sppttec�.. a rabbit Wand
d. lin'case,ahey got 'Within,
reic�ade y
'firing range. On' entering the,
house• they'; laid the 'gun on- ...the
table; and :in' a few nao,nents,.
Without- an ene•-.--being-'near the,.
witho Y
wea on it discharged and ripped
P ,.
off Donalda's. hand. • She narrowly
' escaped . death;: as. some • of the
p
pellets grazed her hip; but 'in
flicted, ;,only superficial. wounds,.
The little tot.was .about four :feet'
from 'the-. gun when it went off,
.Other • members of '' the . farriery
were .'in. the kitchen , at they, time,
fwere'n't with:.
also but fortunately �
' in range of the .blast.. • ,
ver as much
• L• iatle Donald�a never
as whimpered at the 'mangled
sight of 'where her. hand had bee'tx
ands even as:she pass -ed. her froth-
er, on her way to the' operating.
room cheerfully saluted her with'
"Hi " Mum".'
Anyone Find A' Hyninary?• '
, Our . Zion . corresponde1it, Mrs
WM.. Gardner,`
made the pre -
Christmas purchase of a , hylnn-
ary, but either lost it, , or left it
in some store• in the village. Any-
: ° > found the
one •v�ho ,may have ,
hymn •book ,,is asked. to leave it
Yt •th r- ir+r (1I I "^'z. or t0 . con-
e �_ e.'t
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COMING EVENTS
for , 30 words'.; additional
wcir•'ds,,'2c each;:.minimum charge
any , or every .Week, 50c.,
NEW YEAR'S DANCE
Town ' ' i Iall, - Lucknow,
'Year's Night, ;January' lst,'-aiis-
'ices ' Lucknow Fire', Company.
.Farrier's, orchestra, lunch count-
er . Admission 50c, •. ,
AUXILIARY' MEETJN
:The.''January ;meeting o
Ladies Auxiliary to the Cana
Legion will' be ;held, on Tuesday
night; ' :January 6th at .8
Members are requested to'atte
• RECEPTION AND " DANCE
In 'Whitechurch 'Memorial Hall,
ori : Friday, `January 2nd,, in honor
of Mr. and Mrs.: Lorne Johnston,
who are 25 years married. Col-
lection • at .'door, ',lunch served,
everyone .welcome.
-; AT THE •REX THIS WEEK
On New Year's .Eve and - New.
Year;'s night, plus matinees both
days, the Rex Theatre presents
Roddy McDowell in "Thunder-
head"..,, The week -end show, Fri-
• lay, Saturday and Monday, feat
res, Roy Rogers in "My, Pal Trig-.
Move To. Clinton
Mr: and 1VIrs;• BertramCurran.
moved- toClinton •'this week
Where ' Bertram.:will be. • : engaged
in, the undertaking:business. •Ber--
tram has 'closed ;his business ' at
Dungannon,
MANY JOIN •I'N `BOXI
DAY'. RABBIT 'D1tIY'E:•
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'Councillor Harvey :.Treleaven.
pointed out 'that.. of the current
year's tax .. bill;r of $19,123:94, only
:L• 95:51 was outstanding and this..
would be 'sharply` redtaced vvtilin
:the next few days. Previous taxes.:
outstanding, totalled •' $91,82 , 'and
there is'' $8U 91:'.<r etur.red' to ••the:
'County.,. •
He 'referred to last` year's bad'
'winter when $1;135.31 was .spent
on .snowplowing switti not too sat-
isfactory„ results, • at', 'times: He •
stated that a- hydraulic., lift: had '
been .installed. •th's' `fall :oi the:
.plow firing, and. felt they were
in.: goodshape' to•'plow:. •practically'; '.
any., street' irx town and give sat
isfacti•o'rr, •
i • • About 800 yards of gravel had .:
been. put...on' village : roads. this
next -t -ea .s�irrre-mOL
paying ,was.; ;:plainned, '.The High-
:ways Department :had approved
An . 'expenditure' of $2,451 on mun
icipal roads this year, of which :•
: the Province would pay' -50. per-
cent.; This, full amount had not.-
been.
ot. been: ' expended : up': ;to• the'last
meeting
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.Ideal -weather prevailed.for the
i .spon-
sored.Dy': rabbit dri v .e , .s pon
'sored by 'the ,newly J organized
.Fish and -i andGame protective A"s
sot iation
Tlie` drive was `held -it 3iltr.-or'
Towiiihip., in the vicinity . •of . the
15th;Sideroad between the Second
and 'Fourth .Concessions•.. More
than' forty hunters 'shouldered
-shotg: uns-•-for the._- drive, but the_,
exact toll ,of -rabbits' was 'not re-
corded,. although it possibly aver,
aged a couple,. of bunnies for
every : marksMan. •A' •.couple -of`
'foxes,.:, were`` also included' in the
bag.:
A number of. Winghamites join.
ed in the' drive.
LQNGTIME RESIDENT
PASSI R AWAI SUDDENLY
Stricken ..with a severe para-
lytic.`" stroke
ara-lytic"stroke Aast Wednesday, Mr:.
Samuel Murchison•:, ` failed` to "re-
gain ..consciousness and died on
Christmas eve''a'.few hours; after
suffering . the fatal''s°"eizure,' • Ibis,
ath •oceurr'ed' at the home . 6f,
rs':.R . J; . Cameron, where he
boarded for .several :Months.
r. Murchison was. 83'; years 'of,
age and Was bbrn -in the Para
mount cormunity, ' Few e v e r'
;commanded more genuine respect
admiration'. than did he and•.
everyone was his :friend.'
The funeral service was held
in the United Charch on Tuesday
afternoon conducted, by Bev,
W. Stewart: The •funeral was 'de-
layed. awaiting
de-layed..awaitingthe arrival of his
only brother, Mr. J`, 1U1. Murchi.
.son, a retired 'clergyman,. whose
home is in.Foxwarren, Man:
Interment ' .was in Greenhill
with members, a Old
. i rse ASF. 8i, A.M. observ-
-' • ,+44 of t11e order':.
• cert'..
Suffered. Strokes
: Mr's: Robert Phillips :hilli of .coder- `4
,Y.
-lch and foriner1 ---of-hucknow
sLiffered two,. .severe .: paralytic,
strokes: last week, to make her
condition quite :grave: •.. C . ,:.
HOLIDAY V151TORS
HELP �SWELL: FUND
.Donations .."to the Community
Recreational Centre have now.
surpassed the $2,500 mark: Over
the holiday "season a ,number of
"old. boys • and girls"J: made con_ ' •
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tributions to the fuhd which• are'
Much appreciated.
'Amount ,previously
acknw2350:50'
Miss''ITanna 'McDonald • 5:00
Leonard Irwin,. Toronto ,': 5:00 's
Graham Pinkney Ajax .:,.: 2.0'0
Harold Btitton,. Dundas r 2:00 •
Dickie• Richards, --Jr•: .:, 5.00 '.
J. M. Murchison,
, 'oxwarren, Man, - ° ..,10.90.'
Alex Havens ' 5.00
Harold:Johnston • 2.0.0
.Mrs; G. B.' Alliin, Toronto 100 "
Roy McInnes,; Toronto • 2,00'•
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A. M' Nicholson, M.P.. 25:00'.
Turkey Raffle ' 40.00
Robert Boak .:,:..:, 10.00
Floyd Wilson .. 5.00 •
Richard Elliott ..."......
Mrs. C. Hodgins : ',... •' .3.00:
Mrs.'M. A. Grahame ..
Toronto
P.• S.'' McKenzie, Walker
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