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FURTHER SLIGHT e 1
CUT :N HYDRO USE
During the •past week village
and; rural hydro'.:users . used a:
daily average for' a. 7 -day period
of 649.0, kwhrs. This: was a- slight
.: -du..ring, ..r' ase:, over the ,consumption
the first week of. the ern-.
er 8. ency : when 'the average daily
,,
use :• was approximately ...654
whrs
The past week's figure, how-'
every still exceeds' the daily aver-
age allotment of the H.E.P:C.
. which .was set :at 5545' •kwhrs, 'rep
resenting :a 10 percent reduction
of the average consumption dur-
ing the basic .period. of Last; ,Oct-
;ober, ..when the local System: was
consuming -'6,161 kwhrs, .
To "date the local system has
escaped a shut; -off of power; • al-,
though some 'other nearby; cen-
tres-have. not been so fortunate
The following -daily consurnp-
tion figures; compare the amount.
of current Used .during' :the past.
week with the';ai ount used dur
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LUCK
NOVA'} ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 4th,_ 1948• •
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RAN TWO �BUSSI"S.
With hockey enthusiasm • at
fever pitch here, two, special
busses were` run to Walkerton on
Tuesday night for the Lucknow-
Allenford final, and in 'spite • of
bads,.• weather .and roads, man.•
motorists nm* the trip; The reg-.
ular village ,council meeting twas
post oned that evens•
p .. t ,ng.:. :•.
'MA;C'S:.OLD TIMERS .
RS TO,' 1Pi,AY
RETURN ENGAGEMENT HERE,
• ' The'. *Kincardine. Legion Old
Timers' g- will play a return' engage-
ment hereby special request on.
Friday _night of this.:week March
5th. , «.
A .-sle°et storm cut, theattend:
ance on their previous appear rice:.
here, and it was originally prim:.
g , ly p •.
ned to. have them. ;back on St,'
Patrick's night,'.'but as they were
bo 4ked : for ' a `home • .engagement
that 'evening,.Friday ay, night of this
week was etfor their r°eturn
appearance here,
The dance iswider .'auspices• of
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EIGHT' PAGES :.
:BLI• 414D AT. MONS,
VETERAN. PASSES.,
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WOULD SELL BUILDING
Word wasreceived by cable:zon'
February • 8th . of the passing:. of
Robert AleXander Barbour, ' in
Brighton, England;` in. his' 55th -
year...
Bob, as .he was -known- by. in
tlil's district, was* born in Wing-
ham and. 'grew.: •: upin : Lucknow
g ,
Erie: = sin of, Mr, . and Mrs;°Archse
Barbour.. When the World War
.broke 'Out in. 1914,• Bob: •,enlister
with the: Lucknow boys, arid ser-
ved -'for- some 'time in 'the 33rd.
'Battalion, later transferring to
,the 42nd Canadian. lack High.-'
finders:. He was six , months in
• Canada, twenty months, in Eng-,
land' and thirty:'rrmnths in. France •
(April 1916 7.. •November 1918):.;
With only minor wounds he ser-
ved till the -last' day .of the wear,.
whe•n.,.his regiment was ordered
into. Mons few hour's :before, the �.
a;i;ce was . signed. There
m 1? he
lost both•eyes;' and; after •recov-
Bring frpimshock he took a lcourse`'
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At the regular meeting Of. the
Fire .Company' on Monday right,,'
the matter was discussedof of
feting thepresent fire hall for
sale, The trustees;; have been,
authorized to' look into the matter
with the' Company in favour.• of
disposing'of•the building if a suit-
able price can be obtained, 'with
the idea iii mind 'of . building'' a.
small` hail on. the •ad)eining
AGED ASHFIELD RESIDENT
PASSED' ' AWAY ,FRIDAY
The •death. of NIr. Charles Mc-
Lean - oc_curred •at Iris home on.
gori. ;11; .Ashfield; west of Lanes-
v'ille, -on Friday. He was 86 .years
Of age, The funeral' service was.
held at • his late residence on
:.lVlonday afternoon :with inter
menti, tri 'South• Kinloss Cemetery.
YZEUNION ,COMMITTEE;
BROADCAST ON FRIDAY
.PU B•LI :MEETING.
by
ITO PLAN:. REUNION
A public meeting to plan Luck
now's part ' in he' Bruce. • County'
.Homecoming Reunion is to ; be
held in the Town Hall, Thursday,
March 4th .,(tonight).
•Time `;flies an ' "there' .""can be
no further deay in getting down
•to the business of serioiusl. pian
Ong what • is to ' take place. T on;
' Lucknow's :day,, which is Friday,
July 30th. Another 'question that
maybe broached is whether ,o.r•
not our ;`doings"' here .should be
confined tb Friday or extend over'
the week -end;,; with.,' say,' a mon-
ster picnic on. Saturday,. and spe-
Bial :Sunday:: services,
For weeks -back .appeals have'.
been issued for' the. names and
addresses of old boys and, girls,
who will . be: 'officially invited to;
'':Come back to Bruce".. The first
of these messages 'is scheduled for
mailing within a few •days, and :•
those `who are on the Mailing list,
through the thoughtfulness of the•
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e
theeines ent. *: The figures rep-
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resent kilowa•tthours.
Tuesday'. ` :....
Wednesday :: ` 800'0''•
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• Thursday'1 .7200•
Friday :..1 5600 .: '6400
Saturday: . ;4800 4800
-Sunday 4800.. 4000'
•Sunday ?180'0 4000
Holiday 7200. 72.00
•ad'i.an Legion. ,If .will, feature -.old -
.
.time dances, with a .doter prize. and
1?,
lst. ' 2nd •special. ev s Prizes.: Admission
000 :.8000 is • 506:::
7200..
7:2oo
:45,600 44,80.0
WANT CALF, GRAIN
CLU
B. ENTRIES
R..
At a.' directors' • meeting.of`' the
:Lucknow Agrii}ultural S o.c iet y.
held on Saturday : afternoon,•
`111arch.15th•.•was .set:as the dead7
line. for:receiving calfclub: en
tries Several entries have .already
been received,',but' mare ,are'. re-•
quested:
u they in bte must be b.,
quested; Y Y
mid March by' the latest..' The.
Society •:also plans to S
sP on or a
Field ;Crop competii acrd re-
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;entries' inure• ediately so
that seed grain can :be • obtained,
Tire ` decision- . as to whether it
•will •be•;'an oats'. or. barley •compe'
tition Will be in in o'
• ode.accord g t
the, preference of'••those • making
.entries:'
Excellent reports of. the Fairs.
Association.- convention.. in Tor.=
-ontir :were; given by -President'
.Wallace Miller and ;Fred Mc.Qtiil=
lin.
•,It was. d
ec> deo that ,folded '•tags
bearing -the name'of''the ekhibitor
would : be ,_
used this year for -,all
• indoor exhibits` and•'oultr • ex-
hibits.
hibits. ' •
Several judge's ,Were',appointed
...at this meeting.
RE -APPOINTED HEAD.
OF BUILDING,COMMITTEE
At a meeting. of The' Clansmen
Club.'la.st Thursday evening, Ken-
neth. Cameron was re -appointed
chairman` of : the .recreational
Centre building committee, with
instructions. to have work 're=,
commenced on the building at
the earliest,possible date..
Ke1aeth headed' this . com mit-
tee last:' year, but asked `to be
• relieved' of this responsibility "af-
• ter the building. was in place«
The
he Club plans..a bingo at an
early date, as . well as the annual
. spring: dance ,on 'April 9th The
bingo committee' Is Art • Andrew,
RoY' i~`izitaysort, 'Leonard MacDon-
ald and 'Bud"' Thompson The
dance committee is, Gerald Rath.
well, Ted Brewer, Ernie Crawford
. and nun' MacDonald, :
NG,AGE1FTENTS
Mr. and'•_Mrs. Frank :Hamilton
a it ounco. the eng ageniwit of their
daughter, ISt1l�ei1re Grace, to
James;Spills , son • of :Mi . and
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1V1.,s. Jolin Spil,l'sblrry of London.
The t`o:` take ;plaPe.:at
Ashfield Pr 'sby:tei'ian '': Church
on M..arch' '25th, 1948:
Mr.. and Mrs ,J4rhri..- R; :McGee,
:Blyth; Ontario;' wishto' annoiin.e
the.eiagagetnent of their . daugh-
ter, Dorothy, Elizabeth to .David
Harold; son of Mr..:and" Klin Vic
.w
for Et:rrngi.cin,'1 West Wawanosh
The : niar•r rags'.: -to take place....on'
.March.27th; 4948.'
With Carrier, Force Overseas
R J. -Moore*received atter
Y
w
� •�j' .1.
law't week- .f'i onlhiss n ne he.•
• tri
Vileston,''is . ,with 'the Navy
Carrier .,Air Gi ou'p' :in ,1Vor thein
Ireland•. They, are h'aviig : fine
•weather over ,there.: H.c says even
in'NorthernIielan.d they hear
't;bout the. ChM boys,' '
blind! There ..fie met.' her Who was
. to 'become his: .'wif e; •Miss{' Helen
Mullins. They were 'married ' in
Brigh'tozi an'd.'''exc'ept for• " two.
trips back to Canada'' to' visit rel-
atives,,,liv'ed :there eversinc•e,` on'.
the. advice of '. physicians, that
Canadian•:' winters . Might -be too•
icve:r e for Bob's trouble. He aixf'
cci•ed considerabl 'all: tlir.ou ' h•the
year s, .sufferings which repeated
:bpciatisrs by' skillful'. surgeons
only. partially alleviated, yet was
• cheerful and uncomplaining thru
it all:• �.'.
.,Ori :his.'first.. return` to:Lucknow•
.after lasing hip• sight he vas teri-
?e'r: ;d
.a' real otCfation• by his fel
.lc tpwnspeople,by: Whom ,he was
h hi •g
cyd• iri.,hest es."errr::.
Besdes: hs wife' and two •daugh
tors, 'Genevieve .and . Patricia, he
,c av es . a sister, . Mrs. ' (Rev.) W.
J . Watt of Wihtecl`iureli and .his
,1..: r'; f Ban -
.other; J o. �hn Barb.. o x
cion, ,Manitoba:
While °..stationed in :England'.
d'uring' •` World War lI-a':nunriber ,of
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goys froni Lueknow'visite.d at the
Barbour .home at •Sussex,' on ,the
h Coast.
•�a1.tt
;Jimmy Burns ,'spent many
icasarit ' weekends'. there 'and
testifies to Mr. B'arbour's 'cheer -
Bought Henryl. Farm 'full e,.ss, , and to the. amazing :de-.
Mr •.fim • :liens y; of : Wingham' gree to '.which' he overcame his:
has sold his far iii• •at B.elfa:5t r
to •cat handicap. .
Mr Brake. Alton, •who .: obtains,
iiYiixiedia.te possessio :
BI"C TURNOUT
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-AT NIGHT CLASS
The first .`of a•: series. of night
classes . in bookkeeping' and type-
writing
spe-writing was held in tlie. High
Schaal on: Monday 'evening, at
tracting•, an attendance .6f ' this ty-
six persons, Of this number the
ladies.‘outnumbered the +men' by
about :two to one.
The .classes are under the dir=
rection• ,of Mr, W G.''MacArthu.r,.
commercial teacher of..Wingham
High School and are being held
�h;
each Monday' and Wednesday ev-
ening A(subjeet'• to change) fro'n
eight to -teri o'clock.
Fifteen typewriters were . 'on
hand :for the opening class on
Monday evening. The majority of
those attending are especially
tein-
i sted in the typewriting course
xe
white' Er few .are •solely interested
in the bookk.eeping...instructi.on. It•
' Q x Pected ,that additional type -
>s
writers will e secured, ' . .
• • •It isroposed to;apend an hour
each evening on each of the sub-
jects, and . to split the group into
tWb classes, and have them al-
ternate their sttdies and' type -
Writer practise periods,
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Hcy did : good deal' of `wicker
work and ; raised" chickens: and
rabbits as .a pasttime. His chick=
errs, he, kk. w by sound and touch,
and bad a name for each of them
Mr, Barbour got about very Well
and,, hadno .difficulty in,'making
'regular trips, lar ori s. alone:, to' Lewes,,, 14
miles dista.nt'.
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CSMING•.1 VENTS
VARIETY PROGRAM
In• Whitechurch Community Hall,
Friday, 'March .501, 1;8.30, under
auspices United- Church : W, .'A.
Program consists of ,short play,
solos; IIreadings, etc. Presented by
B1uev�ile' .W.A. Admission: adults'
35c; children' 20c:
AN .OLD TIME` DANCE
Will, be held in the Township
Hall, Ripley, on Tuesday'; March
lth,• under, auspices of the Odd-.'
fellow and Rebekah Societies..
Pry e,ed a s = the . benefit :of the
Cancer,' 'Polio. and Tuberetilar.
Fund, "Mac's Old Time Merry
Makers . will furnish music,
the ,usic,.
with Roy MacKenzie 'and Murray
MacDonald tri , attendande ;with
the pipes. Johnny Smith and Don-
ald Blue, • callers: Admission 50c.
This is, a Worthy cause, your at-
,-..dance. will be appreciated«
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The B.ruce.County Kumon As-
ociation'.Committee will.'present
broadcast .aver CKIVY' en 'r -
.:ay•o f this week fr..ors' 8.30 to 9:00
p ▪ m•.
Plaris''are .fast taking forrri .for
the Brune. County... homecoming
eunion> ani` this:. broadcast should•
e of real •int'.erest to the people
e .Bruce.
On Saturday, March 6th at -One,
o'clock, 'CFOS," Owen Sound, will
also ca6ya :broadcast by• the.
.union •'4ommrttee:',•
i 1 , what's
' pe;:xiod cal y i armed of ,
doing,
It. is ` important that • a • repres-. • ,
a6,
entati`ve attendance of the village.
' and surrounding" ruraiarea be ori -'
hand far. . tonight's: meeting.. The -
SOLOIST IN.
.A• y'N.., O I ()HITCH
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.•i was il
:Wo d reteved�• recent y by
r: ani Mrs.. Philip Stewart that.
heir `'second sor4,' Allan, . has re-
•ceived the appointment:of soloist
:,Dundas ' St. Centre •,United
`:;hunch, .'London.' Allan also 'had:
ne'same= oiler at. Wellington ' St
J.nted .Cyhur, but aecepted>tle
ormer appointment.: ,
Arlan: is. 'a. :mechanic in ;the
�.N R Shops at -London,; and .:has
.Ben `,,studying • voice for some
zine: He has sung on various oc='
rasion while. home on visits and
.ia a most pleasing :voice His
.nany fi;iends here'will?be pleas-,.
ed to , learn of this latestappoiit=
anent.
SEAL FEND
NAS' ;DOUBLED
..bpiations to The Clansmen's
Christmas Seal ':f aria. 'totalled
$988:22, *according.' to the :Febru-
.`
ary 28th- ` 'report, submitted : to
headquarterg' of the Tuberculosis
l ssociation by Mr' Ted Brewer,
treasurer of the local committee:
This -figure more . than , doubled
the 1947. objective set for Luck-
. now and district, `yet it .fell more
than $500 below' the previous
year's donations 'which totalled
$1,570.70,'
The fund never closes, however
and donations are accepted ,and
Welcomed the year .around as :the
work of the committee never,con-
cliides, and their assistance is al-
ways available. X-ray clinics will
be held periodicaly but \;are not
required annually,
Ther`e were . 450 :donations ' re-
ceived to . make up this year's
total of $988.22. Of this number.
402 were 'individuals . 'Who, had
donated the .previous year, 40,
were first-tin'ie doriors•and.8, were
"special name" contributors.
A, .total 'of. 852 appeal letters
were mailed Out, ,with "no., re-
plies" totalling 856 in nu nber -
.1
'variousorganizations.of the com
munity •are ..,es eciall requested,
Y, P y q
tobe• officially represented'•
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PASSED AWAY SUNDAY
Mrs.' George Anderson, a forth;
er resident of,the Dungannon:
trict arid who.; has•1iwed: in Luck-•
now for 'the iiast '.few years;, died
tri:,;Ki icard r.e' Hospital; 'on; Sun-
day'. She was $5 years of age: and`
had been in failing health .for. .'
S.urre time
:Zhe lune al service w s 'held.
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rn , ti wilier' s n Mr. a r • .
y
'at .tle;ho e cf • o, H e
Anderson •'' >_-: 'know ' on Wednes-•
clay -afternoon with interment:;in`
Dungannon -Cemet' ry.,.
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VICE-R�.ESIDENT
:.AD
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C'ongrattila.tiairs :'are being; ex
Mr.. ; Richard Elliott • o
tended :to i f
Holyi odd who last week was el-,
ected second vice-president of the.
Ontario. G•ood.•-Roads. A satiation-.
s :
atthe annual convention.' held::in
Toronto,
he is popularly..
known has been' one of six der
ectors of: the 'Association for the
past, three terms, but,his election •..
to the executive . came as a sur- 1,
prise to "him, as it was something
he' had not sought,
,Mr. Elliott has .a`good`ground-
trig, .however, for, the' ,post and
rio . doubt will' fill it gtrite .capably.
Behind his three: years as . a.,
ector `of the G9od Roads Associa-
tion, wig nine years'. 'service , on•
the Bruce'::.County.. Higways
Commission, a position' he 're-;
signed at the end .of 1947;
Mr. Elliott served on, Kinloss.
Council Board for 18 years. He
was `eouxlcill;or. years:.an41:, .. -.
reeve of: the municipality for 12
years. He served three three-year
terms, on the County Highways•
Commission, completing his third •
term during' :the. past " year,. al-
though not ;then a . member ::of. '
County ,Council, having' retired
from the Kinloss reeveship at the
end' of 1946,• to be succeeded .by ,'
Mr. Alex MacKenzie of Langside.•
Among the chief • speakers at
the Good Reads .convention was
Ontario Highways Minister Doul .
tett, who.. warmed municipalities
throughout. the. province not to
'expect all increase in' .subsidies
tl'ils year for road. work.
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