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LUCKNOONTARIO, THURSDAY; • JULY 22nd, • 1948 •
EIGHT PAGES
platts.,.A);frov.t. Gthplefed.
,for Reunion: Celebratjon
Meeting on Monday evening fo
•#heir weekly session, the loco
Reunion Committee reviewed th
plans -for next week's celebration
which are now'„practically tom
pieted. ' '
• Friday, July ; 30th ;is the •`Bi
Day'', , brit Thursday evening wil
see the `festivities get "underway
with the Legion sponsoring a
•
double - header softball fixtur
-under the lights”. There will b.
jitney Glancing in the •.park ari
refreshment• booth... .
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• Friday's Program •: '
• Friday's program will. open
rx the morning with a monster
talithurripian parade, for which,
$275 in prizes, will be. .offered. '
• The .classes' are as follows:
Floats . ' $30, $20, $10.
_... ec ated-etr"ucks
• Decorated
ears a 15
, 10, 5
.. Funniest means of
transportation 15, 10,• • 5
Funniest 'clown • 15, 10, ' • :5
Dog -drawn; vehicle 5, ; 3, . 2
• Decorated, bicycles . 5, 3, . 2
Decorated tricycles• , 3, 2, 1
Best • group .display '•
. Schools,; clubs,
organizaations
• In addition to these, the judges
,,may .' award a special. $25, . if. in
_ their, . opinion enough • originality
is shown in any •other class,- other
than those listed!
The parade will ' assemble,' at.
the school • grounds • at ,t30 • and
will .parade to the park., •Where
• the official •aliening ceremonies •
will take place.•
Mr. Cameron Geddes is being
invited 'to` actas . Master -df Cere-
monies' for ' "'Fi dayr'Afterluotin*s
program in the park. This will
• include Scotch dancing and pip.
ing, . square dancing,. 'Sco ch reel: '
old :.time the -K fiddling, , •numbers by
Jack':Thyme�
, nsas �armer':
• and. a ' : softball • tournament
tween 'Port Albert, Dungannon,
Auburn and'`I,ucknow teams. •
There will be; four bands in
• attendance, : .The' ''Lucknow • Pipe
Band, Toronto. Clown Band; God
Erich: Bluewater Band, and the
• 40;piece Goderie.h Girls' Bugle
Band: •
Carnga At : Ni ht
• On Friday. evening The 'Clans-'
menar
e 'sponsoring ;a variety.
show, •carnival• and dancing. The
show ,-will be held in the arena
and will, feature1', ; sensational
"sightacts" by Al'Einerson, slack'
wire high- balancing. clown, The
Donnettas, • hand • balancers and.
• Buddy Herrick, "Tops 'in inJuggl_
ESCAPE. FROM DROWNING'
LI�TL2 TOT: HAD- NARROW:-..'
" Little ; Donna',° l:.y'nxi :Johnston;
dauthtcr of . Mr, and' Mr s :Hdrol
Johnston . of , town,, hada clan r.o
escape from: dr'gwning r.ecentiX'-:,aj
Point Clark ' ' . •••
Her , flail .wAS in bathing z"Ind
alapz ently the''l;;th.. 'c . 'dt:ci'kd.
la , �k, ita I: a twinkling,
het"al rtlbt »' l�tlg`Ct':l �aE;` a'nd
sonic l,i,ilL lh ti 'Conning up in, the
dos1 d all,.f <n_sf
Wttt to fin;i Donna il n t,r ire;`
bottom
l+irat • id was cgtrk%hl •"adm.n-
aste eJ to revive the child;' but ,
a couple of minutes more: under
watt 1. 1 ould have unlade r esusita-. I
tioir impassible. aP ossab
le
••First Time Back Since '24
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Panter of I
Mirror, Alta., were:on •board the.
Bruce. County . special, and are
guests at • •the.; home,' of Mr. and,
Mrs. W . G. Webster. Mr. Panter
was at one time ,employed .ati Sam
Morrison's and by ;'Big . Jim"
Webster. ' He hasn't been .: here .'�oot�r.
since 192 ,
ILD MAN 'PASSES SERIOUSLY 'H U RT
C0i1iE\CES 45TH R
• IN BUSINESS HEREIN FALL FROM ROOF'
111
On Monday,, July 19th, Mr, W,
John a Hallatz is . ,in Wingham, W; Hill commenced his 45th year ••
Hospital with a fractured skull,in the grocery business in Luck-
suffered ti'hen• he fell from the now, • Mr. , Hill has worn _ ' the
ro f of the Lucknow Industries: grocer's apron for .an:',- even ,:hal!
plant in Mid-afternoon on for six years before
Tues- century having been in. busin
. aess ••
day On. Wednesday morinng,• his in M t heli.
conditioxr . was. reported .as. just i coming to Lucknow
•
to..'buy:- outEarn. F ak Cain. .
fa•. Hallatz,' an 'elderly gentle • Mr. Hi11 is on the job;,regularly
man s.'. a resident .of Kit+ teener lcach .day. His: hobby is gardening
is employed .by the Galt and landscaping and, his premises• •
• R::,fing Company, which firrn •is Lear •evidence, of his :spare time'
engaged in tarring the. roof of efforts.' •N..
the l..ca plant. They were work- ! -' Cc;ra''i•atulations an
ing I on. the flit . roof ver the a ,.'g and best. wish.
.•
; he es fie extended to Mr. Hill by
fini$hing morn' at the time.:. The a r.;;sa of friends.
In chap L.ccurred at the rest .period
w n ,le the Men ' Were taking
a • breathe_, l"1_, Hol.atz •li>aiked TUACTOR OVER KIM
away and , v!- at happened . was. i.
dot noticed by 'fellow'. , worke s. RECOVERING ,
1 I1 rng a crash: trey discovered.
::.Jack•; • McKinnon son-, of Mr.
. i him '. lying face dou n on the 1 and '
Mrs
Dan
r MC
�rIIOn
WILLIAM' CO 4
IA! grmi red n.
.i2�� it 1S li a
..> ..._ ._ _...- _..-. „,._f•S LTJtTL,� a •be -,eyed he. moa ,�
--• ��.., M tin byth heat.. °i >rriYoss`is 're•coveringafro =
e
1�nQii for foul might be fatal afterbe'
I.'
inn "
had answered an emergency call Jack ' and their hired man,
� Jaunez Fian�c • who d
pioneer shoe merchant and.a
gave een ori'ercoarre e -,, min
juries which }t was at ' t. fear
resident. of 'Lu � Mfr H•allatz was'takear 'by John- F �a
score years, passed' away 'on Sun= . stones ;ambulance to Wmgham : , mg, run
• ' Hospital, 'after Dr B N Co - over by. 'a tractor,
aa4,.un his 9?.th year;. •'� '
from Wingham. , arrived here
' recently from Europe, were re='
Dave. Horne1 Hurt' : turning from.: a _late ev. •'
HERB ::GRAN dip
A ra T when the accident,. occurred, The
Muihrn,�® DECORATING fat'
to of theta had been swmunmg` the' river east of the
�.•
Road and were re g4the
ttrnr
Dave . Horne .' is in .Wingham A SePok"roWn Old Boy, Herb tractor, when dat at a point near
Lloyd MacDoallsf
'
y'
arm, „Jack
slipped and fell from the machined
the '.heavy ` rear wheel 'pass-- •:
ing:. over his abdomen.
Mr. Fine, who cannot a• '
w LITTLE PASSED Hospital suffering from undeter.-
mined injuries,. received •in • a
AWAY• scooter mishap, a ''half mile south
'SUNDAY of Blackhorse late Tuesday. after -
Luck . • no -on. Dave is {believed to ha»e
How's Oldest citizen and a
lan unconscious' in .the • ditch : for
resident of the .village for almost , over :two hours before '•being . '
80' years, : Mr. William James Lit-
tle .passed away • at his home . here•
sthortly after'. six. o'clock .on Sun-
day:.
un
day :.afternoon:;'Has strength, had.,
been' failing • hirci for': some, time
arid for some Months past.: he had e y• in- Jur- med in-,
been; practically' bedfast_. 'As his: 1
: , .tera?aliv, but° this�co ' i" uPery�r$a,on' :, e.11�Iain� I3ra�:_will
strength , . u1d not •be � a
_, ; e errnirie arrnme at o. a ,on a
, or e.nas . few Dei' ;:I ance�I3 r i .. a T,
pe ii auekno ''b M na�fi•o a ba smbr' " ome-•d
ring �.`.fi�.�,�.
•
tr,. • readied..81w a all flag .bun
�. ckhors� •, -about • fSve. flags,. ting and': � banners.
, , Mr; ,Little was 96 years .Old on p o*; �. _ .. . . •:, �..h t. 'available ._ long Richard Elliott •and
eened-a
clock and:a short distance south that are .:locally '.will be.Orville* and* Dan Thom
January ,3rd ,of this year, and by 1 of 'the.re"`ia'is •sco•atei leftPoon bap
the.road,. road,:. used The 'Decoration' ' Committee
Jiving to:: such , a'..:grand old age a'; r pencil' along• • a few .minutes after �
and' Da�.'e iv; as thio zwn Qft •He':'can Ria 'to• tine cedar :toughs: exten-.4 ih
carried' out. the• tradit'o al�.lon , recall ;• a ac^.ident . and,Arad difficulty
�n g recall: very _ little , otbei than. the: sivel�. to. Gadd- to • the -touch` ' . ' . in ho
•evty :Of .:this ; famii . `His, father tiling :Jack, who was: 'iter este-
y . r . „ ehicle oil out -of. • control . olid• Colored .l hts are to 'be .strung
lived ' Kto , be 90 and his g ,. g gg about on the roadwa ' ..until:
mother. this • ~eek -end b !'
t b 9 headrng.�foij trae _hitch: The y, the;Corporation he could be removed' and
rush d
Word' of'English was sitting on`'
dr = the back : of the ; tractor, and ' de -
covered • by a 'young .lad of ilia and and on' several special occasions tails of just haw
neighborhood. • was responsible for the elaborate n the mishap; oc
decorating; corned are' 'vague as -' Jack lriim
Toronto. City . se .
, ' . if, yaho� was unconscious for
Ont , Waednesday Dive, vas suf-.: of • ..•the
fen ing a good dean,;br t x ray: re- Hall. • :: soiree ', tame cannot ; re li r
veaaca no serious' her Herb 'is. expected
x ted:''here` at. the: a call. A • Jv
d oar° chest xp�• what• •happened after he iemem=
injuries I� ma be a encl. of the week and
Graham of:Toronto;: is to super-
vise; the decorating -of Lucknow's
Main Street for the approaching
reunion activities. `Herb, . who is
now retired, has many years' ex-
perience in . the decorating busi-
ness with The T. Paton Company
and lii'bers his foot Slipping.
As .Jack lay'. writhing, ancon `
•
foaled ham he lost the 9 - J
a t d di eI tart t take gala a ar-
wall #o lave 1� serous n • 'the roadwa w:.. •.
and f 11,____pie. 0 y Jauri
ou s ec.
a�aa ; �
-tried a
to: uie m
9 t and old him
ays rt .was known the end could...Toronto on his motor s oratit a• 'anateriaal .with -hr bold '
reit be far ; d Motor -cootea;l :.He .. a�rr, and while' the 'runatsa . tractor:
distant. : 9 car
a 3. h brother. Thomas, died receiived.:only ;'Miner
.;da:�i
m March. He was • 90 . *ears old; I ' . It, *as about 7.30. •
before.. Dave
'and one sister survives, Mrs. Mary was discovered.. • reealls
'Hamlin of..Daisie, North Dakota; ..l Dr, W. : V. ',' Johnston arriving to
•who is 93:: • •
Mr. Little was :a son sof the' late
Mr:and •ml's.: Joseph Little; ' nat
ives. •.of,County. Armagh. Ireland. T
William was born'at•.
STORE AND GARAGE
Garden Hill;
and: will' be turned on the `first 1 to Wingham H . • : ; ;tab e
of the week:'
.' His condition improved, con -
..
on . '.
' Citizens Asked: To Co -Operate siderably� during the next t'wean
The Decoration 'to
ittee .has four hours,' and: he has
norm � "� since'made
.
ruder .. first . aid and rushin . him issued an appeal to .':all business! a 'Splendid recovery',. and is:; be-
to • the:hospital. places; industrial••plants, house-:slieved to: 'have - escaped.
I holdersany :ser
and citizens in generale :ious ::internal injuries orev ven
!broken bones. + '
The • ' tractor. went Through a
roadside fence . and ":did -some
fancy capers, dragging fence Posts
and wire for some • . distance up: '
the road. Back into the ditch it
wenn again, : and ' damaging . •a
wheel, turned over to. end'' its
driverless •journey.
five miles from Port Hope; on a BURN N AT:. K I N LGSS''
January 3rd, '1852. 3n '69, when - • ..• 1 •
18 years of age, he • came to Iyuck- • An early Saturday morning' 'fire
ival . ,.:: wiped' out a general store and
tilt` game Will be going at full `and sisters and.. since then had adjoining.
and street don �'; garage • at •Blackhorse: '. �Alr. Clayton •Little , of Recruit
chide- ting will con- �abeen :a continuous -resident;' and j. Thea by properties ; were ' coin- attended the 'funeral .of his. ele •
the. 'night, Ti las' expected held in' the highest •respect b • all' ? • .
ere, J• Little
be both.•oldtimeand The'Little fafrnil came' t God-
?ng .Bingo and ,a variety of 'earn-' now with his parent's • brothers'
to decorate rtheijr' premises' and to
have their '• . home surroundings
neat W and tidy ..for this . occasion
so that the'. Village may look its
loveliest .
ar • will*toed out by the blaze
y o f et nce
. �, •. y . .o o - Maur origin
Modern` dances . un .. .•
•:Ino , ,with• music for. 'erichby train; and: made the trip • The store was .purchased fust
latter . provided. ' by
Rudy to ; Lucl.now ' by lumber . Wagon, a . few • oars • 'before �' byJohn; W.
SAratt, and his orchestra,I e
:ad !Van- It ,:was, four, years later in 18' 3; Keeling' :of:. Grand -Valley. ' :He
a s• newest dance. sensation . that • they r railway • reached Luck-` ' bought .the business , froari }Jim
-, Former pastors are expected to,
occupy local pulpits on Sunday maker, . and :.under. his direction'
• •. 'and at•'"two o'clock that afternoon William learned tithe trade. in",the.
The
Ton will •parade to the. days . when shoes .'were cobbled
.cenotaph and, from- 'there,. the horn• the sole up. Mr..Littlecon-
group . will divide.`and proceed• to tinued in the shoe business until• .
both .;South 'Kinloss and Green- retiring ten years ago.in 1938..
• `hill Cemetery for decoration ser- A familar .figure in the village.
~rices. A band concert will follow he will be: .eatl: nris`c'd b . old '
n? Caledonian Park with music and young, ndyin .hi .• d Blac}.Inoase the flames had spread
la ,1 y g, a s passan� to 3n adjoining garage owned by
S the der h Bluewater .Band.
.. . This band v4n"11again
>u'ed on � • .he feat -
Sunday evening at an
. open. air •service in ,the • park• at
`' • •8 o'clock, at which Dean `Armi-
tage will' be the : guest `speaker;
.S;y Serums .. -
now. Reid;• soli of Mr..' and Mrs.' Law -
Mr. Joseph Little was a ',shoe- reaiee ` Reid, m • •
'An exploding paint can is ..re- sary of . the founding of the Ash,
ported. to ; have ' awakened, ,Mr; field ' Presbyterian ' congregation
.Keeling . who rushed downstairs will be fittingly marked. tin •Sun-
to find the rear of the store blaz- day. ; and -Monday.
fug. out of control. •The, Kincardine . For 'this 'centennial; oecasron' :a
Fire 'Brigade 'responded' to ' the native of Ashfield Township who.
alarm,. but' before they.reached attended this church in'his 'youth
.conduct the morning. service
at• • 11 a.m. He is Rev. Professor
F. ' Scott MacKenzie;, •
of Montreal and 'a soon of the late
John NeilMacKenzie of *Ashfield;
• The evening: service will, be
conducted at eight o'clock, by Rev.
J. Reynolds F.sler. B,A, a former
pastor at "Ashfield church and the
only former minister now living:
The present, pastor is'Dr. W. O.
Rhoad. Present naenahers of Ses'-
pion are, D. 'A. MacDonald:, 'Dun
Ashfield 'hurch Ce�ntenniat
To. Be Marked This Sunday
• The ohne hundredth anriiver- " The centennial ‘ celebration
UYS HAROLD • RITB$IE'S.
'BARBER BUSINESS '
Cliff Congranr, son if Mr and-
., . .
r's Charles' Con am ' of town.
s
n,
• purchased -Harold 'R.itchie`s+ �.
b ,
a
r
0
Ger
Osnness 'and re -opened ...
iter shop on Wednesday. d
Harold cI t
lased the shop tato in r l
another of the few remaining . Ear -old Bannerman,: and it too
links `riwitl, pioneer, days here . is"N„-ns lazed.
Severed. Mr: Bannernnan. who
operates
He was 'a faithful Member of !'a gravel crushing els,,
b»_sin • had
the 'Presbyterian Church, • and, his the building equipped . as a • ar:.
pastor, Dr. C. H. MacDonald, who 1 age and work shop. .Much of has.
a frequently visited the , ageing', equipment 'i -s.1„4' removed• by vol,
gentleman. conducted the neral unteer helpers tt ho gathered at
scrn°ice• at • 'his late residence pan:` the scene. At. that he estimated,,
Wednesday 'afternoon. Interment his loco, at'about $3000:
was in• Greenhill CeineierY.
Sole survivor 'of the family is COMING EVENTS'
sten, . Elliott. of Lrrcl.*ae►w. Tic o.,.
e'hildretn, • Robert . and Mary, ;fare- AD'TE�`' TION MASONS ,
&eased: their 'parents. *Mrs Lit-''' "1`yn*7e will,be :� Mectiing oaf Old
le passed away on May 2lstw Light•` Loznge i I84. Thursday. July'
94 .4. 49th wt 8 p.m. to greet all. fot Her
Pallbearers Wert% Aft. Tilos r nG'mber^s . and Members of.all
Burns. Wm" J: MacDonald, J'anae. -c n+er"'Mlas.''nte Lodges irho hap-!
H: ickerin Donald Metean: ''V .. pen to he'in this district for the.
WW Hill and S. E. Robertse n.. gid • .f:.+y- s Reunion-
Flay, : ~hen' he- took a position
with Silverwood Dairies, Luck
iff has previously barbered
Tara and in Western Canada
1 ,air
conclude . with a reunion on the
church grounds on Monday after-
noon beginning , at three o'clock • • • .
Tea. will. be ,served by the ladies
of the, congregation followed . by ••
an 'informal. prograin abort seven
o'clock. r• , • ,.
c• Thehurch,• w'ext io
. r ;owasf •bu' cliiltc ipnares1906ent :.
which
has . been freshly painted. anti
special. music is being rehearsed
befitting the one hundredth anni •
votary of the congregation which,'
was founded yin -1848 when' it was
first recognized 'as a home mission
field by the. London Presbytery,
The`' first: elder, Malcolm MacRae. `'
was, ordained in 1849 andthe first
church building was erected in
1858-60. Ren.;. •. Alexander • Grant.
can ; Camer on; John Parrish, Mur- u the first o
resident • minister. 'was
each. McLeod,
John
C t indt.cted in 1865. • •
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'And- so .on Sunday,- elprn��,
unto the: fifth generation. of these'
hardy. t4, -toeing pi+ *neer:
A--za 'cominennorate oa'e dtu: dre'l.
d cors• required. so that rnene 1 years. of faithful religa�etas obser.
need be turned away -t from .thistvapce by. 'this lustor .congregn
mennorable event. tion,
c�9
a hcart and
Ewart Jameson:
There V4111 be a public ublic• address
ssSem ' for, the ,Sunday .services'
that will carry. the . service's • to
48*e °basement and to the out -of-
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