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LUCKNOW,. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1948
Ardonna: Johnston, ,17 -year old Lucknow high. School student,
won the title. of Miss Lucknow in. °a group Of. 12 ; contestants . on..
Saturday and. in ` the Civic Holiday' contest in Kincardine was •
second in a class 'of 21,.for the title of Miss Bruce County.
Photo • and Engraving by.iobrough
union
ousari
:orae
.ccess
Successful ; beyond a11:. expect-
ations .was fucknow's.'part: in the
Bruce County rehnion:.: While
• Friday vitas" .the ' "Big Day",; the
homeward •.trek• commenced some
time earlier and c o n t i n: u:e d
throughout :the Week. They' were
the jolliest, ,friefidliest,,: well ,lie-'
• 'haved' crowds anyone couldim-
agine: ;and the real reunion' spirit
was everywhere manifest by
smiling ; faces`. and '-,:continuous
hand shaking,
• The reunion got off to a good
start .,on Thursday, eveninqg with'
Lucknowedging the
Legionnaires ed in the
Teeswater nine b a score of 8-4iia a floodlight.sroftball . fixture..
Ltcknow. scored four runs in . the
lase•, of the 8th to; settle , a 'See-
• . saw contest .
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Lucknow 'A.• Andrew, ' cf J.
ook, 1st; ;Chir*, If; H. Greer,
2nd; H. Cuming, 3rd B. Chin, rf;
C. Greer, c, 3,, MacDonald, ss; Tif-
fin, p;.
Teeswater; , Lediet, 3rd; Groh,
Mdtinnon : : If D
�... Weis, p, Mc-
Donald,
c Donald, 1st; Hill, rf;` Cassidy, ss;
• Million', cf; .Atkinson, . 2nd..
IYlprres E H Agnew, Russ
�LQhnstQn, �.
The ball game was foll
'1 'owed by
street dancing 'arid bingo and the.
general sociability that was, evi-
dent. 'wheneiter and wherever a
group gathered,
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25•. Years. Married.
Mr..:and' Mrs ' Charl•es Mason
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obser,ved' their 25th` wedding an-
niversa on S
yb; unday,. August lst.
Their daughter,
'Mrs. Gerald 'Law-
son• and 'Mr. Lawsonn ' of Exeter
spent ,the clay with them,
TAX R�►TE : UP
O. ER I E` .:
V.,. N . N 'MILLI
The Lucknew Village :tax rate,
struck at the August meeting of
Council' On Tuesday night, is up
almost ' ten. mills' aver ; the 1947
rate. The total increase, .9.8 tills;
iso made up as. follows: County, 4,
rr i lls;. S'cho'ol, '3.1 mills; • Village,
1.6 mills; .relief ,and indigent: pat-
Tents, 6..mills Street Lighting,
mills.
The debenture, levy is,down ..1
mills ill . and lib Y levyar
r'remains
unchanged,. •.
The Village rate is reduced one
'mill
.'by, reason of the provincial
subsidy, r
.' The 1948 •rate as 'cOMpared with
the 1947wrate is as "'follows.
'1948.. 1947
,:.r. 11.7 13,1
• 10, .6.
15.5
Village,
CountYY_ ::.,, ..
School t,.. •
Street Lighting r. • 3,1 2,5
Debentures 1.9 2.
Relief 1.1 • ..5
Library..9 •
reaY. r� .rlr.'•
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EIGHT • PAGES
LAT MEMBER OF FAMILI'
OF JOSEPH LITTLE PASSES ..
Miss 1A4clErkow Second,
The death of Mrs. Mary Hamlin
In ocrred at DazeyNorthDkta •Bruce Co.�'�.•C3ntes
on .Thursday,. July 29th. She was.
in her • 94th year,. , and the• last Miss.. Ardonna Johnston, 17-
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surviving. member of the family year old _ ,daughter`• of , Mr, and
-of--Mr, =arid _
�Irs: -J-osoph•—L-it 4e; ; rsr° o e o,....stop; was crown-
pioneer residents 'of' Lucknow. '• ed Miss Lucknow, before a crowd •
.Mrs; Hamlin survived her hro- of. 1500 •who . jammed the local,
ther, Mr. Wm, J. ,Little, by less : arena on Saturday night, '•Ira: the
:than two weeks, although; • hex. Civic Hoilday.comnetit ion at Kin-
condition:. was. such . that she was; sardine, • Luckriew:s lovely, mod,
not aware of Mr. Little's death est, dark blond placed' second ,in
a .field of 2,1 of .Bruce • County's
most glamorous, charming and
perfect -figured. g ured
g . girls; whowere
eligible to compete for the title
of Miss Bruce .County,
• Thousands jammed' 7the stands
at Connaught Park, Kincardine,
AT LIBERAL•. CONVENTION
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HORSE,. CAUSES
MOTOR FATALITY
Mr. George S: Stewart of •'Tor
onto' anda ,brother of .Itev:. J W::
Stewart orLucknow, Met • almost `.oft Monday, for this final 'Sped -
instant; death in a most unusual •.acle of their Centennial- •celebra-
Motor accident at 0,15 Saturday :tion, that saw .a: Kincardine .girl,
evening =---- -- • Miss Joyce White; crowned "Miss
Mr. ` Stewart, 58 years ,•of' age,. '-Bruce 'County"., ,With its $500'cash
was ernroute to Paisley from Tor-" , prize, 'and the 'right ; to -enter the
Onto.;' The ' accident occurred at Miss : Canada, contest, at' Hamil-
;the Eden Gro•
ve .corner. Mr.' Ste-: ton: Miss' ioyce. Huston' of South
wart was alone at the time but amptori: was third, winning $100.•
a reconstruction of the accident
can befairly accurately, arrived ',' Ardonna'AIsp Eligible
at by'`.the-road marks and damageIn winning §econd. place in the
. •
,.Couhty contest, Ardonna received
to the, car:'-
On. coming upon a couple• of a .check. 'for $'20(and also 'has
loose . horses on the;highway; the-•---- ., invited • to` 'compete in the
g.. Miss 'Canada contest Ardonna; a`
ear marks slow that Mr Stewart'
had 'swung : sharply to mss the;; grade 13 pupil. at Lticknov�p Higli`
animals' and, the 'fact that there. School •during.:the past 'term; won
was no damage 16 the front of the the Women's Institute Scholarship:
and -.'a proficiency:car indicated .he was successful.
medal in lang
in m:issirrg the h'o'ses; blit Tri .ao-. cages.,; Blue-eyed, with a' winning
srnile,. trim figure anbeautiful
ing so it appeal -a that one or the: ` •
Other of'the animals, had reared
up' messes, Ardonria had to be coax-
. .e
ed •to nter the:`local 'contest • N
and, carnecrashing. down on
the •car at the drivers .corner Twelve Girls ,Here
where it was . badly ',crushed 'in F eknow contest which
The Lu.
was once. cancelled;: .because ':of.
and the windshield and door win- . , ,
dow .shattered..: lack of entries, was revived. again
—'1uT "S wart.was a�iy -mce at
ed about the head arid arm's and'
literally bled to death.; Death wa';'
ttribute. dto shock' a.• d their h
halter. fore an • 'enthusiastic' and 'well -
Mr•: Stewart, was not' married. mannered audience that exceed'-•.
. ed in�.numbers all �e '
a
st-•-tueek•=a'nd e -g
Messrs. W. B And arson• ' and.:
Robert Rae are in Ottawa this
week attending' the•national
.vention to 'choose. a successor to.,
the. Hon, W. L. •MacKenzie' King:,
Mr; Anderson .is one of four `votes '
ing delegates representing Bruce.
riding; Mr, Rae,' is: an alternate
delegate•
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To Dedicate Hymn Board
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Failure of a hymn .board to
arrive in. time . for: , the Ashfield.
Presbyterian ' -Centennial anni
versary, prevented its dedication
on this' special''occasion. The
hymn s.board is•.,being presented
by -the family sof the late Fr D. . .
MacLennan, in .memory of. their :.
father. who for many.' years was
an' elder of the church,'
Busy Treleaven Home
Mr.• and Mrs. -Harvey `Trelea- ••
ven, Who have bought the Wright
Grocery • Store in Kincardine; f
have sold their hofrie •here :to Mr.
and: Mrs. Wright, ,The Treleaven
family moved to `Kincardine .on
Wednesday, and. the•.Wright fam- • :.'.
ily' •:'obtairi . ' inirnediate possession
of • the • 'Pre eaven property' here,
whicl-r was formerly •• the Oliver
'Johnston h me.•
Linde went Operation
Cli ford . Hackett of Ashfield
underwent. an appendix, operation
in 'Wingham Hospital on .Saturday.
evening ,•
'4,
tir�i e' on Saturday' evenin �� ', there
g. , g7
were twelve young ladies to par-
nd..hemorr- ade : - eir charm `and. ,beatity be-,
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He. is. a veteran; of World, War Ixpectations ,
and for the past twenty years`.
has been physical director of•.Cen-•
tral ' Tech in ' .Toronto:. In :1920. he:
was ' the Canadian : champion:
wrestler in• his :weight' class.• `,
A resident of 123 Howland Ave.
Toronto, `Mr; Stewart Wit, born
Greenock Township. His death
is the first break in a' family ' ;of
eight . brot ers and sisters, sons
and '•daughters of the .date Mr.
rand --Mrs. W. T. Stewart,'
.The, funeral. was held. on Tues_'
dad afternoon at the home of his.
brother, R. W. Stewart,: Paisley;
with interment in•' Purdy's Cem-
etery, ;hear Paisley.
''Surviving brothers and sisters'
are;' R. ,W, 'Stewart, Paisley; 'Rev.
J. .W.. Stewart;• Lucknow; Roy
Stewart, Prince George,: B.C.; .Em-
erson ' Stewart,' • Toronto.; Mrs.
Amos Webb, Glamis Mrs; Geo:
Hood, Sarnia;.•.Mrs. ' A.' E. Hicks,
,Guelph...
COMING EVENTS
THE WAL . .
KE1tT()N BANp will
ay =at the `Palace Gardens,•'For-
.osa,- Ontario•, Sunday, August
8th from. 2 to 5
SOFTBALL
Lucknow' ' . Legionnaires a n d
Dungannon will play under the
lights in • Caledonian Park, Thurs-
day, 'August ,5th (tonight) coin.
xnencirig at 9.30,
DANCE •
In the Community Memorial.
'Hall, Whitechurch, on Friday;
August 6th., to the rnu'sic of .:Far-
rier's' orchestra. Adtnission, every
one 50c1. Lurich counter. Etery-,
body . welcome. '
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In winning the title' of Miss;.
Lucknow, Ardonna, received a
cash 'prize of $25.: In�'second place
was. charming : black -haired ° 18 -
year -old : Helen Forsythe, daugh
ter of 'Mr.. and Mrs. John For
sythe of Riversdale. She won • a
• cash prize of $15.00.' Placing' 3rd
was .Shirley Johnston, a . cap
tiva-
ting young blond, ' a • nd 'daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie 'Johnston.
Shirley"'is-only 14. She won ,a $10
'cashrize.
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All contestants' received':as a.
gift the bathing' :suits they -wore,
and all, other than the first three,
wereeach presented ,with a box
of chocolates;
Reeve .W. A:. Solomon present-
ed the' winners . and: had the. envi-
able- duty` of ,kissing.. 'the • `irls,
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Mr.. S. Lavery pinned g
•d the Miss.
Lucknow sash on .Ardonna and
he tock was' privileged to kiss the
-young •lady. Mrs: N. E.: Bushell,
secretary of the 'contest' cornrnit_
tee, presented Miss iLucknow with
a 'bouquet of red:•'roses: •
Ardonna. • received a second
bathing suit ` which' she wore' at
Kincardine: She .,;Was invited to
appear at Ripley's' celebration on
Tuesday along, with Miss Bruce
County -Jr,
•o y.,Gregg was master of. Cer-
eitionies here, assisted by 'Steve
Jones, the •• county contest pro-
moter.
• Twins Stole S, .ow • •
Barbara and Beverly Rathwell,
two-year-old twin` daughters of
Mr.' and Mrs. Gerald •Rathwell,,
were right at home on their•stage
appearance and literally stole the
shown ; They were presented. with
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An' early .afternoon :cloudburst •
threatened to completely w'a�h ` -
out Friday afternoon's ' programs ..
but the- • weather • faired and. - in
spite of . • conditions •' 'underfoot,
more than. 2,000 persons ,flocked :•
to the 'park fora a full afternoon
'of • entertainment ,and .: "old tim-
ing"
Cameron Geddes *as chairman •' 1
of 'the afternoon program, which
commenced with the four bands
parading' to the park 'after 'the:
storm : clouds had • passed
Wilfred' McQitillin; piped for
Scotch. dancing. by Flora,. Jean
McQuillan and. ;Isabel'. M'acPher-
son, twd : little St. Helens' lass-
l'es: Frank:; MacKenzie danced the'
Highland fling to.;ppir by1r
- $•.
A. MacLennan, and :Thomas •Ross
a Game competitor over a halt
century ago, . was interviewed: by :.
L: MacKenzie, and 'then gave
a Selection on a ''miniature set
of pipes: •
° Messrs. Dan Alton and:. Ed
Malign, president . and 'secretary
f :the Bruce ,Old Boys of V.an-'
owver, were called on to Speak:.
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Mr. Mahon was the ' originator'. of
he idea of the... Bruce Cotirity
reunion
Presented Flag
Impressed by the new com-
munity • centre, •Mr. Alton urged
e public . 'to get ',behind it and
inish it up. "It, is` something
worthwhile • that , every town
The lovely large Union . Jack
which Mr.'Alton.: wants .to havo..
uttering over the completed
uilding was received by Mr. W 1VI acKenzie.. Cam Geddes
wung into the 'chorus of the
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