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THE I.,UCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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Play Under The Lights. Friday
The Legionnaires arecombing
the country for opposition that;
will keep them in shape for the
playoffs; 'and provide sport fans
With some "under the 'lights." en-
tertainment Few teams are . on
the lapse at present, but the classy..
Brussels team has 'an open date
and will' play here on •F 'd
night of this week. • . • '
The' Pee Wee ;hardball team
will . play a daylight game .that
evg .preceeding the softball
game, A •
Won Exhibition Tilt . '
Lueknow Legionnaires' a n d
RD REUNION
To RUTHE1WOR.
HELD IN ' MICIIIGAN •
TRACE CLat� � v
RAILWAY CROSSING AGAIN TRACE C
SG'ENE QF FATAL CRASH.
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The C.N.R railway, crossing'
the' Bluewater Highway south
NORMAN INVASION
On,
of
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A happy • family gathering was.
. 'Members of- Moffat clan held. Sunday, July 251h:at.North
Kincardine was. the scene of an swapped favi ,
otherfatal rash whenthe‘ lives tended bac to 1066 at a picnic' relatives met together, descend-
other crash h
marking tlth anniversary ,of . ants of .G ge and Ann Ruttier -
edfour young: people were snuff-
d t shortly ft ' ''d 'ght last the arrival of the family. in Bruce ford 'of Abel, eenshire, Scotland;
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ly hii tories that ex -Branch, Michigan, when some 100
e:. ou s, or y a er mi nr .- ..
old friendships and
.Count They renewed
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Fi: iday .
Three •American youths in their I 'More than .420:, were present spent a very easant . time to-
early- ri twenties, entie . and Miss N rma ' •from Canada 'and the United gether and • enjo d the dinner
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Ferguson, 23, . of Sarnia were kill- States at a reunion and n.
. ed when the 1946 sedan, Georg- at the home of Foster,; G, Moffatt,.
Ian ,Bay bound, crashed' into the : Langside, It was the• second. suc-
train. Police , were unable to: de- I •cesssive reunion since the -annual
terming 'who .had been driving
d dinner from well laden tables,. Among
those present were cousins front
FUnt, Clifford, Davison,Pontiac,
Detroit, North : Branch and Luck.
J Rutherford
'the car: Three -n
killed • . almost'..instantly . One ' bf
thea . young men, died enroute to
Dungannon played a nine -inning the hospital. �,
This was.the second fatal crash following year, and it was decid-
exhibition tilt under: the lights . -
at this 'cro sing 'in :a, year and. a eco tn.' make the •event an• annual
on Thursday . •evening, . Birt the z ,
half. In late Januar` 1 47 `, Mrs,Other offi • ers -elect-
weatherman was a bit ,too. chilly Y affair again. c
uck- Allan Grant and 'her . 4"-iyear-old ed included Charles McNaughton,.
for 'a turnout of:'spectators L . _ and Wm.
son L• arry• • of : Ashfield.. Exeter, vice president and Thos,
custom was,, suspended a few now.
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TilURSDAY,°AUGUST 12th° 1°1°•13;
DISTRICT RURAL HYDRO
IS EXPANDING RAPIDLY
Mr. ,Morley T. Somers,;
since 1944 has been In charge of
the Winghann, Rural Hydi.o, , re:
ceived : word recently of his of.
ficial appointment as Man'igc.r of
the Wingharn area. This i: a:1
extensive area taking in, thA
townships of Howick, Turnberry,
Huron, Kinloss and Kincardine
and portions of the townships of
,Culross, Grey; • Morris, East 'Wa-
Wanosh, Ashfield, Greenock ari:d
Wallace, and the sub-:stat'ions• at
Winghain, Holyr`ood 'and' Kincar.
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dine.. Assistance is a
F. G. Moffatt Elected
Foster • G. Moffat was eieoteci
president ofe executive for.:the
pow came out on -.top by •.a count James Johnston of 'Kinloss: Met
of 23-9. The 4th, and 6th innings
were fatal'for." the visitors' as death in a .car -train crash ht that
° Lucknow ' chalked up.17 of their.
point '
I' Prior to that the only, • other,.
23 runs. in these two . fr-atnes,,;
'mound' fatality thatcould be -recalled
Larry Dwns wason t e
was forty years before? when the
• for the Legionnaires, who 'fielded
father of James Kirk triek `•of'
ca,l ed the 'group to ` order and
the' following officers were elect -
'ed: president, 'Horner ;Rutherford
of North •Branch; secretary, , Mrs.
Chas.. Hand of ''Pontiac, trea$urer,
Mrs. Lee 'Linty of� Davison, It was
.decided to hold the reunion at. -the
same place in 1949 and .make it
the villages of Ripley and Luck.
• Mr. Somers has been in
ham ince .Mardi, ti;1944. 'At. that
time the Rural -Hydro. s��r978'. consumers on 269 milt Os..
line: Froin that•.: -time the ervice
has greatly. increased, and at June
30th o his ear h s .
B.Moffatt, • Teeswater, • secretary- an annual. of fair , f t _ t i �� �rc>. ?�}h 1,
treasurer. ;
Harvesting Splendid Crops
Family groups • %ere present . An• excellent grain crop is p.n..-
front Toronto, Hamilton' and Galt, ina>haivested` r1 `this
gently. being a
Detroit, and'as far. %vest ,.as Al-
trio " and ' with a' nip in .`the • air
Berta', " ani telegrams of regret nigh, est elle is reminded
afev p
consumers, rrnade up: «;,f .i lh7'
1 farms, 503 in hamlets. i1,8
gin;:
mereial, 212 'sunitner. 'anti :3 ;r•r•�•er
and ce ers' 370.99 miles .ctif llna.
To,' service' all this . 'it
1185 transformer's
.the following team, Art: Andrew, • ' were received • from California,,
gforcibly that summer is on they
Har- Ripley was killed when the •team `Ala. barna and Brandon;. Man, The 1948 pi ogram calls for 81 Q$
Bill Chin Jack MacDonald,- .<caneThe;.hay crop..:4vhlch_look
,.. .._ .. _..of.:. horses he, •
,.,was--driving-.was.. ,
• ••� r `mile$ °of 'i1�w line .�er`e
• old Greer, Glen Tasker Jack In short histo'' es given,: by' Mr,;
: ed lite a .light one in the spring,,;
t ck b the � train
.s -ru y. d
dk Clarence Greer parr FE.- G Moffatt and Mr. Jelin-.ltlJCof- ,� a tionalt well anCo Yt �d out e c p Y
new consumers, of -which approx-
Downs and Mel,Hackett, fatt; Toronto, the family • `was•
inn :, ve ,been: corn.-
storing of 'this crop was scarcely P�
atey-5 miles a
,traced back to the •Norman; irivas-. rind or are under.. construction
Completed ; when •• the . grainy', was•
STILL, •MANY NAMES
IiE ISTER
MISSING FROM'. •
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tart Soon ,
ff' oS
Pla o
y..
The .Legionnaires' have had to
•I last week's. issue we ' • Ub-
nthemselves with' exhibi:; n p
conte t fished the Reunion Register list
tie* 'games, awaiting the. start : of of visitors.. Man parries were
the : W.O.A.A: "B" playdowns.1 ' . .•
! noticeably m sing-; from• the list l settled 'iii. Nether'?dib e; Scotland.
-1 ' the"folks at home" who had .1 71
and , arriving in Canada in. 8,
ion of England. • One Tbranch'. set-
tl d D f instil a and 'lived
e. rn um ri r
on crown lands from .1305 to 1905,.
and another • branch 'traced :its
lineage back: toII Lochinvar and
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Luc/meow was ui a . "C" group un
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til playoff time and with Group
.winners' supposed to..be' declared
• by mid-August,, the "B"play-.
downs should get underway, next ' has been- very light. The register
;week:
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•Municipal Of-,
' a: •the Mun
�open t
is
still
Y
The Legionnaires are playing • . • p
flee, and, again '• the request -•is,
good ball and when the'chips made to'. see that the list of old
I'boys: and girls,' who came back,
is as:. complete as possible..
Names that have been register-'
ed since last :oweek include. Vern-
-ie Barr, Toronto- : Robert A. In -.
rie, Toronto;. Charlie Foster, Miss
-u reY-Foster, ViasterrRichar--d:
Foster,.. Em porium, Penn , Mrs- .
Jean . Haigh,. , Hamilton; Mr and
Mrs ;W. J. Hughes?, Port Arthu . ;
Mr. Sand Mrs: Eugene,' Hanson,
East Tawas, Mich.;:'Bill A. John=
an ardent': booster of • the :sport: i Ston, Hamilton, Mr. and 'Mrs , 'Roy
MacKenzie• Bowmanville; Bob
' JOYNT TROPHY, TREBLES , McCallum, Detroit; Mrs.' J F. Me-
NEXT' THURSDAY. 'EVENING ' Nally;'Jack ' ; McNally, ` Fay Mc -
guests who did not :register were ( Mrs.. Charles',:Stuart of Tees -
,requested to do so, water .was present.. at the reunion. •
The response during the:week. She is the only surviving member
are down in the silverware guest,'
the new floodliglting project
should really'paY off:
Charge Of Greens
,Garfield MacDonald has taken
�'harge=of_the�' 10w�1llgxre
ceedmg Harvey Treleaven' . who
h moved to Kincardine. Harvey
ismediate past, president of the
club and ` .as well, as , :being. in
charge of the greens, had_.been
N21'lly, Murillo, Ont.; Mr. and Mrs.
ready'•for 'cuttings:
Has :Austin 'Agency
For •information : on-,t'he new
'Austin, which•; .is' 'akrailable for
imniediate . delivery, : tee N. W.
Wintersteil.
;of the origi al: family which set-
tled in Bruce .County in -1872.
at the present time.' Up to June.:
30th .. this year,, service has been
given, to':19,0 new consumers on
new , and existing lines,
A • 'large number of applications
ate still to. be cared for.. At the
present time 420 signed: applies
tions are on hand, requiring. n ;wr
lines 'and' 133 applications"on ex-
isting lines.
Th annual. Joynt•T,rophy bowl Hugh MacMillan and family, San
g. '.
in tournament will be held here ' Antonio, .Texas; Mr.. .and -Mrs:
:next Thursday It • is a trebles George •. Newbold,Toronto Mr.
a
event and .will be held in :the , and 'Mrs- ' W. 'B • Ritchie, Essex;
evening' •:with' ' play commencing. 'Thomas R Ross, Miss:Mary Rossi
at 730 m., and consisting'of Mrs. A. J. Murray, `Toronto; Ross
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three I2 end games: ' "Rife,Pauline Rife, Detroit, •• Mr
.. The Joynt trophy tourney has
long been, the highlight of .the
local - Bowling Club's activities
and it is hoped by. staging 't as
and Mrs J. C ' Reid, .Listowel;
Lloyd Stewart, Kitchener, Allan
Stever -art, London; :.Mr.' ' rid.. Mrs.
Neil Wilkie -:(Margaret Imri ); of
a • twilight a'Vent, this year that Toronto, Miss Dorothy wa ver,
an increased' number of rinks. will.
Kitchener; Miss. Beverley Harvey,
compete for. the coveted cup. London; • Mrs. Janet . Campbell,'
Endiang, Alta.; Mrs. Dean
des , Robertson, • Mt. Forest; .Mrs.
Mary Davies ,MacKenzie, Car-
Lucknol,v Pee lWees, who finish P S. MacKENZIE of • Walkerton
ed in first place in' the W.O.A.A° - attended the Liberal convention
' hardball group,',:are now in the i in Ottawa '.last. week :when•' Rt
midst of the. playdowris for .`the l Hon Louis St Laurent was'.chos-
group championship. They were;
en, to: • succeed Prime Minister.
scheduled to .play , in Wingham Mackenzie .King. ' -�
yesterday (Wednesday' with the
PEE; WEE 'PLAYOFFS
,:,*-� kms,-,.,,:• .
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:EO- ANNOUNCES
THE APPOINTMENT
•second,d, game slated for Luck low SALTER OWENS, a `Walkerton,
on. Friday evening. The Winner native.,and daredevil airman,, has
of this .series .will' meet the top 'given : up flying and .is ,devoting'
team ' in 'the Clinton'- Goderich his. time to life• insurance, sales,
i4ilayoff,:, for the •group champion :in Toronto Owens joined the Fin -
:;ship. ; nish air, - • force : in their fight
- The ' PeeWees,' lads. 13 years against Russia early • in 'the War
and under,''have been,' playing in and has had a,, colorful • flying
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good ball,: and 'would be elicour-. career: He ' narrowly.. 'missed
aged by 'a good crowd ; here . on crashing.' on a recent ,trip • to ` the I. .
Friday night when ' they ;'play 1 Southern States aj d upon makes
Wingham in this, important series.,•'
'Bill Chin,.who manages the.
team, ' is on holidays this week
ing a.anding decided • that lady
loch .l'as probably running out 1
an him • and promptly tore• up his
so'the lads are under 1 d 'Bakes 1 pilpt'S licence'. • lie' leas been per.
direction. • r .inefbtiy -grounded': nded': since .then.
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