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L1JCKNO.W, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1948
ntail W.
mpetition At C.N.E
• Mernb. a •s of the Kintail Branch: YACHT WAS IN' DIF 'ICUI TY•
OFF:AMBERLEY BEACON:
of the Women's Institute can be
.justly•.proud of their achievement
wniiing. first, place.4n. the. C
. ra: 1 xhib tior " qui
competition. And.. as .Well. as. the.
distinction and • publicity that goes'
With their st ccess,. is" a substan-'
tial cash • prize of $100.00.. ' ':
'Mere' were. `17 quilts in the
competition from .various points
• aeross', the Dominion."
1Vbe. specifications -formaking
the.quilt,.01,1ed for an appliqued
Maple Leaf "as, ith .centre brick,.
` surrounded by eight ' blocks de-
picting .the various• industries in
Canada, such ,as farming, mining,
'• -fruit growing, etc: .
It tad to be' finished in either
. appimate ar.-�erQdery, :...beth,:
• on a'•w•hite or, :cream' backdzound.
The 'quilt wasdesignedtand the
patterns- drawn, ,by Nowa; d. how
an. of :Lucknow,:' and':'the ',I intail
Iadies consider: they` were quite
fortunate in obtaining h'is ser -
.vices: About twenty members Of
the Institute lent their,, assistance
in.rnKkng •the quilt: •
T?�,e ecntre' Maple, Leaf, was ap-
1 oed' a'd. embroered.' r`s..
Piq. �.r
,., idb., My.
• Davt.� CcrwaiY• and the various in,
dustrial'. • blocks by' ;the following:
farming, Mrs. George Moncrief',
wh.Eel of'.industry Mrs. Nerl•,'Ga
MacKenzie; fruit ',farming, . Mrs.
Russ ' Bisset, : • lumbering; • Mrs.
Jarnes Little and Mrs, Wm:.Ware-
irig; mining; Mrs Ray. Dalton;
fish ng, • Mrs.• Henry MacKenzie;
trade and commerce,' Mrs:' Dave
MacKenzie;. 'hunting, Mrs. Adam
Johnston., and Mrs. Lorne 'Fairish.
Tliefolluurr>rgnrorenassisted.
in the 'quilting:.Mrs:''Ewart'. Jam--
ieson, Mrs: Robert Nelson, Mrs.
Jarries : Littler lMrs. ;' Wilfred Far-
rich, " Mrs, Lorne. Fairish, • Mrs.
MacKenzie, Mrs, Neil. J
MacKenzie, Mrs: Henry .MacKen-
. zie, Mrs.'; J'ohri Cowan 'Mrs. Riiss
Bisset, Mrs, • Fred MacGregor,
Mrs.. Wm. Johnston, Mrs. . Adam
Johnston, Mrs. SaralI' MacKenzie;
Mrs Dave'' MacKenzie, .Mrs, Geo.
•Moncrief. .
'There has` been .an' epideniic • of
ya.c ting- .troubles'. `this :season
alongthe lake; ,One, of the latest
occurred last Friday evening 'off
Arnberley`.. Beach, When a . Sarnia.
couple . were adrift. for r.a few
hours,' •when their motor went'
dead due to: a plugged feed. line
and. a stuck starter,. '
Shortly •after"°•six.o'clock 'the'
sounding of their whistle and the
Shooting of flares attracted at-
tention that all.was not well, and.
Mr. ,Prior.,' a surirper.'resident at
Amberley.Beach, motored to 'Pt.
Clank to notify Li hthousekeeper:.
Jack' Capitibell:and, from Amber-
• le'y he telephoned. the, information'
to, Goderieh. '"'".-7-7--77 Jack Carrpbell' and :Nick Cronin
a ,.summer� '3isitor' at the : Bogues'
•
`cottage. at''Poit-•• Clark, '..went .to
the.:aid of the cnia„p1e';on the:,,yacht
and were. a 4:_t rriake.. ,repairs
that•' t•-' t ie : yacht ' u �erway-
ab,ou teri�' s.
t o clocks to com -`Tete it
s
ctu s�� ,t.i Punt Elgin •that night -s x.
l3;crt • MacZ)onalrl of G>derich
set ()Pt '«;rthb�thE� ' Arrn,:.: nc *arid
the C;ahtairi .John, but found' upon
r i�rt�: ritie the scene, that the' Sar
nidiyacht. had .repairs., made and
v;'as underway again. 70 'all night for the ottest night-
of.
ight
h
of the' year, '••
STATES • HE IS CANDIDATE'
FOR, E
WILL BE • NO SENTINEL
PUBLISHED• NEXT WEEK
There Will be no Sentinel
..published' next week, Thurs
day,• September: 2nd. All art-
icles or items intended for,.
'this issue should; be sent in ,
'as usual, so they may be in ;
. eluded in ,the .following issue
of September' 9th;
W 1; -MEMBERS , ON BUS ....
.TRIP .TO FALLS' TODAY
At six' o''clock this• Thursday;'
morning seventeen •members of
the Luckiow : Women's Institute.
left: by bus for a ;day's outing at
Niagara :Falls. .
At time of writing the follow-
ging ladies.' were'planning to make
the trip,.Mrs,; Temple Clark, Miss
Mary MacLeod, Miss Elizabeth
Welsh,. Mrs: Sam. Reid, Mrs, Phil-
ip Stewart, Miss' Jennie;' Lyons,
Mrs. Qhas' Cook, Mrsw_Harry An.
derson; Mrs,' Burt Roach, "-Mrs.
Chas: Congram,; Mrs, . Les Purves,
Mrs:.Bessie 'Shirley, • Mrs. Jack
lCarner n,: Mrs:. N:-. 'E; Bushell,
Mts. Jaci.Wraith' and Mrs, A. J.
Wi1San� •Th I7th .passenger was
14:667 6.411:
•
O�TTEST • NIGHT OF.
•
Ashfield. Taxpayer In Go•derieh.
S Area 'Pay s Hi. her. rate
'At .the August meeting of
field Township Council 'the tax
rater was .struck • at 22.8; mills,'
Ratepayer$ •in the. narthern sec-
tion '.of' the 'Townsh'i • :arid not
included • iii 'the •Goderieh .:High
School Area, '-will be'assessed. a
rate of 21:3, or 1;5 mills : less 'than
those' in the 'sout+h. '
The Goder°ich High.School levy.
is 2,.4 mills, as' compared . with a
levy of .9 rr'llls for " educational
casts at'Lucknow High School.
The 1948.rate is made up as fo1:-
lows•:
County rate ,.... 7.2
'Township rate .,.. , .6°5
,
General ` schoo'1. rate 3.5':•
Trustees' levy: 3,
•Goderich High School :2.4
Federation of •Agriculture .., •• .2
R.
The ..first.: of the -Week brought
*a •• heat' wave with high'.hurnidity:
The temperature erature oared. to' `,89 on
p s..
Tuesday, • and didn't. get below
•
•
ULLDI
NG MEW
A.
SHF1•ELD. BRIQG`E.
Ashfield Township Council has'
let• the contract to the Gaffney
Construction "; Company ftir the
construction of a . new bridge on
,the ..
h Sixth Concession,: to r •place
the • structure that was trader='
mined and wrecked•by the spring
'•foods.
The' new bridge will be
foot span,. 20 feet wide,;'•of. cement
and `steel construction: and, will,
cost :$27;800,00. Approval for . pro=
ceding ,with the . `work: has beef
obtained from the Provincial De•
partment of Highways, which will
contribute 80 '`percent of the cost
-of this capital expenditure, over
and above the dist ''ary 50 per-.
•cent .
c
o '
n '
ter
xbuti' r:,1�"," : ' ul
on tb .t e• re
h g a.
authorized expenditure on. town.:
ship roads and. bridges
The old bridge,'' whi h ollapsed
when the ' east -end ab trnent vas
undermined byramp inglwaters
of th.e Nine Mile -River,. early this
spring, has been blasted with.
dYr'arnite to clear the way'or'the.
hew struelurc, which will be both
w longer and wider, .
'Coxisiderable. work is also be-
ing done .on tlae' approabbes to.
. " t%he bridge mild . •Tte iriveir Flan.
:eel,. , V...
l;vL , ADERS,HIP :
John W. 'Hanna ; thrice elected.
Member-Prthe the Provincial. riding
of Humin -Bruce has announced
•
that- he is a ,candidate• for • the.
National Progressive "'Conserv
vatie•e 'leadership; A . convention
to choose a leader to,succeed.John
Bracken': will ,be he'd 'at Ottawa,
the end of September.
Mr. 'Hanna, who is the. first: to
:"throw his hat into ' the ring",
chose' his 59th birtkday.on Wed-''
nesday' August 19th,• to'niake;the
anriouncenent.' _ ' . ••
Flew To The ,West. '•
Mr: "William. Alton. .' of Wing•-
ham, and formerly of Ashfield,
and his .;aunt; Mrs.: J. Beatty
left . last ':1 ednesday .4*'a ' visit' to
Where
drrionto
w
5aylcaioon,and E rl•,
they will .Visit : with Mrs Beatty's
brother,' Mr, Wm. Ferrier;: They,
made 'the' trip by 'air, `'leaving: on'
a 'T,C A. plane' from 'M,altoan. Mrs:
Alton ; -dnd 'Mr: Elrri'er Alton . •of'
Ashfield 'motored :them to: • Mal
ton.
C K N X ARTISTS:
FORCA .
�.AL ,I
.• 'CARNIVAL.
•
""--1278"'
Ratepayers on a'.. line approui-
mrately north:'of the 8th 'Conces .
sign Will pay a rate of 21.3 riiihs:.
by rd.ason of , •the ° difference's: 5,
School, costs'
The 1947'`"`rate•
wfi,24niills;
which inci-uded ;a 4' -milt'` deben-
ture
eben.ture levy. which retired the West.
Shore Railway .debenture. The
"Township tate this year shows.
KAIRSHEA LADIES. TO
.TAKE,: BUS TRIP TO C.N.E. .: '
Members of.the Kairshea .Insti
• . • e • g a . bus, tri
the Canadian.Natiorial Exhibit"ion
next Thursday, September.. 2nd, •
Al Sherwood's bus from Dungan-.
non ,Bias 'been engaged .for the
trip and will • leave 'from r the:
Lucknow Town Hall'promptly at
6 .a,m: next :Thursday -
The _ bus has . a capacity of 17.
RECTOR WILL PREACH HIS:.
FAREWELL ON SUNDAY `•
•
Rev. R A. Joselyn, popular
rector of St Peter's • Anglican..
parish ' for. thea' past three, years,
will preach- his .farewell message
-on-Sunday:--Rev:--•Joselyn••••l as -had• •
ch.ar•'ge • of the four -point. parish
Of. Lucknow Ripley, Port Albert °
and • Diriganjnon
Eft the first of theweek heand
:!Circ. Joselyn n and chldren' Roland
y
and`: Patricia will .:leave for"their.
new . parish at Byron, and, Hyde
Park, which has been vacant
since, Rev. ` John Donaldson's
•
.transfer' to: the 1Viunc.ey parish.
•
the sharpest advance, with an in -1, ti.successor to Rev. ,Jose y'n::has
t:
• �° announced; and it; '.
is likel . the parish will. be served
i .•'h' year .in P
s .t is y. a c.ulded .for l+'eder- �, . �'
crease of 2 5 mills A .2 mill levy riot yet, beeiY.
anon of 'Agriculture. purposes:
By way of comparison the 1947
rate wasmade' up `a$1 follows.
C
FALL 'FAIR .. LISTS.
NOW' AVAI LABL,E
Prize . lists ; for the:.. Lucknow
Agricultural . Society's 83rd an-
nual Fall Fair°:are now available
at' the o'ffiVe`°of' he ecret ry Vii °
Joseph Agnew...
Fair days are: Tittle, more .than;
a • month' . away ,�- Tuesday and
Wednesday, September 28th.and'
29th.
President W. 4, Miller and the
Board of .Directors are,, spending
a good deal' of time• in preparing;
fore this year's /she*. An. • excel'-
lent: play has'; been 'obtaine for
both • Tuesdy f and Wenn` sday
nights, and.there .will be ' len.ty,
of ..'good entertainment .on.'' the
grounds the afternoon of :•t e
s•1]0
w
Ashfield Townshi 's: tug o' war
P
team will . no doubt be : ready to
defend their title and aim to' re-
tain. the John. Hanna trophy. The.
.word :is'.getting around that there
may, be .a team of :'stalwarts ',in
West. Wawanosh who: will give
'their
the As�hfield 'h " kies a' pull •for
' life In ' an :event,. there's
certain. to . be' op sition
The...bo s' and girls'' 'beef club'
will ` be a feature . of the . stock,
classes, as' wil the puns;; of hogs
'conipetifio"
School • c il:dren's" competitions
are always a. popular' feature,. and.
.this: year.: the public school .child -
i
rens ;exhibits, in the' j hall should.
be extra special. The Prize money
has .bee 'increased; to'
50c, 25c arid
15c fey each ;section,. and' as well
the .:public school . pupil scoring
the most points: in this class will
receive a $6:00 Parker pen • and
pencil set. .
Call , now for a prize list and
Ian to` be ari:.' a hi'bitor at the
Ltucknow Fall Fai
ucknow
ou'n tx rate :7,9
Township :gate "'4:
General:: school rte ..$,.. 3.''
Trustees' .\ levy.' 2:5
Goderich ` High :School 2.1
Debenture 4.
by supply • .pasts; . for the_ time
•Ior
.:being
I
FUNERAL SUNDAY
FOR •' CRA I+ Till
. S.
'Alexander ; Roy:.Girvin; almost.
instantly killed. last Thursday in
•a :highway. ;crash.: "at.. Brucefield,
4 M1
was•. atd_to�.restmin It nganho ;~ .
Cemetery on Sunday ' afternoon
•• In. his 42nd year, and •a; lifelong.
resident h of the Nile C'ommunit
.� y,
the ,
:the :
funeral • • service was held at_ '•
his• late home, conducted by Rev.
C. W. Cote ;af, North St. 'United
Church,. Goderich:
• • Mr. •Girvin was a. son of • .the
late: James,. Girvin and • . Sarah
Pentland His wife, ' formerly "
Elizabeth MacDiarmid, was crit-]
ically injured in the accident ands
for a time little .hope ;was held .
for her recoviery.. Her condition '
was slightly: `improved the - first
',of,'j the 'week.
' • Mr:-Girvin issurvived by. two ''
sons, Harry.. of Nile. and. 'Charles.
i theWest;' one daughter 'Mrs
Jack Westlake, who ` as ,also in.
j red 4in the ''Same ac • ident • and
one. sister, Mrs..M lvin. 'Deed
Dungannon:. '
n
At ',the time of the accident,
, Mr.. and
Mrs. Westlake •were enroute to ..
k`.
Crediton to attend the funeral ;of :
Mrs,: -Herb- Elber The Girvin air-
was proceeding south on he.
ClintonExeter highway 'when,' an,
Ohio car driven by Mrs. J. N.
Crawford. of Cleveland, cameout
.of the sideroad at.Brucefield ,a' d
crashed . 'into. the:*Girvin . car,
which rolled • over ; and' cane ° to
a'. stop ' 'th • its top against : the
•gasoline um.ps at a service sta-
tion on't a `:west side of the .high-
way. Mr. Girvin. *as almost•' in-
stantly. killed and ,'Vire.' •Girvin..'
suffered very serious head'iinjur-
re,.. Allr a - •
the , ladies in the Amer
ican car, a `tl ,Mrs. Nestlake and
Mrs. Girvin j were, 'rushed to 'Sea •
forth ,•Hospital:: Jack :West}aket'
•driver • of the Girvin ear, was the'
least injured' and was . not phos-
pitalized.
A charge 'of dangerous driving-"
was laid against Mrs. 'Crawford,
SCALP INJURIES 'FATAL'
TO: YEAR-OLD LAD
' Mr and' Mr Wein .:Irvin of
Ashfield have received! 'a tele-
grain informin therm of the death
of Donald Watson. 'year-old son.
of • Mr ' andrs. 'Tee Watson. of
Echo ;Bay..Th .child h d: his scalp
.torn off "' a .:few wee rs• agoby a
dog and his
e.. !conditipo . was quite
serious ,for some e. However,
his condition had ;been much im-
proved
and Mr.. and .Mrs:- Irvin
ere,shocked
to learn of his pass -
ng. No P articulars were' con -
i
tained in e telegram: g•
'the ' '
• For the Clmen:a, 'annual`
surnmer carnival' which is to be
held On Thursday; September 16;'1
CKNX• •rad'io 'artists have been
engaged .tv,.`provide`. thE,i•program.
'Since the ca•nival;. was'inaug-
u rat('d,. •va udevill e, acts .have: •been
obtained .annually frons Toronto•
bookingrents but this year' the
ab
Clubhas' decided to, feature,
' X radio`stars, most of'whom'
will king 'their first•' per-
will' be making
onal•'lippearanCe in 'Luckriow. ;
• • Their :hour and a half . show
will be followed by carnival
garn'es,'• bingo and jitney dancing
ta' ni is 'by,,Farrier's'4 orchestra.
A. ri e draw will also be held,
1? •
ticket for which' have ' been go-
ing lie ho • cakes. The prizes
are. '"ori. display in Davison's win-
dog,
•COMING E VENTS
THE :KANSAS FARMER
°;.And his entertainers will be
featured at the . Palace Gardens,
Formosa, 'Sunday, . August 29th,
froin.w 2.00. d 5:00 p,m.
FORMER TE CHER
APPOINTED
.S.
Mr. `G. S 'MacIntyre,,: a former
member •.of : thet. I•Ielens. ' and
Luc now teac�hi staffs, has
�g
been appointed an . inspectorof
=public , .schocri6, arid.:.:• with ' the
opening of the : falls term 'will
corninen.c) .tis new duties in'9the
counties of Prescott and 'Russell,..
Mr. and Mrs. MacIntyre '(for-
merly
for-•merly Dorothy • Miller, ' of St.
Helens).and their son Donald will.
,raeside' in Ottaway ; i.
Gordon ashe . . -.. o •
arfi
, is p pu l y
known here, is a native- of the;
Paisley ' district He Started his
teaching • career at St. Helens
where. he taught. froth -1930 to
1935.He was on the Lucknow
High School staff 'until 1941 • and
spent ,21/Z years at Sioux Lookout
when he. enlisted for .army ser-
vine „at Winnipeg: After, 21/2 'years
iri: the army, he :.resumed teach-
ing ` as a member of the• Meaford
High' School staff, resigning • this
position ' in .lune to accept` ..the.
inspectorship appoititknent,
�`���'�La'rrf�'>�'Ai�i'�JCi'�"� r:'�Oi:�ii1�•
•
r. and'Mrs. Girvin an
Alva *Eat
•
10.