The Lucknow Sentinel, 1946-06-12, Page 1d., 0
2;00. A Y'Fai•—In_Advance; 50c Extra to U. SA.
C1othinl
��11'ec#ion.
The'. clothing; situationin avar
torn counti•ics is still'•so. desperate
and the' health and well-being
of they' cQUntiieS is SO vital to
.world peace,' it is most"important;
that the, Millions ' of :pounds :of
unused, lclothi.ng ;reposing in Can:
• adian .homes be unstintingly:' and
'immediately donated for; . their
relief.
To aid in the collection of this
. clothing, the Canadian Govern-
'ceat.has organized the National
Clothing Collection, for :June 17-
29. The people of Lucknow and
jllclnit3. are aslced ,to 'iye =all. the.
used clothing that they can spare.
Fp We are asked to give. underwear,,`
work clothes, ,sheets and blank
,ets, coats; shoes and: w a
clothes of all kinds, in' fact any
""thing • that.: we mhave that these
people.. so .destitute could, use. ;Be
sure to tie 'boots and shoes in
pairs; and fasten suits together.
If :shoes are not tied` 'together
one° might- o.: to one person and
•
the other to another, ,and. ;one
shoe isn't much- good. to.'a. man
: _w_rth _tWo_feet..
J For, Lucknow and Vic
nits :this•
clothing may be left at Mason's •:
;Garage. For those in the Village
who cannot.bring their donations
LUCKNQW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12th, 1946
RECEIVINCLTREATA'TENT'
iv ORONTO HOSPITAL,
Fifth In Class O
, � 150
Ronald .Johnston, •'son ...df Mr,
and Mrs, Elmer Johnston
of town
.who recently coiic°luded his. fis�`t
,
year' studies in .medi r'ia
...cine, ,..made•
an. outstanding `showin
g byatand,'.
ing, fifth 'in `"• a` class of • 150,
StU
dents, receiving; first • class ' hon
ors,' • •
BOUGHT LOCAL II.OME, 'IS
HOLDING FARM SALE.
Mi'. T• A. '..Cameron of Ashfield'.
has purchased the residence of-
"1VIr W P .Meed"at the southern
outskirts of the village ,• and will
obtain possession September 1st,
when 'he•'and Mrs. Cameron' Will
move to the.village,.:'
M.r.._..*�. ,on• , is
Fi�o•7ding ; a
clearing auction sal o'
Sale • n . Friday
of •this week, when the farrirW will
also be offer,ed. subject to a r
e o •l t. k;.
Mr, `.James R Hackett of:; town
WAS,. taken to . Toronto General
'Hospital last Saturday. morning,
for Observation and .t-eatrnent of
,a. head injury. which' he received.
the previous week,,,
Zhfot oration received the first
s
ofet.he week indicated that an op-,
..era•tio 1 w luld be. u, npecessat
Fbut. that : d Y�
Mre Hackett', would be
hospitalized in..Toronto for, spec
ial treatment. •
Mr; Hackett •h:as npt--•suffered
to any, extent from the injury,
but..attimes. it affected his mem-"
ory and 'his vision, ,and •when 'the
condition failed -"to improve, he -
was..
taken' to 'Toronto for . ,treat-
?17e�nt;:..by..a .,brain; specialist:
1
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-RAMO - ARTIST . AT UNITED
T •.
CHURCH SUNDAY, MOWING
Hugh Gage, . talented, covert.
violinist will ,be .the guest artist
next Sunday morning` at the Un-
ited Church, Mr., Gage has 'played
on coast-to-coast hook-ups of the
Canadian' Broadcasting 'Corpora-
tion; and has also made record-
sings. for the 'Melo . ,Tone• Records`
in Montreal,, The Sunday •School
will , join : the:,•.con' Ire a` i� n
g g t on � for
this '. occasion of the 'Sunday.
School; anniversary.•
OR, - . •
GA IZE.`
N
ASHFIE`
LD
'At a meeting held.In 'th•' U -
.e n
ited' Church; Crewe a brant of
h
the Ontario. Temperance . Federa
tionorganized for the. Towi7-
ship of .Ashfield with: o icer :. -
ff sap.
pointed as follows President,. Mr.
;Dungan--
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SENTINE
THLR:D,
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"-The••:Sen.tinel had-the:good for
tune, .t
. o r,eceiv,e. honorable, men,
served bid ' : i n as wee in a' newspaper
u
amner-by--_deoisio p -h -t -est _cond.u-cted-by- the.
vtr to-�•= Y flritario
tire from the. farm '1s.: dictated,bQuebec Division of the Canadian.
:a:: back�•inj.ur suffere
Y suffered.,when he Weekly, Newspapers .•Assoerat on,
i•
was a young•.rnan and..,1�.
err--this—hpy err or. e.
forgotten, Recently he : had been' first
with what lie thou ht: post-war convention in Hotel
troubled •
g
to• be- a spinal .rhe•uniatic 'co di- London on ;Frida" and Y y.:
tion, butan;:: xs!ray -revealed -'the ' .'Ther Sentinel Was' entered in
old injury to`''be a
dainagod ver -he Joseph .ClarkMemorial ,Tro-
tebrae:in
the spinal col.u" ri,', phy class; for: •the. best' 1
.. -. , . ., � . rid.
m ,and. a.l rou
the condition has' been somewhat weekly ,newspaper < published ::in.
relieved' by a•special brace which. towns or villages. ' of ,1600 : and
ameron now. has,:to • wear.
to • Mason's :`Garage, the Boy
;;Scouts; will; be orn; duty, and make
C. house' to house collection, on
Iaturda Jun
Remember "What you can.
Ipare,•they: --- -
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ALD , �.
OCT•OR•D
IELEGATE
BANFF FF
Dr. W, =V: Johnston '
is this week
-attending -the-'convention. ,of the
e •y Canadian Medical -Association at
lianff,'as one :of the :Ontario'.dele-
.'gates. The Doctor left for' : the
West'` last Thursday; and,will re
turn the first of:'•next:` week.
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Moderator •, 'Elected' .
Rev. W Gordon' Maclean: of
CONVENTION
TT
ON
First Pr
esti t
err '
nipeg; w s•
elected' d'
moderator rator.
0f
. the General AssernblY :when -this>
body met in Toronto last': Week.:
Rev.C. H. MacDonald of, Luck-
noQw . was .one:: of four candidates
who .
contested' 'the' od .: '
m eratorshp,
but wase eliminated on the second
ballot, .leaving the issue between:
Rev Joseph Watson of 'Toronto
and Rev. Maclean. '
passes °With honors
'- hn-MaeKenz-ie, -"son of Mrs.
Wri.'1VIacKerizie of 'town, has're
ed honor -standingupon. 'tom
pletion of his`, first year in medi-
;,viae at. Queen's Ui iverssty, King
aloe...
Sas 83 Yesterday
Miss Christina
:Graha'm observ-
ed her 83rd birthdayon Tuesday
�• � Although� esday
,temporarily indisposed
she enjoys . comparatively , good
[. health, and isi- •receivrig• the 'best
wishes of many friends.
•AUXILIARY
, ••
...E
TED:
VERSEA
S BRIDES
At the,reir
t gu lar' meetinglast
Tuesday • night .•. t :::..,
.'th
e L ckn
• :.Branch sof the Ladies A xiliary
held,a.sia1 event '` Y
five oi . ,
ng in 'honor:. of.
erseas_..bricleswhcr"h Ve
made their homes in the village.g
Pour of the five" ladies were,-pres"
entt, Mrs.
4ames Burns, Mrs.RaRalph Hodgins, Mrs. Russell
Whitby' and. --Hall;
and it Mrs:: �HarSey' I�a1T;y
was ' regretted ,that Mrs.
',Dave Milne va
,� present. •
Was unable be
Mrs: � � •
Lydia •Philip, the branch'
President, • pr.esided: •.fo�..
'lirogr ain and extendedr a short
to guests a welcome
Mrs g sts of honor'after .which
Allister Hughes . made the
pies nt8tiori . •.
".Preset of .a card' of ,good.
s accompanied` by a gift of
' money, Lunch was
elude a served. • to con-
clude
pleasant evening.
Tagain
`aAuxiliary willnot fried
gain until Se to meet
ge District Se mber, preceding
thee, on ne Rally to be held
September •9th.,
L+OxC,AL �G.0 I'DES;`
MET -LADY-
The First. st I,.ucknow•
Compan
of. Girl :Guides spent a very: en
jpyable';day' on. Friday when 'the
went to London: to a' Guide'Rall
at : Labatt's, Park. "Four' thousan
Guides,' .Brownies, Scouts an
Cubs from London' and •_.distric
had the honor: of seeing Lad
Baden-Powell., and, 'ace Guider
and 1st ClassGuidess. ' honk hand
with : the Chief ...Guide - of "th
World
The .Guides from Lucknow wh
attended were Ardonna ,Johnston
Jessie Marshall, Bernice . Shad
-
dick; Betty; -Marshall., Jean-Tie-
-leaven,--Eurfiee -•- Reed; -•Shine
Johnston, S h i r l e y • Robinson,
-Mary 'An -arson, • Rut Anderson,
Gail McMillan.,,:Mary Jo Ander-
son, Edna . Reid, Marjorie E g-
land;:. Mary Jane • Wall, 'Kathleen
Graham, Margaret Chin,Donalda
J ... tree
o5._:�. .l.`J �.
MacQusig, Winnrfred Stewart`,
Doris Lloyd, .Captain' Mary Boyle
and Lieutenant:.Mowbray.
The • Gui es wish to thank Mrs.
... -
CainerbnacDona1Helen Sal;
,
keld, Mr " Philip .Stewart, Mr.
Wilfred .Anderson 'and Mr, Jim
l3oyre who. toolt4ie girls to Lon-
don, ..
'On.' Sunday the Girl Guides giqd
Brownies 'march'ed,. to the United
Church for the morning service,
where.' an appropriate address`
was delivered by Rev, Stesvar;t.
Guides are asked• to please re,
turn all harrowed arti res at
un'. er.
First prize, the ----Clark Trophy
-In memory ofthe late': Joseph
T :Clark Of
-the the (IToronto Star was
wo:n by: the. Stbuffville Tribune
Irr-- ".
se
torte '1.
d
C -.
e was,
the .
� Cr
ee
more'
Std and .•.
in
• ...-__�ri, third ` place,
,
The Lucknow' Sentinel
The• Association conducts three
competitions, with the announce -
Merit of the results; in each one
being ,made by Mr. John' K. El
liott, editorial' writer of ;the`Lon-•
Lon: -
don -Free Press,' and one' of :the
•adjudi„caters:
= In the Clark Trophy competi r1
I
1
non, vice. president, T. A.. ;Caxri--
eron, .R: 7,: Lucknow; 'secretary,.
Russell
Alton;
7,Luc
know;
tieasurer'Ewart Ja'mieson,
R. 7,
Luekn'ow
:Representatives by 'l ii
y, po hng: sub-'
divisions are: No. 1 '.Dun annon
g .• .
'Mrs.. Melvin Reed, Dungannon;
o: inth -School; Ernest'B1ake
R. 7; Lucknow • No: 3 Zion school,
Jacob Hunter, R 3, . Lucknow;
4; Port Albert, Ralph. ph Foster, R 3;
Goderich No. 5 K" ,
mgsbrdge, . to
be appointed; No.'6
H
em
ock
City, `John Farris R7L�ck•
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now; 'No.' r7 Laurier,, tobe a
P..
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Mr, ' Cooper af=-Clinton and-
Messrs. ' Robertson--. -and . Norval'
tion,local news, editorial, rural
correspondence, ad work, make -
pp and .,general appearance all.
L enter into the placing of ,the wiri�
: _ners, and so, it can readily -be
y seen that our ruralc1rrespond-
ents, our advertisers, our readers;
Y and.friends• generally who a sis.
us • in :giving • :you the news, all
have a part in the distinction that
comes to your local paper •
,. Pers'onally, to' use : the verna-
cular; we nearly fell'off.the chair
When the ` stsnding' was announc-
ed' but if, was. a .very' pleasant
surprise, and •one • which encour-
ages us, to. local.
evert harder, to
'make the .loca•l paper one which
is 'a credit. to the' comniunity;.'and
a' welcome visitor each Week in
ho,, .
e�`er'y .�..m mod::
y
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DANCE'. AT'"DUNGA"NNON -
Under auspices .of' the ,Agricul_
tural '•Society, o n• Wednesday,
``u•ne "19th""Farriers orchestra'
• WEBSTER PICN C'
The annual , Webster, Reunion
will be held on 'Saturday, June•
1$th' at Harbor Park, Goderich
Basket :lunch; Friends .gather at
sports `at; 3.00;supper
2.00 p.ni., .pp
p
at• 5.30.
PLA' AT 'LANGSIDE
"Me, Him oir' x", 'a farce in three M
:acts will be. presented by the Bel- o
more Presbyterian Y. P.. S. . in
Langside. Forester's Hall on Fri-
A. iderson, chairman. of .the. God
erich . branch :' Temperance Feder-
ation
addressed ed therrneeting're
Portin
g improvement of
condi-
tions in Goderich, "Brussels;
, u. -Ex-
eter and other points since the:.
:closing ''of beverage rooms ori
'April lst, . but .emphasized: the
need of : vigilance to curb,. boot
legging . and, illegal drinking . in
the municipality,
eSupre:
KINLOSS, COUPLE
WED :FIFTY . YEARS
Mr, and. Mrs,; Joseph •Tiffin ob
served their 50th . wedding, anni-
versary at . a family. gathering on.
Wednesday. gat . their home in
Whitechurch. Mrs. Tiffin is 'a
:daughter;...of the. late James. Ta..
m..: Y
lor,•and Mrs. Taylor, 6th Con, 'of
Kinloss. ;Mr Tiffin ‘,.is the ..' :.:. , r a eldest
son of the• late: Joseph and Isa-.
belle Tiffin • of,, the 3rd Con. of
Kinloss ,
:Mx
and' Mrs: Tiffin farmed 'in
Aslifield on the '12th' Cghcession •
for four ,years. Then they moved
:to Kinloss where they farmed•for.
30 years. During.'this 'period .Mr.
Tiffin served on the: Kinloss'
council for six` years and .was <:,
reeve for five years; also serving • ''
onl
the Good Roads committee for
three, ,years;, The' couple. have re-'
sided at ' their ' r.e sent - home ome for.. .•
the .last sixteen years. •
TheY have r:three. :sons, -r
Orville -.
and Wesley of Lucknow, R. ,5 and
George. ge of , Teeswater° R. 2; , 'also'
thr �
ee ; grandchildren Joe an
>:, d Dari,
and'Colleen Tiffin,
and two great. •
grandchildren, Joan 'and . Barr •
Y.
Tiffin "z
Mr.� and,. Mrs Tiffin iyere-mar
Wired rir--K-rnlags owns up at the ..
home of the bride's .parents. The
ceremony was performed b3; . Rev.
- Mr ,Burton:'' The bridesmaid was
her sister, Miss . Belle Taylor;
;- and
the., groomGeorg
re Geor "e n
Tiffi' '.
Miss`: Flossie Skelling `:.and :Miss
Yeoof Teesw.a
ter played) and'
eremony, here
wereX150-,guests atthe wedid`ing`^
supper served on :the lawn._
For `' the
occasion
Wednesday, the table
•
was s d
ec
ota
te
d,:
with th .the
br"
rd
e
alae-
o3zl
'� e7ri tulips •
The
mil`
r
der'}
se
n
t
ed
YP `.t .`
heir
ar
P
e ' •
ents with an electric washing
Machine.,
No U • Turns
"No -TJ Turn" _ signs :have beery
'
erected at : •the'. Post Office'.
and
Municipal Office intersections.:°
The now famous will of' th
late ": Alexander •' MacKenzie of
•Kinloss -Township, ris again be-
fore ;'the -Courts, for final' 'diS os=
P
ition, with its validity .being de-
cided by. the Dominion's 'highest'
tribunal -the Supreme Court o
Canada,which convened at -Ot
tawa last week:
In 'attendance at this• o
sitting f.
g
the
Court Was • .Mr. • Campbel
Grant, .counsel-Qfor the relatives
who . entered. th'e counter -appeal
and Mr. P, `S'. MacKenzie of
Walkerton ..and Frank Donnelly,
K.C. of :Goderich luliltolding the
well,
Mr�a_MacIerriie;-..:-83, died on
April. • 20th,'. 1943, _lea ax
� vin
estate , valued - ..at - $96,742, and
whichr-has increased in value: by.
several thousand dollars since
that time,'
• In the spring of 1944 an„action`
to ,upset the will was successful,
with. Mr.: Justice. Kelly declaring
the document invalid on„ the
grounds that.deceased was not
of testamentory capacity-- when
the will was drawn. :
An. appeal was entered by the
Public Trustee and the judgment
of the • Court of Appeal at l Os-
goode Hall' was• unanimous.in up
holding the will,, contending that
r, 'MacKenzie' understood thor-.`
ughly the nature, of the doctu.
ment and of the gifts.
Pr.ovisioris of the •will set' up an
dueational endowment fund' ' in
. fund in.
erpetuity',yfor` worthy, students'
port
of Lucknow; High' School.: The
amount of the endowment would
be the residue. of'the estate,.after r
,. ,after ,.
all • bequests` and ; litigat on. c 's
pts
were :meta
The, decision . of •the Court `of
f Appeal, ` however was contested ”
. d,ed
-.b
Y a• ,counter;appeal.•,entered by'
. certain . of the ,heirs; The outcome.
now awaits an announcement by
1 ,the S>�tpreme' 'Court.- '.
Provisions `of• the contested will
, made .bequests of $5,000• to South
•Kinloss Church; $1,000 t Luck=
now Presbyterian Church; .$5,000
• each to two nieces and: a ne p hew
`Mrs: Robert Andrew, .Mrs. Win,
-Stimson *and' Mr, Angus Graham;
sums: of . `10t each to eight other—. •
nieces and nephews and.` $5.00 'to
his brother Angus in,British Col_,
umbra, '
They • bequest to• South :Kinloss
church.' .stipulates that • the ri'--
:ci' al be invested; . p, n
P in Government
bonds with "the income 'there-
from to be.used for the ,mainten-
ance,,, repair and general benefit"
of the Church:
Trustees• of the; Endowment
Fund al named in.the will were
the Principal; of .. the Lucknow
High School, • and :Messrs, David
Carruthers and. George H. �Srriith,
the latter two being also.the exe-
eutors
of the Estate.�r;
. Smith's
death occurred last,•Fall.;
A clause in the will stipulates
that the "surviving trustee, alit•
trustees has, or have, the, power
'to appoint a successor,'
clay,,•June :I4 at; 0 pari,, D.S'.T Ad-
once:; ' I mission adults40c children 25c.
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