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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-01-27, Page 1..4w...•�.rM,. 1 $4.O0 A Year In . •Advance -- $1.00, Extra , To U.S.A.. `,,.LUCKNOW,, ONTARIO. WEDNESDAY, JAN, 27th, Ingle . Copy 10e 16 `Pages �o Businesses Replace Six Forder 0utl�ts • 011: { Two . modern new buildin • s ' will rise from the ashes.of a ,serious fire that hint Lucknow's main street :a couple of . months ago. While it has been "street .talk" for some time now, final arrange- ; ments in regard to property 'pur- chases were made. - by the • Bank ( of . Montreal and' Crest Hardware this past . week -end: \: ,. The ' new Crest Store,: operated byCharles Webster and Donald MacKinnon will be built on the former site of ,' the burned out hardware but has been enlarged' to take.. in the ' property . of Joe MacMillan. The Crest Store will. butt upto the : apartment ` and pharmacy of Elmer Umbach..,ii .Si e -of the new. cement block : building will -be 40'; x The overall con- tract has . been let to John. • W. Henderson Lumber Ltd. of Luck- now.. The cement block work has Street been sublet to the Brown 'Con- struction of* Walkerton who com- menced . work inpreparing the footings , several days ago. • Milton' Rayner; manager of the Bank of Montreal her has "an- nounced that the ' bank . has pur- chased.'property fon a new branch to the • west of the Crest Store and which will butt ,up to Sander - son's Ladies' and Men's Wear; The frontagepurchased is 60 feet with the ' bank.... building to be about 50 feet in width and a 10 foot walk being provided by.. the. bank as accessto a -parking area at the rear 'which is, Planned by both the :Bank and Crest. The Wilding of 'the new branch.. .will•, •depend • ,largely on the headof- fice's .building' program and- pro- spects" now call -for construction to start in the spring of 1966. The two new places of busi- ness : on the main.'. street are wet 1 come news to most main street merchants and will fill. a gaping. hole that followed the 'recent ' fire. Two places of business will now be. located in an area that housed Six previously. Prior, to the fire, Gordon Fisher's Barber Shop, Joe MacMillan's Butcher Shop; Web- ster and MacKinnon . Hardware and ; Gladys' Beauty., - Salon operat- ed in that location '••as well as. two empty, places of businessin the block •owned by Mrs. Helen Wraight Included .'in • the property trans- action as well as the Joe Mac- Millan ,property and the Crest pro-. perty„. which both Were 'destroyed. in . the fire was ' the ' three -business block of .Mrs: Helen Wraight which wasdamaged byfire, water and: smoke. This property :will* dis�- Mantled by the . bank pri oto construction of the ' new bran h.: MRS.'' ELIZA WALKER PASSES. Mrs .• John Walker of Lucknow,. the 'former Eliza . Ann Elliott; passed away suddenly at her • home : in ' . Lucknow •. on' Tuesday evening of last week She was 74years of age funeral The u e service Was held from . the MacKenzie • ;Memorial: : ' Chapel ; in • ;Lucknow . on ' Friday with temporary entombmentin South Kinloss Mausoleum. v. Gordon Fish SpeakerSunday Sunday evening . the Week -of of Prayer Service was held at+Luck-: novo. United. Church with the Rev erend Gordon Fish, Minister of Wingham Rresbyterrian''Church, . as. guest . speaker.,All 'the . local" min- isters 'participated ,,jn theleader- ship . of ,' theworship and • the joint choirs inspired the congregation with. Gounod's fine anthem "Send out. Thy Light." . Rev. Mr. ' Fish chose for This theme ' `Meaningless Christianity ' and The Prayerless , Church." • He stated that criticism of the Church was, in;' :so many ways, valid. "but that such .cert- icisms involved all those 'who .pro feed to be. Christians, for they are The Church. He wenn . on to say that the only way. for Chris-• tianity to be an effective farce in life was for eaeh _ one, from the ' youngest 'to the eldest, to be-, . come a pray�ing Christian. -With- out a Prayer Life ' . Christianity can ' never .be ',operative in life. `service The ; Offering from this, • of Worship goes to the Canadian Council of Churches to aid in their General Work at home and in `the World Work. Sel AshfieldI Farm, Biiy Lucknow Home Mr. ' and Mrs. Pete . M acDonald have' sold their Ashfield' Township farm and will move to Lucknow where they have purchased a home. The, farm has been � sold to W. A. ,Van Dyk who Chas • . been em- ployed in ' Colborne Township. Mr. and. Mrs. Van Dyk have a fam- ily of four ranging in age from 5 ; years to •. 6 . months,- Henricks, Nora, P er/ and ':Tony. The'win !obtain possession 'on -.April 1st. • Mrs . and Mrs. MacDonald have purchased' . the house in Lucknow of Mr. and Mrs... Bob Hamilton. The property .is located . across the •road and a.'bite to.. the west of-•:.Treleaven's Feed ,Mill. The MacDonald family is "comprised'.. of John, an employee of U.D.P.C. at : Tara, Jim who has been ac- cepted ; into .the Canadian Army in \ September and Marianna,; a grade 12 ..stident at Lucknow Dis trict High ;School.' The' MacDon- alds obtain possession of the house'.on April 1st Mr. ' and: Mrs. Hamilton will move to their . other' home, on Rose : Street known . to many .as. the "Sherwood" place:` It is pres- ently 'being occupied by their' son Lorne who is ..seeking other ac- : comodation. Mr,. and: Mrs.. Ha ilton lioug ht the house.' that they' sold' • to the • MacDonalds from Mrs..Evelyn Barkwell and ' have resided there for , close ' to six, years., They purchased '.'the Rose ,St, house last Year' from the es- tate of Samuel Sherwood and did considerable renovating. ; / Record Year For Lucknow Co-op, NetSavings lWay-Up, Rohbis Appointed As• president "dor 1965 STILL A FEW WHO • DON'T TRUST THE ,BANKER There' are still a few people whofeel 4that:.their` mo .. , y. is safer in their : sock .' or under their ' pillow than in theNbank • Jim Aitchison of West' Wawan- osh came in contact with . a' family •of. this ".type while op- . erating a bread delivery route in . the : London . area a few years ago. . Jim has' in his possession two one:. dollar .bills, 'consider- ably larger than the' present day bill, one dated ,1911 and the other 1898:. The pair are .reported to , 'be worth •'about $25 on today's collectors ;mar-' ket, Ain also picked: up ; many old :coins while on ,the . same, job ` and 'has kept . thein • with his . collection. The two ; bills are.,ondisplay in the Sentinel window:. Co-op Plans for:- ,Liquid Nitrogen As an • added service to' the •pat irons' of `Lucknow District; Co-op- , 9 nitrogen liquid uid nitro e... will' now be • available' locally to service the farmers of . the area. • Two 8000 gallon tanks 'are be- ing installed across from the fer=` tilizer. .plant at the ,:north : end of town on :a piece of. land being ac- quired from • John W. Henderson Lumber Ltd. The nitrogen . is applied by the Co-op and the chief users at •prey- ent are expected to • be those growing corn, -although —it has, other useful results in hay and pasture . growth. spendtne n Mr. and Mrs: W. A. Porteous 'left last Sunday for Daytona Beach, Florida, where they. will the next few months: (By Mrs Oliver McCharles)• , The Lucknow District Co-op banquet and meeting was a; de cided.:success. In spite of. blustery winds, snow and bad' roads, 'over 125 people • sat down to .a banquet served by >t'he .Zion United Church Women. Evan Keith, , r 'd the toast to the Queen after which 'Rev. G. W.' Kaiser' of Ashfield , circuit led in. prayer. and repeated that of Bobby_' Burns,Mrs. Ross Cum-. mings~ entertained ' during . the Meal. With ..her music , Head Table Guests - Jack Curran irltrocluced ' the dead table, Mr.: and Mrs, Evan, ,Reith, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hend- erson, Mr. and Mrs:: Stuart Jam- ieson, R. .S. McKercihe", rtriiph. IcMihan, , Mr. and ` Mrs.' Bill ;Mr.,and Mrs. Albert 'Ross, 'Tay- lor„. lor, Mr. and 'Mrs. Alvin , Robb, Mrs, Jack Curran, Grant Ddnald..Mr. Kaiser was called on and spoke to :thegathering , say-, ing he felt he was a `2nd hand Co- op man as he had always W'ork- 'ed with• people who in one 'form or another had belonged to puch organizations for he came from the , "West where Co-operation was' the only way one could live: Ross Henderson expressed thanks to' the .ladies of Zion for prepar- ing such a banquet having strug- gled through the weather ele- Ment.s to do, So. Mrs. Ritchie of Zion. replied. (Continued on page 13) -n. Nigh School Staff Honours Member Following1Uar isge The staff of Lucknow ,District High • ;School • met on Tuesday ev- ening, January 10th, at. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Hall: Five tables of Court Whist . were played, the winners ,being Mr:; and Mrs„' Peter •Connors; Tom 'Ram�autarsingh and Mrs..Mel 'Gey - ate. Mr. and' Mrs Tom Ram+autar- singh were honoured on their re - emit marriage,1 a h member of the staff expressed.' their good wis&lios ' and a three tier. alumin- um. dish v.;, q . presented' to the „r, .veds utItow Presbyterian Evening Auxiliary� Financiaily. "Adopt” Youtl The Evening Auxiliary of Luck now: Presbyterian •Church h a;s "adopted" an Indian youth and through the .contribution • of $120 per year, 12 -year-old Priston Mar- tin : will, be able to 'continue his ed ucation in India.. The "adop- tion'? : was .arranged, . through the Christian Children's Fund /of%..ban- ada. The ,folllowing letter'' was ceived• 1ere by , the Presbyterian Ladies' group. In : In January 11, . 1965 Presbyterian Evening Auxiliary : Mrs.:Stuart.. Jamieson Box .63 --, , Lucknow, • Ont.; Canada Dear Friends: • Here. is ' the news you have been -waiting for:. " I know you will, be pleased to receive the picture of your :"adop- ted" child. ' Because of your gifts, this ' child now has : security and happiness - and • the .blessing ev- ery youngster deserves. I° wish . I. could;better express my'•.gratitude for all you are ; do-; ing;' to,. help this child. Without sponsors such as yourself many more children would be:.begging` in -'the streets, wrapping rags , around their'° feet, huddling in a doorway to . escape the cold ' -- going without guidance: and edu- cation But ; your ' help creates a new world for them 7 -:".and .: a 'better world for all of. us . to live in. I ami ; glad to •be able to give you the , following, information about the child especially select- ed elected.for you Name, Priston Martin Born, January. 1, 1953; .:Grade, sixth, Fay. subj., Hindi; ' Personal char-. acteristics, A likable, co-operative, • (Continued on page 13) andaHunte r 1. � Speaking�:, , Champ (By John Bradley) Last Tuesday, January 19th, the public speaking ,finals for L.D H.S. were run.. off.', There were, .two' divisions, junior and `senior. The finalist' for :the. juniors were Jan- et Carruthers, Wanda Hunter Donna E. ' Ritchie, Nancy. Bushell, Jon; Lizmore and Russel 'Min; and for the . seniors Jean, Sutton; Beverly : Phillips, `Linda Little'' and John Bradley. Judges for the " fin.- ataffls w: ere 'members of the .L.DH.S. • S The results ,were as follows is junior, first, Wanda Hunter; 'se- cond; Jon Lizmore; third,' Nancy Bushell; senior, first, John Brad- ley; second, Jean Sutton; third, Linda. Little. Regulations .Allow- ed only two contestants to go to . Wingham, so the top two jun- iors : and,: .seniors', went .to Wing - ham last Saturday " to compete against g st th e schools of Ripley and Wingham in 'tile Legion contest. In the ,junior , division there was a •total of five • contestants and in , the '.senior. division -.there ' was a total, of six`: -competitors. ft was a great.thrill, and a ' weld de- served honour, for Wanda ; Hun- er, . the daughtr of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hunter of . Ashfield, to "walk, off" with the ',Advance -Times tro- phy in the, junior division. ` Anna- -belle Ritchie of -Ripley D.H.S.'was second, and Jon Lizmore of LDHS was in third place. In. the senior division ,Charles - Congram' 'o f Wingham was first,' Shirley Steele of Ripley second; ,and 'Jim Ern- merton of Ripley, third..• It was .a ,pleasure for myself to be a contestant; and; knowing the stiff • competition, I. wish to congratulate not . eniy. , the winners but everyone that was at all con- cerned with the competition. Also I would ,like to thank 'Mr; Hall and..+.Miss ,Plum°steel of : 'LiH.S who helped the contestants out throughout the "'competitions." - • SISTER PASSES Mrs. William A. Miller of List- owel 'passed away, at. her borne in Listowel at they 'age of 69. The funeral was conducted at the Mc- Laughlin and R eed Funeral Horne, Listowel. The former Sadie Roach;, . Mrs, Miller ;was a sister of , Mrs, gain Nesbit, .Lucknow, Mrs. Thomas' Culbert, Dungannon; Mrs.; Fred Herd, Ripley;;' George • Roach. Kincardine; Mrs. Jack Blankett, London; 'and ; Ernest, Roach of Ham9ton. Omar Brooks Sells Kinloss. . Farm Albert Lentiips of :R R. 1 Shielt enham;bas purchased the farm of `Omar :Brooks'. on the • 3rd ` *concess- ion concession of Kinloss. The' farm is ' known to most people as the "Wes. Tiffin :place:" Possession „ will be ` ob- tained on ;the first of. April. Mr. and Mrs. -are are" ' na- tive Hollanders and: are members of, the Christian • Reformed Church. They have afamily of.. three children, ' Joen 7, . Jean 6 and: Henry 3. , Mr.' .ennips work- • ed for several years . in the • Acton area and: for the pest .,six years. has been employed on the Lions dale Dairy Farm. at Victoria. 'The ' local sale. -was made ;: by F. C. van. Eyl, 'local agent ,for John Bosveld Realtor of ` Meaford.,• RetiresA .. s• Post Office C�retciker Mrs', Charles • (Mern) Cooke bas resigned as.caretaker at 'the::". Luc tnow posoffice due to.'a heart condition:: • ....._ hwhich will require 'herimeto take.' things easier. . for a t: Mrs. Cooke has been :caretaker for. 41 ars since the . death of her husband. Charlie had • served. as caretaker for six ; years prior to that. Duties at the post office Are being parried ' on temporarily` by :. Carrie . Milne and Ken ' Cameron until a successor. is . named. Hunters :Bag f East. Of H�lyrood A party of '3 hunters last Fri- day 'bagged a wolf in Kinloss Township east of Halyrood ' and • near the 'eighth concession. The threesome were "Jim ;McEw,an of Kinloss who shot the animal' and Harvey ' and Jack 'McQuiilin of St.. Catherines, sons "of . I/Mr. and Mrs. Dick 'Mc"Quillin of the 6th of Kinloss. . Reports of wolves have been quiteprevalent fbr some time. About three weeks ago,, Jim and Donald McEwan, Dick and , Her: vey McQuillin and George Whitby of Lucknow' wounded one but it got .-away. FriThe one shot day' was not the same animal... Forshooting: the 50 lb, wolf, the hunters' were e eligible for a Pro- vincial-County-Township 'ro- vrncial-Coup To ...i t'y- wns�hip ,botin,ty of $55. .'