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NONAGENARIAN KEEPS HOE
AND TYPEWRITER BUSY Meet ' Temporarily In Orange Hale" •
Rev. Benson Cox will be
90 years young this month,
• and when one reaches nona
genarian status, with. thevigor..
• and keeness of mind of Mr
Cox, they just naturally • "be-•
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CKNOW, ONTARIO, ' WEDNESDAY, JUNE' 17th, '1964 Single Copy 10q 16 Pages
come news." •
A few months ago we Wrote,.
about Rev. Cox purchasing a
new typewriter — and itici-
dentally, selling his' bagpipes.
That he is • making , good use
of the typewriter is ' indicated
by the fact that last week.
Rev. Cox purchased a ._quan-
tity of envelopes, Not just a
pa'ekageor two, mind you,
but a box of ..1000,:.
Over the years he has made
many friends and acquaint-
ances, . as well as other :inter-
ests, which involves a great
deal of correspondence. .•
But Mr. Cox doesn't . spend'
all his time at the` typewriter.
He has an excellent -flower
and vegetable garden at the
Kinloss Township farm home,
which is proof of the time , he
.spends and the pleasure he
derives from this hobby, which
some • men ••much younger
would find 'toe strenuous.
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Lost <,For bear,
Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services for- ,Ken, Mac-
Lennan, brother-in-law of James
Culbert of Lucknow, were held
Tuesday in . Vancouver. Mr. Mac-
Lennan .mysteriously disappeared
lastsummer while visiting in
Manitoba.. , At that time, he left
the supper table, went ' outside,
and . diSappeared.
While details of the discovery' of
the body are not clear to Jim at
present, he is • expecting further
word . by letter. <A telegram was
received by himat the weekend
advising of the funeral arrange-
ments.
Mr.' MacLennan is survived by
his wife, .the former, Barbara Cul-
bert' who returned to B.C.' last
summer after searches for her,
husband. had proved. futile.. Mr:.
MacLennan, who ' was in 'his 80th
year, . was ' found in. the vicinity
of where he, was' lost near. Virden,
Manitoba.
3 �n;:�amity Pais
College Exams
ti
Bill andn• Andrew, sons° of
Mr,.. and Mrs. William E. Andrew.
of Ashfield Township, were .'suc-
cessful in - passing their examin-
ations at O A.C., Guelph. ;Bill has
finished the first .year of the , De-
gree Course and John
has com-
pleted the second year. ••
Bill went west to Tilley, Alberta
six weeks ago and hired . with
the Henuset Pipe , Line Company
for the summer. He is thoroughly
enjoying this new experience and
the friendly people in that dis-
trict.
is-trict
John is helping out on the home
farm for the summer.
Mr. David Gorlin of Sarnia, • a
friend of John's f om . the 0 A C.,
An -
'drew g' his' home with the An-
d _.._.. familyfor the summer while
r
he works in conjunction with the
Dairy Branch of the College. He
is temporarily Assistant l+ ieldinan
for the creameries in the Wing-
ham, Goderich, Clinton area. The
cream- brought in by the farmers
is given a rigid test for .acidity,
flavour, etc. in an, attempt to im-
prove the quality of butter. .
To 'Complete B.A. Course
Miss Louise Andrew was suc-
cessful in obtaining her : winter
course -in Philosophy and will :at-
tend Waterloo College again this
summer for • two more courses.
She plans on taking leave of ab-
sence from the Kitchener Public
School staff next term to coim-
plete her B.A. Degree at' water-
loo .Lutheran " College.
A new $20,000 Bethel • United
Church will. rise from the ashes
of the church , they lost by fire.
over , a year -age .% Construction of
the new brick veneer building is
expected to get underway within
a month and a completiondate
has been set for early Fall. Bethel
is located on Highway 21, midway
between Pine River -and Kincar-
dine.
Ruins of . the old church have
been 'dismantled and the lot com-
pletely cleared. An application has
been made to the. Department of
Highways for al permit to .proceed
with the construction of • the new
church building which will sitfur-
ther back from Highway 21 to
the east. ' The new '. structure will
be 27 by 47 feet and will have
both an upstairs auditorium : or
worship and a downstairs '. assem
bly area, Contract for the 'cone
struction of he• church has been'
let to Mahood Lumber Co. of Kin-
cardine
Members of the . building com-
mittee for the new Bethel church
are Jim Elliott,' secretary, Jack
Elliott, Ralph Elliott and Harold
Courtney.
Meet In. Orange Hall
The congregation has made
plans. to • meet for worship . in
the Orange Hall apronss . the High-
way from the, church site.; . Ser-
vices will start in July with the
arrival of ''the new minister Rev.
Harold D. ' Pillen who will serve
the charge of Bethel and Pine
River. Rev. Donald MacKenzie,
who . has been ' in charge,' of *the
two congregations, leaves the end
of June for his new charge 'at
Kirkland ..Lake. The construction
of the new , church is a notewor-
thy undertaking for . the Bethel
congregation 'which numbers less
than 50 families,
• Appoint Trustees •
• A congregational. 'Meetingwas
g
held in' the ran a Hall oMon-
day night at which time two new
trustees were appointed. They are.
Elmer. Courtney and ,Harvey Har
rison who along with former
trustees Murray Shelton and Bert
Elliott will act in that. capacity.
The resignation was accepted with
regret of Trustee Mervyn. Funston
who was thanked at the, meeting
for his service. Present at the
meeting ie. addition to members
of the congregation was Rev. Don=
ald MacKenzie, minister, and Rev:
MacDonald of Kincardine a n .d
Rev. Howard Strapp of Lucknow •
representing ' Presbytery; Re v.
,MacDonald acted 'as - chairman.
The congregation, which was very.
I.
well represented at. the • • ting,
decided ,.te redecorate th seats
from the former. church. They
were not over 10 'years. ol when
the fire hit the building nd are
in good condition.
Congregation 1' ears
The history of a l e congregation
goes. ° back: • 108 ears to 1 n.
the first churc was buil on the
present site. In rrange--
ments were made to build a new•
church and while the new one'
was being built to the north of
the, : original' one, the • old ' log
church burned down scorching the
'one. side of the new one. -'In 1926,
-the ; church was.remodelled and
Again • in 1953 remodelling was
done. 1964 will see the third church
on the same site, a tribute to the
pioneers who established this con-
gregation 108 years -ago. .' °
Set Open Hours •
For Village' n Dump
At, a '. special meeting of . ' the
Village"'Council, open hours were
decided upon for- the Municipal
• garbage dump.
The : dump will be open, cinder
supervision, for one hour from.
7:00, to 8:00 o'clock on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday even-
ings
veningsof each week, and each
Thursday : afternoon from 2:00 to.
4:00 p.m.
At all other times •the dump
P
will' be locked. The utter disre-
gard' by some people in disposing
of garbage has led' to this lock -
the -dump. policy. The supervised
open hours will provide plenty; of
access • to the property, and :it
is : felt is the only ' answer to
orderly disposal ' of '.refuse.
The dump has been .a perennial'
Problem . for Councils ` over the
years, and it has _ proved costly
from time to time in
"cleaning
it up."
Recently the Council had , an-
other
cleanup of the property, and
have fenced and locked it, in or-
der ' to effectively carry out ' the
new^ program for orderly dump.
Council is also currently adver-
tising '
dver-tising' for a municipal' employee
to' succeed_..Hughie .MacMillan—whir
has :, accepted another position.,'
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Bruce Pr�sbyferyPast�ral
—"Efe tve: July—Ist, `Rev Harold.
D. Pillen will assume his duties
as pastor. of the two-point charge
of Pine River and Bethel .United
Churches. •
He will succeed ' Rev. Donald
A. MacKenzie who is going to
Kirkland Lake suburban:. Rev.
MacKenzie's ministry will conclude
at : Pine River - 'Bethel,with the
former congregation, obse
rving
their centennial anniversary, and
Bethel congregation - commencing
h
construction of a: new _ church
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to replace the one which:. was
destroyed by fire.
Rev. and Mrs. Pillen • who will
occupy' the Manse • at Pine River,
have a family of three children,
two teenagers* and the ether' of
,public school age.
Other Changes
Other pastoral changes in Bruce.
.Presbytery are at Bervie and
Mildmay, •
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' Rev., Martin Rule •comes to 'the
Bervie-Chalmers-Kinloss ' ,charge,
as successor to' Rev. W. J. Car.-
son.
Rey..
Doug las L. Steven " has
g
been appointed to ,the . Belmore-
Mildmay charge
HOSPITALIZED. 'IN LONDON.
WITH FRACTURED-a_HIP
Wm. 0 Hunter of. town .is . a
patient in Victoria Hospital, Lon
don,' where he underwent surgery
on. Monday; : June ;8th to have' a
pin put in his; hip.
Mr..Hunter ;broke the ;lip .in. a
fall at his home .the previous .Fri-
day. He was' taken to Winghan'
hospital . and . from 'there' to Lon-
don...'
Retires From Swine
Associati�n Posf
The''.Canadian Swine Breeders'
Association is meeting' this week
in Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island, when. they . will . officially
deal with the resignation of S.
Stothers, who has served 'as-
secretary-treasurer.
as•
s cretar treasurer•. of : the
y Assoc-
iation, and editor :of the Assoc
ration's magazine for some 'four-
teen years.
This ..is one' .of the activities
which has kept Steve busy since,
his retirement from the Agricul-
ttiral.' Service Department.
Mr. Stothers tendered his res-
ignation : to the Association some
time ago and• has . -been carrying
on the duties; until his successor..
is named.
Mr. aiid—=Mrs— -Stothers left for
the 'East by train' the .first of
the. week. They will also " visit in
Ottawa. The: meeting of the Swine
Breeders' Association. -will be on
Friday . at Hotel •Charlottetown.
The island province is ; going all'
out this year ' .to focus' attention
on the `Cradle , of Confederation"
where pre -centennial .celebrations
are—being--featured this -year.
Blokes .tommupt�
Honors. Phillips
Blakes community' honored Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Phillips 'at a
social " evening at Blake's Church
Hall on Saturday, • June 6. Mr.
and • Mrs. Phillips have taken up
residence in. the Henderson apart-
ments on Lucknow's, main street'
after thirty-seven years farming
in the Blake ; community.
For 30 years Herman operated
a chopping mill ' on the ninth con-
cession where they* lived - until
year's g
about seven a a• when the
milling was discontinued.
During a pleasant social' even-,
ing, Jerry Cranston and Howard
Blake ' presented Mr, and Mrs.
Phillips with a lamp and electric'
tea kettlefrom the community.
Mrs. Phillips, received 'a cup and
saucer from the ' W.M.S.. Their.
son Bill Phillips now resides on
the home farm.
Brothers Together In Local Pulpit '�o
:Mark 40#h Annirrersary Of �rdinafia�n ,
A service of unique interest
was held in Lucknow United
church, on Sunday, June 14th when
Rev. Howard W. Strapp and his
brother Rev. Oliver B. Strapp of
Colpoy's Bays' Ontario, celebrated'
forty years of ordination in the
Christian ministry. ; •
• On Sunday morning : Rev. H. "W
Strapp conducted the service with
his brother as guest speaker. Rev.
"0' . B." as he . is . known, referred
briefly .;to the personal importance
of this anniversary to he and his.
brother. They have shared diffi-
cult times and : times of great
happiness and: great joy, , and "we
give ..thanks to God for .:all his
goodness," he concluded.
Rev. Strapp's sermon was bas-
ed on -religious conditions in • the:
United Arab Republic, where he
was privileged to visit this past
winter, and where the great maj-
ority are ,:devout Moslems,.. who
carry on. 'a quiet persecution •of
the Christians. But more insid-
ious • he. feels is the 'Western.
World's tendency . to rationalize, a
progressive lowering . of the moral
standard.
A family gathering . was held at
The Parsonage " following the ser-
vice to further mark., this mem-
orable occasion.
Rev. 0. B. Strapp was ordained
at Hamilton on Sunday, June .1st,
1924 at which service Bishop F
,D. Leete,D.D. of the Methodist
EpiscopalChurch was guest spea-
ker and :.participated in;the . or-
dination .se�' . iceH.
a
Rev.W.Strapp
was ordained on June .15th,. 1924
• •. ntoxtli-_Aven_ue---C h m
Toronto.
The two brothers, born in Dart-
ford, Kent, England, came, . to
Canada in September, 1911, sett-
ling with their parents at Oshawa.
-Upon graduation their ministries
within the church havebeen quite
varied.
Rev. H.. W. Strepp•
In .1918. Howard. Strapp, the 'pre
sent_ minister of Lucknow United
Church, became a probationer for
the Methodist Ministry . and re-
eeived his theological training from '
Victoria and Knox. Colleges in Tor-
onto and was ordained in 1924 by
the . Toronto Conference at Dan -
forth church. His first charge was •
in the Barrie district On Septem-
(Continued • on Page 2)
Publish Pine ever
Centenary History
"A Centennial History" of Pine.
River United Church is now avail-
able'
vailable' and has been' published in
connection with the'one hundredth
anniversary ;to . be marked this
month.
The 32 -page book, published by
The Sentinel, is an interestingly
detailed history of .the a,congrega-
tion and sister congregations •at,
Lurgan . and Amberley in earlier
days, with which the Pine -River
inseparably
history` is 'associated.
The Centennial Planning Com-
mittee, : whose duties included the
preparation of the book, is com- •
prised" of James : Bradley, ; chair-
man, .John'. Reid, Donald Court-
ney, Robert Courtney, Mrs. Gor-
don
Elliott, Mrs. ;Eldon` Bradley,
Mrs. John Blue and Rev. Donald
A. MacKenzie, who- did the actual' •
composition', .of the history.
The congregation of Pine River
will observe' their centennial an-
niversary on the last Sunday , of
the month, June . 28th, with Rev.
Merrill, MacLeod of Trinity United
'Church, Guelph, .guest speaker at
morning and . evening services.
The occasion will • be highlighted
by a homecoming of many for-
mer residents, and following the
morning . service there will be a
-buffet luncheon which -will
time of ' happya re-
newing of friendships. •,
' At the morning service there
will be the dedication of . gifts : and,
memorials • and .the evening ser-
vice will be marked by : the ded-
ication of a new organ which has
just been installed and the burn-
ing of the mortgage, symbolic of
the debt -free position of •• the :con-
gregation, ` which in the past few
years has undertaken major • cap-
ital expenditures The nets manse
was built in 1951, and the 18vely ,-
new, church on Highway 21 at • the
intersection of Con. 4 Huron Town-
ship, was built ,in 1958. '
Nonagenarian Presents, Electronic
Organ .To .Kinlough Anglican Church.
On Sunda , June 28th, relatives, Following the service there will
friends and neighbours of the Rev: he a reception and: 'a buffet lunch-
13enson' 'Cox are cordially invited eon. '° '
to the Anglican church at Kin A. few weeks ago. Mr•. Cox pre-+
lough for a special.service of sented the church. with a beatiti-
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thanksgiving to 'mark his 90th ful • electronic organ which will be '
birthday, `
used at this time.
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