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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO:
WEDNESDAY; tULY 8th;, 1964
Misfortune:. ' accompanied . good
neighborliness •on Monday when
Eugene Pritchard,' 12 -year-old son
of Mr., and' Mrs. John Pritchard,
had both legs fractured, while as-
sisting at a haying bee •at the
farm of. Gordon Struthers.' • -
The' .mishap occurred dust' after
thesupper hour as the neighbor-
hood •"gang" were .nearing coin=
pletion of the hay harvest at the
Struthers farm. It was 'the second
of two "bees". which • were held
to take .off Gordon's crop while
he ' was hospitalized; •
Eugene. vwa conning in from the
field on a ,wagon load of over 10.0.
bales 'weighing .betweenthree and'
four tons:' He was riding at the
front of the' tractor -drawn wagon
on
with • his uncle Elmo, and.' Elmo's
son Wayne. As they approached
the ' bale . elevator ' at the barn,
Eugene fell off the wagon in -some'
unexplained way;. and thefront
wheel went over his .legs:' •
i The 'right. leg •was broken near
.the: hip, and 'was in a cast and
in traction on Tuesday. The • lef t
i ankle was badly' broken and it had
•
been. • set, when this was ' written
:on '. Tuesday: -•
At the best. it looks as. -'if Eu-
gene will be ' in the 'hospital for
'some time. ' But, hospitalization is
not new to. him. He . was critically
ill ' with • appendicitis when 'a lad
of 4 years. • . • '
Eugene's father was "back in
the field" helping build the loads
when : the accident, happened, and
Elrno had Eugene on the• way to.
the hospital before John knew of
the accident. ' '
'
ENTNEL. MAILNGLIST,
v.Hare D •. Inducted AtSCORc•
Pine River Uflit�d
V:' HAROLD D. PILLEN
Church . Thursda
y.
,(By Mrs. Wm Courtney)
Over 175 members fronii Millar -
ton, Bethel .and Pine,. River • con-
gregations met on .Thursday. even-
ing ..of last week in Pine River
United Church for the induction of
Rev. Harold .D .Millen:.
Rev. Edward "W...Todd of Tara
United. Church led in the worship
service and ' Rev: Howard Strapp
of Lucknow United. Church.' gave
the Scripture reading and sermon
taking his ;'text from 2 Timothy'
215.' "Study to . shew . thyself ap
proved unto God a 'Workman that
needeth ,not, to. be• ashamed rightly
dividing the word 'of truth",. he
reminded the congregations . .of
their responsibility to : • their new
minister, and stressed -the •'need of
regular church attendance and for
members to carry their share in
all organizations of the
church.
Rev:=Edward"-V^
Todd' , had
charge of the: induction 'service
Ray Walden of Bethel and Donald
Courtney of Pine River congreg-
(Continued •on Page 12)
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Visited In Niagara:
On 88th Birthday
Still remarkably' 'alert. and ac-
' tive, 'W. W:, Hill of Lucknow ob
served his 83th birthday on Mon-
' day,. July 6th. Mr. Hill 'Went to
• Niagara Falls on • Sunday ..of last
week_ __where he-__is.tvisiting:._with.
' his sister, 'Mrs. F. h Stuart:-
'Mr. Hill still takes a great in-
I terest in his vegetable and flower
garden' as •.the .grounds.' will show.,
He is . a faithful church man, and
,.has won . • distinctive • honours in:
`i :Masonic circles for long member -
)'ship 'service •
idOpt.(lpss. Rotation System A
x
• �For �• . Reduced` E endit ru es
6ud et
At the July . meeting . of the Luck -
now. Public. School. Board, the sug
gested rotation- of ' classes for
Grades V, VI, . VII and VIII was
discussed and necessary require-
ments for' the change approved..
This.. programme is in . operation
most of the area schools , and
is .`being ,'organized • upon the in
structionsof thInspector,
Arrangements' are to be made . •
' •bv: the. Property. Committee to at-
tend to having the floors in two
classrooms sanded • and . refinished,
during the summer and new desks •
will be supplied for those' rooms
This comoletes the'project'of hav 1
ii g the.' floors ' attended through ' 1
onit the School and new -desks in
each. classroom.: .-
1964 budget for, school 'operation
was set at $17,000.40 =-•- a decrease
of $3,000.00, from the previous
year..
.Sundry • accounts amounting to
$263.02 were approved paid, with
a balance of. $1,155.16 on hand as:
of June • 30th, '.
.
/.
Mr. Hill came toLucknow from.
Mitchell early, in: the .century and:
1 was . in the grocery business here
1 for. forty-five• years until' retiring
15 years. ago.
Church His Unequalled Record
HOLIDAY' TIME COMING:•
UP• AT THE. SENTINEL •`
Holiday time at The Sen -
will be. the last week
of July and; first week of
August.
. In other ' words, the ' office
will be. closed the weeks. • of '
July. 27th and :August • 3rd
• which takes. in Civic Holiday.
Neighbors Took
Off Hay Crop
a•
While Gordon Struthers was in,,
hospital last .' week with , a virus
infection, the neighbours held a
'couple of bees s : and made quick
work of harvesting his hay' crop.
Gordon had seven acres com-
pleted when he had to enter hos-
pital on Saturday; June. 27th •
The following Monday the neigh-
bours held their first bee.. Last
Saturday they completed cutting
operations and.: on Monday of this
week were back again .to bale.
and store' the remainder of 20
acres which they 'had taken ` off
altogether.
As a result 'Gordon has his barn
filled to the roof with. bay.. He's
home again, but certainly not up
to ': haying, and- he • .is indeed .ap-
preciative of what "the boys" did
for him.
Car Thieves
Hit Montgcmerys
Some ' would-be car thieves' hit
Single Copy 16c. 12 Pages
.;;.oved Big darn
To Rankin Farm
The moving of a big barn in
Ashfield Township on Tuesday of
last week, went "along.' with clock
work precision and is now, resting
on its new,. foundation" on the' farm
of Murray Rankin, . although Con-
siderable, work yet remains to be
done on the building.
The original barn, on the .Ran-
kin' farm was destroyed by fire
on October 3rd of last . year. Mr..
Rankin bought a 36 x 76 foot barn
from Robert Drennan, whichwas
located just off' Highway' 21 about ` '
3 miles' north of Kintail. '
The 31 -mile moving -operation
was in charge of W. A. Parsons
of Staffa. Using an extended' . float
and seventy foot steel I -beams,
the barn ' was moved to its new
site in '.a matter ' of hours.
On:. hand were members of the
Provincial . Police and the Dept!
of: Highways crewmen.: Hydro and ' r
telephone crews also ' assisted ' by
'temporarily removing' those ser-
vice wires •which stretch across
the, ' highway.
The. Rankin
An unusual :glow:...fnFire the: pre-
dawn' sky last- fall aroused the
Rankin houshold :todiscover their
barn ,was, aflame • ;from end . to
en& Lost in ' theblaze'' were 58
,Y
•
pigs, including seven sows, and
the season's crop • of hay, gram
an d straw.. The grain loss .. was
about 2,500 bushels of oats and
175 bushels of barley. 'The : cattle.
'were on pasture.
The Rankin farm is on the.
Huron Sands sideroad near the
Montgomery Motors - in Lucknow lake, It. was the former Jack
during the past couple of weeks, Gould farm, ,from whom Mr. Ran=
but got ;scared. off in their ,second•, kin bought the property 'about .
theft .-attempt 'within .a fewdays,: three years : ago. •
t the big barn on_t e_farm_of
The . first theft, of- a new car
ended up with the. , car being
found;;undamaged,-behind-'--a--barn
on :the property of Omar -Brooks,
across the road from Greenhill
Cemetery,:' '
The second attempt was 'foiled
by Police 'Chief Joe Balzer whose
investigation of . .the : scene:, caused
'.the twosome Jo. to flee- on foot, Joe
was patrolling the back . of bus-
iness places along main, street
when he • heard . a motor . being
t
I.
ha
t
Alber:. was cGt ° Mee.the. atfollowin Port AlberS
g utn: was
'destroyed by fire. •
tered Montgomery Motors `through•
a side window •and had secured the
necessary keysand a • set : of lie-
ence plates to.;do•the. 'job..; Unfort-
unately, they, chose 'a car from ,
which the starter had been remov-
ed and' their :efforts to , turn over •
the motor proved useless. Their`
turned over rn an attempt to 'start attentions were turned lo 'another •
off the
the car. His investigation scared car when they were scared off
thieves. The. pair had en- Jn; foot.
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W.I. MEMBERS TO BE
HOSTESSES AT MUSEUM,
An enjoyable afternoon was
spent at the home of Mrs., Philip
Stewart where' the 1.uckrinw Wo.
men's Institute held ' their • July
meeting in ' the form of a picnic,
Many contests were . conducted by
Mrs.' P. Stewart and Th A. \'VP'-
son, «1 h all 'thy members 'taking
part,
On July .16t1i, Members of the
Institute .go to the Southa ngon
musewm to
serve tea and cook-
.
• its to the. visitors. Those wishing .
.go on' the
to .goJuly 23rd are to' bus trip to Kitchen-.
' er see Mrs.
on,,
George Whitby, Mrs. R. Robert- ,
son and • Mrs. P. Stewart.:.
A lovely buffet supper brought
the afternoon to a close. •I
Left to' right :-.. Rev.' F'r'ed
L
McTavish, Rev. e�. T. CIiC .
ester 'Wilk-
instill, Rev. Edgar .. J. . Roulston,
Rev.. John. C. Nichols n.
Top left - RcdV. i.t1O.i't ti,'ald n. r
Top .r'ight - It•:Sv. l:).uv.'a11 Mc -1
Tavish.
Rev.:.•.J. C. Nicholson was, not '•a
rnemberSf ' Olivet congregation
nut•grew u ' in the conunun'ity.
g p ..
Although he was a, Presbyterian,.
he preached hit f;resi sermon in
Oli.v'et.
Members of Olivet United Church j •
congregation who .worshir • in a
little country -'crossroad, .church,
and are, proud of , their unequalled. I
`record of, having''. five' native sons.,
enter the -ministry within a period
of ten years; celebrated their .75th:.1
anniversary on Sunday, July .5th,.';
It.was a red letter occasion with
overflow :congregations at ' both'
morning and. evening .services and
a,' luncheon and reunion gathering ' •
in the afternoon, which brought !.
old friends• And a new generation
together for a period of happy 'fel
lowship', w
•
,Morning, Service
• Sunny and 'seasonably warm •
weather prevailed ,:for thea day,
snaking for the Comfort of those '
indoors and out. Acconiodation •
was provid•A beside the church l
for the overflow ctaowd and ' the
se.'vice way b:'nught to thein by,
Jim Boyle's public address sys-
tem, which was also . in uSc •for.:
the luncheon reunion ' hold on the
s��aciou And willow -shaded . lawn
p
at the hone cif Mr, and Mrs: John
MacCharles, two° miles west of the
church. There ars interesting pro-
gram was 'presented after a sump-
tuous smorgasbord lunch,.•
Rev. George N. Ball,, pastor of
the Ripley -Olivet charge, welcom-
e the congregation, thanked . those
taking part, and turned. the ser- •
Vice over to Rev. Edgar J.. Roul-'
ston, an Olivet native, who was
guest minister at both services.
It was an occasion, hesaid, to re-
turn thanks and rededicate our'
lives.
John 'MacCharles, . chair. man of °
the anniversary committee,.. ex-
tended a welacome on .behalf of the
Sossion, Committee and. members .
of the 'congregation. The 75th an,
niversary Cake was on' display in
the church and wns niade by 'Mrs.
,Ehler Osborne, ' Mr's. Herb Clay-
ton, and Mrs. John • 11TacCharles
and . was decorated by M'rs. \Val-'
tel Dc: ter lovely bouquets of
fro`x*erg• yr ! i' 1` er,,nnccd the •church
W r e placed• there by: 'Mrs. W . J.•
Ralston in rritim'ry of Mr. W.
J Zoulston and son C'' '`l'e and.
'T". And 1\1 '.'''.V C. Smith, by
\lr. 'Ch irtio . lnit'i`ane Mr: and
,rc.earie an.l' ;l y;ncla. in
memo*. of M7 q. (r' Sniith.
and daughter Lillian; by the Roul»'
sten Family inn memory of Mr,.
and lvla c Johnston Rau'Sten and
:P,erc,y: by . the Catnnhell . Family
(Continued • on Page. 11)