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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDN'ESDAt ,FEB. 6th, 1963
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• EDDIE. BUSH
Eddie Bush, .colorful and hard
driving coach. of • -the Hamilton
• Jr. A Red Wings, Memorial • Cup
• chainpions last season,will put
his squad 'through paces
in the Lucknow: arenaC.-ne2ct
:Monday evening. when they meet
the Goclerich
• Legion Officers
Are...1:tit.tolled
At the regular Meeting, of
.•-• Branch. 309. Royal -Canadian Le-
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• gion on Tiie,sday";,.'Jantrary, .29th,
• with • a good: attendance :present,
•• the -following officers were
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.stalled- by: Cot-tiradeErnie Lewis:
. 'President, • Jos.' King; .Ist • Vice.
, • . President, Clare -,Johnstone;- 2nd
•:•' Nice :Preaident, Arthur ErneWein';'
:secretary; 'Earl Cranston: treas•-
. Uter; Ernie Lewis; , Executive
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, •:Committee, Gordon IVICintgorriery,
:Ted ..Collyer; Chas. Robinson,
• Bert King. Added to 'tp..e peecu-
live were Kenneth Cameron land
Haio1d Ritchie, • Sergeant at arms
• is Harald Ritchie; Chaplain; Rev.
. • Rod" MacLeed.:, ".Service Bureau
Officer, Kenneth Cameron; ',Press
13,epOi7ter, Mrs. Alex Purvis and
Stuart ,Collyer. "=: •
From Overseas
Flying Officer R. E. Murray,
•' Mrs. Murray and , their 18--
• mOnths:old daughter, Shelly Ann,
:arrived home from overseas last
Wednesday. Mrs. Murray :is • the
•• •former Jean Richards, daughter
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of: Mr. and Mrs, Orland Rich-
ards,
ards, BoUridary West. • •'.
F0 Murray had been, 'serving
with. the ,RCA,F in France for
,the past .21/.2 years. .He will take
• a three -weeks' .course at Clinton
RCAF:, station ancl:'iri „six weeks
will be posted to Portage La
• Prairie, where Mrs. Murray's
' .brother, P.!0 George 'Richards is
• also stationed,
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.NegotiationS are currently_ be-
ing. carried ',on for the sale of
the •., Beatty Ladder Factory -in
Lucknow, and if they are suc-
cessfully finalized, the new %in-
dustry give.
promise to be a
Consid'erahly larger operation.
than in the past: , .
Closed Friday
Ladder prodiiction .at the local
.plarit has .gradually .tapered• off
,over the past few weeks with
periodic staff . reductions. On
Friday the fabtory. closed com-
pletely. with •the fires being
Elymer Reavieis "keep-
ing an eye" on 'the plant in the
meantime:
A spokesman :for Beatty' 13ros.,
confiraned • that/ negotiations 'for
sale of the plant were' being:
carried on, and , that the Beatty
firm was satisfied with the ot
'ler • and - on their part were.
ready to 'Clime •the deal,
To Move Ladders .
• The :pr.ospective buyer is ' not
interested in purchasing the in-
ventor. and Beattys •to
move their • stockpile of ladders
within two :or three weeks.
If the sale • is coristimrnat.K
it will be finalized by .March
• On Monday . The: Sentinel -con.:
tacted Reeve G. W..Joynt to en-
quire if he had . anything to
'announce on, the reported fac-
tory iegotiations Mr Jeyriesaid
he. was not releasing any infor.--
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mation at:the ,present time; °
Asked if Connell had met re-
garding ;,the plant assessment'
Whichwas. rumored to be a
factor ip completing the deal,
Mr. joynt- said there was
a ,fbied assessment on the plant
until the end of 1983..
'Asked if :he had any state -
Merit. to make, the Reeve replied,.
"I have no Statement at the
present time and can't, tell you
When •I may. hive."
Re -opened 5 Years Ago
'‘ The. faCtory, knoWn best •to
older residents': as ,the Lucknow
furniture factory, operated clur..
ing the' war for .the manufacture
Of component parts for „aii:Cikaft,1
and in post war years reverted
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to furniture, ManufactUring, 'tin-
der, the ownership.•of Wm. Ren- ••
and, who eventually closed 'the
plant,
It was • idle for some ', ten
years' before acquired. by Beat-
ty Bros of 'Fergus in the spring
of • 1958, • when -extensive renova-•
dons were carried -Ot- and new
machinery installed, primarily for
the manufacture' of the "well
known lines of 'Beatty ladders,
with Charles Bristow as plant
Manager. • ;
The Beatty enterprises changed
hands about a year -ago,and
policy changes :were • made, ...so
that in recent months .it became
known that the Lucknow opera-
tions were to be' eventually dis-
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Scouts Camp Out
Despite Weather
BOY SCOUT NEWS
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The 11.1st Lticlinow /Boy 'Scouts
have beenholdirrg their regular
Tuesday night meetings. One of
the' recent highlights was .0 Sat-
urday night toboggan Party at
the big hill on Allan MacIntyre's
tarni. A real time was had by all
the seauts.
Patrol leader Terry Rathwell
was presented with his Queen's
Scout 'badge which he qualified
for One year, 'ago but ;was: too
youn.g to receive.. Queen Scour
Jim McNaughton and. Terry Rath -
have earned: their Gold
cords. Sim -Button came from the.
Cubs fo.the Scouts as a recruit:
Phis past week -end f Our, Schts,
Donald Andrew;, Chester Hodgins,
Wayne larnieSon,.:Elliatt. Whitby
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and ScoUtniaster, George Whitby
had a earnprout which they :en:
jOyed greatly, despite' the weather
:which ranged from storm to rain
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The group left Friday morning
on their camping trip and return-
ed -late • .Saturdayafternoon On
snowshoes and skis they Went Into
the heavy ,swaitap area between
the ath and 6th Of Kinloss.. They I
went in .ofit the . tit 21/2
Vagiogs' TRcloP
RENOnt pANCE Consider New'Heating System And
A beriefit dance is being
planned in aid' of Mr. and
Mrs, Harold Howald
threepre-school age children,
who lost their Ki.nloss Town-%.
ship home and all their pos-
. seisions by dire recently.
.The event is being sponsor-
ed .by the Kinloss Boy Scout
Group, who. have the 'support
anderiCouragement. of neigh
bOurs ancl friends in this
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prornOtion.
'the place 'the ',I.,tiCictriow:'
:Legion Hall anci the date is
a Week from Friday,. Febru-
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---ary":7115th.•
Music 'will be. donated lay
Carruthers Qrchestra,, .and
• Pnivrision wl1 be made for
Cards. and games for :those
who. do not etre to dance,
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Hockey Prograrns:
Offer Chances.
On Six Prizes -
Mori Sunday: .School .,Accommodation
4,bit.ffe't supper Preceded •the. ' Our 1962 allocation of $2,300
annual meeting at' the Lucknow to ,the Missionary Budget was, • .
• . Presbyterian Church .' 'Rev.' Rad oversubscribed iby $3.0 and this
....,,4,MaclI4eod led in the • devotional indeed is an im,portant part of
exercises and was elected:. chair-' 'the. work Of the church gild'. .we
man for the business section �f do well to see it prosperthe : •
Meeting- • • The high atteridancp. at Sufi- ..
ipv": MacLeod reported 'for, the day School was .107 with an...afV- . •
Session:- There were 'Seven de'athserage; attendance of 86: There 'is. ,.
• and twelve children were baptiz- an,. enrolment .of 409, !including
ed in 1962.,,,Two new elders, Mr 14.teaChers, The superintendent is
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A. Cameron '-aricl'!. Mt.. ;Jack Mr: Sat.. Henderson and. Mr.
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MacDonald were :ordained elders Donald .Henderson as the very
:at the Oct6ber Preparatory 'Ser-• faithful secretary:. Total reCeipts
vice. An important part of the /of the Sunday Sehool were $524.:
in'iniSter'sworkis visit ng in the and expenditures were.$61VRe.-
hosStal. Our minister visits in :serve .i.zund$ .-werp,. used during
five .'hOspitals.. .1Attendance at the year to purchase forty Bibles
worship has.been sustain- for use in: the Sunday Sethool•
ed throughoUt , the. yeax. and. also ie, purphaSe, a glass top • '
The treasurer'S•report was most for' sthe communion • table, The:
enCoUraging., After meeting ,all Superintendent and the Teachers
obligations ,there Was a balance: are. due the thanks of the con -
of $3113, in the general- fun Giftsgregation for the diligence and
received from membeil-t ailed' faithfulness in this Most im. or - ,
$10,303.61 and.: rrxiacellaneoUS in- ant word of guiding our children
come was $528..56. Expendltiires to.. Christ. , . • '. 2 .
for maintenanee' of. -the. church .. There iare 23 ,babies.on the Cra.-:. •
.Were $8,200.25 While . $2330.05 die' Roll Mrs Janes Little ‘apd..
was donated to miSsr$: ons, :eontriL ''..V1Cyril Brown •had charge . of
butions, to other funds were the Victoria Mission Band: There.
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'Official souvenir 'programs for.
the Hamilton Red Wings and
Goderich Siftos exhibition game
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of in Jouckn.aW_rktext_Manday--even—
eed Of Chri$tian;EdLicatioli Rii Minn
toted 'their supplies (by toboggans ing •are now 'on. sale at local.
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Stres$ed .At United:. Chur'ch Aririu' al
aVailable 'at the areha,'IpreCecling
and packsacks No tents Were
business Places and Will;alsob•
taken. The boys.' -improvis• ed their' ' 'e ' • ' : .
own:shelter and spent the night
in sleeping .bags:' • ,
The deeo'SfiOW proved no pro-
blem while on snowshoes 'or skis,
and . in the bush . they , Weren't
aware that a. gale was blowing on
Friday night. The only weather
caper Which they hadn't antiei4
pated and prepared for, was rain.
At the last Meeting. the Scouts
asked • their 'Scoutmaster to con-
tact Scouter Lloyd Ackert. to see
ifa hockey game could be ar-
ranged sometime in, February •so
the two, troops Could .get together,
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louse Of Lucknow Family Of Eight
B P t Action Of Firemen
Saved-. y romp
Fire, eriginating in the base
!bent of the'borne of Mr. and
Mrs.: Albert •Morningstaia• 'Luck -
now, did extensive smoke and
Water damage before loping ex-
tinguished members of , the
Lucknow volunteer fire depart-
. ment ilia Friday.
• The fire broke out abut noon
1VIr. and. Mrs. Morningstar and
• year old ;baby tlaine were hoine,
at the time. Mr. and Mrs. IVIorn-
ingstar. were hanging a clothes
• line at • the ‘front of the thoUse
when they discovered the str.noke
- • pouririg tfrom the lbaSeMent,
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der a back kitchen at the rear
of the haute.
Mr. Miorningstar .statect that he
;Was tinablet.to enter the basement
. 'because of. the ,heavy snloge,
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that ,he had been in the basement
just ashort time 'before with •no-
sIgn• of ,smoke at that. time.
Firemen were unable to in the
loCation of the tithes becatise of
the choking sanoke. . A. hole was
punched through the, wail in, or-
der to get a hase`trito' the 'burning
cellar. Jack •Treleaven, using a•
mask. and air paek, managed to
gat a hose into the .ibasement via
the houge StairWay.
7Mi., and ,..MrS, Merningstar and.
Si5C,childreri tenant the Wheeler.
St. house "standPiPe hil1".0Wri-
ed 'by Mrs: Richard' Martin, Only
a little Over a year ago. the 1v/Orti-•
ingstara Were burned t While
living at the pill- 14/61.1.% house,
,juSt.setith. of the High School, •
the game. •••
This interest -arousing exhibi-
tion tilt is ibeing .sponsored by'.
the Lucknow and District Lions
Club, and • 55 business people in
Lucknow have taken space • ,to
promote the ,program idea,. which
lists the players on both teams
by name and number, as well
as Carrying a , picture 'of the
Hamilton team, 'winners ,last
year of the 'Memorial Cup em7
blematic of Stinior A supreniacy
in Canada. •,
w k because of
storrn onditions, the .annual.
Meeting. of Lucknow Unrted
Church was held. last Thursday
-evening and was preCed.ec1 by a
.buffet • supper.. • • .
non.. Hunter., cSam 1 Ajton,
Campbell, Gordon l3rooks., Added ..
to the Board were Robert .kish-,'•
et; Elwin Hall and Miss Ada
Webster Miss Webster assumed •
the duties of envelope 'steward,
upon; the departure :of Mrs.' W.:
R. IloWey, • • : '
.' Clarence Greer. was named' to
succeed Charles BristOw :on the
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"music •• committee.
There are 801.members On ,the •
Cradle Ralf, and 85 Me.5$eniers,
formerly. the •I'VliSSion Band, The
Messengers join . with the Eicpl or •
ers, for their 'meetings.'
Resident membership „is' 863 :
and nen-resident 98 for a total
of 456.. There are 227—,farnilies
and - units' under pastoral care •
or a total of G90 persons. . .
The:•financial statenient of the,
Sunday ',school revealed. Sunday.
Collections of $505.21..(apart 'from
missionary givings) were not •
sufficient to meet expenses an.d
$100.60' was received from: the
Official 8oartl.
The average : attendance for
50 .Stiridays was 139 8, and IS'
growing* eveq year. APprecia'tion
was expresecl to the fat.h.ftil. •
teachers, 'and ' the' need .was..
stressed; for eesistant teacher$to
give the regular tea4hs 'Some-
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The first year ot 6.14 neWly
Organized 'United Chtirc.;h Worken
\vas very succeSsful $.plritual'.
growth', work aeci.inip1izthd. altd
funds raised. ' •
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The prograrns' which sell fot
a dime, list six. lucky nurnben
prizes with' a v'alue .of over
$80.00 First is a $10.00 'cash prize
by Walden Bros, 'Transport Ltd
bushel basket of groaefies: from
Brown's Fruit Market, apprax;
imater Value,: $7,511; $5.00 • in dry
cleaning iby ,iii.nuee Cleaners and
$5.00 *cash prize by Kincardine
Cleaner& . ., •
In adclition there will be dravs.
for two autographed hockey
atieks, autogra,plied, by PaulHen-
derson ,LucknoW:born Red Wing
star and other Anembers of this
team -- one of Canada's best,
The prize. sticks will' be award-
ed
to two Students --either
puha' or high sg,h601. The sticks
are being donated by i4e Lions.
Arthur Hrown Ltd. of Walk-
ertori who had 'the contract for
building the building to -house
the artificial ice machitleryoxiade
a spetial donatiari JO the 4$r6.7
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• In his • irneSsage to ;the con'gregationRev. W. Strapp
reviewecl*.the Centennial activi-
ties and recalled the many,speo=
ial speakers who hadparticipa,..
led during the year, It: has been
a. great year. • he added.- and
commended the. chon, the newly.
organized United, Church. Woman,
and the various . other brganiza-
tiors "tor ,the.role „they had.. play-.
ed, •' • :
ti`v•,.. Mr. Strwp felt that the'
time • is coming when the con-,
gregation Must deal with the
matter .of building' a ,Christian
Education buiding Thei,need is
revealed by the. Suncla'S, school.'
greups, which are meeting in • the
body ' of the church and in/ the
Church 1-16,use, • '
Strapp also. -mentioned the
need for leaders iri the Sunday.
School and the need or a Bib—
lical' reference library. He spoke
of the ,inerease'' in missionarY
givings and of the•challenge to
support this ,part of the, churth's
Work, • , •
The 'three retiri'ng elders me
teaecidited, Robert Rae, •
StoTillike and Ewart Taylor,
Petiring Stewards ,k11,6 were
re-elected • are,. k, C, Murdie,
`mckifyil 'ItAynard Ackert, ;Ver.,
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