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LUCE QW, ONTARIO 'WEDNESDAY, ,JAN. 24th, 1962'.
Single Copy 100
12 Page's
Artificial Ice. FUiut:CIirnbed-
The Past Week To Top $7
On. Monday night the Artifii ial
Ice • Fund stood at $7,006 repre-
senting donations. `received dur-
ing the 'Past . week of` . approxi:.
mately " $2,000.: 4•.
Weather 'conditions. , haven't
been good, especially' for country
canvassing and : several -:of the
Lions are also so involved in other
community activities . that .:they'
find free nights ' quite few - to
.complete' their calls:
If you haven't' been called on
yet, you will be,• and Club mem
bers are being urged to complete
the canvass'at. the. earliest 'possi:
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ble date
The reception received, is gen
erally quite . cordial, ; and some
of "the , boys".` are : finding • .these
calls provide' an opportunityfor•
an enjoyable chat" much and
all as 'they don't help •'to speed
up 'the' job..,
The response .from ' "Old .boys
. • and 'girls" has 'been excellent to'
date,andtheir contributions and
encou+ageinent •have • done ';much
to spark the Lions members in
this big undertaking.: •
•The following ;donations:•,'have
been instrumental in boosting the
-:therinorneter to the ;,$7,000 mark.:
Mrs'... George • Turnbull' 12;00
•Brussels '•
'Cameron MacDonald • 50.00
Helen", and'•Lloyd :Hall•'.. •50 00
Mrs.' W. A. Russell 1.00.'
Mrs: Ed • Thom •10 00'
Dan 'C. McInnes.., , 8:0,0
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•:Hol ood' R:�R..
Stewart MacDonald 5.00
Holyraod •
John Robb- Hol d� 2°00•
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GeraldRhody Holyrood °10.00.
Cecil Sutton,: R; • 3, Ripley: ".5:00
George. Benson. Cox • '25.00.
R.,• 1, Holyrood;
Eva Culbert,' Helyrood • )160:
Francis Boyle;,10.00'
frank Johnston 1A0.
Archie Bonnett •• 2:00"
John Ross •
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CCo on
t,000 To Mark' His 87th
00 Mark Birthday On Friday
ASHFIELD AIRMAN S*ENT
CHRISTMAS IN ITALY
Received =a belated Christmas.
card from F.S. W. A. „Drennan,
who is overseas with •the RCAF.
Bill was in. Belgitirn, b'ut at''; the
time of writing" was at the 'Air
Weapons' , Unit, ` Decimoniannu,
Sardegna, Italy. r •
The temperature the: day the
card was written in- mid-Decem-
ber was. 89 degrees.: The olive
crop, had just: been, finished, :and.
the orange harvest takes placein
early February, with •'the trees
loaded. • • :
• Bill,, who is the son •.of Mr: and.
Mrs. Elwood Drennan,says they
look forward to =receiving'
The Sentinel, •and although; a lot
of names are changed, the places'
remain. the same. .. •
age 12>
a. Ian r� . Derailed,:
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North •'••OfRipley
The CNR railiner• north.bouond;
to : Kincardine on .Tuesday night
of last,. week Was : derailed north
of -Ripley, ''The train crew' and
two: passengers .escaped: injuries.
and were. taken to Kincardine,
by . taxi 'F ►'
The railiner- jumped the tracks
at :the 12th Concession, 'railway
crossing in. Huron:. Towns;hi and.
"landed" iii•. 'the• • ditch•: ` An' auxil-
iary unit was' "brought: up, to put
the , railiner ' • back 'on .the . rails;
arid/ s•o
ame.track was torn' up in
this:e operation. :: :Through .service.
P
:was restored' the next day and.
the, night ,train went :through _as
usual. '
• On . Wednesday •.. morning • a
train-taxxi shuttle was used ' from•
Kincardine to ..connect with, a
train;. Which. had come`: up during
the :.night to Ripley,:
PresbyterianChurc
Meeting, :.Reviewe
The Annual'' meeting' of the.
Lucknow Presbyterian church.
was preceded by 'a buffet supper;
served at. 6:30. p.m. January 18th.
in the School room of the church
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Rev. - Roderick: Macl;eod'. eon-.
• ducted "'a short devotional period`
after" Which, Mr.' Cameron •Mac.;
Donald :Was chosen chairman for
• the business .:meeting.
The' minister: reported an active
year :statistically -and' :commented
'oh: the sustained .attendance at
• Sunday worship, but he also en=
couraged more to come .:to ; these
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• services.''here.were seven deaths',
• • recorded. 'Three persons joined
0.- the church by profession of 'faith.
•• Phe Membership roll was revise, d
• in December and. 29 names were
removed and a f urther . eight were
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ing of' Kirk ' Session, leaving a
membership of 229.,
The Treasurer's 'report showed
a small. credit •balance• •at. the end
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of the year of '$290.19.: $10,5.35.96
was received from members and
• i .other'income was $2443°82, making
• a• total '• of $10,869.18 for all'nur
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ad Buffet Supper:
'rogressive ` Years
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' JOHN R.: LA11TE
On Friday of this week, Janu-
ary 26th, John .Rutherford Lane
will observe his. 87th `birthday.
Born in •'Ashfield Township 'at
Lan�esville, 'Mr:, Lane is a "son of
the Tate John :Lane and Eliza:
Rutherrord,
'Fie is serving. his ''.33rd year
as • clerk• of Kinloss Township.
He was; anpamte: � the. e. posrron,
in Mayof•
1929 . durin •the reeve.
,. g ... No' 'Change ur
Lsn s cc e d the late Ge .
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cti Condition'
G. Moffat, •who'; retired at an Cid- �
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ship of the late John Colwell.
Bruce-..(oviity �Covn�� �s�tedi,Luc;I
,snow
Losi Week, Fiat Time Ifl.Oei 50 Years.
Members of Bruce County,
Council paid an informal visit to.
Lucknow ;last Thursday evening,.
ao murk • the first time in over
,half A. • century.. that `members: of
the County 'Board .have been iri
''lhe• Se,pay,, Town in :a.• body.:
Co:„,ncil`°•was in session last week
Walkerton and; on Thursday
at
evening the County legislators.
WEEKLY PAPERS ARE.. NO. 1
ON THE • S>KER. LIST•
The Sentinel, in ' common ' with
all weekly papers, is plagued with
a daily diet of• 'big business”
news releases,, that usually end.
up int the waste basket •
Last week a Toronto ,bakery
sent us a sample loaf of a new
inovatioli • in bread baking, and
accompanied it with :a .140 -word,
news blurp about' it. At the alas-.
sifted ad rate of:•.2c a word, the
notice was worth $2;80°' Comes
pretty 'high for a loaf . ,of bread:
If The'Sentinel is to;,plug'any•
bread,' we'll- do: •it for our local
baker, wl o `' has for' some '• time
used paid,advertising . 'to focus,
attention on " his products - ,:.•
budget for: 1962 totalling. $11,0.00.`
:noting. that it costs approximately.
$139; .to . open .•the " doors of the `.
church each Sunday • "and; '$2121
per Sunday.will ,,be . needed to
meet ' all of the obligations in
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poses; Expenditures for. rnainten-.
nce of the, church were $8,026,39,
while $2,204.,20 .was' forwarded to
the church office at Toronto for
support of missions. Contributions
,to other funds'were $274;00,.
Mr Nror•nan .Taylor, as chair-
man, reported for the Board ' of
Managers: ,...Their. work in 1961,
• included• o the
major repairs t. .
0. church tower restoring one.stairi-
• ed 'glass window and pairiting 'the
exterior of ' the . Manse, and .ef
•. Course the raising of :the neces-
wiry funds. They are most. grate-
• fur to the congregation for the
balanced budget of the past 'Veal .
!: Mr. Taylor presenited a ,skeleton -
tit
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;er'y „age,. M : •Moffat".. was .clerk" •
from 19C0' to 1911 and aga n•:from
1920 to 1929:
+TObserve
Soon o.
Iler9th: Birthday
(Ella), Elliott, a
well known former Lucknow ,re-
sidentwill observe her "98:th .birth'
day', on Friday,` February' 2nd.
'Mr's. Elliott is the , widow'• of
the late. Dr. A. G. :: Elliott, a .
Lucknow practitioner for many
years,
` Mrs. Elliott makes' her.. home
•i •St. Mary's Hospital, London.
She , is as well . as,'cari be . expect
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y is he'. other d and enjoys visiting t
ladies in the hospital: who are
unable to leave their : rooms.
Mrs. Elliott does not walk very
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well, but the nurses .Wheel. her
;aoout on •her visits
She:.•.enjo .sseeing
•old; -friends
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and receiving 'cards and—letters i
Lucknow friends join in ex-.
tending congratulations: and ;best '
(Continued on Page 11) ( wishes.
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The `condition of .Mrs:.Mervin,
Ecic.•rriier ' of " Pine River is still
unchanged. 'since he •was "crit;
cJ,11y; injured ina freak accident
at Harriston two weeks ago.
Mrs:. • Eckmier:-suffered head &:
facial injuries when struck. by
tl.e 'whiplash of• a • broken .tow:
truck: cable which :went. through
the windshield.'of 'their, car, driv-'
en by her husband
•Mr. and. Mrs'. Eckrnier were,
enroute to a 'cheesemakers' .con-
vention in '. Hamilton. She was
first taken to 'Palmerston hose, ;
tel and from there to Kitchener:
Waterloo .Hospital, where she is
Still' a patient :
Mrs.' Eckmier's injuries include
brain dam.age., She has never: re-
gained consciousness since ` the,
accident and has given •no indi
cation. of• recognitionat any. time:..
In :',„fact her Conditionis "regard
ed, as: so grave, ..that doctors have
net yet ventured to move her,
.to have • x-rays:taken'..
A report that Mrs.,' Eckinier
had been taken to London was
arl c:neous " and such a movehad
never .been. considered;: •
foursome
ounty;
Counci
ecept'ron ;.1
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were ,brought to the Village by
bus, ,primarily to.• see the trans
formation that la's been made • to
the Town Hall; and the municipal
office .which has, been established
in the building. The group were `
brought : here, and .returned, : by °4
busby Harvey Webster and G•ord- •
on Montgomery,,'
County. Council members were •
the guests: of the Village Council
and were accompanied here by'
.Reeve: George Joynt, • and' wel-
comed by members • of Council,
M. L. Sanderson; Omar. Brooks,'
Harvey Webster, W. -A. ":Bud"
Hamilton and Clerk E. H. Ag-
new, who was credited with con-
ceiving the idea of the 'visit,. and
acted as chairman for a' ,brief .
and informal. .program . of song..
and speech making. °
Here :For Hall 'Opening.
In his remarks, Reeve George
Joynt . said, "We are proud of-
this building . and wanted to
$how: you` what..has .been' done:
It was during: the Reeveship of •
his grandfather, the ..; late John
Joynt: that Druce County .;Coun-
el.], *as' last in Lucknow. They
held their 19.10, June session here.: '
when , the ,present Carnegie Hall
was ;officially opened; •
Mr. Joynt outlined some of the
hall improvement.' prograrn which • .
k•as • been carried ' out. during the
past few • years involving• a total •'
expendi'ture.' of $21,000 of 'which
$5,500 is financed by debenture, ;
but: is:carriedby the' savings of-:
,fected by establishing the muni—
cipal officein permanent quarters.:
in the hall
Guy Semple, reeve -Of Port El-
gin
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i.. . a; •co le : of
g n sang s gup solos and,.
then was joined.. by Chester 'Ern-
merton, reeve of. Huron, Everett
Finnigan, Bruce County assessor .
and: Otto. Prues, deputyreeve of
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-ant, who •-did • some ;
harmoniz
ing'as aquartette 'and Irwin
Lobsinger of Walkerton and Har-
vey Palmateer 'ofKincardine did
some: entertaining.
The group• was • taken on an
inspection tour - of the. building,..
and.:in the basement • recreational
room were ;served sandwiches &
coffee by• members of . the Luck-
now Women's Institute.' Mrs. J.
L ' MacMillan replied . to .the:.ex-
:pression of thanks on' behalf of
'the „ladies. . • • •
Warden . John MacKenzie•" of
Bruce Township, P .a.P ex ressed- -
(C,ontunueci on Page 11)
: prgciationof. the hospitality hospitality .ex-
WE''RE SORRY :GEORGE!
T
pcknow r1f 1.i0 ,sere was one slip up min ours•
resume of . Kinloss municipal
changes over:.the: last '.decade orso, which,' appeared in our' last'
issue.
There was no election for
reeve in the fall of 1950. George
Tiffin .retired 'after two years as,,.
reeve, and Dave Carruthers: su -
ceeoed him: by acclamation:
R THE 'FIRST TIME in , over
la0 elf
a0 years history repeated .i s
last' week when mernbers •of
truce. County Council visited
Lucknow in a body to..inspect
the , renoy,a•ted town hall and
municipal office. •
• In '1810, County' Council, nnern
bers, convened' here 'for .the open-
ing of ' the town hall.
Thursday night's visit was aii
inforri al reception tendered by
the Village Council. ' • •
Pictured here are a foursome
of some " thirty ' legislators and
county Officials who were pre-
sent. Left to right: Everett Fin-
nigan, Bruce County Assessor
and a former reeve ,of. West Wa-.
wanosh Towns�hip, Thomas' H.
Alton, County treasurer,' who
was born and raised in Lucknow';.
John ',MacKenzie,. :1962warder
and ` reeve of • Bruce ;Township;
George Joynt,, reeve of l.,ucknow
an,d„ e-w;arden' of Bruce."
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Hospitalized As.
Results of Fall
'.Harvey,' Kilpatrick of Belfast
has been a •patient in Victoria
HospitalLondon, for over ten
days, as a resultof an injury
he received in a fall,
Harvey' had 'been drawing his
,,ar" with the traitor and slipped
` bn the 'icy platforni of the tractor.
He struck his head a hard blow,:
causing a :Small •cut, but .which
bled profusely; 'and. medical •ate:
tention was required to stop' the
bleeding., That was. on January
A ,coupl;e 'of days• later a blood:
Clot, developed 'Causing severe
swelling •a'i'd. Harvey was taken
to hospital in London. The swel-
ling' ling' later ruptured, and made
surgery .unnecessary. ° .•