HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1962-02-28, Page 11WEDNESDAY: I`EB. 28th,. • 196
THE LUCIKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Accepts.,
Gift On E.ehalf
Spouts.
PAO•E: .ELE,YFN
Roy Cornish, treasurer of the
Kinloss Boy Scoutgroup cozn
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mittee, left, :accepts cheque. ; from
Will Eadie, •right, at the fa
See ,accoman ing story
ther and. s'on bariquet on.Satur
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PLAQUE PRESENTED
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doing very shortly. Those .pre -
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sented . were'. Donnie 'Wal•l, 'Bob
° Wail; 'G•or'don Passmpre, ' Edward'
Burt, Jim Dillon, :Eidon:•,. Ecken•s-
wLlle'r from .`the Tiger patrol; •
.Allan Colwell, Day. i.ci Wall, Bobby
• Geddes •from• the :Black Horse;
Allan. Cornish; Donald anise -
man, Walter Dickie, Dowglas. Ea
die, .Jim Schneller .from .the Gol
;den .:hawks;:: H:er.•bie •`Kieswette.r,
Billy Moffat, Ian. Steeksina from
the Eagles; • ,.
Guest 'speaker. of the \ evening
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was. Toru: Russell, 'assistant: dis-
trict,.
is-tric,t• .cominissioner . of:. Winghain.
He 'was introduced. by.' Walter
Breckles and .thanked: by:,.Harold•
Haldenby:
'Scout Bob Wall. was .chairman
for the first part' of the program:
He called on ;Rev. Rod. MacLeod
of South • (Kinloss • .Pres'byterian
'Church to lead,in grace; Fraser
• MacKinnon, of, the,-' Scout • group.
cominittee introduced the head
table and• others,' Don 'Th'ompson;
of the,. Lucknow. Sentinel;' Mrs.
Morgan Johnstori;•.,president Holy-
rood• W,I.; Wayne Percy and. Mrs.
Alex Percy, institute representa=
. ,tive on the group committee;'. Bill
• ,Eadie, Rev. Rod:MVlacLeod, Donald
and Orville Elliott,` .group. con.
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rnittee chairman'; Tom ;Russell, as-
sistant district Comrriissi.oner; • Bob
Wall, Cubrnaster Morley Wall and
IToug • .Wall; 'Elliott. andGeorge'
.Whitby., Lucknow,: newly appoint-
ed 'Scoutm'aster;' Lorne..' Eadie,.
secretary group committee;* Roy
Cornish,"' treasurer,; Harold `Hal -
/Lloyd'
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deriby,nem
mb`er Committee; Lloyd ':
Ackert, rt
Scoutrriaster, 'Walter
1• 3reekles •:and Frank Colwell, a's-.
s!stants;' Rae Haldenby and Dun
can Campbell, .assistant Cub lea-
ders, Duncan being absent;; Barry
Johnston and 'Ernest Ackert; Cub'
instructors. •
David Wall presented a toast
to the 'fathers and he. was replied
to by Currie Colwell. Lloyd Ac-'
kert lead in ••a sinA song with
accompaniment by Mrs. Dori Don
• . aldsori who• assisted, at the ',piano
during the -evening.
olloie ing• the : early part of.
"the pr'bgrarn, Orville Elliott,
group comrnittee chairman, acted
" • as •program chairman with Bob
Wall participating in Scouting ac
t�vities, Orville.:.referred to -the
good progress made .within the
past•;year 'Four tents' were Pur-
chased . by .the . money' . reafiied
from the shooting. match with.
some left to buy • more camping
equipment, The Scouts now have
their °Wit hall as a meeting place..
Alex Percy offered a . quantity
of wood•,for use at the hall if a
bee, could be• arranged in the
,prn•gto cut it Most.of the men,
present . vol>iinteeied 'their;' help:
Elliott Carruthers- and Donakd
MacEwan offered. tb donate wood
.to hp
el. finish the winter
Jimmy'MacKinnon thanked the'
'ladies auxiliary; for catering and,
,thiswas replied to:by.Mrs. Lorne
'Eadie President: of ' that groi
rp.
Daffodils were presented: 'to. all
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ladies 'present. :The :ladies, follow
:ink. ,the .• banquet, had- adjourned
to:. the auditorium' of . the' hall: to
View ' the :.progra n
Speaking -briefly were' George
Whitby, .new ;Lucknow Scoutma-
seer; -Rev Rod `MacLeod, , Don
Tho npson. A Cub and.' Scout.
program.. of skits, . dances, etc, •was
put'. on. Allan Cornish and Don-
nie Wahl • outlined plans for a.
dance : ;in• the Holyr.00d Hall this
Friday fright, 'sponsored by ..the
Scouts,. ,and with the proceeds
in aid ;of; the: artificial; •ice in•
Lucknow.
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Reids: Corners W.I.
(larks . Birthday
•(AN .ERLEY NEWS:) ,.:
The Reids .Corners: Branch of
-the Wom•en's._Institute celebrated
their 49th Anniversary on. Thurs-
day, February. 22nd. Due to the
weather . conditions, a number of.
ladies• were not able to be Pre-
sent. Over thirty-five ,•.menbers,
and" visitors attended. • Former
meinbers''from: Kincardine were
.Mrs..' Helen Gledhill,a charter
memberof Reids Corners W.I.,
Mrs.. Roy' Geddes; Mrs. William
Graham, Mrs. James Courtney
Mrs. 'Ralp°h' Humphrey. . Mrs WM,
Steele of Ripley, who was :also a
charter member of Reids Corners,
was ' unable to be ,present. ThOse
attending from. Ripley were• Mrs.
Walter. Walden, a charter member
of Reids Corners .. W.I. Branch,
Mrs, Sam Geddes and .Mrs. Robert
McTavish; Mrs, . Flrner. Reavie 'of
Lucknow was also a'former mem-
ber of ,Reids Corners .W.1; and
was accompanied by Mrs. Harvey,
Webster of Lucknow. The meet-
ing' was -opened by the ,president,:
Mrs. Donald Courtney and secre-
tary, • Mrs. Kelvin,' Henderson.
After the ode avid Mary : Stewart
Collect, the 'roll call, "Na'iv'e an
outstanding woman of the World"
was 'well responded to. A. 'rriotion
in favour• of contributing, • to the
International. Scholarship ::•,Fund
was made and; approved. A dona-
tion to ;"Pennies for Friendship"
!and to the "Adelaide •Hoodless
fund" were given at. the meeting;
Mrs. Reg „Godfrey •. and • Mrs. Mor- •,
ris • Reid are the leaders for the
project for 194 Dressing 'tip.
Vegetables:" • They, attended Lake
two=day course:held: at• Lucknow:,
In commeinoration of : the. 85th
Anniversary;:'•Mrs., .J:ohn Reid re-
viewed 'the .founding of ;the In_
stitutet. The topic -'`"The Ro''al.
y.
Canadian Mounted Police'°, which
wasprepared by Mrs. "': Wilfred
.
Hackett, who Was'° unable to ':be
present, was read by My; Donald
Courtney. 'This topic wasinfor=
mativeand interesting .:to all. In-
cidentally,. Mr and' Mrs. Wilfred
Hackett's son;:•Jim, is with ' the
RCMP and: at thea present', time
is in Newfoundland.. A sing -Song.
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was .led by• Mrs.:.Cecil holland;
Mrs. Eldon Bradley, Mrs. . John.
Fprgusbi1 and ;Mrs: Bob 'Courtney:
with Mrs: W. J. • Courtney at the
piano: Mrs. Eldon Bradley, enter-
tained by. reading a. 1927 Reids
Corners institute ,program, which
brought. back • m'em'ories and
.names' familiar to...all.' IRcori-
':clusion Mrs..Bradleyread'•a poem
"1 Remember which was rennin.
iscent of .pioneer days With 'hard.
C..' Present Plaque " 'shi s but "throw � i it all ha ce
An attractive plaque,: whch . .ships, g• ppi
which nes�s and joy prevailed, Mrs. Ce -
will hang in the new Scout hall,, it Holland and gave a report of Reids
was presented by the eight ori- .Corners' branch i n the; early years.
,ginal Scout and . Cub• leaders. , She recalled that. 6'6 members'
They are Lloyd Ackert, ' Morrley 'h'ad been on'the : rol at one time.
Wall, Walter ,Breckles, 'Frank Many importantwere:
•1 . •projects e.
Colwell; Rae laldenby, Duncan
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Cam'.pbell, Ernest Ackert,' 'Barry
Johnston.: This • Plaque contains
the •names • .of the Currys receiving.
their second :'star, and ;the six
boys' that advanced to :Scouting
that ,evening *ere in that group,
It also is to contain the Scouts
obtaining their. 1•st class • budge..
Presently, Martin ' Benedict, is
the only Scout to hold that hon -
Our, He. obtained his primary' in -
strife.. on : elsewhere•, but complete
undertaken and:. during the war
years the Institute responded well
to the•many:,needs; Discussions at
some of t/he meetings were.
no'rous as well: as educational.
One particulardiscussion carne to
the conclusion • that,' .."Nco woman
over 50 years old should' wear
shorts or have her hair bobbed"
:The meeting closed, with; the In-
st•itute Ode and Grace: Mrs. John
"lid a charter member, and life
member „ Mrs. ' San Geddes and
ed his 1st class at Kinloss. vrs. James Farrell•, life mem....
•Fr•ank Colwell,. on behalf Of hers of ,the 'group :poured'. tea
the:group of • fathers. and citizens at : a lace covered table ' which
Who purchased . the •ceout: hall at was, centred witti'.a'birthday cake,
a recent auc.tion of the building,
turned'. over the keys tp Lorne
Eadie' • 'of . the- Scout committee.
The property . is td ` be • used by
the Scouts .on a ,token lease basis
Pink rose buds•in containers were
other decorations. Guests were
seated cat small tables with rose
bud
centres. 'Delicious refresh -
merits were served and 'a social
so long as the group clmmittee hour was enjoyed, Hostesses for.'
the event were, Mrs. John Scott,
Mrs. Cliff Geddes, Mrs.'• Mervyx
Funst:on• and . Mrs Eldon BradIey.
:Eleanor: Emnerton entertained
a number of girl friends on'Sat...
urday, February 17th in honour
of her :eleventh birthday.
finds it practical.and satisfactory:
Bill Eadie, who has been keen
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!Sr interested .in • the • growth of
the Scoug tin Movement in Kin
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109. • turned over. • a cheque for
':500 to cormrtittee treasurer; Roy
Cornish," this amount being real=
ized: from the sale of a • piece of Mrs. „Reg ••Godfrey arid Mrs,.
land sold to ;,Kinloss Central Morris Reid attended the two day.
Public' School. Board to build .the course for. the ''project "Dressing
-new school' on,. J. Eadieorigin-
ally had offered to exchange the
'sand for •, the 'old school which
he would have given the Scouts:
however, legal technicalitiespre-
et d this, and Mr. Eadie agreed
to 'turn over the money rfalized
froin the .sale if the old .school
.a .
would be purchased at the 'pub-
lic auction for the Scouts, which:
it was,,
• A film of the Boy Scout j•aiYi
boree at Niagara. Palls concluded.
theevening.
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Wiliam Walsh at. 'the 1V,IcLennan 1-
Funeral Horne ,cin : Sniiday., even=
i.ng,..Mr. Walsh: was a former re-
sident of • Purple . Grove., : •
Mrs:.' Donald .'Courtney . taught
inNo. 1 School, LLirgan, last week . .
in the absence -of . Mrs: :Robert
Harris who was' 11.. 'with flu,
up home: ..grown vegetables" un-
der -the direction of•Miss Selina
Wiilrrs,. ' Home Economist. Girls;
who are 12by;March are' eligible.
A Euchre, was held. 'at Amber=•
ley .Orange •hall on 'Tuesday 'ev-
ening. There were 12, tables ,and
winners of high .prizes were Mrs.,
EmileMcLennan and Gary Court
ney and : for most lone hands, Bob
Courtney.On the '.lunchcommit=
tee, were -Mr.. and; Mrs... William
Pace, .Mr. and Mrs; Leonard Ir--
win :and Mr: and Mrs':, Eldon
Bradley.:
Mr. and '..Mrs: John EmrnertoniVi .
were Sunday :guests ,of 'Mi. and
Mrs. Reg Godfrey.._ .
Mrs. ' William Collins swaS hos-
tess for a tea at the • Parish. hall
:at Lurgan when, members- of .the
Guild andvisitor's' spent the af-
ternooi `'at quilting. Mrs: Collins:
served a delicious. tea , complete
with a 'Valentniie;,Cake: These 25
cent teas are held :''from . time to
time ' . apart ••from the ` regular.
meetings and have :proved ,suc-
cessful; in :building up funds:
Mr. and Mr's. William Bradley.,
Mr. and Mrs.: William Leonard
and Mr and Mrs.:J. C.' ,Campbell.
attended. the funeral of Mr. Ii: R.:
Bu•ekinghain' of Hanover on 7Fri
day. Mr.:'Buckingham was a sum_
mer resident of Point Clarke for
,many years. • • •.
Mr. and • Mrs.• John' Ernmerton.
and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ern-
merton• :visited '.over. the : week-
end '. with relatives in London.
They also visited with. Miss Lovie
Nesbitt . who is a : patient in St,
Joseph's Hospital and who ex-
pects to undergo ;surger' shortly:
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attended the., Orange and Black
Lode e ' `service , held for the la
Heavy snowfalls. this winter..
with frequent drifting, have made•
it':Prettytough" at times for
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rural mail couriers;
Highways:count and .township
roads have ?became flanked ::with
highbanks, and there are. occa
§ions when the m`ailrnan' Can scar-
ceiy ,locate ' mailboxes • •
• Ina:: booklet of 'regulations for.
rural mail delivery, issued :by,the
Postmaster General's':department,
there are a couple :of specific
paragraphs about road. and Wea-
they corrditions_which. read as fol-
lows:
"Roads must be kept open and
in •good condition'' for travel : at
all,seasons of the year; for the.
effective •performance . of • mail
service.. Failure .to ina.intain''roads'
In proper conditions, will' be con
sidered sufficient reason for with-. •
,drawing • service. 'It is °not : the.
duty' of 'mail, Couriers. to break
roads: after storms,; • • '
"Keep approaches to ,box level
and clear of :snow,: or. other 'ob-
struction at all times. 'to' enable
the courier to cover his route
Without. unnecessary ' delay or
inconvenience. This`` duty is the
responsibility. ,of the bnxholder'
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