HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-04-12, Page 13WEDNESDAY, . APRII. 12tH, 19:1•
THE, LUCKNOW :SENTINEL}; I.11CKNOW, ONTARIO •
2'AGE THIZ ,TELI' ,
RE, C.kIANG,E IN SHIPPING:
Effective Monday, April 17th, the shipping .drays
cattle and 'hogs win be reversed' as follows;
11rION MY = HOG DAY
wit as many hogs p. as , ossible in the *morning
rFUESDAY CATTLE .DAY
JOE FORAN
W.M.S. ''Presented Attendance.
Awards ,To Mission: Band. • •
'off' At the meeting, • of the After-
noon Auxiliary in the S.S. room
of 'the Presbyterian Church on
W ednesd ay, April 5th, the W.M.S.
entertained the -•members of the
Mission Band and, their mothers:
The Mission Band •,contribute,d an
interesting program and the
W..M S•, ;presented . them • with
awards. Mrs., Philip Stewart was
• in charge of themeeting which
. opened' •'with a hymn,_ followed
by an Easter •reading'• and prayer
:by. Mrs. Stewart. Mrs ,R. Mac-
Leod gave, th,e• • Bible Study and
the:roll, call was .answeredby
an Easter Thought. Miss Helen
Malcolm of Toronto ;ga.vean in-
teresting talk ,to the children on.
the life.' of .the Prophet . Jonah,
and • illus,trated it With a flannel_
;graph:: The children's. program
consisted of.' a piano solo: by John
Henderson,. a chorus by 7 girls;
a .reading by: lvIary: Finlayson, and
a' piano .solo by Terry Taylor, of-:
ter which .the presentation of the,.
following awards' took place With
Mrs. Stewart, and. •Mrs. " Haw-
thorne making the : presentations..
Junior certificate; and• pin to, Jim.
Henderson; Peggy ;.MacDonald,
Ronald Stanley, Brian Stanley,
Donald ' Johnston, ;,'Murray John
st:ai Joyce:'Agin Johnston, Donald
:an address on Masonic education. MacDonald. and Deborah •• Ann
•;. Ir?, the banquet ':,hall ':grace was' Corrin.th year seals 'and:: life
4 y
asked bythe ':District`' Chaplain, '.memberships' went .'to ;Sharon.
Rev." Howard:' Strapp: The • toast :
Mowbray anal Beverley Macllon
AO : Grand:Lodge was proposed :by Y
aid;, lst year seals ,to Mary Eliza-
T: J. • Salkeld ..and the. District . s enderson
. beth . Henderson; ' Ja . I
Deputy. • Grand: .Master; replied; re r• rid ear• seals
and .Joanne G e,• 2 y
Mr. Little referred: to world u4-• Mary Finla non' while. the
rest, .and stressed -that the Mas n, following, • who had sufficient. at
Of today should 'be: a e-raftaman tendance but. were: too young. to'
i•n'' the' 'building. of • characters:' ceive awards were' .each. re
,Masonry 'has the fundamental.re p.
,rented with a'.book, Ronald'',Mac-
truths on which' the problems ,of Donald •Barbara' •Stanle` Linda
Y�
the world'' may, be ,solved, in the Stanley Brenda. : • MacLeod and
spread' of� .brotherly, love, he said. John >Eendersori.. .`•
The: toastto the visitors was:: : ' The meetingclosed: With' a
proposed •by.,Sam• lton,"who 'hehymn 'followed by, ra:�:er by,
,Y •,..,P Y Y
said had :come. in large numbers:.Mrs. Moran. Henderson, after
g,
to, honour the District who which refreshments: Were served
has distinguished ;himself in .;by ,the W;1V1:.S:
Masonic circles The reply; was •
;by Wilfred Tright ifieumbent• in• Presbyterian , Thankoffering•
Petera parish, and a.' member '.• The, './1Vi.:S: • joined: with the
of Simcoe`; Lodge, Toronto: He Evening Auxiliary for the Easter.
stressed ' the Warmth of the bro Thankoffering held in the Church
therly , love ".in •Old Light basement ori„Friday, April.,.7th
:?. S MacKenzie,.. Bruce County; ' Mrs: Jim Aitchison presided for`'
Judge, .:and a:,• Lucknow : native the ,meeting 'which' opened' with
spoke :briefly,• and' in paying ti i : ra hymn followed 'by .'• the • Lord's
bute s to ;`"Jim"` Little, .said. it was:Prayer'. repeated in ..unison: ' The
a' thrill.to' come.: down and . see -Scripture, was read responsively.
,how he handlling. the Office The Bible 'study., on • the "Life'
f•
Phone :Collect , Lucknow 5 6=r-3 i
HK 11WAY 'SURVEY
• (Continued •
from Page 1).
Disposable material. will Make
it possible to "houseclean" value
less papers 'when the Municipal•
;Office is .moved to the, Town Hall.;
'C:ouncil will movethe safety
deposit .boxes to °'the Town Hall
and continue to rent •these for
the present • at. least.: The equip-
ment ,is• now obsolete; so. far. as.
getting box ' "replacements and
.locks 'is' concerned; and the unit
is not in full ',use.
Ask Co-operatioin Re 'Dogs :
The 'matter of •dogs running at'
large was: touched on briefly. Re:
gulat ions to enforce such a; by-
laww would require • specific ac
, commodation • and a dog . catcher.
Rather than ,trying to enforce
a' • by-law, Counci'1.• agreed' that
they',prefer to ask•''the 63 -opera -I
tion of dog owners in .preventing
canines from being, a nuisance.:
'The ,Town Foreman ,was .in-
strutted to make. • a survey to:
determine" how many.:. are • in .at -
:teas of .dog
Pick- Up Defciit' In. '61,' :
• Reeve'. •Joynt pointed 'out. 'the.
municipality: has a deficit of.
about.. $3,200 'on the 11150: opera
' tions Chief mason . 'was that the
sidewalks had coSt;'about '$2,'000
more than had. been provided:
for. This was ' explained as; an
engineering error in the estimates.
The work was based) ,ori a unit'
price • for excavating, . and cora::
trete ,
The Reeve• said they had anti-
cipated .;'a `deficit in - ordinary •fin-
ancing; ' because of truck ' pur-,
• chases and a 'revaluation.
of : mun-
icipal insurance on a• three aar
term, with a'. heavy payment,
• Rat r 'than.,debenture
,•the
debt,. it
Was :decided' s . d c ed to adopt•a
plan ,of deficit financing, with
the 1961..•budget set up so ick' "as�to
:Pick up the deficit year:.
OBITUARY
MR'S:` FRED NIXO
N
•
After :a 'four months illness,
during, which, ; she experienced • a
good deal of distress ,And, suffer -
D.D.Q.M.' VISIT
(Continued from Page '1)
P. S. MacKenzie, Walkerton;
Trimble B'allie, Cargill;. W. J. M.
Reid, ,Cargill; James Neilans,
Londsborough; Wm. G, • T're'ble;
Carlow. Peter Moffat, Teeswat
er; J. J. Robertson,. Carlow;
W. B. Anderson, .Lucknow.
Received along with . D.:D.G•iM.
Little. • were Carman Whitmore,
D D.G.M...of London` District and,
Willis. , Spencer”. of Hepworth,
D.D.G,M. of Bruce District. They'
Were introduced by T »'J: Salkeld;
:secretary of • Old'.: Light'. • Lodge,
:and who • held the District: De,,
puty "office. in 1949: '
During the. Meeting, iVlr.' Sal
keld •traced ;,,the history • of :Old'
Light and W. L. MacKenzie gave:.
He'. 'is a . grandson of Steele of . Mary `Magdalene" was• taken,
Murdoch, one of the charter ";by' Mrs. •Roderick.•MacLeod. Mrs
niem'b'ers /.9f Old . Light Lodge:. Maude Sherwood read. from the
Three other grandsons :are also "Glad. Tidings"an:. article, entit-
s �ecti o n• J Written
Masons; Gordon and Jack Fish-� led ;" Re urr o 'oy
er''and Steel ,MacKenzie. .- by Rev: Robert Lennox,
modera-
Historical Sketch for` ofthe : General AsserdblYr
was s. Aitchison introduced the
irig;' death came to Mrs: Frede- It" in :1867 that Qld Light,- Mr,• . w . .
t e uest speaker, > . Mr ..l• Il. ,Cro
rick Nixon in Wangham- Hospi- No. 184, •�•recerved• its. charter g. p
in' April ` i they of Kincardine, who gave'a
_....tai on . �'uesday• evening, P .. from. • � ;Grand . L•odges ; The•.., f rst . • •
4th, at. the 'age of 71. • • master was J'am'es S"ornerville, very interestmg,.taak on her• ex-
. In : her passing • the •community : who • made the. first *, curve of periences .' on the mission field
lost an es•teerned resident, whose :village tots. in 1858, had `'his, plan
kindly.. nature and :modest man- ' registered::.in September •.of . 'that.
ner won her,•many ,friends. : • year,. and ,became. known, as the
Mrs.. Nixon • was • the,. former Fathei:, of Lucknow. •
Christetia., MacArthur,' 'daughter It was in the two-story frame byte.rial was called' on for a few
• g '
of the late Murdock MacArthur ,buildin` built by. Mr. ,So `erville • Words. The' meeting • closed' with
, . r , a hymn. and sayer. A social half.
arid,, • Chrustena MacLeod �•of :Hu= that Old 'until
Lodge held, its � ,, , . ,
,ori, ' Township,' ' hour followed. • : '
..where she was; meetings until the building was "
born. on June '17th, 1889.• destroyed • by.,, fire •in • 1921. 'It
?• llowi` • her marria e to was ''located -on .;the site- of .'the •
0 ow ng g *present- ,_ • • . • .. r Little, Letters :Ta The Editor
.' i e .
: ow .,present residence of D• ... The Editor,
Frederick A:.; Nixon of Luckn
they spent most •of their married on' Havelock ,Street, • across from
'life' in 'the Village with the ex- the Market •Square; later to• ,be The 'Lucknow Sentinel.
in " India.Mrs,' J•ack .MacDonald
• Mrs :C Cromey and pre-,
thanked r met' p ,
sented •her` with a gift: Mrs. Far-
ish Moffat, President of the Pres
ception of three years at South- 'known as .Victoria` Park, and new 'Dear . Sir; :.
a P Y
On an ix ears in L" do as .: the Bowling Green property. 4.•have cad the' March, 22nd'
d s�}
PHOTO CON.OP REALTOR;.' SARNIA
120 Davis, St. Sarnia'r Ontario
-The follow.i g for Sale........
FARM PROPERTY -- 108 • acres of real good land'
on a hard surface: •county groad,'a 100 acres workable, 6
acres of cedar and Hemlock, running water. • Insul
brick • house with 3 -piece bath, Hydroand water pres-
sure throughout house and barn. 'L . shape :barn .30x56,,
• shed 38x5.6;. good cement silo 12x3, also real ,. good.
double garage 21)3E1'7. Roofs all in real good shape,.
•
Terms, • half cash, half* mortgage,
• Also a line. of real good power machinery Will sell.
fam, alone or.' farm and implements combined:: •
Many other .valuable:. properties of all kinds.
Apply. , to, GEORGE TIFFIN'
Salesman for ..this District •
Lucknow, Box • 217
Phone Lucknow 184-V
• ..-i.. 11! Ti-F�'.�-:f tom♦•.
SIGNS' OF ,SPRING
Sorne,' folks prediet that • spring'
is here
When •the .see Crows back ori the
=wing, •
_ • . s.
Or' when , the; ground ling'tshow .
hiinseaf • `.
Or when: the thrush aid linnet
sing. a
Or., when :the first .robi ,appears.
17p•irr• the .•same old apple 'tree,-.
Where he; lived happily last yeat
1•16.sings a new :Spring melody.
Or when: the :frogs begin. ..to
•.cro'ak ..
:Some say' that's sone •sign, tried
and. true;
Say, :they, you .cannot ;beat. that:
sign
The :surest .:sign :of all for:. you.':'
There's L.only., one' sure • sign, 'I
know, ;
A ball comes thru your window
•Pane • i. .
You hear.. the boy's' ` . shouting,
"play. ball" '
A sure. sin s rin is'. here :gain
g P..g 4
: Wm. ` M. 'Buckingham.
NAME G.'' BOYD TO:'
HFIEL ;DB BOARD.
D.
AS
Ashfie,d
•' l:' ''Town , p
shi Council.
met on April' :; $rd, 1961.at *I
he.
o'clock. Councillor Bradley (was
.absent: ' .
•:
The;report asp revised ' on . the
Wilmer ' Robb . drain'__was•'' read:
Gibson• and Howard . `.that clerk
contact.. the ." Engineer to ask if
tile : could ' . be, installed in. that
part of .the Dra
in through Roy
Gibion a.:.Property.
Howard and Gibson; to accept)
� r f '':Thomas hilli s
the tender o •P p •�
tor Warble 'ly ' spraying at.: 12:
'Albert McGee, 1.8.00; '�Troe : McGee,
12 60; Harvey Ritchie, ..00;.Cana
da Culvert ; C'o.;. ";y2 load' •signs";
:34:10; ; Dunlop Drug 'Store; ether,
.2.00;:Donald• Simpson, •unemploy-
ment insurance stamps,' ,10.88;
Daily • Commercial . 'News, Adv..
Bridge Tenders, •' 3,1,20'; J .A::. Mc
Dona'ghi. • 'liability ins.,., 145.35.
General . Accounts — Pinecrest
Manor Ltd.,. Hospitai, Miss 'Irwin,
139.5O;, •Gestetner• Ltd,„ stencils,''':
3 95;. liiroii County.. Municipal,
Association,. Meri,bership , fees,
20.00; W. J. McDonald, stamps;
5.04; ...Hebei. J.:: .Eedy,: '';relief, , J,
Anderseri, •••.• • 45.09;.. ,''Mrs:' • 'Jean'
Broughton relief, N ', Blackwell,
2541 Herman • Phillips,' relief
officer,. 8:0.0, J:; A. ,,:McDonagh,
Comprehensive insurance' P:rerrii=
:um, 396.46.
Council adjourned 'on motion
'Of Gibson, and Howard to: . meet
1Vlay,, lst, 19C'1.' .
.DONALD M.. SIMPSON' •
• cents;per head'.. per spray.
MacKenzie . and Howard, to
accept /the app lication of Albert'cp � eP
P
J.,
Carni' .bell for•; , Warble '• Fly In-
. I
s: ectorper hour and the.
tender :. of' Milton Kilpatrick for
Warbicide powder a; $5.35 for'
15 'ib. 'bag: "
' Gibson and •'Howard,'. to accept
fender; of Reeves construction tor
:building bridges at $4,437.
Gibson and MacKenzie, to pass
HOLY•RDOD
• Mr: • arid Mrs. -'George Colwell,
Ground Birch, :B:C. are visiting
With: friends in, the community.
Miss ,'. Shirley McCallum and,
`.Mr. Roland • Kaufman, 'Listowel,
were7. Sunday visitors with Mr
`and: .Mrs.; Lloyd Ackert.,
Mr'. and Mrs. 'Maurice• Hodgins,
of.London• visited over the' week-
end ',with. .relatives .here:''
ar ii er .of. - Mr. and
Ka en,' •' da gli�°t .
Mrs.':. Orville Elliott, Cathy,,
daughter of Mr, and :Mrs ,'Dellbert:
Hedley'. and :Jimmy, son of Mr:
and Mrs. Leb Murray. are attend-
ing Romper • Room School, • CKNX :
Wtngham ..this :week.
Mrs:. Lloyd Ackert spent a
few days ' in • Listowel with; her,.
'parents, also, "'in •' 'Toronto . with
her • sister' Easter' week. • •
Mr. 'and Mrs. George a iltz; of
e g Hiliz;
Listowel, :were Sunday . visitors.
With .Mr. :arid. • Mrs., • Max ' Bushell:
Mr, , and:. Mrs: George' Hiltz, •
who' operated the ,store,.and .gar-
'age :` at Holyi ood ' a few. years, ago, :
have'; been, in- a' servicer :station •
:at Melbourne: Last falx they mot'-
ed to Listowel' where' they have
purchased a home.. , • ,
,.a'reforestration, bylaw., On .part;'
12, concession 14 E.D.of Lot � _ .
MacKenzie a Gibson, •
renew
,Comprehensive insurance with
exTpoanusriion porof mia6inl".
John A: McDonagh. moeurscihnag.ndanisd-
a
Howard and. MacKenzie that ing is • a three-point program
Mr. • Nx r, ceased her four , The ai:a11 was originally .• used issue of;Luck ' w; Sentinel
., z on pede•
Year •'last Januar `. • by the Masons,'the Royal Temp- and noted news i ms on pages
Mrs: Nixon • was a faithful' 'lags, a .; temperanc'e' organization' 'one and. ten reporting active.sup-
" " Anglican and the A riCultural Society. port 'being given 'to the Red Cross!
member . of St. Peters A g g , .
Church and active in The Guild The ,innate books of Old Light Appeal for funds by several.
are not 'to be found twtes. •In the. name of Red Cross,
era) service at St: Peters.•Chuich 11.903-04,. ;,_
while health permitted.'The fun- ,.Lodge' •'frons 'its inception until branches of' the . Women's Insti-'
on Fridaywas conduct-: and much of the. early, history I wish to express the .sincere ap-
ed
afternoon
ed byRev. Wilfred Wright Mrs. of the lodge .is lost ' preaiatiori of the Society, for' this
g
Fre t The .present • lodge room., was 'generous help.
Fred McQuillan was organic P
Interme- a� i Greenhill dedicated. in '.162/1'
:1028 ' when George We are grateful to you for
Interment was , n
Cemetery,il ''earers being Te Aitchison was piaster of Old
the. pa b �, �',
Harry ;Nixon, James Nixon, S, O', Light... The • Grand Master, John
Plowright, Georgic Giles, Scott S: Martin, officiated 'for'. the . de-
Pater George .. _ illan dication service: •
,son, Joseph MacMi •, ..
•Mrs:Nixon, ..., two , Old Light/Lodge will have 'the
is .. -:. ' "
daughters,' Mu>fdie. honour of another' Grand• Mas'
, 1Virs. K. C . , : •�. ,
•(Pearle) aY'Id Mrs, Gordon Fish- •;teras visit which ; is being ',plan-
er red for . Thursday,. May 18th.
(,�VVin"nifred) both of Lucknow, .
,She was predeceased by her '' At a later'date we plan to
husband " and. one sister', Mrs. give, more details of. Mr. Salkeld's
George MatP„hail, '(Margaret):' history of the Lodge.
using 'valuable space ri your'
newspaper to publicize the Red
Cross Appeal as well as the Ser-
vices being provided. We , trust
that' you " can find 'space ii} ail
early issue to donvey our thanks
to the Women's•Institutes in your
district,' � •
. `fours very truly,
J.. Harley teff,
Campaign Director:
N!W. I •
O R..•••
stressed by the •newly, organized
clerk advertise for • applications.
for Road • Su er ntenderi't . a li- Chamber of Commerce' at
P . p,Southampton, ,
cations ,to be ' .in Clerks
Office
by 'April' -29th at 6: p.m.
..
F'ire; orignatingfior a hea.
tGibson.andI4 ward,thatGord_
Gord-
on
Boyd 'be appointed councillor; bulb, dested two nn the
lthe• . f i. farm . of 1lroyarold Carterbat, ns ortoh of
to fill 1 vacancy or, ,remainder,
of team; • Auburn, Included in the• ' ltoss:
The followin Bills ` were ort' were ' '60 pigs, some• of Aherng•:.. i
dered• paid ,,on motion of Howardready ..for arket, . J'he ' cattle
and MacKenzie.' ; • were saved' m
Road Accounts — Jack Fattish,
'Wrotham town council'• • has
•
$-186.50; Chester Nicholson, 117.00;
.:1V!'urray Johnston;•256.25; 'John' been debating the pros aryl cons
y �
Hunter, 4.50, Cliff .Meriari . 4:50; of parking meters, with the rat-
John Nicholson, yr e. tel` left in abeyance to obtain.'"
J N is �t gy,, •
Broome, 20,'10; Herbert C. Cur- . some; ",indications of p.ubilie' opin
ran, 150,40;. Leslie Scholtz, 2.5:20;. kin.