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JCKNOW.; ONTARIO: WEI�NES.
I}AY, AP�R,IrL 19th.,, 1961.•
•FOURTEEN'PAgES:
The:, ."alleyway thieves were
on the loose again early Monday
morning,but' only got "peanuts".
for their • efforts: They found en-
trance,'
ntrance,' to most , business places
almost impossible, and • if en-
trance was gained a bit of small
change was the total of the loot,
•It was evident it was money
• they were after, In 'no, instance
was there evidence of merchan.
dise being taken.
They "worked" both the ,north
and south. 'side of Campbell St,
and the mar.kof the jimmy or
(bar 'which .,they used,was simi-
lar in size to 'the jimmy used
in breakins 'several weeks ago:
On. the South side••of' Main St:,
they, got into ' Rath -well's Shoe
Store. Failing to Jimmy 'the' door,
the smashed a 'barred window,
and . squeezed through a Com-
,
paratively small opening.`' ''A bit
of small • change was the -slim
reward for their efforts. • They
departed • by the basement door
Which .was. • left (pem
Webster the 'and` MacKin-
non ' 'Hardware, -.they : couldn't
force the. door and so broke two f
basement windows 'in abortive
attempts to get in. An unsuecess-
ful effort was made to get into
Halls Grocery, and a jimmy ,mark
was. in evidence at the Co-op in-
dicating they ` made ' anUnsuc-
cessful try there. At The Sen-
tinel Office it wasn't • certain if
the jimmy mark was solely' that
Of a. previous. attempt, or if they
had tried similar tactics w,,pich
could not be worked this time.•
On the North, side, rear double;
doors .at Johnstone's Furniture .
store were forced open: These
were securely locked and : it was
apparent that considerable force
was necessary in 'breaking -in..
There too, they got', a bit of
small change.
Entrance ` was :also made into.
uI
1
the • Bruce 'County Health Unit
office There -they tried unsuc-
cessfully to fprce open a locked.
records .' file, and in so; doing;.
sprung it. , that it could.. not be
unlocked: •
• The Wm.' Mudie and . Son.
'
Hardware was number seven or
eight of • the nocturnal visits, '
some of them 'pretty. bold' • with
apartmentdwellers living above,
When : the thieves couldn't'
force the tinsmith shop door,
they smashed a glass which ' en
abled ; them to. unlock the door.
Inside they slipped' thecatch on•
another door leading to the.main
shop, and all. for naught.
Lou Boyce of the Kincardine
Branch, of the Ontario Provincial
Police, joined Constable. A< M.
Havens in investigating the
breakins. 'Police: have a ; :licence
plate number, as about the lone..
possible clue to follow up.
YOUNG .,•LAD HAS
'LEG FRACTURED
GitismOSS NEWS)
Jamie Graham,, four-year-old
son of Mi•: and Mrs. Allan Gra-
ham, ' is a • patient in. Wingham.
:'Hospital '`with a broken
p:g.
Jamie -.and the family dog Were
standing' near a 'youn. g calf when.
the : cow charged, ed him. He May
. g Y.
be : in the hospital . for three
months. ,
•
Mr;' and 'Mrs: Jack Needham,
Suzanne and :;Jani.e of . Corunna
were week -end .,; guests .with Mr..
and Mrs,' Lloyd.: MacDougall, and
family
Mr: Bryce Lockhart of° Burling-
ton visited Monday ,with ;Mr, and
Mrs: George Lockhart:
Mrs. W. F. ' MacDonald' and
Mrs. S. Chislett ' of South` Kin-
loss` W.M.S. attended the W:M.S..
Synodical, in :Sarnia last week..
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Keith and:
family visited : with relatives in
•Chesl'e
s •on Sunday.
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PLAN` DOMINION
ACTIVITIES
.Y
,A' committee of the • Lucknow
and District Lions Club;' • has
made tentative plans .' for Do-
minion Day':'activi'ties. •
Preliminary: planning is for
dancing and ,games on Friday
night, June '30th, anda parade,
barbecue, program, : games, and
dancing on :Saturday..
Children :will. be featured in
parade, • p ade, which will start late
in the afternoon on Saturday,
followed by a: ,big/ 'barbecue.
(either beef • or fowl to 'be de-
cided'upon), and'a program, car-.
nival gamesand dancing.
A: draw• for .valuable prizes
will also be held. •
The Committee' discussed at
some lengththe possibility of
:'staging'a' full day celebration,'
.,but this offered many problems,
and the Friday night.. and Satur-
' ' day "do". was settled for. The
parade , ;wi11y :start around 4:00.
o'clock; to permit time • for
judging before ` th.e . barbecue
feast gets into full" swing.
Key • men ' for several of the
committees have'been named.
They will meet' With .the plan-
ning'
lan:ning' committee this week, . when
• other committees' .will be devel-
oped. /.
Committee chairmen alread`
'shamed are: draw, Bob Macin-
tosh; dance, Cameron MacDon-
ald;' program, ,Ross Robinson;
barbecue, Virden Mowbray; par,
ade, Bob MacKenzie; .":iatform.
Morgan Henderson refreshment.
,,'booths,•'Russ •Button; games,' Har-
vey Webster,
GRASS FIRESATURDAY .. .
A fire .call • early Saturday af-
ternoon was to a grass 'fire in
'the 'field to 'the., 'south ..• of the
•Ma'cMorran residence on Have-
lockSt. South: Efforts tostopit
spreading were failing, and, an
east wind threatened to . carry
the fire in the swamp to th e west
of ' the:• property ° Firemen used
water from the fre truckto con-
trol the outbreak.
BEYOND BELIEVING
The turf on the bowling green
lawn was ripped up on Monday
night, by a motorist who wheel-
el, his car onto the, greens,' and
proceeded to 'circle around on :it::
It is hard to conceive such a
wanton act; although it is not
the first, time that this has hap-
pened. /1
SOLD FAR*, HOLD1N€
AUCTION. SALE' TODAY.
Al Irwin has purchased' Lorne
Hamilton's 100 -acre farm on the
Boundary West, ..21/2 miles from.
Lucknow, and gets immediate
possession . of the . land. Al,' owns
the 50 acres : which adjoins the'
back 'of . this faun, .:formerly
known as the Kempton farm.
Lorne . is holding an auction
sale of stock, machinery, ' hay • &
grain this..'Ihursday .afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs: Clarence Bell of
Cleveland, .spent last week with
her mother, : Mrs.: Charles Lorenz,
who observed . •lier 86th birthday
on•'. April 9th.
PROTEST: NEW
SALES
TAX
LUCKNOWITE ELECTED
MODERATOR ' OF SYN,QD.
iRev. Wihiam Am Henderson;,
• pastor • ' of ' ICnox. Presbyterian.
Church, : Walkerton,' for. ' more
than a' decade, has been elected
moderator of the Synod of . Ha -
'Milton ' and :London, - The • hon-
our •came.' to him at the " op-
<ening ; session of the 87th synod:`
meeting at Seaforth ' on Monday
evening.
Rev, Mr. Henderson is the son •
of Mrs. John W. Henderson .;and
they late Mr', .Henderson, He w, as
born in Lucknow, where his bro-
thers,
ro
.thers, Morgan, Donald and Jim
operate the John W. Henderson
lumber business. ; Mrs. Hender-
son is the former Margaret.:
`.`Peggy" MacDonald, a ,daughter
of The late Dr. and Mrs. C. H.
MacDonald,
• Rev. "Bill," as he is affection
ately . known to many here, ,has
a host of friends of all denom-.
inations in .his home town, who
are happy to hear of this elec-
tion to this distinguished posi
tion in his church.
The new provincial ' sales tax
:scheduled to •go ':into .effect 'in'
RESPONSE ' IS GO.OD'. TO September, ' and apparently to
E
L
Zapplyon commercial
BLITZ printing,
was, protested on'. Saturday at a•
Members~ of': the Lucknow, meeting of : the' Western Ontario
Branch of' the Canadian Legion -Counties Weekly ••Newspapers,
have been doing a house-to-house ;Association
canvass this week on behalf'of Over 50 printers and .pubishers
:the Red Cross: The' "blitz was attended the, morning and.;after ves and world.
B lona in" the`a
•mess :world.' Basically neither ' a
staged on Monday, followed up noon 'sessions' held in the Legion social°
on Tuesday to :pretty well.comb- Hall, Listowel.. The meeting cul-. nor a .service .groap,' many
.worthwhile' friendships' are made;
plete the calls: min'ated in a resolution' to be sent With • interestin women; all over
The response has' .•been good .to . the ` Provincial Government:
g
the world,,`•and: through its '•ef-
with several . hundred, dollars. protesting the tax:> and requesting ,forts inr rov 'd - .legislation.•
contributed so . 'far,' and when the,' that, commercial 'printing . be. P -.--n• .•. P e e , has
� been obtained on provincial ria
RED : CROSS1 . .. :
I
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LAN TOO•.,: . G N.. R. A, IZE
:WOMEN'S CLUB
.A ,number of' leading business
and • profesfiona1 women from
Lucknow and ,Wingham met on
Thursday night to discuss the
formation of. a Business and Pro-
fessional Women's: Club .in Wing-
ham.
Mrs: .E'. Armstrong -Collins,. Na-'
tional . Field Secretary of, the
.Canadian Federation of Business
and . Professional Women's clubs,
gave an informative taik on the
set-up, aim, :. objectives' and .ad -
:vantages
ad -:vantages to "members in these
Clubs;. of which there' are 166
across Canada. After • .consider-
:able
onsider-:able discussion it was felt .that
more publicity Was required in
'order . to reach many others who
would wish to join, 'and .an or-
ganizational :meeting was ..ar-
ranged .for April . 25th, to which'
all 'women in business' and .pro-
fessional
ro-fessional life . are invited.
The Canadian Federation of
B.P.W. Clubs is affiliated with
'the International Federation ° ,of.
'Business, and Professional _Wom-
en, With national :organizations • in
26 frees .
countries., It is an active,
vital arid influential organization
composed of employers,;.. -employ-
ees and self-employed women
who want to improve theniset-
HONOREDCLERIC
AT MEETING HERE
iRev, David Lane of Clinton',
was honored, on Tuesday of last
week at a ,special meeting ,of
Huron -Maitland Presbytery held'
in Lucknow Presbyterian Church.
Rev; Mr. Lane was presented:
with a : hood symbolic of the.
`Doctor of Divinity , .degree. He
will receives' a honorary D.D.. de--
,gree at the Kay convocation of.
the Presbyterian • College in
Montreal.
The presentation .was made, by
Rev. Neil McConabie, :of 'Ripley
and Ashfield,
as Moderator of
Presbytery. Introductory remarks
and congratulatory 'best . wishes
were extended ' by ' Dr.. S.' Mf
Scott of Kincardine, who went:
to College with Mr.' Lane more
than' a half century ago.
Rev.. David Lane,. who • is 79,
has been fifty yeats in the ac-
tive.:ministry • and for'. some time
has served'; as. clerk of Huron
Maitland P.resbytery;
Among; those in attendance
from • this• community for the
presentation were two, brothers,
-J.; R.. Lane and Malcolm. Lane of •
Kihlough.
Rev. Mr.' Lane was bereaved
by, the death of-` his wife a few ,
months. a'o.
rural canvass is completed, it is the exempted list. tis'• 1' and international' levels
na a s,
expected. that , the. total . will comb- :,Classified as: a • manufacture;, :where: it has consultative status
'pare favorably With other years. , the, printer is now required to with the United Nations
Members of district, branches of; charge. °:11%'.' Federal Sales . Tax
the ,Women's Institute are . be=.
• on; printed 'Matter,' and `the new,
ing counted on • to . do much. of. 3% Provincial Sales Tax, ,appears'
the :. rural canvassing.
PUPILS TO NAME
NEW SCHOOL
that this '.Will be tax on tax. 'If
this is the case a $10.00.job would
:bear a.dual 'tax..of' close to 01.45
It was •felt that these dual levies.
would be a deterrent to having'
•sonle jobs. done arid' would; work
a' hardship on the ``small" prin-
ter' at least.' The view was ex-
pressed that. Ave . are - too much
resigned to '`sitting:. back: and ac
cep'ting an increasing tax burden
• because '`‘‘the ,governrnent needs
the 'money."
Visit. Slew • Plant • ''
.
• New printing processes ;were
discussed . at' both sessions. Fol
lowin the •, noon hour luncheon
of` spare • ribs and sauerkraut, the
group were `taken on a conducted
tour of the, Ca bell' Sou Com-
'mp . A
pany's modern new plant at
Listowel,
Officers • of the Association are:
resident Don • Southcott Exe-
ter; vice-president, Hart Brown,
Tavistock;; secretary,: 'Bill 'Temp-
lin• Fergus; ergus, tie
usurer, Ken. Baulk,
Preston; directors,. Bud 'Lands -
borough, Grand Valley; Ernest
Pitz, New` Hairibur ; Don Thom -
son "Lucknow
Students:who', next fall will
be,attending °. the new central
school in 'Ashfield School •Area,
No. `2are being given ` the op
portixnity to name '.:the school.
The 'students are asked to sub-
mit . their proposed name for the
school . to ' their teacher. • These
will be submitted to a panel of
three judges for a decision.
• Sketch ';plans for .the 'new, 4-
room school, to be built , on • the
n
t
12 h Concession of Ashfield • to
the south -West of, Ashfield. Pres
,byterian Church, have' been ap-
proved and tenders for its con--
struction. Will> shortly be •called.
• The ' new school, will serve a
seven school sections, with: '
prospective opening • ,,enrollment
of ;about .103 • students. •
The Area. Board' is presently
advertising for teachers to .staff
.
the new :school:
'HONOUR FORMER
• WAWANOSH !ZEE E.
Members cif West Jaw anosh
Township Council; past, .and pre-
sent, gathered Mast Thursday
evening in the Township Hall to
honor their former IR,eeve, John
Durnin, who . had also, served. as:
Warden of Huron County last
year. •
The evening was in' charge of•.
Reeve Harvey. Culbert and cards
.were enjoyed the . first ;,past of
the ' evening. , Following .lunch;'
John ' Foran,: Township .' 'Clerk,'
read an address to. Mr,. Durnin.
and. Councillors Lorne Durnin
'and Orville McPhee presented.
on behalf of those , present, a
matching • set of• folding table &
chairs. '
Mr., Durnin thanked therm' for
the gift and: also for their co-
operation' during; his- term of of-
fice, Speeches were given by
Mr, Brawn. Smyth, Harold Gaunt
'and Everett Finnigan,' of Wait
kerton. Prizes for the cards were
given to John • Durnin, Everett
Finnigan, Mrs. Clarence). G reer
arid Mrs.• 'Orville McPhee.
EASTER SEAL,DONATIONS
STILL TRICKLING LrT
Donations to the Lucknow and
District' .Lions Club Easter Seal
campaign for , crippled children
'are. still • "trickling in." There has
been a •, very good response; „but
no doubt some who have intend=
ed 'to' donate have overlooked
doing so. •
Donors names,are periodically
'acknowledged, and final :'ack
nowledgernent will likely be
made next, week..
,Committee treasurer is Lloyd
Ashton • and E. .H:. Agnew,
chairman.:
•
BUYS WALKERTON ; HOME
Jack Husse s • of Lucknow has
purchased ;a residence on Gibson
St •• in ' Walkerton' and, obtains
possession on June 1st. Jack has
been. ' appointed .; engineer and.
maintenance man at the new
Bruce' County Home for the •Ag- '
ed.' `
LEROY RI'NTOUL
HEADS ,:CALF CLUB
At Dungannon, Agriculture Hall
.on,Tuesday, April llth.'a;:meet
ing. was 'held to re -organize ,'the
Lucknow' 4 Calf Club., The,:
rrfeeting .was' started by; a :quiz
arid discussion 'on .it. There. was
nine :mem+bers •present and offi-
cers' were. :'elected•. as fo?lows:
President, Leroy: Rintoul; •Vice=
President, .Ken Kirkland;. Secre-
tary, 'Jo -Anne Alton; 'Press Re
porter; Marjorie :.Alton.
• • It was •decided''to. hold regular
meetings .the .third Monday, of
the month, The members; :Were
given 'pamphlets •regarding club'
work.
Other. members' present, ;It,. 'were.
Ken Taylor, .Donald , Al"ton Lar
ry Hunter,, ;Wayne 'Todd, Doug
Gaunt.
• '.Club leaders
Andrew
a r
Gaunt,. Torn: :Todd, George Ken-
nedy and Fred : MacQuillan, Oth
er boys andg ir:ls • who wish to,
join 'the, Club are ' to notify one
of the alboye leaders 'before, May
1st,, •
'Large 'Dungannon Club
, .The Dungannon 4-H Calx' Club '
was The,
at • the " same .
•time, and.' has a 'Membership of
F4. Officers 'are: president, Geo.
Clarke, R.R.•5, Goderich; • v ice-
Crozi ..r, ' .tR.11-, • .
president Bill' R.l1,
ungannon; secretary, Sandy
'Kolkman R.R.'5 ' C '
•. , ode "rich;, press
secretary, Phillip Clark, P.R. 5, .
Croder ic
h, .leaders, Chester Fin-
nigan, Dungannon "•&, John .Clark,'
R.R. 5, Goderich.
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