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'LUCKNOW, QNTARIO WEDNESDAY, MAY 3rd,
Fair hoard Commplete
Evan Keith Returned As Presden
.At .a; meeting . of the directors.
of . the Lucknow Agricultural
Society on Friday . evening, Evan
Keith was pursuaded to accept
• the presidency;,fora 'second -term,
Allan. Miller, ,is first vice-Presi-
dent
ice-Presi dent and ,Oliver McCharles; se-
cond• vice-president. These . offi-
ces havebeen vacant since the
annual meeting. Mrs. Fred Mc.-
Quillin is secretary -treasurer.
Mr. Keith who was, president
in 1980,., tendered his resignation
• ' ,at the annual meeting in' Febru-
ary. It` is the general` practice to
CHIROPRACTOR. TO OPEN •
LUCKNOW OFFICE MAY,. 10th
J•' B,. Aeteson, Doctor orChiro
practic, Wroxeter, will open an
office tiny, the ,Sepoy Rooms, • a
block south • of the Supertest
Garage, on. May :1
Mr. ' .Aeteson
Lucknow each
9':30 a.nt to 8:3.0;
ed, in an advertise
' His first day . here will be May
loth. Following': graduation, Mr:
Acteson; spent 'a year in Toronto
before " returning to "Wroxeter
',Where the commenced,' practice
• this week.
held the ofice•fOr two:•'years; and
when ; the vice -.presidents were `.
not prepared to' step up, the 3'.
vacancies existed' in the • fair
board leadership.
A subsequent meeting failed. to
fill the vacancies, and at that.
time a comimittee of four was
named , to , attempt to obtain
prospects to fill these key posi-
tions'. •
On Friday gevenin the ',Com-
mittee
mittee reported they had been
$00(1: PRIZE FOR NAMING
N>i;,W .KINLOSSSCHOOL
A $5.00 prize. is 'being offered
for . ,the winning name .for the
new' central school to be built
at Holyrood this year.
Public School, students of the
six school : sections forming, Kin='
loss School Area No _ 1; are eli-
gible and should.` submit their
entries to their 'teacher; These
will be turned over to the School
Board, and •a panel of j udges. will
be appointed to pick the win -
ping; name;
. sehciol sections comprise
r the area ,`•• -- 1Oth • Concession,
Hol .rood, • 6th;; 4th 2nd r and
y .,
unable to solve the problem and Langside.
the future of the fair seemed in
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DI C.K • W EST ROAD •
SUPE:RI NTENDENT
Richard ',(Dick) West has. been
nam d; Ashfield Township Road
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ons• to visit.. Superintendent • . with; duties . to
ednesdayr from
commence at once., He • Was:ap-
rn. as announc' pointed : at the May .meeting of.
nt 'this week: Ashfield Council on.. Monday.
Seventeen. applications were re-.•
ceived for.-theposition
• Mr:. West commenced his, duties
on,Tuesday when: he accompanied
thethe To ..•nship ': Council 'on a tour
w. P ,
of the roads in the municipality:
Dick is' •only;. the third road.
superintendent in .Ashfield since
RED RETURNS
APPROACH , $800 MARK
.Luehnovcw . do
nations, to the Red
• Cross Society • :at' ' present : 'total
$643,80,' with a•!. couple of can-
vassers vassers' still to. r rt � their. final
••report h
returns. • ,
l �co11 don :be r
One'` sura.,.. eco hase.
ed in, the o n. or 136.0
•� report , am u t. $. (>•
raising the total , to 779: 0
Donations may . beleft at the
Bank of• Montreal or .Uriribach s.
Drug Store;. ,
Thelocal_
ani
c ass was corduc�t
ed b 'members,
y .of the I',egon,
with, members .of communit. In-
. ,y
• titu
s to branches undertaking.the
sur :h
a , cairvassr
this , °ofifice, was established °serine,
thirty-five : years • ago. The first
superintendent vtras, the late John
Kilpatrick..He retired after about
two .years and was succeeded by
th,e . late Herbert :Curran ,who'
Was :then .,just' 36.,
Herib . was servinghis' 32nd
_.:
year as superintendent when, he
suffered a 'severe:. heart , attack`
which :proved .fatal:•:. two weeks
later . ,on • April' 2nd.:
Thi , •• is . the he second• er onn 1`'
p •s e
change 'of. Ashfield Townshi.� of;
vP
ficials in' a month.', At the April
Meeting, Gordon Boyd Was„ aP-•
pointed councilloras
successor
to Jack :.Bradle who ' has 'been
inpoor - r h
oo ealth •for:.sorr►e•time. ` ;,
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SCHOOL, HERE FOR.
CENS.US:TAKERS
Plans are •progressing for, the
taking of the Dominion census,
which will commence 'on June
lst.. Census •takers will have 3
weeks ; to comiplete • their , work.
Census Commissioner for the
southerly; portion r: of,- Bruce It
Allister ' Hughes. of Kinloss. .He
is responsible for _the supervision
of Huron, Kinloss,;, Culross and
Greenock Townships and the Vil-
lages of ' Lucknow, Ripley and
Teeswater: . •
Twenty census takers ,will cov.
er; this area,' and 'their task will
be more detailed than ever be='
f re. To instruct them as to their
duties ' a training school. will be
held in' Lucknow the 'week. of
May ' 22nd to 27th:••
;Huron .`School At Bel "rave
Borden , Scott, of ' Belg gave ` is
;..
cominissioner in :a portion of
the 'North' :Hiironarea., His dis-
trict. is comprised' of Ashfield,
''.East ands` "West Wawanosl, •Mor
ris and` GreY.:..Townships and
Brussels and Blyth...
Twenty.bwo enumerators will.
cover this area, ' and they' will be
schooled at Belgrave, prior to
commencing their rounds:
•The• comimissioner for `the
Goderich area is Joe Allaire.:
"Some Encharited Evening"' was
•. the `theme' and motif of the Luck-
now, District • High' ' .School's
• spring formal , on Friday even-
ing, highlighted/ :by• the
,crown-
ing of 'the King • and. Queen, . as
chosen by a +ballot of the stu-
dent body:
This "year's King is ' Douglas
Schmid, 20, son of Mr:. and Mrs.
V11rii. ,A 'Schmid: The •Queen is
.: Patricia Thompson, 17 -year-old
daughter, of Mr.. and.Mrs•. Camp-
bell `?Thom•pson. Both are Grade
13 students. : i' .
•Runners -.up/ for this school
" honor .• were "Nancy. Forster,
daughter Of, Mr., and Mrs. Ronald
Forster, . and Floyd Stanley;" son
of 'Mr, and Mrs. Ezra Stanley, of
Kiplough. •
Mrs:, Elizabeth Suter,.; teacher
of languages 'on. the High School';
staff, announced the winners" The
. Queen was crowned by .Barbara`
Murray;-+, daughter* of Mr. and
Mrs: P. A. Murray, who was the
19:60. Queen. Crowning of the
Kin& was done by Doges pal,
the ,1960 • King, ; Fraser Ashton,
son of :Mr. and `Mrs. Loyd Ash-
, ton:. •
. Arm bouquets ofred roses and.
lovely gifts were presented' by
Barbara to'Patricia and Nancy;
while• Fraser presented gifts 'to
..Doug' and Floyd.
Decorations Lovely'
.13utto the students of Grades
11 and 1.2 Who behind the scenes`
were responsible for the plan-
ning,.. organizing and decorating,„
goes,' much, . ere '
dit. The school....
auditorium Was never more" at-
tractive; Flora).' archways, cor
�
nes �., garden` with flowing. foun-
tain', . a , lower-studd
„� ed terraced
lawn leading to the throne and,
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Local; Intimate
Contact•With Beanery` Gang
The Star Weekly recently"
Car-
ried, afeature article" captioned, ,
"What Became of The ,Beariery
Gang?" Few -there are who have`
any more intimate knowledge of
the motivations and mentality of
the mernlbers of this:. defunct • or-
ganization • than Rev. Wilfred'
Wright, . of Lticknow„ incumbent
of Gne .6t.' Peter's Anglican, parish
since last September. Author of
YECJ 9T:.". OVERSEAS
.WITH; DAUGHTER:
Mrs. • Howard Robinson, . ,: the
former Emily. Dexter, flew .over-
seas last week to visit with her
daughter, F O S.:, IVI. Robinson.
Yg,
Shirley is anursing sister: •in •,the
R.C.A.F..and is stationed at Gros
tenguin, :.France.
'. Mrs.. Robinson was scheduled.
to, fly from Malton late Friday,
afternoon` and to 'arrive at her•
destination in' Europe. about noon'
On Saturday. '
She plans to spend a couple of
months overseas, , and will visit,
England, Holland, West Ger-
mariy. ,In England the will 'visit
with' her father's people, :and try
to locate if possib e, .re ati es of
her mother:.:Mrs ;Robinson's 'par-
ents;` came to Canada 'from , Eng•-
.land close to ` fifty' years •ago.
As the time• approached for
.Mrs. Robinson's • : departure,; she
became more, enthused about the
trip, which, , no doubt will be. a
•res hful change , far •:her, after the
trying • months.: she, experienced
following: the serious injuries re-
ceived• by her husband ,and which
eventually proved. fatal
{ .Shirley.. • Rotinson ` .is • hopeful
that she `may •be transf erreci home
during the sum ,mer" although ;she
is not actually .due``to return to
Canada until' December. She, was
-home oncompassionate leave at
the -time her father .was injured
and 'again . at the time '; of . his
-death
and ;Qu�aH
ring Formyl
IN ROYAL SPLENDOUR the
King , and Queen of , Luckno`ww i
District %sigh• School were crowta'
ed •on Friday• evening: Seated On
the thione of • honour in .the' cen- y°
tie of the picture •are Patricia
Thompson and . ;Doti las. Schmid.
Standing on Patricia's right is
Nancy'Forster, her attendant and.
a close contender for the 'honor:
On Doug's left is Floyd Stanley, 6
close contender for the King's
crown. Floyd was, also the run-
icer -up for the`.honoui' a' year
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In the 'left 'forefront is H tbara
uright, se .
M i ra an on the r 11 �r er
Ashton, They Were the 1960 King
and Queen of ' Lucknow Uigb
School and performed the crown-
ing of this year's 'royal couple,"
Ago Se itinel. Photo'
the, Star article. -`•was • Douglas
Blanchard, :who interviewed Rev,.
Wright at the Rectory a few'
months.. ago, as 1}e sought. -inform,
ation for his article,
The Sentinel recentl.. inter-
viewed y
viewed Mr, Wright and herewith-
attempts to 'relate some of 'the
'impressions • we received in an
interesting half, hour chat on, the.
anti -social activities of that gang.
It was;in the late 40's., that the
Beanery Boys skyrocketed to
notoriety in Toronto on the. crest
of a publicity wave that accom- `:
•panied their terroristic • activities'.
which gripped; Torontonians with '.
fear,harassed the police and'
proved a -conundrum. for ' sociolo-
The gang derived •their name
from a hanigout • restaurant • on
College' St., named ;the: `Beanery •
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MASONS ATTEND
P NE RI.. �.ER KIRK
� V .
The annual' church: parade of'..'
Old Light , Lodge. :A F. • and AM.
was' held` on Sunday• at Pine` ;
River United,Church, 'the, home
church' of Worshipful Master;
Bert Irwin .
Close • to one hundr'ed'. Masons
attended • the ''service including
District Deputy. Grand Master,,
James. • E. Little of Old Light: '
Ws A." Porteous was director; of
the parade
�Tvvo veteran members •. wear-
ing 0. -.-year jewels stepped .along
briskly in the parade which; form
ed: at the Pine River, Community
;'Hall and Proceeded to the church, .
They were A. Ati. Grant'of Gade.
;rich • and formerly of Ashfield
who •.has been. a member: df Old
Light for' 59 years . and , W: W.•
Hill 'who is in: his' 58th ;year in.
Masonry:
t
I wa
s fbr 'rna»y�, of the
ors 'thefirst f rst occasion they had
or. , i.. -
n?v rsh P m :,Pine River : church,
a new and lovely edifice of which'
the !co, ngregat'ion can be: justly
proud:..
The service. was conducted by ,
Rev .J. `C.. .Hutton. who: extended
a warm welcome'•:to they'visitors
on .. , behalf of the, congregation..,
The The choir, finder' the direction of
Wilfrid Steele:rendered an: an-
them and 'Miss Jean Geddes sang
."Bless This.'House." She. is the.
daughter of Mr. ''and , Mrs.. 'Cliff
Geddes and a ' Grade 13: stadent
at Ripley'District High School-
14 -year -Old .; Organist-:
` Young people were'' prominent'
in;' the choir;' but quite notewor-
thy was the. fact that their.
c�hu'rch.. ongani•st 'is ! but •14 years' .'
of 'age: She is 'Mary Ellen . Shielis,
daughter. of Mr: „and ;Mrs. Ross ...
Shielis :of Aniberley who attends
Lucknow District High ;School.
Tribute to Dr: Macfonald.
In 'his s.erm'ori; Rev., Mr; 'Hutton
referred' to the Lord's .example
of hu iiility and ser`�ice in' the.
washing of tie feet' of his disci-
pies'at the Last Supper:.He sties..
,,sed t1ie need, and h-npoitance that,
we' .today gird` 'ourselves with
the towel of service;
Mr, r, Iluttozi paid .tribute to • the
rife,. raf . srr�, ire of the.late' Dr..
'Charles HH . MacDonald Both Mr.
{Hutton and •Mr, i1 ,acDonald �i�e'e
• horn /and -raised : on :farms in the
,Teeswater area:' Mr.'Hutton re-
called 1Vtr, MacDonald relati g
hi ea11•t•o the ministry, 'He was
as a youth• on his 'father's farm,
} worx'ing' m a drainage ditch' one
day when his minister approach-.
Led" .him and .requested that he
talte a service at Pine Ri\:�er., On
. making the trip there `by Ilei se
'and buggy, Mr: MacDonald found
he had not one, but, two sermons
to preach that, day as his :ni'tia-
tion, in the pulpit.
Mi' But ,
Button referred to the late
Dr. Secord of Kincardine n as an,,
We le of another life •f -
p o ser