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LUCKNOW,, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AUG ,16th, 1961
TWELVE PAGES •
tush Work At Ashfield Central School
n Prepuratiofl For Sepiember Opening
Interior work at the central
chool at Hemlock. City in Ash-
field ,
School. Aea 2,, is going
head at full: speed in .prepara-
ion
for the September opening
f the new school,
There will be, ,a near capacity
tte
ndance when the term opens,
vith an enrolment of about 112
icated at present..
An auditorium on the . east side.
if the' building is provided with,
, .
olding: doors, 'so that `section of
he g
buildin can be utilized as
equired.
The front of the building facing
he 12th' •Concession, las 'been.
aced. ; with :cut stone , from the
rid school. It has . been stripped
Ind: deinolished and the remnants
►uildozed to' the, north, side of the
•oadway to provide a parking
ot. The school property AS four.
tcres in size. `
Painters, plumbers, carpenters
md'electricians" are speeding the
inal phase, of the work:
The transportation contract has
)eenlet to. Lloyd Wylds of Ripley
vho will, operate a fleet ; of three.
wises in the area. The routes,
.oughly, according, to where bus
'rivers are located; • are: 1•=from
Tordon Finiayson's at Lochalsh
rlong Highway 86 to':Boak's side-
•oad and westward on the 12th
concessiondo the. school; 2 -10th;,
L'oncession; 3 -Lochalsh; west and
;outh toward Kintail.'
RETURNS FROM, SIX WEEKS
PREACHING MISSION EAST:
Rev: Wilson Loder 'of Lucknow,
ind Wingham, minister of Wing-
iam Pentecostal Church; return
;d` last week fro n a six weeks
preaching mission in Quebec,
gew B runswick . and ' his. home
province of : Newfoundland. He
was accompanied on the trip. by
its son, Keith. •
While in Newfoundland,',Wil-
ion .did work at his home.: town
if Hant's Harbour,, where his fa-:.
:her' lives: Hant's Harbour is only
two miles from : 'a• Forest Fire
Area, and is as yet not out of
Inger.Wilson : had the unpleas
ant' experience of : being in
area where ' several homes, went
up in flames, 'victims of the fires
that have been raging: " •
Rev. Loder. has another brother
who' is a Pentecostal minister at
Badger, ' Newfoundland.. .,
TICKETS GOING i0. N' S ALE
FOR 'LEGION'S. FALL DRAW
$UYS' LOCHALSH k`ARM
TAKES GARAGE. POSITION
John MacRaewho operated' the
Fina Service Station at the west
endof town -until a short time
ago, has taken a position with
Ross. Cumming at the,: Supertest
Service Station and commenced
work there the. first . of the week.
.John haspurchased the George
McGillivray 'farm at. Lochalsh
and is presently, offering': his
house ..in Lucknow for ,sale. Mr.
and Mrs. MacRae and four child-
ren, Ian, Andrew, ' Johanne. and.
Gordon plan to . mioveto the farm
Tickets for the Lucknow``. Le-
gion's Remembrance Night draw
have been printed and were pick,
ed up on Monday by the presi-
dent, Earl. Cranston.
They will be going 'on sale . at.
once at 5 'for '$1.00. The list: of
prizes: inculdes a lazy boy chair,
a transistor radio, a. portable
mixmaster and an 8 -piece stain-.
less steel cooking ware set.
BANTAMS, RAINED 'OUT, .
ARE' 'AA.IUN° THIS WEEK
Lucknow • and Monkton ' Ban-
tams are slated to meet this week
for. the WO A.A, championship,.
Lucknow . went to. Monkton on,
Tuesday night with the return
match set for the Caledonian.
Park, Lucknow on Thursday evt
ening at 8'30 under the lights:
The two teams cwere'scheduled:
to tee -off last week but• both
games were rained out, 'Original
plans were to play here'on .Wed-
nesday and' in Monkton :Thurs-
day, but an eleventh hour switch;
reversed the locations after The
Sentinel had gone to press.
A ' good turnout of fans would
be; appreciated on Thursday ev-
ening :here •to give minor sport
enthusiasm a "shot . in ,the ..arm"
and to encourage the lads.
in the fall. Mrs: MacRae operates
a beauty shoppe on Lucknow's
main street.•
Flower Show This
Back For First Tirne:,Fridav, Saturday`
Ripley Students To ReceNe Home Ec
And Sinop Tuition Weekly AtLucknoW •
The August • . meeting • of ,the
Lucknow 1District High . School
was, held Tuesday evening, Aug-.
ust 8th. •
Members of theRipley District
High School Board attended `the,
meeting requesting. ,permission
for .Grade IX pupils •from Ripley.
to attend. Lucknow District High
School one afternoon a week for
Horne Economics and Industrial
Arts: This request was ; ;granted.
and •the•Principals of both schools.
are 'to. meet and arrange a suit -
'able schedule.
. Plans and . estimates for red
designing •jthe front entrance to
,the • ,school and repairs recom-
.mended • in the recent Structural
Engineer's Report have not been
received ' to •date. .This: matter:
will 'receive the ;Board'•S immedi-
ate attention when the plans are .
received from Salter and Allison,
Architects: of Barrie. ,
.Mrs. Josephine V. Wilshere was,
hired as Latin teacher. She is an
Associate of the London: (Eng-. .
land) College of Preceptors, the
oldest teaching college in the
Commonwealth,, She .taught one
year in.: a Government. High
School; ' spent three years teach-
ing Latin to L)riiversity Students' .
in East Africa and has taught
seven years m Canada.
Sundry, accounts' amounting' to
$769.00, were approved paid; .'tot-
al expenses for July having been
$916.15.
Descendants .Of Pioneer Kinloss Famil
Y
aul•.flower show }In Fifty ¥ears-----------------ofTetcknow and DistrictHeid 'First Reunion' 'At ClanDonald
Horticultural ' `Society will- be .."Clai Donald", the old MaeDon-
held on Friday„ and Saturday :of' aid . home north of the • C.N.B.
this week, August 18th and 19th. "Station, among the, trees and by
'In the comparatively short the river provided '.a,' lovely set=
time since • the society - was ,;re- ting on :Sunday, August, 6th for
'organized this flower. show has a family reunion. ,,
become quite a spectacle; of beau-• Some85 'descendants and rela-
ty p , and last• year was rated as the d . c
to ' show in District 8 tives by marriage of Alexander
The'newl organized Junior (Big.' Sandy):MacDonald- and
y g Mary'Anne Stewart, ,pioneer ' set=
Society will .compete in this: :show tiers of .'this^,area,. met for 'a get
for the second time with.. a' spec -•
acquainted picnic: The threaten-
ial section for the juniors.
Exhibits .areto be placed by in weather did'not, dampen .the.
' . g
ioyoiis '
noon„.onenthusiasm • of the Friday. Judging will take. many of; whom met for' group,
the first
place in the ' afternoon and the time that day. They came from
arenawill be. open to thepublic: as far west as Vancouver, as far.
on Friday ,evening and on 'Satur south as Texas, as: far east as
day afternoon and evening'. Montreal; and as far north' as
There is :a nominal w chaige of. Kapusk'asing '
Donald Campbell. Of °Regina was
a caller in town on Monday. ~It
was his. •first return to the' "old
home town” since leaving here
over half.' a century ago •in' 1910.
Mr. Campbell Was accompanied
.by his brother, Alex "Sandy"'
Campbell: of Kitchener. Other
Members . of the., family are Mrs.
Mary Free of Brantford and Mrs.
Annie Barnes of . Lethbridge:
Mr. Campbell' was also accom
paned : by his '. 'son . Gordon' of
Regina and his. son 'John-' of Kit-
chener. ;with whom he is /visiting
as . well as his grandson, John..
Mr..Campbell was born in Ash=
•field but• as a . lad moved with
his: parents, .Mr,„:, ,and ..Mrs..:Jim
Campbell, to,Lucknow' where he
resided until striking west. as 'a
young : •manto homestead in
Alberta.
The : Campbell home in Luck'-
now, was .ons Willoughby St:, ;now
'occupied by ..Mr. and 'Mrs: Bill
Brown, •
Fire CaII Last Week
To oBeatty �VFactory
,Snouldering .sawdust and ;.shay-
Ings in the boiler : room at . the
Beatty Ladder Factory melted a
'sprinkler head and set off a fire:
alarm:about about 7;30 p.m. 'last Wed-
nesday evening. •
The shavings_
and sawdust from
the plant niachiner • ,are g gathered
i' �''
i cy fed
an overhead c clone and
automatically to the boiler fur-
. ace, tri some unaccountable man-
tier the chute to the furnace was
out of place. andW.
. dumped the saw .
`dust on. the boiler room floor,. in
front of, the • furnace where it
k fire,•
.
The boiler roo _ '
, m•was filled with
smoke •from' the smouldering fire
e
as, nieri l
Pale, firedamageentered. was caused to the
furnace grates, but otherwr. •e
s
th .•
ere was ,little or no eiridence
of fire damage,
DIED. IN 'AFRICA .IN •
HER NINETY-FIRST' YEAR
•
Mrs.. Dave Hackett oftown,
the former• Ida Lane of Ashfield,
has . received, wordof the death.
of her sister, Mrs: Charles An-
derson, Which' occurred at Johan-
nesburg, South' 'Africaon',August
5th in her 9lst year::
Mrs. Anderson was the former.
Lavina Lane,, daughter of : James
Lane. and Elizabeth Caswell: and'
was 'born at Lanesville in. Ashfield
Township;
Mr,, 'and "Mrs.. Anderson went,
to South Africa following their
marriage where . they, 'had since
resided. Mr. Anderson, a 'native,
of West Wawanosh, was engaged
in the gold ,mining real. estate
b:itsiness:. He passed away about
:two years ago:'" • •
Mrs. ' Anderson ,is 'survived by
her sister,' .Mrs. Ida Hackett aof
Lucknow and by one, brother, .Mr.
Will Lane of Belmont.:.
Opens- Beauty Salon
At Dungannon
Robert Treleaven, son of Mr,
:and Mrs.,. -Harvey Treleaven of
London ' and formerly ,of Luck -
now,' has 'openeil a Beauty Salon
in Dungannon• in the building
formerly :operated as a beauty
salon by Mrs. 'Banks. Robert
cornmenced the business on . July
17th,
The business is to be ` known
as "Robert's • Beauty Salon”: Ro-
ber't is a, graduate of Bruno's,
London, and has • taken advanced
training from the Harper Method
School ar Rochester, .New 'fork:.:
Since graduating from , London.
four years ago, he has worked at
'Sarnia; Goderich, London and
Thamesville: .
dinner' at the Log Cabin Rest=
aurant. The' host on this occasion
was. Ross, MacDonald, the young,.
est son of . this ' family of . 6 sons
and 6 daughters, Local residents
will remember that all six sons"
of this family served on: active
service in• .the' first and second
world wars: ' • . '•
Messages'•of goodwill and regret
at being unable to attend for
various reasons were received`
from: Rev. Alexander MacDonald,
Presbyterian Missionary -in Brit-
ish Guiana; Hon: A. M.'. (Sandy)'`
Nicholson, Saskatoon,. James F.
McKee, Vancouver and Mrs Myr-
tle
' Maclver: Perrin ',of San Fran,-
• Among the awards won that
25c to help defray the, expenses • More day was the symbol of fertility
of the. show. M e than 50' worshipped to
ether 'at South Kinloss Presb (a Pound of rice), won by A. E.
Excessively wet .weather ,,has
g y -
been detrimental to producing a
profusion of the best blooms at.
this time of year,but it isto be
expected that. there 'will. ,,be a
comparatively good showing 'and
the : displays will be ,well :worth.•
viewing.. this. week end.
Extensive Revision
Of Fair' PrizeL
i t
Prize lists.. for • the Lucknow
Agricultural Society's 96th' an
noel fall fair have been avail
able for the . pastfew weeks and
copies may obtained from the.
secretary, Mrs. ' Fred McQuillin
or at The Sentinel Officer
Fair dates are Wednesday and
Thursday, : September . 27th arid
28th: Fair. Board president / s
Evan Keith who is serving' his se-
cond., term.
A perusal of the .,,list -will'
.reveal a revision of the horse
class, cattle specials, •. homemade.
`baking, the ladies' ' department,
women's ; organization special.
features, fine arts; flowers, • spec-
ia%i',: events and other minor.
changes.
The baby show .will again be
a feature` of the special events,,,
In various classes of exhibits,
there are special awards to the
winner of the 'mos't ,Points.
• As usual the .•4-1-1. Calf Club'
will be a feature, 'with a mem-'
bership of 12 as follows Donald
Alton, Joanne Alton, Marjorie
Alton, , -Douglas. •. Gaunt, • Larry
Hunter, Kenneth 'Kirkland, Le'
roy. . Rintoul,. Kenneth Taylor,
Wayne Todd, '' Bill IKolkman,
Bryan Gammie, ' Garry Gainmie.
Rural school competition's 'are
always a feature of the fair:
Prize list revisions have been,
aimed at ,modernizing • the. list,
and offering attractive prize
money. Anyone interested in ex-
hibiting should' ,obtain a prize
list at an early date and • scan
it closely: The Lucknow
Fair's indoor, showhasvastly
improved, and the airn is to 'con-
tinue this trend,
terian Church at 1:15 p.m..: That
afternoon',games contests, ice=
cream and; supper `• on., 'picnic
tables ,provided through the
courtesy of . the' Royal Canadian been p .resented with a brand. new
Legion, 'Lucknow branch,; •follow-
daughter, born early that Moni-
ed :at' ClanDonald ing:
After supper, a short business
meeting was held where. it was
decided to make this.•,picnic an
annual affair. The following. slate
,of officers was„elected:. President,:
Donald E. MacDonald, ' Niagara
Fails;. Vice-President„;';Allan :Mac.
Intyre, Lucknow,:.Secretary, -Mrs..
Mary Jane ;Wickham,'North Bay;
Assistant•Secretary",, Mrs:: Saundra
Lake; Thornbury'. Committee'
members, . Mrs. Ira Dickie';. Luck -
now,. Miss 'Janet 'McDougall; To-
ronto, Squadron -Leader, James S.
MacDonald, Hamilton.
Held .Family'' Dinner
On Saturday,: August. 5th, over
20 descendants. of Donald Stewart
MacDonald and Mary Jane Mac-
Iver enjoyed a delightful turkey
MacDonald of Kitchener, who
brought 20 descendants . to the
picnic„ To conimenvorate the oc-
casion, Donald MacIn.tyre an-
nounced that he and his wife had.
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Luc ovaNative
Died At Gorrie
The funeral of ,Harry Hlmes,
a native , of Lucknow, was. held
at Gerrie” on Thursday. ' '
He ,wase a .sonof. the late Mr.
and Mrs. .W. S, Holmes of Nuck-
now, the 'Holmes home being at
the; southerly outskirts of'..the vil•
lage'no"w owned by Mr. and. Mrs:
Sam Alton: W. S: Holmes ,was, a
farm ' produce dealer and con-
ducted his business in 'what is
now the Finlayson store,
Harry Holmes joined the Bank
of ;Hamilton staff in Lucknow,
which later .became . the Bank.' of
Commerce; He was°manages of,
the. Gorrie BranEh upon' his ' re-•
tirement and continued to; make
'.home there, and spent the
summer •at Bruce ,Beach, •
He is survivedby one sister,
Miss Irene i iolmes of Toronto: „
Misses Ada and Hazel Webster
and Mrs.• Grant McD;iarmid at-
tended the .funeral, at .Gorrie.
ENGA � ME
GE NTS
Mr and '.Mrs:...Walter Forster;
Ripley, ,wish to.announce the'' en-•
gagement, of . their daughter; .,
Ruthe• Agnes, to Mr. Gordon An-
drew Patterson, son of Mr. .and
Mrs; Andrew Patterson,.'.:Ripley,
the marriage to take, ;plate on
Saturday, September 9th .,at' 12
noon' at ; St, Andrew's Ifnited
Church, Ripley,
JOHN HOGAN' PASSES
John Hogan, 72 -year-old Ash-
field Township farmer died in.
Goderich . Hospital on Saturday:
Requiem high mass was on Wed-
nesday: Morning. at St. Joseph's
Roman Catholic Church, Kings-
bridge, with burial in Kingsbridge
cemetery.
He is 'survived by four sisters,
Margaret Hogan of Ashfield; Mrs.
MatthewGaynor G y , or and. Mrs./Harold
Coster of Goderich and •Mrs, John
Stewart :.of.'Toronto. ;
FORMER WAWANOSH , REEVE
ON' ADVISORY COMMITTEE
,John Durnin. West Wawanosh,
and Peter MaoEwan, , Goderich, •
have been named to ' represent..
Goderich District' High School on
the advisory ;committee of the
new vocational school to be built
in Clinton.. •
The comnuttee .is corn osed of
a Board member from each sche 1.
0
and a non -board rr,eMber, with
Mr: .Durnin'serving, in the' •latter
Capacity, ,
ri
Joh,.,.. s
"served ay councel;lot ancl
reeve of West Wawanosh for
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man•y ear.s,.tiin'a tin .his
, g mon
cipal career last year by his cies
tionas warden of Huron County.
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