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LUCKNOW, OTARIO WFYDNESD•AY, MAR. 30th, 1060.
Irs. Angus Qraharra.
Golden Weddinq
Mr. and ,Mrs. Angus Graham.
of Lueknow. , ,were at home to
their friends last.. Saturday on.
the occasion, of their 50th wed-
ding , anniversary. Many .• called
• to extend best wishes. and .,con-
gratulation to.! the . couple who
were 50. years'; 'married on Tues-
day, March 29th.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham recall
that in the year of their mar..
'riage, 1910,. Much of the seeding.
was done.. by the day :of their
w ddin W ° .arid`' ° ' at .: pole were
wearing • light summer clothes.
•Angus was . the son of : John
Graham and .' Mary • Ann . 'Mac-
Kenzie .. and• `:was. born. ,on the
' Graham homestead ` on the'four-
OLD EYE GLASSES WANTED
FOR BANK OF LIGHT
••n
Tentative plans were made'
on Monday :fox" the Luck -
now, and District Lions, Club
to collect eye , glasses of no
'further use;', for, the Bank• of
L.igitt. , •
The Canadian' Lions objec-
tive is , a '+million pairs of
glasses to be' Shipped : to In-
dia for' the. relief of eye de-
fects among the millions .of
that country. Already close •
to 200,000 pair have been ob-
tained ,as the collection
spread` to more and more. -
clubs. • ,
Arrangeme'its are to be
made so that glasses may
be left at' .rural :and local
.,Places of • business in the
community, '
WON' 'BINGO• JACKPOT'•
OF $10.0:00 LAST WEEK
, Mrs. Evelyn Barkwell was the
winner last • week of the $100.00
jackpot : prize at • 'tl the s,Legion's
' weekly bingo: The • big prize
went on the: 60th ;and •final call:
": 'Another • series; starts' • .this,
week, culminating with another
jackpot winner: Bingo' proceeds
are used to help ::reduce the Le -
glen Hall .debt.
th,:concession •• of Kinloss ,Town
ship:He :spent all: his life on the
farm, :until, moving to LucknoW.
'The._ ifarm .which was' taken (up.
from the Crown. by the. .Graham
family, . is •presently • operated'
by :Mr. Graham's: son, Allan. Qf
a- family. of .four -sisters and four•'.
brothers,..• three sisters survive,
Mrs. Jane Simpson'' of ;Wingham,'
Mrs. Margaret Beaton of Van-
couver; - Mrs: D. B. Annis (Nel-
lie)...
Nel-
lie) of . Vancouver. One •t rother
survives'"' 'John'•'of W h
• Mrs.. Graham was the .former.
'Betsy McMurchy, of the 4th con.
:of Huron Township, and was
the daughter. of John :M Murehy
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Friends Bid
SUBMIT LIONS
'OFFICERS SLATE
• At an Executive meeting' of
the ''Lions Club last: week, ° the
new slate ,of ':offieers who• will
take over,the end of the ciir-
rent term, was 'drafted, and Was
approved ��
oved ' at ' • M'onday...:'�
meeting,
The new slate will be compris-
ed Of: • Gordon. Montgomery;
president; Frank Thompson, ilst.
vice; Lloyd Ashton; : '2nd . vice;
K L.' MacKenzie, .3rd vire; Gor-
don hi fisher, • secretary; ; Gerald
.R'athwell, treasurer; .:Directors,
FOURTEEN PAGES
ntributors To Sign
Shed May Be Sold For Ice Fund
The >L• ucknow , Community Jfield, 35- from West, Wawanosh'
Shed, which has 'long'. since ; and: 4 from Huron,
ceased : to. serve, :its original j • Start Contacts
purpose the stabling ` of hor •• At Monday, night's Lions Club
ses — is in' the . spotlight at the meeting, Gordon • Montgomery
moment, reported' that work ;had started:
The. 'contributors to the ,shed that day on circulating'.. these
purchase fund in:1951 are (being agreement forms ''•`te' .various
c:ontacced and asked to sign -off Club .members who will make
their equity in the building In the contributor contacts:` '
only one case was there'.: a in,di Enthusiasm seems to be grow
vidual . contribution of • more ing for the project, ' and ways
:than $10.00. Many were $5.00 and means,' of raising money
and some even less: were discussed, with the •Club
Three • industrial • donations fully realizing that they will
were in amounts Of $25.00 and have• to "swing some big mon-
$50.00.• ey :raising events, before they
The • object of this release, Is "go to the people" for donations'
:to• permit the sale of the shed, to supplement Other prospec- •
with the. proeeeds' being • turned tive and: sizeable sources of .re-
over to'' the ' Lucknow • and Dis venue,
trict Lions' 'Club. " to be used As ' Lion President, Cecil.
solely. to `help defray' the costs Blake explained,:a good: deal, of'.,
'of . 'installing an, artificial ice, "foundation' work" • was 'first .
plant in ' the )Lucknow 'arena necessary and was. being carried'
`and ."for', no other purpose." out before fundraising projects
If; the Lions. Club does • not• could be started.. , ` ,
+proceed. ,with :' the • project Within • $25,000 is estimated at the like.,
four .:years the monies • "shall ly cost - Lion Lion ,George Joynt sug
then: 'be • divided pro rata •: among Bested that ` tenders be called, as
the Contributors ' • es Originally' approved at•: a previous meet-.
provided:" • ;Ing; to learn the exact cost
The ,shed' was purchased 'from •Lion Doug Herten made .a•..very
the United"Church m 1951 for generous personal offer,,if fifty. ..-
1 some $1,600, a special price set other ,men would • match' it, so
by the church, . on Conditionthat they could go ahead imediate
~ ,a it continue � as comm m
nity . ly' • with the installation.
shed. '.'The' purchase price 'Wee
.raised by a' canvass of 's ucknow •• Arena Deficit..
and district:residents, safter ad- In: the discussion' .of' money
jacent • rural municipalities had raising`. projects". it, was 'revealed
been reluctant to enter into any that the Arena; had a $600'opera_
• participating : purchase, • agree- ing . deficit this • years' and as welt,
Ment.. iwould ibe . in need of a • coat of
The shed was eeded• to the • int. :Ment ers of the Arena
iVillage . of Lucks ` w, which is . Coirirnittee Were:,delegatedy'"last •
r ain wee to :undertake ', -
' responsible fo ma tenan�ce of ksome .pro-
same,
pro
same, with , control' vested in ject to help takecare Of . this. 'de-•
the reeves of "the : four:. munici- •ficit.
palities • .concerned,.' ',George Jo -pit, Charles Web
'`There were 214 donors to the ate r, Cameron •1Vlae.Denald arid
fund for. the 1951 ,purchase . of ,+, Gordon • Fisher were • named to '
' •thhe shed - 39 from Luckno'w,:i arrange for.. money raising ,en -
71 from' Kinloss, `.65 from, •Ash-••i.tertaininent.
Morgan .Henderson;. Bob Finlay:
aroH
'P BobMel : ercy, McIntosh;
ld
Lion Tamer,'Baynard.'' `
O ��Rev and • N1�rs:Ackert; lean .,
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• The large congregation, • rep - 1
resentative of • th,,e, entire coin -
which attended the +
farewell ;service for ,Rev: and:
Mrs: Wallace McClean en Sun-
day evening, : was in itself , a
fitting tribute,.' and . at , the . re-,
ception .. which followed..in.' the
Sunday :.Scheel:., room, the 'senti
ments of the congregation and
friends 'were: voiced: by .several
speakers, who expressed: appre--
' ciation ' of their ' fellowship, •re-
gi et in their. and
God's richest' blessing in thein
endeavours in• their'• new field of
service.. ' ` • '
Rev. Neil .' MoCornbie. of the
Ripley and .;Ashfieldcongrega
• tions,. will serve es interim
moderator during the pulpit
vacancy: ' He led in. prayer at
Sunday evening's service,: and:
presided as. chairman-) • for the
social . hour whieh 'followed.
During • the service ' •t orman
Taylor. sang a solo, ,to which
Rev: McClean referred, in comp-
limentary terms, and also com-
Mended : Mrs: William Scott for
her. work as .organist and ,choir
director:
Prior to his sermon Rev. Mc-•
• Clean said ' .
the time had come ..to
saygoodby to the congregation,
cemmunity and . friends in Luck -
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now, after 51j2year ,ministry.
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They have been happy' . y' 'ears he
said . Years,
, and the fellowship we will
treasure iri our hearts: Mr. Mc -
clean said that never had they,
known a :people they Have loved
sd mch u
. , nor: found so respoh•.
sure . in all departments of the
church work. .
1 tituderHe expressed gra-
to the ministers and peo-
1' p of the community in. general,
Their stay here had been an en-
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Presentation Made
At the reception a :presenter
t' d f 11 ddr
read3.. Mr., S. E - -___, and
Tail Twister, Omar Brooks,'as-
sistant, Gordon . 'Bailey: •
The incoming ' president's and
secretary are delegates to.. ',the
'convention at. Ottawa, as: well
Ion an arewe a ess was 1 'es: four. others:
Mr. W. W. ,Hill made the 'pre V. A. Mowbray reported •on
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CAR WRECKED
ESCAPE INJURY
ie.'Red Cross canvass arrange-
ments, ` with. a blitz,` set ::for
Thursday. 'the.; key canvassers;
were assigned. supplies for 'the
•:corps of volunteer Workers
In ..future the • Lticknow. and.
District Lions': will have the .or-
..Three : :•G'oderich . voting men •ganization and promotion of ''the.
escaped • , aniraculously in • an •.Easter Seal campaign in this
early'; Sunday: morning'motor area: •
accident, three miles south of
Lucknowv:': A policeman • stated
CALL' VOTE IN: NO.
EN SECTION. .
that he' never saw a car so
badly, demolished without" a• fat
•ality 'resulting.
' Driver of the car was ,Gordon
Walters, ''a son-in-law, of Mr.
p
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' Cranriton and Fred Johnston.
Gilders, with one shoe.' ripped
off, made his way to the 'Cran-
ston' home for help. J'erry', and
Bruce Ray.nard,. who came along
shortly • after the crash, ' helped
from
Mill Watters and:' Ashton•,
the wrecked 'car. The hydro pole
ilrp,act crushed the top of the
`car down into .the rear seat, arid
it was fortunate that all. three'
were in the front seat. •
The,, pole did not .come down,
but' a long dist
ance telephone
line was damaged sufficiently to.
cut off communication, and. hy-
disrupted , rief- .
dro service was P b 'ayes 'the o . _o. n
g .. pp xtu ty of joining
and Mrs..Lorrie Parrish, • He was,
accompanied . by Harold Ashton
and Wilfred ••:.Gilders, .. all' .of
Goderich:
The car • veered from, the
'County road near Belfast and
smashed ',into a roadside • hydro
pole between the farms, of Jerry
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•Ratepayers of 'S.S..No. 10 Ash-
field' Township• will decide by
ballot whether ' or not to join
the Schoolarea which.. is propos-.
•ed to be;established in the north -
West sector of :the Township. •
No. 10, is known to some , as
Scott's ,School, where Mrs. Jim
Little . is the , teacher:.
... 'A meeting of the • ratepayers'
of the'Section was held' on .Mon-
day; and 'with ,a division ' of op-
inion inion din the matter, it ..was de-
cided to - put it to a' vote. This
will be :held on ' Friday after-
noon of next Week, April 8th
from 4;00 •to' •6:00 o'clock 'at the'
n .r
schoolhouse. : •
The four• sections. originally
interested ' in the area. are 'Loch-
alsh, Iintail, Laurier and Hem-
lock City, with the site'' of a- pro-
posed new school favored at the
latter 'point. .Other school see
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lions within • r'easonable 'trans=
portation ,distance, have •' been
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1v . etv,hen renairs " " re 'made
h rig. experience •and • he con- later
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this area. •
lan to Conver'
)(change To
The Annual ^ meeting ,• of the
Huron and Kinloss Municipal
Telephone System • was: held on
Friday, in the Huron Township
Hall, Ripley, with a fair. crowd
in attendance. The:annual report
and financial • statement •was
read and approved, • showing, a
surplus, of $20,233.08. •
The Commissioners reported
:rted
on the •' business. • for •, 'the ,.past
year.' An •explanation -'was given
regarding: • the • selling 'of their
thirty-three customers, in . the
Village, of Auburn to .the Blyth
Municipal Telephone System so
they could ' install an exchange
( "= gneto to be . converted to
di Shortly). in order •'to give
private service • in Auburn.W.ith,..
the County road work being
done from Carlow to Auburn, it
meant moving the line so' with it
'no ' longer needed there, It was
taken'down and re-routed up
Con, 4, .West; Wawaonsh a more
direct way, and . also servicing
customers along: the route.
• The Bervie Dial ,•Exchange was
completed in' November ' ' with,
the cut -over made on December
lst with '26
0 customers •being
served , by 43 • private and 30.
rural ,party dines, The people it
this area • appreciate' this . modern
and , more • efficient service.'
The .toii commissions showed
a • favourableincrease over the
previous year.'
IA was : ex,plained that new
telephone cables 'will be erected
both South' and North of Dun-
f'gannon as soon as, 'weather per -
nuts: As .Dungannon will' be
converted to dial' 'shortly the
new cables are 'planned accord-
�urtgannon
gal .service
ingly.
`;Mr. Bert Mason retired from ;.
the Commidsion and Mr. Oliver
Smith was elected ;to• replace
hirri.
The 1960 Commission consists
of Stewart Needham, , Murray
Campbell and Oliver ' . Smith;
Manager, Clayton Nicholson, &
Secretary -treasurer; Mrs Mur:: .
ray 'Culbert.
RE.D ',CROSS :BLITZ.
•THIS.THURSDAY
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The annual financial campaign,
of the Lucknow and District Red
Cross Society will take the form.
of a blitz drive that will: blanket
both . town and country.
Thursday of', this week has.
been +set. as; the date for the,
blitz, "'When the canvasser; have
been requested to make their
calls.. Please be prepared; •'
. The campaign is headed' by
Virden Mowbray, . president of'''
the •'Red Cross who was assist-
ed by a Lions ,Committee of' Ken
Murdie, S. E. Robertson and
Morgan liendersox, in. organiz-
irig the canvass: .
Two score Lions have been
atsigned the job of doing the.
canvass,. which it is hoped , will'
result in the objeo.tive of $900`:
'being exceeded:
The canvassers and their area•
are as follows •
Borth, of Carnpbelh to Canning
West of River S. Stothers,
Cam • MaeDonaid, Ken IVIowbra .
South of Canning, D.'Hartori,
Alex Andrea South o .Camp.
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