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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEA N E : 'Ay, MAY •4th, 1080 .
TWELVE PAGES
MARKET STORE
i HAS BEEN ,SOLD
The .remaifiti stook' :and. fix
tures of The Market Store were
sold. last week by. Norman Wel-
wood of Wingham to, Nathan
Silver' of Toronto. ; '
Mr. Welwood's .interest ' in the
businessceased as of. last Wed-
nesday. He purchased this 5c to
$1.00' : Variety Store busineSs
from :the Estate . of William. Hof-,
cell. in 1952. Mrs., Hornell, . who
resides in ,Toronto still owns • the
building.
On' March. lith Mr. Welwood
launched a selling out sale, after
failingto obtain a. buyer • for -the
business. A series of 'two page
spreads in The Sentinel, and- sale
' 'bills have beenused to sharply
••reduce• the stock. Mr. Welwood
told 'The Sentinel that the sale
• lad been ,"very • successful."
Saturday,. April 30th was set
for. the • final : closing, In mkt:
week . the transaction •with. ,,Mr.
Silver was completed. The • store
is• closed. 'for , the time 'being
while ::Mr.: Silver ' restocks' 'the'`
premises. We ,understand. 'he. is
• ' : operating stores in Parkhill and
VACANCIES STILL EXIST
ON,L,DHS. .STAFF, , , I STUDENTS DID
REMARKABLE .JOB'
PURCHASED BUSINESS
George Farrish of Lucknow
Three vacancies on • the -staff i °has .-purchasedthe ResixY•aa�it
. • - - �' irriss+.s--'w:'m'.,...•.�ro..•.rta.�..�• �- zrw . . .. .:.
Ya% the L,ucknew--District` -:High """ + "uil"'ents 5f the Lucknow, and ;and' Pool Room:'' business from
School was the chief concern.•,of. District .High School conducted 'Jack. Stuart ' '
g! • oftown and offica-
the Board at their regular .meet a week -end canvass of Lucknow ally. took over this week.
ing on Monday night. Kinloss and the northern portion Jack has operated' the business
Teachers are presently regi ir. of West Wawanosh, on behalf of for thepast two ears:. George
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ed. to 'succeed Mr., Brown 'and :the Canadian Cancers Society;' is employed at'•the Beatty Lad -
Mr. Rae, who have resigned and For thoroughness, promptness der Cofnpany,.
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Mr. Bal'la'rd who •is supplying ' as and results the students certain -
science teacher, to fill the va-:ly excelled`faTuesday morn- .LEAIN -
,, y ues
V G, NEXT WEEK
cancy caused by :the death of ing, Mr: P. W. Hoag, the school ON OVERSEAS' TRIP
William MacDonald, S
• principal bad the returns corn-
The; Board has `presently' a pleted with the• total ' contribu-
couple of : applications under tions" amountin ?25.00, Norman Welwood of Wingham
g •to $ and proprietor .:'of .the. Market
consideration, but will run ano- The above mentioned district
ther advertisement :.for applica- is •in the V`l nglham area,• under Store rn Lucknow until a., week
tions in the Globe and Mail: -this the " eneral Chairmanship _ ago, plans to .leave ;next week
g of De on. an airtrip overseas. •
week=end'.' Witt Miller, and the 1 ucknow Noun is for una in i
t to g
and vicinity . returns. will send toe hav n
REV, SACH ACCEPTS CHURCH s •' : the area; total to over $3,000. • • '-
Lucknow, was
CALL TO LUCAN within about
•t $233.00'of what . Wingham• raised:'
" Rev: George W:; Saach of Ber-
vie•+has' accepted 'a call; to Lucan ' ASHFIELD FEDERATION
United, 'Church, a ''two-point PROMOTES T:B. CLINIC
charge, effective 'the first of •
July. The ''Ashfield : Township:• Fed=
Rev. Sach has been minister erat'on' • of Agriculture will or-
to Bervie;! Chalmers and Kinloss ganize and promote a T:B. , mass
Congregations for the past five :i -ray and tuberculin test..' pro- I • T' a .
ea s and refers' to • them as rani in that munici all this N S AL `VAULT
Y ,, r ,� g p ty . .
en. included in an R C.A:F.
correspondents' junket .'and. will
spend' 21/2 weeks in Germany,
France and Britain.:,_ We have
given .him• the names of several
R.C.A.F. •personnel serving over-
seas from this• community; with
the. • possibility. ' some `interviews.
may be arranged. '
ensall'H. ,
� ' � wonderful. people.. • ' year, • ' as part of '.a : eounfy-wide' R E N•OvAT E BANK . •
Rev. Sach succeeded Rev•Pur- prograrh
chase on that charge, where Rev.. • William ,Hunter, of ' Zion is the Installation• of a new vault and •'
Grant''M'eiklejohn 'had previous Township's, Federation 'repre- 'otherrenovations tp the Bank
ly ministered before coming to sentative and° has • attended a of Montreal's `.Lucknow •branch.
preliminary meeting when plans; will be completed this week -end,
were laid to launch ,the; program. Milton ,Rayner,`the . manager;
LANGSIDE SECTION,
VOTED. TO . ,STAY. "AS IS"
Ratepayers. • of •-'S.S: No.: . 8
(Langside ,School) met , awhile
ago; ,to' discuss the, area and
centralschool • questions, but
voted to remain "at is" 'at pre'
sent.' In view of recent, : im-
provements , to the school, it was
considered s advisable to remain
as an independent school section
for a few more years at least.
o.e .
ill
.�I wed that. e ,�;� :� ane a y e
coh ecisib'p"s arrived'
at by any School -Section, may
be subject to ' change.' :according=
ly as the `overall' picture', devel
1 N 1TIATE • WORLD'
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E •.UG;EE • ACTION
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At.' an Official Board meeting
of. the ` United �Church on Friday
. evening, the., matters, of World
Refugee. Year was discussed, &
a committee .appointed to con,-
-tact other churches, arid -poten-,
;tial leaders With: the" thought of
initiating , someaction in the-
• "matter,.'
Named to the' committee were
Lloyd `Aokert, Mrs Vernon ':Hun-
ter and ' Don Thompson.'
In .Kincardine a group of .citi=
zens have banded... themselves
into a ;Refugee Fund Committee,
seeking to'raise '$2,000 to ,bring
a• refugee :family `'to ' Kincardine.
A , house -to -Nouse r canvass was
planned ' for last .week, ; which
was officially proclaimed . as
'"Austerity Week" in : the .Lake -
Aide ."town;
In Huron County a • similar
corrimittee has been named .with
a • co. linty -wide blitz , planned
aimed at raising $10,000, for the
succor of some of those' despair
• ing people who for years have
been doomed to a hopeless fu -
,,'tire 'in • Europe's refugee caPlps.
Plan Church Repairs
At Friday night's Board meet-
ing approval • was • ;given' to a
$1,200' roof repair and eave-
troughing job on the church to
eliminate a winter back-up of
. water,. The work is, to be done.
• by the Batt' Lumber Co, and
will be undertaken in about a
month. A
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Work is to commence soon on
releading, strengthening, and
glare-profing the large circulait
• stained glass window in'. .the
church gallery, An outer amber
glass Will •abe used 'to. eut' the
glare. Thework will be done by'
a window specialist frost Kit
chener.,
Repairs are. also to be arcade oto
the •verandah••roof of the church.
house, . •
WON • BINGO ,JACKPOT ' about i=suirm r. has announced. ':.
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It, is Hoped : to •cover' the The' large •.new Vault area,
m s:' William •Craig of walker
Township as never before at this measuring some 132• square feet,
ton 'won'' the Legion . bingo , jack- and - the Ashfield Units has ,also allowed .the extension
pot prize ori:•,Thursday nig+ht..She ,.
School- section d'irectors will , be .Of the counter • and the.: installa-.
won it on the :56th number and - o ::g, i• ' tiono : 'additional teller's
the :last call, :fora Prize. 'of 95.0,0: i1gan zed in a::farm-to-farm visa- f. an d tele s •wic=
l been
e tation requesting people to' ' .at .l;et, making. 'a 'total of ,three. •
Mrs.. Craig has, been a .regular .•
e. tend., .�'d
attender at`. the•' weekly bingo. all
T'he tuberculin test ` will 'be.
winter. • � •• ., ,
• � employed • at well, as the •x-ray..
' `-" With, the ,-jackpot•.' having been
High ;School students have. had
;won; the Legign has discontinu- .
ed' their weekly bingos for • the. the tuberculin test : at :.the school,
y ng . . • and, will not have to . repeat it.
It, is planned to use this: test on,
`those, up to forty years of age,
and while ''the x-ray, can b'eb, had
by .6.11, •special emphasis is be-' Contractor 'in-' charge 'of the
ing'' placed .on. those over forty project was A. J. Brown, of Wal
having' the x-ray. The equipment ' kerton. '
now used'' is :po*erful''eneugh to. A .. few' `weeks` ago
reveal':' other••: chest t conditions. '.`around-the.-Clock:'1
which 'might exist, ;and for this was installed at 'the bank on the
reason older• folk too, will be. east side. - of ' the- building at the
urged: to .attend the clinic driveway entrance.
time being.... .
MAIL :DESPATCHED ON
DAYLIGHT,; SAVING'. TIME
The despatching of mail froni.:
the 'Weal Post . Office is on Day=
light Saving Time, 'and the pub-
lie . is reminded that. ;mail mutt
be in .a half ,hour 'before the time
of truck departures;
The first mai in; is from. Strati
ford at •8:00` a.m., which. is as
usual. Ai 1:30 p.m., the down -
bound truck arrives from.., Kin-
•cardine : and . '' at 2:40 .p m., the.
Ingham, London and'` Paltrier::
ston up -bound truck arrives:
Outgoing mail is at 8:00. am.
;to Kincardine;' ::1x30. p.m." .to
Wingham, Toronto and London
and 6:15 p:m. to Stratford. '' To
"catch" these trucks.:mail' must'
be in the office a hal f-lou'r : be --
fore the respective 'times.
LINEN :.:SHOW.ER
:FOR MAY:BRIDE •
A linen shower,, arranged by
Mrs:. Bob McIntosh . and Miss
Mary MacIntyre, was :.held at
Mary'shome last Thursday in
honour of Miss Marlene Mac-
Lennan .of
ac-Lennan.of London whose mar-
riage .takes place later ' this
month. Marlene is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs:_ H. M. ' MacLen-
nan of ,Lucknow.
Mrs. Don Thompson •-was
chairman for a program that in-
cluded ' a sing -song "led by Mrs.
Gordon Montgomery;. readings
by A/Ii•s. Donald • MacKinnon,
Mrs., Bud Thompson and Mrp.
Harvey Webster; piano` solo by
Mrs. Gordon ; Montgomery. Ev-
eryone present ' brought a recipe
to be added to thecollection of
the bride-to-be.
Marlene was helped in open
ing. hergifts by Mary MacIntyre.
She thanked .all those present
•and invited them to her trout-
Beau. tea •to be ,held -in Loddon,
On Monday, afternoon Mrs.
Morgan Henderson entertained
neighbours at a . handkerchief
Shower in ; honour. of . Marlene:
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Equipped:: with.. a three, -ton
door, the new steel and-reinfor-
ced•c ncrete -vault °has .been in
stalled to -. improve . and enlarge.
the safekeeping facilities of, the
'branch, ,Mr. Rayner said..
/V private ,'coupon booth, for
.safety-depositbox :customers, ; will I
be located close to. the new vault:
a . new
epos'itory.
M re. Of The Talent .;For May 24th Show:
' Here's another twosOme ,:that
, will, make a big hit 'at the Lions
sponsored' floor show and dance
1 in the Lucknow Arena on Tues-
day May 24th.
peeved On Talent .Caravan an
folk song material heard in many
This..p.Opular• duo are but• two
of some: ten -stars of the enter-
taininerit field, :who
O'connor has booked for this
on CXNX Rotindup. They Sing Lucknow Spectacular:
iicoutqloriviommirwarteastr
STUDY. PROPOSED H
URCH._CHANGERS
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A fact finding • connmittee of • '
Huron -Maitland Presbytery' is
current/1y meeting with Presby-
terian Church congregations in
the area to..discuss and consider
new . grouping proposals. • '
The three-point ' charge of
Sough • Kinloss, 'Langside' and
Whitechurch Lias been 'without.
a. resident 'mint ster since the' de-
parture of Rev. Robert .T:. Mar
shall some eight, months ago.
South • Kinlo'ss,., which is the
Mother church. of Presbyterian-'
ism in this community, has ex
pressed a with • to join Lucknow •
and Dungannon a's 'a three-point.
charge. With the • Lucknow.
charge now: vacant .it is'timely
that the :matter be dealt' with
before. calling a minister.
The Lucknow'. and'Dungannon
congregations` met with the.
Presbytery Committee on • Tues-
day night. . %
On Monday night. the .;Commit-
tee met with the Whitechurch
congregation, which ' unanimous-'
ly' favored, ,continuing the three
point association, with . Langside,':
and ' South . Kinloss. '
Some of the ideas and sugges-
tions advanced have been that
•Kinlough, now associated 'with.
Teeswater, might be included •
with ; the Ripley -Ashfield :Charge •
Langside and -possibly :White- •
church could. be' 'included with •
Teeswater, Other "ideas" : have.
associated Whitechurch with
Bluevale, Belmore, or.with .Wing -
ham:
Wingham.
All
of thin
. , is simply .: .
under •consideration arid stud
y
by Presbytery' and ' the congre-"
gations: concerned. To. this point
eti f..
:at._, kl x�g� defixiite�..has, •been :-dflne ;•
nor will it . be until the entire
picture is 'reviewed carefully.
Should a regrouping be ,ap-
proved it could' have the effect .:
ofdecreasing by ' one the number
of ministers, now ` required, for .
the : area under • study.
The Presbytery Committee in
crudes Rev: Elder of Seaforth,,
Rev. •McC•ambie of.. Ripley and •
Rev: •. McClure of Molesworth.
TEACHERS FEDERATIONS TO.
MEET WITH P.S. BOARD.
The matter. of salary differen-
ces betWeen •the'meinbert of the
. and. flip Members of 'the Aeaching
,staff is at. a. ttalemate ••at the
We. :understand the Teachers'-
Federatidn ". has asked .for
meeting with 'the Beard, but a.
date suitable-te beth groups has
not been set •
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Luckriow is. a' patient in Wing...,
harn Hospital.
TO BEAUTIFY
LEGION H4L1.:
Th'e regnlar, monthly meeting
of Branch,: 309 Canadian Legion
was held ' Tuesday-'„ April 26th
with the President Harold Rit-
chid' in the chair, and about 20
members present in eluding a
gnest .from the Stratford :Branch,
and .a new ' triernbeil, ,Arthur
into the braneh. '
The draw for $9. was not won,
Notice was, given -by the. sec-
retary of the, District C meeting
tieing held in Exeter on.Sunday,
I A discustion. was held on, the
beautification, of the frbnt of the
hal]. Ken Cameron and, Alex
Purves were noMinated to
committee to make plans for
cement' curbing, flower beds,
dgrid a flag staff.
The Horticultural SocietY is
to be Contacted abOut the•plant-
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