HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-09-07, Page 11
•
$3,00 A Year InAdvance T—, $100 Extra To U.S.A..
PRESENT AT EDINBURGH : -
MISSIONARY CONFERENCE
• LUCKNOW,
ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, SEPT.. 7th, 1960.
TWELVE PAGES
Rev. and, Mrs; Hugh 'MacMi1
lam were in attendance at 'a,' ser-
vice of thanksgiVing •for the 1910
World Missionary' Conference
held on Sunday, August 14th in
Edinburgh. It was a historic i,
"-meeting; held in .:a, historic:
+ ' .
. • church, Si.. Giles' Cathedral. •, A
np
ews p aper' report said: It was
One of the Most deeply impres-
sive
sive non -denominational services'
ever. held in that historic ebur-
ch.'"
}nigh and Donalda , as many
here intimately know them, at-
tended. the Conference on their
return' to Formosa, after a com-
paratively short._ "furlough" to
Canada
While in. Edinburgh, Rev,•' and,
,Mrs. MacMillan also attended: a
grand Scottish ` concert .by, the
••Edinth rgh' Gaelic Che:r. .•
46 ATTEND . CWNA
VANCOUVER :CONVENTION
Some 400 representatives of
weekly newspapers across Can-
ada are expected to attend" the
41st annual convention 'in ; Hotel
Vancouver on September .12,: 13,
14. '
The Senior Sentinel Publisher,
Mrs. ; Thompson, and Joanne
. plan to leave' Wednesday night.
for the West 'Coast metropolis.
We Will go West by. CPR and
return by 'CNR, • courtesy of these
railway companies, and will. ,be
gone for a hurried ten-day trip.
FIREMEN MEET
AT LEGION' HALL.
One of the largestmeetings
held by: the Bruce !County Mut
ual Fire Aid • Association.' met : in
the Lucknow" Legion Hall last
• Thursday night With ` about 70 `in
'attendance.' Each month the as-
sociation 'rotates to a •different
town in the ' county,. and . last
Thursday the''Lucknow 'Fire De
partment was host. - '
President • of... the `:n Association,
is 'Bob Hetherington, of Chesley:
• Fire ' Chief George' Whitby of
001
ch�ol
Enroflmen
ttenda nce
It was back to school •ori Tues
day, and locally upwards . of . 500
students .enrolled at . the Public.,
and High School.
Enrollment at Lucknow Dis-
trict . High: School was •207- stu-
dents for: Tesday's opening, and'
this may be added. to, . It .is 'the
first time in the history, of the
High School that. • the 20'd ,mark
has been reached.. Last ..year's
:record ' enrollment • of .7191 stud_
ents has this year been exceed
ed by • 16, •
Registration by „grades ` .is ;was
foal'ows: Oracle '9, ,.79. students.
which will be evenly 'divided in-
to two classes;: Grade 10, : 48;
Grade. • 11, '• 36; Grade. 12, • 28;•.
Grade 13; 16.
Met Staff
On Tuesday 'horning the stu-
dent . body assembled in the'
school ;auditorium were they met
the members of..the teaching
staff under the .principalship '• of
Mr. G.• D. Kirk, successor to Mr.
.Hoag,' Personnel of ; the nine -
Member staff and the subjects
taught,' are as -follows: Mr. Kirk,
senior English;" Mr. Ronald Kelp
terborn, Historyand• Geo gra h
g P Y,.
Mrs.' Elizabeth Suter, French &;
Sr ,.Latin; .Miss Audrey Fieder-
lein; 1VMatihematics • :and Latin;:
Mrs. Bernice Johnston, lower
school English, 'Social Studies "-&
town is a ; past president. 'Every
'fire department in Bruce County
with the exception of two, Pais-
ley and Lions: Head, was'`repre-. -
wanosh. P
TRAIN TRIP DECIDES LAD
HAD
Mathematics; Mrs. Laural 'Hew-
itt, .Home. Economics and Girl's
Health; .•Mr, Edgar: Branch, In
dtistrial Arts, Boy's. Physical
Training, 1V lathematics Mr. A: G.
McLeod, Science, 'Miss Nora
Rumble, Commercial, .Girl's. Phy-
sical Training arid English.
In addition to the principal;:
new members of the `staff are
Miss Rumble, Mr, ' McLeod and
Mr. 'Branch
' Plan ..Activities
In speaking 'to . the students • as
a 'body; • Mr. Kirk outlined some.
plans ;m mind for extra ciirri-
cular activities.: It is planned to
organize a Science Club, Camera
Club' and 'Glee. Club in addition
to the. 'cadets, & it '"is. hoped "that
the. School • Band will 'Continue to
function if• a leader can be ob=
tained:
• 273 At Public, School
• At Lucknow •` Public 'School -on
Tuesday morning 273enrolled,
which' is an' increase ,• of eleven
over the . figure of 262 at ,the'
close of . school ° in June:
A' , 8th teacher Mrs. Jim
MacTavish has.: been : added to
the staff, .witha' new. room put
in order during the summer for.
the opening of the 'fall term: * •
•Mernbers 'of `' :the staff under.
Principal Stuart ; Collyer :•are
Miss' Ruby Webb, Miss Helen
•
RECEIVED TRANSFER
TO NORWICH BRANCH •
Ted Collyer, son. of Mr. and
Mrs,. Stuart Collyer, has been,
transferred • to • ' ° the Norwich
.Branch of the Bank of Montreal
where he reported" for -duty the
• first of the . week, . Ted . joined •.
Thompson,.' • Mrs. *Beverley.
Thompson,' Mrs. • crate . Taylor,
-Mrs, Grace • Johnston,, Mrs.' Clara
IVhacTavish, Mrs, Helen Hall.
Mrs. Hall has charge of • the
kindergarten • class in which the
enrollment has . dropped • sharply
tihis year to .27, which results in
•only a: morning class being held
Last year the beginners were
divided 'into morning and after'
noon .groups: .. • • '•
Other enrollment by grades 'is
as ;follows.: Grade 1, .42 Grade
2, 38; Grade 3t 47; Grade 4, 21,
Grade 5, 36;; Grade 6; 19; Grade
7, 24; Grade 19. 1,9.
• Grades 7 and 8 (Fourth :Room)
have a combined total 'of `43 stu,
dents with but 40 seatS avail-
able at the moment.
Kindergarten..beginners, are as
fellows: Joan Anderson,' Brent
Boak, Lorraine Boyle, Sharon
Carnpbell; • Janet Cook,' Douglas
Corrin, • Edward Currie, ' Ruth
Graham,:Donna Greer, Gregory
'Hamilton; Lyrnda. Hamilton, Di-
anne Hawthorne, Coraly'. n Hend-
erson, Larry Henderson, Barbara.
Huber; Bruce Johnstone, Kathy
• Joynt, Bonnie: MacLeod; Calvin
McCleng
a han, : 'Phoebe Mitchell,.
Margaret Montgomery, . Bradley
Parker, Jimmie Ritchie,Linda
`Stanley,, Joanne, Thompson, Andy
Whitby P
•BROKEN..BON_E DELAYS.
LAD'S START.' TO :SCHOOL
Mike 17 _ ran; 12=year ,old . son.
'of , ,r Elmer ..,or.•
•f
o Mr. arid .M s. . ?Oran o.
St: Helens,, is having his school
holidays prolonged , by a broken
bone •m his ankle. ' .
The mishap occurred on their
farmon; Monday,: when Mike
slipped and got his foot • caught:
between the fender and .. wheel
of the tractor. '
He had a. cast applied and was
'able to retur'n'' home; • He will
havea' walking' •cast • put on the
first of the. week. Mike is in
Grade '8 at S.S. No, 3 West ..l Va-
PLEASE' LET US KNOW.
There are a • number of
young people in .Lucknow
4,,.,;. •t5a. ..rt, .t.<i.
pp
l�.x
aid"" "rural �h�rimtiifii'iy,` vlb'
are \pursuing • their s
elsewhere or,' starting on
' new careers. We would: like
to list all of.them. in one '
article, .: but unlessx' we , get
this information directly . this,
is, impossible..
• We ' don'•t know-all these
young. people ``and we. don't
know definitely '.what they:
are planning. on. Please. let
• us know:
REPLIES TO " B`OX. NUMBER' •:
REQUIRE A LEITER'
From time to time we: carr. FAIR JUST THRE
addertilefinnrnts"' slciirg . 'for re-
V�EEKS' AWAY
� A�Y. �. .
studies
'the. staff of the Lucknow Brane.
a year ago ..
Prior to his departure a bathe --
cue . supAer, was• held at the 're-
sidence. of Bank Manager, Mil
,ton Rayner',: when the, staff en=
joyed a social ' , gathering and,
presented Ted with . a travelling;•
alarm clock; .,
SEEKS INFORMATIOJv
ABOUT HIS GRANDMOTHER
Some time ago we • referred to
a visit by Herman Hernden .of.
Florida whosought information
about his ancestors. His • grand=
father, Wm, Hernden was clerk
of Kinloss Township in .X855; and
the Florida caller paid a visit to
J. R. Lane res nt 'clerk of. Kin=
loss, , where; . he photographed the •
signature of Won. Hernden .. af-
fixed to the earliest township
;records:;
Mr, Hernden was also anxious
to learn something of his grand-'
mother, Elizabeth Jane Eustis,.
whom he thought might be bur-
ied at Bervie..
.,There he contacted
J. Arnold,, but she . was .unable
to be Of any help, and ` in . her
subse uent contacts found no
one who recalled people • by ` the
name. of ,' Eustis, Should anyone
• know of them, .the information
would, tle ,appreciated..
• "plies; to. "Box ' So -and -So:"' This
'L Edi BROKEN TO BE AN ENGINEER
seined. This is` .noteworthy con-
sidering:.the' fact.' that ' Lucknow
is on the extreme south end oft
.the membership and quite a . dis
tance from..several of thea north
ern towns. Fire'.•Departments .re-
presented were',Elmwood, Ches-
ley,. Kincardine, Lucknow, 'Mild
may, Port Elgin, Ripley, South
ampton, Tara;' Teeswater, 'Walk-
ertenarid Wiarton:•
.Jim Meyers :.ands four • men' of
' the Teeswater •Fire Departinent
gave : a . demonstration,. •using the.
.'Lucknow truck, . of . advancing
hose 'lines:.A; representative of
• C. E. Hickey 'and"Sons. Ltd.. had
a yanking new fire truck on
display' and lectured on the. op.
.eration of '
_. _ • the truck.,:
'George Whitby introduced
guests .at the .meeting, '• 'Reeve,.
George Joynt; Councillors, Har-:
vey' Webster, Omar . , •Brooks,.
clerk -treasurer,. E. H.Agnew;.
two members of the Beatty Lad-
$ der Co, Industrial'. fire 'Depart
ment,• Tern 'Hallam and .Harold
Edgar. Reeve Joynt, in coinrnent
ring. on fire, departments . in
Bruce, said, "we as citizens do
not Appreciate the work . that
it firemen are doing." He said that
he felt, it was the ditty of the
• municipality to provide . the best
• fire fighting equipment that
• money will buy; He recommend..
ed ?Wore' rigid st end ,control of wiring,
both comrnercial and residential.
next meetingof theassoci-
..._..
a ,
t
i
�� _ will be held '. in 1VkiIdmay,
or fifty pounds of turkey,
courtesy of.the
LueknovV Fire
•
Department, waq quickly. gobbl-
tip in sandwiches.
n
HO•ME• ROM EGY.PT
A, badly broken :leg speeded
the return of Sgt A. G A.itchi-
son from `Egypt, .:where he has.
served' for the past nine• months
with the Canadian.-Arrny Signal
Corps • •in the .Gaza strip,;` area:
Aylmer is the .'son of Mr, and
Mrs. Horace Aitchison of Wing-
hara and: formerly. of Lucknow.
Ire has •:•18' years •army service.
and • his- posting to.: the Middle
East last October came, as •a a sur-
pr. ise: ' Aylmer.i was sehedt led,.'to
return in August, but the leg
fracture •'resulted in him ,being
flown back ahead 'of time. •P
Upon • ,his return he was hos-
, pitatiied"'ir ..the Col. Belcher Mil-
itary Hospital in Calgary, but • is
now .at his home in Calgary .with
the `leg' in a cast from 'ankle to
hip.
•Mrs. Aitchison, the former Is-
lay Campbell, . 'and their two
daughters;,. Joan 14 and Judy, 10,'
remained in Calgary when •Ayl•
Mei* 'went overseas. ' •
Ile; had expected a posting to
Kingston :Upon) his ••retui°n • but
thebroken lune will 'leiay; at'
least, these plans, : • .
TAKES irgpigNICIAN. COVRSL'
Donald Kirkland, 18 -year-old
son
of • Mr. and .Mrs Gordon
Kirkland, 'has entered,. St. Thom.
.
as -Elgin, hospital to take 'a two
year X-ray technician' Course.
ld Rowald' is teaching
kiaro
Oakville again this year..
., :Mrs. Clare . Johnstone, Helen &
Hugh .of Lucknow arrived home
by train Saturday evening after
spending the • past three ; weeks.
with. her :parents, .Mr. and Mrs:
Hugh' Wilson in, Toronto.` While',
there they visited Niagara 'Falls.'
•Marton -Airport, The Island and.
CNE as' • well, as with n-iany
friends and relations:,
• Coming . home Hughie • took
considerable interest in the
handling of the' . train 'and .was •
asked by one of 'the train , crew.
if' he would like .:to ' •go in with.
theengineer. This he did . and
enjoyed very muchthe remain-
der . of the trip': • home: Now he,
says '"it's', an engin•eer for him;"
•
fYf1T/��1►TIt'1
SELLS STOVE IN SUMMER
•
• When Rueben • Wilson de-
tided to . advertise a stove
• during the niid-suimmer heat,
his neighbour considered him.
to be • quite art optimist. But
Reuben ran, • The Sentinel '
advt., and the stove was
gone before his paper, reach-
ed' him on MR, 3 Goderich
on .Thursday. afternoon: He
had four pronetts.
A baled s.w for .`
b iia o sale
ad
' did „a job for Evan Keith..
Besides jogging the memory
of former buyers it' brought.
• him sone new ones and soon
after the ad appeared, Evan
had, disposed . of 700. bales:
How many he has sold since '
then,' we don't„ know.
means that ..replies must be by The Lucknow Agricultural .So
letter addressed to the :specified ciety's 95th Fall ` Fair is just
y J
box care .of.: The, • Sentinel. three weeks away Wednesday
- We try to discourage this type .and ` Thursday,September prtember 28bh
of advertisement,' but there are - and 29th. President of the: Soci-
occasions when' the • ' advertiser , et. is Evan n Keith' and the secre-
wishes it this way, . so he can 'tary': is: Mrs. `Fred. McQuillin.. .
make the contacts from• the pros- There have been quite 'num- •
pects, received:a
z•bei: of changes in the prize.list
We discourage it for`.. one rea- this year, including additions;.
'son '°only; because so many , deletions and , increased ' prize
people ask us "who wants What" 'money.
We are not at liberty: to :say so, J There have been some changes
and it `puts us on.the spot when ! in.:'. the livestock classes and ' as
We have , 'decline. to answer f usual • the 4-H 'Calf Club compe-
what seems to be a simple quest- ! tition will. be :a' feature:' There : .
ion: The fact is •the advertiser are 14 Members in, the Club.
.wishes' rephes by letter, and, In the fruit, .three prizes:' are,
that is .the way it must be offered in each section in.P :lace'
of the usual two. '
THREE L.D:H.S •GRADUATES '. Biggest� in, ' revision is: the: La=.
RECEIVE, BURSARIES 'dies! . Department, • with .some
• sections , changed, and the prize
Three 1960. graduates',of •money in each section increased.
Lucknow District •High School to $1,00; 75c and 50c.••Previously.
y •;•.
:have been awarded: