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•LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, SEPT; 23rd, .1959
TWELVE... PAOES'
TRUMPET BAND
TO HEAD''PAR DE
The Lucknow Fall Fair on
Thursday will get ' 'underway
with the traditional 'school chid-
dren's parade from the Public
School grounds at. .1:30, o'clock.
Ponies and saddle horses will
be prominent in the procession
to„ be' beaded by the Hanover
Girls • Trunwet • Band.
The 'several. rural •schogla
`taking'•part .in the parade' will
compete as a grandstand attrac-
tion in the school chorus and
yell competition: •
,There's the public speaking"
contest, square dance competi-
tion for :public school children,
pigtails and ponytails contest,
and: a 'baby contest for two
TO LEAVE HOSPITAL, •
SUFFERED WRIST FRACTURE
Mrs. Harry Pierce of Winni-
peg, who has been hospitalized
for • several weeks, was about to
leave the hospital,, when she
fell • and fractured her wrist,
which will prolong her .stay.
' Mrs; Pierce, . the former. Mary
Campbell -was ;a former ••postmis
tress in Lucknow, succeeding her
father, ,Malcolm Campbell who
was the, Village's ' first postmas=
ter. Miss'.' • Campbell held. the
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position ':until. her marriage,
when she resigned and was
succeeded by the late :Harvey
Lindsay, Mrs, Pierce is • now
nearing • the, nonagenarian" status.
Mrs. .Pierce's, niece, Miss'
Marguerite Campbell of New
Liskeard has been visiting her
HARVESTS,' 3rd :HAY ;CROP
Jim 'McNairi of •Arnber1eY
has just finished taking .off
his third crop of hay. on a
10 -afore field on his . farm;.`
The first crop • netted .1550'
!bales, the second 530 and the
third 226,`for"a total of 2306'
bales off , the. one :field..
TOOK OVER. LOCAL
GREEN•Hc. USE
Marvin Solomon, . son of Mr.
and Mrs, Austin .. Solomon, re-
cently took over the. ownership
and managership r of the local
greenhouse: ••
Murvin had ibeenassuming
more and more of 'the respon-
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groups,4'under 6 months. and 6 ; in Winnipeg, sbihty •of the business; as, the!
to 12' months. •
DISCUSS ENROLLMENT
'PROBLEM AT L D .S. •
' .At' the 'September meeting of
the . ,Lucknow .District High
School Board last .week, enroll-
•ment, .bus routes and' insurance
were .chief ;'subjects for discu-
sion.
A record enrollment 'requires.
the use of the /auditorium as a
`classroom, .. :which.. is not the
most satisfactory arrangement.
With public '`school enrollment
.continuing to increase :this• poi-
tends a continuing problem of
high school accomodation, • and
what the final solution Will be
can only be .conjecture.
The Board renewed the': school
insurance with E. H. Agnew for
a . • three -Year .. term...;;
There • will also be a grand-
stand .peformance of Scotch and
• Irish dancing.. The 4-H iCalf Club
competition is, always a feature:
A work bee was held an Sat
urday • .by fair directors '..to put
the hall and grounds'' in order.
Oi Tuesday, as this Was' writ.-
ten,
rit=ten, entries were • starting to
come in to ''the secretary, • Mrs. •
Fred McQuillan, ,With Wednesday
morning—the first day' . of . • the
show—seeing the;, big': flood of
last minute indoor entries, with.
judging 'taking place Wednesday
,afternoon. ' •
The Secretary:: reports that
there have been -enquiries . about
the Eaton. bacon hog, contest,
which has6..been :. discontinued
• after several years
There will be a . dance in the
Town , Hall, Thursday; _night to
Carruthers orchestra.
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WATER SCARCITY
WON 'PRIZE DRAW IN :. ENGLAND
CHEST' OF SILVERWARE
To\ wipe off the cost of 'a re- •
: novation' job' at �Langside. Com-
munity Hall, which included a
new foundation, and kitchen ad--
•dition, a prize draw was staged
which achieved the objective:
-The `draw was Made at a dance
on . Friday evening ..; with Bill
Scott holding the: lucky ticket
• to win a chest of silverware..
OLDEST LADY AT
'CENTENNIAL PASSES
The. death of". Mrs.: Alexander
McKinnon, a former Lucknowite,.
occurred'. at :her late residence,
• 5 Fairmount .Cresc., Toronto, ,On
' . Tuesday, September '15th.".
' Mrs.: McKinnon was' in ` her
95th .year, , and ' was present stat
the Centennial 'in' 'Lucknow last
year when she had:: the distinc-
tion • of being the :oldest person
in attendance:; She,was, an ' in
• timate friend of Miss 'Jean Ly-
ons and 11Glisses, Jessie and Annie
MacKay.
Mrs. McKinnon 'was the for'in
• er Sarah Elizabeth Chadreau of
Riversdale, and operated ' a mil-
linery store here. Herb husband
was a well known 'faller in this
.. village, and 'his death occurred
when their family of four' boys:
was quite young::. It• was many
Years ago • that Mrs: McKinnon
moved to Toronto tq� 'establish a
ladies' tailoring business for.
.which she took special 'training:
• The McKinnon, home in° Luck
now was the residence now own-
ed by Mrs. N. H. ,Hedley on
Stauffer St.
The funeral service was held
'in Toronto last Thursday even-
ing .and the remains brought. by
motor to Lucknow ,,on Friday.
• for ` interment . beside her ' hus-
band in South Kinloss cemetery.
Two of the four• 'sons survive,
Howard and William D. McKin-
non of Toronto and two sisters,
Mrs. Louise. ,Strathde� 90 Bed-
ford,
` e f
Ohio,. and ,Mrs. Ellen Quac-
kenbush of Chicago
S. .B Stothers has received a
letter from h,is daughter, Agnes,
Mrs. W. A. Bradbury : of Hutton
Rudby, Yarms, York, : England
in which she makes reference to
the continued : drought' and fine
sunny: weather, 'which despite .its
pleasantness is creating serious
water problems. •
Steve is well. aware of:the fine
weather they. have been enjoy-
ing in England. He, visited. with
his daughter and her husband
for several weeks' this year and
'had little use for: the rain slicker
health of : his parents forced
them to "slow up." Marvin has
been pretty much in •c. harge of
funeral designing for the past
couple' of years. ••• •
The greenhouse had its be-
ginning upwards of . thirty years
ago,• and originally was „some-
what of 'a ,hobby due 'to Mrs:
Solomon's love of flowers.
The present "glass house" . of
over 100; feet was built in stages
as - the .business expanded and
'flourished. •
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TRANSFER TO HAMILTON•
: '0
Bill ' Fisher, son of Mr and
;Mrs. Gordon Fisher of town, has.
received''a transfer to the Cen-
tral Market Branch of the Bank
or �ivionrreai:. in narnuLon• w'niere
he will be assistant accountant:
,The move is effective the first
week in ''October.. Bill started in
the' local br-anc a •.:over:: a ..year
and: a half ago . and for the past
ten Monthshas been in Inger
soil..
LADS SEE: AIR ' SHOW
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill' Johnston' of
town took ' a group of lads to
the air show_ at Centralia on
Saturday and the spectacle was
thrilling for the adults a': for
the boys. Highlights of the show
was the . precision flying of the
Golden Hank jets. • •
The ' boys ' included.Bill and
Beth's sons; • Ken. and Allan
Johnston, Jimmy MacDonald;
bb R't
�o y . • r c : ie, immy ` : o .yer,
which was constantly- handy ex: Rad Elliott; Brian . Jardine and
pectin�g' English weather:. to live h H•It•
up• to its . reputation. Steve re=
turned to Canada in' late July,,
'.Mrs. Bradbury wrote in .part
as follows:
Well, . the chief `topic of ,con=
versatiori around these 'parts ,is
water. If our ; fine weather con-
tinues, as it 'shows every indica-
tion of doing,•;we are' in. far some
troubles. The water board'has
warned. that if' there is .no rain
before ;September "28 in quantity,
all heavy industry will, be cut
off, entirely — steel 'and cthemic-
als and domestic users will
have to carry water from' taps in.
the street. Cutting; off the indus=
trial consurriers will • of ' Course
mean unempolyment for many
in. this area. Hospitals and •food
manufacturers wzll'- rreceive sup-
plies as icing as ,there. are any.
Meantime we are all enjoying
the long run of sunshine and
warmth to the full, I • Can't re-
member when I've seen the peo-
ple of England so browned and
tanned as they are this year. You
expect it in places like Canada
• where the summer is normally
hot and dry,' but here, people
rarely get ,so really dark a's they
are this year, Everyone ' looks
well for too; If only we had
it . ' acit.- to , take
the reser�o Gap Y
care of, such long;'. fine summers!
The lawns* are all brown and'.
dying and the trees are. dropping
their lives already. The harvest
has • been • marvellous in spite of
predictions to the contrary
PROVINCIAL POLICE .
HAVE DIVERSIFIED JOB
Therole of a Provincial Police
Officer is quite diversified,but
when it.. comes to playing nurse
maid, to a weanling pig, that's
almost too much..
Provincial . Officer Jack .1 -latch
of the Kincardine. detachment,
recently found; a stray piglet; on
Highway 86 and took it i nto
"protective • custody," It ' spent
the first , night in the. bathtub
of his home,. and since then has
had the • fredom; of the back
yard, ;
These little 'Porkers make
`.`cute" pets, but they 'don't stay
that .way long, and no doubt the
"Man In Blue will be . happy to
see the last of the pig—but soon:.
LEGION WILL BE. SELLING
TICKETS AT THE FAIR
The Lucknow Branch of the
Canadian Legion has a prize
draw planned as usual . for Re-
membrance'' Day. • Tickets : 'have
been • on sale 'for . a time, -'and a -
special sales °crew will" be. at the
Fair en Thursday: to , push the.
project,' the proceeds of which,
go toward payh g off a • portion
of. the' Legion Ball'indebtednes�s,
The prizes are „a. deep freeze,
m antei radio,'. an electric, fry
par and ' a , featherweight
iron. • Tickets are "pay.' what you
draw" with •a'' .maximum Of 40c,
and' :'some. free ones. •
AKE FLORAL.
ARRANGEMENTS
The regular meeting • of the
Lucknow •'and '•District' -Horticul-
tural . Society was , held Friday
evening;' .,September 18th in
Carnegie Hall with last vice Pres-
ident„'Williarn 'A: 'Macdonald ',• in
the chair.
The treasurer's . report : showed
a • deficit • in the petty : cash ac-
count . of $9:09 with an outstand-
ing N ac -count; to be; paid. The ./bal-
arnce in .:the 'bank - was $14.52:
'The ,.grant . from Bruce County
or the 'payment from the Pub-
lic
ublic School '. for their. ,plantings
had not been received . Which
wall leave the :Society'. with a
balance when they come in,
Mr. Macdonald 'then called on
the speaker for ,the evening who
was .Mr. Bristow. He had: been
asked to repeat the evening of
Jo .n , ussey. • was ane occa-..flower ':arranging presented /in
sion of . Kenny s 7th birthday. July. He repeated his talk and.
then called on ,Mrs, Wellington
Henderson, .who .was • one of the
winners in, the arrangement
, classes,. to • come forward and
make • a . mantle ' arrangement.
Materials and :.container were all
provided and Mrs:. Henderson
:then 'made a .very' lovely • ar-
rangement.
Nirs., Salkeld was , another
winner in .'this class but Unfor-
tunately she was absent so in
•her ' place Mr. Bristow • inade'
the dining room table arrange-•
"menta Then a coffee table . ar-
rangement and then. a "living
ro in bouquet" as called for in
Ali Pall • Fair prize list were
made
1: Nur fibers were drawn i w and tine
arrangements were donated to
those whose number 'was select-
ed.
elect-
ed..Miss Junes Collyer 'won first
choice and chose the dining
room ,arrangement; Mrs. Struth-
ers selected the mantle arrange
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mei*: Mrs. James ,R. Henderson
p•selected the coffee table arrange=•
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Ment and 'Miss iMadeline Mc-
Morran the living room bouquet.
Miss Mary McLeod moved a
vote of thanks to Mr.. Bristow
and Mrs:' Henderson. The hearty
'applause . signified the• audiences
agreement, that it was another
evening well worth while. A
plant and slip exchange follow -
,ed • in which eleven • persons
"traded" materials.
USE: HOME TOR S.S.
ACCOMODATION
Steps' 'have been taken, 'by the
Official. .Board of the- United
•Ghpurch to make the "Shelton
home" available -immediately
for Sunday Siehool purposes.
With Sunday' school attend-
ante soaring ,to close to the 1.50 ,
mark as , the fall. .term gets : un -1
der'way, added accomodation is
essential to relieve over -crowd-
ing whie " has existed.•for. some
time, •
The pro ty; which adjoins
the Church • the north; wai5
bought primarily ' for, this, pur-
pose early iri the 'summer, A
„Sunday school meeting was held
in mid-September when ,teachers
and officers °.present, inspected.
the building . and. • subsequently
requested the; Board to • make=
the house. availaible for ,at 1eak•t
'six classes. • -
At . Thursday night's Board
meeting .the Sunday ,School wsti
given immediate: '' use of the
building. Maintenance and re-
pairs, • are 'the. responsibility `of,".
the Church .Property Committee.
' A congregational visitation' ,
being` planned for later this Fa1'1
to help '• liquidate 'indebtedness.'
incurred by • purchase • 'of; : the
property at a price of. $7,200:
BROTHERS TAKING MEDICAL'
COURSE 'IN CHICAGO
Dr, M. H Corrin. of Lucknow
'and . his` brother, .Dr. Bern'Corrin.
of ,.Winghanr ':left ; on, Saturday,
fore 'Chicago., where they Will
I take a ; two weeks'. course at the'
Cook County .Graduate -School of
Medicine. 1 • •
HONOR WEST WAWANOSH: •
LADY 'ON 82nd' BIRTHDAY'
To .:mark her 82nd`.' birthday,
Mrs.' Mary : Walsh . of West W-
wanosh, wasguest, of honour • at.
a turkey super at, the home of '
Mr. and :Mrs.. George Phillips' on
Sunday; •
Others. present .were Mr.' and
1. Mrs. Elmer -'Foran . and .family,
I . Mr, and .Mrs. Norman. MacDon . '
ald :'and' family, • Mr.' and '.Mrs.
Russell Phillips and family,
Mr: and Mrs. Irving Reid and
Terry of Lucknow, Mr. and. Mrs.
• Leonard' Phillips ' and. family of.
Wingham Mr. and •Mrs. David
Kirkland,' Lucknow and Lloyd
1 Phillips. •
STANDARD TIME
HERE ..ON.SUNDAY
Standard time. will be in e f -
feet in Lucknow on Sunday: The
:official' • time fpr ' turning . back
the clocks : is 2:00 a.m., Sunday
morning. Better not neglect it
•¢n retiring. Saturday night, or
you could be tod , early for
church, • 'but you could .'always
go to Sunday School.: ;
The time question has created
the usual confusion, despite a
plea. for, uniformity; With official
requests by bodies for a term-
ination of fast time; iri ,late Sear
temiber.
Lucknow will be Surrounded
by other centres which',go back
to standard time this .week -end.
They include, ,Ripley, Wingham
and Goderich. ' With Teeswater
students going, to Wingharn. Dis-
trict High ''School we .presume
Te.esnwater will be in the above
group, :
1, To the. 'north in Bruce County
there appears to be ,a trend to
centime D.S.T..until .late Oc-
tdber, while. in Huron.county
to the south the trend is. to
standard..
Reports have it that CKNX
radio will . be on ,Standard. Time,,
while the ' TV schedule will ' con-
untie on '`fast bine."
I dire'pre ..
Paisley has extended :Day-
light
light '+Saving Time until October •
25th, . doing' ,so because. •.of ,Walk
erton's decision to extend fast
time, with. Paisley . students 'R at-
tending Walkerton District High'
School: ' •
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&SHFIELD SHOWER HELD
FOR SATURDAY 'BRIDE
Mrs. . Gordon .Barger and Mrs.
Bob Farrish• .arranged a shower
for Miss. • Sybil Barger on Fri
• day, September i l th, at .the •
home of Sybil's pare ts, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard '' Barger, Ashfield
Township ' .
Over seventy friends' and. •
neighbours: of the community •at-
tended; 'A program consisted of
a solo by Mary, Barger; reading
by Mrs. Grant Farrish; solo ' by
Elaine Cook duet. by Eleanor
' and Helen MacNay with accom
paniment by .Joyce MacNay:'
A mock wedding •was perform-
ed with • groom, Mary :Barger;
.bride, Margie •Farrish; ' brides-
maid, Eleanor. MacKay;. •ministe°,
Helen MacNay; best man, Verna
Farrish*; father, Donna Hogan
Sybil was assisted in 'openiri,g •
her many ,gifts by. 'Mrs. Allan ,
Barger and her ; mother, Mrs.
Howard Barger. The basketof
gifts was presented to her by
Algia Parrish and Mary Barger.
Sybil expressed her appreciation
t{ all for their 'kindness ,
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