The Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-10-21, Page 103,u0 A year In Advance - $1,00 r.xtra• To. U.S.4•
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21st, 1959
TWELVE PAGES
ANNIVERSARY SPEAKER
DEFER PARLEY ON MASONS MARKED
AMBULANCE*.AID
LA -DIES"
Little was' accomplished . on
Friday evening in the matter of
municipal aid to the. Lucknow
and. district ambulance service.
operated by. Bill Hunter.,
The ',municipalities of .Luck
' now,, Kinloss,, Ashfield • and West
Wawanosh were advised of . the"
meeting,. but other activities • pre-
vented the, reeves of these.,arwn-
' icipalities, with .the..exception, of
Harold ' Percy ,of Kinloss, from
being present. Lucknow and
Kinloss were the only municipal-:
' ities represented: . •
Mr.. Hunter reiterated •' his
claim that the servicer is operat-
ing in )the red, • without taking
into: account drivers fees,, • or
capital • . cost and depreciation:
He pointed out that the insur-
ance
renewal time is approach REV: C. H. 'DICKINSON MD.
ing and the cannot ,continue to Guest minister at the Luck-,
. carry on, 'as at present k
• � now United Church anniversary
Mr: Hunter feels : that this services ori Sunday will be .Rev,'
service is essential to the 'coin- ; C., H: Dickinson, 'the Book te-
munity, They have full equip- ward of the 'UnitedS
. Church
''meat and are qualified, for the publishing. House and general
job, which is important in the manager of The Ryerson Press,
• handling of some • cases—in fact Rev: Dickinson was minister of.
Gould be a matter of life or the Ashfield Circuit in 1925 and
death. 1926.
• Mr. 'Hunter : said the service
worked in nicely with their • ser- .
vice station -arid taxi 'business, . SAWMILL'OPERATING
but that the 'ambulance business. The ,.Lucknow ` Sawmill ' pur
was.. entirely 'separate.; In. refer- 'chased. recently by :Allan. 1Vlant0
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A turkey dinner, a very inter-
esting program, • and a dance as
the concluding feature combined'
to make Old Light. Lodge Ladies'
Night a most; enjoyable function,,
last. Friday.. •evening with,. some
two ..'hundred . in attendance:
W.•L. ' ,MacKenzie. acted as
Master of 'ceremonies in . his' ini-
mitable style. The master of the
Lodge, • Wallace Corin, extended
a welcome 'to the guests. .
The .toast.' to . the ladies was
proposed by Mr. MacKenzie and
• was responded ' to by Mrs. Har -
Vey Webster. Bert . Irwin thank-
ed the. ladies for .catering and
Mrs. Phillip : MacMillan ' replied;
o behalf n f th Ladies'. o e
Auxin- 4
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MARKS 90TH BIRTHDAY
art'. '
The Listowel male quartette WILLIAM J. HUMPBREX'
of Grant Bitton, Mac ,;Pratt, Rob- William J. Humphrey esteemed
ert ' Smith' and: Cal Rocker were St., Helens resident, reached 'his.
well received in their various ninetieth, birthday last week,
offerings, • and commented • -that Mr. Hurn,phrey is still well and
they had never sung, to : a . more.. active, and ..:is regular in atten
receptive audience. The accom- dance.. at .St. Helens United
I panists were .Glen Thompson, Church; having been, in the:
pianist and J. C. Reid on the . family pew twice , on. Sunday
bass violin. 'when anniversaryy services were
1 Comedian Bill Slight of Listo held,
I Wel; a young '.magician, 'Robert Mr:; and Mrs: Humphrey ob
, MacIntyre .of Wingham, .accord- served' their 6;7th• wedding an -
1 ianist, Miss L. `Stobo of Tees- niversary this • year. '' .
i' water.and violin -music by Dr. Cut courtesy Wingham .Advance
Names Little,: accompanied . by: Times:
Mrs. Jessie •Allin, '.contributed
ence to the. amount /of the am- t'and Ronald Frook • of Hanover,
bulance deficit, he said, I like 'commenced sawing operations on
to give to charity,, but not: that Tuesday .of : last week: Jim Eng
much:" •1 land, Bill. . Houston and Harr
Asked if his ; rates were. too 'Garter 'Of. town are •employed
low, . Mr Hunter said • they . were the mill. Pine , and poplar ar
based on ' St. Johns: suggested 'being sawed •at. present, '
territorial, rates,,, the fee : from::
here :to Wingham, directly, being ATTENDING MINING
$7.00; which he added seems high COI LEGE..:AT. HAILEYBUR
enough' in comparison with. taxi
Y..
rates. ., .. -
I Robert Young, :19 -year-old' son
He reported 88. calfs: for the of Mr ' and: Mrs. Wesley Youn
service • from. 1 h9' 'four munici- I di, Kinloss, is ;attending the Pro
palities, close to ..half of which . v'ncial Institute'
rof. Mining • •at
were : from i.ucknoVi,. but several Haileybury. Bob • started. the twc
were for.nursing home' -patients
who were. not ' Lucknow, resi-'year : •.courses ,in mid-September
and spent '•: Thanksgiving: with
dents I• his parents. He graduated ,last
' To the suggestion • that any • term from Lucknow District
business, farming' or commercial; ! High' :School, •
has to• pay. its' way, Mr. Hunter i
. replied that he was not asking
assistance for .his private bush • .DISCUSS. PARKING
ness, but for: a :community sex -
Vice. which,. not Only: here, • u AT::1-,1.0. N S :MEETING
y.hut
elsewhere, it was proven could
not carry on 'without municipal The proposed... parking projec
assistance • • was. discussed' at some length a
~' , last Week's Lions Club meeting
held on Tuesday, because of the
IN ATTENDANCE' AT 'regular meeting night' falling' on
MieDONALD..INSTITUTE , Thanksgiving.
• . Various. angles of .the parking
'Freshettes at''.MacDonald • Tri= question were ' discussed, `before
stitute, • ' :'Ontario 'Agricultural the matter was deferred without
College, :were, the 'igluests recent- any • action 'being' decided on.
lY Qf the' senior students at the Some contended it was a munici-
;College at •a . tea 'held in their; pal responsibility and there were
honour.: •:' different opinions as to the.lova
Some of 'the iris were, photo. �' A
graphed . , in, g "L' p tion. The Club was to investigate
chat, a get.acquainted• the possibility' of conducting its
and. included in. the' group own Easter seal campaign, the
was Dorothy Alton,. daughter' of proceeds. of which are marked
Mr. and Mrs: Bert Alton; R:R...7'. for crippled children 'work:`:This
Lucknow. • ' I area ' has been included in the
Winghain .campaign for • several.
THOUSANDS4. ears; but. Phis arrangement has
OF, " : not alwa y s proved to :be satis
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B U B S A R , factory froth the point of receiv-
ing' assistance ' for cases in' the.
A shp'mentof close to 5000 area.•
tulip bulbs; 'direct f oin Holland,' October is .meiiibership month
arrived here the. latter part of<rn Lions Clubs, and the local
the. weeks and ,portends, sortie• group has a few new members
'realreal :s ring' beauty in this corn.to be officially received.
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S , The Club is sponsoring a pub -
Most of •the bulbs are lic masquerade dance on Monday
for planting' within the 'village: next to music by Carruthers
The 600 -pound shipment ' left
Holland on September 15 and, Orchestra. The members were
the' freighter docked at Toronto'•gxven tickets to sell, in. order' io
on October 16th: put this: dance over in a big way,
The shi _ with proceeds •for welfare and
pment . with a value of
some $300:00 was I civic work,. There will •be cost -
tie Lucknow3and . placed by the . y ;p
nd District Horticul- ume and . novelt ' sizes, :i
aural Soviet Entertainment at. ,thin' meeting
yt and the secreta i
has •been. b . ,, • � included.' solos by' Mrs': J.. W'.'
usy bagging and dis-
tributing the various species aricl Joynt and trumpet selections by
rt.,w�• .i Guest Mitchell,
delightful' variety' to the pro RANTS BAPTIZED "AT
gram. ' ' SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE
The
guest speaker�was.Rev: •
Y T . J. McKinney of Teeswater.. Rev: Gordon R. Geier.
aHe ' was. introduced by Mr. T. J: formed the sacrament of per-
t p_
e Salkeld, tism on Sunday morning when'
• g
the•
: following children were
M. GAUNT TAKES
CKNX POSITION
g Murray. Gaunt, 24; son. . of Mr.
and Mrs:'Andrew Gaunt of West
• Wawanosh, has., accepted • a posi-
o` tion as assistant farm:editor' on
CKNX' radio and TX:
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t,
Steven Charles Button, : son •of
Mr, and Mrs. Russell Button;
Ingrid Wilma Kragt, daughter of
I. Mr, and'Mrs. H. ' Kragt; Edward
'Melvin Pritchard, son of Mr..
and Mrs. J. �?iL. Pritchard; Joanne
Marie ;Ritchie, daughter.of. Mr.
and Mrs: • L ;Ritchie; Stephen
Bradley '. Trask, son of, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Trask.
TEN COURSES. AT
RIPLEY. SCHOOL
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The Ripley .Conmmunity Night
-School Committee: met recently
at the home of Mrs. Finlay 'Mc
Leod to lay plans for.the e. classes
which will begin • on .November
4th. Thee classes will be, held 'on
Wednesdays instead of Thurs-
days ' as has been the ,.former
custom. ,
Ten courses have been suggest-
ed and the 'committee.is hoping •
that those'interested in any . one
of. these classes, will. in
in the •
Murray' commenced his. duties .application form. and 'Mail it to• ,
on Tuesday of'last , week as as -the. ,secretary, by . October 30th.:
sistant to Vaughan Douglas,. and Elsewhere u :this 'issue will' be
succeeds Cohn Campbell who found ` the 'list of classes-- and.
has, taken over other duties at application .form.: I
the station. • . • The ;commit'te'e . in charge.. of
GETS 'POSTJNG.,
TO EGYPT
.Sgt, Alymer G, • Aitchison. was
in town : on Tuesday, 'prior to
leaving • Wednesday for Montreal`
on the, first leg of a flight by
.RCAF transport to Egypt,
.Aylmer is with' the Canadian
Army signal ' corps as.. .a; radio. •
mechanic and has been station.-� •
ed for some time. ' at (Calgary'.
His posting to:. Egypt• was a "bolt '
from the blue.•He • will 1: <� '
there for a year:
Mrs. Aitchison (the former •
Islay Campbell) • ;and . their. tv.•?
daughters,' Joan, 13, and Judy
9,' will remain in Calgary. •
Aylmer; a son of Mr. and Mr-•
Horace Aitchison of Wngham,
.has had. 17• years army service,
ART BRECKLES RETIRES
AS ARENA . MANAGER
The Luckno A Arena :Commis-
sion is currently advertising . for
;an arena manager and caretaker
to take ' over the ; position this
season.
Art :Breckles who has, .servel
faithfully' and efficiently • in .this
capacity for'close"to !ten years
has decided its time . to retire,
and has tendered his resignation; •
.Art succeeded the late `Wel-
lington • (Pelt) McCoy,..; whe is
failing• health forced him. to: give
up the job .which, he had hell
since the arena's inception.
Applications for : the . p ositi
p on
Will' ;be' received until -November
2nd, and ` particulars ` ' may be
learned from E. H.: Agnew, sec=
retary .;of the 'Coninission,:.:
• Mr Breckles states' that: with'
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the. nett', ; hars tort: ii :the 'Wend
.that : ,'last year `was. by; far • the
easiest he, ' had ever had in ice=
making:.:operations.'
• HI -C ; .MBI mERS°
TOUR BEAT2`y=•:PLANT
'Members of the- United "Church
Hi -C, young peoples group, spent
an 'interesting hour : and a . half
one evening last week, when
they were taken', on' a conducted.
tour -of the. Beatty Ladder Fac-
tory
Plant Manager Charles 'Bris-
tow explained and demonstrated
the various. operations involved'
in the ' Manufacture .of ladders
and : wood. products...
KAREN CARRI,TTHERS HEADS
HOMEMAKING CLUB
*The first meeting of the Kair-
shea 4-H Homemaking Club,
which .has as its project, "Work-
ing With Wool,"' was held at
the' 6th Concession Schoolhouse,
with nine members .present,
The leaders. are Mrs. .Allister
Hughes, and Mrs, Lloyd McDou-
gall. Club •president, is ` Karen.
Carruthers. ' and Helen McNay is
secretary:
Murray is A• no:,stranger before plans for this year, consists 'of
the camera. He has been promin-, Mrs, .'Donnie •McDonald, chair-
ent in ,4-1-1' activities which •'he man, ;Mrs: George Emerson, Mrs.
commenced as a lad of 13, cli- Charles ' Wyld,; Mrs. Finlay Mc-
maxing with the winning of the Leod; Mrs, Jas: Butler, Mrs. Geo,
Queen's Guineas at the'. 1'.oya1 Moncrie , Jack :.'C: McDonald,
Winter Fair • in 1955.. His •Short-. Mrs. 'John McCrae,; Mr: and Mrs:
horn • steer "Silver Star" besides .Wilfrid. Steele. .
winning this, top award, sold at,
$2c50 a pound:.
HARDLY CRICKET!. '
Murray was at that time
his secondy
year of a two- ear Much' as . we dislike "harp.- ..
diploma course at the O,A,C:, in ing" about prompt receipt
'which he graduated with high of meeting ;reports, the pro -
standing. • ( blepersists. This week, on
Murray has since been am
ssoci- October • 19th, we received "a
ated•.with his .father in .farnlir g .reportof a.•Meeting held on
operations, that featuare' a fine October • 3rd:
Shorthorn. herd. Murray has also' We welcome n eeting re-
• continued his Junior Farmer,ports 'but . if the.group ap-
activities;. ,giving leadership in! predates the publicity, the
the Colwanash .Club, and has, re-. press, reporter must co -°per-
resented 'Huron' Countyfor I ' ate, or we
1? have little alter -
more than one season as a mem.'
native but to consign them
:ber,debating of their. ebartteam's. ing �` to the waste- paper basket.
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' SELL ` VALLAGE HOME
:'TO LIVE IN RIPL.
EY •' /
I .Mx: and Mrs. Eedvers (Meff)
Johnson have sold their village
residence. on .:Outram. St.' .to
John. Robb of Concession 10,.
Kinloss. Mr. Robb obtains po$-:
' •session the first of November,
but doe's not plan.. to .occupy the
home till about next May at . the'
earliest.
'Mr. and. Mrs, •Johnson will. take
yup reisdence in • ?.ipleY •where
Mrs. Johnson has operated a
ladies' and .children's Wear store
for several months. Meff will
commute between Ripley and
Lucknow where he has. been
employed with Silverwood Dair-
ies
since about 1933: He is in his
32nd year ,with this firm, having
benat the Cargill plana forfive
' years before coming here:
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