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LUCKNOW; ONTARIO WED NESDAY, NOV. 18th, 1959
E ficient Family Farm .Totay,
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Population Decline To Continue
George Gear, Bruce • County
Agricultural Representative; was
guest speaker at .the Ashfield
Federation of • Agriculture ..ban-
quet and annual meeting held" at
Port Albert Anglican church
last WednesdaY evening? with
• the ladies of the ,congtegation
serving a delicious turkey ban-
quet. Retiring. president, Arnold
'Alton presided, His successor is.
4.„Vtrilliam G. Hunter. Hugh • Mc-
Whinney is secretary treasurer,
. Mr. Gear, m his opinion, feels
that the • well operated family
• farm is here .to stay, but that
in the next tenor fifteen years
We will lose about one-third of
our farm population. That is
• nothing new, •he said, it has been
going on in Bruce for seventy
years, 'as indicated by a' decline
in rural population in that time
from approximately 60,000 farm
folk to a present day estimate
of about 20,000.
Farming is hr. revolution and
While it' is ,necessary for progress
"somebody 'gets htirt". The city
folk should know that the Pro-
. gress ;of building the nation has
• been on comparatively "cheap
food. He also pointed out that
too many of the educated young
people •are .leaving the .farm, and.
NOBLE .,IONNSTON WINS
LEGION DEEr ,FREEZE
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At the prize draw at the Nov-,,
ember , llth dance of. the *Luck -
pow Legion, Noble Johnston
was the winner of the 'first
.a deep ...freeze-. 'Second
prize, a radia, was won by Mrs.
'Jack England. A. fry pan was
won . byRod Cameron; son of
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Cameron'
of 'Buffalo, and an .iron "was won
by Bud .Thompsam. . •
The draw . was made by •MisS.
Helen. Oster of Blyth. .
liORTICITLTURAL SOCIETy
HAD *SUCCESSFUL YEAR •
The LucknoW. and' District
Horticultural Society held their
banquet -and annual meeting on
Monday evening, providing :a
most. enjoyable occasion, : when
excellent reports, were reeeive&
This sixteen page 'paper is
evidence ' enough of .-why ,the
writer .Wa.sabSent,:•but, • the sec-
retary, Charles Bristow, pravid-
7ed us blight and early Tuesday
morning with, complete details.
We 'regret • that in view. of, such
promptness, we are 'forced to
hold it over until next week.
ROY EMBERLIN NAMED
AS ARENA MANAGER.
• Roy Emberlin has been ap-
-STAGE SALE THIS WEEK, •TO1
MARK BASEMENT OPENING
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. In recent weeks the basement
of Ashton's Ladies', Men's and
Children's Wear, has been, re-
novated and modernized to add
additional accoinodation..
To mark the opening of the
basement,. and as• a pre -Christ-
mas anniversary sale, this store
is launching a money-saVing
sale on Friday of this week,.
A full page .'advertiSeinent• on
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page sixteen •of this issue gives
details.
pointed as arena'. manager arid
•caretaker, succeeding Art Breck-
les • who' resigned in ' the fall •
after several years on the job.
Roy was appointed at a meet-
'ing of the Arena Committee last
week and has assumed his
duties..
DISTRICT. GOVERNOR
TO VISIT LOCAL' LIONS
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Lucknow and District` Lions
Club' will welcome Harold For-
ster, District Governor. of Dis-
trict A-9, Lions International; at
• 'education is needed for farming
P9I,,LOCIE:FilAiitt To • • , • day
their regular. meeting next Mon -
the same or more than any other
MOVE TO CIJLEOSS • ' • :Mr. Forster . is a member of
Surplus are the cause, not the
effect, of vertical integration,
floor prices and deficiency pay-
ments, he felt
• Mr Gear advised farmersto
support -their organizatton '1f
it isn't what you want,. it's your
fault'? he said
The head table was introduc-
ed by William G. Hunter: Rev.
Jennings extended a welcome to
their church, a . congregation.
which was established over 100
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years ago. ,
Cattle Disease Showing Up ,
Winston •Shatiton, -president of
the Huron County Federation,
outlined the activities of the As-
Sociation. Other 'sr•eakers were • •
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Mr. and Mrs Jack , Pollock
and two daughters, Elizabeth
Arleata,and ' '•are . moving on
• Thursday to Culross' TOwnship
to -reside. The •Pollocks have
rbeen' i;-eiderits of Lucknow for
1 nine years, and for some eight
years Mrs. Pollock was employ-
ed at The Market ,Store.
-4 They have been valued mem-
bers of, the; Presbyterian Church
and '; Jack a ' nieinher of
the Barrie •Lions Club and suc-
ceeded 'Rae Watson to. the post
'Of. A-9 :Governor. ' • .
• The purpose of his visit. will
be to advise and assist . Lion
President, Cecil Blake, Secre-
tary Durnih • Phillia the
officers, directors and members
of the local club on matters per-
taining to 'Lions administration
and. their program ,of humani-
tarian service. • Emphasis is on
xvelfare work in the Lions, but
KI NTAIL W.I. AT
FIFTY.YEAR MARK
Charter MeMber Among Head
Table Guests As Institute
Celebrates 50th Birthday-
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On Saturday evening; NoVern-
,ber 14th; the Kintail Womens
Institute celebrated their 5(1th
AnniversarY at Heids eorners
Commtipity -• Hall,
dinner was served- to '33 inemr
bets,* their families and honour-
ed guests. The head table
in-
cluded a. chartered member, Mrs,
Sarah MadKenzie; past presi-
dents; Mrs: Jack Collinson, Mrs
Fred. MacGregor, Mrs... Russ
Bisset,,'Mrs. N. G. 'Mackenzie;
Mrs. Dave IVIacICenzie; the' Dis-
trict President, Mrs'. Otto Popp
of 'Dungannon; , president, Mrs,
Stuart MacLennan, • secretary,
Mrs. Duncan. Parrish. Absentr
frcm the 'head table were char" -
ter members, Mrs. Neil 'Me. -
Donald and Mrs. Dick MacDon-
ald and past presidents, Mrs, Ray
Dalton and .Mrs. Robert Scott '
The Institute Grace was sung.
414,a toast to the Queen follow-
ed 'by the . National Antheni.
Mrs. Bert Alton introduced the
head table and - at • this. 'time. the•
birthday cake*. was cut by *Mrs.
Sarah MacKenzie., Mrs. 'Otto
Popp brought greetings and con.7
gratulation's from •the district.
The president thanked everyone
for coming and hoped that they
'enjoyed the evening. •
Mrs. George ' 1VIoncrief •: gave
thanks .to the women of Reids
'Corners W.I.• for the wonderful
supper. • ' • , •
Interesting slides were shown
by Mrs. • Jack Ritchie and the
enjoyable enirig. was- -Conclfid-,
ed with. the Emmerton family
supplying Music tor..a dance,'
Miss .Mary Porteois of Sarnia
Spent the . week -end with her
parentS, Mr: and Mrs. W. A.
Lions ,Club.. The/ girls are. Grade because of the nature of. several Porteous, who will be leaving
8 and • Grade 5 students at Luck- of these projects, little or no shortly to spend the winter in
now Public' School: 'nublicity is given them. , '
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GUIDES MAKE CONTRIBUTION TO "RIVER OF ppLp-,
and- recogniie our personal value •
iinportarit that we face up to
in the sight Of God, focus' that
SIXTEEN" PAGES
?LACE WREATHS
IN. TEEMING RAIN
. Remembrance Day the 41st
anniversary of the • end of World
VWIeadtne% d awas
a s tobservedribu tewhasereP on
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to those who gave their lives in
two world, Wars.
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Following *a Memorial serviee,,,„
in the Presbyterian, Clutrch,
parade o Legionaires, Auxiliar f •
menibers, Boy Scouts ' and Girl
Guides, proceeded. to 'the Ceno-
taph "headed by the Lucknow
District High' School Band. There
in a teeming ram, wreaths we. e ,
placed by" • Kenneth Cameron
Mrs. Philip MacMillan, Charles
McQuillin, Clarence Greer, Geo.
Joynt, Mrs. Phillip Stewart and
Russell Allin. • .
The" •two-rninute . silence was
Observed;, the •Last Post and. Re-,
vieile was trumpeted by Bud Orr;
the. Lament was played on. the ,
pipes by John MacRae, •and The.
Queen by ;the High: School Band; •
ended a ceremony that for mar v.
has special' • significance; and
for all should be a solemn. •
oc-
casion not to be 'neglected; and
a' time' to consider true' and last-
ing values. • , •
The colour party consisted of
Carman McQuillin, J. C.. John-
ston, . Mrs. -Phillip MacMillan?,,
Mrs. John England; Keith Kai, -
ser and Doug Johnston • • •
At the.' Presbyterian Chiireb,
Rev. Wallace McClean ,conduct-'
ed the ‘service, and .gave. an' ap-
propriate address. He was .
ted by Rev. G. -W. Kaiser and•
Rev. 11 L. Jennings. Rev..Gor-
den Geiger • gave the addre3s at
the Holyrood Remembrance ser-
vice.. . • '
Rev• McClean' , spoke of -
Chnrchhill and, 'other great V` oi-. • '
ces of history, whose oratory •arid
inspiration had aroused nations
in their darkest hours. But none, • •
he felt, compared With that o '•
Zacharias; who spoke as the .-
voice • of God to, his people. .. •
In this age of dark forboding •
with the stress on armaments, ,
Rey. McClean ."said it was mast
Carl' Hemingway, Federation
Fieklman and -• Douglas Miles,
-Huron County Agricultural 're-
presentative. Ile referred to in-
stances of a cattle disease in
the. County and stated at a
research team was cornii*- into
the County to study it.. Don't
be alarmed, he said, but keep
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Your ear to 'the ground and corn- ,.,
pare. your herd with. your neigh- ' ,,, • ,., ...,,
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Attendance at • the Ripley
Hilda , 11 -year-old' Vat .:
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.. : ..? .,,,,- Night School, held on Weines- •
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-datighter of Mr. Ritchie,and Mrs. •Ancl- .-,;.• , ` day evenings, has' soared to a
record of 135 for. the nine clas-
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life upon, Hun 'and face tomor-
rotv in a hope implanted by
God. ."tet not'. give way ' to
despair or our fear. God stili.
reigns," he eon -eluded.
RECORD ATTENDANCE AT'
RIPLEY* NIGHT SCHOOL •
rew• Ritchie . played ' 'accordian
numbers and her sister, Dianne
Ritchie, • sang vocal ', selections
accompanied • by Linda 'Foster
Who gave an organ ;recital while
the gathering assenibled. ;..
Elmer Graham provided en-
, fertainment and, Bill Hunter
1 gave a reort of the rederatioril
/fleeting -in Toronto.
Ralph Cameron thanked the,
ladies, Oliver McCharles• thank-
. ed the speaker, Ralph Faster,
thanked •others assisting , with
the program, and Arnold, Alton
(Continued on page 7)
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DRUG IIAD 11/11RliCUL0V_s
EFFECT, STILL QUITE HAL
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oil November 25th, because of
' Ses — typewriting, sewing, need-
lecraft, .weaving, oil paintirii,
. wood working,' leather, ceramics
and folk dancing. •
. There will be no " glasses held
. ,, .'k.-...` - •0##' , '
.. • the Ripley' High School .Com-
mencement .Classes will be held
until • December 16th, and will ' •
, then be discontinued . for , the •' '
Christmas -New Year season, re...
•.5 we, nw, suming again ' on January 6th. '
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Harold Trealeaven's Condition
Was so ,critica) on Monday of
last week, that his son' Jack was „
cauecj. to London to .be at his%
bedside with' Mrs. Treleaven; 4
That evening a new protein,.
drug...in scarce suppI3,t, was tried.'
.. and ,the results were Miraculous.'
liarold„ however, is in a very
weakened state from a long. 91-1
beSs With various complications,
and,his condition is still regard
edas quite serious,
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Lucknow Guide3 are do-
ing .their- part to add to the.
'River f .Cold" that next year
will extend. froin. coast 'to
across Canada. Next year will
be the Golden . .of the
Girl Gude Movement and thou-
sands of goldep:
th's• fall betn!.1. plante:l
Guidrs acroSs the D=inion.
The bulbs were secured from
Holland. The- Lucknow Guides
ate planting 200 bulbs and are
Shown in the picture as they
plant immediately' to' the east,
and west of the Town Hall steps.
Front row. leftata Wendy
MacKenzie, Patricia Carr;iz:
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SET INDIVIDUAL RECORD
FOIL APPLE. DAY SALES
-Lucknow Boy Scouts • struck
bad • weather. on Saturday for
their annual Apple Day, but, at
tint sales grossed $87 28
-Doug Mzicintion- set an jndivi-
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dual 'sales record 'With recaipts
of .S20.50. Other tif#1i boys '..vere
Ross Forster, $11.86; David
Thompson, $8.41; 'Torn Andrew,.
S.8.23..
Scoutma,zter. Stuart Collyet,
was in charge of the sales crew
and in tho But'? Thomp.-:
=ton • took • a . load of Scoirts to
DuziOnnon.
MRilityn Henderson, • • Marinon••
Button.. Linda 0 *Donnell; , back
' row, left to right, Beverley
Ilathwell, Guide' Captain, Mrs.
Harvey Irwin, Barbara Carner-
.on, Marlene Porter, Jane Joynt,.
Guide Lieutenant, Mrs. Clare
Johnstone,Sharon Wriitby.
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