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2 50 A Year .In Advance•-� .1 p0 Extra
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$usiness $�o�k
Durinq Fire In
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• A fixe• at the warehouse,. of the
• Win Murdie .and Son: hai diware,
1a a Saturday afternoon was a
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serious- threat for a time to the
,adjacent business block;
• "..The ,outbreak was ' discovered
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•': ,• just•at six', •.oclock`'as`clouds of
. • black ` smoke •started; . wafting
• across the main street: The
writer-_we`nt- down the alley . • to
'• investigate : todiseover flames
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licking up, the south' -east corn4
,• . :'er of the uilding'• ' •
The outbreak ' is. ,believed. to
• have been caused'by a rubbish
'1 f•r- l.�he-- haf;1 art
main floor of the warehouse. is.
T-'
cement construction • but • it ap
, • peared that a quantity of no
• 'corrode asphalt sewer pipe paled:
• on end ' against the • buildings took:
•-'fire and•..in this 'way' the flames'
reached the second., storey'frame-
• twork, with a. tarpaper. covering.
•The materials burned freely
once they got going and • sent' up.
huge clouds of: black• ;smoke.
The. fire had worked into the
• building before -the firemen got
into action, and the flames :were
' leaping across the ,narrow 'alley
way separating the building 'from
-;'the main 'store "and the adjacent
• frame:', . shed •.at the back •; of
Henry's Fruit "Market in the
Joynt:'Block.
•Gas: Creates Hazard
On. the . main ..floor of the
• ho sware °eg - wer -
u e -two: ,gasoline
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drums, containing some 50 g
al-.•aorisof 'high
that
created •a: i ' ....
hazard, but. file fire
:was',confined to the upper storey
which was burned. out on _.'.the
south-east : end, although • l hough it 'does
nota
ppear to have burned thru
the,r• tx ,f
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a' t
d , heiotentials of the.
• ..first major blaze' in . �T ucknow in'
a number ''of years. Fortunate,•
indeed, thatit': bro ke out '
:davit-ir�{n
k m the,
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• There; - Was some damage ., to
stock stored in the, warehouse,'
although, some. , of, the 'material
was not . such: • as., to :s`uffer any
serious dams e:
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• MRS. GAlil1TET.,
1•ENDERSON•`
WON SECOND- BOND
• MrS Garnet. Henderson � is
the' `winner of the second $50
•bond ' in connection > w 't: h ,
/ periodic `draws `
,made .'
bre.
support; of the '
• ... 'Centennial
fund .
• :.''Two . hundred. " .tickets are
sold at'
50 � •'
cents e •
achy in each
ra
w, netting ' � the'.. winner
_ • _. �.�half :the --proceeds:: "
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"No RURAL MAIL,
• FRIDAY MONDAY:: .'
On Good Friday and . Easter
Monday the ,post Office' wickets
twill .be open from 12 ' noon Ito
2 00 p.m•. The .lobby, will,' be o • en
•from 8.00.•,t p ,
a.m. to 8,0'0.
:p:in: and
outgoing • mail will !be d
ed as' usual espatch:
. . Theie will be no rural
` � mail
Service, either'
Friday'; or 1V[on-
Y reviously the couriers had.
sx
_ tatutor . � • hob
Years',.:..... . , �` drays':: .New'.
Qood . Friday,. Dominion
..t'ay, 'Lab
or Day,, Thanksgiving
and Christ
• mos. ,1vow they'will
have . •
any additional • hdl days:
• ' which are" .. • �
obserjted 'by the Post,
Office, :such as
.Easte=r' • M�i rich
•`The -of
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al postal p
an
iso
;meat .in ... l unce-
this regard.
lowst g is as fol.
",Effec i
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e immediate) rural .
mall .,k 3'
� delivery couriers' Will e
permute . •. b
d to .observe.::ad • j
Statttt4ry [i01i drtiorial
days;, Iii future ser-•
vice or rura
l mail deli..
• will, very roti�tes.
• not be required. on those
;st•. ,
.� atixtt,r ,;.
d Y ; holidays where, normal
°livery i
s not
ions• •, !given • to the ;pat,
tof the e
F
st .Of £ice: fr "m'
'Which .. fro
tri the Mail,. ., .:.
•ru
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:routes �, � �y triad,• delivery
• Originate, , •
LUGKNOWd, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AFS;, 2nd; 1958'
neatened
Warehouse
CRUTCHES ADDED TO,
LOAN CUPBOARD' SUPPLIES;
Four pairs Of 'crutches,'of as
•sorted,,sizes bgee
have' •
n added to
the . . loan. -'cupboard supplies oaf
the- Lucknow and DiStrict Red
Cross.' These are • available for
'the asking to anyone in the corn,
-munity. in _ need. of -them, •
Local Red Cross officials are
pleased that more use is now:
being .. made . of • these loan OP
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hoard
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board su::lies. w,
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FOFORMERRESIDENTS: • ' CENTENNIAL STATIONERY'
,N • IO: tWORKAS V NIT.
T•
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nte nnial •envelope$ •and:
writing paper,. •bearing the. Don
ald Dinnie insignia, which- was
LEAD :DONATIONS HAS. BEEN PlOI'ULAR,
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This h s past week donations ,
e; entennial Fund' have •
come frofn ' as far as. sunny
Florida and fanner residents��
• continue, to lead in -'•the re- -
sponse. Five out of nine°don-,
ations last week came. froth'
.Out of town and ; totalled..
$38.00 to. raise the rand
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total to $3'65:00;
Donations • were ' received
last • • week from: Beatrice
Armstrong, London; Jim'and
Wilda' E; . Nixon, Lakeland,
Florida ; Burt Bain, London;
Spence Irwin, _Miss 'Emma
,MoCluskey; Mrs. Eliza'. Walk
mar ckt Doug; Aitchison, of
*inghaln; Mrs. Ira 'Camp-
bell. .
SCHOOL ,TAX ED
F:OR Y. RALLY
A Youth Rally 'was a feature
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.of the Sirg Time, program on
CKNX on' Sunday •afternoon;
With:a. 50 -voice girls choir from
Alma College:, as guest . choral
group.
Wingham District High School
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•was : taxed. to: --standing room' for.
the two-hour` raily during which
Sing 'Time was' televised. It, was
Palm .,Sunday, • and , the program
carried .the. Easter theme.' .
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It was an 'impressive sight to
see this gathering of close to
1,000 .' persons : and , to hear'their
voices raised, in the singing, 'of
favorite hymns under.. the dir-,
ection,'of Wm--Conron.--.
The• program opened With. a
sing' song:.at ••3.00 :o'clock. 'Rev.
Roy `Kennedy, .;�',.of Dungannon
Roy'
United Church, promotion .man-
ager of the ' rally,. stressed upon.
the young people 'that Christian
service couldn't 'hold out to .them.
ecurjt �ame' fort ne ' r
f o la
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, fortune
moor, but. did offer the real joy
of 'the 'opportunity to be of 'ser=
Vice to youl" fellow men., an ex
;tending kindness • and ..love to
them it will be . returned One
hundred .fold,. "he said.
After the television of^ Sing•
g
Time, a, panel wase conducted on
the World's•, Need.:. Taking part
were Rev.; Jane Bone of • the staff
of 'Five':Oaks, Nir., •and • Mrs..Bass--
Inger who 'have been :c'onducting
a . preaching mission at : Mount
Forest arid Rev .',kenneth ` Oates
of Wflodstockr
They' stressed the opportunity
tor °Christian:'. service., •in. every
, walk .of: life, ,pointing ,out that
Material gain doesn't necessar-
ily., bring happiness. Real satis-
-fxction--rs:.to• be .fwar,a--ni ao rig
�t e' will of God. '
The -young people. present.` reg-
istered their. name and church, -
and.' indicated any special' inter-
est they had in. considering --':a:
life-tirne:.,vocat.ion, particularly 'a'ss'
it- might apply to' some. aspect
Of, : service. in the .church:.
Choir ,Appreciated •
. The Alma .Co.iiege. Choir, of St.
Thomas took part in- the' Morn
•ing service at th"e Dungannon
United Church,.. which..was' filled.
to capacity' for this special , occas-
ion:. Dinner •was- served to the,
roxp ' Who later 'proceeded". to
g p , .
Wingham . to sing , se:vel•al num-
bers .at : the youth rally,: Th
Alma College- girls from, 14 to
g g
18 years of age, represented.
from South
some: air :Countries
Aime.rica, Cuba, -'Bermuda, 'United.
State and Canada. A Member' of
the :group was Miss . Elizabeth
Pentland; ' daughter 0,f Mr, : and.'
Mrs. Frank Pentland of Dtingan-•
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They were under the direction
of Miss Maxine:, Harper, with
their' choir , vrrork being) an extra
curricular activity. The group
was accompanied to Dungannon
bytheir.'T'College pri•nci;pal,. Mrs,''
g
'Steeletart',
.Siston, and Abe,. � secret
to theprincipal; Miss Maly. Anne
Neel •
Neely,
Allan 'Reed' : transported ` the'
i4ou. • by `,?:tis fibril Si., Thomas.
and"''return, and also did„ a tape
recording 'tf the Sunday rriorn-7
ing service,
REDECORATED CHURCH
TO' BE'' REDEDICATED .
Easter services in the Presby
terian Church on Sunday' will
have added significance. The
auditorium of 'the church 'has
been' ' redecorated and on this.,
Special occasion a ceremony of
reded icaticth will be 'conductedu
:as well' as the "dedication- of choir.
gowns.
OPEN THURSDAY,.' AND
TILL 11 P.M. SATURDAYS
With Good' ,Friday being : a.
'public holiday,, business places in
Lucknow._ wilL:>be .open ahr day
'Thursday. : . " ' '•
Effective this; Saturday and
throughout, the spring and • sum-
mer, Lueknow• stores will. remain
open until 11.0Q o'clock: During
the winter, local. business ,places
have, ,'closed at nine o'clock;
GOOD .FRIDAY. SERVICE ,
A ..conimunity church' service
will be held .on Good 'Friday
Morning in. the , United Church •
commencing at., 10.30 a.m. :The
speaker . will be Rev., Kaiser of
the Ashfield 'United Church:
charge
This' service ' is . Sponsored, b '
i? Y
the Lucknow Ministerial -
Associ-ation ,.with the : offering in aid : of
the ` ,Bible Society.
REMEMBER . RUMMAGE SALE
AT. HOUSECLEANING TIME
A monster rummage sale is
g
One of .the projects ::being plan-
,ned ' <to help •pay the installation
costs `' o -f a hard ,surface ' floor in
the �: arena --at -. v� i11 be--heitl�s-
ode -of the „op.ei'ting features af-
ter the floor is laid
Chairman K. L.,MacKenzie of.
is -heading upthe Lions
Lochalsh�is•he g
'c om:mittee:.for_..this :project;_.'an•d
is'. 'on . th.e lookout for saleable:
items' of . all kinds:
He. drops a hint to the '.ladies,
'that housecleaning. time ' is at
hand, which is. a. good lime, to
dig out any stored' away' items
of household fui;nituie, effects
and clothing, which are 'in. good'
useable' condition-.
-Of FER.'.LEGI'ON.
.FORS LE
HALL ,�►
The building and property of.:
the Liacktlow Branch of the Can-.
•adian Legion is being .offered for
sale, as -wil•1 ' be .noted' in 'an: • ad-
vertisement in this • issue.
The.
property '• is the former`
Spence' enc° building• on Main Street.
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adjacent,. to the Bank of .Mon-
treal: •'
The local Brandi has, for some
tinge been faced with .the `nec-
:esstof enlarg ing :their ,quart -
erg , and, in this' regard an 'addi.-
tionto. the present building has
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been under consideration,
...Another alternative would be
.to sell the property and build
new hall; and with this, in
mind it waS decided td make the
fact known that the building is
4 transaction
fol sale If such a .
would prove . advantageotris,
:traditional' of The ' Caledonian;
•Games, -have`• been quite: popular
With residents of town . and. coun-
try.. ,
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•The •stationery "wasprinted i.
Y n
•quantity to make it. available at
the. comparatively low .price of
25 envelopes or letter sheets for
35c,.,: -and 'still- provide, the Com
mittee with a small' :profit:
Already about $180.00 worth
of stationery, has • been sold and
is proving
' ;invaluable in publiciz-
ing , the Centennial: .The station
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N SERVI •
V NG
MEALS
AL
,The question ' of how best 'to
plan: the serving of .meals dur
the Centennial was discuss
ed at a well - attended meeting:
on ;Friy evening: It p vas caked
�by, " thedaConcessions : Committee
with representatives .invited.
froth. the . various . ladies organ-
izations in
r an-izations'in the village and" sur-
rounding rural community, ,
There was .an•• excellent -ds-
cussion of the subject and, the
conclusion reached ' by the; '
ies present that 'it, was prefer-
able t� work as a .single unit.
to feed the people,, with the Re
x'13',
of the undertaking. Mrs.: Philip
• Stewart was named to head up.
•this:__organization....,.._° ..r
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ivt. suggested that neigh-
boring groups might Undertake
the • feeding, .of.' specific .:groups'
such' as , `bands;:
Decisions arrived . at : Friday
will be very helpful" in co-ordin
ating plans in this 'very irriport-
ant. aspect of :The reiinionr '
The.' Program 'Committee met
again last' Wednesday: night, and
reviewed: program ;plans, ap'
proved ; the 'engaging of bands,
and decided to ' conclude • the
Monday` night program' with a'
-display of `. fireworks:;
i:Want School ;Pictures
The .Back -To -School Commit—,
tee is seeking school. pictures' too.
for' .a school. display ' and these
will -,be received -.by Mrs. -Lloyd.
Hall.- or Mrs, 4essie:-»--Allin*-The
name of the owner' should lie ;on: .
the back of the picture, 'and the...
identity given of as many • as
possible appearing in the pict
bre.
While every care will be tak-
en-
ak. en- Of- these 'pictures. the. 'COM- ;
mitt°e points is out that they can'=-
riot assume responsibility for
,loss. , .
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of Mr, and Mrs.' Jack Pollock
arid their . daughters, Elizabeth
and Arleata .:have -made a person
al house-to-house canvass.
Some were• riot :at, home when.
they called; but anyone wishing
toobtain, this stationery: may do
so' from Mrs.. Pollock or at, The
Market Store: ,
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PLEASE' ` NOTE
We•,draw th'e attentionof rural
correspondentsto the' fact there•
is .no rural mail service on Mon-
day; and We would -'appreciate;
if, possible if some. • .other ' ar-
rangenient, could be rade' so we.
Can: obtain these budgetsnot
later 'than • Moiday-
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NSTAL PELLET•
MAKING MI LL
The 'Treleaven Milling Co. has
recently'o leed h.installa-
tion
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c m t theii fil1a
p.
tion of ` a, 'California Pellet 'Mill
in their feed.,•p'lant.. The ,pellet
mill itself` Was installed, on the
main floor with the-' cooling and.
crumbling equipment in the
basement : and the •sc:alping
equipment . on • the third floor.
The 'stearn, which .is necessary
in,' pelleting;.,:'is' supplied from
theirboiler::, The `feed is mixed
in mash .form:' and elevated and,
conveyed to a system of'; four
separate holding bins with a
Ntotal . capacity of approximately
25 tons. After the. feed is;. �ellet=
p
ed .it can then be conveyed to
bins for. bagging.
This ysteth.. aliows for :the 'feed
to be. pelleted: at night without
interference with the . efficiency
of custom mixing •and' .feed' man
ufacturing, being: carried•. on din.
ing 'the, day.
Last '-year Treleavensinstalled'
— - - -1-' ---- - - 4-•-s�tor ..;e --than
-a 2,OaQ gal on bu k -ag k,
for'molasses which .can be heated'.
and Pumpeddirectlyto the mix-
- er. With:'' the •. addition . of '' these
facilities,Y. the now have a ,com
gletely-nodern `feed pant, ,
RECEIVED INTO • CHURCH , .,
On; Palm Sunday a communi-
cants' ' class of six rnembers were.
received .: into United Church
membership by • Rev. '. Grant
Meiklejohn The •class: was com
phased, of Nancy Irwin Mar • Al -
lin, : Judith. Webster, Tom Rath
well,. '. Ernes Ackert, Gordon
MaoNay
AID. JIMMY HUMPHREY •
The committee '• of the now in-
active , broomball league have
turned over their funds' totalling
$44.43 to Wingham Hospital in.
-aid of Jimmy Y, Hu , - h -re , who •
wasseriously injured .last fall:
'Siiiimy, son of Mr. and Mrs. 'Har-
old
arold Humphrey, suffered a badly
fractured.. leg' and was confined`
to '.hospital for ;man' -weeks
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Incre:
Pose's.�
• The Lucknow 'Public 'School'
is faced. with the ' problem of
how best to handle the. growing:.
enrolment, which, with 'the :pros
poets of • industrial : •expansion;
'forecast a • `recordattendance
when • t e . Fall terms opens.
The a'ticlp'ateci 'att'eridance` at
the star£ of 'the , tcirm last Sep-
tember had° been in the 'neigh-
borhood, of i80.,•When the', term
opened .it` was around ,the 200
mark,. 'and it' is conceivable that
it might reach '225 by the start,
of school next September. '
The Inspector's report.. ' was
read at the, Board meeting last
week, which ,contained favorable
comments on the, work of ' the
'teaching' Staff and; th,e ..,pupils''
Work, . • -.. •
On'e..of the iecoAtfindations. of
the report was that consideration
shotiid 'be given, to an additional
classroom n 'gip* of 'the forsee..
able, enroirnerlt : °problem.. Class
•ronin aie'.available in the school;'
Enrolmen
ol roble
i1
and the 'hiring' of an additional
teachermay yet be the answer,
with the. 'alternative., being'' 'the''
limiting of • attendance
However, the Boardwas':sche'.-
duled to :meet .with the' teachers •
(1n - Wednesclayl: night to consider,' ' '
ah- .ha"es -f . u:..t:... . _e.
p s o the; q es ion, beioie <-'-
any decision • is reached, or any
action takers' to cope. 'with :the. ,
problem.
The Insctors report also re-
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commended` redecoration of ' tfie.
Kindergarten roo'ri, and suggest- •
'ed- that' the kindergarten is per-
haps as large as:it should •be for
a half-day :class;:' "
Robert Finlay was given • the. .
contract to • redecorate the school ' '
halls, and entrances during East-
ei' week. ' -
IPrincip.al: Stuart Collyera thank-«• • : .
ed the ,Board•' fdr' their co' -o era- -
P
tion during Education Week, 'ancl• ,
in rely an expression of appr'ec- -
ration was extended
...- the s
taff
for .th,e work they had don.•e, 'h
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