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LUCKNOW ONTARIO WEDNESDAY; JUL Oth•
, 1958 '
i TEN PAGES.
Big new break 9f the week
'was a.telephone call on -Tuesday
from Reeve George W. 'Joynt an=
nounoing. the Billy , O'Connor
and his entire troupe, woulc1:be•
in I1wCndW, on Saturday,, •A,ug-.
ust 2nd, to take" part in:the Cen-
tennial program.
Executive members 'nave been.
aware ,for a few days that Reeve
Joynt„ president of the Centen-
nial, was trying , to `.brook this -
big name TV :Star, and his sup-
porting cast and orchesta.
Mr, Joynt , met. 1Vir.. O'Connor
ham • ton ;1•ast Frida
aia groun.wor "e: wen o;
Toronto on • Tuesday,, • had' • din
ner with Mr, O'Connor, and . in..
mid - afternoon telephoned...the
good .:news. that arrangements
• • were Completed, •• •
The :O'Connor show; comes 'to
'Luckno•w . under 'the sponsorship
• of. Coca Cola,. of Canada, Limited;
through the courtesy of'.Goderich.
Bottling Works, Jim Bissett, 'pro-.
prietor,: ,
The O'Connortroupe, includ-
ing such• stars as Sylvia Murphy,
will, arrive iri : Luck/low early
•• Saturday .afternoon and will be
available for :an impromptu •ap-..
pearance
In the evening tey will stage
al:Variety show.>tn. the arena,
lowed. by, dancing to Billy's ,or-
ches.tra:
LOCAL LADDERS.'
TO SO,UTH`. AFRI CA
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•'. The Beatty: Ladder Company'.
is working • on its ' first export.
`.order of •Lutknow-made• ladders.:
is; an .order for 40 -foot ezten-
sibn 'ladders, ddersa. • to • be :'shppc..d to •
South' Africa; and it, is expected
• the shipment will be ready about
the end of thy' week. •
'Beatty Bros: • have been supply
' 'ing •an export .market in South
Africa, Trinidad; and .,q°Bermuda
for some' time,` but the current.
order -is 'being filled for the:' first
time by Iucknow ,Manufactured.
ladders. ' '
..The'".: payroll now :• stands'' ,,at
we ty-itwo.,. and production •
gradually being speededu•p ; as
employees .become snore skilled
and experienced at, their jobs.
...:Ladder deliveries have been
:made ' for the past few weeks,
,.but this week ,will see the first
export order filled.
. LOCAL iOY; NAMED
SCHOOL INSPECTOR
Graliaril MacDonald. of London
i as;,bEvr.t narried inspector , of ti
• fiew • school • inspection dlstrct
COmprisiil r 'four- towrislii:y s eight
rllages : and one. ',town in thci
Strathroy-Fetrolia-Sarnia . ' arE a•
lie will ;live at • 'attord . .
Annota f1cerrie'nt.. of the ,appoint
itlerit was • n`ado. last week:- tiyd
foeDepartment. , ',f. Education,
Mr; o
,1Vracr)onald ;was previously
associate . inspector bf Middles,e:<
.:o,• a inspectorate, ,
laharn, is the son of'.1VIr" and:
Mrs, Win, .,F:,. "MacDonald,. RR, .G,
Lucknow: •and is a giadttatb ax
buCkricy,r,..l istrict I1igh School.,
;COUPL`I TiONORD•:.:or
GOLDEN WE•DDI.NG '
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INVITE STORIES AND.. ADS:' •
FOR , CENTENNIAL ' ISS.U•E '' •
With the, historical book
now in the binding.•process;•.
attention is. -:being• focused on
gettzng out • a. special''Cehten- `
• nial issue
"This . • issuofe The willSentinelfeature
st'or'ies and articles, which
could .not be includedin the
,-•book,. They...:wiil' be._ of. his. -
toric and reminiscent nature
u
;con ent o ' the 'book..
Atsuch a. time memories
are stirred :and there is the;
urge• to put these thoughts
on paper. • We welcome • such
reminiscing . or family • histor-
ies of any "old" family i.n,, the
district. But, we must ::1 have
them within ten days.
'There will be no solicita
• tion Of 'merchants, 'to : advert
tise• in this issue, but _product •
' orgreeting ads will certainly'
be welcome. ,We will. write
• and .' illustrate, appropriate.
ads for • anyone ;;who• wishes•
space,. but ` which 'must be
• : Ordered at an early `date •as '
work _on,_this issue gets' un
•derway this week: •
•...•'The circulation of;,; the.
"Centennial Special" will be;,
increased 'considerably over
the present •weekly press run :.,
of 1,800 copies.: •
of;
Luckn,o en
weddingay,.
July'; is the
Village as'
.held.' . and of
friend's:'to
e.� tend: to.
wish the n
niversar.
'Tea Was poured b '::' Mrs. Reid',
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MIt. AND MR:S
and Mrs.. Sam, Reid
vii, celebrated their'goh
anniversary'' on T.uesd
t. at their.. home' in
when open house' .w
rd a large . number
anti. neighbors called
congratulations and
e couple many more' a
Y
ister,: Mrs. W '' R.' Farrier ' of
Whitechurch. The tea ;room was
ttractively decorated, with
r,5 including: a large . bouquet of
old'en..: mums ; from the' grand.
children.
•.Mr... 'and•Mrs. Reid, the' former'
Matilda • Javis, were rnarried on
July lst,, 1908, .at the home.' of
'the: br.ide'.s..parents,. Mr.. Edwin
Jarvis, and the • late•LM'rs. Jarvis,
Con. 12, West Wawanosh The
ceremony, was A.,performed by
Rev J, Ford.,:of•L,ucknow Meth'
odist ch rch, assisted by'Rev.,Mr;
Findley:. Of ..Whitechurch: ,Mr: 'and
Mrs.; Reid lived,•all' their married.,,
life "in .rAshfield:::Township, until
moving:to : Luckn'ow: •thirt'een
•.yea•r.$ ago.. •
•A' fariily gathering -was held
at,the 'Brunswick •Hotel, Wing-,
hair, on, Sunday,' .June 29th, when
forty, sat down to a turkey..din-.
'tier. Among 'these •were the rnem-
bers of. thein fanail'y, Mi.s. Re;id's
•only, siYster, . Mrs: W R. '..Farrier,
and.'Mf, sisteiks,.Mrs, Cher-'
SAMUEL REID
terNicholson' .and. Mrs:' James
Pipe • of Goderich and Mrs Jas
:•MacIntoshof,Wingharri,� and their
husbands. Another '. sister,
Pesha of Detroit,`, was ;unable to
be ;present...Mr. MacIntosh pro:-
posed„ the toast to the guest's of
honor arid Mrs.,Reid replied.` :
They,have, one son; Milvert on•
the home farm ,near, Zion and
four daughters, Mrs. Peter Cook
(Evelyn),. Ashfield; Mrs. Charles
McDonald (Ruby) and Mrs. Wm.
Humphrey .(rioris),.West Wawa
nosh; 'Mrs.. ' Russell Clipperton
(Lorna) , London.'' There aresev-•
enteen. • grandchildren : 'and : one
great .grandc' ild.
Sent nel Photo
B G OWL 'RAIDS'
CHICKEN HOUSE
:G��aydon Ritchie ' had . the mis
fortune to lose 102. of 300 six-
week -old pullets :recently at the
hands,of an'' owl, which had: a
wing -spread of 52 inches,' •
` Graydon .went to let.the chick=:,
ens , out .bf the colony 'house and
upon' opening the '.door, found
dead chickens piled' • up against.
the door and.' lying :on ,the floor,
Mr; Owl.' was . still ,'in the colony
house •and . was''killed by means'
of. a .club' at the ..hands of •Mr
Ritchie The , oWl gained. :entrance.
by
by • breaking ..a window.:
eStores
Close Centennia1
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Gist ll(311r1,1 .,lr+,'1:1;,1 11114 (`1 ic
hir,li(1 r" :. `fh•+ ;diff:+ talk on ;thie
'final(thy '~hi' ' tile • l tic..k•,nit ' ('c' r -
t'c'm1itis 1.
tit.tenCt tit the itit'oting Was.
sin nl1,'1n, 1, iitj%111 i (Yll • til'1hp• 1-1rf�t-
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Cetitulliiai1 :l.rit�n-(1 hips 111 t 'ctT111,
b,' :relic v('il' 'c>tlrE'1'y said .that it
of 1} t1 t'tcC`1" C.1)lt` ; Way', 01 • alit;
did., ty
'ochry" 'to.thelnr and that trey
+i'thc'r• . ,dtrclsio1L
, :Were ltoik who inforn1cd
1 110.1 C, t
`tlrvy wt'1`r� i�tt1,"Sr
that n7c'(,tirr,�• .th41t
(.) )E`fl regardle •''of th•e.. d eis�-
ing•1
ion rcachccl"
passed `by the •
No Motion. 'Was
• ' �11iC1a1y cic�s•y
Association' .as to M(
��:,` • , ., a, `C']1.lrltti ��vi1l
rind,, 1nrnl 111, i.
Others ;Wil
►'r� Holiday
ilialkc their :own decision about
o'pth iiig. or. closing on this day..
'.irr.eliare'. for Christmas
arlta Clat sADa ,,,was;discs-
c l at the meeting 'and . usset Tor.
Saturday, •DecclYiber '6th. ' Last
Y c a.r '11(' .business men ran -short
of; .c. ldV for 'the -children, and
it iViii•~decided to order 100 dozen'
bags,... Of . cailcy 'an oranges for
this.yeart, '0
ffic s.
r � tLlect New O e, -r
• Roll Fi r1ar, w
as ele ed : presi
dont o 17, Association'sueceed
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Mike Sanderson, Clarence
Greer is the new vide president
and Elinor. c. Urbach , succeeds
'Lir el,TIa;ll as secretary -treasurer,
Rcclue5t By -Law Information
Coclncil ' is t�- be appr'oa•ched
yc;questing infoi'niation on passu
nig a "tra;nsientr `tizade 's" by law
that would restrict "fly by night"
operators setting :up in Lucknow.
Infortliation is. also to 'be'sought
regarding the ,local' licensing of
door-to-door pedlars; I
PERMANENT
RCAF ,COMMISSION,
The .RCAF has ,announced. that
'Plying Officer ' S-hirley Margaret.
(Robinson` of 'the: Medical ' Nurse
branch has been. ; granted. a per-
manent commission :'effective . July
1st; 1958. PIO'. Robinson' has •'been
on -the "staff' of- RCAF. Station;
Aylmer since 'May 1956. •
FSO ROBI
�OIV�
On Ontario girl, she attended
Public and High School at: Luck.=
now obtaining her .junior: matric.-
'Illation. After' graduation, Shirley
went into tr ining at .the .G
en-�eralaid Min :Hospital,. Owen
'
Sburd ; Otri.o. After 'spending
three •n onths at the.Ontari.o Hos-
pital in London. and throe months
at..,..the ,. s,:tel. . Chil"di'eri's 1'Iospital
;ill Toronto she • graduated with
her .RN in '-1953. Wl ile on ..Staff.
of.. the Western .Hospital iri Tor--'
onto 'shcdecided.: to join the.
RCAF; After iacceivi;ng' her,- Of-
ficers' Training •iri 'London she
served at REAP , hospitals ' in
Rocl;.clif fe and• Goose , Bay before
corning '•to Ayl'mor. • -
,F1O Robinson s'' parents! Mr,
and. Mrs.: Howard Robinson, r':e
side • inn' : Lucknow:,
TO OPEN NEW HALL
NEXT WEDNESDAY
The Legion. • has, lost . no tirrle
the past few W'eek's in xenovatL,.
ing' and remodelling , the Recrea-
tion Hall. They will mark the
opening of the new quarters, with
a : dance to' be held next Wed•
nesday' 'evening:
I;EV1'••SALES BARN
OPEN•S�N EXI . WEEK
The newly : constructed Luck-
now Community ,Sales .Barn wil
be 'used for • the . first time .':on.
Wednesday• df next ;week," 'and
will be 'open for public inspection
thepreceding evening Tuesday;
July' 15th.
Construcon; of .th
sales ,barn, 4ti.0x160 feet;i
•
e ie o the•�lvest` of, the 'Cal-
edonian Park, which permits `• •
ample parking space : just' -off.
Highif'ay 86. ' "
Facilities in'clude' a scales for "
weighing cattle and seating ac-.:
conodation for about 500 people:
Bob MacIntosh, the proprietor, .
announces that the building; will
,be; open. for public inspection' on
Tuesday; :July 15th, in the even-
in.g,
The weekly' Wednesday sales,
established in 1949 by, Bob's fath
er, the late Jack MacIntosh, •have
operated regularly :for almost a
decade,, ' and are', widely known.•
. During that ,period' the sales
haver been held in, the former
James ' .Johnstone's.:;. feed'' barn,
known better.. to . "old --timers" 'as
'Allan MacLeod's livery •barn.
HOT, MIX ON VILLAGE
STREETS NORTH:` AND SOUTH.
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The Lavis Construction. Com'= :
pally is putting ,a hot roll asphalt '•
top on Ross and. Stauffer Streets,,,
County: roads leading to the Main
Street from both south and north:
The new carpet like surface is.
beng rolled .Over ..t he concrete' :. ••�,
• and extends from the Village .
lirriits and '`'
d north, to the..
arena and town ' office intersec-
tions
CountyPquipment will co
rn
metice work ver` soon'to,p put a'
Y.p
cold asphalt mix On some sec
ondary'. streets in •the Village.
:DONATION COMES
FROM G'ERMA
Donations;to the Centenrli,'1
fund have been, and contin
.to be, received .fronri e .� • r
corners ••of the•cii : ' ent..Last '..
week • we• recei d: one, from,,
Germany. 'from:. "-Mrs:. 'Ken.,,
13: r i' d g e •s (Mae McMahon•) •
• w:hose.•husband' is with'•. the:
RCAF.,
Last.. week' there, Were ' 26. •
donations received: amounting •
to $137.50. for the .`best ,Week'
yet since centennial support=
ers started •voluntarily; sup
,po'rtin,g the fund, The: grand
total at the end of the week ., .
;, had soared' to _ $1,346.60. •
Last week's (lonoi s were
• Harald '.Greer,Lucknow; Miss,
'Elizabeth • Murdie, Luclnow'
Murdie, Lucknov,'; Mrs
•Torn .: Caster, iior'onto, .Miss
El'zabeth. Reid/ ::Lucknow, •.'
Mrs, ••Dorf 'Grahain,• ASar'nia; •
Mrs. T F1'.` Alton acrd 'Miss
Alma Alton, , London Iar
gaiet"gi IWon l'd, 1, Iai cls
.W F. MacDonald, •: Vii,
L:lcknot , ,Peakl 11•err•ill
Detroit; l : o s• s •?1-tacDonald',,
Kaptls1tasing. `W"illia,m Alton.,.
Toronto; Mrs, 'Pear1 Lewis, ,
' Detroit; Mrs" • Ken .' Bridges„
.Zweibr:ttaken, :Gertnany: Kate
McNabb 'and Gilbert arld
Annie; MacKay, Winni.pPg'
'Rober"t Miller,.Elstoly Sas]- ; .
Mrs 'T:, WW.. Reeve,-1,Vleadow- :
Vale, -,11. George 1W, Mac -Y .:
th egor , Chicago,' l~.•. W, .aid-
rev, Listowel; Roy : Still 1v-
son, Lucknow; ;Joan' MacCal-
. ruin• Port 'Alberni, 11C:; Jack
Webster, Uranirrn Citi
•Sask,;;:• I<en .Cameron; ,Luck-
now; Donald Finlayson, Doi
onto; Anna' Finlayson, Tor-
onto; Mrs.' ` 4 , E:, Nellei ar;
S'outhl' ??asaderla, C'alifornia.'
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