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Open, Dedicate
Large congregations•
•morning
and evening, far exceeded the.•
spacious accomodation of the new
and' modern Pine Riy. er United
'• Church, which was openedand.
dedicated with. fitting'
press1ve cerer ionies.'
The new edifice is a glorious
tribute to the , religious. zeal : and
devotion' Of this: '90 -family con-`
gregation and their pastor, Rey.
J. C. 'Hutton. '
The '• history 'of the congrega.
tion dates , .back to 1862 When
services were first held in _theme
school. A log church.: was built:
LUCK'NOW, ONTARIO .WEDNESDAY,_ JULY 16th, 1958:
New. dine River
WANT TO ,,
FLOODLIGHT ►THE
WN
Ii'C 4'
TO:DURING CENE'ENNIAL
If the planning of the Centen-
nial Lighting 'Committee gets
ull support . the Village . should'
really be "lit. ;up" for the' Cen-
tennial.,The'._r ew;., lights:. on -b the
"back. Streets" have added much.
in this respect, . and the Lighting
Committee,: headed• by E. , .H
Agnew, • has 's .o: m:e • finishing
'touches to complete the job. ,
Colored lights are ,to be, strung
and householders, merchants ;and
industries 'are • being . askedr `to
assist in brightening up .the _Will_,
age by leaving lights on.
•Centennial,Friday,• Saturday,
Sunday and .:Monday that • lights
be left on night. Household
ers'are requested to leave' A porch
light or window light, on; busi-
ness places, their window lights
and street signs, and . industries
their plant .lights,'
years later .it, was in the,' path
of a bush fire, and was replaced
by a frame church in -1869, Which
was brick -veneered/ in ,1901., 'The
interior of the church was ' ren-
ovated in .1948, but it this mod-
ern age of highway traffic haz-
ards, the old' church with all its
`sentimental. , ties was , doomed to•
be moved back from the roadside
or taken down. The latter 'course.
was ' decided upon„ and within
two months. of the, cessation, of
services: in the, old" church; a
place of worshipreplaced it
within a stone's throw 'to the
north-west.
Cost of .the:,new. church' is 'about-
$30,000. The "contractor was the
Ratz Lumber.Company'df Water;
Guest • ministers'. at Sunday's.
memorable services :Were Rev:; D.:,
-D.' Gaynor. of'.Chatham and Rev.
,Duncan MacTavish of London;
and formerly of Olivet:
The • processional hymn opened -
the morning'' service followed by,
the .dedication, :prayer; and • 're
ceivin .of :the keys from Jack`
Liddle:' The minister and congre-
gation repeated:• the .words of ded
•
ication.
In addition to"specialmusic
by : the Choir, Mrs. • Harold.Hal-
. (Continued on 'Page 10)'
PLAN- CBC SALUTE
TO LUCKNOW
The ..CBC's ‘"Salute
a
Luck
now": wall 'je : one ' of the Sunday
features: of the. Centennial pro-'
:gram. This is : an Ontario -Quebec
radio .program which will ' be
ill based on 'historical information,
ger.; of Lucknow, and RS. well, will
ne.. " 'bring, -listeners ers •up=to-date on. •thea
progress of the Centennial, and'
the concluding features of . our
One hundredth birthda • .
Local: per -
p sonalitaes, closely' as''
sociated with the past and pres-
ent in 'Lucknow, w, lit l ,be
xtr,,
viewed .on this 15—minute. . pro -
•gram which' precedes the Neigh=
burly News- program : produced' by.
the `CRC o rat
c ope on 'with •
the Canadian : Weekly ' Newspap-,
ers :Association.
The story T will be developed
by Mr. Arthur Phelps who will
act as. commentator and inter
;.viewer.` 1Vir.. Phelps 'w s in.the
Villa e o
g. n Monday.,ev-
andh'd •s
•eral
interviews vi=�_..
ewsSentinel' .
.at: The �:
Office, with those who will be
taking part inthe broadcast. '
,`The: "Salute"
To Lucknow will
•be presented from' the stage of.
the Lucknow Town Hall, corn
niencing. at 9.45. The "public; is
invi4Rd to see and hear the
broadcast and are 'asked to be
in their seats. by 9.30 - '`fifteen
minutes before ",on . the ail'"'
time: There is, of course, no ad-
mission fee:.' q,
The program' is :produced by
Reid W. Forsee of .the CBC. -
Following 'the 15 -minute salute.
program; will be, the regular Su;n
daY riorn'ing • ra d o i ; feature,
e:
'Neighborly c atu.r
epee News". The /audi-
ence for Mr. .:Phelps.
narration. of interesting human
interest stories and his over.
ninety' birthday "greetings.
' The, broadcast from Lucknow"
terminates at 10.18 'a,'ni, leaving
ample °time .for• church attend-
LEGION TRANSFORMS
RECREATION .CENTRE
The transformation that 'has
taken. place at ;the Recreation
n
Centre the past few . weeks is
almost unbelieva I
, be,
Taken over by .The. Legion; 'a
few weeks ago,' feverish, activit ,..
has been underway since then.
in' readinessfor the opening
dance in ;thee ••'northwin o
g n
Wednesday' 'night: e
A' new entran 'e'• plan "
c p n has been
built, and t e :kitchen' and: lava
tory facilities have been relocat-
ed . between the two wings. .An
orchestra.:platforms has
been built:
in, the 'east end of the, -north wing.
and the' partition removed to
make, it a real ballroom floor:
Renovating and.' reming odell:of
, g
the south wing'will;be Completed
later; providing quarters for.b
both
the: Legjon and .Auxiliary.'
•C S. ;MMQUILLIN 'WAS
JUDGED BEST FIFER.
Charles McQuillin: of St. Hel-
enswon first prize as the best
fifer at the, 12th of 'July 'cele-
bration in linton.: on Saturday.•
Charles had, a busy : day of'; it,
as ' there were more , drummers
than fifers in the competitions,
and he played for, three or our
drummers as. they vied' for .•the
honors.: in:'this class,:
Charles and Fred McQuill�in
staged their annual'fife:,and
drum , p.erformance .on the Main
Street -in Lucknow on ',Saturday
morning before ' leaving.:to take
,par.t in "The, Walk". •
N.NOU NCE AWARD
WINNERS
. 1AT LD; H S
Winners , of • scholarships arshi s and
proficiency :shields at the Luck=
now ' District Ff ig'h 'School are as
follows, _ with the ` top. three ;stu-
dents listed according to merit
• in :each . classification!: •
Women's • Institutescholaa
rship
for proficiency •in :Grade :
.... XII.
Robert: Young, Patricia Welsh;
;James Petersen. •
- Language :proficiency,
rf ci
g g , : p o icieney, Grade
XII: Robert Young,.' , Patricia.
Welsh, • James Petersen.
English proficiency, Grade 12:
Patricia Welsh'', 'Robert ,Young,
Jaynes' Petersen. • •
Wm. A.,Schnid shield d for ''pro-
ficiency in Grade X)[..l_iill puck -
ton, Alex MacKenzie,. Jean -Rich -
'Mathematics pro ficier%y ii, n
Grade. XI: Bill Buckton,': Grant
McNain, Alex MacKenzie: ,
Wm A.:MacKenzie shield., fore
proficiency in Grade X; Helen
Campbell, Nancy . Forster,; :Geo.
Gibson,.:
History proficiency,. Grade X:
George • Gibson, Nancy Forster,
Helen. Campbell, •
RECEIVE WORD FR6111 '
DOROTHY :DOUGLAS IN" ROME.
Miss 'Dorothy . Douglas is en
route ' home on furlough' from
Tamsui,'; Formosa, 'but • is doing
some travelling and visiting en
route, and will not reach Canada
for several weeks yet', She . is
travelling : by 'air and expects: to
arrive at , Malton on September
i'er. " aunt, Miss ,Christina Car-
rick, • received,. a lettetr'from Dor-
othy fro'in Rome a few days ago,.
and earlier had received 'a card'
from Jerusalem,' She intendsto
spend . a month in' the British.
Isles, and to : attend the festival
at. Edinburgh.
• 'Finlayson' Bros. shield for •pro-
fieiency, Grade IX 'Geo,: Bushell,
th Cooper, • Terry: Wilson -
�' fish • proficiency, 'Grade IX:.
Beth Cooper, Janet Finlayson,,
Delores.: Heffernan. • :
Unable; To' include Lucknow In
Itinerary Of Princess Margaret
Plans for :the Lucknow 'and
DistrictCentennial, were not
many- weeks 'old, when the 'idea
was' conceived. by Jim Henderson
Of. ins iting • Princess' Margaret to
STILL AVAILABI EI . Luk
r:1,
c nov�r',at Centennial time..
Tfiere aa e stil a few:' Cen- : •Ii r o t i
e .Rya Hghnesswill be in.
tennial bumper stickers avail- ` Stratford .to. attend 'the' Festival
-, able at 15c,: as well as. a' liar- on. August 1st:, the 'evening " our
ited quantity .' of ."Donald Centennial °.pens. .She 'returns'
Dinnie" stationery envel: immediately ', after: by . special
apes and lett'erpaper. train, to Ottawa, where week -end
•ceremonies have, been. planned;
MAY RIDE THE BUS This' official' reception 'requires
"BACK -TO -SCHOOL" ,the presence Of. Prime , Minister
John, D;iefenbaker, and eliminates
Clair ,Agnew and Montgomery any • „possibility of having him
Motorswill operate busses: on visit Lucknow': for the opening of•
Saturday morning, August 2nd, the Centennial,' as had been lop -
for 'the.' "Back -to -School'" . trek, ed.
Y
The rou`t
es are listed in an ad= :Lionel.Masse: secretar to the
i in this ' issue, •andi overnor General:in in relying to
vertisenaent : .. replying.
along the route .:can the.' invitation to .Princess Mar-
anyone 'ride!'
a� h
heel; 1. `are .sated . thatletter .. .
Mat -
"catch a i ide .bac].. to schoo . „ g t, 'stated the lettwas
• It is hoped that . a good 'niim 'being ,referred" to the chairmair.
ber well takeadvaiZtage of this of the ' Government "Hospitality.
- . :, , . _ .
service. as it will.add •a good , Committee, Department• of Ex-
des to the . event to have the ; ternal Affairs In due time the
}busses- pull :UP—With . their load•i foIlowing reply was` received.
of "old tirneis"- returning .to: Deas Sar, •'
childhood . scenes. 'where, they I slfoul.d like to refer to your
learned the3>';:: 1 fetter of March 42'_1958, to His
:Excellency the Governor' :Gen-.
eral requesting that consideration
be given ' to 'arranging ,for the,
presence ::of Her Royal Highness
The Princess Margaret at the
Lucknow and Distri'et Centennial
during, Her 'Roy • Highness'
visit ,, to ...Canada this summer..
1 regret' very much to tell you
that due'.to 'theshort time avail=
Able for the visit and to the • dif-
ficulties in . planning which, arise
from the long distances involved
the. Government Hospitality Corn-..
mittee •.has riot been :able to ar-.
:range an itinerary for Her Royal
Highness in which your invitat.
tion could be included,
I. ern sure that you, will: Under-
stand that in, planning a' tour,
of this nature : the 'limitations
imposed by. time and geography
often necessarily enforce the
omission .of :most appropriate and
p
attractive` events , from the pro'-
gramme no matter how anxious
the.Committee' is, to ;arrange for
their inclusion. •
Yours` sincerely,
N. Cadieux,
Government Hospitality
Committee:
Friday,5 t Au 1-tiSt First
Will viov '.4 'gala 'seen?,
:when folk in Luckiio\rt, party bound':
Wtli' sc' k :the lir ,ly School '.gree .
r�
Pipe
;z e; t1 lrl'.shia 1, and fiddlers too
1
Will 'tho st'er•t 't ld air -s,
;1 y ` yrne SirigF:rs, quaintly .gal b
Wli,ic 1.c,
Will clrawe' aVars yo i •carps.
N'i°'ath C'hine'se. l'li•ntci'm, you. can sit
Ancl�
tiew the••.dance •,anddr;il:is{r
.t it`t'tin, friends of other ..
1�days'
l� sill e to giCe you thrills. •
',And while the co•ncert is all free
arden Party
You'll have a, chance• to buy
Sandwiches, tea and .candy .too
From ...waitresses who'll vie
To please your taste,• their costumes: neat
Aire sure to take your,. eye:
But not a. word. ' mist you let drop
:
•
Of seeing there "Old Faces"..
• Foie 'true the years but add t.¢: hearts:
:. 1 'New .widom and i eW graces,
• :Twill, surer; be a wondrous night ".
All full of sweet surprises •
So plan to come at half .past even'
This calf to you advises'
TEN' PAGES;
LME.NT
EPS CLIMBING
Anticipated attendance a t
Lucknow Public .School upon the
opening of the fall term, will.
exceedY.200.students, arid! -:in spite
of the opening• of an additional
classroom • and ,adding. another
teacher to -.the;.•. staff,' accomoda.''''-
tion is still ' being taxed . to the
utmost.
As , a.: temporary measure at;
least, new children, cannot be.
accepted from school sections,
wherein: the .school- is -operating.
Lucknow hasbeen „gron;
ity
en s in t.' e in
' who. are• being 'transpvicorted.•.
from rural sections . where the
school is ' closed
In the odd private case, where
children are .:situated closer'; to
Lucknow than to their own.':
school, •they have • been , enrolled '
at 'Liicknc'W,;' 'and'.' any in this,
category attending L u c k n o
school • at the .end.. of June,will
continue .,to• be. accepted. . •
However ,• for; the time being
any other "new" student in this
category 'cannot be ' accepted i
p n •.
Lucknow,.• and. will' have to :attend;
hisor her. own ' rural .• school.
Some painting pointing and
roof repair :and .flagpole g ere ti
cion
is . currentlybeing ,carried out,. to• .. '
have the • :building 'and grounds,
..
shipshape for the Centennial
back -to -school program.
Likewise'• the grou ds.'
at
the
' District HighSchool'
havebeen receiving some groom.
' .
ing, . and -will offer" an attractive,
appearance. For some home=.
comers. it will' probably be :the
first .time :they. have seen,. or at
least, •had a; chance to 'visit this
modern new:school: •
Need .Typing • Teacher
Meeting ;last' .for; chiefly .rou- ."
tine business; the High .' • School •
Board discussed the need • of an
additional 'teacher, primarily; to
teach typing,. even .on. a.:part-time
basis:
HOLIDAYS;. IN AUGUST
•
Holidays at The,Sentinel., are
being. planned., for the issues of
August, 13th and 20th. Iii other'
words, we. will: publish the issue •'
immediately 'following ' the Cen-
•tennial, and then take off to re-
lax a bit: for a couple' of weeks, •
dropping the two 'issues as above .
mentioned: ;` '
• It' will be two years since:The
Sentinel staff • had: a holiday:
Last :summer. . we ' were in the
throes of. moving to : new quart-
ers, and while we had to sus-:
pend publications;• . it was no holi-
day, •
CENTENNIAL, FUND
REACHES $1,500.I%' ARK;.
Surpassing . �al1 ` •previous ' f. :
weeks; contributions' ,1 a s t
'week , to the : Lucknow and
District Centennial fund.:'` to-.
tailed, $144.00, to send the
grand. total' to within a` few
dollars of fifteen-` .hundred``
$1,490;60:
;Contributions • • were from •
,the following.: Ruth McKin-
non, London D A• new,:
:Plyn:,outh, Michigan; A. M.
Thompson of 'Bowmanville
Wilson and Lena Woods, of ,
Guelph; 'Wilfred Hackett, R.
7, .Lucknow; • J, S: Mitchell,]
I1ondon; Dr, 'W•• C. Mcc-i:eg-
or Chicago:; J b Burns,.
of Wingham; Dr. TLenneth .'
Thompson,' Chicago; , Mrs.
George A. • Linley, Detroit;
Mis A C Smith, Mrs. S.
Arnistro g, Lalla Arthstrong
Sinclair, Ajax Ross' Cum.. •
Ming, Lucknow; Mrs.Aida
a
Smith, Detroit: Ethel ' Rob,-
'ertsdn,, i:ucknow•; Mr. and
Mrs, "tNrfi.' Hewat, ..Vaneouv-
Mrs, Helen • A
. idcrsori,
London; ;Henry ' Gardner, g,
2,. Lucknow; .Mrs. Percy Wirt
bush, London; •Pearl' M, r*
"Win,, Fort' Lee, New Jersey,
Mr: • and' Mrs. 1111II Reid,
Strathioy,
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