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LUCKNOWA, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOV. 19th, 1958 TWELVE PAGES
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We •reeeiVect this week a
. letter from 1-fondon,. England
from George A. Drew, High
Commissioneer for. Canada,
addressed to W. J. Armstrong •
Editor The Sentinel, • 1..414 -
now, Ontario, Canada.
.It .was, in effect, 'a. reply•
to an invitation from the 1.D.-;•
stet Unionist Council to speak
'-lat their, annual meeting. in •
Belfast Ireland, next .•March..'
Incidentally, Mr. Drew, had
decline as'the will .be at a
conference in 'Geneva at that .
time. • • • •
Can' you figure it?
14IR4 AND MRS. WILLIAM JOHN HUMPIIRIEY
Mr. add Mrs. W.
J.Humphreyish •'..• • - . .
of St. Helens observed. their 66th
wedding' anniversary . on Sunday,
November 9th.. • •
I Among the expressions of 'con-
gratulations and. best. • wishes
•were messages 'from Her Majesty
• The. Queen,provincial Secretary,
the acting Prime Minister of Can-
ada, John W. Hanna, M.P.P. and
Elston Cardiff,
The Queen's. Message, signed
by the private setretaiy, read as
follows: !The Queen is interest-
ed to hear' that you are "celebra-
' ting the 66th' anniversary of YOur.
•• wedding day and sends you war-
mest congratulations and . best
wishes." .
Mr. Humphrey is • in his 98u1
year. Mrs. Humphrey who will
be 91 in February, is 'the former
Zezia Phillips, daughter. of ‘.the
late Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Phillips.
Her father operated, the black-
smith shop at Old. Fordyce and
it was there, • at .the parental
home that they were .married on
November 9th, 1892 by Reverend
W. J. Connor',. rector of Luck -
now and St. Helens Anglican par -
:There Were no.. wedding:. trips
in those, days apd:, Mr.. and Mrs.
Humphrey immediately took -UP
residenceat the Humphrey home
near Si, , Helens where the. job , of
helping to draw 400 barrels Of
apples to market,' awaited • the.
groom.Mr. and Mrs.
.Humphrey 'resid-
ed in St. Helens .and in Western
Canada„fors'a time but the greater
Part. o. their life' was spent •ori
their farm ;west of St. Helens,
until retiring to St .Helens :ten
years ago. . • , • .
Faithful mertibers,Of St: Helens
United Church, : Mr. and Mrs,
HumPhrey were honoured by
the congregation on the occasion
of their diamond wedding.
, They have a family of One son,
Wm. A. lituriiihrey. of St. HO -
ens and two daughters, Mrs. Geo.
Walker (Eva) of • Wingham• and
Miss 'Lila Humphrey at home.
There are *eleven• grandchildren
and . twenty--tivegreat'. grand-
children. • '
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ArMNDANCE REQUIRED
IF SANTA TO ARRIVE
1,f Santa Claus is to visit Luck-
noW this Christmas season, a ma-
jority group(of the Business Men's
Association. must be present at
.a meetingto be held' on Friday
evening in the Town :Hall.
• ' A previously •schedUled meet -
Mg :had to be postponed 'due to
other activities in the Vilage, and
at the, postponed meeting ' last
week, only -six: members of the
association attended.'
Friday's meeting is, a must.
FRIDAY- MONDAY
.• Kinloss and Huron Townships
and the Village Of Lucknow will
hold nomination meetings on Fri• •
day and' Monday. Kinloss rate-
payers. meet Friday afternoon at
Holyrood Hall at one o'clock. In
Huron :the, meeting is Monday
afternoon at 1.00 p.m. and in
Lucknow, its an eveningmeeting
in • the Town Hall commencing at
7.30 p.m. - • •
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The Kinloss Board is .comprised
Of Reeve Harold Percy who won
the'.`seat in a by-election' in the
spring. .of 1955, as ,successor to
the, late David Carruthers.. Mr.
°Percy .succesSfully contested. the
reeVeShip in a 'three-way 'battle
last year -with Councillors P. 4:
Murray and Parish Moffat.
The reeveship election left two
Vacancies • on the Council which
were filled by %acclamation. by
Stewart MacDonald and Eugene
Conle.y. 'The two sitting memb-
ers were Wallace Conn and.E11-
'iott Carruthers. Mr. Carruthers
resigned the office late • in the.
summer to accept the apPbint-
merit of road "superintendent and
his successor is Edbert Bushell,
who, recently took office..
.Reeve Percy. has adicated that
he 'plans to stand for 're-election.
•We have heard little election
talk emanating from Kinloss and
it might indicate an' acclamatioin
in the offing. •
Appears 'Quiet Here • •
In the Village there doesn't ap-
pear to be any unusual municipal
SELL ,HOME. HERE
GOING TO EXETER
Mr. and Mrs. Innes 1VlacSween
..,have sold- their home on Havelock
Street to /Mr. and Mrs. Omar
Brooks of Dungannon, who ob-
tail.' possession early ,in Decem-
' • ber, Omar is the local Ig.assey
Harris agent. •
The , MicSween home is corn
Parathiely new, having been built
in 1952, after the MacSweens
sold their original home on Whee
i ler Street, to Mr. and Mrs. Angus
Graham: / ' •
...Mr. and, Mrs. ItitacSween• and.
!toddy plan to Make their tome
in Exeter, but. as yet have not
• geore4 a residence thre.
Ines is :with the Ontario in
sPetticn Service, for Farm rro
ducts grades and Sales, with re
speet to fruits, Vegetables and
honey. They have a district of-
fice aGrand Bend, and the Exe-
ter move will locate Innes More
advantageously to the producing
area. He has been with the De
, partment for eight years, origir'
01YE1S a honey inspector and for
the past two years baVing
in-
spectjon duties of wider scope.
Innes has been an official On
the ''Prebyterian Church Board,
and a valued member Of the
thoir during their residence here.
Sentinel Photo
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PASSES PltiMARY.
EXAMS IN ENGLAND. •
4, luzs
been successul•, in- the ,Prf
mary F.R.C.S. (Fellow of the.
Royal College • of Surgeons)
• examinations in London ng -
land.
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• He plans to try for the fin-
als, next year.
This Year Alex has been.
on the staff in the Emergen-
cy and Head . injury Unit, *in
the Radcliffe Infirmary at
Oxford, England.
C‘ERKPAY-$'11470c......-
••13OUNTY-.70R.spoT.. •
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CHICAGO TRIP FOR ,
MURRAY GAUNT
• (By Arthur Sp .Holton) :
Murray Gaunt, *R.R. 1, luck -
now is this years' winner 'of, a
special Junior Farmer, trip to •
Chicago. The trip is -awarded each ,
year to the boy.* girl in,,l-luron
County having the 'higheat total .
score in Seed and Livestock Jud-
ging Competitions M a ,two year
period Mr. Bruce 'Coleman, No, •••
4, Seaforth was •the runner up••.•
for thisaward and represented
Huron on the Eastern Ontario and
Quebec Junior Farmer' Tour,
earlier this fall.
MuTray has an outstanding re -
Farmer
work.' He was a Mern'61178rIfig.'
1aicknow. CaLf.. Club for four
years and had . the highest score
in that Club -each, year. In 1955
he was the, Winner of the Queens
Guineas Class at the 'Royal Win-. '. • .
ter Fair, 'in 1956 he was 'a mem-
ber of the Huron, County Royal
WinterFair Judging Team, which
won the Ontario Veterinary Ae-
sobiation Trophy for the .team'
with the highest score in the • •
Beef Section.. He is President of . •
the• Colwanash •Junior Farniets.
and is active m the Huron County
JuniorTaimers Association. Mur-
ray is a member of the Debating ..1
, • • • Team,. *hich; represented. Huron .
Bruce and Huron Counties County Junior Fairness. in '1957
have both adopted ' fox bounties and, will be competing in this
which • apply throughout e ach year's debates. Be is '23 years of
county and • replace any other age and •ii graduate of the Two -
bounties which .may have been. Year Diploma Course at the On -
in. existence at the County or tario Agriculture College. He is
municiPal • level. :. ' a son ‘ of . Mr.; and .Mrs. ,Andrew
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In Bruce • the •bounty is $5.00 Gaunt, who live cinthe-12thCon-
arid in Htiron it is $4:0G .Of this cession of West Wawarioih •Town -
amount the Province has • indi- ship. . •
cated it will pay $2.O0 '., . . Murray • iarMS with his father
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The bountyhas been •set up in and . since graduating. from Col-.
view, , Of. the rabies epidemic,' lege has constructed and operates'
with the fox the worst offender a turkeYi broiler house of 6,500
in spreading the disease. • , • .bird capacity. • i,.. , . ,
• Simple To Collect '•
• Collecting of the bounty is.
• simple. The fox ears :are, taken
ito the clerk of municipality which
, the animal was shot, and upon
the .filling out of the required
affidavit in. triplicate, the clerk
•is empowered to pay the bounty
at Once. • . • •
Two cOpies of, the affidavit are
Sent to the County!,,which-rekn-
I bUrses the municipalityand the
stir: Reeve George joynt will no j County in turn collects $2.00 from
doubtbe a Candidatefor re-elec-
tion, and 'here, km; one might
conjecture anaoclamation ih the
offing. : •
The present Board is tompric
sed of Reeve JoYnt and
_ Alex MacLeod, W. "Bud"
1,13MM:in% n,
Harrilti5 • M L. Sanderson and
' NATIVE NAMED" •
OTTAWA BANK MANAGER
Harold Treleaven. The latter two
members were appointedin mid -
Sumner to fill Vacancies caused.
by the resignation of .Councillor
Sam Sherwood and the death of
Councillor W. G. Webster.
-Retiring members of the Public
School Board, all eligible for re-
election .are, Mrs.: Jessie Alli,
limes, Boyle and Hebert Mac-
Kenzie. Other members with
year to min, of their two-year
term, are,: Chas: Webster,, chair-
man, H. M. MatLerintui and Wm.
Sthinid.
In event Of an election locality
both subdivision 1 and 8:
Will Vote ,at the Town Hall. Sub-:
division 1, the north-east sector
the Village, had previously
voted ..at the former ,Legion Hall'
on Main Street. and 'prior to that
for many ' years in the Orange
Hall, until it Was dismantled.
Election Looms. •
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As we reported, last week' an
election looms in Huron Town -
shit) Where Reeve Claude bore ist
retiring..
Week Later.
Ashfield and West Wayvan6Sh
nomination Meetings,Will.not be
held until Friday afternoon, to-
Vember 28th, in each case,
were .atithOtiOd and a. load of
earth ordered for the school
flo-
•rer beds,
Mr. F. C. (CarlYle) Macintosh,
son' of •Mr. arid, Mrs,: Frank . Mac-
IntOh • Of • WindsOr,..formerlY ..Of,
Lucknow, has been promoted to
Manager of the • New Montreal
Road and St. Laurent Boulevard
Branch Of the Toronto -Dominion.
Bank in Ottava.
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•CONSIDER P. S.
.SAFETY PATROL
At the November meeting of
the Public School Board, it was
decided: to purchase and place in
the school,..foUr historical books,
published at the iiine of theCen-
tennial. .This
. Village history ContainS
a detailed lit,coura of both the
Public• and . High School
and will provide . ihvdluable,
in-
- to future genetations.
Principal 'Sturt.. Collyer is
seeking , information .regarding
school safety program in respect
to a street safety oatrOl,
In the :winter Anne wheri up.
wards of 250 Children have to
"take:Jo the road".. it creates a
traffic hazard that is god tea.
son for c6ncerm
Used school ,deks are to be
advertised .fOr sae, A bulletin
board and kindergarten
uppIies
theProVince.
Few Foi:, Being. Shot
The Bruce bounty went into
effect more than a meek ago, and
the Huron bounty on Monday of
this week.' • .' •
• Although it maybe scion, to
doesntappear to
be any great number of fxesiri
the vicinity. Reports .of rabid'
foxes (several having been pro-
ven) have. died .ot at • the mo-
Fox:.drives have not been 'sue-
cessftil in 'rounding up' anY great
number of the •rynards. •
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The trip to Chicago is from
November 29th to December 5th
and will include .many Points of
interest in and around Chicago • ,.
including the Chicago. Worlds
Fair and part of 'the International •••
4-H Congress which is -held at.. •
the Conrad Hilton -HoteL • , .. •
JACKPOT, WORTH $75.00
AT THURSDAY'S BINGO
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The Legions weekly bingo on
Thursday night will feature a
jackpot new .worth $75.00 •with.
50 numbers to be called.
Thursday night will be a cash
bingo and regulangames will be
for $5.69, if the crowd warrants
it, and. otherwise will have tobel
fir relation to the—altendance.'
Mere wastriohome bingo Win-
ner last week and three prizes
totalling $85 00 are still to be won.
This week's six numbers were
drawn by Charles McQtiilhn,
Mrs. P. MacMillan and • Harold
Ritchie. • . • .
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ce Vaccinates 841
s. i
•ogA ,and Cats For .Rab$..,'
Locally there was clMie •at
total Of 841tariima1s receiv-
ed anti -rabies vaccination in
Brute COuntylast Week during
a six day cmpaign from north
to south, Thirty-three clinicswere
held, 'Starting at Tobermory. on,
Monday ...morning and ending at
Ripley on 'Saturday .afternoon.,
It was a free Service conduct-
ed by.: the Canadian Department
of Agriculture, 1-tealth of Anim-
als .Branch under the direction'
a 'Dr: .T. J. Cornish'of Chesley,
federal vterinarian.
The 'Sentinel.contacted Dr. COr-
nish. on Tuesday to obtain the
above figurea. Of the 8411, dogs.
numbered OM,' There were some
thirty- ' "misellaneoiis" animals
and the rest were cats. In some
centres, Ripley for instance, cats
Outnumbered dogs* by qiiite. ,a
Margin, • '
Kinlough On Friday Morning and
at 1...nckno* from three to seyen
in the . afternoon. At KinlOtigh
182anitnals ,Were vaccnated- and
in LuCknow 451, The County
average at these clinics was iap7,,
proximately 255. , •
There was a steady stream of
rural and urban folk, with all
marinel" of "pooches" and cats
in bag, boxes and baSkets. Cats
Were Vaccinated !in the bag", as
a caution against the "needle
men" getting clawed,
In this vicinity the Vateinatiori
figures were as fllows: •,f
Place. Dogs Cats
Xirilough 108 74
Lucknow 268 .188
Ripley • , 1*. .1-64
Bervie 124 . 128
Reid 'Corners 101., 128
Te.i.wte na 91,
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