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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-09-13, Page 1ith; 1941 Th . wao Pc 18c. 154 )C ER PC nc Ic 17c -• Luck- sd.ay. 4 Pinei'Lth week rs, • 4.44 ^ 41 t 01 • • • ' . • KOS A Tear In Advance $1.00 Extra To U S A • IP I C Move TO -: loco eop e ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13th, 1907 Single Copy.;10e • 24 Pa1/*$ Eliminate Agent -Operator At Lucknow • Village council and'a number of' , „local, businessmen, meeting last. ' Thursday with with Canadian National. ;Railway officials and an inspector of the board of ttansport Corrimiss- • loners, opposed a CNR application to removethe CNR agent -operator • - ,from the Lucknow Station. • The CNR has aiked, permission from the the board of transport cot/un-: issioners to reMove, the. agent but there has been no decision. • • board decision on a similat, , ,vapplicatton to remove the agent: • from nearby nearby BrUssels. is:also pend?.. • ing', That. appliCatiOn :w aa opposed -by businessMen$44,:071. Soels coun- Iafly • • 1 Troubles come often, it Seems at the Melvin Passmoreitorne in 'Luck - A fever weeks ago, .Mrs. Passmore. injured her neck and was unable to wotk until recently. Three days after her accident, her grandmother passed away in Toronto. A few days following, her son Rick was admin- ed•to hospital to have surgery on , both large toes and cartilage temp ed. Things Were just getting back ;to normal when Mrs. Passmore's mother, Mrs. Darby suffered a severe heart attack on Saturday and is now a patient in Wingharn, Hospital. The passmores -reside just south of the Legion Hall and Mrs. Darby lives in the trailer home just to the east of the, Passmore • house.. • Spence Irwins Are 38 Years Wed • Mr. and Mrs. Spence Irwin of Lucknow observed their 38th Wedding Anniversary on Monday. $repternbet llth. ' • Mrs. Irwin is the former Mildred Roberton, daughter- of the late Mr. and Mrs,.William I. Roberton of Auburn. Spence is the son of Mrs., Wilson Irwin ofilrucelea, Walker- ton and the late Mr. Irwin:. . L , Mr. and Mrs. Irwin have a fam- ily of three, George of Chelmsford Mrs; Laura. McComachie of .L • • Georgetown, Ross of Lucknow; twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild. nii, at iiPuhlieIneeting there Wednes day . If the Lucknow. agent -operator is removed, Harold B. Giles, super-L- sintentclent of transportation from - the cNktoonagri office, toid,the;. Meeting, the CNR could Meet • local Service requirements without' a representative. , Freight arrangements now made-.. through the agent -operator 'would have to be made through CNR, Witigharn offices. Lucknow 'rerria.in the shipping and receiving pot,lt.. Passengers,' instead of 1?,nY'-•„,. Ingo ticket from an agent. .would haVe-tO pay after boarding •• trains' that that wOuld continue to stop here. . •i otpress freight facilities were reit-loved frOm the laucknowstatioR to a downtown office a few .rrionthi. ago. ' • • ' '• . William J. Rupert of Toronto; bOaid. inspector, told the meeting -1 the only objection to the CNR , , • • CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 " • . I ' ' • . • . • Drowned As Ship Sinks Near Norway • A tragic accident off the Norweg-, ianlioast, September. 3rd had local coCections here. The,bOdy.of Rob- ert Bruce Bradley, age 24 of Meat - ford, was found after the sinking of the Norwegian coastal vessel Dux. NOrth. Fourteen persons are believ•-= ed to havedied when the 497 ton vessel sank . ,;'z••• The youth was the oldest son of • Mr. and. Mrs Jerry Bradley of Meaford and had just completed •four years at London University where he had received his Bachelor of Arts degree. He was working hii .way around the world and later • ' ' planned to return home and mach high school. He left in January and planned to be away a• year. • • Bruce's sister graduates as a nurse 'from Owen. Sound hospital this weekend. He has two brothers. His grandmother is Mrs. Sadie Cuming of•Blyth and Hugh Curning-of Lon- don and formerly in the barber:: , businessin Lucknow, is' an uncle of the dead youth. Arrangements weretrying to- be made to have the body returned to Meaford for ,25 Gurn Salute ........ 4 •Is Fiiir., Spectacle • • The 21st Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, will present - a twenty -fivegttn salute at, the • Lucknow Fall Fair this Saturday in connection with their visit to Luck• now. • The,saltne Will: take place at 7:15 in the. evening at the Ball Park and should be an interesting'sPectacle • to see and hear. It istimpOssible tn,COndUct, the gun salute 'during' the.afternoon until horses and • ,l`l,Visttickare removed. from the'. grounds'. OthetWisei4the sa/kute'. • . Would probably cause problems :And cittger.With the anirnals.• • ' .The group will participate in the :parade. at ip. m. They have been 'good enough to remain to 'offer the spectacle. in *the. evening, and the Fair committee hopes that a large gronp.of people will return to the Fair grounds by 1:15' toseethis/ demonstration., 1.111111i1111111.111111111111111111111111110i11111111111111111 Farm old „ The farm of Gordon borscht on the second of Kinloss, formerly known as the Levis farm, has been sold to Lorne Sparks of Bayfield. The sale arranged by Stan Kay, local agent for H. Keith Ltd. Realtor of Toronto. ' • , • , • . ant n onager For Roger West George Joy= of Lucknow, Reeve- of the village, was recently app ointed as campaign manager for • Roger West, Progressive Conservat- ive candidate in the forthcoming provincial election on October 17th, To date, two of.the parties have nominated candidates. Mr. West , of Wingharn will carry the P.C. banner and Murray Gaunt of Wing7 ham, the sitting Member in the • legislature, will again represent 'the Liberals in Hnron-Bruce. Redistribution has enlarged the riding of Huron -Bruce for this election. W. B. McCool of • , Wingham, who has acted as return- ing officer for several elections, will again serve in that post. • ' • • Lucknow's main celebration for '• Centennial year isinthe final stag- es of planning and everything seems in order for an exceptional Lucknow Fall Pair and homecoming weekend•this Friday. Saturday and Sunday. The lord annual Fall. Fair : of the Lucknow Agricultural Society will be.staged on friday. and Saturday ,and a community worship service is.planned'y the Lticknow Ministerial Association. for Sunday 'afternoon. * „ • * I, The arena will be open on Friday, evening for the viewing of indoor exhibits. For the convenience of exhibitors, Fair seeretarY.Mrs",‘ Fred McQuilliri•will be at the arena on Wednesday,and Thtirsclayafternoo the two days preeeding the 'Fait as well as on Friday and Saturday. •• DOnald C. MaeIntyre of Kinloss is president Of the Pair for the sec- ond year and has been busily wOrk- tit on Fair projects in recent mon- ths. Donald will be in need of .•• Many 'willinghands tO, assist on the day of the Fair.. • ' . • 4 ttee have been working for many weeks on the opening parade • which commences at 1 p.m. on - SaturdaY. Charlie feels that the parade will' be the best ever in Lucknow and the committee is expecting.entries from all•business places and organizations in Luck - now and District„,This.-is a Cent- ennial community event and all -‘ are expected to Participate.. . • • • . • Music WilI be ;plenty;atthe Lucknow Fair Headlining the event and leading the 'parade Will. • „...1 • be the famous St Marys band, •• whose picture appears on the front page of this issue Other bands. .•,•• lined UP for the parade wilI be Lucknow Pipe Band,. Lucknow Dist rict High School Band, Teeswater Accordian Band-and:the Stover Family'Clown Band.; • „. Beauty will also headline the parade. Miss Dominion of Canada will be on hand as -well as contestants in the Miss Mid West- ern Ontario Bea4ty Contest. As of writing time Tuesday afternoon, nine girls.from nine towns had in- , , • Charles Webster and his totnrni- • . CONTINUED ON •PAGE • Lucknow MinisteriatAssoc. Finalize Plans For Community Centennial Service The Lucknow Ministerial Assoc- . iation met last Thursday at the home 'of the Rev. ,S.E. Jay to fin- alize plans for the coming Cent- ennial service on Sunday, Septern- ber17-, at 3:30 p.m. This Sunday was chosen because of the Lucknow Fair Friday and Saturday • with the church service to. culmin- ate the Centennial' weekend. 71(e•Serviceis a combined effort ' of the churches in Lucknow, with participation of the whole community in various parts., It will be held on the fair grounds, weather petmitting,but if the weather ,shpuld be cold or rainy, permission has been received to use the High School Auditorium. A combined.Choir of the churches . • ,will perform under the, direction of • Mrs. Gordon Montgomery. Girl, guides and Brownies are involved in a prayer of dedication. Boy Scouts and Rovers will be asked to take . . charge of parking and ushering... Groups of the various churches or community groups', not involved in a specific part of the serviceare requested to attend in body -form and 'School children are requested to , • be at the place,of worship at 3 00 to practice a Centennial Song under direction of Mrs., Montgomery. The service will be conducted by the ministers of the Lucknovi Minis- . iterial Association, the Rev. Laird Stirling will bring the message., , • Printed Programs will be distributed, at the gates or doors. • . , . '• The Renowned St. Marys Band Will Lead The Fall Fair Centennial Parade Saturday . , • • •44 441 .. 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