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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
• WEDNESDAY"t
JUNE; 4th, 1969
Shngle Copy .15e
'16 Page
TE,
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NIAL.: DINNER
WAR
A testimonial 'dinner ,'honouring
'E. HowardAAgnew who has. ` •
. retired as clerk of the:Village of
•Lucknow , was held. Thursday might `.
of last week 'at the Mayfair--Restaur-
About seventy people gathered, for
the evening Head, table guests in-
cluded Mr. and Mrs;. Agnew, Reeve
• George W. Joynt and Mrs Joy�/nt,
Councillors, Harold.Greer, Efd'on'.
Wraith, .George 'Newbold and their
wives Councillor Murvin Solomon
• and the newly appointed Clerk,
Wayne, Jamieson, Special guests ,
were:Mr, and Mrs'.: Agnew's son Joe
-and his wife Deane of .Detroit. •
Others,present were former Reeves,
Councillors,' Vilkage employees
and associates.
After grace, by S.B. Stothers, a,
roast beef.dinner was• served to
'those present..' George Joynt acted
as chairman for 'a series of m
formal 'remarks by those present and
for a'presentation to Mr, and; Mrs,
•
Agnew .•
Mr. Joynt said that is Was a plea.-,
sure for'hirn; on behalf; of the
age of .Lucknov,i , to:have the
• .age
to, speak :at the ;testiin'
onial dinner in.t}onour of Mr.A;g-
new'. "No citizen'of this com un='
ity was ever more proud of the
municipality Which he represented;
than Howard" cornmented M'r;
Joynt. He said "We are very proud
'of this man, a distinguished citiz
en who.always stood up for'Luc•k
now during his many years
associated with municipal affairs
Mr . Joynt outlined some of the
events surroundingthe life of Mr.;'
Agnew' who was born on ' Willoughby.
Street in the village': He attended'
public and high schoolhere and
after a short time in the banking
business in Canada located' with' the
first Nationalbanki in.Detrait: In
1928 he returned to Lucknow and •
became associated with his father'
who was clerk.of the village at that
time: Howard held- several' •
positionswithin the•municipal
Office, and later succeeded his dad
as, clerk.
Mr. Agnew has.always been
''keenly interested in sports -both
as a.participant in hockey 'and .ball
-for Many yearster. as n and la a •
umpire He was on the W. O. A. A..
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unday service At St. Helens Was5Oth
Anniversary Of Ordination Of Rev. Green
• 'I' his past Sun$'ay, June 1st , ' was a.
special day in the life of Rev: ..•F.
-Green' of St. .Helens. It:wats the
50th anniversary of the ordination'
of.Mr. Green into: tbe.Christian'
'ministry,'The occasion was marked.
by:
'Rev .Mr : Green: taking' his 'regular.,.
Sunday services at St , Helens Unit,.
ed` Church During the service he.
showed the, congregation a Bible.
w.hich'_had been:presented to him .r'
on the occasion 50 years previous.
Mr.'Green was ordained at the ' :
Methodist Church -in Kitchener on.::
June 1st; 1919.,During his years in
the ministryhe served at various
print, a icht l ttrrnteen
_Engineerun
and lia.ve contiinued:`'to reside there
Mr, Green was horn at Hamilton
and raised 'on his grandfather's farm
at Burlington.
An. unhappy note on: the' occasion.
Y.
of the 50th anniversaryof. the ordin'
• -
ation was that Mrs. Green is a pat-
ient'
ient• in Wing ham Hospital. ital.
g P
She-
suffered.a fractured' legsome time'
ago in a fall on ome ice while
returningfrom church,. Mrs .:,' Green
has been in hospital two -Months, 'is
progressing well•and it is hoped;
that she. will soon -return. home.'•
years. ago., At that time he was. ser-
ving
er
ving:at Princeton, near Woodstock.
Rev .B. F..Greenthen'accepted the
• charge of St .`; Helens' and served as
• ,a retired supply minister`. He
continued this work for seven years
before giving''up his work at St.
Helens..A year 'ago when experien-
•
difficulties in securing
someone tO take charge at; St. ' Hel
\. ens , • Mr ; Green was asked by Pres
bytery to• again serve the St Heh:
• ens congregation,. He will
officially be relieved of this ;work
on July 1st when St Helens and
:Ashfield charge.,unite and when-
. their new minister .arrives::
The Green family purchased the
formairr David Todd gl ce' t St,.
Helens about seven years ago
Weekend'cjent'
A'single car :accident early Sunday
• morning at the east end of. the will -
i e did'`. about $200 darnage to: the,
car of William Thornsonr; second of
• Rinloss,
According to Ontario Provincial
Police officer, Constable James
l i�it°c-1 cif the 7t;tmrard
1.)ptaohinent , the Thomson
�''.tr•was proceeding east when the
driver lost control of the car and
billed ‘ it onto the north shoulder,
`triking. a hydro pole:-Neither_the_.._
+ driver, nor a passenger, Bcib,.
GArbutt'of the 2nd of Kinloss,
. tfl�ured '
Receives Go1c TCord For Guide; Work
Mrs... A E McKim of Lucknow,'
on the. left, is shown pinning
The. Gold Cord on the;uniform of
Barbara Wilkins of Ashfield.•Town-
ship who has.achieved .this highest
1,.
honour in .Guiding: ;Barbara is.;the •'
daughter of Mr and'.Mrs ."Charles
Wilkins The presentation was
•made at. the Zion United Church o
Friday evening,
n
Suffers:A,dint'.T
At Brookside
,.
ZION NEWS."'
''Yours ' GregHackett., son •of Mr..
g
an• rs. ' or•ne Hac . efts: met .with
a •painful accident` recently at
Brookside school,. While playing
outside, he came. in contact ,with.
the outside. wall of:.theschool,' ,
striking his,face so forcibl he'dam-
Y
aged three, of his front permanent
teeth: It was necessary for a dentist
to extract the damaged -teeth.
rea Young People.
core Well In`
ivestock Judging
Borne local young people placed. •
•well.at the Huron County 4=H
livestock judging'competition held'
last Saturday at Seaforth. 140' corn
peted'in the events
Murray Morrison of R.R. I, I:;uck
now tied for runner. up in`the senior•
competition: with 594 points out;,,of
•-a, possible 650. • The senior class
Wasopen, for' all 18 to 30 as well as.
those who had, represented ,Huron On
Royal ;tea
y.teams andgraduates of the.
2-year.diploma t ourse..in Agricult
ure..There were',13 competitors
•
Glen McNeil of R.R. '6,,,Godench•
scored 578' out of:650 to win the
junior class in which 48 competed .
It Was open to all 12.to 14 years of
age.
Helen Chandler of R. R.: 3 , Wing
ham won the Novice 'class for age.
12 to 17 competing for the first
time. She scored 578 'Out of a.
possible 650., 32+compet'eed in the'
class. She won. the Canadian Nat-
dressedTlonal Exhibition Shield as high, •Nov
ice judge. •
Lynda Walden of Luc1 i1ow tied for
second' place in the dairy section.
She scored 143 out of 150.
.
Murray Morrison of a, R. 1,''Luck
Murray
:Morrison
• ROBERT. A 1D.REW
Robert Finlay Andrew of Toronto
was among .350 graduates receiving
diplomas at the 204th•Convocation
of the University of Western Ontar-
io Friday, May 30th: Bob received
his Bachelor of Engineering Science
degree in Mechanical. Engineering.
Dr. George P, Baker,, dean of
va:td bu4ness-sehool a
the convocation.
Bob is the son of MP, and Mrs.,'
Alex Andrew;.. Lucknow is marr
ied .to the former Carol. Pentland of
Dungannon. They have two Sons,•
j'effre Y , and' Paul
•
Bob has,acceppted' a position with,
'Ontario Hydro in Toronto,
now scored high inthe beef -judging..
section. with .193 out of 200 winning
the.Huron 13eef Producers Award.
S:pendiugTh�ee:
Weeks In E04I0nd
Mt. -,and -Mrs. Albert Morton of
bucknow- left May 15th -for a4 hree;
week holiday. in. England
They will visit members of both `•
families, with' Manchester their
headquarters. The' Mortons made
'the trip by air•and will return
Tune 6.
To Work 111 North
West Territories
Wallace: Houston; youngest son of. '..
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Houston, . ;
Holyrood ,,.left Ottawa last Wednes-
day• with'North West Territories"to
be the • final des tination. A few days
will.be spent;at Stoney Rapid, neat
Uranium City, Northern Saskatch •
ewan', a few weeks then. at Buffaloe
Narrow ,:and later Baker Lake,,
North West Territories° where .the,
Survair Limited expect to be
until..August::The company do aer
ial survey,. and Wally's aeroplane:".
mechanics course continues.,
Th.e, last three months of 1968,
were spent,Guyana', -South'
America and �from',New Years until;
'end-of•March., Trini'dad West lnd-i
ies.' In the: intervenintime Wally
g W Y;
has been at the company headquart;•
ers in Ottawa •
R �. ER`R-WILL 1N7LL N�OVE TO LONDON-
Helens Join With Ashfield United
urch. And Secure :A ew Mrnister'
By, recent action of the' Huron- ::
Perth Presbytery; A -',7A . •
Helens United -Churches joined to
form a single char a Several
g . g
`weeks ;ago, the three point charge"
of Blakes-Hacketts-Zion in. Ash-
field joined to becomeone'and...:
-now -with the addition of St. Hel
ens, they .Will operate. as a. two,
point' charge with two 'services,
On Wednesday night :of"last
• week, Rev:.D.J,'Mac-Donald,
Chain -flan of the' pastoral; relations
,committcc of-P•r=esby-ter�; me�with
representatives of the two former,
charges
. The result of themeeting wasr.the
acceptance-by-the-new-cha-r e .o
the Presbytery appointment of Rev:
James Humrnel;. B.A. as their new
minister Mr. Iumrnel has'been
minister of..ifie-•-Dra.ton-united
Y
Church for the past six years.: He
P Y
is married and has a ;teenage son
He Will' take charge of the Ashfield
- .g . .
St. Helens charge on July lst
Rev.: G.•W. ,Kaiser, who, has min
istered:tb the Ashfield United' ,.
Church circuit for the past twelve.
,years, is ,retiring and will move to
London at the end of June
The St...Helens. Congregation is
presently Sin charge of Rev B: F.
_G.ryeen,,af-S t„-lie_1ens-.w•kio . was _ , .'
appointed; by Presbytery a year ago : • �'':
Rev. Green .Was ,forme.rly.pastor at
•St.' Helens and 'retired fora
period of time before being asked
u
duties• w'ill•end.:July:.1st with the'
appointment of the new ;minister
Wili4mflenceMinisfryAt4heLucknO
United • Church Ylre First 0# Ju•..•
ly, '
•
REV. ROBERT G; NICHOLLS
Rev. Robert G, Nicholls, present:
ly of Norwood in the. Peterborough
area,, las. accepted a call as mai'n-
MRS. -ROBERT G. NICHOLLS
•
. .
aster of 1,ucirnow United eC'hurc�t and
will commence his new duties here
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