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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-01-28, Page 1'J •• LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28th, 1953 ■ ■:. of > CAR PLUMMETS DOWN BANK,ESCAPE INJURIES ;.5O A YearIaAftvance--$1.00 Extr^ To U.S.A, 5* Oul d catch • him, > c ’st i 1 i clutching the ^le ttered inflic*- '- .-csh/ • LANSMEN DRAW SET OR FEBRUARY 20TH •. ■», ORM LISTOWEL AWPArrNERSHIP Robert-W. Andrew of Lucknow is entered into a laiw partner- lip with C. Morton Scott of Lis- wel, anawociation which be- ime effective Monday. ■ 7/ Mr. Andrew will be in Luck- >w twice weekly, on Wednesday id Saturday afternoons, at ibis fice in the Joynt Block. Bob is* 4* ten?dt?Mr. ahd Mrs, G. Andrewoftewn. He igirad- ited in law. in 1929; and for a »ar was with the legal depart - ent of the Bell Telephone Com? rijy at Toronto andHamilton. 1.1930 he mOved to Listtowel Here he followed his profession itil 1939 when he joined the •med services. Upon receiving his discharge in >46, he established a JaW prac- se in his home town at Luck- >w1 and had been the Village’s ily resident lawyer. He was a. ember of the Canadian Legion id served as secretary for sev- *al terms, and amongother civic itivities wasa member Pf the ebreational Committee and pf tie Clansmen.: Mr. and Mrs. Andrew have iade their home in Listowel rice their marriage last year/ The Clansmen’s prize^raw~fdr iveri prizes valued at $250?00 or etter, will foe held at a public ance in the Recreational Centre iFriday;February20th.- The prizes include > man or idy’s suit, cedar chest, set of ishes, tricyclft, electric stearii on, electric tee; kettle and a noker. \ Tickets are 2$ cents or five for and aiie available from any member of the Club.. CHOSE GEORGE WEBSTER'S DESIGN FOR SCOUT CREST "Sauigeen District Boy Scouts are , to have a distinguishing- badge, the design of ! whieji was drawn byGeorge Webster.son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Web­ ster. Several local Scouts Enter­ ed the district contest. The judg­ ing was done by the art teacher of the Walkerton District High School. ‘ ’ ■ / • George’s winning design, one of three he entered1, was a river, scene with trees and evergreens along its banks. The .prize, which is to be do­ nated by Mrs, Firth, wife of Dis­ trict Commissioner H. Firth, will •He presented to George at a later date. THAT there, is 10 percent x off ladies' made-to-measure Spring Suits this week at Ashton's. CHURCH REPORTS SHOWGOODYEAR The annual, congregational meeting of the Lucknow Presby­ terian Church was held in the church on Thursday, evening, under the chairmanship of Mr . Cameron MacDonald. ' ■ / All departments of the church reported an increase, both in act­ ivity and in meeting financial ob­ jectives. A balance of $796.62 was reported by the treasurer to be in the General Fund with no out­ standing debts reported. Two legacies were given to the church in i952-f torn the - estates- of the- late Mrs. Donald Ferguson and Mrs. David Thompson. $1,637.59 was raised for the Budget and this amount is ex- THAT Miss Dorothy Douglas is at present on a speaking tour of British Columbia in connec­ tion with her Work in Formosa. She is making her headquarters at the Georgia- Hbt^^^ .. couver, ■ Mrs, Ross Gammie and her. two pre-school age children, escaped9 injury. °ri Monday afternoop when- the car Jeft ' the roiad-andz plunged down a deep bank bn “Quality HilF’. Mrs, Gammie wias conrinig into town when the ear skidded? on the slippery hill, went over the foot- ' path that skirts , the bast , side; of the highway and plunged, down- the steep bank? coining .to rest : on its side. In taking the' plunge the car narrowly missed both a hydro pole arid a tree. The occupants escaped with a shaking up and. the car received a minimum damage. . THAT there were ten tables? at the Ladies Auxiliary to ithe Canadian Legion shoot party on Friday/night. Prizes for high man and lady went to Mr. , and Mrs. N. H. Hedley; and con­ solation prizes to Mrs. Howard Harris and Wm. Eadie. Prizes were donated by -Mrs. Frank Hamilton and Mrs, Sarah Coll­ yer. From, the proceeds of these parties the. Auxiliary ladies have bought, card tables and cards, and have installed an “eleatrfcwaterheatertoprovide' hot water for the kitchen' of the Auxiliary rooms* IHURCH REPORTS HOW PROGRESS The annual congregational leeting of the United Church as held last Thursday evening nd commenced with a delicious ^>er served >by the ladies. In; the absence of S. C. Rath- ell, W. B. Anderson acted as Jcretary and at an organization leeting which followed. T, A. ameron was appointed recording eward, succeeding Mr. Rath- ell, who wished to be relieved >r treasons of health. Deep ap- reciation Was expressed of his rithful service for several years. The Session report was ptesent- 1 by Rev. G. A. Meiklejohn who tanked the congregation for/the sception accbrded Mrs, Meikle- >hn and himself. He/rioted that congregation was /growing nd expressed the hope that the rowth Would not only be in umbers but in spiritual values s well. ; ■■ •. «^e flourjshing_conditibri bf to rinday School was reported by AJfred Drenhari and Gordon lorfisbn with Mrs/Leonard Rit- hie reporting for, the adult Bible lass. ; ■ /•••,.’. Mr. W. G. Andrew reported an tcrease of about $100 to the Mt sI'M: fund, with the total just hbrt of. '$-1600, ' ■ ' Mis. R. ?Rae arid Mrs. W. B. | riderson reported for th^ W.M.S. rid Mrs, A, j. Wilson and Mrs. Iiriie Crawford for the Evening Xixiliary. Mrs, Harvey Webster 4&£4rieJVUs^ ■ he/absence of her daughter, and ) bss Hazel. Webster reported on hfe- activities of trie Baby BanH. The choir report by Mrs/ Black followed by an expression?Of, e°P appreciation for the fine oryice rendered eacli, ’Week&tih- Qr the oapable arid loyal leader- of Mrs.-L W. Joyrit and the ^leridld work of; Elmer Urnbach t too organ, / , • Kenneth MacNay and Geofge .1 /Continued oft page 8), .. /■ * ’ .-u,... • ■ ‘ *'• elusive of any monies raised by the W.M.S. and Evening Auxil­ iary members who exceeded their allocations. The new allocation for the 1953 Missionary Budget is, $1,600.00 and this challenge has been taken up by more than equalling it in 1952. Mr. Gordon Fisher, as chair­ man of the Board of Managers, gave an interesting aiccount of the work “of the Board over the last two years, pointing but the major expehses during that time as well as the reasons for then). He also pointed out the repairs that would be necessary in the coming year, such as repairing the bricjc work of the .church ”building7^ai^ewL^oof'mfor^the^ manse, and eaVetroughing for both the manse and the church. Many improvements were not­ ed in the church but the one. /.that probably drew forth the most favorable comment, was the- washing of the walls of the audi­ torium of . the church, This iwa^ done by a number of the men of the congregation and resulted in quite a saving. Messrs. Lane Gardner, Wm. Houston, Morgan Henderson and Norman Taylor were appointed to the Board of Managers for a three year term. Norman Taylor was appointed church treasurer and Mrs* W* E. McQuaig is/ the financial secretary. / The congregation’s appreciation .Was" expressed to Rev. arid ■ Mrs.: ^Winn for their work amongst -pUr—people^-and—to -all .who labors-’ ed for. the Lord’s work through the church in 1952. Rev. Winn responded fittingly. THAT the picture of Bob Mow­ bray astride his horse. With which he makes his rounds on his daily paper route, has ap­ peared . in papers from Sask- atchewan to New Brunswick. ? An item in The Sentinel brought Merrill Cantelon to town hot foot to get this shot . for The Free Press. THAT Mrs. Garfield Ostrander, was critically ill for a few days following a serious operation in Kingston General Hospital, but is now somewhat improved and will foe glad to hear from fold friends here While she is convalescing in the hospital. ..1^,..../ ~ . r—--b—~—1— THAT “it’s a girl” at Sid Gard­ ner’s, - a sister for Keiitih, Bill, Allan and Bryari, and. besides that the little lady arrived on her Dad’s birthday, January 25th. * ON HURON COUNTY ROADS COMMITTEE “ Reeve Harold Gaunt of West WawanosH was elected for a 3- yoar term 'as 'a member of- Huron County highways committee' at' the County*' .Council’s January session last week- in Goderich; . Reeve Eimer Graham of Ash- field is -chairihan' of the legis­ lative Committee and a. member.' of the Reforestation Committee; The Huron' Warden, Alvin Ker; slalte of Hensall, age-38, is among the youngest”' wardens /to hold this office. Scrutineers , for the wafdoriship ballbtirig . were three • ex-wardens, ;Brown Smyth of iVc^t’ Wa war Osh, 1947 b Cecil iMmson fe^rted''fof the,(YoUHg''r ' (Continued oh page 8); Ji \ . THAT Mr. and Mrs, W. A. Por- teous left .on Sunday for a few weeks’ holiday in Florida. They will be joined later by their daughter, Miss Mary Porteous, who plans to fly south for a brief holiday while her parents are there; 7 . THAT Mrs. J. L* 'MacMillan of town arid "Mrs* Jack MacMillan ■ have recently both undergone operations in St. ^Joseph’s Hos­ pital. ■ ./ ',./.■ '---0---- JIHATjMrs/^ll^ Helens, ‘who, has riot * enjoyed . igood health for some ,time, wajr taken to Victoria Hospital, Lon­ don, life first of the week with . a yiew to undergoing an' oper­ ation within a few days. THAT Mr. Thomas Anderson of ’ Lucknow . observed his 1 85th - birthday on Thursday, an oc­ casion that was marked , by -a family gathering.' THAT young Larry. Hamilton, 18- months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Haniilton, Boundary West,, received' a lacerated forehead oh Tuesday of last'week, which required14 stitches/ Young Larry wouldn’t ‘-stay put” with his bottle. He started doing a jig on ,tbe bed and before his ■ t' ’ FAIR REVENUE ; - ?■ 1 The 8yto annual meeting of the I.ucknpw Agricultural Society was presided- over by Andrew Craunt, who retired, after a .two- year'term as president and was succeeded by Fred MicQuilliri, who steps up from first vice. Gate receipts at the Fall Fair showed an increase Of more than $200 over 1951 and the Society completed ithe year with a com­ fortable bank balance of $1365, which increased from $982 at the end of 4951. / “/"Pr^dBft^Ga^rr^iewed-toe” year arid Secretary Alex T; Mc- Nay gave toe financial report. At the directors’ meeting which followed Mr. McNay again asked to be relieved of his duties and it was decided to again advertise for a secretary-treasurer, either a xrian or woman. Directors in charge of the var­ ious classes gave reports. Austin Martin spoke on his ^experience |n field crop competitions.? Jacob Hunter and Gordon Kirkland were appointed as dele­ gates to the a Fairs Association convention, with Alex McNay named as a substitute for . Mr.. .Kirkland WhO) will be unable to .attend. ■ Steve Stothers took oyer for the election of officers, who, are as follows: honorary ‘pres., And- -revr-GaunM—presvr-IYed—MeQUil- lin; 1st vice; Wm. MacIntyre; 2nd vice, Gordon Kirkland; directors, Kinloss; Allan MacIntyre, Evan Keith; , Ashfield, Jake Hunter, Cecil Johnston; West Wawanosh, Tom Todd, .George Kennedy; Huron, Austin Martin, Wm. McJ Guire; Lucknow; S. C. Rath well. Associate directors: Kinloss, Ira Dickie; Lloyd Irwin, Alex Mc­ Kenzie; Huron, Dick Martin, Bob Barkwell, Fred Martin; West Wa­ wanosh, W. A. Miller, John Mc- Quiliin, F. G. Todd, Allan Mil- ler;. Ashfield, Roy Alton, Gleri Campbell? Oliver McCharles; Lucknow, Alex Andrew, Steve Stothers; L. C. Thompson, Wm. Schmid, Jabk Henderson,-. . Bert Ward. . Mrs. W. E. Gordon. retired. aS an associate, lady1 director and was succeeded by Mrs: Tom Todd. Other^directors are'MiSs J. Lyons, Mrs: R. G: Martin, Mrs. Harry Lavis, Mrs. Jas. Webster, Mrs. Philip. Stewart, Mrs. F. G, Todd, Mrs.' Wm. MacIntyre, Mrs. W. A. Miller, . Mrs. . Gebrge Kennedy, Mrs. Oliver. MacCharles, ’Mrs. Jacob Hunter, Mrs? Fred McQui 1- lin. and presidents' of women’s local organizations. Calf dub leaders, Tom ..Todd, George Kennedy; auditors, Wm.: Murdi(/^W.-Jk^EoiXeous^^ ors, Andrew Gaunt, Wallace Mil­ ler. ■ ' ?•' , •' ‘ iCwas decided to again spom sor a calf club /n 1953* Delegates to the' Fairs convention .were authorized to endeavour .to se­ cure entertainment' for the fair, the dates of which were set- for Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep­ tember 29 th and 3 Oth. - - . The financial report showed ? a'’Y*r^\kiteate.ly ’ $1100 was- ■. , ■.it)’ 19.52/ : ■ ; • ■ ■ ' ■■ .■ ? EIGHT. PAGES LEARNS BRAILLE AT seventy At the age; of seventy years, Miss Allie Nelson of Ashfibld Township is rapidly learpiiig tQ read Braille, the language of the blind,. .. ' ■ r . •’ \; f Miss Nelson commenced to study the system last fall / d . has already attuned her finge to decipher ; the raided' Pode, sp that s^e can now read , compar­ atively well, disproving the be-.* lief, of officials of. the Institute for the Blind, , that she might be tpo advanced^ in years to learn the dot. symbols.. T Miss Nelson, who makes her home at David Johnstone’s in Ashfield, has but five percent jsight. Last year when d^tprsv told her (there was nothing ttat" could be_ done to - restore —her — ^ision she decided she could and faould learn Braille, and.has done so. . • . ? ' Her tutor, who spent tvio weeks with her in the fall/ is Miss Susie Miller of Windsor, a representative of the Canadian' .\’ Institute for the Blind, and who . herself is yery nearly blind. Miss Miller visits her; “student” about every three months and spent last ' week with her. As well.as-in-, strutting her in Braille, she also gives instruction in leather and felt ■ work and such handicrafts. • Brother and Sister at Dungannon MissMilleralso hastwostud^ etits at Dungannon, Mabel and, Arthur ;<liiompson/ sister . and brother,’who have a threefold af­ fliction of being deaf, dumb and , blind. They have been deaf arid speechless since birth arid of late years have lost their eyesight. TJieir sole means of communica- ’ tion is by feeling one’s hands as they use/the. sign language of—r the deaf. They are* being taught, handi­ crafts by Miss Miller, and have become adept at leather work. ,? etc/ / Mabel and Arthur.are two of ’ eight- cluldren of' the late Mr. and Mrs. William Thompson of Dungannon. Their father was . a pioneer blacksmith in that com­ munity. Of the eight children,, fpur (three boys and one girl) had normal hearing and speech, whiletheotherfourfoneboy and three girls) were deaf and as a conspquerice, speechless. MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED SHROPSHALL-RAYNAIU>~ the marriage is announced of Ruth Raynard and Fred Shropshall of Wingham. Rev, H. Parker affi-; „ ate<d at the ceremony in Wingham on January 2nd. FORMER RESIDENT IS NINETY-ONE Mrs. Janet MacDonald, who makes her home with her son-ip-/ law and daughter; Mr. and Mrs?/ C. E. Smith, Seaforth, celebrated . ..her/ Slstibirthdaylori/Sunday; .Jam_._ uary-25th. ' ;•> /....... Mrs. MacDonald, the former. . Janet Heaton, was born at Crieff,; Ontario, in 1862 of Highland Scottish parentage. At the age of seven; she moved with her par­ ents to fcinloss Township. In 1882 she jrriarried Thomas MacDonald of Kiriloss, who passed away in ‘ -1932r^——■:.. - " - - ~ ' Of the eight children* born to the couple, five are living:: Jack •' and GaFfield, Lucknow; Lorne of Peteribofo and Seaforth; Mrs/A.* .J._XMyraJ_Lockrteger^Wtegham,.~ .and Mrs; C. E; (Kate) Smith, Sea/ forth? : /.j* . . ,. ■ ” * Mrs; MacDonald has 15. grand­ children, and' 12 great grandchib dren. With. the exception of 12 •years spent in Algoma District,. / Mrs. MacDonald lived iii Luck-'' now dr vicinity uritil 1939.' Al- thoiigh she has riot erijby.ed the • •best . of^’/iealth **-the- past s few-- months she as able tb be up every. .Any,.; To have frie'hds call affords-/ her much pleasure. i . ; ;.r y . .