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50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A.LUCKNOW, ONTARIO,’ WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4th, 1953
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MARK 53rd WEDDING, ANNIVERSARY
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RECEPTION HELD FOR
YOUNG, NEWLYWEDS '
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for
J. A. VALENS WENT Z
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was 85 on Bunday
AN EGG WITHIN AN EGG
district With
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tad and on the
re was a large
a Ison of Mr. and
i. The. mar-.
THAT Ted Dexter says he knows
“every inch of the coastline”
that has been .flooded during
the week - end’s devastating
storm that claime<|’many lives.
“The reward for a thing well
done is to- have dhric it”.—JCmcr-
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TAK1E OVER B.-A. STATION HALL TWICE FULL
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OMMENCE WORK ON
YDRO CHANGE-OVER
A pole removal plan, to
j ’ . ' *;• MR. & MRS. J. p. ANDERSON
On Friday, January 3,0th, Mr.
ip St. Helen’s ___ - ..
loir 53rd . wedding anniversary,
kl this .esteemed an<^ ,
juple have/been r ocei v i ng the * “wTfirTi o v. -
IRE INSURANCE
NNUAL FRIDAY
The annual meeting of the
est Wawappsh Mutual Fife In-
rance Company will be held at
uigannpn on Friday afternoon.
ie retiring directors are Har-
y Anderson; IJaryin McDowell
d Ross Jicfehbe,/ ali df whwh
& eligible for re-election;
The 74th annual ’report of the
impany shows , total losses dur?
g 1952 of $46,217. These losses
e make up as follows: livestock
lightning $11,852; other losses
lightning $3,110; other causes
0,946; unknown causes $3,570;
insurance losses $15,870; losses
$25 and under $867.
Lightning losses were down
out $3,000 ’ from 1951, while
jses from other causes were up
out”that^amountHReinsuranee _
s?ses were: up some $6,700 over'
e previous year. Total losses
T952 were lip Over $7,500 from
e 1951 figure. *
The reprifi points, out that' the
sual fire hazard^ are still with
’’, and refers to new hazards
the form of electrical appii-
Lces. There are, preventable
jses and greater care is • urged
the use’of these appliances.
The Company shows total
sets of $184,427, total liabilities
$25,523 for ‘a surplus at the
•ar end of $159,303.
Donald MacKay has been pres-?
ent—and”Hr~Dr7Anderson -t vice
esident. Durnin Phillips is sec
tary-treasurer ; and the direct-
s, H. D. Anderson, Marvin Me-
>well, Ross' McPhee, G. M.
uart, Ernest Ackert, Geo:? Fea-
Mj Donald MacKay, Lome
•hnston arid John McLennan.»
The Culross Mutual will also
ect that $anoe day ip, TeesWater,
'review the 80th annual report
Ld elect directors. T. P. Mac-
mald is president and - F. G.
off at, secretary. Mr. MacDon-
d and J. Burchell are the
’ing directors, both eligible
-election. ' . ,
Mr. Joseph Agnew quietly ob
served his 85th birthday on Sun
day, February 1st, and the en^
tire community joins in extend^
mg congratulations arid best
wishes. Mr. Agnew, as is gener
ally known,; served: as clerk
the yillagb for 45 years. .
HAS PICTURE POST CARD
OF ORIGINAL PIPE BAND:
Neil G. MacKenzie of Ashfield
dropped into the. office recently
With a picture post card of Luck
now’s original “kilty band”. . The
picture was taken upwards to
forty-five years ago and the side
drummers then were a couple of
youthful-looking boys, Earl Mc-
Coy and Cariierori Geddes.
Donald MacCharles has riariied
the group for us; Bill Young*
Dave Towers, KennOth MacLeri-
nan, ■ Neil MacCallum, Jack Mac-
Lennan, Earl (Joe) McCoy, Dan
Martin, Ripley, Aaron ; Fitzell,.
Dune Matheson, Cameron Geddes
arid Awley Mathesori.
A pole removal plan, to mod-
nize the ligihting of MainStreet
>t underway last week when a
rdro crew commenced prelim-,
ary pole work and. tree trim-
ing, There was a hydro shut-
f as a consequence for a time
st Friday afternoon at the east-
n end of Main Street.
TEN PAGES '
ZION TREES FOR
BRITISH SHIPS
Trees from . the woodlot pf
-HenryuGardner-at-Ziom-will-prQri
v4de- material . for British ship
building. Some- fine timber was
selected and cut recently bn the
Gardner farrri. ' . ; Z
/By. tl^ tree
it is known to be- two centuries
old and the timber in its bottom
log measured almost 4200 feet.
Henry was smiling - about the
cash involved in the transaction
but said it did touch his heart
to see the pride of his forest laid
low. However their full growth
has been . attained and these
giants pf the forest now will have
a part to play in helping the
Motherland patrol the seas, in the
defense" of freedom and the pto-
tection of~the “better things ‘ of
life.
; Bill. Hunter and. “Bud” Hamil
ton have taken over the lease on
Cam MacTavish’s B.-A. service
station,effectLve_thefirstZoLthe-
month, The lease had, previously
been held by Ape Wasney.
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WESTL£L YEARS AGO Z?
James A. McLeod of Kinloss
received a letter recently from
Dr. John A. Valens of Saskatoon
andwhictL.startedoff“MydearL
Old pal”. , ;
Dr. Valens was born and raised
in Kinloss and -.47years ago on
January 27th landed in Saska
toon to practise medicine when
its population was then less than
2,00Q.
Dr. Valens does some reminisc
ing in the letter and says he often
thinks of McCdul’s barn. He dropr
ped a mallet from the .purline
during the raising but “missed
everybody”. He sti^l has ambi
tions to get back to see his birth
place, but last summer his
strength wouldn’t, allow it.
He occasionally sees “Bob Har
per: and Lizzie Ackert” and “Dr.
Anna” also calls on him. Z
He spent several weeks last?
summer with his sister Jessie' at
Lamont. She passed away in
September. His two brothers,
Ashley--and-Edgar-are^both-div--
ing.
Dr. Valen’s daughter, Mrs. Ben
'Chappell lives at Winnipeg and
his sori, Dr. Jack Valeris is art
orthopedics surgeon near San
Francisco. He recently flew up
to visit his father.
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PURDON FAMILY MOVED .
TO PETROLIA THIS WEEK
Mr. arid Mrs. Hector Purdpn
and family moved to Petrolia this
week to reside. Hector has owned
a bake business there for some
time, , which has been in charge
of Bert Coxworth .who was for
merly employed here in Purdoh’s
Bakpry^
, M^s, Roy Black will be in
charge, of Purdon’s Gift arid De-^
corating Shop which - Hector will
continue1 to, operate here for the
time being «$t least, but we under^
stand that the business as well
as his home here are' for sale.
A frea^c egg was brought into
the Sentinel Office last week by
Clarence Greer. It wasn’t an ab
normally large egg, 'but , when
cracked open at the Greer home
Was found to be an egg within
an egg. In addition.jD, a nonrial
egg was, another hard-shelled one
about the size of a smfell pullet
egg. Z.Z' . Z
The formation within the
smaller egg was less perfect, with
the yolk lacking the usual color-:
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On , Friday, January 30th, Mr. Pete-' -'fcrrance,
id Mrs. Joseph D. Anderson of son,, a 1..^.. - r... , v
district dbset-ved'Mrs. Joseph Andersom
riage’ was solemnized at the ioi;
j rarico home oil January _30tb, 1900
J. “1Z_. Z^xm-gu^Me-i^y-of-^ti^
Liicknow Presbyterian church of-
/.•ficiating; \ . ... Z . .
Mb and -Mrs; Anderson took
farming*on 4bo Anderson home*-
stead" where-they .still reside, and
where they have been continuous
residents With • the exception of
about.a.year, back in 191^ which
they spent, in Northern Ghtai i^.
They have tworctf’ii^i‘eTrf‘"MrS7
Wm. Blue (Ethel) of Detroit , and,
Torrance Andhr^rih oh the- ola
ToiTance homestead east of Luck*
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3Qd wishes of a host, of friends.
The anniversary was marked
1G' previous ' Saturday night,
hen Mr. and Mrs^.Wm. Blue
id daughter 'Margaret of. Detroit-
'rived here with all “thc.fix-
l£s“ to stage a ^surprise party
i honor of Mr* and Mrs. Ander-
>h.-Jihero~--wef?6'-aborit^tW
ve guests pijescht te; enjoy, a
xnal evening of catds, a Sing*
>ng and lunch* ■’ # '
Mrs. Anderson (Ellie) was a
Whter ’of the late Mr* and MM.
.
THAT Mr. and Mrs. Allan Tre-
leaven and young son of Tor
onto ’ spent the week-end With
Mr. and Mrs; Harvey Trelea-
. ven. Allan and Mrs. TreleaVen
returned recently from a motor
trip to Mexico. Z
THAJT Les Purves is again in
charge of the general delivery
business, after being off the
job for some .time since under
going an operation. During that
tiriie Garfield MacDonald did
the delivering! for Les. - . f
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.THAT~^bc,ep.to
Thursday evening in the Re
creational Centre in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. Guest Mitchell
(nee Joan Johnson). A
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THAT January, which * has. been
unusually mild and. snow-free,
made a bid to regain its, old
form by whipping up . a bit of
a blow on Saturday night as
.the month rail out. The weath
er cleared late Sunday, after
noon, but snowfall since then
has blanketed , the
' “The Beautiful”.
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THAT there were
^□;h.e„MQ.ndayi nig!htmShdot_party?j
Mrs; Solomon won the lady’s'
prize arid Lloyd Hunter was
the high man. : Z - ’ ’ '
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THAT-Mrs^-Wm^-Eadie^and-Chas.-
Mason were prize winners at
the Auxiliary Shoot party dn
Friday night. There were ten
" tables;? Prizes were donated by
‘ Mi’s. Roy Black and Mrs< ft* H*
’ ■ Hecdey, * '■
THAT the Public School is stag
ing a skating party arid cog-
\.tu,md carnival'in the arena on
Thursday, . afternoon -of ‘next.
week to which the general
ic’ ZOSyi trid;"S:; spectators;?
THAT Lynda Crawford observed
her Bth .birthday? on Friday,
January 30th, when "she enter
tained a nufriber of girl friends
at a birthday party. . . ;
THAT Steve. Stothers wag guest
—Speaker “at-the-anriUaUmeetirig^
of the . Hay Township Federa-
* /tiori of Agriculture, marked by
?• a banquet in Zurich CririimUri-
? ity/ArCna attended 'by $00*; * *
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Capacity audiences last Thurs-
-day~_and—Friday^eveningsfully- -
enjoyed a; most entertaining con
cert presented 'by the students of
the 1* u c know District High ?
School.-Z. : :
, THe Gleb Clubpresentedsev*
eral selections, and their har
monizing arid novelty numbers
made a big hit; They’were. direct
ed by Mir. A. W, Anderton with
Miss Sybil Barger at the piano.
f Donald MacNay ably gave the
president’s address,’ expressing
thanks for, the interest shown gnd
support giyen to High School act
ivities. He pointed put that the
proceeds of the concert would be ?
Used for new books, film strips
.and. _a_Grrade; .XIII: general. pro- /:
ficiency Sholarship. Donald out
lined the social, dramatic 'and
athletic activities of the school
year, and concluded his address
with a word of thanks to the
.teaching staff and bus drivers;
-- gymnastic~exefcjse^ were
strenuous arid well performed* -
followed by a Swedish dance by T
four ’ couples including Nancy
Needham, Dari Rose, Mary Mac-
Millan, Murray. McDoriagh, Edna ■
Reidk Russell Barr, Flora McQuil- -
Ian, Donald MacNay. . 1 <
Spme exceptionally good dram
atic acting was witnessed in the
_Stpgin)g„ofLithe_two_^plays,^nie;l ..
Bobby Sox Brigade”7 and “Dark
Brown”. The Bobby Sox .cast in
border of their stage appearance
was comprised of Edith Marshall, \
Gladys Kilpatrick, "Kenneth Mac-
Nay, James Reed, Shirley^ Bur
den, Jahet Campbell and Donna
Lannan- The play was most
amusing arid presented in the
vernacular of the modern-day
bobby sox lingo. Z \
“Dark Brown” was a mystery
story with costumes and a set
ting that dated back about half
a century. The cast was com4 :
prised of Mary MacIntyre, Aud
rey ROss, Norma Sherwood, Laur-
ine McNain, Mrick MacDonald,
Carolyn Gibson and Bill Baulch.
Between plays the Glee Club
gave a group of. selections, “I
Love a Parade”, “Bellsf of St. ■
Miai-ys” and “A Bicycle Made for
Two”r^W7piamrsolos’WCTe^lay^
ed by Caryl Gardner, Ruth John
ston and Kenneth MacNay. . ;
WHITECHURCH W.l.
MARKS BIRTHDAY
The 'Community Merriprial Hall
at Whitechurch wias filled Friday
evening for the celebration oi
their 25th anniversary. The stage
Was nicely deeprat)
table in the ceritn.
birthday cake which was made
by Mrs. George McClenaghan and
decorated by Mrs. Russell Ross.
The president,, Mrs. Jas. Mc-
Inne^ presided and opened the
meeting by singing the Institute
Ode. There were piano solos by
_Mary.Ross,^JeahjGauntu:Emdj?ai>-
blyn Mathers; Ivlocal solo by Don
ald Gaunt with accompaniment
by Janet Gaunt; the. skipping
dance by Joy Conley and Phyllis
Smith from S.S. No. 8 with’ ac
companiment by Miss Eileen El
liott; the Irish Lilt by Mary and
Kathleen Fisher, Frances. Henry
and Elaine Corin to, music by Mirs.
Norman of S.S.^ No. 10; a duet
by Mrs. Alex Robertson arid Mrs.
G. McBurney* “Let the Rest of
the World Go By”, accompanied
by Mrs. GZFarrief; a humorous
. read-irig, “Revery in Church”, by
Mrs; Russell Ross*
The history of the organisation
of the. Institute in January 1927,
- 'arid presiderits^arid “ secretaries
■ was read by Mrs.; E. Casemore.
Mrs. Victor Emerson was, then
called, on ,to introduce the guest
speaker, Mrs; McKellar, district
:pfesld^t“bf~South Bfuce, who"
lives in Kincardine. Mi’S. McKel*.
lar gave a very interesting ad
dress on. Institute, ladies and their
accomplishments. She then called
the past presidents, to the plat-*
form, Mrs. Wes Leggatt, Mrs. Vic
tor- ’ Emerson*, Mrs. Robt. Ross/
Mrs. 4fe.. ScholtZ, Mrs. ?L. Grain,
' Mrs.' -EJ dasembre,. Mrs.” ■ C. E^lcOn;
Mrs, J1; ’Folcorier, 'Mrs? Ben
McClenaghan,. Mrs. p. JMcClenri-.
ghan, arid. Mrs*’■ Jas, McInriCj. Mrs.
WZR. Farrier and Mrs. TZMoore-
pinnqd -, a corsage oh ?each one.
Mrs. Ab McQuillan- and Mrs. Tom
Mor.rison were absent.
. Mrs. G* Fisher was1 then called'
on fof a few words and thanked
Mvs. Mcfeellar for joining With,
us in our anniversary.. ; ‘
The fneeting closed with the(
national .anthem after-which .the
phdtbgfapheY appeared to lake!
pictures of the presidents. Lunch
was served and a dance followed
to iritisic by Tiffin’S pfchestM ?
SHIP HOGS TO MONTREAL
Last week, with the Toronto
market off sornewhat, Brooks
Bros, shipped their hogs to Mon
treal? They. were shipped by rail .
F.Q.B. from the local depot,. It ’
is the first time that hogs have
been shipped locally to Montreal,
since the late W. E. Henderson
was in the business.
On Friday evening, January
30th, friends arid relatives, of MiZ
and Mrs. Goldie Emerson, newly-*
weds, gathered at the LO.O.F;
Hall, Bervie, to wish them well.
After an evening spent in illus-
ica! selections and dancing,, the
young'couple were called to the
pldtform,’ and in the presence of
about two hundred friends,1 Gor
don-Arnold read an address to
the young couple and' Morley
Scott presented them with.a well'
filled purse-. Goldie on behalf• of «,Z
'.hihi, self and Jackie, thanked, the
gathering and expressed the hop.e
Call to see them at tlieir home* .
“in Kinlough. “For they are jolly
g.ood- fellows” and( three cheers " .
for. tho yc&ng couple closed this ‘
part of the, program, Joe Emer
son favored with , an exhibition
of step, dancing and lunch was
served and dancing resumed' tillZ
the “wee snia’ hours”