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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1953
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■f THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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Lyceum Theatre
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Two Shows Each Night
FIRST SHOW AT *W.
Wed., Thurs., Mareh. 4, 5
MARIO LANZA,
\........ , JAMES WHITMORE
Because Your Mine
Friday, Saturday, March 6, 7
GILBERT ROLAND,
GLENDA FARRELL
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Apache War Smoke
MATINEE SATURDAY
Monday, Tuesday, March 9, 10
DALE ROBERTSON,
ANNE FRANCIS
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LYDIA BAILEY
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Wednesday, Thurs., Mar. 11,12
JOHN PAYNE, / ’ft" ./.■■■:77/
, ARLENE DAlfL
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^ARRIBEAN
s ATTENTION FARWR
/ I am purchasing
BOARS
at Top Price
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crippled or disabled cattle.
LEROY ACHESON
hone Atwood 37-r?12 collect
or contact
ID GARDNER, LUCKNOW.
?ILS STAGE SECTION
;iAL AT LOTHIAN SCHOOL
lie pupils of S.S. No. ,7. Ash-
l (Lothian School), entertain-
ihe < Section aft a social even
in the1 schoolhouse on Friday,
r teacher is Mrs. Lloyd Clmer
ire. wtas played with Mrs.,
o MciNay winning the lady’s
?. John Gilmore and Lome
ish had to cut for high man,
Lome winning out. Con-
ion prizes went to Mrs; Ed-
l Gilmore and Marshall Gib-,
OBITUARY
JOSEPH WHITBY
The death of Joseph Whitby
opcurred last Wednesday morn-
ing," February 25th iri Westmin
ster Hospital, London, ' from
plqral pneumonia. He had been
< taken by ambulance to the hos
pital the previous Friday- •
. A.anaitive. of England, Joe, as
he was popularly known, has
been a resident of this commun
ity for- almo3t--fdrty years; except
for his "overseas service during
--.Worldy'War^^-/^' ......
Mr. Whitby grassed away with
in one. day oL his 74th/birthday.
He was born at/ Hertfordshire,
near London,, England; on Felbtu-
ary 2,6th, 1879, arid as a . youth
took up teaming in Old London,
a job he continued at for some
seventeen years until coming to
Canada .in 1914. He was/fiyst em
ployed by D. J. Stewart and t^hen
by S. E. Robertson. Mrs. Whitby
came out in 1915, and the fol
lowing year her husband answer
ed/the call .to arms and returned
overseas. H6 • received his dis
charge iri the spring of 1919. For
18-years Joe served as caretaker
of the/ Lucknow Publ ic and High’
School and always took the great
est pride in keeping things ship
shape. His, genial disposition and
his “Way with the kids’’, made
him very popular with the many
classes which passed through the
school. during his time. • ■
Mrs. Whi.itby . w.?^ formerly
Emily Shinn.-They were/hnarried
in England on October 18 th,
1902, and last fall Mr.^and Mrs. /[
Whitby had' a- family reunion at
their home here to mark their
golden wedding anniversary. ..
The funeral service was held at
the McLennan-MacKenzie mem
orial -chapel'~qn Saturday after
noon, conducted by Rev.. H. L;
Jennings, rector of St. Peter’s
Church.? Members of /the, Luck-,
now, Branch of the Canadian Leg
ion attended the service in a body
and took^part in the graveside
committal Service at Greenhill
Cemetery conducted by Legion
President Clarence Greer.
. Pa lib earers were W. B. Ander- I
son, George Taylor, S. E. Robert
son, Robert Rae, Harry .Nixon
and Roy Black. ’ ,
.' Mr. Whitby is survived by his
widow, five sons and two daugh
ters, Fred of Detroit, Ted of
Wingham, Sid’, George arid . Rus
sell (Buster) of LucknowMrs.
Rose Knigiht of London and Mrs.
Sydney-Rouse (Evelyn) of Camp
Borden. ■ . J' ? •
A daughter died in early child-^
-hood—in—EngfendTrand^ahother
daughter, Ivy, died here in Febr
ruary 1928, at the age pf X7< ;
LAST YEAR the.Red Cross blood
transfusion service collected 31^,-.
347 bottles, of blood Which was
distributed-* absolutely free to 591
Canadian hospitals.
ST. HELENS 1
The ; annual .meeting of /the
Women’s Institute will be held
..this (Thursday)'afternoon in the
United Church at 2.15. Roll call,
“A beauty spot in Ontario’’, There
will be the election of officers
and the reports of the year will
be presented. Please . note . the
change of time. The same even
ing, Dr, Helen Salkeld iy. ill show
slides of her visits to European
Countries in the church at 8,30,,
-Everyone is invited and the lad/1
Us,are asked , to bring lunch.
Word has been; received by (
relatives 7 here of the death: of
li^rs;. Donald? Rutherford.? Mrs,
Rutherford, u: who left;. this comT
munity with her husband and
family about 40 years ago [to re^
isde in Saskatchewan, had been
spending the winter months with
■her daughter, Mrs. Harry Day,
at Penticton,, B.C.
Mrs. G.. S.t Mclntrye of: Brace
bridge was a week-end visitor'
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. I. .Miller.’' . * • • ■ ..
The president, Mrs, E. Barbour
presided for the .fpllpiwing_.pro--
gram at iCdmpfiunity Night under
ening: community singing with
the auspices of the Women’s In
stitute in the hall on Friday ev-
Mrs. Chester Taylor at the piano;
solos by Gladys McDonald and
Phyllis Barbour; pianp /solos by
Carol Gardner & Carolyn Math
ers;. duets by Donna Woods and
Joyce McDonald and Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Rice; Journal prepar
ed by Lois Webb and Caryl Mac- :
Crostie' andv read by Margaret i
Miller; accordion selection ’ by
Harold Lunash;. * quartettes by
Don Cameron, Donald. Murray,
Jim & Lorne Hackett; and saxa-.
phone ‘Selection by Murray Gaunt,
At the conclusion dancing was
enjoyed to music supplied by Mr.
and Mrs. C. Taylor, Mrs. Ernest
Walker, Harold^LunaslirT^bh:
Cameron, Murray Gaunt and Mrs.
A. Gaunt with Donald Murray
and Bob Lyons as callers-bff.
The eleventh meeting of St.
Helen’s Happy Handicrafters was
held at Phyllis Barfbour’s on Mon
day evening. Nine members, and
two leaders werie present Plans
were maide for a skit for Achiever
ment Day. The girls worked at
their drespss and record, books.
rAit the close of the meeting lunch
was served by the hostesses, Isa
belle MacPherson and lrma For
ster. • t ' j ■
Ann Todd was hostess for Mon
day evening,: March 2nd" when
the Handicrafters_met at.J„her_
KorneT The girls worked at their
dresses, The record books and.
dresses must be finished arid sent
in /by March 17th. Plaps iwerb
made to attend Achievement Day
on April 8th. A. daipty lunch was
served by ‘the hostesses,.' Alison
Webb, Joyce McDonald and Anne
Todd. <
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PAGE SEVEN«»
THE FIRST TIME’’
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THe PLAYHOUSE
NEWS^ FLASH—Budget does away with, nuisance taxes!
We’rq sure, no; one is going to get wealthy, but you, can
. certainly get a lot/of enjoyrp;eht by using this ■ small
, saving to bring the family■••Jq the show a little more
often—iand ‘for. your enjoyment.
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Thursday, Friday, Saturday, March 5,
“The Battle of Apache Pass”
-7 A /wonderful action picture in beautiful color — Thrills ;
* galore—r as Whiteman and/Indian,tangle with-^
t•• *■'John Lund and Jeff Chandler. n '*
SATURDAY MATINEE At 2.15 p.m.—Doors open at 2 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, March 9, 10, 11
A blessed event is coming to our house—oops—The Play
house that is, It’s the first one, so you can just imagine the
fun. Those who have gone through this can now come
and laugh and for those who. are expecting—well* they can
. get a preview of things to come—
. and it’s Barbara Hale and Robert Cummings /in . ■
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During the showing of this picture, “The*^ First Time”,
mothers of babies horn in 1953 may have a BABY BOOK
' FREE by asking for it at our wicket with the compliments
pf Ashton’s Children WearDepartment.,: •
I Start Your Chicks
with ;
NEW LIFE OTCK STARTER
Ren O Sal Tablets in Solution
Jameswav Eeeders-and-Waterersr^-
Crawford’s Fee<d Store
and Hatchery
ORDER
your
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CHICKS
NOW ! !
' ’Phpne 165 Lucknow
REDECORATE INTERIOR OF
KINGSBRIDGE CHURCH
Parishioners of St. Joseph’s
Church, Kingsbridge, under , the
direction and .with the assistiance
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Quality Co-op
ORDER. YOUR SUPPLY NOXV/AND
SAVE $ $ $
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Lucknow District Co-op
Luckrioy, t)nf * * ’Phone 71
(visited at the home of Mr, and .
Mrs. Isaac Nixon of Belfast on.
Friday. \
Mrs* Elsie Scott, had the mis
fortune to fall on the ice and
fracture three ribs besides a pain- ,
of <7 Parish Priest Father Van | ful head injury and at present is
Vyrickt, hkve about completed the ; in,. Kincardine hospital,
redecorating and repainting' of
their stately church, built half I tertained a number of friends- on
a century ago. , • /
Mrs. Jim” Garvey painted the
figures for , the altar. Others tak-
ifiig part in the work included:
Mat Foley, Mark Dalton, Tom
Howard,. Denise Dalton^ George
Courtney, Nace Martin, Frank
Sullivan, Eugene Frayne, Ter
rence Hussey, Pat Sullivan, Louis
Hogan, John Austin, Ray Dal-
?ton, Joe Courtney, Topi Wallace,
-Leohai^2^^bgMin^rilni^H0w^
ord,' Chris Morebeck, Joe More-
beck; AlvinJMoran. Fi’ank-Moranr
Vincent Austin, Gilbert Frayrie,
Douglas Frayne,". Gordon Valad,
Harty Sherman, Earl . Drennan,
Art Gilmore, John O’Connor, Joe
O’KOefe, Frank Dalton, Tom Gar
vey,- Wilbur Moran, Robert How
ard, Eldon Austin,: Frank Austin,.
Cyrle ”Austih,: Wilfred Austin,
Connie Hogan, Gilbert Frayne;
Michael. Daltoh, -Jack Van Osh,
H&ririy Phillips, William Lannan,
Mike O’Neil, Mike Foley, Toari
Wallace,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Currie en-
Thursday evening at a novelty
demonstration.
Mr, and Mrs. Steve Irvin vis
ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Boyle recently.
Monday evening, of last week
was Farm Forum review night
and ’. was held /in Purple Grove
school with Mr. Arnold . Kelly as
guest speaker. ' . ;
PURPLE GROVE
Mr.. Donald' Robertson spent
the week-end in Toronto. ' •
* Messrs. John Nixon, Ross Ir
vin and Delmore Pbtter visited
withJohn Emerson on Sunday.
„„_Mjre2.Ralph/&
ter, Mrs. Quigley of London last
week/ ’ • /<
Mr. and Mrs. John -Emerson
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
SOARS OVER FLVE^-YEARS—
The Waterloo Cattle Breeding
Association reports a tremendous •
increase' in -artificial^ insemina
tion over, the past five^years. Fig-;
ures for the number of cows'bred artificially during this period/are/,
as fallows: ■.......
1948—2,239; 1949—4,418; 1950—
7,031; 1951—13,601; 1952—31,224..
It is >a common belief that beef
cattle will not conceive as read- <
jlyvas^-dairy^atti^If^ever^^
erloo Association records, show
that/since August of 1952, Hol-
steins and jerseys avefaged 65;5
percent .that,did-hot return after
a first service while 68.3 of the.
Scotch Shorthorn and Hereford
did not return*. Ir^ each case,* thi^
•was figured on a 60-90 day non-*- *
return (basis. . .Statistics ^prov^
statns^R<>y^^^Shyd®f 7”manager ’w
of the Waterloo Association, that
ithis is / at least. as gobd a^ ,on£
can expect from naturaL service^
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