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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-03-11, Page 1Mrs. Roderick MacLennan of I CUT HYDRO PEAK "yxiVt nlr«V» 14wzx«zxL*. O 1 1— - 1 •* - $$ A Year In Advance—$1.0Q Extra To U.S.A.LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH JI, '1953? T?*-.*,..................■ - -......... - __;___!____. / ’ * / u I I •**j^O—*• ■’ '< * J A sw iil'AJ i- TO HOLD FATHER AND SON BANQUET NEXT WEEK FORMER KINLOSS FARMER DIED AT WOODSTOCK etc., from MEN/S/CLUB HAS FUND FOR ^PARISH ROOM THAT Mrs. Gerald Wagner won a jackpot of $150 on Monday afternoon Tunes’/quiz program on CKNX. minutes, before getting into a strategic enough /position to make a dash for the door of her home. . ; / in a “Tantalizing / WAS 91 ON MONDAY & ED CROSS FUND j ON Tf^CLIMB Canvassers for /the Lucknow 4 District Branch of the Red •oss Society have been busy for e past ten days or so, and te­ lls have been gi’atifyihg. Re­ ms at the first of the- week d boosted the fund to the $500 irk. / This, however, is only out a (third of the total dona- ns in the 1952 campaign. Rural residents are reminded it it is only within tne Village it a house-to-house canvass is ing^made, i and they are urged leave their donations at neigh- rhood rural stores, or at Me­ m’s Drug Store or the Bank i Montreal. A generous response .m the rural area is inoperative the campaign is to go “over Uqp”.-.....'! - An Essential Work / Jo one knows for sure what e may halve in store. Disaster y strike anywhere; tragedy er any home. But it is certain t when help is needed, the iridian Red Cross . will, always on the job.. led Cross is a goqd neighbor, time of disaster^t provides Iter, food and clothing, blood save lives, transportation for erans in hospital, comforts arid ining in useful crafts for hos- ilized veterans, hospital care remote parts of the country, ^tibnat^Yri^Wlhl such“"as/ naming and water safety, first : home nursing, to help Can- iris towards self-protection. ‘ hese and other vftar serviced Red Cross have saved lives made other lives’brighter in past. The work must be con- ifed ? in <?1953. ■ .-y • . partial list of/donations fol- s< Norman Stuart $1.50; Roy Iyer 4.00; Sam Reid 1.50; Win. lill 1.00; George Stanley 1.00; er Johnston ,5.00; Ken Jardine ; .Garnet Henderson 2.00; Eva er 1.00; Mrs. Mac Stewart ; Jack Wraith 2.00; George line 1.00; Mrs? Lockhart 2.00; c Baker 5.00; John Murdoch ; Nelson Bushell 2.<)Q; *Win. isdn 1.25; Ethel and Bell Rob- mi 5.00;/Kathleen McIntosh ; Wm. McIntosh 2^00; William! ison~3.00; MfsT“HWaf^2?0bT rard Robinson .50; Cecil At- 36 5.00; Miss Dean MacLeod ; Alex Sutherland 2.00; Har- Edgar, 1.00; >Mary MacLeod ; Wm. Houston 2.00; Mrs. thers LOO; Dick Webster 1.00; c McNay 1.00; Gordon Mor- 1 2.00; Silverwood . Dairies, mow, 15.00; William Murdie H Kenneth; Murdie 10.00; pbell Thompson 5.00;. James can 2.00; Umbach Drug Store Dr. J. E. Little 10.00/ Oliver in 2.00; Ivan Louzon 2.00; i. Mason 5;00; Harold Greer Miss Margaret Malcolm 5.00; J. Reid 2.00;. W. J. Mac- aid 1,0b; P. W. Hoag 5.00; E. McCluskey 5.00; Mrs. ’C. onald 1.0,0; Jack Bannister Mrs;-J; MdDdhqtd?5^ A:^ n 5100; W*. A. Russell 2.00; d Wilson 2.00 ; Joe Irwin 2.00; i.00; C. Steward LOfl; Dick JBhri Ross 5100; Wm. Bush- uaig 1.00; Mrs, N. j. Mac- iie 2.00; Mrs. A. E. Durnin Mrs. G. Brooks, 1.00/ Rev. leiklejohn 5.00; S. Sherwood Rey. H. L. Jennings 2.00; rooks 5.00; S, Robertson 5.00; W. Hofstede .25;, John Heri- 3.00'; Mrs. Temple' Clark Sid Whitby 1.00; Carrie and 1 Milne 2.00; Ted Dextef ■ Wrii/M; McDonald”75/00; Ari- Sraham i.00; George Swan Dr Corrin 5.00; Dr. John- 5-00; Mrs, H. Mathers 2.00; Robb 2.00; Mrs.. McFarlane Miss Venning 1.00; Miss McDonald 2.00; Mrs. Chris- McDonald 2.00; Fred Jack- Wj, <E. Crawford 5.00; Joe HUari.5.00; Miss Isobel Gam- 200; Missi.-C/’fear’ridfc 1.00; • Humphrey 2.00; Treleaven i Co. 10.00;; w Sproul LOO; Cohtihlied oh page. 8) tRUISING MIDDLE EAST A post card last week from Rev. Benson Cox, read as (fol­ lows: “This is a, pleasant trip with a congenial group and sum- mer weather, I enjoyed Maderia, Moroccoand Algieria, which in the north is a. fruitful garden of lemons, oranges arid many other products”. Reivu Cox sailed froth. New York bn;. the Norwegian Arherican line?cruise ship “Oslo- fjord”, (With Palestine his East­ ern destination. The post card bore a Malta stamp; The death Of Alex Fraser, bro­ ther of Mrs. Tyndall Robinson of town occurred in Woodstock Hos­ pital on Saturday evening. He wris 84 arid the eldest of a family of eleven. . . Mr. Fraser farmed on the 6th of Kinloss for a number of years before moving to West Zorra where he continued farming, until xetiring to Emlbro..-i— He was an active member of Knox United Church, Embro, a memibgr.- of the board for many years, a member of the School Board, of Oxford County Milk ’ Board, of Thistle Masonic Lodge, and served several terms as° a councillor in West Zorra. Surviving are five sohs, Clar< ence and Gordon,''San Francisco; Cliffdfd; Elbyd arid Alviri of Em- bro; four daughters, Mrs. S. Doig, I Woodstock; Mrs. Harold Knech- tel, Stratford; Mrs. Ed Monteith, Harrington; “Mrs™RbnaTd Arm-! strong, London; two brothers; George, Reston, Manitoba; John, Ingersoll; three sisters^ Mrs. Tom Lockhart (Annie); Reston, Manir tdba; ’Mrs. Edna Rdbinson, Luck­ now; and Mrs. Ed Freid (Laur­ etta), Detroit; 26 grandchildren and five gr^eat-grandchildren. The funeral was held on Wed­ nesday in the United Church with interment! in North Embro Cem­ etery. Those from here in attend­ ance were Mrs. Robinson and 'Charlie, arid/Mr. arid Mrs. How­ ard Robinson. ELEVEN JOIN AUX ILI ARY—~ ;—■' The regular meeting - of _4he Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion! was held in the Auxiliary Roomis on Monday, March 9th. Mrri Sadie MacMillan presided. With Mrs. Joe Wasney and Mrs. Wm. Stimson acting fas Guard of Honour, eleven new members were initiated, narnely, Mrs. Ara-, belle Bushe.il, Mrs. Dorothy And-1 erson, M.rri Alma Hilnter, Mrs. Mae , Hunter, Mrs. Doreen Drih- mer, Mrs. Margaret E. Carruth­ ers, Mrs. Henrietta' MacDonald, Mrs. Lenore Glenn, Mrs. Alice Stewart, Mrs, Sadie Habkirk, Mrs. ■Susan MacNaughtori. -7 'Plans Were made for a pot luck supper and theatre party to in ark 1he~7Auxiliary 9th. ■ ■■■' . ' $10.00-was donated to the Luck- now Branch of the Red Cross and $10.00 .to“the Legion Scholarship Fund. Plans were niade'for the Auxiliary Rally of Zone 11 to be held on t Thursday, May' 14th. .Mrs, Wm. Stimson gave her re- bqrt? as a delegate at the. x-raj' clinic meeting held in Kincar­ dine last week. Mrs. Ronald-’ E. Forster presented a. gold .Past President’s' feadge on. behalf of the Auxiliary to Mrs. Roy Bl ack who ’spent .four years as.' presp derii of the Branch. , A mirror Ts' to be bought /for the . Auxiliary Rooms arid. Mrs.: Black presented them with a mirror. -The mystery, box was w&n by Mrs.- Ronald For- , ster*. ,A short program was presented by Mrs. Black/ Mrs. Wasney, Mrs. Rob-sArmstrong, Forster, Mrs./Bob,Reid and Mrs. Clare Johnston. Lurich Wris served by th'e hostesses, Mrs. Hedley, Mrs. Forster and Mrs* MacMillan. ” ./’... !„?•/.,..// ARE FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS MARRIED Mr. and Mrs, Wilson. Irwin of tqwn; observed their 58 th wed­ ding anniversaryjon Friday,- Mar. 6th, On Tuesday of .this/ week Mrs. Irwin reached her 80th’ birthday and the. dual, anniver­ sary was marked® by a. family gathering that evening. Mr. Ir­ win was 83 on January 3rd. Mrs. Irwin was formerly Lav-' ina Florence .Caesar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Caesar of Con/ 6, • Ashfield, Mr. Irwin is a member of one of the pioneer, families to settle on Con. 10. Both were lifelong residents of Ash­ field Township until retiring to Lucknow last year. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin both con­ tinue to enjoy fairly good health, apd their many friends join in? extending cogratulations a n d best wishes. They were married in Goderich on March 6th, 1895, by Rev. Mr. Perry,.. Lochalsh observed her 91st birth­ day on Monday and continues to enjoy comparatively good* health. She has retained all her faculties tb a marked degree^ does light household duties iariq reads her paper evdry day. / '/ .Mrs. MacLenpan makes //' her home with Mr. D A. MacDonald and Mrs. Donald MacDonald. EIGHT PAGES DISCUSS WAY TO ■ * ■ > ■’ ■ TED COLLYER’S COW AGAIN 1^ THE NEWS The assortment of nails, that was removed surgically the stomach of a cow owned by Ted Collyer, resulted in wide­ spread publicity for Ted and his cow; ' !! For/a” time after the operation the cow appeared to Be “conval­ escing” falvorably but then went “off its feed” again. It. was taken to an abattoir in Stratford and slaughtered when it was discover­ ed that one of the nailshad pen- etrated the stomach and entered the liver, setting up an infection that would Sooner or ’ later have proved fatal. THAT Pte., George Irwin, son of Mr. and/Mrs. Spence Irwin of Lucknow, who enlisted recent­ ly af London is now in train­ ing Jn Nova Scotia. A week ago Sunday Geqrge phoned- home to inform his parents where he xVas stationed. He will be 19 on St. Patrick’s Day. THAT skunks appear, to be ‘‘overrunning7 the jtown, ac­ cording to reports from almost all sections of the" Village? Last t week; one of them was play- > fully/cavorting ori. main street, and one lady returning from a . party after midnight, “played tgg” with it for about fifteen | THAT Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Port- I edus returned on Saturday | from a six weeks' holiday in Florida, ; Mr. and .Mrs. John Hall returned earlier in the Week from a trip to the South ■ : 7 /-o'— ■ ' •/ THAT .the Boy Scouts will hold ■a paper ., drive during Easter week, and will appreciate you ^^d^fh^anT^papefs^aiTd:"!!^^ > zines for them. ■■■ •; . -■ ‘ : THAT the mercury took- a/sharp drop early!Sunday trior,nihg to 9 below zero. At,eieven>o*clock Saturday night it- was 10 above- and/by eight the'next .mofn- ' ing was back up above ‘ zgro again and continued to rapidly ' moderate to a high Of 29 de­ grees -that afternoon.- Running ' true. - to- form, urip'redictaible ’ March, brought another touch L^oJhwiniejLeAEly^ ing’with a ten-inch snowfall., This near-knee-deep jbiariket wasn’t general, however. At the 9th Concession, south, there was very little snow, arid at Dunganhdri-—none at all,’ • , .. . i , / THAT Bill Pappas missed out on a $1000 priiO in the Blue'!Rib- bbri tea. coritesf."’itfbwKr.'WeIIi"' Bill had the right answer, but . they didn’t happen to draw his "‘ letter* • - St. Peter’s Men’s Club met in the~Legipn^Auxiliary Rooms on Tuesday, March 10th. The treas­ urer reported a sum of $839.00 On deposit in the Synod, for the parish -room. A euchre party and lunch wasx enjoyed. Mr. Jennings was High arid went home with a Lazy Susan. Biil. McQuillin won the consolation prize—2 theatre tickets. The next meeting will be held March 24th in the church basement. . »• . .. ■■ v “Character . Building” will be the subject of an address by Rev. W. A. Young at a father and sop banquet to ‘be held in the Uniteq Church on Thursday of next week at 7.00 p.m. : Rev. Young, B.S.A., is Chaplain ~at—the Ontafid~AgnOTtu^“Cbl- lege, and will have a very worth­ while address. . /Those, planning to attend are advised, to get their tickets early to be assured of accomodation for the turkey banquet that Will precede ReV. Young’s address. a ’ / . • ' • */ .*y . • . ' . WATER DAMAGE AT ASHTON STORE Extensive - water damage was done to some of the children’s wear stock, at Ashton’s Store in a J?reak occurrence>on Monday, night. ,, ' . A 1 frozen water pipe in this business block thawed out. dur-^ mg/thp evening and started wateri flowing from a tap that had' been Ashton’s Store The flood poured down, into the basement depart­ ment where a large stock Of children’s wear is displayed. Damage would have’ been greater still had\ not Mr; and Mrs. Dongld McKinnon, who. occupy an upstaifs apartment, been- up later than usual. They had some friends-in and after they had left at' a late hour, the McKinnons detected, the sound of running Twater. They notified ME AsHtonT who came down to . the store to .discover the cascade. They spent the remainder of the night ’mov-’ ing and. sorting stock and mop­ ping up the flood. Extent of the 'damage could not be .immediately assessed, but it wilt be extensive arid needless to Say/distH can/ look foriwdrd to ’ getting some Quality merchandise at “flood sale” prices when the job of sorting out the ( merchandise is completed. At the March meeting of the Village Council on Monday night, hydro matters: occupied much pf the Board’s ! three-hour ! sees|oh<. Methods of controlling o the peak ; load, on which the monthly hydro charge is based, were discussed? Councillor ./Smith , outlined two plans- for automatically putting off writer heaters to* control the peak, and these plans will be further gone into with Mr, Ire­ land, hydro engineer. Such action is proposed with a yiew to avoid; ing an. increase in hydrri rates. The cost of the work would be re­ covered in two or three years through .the saying in hydro costs to the. municipality. , _j„The joral^ systemi„has?.;$22,()6(L.i invested In. bonds and the reeve and . secretary - treasurer were authorized to sell up to $4000 of these bonds tohojver the approv­ ed project' of modernizing the. Main Street lighting system. In / corinection with this -. pole. removal plan the siren is to be moved from “Standpipe Hill” to the rear of the Fire Hall and Mr. Havens was iristructed to look after the < details of this change which is to be made at an early date, 13th Power Bill Credit Council received the “13th Power Bill”, representing the. . difference between the estimated* and actual cost of hydro during the fiscal year. It represented a credit of $1178.25 to the local_ Commission. Credits for the prev- y ious five years wefe as follows; x 1948—$6,589; J949—$5,659; 1950— $6,219; 1951r-$.2,563; 1952—$2,197. Arena In Red Councillor V. A. Mowbray, a member of the Arena Committee, reported that due to a very mild '•r winter, and no Intermediate hoc­ key team, the arena had had. a lean season. It was estimated that outstanding accquhts and operat- irig expenditures until the end of the season - would amount to ap-~~ proximately $600. It was hoped (that March revenue might yet amount to about $200 and Coun­ cil was asked to put up $400 /to mje e t outstanding! operational costs™ The -Board- advanced ^the“^“ money. '• ' \ 1 TJie Pipe Band was granted the use of the Caledonian Park for holding a band tattoo’ late in June. The requisition was receiv­ ed from/ Wilfred McQuillan. Councillor Smith reported that the Bruce County Health Unit sanitary inspector had recom- rhended year-round- garbage col­ lection service. Reeve Robertson. rind /Council­ lor Stothers are to attend an in­ dustrial convention of the Depart­ ment ..of Planning arid Develop-, irient in Toronto at the end of. this month. ‘ The. question was raised as . to any developments in the sale of the .furniture factory, and Coun- lci.1. .members,., despite- the -^street- - > talk”, knew, of nothing definite . in the matter. Reeve Robertson advocated completing the - .dredging arid Straightening of the river through : the Village.' He pointed out the advantages of the work already done at a dredging cbst. of only $185,00. • < :■ / Councillor MacSw.een mention- ed'tfhk need for a hose trailer in the yillrig^ as .auxiliary equip­ ment- when ;v;fh.e fire truck- -was out of towC'.The ancient hose 4^e-h-he-sai dj^was-^n cA onger-safe:— Council/' authorized ’ Mr. Mric- / Sweep to get ah Estimate on thri cost of such a trailer/ . ... / .. ..... V . ASHFIELI) COUNCIL NAMES WARBLE FLY OFFJCIALS *’ Ashfield Township Coupcil has ^PpQiritM /Little? of Clinton.. in charge of! w’arble fly spraying in the Township this season, with / Jack Curtail of Crewe ns warble fly inspect er;