HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-03-11, Page 1Mrs. Roderick MacLennan of I CUT HYDRO PEAK
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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
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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—~
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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.
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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
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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
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THAT .the Boy Scouts will hold
■a paper ., drive during Easter
week, and will appreciate you
^^d^fh^anT^papefs^aiTd:"!!^^
> zines for them.
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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,’ • , .. .
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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
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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. .
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“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.
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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/ .
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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;