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WARBLE FLY OFFICIALS
NAMED IN W. WAWANOSH
“Newfoundland’’, a color
of our new province, vyill • be
shown Thursday night at The
Playhouse by ’ the Luc-Tee-Win
Conservation Club, in addition to
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There will be no show Friday,
as thesfe films will be shown by
The Playhouse in Teeswater un
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1953
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YOUNG COUPLE DIE IN HIGHWAY CRASH I plan rummage sale
.....' 1 AT EASTER TIME '
Members of the Lucknow Wor
men’s Institute are planning for
their annual rummage sale, to be
held, this year on Saturday, April
'4th. > ‘ , .i
The Institute solicits donations
of . any article suitable for. this
sale,, which may be left with Mrs.
[ Wm; Douglas. , > 1 .-
i /Further details will be an/
! nounced next week, and in the
meantime, residents of the com
munity are requested to keep the
event in. mind. \ .
10(j CHILDREN IMMUNIZED
One hundred babies and pre
school age children were given
inrioculations at the immunization
clinic conducted . by the Bruce
County Health Unit in the Re
creational .Centre last week. .... .
The next in this series of three
clinics, will be held at the same
time and place on Tuesday, April
21st. .
TEN PAGES
Former Lucknow Girl In
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Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes Robinson,
formerly/Anna Graham of Kin
lot Township, and his mother,
Mrs. Alice Robinson, met flamr
ing^death last Friday evening in
a’.’highway- crash at their New
market district farm. Pictured
Early in April Tom Webster
of West Wawanosh will launch
JliSn3JtbLydaiL^asJbjeeJLring^
a job he ’started “as a kid” and
has been at ■ ever,since. He has’
three rings—-Dungannon, St. Hel
ens and St. Augustine.
Tom has,4npthfer “sideline”. He
has been treasurer ,<pf Dungannon
United Church since j 925,\ and
has* performed; this task, so ef
ficiently the congregation
won’t let him give it up.
SUBMIT PLAN OF
CIRCUITjCHANGE
Huron Presbytery of the Un
ited Church has conducted, a sur,-1
vey of the Presbytery, with , a
view to making alterations that
will serve the two-fold purpose of
forming stronger charges that
will be better able to meet the.
higher stipends now approved,
and to make available more min-
lsters to fill .the needs, of the
church. . > . . . ; [
Among the charges affected by
7es^yfery1s-^larr'is"thTeAshfield
Circuit The plan calls for form/
jhg the. three, congregations of
Zion, Hacketts and Blakes into
;one strong point at Hacketts, arid
jo/join with St./’ Helens and
Whitechurch. if or a three^point
-charge; . . ; . ' ..
We understand that the Boun
dary and Pastoral Relations com
mittee of Presbytery will meet
representativves of the . Boards
t*° discuss the plan and
Tordeal' with the new,minimum
stipend of $3,100 new approved.
Among, those present at. ’the
n<spyiery meeting in Bly th lafet
Wednesday were William Hunter,
gK/Huiifer, Waiter'Alton,
‘ake and Rev. Dickinson.
'.Prest>ytery’s (boundary revision
™ proposes that Crewe congre-
B10n.. j^unigannOh/elasihg-
Lrewe Church; and that Nile be
deluded in the Dungannon, Port
thert and Crewe Circuit/ „
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HAS FAITH IN
YOUTH OF TODAY
. Addressing a gathering of oyer
taken , on'their wedding day four ! one hundred dads and lhds ..at a
years ago. Mrs. Robinson is the j banquet in the United Church last
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Angus-1 Thursday evening, Rev. W. A,
Albert Hedley/ of the Glamis
district has bought Hugh Suther
land’s farm in Kinloss Township
and—obtains-possessiun--in-/Api4k
Hugh, who has been suffering
from arthritis, will hold a clear
ing sale on April 7th.
VICTORY PARADE
HELD FOR CHAMPS
.Young; expressed his faith in the
present generation of young, peo
ple. That faith had been strength-
| eried by his intimate -contact with
'■the^housand'young people, at/the
Ontario Agricultural College. at
Guelph '•where he serves as padre.
Rev. Young was introduced in- i-formally-as■’“Biii’s"^
I Steve Stoithers, who knows him
! well. He is a son of Rev. and
: Mrs. G. A. Young, formerly of
I South Kinloss Church.
; After graduating from the OAC
with his B.S.A. degree in 1926,I Rev. Young entered the. ministry
and upon his ordination, had
charges' at Hetnsall, Ottawa and
Fergus. He served as a padre in
World W^r II and four y&ars ’ago
went to the OAC as padre and
lecturer.
’ Rev. Young’s address was op
Luck now Legion Midgets, On
tario hockey champions of, the
O.M.H.A. “D” series, were royal
ly welcomed home early Sunday
morning ab they arrived ■-back
from Nobleton With a 3-2 win
under their'belt that gave them; “Character Building?’ and he said
the coveted silverware, in two.............
straight games.
It was about. two a.m. when
the team anb their large follow-
ing of supporters, arrived home t<\
be greeted at the outskirts by a
procession;of cars .which had
lined up awaiting the arrival. The
players mounted the fire truck
for the victory parade and were
serenaded by the High School
Band, the. blare of .horns, the waili
of the fife truck siren.. Despite
the hour Main Street was lined ’
with cars and spectators. |
At Chin’s restaurant the jubil- '
ant. lads and their managers, Bud
Thompson and Jack Cook, "were
piped- into the restaurant .by
Piper Wilfred McQuillan, where.
Tom Rafferty, CKNX, sports com
mentator, made a. tape recording
of the festivities,
To the'echoing cheers of the
throng that packed the restaur
ant ../and . overflowed in^9;
street, brief remarks were made
by~Bub~Tlmlbpsun7—Jiick-enokr
Jack and Charlie Chin, Mrs. Chin,
Ken McNay and George Richards.
When order was restored the
lads topped off .the celebration
with'a steak, dinner.
Members .of the'team are: goal,
George-Richards, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Orland RichaiMs:'def., Ken-,
n’eth McNay, son of Mr, and .Mrs.
Alex McNay;' Ernie., Gibson, son.
of Mr. and Mrs.. ’Sanl Gibson;^
cent fe . and . left- ’ wing,.J ack and
that the greatest ; need of our
‘ time is men, young and old, of
good character^ basM. on the
foundation of the Christian re-
ligiom Character—-the real you—
is not. what-you do or say, but
what you do 'when no one is.
looking., • *
The youth of today '• faces a
great adventure and a great chal
lenge. They haven’t been up to
(bat yet, but he’s betting on them,
’Mr/ Yoting Concluded. Kenneth
I Mur die thanked the speaker,
i A delicious turkey dinner, serv-
1 e$»kfoy .,the' Women’s Association,
I opened the banquet. Rev. G? A.
Meiklejohn acted as chairman and
led in «a rousing sing song with
Mrs. M, R. Allin at the piano:
Mr. Ernest Blake tendered a
of thanks to the ladies and
Grant MlcDiarmid replied..
The toast to the soils was
posed by W. B. Anderson
responded, to by Donald McNay.
George Webster proposed the
4oast-to-the-fathers and Raynard-
Ackert replied. , /
Trumpet duets were played by
George Anderson and Morley
I iChinj, boys choruses by. Billy
Robinson, Alan Chin, Billy- Ken
nedy, Dick Murdie/ Harm Hof-
st^de, Fraser' Ashton; solo by
George Joynt with . Rev.. Meikle
john as’accompanist. /
Charlie Chin, sons of Mi’s. Rose
Chin; right wing, Roy Stanley,
son of Mr. and Mfs. Rill Stanley;
alt., Ron Graham, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy; drab am; Kent Hedley,
son of. W. and Mrs. N. Med
ley’; Bob Mowbray, so'n of/Mr,
and- Mrs. Keri Mowbray;', Allan
McDonald; ^son of Mr's; and, Mij
;Eai4-McDonai d;-Ross.. McDona
son of Mr,’ and’ Mrs. Jack McDon-
aoh and Hughie MacMillan,. son
of Mi-, and Mra. Ross. MacMillan.
West Wawanosh Township will
have the same tWo Warble fly.
officials as a year ago. Victor
Errington is inspector: and Lewis
Blake of Brussels, sprayer opera
tor; . '• / - ' ' ,' ■
Mr. Errington will .shortly start
his rounds of the Township with
warble powder for those wishing.
td^“ brUs&' their: animals/ "The.
brushing’’fee- is 10c a head, 3nd»
tlyj fee for. spraying 15e;
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’ Triple, tragedy • stalked the
highway near Newmarket on
Friday evening shortly before
ten o’clock, -and /took rthe ; liVes
bf a former Lucknow girl/ Her
husband and his mother/ ■ / v
Trapped in their blazing motor
car while would-be rescuers were
driven back by the flames, dbath
came horribly and shockingly to
Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes Robinson
and his mother, Mrs. Alice Rob
inson. . “ A
“Mrs, Hawkes Robinson was
formerly Anna Graham, daugh
ter'of Mr. and Mrs. Angus Gra-.
ham of Concession 4, Kinloss. The
young couple had returned1 re-”
-;ceiut[ly from a holiday in Jamaica
. and just the previous week had
spent a- happy week-end here
with her parents, who now reside
in Lucknow, and on Sunday
morning had attended service/in
St. Peter’s Anglican Church. -
■ The day of; the fatality—in fact
only four,, hours ftrlier—Mrs.
Alice Robinson had returned
from a six weeks’ Florida holi
day, and to mark her .return she
was accompanied by her son and
daughter-in-law to Bradford to
have dinner.,
It was . while returning home
that the accident occurred at 9.42.'
The Robinson car, southbound,
had came to a stop on the high
way to make a 4urn into their
Jnniscarra Farms; a dairy, enter-
^pTise^of Consider able maghifude.
A car from Barrie, also south
bound, crashed into the rear of
the Robinson car. Its gasoline
tank burst in flames enveloping
the car that was hurled about 100
feet by the impact. The Barrie
car was splattered with burning
gasoline, but rescuers succeeded
in pulling the two occupants of
this car to safety. / • j
Jim Russell of Newmarket, who!
witnessed the 4$ash, covered his
hands and face with a coat, in
a Valiant effort to rescue the Rob
insons. The door handle came off
as he wrenched at it, and as he.
attempted to smash a Window .the
flames drove, him back. Russell’s
-yotrng—wife—and—an—expectantpity.
mother, watched fearfully hep
husband’s efforts without regard
to his own safety. |
A truck driver used a fife ex
tinguisher to no avail. Meantime
more helpless bystanders reached
.the scene and .then the Newmar
ket Fire Brigade. They could not
effect a rescue, and extinguished
the fire, ..but too late.
Married Less Than Five Years
Anna Graham was born in Kin
loss Township 36 years ago.. She
attended High School iri Luck
now and later went to Toronto
where she was employed by the
Robert Simpson Company. Four
years ago. last October she mar
ried Hawkes Robinson. He was
38 at - his death. His mother was
65. She was the wife of the late
Dr. Edward Robinson, and had
-tbeen—active—for—many—year s-^i nr
the Royal Winter Fair. Mrs. Rob-X
inson’s grandfather founded the
Stueben Glass Co. of New York.
Funeral service fof Mrs. Robin
son .was. held Tuesday at eleven
o’clock at ‘hef’ In’niscarra resi;
dence^with entombment to follow
at Corning, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. • Robinson- rested
at *he A. W. Miles Furieral.Horntf
’at Toronto, with which her bro
ther Rennie is associated, Service
Church, Newmarket’, on Tuesday
afternoon, with ithe. rema.ins com
ing to Lucknow' by train pn Tues7
day night. . (
A double funeral service Was
held ’on Wednesday, afternoon, in
South Kinloss Church, whbre
Anna once 'wofshiped-^with her
parents, and interment was made
Tn* South* Kinloss Cemetery. /
' Mn Robinson, is survived by
one sister< Mrs; McGregor Youhg lari on the home farm in Kinloss.
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MOURN QUEEN MARY
Dowager Queen Mairy, be
loved and, respected by mil
lions, of . subjects throughout
the Dominions, passed away
peacefully late Tuesday af
ternoon. She was" 85 and had
been in failing health for a
time. She was predeceased by
her husband,' King George V
in 1936, and by her son, King
George VI, last year.
A nation in mourning would
\ have wished that the beloved
; ‘‘Grandmother of England”,
had beeft spared to. see the
coronation of her grand
daughter, Elizabeth, Tittle
more than two months hence.
LEGION LAUNCHES
MEMBER DRIVE
A. drive 'for new members 4s
currently being launched, by the
Lucknow Branch of the Canad
ian Legion.
A personal letter over : the sig
nature of the' Branch president; .
a • questionnaire f and application
form are going out to 'all veterans ‘
in the Lucknow area. Purpose of
.the-que9tionhaire7is-to7tTy^to”fin_d~"”
out why many veterans do not
belong to the Legion, and to seek
information orr why they are not
interested and what they suggest
to improve and expand the or- .
ganization. .//■'• •. /
It is pointed out that about
I one-tenth of Lucknow’s . popui-a- ,
i-tion js made .up of veterans of : '
two' wprld wars, yet only about
one-quarter of these
members.
The letter stresses that every
Canadian veteran owes the/Leg-
i ion a debt of gratitude for the
unceasing work done and being
done in connection with war ser
vice gratuities, pensions, allow
ances arid rehabilitation..
■ Local officials ■ hope that the
.questionnaires gofrigrout will be
filled out fully-and frankly and
by every veteran in the comm un
SHOE SALE TREMENDOUS
MERCHANDISING EVENT
A monster sale which opened
at Rathwell’s Shoe Store last
Wednesday, has proved to be One
of the most tremendous mer
chandising events ever staged
here. The store was4 jamrhed’
throughout the opening day,.and
hundreds of pairs, of choice bar
gains were snatched up before
noon hour. ‘ ’
Custhmersj having no room to
sit, leaned against each other in .
an effort to try on slippers and
the like. It wasn’t safe to lay
down yoUr old shoes—someone
was liable to snatch them.
—Gerald^Rathwell“made“:abusl-“
ness trip on Thursday to.replen
ish some lines in order to keep
the hargain-halppy c'rdwd satis
fied arid keep, the big sale in full
swing; Itjs going on all this week
and next, and 1500 more bills
were distributed on Wednesday ■.
for. another week-end Splurge of
bargains’.
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^This cdmmmnty grieves in thi^” ~
tragedy, and extends its deepest ’’
sympathy to . Mrs. Rbbinson's
parents,-Mr; arid Mrs,. Angus Gra--
harm and to 'her four sisters and - '
two brothers, 'Mrs/ Gordon Me--
Innes /(Margaret) of Wingham; ’’
Mrs. James ; Snowe. (Mary) j of
Bellwood; Mrs. John Lowndes ’
(jJ.^n) of Queensyille; Mrs. Brock.
McKehziF’ Wbrothy) /bf Tees
water.; Rennie of Toronto and Al-