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the emotional turmoil in the Far'
East where live two-thirds of the '
world’s population and declared, '
‘‘You can feel it; the resentment -
of poverty, illiteracy, 'injustice
' $2.50 A Year In Advance—$1.0^ Extra To U.S.A..■ LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 29, 1953
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THAT Bill and Sam Chin, who
have * been attending pharm
acy, wrote their final' year’s
examinations a couple of weeks
. ’ ago. • •' ; ‘ .
MRS. COLLYER’S SISTER
DIED SUNDAY AT OTTAWA *
hospitalized since recently re
turning from . California . where
she spent the Winter. ( > ?
Her condition on Tuesday was
reported as fair, ’
THAT George Whitby is fitting
out a four-bedroom annbx 'arid
. __JnStalling_a__bathrooni__at„their-
tourist home a block ‘ south of
the Supertest Garage. , .
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Trophies arid Jackets
Presented To Midgets
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FREDWEBBSELLS
WAWANOSH FARMS
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A real; estate transaction of in
terest/ took. place recently when
Fred- Webb sold his farm prop
erty to two neighbors,
Andrew Gaunt bought the 100-
acre home farm, and Bill Forster
bought the 50 acres “across the
.road”, which adjoins the ’For
ster farm. They both get immed
iate possession.
--The Lqckpqw Legion Midgets1
Were"banqueted ”last^^;
evening, and presented with. tro
phies and. jackets emblematic of
the W.O A.A, and Ontario Minor
Hockey Association “D” champ
ionships.
The McAvoy" trophy, emblam-'
atic of the Ontario championship
was presented by Mr. €>, M.
“Mike” Weichel. of Elmira, presL
dent of the O.M.H.A. It was re
ceived by Charlie. .Chin. The
W.0.AA. championship trophy,
donated by Percy Adams, was
presented by Hugh Hawkins of
Clinton, W.O.A.A. president and
was received by Kenneth Me-.
Nay. Both iboys. made very ap
propriate replies, paying tribute
to their Coach and manager and
thanking all who had assisted and
supported them during the season
and those who had contributed
to the jacket fund which made
It' possible for them to receivje
were presented by Charles Web
ster. Those receiving jackets
were George Richards, Kenneth
McNay, Ernie Gibson, Kent Hed
ley, RoSsMeDonagh, Roy Stan
ley, Charlie and Jack Chin, Ron
Graham,; Bob Mowbray, Allan
MacDonald, Hughie MacMillan,
Paul Couse, H. D. “Bud” Thomp-
-sonandJack-Cook.——-----—r
___-Bill JPappas. presented each pf-
the boys with two tickets to The
Playhouse.
l!__— Receive Good Advice -
! Bitt these lads received more
i than trophies and jackets. They
received some good advice from
the, various speakers, who were L, .c^^4^;^b^Legi0n; President,
t Clarence Greer, . following a
bountiful turkey dinner served
by members of the Ladies Aux-
r iliary. ■
Mr.1, Weichel’s" advice to the
boys ivaS to have fun. but riot to
give everything to sport. “Look
to your education”, he said for
.: oidy about—ori^^te’5000“ get ^ta
the top in sjport. He stressed as
the three fundamentals, a Christ-
ion faith, education and recrea
tion. .
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Mrs. Sarah Collyer received
word on Sunday of the death of
her sister, Mrs. Jack Hethering
ton of Ottawa. Although not in
the best of health, Mrs, Hether
ington died suddenly from a
heart attack. She was 67.
Mrs. Collyer and Keith left by
train on Monday morning for Ot
tawa to. attend the funeral on
Tuesday.. ’ . ’ .
donates gift To
HACKETT CHURCH
, n April meeting of Hackett
Church W.M.S. was held. ai_lhe_
home of z Mrs. Jim Nelson. Miss
Ehhira Alton read the scripture
and delegates. were appointed to
attend the meeting in Goderich.
Mrs. Nelson' took the chapter
the study book and Mrs.
'** Alton read ’ a letter from
, Ida White in India.,.
A donation of $100 was receiv-
-. fdfrofn Mrs. W. A,t Hackett of
Detroit to be used as is seen fit.
| church. The ladies grate-
, ^ft, and instructed Mrs./Alex
?ac,ett to Write a /letter ’ of
thapks from the W.A. . ' >
• W r ‘ and Mrs. Alex
ackett were appointed to look
j ASer gctfio-S dishes. Prayer was
by , Mrs*. Wilkins and
• by the hostesses,
W Nelson arid Mrs. Les RitOhie.
mooting is to be grand--
Wher s meeting with them re-
pon&ble for/the program.
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HAS BEEN ILL WITH
SPINAL MENINGITIS
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Gordon Irwin has been a pat
ient in Goderich Hospital for the
past ten days with spinal men
ingitis. The illness struck him
suddenly two .weeks ago yVed-
nesday. He 'was taken to the hos
pital on Sunday as his suffering
increased and during the week a
spinal; puncture was done "to re
lieve the distress, Gordon’s con
dition was quite serious for a
time,' but he is now improving,
“Gord”, is. a son of Mr. and
Mrs, Wilson Irwin, and for years
was Luckniog?s, ace hardball
pitcher, when Bruce Leagrie base
ball was in its heyday. In this
loop, recognized as among the
-topsL-in—iOntario,—Gordon—eould-
hold his own with the best that
pennant-hungry' teams could im
port. He got his'Start with the
Belfast nine and as a youth his
ability was quickly recognized?
Fpr&several years his strong, de- •
pendable right arrir kept Luck-;
now in the limelight in baseball
circles, and his potent bat was
a l w a;y s feared ‘ by oippifeinig
moundsmen. *
MASONIC MEMBER
FOR FIFTY YEARS
The official visit of . District
Deputy Grand Master H. J. Cam
eron of Kincardine, to Old Light
Lodge last week, was highlighted
by the presentation of a 50-year
jewel to Mr., Duncari Cameron of
Lochalsh, who is now making_his_
hpme with his sister, , Mrs. R,
Finlayson,' Lucknow.
ML Cameron joined Old Light
back in 1903 when the late James
Lyons, Sr., wa§? Worshipful Mas
ter, and when the lodge room was
in the old hall on Havelock St.,
across from the bowling green.
Old Light met there from its in
ception «in 1867, until the build
ing was destroyed by fire in 1927.
Mr. Cameron was himself.mas
ter of Old Light back in 1915,
The presentation last week was
made by T. J? Salkeld, secretary
Of the Lodge.
The presentation of a Past I
Master’s jewel./was made to Fred
Newman of Whitechurch by. W.
A. Porteous., Th e inewjy^edecoxated Jndge.
room and banquet hall was filled
to capacity for last week’s-gath-
ering,. and many favorable com
ments .were, made of ' the- “new
look”. The banquet hall .paint
ings done, (by the late Rexford
Ostrander, stand out even more
prominently- now, because of a
lighter background ' Surrounding
them.
Worshipful /Master Leonard
MacDonald presided in the ban
quet .hall following- the. regular
meeting. Grace . was pronounced
was sung. T J; Salkeld;proposed
the .toast to Grand Loxdge whidh
was replied to by D.D.G.M. H. J.
Cameron. The toast to the visitors
was proposed by George Joy nt
and responded to, by Wm. Scrim*
goour of Palmerston, Walter Van
Wyck of Wingham and Rev. W*
S; Sutherland of-Westhill.
.. The only time you mustn’t fail
is the last time you try;
THAT Elmo and John Pritchard
were in Flint on Saturday at
tending the funeral of their
aunt/. Mrs. Maria Purdy, who
. passed away after a brief, ill-*
ness in her 80th year. She was
a sister of the late Wm. John
Pritchard and was (born oh the
Second of Huron on the Brooks
farm. Mrs. Purdy recently at
tended the funeral here of Mrs.
W. J. Pritchard ^md remained
for a few days* visit. She1 took
ill shortly after returning to
Flint.
Mrs. je&sie • mcInnes
HAD- LEG AMPUTATED
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Mrs. Jessie McInnes had
leg amputated just below
knee in Wingham Hospital . last
Friday. Mrs? McInnes had been
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Haibkirk had
their son Bobby to London again
oh Monday, when good news.was
received about the condition of
his eye, injured 'by a stone from
a sling shot about three weeks
ago. When the eye was examined
by a .specialist two weeks prevr
ious, permanent injury was fear
ed.
On Monday* the specialist was
quite amazed by the improve
ment. Bobby could read some
letters with the injured eye,
which was more than had been
hoped 'ior.^c^v®r,.jh^..wa&; non.-?'
commital on whdf the ‘future held
and Bob’s to . go back to see him
again in a month. *
FORMER RECTOR IS ILL,
GETS LEAVE OF ABSENCE
We regret to report the serious
illness of Rev. Gabon J. H.
Geoghegan of New ,Si.-Paul’s,
Woodstock. He is at present ^a
patient in Woodstock ^General
Hospital. In view of his condi
tion he has been granted leave
is just so much furi for George Irwin,
who returned recently to Camp
Aidershot in Nova Scotia, after
spending a (furlough at his
home here. While in Kingston
on his /way East, George spot-’
ted a car yvith Nova Scotia
license plates. He, hailed the
driver, who was alone, and got
a direct ride via the United
—^States-to-within—thirty—miles-
, oLhis Camp,
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THAT some good catches bf femfejt
_ -have^been—ma4eT--dufing—the | bf—<absence- until December— -
past week, with Point Clark ~
appearing to be $ favored, spot.
The _ Harr is brothers, Howard
and Earl, made a good haul
..lastijJ^idajfc night and among
their catch was one. smelt which
measured 11 inches in length,
which is a record for size it
>: seems.
TH AT officials of the Bruce Co.
; Health Unit; were at the pub
lic school on Monday .giving
“booster shots” for diphtheria
and whooping cough preveri-
.. tion. Tuberculin tests were givr
en to. students in the High
School.
Rev. Geoghegan was rector of
the St. Peter Parish twenty years
ago, and it was hoped to have
had.'him preach anniversary ser
vices Dungannon, Port Albert
arid" Ripley-" in \miif-Way,'^but^b'is.
illness prevents this. ,
HURON HEREFORD
SALE COMING UP
The’"fourth annual spring sale
of the Huron Hereford Associa
tion Will be held at the xFair
Grounds, Clinton, on Tuesday,
May 12th. Mr. H. J. D. Eedy of
Dungannon is sales manager and
THAT a couple of Wingham lad
ies came over to The Play
house last week to see “The
Hasty Heart’’. The hiitch — it
isn’t until next Thursday,. Fri
day and Saturday. Seeing this
highly, rated, show advertised in
. The Sentinel they didn’t pay
close enough attention to
date, but hustled over to
. it/ But thiey’ir be back.
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THAT Rev. ‘W. S. Sutherland' of
Westhill Presbyterian Church,
on the Oshawa highway east
', of Toronto, was a. caller here
last week and attended Old
‘Light Lodge on Tuesday night?
< Rev. Sutherland was a former
minister, at - Whitechurcfi and
Langside. > .
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THAT Mrs. Peter McCall and her
birthday date — April 24th.
Young John Barrie McCall ar
rived last Friday at ListoweL
'Hospital. *
THAT Bill Connell, 15-year-old
son of Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Con
nell of Wingham gave an
organ recital over CKNX.last
Thursday evening, that.<was a
real credit to?tlie j^oung mus-
ician.” ? ,
TEN PAGES
LITTLE TOTS MEET
PAINFULMISHAPS
: Dianne Swan, eleven-months’-
old daughter of? Mr., and Mrs.
. JHarry-Swan^had-the-misf drtune
to fall from..her "pram last- FrL -
day morning’, suffering a double
fracture of the ..left arm above
the: wrist; ;
. Dr.’ M. H.. Corrin was the at-
tendpig physician and applied a
i cast to the little girl’s arm which
she will wear for. three or tfour-
weeks. ■' ,
' Mr. and Mrs. Swan reside oa
Concession 4, KinlOss, Harry be
ing employed by Lloyd Mac-r ■//,
Dougall.. . ” .
Caught Hand In Wringer
Qn Thursday, little Eleanor
Whitby, 22-months-old daughter <•
of Mr* and Mrs. George Whitby,
suffered Ja painful injury when
her hand was torn?when caught
in the wringer of the washing
machine.
Eleanor pushed a chair up to
the machine and turned on the
wringer jwhich wasn’t clamped .
real: tight as. herr mother.-had. not -;^
started using it. However it drew
her hand and afm into the ma
chine with her thumb catching
on the frame of. the wringer,/
which, tore the hand badly where’
the thumb joins to the palm.
Several stitches were required ter
"close the tear.
F. WI LSON”GO1NG^
TO KITCHENER
„ Floyd s Wilson^ accountant at
the Lucknow plant of Silver-,
wood Dairies Limited for * the
past six years is being transfer
red to the sales department of
the' Kitchener plant. The trans
fer "Wil be effective* dh May 18th^
Mrs. Wilson arid: Max will re
main here for the time being.
Floyd’s successor will be Bill5
/Arnold! of Kitchener. He is a
married man and they have a
two-year old. daughter^ Mr. Arn
old will assume , his duties here .
on May 11th. They have rented
the Gam-mie home.
past-presidentbfthe-Association-pPOST-OFFIGE-^WICKETS
The president is Frank Thomp
son of Wingham.
Forty-five head have been’eon-
signed for tliis» sale——28 females
and 17 bulls, and according to.
the inspector of animals, they
are the (best run’ of cattle ever
offered by the Huron Associa
tion. / ■
Hereford . breeders consigning
cattle in this sale include H. C.
Wright & Son, Cromarty; Robt.
E. Thompson, Clinton; Frahk
Thompson & Son, /Wingham, Al
lan Petrie, . Dungannon; Frank
Fentland, Goderich, James A.
Neilans, Londesboro; John Mac
Gregor, Hensail; Robert Mason,
Ripley; Stanley Jackson, Kippen;
Bert Holmes & Sort, Wingham;
Hirtzei Bros., Crediton: Robert J;
Grosch, SebringviUe; Ralph Fos-
ster, Goderich; Hdber J* L. Eedy
& Sons, Dungannon}' Clarence
Down, : Hensall,. James Coultes,
Belgrave. •'
OPEN MORNINGS AT 8JO
Effective on Muy ? 11th, Post
Office" wickets jyill open at 8.30
each morning, which is a half
bour later than formerly. The of-*
fice is open each week day until.
6.00 p.m., with the exception of1
Thursdays when the wickets close
at 1.00 p,m. . ■
They ate standard postal hours, •
with the 8.30 change going! into?
effect with the adoption of day
light saving time, as the mail off
the morning train does riot reach
the post office until after 7.15;
The distribution' of the after
noon mail will riow be a‘h hour
later. The afternoon train arrives
about 2.40, as “fast time” goes,
_andLit.will-!be.approximately3i5^-
iby the time it is sorted.
The, deadline for outgoing "
“rioon” mail is approximately 2.00
p.m, while daylight saving time
continues. •
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MacMillans Spoke At Synodical
There was special interest for
this community in the 39th an
nual meeting of the Hamiltbn-
London Synodiccil WM.S. of the
Presbyterian Church in Canada,
&j^.pejJ;aLspeakers„included^oth-|^d^]nesS^that-^nv^p^he^Far*
pr. : and ?Mrs- Hugh MacMillan;
native born -Kinibss Township
, residents, who have spent almost
a CLUarter of a century in helping
to ibring Christianity to Formosa.
Ere long their furlough Will end
and they will be leaving, again
for the Far East, . •'
Afternoon Speaker
Mr$. MacMillan spoke at the
afternoon session. “Determined
discontent” is how She translated
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What she said of Formosa, she
reiterated of India, Pakistan, .,
Japan; “These elements of deter
mined discontents are growing.;
They are the elements that Want:
independence. They are the rev- -
elution of a^ fluid society, the
torch, bearers’-’.
Thvo observations Mrs- MacMiL
lari made were, in sharp contrast;
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