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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-04-29, Page 1Is your subscription paid? 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 •> r r pat- Ch. I —/^-sc-knowledged^the—gcTieruiis- -by-Fn & the see her the IMPROVEMENT PLEASING IN YOUNG LAD’S EYE I ........... ............... iy«wwi»liwtl 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. , . / ..if . J . ...... . » ... ................ Trophies arid Jackets Presented To Midgets I'. ' 7 FREDWEBBSELLS WAWANOSH FARMS -n '* . „ <c. ’• '** 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. . I . (Continued on page 8) 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. I b' r . . ' HAS BEEN ILL WITH SPINAL MENINGITIS ■'» ■ ■ . ■ I , r------- 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 ' _______1.,..^..■ 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, . ■ 4^ ■ .• —o^-.0. . ' ' V' ■ 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. -~~o 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. > . ;—O— : 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. • y........... ,, 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 * T • , ’ East”.- ■ ■ ■ ■ , ■ • 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; z . (Continued on page 10)