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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-05-13, Page 1r ; * I meetings occurring this Week MUST be’ jn by , Saturday, <1 • /' * > : 7 . ■ ■ *I !2,5° A YCar In Advanc.^M1>QQ Extra To U.S.A. ■ LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13th, 1953 Council To Do Some Paring To Hold Village Rate Down The May meeting of the<Vill-1 “^“Cburicil.onrMonday"riighfw^ NIECE a fiive-hour session that adjourn- ----- ed near 1.90 ajii/ after the Board had struggled with a, variety of * problems arid complaints from dogs to an estimated increase in the village tax rate unless some paring is done. It was approaching midnight before the Board got around to discussing the 1053 estimates of expenditures and receipts, which forecast an increase of approxi­ mately four mills in thalt portion of the tax levy over which Coun­ cil has control. ,'; A requisition from the Fire . Company for equipment of con­ siderable value, and the estimat­ ed expenditure on roads are two major outlays that will be re­ viewed by Council in a bid. to pare expenditures and hold Ithe rate as nearly as. possible to last year’s levy-of- 29 mills; for-Village7 purposes.;,/’? ?/■/’,' It was suggested that work of • extending the bl^ck top on other " roads in the Village could be curbed this year to the /point only preparing the foundation base for the .asphalt. : An overall tax. rate picture was not available until the County , rate is struck and the school rates ■^?rire--fixed.-""7"r//"’: '. Town Hall Repairs Council discussed repairs, nec­ essary at the Town Hall. -Of first importance is the eajve’troughing of the building and closing in and protecting the fire escape. A new ceiling in the Library room is also on the agenda, but may not be undertaken this, year. With" a view't6 keeping town ; RECEIVES^SCHOLARSHIP »Mr. and Mrs. Jiip Ketchabaw and girls motored to Brantford on Friday, May 8th to attend the graduation exercises of Brantford General Hospital, when their niece, Miss Thelma Ann'Cudney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.\Oliver Cudney of Galt, received her diploma and the Arthur Kenedy BunneT Memorial Scholarship presented by Mr. K. A. Bunnel. MRS. POTTER PASSES EIGHT PAGES EARLY COPY, PLEASE! . ‘ . 9 - - • * Monday next, May 18t.h, be* ing a holiday, it is important „ that-".copy' for. ne^t week’s . issue ’ be in •< at the < earliest / ■possible moment. ‘ Reports^oF_j_ SIXTY-YEAR-OLD HYDRANT TO BE COVERED OVER • To. make way for a proper drilveway-x approach;to Shelton’s Woodwork Specially plant an old Jire_Jiydrant-_i& to^ be—covered '.over,' The hyd^jant, which is not required for; fircr protection pur­ poses, is situated in ^ront of Ithe Shelton shop. This was the orig­ inal waterworks pumphouse, and housed the steam plant which gave Lucknow a modern fire pro­ tection system oVBr three score years ago. * The hydrant was installed in 1889 and is thus 64 years old. It was first planned to remove the hydranit, ’ but the. manufacturer’s plans have been, lost and it is not possible to order a plug for the main. The death of Mrs. William Pot­ ter of Lucknow occurred at Milt­ cihell on Friday, following a heavy stroke. She was in her 74th year and was formerly Bertha Jane Whittingham. The/funeral ser* vice was. conductecL by. ,Rev. . -G;- A. Meiklejqhn on Monday at the Ball and Mutch funeral home in Clinton with interment in Clin­ ton Cemetery?. IS VICE-PRESIDENT OF GALT BOWLING CLUB Mr. Denzil Statlers was a caller in town the first of/the week. While ' here“ he was' an ardent member of the bowling club, and has carried his. zeal with him to Galt, where he has resided for the past couple of years, arid al­ ready has been named vice-pres­ ident of his bowling club. As a winter diversion Denzil plays considerable bridge at the Recreational Centre Club. His one lament ife, he can’t firid ariyone property looking its best, Coun- i to give him a good game of cillor Stofhers raised the question I checkers. He just hasn’t found of a power mower. This matter was left at the “look into** stage. The condition of- some side­ walks in the Village was another repair problem. The suggestion by Reeve Robertson that this might best, be accomplished by use of asphalt hi repairing and building up such. sidewalks, re­ sulted iq the decision, 'to experi­ ment along this line, when Coun­ ty equipment is in town making repairs to Village streets. Asks About Commercial Course Councillor Smith said that it Mrs. Eldon Henderson, Lucknow, had been brought Ito his attention that it was not immediately plan­ ned to teach commercial work iri the new high school and question­ ed if they should request the School Board to consider it? The matter was. dropped with the re­ marks by Reeve Robertson, ?They ( have enough problems now”, and' by Councillor Stothers, “Hadn’t We better let them get the school started?6 . : The next issue was dogs, with Board members voicing com­ plaints. they had received from gardeners arid horticulturists. anyone to compare with the old cronies with whom he used to do ibatitle here. Yes? he likes bridge, but he’d sooner have a good game Of checkers. ENGAGEMENTS Mr; and Mrs. James A. Wraith, -Teeswater,—wish—to—announce1—the----this summer? engagement of their daughter, I Gertrude Elizabeth to Eldori Mur- ] ‘ ray Henderson, son of Mr. and' gardeners, and __ ______ Council took no action in trying to enforce, the confinement of _^gs,_Jbut-felt—that— dog— owner-s- should co-operate in this regard during (the early growing season. The Reeive* reported on / the progress the Girl Guides. had ‘ made in cleaning up at the rear of the Recreational. Ceritre. Some till and crushed gravel wiir be needed to complete the project. Ho also reported on iwork being done with a power Shovel at the Park with a view 'tio improving Park drainage. ** ' \ —Assessor A. C. Agnew was~ authorized to attend - the . assess­ ors’ convention at Hamilton. the latter part of May, ZONE RALLY THURSDAY . Lucknow Branch of the Ladies’' Auxiliary the Canadian Legion wnl be host for the Zohe rally t0.be held here this Thursday ev- ^he Town Hall. About * ladies brejexpected to attend honi the eleven BraricheS. The marriage to take place early in June. , CHILDREN BAPTIZED AT MOTHER’S DAY SERVICES Seven children were baptized by Rev. G. A, Meiklejohn at the Mother-s Day . service, in the’Un­ ited Church on Sunday morning. The prescribed order of worship for ithis Christian Family? Day service was followed. It is issued by the Ontario Council , of Christ- ion Education .and was illustrated with " a family picture -of Trip Royal Family. . . \ eik-le-iohn—wris—assisted—rn- conducting the (senviice ‘ by Dick Murdie^ Beverley Ashton, Eliza­ beth Webster and Gordon Morri­ son. ’ ■ < . The children baptised, were, Kenneth Lome, son of Mr., and Mrs. Lome. Eadie; Glenda Jane, daughter of Mr.' and /Mrs. Glen Irwin; Brenda Irene, daughter of Mr. arid Mrs/Melvin . Morrison;. •Ediith Elaine? /daughter of Mr. and' Mrs. Sidney Gardner; Don- ald Richard, sOn OfMi'. andM'rsr- Orville felliott;. Janet Winnifred, and Sharon Louise, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bailey (El- Jep , Armstrong)" of Lambeth^ • Baptized al St/ Peter’s At a -Mother’s Day service in St.’ Peter ’s' Church/ Rev*.* H. L. jehnibgs baptized Kenneth Wil­ liam, son of/Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C/Johnstone rind James- Alvin, of .Mr/and Mi’s. Cartrian Me- Quillih. THAT Burma was the setting for the picture “The Hasty Heart” presented ' last week at The Playhouse under sponsorship of The Legion. It was a coinci­ dence that Jim MacNaughton, a Legion member^: who acted as" usher the first nighlti of the show, seryed iri Burma during^ World War II. " The picture proved quite, popular and drew large crowds throughout the 3- night run. THAT Earl ( Joe) McCoy is hob­ bling about on Crutches, hav- ' ing suffered a badly fractured -leg- when- struck ~by~~a™car "in London early in the winter1 • ;—°— . THAT'Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mac- ' "GregOr and family have moved . from Ashfield to Thorndale where they will reside; Gor­ don v has an engineer’s position at the power plant at West­ minster Hospital. *Mrs;: Mac­ Gregor and children have been in ■ Ashfield' since ' returning from a visit to her homeland in Scotland. ■' --O-T— THAT Evan Agnew has been ap­ pointed carrier, boy for the Toronto Star. e / ’„ %' ; ? : —i—- THAT George Anderson is play­ ing trumpet with Carruther’s orchestra. The job will be in- terrribted, however, (when Geo. goes to cadet camp \ at. Banff ir—.................... CUTTING HILL, USING FILL AT CALEDONIAN PA^K A power shovel is being used to.cut, widen arid,ditch the “Mac ’Stewart-Howard Robinson hill”, just- north- of the Ford- Garage. The work is aimed at stopping the hill from washing . Out, and by so draining it to prevent Ithe wash from running into the Ford garage. The fill is being drawn to the, front fieldj of the Caledonian Park which will be raised con­ siderably as a result. The Agri­ cultural Society is co-operating in the-workr~Withiir the'park/othei; fill is being obtained by dredg­ ing Ithe open ditch and cutting the west bank,. with a. view to Jiavjng__surfac.e_±^ater_shei^ wards the open ditch. A bulldozer which is . being employe^ in this arid other work,, levelled off the vacant lot and street allowance a block' north of the Fruit Markeit. The fill at this point was obtained from dredging and straightening the river a year ago. The lot is owned by N. H. Hedley and we understand will be rnade available for car park­ ing. . ’/■ PLAN CORONATION DAY SERVICE ~ ARr ’ Tentative plans for a Cerona- /. tibn Day service were 'discussed/ • 4lHh^&end^ the. Gouncil Board. Tv/o Legion? i memibers, H.. D. Thompson and Clair Johnston, were called in to the meeting.? They informed1 Council that , the Legion' had dis­ cussed, but had made no plans for Coronation. Day activities, but assured the Board they would be . willing to co-operate. It was agreed that a morning service of . a religious nature was, essential andrthe Legion rtiemtoers assumed the responsibility of ar­ ranging the parade, which it is expected ban be quite an impos­ ing procession, headed by ithe School Band. //.*.,' Reeye/Robertson, who .is also chairman of the Ministerial As­ sociation, will contact this group, with a view to arranging the ser­ vice., • It was suggested that,; Weather permitting, this might take .the form of an open, air service in the Caledonian Park. These de­ tails, however, remain, to be worked out. A discussion of other methods of celebrating this momentous / occasion, as supplementary to the mass service, failed to arrive at anything definite. ACCEPTS OTTAWA POSITION Dr. Helen Salkeld has taken a position with the Department of -Entomology at Ottawa and re­ ported there a few weeks ago. She is spending the summer at Bradford in the Holland Marsh district and will return to the Capital City in the Fall.' MR. RUSSELL’S SISTER DIES ~ Mr.,' and .Mrs. W. A. Russell of town and Dr. and Mrs. W. McKibbon of Wingham (were at Cobourg last Wednesday attend­ ing the funeral of Mr. Russell’s sister, Mrs/ Sarah Trick, whose death occurred at Winnipeg. ---------i__• ■-> •' ■■■'. . • / . u ' ........ \ „■.; _.. •' r ' / . -^o— • / ; THAT Bruce Johnston, who has ; been, ‘studying for his B.A. de­ gree at Western University, left at the week-end for Ithe oil fields in Alberta where he will spend the summer. i ! —O."".11’’ THAT the cause of Wednesday j morning’s fire alarm was a I chimney fire rivthe . Ashfield Circuit Parsonage. No damage occurred. THAT a meeting of Young. Pro­ gressive Conservativ'es was i held recently in Kincardine to extend the Bruce organization that was forrtied recently and to hear the provincial presi­ dent,' Frank Greene • OfPort .. Arthur.’ Ray Stanley of Luck- ___-now-was-named-Wce^pr-esident- of Zone Two. ( » —— O— • THAT. Gorddn. Moore of Acton .. says he looks for The Sentinel each week to . see how, the hockey and . ball teams are get­ ting along. Hb/adds, “I call it the town,of sports”. /.■—.■■/, \ THAT Sunday School Will com­ mence at 10 a.rri; in the United Church on^Kund^y. .'tHAT Old Light Lodge, members /will attend divine service in St. Peter’s /. Church on Sunday morning, parading to church . from the: Lodge Roorri.. z/ THAT Mrs. L. J. ietang of Lon­ don says she always looks for- ‘ wafd to The Sentinel each Fri­ day although much of the news • and names of people are strange-to her .now. ’ * KINLOUGH TEACHER NAMED CAMERON FALLS PRINCIPAL Goldie Emerson, teacher pf the ^KiriJeugh-sehdoLfor-the^pastTyearr has accepted principalShip of the Cameron Falls public School His wife,; Jacqualeen Emerson, is hired as junior teacher in the. same school. Mr. arid Mrs. Emerson will commence their new duties the 1st of September. Cameron Falls is a large hydro project near Nipigon. X-RAY CLINIC SET FOR NEXT WEEK Next Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19th and 20th, are the dates of ’ the chest x-ray ;clinjc to be held in Lucknow/ under the spon­ sorship of the Bruce County Tub'- erculosis Association. The hours ^re-^from-^bO-to^OQ-both-aflter-- noons and 7.00 to 10.00 in the evenings. The clinic is, being , promoted locally By The Clansriien, arid everyone in Ithe community is in­ vited to avail themselves of. the opportunity for a free chest x-ray. Children, under twelve are not encouraged, to take an x-ray. Clinics have been held here on twor previous .occasions, and the simplicity of the procedure and ^her^ew~mumeritS~J^ generally well known., ' Canvassers are calling through­ out the area, but there is the possibility sortie maj^be missed, or maj not be at home; Some canvassers report a secpnd call Without finding anyone at home. It is stressed that whether ^r not you are called on, feel free io attend the clinic. X-ray; cards 1 Will ;be available there and can be filled out upon arrival? SUNDAY MARKED ANNIVERSARY Anniversary , services were held Sunday in Lucknow Pres­ byterian Church, commemorating the 64th anniversary of the build- / ing of the present church. : Quest speaker at both the morning and evening senvicC was Rev. j. R. MacDonald of Ash­ field and Ripley Presbyterian churches. He was assisted in con­ ducting the evening service by \ , the pastor, Rev. C. A. Winn. Other clergymen in the congre­ gation? included Rey.’ R.a D. A. Currie of Whitechurch, ReV; Wm A. Henderson of Walkerton and Rev. G. A. Meiklejohn of Luck­ now. Evening service in the Un­ ited Church'was withdrawn. Special music Was furnished by the'choir 'Under' the direction of L Norman Taylor,, organist. The -WB-iteehurchr-ijuartette—renderedr pleasing numbers, at both ser­ vices. The foursome were John.. McGee, jarrie^ Wilson, Gordon Leggattt and Alex Robinson^ Mrs. .McGee wa^ accompanist. ‘ Rev. MacDonald' expressed pleasure iri being invited to take the anniversary rind to be as­ sociated 'with Rev. Winn whom he had known sirice early, in. his ministry in Nova Scotia. / The, theme of his eve ing ser-/ vice was Christianity without sacrifice, in which he poin d out that we cari’t. “water- dowr our Christian. ' faith. 'Salvation ? ^yas won at great cost/ arid a Ch^t- ianity (that is Worth anything^"*- hiands iriuch. Christ ds the ohly answefc. to the ills that. beset- us, but we cannot sit idly by on the sideline/Aic-hurch is dying whose ' people lack'that sense \of sacri^- fice and the surrendering bf their lives to Him.