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Kill 48 Pigs As Cholera
Strikes Ashfield Farm
An outbreak of hog cholera was
■ discovered last week on the farm
of Gliiff Hackett , in ’ .Ashfield
-’ Township. It is the first case to
be reported iri this vicinity'arid
officials'moved quickly in carry
ing out .Government regulations
aimed at. controlling the outbreak
which has hit Ontario sporadical
ly. . ‘
All forty-eight head of swine
c-n the Hackett farm were shot
and buried in a deep trench on
the farm.
The illness was diagnosed by
the local veterinary doctor - on
Monday of last week and. on
Tuesday provincial veterinarians
confirmed the diagnosis and im-
. mediate, action was taken to-de-
"~strOy the pigs which included two
sows with lifters, two bred sows
and a number of head of near-
iriarket age. ’
Quarantine Imposed
An immediate quarantine was
=^placed^-on^the-farm--^a.nd^a^thot^
ough disinfecting program carried
out. The (quarantine applies to ad-
’ jacent farms in a mile radius and,
we understand, pigs on these
farms are serum .treated and kept
under close observation. W i th iri
. a couple of weeks, if there are no
other outbreaks, permits may be
> obtained for direct marketing of
such hogs to abattoirs, but suck-
L__jei;sucan^t~tbe-sold^----
; There is no explanation’for the
outbreak on the Hackett farm.
About a month and a half ago a
couple of __^wsL-wer^--n^^
but the cholera attack struck pigs
? raised on the fa^m. As late as
Tuesday pf this week, an inspect-
; or stated he had no explanation
for the source of the infection.
MARRIED AT GUELPH
" The marriageyof Miss Jacque
line Andrew, younger daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. David Andrew
of Calgary, to Mr. A. Butts
-of Philadelphia, was solmenized
at Norfolk St, Church, Guelph,
on Thursday, June 18th at 1.30.
The bride formerly attended
MacDonald College at /Guelph.
They .will reside in Phiiddeiphia ’
LUCKNQW, p^TARIO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24th, l’J53
EARLY COPY, PLEASE!
. Wednesday, July 1st, being
a oublic holiday, it is import
ant that all newspaper copy
and advertising. be in by
Monday. ./•? ?
. Arid, again .we repeat, re<
fports of meetings held dur
ing the present week MUST . *
be in toy Saturday. The co- ’
operation of press correspon
dents for the various organi-
t zations in the community is
requested in this respect.
ADDRESSED U. OF T.
MED GRADUATES
SUFFERED CONCUSSION
IN CAR ACCIDENT
Alvin' Hackett of Belfast?/win nacKe.it oi peliasr, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey .Hackett,
3yhoLJh.as_7.bee-n~-eonf-ined‘^s”_his'
home with concussion arid bruises
following a car accident last Wed-
iiesday, is improving slowly.
George v Cupskey of Belfast,
the driver of the car escaped in
juries, although the car yas com±,
ipletelywrecked;-----
The acciderit occurred on a
dead-end road on the 6th Con-
! cession of West Wawanosh. The
car wpnt through a guard rail
and rolled over down the hill-
side. Both boys, wevre ‘thrdwm
clear of the car and Alien was
“knocked out” for a time.
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AMAZINGFIGURES
IN TRAFFIC CHECK
A two-day check of traffic on
Lucknow Main Street—Highway
i 86—revealed amazing figures as
to the number of motor vehicles
on this thoroughfare. A continu
ous 17-hour check was made, from
7.00 a.ni. to 12.00 midnight in
charge of S. j? Sweitzer df Exe
ter, who' .personally did most of
the checking.
Mr. Sweitzer did the survey at
Mason’s corner, either from .a
“lookout” post in.his car parked
at Jhe curb or from an old-fash-
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REACHED NINETY
MARK TUESDAY
FURNITURE MAKING
HOBBY OF N. E. BUSHELL?
Furniture making has' become
a hobby of Nelson Bushell’s, and
a few; pieces. of Tijs handiwork
are to be Seen iri fhe store' ad
joining 4 Johnstone’sf Furniture’
fStbi^e; \ ‘ '■
" Some of his hobby products hot
ondisplay" include a couple of
single beds", a filing'cabinet, book
case, typewriter desk, linen cup
board, corner cabinet, coffee
table, 1
One of Nel’s winter projects
which we referred to before was
a hat and coat rack for the Shoot
Club which
100 coats.
It’s neat,
ship and is
miration. ’
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PLAYHOUSE HAS SCOOP
WITH CORONATION FILM
Coming to Tbe Playhouse
Theatre all next week is the full
length technicolor? film, “A Queen
js Crowned”. It is, we understand,
the first showing in Western Ori-
tano_jjuiside.of.4he-cities;—
^Filmed in beautiful color this
I1/?; hour, picture is a J. Arthur
Rank production. It is currently,
toeing held over for a third week
at the Odeon ip Toronto.
There will be two shows nights
Jy=aU7.00- and 9;39^ne"xt^Week" at j
The Playhouse, with regular
prices prevailing.
The writer: saw a preview; of
the film this week; The color adds
much to this dazzling spectacle
and the narrating is sharp and
distinct. This “Once in a lifetime”
coronation film will no doubt set new week-long attendance figures
at The Playhouse.
will hold upwards of
attractive workman
getting a lot of ad-
ATTENDED GRADUATION ~ >'
OF HER GRANDDAUGHTER
, Dr. W. V. Johnston, B.A., M.B., joned rirm chair in front of the
had the distinction of addressing1 Garage; o ,
- ---- ... . ■ j?rQrn 7.00 a.m. to 12 p.m. Fri?
day he recorded a total of 2,700
motor vehicles passing this point.
I On Saturday the number stepped
I up sharply to a’total , of 3,800.
i Who wnuld—guCss-4t?—These—f-ri^-
: ures, we understand, are fof the
[information of an oil company,
• but to the average parent they
. will drive home the daily hazard
to children playing near, -and i
[ fic hours are from 1.00 to 4.00,
the survey showed..
Mr. Sweitzer’s traffic checking
job is only a sideline. He’s a
hobbyist, a jack-knife- whittler,
an antique dealer and as he
puts -it, “a collector of almost
anything”. ’ "
Deplores Traffic Conditions
" Between jottings of passing
vehicles/ Mr. .Sweitzer tooktorne
to make notations, of what he
considers are deplorable traffic
conditions in Lucknow. • .
“Among the infractions he noted
were: cars- parked close to hy
drants and blocking .cross paths
the 1953 graduating class of the
University of Toronto Medical
School at Cohviocation Hall on |
Wednesday of last week. i
~ In an impressive ceremonv-de—I
grees were conferred to over 160 j
graduates, while eight members
of the class of 1903—wffo have
been-practising medicine for half i
a century—were present to re-1 . • - . - , - -
reive their new letters-that of r«ros?,ng ‘
M.D. They received Bachelor of
Medicine degrees back in 1903,
j equal to an M.D.
, Dr, Johnston, as guest speaker,
/ is himself a Toronto graduate and
general practitioner in his home
town since 1925. He told the grad
uating class that recent findings
in the study of emotional stress
/ fray some day rank in medical
wnportance with the discovery .of
; germs. . ' .
He quoted a professor who
s^id: “As many people are sick
j -because they are unhappy as. are.
unhaippy because they are sick”.
The factors, environmentaLJEind-|tor--peues-triansy-car-s-back-ing-^-on
• economical,""which cause emotion-
,, al stress in the patient, should be
examined and taken into consid
eration by the. medical practition-
er» Dr. Johnstbii suggested.'
In his own experience many
Patients have come to him with
Physical troubles caused by men-
„tal difficulties. Worries, he said
.^Uently make the patient, sick
an,Skin a cases kill him.
The doctor recognised the pre-
high cost, of medicaLaicL-and-
^-wjsed the graduates to acquaint
J“e.Patients with the reasons for’
L4^Jcharges^ndr4earn ’ surffir".
^£21 Patient’s means.
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the "highway for half a block,
failure to stop on entering High
way 86,’ a car . double parked for
twenty minutes in the centre of
the 'town, excessive, .speed, cars
parked on’ .wrong side of the
street/.disregard of. the “Lo U
Turn”, ' ' . ‘
To~ these traffic violations
which • he-" observed -went .on un
checked, Mr. Sweitzer added,a
few other observations which he.
•nnneidpre m-MCf .m the 'host
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Congratulations and 'best wish
es ( to .Mrs: Jphp Howe, «■ who on
Tuesday, June 23rd, yeached the
sge of ninety years; Mrs. Howe, .
a. former , Luckhoy resident,
makes her home at Amherstbui-g
with her daughter, Mrs. Garret
Feyge and Mr.. Feyge.
.Mrs. Howe is hale and hearty
and enjoying life to the full. She
is very . fond of. flowers and
spends much time working among
them, as well as keepingrrbusy at .
light household tasks family
gathering numbering fifty-two
persons was held at Amherstbulg
Park on Sunday to mark 1jhe
event and Mrs.- Howe was “the
liveliest one of the bunch”.
1 t.iAlLmemtoers-of-h er"f amily “with
ther- exception of her daughter
Bell of Regina were present at .
this gathering.
Members bf the family are:
*Mrs.^ Robert Button (Birdie) of v
Lucknow; Mrs.^ Joseph Tully.. .
(MargaretyLof Windsor; Mrs. Ger-
ret Feyge (Lizzie) of Amherst-
burg; Mrs. Garnet Sisson (Annie)
of Detroit; Mrs. Len Lakin (Bell)
of Regina and Mrs., W. A. ShavV ,
(Ethel) of Windsor.
Mr. Howe passed, away about
ten years agb arid, their only sori
Wallace, the year before.’, .
Mrs. Howe was formerly Mary
Kerr of Howick, Quebec, where
Jthey—were -married;; They" moved..'
to Teeswater some sixty-five
yeals ago, and later lived in
Wingham for a time; before com
ing to Lucknowwavier- thirty-five -
years ago. r .
Miss Helen Bridle was among
the twenty-three girls who grad
uated recently at Stratford Gen
eral Hospital; 'Mi^JBndl^^ec.ei.Ue--
ed ~the ^special award for general
proficiency in bedside ijursing,
and was highly complimented by
the superintendent, Miss Snyder.
Miss Bridle is the daughter. of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bridle of
Strathroy and formerly of God
erich. She is a granddaughter of
Mrs., Wilson (Hamilton of Luck-
how1 w>ho attended the graduation
accompanied .by Mrs. Garfield.
j-MacDonald, aunt of the young
lady.
Miss Bridle will commence
nursing at Victoria ilospital, Lon-
. _doh,~on September; 1st. - —
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ENUMERATORS AT WORK
Enumerators are at work this
week compiling the voters* lists,
for the forthcoming Dominion
election. Lists must he compiled
by the pnd of this week. Village
enumerators are Donald Mac-
Lean, Wed Nixon and Wm. Arm
strong. . ;. ; . •’
CONFIRMATION CLASS TRIP
Several members of the Con
firmation Class of St. Peter’s
Church, Lucknow, visited church
centres in London on Saturday,
June 20th. Ariibng the points, of
interest were the new Huron Col
lege and St. Paul’s Cathedral.,
, Those attending were, Rev. H.
j.L. Jennings, Lome Reid,, Irene
I Roulston,' Mae Ketchabaw, John
Thomson, William Marshall, Thos.
Pritchard, Lois Johnston, Mr. and
Mrs. Carmen McQuillin,. Edna
Reid.
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
PLANNED AT KINGSBRIDGE
A monster old boys reunion
golden anniversary garden party
is to be staged at Kingsbridge on
Saturday, July 4th, all afternoon
and
A
ved
will
and
one entertained at this gala fifty
-year anniversary celebration,
f ■ // '
eveninjg. -
delicious supper will be ser-
from. 6.00 to 8.00 p.rm There •
be booths, dancing, games
a prize draw to keep every-
ANNOUNCE L.D.H.S.
THAT the Nixon family ofyXsh-
field continue their good luck
J at bingo. In Kincardine recent-
| ly, Isaac was the winner of one
Of the $100 prizes, z
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THAT Rev. and Mrs. G. M. Young
of Forest will celebrate their
fiftieth wedding anniversary on
* Wednesday, July 1st and will
be happy to have friends call,
Rev. Young was a former min
ister -at South Kinloss and Kiri-
. lough Presbyterian churches,.
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THAT during the summer months
the congregations of the Pres
byterian and United. Church
will hold Union services. Dur
ing July, services will be in the.
United Church with Rev. C. A.
Winn in charge, and for the.
—-first—four—Sunduys~in"‘ August
Rev; G. A. Meiklejohn wjll
preach in the Presbyterian
Church. ’
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THAT Miss Marie Sparling pf the
’Bank’., pf Montreal staff is on
vacation and accompanied' by.
he‘r mother, Mrs, Harold Sparl
ing,, are holidaying in New
York, having made the trip iby
plane. from-Maltbn airport '
est of tht\ public, The\v. ;ipcTtl^4
eyefe Iicrnig on iqc biucv , ,
dogs at large. • / ___' . /.,............. .....L. ■ •• ... ■
stitu'te is laying plans for an
afternoon tea bn' July ,23rd^ to
vetsary of the organization.
AWARD WINNERS
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Examination results of the
Lucknow District High School for
Grades 9 to 12 appear elsewhere
in this issue, and reveal some
very excellent marks by a num
ber of students.
Shield and Scholarship winners
and runners-up in the various
grades are as follows:
Grade IX, Finlayson Bros,
shield for proficiency — Archie
McQuillan 1st,; Ruth Treleaven
2nd, Marvin MacDonald 3rd.
Grade IX, English proficiency
—Archie McQuillan 1st, . Ruith
Treleaven 2nd, Marvin MacDon
ald 3rd.
GradejX, Wm, MacKenzie shield
for proficiency^— Ernest Gibson
1st, George Richards 2nd, Beiv-
erloY Ashton 3rd.
Grade X, Canadian Historv^pro--
"ficiency George Richards 1st,
fcrnest Gibson 2nd, Percy Barr
'3rd. •’ '
Grade XI, Wm. . A. Schrhid
shield for proficiency — Mack
MacDonald -1st, Donna Lannari
2nd, Gladys Kilpatrick 3rd.
Grade XI, Mathematics, profic-
iency-—Donna Lannan 1st, Sybil
Barger 2nd, Nancy Needham 3rd.
Grade XII? Women’s Institute
scholarship for proficiency—Car-
olyn Gibson 1st Audrey Ross 2
-JuatrHarnilton 3rd. 1 .
Graide XII, English Proficiency1
—iCarolvrijGibson. —- ' —
Grade XII^ Languages profici-
ency-^rJoan Hamilton. 4 ’ ..
10, LUCKNOW,
Pine and Brass Bands •—Highland Dancing . > • »F PDance After in Town Hall to Mu^ic by Mel Lavigne s Band
SELLS FARM TO BRUCE
CO. FOR REFORESTATION
Ernie Carter has sold his 185-
acre farm on Concession 1, Cul-
ross, to Bruce County for reforesr
tatiorf work. Ernie plans to sell
the crop in the fiold. They retain
occupancy of the house until
spring, if . they wish.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter were in
town last week, after the deal
was completed, looking over some
residential properties for/sale iri -
this immediate vicinity,
The Carter farm will be refor
ested; A nearby farim which was
previously purchased by Bruce
County has recently been refor-
estated. Ernie assisted in the tree
planting operations ontohat farm".
WOUNDED SECOND
TIME IN KOREA
. -Wor-d-^from—the^W^'Depart^
ment has., been received in De
troit that Xilfred Snider of Dear
born; Mich., hals been seriously
wounded in the face arid lower .
arm 'by mortar fire in the Korean
..fighting. He has been sent to ;a
hospital, in Japan, and it is. hoped ,
his .condition will soon' allow him
to be sent home to the States;
Wilfred had just returned’ to
the front lines after spending 19
days in a’ hospital in Japan,, as.
esult-0f-a-wottndH7T~thto“lei t
ShbUlder.' ■ 4
5^’ilfred .the ohjy grandson of^^
r-Josephihe' Cariieron and the
late Kenneth ,Cameron of Luck-' .
now/ . ‘
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