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FAMILY JREUNIONS
■; .. ANDREW-LANE PICNIC ''
A friendly Ahdrew-Lane fam*
ily picnic was held on Thursday,
' July 22nd at Ashfield public park
With 89 members present.
The prize winner for having
..'■’<CQWte the farthest was Mrs. Jini
Mvdlin, Alberta. The, youngest
person in attendance w;as Bobby
Ward, six Jmonths bld, son of
" Dr. and M!rs, Stanley Ward, Con
necticut. The oldest member was
IDd McQuillin, 84 yeaJrs old. The
person who; had their birthday.
, the closest to-the date of the pic
nic Was Harry McQuillin,
A program of sports; was run
off during; fhe "afternoon under
the chairmanship of Jack McDon-
agh. During the first part of the
afternoon a.ball game and horse
shoes were enjoyed.
The following is a list of the
prize winners in various contests:
girls, 5 and under, Barbara And
erson; boys 5: and under, Donald
Andrew, Terry Johnston; .boys 6
years-old, Kenny Kirkland; boys
7 years old, Tommy Andreys
Keith Johnston; girls and boys K
years old, Mary Purdon, Ronnie
Brooks; girls and boys 9 yeajs,
Dick Richards, Marilyn Mullin;
girls 10 to 12, Alice Brooks, Shir-
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th, 1953
ley Brooks; boys 10 to 12, Geo.
Hackett, Bobby Andrew; -boys 12
to 14, Barry McQuillin; girls 14
to 10, Agnes Lane, Jane Gibson;
iboys 14 to 16, Ivan McQuillin,
Barry McQuillin; married ladies,
Mrs. Carl Johnston, Mrs. Mary
Mullin; married men, John Mc
Donald, Fred McQuillin; kicking
the slipper, Mrs. Carl Johnston,
Mrs. Andrew Lane; -boys wheel
barrow, (tied), John Lane and
Ivan McQuillin, AT Hackett and
Barry McQuillin; partner’s race,
Kathileeh Lane and John Lane,
Agnes Lane and; Hugh Lane;
grandmothers’ "graceful walk,
(tied), Mrs. Mac Lane and Mrs.-
George^ rAndrew;* grandfather’s
;walk, . Jack McQuillin, Geo. And-,
raw,. Mac Lane; barnyard . con
test, Mrs'. Mac Lane and Gordon
Kirkland, Agnes Lane ’and Bill
McQuillin; nursery rhyme con
test, Jane Gibson and Bill Mc
Quillin, ^frs. George Brooks and
Hugh Lane.
After a bountiful supper, Fred
McQuillin, .president, took charge
of the business section of the pic
nic. After a discussion on the
"future date of the picnic, a mo
tion was passed that the future
date of the Andrew-Lhne picnic
be held on the third Saturday
in July. Two minutes of, silence
was observed in memory of loved
ones departed. Some of these
were: Mrs.- Robert Andrew, Tor*
onto; Charles; McDonagh; Alex
McDonagh; Mrs. Harry McQuil-
lin; Mrs. Isaac Andrew; Mrs. Ja
cobs of Parkham, Devonshire,
England. Speeches were made by
tlie’.president; Jessie Kilpatrick;
Mrs, Mary Muliin;. Dr. Stanley
Ward; Rev. Andrew Lane; Ed
mund Gardner and Mac Lane. r
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
BENEFIT PAYMENTS
CONTINUED DURING ILLNESS
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 3rd, 1953
Benefit will be paid for days of illness, injury or
' quarantine, if claim has been filed and waiting and
non-compensable days served.
If you are bn claim and are unable to report
because oP illness, injury or quarantine, write
immediately for full particulars to the nearest ,
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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
COMMISSION
a Published by authority of
HON. MILTON F. GREGG, Mimsfor of Ubovr
PIONEERED IN
CUT-UP CHICKEN
The town of Aurora has become
known as Canada’s Chicken Cap
ital; and in no small; measure . this
distinction is credited: to Ffahk
King and Wm. Garfat, who play
ed a major role, in the develop-:
ment of Canada’s broiler, industry,
and pioneered in the cut-up
chicken business, which has
grown in leaps and bounds, until
this firm alone is processing > up
to 50,000 broilers each week..
Frank King needs no introduc
tion. locally. ,He was born in this
district and became associated
with Ralston Purina Company,
making rapid advancement with
this company to his* present^posi
tionof Ontario sales manager.
Frank and Bill are co-owners of
the K-G Poultry Farms and
Choice'Cut-Up Chicken, Limited.
The Aurora Banner recently
published; a special edition feat
uring the Aurora Broiler Festi
val, and the following article ap
peared , which we reprint in part:’
Aurora has a number of “firsts”
to its credit and among them is
that fact that the cut-up chicken
industry, now one of the biggest
outlets for processing poultry,
had its start in the, district.
. Two men were responsible for
the-move,-onewhich-has-had-a
big influence oh the business of.
both town and country ever since;
They were William Garfat and
Frank J. King, now joint heads
of one of. the district’s important
processing plants, Choice Cut-Up
Chicken, Limited. It is > located
just north of the town limits.
The pair formed a partnership
in 1944, starting the K-G Poul
try Farms. Today that business
owns and operates two big broil
er houses, situated at Holland
Landing. Each one is. over a tenth
of.a mile long; Only a year after
the formation of that partnership
the two enthusiasts branched, out
into another line,, forming
the Choice Cut-Up Chicken, Ltd.,
company and starting the process
ing of chicken. Business was con
ducted in rented premises at
Schomberg at ii^7but~publi(rac-~
ceptance of the hew system came'
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looking backwards
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES
Sixty Year* A<o
J, G, Murdoch, secretary of the
library^ known as the Mechanics
Institute, reported a membership
of 175. The fee was $1.00 per
year. / . * r uWm. Matheson, 23, son of John
Matheson of Montana and form*
eMy . of Lucknow, was drowned
while crossing the Milk River, a
tributary of the Missouri, in a
boat' 7Hugh Dyatt, who ran into qjf*
•ficUlties while • manufacturing
brick in Lucknow, “struck it
rich” in the West and returned
to pay off his creditors as he
had promised. . > ' ,u
You could but a good top buggy
at the Hildred Bros, carriage
works for $70. / *
Wm. Berry, - father of G. W.
Berry of Lucknow, died at Inger
soll in his 87th year.
A gravel sidewalk was builtgon
the east side of Hayelock St,, to
replace the old'plank walk.
An assessment appeal by T. F,
Cain resulted in his hotel assess
ment being reduced from $7,000
to $6,500/ Assessor W. H. Smith
stated he would appeal the re
duction on the Cain property to
the County Judge. .
The death occurred of Earl Wil- J
liam Joseph Spindler, year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben
Spindler of Duluth and formerly
of Ashfield. ? ~
The congregation of Ashfield
Presbyterian Church presented
Rev. John Rose with a new
buggy. The address that accom-
paniecLthegiftwassignedbyR.
Hamilton, Duncan McKay,. Dan
Rose and F. D. McLennan.
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so quickly and proved so, great
that the plant proved inadequate
in a short time.
Then came the big decision.
That was to go “all put” and
lease retail outlets in Toronto
and to purchase property in Au
rora and build a new /processing
plant. Proof of the wisdom of the'
decision is the fact that it has
been necessary to build seven ad*
ditions to the original, plant in
about the same number of years,
averaging, one a year.
Further ^growth showed that no
one hatchery in Ontario was able
to meet requirements of the rap
idly expanding firm. It then be-
bame~necessary^ohave"thre&liif^
ferent hatcheries catering to its
Thirty-Five Years Ago
Wela Margaret, young daugh
ter of Mrs. Bean, and the late Dr<
Bean, died from injuries sustain
ed* several months earlier when
her father lost his life in a fire .
at Picton and her mother was .*
severely burned. Mrs. Bean was
a daughter of Rev. James Ford,
who preached here at one time. >
James McLeod who came to
Kinloss in 1853, died at his home
on Con. 4; in his 94ih year?
, Mr; and Mrs. James Lane of.
Lanesville’ celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary. ;
The teacher at S.S. No. 9 Ash- '
field was E. F. Dougherty and
the students were: Madeline !
Johnston, Tillie. Hackett, Laur
etta Hackett, Norman O’Lough- -
lin, Finlay Shackleton; Geqrge
Twamley, Palmer Kilpatrick,
Elizabeth Alton, Caswell Hackett,
Millicent Hackett, Grace Blake,
Elsie Anderson, Alice Shackleton,
D. Berger, Olive Kilpatrick, Es
ther Glazier, Grace Pepper, Willie
Pepper, Walter Lane, Leo Clare,
Tom; Anderson, Margaret Finlay,
Elmer Johnston, Mollie Pepper, <
Richard Kilpatrick, Harold Web
ster.',
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I Twenty Years Ago
There were- no assessment ap
peals received by the Village
Council. The hourly rate for vill-;
age- wbrk^was leftnat~20c,"after
rates of -17%c and 15c were dis
cussed.', .
A Lochalsh boy, Roderick Fin- y
layson, private secretary to Prime •
Minister ~Bennett; - accompanied -
Mr. Bepnett to London to attend
the World ^Economic Conference^
L. The cairn to the Webster fam- Jly,._dedicated^byi.Coi._Haf^_Mci__LJ
Gee of Toronto^ was unveiled at
Greenhill Cemetery oat the time
pf the 10th annual Webster re
union.
Miss ,Isabel Macintosh attended
the International Congress of
Nufses in Paris, France, and was
tendered the high honor of tak
ing part in a guest pageant when
she portrayed the historic figure, ,
Jean Mance, an intrepid, French : .
lady who came to Canada in 1641
and actually founded the nursing
service in Canada.
Donald MdCharles took a trip
to Semans, Sask., and during^ his
absence Mary Belle MacDonald
land, l^argaret Geddes were, in J
charge of the store. |
YOUR LIBERAL
CANDIDATE
; for ■. :?■.
BRUCE
for the Best years of your life
VOTE LIBERAL
AUGUST /O'*
“He has served Bruce Well since 1949. And he will serve
Bruce well again with your support in the next
St.LaurentLiberal Government
. This advertisement inserted by
Bruce Liberal Association
needs. This, the partners felt, was
good business as there wa$ always
keen competition between the
hatcheries to get bigger percen
tage of the volume and all three
striving to produce a better meat
type chick to suit exacting re
quirements. This would also give
their growers a choice of source
of supply of baby chicks without
making is Coercive to deaf with
any one hatchery. ,
Big Volume ?
At the present time Choice
Cut-Up Chicken’s Aurora plant
is handling nine to ten thousand
birds a day, and processed 12,400
birds in qne day’s operation just
a short time ago. But”, say part
ners King and Garfat,- they are
not. even satisfied with4hat vol- !
ume as theyuiow have- a plant
with enough, .floor space. apd
equipment to process 2,000 birds
an hour and jean easily turn out
80,000 birds :ih a 45 hour week—-
or, at that rate, a total of four
million birds a‘year. _ . : a
A-point of which both Frank
King and Bill Garfat are proud
is the fact that during the whole
of their business expansion they
have never “had to hire a sales-
^h. The rapidly increasing de
mand for cut-up. chicken and the
quality of their product has kept"
demand^ constantly treading on
the heels of ‘ production. .
Now; providing employment for
60 workers, the firm disposes Of
the bulk of its* output through
f chain stores. Once on a time they
‘Operated four retail outlets them-
1 selves, but disposed ‘ pf two in
i order to be, aible io devote more
I time to the . plant ehd-of the Op-
\erat^:..A fpirly recent develop
ment tyias the opening of. their
owh retail store in Montreal;
Ten Years Ago
The death occurred of R. J.
Cameron.
James Blue of Amberley
ed away. He survived his
only 12 days.
Miss Ruth Mathews and
Isabel Kalbfleiseh resigned
pass
wife
Miss '•
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the High School staff, and short
ly after Mr. N. S. ,Calvert, resign
ed after 10 years on the staff.
Gunner Russ Button was listed
as “seriously ill overseas”, suf-
ferihg from pleurisy and effusion.
Mr. and Mrs.. A. Hooper, left
Lucknow to take up residence in
West Virginnia. A professor of
mathematics he served for a time
as TLA.F. padre at the Port Al- ,
bert Air Navigation. School. , ;
-7 Ira (Bill) Tieman, a.-Jorhiev J
member of the..Buhk of ■■•Coni- |
jnerce_s.taff - in . Lucknow; 'd^d Tn....J
Toronto at the1 age of 40. .
. Lucknow Lodge No. 112 of the
Independent Order of Oddfellows |
surrendered its: Charter-.to Grand , >
Lodge after a > long period of in- . ;
.activity. The lodge, Was. organized J
,ih 1873 and for' many years was J
a flourishing branch; .. ’ I
To Teach At Stratford, . , <
Mr. and ;tatrS. Jack Bowers,
Andy and Bill Toronto, spent
Jhcu^eek---ehd_wiihdMrs. Bower's...—j
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. TorrV-
Mr?. Bowers^,zj,Who has taught j*
at Rosedale puiblie school, Toron- , ■
tos since the dhdf of ‘World ” I
When he’ returried froth active
service in the Air Force, has.been
engaged as master , at the
ford Teachers’ College and will
comnience his new duties ih iSep;
tember, Mr>- and Mrs, BowerE and „;.. J
family will move soon ip Strat*
ford;MMI[ilyentoh Suh; , r ,
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