The Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-10-07, Page 1$2.50 A Vear In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A.
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1953 EIGHg PAGES
PLAN NIGHT CLASSES AT iBtADkJ EIDE r AFKE " DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL VAUJt
IS A MYSTERY
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( An ideal fall day, a big croWd
arid a good show combined to
spell success for the 88th annual
—-yall pair
cultural Society held6’ lasV Wed^
riesday. The attendance, all told,
exceeded 2,00Q. ,
; ^A parade of public school pup
ils, 250 strong; fair officials and
guests, the Lucknow High School
/ District Band and the Lucknow
Pipe Band marched to the Park,
and to the speakers’ stand, where ’
Bob Carbert acting as master of
ceremonies, got thingi. underway
and kept them going at a steady
tempo until late afternoon.
Mr. John Hanna, M.P.P., intro
duced the guest speaker, Dr. D.
N. Huntley, director and head of
field husbandry, O.A.C., Guelph.
Dr. Huntley, Whose youthfulness
belied his *title, said that the
rural fair was a worthwhile con
clusion of the growing season and
helped to keep enthusiasm in the
business of farming which in On-
tario had grown to a giant billion
dollar industry.
. Without enthusiasm farming
can be drudgery, he said,, but
normally there is no business so
full or satisfying.
Dir. Huntley stepped down from
the speakers’ stand to help with
the judging, take a -hand in run-
- ning the races-and-stuck around
till the last dog was hung”. V'
Fred MicQuillin, president of
the Fair Board, extended thanks
to the_audience, and wished- them
a pleasant and profitable after
noon, Reeve S. E. Robertson ex
tended municipal greetings. Other
speakers included Andy Robin
son, M.P., Mr. McKinley, former
ly of Wingham and a retired OPR i
railroadman who kriew Dan Al
ston of Vancouver intimately, and
S. B. Stothers, who convened the
? program committee.
Fiv^ Schools Compete
Five rural schools competed in
the school chorus, yell and par-
ade.Thisnumber—wasconsider-
able less than last year. First
place went to Belfast School, S.S.
No. 5, Ashfield; This group of
students were attired in Indian
costumes, carried a tepee and
-were-led-by-Donald-KiriHand-on-
an “Indian pony’’.Second prize
went to S.S. No. 3, Ash field (Kin
tail school) Miss Betty Johnston;
3rd prize to S.S. No. 9, Kinloss,
(Murray’s School) Miss Lois
Hunter, teacher. The other two
schools were S.S. No. 13, Ashfield
(Belfast), Mrs. Jack Caesar, tea
cher, and S.S. No. 3, Kinldss,
(10th), Mrs. Joyce McEwan, tear
cher. The latter school had only
7 student^ but they Teally whoop
ped it up in the yell. t. r .
Mrs. Lillian Simpson accom
panied the Ashfield schools, Mrs.
Wm. Scott, S.S. No. 9 Kinloss and
Mrs. McEwan for S.S. No. 3,
The judges were J. H> Kiri-
kaid, Elmer Umbach and'Harvey
Bride
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-LIVED ON SAME7FATWJT—"7”"”""'
FOR EIGHTY YEARS
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. Mis. David'Gibbs and
family recently took up residence
on tne former. Ecl Thom farm,
owned by Ross Gammie. v
When Mr. and Mrs. Thom va
cated the. home this fall, it ended
a lifetime of 80 years that “Ed”
had lived xon the same farm. He
was born there in a log hoiise
in 1873. His parents, Wm. Thpm
and Marion Craig had come from
Dalhousie soriie five years earlier,
to take up the farm. ' ■ ■ >
“Ned”, as Mr. Thom is known
to many, as well as having been
born in a log house, went; to a
log school nearby thq farm,
which was the first of four
schools that have been seats of
learning at St. Helens. The sec
ond building, a frame structure,
eventually became the front sec
tion of the Thom residence, which
replaced the original log- home.
The Thom farm was purchased
a year and a half ago and Mr.
and Mrs. Thom now reside jri
LuCknoAv in the Anderson Ap
artments. . <
The Lucknow District High
School Board has decided to of
fer a series of night, classes, and
4f~-suftjcient—a^lic^ti(ins“are~re~
ceived the course^ .are expected
to ^et underway the' latter part
of. the month. J . . f
A course in basic English will
be offered to New Canadians, and
! epen. to everyone wilt be shop
work, and commercial courses.
The latter will include bookkeep-
’ Those interested are to make
THAT young Michael Duncan typewriting,
suffered a six-stitch gash on .. ..... .his hand when he fell off his apphcaUon m writing. .
tricycle breaking a pop bottle
* he was carrying.
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THAT the Lucknow Fall Fair
list of winners appears in this
issue, but is subject to correct
ion and is not to be regarded
as the official list. The Publish
er with the assistance of “the
better haft”, rush through the
judges’ books to compile this
'list. The secretary still has to
go through them to determine
the prize money Won by each
successful exhibitor,
i SMALL VOTE 'FOR'
(HOSPITAL WING
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Mystery surrounds the cause of
a fire on the Sikth Concession ;
or~West Wawariqsh on’ Wednes- . ,
‘day. morning which destroyed the . '
barn *dn ~ the farm of /Mr. and ‘7
Mrs. James Boyle. An mvestiga- / '
tipri is being/carried , on.
Mr. Boyle discovered a straw
pile on- fire as he went to the
barn to do the chores about 6
a.m., and it rapidly spread to the
barn. Mr. Boyle has no phone and
had to go to the neighboring
farm of Harvey Andrews to sum
mon help. By that time it was
too late. ’’Some members of the
Auburn volunteer fire brigade
responded but could do nothing.
The. house was not endangered.
The stock was removed from
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FRANK SOLOMON
DIED IN ENGLAND
Frank Solomon, a former resi
dent of Lucknow, passed away at
Kings Lynn, England, ori Mon
day, September 14th, as a result
of a heavy stroke which he had
suffered the previous day.
Mrs.
irig an
Mr.
family
community for several years. Mr.
Solomon was first employed by
Wm, Johnston of Ashfield and
later, upon moving to Lucknow,
at the Anderson Flax Mill. He
was an experienced gardener arid
horticulturist, and his handiwork
was apparent in the village. Mr.
Tand—Mrs?-Solomon returned-to
their homeland in May of 1939.
’ Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Sidney Bultitude (Marjorie)
of England and Mrs. Fred Em-
iberlin. (Barbara) of Lucknow. A
son, Roy, arid a daughter, Ruth,
predeceased him. Surviving also
are a brother David, ten grand
children and'.tv^o great grand
children.
THAT fron? “soup to nuts” is a
common menu expression, but
you could coin a new one from
the salads and ; supper dishes
section of, the fall fair prize
list. Sections 90, 91 and 92 list
vegetable soup, hard soap and
” baked beans. ’ 1
Ratepayers of West Wawanosh the barn, with the exception of
Township went to the polls on some poultry. A quantity of hay,
Monday to decide in favor of the ( a seed drills separator and harn-
ihunicipality paying its pro-rata ■ ess Were included in the loss. .■
share of $9,000 toward the con-; It Was just four year ago that
struction of the new chronic pat-1 Mr. Boyle had another barn
ients’ wing at Wingham General razed by flames.
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BOYD ARRESTED AND
LODGED IN WALKERTON JAIL
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Thomas William Boyd of Tor
onto was arrested this week in
In a very small volie the result
was 99 “for” to 63 “against” or
a total of 162 ratepayers casting
their ballot out of a possible 436,
or less than a 38 percent
The voting by polling
isioris was as follows:
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Solomon was killed
air raid in 1942.
and Mrs. Solomon
were .residents of*
dur-
and
this
THAT the Rjpiey. Branch of the
Canadian Legion has- postpon
ed the draw for the Plymouth
- sedan until Friday;_Octoberr30r
This action was necessary as
sufficient tickets had not been
sold to1 warrant making the
draw on the date originally
planned, October 9th. Tickets
are 25c, or five for $1.00/and
in Lucknow may be purchased
at McLennan and MacKenzie’s
furniture store.
vote.
subdiv-‘ Toronto and brought to Wal’ker-
; tori jail. He is alleged to have
Poll For Against been implicated in the recent
1—Dungannon ........11 29 ;Teeswater robbery, when a safe
2—Auburri ..............11 14 was stolen arid later hammered
3--Twp. Hall 19 8 open iri the vicinity of Purves
4—St. Helens....25 4 Lake.
5—Anderson’s .........23 4 . ....Boyd, it is understood, is a
6—St. Augustine ....10 '■ .•friend of Henry Elliott* who is
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IMPETUS GIVEN
MAUSOLEUM FUND
South Kinloss Cemetery Cor
poration continues to receive
'numerous and generous contribu
tions Io. the Memorial Gates Fund
and to the Mausoleum Fund; an
other project that is arousing in
terest and. enthusiasm.
It is the Board’s intention to
inspect some district mausoleums
to obtain information and ideas.
MefnbCrs of the Board would ap-,
THAT a Indies’ bridge marathon,
to run for five weeks, is to'
get underway this, month,'
—sponsoredbythe~Library-board7“
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THAT Torrance Anderson, who-
has been invalided for a time
with! a heart condition, suffer-
ed a series of spells last week,
that caused much concern* and
is now ■. ill with pleurisy.
THAT Joan McKenzie entertain
ed soriie little friends last week
on the occasion of her 4th
birthday.
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THAT Jack Colwell, 12-year-old
sori of Mr. and Mrs.v Geofge
Colwell of Kinloss is making
a good recovery from, an at
tack of polio which struck him
a few weeks ago. Jack is out
around again, little the Worse
for the illness apart from a
weakness in one leg, which
was
Although there were only twp r preCjate 'enquiries or suggestions
.entries in the decorated biCycle I from anyone. interested in the■ i
they were both good. Prizes went
to sister and brother, Joanne and“
Bob Hunter. ,
• In the cow calling contest, Mrs^,
, ’. Burt Roach placed first and Mrs.
Wm. Evans, Langside and Mrs.
Murray. Pollock, R.R. 4, Ripley,
Second, and third, after giving a
second tie-br,eaking “bellow”.
; The bubble gum blowing, win- ')OeipiUa, i *----
ners/were Tom,' Wasney, Carol i^icknow, $5; Mrs- T- Jantzi>.MH~
Stanley, Yost Hofstedt. ’ *'
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mausoleum project.
Donations to the cemetery pro^
jects,.. not previously ..acknow
ledged, are as. follows1;
Mrs.. J. G.. Murdoch, Toronto,
$25;' Mr. and' Mrs. Herb- Huston,
r; 6, Lucknow, $10; Mr, and Mrs.
jack Needham,- 'Corunna, $5.00;
Miss Kate MacCrimmon, Phila
delphia, Pa., $50; • Ko^r4,ck> Ross,
Lertoh,. $5; Mr. arid . Mrs, J. D.
Anderson, R. 1.? Lucknow,.$5.01);- ■ .. vnuuren s rvacvs ,■ nnuviov.., - - .......fe7^;boysf^QskujkiLsfery Doug. Miss.MargareLMacDiarmid
Johnston; girls’/ Khren Kilpat- 'Mrs. Florence
rick, Helen McFarlan; 8-9, boys’. | den, S5; Mivand Mrs; A.. T. fcmng,
Tommy Rathwell, Kenneth Rous-: Goderich, S5; Mr. and Mrs. Wm..
girls, Patricia. -Thompson, (H. Cranston Auburn, ^5,Mi» d
Bonnett? 10-11.■ boys, Paul I Mrs, Roy Maclnnes, Toronto $5,
Mr. Jas.. Forster, R. 1, Lucknow,
$10: Mrs. Jessie Maclnnes, Luck
now, $5; Archie, MacMillan, R. 1>
•i.uc»how, Mrs.,-.T< W. _Doig
'(PbdH Ffastel*V Woodstock, $o.Uu,
Clarence Fraser;" Hayward,■ Cal:,’
S5:. Gordon Fraser..- San Francisco,
.A FfiehaC $10. " t
lOn;.
Jean Bonnett; 10-11,- boys, Paui
Henderson, Jim Bonnett; girls,
Kathleen Hackett, Shiella HaL
, denby; 12 arid over, boys, Jinx
Petersen/ J. J. Houston; girls;
. *>oyce McNay, Jerin. Hichards; bf*
cycle race, iboys, Jim Petersen;;,
girls,. JoanneHunter; 100 yard
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Cai., $5;tA Ftety $10.
affected by the attack.
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.Constable Havens reports
motorists are complaining
Radio reports associate Boyd ’ with Lucknow, but he has no
connection here apart from the
fact that it was in this district
and was stopped and questioned
by police when passing through
the village one evening. The pol
ice at that time weren’t ready
I to place him under arrest.
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(GET CLOSE-UP OF
/VAST HYDROJOB
■ Victor Errington of Concession’ The Sentinel was among press
6, West Wawanosh; is a patient ! a"d radio^ representatives from ■
in Wingham Hospital with a frac- !‘he Ontario Hydros Georgian
tured ankle and a bad shoulder, dislocation as a result)of a fall >Falk district on.Saturaay tiJ-
from a tree while coon hunting > Y1^ Hydro s biggest construction
last Friday night. Vic was knock- i J°b the Sir Adam Beck ^Niagara
ed unconscious in the 25-foot fall i £en€rating station No. 2 power
and suffered a temporary concuSr.j
sion .arid loss • of memoijL-to a j
degree that he couldn’t Recall
anything of the accident. <
Vic enjoys hunting, arid trap
ping, but when it’s coons he’s
after, generally lets some of the
bbys* do the climbing*
On Friday evening, he and hisj
sons, Harold and Jim, along with [
some other nimrods, ‘had treed a
coon in an elm tree on Jim’s farm.
Harold ^vent up the tree, but Mr. point below the whirlpool rapids,
Coon jumped to an adjacent elm two. tunnels are being bored un-
and Vic started up jt The animal. ^er the city. They will have an
ground crew” took after it as it! turn a freight car around arid
nade for the swamri. will carry 15,O0O,OOO gallons, of
Nd Decision In Ashfielci
Ashfield Township Council met
on Monday, but reached no de
cision in the matter of that muni-
cipality contributing $8,000, on
the basis of a 4 percent allotment,
to the Wingham Hospital building
fund. ' . r’ '
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FALLS FROM TREE
COON HUNTING
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THAT
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of high school students ^taking
up” the highway in coming
—fi,om"schocrl--and“some-show^n“
indifference to the traffic, that
could be dangerous .as highway
conditions becorrie more haz
ardous in fall and winter. Stu-,
dents are. requested to keep to
the sidewalk.
THAT the Boy Scouts’ Apple Day
will be held, a week from Sat
urday. And don’t foiget the
Waste paper Collection this
Thursday afternoon. The sal-
—v^ge-7depot^4s--^t-L4he—Commune ■
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THAT James Forster was an ex-
hibitor iri the holse iihg'at the
Lucknow Fall Fair despite; his
82 years. Jim”has always taken
'great pride in his horses and
for 65 years has never missed
having a team "at the local fair.
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THAT theie wdte twenty tables
of card ^plhy'ers at Monday
develojiment.
r The project involves tunneling
under the city of Niagara Falls,
and is so stupendous that it de
fies comprehension or description.
It is an engeering feat that will
exceed in complexity the St. Law
rence seaway project.
The new development will pro
duce 1,828^000 horse power wihen
completed and will be in partial
operation at least by early next ,
year. From above the falls, to .a
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leaped to . the ground and the jnside bore of sufficient width to
“ground crew” took after it as it turn a freight car around arid
made for the swamp. will carry 15,000,000 gallons, of
Vic also took after it; but not! water a minute to power the tur- •
-ihtentipnallyv--A—-later—investiga
tion showed that a limb had brok
en. Vic hurtled headlong for 10
or 15 feet and struck a limb
which caused the head and shoul
der injury. This, however/ broke
his» headlong dive to almost cer
tain fatal injuries and he drop
ped feet' first the remainder- of
the distance to suffer the ankle
fracture. * ’ •
It Js expected that after about -------— . x--x ^--CT -x-
a week.'in the hospital, he will i throughout ■ the afternoon at the
-rbines"“of~the—gigantic_TTew~power”“
plant., ’ , ‘ • “
The newsmen made the trip by
bus and had luncheon^ at the
JBrarit Inn before continuing to
the Niagara hydro , buildings, ,
where” the ..group' was addressed
j by Hydro; Chairman Robert H.
j Saunders, and a dynamic force
behind . Hydro’s Vast • expansion
program.. The energetic chairman
had , a .‘.habit, of, “popping up”
varitrus—po-mts—of-’intriresir-where—
the touring group halted - to get. t
a . close-up of the gigantic opera-.
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‘ " ’. r • I ’ The tour concluded late Satur-
. night euchre-party sponsored day afternoon at the General
by the Altar Society of St.. Brock Hotel, and dinner was.ser-
Mary’s Catholic Church. Prize rved at one of the Hydrp cafeter-
-'Winners were Murray Couse !-iasi- that is operated in con-junc*
and- Mrs. Cameron MacDonald tion with the building project
-with - consolation awards going* that-employs^some .6,700 workdrsr|
to Mrs. j. Ritchie and PM Mac- The return trip, was made after
Millan.-
ori, arid will be permitted to re
turn home,
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