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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-02-10, Page 1LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY^ FEB. 10th, 1954 IN FALL IN KOREA • L i de- i i / •. i . r M. C. Hamil.to.iL Clara MacTaviA,. Miss Ada [<’f chaplain and deputy pr'Ceep- Iter Harvey Miller,' James. tbi< Th? latter Mee lie: has'fe- . 'j'ames d:Dohhell, Dpnald signed owing- toffie fact'.that he Larrv Salkeld, Allan is. moving away, fh the'near Jut- I nlv thanking the Brethren for Kingsbury of Guelph, Mr.. and were Reived H?’ the happy I ? L. TO HOLD CHILD HEALTH CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK Mr. and Mrs. Spence Irwin re­ ceived a letter from their son George on Monday, (informing them that he was. in a military hospital in Korea with a broken I , ' ' \ ■' ’ . t ’ JikesOiis old : friends to call on .him. ■'■'■•:•'■ ■' : " .; /■ -, ■' '■ . ■ . ' . • ?• ' - >1 ankle, George said they had been ■. out on a hike and were taking some las of Bayfield,Mr’ andr Mrs. Ro-h- ert /Rbid, ■ Wilda and Bon. Rlieir Oldest soh, Wm. Kingsbury and -"family 'of. North Star, Alberta; Were unable to-be present. •• ... ... , BROTHER-IN-LAW OF LOCAL LADY DIED SUDDENLY MARK FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY ■ , < ♦ ■ v * rI ‘ ~ ; • • ’ ■ Mr/ and■ Mfs.,’D; C. Kihgsbury. who have become esteemed resi-' dents of this communify/ during- W*. . N, BUshell, on February IBth, $2.50 A Year In Advanc^-$l,00 Extra To U.S.A. MANY TOUCHED BY swfers broken ankle WILLARDS DEATH The death of Charles Willard Thompson occurred at the par­ ental home in Lucknow on Fri­ day morning, just nine months "after the passing of thus father. Willard woftld have been thirty years , of age KTo . had/ h years , of a; since infancy by the ravages , of poliomyelitis, but He rose-above the deformities bf a twisted, weakened body, to become.,# lead­ er in cihurch and boys’ work, and to develop a personality that rad­ iated cheerfulness and kindliness. ’ Hundreds^ passed his flower- banked bier, and from 'eighty to eighty; many an eye was moist, and many, were the lovely trib­ utes, paid him, Which inight be summed up as one lady express­ ed lit, “in life as in death he al­ ways^ had that goodrsoul look”. Willard was the youngest of a family of -eight children born to Mrs. R. H. Thompson and the late Mr. Thompson. At the age of seven months he was stricken with polio, the (ravages of which he courageously surmounted -for almost thirty years. Finally an overtaxed heart was no longer equal to the task, and while Wil/ lard’s strength had been failing- for a time, the end came more, quickly than had been expected and ’ after a brief' fewr days 7 .in bed, in hopes a complete. rest ; might help, ithe end came peace- fully^on FridayL^iiLorning.___. .• Conscious until near the last, Willard - died as he had lived— courageously—and his last hours were an inspiring climax to a ~young' life; Ibrief in years yet ful­ ly lived in spreading sunshine and in doing deeds worth while. ■ Upon completing high school v ; Willard entered the grocery busi­ ness wth bis .father. Of late, since the business wias disposed of, he had assisted in Hall’s .Grocery when his healthy permitted. He was happy “behind the counter” for he enjoyed .meeting and greeting people of all walks of '.life. As a. young man he took over the? leadership of the Trail Rang-..- , ers, organized during Rev. Colin , Todd’s ministry here, and this commenced a< boys’ work in which Willard had ever since ...been.interested,-and-m.et.hodica.lLy- , attentive to the organization, pro- . - motion and leadership of all such activities. He taught a young lad’s class in the United Church Sun­ day School and Was tile leader. ‘ ■ of theTocal Cub. Pack; The trib­ ute or . District Commissioner Archie Gowanlock of' the Sau- geen Scout Association was to the effect thatWillard had don-e Fisher, Fred Emberli-h, Donald'M: He had"been badly crippled jjctures .on the edge of a cliff, nee infancy jby the ravages of1 Wrhen he >.fejl. 25 feet and fort- unatelywas not seriously . injur­ ed. It will be about two months before he will be/’able to walk again. His letter was written on Australian Rqd Cross note paper' George enclosed a couple more Korean “dollar” bills; which. he asked his parents to keep as sou- venirs., • The Bruce' County Health Unit will hold a child health confer­ ence here f next Tuesday under the sponsorship of the ’Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Canadian Leg­ ton, It will be held in- the Aux­ iliary Rooms, from. 10.00 to 11.30 a.m. . x ■ '. ' . . The conference is open to all infants and pre-school age child­ ren in the district and will in­ clude inoculations for diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus if .required, .or. desired. Information may be obtained from the local public health nurse.,. Miss Joan Cormacky-Whose office Tg in the, JohnstonBlock-———: —-—- It... is stressed that this “well­ baby conference” does not .take the place of the family doctor.: - EIGHT PAGES TAKES OVER DAD'S BUTCHER SHOP After almost half ia. century in, the butcher trade- in Teeswater and Lucknow, R, J. Button has .retited.from-.-the__-business^which has been taken over by his son „Bussell,_w.ho^has!been--wi.th-h-im- for the past tnine years and of late has been in charge of the shop. . . . . Bob, as. he is familiarly, and popularly known, holds the dis­ tinction of having been in busi­ ness. here continuously for 45 years, a record we believe, sur­ passed by nd other, retail mer­ chant. He was born ■ arid raised in Teeswater where he. butchered for 21/ years before coming to Lucknow in 1909 when he pur­ chased Bill Hefiron’s meat mar­ ket, . : • •That, makes almost forty-eight 1 years ' in this trade, with whiqh he associated farming .operations at the Button farm home west of the Village, and worked long and hard in the dual occupation. Mr. Button continues to do his share iri operating their 190 acres of farm land adjoining the Vill­ age, but has jaid down for good the butcher’s apron, knife. and. cleaver. OVER SEVENTY AT NIGHT CLASSES ______________ ’ >'' ■■ ■ A total of" 58 “students’’ are- enrolled for'night classes-at the Lucknow District High: School in the commercial and industrial arts courses under the instructor - ship of Mr; H. B. Burden.- In addition “there - are. fifteen New Canadians taking a basic English course with Mr. Stuart Collyer • as instructor,- which raises- the J total.^'enrolment to; ' 73 persons.’| Courses, are1’ held during 4 nights of the week. -... .■ Those' enrolled are as follows: . Commercial,. Tues£la^L_Nigh.t . ■ Mrs’. 't Archie ■ Smith, Mrs,. Mar-', garet -Hamilton, . Mrs/. Arabell.e B u sh-e l 1,. M rs. -J a n ot. A sb t o n, A T;r s. Pearle Murdie. Mi’s., Norma Me-' .Donagh/ Mrs. Madeline ’ Ilalden- ‘by; Mrs. Mary G. Freckles, Mrs.,. Rreda' M. .Button,'.Mrs. Rena C, McNab, Mrs. E-Ren. Ritchie, Mrs. Leriore Glenn, ■ Mrs. ■ Winnifred • * • -. more for Cubbing than had* ever ■been accomplished by anyone in the District.. , ■ ° Willard was the chief, promoter “ of “The Schmpos”, a local, group of young men, who though npw somewhat’scattered gathered, here on Monday .to act a& his pall- - bearers. They were Wilfred Black and Sam Chin of Toronto, Jack ■ t il 1 *vr aX. Paisley and Al- win Hamilfoh/'Morley Chin and Lawrence Salkeld; Interment was . Members of the Cub Pack 'and Willapd’s Sunday S-chOol class acted as flower bearers and a Guard, of Honour. * \ ’’ The remains rested at; the fam- ny residence’ until Monday. Ser­ vice was held .that afternoon at the McLennan-MacKenzie Mepi- • Chapel; conducted by Wil- la.rd’s pastOr, Rev. G. A. Meikle- JChn who spoke a most, comfort- , tug message, and pointed to the? ^imig-CxBmpIe/'df’-'WniaFdTlM” ,despite the, Cross that he had ahd tu^ hope and .belief the seeds he had sown would tjhg continue to bear fruit. Blr, Umbach , presidedat the, iPtano and played some of the scleMions that Willard had sb -dearly, loved. ... . / y^ard*s death is a narticulai’ly grievous blow to WiRar,d/s*moth* who has especially devoted her nfe to his cure. Other members I Simpson, L..C-. Thompson, ilarol’d D. '.-Thompson, . Harold Glenn, . Lloyd Ashton, Frank. Thompson, Oliver Glenn, Archie B. Smith* Industrial; Arts . Wednesday — Kehnotii. Alton, I Erank.Alton, W. B, Anderson-, A.; ■„C.;Agneiy, ciarke Needham, jack Barr, Harold Percy, Donald Btish- ell, Bruce Raynard, Douglas Ray- ,-nard, Hugh,'Lane, Morley-.Busli-^ . Thursday —- Wiliam Houston, V, A,-Mowbray, Donald Agnew, poriald Murray, Oona-ld. Catneron, James’ lyons, Keith .Collyer., Fridayy-Mrs; ivi.- y..;> Miss Joan :Cormack/Miss Shirley Burdbn, Mrs. Grace Johnston,f Mrs’.. Webster, ■Harvey Lajrs, --..... - ... ... J.-Watson, Larry Salkeld, Allan •Reed. Alfred -E-. Ritchie,. ; , ’ / WATER WAS OFF FOB SECONDJFIME IN TWO WEEKS ..For the second time in two weeks, Main .Street residents and shop owners realized unhappily, the old saying, “You never miss The first break was a broken acqnnectionthat^tapped—the—big- main. This hadn’t been long re­ paired and. filled in, when water started bubbling :to the surface through the fill. The digging-out process, started all over again and the. trouble this time was dis­ covered • to. be a. split main. This w.as‘ repaired with a’ collar- and healed, and water service was restored again in time for the “Saturday night bath”. HALF CENTURY IN BUSINESS HERE The death of William George Andrew occurred suddenly in St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, on ; -Monda-y—Februany--l-stryHe~had“— entered .the hospital to undergo an—o^r-ationT-^but-^wu^stric^keh^- with a severe stroke ’ which he did not long survive. Mr, Andrew was 81,. but had been quite active - and at his plaice of business daily until entering the hospital.' He was a lifelong, resident of v the community-.and prominent in the business life of "this village j fpr. fifty years’; Mr. Andrew was-a son of Ed­ mund and Ellen Andrew and was ■born in Ashfield oh August 28th, 1872. He was the last surviving member of- 'a.< family of -seven. • Mr. Andrew attended primary.^ school at ^ion (S.S. No. 5), sec­ ondary school at Lucknow .High; School and upon graduating at- ' tended Model School at Goderich ‘in 1890. He taught school' for a I year at Holyrood and in. 1894 | he entered partnership with Thos5 I Webster ias dealers. for the Frost ! and Wood line of harvesting ma­ chinery; . "L !■ Ten years later that partner­ ship was dissolved and Mr. And­ rew entered the .implement and ?eed business for himself. He. was . affiliated . .with the..-. International..... Harvester Co. for half a century . —from 1904 until the time of his death. years—ago-Alr.-—- Andrew married Mary E. Web­ ster of Ashfield. Theyjcelebrated. their golden Wedding anniversary on June 5th, 1951. Besides his sorrowing widow Mr. Andrew is Orangeville. Elwood/ was’ on -his t survived by one daughter^Flora way to his job at the C.N.R. de­ pot at Weston ..at. the time, and PARENTS INVITED TO SCHOOL SKA.TING PARTY The Lucknow Rublic School skating parity will be held at the arena on Friday afternoon from 2 to 4,00 p>m., weather .permit/ ting. If a postponement is nec-1 essary the party, will be held on I Monday. ”! The parents are invited to come I and. watch the children skate; Tea and refreshments will be served the. parents at.the nomr inal fee of 10 cents to help fray expenses.. Word Of the passing of H. Ross- wOH Rutherford was received with regret by hi§ friends in this dis- . trict. He died Suddenly from a hpart attack on Sunday, February 7th "at his home in Ottawa. Mr. ‘Rutherford, was a son of Rev. C. M. Rutherford ”and/ Jessie Mac­ pherson0 and spent hiis" earlier years a?t Dungannon and Goder­ ich. Left to mourn his passing are his wife, . the former Christine; . , . T. „Welsh of Huron Township and'was acco“Pan,?d J>™ ;Cum7 ! three children, Christine/Jane I mlns’ an<”ih.sr railway employee, ■ and John-. The funeral was held! m Ottawa on Tuesday. Miss Elizabeth Welsh of Luck* now . is a. sister-in-law. ■. 7 SLIPPERY ROADS CAUSE AUTOMOBILE MISHAP ^Icy^o^nls-weTe^re^p^^bl^foT^" a motor mishap on Monday morn-i | ing, when Elwood Irwin’s 19531 Ford rolled over, causing dam-1 .age estimated- .at $700. :...| The accident occurred ' near of London, and foui8 sons, William ■ of Ashfield, Robert of Listowel, Alex .Of ’Lucknow and Arthur of ■ Kapuskasing, Who .due to’ a re- i who was returning to, his job €€n.:, J ■^LesJ in hdspital, was after spending the week-end at uPa^J.e to be present at his fath- his home. Both escaped injuries. s.-funeral. - Also, surviving are , nine grandchildren.. j Kindness and; hospitality mark- ;. ed the. life of this revered- gentle­ man, who was <a loving husband and devoted father and parent.' Hi's friendly;/interest ip those . sb jut, him earned in return the • MARK 35th ANNIVERSARY !■ Mr. and Mrs. Albert McQuillin quietly celebrated ther 36th wed­ ding anniversary last Saturday;' February 6th: Albert suffered a esteem and affection of a wide, severe heart’ seizure a year ago circle of. friends.' He Was an' ar- and has not enjoyed good health 1 dent sport fan and despite p sinc^_He_enjc47SL_the__radio and.,,LvaT.gArg„_ye#rs...rare!y. • missed JikesHhis old’friends to call on ' hockey match or ball, game,. i Mr. Andrew,, above all; was. an ! earnest '.member, .and’"a faithful ■; supporter of.the Lucknow United ,! C hu rch and con s t ah t • in ; a tt en d- I ance -at Worship,-He Was a mem- 1 bbr of Session and of the. Official I Board and for J7 years was treas- ! Urer of the Missionary -and Main­ tenance Fund, •;. ' ‘ ^The funeral Service.'-was. held- at- the y McLennan.-/’MacKenzie Memorial. Chapel on Thursday af­ ter nooh, conducted by his pastor, Rev. G. A; Meikfejn.hn, whp had i an' ifispirilig and. comforting me-s- sia,ge..’;A favorite .hymn of • Mr; ■ Andrew’s,, “Trus( and Obey’’ was sung hs. a duet by, Mrs. J, W.; Joynt and Miss .'Belle Robertson, rnterment. was-’ in Greenhili. Ceme't-ery,••-t-he .pallbearers ' ’being W/ W. Hill, ^B.'Whei’s,?K.fjr . . ^JTaxiordjL^Rjy^alL^J^Al^ Th© young couple farmed, atA. Cameron. ' - . - ; *' • , v. Manor, Sask.; until 1912’, when :/ .The flower bear.ers,wcre heph-i? Mr. .Kingsbury’s health made, it i/ews-ahd'two granclspns'/'Bi’ly anjF necessary -,to give’ up , farming. Bobby Andrew? . ..They-theh went to Kelo’wha;.B.C„ ! .Miy Andrew was p. coihirig back East in 1915 WhereJ by two sisters and* fo Mr. VISITS WITH 93-YEAR-OLD UNCLE IN TORONTO . .Mrs,. D. A. MacLean of: Loch-1 afeh. was a recent visitor in Tor­ onto with Aher uncle, Mr Neil MacKenzie, who is 93 years of age and continues to -enjoy a. fair, measure of health. ‘ • ' . • ‘ . Mr. MacKenzie was a native ■pf ‘the .12th Concession-, of Ashr field Township and was born .and raised on the. farm no\y owned by Gordon Ritchie...He was a plast­ erer-by. trade and left/this com­ munity as. a comparativelyyoung, .man.; For many years he ha^ re­ sided in Toronto, and makes his ;ho,me With his daughter,- Miss Mary MacKenzie, who was ;a tea-j the'‘ few years 'jhat, tRey have clxpy in Shaw. Business-College. [LODGE MADE TWO pRESENT^ONS On Wednesday evening .the Black Lodge, held thei'h. regular monthly meeting When the fol.' into • the. Order, Kelvin' llender- lan. ; Another important, feature of the. evening was the .presentation, of . a. Lodge apron to Mr. Morley .Mills,- who has' been a very con­ sistent mehiber ; of .the Black- Lqdgp 'and- has held the office lived here, celebrated'their gold- i‘ en wedding' last .Weqk; and. re~| ceived' Ihe-. best Wishes ■ of many friends”. •''. Mr.. and Mrs.. Kingsbury 'were married at Dalesboro, Sask., On February. 3rd. 1904, by Rev. Wm. , Arnett. The -'bride Was formerly Phoebe Reed, andithe wedding, -c-m’embhy^yas ■. permrmeeb at1 the home of her oldest brother,, Henry I Reed/. /■../ . . . , '• of ihe 'family who mourn the loss of a dear brother .are, Helen, of Lucknow, Mrs. William Ilowat (Frances) of Elmira and Robert A? Thompson of Windsor. ■ •. ; Willard was'predeceased by hi^ father last May; and by two si.^ and Donald#- in 193^ at’'the , age. of ■ ---'WAntoem > ■ t.uro .to take , up ■ residence near Past ’ preceptor-’ of. . Dundas Lodge' 932,, Mr. Kingsbury/, brie of the oldest , and -most respected- members of the Black Lodge,.was presented with > a •’ wrist watch on the occasion of, his 50th. wedding •anniversary. The presentations pre de reused * -,-o —..., UJ,lK broth-: Kingsbury worked . for the e-rs,; Steele -Andfew, '. Mrs.; •Afek ■ Domihipri Power, and TrahsmisS'.- Woods (Mary AnnL Edmu/.’d An-, ion Co.-In 1927'he jomed the John drew,- John Andrew,Robert- F, Bertram Tool Company Where he I Andrew, Mr$>, Bush / (.Martha was. employed until' hisfe eyesighf' Alice).., , . , . ’; i . . failed in July 1947 and macle it- . Friends and relatives were’.pre* ;im.DO$sib|e, rfor^him/fb^wAt^.^MiL4jiStti t.. f Elora; jWihdSon .’London; Wei, Kincardine and Clinton., and Mrs. Kingsbury then .came, tq Lucknow to live, residing in the house* on the farmof their son-in-law, Robert Reid, Bound­ ary West; where a very happy .family gathering (was held on Sunday, February 7th, to. cele- ClIUllV LI* A-XXV J/X VX Vliu ■ V V 7 zwere' made by Past Preceptor I brate their parents’ golden wed-' Jonn McCormick. Mr. Kingsburyf ding. ■ ; \ • / an^.Mf^Mil-ls-made-o---fitting--re-|-;-;-Those....„presen-L.w^^^ their“wndnoj 'll S. .Kingsbury arid Doug- couple.