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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-04-14, Page 1TWELVE PAGES J We -rejoice in 'the fact of A ‘fH'■v v—- Galt,, ' fellow creamery staff SPARK FROM CHIMNEY BURNS HOLE THROUGH ROOF her ap- the for an experi- “the pressure DISCUSS POSSIBILITY OF LOCAL RELIGIOUS SURVEY ■ •* $2.50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A.LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14th, 1954 NIGHT CLASSES HOLD BANQUET Men and women who. treked back to school this winter to at­ tend: shop and commercial night classes, climaxed the project on Tuesday night^with a turkey ban­ quet and social. evening in the “ball room” of the Lucknow Dis­ trict High School. Guests for the occasion were a group of New Canadians who have taken a course in. basic English instruc­ tion under the direction , of Mr. Stuart ^Collyer. Shop and com- mercial classes were instructed . by Mr. H. B. Burden. Hugh Cuming was Master of Ceremonies and proved his ver­ satility as joke' master, song leader, and comedian. Miss Shir­ ley Burden presided, at the piano. /The toast to the Queen was pro- by Stuart Collyer, W, B. Anerson extended thanks to the High -School Board, and H. B. Burden a general thank you; Al- lister Hughes^ chairman of the ■ Board, ,• / ■ ■ A.ndriute’s silence was observ- ed iriThemory of Mrs. Margaret _ Hamilton who had been a mem­ ber of both the shop arid commer­ cial glasses. " k “ An interesting display of wood /'/’/^^/achigye^tents- was viewed by the gathering and two films Ashton- played a piano solo, Mrs. Harold Haldenby sang a solo, Mrs. Lome Johnston gave a reading and Shirley Burden did a tap danle in^darkie costume to accompan­ iment by Ruth Johnston, /' Make Presentation z The New .Canadians took a prominent part in the proceed­ ings. A skit'was staged* by Mrs. J. de Jong and John Snyders, during which their English tea- i cher/ Mr, Collyer, was -callecLto- platform and was handed a pair of wooden clogs and then “given a lesson” in. walking with them on. Mr. aind Mrs. Collyer received a lovely pair of hand- painted china shoes. , John de Jong sang a solo of ' praise to Canada, their land of adoption and the group of Hol­ landers staged a folk dance jn / ’ wooden shoes. j Freddie, a German boy who is employed at the Pete Farrjsh farm, and who couldn’t speak a “word of English when he came here a year ago, has benefited greatly by the classes. Although hfc “was scared stiff”, he sang ^e solo “South of the Border” . in his native tongue and got a ■ big hand. Mr;, P. w. Hoag and Mr. A. E. / McKim spoke briefly. ■ OLD-TIMER RETURNS William George Girvin of Cal­ gary called in town last week to /revisit the scenes of his boyhood and call on a couple of old friends whom f he remembered. .Mr. Gir- vin was born on the south side of the Village in the vicinity of the old woollen mill.• He left here in 1907 and is now, a railroad conductor out of Calgary. “~He“haT"a^S]^teF’bTirred"in~South- Kinloss> Cemetery and Would like to return when the Cemetery Board marks the Centennial of this hallowed spot in 195*7. Local Boy Wins Pathology Award At Oxford, England •degree at the ■ Completion' o£>his work there ah the'end of 1955. : • Alex has. still kept up his in­ terest in hockey. Time * did..not permit him to accompany the. ice- ■ drock’ey~^eanir7^eH~~i-ts—rrErU-Fopean- tour this past season, but he play- -ed^n^some —of“the—games—with English' teams.. .During, the; past two seasons he played defensive -or forward position. In the tune- up games prior to the- annual Oxford-Cambridge match, he was tried out in, goal and just before the game was*’given the goal­ tender’s berth. / for the finals, which was played ih Richmond. Arena, London, Oxford won by a score of 7-4. * .yWord has been received .here ' jjat Alex G. MacIntyre, son of JT’ and Mrs. Archie. MacIntyre, 1 jas been awarded “The; Radcliffe r.; ■ iff p?^ol°gyn at ■ .R^dclifdfe is the clinical «cnool* There is one award each 3ar?rid it is open to edmpeti-' whole of the clinical award is madfe om u ■ s an essay which has suibniitted arid Upbn an »J lamination: as well. Alek’s was oh *‘An Aspect of the : W of Tuberculosis0. ’ diS® sidled at the Rad^ ' £"» Infirmary since last July “expects to obtain his B.M. J. C. DRENNAN ENTICED BACK TO THE BOATS . J. C. Drennan, son’of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Drennan, • has .rer turned to lake' sailing as oiler on the A. A Hudson. J. C. sailed on M°nday.' .. For the past year or so he’had been employed by the’ Valley View Qreamery of Galt, and had. no intention of going sailing un­ til the Captain of the Hudson, who was looking onced oiler, put on” J.'C. ’ Before leaving members of the presented him with a Parker pen and pencil set, arid the Company made him a gift of $40.00. Christ the Lord is Risen today! ■' . < . Alleliua! I know that my Redeemer Lives! ' . - • * * . ’ ■ ................ • MISSION MAKES MARKEDJMPACT The Olivet United- Church Evangelistic Preaching Mission •was a fine success. Up to forty people from Lucknow visited Ol­ ivet bn a single night. Dr. W. J. Mumford was. forceful and. act ceptable* to the capacity congre­ gations, on three nights and. a little less the other nights. There was spiritual fervour, call for de­ cision and rededication, evident presence of the spirit, warm - hearted and. full-throated singing of the gospel songs, eager7 re­ sponse on the part of the people. The mission made a profound im­ pact on the community. Mr. Reg Moore, Ripley, was the gospel song leader. The Lucknow United Church quartette brought special music one 'evening, the choir at Olivet another evening and Mrs. D. A. Brydon and Mrs. James MacTavish supplied the special music on the three re- maining evenings. The Mission is to be followed, up with a church membership class of those who indicated that they wanted to profess faith and join the church. We -rejoice m the fact oi a living Christ. We know' that our Redeemer lives, O the sxyeet joy this sentence gives. We know the' fact of Christ’s Resurrection, but do we have the living Christ in our hearts? In. Christ the past is forgiven, the present is victor­ ious living, and the future is Eternal Life. A true Resurrection in the hearts of all men. would mean, a great revival. May you experience real peace and joy at this Eastertide^ " .‘ “THlrwcKWvt^uNRcnT- OF CHURCHES A community Good Friday ser­ vice at 11/ a.m; ? will, be held in St.. Peter’s Anglican Church. A retiring offering for the 150th Anniversary of the Bible Society will be received. ' / BUY& KINLOSS^A^M ; James Glahn of the Bervie dis­ trict has bought the farm of John D. MacLeod, Con. 6, Kinloss, whosfe death occurred suddenly early last Saturday morning. Mr. Glahri had announced an auction sale at his Bervie farm, but this was cancelled when he made the purchase of the Kinloss property. LIBRARY BOARD PRESENTS-GtFT JOHN D. MacLEOD PASSES The death of John D. MacLeod occurred suddenly last Saturday at his home, Con. 6, Kinloss, from a cerebral^hemorrhage. He was in his 75th year. The funeral ‘ser­ vice was held in South Kinloss Presbyterian Church on Monday, conducted by Rev. G. S. Baulch, with interment m South Kinlriss Cemetery. Members of the Lucknow Lib­ rary Board—husbands and wives —met at. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Collyer for a social evening last Friday. During the evening the host presented Mrs; W. V. Johnston with a pair of lovely vases. . Mrs. Johnston has been the faithful and efficient secretary of the Library Board for some 20 years, and recently tendered resignation in vipw of her proaching departure from Village. OCTOGENARIAN^ GETS AIR-MINDED It’s never too' late to try out your wings. That would ^appear to be the motto of William Lane of Belmont arid, formerly of. Ash- field and Ripley. Mrs. Lane was formerly Mary Hackett. V Friday morning, he and Mrs. Lane made; their. fir$t airplane trip,, flying to Toronto with their daughter, Mrs. Donald. Willsie, Belmont, to visit their son, Wal­ ter Lane.. Mr. Lane is \81 years of age, but he is a lot younger in, rnind ^nduu^physical ..fitne^.H^ ed that, he should have at least one .airjourney, to his credit and. so, unbeknown to Mrs. Lane, he booked passage ..for the three of them ’ by Traris-Canada Airlines from Crumlih Airport. It Was cer­ tainly a Surprise for Mrs. Lane when they went to the airport instead of ihe. C.N.R; or C.P.R. depot'in London and Mr. Lane, announced that they wore going to fly to Toronto to see their sori. They made the return jour1- Tim proposed revival 'of the rests on the interest and enthus­ iasm shown at a public meeting to be held in the Lucknow Town Hall, on Wednesday night of next Week, April 21st at 8.00. p.m. On Monday evening , of this week representatives of the Leg­ ion, Pipe, Band and Clansmen met to discuss’ the matter and decid­ ed to call the public meeting; ;at which tune consideration will be given to the organization of a ian Society. This is, regarded as basically LessentiaL. in. jr.eviving.i The Games arid a small member-; ship fee would provide the nec­ essary funds; to get the ball roil- ing.’ . ■ This is not a. village affair, but a community ’ endeavour, and everyohe in the district interest­ ed in * such a “bigj day” which at one time won national and international acclaim, is urged to be on hand next Wednesday night ■/ > 4' A spark from the chimney set fire to the roof of the -farm home of Mr? and Mrs. Clifford Menary, 10th Concession of Ashfield, on Monday, but the outbreak was extinguished by a bucket bri­ gade before; the Lucknow Fire Brigade Reached the scene. The spark, which had lodged near the ridge, had' burned a hole through the roof when discover­ ed. The outbreak was not caused by a chimney fire.w ■■ . . , Lucknow Fire Company re-' sponded to the alarm which was turned in shorty after the noon hour. . ON SCHOLARSHIP TRIP TO QUEBEC k. Beverley Ashton, a student PLAN BENEFIT FOR SID GARDNER At a meeting on Monday night the members of Maple Grove L.O.L. 1044 (Zion) laid plans for a benefit dance for Sid Gardner to be held in the Town Hall, Lucknow, next, Tuesday night, April 20th. . The services of Carruth.er*s or­ chestra. are being donated. There will’ be;.no hall rental fee, no •advertising expenses and the , sponsoring Lodge members will ‘.furnish’ the. provisions (for the lunch counter, so that it will be. one big good will gesture for a worthy cause. . . ‘ ‘ Nominal admission to the dance will be 50c per person, but pro­ vision will be made to receive do­ nations to the benefit fund. Sid was seriously injured in a mill accident oveF-three weeks ago and has since been hospital­ ized. He faces the amputation of his leg, and a series of opera- -tions ’on the' limb and “will“be~^ incapacitated for several months. With a young family to provide/ for, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner’s mis­ fortune has touched the commun­ ity deeply. Can Leave Donation On two occasions the “hat has. been passed” at fhe Community Sale, with a generous response, and others will welcome the op­ portunity to do their bit Not everyone will want to at­ tend next Tuesday’s dance, so* it has been arranged to receive do­ nations at anytime at Webster and MacKinnon’s Hardware or at The Sentinel Office. \ Beverley Ashton, a student at Lucknow District High School, has been awarded a $40.00 scholarship by the District High School board toward an-educational- tour—in Easter week to Quebec City; The scholarship was awarded for ob­ taining high standing in Grade II French. < </./ . \ The tour is sponsored by “ Vis- ites • Interprovinciales”, whose aim' is to create good relations between English and ^French speaking Canadians, and to help Students speak the language more fluently. . . . Beverley left Toronto by spec­ ial coach along with some 50 other young people on Wednes­ day, April 14th and arrives in Quebec City on Thursday morn­ ing. Here she will be billeted with a French family with .who she will’ spend the week. The week in Quebec will include za series of educational tours, social affairs, sight-seeing, and will be concluded with a day at Lac Beaport ski resort. The party—wilL. arrive back in Toronto on April 21st; . . ' . On Friday, April 9th, the Luok- -new^QuncHno^^hurchesTner^T the home of Robert MacKenzie, with Stuart Robertson, the pres­ ident, in charge. The items of i discussion included a letter of appreciation to the company re­ sponsible for the religious sign at. the west entrance to the villk age; the Community Daily Va­ cation School to be held the third week in August; the Easter not­ ice for The Sentinel and the Com- muriity Good Friday service, and the possibility of a Religious Sur­ vey of the community. Revival Of Games To Be At Public Meeting .Members of the neighboring Township-Councils-are-be’ng~in-— vited to attend. Kenneth CamerOn and Garnet Henderson, were appointed at Monday night’s meeting to con- tact the president and secretary of the, Embro. Society, to obtain . first hand information, or to have ‘ one or both of them speak „at next Wednesday’s public meet­ ing. ! . <■ • ■ The Original idea is not to . ynake. it.. a money-making Soc- 4 oty-y—b uLrath enTO-pp ur ■b ack-" an y " profits to .improve grounds, fac­ ilitiesan'd prize money;-etc/rTo— make The Garries, Worthy suc­ cessors of-’ those of more than half a century ago. It has been suggested that the. ‘comeback” might be postponed until next3*year,. Enthusiasm is evident at present, and to delay a year Would hot likely find any better preparation to go ahead With the undertaking. Person­ ally, the writer’s opinion is that it‘s “now or possibly never”; .