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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-06-02, Page 1t. t V I of BUYSGIBSONHOME by of ceremonies. ■ VICTORIA GRADUATE* i COUNCIL STUDIES BUDGET PRIOR TO STRIKING RATE by” ' AGED LADY PASSES */_,/ . ___" . —1— YOUNG MOTHER PASSfeS, I LEAVES THREE SMALL GIRLS WoSt as, they were feared, find stance-was attejnpted 'by'-round- injury several mpnths ?go,, sq j! $2,50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A. Korean Minister Guest Speaker At St. Helen’s Flower Sunday Possibly xibt since \ Calvin Church,. St: Helens, Was built and dedicated back in 1898, has there been a mdre momentous oc­ casion than was marked on Sun­ day, when’ capacity congregations filled the church for morning and evening services that had many impressive features. . < The-occasion was the first Sun­ day School anniversary and flow­ er Sunday., The motif was “The Open DOor”. Korea was the cen- tral “open door” that was topped by an artistic arrangement of lilacs in which was a cross of white lilacs, surrounded by con­ trasting purple lilacs. The altar was surrounded by beautifully —-decorated—opendoors”-symbolic of Africa, India, Japan and Home : Missions. In the centre of this display was a portrait of Christ, beneath which flickered the light . of a miniature lighthouse. The arrangement of lilacs, ferns, tulips, potted plants, etc., was really beautiful; represented long hours of work and reflected much credit Qn this small rural cdiigregatioh, jvhbse efforts and enthusiasm were spearheaded ^by the example of their student min­ ister, Mr. Harvey Sparlinjg, a first year arts student at Western Un­ iversity. -----The^-Sunday-School—room—was ^ufitully. redecorated for this ♦ anniversary occasion and, ait the evening service was rededicated to the honour and . glory of God ;by Rev- George D. Watt, super- / vising minister of the charge. The redecorating committee coifsisted bf Mrs; Frank McQuil- l;n, Mrs. Gordon MacPherson and Mrs. Lorne Woods. Mrs. Marion Irwin of Dela­ ware enthralled the congregations by her selections on the cathedral chimes and mirinibaphone, with accompaniment by Mrs/ W. A. Miller, the church organist. The accomplished guest soloist, was j Mr. Keith .Barber pf London, who I ■is studying at the Music .Teachers College of the University of Wes­ tern Ontario; The choir also ren- I , dered an anthem most acceptably at; each service. Mr. Sparling had k‘r~’“-charge“Tjfc^he^^ morning he was assisted 'by Mr. Lome Woods,, the Sunday School % .superintendent and at the even­ ing service, which was attended — by—members of neighboring . Young People’s Unions,^ the scrip­ ture was rehd by Don Cameron and Rev. Watt conducted the im- I pressive. rededication service. * I ( Korean' Minister Speaks I v The guest speaker whs Rev. I. ’ Chung Choon Kim of Korea. Rev. I , Kim hhs recently received his I Master’s degree, in* Theology from I Emmanuel College hhd after two I yehts in Canada, plans to leave I this, “land of paradise” in Sep- I tember and return to. his native I Korea. The offerings at both set- I vices on Sunday were in aid of I Rev. Kim’s* project Of rebuilding I , his' church in Korea Ayhich was L_^.eslrpyejdJm-theCommumstLin- I VasiOn pf his country/ I A^ the morning service Rev. I • Kim stressed his hearty gratitude I for what the. Christian mission- I sties had done for his people. The I Canadian Church established the I first rri ission in Korea .sixty years I ago, and the speaker dealt with I the “Suffering Christians” .of his I country who have accepted and I been true to the Christi an faith; I it/Thc fifest persecution came from I So°k the old ,religion of idolatry I , /mpei&tiM^ I v 1945 they suffered under the yolk I ’ Japanese imperialism and mil- I r^jism .as^ the invaders tried to I . indoctrinate the Japanese way of I *' hfe,* The Christians suffered the I r ' ___ __________ I /their ejdelrrtinotion in one in­ i' ■ T , |> ing them up in their church un* I (Continued On The June meeting of the Vill­ age Council was held on Monday night, when a four-hour session w as ■ largely '■devpteR^bTstudying the budget, preparatory to strik­ ing the, 1954 mill rate, probably at the July meeting. Apart from that, business was of a routine nature. A letter was received from Os­ car Hodgins protesting the river flooding of his property which he claimed had prevented him hav­ ing a garden for three years. Council decided to look into the. matter-—to determine - the water rights at that mill-site area. It was pointed out that the CNR had dumped in rock fill at the abutments of the railway bridge, .which_may have—affected- the normal river channel. ’ Mrs. Thomas Anderson, Sr., re­ ceived the sad. news recently of the death, of Mrs. Keith Smeltzer of Edmonton. The untimely death of the young mother was due to -a^brb-m—tumO1v~that--defied^-4he- skill of the best, doctors avail­ able. She passed away bn May 18th. Besides her husband, who ser­ ved in World jWar. jl, Mrs., Smelt­ zer leaves three small daughters, ages three years, 1 year and, 8 months and 3 weeks old* Keith Smeltzer is a son of Gor­ don E. Smeltzer, formerly of this community, and is associated with his father in the insurance busi­ ness at Edmonton. . ■ * . I TRACTOR BEE AIDS VETERAN A plowing bee, organized Kenneth CamerOn,. presidept Of the Canadian Legion, was held at the farm ; of Percy ;Gai,bu^.1_.Qf. Kinloss .Township on Tuesday: Mr. and Mrs. Garbutt. reside on the former W. J* MacDonald fanVi oh the Second Concession and came here from the Manitoulin district comparatively recently. ', Mr. Garbutt ‘ is ‘a veteran of World War II, and has. been ad­ vised by . his doctor he must en­ ter/ the1 hospital, for ireAttnent. With some of his- spring work not yet completed,' the Work bee was planned before Mr. Garbutt -en.ters.Luthe. hosp.ital,.. ;..... Six tractors were on the' job acres, for sowing. Mr. Garbutt. was able to give a hand himself and WhS assisted by Rhilip Mac­ Millan, Clarence Greer, Joe King, Ken Chester arid Frank MacKen- Mrs. Garbutt suffered a back .. ... . that she too is somewhat in­ capacitated. 'LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2nd, ,1954 LEGION TO HOLD ANNUAL CHURCH PARADE SUNDAY Lucknow Branch of the Can­ adian Legion will be joined by the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Leg­ ion on Sunday morning for their annual church parade. The ser­ vice will be held at St. Peter’s Anglican ’ Church at 11.00 a.m. The parade will form at the Leg­ ion Hall. HOW DOES YOUR LABEL READ? ■........ The Sentinel mailing list was corrected on- Saturday, . and the date on your address label should be marked up . accordingly if you havev re­ newed your subscription dur­ ing the past several weeks. In case proper credit has not been given please advise us at once. If your label does not read . “June 5,4” or some other date in advance of that, your sub­ scription is due or past due. Prompt attention, to this ma- , ter. is requested. Labels carry­ ing only the figures “54” in­ dicate the subscription is paid until the end of the year. HEADS TRUST FJRM AT PRESTON Mr. D. G. Statters has been appointed manager of the Pres­ ton office of the Waterloo Trtist and Savings/Company, effective June 1st. Mr. Statters has been assistant-manager*at Galt, and hi^ new post is part of a personnel!1 change in keeping with the. Cdin- pany’S expanding business. Gordon is the son bf Mr. Pen- zil Statters of Galt, and formerly of Kinloss. Gordon started his financial career as a member of the local branch of the Bank of Montreal. Among the bank’s* of­ fices in which he worked was the St—John—N ewfoundlandjbranchT On returning to Ontario, Gordon became associated with the .Wat­ erloo Trust Company. In failing health for a time, death came to Mrs. Duncan Mac­ Donald at the home of her son- in-law, Andrew Ritchie, on Mon- day. She was formerly Mary Gillies and was 86 years of age. The funeral service was held at the Ritchie home on Wednesday With ; interment in Greenhill Cemetery. STARTING AGE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS UNCHANGED Meeting on Tuesday evening the Lucknow Public School Board reiterated the decision that the starting age for public school students be six years as of De­ cember 31st,: 1954. _Thematter_was_reviewedat Tuesday’s meeting as there are a number of tots who reach age six early in January. The December 31st date has been XBoai^ regulatibh for many years. Information had been sought from the Department - on the matter, andtheirrecommen- datiori is that the starting age be six at September of the year they start. The public school enrollment is taxing the facilities of the 4- room school, and the Board would be faced with opening another room and engaging an .extra tea/ cher if the starting date were, ad­ vanced. / COMMEMORATE D-DAY SUNDAY The 10th anniversary of D-Day —the day when the Allied forces landed in Normandy under the supreme command of General Eisenhower to open the .final phase of the war for the liber­ ation of Europe from the Nazis —nwill »be marked on Sunday,. June 6 th, by special’ programs on both CBC radio and television. Qn radio there; will be two anniversary broadcasts—a . one? hour commemorative program on CBC Trans-Canada at. 8.00, p.m. EDT, including actuality cover- ^ge_ofJ;he„ceremQnLesJo_.be„hel(L in Normandy that day, and a. 45* minutes feature, on CBC .Domin­ ion at 10.15 pyrti. EDT relayed directly from -BBC shortwave. TheJBBC will cover not only the ' events of D-Day* but the w(hble campaign ffom thb moment the armada set sail from Britain to the signing. of the German sur­ render at Luneberg, with em­ phasis on the events concerning Commonwealth troops. BBC war correspondents .will speak from places from which they sehit their original reports, including Ports­ mouth and the English Channel Naval Headquarters, a tank-land­ ing craft off the coast of France, Arromanches, Brussels, the Scheldt Estuary, Nijmegen, Anr- hem, the Rhine crossing at Xan- ten, and Luneberg. There will also be a message from .Eield- MarshalJViscount.Mont gomerylof.. Alamein and Marshal of the Royal s»Air Force Lord Tedder, who Was General Eisenhower’s deputy commander, will be mas­ ter of ceremonies. ■ • GARNET FARRIER SONG PUBLISHED Miss Margaret Chin’ xas ,a member of the Victoria Hospital graduating class : who received their pins and diplomas last weCkrThere were. 71 graduates/ the second ’largest' class in the history" of thejhospi tai: Another of the graduates was Leone Wil­ son of Ripley.. Among, those in attendance at the graduation from Toronto were Margaret’s. mother, Mrs; Charles Chin and brothers and sisters, Sam, Frank,' Mary and Gladys. From town, Morley Chin and SW Black attended. Garnet Farrier of Whitechurch has broken into the music com­ posing field, and his first song, “Just Remember”, is now on» sale in music stores in the/district. Garnet composed both the words and music, and in doing, so °wdrked backwards”. He first composed the melody and after so doing decided .to fit words to; it. The conventional way of music’ Writing is just the opposite. Some changes were made in the word­ ing by the Publishers of the song, and Garnet prefers his own ar- rangement. The .song is published and copyrighted by a:, company in New Westminster, B.C. Oh the front'of the music sheet is a pic­ ture of the saxaphone trio of Garnet and Russel Farrier, and Jacfc Henderson. , ■ J Garnet was about 18 when he first got hold of a< clarinet, dnd then a saxaphone. Within a month of starting on the clarinet he made his first appearance With jack;. Carr’S orchestra. Later he' played in' Roy Mackenzie’s and Art McCaHney’s orchestra, before organizing his own iband, with Mrs/Farrier as pianBtT^^ headed for 4^ years and which was in Constant, demand over' a wide district. . -; Garnet how tprns out with Jack HerjdArson’s' band M timieSf but his orchestra, work is how secondary to a well established ;pl^b‘-s§es’’iahd'' servicing • busi* hess. EIGHT PAGES War Veteran Lost Everything In Fire That Destroyed Cabin Friday Dick. McBride, 62-year-olj war veteran lost everything he own­ ed except ithe clothes he was wearing and a bit ofc silver in his pocket, when fire destroyed his cabins on the farm of Peter Johnston, a half mile north of the .Village on Friday morning. Dick had. J walked into town about a half hour before the blaze. his by his COMMUNITY MOURNS DEATH OF N. E. BUSHELL • _ * ’ . • ' • „ •_____ . The death of Nelson'E. Bushell occurred in Victoria Hospital on Sunday afteimpon and cast a gloom over the community. Mr. Bushell suffered from a gall blad­ der condition, and his life had been despaired bf a few weeks ago. He made a miraculous re­ covery and had returned home about a: month ago and in. two weeks was to undergo surgery. Another attack struck him the latter part of the week and he w as rushed by ambulance to Lon-/ don on Friday. His condition steadily worsened on ^Saturday and he pa7Ssed~~awby’ab^tTWo’ p.m. Sunday. ” The funeral service was held at the McLennan - MacKehzie; Memorial Chapel on Wednesday afternoon with interment in Rip­ ley Cemetery. ENGAGEMENTS -Mr. and Mrs. James Duncan Lucknow wish to announce the engagement of their second dau­ ghter, Doris Mae, to (fordbri-Cup- and Mrs. Sam Cupskey, Belfast The marriage to take place in June. was discovered, and was on way home when picked up Kenneth Cameron, to learn place Was in flames. The fire was discovered Mrs. J. C. Johnston, behind Whose / home the McBride cottage is lo­ cated. She ran with a pail of water, but the flames were leap- -ing—high—inside-"-by~then7~”Mrs;"~"~ Johnston ran down the highway to W. G. Reed’s residence and he in turn drove into town to turn in the alarm. A brisk south breeze fanned the flames which roared through the insul-brick covered building, making a terrific heat and threat­ ening a neariby bam and chicken house. The Fire Brigade made a fast run to the scene and carried sufficient water on the pumper, When used sparingly, to save both the neaifoy buildings. • Dick served throughout the First Great War and tried* to-eii- list; at the outbreak of the second conflict, was ^rejected and given an army pension. i ' Dick has resided in? Kinloss for the past several years, and for about ten- years has lived on the " Johnston farm and assisted Pete with the work, as he was able. After J. C. Johnstone’s return from byefseas; he and Mrs. John­ ston moved into. the. home on this farm, and Pete built the two- room cabin for Dick, which has since' ibeeh home to him. Even Dick’s pension cheque went up in flames on Friday,.but of course this. Will" be, replaced in due time. The local branch of the Canadian Legion and the Lucknow Red Cross have assisted Dick since his misfortune. Ef­ forts are being made to arrange for another cabin for him. Hugh Sutherland has purchas­ ed the residence of Mr. arid. Mrs. Sam Gioson at the southerly out- . skirts oi the Village. The Gibson family will shortly, move to their Ashfield farm. SCHMID FAMILY FLY TO GERMANY . Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Schmid and Douglas left On Saturday morn- „ ing on the first leg of their trip to a visit to Bill’s fatherland— Germany. They were accompan­ ied by/his brother, Carl of Sarnia. ; The Schmids motored to Mon­ treal, whefe they were scheduled to board a B.CXA.G Stratocruiser at 3.30 Tuesday afternoon for the trans-Atlantic hop, to London vrK^ they woin^havFT24;h0ur stopover before crossing - the1 . Channel by plOne to ‘Dusseldorf. There they Will be met py rela- * fives and d 2-hour motor trip will take them..to Bill’s birth/ . place at Riedenburg. t Bill’s parents died before he came to Canada some 26 years ago. but he still has two profilers and two sisters living in Ger­ many. It is his first trip back.' A member ; pf a family , of watchmakers', and |eweHer.^ followed : his trade at. Hanover .to Canada.arid...in. 1937 bought out F. T. Armstrong’s. * jewellery business here, when he, - and Mrs. Schmid moved to Luck­ now to reside. ’ . * ' ' ?The Schmids will spend XFunc* . on the continent and lath iti trie * month fly hbme. again/They/eY*’/ peef* Jb Be,"back' fere "'early 7' '