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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-06-09, Page 112.50 A Year In Advance—$1,00 Extra To U.S.A.LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9th, ,1954 ILLNESS IS PUZZLING Mrs. I an- i i X rary will be open jeach. Monday,- above false god of T COMPILES INTERESTING HISTORY OF KINLOSS FAIR BOARD STARTS FALL FAIR PLANNING ; SHETLAND COLT AT MARTIN FARM CREATES INTEREST has Sid a real, pioneer On Sunday' in the death of Donald (Dan) MacDon­ ald. He was 94/ • He- was- predeceased.. j ust- thir- Peace pacts not enough, ail, said -Mr. I as j library patrons are well aware,'. BUYS VILLAGE HOME "; . Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Welsh have __ _Lavis near the neW' High School primari NONAGENARIAN DIES AT KINTAIL I . . . “——” ■ i The Kintail community lost /fee houise they are Vacating offered for rent. .... . J1!?™ v.l J.lage_xesidenceVi since i tiutn. Boundary ■ TO HOLD FIRST SWINE SALE HERE SATURDAY • reverting to Wednesday the Lib? since^Mr.*Welsh took over rary I’* is secuti.ve 'open days, .*, . ■ Some hook Lhousecleaning is 4> Won Ladie$* Fiddle Contest With 250-Year-Old Violin Champion woman fiddler at the Old Time, Fiddler? Contest at Hensall last Week was Mrs.; —_LeslieWar.dell„of_the__Amberley_ district in Huron Township. , Mrs., Wardell was formerly Dorothy Robb, daughter of. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Robb pf West Wawanosh. She is, the mother of fiVe children. Her / accompanist at the Hensall contest was'" Roy MacKenzie of Ripley. Mrs., Wardell cpines by fiddle ability honestly; Her is pretty good at it,, and it •» . iv — X -1_/ U— * 1_V her Dad was from him that she ' “picked up” violin playing—and’ all by? ear. • As young gs ten years she was playing with her father at “house warming” parties. . —violin^ 250 'Yeafs Old — Mrs. Wardell has ' previously competed - in fiddling contests, but never finished better, than, second until? last 'Friday night; • when she borrowed ope of her father’s violins and with little practice entered the. contest and finished on tap. Dorothy’s Dad has since presented her with the violin? It is "a valueable instru­ ment, that is over 250 years old. It bears the date 1700,. and the finger board is worn thin by . playing. • '& Old violins are a sort of hobby with Mr. Rabb. Among his col- -^jeetion—iS—the^fiddlethat-was-at- one time owned by the late Dr. Dan Geddes, local veterinarian, ■and who was said to have li'evet missed a day, health permitting, Ross McDonagh,. a student at ;Luckn.owLDistricL“^^^ has been under ‘ observation ■ in Victoria Hospital, London, for the past week. His ailment has some-, what puzzled the. doctors, (bu‘t contrary to some reports he has. not undergone surgery. Mrs. Mc- Donagh returned home from the city oh Tuesday, and it is expect­ ed Ross will return home Thurs- day. He is an -“up” patient and a room across the hall from Gardner. ASHFIELD NURSE _ WONFOURAWARDS Trip Tq Banff Among Awards' Won By Miss. Donna Hamilton At Woodstock Nurses’ Gradua­ tion/ TWELVE PAGES , , ■ ■n At .a recent meeting of the Kaiirshea Women’s Institute, Mrs. Walter /MacKenzie gave a' most interesting paper on the history of Kinioss Township, dating back over the century since the pioneers first followed the blazed Trails into this wooded wflcler- 'ness... . The Sentinel is pleased to pub­ lish this article both from a point of reader interest" and the fact that it will help preserve some of the early history of this Town-' ship, as first-hand knowledge of the way of life of These early set­ tlers is becoming rare and sketchy. Centre of attraction at the Martin farm at Paramount at the moment is a little Shetland pony colt that was born on * Sunday, May 30th. At the tender age of one week, the frisky little fellow measured 25 ¥2 inches in height with a body length of scarcely 20 inches. He weighed possibly 25 or 30 lbs, and one had no trouble holding herein their arms.: The little lady,- as is implied,; is :a female, and is as yet. :um named. Her three-year-old moth­ er stands about 38 inches , high. The sire is a silver dapple chest­ nut, owned by Elton, McLelland of Bervie, ARE FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS MARRIED ENGAGEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. .Wesley Guest nounce the engagement , of their only daughter,' Jean Isabelle to -Mr-^Stanley™VictorJohnstonySon of Mrs. John Johnston and the late. Mr. Johnston. The marriage to take place in June. PASTOR'S BROTHER AT ANNIVERSARY that he didn’t play it, The Ged- . <des violin is over 200 years/old: It was made in 1740. • .Mrs. Wardell was on CFPL- . television on Saturday evening, . Her parents watched, the program at Johnstone’s Furniture Store. On Monday evening a radio re­ broadcast of the top performers was heard. Mrs/ Wardell has since had a congratulatory phone call from the London Free Press and the offer of an opportunity to go. to New York. L.D.H.S. STUDENTS ISSUE YEAR BOOK Lucknow District High School students have recently produced ' their. first year book—^and a very creditable effort indeed. It is named The Veritas, which is .the ' latin for “The Truth”. Facilities at the/ new district high School made the accomplish­ ment possible and we under­ stand it was solely a student pro­ ject, except for mechanical as­ sistance by Mr. H. B. Burden. The several pages , of pictures were printed at The Sentinel Of­ fice, where the binding of the book was done also. /. The front cover has a sketch of the school and the school crest / ^•Etflas Rathad Glu Gliocas”, meaning “Knowledge is the Road to Success”. Editor of The Veritas was Mack MacDonald, who was ably_assist- ■RT'ed^d5y~Xo^editors Helen .Weiler' and, Gladys Kilpatrick, plus a staff of departmental ■ assistants and Form representatives. . ■ . The year book was first made "available to the student body. There are additional copies Which, fire on sale at McKim’s and Um- bach’s drug.stores, Miss Donna Marie Hamilton was one of eight members of the graduation class of Woodstock General Hospital to receive her diploma and pin at graduation exercises held on Wednesday of last week. ■« ‘ Donna is one of eight daugh­ ters of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ham- 41ton—of—Ashifield^’-andwasan outstanding, member of her class, winning four of thirteen scholar­ ships presented the graduates: ' Donna was second in general ’ proficiency, winning the Elmer J; Hosack scholarship. She won the Dr; Thomas Henry award for proficiency in bedside, nursing; the Frances Sharpe Memorial scholarship for. . post graduate study, given- by the Nurses’ Alumrfae Association of Wood- stock General Hospital, and the Canadian Nurses’ Association award, a two weeks’ trip to Banff. Donna left for the Alberta. ! resort the ’ day following the I graduation. The-guest speaker was' the Very Rev. R. Charles Brown of Lon­ don, who was introduced by . Canon J. H. Geoghegan of Wood- stocky and formerly of St. Peter’s : -Parish—Lucknow^.— — Among thq&e attending . the graduation were Mr. and Mrs. Frank .Hamilton, Mr..and Mrs, James Spilsbury '-LLsppel), Mr. .and Mrs. Max Hanna (Betty) end Frances/• Hamilton of Lon­ don; Mr. and Mrs..Harold Elliott (Violet)/ Shirley, Raeleen. Mar­ ian and Lorraine; Donna’s aunt, and uncle* Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton; piid' Mr. and Mrs. Fin-: lay MacDonald. Mrs. Robert Hamilton’s sister, formerly Phyllis MacDonald,: is a. former . graduate of Woodstock Hospital. Capacity congregations were in etten dianite at Ashfield Presby­ terian Church' on Sunday for the observance of the 106 anniver­ sary of this congregation, the first to be established in this vicinity. ’ ' It was about 1838 that the first settlers came- to the Kintail dis- trict, and these early settlers, steeped in the Scottish tradition of faith and worship, literally brought their church- with them. It was in 1848 that the Presby­ tery of London first recognized this group of worshippers as a mission station and it. is from that date that the congregation officially marks its beginning. The church and a resident pastor followed at later dates. : Around this historic church cluster many hallowed memories of noble men whose faith and labor built the church and hav­ ing passed on to higher service, their descendants carry^on. The -church was beautifully de­ corated with' flowers for the an­ niversary and visitors were from neighboring congregations of Rip­ ley, Lucknow, Pine River and Bethel, —^he-EuckhowyAgricultufal-Soc- iety held a meeting ‘ last week presided over by President Fred McQuiliin, and with Alex Mac- Nay in charge of the secretarial duties, which indicates the splen­ did recovery >he is making, from a grave illness that required deL icate surgery. lieports , of the delegates to the Fairs Association meeting were given by Andrew Gaunt and Wallace Miller. Judges were ap­ pointed for the 1954 show, and a revision of the ^prize list was made at the meeting. TO CHANGE OPEN DAYS AT LIBRARY “ y was" Rev: Donald MacDonald, of AVan- more near Ottawa, and Who is a brother of the Ashfield congre­ gation’s beloved pastor, Rev. J. R. MacDonald, who was present for the evening service. Another guest, was Rev. Robert Anderson of Whitqhorse who had been at General Assembly. ; He led in • prayer at the evening service. Special music was provided by the ohoif under the leadership Of Finlay MacDonald and with Mrs.-Duncan Simpson at the or- ■ gan. Mrs.. John A. ..MacDonald and Mrs. Ken MacKay of Ripley assisted, the choir. - - Elmer MacKenzie was soloist at the morning service, and in j the evening there were* numbersl. by the quartette of D.uhcan Simp-1 son, Allan MacLean, Elmer Mac­ Kenzie and Finlay MacDonald. D^DAY MARKED BY LEGION PARADE The annual church parade of the Lucknow Branch, of the Can­ adian Legion and Ladies ^Auxili­ ary. was held on Sunday to com- memorate' the anniversary of D-Day, when the Allies storm­ ed the bloody Normandy beaches, to launch the thrust that was to ultimately bring an end to World WarII. Headed by the Lucxhow Pipe Band the veterans of . two world wurs and Auxiliary . members paraded to St. Peter’s Anglican Church where they were address­ ed by Rev. H. L. Jenpings, who said that it was fitting that we should remember that day, and especially those who - died. We pray,* he said, that there will neveiL:'again hav-e-4o Le.ano.ther.; ■ r ilk-4 Q 1 UIJC I 1 W JL'Jl L£j 1 I kJCl IUV1 fill ■ J ; , • . ■ '. : Ml/.move. there this, week. Ifae many people . The Welsh family have resided in erally in'town on Wednesday, in ’ . the-Mackenzie house on Haye- reverting to Wednesday the Libr N/ H. Hedley’s butcher business. Tuesday to Monday to.avoid con- Effective next Monday, June 14th, the Lucknow Wednesday and ’Saturday, both afternoon and evening. ’Die reg­ ular hours will continue to . ap­ ply.The previous open days, have' been Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. .. Thursday, the ha L IL ay, ,, J; teen' weeks, ago, on'Sunday, Feb- been a ^^^^^^“aei^ary 28th, by h is son ■•'Harry, ly 'fdr' Uw conyenionce o.L; ior rent, r <. ;Mr, Lavis decided to dispose of being-L vniuEtL-xesiaence since touy- these ^discards Will <^on s-ale on Comm . TV-.... . * .. — .T ■ ■ ■* * D-Day. , . The parade was under the dir­ ection of Legion President, Ken­ neth Cameron, and Parade Mar? shall, George Taylor, Sr. The Legion color bearers were Geo. Whitby, and 'Philip . MacMillan arid for the Auxiliary, Mrs. Roy Black arid Mrs.* Rabt. Armstrong. . Relating the story of the con­ flict between Israelites arid Phili­ stines, as told ‘in the fifth chap-, ter , of Samuel,' Rev. Jennings pointed out that history hasn’t: changed much and many are srtill worshipping . false and secret gods./Among these he .stressed the- fact that' many, are trying to, deceive themselves that the world because it is progressing } is getting better, in the face ■ of two wars. ' Next wias .humanism, with its 7daim--byLso(rne—tha-t---w-e—can—ge4 albng on our Own. arid signatures are ' We heed . God Jennings. Then there complacency at the age c>f 68. -His son’s death ..no doubt, .hastened. ..the. passing ,.of the aged gentleman. * , •. ' The funeral service was held, at the Ashfield Presbyterian Church bn Tuesday z afternoon with interment in Kintail Cem- etery;■ Mr. MacDonald is survived by -a- - daughterAABi« /MBe-- and-- a. immi, Baiifi. ■ d ’ is the _______ _ and isolationism;, the idols of selfish pleasure; pf the power .of the sword' and its “blood money” that to ' some spells prosperity;" the . idols . of superistition* of money and of ■science._______________________■ ReV..Jonnmg&r-pointod^-ou conclusion that the observance of Xhe /First Com mandmentyr‘Wd'uld- eliminate-all these' false'gods and we would go-forward with our’ trust in the only true and ’having God. • An offertory quartette -was’ sung by Albert Mbrtdn, Fred Mc- Quillin, Barry McQuillin and -Rev^-JenningSv;-wirtih; • -Minij--Fred- lieQuillca jtrwMHiig at the Mr, and M^s. Thomas H. Burns one of Lucknow’s most highly esteemed senior couples,, quietly , observed their 57th wedding an-/ niversary on -Wednesday, June . 2nd, at their comfortalble home j on Xiudgard Street where they have resided all their married life, and." which has been 4Mr. Burn’s home since boyhood. ' There is very little difference in their ages. Both are 86, and both are enjoying comparatively good health, and have known very little illness' in their life- , , time. Neither has ever been hos­ pitalized.. Mr. Burns was born on Con- i cession 10, Huron Township and | qarne to Lucknow at pre-school | age with his parents, Thos. Burns •. and Sarah Stanley. Ann. Beaton, daughter of Angus Beaton and Annie MacKenzie. She was "born at .Paramount, and prior to her .marriage was clerk­ ing in Murdoch and Cameron’s Store. - . The wedding ceremony was performed at the bride’s parental home, now owned by Bob .Boak. * The officiating clergyman was Rev. Angus MacKay, first mini­ ster of the new Lucknow Pres­ byterian Church. Fifty-Two Years In Factory Mr. Burns was employed at the Lucknow Table Company Furni­ ture factory for 52 years, retiring at theRage^f_70^whre^the^plia^nt"“ closed down; At the time of their marriage Mr, Burns was earning $8.00 a week. A few1 weeks/laiter . -the—factory^ ran into bad times under a joint stock company of local business men and closed down. It was a year from that .August before it re-opened again under the new management of Button and Trevett. Mr. Burns is one of the few men who can look back to the early days of this industry. . Always industrious, Mr. Bums occupied his “leisure tiime”^—be­ fore 7 a.m. and after 6 p.m.— with looking after his cowsr pigs„ chickens and a big garden, and it is only of late years that he has given up the livestock “side­ lines”.- x Mr. and Mrs. Burns have been .. exemplary, home-loving citizens .^nd-^Gtive-^hurch —wbrke^FS-^and.-— faithful in attendance all their lives. Mrs. Burns was: treasurer of the United Church W.M.S. for ; 27 years and is a life member Of the Society. Mr. Burns is now, an honorary elder of. the, United Church and bn the Board of Trus­ tees.. /■■ ■ ■ Mr. and Mrs: Burns had a fam- > ily of four boys. Their youngest son, Elliott, died, seven years ago on May 25th, just a few days be-' fore they had planned on cele­ brating their golden wedding. ■ 'The other members of the fam­ ily are Harold, who for'some 27 years has been principal of Ogen Public School in Fort William; Stanley of St/ Thomas, who is, vice president ^ of the. Vihk ChemZ • icals Co/ and Stewart, of Detroit, who holds an executive position with a large, motor car company* • ^and—w-his—pr-eseptl-y—conwiese* ing following major surgery. Mr. and . Mrs.' “Tom. BCirns” ... have a host of friends who join The Sentinel in extehding heart­ iest, congratulations and best ' wishes. ' •• The first consignment auction safe of purebred : Large While's— ■■ Ybr 1 vS h i r e^-Sw’in'o ••• 7,y~ of'.-~"Weeprng Maple and Kitkaren farms will, -be-h eldy-a t -th e - Agr i cult u ra’pPark,: Lucknow-, this/Saturday • after-_ noon, June 12'th.' at 2.00 p.m." Thirty-five lots will be/offered/. 9 open * IS including- 5 . bred ’ gilts. gilts, and 11 service .'age boars R. J. (Bob) Boak “of town -proprietor of Kitknren Farm' and •Arnold—E.--..Cooky- ->^rave, Weeping' Maple.