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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JULY 28th, 1954 EIGHT PAGES
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Lucknow Pipers Win Top Awards
In Highland Competitions Saturday
Caledonian Park Lucknow,
echoed^to the skirl o’ the pipes
on. Saturday aJternbbn, as five
—fbandsandindividual-bandsmen-
competed for.awards in the var
ious" competitions. ft
LucknoW Pipe Band; and the
. younger apesiribers nof it, made a
spectacular sweep of top place in
(band, piping and drumming
classes, with Archie • McQuillan,
16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs
Wilfred McQuillan, the top piper
of the day, winhing five of six
events. He dropped out of the
sixth event, when .he developed
trouble with his pipes.
Father and Sons Take Part
' It was a big day for the Roy
MacKenzie family. Roy. is Pipe
Major of the Lucknow Band arid
besides leading the band to a
double win, he saw two of his
three sons who are in the band,
figure in the prize money. Lome;
age 17, placed second in the pip
ing competitions under 18 years
arid Don, an older brother, took
first prize in the open side drum*
ming class. Young David, age 12,
is also5a sidri drummer with the
. (band. ._2_ ■ .. j
First pfi2e™for/;bass drumming
went to Elmer MacKenzie of
Lochalsh and a, member of the
Liicknow Band, to complete the
Sweep/;... .
Initial Effort ■ ' '
Success rewarded the initial ef
forts of the Bruce, Grey and
Huron Branch of the Pipers’ Soc-
—ietyto establish a Highland
Bands Day, the prime; object be
ing, through competition, to im-t
prove, the cali-bre of the bands,
and - individual members. The
. undertaking was spearheaded by
Ernie Fisher of Kincardine, pres
ident of the Association, and who
capably presided at the “mike”
oh Saturday as Master of Cere
monies/He had a bit of trouble
getting the contestants roiling,
- (but when he did the ’tempo
speeded up and concluded with
a burst of. bands that thrilled the
• crowd; ■ ■
Disappointing, however, was
the fact’ that only five of the
ten bands in the district/attend
ed. It was not expected that all
Would compete, but tK^
promoters had hoped for eight
bands at least to be-in attend-,
ance. . .,
There was little delay in get
ting the parade underway as "the
massed bands, headed by Drum
Major ° Bill Walker of Owen
Sound, moved away frpm the hall
scarcely fifteen minutes behind
the advertised hour of 1.30.
The fiye bands w&re: Fergus,
pipe major, Percy Gibson; Luck-
]1°w, pipe major, Roy’MacKen
zie; Meaford, pipe major, Dave
Babertson; Owen Sound, pipe
major, Bill MacDonald; Palmer
ston, pipe major, Clayton Bridge.
/Master of Ceremonies Ernie
Wisher thahked the crowd for
their support in this their first
attempt at a Highland Bdnds
pay. He called oh “Andy” Rob-
gratulated fhe sponsors arid
pointed out that with its tradL
tional Scottish background and
famed for The’ Games, no more
appropriate place than Lucknow,
eould have been chosen for a re-
. vival of. such^an event, which he
' hoped would grow" arid expand;
-Mr. Robinsoh expressed the re
grets of John Hanna, MF/p;, .in
unahle to be present.
The massed bands played the
^^kPPpida^Road^o^he^Isle^--
flnd broke off for the individual
Sm^titiohs.-..... Mr;—Fisher in tron
/peed the judges, as the best it
/ Vas possible to obtain in Ontario,
n y Were: piping judges, Archie
•Jpwar, pipe major of the 48th
highlanders and “Sandy” Thomp-
Pipe-sergeant of the Toronto
^epttish; drumniihg juge, John
J^ane, leading side drummer
01 the Caber Feidh and deport-
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jftson, M.P, for Bruce,_Jwho__conjLJ\4rs^Jted„ Johnston of Belfast^
KENNY WEBSTER SUFFERED
IRACTUREDLEGLASTWEEK
WgVES BLACK ASH
SHINGLES 60 YEARS OLD
J. M. Greer has beeri busy
shingling the house of Ralph
Cameron, Con. 10, Ashfield and
formerly owned by the late Wm.
Irwin,. father of JoeIrwin of
town.
The house was bqilt some 58
years ago, and it was the original
roofing. A gothic on the house
was shingled with black ash
shingles which are still consider
ably thicker than the best B.C.
cedaA brand of today. •.
It wasn’t easy to remove the
ash shingles. They were held
solid by old fashioned’ iron cut
nailsv which generally pulled
right through the shingle. ■
Kenneth Webster, son of Mr,
apd Mrs. W, G. Webster, of Luck
now, is a patient in Victoria Hos
pital, London, with a fractured
right leg.
• Ken suffered the fracture on
Thursday* night in a fall which
resulted in breaking the bone
near the_knee. He will be hos»
pitalized for three weeks or so.
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SENTINEL HOLIDAYS START
IN MID-AUGUST |
So that printing and advertis
ing requirements may be plan
ned, we point out that holiday
time approaches at The Sentinel
Office. The office will be closed
for* ten days from August 12th
to 21st, and there will be no issue
of The Sentinel published oh
either August 18th or August
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BLACK FAMILY OF FOURTEEN
HOLDS ANNUAL REUNION
The Black reunion Was held, ori
Sunday, July; 25th at the farm
home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Dunlop, 4th Concession of Huron,
WRh about' 70 members present.
There are five rharried sisters
and one single sister and seven turning to their home in Oakville
niarfiM "bfdthCTs”Od^ /ff^'Kihcardine,. when a car, re
brother in the family. While the. ported to be travelling at high
children played the older ones
had a chat. Then all enjoyed a
bountiful lunch on the spacious
dawnT^his~is^fe^fourth^^r"that
the family has gathered for this
annual get-together. 4
speed, collided • with their panel
truck.,; ■ •
Mr Burrows suffered a fract-
uredTback~betWeen the, shoulder
blades and Was severely lacerated
about the face, and has since
undergone plastic surgery. He is
in Toronto General-Hospital? ~ •
STRIKES REAR OF NEW CAR
IN PULLING OUT TO PASS
Frank Alton of Ashfield Was
the victim of an unusual highway
accident on Friday evening.short-
-ly^fterCten “^rcBck,Tiri which
considerable damage .was done to
the rear' ofT^the^
which had only ,gorie about 2,000
miles. ’
The accident occurred north of
Port Albert. A ,1949 Meteor, driv-.
en—byHEtonaid^HuskellTnav^Volr
the Alton car, reportedly at a.
fast clip, and as he pulled out
to pass, failed to clear the Alton
car. j He—caught the bumper,
smashed in the trunk and sheared
a hole through the left rear fen
der on the Pontiac,.
Fortunately there, wasn’t a
ditch at that point and Frank
kept control of the car, although
it did leave the roadway. The
driver’s seat. was- sprung out, of
place by the impact. 1 v
The Haskell car ended up ahead
of the Pontiac with considerable
damage to the front of his car. |
No one was injured.. The occurr-r!
ence was investigated by Provin
cial’Police from Goderich. I
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GET EXTENSION OF TIME
FOR WEED CUTTING
Mr. Peter Grant, Bruce County
weed inspector, attended a spec
ial meeting of the Lucknow Vill
age Council held on Monday evr
ening, and ■- reported on the re
sponse to weed cutting regula
tions within the Village,
Notices appearing in The Sen
tinel On July 7th' and 14th, set
July 20th as the deadline for
weed cutting.
Upon receiving Mr.. Grant’s re
port, Council extended the time
to August 4th; with owners of
lots containing- noxious weeds to
be notified.
SPLITS SCALP OPEN
IN DIVING MISHAP
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Allan Johnston, son of Mr. and
has a 20-stitch scalp wound as a
result, of a diving mishap at. a
swimming hole in the Nine Mile
River on Russ . Johnston s tarrn,
Con. 9, Ashfield. ’ ,
There’s seven feet of Avater at
the,spot and diving into the pool
is nothing new for Allan. How
ever, last Wednesday night, as
he was about to-take the plunge.,
the bank broke- away .and he
took ’a header right to the‘bob
..
Fortunately he’ struck his shoul
der:.-a--gla-riiybgJblow^-oLJb^..^g]lt.
have broken his rieck. Fortunate
ly; too, he wasn’t, knocked out, and
managed W scramble back up the
bank," with the gashed scalp
bleeding freely. ’ . -'His brother Bob, and Jim Hac..
kett were Lhere at.the trine and
they rushed Allan to Dr. M. IL
Corriri’s office'where the Wound,
was treated. . ' *
GAMES CHAMPION
HERE SATURDAY
Among the spectators at the
Highland Bands, Day on Saturday,
was Thomas Ross of Toronto and
formerly of Langside. He has the
distinction of having competed in
The Games at Lucknow more
thari sixty years ago, and might
well be the sole surviving cham-
I pion of those famous days,
j Mr. Ross, who is in his 92nd
I year, still returns annually to his
‘.summer home at Langside where
| he was born.
Mr. Ross spoke over the public
address system and said it was a
great pleasure for him to be here,
-vvhere*he~ha"dn^^^
years ago. V"‘
in 1889 he was the champion iLton of Toronto, and Mr. and Mrs.
athlete of Bruce and Huron and Wm. Drummond of Guelph.. Mr.
.h dilvpr run tn rpAn,«mi7P
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received & silver cup to recognize
the fete. He repeated the victory
in 1890 and won/a gold medal.
'•Besides being a brawny Scot who
could tpss the hammer, the shot
and the caber, Hfe’ w-as also an
accomplished piper, and in. 1912
organized the Toronto Police
Force Pipe Band. He had gone
to Toronto to joiri the force sev
eral years before. -
Best pressed Scot
On Saturday the distinction of
being the “best dressed Scot Qri
the grounds”, went, to Neil Mac?
Callum of Luekriow, - ariother
l Langside district ns^iye and long
time friend of Tom Ross.
Neil was for many years a val
ued member of the Lucknow Pipe
Band,“until rheumatism so stiffs
ened his fingers that he could
no longer play. The ravages of
that illness have progressed to
the 'point where Neil, is almost
an" invalid, but despite his afflic*
. tion. he was out on Saturday in
full Scottish regalia to merit the
introduction,.by Ernie Fisher as
the “best dressed man on the
grounds”,.
'Neil hobbled onto the grounds
on crUtchQS and took a seat near
the speakers stand; WherF he
-viewed ■ the day’s proceedings^
OveF the ; public sysfeffT
be said/ “It’s like old times to
me* and ‘ a pleasure io ibe here”/
HOLIDAY MONDAY
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Next Monday, August 2nd, is
Civic Holiday , arid has been pro
claimed as
| Robertson.
swh by Reeve S. E.
mrs. john d. McKinnon
PASSED AWAY TNtDETROIT—
The death oLMrs. John D, Mc
Kinnon occurred suddenly in De
troit; on Tuesday, July 20th. She
passed away in her sleep. The
fuheral service was held on Fri
day with interment in, Evergreen
Cemetery.
She is survived by Ker hus-1 enforced to restrict the use. of
•band, Dr. John D, McKinnon, by ; municipal water supplies. “ ’
two’ daughters, Mrs. Jean Col- i
burn of Midland, Mich., and Mrs.
Margaret Nuver of Detroit and
by eight grandchildren.
Mrs. F. C. Best (Ellen And
rew) of Toronto is a niece.
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WM. FINNELL’S SON-IN-LAW
WAS CRITICALLY INJURED
Some conception of what the
unrestricted use of water means
locally, is gained from the pump
house figures, which show that
the month of July will run to
4 million gallons,. Estimating this
week’s usage on the basis of the
( first three weeks of the month, a
: total of 3,903,000 gallons will be
I pumped into the system from the
No. 3 well at the Flax Mill.
‘ This will be up almost a mil*
lion gallons over June, when the.
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h'mv —»■, ■ __ < ■’ Uon of 126,000 gallons, or a perHe is a son-in-law of Mr arid capita use (population 914) of a
Mrs. Wm. Pinnell of Kincardine little over 137 gallons per person.
Township and formerly of Kin-1 There are, approximately 450
lough. Mrs, Burrows, formerly water customers bn thfe system"
Mildred Pinnell, suffered cracked so that the July consumption fig
ribs in the smash-upi but their ‘ - -
children escaped injury.
'^Tbe" Burrows family was re
Rnknrl I HIS (Will De UP aimOSX 8 Kill*
•- lion gallons over June, when theical mjuriesJhat will confine him ■ -■ ----
CLANSMEN HELD PICNIC
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Members of The Clansmen Club
and their wives were guests ♦ Of
President Chas. Webster and Mrs.
Webster at their cottage at Am
berley Beach last Thursday. There
were more than forty in attend
ance. The ladies provided “the
eats”, 7 which were served buffet
style. Boat Tides, with ’Russ But
ton at the h£lmv horse-shoe pitch
ing, cards and a “private game.”
Of oribbage between those old
rivals, “Biriky” Webster and
“Vid” Johnston provided . enter-’
tainment for an enjoyabte picnic, some time with Mr: and Mrs.iJohn/
Special guests ,wfer,e past presi
dent Dr. Johnston and Mrs. John-
Drummond is a representative of
the Planters- Peanut Company,
and assisted in organizing' the
local campaign held recently.
Wolves Close To Within 10
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Feet Of Culross Farmer
One of a pack of very bold
wolves in Culross Towns’aip, has
falieri to the : marksmanship of
Orville Wilsoh, Who all but de
capitated the' ariimal .the- .latter
part of the week.
The very boldness of the pack
resulted in the kill for Mr.' Wil-
son was carrying his gun because
of the wolves as he made' his
way to the pasture field to .see
that the cattle were , not being
molested or harmed./
His preparedness was due ,to
an experience that his neighbor,
Thomas Sthwart, had a few days
earlier. Mr. Stewart and his son
Ernest, were haying on their
farm, Concession 14, Culross,
northeast of Kinlough, when .a
pack of eight wolves, entered the
field arid Closed in on a Spaniel
dog . , owned by.-, trie • Stewarts.
Three of the boldest members of
the pack circled the little ,dog
which retreated to comparative
safety under the. tractor which
Mr. Stewart was driving, His sori
was . on the loach One of the
wolves Was a ragged, vicious fe
male arid thfe other -two were. a
bif smaller, but, says Mr, Ste
w-art, as big as cdllie dogs. The
UJE MILLION^ 01
GALLONS IN JULY
With Lucknow’s new municipal
well pouring out an unlimited
Quantity of water, residents of
this Village keep taps open wide,
while t in many other centres
• stringent regulations are being
A breakdown of the July con-
tires works out to a daily usage
pf„J2j^
system customer.
G. WEBSTER TO TAKE NAVAL
TRAINING AT EAST COAST
George Webster, 17-year-old
sori of Mr, arid Mrs. Harvey JiVeb-_
ster, leaves on Saturday for Dig
by, Nova Scotia, to commence a
naval training course.
George was in Toronto a
couple of weeks ago when he
successfully wrote his prelimin
ary aptitude tests. At Digby he
will take a twenty week neiw
entry course and will then have
Christmas leave. On his retiirn he
is slated to go to H.M.C.S. Ciape
Breton, Halifax, to enter an ap
prenticeship training school as an
engineering artificer. '>
ALEX MacINTYRE VISITING
WITH MUNROS IN SCOTLAND
After completing a year’s work
in the Radcliffe Infirmary of Ox
ford, Alex MacIntyre is spend
ing a four-week vacation in the
north of Scotland., He will, spend
Munro in Aberdeen, where ..he
plans to do some work in ihe
University Hospitals during,, his
visit there. '
A few years ago Mr. and Mrs.
Mupro made their home in Luck
now for a time With Harvey Hall
and their daughter, Mrs. Hall.
snarling threesome moved to
within ten feet of the tractor and
gave Tom. “a bit of a chill”. He
reached for the hay fork,, before
the threesome started , to slink
away.- ■
iMr. Stewart had on more than
one occasion previousl.y„_noticed-_
the pack . at. some distance-.and
Lad taken, them at first for deer,
until the rollicking antics of some
of the pups convinced, him dif
ferently.
. Some time; ago Jim MacEwari
of the. Silver Lake district had ’
his-sheep .molested and killed tow
a point that the entire flodk was
disposed of. It is now believed
that this pack of wolves were
the culprits. / . :t»
. .The,Wolf whicht Oryille Wilson
shot’ has been skinned arid the
pelt fp^W^rded to Toronto. for of
f ictal inspection. We understand
that the bounty for adult wolves
is $45.00 and $35.00 for pups._
Ernest Wilsoh recently set a
trap for the riaarauders, baited
with a dead heri, but w’as busy
hayirigt and didn't'examine .it for
a few days. When he did,, it was
plain he had trapped one, but it-
had made good its escape.
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