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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-09-22, Page 112 .50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A. \ ’ • ......... Fair Board Makes Final Plans For 89th Fall Fair Next Wednesday - ‘ -Plans for the- Lucknow Agri­ cultural Society’s 89th annual Fall Fair, are getting the. final touchesHnTreadiness^f~th~e~evehr next Tuesday and Wednesday, September 28th and 29th. In late years the show has been continuing to stir increased interest and given fair weather next Wednesday, attendance fig­ ures should continue their up­ ward spiral. ....The.increased .interest has ‘ not been unmerited and the Board is again this year endeavouring to provide. a very interesting pro­ gram from both an agricultural exhibits and entertainment stand-, point. The school children’s parade and choral and: yell competitions which Are an annual feature will again get’ the fair off to a start It is planned to stage these, com­ petitions' immediately the parade reaches the park, and this will be followed by the official open­ ing by Andrew Robinson, M.P. for Bruce. ■ There will be several novelty events, /featured by a square dance contest, a log sawing con-, test and the tug o’ war for the John Hanna Trophy. The log sawing will replace the tractor driving rodeo, which has been held for the past two years. Trophy Shined Up ,. West huskies •trophy display Helens, fending it and Ashfield’s brawny Scots, we’d expect, will have as .their objective the recapturing of the silverware. The LuGknow / Pipe Band and the Lucknow District High School Band will both be on hand for the day. There, will be midway rides for tots to teenagers, and to cap off a full, afternoon of entertainment there will be a grandstand show by CKNX art­ ists. Looks like .a “never xa -dull moment”' program; On the agricultural side of the picture the Lucknow 4-H Calf Club members will have a line­ up of choice calves. The bacon —. . r r. ■ Wawanosh Township have the .tug of war all polishes, up and on at Miller’s Store, St. They’ll no: doubt be de- pens last year, looks like a re­ peater again. The prize money offered in r the horse classes, should attract a good turnout of horses and the cattle show at Lucknpw is always (good. Hilarious Play "Climaxing the day’s activities will be a 3-act comedy, “Small­ town Romeo”, presented * in the Town Hall by McIntosh United Church Couples Club. This play was staged at Mildmay Fair, and was. seen by local residents. It is rated .as a hilarious . comedy, clean an<d well presented, and on its merits will pack the Town Hall to overflowing for- this one nighf; engagement. The High S.chodl male quartette will sing between acts. It will foe followed by a dance to. „inusjc-..foy.-Berth/.-.Heii-dersoii/s.:/^g-^/]T^.rt^-H-e-^>x-pec4-^t-o--re4u-rn- orchestra. • . ; “Come To The Fair”, is the theme song for next.•Wednesday: ■ ‘ • • ■/ ' PERISH THE THOUGliT! - . Hope springs eternal, and a bit of sunshine' on Monday had dis- weather-weary folk' .hopjng- some’ nice fall weather . had arrived. Neither Spring or sum- -^04-prQduced--ari enthuse about. ;' -But the sunshine was short­ lived. Torrential - -rain -and gales swept' the community on Tues- o&Y, September 21st. Note the date! There • are those whd are corwiheed that ' the . prevailing winds and .type bi weather W^ have on the ,21st;■port-ends' what the Weatherman may have in store all too often for the next sik woeks; • ' ........" VISITS HOME IN WEST FOR FIRST TIME IN 49 YEARS ;Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kilpat­ rick and daughter Verna.,of God^ ferich returned last week from a motor trip through the Western Provinces to Victoria, B.C. . While in Saskatchewan they visited Mil ton’s,, brother Ed at Ogema, and also visited his sister Margaret (Mrs. Morley Gibbs.) ,at. Calgary, Alberta;/ ’ Ope place of particular inter-' est to Mrs. Kilpatrick, was Okotoks,/a town 28 miles south of Calgary, where she lived 49 years ago, and had never been back during those years. NURSING, TEACHING AND AT WESTERVELT SCHOOL ? In addition to last week’s list of high school students, we learn that Margaret Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Miller, and Audrey Stanley, daughter of Mr. and , Mrs. Harold Stanley are in training ...at-- Stratford- General Hospital. Joap Hamilton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gib Hamilton, and Bev­ erley Stanley of , Kinloss are teaching near Damascus in the Arthur. district.. Joan’s-isister, Betty—Hamiltbn^- who taught in Kiriloss last year, is teaching at Bell Haven in the Sutton district.. Amongythe oversights, we miss­ ed-one who. is practically a neigh-, box/ Ruth Johnston, daughter, of 'Mr- and Mrs^ P.. M. Johnston. Ruth has commenced business training at Westervelt School London. . in REGULAR BREAD PRICES TO PREVAIL AGAIN . The bread *^war”' in the dis­ trict appears- to be settled, with a public announcement in this issue that, effective on Thursday morrjing, regular bread prices will prevail. Sliced • or plain,, at 19c or 18c respectively, will ap­ ply, and low .rate, or cut rate bread will no longer be avail- able. ...........\ •• , w Bread prices which reached a low of 2 for 25c have prevailed here for some time and the bar­ gain rate had spread we are in­ formed, to other centres, includ­ ing Kinloss, Bervie and Kincar­ dine. '• i q.— . ■■ J! W ......................' SUFFERED BURNS TO HANDS IN KOREA ,,... r • Mr. an Mrs. Spence .* Irwin have received word that their son George received second de­ gree burns to his hands. This in­ formation was conveyed in a. note from a Ibudtly of George, which” said that the burns, pre­ vented George: from writing, " . This is the second mishap since going tri the Far East about a year ago. George suffered a frac­ tured ankle shortly after .arriv- home this. Fall with' the ,'Canad- i ian ■ contingent. : Considerable^ interest . centres m/ound : .'tho,.^ dispersion sale ' df Ab^rdoen-Ahgus cattle to beheld- Li' AXhiWU-Rg . ,bv Cecil. Johnston, at /the. home farm .incoriimencihg- at 12^00 ^ridbri stari.cl- ard.time. 7 ....... v/./. *.More than lOO.head will be Offered without reserve as Mr. Johnston' has'., sold -bis farms. Lunch will be served ori the grounds and the sale /Will;-be tinder’cover in-event .of rain. . x Cameron McTaggart of. Aurora .-gale manager and the auction­ eers will be ’ Donald Blue and Wm, O’Neih . . LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22nd, 1954 TEN PAGES TURN THE CLOCKS BACK! At 12.01 a.m, on Spnday . morning, September ^6th, • ’Daylight Saving Time offici-” ' ally ends. Don’t forget to ’ turn the ”clpcks“ back an hour • upon retiring'Saturday night, or you 'may. be early for ”^h:arclT4)frBuriday morning/ * WON FORTY PRIZES AT BIG FAIRS George Kennedy had his Here- fords at the C.N.E. and London Fair and won a total of forty prizes .at. .the. t.w.o.: fairs. - ~ .... He had first arid third for sum­ mer yearling heifers at the C.N.E. At London he won first and sec­ ond for cows, and also had the reserve senior champion bulk Competition was keen at the C.N-E, with from eleven to fif­ teen animals in each class, while London was lighter with a top of eight entries in a class. ■ -- . i • ■ ■ JEAN OSBORNE’S MOTHER PASSED AWAY SATURDAY Sympathy is extended to Miss Jean Osborne of the Lucknow District. High School staff, in the death of her . mother; Mrs. Harry Osborne, who passed away at her home in Huron Township on Saturday after a long illness. The -funeral service was con­ ducted on Monday at the Mc­ Lennan Funeral Home, Ripley, by ReV. D.- A. Bryden. Interment- was in Ripley Cemetery. ; W. I. TO DISPLAY ANTIQUES^AT FAIR The September-meeting of the Kairshea W. I; was held in the Holyrood Hall With Mrs. Donald MacKinnon and Mrs. Glen Irwin as hostesses. Mrs. Carruthers pre­ sided for the business. It was de­ cided to make a display of an- - ytiques at the Lucknow Fall Fair tp arouse interest? in the Bruce County Museum. Mrs: H. Lavis, Mrs. Walter MacKenzie and Mrs. F. .Moffat are to. be in charge. Anyone having antiques could leave them with these ladies. Mrs. A. Hughes, . Mr§4D. L,_ MacKinnon and Mrs. S. Chislett are in charge of the vegetable display and Mrs. T. CPllyer, Mrs. Campbell of the quilt display. * It was decided to hold a quilt­ ing October 14th tq_do the quilts for the Baker Home. Each per­ son is to bring something to­ wards a pot luck supper and IMrs. Carruthers ' and Mrs. Roulston will look after them: The “AtdHome” is to be October 22nd with shoot andT dancing. Lunch to be supplied the same, as listed on the program for the June meeting/ Each person is to invite one/Couple,- It Was . decided to hold St. Andrews Ball Noveiri- ber 19th. . / - t Mrs. A., Hughes, was appointed ' .9Iegate/__tp’ 'the Area Convention with Mrs.. W. F. MacDonald al­ ternate: . . < / Mrs, A. MacIntyre, then took the chair__for the program. S?he conducted a sing song with Mrs. "H~Hduston at .the piano. “The roll call “One of the Fathers of Con­ federation’/ was well answered. Mrs. C?.Roulston. read ,the scrip-' ture. Mrs. T. A. MacDonald gave an interesting and /informative topic “Jury Duty for Ayomen’’. Mrs, F. ■ Moffat gave -.an amusing readin'g, A .contest -Flower ar­ rangement . ifor Table Centre.” was^‘part~of. the“"“prbgf am,' with four fen tries. Mrs. poriald McKin­ non won first arid received a. ’IflasHc^ke^pla t eFMra/H“Cimp-“ bell gave the vote of thanks and Mrs; . G; Irwin replied. Thfe frifeet-- ing ended with The • Queen’ and the institute Grace1 and a social hour followed;, r . ‘ j The October meeting will , be | held-at Holyrood14 with hostesses Mrs,. F» Moff a.; and Mrs. William Scptt/ and. directors, Mr«‘ A Hughes, ■ Mrs.' F» ’ Gilchrist, Mrs. T. Austin' and Mrs.' JFL Martin., FORMER RESIDENT DIED IN TORONTO SUNDAY ______ ■ _ ; » The deaths of Robert Imrie, a Tormer .resident of Lucknow/ oc­ curred in Toronto /on _ Sunday., The Imrie family resided .on Standpipe Hill,-.and he was’,em- ployed in/the furniture factory. It is some thirty-five years or so since they left here., Mr./imrie is survived by his wife, formerly Margaret Hunter of Lucknow; a daughter, Mrs. Neil Wilkie (Margaret) and * a son Clifford. The funeral was on Tuesday with interment iri Patk Lawn Cemetery/ Toronto.' * / ” I KINDERGARTEN CLASS STARTED Lucknow Public School Board, meeting in special session last Wednesday night, decided upon the establishing of- a department- approved kindergarten c 1 a s s . They were assisted in making plans for the hew classroom by Public School Inspector Mr. Clyde Evans. Mrs. N. J. MacKenzie has been engaged as teacher. - Mrs. MacKenzie had been pri­ vately promoting a kindergarten class, but the confusion oyer the i starting .date of Grade 1 begin­ ners had kept her class to a min­ imum. - In setting up the new kinder­ garten. department the Board set ] lhe_.age_ for-this. class-at-5-years I as at December 31st, 1954. The! age for Grade I beginners .re-1 mains unchanged* in'keeping with I a long established regulation, | that they midst be six. years of age by December, 31st of the year - in which they start, .‘to school. The kindergarten class became immediately operative, arid at the first of the week there was an enrollment of eleven young­ sters. At the. first of the week the following ■ had registered: Mary Bannister,' Mary Elizabeth West­ lake, Susan Cleland, Arietta Pol­ lock, Beverly Taylor, Isabelle MacMillan, Donna Corriri, Joan Mackenzie, Billie Chester,' Rick-’ ey-Jardine, Brian Mowbray. Classes are held each morning from 9.00 to 1L30 aftri. INDUCTION SET FOR NEXT WEEK | ~~Huron - Maitland _Pre9bytery_. [will meet in Lucknow Presbyter-. I ian Church ori Thursday evening | of next week, September 30th, at 18.00 o’clock for the purpose of inducting Rev. Wallace .McClean as minister of Lucknow Presby­ terian Church and Erskine Pres­ byterian Church, Dungannon. . A call was extended to Rfev. 0 McClean, and accepted, late in June, but it was understood that it, would .not be until early falL . that he would come here from his present charge at Picton. / . At their first meeting fo.llow- ing;the vacation peribd, Kingston Presbytery dealt with the call to Rev. McClean and Huron-Mait-, -land Presbytery then laid plans for his induction. The Lucknow arid Dungannon pulpits have been vacant since early in April, when Rev. C. A. ’ ~ ~ I Winn went to Dixie after a four- ———ENGAGEMENTS------7—H-year—pastorale here, which he ; Mr. and; Mrs. Jacob Hunter* i commenced in June 1950/ as suc- Lucknow, announce the engage­ ment of their youngest daughter, Freda Georgina, to Malcolm Rob­ ert Scott of Belgrave, youngest son of Mrs. R. J. Scott of Wing­ ham and the late R. J. Scott. The marriage to ttake place early in October in Zion United Church. CARNIVAL TO BE AT REC CENTRE At the regular monthly meet­ ing on^ Monday everting The Clansmen decided to stage their ent ire.car nival-atthe-Recreation>' al Centre. The date, of course, is this Thursday evening.* The Luck­ now District High School . Band will parade to the . Rec Centre at 8.00 o’clock, and the: games will get underway soon after. Dancing will be'held in. the. north ■ wing and bingo in the,! south side, with ‘a’, refreshment booth in the'kitchen. It will be;-' jitney .dancing. Bingo prizes will [ include a colorful'-and- useful ar­ ray of goods, including Indian blankets and chickens;' .born ’ imrnediatcly';outsid.e the hall a In Wingham..General wheel of fortune and games of. Hosprial* on_ .Thursday, Scptem- skill and chance will be set up .Lb./CAtch/lhe.^.f ancyL of- th e- -crowd; and some of theif dimes, to assist the Cltilfo in their service and civic projects/ The games, or. as many as poss­ ible, wilb be moved inside in i event of bad weather. In reviving I the carnival .The Clansmen bring back an event that Was1 always popular, and with the accomoda­ tion, plus comfort, that the Rec Centre offers* the hall should be packed come Thursday night* • i ; LOCAL DOCTOR IS ILL IN HOSPITAL | Dr. M. H? Corrin, local medical I practitioner, -is at. present on the - sick list, and is a patient in Vic- . toria. Hospital, London, with, a virus infection. ...... .. Doctor Corrin took ill "the lat­ ter part of the week. He had not been feeling well on Thursday and . ori Friday was taken to Wingham Hospital and from, there tb London as his condition appeared serious and could not be immediately diagnosed. The first of the week his ill­ ness- was still' somewhat/foaffling / but /.the possibility of polio was practically ruled out, and the in­ fection attributed to some other virus. . /■ ... Dr. Corrin’s condition was much improved on Tuesday, but he will require a* rest arid it is un-v . certain when foe will be able to resume his duties. HOSPITALIZED A MONTH Rpss Bisset has returned from Goderich Hospital where he was a patient for four weeks; He suf­ fered from a-strep infection of the blood. and: will be confined to. his /bed for some time /With a heart condition. ■ - '--'■ cessor to the late Dr. C. H. Mac­ Donald. Given Valuable Service Rev. J. R. MacDonald of Ash­ field and Ripley has been interim k moderator of the two -charges,, and during the peribd o| the va­ cancy Rev. * Robert Macconnell has given invaluable service as a supply minister. Rev. Macconnell was ninety years of age last May, but still has amazing vitality, and on fre­ quent occasions has occupied the : pulpits at Lucknow and Dungan- - non most acceptably. It became quite commonplace _ for . him .to ..... teach the adult Bible Class at Sunday morning, ih.en conduct •• the morning service, and in .the afternoon' journey to Dungannon to_preach at Erskine Church. • -/Tpreaches.... a most inspiring sermon,' deliv­ ered, with an earnest enthusiasm, vigor, and knowledge , of The' ' 1 Word, that seems almost ihcred- I ible for one who has 'reached the .1 nonagenarian class/ ' ber’ 9th, 1954, to Mr and Mrs. Harvey Ritchie.,UR_.3^Luckn oxw-— - “a BRADLEY“^at Kincardine Gen~. eral Hospital on ' Saturday, Sep­ tember 18th, 1954,■ to Mr. and Mrs. James M. Bradley, R.R. 3, Goderich, a daughter. RITCHIE-—in Wingham Hospital on Tuesday, Setember 14th, to Mr and Mrs. Alyin/Ritchie, a son. ■ • The infant died later that, after- hrioris’* ..