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' Committees have be'en set up
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SISTER OF LOCAL LADY
PASSED AWAY FRIDAY ‘
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FALL PRIZE DRAWS SET FOR
OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
. Tops In Showmanship
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Is Your Subscription .Paid?
SUN SHONE FOR FIRST s
DAY OF FALL FAIR
FUNERAL THURSDAY FOR
FORMER-:ASttFIEEDMAN"
branch at last week’s ses-
Fraternal delegates, who
were ,■ Mrs. Roy
There . were
as““folldws: .., ■
Staking—Jos? Mclnnes, Walter’
son. Gibson. o.Ff .London,. and twin' Chisholm, •.,!/ P,
$2.50 A Year In.Advance—$1.00Extr4 To US. A.
BROKE ARM IN
VAULTING FALL
In a pole vaulting mishap at
Lucknow' District High School
.last Thursday, £ob Gardner suf-,
fered a badly fractured left el
bow. He iwas practising for the
school field day at the time, and
-—^ll-of-course-b<prevOnted from
( , .competing ip the events. Bob was
a likely contender for the inter
mediate cbampionship. ?
He had the arm set at Wing
ham Hospital and returned home
the . same day, although he will
carry the arm in a cast for' about
ten weeks.
Bob. is the projectionist at The
Playhouse Theatre but his youngs
er brother Euigenp took over and
, substituted for him following the
mishap. /
SOUTH klNLOSS PASTOR IS
PRESBYTERY MODERATOR___
Rev. G. S. Baulch, minister of
South Kinloss and Kinlough
Presbyterian Churches, has been
elected moderator of the Presby
tery of . Maitland-Huron; Rev.
Baulch was appointed to .this of
fice when Presbytery convened
recently at Knox Church, God
erich. _ _//_
Rev. Baulch .will preside for
the induction on Thursday night
of Rev. Wallace McClean as min
ister of Lucknow and Dungannon
Churches. Presbytery will meet
at 7.30 and the induction service
:wili commence at 8.00 o’clock.
There’s ^concert, dance and
prize, draw slated for St. Joseph’s
Pai^sh Hall? Kingsbridge, on Fri
day, October 8th/ A feature of
the eyening is a idraw for nine
attractive prizes including house
hold appliances, blanket, dishes,
lamps, silver cream and sugar
and a dressed doll. Tickets
are now on sale.
In November the Legion will
• hold their annual Remembrance
Night dance and prize draw^The
’ number one prize will be a T.V.
set. There is also a hostess chair
and an electric tea kettle. Tickets
are available from all Legion
members; .
SPOT CHECK SET
FOR FIRE WEEK
National; Fire Prevention Week
is set for October 3rd to 9th in
clusive, dutingAybich time spec-'
ial attention is directed tp t^e
hazards of fire, and the toll this
demon takes ih lives and dollars.
During the past ten years in
Canada fire; loss to buildings has
totalled $694,000,000. and 4,947
persons
to fire.
These
sufficient to make the public con
stantly,. aware of this, serious
threat/and always alert to ways
and means of preventing this
' heedless waste of life, and prop
erty, ■- . ■ . '
Elsewhere in this issue The
Lucknow Fire Company is, spou-.
_..?9ilhg-.the_-pu'blicatiori -of - an of-
ficitil proclamation regarding Fire
■ Week. °
# Associated with its observance,
Eire Chief CJeofge Whitby an-
, bounces that the -local Brigade
will make a spot-check of vill
age property basement^, and sur-"
. roundings. ■ * , >
Advance1 notice of this check
- should stir wiHaige residents gen
erally to clean ftp and remove all
'. ^sibie fire hazards'. ,' , ..;
is the slogan for Fire Week.
Suffered Back Injury ,
,Orville Jones has been a pat
ent in Wingham HdSpit&I for the
v Pasl feh days, or’ so, and -expects
to be hospiializsed for a’ month
i > received
car at TrelehV-
the C,N.R. Or-
a disc in his
a back injury
’While moving a
■^h’s elevator at
■ Ville dislocated
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LUCKNQW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29th, 1954 .
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The Sentinel is off the press
before the FalL Fair proper gets
underway, and the Board mem
bers are . keeping their fingers
crossed to see' what the weather
man-produces. ' ’
—Tuesday,—the—first—day—of~thW
show, brought sunny skies and
pleasant • weather, . with a flood
of entries that'promised a good
inside . display. An antique dis
play by the Kairshea Institute is
outstanding..
. A good Wednesday afternoon
performance is. lined up, but the
weather forecast is for afternoon
showers, it could' be wrong!
A hilarious ; comedy will be
presented Wednesday night fol
lowed by a dance.
The death of Will Alton occur
red at his home in "Wingham on
Monday. He had been seriously
ill for a time*. Mr. Alton was 61,
and a former resident of Ashfield
Township, Mrs. Alton was form
erly Ella Hasty of Ashfield.\*They
have one son, Wendall.
' The funeral service will be
held at Currie’s Funeral. Home,
Wingham, on Thursday afternoon
at 2.30, with burial in Greenhill
.Cemetery. The remains will rest
at the family residence until
Thursday morning. . *
DISPOSED ANGUS
HERD MONDAY
Cecil Johnston’s Aberdeen-
Angus herd Of about 100 cattle
was disposed of Monday, under
sunny ; skies and with a good
crowd in attendance. The disper
sion followed the sale of the
Johnston, farms, totalling 400
acres, to Adrian Van Dongen of
Blenheim. A good line , of mod
ern machinery will be disposed,
of at a later date,-'
'The Johnston herd" went to
buyers from all over Western
Ontario • and . farther afield.
Among the. “big name” buyers
were Don Head Farms and Irwin
Schneck of Petersburg Who paid
'the top price.for the two animals
he- purchased. , . • '
. A number- of head, stayed in
the. community, with local buyers.
including, Albert McGee, Omar
Brooks, Hu.ch MacKenzie; Ross
McDonagh, Blake. Alton and Wal
ter -Forster. ‘ .
SISTER DIED SUDDENLY
The .death of Mrs. George Richr
ardson occurred suddenly at
Fergus on Friday night at’ the
age of'72. She was formerly Jean
Garnmie, a sister of Albert Gam-
mie of town, and was one of a
family of twelve children. Two
sisters and’ three brothers sur
vive. . '■ 7 :
ON PROVINCIAL
AUXILIARY BOARD
Mrs,. Philip. MacMillan was el
ected third vice-president of the
Provincial Command of the Lad
ies’ Auxiliary to the Canadian
Legion at the provincial assem?..
^bl’y held. . in the King Edward
Hotel, Toronto, for three days
last week. There were about 750
delegat.es in attendance. w
Her election to this offich. was
the only change in the personnel
of the provincial executive. Mrs.
MacMillan will hold the office
for two years, as a new regula
tion. was approved whereby the
provincial -body will meet here
after every second year. The
next meeting will be in London.
/‘’Comrade; Sadie”, as she is
known to her Auxiliary associ
ates, is serving her second term
aspresidentof4he,localbranch,
and has been an enthusiastic and
energetic - Auxiliary worker.
Mrs. Joe Wasney was the ac
credited delegate from the Luck
now Branch at last
sion. j
also attended, '
Black and Mrs. John England.
ALBERT CHIN ILL,
MOTHER RETURNS
Mrs. Rose Chin, has returned
from Toronto to - take charge at
the restaurant, owing to Albert
Chin’s -illness.
—Ab-" "isT "in ~Wingham Hospital
with a virus blood infection, that
is causing an inflamation of the.
lining of the heart. He has been
receiving penicillin to counteract
the virus and tests have 'been
made to determine the exact, nat
ure of the infection, but. a report
on these tests had not been re
ceived at time of writings
In -any event Ab will be off
work for some time. Mrs. Chin
was accompanied back home by
Charlie, Jack and Allan Chin,
who have all resumed school at
tendance here, and will' assist
their mother in the restaurant
ATTEND PARENTS’ FIFTIETH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
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rMr. and Mfs. Charles Webster
and Judy spent the week-end in
Oshawa. a On • Monday aJ family:
..gath ering-..was held—t-Or-m'ark.-t-he-
golden wedding of Mrs. Webster’s
parents, Mri and Mrs. Norman
Holmes; who have lived? in Osh
awa all their married life.
'They were, accompanied by
Mrs; Donald McKinnon, who is
a niece of Mrs. Holmes; and who/
' assisted'with the. serving;, at' the
wedding; festivities....
Mr. and Mrs. Holihes have ah
unbrokOn circle of seven children
and fifteen grandchildren, all o^
whom were present for .their-'
golden wedding. Members of the
family are! Mi's. C. W.. Edgar of
Oshawa, Mrs. K. W. Bertrand of
Midland, Mfs? Chas’. Webster o£
Lucknow, Mrs. M« OkS of Bow
man vilie^ W. Holmes of Qshawa,
C. Holmes of Windsor and Mrs.
R. Ogderi of Oshawa.
-Wawanosh^irls-Take^op^^
In Huron 4-H Calf Club Contests
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Two West WaWanosh Town- animals. . 'ehL gjri^ne-a 'novice. the > It was .the first year that 'Loh
■other a veteran - iri 4-H-Calf’.has entered..calf, club compeh-
Clhb competitions, took.top'.hon- txoh. She has been enthusiastic
ors at (he Hureti County/compe- about it, and, has. paid, careful
hcld-’-at-Seatorth Jair.onlattentidn, to. .care pf. her.catf.
-t-iuons;- Hi o ! which had become a real pet.
Th?’'competition brought to-1 Lois i8 a member, of the Dun-
'W/Sinihe C^nty7tod^ Tn"0 S&ma"shin
1-iwUttJMStU* .class thei'c
iw.cre sikty-sw iinimals '
■ To. Ltns Webster,
]'daughter - ,
r Webster . of ’ West-
went,the'-hoiwr ‘
gru...-
.’’show,
<’"«eraW Wallis had .the
pion steer coif in a
TEN PAGES
NEW SAWYER LOCATES HERE MEMORIAL ALTAR
Mr. and- Mrs, Lloyd Giles, and DRAPE DEDICATED
their, family’ of five children, ; -- -----
who came here from Cayuga,.! An impressive dedication cere-
have taken up residence in the mony was .conducted ih the
former Thomas A.itchison house, United Church on Sunday morp-
previously occupied by Mr. and ing when a memorial altar drare;
.Attridge.~~M-iV"Giles“’ wa’S^Oresented to the church by
is -einployed by Mr.v Attridge as the Rathwell Family.
sawyer at the Lucknow Sawmill,! tThe drape was presented ard
where . preparations are being unveiled by Gerald Rathwell,
made to resume operations short-1 and was dedicated to the Glory
ly. ThrOe . of the Giles' children; and Praise of God by Rev. G.
are attending Public School. / ‘ ‘ ‘41.
Meiklejohn, who commented that .
,its beauty adds to the sacredness
of this place and so will . help
I thqse who worship here. ’. _ ___
f The"'Winercolored velvet' drape
'is ornamented by the United
The annual campaign "for as- < Church seal embroidered in gold
sistance for the Canadian Nat- on the centre of it. A gold fringe ‘
ional Institute for the Blind is j adorns the bottom of the drape,
currently underway, , and rest-1 which bears the inscription: “Do-r
dents of this area are being re- nated by the RathiWell Family tn_ _
-quested^o ngive^their-Tustpm^y^tlie/Glory of God and In Memory
generous support to this worthy of Mrs. S. C. Rathwell, Arnold
work. ' • and Mary”. . '
Donations should be left with Mrs. Rathwell passed away two
the local chairman, H. D. Thomp- ' yqars ago last April. Mary died .
son, or if more convenient, they suddenly in November, of 1940 at
may be left at The .Sentinel Of- South Porcupine where she was .*
fice. \ . ? /.teaching school and Arnold paid
The 1954 campaign seeks the supreme sacrifice at the
$50,500 to operate field services Somme in October 1916. 1
such, as the industrial placement ! - - • - ■
work underway this week in i BUYS KINLOSS FARM Centralia, Clinton, Strathroy/ , - , , -
Stratford and London, to train Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McNall and
newly-blinded- persons’ and to, th*ir daughter, June, have taken
provide accomodation, occupa-1 UP residence on the former Pur-
tions, recreation and training at, veS' aLPu^ves Lake, which
the regiq^l hpme_pn .RidoiLt^t.2J^yl^ec^^
BLIND CAMPAIGN
IS UNDERWAY
Campbell. The McNall family had
resided at Wallaceburg for the
past few years.,
- . RECEIVES DISCHARGE
A visitor during the past Week
i with Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Burns, . I was their grandson, Tom Burns,
• -who has just received his dis-
I charge 'after four years’ service
HOME FOR.WEEK-END AFTER postedSIX MONTHS IN HOSPITAL | to Enflan<1 tod wS
„ at a New Orleans -base prior to. .Sid Gardner was home for-the receiving his discharge. He will
week-end, and fpr* the fiyst. time relatives in Detroit be-
since he was taken to Victoria: fore returning to-JLos Angeles
Hospitai,Rondon, six months algo where his mother resides. Tom’s
after suffering critical jnjunes. father> • the late Elliott Burns, '
When whirled on ? shaft at the sed ■ in 1947.
Trelqaven Flour Mill. ; , . ? ■ ■ - ■ . • ■
/ That was. on March 22nd, Since . MAKING BUSINESS COURSE
then Sid has had a leg arpputated I ' - : ?
at the knee, and sevefsiL casts' . Ruth Emberlin, daughter of
■aini. 'Hiriias VMr. and MrK Fred Emberlin,
had the arm qut of the cast for commenced a one-year course at
about a month now, but . is still Canada Business College in. Tor-
receiving treatment -on it, and onto on Monday, of last. week,
expects to soon have sufficient, -—-——/------— —
use of the arm to enable .him to.j pl Q1A/I
get around on crutches. The am-, r ” 1 fri** ■ Vn
putated leg has healed nicely, and 1
eventually Sid will be fitted With
an artificial limb.
It was ,/juite . a thrill for him
to get home for the first time.
He is feeling and looking -well,
but has a considerable period of
treatment ahea,d1 pf him yet, in
cluding hospitalization at- Mai-1
ton, before he will be home to’
stay;
m London. / i
Of the $50,500 required $34,500
will be contributed by the Com-
rpunity Chests of London, Strat
ford and Elgin-Str TholhasT while
municipal . grants^ total $5,000.
The public in the three counties! of Huron, Perth .and Middlesex!
are being asked for the remain-'
ing $11,000. >., I
NEAR LOCHALSH
The BrUce County Plowing
Match will toe staged this year
at the farm of Gordon Finlayson
at Lochalsh. The date is Satur
day; October 9th, with the event ’ -
getting underway at 9.00 a.m..
It will conclude with a presen- ,
tation-of-awards banquet to be
held that evening in Reid’s Cor
ners. Community Hall. The ban
quet speaker will be Professor
R. C. Moffat, head of the Physics
Department of the Ontario Ag- -
ricuitural College/ Guelph.
The. event is sponsored, by the
The death, of Mrs. Ernest W. j
White occurred at. Seaforth on] _
Friday- evening.-She was 70-years 'Bruce''County Branch of the.
Of age and had been seriously Ontario Plowmen’s Association,'
til for about a month. /" ]headed by’ Joseph Mclnnes of.
Mrk White was formerly Mar-1 Teeswater. Vice-presidents are
garet'M/Murdie of Tuckersmith., Alfred Brunton of Tara and Far- ’
She resided in Lucknow follpw- ish Moffat of Kinloss. G. R. Gear
•.ing her marriage to Ernest-White,! of Walkerton, is 'secretary-treas-
.who was associated in the hard- urer and Herb Arkell OfvTees-
. ware-business wifh Wm; Mur die. water, field secretary; •
Mr. 'White died as a yoking man.
4$v 1910j -from—appendrcitisr“ 4 •
t ’Mr#.' White is survived by'a’
entered/emblematic . Of tbfe champion
16-v.eai‘-old 'showman,, was won’by Ann Todd,
and Mrs. Tom; daughter of' Mr. and Mrs. Tom’
[ Wt WwanoshJTodd of St, Helens. Ann is. a
; having the' member of the Lucknow Club,mt, the • b<mo.i e , _ . previous suecesse's
heifer 4-H’ com’petition., In the show-
| manshift class/Lome Hackett of
Cham- Ashfield/was. a close.'second to
•of Ahn.
of Guelph and Ernestine White,, Tractors and Teams — Gordon
Reg;N,y of Toronto. - v ..Finla^Kdtf, "Jack- McLeod,, Dave ' "'
-Two sisters and a brother sur« Robertson, 'Austin-.Martin, DoiV
vivey^Mrs, E. A» Cruikshanks .of j aid McTavish,.. ' v.
Ottawa; , Elizabeth Murdio of! Booth and Banquet--— Huron ’
Lucknow apd Robert-Murdie of ToiW’nship Councik ■ / ,
Stratford. She was ■» predeceased j Canvassing—43ert Mason, John'
By a.-sister. Isabel-Murdie and a Reid, John. A. .McMurchy, Bob
Brother William ■ ’ . ■ |McIiito$h, Bob Hamilton. ■
*The funeral Was . held on Mon-.1 Machinery DispIays-^-Alex Me-
day at Seaforth'with interment Kenzie, •O’Malley,,. Dave
ih/Hensa-11 Urn'cn Cemetery?;’ .Roberisoh