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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-09-29, Page 5WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29th, 1954 MONUMENTS K SKELTON MEMORIALS WALKERTON . -rr We are the only (manufac­ turers in this part of Ontario of high class s monuments. "^OoiWT^r^^neYrbnfthe- Old-Country in the rough by the carload and process from the rough to the finished monument. No middleman. • • ’ •' i* When choosing, a monument come and see one of the largest selections in Ontario. Established over sixty years. ■ . • . -I *■ Write or phone Walkerton 8 and reverse charges, SKELTON MEMORIALS WALKERTON t “Mighty big tip you handed that cloak-room girl”. . •/ “It was worth, it, look at the (beautiful new coat she gave me”. THE VOICE OF TEMPERANCE The Canada Temperance Act is doing a far better job than its enemies would have us believe. We nehd to keep in mind some facts about it that are too easily QVerlooked. This . law,. character­ ized as “ancient” by some critics,, and. as a “horse, and buggy days .statute fby others, was passed by the Dominion Govern- oient in ‘1876’ for the purpose of assisting '.the. Provincial - Govefn- 'rnent to control'the liquor traf­ fic. It wais effective in reducing 4h@—ev-i-ls—olHjhe' liquor traffic^ •but due .to. the difficulties eri-? countered in the matter of en-' f01 cement—-the Courts on appeal having decided'that'it was the ■ duty i of rthe Provincial. Govern­ ment to enforce this a Dominion law; it was,repealed in.. 1888.; But again in . 1914 the C.T.A. was put to .the people and< was carried in Huron County. This, law has so irked the liquor interests that on two occasions appeals have been made to the Courts to have it deleted from our statute books. Both, the Supreme Court of Can­ ada and The Privy Council-^iri- England rejected the appeals-rind ''declared the Canada Ternperance) most of ou.r lives under the C.T.A.1 cannot easily realize that in spite Of its imperfections it is very preferable to the L..C.A. Under the ' C.T.A, no., licenses can be granted i for the sale of liquor and no' •I liquor can be^egally..sold,—Advt-. the LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO ■ ~ —i- ASHFIELD .. 1 .............................. The Presbyterian Mission Band will meet at Mrs. R, Wilson’s home on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. R. < Bisset’s friends are pleased to know he is well, enough to be home. He will have to take it easy for awhile. Shower For Bride-To-Be. Mrs. George Moncrief was hos­ tess on Saturday evening for a shower for her cousin, Miss Ar- PAGE FIVE __l_ <f ST. HELENS Mr,. Elmer Umbach of Lucknow will be the guest speaker at the October meeting of the Women’s Institute to be held at the home of Miss Jean Aitchison on Thurs* day, October 7th at 2.30. Roll pall, Bring a simple gift.for a conval­ escent; Motto, Laugh more, and worry less. There will be cur­ rent events, and. a. contest of six cookies. Hostesses and program, Mrs. John Cameron, Mrs. William Purdbn. Newlyweds Honored at Recention ~ Mr. arid^ Mrs. Bill MacPherson were., guests of- honor at a large gathering ,.of friends, and neigh-* bors in' the Community Hall on Friday evening. After lunch Mr. arid Mrs. MacPherson were invite ed to the platform where Bob Lyons read an address of con- ' gratulatioris and good wishes and Jack. Aitchison made the presen­ tation of a substantial purse of. money. Music for 'dancing was ■provided by “The Arictrocrats” With Bob Lyons calling off. Mr,. and iMrs. John Cameron .and Don and Mrs. Mary Webster of Lucknow—were—visitors—on Sunday witlTyMr. and Mrs. J. W. _________iDpan of Ingersoll. Act. good "law. We who have lived I.' The Perth-Huron Y.P.U. re- ’ union camp will be held here during the week-end at the Sun­ day morning service. The mini­ ster, Mr. Harvey Sparling, will be assisted by Miss Margaret Holland of Clinton and Miss Nancy Parroft of Stratford, who will speak of the National Coun­ cil of Young People’s Unions of the United Church held recently at Whitby which they attended. Everyone is invited to attend this, service.. , : Mrs. John Webster of Toronto ijs a. visitor with her sister, Mrs. Cranston and other-relatives^ Mr. and Mrs.: John Berndt, Sr. and Mr. and Mrs/John Berndt, Jr. of__Detroit—were—weekrend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon MacPherson. " Young People’s Meeting The meeting, of the'St. Helen’s Y.P.U. was held on September 26. The jneeting opened with,a sing song l.ed by Anne Todd, The wor­ ship service was. conducted by Isabelle MacPherson and Donna Woods. Isaibelle had the opening prayer which was followed’ by singing hymn 164. Donna read the scripture and then • Isabelle read a poem entitled, ‘‘Christian Un­ ity”. Hymn 614’ was . sung and then followed .by Isabelle giving a prayer which closed the wor­ ship service. Mr; Sparling con­ ducted the Bible study :• which -Was~^discussiun on '“What Ex- “ tent does our Faith Go?” Marvin McDonald acted "as president for the administration and Doris Mil­ ler as secretary due to ttye ab­ sence of both .the. regular presi­ dent and secretary. The meeting closed with the benediction- by Mr. Sparling. ' V donna Johnston, a bride-to-be. After a short program Ardonna opened the gifts and in a few well4 chosen words thanked the ladies, for ' their beautiful gifts. Friends were present from Tiver­ ton, Bethel, Ripley, Lucknow and Goderich. .7 . The farmers: are making good use of the good weather. Some are finishing their threshing, others are silo filling. w. DONNYBROOKt, If you need more room in the farm house . ‘ for the children, more accommodation for hired hands, mofe. all-round convenience for everybody in the home, a spare room for visitors ... or. ■ • if you simply need more space for relaxation; , don’t let a shortage of ready cash stop you from . going ahead with building plans notv. If yourpropositionissound.there/jnoney for you at the B of M .;. in the form of a Farm Improvement Loan. Talk it oVer with the manager of your nearest ''HV 0 A M |J ofM bfa£inf'li tbic wppk ’ ’iJllI ■ Il w ui in Drancn inis weex. iinuoH uhmuhs Fl L — the fixer .. his full name is Farm Improve­ ment Loan. Give him a chance,to help fix up your farm ... he’s.eco- -i—n dm ieal~con ven-~~ lent, versatile. He can- do almost anything in mak- • ihg your farm a better farm. BankofMonfreax Lucknow Branch: MURRAY . COUSE, Manager Hoiking with Canadians in every walk dF life since 1817 p.109 f/ . / (Intended for last week) The W.M.S.: and W.A. met on 1 Monday evening a't the home of Mrs. Stuart Chafnney . with 17 ladies present. Mrs. J, R. Thomp­ son. had charge of the program s^ndl was assisted in the devotion­ al exercises by Mrs. Sami Thomp- z son, Miss Elaine Jefferson and' Mrs. E. Robinson. A paper on Christian Stewardship was read ‘"ByTMiss Hazel Stamper.. Misses’ Louise Jefferson & Grace Thomp­ son contributed a duet. The new ’ . study book on India was intro* duced. by Mrs, H, Jefferson. . I Lunch was served following the meeting' the hostess being assist­ ed by Mrs? Gordon ?Chamriey and . Mrs. -Wm. Hardy. Mr. and, Mrs. Graharri Cham- hcy^ancT^anifty of Goderich were . week-end visitors' with ML arid .I. Mrs, Stu art..- i .....was, a r i • dI Cl 1 IlUIIipbO.il I.. ___ .week-end . visitor ■ with relatives in Oshriwa.- ' ~..... Mrs. R. J. Rutledge of-. Goder­ ich .spent a few days with her sister, Mrs. J. R.’’Thompson, - Mr, and 'Mrs. Ernest Cfaig of Goderich and Mr. and Mrs, Gor­ don. Chamney arid Larry .of Au­ burn- were:., Sunday; visitors with xMrprind Mrs. R. ChaimneyS A * , Is Your Subscription Paid? Y I t cn (0 o’ o o (0 “O A