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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-10-27, Page 112.50 A Year In Advance—$1.QQ Extra To U S A.LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27th, 1954 TEN PAGES V GUIDES/ BROWNIES HELD OPEN NIGHT Evening Marked By Presentation of Gold Cord to First Lucknow Guide And By Awarding Of Many Badges To Guides And Brownies. ,, A very impressive evening was staged in the Recreational Cen­ tre on Friday, when the Lucknow Girl Guides and Brownies held “open night” to, the public. The evening got underway with the Brownie troop, under the leadership of Mrs. H. R. Al­ lin and assistant Ann Crawford, depicting the exercises, and style of a Brownie meeting. The group formation was in a circle around the new children who will enter the Pack this year. Badges earned by the. girls were, then presented to the Brownies by Mrs. Allin, and _to. the Guides by Mrs. James Boyle and ^Irs. Robert Finlay. There were six girls, in the “Flying Up” ceremony from Brownies to Guides. This is per­ formed^ when »the Brownies re­ ceive theif*. Brownie Wings arid are old enough to advance to Girl Guiding. The six girls were, Eliz­ abeth Banni^piy Lyn Couse, Eliz­ abeth Finlayson, Patricia Thomp­ son, Margaret Mulliri and Nancy Forster;" •".< The feature of the evening was the presentation of “The Gold Cord” by Mrs. Clydesdale of St. Marys, district commissioner, to RENEW FRIENDSHIP FORMED OVERSEAS Rev. Ludo Winckel bf Fulton, Ontario, has been a guest this week at the United Church Par­ sonage, renewing- a warm friend­ ship with Rev. G. A- Meiklejohn that had its beginning overseas. It M7 nine years- since they last met, Rev. Winckel is a native '■ of Holland and a mem/ber of the Dutch Reform Church, who is now serving in the United Church ministry in Ontario. He came to Canada iust a . fpw wppVc atm^anada just a few weeks ago, and likes it-here very much. NAMES MIXED In last week’s issue we got a couple, of lad’s names mixed in the 4-H Swine Club competition at Dungannon Faj^r. It was Doug­ las Kilpatrick who won first for his pair of gilts. Doug is the son of^Mr™~and-JMrs““Dick^Kil^ rick, and, we understand, it is his first year' in- 4-H > competition. Sorry, Doug! NEW SCREEN FOR PLAYHOUSE SHOW ■^The management of The Play­ house Theatre will change hands at the end of the week. Mrs; Jim' Gardner has been in charge of the show since the departure of Bill Pappas. Her tefen-age sons, Bob and Eugene, acted as projec­ tionists. - Effective the first of the week, Gordon Montgomery, who owns the twp-storey building,’ will take over the management of the theatre with Leo Beauchamp as projectionist. Immediate . improvements in­ clude the installation of a new wide screen. There will be no interruption in the program to install the screen. However, at press time, information was not available as to next week’s ^pic­ tures. ~ Mr. Montgomery has contracted with Warner. Bros, for pictures, 'and theatre-goers seem assured of a good run of shows. • _________ ________•___J ____. . . . . EXTEND NIGHT CLASSES REGISTRATION DEADLINE . ' Friday,' November, 5th, has been set as the deadline for reg­ istering for night classes in shop1( work and typing at Lucknow Dis­ trict High School,'Mr. H, B, Bur­ den, the instructor,' announces,. The shop work registration to date indicates there will likely be Sufxicient for a single group. Commercial course registration has been negligible, and it has. straight will be been decided to offer a course in typing. Classes,, if organized, held one night a week. If . sufficient interest shown in either or both by the deadline date, the classes will be dropped. is not courses, in- af- I. BELFAST FARMER IS POLIO_yiCTIM Glen Campbell, Belfast district farmer, is a'patient in the Isola­ tion Ward of Victoria Hospital, London, suffering from polio­ myelitisthat has, caused, a paraj- i ysis of his legs. . Glen is 45 years of age and the father of a family of seven. He had been assisting tempor­ arily dt the new bridge at Au­ burn, and got a drenching during the hurricane storm which threat- ' ened to wash away construction equipment and material; He wasn’t feeling well the next day, but was. better the first of the week and had been at his farm, work as usual. He worked all day' Wednesday, but that night suffered severe pain Jn his lower limbs. Oh .Thursday he received medical at- 7, tention and before he could be removed to the hospital, a weak­ ness had started to develop in one leg,* and this progressed un­ til a paralytic condition develop­ ed. The latter part of the Week, a weakness was apparent in the other leg, but Which appears to be less seriously affected. A close Watch is -being kept on Glen, and Tuesday’s- report of his condition was the most eri- -courag-mg—since-his:admittance.~ He is- the only polio patient in the isolation Ward and the first admitted to Victoria in recent weeks. 4- rir * t' 4 . r . • • ? *1 f LCKZAL-MINISTER WED-AT-PI€TON- A quiet wedding of local terest took place on Monday tetnoon, October 18th, at G<oss- wopd Lodge, Sandbanks, Picton, when Evangeline-Goss Love, eld­ est daughter of the Reverend and Mrs. Howard A. Goss, was mar­ ried to the Reverend - Wallace McClean of LuckndW/ Ontario, son of Mrs, and the late Mr. W.' McClean of Belfast, Ireland. . Rev. John Frazier of Toronto officiated. Mrs. Freeburn Cory and Miss Ruth. Goss, sisters of the bride, provided the wedding music, j._. .'' _■ .- '■ ■■ ' The bride, given in. marriage by her..father, wore an afternoon length gown of enchanted blue pure silk taffeta, embroidered in seed pearls arid opalescent se- quips. Three tiers 'of. accordian pleated ruffling formed the- full’, skirt, She carried za^Bb^quPt of soft rose and gold Havana roseS and wore the groom's .gift, , a gold wrist watch. . . r Miss Ruth ’ Goss, the bride’s only attendant, was attifed in a two-piece gown, of golden apficot taffeta, and carried . Sweetheart roses; Rev. Alex Nimmo of-.Wing­ ham, Ontario, was groomsman. The: bride’s mother was goym- ed in soft French: lilac crepe with gardenia corsage; . • For motoring to'Lake Placid, N.Y., the bride chose a two-piece suit of rosewood tweed with fur Local Man Holds Sweepstake Ticket Purchased By His Father-In-Law Excitement ran high here at the week-end, when a list of CariaciianTick¥f^ in The Cambridgeshire Irish .. Sweep­ stake, contained the name: “ZN45826, Punch, Lucknow, Good Brandy”. The list appeared in Toronto eTFe’ n Tn^g i Beveriey Ashton who is" 5 Lucknow Guide ever to obtain .... this high hdnour. After being in-................. tpoduced /.by Mrs. Boyle.' Mrs. j ard MacDonald, ans employee at -ClJdpsdale7"-mado—the- presonta^- -the“downt ' __ 7,,._LL tion to Beverley saying that' it wood Dairies. Limited, gave’ her/great pleasure to pre-' .sent this cord " for . a fi rst. time to a. Lucknow Guide. She ex­ pressed.. 'her...^admirat?pn i’br,' the leadership Lucknow had through" the years.. She said she - realized ail' the hard work put forth for . this .awajqd, and that she hoped that Beverley would return lead-- ership for the leadership given (Continued on Page 10) EMPLOYED INLONDON Hugh Cuming terminated his employment at Fisher’s Barber Shop On Saturday night and has taken a" position in London. Hugh’s shop was destroyed in February 1950, When fire swept the Ebusiness blobk Where the McLennan?MacKenzie . Memorial Chapel is now situated, and since then he had been .associated with Gordon Fisher. . f ’ papers, . ' .. •; - “Punchy- turned out to. be Le'on- * k. .town ■ branch of .Silvfer- ■ Leonard'was1 deluged with calls and', visitors.,' but ' knew nothing ■for . he, . hadn't bought a ticket,' Eut, as it. turned out his fatherb "In-law, KMr. Jim. Carpnobanj of ■ Listowel, had. and had’ put it; in Leonard’s name.'. ‘ ■ Mr.. Carnochan was a visitor at ,the MacDonald home on Sunday, but was here . for. some time, before the queries' .that Leonard was. receiving finally “rang abell”. He had bought the ticket and forgotten about it, as well as the . pome, de plume The. had used, The receipt’was located and the. numbers^ corresponded to . i ~ TUA T • a ticket. Eut, as it. turned-out -rijs father^ In-law, KMr. Jim. Carpneban. of r------ --------------- ----------------------------- - -—-— ------• _ning—hor-se—w-iU—reGeive—$140,000 each. The second place hprse- has a value to ticket holders of $56,000 and third place, $28,000. Tickets on horses that are not a mon g_the„top_2thnee,:_or._d o^n o t- run, have a value of $1075. There will be 1170. winners' of a prize of . -.that value. “Punch” having 'drawn’ a horse looks like a $1000 winner at least, but he’s “not .counting., his chickens.” There are ’ • seyeral. ' thousand consolation • prizes of T e s s.e^r amounts for’ those ■ who don’t draw a horse/.’ ' ■ fl • twl 1 \ I. i£. good fortune. ' The race is being run at New­ market, England, on Wednesday. The prifce fund exceeds five' mil-, lion dollars, the biggestin .. 20 years. . ' Holders of tickets on the win- BANQUETS IN THE OFFING A series bf turkey banquets are in the offing for residents of this community, and .waist lines are sure to catch it. . Next Tuesday, evening the Ash­ field Federation of Agriculture will hold their annual meeting and banquet in. the Recreational Centre. . , On Friday; November 5th, : -Masonic—Ladies—night—wil-l—be- marked by a banquet, enter tain? ment and.dance. : ' . West Wawanosh Federation, of Agriculture annual meeting and banquet is set for Tuesday, No­ vember 16th in . Whitechurch Community Hall. * dined—jacket—and'-brown—accessor-- ’ ies. Out?0f?town guests were from Brockyille, Toronto, • Wihgham, Victoria Harbour and Midland. ' Rev, and Mrs. McClean will re­ side at Lucknow where the groom is pastor . of the Presbyterian Church., Home after more than SIX MONTHS IN HOSPITAL Sid Gardner is home from the Lospital. He returned here earl-. ier this month after more than- six ihonths of confinement, re­ sulting from an accident at- Tre- le^Ven’s Mill that cost him.. his ledft leg and a. badly shattered ^arhE'-’ . Sid expects to go to Sunny - brook Hospital late in November to receive ah artificial limibi The fractured arm has finally healed • _b.uMjs^f~limitCd—use-to—him--as- yet, blit is responding to exercise. . In the meatime Sid’s enjoying getting about and has succeeded, in driving the car.. POST NUPTIAL SHOWER HELD MONDAY EVENING 7- . ’ Mrs- Robert A* Thompson, for-J - . AWMCX V -TXi JL liv/lilpovi J f A r —mei4y~Mis^EdithrHMum,oe^^ guest of honour -at a kitchch;. Shower held on Monday .evening j ■ 'GrrOer, . ■ 'j ■ ■ Mrs. Thompson was,a public health nurse in this community for a. time and Monday night’s gathering of friends included for- / iw-associates in this field., A pleasant social evening was Enjoyed during which Edith Re­ ceived numerous lovely,^ifis, W .which she expressed her thanks. She was- assisted in, opening them oy Miss Maty Love of Winghamv | Is First Lucknow Girl Guide To Receive Gold Cord been i Companies. Highlight of the ev-| W Bl ' • A c,0St’7,!7 a‘J;^‘nXd^hni>lg Tvas the' awarding of the “d, Is -4 HwwPc work in i Gold. Cord to- fewley. Ashton, 5,rlSu|,d!' a"1-* ttfVe M*?6 hightst .*lonour 5'.^ Open IIouMh ’ were I Guid/T §hown presenting the Boveriey * Lucknow,, was to b^. i Friday ml ■ FRED NEWMAN DIED SUDDENLY This'community was shocked to' hear of the sudden death of Mr. Fred Newman at his home in ■Clinton on Monday evening due to a heart attack. Mr./Newman . was ‘raised bv Mr. arid Mrs. Ben • Naylor on the farm now owned by Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Moore, . Con. 12, West. Wawanosh. Fred had charge of the Post Of-: , fice at Whitechurch for a few years. He sold the store about ‘ two years ago to Mr., and Mrs. Les Burnett and rejoined the Air Force at Clinton. He leaves to mpurn. his loss His wife, 'formerly Lillian Hen- dershott of Hamilton; four sons, Don of the RCAF, Doug in the Navy, Billie and Rickie.i.at. home;—i— three daughters (Barbara) Mrs. Geo. Tervitt bf Wingham; (Mar­ ilyn) Mrs. Donald MacDonald of Walton and Bette at home; six grandchildren, a brother Arthur Newman of Hamilton and ■*a'.sis­ ter, Mrs* Arnold Chadwick. Fred was 54 '.yedrs of age, and his death came as a blow fo many here, and particularly in Masonic circles as he Was a member of . . Old Light Lodge and the Luck­ now Chapter* Fred was a past ' maStfer of Old Light and . was currently the First Principal of the Royal Afch Chapter. A ''Masonic service is being held bn Wednesday evening at Curries Funeral Chapel 'where. the funeral service Will be. held on Thursday afternoon with in-, terhient in Greenhili Cemetery, Lucknow. 4 4 RECEPTION "THURSDAY A well, attended reception'was held- in the Recreational Centre on Thursday night, in.,honor of • Mr. and Mrs, Mack- Scott, tile former-Freda Hunter. A purse of money was presented the newly- •» weds by Bud Hamilton, on behalf of .the gathering, after the pres- / entation address ‘by Mike Sand- • arson, ■ ’ ''. ' • 7 7 SISTER STRUCK BY CAR V- ;7" v’; '. -Il'' <1 I . ’ r I nigh^ 71 obtained ’ by a Lucknow Girl Robert Finlay. ,.xT..7. rmi/u 7 Shown nresentih^ the Clydesdale of St.' Marys, Hur- onia Area. Commissioner. To the right is. Capt, Mrs. James Boyle anti to the. ieftj Lieutenant Mrs*’ ’ Mr. and Mrs. Orley Cooper and <' Mrs*. Cooper”s brother, Mr. Al­ bert'White and Mrs. White .of Hanover, spent the week-end in j Lincoln /Park,. Detroit. Mrs. Coop*5 er’s sister; Mrs. Walter Johnson, ■was struck by a car last Tburs- -’ day evening and is in Lynn Hos? ' . pitaL Lincoln Park, With.a- brdk- ’ * en pelvis and other injuries ■fi- • f ft' V2? V