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.
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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. •
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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_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/.’ ' ■
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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-|
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• 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
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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.
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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, ■ ’ ''. ' •
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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
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