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LocaL Firm Wins Canadian
Flax Championship Trophy
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17th, 1954 EIGHT PAGES
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Luckripw Flax Products Lim
ited has received considerable
distinction by winning the Can?
adian.f lax, ..championship—atthe
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
As well as the regular prize
money and special awards the
Dominion championship is sym
bolized by a handsome trophy.
This is the first year the tro
phy has been open tocompeti-
, tors from across the Dominion,
it Having previously been elig
ible only to Prairie Province ex
hibitors. .
The W-pound sample of flax
that won the award was grown
by Anderson Flax Products on
rented l^nd on the farm of James
Forster. A stipulation is that the
—contestant must be the-grower
and exhibitor of the seed.
It is first time that* the
local "firm has competed at the
Royal since their disastrous fire.
/Previous, to that the highest they
had placed was second. On that
occasion an entry from France
won first place.
Virden Mowbray and his as-
...2 sociates in this firm are to be
congratulated on the honor they
have brought to Anderson Flax
Products and to this * community
in general?
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LEGION T.V. SET WON
^BYJfe^llilOSA-kESIDENT-__4—
Winner of the television set in
the Legion’s prize draw, which
featured* last Thursday / night’s
dance and bingo, was Rev. Father
Cullaton of Formosa. He bought
the ticket, No. 4644, from Clar-j
ence Greer at Teeswater Fair.
Winner, of second prize? the
hostess*7 chair, was Mrs. Annie
Irwin, R. R. r 1, Lucknow. Third
prize, an electric tea kettle, was
won by Mrs. Earl Cranston.
The tickets were drawn by
Paul Henderson and the winners
announced by Legion President
Kenneth Cameron.
LOCAL LADY WON TV
SET IN STRATFORD DRAW
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G. Webster
of town were, pleasantly surpris
ed on Saturday night to learn
that Mrs. -Webster was the win-,
per of an Admiral television set
in a draw at Hudson’s Ladies’
Wear in Stratford.
MrS. Webster had made a pur-,
chase at this store a couple of
weeks ago and her pamg^ was\
entered in the prize drSwTo
mark Hudson’s 47th anniversary
sale. Her name was drawn from
some 1,209 tickets. The ticket
was dr^wn by Mayor Lawrence
Feick oP Stratford.
Mr. and Mrs. Webster weht to
Stratford on Monday to pick up
the prize and where they were
dinner guests of the firm. Mrs.
Webster had her/picture taken
receiving the set.
MEL STEWART HAS POST AT
NEW BRUNSWICK AIRPORT
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Melvin Stewart left by motor
on Sunday for Fredericton*, New.
Brunswick, where he has been
appointed instructor-manager of
a government approved aviation
school,
The airfield is. about 3 miles
from Fredericton. Mel’s first job
will be to give flying instructions
to University students.
LOCAL MAN ASSOCIATED
IN REAL ESTATE BUSINESS
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THREE LOCAL NIMRODS JOIN
WALKERTON HUNT PARTY
Allister Hughes, % B Ander
son and Jack Treleaven are on
Manitoulin Island this week-with
a group of Walkertonians- who
are holding their annual deer
hunting trip. .
There are twelve in the party
with headquarters at Meldrum
Bay, Others besides the three
local Nimrods are; Campbell
Grant, Eldridge Truax, Harry
Doughty, Bruce Rogers: and Norm
Yaeck of Walkerton? ~~~
Baillie and Dennis Donnelly
Cargill, Rev. Father Hartlieb
Chepstow and Frank Chittick
Harriston.
Trimble'
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. Miss Nprma Sherwood, daugh
ter of Mr. and " Mrs. Jim Sher
wood of Goderich and, formerly
of Ashfield, was guets soloist at
North Street United Church,
Goderich, on Sunday. Norma is
teaching in Wingham.
Says Federation Has Job To
Do In Critical Time Ahead
OFFER PRIZES TO
DECORATEHOMES
Charles Webster was re-elected
president of The Clahsmen Club
for a second term at Monday
night’s dinner meeting in the
Legion Hall, with catering by
members of the Ladies Auxiliary.
Re-organized a year, ago, the
revitalizedClub-hashadasuc-
cessful year and has a nest egg
now of some $500 with which to
undertake civic and welfare
-work.’
In his re-election, the presi
dent was complimented on his
accomplishments during the year
but in tjurn he gave credit to
every member of the Club for
_their_ efforts and nearly perfect,
attendance at meetings.
Other officers are: first vice
■ pres~~ HTD: ~ Thompson? 2nd “vice
pres., Leonard MacDonald; sec
retary, Gordon Fisher; treasurer,
Stuart Collyer.
In launching on their second
year activities, the- Club initiat
ed four new members, Bob Mac-
Kenzie, Jack Fisher, Harold Rit
chie and Lloyd Ashton.
—-—MakeChristmasPlans —
The Club decided to’ partici
pate in a two-point program of
Christmas time activities. They
decided to prepare a float for
the Santa Claus parade? and. the
president and Gerald Rathwell
were appointed to see what can
be done in obtaining character
costumes to liven up the parade.
The Business - Men’s Associa
tion , meets on Friday nighi to'
complete plans for this annual
event and other organizations
will be invited to participate.
To encourage, the decora'ting of
Village homes and surroundings
at Christmas time The Club is
offering prize money of $30.00 for
Howard Agnew, well known to
the. majority of residents of
Lucknow and district, has enter
ed a pew field, .of activity and
will be associated with the real
estate officelof . Norman- S. Wil
son of Kincardine.
Mr. Agnew will specialize in
service to property owners .in
Lucknow" district and invites list
ings of property of any type.
He will continue to carry \ oh.
the insurance business as hither
to and, combining the offices of
insurance and real estate, is in
a position to give improved ser
vice. • 0
MARK FIFTY-SIXTH
ANNIVERSARY
~ “Mr^7WdT^fs?^Sam“Dufhin*ob-~
served their 56th wedding anni
versary on Tuesday, -November
16th, and have the congratula
tions and best wished qf many1
friends in"3 the St. Helens and
Lucknow vicinity, where they
have both spent their entire life.
Mr. Durnin is in his 91st year
and continues remarkably active
and alert. -'Mrs. Durnin is con-
siderably younger than her non-
.ageharian:_husband,-but-does-not
enjoy such good .health as he.
Both, however, were able to
spend the week-end at Grantan
where a family gathering was
held to mark this memorable oc
casion. Present to honor Mr. and
Mrs. Durnin were the host and
hostess, Mr. and Mrs,. Joe Leslie
and Gordon of Granton; Mr. and
’Mrs~Heriry Carter of Ripley; Mr?
and Mrs. Perry Durnin, Carol
and Susan , of Nilestown and Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Mole of Dungan
non.
A fowl' dinner with all the
trimmings and an anniversary
cake were features of the festive
celebration.
NEIGHBORS STAGE
THRESHING BEE
2,Oscar Whiter of Concession
Huron, has ^experienced good
neighborliness during the- past
few days, when farmers on the
the best decorated propertied fflne joined forces for a four-day
GIVE CUB SHIELD
AS A MEMORIAL
The “Brotherhood of Schmoos”
has recently received a plaque to .
be known as the Willard Thomp
son Proficiency Shield in Cubb
ing; It is a memorial to Willard
who was Cub Pack Leader for
some time prior; to his death’ and
devoted much time to this boys’
work. He was also one of the
organizers of a local young '
men’s group which became
known as “The, Schmoos”, and
who are now dedicating this
plaque to the memory of Wil
lard’s good work. ’
The Shield carries the Cub in
signia and the slogan “Do Your
Best”. It is for patrol competi
tion and will be awarded for
proficiency in Cubbing on the
basis of attendance, discipline,
-unifoi*mr general—co - operation,^—" ~
faithfulness in study and exam
inations and such qualifications
that are required of good Cubs.
Unfortunately, the Cub Pack is
not active at present, and the
awarding of the Memorial Shield
will be delayed - until such time
as a Pack is* reorganized and a
patrol merits the award.
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HELD SERVICE OF
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The annual meeting and ban
quet of the West Wawanosh
Federation of Agriculture was
held in the Community Hall,
Whitechurch,, on Tuesday even
ing with Vice-President William
Kinahan presiding. Bill has dir
ected the, activities of the Unit
since the death of President Gor-Z
don MacTavish, and was elevat
ed to the presidency during the
election of officers^
Mr. Kinahan briefly review^
the year’s actvities and then
paid tribute to Gordon MacTav
ish. “We are saddened tonight
that the mail who provided the
push is. not with us”, he said.
Gordon was a- hard and cori-
scientous worker and as a direct
result of his enthusiasm two
Farm Forum groups had been
organized in the Township.
“MrrGordon“ Greggr“Huron-Gor
Fieldman, supplemented these
remarks, stating that . Gordon
had been a tower of strehgth in
the Township and -County and
hoped the work he had started
would, be carried on.
f Mr. Gregg introduced the
guest speaker, Mr, Ray Hergott,
provincial fieldman, who traced
the history, of the Federation of; (
Agriculture since its beginning I
•17 years OgO as .a Chamber- 01?
^:;:=":^^efatioru~'‘;He7said"'‘Ihe'"loWn-'
ship units were the bed rock pf
I the Federation, which has done
; a worthwhile job in th-
I With1 thereal Resting time ahead jlin
I *fis agriculture never faced amore;
the -past,
which has created a problem of
marketing. The farmers of Can
ada can’t solve the problem
aloner-it’s a national problem,
he stated.
Mr. Hergott urged that all
Federation members become
familiar with ' the Farm Pro-
/ducts Marketing Act which is of
vital importance to every farm
er. The Farm Forum, Which of
fers the greatest educational and
social. program in the world, af
fords the - opportunity to study
the Act ahd other pertinent sub
jects.
Fred McQuillin thanked the
speaker. Other speakers , were
Doug McNeil, vice president of
the County Federation; Reeve
McKinney of Wingham, repre
senting" John W. Hanna, M.P.P.;
Reeve John Durnin of West Wa-
“W-a h o shf-^Be eve—I ay-1 o r—of_E ast..
Wawanosh; Brown Smyth and
J.. D. Beecrdft.' , , t .
Allah Miller thanked the. ladies
of the Whitechurch Hall Com
munity for the delicious banquet
they1 had served. , *, ? •
Earlier in the evenihg' Frank
McQuillin introduced the head,
■table.,.Mrs. Fred McQuillin pre
sided at the ipiand for conimun-
itv singing led by. Garnet
rier....Mrs.. .Gordon.,.Gregg gave
The. election of officers result
ed zas. follows:. Pres.. Wm,
han7 j^hk mcQu1*”
‘ i*; secretarj^trea'surer, williarn
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SERIOUSLY HURT
IN MOTOR CRASH
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Critical time than at the piWnt I tin, Craig, Wm'
and a critical, panted- which he 'c.vn
bredioto.d- would: continue for. direct-
? end a critical period- which ho
hext ? t,wo qf three yea rs>, u n t i 1
've karri to cope with* the ‘prob**.
Ibm.. jot... ,d istMbuU o mj
learned thb lesson of producing. (
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Mr. and Mrs. John Scott
London, and formerly, of this
community, are in St. Joseph’s
Hospital, London, with’ serious
injuries suffered in a car-truck
crash on Saturday. Their, son,
John, who was with them, suf
fered a broken nose and was ad
mitted to the hospital, . but has
since been discharged.
The Scotts were enroute to
Lucknow to visit relatives in this
community, when the accident
occurred at the bridge on Rich-
city. A gravel truck, loaded with
calcium chloride, went out 6f
control due to a mechanical de
fect and sideswiped the ' Scott
car. ' ”s
Mr. ' Scott had ’ both ‘ ankles*
broken? arid ,a possible hip frac
ture. ' Mrs. Scott, who " was
formerly Majeska Gaunt, of Coil
j 2, West Wawanosh, suffered
head injuries and a broken jaw.
She did not regain consciousness
■quent lapses. ' * ■ ' 7; ?.
’ The Scott family formerly lived
•on the Morrison farm, boundary
East. John, is a cement contractor
and has specialized in silo build-
,7, '7 ■ 'Mr? and Mrs. Scott have a son
Harold" who., was injured in a
uwioreycle aroidont over -a year
ago,' and was so severely .hurt
that he ,has-' riot yet' been able
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tnyeshing bee to harvest and
■thresh some sixty acres of grain
that Mr. White had been pre
vented from harvesting by bad
weather.
Last week as he was getting
the . belated threshing underway,
Mr. White suffered an arm in
jury while cleaning out the plug
ged machine. He was thrown
from a ladder and suffered torn
ligaments in the arm which was
at first feared -broken.
*• Learning of his added misfor
tune, neighbors along the Sec
ond from Archie MacIntyre’s to
John McCharles’ rallied to lend
a hand in salvaging the crop. .
FRANK ALTON WON
OAC SCHOLARSHIP
The Huron County livestock
--judging-team-comprised-of-Lldyd-
Holland, Clinton? Frank Altbn
and Lome Hackett, both of Luck
now, placed 11th in the Injer-
Cpunty Livestock Judging Com
petition competing for the Jeff
rey “Bull Memorial Trophy at
the Royal Winter Fair on Thurs
day, November 11th. There, were
twenty-four teams taking part in
the competition, As a team ’ they
tied with the Lambton . County
■team for first place in the Beef,,
in the judging of Dairy Cattle.
The “F. K, Morrow,-Scholar
ship. Award”'*of $30(X00 awarded
at the rate ‘of $150.00 'each year
to the t,op. contestant in the com-
'petition towards the'expenses of
taking a. two year course at any
Agricultural School' in Ontario
was awarded1 to Frank Alton of
Ashfield, a member of the Huron,
County team. Frank is a son.-of
Mr; :iand- * Mr’s. - Walter ;
Remembrance Day was fitting
ly observed in Lucknow on
.Thursday,- .November 41 th, by—
services held at St. Peter’s/Ang
lican Church, and at the Ceno
taph. St. Peter’s was filled to
overflowing for the service that
preceded the ceremonies at the
Cenotaph.
A parade of about 130 marched
to’the church at 10 a.m. led by
the L.D.H.S. band. The six or
ganizations represented were the
Canadian Legion, Ladies Auxil
iary, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides?
Brownies and L.D.H.S; Cadets.
Clarence Greer and George Tay-'
lor, Sr , of* the Legion, were par
ade sergeant and color sergeant, z
respectively.color party in
cluded: Legion, Roy Havens and
Harold Ritchie; Auxiliary, Mrs.
Bob Armstrong and Mrs. Wm.
MacDonald; Scouts, Paul Couse
and Iah Marshall; Cadets, Al
Baker and Benny Moulton. .
The service at
menced~by~tlje:
of the Landi> -, and was followed
by the scripture reading from-the
11th chapter of Hebrews by Rev.
Wallace McClean. Rev. G. A. ,
Meiklejohn led in prayer and the
Anglican Church Choir with
Mrs. Fred McQuillin at the or
gan sang a fitting anthem. Rev.
H. L. Jennings^ chose as his text
for the address,' “Greater c love
hath no man than this, that a
man lay down his life for his
friends”. Mr, Jennings said that
the struggle for freedom was as
old as civilization itself, and
that it was not the present
bombs that threatened humanity/
but their handlers. He. stressed7
the fact, of keeping Remem
brance Day on the 11th of No
vember, and not changing it to
the nearest Sunday as some
communities are doing.
-Following-—-the— service— the——
group paraded to the Cenotaph
for a decoration service. , After
prayer by Rev. Jennings; , wreaths
were laid by the following- in
memory of- those who ‘paid the
supreme sacrifice: Province of
Ontario, Mrs. J. G. /Mohtgcfe
ery; Canadian Legion, Kenneth
Qafneroh; Ladies’ Auxiliary,. Mrs;
P. MacMillan; Wonfeb’s Institute,
Mrs. Charles Cook; Village of
, Lucknow, S. B. Stothers; Boy
Business Men’s. Association, RuSs
Button. Two minutes silence was .
observed ■ in memory of those
soldiers who did not returh. fol- .
lowed by the' reading of "They’
Shall Not Grow’ Old , by •
Ken Cameron, Legion president -
The Last Post and Revielle was ■
sounded by Jim Reid , and Jack ..
Chin, “and. the’ Band ended the
’'servioe'.bV ’the., playing of “Abide
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